Gamma 3

Gamma 3
Season’s Greetings.
Preceded by	Gamma 2
Succeeded by	Gamma 4
Sub-Leagues	Sky Sea
Duration	6 December, 2021–19 December, 2021

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Gamma 3 is the 2nd full Short Circuit. It began on December 6, 2021, and concluded on December 9, 2021 when the Microphone shorted out. It composed of 1 season lasting two weeks. It saw the introduction of A Shelled One, the Tutorial, Mild Cards, Snow, and a new schedule.

History

Since it began in Season 1, Gamma 3 ran for 1 Season.

Annoucement

Gamma 3 was annouced on the November 15, 2021 Inside a Blaseball livestream.

Known Seasons

• Season 1 (December 6–19, 2021)

Notable Additions

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Two Week Seasons

Previously, each in-game Season ran 1 real-life week. This was changed in Gamma 3, wherein each season ran for 2 real-life weeks. Teams would still play 99 game per regular Season, but the amount of Days in a regular Season was increased to 166. This meant that Teams would not play every hour. Likewise, an Election would continue to be held every real-life week, for a total of 2 Elections per season. Additionally, no games where played on Saturdays, whereas previously Saturdays hosted Round 3 of the Postseason and the Internet Series. This resulted in the following schedule for Gamma 3:

• Monday, Dec 6 through Friday, Dec 10 — Games 1 through 63
• Sunday, Dec 12 — Election 1
• Monday, Dec 13 through Wednesday, Dec 15 — Games 64 through 99
• Thursday, Dec 16 through Friday, Dec 17 — Postseason
• Sunday, Dec 19 — Election 2

In the Short Circuits Developer Log #2, The Game Band stated that the new Schedule was introduced to make Blaseball "less of a time commitment", more sustainable, and to allow them to "change the structure and schedule more often and more easily".

Onboarding

See the main article on this topic: Tutorial

The Tutorial, also referred to aOnboarding, was a new feature that guided new and existing Fans through the process of choosing a Team, Betting, and Voting. The tutorial was initially only given 20% of new Fans, but afterwards could accessed and replayed by any Fan from their Account page. The Tutorial also saw the first apperance of A Shelled One. In the Short Circuits Developer Log #2, The Game Band stated that they added a Tutorial because:

Blaseball, a notoriously obscure game, has never had a tutorial. How did we get away with this for so long? How does anyone figure out how to play this weird game?

Other

• Gamma 3 saw the addition of the Tutorial, also known as onboarding.
• Gamma 3 saw the addition of Mild Cards, as per Circuit 00.
• Gamma 3 saw the addition of Snow, as per Circuit 00.
• Gamma 3 saw the additon of a new schedule.

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