Incineration

Artist's depiction of a rogue umpire incinerating a Blaseball player. (Reminder that the true appearance of umpires is yet unknown.)

Incinerations are a chance event performed by a Rogue Umpire that essentially kills a Blaseball player, which forces the team to field a permanent replacement at the end of the match. Players on any team are at risk of incineration. There is no known way to avoid or survive an incineration.

There is no given reason for any particular incineration. Though incinerations are performed by presumably sentient beings (rogue umpires) who possess thought and reason, some fans also consider umpires to be akin to a force of nature, and that their reasons for incineration are either purely chaotic, or exceedingly complex beyond human comprehension. There has been no known causal link to predict which players get incinerated.

It has been observed that incinerations only occur during Solar Eclipse weather. The implications of this are unknown, but it is speculated that there is a direct link between the position of the sun and rogue umpires (or potentially, all umpires).

History

The first incineration was bestowed upon Jaylen Hotdogfingers at the end of Season 1, during the events of Opening the Forbidden Book.

From Season 2 and beyond, incinerations became a regular feature of everyday Blaseball games, claiming the lives of dozens of Blaseball players. Incinerations that occur during a match will always result in the bereaved team announcing a new player to replace the incinerated one, at the end of the match.

It is widely believed that incineration is the only way out. Should a player die by any means other than incineration, they will be consigned to The Dugout for all of eternity and never know true rest.

Response

Blaseball fans will sometimes refer to incinerated players as "called up" or "sunkist," for the benefit of more innocent fans, or the self-benefit of personal denial regarding the player's grim fate.

Early in Season 2, fans theorized that incinerated players may not necessarily be dead, and have the potential to return later. However, later announcements from The Commissioner have since been clear that incinerated players are indeed deceased. Some announcements have also claimed that "investigations" reveal that incinerated players have actually died to "natural causes", a claim that is not independently confirmed.

See also: Category:Incinerated Players

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