Lōotcrates
Lōotcrates is the Official Historian of Internet League Blaseball. They first appeared before the Season 15 Elections.
Similar to the Microphone, Lōotcrates will sometimes send messages via Twitter (@ILBLootcrates).
Lōotcrates will also echo messages that receive one thousand upshells in the Feed, sending them out via Twitter.
Visual Appearance
Lōotcrates, when shown in game, takes on the appearance of a stack of crates, with a sparkling starry background behind them. Lōotcrates speaks in cryptic phrases that resemble poetry or riddles, displayed in italicized grey text in quotation marks.
History of Appearances
Season 15 Elections
Lōotcrates first appeared preceding the Season 15 Election Results, offering cryptic messages.
"From the Vault
Gifts forged in Stars.
Tools of the New Age."
"The Enquiry begins again."
"Memories flood.
Overtake the Bridge
Erode the Pillars."
"A witness wades."
"Witnesses shape the Current
Carrying sediment
Etching Names in keepsakes."
"Crafting Legends."
Season 16 Endseason
Lōotcrates appeared following Season 16, Day 99 to introduce the season's MVPs:
"As pressure builds
Names surface
Accolades collect en masse."
"York Silk"
"Aldon Cashmoney"
"Valentine Games"
"Nagomi Mcdaniel"
"Goodwin Morin"
"Pitching Machine"
"Tot Fox"
"Jessica Telephone"
"Hewitt Best"
"Jaxon Buckley"
"From the Bridge
They witness Dawn
Two Stars rising"
"Approaching the Vault."
Season 17 Earlsiesta
During the Season 17 Earlsiesta, Lōotcrates spoke about the Reader, a heretofore unknown entity, who likely provides the readings seen each Season.
"The Reader interjects
Projects upon the text
Fishes from neighboring streams."
"Flailing against the Current."
"At the Delta
Tributaries converge
The Historian collects the sea."
Season 17 Endseason
Lōotcrates arrived in the Season 17 Endseason, but did not announce the list of MVPs for that season, as was expected. Instead, they spoke briefly about "forging legends."
"Sediment Collects in the Delta
Sparking Nucleosynthesis
Forging Legends."
"Stars Vaulted"
"Preserved."
Season 17 Elections
Lōotcrates left a message for Fans, appearing to comment on the Fairgrounds decree selected in the Season 17 Elections.
"The Stacks Remember
Prized Fights in the Midway
Keepsakes Reforged."
"Unboxings."
"Grand Openings."
Season 18 Gods' Day
The Library's first revealed Collection, The First Day, 1st Edition, contained a quote from Lōotcrates that wasn't accompanied by a main appearance on the site, but rather as part of a Feed event:
"Accretion."
