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===Season 7===
 
===Season 7===
−
At the end of the regular season (Friday, September 18, 2020), The Monitor appeared following [[The Shelled One#Season 7|a series of ominous messages from The Shelled One]]. It delivered the following messages:<blockquote class="squid">who was that<br />is it an egg<br />never ate an egg before<br />where is [[Jaylen Hotdogfingers|hotdogfingers]]<br />followed hotdogfingers here<br />from the hall<br />from the trench<br />i am gonna watch<br />see if that egg comes back</blockquote>It then stayed on the site for a prolonged period of time, displaying no message, before the site eventually returned to normal.
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At the end of the regular season (Friday, September 18, 2020), The Monitor appeared following [[The Shelled One#Season 7|a series of ominous messages from The Shelled One]]. It delivered the following messages:
 +
<blockquote class="squid">
 +
who was that<br />
 +
is it an egg<br />
 +
never ate an egg before<br />
 +
where is [[Jaylen Hotdogfingers|hotdogfingers]]<br />
 +
followed hotdogfingers here<br />
 +
from the hall<br />
 +
from the trench<br />
 +
i am gonna watch<br />
 +
see if that egg comes back
 +
</blockquote>
 +
It then stayed on the site for a prolonged period of time, displaying no message, before the site eventually returned to normal.
 +
 
 
===Season 7 Elections===
 
===Season 7 Elections===
−
Typically, when [[Election]] results are released, The Shelled One appears to chastise fans. For the [[Season 7#Election Results|Season 7 election results]], The Monitor appeared instead to announce the introduction of the [[Hall of Flame]].<blockquote class="squid">that egg come back yet?<br />wonder what it tastes like<br />hey what is that you got there?<br />tiny eggs?<br />give em to me<br />i want em<br />i will make you a deal<br />you want to see your friends?</blockquote>From this transmission, it's clear that The Monitor is confusing eggs and [[peanuts]], and is referring to the stores of peanuts many players were given following the introduction of The Monitor earlier in the season.
+
Typically, when [[Election]] results are released, The Shelled One appears to chastise fans. For the [[Season 7#Election Results|Season 7 election results]], The Monitor appeared instead to announce the introduction of the [[Hall of Flame]].
 +
<blockquote class="squid">
 +
that egg come back yet?<br />
 +
wonder what it tastes like<br />
 +
hey what is that you got there?<br />
 +
tiny eggs?<br />
 +
give em to me<br />
 +
i want em<br />
 +
i will make you a deal<br />
 +
you want to see your friends?
 +
</blockquote>
 +
From this transmission, it's clear that The Monitor is confusing eggs and [[peanuts]], and is referring to the stores of peanuts many players were given following the introduction of The Monitor earlier in the season.
  
 
===Season 8 Midseason===
 
===Season 8 Midseason===
−
Following the conclusion of all games taking place on Day 32 of [[Season 8]], the Monitor appeared with no warning and stated the following:<blockquote class="squid">that egg still not back?<br />shame<br />you like seeing your friends?<br />you can see em all you want<br />just keep those eggs coming<br />hurry up<br />this one at a time thing is killing me<br />shovel em in there</blockquote>After the site returned, the [[Hall of Flame]] was updated with a slider introduced for tributing [[peanuts]] in bulk.
+
Following the conclusion of all games taking place on Day 32 of [[Season 8]], the Monitor appeared with no warning and stated the following:
 +
<blockquote class="squid">
 +
that egg still not back?<br />
 +
shame<br />
 +
you like seeing your friends?<br />
 +
you can see em all you want<br />
 +
just keep those eggs coming<br />
 +
hurry up<br />
 +
this one at a time thing is killing me<br />
 +
shovel em in there
 +
</blockquote>
 +
After the site returned, the [[Hall of Flame]] was updated with a slider introduced for tributing [[peanuts]] in bulk.
  
 
===Season 8 Regular Season Conclusion===
 
===Season 8 Regular Season Conclusion===
−
After [[The Shelled One]] delivered a message admonishing fans for offering peanuts as tribute at the [[Hall of Flame]], The Monitor appeared with a new message.<blockquote class="squid">hey wait come back<br />damn<br />what happened to your friends<br />are they eggs now?<br />hmm<br />still hungry</blockquote>
+
After [[The Shelled One]] delivered a message admonishing fans for offering peanuts as tribute at the [[Hall of Flame]], The Monitor appeared with a new message.
 +
<blockquote class="squid">
 +
hey wait come back<br />
 +
damn<br />
 +
what happened to your friends<br />
 +
are they eggs now?<br />
 +
hmm<br />
 +
still hungry
 +
</blockquote>
  
 
===Season 9 Regular Season Conclusion===
 
===Season 9 Regular Season Conclusion===
−
During Season 9, on the [[Idols|idol board]], instead of there being a dotted red line, instead there was a tiny graphic of The Monitor that was placed to the left of the top most [[Modifications|'''Shelled''']] player. At the end of the [[Season 9]] Regular Season, the Monitor appeared to address this. <blockquote class="squid">let's see here...<br />egg time<br />*crunch*<br />wait yuck<br />think that egg spoiled<br />hmm<br />still hungry<br />need something more filling<br />you holding out on me?<br />better do something</blockquote>Once The Monitor left, [[PolkaDot Patterson]] had been unshelled and given the Modification '''Squiddish'''.
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During Season 9, on the [[Idols|idol board]], instead of there being a dotted red line, instead there was a tiny graphic of The Monitor that was placed to the left of the top most [[Modifications|'''Shelled''']] player. At the end of the [[Season 9]] Regular Season, the Monitor appeared to address this.
 +
<blockquote class="squid">
 +
let's see here...<br />
 +
egg time<br />
 +
&#42;crunch&#42;<br />
 +
wait yuck<br />
 +
think that egg spoiled<br />
 +
hmm<br />
 +
still hungry<br />
 +
need something more filling<br />
 +
you holding out on me?<br />
 +
better do something
 +
</blockquote>
 +
Once The Monitor left, [[PolkaDot Patterson]] had been unshelled and given the Modification '''Squiddish'''.
  
 
===Season 9, Day X===
 
===Season 9, Day X===
 
{{Main|Day X}}
 
{{Main|Day X}}
−
Following the conclusion of the battle between the [[Charleston Shoe Thieves]] and [[The Shelled One]] on [[Day X]], The Monitor appeared, much later than was needed to assist with the attack from The Shelled One. <blockquote class="squid">did i miss something?<br />shoot<br />let me know next time</blockquote>
+
Following the conclusion of the battle between the [[Charleston Shoe Thieves]] and [[The Shelled One]] on [[Day X]], The Monitor appeared, much later than was needed to assist with the attack from The Shelled One.
 +
<blockquote class="squid">
 +
did i miss something?<br />
 +
shoot<br />
 +
let me know next time
 +
</blockquote>
  
 
===Season 10, Day X===
 
===Season 10, Day X===
−
Immediately after [[The Hall Stars]] defeated [[THE SHELLED ONE'S PODS]] in battle, The Monitor appeared to claim its final victory. <blockquote class="squid">*cronch*<br />hmm<br />kinda bland<br />you all eat these?<br />what's the point<br />oh well<br />deal's a deal<br />oh almost forgot<br />Boss is on her way<br />you might want to clean up a bit</blockquote>
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Immediately after [[The Hall Stars]] defeated [[THE SHELLED ONE'S PODS]] in battle, The Monitor appeared to claim its final victory.
 +
<blockquote class="squid">
 +
&#42;cronch&#42;<br />
 +
hmm<br />
 +
kinda bland<br />
 +
you all eat these?<br />
 +
what's the point<br />
 +
oh well<br />
 +
deal's a deal<br />
 +
oh almost forgot<br />
 +
Boss is on her way<br />
 +
you might want to clean up a bit
 +
</blockquote>
  
 
===Season 10 Elections===
 
===Season 10 Elections===
−
After the ending of [[The Discipline Era]], the Monitor came to greet fans and introduce a new character, [[Boss]]. <blockquote class="squid">hey<br />Boss is here<br />she'll be right with you<br />oh here she is</blockquote>
+
After the ending of [[The Discipline Era]], the Monitor came to greet fans and introduce a new character, [[Boss]].
 +
<blockquote class="squid">
 +
hey<br />
 +
Boss is here<br />
 +
she'll be right with you<br />
 +
oh here she is
 +
</blockquote>
  
 
===Season 11 Elections===
 
===Season 11 Elections===
−
Preceding the [[Season 11#Election Results|Season 11 Elections]], The Monitor appeared to give one last message before the Grand Siesta. <blockquote class="squid">hey<br />how'd the election go<br />oh you haven't seen it yet?<br />oh<br />yeah i could eat<br />good book<br />got a message from the [[Boss]]<br />uh<br />what was it again<br />oh yea<br />your fates are sealed<br />or something<br />anyway<br />siesta<br />everyone get some rest<br />big plans ahead<br />expansion time<br />oh and do me a favor<br />don't send [[Tillman Henderson|tillman]] back</blockquote>
+
Preceding the [[Season 11#Election Results|Season 11 elections]], The Monitor appeared to give one last message before the Grand Siesta.
 +
<blockquote class="squid">
 +
hey<br />
 +
how'd the election go<br />
 +
oh you haven't seen it yet?<br />
 +
oh<br />
 +
yeah i could eat<br />
 +
good book<br />
 +
got a message from the [[Boss]]<br />
 +
uh<br />
 +
what was it again<br />
 +
oh yea<br />
 +
your fates are sealed<br />
 +
or something<br />
 +
anyway<br />
 +
siesta<br />
 +
everyone get some rest<br />
 +
big plans ahead<br />
 +
expansion time<br />
 +
oh and do me a favor<br />
 +
don't send [[Tillman Henderson|tillman]] back
 +
</blockquote>
  
 
===Season 12 Preseason===
 
===Season 12 Preseason===
 
At the end of the Grand Siesta, The Monitor briefly appeared as Blaseball reopened.
 
At the end of the Grand Siesta, The Monitor briefly appeared as Blaseball reopened.
−
<blockquote class="squid">oh hey<br />you're back<br />you want some snacks?</blockquote>
+
<blockquote class="squid">
 +
oh hey<br />
 +
you're back<br />
 +
you want some snacks?
 +
</blockquote>
  
−
===Season 13 Preseason===
+
===Season 13 Gods' Day===
 
[[File:Chef-monitor.png|201x201px|alt=|left]]
 
[[File:Chef-monitor.png|201x201px|alt=|left]]
 
<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />
 
<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />
−
After the [[Season 12#Election|Season 12 Election]], The Monitor had an announcement, while wearing a chef's hat:<blockquote class="squid">
+
Several hours after the [[Season 12#Election Results|Season 12 elections]], The Monitor had an announcement, while wearing a chef's hat:
−
hey<br />new snacks<br />pretzels got wet<br />sorry<br />hope its ok
+
<blockquote class="squid">
 +
hey<br />
 +
new snacks<br />
 +
pretzels got wet<br />
 +
sorry<br />
 +
hope its ok
 
</blockquote>
 
</blockquote>
 +
 +
===Season 14 Gods' Day===
 +
Several hours after the [[Season 13#Election Results|Season 13 elections]], The Monitor had an announcement:
 +
<blockquote class="squid">
 +
tides rising<br />
 +
boss says we gotta get this food out<br />
 +
don't want it to spoil<br />
 +
</blockquote>
 +
 +
===Season 14 Earlseason===
 +
Shortly before [[Season 14]], Day 8, The Monitor briefly appeared:
 +
<blockquote class="squid">
 +
hey<br />
 +
you see the boss anywhere?<br />
 +
what's the plan<br />
 +
kitchen's swamped<br />
 +
gonna attract pests<br />
 +
</blockquote>
 +
Following this, the site was updated with the ability to reorganize [[snacks]] in player inventories and to sell only part of a stack of snacks.
 +
 +
===Season 14 Earlsiesta===
 +
Following the Boss's [[Boss#Season 14 Earlsiesta|abrupt departure]] during the [[Season 14]] [[Earlsiesta]], The Monitor appeared:
 +
<blockquote class="squid">
 +
wait<br />
 +
uh<br />
 +
uh oh<br />
 +
</blockquote>
 +
 
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Revision as of 21:23, 16 March 2021

Squid.png

The Monitor (also known as The Hall Monitor and The Squid) is an entity of unknown origin and intention, and is currently serving as the Concessions Food and Beverage Director[1]. The Monitor first appeared at the end of the Season 7 regular season, and floated up and down while displaying cryptic messages in a glowing blue lowercase serif font. While The Monitor is on the site, no games can be viewed, no items can be purchased, and no ballots can be cast.

The Monitor is believed to be related to other cryptic messages from The Microphone due to The Monitor's Season 7 messages and Ump Sunman's familiarity[2] with the entity. Many players find it vastly preferable to The Shelled One.

History of Appearances

Season 7

At the end of the regular season (Friday, September 18, 2020), The Monitor appeared following a series of ominous messages from The Shelled One. It delivered the following messages:

who was that
is it an egg
never ate an egg before
where is hotdogfingers
followed hotdogfingers here
from the hall
from the trench
i am gonna watch
see if that egg comes back

It then stayed on the site for a prolonged period of time, displaying no message, before the site eventually returned to normal.

Season 7 Elections

Typically, when Election results are released, The Shelled One appears to chastise fans. For the Season 7 election results, The Monitor appeared instead to announce the introduction of the Hall of Flame.

that egg come back yet?
wonder what it tastes like
hey what is that you got there?
tiny eggs?
give em to me
i want em
i will make you a deal
you want to see your friends?

From this transmission, it's clear that The Monitor is confusing eggs and peanuts, and is referring to the stores of peanuts many players were given following the introduction of The Monitor earlier in the season.

Season 8 Midseason

Following the conclusion of all games taking place on Day 32 of Season 8, the Monitor appeared with no warning and stated the following:

that egg still not back?
shame
you like seeing your friends?
you can see em all you want
just keep those eggs coming
hurry up
this one at a time thing is killing me
shovel em in there

After the site returned, the Hall of Flame was updated with a slider introduced for tributing peanuts in bulk.

Season 8 Regular Season Conclusion

After The Shelled One delivered a message admonishing fans for offering peanuts as tribute at the Hall of Flame, The Monitor appeared with a new message.

hey wait come back
damn
what happened to your friends
are they eggs now?
hmm
still hungry

Season 9 Regular Season Conclusion

During Season 9, on the idol board, instead of there being a dotted red line, instead there was a tiny graphic of The Monitor that was placed to the left of the top most Shelled player. At the end of the Season 9 Regular Season, the Monitor appeared to address this.

let's see here...
egg time
*crunch*
wait yuck
think that egg spoiled
hmm
still hungry
need something more filling
you holding out on me?
better do something

Once The Monitor left, PolkaDot Patterson had been unshelled and given the Modification Squiddish.

Season 9, Day X

See the main article on this topic: Day X

Following the conclusion of the battle between the Charleston Shoe Thieves and The Shelled One on Day X, The Monitor appeared, much later than was needed to assist with the attack from The Shelled One.

did i miss something?
shoot
let me know next time

Season 10, Day X

Immediately after The Hall Stars defeated THE SHELLED ONE'S PODS in battle, The Monitor appeared to claim its final victory.

*cronch*
hmm
kinda bland
you all eat these?
what's the point
oh well
deal's a deal
oh almost forgot
Boss is on her way
you might want to clean up a bit

Season 10 Elections

After the ending of The Discipline Era, the Monitor came to greet fans and introduce a new character, Boss.

hey
Boss is here
she'll be right with you
oh here she is

Season 11 Elections

Preceding the Season 11 elections, The Monitor appeared to give one last message before the Grand Siesta.

hey
how'd the election go
oh you haven't seen it yet?
oh
yeah i could eat
good book
got a message from the Boss
uh
what was it again
oh yea
your fates are sealed
or something
anyway
siesta
everyone get some rest
big plans ahead
expansion time
oh and do me a favor
don't send tillman back

Season 12 Preseason

At the end of the Grand Siesta, The Monitor briefly appeared as Blaseball reopened.

oh hey
you're back
you want some snacks?

Season 13 Gods' Day









Several hours after the Season 12 elections, The Monitor had an announcement, while wearing a chef's hat:

hey
new snacks
pretzels got wet
sorry
hope its ok

Season 14 Gods' Day

Several hours after the Season 13 elections, The Monitor had an announcement:

tides rising
boss says we gotta get this food out
don't want it to spoil

Season 14 Earlseason

Shortly before Season 14, Day 8, The Monitor briefly appeared:

hey
you see the boss anywhere?
what's the plan
kitchen's swamped
gonna attract pests

Following this, the site was updated with the ability to reorganize snacks in player inventories and to sell only part of a stack of snacks.

Season 14 Earlsiesta

Following the Boss's abrupt departure during the Season 14 Earlsiesta, The Monitor appeared:

wait
uh
uh oh

  1. ↑ The Commissioner [@blaseball] (28 Feb 2021). "congratulations to our new food and beverage director" (Tweet) - via Twitter.
  2. ↑ Ump Sunman [ump_sunman#6346] (18 September 2020) "SQUID? UH MONITOR?" (Message) - via #hot-corner, Blaseball Discord.


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