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'''{{PAGENAME}}''' is a lineup player for the [[Tokyo Lift]], and has been with the team since the [[Season 10]] Election.
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'''{{PAGENAME}}''' was a lineup player for the [[Tokyo Lift]], and was with the team from {{BetaSeason|10#Election Results|@ elections}} until being [[Incineration|incinerated]] on {{BetaSeason|17}}, Day 44.
  
 
==Official League Records==
 
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Strongbody joined the [[ILB]] as a hitter for the [[Tokyo Lift]] during the [[Season 10]] Election, after the [[Ascension]] of the [[Baltimore Crabs]].
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Strongbody joined the [[ILB]] as a hitter for the [[Tokyo Lift]] during the {{BetaSeason|10}} Election, after the [[Ascension]] of the [[Baltimore Crabs]].
  
 
During the [[Coffee Cup]], Strongbody played for [[Atlético Latte]] as a lineup player.
 
During the [[Coffee Cup]], Strongbody played for [[Atlético Latte]] as a lineup player.
  
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During the [[Season 13#Election Results|Season 13 elections]], Strongbody received the [[Modifications|Flippers]] modification as a result of the [[Season 13#Blessings|'''Spare Flippers''']] blessing.
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During the {{BetaSeason|13#Election Results|@ elections}}, Strongbody received the [[Modifications|Flippers]] modification as a result of the {{BetaSeason|13#Blessings|'''Spare Flippers'''}} blessing.
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During the {{BetaSeason|14#Election Results|@ elections}}, Strongbody's hitting stats were rerolled. {{Star Change|2.3|3.3}}
  
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During the [[Season 14#Election Results|Season 14 elections]], Strongbody's hitting stats were rerolled. {{Star Change|2.3|3.3}}
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On {{BetaSeason|17}}, Day 44, Strongbody was [[Incineration|incinerated]] and replaced by [[Rylan O'Lantern]].
  
 
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File:Stijn Hug Practice.png|alt=A digital grayscale drawing of Stijn Strongbody, a muscular four-armed Japanese man with glasses. He is wearing a Lift uniform, and is standing while hugging four blaseball-themed plushies, each wearing a blaseball uniform with one of four blaseball caps representing the sunbeams, magic, tacos, and dale. His eyes are closed and he has a big grin on his face. The background is blank white.|Hug Practice by [https://twitter.com/unhenge/status/1369485153962237957 unhenge]
 
File:Stijn Hug Practice.png|alt=A digital grayscale drawing of Stijn Strongbody, a muscular four-armed Japanese man with glasses. He is wearing a Lift uniform, and is standing while hugging four blaseball-themed plushies, each wearing a blaseball uniform with one of four blaseball caps representing the sunbeams, magic, tacos, and dale. His eyes are closed and he has a big grin on his face. The background is blank white.|Hug Practice by [https://twitter.com/unhenge/status/1369485153962237957 unhenge]
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File:Atrium stijn wink.png|alt=A digital drawing of Stijn, a muscular four-armed Japanese man with rectangular glasses. He is wearing a bright pink tank top with a yellow upwards arrow and a pink blaseball cap, and holds up a glass of water to the viewer with a friendly wink. The background is pink.|Art by [https://twitter.com/Atr11um Atrium]
 
 
File:Atrium stijn and quitter.png|alt=A digital pink-toned drawing of Wyatt Quitter and Stijn Strongbody. Stijn is a muscular four-armed Japanese man wearing rectangular glasses. Quitter is a shorter Chinese-American person with chin-length white hair. Both are wearing Lift uniforms, but Stijn's is modified to be sleeveless and have four arm holes, and has fingerless gloves on all hands. Quitter's hand is on their hip as they ask "Where do YOU work out?" to which Stijn replies "The library!" He has a book in his bottom two hands and one of his upper hands is pointing up to emphasize his statement.|Stijn and [[Wyatt Quitter]]. Art by [https://twitter.com/Atr11um Atrium].
 
File:Atrium stijn and quitter.png|alt=A digital pink-toned drawing of Wyatt Quitter and Stijn Strongbody. Stijn is a muscular four-armed Japanese man wearing rectangular glasses. Quitter is a shorter Chinese-American person with chin-length white hair. Both are wearing Lift uniforms, but Stijn's is modified to be sleeveless and have four arm holes, and has fingerless gloves on all hands. Quitter's hand is on their hip as they ask "Where do YOU work out?" to which Stijn replies "The library!" He has a book in his bottom two hands and one of his upper hands is pointing up to emphasize his statement.|Stijn and [[Wyatt Quitter]]. Art by [https://twitter.com/Atr11um Atrium].
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File:Atrium flipper stijn.png|alt=A grayscale digital drawing of Stijn, a muscular four-armed Japanese man with a pair of rectangular goggles. He appears to be suspended as if in water, and some bubbles trail off from his mouth. He looks concerned as he looks at his new so-called flippers, which are really just froglike feet and webbed hands.|Stijn after receiving the Spare Flippers blessing from the [[Season 13#Election Results|Season 13 elections]]. Art by [https://twitter.com/Atr11um Atrium].
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File:Atrium flipper stijn.png|alt=A grayscale digital drawing of Stijn, a muscular four-armed Japanese man with a pair of rectangular goggles. He appears to be suspended as if in water, and some bubbles trail off from his mouth. He looks concerned as he looks at his new so-called flippers, which are really just froglike feet and webbed hands.|Stijn after receiving the Spare Flippers blessing from the {{BetaSeason|13#Election Results|@ elections}}. Art by [https://twitter.com/Atr11um Atrium].
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File:Atrium stijn and nandy.png|alt=A black and white line sketch of Stijn and Nandy. Nandy, a very old and very buff lady, is holding a pair of knitting needles as she looks up at Stijn. Stijn, a very muscular four-armed man with rectangular glasses, looks down at the Lift-themed sweater he is wearing with an expression of delight.|Stijn and [[Nandy Slumps]] bonding. Art by [https://twitter.com/Atr11um Atrium].
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File:Diet Coke and Mentos Fancymancer.png|alt=A black and white digital drawing. Ayanna is a sentient humanoid water bottle, Quitter is a Chinese-American person with short hair and a backwards blaseball cap, and Stijn is a muscular four-armed Japanese man with glasses and a forward-facing blaseball cap. All three are wearing Lift uniforms. Ayanna is sitting on the ground, with the cap off her head as she squints up at Quitter, who is currently pouring a bottle of Diet Coke into her while holding a packet of Mentos with their other hand. Stijn is slightly blurred out as he springs towards Quitter and Ayanna to stop them before they do something that everyone will regret.|An experiment of Diet Coke and Mentos, featuring [[Ayanna Dumpington]], [[Wyatt Quitter]], and Strongbody. Art by [https://twitter.com/Fancymancer Fancymancer]
 
File:Atrium stijn tlopps.png|alt=A Tlopps card of Stijn, a muscular four-armed Japanese man with rectangular glasses. He is wearing a bright pink tank top with a black upwards arrow and a pink blaseball cap. He is flexing hard and looking upwards and to his right, away from the viewer.|Art by [https://twitter.com/Atr11um Atrium]. Tlopps template by SonteyBuffogne#7675 on discord.
 
File:Atrium stijn tlopps.png|alt=A Tlopps card of Stijn, a muscular four-armed Japanese man with rectangular glasses. He is wearing a bright pink tank top with a black upwards arrow and a pink blaseball cap. He is flexing hard and looking upwards and to his right, away from the viewer.|Art by [https://twitter.com/Atr11um Atrium]. Tlopps template by SonteyBuffogne#7675 on discord.
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File:Atrium stijn and nandy.png|alt=A black and white line sketch of Stijn and Nandy. Nandy, a very old and very buff lady, is holding a pair of knitting needles as she looks up at Stijn. Stijn, a very muscular four-armed man with rectangular glasses, looks down at the Lift-themed sweater he is wearing with an expression of delight.|Stijn and [[Nandy Slumps]] bonding. Art by [https://twitter.com/Atr11um Atrium].
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File:Stijn Strongbody advanced mathhematics Fancymancer.png|alt=A black and white digital drawing of Stijn Strongbody, a four-armed muscular Japanese man wearing glasses, a Lift jersey, and a blaseball cap. He holds two books, one titled "Maths" and one titled "Advanced Math 3: Math Velasquez."|Art by [https://twitter.com/Fancymancer Fancymancer]
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File:Atrium stijn wink.png|alt=A digital drawing of Stijn, a muscular four-armed Japanese man with rectangular glasses. He is wearing a bright pink tank top with a yellow upwards arrow and a pink blaseball cap, and holds up a glass of water to the viewer with a friendly wink. The background is pink.|Art by [https://twitter.com/Atr11um Atrium]
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File:Stijn Strongbody hug practice Fancymancer.png|alt=A black and white digital drawing of Stijn Strongbody, a four-armed muscular Japanese man. He is wearing a cropped t-shirt titled "swole mate" as he sits on a piece of complex exercise equipment that allows him to exercise all four arms at once. He looks like he's concentrating, and a thought bubble comes off him with the text "I'm gonna get so good at huggin'."|Hug training by [https://twitter.com/Fancymancer Fancymancer]
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File:Someone will die of fun Fancymancer.png|alt=Nandy Slumps, an elderly and extremely buff old Japanese woman in a sleeveless Lift uniform, looks towards the camera with her arms crossed as she says "Someone will die." Stijn Strongbody, a muscular four-armed Japanese man with glasses and a Lift Jersey, puts one arm over her shoulder as he gives a thumbs up and exclaims in response to Nandy's statement, "Of Fun!"|Stijn Strongbody and [[Nandy Slumps]]. Art by [https://twitter.com/Fancymancer Fancymancer]
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File:Stijn and Quitter Fancymancer.png|alt=Wyatt Quitter, a Chinese American person, leans over to Stijn Strongbody, a muscular four-armed Japanese man, to explain how Blaseball works. Strongbody is taking notes and puts one hand on his chin in contemplation. The dialogue reads as follows. Quitter: "...so then our pitching machine started drinking blood." Stijn: "Wait, how does a pitching machine drink anything?" Quitter: "That is an excellent question and for your sake I hope you never find out."|[[Wyatt Quitter]] explaining how Blaseball works to the then-new team captain, Stijn Strongbody.
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File:Stijn strongbody buzzardtable.png|alt=A digital drawing of Strongbody, a middle-aged muscular four-armed Japanese man with rectangular glasses and short hair. He is smiling as he holds a thumb up with one hand, holds a book with another, and crosses the other two arms. His pink t-shirt reads, "Lift Laugh Love."|Art by [https://twitter.com/saltbuzzard @saltbuzzard]
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File:Karaoke with the Lift Fancymancer.png|alt=A digital ink drawing of various members of the Lift around a table, eating, laughing, and singing to Garages Karaoke in a small room filled with Garages album posters and a TV. From left to right: Gerund Pantheocide is eating nachos, Yusef Fenestrate is drinking a glass of juice through a straw, Ayanna Dumpington and Wyatt Quitter are the only people in the room standing up and are singing passionately, and Stijn Strongbody is holding a songlist and laughing.|Karaoke Night with the Tokyo Lift during the [[Extended Siesta#Grand Siesta|Grand Siesta]]. From left to right: [[Gerund Pantheocide]], [[Yusef Fenestrate]], [[Ayanna Dumpington]], [[Wyatt Quitter]], and Stijn Strongbody. Art by [https://twitter.com/Fancymancer/status/1331284947827634177 Fancymancer]
 
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Latest revision as of 00:56, 17 January 2023

Stijn Strongbody was a lineup player for the Tokyo Lift, and was with the team from Season β10 elections until being incinerated on Season β17, Day 44.

Official League Records

Strongbody joined the ILB as a hitter for the Tokyo Lift during the Season β10 Election, after the Ascension of the Baltimore Crabs.

During the Coffee Cup, Strongbody played for Atlético Latte as a lineup player.

During the Season β13 elections, Strongbody received the Flippers modification as a result of the Spare Flippers blessing.

During the Season β14 elections, Strongbody's hitting stats were rerolled. 2.3 → 3.3

On Season β17, Day 44, Strongbody was incinerated and replaced by Rylan O'Lantern.

COMMUNITY REPORTS
The remainder of this article contains lore created collaboratively by the Blaseball community.

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Biographical Information

Background

Stijn Strongbody was born in Antwerp to Belgian and Japanese mothers. After studying mathematics in Brussels and astrophysics in Singapore he settled in Tokyo to complete a PhD in cosmology. As an amateur weightlifter he was able to supplement his meagre student income by performing as a fairground strongman, and later in local wrestling promotions as heel character "The Abdominator".

The gentle, conflict-averse Strongbody was unconvincing as a villain and found it hard to engage the crowd. This changed during an undercard bout in Sapporo, where he debuted an experimental flex so powerful that spacetime briefly warped around him. When he regained consciousness Strongbody found he had lost the match and gained a second pair of arms almost identical to his original set.

His new limb configuration was a hit with wrestling fans but proved difficult to coordinate, leading to a string of embarrassing scenes both in the ring and on crowded public transport. Strongbody eventually took a twelve-month sabbatical from his day job at Japanese space agency JAXA for intense rehabilitation work with coach Lance Serotonin. Workout diaries from this period inform early chapters in Strongbody's subsequent book Exercise for Abnormal Body-Types.

On his return to JAXA Strongbody led a project analysing the orbital patterns of near-Earth asteroids. During Season 9 of the Internet League he abruptly resigned from this role to found the Tokyo Lift. Asked to explain his sudden career change he said only that "some things can't wait".

With the Tokyo Lift

Strongbody came to Blaseball with little experience of the splort and none at all of splorts administration, discounting a brief spell as President and sole member of the Singapore Five-Dimensional Chless Club. He approached Blaseball legend Nandy Slumps for advice in assembling a team, suggesting she might consider a term as interim coach. Slumps' first act was to sign herself as Star Pitcher; her second was to resign from the coaching position. This set the tone for an unconventional and seemingly scattershot recruitment process.

Officially listed as Captain of the Tokyo Lift, and semi-officially as Team Dad, Strongbody's day-to-day role often seemed closer to that of reluctant ringmaster. Career troublemaker Wyatt Quitter favoured the term "fun police", although the same player was ferocious in Strongbody's defence when a local newspaper called him "out of his depth" and "an overstretched kindergarten assistant in the body of a Mortal Kombat boss".

Under Strongbody's leadership the fledgling Lift made impressive gains both as individuals and as a team. Critics might point to the early roster of "A.I.s, time-travellers, sentient water bottles and whatever the heck Coolname Galvanic is" as being more suited to a science fiction adventure than a Blaseball field, but co-captain Lance Serotonin was always adamant that "Stijn knows exactly what he's doing". Neither could be drawn on reports that Strongbody's office featured a clock counting down years, days and hours to something called "Phase Three".

Serotonin's Season 16 Redaction was a huge blow to the team but above all to Strongbody, who relied heavily on his friend's counsel and player-management skills as intricate reality-modelling equations began to monopolise his own time.

Death and legacy

On Day 44 of Season 17 Strongbody was incinerated by a rogue umpire. There is some evidence that he had predicted this event, though perhaps not completed the calculations to his customary level of precision; sometime protégé Yusef Fenestrate later noticed that Day 44 was one of three ringed in red on Strongbody's office wall planner. Other players had noticed their captain frequently glancing skywards, checking both of his wristwatches and - uncharacteristically - attempting to call close friend, frequent collaborator and that day's opponent Math Velazquez between innings. One account gives his last words as "Oh, x cubed. That explains everyth-".

Never one for grandiose personal monuments, the Lift's founder is commemorated in smaller ways such as the annual Stijn Strongbody Community Litter Pick. Some of his thoughts on life, growth and captaincy are recorded in a short essay discovered shortly after his death. Through these touching words and his many achievements, Strongbody's example continues to inspire players and fans alike.

Trivia

At the time of his death Strongbody held seven world records, including Most Rubik's Cubes solved in an hour while also doing pushups and Most pushups in an hour while also solving Rubik's Cubes. His unofficial fan club, the Stijn Stans, continue to march behind the slogan "double the pecs and ten times the heart".


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