Timeline

Season A

The First Day, 1st Edition

On the first known Gods' Day, prior to the start of the season, Sun 1 was Forged by Namerifeht, Five Bases were Placed, and 30 teams joined Ultra League Blaseball. Following this, an Umpire appeared, and, on March 1st, 1983, Day 1 of the first known Regular Season of Blaseball began, lasting until Day 162 at which point Leaders and MVPs were named prior to the commencement of the Postseason.

Season B

Season C

Incineration of the Alaskan Immortals

Due to the movement of the Firewalker Parker MacMillan during the Season B Election, the Alaskan Immortals were Unstable going into the first week of Season C. In the bottom of the 7th inning on Day 8, during a Solar Eclipse game against the Phoenix Trunks, Immortals batter Blossom LaBelle stepped up to the plate, only for a Rogue Umpire to incinerate the Unstable Immortals, relegating the team and its players to the Hall of Flame, and chaining the Instability to the Trunks. The Immortals were replaced by the Downward Dogs, who went on to lose the game against the Trunks 0 to 4. These events are chronicled by Lōotcrates in the Library volume "An Eclipse".

Season D

Incineration of the Canada Artists

In the Season C Election, Parker MacMillan left the Canada Artists, which, due to MacMillan's  FirewalkerWhen this Player leaves a Location, they'll leave Instability behind. modification, caused the team to become  UnstablePlayer: Unstable Players have a much higher chance of being incinerated in a Solar Eclipse.
Team: Unstable Teams have a chance of being incinerated in a Solar Eclipse. going into the first week of Season D.

On Day 3, the Canada Artists were playing against the Maryland Squirrels under a Solar Eclipse. In the top of the first inning, shortly after Artists batter Slosh Eckhardt stepped up to the plate, a Rogue Umpire incinerated the Artists, increasing Sun 1's pressure to 26.86%. However, unlike in the case of the Immortals the previous season, one of the Artists' players – Agan Espinoza – had the  Fire ProtectorThis Player will protect their teammates from incinerations. modification, allowing Espinoza to save their teammates from the incineration. As a result, Espinoza was the only player to be incinerated with the team – the other Artists players instead being transferred over to the Artists' replacement team, the Topeka Moist Talkers. The Moist Talkers went on to lose the game against the Squirrels 3 to 9.

These events were chronicled by Lōotcrates in the Library volume "A Save".

Season E

An Alternate

On Day 13, the Minneapolis Truckers – who were  UnstablePlayer: Unstable Players have a much higher chance of being incinerated in a Solar Eclipse.
Team: Unstable Teams have a chance of being incinerated in a Solar Eclipse. at the time for an unknown reason – were facing off against the New York Millennials under a Solar Eclipse. During the game, a Rogue Umpire incinerated the Truckers, sending the team to the Hall of Flame and replacing them with the Boulders Bay Birds.

Truckers player Megan Ito was, at the time, in possession of the Legendary Item known as The Force Field. This item bestowed upon them the  ForceThis Player is Forced into position. They cannot leave their current Location. modification, preventing them from leaving any Location. As a result of this, when the incineration of their team occurred, their item attempted to Force them to stay both on their Team and in the League – impossible due to their team no longer being in the ILB – catching them in a state of Superposition. Ito then Echoed with themselves 99 times, before finally Echoing out into  Static.....
When two players attempt to Echo each other, they both disappear into Static., dropping The Force Field. They were replaced by a newly-Called Alternate named New Megan Ito, who joined the Birds.

Following the incineration and incident with Megan Ito, the Truckers' Instability chained to the New York Millennials, and the Birds went on to lose the game against the Millennials 4 to 5.

These events were chronicled by Lōotcrates in the Library volume "An Alternate".

Season AA

The First Day, 2nd Edition

During Season AA's Gods' Day – the first since the ILB's retirement in the late 1980s – Sun 1 was Refilled by Namerifeht, Four Bases were Placed, and the 30 remaining teams from Season E joined the second iteration of Internet League Blaseball. Following this, an Umpire appeared, "They" Awoke, and, on January 2nd, 2000, Day 1 of the first season of the Pre-History II era began.

Coffee Cup

The Cup took place over four weeks. One round of the tournament ran each Tuesday during the Cup, culminating with a final championship series on December 8th, 2020. Each round consisted of a first-to-three-wins format. Following the tournament, all members of winning team Inter Xpresso received the Perk modification.

Season 1

Start of Season

As the season began the Black Hole appeared and the following occured.

[BURP]
WAKE UP PLAY BALL
WAKE UP PLAY BALL WAKE UP PLAY BALL WAKE UP PLAY BALL
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EMERGENCY ALERT
BELCH DETECTED
EXPOSITION INCOMING
BLASEBALL WAS NULLIFIED
PLAY MUST CONTINUE
BLASEBALL WAS NULLIFIED
PLAY MUST CONTINUE
BLASEBALL IS CAUGHT IN A STATE OF SUPERPOSITION
[ STATIC ]
ALL NEW BLASEBALL IS CALLED
POWER VACUUM DETECTED
OFFICIALS ALERTED
WAKE UP PLAY BALL

Shortly after Day 1 there was an error that caused future games to be delayed resulting in another alert.

EMERGENCY ALERT
TEMPORAL ANOMALY
TIME DILATING

Static Charges

As the Team Pages fully opened, it was noticed that there were some discrepancies between the listed Fall Ball falls and the teams themselves. NaN and Sixpack Dogwalker, the original two Receivers, were absent; in their place was Nathaniel Wilds and Dimi Wobbler, respectively. Both of these replacements were also now Receivers, having previously been Static Charges from the Short Circuits. Notably, Both the Ohio Worms (which NaN had fallen to) and Philly Pies (which Sixpack Dogwalker had fallen to), had the Entangled Modification, which they had received at the conclusion of Season β24). Whilst not explicitly stated, it can therefore can be presumed that both Teams had been Alternated on their return from the Black Hole. This revealed an as-yet-unseen (though confirmed by The Game Band in the August 31st, 2021 episode of Inside a Blaseball) interaction between the Receiver and Alternate Modifications: that an Alternated Receiver is replaced with a Static Player, who then becomes a Receiver themselves. Also notably, NaN had not had the Receiver modification since Season β15, when it had been replaced with the Echo modification. Players with Echo had not previously swapped when alternated, as Wyatt Mason X, an Echo, was Alternated in the Season β21 election with no other result.

Bonus Burps

Every ILB team started with 14 players - 10 of whom had fallen during Fall Ball, the other 4 seemingly randomly generated before games began. Additionally, as games progressed, it appeared that the new weather Horizon (which every game in this season was played under) caused the Black Hole to burp out players who then fell and landed somewhere on the field during games. The fallen players did not appear on team rosters, and their location was originally unknown. During the Offseason, the player pages of fallen players became visible via their UUIDs, which revealed the team on which they had landed and the modification Buried. It is currently unclear where on the team these players are as they do not appear on the roster. An (incomplete) list of players that fell and which team's game they fell during can be seen below.

Falling players had also, on rare occasion, hit a player on a team's active roster and knocked them out of play. The fallen player then replaced them on the active roster, and the hit player entered the Shadows. A list of occurrences of this is below.

Election Secretion

At the beginning of the season, no decrees or blessings were available. However, over the course of the season, two different kinds of EMERGENCY ALERTS revealed the ballot.

The addition of Decrees was heralded by the broadcast:

[BURP]
EMERGENCY ALERT
BELCH DETECTED
BALLOT CONTESTED
DECREE SECRETED

These secretions occurred before Day 6, Day 28, and Day 49, and added the NEW Redistribute Wealth, NEW Relegation, and NEW Open the Forbidden Book respectively.

The addition of Blessings was heralded by the broadcast:

[BURP]
EMERGENCY ALERT
BELCH DETECTED
BALLOT CONTESTED
BLESSINGS SECRETED

These secretions occurred before Day 25, Day 46, and Day 67. The first one added Strong Start, Shadow Play, and Wind Spirits; the second one added Yeet and Strike Zero; and the third added Shore Up and Guess Whose Thwack.

Other Belches

Shortly before Day 3 started, an Alert was broadcast, which re-allowed the ability to see star counts on individual stats.

[BURP]
BELCH DETECTED
STARS CHARTER

Another Alert was broadcast before Day 44 that gave the ability to see players' attributes, which had changed to a different system between the eras.

[BURP]
EMERGENCY ALERT
BELCH DETECTED
ATTRIBUTION ERROR
RECOMMEND DEEP ANALYSIS

Universal Bets and Influence

Starting with Day 24, and repeating each real-world 24 hours, a new boon was granted. This boon, referred to as "Universal Bets and Influence", granted players 100 Chips and 20 Votes. Around Day 66 the amount given was doubled for that day (which took place on a Thursday). This would happen for Thursdays in a Season going forward. This, notably, would not activate during Offseason. Coinciding with this came a Message from the Monitor:

universal bets and influence
nice
just got my daily chips and votes
time to bet big
 @monitor

Please Help.

Right before the Postseason began, an Emergency Alert was broadcast. Before long, however, the message itself was clearly being actively edited. Whilst only edited one letter at a time, the messages the alert ended up at are as follows:

P.

PLEASE WAIT
PLEASE WAIT...........
P
PLEASE HELP.
PLEASE HELP...........
PLEASE.
PLEASE WAIT?
PLEASE WAIT!?!?!
PLEASE WAIT.....

The message then continued to vary in line breaks and periods, eventually making the message vertical and adding select periods to letters, culminating at:

P....
L....
E.......
A..........
S....
E..
W....
A.......
I.....
T......

The periods and letters themselves were then deleted, and when all were deleted, the usual PLEASE WAIT... was typed out. Shortly thereafer, the message changed to PLAY BALL!, and the Postseason began.

Notable Election Results

During the Election the Hades Tigers managed to win the "Yeet" Blessing which was to send their worst player to the Black Hole, which was Eddie Tumblehome, and for them to recieve a random player in return. However the results of the election showed that the player they were to recieve was Frazier Tosser who had already fallen onto the field, during a game between the Philly Pies and Mexico City Wild Wings. Due to this, this managed to result in the Philly Pies somehow recieved Tumblehome on their lineup, and the Hades Tigers appearing to gain no player on their team. This was eventually fixed with Tumblehome being removed and The Tigers recieving the Buried Frazier Tosser.

Two players who were previously were incinerated and listed as deceased, Shaquille Torres and Derrick Krueger returned from the Black Hole with the Modification Entrenched as a result of the Election. The modification had no description.

Player Tiera Wigdoubt from the Shadows of prehistory team Laredo Excavators, was also taken from the Black Hole to join the Baltimore Crabs. Although their team was listed as deceased and they were in the Hall of Flame, they themselves were not. As a result of returning they gained the Modification In The Field, which had no description.

Apparently as a result of Shadow Play the Mexico City Wild Wings gained a new Shadows player who was not pulled from the Shadows by the Blessing, Rocket Hadji.

Golden Record

Following the Postseason the Commissioner notably stated on Twitter and through a message on the site that he was confering the Charleston Shoe Thieves, with a Golden Record of 65-25.

Season 2

Beginning

As the season began the Crew of Umpires appeared to deliver a brief message and reveal decrees to be voted on.

THE TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS IS COMING
THE REVIEW BEGINS NOW
MAKE YOUR APPEALS
NAME YOUR CREW CHIEF
AWAIT JUDGEMENT
THE RULES MUST BE ENFORCED
WAKE UP PLAY BALL!

Horizon Burps

During Horizon weather, players have a chance of falling out of the Black Hole (Black Hole) and can either become buried on The Field or fall on an active player. Players who have been landed on are replaced by the fallen player and move to the Shadows. Buried players are assigned to one of the teams, but are not visible on the team page and do not play.

Buried Players

Crashed Players

Crew of Umpires and Solar Eclipses

With the league under Official Review and the Forbidden Book reopened, four kinds of Solar Eclipse are in play, Blue, Red, Gold, and Silver. These appear to correspond to the four Umpires on the Crew of Umpires, which are able to cause different effects under the different Solar Eclipses.

Known actions so far:

Red Solar Eclipse (Mage Umpire)

Day	Player Affected	Effect	Team
3	Vaquita Magno	Ruled in Magno's favor, boosting their attributes	Baltimore Crabs
4	Haruta Byrd	Called Byrd's Alternate	Hawai'i Fridays
23	Daniel Mendoza	Called Mendoza's Alternate	Boston Flowers
24	Ryuji Ngozi	Called Ngozi's Alternate	New York Millennials
42	Bonk Jokes	Called Jokes's Alternate	Broken Ridge Jazz Hands
53	Ralph Vincent	Called Vincent's Alternate	Chicago Firefighters
57	Jammy Decksetter	Called Decksetter's Alternate	Charleston Shoe Thieves
62	Neerie McCloud	Called McCloud's Alternate	Core Mechanics
64	Carter O'connor	Ruled in O'connor's favor, boosting their attributes	Mexico City Wild Wings
66	Vernon Shotwell	Called Shotwell's Alternate	Yellowstone Magic
67	Ralph Vincent	Called Vincent's Alternate	Chicago Firefighters
77	Edric Tosser	Ruled in Tosser's favor, boosting their attributes	Miami Dale
84	Niu Chen	Called Chen's Alternate	Core Mechanics
85	Elijah Valenzuela	Called Valenzuela's Alternate	Hawai'i Fridays
88	Sheri Friday	Called Friday's Alternate	Core Mechanics

Silver Solar Eclipse (Knight Umpire)

Day	Player Affected	Effect	Team
6	Winnie Hess	Hess parried a Knight Umpire's swear	Ohio Worms
10	Badgerson Stromboli	Stromboli parried a Knight Umpire's swear	Ohio Worms
12	Letitia Diop	A Knight swore at Diop, who then embarked on a Side Quest. Rocket Hadji clocked in.	Mexico City Wild Wings
19	Agan Espinoza	Ruled in Espinoza's favor, boosting their attributes	Dallas Steaks
20	Yosh Carpenter	Carpenter parried a Knight Umpire's swear	Chicago Firefighters
35	Sevgi Gore	A Knight swore at Gore, who then embarked on a Side Quest. Scratch Deleuze clocked in.	Houston Spies
40	Muna Sichantha	A Knight swore at Sichantha, who then embarked on a Side Quest. No players clocked in.	San Francisco Lovers
50	Chambers Simmons	A Knight swore at Simmons, who then embarked on a Side Quest. No players clocked in.	Seattle Garages
58	Ajax Murphy	Murphy parried a Knight Umpire's swear	Ohio Worms
61	Tahini Poinsettia	Poinsettia parried a Knight Umpire's swear	Miami Dale
82	Flan Prince	A Knight swore at Prince, who then embarked on a Side Quest. No players clocked in.	Charleston Shoe Thieves
88	Tad Seeth	Seeth parried a Knight Umpire's swear	Canada Moist Talkers

Gold Solar Eclipse (Bard Umpire)

Day	Player Affected	Effect	Team
10	Tiana Takahashi	Takahashi dodged the Bard Umpire's curse	Tokyo Lift
14	Anathema Elemefayo	Elemefayo dodged the Bard Umpire's curse	Hawai'i Fridays
19	Jenkins Good	Ruled in Good's favor, boosting their attributes	LA Unlimited Tacos
26	Jenkins Ingram	Cursed Ingram with Can't Lose	Boston Flowers
30	Tad Seeth	Seeth dodged the Bard Umpire's curse	Canada Moist Talkers
49	Winnie Hess	Hess dodged the Bard Umpire's curse	Ohio Worms
53	Özlem Suttner	Cursed Suttner with Can't Lose	Tokyo Lift
57	Stephanie Donaldson	Donaldson dodged the Bard Umpire's curse	Broken Ridge Jazz Hands
66	Sherbet Baek	Ruled in Baek's favor, boosting their attributes	San Francisco Lovers
81	Sigmund Castillo	Cursed Castillo with Can't Lose	Broken Ridge Jazz Hands
81	Faye Melange	Ruled in Melange's favor, boosting their attributes	Houston Spies

Blue Solar Eclipse (Rogue Umpire)

Day	Player Affected	Effect	Team
17	Velasquez Alstott	Rogue Umpire Incinerated Alstott. Replaced by Hana Wildebeest	Hades Tigers
22	Chae DeShields	Rogue Umpire Incinerated DeShields. Replaced by Juke Gnocchi	Baltimore Crabs
23	Jana Beats	Ruled in Beats's favor, boosting their attributes	New York Millennials
23	Beef Knight	Rogue Umpire Incinerated Knight. Replaced by Flan Prince	Charleston Shoe Thieves
27	Ramiel Jang	Rogue Umpire Incinerated Jang. Replaced by Muna Sichantha	San Francisco Lovers
28	Baldwin Jones	Rogue Umpire Incinerated Jones. Replaced by Baker Caster	Mexico City Wild Wings
30	Soojin Gloom	Rogue Umpire Incinerated Gloom. Replaced by Piper Legume	LA Unlimited Tacos
41	Rivers Rosa	Rogue Umpire Incinerated Rosa. Replaced by Mimosa Arslan	Houston Spies
43	Inky Rutledge	Rogue Umpire Incinerated Rutledge. Replaced by Duncan Phantom	Yellowstone Magic
56	Khulan Sagaba	Ruled in Sagaba's favor, boosting their attributes	Canada Moist Talkers
56	Steals Mondegreen	Rogue Umpire Incinerated Mondegreen. Replaced by Leandra Beech	Hades Tigers
68	Mimosa Arslan	Rogue Umpire Incinerated Arslan. Replaced by Hye Brighella	Houston Spies
68	Ramirez Winters	Rogue Umpire Incinerated Winters. Replaced by Avery Cascabel	Baltimore Crabs
79	Leandra Beech	Rogue Umpire Incinerated Beech. Replaced by Verity Gander	Hades Tigers

Siesta

Following Day 65, Blaseball was put into a Siesta in order to resolve slowdown issues with the games, after Day 65 resulted in another set of multiple spillovers. This resulted in an announcement.

EMERGENCY ALERT
INTERNAL ERROR
EXCESSIVE CHANGE DETECTED
TIME DENSITY HIGH
NORMALIZATION INCOMING

A few minutes later games returned for Day 65 only to be put back on Siesta again after that to resolve stabillity issues.The Ticker was updated to reflect this and the website was changed to read "PLEASE WAIT" again. Around an hour later the site returned to games with Day 66. As a response to this the UBI for that day was given out 4 times.

Questing Results

As a result of their Knighted Modification, which was given during Solar Eclipse (Silver) Weather. Chambers Simmons "found a Heart and [felt] renewed", on Day 71. The result of this was an overall boost to their Attributes, which resulted in their batting reaching 5.5 stars.

On Day 91, Flan Prince "retreated from sounds of scuttling". This resulted in a decrease to their Attributes, that was less than Simmons increase.

Postseason Switch

After round 1 of the Postseason, the Yellowstone Magic and Moab Hellmouth Sunbeams swapped places in the Postseason. This resulted in the Yellowstone Magic playing in the Good Conference and the Moab Hellmouth Sunbeams playing in the Evil Conference. As a result of this the Sunbeams managed to become the Evil Conference winners despite being in the Good Conference. The reason for the switch was ascribed by Facts Machine (in a message) and the Commissioner (on twitter) as being due to "INTERNAL ERROR".

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