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Ambush is a team modification, currently only appearing as the evolution modification of the ILB's Hades Tigers.
Overview
In Season 12, the decree Based Evolution passed. This decree stated that on a team's third championship win, the Team and its Players would evolve. While the Baltimore Crabs were the first team to win the championship thrice, the Crabs ascended in Season 10, before the Based Evolution decree was passed.
The Hades Tigers won the championship in the ILB's 2nd, 3rd and 12th season and were the first to evolve, confirming the effects of Based Evolution. Every active player on the Tiger's championship roster reached Base 1 evolution, raising those player's minimum stat threshold. The team was granted a new team modification, Ambush.
While most players in the Hall of Flame were statistically worse than most Tigers and active Internet League Blaseball players at the time, the Tigers often modified their stadium in hopes of Ambush activating. Despite having one of the lowest fortifications in the League, it took seven seasons for Ambush to activate. Notably, Igneus Delacruz is the only incineration caused by any stadium's lowered Fortification.
Ambush
"When a Player is incinerated in a game this Team is playing, a Hall of Flame Player will join their Shadows."
Ambush is a team modification that activates when a player is incininerated in a Hades Tigers game, regardless of team. Due to the Tigers having the team modification Fireproof, Ambush has only activated from incinerations of active players from opposing teams. It is currently unknown if team incinerations would activate Ambush.
When Ambush activates, the incineration text is changed. In addition to the text declaring a player is incinerated and their replacement, the following text is appended, with the Ambushed player's name in place of "Player Name".
An Ambush.
Player Name enters the Tigers' shadows.
Upon Ambush, three events appear on the Ambushed player's feed. The first two events are unique to the Ambush modification, the third is the standard shadow boost whenever a player enters a team's shadows.
Player Name exited the Hall of Flame.
Player Name joins the Ambush.
🐅+ Player Name, Shadows
Player Name entered the Shadows.
Unlike deceased players who return to the league due to wills or blessings, Ambushed players return with no new modification. Currently, the Ambushed players appear to be completely random. It is unknown if their standing in the Hall of Flame has any bearing. In addition, the modification is not restricted to players from the Internet League Blaseball or to revealed teams.
This was shown on Season 22, day 24 when Archie Lampman was Ambushed upon the incineration of Yong Wright. Unlike the previous Ambushes, Lampman was a shadows player for then ULB's deceased Mallorca Whales. At the time, none of the Mallorca Whales' entries the Library had been revealed, making them the first ULB team discovered by Ambush. Previously, Lampman had haunted player Kennedy Loser, but this did not reveal their previous team. As their death was likely due to the Whales getting incinerated as a team, their player page also had a unique event:
Archie Lampman was pulled from the incinerated Whales.
❓- Archie Lampman
After the Mallorca Whales were uncovered, the emoji changed to the Mallorca Whales' whale emoji (🐋).
Ambushed Players
| Date | Game | Incinerated Player | Ambushed Player | Original Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season 19, Day 15 | Mexico City Wild Wings vs Hades Tigers | Wichita Toaster | Tyler Violet | Canada Moist Talkers |
| Season 19, Day 22 | Ohio Worms vs Hades Tigers | Igneus Delacruz | Thomas Kirby | Chicago Firefighters |
| Season 19, Day 42 | Hades Tigers vs Chicago Firefighters | Carmelo Plums | Cedric Gonzalez | Philly Pies |
| Season 22, Day 24 | Mexico City Wild Wings vs Hades Tigers | Yong Wright | Archie Lampman | Mallorca Whales |
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History
Through the necromancy of Jaylen Hotdogfingers, Tigers Moody Cookbook, Mclaughlin Scorpler, Yazmin Mason, and Frasier Shmurmgle were incinerated. Tragically, but hilariously, Shmurmgle was incinerated only 39 days after replacing Scorpler. All four, as well as numerous other deaths in Season 7 were due to instability caused by being hit by Hotdogfingers' pitch or chained from Unstable deaths. Since then, the Tigers have famously sworn against necromancy and its consequences as well as against the rogue umpires who had caused their deaths. Lesser known is the Tiger's pledge to find a way to save the dead, and to free the players from the Hall of Flame without causing anymore death.
For six seasons, the Tigers worked in secret. In Season 12, the Tigers Evolved. All players who have evolved while on the Tigers, from that point on, are known to have tiger-like stripes on some part of their body. It was only revealed in Season 12, a ceremony with the Presence. It is unknown if the Tigers discovered this independently or was due to ILB management. However the Tigers revealed that their method had a flaw. The only way the Presence can pull someone from the Hall was when the door to the Hall of Flame was already open due to an incineration.
Despite the public modification, fans and players alike were skeptical. The tiger stripes were thought to be aesthetic only until Season 19, day 15. Season 19, Day 15 was the incineration of Wild Wings player Wichita Toaster and the first incineration during a Tigers game since Season 12. On that day, cameras and fans have caught videos of the Tiger's mascot, the Presence suddenly bounding into the field. On its back was Tigers player Ren Morin. Due to his allergic reaction in Season 12, Morin had retired from active play and had become known for his cafe while on the roster as a Shadows player. Since then, Morin and the Presence have made appearances everytime an incineration occurs in a Tigers game.
Ambush Stripes
Ambush Stripes refer to the markings that originally appeared on the Tigers' season 12 championship roster.
