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{{Player| team=[[Houston Spies]] | former=[[New York Millennials]], [[Breckenridge Jazz Hands]], [[Baltimore Crabs]] | status=Active| batting={{Star Rating|3.5}}  | pitching={{Star Rating|3.5}}| baserunning={{Star Rating|4}} | defense={{Star Rating|2.5}}| item=None | armor=None | evolution=Base | ritual=Blacking out| coffee=Latte | blood=Grass | fate=58| soulscream=OAEUEOAEUEOOXAIEOXAIEO| twitter_account=@BlaseballGames | pronouns=He/they/she | side_hustle=Writer for reality show The Valentine Games | image1=[[Valentine_Games.jpg]]|caption1=Art by [https://twitter.com/davekjokay/status/1288903759096098822 @davejokay] from Games' time in the Baltimore Crabs}}
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{{Preserved}}
'''Valentine Games''' is a lineup player for the [[Houston Spies]]. Games joined the Spies due to a [[feedback]] swap with [[Andrew Solis]] in a [[Season 6]], Day 51 game.  
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  Season 10, Tacos = [[file:Val_by_deerstained_closeup.png]]
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  In official Spies trenchcoat = [[file:Spiesportrait.png]]
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  Season 2, Crabs = [[file:Valentine_Games.jpg]]
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  S3 Tlopps card = [[file:Tlopps_Card_Valentine_Games_Em.jpg]]
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  Season 4, Jazz Hands = [[file:Valentine Games (post-feedback).png]]
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  Season 4, Millennials = [[file:Val_mills.png]]
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</tabber>
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|caption1=Art by [https://twitter.com/davekjokay/status/1288903759096098822 @davejokay] from Games's time in the Baltimore Crabs
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| former=[[LA Unlimited Tacos]], [[Houston Spies]], [[New York Millennials]], [[Breckenridge Jazz Hands]], [[Baltimore Crabs]], [[Hawai'i Fridays]]
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| dates=Jul 20, 2020&ndash;May 21, 2021
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| evolution=Base
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| player_twitter={{Twitter|name=BlaseballGames}}
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| pronouns=He/they/she
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| side_hustle=Writer for reality show The Valentine Games
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| hof_induction=Week 11
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| hof_vote=59.18%
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}}
  
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'''{{PAGENAME}}''' is a lineup player for the [[Vault Legends]], and has been with the team since the [[ILB Semi-Centennial]]. Games has previously played for the [[LA Unlimited Tacos]], [[Houston Spies]], [[New York Millennials]], [[Breckenridge Jazz Hands]], [[Baltimore Crabs]], and [[Hawai'i Fridays]].
  
== Official League Records ==
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==Official League Records==
=== History and Feedback Swaps ===
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===History and Feedback Swaps===
Games joined the league as a member of the [[Baltimore Crabs]] at the beginning of [[Season 1]]. They have since been a part of three feedback swaps, joining the [[Breckenridge Jazz Hands]] (in place of [[Tot Fox]]) on [[Season 4]], Day 25; then the [[New York Millennials]] (in place of [[Conrad Vaughan]]) on [[Season 6]], Day 22; and finally the Houston Spies (in place of Andrew Solis) on Season 6, Day 51.
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Games joined the league as a member of the [[Baltimore Crabs]] at the beginning of {{BetaSeason|1}}. They have since been a part of four feedback swaps, joining the [[Breckenridge Jazz Hands]] (in place of [[Tot Fox]]) on {{BetaSeason|4}}, Day 25; the [[New York Millennials]] (in place of [[Conrad Vaughan]]) on {{BetaSeason|6}}, Day 22; the [[Houston Spies]] (in place of [[Andrew Solis]]) on Season 6, Day 51; and finally the [[Unlimited Tacos]] (in place of [[NaN]]) on {{BetaSeason|9}}, Day 6.
  
=== Season 3 Peanut ===
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===Season 3 Peanut===
On [[Season 3]] Day 98, Games swallowed a stray peanut and had a [[Yummy Reaction|yummy reaction]], which increased Games' rating from ★★1/2 to ★★★1/2.
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On {{BetaSeason|3}} Day 98, Games swallowed a stray peanut and had a [[Yummy Reaction|yummy reaction]], which increased Games's rating from {{Star Rating|2.5}} to {{Star Rating|3.5}}.
  
=== Blooddrain ===
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===Blooddrain===
On [[Season 7]], Day 15, Games had {{Star Rating|.5}}star [[Season 6#Siphoning|siphoned]] from their defense ability by [[Marquez Clark]].
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On {{BetaSeason|7}}, Day 15, Games's defense ability was siphoned by [[Kansas City Breath Mints]] batter [[Marquez Clark]] in a game with [[Blooddrain]] weather, bringing it from {{Star Rating|3}} to {{Star Rating|2.5}}.
{{IRM|PlayerName=Valentine Games}}
 
{{TeamNavSelector|spies}}
 
  
[[Category:Former Baltimore Crabs Players]]
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On Season 7, Day 56, Games siphoned some of [[Hades Tigers]] pitcher [[Yazmin Mason]]'s hitting ability in a game with Blooddrain weather, bringing it from {{Star Rating|3.5}} to {{Star Rating|4}}.
[[Category:Players]]
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[[Category:Former Breckenridge Jazz Hands Players]]
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Throughout Season 10, Games's defense ability was absolutely destroyed by various Blooddrain incidents. Just mangled. Devastated. One-starred. Luckily, the other players on the Tacos have been kind and understanding as usual, and are willing to pick up the fielding slack in exchange for Games's obscure but helpful tips on hitting dingers.
[[Category:Former New York Millennials Players]]
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[[Category:Houston Spies]]
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In Season 11, Games led the league in home runs with 41.
[[Category:Lineup Players]]
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During the [[Coffee Cup]], Games played for [[Atlético Latte]] as a lineup player.
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Games was traded to the [[Hawai'i Fridays]] in exchange for [[Greer Gwiffin]] during the {{BetaSeason|14#Election Results|@ elections}} via the Fridays' {{BetaSeason|14#Wills|'''Plunder'''}} will.
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After Day 99 of {{BetaSeason|19}}, Games was [[:Category:Preserved|Preserved]].
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During the [[ILB Semi-Centennial]], Games played for the [[Vault Legends]] as a lineup player.
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<section begin="preserved" />
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{{Community Lore}}
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{{IRM||Subject=Valentine Games|format=filebox}}
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==Please Enjoy A Selected Poem By Valentine Games==
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<br>
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<choose>
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<option>::'''''Fragment (03-47)'''''<br>
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:the ephemeral flicker of <br>
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:life and death on the diamond<br>
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:lost souls blacking out the sky<br>
 +
 
 +
:maybe [[Combs Duende|combs]] won't<br>
 +
:eat shit today</option>
 +
 
 +
<option>::'''''Fragment (03-51)'''''
 +
 
 +
:last year, i missed the sun<br>
 +
:but now<br>
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:the birds still deny me<br>
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:even one taste</option>
 +
 
 +
<option>::'''''Poem (for [[Beasley Gloom|Beasley Gloom]])'''''<br>
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:what does tomorrow mean to any of us? postseason? uncertainty?<br>
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:the day i learn whether or not i have<br>
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:a peanut allergy? why won't they release my medical records?<br>
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:o! to have an untroubled brain, small and smooth as a grape<br>
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:between my fingers! free at last!</option>
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 +
<option>::'''''Fragment (03-89)'''''<br>
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:the thundering crack<br>
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:of bat against ball<br>
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:cannot change history<br>
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:it's party time<br><br>
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:gazing over the limestone cliff<br>
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:my time will come, and yours<br>
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:let the blalls flall where they will</option>
 +
 
 +
<option>::'''''Fragment (03-95)'''''<br>
 +
 
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:[[Tillman Henderson|tillman]] was the first<br>
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:to have it cross his lips<br>
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:do not dwell on how much <br>
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:of the world remains unknown <br><br> 
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:the softness<br>
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:of real grass? the voices<br>
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:of the incinerated?<br>
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:◊▨◴  ▦▨◉■◬▨◯◮?  the possibility<br><br> 
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:that he could be a far better man<br>
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:if the gods would let him bat</option>
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 +
 
 +
<option>::'''''Fragment (03-98)'''''<br>
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:i cannot separate <br>
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:the taste <br>
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::::of<br>
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:this&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;‎u&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;t<br><br>
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:from the ecstatic <br>
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:salt of my tears<br><br>
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:i felt my insides well up with dread<br>
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:i didn't know<br>
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:what kind of reaction it would be<br>
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:the buzzing - my heart - stopping or starting</option>
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<option>::'''''Poem (for a Would-Be Fan)'''''<br>
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:if you haven't tried it you might<br>
 +
:like it; if you find your feet steady<br>
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:on base, next seek the immaterial<br>
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:plane; of the triangle of the<br>
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:bat of the ball and your <br>
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:head they circle like<br>
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:the birds in the <br>
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:furthest eaves<br>
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:of the stad-<br>
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:-ium<br><br>
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:caw<br><br>
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:caw</option>
 +
 
 +
 
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<option>::'''''[[Sutton Picklestein|Picklestein's]] Query'''''<br>
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:free of trouble or concern -<br>
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:or free of restraint?<br>
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:everything - or nothing?</option>
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 +
 
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<option>::'''''Fragment (??-??)'''''<br>
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:i entered my old isolation<br>
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:tank to play a game<br>
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:of catch-up&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;but lo,<br><br>
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:in siesta time<br>
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:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;there is no sleep <br><br>
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:my physiology<br>
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:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;is not mine to keep</option>
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 +
 
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<option>::'''''Poem (to [[Hotbox Sato|Hotbox Sato]])'''''<br>
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:on to the next struggle - or the last - <br>
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:the hype before  <br>
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:the crash, the encasement<br>
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:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;of breath&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;of <br>
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:wandering forward wondering <br>
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:what will be done to you next<br><br>
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:no fight is static<br>
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:that's how they get you</option>
 +
 
 +
 
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<option weight="2">::'''''Letter #1 (to [[Pedro Davids|Pedro]])'''''<br>
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 +
:in the airspace between<br>
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:the solid wood of seasons,<br>
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:mountains out of scale<br>
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:as they scrape closer<br><br>
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:they stopped waking us up<br>
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:stopped calling practices<br>
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:yet we still shuffle onto the field<br>
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:hunched over with equipment bags<br><br>
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:would we run out our hundred games<br>
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:as a music box, our die-cut parts<br>
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:working in harmony, jerking, slowing<br>
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:under the sun's baleful eye?<br><br>
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:our teammates speak in [[corners]]<br>
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:between drills, too quiet to hear<br>
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:what is there to keep track of<br>
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:except the tides<br><br>
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:everybody says "yearning"<br>
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:everybody says "g-d is asleep"<br>
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:the wind says ""<br>
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:the wind says "not the same"<br><br>
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:anyway, how have you been? i'll see you<br>
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:on break - i'll save you<br>
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:an extra orange or two<br>
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:for scurvy</option>
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 +
 
 +
 
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<option>::'''''Fragment (04-05)'''''<br>
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:i might be free<br>
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:a being of will<br>
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:but are my limbs,<br>
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:my mouth, <br>
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:the parts of a whole?</option>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
 
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<option>::'''''Poem (to [[Halexandrey Walton|Halexandrey Walton]])'''''<br>
 +
 
 +
:yes! o! you will wriggle clean <br>
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:of your previous legal obligations<br>
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:shedding a heavy coat and escaping into the waves<br>
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:(which come with their own legal obligations)</option>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
 
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<option>::'''''Fragment (04-26)'''''<br>
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:we are all<br>
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:worms<br>
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:hiding deep<br>
 +
:or baring<br>
 +
:our faces<br>
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:to thrash<br>
 +
:in the rain</option>
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 +
 
 +
 
 +
 
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<option>::'''''Fragment (04-77)'''''<br>
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:woke up <br>
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:from my pregame ▰◊◴▵◉■▫▨◉▵▰▻<br>
 +
:dugout floor; fluorescent bulb humming<br>
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:they said "all our pitchers are lost;<br>
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:[[August Sky|august]] flew; [[Lowe Forbes|forbes]] laying low;<br>
 +
:it's your turn. get up. get to the mound."<br>
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:then, woke again - [[Walton Sports|walton]] was there<br>
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:instead. sports is back, baby.</option>
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 +
 
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<option>::'''''Fragment (05-65)'''''<br>
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:i could feel the wave approaching<br>
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:blistering, enveloping<br>
 +
:but it stopped - short -<br>
 +
:i'll be fucked if i'll ever let them<br>
 +
:make me pitch</option>
 +
 
 +
 
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<option>::'''''Poem (a Snack for August)'''''<br>
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 +
:hwæt! it's that lovely turn of the season<br>
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:where everybody<br>
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:gets absolutely twisted<br>
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:bet you've never seen<br>
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:a blue jay<br>
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:shoot tequila<br><br>
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:i went down to<br>
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:the sleven-eleven<br>
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:orange powerade, spicy kung pao <br>
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:shrimp flavored novelty chips -<br>
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:cinnamon fireballs - <br>
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:sad approximation - <br>
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:of a black and white<br><br>
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:five minutes, <br>
 +
:milling around<br>
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:in sunglasses<br>
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:at night<br><br>
 +
:take your pick</option>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
<option weight="2">::'''''Letter #2'''''<br>
 +
 
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:i must apologize<br>
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:i have been quiet this week<br>
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:straining to adjust to the altitude<br><br>
 +
:something odd in their faces<br>
 +
:whispering to each other in the wings<br>
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:laughing resonance of massage circles<br><br>
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:dark figures fosse-ing through<br>
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:the shadowed alleyway out my window<br>
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:fastest team in the evil league<br><br>
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:i've tried to catch [[Holden Stanton|holden's]] eye<br>
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:but he's assimilated <br>
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:all fours <br>
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:eating trash off <br>
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:the snowy ground<br>
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:late-night cats singalongs<br><br>
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:(perhaps his soul is sleeping<br>
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:he keeps it in his jaw)<br><br>
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:on the field, our path<br>
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:is marked with a single bright line<br>
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:when the ground catches fire<br>
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:the survivors have only<br>
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:one place to run - zero<br>
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:degrees of freedom<br><br>
 +
:the evolutionary theory<br>
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:of punctuated equilibrium<br>
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:states that lasting change <br>
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:is driven by cataclysm<br>
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:so let us greet chaos with open hands<br>
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:to hasten the birth of new claws<br><br>
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:we will soon meet at the crossing<br>
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:grey-faced, i wait for the lights to drop<br>
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:if i ascend first - i will carry you with me</option>
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<option>::'''''Poem (Season 5 Playoffs)'''''<br>
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 +
:::I.<br>
 +
:spooked<br>
 +
:hooked<br>
 +
:or snagged<br>
 +
:[[PolkaDot Patterson|patterson's]] look -<br>
 +
:uncanny<br><br>
 +
:top<br>
 +
:of eleven -<br>
 +
:pass me<br>
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:a xanny<br><br>
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:[[Tamara Crankit|tammy]]! <br>
 +
:on base<br>
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:[[Comfort Septemberish|comfort]]<br>
 +
:mistaken<br><br>
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:[[Hobbs Cain|hobbs]], hobbled<br>
 +
:won't walk<br>
 +
:how i loathe<br>
 +
:the talk<br>
 +
:ers<br><br>
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:::II.<br>
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:i am a prussian infantryman<br>
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:waiting for a horse<br>
 +
:to kick me in the head.</option>
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 +
 
 +
 
 +
<option>::'''''Farewell to [[August Sky|August]]'''''<br>
 +
 
 +
:::I.<br>
 +
:eke out more stars<br>
 +
:(sweat blood and bone)<br>
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:so you stand above the rest - then<br>
 +
:let the jazz hands catch you<br><br>
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:::II.<br>
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:so i say<br>
 +
:ad nauseum<br>
 +
:"we are all replaceable parts<br>
 +
:in a broken machine"<br><br>
 +
:but!<br>
 +
:august - we were here<br>
 +
:your pitching the call<br>
 +
:the melody<br><br>
 +
:our defense the response<br>
 +
:orchestral swell<br><br>
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:::III.<br>
 +
:hands clasped<br>
 +
:in victory<br><br>
 +
:a chorus line howling<br>
 +
:"fuck the moisties"<br>
 +
:"those guys are truly the worst"</option>
 +
 
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 +
 
 +
<option>::'''''Poem (Greetings)'''''<br>
 +
 
 +
:many corners, many stores<br>
 +
:in the organic city, carved out <br>
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:from concrete and always<br><br>
 +
:stepping on something or<br>
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:running from the same&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;crash&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;honk<br><br>
 +
:are crabs and millennials <br>
 +
:not both known bottomfeeders?<br>
 +
:catch me in the benthic zone<br>
 +
:once again</option>
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 +
 
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<option weight="2">::'''''Nocturne #1'''''<br>
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:well! what did you all think <br>
 +
:a dog was, anyway? what did you think<br>
 +
:they ate? did you think <br><br>
 +
:there were no bargains, and no ugliness<br>
 +
:to be found here or there<br>
 +
:or on the way out?<br><br>
 +
:[[Thomas Dracaena|thomas]] is flickering his light<br>
 +
:on and off again - only a thin curtain<br>
 +
:separates one domain from another.<br><br>
 +
:we putter, we pretend. drip. drip. <br>
 +
:ignore it. nothing more natural than<br>
 +
:the flow of water carving out time<br><br>
 +
:and mixing itself into turbulent newness<br>
 +
:but where it goes, and when<br>
 +
:is increasingly a matter of design<br><br>
 +
:so when [[Schneider Bendie|schneider]] says "val, pass me <br>
 +
:the pipe wrench-" well it's increasingly<br>
 +
:hard to pretend i can't hear them<br><br>
 +
:on the other side of the curtain</option>
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 +
<option>::'''''Null #1'''''<br>
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 +
:"[[Combs Duende|combs?]]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[[Nora Perez|nora?]]"<br>
 +
:proven?&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;impossible<br>
 +
:bird?&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;carnivorous<br>
 +
:miscreant?&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;neutered<br>
 +
:siesta&nbsp;&nbsp;dans la brèche<br>
 +
:this'un lags no larger<br>
 +
:- wouldn't shock me!</option>
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<option>::'''''Fragment (06-77)'''''<br>
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 +
:shell&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;films delicately<br>
 +
:"keeeee-RUNCH! <br>
 +
::::::PLAYBALL!"<br>
 +
:flaking it off of and with the<br>
 +
::new pair of strobe shoes <br>
 +
:anticipatory&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;floodlights<br><br>
 +
:useful idiots to drive<br>
 +
:the getaway car into</option>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
 
 +
<option>::'''''Fragment (To [[Millie the Bodega Cat|Millie]])'''''<br>
 +
 
 +
:::I.<br>
 +
:mirage <br>
 +
:::freeways&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;racing<br>
 +
:further&nbsp;&nbsp;away, a scald<br>
 +
:thin      <br>
 +
:::::burnt<br>
 +
:unheimlich&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;no specialty<br>
 +
:::yearning, but not like<br><br>
 +
:::II.<br>
 +
:umbral ribbon!<br>
 +
:crowd-pleaser!</option>
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 +
 
 +
<option>::'''''Fragment (06-90)'''''<br>
 +
 
 +
:partytime angle grinder<br>
 +
:engine allegiant escrow<br>
 +
:weeping detente [[Donia Bailey|Donia]]<br>
 +
:heatstroke formation in<br>
 +
:transcontinent coalition<br><br>
 +
:colorful&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;distraction<br>
 +
:release&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;null<br>
 +
:rewriting&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;provoked</option>
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 +
 
 +
 
 +
<option>::'''''Fragment (06-98)'''''<br>
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 +
:bummer<br><br>
 +
:mis-un-fortunate&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;graveyard dirt<br>
 +
:::::"washing of hands, ergo..."<br>
 +
:discretely gearward and toothsome</option>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
 
 +
 
 +
<option weight="2">::'''''Letter #3'''''<br>
 +
 
 +
:m'dear brethren,<br><br>
 +
:::I.<br>
 +
:or?&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;memorial stash<br>
 +
:carving about-face<br>
 +
:totem of new volumes<br><br>
 +
:"never&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;that far ahead"<br><br><br>
 +
:::II.<br>
 +
:habitus question <br>
 +
:- in effacement of <br>
 +
:cogito&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;kin roulette<br>
 +
:cruel covenant <br>
 +
::in service of <br>
 +
:::hands <br>
 +
::in service of<br><br><br>
 +
:::III.<br>
 +
:WHO<br><br>
 +
:::i ask you<br>
 +
:CAN&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;prematurely<br>
 +
:"say when."<br><br>
 +
::mantis head <br>
 +
::&nbsp;walking up&nbsp;&nbsp;mushroomed<br>
 +
:as in the ballroom-dancing<br><br><br>
 +
:::IV.<br>
 +
:whether ball <br>
 +
:::::window or teeth<br><br>
 +
:"literally, <br>
 +
:::'one who looks at birds'..."<br>
 +
:a decision&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;whose delicacy <br>
 +
:whose nature<br><br>
 +
:"and [[Sutton Dreamy|dreamy]] SMASHES it <br>
 +
:::::like&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;an EGG!<br><br><br>
 +
:::V.<br>
 +
:i cannot tell my veins what to do<br>
 +
:i don't think anyone in this body <br>
 +
:knows who they answer to<br><br><br>
 +
:::VI.<br>
 +
:what [[August Sky|august]] told me - interior - <br>
 +
:the old ship and its coating of pitch<br><br><br>
 +
:::VII.<br>
 +
:o the year<br>
 +
:::::waking conscript<br>
 +
:rejected the mechanic<br>
 +
:unified theory  <br>
 +
: loyal reenactment<br>
 +
:&nbsp;&nbsp;rise&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;ye foolhardy</option>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
 
 +
<option>::'''''Null #2'''''<br>
 +
 
 +
:THE division THE<br>
 +
:::fountain of pain<br><br>
 +
:"is plepsi ok?"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;not<br>
 +
:::::::this lifetime</option>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
 
 +
<option>::'''''Fragment (Ask Me Anything)'''''<br>
 +
 
 +
:3 03!!<br>
 +
:if you've a question<br>
 +
:::::::::i've an answer<br>
 +
:::, just for you"<br>
 +
::::::"bang BANG</option>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
 
 +
<option>::'''''Empty File #1'''''<br>
 +
 
 +
:unlocked the ledger -<br>
 +
::::s wallow&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;E&nbsp;&nbsp;G&nbsp;&nbsp;G  <br>
 +
:::::will ow switch&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;runoff  <br>
 +
:::cold&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;hand&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;overwinter<br>
 +
::bean&nbsp;&nbsp;spit&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;is&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;open&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;ground&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;scraping<br>
 +
:is&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;that&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;what&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;will&nbsp;&nbsp;be&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;any&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;i&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;will&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;to&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;be</option>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
 
 +
<option>::'''''Empty File #2'''''<br>
 +
 
 +
:i taste the air and in its<br>
 +
::dirtheat&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;oil&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;godhead<br>
 +
:::::smog-thick kudzu covered<br>
 +
:"it's CAMPAIGN SEASON,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;b aby!"</option>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
 
 +
 
 +
<option>::'''''Circulation #1'''''<br>
 +
 
 +
:good manners n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;blood customs<br>
 +
:::(related to: )<br>
 +
::take my divining stick&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;i -&nbsp;&nbsp;hope -  <br> 
 +
:take a&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;viscous quid pro quo<br>
 +
:::token of&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;expropriation<br><br>
 +
:golden&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;barrel  <br>
 +
:::"so&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;long!"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;keening dry<br>
 +
::gift thirst        <br>
 +
:::grateful guest</option>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
 
 +
<option>::'''''Circulation #2'''''<br>
 +
 
 +
:burgoo <br>
 +
:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;of <br>
 +
:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;wooded<br>
 +
:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;memory<br><br>
 +
:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;sutured<br>
 +
:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;hand<br>
 +
:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;into<br>
 +
:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;sulfured<br>
 +
:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;jacket<br>
 +
:&nbsp;lining<br><br>
 +
:sharp&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;right n<br>
 +
::::dead<br>: angle;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;single; <br>
 +
: ripe&nbsp;&nbsp;n  <br>
 +
:type-bound&nbsp;&nbsp;apex</option>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
 
 +
<option>::'''''Poem (For [[Jessica Telephone|Telephone]])'''''<br>
 +
 
 +
:hold&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;still<br>
 +
:a&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;space mosaic <br>
 +
:sound occu pies to feel<br>
 +
:convex; huskboundary<br>
 +
:panels&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;acoustical&nbsp;&nbsp;therein<br>
 +
:&nbsp;the pointillist's plan</option>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
 
 +
<option>::'''''Fragment (Missing)'''''<br>
 +
 
 +
:-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;ratio<br>
 +
:portion - torpor<br>
 +
:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;torsion -&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;splort<br>
 +
:distortion - to nail<br>
 +
:tonality&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;solid -<br>
 +
:&nbsp;&nbsp;dirtily&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;insipid</option>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
 
 +
<option>::'''''Epigraph (Season 7)'''''<br>
 +
 
 +
:boil away<br>
 +
:dissipation&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;of vinegar and spite <br>
 +
:concentration mounts like the pressure <br>
 +
:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"to soar...on many wings"</option>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
 
 +
 
 +
 
 +
<option weight="2">::'''''Letter #5'''''<br>
 +
 
 +
:::I.<br>
 +
:blood-tunable laserlikeness a lesser<br>
 +
:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;you<br>
 +
:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;are a talented puzzle<br>
 +
:easy upgrades escalated<br>
 +
:&nbsp;&nbsp;;as rolling hills of shark teeth<br><br>
 +
:the far off gum from whence i sprung<br>
 +
:ours missing&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;our jaw-mate&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[[Oliver Notarobot|what made him flesh]]<br>
 +
:flesh of the spirit <br>
 +
:he was&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;i think about my own  contents - <br>
 +
:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;to be made      <br>
 +
:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;of the same personable stuff<br>
 +
:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;we saw it so clearly <br><br>
 +
:call me<br>
 +
:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[[Pitching Machine|pitching machine]]<br><br>
 +
:::II.<br>
 +
:stringed instruction, o stored figure<br>
 +
:&nbsp;&nbsp;identity dragged out from the same vein <br>
 +
:plasma imprint&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;carbon fiber<br>
 +
:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;dented-engrailed&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;as if bitten <br><br>
 +
:as the [[Evelton McBlase II|flat-headed copy]] feared and discarded<br>
 +
:&nbsp;&nbsp;no more&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;than each new hatchling<br>
 +
:wide open with its distinguishing spots<br>
 +
:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"look at what i can offer you -<br><br>
 +
:&nbsp;&nbsp;love me <br>
 +
:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;data without organs<br><br>
 +
:::III.<br>
 +
:&nbsp;&nbsp;can that love buy us time or solidity<br>
 +
:the further away from the now the more<br>
 +
:or less distinct yet&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;as we speak<br>
 +
:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;we, overwritten&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;beyond sun-bleached<br>
 +
:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;SO WHAT'S YOUR STORY NEW GUY<br>
 +
:&nbsp;to stabilize    <br>
 +
:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;the sense of pushing through the gum <br>
 +
:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;fully formed <br>
 +
:without past <br>
 +
:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;so  <br>   
 +
:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;what makes a crab?<br><br>
 +
:the flowing potential<br>
 +
:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;imminent&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;sideways<br>
 +
:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;the same things that have made us all</option>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
 
 +
 
 +
 
 +
<option>::'''''Fragment (08-FIN)'''''<br>
 +
 
 +
:torn&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;prodded<br>
 +
:&nbsp;loving trunbo claws<br>
 +
:yurts as far<br>
 +
:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;as&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;the eye<br>
 +
:can<br><br>
 +
:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;see<br><br>
 +
:we will be the ones <br>
 +
:to taste it first<br>
 +
:everything we walk over<br>
 +
:the things we sever and grab</option>
 +
 
 +
<option weight="2">::'''''Letter #4'''''<br>[[file:Val_letter4.png|800px]]</option>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
<option>::'''''Elegy #0 (09-FIN)'''''<br>
 +
 
 +
:barroom arguments <br>
 +
:dissolve and reform<br>
 +
:as smoke under fluttering glare -<br><br>
 +
:the shape of a taco, an outrage!<br>
 +
:its topology? an answer - <br>
 +
:is demanded! <br><br>
 +
:the shape of a taco <br>
 +
:is a matter of action as <br>
 +
:coordinated parts! movements - <br><br>
 +
:in space and time! <br>
 +
:a crunch - clogging the air <br>
 +
:of possibility the medium <br><br>
 +
:we move <br>
 +
:::within - <br>
 +
::::between -</option>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
<option weight="2">::'''''Letter #6'''''<br>[[file:Val_letter6-1.png|600px]]&nbsp;&nbsp;[[file:Val_letter6-2.png|600px]]</option>
 +
 
 +
<option>::'''''Poem (to Wyatt 10-50)'''''<br>[[File:Wyatt.png|600px]]</option>
 +
 
 +
<option>::'''''Poem (Blackout 10-10)'''''<br>[[File:Im_scared_of_death.png|600px]]</option>
 +
 
 +
<option>::'''''Poem ("We were busy figuring out who we were!")'''''<br>[[File:Multiplicity.png|600px]]</option>
 +
 
 +
<option>::'''''Poem (Scuttle Away 10-75)'''''<br>[[File:Crab_playoff_poem.png|600px]]</option>
 +
 
 +
<option>::'''''Poem (Batting Practice 10-32)'''''<br>[[File:Teacher.png|600px]]</option>
 +
 
 +
<option>::'''''Letter #7'''''<br>[[File:Ascension.png|600px]]</option>
 +
 
 +
</choose>
 +
 
 +
(To read all the poems, click [https://cooltapes.itch.io/valentine here]. Refresh to get another one.)
 +
 
 +
==History==
 +
Valentine Games joined the ILB as a member of the [[Baltimore Crabs]], but fate had other plans for this charming wanderer.
 +
 
 +
Though Games has a nomadic heart, his devotion to the Crabs is one of the few constants in his life. The relationship is more than pure team loyalty. Games, an accomplished poet, believes in the inherent divinity of the natural world — and in a universe whose arc points towards the eventual carcinization of all living beings. Their clothes are often encrusted with ocean salt — a strange occurrence, given that not all the teams they've called home have been near the sea. Still, communing with nature, transcribing its messages, and seeking the greater mysteries of the world and Blaseball are core to their life, no matter what town they call home for the moment.
 +
 
 +
===Time with the Houston Spies===
 +
Because Games has an interest in life's greater mysteries, spending some time with the [[Houston Spies]] was a natural choice. During a [[Feedback]] event during Game 51 of Season Six, Games, at that time with the [[New York Millennials]], swapped places with then-Spies hitter [[Andrew Solis]]. The swap was mutually beneficial; Games gained access to the Spies' extensive collection of dossiers and information-gathering technology and Solis began his relationship with [[Dominic Marijuana]] prior to his incineration.
 +
 
 +
Games's time with the Spies was met with great enthusiasm. Her trademark "Valentine Triples" and solid defense helped the Spies become quite a formidable team during Season Eight. Off the Blaseball diamond, Games's natural curiosity also made them a prized spy. His dedication to seeking answers for the great mysteries of the world made them a natural choice for spywork, as well as their ability to redact documents to great poetic effect. Games also showed a distinct capability to find the strange, esoteric truth at the heart of things, opening up more mysteries for the Spies to explore as often as she turned up concrete evidence.
 +
 
 +
However, Games's deeper eccentricities were sometimes at odds with their spying ability. They had a tendency to speculate aloud, and would routinely walk away from assignments to pursue whatever whim the wind brought them.
 +
 
 +
Regardless of their performance as a spy, Games rapidly became the face of the Spies. His batting ability, effortless style, and unique personality made them a perfect fit for the spotlight — she became "The Spy of Love," the trenchcoat-clad wanderer with a artist's heart. The Spies' propaganda division encouraged Games to lean hard into this identity, including asking him to kiss the bat before each hit. Games was willing to play her part, earning the affection of numerous fans in the Spies as well as other teams. During interviews, Games often suggested their acceptance that Blaseball was where they belonged. She is quoted as saying, "Well... this is what I have to do. I go where the wind takes me, and the wind takes me to new places pretty frequently, so. I'm a spy now, in some sense."
 +
 
 +
But Games's wandering soul couldn't be content with just one team. Eager to investigate the strange phenomenon of the Flickering then-[[Unlimited Tacos]] player [[NaN]], the Spies arranged a swap to make use of NaN's Flickering and the Feedback weather of Season 9, Day 6. Games volunteered to take NaN's place; [[Los Angeli]] was an interesting phenomenon, one she'd like to see for herself, and the sea called to him once again.
 +
 
 +
Though Games has left the Spies, his presence is still felt—blackout poetry adorns the walls of Spies HQ, [[Comfort Septemberish]] has taken up collage art from advertisements, and [[Math Velazquez]] has devised Math's own form of poetry with graphing calculators and sine waves.
 +
 
 +
===Time with the Unlimited Tacos===
 +
Upon arrival in the rifts of Los Angeli following the Feedback swap, reports have come back fuzzy, with all firsthand accounts varying and surveillance camera footage completely glitching.
 +
 
 +
Because of this, little has been uncovered about Games post-Feedback to the Tacos. He has furthered this by denying to make any comment on his personal relationships with teammates, although, from her recently published blackout poetry, it appears she is beginning to grow fond of the team’s sense of family, and has begun to slowly reveal parts of their life in regards to previous travels.
 +
 
 +
===Time with the Hawaiʻi Fridays===
 +
After nearly five seasons with the [[LA Unlimited Tacos]], Valentine Games joined the [[Hawai'i Fridays|Hawaiʻi Fridays]] as a result of the {{BetaSeason|14}} elections. The Fridays adapted to Games’ star power with unusual speed, placing them at the center of a quickly improving section of the lineup called “Vibes Row” by Fans. It took some time for Games to adjust to the overwhelmingly laid-back nature of the Fridays, but he fell into his role as the Friday’s star slugger and would eventually become a mentor to newer batters on the team.
 +
 
 +
Some credit Games' growing warmth for the team to her close friendship with [[Beck Whitney]], another offensive powerhouse who joined the Fridays at the same election. Both new to the concept of island time, the pair would regularly be seen conversing after games at the Fridays’ cookouts before joining the festivities, and would practice together whenever possible. Games seemed to be most comfortable in Whitneyʻs presence, and nobody was more supportive during Games’ rise to [[Idols|MVP]] status.
 +
 
 +
Games was regularly in contention for the top MVP spots during the Expansion Era. Following the first Vaulting, Games knew that his days with the Fridays - and the ILB - were numbered. Reasonable but unflappable, Games remained a star player for the Fridays, helping bring the team to the ILB Championships against her old team, the Tacos, in {{BetaSeason|17}}.
 +
 
 +
After leading the Fridays to an all-time great {{BetaSeason|19}} - which was, correspondingly, one of the Fridays’ worst seasons due to the [[Turntables]] decree - Games was vaulted following Day 99. Their final game, at [[Kansas City FreshDome|the Meadow]] in Kansas City, was attended by fans from all her previous teams in a sendoff match. Games hit only once in their final game with the Fridays, with a solo home run that was slam-dunked for a second point by Beck Whitney. 
 +
<section end="preserved" />
 +
 
 +
==Fan Works==
 +
<gallery widths="185">
 +
File:Hottopic.png|Fanart of Valentine Games visiting Hlot Tlopic with a fan.
 +
File:Val games.png|Valentine Games by {{Twitter|name=deerstained}}
 +
File:133ValentineGames.png|Mini-Blaseballer by '''[http://miniblaseball.surge.sh/ @HetreaSky]'''
 +
File:Flames of games real babey!!.png|Games by {{Twitter|name=glassgoblin}}
 +
File:Gallery - Writing.png|[https://kentuckycorpsereviver.tumblr.com/post/642534825016868864/blaseball-ship-u-havent-gotten-a-request-for-yet Casually] a mini-fic for [[Pedro Davids|Pedro]] and Val by corpsereviver
 +
File:Gotta love the val.jpg|Games by '''[https://twitter.com/glassgoblin/status/1360636755838386184 @glassgoblin]'''
 +
File:Valentine Games, Tacos Partytime.png|Val enjoying the season 12 Party Time by [https://twitter.com/ShorterSneakier/status/1369730978994872323 ShorterSneakier]
 +
File:Valentine Games - GlassGoblin.png|Art of Valentine Games by {{Twitter|name=glassgoblin}}
 +
File:Thats Hot™.jpg|alt=Hawai‘i Fridays players Beck Whitney and Valentine Games wearing black tank tops. Beck has her arms crossed in front of her, is wearing an oversized sunhat, and her bangs obscure her eyes. Val is wearing a light green blaseball cap with a white front and the Fridays island emoji icon in the center, and heart-shaped sunglasses.|Games & [[Beck Whitney]]<br />by '''[https://twitter.com/2skele2bells/status/1385281261191655424 Bells]'''
 +
File:♋︎.png|Games by '''[https://twitter.com/glassgoblin/status/1395048358255939587 @glassgoblin]'''
 +
File:Games in Gold.png|alt=A monochromatic gold and black digital drawing of Val Games, a muscular person with long very curly hair held back by a headband, heart sunglasses, a tank top, chitin on her face, and outspread golden wings. They are holding their neck with one hand, while the other is clenched around their elbow. He turns his face up to the sky with closed eyes and a neutral frown. The shadows on her are intense, and ve is backlit by the Coin looming in the background.|Games by '''[https://twitter.com/saltbuzzard/status/1410982092477853698 @saltbuzzard]'''
 +
</gallery>
 +
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[[Category:Original Players]]
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[[Category:Atlético Latte]]
 +
[[Category:Hall Of Fame Inductees]]
 +
[[Category:Hall Of Fame Inductees For Discipline or Expansion Era]]

Latest revision as of 04:41, 17 January 2023

The subject of this page has been Preserved.
They may have participated in the ILB Semi-Centennial. No other information is available after their entry into the Vault. Tour the collection here.
In case of incomplete records, post on the Talk page.

Valentine Games is a lineup player for the Vault Legends, and has been with the team since the ILB Semi-Centennial. Games has previously played for the LA Unlimited Tacos, Houston Spies, New York Millennials, Breckenridge Jazz Hands, Baltimore Crabs, and Hawai'i Fridays.

Official League Records

History and Feedback Swaps

Games joined the league as a member of the Baltimore Crabs at the beginning of Season β1. They have since been a part of four feedback swaps, joining the Breckenridge Jazz Hands (in place of Tot Fox) on Season β4, Day 25; the New York Millennials (in place of Conrad Vaughan) on Season β6, Day 22; the Houston Spies (in place of Andrew Solis) on Season 6, Day 51; and finally the Unlimited Tacos (in place of NaN) on Season β9, Day 6.

Season 3 Peanut

On Season β3 Day 98, Games swallowed a stray peanut and had a yummy reaction, which increased Games's rating from to .

Blooddrain

On Season β7, Day 15, Games's defense ability was siphoned by Kansas City Breath Mints batter Marquez Clark in a game with Blooddrain weather, bringing it from to .

On Season 7, Day 56, Games siphoned some of Hades Tigers pitcher Yazmin Mason's hitting ability in a game with Blooddrain weather, bringing it from to .

Throughout Season 10, Games's defense ability was absolutely destroyed by various Blooddrain incidents. Just mangled. Devastated. One-starred. Luckily, the other players on the Tacos have been kind and understanding as usual, and are willing to pick up the fielding slack in exchange for Games's obscure but helpful tips on hitting dingers.

In Season 11, Games led the league in home runs with 41.

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

Games was traded to the Hawai'i Fridays in exchange for Greer Gwiffin during the Season β14 elections via the Fridays' Plunder will.

After Day 99 of Season β19, Games was Preserved.

During the ILB Semi-Centennial, Games played for the Vault Legends as a lineup player.


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Box of Valentine Games Files

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Personal Philosophy

Valentine Games has been known to make seemingly untrue and contradictory statements when interviewed by the press. However, upon further questioning, they have denied deliberately misleading anyone. "We tell ourselves stories to make sense of the world. The stories I tell are just impressions of many different worlds. Who am I to deny the people watching me?," he asked, idly poking at the foam on her morning latte with a neatly groomed index finger.


Please Enjoy A Selected Poem By Valentine Games


Letter #3
m'dear brethren,

I.
or?       memorial stash
carving about-face
totem of new volumes

"never    that far ahead"


II.
habitus question
- in effacement of
cogito     kin roulette
cruel covenant
in service of
hands
in service of


III.
WHO

i ask you
CAN     prematurely
"say when."

mantis head
 walking up  mushroomed
as in the ballroom-dancing


IV.
whether ball
window or teeth

"literally,
'one who looks at birds'..."
a decision    whose delicacy
whose nature

"and dreamy SMASHES it
like    an EGG!


V.
i cannot tell my veins what to do
i don't think anyone in this body
knows who they answer to


VI.
what august told me - interior -
the old ship and its coating of pitch


VII.
o the year
waking conscript
rejected the mechanic
unified theory
loyal reenactment
  rise          ye foolhardy

(To read all the poems, click here. Refresh to get another one.)

History

Valentine Games joined the ILB as a member of the Baltimore Crabs, but fate had other plans for this charming wanderer.

Though Games has a nomadic heart, his devotion to the Crabs is one of the few constants in his life. The relationship is more than pure team loyalty. Games, an accomplished poet, believes in the inherent divinity of the natural world — and in a universe whose arc points towards the eventual carcinization of all living beings. Their clothes are often encrusted with ocean salt — a strange occurrence, given that not all the teams they've called home have been near the sea. Still, communing with nature, transcribing its messages, and seeking the greater mysteries of the world and Blaseball are core to their life, no matter what town they call home for the moment.

Time with the Houston Spies

Because Games has an interest in life's greater mysteries, spending some time with the Houston Spies was a natural choice. During a Feedback event during Game 51 of Season Six, Games, at that time with the New York Millennials, swapped places with then-Spies hitter Andrew Solis. The swap was mutually beneficial; Games gained access to the Spies' extensive collection of dossiers and information-gathering technology and Solis began his relationship with Dominic Marijuana prior to his incineration.

Games's time with the Spies was met with great enthusiasm. Her trademark "Valentine Triples" and solid defense helped the Spies become quite a formidable team during Season Eight. Off the Blaseball diamond, Games's natural curiosity also made them a prized spy. His dedication to seeking answers for the great mysteries of the world made them a natural choice for spywork, as well as their ability to redact documents to great poetic effect. Games also showed a distinct capability to find the strange, esoteric truth at the heart of things, opening up more mysteries for the Spies to explore as often as she turned up concrete evidence.

However, Games's deeper eccentricities were sometimes at odds with their spying ability. They had a tendency to speculate aloud, and would routinely walk away from assignments to pursue whatever whim the wind brought them.

Regardless of their performance as a spy, Games rapidly became the face of the Spies. His batting ability, effortless style, and unique personality made them a perfect fit for the spotlight — she became "The Spy of Love," the trenchcoat-clad wanderer with a artist's heart. The Spies' propaganda division encouraged Games to lean hard into this identity, including asking him to kiss the bat before each hit. Games was willing to play her part, earning the affection of numerous fans in the Spies as well as other teams. During interviews, Games often suggested their acceptance that Blaseball was where they belonged. She is quoted as saying, "Well... this is what I have to do. I go where the wind takes me, and the wind takes me to new places pretty frequently, so. I'm a spy now, in some sense."

But Games's wandering soul couldn't be content with just one team. Eager to investigate the strange phenomenon of the Flickering then-Unlimited Tacos player NaN, the Spies arranged a swap to make use of NaN's Flickering and the Feedback weather of Season 9, Day 6. Games volunteered to take NaN's place; Los Angeli was an interesting phenomenon, one she'd like to see for herself, and the sea called to him once again.

Though Games has left the Spies, his presence is still felt—blackout poetry adorns the walls of Spies HQ, Comfort Septemberish has taken up collage art from advertisements, and Math Velazquez has devised Math's own form of poetry with graphing calculators and sine waves.

Time with the Unlimited Tacos

Upon arrival in the rifts of Los Angeli following the Feedback swap, reports have come back fuzzy, with all firsthand accounts varying and surveillance camera footage completely glitching.

Because of this, little has been uncovered about Games post-Feedback to the Tacos. He has furthered this by denying to make any comment on his personal relationships with teammates, although, from her recently published blackout poetry, it appears she is beginning to grow fond of the team’s sense of family, and has begun to slowly reveal parts of their life in regards to previous travels.

Time with the Hawaiʻi Fridays

After nearly five seasons with the LA Unlimited Tacos, Valentine Games joined the Hawaiʻi Fridays as a result of the Season β14 elections. The Fridays adapted to Games’ star power with unusual speed, placing them at the center of a quickly improving section of the lineup called “Vibes Row” by Fans. It took some time for Games to adjust to the overwhelmingly laid-back nature of the Fridays, but he fell into his role as the Friday’s star slugger and would eventually become a mentor to newer batters on the team.

Some credit Games' growing warmth for the team to her close friendship with Beck Whitney, another offensive powerhouse who joined the Fridays at the same election. Both new to the concept of island time, the pair would regularly be seen conversing after games at the Fridays’ cookouts before joining the festivities, and would practice together whenever possible. Games seemed to be most comfortable in Whitneyʻs presence, and nobody was more supportive during Games’ rise to MVP status.

Games was regularly in contention for the top MVP spots during the Expansion Era. Following the first Vaulting, Games knew that his days with the Fridays - and the ILB - were numbered. Reasonable but unflappable, Games remained a star player for the Fridays, helping bring the team to the ILB Championships against her old team, the Tacos, in Season β17.

After leading the Fridays to an all-time great Season β19 - which was, correspondingly, one of the Fridays’ worst seasons due to the Turntables decree - Games was vaulted following Day 99. Their final game, at the Meadow in Kansas City, was attended by fans from all her previous teams in a sendoff match. Games hit only once in their final game with the Fridays, with a solo home run that was slam-dunked for a second point by Beck Whitney.


Fan Works