Atlantis Georgias/Season 16

🔱 Atlantis Georgias
Season 16
Dates	April 12, 2021 - April 18, 2021
← Previous	Season 15
Next →	Season 17
Results
Overall Record	44-55
Wins	44
Partytime	Day 89
Divine Favor	6
Division	3rd in Wild High
League	7th in Wild League
ILB Placement	15th overall
Modifiers	UnderseaIf this Team ever has negative Runs, they'll Overperform for the rest of the game.
Renovations	PsychoAcousticsIn Feedback or Reverb, PsychoAcoustics will occasionally Echo one of the Away Team's mods to the Home Team, for game-long use.  LCD SoundsystemThe LCD Soundsystem will boost both Players involved in a Feedback swap by 5%.  Secret BaseThe Secret Base is a hidden base beyond 2nd that allows a baserunner to hide between innings.  SweetenerSweetener makes Beanings & Free Refills more likely in Coffee & Coffee Two weathers, and lowers the chance of losing Triple Threat.  Salmon CannonsSalmon Cannons have a chance of expelling pests from your Ballpark. Salmon Cannons can prevent Consumer attacks and send players on the away team Elsewhere.
League Info
Active Rules	Eat The RichAt the end of each Season, the Fans with the top 1% of Coins will have their funds redistributed throughout the 99%.  Party TimeA Team will enter Party Time if receiving 1 Win per remaining game would not land them in the Postseason. In Party Time, they'll receive random Stat Boosts from Partying. See also: Glossary  Wild CardsAt the end of the regular season, 1 Wild Card will be drawn at random from the remaining Teams in each Sub-League to receive a Postseason Birth.  Based EvolutionEvery Third Championship a Team wins will cause the Team and its Players to Evolve. Players that round the phylogenic Bases will get to go Home.  Free WillsThe bottom four finishing Teams in the League will receive an extra Will in that Season's Election.  All You Can EatFans are free to buy and discard Snack Slots in their Snack Pack. The number of Slots they have will determine their Payout Modifier for all Snacks. The less slots, the higher the Payout Modifier.
Roster Changes
Date Change Cause β16 5403 - Geraldine Frost + Erin Jesaulenko 🔱 Reverb β16 5403 - Jan Canberra + Erin Jesaulenko 🔱 Reverb β16 5403 - Frankie Hambone + Flattery McKinley 🔱 Reverb β16 EL00 - Flattery McKinley + Flattery McKinley 🔱 Will (🔱) Move β16 EL00 - Mordecai Kingbird + Montgomery Bullock 🔱 Will (🔱) Equivalent Exchange
Latesiesta
Renovations	+  Sweetener +  Salmon Cannons
Wills
Move   🔱 Flattery McKinley -> Lineup Equivalent Exchange   🏝️ - Montgomery Bullock + Mordecai Kingbird   🔱 - Mordecai Kingbird + Montgomery Bullock

In Season β16, the Atlantis Georgias finished 7th in the Wild League and 15th in the ILB.

Season 16 saw marked improvements compared to the previous four Seasons, with the Georgias finishing third in the Wild High division and breaking forty wins for the first time ever. Improvements to the Georgias' rotation made in the previous Season were apparent; though Knight Triumphant proved to be a worse pitcher than the Georgias had hoped, they were still a vast improvement over Ankle Halifax, and moving Flattery McKinley to the Lineup proved to be only a beneficial change. Unfortunately, halfway through the Season, a wave of Reverb would move McKinley back to the pitching rotation, though otherwise the changes made by this Reverb largely benefited the Team.

In the Election, the Georgias voted to once again use the Move Will to move Flattery McKinley to the Lineup, while the Equivalent Exchange Will ended up exchanging Mordecai Kingbird for Montgomery Bullock, for reasons no one has yet to figure out.

Starting Roster

Lineup	Rotation
Niq Nyong'o Ortiz Lopez Siobhan Chark Flattery McKinley Slosh Truk Yurts Buttercup Hercules Alighieri Jan Canberra Erin Jesaulenko Mordecai Kingbird	Geraldine Frost Rigby Friedrich Frankie Hambone Knight Triumphant
Shadows
Jëff DeShields Neerie McCloud Ankle Halifax Queithlein Shufflecat Nanci Grackle Clementine Steeplechase Miah Jesaulenko Steals Chark Magi Uppercutski Artemesia Teixeira Kurt Ultrabass

Season Events

Latesiesta

• 
  Sweetener - 2,890,126 Coins Spent
  • The Bubble buys a bunch of Sweetener!
• 
  Salmon Cannons - 1,855,328 Coins Spent
  • The Bubble unlocks Salmon Cannons!

Roster changes

During Season 16, the Atlantis Georgias were subject to a Reverb that partially shuffled their team. One Player that was Elsewhere in a previous Season returned in this one. The Atlantis Georgias entered Party Time on Day 89, and partied 7 times.

• On Day 3 Knight Triumphant returned from Elsewhere after being swept on Season β14, Day 97. Triumphant was Scattered as Knight Tri---ph--t.
• On Day 54 the Atlantis Georgias had their roster partially shuffled by Reverb.
  • Geraldine Frost switched places with Erin Jesaulenko, leaving Frost on the Lineup and Jesaulenko on the Rotation.
  • Jan Canberra switched places with Erin Jesaulenko, leaving Canberra on the Rotation and moving Jesaulenko back to the Lineup.
  • Frankie Hambone switched places with Flattery McKinley, leaving Hambone on the Lineup and McKinley on the Rotation.
    • According to the Feed, Ortiz Lopez and Yurts Buttercup switched places on the Lineup, but this was not witnessed in-game.
• On Day 89 the Atlantis Georgias entered Party Time. All Players that partied are listed below:
  • Mordecai Kingbird partied once on Day 90, resulting in a 9.2 → 11.6 stat increase.
  • Frankie Hambone partied once on Day 93, resulting in a 14 → 15.2 stat increase.
  • Rigby Friedrich partied thrice, twice on Day 97 and once on Day 99. This resulted in a total 17.2 → 20.8 stat increase.
  • Ortiz Lopez partied once on Day 97, resulting in a 12.8 → 14.2 stat increase.
  • Slosh Truk partied once on Day 99, resulting in a 12.8 → 13.9 stat increase.

Notable Games

• Day 3 - Knight Triumphant returns from Elsewhere.
• Day 54 - The FlatteReverb, a wave of Reverb which largely shuffled the Georgias roster, mainly moving Flattery McKinley back to the Rotation.
• Day 91 - Flattery McKinley genuinely pitches a shutout with no loop shenanigans involved, somehow.
• Day 97 - Ortiz Lopez parties, and eats some flame in the same game.

Election Outcomes

Wills

• 
  Move
  • The Georgias vote to move Flattery McKinley to their Lineup.
  • The Georgias made a roster move.
    • 🔱 - Flattery McKinley, Rotation
    • 🔱 + Flattery McKinley, Lineup
  • Move - 35% of all Georgias Will Votes
    This Filing - 91% of Georgias Move Votes
    Final Odds - 32% chance of happening.
• 
  Equivalent Exchange
  • The Georgias vote to swap Montgomery Bullock and Mordecai Kingbird.
  • The Fridays and Georgias made a trade.
    • 🏝️ - Montgomery Bullock + Mordecai Kingbird
    • 🔱 - Mordecai Kingbird + Montgomery Bullock
  • Equivalent Exchange - 40% of all Georgias Will Votes
    This Filing - 4% of Georgias Equivalent Exchange Votes
    Final Odds - 2% chance of happening.

Season Overview

The following summary mixes canon events with community lore.
Despite a few difficult Consumer attacks in the previous Season, Seasons of small improvements were finally starting to pay off for the Georgias, such as "not having Flattery McKinley on the pitching rotation" and "having Flattery McKinley on the batting lineup instead". The Georgias finally found themselves going toe-to-toe with their Wild High cohorts, surpassing the Mexico City Wild Wings, the Breckenridge Jazz Hands, and the Tokyo Lift, though the titans of Wild Low continued to elude them.

Despite major improvement to their performance, however, Georgias continued to remain far from the best team in the League, especially as deceptive star counts and unpredictable weather patterns would act against their favor. The Georgias ultimately would enter Party Time on Day 89, but by improving from a bad team to a merely mediocre team, victory felt closer than ever.

League-Renowned Bad Player Knight Triumphant

Knight Triumphant was quick to return from Elsewhere after joining the Georgias' Rotation, reappearing on Day 3 and pitching the first game immediately after. Triumphant was surprised to find Ortiz Lopez had joined the Georgias, and the two were quick to bond on their new team.

Triumphant was quickly welcomed by teammates and fans alike, as they watched in anticipation to see just how they would perform as a pitcher. Much to the disappointment of fans, they proved to be largely underwhelming for their four and a half pitching stars. They were not an awful pitcher, being a major improvement over Ankle Halifax, but as a whole, they walked far more batters than was appreciated and ended up losing more games than they won.

While Triumphant was a mediocre pitcher at the absolute worst, Fans would begin exaggerating Triumphant's poor pitching talent, eventually leading to them earning the moniker of "League-Renowned Bad Player Knight Triumphant" in the Georgias fanbase. While it could be questioned if Triumphant is truly deserving of the flack they receive from the Georgias community, they have continued to remain a target of the Georgias' jokes to the present day.

The FlatteReverb

Less disappointing, however, was the movement of Flattery McKinley to the lineup in the previous Election. McKinley quickly proved to be a capable hitter and base thief, often hitting the ball with great power and managing to steal any bases that were left behind. Seasons of attempting to turn McKinley into a workable player were finally paying off, but this would not last for long, as halfway through the Season, a twist of fate would move McKinley back to the mound.

On Day 54, a wave of Reverb hit the Atlantis Georgias, shuffling players between the Lineup and Rotation. Frankie Hambone and Geraldine Frost would be given new positions on the Lineup, with Flattery McKinley and Jan Canberra taking their places on the Rotation. While Hambone and Frost adjusted well to their new position, McKinley and Canberra did not, with Canberra having to be chained to the pitching mound to prevent her from committing further crimes.

Upon moving back to the rotation, McKinley pitched much like they had before: terribly. McKinley begrudgingly resumed their strike, though they came to question how much it was actually working given their progress could be erased so easily. Despite only pitching for half the Season, McKinley managed to make the leaderboard for batters walked in Season 16. However, McKinley still managed to pull off a shutout against the Kansas City Breath Mints, something that continues to amaze fans to this day.

Election

Due to a marked improvement in performance compared to previous Seasons, the Georgias were not given a Free Will, though given the wimdies they had experienced before, most Georgias fans welcomed the change of pace.

The first of the Georgias' two Wills was obvious: moving Flattery McKinley back to the Lineup. McKinley was known to be a capable batter and a lackluster pitcher, and given how much this change helped the team in the previous Election, it was only natural for the team to Move them again. McKinley was quick to accept this, especially given they would now be batting immediately after their wife, a change they were more than happy with.

As for the second will, most Georgias fans were hoping to exchange the recently bitten Mordecai Kingbird for Fish Summer, a star batter with a thematically appropriate name. However, as the election came to pass, the Georgias would instead find Hawai'i Fridays pitcher Montgomery Bullock joining their Lineup, a decision that confused teammates and Fans alike. The team would once again press their sponsor Angelika Aufdiscord for comment, in which she would reply with the following:

"Oh, golly! Silly old me, it looks like I got them all mixed up with that other guy! I'm sorry, their names are just too similar! Oh well! They shouldn't be too different, right? Wishing you the best in the next Season, do good for me out there! Toodles!"

Same as it ever was.

Despite the unexpected turn of events, however, Mordecai Kingbird took well to Hawai'i, as pri was immediately given a Skate Board in the same Election.