Beta/Season 6

Season 6
By @jrfbz
Subtitles	Idols
Dates	Sep 7–13, 2020
Champion	Baltimore Crabs
Timeline
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Season 6 began on September 7, 2020. The regular season concluded on September 12, 2020, followed by the postseason and Internet Series on September 13, 2020. It is the 5th season of The Discipline Era. The Baltimore Crabs defeated the Seattle Garages in three games to win their first Internet Series championship.

Notable Events

League Restructuring and Blood Baths

The High Filter decree successfully passed at the end of Season 5, "resulting in the ILB getting dunked in the Blood Tub and surfacing reborn." The existing Good/Evil subleagues and Lawful/Chaotic divisions were restructured based on Season 5 standings into the Wild/Mild subleagues and High/Low divisions. Specifically, the Wild League contains the Top 5 and Bottom 5 teams as of Season 5, while the Mild League contains the teams in between.

Additionally, the decree describes "blood fill[ing] the tub" to introduce a new game mechanic called Blood Baths that interact with four new permanent modifications to every team, based on their division. All four of these "Blood" modifications involve losing or receiving star stats in a variety of circumstances that appear to redistribute player ability across more of the league. The first Blood Bath was anticipated to be occurring this season, but it was instead postponed for unknown reasons.

Idols

See the main article on this topic: Idols

Idols is the sixth subtitle of The Discipline Era, appearing upon the opening of Season 6. This introduced the new game mechanic Idols, which allows Blaseball participants to idolize any player in the league and benefit from that player's success during games, independent of team loyalty.

Blooddrain

See the main article on this topic: Blooddrain

Season 6 introduced a new weather condition called Blooddrain that has a chance of siphoning star stats away from one player and adding them to another player on the opposing team.

Wild Wings v. Blaseball Gods

See the main article on this topic: Mexico City Wild Wings v. The Blaseball Gods

Following the Leagues reorientation from the High Filter decree, the Mexico City Wild Wings were placed in the Mild League instead of the Wild League. The team and its fans filed a legal complaint which was summarily dismissed by The Commissioner. Throughout Season 6, the team was known at various points as the "Wild Wings" and "Mild Wings" while their location alternated between Mexico City and Wexico City. During the events of The Third Strike (below), the team was renamed the Mexico City Mild Wings.

The Third Strike

See the main article on this topic: The Third Strike

Following the conclusion of the regular season, the dotted red line on the Idols leaderboard, splitting the top three idolized players from the rest of the page, began to vibrate for approximately half an hour. At the top of the hour, The Peanut spoke and called The Third Strike, claiming that fans have patronized them. Jessica Telephone and Nagomi Mcdaniel received the modification Shelled, which encased the two players inside giant peanut shells, effectively skipping them when their turn comes up in the rotation. However, Peanut Bong, who was in the third position, was left unscathed. Fans speculated that The Peanut only wanted the Peanut-named players in the top three positions, and that this was the reason Bong did not suffer any harm during Third Strike.

The Return of Jaylen Hotdogfingers

See the main article on this topic: Jaylen Hotdogfingers

Shortly following the end of play on Day 32, incinerated Garages pitcher Jaylen Hotdogfingers entered the Idols leaderboard as a member of the enigmatic Null Team after fans learned of the means to idolize incinerated players. As Hotdogfingers was the first incinerated player in the history of Internet League Blaseball, many fans viewed Hotdogfingers' idolization as an act of defiance against the Blaseball Gods. In response to fans, The Commissioner asked, "are you sure about this[?]" Fans were sure about it, and helped maintain Hotdogfingers' 14th place on the leaderboard, which was covered by the blessing Lottery Pick. Hotdogfingers was brought back to the Garages during the Season 6 election, replacing Mike Townsend in the pitching rotation, who was sent to Shadows. Hotdogfingers returned with a modification called Debted.

Ongoing Decrees

Following the Season β5 election, the following decrees are in place for Season 6:

• Eat The Rich (Season β3): Funds from the top 1% of coin-havers will be redistributed to the remainder of Fans at the end of the postseason. This decree will remain in effect indefinitely.
• Alternate Reality (Season β4): Two players from each team have swapped with alternate reality versions of themselves and have new attributes. This player effect is permanent.
• High Filter (Season 5): Teams have new leagues and divisions. Fans may now select a player as an idol. The Blood Bath will become a seasonal occurrence.

Standings

The Wild League	Record	The Mild League	Record
Wild High		Mild High
Baltimore Crabs 🦀*	80-19	Hades Tigers 🐅*	57-42
Breckenridge Jazz Hands 👐*	59-40	Kansas City Breath Mints 🍬*	55-44
San Francisco Lovers 💋*	53-46	Seattle Garages 🎸*	53-46
New York Millennials 📱	51-48	Dallas Steaks 🥩	48-51
Chicago Firefighters 🔥	50-49	Canada Moist Talkers 🗣️	48-51
Wild Low		Mild Low
Boston Flowers 🌹*	51-48	Philly Pies 🥧*	60-39
Hellmouth Sunbeams 🌞	47-52	Charleston Shoe Thieves 👟	48-51
Houston Spies 🕵️	42-57	Mexico City Wild Wings 🍗	45-54
Miami Dale 🚤	37-62	Yellowstone Magic ✨	43-56
LA Unlimited Tacos 🌮	32-67	Hawai'i Fridays 🏝️	31-68

*Denotes teams who made it to the playoffs.
The Boston Flowers hold the tiebreaker over the New York Millennials due to Divine Favor.

Divine Favor

Ties:	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Team:	🥧	💋	🌮	🥩	🍬	🔥	👟	🌹	🏝️	✨	📱	🦀	🌞	🍗	🐅	🗣️	🕵️	🚤	🎸	👐

Postseason

As of Season β5, teams alternate home games with the higher seed hosting first.

	Round of 8					Round of 4					Internet Series
	1	Philly Pies	0
	4	Seattle Garages	3
						2	Hades Tigers	0
	Mild League
						4	Seattle Garages	3
	2	Hades Tigers	3
	3	Kansas City Breath Mints	2
											ML	Seattle Garages	0
											WL	Baltimore Crabs	3
	1	Baltimore Crabs	3
	4	Boston Flowers	0
						1	Baltimore Crabs	3
	Wild League
						2	Breckenridge Jazz Hands	0
	2	Breckenridge Jazz Hands	3
	3	San Francisco Lovers	2

Election Ballot

Decrees

The Decree with the most community votes will go into effect.

Icon	Name	Effect
	Hot Sauce	Feel the Heat. Makes a random player on each team Spicy.
	Enhanced Party Time	When a team is in Party Time -- Mathematically eliminated from the Postseason -- they'll have a chance of receiving random permanent stat boosts during their games.
	New Kids	Incinerate the least Idolized player on every team.

Blessings

Each blessing will be awarded to a randomly selected player or team based. Votes from a team's fans increase the likelihood of that team receiving a blessing.

Name	Effect
Rate and Review, brought to you by The Multitude Podcast Collective	Boost your team's most Idolized player by 25%.
Collect Call	Dial Zero. Call in the Alternate for the least Idolized player on your team.
Lottery Pick	Steal the 14th Most Idolized Player in the League.
Who?	Never heard of them. Maximize and steal the least Idolized player in the league.
Headliners	Arrange your lineup in order of their Idolatry.
Party Line	Hello? Who's there? Replace a player on your team with the Alternate of a random player from another team.
Spin Attack	Gotta Go Fast. Boost Your Team's Speed by 15%.
Ooze	Learn its secrets. Boost Your Team's Power by 10%.
Mutually Arising	Keep your enemies closer. Improve your entire division by 2%.
Sharing Signs	It's not stealing if we all do it. Improve your division by +10% hitting, -5% pitching.
Move the Mounds Closer	They won't notice. Improve your division by +10% pitching, -5% hitting.
Single-Season Fourth Strike	Mulligan. Your Team gets the Fourth-Strike next Season.
Gravity Boots	Armor. Prevent a random player on your team from being Reverbed.
Night Vision Goggles	Item. Random player on your team hits 50% better during Solar Eclipses.
Shrink Ray	Get Tiny. Item. Random player on your team gets smaller strike zone, increased Baserunning, decreased Power.
Fireproof Jacket	Armor. Protect a random Player on your team from Incinerations.
The Best Defense	Is good offense. Swap your best hitting pitcher into your lineup.
The Best Offense	Is good defense. Swap your best pitching hitter into your rotation.
Headhunter	The best hitter in your team's subleague (Mild or Wild) joins your team.
Vulture	The best player in your team's division joins your team.

Election Results

Decrees

• Enhanced Party Time passed with 222,527 Votes, 77% of all Decree Votes
  • THE PARTY RAGES
  • BISCAYNE BAY SET ALIGHT
  • INVITING LIFE

Blessings

List of Blessings Results:

• Night Vision Googles blessed the Baltimore Crabs.
  
  • Sutton Dreamy gained Night Vision Googles.
  • The Crabs had 18% of the Votes. The Yellowstone Magic were the highest bidders with 27% of the votes. 44,203 votes were cast.
• Shrink Ray blessed the Baltimore Crabs.
  
  • Holden Stanton gained the Shrink Ray.
  • The Crabs had 30% of the votes and were the highest bidders. 69,483 votes were cast.
• Headhunter blessed the Baltimore Crabs.
  
  • The Baltimore Crabs stole the best player in the The Wild League, hitter Nagomi Mcdaniel, from the Breckenridge Jazz Hands. They sent back Holden Stanton.
  • The Crabs had 38% of the votes and were the highest bidders. 85,500 votes were cast.
• Single-Season Fourth Strike blessed the Breckenridge Jazz Hands.
  
  • The Jazz Hands have received the Fourth Strike.
  • The Jazz Hands had 7% of the votes. The Hades Tigers were the highest bidders with 20% of the votes. 66,190 votes were cast.
• Gravity Boots blessed the Breckenridge Jazz Hands.
  
  • Steph Weeks gained Gravity Boots.
  • The Jazz Hands had 5% of the votes. The Charleston Shoe Thieves were the highest bidders with 22% of the votes. 4,446 votes were cast.
• Headliners blessed the Kansas City Breath Mints.
  
  • Arranged Kansas City Breath Mints' lineup in order of their Idolatry.
    • Boyfriend Monreal
    • Hewitt Best
    • Rodriguez Internet
    • Eizabeth Guerra
    • Stew Briggs
    • Dickerson Morse
    • Marquez Clark
    • Grey Alvarado
    • Lenny Spruce
  • The Breath Mints had 43% of the Votes and were the highest bidders. 10,173 votes were cast.
• Spin Attack blessed the Kansas City Breath Mints.
  
  • Boosted the Kansas City Breath Mints' speed by 15%
  • The Breath Mints had 5% of the votes. The Baltimore Crabs were the highest bidders with 26% of the votes. 159,813 votes were cast.
• Lottery Pick blessed the Seattle Garages.
  
  • FIRE AND SMOKE
  • AN EGG
  • HATCHING
  • JAYLEN HOTDOGFINGERS RETURNS
  • MIKE TOWNSEND RETREATS TO SHADOWS
  • The Garages had 58% of the votes and were the highest bidders. 119,158 votes were cast.
• Fireproof Jacket blessed the Seattle Garages.
  
  • Oliver Mueller gained the Fireproof Jacket.
  • The Garages had 4% of the votes. The Chicago Firefighters were the highest bidders with 47% of the vote. 15,687 votes were cast.
• Sharing Signs blessed the Boston Flowers.
  
  • Improved the Wild Low's hitting rating by 10% and impaired their pitching rating by -5%.
  • The Flowers had 15% of the votes. The Canada Moist Talkers were the highest bidders with 33% of the votes. 85,482 votes were cast.
• Ooze blessed the New York Millennials.
  
  • Boosted the New York Millennials power by 10%
  • The Millennials had 3% of the votes. The Canada Moist Talkers were the highest bidders with 19% of the votes. 244,660 votes were cast.
• The Best Defense blessed the New York Millennials.
  
  • The New York Millennials's best hitting pitcher, Bates Bentley, and their worst hitter, Penelope Mathews, swapped positions.
  • The Millennials had 36% of the votes and were the highest bidders. 77,937 votes were cast.
• Rate and Review, brought to you by The Multitude Podcast Collective blessed the Dallas Steaks.
  
  • Boosted the Dallas Steaks's most Idolized player, Conner Haley, by 25%
  • The Steaks had 1% of the votes. The Seattle Garages were the highest bidders with 41% of the votes. 79,985 votes were cast.
• Collect Call blessed the Dallas Steaks.
  
  • Randomized the Steaks's least Idolized player, Leach Herman.
  • Pitching changed from to
  • The Steaks had 7% of the votes. The New York Millennials were the highest bidders with 25% of the votes. 25,415 votes were cast.
• Who? blessed the Charleston Shoe Thieves.
  
  • Charleston Shoe Thieves stole the least popular player in the league, hitter Howell Franklin, from the Houston Spies, and maxed their stats. They sent back their worst hitter, Joe Voorhees.
  • The Shoe Thieves had 7% of the votes. The Hades Tigers were the highest bidders with 20% of the votes. 233,606 votes were cast.
• Mutually Arising blessed the Charleston Shoe Thieves.
  
  • Improved the Mexico City Mild Wings' overall rating by 2%
  • Improved the Hawai'i Fridays' overall rating by 2%
  • Improved the Philly Pies' overall rating by 2%
  • Improved the Charleston Shoe Thieves' overall rating by 2%
  • Improved the Yellowstone Magic's overall rating by 2%
  • The Shoe Thieves had 16% of the votes. The Seattle Garages were the highest bidders with 24% of the votes. 75,599 votes were cast.
• Move the Mounds Closer blessed the Hellmouth Sunbeams.
  
  • Improved the Wild Low's pitching rating by 10% and impaired their hitting rating by -5%
  • The Sunbeams had 33% of the votes and were the highest bidders. 64,315 votes were cast.
• Vulture blessed the Hellmouth Sunbeams.
  
  • The Hellmouth Sunbeams stole the best player in the Wild Low, hitter Hahn Fox, from the Boston Flowers. They sent back Alaynabella Hollywood.
  • The Sunbeams had 4% of the votes. The Baltimore Crabs were the highest bidders with 31% of the votes. 108,485 votes were cast.
• Party Line blessed the Houston Spies.
  
  • A Duplicate of Fridays pitcher Evelton McBlase was created by the Spies.
  • Evelton McBlase II takes the place of Donia Bailey, who retreats to the Shadows.
  • The Spies had 30% of the votes. The Kansas City Breath Mints were the highest bidders with 32% of the votes. 7,124 votes were cast.
• The Best Offense blessed the Houston Spies.
  
  • The Houston Spies's best pitching hitter, Alexandria Rosales, and their worst pitcher, Evelton McBlase II, swapped positions.
  • The Spies had 9% of the votes. The Chicago Firefighters were the highest bidders with 30% of the votes. 59,140 votes were cast.

Incinerations

When any player is in a match during a Solar Eclipse, there is a chance they will be incinerated and killed by a Rogue Umpire. Known cases of this in Season 6 are listed below.

Player	Team	Date	Replaced by	Opponent
Forrest Bookbaby	Philly Pies	Day 21	Alston Cerveza	Mexico City Wild Wings
Caligula Lotus	Boston Flowers	Day 31	Hiroto Cerna	San Francisco Lovers
Randall Marijuana	Breckenridge Jazz Hands	Day 84	Steph Weeks	Houston Spies
Mickey Woods	Philly Pies	Day 95	Jaxon Buckley	Hellmouth Sunbeams

Peanut Reactions

When any player is in a match during Peanut weather, there is a chance they will "swallow a stray peanut" and experience a permanent physical reaction, called either an Allergic Reaction or a Yummy Reaction. Known cases of this in Season 6 are listed below.

Player	Team	Date	Opponent	Reaction
Sutton Picklestein	Yellowstone Magic	Day 38	Mexico City Wild Wings	Allergic
Joe Voorhees	Charleston Shoe Thieves	Day 76	Mexico City Wild Wings	Allergic
Rat Mason	Unlimited Tacos	Day 85	Boston Flowers	Allergic

Feedback Swaps

When any player is in a game during Feedback weather, there is a chance reality will "flicker in the feedback" and two players will permanently swap team membership. Known cases of this in Season 6 are listed below.

Player A	Former Team A	Player B	Former Team B	Date
Francisca Sasquatch	Miami Dale	Wyatt Owens	Unlimited Tacos	Day 18
Fish Summer	Hades Tigers	Richmond Harrison	Canada Moist Talkers	Day 19
Valentine Games	Breckenridge Jazz Hands	Conrad Vaughan	New York Millennials	Day 22
Antonio Wallace	Charleston Shoe Thieves	Lachlan Shelton	Canada Moist Talkers	Day 23
Comfort Septemberish	Breckenridge Jazz Hands	Collins Melon	Houston Spies	Day 41
Hendricks Richardson	Breckenridge Jazz Hands	Randall Marijuana	Hellmouth Sunbeams	Day 44
Andrew Solis	Houston Spies	Valentine Games	New York Millennials	Day 51
Sigmund Castillo	San Francisco Lovers	Alexander Horne	Hellmouth Sunbeams	Day 61
Beck Whitney	Boston Flowers	Hahn Fox	Miami Dale	Day 80
Hobbs Cain	Canada Moist Talkers	Alston Cerveza	Philly Pies	Day 82
Bevan Underbuck (Immune)	Hawai'i Fridays	Ron Monstera	Seattle Garages	Day 91*

* Denotes feedback events where no swap occurred, because at least one player was immune to its effects.

Reverb Effects

When any team is in a game during Reverb weather, there is a chance that some portion of their roster will get shuffled. Reverb can change the order of the lineup, rotation, or the whole team. If the entire lineup is shuffled, there is a chance that batters will become pitchers and vice versa. Known instances of reverb in Season 6 are listed below.

Team	Date	Severity
Miami Dale	Day 34	Rotation
Kansas City Breath Mints	Day 68	Rotation
Miami Dale	Day 95	Lineup

Siphoning

When any player is in a game during Blooddrain weather, there is a chance that they can siphon stars from another player. This can affect any stat and any pair of players on opposing teams. Known instances of siphoning in Season 6 are listed below.

Siphoning Player	Team	Stat	Siphoned Player	Team	Date
Annie Roland	Yellowstone Magic	Batting	Brock Forbes	Baltimore Crabs	Day 1
Dickerson Morse	Kansas City Breath Mints	Baserunning	Ortiz Morse	Canada Moist Talkers	Day 14
Montgomery Bullock	Baltimore Crabs	Pitching	Alaynabella Hollywood	Hellmouth Sunbeams	Day 23
Baby Doyle	Breckenridge Jazz Hands	Baserunning	Fynn Doyle	New York Millennials	Day 23
Lang Richardson	Seattle Garages	Batting	Yeong-Ho Garcia	Yellowstone Magic	Day 26
Sigmund Castillo	San Francisco Lovers	Baserunning	Nagomi Mcdaniel	Breckenridge Jazz Hands	Day 29
Don Mitchell	San Francisco Lovers	Defense	Jacob Haynes	Boston Flowers	Day 33
Alyssa Harrell	Yellowstone Magic	Defense	Kennedy Cena	Philly Pies	Day 40
Beasley Gloom	Charleston Shoe Thieves	Pitching	Lawrence Horne	Mexico City Wild Wings	Day 43
Rafael Davids	Mexico City Wild Wings	Pitching	Eduardo Woodman	Philly Pies	Day 53
Cory Ross	Dallas Steaks	Defense	Elijah Valenzuela	Hawai'i Fridays	Day 61
Summers Pony	Dallas Steaks	Baserunning	Karato Bean	Hawai'i Fridays	Day 62
Agan Harrison	Breckenridge Jazz Hands	Pitching	Mullen Peterson	Chicago Firefighters	Day 64
Eizabeth Elliott	Yellowstone Magic	Baserunning	Evelton McBlase	Hawai'i Fridays	Day 90
Hiroto Cerna	Boston Flowers	Defense	Dudley Mueller	Hellmouth Sunbeams	Day 91

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