Charleston Shoe Thieves/Beta/Season 18

👟 Charleston Shoe Thieves
Season 18
Dates	May 10, 2021 - May 16, 2021
← Previous	Season 17
Next →	Season 19
Results
Overall Record	40-59
Wins	39
Divine Favor	12
Division	6th in Mild Low
League	10th in Mild League
ILB Placement	20th overall
Roster Changes
Date Change Cause β18 53 Richardson Games Cornelius Games 👟 Reverb β18 55 - Oscar Dollie + Ren Hunter 👟 Fax Machine β18 58 - Richardson Games + Oscar Dollie 👟 Fax Machine β18 59 - Alejandro Leaf + Tevin Melcon 👟 Fax Machine β18 76 - Oscar Dollie + Alejandro Leaf 👟 Fax Machine β18 97 - Ren Hunter + Oscar Dollie 👟 Fax Machine β18 98 - Blood Hamburger + Ren Hunter 👟 Fax Machine β18 99 - Goodwin Morin 👟 Preservation β18 EL - Stew Briggs 🐌 Roamin'
Decrees
Trust Fall   The Choux +  TurntablesBallpark: Any Win earned from a non-loss in this Ballpark during the Regular Season will be converted to an Unwin. League: Any Win earned from a non-loss during the Regular Season will be converted to an Unwin. Ratification   The Choux -  Hotel MotelThe Hotel Motel will occasionally create Holiday Innings during the Earlseason, where you Party instead of Score.  -  Turntables
Wills
Alternate Trust   Ren Hunter     +  AlternateThis Player is an Alternate... Player is replaced with an alternate reality version, stats are randomized.     Combined 9.5 → 9.6     -  AttractorWhen this Player scores a Run, they'll join the Shadows of the Team that scored them, if they're not already on their Roster.     +  NegativeThis Player is a Negative. Negative players have negative eDensity. Reform   Esme Ramsey  HauntedHaunted players will occasionally be Inhabited. Temporarily has the stats of a deceased player. ->  FlippersWhen immateria floods, this Runner will score instead of being cleared from the Bases.
Blessings
A Blood Type   +  A Blood TypeA Team or Player with A Blood Type will play each game with a random Blood type ability. Afterparty   +  AfterpartyThis Team will occasionally receive permanent stats boost in their games (outside of Party Time), but only while they're losing. Bon Voyage!   +  Good RiddanceThis Team will throw a Party when a Roamin' or Super Roamin' player leaves their roster.
Post-election
Leaving roamers	👟 - Stew Briggs, Lineup 🐌 + Stew Briggs, Lineup
Other Events	Donna Milicic is Partying!   Combined 9.9 → 11.3 Jor--n Hildeb-r- is Partying!   Combined 18.2 → 19.5 Ren Hunter is Partying!   Combined 9.6 → 10.8 Snyder Briggs is Partying!   Combined 16.4 → 17.7

In Season β18 the Charleston Shoe Thieves finished last in Mild Low.

The Choux's Fax Machine started activating frequently following The Games Swap. Starting with Season 18 and for the rest of the Expansion Era, the Choux's Fax Machine was the most active Fax Machine in the league.

Starting Roster

Lineup	Rotation
Richardson Games Velasquez Alstott Simon Haley Stu Trololol --r--n Hi---b-r- Oliver Loofah Esme Ramsey Herring Winfield Donna Milicic Goodwin Morin Stew Briggs	Oscar Dollie Blood Hamburger Gunther O'Brian Cornelius Games Alejandro Leaf Snyder Briggs
Shadow Lineup	Shadow Rotation
Winnie Loser Carter Oconnor Rhys Rivera Rodriguez Sunshine Simba Davis 👥 Donia Johnson Jorge Owens	William Boone Oliver Hess Bennett Takahashi Tevin Melcon Gallup Murphy Drosophila Fashion Bright Zimmerman 👥 Ren Hunter 👥

Season

Stadium Renovations

During Latesiesta, the Shoe Thieves built 2 renovations.

• 
  Ballpark Cleanup - 3,409,119 Coins Spent
  • The Choux was cleaned up! It is no longer Filthy.
• 
  Forwardness - - 3,208,583 Coins Spent
  • The Choux became 8% less Forward!

Gifts

The Shoe Thieves were listed as top contributors to the Hawai'i Fridays with 11%.

• 
  Shoe Thieves received 3 Gifts! - 13,075,003 coins contributed
  • Top Contributors:
    • ✨ Magic - 19%
    • 🗣️ Moist Talkers - 15%
    • 🐅 Tigers - 10%
  • 
    Handcrafted Shoes Drop - Wishlist #1
    • Herring Winfield dropped Bat.
      • - Bat
    • Herring Winfield gained Smokey Shoes.
      • + Smokey Shoes
      • Overall 13.5 -> 13.5 + 0.9
  • 
    Life of the Party, Team Edition - Wishlist #2
    • The Shoe Thieves are equipped with Life of the Party for the rest of the season!
      • +  Life of the PartyTeam: This Team gets 10% more from their Party Time stat boosts.
        Player: This Player gets 10% more from Party Time stat boosts.
        See also: Glossary
  • 
    Soul Patches - Wishlist #3
    • Ren Hunter's soul was increased.
      • 0 -> 1
    • Oscar Dollie's soul was increased.
      • 0 -> 1
    • Oscar Dollie's soul was increased.
      • 1 -> 2
    • Ren Hunter's soul was increased.
      • 1 -> 2
    • Ren Hunter's soul was increased.
      • 2 -> 3
    • Oscar Dollie's soul was increased.
      • 2 -> 3
    • Oscar Dollie's soul was increased.
      • 3 -> 4
    • Ren Hunter's soul was increased.
      • 3 -> 4
    • Ren Hunter's soul was increased.
      • 4 -> 5
    • Oscar Dollie's soul was increased.
      • 4 -> 5

Roster Changes

In Season 18, the Shoe Thieves experienced a Reverb, six Faxes, two Consumer attacks and an allergic reaction:

• On Day 28, Richardson Games earned a Coasting Jersey in Glitter weather.
• On Day 53, the Shoe Thieves were shuffled in the Reverb. Cornelius Games and Richardson Games swapped places, becoming a hitter and a pitcher respectively.
  • This event is commonly referred to by fans as The Games Swap.
  • This Reverb also swapped Oscar Dollie and Blood Hamburger's positions. Because they were both pitchers, neither their position nor the rotation order was affected.
• On Day 55, Oscar Dollie was Shadow Faxed for Ren Hunter.
• On Day 58, Richardson Games was Shadow Faxed for Oscar Dollie.
• On Day 59, Alejandro Leaf was Shadow Faxed for Tevin Melcon.
• On Day 60, parasitic pitcher Baldwin Breadwinner drained blood from Cornelius Games, J-r--n Hi---b-r- and Stew Briggs.
• On Day 64, Blood Hamburger swallowed a stray peanut and had an allergic reaction.
• On Day 76, Oscar Dollie was Shadow Faxed for Alejandro Leaf.
• On Day 92, Ren Hunter was attacked by Consumers.
• On Day 97, Ren Hunter was Shadow Faxed for Oscar Dollie.
• On Day 97, Tevin Melcon was attacked by Consumers.
• On Day 98, Blood Hamburger was Shadow Faxed for Ren Hunter.

The Shoe Thieves entered Party Time on Day 86 and experienced 3 parties:

• Snyder Briggs partied on Day 87.
• Jor--n Hildeb-r- partied on Day 96.
• Velasquez Alstott partied on Day 97.

Notable Games

• On Day 1, former Shoe Thief Alx Keming was Attracted to the Chicago Firefighters' Shadows.
• On Day 13, the Shoe Thieves scored 10 runs on Seattle Garages pitcher Mike Townsend and discovered Fax Machine do not activate in Black Hole weather.
• On Days 67, 68 and 69, the Shoe Thieves shut out the Dallas Steaks in three straight games at the Steakhouse. The three pitchers were Ren Hunter, Blood Hamburger and Gunther O'Brian.
• On Day 77, Hewitt Best made their first appearance as a ghost since their incineration Day 70. Best hit a solo home run and started Repeating, but Esme Ramsey came to bat instead.

MVP Voting

See the main article on this topic: Idols#Season 18

Following Day 99, Goodwin Morin was in 7th place on the Idol Board, and Tillman Henderson was in 8th place. They were both among the 9 players to be named MVP for the season.
Goodwin's Ego++++ was upgraded to Legendary, Goodwin was Vaulted and removed from the Charleston Shoe Thieves' lineup. Tillman Henderson gained Ego+.

• Goodwin Morin  Ego++++This Player has a boosted boosted boosted boosted Ego. ->  LegendaryThis Player is Legendary.
• Tillman Henderson +  Ego+This Player has a boosted Ego.

Election Outcomes

Wills

• 
  Alternate Trust
  • The Shoe Thieves choose Ren Hunter to receive an Alternate Trust.
  • Ren Hunter's Alternate is called.
    • +  Alternate
    • Combined 9.5 → 9.6
  • Ren Hunter feels renewed.
    • -  Attractor
  • Alternate Ren Hunter arrived with Negative.
    • +  Negative
  • Alternate Trust - 24% of all Shoe Thieves Will Votes
    This Filing - 94% of Shoe Thieves Alternate Trust Votes
    Final Odds - 22% chance of happening.
• 
  Reform
  • The Shoe Thieves choose to reroll Esme Ramsey's Haunted mod.
  • Esme Ramsey re-rolled from Haunted to Flippers.
    •  Haunted ->  Flippers
  • Reform - 24% of all Shoe Thieves Will Votes
    This Filing - 3% of Shoe Thieves Reform Votes
    Final Odds - 1% chance of happening.

Blessings

• 
  A Blood Type blessed the Charleston Shoe Thieves.
  • Blood Tranfusion.
    The Shoe Thieves gained the A Blood Type.
    • +  A Blood Type
  • Cornelius Games gained the A Blood Type.
  • Velasquez Alstott gained the A Blood Type.
  • Simon Haley gained the A Blood Type.
  • Stu Trololol gained the A Blood Type.
  • Jor--n Hildeb-r- gained the A Blood Type.
  • Oliver Loofah gained the A Blood Type.
  • Esme Ramsey gained the A Blood Type.
  • Herring Winfield gained the A Blood Type.
  • Donna Milicic gained the A Blood Type.
  • Stew Briggs gained the A Blood Type.
  • Oscar Dollie gained the A Blood Type.
  • Ren Hunter gained the A Blood Type.
  • Gunther O'Brian gained the A Blood Type.
  • Alejandro Leaf gained the A Blood Type.
  • Tevin Melcon gained the A Blood Type.
  • Snyder Briggs gained the A Blood Type.
  • The Shoe Thieves had 14% of the Votes
    Highest Bidder - The Garages with 17%
    3,436,940 votes were cast.
• 
  Afterparty blessed the Charleston Shoe Thieves.
  • The Shoe Thieves will begin next season in an Afterparty.
    • +  Afterparty
  • The Shoe Thieves had 3% of the Votes
    Highest Bidder - The Crabs with 19%
    743,370 votes were cast.
• 
  Bon Voyage blessed the Charleston Shoe Thieves.
  • The Shoe Thieves are given Good Riddance.
    • +  Good Riddance
  • The Shoe Thieves had 42% of the Votes
    They were the highest bidders.
    1,999,705 votes were cast.

Post Election

• • 👟 - Stew Briggs, Lineup
  • 🐌 + Stew Briggs, Lineup
• Donna Milicic is Partying!
  • Combined 9.9 → 11.3
• Jor--n Hildeb-r- is Partying!
  • Combined 18.2 → 19.5
• Ren Hunter is Partying!
  • Combined 9.6 → 10.8
• Snyder Briggs is Partying!
  • Combined 16.4 → 17.7