Talk:Chicago Firefighters/Archive
Moderator note: I moved the line about being immune to incinerations to the team about section and rephrased it as a belief because we can't as a rule include an incorrect fact about a game mechanics in the game mechanics section of the page. If you have additional questions, feel free to contact me here or on discord (nesbitt#1991). Nesblitt (talk) 21:46, 1 September 2020 (UTC)
Chicago Firefighters Lore Revisions ca. S10
Talks regarding revision of Firefighters team lore opened in the Firefighters’ Watch Party channel in the Blaseball discord at roughly 23:00 UTC on 16 October 2020. There were numerous ideas discussed regarding the nature of the Firefighters and Chicago; pertinent messages were assembled in a publicly editable document created by Discord user @RileyHopkins#3582.
An un-editable copy of the original document was made at 21:15 UTC 17 October 2020 and is available here for posterity.
I (Robbieburkhart02 / @songbirder#0762 on Discord) created a second document to reformat the original document into something more Wiki-friendly. It was made available for editing and revision by Firefighters Discord users from roughly 05:00 UTC 17 October 2020 until 22:00 UTC 17 October 2020. That document is available here.
Team Overview
The Chicago Firefighters exist to maintain the balance between the entity known as Chicago and the entity known as the Fire. As long as there has been Chicago, there has been the Fire, and as long as there has been the Fire, there have been Firefighters. Nobody knows who the first Firefighter was; all Firefighters hope they will be the last.
How Firefighters are selected is not clear. Anecdotally, Firefighters have mentioned hearing far-off sirens and knowing that they had a choice: heed the call, and bear the burden of being locked in an endless struggle for balance, or ignore it, and know they have forsaken their duty.
After being summoned, a Firefighter is inextricably, cosmically bound to both the Fire and to Chicago. Some believe that a new Firefighter receives a fragment of Chicago’s consciousness; some believe them to receive a piece of the Fire itself, to allow them insight into its workings.
Even if they were from beyond the bounds of Chicago or venture away from the city, a Firefighter has always had, and will always have, a place in Chicago and a home to return to. When Firefighters die, they briefly become one with the Firefighter, rejoin the flame, and light the way for the generations of Firefighters to come.
History and Practices
The Chicago Firefighters team as it is known today was summoned to beat back the Great Chicago Blaseball Fire. After putting out the blaze, the Firefighters held a charity blaseball game at the Fire House against a local paramedic crew to raise funds for the city’s recovery. The game lasted for fourteen innings, and when the paramedics were shamed, they demanded the Firefighters become a professional blaseball team.
Despite playing blaseball professionally, the Chicago Firefighters still carry out their firefighting duties. Each Firefighter takes point on a twelve-hour shift; the standard 14-player lineup allows the Firefighters to use a one-week rotation system. Pitchers in the rotation who are not currently pitching a game are expected to cover any absences.
Following routine upgrades to the sprinkler system at the Fire House in the wake of Tyreek Olive’s incineration, many fans believed the Firefighters to be immune to incineration. However, the Firefighters themselves acknowledge that they are not, and to underestimate the power of fire is folly. There will, someday, be a fire that even the greatest Firefighter cannot extinguish.
The Katamari and Ocean City
Due to a player swap during the Season 5 Election, Joshua Watson was recruited to join the Firefighters. Simultaneously, receiving the Katamari blessing meant a katamari was created. This katamari, colloquially called Mother Blase, added Ocean City—over which Joshua Watson presides as mayor—to Outer Chicago.
When Joshua Watson was traded to the Mexico City Wild Wings after the Season 8 Election, the ruling of the Mexico City Wild Wings allowing Joshua Watson to conduct his mayoral duties in Ocean City in absentia caused it to separate from Mother Blase and cede from Outer Chicago. All citizens of Ocean City may still claim they are from Chicago, if they so choose.
Robbieburkhart02 (talk) 22:14, 17 October 2020 (UTC)
