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[annabelle--cane]

so i also started reading the locked tomb after avoiding it for years bc the marketing made it seem so annoying. started it partially because of your posting, partially because of my friends, mostly because i work at a library now and had to learn all the different ways to place holds and was using my account to practice and couldn't think of any books i might actually read. anyway i wanted to share this procession with someone

another victim of the curse!

[library-whale]

what is twewy? :o

The World Ends With You is a Square Enix RPG that was originally released for the DS, but got updated re-releases as a mobile app (which I think is currently defunct on iOS) and a Switch port. The DS version had a really unique play style where you could control two characters at once, one on the top screen (who you could let fight by themselves but you’d be encouraged to actually try controlling them), and one on the bottom screen. The other two versions… don’t play like that, but they’re still enjoyable.

It’s, uh, kind of tricky for me to explain the plot too much without giving too much away (I usually tag big spoilers for it and its sequel for a reason lol), but the start of it is an antisocial boy named Neku suddenly wakes up in the middle of Shibuya’s Scramble Crossing with no idea of how he got there, and finds out he’s stuck in the “Reaper’s Game”, where he has to team up with another “Player” and make it through seven days of missions… or get erased from reality. (But seriously, even though that’s all I can say about the plot right now the story is really good! You can tell it originally came out in 2007, though, everyone has flip phones lmao.)

I highly recommend either checking out a playthrough or playing either the DS or Switch versions if it sounds interesting! (The Switch version even got a few extra chapters as a sequel hook, but it’s cool if you play the DS version then look up the events of the Switch chapters.)

[polkadotpatterson]

trick or treat!!

Have a snippet from my Abner wip :)

You were once one of the brightest stars in the universe, and they have never let you forget it.

You always considered yourself more of a magician than a pitcher, but pitching, of course, is just another form of sleight of hand. Making the ball disappear into the catcher's mitt in the blink of an eye was as satisfying as making cards disappear up your sleeve, fooling batters like you'd fool an audience. It's all a performance; let them see only what you want them to see. 

If you'd been a little less good at your job, you wouldn't have climbed the ranks of the idol board, crowned in gold enough times to become a target but not enough times to be preserved in that horrible museum, though you were certainly heading that way.

Of course, it ultimately didn't matter how good you were. You burned just as easily as the rest of them.

[tallymarkbrothers]

guess i'll go ahead and address the elephant in the room. do any of you know where 2 is?

Three: i slammed the door and ran, i told management but they said not to worry about it. the next time i was there he was gone

Prime: Trust me, after I met these three I scoured the vault, supposed container of all blaseball knowledge, as close to top to bottom as you can in an infinite building and there was no trace of him. If he's still alive, someone sure as hell doesn't want the world knowing.

[insanepoll]

hi. here's another blaseball fan trying to get more people into blaseball

to understand what makes these guys insane, you need more context about blaseball. blaseball, just as a website, is a baseball simulator. except people die sometimes. other things happen too, like a player will siphon another player's blood in bloodrain, players get encased by a giant peanut (aka getting shelled), players change teams in feedback weather, etc etc etc.

blaseball fans make the entirety of the blaseball lore. all headcanons are excepted. like, jessica telephone is usually depicted as a girl with telephone features worked into her somehow (like a keypad on her face, giant phone for a bat, etc.), but you can just decide that you think jessica telephone is a lion and that's an official IRM (interdimensional rumor mill, a term used to describe all of these different interpretations). the wiki has irms for some of the players. i say some, because 1) more popular players don't really have an IRM section. players like jessica telephone, jaylen hotdogfingers, and nagomi mcdaniel have widely-accepted irms, so they kinda just get one. older players that aren't super popular but well-known by a specific team will have this as well, like reese clark of the houston spies. but lesser-known players will have multiple. for example, brock forbes has eleven rumors, terrell bradley has two, etc.

teams also write lore about the team itself. for example, the baltimore crabs live in baltimore, maryland, but the original players on the team killed Big Deb (the giant crab goddess that ruled baltimore) and now her carcass is used as the stadium :]

there's 24 teams, and all of them have their own culture and vibe. it can be a lot to try and figure out which team you want to go with. here's a cool hint: even tho the website makes you pick one team, you can join as many teams as you'd like. personally, i am on both the houston spies and baltimore crabs.

the teams: atlantis georgias, baltimore crabs, boston flowers, breckenridge (broken ridge) jazz hands, canada moist talkers, charleston shoe thieves, chicago firefighters, core mechanics, dallas steaks, hades tigers, hawaii fridays, houston spies, kansas city breath mints, los angeli unlimited tacos (the "los angeles" is plural), mexico city wild wings, miami dale, moab hellmouth sunbeams, new york millennials, ohio worms, philidelphia pies (everyone just calls them the philly pies), san francisco lovers, seattle garages, tokyo lift, and yellowstone magic.

so yeah! a lot! some teams you can get a vibe for immediately, but even then there's bits and pieces that aren't as obvious. for example, the tokyo lift is a gym-themed team, but they also have past lives as pirates.

if you want more info on individual teams, the houston spies bit together this slideshow. it's a little outdated, but the general vibes stay the same. for most teams, you can visit different team channels in the maincord, but some teams mostly or only use a sidecord, like the baltimore crabs. the maincord is huge, but you can mute most of the channels. i have every channel besides my team channels and announcements muted.

for finding more info: someone else mentioned the wiki, which is helpful, but hasn't been outdated for the new era (coronation). it's still not fully updated from the expansion era (because the expansion era was hella hectic). most teams will have their lore in their own discord server, since it's not allowed in maincord anymore (because people were being Weird when making lore and there's only so many mods). most if not all teams have links to their servers pinned in one of their channels.

going thru all of those channels and finding links can be A Lot. finding a team can be A Lot. but don't worry! there's no wrong answers and everyone is excited to have new people.

when i was picking teams, i considered these questions:

what size team do i want? i prefer smaller teams, so i went with the spies. some teams are big but don't feel too big, like the crabs (although i have most of the Crabitat channels muted).

do i like lore or stats more? i definitely prioritize lore but i ended up on two stat-heavy teams lol. every team needs a balance, though, so no matter what you want to contribute, you'll be welcomed (even if you don't feel like contributing anything). i definitely have a place within the spies for Making Lore

how much do i care about winning? i do not give a singular fuck, which is how i ended up on the spies.

how competitive of an environment do i want? some teams are much more cutthroat than others and that's important to think about

what aesthetics do i like? this one isn't as big for me personally. im not too attached to the aesthetics of the spies or crabs, and they aren't really aesthetics-driven, either. but some teams, like the lovers and the garages, have very established aesthetics. even if you don't "fit" within the team aesthetic, tho, the team itself can still be a good fit.

i think that's all i have for right now. i mean. its a lot. lol. but i may add more later :3

huh thats kinda cool. collaborative lore. love when people come together to make something<3 even more when that something is kinda fucked up<3

[waveridden]

where should i go to learn more about each blaseball team's culture? i took the quiz that you shared a link to forever ago and got mexico city wild wings, but i want to read more about them and other teams. i tried splortsmanship.cool, which was another website provided, but i think a lot of it has been edited. all i can find is a page titled How To Play with instructions. are there any other places to get a feel for each team without joining 109636287483 discord servers?

this is a great question that unfortunately i don't have a great or succinct answer for - blaseball team cultures very much developed on discord and have mostly stayed there. however! some resources for you that i could find:

the houston spies have a website with lot of onboarding resources including this fun powerpoint for vibe-checking teams

they also have a list of other teams' websites. unfortunately not every team has one and seeing this made me want to make a carrd or website for my team

specifically in your case the wild wings have a carrd with some links! it looks a little old but it should get the point across

if you have any interest in joining discord servers (and to be perfectly clear: if this is not your vibe, then you should not do this) there's the main blaseball discord and the wings site has a link to their team server. frankly on principle i don't think you should join more than that nor should you have to but i'm not a wings fan and i don't know how they do things

(allegedly once the website comes back there'll be on-site social features to coordinate with your team so we can move away from the discord model, thank god)

the blaseball wiki is imperfect and a little outdated, but it's a good place for further vibe-checking. there's a lot of stuff here and it can be overwhelming, but it's good if you have a specific team in mind

also i love the team affinity quiz!! someone is currently working on an update (there are three teams that didn't exist when that team was made lol) and i will make sure to share it here once it's updated. i think it's a really cool tool!!

that's all i have for you right now - i'm going to tag @mexicocitywildwings (hi avery) for what i hope are obvious reasons and encourage my blaseball friends who might have good resources for team vibe-checking to drop them in the replies.

thanks for dropping by! i hope this helped, feel free to come back with more questions c:

[thehallstara]

it's at 50/50 :0

can i get a drabble of declan suzanne? :]

hello! yes you may 🥰

The rain shouldn’t be a surprise, but her bones ache differently here than they did in Chicago– maybe something about the salt in the air. She stands there for just a second longer, watching the heavy droplets pound against the window and into the bay, before turning and making her way back to the kitchen.

“Tea?” She calls over to Staj, looking all the surly teenager perched in her kitchen chair.

She straightens at Declan’s voice. “No thank you. Processors are a bit too much to deal with today.”

“Tell me about it. You good?”

“Fine.”

There’s something Staj isn’t telling her, but today isn’t the day to push. She leaves it be, and they settle in for another quiet afternoon.

[blazeball]

dashboard osmosis for enstars. i keep seeing it and im wondering if others are as well

oh god. my friend is into that but everything he has told me in passing went in one ear and out the other. ummmmm. big boy band...? its singing right? boys singing? in a competition maybe? my final answer is big boy band singing in a competition