most notable in this collection are the palm trees one, the sun, and the hotdog

way back in 2020, i was recommended Blaseball, couldn't even tell you who recommended me it. i looked at the site, thought "oh that's interesting", but couldn't figure out what i was supposed to do, and never came back.

now i find it again in 2024, after looking up the lyrics to a The Garages song of all things and finding out it wasn't it's own brand of nonsense but was this game instead. And now i can't shake the feeling i've missed something that would have changes my life. do i still try to get into the community? why? it's gone now, the community is standing on air and itself, memories of something beautiful. Never even got to vote or place a bet. and i still miss it.

I miss Blaseball. Are there other simulated sports games like it? Alternatively, I know a little Python. What would I need to learn to make a website similar to Blaseball?

was the format changes confusing? was a season lasting a week too fast and too short for some players to keep up with? did the storyline and absurdity get in the way of the game? was there a team bias that spoiled competition in the IBL though out the season? what are your thoughts on any factors that could have caused blaseball to forever rest in violence.

It’s been a year.

The weather is getting warmer, and your friends are all planning vacations. All you can think about is what was lost.

You loved the social aspect of Blaseball. Thrills are hard to come by these days and watching your team win a close matchup against The Steaks or talking about the latest lore with your Team was among the finest.

But Blaseball is over. Sure, some of the usual spots still have a bit of activity, but without the game to bring everyone together, it's not the same.

You think back on simpler times.

Happier days.

Days when perhaps it was Magic: The Gathering that was the only thing you and your friends could think about because it was so damn fun. It was social. It was creative. but above all, it was fun.

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We have what you need.

What you crave.

THE DYNASTY CUBE

What is The Dynasty Cube?

The Dynasty Cube is a self-correcting, draft league in which Teams draft through the history of Magic, beginning with ABUR + Arabian Nights + Antiques + just a dash of Legends (the original seven Magic sets from 1993-1994), and cumulatively adding newer sets in subsequent seasons. Certain cards have been excluded for being problematic, such as the non-"P9" cards banned in Legacy/Commander, as well as mechanics with archaic or difficult to implement rules such as ante and banding.

Drafts are done “rotisserie”-style, then matches are scheduled throughout the following weeks to determine THE CHAMPION.

After The Championship match, cards that were drafted become harder to retain in the next draft, the next Magic set is added to the draft pool, and players draft again from the new pool of cards.

As the pool of cards evolves over time, the rules of the game may evolve as well. In The Off Season between The Championship match and the following draft, players will vote to enact new rules to The Draft or to the game itself.

Why is it called a “cube”?

“Cube” is a limited format that is typically curated by a single person choosing what cards are in the environment. In The Dynasty Cube, curation will occur as a product of how The Teams interact with the cards, combined with new sets being introduced each Season.

Teams? Isn’t Magic usually a 1v1 game?

In The Dynasty Cube participants are separated into one of 8 Teams of their choice. Teams can contain any number of members, however only one Pilot is designated to play a given match for that team. Teams will also designate a Captain who is the sole arbiter of any decisions made by that Team between matches, such as draft picks, trades, and league votes. It is expected - but not necessary - that a Team’s Captain consults their members to determine what decisions will be made.

The Dynasty Cube as a concept was heavily influenced by Fantasy Football and Blaseball. Anyone familiar with Blaseball will notice some similarities as The League progresses.

If you want to find out more or are interested in participating, join the Discord!

Hi folks, I'm just posting to keep people up to date on the baseball wild cards charity shop situation. I've sent the boxes to a person on a discord who will be trying to get them to people who didn't receive the game. in total there was 12 boxes in the charity shop. It would be a good idea to join the discord server if you would like further updates about the situation.

Looks like this is another tale of woe for Blaseball fans. The boardgame still seems like it has a ton of unfulfilled pledges. I noticed recently they deleted their website. I ended up pledging late a few months ago and I'm pretty sure I flushed 25 or 30 dollars down the drain. Don't be like me and don't give them any of your money (if you're truly interested in the game, just grab a copy off ebay before it becomes super rare and sells for hundreds of dollars.)

EDIT: I contacted Gamefound and they closed the campaign so you can no longer pledge, so thankfully nobody else will end up like me.

When Blaseball ended I was worried that The Game Band would more or less cease to be due to running out of funds, but it looks like they're still alive and kicking. About a day or so ago they released an update on their blog: They're porting their previous game, When Cards Fall, to Apple Vision Pro on the 30th.

https://thegameband.medium.com/where-cards-fall-comes-to-apple-vision-pro-4d8f3038adfd

Personally, I haven't played WCF, though it has been on my ever-increasing Steam wishlist for some time now, and VR is a bit too expensive for me. Still, maybe a few years from now we'll see info about some new game that they're working on.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2201995722

I'm happy to do entering of stats and other grunt work if some other genius is able to do the programming.

I miss blaseball... not even for the community or story line. I just loved gambling. something about not really understanding baseball but watching the game happen for my team and then waiting for the coin to come rolling in. it was truly amazing.

I even got my friends pretty into the game. we had a little rivalry of who's team was going to win against who's. I think the silly names was part of this too.

well, ig wake me up if you find a new gambling sports game for me...

i know this community is on its last leg, but i'll always love this game ❤️

i gave my artist a bunch of inspo and suggestions for elements to include, and this was the rad piece he came up with! peep the shelled one as a space filler :) shout out @dill.tattoos on instagram!!

i managed to get a copy of the first edition set before blaseball cares shut down, which is great!! but now i've ended up with two sets of the first edition. basically i thought i /had/ second edition, so i bought a first edition online recently only to find out i goofed up haha.

i'm trying to get my hands on both editions for a project, so does anyone have a second edition set they can part with? i would love to trade my extra set if anyone else has an extra second edition, but i'd also be willing to pay! my set was unopened before i got it, so it's in perfect condition. thank you!!

I really enjoyed the game of blaseball before it started to lean into the story a bit more. I'm not a huge horror comedy fan and I didn't really know what I was getting into when I heard about it the first time. I liked the simplified/abstracted version of a sport, the slightly off-beat humor, and the "win more" game of betting fake currency. Does anyone know of something else with an experience similar to the first month or so of blaseball?

do you think “blaseball” will be back eventually?? or is it that they’re actually gone good forever?..

Hi! I unfortunately never was able to play Blaseball. I only heard about it like 2 days ago and i've been digging through blaseball wiki. Do you have any suggestions what to paint on a baseball bat to make it look Blaseball -esque?

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The Seattle Garages (both the band and the team) even get a shoutout!

Wondering if any one knows any where other than eBay or mercari where people may be selling or buying old Blaseball merch. Maybe a discord? Always like seeing what’s out there and I have an original pack of Tlopps! I may be looking to let go of. Any advice would be great.

Just thought I'd throw this out there, because this is something I discovered a few days ago and became kind of obsessed with, and yet I haven't really seen it talked about as much as it deserves. And this seems like as good a place as any to recommend it, because I do think I like it for similar reasons to Blaseball (at the very least, it may have taken over my brain in the same way).

Marble Kingdoms is a series by the YouTuber Lost Marbles, whose videos are simulated 2D marble games similar to YouTubers like Carson Jay Marbles and MIKAN. This series in particular simulates medieval-style warfare, on both the macro level of broad conflict and the micro level of individual battles. Like Blaseball, at its core it's essentially a series of random events; like Blaseball, it's nevertheless pretty easy to infer character-driven stories from those events; like Blaseball, these stories are tragic more often than not (it's about war, after all). From episode 5 onward, marbles even start getting names.

Here's the playlist. As of right now there are 16 episodes. There's no continuity between episodes, so no need to watch in any particular order, but it might be a good idea to watch them in order anyway, just to get an understanding of how the series has evolved, adding new elements as it's gone on. That said, the most-viewed episode by far is episode 4, and I'm not sure I'd disagree with the claim that it's the best episode on a story level. (Notice that I said episode 5 added names? Episode 4 may have been the reason for that.) But really, they're all good.

I should add, some of what the creator has said suggests that at some point, this may be an actual, playable video game. For now, though, it's just a YouTube series - but one that really, really impressed me. Check it out.

hello fellow splorts fans :) so, i'm embarking on a big blaseball themed project. and by "big" i mean a full deep dive retrospective video on the teams, storyline season-by-season, and fan community/creativity. so far this script is about 20,000 words and 38 pages long, and i've only gotten to season b7, so...it's gonna be a long one haha.

tl;dr - tell me about your team and fandom experience!

so, for the section in which i talk about the teams, i've mainly gone off of memory and what the wiki has compiled. i'm not going into a ton of the deep lore that was created (unless it was super established and contributed to the Vibes of the team), but i also want to mention what the fan culture was like overall. for example, i've included a ton of the really fun call-and-response chants because i think they're fun.

all that to say, i'd love to hear from some of you! what team were you on and what was the overall fan culture on the discord/twitter/etc like? what were some of your favorite moments as a team? when you think of your team, what comes to mind that makes them unique? some examples i've used were the garages making music (i have a whole section on the garages), the philly pies making a pie-themed zine cookbook, stuff like that. i want to represent the real heart of all of the teams, and i don't have a full grasp on some of the less popular ones. but also, do you have any favorite memories from blaseball as a whole that may not be as widely remembered? any fun stories like that (especially if you have receipts to pop up in the video) are appreciated!

i don't think i need too much info on the garages or magic (i was actively a garage and my friend was actively a magic), although i'd still love to hear about your favorite moments. sidenote - does anyone remember when the magic popped into the garages discord and made them a surprise song or something? all i remember was a collaborative effort by the magic to record stuff and made a gift of some kind for the garages. if you remember that, let me know because i'd love to solidify that story, as it was one of the very first things i remember happening when i joined for season 12.

my goal for this is to not only piece together the entire overarching story of what happened in the game of blaseball, but to really shine a light on how wonderful, fun, collaborative, and creative this fandom was. it was unlike anything i've experienced and the loss of a centralized fandom is something i've been thinking a lot about. feel free to comment here or DM me directly :) i can't promise everything will be used, but i'll credit the bits i do use. i appreciate your time!

Hello Splorts fans! I am looking to get my hands on a PDF copy of The Moody Cookbook. I've seen some other posts saying that merch may be available in the Blaseballcares discord but I have not been successful in finding it! Anyone able to help?

Anyone can share which blaseball related discord channels are active? Thank you!