Hades Tigers/Fan Culture

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==Never Look Back==
The Hades Tigers’ slogan, “Never Look Back,” is emblematic not just of their pitching strategy, which leaves them open to second base being stolen at an alarming frequency, but a way of life. A typical Hades Tiger fan will refuse to dwell on their past failings or answer questions about historical events more than a few days old. At its most extreme, this behavior results in a complete refusal to acknowledge that the past even exists or use rear-view mirrors. Curiously, this does not prevent the Tigers from discussing team and player statistics at length, as these exist in the present moment as an observable fact.
Whether this is a religious practice, a compulsion of some sort, a forgotten curse, or simply a cultural difference is a closely-guarded secret of the Tigers.
The Historian-Wizards are the only subset of Tigers fans who regularly observe past performance, and these individuals are tasked with maintaining records and procuring statistics for the team’s fans, coaches, and management. The Historian Wizards claim that this ability stems from their spiritual and/or temporal orientation is such that these activities are, in fact, merely a different way of looking forward.
"Never look back" took on new meaning after the resurrection of Jaylen Hotdogfingers and the incinerations suffered as a consequence of it. Fans have rallied behind newcomer Usurper Violet's mission to end necromancy.The Tiger's motto was always more aspirational than actualized. The flames of Landry's incineration did nothing to cauterize the wound to the team's psyche, left to fester in the air above Sixth Circle Stadium season after season. While our fortunes waned we could not help but chase the memory of the Tigers at our prime. Like Orpheus before, we looked back.Between our mournful longing and facilitation of abject heresy in the resurrection of Jaylen Hotdogfingers, we had only ourselves to blame when the gates of Tartarus leaked a presence into our midst to fill the void we would not. The eternal storm flared and shifted in hue, heralding his arrival. The Usurper walks among us.In very close or otherwise tense games, Tigers will frequently state "0-0, Never Look Back", especially if there is a lead, but sometimes if the team has tied the game up. This hearkens to a superstition that the team's famously dramatic pitching staff will overhear mentions of any lead and let through runs on purpose to make things more interesting.
==Chants==
The Hades Tigers have several team and player-specific chants. Their most common chant, "MANY STRIPES / ONE TIGER" is a call-and-response, often heard when the Tigers score, showing the unity of the fans and the team, as well as the typo'd team name mentioned above. A less common team chant is "Yes, YES!" which stems from an ancient poem titled The Tiger, written by famous poet and 6 year old Nael. There are some event-specific chants, such as "THEFT" or "CRIMES" on a base steal, and "OHH Big Stretch" in between the top and the bottom of the 7th inning.
Some of the iconic players on the team also have chants used by the fans when they're on the field. Whenever Landry Violence was at bat fans could always be heard chanting "Violence is the answer" or "Violence is always the answer," a play on the phrase "Violence is never the answer," which, as we all know, is completely false. "It's time for violence" could also be heard when Violence was up to bat. These chants live on to keep Violence in memory, despite his incineration. Recently, "Rest in Violence" (often abbreviated as RIV) has become a League-wide mourn for players of all teams whenever someone is incinerated. 
Other player-specific chants include:
*Fish Summer: "HOT FISH SUMMER," a reference to the fact that they are hot, and also Fish Summer. Upon hitting a home run: "WHAT A CATCH!"
*Paula Turnip: "TURN UP FOR TURNIP" / "TURN IT UP"
*Jessica Telephone: Upon hitting a home run, a "RING" for each run scored. Sadly, Jessica was lost to the Pies in Feedback during , but we still wish her well and cheer for her.
*Peanutiel Duffy: "PERFECTLY ORDINARY [type of play]" after a hit.
*Zion Aliciakeyes: "EYES ON ZION" / "ALL EYES"
*Yazmin Mason: "FEAR THE DEER"
*Moody Cookbook: "COOK THE BOOKS"/"BOOKS COOKED"
*Nagomi Meng: Upon the first out, fans cheer "GOMI", after the second out "GOMIGOMI", after the third out "GOMIGOMIGOMI". Meng has expressed gratitude to fans for this chant because she frequently forgets the number of outs that happened during the inning.
*Carmelo Plums: "YEAST MODE" when Plums is at bat. Others include "PLUMBOP" after a hit. "PLUMS DEFROSTED" when they start to heat up.
*Usurper Violet: "ULTRA VIOLENCE" on a hit. "USURP THE BASES"/"USURPATION OF [BASE]" for a base steal.
*Richmond Harrison: "GONG" on a home run.
*Ren Morin: "PSPSPSPSPSPSP" organized by stadium section when Ren is running bases. Also, "MORE IN" when driving in runners.
*Hiroto Wilcox: Wilcox's fans have begun holding up signs reading "Hiroto, my beloved" as a show of support.
*Mummy Melcon: "Wrap it up Mummy" for particularly long games.
*Matteo Triumphant: "COGITO ERGO SLAM" on a home run. "Gettem Oettam".
*Nicholas Mora: "COGNITO ERGO SLAM" when making a play after Matteo did. [To the tune of 'That's Amore'] "When the ball hits his bat and you hear a loud crack, that's our Mora!" for home runs. "NICKO MODE"
*Ayanna Dumpington: "AYCONIC" / "AYAYAYAYAYA"
*Famous Owens: "Famous you [censored, censored]!" just in general. "I'm going to the Swear Zone" when Famous... Famouses.
*Aldon Cashmoney: "KACHING" when batting in runs, especially homers. "CASH BANKED" when batted in.
*Aldon Cashmoney II: "INSURANCE FRAUD" when sacrifice scoring. "COUNTERFEIT" for scoring in general.
*Randy Castillo (original): "HOME RUN RANDY'S DOING IT FOR THE LOVE OF THE GAME/SHAME" on a home run, or inflicting a shame. "BRING HER HOME" when batting in Zion.
After the Elections, Nerd Pacheco was traded to the team in exchange for Aldon Cashmoney. Being encased in a Peanut Shell at the time, many tigers fans began to chant for Birds in Lots of Birds weather. Some of these include:
*LANDRY'S FIRE AND MOODY'S WORDS / WITH THIS CHANT I SUMMON BIRDS / YAZMIN'S HOOVES AND SCORPLER'S STING / DARKEN HADES WITH THY WINGS
*ONE TIGER, MANY STRIPES / RAVENS, EAGLES, CROWS AND SHRIKES / WITH THIS CHANT WE SUMMON BIRDS / COME TO US AND FREE OUR NERD
*BIRDS OH BIRDS PLEASE SET THEM LOOSE / WE WANT TO SEE OUR BELOVED MOOSE
*PECK THE NUT AND CRACK THE SHELL / WELCOME NERD TO HOME IN HELL
*O'ER THE ANCIENT RIVER STYX / AND TO THE AMPITHEATERS BRICKS / BIRDS O BIRDS TAKE BLACKENED FLIGHT / AND FREE OUR Shelled BATTERS MIGHT
*BY ALL THE FIRES DOWN IN HELL / WE CALL THE BIRDS TO CRACK THIS SHELL
*BIRDS OF HADES, HEAR MY CALL / NERD FROM THEIR SHELL / YOU MUST RELEASE / AND DELIVER US OUR MOOSE IN PEACE / SO DECLARE THE FIRES OF HELL / AT LAST PEANUT CRACK AND FALL
*OPEN YOUR BEAKS AND REND YOUR CLAWS / NERD MUST BE FREE, THIS IS OUR CAUSE
In addition, several members of the Crones of Cocytus (a combination Tigers fan club and Hades-based witches' coven) in the front row of the Sixth Circle Stadium attempted to channel these chants into longer-form spells to convince the birds to unshell Pacheco using magic, or maybe pity. These spells (edited for brevity) included:
LANDRY'S FIRE AND MOODY'S WORDS / WITH THIS CHANT I SUMMON BIRDS /
YAZMIN'S HOOVES AND SCORPLER'S STING / DARKEN HADES WITH THY WINGS /
WITH WINGS AND BEAKS THEY COME ON HIGH / NERD'S PEANUT SHELL, YOUR END IS NIGH /
I SUMMON BIRDS TO PECK THIS SHELL / DEEP WITHIN THE DEPTHS OF HELL
[...]
PECK THE NUT AND CRACK THE SHELL / WELCOME NERD TO HOME IN HELL /
SWIFT AND BLACK AS THE STYX’S COURSE / STRONGER THAN FRASIERS DISCOURSE / PECK NERD OUT OF THERE WITH FORCE!
BIRDS! /
AN ODE TO WINGED ALLIES, /
THEY WATCH OUR GAMES WITH CLEVER EYES. /
BIRDS! /
THEY SOAR, MAJESTIC THINGS, /
ON THE SKY, DARKENED WINGS. /
BIRDS! /
A PEANUT, YOU MUST KILL /
HIROTO, YOUR FRIEND, COMMANDS THIS WILL. /
BIRDS! /
HEAR MY, MY FRIENDS, FOR I CALL TO YOU. /
OUR MOOSE, NERD, DEPENDS ON YOU.
==Incineration==
Up to the Season 3 championship, the Tigers were one of the few teams that had managed to avoid suffering an incineration. Due to this, fans developed a superstition, often refusing to use the word "incineration", believing that saying it will jinx the team. While this streak was ended by the tragic incineration of Landry Violence, the superstition has persisted. The most popular Tiger fan friendly alternatives are "Cursed Fire", "The Zoom", or "an invitation to Australia."
Since Landry's incineration, fans of all teams have taken to saying "Rest in Violence," often abbreviated RIV, when a player is incinerated. After the Tigers' dramatic recovery in , this phrase has morphed into a new chant: "Rise in Violence."
==The Richmond Harrison Honorary Best Friend Award (Formerly Team MVP)==
Starting from Season 4, Tigers fans vote for each season's MVP of the team through a ranked choice ballot. The election link will usually be found in the teams' Discord channel or Twitter profile. 
Season 4 poll results:
https://www.rankedchoices.com/season3TigersMVP
MVP: Yazmin Mason
Season 8 poll results:
Rookie of the Year: Usurper Violet
3rd Place: Peanutiel Duffy
2nd Place: Hiroto Wilcox
MVP: Richmond Harrison
Season 9 poll results:
3rd Place: Richmond Harrison
2nd Place: Dunlap Figueroa
MVP: Aldon Cashmoney
After and the extended siesta, the award took new shape. Each award now represented the fans' favourite and/or best-performing player of a three-season blaseball on-season. Furthermore, the award was renamed by the fans to the Richmond Harrison Honorary Best Friend Award (HBF) to distance it from the League's MVP process.
Season 12-14 HBF: Hiroto Wilcox
Season 15-17 HBF: Aldon Cashmoney
Season 18-19 HBF: Aldon Cashmoney, also awarded to Aldon Cashmoney II and Aldon Cashmoney III, due to second and third place in the poll.
==Sunbeams Antirivalry==
Fans of the Hellmouth Sunbeams have a unique relationship with the Hades Tigers that can only be described as the antithesis of a rivalry. Whenever the two teams play each other, fans cheer on the opposing team and can often be heard shouting "TIGERBEAMS!" This affinity is often attributed to the two teams having home cities located in similar environments - other teams tend to be uncomfortable in the extreme heat of the Hellmouth and Hades.
==Gallery==
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