Block Wars Season 9

*This article is about the 2023 Content Creator event. For the 2021 Origins event, see Block Wars Origins Season 9.*

## Events

### Prior Event

**Prior immediate event:**
BW Origins Season 24
**Prior CC event:**
BW Season 8

### Next Event

**Next immediate event:**
BW Origins Season 25
**Next CC event:**
BW Season 10

**Block Wars Season 9** is the ninth canon Content Creators event, and the thirty-sixth event overall. It took place at 2:00 PM ET on December 2, 2023.

## Teams

### Substitutions

* Goofy Gifts: SwbPoundcake subbed in for ashswag.

## Games and changes

### Games and maps played

The game roster for this event remained the same, with Battle, Blitz Hunt, Construction, Extraction, Order Up, Party, Race and Spleef being in rotation, and Move and SkyZone were benched.

* **Battle** was played on a new map, **Frostbite**.
* **Construction** continued to be played on **SpaceLock**.
* **Extraction** was played on a new map, **Toy Town**.
* The minigames played in **Party** are **Beep Test**, **Crossfire**, **Line It Up**, a brand new minigame, and **Splatzones**, the first Party Flip Game. See below for more information about Flip Games.
* **Race** continued to be played on **Gold Leaf**. The map has received an update which reduces trident sections.
* **Spleef** continued to be played on **Sorbet**.

### General changes

* The Hub has received a Winter themed makeover.
* A new loading screen has been implemented, which will show between games and rounds.
* There is now music during the tutorials of each game.

### Gameplay changes

* Order Up has recieved a new batch of festive recipies. They include sugar cookies, stuffed chicken, beef wellington, roast dinner, and eggnog,
* Construction has recieved new holiday themed builds.
* Party has introduced Flip Games, which are alternate versions of existing Party minigames.
	+ **Splatzone** is the first flip game, being based off Splat.
		- The map features capture zones and much less paintable space.
		- There are five capture zones in the middle of the map and four miniature zones in each corner of the map
		- There are structures by each capture zone that give you power ups. The list of power ups are the Detonator, the Paint Bucket, the Paint Bomb, and Overfill.
		- Players are given a new weapon which shoots a blast of paint. The weapon deals a lot of damage at close range but loses accuracy the further you shoot.
		- Players recieve more health.
		- Points are gained by holding capture points and getting kills.
* Party is recieving a new game called Line It Up.
	+ You and your team have to work together to line up a shape into a hole in the floor.
	+ Every teammate will have their own button to control, which corresponds to a direction.
	+ Each team will have one player randomly selected to be at the top of the map. This player will change after every two shapes.

* The healing in the Medic kit and the trident in the Guardian kit have been nerfed in Battle. These changes were made before Origins Season 24, however this is the first Content Creator event to apply the changes.

## Result Overview

### Game 1: **Order Up**

Top 4 teams this game:

1. Crafty Cookies - 1,745
2. Lucky Lights - 1,630
3. Arctic Angels - 1,570
4. Goofy Gifts - 1,075

### Game 2: **Race**

Winning team:  Arctic Angels - 1,339

Top 5 players this game:

1. FireBreathMan - 500
2. Antfrost - 478
3. Feinberg - 435
4. mysticat\_ - 430
5. Wolfeei - 416

### Game 3: **Construction**

**(X1.5 Point Multiplier)**

Winning team:  Lucky Lights - 2,793

Top 5 players this game:

1. Feinberg - 499
2. Fulham - 461
3. Couriway - 437
4. Wallibear - 418
5. Boosfer - 415

### Game 4: **Spleef**

**(X1.5 Point Multiplier)**

Winning team:  Happy Helpers - 2,261

Top 5 players this game:

1. acho - 444
2. OrionSound - 434
3. mysticat\_ - 425
4. InTheLittleWood - 414
5. Feinberg - 377

### Game 5: **Battle**

**(X2.0 Point Multiplier)**

Winning team:  Crafty Cookies - 3,396

Top 5 players this game:

1. Feinberg - 547
2. Shadoune777 - 471
3. Wallibear - 453
4. FireBreathMan - 430
5. Couriway - 418

### Game 6: **Blitz Hunt**

**(X2.0 Point Multiplier)**

Winning team:  Lucky Lights - 3,284

Top 5 players this game:

1. Feinberg - 432
2. Smallishbeans - 408
3. Punz - 394
4. JoeBart - 388
5. Pyroscythe - 376

### Game 7: **Party**

**(X2.5 Point Multiplier)**

Winning team:  Lucky Lights - 3,853

Top 5 players this game:

1. Feinberg - 458
2. FireBreathMan - 317
3. mysticat\_ - 315
4. Couriway - 313
5. Fulham - 299

### Game 8: **Extraction**

**(X3.0 Point Multiplier)**

Winning team:  Silly Snowmen - 4,764

Top 5 players this game:

1. Antfrost - 468
2. Couriway - 430
3. acho - 372
4. sleepai - 352
5. ghostiefruit - 346

### **Bridges** Finale

 Lucky Lights VS.  Crafty Cookies

* JoeBart scored for  Lucky Lights. (1-0)
* Pyroscythe scored for  Lucky Lights. (2-0)
* Fulham scored for  Lucky Lights. (3-0)
* Wallibear scored for  Crafty Cookies. (3-1)
* Pyroscythe scored for  Lucky Lights. (4-1)

 **LUCKY LIGHTS WINS BLOCK WARS 9!**

## Trivia

### Participation

* This event welcomed six new players: guqqie, SolidarityGaming, President Poundcake, Smallishbeans, LDShadowLady, and Smajor1995.
* Wolfeei confirmed before teams were announced that himself, Mysticat and Antfrost would be returning to the content creator event following their participation in Block Wars Origins Season 24.

## References

1. ↑ @BlockWarsEvent on Twitter (November 16, 2023) Event Announcement
2. ↑ wolfeei extras - Block Wars 9 ANNOUNCED! & Confirmed Players (November 16, 2023) (Video)