oh god i had a horrible thought

what if blaseball goes full Electronic Arts or Livejournal and ends up getting bought up and assimilated

it seems unlikely given how much the whole thing's success relies on the genuine love between the devs and players, but... tell me we haven't seen it many many many times before

(sigh, yeah, i read a blaseball pamphlet and got converted daaaaaaamn you @mawr :p <3 i don't think i'll get invested, but it just reminds me so much of other metagaming experiments i've loved, like the Legend of 5 Rings tourney stories and the inter-campaign stuff they attempted in the Torg RPG, after watching the People Make Games "What is "Blaseball" and why is it taking over the Internet?" i'm definitely convinced blaseball is of the Nice Things the internet was supposed to give us.)