Hellmouth Cup

Hellmouth Cup
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The Hellmouth Cup was the first-ever Golly cup championship series. The Cup was based on the classic Conway's Game of Life on an infinite grid. Each Hellmouth Cup season consisted of a regular season portion of 49 games, and a postseason portion that was a best-of-8 bracket tournament.

The San Francisco Boat Shoes (Hot League) had the most Hellmouth Cup appearances of any team (7), and dominated the Cup with the most championships of any team (6).

The Long Beach Flightless Birds (Cold League) had the most Hellmouth Cup appearances of Cold League team (6), but lost 5 times in 6 attempts.

The Ft. Worth Piano Tuners and Elko Astronauts tied for most Hellmouth Cup championships among Cold League teams at 2 apiece.

Season Schedule

Main: Hellmouth Cup/Schedule

Hellmouth Cup Teams

Main: Hellmouth Cup/Teams

Hellmouth Cup Champions

The table below lists the Hellmouth Cup champions for each season.

Season	Hellmouth Cup Champion	Winning Division	Series W-L	Loser	Losing Division
S1	Long Beach Flightless Birds	Cold Fire	4-2	San Francisco Boat Shoes	Hot Fire
S2	Orlando Business Majors	Hot Water	4-2	Elko Astronauts	Cold Fire
S3	San Francisco Boat Shoes	Hot Fire	4-3	Elko Astronauts	Cold Fire
S4	Sacramento Boot Lickers	Hot Water	4-2	Long Beach Flightless Birds	Cold Fire
S5	Elko Astronauts	Cold Fire	4-2	Milwaukee Flamingos	Hot Fire
S6	San Francisco Boat Shoes	Hot Fire	4-1	San Diego Balloon Animals	Cold Water
S7	Delaware Corporate Shells	Hot Fire	4-1	Long Beach Flightless Birds	Cold Fire
S8	Alewife Arsonists	Hot Water	4-1	Seattle Sneakers	Cold Fire
S9	Milwaukee Flamingos	Hot Fire	4-1	Tucson Butchers	Cold Water
S10	Milwaukee Flamingos	Hot Fire	4-3	Tucson Butchers	Cold Water
S11	Ft. Worth Piano Tuners	Cold Water	4-1	Alewife Arsonists	Hot Water
S12	San Francisco Boat Shoes	Hot Fire	4-3	Jersey OSHA Violations	Cold Water
S13	Milwaukee Flamingos	Hot Fire	4-2	Elko Astronauts	Cold Fire
S14	Sacramento Boot Lickers	Hot Water	4-0	Ft. Worth Piano Tuners	Cold Water
S15	Ft. Worth Piano Tuners	Cold Water	4-3	Delaware Corporate Shells	Hot Fire
S16	Elko Astronauts	Cold Fire	4-1	Alewife Arsonists	Hot Water
S17	Orlando Business Majors	Hot Water	4-3	Ft. Worth Piano Tuners	Cold Water
S18	San Francisco Boat Shoes	Hot Fire	4-2	Long Beach Flightless Birds	Cold Fire
S19	Alewife Arsonists	Hot Water	4-1	Ft. Worth Piano Tuners	Cold Water
S20	San Francisco Boat Shoes	Hot Fire	4-0	Long Beach Flightless Birds	Cold Fire
S21	Salt Lake Turbulence	Cold Fire	4-2	Sacramento Boot Lickers	Hot Water
S22	Orlando Business Majors	Hot Water	4-2	Seattle Sneakers	Cold Fire
S23	Boylston Boogers	Hot Water	4-3	Long Beach Flightless Birds	Cold Fire
S24	San Francisco Boat Shoes	Hot Fire	4-2	Salt Lake Turbulence	Cold Fire

Hellmouth Cup Promotional Posters

Hellmouth Cup History

Era of Indifference Season 1 Season 2 Season 3 Postseason Postseason Postseason

Era of Confusion Season 4 Season 5 Season 6 Postseason Postseason Postseason

Era of Awakening Season 7 Season 8 Season 9 Postseason Postseason Postseason

Era of Transmigration Season 10 Season 11 Season 12 Season 13 Postseason Postseason Postseason Postseason

Era of Growing Pains Season 14 Season 15 Season 16 Season 17 Postseason Postseason Postseason Postseason

Era of Nostalgia Season 18 Season 19 Season 20 Postseason Postseason Postseason

Era of Twilight Season 21 Season 22 Season 23 Season 24 Postseason Postseason Postseason Postseason

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Hellmouth Cup League Pennants

The teams that finish at the top of their league win a League Pennant and a spot in the Hellmouth Cup.

The following tables list league pennant winners for each season for the Hot and Cold Leagues:

Cold League

Season	League Pennant Winner	League Pennant Loser
S1	Long Beach Flightless Birds (#1)	Tucson Butchers (#3)
S2	Elko Astronauts (#3)	Baltimore Texas (#4)
S3	Elko Astronauts (#3)	San Diego Balloon Animals (#1)
S4	Long Beach Flightless Birds (#4)	Baltimore Texas (#2)
S5	Elko Astronauts (#2)	Baltimore Texas (#4)
S6	San Diego Balloon Animals (#1)	Ft. Worth Piano Tuners (#2)
S7	Long Beach Flightless Birds (#2)	Ft. Worth Piano Tuners (#4)
S8	Seattle Sneakers (#3)	Baltimore Texas (#1)
S9	Tucson Butchers (#2)	Long Beach Flightless Birds (#1)
S10	Tucson Butchers (#3)	Long Beach Flightless Birds (#1)
S11	Ft. Worth Piano Tuners (#4)	Seattle Sneakers (#3)
S12	Jersey OSHA Violations (#2)	Baltimore Texas (#1)
S13	Elko Astronauts (#1)	Seattle Sneakers (#2)
S14	Ft. Worth Piano Tuners (#3)	San Diego Balloon Animals (#1)
S15	Ft. Worth Piano Tuners (#3)	Long Beach Flightless Birds (#4)
S16	Elko Astronauts (#1)	San Diego Balloon Animals (#2)
S17	Ft. Worth Piano Tuners (#3)	Jersey OSHA Violations (#1)
S18	Long Beach Flightless Birds (#1)	Salt Lake Turbulence (#3)
S19	Ft. Worth Piano Tuners (#2)	Baltimore Texas (#1)
S20	Long Beach Flightless Birds (#1)	Phoenix Freshrolls (#3)
S21	Salt Lake Turbulence (#2)	Long Beach Flightless Birds (#1)
S22	Seattle Sneakers (#3)	Jersey OSHA Violations (#4)
S23	Long Beach Flightless Birds (#2)	Tucson Butchers (#4)
S24	Salt Lake Turbulence (#4)	Tucson Butchers (#3)

Hot League

Season	League Pennant Winner	League Pennant Loser
S1	San Francisco Boat Shoes (#1)	Detroit Grape Chews (#2)
S2	Orlando Business Majors (#2)	Milwaukee Flamingos (#4)
S3	San Francisco Boat Shoes (#2)	Detroit Grape Chews (#1)
S4	Sacramento Boot Lickers (#1)	Detroit Grape Chews (#2)
S5	Milwaukee Flamingos (#1)	Sacramento Boot Lickers (#3)
S6	San Francisco Boat Shoes (#2)	Alewife Arsonists (#4)
S7	Delaware Corporate Shells (#3)	Alewife Arsonists (#1)
S8	Alewife Arsonists (#2)	Detroit Grape Chews (#1)
S9	Milwaukee Flamingos (#3)	Orlando Business Majors (#4)
S10	Milwaukee Flamingos (#4)	San Francisco Boat Shoes (#2)
S11	Alewife Arsonists (#3)	Detroit Grape Chews (#4)
S12	San Francisco Boat Shoes (#4)	Orlando Business Majors (#3)
S13	Milwaukee Flamingos (#2)	San Francisco Boat Shoes (#4)
S14	Sacramento Boot Lickers (#2)	Boylston Boogers (#4)
S15	Delaware Corporate Shells (#2)	Detroit Grape Chews (#4)
S16	Alewife Arsonists (#4)	Sacramento Boot Lickers (#3)
S17	Orlando Business Majors (#1)	Sacramento Boot Lickers (#3)
S18	San Francisco Boat Shoes (#1)	Boylston Boogers (#2)
S19	Alewife Arsonists (#4)	Detroit Grape Chews (#3)
S20	San Francisco Boat Shoes (#2)	Albuquerque Solarpunks (#1)
S21	Sacramento Boot Lickers (#3)	Milwaukee Flamingos (#1)
S22	Orlando Business Majors (#1)	Boylston Boogers (#2)
S23	Boylston Boogers (#2)	Albuquerque Solarpunks (#1)
S24	San Francisco Boat Shoes (#1)	Boylston Boogers (#3)

Hellmouth Cup Division Titles

The teams that finish the season at the top of their division win a Division Title.

The following table lists division title winners for each season for the Hot and Cold Leagues:

Cold Fire

Season	Division Title Winner	Season W-L Record
S1	Long Beach Flightless Birds (#1)	27-22
S2	Elko Astronauts (#3)	24-25
S3	Long Beach Flightless Birds (#2)	27-22
S4	Baltimore Texas (#2)	28-21
S5	Elko Astronauts (#2)	28-21
S6	Elko Astronauts (#3)	27-22
S7	Long Beach Flightless Birds (#2)	27-22
S8	Baltimore Texas (#1)	29-20
S9	Long Beach Flightless Birds (#1)	29-20
S10	Long Beach Flightless Birds (#1)	29-20
S11	Elko Astronauts (#1)	30-19
S12	Baltimore Texas (#1)	31-18
S13	Elko Astronauts (#1)	28-21
S14	Baltimore Texas (#2)	28-21
S15	Seattle Sneakers (#1)	30-19
S16	Elko Astronauts (#1)	29-20
S17	Long Beach Flightless Birds (#2)	29-20
S18	Long Beach Flightless Birds (#1)	31-18
S19	Baltimore Texas (#1)	32-17
S20	Long Beach Flightless Birds (#1)	31-18
S21	Long Beach Flightless Birds (#1)	30-19
S22	Baltimore Texas (#2)	26-23
S23	Long Beach Flightless Birds (#2)	26-23
S24	Salt Lake Turbulence (#4)	27-22

Cold Water

Season	Division Title Winner	Season W-L Record
S1	San Diego Balloon Animals (#2)	27-22
S2	Ft. Worth Piano Tuners (#1)	32-17
S3	San Diego Balloon Animals (#1)	27-22
S4	San Diego Balloon Animals (#1)	30-19
S5	Tucson Butchers (#1)	28-21
S6	San Diego Balloon Animals (#1)	27-22
S7	Tucson Butchers (#1)	32-17
S8	Jersey OSHA Violations (#2)	28-21
S9	Tucson Butchers (#2)	29-20
S10	Tucson Butchers (#3)	26-23
S11	Ft. Worth Piano Tuners (#4)	24-25
S12	Jersey OSHA Violations (#2)	28-21
S13	San Diego Balloon Animals (#3)	26-23
S14	San Diego Balloon Animals (#1)	31-18
S15	Tucson Butchers (#2)	26-23
S16	San Diego Balloon Animals (#2)	29-20
S17	Jersey OSHA Violations (#1)	31-18
S18	San Diego Balloon Animals (#2)	28-21
S19	Ft. Worth Piano Tuners (#2)	29-20
S20	Phoenix Freshrolls (#3)	27-22
S21	Jersey OSHA Violations (#3)	26-23
S22	Ft. Worth Piano Tuners (#1)	28-21
S23	Ft. Worth Piano Tuners (#1)	29-20
S24	Ft. Worth Piano Tuners (#1)	28-21

Hot Fire

Season	Division Title Winner	Season W-L Record
S1	San Francisco Boat Shoes (#1)	28-21
S2	Detroit Grape Chews (#3)	26-23
S3	Detroit Grape Chews (#1)	27-22
S4	Detroit Grape Chews (#2)	28-21
S5	Milwaukee Flamingos (#1)	28-21
S6	Detroit Grape Chews (#1)	29-20
S7	Delaware Corporate Shells (#3)	28-21
S8	Detroit Grape Chews (#1)	29-20
S9	Detroit Grape Chews (#1)	28-21
S10	Delaware Corporate Shells (#1)	28-21
S11	Detroit Grape Chews (#4)	24-25
S12	San Francisco Boat Shoes (#4)	27-22
S13	Milwaukee Flamingos (#2)	27-22
S14	Detroit Grape Chews (#3)	26-23
S15	Milwaukee Flamingos (#1)	28-21
S16	Delaware Corporate Shells (#1)	29-20
S17	Sugar Grove Eavesdroppers (#2)	27-22
S18	San Francisco Boat Shoes (#1)	31-18
S19	Delaware Corporate Shells (#1)	30-19
S20	San Francisco Boat Shoes (#2)	29-20
S21	Milwaukee Flamingos (#1)	29-20
S22	Detroit Grape Chews (#3)	27-22
S23	Delaware Corporate Shells (#3)	26-23
S24	San Francisco Boat Shoes (#1)	31-18

Hot Water

Season	Division Title Winner	Season W-L Record
S1	Sacramento Boot Lickers (#4)	25-24
S2	Alewife Arsonists (#1)	28-21
S3	Atlanta Glitter Sharks (#3)	26-23
S4	Sacramento Boot Lickers (#1)	29-20
S5	Orlando Business Majors (#2)	28-21
S6	Orlando Business Majors (#3)	27-22
S7	Alewife Arsonists (#1)	32-17
S8	Alewife Arsonists (#2)	28-21
S9	Alewife Arsonists (#2)	26-23
S10	Atlanta Glitter Sharks (#3)	26-23
S11	Atlanta Glitter Sharks (#1)	31-18
S12	Sacramento Boot Lickers (#1)	29-20
S13	Orlando Business Majors (#1)	28-21
S14	Alewife Arsonists (#1)	31-18
S15	Boylston Boogers (#3)	26-23
S16	Sacramento Boot Lickers (#3)	25-24
S17	Orlando Business Majors (#1)	28-21
S18	Boylston Boogers (#2)	28-21
S19	Sacramento Boot Lickers (#2)	28-21
S20	Albuquerque Solarpunks (#1)	30-19
S21	Sacramento Boot Lickers (#3)	29-20
S22	Orlando Business Majors (#1)	34-15
S23	Albuquerque Solarpunks (#1)	31-18
S24	Boylston Boogers (#3)	27-22