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SD2024 Memo #2: Sticking Together

While Rosaka had a karaoke bar on every block and street corner, Glidavik had only one, a small place hidden underneath a busy city street mostly popular with students and the occasional Rosakan tourist. A limited offering wasn’t going to stop the Pinkies from celebrating a win in their usual fashion, however, and in theContinue reading “SD2024 Memo #2: Sticking Together”

ML2023 Memo #11: Lost Ways in the Marble Maze

Under the fluorescent lights of the Superhive’s changing rooms, Kinnowin’s gold medal shone like the sun. Their entire team had gathered to celebrate its acquisition before they’d even made it back to the athletes’ village.  “It’s a nice little reclaim, isn’t it?” hummed Tangerin, watching it bob as Kinnowin held it proudly aloft.  “Of what?Continue reading “ML2023 Memo #11: Lost Ways in the Marble Maze”

Roll to Survive: The Racers of Marbula 1 Season 5

What unites all these 40 racers is a passion that has not faded. They take on the track for a chance to win – to record their name in history. Project Marblearth looks back at where they come from, along with their hopes going forward.

High Stakes, High Rollers

You see it on every sign and screen at the Kinikolu Resort and Sportsplex: “THE PARTY NEVER ENDS.” Over the past two months, the Marble Survival 100 Tournament host site has lived up to that promise.

Each week, a new obstacle course at the Survival Stadium rises out of a cloud of artificial fog. An athlete from each Marble League team then races day after day to avoid elimination. Those who remain have survived getting battered by rams, smacked four ways by fidget spinners or treated as playthings by the Bell Carousel.

Their reward for this gauntlet will be more than a championship trophy: it will be publicity. Online or on the airwaves, the Elite Eight’s faces are plastered on marketing throughout Marblearth. In the tournament’s first weeks, fans and passersby in Kinikolu could still catch an athlete on the sidewalk or having fun. Now those remaining are hard to access, marbles who seem more like myth on the outside.

As the excitement grows, who is stepping up to the moment while staying true to themselves? The stories over one week, when ten marble survivors turned to eight, tell the tale.

The Teams You’ve Missed in Marble League 2022 – Group B

This article focuses on the six teams in Group B that were unable to qualify. For the article that focuses on the six teams in Group A that were unable to qualify, click here. After months of waiting to see which teams would compete in Marble League 2022, we finally know the sixteen teams thatContinue reading “The Teams You’ve Missed in Marble League 2022 – Group B”

Under Fire, They Roll On

“No, I don’t think I will.” In the aftermath of an event their team had just fallen apart in, Coach Quickly of the Savage Speeders was completely blindsided by Coach Rango of the O’rangers, who had just secured their team a gold medal in that same event. Going into Event 15 of the 2019 MarbleContinue reading “Under Fire, They Roll On”

RetRollSpective – Oceanics

Hello and welcome to another RetRollSpective, where we reflect on the history of marble sports teams that have appeared in the tournaments of Jelle’s Marble Runs. This time, we’re going to focus on the Oceanics, champions of the Marble League Winter Special and Marble Survival 100. Read on to find out how this team has drownedContinue reading “RetRollSpective – Oceanics”

The Teams You’ll Miss in Marble League 2021 – Group A

This article focuses on the six teams in Group A that failed to qualify. For the article that focuses on the six teams in Group B that failed to qualify, click here. After months of waiting to see which teams would compete in the 2021 Marble League, we finally know the sixteen teams that haveContinue reading “The Teams You’ll Miss in Marble League 2021 – Group A”