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🛠️ Iron Marble Event 7 🛠️ | Jelle’s Marble Runs
🛠️ Iron Marble - one step from the final… 🛠️
Event 7 brings the remaining teams one step away from the Iron Marble Final. With the field narrowed and the stakes higher than ever, every round is critical.
Who will secure their place in the final… and who…
Event 7 brings the remaining teams one step away from the Iron Marble Final. With the field narrowed and the stakes higher than ever, every round is critical.
Who will secure their place in the final… and who…
Iron Marble but the scores don't reset (as of Event 7)(Final Update before the Last Showdown)
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OFFICIAL DISCUSSION THREAD — Iron Marble Grand Final 🛠️ | Jelles Marble Runs
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🛠️ Iron Marble Event 8 🛠️ | The Grand Final | JMR
🛠️ It all comes down to this… 🛠️
After seven brutal events, only eight teams remain. Now, in the Iron Marble Final, they face the last five challenging rounds to determine who will be crowned champion.
Five runs.
Eight contenders.
ne Iron Marble Champion.…
After seven brutal events, only eight teams remain. Now, in the Iron Marble Final, they face the last five challenging rounds to determine who will be crowned champion.
Five runs.
Eight contenders.
ne Iron Marble Champion.…
"Steel"-ing success from the jaws of defeat! - Iron Marble Event 7
Well, here we are. The semi-finals of Iron Marble have come and gone. Four more races have been run, and if I've got my information correct, the last two teams have been eliminated, leaving the top eight to battle it out for glory. So, who did stuff this round? Who succeeded? Who failed? And who did something noteworthy? Let's find out.
TURTLE SLIDERS
OK, so, the Turtle Sliders might be having just a liiiiiitle bit too much fun here. The second-highest ranked team still in the competition, they started the event as they left in - in the priority lane, and with Crush nabbing a VERY comfortable win in the first race. They were nearly a full six seconds ahead of Sea, to put this in context. This win was not only via the largest margin of any team in this event, but also in the quickest time of this event too. I still don't like how the rounds are called "events". It feels confusing. Really, these last few "events" have been great for the Sliders... with one small outlier. Unfortunately, Squirt got themselves in a bit of a pickle, and whilst their ninth place didn't threaten the Sliders here, it DID drop them down to second place overall, probably not helped by the Crazy Chevron denying Dash a second win for the team. As I understand, Event 8, the final, is going to come down to "score as many points as you can". Even the slightest of weaknesses could be a detriment.
OCEANICS
Like the Sliders, the Oceanics had a great event with some really high scores throughout, with one notable outlier landing in the bottom half. Unlike the Sliders, Siren ended up in sixth place, a reasonably respectable score all things considering. It's not dead last, lets put it that way. This left the Oceanics with an overall results set of 1st, 2nd, 4th and 6th, just enough to win the event overall by just a single point over the Savage Speeders. You get a sense as to how the Oceanics managed to win the first Marble Survival 100 tournament, and suffice to say this MORE than makes up for their terrible Season 2 run. It's now a question of whether or not they can keep it together and reclaim their noscript. It's certainly possible.
CHOCOLATIERS
The Chocolatiers are through to the final eight. That's legit a sentence that feels wrong to say... but I can't deny that this is an event they've really locked down on. It was a pretty consistent enough run, with two fifth place finishes, before Choc decided to really boil hot and cruise to victory in the third race, over three seconds ahead of Swifty. This guaranteed the Chocolatiers a place in the final event before the last race and they could have easily won the whole event... if Cocoa hadn't melted under the pressure and gotten stuck relatively high up the course. A second place finish converted to a measly seventh in the blink of an eye. Guys, you've FINALLY done better than mid in an event. Don't ruin it all now!
SAVAGE SPEEDERS
So, with the collapse this round of a certain team, the Savage Speeders are one of only two Marble League champions to reach the final event, and dare I say it, the more interesting of the two overall... I mean, really, what are Mellow Yellow actually doing? There's a reason I've not talked about them much since that one race win. That's gonna get the fanbase on me. Where was I? Oh yeah... basically, I can sum up the Speeders' run here as basically the same as the Oceanics. The same scoring results and everything for the most part, just in different races. The only difference is that whilst the Oceanics' lowest result was 6th, the Speeders' was 7th. A small difference, but a significant one nonetheless. To be honest, I've rarely heard anyone even talk about the Speeders. I would have at least expected cries of "FUN IS GETTING CANCELED!" and whatnot... and if you are one of those people, I just wanna say "c'mon, the Speeders have been struggling to do anything relevant for the last few years, let them have something". It's always been said that the Speeders should never be counted out
Well, here we are. The semi-finals of Iron Marble have come and gone. Four more races have been run, and if I've got my information correct, the last two teams have been eliminated, leaving the top eight to battle it out for glory. So, who did stuff this round? Who succeeded? Who failed? And who did something noteworthy? Let's find out.
TURTLE SLIDERS
OK, so, the Turtle Sliders might be having just a liiiiiitle bit too much fun here. The second-highest ranked team still in the competition, they started the event as they left in - in the priority lane, and with Crush nabbing a VERY comfortable win in the first race. They were nearly a full six seconds ahead of Sea, to put this in context. This win was not only via the largest margin of any team in this event, but also in the quickest time of this event too. I still don't like how the rounds are called "events". It feels confusing. Really, these last few "events" have been great for the Sliders... with one small outlier. Unfortunately, Squirt got themselves in a bit of a pickle, and whilst their ninth place didn't threaten the Sliders here, it DID drop them down to second place overall, probably not helped by the Crazy Chevron denying Dash a second win for the team. As I understand, Event 8, the final, is going to come down to "score as many points as you can". Even the slightest of weaknesses could be a detriment.
OCEANICS
Like the Sliders, the Oceanics had a great event with some really high scores throughout, with one notable outlier landing in the bottom half. Unlike the Sliders, Siren ended up in sixth place, a reasonably respectable score all things considering. It's not dead last, lets put it that way. This left the Oceanics with an overall results set of 1st, 2nd, 4th and 6th, just enough to win the event overall by just a single point over the Savage Speeders. You get a sense as to how the Oceanics managed to win the first Marble Survival 100 tournament, and suffice to say this MORE than makes up for their terrible Season 2 run. It's now a question of whether or not they can keep it together and reclaim their noscript. It's certainly possible.
CHOCOLATIERS
The Chocolatiers are through to the final eight. That's legit a sentence that feels wrong to say... but I can't deny that this is an event they've really locked down on. It was a pretty consistent enough run, with two fifth place finishes, before Choc decided to really boil hot and cruise to victory in the third race, over three seconds ahead of Swifty. This guaranteed the Chocolatiers a place in the final event before the last race and they could have easily won the whole event... if Cocoa hadn't melted under the pressure and gotten stuck relatively high up the course. A second place finish converted to a measly seventh in the blink of an eye. Guys, you've FINALLY done better than mid in an event. Don't ruin it all now!
SAVAGE SPEEDERS
So, with the collapse this round of a certain team, the Savage Speeders are one of only two Marble League champions to reach the final event, and dare I say it, the more interesting of the two overall... I mean, really, what are Mellow Yellow actually doing? There's a reason I've not talked about them much since that one race win. That's gonna get the fanbase on me. Where was I? Oh yeah... basically, I can sum up the Speeders' run here as basically the same as the Oceanics. The same scoring results and everything for the most part, just in different races. The only difference is that whilst the Oceanics' lowest result was 6th, the Speeders' was 7th. A small difference, but a significant one nonetheless. To be honest, I've rarely heard anyone even talk about the Speeders. I would have at least expected cries of "FUN IS GETTING CANCELED!" and whatnot... and if you are one of those people, I just wanna say "c'mon, the Speeders have been struggling to do anything relevant for the last few years, let them have something". It's always been said that the Speeders should never be counted out
unless it's impossible for them to win. Let's see if they can finally break the cycle and get their mojo back.
ROJO ROLLERS
Awww, you were SO close! If I've been calculating things correctly, the Rojo Rollers are the only team of the final eight that have yet to actually win a race across all of Iron Marble. And they were literally inches away. I think that has to be one of the smallest gaps between first and second I've seen in quite some time. Heck, Rojo Cuatro was in the lead... but, of course, the bane of everyone's existence in this tournament strikes again. Heck, it wasn't even that big of a hit from the Crazy Chevron - certainly not the wallop that knocked Dash into next week - but it was enough to stall the Rollers' representative just enough to cost them the win. Still, I shouldn't really complain too much since it did bring them up to 4th... but even so, a win ahead of the final event would have been nice.
LIMERS
Normality has finally been restored. For the past few events, the Limers have been having shockingly great runs, with a couple of wins to their names, and even an overall event victory. Heck, they even managed to convincingly defeat their long-time rivals. That's amazing. The best word to describe this particular event? "Classic". A last place finish, a last place overall and then a brutal DNF thanks to the side spring deciding that the Limers had clearly done enough... it was basically like "OK, Lemonlime, great work making the top 10, but you've outstayed your welcome now - into the audience you go!" This meant that the Limers achieved something no other team has for the entire tournament - a guaranteed elimination before the final race. What happened to Limelime was just throwing a wounded marble into a bucket of salt. It's like I said in another post; some days, the Limers will put on an amazing performance out of nowhere to really shake up the competition and put them in positions just like this... and then, on other days, they'll just be the Limers.
PINKIES
Ladies and gentlemen, trans, NBs and marbles of all ages, it's official... we won't be having a successful noscript defense in this event. I mean, I know technically Marble Survival and Iron Marble are different, but I still like the idea of the Pinkies being considered the defending champions. Unfortunately, this was just one step too far. It all went wrong right from the get-go, which left Pinky Toe effectively trying to fit a square peg into the triangle hole - like, what are the odds of getting double-teamed by two ball bearings? They simply never recovered after this. 8th place from Panther, 7th place from Rosa, and despite a much needed team talk, Pinky Winky just couldn't get it together and got another 7th. I think everyone knew the Pinkies were going to be out the moment we saw Winky crawl across the line, long before we saw the official results. But this shouldn't retract from the fact that this was a great overall run by the Pinkies. Again, even four years after the fact, it doesn't feel right in saying all this, but it really does showcase just how far the Pinkies have come from their haphazard beginnings. Peace out, Pinkies. Do the 10th anniversary of the Marble League proud.
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ROJO ROLLERS
Awww, you were SO close! If I've been calculating things correctly, the Rojo Rollers are the only team of the final eight that have yet to actually win a race across all of Iron Marble. And they were literally inches away. I think that has to be one of the smallest gaps between first and second I've seen in quite some time. Heck, Rojo Cuatro was in the lead... but, of course, the bane of everyone's existence in this tournament strikes again. Heck, it wasn't even that big of a hit from the Crazy Chevron - certainly not the wallop that knocked Dash into next week - but it was enough to stall the Rollers' representative just enough to cost them the win. Still, I shouldn't really complain too much since it did bring them up to 4th... but even so, a win ahead of the final event would have been nice.
LIMERS
Normality has finally been restored. For the past few events, the Limers have been having shockingly great runs, with a couple of wins to their names, and even an overall event victory. Heck, they even managed to convincingly defeat their long-time rivals. That's amazing. The best word to describe this particular event? "Classic". A last place finish, a last place overall and then a brutal DNF thanks to the side spring deciding that the Limers had clearly done enough... it was basically like "OK, Lemonlime, great work making the top 10, but you've outstayed your welcome now - into the audience you go!" This meant that the Limers achieved something no other team has for the entire tournament - a guaranteed elimination before the final race. What happened to Limelime was just throwing a wounded marble into a bucket of salt. It's like I said in another post; some days, the Limers will put on an amazing performance out of nowhere to really shake up the competition and put them in positions just like this... and then, on other days, they'll just be the Limers.
PINKIES
Ladies and gentlemen, trans, NBs and marbles of all ages, it's official... we won't be having a successful noscript defense in this event. I mean, I know technically Marble Survival and Iron Marble are different, but I still like the idea of the Pinkies being considered the defending champions. Unfortunately, this was just one step too far. It all went wrong right from the get-go, which left Pinky Toe effectively trying to fit a square peg into the triangle hole - like, what are the odds of getting double-teamed by two ball bearings? They simply never recovered after this. 8th place from Panther, 7th place from Rosa, and despite a much needed team talk, Pinky Winky just couldn't get it together and got another 7th. I think everyone knew the Pinkies were going to be out the moment we saw Winky crawl across the line, long before we saw the official results. But this shouldn't retract from the fact that this was a great overall run by the Pinkies. Again, even four years after the fact, it doesn't feel right in saying all this, but it really does showcase just how far the Pinkies have come from their haphazard beginnings. Peace out, Pinkies. Do the 10th anniversary of the Marble League proud.
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My Power Rankings and Predictions heading into the Iron Marble Final
So the grand final is less than 48 hours away from us. Given the strange lack of hype on this sub, I decided to create some by making this post. Hope you like it:
# Power Rankings:
Here, I am ranking the teams based on their performance thus far
1. Turtle Sliders: I think people are overhyping them, but their results speak for themselves. They have been ridiculously strong and are on a mission to prove their bronze from last season was not a fluke.
2. Savage Speeders: I dont remember a single round in which they did bad. The lack of attention they have been receiving from the community is unusual. People sleeping on the Speeders (of all teams) was not on my bingo card.
3. Chocolatiers: Another team that has been insanely good. They also have good pedigree in Marble Survival having finished 6th and 7th in seasons prior.
4. Indigo Stars: Really good but showed some weakness early on when they still had Bingo. Morever, unlike the ones above, they have yet to win an event. But it won't matter much if they win the upcoming one.
5. Oceanics: They have been good but they are definitely top heavy. The new guys (Siren and Nereid) are not as good as Sea and Ocean, generally speaking.
6. Mellow Yellow: They have middled their way through (save for event 2 where they nearly got eliminated). But they do have lots of pedigree winning silver medal in both seasons. However, they haven't been impressive this season and have a Yellim named weakness.
7. Hazers: Mostly middled their way thus far. Putting them lower though as Mellow Yellow have more pedigree. Moreover, they are extremely light and contact heavy competitions don't favour them.
8. Rojo Rollers: I dont think I need to explain this. They have mostly scraped their way through and are clearly the weakest team remaining.
# Predictions:
1. Savage Speeders: It is in their DNA lol. And I think they are on a mission to remind the Marbleverse who the real big bad villain team is lol.
2. Turtle Sliders: They have been good, but I think they lose out to Savage Speeders. They did display a choking tendency this past Showdown.
3. Indigo Stars: They have been really solid as of late, and I think their stars will continue to shine brighter.
4. Oceanics: I think they will use the priority lane well in first 2 races and be on the top. Then Siren gets a DNF and Nereid finishes low causing what looked like a sure fire win to end up in not even a podium.
5. Chocolatiers: They are an aggressively mid team (speaking generally, not Iron Marble specific) so putting them in the middle looks about right.
6. Mellow Yellow: 3 straight podiums feels too good to happen specially in a chaotic tournament. So I expect them to have a disappointing performance in the final.
7. Hazers: They are too light. Honestly, it is a miracle they have made it this far, that too without DNFs!
8. Rojo Rollers: They are sorta lucky to be here. I am pretty confident Hazers and Rollers will be bottom 2.
# My favorites:
This is basically who I am rooting for from most to least (1 to 8):
1. Chocolatiers: I like chocolate, so with my main teams all out, I would like them to win the most.
2. Savage Speeders: I just want to see the world burn lol.
3. Mellow Yellow: Not been most dominant this season but it will be a good cindrella story if they finally reach the promised land.
4. Indigo Stars: I like them, mainly cos I find them underrated.
5. Hazers: Neither like, nor dislike them so putting them in the middle.
6. Rojo Rollers: They have been kinda bad so it would feel undeserved.
7. Oceanics: I don't want a team that has already won to win again.
8. Turtle Sliders: They have been too dominant this season. No one wants the dominant team / odds on favourite to win.
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So the grand final is less than 48 hours away from us. Given the strange lack of hype on this sub, I decided to create some by making this post. Hope you like it:
# Power Rankings:
Here, I am ranking the teams based on their performance thus far
1. Turtle Sliders: I think people are overhyping them, but their results speak for themselves. They have been ridiculously strong and are on a mission to prove their bronze from last season was not a fluke.
2. Savage Speeders: I dont remember a single round in which they did bad. The lack of attention they have been receiving from the community is unusual. People sleeping on the Speeders (of all teams) was not on my bingo card.
3. Chocolatiers: Another team that has been insanely good. They also have good pedigree in Marble Survival having finished 6th and 7th in seasons prior.
4. Indigo Stars: Really good but showed some weakness early on when they still had Bingo. Morever, unlike the ones above, they have yet to win an event. But it won't matter much if they win the upcoming one.
5. Oceanics: They have been good but they are definitely top heavy. The new guys (Siren and Nereid) are not as good as Sea and Ocean, generally speaking.
6. Mellow Yellow: They have middled their way through (save for event 2 where they nearly got eliminated). But they do have lots of pedigree winning silver medal in both seasons. However, they haven't been impressive this season and have a Yellim named weakness.
7. Hazers: Mostly middled their way thus far. Putting them lower though as Mellow Yellow have more pedigree. Moreover, they are extremely light and contact heavy competitions don't favour them.
8. Rojo Rollers: I dont think I need to explain this. They have mostly scraped their way through and are clearly the weakest team remaining.
# Predictions:
1. Savage Speeders: It is in their DNA lol. And I think they are on a mission to remind the Marbleverse who the real big bad villain team is lol.
2. Turtle Sliders: They have been good, but I think they lose out to Savage Speeders. They did display a choking tendency this past Showdown.
3. Indigo Stars: They have been really solid as of late, and I think their stars will continue to shine brighter.
4. Oceanics: I think they will use the priority lane well in first 2 races and be on the top. Then Siren gets a DNF and Nereid finishes low causing what looked like a sure fire win to end up in not even a podium.
5. Chocolatiers: They are an aggressively mid team (speaking generally, not Iron Marble specific) so putting them in the middle looks about right.
6. Mellow Yellow: 3 straight podiums feels too good to happen specially in a chaotic tournament. So I expect them to have a disappointing performance in the final.
7. Hazers: They are too light. Honestly, it is a miracle they have made it this far, that too without DNFs!
8. Rojo Rollers: They are sorta lucky to be here. I am pretty confident Hazers and Rollers will be bottom 2.
# My favorites:
This is basically who I am rooting for from most to least (1 to 8):
1. Chocolatiers: I like chocolate, so with my main teams all out, I would like them to win the most.
2. Savage Speeders: I just want to see the world burn lol.
3. Mellow Yellow: Not been most dominant this season but it will be a good cindrella story if they finally reach the promised land.
4. Indigo Stars: I like them, mainly cos I find them underrated.
5. Hazers: Neither like, nor dislike them so putting them in the middle.
6. Rojo Rollers: They have been kinda bad so it would feel undeserved.
7. Oceanics: I don't want a team that has already won to win again.
8. Turtle Sliders: They have been too dominant this season. No one wants the dominant team / odds on favourite to win.
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Prockets deserve a M1 shot before any decisions
Man i do believe the Rockets would do great in M1 but its looking like they are pretty much close to being announced retiring. What baffles me is how the Turtle Sliders who havent qualified for a marble league yet, also got relegated for ML 2020. Yes they have a win in M1 but they had a chance to being invited to show their capabilities, still finished 14th though. They got 3rd in Marble Survival S2 meanwhile Rockets got 4th in MS100.
It comes down to the popularity at the end of the day and its sad seeing the rockets potentially retiring.
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Man i do believe the Rockets would do great in M1 but its looking like they are pretty much close to being announced retiring. What baffles me is how the Turtle Sliders who havent qualified for a marble league yet, also got relegated for ML 2020. Yes they have a win in M1 but they had a chance to being invited to show their capabilities, still finished 14th though. They got 3rd in Marble Survival S2 meanwhile Rockets got 4th in MS100.
It comes down to the popularity at the end of the day and its sad seeing the rockets potentially retiring.
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