Marble League 2018

<h2>Trivia</h2>
<ul><li>This is the first Marble League season to feature a host team, and fittingly, the host team was the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Snowballs%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Snowballs%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BSnowballs%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="1588808-18181615685d87d672e3edf" href="/wiki/Snowballs" title="Snowballs">Snowballs</a>.
</li><li>This was also set to be the first season of the rebranding to Marble Games - the change was done to avoid copyright issues as per <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22external%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Jelle%27s%20statement%20in%20his%20YouTube%20channel%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22https%3A%5C%2F%5C%2Fwww.youtube.com%5C%2Fchannel%5C%2FUCMV8B1Q5lEEb5yR8Hqkbdhg%5C%2Fcommunity%3Flb%3DUgyJWCG8Rolvs9OhwMB4AaABCQ%22%2C%22linktype%22%3A%22text%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5Bhttps%3A%5C%2F%5C%2Fwww.youtube.com%5C%2Fchannel%5C%2FUCMV8B1Q5lEEb5yR8Hqkbdhg%5C%2Fcommunity%3Flb%3DUgyJWCG8Rolvs9OhwMB4AaABCQ%20Jelle%27s%20statement%20in%20his%20YouTube%20channel%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="1588808-18181615685d87d672e3edf" rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMV8B1Q5lEEb5yR8Hqkbdhg/community?lb=UgyJWCG8Rolvs9OhwMB4AaABCQ">Jelle's statement in his YouTube channel</a>. However the name remained as Marble League.
</li><li>Some of the snow and ice events will be held in Bad Kieinkirchheim, Austria, which is also a real-life ski resort.
</li><li>The <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Gliding%20Glaciers%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Gliding%20Glaciers%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BGliding%20Glaciers%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="1588808-18181615685d87d672e3edf" href="/wiki/Gliding_Glaciers" title="Gliding Glaciers">Gliding Glaciers</a>, despite their name, failed to qualify or even reach 7th place in their qualifying group.
</li><li>Both <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Team%20Plasma%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Team%20Plasma%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BTeam%20Plasma%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="1588808-18181615685d87d672e3edf" href="/wiki/Team_Plasma" title="Team Plasma">Team Plasma</a> and the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Crazy%20Cat%27s%20Eyes%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Crazy%20Cat%27s%20Eyes%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BCrazy%20Cat%27s%20Eyes%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="1588808-18181615685d87d672e3edf" href="/wiki/Crazy_Cat%27s_Eyes" title="Crazy Cat's Eyes">Crazy Cat's Eyes</a> have roots in the Sand Marble Rally, with <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Team%20Plasma%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Team%20Plasma%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BTeam%20Plasma%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="1588808-18181615685d87d672e3edf" href="/wiki/Team_Plasma" title="Team Plasma">Team Plasma</a> being based on SMR2016 champion <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Ghost%20Plasma%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Ghost%20Plasma%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BGhost%20Plasma%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="1588808-18181615685d87d672e3edf" href="/wiki/Ghost_Plasma" title="Ghost Plasma">Ghost Plasma</a>, and the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Crazy%20Cat%27s%20Eye%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Crazy%20Cat%27s%20Eye%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BCrazy%20Cat%27s%20Eye%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="1588808-18181615685d87d672e3edf" href="/wiki/Crazy_Cat%27s_Eye" title="Crazy Cat's Eye">Crazy Cat's Eye</a> being based on <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Crazy%20Cat%27s%20Eye%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Crazy%20Cat%27s%20Eye%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BCrazy%20Cat%27s%20Eye%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="1588808-18181615685d87d672e3edf" href="/wiki/Crazy_Cat%27s_Eye" title="Crazy Cat's Eye">Crazy Cat's Eye</a>.
</li><li>Additionally, the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Minty%20Maniacs%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Minty%20Maniacs%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BMinty%20Maniacs%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="1588808-18181615685d87d672e3edf" href="/wiki/Minty_Maniacs" title="Minty Maniacs">Minty Maniacs</a>, <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Golden%20Orbs%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Golden%20Orbs%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BGolden%20Orbs%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="1588808-18181615685d87d672e3edf" href="/wiki/Golden_Orbs" title="Golden Orbs">Golden Orbs</a>, and the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Black%20Jacks%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Black%20Jacks%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BBlack%20Jacks%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="1588808-18181615685d87d672e3edf" href="/wiki/Black_Jacks" title="Black Jacks">Black Jacks</a> are teams that crossed over from the Hubelino Tournament, although the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Golden%20Orbs%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Golden%20Orbs%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BGolden%20Orbs%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="1588808-18181615685d87d672e3edf" href="/wiki/Golden_Orbs" title="Golden Orbs">Golden Orbs</a> had a slight name change, from <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Golden%20Wisps%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Golden%20Wisps%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BGolden%20Wisps%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="1588808-18181615685d87d672e3edf" href="/wiki/Golden_Wisps" title="Golden Wisps">Golden Wisps</a> to <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Golden%20Orbs%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Golden%20Orbs%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BGolden%20Orbs%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="1588808-18181615685d87d672e3edf" href="/wiki/Golden_Orbs" title="Golden Orbs">Golden Orbs</a>.
</li><li>The <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Gliding%20Glaciers%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Gliding%20Glaciers%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BGliding%20Glaciers%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="1588808-18181615685d87d672e3edf" href="/wiki/Gliding_Glaciers" title="Gliding Glaciers">Gliding Glaciers</a>, <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Hazers%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Hazers%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BHazers%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="1588808-18181615685d87d672e3edf" href="/wiki/Hazers" title="Hazers">Hazers</a>, and <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Raspberry%20Racers%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Raspberry%20Racers%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BRaspberry%20Racers%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="1588808-18181615685d87d672e3edf" href="/wiki/Raspberry_Racers" title="Raspberry Racers">Raspberry Racers</a> are the only 3 newcomers not based on an already existing series on Jelle's channel. However, commentator Greg Woods has stated that the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Raspberry%20Racers%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Raspberry%20Racers%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BRaspberry%20Racers%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="1588808-18181615685d87d672e3edf" href="/wiki/Raspberry_Racers" title="Raspberry Racers">Raspberry Racers</a> has a feud with the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Limers%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Limers%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BLimers%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="1588808-18181615685d87d672e3edf" href="/wiki/Limers" title="Limers">Limers</a>.
</li><li>Going back to the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Raspberry%20Racers%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Raspberry%20Racers%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BRaspberry%20Racers%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="1588808-18181615685d87d672e3edf" href="/wiki/Raspberry_Racers" title="Raspberry Racers">Raspberry Racers</a>, Jelle has said that they are a combination team between both the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Bluefastics%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Bluefastics%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BBluefastics%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="1588808-18181615685d87d672e3edf" href="/wiki/Bluefastics" title="Bluefastics">Bluefastics</a> and the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Valiant%20Violets%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Valiant%20Violets%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BValiant%20Violets%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="1588808-18181615685d87d672e3edf" href="/wiki/Valiant_Violets" title="Valiant Violets">Valiant Violets</a> from the Hubelino Tournament.
</li><li>This marks the second season in a row that the original top 5 teams (<a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Savage%20Speeders%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Savage%20Speeders%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BSavage%20Speeders%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="1588808-18181615685d87d672e3edf" href="/wiki/Savage_Speeders" title="Savage Speeders">Savage Speeders</a>, <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Mellow%20Yellow%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Mellow%20Yellow%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BMellow%20Yellow%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="1588808-18181615685d87d672e3edf" href="/wiki/Mellow_Yellow" title="Mellow Yellow">Mellow Yellow</a>, <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Thunderbolts%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Thunderbolts%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BThunderbolts%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="1588808-18181615685d87d672e3edf" href="/wiki/Thunderbolts" title="Thunderbolts">Thunderbolts</a>, <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Team%20Momo%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Team%20Momo%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BTeam%20Momo%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="1588808-18181615685d87d672e3edf" href="/wiki/Team_Momo" title="Team Momo">Team Momo</a>, and the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22O%27rangers%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22O%27rangers%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BO%27rangers%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="1588808-18181615685d87d672e3edf" href="/wiki/O%27rangers" title="O'rangers">O'rangers</a> from <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Marble%20League%202016%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22MarbleLympics%202016%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BMarbleLympics%202016%7CMarble%20League%202016%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="1588808-18181615685d87d672e3edf" href="/wiki/MarbleLympics_2016" title="MarbleLympics 2016" class="mw-redirect">Marble League 2016</a>) have all qualified for the main tournament.
</li><li data-rte-spaces-before="1">There was a major controversy when M&amp;H Racing did a similar looking event with the same name, resulting in confusion and accusations. This resulted in an agreement in which M&amp;H Racing changed the name to the Marble Winter Games. Jelle has since asked his fans to be respectful to both parties.
</li><li>This is the first Marble League where two different teams merged into one team, with <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Team%20Momo%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Team%20Momo%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BTeam%20Momo%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="1588808-18181615685d87d672e3edf" href="/wiki/Team_Momo" title="Team Momo">Team Momo</a> teaming up with <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Team%20Primary%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Team%20Primary%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BTeam%20Primary%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="1588808-18181615685d87d672e3edf" href="/wiki/Team_Primary" title="Team Primary">Team Primary</a> due to injuries from <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Momomo%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Momomo%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BMomomo%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="1588808-18181615685d87d672e3edf" href="/wiki/Momomo" title="Momomo">Momomo</a> and <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Momomomo%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Momomomo%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BMomomomo%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="1588808-18181615685d87d672e3edf" href="/wiki/Momomomo" title="Momomomo">Momomomo</a>, albeit temporary.
</li><li>This was also the first to use <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22hashtags%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22MarbleLympics%202018%5C%2FHashtags%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BMarbleLympics%202018%5C%2FHashtags%7Chashtags%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="1588808-18181615685d87d672e3edf" href="/wiki/MarbleLympics_2018/Hashtags" title="MarbleLympics 2018/Hashtags" class="mw-redirect">hashtags</a>.
</li><li>This Marble League has also a "Search Challenge" in each event where the viewer must spot a certain marble which can be hidden in the stands or somewhere around the track. The difficulty is based on the visibility of the marble and the length of the video.
</li><li>The <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Midnight%20Wisps%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Midnight%20Wisps%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BMidnight%20Wisps%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="1588808-18181615685d87d672e3edf" href="/wiki/Midnight_Wisps" title="Midnight Wisps">Midnight Wisps</a> are the first winners not to compete in <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Marble%20League%202016%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22MarbleLympics%202016%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BMarbleLympics%202016%7CMarble%20League%202016%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="1588808-18181615685d87d672e3edf" href="/wiki/MarbleLympics_2016" title="MarbleLympics 2016" class="mw-redirect">Marble League 2016</a>.
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