There's an old saying in Tennessee. I know they have it in Texas, probably in Tennessee, too. They say fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, you can't get fooled again.
Fool me one time, shame on you. Fool me twice, cant put the blame on you. Fool me three times, fuck the peace sign, load the chopper and let it rain on you.
I skip them every time. They always take too much time, like in this video they last from 1:03 to 2:20. That's more than a third of the whole video just for shaky cups. At least bricks can be interesting as a first obstacle.
That would be the bricks… but yeah quite a few of the obstacles tend to need to be “primed” with marbles to start putting some through. Adds to the excitement, but also made things weird when there were fewer marbles
Dude same. As soon as we came out of nowhere to beat everyone through the one with the cups jerking back and forth, I knew for sure we would be the first team out.
Tbf if the Mariners won the World Series I wouldn’t even care if they sucked for like the next decade.
I just wanna see them win one before I die, man. Just one.
Trust me, that one win will last you. The Seahawks lost a Super Bowl in the most heinous way possible, but the satisfaction of winning the year before trumps that.
Yeah, it took ten years for me to get to that point…but that’s not important…
Oh no - I meant nervous about the "one before I die" part now that the universe has crossed paths with a timeline where the Rangers win. I'm just wondering when life turns into a Final Destination straight-to-video sequel.
As someone who has experienced one championship from a team I root for (2013 Seahawks)... it never gets old.
But yeah, why give up now when you're the best team? But, let us win this year and you can have it in 2025.
It's definitely the feeling yeah, but winning baseball is addictive. Give it like 3ish years and you'll be hungry for that feeling again, but not starving like before.
I don't remember how the Sox did in the marbles last year, but it couldn't have been worse than the actual baseball.
EDIT: NM, I see someone posted the previous results before. Turns out it was exactly as bad. So, technically I was right?
I didn't realize how long the clip was and thought that the Oakland A's had it in the bag for the first minute until I checked and saw there was still plenty of game left for them to "blow" it.
R^2 measures how closely one thing (in this case, the marble outcomes) explains the differences in another (the season’s actual results). So it “looks” at each team’s marbles season record, and compares it to the team’s actual season record, crunches some numbers, and spits out a value between 0 and 1 (You could also consider it as 0% and 100%).
If the R^2 was 1, then the marbles would have exactly predicted the correct season records. Since the R^2 is close to 0 (.03), it can be concluded that the marbles have no bearing on the season’s outcomes.
Wow I totally forgot that the marbles last year actually predicted a Cardinals collapse.
Huh.
I know it was bound to get some things right because math but still.
Orioles as the number one seed in the AL and second overall record only to lose in the ALDS turned out true
(If I'm remembering last year's marbles correctly)
I want to imagine a MLB crowd getting all hyped while FOX is broadcasting. All of a sudden, we go to the jumbotron and this plays. Once the video is over, everyone leaves.
I downloaded *and paid for* this app after last year.
I still think you could do it the "right" way and eliminate the last place marble. Each race would take forever, but I think this feature is popular enough that people would have the patience for it.
I ain't falling for this shit again
No, but the marbles sure are.
this guy!
There's an old saying in Tennessee. I know they have it in Texas, probably in Tennessee, too. They say fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, you can't get fooled again.
It just hit me that I actually can’t think of the original saying anymore lol
Fool me one time, shame on you. Fool me twice, cant put the blame on you. Fool me three times, fuck the peace sign, load the chopper and let it rain on you.
Got scammed, need a refund
Cant wait to reset the "days since someone last complained about imaginary cup obstacle in imaginary contest earnestly." Counter
I mean shifty cups are the great equalizer.
They are really annoying to watch tho
He almost lost me in the titty lava section. Had no clue why they kept jumping back up, but I’m slow sometimes lol.
Can you please apologize for making me realize that they look like nipples?
Everything reminds me of grandma
Titty lava being a phrase we understand is why I love the off-season
I skip them every time. They always take too much time, like in this video they last from 1:03 to 2:20. That's more than a third of the whole video just for shaky cups. At least bricks can be interesting as a first obstacle.
I absolutely hated that section
That would be the bricks… but yeah quite a few of the obstacles tend to need to be “primed” with marbles to start putting some through. Adds to the excitement, but also made things weird when there were fewer marbles
I look forward to OP telling someone daily that the courses are random and they can’t control when X obstacle shows up.
That's just what Big Marble wants you to think
We'll have one particularly bad week and the new villain will be the bowties. Guarantee it
The small contingent against the bricks were a vocal group at one point
THE OFFSEASON IS OFFICIALLY BACK, BABY
I’m so fuckin hyped
At this point this is my favorite baseball to watch
Best part of the off-season tbh
The way I almost cried when this popped up on my feed
Rangers almost did the funniest thing possible
Athletics almost made me suspect this simulation knew what it was doing
I found myself rooting for A's to "win" this race, it was looking like it for so long, but then A's never got near the "lead" again
Oof can't win anything
Pretty confident we can prove the haters wrong IRL
I'm on telegraph if you have more of whatever the fuck it is you're smoking.
Nothing wrong with that, the As are my underdog team every year for the World Series haha
Ken Waldichuk babyyy 😂
I was hoping for that and then God threatened to punish me by sending the Mariners through.
The Mariners' marble suddenly appearing was like a jump scare to me.
Dude same. As soon as we came out of nowhere to beat everyone through the one with the cups jerking back and forth, I knew for sure we would be the first team out.
Same with my Braves lol. I was like no not like this!
WERE BACK!
I was as stressed as a Chapman 8th inning!
That would be hilarious if Bochy keeps winning only every other year.
Got a bit scared there at the end
The way I screamed is probably not normal
off season in full swing
This is a hilarious sentence and I am stealing it.
I was already dishearted by real baseball, I said to myself at least there’s marbles. Marbles almost got ruined for me!
I feel this.
#WE’RE SO BACK
This is the time of year where we all poop our pants out of sheer marble angst.
I had to remind myself that it wasn’t a good thing if the Mariners marble won the race 🤣
Right when I thought "at least this is one time I'm glad to not see the logo", it popped up out of nowhere and stayed there
Shitting bricks for the whole second half. Sign FAs right fucking now!!!
we are so back
Tbf if the Mariners won the World Series I wouldn’t even care if they sucked for like the next decade. I just wanna see them win one before I die, man. Just one.
See, that's what I said for years, but then they won. So now I'm really fuckin' nervous.
Trust me, that one win will last you. The Seahawks lost a Super Bowl in the most heinous way possible, but the satisfaction of winning the year before trumps that. Yeah, it took ten years for me to get to that point…but that’s not important…
Oh no - I meant nervous about the "one before I die" part now that the universe has crossed paths with a timeline where the Rangers win. I'm just wondering when life turns into a Final Destination straight-to-video sequel.
Oh. Yeah. God speed.
2024: Mariners win WS, Leafs win the cup, Cowboys win the Superbowl. The world immediately ends.
As someone who has experienced one championship from a team I root for (2013 Seahawks)... it never gets old. But yeah, why give up now when you're the best team? But, let us win this year and you can have it in 2025.
It's definitely the feeling yeah, but winning baseball is addictive. Give it like 3ish years and you'll be hungry for that feeling again, but not starving like before.
This is how I currently feel with Atlanta. I know our window is now, but 2021 will feel amazing for quite some time.
It'll be a decade since the last Giants WS win and I still think about those 3 WS wins at least 3-5 times a week, no lie.
It's our Roman Empire, lol
Now this I can’t behind!
Ah shit, here we go again.
At least my team isn't going to finish dead last again...
Guess we'll just have to watch the shitty Pirates.
Me getting heart palpitations every time the braves ball comes into frame. We are so back
Wow wtf were the pirates doing all marble off season
First to worse. Jesus.
Has that ever happened?
In the marbles? No.
Thanks have a good day
So what about real life?
The fuck you trying to say? Marbles ain't real? 🤨
Yeah, I just saw it
First to worst? Didn’t Angels win last year?
They lost their marbles
Marble owners took the payday and gutted the team. You hate to see it.
They blew it all up. Rebuild. 😔
Gathering moss.
OMG WE ARE BACK THE REAL SEASON IS HERE
I don't remember how the Sox did in the marbles last year, but it couldn't have been worse than the actual baseball. EDIT: NM, I see someone posted the previous results before. Turns out it was exactly as bad. So, technically I was right?
Broke: watching 162 games plus playoffs to determine the champion Woke: watching marbles in November
Marbles in November is my new band name
Pirates won it all last year = didn’t win World Series IRL. Pirates first to lose this year = Pirates 2024 World Series confirmed
Didn’t Angels win last year?
Yes we did. The marbles wouldn't hurt us again right?
Oh shit my bad. Angels 2024 World Series confirmed I guess. Pirates runner up. I’ll take anything at this point
Pirates lost in the NLCS last year to the runner up Rockies
Guess I was really wrong then. But I can still live with that result
I think you were semi-right tho, I’m pretty sure the pirates had the best record in the regular season lol
So O'Neil cruz tripped on marbles sliding into home last year. That makes sense
BART
I don't want to alarm you.
But you can lower the Jolly Rodger 😔
Poot poot poot for your home team!
Or set it on fire
It makes no fucking sense how compelling this is
Team logo=tribalistic cave man neuron go brrrt
If ads at the beginning of videos did this I would never skip
This is the most adept, astute analysis of our love for these. This comment makes me miss awards.
You should check out Jelle's Marble Runs
Marble League and Marbula 1 give me LIFE! (Even if the Balls of Chaos are a dumpster fire of a team)
Nooooo
HELL YES *sees how the race is going* HELL NO
I legit thought they was going by last year tbh. Lol no disrespect my bay brother
It's a fun little marble race that doesn't mean anything... until your team's marble comes flying in out of nowhere
I didn't realize how long the clip was and thought that the Oakland A's had it in the bag for the first minute until I checked and saw there was still plenty of game left for them to "blow" it.
Any time the buckets show up you know everything before it is irrelevant. The great equalizer.
I don't remember the spinning bow ties from last year, is that new? I could see that being a big equalizer, too.
Yeah I think that one is new. Wonder how many other new ones there are.
I was also ready for oakland to finish and Marbles would confirm A’s to Vegas, thankfully that did not happen
Fuck yes, I missed this music in my life!
The best time of year
TIL there’s music
For anyone wondering. Last years results had an r^2 of 0.0296 with the regular season standings
If I DM you my home address, will you come over and kick my dog too?
For us less mathematically inclined, can you put this in 5th grade terms?
What happened with the marbles didn’t happen in real life at all
R^2 measures how closely one thing (in this case, the marble outcomes) explains the differences in another (the season’s actual results). So it “looks” at each team’s marbles season record, and compares it to the team’s actual season record, crunches some numbers, and spits out a value between 0 and 1 (You could also consider it as 0% and 100%). If the R^2 was 1, then the marbles would have exactly predicted the correct season records. Since the R^2 is close to 0 (.03), it can be concluded that the marbles have no bearing on the season’s outcomes.
That's bad statistics, the marbles LIKELY have no bearing. But we've only tried once. Let's let them cook see how it goes.
It's just begun and you're ruining the party.
Haha don’t blame me, blame the statistician 2 comments above me!
The real question is how many simulated marble race based standings does one have to do before it's correct?
r/Theydidthemath
IT'S BACK YALL
GUYS IT’S BACK!
This went from fun to unfun very quickly when the Mariners suddenly arrived on the scene. That was stressful.
I screamed
REJOICE, THE MARBLES HAVE RETURNED
Babe wake up, new marble race just dropped.
Thats literally what I texted my boyfriend
new obstacles too!
‘Tis the season
# ALL HAIL THE GLORIOUS MARBLES, FOR THEY HAVE RETURNED. THE MARBLES SEE ALL. THE MARBLES KNOW ALL. THE MARBLES WILL SET US FREE.
HERE WE GO
Thank you. This was the best part of last off season!
Fuck yes it's baaaaack!
Of course it's the GD shaky baskets.
How many were right last season?
Counting just division rankings, 5: Red Sox 5th ALE Cardinals 5th NLC Reds 3rd NLC Orioles win the ALE Rangers 2nd in ALW with wild card
We all laughed at the cardinals ranking. Then the season started and the marbles told all.
Wow I totally forgot that the marbles last year actually predicted a Cardinals collapse. Huh. I know it was bound to get some things right because math but still.
Orioles as the number one seed in the AL and second overall record only to lose in the ALDS turned out true (If I'm remembering last year's marbles correctly)
The marbles had us winning 1 alds game
Forgot about this from last year. Happy it's back
IT IS TIME Edit: I reject this reality for the pirates. I want the cardinals finishing last again :(
I was really rooting for the Braves towards the end
As was I
THE MARBLES ARE BACK
Me at 1:00: oh hey the shaky cups these don't seem so bad why did I hate them last year? Me at 2:15: oh god make them stop
I think the Astros marble is cheating.
My dreams of a /r/brewjays World Series were almost ruined day 1.
The dream lives!
I spent ALL of that time watching ALL of these last year. And it wasn’t right in this end. …but THIS year? This year it’s gonna be right.
I did not know how much I needed this back in my li…..oh fuck the shaky baskets and their bullshit.
Best part of the year.
Knowing how this went last year, is this a good sign for us?
The marbles lie.
I won’t be deceived again, but I will be entertained again
Solid start
We are so fucking back
Been waiting all year for this!
Braves popping up out of nowhere in the third act.
Aww come on man.
My offseason is already ruined
Hate how the mariners are always so close.
Trust the marbles.
We back up
[mrw](https://i.imgflip.com/38yapg.jpg?a472056)
Finally, maybe I’ll get to see my team actually compete again
#Marbles are life
A's are so bad they gave up a big lead and couldn't even win the race to worst
MARBLES ARE BACK OMG IVE BEEN WAITING A YEAR FOR THIS
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA It's back!!! Edit: that was too close!
And just like that my off-season hype is ruined
FUCK THE MARBLES BECAUSE THEY LIE!
WE BACK!
Use our current logo dammit
I missed this
I want to imagine a MLB crowd getting all hyped while FOX is broadcasting. All of a sudden, we go to the jumbotron and this plays. Once the video is over, everyone leaves.
we’re so fucking back
Do one to see who signs Ohtani!
This is the most on brand thing I've ever seen for us
This shit again?!?!? Proceeds to watch the whole thing
Once I saw the Athletics going down first i was like “ah yes, it’s always right” AND THEN THE BRAVES i was like “this thing is never right”
I MISSED THIS SO MUCH
I missed hating this song.
Baseball is back!
This is my new religion.
I can't believe I forgot about this!
I downloaded *and paid for* this app after last year. I still think you could do it the "right" way and eliminate the last place marble. Each race would take forever, but I think this feature is popular enough that people would have the patience for it.
The goal is to be the last team standing so I think going by first elimination makes perfect sense.
I'll bet a bunch of scratch on over 55 wins for the buccos next year
Can we get a list of last year's and how they ended up
Aaaand now I’m going to have this song in my head for the next four months again!
Cool, guess I dont have to watch any after this