The Marblebase gave us that calling.”Īlthough the Kobalts’ application for the 2015 Knikkegen Marble League was not accepted, the team kept training. “It would have been impossible for us to receive that calling if we did not have the opportunity to connect with Coach. It felt like a calling,” reflected Azure, the team’s Captain. Not only did #sports become dominated by discussions about the Knikkegen Marble League – #music was flooded with comments praising the soundtrack of the tournament #gaming discussed ideas for a “Marble League” online game #serious-topics was filled with comments praising Jelle for their work on the tournament and push through adversity #general became a hub of discussion for all things Jelle’s Marble Runs, from discussion of their marble run projects across Marblearth such as the Eden Project in Cornroll to speculation about JMR’s next endeavors.Īs for Sapphire, their activity on the Marblebase in mid-2014 led them to connect with the marbles that would become the athletes of the Kobalts, two-time Marble League Showdown victors. Upon sharing the featurette in the #sports channel, The Marblebase as an online chatroom changed forever. Sapphire, an athletics trainer from the nearby city of Elsham, had connections to Knikkegen: the host city of their “Marble League” sports tournament. The #sports channel within The Marblebase chatroom receives an important notification. A user named Sapphire had shared a viral featurette about the rising popularity of marble sports tournaments, and the friends got together in person to watch the video together from their apartment. During their studies as doctoral students in mid-2014, the four friends were in the thick of a Marbles & Monoliths campaign when they saw the #sports channel light up with a notification. Spheroid’s presence in Zuro led to many of the city’s residents using the online chatroom, including future athletes for the Kobalts, Azure, Royal, Cerulean, and Dodger. The chatroom eventually expanded beyond a single channel to include categories, such as #general, #serious-topics, #gaming, #music, and, #sports. That said, the feat of instant messaging captivated personalities across Marblearth, as they began using the chatroom to meet new friends, discuss current events, organize online game campaigns, and share music. The Marblebase’s beginnings as an online chatroom, developed by upstart developer Spheroid from Zuro and hosted on the Internet, limited the depths of its connections to the technology available at the time. The server has existed under different forms and different aliases throughout its history but has consistently served one essential purpose: connection. Since the dawn of the online age, The Marblebase has been a unique location for marbles to gather on the Internet. Although it may be something we take for granted, you may be surprised how important this server is not just to marble sports, but to the world of Marblearth. Known internationally as a place where marbles can “meet and converse with fans around the world”, The Marblebase is an online server of about 9000 members that has become a major hub of discussion for the teams and tournaments of Jelle’s Marble Runs over the years. The official logo for The Marblebase (formerly Jelle’s Marblebase).
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