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M1 Season 2 Second Half Schedule! (Update)

Hey Patrons, it's time to spill the beans... or marbles? Anyways, we have a schedule for the second half of M1 Season 2 and we would love to share it with you guys. If you like this kind of insider news, please let us know with a like on this post or a comment!

Season 2 Schedule:

#7: Raceforest GP, Jungle Jumpers, 19 Feb. - 20 Feb.*

#8: Momotorway GP, Team Momo, 26 Feb. - 27 Feb.

#9: Palette...

Welcome to Our New Patreon Page!

The renovations are finally completed and we are super excited to present you our revamped platform! We introduced new tiers with amazing rewards, covering more price ranges and giving you more flexibility on how much you would like to pledge. 

Additionally, we are introducing annual payments! Instead of paying monthly, you can pay for a whole year in advance and get 2 months for free. Or still monthly, whatever you prefer! Please note that in order to activate thi...

How do we build our M1 tracks?

At first, Jelle lays out the course on ground level. He gets his inspiration from all kind of places: Real race tracks, from his countless marble run projects, aqua parks or simply his imagination!

Once we are happy with the basic layout, it is time to figure out the elevation, which can often be quite...

We are a family business!

Jelle's dream of creating incredible things with marbles has developed into a whole family business. We think that's really beautiful, it's a lot of fun for everyone and we get to spend a lot of time with each other. Always glad to have some helping hands!😃🙌

Christmas time

Today we celebrate ‘Sinterklaas’ in Holland, but we also prepared the next race and created some snowy elements for the Artic Circuit M-Prix. Last but not least, we added new stuff to the webshop. One of my favorites is this super ugly Christmas sweater 🤣😂😅🥰.

Our Graffiti artist made this new background

Friend and artist Arjan Ekkelenkamp made this background for the next races, it’s finished and I like the result. It’s very calm with this shades of green! You are the first to give your opinion! We hope you like it. 😃

Marbula One fase 2

Hi friends!

We will post more on a regular basis to give you insight in our proces / growth. We are very busy at the moment and we are thrilled if every plan works out. But it takes time.

We are now negotiating to partner up with several businesses, for tv, developing a game and to manufacture our own products. A whole new world for us, a lot of commercial and legal aspects.

So sometimes it’s so nice to create and get ‘Zen’ again. Last week we worked on fase 2 for M...

We're ready for Marbula One Season 2!

Hey guys, hope you're all doing well. Once again it's crunch time, as we are finalizing the set for Marbula One Season 2 in our new studio and it's coming along really nicely! We took your feedback from the first season to heart and put a lot of additional effort into decorating the tracks - as you can see in the pictures above. Dion is doing an incredible job at shaping the scene and we can't wait to show you how it'll look once it's all finished! We also got some help with upgrading the ele...

Congratulations Savage Speeders fans!

Yes, it’s an impressive trophy cabinet. We have lot of respect for the Savage Speeders, what an amazing achievement!

We hope all Patrons liked the ML as much as we did, we enjoyed every moment of it and are still honored to have John Oliver as a sole sponsor!

We have a meeting next week about our new marbleraces. Jelle is on a holiday for one week now, if he’s back we will soon film new events like Marbula E, Sandmarblerally and Marbula One.

But we like to create some...

Final Events + 2021 Host!

Dear Marble Maniacs,

we're in for an absolutely exciting conclusion of the Marble League 2020! We also know plenty of you can't wait to see their team compete in the Showdown, so we're happy to announce that the Showdown will come sooner than you might expect... Here's the schedule for the rest of the season:

• 9 August: E13 High Jump

• 11 August: E14 Team Aquathlon

• 13 August: E15 Collision

• 15 August: ML Showdown (One video: Halfpipe, 5M Sprint, Black...

Sales Tax

Hi everyone,

You may have noticed that sales tax (or VAT/GST/QST or other similar tax) was added to your recent pledge. Patreon sent an email out about this back on June 1st, but in case you missed it, this change is due to new laws being passed in many countries and US states requiring online platforms like Patreon to charge sales tax.

Whether or not a patron is charged sales tax depends on their location, and what is considered taxable there. Not every pledge is tax...

We are ready!

Hey Patrons!

It was an absolutely crazy few weeks for Jelle, Dion and the rest of the team. We are working hard to produce everything on time and the good news is that we're confident with meeting all the deadlines! Tomorrow, we are so excited to premiere the ML2020 Qualifiers at 3pm EDT / 21:00 CEST on our channel to kick of the 2020 main season and find out what teams will be fighting for the big title - Hope to see you there!

I have been at Jelle's Studio last week, to help him...

Secret: New Sponsor

Hello friends, 
To begin we are very happy to continue with the Marbula E series! Envision Virgin Racing Team will keep sponsoring so new Marbula E races are going to be produced. Greg Woods wil join Jack Nicholls for commentary which is good news!
Now a secret news fact only for Patrons until the 17th of may. HBO’s talkshow ‘Last Week Tonight‘ with John Oliver is going to sponsor the Marble League. We will be on American television. How crazy is that?
Personally I’m a...

Dion is hospitalized

Hi beloved friends,

Dion here. Our world is upside down right now, for me there a lot of opposites in a short time. From a lot of succes with YouTube to the fact that I’m diagnosed with a partial spinal cord injury (to short of vit B12) I’m in the revalidation hospital now so I can learn to walk again. And in my bed I speak to people all over the world, managing our channel. Big partnerships with Formula E, a lot of interviews, I have not enough time to answer anyone. 😅

I l...

New Spectator Reward: Tickets!

Hey guys! 

What a phenomenal start to Marbula One that was - the whole team is still in awe. After working on it for over six months, carefully planning and crafting everything and figuring out how to make it work, the launch was an absolute success! We are also really happy with the way the Premiere function was received in our community, with SEVEN THOUSAND viewers attending the first race. We will definitely continue to use it for major events in the future! 

With M1 ...

Good News: The First M1 Test Race Was Successful!

Greetings Patrons!

Marbula One is coming together beautifully and we can't wait to upload the first GP on the weekend of 15. February (Quali on Saturday, Race on Sunday). The first GP will be hosted by the Savage Speeders!

In this post, you can see an excerpt from the test race for the JMRC. The committee used this to approve the track layout and to practice certain procedures like calculating lap times and creating the live leader board. Jelle also used this to test different ...

Happy New Year from JMR & Progress of Marbula One Track

Dear Patrons,

looking back at 2019 it was definitely a great year. The Marble League was a success, we have been featured on ESPN, had several successful sponsorships, finally launched team merch and most importantly: We made our fans happy! People enjoy watching our content, being entertained by this strangely addicting sport and they forget about all the problems at least for a short time. We are unbelievably proud of that and would like to thank you, our Patrons, who had our backs al...

Team Merch Coming Tomorrow & Patreon Discount!

Hey Patrons! While Jelle has been on vacation, the team worked really hard to make team merch finally happen and we're so excited to announce that we're ready to launch! The new merch will be hosted on Teespring, and we already had great experience with their team so we're looking forward to this new collaboration. A big advantage is the smooth YouTube integration, meaning that selected merch will be displayed below our videos!

In this first stage, we will offer three unisex apparel ite...

2020 Stadium Name: Andromedome!

You guys have decided and we are happy to announce that the 2020 Stadium will be called the Andromedome! Thank you so much for all of your suggestions, we hope you enjoyed this little special.

Today we made a teaser video for the ML Marble Run Set, with Peter from Quercetti

Today we made a video to announce our first own marble run! This product will be sold worldwide. With exclusive start and finish system and 4 famous Marble League teams! Soon we share more info 🤩

The video will be edited by Peter and shared on our social media and channel.

Vote on the 2020 Stadium name!

Thank you so much for your suggestions! We took the most popular ones and will let you vote on them now. 

Patreon Special: 2020 Stadium Name

Hey Patrons!

We hope you are doing great - If not, maybe this will brighten up your day a bit: We decided to let you guys choose the name of the 2020 Marble League Stadium!

We highly appreciate your support and we know that we could improve on certain things. And believe us: We're really trying! We have some amazing plans for next year and Marbula One in terms of Patreon benefits, but more on that later!

Now, it's time for you to suggest some names for the 2020 Stadium, here...

Showdown E2 Delay

Dear Patrons,

one of our goals for the future is to better keep you in the loop with all things happening on JMR. Now is the perfect opportunity, although we wish it was a happier occasion.

E2 of the Showdown is delayed due to technical difficulties. Jelle had a lot of problems with his iMac and Final Cut Pro and earlier this week the Collision Project got corrupted. On Friday, Jelle had the opportunity to go to Henri, our secondary editor, and to use his gear. In just one day, Je...

And the 2020 Host is...

TEAM GALACTIC! What an exciting choice, right? We can't wait to start the construction of the new stadium and planning some space themed events. How do you like the choice? Do you have any ideas for events? Let us know!

The host is being determined in a closed debate and vote by Jelle, Dion and the JMRC, our own committee. The three finalists of this year's vote were Mellow Yellow, Jungle Jumpe...

Week 34, 2019 - A Lot of Updates!

Dear Patrons,

it's been a busy time again and we have a lot of exciting updates for you. We are very happy about the reactions to the first Showdown event and can't wait to upload the rest! But let's go through the updates at first.

Name Change: MarbleLympics to Marble League

You may have noticed in the video title of the first Showdown event that we changed the name of the MarbleLympics. The reason behind that is pretty simple: We want to avoid any problems with the IOC a...

For the 4th time ‘uncle Jelle’!

It was so special for us to see how emotional Jelle gets when he asked about the first moments after birth, he got tears in his eyes. He said that it really is a special moment, like he wanted to experience that moment himself. When he heard the news of the newborn he directly traveled from Nijmegen to North-Holland. The last two times (I have 3 kids) he did the same thing. Very...

Jelle is busy with The ML Showdown

Hi!

Time to give our fans an exclusive update about JMR😃. We had some very busy weeks, our team worked very hard on a show for ESPN8 ‘The Ocho’. We signed a contract for a partnership for 2019/2020. We are very excited to work with them, for us this is a dream come true (American television). The last months I called several times from Holland with Michael (ESPN) to make this happen, and I’m so happy it all worked out! Big thanks to Jelle, Henri, Minos and Greg for helping. You...

Exclusive Preview: Our Marble Run Set!

As promised, here's the preview of our soon to be released Quarcetti Marble Run Set! Enjoy the footage and let us know how you like it!

The New Logos

As promised, here they are! With the showdown, we will start using these logos for all 28 MarbleLympics teams. We hope this is the last major change of logos and that we finally get a consistency in designs. Please read more info about the reasoning behind this decision in our official announcement on Reddit.

Here is an overview of all the new logos and the teams that ...

Week 27, 2019

Dear Patrons,

it's time to inform you about what's going on in JMR and holy marble do I have some exciting news for you! Let's dive right into it!

The ESPN Collaboration

At this very moment, Jelle and our editor Henri are working on creating a MarbleLympics 2019 Highlights Show that will air on ESPN during a special programme soon. It's an exciting challenge for us, because we have to follow all the standards there are at the all mighty Mouse Company! More details very soo...