Time Capsule #13 - 2022 Predictions

Write your predictions for 2022 below! Can be about Marble Blast or the World in general or just your own life.

Me getting a colored name.

PQ 3.0.0 releasing.

A new set of Custom Levels releasing.

2022 Will either be the best year for me or the worst... Let's hope its the best.

Marble Blast Predictions:
I will continue grinding PQ way too much, making slow but steady progress towards PQRampage 2.
- Though I will try my best, I will not achieve sub 8 on Haphazard.
- I will reach sub 96 minutes total time in PQ.
- I will gain back my top 20 on every level status.
I will achieve a sub 7:42 on Wrath of Anubis in an un-spliced run.
I will grind Arrival to Marbleland again but fail to take back my World Record.
I will remain in the top 10 general rating.

Personal predictions are too personal to share this year. I hope I'm right about them though.

MB predictions:
By the end of 2022:
- I will be 100% Awesome and have all UTs in other 3 games
- I will not achieve 9 digits on my total rating
- I will hopefully raise my marble maneuverability from 75% to 100%
- I will not achieve any top scores (skill issue)

Personal:
I just hope I'll keep doing a good job as I feel that I have done so thus far.

MB Predictions:
- 70-79 gets released
- I will FINALLY make a level that'll be good
- Maybe this year I will be able to actually get 100% ATs
- I'll end up getting a few more WRs
- Code something cool for PQ

Real-life Predictions:
- I will finally buy some cute effeminate clothes
- I will visit literally any country outside of the rumanosphere (Romania + Moldova)
- I will become semi-fluent in European Portuguese
- I will overcome, to some extent, my trust issues

Unlikely-to-happen Predictions:
- I will visit Portugal
- I will host a MP server
- I will meet up with another MB player
- With the occasion of turning 18 in December of 2022, maybe I will finally be able to hook-up

This may be my final time capsule post on here after 8-10 years of time capsuling. Let's make that a prediction, shall we? Large predictions are going to be enlarged.

Marble Blast
1.[strike]Marble Blast[/strike] STOP II gets update 1.4u2 released as the final minor update to the modification.
2. STOP I Redux releases before the end of the year.
3. Aaryl or Doomblah finally have time to help feature STOP II on the community highlight and update the download portal. (If you're reading this, contact me when 1.4u2 comes out. Let's get this finished - it's been delayed since Summer 2021!)
4. A separate STOP II forum/talk web site comes out to break away from this community.
5. The STOP II Discord Server becomes a modification-talk zone.
6. A large-scale celebrity plays Marble Blast STOP II before 1/1/2023.
7. Captain S. Marble finds his way to PlatinumQuest. (This likely won't happen...)
8. This Time Capsule Post does not get any Thank You's.
9. Matan Weissman returns to stream STOP II 1.4u2. (Shame he left, because in 2020, he said he would do it again, but the hope still lives on.)
10. Someone finds a warehouse, hard drive, what ever...of Marble Blast GOLD's source so 64-bit can finally happen. LET'S ALL STORM GARAGEGAMES, THEY CAN'T STOP ALL OF US.

Real Life
1. The year is finally here! It's Corvette time! YAAAAAAAAA
2. I purchase and flip another Saturn Sky Red Line just for fun. +0.5 if it's a Pontiac Solstice GXP I flip instead.
3. I finally gain the requirements and courage to declare my major at my four-year college.
4. I see a total of four friends I haven't seen in a long time this year, at long last. +4 if I see them all, individual points for all others I see.
5. Because this has been a trend for three years: I run into and have a week/two-week long relationship with my ex again. (Please dear God, do not let this be true again.)
6. Atlas / DarkPikachu23 contacts me and we send my snail-mail request to ROBLOX Corporation. +10 if they reactivate my account.
7. The summer camp I help run happens in person this year. (COME ON, IT'S BEEN TWO YEARS ALREADY!!!)
8. I successfully complete a total of five internships related to my major before 1/1/2023.
9. My childhood home is bought. +5 if it gets demolished.
10. On top of that, there will be some random object I loved that I lost YEARS ago will be rediscovered upon the demolition of my childhood home. +1 more if it gets returned to me in acceptable condition (or above).

Miscellaneous
1. Donald J. Trump is charged with something in relation to the January 6 Insurrection against the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington D.C. +1 point for each member of the Trump Administration that gets charged with something.
2. BrickPlanet lasts past 1/1/2023.
3. Tekannabrand, Inc. becomes a startup company that works on Unity projects.
4. YouTube recognizes one of the modifications listed here as an actual game rather than just being "Marble Blast" or "Marble Blast Gold". (Anything that's not a modification [like a game on Steam or whatever] does not count in this prediction.)
5. Build Your Own Mansion in Spooky's Jump Scare Mansion is finally released for the public eye.
6. No snowfall will stick in the city I reside in AGAIN throughout 1/1/2022 to 1/1/2023.
7. Either of these make some sort of comeback: Big Time Rush, Zoey 101, Drake and Josh, or The Amanda Show. +1 more for each comeback that gets released. (Since I knew about B.T.R's Tour & Robot Chicken's Drake and Josh sketch, these do not count for this prediction, which is a little sad but logical in this sense.)
8. Someone unscrambles this prediction and finds out how to solve it: "rnioge / iths / os / neds / erdrwa / he / uroy / cudbnmsrael / si / eno / oiqJru / to / ethn / t.i / nca / fI / vahe / egssema / vaperit / oyu". The sentence must be in the correct order and must be sent as an answer to a Marble Blast or Discord Private Message for it to count! +5 for the user who correctly solves it - yes, on me, they get 5 points added to their list of predictions. Who can solve this puzzle?
9. "The Big One" strikes Seattle, Washington this year. (This may be even darker than my "dark prediction" to some people.)
10. Of course, I do a dark prediction every year: With the current trends we've seen regarding COVID-19 and its variants, we are very well aware of the memorable ones: Delta and Omicron. Delta has been more lethal and can sort-of evade vaccines, causing breakthroughs in individuals. Omicron is less lethal and harmful to the lungs, but it can evade all sorts of vaccines, even for those who have boosters. I have a bad feeling that we're going to see a combination of Delta + Omicron (or something similar to the concept) where we will get a very deadly, highly infectious variant of COVID-19 that can evade all types of vaccines, sending us back to March 2020-April 2020 lockdown and panic levels.

uh oh, I'm not gonna be as high-setting for my predictions this year as study and work will just drain my time and my energy but oh well. I might as well still do this.

Marble Blast Predictions:
- Reach 120 Million rating
- Marble Decker or Despair will have new world records
- I will exceed 1050 hours on the lbs.
- Only 1 WRR will come out this year.
- Hopefully I'll release more than 3 compilations.
- Reach sub 300 hours on customs.
- Organize another community event/tourney.
- Exceed 75 AT's in PQ
- Packs 70-79 will release, but with large disagreements over ratings.

IRL Predictions:
- Receive a diploma in Business in the Human Resources strand, this is what I am studying this year.
- Complete the NZ defensive driving course and obtain my full driver's license.
- Have a better stance on my position with money and be a lot more comfortable to be spending.
- Possibly start a relationship with someone, helps to lower the cost of everything in terms of living.
- Absolutely continue the passion and motivation for positivity with the people around and have a sense of safety throughout the year.
- Hopefully my body fully heals and I'll be happy with my body for once, sick of wearing the same shit everyday.

MISC Predictions:
- I will exceed over $100 donated to the MB website, literally going to do this very soon.
- Achieve a 350pp+ play on osu!
- FC up to the second main section on Boogie in osu! (an extremely difficult stamina map)
- Start branching out into other games.
- Broaden my music library and listen to music more just for the vibes.

2022 seems brighter than last year for sure but hopefully that wish is fulfilled

This year I really wanna try and set my sights higher. Last year I gave myself a bit too many easy points, so now, I'll try to make sure most of them require some effort.

Ball Shit
1. Reach 125 million rating
- Should be doable, not sure how much time I'll have to achieve this though

2. Have a total of 50 WRs by the end of the year
- I would've put this number at 60 if it weren't for the fact that public WRs will be a thing soon. If I can manage this feat even with public replays I'll be even more impressed

3. Public WRs for the LBs will be live in February
- Not every WR will be viewable unfortunately but its just the implementation that counts

4. I become rank 1 in PQ by the end of the year
- This is a very tall order, but this is definitely in my reach. It would be a very huge accomplishment for me if I could achieve this.

5. Finish 30-39 and 40-49 this year
- Progress going through all the packs halted in 2021 so I hope to continue this year

6. I participate in the hPerks Rampage with 3 or less runs
- I'll definitely try to make some sort of effort with a few levels but I admittedly don't wanna spend too much time on this (RIP hPerks)

7. Make a level in PQ
- Here we go again

8. Have at least 1 WR for the MIU Classic WRR
- I have a few levels in mind, but this is assuming it will be a thing in 2022. In the event that Mayhem is set to release in 2023 (and by extension, the deadline for WR runs in MIU Classic), I will disregard this prediction and carry it over to 2023.

9. Make a level for MIU
- I have a very clear vision for what my first level would be like, so I'm more inclined to do this before I work on a PQ level

10. Have at least 7 MBP records this year
- Progress will probably pick up for MBP WRR 4 in mid 2022, that's why this number is as high as it is

11. I improve Moebius Strip and get another MBG record under by belt
- I definitely wanna improve Moebius Strip, and I already know what my next level will be

12. I contact Matan and we have a nice conversation
- Either this, or it doesn't last long and/or he removes me from his steam friend list. I've been meaning to reach out to him for a while but was always worried about if it'd be too soon to contact him. It's been almost a year since his departure so I think sometime in 2022 will be when the time is right.

Non Ball Shit
1. I do more than just level compilations on my Youtube channel
- I'm inspired by Cobalt's youtube grind to try and start something similar to him. If I'm lucky enough and I enjoy my work, hopefully it can turn into something bigger

2. I get a new obsession that defines my personality
- What the hell is wrong with me and being obsessed with shit for so long

That's all for now, if I think of anything else I'll add it here but this might be final if I'm being honest. Struggling to come up with more things to do this year

My predictions:
My favorite marble (Sinister Face from Marble Blast XP) being added in officially without the use of custom marble adding
Being able to get my first Awesome Time on any PQ level
Leaderboard and Fubar Marble skins available offline
PQ Open-Source getting an update so I can continue my PQPU project
Getting 100% Completion on Castle Colossus

Yeah that's it

Hope college is going well. Hope there weren't too many more deaths. Hope work is going well too. And being an adult. All I really have to say to 2023 me.

Predictions for 2022:
Marble Blast
-You'll have remembered to name yourself "2022 crashed!"
-Vani (or someone else) will make another new big thing that really improves Marble Blast as a whole
-Something will happen to greatly expand the community
-You'll have started developing stuff for the game yourself
-You will have released at least Cog and Ball Torture by now
-CGL 12 finished?
-Hoping this one doesn't happen, but... Another death in the community?
Games
-Minecraft 1.20 will be announced
-There will be movable tile entities in Java edition
-More little Bedrock details will make it to Java
-Making the 1.14 work station guess again. Anything new with those?
-New Banjo-Kazooie game/remake?
-New Mario Kart game?
-Deltarune chapters 3-5?
-No announcement of a Mario Party Superstars 2 yet.
-If there is one, it's not for 2022.
Life
-I will work somewhere other than Burger King
-COVID will still be pushed
-I will still remember missing New Year's 2021

-I’ll get a coloured username
-I WONT be able to finally decide on a colour
-MBP WRR4 releases

MB Related Predictions
2 Rampages to come out this year.
Someone big in the community gets caught cheating.
70-79 comes out.
Despite the constant complaints, the custom level packs won't be changed and/or renamed.
There will be 1 dedicated server sponsored by the donations.
3 tournaments during the year.

IRL/Misc. Predictions
My YouTube channel will no longer be JUST Marble Blast.
I graduate from 6th form and go to University.
I'll be able to get my Driver's License.
COVID-19 keeps causing havoc.
I'll become slightly less introverted.

Hello all! Here’s my predictions.

• I continue to be barely active, with spurts where I play the game for 2 weeks straight followed by several months of not playing.

• That being said, I predict I will participate in the summer multiplayer tournament.

• I release one multiplayer map, probably late in the year.

• I start branching out and playing some of the more modern MB custom levels. I’ve hardly played any level that’s come out in the last 5 years.

• I return to Taekwondo after an 11-year hiatus and work my way up to an assistant teaching position.

• This one is the biggest longshot: I’m currently developing my own video game. It’s a broken mess right now but I plan to have a demo released on itch.io by the end of the year. I’ll share it on the forums or discord when I have something worth showing.

• I start building a social life. I’ve been almost completely reclusive since the pandemic began aside from work, and I think the time to return to society is soon. I’m not seeing a romantic relationship in the cards for me this year, but I think I can make some friends.

• I dye my hair light blonde, been wanting to forever now.

• COVID cases seem to plummet over the spring and summer, and society begins to forget about it and move on. Then in late fall, a scary new variant appears and nobody can figure out what to do about it.

• The Green Bay Packers win the Super Bowl and Aaron Rodgers retires.

• The price of bitcoin reaches $75,000 USD.

• Sadly, I think this is the year we lose Queen Elizabeth II. I always had a feeling she and Betty White would go around the same time because the universe likes to screw with us.

• People finally lose interest in TikTok.

• Overall, I think 2022 will be a step in the right direction both for me and for society. I think the dominant narrative becomes the realization that news networks regardless of political leanings exist to incite fear and anger in their headlines, and most people decide that they’d rather limit it as much as possible to preserve their own mental health. The news industry as a whole starts losing viewership and money fast, and cable news programs become as rare as newspapers by the end of the decade. Personally, I think my physical and mental health ends up a lot better at the end of the year than it is now.

• I still can’t beat UT on Jump Training.

let's hope i don't fuck this up as badly as i did last year


~~~mb~~~

* i'll stop playing this game if i'm not having fun
* i'll get overall 110m rating (bonus goal: rank 40) (please don't fuck this up like last time)
* i'll get a main category wr (not eggs, not 100%) with a new tweak/path
* very hopefully, gate
* i'll push down my pq any% time under 1:45 (rta)
* i'll donate to the servers (do it you lazy)
* i'll create a level
* i'll route or stream pq 11%

* 70-79 will come out (im proud of them !)
* i create a bunch more dumb new tweaks that nobody will ever do
* someone will get wr with one of my tweaks/paths on any of these levels: training wheels, fire when ready, rush hour, scouring the framework
* a major ratings rework won't happen
~ i'll still create one but it'll be bad
* auto-publishing wr rrecs won't happen
* despair will


~~other games~~

* i hit 1.2k hours on celeste and beat at least a yellow gm map
* i finish the celeste collab i'm hosting and it becomes a meme
* a major update to the pit happens
* i start playing osu [strike]more[/strike]
* i beat either minecraft, paper mario or galaxy 2 without cheats


~~irl~~

* i get the next tier of my driving license
* i get accepted into the uni i want to get into
* i get a 95%+ average on software design
* i hang out with friends for at least 24 hours (pre-trials)


will edit if i think of more but i think i'll've done at least half of those (god i love the future perfect tense)

I don't have many predictions for this year so...

MB predictions:
- I'll get a non-web port WR.
- I will be in a WR rampage that doesn't relate to the web port.
- New WRRs will be released.
- Packs 70-79 will be released.
- I'll start making levels.
- No one in the MB community will die this year.
- I'll get a colored username.

Non-MB predictions:
- I'll start making YouTube videos.
- COVID-19 will finally go away.
- New COVID-19 variants will stop appearing.
- I'll actually beat a video game (because I suck at video games).

Welp, here we go.

MARBLE BLAST STUFF
-I will continue playing this game regardless of whether I suck or not (which I do)
-I will make my first successful mod
-Something big and game-changing will happen to the community
-at least 1 member in the community will leave
-I will make my first custom level (I'm starting to get the hang of constructor)
-the level will not be that good

NON MARBLE BLAST STUFF
-I will make my first GOOD GD level with deco and stuff
-This pandemic will be finally over.
-I will try learning c++
-GarageGames dies. (R.I.P)

personal MB predictions:

•I’ll still be 4th place in overall rating at the end of the year.
•I’ll have at least 157 million overall rating.
•I’ll achieve at least one world record. Bonus point if it’s on an official level. (I think a good subjective goal for me this year is to start to get WRs on a “regular” basis.)
•I’ll post at least 5 videos on my YouTube channel.
•I’ll get my custom total time to sub 200 minutes (excluding 70-79 if they’re released).
•I’ll get top 20 in all categories (overall, MBG, MBP, MBU, PQ, custom).
•My total time online will be 3200±100 hours.

MB community predictions:

•Three people will become 100% awesome.
•Two people will achieve their first world records.
•No official rampages will be released, but MBP WRR 4 will be announced. Two unofficial rampages will be released.
•Packs 70-79 will not be released.
•New world records will be set on at least two levels on the following list: Marble Decker, Despair, the Big 5 levels in MBP.
•Xedron will still be #1 in overall rating and WR count, but someone will take over the #1 spot in PQ rating.

non-MB predictions:

•I’ll be a coauthor on two papers. (Publication count is a terrible way to measure progress/success, but at least this is an objective goal.)
•I won’t graduate, but I’ll make decent progress on my thesis.
•I’ll give a talk at a conference or a seminar. Bonus point if I complain to my advisor about having to do it.
•I’ll visit two states in the USA that I haven’t visited before.
•I’ll bike 100 miles in a day. Bonus point if it’s in a new state.
•The pandemic will not end. My university will still be in some weird “hybrid” state with some in-person and some virtual classes.

Marble Blast/Community

- Still banned from the leaderboards, but it would be hilarious if next year this got a -1.
- I give RTA a healthy shot.
- #TheReturn2015 does not get released, but is teased to the public.
- Still no public updates to Fubar.
- hPerks rampage happens, then Platinum rampage has progress made on it but is not out by the end of the year.
- I surpass 2,000 subscribers on my channel.
- The community channel sees more consistent uploading, but not as many videos posted as last year (15).
- Custom level series hits 40. Currently at 34, and was at 29 at the start of the year.
- I finally play a bit of the Web Port and get some records. Might even make a video out of it.
- Summer tournament happens, I don't win.
- Some community event happens that is not a hunt tournament or a rampage.
- The community sees more new active players, and not as many stepping away.
- Staff member in, staff member out.
- Matan does not make a visit to the Discord server.
- Top three on the leaderboards are, yet again, Xedron, Xelna, and Battlecube.

Personal Life/Miscellaneous

- I miraculously manage to not lose my AirPods. Have had that almost happen about five times just in my first term at uni.
- I pass every one of my classes, but not without getting a couple C's. Fully avoid D's though.
- I start running, but stop by the end of the year.
- I go the entire year without getting a significant amount of my hair cut off.
- Begin the year single, end the year single, but life nudges me towards a relationship and it doesn't end up happening. Still find a way to get laid though.
- Marble Blast continues to take up the majority of my gaming, but I also play Mario, Pokémon, Minecraft, and Rocket League from time to time. No completely new games for me.
- The stars and planets align, and I get an internship with Jacob Collier over the summer. Half a point fallback if I get to just have a one-on-one conversation with him sometime.
- And on the subject of Collier, I am in the top 1% of his listeners on Spotify.
- I release some music. Bonus point if it's actual recorded stuff and not electronic/VGM.
- Finally get into hip-hop and rap more than I am at the moment. I've struggled with this one for quite a while but it would be interesting to see that change happen.
- Sounders win some silverware, Mariners make the playoffs, Seahawks don't.
- City win the league and are at the top by the end of the (calendar) year.
- PSG finally wins Champion's League.
- I purchase at least two more football jerseys.
- COVID is still being COVID, and America is still being America. Things calm down throughout the rest of the world though.

alright here goes nothing

- I will finally make steps to curb my social anxiety
- if the pandemic finally slows down (I sure hope it will) then I hope to start getting out more. being cooped up in here sucks
- get good at that fancy new job you have. I mean it, that thing pays super well for where you are right now
- finally start to stand up on your own. cook good meals, remember to take out the recycling, clean this room for god's sake I am my own parent now
- *actually* develop and release a game of some kind. it doesn't have to be big (you are a HELL of an ideas man buddy) but if you're just going to waffle about then nothing's gonna happen
- de-stress. it's been a long couple of years, please just kick back and breathe for once. religious trauma + pandemic trauma is hell but you'll manage
- actually on that note, find a therapist. please. i'm begging you.
- get that redone website off the ground already it's been almost a year since you started drafting up concepts for it
- new car. pronto. i'd rather not die because my car decided not to shift into third gear

uhh that's it I guess. only god knows if I'll actually manage to pull all this off whenever I see it again but if I do then hell yeah

Here we go.

1. PSG gets eliminated by Real Madrid after a huge fight from both teams. It's too much of a mess with the players, Pochettino and Leonardo, and due to our poor game, we might even get crushed by Real Madrid on second leg.
2. I release at least 20 custom levels this year, no matter the length or the difficulty, but with some new concepts.
3. I change my phone. That's what it takes to have a late Huawei phone.
4. I finally get a job or an internship as a graphic designer.
5. I hit the gym, because even Powerjohn is slimmer than me.
6. I move out.
7. I remain single. Not really hard.
8. I make my comeback on YouTube!
9. We get an even worse new French president than Macron.
10. I work on my confidence more, improve my communication skills and slowly get my old little charisma back.
11. Liverpool or Bayern wins Champions League.
12. Pochettino leaves PSG, Zidane comes, but Kylian Mbappé stays.
13. I get 60th place.
14. Barça makes it to the Europa League finals, but get smashed.
15. One of Nockess' levels will make level of the year.

Just putting a prediction here to continue my streak of 11 years in a row (minus the one matan forgot about lmao)

- PQ... 2.7.5 (new modders please accept this as a challenge to do way more)

- Probably not playing PQ more than 1 hr / day and like 1 day / week. That's more than right now and I don't expect to get back into it much, unless:

- Someone finally ports the game to a form I can play on my mac without it crashing every 30 minutes. This is less of a prediction and more of a wishlist lmao

- Probably rejoin (and mute) the community discord because jeff keeps asking me to

- 10 more posts on the forum (currently 1293)

- Nobody will make any significant changes to mb infrastructure

- Same job, same apartment

- Still won't catch covid. Boosters x2

- Throat won't hurt all the time (god i wish)

- See friends in person at least once. Some conference?

- Still watch 3+ hrs/day of twitch streams

- Better at mahjong but not a lot better because I don't play often

- 1500hrs in factorio

- Get a cat? Or at least get enough of a handle on my life that I consider it.

- Not a prediction, just here so we can remember it next year: Owen 1997-2021

Alrighty, here we go again...

Out of the three daggers I currently possess, I will be forced to use at least one of them in a life/death situation.
Two of the three indie films I'll work on will shut down - but not due to covid, instead due to my successful attempts at sabotaging the investors' willingness to dump more money into it.
I'll succeed at purchasing a daf from a street market in Iran, ideally at half the price.
I'll jump off a cliff again, somewhere in Washington state, but this time with a parachute.
Although I won't be in a committed relationship, I'll share intimate eye contact with several people, and perhaps some animals, resulting in a successful attempt to get at least two free drinks at a club (because one has proven to be too easy).
At least two attempts to steal from me will result in me having to beat a motherf*cker's ass.
In 2019, I crashed two weddings in Johannesburg and posed as their photographer. This year, I'll do the same, only this time the weddings will be immediate family only...
I'll find myself owing someone money while chasing down a driver in Hong Kong, but it will turn out the driver is the person to whom I owe money.
An encounter with a tarot card reader will reveal a rather disturbing fate, but a subsequent encounter with one of God's chosen prophets will reveal a fortunate future.
My current bitcoin investment will triple, but my greed will not let me sell, and thus I'll actually end up at a loss.
I'll successfully infiltrate a motorcycle club, and this club will contain at least two bikers secretly in the closet, which I will successfully coerce them to come out of in some manner.
Six different packages will arrive at my residence that are not mine, and of these, two will be used as bonfire fuel.
After wrestling an alligator, I'll gain his/her trust by wrestling the person he/she wants to eat, right there in the mud. However, there is a 75% chance this will result in a positive sexual encounter.
Marble Blast will be the title of a conspiracy paper I will write that has to do with the inhumane practices of marble manufacturing companies.
Jeff and I will not meet up this year.

Marble Blast predictions:

I get a colored name
I get AS on Platinum Construction Co. and potentially Gems Ahoy/Serendipity Gardens
I get all UTs on PQ

Real life predictions:

I stop buying Nintendo Switch stuff for good after getting two more pro controllers and Pokemon Legends: Arceus
I log 100 hours in WarioWare: Get It Together
I get back into Zoo Tycoon (not the newer ones, the one from like 2001-2002 or something along those lines)
I get my crap together and potentially pursue a relationship (unless I'm likely better off being single at my age)

Yeah, I don't have that many predictions this time around

Graduate with GPA above 3.75.
Get a full time job.
Splurge on something for myself after I graduate.
Be more confident sometimes.
Make friends.
Delegate at least five World Cube Association competitions.
Sub-14s one-handed average in competition.
Cook Beef Wellington.
Relatively consistent with gym routine.
Release something related to Marble Blast.
Exactly one WR in Marble Blast - this doesn't count toward the above prediction.
At least three out of my top five artists in my Spotify Wrapped are artists I haven't heard of until this year.
Visit Jeff, and cook for him.
Learn how to play electric bass.
Learn at least one more song on the piano.
Compose music.
Shave the beard.
No girlfriend, but give yourself +2 if this is wrong because that would be awesome.
COVID is still prominent.
Get COVID.
Build a recording studio in my closet.
Still not playing video games much, but I play more than I did in 2021.
No bartending gig, but continue to mix drinks on my own time, hopefully for other people.
Commit at least fifty International Bartenders Association drinks to memory.
Go to GO Fest in Chicago with the boys.
Leave the country.
Be 22.

I'm just going to keep my predictions (somewhat) short this year.

• We will find out that Matan has joined Tekannabrand (the team behind Marble Blast STOP II).
• The next custom level packs will be released for online ranking in PlatinumQuest.
• The Tennessee Titans will defeat the Los Angeles Rams in Super Bowl LVI.
• The Washington Football Team will be renamed the Washington Commanders.
• The MLB Playoffs will expand.
• The Seattle Mariners will finally make the MLB Playoffs.
• The Portland International Auto Show will go on as planned.
• I will build a new gaming PC.
• I will get new gaming peripherals.
• The COVID-19 pandemic will start to subside.
• The semiconductor shortage (affecting mostly GPUs and game consoles) will improve.
• I will get an Xbox Series X.
• Microsoft's new Forza Motorsport title will release this year.

ok i need to be quick the capsule's gonna be buried soon

Marble Blast Predictions:
-I will finally get an Awesome Time in PQ
-70-79 is gonna be released
-PQ v3.0.0 maybe? if not then v2.7.0 and maybe v2.8.0
-the update will contain QoL updates on the in-game Marbleland download functions, like downloading packs directly in-game (this is more-so what I would like to see in the update than a prediction)
-I will start playing the game more often again
-I'll get all Platinum/Gold Times (maybe Ultimate Times even)
Other stuff:
-I will get 1 million points in the fever mode in Tetris Axis
-I will get all Perfects in Rhythm Heaven Fever
-I will get all gold medals in the singleplayer campaign of Trackmania Nations Forever (Except E05, that track takes like an hour to complete... f$%k long tracks)
-Splatoon 3 will release in the first half of the year, and I'll get 100 hours of playtime on it by the 31st of December (assuming my mum will let me get it early on)
-I will own over 300 steam games (I'm currently at exactly 200)
-I will actually 100% a video game for once
-other things that I can't write down because I wanna rush this into The Time Capsule...





...and also I need some sleep

PQ predictions:
- Reach 120 million rating
- Release at least 6 levels

Other game predictions:
- Reach X rank in TETR.IO
- Baldi's Basics Plus gets an update

Life predictions:
- US government starts seriously cracking down on cryptocurrency
- Fully ready to start career
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I've never actually done one of these before, but I think this would be a good time to set some goals.

- I will hit rank 1 in PQ with 33 million rating, then the only time I touch it afterward is to get WRs. Another point if Mazik later takes rank 1 from me due to hunt rating.
- I will hit the elusive concurrent 69 WR count, passing DK in the process.
- I will not have a hunt WR at the end of the year. Hunt is just way too dank.
- I will be the largest contributor for the hPerks WRR. Pretty lofty goal but I think it is attainable.
- I will hit 140 million general rating. This could be more difficult than I imagine, as plan to focus on grinding Platinum for a good while after I finish with PQ and hPerks rampage. This will help challenge myself to keep pushing in that category.
- My PB on Marble Playground will still be 1:29.704. Yup.
- I will actually get around to releasing that customs compilation. This one's for you Xelna. Take all my points away if I don't have this one done.

Marble Blast Predictions:
• I will achieve 100% of all the Ultimate Times in Marble Blast Platinum. Only at 106/120 (88%)
• Packs 70-79 will still happen for the PQ leaderboards, and I will be one of the first players to get all the Eggs there.
• I will beat at least one Awesome Time/Score in PlatinumQuest.
• I will finally beat the last Gold Time (Trap Door Master Edition’s) in Level Packs 10-19.
• I will finally beat the last two levels in Level Packs 20-29 (Fast Trak/Arrival to Marbleland).
• I will improve my overall rating from 84 million points to 86 million points and will maintain my rank above 50.
• hPerks World Record Rampages will happen this year.
• I will release at least 5 more compilations for my “Marble Blast Levels” series and I may continue with my “Egg Findings” series.
• I will revisit an older concept for one of my Marble Blast series.