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02 Jan 2024 01:52 #1
What were your predictions for last year? Did you get them right? (you didn't) Discuss below!

Last years predictions: marbleblast.com/index.php/forum/the-time...-14-2023-predictions
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02 Jan 2024 02:43 - 02 Jan 2024 03:00 #2
Well, 2023 might be my favourite year yet. I read 18 books, finally got sub 25 on Sky High Circuit, became a Christian, Marble Blast Platinum World Record Rampage #4 was released, I finished another year of university, and started repairing relationships with my IRL friends & family, among many other things. I'm on track to graduate with my BA in Psychology in June and head off to graduate school in the fall (just as soon as I finish applications :/ oh yeah, then get accepted...). I'm glad to say that things are generally looking up in my life. But enough about that, how were my predictions?:

Marble Blast
- I will play the game very little :( but I will set PBs on at least 5 different LB levels (excluding Pack 8 levels if that happens). I got 3 PBs this year, call this one a 3/5 complete.
- Let's be ambitious. One of those 5 PBs will be a World Record. Got this one though!
- MBP WRR4 will release. Yeah it did, go watch it again. MBP WRR #4 Playlist.
- Despair will remain unbeaten. EZ money.
- Some level will get a brand new route, not a tweak, nor optimization, but unambiguously a brand new route. Bent Reality and many others, neat! (some part of me was hoping I would be the one to do such things, but alas).
- Pack 8 will release and will have some major bug or controversy (I don't want this to be right but I predict it will be). This one and the next couldn't really happen together so maybe these weren't good predictions.
- PQ will get an update that doesn't also have a game breaking bug fix patch immediately after (I believe in you dev team!) :(
- The community will have no major scandals or controversies (pretty please?) Thank God that there weren't any.
- A new player will join and set a WR surprising everyone, and it won't become another cheating scandal. Can't win them all.

Personal
Of the ones I feel comfortable sharing
- I will continue to do well in college, I will keep my GPA above 3.5. Yup, succeeded at that.
- I will come home for the summer and burn out working full time at McDonald's. Very nearly did. Online school + full time work is not fun and I never wanna go back to that.
- I will read more books than I did in 2022 (15). Yup, 18 of them!
- (Third time's the charm) I will get my driver's license. Ouch
- 2023 will be better than 2022.

MB: 6.6/9
Personal: 3.5/5
Total 10.1/14
Not bad as far as predictions go I guess. Looking forward to another year on this Earth.
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02 Jan 2024 02:54 #3
Aight, lets see how well I did:

First year making predictions, lets give it a shot!

marble blarble:

I don't think I'll end up getting all ATs in PQ, but I'm gonna try Correct, I got closer (I think I'm at 117?) but I didn't play as much this year so I didn't quite finish it out.
I also find it likely that I still will not get any WRs :) Wrong, GOT ICE COLD PASS IN WRR4 LFG!!
Hopefully, I will make it past the play-in rounds and into the bracket of the multiplayer tournament I didn't, A-Game destroyed me lol
I'll finally play through all of the LB custom levels oops :skull:
Who knows, wildin, maybe I'll make some customs of my own ???? i didnt :skull:
Semi-related to the above and to marble blarble, I wonder how much progress I'll made on my Godot Engine marble game . For my prediction, I add in a few beginner levels AND networking support AND release some kinda WIP. Some ideas of how to implement ~epic~ physics were sparked but nah didn't really do anything here either lol


non marble blarble:

I'll reclaim the FEZ Any% world record by learning more tricks I did for a bit!! (then got beaten by Wilko_314 again)
I won't do any speedruns of Superliminal lol, if I end up coming back then negative bonus points if I get sub 22 I didn't lol
I'll still be in the same apartment, but I'll have a real couch lol Still in the same apartment but with the same crappy couch. Next year...
I'll probably still be too lazy to learn music production software (Audour or LMMS or somethin) Haha I am very lazy
I expand my web development knowledge and add some kind of functional multiplayer game to my website I definitely learned some web dev tricks this year but I did not add anything multiplayer to my website

Well, time goes by faster than I think so we'll see how much of this ends up being true in 2024!


Wow I did awful lmfao, mostly cuz it turns out I'm very lazy. Time to go out and do stuff in 2024!!
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02 Jan 2024 03:02 #4

– I will still be playing Marble Blast Gold.

Sporadically, but yes. +1

– I will not release a big video of all my personal best times in Marble Blast Gold, due to not being satisfied with at least three of the following levels: Siege, Skyscraper, Tri Twist, Upward Spiral, Monster Speedway, Great Divide, Pathways, Escher's Race, Airwalk.

Siege, Skyscraper, Monster Speedway, and Airwalk. +1

– I will have less than 10 world records by the end of the year (Marble Materials Lab counts).

Actually I have 10 according to the WR list! Pack 8 was really helpful for that, so this is a pleasant surprise. +0

– I will think about making a level, but won't actually do it.

Yeah sure, I thought about it +1

– I will still be in the Discord server, but still won't enjoy it.

Having everything except #speedrunning muted sure helps with enjoyment, but still +1

– I will release at least one big video this year.

+0 sad


– I will read at least three new books.

I started three, but only finished two. So a sad +0. The Book that Wouldn't Burn by Mark Lawrence was really good, and kept me thinking about it several weeks after finishing it.

– I will still be living in my parents' house for the entire year.

No question about that. +1

– I will not get a nosebleed in 2023.

Annoyingly I got two, one on 2023-03-07 and one on 2023-03-11. +0

– I will have a "real job" that I'm satisfied with? Please?

I'll give a +1 to this. Even though I'm still at the same place, I'm doing work that I'm much more happy with.

– I will go to counseling.

Just barely squeaked it in there, first appointment on 2023-12-29. +1


– People will continue to not go by the title and predict that things will happen beyond 2023.

I think people were pretty good about reading the title this year. +0

– There will be at least four posts in this topic that say something like "I'll add more predictions later" at the beginning or end, but they either won't add more predictions or will forget to take that text out before the topic is locked.

Only 2. +0



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02 Jan 2024 03:14 - 02 Jan 2024 03:20 #5
Marble Blast:
- MBP WRR 4 and Pack 8 will both be released. you already know boi
- MBG will be 100% improved but WRR 6 won't happen until 2024. improved and it absolutely is coming out this year. quote me on that
- I will achieve all PQ Awesome Times (I already have almost half of them). i did get a decent amount but i'm still not really close to having them all. not sure if this was too ambitious or i'm just lazy as hell
- I will complete all official Custom levels (including Pack 8 if it comes out this year). still got a bit of a way to go with these, but i did do all of pack 8. nearly every level in there is a banger
- I will achieve a WR in a Gem Hunt level. 8 points to go on maximo
- I will successfully complete a run in Despair using the "bullet" TL but it won't be WR. yeah no
- I will make at least one level (even if it's trash). realized level building is not for me, sorry boys
- Three people will earn colored usernames. wilchz, stewman, and jaxx? there might be 1 or 2 more, those three came to my head first
- Two people will achieve all PQ Awesome Times (excluding myself). connie and ppg
- One person will achieve their first WR. good job terry

Personal:
- Be less stupid. i suck slightly less at google sheets
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02 Jan 2024 06:14 #6
Marble Blast/Community

- Platinum WRR 4 releases, Gold WRR 6 is within three levels of completion. (+1)
Yes! This is exciting.

- No release of #TheReturn2015. (+1)
Freebie.

- Summer tournament happens, I don't win. (+1)
Freebie? Did very intentionally drop out after group stages, but wasn't planning on that at first. Wasn't gonna win anyway.

- Top three on the leaderboards are, yet again, Xedron, Xelna, and Battlecube.( +1)
Still a freebie lol

- Progress is made on MBGR Intermediate, but nothing released. (+1)
One level made!!

- CGL 12? (+0)
Nope lol of course

- I surpass 2,000 subscribers. (+1)
And probably the last significant milestone for my channel. Very proud of this.

- Big drama. Don't know what, I just want something fun to happen. (+0)
I don't think so? Things seemed pretty chill this year.

- Community channel sees three or fewer uploads. A rampage counts as one. (+1)
Just the second web port rampage.

- My interest in playing the game fades out (at least) almost completely. Maybe it's finally that time. (+1)
I think it might be that time. I have indeed played significantly less recently and I'm okay with it. Still distantly connected though.

Personal/Miscellaneous

- I go the whole year without having any alcohol. Line is drawn at having anything more than maybe half a shot on rare occasion. You get the idea. (+0)
Oh dear god this was so wrong lmao, but to my credit, I did learn how to drink as a social skill. Definitely don't drink on any regular occasion and only around very comfortable company.

- Still on track to graduate June of 2024. Will have two more terms to go when the Time Capsule is unburied again. (+0)
June of 2025, it looks like. Big change of plans overall with my path, but absolutely for the better.

- Straight A's in one term, bonus points if more than one term. (+1)
Winter and spring terms! Missed out on this year's fall term though due to unforeseen other personal events. Let's try again?

- I buy another instrument. (+0)
Probably best that I didn't. Being a musician is expensive.

- More confidence in guitar and bass playing. (+0)
.. nope. No time or interest. Do got my guitar hanging out at my apartment though.

- Getting more into country music. Help. (+1)
Kind of both here. Certainly widened my range of knowledge and songs I liked, but also got devastatingly sick of country for some time.

- Solid attempt at learning how to be a better producer. (+1)
I'm so stroked this is happening. Even taking a three-part class over the year teaching me all about this. I love it.

- No music released, but a lot of songwriting done, and maybe a good bit of recording. (+0.5)
Nothing released. I performed my own arrangement of a Jacob Collier song for a concert (Hi Doomblah!!), but no actual songwriting.

- Write an orchestra piece, and finish two electronic pieces (that don't actually go public since they're part of a bigger project). (+0)
Would've been super cool if this had happened, but again, no time.

- Make some kind of money through music. Likeliest case is playing live. Doesn't have to be consistent income. (+0)
No shot lol what was I thinking

- I find an opportunity to put myself out there and significantly further my career. Not sure what that will look like, but it will be obvious if it happens. (+0)
Given what I consider my ideal career to be is very much a blur right now, it's still appropriate to say no on this one but I wouldn't say flat-out wrong.

- Half-hearted attempt at a consistent Duolingo routine, doesn't work out for more than 50 days. (+1)
Picked up Italian though my girlfriend, today is day #49 of my current streak. Kinda surprised myself on this one. Giving myself a green just out of being proud of myself.

- I start running consistently, and end up feeling like I'm in much better shape by the end of the year. (+0)
lol screw the gym how about later

- On the flipside, my eating habits don't improve much. (+0)
We don't talk about this.

- End the year feeling like I'm in a really good place emotionally and mentally. Continue to have a lot of support around me, still finding ways to improve how I handle my thoughts and reactions, and be able to look forward to 2024 with the same optimism. (+1)
Yes, yes, yes, YES. I can't even fully comprehend how true this is. I am really happy with where I am with everything right now and I'm extremely looking forward to seeing what comes out of this year.

Marble Blast/Community: 8/10
Personal Life/Miscellaneous: 5.5/15
2024 could be setting up to be a really interesting year. I hope I'm just excited about the future and about myself by the end of it, even though adulting is frightening. Yippie-kay-yay.

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02 Jan 2024 06:35 #7
2023 ended up being pretty mid tbh... Some promising things didn't quite pan out for me the way I had hoped. I've definitely had better years, both in my private life and in marble blast, but hey, now I get to acknowledge some of the cool things I did last year.

Balls
1. Reach 115 million rating
- Yeah no not even close

2. 50 Total WRs by the end of the year
- I was at 38 at the start of the year, gained some WRs, lost 1 more to put me at 37, shame

3. I take back rank 1 from Xedron in PQ and keep it by the end of the year
- It's not much of an achievement since I barely had to do much work to get it back, but yay the crown is mine I guess

4. Finish off all my main singleplayer hunt goals
- The 3 I was referring to last year were related to SPS, Hunting Around, and Terrace Tundra. I did improve all of my scores on them but even so I'm either neutral on them or not completely happy with my scores yet. I even got some new goals added during the year, not sure if that's a good or bad thing.

5. Make more progress on improving my PQ times
- I made a conscious effort to make time for PQ when I could, I'd say this is a win.

6. Have 5 or less WRs for MBP WRR 4
- I had 3 total, Ground Zero (meme), Daedal Helix (very cool), and Half Pipe Dive (forgettable level). It's not much but I'm very happy with my performance despite not doing too much work.

7. Have at least 1 WR for the 2nd MIU Classic WRR
- Pit of Despair baby! I took a massive risk going for that and by some miracle, I got in. One of the big highlights of this year for sure.

8. Have a total of 8 MBG WRs by the end of the year
- Nope, in fact, I lost more WRs this year, the only WRs I got in MBG were improvements to WRs I already had. Despite only having 3 MBG WRs, I'm in the top 5 for most MBG WRs with me essentially doing nothing in 2023.

9. I get sub 18 Three Fold Maze in MBG
- It came down to the final month, and I got it :). I will allow MBG WRR 6 to happen now that I reached my biggest goal for MBG up until this point.

10. Snwboardr tries to get me to play another marble game
- He did try to get me to play OpenMBU and he partially succeeded, but it was supposed to be a new marble game and OpenMBU doesn't count. He still sent me dirt bike videos tho lol

Not Balls
1. I start playing Celeste or Hollow Knight
- Nah, though I did wind up playing some Holocure since some new updates dropped in 2023, along with Marble it Up Ultra, which surprisingly released this year. Also got back into Overwatch surprisingly, so that might take a bit more of my time in 2024 (god help me).

2. Getting out of my comfort zone more
- This one is kinda vague... unfortunately can't really think of anything significant :(

Correct Predictions: 5/12
Wrong Predictions: 7/12 (could be worse)
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02 Jan 2024 06:54 #8

- No major releases to PQ in the next year, apart from new level packs and bug fixes

> The port mapping stuff was pretty major, so i'd call that a False

- Still not playing PQ anymore

> Apart from a couple one-off nights with jeff, True

- One of RandomityGuy/Vanillaguy/???'s marble games actually picks up some steam. I bet it's OpenMBU

> MBWeb is doing numbers yall. True

- For that matter, I bet I contribute at least once to OpenMBU over the next year

> I did! True

- Game night lineup still includes Dominion, Factorio, Minecraft. But I'll add 2 new games

> Dominion is mostly out. Factorio is out until the expansion. Minecraft is still in. Significant hours in DOS2, BG3, Spelunky 2, Crab Champions, and Vampire Survivors. Multi-part so this is technically False

- Mahjong ranked... E3. I don't expect to do that well lmao

> E1, and then I promptly stopped playing. False

- Still watching a lot of Twitch / YT every day to fill the time

> 4+ hours per day on my phone alone. True

- Same job, new apartment, but still in Florida

> Yes, No, Yes. False

- Covid 2 electric boogaloo. I predict... August

> Avoided it this year. False

- Get my health at least looked at

> True

- DEFCON again, will be a mess

> Did happen, was slightly less a mess but it's never not a mess. Free point. True

- Fly international at least once

> False

- Get better at cooking

> One month at a time baby. True


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02 Jan 2024 07:20 - 02 Jan 2024 07:45 #9
Hey bitch. Did you read this top part? If you got sent here by the first prediction, you're a loser. A right poopyhead. Love you in a gay way :smooch:
Predictions for 2023:
Marble Blast

-You actually started at the start of this post and not here
-You remembered to name yourself "2023 crashed! (╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻". We're on a losing streak of 2 here, come on. Fix this for us.
-Marble Blast will show up in some other weird ass place (aka another unaffiliated game)
-Pack 8 doesn't release lol yay i actually did something
-Party Mode is back in the game please? Bonus points if it never actually leaves soon™
-Release more than 2 custom levels this year (packs count for 1) Platinum Playground, Ruby Ridge, Die! i guess, Target Practice, and Undertow. The first two don't really feel like 2023 levels but I guess they were
-Any progress on CGL 12 at all? This accepts negative values. Yes and no, but I'll say yes. I'm in charge now B)
-Adding more shit to the game! Maybe more customization to multiplayer, or just more smaller ideas. Nothing huge, but I made the gems at the top of the Hunt end screen rotate and change model depending on the game style of the level. I guess there was also Pack 8 but that was in a previous prediction so idk Edit: wait nvm the server join and leave sounds were this year
-On that note, additions of mine get pushed (could mention bugfixes i guess but this isn't counting that) Server join and leave sounds as well as Pack 8, but that's it
-Another marble game? Like MIU or GMA? If MIUM somehow releases then fuck it we count that Never said we could MIU Ultra but I'll take some liberties
-The death prediction warded it off last year so uh hey no more of that. The second coming of Tsuf does not cancel this out. nobody hath died
-I will NOT have any specific predictions in mind coming back to this idk not really but it's not like I'm totally out of ideas
Video Games
-the one who smeltarune deltarune Not yet, but very very soon probably
-idk if I can really make the Mario Kart prediction again this year. But they seem to be adding more and more other shit along with the tracks. New characters? maybe unlikely. A music room? More battle courses too? New item(s)? Characters AND hell yeah the music room that shit's awesome
-Mojang will never add movable tile entities to Java I give up. A new block that stores shit and can be moved doesn't count, I mean moving chests and furnaces and hoppers and dispensers and shit. yeah still nothing
-I am once again predicting anything at all related to Banjo-Kazooie nope
-The Beast Handler will still not be not be released for BTD6. Maybe the Xmas update for half credit nah he's been in for a while. he sucks though
-Modding support for bloons :pleading:
-New Mario baseball for Switch finally yesss! (it sucks on ice)
-and another new mario party too? Superstars 2?
Life
-someone dies grand ma :(
-Watch a new show? Futurama and most of Regular Show, and I also think I'm forgetting something
-College gets easier (please) yeah. fingers crossed it stays this way though. Maybe a few less teachers that suck would be nice
-Work somewhere other than Domino's (back to burger king counts) yeah we're back
-Did ever actually wind up working at Domino's no they're dumb

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02 Jan 2024 07:24 #10
I played a lot more MB in 2023 than I expected! I hit a lot of personal milestones - 100% Awesome in MBG and MBU, top 30 all levels, top 10 all categories - and I really pushed myself to get good times/scores on every level (with "good" being an ever-changing standard). Unfortunately for The Time Capsule, there's no way I could have predicted any of this at the start of the year. As for the community, it felt like people in general played less in 2023 than in previous years, but when I look back, a lot of really exciting and memorable stuff happened - MBP WRR 4, MBG Web Port WRR 2, Pack 8, the summer multiplayer tournament, the death and resurrection of the web port and Marbleland, thearst3rd running MBU at AGDQ, STOPX, Marble Blasted, the MBG Speedrun Edition, formerly banned players (PJ and Nock) popping off with WRs, and plenty of other events and achievements!

personal MB predictions:
•I will still be 4th place in overall rating at the end of the year.
Yep 1/1
•I will have at least 172 million overall rating at the end of the year. (This depends heavily on how much rating is in Pack 8.)
Somehow I hit this target almost exactly. Currently I'm at 172.5 million. 1/1
•I will achieve at least one world record (not counting WRs on Pack 8 levels within the first month of the pack’s release). Bonus point if it’s on an official level.
Nope. Technically I got some WRs on Pack 8 levels 1 month and 1 week after the pack was released, but I'm not going to count those. 0/1
•I will post at least 5 videos on my YouTube channel.
So close. I posted 4, and 1 more will be posted soon. 0/1
•I will beat all my pre-2020 PBs on the Leaderboards and all my pre-2021 PBs in MBP. (I’ve been putting this off for a while, but as of right now I only have 4 pre-2020 PBs and 6 pre-2021 MBP PBs left.)
Nice 1/1
•My total time online will be 3250±100 hours. (In general, I predict that I’ll be less active in MB by the end of the year, to focus on other things in my life.)
I played a lot (too much?) this year! Currently I'm at 3826 hours. 0/1

MB community predictions:
•Two people will achieve 100% Awesomeness in PQ.
Connie, PPGPlanet 1/1
•One person will achieve their first world record.
Hirassy, Hyran, m2k, subtract, thearst3rd (way more than I predicted!) 1/1
•The MBG Web Port WRR 2 will be released. Exactly one additional rampage (official or unofficial) will be released.
Indeed, that one additional rampage was MBP WRR 4. 1/1
•When Pack 8 is released, at least one level will need its challenge times changed or its rating curve recalculated.
I think Beneath the Waterfall counts (there may be others), plus eggs and 100% quota still don't give any rating. PQ update WHERe? 1/1
•Someone will achieve a new WR on Despair.
Nope, but not for lack of trying! 0/1
•Someone will beat my WR in PQ any%.
Nope, but only for lack of trying! 0/1

non-MB predictions:
•I will get a good job (which pays reasonably well and about which I’m passionate).
Yay :) 1/1
•I will visit one state in the USA that I haven’t visited before.
Minnesota 1/1
•I will bike 100 miles in a day.
Haha nope. I did a bit of biking, but I think my max was 30 miles in a single day. In general, I'm still lazy and need to get back in shape. 0/1

personal MB 3/6
MB community 4/6
non-MB 2/3
total 9/15

Not too bad.
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02 Jan 2024 09:51 #11
Oki dokie, here goes:

MB Predictions:
- Pack 8 will come out (Yeaaa boiii)
- We will get some more official MP levels (Technically we voted on MP levels, so I'll give myself 0.5 for this)
- I will end up in the semifinals of the Summer Tourney (Tried my hardest)
- I will release my mod of MB Fusion (Nope, but I did start developing it more as of lately, so who knows, maybe next year?)
- Third prediction's the charm: I will get all ATs (Impressive)
- We will get some more developers for PQ (waow)

Real-life Predictions:
- Third prediction's the charm lmfao: I will visit literally any new place whatsoever, be it a city, county or a country (Bucharest :3)
- Would be cool if I could meet an MB Community member IRL (Nope, not yet)
- I will get a better result at this year's Geography Olympiad (Got the same place in the county-level ranking, soo)
- The Ukraine-Russia war won't end (Unfortunately true)

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03 Jan 2024 12:17 #12
fun fact the first time i did this the website crashed so i will now do this with less than no effort

marble:

* #1 oceania or bust - bust 0/1
* quit the game if i'm no longer having fun - very done 1/2
* make a shit level - sex 2 electric boogaloo 2/3
* make a good level - purple and blue 3/4
* contribute to pq (impossible) - impossible 3/5
* make at least one marble website with hosting still active in 2024 - very no 3/6
* still don't have any wrs - most obvious prediction ever 4/7

other:

* release at least 3 celeste maps - literally none 4/8
* play games less bc uni - less than 3 hours a day was not hard 5/9
* :) (fucking please be this year) - finally came out! 6/10
* i am rushing this in 5 minutes help (+1 if i write all my responses in 5 minutes) - yeah 7/11
* do better predicting than last year (low bar) - i can't be bothered to check

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05 Jan 2024 19:00 - 05 Jan 2024 19:02 #13
Red = No (0 points)
Amber = Sorta (0.5 points)
Green = Yes (1 point)

Marble Blast Predictions:
- I'll drop out of Top 15 but will reach 135 mil rating | I played a little bit this year but rating wasn't the focus for me when Pack 8 released. I'm like 17th atm.
- I'll release my final compilation, MBC 10 | Nope
- MBP WRR4 happens, MBG WRR6 gets delayed because of it
- Host a wrr (thinking of doing like a mbg/mbp classics wrr of old customs) | Not interested in doing this now.
- Despair has a new WR (I've said this for 3 years cmon) | We actually got close but no WR in the end.
- PQ any% becomes more popular
- 100 PQ at's | Didn't really play much this year.
- Release a custom level
- Get a new wr (probs with a Pack 8 level) | Pack 8 level yes, Scaffold Scramble. Not happy with the run though. Oh and Marble Decker was this year.

IRL Predictions (keeping it simple here):
- New Job | Same Employer but higherup position.
- Relationship
- Full License
- Move out | Might be for this year.
- New friends, catch up with old ones | Most of my year was just work, work and work.
- Less fatigue, hopefully | More fatigued, work just drains me.
- Get more into Photography, bought myself a Canon EOS 200d MII for my birthday but I wanna get around to taking photos of landscapes and different sceneries. | Yeah this didn't happen.

Misc Predictions:
- Pass 3 bil networth in Skyblock | At like 7 bil.
- Participate in the osu! catch the beat world cup for NZ | Fuck yeah I did, I'm still so happy I managed to get onto the team.
- Meet another NZ catch the beat player irl
- Interact with more fur gamers | Only a lil bit.
- Start streaming again and producing more content | Wasn't able to cuz of work.
- Play some other games | I put some hours into other games but stuck with osu catch most of the year.
- Cobalt's MC channel reaches 100k subs | Ofc he did, still making sick yt shorts.

Points tally: 13 / 4 / 6

8 / 23 points

I had a pretty crap year for me but 2024 is looking to be a lot more brighter :)
Last edit: 05 Jan 2024 19:02 by Eclipsia.
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06 Jan 2024 22:59 - 06 Jan 2024 23:01 #14
Interesting year.

A friend of a friend will butt-dial me while under the influence, thinking that I am his/her lover, and I'll happily respond as such to get their Netflix password information. This didn't happen, but I really wish it did.

While dancing somewhere underground, someone will start firing... Nerf bullets, and I'll play along until someone realizes that I am not a minor. Eh, yes to the firing, but they weren't Nerf bullets.

I will find someone in Alaska who used to live in Florida. Easiest one on this list.

Three German Shepherds will chase me through a corn field, all at the same time. I'll give this one a point, even though it was not technically a corn field.

I'll end up somewhere in the middle of the Sahara Desert, say f*ck it, and sleep in the sand. This was originally planned to happen in May, but I canceled it and went to a jungle in Belize instead.

Although I won't intend for this, I will happen to be present at the exact moment a bar fight breaks out between two strangers with whom I will have coincidentally had sexual history. Well, this is a tricky one. I absolutely did intend for it, and while the implied sexual history wasn't all that deep, the tension was enough to cause drama. No actual fight occurred, though, probably because they're both bottoms.

On two different accounts, I will awkwardly recognize a telemarketer to be a former friend of mine. I now know a telemarketer, and they are no longer my friend.

While previous attempts to get me sucked into MLMs have been unsuccessful, this time it will be me trying to persuade a film producer to join an MLM just for shits and giggles. Oh hell yeah. I love f*cking with film producers. Pure dopamine for me.

Speaking of S&G, I'll mail a package full of chocolate chip cookies to a tech store, asking if they can help me "clear my cookies." Hahahaha, holy shit can't believe I forgot about this.

I will visit a random mansion in Beverly Hills as a delivery driver, only to reveal that I am, in fact, the package being delivered. Great story. Technically wasn't Beverly Hills (it was Hollywood), but the recipient of said package validated what he noted was one of the best pickup lines he'd heard.

Of the five naturists I will meet, one of them will end up being my boss at a later date. There's always that one prediction I make that just doesn't seem realistic.

I will successfully get a lead role in a film via blackmail. No lead role. No blackmail.

Six roses will show up at my doorstep, but they will be dead. They were alive.

Two drunk bandits will try to f*ck me up in an alley. Hell yeah they tried, and way more than two.

I'll watch the sunset twice in one day. Was able to do this thanks to a specific flight in a specific direction at a specific time of day and specific time of year.

Jeff and I will not meet this year. Wrong, actually. We did meet! No longer a freebie.

I'll play Bananagrams. Nope. That game sat on my shelf collecting dust all year long. I've just been a little busy.

I love you, but your attitude is like that of a shrew. Your options? Take a pill or be my kill. Might I suggest that you wear a vest. Perish in class or be banished to the land of bluegrass, where dreams don't exist as you'll be eternally pissed.
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12 Jan 2024 19:41 #15
  • The Buffalo Bills will defeat the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl LVII. The Kansas City Chiefs defeated the Philadelphia Eagles.
  • The Houston Astros will not repeat as World Series champions. The Texas Rangers won the 2023 World Series.
  • The Seattle Kraken will make the Stanley Cup Playoffs. They also made it past the first round, but unfortunately, couldn't make it any further than that.
  • Russia's invasion of Ukraine will end. Sadly, it's still ongoing.
  • 4 Truck Simulator expansions will release this year. There were only 3: Euro Truck Simulator 2 had West Balkans, while American Truck Simulator had Oklahoma and Kansas.
  • I will upgrade my gaming PC at long last. Still have my old one...for now.
  • I will finally have a new job for longer than 6 months. Didn't find one.
  • Whirligig will announce the release date for Filtration. Still waiting on that.

If there's a bug, YO! I'll report it!
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13 Jan 2024 21:37 - 13 Jan 2024 21:37 #16
Marble Blast Predictions:
• I will FINALLY achieve 100% of all the Ultimate Times in Marble Blast Platinum this time, especially when I'm down to the hardest ones to beat the Ultimate Time on. Sadly, that never happened though I did beat the UT's on Battlecube Finale and Morph, so I officially have only four left to beat.

• Pack 8 will be launched on the PQ leaderboards, and I will be one of the first players to get all the Eggs there. That certainly happened, and I achieved that

• I will beat at least four Awesome Times/Scores in PlatinumQuest. Never played enough PQ to beat any Awesome Times/Scores yet

• I will finally beat the last Gold Time (Trap Door Master Edition’s) in Level Packs 10-19. Never touched that level since

• I will finally beat the last two levels in Level Packs 20-29 (Fast Trak/Arrival to Marbleland). Huge win for me, especially that epic Xelna level

• I will improve my overall rating from 93 million points to 100 million points and will maintain my rank above 50. Yeah, all thanks to Pack 8 :P

• MBP WRR #4 & MBG WRR [strike]#5[/strike] (I meant #6 lol) will happen within this year. Only MBPWRR4 happened, but MBGWRR6 will officially happen this year!

• I will release at least 10 additional compilations for my “Marble Blast Levels” series. Nah, just two...

• I may resume my egg runs videos this year. Yeah, I'd count the Pack 8 Egg Guide as one.

• I will participate in the Summer tournament, only to not win any of the matches. Never participated in that

• I will beat at least 10 Ultimate Times on the existing LB levels (not including the future Pack 8 ) No but I did achieve at least four Custom UT's

• We'll see at least three uploads on the community YouTube channel (WRR counts as one). Just two - MBPWRR4 and MBG Web Port 2 WRR

Awesome Hint:

Since the Awesome Time/Score is secret, you will have to beat it in order to find out what it is. Just practice every day, and be ready to keep pressing the 'Restart' button...A LOT!
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22 Jan 2024 02:50 #17
2023 was... interesting. Makes me excited for 2024 for myself (especially real life stuff).

- MB predictions -

- I won't forget / get bored of the game. (hopefully) - well I don't play it as much anymore, but I'm still interested. +0.5
- I will reach 80 million rating, but won't reach 9 digits. - wow i really underestimated the rating system lmao -0
- I will get top 5 in any level. (very unlikely to happen) - unless you count my own level, no -0
- I beat all four main games, bonus point if I actually beat all of Custom. - It happened!! I'm willing to grind out custom next year +1
- I'll join the discord server and won't enjoy it. - I joined discord, it's pretty fun. I've just been lurking though. +0.5
- I will play multiplayer, and never win (even if it's 1 match it counts). - 10/10 would like to play more +1
- I don't participate in any community events. - almost. Timezones got me. +1
- I will get at least 10 ATs in PQ. - I got like 3 of them, they are hard! -0
- I will release at least 1 custom level, and people will call it garbage. - I did, people didn't really touch it. still proud +0.5
- Pack 8 will be released, and I won't touch it. - I played beneath the waterfall, so -0

- Real life -

- I will get an average of 100 at an exam, bonus point if more than 1. - nah. didn't even get close unlike last year.. -0
- Straight A's for 1 term. It has to happen. - YEP (finally) +1
- I get more into electronic music. - yep +1
- I'll not be as unfriendly as 2022. - I have more irl friends +1
- COVID won't end. - I would consider this a yes. +1
- Russian - Ukrainian war (sadly) won't end, but will be really close to end. - It's not that close, as far as I'm aware. +0.5
- I start a YouTube channel, but don't upload a video to it. - no -0

- Misc -

- This is the last post uploaded on this year's predictions. - there were 3 more??? wow -0
- Somebody figures out the meaning of my username. - what was i thinking when i wrote this -0
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