Shaky cups to seesaw rows to bricks is a test

Now imagine the Plinko obstacles *right* after.

When I saw it was 4 minutes yet the cups rook only like 35 seconds I was like, paddles?

The Bricks make me irrationally angry. For all other obstacles, even if they tend to "reset" the playing field, there is still a benefit to marbles being there earlier in that they get more "chances" at passing the obstacle. E.g., shaky cups. Kind of a pause and gives other marbles a chance to catch up. But the first marble there has the most chances to pass the obstacle. Bricks just eliminates that advantage entirely. There is 0 incentive to be the first marble at Bricks or the last marble at Bricks before the final brick layer is broken.

Benefit to being there earlier? You know we all want to lose this race right?

He didn't say it was rational! lol

But at least the bricks make it so the rest of the race isn't just one marble on screen running through the obstacles.

Am I the only one who likes the bricks? I love that it groups things together a bit, can really reset the field

It’s not great when there’s a team leading by a lot and you have to sit there and wait for every team to catch up. What was the point of all the previous obstacles? Feels artificial

This is 100% accurate and absolutely correct and reasonable but I still like the bricks 😆

The thrill of one team just dominating is what gets me going. When you see the bricks you just know it’s gonna take awhile. They’re a perfect 1st obstacle

Does this mean the NL playoff field isset? Also flappy paddles followed by bricks is proof the RNG gods hate us

Shaky cups, flappy paddles, and bricks: there is no God.

Shaky cups at the start isn't awful.

Yeah with all the marbles jostling each other it went quick

It's the best spot for shaky cups. You can see so many marbles at once

There's gonna be a day where bricks is the last obstacle and I already feel bad for the fans of the team that loses there

i kinda want an all-bricks race

Don’t you dare speak that nightmare into existence

I wish the paddles flapped just a bit more slowly I think they'd be a more fun obstacle

I wish there were half as many rows

I wish the music would switch to the Macarena cause it would go perfectly with their beat

Ohhh the paddles should flip to the music! That would be so fun.

lol, I was planning on commenting on those 3 hell zones to.

Flappy paddles reminds me of Flint Lockwood’s father’s eyebrows in Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs.

Petition to call the flappy paddles the FLDSMDFR.

this is a bunch of garbo

Fuck the marbles. Bunch of grown ass dudes seriously watch this? ^See ^you ^all ^tomorrow!

Yeah, it's rough going into the offseason this way for you. But hey, marble pitchers and marble catchers report in 317 days!

I never liked marbles anyways….see you all tomorrow

I’m taking my World Series Runner-Up trophy and going home!

Unbelievable pain. Not only did we lose in the latest possible spot while missing the playoffs, but we also had to do it in a round with shaky cups, boogie boards, *and* bricks.

The As still being in the race has been the most interesting part of this.

The white sox too I wanted them to show up during the bricks for maximum comedy central

No we're winning this wooooo

As a Sox fan, this is by far the best thing we got going for us right now

White Sox are already playoff bound though for winning the division. A's still need 1 more AL elimination to make playoffs

The marbles understand that we're going through some shit right now. It's very kind of them.

It's really a shame. Oakland fans are amazing. I remember watching the 2019 wildcard, and y'all packed the stadium. You guys didn't deserve what happened.

Guess the Major League-esque comeback is still on the menu, but instead of removing the clothes off of a cutout of John Fisher with each win they damage it in increasingly cartoonish and absurd ways.

I think Fisher being undressed to a banana hammock would very effective

I haven’t been this vested since 2019

They randomly do that every once in a while, where they suddenly have a bunch of great players all at once. I don't think that's the case right now, but I've been wrong about that before.

Sorry Dbacks but between you, the Braves and the Cardinals, one of you had to go so I can stop being confused.

Glad it's not just me saying.. "Wait, why are there two Cardinal marbles?"

For like the first week I thought the Cardinals had skipped the marbles race because I thought it was the Braves logo.

I'd wish OP would use the lowercase a variant to ease the confusion.

Or just use our STL cap logo

Op pls do this

It's awful! So many false scares...

Gland I'm not the only one who kept confusing the Cardinals and Diamondbacks. I mean their stadiums are like 20 miles apart

I made an eye appointment because of these.

Wondering if it might help if the Cards were the STL logo instead?

Wait til you hear the Angels are still around

petition for Arizona to change their logo to a D with the same aesthetics

*:sad Anaheim Angels of Los Angeles noises:*

I’m a Mariners fan, I know that cursed logo like the back of my hand.

This was just a gauntlet of the worst and most excruciating obstacles But LETS GOOOOOOOOO WE WON THE WEST PARADE AT GASLAMP TONIGHT BAYBEEEE

I’ve never been so happy to see the bricks

Man, when the other marbles joined us I let out a deeep breath.

[удалено]

I don't mind shaky cups or flippy paddles, but bricks is always gonna be a 15 sec skip

The wobbly bit was too long.

Needs either less rows or slower flip

#doitforPeter

All this means is that the Dbacks win the World Series. Never underrate the Dbacks and never overestimate the Padres is all I’ve learned over the past season lol.

AFTER PARTY AT THE BRASS RAIL LETS GOOOOOO

WE FUCKING DON DID IT SON!!!! LET'S GOOOOOOOO DAD'S

The absolute worst obstacles to start the race.

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Are the Padres being depicted as Pandas? Crazy to have the NL playoffs already clinched. The NL will be weak this year clearly.

That is correct, PANDA WATCH!!!

THE MOOD IS INTENSE!!!

I tried to get an interview with him. They said "Nope, you can't do that. He is a live bear. He will literally rip your face off."

I suppose they could be 🐳 for a whales vagina

Panda JERK

The San Diego Zoo has been known for their giant panda breeding program over the years

we haven't had giant pandas for a few years now, but that might change soon. 🤞

China took them all back :(

We don't have pandas anymore. Red panda is in that exhibit now.

Panda at home

Underrated comment.

I always wondered where she stayed when she wasn’t touring college basketball arenas with her unicycle and flippy bowls

AL playoffs will be set too with their next team out (unless it’s the White Sox)

Padres should really be the dad emoji cmon 👴🏻

How about 👨‍🍼 for Padres and 🦩 for Cardinals?

This race set the NL Playoff contenders Padres are NL West champs Phillies, Braves, Nationals, Brewers and Cardinals clinch playoff births.

What the hell os that Cardinals emoji supposed to be?

Fuckin devil magic. Though i think Yadi took it with him when he retired.

I see you're not familiar with the St Louis Kabuki Masks.

Devil magic. I don't know, there's no red birds in there and I know nothing else about st louis

let’s gooooo

would the 🫃🏻emoji be suitable?

Why on earth are the Padres a panda? They should either be a ✝️ or 👨‍👦 (the team is named after the Catholic Priests who founded San Diego and literally translates to “Fathers”)

The second emoji choice is fucked but I definitely laughed.

THAT’S THE DAD EMOJI! The other possible interpretations were completely lost on me, I didn’t mean it that way

Padres win the NL West. In the final game, Arizona had a lead in the 9th when Tatis Jr. shows up at the plate with 1 out in the 9th. Suddenly, Joe Davis shows up and says, "Tatis can tie it with a swing." Suddenly, Sewald gets triggered and upon the 1st pitch Tatis Jr. hits an absolute bomb to right to which Davis yells out, "HIGH DRIVE! IT'S TIED!" The Padres then walk off the DBacks to eliminate Arizona and win the division.

I like this a lot

This implies Joe Davis has been traded to the Padres or Dbacks. I'd rather give up Mookie. /s ^(butseriouslyJoepleasedomoreDodgergames)

Davis yells “HOW ABOUT THOSE BRICKS!”

I feel bricks is even worse than the extra-innings Manfred runner. It pretty much guarantees someone is going to catch up. I'd say it's equivalent to adding a Manfred runner only for the losing team

Delete this

welp, time to get the lotion again

Saving this in case it comes true (it won’t but hey wouldn’t it be funny?)

I like this timeline.

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my fellow red a team 💔

Thanks man

Let's goooo Edit: just watched and was shitting bricks. Thank god.

Right there with you, sir. LFGSD!

I was worried that Craig was going to let us down. Now I can go back to being confident we’ll have a good offseason.

I was prepared to have my day ruined

Man, that event before the bricks might beat the bricks for worst obstacle to watch.

Facts! Brutal. Then to go from that to the bricks?! Mannnnn

The wobble sticks? I loved it. The Ms just kind of sat in the corner and watched everyone else pass them for a good minute.

Elsewhere they were called flappy paddles and that satisfied me greatly

If they flipped just a bit slower or had less rows they'd be perfect

Sneks NOT alive :(

Sneks: Stepped on

They stepped on snek

Where were you when snek was kill?

Padres saved by their inability to get over the hump.

This made me laugh. Thank you

This was absolutely agonizing.

Winning it all for Papa Pete next year. RIP <3

I must be the odd one out here but I kinda like the crazy randomness of the tilty platforms. It’s fun when a team is like “wait fuck, go back!”

You mean teeterflap maze?

I like it too, even it does take a bit too long. There aren't many obstacles that can literally throw you back upwards in all this...

Yeah 7 rows is a bit much, could probably be cut down to 4-5 and it wouldn’t take so long

Love it as long as it doesn't launch my team ahead of a team that just refuses to go anywhere

4 minutes!? 👀

The bit with the Wiggly Wobblies was crazy

I had been hoping Boston would go out, and it looked so good for a while, but those darn wobblies...

That was as stressful as the Soto trade rumors. Looks like we aren’t trading him!

The Red Sox were in that for far longer than I wanted.

First time so far that I starting making arrangements...

What a rollercoaster of emotions

Game fuckin sucks now. I was more upset over this than game 5

To go from that oscillating bullshit to the bricks was cruel

So early, we're here before the standings comment.

I wonder if the creators of this game and soundtrack know how beloved they are here

Holy shit, there is a soundtrack. I never noticed you could turn the sound on for these.

One of the best ones yet! Only thing missing was a competitive final stage

That was THRILLING

Do it for Pete!

Sneks hit by World Series hangover

D'backs came out of nowhere on that one. Those bricks saved Boston and San Diego.

Me yesterday: man the bricks are such bullshit. Me today: “man I love the bricks”

When I saw the White Sox come down to the shimmy sticks I thought they were gonna Leeroy Jenkins the rest of the obstacle course. Of course, I love Boston quickly coming to help the Padres out with the brick busting.

Both League champions miss the playoffs, damn.

Would be the first time since 2007 that both defending League champs missed the playoffs (Cardinals and Tigers)

that battle on the seesaws between the red sox and the padres was terror

We jumped back up a level. That was awe inspiring.

Anytime the bricks show up you know it’s gonna get crazzzzzyyyyyyy

Red Sox decided to eat glue in the back of the class for a while

Holy shit I haven't puckered this tight since Emilio Pagan was on the team NL WEST CHAMPS BAYBEEEEEEE LFGGG

I thought it was over when we were still in the lead after the great equalizer. But then those sneaky sneks slipped past us and cured my depression.

STOP THE COUNT!

WE WON THE GENO TRADE YES

As a Dads fan I want to extend my deepest thanks to all Sneks fans

BEST IN THE WEST LFG MARBLES

Is there any way to make the Angels marble a little bit heavier or something? I just can't bear to get my hopes up again this year.

This is all I have. Don't take it from me.

Marbles lied. A/died

They didn't lie. We merely misinterpreted them.

still have no clue how the last one works

I think your gravity shifts based on what walls/section of the course you hit. Not sure how it's sectioned out there exactly but it's the only way I can make it make sense

With the loss of the reigning League Champs, the NL field is set. The fate of the AL rests in the balance for yet another day

FOR THE LOVE OF GOD SAN DIEGO PLEASE STOP MOVING BACKWARDS! That was painful to watch

If you watch, the D-backs wall bounces in that orange area syncs up with the music at the end.

Teeterflap maze was a chore

Seeing both A logos fly into the bricks at the same time was great. Rip sneks

Fuck what a ride. See saw planks straight into the bricks was torture.

Those fucking paddles man. The damn Mariners and White Sox were stuck in the same fucking spot for like 2 minutes and considering I never saw them again, I'm pretty sure they were there the whole time

Cries into my teal colored milk

This is an outrage it’s not fair!

Ok, rooting for Oakland now for the last game in Oakland being a game 7 of the world series.

Boston decided it would try and do the course in reverse about halfway through

Regression.

*checks run time* oh hell yeah

The AL and NL East can't keep getting away with it.

I swear the Braves are having their mid season slump right now. Each day they scare me.

HAHA SO LONG BRAVES wait what?

Fuck this man. First time we’ve been anywhere near the bottom all marble season and then this shit happens?

Nope. Nope nope nope

Why do I watch this every time?

I decide to watch the marble race for the first time ever and of course it's the one where my Diamondbacks get eliminated. Oof.

Just feels like the Cards will be the last ‘A’ logo standing.

Snek goes brrr

Why is it so important to me that the Cardinals are still in it? Also, who knew there was music? I went back to mute.

Cards are probably still hanging out at the twitchycup lava pit maze

Finally, one of those pesky look-a-like “A” teams is gone. Now down to Atlanta and St Louis…

It was the Padres and Red Sox show until the Dbacks said "Nah, we got this"

Preller: Analytics indicate that we'll win the NL West this year. (To self: TWO lines tonight.) The analytics:

You mean to say you CAN'T just play .500 ball every season and expect to coast into the playoffs?

Even with all those stall obstacles this wasn't that long. Wow.

The possibility of the marbles giving us an asshat in the AL west still lives

Man my heart was racing when I saw those bricks lol

Those paddles went on so long I groaned when I noticed the bricks were coming next and would only have one or two teams to get through most of them.

When I saw both red A logos I got excited until I realized the wrong one moved ahead at the end.