u/SuperYak6811

Hello Marballers, with the fourth event of ML26 completed, it is time to look at how this week's matchups fared:

Spork (65.5) vs luigi12345087 (32.5)
Radiance, Save Me! (Detro) (46.5) vs Astro Cat (46)
Senkel, BlackPink Ambassador (58.5) vs Erto (46.5)
Avacodoh (66) vs Swifty (69.5)
Sky Master (30.5) vs Mathew117 (96.5)
Speny (33.5) vs Ara (46)
residentDO (46.5) vs Onkogachi (30.5)
Yellerguy (36.5) vs hmmmmlmao (49)
WD-Magnetar (60.5) vs Scopitta (49)
WiscoMTFan (53.5) vs T15 (59.5)
Rich_Original8676 (56.5) vs Comap (51)
RazzyRailfan (52) vs Depressed Tanner (48)
Ari (59.5) vs turtlepower0704 (61.5)
Sky (87.5) vs Continue (45)
GreenNinja (26.5) vs Aidan (33)
Lord of Sheep (47.5) vs Maxendo (41.5)
Ames (45.5) vs Osim (73.5)
AverageLithuanian (69) vs Coco (52.5)
Super Yak (79.5) vs Raven (71)
bluezeronium (53) vs keirooo87 (50)
Whitey (46) vs Aura (70)
Math_Zz 27 is quacking (31.5) vs Swirl (45.5)
xlucella (68) vs JCEurovisionFan (45)
Myitta (30) vs L-Marball (32)
NeverEatDawnSoap (36.5) vs Everyday_3 (37)

- Shoutout to Mathew117 for the highest score this event, with 96.5.

- While it is still early, as I mentioned last event, there are already teams who have started to separate themselves. The three undefeated teams remained so this week, and we are still on a collision course for a possible championship preview between 2 of those undefeated teams, Bluezeronium and ResidentDO, in event 6.

- The Cravendale Division proved me right by being the division to beat, with 4 of the 5 members getting the win this week, and their worst member (Raven) sitting at 2-2. If the regular season ended today, all 5 division members would make the playoffs. That is insane.

- There are also a lot of other very strong 3-1 teams, with Mathew117 and Sky having the most overall points scored at 293.5 and 291.25 respectively, almost 30 points clear of turtlepower0704 who has the 3rd most.

- I do have to acknowledge someone who has some of the worst luck ive seen in the three years I've run this. Avacodoh currently sits at 1-3 despite the 4th highest points for, due to an outrageous 285 points scored against. Usually high scores like this will even itself out, but it can certainly be discouraging to see your predictions doing well but still losing.

- Lastly, as I keep saying, it is still early in the competition. If you arent doing as well as you might hope, there is still a lot of competition to play. Even if winning your division may seem unrealistic, there are still a lot of wild card spots to go around for everyone. Have faith.

To view the results for this round and access the pick forms for the next round, you can view the standings spreadsheet located here: ML26 Fantasy Marball

Good luck in the next event (Hurdles), and hopefully they will release the individual lineups for it, ideally with plenty of time to allow you to make proper picks.

Hello Marballers, as the ML26 season has officially started, it is time to look at how the Fantasy Marball league has gone so far.

However, before we do that, I would like to do some basic housekeeping in regards to some of the participants.

-We have 49 people who signed up this year (an odd number of participants means I will be playing alongside the rest of y'all), which is by far a record for the most in this competition. I'm very thrilled that we have gotten so many of you to join!

-I'd like to acknowledge the podiumists in years past who are returning for this season. This list includes ML25 winner Coco, ML24 winner Hmmmmlmao, ML25 2nd place and the all-time wins leader Speny (career record of 23-7), ML24 2nd place T15, and ML24 3rd place Osim. If you are playing against them at some point, give it your all because they know what they're doing.

-Some interesting names, we have two separate users of Sky and Sky Master. They will be facing off in Event 9 to determine true superiority. We also have Ari and Ara, who will be playing each other in Event 5.

Last, with the total participant number finalized, I can announce some other news:

With 50 total participants, we are going to have 10 divisions of 5 people. You will play all other members in that division once. After event 11, the division winner will automatically advance to the playoffs, receive a top 10 seed, and receive a bye in the first round. The other spots will be filled by the next best teams based on record, with a total of 22 playoff participants.

Now for the actual results:

Yellerguy (10) vs Erto (47.75)
Senkel, BlackPink Ambassador (49.5) vs Swirl (27.25)
Sky (55) vs Ames (27)
Coco (47.5) vs Whitey (57.5)
Continue (49) vs Lord of Sheep (38)
luigi12345087 (32) vs Rich_Original8676 (52.75)
AverageLithuanian (47.5) vs JCEurovisionFan (62.5)
Myitta (35.75) vs Radiance, Save Me! (Detro) (46)
T15 (35.5) vs Depressed Tanner (41.75)
RazzyRailfan (34.75) vs ara (31.5)
GreenNinja (26.25) vs Raven (32)
Avacodoh (51.75) vs Scopitta (64)
WD-Magnetar (49.5) vs L-Marball (46.25)
Osim (41) vs Comap (17.5)
hmmmmlmao (37.25) vs WiscoMTFan (26.75)
turtlepower0704 (28.25) vs bluezeronium (36.5)
Astro Cat (78.75) vs Ari (46.75)
Onkogachi (23.25) vs Everyday_3 (46.75)
NeverEatDawnSoap (35) vs xlucella (50)
Math_Zz 27 is quacking (46) vs Maxendo (66.25)
Spork (58.25) vs Mathew117 (46)
Aidan (30.25) vs residentDO (65)
Aura (27) vs Swifty (39.5)
Sky Master (41.75) vs keirooo87 (39.5)
Speny (30.75) vs Super Yak (18)

Shoutout to Astro Cat for having the highest score overall this event with 78.75.

Full results & the pick forms for the following events can be found by accessing the now-live spreadsheet found here: ML26 Fantasy Marball

Navigating the Spreadsheet: To view complete results for this round, find the tab at the bottom which says "E1 Matchups (Balancing)" where you can view the complete breakdown of winners, points, and more. Each match's winner has been bolded. Future matchups can be viewed by clicking the tabs for those respective events. There are also other tabs where you can view the standings overall as well as with respect to each division. Additionally there is a tab called "Schedule/Prior Scores" where you can look at each person's schedule and results. This is currently unavailable but it will be made available soon. Lastly, the front page has the pick forms where you can choose your roster for upcoming events.