绿鸭

绿鸭
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现在的绿鸭队伍图标，由Tim Ritz设计。

绿鸭（Green Ducks）是一只穿着军绿色和棕色队服的弹珠队伍，首次亮相于2019弹珠联赛。他们以最成功的新秀队伍而闻名，在2019弹珠联赛中获得亚军。他们继续在其他比赛中斩获佳绩，包括弹珠方程式 第一赛季（M1S1）。他们是2022弹珠联赛的东道主。

## 队伍成员

Mallard、Billy、Quacky、Ducky和Goose是队伍的原始成员及当前成员。Mallard在队伍建立后成为队长。

### **教练**

M1S2季军

注：项目包括任何比赛。

## **历史**

### **弹珠联赛之前**

绿鸭队的成员们来自叫做Brace Isles的岛屿。他们从小就喜欢弹珠运动。Mallard在2014年获得了Vellis巡回赛的门票，在那里她看到了野竞队第一次赢得了比赛，这让Mallard非常兴奋。之后她回到家乡Bermenghank，发现她的母亲生病了。Mallard看望了她，但是两天后她的母亲不幸去世。

Mallard的父亲Bombay当时没有工作，花了家里大部分积蓄用来支付葬礼。之后Mallard去了梨树农场工作，和她的弟弟Billy一起照看鸭子。在这段时间里，这对姐弟与另外的农场员工Quacky、Ducky和Goose交了朋友。这五个人在农场工作多年，成为了亲密的朋友，尤其是他们都喜爱弹珠运动。

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2017年，Mallard悄悄地参加了2017年弹珠联赛门票的抽奖，并赢得了门票。她带着朋友们去Knikkegen的丛林队球迷区观看比赛，丛林队服的颜色让他们想起了农场的草地。回国后，他们决定开始训练，成为了弹珠运动员。他们与Bombay进行了交流，于是Bombay辞去了旅游业的工作，成为了他们的教练。他们决定命名他们的队伍叫绿鸭。

绿鸭队一开始参加了Brace Islands的小型联赛，当时这个地方并不以弹珠运动而闻名。此后他们成为该地区最具统治力的队伍，这为球队赢得了赞助，使球队财政收入趋于稳定。他们于2018年搬到Draklin，并开始以Joshdon体育场作为他们的主场。

2018年末，有传言称等离子队因缺乏训练而从弹珠联赛退役，这给2019年弹珠联赛的预选赛留下了一个空的参赛席位。绿鸭队不久前申请参加预选赛，希望能取代等离子队的位置。2019年初，球队被邀请参加2019年弹珠联赛资格赛。

### 2019

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Despite being so new, 绿鸭 attracted a lot of attention from fans as they participated in the Qualifiers. The team proceeded to perform exceptionally. Mallard opened the Qualifiers for the team by coming fifth in the first event, the Funnel Race. In the next event, Block Pushing, 绿鸭 got an unprecedented 117.0 cm, coming first and moving to the top of the standings. They came fifth again in the Relay Race, securing their spot in Marble League 2019.

绿鸭 decided to conserve energy for the final event, Underwater Race, by putting in Ducky. Unfortunately, they came last, despite the team's best hopes. 绿鸭 dropped to fourth at the end of the Qualifiers, but given their exceptional performance early on, they qualified anyway. The team continued to gain fans, many of whom were fans of the Limers who had failed to qualify.

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绿鸭 started off exceptionally in Marble League 2019, with a silver medal for Quacky in Event 1, the Underwater Race, redeeming Ducky's poor performance from the qualifiers. This was followed by a seventh-place finish for Mallard in Event 2, the Funnel Race. The team then came fourth in the next three events. The momentum built up to Event 6, the Relay Run. In the final leg, Billy lurched forward ahead of Tangerin of the O'rangers to win the team's first gold medal, putting them at the top of the standings.

Over the next four events, 绿鸭 averaged seven points per event, keeping them in the top three, but they lost first place to the Raspberry Racers, who took the lead after Event 8, the Summer Biathlon. The team refocused before Event 11, the Dirt Race. In said event, Ducky boosted ahead of Swifty of the Savage Speeders to finish second, closely followed by Rozzy of the Raspberry Racers.

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绿鸭 followed this up with a record-breaking gold medal in Event 12, Rafting, reclaiming first place. Event 13, the Elimination Race, saw 绿鸭 face off against the Raspberry Racers once more. In the final, Quacky faced Rezzy and Red Eye of the Crazy Cat's Eyes. Red Eye got stuck near the top of the course. Quacky and Rezzy shot down the course, but Quacky got stuck just before the finish line, allowing the Raspberry Racers to claim their first ever gold medal.

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绿鸭 remained in first, but would not medal again. They lost the lead in the standings to the Raspberry Racers after coming 12th in Event 14, Surfing. The team ultimately finished in second overall, behind the Raspberry Racers, with 204 points and five medals. 绿鸭 automatically qualified for Marble League 2020 and became the most successful rookie team in the Marble League. Their fanbase only continued to grow afterwards.

### 2020

#### Marbula One Season 1

绿鸭 spent the start of the off-season at the farm in Bermenghank, training for upcoming events and inspiring young fans who watched from the edges of the farm, before returning to their headquarters in Draklin. While the team were training for Marble League 2020, Bombay received a letter from the JMRC, saying the team had been invited to take part in Marbula One Season 1. They accepted and sent Mallard and Billy to represent them. Given their outstanding debut season in the Marble League, 绿鸭 had become one of the most favored inaugural Marbula One competitors.

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True to their status as a rookie sensation, 绿鸭 had a promising start in the first half of Marbula One Season 1, with a race win and fastest lap for Billy in the O'raceway Grand Prix, followed by a fourth-place finish for Mallard in the Momotorway Grand Prix, making up for their eighth place finish in the opening Savage Speedway Grand Prix. However, multiple finishes outside of the top ten would be 绿鸭' undoing. The fifth Grand Prix would be hosted by the Ducks at Greenstone, a race in which Mallard placed seventh. The following two races would be run by Billy, in which they placed thirteenth and seventh respectively. However, Mallard went on to achieve a second-place finish in the final Grand Prix at the Midnight Bay Circuit. This lead 绿鸭 to a respectable sixth-place finish overall with Mallard finishing in the top ten for individual racers.

In the time before Marble League 2020, the 绿鸭 made headlines by starting a youth league in the Brace Isles, the Golden Egg. This was to encourage marble sports in the region and to encourage marble athletes to stay and compete locally. The opening of the new league was in Bermenghank and had two divisions: a youth division for those getting started in marble sports and a junior division for those more experienced. The junior league involved a tour around the Isles to prepare the top youth teams for future competitions. Included in the team roster were the Silver Swans, 绿鸭' youth team. Once they had opened the tournament, 绿鸭 left the running of the games to Honk, a friend of Bombay, and they returned to Draklin to train.

#### Marble League 2020

In the Marble League 2020 Friendly Round, 绿鸭 did not perform as well as expected. They started with a third-place finish in Block Pushing after their heat needed to be redone when the Hazers got hit by the starting gate. Next up was Funnel Endurance where Mallard came last. Then in Balancing they had one finisher but only managed to come third meaning they could no longer finish in the top two. They finished second in the final event, the 5 Meter Sprint but it was futile, and they finished the Friendly Round in last place.

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The Ducks continued to fail to live up to the previous year's successes with two bottom half finishes in the first two events of Marble League 2020, Balancing and the Halfpipe. Hope returned after a fourth place finish in Funnel Endurance. However this was followed by a six event spree of bottom half finishes, four of them in the bottom five, culminating in a last place finish by Goose in the Sand Mogul Race. This string of poor performances left them in last place overall, the opposite end of the table to where they had been the year before.

The team started to improve for the second part of the season. A sixth place finish by Billy in Event 10, the 5 Meter Sprint, lifted the team out of last into 14th overall. Billy and Quacky then just missed the podium with a fourth place finish in the Black Hole Funnel. A string of mid-table finishes took the Ducks to the end of Marble League 2020 where they finished in a disappointing 12th overall, a completely different season to the previous year. Fans began to question whether the previous year had been beginner's luck or whether this performance was a sophomore slump.

The Ducks returned to the Brace Isles and made appearances all over the region, continuing theit community work such as organizing clean-ups of the Larkey National Park in Draklin to visiting young marbles in the infirmarblery. Bombay had set up the Peartree Fund, named after Peartree Farm, to help fundraise for families in the process of looking for work.

#### Marbula One Season 2

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Mallard and Billy returned for Marbula One Season 2 and had a strong start with a bronze medal for Mallard at the Minty Mania Grand Prix and a fifth place finish for Billy at the O'raceway, keeping the team in third overall. Mallard qualified well at the Honeydome Grand Prix in third but fell down the ranks and only managed 14th place finish. Billy returned the team to form with a sixth place finish at the Aquamaring Grand Prix and a fourth place finish for Mallard at Tumult Turnpike. The first half of the season ended on a high note with Billy getting the double by both qualifying and finishing in first by almost two and a half seconds at the Arctic Circuit Grand Prix, taking the team into second behind the dominant Crazy Cat's Eyes. The Ducks had set a record by making it into Q3 of the qualifiers in every Grand Prix of the season so far.

### 2021

#### Marble League Winter Special

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During the mid-season break of Marbula One Season 2, 绿鸭 were invited to compete in the Marble League Winter Special, featuring sports the team had not competed in due to having formed after the last winter edition of the Marble League in 2018. They travelled east to the Himarbleayas with a brief stop at Isle Hyu to raise awareness for the Indigo Stars' conservation project.

The competition began with two seventh place finishes for Quacky and Mallard in the Ice Dash and Snowboard Cross respectively. Hopes of a medal in a Marble League style event were crushed after two fourth place finishes in the next two events, Speed Skating and the Bobsled. The Ducks had a disappointing thirteenth place finish in the final event, Ice Hockey, losing to the Savage Speeders in the first round. The team finished medal-less in eighth overall.

#### Marbula One Season 2

绿鸭 got off to a slow start after the mid-season break of Marbula One Season 2 as they only managed to get four points in the next two Grands Prix. Bad showings from other teams kept the team in second place, 71 points behind the dominant Crazy Cat's Eyes, making it almost impossible for the Ducks to clinch the championship. Things got even worse as Billy shockingly placed 17th in the qualifiers of the Palette Park Grand Prix despite qualifying in the top five for the first four Grands Prix. This Grand Prix cost the advantage the team had as the team dropped to third, with the Thunderbolts again two points ahead and Team Momo close behind. Mallard's silver in the Misty Mountain Grand Prix enabled the team to jump to second, becoming the only team mathematically able to win the championship with 51 points behind the Crazy Cat's Eyes. Billy wasn't able to live up to expectations and only finished tenth in the Savage Speedway Grand Prix, dropping to third once again. They were able to keep in third until the end of the season, with both racers finishing in top ten of the individual standings.

Following their succesful Marbula One season, the Ducks returned to the Brace Isles in time for the second season of the Golden Egg. Before setting off on the competition's tour of the Isles, the Ducks announced that Honk would be moving to the team's headquarters in Draklin to become the team's manager, while also keeping their role as commisioner of the Golden Egg.

Mallard was sent to participate in the Marble League 2021 Practice Race and finished 19th.

#### Marble League 2021

绿鸭 arrived in Felynia for the Marble League 2021 Qualifiers and competed in Group B. The team had a good start to the Qualifiers, finishing fifth in the Wave and second in Funnel Endurance, taking them to third overall. Two bottom half finishes in the final events dropped them to fifth overall, enough to qualify for Marble League 2021.

Despite a good finish in the Wave during the Qualifiers, 绿鸭 opened Marble League 2021 with a last place finish in Event 1, the Wave. The Ducks immediately turned things around by winning gold in Event 2, the Balancing, mirroring their fellow 2019 rookies, the Indigo Stars, who had won Event 1 and finished last in Event 2. This medal was also their first since 2019. Despite a poor start, the gold medal boosted the Ducks into third behind the Raspberry Racers and the Hazers, reminiscent of the podium of Marble League 2019.

The team's next five events unfortunately mirrored Event 1. Billy finished seventh in the 5 Meter Sprint despite breaking the Marble League record in their heat. This was followed by four bottom half finishes inlcuding another last place in Jousting, dropping the team to 12th overall. However, the team had a brief taste of their 2019 peformance with a run of three consecutive silver medals in Block Pushing, Triathlon and Steeplechase, lifting the team up to fourth.

Unfortunatelty, 绿鸭 continued to be inconsitent, with another five bottom half finishes, once again dropping them down the table to 11th overall. Despite their good Marbula One performances, Billy could not turn around the team's fortunes in the final event, Marblocross. Despite leading the race a few times and at one point being high enough to win Marble League 2021, Billy could not keep the lead. After a poor conveyor belt exit on Lap 13, Billy started to fall down the rankings, ultimately finishing the race in eighth and keeping the Ducks in 11th overall.

After the Closing Ceremony it was announced that 绿鸭 would be hosting Marble League 2022, auto-qualifying them for the competition. A member of the Ducks competed in the ESCAPE2021 Marble Race, where they came in last place.

### 2022

#### Marbula One Season 3

Soon after Marble League 2021, 绿鸭 received an invitation to participate in Marbula One Season 3. They accepted once again, and decided to retain their familiar roster of Mallard and Billy. Mallard had a rocky time in the qualifiers at the Tumult Turnpike Grand Prix as they qualified in 17th out of 20 runners. During the race though, they were able to move up the order and finish the race in 7th. Billy had a rough time in their first race of the season as they qualified in 14th and finished in 13th at the Sleet Street Grand Prix which was disappointing for the marble that won at the Arctic Circuit Grand Prix the previous season.

## Marble League 2019

主条目：Marble League 2019

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### Main Tournament

绿鸭 went on to medal 5 times in Marble League 2019 and come in 2nd overall, the best performance yet by a debuting team (not counting 2016).

## Marbula One Season 1

主条目：Marbula One Season 1

绿鸭 took part in Marbula One Season 1. Their team consisted of Mallard and Billy.

## Marble League 2020

主条目：Marble League 2020

绿鸭 pre-qualified for the Marble League 2020.

### Main Tournament

绿鸭 had a lackluster 2020 Marble League. They didn't manage to win any medals and spent almost the entire tournament in the bottom half of the standings.

## Marbula One Season 2

主条目：Marbula One Season 2

\*Billy qualified for pole position, earning them 1 extra point.

## 2020/21 Offseason

### Qualifiers

绿鸭 competed in Group B and qualified for Marble League 2021.

### Main Tournament

At the end of Marble League 2021, they finished in 11th in what was called their redemption season, and they were announced as hosts at the end of the closing ceremony, auto-qualifying them for the competition.

## Marbula One Season 3

主条目：Marbula One Season 3
绿鸭 currently take part in Marbula One Season 3, represented by Mallard and Billy.

\* Season still in progress

\* 1 bonus point for fastest lap.

## Career Events

 2020
 2021
 Total

## Team Members' Individual Scores

### Marbula One

 Mallard | Marbula One S1Marbula One S2Marbula One S3 | Savage Speedway GP (S1)Momotorway GP (S1)Greenstone GP (S1)Midnight Bay GP (S1)Minty Mania GP (S2)Honeydome GP (S2)Tumult Turnpike GP (S2)Momotorway GP (S2)Misty Mountain GP (S2)Midnight Bay GP (S2)Tumult Turnpike GP (S3)Misty Mountain GP (S3)Mellow Meadows GP (S3)

## Gallery

GreenDucksTP.jpgTeam Profile 2020GreenDucksTP21.pngTeam Profile 2021GreenDucksTPML21.pngMarble League Team Profile 2021GDM1.jpegMarbula One (S1-S3) PosterScreenshot 2020-06-26 at 7.46.54 PM.png绿鸭' Second Place Finish in ML 2019Mallard.pngMallard, the captain of 绿鸭.Bombay.pngBombay, 绿鸭' coach.Greenstone.pngGreenstone, home of 绿鸭.
## Trivia

* Their name honors Hank Green, who helped Jelle's Marble Runs regain monetization, and JoshOG, a streamer who regularly promotes the Marble League.
	+ It also is an indirect reference to the Mighty Ducks hockey team, from the movie of the same name.
		- The team's coach, Bombay, is also an indirect reference to the movie, as they share the same name as the Mighty Ducks' coach - Gordon Bombay.
* With the exception of the original Marble League performances, 绿鸭 hold the record for best overall performance by a debut team, finishing 2nd in their inaugural year.
* 绿鸭 are set to be the second expansion team to host a Marble League, the first one being Crazy Cat’s Eyes in 2021.

## References

1. ↑ Skystrykr (15th March 2019). 2019 MarbleLympics - Team Members. Reddit.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Stynth, Roilan (24th August 2021). RetRollSpective – 绿鸭. Project Marblearth.
3. ↑ @hankgreen. Twitter (1st January 2019). “I've got a team in the Marblelympics!”
4. ↑ @JoshOG. Twitter (1st January 2019). “This is one of the coolest things EVER!!! OUR COMMUNITY IS IN THE MARBLELYMPICS 2019!!!!!!”