Glimmer

Glimmer in the Triathlon

**Glimmer** is a member of Shining Swarm. They made their individual debut in the Marble League during the Triathlon in 2021, finishing fourth. In 2023, Glimmer was promoted to a regular member, with Sparkle taking their spot as reserve.

## History

### 2018

Glimmer joined the Shining Swarm as their reserve member for the Marble League 2018 Qualifiers. However, they did not make an appearance in them. The Swarm ended up finishing at the bottom of their group, failing to qualify for Marble League 2018. They went on to attend the main tournament and watched from the stands.

During the offseason, the Shining Swarm competed in multiple events, the first being the Marble League 2018 Consolation Race. Shimmer was chosen to represent the team and came 7th. Sparkle then competed in the 100 Meter Water Race, finishing in 19th. Finally, the team competed in the Amazing Maze Marble Race. Unfortunately, the team finished last in their group.

### 2019

Undisturbed by their previous poor performances, the Shining Swarm entered the Marble League 2019 Qualifiers with high hopes. Again, Glimmer did not compete. Unfortunately, the Swarm again performed poorly and finished in 19th, failing to qualify for Marble League 2019.

The Shining Swarm prepared for another extended offseason. However, the team came to hear of the announcement of the Marble League Showdown. They were so excited they started rolling back and forth, mainly because Collision would be returning. As a result, the team went back to training after hiring Gleam as their coach.

During this time, the team also became subject of a meme on the official Marble League Twitter account, naming the Shining Swarm their favorite to win Marble League 2019, despite the team not competing. Their meme status was also helped by the fact that fans keep forgetting the team exist. This actually led to an increase in their fans, nicknamed the "Swarmy". As a result, the team received a newfound determination and were ready to "Rise and Shine".

Unfortunately, the Shining Swarm had a poor start to Marble League Showdown 2019, with an eleventh place finish in the Sand Rally. However, the next event was Collision, Glimmer's first appearance for the team. The team used the same strategy they had used two years ago to edge ahead of the Kobalts into the quarterfinals. Unfortunately, they lost to the Rojo Rollers in the semifinals, but managed to dominate Team Primary in the bronze medal match. The team got onto the podium for the first time in two years.

The Shining Swarm proceeded to keep this up with a fifth place finish for Shiny in the third event, the Funnel Race, bringing the team into 5th. However, the team faltered in the final event, Balancing, coming in 10th. They ended the Showdown with 22 points, tied with the Minty Maniacs. However, the Minty Maniacs had a silver medal in their medal tally, and so won the tiebreaker for 8th place meaning the Swarm had failed to qualify for the Marble League 2020 Qualifiers.

### 2020

During the offseason, the main four members of the Shining Swarm had to get back into the music industry in order to make money and support their team. Following that, they hired a new team manager, Sheen, and it paid off. The team was supported financially, and was ready to make an appearance in Marble League Showdown 2020.

None of the events in Marble League Showdown 2020 required the reserve members and so Glimmer yet again sat out of a competition. The Swarm started the Showdown with two bottom half finishes. The second half of the competition saw the Swarm turn things around when Sparkle and Shimmer won a silver medal in the team's first duo event, the Black Hole Funnel and Shiny finished fourth in the Sand Mogul Race. This was enough to put them into fourth overall, giving the team the opportunity to compete in the Marble League 2021 Qualifiers, their first time since Marble League 2019.

## Career Events

Note: Events include any kind of individual & team events (friendly events, other tournaments etc.)

## Individual Career Points

### Marble League

 2022 | 2
 Total

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Stynth (1st April 2020). RetRollSpective – Shining Swarm. Marble Sports.
2. ↑ Stynth (8th August 2020). Offseason Moments – ML2020 Showdown. Marble Sports.