Hazy

Hazy winning the Misty Mountain GP (S2)

**Hazy** is a former member & captain of the Hazers, joining the team for it's inaugural season in 2018, and has been the team's captain since Marble League 2019. Along with other team members, they hail from an unspecified region in East Asia, and train on a mountain top beside Mount Huaze.

Regarded as one of the best athletes of Marble League, Hazy has found success in both Marble League and Marbula One, getting 3 medals and 4 medals respectively. Despite being in only nine individual events in Marble League, Hazy has scored a total of 96 points, earning a silver in every year except Marble League 2021.

Hazy is best known for winning Misty Mountain Grand Prix (S2) after qualifying in sixteenth, becoming the second racer to achieve last-to-win and also the first racer to win their home Grand Prix, they also won Tumult Turnpike Grand Prix in the same season, becoming the third racer to win two Grands Prix in one season. These two wins enabled Hazy to finish 8th in the individual standings and the team eventually finished 4th, Hazy has got two golds, one silver and one bronze out of ten Grands Prix they attended and has scored a total of 100 points.

However, Hazy is also notorious for performing badly in the final events of multiple tournaments, such as performing badly in Midnight Bay Grand Prix in both Marbula One Season 1 and Season 2, which dropped the team from 1st to 2nd and from 2nd to 4th respectively. In the Marble League, Hazy finished 12th in the Marble Marathon and a last-place-finish in Marblocross, the latter of which dropped the team from 2nd to 4th once again, crushing the team's chance of standing on the podium.

Hazy's form would drop dramatically from Marble League 2021 onwards, as they scored just 6 individual points during the season, the lowest of any marble on the Hazers. They would later have a poor Marbula One Season 3 campaign, finishing with only 10 points to their name with no medals, in contrast to their previous Marbula One seasons. Hazy would take a sabbatical after the season, and did not participate in Marble League 2022.

## History

### Pre-Marble League

The Hazers come from an unspecified region within East Asia. In fact, the team's origins are shrouded in mystery. No one has been able to get any leads on the team's origins, either from the team themselves or from outside sources, although in early 2019, a journalist discovered a Hazers souvenir shop south of Hunluen. The Hazers have indeed been hesitant to talk about their origin, claiming the topic is unimportant. But they insist that they know who they are and what they are doing in the Marble League.

In fact, the mysterious nature of the Hazers has made them subject of curiosity as the marblebase rushed to find out where they come from and what they did before joining the Marble League. The only available hint for their place of origin so far is the fact that they do their training on a mountain top within an East Asian mountain range, beside Mount Huaze. Part of the mystery of the Hazers is their success for a team that appeared out of nowhere.

### 2018

The team was seeded into Group A in the Marble League 2018 Qualifiers. The team were in 6th after two events. Hazy was able to get the fastest score of all 24 teams in the next event and shoot the team to 2nd in the standings. The team was able to win the last event as well and qualified for Marble League 2018 as the first place of Group A.

The Hazers had a strong start to Marble League 2018. Hazy won a silver medal in the first event, 5 Meter Ice Dash. Smoggy followed this up by winning another silver in the next event, Ski Jump, putting the team into 1st place overall. Unfortunately, this also fueled controversy around the team as they came to be accused of cheating. The team ignored the allegations and moved on. The Hazers faltered in the next two events, Halfpipe and Bobsled, finishing in 14th. The team dropped to fourth. Misty's gold in Speed Skating rose the team back to first in the standings. The team finished 14th in the next event again and dropped to 2nd. In the second half, the team failed to finish top five in any of the events and finished 6th at the end of the season.

During the offseason, Hazy took part in the Amazing Maze Marble Race along with the team, where the team surprised fans by getting eliminated in the heats.

### 2019

The Hazers took part in the Marble League 2019 Qualifiers. The team started strong with Hazy finishing third in Funnel Race, but the team had a poor performance in Block Pushing, finishing in second to last. The team dropped to 11th, but they managed to make up for it by winning the final two events. Once again, the team came at top of the table in the Qualifiers.

The Hazers started off with a 4th-place finish for Hazy in Underwater Race. This was followed by a bronze medal in Funnel Race, and a gold medal and another Marble League Record for the team in Balancing. The team rose to second in the standings, 7 points behind the Savage Speeders. 5 Meter Sprint, saw Smoggy win a silver medal. This put the Hazers into first place. However, over the next three events, the team failed to get higher than 8th place, and the team fell to 5th overall.

The Hazers then got a bronze medal in Hurdles Race, followed by the team's second gold medal of the season in Hubelino Maze. They moved up to 2nd place. The team earned another bronze medal in Rafting, and Hazy won a silver medal in Surfing, setting the team up to be one of the three candidates for the championship title. The Hazers finished 11th in the penultimate event, Collision, but the Savage Speeders finishing in last place ensured the Hazers would finish in the top three. The Hazers eventually finished in third overall and automatically qualified for Marble League 2020.

While training for the Marble League 2020 Friendly Round, the Hazers received an invite from the JMRC to take part in Marbula One Season 1. The team accepted and chose Hazy, "Jetstream", and Smoggy, "Smokebomb", to represent them, believing that they both could translate the team's performance in the Marble League into Marbula One. To clear up the controversy regarding their origins, the Hazers were kind enough to give a hint about their origins through their announcement poster.

### 2020

#### Marbula One Season 1

Hazy made their debut at the Savage Speedway GP, qualifying in 9th. They managed to took the lead in lap 8 and finished the race in second. Smoggy's bronze at O'raceway GP rose the team to the top of the standings. Hazy scored the third consecutive podium finish for the team by finishing 3rd at the Momotorway GP. Unfortunately, the team's consistency faltered when Hazy dropped to a disappointing eleventh-place finish at Greenstone GP. The team dropped to second after the next GP. Smoggy won Razzway GP and regained their lead in the standings, 14 points clear of the Savage Speeders. With this, the team were looking confident as they were in a strong position to win the inaugural Marbula One Teams' Championship. Smoggy also took the lead in the individual Racers' Championship standings.

Unfortunately, Hazy did not perform very well at the qualifying for the final race, the Midnight Bay GP, while Speedy of the Savage Speeders got pole position. During the race, Hazy battled their way into the top ten, but couldn't get past eighth place, which was where they finished. Meanwhile, Speedy went on to win the race. As a result, the Hazers missed out on the Teams' Championship as the Savage Speeders stole the lead from them at the end of the season. Hazy finished 7th in the individual standings.

#### Marble League 2020

Despite only finishing 3rd in the Friendly Round. The Hazers had a very consistent start, with several mid-pack finishes through the first 6 events. However, after a 9th place finish in the Hurdles, the team fell out of the top half of the standings. Things continued to get worse after a dead last finish in Block Pushing. Foggy won a gold in the Triathlon and Hazy managed to finish 2nd in Sand Mogul Race, which elevated the team to 6th. The team however would start to become more inconsistent, starting with the Black Hole Funnel event. The team was able to get a bronze in the Team Aquathlon. This was followed by a 4th place in Collision. Hazy only finished 12th in the Marble Marathon and the team finished in 6th.

#### Marbula One Season 2

Soon after the Marble League, the Hazers participated in the Marbula One Season 2. They also sent out Smoggy and Hazy once again. At the season-opening Minty Mania GP, Smoggy finished twelfth despite getting pole. Hazy did even worse at the O'raceway GP, failing to qualify for the race. They only scored one point at the next two Grands Prix, causing the Hazers to drop to second-to-last overall. At the Tumult Turnpike GP, things didn't seem to go any better as Hazy qualified in 11th. However, on the following day, they won the race, bringing the Hazers up to 8th overall. This was followed up by a 4th at the Arctic Circuit GP, bringing the Hazers up to 6th overall right before the winter break.

### 2021

#### Marble League Winter Special

During the winter break of Marbula One, the Hazers participate in the Marble League Winter Special. This competition started off with a decent performance from Smoggy, who grabbed a silver medal at the Ice Dash. Following that was Hazy, who was able to get a bronze in the Snowboard Cross. This propelled the team to first. Misty only managed to finish 7th in the next event however. After a terrible outing in the Bobsled event, the team was in threat of losing out on the podium. However, the team would pull together a 6th place finish in Ice Hockey and ended this tournament in 3rd, on the podium.

#### Marbula One Season 2

The second half of the season started with a DNQ in Raceforest GP, dropping the team to 8th in the standings. Followed by that was a 5th-place-finish in Momotorway GP which jumped Hazy to 8th place in individual standings. Smoggy then participated in Palette Park GP where they finished the race in 3rd place. Hazy barely qualified for the Grand Prix on their home course in 16th and climbed swiftly to 8th when the race had to be restarted. Hazy rose to 2nd on lap 14 and took the lead on lap 15, they were able to hold the lead until the end of the race and the team jumped up to 3rd in the standings. Smoggy was able to finish 5th in Savage Speedway GP and the team climbed up to 2nd, 2 points ahead of Green Ducks who were in 3rd place. Unfortunately, Hazy's 14th-place-finish in Midnight Bay GP dropped the team to 4th, just missing out on the podium. Hazy finished 8th out of 40 racers.

After Marbula One Season 2 ended, the Hazers received an invitation from the Balls of Chaos to compete in the Cranthym Challenges that featured a mix between sports and puzzles. The tournament included some teams in Marble League such as the O'rangers, the Pinkies and the Kobalts. The team managed to get first in the first challenge, ninth in the second one, a 2nd place, a 6th-place and a 9th place followed. Then came an 8th, a 5th and an 11th. At this point the team has got 37 points and were sitting in third place. Guild of Wit were in first, the Balls of Chaos were in second and the team was tied with the Whizlers. The Hazers managed to get gold in the penultimate challenge and got 5th in the last challenge, but Whizler's gold in the final event was not enough for the team to win the tournament. The team finished the tournament in 2nd, just one point behind the Whizlers. In middle of May, Smoggy participated in Marble League 2021 Practice Race and got 11th.

#### Marble League 2021

The Hazers were placed in Group A in Marble League 2021 Qualifiers. The team placed 1st after two events. To everyone's surprise, the team fell from first to last in their heat of 5 Meter Relay, finishing 10th in this event. They dropped to 5th in the standings. Smoggy's 3rd place finish in Sand Rally was enough for the team to qualify in 3rd.

The Hazers started off decent in the first 3 events, including a silver medal in Balancing. The team sat in 4th place, with just two points behind the leaders. Two bottom half finishes dropped the team to 11th. Cloudy and Misty clinched a gold medal in Jousting, and the team rose to 3rd. Two bottom half finishes dropped the team to 7th. Foggy managed to redeem that by getting a bronze in Triathlon, and the team jumped up to 5th. This was followed by another two bottom half finishes and the team dropped to 10th. However, the Hazers bounced back greatly by finishing top three thrice in the next four events. This included a gold and two bronzes, jumping the team to 2nd in the standings with one event to go, seven points behind the Raspberry Racers. The team sent Hazy to participate in Marblocross and started 15th because of reverse grid. Hazy struggled during the whole race and finished last, dropping the team to 4th once again.

## Career Events

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

## Individual Career Points

### Marble League

 2019 | 2
 2020 | 3
 2021 | 2
 Total

### Marbula One

 S2 | 6
 S3 | 6
 Total

## Trivia

* Hazy is the first racer to win their home Grand Prix, and also the second to win a Grand Prix despite qualifying in 16th.
* Hazy was also the first racer not from the Crazy Cat's Eyes to win two Grands Prix in a season.
	+ They would be followed by Royal from Kobalts and their teammate Cloudy.

## Gallery

Hazy after winning silver in 5 Meter Ice DashHazy after winning silver in Sand Mogul RaceHazy clinching their first win in Tumult Tunpike GP (S2)Hazy winning their home grand prix