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The Marble Olympics and its addiction

If you think you have seen everything then wait for it. What you are about to know is 100% real and its freaking amazing. The marble Olympics, yes its real and it’s more fun and it’s for free.

In Marble Olympic you can pick a shiny marble that you like, press play on the YouTube video and watch it win or lose the game.

Jelle Bakker, the founder of Jelle Marble Olympics has been working on it for 10 years and regularly uploads new videos shot and handled by him.

Bakker has made sky rails and sand courses where various marbles race. He also hosted a whole world cup for marble race.

Bakker who suffers from a form of autism gets a relaxing feeling by the sound of rolling marbles which is why he loves making structures of marbles.

The whole concept of this marble race is to relax the mind and develop patience in the players. The marble moves on its own term without any interference from the outer force and thus are in nobody’s control but gravity. Each video has its own different course and different scenery.

Those who watch marble-race describe the game to be very soothing and relaxing. While many YouTubers claim to have been addicted to this fascinating game.

Bakker, 32, lives in Netherlands and at present his channel, Jelle’s Marble Runs, has 229,000 subscribers and his videos have attracted over 100 million views so far, making it one of the best online sports channel on YouTube.

Bakker is known for his long technical courses which are very different from other marble races which are of very short duration and are conducted on simpler tracks. His strategic approach to please his viewers with long and difficult courses keep everyone of them glued to their screens.

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