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Who exactly is Nardo Polo?

by Sceptus · in Marble Blast · 04/02/2006 (10:36 pm) · 8 replies

So...who exactly is Nardo Polo? I've googled him and found some obscure references to his being the greatest marble player or something, but I haven't found any sites that directly talk about him, so I assume he isn't a real person.

However, I read on the Xbox forums that Nardo Polo is from GarageGames and plays MBU against people online. Can I venture to guess that Nardo Polo is Mark Frohnmayer?
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Torque 3D Owner Pat Wilson
#1
04/03/2006 (2:06 pm)
She said her name was Helga, the pony woman, the first woman to ever say "two wrongs don't make a right, but three do."

So I told her my name was Nardo Polo, the greatest marble player that ever lived.

Solo Hans
#2
04/04/2006 (1:28 am)
Ah, answer a riddle with a riddle. LOL.

Whirligig
#3
06/16/2006 (7:44 am)
What the heck?
Who's Helga?
This sounds like some kind of weird love story.

VadeR
#4
06/16/2006 (10:50 am)
He works for GarageGames and actually plays the game pretty well. In Marble Blast Gold for the XBOX he is ranked in the top 5, and in Marble Blast Ultra he doesnt play Single Player, but he is very good at Multiplayer. In fact GarageGames gave out T-Shirts one night to anyone that could defeat Nardo Polo in Multiplayer.

Doug Bohnenblust
#5
01/29/2010 (6:54 pm)
The Nardo Polo reference above is to the song "Spaz Attack" by a band called 2NU. The CD named "Ponderous" came out in 1989 by Atlantic. This CD features 'songs' are presented as stories if you like that type of thing it can be fun to listen to.

Here is a link to a webpage that discusses this band and the CD:
http://hkn.eecs.berkeley.edu/~calbear/2nu/

On at least two other songs on the CD there are references to either Nardo or Mr. Polo.

HTH



Matan
#6
01/31/2010 (4:31 am)
No, Nardo Polo is this guy: http://blog.instantaction.com/2008/02/israelird-vs-na.html


No references to any bands whatsoever

Sporlo
#7
03/15/2010 (7:25 pm)
Nardo Polo is legend, that's exactly who he is.

Excuse my bump, but everyone should know who Nardo Polo is!

(btw watch the video Matan posted)

billybob4424
#8
10/30/2013 (2:41 pm)
ok
Quote:He works for GarageGames and actually plays the game pretty well. In Marble Blast Gold for the XBOX he is ranked in the top 5, and in Marble Blast Ultra he doesnt play Single Player, but he is very good at Multiplayer. In fact GarageGames gave out T-Shirts one night to anyone that could defeat Nardo Polo in Multiplayer.

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