In the very beginning, all I needed is to tweak and reduce a Torus shape, enough to have that singular chain look.

Of course, I would need to Duplicate Special to complete the chain and create the ball.

Now that's done, Delete All History and proceed to set up the simulation through Active Rigid Body. Just some minor changes.

Set the first chain's Mass to zero so it'll stuck in the air like it's being hooked on an invisible wall.

Play around with the settings only to change the bare minimum or else the chain and balls would either try to phase into the 4th dimension or break instantly at the slight gentle of simulated winds within Maya

I literally spent days figuring out how to set it correctly and it still breaks at 240Hz every, time. Even if I followed 1:1 of the tutorial I had in the online class.

And to provide a demo

I was trying to simulate a wrecking ball, hitting a wall and breaking it but it went a̶̧̢̛̛̛̛̛̛̛̰͍̥̗͖̺̱͈̲̗͓̝͔̻͔͖̲̺͚̹̙͍͇̋̎͌̌͌̄͌̈́̆̈̈́̃̈̌̿͒̇̊̉̉̋̂̈́̈́̇̀͌̍́̊̈́̄́̏́̅͆̔̉̈̌̔͌͛̈̀̇͐͑̕͘̚͠͝͝͝͝͝a̷̢̧̨̡̧̢̡̛͖͍̻̰̼̺͙̩͇̞̳̬̘̦̦̼̭̘̜̟̪̣͉͎͎̲̮̜̹̭̖̣͙̗̼̻̟̭̱̪̙̠̝̻͈̥̺̺̝̤̞̺̼̞̥̜̮̲̝͔͖͉͐̉̇̇̀̓̈̀͒̎̈̎̽̏̀̒͛̎̎̓̉̿̅͒̅͆̆̍̃̉͛̄̈́͛̀̽͋̇͂̿̈́̅͊͌̑́̈́̐̆̍͘̕̚̕̚̚̚͜͝͝͠͝͝͝͝͝a̸̧̢̨̧̨̧̧̢̧̧̛̰̝̭̩̦̩̙͉̟̼͚͚͕̙̗̖̮͙̲̲̰͈͚̰͈͖̟͎͖̮̭̤͇͇̣̙̘̩͓͚̥̮̲͕̲̟̗̻̫̥̺̟̹̬̼̹̖̱͍̬͈͇̭̠͚̼̼̟̹͔̖̣̣͔̪̻̙͖̮͔͇̳̝̻͎̗͌̀̽͑̓̌̆̅̾͒͒̄͋̏̈́̋̓̊̐̀̊̆̍͋̌͛̉̐͛̐̂͋͂̌̓̌͋̈́̚͜͜͜͠͠͝͝͠͝͠ͅͅͅa̸̢̧̛̛̩̥̟̹̫̣̣̻̜͓̣͇̜̖̖̗̩̭̘̰͓͕̳͇̠̼̬̪̤̪̠̰̤̓̒̈́̅̓͋͛̽̽͌̓͌̈́̈́͗̑́͆̄͗͒͒͜͠͝a̶̢̡̡̢̧̡̨̧̨̛̮̼̪̱̜̦̫̫̜̥͖̜̼͓͇̭̭̼̺̼͈͇̣̳͚̩̬̞̖̱͇̝̱̱̫̯͖̪̤͎͚̘̠̺͈͙̝̠̰̦͇̘̹̗̬͕̮̞̫̗̼̼̲͈̗̩͚̘͇̰̬͇̭̤͕̪̲͕̝̭͖̬̬͑̓̉̓́͛̉͋̾͒͒̆̓̎͌͘͜͜ͅͅâ̴̢̧̧̨̧̨̢̖͔̺̙̗̥͎̬̬͔̲̦̘̱̗̗͈͉̖̻̗̬̪̯͖͍̱̝̮͎̜̟͚̤̬̪̲͕̣̼̝̞̗̘̰̯̮̘̲̱͔̳̳̱̳̞̯̖̻̖̯͕͇̲̹͖͙̬͉̹͉͎̘̰͎͂̽̂̽́̾̿̊͛̽̾̍͛͛̐́͌͋̈́̇̾̆̓̉̓̉̑̉͗͒̄̚̕͜͜͜͝͝͠͠͠ͅͅą̴̧̨̛͉̺̟͔̲̮̦̘͙̖̦̝̪̩̮͗̑͂̂̎̀̍͋͂͊̂͛̚͘͜͠

So anyway, the actual end result is just right down below.

That's all for Chain & Ball Torture. Hope to see you next time. Memento Mori