New Top Ten Rankings. UK & USA Invincibles. August 2008

Valid until October 1st

USA Invincibles
#1 BB1
#2 Surrealist
#3 WorldB
#4 Eebs
#5 j2cp2
#6 mike32768
#7 strnog1
#8 julieanne123
#9 ryaman
#10 shadowzep


UK & Co Invincibles
#1 miffy42
#2 jules44
#3 Little_Heaven
#4 Stuhern
#5 OldSpotPig
#6 burnsbaron
#7 sparklingwine
#8 paper_aeroplane
#9 lg549
#10 wakazawaka

MOPS or Most Outstanding Player August 2008

Top 10 Mops..valid until Oct 1st
1. AnneBonney UK up 49
2. greyhunter UK up 26
3. milamtexan USA up 21
4. OldSpotPig#5 UK up 18
5. Trooper2196 UK up 18
6. burnsbaron#6 UK up 17
7. Stuhern#4 UK up 15
8. Little_Heaven#3 UK up 14
9. Marsalinator USA up 13
10. cat_brat63 USA up 13
11. LanaDale USA up 13

And here are the best of the rest who played better and pengy would like to applaud you.
Alien8 USA held position
BB1 USA up 3
chewwy USA up 7
cyberhen UK up 8
donamaria UK held position
Dr_Gas UK held position
Eebs USA up 1
Georgia USA up 6
glitterfairy UK up 2
j2cp2 USA up 3
jacky UK held position
jibber UK up 1
julieanne123 USA up 6
kaykay USA up 5
kjc USA up 9
mfc UK up 4
miffy42 UK up 1
mike32768 USA up 2
mos623 USA up 11
mrsT UK held position
poolosopher USA up 10
RosaRita USA up 6
ryaman USA up 1
scubascott USA up 7
solan_goose UK up 1
sparklingwine UK up 2
twosleepy USA up 1
wakazawaka UK up 5
WorldB USA held position

Daily Winners August Challenge

Daily Challenge Winners
31st August miffy42#2 UK (58 plys, 17s)
30th August WorldB#3 USA (56 plys,18s)
29th August miffy42#2 UK (61 plys,18s)
28th August Little Heaven#10 UK (66 plys, 18s)
27th August shadowzep#9 USA (65 plys,17s)
26th August Surrealist#1 USA (69 plys,19s)
25th August BB1#3 USA (66 plys,16s)
24th August Little Heaven#10 UK (63 plys,17s)
23rd August jules44#2 UK (61 plys,17s)
22nd August miffy42#2 UK (71 plys, 14s)
21st August Eebs#4 USA (68 plys, 20s)
20th August Surrealist#1 USA (67 plys, 17s)
19th August WorldB#2 USA (70 plys, 21s)
18th August miffy42#2 UK (68 plys, 16s)
17th August Surrealist#1 USA (67 plys, 18s)
16th August Marsalinator USA (66 plys, 34s)
15th August WorldB#2 USA (71 plys, 21s)
14th August Eebs#4 USA (72 plys, 20s)
13th August miffy42#2 UK (70 plys, 14s)
12th August miffy42#2 UK (71 plys, 17s)
11th August wakazawaka UK (70 plys,18s)
10th August BB1#3 USA (68 plys, 15s)
9th August BB1#3 USA (70 plys, 17s)
8th August Eebs#4 USA (68 plys, 19s)
7th August Surrealist#1 USA (76 plys,21s)
6th August Surrealist#1 USA (72 plys,17s)
5th August miffy42#2 UK (74 plys,15s)
4th August Eebs#4 USA (73 plys,17s)
3rd August jules44#1 UK (72 plys, 17s)
2nd August j2cp2#7 USA (64 plys, 28s)
1st August jules44#1 UK (72 plys, 22s)

Hall of Flame August Mogul

72 players played during the month.

1. miffy42#2 UK (1230 points, 11 wins)
2. BB1#3 USA (814 points, 4 wins)
3. jules44#1 UK (736 points, 4 wins)
4. mike32768#8 USA (664 points, 0 wins)
5. Surrealist#1 USA (646 points, 6 wins)
6. Marsalinator USA (631 points, 0 wins)
7. shadowzep#9 USA (617 points, 2 wins)
8. WorldB#2 USA (580 points, 0 wins)
9. Little_Heaven#10 UK (548 points, 3 wins)
10. StuHern UK (545 points, 1 wins)

Daily Mogul Winners
31st August shadowzep#9 USA (46 plys, 17s) Movie Mogul
30th August miffy42#2 UK (49 plys,16s) History Mogul
29th August Surrealist#1 USA (46 plys,17s) People Mogul
28th August Little Heaven UK (49 plys,19s) Music Mogul
27th August jules44#1 UK (52 plys,16s) Sci-Tech Mogul
26th August miffy42#2 UK (52 plys, 16s) Animal Mogul
25th August BB1#3 USA (50 plys,19s) Geography Mogul
24th August Stuhern UK (50 plys, 25s) Movie Mogul
23rd August BB1#3 USA (47 plys,16s) History Mogul
22nd August jules44#2 UK (51 plys, 20s) People Mogul
21st August miffy42#2 UK (50 plys,18s) Music Mogul. 4 Wins In A Row
20th August miffy42#2 UK (47 plys, 18s) Sci-tech Mogul.
19th August miffy42#2 UK (51 plys,18s) Animal mogul
18th August miffy42#2 UK (49 plys, 16s) Geography Mogul
17th August Surrealist#1 USA (48 plys, 24s) Movie Mogul
16th August BB1#3 USA (51 plys, 15s) History Mogul
15th August Surrealist#1 USA (47 plys, 19s) People Mogul
14th Augugst Little Heaven#10 UK (52 plys, 16s) Music mogul
13th August Surrealist#1 USA (51 plys, 18s) Sci-Tech Mogul
12th August miffy42#2 UK (49 plys, 18s) Animal Mogul
11th August miffy42#2 UK (54 plys, 18s) Geography Mogul
10th August Little Heaven#10 UK (51 plys,17s) Movie Mogul
9th August miffy42#2 UK (53 plys, 19s) History Mogul
8th August jules44#1 UK (51 ply,18s) People Mogul
7th August jules44#1 UK (54 plys,19s) Music Mogul
6th August miffy42#2 UK (51 plys,17s) Sci-tech Mogul
5th August miffy42#2 UK (56 plys,16s) Animal Mogul
4th Aug shadowzep#9 USA ( 57 plys,19s) Geography Mogul
3rd Aug Surrealist#1 USA (51 plys, 22s) Movie Mogul
2nd Aug BB1#3 USA (45 plys, 17s) History Mogul
1st Aug Surrealist#1 USA (53, 16s) People Mogul


USA won 4650 bonus points = 52.5% (last month 4390 = 50.2%)
UK & Co won 4190 bonus points = 47.5% (last month 4360 = 49.8%)
USA win August by 460 pts = 5% (last month won by 30 pts = 0.4%)


Final Mogul Bonus Point Table... August 2008
1. miffy42 UK 380
2. BB1 USA 330
3. StuHern UK 260
4. WorldB USA 260
5. Marsalinator USA 250
6. Qmel USA 240
7. poolosopher USA 230
8. Quiz_Beagle UK 220
9. lg549 UK 220
10. shadowzep USA 220
11. mike32768 USA 220
12. magijoh1 UK 220
13. jules44 UK 210
14. Surrealist USA 210
15. j2cp2 USA 210
16. martin_cube UK 200
17. Little_Heaven UK 200
18. scubascott USA 200
19. Deborah USA 190
20. Dr_Gas UK 190
21. julieanne123 190
22. argentum USA 180
23. solan_goose UK 180
24. TAR_fan USA 180
25. ryaman USA 180
26. cat_brat63 USA 180
27. sparklingwine UK 170
28. wakazawaka UK 170
29. strnog1 USA 160
30. ryanknight USA 150
31. paper_aeroplane UK 150
32. twosleepy USA 150
33. Eloise UK 140
34. flicker123 UK 140
35. JCSon1982 USA 140
36. cyberhen UK 120
37. mos623 USA 110
38. greyhunter UK 110
39. drainman UK 100
40. Alien8 USA 100
41. Kick UK 90
42. RJ USA 90
43. purelyqing UK 90
44. trooper2196 UK 80
45. OldSpotPig UK 80
46. Eebs USA 70
47. onebraincellUK UK 70
48. skrizoo UK 60
49. kjc USA 60
50. loginnamealias UK 60
51. polaris UK 60
52. MarchHare007 UK 50
53. jacky UK 50
54. Lieberkuhn USA 40
55. demurechicky UK 40
56. blackprinceuk UK 40
57. Blackdresss USA 30
58. castortroy USA 20
59. Pix UK 20
60. milamtexan USA 20
61. AyatollahK USA 10
62. salami_swami USA 10
63. quasar USA 10
64. Wilberforce_Dumblebum UK 10
65. swotty UK 10
66. CRAZZYMAN USA 10
67. job19_25a USA 0
68. dippo UK 0
69. harriuscai UK 0
70. me UK 0
71. kaykay USA 0
72. chewwy USA 0

Hall of Flame August Titans

The Final Positions
1. StuHern UK 10 wins. 533
2. Marsalinator USA 4 wins. 454
3. Qmel USA 1 win. 449
4. poolosopher USA 7 wins. 424
5. Deborah USA 2 wins. 412
6. scubascott USA 372
7. sparklingwine UK 2 wins. 345
8. flicker123 UK 324
9. TAR_fan USA 1 win. 307
10. twosleepy USA 239
11. purelyqing UK 230
12. cat_brat63 USA 1 win. 223
13. greyhunter UK 222
14. onebraincelluk UK 209
15. solan_goose UK 201
16. Alien8 USA 181
17. castortroy USA 170
18. RJ USA 162
19. cyberhen UK 154
20. polaris UK 135
21. jacky UK 132
22. blackprinceuk UK 127
23. julieanne123 USA 2 wins. 112
24. demurechicky UK 1 win. 97
25. loginnamealias UK 93
26. MarchHare007 UK 87
27. skrizoo UK 65
28. Blackdresss USA 33
29. Lieberkuhn USA 25
30. dippo UK 18
31. swotty UK 16
32. milamtexan USA 5
33. rockybeach UK 4
34. salami_swami USA 4
35. harriuscai UK 3


USA team won 3572 points, fielding 16 players = 60% (last month 57%)
UK & Co team won 3012 points, fielding 19 players = 40% (last month 43%)
USA win August by 20% (last month 14%)


Daily Winners
31st demurechicky UK (25 plys, 24s)
3oth Stuhern UK (26 plys,23s)
29th Stuhern UK (22 plys,24s)
28th poolosopher USA (25 plys, 22s)
27th August julieanne123 USA (24 plys,21s)
26th August Marsalinator USA (26 plys,20s)
25th August julieanne123 USA (26 plys,27s)
24th August cat brat63 USA (24 plys,31s)
23rd August poolosopher USA (22 plys,25s)
22nd August Stuhern UK (24 plys, 23s)
21st August poolosopher USA (22 plys, 24s)
20th August Marsalinator USA (21 plys, 20s)
19th August poolosopher USA (23 plys,23s)
18th August Marsalinator USA (22 plys, 28s)
17th Aug sparklingwine UK (22 plys, 31s)
16th Aug Stuhern UK (22 plys, 25s)
15th Aug TAR fan USA (22 plys, 21s)
14th Aug Qmel USA (21 plys, 21s)
13th Aug Stuhern UK (22 plys,22s)
12th Aug Marsalinator USA (20 plys, 24 s)
11th Aug Stuhern UK (23 plys,29s)
10th Aug Stuhern UK (22 plys,24s)
9th Aug Marsalinator USA (23 plys, 29s)
8th Aug Stuhern UK (21 plys, 22s)
7th Aug Stuhern UK (24 plys,25s)
6th Aug sparklingwine UK (23 plys,21s)
5th Aug Deborah USA (25 plys, 21s)
4th Aug poolosopher USA (23 plys, 24s)
3rd Aug Deborah USA (22 plys, 21 s)
2nd Aug poolosopher USA (19 ply, 21s)
1st Aug poolosopher USA (20 plys, 24s)

Hall of Flame August Sole Survivor

Final Frontier...The Tough Survivors
miffy42#2 UK 425
WorldB#2 USA 425
j2cp2#7 USA won 400
mike32768#8 USA won 390
BB1#3 USA won 375
Marsalinator USA won 375
Little_Heaven#10 UK won 375
Stuhern UK won 355
Qmel USA won 350
TAR_fan USA won 320
Quiz_Beagle#6 UK won 275
flicker123 UK won 320
Paper_aeroplane#3 UK won 320
scubascott USA won 350
ryaman USA won 350
martin_cube UK won 315
Surrealist#1 USA won 330
cat_brat63 USA won 330
greyhunter UK won 330


KO3. Casualties...21st Aug
lg549#8 UK won 210
purelyqing UK won 210
shadowzep#9 USA won 200
Deborah USA won 195
ryanknight#5 USA won 180
Eebs#4 USA won 150
KO2.Casualties..14th August
Alien8 USA won 105
polaris UK won 105
cyberhen UK won 105
twosleepy USA won 105
blackprinceuk UK won 105
MarchHare007 UK won 85
poolosopher USA won 65
jules44#1 UK won 555
KO1 Casualties..7th August
jacky UK won 35 pts
onebraincelluk UK won 35 pts
sparklingwine UK won 25
solan_goose UK won 25
RJ USA won 20
castortroy USA won 20 pts
milamtexan USA won 15 pts
skrizoo UK won 5
glendathellama UK won 5 pts
salami_swami USA won 5 pts
harriuscai UK won 5 pts


USA won 5055 points = 57.5% (last month 61%)
UK & Co won 3725 points = 42.5% (last month 39%)
USA won augusts sole survivor by 15%


Daily Winners. The Final Frontier
31st August jules44#1 UK (21 plys)
30th August WorldB#2 USA (18 plys)
29th August BB1#3 USA (19 plys)
28th August miffy42#2 UK (19 plys)
27th August WorldB#2 USA (27 plys)
26th August j2cp2#7 USA (29 plys)
25th August WorldB#2 USA (27 plys)
24th August miffy42#2 UK (26 plys)
23rd August mike32768#8 USA (24 plys)
22nd August j2cp2#7 USA (28 plys)
Daily Winners Round 3
21st August Surrealist#1 USA (26 plys)
20th August flicker123 UK (28 plys)
19th August paper aeroplane#3 UK (32 plys)
18th Aug mike32768# USA (31 plys)
17th Aug WorldB#2 USA (27 plys)
16th Aug TAR fan USA (30 plys)
15th Aug Quiz Beagle#6 UK (29 plys)
Daily winners Round 2
14th Aug Surrealist#1 USA (33 plys)
13th Aug miffy42#2 UK (34 plys)
12th August j2cp2#7 USA (35 plys)
11th Aug martin cube UK (36 plys)
10th Aug miffy42#2 UK (35 plys)
9th Aug j2cp2#7 USA (36 plys)
8th Aug miffy42#2 UK (36 plys)
Daily Winners Round 1
7th Aug Eebs#4 USA (40 plys)
6th Aug jules44#1 UK (39 plys)
5th Aug miffy42#2 UK (40 plys)
4th Aug BB1#3 USA (40 plys)
3rd Aug BB1#3 USA (36 plys)
2nd Aug jules44#1 UK (34 plys)
1st Aug jules44#1 UK (34 plys)

30th August Shout Box

Union Jack
Hoisted by miffy42#2

1. miffy42#2 UK...come on you fearsome two of you
2. jules44#1 UK....you're under siege!
3. WorldB#2 USA...running up your bumpers..
4. j2cp2#7 USA...and a two leggity pair after
5. BB1#3 USA...and another posse behind you. Wow

3/2 for the americans. Hey come on, this is getting a bit much! They piled in as usual..but miffy had already scampered up that flagpole and hoisted the Union Jack and with jules guarding the bottom..well...it can be impossible to dislodge these two UK & Co generals.
There's a few private duels going on...never say die , no matter that Judgement Day is almost here. There's last minute points to nab...landmines to lay...
strnog1 USA V jules44 UK is a good one. Our brave feisty little jules has been away and has been dead busy making up lost ground since.
burnsbaron UK has poolosopher and PDAZ USA hounding him..come on you yanks I've told you about ganging up on folk before. You do it every month...but this time reinforcements are divebombing in quick over the horizon ...paper aroplane and sparklingwine are not far behind.
Quiz_Beagle UK V TAR_fan USA ..hmn...QB is on ferocious little doggy, always in the thick of it.
Careful solan_goose UK...twosleepy USA is after you.
tisonlyme123 UK is taking on donamaria USA
Emergency Alert...greyhunter has been ambushed by shoemike...
Alien8 and argentum. ..and there's no sign of help on it's way! Yikes!

The Titans
Yesterdays terrificus Titan was Stuhern

Top 5 allegiances... StuHern UK...Marsalinator USA...castortroy USA

julieanne123 USA ...scubascott USA

Cor...there's a heck of a lot of red up there. That's a pretty good 4/1 for the USA..but Stu came home first..got to..can't slow down or afford to stumble or trip over all that chewing gum tripwire the yanks been laying across the course. ...remember UK carry ice cubes to prise it off.

I must say julieanne123 and castortroy are looking pretty snappy. These were my little fave players incase you hadn't guessed.

Take care flicker123 UK there's a determined lone ranger pounding up behind! TAR_fan
cat brat63 USA has greyhunter and onebraincelluk in hot pursuit.
I have to say this...It strikes my uncomplicatd little pengy mind that castortroy..with a full months play under his/her grenade belt could be quite a force to be reckoned with next month. Come on UK get jumping up and down on the sidelines and pull some frightening faces..think The Exorcist!...Slap some woad on ..look menacing.

The Moguls

Yesterdaysmost perspicacious People Mogul was Surrealist#1 USA

A good win there...liked it...and don't what to worry you Surrealist but your #1 dog tag looks dangerously close to slipping down around your ankles. BB1 is after you with a big magnet! But..as we know...Invincibles are decided by performance on the Challenge so why am I yakking (nothing to do with a shaggy ox) about it here? No idea whatsoever.

Back to Mogul yak.

Some of you have pulled out all the stops this month and bagged even more goodies than you did in July. 71 of you have dodged under the 60 second guillotine and 26 of you, cor so many! have done your country proud...so I had a peek even though there's still a couple of days left.

I was so pleased I wanted to share it with you, all my friends.

The Best!
1. cat_brat63 USA already bagged extra 100 bonus goodies

Well done to cat brat!
The Rest...of the Best!
2. greyhunter UK already up 100
3. Eloise UK already up by 80
4. BB1 USA already up by 70
5. Marsalinator USA already up by 50
6. poolosopher USA already up by 50
7. trooper2196 UK already up 50
8. j2cp2 USA already up by 40
9. solan_goose UK already up by 40
10. StuHern UK already up by 30
11. Surrealist USA already up 30
The Rest!
Alien8 USA already scored same
argentum USA already bagged same
blackprinceuk UK already up 10
Dr_Gas UK already matched same goodies
drainman UK already up 20
JCSon1982 USA already up 10
julieanne123 USA already bagged same
Little_Heaven UK already up 20
magijoh1 UK already bagged the same
miffy42 UK scored same so far
Pix UK already up 10
salami_swami USA already scored same
scubascott USA already bagged same
twosleepy USA already scored same
wakazawaka UK already up 10
The unlisted remainder...who haven't

Gotcha! No list! If your name's not here..aw...

The Survivor
Yesterdays top 4 survivors were

miffy42#2 UK...WorldB#2 USA...j2cp2#7 USA...mike32768#8 USA

I've sharpened my bodkin...I'm coming to spear another 2 of you today and chuck you in the Pit.

Yesterdays victims were
BB1#3 USA..gee..our current reigning Soul Survivor bit the dust...
Marsalinator USA ...went out at KO2 in July. Escaped my bodkin longer this time and made the Final Frontier. Well done there
Little_Heaven#10 UK ..went out KO3 last time. You've made Final Frontier fame too. Yes..that means you go in the Hall of Flame for Eternity.
Stuhern.UK.also took longer to perish, better armour plating (which is why I traded my bradawl in for a bodkin) but reached the Final Frontier last time too.

Right...I'm joggin over banging my bodkin on my shield...now...pronto....so everyone duck and hide!

Pengy is acoming!

29th August Shout Box

Union Jack
Hoisted by Little Heaven#10

1. Little Heaven#10 UK ....2nd win in 5 days! Well done!
2. Eebs#4 USA ...intends to buy a laptop this weekend.
3. jules44#1 UK...is going to be crowning the new champ soon. Aw
4. mike32768#8 USA...Heck...that was close. A time tie!
5. WorldB#2 USA...Again! You climb the heights alot these days

3/2 for the USA.....but a fab UK & Co win for Little Heaven! good ,,,great..now all that's needed is some undercover operatives to go stalk Eebs and sabotage her mission. Just think! This could mean she might play every single day!
And Marsalinator....Branded? Chuck Connors? Yeh, Watched that series..good series, liked it. But Invinciblenesship (new damngodawful word from pengy) is Mandatory. It's a ploy to twist the psyche! It's psychological warfare! No one has ever accused pengy of being nice and it's too late to damage my reputation now.
Am having a little hum here..so what do you do when you're branded and you know you're a man... Hey...perhaps I should call all demoted Invincibles....
Branded Invincibles from now on!
Thanks Mars. ..you're a genius.
I'll order some branding irons pronto....with an nice M. Just googled a supplier..and my eyes smarted when I saw the dehorners but I persevered as only a true professional can...afterall the site claimed satisfied users..who did they ask? Mr Ed? Well what d' you know, there was me thinking implements of torture (been watching too much High Chaparral) and they're user-friendly electric now. Subject closed...you can all stop wincing.

The Titans
Yesterdays top titan was poolosopher USA

Top 5 allegiances...poolosopher USA...purelyqing UK...demurechicky UK ...Marsalinator...USA (Seen ya! You can run but you can't hide)...julieanne123 USA

Now Stu's got a nice comfortable lead but is it comfortable enough? I think so...so I'll start polishing his crown..if Qmel will hand it over without a fight. More troops have enlisted this month..which is kinda nice...but means anything could happen next month and this is the tough Titans we're talking about so invariably will. Loads of you are playing well...but my beady little eye gleamed yesterday when poolosopher bombed down the assault course. A part of me would like him to win... and all the other parts want others to win. I'm torn, I really am.

The Mogul
Yesterdays majestic music mogul was Little Heaven#10 UK

And she won the Challenge aswell! This is seriously good stuff. This makes Little Heaven my fab fave player for yesterday...no contest.
But other than for that remark...which therefore becomes more weighty
with importance because it's the only one....I scurry quickly onto the

The Survivor
Yesterdays steel sheathed, armour plated, knuckle dusting winner was miffy42#2 UK

I shall take a deep calming breath...you can take one too if you like...infact you're advised to.
The culling has begun...after a minor glitch...the Danger Zone did seem kinda of empty when it shouldn't be. TAR fan noticed it and set of the warning flares. So mantraps were set and pits were dug....
And now it is crammed to the hilt with a heap of victims.
A landslide victory for piranha and meek accomplice, moi.
But you might be a little confused....confusion is good....trust me, it is. It suggests a questing mind...not no mind.
Where once there were 19...19 has become 8.
11 victims in the net...8 who rightly were culled yesterday..without warning!
(Oops sorry). and 3 from the day before.
Don't be sad ....you got to the Final Frontier and that's flipping good work.
Final Frontier Latest Victims (showing valuable points earned for their team)
KO5. Qmel USA 350
KO5. TAR_fan USA 320
KO5. Quiz_Beagle#6 UK 275
KO5. flicker123 UK 320
KO5. Paper_aeroplane#3 UK 320
KO5. scubascott USA 350
KO5. ryaman#10 USA 350
KO5. martin_cube UK 315
KO4. Surrealist#1 USA 330
KO4. cat_brat63 USA 330
KO4. greyhunter UK 330

This vicious culling means we have only 8 left to shout and cheer for....

1. WorldB#2
2. miffy42#2
3. j2cp2#7
4. mike32768#8

In The Danger Zone ..and, well..in Danger
5. BB1#3
6. Marsalinator
7. Little_Heaven#10
8. Stuhern

Everyone get throwing down them ropes...the red, white and blue ones! Haul out your comrades....and I'll look the other way so I don't see what you do to the enemy!

4 of you will not survive to see another day!

27th August Shout Box

Stars & Stripes

Hoisted by Surrealist#1

1. Surrealist#1 USA...Boy..that was quick
2. WorldB#2 USA...And in chronological Invincible order

3. Eebs#4 USA...Huh...skipped one.
4. pollygw UK..well well...who do we have here?

5. Stuhern UK...More about you 2 UK little troopers soon

3/2 for the UK & Co...oops wet flipper slipped on key...USA. It's just been such a long time since I got to do it...

And it's getting closer to Judgement Day...I can tell ...my pacemaker has started missing the odd beat. Speaking of which...pacemakers that is and I'm far too young to remember Gerry and his, who were not as it happens a pioneering medical surgical team...ah, lost my thread there...ah, I mean our own pacemakers who are the tops and run roughshod over everyone and make you all quiver with fright. I'm talking Invincibles...in a hushed whisper. So who is on target to become one of our fearsome, heartstopping fighters and get to wear # pinned on their regal bum.

These are the Wannabe UK & Co Invincibles...but can they do it? can they beat back the rest and fend off attack?
#1. miffy42#2

#2. Little_Heaven#10
#3. jules44#1
#4. Stuhern.....buy your cable car ticket now!
#5. OldSpotPig....yes, animals are allowed on Olympus
#6. paper_aeroplane#3
#7. burnsbaron....and a butler of course,
#8. lg549#8 300..... good observation...your points.
#9. wakazawaka 299....and yours too
#10. pollygw 276.....look back over your shoulder

To my simplistic uncluttered pengy mind these are contenders too

sparklingwine 268
Seurat#7 260

AnneBonney 245
flicker123 238

And zipping upto the airy summit in the red cable car we could have....the Wannabe USA Invincibles
#1. Surrealist#1
#2. BB1#3
#3. WorldB#2
#4. Eebs#4
#5. j2cp2#7
#6. strnog1#6
#7. julieanne123....buy your ticket ready !
#8. ryaman#10
#9. mike32768#8
#10.Marsalinator 522 pts....Ah....look who's behind you...you might want to buy a refundable one...

mos623 518

This is the kind of loyalty testing stuff moi thrives on. Survival of the fittest!

And what's more it will weed out a tricky Titan or two.

The Titan

Yesterdays top terrific Titan was Marsalinator USA

Top 5 allegiances...Marsalinator USA...Qmel USA...sparklingwine UK

StuHern UK....flicker123 UK

3/2 for the USA...sorry UK...that was purely an act of absolution to make up for the earlier gaff.

Stuhern is on course to snatch Qmel's crown. And it'll be well deserved too with a posse of americans nipping at his heels. Go Stu go...stick rockets on your feet , sprout wings if you can for next month you might be barred. There's one or two who might...except that just means other angry x-Invincibles to fight against and there's nothing more determined that an angry x.

The Mogul

Yesterdays fabbiest animal mogul was miffy42#2 UK

Good little spiffy miffy....leading the UK & Co charge...and streaking ahead by a mile. Miffy could get 2 crowns aswell as # on his bum.

Impressive hey? julieanne123 is whizzing across the course very well just lately...and so is demurechicky. And who is this? This has to worthy of a mention...Lieberkuhn. Welcome new little trooper and well done for bagging goodies on your very first foray under enemy fire. ..scraping for the USA by the way.

The Survivor

Yesterdays top steel sheathed and armour plated player was j2cp2#7 USA

Again! That's 4 wins this month and to be honest I didn't really think anyone could tot up too many on this nerve shredding, deadly ordeal. Only 1 player has more wins. miffy42 at 5. I'm clapping my flippers here for both of you.

And I was just going to say....but I won't.

Instead 3 of you are in the deadly Danger Zone and ryaman you are NOT in the Pit. Must have sneaked out whilst I was tucking into a pile of tuna sandwiches (courtesy of cat brat63...thankee kindly).

Which does however leave the first potential sacrifices for piranah's jaws...

cat_brat63 USA (no you can't have the butties back!)
Surrealist#1 USA
greyhunter UK

Gee...Surrealist..an Invincible...that does surprise me. Aren't I a lucky pengy!

26th August Shout Box

Stars & Stripes

Hoisted by BB1#3

1. BB1#3 USA Might become #1 soon. Ssh....don't tell you know who.

2. miffy42#2 UK Aw trapped..the filling in the sarnie again
3. WorldB#2 USA It was a full on assault....
4. strnog1#6 USA Yeah..a proper ambush
5. Eebs#4 USA from all the top USA generals

4/1 for the USA. Cor...UK & Co this is not good. Had a few fave players yesterday...me gusta mucho Anne Bonney and Marsalinator who came racing in right behind in a two leggity race. ...and flopsy was kinda good too. I like flopsy..kinda conjures up strange images of bouncing bunny hops under enemy fire.

Just have to mention Little Heaven for her win on yesterdays eve too and for showing everyone how it's done. The good girls should always win.

New trooper demurechicky is putting in some cracking results.....new recruits sometimes flee the field after one days skirmishing with you fearsome lot.

Since TT (tournament time) began a total of 425 combatants have run the gauntlet and most have been stretched away..sorry that should be stretchered...never to be the same again....don't mean to make it sound they were carted off in broken bits and pieces.

The Titans

Yesterdays top terrificus titan was julieanne123

Top allegiances of the top five most terrifying... julieanne123 USA..

sparklingwine UK...demurechicky UK...Stuhern UK and Qmel USA.

3/2 for the UK & Co ...that's more like it! Go sock it to them yanks, string them up with bubble gum and hang em out to dry...and hang em high. Yes, I'm stirring it and make no apologies for sounding a psychotic penguin...it's the human company I keep.

But credit where credit is due...julieanne123 played for the first time...and won...and cat brat63 romped in first yesterdays eve...and poolosopher stormed home on the eve of the eve and the americans have won 15 days out of 25 this month. demurechicky was my fave player..had to be for zipping into the top 5. What a cracking start! Wonder if we've got a famous fab fighter in the making here? Last month Surrealist took the place by storm...I'm cheering now for demurechicky who gets to share pengy's, moi, undying dreadful respect as all-round fabioso at the mo'..I said share!

The Mogul

Yesterdays top geography mogul was BB1#3 USA

This is my other all-round fave...won 2 tournaments yesterday and is the reigning Sole Survivor...never mess with BB1. She's made of stern stuff.

So how is the bonus point bash going? Hang your heads UK & Co...

USA are in the lead (again) with 3800 bonus goodies in the bag......

UK & Co have 3340. If you're gonna catch up start catching up now!

The Survivor

Yesterdays top steel sheathed winner was WorldB#2 USA

Fave player yesterday was MOI! None of you managed to scramble out the Danger Zone to safety....heh..heh...and the time bomb is ticking away. Soon piranha will start culling so fast you won't know which way to run...well it upwards and onwards actually...and I don't intentionally mean to instil panic. Anyone of you in the bottom half of the table should start girding your loins....best players so far are WorldB for the USA and miffy42 for the UK & Co but all that can change.

Oh yes...and hasn't the FT site been a naughty pain this last day or so? Wonder if it's anything to do with the new look? onebraincelluk...a gentle, timorous little soul who can only think in the singular got lost trying to find the Global Challenge.

22nd August Shout Box

Stars & Stripes

Hoisted by Eebs#4

1. Eebs#4 USA ....ripped up the pole like a rocket!

2. WorldB#2 USA....defended the pole from UK attack

3. miffy42#2 UK ....all romped in in a line...three leggedy
4. strnog1#6 USA....all 3 got battered
5. mos623 USA....all 3 got bruised

4/1 for the USA. Did you see them 3 all falling over each other ? Frightening stuff!....It was worse further down in the next trench with OldSpotPig ...kjc ...Georgia ...Deborah and Marsalinator all tumbling in on 30 seconds. I reckon OldSpotPig could legitimately claim Cruelty to Animals there!

This of course means my fave player was OldSpotPig...perhaps because I've also noticed that wherever there is trouble, you'll find our brave little porky.

There were a few private duels going on...

shadowzep managed to nip ahead of burnsbaron..but only by the skin of his teeth ....bet this guerilla war isn't over yet.

lg549 and poolosopher have both stopped to get their second wind. You have to admire the stamina of these two...it's getting like tag with neither giving ground to the other...leave it a day or two and they'll be back locked in combat.

Georgia quite magnificiently dropped kick and has scurried off.

solan goose basted..bested adumbldore40..rather efectively too I might add...but the real heroes have to be flopsy and twosleepy bounding up behind. Shot straight past and , well, what can I say, keep alert twosleepy you've gone and landed yourself right in it behind enemey lines.

alien8 and greyhunter were set for a showdown...Come on own up which one of you ducked out of the way first! Alien8 is now creeping up on trooper2196 (a prison gaurd in UK disguise on leave from hangar 51 do you think? Come to think of it I did see a weather balloon drift by)..and meanwhile greyhunter is on the scent of shoemike. I make no apologies for conjuring with your names. This is Seventh Heaven to a blogger.

Well done to glitterfairy for a masterly stroke of genius in batting milamtexan and leaving him/her at the mercy of skrizoo and jacky .

Please...don't play tug of war with ambushed players! Human skin and bone is not very tensile!

The Titans

Yesterdays top titan was poolosopher USA

Top 5 players and allegiances...poolosopher USA...Deborah USA...

sparklingwine UK...castortroy USA and flicker123 UK

Nice win there pool and it now brings you up to 5 wins in total. I'm thinking you'd be up there in the masive fight that's going to erupt if you'd managed to play more. The UK resistance is stronger here than on the Challenge...yes it is, so congrats to the UK & Co Titan hit squad for doing better...or suffering less depending on your point of view...east or west of the Atlantic. ..or even Southerly if you're a Commonwealth friend and esteemed ally.

Now,....same rule applies here. No tug-of-war with another player! This applies to Stu too. Marsalinator and Deborah are bent on running him down....which is permissible in Pengy Law. Flattening, yes...just no snapping in two and littering the course. It's messy to clean up.

The Mogul

Yesterdays fan music mogul was miffy42#2 UK

4 Wins In A Row for miffy42#2 ...wow...that's the first player in any tournament this month to reach 3 or more and earn our gobsmacked respect. Can he make it 5 today ? Can he! Oh, can't wait, will have to have a sneaky peek over the parapet to see how he's mogulling.

Argh....NOT 5 Wins In A Row for miffy.....pity.

The Survivors

Yesterdays steel sheathed winner was Surrealist#1 USA

Piranha was out culling victims. I have a heap of soggy tissues here in an honorary monument to the poor you's who were abducted, trapped in the Danger Zone.

Here your are...with the precious bonus goodies you won sacrificing your sanity for your country!

KO3. lg549#8 UK 210
KO3. purelyqing UK 210
KO3. shadowzep#9 USA 200
KO3. Deborah USA 195
KO3. ryanknight#5 USA 180
KO3. Eebs#4 USA

And let's not forget the one who just got away! That was sneaky cat brat63 who must be running out of her nine lives...aw well, maybe next month hey? Wonder if we'll ever see cat meat on the menu?

This means our cunning cat gets the distinction of reaching the

Final Frontier

along with 18 magnificent others...and here you all....and I'm watching you all...very very closely....biding my time to pick of stragglers and chuck you in the Pit ready for piranha. Will you all please eat lean healthy food from now on....we have to watch piranha's cholesterol levels.

1. WorldB#2 USA
2. BB1#3 USA

3. miffy42#2 UK
4. j2cp2#7 USA

5. Stuhern UK
6. scubascott USA
7. Surrealist#1 USA

8. Marsalinator USA
9. ryaman#10 USA
10. Qmel USA
11. greyhunter UK
12. Little_Heaven#10 UK

13. cat_brat63 USA
14. mike32768#8 USA
15. TAR_fan USA

16. Quiz_Beagle#6 UK
17. martin_cube UK
18. flicker123 UK
19. Paper_aeroplane#3 UK

Remember...the scoreboard has now been reset for the Final Frontier . The Danger zone is empty....but not for long!

21st August shout Box

Stars & Stripes
Hoisted by Surrealist#1

1. Surrealist#1 USA...You're after a crown! Don't deny it!
2. miffy42#2 UK...Crumbs miffy...are you frightened?
3. Seurat#7 UK...A PB! Congrats from a proud pengy!
4. mike32768#8 USA...A PB aswell! This is nice.
5. mos623 USA...the Human Missile is back..

3/2 for the USA . They've done it again. And with 3 M's in the top 5..it was almost an M Day again!
Now I am learning cunning from you my human friends...instead of posting all the midmonth tournaments scores together I am going to sneak the HQ stats in seperately. This is purely and simply an act of self-preservation because I am a coward.
After play on the 20th...as Judgement Day draws nigh the Challenge war stats were like this...
USA have fielded 46 cracking troops who will never bend the knee. They have 9918 points tucked in their grenade belts. 59%
The UK & Co have sent 49 troops running through the minefield...and they must have got splatted here and there because they only have 7239 points. 41%
The USA are winning this war so far by a fat chunk! Come on UK & Co get to your battle stations...forget the Charge of The Light Brigade! Time to clamber into your tanks...

The Titans

Yesterdays top Titan was

Stuhern

Top 5 Allegiances were Stuhern UK...flicker123 UK...poolosopher USA...twosleepy USA and Deborah USA

Well done there to Stu and flicker123. But how are the terrificus titans doing?

Rifled the stats cupboard at HQ for this one aswell and it's..

The USA have sent out a squad of 14 demons who've nabbed 2179 grenades 58%...and the UK & Co have swiped 1865...42%.

Hey...I'm waving my white flag ...divert that tank over here...

The USA are winning this war too by an inhumanely large amount...no, I didn't mispell that.

The Mogul

Yesterdays fabbiest sci-tech mogul was miffy42#2 UK

That's 3 wins for miffy! I boasted and bragged and lay worrying

guiltily on my waterbed all night that I'd bestowed the infamous

Kiss of Death. But no! Three Cheers for 3 Wins to spiffy miffy then!

So what do the damning HQ say about the mogul?

The USA have filched 3060 bonus goodies, 56%....and despite laying mantraps the UK & Co only have 2730, 47%. Oh dear...someone exhume Winston fast! Just like El Cid he can still do his bit to rally the forces!

The Survivor

Yesterdays steel sheathed winner was flicker123 UK

And didn't this little player have a super duper day?

And don't forget today is last days play before the K.O and then we can all gaze trancelike with awe at the toughest survivors who have managed to reach the Final Frontier.

But which team is leading the race here? I confess my little flippers are damp with nervous apprehension...I see the Tower of London beckoning..but that's probably just post-traumatic stress after recently watching the Simpsons episode on holiday and dropping into Buckingham palace.

The USA toughies have earned 3140 clods of mud from the pit, or 56%. The UK & Co have 2480 smaller sods of soil, 44%.

Pengy observation: concise and pity....er, pithy.

The USA are winning ALL the four wars.

The UK & Co are in BIG BIG trouble.

My beak is zipped....I am beating my chest inciting WAR!

20th August Shout Box

Stars & Stripes

Hoisted by WorldB#2 USA

1. worldB#2 USA..they came...

2. mos623 USA...they saw...

3. BB1#3 USA...they conquered

4. ryaman#10 USA...with one american to spare!

5. OldSpotPig UK ..streaked rashly into the top mob

4/1 for the USA. Cor that was almost a deadly done thing. Good work there OldSpotPig for averting disaster.

And who were my fave players? There was a multiple pile up...had to send out the emergency cutting gear to prise the casulaties apart... 28 seconds was massive popular and here are all the fine soldiers soldered together...

my faves ...PDAZ USA...ryanknight USA...wakazawaka UK...mike32768 USA...Seurat UK...mfc UK....julieanne123 USA...poolosopher USA.

That was very well fought there my friends.

Meanwhile a few close hand-to hand bunfist fights are on the go.

shadowzep USA V burnsbaron UK

And so are lg549 UK V poolosopher USA
Georgia USA V Kick UK

adumbledore40 USA V solan_goose UK...with flopsy UK cleverly lurking right behind..arg! Careul flopsy, twosleepy USA is just behind you!
greyhunter UK V Alien8 USA
glitterfairy UK V milamtexan USA

And wasn't that fantabulously monochromatic on the eyes...

That's how many scraps on the go? ....Lots! Need to keep an eye on these terrific little pugilists. There's no cowards here I'll have you know!

The Titans

Yesterdays tricky top titan was poolosopher USA

Top 5 tricky troopers...poolosopher USA...sparklingwine UK...Qmel USA..Marsalinator USA...solan goose UK

My fave player had to be castortroy...came in 6th...but hasn't played this battle much. Know what this could mean UK & Co...yes, your darkest nightmare.....yet another american to try to drag down into the dust and keep down! They're rather good you know and soon Stuhern might be under pressure and if I polish my crystal ball/sardine can lid for a peak...ah, a potential Invincible next month..so, it's now or never..get in their UK and trip them over, wind stretchy chewing gum around their legs or tickle them into submission ! It's the UK & Co's turn to win this one.

The Mogul

Yesterdays crafty animal mogul was miffy42#2 UK

2 wins In A Row for spiffy miffy....miffy the magnificent who is absaloutely dominating this one. Can he be caught? Heck no..I think not. But with only 2 UK moguls in the top 10 it's looking kinda dire and desperate on the team event.

My fave player was cyberhen....grabbed precious bonus goodies...and is always modest so I will champion him/her, besides which I can see a persection complex developing....cat brat behave you wicked thing! All this chicken on the menu is putting cyberhen in a flap! And a word for chewwy. Commiserations. It's not fair! After getting 10 right and still denied points. Who made this stupid 60 second rule anyway?

The Survivor

Yesterdays steel sheathed winner was paper aeroplane#3 UK

I say, I like your style PA. You might divebomb headfirst into the Danger Zone but you soon get yourself out of trouble, no messing. greyhunter and ryaman escaped too..3 in one day. I must be slipping.

But the soft mud caved in under Deborah...lg549 and Marsalinator and landed them in it which was nice.....for me.

Only have till end of play tomorrow to see who can avoid piranha...I've seen him/her/it coming in my long range radar.

Time for a quick shufty around the battlefields...

Hah! there's mayhem at the foot of the challenge flagpole again...Surrealist is clinging there, he's stamped on miffy..who stamped on mos623 (ah well at least it was a soft landing then)...who'd stamped on kick. Yes..well...spiffy miffy is heading for 3 wins in a row on the mogul....hang on in there miffy! Stuhern is climbing high up the Titan flagpole so Marsalinator and his american cohorts can't grab him by the feet when they all pile in later on. Ooer...and j2cp2 has got 10 on the Survivor..hey that's good ...questions must be too easy.

Stars & Stripes

Hoisted by Surrealist#1

1. Surrealist#1 USA..He's back! Been behaving,...but not anymore

2. miffy42#2 UK...only 1 second behind! Nipping at his heels

3. WorldB#2 USA...Tried to wrestle miffy down..failed

4. Little Heaven#10 UK... in hot pursuit whilst straffing

5. julieanne123 USA...who had a piggy wiggy right behind

3/2 for the USA. ..my this is getting to be a habit. That's 11 wins for our fearsome american army and 7 for the UK & Co...and not a win for 4 whole days now!

My fave players? Thought OldSpotPig and poolosopher played sriously well. Yeh...liked them lots. But my absaloute fave was milamtexan for a fabulously good PB...well done there MM.

Talking of fearsome...we know we all tremble when an Invinvicble sets iron shod foot on the battlefield..and I've seen some of you scrabbling for cover into your trenches , don't deny it I've seen you! But .....is anyone on target to join the esteemed ranks? Or are any of our gladiatorial leviathans in danger of having their legs sliced from underneath them? Must be horrible been so good.

KNEEL! I said KNEEL...these could be the new tyrants if they keep playing so good

UK & Co Invincibles (unless you can stop them)

miffy42#2 ....will remain.

Little_Heaven#10....will remain.

jules44#1 ....will remain.

Stuhern ....would get to scale Olympus

OldSpotPig ...could go truffle hunting on Olympus too

burnsbaron ...get Dudley to hire a cable car up there

lg549#8 ...will remain

wakazawaka ...order your oxygen tank ready for the giddy heights.

paper aeroplane#3...will remain.

sparklingwine...no alcohol you know, it's ambrosia pud up there..

This means of course...that midgetmark...Kick ...Quiz Beagle...Seurat and magijoh could become battered and bruised Not-Invincibles. Bet that just made them sit up and reload their weapons with a mean gleam in their Cyclops eye. Don't look at me like that! Whew..no..that's the Gorgon isn't it

USA Invincibles

Surrealist#1 ...would remain.

BB1#3 ....would remain.

Eebs#4 ....would remain.

WorldB#2 ...would remain.

julieanne123 ...have crampons...will travel.

j2cp2#7 ...would remain.

mike32768#8 ...would remain.

strnog1#6 ...would remain.

Marsalinator ...strap your jetpack on now.

ryaman#10 ...would remain.

That would mean ryanknight and shadowzep would become

Not-Invincibles and reduced to mere mortals in combat. Don't think they'll go for that and there's nothing meaner and more menacing than an Invincible threatened with demotion and disgrace.

Hmn...if this all happens there could be a few changes in the UK & Co camp I'll have to nip of to Delphi and check the Oracle. Did you know they reckon there was hallucinogenic gas there?

The Titans
Yesterdays top titan was sparklingwine UK

Top 5 players & allegiances...sparklingwine UK...scubsacott USA...Marsalinator USA...poolosopher USA and skrizoo UK

That's another scalp in her belt for the feisty little UK player. Good work.

RJ went out in killer mode and filched MarchHares undefended trench and is sprinting hard after purelyqing. My fave little titan though was skrizoo...hope to see more of this player in action...enlisted late but is doing really well...and I love the name.

The Moguls

Yesterdays magic movie mogul was Surrealist#1 USA

He's good isn't he? Just has to be the player of the day yesterday...won both the Challenge and the Mogul. But skrizoo coming in 9th caught my beady eye. Doing really, really well just now...and did I mention I love the name. Whew...and drainman just managed to nip in time to grab bonus goodies. That was living dangerously!

The Survivor

Yesterdays steel sheathed winner was WorldB#2 USA

And my fave player for the day was...MOI! Because no one managed to escape from the Danger Zone! Not a one....never been known before so I'm bragging about my hunting skills.

As you know there is a little change coming up in the rules...yes, there is. Piranha is wickedly going to make it harder for you to survive after the end of this weeks K.O3. But don't worry, all of you who manage to reach the Final Frontier..I just added that because I like the sound of it....will be warned when the axe will start to fall...everyday..punishingly...with deadly stealth.

Can BB1 do it again?

Time to toddle of and snatch a cheeseburger off cat brat. See you there waving my napkin! That's my flag to show I'm not a pacificist but am a devout conscientious objector by the way.