Wednesday 8th July

Stars & Stripes

Hoisted by Surrealist#8

Top 5 allegiances 1 Surrealist#8 USA ... 2. jules44#1 UK ... 3. mos623#1 USA ... 4. WorldB#2 USA ... 5 markswood#4 UK

3/2 for the USA...it's wonderful to see you back Surrealist and in such fine form...and I'm still casting a fond beady eye on moomin UK...still there in the Top 25 Toughies....a true little fighter. ..and still my fave player.

So where are the private duels right now?

Well jules has snatched back the lead from mos...but careful UK jewel in the crown he's only 1 point behind you..shadowing your footsteps.

Surrealist..yesterdays winner...is managing to keep miffy42 at bay..that is worthy of a medal too. Come on miffy...show him who rules!

ryaman v StuHern looks intriguing...Stu's a demoted Invincible and as we all know..a branded Invincible out to prove his worth is a fearsome thing to behold. ryaman I'll get the stretcher ready then shall I?

Oops ...no..it's already been requisitioned...Deborah USA V markswsood UK or even Qmel USA V steve-e UK might need medical intervention..or resuscitation.

unless they're trampled by poolosopher and lg549, distracted and engaged in their own fisticuffs and about to charge into them.

I say..this is all shockingly close and flipper nibbling stuff.

Moomin UK..I've seen you! Taking a breather ..is that wise? That takes nerve when you're surrouned by scubascott and shadowzep.

ah..this next ambush bring tears of sympathy to your eyes

...helmar UK... solan_goose UK... jacky UK ... LauraMcC UK ... onebraincellUK UK ...and.... milamtexan USA..a lone american..cut off from his brothers in arms...

And a real gritty stand-off of 3 USA versus 3 UK ...argentum USA ... blackprinceUK UK ... RosaRita USA ... astralspace USA ... pc377 UK and jamesbedoshopper UK.

Which brave trooper is going to climb to the top of that heap!

I don't think I've ever seen so many close individual battles going on across the battlefiled.

Time to whip out my binoculars and keep an eye on all this gory quizzing ready to dispatch medical aid.

The Titans

Yesterdays top terrificus Titan was Qmel

Top 5 allegiances 1. Qmel USA ... 2. flicker123 UK ... 3. StuHern UK ...

4. steve-e UK ... 5. shadowzep USA

3/2 for the woad wearers! And two ex- champs in the top 5.
Here's a bit of useless information for you...out of 25 titans currently rampaging across the wartorn battlefield, only 8 are americans. Only 8. This sparks dread in me and my little heart thuds arrythmically with fear for my courageous (suicidal?) american buddies. Fearless and not afraid to be flayed alive...wow...I list their names in grudging admiration...

j2cp2...Qmel ... ...shadowzep ...Alien8...

cubswin2323...castortroy ...Blackdresss.

7 , that's only 7...ah...and twosleepy

The Mogul

Yesterdays most cunning animal mogul was jules44#1 UK

What can I say? The Uk army have built a fabulous blockade. An american has only managed to win once this month...well done there ryaman.

But yesterday the avaricious beady eyes searching out victims were not mine

they were piranha's

yes...him..

The Sole Survivor

Yesterdays top steel sheathed survivor was jules44#1 UK

Two wins in one day..very good jules..I like it. But yesterdays first victins after KO1..who struggled and kicked magnificently by the way as they slithered into his jaws...were

KO1. jacky UK with 35 pts
KO1. blackprinceuk UK with 35 pts
KO1. onebraincelluk UK with 35 pts
KO1. milamtexan USA with 30 pts
KO1. chewwy USA with 30 pts
KO1. trooper2196 UK with 25 pts
KO1. Blackdresss USA with 5 pts
KO1. mandy UK with 5 pts
KO1. MarchHare007 UK with 5 pts
KO1. castortroy USA with 5 pts
KO1. whee UK with 5 pts
That's 7 takeaway snacks from the UK and 4 from the USA.

And this has only whet piranha's bulimic appetite! It seems a bigger catch than usual...and can I just say..ah...to poor mandy. A late arrival and was shoved straight into the Pit by the other competitors..it's every human for him/herself here you know.

The scoreboard has been reset so the Danger zone is empty for today and I'm clearing out all the ladders and ropes, pogo sticks and space hoppers to hamper future escapees and that means all you lucky survivors will have to go through the whole harrowing experience again.

My fave players of distinction from the survivors are
paper aeroplane UK ...moomin UK ... jamesbedoshopper UK .and cubswin2323 USA who all escaped the snapping jaws in KO1 this time around. You have lived longer my friends, so I applaud you. Take a bow.

Must dash off now to chuck some nice slippery mud around the edges of the Danger Zone.

See you there...I'll be on sentry duty in my tuxedo..scavenging at the edge of the abyss! And remember...whoever said nothing in life is ever just black and white..they were right! I am not nothing!