MOPS or Most Outstanding Players December 2009

Valid until February 1st 2010

1. DuckSnort USA up 13 Absaloute TOP MOP
2. flicker123 UK up 12
3. Blackdresss USA up 11
4. yand UK up 9
5. Timmacg#9 USA up 8
6. Qmel USA up 6
7. Eebs#4 USA up 3
8. Markswood#5 UK up 3
9. Dr_Gas UK up 3
10. j2cp2#6 USA up 2
10. lg549#4 UK up 2
10. martin_cube UK up 2
10. jacky UK up 2
10. Mikeangel USA up 2

And here are the rest of our best Challenge players who increased their ranking and battled up the trenches.
argentum USA up 1
Clamking USA held rank
dippo UK up 1
helmar UK up 1
jules44 UK held rank
klahrace USA up 1
Lacey UK held rank
magijoh1 UK up 1
MarchHare007 UK up 1
miffy42 UK up 1
moomin UK held rank
paper_aeroplane UK up 1
pc377 UK up 1
polaris UK held rank
poleparrot UK held rank
strnog1 USA held rank
Stuhern UK held rank
tisonlyme321 UK up 1
trooper2196 UK up 1
WorldB USA up 1

Beagle Babble

Would anybody mind telling me just where the year has gone?

Anway here, we are - nearly mid-December and, as well as featuring the Top Ten, I have arbitrarily chosen the thirteenth person (because 13 is my lucky number) to feature. If anyone wants to know why I've been a bit busy, check out the Beagle Blog on my Profile on the Main Site. Enough, now for the stats:

Survivor Potential Victims:

jacky, Eebs, flicker123, moomin, dippo, poolosopher and Felix_H_Wilkinson. {Beagle takes off impartial Blogger's hat and puts on UK and Commonwealth titfer}. Any UK or Commonwealth players are welcome to grab my tail - I'm not a gerbil!

Thirteenth player is Deborah. WTG!

Impartial Blogger's hat back on...

Titans

That dratted Beagle
Qmel
Doc
dippo
martin_cube
moomin
twosleepy
klahrace
LauraMcC
MarchHare007

Our lucky 13th is poolosopher - onwards and upwards!

Moguls

Where speed and accuracy is involved, you can always expect to find the Really Rapid jules44 - . Deborah is another great speedster, followed by WorldB, markswood, briarwoodrose, StuHern, magijoh1, It's That Beagle Again, ryaman and dippo.

The Mogul's marvellous Morelli is Number Thirteen.

US v UK & Commonwealth:

And again jules shows a clean pair of heels to miffy42, mos623, WorldB, Deborah, Eebs, strnog1, Clamking, ryaman and moomin.

Now, positions 16 to 22 are solid UK & Co., but what is the use of languishing, there, eh? Shape up everyone, including That Beagle.

And 13? Yet another US player - mike32768. Go, you Mike!

And in the awards? Nothing so far in December, but Qmel bagged a Submarine and MarchHare007 snapped up a Money Tree and another Submarine. I shall have to check out the respective fleets and report back - could we have a Military Build Up here?

Crowning Champs Day

It's Crowning Champs day ... our November champs

Our Challenge Champ and Mogul Maximus ...has this stamped on her bum .. Made In England. Guess who? Will jules44 shake my fishy flipper and come on up and claim her thrones! She thieved the Challenge throne back off mos623 ... and grabbed the Mogul back from miffy42. What's more ... yes, there is more ... she snatched most Daily wins aswell. Isn't she good!
Titanasaurus Rex ... Just a minute ... here we are .. Another Uk & Co trooper stormed to glory! I'm waving at you morelli .. ah, don't be bashful ... come on up and claim your throne. Bask in that adulation , be proud for you have joined the exalted ranks of the throne-sitters! Not many can brag about that you know. And morelli snatched most Daily wins ... became an Invincible .. and ... there's even more about morelli but that's my little secret and I'm keeping it because I'm perverese and love suspense.
Sole Survivor .... just a minute whilst I search around for my itty bitty flag ... there! Made in America! And 7 times now he's beat off the enemy and missed Piranha's snapping jaws. It's WorldB ... who's rapidly becoming the greatest Sole Survivor of all time. The woad wearers army might always win this one but it's always a rebel who steals the throne. ..and it's usually WorldB.

Panning my telescope I zoom in on Mount Olympus , searching for those that lurk in the eyries there.

The USA Invincibles
#1 mos623
#2 Deborah
#3 WorldB
#4 ryaman
#5 Strnog1
#6 mike32768
#7 Eebs
#8 j2cp2
#9 Clamking
#10 timmacg

The UK & C0 Invincibles
#1 jules44
#2 miffy42
#3 paper aeroplane
#4 steve-e
#5 morelli
#6 lg549
#7 markswood
#8 magijoh1
#9 StuHern
#10 briarwoodrose


I'm been impulsive here ... but want to award 3 smoked kippers to 3 snappy little players who caught my eye. Eebs is back .. and charged straight back upto Mt Olympus. And look at morelli ... what a wonderful month .. that has to be worth a fishy kipper. And the last filleted delight? Ah .. well that goes to timmacg ... a newcomer. But undaunted at the stiff competitive became an Invincible and was the top USA Titan (alas, managed to grab the throne leg but not climb up onto it) and battled into the Final Frontier on the Survivor. I am predicting we have a future hero here!

And finally .... this pengy is proud to annonce this months new reigning MOP.
That's Most Outstanding Player incase you're wondering what the heck I'm on about.
I dust off the luxurious comfy throne .. cunningly rigged with massage and heated cushions .. invented by clever humans ...for humans. And this brings me to my morelli secret .. I will share it now.
Top Mop
Will morelli please wriggle over to this throne ... well done!

Top 10 Mops
1. morelli UK up 42 Absaloute Top Mop
2. Eebs USA up 30
3. timmacg USA up 30
4. moomin UK up 29
5. argentum USA up 9
6. j2cp2 USA up 7
7. steve-e UK up 7
8. LanaDale USA up 7
9. quasar USA up 6
10. ryaman USA up 5
10. RosaRita USA up 5

Psst .. did you see? timmacg is there again too! Wow! There's a dangerous player to watch. And I'd like to cheer argentum ... LanaDale and RosaRita too. Have you noticed all those Americans in the top 10?
And next, all you guys and girls improved your rankings and did your army proud. Who knows... next month you might become one of the Exalted Mops ... pengy's faves.
briarwoodrose UK up 3
Chip UK up 1
donamaria USA up 1
helmar UK up 2
jules44 UK up 1
kaykay USA held rank
klahrace USA up 1
LauraMcC UK held rank
magijoh1 UK up 1
miffy42 UK up 1
mike32768 USA held rank
Mikeangel USA held rank
onebraincellUK UK up 1
paper_aeroplane UK up 2
polaris UK up 4
Quiz_Beagle UK held rank
trooper2196 UK up 1
WorldB USA up 2

But it's a new war now and I suspect the UK & Co aren't going to have it so easy this time.
If you see me lurking in the trenches with a stack of stretchers , don't worry ... they're for you!

Results from HQ for November 2009

Hee.. hee.. my human friends, I really do think I have the most fun here.
Remember the days when I used to hide in my bomb pod? Scared?
Not so now ... contact with courageous humans has made me courageous too!
Yes! It's true!
This pacifist pengy is now nurturing Red Cross aspirations ... I aim to charitably feed the new Survivor Pit captives once they start arriving ... I have a barrel full of gnawed kipper bones to toss in there.
I also have the last months war stats from HQ clutched in my grubby little flipper. I will share them with you worthy heroes and heroines and dynamic dogs and all manner of cute creatures.

So... into the breach!

The Challenge
USA fielded 28 troopers, won 7542 points = 52.5% of the shandy keg.
Uk & Co fielded 34 troopers, won 8264 points = 47.5% ... or the bung.
Once again the rebels across the sea won the november challenge by a 5% margin.
Pengy's incisive observation: In September the USA won by 8.8% ... in October they won by 6.4% .... you know where I'm going with this don't you, because you're clever ... Yes! The UK & Co are whittling away the USA lead ... oh a little shiver of apprehension wriggled down my spine then .... Is the smaller army finally running out of stamina!

The Titan
USA fielded 6 troopers... that is not a typo, what worthy patriots! ... and they won 848 points = 43% ... the bung.
UK & Co fielded 19 leviathans , won 3557 points = 57% of the shandy keg.
UK & Co win the november Titan by 4% ... oops, missed off the 1 ...by 14%.... but compared to a disastrous 25.6% in October , credit where credit is due our American friends fought terrifically well.
I confess to being impressed .. so I'll wave first at all the winning troopers from the UK & Co team ... but a big special cheer for our six brave americans ... and I shall honour them by naming them so we can all gaze at them in stupefied admiration.
The first 3 were utterly wondrous ... the latter 3 finally abandoned the battlefield. War wounds? Deserted? Can't say I blame them. I would too.
timmacg ... klahrace ... cubswin2323 ... Alien8 ... shadowzep and BlackDress
But ... be careful UK ... there'll be Demoted Invincibles storming back into the fray this month. I'll just swivel my telescope and have a sneaky peek ... hah! dippo is already there! Wait till later ... I bet ... hmmm... I confidently bet a barrel of kippers that Qmel and twosleepy for the USA will take up the gauntlet too.

The Mogul
USA bagged 3340 bonus goodies in their arsenal = 42%
UK & Co bagged 4590 = 58% ... of the all important firing pins.
UK & Co win the november Mogul by 16%. ..last month it was by 17.4%
Oh dear... the woad wearers have a stranglehold ... I've seen american scalps littering the battlefield. Hey..play fair! But it's not the UK troopers thieving them you know.... it's that guillotine, it's lethally sharp.

The Survivor
USA snatched 3665 of piranha's extracted teeth as they evaded the Danger zone and elimination = 46% of the spoils of war
UK & Co snatched 4260 of piranha's teeth = 54% of the spoils of war.
UK & Co win the November Survivor by 8% ... last month 13.4%. I hope you spotted that UK and take due warning.
And I found some fluffy clumps of tail fur too ... doubtless left behind after some escape from the pit.

Overall War Stats from the 4 November Battlefields
USA = 46%
UK & Co = 54%
UK & Co win the November War by 8% .... last month it was 12%
Right... I'm always on the underdogs side ... especially when the underdog is starting to sharpen it's teeth...so then I can eventually be on the winning side too! Clever hey? Come on USA ... I'm cheering for you here ... in my snappy tuxedo!
A new war has started so shrug into your combat gear and get running ..or clicking.

New Invincibles for December 2009

Valid until 1st January 2010

Remember..as fearsome Invincibles who reside on Olympus you can NOT play the Titan quiz this month

USA Invincibles
#1 mos623
#2 Deborah
#3 WorldB
#4 ryaman
#5 Strnog1
#6 mike32768
#7 Eebs .. new resident on Mount Olympus
#8 j2cp2
#9 Clamking
#10 timmacg ... new resident on Mount Olympus

UK & Co Invincibles
#1 jules44
#2 miffy42
#3 paper aeroplane
#4 steve-e
#5 morelli .. new resident on Mount Olympus
#6 lg549
#7 markswood
#8 magijoh1
#9 StuHern
#10 briarwoodrose .. new resident on Mount Olympus

Demoted (branded on their bums) Invincibles who now CAN play the Titans this month are....
USA .. Qmel .. twosleepy
UK & Co .. Maggie .. dippo