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MOPS or Most Outstanding Players January 2010

Valid until March 1st 2010

1. scubascott USA up 29 Absaloute Top MOP
2. figaro_34 UK up 27
3. mfc UK up 10
4. DuckSnort USA up 9
5. donamaria USA up 9
6. Quiz_Beagle UK up 8
7. LauraMcC UK up 8
8. morelli UK up 7
9. moomin UK up 7
10. astralspace USA up 6

And the rest of the hungry horde who improved their ranking.
Blackdresss USA up 2
blackprinceUK UK up 4
briarwoodrose UK up 5
Chip UK up 5
Clamking USA up 3
Dr_Gas UK held rank
Eebs USA up 2
j2cp2 USA held rank
jules44 UK held rank
kaykay USA up 2
LanaDale USA up 3
magijoh1 UK up 3
MarchHare007 UK held rank
mike32768 USA held rank
Mikeangel USA up 4
mos623 USA up 1
Qmel USA up 3
RosaRita USA up 2
ryaman USA held rank
steve-e UK up 3
strnog1 USA held rank
tisonlyme321 UK up 2
twosleepy USA held rank
Wetherby_Pond UK up 3

Crowning champs Day

Greetings my human friends!
It's the first crowning ceremony in 2010 ... for our fabulous December 2009 winners.
Given the recent weather some of you have been having I nearly switched your comfy recliners for snow mobiles. But no ... your hi-tech, state of the art luxurious lazy lie-in thrones are plugged in ready and set to a snugly warm massage.
So with no more ado ...
Challenge Champ & Mogul Maximus. It's another double for our Made in the UK wonderful, unbeatable jules44! Dear deadly jules will you come on up and claim your throne. What can I say that won't sound banal? Well .. with 13 wins she was also the Challenge Daily Dervish. ..and surely 13 is lucky for some ... for she also notched up 13 wins on the Mogul. Congratulations jules44 ... you surely deserve the title of our all-time best trooper.
So who gamely offered the strongest resistance from the opposing army? A cheer for mos623 , top USA player for fighting to the death on the Challenge. And our top USA Mogul? Ah .. our Deborah ... I say does this mean that the girls are better than the fellas?

Titanasaurus Rex. Clue: She's done it before ..she's done it again and she's already taken the lead after one days play! It was a closely fought tussle for the crown though ... and for a time I thought martin cube or Quiz Beagle were going to trample her in the dirt. But no .. Qmel .. Mogul smorgasborder and trooper extraordinaire has filched the coveted Titanasaurus Rex crown , that's twice now, joining company with the other Elect 2 times winners .... Stuhern and poolosopher. Will she snatch it a third time and become the absaloute best? With Quiz Beagle and martin cube hungry for success and scubascott returned to the battlefield I shudder to think of the carnage this month. Terrifically exciting isn't it? My heart just gave a little thud then ... and the stretchers and aqua vitae are ready!
Whilst the USA grabbed the throne , the UK & Co army was the best in the trenches lead by UK top general martin cube ... well done there martin ... and for also been the Titan Daily Dervish with the highest total of 8 wins. Let's see what this month brings for you hey? Eek! Take care! Not only is Qmel already leading the charge .... scubascott is stalking you!

Sole Survivor. Ah ... I've being looking forward to this. I'm waving a UK flag for ... ... markswood.
Dear markswood ... can I be presumptious enough to call you dear? will you come on up and claim your throne ... wriggle your little bum in that comfy upholstery. Nice isn't it? Don't be shy ... be proud... for you have joined the ranks of the toughest troopers...the rare few who can claim to have outwitted and outrun Piranha and escaped the Pit. Only five others have ever managed to elude those deadly jaws and now you are one of them and make the sixth. Pengy is real chuffed for you.
WorldB was the top American trooper and miffy42 was the Deadly Dervish with 9 wins.

I am always humbled and dumbstruck at what terrific players you all are ...
All of you!
I'm going to beat my tuxedo chest here with pride! Listen to this my clever friends ...
Yesterday FT Stats ... out of the top 100 quizzes played only 6 could claim an average player score over 900 .. and 3 of them were you ... my gifted proteges who don't turn tail at a tough fight.

10th. The USA versus UK & Co Challenge. Avg score = 920
12th. The USA versus UK Mogul. Avg score = 931
99th. The USA versus UK & Co Titans. Avg score = 921

I know you're all too modest to cheer! But I'm not! Whoopee!
The top No1 quiz had an average score of 502.
Pengy's beak is zipped.

And from these two clever armies the deadliest were

The USA Invincibles
Fear them for they are great
#1 mos623
#2 WorldB
#3 Deborah
#4 Eebs
#5 strnog1
#6 j2cp2
#7 mike32768
#8 ryaman
#9 timmacg
#10 Clamking

The UK & C0 Invincibles
Fear them for they are great
#1 jules44#1
#2 miffy42#2
#3 paper aeroplane
#4 lg549
#5 markswood
#6 magijoh1
#7 morelli
#8 StuHern
#9 dippo
#10 steve-e

And there is one final drum roll.
For our new TOP MOPS

TOP MOP . Would DuckSnort please take a bow and waddle on up and claim their throne. My fave .. a little animal. .. but don't let Qmel pluck you and serve you on a platter! For a new recruit this is impressive stuff. Well done .. DuckSnort keep them scrawny little legs going like pistons!

My Top MOPS ... a few more than 1o because so many of you were so devilishly good

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

Right ... I'll juice up the thrones so all our champs can have a nice relaxing massage and I''ll scurry off to the 4 battlefields ....
I'll see you there my friends

Results from HQ for December 2009

Happy New Year & Have A Wonderful 2010 My Dear Human Friends

I had to say that first. This gregarious pengy has been waiting all year to say that!
I can relax and rest easy for another whole 12 months now ... so ... sentiment aside let's get straight to some serious warlike talk and sabre rattling.

The Challenge
USA fielded 30 troops, won 7808 pts = 51.3% of the christmas pudding.
UK & Co fielded 35 troops, 8633 pts = 48.7% of the trimmings. You know the things .. them inedible chewy bits of holly.
USA won the December Challenge battle by 2.6% .
pengy observation: Last month our American buddies won by 5%. The month before that was 8.8%. There's a pattern forming here for the statistically minded. Oooeerr ... my American friends... can you feel the UK & Co's hot breath on your neck? Do you feel a tingling between your shoulder blades as they train you in their sniper sights? How does it feel to be hunted?

The Titans
USA fielded 9 troops, won 1302 pts = 43.7% of the sauce.
UK & Co fielded 17 troops, won 3167 pts = 56.3% of the better, more intoxicating brandy sauce!
UK & Co win the December Titan battle by 12.6%.
Last month the dynamic woad wearers won by 14%. Whilst I own to privately admiring the courage of any heroic american who dares brave this battle I apprehensively gnaw my little lip .. and wonder... sadly... if we will never see an american team victory here. But, it has to be said, the fiercest fighting occurs here and this pacificist pengy finds it all rather exhilirating .. the tussle for the flagpole, the struggle to the last fighting breath to win the throne . .. the capture and tickling of the odd Invincible who strays into the trenches. No one takes me seriously you know.

The Moguls
USA bagged 3520 bonus goodies = 43% by slithering under the 60 second guillotine.
I say my Uk friends... just a thought ... aren't you glad it was only the French revolutionaries who thought of using that?
UK & Co bagged 4650 bonus goodies = 57% to stash in their arsenal.
Need I say more? Tact! Therefore I will not and will confine my lagubrious drivel to ...
The UK & Co army won the December Mogul battle by 14%.
The irrepresible statistician in my feels beholden to add that last month it was 16% ... before that 17.4%.
Ah! This is interesting ... the UK won by 1130 bonus points. Or put another way if 3.6 more American heroes had joined the ranks and snatched 10 bonus goodies a day it would have been a draw. Sorry about the .6. but as any politican will tell you these itty bitty percentages make all the difference... often helping clarify and manipulate something that would otherwise appear a totally fabricated lie or nonsense. Where would we be without that .6 hey?
So there you have it ... america you need to pressgang or enlist 3 and a half more mogul runners.

The Survivor
USA troopers nabbed 3455 points before getting devoured by Piranha = 42.5%
Remember .. it's how long you manage to survive... and
Uk & Co nabbed 4690 points before slithering through his jaws = 57.5%
The UK & Co army win the December Survivor by 15%
Last month they won by 8%
Time to zip my beak. I'm saying nothing. No comment.

After rattling my magical abacus over all four individual battles

The UK & Co have won the December war with 55% of the christmas crackers
The USA managed to salvage 45% of the wrapping paper.
Uk win by a 10% margin ...
last month it was 8%.

But now we have a New Year .. a new decade and that means four more new battles to fight!
and one harmless referee to cheer for you all!
hope you all have as much fun as I do .. and piranha

New Invincibles for January 2010

Valid until 1st February 2010

USA Invincibles
#1 mos623
#2 WorldB
#3 Deborah
#4 Eebs
#5 strnog1
#6 j2cp2
#7 mike32768
#8 ryaman
#9 timmacg
#10 Clamking

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