MOPS or Most Outstanding Player April 2010

Valid until 1st June 2010

donamaria USA up 14 .. joint Absaloute Top Mop
Stuhern UK up 14 ... joint Absaloute Top Mop

The Other Top Mops
MarchHare007 UK up 12
Briarwoodrose#4 UK up 8
Dippo#8 UK up 7
tisonlyme321 UK up 7
LanaDale USA up 7
onebraincellUK UK up 7
magijoh1#7 UK up 6
Quiz_Beagle UK up 6
jacky UK up 6

And all the heroic troopers who ran their little legs down to stumps and got sore knnes ... who fought well and fought better. Pengy cheers for you all!
astralspace USA up 5
blackprinceUK UK up 3
Clamking#2 USA held rank
Deborah#3 USA up 5
Dr_Gas UK up 4
DuckSnort USA up 1
gracie USA up 5
j2cp2#4 USA up 2
joanne384 USA up 2
jules44#1 UK held rank
kaykay USA held rank
LauraMcC UK up 5
Markswood#5 UK up 2
miffy42#2 UK held rank
Moomin#10 UK held rank
Morelli#3 UK up 2
mos623#1 USA held rank
PeggyLouisa UK up 3
polaris UK up 4
Qme#8l USA up 2
RosaRita USA up 2
steve-e#6 UK up 2
Timmacg#7 USA up 1
yand UK up 4

Crowning Champs Day

Hello my friends .... please wipe your feet .... don't tread on the red carpet.

One of our heroic trooopers excelled herself last month and this feat of daring and devilish cleverness is worthy of special treatment. Only her feet can tread upon the hallowed red carpet.
Honour such greatness.
Challenge Champ & Mogul Maximus & Sole Survivor ....
Come on up jules44, jules44 and jules44. Put down your weapons. I'm waving a white flag here and besides, I'm the referee inviting you to come on up and claim your three thrones!
You now rank amongst the Exalted ... one of only two players who have managed to win all 5 titles, though not all at the same time I hasten to add. Pengy can say with the utmost confidence it is doubtful anyone will ever achieve that! But for now ... Great Wise One .. you join company with miffy42.
I must say I was real chuffed and not a little excited watching the Survivor final. And commiserations to timmacg too .. but oh, you brave little trooper you were darn good! A future champ, I'm sure.
A pengy hug is in order for both of you.
Titanasaurus Rex .... I'm waving at martin cube. Yes! I mean you! Shrug back those battered, war weary shoulders and claim your throne with pride. What a win! It was hard fought. I was watching Qmel with fishy baited breath ... and then martin cube snuck into the lead and for an awful nano-second I feared a deadly tussle between team mate with paper aeroplane. Whew. It's frightening my friends watching from the field hospital with bandages and splints at the ready. I knead some of those snazzy stress balls.
This is going to be interesting. So many great players here have become Invincibles ... and now Deborah is already staking her claim for the crown. Can anyone beat her? Deborah is awfully good you know.
Hmm ... bernie73 is running right behind aswell .... and poolosopher is back. I say, I'm thinking here that the USA are going to put up some stiff resistance this month. Did you hear that UK? Are you worried? Any Intelligence from HQ is always questionable I know but laying extra tripwires and mines might not be a bad idea.

And now we come to our Daily Dervishes ... that's the magnificent sprinters who managed to fend of attack and grab most daily wins.

Challenge ... jules44#1 with 21 wins
Titan ... paper aeroplane#3 with 10 wins
Mogul ... jules44#1 with 19 wins
Survivor ... miffy42#2 with 7 wins

There are no court martials here , no one takes this war seriously, but the battle tacticians amongst you might suspect the Titan total has been adjusted.
You're right. Evoking my full powers as referee with a tickling stick ... I caught two daring Invincibles on the Titan battlefield. A clever doggy, her human persona is Quiz Beagle and also moomin. Any win of theirs was awarded to it's rightful owner. I can be efficient when needs must.

Now these are the Ones to FEAR ... the ones who make us all break out in a nervous sweat.
A cheer please for our new residents ... they're the ones with the pithy remarks by their names.
The USA Invincibles
Fear them for they are great
#1 mos623
#2 Eebs
#3 WorldB
#4 mike32768
#5 Clamking
#6 timmacg
#7 j2cp2
#8 ryaman
#9 Qmel
... Took the hot air ballon up to the dizzy heights of Mt Olympus
#10 twosleepy .. Trampolined upto the lofty ledges.

The UK & C0 Invincibles
Fear them for they are great

#1 jules44
#2 miffy42
#3 paper aeroplane
... Flew up there ..how else?
#4 morelli
#5 steve-e
#6 markswood
#7 martin cube
... Had a jetpack on his back
#8 lg549
#9 Quiz Beagle
#10 dippo ...
Used a pogo stick.

And finally ... who became our latest Most Outstanding Player
Top Mop ... will paper aeroplane take wing and glide over to his throne. Congratulations for a fabulous months play. A fab performance in the Titans ... our Daily Dervish on the Titans too, also attained Invincible status and is now our new Top MOP. This is worthy of multiple Pengy hugs! Next time you're enjoying some liquid refreshment ... buy yourself a drink from me!

Here are all Pengy's proteges ... those who were fitter, tougher, cleverer and against all the odds improved their ranking.
My Top Mops
paper_aeroplane UK up 23
argentum USA up 22 ... Oh so close. Bad luck!
Stuhern UK up 12
LanaDale USA up 10
polaris UK up 10
martin_cube#7 UK up 9
Wetherby_Pond UK up 9
MarchHare007 UK up 8
steve-e#5 UK up 7
donamaria USA up 7
trooper2196 UK up 7

And all the rest who improved or held their rank ...
astralspace USA up 3
Blackdresss USA up 4
blackprinceUK UK held rank
Clamking#5 USA up 4
dippo#10 UK up 3
Eebs#2 USA held rank
helmar UK held rank
jacky UK up 4
jules44#1 UK held rank
LauraMcC UK up 5
lg549#8 UK up 5
markswood#6 UK held rank
miffy42#2 UK up 1
mike32768#4 USA up 3
morelli#4 UK up 1
pc377 UK up 1
Quiz_Beagle#9 UK held rank
timmacg#6 USA up 5
twosleepy#10 USA up 2
WorldB#3 USA held rank

And now my friends I shall shrug into my flak jacket , don my gas mask, nonchalantly sling my grenade belt over my shoulder . Only a well protected referee would dare gaurd the Survivor Pit and it's victims ... and besides, it's each hungry trooper for himself at the Mogul smorgasbord. Qmel is laying on egg rolls today ... they sound tasty ... are they like Scotch Eggs? Now they would make great grenades.
Pengy over and out ...

Results from HQ for February 2010

It's that time again and doesn't it come around quick!
The war wounded have been scraped out of their trenches, resuscitated and sent back out in the field for the new fight ... but who claims victory for Februarys war?

The USA troops were throwing wild parties in Boston Harbour after January ... Yes!
They stole all the glory then. So this pacifist pengy wants to know .. and I can tell you I have my flippers crammed into my mouth here with anxiety ... did the UK let them get away with it ... again.

Right, less of the aimless garrulous drivel and more of the gutwrenching debriefing. Every now and then I love to have a stab at the odd bit of military lingo ...it gives me presence and panache... adds weight to my words, like Montgomery, Einsenhower ... I say that doesn't sound very American. Pershing then .. or Schwarzkopf (and I had to Google that one to spell it right). Alright, Sitting Bull then.
I'm wandering again aren't I?

The Challenge
USA fielded 29 troopers , won 6676 points = 47%
UK & Co fielded 31 troopers, won 8043 points = 53%
Halt that application for US citizenship that I sent by carrier pengy last month!
The UK & Co win the February Challenge by 6% (last month my american buddies had the victory with a 18% win). I might become an immigrant in the UK instead! Is there any room left for a small pengy?
Hmmm .. this makes pengy ponder. What went wrong my friends? And to my British, Welsh, Scottish and Irish and heck ... United friends .. well done!

Can the americans stave off disgrace and grab a win on the Titan?
The Titan
USA fielded 7 troopers , won 1174 points = 48%
UK & Co fielded 18 troopers, won 3291 = 52%
UK & Co terrific troopers win the february Titan by 4 % (last month the USA won by 11%)
I have to say lounging comfy and snug in my combat fatigues at HQ that this quiz is the most exciting for me ... anything can happen .... and it invariably does. And this month will be no different with a few top players having attained the glorified, godhead status of Invincibility and excluded from play. This new battle looks to be wide open and the throne will topple in the stampede to claim it.

The Mogul
USA army wriggled under the guillotine and grabbed 3040 pts = 41%
UK & Co army slithered under the deadly chopper and bagged 4450 pts = 59%
Wow! Take heart my american buddies ... I'm sure once Qmel reads this she'll be concocting some performance enchancing nibbles for the Mogul smorgasbord.
UK & Co win the February Mogul by a ... staggering ... 18%. (last month it was 18.4% ... so tssk ... not so good this month my little woad wearers).
You know if I pan my telescope over the cindered battlefields I can see scalps nailed to a totem pole. Not sure if that's in the rules. Taking trophies and spoils of war.

The Survivor
USA snatched 3075 pints before piranha macerated them in his jaws. I missed the O out there .. points .. I meant points not pints. The more observant of you give yourself a pat on the back....oops that's = 42%
UK & Co snatched 4235 pts before been devoured = 58%
UK & Co win the February Survivor by 16% (last month UK won by 4.8%).

Well what can I say? The UK & Co are back in terrific form!
Rattling my abacus produces the final result over the four individual battlefields
USA = 45%
UK & Co = 55%
UK are the undisputed victors after losing last month by the skin of their teeth (0.8%). Ah ... that's what the scalps are for then.
A cunning, clever statement of their supremacy!

Hey I say USA ... I feel your pain .. my little heart is thumping ... my fishy eyes are moist.
I'll pass the tissue box around shall I?
You can make grenades with them.

New Invincibles for March 2010

Valid until 1st April 2010

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

UK & Co Invincibles
#1 jules44
#2 miffy42
#3 paper aeroplane .. new resident on Mt Olympus
#4 morelli
#5 steve-e
#6 markswood
#7 martin cube .. new resident on Mt Olympus
#8 lg549
#9 Quiz Beagle
#10 dippo .. new resident on Mt Olympus

Please remember Fearsome Invincibles are not eligible to play the Titan quiz in March.
But .. demoted (branded Invincibles) can play the Titans.
USA .. Deborah and strnog1
UK & Co .. magijoh1 .. briarwoodrose and moomin

MOPS or Most Outstanding Player March 2010

Valid until 1st May 2010

Pengy's Mops .. or Most Outstanding Players
bernie73 USA up 35 ... Absaloute Top Mop
Hip hip .... hooray!
And here are the other top mops!
Deborah USA up 21
moomin UK up 18
cubswin2323 USA up 17
joanne384 USA up 12
yand UK up 10
ryaman USA up 6
gracie USA up 6
Bonky UK up 6
lg549 UK up 5
pc377 UK up 5

And here is the list of everyone who played better and improved their ranking.
Blackdresss USA up 1
blackprinceUK UK up 1
briarwoodrose UK up 4
Clamking USA up 4
j2cp2 USA up 3
jacky UK held rank
jules44 UK held rank
magijoh1 UK held rank
markswood UK up 2
mike32768 USA held rank
morelli UK up 1
mos623 USA up 1
polaris UK up 1
poolosopher USA up 2
Qmel USA held rank
RosaRita USA up 1
scubascott USA held rank
tisonlyme321 UK up 1
trooper2196 UK held rank
twosleepy USA held rank