Crowning Champs Day. February 2011 Winners

It was another UK & Co win ... once again the USA couldn't halt the blue tide from across the pond. Both armies have magnificent players ... else it wouldn't be such a good nailbiting scrap and still giving me as much fun as it did all those years ago when this war first started. Afterall, the referee surely has the most fun .... including jogging across the battlefields with bandages and splints to resuscitate the battle weary.
This is the day when we all pay homage to the best players from last month .... and remember their names and so learn to shudder when they come running up behind.

Challenge Champ & Mogul Maximus .... come on jules! Come and claim your duel crowns ... and that was not a typo .... I mean duel aswell as dual. Hammerdjh is certainly proving a courageous opponent and came in as top scoring USA ... but resistance is futile against jules. My american friends have many great Generals ... but ... will one of them ever manage to displace her? It might help to bring a machete along to sever her from her throne. I swear I can see roots growing there now. As I'm a natural born fawning diplomat may I congratulate you jules44 on your magnificence ... and stamina .... and great leadership qualities. And might I be so bold as to say I think you will never ever be beaten. There ... Pengy throws down the gauntlet and breathlesly awaits an American to prove me wrong.

Titanasaurus Rex ... and who do we have here? He's back! He stormed to victory ... and it's lovely to see him back amongst the ranks. WorldB come on up and claim your Titansaurus Rex crown and throne. You've never won this one before ... but was it a little tougher than you thought it would be? With Invincibles been ineligible here you'd expect it to be easier wouldn't you? Not so. There's some terrific tigerish fighters who show no mercy, give no quarter and the fighting is often close hand to hand combat with a winner sneaking out of the ranks. Often my most favourite battle ... well, excepting the Survivor where Piranha runs rampant, of course.

Sole Survivor .... and I confess I expected a double win here for our returned American General.... but no.
Will Rage come on up and claim his/her throne. Let the high tech super massager soothe those tired muscles. I have a sneaking admiration for anyone who can elude Piranha ... remain the Sole Survivor. Has Rage ever been in the Pit I ask myself .... as I'm sure many of you know it's nigh on impossible to climb out once you get stuck in the mud at the bottom, especially with everyone trampling on your shoulders and scrambling to get out aswell.

And no one is safe ....
Even our Greatest and Most Fearsome must suffer palpitations
And here are our new reigning Invincibles ...

The USA Invincibles
Fear them for they are great!
#1 hammerdjh .. top USA player on the Challenge.
#2 Rage ... Reigning Sole Survivor
#3 Clamking .. Top USA player on the Mogul
#4 WorldB .. returned from leave,back on the lofty heights of Olympus. Titanasaurus Rex.
#5 Anton
#6 ryaman
#7 j2cp2
#8 timmacg
#9 mike32768
#10 Schoonie101 ... has also clambered back.

The UK & C0 Invincibles
Fear them for they are great ... Nay! Greater ... these are the Generals who led the UK to victory.
#1 jules44 .. Reigning Challenge Champ & Mogul Maximus
#2 miffy42 .. top UK player on Survivor
#3 morelli
#4 lg549
#5 magijoh1
#6 markswood
#7 dippo
#8 briarwoodrose
#9 martin cube .. now famous for supplying team nibbles on the Mogul
#10 Quiz Beagle ... Ah , has to be the cleverest dog in the whole world, and top UK player on the Titan

But there is one name still missing.
My Top Mop ... or Most Outstanding Player ...well, my favourite top ten proteges to be precise.
Pengy hugs you and jets the fire extinguisher at your singed, smoking heels to cool them down and prevent and self-incineration.
So who not only fought well for their country but improved on their personal ranking from the previous month? Who climbed most places in the ferocious warzone known as The Challenge.

Absolute Top Mop .... and it's .... oh I'm overjoyed to be able to shout this from my mid-Atlantic ice floe .... our new reigning Top Mop is mos623. Come on up and claim your crown .... friend ... I have missed you. I did make mention of you last month, pining and saddened by your absence and as usual .. with uncanny synchronicity it acted like an evocation, you devilish rogue.
However ... a hug too for flopsy .... oh, it was so close and you were almost been invited to laze on the throne instead. So a round of applause too for flopsy ... there are no losers here ... only degreees of Greatness.

mos623 USA up 23 ... Absolute Top Mop

and the rest of the top 10
flopsy UK up 21
Ryaman#6 USA up 11
Schoonie101#10 USA up 11
shadow USA up 7
yand UK up 7
helmar UK up 5
LauraMcC UK up 5
MarchHare007 UK up 4
pamelab USA up 4
poppop4 USA up 4
trooper2196 UK up 4

and the rest ... who improved on their ranking.
blackprinceUK UK up 3
Clamking#3 USA up 1
Dippo#7 UK up 2
Hammerdjh#1 USA held rank
jacky UK held rank
jbooker8 USA up 3
joanne384 USA up 3
jules44#1 UK held rank
Markswood#6 UK up 2
martin_cube#9 UK up 1
pc377 UK held rank
Quiz_Beagle#10 UK held rank
Rage#2 USA up 1
Timmacg#8 USA up 2

You know it can sometimes feel a little sad at this stage when I come to tip our worthy champs of their thrones ... and they scurry off to lead their armies forward in the next new fight .... but do you know I have a premonition this time. My Pengy laser like predicitive radar is wondering if the USA might win this month for they have some riproaring good players and dangerous Generals in their ranks.