Results from HQ for May 2014

After my American buddies magnificent win in April our latest war had me lying awake at night, reduced to insomnia ... wondering excitedly about the mayhem in the trenches.
What magnificent warriors you all are, I applaud you, and once again the battle has being ferociously .. and closely fought.

On to the battle stats. 
The Challenge
The USA army fielded 28 magnificent troopers who won 7731 points = 49.7%
The UK & Co army fielded 18 super troopers who nabbed 7817 points = 50.3%
Wow! that is close .. a measly 0.6% win by the woadwearers. The smaller army, true, but fleeter of foot, sharper at scrolling and faster with clicking finger ... in short, better and more deadly.
But was such a measly lead enough to bring victory after the usual mayhem of the Survivor battle, which as we all know is tough and not for the faint-hearted? It's true, there are some who enlist and flee the battlefield.

The Survivor
The USA sent 18 crack troops into the muddy trenches ,who bagged 3950 points = 49.8%
The UK & Co sent in an equal army, of 18, who nabbed 3982 points = 50.2%.
A double wow! The UK & Co won the Survivor by a margin of 0.4%!

Come on now, own up Qmel ... are you popping performance enhancing additives into the smorgasbord treats? Or should I say .. martin cube ... are yours more effective?
The two battles make one war. Combined stats are:
USA = 49.75%
UK & Co = 50.25%
The UK & Co won the May War by 0.5%

Half a percent is a win. But a feathers width win .. and I can't remember when it has ever being that close and could so easily have gone the other way. But it is with a heavy heart, and a cheeky wicked grin, that I carefully fold the Stars and Stripes and pack it away then jog over to the Challenge with the Union Jack and hoist it to fly once again .... in honour and recognition of the best army in the world.