Highlighting the February 3338 Birthday (4) Pileup
Some events are made different than others. In this it wasn't about having nice even lines. Here you piled up Mechs. 1 in the Frontline, two in the second and so on...
Many Commanders seemed to have some trouble understanding such instructions. In fact, the level of alcohol in their bloodstreams from all the partying might have been a contributing factor to them wandering in a wrong direction and therefore the lessened participation.
As for me, I was busy peddling Fury Lasers, and didn't have the time or inclination to show up. A friend had promised to bring me the needed footage. It took a while to get it, but from the frames that weren't over exposed it seemed the winners this time were:
[Highest leveled Commander in Division]
- Div 1 [357] (18 Commanders): Dexter Berry, Warlock (40m,9s)
- Div 2 [199] (13 Commanders): George Warren, Northwind Dragons (1h,59m)
- Div 3 [144] (22 Commanders): Theo Peeples (1h,3m)
- Div 4 [110] (13 Commanders): Peli Huijari, Smurf Platoon (1h,7m)
- Div 5 [87] (17 Commanders): John Ringo, Steampunk Dragons (2h,44m)
- Div 6 [66] (4 Commanders): Joshua D. Thatcher, Black Star Thundering Herd (2h,50m)
- Div 7 [54] (9 Commanders): Dustin Fisher, Heroes Light Brigade (2h,7m)
- Div 8 [40] (4 Commanders): KiloTone Recoil. JC`s Rowdy Bunch (2h,46m)
- Div 9 [29] (5 Commanders): Valafar Dem, Borg (15m,47s)
- Div 10 [18] (4 Commanders): Wile_E_Coyote, Jagdstaffel 2(1h,51m)
- Div 11 [13] (2 Commanders): Edward Cliff (1h,34m)
- Div 12 [7] (3 Commanders): Serge Rioux (1h,42m)
Total Contestants: 114, Total medals claimed: 102 (of 180 possible)
Compared to the recent Rainbow this wasn't a great success.
Fourty-eight fewer Commanders showed up, and the divisions were really skewed this time. All the contestants on the five lowest tops together was barely a match for the number who had entered Mount Olympus, and K3 had even more climbers.
This led to huge gaps during the medal ceremony, and a total of eight Silvers and seventy Bronzes from nine tops being sent for resmelting.
The last half-hour saw some action, but mostly those who had claimed the tops withstood all advances. The exception was K9 where Valafar Dem managed to take the top.
Otherwise, well, look at the number of medals held for more than 30 minutes in this event:
.............Silvers......Bronzes
Div 1 ....1 of 4.........3 of 10
Div 2 ....4 of 4.........7 of 8
Div 3 ....2 of 4.........1 of 10
Div 4 ....2 of 4.........5 of 8
Div 5 ....4 of 4.......10 of 10
Div 6 ....3 of 3......…...N/A
Div 7 ....2 of 4.........2 of 2
Div 8 ....3 of 3......…...N/A
Div 9 ....3 of 4......…...N/A
Div 10 ..3 of 3......…...N/A
Div 11 ..1 of 1......…...N/A
Div 12 ..2 of 2......…...N/A
Mount Olympus and K3 had a free flowing action where most of the medals changed hands. Some struggling on K4 and K7 in addition to a latecomer arriving on K2. The other seven tops had no successful attacks.
No single clan managed to bring home more than one Gold.
Perhaps not surprising, we had after all a trio of independent winners; Theo Peeples on K3, Edward Cliff on K11 and Serge Rioux on K12.
The sole repeat winner this time was Peli Huijari.
(By Sten Hugo Hiller - 627184)
