Highlighting the February 3338 Birthday (5) Selfsame Chrono
Could be some of the revelers wanted to get some off-top festivities done as well. After all, we had already had a Chrono, right?
But the Gaming Authorities threw a curve ball. Not only did they launch another Chrono, they made it a Selfsame as well.
As word spread, more or less inbred Commanders staggered toward their bases to cobble together a formation and compete. Some showed up a bit, or many bits late, others may have fallen asleep in the hangars while the Techs worked.
I was doing a brisk business selling weapons outside, but a friend had promised me enough footage to tell you the winners this time had been:
[Highest leveled Commander in Division]
- Div 1 [358] (19 Commanders): Terry Cole, Warlock (Boreas)(+490)
- Div 2 [265] (13 Commanders): Joshua Eifort, Northwind Dragons (Humbaba)(+2050)
- Div 3 [173] (12 Commanders): Robert C Goetz Sr, Death`s Collector`s (Boreas)(+3020)
- Div 4 [138] (16 Commanders): Jim Prockter, Death`s Brethren (Torrent)(+3030)
- Div 5 [110] (25 Commanders): retiredarmyman, Death`s Disturbed Asylum (Regis)(+2160)
- Div 6 [80] (11 Commanders): Glenn Forgames, Phoenix (Antithesis)(+6740)
- Div 7 [65] (10 Commanders): Waitai Rihari, JP`s Rowdy Bunch (Ammonite)(+1000)
- Div 8 [47] (13 Commanders): Rick_Howes, Heroes Light Brigade (Oggun)(+5050)
- Div 9 [36] (13 Commanders): Sophie Hall, clown clan (Commissar)(+2770)
- Div 10 [27] (6 Commanders): Harvey Brown, Atlanteans (iMech)(+1070)
- Div 11 [15] (5 Commanders): Bobby Potter (iMech)(+250)
- Div 12 [4] (3 Commanders): Serenes Forest (War Horse)(+2040)
Total Contestants: 146, Total medals claimed: 131 (of 180 possible)
Most winning Mech was a split honor this time. None will be much surprised that the Boreas was one of them, But few would have expected the iMech to be the other.
Among the Crystal Mechs, Both the Ammonite and the Oggun also brought their Commanders Gold and glory.
As this event had some lenght, some more Commanders showed up compared to the previous Pileup. Thirty-two more to be exact. Not enough by far to fill out all the tops. The divisions were again uneven, the four smallest having fewer in total than the biggest.
A total of two Silvers and fourty-seven Bronzes were returned for resmelting.
Highest score achieved in this event belonged to Glenn Forgames of Phoenix on K6. His score of 20 000 showed he was on the top for 16 consecutive score rounds. He also had the greatest margin to the runner up, 6740 points.
Lowest score needed for a medal was 400 on K4.
Short Chronos like this can be pretty closely run when it comes to the lesser prizes. Here the difference between the medal tiers in this event was:
......Silver to Bronze..Bronze to nothing
Div 1 ...…..190...…......…..200
Div 2 ...…..660...…......…..N/A
Div 3 ...…..240...…......…..N/A
Div 4 .......1060...…......……40
Div 5 .......1240...….......….195
Div 6 ……..500...…......…..N/A
Div 7 .......1440...…......…..N/A
Div 8 ...…...360...…......…..N/A
Div 9 ……..560...…......…..N/A
Div 10 .….5520...…......…..N/A
Div 11 …....N/A...…......…..N/A
Div 12 …....N/A...………….N/A
Admittedly, on many tops there was not a lot contestants, but margins in the low two and three digits shows the importance of showing up early.
This was another event where no clan managed to secure more than one Gold. Two unaligned winners; Bobby Potter on K11 and Serenes Forest on K12 might have contributed to this. None of the Pileup winners managed a follow up win.
(By Sten Hugo Hiller - 627184)
