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* Round B Prizes and Awards, Part 6: *
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* TOMB OF THE FALLEN WARLORDS - ROUND B *
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* "Honoring those who are no longer with us, yet fought well, *
* and noting those who dropped out and became Lost Players." *
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A. TOP 5 PLAYERS WHO COULD NOT CONTINUE INTO ROUND C:
1. Bottom Burp - Tim Lethbridge, ranked 87th through Round B.
Although Bottom Burp was strategically hapless and rarely won a
battle, his role-playing was fantastic, earning nominations for
Best Picture and Best Actor in Round A and Round B, helping
his game B12 become co-winner of Best Picture for Round B,
earning him second-place status for Best Actor two rounds
in a row and overall ranking him high in the Role-players'
Hall of Fame! But it remains unclear whether his opponents loved
playing against him more for his eternal cheerfulness and
gruesome sense of humor, or because he was not a formidable
strategic threat. Unfortunately he was expecting to lose his
'net connection for several months and therefore withdrew before
Round C. But we hope to read about his antics again in the WW2L,
as he climbs the learning curve and torments his enemies there!
2. Duncan MacLeod - Rich Rose, ranked 29th through Round B.
A solid tactical and strategic player who ranked 7th in his color
in Round A, Duncan stood upon the crossroads of victory in B04,
but lost badly after his alliance with Piglet collapsed.
Despite the Decline and Fall of the Macleod empire, Duncan never
lost his Tournament Spirit, and although he finished only 13th in
his color in Round B, he kept up his roleplaying and helped earn B04
a Best Picture nomination. This was a well-deserved honor, for
Duncan was widely hailed as a fun role-player who livened up
his games. Alas, however, his Round B tribulations overwhelmed
his Scottish clan, and he didn't have the time to continue into
Round C. We hope that he recovers soon and finds the less
time-consuming games of the WW2L to be more in his style!
3. Optimus Prime / The Upper Class - Ryan Webb, ranked 86th through Round B.
With a truly inspired and completely hilarious roleplay in B02,
The Upper Class earned a share of the official Best Picture prizes.
So it was with great sadness that we read his Round C Signup reply:
"Unfortunately I won't be able to play Round C. I'll be starting
university this september and so I won't have the time to be worrying
about enemy heroes and elementals come the fall :)" However,
we hope Ryan has now made the transition to collegiate life
successfully, and we would love to see a WW2L matchup between
this master storyteller and Bottom Burp, since the two seem to
share a common playing style and a fantastic sense of humor!
4. Nomad - Quetzalcoatl Bradley, ranked 31st through Round B.
One of our esteemed moderators, Nomad ranked 4th in his color
in Round A, but became busy and found Round B a bit overwhelming,
slipping to 18th in his color. Although we're sorry not to see
him around in Round C, we are grateful for all his assistance
during the previous rounds, and we do hope to tempt this
skilled and clever Warlord into rejoining us in the WW2L!
5. Lord Vetinari - Stefan Lindstrom, ranked 74th through Round B.
Despite suffering at the hands of Gandalf the White and Hegemon
during the "nasty, brutish, and short" A11, Lord Vetinari sustained
his Tournament Spirit into Round B. Unfortunately B09 also proved
to be a learning experience, as the mighty Little Puppy dominated
the game. But Vetinari's indefatiguable efforts helped B09 earn a
Best Picture nomination and made it a co-winner of that prize!
Unfortunately he found himself short on time and facing a big
international move to start a new job, and was unable to join
us for Round C. But we hope things have settled down, and
perhaps he'll find time for some good games with similarly-ranked
opponents in the WW2L now!
B. OTHER PLAYERS WHO FINISHED THEIR GAMES AND THEN DROPPED OUT:
* Others who finished Round B but didn't continue into Round C:
Dr. H - Darren Hart - Ranked 52 through Round B.
Temujin - Andreas Girgensohn - Ranked 55 through Round B.
Superbad - Dave Tacker - Ranked 58 through Round B.
JDK - John Kalish - Ranked 64 through Round B.
Seymour Blood - Patrick Domning - Ranked 76 through Round B.
Brody (Round A) / G'tath'moran (Round B)
- Brad Zarikoff - Ranked 77 through Round B.
Bill-Software OverLord (Round A) / C-rad Halftroll (Round B)
- Conrad A. Episcopo - Ranked 80 through Round B.
Bosquito - Robert Johnson - Ranked 85 through Round B.
Lord Callahan - Jeff Smith - Ranked 88 through Round B.
* Players who finished Round A but didn't continue into Round B:
Pooh - Gary Best - Ranked #2 as White in A16.
Martijn Dashorst - himself - Ranked 19th as Orange in A28.
L'ennemi du Bien - Dirk Pellett - Ranked 26th as White in A17,
nominated for Best Actor/Best Picture.
Guntar - Matt Carlson - Ranked 8th as Green in A36.
Nightrazor - Brent Macdonald - Ranked 17th as Green in A13.
Junior, John Rabasa - Ranked 17th as Blue in A05
FireBird, Matthew Pierry - Ranked 22nd as Green
Sir Ruddy, Rod Robertson - Ranked 23rd as White
Unimaginable, Per-Ove Jakobsson - Ranked 25th as Green
Goblintamer, Ted Barken - Ranked 26th as Orange
Khaavren, Moni Potter - Ranked 26th as Blue
Mikey182, Michael Plavins - Ranked 27th as Orange
Scott Watson - Ranked 29th as Green
Eric the Red, Eric Carlson - Ranked 30th as Green
Eddi, Eduard Habermann - Ranked 31st as Blue
Rabid Rob the Recondite, Robert Winefield - Ranked 32nd as Blue
Iskander, Alex Webling - Ranked 33rd as Blue
Dana, Isaac Hellstrom - Ranked 33rd as Green
C. BANISHMENT OF THE LOST PLAYERS
The following Warlords were Lost during Round B, and are not
currently considered reliable or honorable Warlords, though
they may earn back their place in the community in the future.
(Note that it is only their status as Warlords that is
besmirched at the moment - no doubt they had very good personal
reasons for having to bail out of their games.)
* Lost Players from Round B and Round C (so far):
The Omnipotent - Kerem Kandemir - Rank 44 through Round B, Lost in Round C.
Fortissimo - Bastiaan Dijkman - Rank 45 through Round B.
(Was forced to drop out due to a hard-disk crash.)
Melrose - Marcos Almeida - Rank 59 through Round B
(Moved to Brazil after finishing school, and lost 'net access.)
Montressor - Bob Arco - Rank 66 through Round B
TMPsycho - Jesse LaCroix - Rank 70 through Round B
Celeborn the Wise - Scott C Best - Rank 72 through Round B
Mite (Round A) / A Friend (Round B) - Demitrius Berg - Rank 73 through B
Lord Gruin - Darrell Stevens - Rank 75 through Round B
Sir Boz (Round A) / Road Warrior (Round B) - Sheldon Pierson - Rank 81.
Affetmezler - Ali Sertac DURMUS - Rank 84 through Round B
Geomancer (Round A) / Pug (Round B) - David Varty - Rank 89 through B
Solomani - Michael Mifsud - Rank 93.
* Additional Lost Players from Round A:
Backstick Boys! - Bjorn Oleander - 27th as White
Bastard the Raptor - Valters Verners - 27th as Blue
DaSnake - Marco Peters - 36th as Blue
Don Ehrigi - Greg Ehrig - 34th as Green
Erchamion - Richard Hanna - 34th as Blue
Jagged - Arun Mangalam - 33rd as Orange
Joe Dude the Great - Joe Mithiran - 34th as White
Mephistopheles - Dan Clarkson - 35th as Green
Michael Koenig - Michael Koenig - 35th as Blue
NightRain - Ray Macey - 32nd as Orange
NorthStar - Huy Quoc Luong - 35th as Orange
Orflam - Ray Goodman - 36th as Green
Overlord Raxxon - Tomas Cook - 36th as White
PupiDeath - Arturo Espinosa - 35th as White
Queen Jilly - Jill Stonehouse - 36th as Orange
Red Baron - James Que - 28th as Green
Shaitan - Pierre H. Nielsen - 29th as Blue
Sir Boo - Andy Searles - 34th as Orange
Sir Neff - Matthew Neff - 28th as White
The Traveler - Stephen Frye - 24th as Green
Wismerhill - Yann Wenz - 33rd as White