IllySPN Tournament Commentary

I'm actually surprised with the low body count in general. Okay yes we have had a few truly epic sized confrontations (some of them between alliance mates) but I was expecting a lot more and there seems to be maybe a little bit of army perseverance from some parties. Either like you say they are waiting to make their move till later in the tournament or there are more things happening behind the scenes than any of us realise. Hopefully for all our sakes its not the later.

Welcome back to day 5 of IllySPN's coverage of the Harnessing the Elementals Tournament. Today's post is brought to you by The Scribes of Allembine... 'Providing protection to your cities so well you don't even realise they're there!'  Here's all the news from the last days action.

Iduna [Curse] continues her reign as tournament leader now with 15 elementals binded to her across three altars. Asked to comment on her success Iduna said, 'Great. I'm going to open a bottle of wine to celebrate.' Llyorn of Jaensch [H?] is still in second with 9 elementals across 2 altars, with Tanis [Curse] nipping at his heels with 8 elements so far. Gixy [Curse] and Pasi [WE] lead the remainder of the chasing pack with 6 elementals each.

Another relatively quiet day in terms of action but the hottest contested altars were the Wind Altar at Keppen with over 33k casualties, the Norweld Earth Altar with over 19k dead and finally the Wind Altar in Mal Motsha also with over 19k lost souls.

There were two epic confrontations yesterday. Mr Smiley [T?] battled for control of the Kal Tirikan Altar with both sides losing over 16k troops and at the Keppen Altar Llyorn of Jaensch battled for control with over 14k men failing to return back to their cities. The Keppen Altar also had Wheel of Time's [WoT] first foray into the contest in a battle which will stand the test of time!  A spokesperson for WoT said that a memorial service is planned later in the week.

Extended statistics today and we bring you look at the leading alliances for numbers binded to them. So far 20 alliances and one non-aligned player have elementals binded to their cities. Leading the way with 33 elementals is Curse of Wolves [Curse] followed Harmless? [H?] with 23 binded. Dwarven Lords [Dlord] and Invictus [VIC] lead the rest of the chasing pack with 12 elementals each. Last tournaments winners Order of the Valar [VALAR] are virtual no shows thus far in the tournament with only 2 elementals in total binded as it stands.

Join us again tomorrow for more analysis and irrelevant views on the IllySPN thread.

Tournament Rankings

Individual - Fire Elementals [-500|500] in Kal Tirikan Player Count 1. Tanis [Curse] 8 2. Iduna [Curse] 4 3. Thexion [H?] 2 3. Mr_Smiley [T?] 2 5. bow locks [H?] 1 5. JCD64 [FDU] 1	Individual - Earth Elementals [0|500] in Norweld Player Count 1. Sho'Nuff [H?] 3 1. Silverfox [mCrow] 3 3. AmrothAnguireal [REIGN] 2 3. Iduna [Curse] 2 5. pepe [Curse] 1 5. darkone [VALAR] 1 5. JCD64 [FDU] 1 5. jezma [Crow] 1 5. Sloter [VIC] 1 5. Azreil [VALAR] 1
Individual - Air Elementals [500|500] in Windlost Player Count 1. Jack Aubrey [Dlord] 5 2. HotAttack [Crow] 3 3. G0DsDestroyer [Sir] 2 3. KillerPoodle [H?] 2 3. Xaylia [Dlord] 2 3. Jake the Snake [mCrow] 2 7. Llyorn Of Jaensch [H?] 1 7. Belargyle [Dlord] 1	Individual - Water Elementals [500|0] in Mal Motsha Player Count 1. gixy [Curse] 6 2. Hora [VIC] 4 3. Korg! [Curse] 3 4. ThingelloAnguireal [REIGN] 2 4. Carl Zeis [CoK] 2 6. mrchocotaco [mCrow] 1
Individual - Fire Elementals [500|-500] in Turalia Player Count 1. Mandarins31 [VIC] 3 2. Fotis [Dlord] 2 2. Purple Rain [TMOT] 2 2. Belargyle [Dlord] 2 2. Dunwick 2 6. ScottFitz [mCrow] 1 6. Sloter [VIC] 1 6. Underworld3 [Good] 1 6. Blackbeard [mCrow] 1 6. Rhea [0-0] 1	Individual - Earth Elementals [0|-500] in Arran Player Count 1. Pasi [WE] 6 2. Rupe [WE] 3 2. Makanalani [CoK] 3 4. G0DsDestroyer [Sir] 2 4. torshavn [H?] 2 4. themackd [TMOT] 2 7. Amorphias [H?] 1 7. Purple Rain [TMOT] 1
Individual - Air Elementals [-500|-500] in Lan Larosh Player Count 1. Llyorn Of Jaensch [H?] 8 2. Luc_ [CoK] 3 2. Aradil [H?] 3 4. Trix [L W O] 1 4. Iduna [Curse] 1	Individual - Water Elementals [-500|0] in Keppen Player Count 1. Iduna [Curse] 8 2. Direb [VIC] 3 2. Rymis [peac3] 3 4. Nesse [Druid] 2 5. fluffy [mCrow] 1 5. YourBestFriend [=EOQ=] 1

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Its the only gag that seems appropriate to use each day... I'm going to be struggling for jokes by the time day 30 comes along.

Llyorn Of Jaensch wrote: Kudos on the alliance vs alliance stats Man. Always interesting (we wuv our stats here in Illy). As most are aware of the actual tourney info, instead of mass copy/paste-ing, perhaps in future a simple link (my scrolling pinkie gets cramp )?