Rob Van Der Sloot
23-12-2006, 14:12
Here are the winners of the first race of the Mad Queen's Marathon, from Yak's Bend to The Icetooth Cave. All contestants have given their permission for their names to be posted.
Gabriel Cramer E/A
Aldeth Whitesheaf R/Mo
Anastasia Kerensky R/Mo
Jaded Sentinel W/A
K Gecko R/Mo
Angua Wolfshot R/Mo
Gale Valen W/A
The first race was an exciting one, as most runners had focussed on speed, rather than defence. First winner Gabriel Cramer made his fellow runners waste their running skills by placing a Spirit of Muddy Terrain, and saving his own skills for when he was out of range of the spirit. Gabriel also made sure that his fellow runners got hit by spikes from the monsters first. A daring tactic if I may say so, since it meant giving away his pole position for a moment. Runner up Count Kenrill almost beat him to the end gate however, by cleverly shadowstepping to the dwarf just outside The Icetooth Cave. Fortunately one of Gabriel's running skills was recharged just in time for that final sprint, and he beat the Count by a split second.
Throughout the races there were a couple of odd surprises. During one of the races for example, a whole bunch of Aloe Seeds jumped up right in front of some of the runners, thus costing them a few precious seconds. Halfway down the track, at the bridge, the monsters gave the runners another surprise. A large mob of Ice Golems and Stone Summit had blocked up the entry to the bridge, and the runners had a lot of trouble passing them on several occasions. Many of the runners used the assassin's skill Recall to Shadowstep to the runner in pole position. However, it seemed that some of the Stone Summit were able to remove enchantments, adding further chaos to the mix. Other runners had already prepared for this vile tactic, and removed the Recall-enchantment themselves.
Because so many of the runners had focussed on speed, the Driders and their degen spells proved to be a dangerous obstacle along the way. One of the runners decided to keep running, rather than to stop and heal. She almost made it to the gate aswell, but died merely one step away from it from Drider-degen.
Jaded Sentinel and K Gecko were constantly fighting for the pole position, and to much surprise they finished simultaniously, thus ending the race in a tie. Both runners qualified in this way for the next race.
Finally Gale Valen took the pole position right near the end with a clever combo of Dark Prison and Dark Escape. Where many of the runners got bodyblocked by the minotaurs, Gale simply teleported around them and made it to the finishline first.
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The winners of race 2 will now go head to head in race 2. From Droknar's Forge to Ironmines of Moladune. At 8 PM CET, this Saturday. The runners will start in Droknar's Forge international 1.
Gabriel Cramer E/A
Aldeth Whitesheaf R/Mo
Anastasia Kerensky R/Mo
Jaded Sentinel W/A
K Gecko R/Mo
Angua Wolfshot R/Mo
Gale Valen W/A
The first race was an exciting one, as most runners had focussed on speed, rather than defence. First winner Gabriel Cramer made his fellow runners waste their running skills by placing a Spirit of Muddy Terrain, and saving his own skills for when he was out of range of the spirit. Gabriel also made sure that his fellow runners got hit by spikes from the monsters first. A daring tactic if I may say so, since it meant giving away his pole position for a moment. Runner up Count Kenrill almost beat him to the end gate however, by cleverly shadowstepping to the dwarf just outside The Icetooth Cave. Fortunately one of Gabriel's running skills was recharged just in time for that final sprint, and he beat the Count by a split second.
Throughout the races there were a couple of odd surprises. During one of the races for example, a whole bunch of Aloe Seeds jumped up right in front of some of the runners, thus costing them a few precious seconds. Halfway down the track, at the bridge, the monsters gave the runners another surprise. A large mob of Ice Golems and Stone Summit had blocked up the entry to the bridge, and the runners had a lot of trouble passing them on several occasions. Many of the runners used the assassin's skill Recall to Shadowstep to the runner in pole position. However, it seemed that some of the Stone Summit were able to remove enchantments, adding further chaos to the mix. Other runners had already prepared for this vile tactic, and removed the Recall-enchantment themselves.
Because so many of the runners had focussed on speed, the Driders and their degen spells proved to be a dangerous obstacle along the way. One of the runners decided to keep running, rather than to stop and heal. She almost made it to the gate aswell, but died merely one step away from it from Drider-degen.
Jaded Sentinel and K Gecko were constantly fighting for the pole position, and to much surprise they finished simultaniously, thus ending the race in a tie. Both runners qualified in this way for the next race.
Finally Gale Valen took the pole position right near the end with a clever combo of Dark Prison and Dark Escape. Where many of the runners got bodyblocked by the minotaurs, Gale simply teleported around them and made it to the finishline first.
http://www2.hku.nl/~rob3/gwrace1pic1.jpg
http://www2.hku.nl/~rob3/gwrace1pic2.jpg
http://www2.hku.nl/~rob3/gwrace1pic3.jpg
http://www2.hku.nl/~rob3/gwrace1pic4.jpg
The winners of race 2 will now go head to head in race 2. From Droknar's Forge to Ironmines of Moladune. At 8 PM CET, this Saturday. The runners will start in Droknar's Forge international 1.