King of the Mountain: Timothy Sweeney
For the 6th year of 6 possible years, Timothy Sweeney was at 1st place on the Eagle Rating. In 2006 he finished one game, a game called “Brothers in Arms”, and he lost for the first time. He lost around 9 EPs, but he still had more than 60 EPs and he had almost 30 EPs more than 2nd place. So he still had total control by the end of 2006. Timothy Sweeney had 4 solos and 5 draws in his last 10 games. Totally, he had 7 solos and 6 draws in 14 games. Timothy had 6 Player of the Month-awards at the end of 2006… That man is untouchable.
At 2nd place we find Duncan Proffitt with 33.71 EPs. He had 3 solos and 4 draws in his last 10 games. Totally, he had 4 solos and 5 draws in 14 games at the site. Duncan climbed from 8th to 2nd place in 2006. Brian Koon climbed from 6th to 3rd place. He had 1 solo and 6 draws in his last 10 games. Anders Granås Kjøstvedt climbed from 9th to 4th place. Karl Georg Øhrn climbed from 7th to 5th place (2 Norwegians in 4th and 5th place). Lars Topholm fell from 3rd to 6th place in 2006, and Guy Fraser-Sampson fell from 4th to 7th place. Chris Andrews jumped from 27th to 8th place in 2006. Eduard van Dijk climbed from 10th to 9th place, and Lee Simpson climbed from 13th to 10th place. Jeff Grzybowski fell from 2nd to 23rd place in 2006, while Patrick D`Hyon fell from 5th to 31st place.
Runner of the Year: Jonathan Langman
The award is given to the player that gets most points in a year. Earlier, Tim Sweeney had got three Runner of the Year-awards and Patrick D`Hyon and Duncan Proffitt one award. In 2006 Jonathan Langman got 18.44 EPs so he got the award for his good results. He had 1 solo and 4 draws in his last 10 games. Jonathan have played 38 games at the site – 8 of them in 2006. At 2nd place we find Richard Hucknall, who got 15.04 EPs in 2006. Randy Goldring got 3rd place with 13.75 EPs.
Most Valuable Victory: Ariel Max Sànchez Romero
The most valuable solo in 2006 was Ariel Max Sànchez Romero`s solo in the game Bull with 11.25 EPs. Romero had 1 solo and 2 draws in 5 games at the end of 2006, and he was at 53rd place on the rating.
Dip2000 Open Tournament
No tournaments finished in 2006.
Rookie of the Year: Yousuf Shaikh
Yousuf Shaikh finished his first game with a solo in April 2006. He got 7.75 EPs for his solo in Leo. He hadn`t finished any more games during 2006. A well deserved Rookie of the Year-award to Yousuf Shaikh.
Players of the Month
January: Duncan Proffitt (Solo in Alonso)
February: Alan Pearson (Solo in Hammer to Fall)
March: Colin Borman (Solo in Anarchy-X)
April: Chris Andrews and Yousuf Shaikh (CA: Solo in The Rum Diary, YS: Solo in Leo)
May: Ariel Max Sànchez Romero (Solo in Bull)
June: Jonathan Langman (Solo in Tangled up in Blue and 4-way-draw in Mako)
July: Andrew Reynolds and Martin Nilsson (2-way-draw in Deliverance)
August: Anders Granås Kjøstvedt (3-way-draws in Hammerhead and Death of Rats)
September: Randy Goldring (Solo in Twoflower)
October: James Ogle and Gary Boyes (JO: Solo in Great Big Lie, GB: Solo in Rincewind)
November: Ivan Franettovich (Solo in Another One Bites the Dust)
December: Wayne Read (Solo in Dogberry)
Hall of Fame
Note that the Hall of Fame-league has benn changed somewhat (for the better).
Timothy Sweeney still had the lead with more than 200 points. It is almost impossible to overtake him as long as he is at first place in the Eagle Rating each year. Guy Fraser-Sampson, Kester Bearne and Patrick D`Hyon were still at 2nd to 4th place in 2006 (but Kester and Patrick changed places). Karl Georg Øhrn climbed to 5th place. Runner of the Year, Jonathan Langman, climbed from 67th to 38th place in 2006.
Below is Premier League at the end of 2006.
| Premier Diplomats |
| Ranking | Name | Points | Date of last finished game | Games | Points to "defend" |
| 1 | Timothy Sweeney | 60,97 | 27.07.2006 | 10+ | 2,80 |
| 2 | Duncan Proffitt | 33,71 | 29.12.2005 | 10+ | 0,01 |
| 3 | Brian Koon | 33,59 | 19.09.2006 | 10+ | 2,67 |
| 4 | Anders Granås Kjøstvedt | 32,51 | 19.08.2006 | 10+ | 2,06 |
| 5 | Karl Georg Øhrn | 32,48 | 28.08.2006 | 8 | - |
| 6 | Lars Topholm | 32,07 | 31.07.2006 | 10+ | 3,08 |
| 7 | Guy Fraser-Sampson | 28,96 | 23.04.2005 | 10 | 1,88 |
| 8 | Chris Andrews | 26,71 | 28.07.2006 | 10 | 1,25 |
| 9 | Eduard van Dijk | 26,44 | 08.05.2005 | 7 | - |
| 10 | Lee Simpson | 26,25 | 27.07.2006 | 7 | - |
| 11 | Nigel Phillips | 26,21 | 19.09.2006 | 8 | - |
| 12 | Mark Porter | 26,08 | 29.10.2006 | 10+ | 2,30 |
| 13 | Jim O`Neil | 25,22 | 10.09.2006 | 9 | - |
| 14 | Brian Frew | 24,69 | 28.05.2006 | 10+ | 0,01 |
| 15 | Andy Jamieson | 23,73 | 31.07.2006 | 8 | - |
| 16 | Ron Snyder | 23,28 | 09.11.2006 | 10+ | 1,50 |
| 17 | Peter Evans | 23,25 | 19.08.2006 | 9 | - |
| 18 | Lasse Kaihlavirta | 23,17 | 05.08.2005 | 10+ | 1,45 |
| 19 | Robert Lange | 22,89 | 03.06.2005 | 8 | - |
| 20 | Steve Demant | 22,52 | 15.12.2006 | 7 | - |
| 21 | Richard Hucknall | 22,18 | 21.12.2006 | 10+ | 0,11 |
| 22 | Eelco van Duijnhoven | 22,15 | 21.03.2006 | 10 | 3,00 |
| 23 | Jeff Grzybowski | 21,89 | 27.07.2006 | 10+ | 9,75 |
| 24 | Colin Borman | 21,64 | 06.10.2006 | 10+ | 2,37 |
| 25 | Lloyd Mitchell | 21,63 | 03.07.2006 | 10+ | 0,18 |
| 26 | Charles Robinson | 21,54 | 31.07.2006 | 10 | 5,66 |
| 27 | Harvey Jones | 21,07 | 09.11.2006 | 10 | 5,00 |
| 28 | Kester Bearne | 20,72 | 21.05.2006 | 10+ | 0,12 |
| 29 | Carl Hanich | 19,85 | 28.08.2006 | 8 | - |
| 30 | Morgan Phillips | 19,60 | 15.06.2006 | 10 | 4,00 |
| 31 | Patrick D`Hyon | 19,20 | 21.05.2006 | 10+ | 2,56 |
| 32 | Matthew Myatt | 19,19 | 03.07.2006 | 10 | 7,00 |
| 33 | Sebastian Egerton-Read | 18,85 | 19.08.2006 | 10+ | 2,31 |
| 34 | Wayne Read | 18,48 | 20.12.2006 | 10+ | 1,60 |
| 35 | Jonathan Langman | 18,46 | 22.11.2006 | 10+ | 0,01 |
| 36 | Jos Van Acker | 17,98 | 12.04.2006 | 9 | - |
| 37 | John Engstrom | 17,83 | 13.11.2006 | 10+ | 2,88 |
| 38 | Thomas Hilton | 16,92 | 27.03.2005 | 10 | 4,00 |
| 39 | Rye Braune | 16,65 | 12.04.2006 | 10+ | 2,31 |
| 40 | Douglas Livingstone | 16,36 | 16.11.2005 | 10 | 2,33 |
| 41 | Chris Barnham | 16,23 | 16.10.2006 | 6 | - |
| 42 | Nicolas Demers | 16,19 | 25.09.2005 | 8 | - |
| 43 | David Freer | 15,79 | 21.11.2006 | 10+ | 0,20 |
| 44 | Ally Bain | 15,56 | 20.12.2006 | 9 | - |
| 45 | Simon Berry | 15,48 | 10.09.2006 | 10+ | 1,40 |
| 46 | Robert Dane | 15,15 | 28.10.2006 | 10+ | 2,06 |
| 47 | Pieter de Wilde | 14,92 | 21.03.2006 | 5 | - |
| 48 | Alex Beaumont-Jones | 14,88 | 21.05.2006 | 10+ | 2,00 |
| 49 | Ric Simmons | 14,78 | 26.01.2005 | 5 | - |
| 50 | James Barrington-Brown | 14,51 | 05.06.2006 | 4 | - |
Some statistics for games finished in 2006
89 games finished in 2006. 87 games finished in 2005, 117 games finished in 2004, 111 games finished in 2003 and 98 games finished in 2002. Somewhat more than 7 games start and finish each month (plus variants).
Country-ranking
Below is the ranking for the 7 nations. 100 points is average, that is, a country with 100 points has 1/7-part of all Eagle Points given. 140 means 40 pct. more than average, and 75 means 25 pct. below average.
1) 136.66 Germany
2) 127.59 France
3) 122.14 Russia
4) 101.17 Turkey
5) 86.36 Austria
6) 68.76 England
7) 57.32 Italy
2006 was Germany`s big year, while France and Russia were not far behind. Turkey did well too. England and Italy were very weak countries in 2006.
Anarchies
There were 0.82 dropouts pr. game in 2005. This was the second lowest amount of dropouts so far at the site (0.74 in 2005). 0.82 is a low number, which is good.
Solos and draws
36 games ended with a solo (40.4 pct.) while 53 games ended with a draw (59.6 pct) in 2006. More solos than normal in 2006. The draws in 2006 are distributed like this:
2-way: 36 pct.
3-way: 34 pct.
4-way: 17 pct.
5-way: 11 pct.
6-way: 02 pct.
7-way: No games
Solo-table
The distribution of solos in 2006 were this:
1) 11 Germany
2) 7 France
2) 7 Russia
2) 7 Turkey
5) 3 Austria
6) 1 Italy
7) 0 England
Germany won easily in 2006, while Turkey got a surprising shared 2nd place. England got 0 solos.
Players` results overall
11.7 pct. Anarchy
26.8 pct. Elimination
29.4 pct. Survival
26.3 pct. Part of a draw
05.8 pct. Solo
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