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Atlas Crisis - Flood Protection 03/27/24

Lykos ID: 18321



Didn't buy Flood Insurance? That's ok, the heroes of earth have saved the day. Over 13.9 million floods were stopped by the intrepid spandex brigades, making sure that lives and property were not lost. Goal was reached, so all rewards are up for grabs.

Lets take a look at division 6 and see how they did.

Rank / Div / Div Rank / Hero / # Saved / Hits / Score %

48 6 1 ⎳ΛПƬΣЯП ටƑ ♆SOB♆ 23,292 45 0.16%
62 6 2 £o$t Warrior 8,352 45 0.06%
79 6 3 monkeys 2,218 12 0.02%
86 6 4 The STEEL MAN 1,304 6 0.01%
89 6 5 Moe Spewter 263 1 0.00%
90 6 6 SoulSoar 202 2 0.00%
91 6 7 Slushman Zero 178 1 0.00%
93 6 8 Mysteria of OtherRealm 151 1 0.00%
94 6 9 Sunburst 150 1 0.00%
95 6 10 Lion of Villa 124 1 0.00%

Probably our largest numbers of participants, even if it was mostly to hit and run. I get the feeling it will always kind of be this way, as those that actually do the damage will be moved up to Div 5 eventually, leaving behind the One Hit Wonders.

We had 47 Operatives, and the top 4 operatives did put up some great numbers, especially our Lantern of the SOB. Normally we dont break the 10K barrier until later, but Lantern went straight to 23K. Amazing job. Rounding out the top three are the Lost Warrior and Monkeys. The Steel Man also broke the 1k barrier in position 4.

Division 5 had a solid Top Ten list, and fielded 22 total Operatives.

Rank / Div / Div Rank / Hero / # Saved / Hits / Score %

38 5 1 Justin Case 49,335 391 0.34%
40 5 2 ⛧Ⱡł₵Ⱨ QɄɆɆ₦⛧ 43,992 165 0.31%
43 5 3 Cadaverdog44 32,470 150 0.23%
45 5 4 Shakey2024 28,484 165 0.20%
51 5 5 King David 918 20,304 78 0.14%
65 5 6 Kairo the Great 5,944 30 0.04%
66 5 7 STARFALL 5,139 75 0.04%
71 5 8 ♦ Final Judgement 5¹ ♦ 3,617 15 0.03%
72 5 9 AUSSIE TOAD 3,292 15 0.02%
74 5 10 ＰＳＩＣＬＯＮＥ☄️ 3,075 23 0.02%

I see a familiar face in spot number 3. That is CadaverDog who was in first place of Div 6 last week. Not only moved up a Division but clawed his way to third place spot. The Lich Queen is no stranger to the Top Three, this time moving up to the second place spot. I hope to see her sitting pretty in number one next week.

First place went to Justin Case - Defending his first place title from last week! Well done Justin.

Over in Division 4 we have some new and old winners. We had a total of 14 Operatives saving lives. The top three Operatives all broke the 100K barrier as well. Overcast in 4th was just under it, but that was a helluva good showing. Overcast was in 4th last week, but down in Div 5! So that is a great feat.

Rank / Div / Div Rank / Hero / # Saved / Hits / Score %

19 4 1 ‡ ☠Puff,Puff,"Give"!☠ ‡ 136,632 427 0.95%
24 4 2 Lykos 117,246 480 0.81%
25 4 3 ‡☠Yojimbo☠ ‡ 114,701 401 0.80%
28 4 4 ‡ ☠"OVERCAST"☠ ‡ 99,780 393 0.69%
42 4 5 The Crusher 32,753 150 0.23%
53 4 6 «♦♣ШilD[?]CaЯD♥♠» 18,287 81 0.13%
54 4 7 NightTerror 16,478 90 0.11%
59 4 8 <<ü>>Nebula<<ü>> 10,590 42 0.07%
63 4 9 ABBOTT 7,679 90 0.05%
64 4 10 Furious Squirrel 6,695 30 0.05%

Puff, is still riding his first place win like a champ. Sitting in second place is the most handsome devil you will ever meet - ME! I gotta tell you, it was using every consumable I had to get there and I even resorted to spending a few MPs. But I got there, dag nab it!! Yojimbo went from Division 5 2nd place to Divsision 4 3rd place this week. An impressive accomplishment considering the jump in division and competition.

Division 3 had a remarkable 30 Operatives, and we saw some impressive numbers as well.

Rank / Div / Div Rank / Hero / # Saved / Hits / Score %

11 3 1 Temujin 286,175 560 1.99%
12 3 2 WHiPs 285,200 555 1.98%
14 3 3 <<ü>>Princess Sarai<<ü>> 276,918 437 1.92%
16 3 4 The Stander 226,292 360 1.57%
18 3 5 ‡ Florida Man ‡ 185,393 420 1.29%
20 3 6 GЯΛVΣ 133,542 399 0.93%
21 3 7 Harry Freak 131,605 397 0.91%
22 3 8 Burning Daylight (L*) 128,268 405 0.89%
23 3 9 Kit the Saint 119,636 343 0.83%
26 3 10 Orion Star 112,169 210 0.78%

Temujin joins the Top Three by taking first, followed by Whips in second. Temu was down in 9th place last week, so they have been eating their wheaties. I couldn't find Whips in any of the top tens last week, so welcome to number Two! Princess Sarai came slamming back into the Top Three this week taking that 3rd place finish like she owned it. Only one of the Top Three last week are still in our Top Ten, The Stander. But there were a number of familar names in the rest of the division like Orion Star and Burning Daylight.

Sitting in Division 2 we have 11 participants. Some of them moved up from last week like Major William and William Davespeare (Must be a William thing).

Rank / Div / Div Rank / Hero / # Saved / Hits / Score %

9 2 1 Lord Grim Payne 365,108 711 2.54%
10 2 2 MetaLord 300,296 362 2.09%
17 2 3 Major William 199,889 240 1.39%
30 2 4 Dark Mourning 91,495 270 0.64%
31 2 5 Vol Kana 85,336 270 0.59%
32 2 6 Steel Magnolia 84,046 180 0.58%
36 2 7 Uptown Knight 57,903 135 0.40%
37 2 8 William Davespeare 56,483 165 0.39%
46 2 9 Vendetta 27,626 60 0.19%
55 2 10 ][✡️][ The Wizard ✡️ 16,339 45 0.11%
61 2 11 Captain Picard 10,173 15 0.07%

Lord Grim Payne flew from number 4 to Number 1 this week. He must not have liked his team mate beating him, because he pushed MetaLord from number 1 to number 2! As I said earlier, Major William bumped himself up a division and made his presenbce felt by taking 3rd. Other notable names such as Vol Kana, Vendetta, and Dark Mourning again made the Top Ten.

And Last But Not Least: DIVISION ONE!! Once again the million barrier was shattered by this division, with our top three stopping a combined nearly 5.5 million. We had 12 total participants in the top division.

Rank / Div / Div Rank / Hero / # Saved / Hits / Score %

1 1 1 SHINOBI 2,031,396 2,775 14.12%
2 1 2 The Gentleman 1,851,630 2,760 12.87%
3 1 3 Sarg 1,598,123 2,220 11.11%
4 1 4 ~666~ B$C ♦♞♦ 1,405,978 1,425 9.77%
5 1 5 Φωτιά και θειάφι 833,786 1,095 5.79%
6 1 6 Mahham/Santa Hulk 553,853 615 3.85%
7 1 7 ➶➴ ♦Magnificent Punlork♦ ➷➹ 503,381 735 3.50%
8 1 8 Lady Gamma Goddess 372,029 764 2.59%
13 1 9 Sevon 283,241 450 1.97%
15 1 10 ZANAZOLA MERLIO 262,683 355 1.83%

Sitting in Number One like he owns the joint is Shinobi - no stranger to the Top Three or number one. The Gentleman moved from 5th place up to 2nd this week, and Sarg held on strong in his 3rd place position. Sevon joined the top ten this week, and we will see if we see more of them in the weeks to come.

Always very proud of our heroes when we manage to hit goal. Great work this time around! As of the time of this article, we do not have a new Atlas on the books yet, but I expect it will be on Thursday or Friday of next week, April 4th or 5th. This aint written in stone, just my conjecture.

I wanted to take a moment to remind everybody that there are multiple ways to get the bigger hits on an Atlas - Not just by having the high number in your card. Lets look at how the numbers were calculated.



This was an Attack based Atlas, so that means your attack attribute on your card is the first thing you want to look at. If you make three sets of decks, you can have one dedicated to each of the stats - One for attack, one for defense, and one for movement. But that isn't the only thing to look at.

You can also see on the instructions that you can boost these cards attack stats by wearing gear that matches the requirements. In this case, you could wear gear that adds physical damage to boost your attack cards. Your attacks from your defense cards are boosted by resisting physical effects, and finally your attack stat on your movement cards can be boosted by wearing gear that increases your attack %.

All three types of gear, plus the right Attack Stat card deck, can give you a serious leg up on hitting the big numbers. Next Atlas, take a moment and see what the requirements are. Go into your gear, add the right equipment, and choose a Hero Deck tailored to the type of stat Atlas we are looking at. You may be pleasantly surprised to find yourself outscoring the competition - or at least those that don't pay attention.

Good Luck Heroes! Stay Safe!

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Atlas Crisis - Airline Stability 03/20/24

Lykos ID: 18321



Aliens? No Problem. Solar Flares? We got it. Planes dropping out of the sky? Sorry, No can do!

The most recent Atlas event was another problem with planes falling from heaven again. Someone really should be looking into these plane manufacturers. Unfortunately, like last time, we did not hit our goal of saving 13.8 million people. In fact we did worse than last time we tried to stop the planes! This time, we failed to save 790,695 people. Maybe everyone needs to re-think flight travel.

We had six divisions this time instead of eight. So lets jump right in with Division 6 and see how they did.

We had 22 operatives in this division, but only three (THREE!) made more than one attempt to save people and then went home. The other 19 heroes, helped once and then off they went to the Bahamas or something. Maybe now we know why so many people died in fiery plane crashes. You know what? I am not even going to list the full top ten. Lets just show the top three who did the work.

Rank / Div / Div Rank / Hero / # Saved / Hits / Score %

42 6 1 Cadaverdog44 33,139 195 0.25%
76 6 2 Armpit 3,612 15 0.03%
89 6 3 The worm 2,462 20 0.02%

These three showed true stamina and loyalty to earth. Congratulations to Cadaverdog, Armpit, and The worm.

I am a lot prouder of Division 5! Five had an impressive showing of 37 operatives, 34 of which put in some effort to save lives. This is also the earliest I have seen the 10K mark broken - Almost the 100K. Impressive hero-ing done here!

Rank / Div / Div Rank / Hero / # Saved / Hits / Score %

29 5 1 Justin Case 72,266 420 0.56%
31 5 2 ‡☠Yojimbo☠ ‡ 71,049 200 0.55%
34 5 3 ⛧Ⱡł₵Ⱨ QɄɆɆ₦⛧ 62,230 204 0.48%
35 5 4 ‡ ☠"OVERCAST"☠ ‡ 57,287 178 0.44%
36 5 5 Harry the Freak 45,860 191 0.35%
47 5 6 Shakey2024 23,468 150 0.18%
61 5 7 RHINO 7,856 120 0.06%
63 5 8 Wulfrik MacGregor 7,170 75 0.06%
64 5 9 IRISH 6,650 135 0.05%
65 5 10 KIWI 5,854 75 0.04%

Our first place winner goes to Justin Case with 72K people. Yojumbo is right behind with 71K, followed by the Lich Queen at 62K. A shout out to Overcast, Harry the Freak, and Shakey 2024 for also breaking that 10K ceiling. Yojimbo came in 4th last Atlas, so hitting 2nd this time is awesome. The Lich Queen is also not new to the lime light as she placed 3rd in Div 8 last time.

Division 4 had exactly 10 participants, so at least we got all our medals handed out. A good showing of heroes allowed us to see 6 of them break the 10K barrier. We are still looking for that elusive 100K breakage though.

Rank / Div / Div Rank / Hero / # Saved / Hits / Score %

27 4 1 ‡ ☠Puff,Puff,"Give"!☠ ‡ 79,339 197 0.61%
33 4 2 Aflima ◄[RD]► 62,446 153 0.48%
49 4 3 Visionary 21,761 79 0.17%
51 4 4 Lykos 19,638 135 0.15%
53 4 5 ☠️ 12,782 45 0.10%
56 4 6 NightTerror 11,860 75 0.09%
60 4 7 The Crusher 8,534 45 0.07%
70 4 8 Nuclear Lad 4,717 15 0.04%
86 4 9 //MONSTROSITY\\ 2,665 15 0.02%
92 4 10 Ability Mage 2,266 8 0.02%

Taking first is once again Puff. Puff is blowing away the competition and leaving them in the weeds. Aflima and Visionary rounded out our top three. Congrats to Visionary for jumping from 9th to 3rd. Heck of of a leap, even for a hero. Hey wait! Who's that guy in 4th?? That's ME!! No, no.. no autographs, please...

Ahem, anyway... Lets take a look at Division 3. 28 total operatives participated here. What is truly impressive, is that all but one of the top ten managed to break that 100k barrier. Not to slight Burning Daylight, they put up an impressive score in tenth place.

Rank / Div / Div Rank / Hero / # Saved / Hits / Score %

15 3 1 <<ü>>Neach-dìon na h-Alba<<ü>> 227,413 281 1.75%
17 3 2 Major William 180,490 210 1.39%
18 3 3 The Stander 157,848 271 1.21%
19 3 4 ☣Frank the Rabbit☣ 134,499 165 1.03%
20 3 5 William Davespeare 132,540 404 1.02%
21 3 6 Orion Star 125,685 315 0.97%
22 3 7 PR Princess 124,362 330 0.96%
23 3 8 ‡ ☠xXOG DIESELXx☠ ‡ 117,300 255 0.90%
24 3 9 Temujin 106,663 255 0.82%
26 3 10 Burning Daylight (L*) 85,528 285 0.66%

Neach-dìon na h-Alba (Yes I C&P'ed that) took first with an incredible 227K saved. Neach made a heck of an entrance to the top ten by placing first. Major William took 3rd in Div 3 last time and is now popping in at number 2. The Stander found himself standing in 3rd place, which is still an impressive feet, I mean feat. The Stander was in 9th place last Atlas, so this is an even more impressive run for the top.

Division 2 was slim in number, but mighty in saves. We had ten operatives again in this one, 4 of which broke 100K.

Rank / Div / Div Rank / Hero / # Saved / Hits / Score %

7 2 1 MetaLord 520,168 598 4.00%
8 2 2 Dark Mourning 421,822 975 3.24%
10 2 3 Vol Kana 379,416 926 2.92%
13 2 4 Lord Grim Payne 284,369 547 2.19%
25 2 5 Uptown Knight 91,810 141 0.71%
28 2 6 ☠CHAINZ☠ 73,329 135 0.56%
37 2 7 Vendetta 41,870 98 0.32%
40 2 8 ][✡️][ The Wizard ][✡️][ 35,913 75 0.28%
45 2 9 Captain Picard 24,417 31 0.19%
50 2 10 ♦️ ChaChing ♦️ 21,008 31 0.16%

But MetaLord wasn't happy with 100K, or even 200K. No, Meta went straight up and over the half million mark. Lets compare that to last Atlas where Meta placed 3rd and only stopped 152K flares. This was truly an impressive comeback. Taking Second was Dark Mourning who didn't place in the top ten last Atlas and soared straight to a gold this time. Vol Kana grabbed third also not having made the top ten last go around. Vol saved nearly 100K more than the 4thg place finisher. She did great, it's plain to see.

OK, now for the big finale. The Reveal. The one you are all waiting for - DIVISION 1!!

Twelve operatives were able to come out and save lives, and save they did! They may not have broken the 2 million barrier, but they still managed to save literally millions of people.

Rank / Div / Div Rank / Hero / # Saved / Hits / Score %

1 1 1 ~666~ B$C ♦♞♦ 1,762,205 1,832 13.55%
2 1 2 SHINOBI 1,759,782 2,295 13.53%
3 1 3 Sarg 1,334,659 1,665 10.26%
4 1 4 ➶➴ ♦Magnificent Punlork♦ ➷➹ 1,017,815 1,215 7.82%
5 1 5 The Gentleman 635,735 915 4.89%
6 1 6 Mahham/Santa Hulk 558,011 630 4.29%
9 1 7 Φωτιά και θειάφι 398,262 810 3.06%
11 1 8 Bartman ⁵ᵗʰ 353,098 642 2.71%
12 1 9 Lady Gamma Goddess 295,953 573 2.27%
14 1 10 ZANAZOLA MERLIO 264,039 365 2.03%

As we can see, 666 B$C is taking first having placed 4th last Atlas. They also scored 300K more points this Atlas and their hard work shows. Shinobi placed first previously and slips one spot to second. Sarg also slipped one place from 2nd to 3rd. Most of the other names on the Top Ten here look familiar, however this is Gamma Goddess's first move to Division 1, having placed 4th in division 2. Hitting the top ten is impressive at any time, but Gamma did it by doing an additional 200K more points than she did last Atlas. She really poured on the steam and took the division by storm. Hmmm I think I am mixing metaphores here.

ANYway... Congratulations to all our heroes that came out to save the populace. To those who sat out and watched, those lives are on your heads. May you hear their screams of anguish in your sleep.

Sorry, getting a bit dramatic. So our next Atlas going to be on March 27th at midnight EST. It looks like the dams are bursting and flooding will destroy homes, lives, businesses, and who knows what else. Our mission is to hurl boulders into these raging flood waters to stop them from killing people. Sounds like a good wet time.

What kind of Atlas would you like to see? Personally, I am hoping for Meteors. Don't y'all wanna punch meteors? Wouldn't that be fun?

Don't forget the Item Explosion starts this weekend and after that we have Easter Village arriving on Monday the 25th.

Save ya later!

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Atlas Crisis - Solar Flares!

Lykos ID: 18321



AHH! The sun is trying to kill us! Ok, not quite, but the solar flares got out of hand and it was up to earths heroes to protect the planet.

We had a new addition to this atlas event - In fact several. All new division splits made the number of prizes go way up and hopefully, we saw more heroes partaking because of it. Let's take a look at the division breakdowns.

In Division 8, we ended up with 58 participants. That sounds like a lot, but only the top 5 operatives actually did more than one hit each. All the others hit once and went back home. Lets thank our top 5 operatives for their work.

Overall Rank / Div / Div Rank / Hero / Flares shielded / Hits / Score Percentile

34 8 1 CAPTAIN UNDERPANTS 59,106 272 0.41%
66 8 2 ⛧Ⱡł₵Ⱨ QɄɆɆ₦⛧ 9,349 75 0.06%
68 8 3 Shakey2024 7,908 105 0.05%
103 8 4 Bounty Jockey 1,236 14 0.01%
105 8 5 Futurina 1,052 15 0.01%
109 8 6 Ernie's Phoenix 208 1 0.00%
110 8 7 King's Knight 204 2 0.00%
111 8 8 Agent Squires 192 1 0.00%
112 8 9 Queen's Knight 180 2 0.00%
113 8 10 Ruby Force 173 1 0.00%

The top three operatives in this division are Captain Underpants, Lich Queen, and Shakey 2024. The Captain earned his top spot by not only breaking the 10k mark but took it all the way up to 59k.

Division 7 had less participants but a lot more solar flares stopped. Only 2 operatives hit one time and moved on, so we had a lot more commitment in this division.

Here are your top ten medal winners of Div 7.

Overall Rank / Div / Div Rank / Hero / Flares shielded / Hits / Score Percentile

46 7 1 ‡ ☠"OVERCAST"☠ ‡ 33,466 164 0.23%
48 7 2 «♦♣ШilD[?]CaЯD♥♠» 28,413 135 0.20%
52 7 3 Chronic 19,151 120 0.13%
55 7 4 ‡☠Yojimbo☠ ‡ 17,806 84 0.12%
62 7 5 <<ü>>Nebula<<ü>> 10,291 45 0.07%
64 7 6 Dun Ringill 9,387 45 0.07%
69 7 7 BASEBALL 7,421 120 0.05%
70 7 8 Wulfrik MacGregor 7,295 75 0.05%
72 7 9 Yan Given-Man 6,452 60 0.04%
73 7 10 TITAN 5,878 105 0.04%

Our top three were Overcast, Wildcard, and Chronic. The top 5 all broke the 10k mark. Great showing in Division 7.

There were only 7 participants in Division 6. With the new breakdown in divisions you have to remember this is not based on your level, but on your experience in the Atlas, so we will see small divisions from time to time.

Overall Rank / Div / Div Rank / Hero / Flares shielded / Hits / Score Percentile

43 6 1 ‡ ☠Puff,Puff,"Give"!☠ ‡ 38,050 135 0.26%
54 6 2 Harry F Reak 18,228 59 0.13%
57 6 3 //MONSTROSITY\\ 13,017 75 0.09%
59 6 4 The Crusher 12,329 75 0.09%
65 6 5 Rysh 9,385 30 0.07%
74 6 6 ABBOTT 5,870 90 0.04%
99 6 7 Nexxus 1,955 12 0.01%

Puff took the top spot and Harry and Monstrosity took the 2nd and 3rd gold medals. Puff's top spot was earned with stopping 38k solar flares.

Division 5 was able to fill the 10 medal positions, so that worked well. Most of the participants put in a good effort with the top 6 managing to break the 10k mark.

Overall Rank / Div / Div Rank / Hero / Flares shielded / Hits / Score Percentile

22 5 1 Macaia's Daughter ◄[RD]► 96,054 332 0.67%
23 5 2 ♦ ULTRA INSTINCT ♦ 93,449 209 0.65%
28 5 3 Harry Freak 79,170 244 0.55%
36 5 4 Freak X 55,905 193 0.39%
40 5 5 Lykos 44,519 240 0.31%
50 5 6 Nuclear Lad 21,051 60 0.15%
67 5 7 Manic 8,727 45 0.06%
82 5 8 The Uncanny Shane 4,687 15 0.03%
100 5 9 Visionary 1,782 7 0.01%
102 5 10 Ability Mage 1,333 5 0.01%

The top two spots held by Macaia's Daughter and Ultra Instinct came SO close to breaking 100k. Harry in third was able to knock out nearly 80k.

Division 4 saw 21 operatives jump in to help defend earth. The commitment level is increasing in number of flares stopped. The top 15 all broke the 10k barrier and we finally saw the 100k mark passed.

Overall Rank / Div / Div Rank / Hero / Flares shielded / Hits / Score Percentile

12 4 1 Temujin 168,132 360 1.17%
14 4 2 ♦ Zen 5¹﹤(")♦ 153,183 274 1.06%
18 4 3 <<ü>>Princess Sarai<<ü>> 143,946 263 1.00%
20 4 4 ☣Frank the Rabbit☣ 132,511 195 0.92%
30 4 5 Harry FreakY 70,443 219 0.49%
38 4 6 Mr Liberty 53,879 240 0.37%
39 4 7 Stormforce 45,629 150 0.32%
42 4 8 GЯΛVΣ 39,774 139 0.28%
44 4 9 Blitz 37,184 135 0.26%
53 4 10 ][✡️][Shadow Wizard][✡️][ 18,397 75 0.13%

Our top 3 operatives are Temujin, Zen, and Princess Sarai. The Princess is a common name to see in the top three, so it is no surprise that she made it in this division as well. Lets give a shout out to Frank the Rabbit for also breaking the 100k barrier. Well done, Division 4.

Division 3 filled all 10 medal positions, and we had a lot of good engagement from those participants.

Overall Rank / Div / Div Rank / Hero / Flares shielded / Hits / Score Percentile

16 3 1 William Davespeare 152,720 632 1.06%
17 3 2 Orion Star 144,218 465 1.00%
19 3 3 Major William 141,176 180 0.98%
21 3 4 PR Princess 118,514 312 0.82%
26 3 5 ‡ ☠xXOG DIESELXx☠ ‡ 88,330 245 0.61%
31 3 6 Kit the Saint 67,381 195 0.47%
32 3 7 ☠CHAINZ☠ 66,170 132 0.46%
33 3 8 Burning Daylight (L*) 63,043 225 0.44%
47 3 9 The Stander 31,119 60 0.22%
49 3 10 ][☣][ ८Һ૯८қ ɱค੮૯ ][☣][ 21,854 45 0.15%

Our top three are William Davespeare, Orion Star, and Major William. All three, plus PR Princess, broke the 100k mark and William took it to halfway up to 200k. Great solid defense here in division 3.

Division 2 also saw full top spots for medals. Only 3 managed to break that 100k mark, but several were right behind them. This division had no one phoning it in, with all participants hitting over 50 times.

Overall Rank / Div / Div Rank / Hero / Flares shielded / Hits / Score Percentile

11 2 1 Captain Picard 213,612 257 1.48%
13 2 2 ][✡️][ The Wizard ][✡️][ 156,196 402 1.08%
15 2 3 MetaLord 152,777 193 1.06%
24 2 4 Lady Gamma Goddess 92,716 185 0.64%
25 2 5 Vendetta 88,992 220 0.62%
27 2 6 Uptown Knight 87,427 232 0.61%
37 2 7 Steel Magnolia 55,764 210 0.39%
45 2 8 ♦️ ChaChing ♦️ 36,020 60 0.25%
51 2 9 [[☣][ DaMoN][☣][ 20,546 30 0.14%
71 2 10 Lord Grim Payne 7,178 51 0.05%

Our top three here are Captain Picard, The Wizard, and MetaLord. The Captain was the only one to shatter the 200k barrier.

Division 1 did not disappoint. 13 total operatives took the lion's share of flares which we expect from these high level, hard hitters.

Overall Rank / Div / Div Rank / Hero / Flares shielded / Hits / Score Percentile

1 1 1 SHINOBI 2,029,615 3,060 14.08%
2 1 2 Sarg 1,907,553 2,640 13.24%
3 1 3 The Gentleman 1,722,112 2,880 11.95%
4 1 4 ~666~ B$C ♦♞♦ 1,496,738 1,610 10.39%
5 1 5 Φωτιά και θειάφι 1,108,302 1,770 7.69%
6 1 6 ➶➴ ♦Magnificent Punlork♦ ➷➹ 836,037 1,230 5.80%
7 1 7 ZANAZOLA MERLIO 518,058 780 3.60%
8 1 8 Bartman ⁵ᵗʰ 394,065 735 2.73%
9 1 9 Mahham/Santa Hulk 372,304 420 2.58%
10 1 10 Hard Left Hook 297,152 345 2.06%

More well known names that have held the top spots are found sitting at the top once again. Shinobi took first and is the only one in the entire crisis to burst through the 2 million mark. Absolutely phenomenal. Sarg was right behind him with 1.9 million, and The Gentleman following with 1.6 million. In all, five operatives contributed by defending against over a million flares each.



As of the time of this article, we do not know what the next threat will be to earth, but I am confident the heroes of this planet will rise up as they so often have to stop the next crisis. I would not be surprised if we had another Movement Atlas next time, but we shall see.

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Fan-Fiction: The Furious One

Furious Squirrel #12351



Furious Squirrel raced over the clouds of strange black fog that rolled across the earth. From here, he could hear the odd noises below. People were hollering and playing like it was a giant party, yet there were monsters moving around in the darkness.

“Furi...” a voice rattled through the comm with a lot of fuzziness around it.

Furious pulled a lever back and then used a switch the push more power into the comm system. He yanked down a pipe with a horn on the end and spoke into it. “This is Furious, who is this?”

Clearer now, the voice of Harry Freak came through. “Furious, we need help! We have this monster pinned down, but it won’t die. We need your cannon!”

“On it!” Letting the pipe go, it zipped back up to the ceiling of the pilothouse. He put his goggles on and grabbed the wheel. “Don’t fail me now, old girl!” He pulled back on the entire steering system and then pushed it forward. The Dirigible’s engines turned up, speeding him along quickly.

A red light flashed on the dash, and he slapped it to shut it off. It was warning him that the power levels of the old engine were at critical. He turned hard and zoomed toward a battle happening in the sea near a large city. The monster, Charybdis, was being held at bay by heroes attacking it. But they weren’t making any headway.

“I hope you can handle this, old girl!” He grabbed another lever and pulled it down, clicking it into place and then disconnected a cable from one place and plugged it into another port. He slowed the ship down and pulled out a switch and smashed it down.

Under his dirigible, the large electro-canon descended from its holding bay. The crystal structure on the inside was already white hot, with power surging through it. He sped toward the monster, the sides of his dirigible rattling, the engines turning his pilot house into a sauna.

“TAKE THAT!” He slammed the button again and a bright white beam of light came from his cannon and nailed the Charybdis right in the face. As its body split in two, it screeched and lashed around. With a great crash, the mighty carcass landed in the middle of the bay, never reaching the city. Heroes on the ground created barriers quickly to stop the ensuing tidal wave from causing any damage.

Harry Freak’s voice came over his comm. “You did it! It’s dead!”

Furious replied, “We did it. But this isn’t over. Lady Echidna is still out there. Justin needs us in Antarctica before it’s too late.” With that, he led the way across the ocean as heroes gathered from across the planet.

The battle with Lady Echidna was ethereal. Furious flew his dirigible over hoards of heroes against one villain. She was no giant monster or possessing thousands of demon slaves. She was alone, and yet she was nearly unbeatable. Blast after blast, Furious used all the weapons at his command to bring her down, and in the end, it was his dirigible that crashed into the snowy fields of the bottom of the world.

When the day was darkest and life seemed to be over, a beacon of hope arrived as an angel. Nova fought her in a battle that rivaled anything in all the myths. Then the monster to beat all monsters stomped through, crushing the icy continent as he set his eyes on the woman of nightmares. Midgardsomr joined the fight. Furious was certain that the snake hero had been destroyed, but there he stood, possessing a god-like power.

The Battle was over, and the day was done. Midgard had finally defeated the enemy that seemed unbeatable. Even better, Nova had returned. What was he? No one was certain any longer.

Furious stood near his crashed ship, sad eyes looking at the wreck that has been his tie to his past and his tool of heroism. Arctic winds made this even more painful. A hand reached out and held his shoulder.

“You did well.” The deep voice of Santa said.

Furious nodded. “I pushed her beyond her limits and made this real. But she’s gone. I don’t know what to do. I have crashed her before, but never like this. There is no coming back from this.”

Santa examined the wreckage and then asked the strangest question. “You’re not from this time, aren’t you?”

“No. I traveled from the 19th century to here. Why?”

“Seems like I owe you a century’s worth of Christmas gifts.”

This was not what Furious expected. “I guess... you don’t need...”

“I think I can make it up with this.” He waved his hand and magical reindeer appeared all around the wreck. Golden cords attached to them and the remains of his ship. In moments, the magical reindeer lifted it off the ground and flew it away.

Furious asked, “What are you doing?”

“You’ll see.” Santa touched the side of his nose and vanished.

A month later, Santa's Sleigh made a special visit and brought Furious up north. He zoomed over arctic north and then dove into what appears to be a giant ice berg only to find that the ice was an illusion hiding a large docking bay. The sleigh lands and he steps out. Santa joined him. Both looked out into the vast open bay that was currently without a ship.

“What did you need?” Furious asked.

“Merry Christmas!”

Furious looks at his watch, “It’s March.”

“Are you going to quibble about that when you are getting a centuries’ worth of Christmas gifts from Santa?”

Furious smiles, “This is about my ship?”

“Yup.” Santa clapped his gloved hands three times, and the elves pulled ropes attached to large doors at the far end of the bay.

Furious’s mouth hung open and a giddy smile affixed to his face as he watched a gorgeous boat float in on the water with a large armored balloon on top. The boat had beautiful bright wood with gold and silver accents. It had a small propeller in the front, and an enormous gold spike on the tip of the balloon.

Santa said, “Say hello to your new ship, the Furious One. It comes with magically infused engines that will give it twice the speed your old dirigible had. There are six turrets, three on each side, that are built in and will extend on command. The weapons are all powered by the same magical core the ship has built into it. However, the most powerful weapon on this baby is the lightning cannon on the front.” He pointed to the spike at the front of the balloon.

Furious watched as the incredible boat floated toward him. “Is it like the electro cannon on my old ship?”

“Better. The same unique crystal that your old weapon had powers this baby. It will give it as you move and charge the power in it. One shot from this will do more than twice the damage as your old weapon, and will not overheat.” Santa leaned in and said, “Wanna take her up for a spin?”

“YES!... ahem... I mean, yes I would.” Furious was a giddy as a kid on Christmas morning.

Santa walked him up a plank that met the ship’s top deck. “Unlike your first ship, this one has an open deck and living space. In fact, this ship has three decks, with guest rooms, a mess, and storage. Your hero league can use this as a mobile base, if you want.”

“I think they would appreciate that.”

Santa walked him into the new pilot house, this room as elegant as the outside of the ship. All the dials and controls were exquisite Victorian style, glistening like a new car. Luckily, Santa made the design similar to his old ship, so he knew the controls well.

“Taking us out.” Furious said as he stood behind the wheel and pulled down levers.

The Furious One sailed out of the hidden docking bay and out into open waters. Once clear, the engines buzzed louder, and the ship sped forward. The propellers on the back and front whipped into high gear and the ship lifted out of the icy waters. They gained altitude for a long climb sailing high into the sky. Breaking through the cloud layer, the ship leveled off and soared along as though it were sailing over a placid ocean. The mountains of clouds around it basked in the glorious sunlight, which glittered against the shining gilded hull of this ship.

Santa asked, “So, what do you think?”

Furious was bursting with emotions. “Thank you. I feel at home again.”

“If you need a tuneup, don’t hesitate to call.” Santa said and touched the side of his nose, vanishing away.

Furious finally cried out in joyful noises as he played with his new toy. The Furious One was ready for the world, but was the world ready for the Furious One?

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Alien Security Atlas Event - 03/03/24

Lykos ID: 18321



It's a Great day to be a human and a better day to be a hero! The aliens came, they saw, they got their butts handed to them by the heroes of earth. We achieved our goal of 13.5 million aliens, which let's face it - that's a lotta aliens. Punching alien invaders is almost as much fun as punching nazi's. Just like old Grand dad used to do.

Alright, let's take a look at the divisions and see how we did!

In Division 4, we have a lot more activity that we did last Atlas. At the 7 hours left mark we only had 3 participants int his division, but it filled up fast and now we have a nice robust division. It looks like the chess pieces took most of the spots, but Our top three winners are Kyros, White King, and Black Knight. Kyros and White King both broke the 10K mark, with Kyros just nudging the win from the White king.

Overall Rank / Div / Div Rank / Hero / Aliens punched / Hits / Score Percentile

62 4 1 Kyros Faebane 11,136 105 0.08%
63 4 2 ♔ 11,013 90 0.08%
66 4 3 ♞ 9,067 90 0.06%
69 4 4 ♜ 8,389 90 0.06%
70 4 5 ♖ 8,303 90 0.06%
73 4 6 ♗ 7,980 75 0.06%
76 4 7 ♕ 7,666 75 0.05%
77 4 8 ♟ 7,479 90 0.05%
80 4 9 ♘ 7,256 75 0.05%
81 4 10 Layak 7,214 75 0.05%

There were a total of 18 operatives in Division 4 this round.

In Division 3, we had 68 operatives! About half of those punched one Alien and then left the scene. If more people actually did one full deck, it would go a long way from taking the load off the other players, but it is what it is. Lets look at our top ten heroes for division 3.

Overall Rank / Div / Div Rank / Hero / Aliens punched / Hits / Score Percentile 28 3 1 ‡ ☠"OVERCAST"☠ ‡ 67,394 324 0.47%
30 3 2 T-2 59,566 315 0.42%
38 3 3 Đ₳rK ]v[ystเc 40,293 144 0.28%
41 3 4 Justin Case 36,118 344 0.25%
42 3 5 ♆The Mongrel♆ 33,513 177 0.23%
55 3 6 Lady Jynx 14,854 135 0.10%
82 3 7 Zeus 7,025 75 0.05%
86 3 8 ♛ 6,757 75 0.05%
87 3 9 Isfet 6,680 90 0.05%
88 3 10 ♚ 6,648 75 0.05%

Overcast, T-2, and Dark Mystic were able to secure the top three spots respectively. While none were able to break the 100k mark of punched aliens, these were admirable numbers all around. Great job in Division 3!

Division 2 saw 45 operatives on the field, defending as many citizens as they could from being abducted off into space. As you can see from the following top ten, we had some familiar faces at the top.

Overall Rank / Div / Div Rank / Hero / Aliens punched / Hits / Score Percentile 12 2 1 <<ü>>Princess Sarai<<ü>> 267,418 436 1.87%
18 2 2 DOOM 156,944 337 1.10%
20 2 3 ‡ ☠Puff,Puff,"Give"!☠ ‡ 117,492 387 0.82%
21 2 4 ♦ Zen 5¹﹤(")♦ 86,483 150 0.60%
22 2 5 ‡☠Yojimbo☠ ‡ 81,434 293 0.57%
24 2 6 T-1 74,542 375 0.52%
29 2 7 Harry Freak 61,377 206 0.43%
31 2 8 Freak X 58,074 195 0.41%
33 2 9 Harry the Freak 54,322 207 0.38%
34 2 10 BlazingSouls 53,181 105 0.37%

Last Atlas, Puff was first, then the princess, and finally Doom. They changed it up this Atlas with the Princess Sarai coming in first, Doom taking second, and Puff finishing third. All three however cracked the 100k barrier with Princess Sarai going all out for the 200k.

Division 1 had the most fun in terms of Alien punching. With only 44 operatives, they put a fantastic amount of points on the board. Those aliens might want to stick to taking cows from now on. Here is a look at our top ten heroes that kicked butt and forgot to take names.

Overall Rank / Div / Div Rank / Hero / Aliens punched / Hits / Score Percentile 1 1 1 Sarg 1,599,480 2,250 11.17%
2 1 2 SHINOBI 1,513,090 2,295 10.57%
3 1 3 The Gentleman 1,367,105 2,310 9.55%
4 1 4 ➶➴ ♦Magnificent Punlork♦ ➷➹ 1,359,716 2,039 9.50%
5 1 5 ~666~ B$C ♦♞♦ 1,192,468 1,284 8.33%
6 1 6 Φωτιά και θειάφι 1,059,509 1,469 7.40%
7 1 7 Hard Left Hook 637,864 750 4.46%
8 1 8 ZANAZOLA MERLIO 602,117 892 4.21%
9 1 9 Sevon 471,871 720 3.30%
10 1 10 Bartman ⁵ᵗʰ 382,395 717 2.67%

Sarg was in third place last Atlas, and must have taken issue with it, because he surged forward to take the first place spot this time. He barely beat out Shinobi who came in second, who had a 4th place finish last time. The Gentleman wasn't even in the top ten last time, and came screaming up to third place. Actually, I just checked and The Gentleman wasn't even available last Atlas at all, so that extra rest must have helped, because he did some amazing work this time around.

We had a total of 6 operatives bust through the 1 million mark of punched Alien Nazis. Congratulations to all the participants, of all the Divisions for making this Alien invasion a success.. erm, for us, I mean... Yeah.

MOVING ON! The next Atlas is schedule for Monday, March 11th, however there is nothing scheduled for the type of Atlas Crisis as of yet. We just had a Movement and Attack crisis, so I would not be surprised if we were looking at a Defense crisis coming up, but you never know!

There is a lot happening on the calendar for March, so take a look at it if you get the chance. Click on the lil calendar icon on the main home page to see details. We have a new Summon-able Raid, Scheduled Maintenance, Atlas, St Pattys and an Items explosion all going on this month. OH! And it looks like the ole Easter Village comes back near the end of the month too! Don't miss out on all the candy goodness. Do you have your Easter Baskets ready?

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SENTINEL AWARDS FOR MARCH

HAPPY QUACKALICIOUS MARCH 2024!!!

The monthly bonus for Sentinel editorials and Fan-Fiction continues this March with the usual editorial bonus for reviews, commentaries, game guides, gear talk, and origin stories.

As it was with last month, ALL SUBMISSIONS TO THE SENTINEL PAGE that have been published will be assessed and given bonus rewards based on merit as follows:

PLATINUM: 7 Strange Fiction cards (only reserved for EXCEPTIONAL submissions)

GOLD: 5 Strange Fiction cards

SILVER: 3 to 4 Strange Fiction cards

BRONZE: 1 to 2 Strange Fiction cards

These rewards go out after the end of each month and are IN ADDITION to the usual Sentinel rewards from Daniel Andrade for published entries.

Here are the categories/prompts:

Category One:
REVIEWS/COMMENTARIES of ad hoc and regular events, including fan-fiction role play, etc.

Category Two:
GAME GUIDES, GEAR TALK, and other editorials about game mechanics.

Category OPEN:
What is your origin story? How did you end up in the Heroes Rising universe? (And any other Fan-Fiction.)

Just post your submissions to the Sentinel page as usual for Categories One and Two. To enter the OPEN CATEGORY post your entries to the Fan-Fiction forum with the following in the title: "FAN-FICTION CONTEST" and the title of your entry. Please also add a link to your entry in the Sentinel page so that we can monitor all entries.

Yours Quackily,
SQ

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