Dear MYTH World Cup Official Council,

It is with a heavy heart that I write this letter to you today. As captain, (no one else would @!#%@ do it!) it is my duty to inform you that two of our faithful Brothers of kroD will be unable to attend the competition. We would like to add two less experienced players to our roster in their place. The reason for this follows:

Shortly after the opening ceremonies, (in which we all had a very good time) we decided to head down to Mama Thralls Malts and Stuff to down a few frosty mugs of "the good stuff", as brother Binzer likes to put it. On the way there, we were set upon by two fellows wearing pink bunny outfits. They came at us from the rear and immediately stole brothers Acid of kroD and sukroD of kroDs slide rules from their pockets and proceeded to beat them about the head and shoulders with them.

Not wanting to leave our fellow brothers in such dire straits, the rest of our order immediately humped it double time to the nearest garbage dumpster, where we were able to safely taunt our adversaries with catcalls of "is that as hard as you can hit!" and "Darn I wet myself again".

After this heinous attack by these two evil fiends, (and you could tell they were evil, because as you know evil wears many disguises and I am sure that one of them must include men in pink bunny outfits wielding slide rules with such cruel efficiency), our two brothers, although looking much better in appearance, are alas unable to compete.

So without further adieu, I would like to present Sir Sadakari of kroD and Sir Bruiser of kroD as replacements for our fallen brothers. Although it is true they lack experience, I am sure they will make good targets and fun sport for our competitors while the rest of us perform our favorite mystical battle tactic of "Run away and hide".

I sincerely hope that this is an isolated incident and not some sort of political statement by a third world order. Because frankly, this kind of senseless violence is totally uncalled for in a fine tournament that pits 64 individual armies against each other in a battle to the death for baseball caps that not even a wight would wear.

Please let me know if this is not ok.

Respectfully yours

Lord Aahz of kroD

Victory through pacifism

Truly, a sad tale. The best wishes of the MWC Council and all the entrants go out to Acid and sukroD. Noble warriors, may your recovery be swift and free of crippling, hideous maimings.