The evenings are drawing in, the weather getting colder and Christmas merchandise has been available for months now. It must be time for the return of that old favourite, the Scriv Productions Online Advent Calendar Challenge!

If you are new to the whole concept of the ACC, as we afficionados like to refer to it, let me explain. The Advent Calendar Challenge is a fun yearly competition run on the site, where players are invited to guess what pictures might possibly crop up behind the windows on my advent calendar each day. Points are awarded (from 1 point on December 1st all the way up to 24 on Christmas Eve*) for correctly guessing the picture and the winner is simply the person who gets the most points over the course of the competition. Simple. Easy. Fun. If you're still a bit in the dark about things, have a look at the 2005, 2004 and 2003 competitions to see what went on.

	FINAL STANDINGS
	1	Mark COUGHLAN	K	75 pts	WR
	2	Simon RUTTER	DU	54 pts
	3	Christina BELL	ESx	45 pts	PB
	4	Ross TURNBULL	OX	43 pts	PB
	5	David WILFORD	SY	29 pts	PB
	6	Ally HICKMAN	DU	28 pts
	7	Alex "Melon" OSBORN	WY	23 pts	PB
	8	Andy MARSON	CH	22 pts
	9	Ed COUGHLAN	DV	20 pts
	10	Grace FREELEY	CH	16 pts
	11	Andrew DALE	K	14 pts	PB
	12	Matthew SCRIVIN	NY	12 pts
	13	Andy GREEN	OX	12 pts
	14	May BIERLICH	L	9 pts
	15	Thomas WHITE	CM	4 pts
	16	Christine TURNER	LA	4 pts
	17	Alessandro TURATI	L	0 pts
	18	Wendy SCRIVIN	SY	0 pts
	19	M. Asim OMAR	NY	0 pts
	20	Simon ATTWOOD	CM	0 pts
	DQ	Elizabeth SCRIVIN	SY	DSQ
				SCORE

This year's team's championship will take the form of a county championship, though to even it out it will be based on residence rather than birthplace. Current standings:

Pictures uncovered:

You can change your guess as often as you like. The guess registered at the time of a window being opened is assessed for points on each day. Your guess need not be unique but must be kept clean (this is a family competition!). The eventual winner, as ever, gets a top secret special prize. Good luck everyone!

New for 2006 is the stats page. Not many stats mind you, just a constantly updating all-time performance table. Clicking a player name in either the current standings or the stats table gives you a player profile page, showing their past performances in the ACC and a little picture just cos. And finally the rules in full. Subject to change of course...

* If you play from the start