Shenkuu ended up 11th. I don't really understand how we beat HW, unless YYB counts for more than the other games. We went W-L-D-D and then W-L-D-L. I got Twitterpate correct in the Staff tourney, so I got a book and a background. Because I got 8/15 correct, I also received 50,000 NP, which was a nice surprise. Normally I'm terrible at these guessing games.
Even though I made it all the way to Rank 11, I still don't have enough prize points for the top 6 prizes. I'm glad they made the pirate paint brush as costly as they did; I just bought one a few months ago, and I'd have cried if TNT had totally depreciated it. Even still, I'm wishing I had waited just a *bit* longer to buy. I'm not sure I want to know how far the prices fall...
At any rate, like always, I'll wait for prices to stabilize before buying my prizes -- that way, I'll get the most value for the money.