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Date   : 04/15/2025    Duedate: 05/12/2025

CRYSALIS ARENA

DM 106    TURN 415

RANK TEAMS                 W    L   K    %  RANK TEAMS                 W    L   K    % 
  1 LAZY BOYZ 47/2097      9    4   0 69.2      WORLD BLADES 7 36/1977
  3 AVID FANS 45/199    4433 2165  44 67.2      WORLD BLADES 9 41/1902
    ROYAL FLUSH 47/10                           WORLD BLADES 12 50/1773
    WAY TO GO! II 73/1010                       WORLD BLADES 15 85/1904
  6 VIKINGS 10/1208      766  644   7 54.3      FAVORITE SAYINGS 56/1780
    SENTINELS 7/1202                            CANADIAN CLASSICS 97/1852
    VAN DUEL 51/1476                         12 KANO CLAN 21/988      63  100   2 38.7
    JUNGLE JUICE 85/2043                        BLACK SAMURAI 29/707
    PHANTOM REGIMENT 20/1710                 13 TALL TALES 59/1335   234  406   3 36.6
    BATTLEAXE STAMPEDE 74/1570               14 THIRD HIGHW 73/2060  582 1055   5 35.6
  7 AVENGERS 31/259       23   24   0 48.9   16 RED AVENGER 29/1724    4    8   0 33.3
    KINGS BLADES 73/1770                     17 CANDY 41/2083          9   22   0 29.0
    STEEL BLADES 10/2045                        SINN'RS 'R US 9/2138
    JURINE SAMPLE 71/1921                    18 TEN TON TOGA 8/1998    6   15   0 28.6
    BLADES OF DOOM 15/2046                      WHITE WOLVES 47/1838
    WORLD BLADES 4 32/2047

                             REPORT FROM WITHIN THE TOWER

Hello, fighters and managers.

This turn in Crysalis arena we had twenty-one fights, two of which were challenges.  
No one died.  Sentinels avoided Royal Flush.

     STARBURSTS (41-5305) (24-21-5,189) of CANDY challenged ARMENIUS (47-9159) (42-64-
0,210) of WHITE WOLVES.  STARBURSTS bested ARMENIUS in a crowd pleasing 2 minute 
gruesome Challenge fight.  Armenius was the most challenged fighter.  Starbursts is 
our best Slasher, and that was a brave challenge.
     SINNAMON LUV (9-6452) (18-8-0,93) of SINN'RS 'R US challenged CHUCK BYWAY (73-
9040) (27-30-0,123) of THIRD HIGHWAY 3.  SINNAMON LUV was subdued by CHUCK BYWAY in an 
exciting 3 minute Challenge melee.  Sinnamon Luv lost the fight, but gained 6 points 
for a brave challenge.
     DURANDAL (15-5798) (56-44-0,165) of BLADES OF DOOM fought ZHOU XI (21-5151) (41-
45-4,140) of KANO CLAN.  DURANDAL was vanquished by ZHOU XI in a crowd pleasing 1 
minute bloody one-sided fray.  Zhou Xi gained 30 points for this fight, while Durandal 
lost 23.
     Our overall popularity leader is Disco Queen, and not for the first time.  
CARNIVORE PARROT (85-8440) (26-5-2,232) of JUNGLE JUICE fought DISCO QUEEN (47-1992) 
(166-41-3,494) of ROYAL FLUSH.  CARNIVORE PARROT was bested by DISCO QUEEN in an 
action packed 2 minute brawl.  Maybe the Parrot, who is our top Lunger, should switch 
to a vegetarian diet?  Disco Queen is Crysalis' leading Parry-Strike.
     THE REFEREE (45-1091) (136-58-4,349) of AVID FANS fought CAPE TOWN (41-5118) (56-
43-1,198) of WORLD BLADES 9.  THE REFEREE vanquished CAPE TOWN in an action packed 9 
minute gruesome one-sided duel.  The Referee was voted this turn's favorite fighter.
     DODGE'EM DUDE (31-7019) (25-40-1,70) of AVENGERS fought AARNS (8-4622) (20-26-
4,35) of TEN TON TOGAS.  DODGE'EM DUDE devastated AARNS in a 1 minute one-sided bout.  
I'm sorry to say, Aarns was voted least popular.  Luckily, this kind of embarrassment 
does not last.
     Of course, Hari-Kari is still our arena's Champion of the Horn and the highest 
ranked Aimed Blow.  HARI-KARI (73-3049) (151-18-0,475) of WAY TO GO! II fought 
STAINLESS STEEL (10-7200) (92-34-1,218) of STEEL BLADES.  HARI-KARI savagely defeated 
STAINLESS STEEL in a crowd pleasing 6 minute Title duel.  Stainless Steel is the top 
Total Parry.
     G W Bush is top Striker again.  G W BUSH (59-2764) (73-122-2,210) of TALL TALES 
fought BASARA KUBIKIRI (31-7104) (31-19-1,193) of AVENGERS.  G W BUSH overpowered 
BASARA KUBIKIRI in a popular 1 minute mismatched conflict.
     Getting matched up with the Arenamaster is both a compliment and a pain in the 
butt.  INNUIT (50-3795) (56-63-2,190) of WORLD BLADES 12 fought ARENAMASTER SANDAVOL 
(106-28) (0-0-0,200).  INNUIT narrowly defeated ARENAMASTER SANDAVOL in a 3 minute 
competition.  Nice!
     UNCLE FESTER (59-2768) (83-112-1,192) of TALL TALES fought MATSURI (29-4256) (39-
40-0,176) of BLACK SAMURAI.  UNCLE FESTER lost to MATSURI in a crowd pleasing 1 minute 
bout.  Matsuri is the leading Parry-Riposte.
     Brutus is famously our best Basher.  BRUTUS (47-9380) (31-61-3,158) of WHITE 
WOLVES fought BIRGITTE (73-6755) (35-39-0,137) of KINGS BLADES.  BRUTUS was 
overpowered by BIRGITTE in a popular 1 minute one-sided bout.

I think that's all I can tell you.  Have a great two weeks, enjoy the spring weather.

                                          -- Olaf Modeen

THE TOWER GUARDIAN             W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 HARI-KARI 73-3049           152  18  0  512  WAY TO GO! II (1010)       ERINIKA

GRAND CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS     W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 DISCO QUEEN 47-1992         167  41  3  511  ROYAL FLUSH (10)           NORTH FORK
 THE REFEREE 45-1091         137  58  4  368  AVID FANS (199)            STORMCROWE
 BALDASSARE 7-6003           120  62  0  269  SENTINELS (1202)           BONSUR
 KNOS THE AXE 74-4394         68  32  1  261  BATTLEAXE STAMPEDE (1570)  DAYLA KIV
 HREIDMAR THE RED 10-6148     81  41  0  232  VIKINGS (1208)             KOLACT
 G W BUSH 59-2764             74 122  2  225  TALL TALES (1335)          ILLIS
-SUPERSIZE ME 47-8110         64  47  2  215  FAST FOOD (1355)           NORTH FORK

GRAND CHAMPIONS                W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 STAINLESS STEEL 10-7200      92  35  1  210  STEEL BLADES (2045)        KOLACT
 LOVING IT 56-4440            62  90  1  210  FAVORITE SAYINGS (1780)    ROCANIS
 CAPE TOWN 41-5118            56  44  1  210  WORLD BLADES 9 (1902)      KATI-TEI
 CARNIVORE PARROT 85-8440     26   6  2  210  JUNGLE JUICE (2043)        JASPER GULCH
 BRISTOL 32-5629              51  27  0  208  WORLD BLADES 4 (2047)      ARVAT
-EARLY MORNINGS 84-34548      63  57  0  207  THINGS I HATE 2 (1784)     BLACKSTONE
 TRIUMPH 97-7395              59  53  5  206  CANADIAN CLASSICS (1852)   SHADOW GROVE
 INNUIT 50-3795               57  63  2  203  WORLD BLADES 12 (1773)     SNOWBOUND
 STARBURSTS 41-5305           25  21  5  203  CANDY (2083)               KATI-TEI
 STAY PUFT 20-144             50  47  1  200  PHANTOM REGIMENT (1710)    SEAM
 GEE WHIZZ 71-8558            47  36  1  200  JURINE SAMPLE (1921)       KYR'TERR
 INNUK SHUK 85-12276          28  36  0  200  WORLD BLADES 15 (1904)     JASPER GULCH
 KING MIDAS 59-2770           84 106  1  198  TALL TALES (1335)          ILLIS
-CABO WABO 51-5583            36  29  2  198  VAN DUEL (1476)            TRICORUS
 ARMENIUS 47-9159             42  65  0  190  WHITE WOLVES (1838)        NORTH FORK
 MATSURI 29-4256              40  40  0  190  BLACK SAMURAI (707)        LAPUR
 MEDINA 36-7596               46  42  0  186  WORLD BLADES 7 (1977)      JHANS
 BASARA KUBIKIRI 31-7104      31  20  1  185  AVENGERS (259)             CHIMLEVTAL

GRAND CHALLENGER ADEPTS        W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 JOHNNY APPLESEED 59-2767     66 130  1  180  TALL TALES (1335)          ILLIS
 ICE CREAM MAN 51-5584        39  33  0  180  VAN DUEL (1476)            TRICORUS
 UNCLE FESTER 59-2768         83 113  1  179  TALL TALES (1335)          ILLIS
-MEAT 73-8119                 29  26  0  177  PORKY'S (1945)             ERINIKA
 ZIT 47-10348                 26  10  1  177  LAZY BOYZ (2097)           NORTH FORK
 ZHOU XI 21-5151              42  45  4  170  KANO CLAN (988)            SUNSET
 HALFLING 32-5897             40  60  0  168  WORLD BLADES 4 (2047)      ARVAT
 BIRGITTE 73-6755             36  39  0  159  KINGS BLADES (1770)        ERINIKA

GRAND CHALLENGER ADEPTS        W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
-BERLIN 63-2923               15   1  1  154  WORLD BLADES (1901)        AMEN-TEI

GRAND ADEPTS                   W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 DURANDAL 15-5798             56  45  0  142  BLADES OF DOOM (2046)      MALCORN
 BRUTUS 47-9380               31  62  3  137  WHITE WOLVES (1838)        NORTH FORK
-SLOTE 25-6577                41   9  1  133  WINDS OF WAR (2055)        LYRATILAN
-GRATILLONIUS 47-10208        20  27  1  131  WHITE MAIMERS (1936)       NORTH FORK
 CHUCK BYWAY 73-9040          28  30  0  128  THIRD HIGHWAY 3 (2060)     ERINIKA
 EDGAR DETOUR 73-9038         26  32  1  124  THIRD HIGHWAY 3 (2060)     ERINIKA
-ST. CROIX 78-3568            35  16  0  121  PERRY COUNTY (1920)        LIN TIRIAN
-HAWKINS 47-8949              22   7  0  101  SNOW FORT (2002)           NORTH FORK

GRAND CHALLENGER INITIATES     W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
-VALERIUS 44-1035             24  31  2  100  WHITE MAIMERS (324)        KRILL
 SINNAMON LUV 9-6452          18   9  0   99  SINN'RS 'R US (2138)       ZUKAL
-TIGER LILY 30-5941           25  15  1   91  LENPROS (189)              IAYE

GRAND INITIATES                W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
-STARFISH 59-3232             21  25  0   88  ISLANDERS (804)            ILLIS
-HILLARY 47-9534              21  19  1   83  SECOND BANANAS (1127)      NORTH FORK
 BISHAMON 31-7069             27  28  0   81  AVENGERS (259)             CHIMLEVTAL
 OZYMANDIUS 7-2521            19  11  1   78  SENTINELS (1202)           BONSUR
-MANURE 29-6640               19  16  2   75  AVOID ME! (1962)           LAPUR
-GALLIENUS 47-4956            35  67  1   74  WHOLY ROMAN EMPIRE (1825)  NORTH FORK
 DODGE'EM DUDE 31-7019        26  40  1   72  AVENGERS (259)             CHIMLEVTAL
-TELL CITY 78-3616            19  10  1   68  PERRY COUNTY (1920)        LIN TIRIAN
 BRAVO 29-6239                18  15  1   66  RED AVENGERS (1724)        LAPUR
-AZAER 50-3096                18   9  0   63  MASTER BLASTERS (251)      SNOWBOUND
-PHYSICALITY 83-599           23  25  1   58  RIFF-RAFF CREW (2140)      TELORINTHE
-FLEUR DELACOUR 4-7741        16   9  1   58  POTTERY WORLD (1681)       JHELUM
-DM-HUH? 60-9684              14  12  0   54  HW CONSORTIUM (2146)       ARADI
-JULIUS 47-10206              16  30  1   51  WHITE MAIMERS (1936)       NORTH FORK
-COCO T. 71-9092              15   3  1   49  P.A.W.G.S.R.U.S. (2147)    KYR'TERR
-HANSEL 71-7422               15   3  0   48  SECOND CHANCES (1130)      KYR'TERR
 AARNS 8-4622                 20  27  4   34  TEN TON TOGAS (1998)       ARKERS
 OCTOPUS 31-7207              16   9  1   33  AVENGERS (259)             CHIMLEVTAL
-TIME MONSTER 10-7120         16   9  2   27  KISS MY AXE (1818)         KOLACT

'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.

THE DEAD                   W   L  K TEAM NAME              SLAIN BY                  TURN

                               PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

STARBURSTS bested ARMENIUS in a crowd pleasing 2 minute gruesome Challenge fight.
SINNAMON LUV was subdued by CHUCK BYWAY in a exciting 3 minute Challenge melee.
HARI-KARI savagely defeated STAINLESS STEEL in a crowd pleasing 6 minute Title duel.
HREIDMAR THE RED overpowered GEE WHIZZ in a 1 minute one-sided fight.
CARNIVORE PARROT was bested by DISCO QUEEN in a action packed 2 minute brawl.
KNOS THE AXE overpowered INNUK SHUK in a crowd pleasing 2 minute one-sided struggle.
BALDASSARE handily defeated TRIUMPH in a action packed 4 minute gruesome uneven fight.
THE REFEREE vanquished CAPE TOWN in a action packed 9 minute gruesome one-sided duel.
MEDINA was defeated by STAY PUFT in a 2 minute fight.
BRISTOL overpowered JOHNNY APPLESEED in a popular 1 minute brutal one-sided melee.
INNUIT narrowly defeated ARENAMASTER SANDAVOL in a 3 minute competition.
LOVING IT narrowly defeated KING MIDAS in a crowd pleasing 2 minute match.
G W BUSH overpowered BASARA KUBIKIRI in a popular 1 minute mismatched conflict.
UNCLE FESTER lost to MATSURI in a crowd pleasing 1 minute bout.
DURANDAL was vanquished by ZHOU XI in a crowd pleasing 1 minute bloody one-sided fray.
HALFLING was viciously subdued by ZIT in a exciting 3 minute brutal fight.
BRUTUS was overpowered by BIRGITTE in a popular 1 minute one-sided bout.
ICE CREAM MAN handily defeated EDGAR DETOUR in a 2 minute gory mismatched competition.
OCTOPUS was overpowered by OZYMANDIUS in a 1 minute one-sided duel.
BISHAMON savagely defeated BRAVO in a action packed 2 minute gruesome fray.
DODGE'EM DUDE devastated AARNS in a 1 minute one-sided bout.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|AIMED BLOW                      11         PARRY-STRIKE      28 -   7 -  0      80  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  7         PARRY-LUNGE       11 -   5 -  1      69  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     5         LUNGING ATTACK    46 -  33 -  2      58  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   5         TOTAL PARRY       15 -  12 -  0      56  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  4         AIMED BLOW        61 -  62 -  1      50  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    4         SLASHING ATTACK   26 -  31 -  0      46  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      3         WALL OF STEEL     23 -  32 -  0      42  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    1         STRIKING ATTACK   31 -  49 -  0      39  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   1         PARRY-RIPOSTE      5 -  12 -  0      29  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      0         BASHING ATTACK     5 -  16 -  0      24  |

Turn 415 was great if you     Not so great if you used      The fighting styles of the
used the fighting styles:     the fighting styles:          top eleven warriors are:

PARRY-RIPOSTE      1 -  0     AIMED BLOW         4 -  7         5  AIMED BLOW     
PARRY-STRIKE       4 -  1     TOTAL PARRY        1 -  2         4  PARRY-STRIKE   
STRIKING ATTACK    5 -  2     WALL OF STEEL      1 -  3         1  STRIKING ATTACK
LUNGING ATTACK     3 -  2     PARRY-LUNGE        0 -  0         1  TOTAL PARRY    
SLASHING ATTACK    2 -  2     BASHING ATTACK     0 -  1     

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
AIMED BLOW       HARI-KARI 73-3049         152  18  0  512 WAY TO GO! II (1010)
PARRY-STRIKE     DISCO QUEEN 47-1992       167  41  3  511 ROYAL FLUSH (10)
STRIKING ATTACK  G W BUSH 59-2764           74 122  2  225 TALL TALES (1335)
TOTAL PARRY      STAINLESS STEEL 10-7200    92  35  1  210 STEEL BLADES (2045)
LUNGING ATTACK   CARNIVORE PARROT 85-8440   26   6  2  210 JUNGLE JUICE (2043)
WALL OF STEEL    INNUIT 50-3795             57  63  2  203 WORLD BLADES 12 (1773)
SLASHING ATTACK  STARBURSTS 41-5305         25  21  5  203 CANDY (2083)
PARRY-RIPOSTE    MATSURI 29-4256            40  40  0  190 BLACK SAMURAI (707)
BASHING ATTACK   BRUTUS 47-9380             31  62  3  137 WHITE WOLVES (1838)

The overall popularity leader is DISCO QUEEN 47-1992.  The most popular warrior this 
turn was THE REFEREE 45-1091.  The ten other most popular fighters were BALDASSARE 
7-6003, HARI-KARI 73-3049, CAPE TOWN 41-5118, ZIT 47-10348, BISHAMON 31-7069, 
STARBURSTS 41-5305, STAINLESS STEEL 10-7200, KNOS THE AXE 74-4394, CHUCK BYWAY 
73-9040, and SINNAMON LUV 9-6452.

The least popular fighter this week was AARNS 8-4622.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were OCTOPUS 31-7207, GEE WHIZZ 71-8558, EDGAR DETOUR 73-9038, BRUTUS 
47-9380, DURANDAL 15-5798, JOHNNY APPLESEED 59-2767, DODGE'EM DUDE 31-7019, BRAVO 
29-6239, UNCLE FESTER 59-2768, and BASARA KUBIKIRI 31-7104.

Arena (Number)       W  L K  Arena (Number)       W  L K  Arena (Number)       W  L K  
BONSUR(7)            2  0 0  CHIMLEVTAL(31)       2  2 0  ROCANIS(56)          1  0 0  
ARKERS(8)            0  1 0  ARVAT(32)            1  1 0  ILLIS(59)            1  3 0  
ZUKAL(9)             0  1 0  JHANS(36)            0  1 0  KYR'TERR(71)         0  1 0  
KOLACT(10)           1  1 0  KATI-TEI(41)         1  1 0  ERINIKA(73)          3  1 0  
MALCORN(15)          0  1 0  STORMCROWE(45)       1  0 0  DAYLA KIV(74)        1  0 0  
SEAM(20)             1  0 0  NORTH FORK(47)       2  2 0  JASPER GULCH(85)     0  2 0  
SUNSET(21)           1  0 0  SNOWBOUND(50)        1  0 0  SHADOW GROVE(97)     0  1 0  
LAPUR(29)            1  1 0  TRICORUS(51)         1  0 0  

TOP WARRIOR OF EACH ARENA     W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 BALDASSARE 7-6003          120  62  0  269  SENTINELS (1202)           BONSUR
 AARNS 8-4622                20  27  4   34  TEN TON TOGAS (1998)       ARKERS
 SINNAMON LUV 9-6452         18   9  0   99  SINN'RS 'R US (2138)       ZUKAL
 HREIDMAR THE RED 10-6148    81  41  0  232  VIKINGS (1208)             KOLACT
 DURANDAL 15-5798            56  45  0  142  BLADES OF DOOM (2046)      MALCORN
 STAY PUFT 20-144            50  47  1  200  PHANTOM REGIMENT (1710)    SEAM
 ZHOU XI 21-5151             42  45  4  170  KANO CLAN (988)            SUNSET
 MATSURI 29-4256             40  40  0  190  BLACK SAMURAI (707)        LAPUR
 BASARA KUBIKIRI 31-7104     31  20  1  185  AVENGERS (259)             CHIMLEVTAL
 BRISTOL 32-5629             51  27  0  208  WORLD BLADES 4 (2047)      ARVAT
 MEDINA 36-7596              46  42  0  186  WORLD BLADES 7 (1977)      JHANS
 CAPE TOWN 41-5118           56  44  1  210  WORLD BLADES 9 (1902)      KATI-TEI
 THE REFEREE 45-1091        137  58  4  368  AVID FANS (199)            STORMCROWE
 DISCO QUEEN 47-1992        167  41  3  511  ROYAL FLUSH (10)           NORTH FORK
 INNUIT 50-3795              57  63  2  203  WORLD BLADES 12 (1773)     SNOWBOUND
 ICE CREAM MAN 51-5584       39  33  0  180  VAN DUEL (1476)            TRICORUS
 LOVING IT 56-4440           62  90  1  210  FAVORITE SAYINGS (1780)    ROCANIS
 G W BUSH 59-2764            74 122  2  225  TALL TALES (1335)          ILLIS
 GEE WHIZZ 71-8558           47  36  1  200  JURINE SAMPLE (1921)       KYR'TERR
 HARI-KARI 73-3049          152  18  0  512  WAY TO GO! II (1010)       ERINIKA
 KNOS THE AXE 74-4394        68  32  1  261  BATTLEAXE STAMPEDE (1570)  DAYLA KIV
 CARNIVORE PARROT 85-8440    26   6  2  210  JUNGLE JUICE (2043)        JASPER GULCH
 TRIUMPH 97-7395             59  53  5  206  CANADIAN CLASSICS (1852)   SHADOW GROVE

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