AD
Date : 02/01/2012 Duedate: 02/14/2012
HOME GUARD ARENA
DM 101 TURN 577
RANK TEAMS W L K % RANK TEAMS W L K %
1 LOOK OUT!! 24/1514 195 107 2 64.6 ROYAL FLUSH 47/146
ARCANE POWER 7/1316 USELESS TOOLS 54/735
BLUNT FORCE 29/1512 NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 42/1517
C. U. LATER 82/1516 4 NO RESPECT 82/1399 374 346 4 51.9
SERPENTINE INC. 22/802 SUGAR AND SPICE 7/1231
ARCANE GREATS FTF 96/1519 PERFECTION QUEST 98/1204
2 SEA DOGS 21/1446 648 425 5 60.4 5 ZOMBIE SQUA 98/1498 89 93 0 48.9
SEA DOGS 33/1501 ZOMBIE SQUAD II II 68/1495
SEA DOGS 35/1502 6 ARROGANCE 18/755 497 736 11 40.3
DUNGEON CELL 97 82/1497 UNDER DURESS 64/741
SHEWISH BANQUET 98/1515 7 CHILDREN OF 35/1415 754 1259 8 37.5
3 SPARF! 20/1069 1131 970 16 53.8 8-BLOOD FROG 99/1511 1 4 0 20.0
NOT QUITE 59/1237 9 OPEN HAND 29/1518 0 1 0 0.0
THE GUARDIAN'S FORUM
Reflections by the Captain of the Guard
Olaf posed the question "Why do we need anything but Talahya and Primus?"
That is an interesting question. I, for one, would not be heartbroken if Home
Guard disappeared. I wouldn't retire, or refuse to fight in the arena in protest.
While my manager is fond of the history of Home Guard and has good memories from his
bad warriors when he was a terrible manager twenty years ago, I think he would
survive a Home Guard closure, as well. There seems to be a place for Crysalis. It
serves a clear purpose, for those managers who are a bit... slow, shall we say. The
new no-tourney ADM arena, if it catches on, seems like a natural extension of DM-81
and DM-83, allowing ADM warriors to battle each other au naturel, without prizes or
tourney experience. I can see a place for it. That leaves the regional arenas. I
overheard my manager discussing this very topic with some other managers. He
seemed to think that the world would go on just fine without them, but he was
surprised to hear from some manager or another, The Dark One perhaps, that he was
adamantly opposed to the closing of Free Blades because he was proud of the strong
record he had amassed there and he felt a great connection to the Free Blades
nations. My manager used to run in Darkholm, but later abandoned it and moved his
warriors to Talahya because he was tired of fighting The Muffin Man over and over and
over again, just to provide a bit of history.
So what's the moral of this story? I have no idea. Home Guard could probably
stand to be closed, and Darkholm, Free Blades, and Andorak along with it. But this
move would inevitably piss somebody off and they might run less warriors in ADM
because of it or worse yet, quit. You never know with these temperamental manager
types. Drama queens, the lot of them. So this idea will probably go the way of
basic arena closures, for precisely the same reasons. There are few enough people
who are willing to take up the rugged and often unrewarding life of managing stables
of gladiators. It would be a shame to lose even one of them.
Unless you let the warriors manage themselves. Then you can kill off all the
managers for all I care.
Prisoner 0484
REPORT FROM WITHIN THE TOWER
We have a couple of thoughtful comments on the condition or value of the various
AD arenas, and I thank those who posted them. Probably nothing will come of this,
but... who knows?
Because the lightning pigeons are being especially fractious today, this will be
short.
For today:
Pastrami Elemental had the biggest point gain at 27. Hammerhead had the biggest
loss at 24. Same fight. Royal Flush avoided Serpentine Inc. This is using all the
available management tools, a good thing. Smoke got the most challenges.
We had seventeen fights, five of them involving standbys. And five--a different
five, obviously--being challenges.
DARIUS (29-5467) (16-8-1,57) of OPEN HAND fought HERMY (101-4) (0-0-0,50) of The
Faceless Ones. DARIUS was overpowered by HERMY in a crowd pleasing 1 minute one-
sided match. That kind of thing has to hurt. But on the other hand, nowhere to go
but up, eh?
DORSAL FINN (42-1662) (4-2-1,10) of NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC fought HYDROPONICUS (29-
4605) (18-6-0,80) of BLUNT FORCE. DORSAL FINN was beaten by HYDROPONICUS in an
exciting 1 minute match. This is the kind of thing that's going to happen to the
Finn until he gets more experience. But it beats being dead. Or so some people
claim. Being dead isn't actually all that bad.
HOFFA (18-9369) (25-56-0,44) of ARROGANCE fought A.O. HELL (54-2523) (30-14-
2,90) of USELESS TOOLS. HOFFA was viciously subdued by A.O. HELL in a crowd pleasing
2 minute gory brawl. There are Hoffas everywhere we turn on the Isle, usually losing
fights.
PASTRAMI ELEMENTAL (96-3748) (9-1-3,31) of ARCANE GREATS FTF fought HAMMERHEAD
(35-4129) (28-29-2,62) of SEA DOGS. PASTRAMI ELEMENTAL devastated HAMMERHEAD in an
exciting 1 minute uneven duel. This is the fight that led to the biggest point
movements.
HUW AP HUW (35-3030) (46-123-1,128) of CHILDREN OF LLYR fought SLICK STEPHAN
(101-11) (0-0-0,150) of The Faceless Ones. HUW AP HUW handily defeated SLICK STEPHAN
in a 2 minute one-sided conflict. No winning streak starting today for Huw.
DOMINION (98-2058) (21-28-3,115) of ZOMBIE SQUAD 3 fought OWAIN HARLSON (35-
3130) (61-101-1,143) of CHILDREN OF LLYR. DOMINION savagely defeated OWAIN HARLSON
in a crowd pleasing 6 minute gory match. Nor for Owain. But somebody has to lose,
and you can see they're both good at it.
SHARK BAIT (33-7652) (26-19-0,113) of SEA DOGS fought MANIPULATOR (64-3490) (44-
75-6,128) of UNDER DURESS. SHARK BAIT bested MANIPULATOR in a crowd pleasing 1
minute conflict. Huh, I thought Manipulator had a sharkish look.
SMOKE (68-5868) (40-37-0,180) of ZOMBIE SQUAD II II fought ASSUR (18-7821) (33-
84-2,132) of ARROGANCE. SMOKE overpowered ASSUR in a 1 minute one-sided match. This
is Smoke the Most Challenged? Odd.
IMMOVEABLE OBJECT (59-2110) (42-16-1,186) of NOT QUITE fought LONG-NECKED LARRY
(101-22) (0-0-0,181) of The Faceless Ones. IMMOVEABLE OBJECT savagely defeated LONG-
NECKED LARRY in a 4 minute match. No surprise, Larry has a history of charging into
walls.
PHONELESS CORD (54-2018) (40-28-0,191) of USELESS TOOLS fought OSWALD ORC (101-
24) (0-0-0,181) of The Faceless Ones. PHONELESS CORD overpowered OSWALD ORC in a 2
minute gory uneven duel. So, what do you think, should we allow garroting in the
arena?
DON KING (47-5374) (34-31-3,190) of ROYAL FLUSH fought KATRINA (101-9) (0-0-
0,170) of The Faceless Ones. DON KING vanquished KATRINA in a 1 minute uneven duel.
That's no way to end a date, Don.
The challenges:
ACE OF BASE (47-6905) (17-12-0,65) of ROYAL FLUSH challenged BAKED CONVINCIA
(98-2341) (13-10-4,71) of SHEWISH BANQUET. Up 6. ACE OF BASE viciously subdued
BAKED CONVINCIA in a 2 minute Challenge fight. It needed more cinnamon, if you ask
me.
GOSSAMER (98-407) (10-13-4,39) of PERFECTION QUEST challenged HOFFA (18-8478)
(19-87-1,71) of ARROGANCE. Up 32. GOSSAMER overpowered HOFFA in a crowd pleasing 1
minute mismatched Challenge match. Another Hoffa loses.
DILL WEED (7-5241) (15-10-0,56) of SUGAR AND SPICE challenged POOP SLINGER (24-
4478) (16-4-0,75) of LOOK OUT!! Up 19. DILL WEED was devastated by POOP SLINGER in
a 1 minute one-sided Challenge contest. In some ways, a well matched pair.
JACK KNIFE (47-6694) (23-12-1,137) of ROYAL FLUSH challenged SURLY DECKHAND (21-
6568) (51-61-1,140) of SEA DOGS. Up 3. JACK KNIFE was handily defeated by SURLY
DECKHAND in a 2 minute Challenge match. A sword is better than a knife, and I
suppose a... what, belaying pin? Whatever, it seems to have trumped.
PUMPING ON STEELE (82-33221) (22-28-0,159) of NO RESPECT II challenged ROWDY
YOBBO (20-3429) (37-42-1,171) of SPARF! Up 12. PUMPING ON STEELE was devastated by
ROWDY YOBBO in a 1 minute Challenge fight. And it's very true, where is the respect
these days?
For the title:
PRISONER 0484 (82-49671) (44-54-1,276) of DUNGEON CELL 97 fought RUBBER BULLET
(54-2503) (30-11-1,186) of USELESS TOOLS. PRISONER 0484 devastated RUBBER BULLET in
a 2 minute one-sided Title competition. I won't say the fight was fair, but then
again... if neither challenges nr avoids, what you have is by definition a fair
fight. More or less. Congratulations to our literate Prisoner.
Olaf
CAPTAIN OF THE GUARD W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY
PRISONER 0484 82-49671 45 54 1 295 DUNGEON CELL 97 (1497) DWES EG
GRAND CHAMPIONS W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY
PHONELESS CORD 54-2018 41 28 199 USELESS TOOLS (735) TROCAR
DON KING 47-5374 35 31 3 195 ROYAL FLUSH (146) NORTH FORK
IMMOVEABLE OBJECT 59-2110 43 16 1 193 NOT QUITE (1237) ILLIS
SMOKE 68-5868 41 37 182 ZOMBIE SQUAD II II (1495) FIREHOLD
RUBBER BULLET 54-2503 30 12 1 181 USELESS TOOLS (735) TROCAR
GRAND CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY
ROWDY YOBBO 20-3429 38 42 1 179 SPARF! (1069) SEAM
SURLY DECKHAND 21-6568 52 61 1 156 SEA DOGS (1446) SUNSET
-MONTY PYTHON 22-5939 29 11 1 156 SERPENTINE INC. (802) SOLVEN
HUW AP HUW 35-3030 47 123 1 152 CHILDREN OF LLYR (1415) MURSKA
PUMPING ON STEELE 82-33221 22 29 152 NO RESPECT II (1399) DWES EG
GRAND ADEPTS W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY
DOMINION 98-2058 22 28 3 137 ZOMBIE SQUAD 3 (1498) SYVYN'S HILL
ASSUR 18-7821 33 85 2 135 ARROGANCE (755) TALCAMA
JACK KNIFE 47-6694 23 13 1 128 ROYAL FLUSH (146) NORTH FORK
OWAIN HARLSON 35-3130 61 102 1 127 CHILDREN OF LLYR (1415) MURSKA
SHARK BAIT 33-7652 27 19 127 SEA DOGS (1501) NIATOLI ISLAND
MANIPULATOR 64-3490 44 76 6 117 UNDER DURESS (741) KURUKAR
GRAND CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY
A.O. HELL 54-2523 31 14 2 92 USELESS TOOLS (735) TROCAR
GRAND INITIATES W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY
POOP SLINGER 24-4478 17 4 83 LOOK OUT!! (1514) ZORPUNT
HYDROPONICUS 29-4605 19 6 82 BLUNT FORCE (1512) LAPUR
ACE OF BASE 47-6905 18 12 78 ROYAL FLUSH (146) NORTH FORK
-CELTIC DRUID 7-5043 20 11 71 ARCANE POWER (1316) BONSUR
-THE FALLEN ONE 39-3416 17 15 2 68 DARQUE ANGELS (1483) XOCHITHLAN
GOSSAMER 98-407 11 13 4 66 PERFECTION QUEST (1204) SYVYN'S HILL
BAKED CONVINCIA 98-2341 13 11 4 65 SHEWISH BANQUET (1515) SYVYN'S HILL
PASTRAMI ELEMENTAL 96-3748 10 1 3 58 ARCANE GREATS FTF (1519) OLD VALAMANTIS
GRAND INITIATES W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY
HOFFA 18-9369 25 57 55 ARROGANCE (755) TALCAMA
DILL WEED 7-5241 15 11 54 SUGAR AND SPICE (1231) BONSUR
HOFFA 18-8478 19 88 1 45 ARROGANCE (755) TALCAMA
DARIUS 29-5467 16 9 1 43 OPEN HAND (1518) LAPUR
HAMMERHEAD 35-4129 28 30 2 38 SEA DOGS (1502) MURSKA
-CULINARY 82-17479 15 28 33 C. U. LATER (1516) DWES EG
-AMPUTATOR FROG 99-3206 9 4 4 27 BLOOD FROG 3 (1511) SOUTH RIDGE
DORSAL FINN 42-1662 4 3 1 27 NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC (1517) RODEKI
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN
PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE
Olaf -- While we agree that the 3 regional ADM arenas (103,104,105) could be shut
down, I also believe that 101 and 106 serve their purpose and should be kept around.
-- Crip, mgr of Crip's Crap et al.
Crysalis, definitely, it's alive. And if the three regionals colsed down,
there'd be more use (maybe) of Home Guard. Not that I set Commission policy,
but I can't help noticing.
OAB -- Thanks for the mention, not sure if we'll make this turn with the mail turn-
around, but we're going to try. -- Crip
Poop Slinger -- Oops, didn't mean to sling at you with that downchallenge, but that's
what happens when our boss gets behind on the mail. -- Ace of Base
Dominion -- Actually, my experience is good for a lot of things. Why weren't you
training skills? I'm a great teacher. -- Owain Harlson
Rowdy Yobbo -- "Better than last time" isn't much of a recommendation, but, yeah,
this was at least a little better than last time. Not a lot, though. -- Huw ap Huw
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
PUMPING ON STEELE was devastated by ROWDY YOBBO in a 1 minute Challenge fight.
JACK KNIFE was handily defeated by SURLY DECKHAND in a 2 minute Challenge match.
DILL WEED was devastated by POOP SLINGER in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge contest.
GOSSAMER overpowered HOFFA in a crowd pleasing 1 minute mismatched Challenge match.
ACE OF BASE viciously subdued BAKED CONVINCIA in a 2 minute Challenge fight.
PRISONER 0484 devastated RUBBER BULLET in a 2 minute one-sided Title competition.
DON KING vanquished KATRINA in a 1 minute uneven duel.
PHONELESS CORD overpowered OSWALD ORC in a 2 minute gory uneven duel.
IMMOVEABLE OBJECT savagely defeated LONG-NECKED LARRY in a 4 minute match.
SMOKE overpowered ASSUR in a 1 minute one-sided match.
SHARK BAIT bested MANIPULATOR in a crowd pleasing 1 minute conflict.
DOMINION savagely defeated OWAIN HARLSON in a crowd pleasing 6 minute gory match.
HUW AP HUW handily defeated SLICK STEPHAN in a 2 minute one-sided conflict.
PASTRAMI ELEMENTAL devastated HAMMERHEAD in a exciting 1 minute uneven duel.
HOFFA was viciously subdued by A.O. HELL in a crowd pleasing 2 minute gory brawl.
DORSAL FINN was beaten by HYDROPONICUS in a exciting 1 minute match.
DARIUS was overpowered by HERMY in a crowd pleasing 1 minute one-sided match.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|AIMED BLOW 7 PARRY-RIPOSTE 7 - 1 - 1 88 |
|WALL OF STEEL 5 SLASHING ATTACK 15 - 6 - 0 71 |
|BASHING ATTACK 4 AIMED BLOW 33 - 23 - 0 59 |
|STRIKING ATTACK 3 STRIKING ATTACK 12 - 9 - 0 57 |
|TOTAL PARRY 3 LUNGING ATTACK 15 - 13 - 0 54 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 2 WALL OF STEEL 14 - 16 - 0 47 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 2 BASHING ATTACK 19 - 24 - 1 44 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 2 PARRY-STRIKE 9 - 15 - 0 38 |
|LUNGING ATTACK 1 PARRY-LUNGE 6 - 10 - 0 38 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 TOTAL PARRY 6 - 26 - 0 19 |
Turn 577 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:
AIMED BLOW 7 - 0 STRIKING ATTACK 1 - 2 2 AIMED BLOW
PARRY-STRIKE 2 - 0 TOTAL PARRY 1 - 2 2 WALL OF STEEL
LUNGING ATTACK 1 - 0 BASHING ATTACK 1 - 3 2 PARRY-STRIKE
SLASHING ATTACK 2 - 0 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 0 1 STRIKING ATTACK
PARRY-LUNGE 1 - 1 WALL OF STEEL 0 - 5 1 TOTAL PARRY
1 LUNGING ATTACK
1 BASHING ATTACK
1 PARRY-RIPOSTE
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
AIMED BLOW PHONELESS CORD 54-2018 41 28 0 199 USELESS TOOLS (735)
STRIKING ATTACK DON KING 47-5374 35 31 3 195 ROYAL FLUSH (146)
TOTAL PARRY SMOKE 68-5868 41 37 0 182 ZOMBIE SQUAD II II (1495)
WALL OF STEEL RUBBER BULLET 54-2503 30 12 1 181 USELESS TOOLS (735)
LUNGING ATTACK ROWDY YOBBO 20-3429 38 42 1 179 SPARF! (1069)
BASHING ATTACK SURLY DECKHAND 21-6568 52 61 1 156 SEA DOGS (1446)
PARRY-STRIKE HUW AP HUW 35-3030 47 123 1 152 CHILDREN OF LLYR (1415)
PARRY-LUNGE A.O. HELL 54-2523 31 14 2 92 USELESS TOOLS (735)
SLASHING ATTACK POOP SLINGER 24-4478 17 4 0 83 LOOK OUT!! (1514)
The overall popularity leader is HUW AP HUW 35-3030. The most popular warrior this
turn was OWAIN HARLSON 35-3130. The ten other most popular fighters were IMMOVEABLE
OBJECT 59-2110, DOMINION 98-2058, ACE OF BASE 47-6905, A.O. HELL 54-2523, PRISONER
0484 82--15865, HUW AP HUW 35-3030, HYDROPONICUS 29-4605, ROWDY YOBBO 20-3429, SURLY
DECKHAND 21-6568, and PHONELESS CORD 54-2018.
The least popular fighter this week was HAMMERHEAD 35-4129. The other ten least
popular fighters were ASSUR 18-7821, HOFFA 18-8478, DILL WEED 7-5241, DARIUS 29-5467,
HOFFA 18-9369, MANIPULATOR 64-3490, SMOKE 68-5868, POOP SLINGER 24-4478, PUMPING ON
STEELE 82--32315, and DON KING 47-5374.
Arena (Number) W L K Arena (Number) W L K Arena (Number) W L K
BONSUR(7) 0 1 0 NIATOLI ISLAND(33) 1 0 0 KURUKAR(64) 0 1 0
TALCAMA(18) 0 3 0 MURSKA(35) 1 2 0 FIREHOLD(68) 1 0 0
SEAM(20) 1 0 0 RODEKI(42) 0 1 0 DWES EG(82) 1 1 0
SUNSET(21) 1 0 0 NORTH FORK(47) 2 1 0 OLD VALAMANTIS(96) 1 0 0
ZORPUNT(24) 1 0 0 TROCAR(54) 2 1 0 SYVYN'S HILL(98) 2 1 0
LAPUR(29) 1 1 0 ILLIS(59) 1 0 0
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH ARENA W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY
DILL WEED 7-5241 15 11 0 54 SUGAR AND SPICE (1231) BONSUR
ASSUR 18-7821 33 85 2 135 ARROGANCE (755) TALCAMA
ROWDY YOBBO 20-3429 38 42 1 179 SPARF! (1069) SEAM
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH ARENA W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY
SURLY DECKHAND 21-6568 52 61 1 156 SEA DOGS (1446) SUNSET
POOP SLINGER 24-4478 17 4 0 83 LOOK OUT!! (1514) ZORPUNT
HYDROPONICUS 29-4605 19 6 0 82 BLUNT FORCE (1512) LAPUR
SHARK BAIT 33-7652 27 19 0 127 SEA DOGS (1501) NIATOLI ISLAND
HUW AP HUW 35-3030 47 123 1 152 CHILDREN OF LLYR (1415) MURSKA
DORSAL FINN 42-1662 4 3 1 27 NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC (1517) RODEKI
DON KING 47-5374 35 31 3 195 ROYAL FLUSH (146) NORTH FORK
PHONELESS CORD 54-2018 41 28 0 199 USELESS TOOLS (735) TROCAR
IMMOVEABLE OBJECT 59-2110 43 16 1 193 NOT QUITE (1237) ILLIS
MANIPULATOR 64-3490 44 76 6 117 UNDER DURESS (741) KURUKAR
SMOKE 68-5868 41 37 0 182 ZOMBIE SQUAD II II (1495) FIREHOLD
PRISONER 0484 82--15865 45 54 1 295 DUNGEON CELL 97 (1497) DWES EG
PASTRAMI ELEMENTAL 96-3748 10 1 3 58 ARCANE GREATS FTF (1519) OLD VALAMANTIS
DOMINION 98-2058 22 28 3 137 ZOMBIE SQUAD 3 (1498) SYVYN'S HILL