<HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>DM 104 Newsletter</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="FFFFFF" VLINK="BE0048"> <PRE> DARKHOLM SPORTING JOURNAL Date : 05/03/2003 Duedate: 05/16/2003 DARKHOLM DM-104 TURN-348 RANK TEAMS W L K % RANK TEAMS W L K % 1 THUNDR + LITE 18/309 1119 418 7 72.8 9 ROVING DOOM 1/267 277 252 6 52.4 2 MONGREL HORDE 10/964 471 227 3 67.5 JACK'S KNIVES 42/1104 3 TOTEM 74/1146 28 17 0 62.2 DEATH RELIVED 69/1105 DEATH STUDS VIII 82/1086 10 TROOPERS 21/1113 16 16 1 50.0 THAT SUCKS! 19/1144 DEAD EVIL 18/627 4-COLD STEEL 37/1126 142 106 2 57.3 11 HOGAN'S HEROE 7/1138 3 3 0 50.0 5 PUNCHLINES 82/1115 1351 1078 14 55.6 12 THE A TEAM 38/1044 509 522 5 49.4 WHY I PLAY DM 82/1116 GUANO GROUP 51/1065 WHAT I ATE FOR XMAS 82/1114 BIG MEAN FISH 18/292 4-LETTER ORGANS 82/1123 ONE SURFING HINDU 97/1071 PARENTHOOD 82/1122 LOOK OUT BELOW 6/1042 SESAME SPINE 82/1070 FURNITURE BARN 42/1109 STREET PIZZA 18/114 13 SHAMROCKS 58/424 143 160 3 47.2 ROCK BOTTOM 82/1080 14 EVIL DEAD 18/1099 79 104 3 43.2 4-LETTER WORDS 48/1063 TORMENTORS 21/571 I'M MARRIED NOW 82/1025 15 TOWNSVILLAIN 10/1089 9 14 0 39.1 6 WASTELAND 18/468 1350 1212 6 52.7 16 DELVERS 42/1000 169 304 1 35.7 THINGSINPUG'SCOOLER 4/1088 DOGS OF WAR 4/999 DP CLONES 24/1045 GAMES LIBRARY 3/998 PEPPER PRACTICE II 57/1069 SWORD OPERA 21/1002 WASTELAND II 7/500 17 JOHNS 5/927 679 1229 15 35.6 DIABLO TOO 23/1037 LETHAL LADIES 4/768 OUTSIDE IS 48/1061 SCARRY TEAM 36/824 I'M SO SEXY 42/1072 ARROGANCE 18/732 CEMENTIA 61/1112 THE LADY'S LIST 6/917 COOL WHEELS 58/943 18 SHEPHERDS 18/432 379 712 6 34.7 7-EXODUS! 3/956 386 347 3 52.7 FOUND IN THE SAND 32/1034 THE DARK TEMPLE 18/978 19 NINJAS 7/1107 12 30 0 28.6 SPIDERS FROM MARS 21/950 GENOCIDE 51/1110 THE TAO 36/923 RESURRECTION 2/1143 FIANADHA 69/945 KILLERS 41/1145 8 QUBIT 10/1140 503 453 2 52.6 20 FLAGG 16 42/352 40 101 1 28.4 SIR AGLIO 10/600 FLAGG'S FIVE 42/1108 ON A WHIM 82/1014 '##/###' Avoid teams by their Team Id '-' Team did not fight this turn WARRIOR SPOTLIGHT + ]H[ + ---:--- + ]H[ Eye of the Storm #58 ]H[ + ---:--- + ]H[ + In the Far West: Herlas sat at one side of the boat next to the rail, wrapped in his cloak and staring out to sea; he ignored everybody. Shania sat in the bow, wrapped in her cloak, staring out to sea, and ignoring everybody. The rest of the group, Ashon Chang, Werre, Rughal, Vurand, and Jammies, went about the business of getting the boat ready to sail. When the tide turned and started outward just before sunset, the boat went with it. Werre, Rughal, and Jammies handled the actual sailing, two on and the third resting in rotation. Werre had sailed before, Rughal had some knowledge of boats, and Jammies was a fast learner. It would turn out to be an exhausting schedule, which they all realized, but Vurand was worse than useless on a boat, Shania didn't have the strength to help, and Ashon Chang's job was to keep a close and constant watch on Herlas. The sun set before they were out of sight of the coast, coloring the sea before them like blood. "A bad omen," Vurand muttered, staring westward past Shania's motionless form. Ashon Chang hesitated, looking away from Herlas to the red sea beyond. One could not deny the reality of omens, but.... "Our journey will be what we make of it, my friend." "And we're nearing the end of it," Jammies added, coming up behind the two. "Praise Mantor for that!" "Geographically, we may be coming to the end," Ashon Chang corrected him, "but in terms of actions to be taken and problems to be solved, I suspect we aren't even half-way." "I didn't want to hear that," Jammies told him. He shrugged. "I know you're right, but can't you let me keep an illusion or two for another few days?" The last burning rim of the sun disappeared under the horizon, and night unrolled from the east. The speed with which darkness fell was unnerving. "The moon'll be up in a couple of hours," Vurand muttered uneasily. "I'm not afraid of the dark." He sounded unsure of that, and yet all the party knew that it was true. The Orc had moved through the darkness of the mountains and forests without hesitation. But there was something about this night.... Ashon Chang glanced back at Herlas, but the Fratsfan merely shifted his position a little and continued to stare into the distance. At the bow, Shania was invisible. "Lady Silverstar should go into the cabin and sleep," he said suddenly. Saying her name focused his vague alarm, and he stared forward, trying to pierce the darkness. "I'll remind her," Vurand agreed. He braced himself on the side of the cabin against the movement of the deck and edged forward. A horse was easier to ride. Hell, if a horse made trouble, started pitching, you could get off and walk. "Shania, you need to.... Shania? Shania! Rughal, Ashon, she's not here! Shania's gone!" "She...she just went into the cabin when it got dark, and we didn't notice," Jammies said quickly. He scrambled down into the low doorway to check. Ashon Chang moved in a different direction; the samurai had his own suspicions, and he'd been against including Herlas in their party once the man had confessed. The Fratsfan mage hadn't moved except to stand up and stare forward. The gladiator saw his face pale as pearl in the darkness. He grabbed Herlas' shoulder. "Where is she?" "I don't know--" "TELL ME, damn you!" He shook the mage hard. "I. Don't. Know," Herlas repeated. "I've been under your eye the whole time-- yours or one of the others. What could I have done, how could I have spirited her away--" "Magic." "Not in the current state of the Arcanum," Herlas snarled. "My powers are not so great that I can draw from Outside sources. And would I do something to Shania and stay here to receive your vengeance? I'm not such a fool!" "Very nearly, though," Rughal said grimly. He grabbed Herlas' other shoulder. "You may not have taken her away, but you can make a guess as to who did, how, why... and where. If you want to see the sun rise again--" "The triumph of brawn over brain?" Herlas sneered. Then he let out his breath in a sigh. "I can make guesses," he admitted, "but they won't do you any good. If she was taken as I think, none of you could get near her." He sighed again. "I do not wish Shania Silverstar ill, but some things are too important for personal considerations--the restoration of the Arcanum is one of them. Shania understood that herself. It is her goal. She's dying, as you know whether you admit it or not. What better use for her life than to--" Rughal's free hand closed around the magician's throat, choking off any further words. "Don't kill him yet, Rughal," Ashon Chang said grimly. "First let him tell us his 'guesses' on what has happened to Lady Shania. Then I'll help you kill him." One hand ran along the sheathed curve of his sword. Rughal relaxed his grip a little. Herlas sucked in air. "Start with who took her," the ranger said. "I don't know names," Herlas gasped. "A coalition of wizards and priests--" "Think of some names," the samurai growled. His dagger gleamed silver in the starlight as he brought it up to prick the Fratsfan's cheek just below his eye. "I don't know names! Just...Murluvir, the one who came to see me in Zensu. He isn't the principal, just an agent, as I was to be--" "Don't lie," Rughal said. His voice was cold and smooth as ice. Or steel. "As you WERE an agent. For whom?" "I don't know! I didn't ask. Some things it's better not to know...." "Guess," Ashon Chang ordered implacably. "I don't know!" Herlas panted, perhaps gathering strength for more denials. But he finally said, "I suspect...Folstrom. Or someone like them. Someone who can draw on power from Outside." "So that's who...for now. Tell us why," Rughal demanded. Before the Fratsfan could answer, he added, "And don't tell us it's another thing you don't know!" "But I don't!" he wailed. "All I can do is guess--" "So guess." Ashon Chang leaned closer. "But guess right." "Maybe...because she's from Outside, too. Or because she's a seer. Because she knows things that other people don't understand how to know. Or because she's linked to the Ghean Arcanum even though she's an Outsider. Some of those reasons, all of them, none of them. I swear I don't know!" "And how was it done?" Ashon Chang asked. "We assume magic of some kind-- nothing else would make sense. But under current circumstances--" "They have no fear, no discretion, no patience!" Herlas' exasperation seemed genuine. "It must have been some kind of small Gate, but to open one NOW...the risks...." "And the last question," Rughal said in a soft voice that sounded no less dangerous for its softness. "Where have they taken her?" There was a long silence. "You don't know," Ashon Chang said. His grip on the man's shoulder tightened; he could feel bones grinding against each other under his fingers. "Guess." "To the Eye of the West. Wherever it is." + ]H[ + ---:--- + ]H[ The Tides of Magic #6 ]H[ + ---:--- + ]H[ + The Isle of the Eye, Talahya: "Okay, then, we know where we are," Scarlatti said. "But what do we DO now?" "It would probably help to know what went wrong," Rogan suggested. They had all returned to the park, making grateful use of Rogan's ability to find his way without visual cues. "Why should the Isle of the Eye be cut off from the rest of Ghea?" "That, at least, is easy to answer." Fizban wrapped his cloak more tightly around himself. A clammy fog was not kind to old bones. "It's an effect of the decay of the Arcanum." "But you said the power levels were rising!" Scarlatti protested. The old wizard nodded. "Because the Isle is no longer connected to Ghea, it is no longer being drained of its power by the Ghean decline." He hesitated. "The coupling of the Isle to Alastari and Ghea is, or was, more magical than physical." "What? That's nonsense!" Scarlatti shook his head as if to shake out the bizarre notion. "The Isle is ON Ghea, it's part of Ghea--" "Well, actually, it isn't," Fizban said. "Have you ever looked at a map of Alastari? Unless the drawing is totally out of balance, it shows the Isle as perhaps two miles long--" Even Rogan looked startled at that. "But it isn't--!" "Correct, the Isle is much larger...because it is not really on Ghea, not entirely." He paused. "I have sometimes wondered whether the Isle might actually be in a pocket universe of its own." "You can see the shore from--" Scarlatti began. "From the ferries," Moonjumper finished. "I'd never thought about it before, but for one apparent reason or another--mist, haze, whatever--I have never been able to see the shore from the Isle itself." "Exactly. The links between the Isle and Ghea are primarily magical," the wizard repeated. "And with the decay of the Arcanum, those links have also decayed. There's still some tenuous connection, but...." He shivered from more than the cold. "How long till even those links erode?" "What about new Gates opening, though?" Scarlatti wanted to know. "If there's more power around...." Fizban shrugged. "I don't know. I suppose the shifting of power balances have had many effects; that might be one." Before the others could respond, Rogan turned sharply, his epee glittering silver in the fog-dimmed light. "Who goes there?" "Carris Fallstar, from Andorak, and I'm not looking for trouble." He sounded testy. "Not that anyone would have to LOOK to find trouble today." The Isle of the Eye, Lirin Kiv: "I really don't like this fog," Clemenda muttered, peering out of the hire- carriage window uneasily. "We could be lost and never know it...." "I'd know," Shylock assured her. No point in telling her that they were lost already, unless the driver knew where they were. Weren't cab drivers always supposed to know where they were? It was some kind of union rule; he'd read about it somewhere. Besides, the White Rose was in Talahya, and surely they wouldn't get lost on the road that ran from Lirin Kiv to Talahya? Maybe after they got to the city, but not until then. It wasn't like there were any roads branching off this one. It simply ran along the edge of the island from Willow Beach and Darkholm at the south end to Talahya at the north end, with Lirin Kiv half way up the west side. The carriage jolted as though the pavement (big stone blocks, who knew how they'd been moved and placed?) had suddenly ended. It stopped, and after a moment, there was a creaking shift as the driver climbed down. Shylock glimpsed his lantern moving through the fog, going ahead past the horses, coming back. The face that appeared at the window was white, eyes round with disbelief. "The road is lost," the driver said hoarsely. Shylock frowned at him. "You mean YOU are lost--" "No! I swear, I was following the road right along, and then it...it just wasn't there anymore!" Shylock looked hard at the driver and decided the man wasn't lying. He might be mistaken, but he believed what he was saying. And if he wasn't mistaken.... Well, better to find out for himself, the gladiator decided. He unlatched the door and stepped down from the carriage. "Wait here," he said over his shoulder to Clemenda. "Not hardly!" She climbed down after him. The driver held up his lantern, swinging it from side to side, which set shadows swooping wildly. Shylock took the lantern away from him and held it steady. It was true. A pace behind the rear wheels of the carriage were the flat stones of the roadway. Under the wheels and ahead was rocky dirt and tangled grasses and no sign that there'd ever been a road. * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * ---===DELARQUAN REGIONAL NEWS===--- Duelmasters ----------- DM 1 MORDANT (turn 468): CIARAN of MANNEQUIN'S BEST (Mannequin, mgr.) DM 2 NIANIA (turn 353): SABLE of HARLEQUINS (Jinx, mgr.) DM 3 OSKSI (turn 473): OINGO BOINGO of DOUBLE TROUBLE (Sultan, mgr.) DM 4 JHELUM (turn 470): SUPER CHE of DOGS OF WAR (Sun Tsu, mgr.) DM 5 KALTOS (turn 468): HOFFA of JOHNS (Dear, mgr.) DM 6 TRANSEL (turn 472): RED FUSION of IT'S NEW! (The Muffin Man, mgr.) DM 7 BONSUR (turn 469): PERSEVERANCE of BATHTUB ARMADA (Mannequin, mgr.) DM 10 KOLACT (turn 464): SULTAN of SIR AGLIO (Sultan, mgr.) DM 18 TALCAMA (turn 455): MR TACO WORKS of WASTELAND (The Muffin Man, mgr.) DM 21 SUNSET (turn 454): CARNIVOROUS CANARY of CARNAGE CANARIES (?, mgr.) DM 36 JHANS (turn 428): ABATIS of ACT OF MALICE (Carnage, mgr.) DM 38 CLIFFHOME (turn 419): TIGER SPLASH of ARENA FELINES (Garfield, mgr.) DM 39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 181): EGAN FORN of THE MIDDLE WAY (Gabria Hand, mgr.) DM 42 RODEKI (turn 406): PORK CHOP JUKEBOX of COLOR ME SUAVE (Suave, mgr.) DM 51 TRICORUS (turn 354): REAP THE FIELD of SORROW'S HARVEST (Gergin "Happy Toes" Frothingslosh, mgr.) DM 54 TROCAR (turn 167): SEX ON THE BEACH of INDULGENT DRINKS (Fizban, mgr.) DM 59 ILLIS (turn 155): ARMSTRONG of THE EXPLORERS (Kellog, mgr.) DM 62 VALAMANTIS (turn 304): LHI of SUPERIOR DOA (Poison Ivy, mgr.) DM 72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 132): JARRAC of FREELANCERS (Jinx, mgr.) ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 347): ONE MAN ARMY of ROOKIE ARMADA from CIMMERIAC (Doc Steele, mgr.) Top Teams --------- DM 1 MORDANT (turn 468): MANNEQUIN'S BEST (Mannequin, mgr.) DM 2 NIANIA (turn 353): RESURRECTION (Shocking Toad, mgr.) DM 3 OSKSI (turn 473): ASTRAL KIN (Kid Arcane, mgr.) DM 4 JHELUM (turn 470): DOGS OF WAR (Sun Tsu, mgr.) DM 5 KALTOS (turn 468): THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (Adela Chu, team captain) DM 6 TRANSEL (turn 472): BATTLE BEASTS (Sensei Jan, mgr.) DM 7 BONSUR (turn 469): none DM 10 KOLACT (turn 464): SIR AGLIO (Sultan, mgr.) DM 18 TALCAMA (turn 455): SRETSAMLEUD (Phat Phat, mgr.) DM 21 SUNSET (turn 454): CARNAGE CANARIES (?, mgr.) DM 36 JHANS (turn 428): IRON TIGERS (Jinx, mgr.) DM 38 CLIFFHOME (turn 419): JINDA-BAN (Zin, mgr.) DM 39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 181): THE MIDDLE WAY (Gabria Hand, mgr.) DM 42 RODEKI (turn 406): COLOR ME SUAVE (Suave, mgr.) DM 51 TRICORUS (turn 354): SORROW'S HARVEST (?, mgr.) DM 54 TROCAR (turn 167): TRADERS OF TROCAR (Jinda, mgr.) DM 59 ILLIS (turn 155): KNIGHTS TEMPLAR (Unforgiven, mgr.) DM 62 VALAMANTIS (turn 304): MITHRAL HALO (Barnabas, mgr.) DM 72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 132): FREELANCERS (Jinx, mgr.) ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 347): ROOKIE ARMADA, etc. (Doc Steele, mgr.) Recent Graduates ----------------- DM 1 MORDANT (turn 468): NEVERMORE of LAB EXPERIMENTS (The Mun, mgr.) DM 6 TRANSEL (turn 472): PEGASUS of KREWE OF DRUID (The Druid, mgr.) DM 7 BONSUR (turn 468): NEWKIRK of HOGAN'S HEROES (Postmaster, mgr.) DM 10 KOLACT (turn 463): QUID PRO QUO of QUBIT (Sultan, mgr.) DM 18 TALCAMA (turn 455): MR TACO WORKS of WASTELAND (The Muffin Man, mgr.) DUCK RUBBER of CENTER FOR OLDS (Suave, mgr.) BOX-SCITE of ROCK-ETTS (Pie-Rite, mgr.) DM 38 CLIFFHOME (turn 419): VELOXI of DARK TOADS (TigToad, mgr.) (turn 418): FOREVER MAN of SANDS OF TIME (The Muffin Man, mgr.) TAMRISSA of BLENDING ENTHRONED (Zalgor Prigg, mgr.) DM 39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 180): ROB A. REE of CRIMINAL ELEMENT (Fizban, mgr.) DM 42 RODEKI (turn 406): PORK CHOP JUKEBOX of COLOR ME SUAVE (Suave, mgr.) DM 51 TRICORUS (turn 353): F-BLACKSHADOW of F-LLOD BLADES ( SACRIFICE of MIGHTY MORALS ( DM 59 ILLIS (turn 155): ARMSTRONG of THE EXPLORERS (Kellog, mgr.) MINDBENDER of THE EXPLORERS (Kellog, mgr.) DM 62 VALAMANTIS (turn 304): PINK HEART of MIKE'S INK (Hombre, mgr.) (turn 303): KERMIT of THE MUPPETS (Jim, mgr.) REPORT FROM WITHIN THE TOWER My fellow Delarquans, Welcome to yet another page in the vast annals of spyreports in Greywand's arenas. Will this one stand out as one of the best? Probably not, but it isn't one of the worst either. I hope. Just two TV challenges went through this turn: Voldric the Blue of Thundr + Litening vs. Barroch of Shepherds. Voldric in 2. Fat Bastard of I'm so Sexy vs. Silas of Shepherds. Fat Bastard in 1. The A Team (12) was avoided by Tormentors (14). Exiled Knight was most challenged. He is our top parry-lunger so that shows some sand on the part of his challengers. MISTRESS OF EVIL (18-3565) (27-13-3,208) of EVIL DEAD challenged EXILED KNIGHT (1-4297) (24-17-0,252) of ROVING DOOM, our top parry-lunger. MISTRESS OF EVIL was overpowered by EXILED KNIGHT in a 1 minute Challenge struggle. The Runeblade was up for grabs this turn, since One Man Army has taken his one- way trip through the Gateway. Formidable top striker MAHI MAHI (18-4899) (71-58- 1,270) of BIG MEAN FISH fought ARES II (69-1111) (37-27-0,195) of DEATH RELIVED. MAHI MAHI handily defeated ARES II in a popular 2 minute mismatched Title competition. We're going to miss One Man Army. May the realm of Kaikwok treat him well. I hope we will see a column next turn from Mahi Mahi. Our top basher, HOT (48-3858) (33-33-1,191) of OUTSIDE IS challenged HE-MAN (21- 3112) (43-32-0,200) of TORMENTORS. HOT slaughtered HE-MAN in a 1 minute uneven Challenge fight. Should we send He-Man a wreath, as they do in Talahya arena? I think not. But I will buy him a beer when he has recovered enough to keep it down. At least he fought hard enough to bring the issue to life-or-death. LARGE SPINNY GUY (23-4361) (42-26-2,192) of DIABLO TOO, a former Keeper of the Runeblade, challenged LUCRETIA BORGIA (4-3563) (85-124-0,227) of LETHAL LADIES, our overall popularity leader. LARGE SPINNY GUY vanquished LUCRETIA BORGIA in a 2 minute mismatched Challenge brawl. Lots of people thought the Commission was going to call that the Title fight, but they went with the Mahi Mahi fight instead. QUID PRO QUO (10-4794) (16-3-1,52) of QUBIT fought MAGINOT MIKE (4-4509) (42-49- 1,44) of DOGS OF WAR. QUID PRO QUO was savagely defeated by this turn's favorite, MAGINOT MIKE, in an exciting 7 minute fight. Our two least loved "warriors" shared the same very long moment on the sands this turn. ETCHED IN STONE (61-3112) (21-8-0,76) of CEMENTIA challenged AGONY (21- 3413) (31-10-0,100) of TORMENTORS. ETCHED IN STONE was viciously subdued by AGONY in a 51 minute Challenge conflict. Fifty-one minutes! The poor folks in the stands were in agony, all right, as every irregularity in the stone benches became etched into their flesh. Alas, the foundation spot. CONSTANCE (42-3875) (17-16-2,26) of FLAGG'S FIVE fought BOOKIE'S GUARD (104-5) (35-18-0,75) of ARENA STAND-INS. CONSTANCE was demolished by BOOKIE'S GUARD in a 1 minute uneven competition. Poor Constance! Now your record has gone negative. Don't worry, though. You'll get your "Isle legs" soon, I'm sure. Gaak! I'm getting too sympathetic! It's un-Delarquan! I'd better go and see about getting Eudora flogged. Desiree KEEPER OF THE RUNEBLADE W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY MAHI MAHI 18-4899 72 58 1 287 BIG MEAN FISH (292) TALCAMA GRAND CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY EXILED KNIGHT 1-4297 25 17 0 270 ROVING DOOM (267) MORDANT HOT 48-3858 34 33 2 260 OUTSIDE IS (1061) CAER LEE AT TOURNEY 4-3565 95 115 1 248 LETHAL LADIES (768) JHELUM CLEANER WRASSE 18-6495 51 52 2 240 BIG MEAN FISH (292) TALCAMA DOONE 42-1183 41 41 2 235 FLAGG 16 (352) RODEKI DR NUT 24-4254 37 19 2 224 DP CLONES (1045) ZORPUNT SCHYLER 6-4866 45 72 1 217 THE LADY'S LIST (917) TRANSEL SPEEDI 58-3029 80 75 3 214 SHAMROCKS (424) DELARQ TOR JACK BOY 82-2030 56 47 0 212 ON A WHIM (1014) DWES EG GRAND CHAMPIONS W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY SIR ENE 10-4360 35 18 3 210 SIR AGLIO (600) KOLACT DR DAZZLE 57-4485 36 20 0 209 PEPPER PRACTICE II (1069) ANDOR LARGE SPINNY GUY 23-4361 43 26 2 207 DIABLO TOO (1037) TI GRAND CHAMPIONS W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY TORMENT 21-3121 42 32 3 207 TORMENTORS (571) SUNSET CHICK WITH A STICK 23-4365 35 34 1 207 DIABLO TOO (1037) TI -BODHISATVA 36-4027 27 24 0 203 THE TAO (923) JHANS ZALTAN 6-4616 48 101 2 202 THE LADY'S LIST (917) TRANSEL WHIRLING WORD 48-3815 42 27 0 200 4-LETTER WORDS (1063) CAER MR PIBB 24-4253 42 18 1 197 DP CLONES (1045) ZORPUNT VOLDRIC THE BLUE 18-6259 50 42 0 196 THUNDR + LITENING (309) TALCAMA -LOSS OF TESTOSTERO 82-1285 30 33 2 196 I'M MARRIED NOW (1025) DWES EG MACH 3 7-4358 57 51 2 195 WASTELAND II (500) BONSUR MUCKER 42-3596 42 47 1 195 DELVERS (1000) RODEKI GEO METRO 58-5740 52 58 2 193 COOL WHEELS (943) DELARQ TOR MISTRESS OF EVIL 18-3565 27 14 3 192 EVIL DEAD (1099) TALCAMA WHIRLING DOG 10-4177 52 25 1 191 MONGREL HORDE (964) KOLACT ARES II 69-1111 37 28 0 191 DEATH RELIVED (1105) CIMMERIAC FLOATING SWISS 4-4461 14 9 0 191 THINGSINPUG'SCOOLER (1088) JHELUM LUCRETIA BORGIA 4-3563 85 125 0 190 LETHAL LADIES (768) JHELUM FACEMAN 38-4129 34 29 2 190 THE A TEAM (1044) CLIFFHOME DUSKY JAWFISH 18-6978 33 27 1 190 BIG MEAN FISH (292) TALCAMA MOJO JOJO 10-4643 25 17 2 189 TOWNSVILLAINS (1089) KOLACT DRUNK AND AT DENNY 82-2255 32 24 2 188 ROCK BOTTOM (1080) DWES EG DARK GUMBY 7-4694 35 22 0 187 WASTELAND II (500) BONSUR BARROCH 18-2684 80 83 1 185 SHEPHERDS (432) TALCAMA HE-MAN 21-3112 43 33 0 185 TORMENTORS (571) SUNSET T-BONE 18-3402 24 20 2 184 DEAD EVIL (627) TALCAMA -TRANQUILITY 36-3765 44 31 3 183 THE TAO (923) JHANS TOLAIS DEEPHEART 42-1620 71 89 0 181 DELVERS (1000) RODEKI GREE CHAK 41-3859 33 18 2 181 KILLERS (1145) KATI-TEI -DIERDRE 69-9439 31 33 1 181 FIANADHA (945) CIMMERIAC GRAND CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY MISS HONEY 36-4850 52 48 0 180 SCARRY TEAM (824) JHANS -LADY STARDUST 21-4601 40 18 2 179 SPIDERS FROM MARS (950) SUNSET JANET RENO 42-3823 28 26 1 179 I'M SO SEXY (1072) RODEKI DOC STEELE 18-6010 43 94 6 178 ARROGANCE (732) TALCAMA FAT BASTARD 42-3804 37 19 0 176 I'M SO SEXY (1072) RODEKI -MAJOR TOM 21-4598 36 26 1 176 SPIDERS FROM MARS (950) SUNSET CHRISTIANITY 51-4965 33 25 0 176 GENOCIDE (1110) TRICORUS TERROR 21-3267 39 22 0 175 TORMENTORS (571) SUNSET OSCAR THE SLOUCH 82-1316 33 23 3 172 SESAME SPINE (1070) DWES EG HARLEQUIN TUSKFISH 18-6977 31 28 0 172 BIG MEAN FISH (292) TALCAMA SHOCKING TOAD 7-310 42 54 1 170 NINJAS (1107) BONSUR DOC STEELE 18-6808 35 44 1 170 ARROGANCE (732) TALCAMA -IMALUZER 42-1251 26 39 2 170 FLAGG 16 (352) RODEKI SHINY PENNY 32-3789 26 50 2 169 FOUND IN THE SAND (1034) ARVAT -SID VICIOUS 18-6054 26 18 2 166 THE DARK TEMPLE (978) TALCAMA -NO SALARY CAP 82-6494 17 5 1 166 WHY I PLAY DM (1116) DWES EG BRAHMA 97-731 19 24 4 165 ONE SURFING HINDU (1071) SHADOW GROVE BASS 5-3666 44 76 1 162 JOHNS (927) KALTOS SPLURGE ON WAX LIP 18-6485 45 30 1 157 STREET PIZZA (114) TALCAMA -BUNNY WAILER 3-5356 26 16 0 157 EXODUS! (956) OSKSI EXCREMENTO 51-4968 34 25 1 155 GUANO GROUP (1065) TRICORUS GRAND ADEPTS W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY BLINKY 18-2683 67 108 3 148 SHEPHERDS (432) TALCAMA SILAS 18-6796 29 48 2 148 SHEPHERDS (432) TALCAMA RUFFILLE 21-4933 33 56 0 145 SWORD OPERA (1002) SUNSET SINISTER MIDGET 6-5113 31 34 4 140 LOOK OUT BELOW (1042) TRANSEL RYGEL 18-7142 31 23 0 140 WASTELAND (468) TALCAMA BUUL THE BULL 2-4840 29 33 0 140 RESURRECTION (1143) NIANIA LIFE 3-4196 32 111 0 130 GAMES LIBRARY (998) OSKSI -RODEKI RAMBLER 42-1158 34 48 0 107 FLAGG 16 (352) RODEKI A NEW PONY! 82-1306 12 8 0 104 WHAT I ATE FOR XMAS (1114) DWES EG AGONY 21-3413 32 10 0 103 TORMENTORS (571) SUNSET GRAND ADEPTS W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY SMILES 21-3207 22 9 3 103 TROOPERS (1113) SUNSET GRAND CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY -HAIR LIP! 82-3261 13 4 1 93 PUNCHLINES (1115) DWES EG GRAND INITIATES W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY BRADEN 6-4867 41 76 0 80 THE LADY'S LIST (917) TRANSEL ETCHED IN STONE 61-3112 21 9 0 80 CEMENTIA (1112) JURINE NEWKIRK 7-5156 16 5 1 77 HOGAN'S HEROES (1138) BONSUR -STORM XCIX 82-14095 13 5 0 77 DEATH STUDS VIII (1086) DWES EG THE WICKER KING 42-3904 13 13 0 74 FURNITURE BARN (1109) RODEKI -LUNG 82-8243 8 4 0 64 4-LETTER ORGANS (1123) DWES EG MAGINOT MIKE 4-4509 43 49 1 63 DOGS OF WAR (999) JHELUM JOB 18-6129 15 115 0 56 SHEPHERDS (432) TALCAMA -SLEEPLESS PARANOIA 82-2252 7 8 1 49 PARENTHOOD (1122) DWES EG QUID PRO QUO 10-4794 16 4 1 46 QUBIT (1140) KOLACT -THE HUNGER 21-4622 12 5 1 43 SPIDERS FROM MARS (950) SUNSET CONSTANCE 42-3875 17 17 2 33 FLAGG'S FIVE (1108) RODEKI '-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn. THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN HE-MAN 21-3112 43 33 0 TORMENTORS 571 HOT 48-3858 348 PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE All -- I was robbed! Robbed, I tell ya! And to add insult to injury, I had to dig myself out of an unmarked grave. It appears Sheila Greywand has a sense of humor. I guess I'll have to wait to TV/TC at the next tourney. -- Doone Janet Reno -- I'd like to return the athletic supporter you left on the sands. -- Doone Desiree -- Of course I meant Flagg is my manager. I could only be so lucky to have Job as a manager. -- Constance Indeed. (wise nod) All right. -- Desiree (who has no copy of last turn's newsletter) Shocking Toad, the Manager -- I love the personalized quotes. I'm working towards getting all my fighters using them. It is a lot of work, coming up with fun quotes, but well worth the effort! -- Assurnasirbanipal Nick, etc. -- Am I ranked below you again? I hadn't noticed. It took me two turns to even notice your personal addressed to me. Unfortunately, I've become one of those awful maintenance type mega managers. I just let my warriors go out on the sands and record their trains when they come in. It is actually quite rewarding and sure frees up a lot of time that used to be used planning and plotting strategies, challenges, and avoids. I fully accept full responsibility for my lousy record and slacking certainly accounts for a large part of it. The rest can be attributed to my choice of which warriors to run here in Darkholm. -- Assur Giovanna -- Now you know why Merlin let you go so cheap! I think it is safe to say that there are few warriors who can ever attempt to compare themselves to me and I have no equal in terms of how poorly I've done in the arena. Yet you lost to me which says way too much about you! -- Job of Talcama P.S. Are the tides turning on my fortunes? Probably not. Who wouldn't expect me to win a bunch of fights in a fool's tournament! I am the ultimate Fool. Splurge on Wax Lips -- Why waste your time and effort on getting wax lips, which look quite unreal and off-putting, when you could work on getting a gender attachment instead? Were it not for the jealousy of my manager back in Osksi, I would have done precisely that. But I have enemies everywhere. -- Life of Osksi The Madness -- Wow, I didn't even have time to wind up the ol' blade and ATTEMPT a blow! They should call you The Fastness or something. -- Maginot Mike Harlequin Tuskfish -- You're unnatural, and I can't abide that which is unnatural. -- Mucker P.S. Besides, I want a winning record. Sinister Midget -- No you're not, you're dexter. I could tell. -- Tolais Deepheart P.S. Well (shrug), the boss says I have to speak to you, and I couldn't think of anything else to say that would get past Ed. Cooler -- It would be great if I got to go out on this win, but the odds are good that Nick will not get around to deactivating me in time. (sigh) And by the time you've got one or two more fights in your stash, you'd be able to beat me easily. -- Ruffille Desiree -- Maybe you haven't been feeding Eudora properly. When she comes to my house, she hyphenates just fine. -- Nick P.S. Couldn't you do a find-and-replace to substitute? I think Ms. Eudora has problems communicating with the "perfect" scribe. -- Ed. Well MY scribe, who is Word Perfect but evidently not Punctuation Perfect, will search for and replace anything except hyphens. She will however accept and use hyphens in the normal course of business. It may be that, as Ed. seems to be implying, she doesn't get along with Eudora. Be that as it may, Eudora seems to have a deeply ingrained horror of the innocuous horizontal line and will expunge it from any document given to her by me. She will deliver hyphenated documents to me from others, though. I neither understand this finicky distinction nor approve of it. Not only that, but she does a strange thing to the spaces between lines and--oh never mind, it's too aggravating. I have put in a request to have Eudora flogged, but the Commission is apparently backed up on such requests for its various scribes, messengers and assistants. Now I simply send my spyreports and other heavily hyphenated documents by way of Eudora's rude country cousin, the Yahoo from Wahoo. I believe he adds spaces, lots of them, but they're easy to delete en masse and it's not my problem anyway. -- Desiree Shocking Toad -- You make my point very well. You're more experienced, probably, what, sixteen years to my fourteen or something on that order? You're running warriors chosen for fighting ability (mine are chosen for the ability to generate personals), you're probably issuing challenges and avoids and making strategy changes (I don't). Your teams should be ranked above mine. Hmm. Probably my major advantage has been the period when my warriors fought a lot of Assur's bashers. -- Nick P.S. Yes, I'm aware that Darkholm is reputed to be the toughest regional arena. But I've got a lower ranking in Free Blades, and scarcely higher in Andorak. Lirin Kiv is my best regional, but then, it's the smallest and a good run of wins will skew the total faster. P.P.S. We share plenty of arenas, but I use different manager names a lot, because I get bored being the same person all the time. I believe that at one point you compared fighting my warriors to fighting standbys, but I must point out that mine write personals, and standbys don't. P.P.P.S. Can I calculate my record here based only on the performance of my good warriors? It'd make as much of a difference for me as it does for you. Flagg -- Now I've been challenged! I must have warriors on the roster who are Even Worse! I'll have to review the mini-overs and see if I can meet your challenge. We could duel for the team foundation spot.... -- Nick P.S. Hey, at least I have a chance of winning that one! 30 April 2003 All -- Remember to put your arena number on your strategy sheets. Strategies turned in without an arena number run the risk of missing the turn. -- NAIEI LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS VOLDRIC THE BLUE viciously subdued BARROCH in a 2 minute Challenge fight. FAT BASTARD demolished SILAS in a popular 1 minute one-sided Challenge melee. LARGE SPINNY GUY vanquished LUCRETIA BORGIA in a 2 minute mismatched Challenge brawl. CHICK WITH A STICK overpowered TERROR in a 3 minute mismatched Challenge match. MISTRESS OF EVIL was overpowered by EXILED KNIGHT in a 1 minute Challenge struggle. DR DAZZLE devastated TOLAIS DEEPHEART in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge competition. JANET RENO was vanquished by ZALTAN in a 2 minute uneven Challenge duel. HOT slaughtered HE-MAN in a 1 minute uneven Challenge fight. MACH 3 was viciously subdued by DOONE in a popular 2 minute brutal Challenge fight. MOJO JOJO handily defeated SHINY PENNY in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge bout. DARK GUMBY demolished BASS in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge competition. RYGEL savagely defeated LIFE in a crowd pleasing 2 minute gory Challenge match. ETCHED IN STONE was viciously subdued by AGONY in a 51 minute Challenge conflict. NEWKIRK overpowered JOB in a action packed 2 minute brutal uneven Challenge struggle. SCHYLER bested MUCKER in a crowd pleasing 1 minute brawl. FLOATING SWISS was overpowered by SIR ENE in a 1 minute one-sided bout. LEE AT TOURNEY savagely defeated DRUNK AND AT DENNYS in a exciting 5 minute gory bout. MAHI MAHI handily defeated ARES II in a popular 2 minute mismatched Title competition. CLEANER WRASSE vanquished MISS HONEY in a 1 minute one-sided match. JACK BOY handily defeated DOC STEELE in a 2 minute uneven duel. WHIRLING DOG was devastated by DR NUT in a popular 2 minute gory one-sided bout. GEO METRO vanquished LOCAL CONSTABLE in a action packed 1 minute gory one-sided match. MR PIBB overpowered HARLEQUIN TUSKFISH in a 1 minute uneven match. SPEEDI overpowered T-BONE in a popular 1 minute uneven duel. GREE CHAK was handily defeated by TORMENT in a action packed 1 minute mismatched bout. WHIRLING WORD overpowered DOC STEELE in a 1 minute one-sided fight. CHRISTIANITY was viciously subdued by DUSKY JAWFISH in a popular 7 minute brutal fray. SHOCKING TOAD was demolished by FACEMAN in a exciting 1 minute one-sided fight. RUFFILLE was savagely defeated by EXCREMENTO in a action packed 1 minute brutal bout. OSCAR THE SLOUCH devastated SINISTER MIDGET in a 1 minute one-sided duel. BRAHMA viciously subdued BLINKY in a exciting 1 minute bloody battle. BUUL THE BULL was overpowered by SPLURGE ON WAX LIPS in a 1 minute one-sided fray. A NEW PONY! demolished THE WICKER KING in a action packed 1 minute one-sided conflict. SMILES overpowered BRADEN in a popular 1 minute bloody uneven bout. CONSTANCE was demolished by BOOKIE'S GUARD in a 1 minute uneven competition. QUID PRO QUO was savagely defeated by MAGINOT MIKE in a exciting 7 minute fight. BATTLE REPORT MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS |FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT| |LUNGING ATTACK 19 PARRY-LUNGE 33 - 16 - 0 67 | |TOTAL PARRY 11 AIMED BLOW 64 - 44 - 2 59 | |WALL OF STEEL 10 LUNGING ATTACK 153 - 121 - 2 56 | |AIMED BLOW 9 TOTAL PARRY 72 - 61 - 0 54 | |SLASHING ATTACK 6 SLASHING ATTACK 41 - 45 - 0 48 | |PARRY-LUNGE 5 WALL OF STEEL 45 - 57 - 0 44 | |BASHING ATTACK 5 STRIKING ATTACK 25 - 32 - 0 44 | |STRIKING ATTACK 3 PARRY-STRIKE 6 - 16 - 0 27 | |PARRY-STRIKE 2 BASHING ATTACK 18 - 49 - 1 27 | |PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 0 - 0 0 | Turn 348 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-LUNGE 4 - 1 LUNGING ATTACK 8 - 11 4 LUNGING ATTACK AIMED BLOW 6 - 3 TOTAL PARRY 4 - 7 2 PARRY-LUNGE SLASHING ATTACK 4 - 2 BASHING ATTACK 1 - 4 2 SLASHING ATTACK STRIKING ATTACK 2 - 1 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 2 1 STRIKING ATTACK WALL OF STEEL 6 - 4 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 0 1 BASHING ATTACK 1 WALL OF STEEL TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME STRIKING ATTACK MAHI MAHI 18-4899 72 58 1 287 BIG MEAN FISH (292) PARRY-LUNGE EXILED KNIGHT 1-4297 25 17 0 270 ROVING DOOM (267) BASHING ATTACK HOT 48-3858 34 33 2 260 OUTSIDE IS (1061) LUNGING ATTACK CLEANER WRASSE 18-6495 51 52 2 240 BIG MEAN FISH (292) SLASHING ATTACK SCHYLER 6-4866 45 72 1 217 THE LADY'S LIST (917) WALL OF STEEL JACK BOY 82-2030 56 47 0 212 ON A WHIM (1014) AIMED BLOW LARGE SPINNY GUY 23-4361 43 26 2 207 DIABLO TOO (1037) TOTAL PARRY VOLDRIC THE BLUE 18-6259 50 42 0 196 THUNDR + LITENING (309) PARRY-STRIKE SHOCKING TOAD 7-310 42 54 1 170 NINJAS (1107) The overall popularity leader is LUCRETIA BORGIA 4-3563. The most popular warrior this turn was MAGINOT MIKE 4-4509. The ten other most popular fighters were DUSKY JAWFISH 18-6978, LEE AT TOURNEY 4-3565, CHRISTIANITY 51-4965, DRUNK AND AT DENNYS 82-2255, BRAHMA 97-731, QUID PRO QUO 10-4794, RYGEL 18-7142, VOLDRIC THE BLUE 18-6259, CHICK WITH A STICK 23-4365, and DOONE 42-1183. The least popular fighter this week was ETCHED IN STONE 61-3112. The other ten least popular fighters were AGONY 21-3413, CONSTANCE 42-3875, SINISTER MIDGET 6-5113, SHOCKING TOAD 7-310, MISS HONEY 36-4850, HE-MAN 21-3112, MISTRESS OF EVIL 18-3565, BRADEN 6-4867, THE WICKER KING 42-3904, and DOC STEELE 18-6010. Arena (Number) W L K Arena (Number) W L K Arena (Number) W L K MORDANT(1) 1 0 0 SUNSET(21) 3 3 0 CAER(48) 2 0 1 NIANIA(2) 0 1 0 TI(23) 2 0 0 TRICORUS(51) 1 1 0 OSKSI(3) 0 1 0 ZORPUNT(24) 2 0 0 ANDOR(57) 1 0 0 JHELUM(4) 2 2 0 ARVAT(32) 0 1 0 DELARQ TOR(58) 2 0 0 KALTOS(5) 0 1 0 JHANS(36) 0 1 0 JURINE(61) 0 1 0 TRANSEL(6) 2 2 0 CLIFFHOME(38) 1 0 0 CIMMERIAC(69) 0 1 0 BONSUR(7) 2 2 0 KATI-TEI(41) 0 1 0 DWES EG(82) 3 1 0 KOLACT(10) 2 2 0 RODEKI(42) 2 5 0 SHADOW GROVE(97) 1 0 0 TALCAMA(18) 6 9 0 TOP WARRIOR OF EACH ARENA W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY EXILED KNIGHT 1-4297 25 17 0 270 ROVING DOOM (267) MORDANT BUUL THE BULL 2-4840 29 33 0 140 RESURRECTION (1143) NIANIA LIFE 3-4196 32 111 0 130 GAMES LIBRARY (998) OSKSI LEE AT TOURNEY 4-3565 95 115 1 248 LETHAL LADIES (768) JHELUM BASS 5-3666 44 76 1 162 JOHNS (927) KALTOS SCHYLER 6-4866 45 72 1 217 THE LADY'S LIST (917) TRANSEL MACH 3 7-4358 57 51 2 195 WASTELAND II (500) BONSUR SIR ENE 10-4360 35 18 3 210 SIR AGLIO (600) KOLACT MAHI MAHI 18-4899 72 58 1 287 BIG MEAN FISH (292) TALCAMA TORMENT 21-3121 42 32 3 207 TORMENTORS (571) SUNSET LARGE SPINNY GUY 23-4361 43 26 2 207 DIABLO TOO (1037) TI DR NUT 24-4254 37 19 2 224 DP CLONES (1045) ZORPUNT SHINY PENNY 32-3789 26 50 2 169 FOUND IN THE SAND (1034) ARVAT MISS HONEY 36-4850 52 48 0 180 SCARRY TEAM (824) JHANS FACEMAN 38-4129 34 29 2 190 THE A TEAM (1044) CLIFFHOME GREE CHAK 41-3859 33 18 2 181 KILLERS (1145) KATI-TEI TOP WARRIOR OF EACH ARENA W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY DOONE 42-1183 41 41 2 235 FLAGG 16 (352) RODEKI HOT 48-3858 34 33 2 260 OUTSIDE IS (1061) CAER CHRISTIANITY 51-4965 33 25 0 176 GENOCIDE (1110) TRICORUS DR DAZZLE 57-4485 36 20 0 209 PEPPER PRACTICE II (1069) ANDOR SPEEDI 58-3029 80 75 3 214 SHAMROCKS (424) DELARQ TOR ETCHED IN STONE 61-3112 21 9 0 80 CEMENTIA (1112) JURINE ARES II 69-1111 37 28 0 191 DEATH RELIVED (1105) CIMMERIAC JACK BOY 82-2030 56 47 0 212 ON A WHIM (1014) DWES EG BRAHMA 97-731 19 24 4 165 ONE SURFING HINDU (1071) SHADOW GROVE </PRE> <BR> <CENTER> <A HREF="dmconte1.htm"><IMG SRC="mainrule.gif" BORDER=1 ALT="Main Rules"></A> <A HREF="dmnews.htm"><IMG SRC="contents.gif" BORDER=1 ALT="Contents"></A> <A HREF="setord.htm"><IMG SRC="setord.gif" BORDER=1 ALT="Order a Setup"></A> </CENTER> <HR> <CENTER> <I>Reality Simulations, Inc.</I> <TABLE CELLSPACING=15> <TR><TD><I>P.O. 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