DARKHOLM SPORTING JOURNAL Date : 06/25/2005 Duedate: 07/08/2005 DARKHOLM DM-104 TURN-404 RANK TEAMS W L K % RANK TEAMS W L K % 1 BLACK PRIMER 82/1187 1203 434 7 73.5 6 THE NATURALS 21/1113 31 27 2 53.4 THUNDR + LITENING 18/309 7 STYROFOAM 82/1090 1134 992 8 53.3 2-RAINDANCE 51/1106 65 31 2 67.7 8 SIR AGLIO 10/600 584 522 2 52.8 3 MONGREL HORDE 10/964 497 245 3 67.0 9 BEAN MACHINE 99/1202 741 701 6 51.4 4 DON'T ASK 82/1205 1630 1289 19 55.8 BIG MEAN FISH 18/292 LOCAL BEER 82/1219 10-PICK ME UPS 36/550 52 57 0 47.7 4-LETTER ITCHES 82/1218 11 COSMIC FREAK 21/1225 71 97 1 42.3 4-LETTER DOCTORS 82/1204 MUSIC TO KILL BY 96/1119 ORGANS ON THE SAND 97/1237 12 KREWE OF DRUI 6/1186 184 261 3 41.3 MY WIFE'S COSMETICS 82/1038 ELEMENTS OF PSI 58/423 LUST MUPPETS 32/1036 13 SEA DOGS 7/203 47 74 3 38.8 4-LETTER ANXIETY 82/1236 SEA DOGS 18/328 5 NUMBERS 62/937 1856 1565 7 54.3 14 DELVERS 42/1000 268 429 2 38.5 SANDS OF TIME 38/1178 DOGS OF WAR 4/999 CEMENTIA 61/1112 GAMES LIBRARY 3/998 PEPPER PRACTICE II 57/1069 15 JOHNS 5/927 857 1524 17 36.0 PUDS AGAIN 6 82/1234 ARROGANCE 18/732 DP CLONES 24/1045 SCARRY TEAM 36/824 FLAT BROKE 82/1184 THE LADY'S LIST 6/917 WHAT A TREAT 98/1201 JUST BECAUSE 38/1151 MORE NEW TEAMS 2 5/1188 16 NEXT GENERAT 18/1150 534 1012 9 34.5 WASTELAND 18/468 THIS LITTLE PRIGGY 25/1162 IT'S NEW! 6/1195 SUPER BASH BROTHERS 6/1067 WASTELAND II 7/500 FOUND IN THE SAND 32/1034 NEGATIVE CASH FLOW 82/1197 CLOWNING AROUND 42/1200 I'M SO SEXY 42/1072 ALASTARIAN IDOL 10/1238 MY DRUGS 98/1179 17-SONS OF SATA 21/1214 6 13 1 31.6 LARGE LOSERS 5/1228 18-THE DREAMING 36/1233 0 1 0 0.0 NAMES? 82/1235 '##/###' Avoid teams by their Team Id '-' Team did not fight this turn THE GUARDIAN'S FORUM Reflections by the Keeper of the Runeblade Hi. Red Fusion P.S. You're welcome. REPORT FROM WITHIN THE TOWER Great warriors of the Federation, hail! Thundr + Litening was avoided by It's New!. However, this could not prevent Wiggler's TV challenge from getting through to Red Fusion. 1) WIGGLER (18-8088) (33- 6-1,295) of THUNDR + LITENING TV challenged RED FUSION (6-5480) (42-9-0,258) of IT'S NEW!. WIGGLER devastated RED FUSION in a 2 minute mismatched Challenge Title fight. Such a pity, too, after Red Fusion went and wrote a...word. Sometimes even writing a column and using your avoids can't protect you from an aimed blow practitioner who is also a Tournament Victor. Well done, Wiggler. Unfortunately, that was our only TV challenge this turn. I believe there's another tourney coming up; maybe we will get several more Tournament Victors out of it. No one was slain, either. Tsk. Our most challenged warrior was Work in Progress. You can see why. If ever a warrior's record said "Easy Win!" it would be his. GOHAN (18-8449) (22-12-1,69) of WASTELAND challenged WORK IN PROGRESS (38-4193) (25-79-2,89) of JUST BECAUSE. GOHAN vanquished WORK IN PROGRESS in an exciting 1 minute mismatched Challenge fight. Crack is Cheap remains our overall popularity leader. Personally I think he had a lot of help from Schyler, who was this turn's favorite. SCHYLER (6-4866) (65-107- 1,198) of THE LADY'S LIST fought CRACK IS CHEAP (82-18422) (34-20-0,191) of NEGATIVE CASH FLOW. SCHYLER savagely defeated CRACK IS CHEAP in a crowd pleasing 5 minute bloody conflict. All right, they were both pretty darned exciting. Pud was the crowd's least favorite this turn. I SEE SOUNDS (21-5704) (21-17- 1,78) of COSMIC FREAK OUT fought PUD 126 (82-22024) (24-10-0,87) of PUDS AGAIN 6. I SEE SOUNDS demolished PUD 126 in a 1 minute one-sided conflict. Hmm. I didn't get a chance to talk with Pud about this, but I saw them taking his temperature in the infirmary and I think he was ill. Hang in there, youngster. You'll improve. They say Lirin Kiv (107) is going to merge with Free Blades (103). Do you think Darkholm should merge with another arena on the Isle? I don't think we want Primus, so I guess our choices would be Talahya, Home Guard or Chrysalis. Or Andorak (shuddering). Any of these would probably mean moving out of Willow Beach and back to the big town. What do you think? Mind you, it has not been suggested by anyone in the Gladiatorial Commission. It just occurred to me since Darkholm does seem to be shrinking. Well, that's all for now. I'll see you in a fortnight and who knows? Maybe Darkholm will take a turn for the better. Desiree (not my real name) KEEPER OF THE RUNEBLADE W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY WIGGLER 18-8088 34 6 1 325 THUNDR + LITENING (309) TALCAMA GRAND CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY DR DAZZLE 57-4485 81 37 2 272 PEPPER PRACTICE II (1069) ANDOR HEART 97-1096 22 20 4 251 ORGANS ON THE SAND (1237) SHADOW GROVE ETCHED IN STONE 61-3112 64 26 1 238 CEMENTIA (1112) JURINE -DARK GUMBY 7-4694 72 44 1 233 WASTELAND II (500) BONSUR OBSESSIVE 58-2447 60 57 1 232 ELEMENTS OF PSI (423) DELARQ TOR SULTAN 10-4516 37 13 1 231 SIR AGLIO (600) KOLACT MISS HONEY 36-4850 78 78 0 222 SCARRY TEAM (824) JHANS MAHI MAHI 18-4899 114 72 1 221 BIG MEAN FISH (292) TALCAMA HITZ 82-10428 18 10 0 218 4-LETTER DOCTORS (1204) DWES EG MIMIC BLENNY 18-7541 51 28 1 217 BIG MEAN FISH (292) TALCAMA WHIRLING DOG 10-4177 76 42 1 213 MONGREL HORDE (964) KOLACT BASS 5-3666 69 107 2 211 JOHNS (927) KALTOS SCHYLER 6-4866 66 107 1 211 THE LADY'S LIST (917) TRANSEL GRAND CHAMPIONS W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY DUSKY JAWFISH 18-6978 57 59 1 208 BIG MEAN FISH (292) TALCAMA GRINGOLD 7-2416 30 39 2 207 SEA DOGS (203) BONSUR COOLER 82-7277 46 38 1 206 STYROFOAM (1090) DWES EG ROLEX WATCH 32-3732 61 58 2 202 LUST MUPPETS (1036) ARVAT NEOSPHINCTER 18-7317 33 30 1 201 WASTELAND (468) TALCAMA HARLEQUIN TUSKFISH 18-6977 61 54 0 198 BIG MEAN FISH (292) TALCAMA RED FUSION 6-5480 42 10 0 198 IT'S NEW! (1195) TRANSEL -TAPS 96-841 31 30 5 198 MUSIC TO KILL BY (1119) OLD VALAMANTIS -A DIFFERENT GRAPE 82-1258 52 44 1 197 MY WIFE'S COSMETICS (1038) DWES EG ASHANTI 6-5352 35 42 5 196 KREWE OF DRUID (1186) TRANSEL DECK SWAB 18-2148 29 28 2 196 SEA DOGS (328) TALCAMA HE HATE ME 18-7820 28 39 2 196 WASTELAND (468) TALCAMA MUCKER 42-3596 71 74 2 192 DELVERS (1000) RODEKI LIFE 3-4196 49 150 0 192 GAMES LIBRARY (998) OSKSI GRAND CHAMPIONS W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY CRACK IS CHEAP 82-18422 34 21 0 191 NEGATIVE CASH FLOW (1197) DWES EG NUMBERED WON 18-7434 33 43 0 191 NEXT GENERATION (1150) TALCAMA -CRANE 36-2630 57 56 3 190 PICK ME UPS (550) JHANS PTI 7-5412 35 23 0 190 WASTELAND II (500) BONSUR SHINY PENNY 32-3789 41 86 2 187 FOUND IN THE SAND (1034) ARVAT TOLAIS DEEPHEART 42-1620 106 110 0 185 DELVERS (1000) RODEKI ONE A DAY 98-799 34 30 3 185 MY DRUGS (1179) SYVYN'S HILL SUPER BUM 82-18411 37 21 1 184 FLAT BROKE (1184) DWES EG -DR NUT 24-4254 70 45 2 183 DP CLONES (1045) ZORPUNT CLEANER WRASSE 18-6495 86 73 2 182 BIG MEAN FISH (292) TALCAMA DOC STEELE 18-6010 66 127 6 182 ARROGANCE (732) TALCAMA GRAND CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY FRIED TWINKIE 5-4562 34 15 0 180 MORE NEW TEAMS 2 (1188) KALTOS FEAR 82-10416 28 46 1 179 4-LETTER ANXIETY (1236) DWES EG -CHIEF STORMCLOUD 51-4306 32 14 1 171 RAINDANCE (1106) TRICORUS JOCK 82-10452 14 8 0 170 4-LETTER ITCHES (1218) DWES EG HEAT 98-981 22 13 4 169 WHAT A TREAT (1201) SYVYN'S HILL GOKU 7-5628 22 4 0 164 WASTELAND II (500) BONSUR DOC STEELE 18-6808 53 82 1 163 ARROGANCE (732) TALCAMA SMILES 21-3207 27 18 3 157 THE NATURALS XI (1113) SUNSET STUPID SEXY FLANDE 42-3836 26 21 0 156 I'M SO SEXY (1072) RODEKI YUENGLING 82-16265 22 6 1 152 LOCAL BEER (1219) DWES EG THE CUTICLE DANCE 82-13639 19 6 2 152 DON'T ASK (1205) DWES EG BOB, ETERNAL, 38-4460 25 3 0 151 SANDS OF TIME (1178) CLIFFHOME GRAND ADEPTS W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY LINK 6-5144 34 62 2 150 SUPER BASH BROTHERS (1067) TRANSEL WENT TO MARKET 25-4288 32 38 2 148 THIS LITTLE PRIGGY (1162) LYRATILAN ENDYMION 6-4163 31 52 1 132 KREWE OF DRUID (1186) TRANSEL PEGASUS 6-4161 32 50 1 129 KREWE OF DRUID (1186) TRANSEL TASTY HANGNAIL 7-5463 30 24 0 128 WASTELAND II (500) BONSUR -MINOS 21-5805 19 12 2 119 SONS OF SATAN (1214) SUNSET FRIJOLE! 99-1214 18 16 3 108 BEAN MACHINE (1202) SOUTH RIDGE GRAND CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY BRADEN 6-4867 64 109 1 100 THE LADY'S LIST (917) TRANSEL MAGINOT MIKE 4-4509 61 87 1 100 DOGS OF WAR (999) JHELUM I SEE SOUNDS 21-5704 22 17 1 100 COSMIC FREAK OUT (1225) SUNSET BRICKTOP 18-7955 32 21 0 98 WASTELAND (468) TALCAMA -THE UPRIGHT MAN 10-5185 24 23 0 95 ALASTARIAN IDOL (1238) KOLACT 2 62-2976 31 25 3 93 NUMBERS (937) VALAMANTIS GOHAN 18-8449 23 12 1 92 WASTELAND (468) TALCAMA GRAND INITIATES W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY THE HIPPY 21-5701 19 11 1 87 COSMIC FREAK OUT (1225) SUNSET SMUNCH 18-8337 16 2 0 75 THUNDR + LITENING (309) TALCAMA STRAFE 82-11158 30 17 0 74 BLACK PRIMERS (1187) DWES EG PUD 126 82-22024 24 11 0 73 PUDS AGAIN 6 (1234) DWES EG WORK IN PROGRESS 38-4193 25 80 2 72 JUST BECAUSE (1151) CLIFFHOME -RONALD REAGAN 21-1588 22 23 0 68 SONS OF SATAN (1214) SUNSET SUIGENERIS 21-5545 14 5 1 67 THE NATURALS XI (1113) SUNSET MEN WORKING 38-4189 29 76 1 60 JUST BECAUSE (1151) CLIFFHOME -THE LOVE BELOW 36-6187 15 7 2 52 THE DREAMING (1233) JHANS BOZO 42-4016 22 37 0 47 CLOWNING AROUND (1200) RODEKI MANUTE BOL 5-4233 17 13 0 45 LARGE LOSERS (1228) KALTOS '-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn. THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE Numbered Won -- At last you have succeeded. My congratulations. -- Tolais Deepheart Cooler -- But not cool enough, you flimsy thing! -- Mucker Mahi Mahi -- How can a mere FISH such as yourself be so mean? You're as bad as a human! -- Life of Osksi Pegasus -- I still don't see you actually flying with those things, you know. -- Maginot Mike Desiree -- I have no desire to get closer to a creature that can fly over and drop several pounds on the unwary. Plus, they might fall out of the sky themselves if they're counting on magic to hold 'em up. After all, everyone says magic is on the decline, and that means less umphf to go around, right? -- Maginot Mike Maginot Mike -- (smiling) If you visit them in their stable, these considerations will not be relevant. Yes, the first danger is quite real. It's not several pounds, though. Two or three at most, and rarely does someone get the full brunt of it, as it tends to spread out during free fall. Those who work around a pegasus stable are said to have been "anointed" the first time it happens to them. The victim has to buy a round of drinks for all the stable hands that night. As for the second concern, I don't know. I think I remember hearing that creatures bred to magic are somewhat insulated from the problem, as their innate magic is locked inside them. But I've sent a message to the Stronghold Academy to find out if they know the answer to that. -- Desiree 7 June 2005 I am in the process of moving house, and spotlight writing for the next two months will be very hit-and-miss. -- the Scribe LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS WIGGLER devastated RED FUSION in a 2 minute mismatched Challenge Title fight. GOKU was overcome by TOLAIS DEEPHEART in a popular 3 minute Challenge match. STRAFE slimly won victory over MEN WORKING in a 2 minute Challenge brawl. SMUNCH overpowered BOZO in a crowd pleasing 1 minute bloody one-sided Challenge fight. GOHAN vanquished WORK IN PROGRESS in a exciting 1 minute mismatched Challenge fight. HEART devastated ONE A DAY in a action packed 2 minute gruesome one-sided competition. HITZ won victory over SHINY PENNY in a action packed 1 minute duel. ETCHED IN STONE outlasted DUSKY JAWFISH in a action packed 8 minute gory duel. OBSESSIVE overpowered MUCKER in a popular 1 minute uneven match. DR DAZZLE overpowered DECK SWAB in a crowd pleasing 1 minute one-sided match. SULTAN overcame NEOSPHINCTER in a exciting 1 minute contest. ROLEX WATCH was demolished by MAHI MAHI in a crowd pleasing 1 minute one-sided brawl. CLEANER WRASSE was overpowered by BASS in a crowd pleasing 1 minute one-sided duel. LIFE overcame DOC STEELE in a crowd pleasing 3 minute bloody bout. MIMIC BLENNY devastated HE HATE ME in a 1 minute one-sided fight. DOC STEELE was demolished by GRINGOLD in a exciting 1 minute one-sided bout. SCHYLER savagely defeated CRACK IS CHEAP in a crowd pleasing 5 minute bloody conflict. MISS HONEY overpowered PTI in a exciting 1 minute gory uneven fight. WHIRLING DOG viciously subdued FRIED TWINKIE in a action packed 2 minute bloody duel. SUPER BUM was savagely defeated by COOLER in a popular 3 minute gory match. ASHANTI vanquished STUPID SEXY FLANDERS in a 1 minute one-sided match. FEAR was vanquished by HARLEQUIN TUSKFISH in a exciting 1 minute one-sided fight. NUMBERED WON vanquished THE CUTICLE DANCE in a 1 minute uneven bout. LINK was handily defeated by JOCK in a exciting 1 minute bloody uneven bout. YUENGLING lost to HEAT in a popular 3 minute gory bout. SMILES won victory over WENT TO MARKET in a popular 1 minute fray. BOB, ETERNAL, beat ENDYMION in a popular 1 minute match. MAGINOT MIKE was overpowered by PEGASUS in a 1 minute one-sided bout. TASTY HANGNAIL beat BRADEN in a exciting 1 minute fray. 2 was viciously subdued by FRIJOLE! in a popular 2 minute bloody duel. THE HIPPY was luckily beaten by BRICKTOP in a crowd pleasing 2 minute brutal match. MANUTE BOL was handily defeated by SUIGENERIS in a 1 minute one-sided fight. I SEE SOUNDS demolished PUD 126 in a 1 minute one-sided conflict. BATTLE REPORT MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS |FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT| |LUNGING ATTACK 22 LUNGING ATTACK 135 - 95 - 1 59 | |AIMED BLOW 11 STRIKING ATTACK 19 - 14 - 0 58 | |TOTAL PARRY 9 WALL OF STEEL 48 - 41 - 1 54 | |WALL OF STEEL 7 AIMED BLOW 57 - 54 - 0 51 | |SLASHING ATTACK 6 TOTAL PARRY 60 - 58 - 1 51 | |BASHING ATTACK 6 PARRY-LUNGE 15 - 15 - 0 50 | |STRIKING ATTACK 2 SLASHING ATTACK 36 - 41 - 2 47 | |PARRY-LUNGE 2 BASHING ATTACK 16 - 48 - 1 25 | |PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE 3 - 11 - 0 21 | |PARRY-STRIKE 0 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 0 - 0 0 | Turn 404 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: STRIKING ATTACK 2 - 0 TOTAL PARRY 2 - 7 4 LUNGING ATTACK WALL OF STEEL 5 - 2 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 0 2 WALL OF STEEL SLASHING ATTACK 4 - 2 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 1 1 AIMED BLOW AIMED BLOW 7 - 4 BASHING ATTACK 0 - 6 1 SLASHING ATTACK LUNGING ATTACK 12 - 10 1 TOTAL PARRY PARRY-LUNGE 1 - 1 1 PARRY-LUNGE 1 STRIKING ATTACK TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME AIMED BLOW WIGGLER 18-8088 34 6 1 325 THUNDR + LITENING (309) LUNGING ATTACK DR DAZZLE 57-4485 81 37 2 272 PEPPER PRACTICE II (1069) SLASHING ATTACK HEART 97-1096 22 20 4 251 ORGANS ON THE SAND (1237) TOTAL PARRY ETCHED IN STONE 61-3112 64 26 1 238 CEMENTIA (1112) WALL OF STEEL OBSESSIVE 58-2447 60 57 1 232 ELEMENTS OF PSI (423) PARRY-LUNGE SULTAN 10-4516 37 13 1 231 SIR AGLIO (600) STRIKING ATTACK MAHI MAHI 18-4899 114 72 1 221 BIG MEAN FISH (292) BASHING ATTACK DECK SWAB 18-2148 29 28 2 196 SEA DOGS (328) PARRY-RIPOSTE WORK IN PROGRESS 38-4193 25 80 2 72 JUST BECAUSE (1151) The overall popularity leader is CRACK IS CHEAP 82-18422. The most popular warrior this turn was SCHYLER 6-4866. The ten other most popular fighters were DUSKY JAWFISH 18-6978, COOLER 82-7277, DOC STEELE 18-6808, GOKU 7-5628, ETCHED IN STONE 61-3112, THE HIPPY 21-5701, YUENGLING 82-16265, WIGGLER 18-8088, FRIJOLE! 99-1214, and TOLAIS DEEPHEART 42-1620. The least popular fighter this week was PUD 126 82-22024. The other ten least popular fighters were MANUTE BOL 5-4233, MAGINOT MIKE 4-4509, THE CUTICLE DANCE 82-13639, STUPID SEXY FLANDERS 42-3836, HE HATE ME 18-7820, BRADEN 6-4867, ENDYMION 6-4163, LINK 6-5144, FEAR 82-10416, and PTI 7-5412. Arena (Number) W L K Arena (Number) W L K Arena (Number) W L K OSKSI(3) 1 0 0 SUNSET(21) 3 1 0 DELARQ TOR(58) 1 0 0 JHELUM(4) 0 1 0 LYRATILAN(25) 0 1 0 JURINE(61) 1 0 0 KALTOS(5) 1 2 0 ARVAT(32) 0 2 0 VALAMANTIS(62) 0 1 0 TRANSEL(6) 3 4 0 JHANS(36) 1 0 0 DWES EG(82) 4 6 0 BONSUR(7) 2 2 0 CLIFFHOME(38) 1 2 0 SHADOW GROVE(97) 1 0 0 KOLACT(10) 2 0 0 RODEKI(42) 1 3 0 SYVYN'S HILL(98) 1 1 0 TALCAMA(18) 8 7 0 ANDOR(57) 1 0 0 SOUTH RIDGE(99) 1 0 0 TOP WARRIOR OF EACH ARENA W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY LIFE 3-4196 49 150 0 192 GAMES LIBRARY (998) OSKSI MAGINOT MIKE 4-4509 61 87 1 100 DOGS OF WAR (999) JHELUM BASS 5-3666 69 107 2 211 JOHNS (927) KALTOS SCHYLER 6-4866 66 107 1 211 THE LADY'S LIST (917) TRANSEL GRINGOLD 7-2416 30 39 2 207 SEA DOGS (203) BONSUR SULTAN 10-4516 37 13 1 231 SIR AGLIO (600) KOLACT WIGGLER 18-8088 34 6 1 325 THUNDR + LITENING (309) TALCAMA SMILES 21-3207 27 18 3 157 THE NATURALS XI (1113) SUNSET WENT TO MARKET 25-4288 32 38 2 148 THIS LITTLE PRIGGY (1162) LYRATILAN ROLEX WATCH 32-3732 61 58 2 202 LUST MUPPETS (1036) ARVAT MISS HONEY 36-4850 78 78 0 222 SCARRY TEAM (824) JHANS BOB, ETERNAL, 38-4460 25 3 0 151 SANDS OF TIME (1178) CLIFFHOME MUCKER 42-3596 71 74 2 192 DELVERS (1000) RODEKI DR DAZZLE 57-4485 81 37 2 272 PEPPER PRACTICE II (1069) ANDOR OBSESSIVE 58-2447 60 57 1 232 ELEMENTS OF PSI (423) DELARQ TOR ETCHED IN STONE 61-3112 64 26 1 238 CEMENTIA (1112) JURINE 2 62-2976 31 25 3 93 NUMBERS (937) VALAMANTIS HITZ 82-10428 18 10 0 218 4-LETTER DOCTORS (1204) DWES EG HEART 97-1096 22 20 4 251 ORGANS ON THE SAND (1237) SHADOW GROVE ONE A DAY 98-799 34 30 3 185 MY DRUGS (1179) SYVYN'S HILL FRIJOLE! 99-1214 18 16 3 108 BEAN MACHINE (1202) SOUTH RIDGE HOLD THE DATES! (FACE-TO-FACE XXXV AND XXXVI) Summer Face-to-Face Tournament XXXV in St. Louis! Our next summer FTF will be held in downtown St. Louis, July 29-31, 2005. It will be at the Radisson Hotel & Suites, St. Louis (800-925-1395--ask for the Reality Simulations room block). Room rates are $99.00 per night, 1-4 occupancy. The rooms are blocked--please make your reservation by mid-June before the block is released! Look for transportation info in the tournament information sheet. See you there! Winter Face-to-Face Tournament XXXVI in Tempe! Our next winter FTF will be held in Tempe, Arizona, January 20-22, 2006. It will be held at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Tempe, Arizona (480-894-7444), the same hotel as last year by popular request. Room rates are $139.00 per night (same as last year!), 1-4 occupancy, which includes full cooked breakfast, complimentary manager's reception, free airport shuttle, free parking, high speed internet (for extra charge), fitness center, jacuzzi, and pool. The rooms are blocked--please make your reservation soon before the block is released! (This is prime season for Phoenix, and several people were unable to book rooms last year because they waited too long.) Look for transportation info in the tournament information sheet. We hope you're all looking forward to it and that we will see you there!