DARKHOLM SPORTING JOURNAL

Date   : 05/09/2009    Duedate: 05/22/2009

DARKHOLM

DM-104    TURN-505

RANK TEAMS                  W    L  K    %  RANK TEAMS                  W    L  K    %
  1 072905R 41/1273      3547 2598 14 57.7      LARGE LOSERS 5/1228                   
    FLAT BROKE 82/1184                          NEGATIVE CASH FLOW 82/1197            
    MY DRUGS 98/1179                          2 STREET PIZZA 18/114  1962 1617 23 54.8
    LOOK OUT! 16/1278                           REAL PIZZA FLAVOR 82/1286             
    CEMENTIA 61/1112                            DYSLEXICS UNTIE! II 82/1258           
    WASTELAND 18/468                            ATTACK OF THE CLONES 82/1254          
    DIE, MOFO, DIE IV 97/1293                 3 STYROFOAM 82/1090    1182 1045  8 53.1
    WASTELAND II 7/500                        4 ILLFANG PACT 1/281    407  582  6 41.2
    IT'S NEW! 6/1195                            UP TO NO GOOD 37/316                  
    I'M SO SEXY 42/1072                       5 JUST BECAUSE 38/1151 1049 1877 17 35.9
    WHAT A TREAT 98/1201                      6 BEACH BABES 7/1058    401  760  4 34.5

    '##/###' Avoid teams by their Team Id     '-'  Team did not fight this turn

                                  WARRIOR SPOTLIGHT

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                         ---===DELARQUAN REGIONAL NEWS===---

                                     Duelmasters
                                     -----------
 DM   1 MORDANT (turn 622): POOP DECK GUY of SEA DOGS (One Armed Bandit, mgr.)
 DM   2 NIANIA (turn 505): GALLORDIN of THE GOLDEN FISH (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 628): KOVARARMANN VOTH of GAMES LIBRARY (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   5 KALTOS (turn 623): FELISSA HURM of THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   6 TRANSEL (turn 623): HATTIE of PSYCHO SQUAD (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 627): HIERONYMUS ZIGG of SENTINELS (Nomad, mgr.)
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 616): JOLEEN KRUZ of THE MOONDOGS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 613): DOT DOT DOT of CENTER FOR OLDS (Suave, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 612): LEAD INSTRUCTOR of LIGHT BRIGADE (Woody, mgr.)
 DM  36 JHANS (turn 584): BAM BAM THE IMP of HOUSE OF RATS (?, mgr.)
 DM  38 CLIFFHOME (turn 576): TORCHILIGHT KID of U.A.K. (Otis the Drunk, mgr.)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 259): D'URVILLE of KIWI CONNECTION (The Mun, mgr.)
 DM  42 RODEKI (turn 560): CHATTY CABALIST of DUNGEON CELL (One Armed Bandit, mgr.)
 DM  51 TRICORUS (turn 511): CARGO of SEA DOGS (One Armed Bandit, mgr.)
 DM  54 TROCAR (turn 246): KORASIM of TRADERS OF TROCAR (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  59 ILLIS (turn 234): KIRRALA of ISLANDERS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  62 VALAMANTIS (turn 460): ANGRY DECKHAND of DEATH MOB (Jakari, mgr.)
 DM  72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 210): UM-PAH of ONE MAN BAND (Allegro, mgr.)
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 504): SUPER BUM of FLAT BROKE (The Muffin Man, mgr.)

                                      Top Teams
                                      ---------
 DM   1 MORDANT (turn 622): SWEORDMASTERS (Mannequin, mgr.)
 DM   2 NIANIA (turn 505): PEANUT BUTTER FUDGE (Gavin, Rule, mgr.)
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 628): GAMES LIBRARY (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   5 KALTOS (turn 623): THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   6 TRANSEL (turn 623): PSYCHO SQUAD (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 627): SENTINELS (Nomad, mgr.)
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 616): THE MOONDOGS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 613): SEA DOGS (One Armed Bandit, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 612): MONADIC TRIBE (Nomad, mgr.)
 DM  36 JHANS (turn 584): GIRLS GIRLS GIRLS (Non?, mgr.)
 DM  38 CLIFFHOME (turn 576): U.A.K. (Otis the Drunk, mgr.)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 259): KIWI CONNECTION (The Mun, mgr.)
 DM  42 RODEKI (turn 560): COLOR ME SUAVE (Suave, mgr.)
 DM  51 TRICORUS (turn 511): DARK HORSEMEN (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  54 TROCAR (turn 246): TRADERS OF TROCAR (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  59 ILLIS (turn 234): ISLANDERS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  62 VALAMANTIS (turn 460): DEATH MOB (Jakari, mgr.)
 DM  72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 210): ONE MAN BAND (Allegro, mgr.)
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 504) FLOPS et al (The Muffin Man, mgr.)

                                   Recent Graduates
                                  -----------------
 DM   5 KALTOS (turn 622): JAMMY LARKE of THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 616): JOLEEN KRUZ of THE MOONDOGS (Jorja, mgr.)
               (turn 615): REESE SILEEN of THE MOONDOGS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 612): BLUE MOON of RUN AND HYDE (Jekyll, mgr.)
                            HEXALUS of VINCERE AUT MORI (Toker, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 612): LAGERKVIST of LITERATE LOONS (?, mgr.)
 DM  38 CLIFFHOME (turn 575): RUNNA DAMILL of U.A.K. (Otis the Drunk, mgr.)
 DM  59 ILLIS (turn 234): KIRRALA of ISLANDERS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  62 VALAMANTIS (turn 460): EVANDER GILL of MIDDLE WAY 10 (Jorja, mgr.)

                             REPORT FROM WITHIN THE TOWER

Greetings!

The split has happened, and our arena is sadly depleted.  There were only twenty
fights this turn, half of them involving stand-ins.  In other words, thirty warriors
fought.  There were no avoids or challenges.

At least, no one died.

In other good news, we have NOT reached the point where people start appearing
simultaneously on the Most Popular and Least Popular lists.

Our title fight was actually a rather good one, to the extent that anything so uneven
can be.  SUPER BUM (82-18411) (108-50-2,453) of FLAT BROKE fought GREASY NAPKINS (82-
10156) (35-36-0,217) of REAL PIZZA FLAVOR.  SUPER BUM bested GREASY NAPKINS in a
crowd pleasing 4 minute Title fight.  I feel sorry for Super Bum, having no one to
challenge.  But with a 453 recognition, what would you have him do?

Of course, Crack is Cheap remains our overall popularity leader--until that day, far
in the future, when he is inducted.  CRACK IS CHEAP (82-18422) (68-87-0,194) of
NEGATIVE CASH FLOW fought STASSIA (37-1523) (62-75-2,179) of UP TO NO GOOD.  CRACK IS
CHEAP viciously subdued STASSIA in a crowd pleasing 7 minute bloody bout.  Both of
them made the popularity list, too.  Frankly, it wasn't that great of a fight, but
there wasn't much to compare it to.

In another 7-minute fight, That Guy was voted this turn's favorite warrior.  THAT GUY
(97-2120) (35-21-3,189) of DIE, MOFO, DIE IV fought LOCAL CONSTABLE (104-22) (0-0-
0,181) of TEAM CIVILIAN!  THAT GUY viciously subdued LOCAL CONSTABLE in an exciting 7
minute bloody fray.  Did the Constable get scummy?  Well, good for him.  It is the
job of the police to keep the peace with the least possible violence.

Once again, the spectators voted Laguna Lil our least popular warrior.  HEAT (98-981)
(73-62-4,178) of WHAT A TREAT fought LAGUNA LIL (7-5681) (27-67-0,141) of BEACH
BABES.  HEAT overpowered LAGUNA LIL in a crowd pleasing 1 minute mismatched fight.
All right, she's not a very good warrior.  But come on, she IS pretty.  It's a darned
good thing arena healing magic is as good as it is, or she'd be a mass of scars, but
still.  And I should mention--she's our top Basher.  Bashers have gone 0-15 in the
last ten turns.  So there must be another one in the arena.  Hmm!

Novgorodny Vir dropped in and said, "Ask not a spymaster for counsel, for he will
pontificate long after you have fallen into an unconscious stupor."  Indeed.  Put
that in your pipe.

Warriors and managers, I would not like to see this arena slowly decline until it is
closed.  Would you?  If you want to revive Darkholm, please let me know that you care
about it, and suggest some ideas on how to revive it.

Thank you.

                             Desiree (not my real name)

KEEPER OF THE RUNEBLADE       W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 SUPER BUM 82-18411         109  50  2  461  FLAT BROKE (1184)          DWES EG

GRAND CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS    W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 ONE A DAY 98-799           108  57  4  348  MY DRUGS (1179)            SYVYN'S HILL
 TASTY HANGNAIL 7-5463       98  57  0  315  WASTELAND II (500)         BONSUR
 PTI 7-5412                 118  41  0  268  WASTELAND II (500)         BONSUR
 STUPID SEXY FLANDE 42-3836  88  60  0  257  I'M SO SEXY (1072)         RODEKI
 HE HATE ME 18-7820         103  65  2  241  WASTELAND (468)            TALCAMA
 HAILSTORM 7-5698            81  31  1  227  WASTELAND II (500)         BONSUR
 ??RADAR?? 82-20310          44  70  1  215  DYSLEXICS UNTIE! II (1258) DWES EG
 GATEWAY 82-15631            55  49  1  211  ATTACK OF THE CLONES (1254 DWES EG

GRAND CHAMPIONS               W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 GREASY NAPKINS 82-10156     35  37  0  210  REAL PIZZA FLAVOR (1286)   DWES EG
 COOLER 82-7277              94  91  1  209  STYROFOAM (1090)           DWES EG
 SMELL CAREFULLY 18-8889     40  71  2  203  STREET PIZZA (114)         TALCAMA
 ETCHED IN STONE 61-3112    141  50  1  201  CEMENTIA (1112)            JURINE
 CRACK IS CHEAP 82-18422     69  87  0  198  NEGATIVE CASH FLOW (1197)  DWES EG
 VISTA BLOWS 18-9258         51  29  1  197  WASTELAND (468)            TALCAMA
 5 GOT PICKED 41-4199        57  25  2  196  072905R (1273)             KATI-TEI
 THAT GUY 97-2120            36  21  3  195  DIE, MOFO, DIE IV (1293)   SHADOW GROVE
 RED FUSION 6-5480           90  63  0  194  IT'S NEW! (1195)           TRANSEL
 ALOHA ALICE 7-4867          34  59  0  192  BEACH BABES (1058)         BONSUR

GRAND CHALLENGER ADEPTS       W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 HEAT 98-981                 74  62  4  180  WHAT A TREAT (1201)        SYVYN'S HILL
 MANUTE BOL 5-4233           69  62  0  180  LARGE LOSERS (1228)        KALTOS
 STASSIA 37-1523             62  76  2  180  UP TO NO GOOD (316)        SIBIKHAS
 PSYCHO GRANDMA! 16-5120     53  24  1  180  LOOK OUT! (1278)           WILLAF
 WORK IN PROGRESS 38-4193    45 161  2  177  JUST BECAUSE (1151)        CLIFFHOME
 CRYSOPRASE 1-3266           75  92  2  166  ILLFANG PACT (281)         MORDANT

GRAND ADEPTS                  W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 LAGUNA LIL 7-5681           27  68  0  143  BEACH BABES (1058)         BONSUR
 MEN WORKING 38-4189         45 161  1  122  JUST BECAUSE (1151)        CLIFFHOME

GRAND INITIATES               W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 MIAMI MIA 7-4818            25  71  3   72  BEACH BABES (1058)         BONSUR
 BEACH BETTY 7-5768          32  57  0   69  BEACH BABES (1058)         BONSUR
 TALLAHASSE TINA 7-4889      23  87  0   51  BEACH BABES (1058)         BONSUR

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

THE DEAD                   W   L  K TEAM NAME              SLAIN BY                  TURN

                               PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE

Goku -- Which one?  There are so many on the Isle. -- Aloha Alice

Stassia -- I had to let you end that quickly before you complete fell out of your
bodice.  The stewards were already stepping on their tongues. -- Laguna Lil

Littlest Tyrant -- That's guys for you. -- Beach Betty

Wolf Rider -- Better to walk, really. -- Miami Mia

Gamma -- Yep. -- Tallhasse Tina

Vista Blows -- Well, Mr. Blows... wait a minute, you're not really a Mr. or a Ms.,
are you?  Well, Blows, that was very painful.  You seem to be pretty good at what you
do. -- Crysoprase

Aloha Alice -- Illfang Pact is agreement that joins several teams together into one.
It was made in the shadow of Illfang, a tall pointy stone in a sheep meadow near
Bonsur.  Dentistry is not involved.  The signers of the pact all floss daily. --
Crysoprase

Laguna Lil -- You're gonna need that skill.  Cherish it.  Frame it and hang it on the
wall.  When we meet again, I want to see you use it. -- Stassia

29 April 09
Greetings All -- This is Vincent Michaels, "the Rake", mgr. of the Stormbringers out
of DM 33 Niatoli Island, back after a relatively long layoff.  I come back to my
arena to find only two other teams there.  Terrible!  I'm calling on all you managers
out there who have inactive teams in Niatoli to put them back in the game.  Also,
anyone else who wants to come check out our little island are welcome.  Good food and
a lot of good gambling, and you will have a chance to smack around Gen. GirlPants and
his band of Ravaged Queens.  Great fun.  Come one, come all!

4 May 09
Players of Duel 2:

RSI wants to try, in a few arenas, a system that rewards role-play and general arena
involvement.  Our thoughts at this time are as follows, and feedback is earnestly
solicited:

1.  What to reward.
a.  Spotlights--they don't have to be involved and lengthy storylines, and in fact,
my own inclination is to say: anything game related and original (i,e,, not a
reprint), maybe set a minimum length.  I use TOGS here as my model--half a column as
formatted for the newsletter, and we don't judge the quality of the writing (so long
as the editor isn't grossed out), just the intent to make a positive contribution.
b.  A dm column where one is "due."  Again, no judgment on quality of writing, should
be dm-related, and I would say (this is just me) a minimum length of maybe five
lines.
c.  Personals.  More than just "you suck," or "good fight."  How much more doesn't
really concern me, and quality, other than "not offensive to the editor," should not
be an issue.  We don't want to encourage participation and then muzzle it.
d.  It has been suggested that a reward point or two be offered for running a full
team.  We could include this, but my own inclination would be to say that there would
be no points for this, but that those who don't make a clear effort on this
(accidents happen, so maybe something like "when the three-turn total of fights is
below twelve"?) aren't eligible for points on any turn until they get it back up to a
full team.

2.  How to reward it.
a.  We've been thinking nebulously about some kind of point system, obviously, as an
example, say 3 points for a spotlight, 2 for a column, 1 for personals, more points
here for what takes more effort, but some points for any effort.  This is in no way
final!  But some way to keep track of who is contributing and how much, and as non-
subjective as possible; this would be noted as each newsletter would be proofed.  A
way to clearly identify who's sending in what would help, but I can work it out by
referring to the warrior listings if I have to.
b.  But, assuming a point system, do the rewards, whatever they end up being, go to
the player who achieves a certain point total?  Is this calculated per turn, or as a
running total over as many turns as it takes to reach that point?  Or to the player
with the highest total on any given turn?  What about ties?
c.  What do the points get the player?  The current thought is X points gets a free
fight, probably replacing the "Popularity Leader's" free fight in the relevant arena.
That suggests only one player getting a role-play free fight on any given turn.  Is
this enough to encourage the newsletter participation we're hoping for?  Should we
convert "This Week's Favorite" to a role-play free fight also?  Or handle rewards in
some other way entirely?

3.  Where it happens.
The current thought is, try it in four arenas:  one in each region, and one slow
arena.  Who picks the arenas in question?  I'd be inclined to rule out those that are
doing fairly well already (Ardivent, Sunset, Lapur; Arkers, Morya, North Fork), but
is that wise?  Or even fair?  Darned if I know.  Places where it is NOT currently
intended to happen:  Transfer arenas.  Maybe rule out the no-tourney arenas as
current candidates, too?

If this seems to work well enough to be worth the effort, should we consider
extending it to more, eventually to all non-transfer, arenas?

This is not a "someday down the line we might" concept.  We want to do this, and
SOON.  Your feedback would be appreciated, for, against, changes, anything.  You can
email me directly at jputney zianet com (make sure it says DM in the subject line) or
send a diplo to scribe, any arena.

the Scribe

P.S.  Staff members not to be eligible for role-playing free fights.

5 May 09
The Battle Royal V is upon us!  Come join one of the original contests that has had
some of the games best managers involved in the past.  DM 18, Talcama, some consider
it to be the crown jewel of the Delarq cities is where this contest will take place.

The Battle Royal is intended to be a play as you want, play what you want Delarquan
style contest with very few rules.  While I'd love to say, "NO AVOIDING" is the only
rule (and that wouldn't be too far off), I must spell out situations that can and
have occurred and require additional clarification.

The advantages of this format:
1) Simple.
2) No penalty for DAs.
3) No restrictions on warriors entered into the contest (baggers, TC mods, etc all
   welcome)
4) No penalty for not fighting. 
5) It isn't a race where 21 wit and favorite learn determine the victor.
6) Losing a warrior (or even your whole team) doesn't eliminate you from contention.
7) It is possible to overcome almost any deficit.  And this has been proven, with
   managers making huge point swings in short periods of time!
8) It is a contest designed to show manager skill rather than warrior ability.

There are a few disadvantages:
1) There is no set end.  It is possible for this contest to go on indefinitely.  In
   practice, this format has worked very nicely in the past and I expect it will
   continue to work well. 
2) You cannot avoid (But that is part of the fun and the head to head nature of this
   contest requires this rule.)
3) It encourages bloodshed.
4) Baggers and experienced warriors have an advantage over new warriors.

Battle Royal Rules:

- Any team in Talcama is eligible to participate.  There are no restrictions on
warriors (baggers, TC prize modified, etc).  However, any warrior that fights for
your team is considered in the BR.

- Teams may not avoid any other team within the contest.  (Note that you may avoid
teams outside the contest but you do so at your own risk.)  Avoiding a team on the
turn they enter the Battle Royal is not considered against the rules (since you
couldn't know the team wasn't part of the BR).  The suggestion is not to avoid at
all.  Assur (the contest moderator) gets an avoid report every turn and will catch
people avoiding!

- Managers may only enter a single team in the contest.

- Any manager with more than one team in Talcama may not challenge any other contest
warrior with their non contest team(s).  The intention is that no advantage can be
gained by having multiple teams in the arena.

****Failure to comply with the above rules***
1st offense: Disqualification from the prize, but you may still participate.
2nd offense: Warning.
3rd offense: Removal from Battle Royal.

- If a manager decides to switch teams, his score will start back at 0.  This is to
prevent a manager from sweeping the contest with several teams of sandbaggers.  Can a
manager use this clause to go from a negative score to zero?  Yes.  I realize this is
sort of cheating, but I'd rather have a manager start over with a new team than drop
out of the contest.  Even so, they have to start at 0 and must gain 25 points.

- If your warrior loses a contest fight because of an input error and this error is
verified by RSI, you will have a point added to your score.  The head to head records
will remain the same and any points gained by another manager will remain on that
manager's record.

- As soon as you are announced in the newsletter, you are officially entered into the
Battle Royal.  Scoring begins on that turn!  You are expected to follow the rules
that turn and every turn following.  Your team may enter any time they wish during
the course of the Battle Royal.

- If you are exiting the Battle Royal, you are not removed until the turn after your
intention is published.  You are asked to follow the rules for that turn (either
through not avoiding or not running your warriors).

Scoring:
- Scoring begins the turn your team declares participation.
- Scoring continues through the turn your team withdraws.
- Score is calculated by: Wins+Kills-Lossses.
- Only fights with other B.R. participannts count towards your score, but they count
  whether they are challenges or random match-ups.
- First Manager to 25 points wins!
- In event of tie, B.R. continues until one team that has reached 25 points is ahead
  of all other participants.

Disputes:
- The attempt has been made to make these rules as complete and bulletproof as
possible, but Tripwire will resolve any disputes as fairly as he is capable.

Prizes:
For the Winner:

6 Months Free Play in Talcama for the winning team (doesn't include tourneys)!

One +1 Bonus Potion (up to max for warrior, to be used on a warrior in DM 18)!

One Limited Damage Bump Potion (one time use, up to max for stats, used on DM 18
warrior)!

One Minor Stat Switch Prize (up to 2 points can be moved from one stat to another
stat on a new rollup in DM 18, before adding 14 points.  This prize can be used up to
3 months from the contest end.  Both points must be used in the same place (can't
take one from a speed and one from deftness and add one to wit and will)).

One Favorites Knowledge Potion (to be used on a 5+ FE warrior in DM 18).

Rename One Dark Arena Creature in DM 18, which will be renamed for 6 Months or until
the Ladies decide to return it to the previous name.

All potions renaming prizes must be used within 2 turns of the end of the contest.

Endurance Award (available to all participants):

One +1 Bonus Potion (up to max for warrior, to be used on a warrior in DM 18).

To qualify for the Endurance Award you must participate in 90% of the total fights
possible over the course of the BR.  If you don't have time to make it into the BR by
the first turn, there will be a two turn window before the counter will start for new
teams.  The fights do not have to be BR point scoring fights, just 90% of the total
possible participation over the course of the contest!  So, if the contest runs 26
turns, there are 130 fights possible. Your team must have 117 fights during those 26
turns to be eligible.

All prizes/potions subject to RSI's interpretation of how they are used/implemented.
RSI said the faves knowledge must be used on an Inits warrior or higher and set at
5FE or more.

Tripwire

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

SUPER BUM bested GREASY NAPKINS in a crowd pleasing 4 minute Title fight.
ONE A DAY slimly won victory over SHEWISH GIANT in a action packed 3 minute battle.
PTI overpowered COOLER in a crowd pleasing 1 minute mismatched duel.
TASTY HANGNAIL overpowered SHEWISH GIANT in a crowd pleasing 1 minute one-sided fight.
5 GOT PICKED was bested by SHADOWMANE in a popular 2 minute duel.
HAILSTORM devastated SMELL CAREFULLY in a crowd pleasing 1 minute mismatched match.
HE HATE ME overpowered SHEWISH GIANT in a action packed 1 minute uneven melee.
ETCHED IN STONE was vanquished by DIRK CHOLERA in a 3 minute uneven fight.
STUPID SEXY FLANDERS savagely defeated DIRK CHOLERA in a action packed 3 minute match.
VISTA BLOWS overpowered WORK IN PROGRESS in a 2 minute one-sided match.
GATEWAY devastated MANUTE BOL in a exciting 1 minute brutal mismatched conflict.
CRACK IS CHEAP viciously subdued STASSIA in a crowd pleasing 7 minute bloody bout.
??RADAR?? overpowered CRYSOPRASE in a crowd pleasing 1 minute one-sided duel.
THAT GUY viciously subdued LOCAL CONSTABLE in a exciting 7 minute bloody fray.
ALOHA ALICE was unbelievably bested by RED FUSION in a popular 7 minute brawl.
PSYCHO GRANDMA! overpowered MEN WORKING in a exciting 1 minute one-sided match.
HEAT overpowered LAGUNA LIL in a crowd pleasing 1 minute mismatched fight.
BEACH BETTY bested DRUNKEN FISHERMAN in a popular 2 minute bout.
TALLAHASSE TINA was vanquished by INKEEPER'S SON in a 3 minute one-sided match.
MIAMI MIA vanquished DEBBY TONTE in a popular 1 minute brutal mismatched fray.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|AIMED BLOW                       7         AIMED BLOW       114 -  44 -  1      72  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      7         TOTAL PARRY       53 -  29 -  1      65  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   6         SLASHING ATTACK    6 -   4 -  0      60  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    3         LUNGING ATTACK    47 -  40 -  2      54  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     2         STRIKING ATTACK    7 -  11 -  0      39  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    2         WALL OF STEEL     12 -  32 -  1      27  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   2         PARRY-STRIKE       3 -  17 -  0      15  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  1         PARRY-RIPOSTE      3 -  17 -  0      15  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      0         BASHING ATTACK     2 -  25 -  0       7  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  0         PARRY-LUNGE        0 -   0 -  0       0  |

Turn 505 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         5 -  2     PARRY-LUNGE        0 -  0         4  LUNGING ATTACK 
TOTAL PARRY        5 -  2     PARRY-RIPOSTE      0 -  2         3  AIMED BLOW     
LUNGING ATTACK     4 -  2     SLASHING ATTACK    0 -  1         2  TOTAL PARRY    
WALL OF STEEL      2 -  1     STRIKING ATTACK    0 -  0         1  WALL OF STEEL  
PARRY-STRIKE       1 -  1     BASHING ATTACK     0 -  2         1  SLASHING ATTACK

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
TOTAL PARRY      SUPER BUM 82-18411        109  50  2  461 FLAT BROKE (1184)
AIMED BLOW       TASTY HANGNAIL 7-5463      98  57  0  315 WASTELAND II (500)
LUNGING ATTACK   PTI 7-5412                118  41  0  268 WASTELAND II (500)
WALL OF STEEL    ??RADAR?? 82-20310         44  70  1  215 DYSLEXICS UNTIE! II (1258)
SLASHING ATTACK  COOLER 82-7277             94  91  1  209 STYROFOAM (1090)
PARRY-RIPOSTE    WORK IN PROGRESS 38-4193   45 161  2  177 JUST BECAUSE (1151)
PARRY-STRIKE     CRYSOPRASE 1-3266          75  92  2  166 ILLFANG PACT (281)
BASHING ATTACK   LAGUNA LIL 7-5681          27  68  0  143 BEACH BABES (1058)

The overall popularity leader is CRACK IS CHEAP 82-18422.  The most popular warrior 
this turn was THAT GUY 97-2120.  The ten other most popular fighters were ALOHA ALICE 
7-4867, STASSIA 37-1523, GREASY NAPKINS 82-10156, STUPID SEXY FLANDERS 42-3836, BEACH 
BETTY 7-5768, SUPER BUM 82-18411, CRACK IS CHEAP 82-18422, HE HATE ME 18-7820, ONE A 
DAY 98-799, and ETCHED IN STONE 61-3112.

The least popular fighter this week was LAGUNA LIL 7-5681.  The other ten least 
popular fighters were MEN WORKING 38-4189, MANUTE BOL 5-4233, WORK IN PROGRESS 
38-4193, SMELL CAREFULLY 18-8889, COOLER 82-7277, CRYSOPRASE 1-3266, PTI 7-5412, 
MIAMI MIA 7-4818, HEAT 98-981, and GATEWAY 82-15631.

Arena (Number)       W  L K  Arena (Number)       W  L K  Arena (Number)       W  L K  
MORDANT(1)           0  1 0  TALCAMA(18)          2  1 0  JURINE(61)           0  1 0  
KALTOS(5)            0  1 0  SIBIKHAS(37)         0  1 0  DWES EG(82)          4  2 0  
TRANSEL(6)           1  0 0  CLIFFHOME(38)        0  2 0  SHADOW GROVE(97)     1  0 0  
BONSUR(7)            5  3 0  KATI-TEI(41)         0  1 0  SYVYN'S HILL(98)     2  0 0  
WILLAF(16)           1  0 0  RODEKI(42)           1  0 0  

TOP WARRIOR OF EACH ARENA     W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 CRYSOPRASE 1-3266           75  92  2  166  ILLFANG PACT (281)         MORDANT
 MANUTE BOL 5-4233           69  62  0  180  LARGE LOSERS (1228)        KALTOS
 RED FUSION 6-5480           90  63  0  194  IT'S NEW! (1195)           TRANSEL
 TASTY HANGNAIL 7-5463       98  57  0  315  WASTELAND II (500)         BONSUR

TOP WARRIOR OF EACH ARENA     W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 PSYCHO GRANDMA! 16-5120     53  24  1  180  LOOK OUT! (1278)           WILLAF
 HE HATE ME 18-7820         103  65  2  241  WASTELAND (468)            TALCAMA
 STASSIA 37-1523             62  76  2  180  UP TO NO GOOD (316)        SIBIKHAS
 WORK IN PROGRESS 38-4193    45 161  2  177  JUST BECAUSE (1151)        CLIFFHOME
 5 GOT PICKED 41-4199        57  25  2  196  072905R (1273)             KATI-TEI
 STUPID SEXY FLANDE 42-3836  88  60  0  257  I'M SO SEXY (1072)         RODEKI
 ETCHED IN STONE 61-3112    141  50  1  201  CEMENTIA (1112)            JURINE
 SUPER BUM 82-18411         109  50  2  461  FLAT BROKE (1184)          DWES EG
 THAT GUY 97-2120            36  21  3  195  DIE, MOFO, DIE IV (1293)   SHADOW GROVE
 ONE A DAY 98-799           108  57  4  348  MY DRUGS (1179)            SYVYN'S HILL