DARKHOLM SPORTING JOURNAL

Date   : 12/05/2009    Duedate: 12/18/2009

DARKHOLM

DM-104    TURN-520

RANK TEAMS                  W    L  K    %  RANK TEAMS                  W    L  K    %
  1 072905R 41/1273      3706 2672 15 58.1      KILLING ME SOFTER 97/1323             
    FLAT BROKE 82/1184                          HANNAH'S PALS 82/1270                 
    CEMENTIA 61/1112                            ATTACK OF THE CLONES 82/1254          
    WASTELAND 18/468                            REAL PIZZA FLAVOR 82/1286             
    DIE, MOFO, DIE IV 97/1293                   DYSLEXICS UNTIE! II 82/1258           
    WASTELAND II 7/500                        3 STYROFOAM 82/1090    1187 1055  8 52.9
    IT'S NEW! 6/1195                          4 ILLFANG PACT 1/281    412  607  6 40.4
    WHAT A TREAT 98/1201                        UP TO NO GOOD 37/316                  
    LARGE LOSERS 5/1228                       5 JUST BECAUSE 38/1151 1055 1901 17 35.7
    NEGATIVE CASH FLOW 82/1197                6 BEACH BABES 7/1058    426  810  4 34.5
  2 STREET PIZZA 18/114  2006 1662 23 54.7

    '##/###' 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 637): BALL PEIN of MANNEQUIN'S BEST (Mannequin, mgr.)
 DM   2 NIANIA (turn 520): BUBBA BENDER of PEANUT BUTTER FUDGE (Gavin Rule, mgr.)
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 643): ELVORN MARSLAN of GAMES LIBRARY (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   4 JHELUM (turn 615): PETE MASTIFF of DOGS OF WAR (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   5 KALTOS (turn 638): CREDIT CARD of BLOOD SUCKERS (The Mun, mgr.)
 DM   6 TRANSEL (turn 633): NORMAL NAN of PSYCHO SQUAD (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 642): BLUEBURN of SENTINELS (Nomad, mgr.)
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 626): ORBIN PAES of THE MOONDOGS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 628): TAREK of LUROCIAN PRIDE (The Greek Guy, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 627): FATHOM JUMPER of SEA DOGS (One Armed Bandit, mgr.)
 DM  36 JHANS (turn 599): EVA MENDEZ of GIRLS X3 (Non, mgr.)
 DM  38 CLIFFHOME (turn 591): ZIG of U.A.K. (Otis the Drunk, mgr.)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 267): WHAKAPAPA of KIWI CONNECTION (The Mun, mgr.)
 DM  42 RODEKI (turn 575): LAZY LOOKOUT of DUNGEON CELL (One Armed Bandit, mgr.)
 DM  51 TRICORUS (turn 526): SHALAITHA of DARK HORSEMEN (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  54 TROCAR (turn 253): MATEEN of SAI'FULLAH (?, mgr.)
 DM  59 ILLIS (turn 241): STINGAREE of ISLANDERS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  62 VALAMANTIS (turn 475): SALTY DOG of DEATH MOB (Jakari, mgr.)
 DM  72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 218): EAGLE KEYS of ANCIENT KNIGHTS (?, mgr.)
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 519): SUPER BUM of FLAT BROKE (The Muffin Man, mgr.)

                                      Top Teams
                                      ---------
 DM   1 MORDANT (turn 637): SWEORDMASTERS (Mannequin, mgr.)
 DM   2 NIANIA (turn 520): PEANUT BUTTER FUDGE (Gavin Rule, mgr.)
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 643): IRATE FORMATIONS (The Muffin Man, mgr.)
 DM   4 JHELUM (turn 615): DOGS OF WAR (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   5 KALTOS (turn 638): THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   6 TRANSEL (turn 633): PSYCHO SQUAD (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 642): SENTINELS (Nomad, mgr.)
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 626): THE MOONDOGS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 628): OF WOLF AND MAN II (Tripwire, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 627): SEA DOGS (One Armed Bandit, mgr.)
 DM  36 JHANS (turn 599): GIRLS X3 (Non, mgr.)
 DM  38 CLIFFHOME (turn 591): U.A.K. (Otis the Drunk, mgr.)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 267): THE MIDDLE WAY (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  42 RODEKI (turn 575): DUNGEON CELL (One Armed Bandit, mgr.)
 DM  51 TRICORUS (turn 526): DARK HORSEMEN (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  54 TROCAR (turn 253): STREET-SOLDIERS (Darkface, mgr.)
 DM  59 ILLIS (turn 241): ISLANDERS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  62 VALAMANTIS (turn 475): MIDDLE WAY 10 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 218): KIWI CONNECTION 7 (The Mun, mgr.)
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 519) 0729205R et al (The Muffin Man, mgr.)

                                   Recent Graduates
                                  -----------------
 DM   1 MORDANT (turn 636): MAJOR PAYNE of LAB EXPERIEMENTS (The Mun?, mgr.)
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 643): ELVORN MARSLAN of GAMES LIBRARY (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   4 JHELUM (turn 614): JOSEPH of DOGS OF WAR (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 640): KRONOS GRIMHOLT of SENTINELS (Nomad, mgr.)
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 626): ORBIN PAES of THE MOONDOGS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 628): SPARE ANCHOR of SEA DOGS (One Armed Bandit, mgr.)
                            DOT DOT DOT of CENTER FOR OLDS (Suave, mgr.)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 267): WHAKAPAPA of KIWI CONNECTION (The Mun, mgr.)
 DM  59 ILLIS (turn 241): STINGAREE of ISLANDERS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  62 VALAMANTIS (turn 475): SALTY DOG of DEATH MOB (Jakari, mgr.)
                   (turn 474): CAPTAIN SCOURGE of DEATH MOB (Jakari, mgr.)
 DM  72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 218): EAGLE KEYS of ANCIENT KNIGHTS (?, mgr.)
                   (turn 217): MYSTIQUE of BARBARIAN HORDE (?, mgr.)

                             REPORT FROM WITHIN THE TOWER

"Greetings to you, brave warriors!
Twenty-five Lord Protectors competed today."

With a sigh, Desiree looked at what she had written.  She remembered better times for
Darkholm, times when the stands of the narrow gothic arena were filled to capacity,
times when the fights ran all day and into the night.  .oO(I do not love this apathy
that has possessed the few warriors who still remain here,) she thought.  .oO(Perhaps
they sense that their managers feel... well... burned-out?  How well I know that
feeling.  And yet, this arena is a good thing.  Was a good thing, and could be again.
I am not willing to let it die.)

She dipped her pen in the ink pot, and continued writing.

"We have a new Keeper of the Runeblade!  Super Bum (due, I am sure, to his bad habits
of not challenging, not avoiding, and not writing a column) has been knocked on his
lazy bottom by the formidable Gateway.  SUPER BUM (82-18411) (122-51-2,240) of FLAT
BROKE fought GATEWAY (82-15631) (64-54-1,277) of ATTACK OF THE CLONES.  SUPER BUM was
viciously subdued by GATEWAY in a crowd pleasing 3 minute Title fight.  Very well
done, Gateway!

There were in fact no challenges or avoids this turn..."

She sighed, shaking her head, and dipped her pen again.

"...which is a great pity since those are valuable tools for any manager or warrior
who wants to win.  I'm pleased to report that there were no deaths, either, which of
course you all know.  With only fourteen fights, I would be amazed if any of us
missed any details at all.  At least there were only three stand-ins required today.

Our top Wall of Steel went up against our top Total Parry.  REDDI WHIP (97-1636) (79-
32-9,211) of KILLING ME SOFTER fought ETCHED IN STONE (61-3112) (150-55-1,211) of
CEMENTIA.  REDDI WHIP savagely defeated ETCHED IN STONE in a crowd pleasing 6 minute
match.  Points to the Wall of Steel style, eh?

And let's see what our Overall Popularity Leader did to poor Alice...  CRACK IS CHEAP
(82-18422) (78-92-0,191) of NEGATIVE CASH FLOW fought ALOHA ALICE (7-4867) (35-72-
0,180) of BEACH BABES.  CRACK IS CHEAP viciously subdued ALOHA ALICE in an action
packed 9 minute gory duel.  That sort of fight can be very deceptive.  For a while
you think you're winning.  But it goes on, and on, and then it dawns on you that you
NEVER were.

Oh, Lil!  I'm so sorry.  Your fights aren't that bad.  I just think you must have a
non-fan club out there organizing votes against you.  Unpopularity Leader again!  But
at least Stassia, who beat you, made the bad list, too.  STASSIA (37-1523) (64-88-
2,210) of UP TO NO GOOD fought LAGUNA LIL (7-5681) (29-80-0,180) of BEACH BABES.
STASSIA overpowered LAGUNA LIL in a 1 minute uneven match.

You all may be amused to note that Debby Tonte fought today.  Or... all right... her
stunt double.  And even Mia was able to take her down!  MIAMI MIA (7-4818) (29-81-
3,0) of BEACH BABES fought DEBBY TONTE (104-2) (20-30-0,30) of STAND-IN WARRIORS.
MIAMI MIA devastated DEBBY TONTE in a crowd pleasing 1 minute mismatched bout.  Girl,
get a better double.

That is all for now.  May you experience a resurgence of energy in the weeks to come.

                        Desiree

KEEPER OF THE RUNEBLADE       W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 GATEWAY 82-15631            65  54  1  321  ATTACK OF THE CLONES (1254 DWES EG

GRAND CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS    W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 REDDI WHIP 97-1636          80  32  9  267  KILLING ME SOFTER (1323)   SHADOW GROVE
 PTI 7-5412                 130  44  0  242  WASTELAND II (500)         BONSUR
 RUGEN THE JELLYFI 82-12478  29  17  0  232  HANNAH'S PALS (1270)       DWES EG
 ??RADAR?? 82-20310          49  80  1  222  DYSLEXICS UNTIE! II (1258) DWES EG
 STASSIA 37-1523             65  88  2  215  UP TO NO GOOD (316)        SIBIKHAS
 COOLER 82-7277              99 101  1  213  STYROFOAM (1090)           DWES EG

GRAND CHAMPIONS               W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 ETCHED IN STONE 61-3112    150  56  1  210  CEMENTIA (1112)            JURINE
 SMELL CAREFULLY 18-8889     44  82  2  210  STREET PIZZA (114)         TALCAMA
 THAT GUY 97-2120            45  27  3  207  DIE, MOFO, DIE IV (1293)   SHADOW GROVE
 5 GOT PICKED 41-4199        66  31  3  204  072905R (1273)             KATI-TEI
 HEAT 98-981                 83  68  4  201  WHAT A TREAT (1201)        SYVYN'S HILL
 GREASY NAPKINS 82-10156     38  49  0  201  REAL PIZZA FLAVOR (1286)   DWES EG
 SUPER BUM 82-18411         122  52  2  199  FLAT BROKE (1184)          DWES EG
 RED FUSION 6-5480           99  69  0  198  IT'S NEW! (1195)           TRANSEL
 MANUTE BOL 5-4233           81  65  0  198  LARGE LOSERS (1228)        KALTOS
 CRACK IS CHEAP 82-18422     79  92  0  196  NEGATIVE CASH FLOW (1197)  DWES EG
 WORK IN PROGRESS 38-4193    49 172  2  196  JUST BECAUSE (1151)        CLIFFHOME

GRAND CHALLENGER ADEPTS       W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 MEN WORKING 38-4189         47 174  1  180  JUST BECAUSE (1151)        CLIFFHOME
 ALOHA ALICE 7-4867          35  73  0  180  BEACH BABES (1058)         BONSUR
 TALLAHASSE TINA 7-4889      33  92  0  180  BEACH BABES (1058)         BONSUR
 LAGUNA LIL 7-5681           29  81  0  175  BEACH BABES (1058)         BONSUR
 CRYSOPRASE 1-3266           77 105  2  162  ILLFANG PACT (281)         MORDANT

GRAND INITIATES               W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 MIAMI MIA 7-4818            30  81  3   26  BEACH BABES (1058)         BONSUR

GRAND INITIATES               W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 BEACH BETTY 7-5768          39  65  0   19  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

Etched in Stone -- Hmm, a Cement golem.  Rather impressive. -- Tallahasse Tina
P.S.  But do you have to watch out for pigeons?

Work in Progress -- I guess.  I was surprised. -- Aloha Alice

Red Fusion -- Not that new. -- Laguna Lil

And twice against the Cocky Spectator, giving us an oh-fer turn.  Splendid.  This
makes me so thrilled.  Maybe I should send this bunch home and activate someone else
for a while. -- Jorja, Beach Babes

     It is hard to tan on the Isle, you know.  They might enjoy a trip home to
     Bonsur. -- Desiree

PTI -- *sigh*  It was only through sheer anger that I lasted into the second minute.
Because you cut off my NOSE, you bastige!  This new one the healers gave me isn't as
cute, either. -- Stassia

Crack is Cheap -- Well... up into the sixth minute I was ahead, I'm told.  But no one
can withstand your overwhelming patience.  No wait -- you've got 92 losses.  All
right, a few people seem to withstand it fairly well. -- Crysoprase

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

SUPER BUM was viciously subdued by GATEWAY in a crowd pleasing 3 minute Title fight.
PTI savagely defeated SMELL CAREFULLY in a exciting 2 minute gory melee.
HEAT was viciously subdued by RUGEN THE JELLYFISH in a crowd pleasing 5 minute brawl.
REDDI WHIP savagely defeated ETCHED IN STONE in a crowd pleasing 6 minute match.
WORK IN PROGRESS lost to ??RADAR?? in a 2 minute fight.
GREASY NAPKINS was bested by THAT GUY in a crowd pleasing 6 minute match.
COOLER handily defeated LAUGHING BARMAID in a action packed 1 minute uneven fight.
CRACK IS CHEAP viciously subdued ALOHA ALICE in a action packed 9 minute gory duel.
5 GOT PICKED vanquished MEN WORKING in a 1 minute one-sided duel.
STASSIA overpowered LAGUNA LIL in a 1 minute uneven match.
RED FUSION beat TALLAHASSE TINA in a exciting 6 minute fight.
MANUTE BOL demolished CRYSOPRASE in a crowd pleasing 1 minute mismatched competition.
BEACH BETTY subdued COCKY SPECTATOR in a 2 minute match.
MIAMI MIA devastated DEBBY TONTE in a crowd pleasing 1 minute mismatched bout.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|LUNGING ATTACK                   6         AIMED BLOW        53 -  23 -  1      70  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      6         LUNGING ATTACK    39 -  29 -  0      57  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    4         TOTAL PARRY       33 -  30 -  0      52  |
|AIMED BLOW                       2         PARRY-RIPOSTE     10 -  10 -  0      50  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     2         SLASHING ATTACK    5 -   5 -  0      50  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    2         WALL OF STEEL     19 -  21 -  0      48  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   2         PARRY-STRIKE       5 -  15 -  0      25  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  1         BASHING ATTACK     2 -  18 -  0      10  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      0         PARRY-LUNGE        0 -   0 -  0       0  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  0         STRIKING ATTACK    0 -   0 -  0       0  |

Turn 520 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         2 -  0     PARRY-LUNGE        0 -  0         4  LUNGING ATTACK 
SLASHING ATTACK    1 -  0     PARRY-RIPOSTE      0 -  2         3  WALL OF STEEL  
WALL OF STEEL      4 -  0     STRIKING ATTACK    0 -  0         2  TOTAL PARRY    
PARRY-STRIKE       1 -  1     BASHING ATTACK     0 -  2         1  SLASHING ATTACK
LUNGING ATTACK     3 -  3                                       1  AIMED BLOW     
TOTAL PARRY        3 -  3     

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
LUNGING ATTACK   GATEWAY 82-15631           65  54  1  321 ATTACK OF THE CLONES (1254)
WALL OF STEEL    REDDI WHIP 97-1636         80  32  9  267 KILLING ME SOFTER (1323)
SLASHING ATTACK  COOLER 82-7277             99 101  1  213 STYROFOAM (1090)
TOTAL PARRY      ETCHED IN STONE 61-3112   150  56  1  210 CEMENTIA (1112)
AIMED BLOW       5 GOT PICKED 41-4199       66  31  3  204 072905R (1273)
PARRY-RIPOSTE    WORK IN PROGRESS 38-4193   49 172  2  196 JUST BECAUSE (1151)
BASHING ATTACK   MEN WORKING 38-4189        47 174  1  180 JUST BECAUSE (1151)
PARRY-STRIKE     CRYSOPRASE 1-3266          77 105  2  162 ILLFANG PACT (281)

The overall popularity leader is CRACK IS CHEAP 82-18422.  The most popular warrior 
this turn was TALLAHASSE TINA 7-4889.  The ten other most popular fighters were RUGEN 
THE JELLYFISH 82-12478, ALOHA ALICE 7-4867, GREASY NAPKINS 82-10156, REDDI WHIP 
97-1636, CRACK IS CHEAP 82-18422, GATEWAY 82-15631, THAT GUY 97-2120, ETCHED IN STONE 
61-3112, PTI 7-5412, and HEAT 98-981.

The least popular fighter this week was LAGUNA LIL 7-5681.  The other ten least 
popular fighters were MEN WORKING 38-4189, CRYSOPRASE 1-3266, STASSIA 37-1523, MIAMI 
MIA 7-4818, BEACH BETTY 7-5768, 5 GOT PICKED 41-4199, WORK IN PROGRESS 38-4193, 
MANUTE BOL 5-4233, COOLER 82-7277, and ??RADAR?? 82-20310.

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

TOP WARRIOR OF EACH ARENA     W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 CRYSOPRASE 1-3266           77 105  2  162  ILLFANG PACT (281)         MORDANT
 MANUTE BOL 5-4233           81  65  0  198  LARGE LOSERS (1228)        KALTOS
 RED FUSION 6-5480           99  69  0  198  IT'S NEW! (1195)           TRANSEL
 PTI 7-5412                 130  44  0  242  WASTELAND II (500)         BONSUR
 SMELL CAREFULLY 18-8889     44  82  2  210  STREET PIZZA (114)         TALCAMA
 STASSIA 37-1523             65  88  2  215  UP TO NO GOOD (316)        SIBIKHAS
 WORK IN PROGRESS 38-4193    49 172  2  196  JUST BECAUSE (1151)        CLIFFHOME
 5 GOT PICKED 41-4199        66  31  3  204  072905R (1273)             KATI-TEI
 ETCHED IN STONE 61-3112    150  56  1  210  CEMENTIA (1112)            JURINE
 GATEWAY 82-15631            65  54  1  321  ATTACK OF THE CLONES (1254 DWES EG
 REDDI WHIP 97-1636          80  32  9  267  KILLING ME SOFTER (1323)   SHADOW GROVE
 HEAT 98-981                 83  68  4  201  WHAT A TREAT (1201)        SYVYN'S HILL