DARKHOLM SPORTING JOURNAL

Date   : 07/17/2010    Duedate: 07/30/2010

DARKHOLM

DM-104    TURN-536

RANK TEAMS                  W    L  K    %  RANK TEAMS                  W    L  K    %
  1 STREET PIZZA 18/114  2071 1687 23 55.1    4 ILLFANG PACT 1/281    428  623  6 40.7
    HANNAH'S PALS 82/1270                       UP TO NO GOOD 37/316                  
    ATTACK OF THE CLONES 82/1254              5-KIDS GONE BAD 3/446    22   34  0 39.3
    DYSLEXICS UNTIE! II 82/1258                 GREEN WITH ENVY 3/1315                
  2 STYROFOAM 82/1090    1199 1059  8 53.1      STREET URCHINS 6/1320                 
  3 INDULGENT DR 54/1153  104  130  2 44.4    6 JUST BECAUSE 38/1151 1064 1924 17 35.6
    CRIMINAL ELEMENT 39/1074                  7 BEACH BABES 7/1058    447  869  5 34.0

    '##/###' 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 653): VAN DERMINT of BOOZE (Papa Bear, mgr.)
 DM   2 NIANIA (turn 536): IGNORANT BAUD of 042709A (The Muffin Man, mgr.)
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 659): PERFECT DRUG of IRATE FORMATIONS (The Muffin Man, mgr.)
 DM   4 JHELUM (turn 630): IRONSIDE of KIWI CONNECTION (The Mun, mgr.)
 DM   5 KALTOS (turn 654): SONNY of TECHNOLOGY (Otto X Frothingslosh, mgr.)
 DM   6 TRANSEL (turn 649): NOT-A-NUT JONES of PSYCHO SQUAD (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 658): MARY ANN of CHURCH LADIES (Papa Bear, mgr.)
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 642): THE GRINCH of ABOMINATIONS (Chase, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 644): ERIN GO BRAGH of RYAN'S HENCHMEN (?, mgr)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 643): SIDEWINDER of SERPENTS HOLD (Khisanth, mgr.)
 DM  36 JHANS (turn 611): ELLIRIN IMBRAY of MIDDLE WAY 17 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  38 CLIFFHOME (turn 599): KARTIKAYA of JINDA-BAN (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 275): RATA of KIWI CONNECTION (The Mun, mgr.)
 DM  42 RODEKI (turn 591): STICKY FINGERS of DUNGEON CELL (One Armed Bandit, mgr.)
 DM  51 TRICORUS (turn 542): SAARVEGHAL of DARK HORSEMEN (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  54 TROCAR (turn 258): SAMILDAR of TRADERS OF TROCAR (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  59 ILLIS (turn 249): I'M A BASHER of BASHAHOLICS ANON (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.)
 DM  62 VALAMANTIS (turn 487): JIMEMMA LOCA of MIDDLE WAY 10 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 226): HOCKEY of GAMES CRIP PLAYS (Crip, mgr.)
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 535): COOLER of STYROFOAM (Jolly, mgr.)

                                      Top Teams
                                      ---------
 DM   1 MORDANT (turn 653): HOMICIDAL MANIACS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   2 NIANIA (turn 536): 042709A (The Muffin Man, mgr.)
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 659): GAMES LIBRARY (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   4 JHELUM (turn 630): DOGS OF WAR (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   5 KALTOS (turn 654): TECHNOLOGY (Otto X Frothingslosh, mgr.)
 DM   6 TRANSEL (turn 649): PSYCHO SQUAD (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 658): SENTINELS (Nomad, mgr.)
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 642): THE MOONDOGS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 644): POSITION IS EMPTY
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 643): TOOL SHED (?, mgr.)
 DM  36 JHANS (turn 611): MIDDLE WAY 17 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  38 CLIFFHOME (turn 599): JINDA-BAN (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 375): KIWI CONNECTION (The Mun, mgr.)
 DM  42 RODEKI (turn 591): COLOR ME SUAVE (Suave, mgr.)
 DM  51 TRICORUS (turn 542): DARK HORSEMEN (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  54 TROCAR (turn 258): TRADERS OF TROCAR (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  59 ILLIS (turn 249): POSITION IS EMPTY
 DM  62 VALAMANTIS (turn 487): MIDDLE WAY 10 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 226): STATES (?, mgr.)
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 535) STREET PIZZA et al (The Upright Man, mgr.)

                                   Recent Graduates
                                  -----------------
 DM   1 MORDANT (turn 653): VAN DERMINT of BOOZE (Papa Bear, mgr.)
 DM   2 NIANIA (turn 536): IGNORANT BAUD of 042709A (The Muffin Man, mgr.)
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 658): VIRTUAL REALITY of STATE OF MIND (Marma Duke, mgr.)
 DM   5 KALTOS (turn 653): MOSQUITO of BLOOD SUCKERS (The Mun, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 641): STOWAWAY of SEA DOGS (One Armed Bandit, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 643): WALLACE of GRIM FANDANGO (Stik, mgr.)
 DM  36 JHANS (turn 611): SHERRY of BABES (Papa Bear, mgr.)
 DM  38 CLIFFHOME (turn 599): GURU GNU of HILLTOP GURUS (Nomad, mgr.)
 DM  42 RODEKI (turn 591): COLDFISHFINGER of COLOR ME SUAVE (Suave, mgr.)
 DM  54 TROCAR (turn 257): VARDIN ABEQ of TRADERS OF TROCAR (Jorja, mgr.)

                             REPORT FROM WITHIN THE TOWER

Hello.

     I'm not telling you my name.  I work for the Commission, that's all you need to
know.  Apparently the negotiations to get the original spyreporter back from the
realm of the dead are not going well.  So I was sent over here from Talahya and let
me tell you, this place is GLOOMY.  Well, Willow Beach is not so bad.  There are
actual willows, which are pretty.  And a beach.  Sort of.  Mostly rocks, and moss.
Other than that I guess it's just a little fishing village.  But the arena -- ugh!
Built of dark stone, and the fighting ring is little and the seating rises up around
it, tall and narrow, so there's just a little circle of sky up above.  No breeze.
Which is good in a way, because even on a hot summer day, it's kind of chilly in
here.
     Cooler is still the Keeper of the Runeblade.  I saw it, he left it on display in
a glass cabinet in the Tower.  It's an ugly weapon, I think.  Black, covered with
spidery writing.  COOLER (82-7277) (110-105-1,271) of STYROFOAM fought WORK IN
PROGRESS (38-4193) (55-181-2,216) of JUST BECAUSE.  COOLER devastated WORK IN
PROGRESS in an action packed 1 minute mismatched Title fight.  Cooler is our top
Slasher.  Work in Progress is the top Parry-Riposte.  I was rooting for that guy.

     The rest of the fights... I'll let you judge for yourselves.
     STASSIA (37-1523) (74-94-2,211) of UP TO NO GOOD fought RUGEN THE JELLYFISH (82-
12478) (42-19-0,213) of HANNAH'S PALS.  STASSIA was demolished by RUGEN THE JELLYFISH
in a popular 3 minute one-sided melee.
     GATEWAY (82-15631) (78-56-1,211) of ATTACK OF THE CLONES fought SHEWISH GIANT
(104-25) (0-0-0,181) of STAND-INS.  GATEWAY devastated SHEWISH GIANT in a popular 1
minute brutal one-sided contest.
     CRYSOPRASE (1-3266) (83-114-2,208) of ILLFANG PACT fought TALLAHASSE TINA (7-
4889) (33-107-0,169) of BEACH BABES. CRYSOPRASE bested TALLAHASSE TINA in a 2 minute
brawl.
     ARSONIST ART (39-3325) (44-37-0,191) of CRIMINAL ELEMENT fought SMELL CAREFULLY
(18-8889) (48-93-2,195) of STREET PIZZA.  ARSONIST ART was vanquished by SMELL
CAREFULLY in a 2 minute mismatched fight.
     ROB A. REE (39-3241) (49-38-1,187) of CRIMINAL ELEMENT fought LAGUNA LIL (7-
5681) (29-96-0,163) of BEACH BABES.  ROB A. REE handily defeated LAGUNA LIL in an
action packed 1 minute uneven fight.
     ??RADAR?? (82-20310) (58-86-1,191) of DYSLEXICS UNTIE! II fought B.A. TURRY (39-
3383) (29-37-2,175) of CRIMINAL ELEMENT.  ??RADAR?? vanquished B.A. TURRY in a 2
minute uneven duel.
     SEX ON THE BEACH (54-2435) (39-30-3,180) of INDULGENT DRINKS fought ALOHA ALICE
(7-4867) (35-88-0,168) of BEACH BABES.  SEX ON THE BEACH was narrowly defeated by
ALOHA ALICE in a 5 minute duel.
     MEN WORKING (38-4189) (50-186-1,165) of JUST BECAUSE fought LOCAL CONSTABLE
(104-22) (0-0-0,181) of STAND-INS.  MEN WORKING was overpowered by LOCAL CONSTABLE in
a popular 1 minute uneven match.
     BEACH BETTY (7-5768) (49-70-0,72) of BEACH BABES fought DRUNKEN FISHERMAN (104-
1) (20-20-0,50) of STAND-INS.  BEACH BETTY overpowered DRUNKEN FISHERMAN in a 1
minute one-sided match.
     MIAMI MIA (7-4818) (38-88-4,41) of BEACH BABES fought DEBBY TONTE (104-2) (20-
30-0,30) of STAND-INS.  MIAMI MIA bested DEBBY TONTE in a crowd pleasing 1 minute
conflict.  I was glad to see the Debby Tonte golem fight.  That added a bit of
glamor, I thought.
     That was three stand-ins, though, which is kind of sad isn't it?  You'd think
they would try to match up as many registered gladiators as possible, so there should
only be one stand-in used, ever.
     I see that we have just seven guilds active here at the moment.  Let's hear from
you.  What are the names of your managers?  Maybe I've heard of you.
     That's all.  Have a good two weeks.

I'm not saying.

KEEPER OF THE RUNEBLADE       W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 COOLER 82-7277             111 105  1  282  STYROFOAM (1090)           DWES EG

GRAND CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS    W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 RUGEN THE JELLYFI 82-12478  43  19  0  226  HANNAH'S PALS (1270)       DWES EG
 GATEWAY 82-15631            79  56  1  217  ATTACK OF THE CLONES (1254 DWES EG
 SMELL CAREFULLY 18-8889     49  93  2  211  STREET PIZZA (114)         TALCAMA

GRAND CHAMPIONS               W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 CRYSOPRASE 1-3266           84 114  2  210  ILLFANG PACT (281)         MORDANT
 ??RADAR?? 82-20310          59  86  1  198  DYSLEXICS UNTIE! II (1258) DWES EG
-ANTAGONIST 3-2824           26  28  2  198  KIDS GONE BAD (446)        OSKSI
 STASSIA 37-1523             74  95  2  197  UP TO NO GOOD (316)        SIBIKHAS
 WORK IN PROGRESS 38-4193    55 182  2  192  JUST BECAUSE (1151)        CLIFFHOME
 ROB A. REE 39-3241          50  38  1  192  CRIMINAL ELEMENT (1074)    XOCHITHLAN
 ALOHA ALICE 7-4867          36  88  0  187  BEACH BABES (1058)         BONSUR
 ARSONIST ART 39-3325        44  38  0  182  CRIMINAL ELEMENT (1074)    XOCHITHLAN

GRAND CHALLENGER ADEPTS       W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 TALLAHASSE TINA 7-4889      33 108  0  173  BEACH BABES (1058)         BONSUR
 SEX ON THE BEACH 54-2435    39  31  3  172  INDULGENT DRINKS (1153)    TROCAR
 B.A. TURRY 39-3383          29  38  2  169  CRIMINAL ELEMENT (1074)    XOCHITHLAN
 LAGUNA LIL 7-5681           29  97  0  162  BEACH BABES (1058)         BONSUR
 MEN WORKING 38-4189         50 187  1  159  JUST BECAUSE (1151)        CLIFFHOME

GRAND INITIATES               W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 BEACH BETTY 7-5768          50  70  0   76  BEACH BABES (1058)         BONSUR
-KRONIC BLAZE 3-6423         16   7  1   63  GREEN WITH ENVY (1315)     OSKSI
 MIAMI MIA 7-4818            39  88  4   46  BEACH BABES (1058)         BONSUR
-MISS AN THROPE 6-2956       14   8  1   42  STREET URCHINS (1320)      TRANSEL

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

THE DEAD                   W   L  K TEAM NAME              SLAIN BY                  TURN

                               PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE

Crysoprase -- Good fight. -- Tallahassee Tina

Stassia -- Good fight. -- Aloha Alice

Antagonist -- Good fight. -- Laguna Lil

Miss An Thrope -- Good fight. -- Beach Betty

Kronic Blaze -- Good fight. -- Miami Mia

All of the above, of course, are what are called "social fictions."  Doesn't matter
who won, how could a fight be good? -- the Beach Babes
P.S.  And also, what is there to say that we haven't said repeatedly for the past
fifteen years?

Tallahasse Tina -- Psh!  The announcer thinks you're a golem.  Is that guy blind? --
Crysoprase

Aloha Alice -- I apologize for the untamed berserker energy.  It was because of what
you said about my hair.  I don't dye it.  Natural redhead.  That's rare for a
Shagornan elf, I know, but I'm only half. -- Stassia

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

COOLER devastated WORK IN PROGRESS in a action packed 1 minute mismatched Title fight.
STASSIA was demolished by RUGEN THE JELLYFISH in a popular 3 minute one-sided melee.
GATEWAY devastated SHEWISH GIANT in a popular 1 minute brutal one-sided contest.
CRYSOPRASE bested TALLAHASSE TINA in a 2 minute brawl.
ARSONIST ART was vanquished by SMELL CAREFULLY in a 2 minute mismatched fight.
ROB A. REE handily defeated LAGUNA LIL in a action packed 1 minute uneven fight.
??RADAR?? vanquished B.A. TURRY in a 2 minute uneven duel.
SEX ON THE BEACH was narrowly defeated by ALOHA ALICE in a 5 minute duel.
MEN WORKING was overpowered by LOCAL CONSTABLE in a popular 1 minute uneven match.
BEACH BETTY overpowered DRUNKEN FISHERMAN in a 1 minute one-sided match.
MIAMI MIA bested DEBBY TONTE in a crowd pleasing 1 minute conflict.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|LUNGING ATTACK                   5         SLASHING ATTACK    8 -   2 -  0      80  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    4         WALL OF STEEL     29 -  18 -  0      62  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     2         PARRY-STRIKE      12 -   8 -  0      60  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      2         LUNGING ATTACK    35 -  24 -  0      59  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    2         AIMED BLOW         5 -   4 -  0      56  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   2         TOTAL PARRY       21 -  18 -  0      54  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  1         PARRY-RIPOSTE      4 -  16 -  0      20  |
|AIMED BLOW                       0         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 536 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-STRIKE       2 -  0     AIMED BLOW         0 -  0         5  LUNGING ATTACK 
SLASHING ATTACK    1 -  0     PARRY-LUNGE        0 -  0         2  WALL OF STEEL  
LUNGING ATTACK     4 -  1     PARRY-RIPOSTE      0 -  2         1  SLASHING ATTACK
TOTAL PARRY        1 -  1     STRIKING ATTACK    0 -  0         1  PARRY-STRIKE   
WALL OF STEEL      2 -  2     BASHING ATTACK     0 -  2         1  PARRY-RIPOSTE  
                                                                1  TOTAL PARRY    

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
SLASHING ATTACK  COOLER 82-7277            111 105  1  282 STYROFOAM (1090)
LUNGING ATTACK   RUGEN THE JELLYF 82-12478  43  19  0  226 HANNAH'S PALS (1270)
PARRY-STRIKE     CRYSOPRASE 1-3266          84 114  2  210 ILLFANG PACT (281)
WALL OF STEEL    ??RADAR?? 82-20310         59  86  1  198 DYSLEXICS UNTIE! II (1258)
PARRY-RIPOSTE    WORK IN PROGRESS 38-4193   55 182  2  192 JUST BECAUSE (1151)
TOTAL PARRY      ALOHA ALICE 7-4867         36  88  0  187 BEACH BABES (1058)
BASHING ATTACK   LAGUNA LIL 7-5681          29  97  0  162 BEACH BABES (1058)

The overall popularity leader is ??RADAR?? 82-20310.  The most popular warrior this 
turn was RUGEN THE JELLYFISH 82-12478.  The ten other most popular fighters were SEX 
ON THE BEACH 54-2435, ALOHA ALICE 7-4867, SMELL CAREFULLY 18-8889, MIAMI MIA 7-4818, 
ROB A. REE 39-3241, ??RADAR?? 82-20310, COOLER 82-7277, STASSIA 37-1523, GATEWAY 
82-15631, and CRYSOPRASE 1-3266.

The least popular fighter this week was LAGUNA LIL 7-5681.  The other ten least 
popular fighters were ARSONIST ART 39-3325, WORK IN PROGRESS 38-4193, BEACH BETTY 
7-5768, MEN WORKING 38-4189, B.A. TURRY 39-3383, TALLAHASSE TINA 7-4889, CRYSOPRASE 
1-3266, GATEWAY 82-15631, STASSIA 37-1523, and COOLER 82-7277.

Arena (Number)       W  L K  Arena (Number)       W  L K  Arena (Number)       W  L K  
MORDANT(1)           1  0 0  SIBIKHAS(37)         0  1 0  TROCAR(54)           0  1 0  
BONSUR(7)            3  2 0  CLIFFHOME(38)        0  2 0  DWES EG(82)          4  0 0  
TALCAMA(18)          1  0 0  XOCHITHLAN(39)       1  2 0  

TOP WARRIOR OF EACH ARENA     W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 CRYSOPRASE 1-3266           84 114  2  210  ILLFANG PACT (281)         MORDANT
 ALOHA ALICE 7-4867          36  88  0  187  BEACH BABES (1058)         BONSUR
 SMELL CAREFULLY 18-8889     49  93  2  211  STREET PIZZA (114)         TALCAMA
 STASSIA 37-1523             74  95  2  197  UP TO NO GOOD (316)        SIBIKHAS
 WORK IN PROGRESS 38-4193    55 182  2  192  JUST BECAUSE (1151)        CLIFFHOME
 ROB A. REE 39-3241          50  38  1  192  CRIMINAL ELEMENT (1074)    XOCHITHLAN
 SEX ON THE BEACH 54-2435    39  31  3  172  INDULGENT DRINKS (1153)    TROCAR
 COOLER 82-7277             111 105  1  282  STYROFOAM (1090)           DWES EG