DARKHOLM SPORTING JOURNAL

Date   : 07/31/2010    Duedate: 08/13/2010

DARKHOLM

DM-104    TURN-537

RANK TEAMS                  W    L  K    %  RANK TEAMS                  W    L  K    %
  1 STREET PIZZA 18/114  2073 1689 23 55.1    4 ILLFANG PACT 1/281    430  623  7 40.8
    HANNAH'S PALS 82/1270                       UP TO NO GOOD 37/316                  
    ATTACK OF THE CLONES 82/1254              5 KIDS GONE BAD 3/446    23   36  0 39.0
    DYSLEXICS UNTIE! II 82/1258                 GREEN WITH ENVY 3/1315                
  2 STYROFOAM 82/1090    1199 1060  8 53.1      STREET URCHINS 6/1320                 
  3 INDULGENT DR 54/1153  106  132  2 44.5    6 JUST BECAUSE 38/1151 1065 1925 17 35.6
    CRIMINAL ELEMENT 39/1074                  7 BEACH BABES 7/1058    449  872  6 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 654): JOY of MIGHTY MORALS II (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.)
 DM   2 NIANIA (turn 537): TWO-PIECE TOENAIL of 042709A (The Muffin Man, mgr.)
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 660): PERFECT DRUG of IRATE FORMATIONS (The Muffin Man, mgr.)
 DM   4 JHELUM (turn 631): RED HAMMER of DOGS OF WAR (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   5 KALTOS (turn 655): SONNY of TECHNOLOGY (Otto X Frothingslosh, mgr.)
 DM   6 TRANSEL (turn 650): NOT-A-NUT JONES of PSYCHO SQUAD (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 659): HARPOON of BUNION SQUAD (Obregon, mgr.)
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 643): THE GRINCH of ABOMINATIONS (Chase, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 645): ERIN GO BRAGH of RYAN'S HENCHMEN (Leprechaun, mgr)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 644): SIDEWINDER of SERPENTS HOLD (Khisanth, mgr.)
 DM  36 JHANS (turn 612): ELLIRIN IMBRAY of MIDDLE WAY 17 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  38 CLIFFHOME (turn 600): KARTIKAYA of JINDA-BAN (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 275): RATA of KIWI CONNECTION (The Mun, mgr.)
 DM  42 RODEKI (turn 592): STICKY FINGERS of DUNGEON CELL (One Armed Bandit, mgr.)
 DM  51 TRICORUS (turn 543): CARGO of SEA DOGS (One Armed Bandit, mgr.)
 DM  54 TROCAR (turn 259): SAMILDAR of TRADERS OF TROCAR (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  59 ILLIS (turn 250): I'M A BASHER of BASHAHOLICS ANON (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.)
 DM  62 VALAMANTIS (turn 488): POSITION IS EMPTY
 DM  72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 226): HOCKEY of GAMES CRIP PLAYS (Crip, mgr.)
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 536): COOLER of STYROFOAM (Jolly, mgr.)

                                      Top Teams
                                      ---------
 DM   1 MORDANT (turn 654): MIGHTY MORALS II (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.)
 DM   2 NIANIA (turn 537): 042709A (The Muffin Man, mgr.)
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 660): IRATE FORMATIONS (The Muffin Man, mgr.)
 DM   4 JHELUM (turn 631): KIWI CONNECTION (The Mun, mgr.)
 DM   5 KALTOS (turn 655): TECHNOLOGY (Otto X Frothingslosh, mgr.)
 DM   6 TRANSEL (turn 650): PSYCHO SQUAD (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 659): BONSUR LONG NAMES (Hammer, mgr.)
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 643): BACON MAKIN' (?, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 645): THE GRATEFUL UNDEAD (Street Legal, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 644): OMINOUS REIGN (Archaic Elf, mgr.)
 DM  36 JHANS (turn 612): MIDDLE WAY 17 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  38 CLIFFHOME (turn 600): JINDA-BAN (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 375): KIWI CONNECTION (The Mun, mgr.)
 DM  42 RODEKI (turn 592): I CAN'T BRUSH YOU (?, mgr.)
 DM  51 TRICORUS (turn 543): DARK HORSEMEN (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  54 TROCAR (turn 259): TRADERS OF TROCAR (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  59 ILLIS (turn 250): VIRUS (?, mgr.)
 DM  62 VALAMANTIS (turn 488): MIDDLE WAY 10 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 226): STATES (?, mgr.)
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 536) 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 660): PERFECT DRUG of IRATE FORMATIONS (The Muffin Man, mgr.)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 659): CAJETAN of SENTINELS (Nomad, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 644): BLAKSUNN of GRIM FANDANGO (Stik, mgr.)
               (turn 643): WALLACE of GRIM FANDANGO (Stik, mgr.)
 DM  36 JHANS (turn 612): ELLIRIN IMBRAY of MIDDLE WAY 17 (Jorja, mgr.)
              (turn 611): SHERRY of BABES (Papa Bear, mgr.)
 DM  38 CLIFFHOME (turn 600): KARTIKAYA of JINDA-BAN (Jorja, mgr.)
                  (turn 599): GURU GNU of HILLTOP GURUS (Nomad, mgr.)
 DM  42 RODEKI (turn 591): COLDFISHFINGER of COLOR ME SUAVE (Suave, mgr.)
 DM  51 TRICORUS (turn 543): CARGO of SEA DOGS (One Armed Bandit, mgr.)
 DM  54 TROCAR (turn 259): SAMILDAR of TRADERS OF TROCAR (Jorja, mgr.)

                             REPORT FROM WITHIN THE TOWER

Hullo hullo!

     This is Malic of Talahya standing in for... well... any number of stand-in
spyreporters, eh?  Hmm, only eleven fights happened in Darkholm this turn.  In the
arena, at least.  That's a lot fewer than the last time I was here.
     I'd say the Kids Gone Bad / Street Urchins guild had a very, very bad day!  And
they challenged, which is surely a good thing... just not the wisest of challenges.
They also avoided... the Beach Babes.  I don't know...  I have never avoided a beach
babe in my life.  Of course, Talcama is in the mountains.  No beaches.
     ANTAGONIST (3-2824) (26-28-2,198) of KIDS GONE BAD challenged STASSIA (37-1523)
(74-95-2,197) of UP TO NO GOOD.  ANTAGONIST was dealt death by STASSIA in a crowd
pleasing 1 minute Challenge fight.  Yes, the tempery redhead was at the same level in
the rankings, but with over a hundred fights more experience, nasty things can
happen.  I asked Stassia for a comment, but she only said something extremely pithy
which the Commission will not print.
     And then the other death happened in a random match, but once again, the same
guild suffered.  MIAMI MIA (7-4818) (39-88-4,46) of BEACH BABES fought MISS AN THROPE
(6-2956) (14-8-1,42) of STREET URCHINS.  MIAMI MIA executed MISS AN THROPE in a 1
minute one-sided melee.  And here I thought it was going to be an interesting fight
-- you know, two ladies having a tiff, hair pulling, hopefully some wardrobe
malfunctions... but no.  Silly me.  I've never been a fan of death.  Miss An Thrope
is, I note, the top Aimed Blow in this arena, so that may be some consolation.
     I'd be tempted to offer to buy the previously deceased gladiators a drink... but
no.  From all I've heard, alcohol does not mix well with a resurrection hangover.
Still, I lift my glass to better days ahead.  Cheerio!  Soldier on!
     Besides Antagonist's fatal challenge, there was one other challenge out of our
eleven fights.  KRONIC BLAZE (3-6423) (16-7-1,63) of GREEN WITH ENVY challenged BEACH
BETTY (7-5768) (50-70-0,76) of BEACH BABES.  KRONIC BLAZE won victory over BEACH
BETTY in a 1 minute Challenge battle.
     Cooler lost the Runeblade!  Blast!  Cooler, don't you know that's a priceless
antique?  COOLER (82-7277) (111-105-1,282) of STYROFOAM fought RUGEN THE JELLYFISH
(82-12478) (43-19-0,226) of HANNAH'S PALS.  COOLER was subdued by RUGEN THE JELLYFISH
in a 1 minute Title fight.  Well well, I offer my congratulations to the Jellyfish.
Hmm.  At least Cooler managed to retain the title of Overall Popularity Leader.
     There was just one stand-in, the Blind Beggar.  LAGUNA LIL (7-5681) (29-97-
0,162) of BEACH BABES fought BLIND BEGGAR (104-26) (40-35-0,200) of ODD JOBS GUILD.
LAGUNA LIL was vanquished by BLIND BEGGAR in a 1 minute one-sided fight.  Frankly, I
quite expected that outcome.  And I was willing to bet on it, but no one would take
my bet.
     I believe I may have mentioned everything that warranted mentioning.  So, how
about the rest of you unmentionables try to be more spectacular next time around, eh?

Last one to the bar is a rotten egg!

Malic, Prince of Talcama

KEEPER OF THE RUNEBLADE       W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 RUGEN THE JELLYFI 82-12478  44  19  0  234  HANNAH'S PALS (1270)       DWES EG

GRAND CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS    W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 STASSIA 37-1523             75  95  3  232  UP TO NO GOOD (316)        SIBIKHAS
 GATEWAY 82-15631            80  56  1  227  ATTACK OF THE CLONES (1254 DWES EG
 CRYSOPRASE 1-3266           85 114  2  216  ILLFANG PACT (281)         MORDANT

GRAND CHAMPIONS               W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 WORK IN PROGRESS 38-4193    56 182  2  206  JUST BECAUSE (1151)        CLIFFHOME
 COOLER 82-7277             111 106  1  201  STYROFOAM (1090)           DWES EG
 SMELL CAREFULLY 18-8889     49  94  2  196  STREET PIZZA (114)         TALCAMA
 ROB A. REE 39-3241          50  39  1  195  CRIMINAL ELEMENT (1074)    XOCHITHLAN
 ANTAGONIST 3-2824           26  29  2  192  KIDS GONE BAD (446)        OSKSI
 TALLAHASSE TINA 7-4889      34 108  0  189  BEACH BABES (1058)         BONSUR
 SEX ON THE BEACH 54-2435    40  31  3  188  INDULGENT DRINKS (1153)    TROCAR
 ??RADAR?? 82-20310          59  87  1  185  DYSLEXICS UNTIE! II (1258) DWES EG

GRAND CHALLENGER ADEPTS       W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 ALOHA ALICE 7-4867          36  89  0  177  BEACH BABES (1058)         BONSUR
 B.A. TURRY 39-3383          30  38  2  177  CRIMINAL ELEMENT (1074)    XOCHITHLAN
 ARSONIST ART 39-3325        44  39  0  175  CRIMINAL ELEMENT (1074)    XOCHITHLAN
 LAGUNA LIL 7-5681           29  98  0  164  BEACH BABES (1058)         BONSUR
 MEN WORKING 38-4189         50 188  1  152  JUST BECAUSE (1151)        CLIFFHOME

GRAND INITIATES               W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 MIAMI MIA 7-4818            40  88  5   77  BEACH BABES (1058)         BONSUR
 KRONIC BLAZE 3-6423         17   7  1   76  GREEN WITH ENVY (1315)     OSKSI
 BEACH BETTY 7-5768          50  71  0   67  BEACH BABES (1058)         BONSUR
 MISS AN THROPE 6-2956       14   9  1   33  STREET URCHINS (1320)      TRANSEL

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

THE DEAD                   W   L  K TEAM NAME              SLAIN BY                  TURN
ANTAGONIST 3-2824         26  29  2 KIDS GONE BAD 446      STASSIA 37-1523           537
MISS AN THROPE 6-2956     14   9  1 STREET URCHINS 1320    MIAMI MIA 7-4818          537

                               PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE

Crysoprase -- Good fight. -- Tallahasse Tina

Rob A. Ree -- Good fight. -- Laguna Lil

Sex on the Beach -- Are you insane?  Do you really want sand THERE? -- Aloha Alice

Drunken Fisherman -- Good fight. -- Beach Betty

Debby Tonte Impersonator -- Good fight. -- Miami Mia

Rugen the Jellyfish -- Ugh!  That fight SUCKED! -- Stassia

Tallahasse Tina -- Sorry about the chest hit.  I hope your implants weren't ruined.
-- Crysoprase

26 July 2010
     Some managers have attempted to send personals and columns to hal, and hal has
been refusing to acknowledge their content.  I don't know what hal's problem is,
specifically, but for best success, send PLAIN TEXT (dot txt) in the body of the
email.  Not attachments.  Thank you. -- the Editor

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

ANTAGONIST was dealt death by STASSIA in a crowd pleasing 1 minute Challenge fight.
KRONIC BLAZE won victory over BEACH BETTY in a 1 minute Challenge battle.
COOLER was subdued by RUGEN THE JELLYFISH in a 1 minute Title fight.
SMELL CAREFULLY lost to CRYSOPRASE in a 2 minute bloody brawl.
GATEWAY defeated ROB A. REE in a exciting 1 minute fight.
ALOHA ALICE was viciously subdued by SEX ON THE BEACH in a 3 minute brawl.
WORK IN PROGRESS devastated ??RADAR?? in a 2 minute mismatched match.
ARSONIST ART was viciously subdued by TALLAHASSE TINA in a 5 minute fight.
B.A. TURRY vanquished MEN WORKING in a popular 1 minute gruesome uneven duel.
LAGUNA LIL was vanquished by BLIND BEGGAR in a 1 minute one-sided fight.
MIAMI MIA executed MISS AN THROPE in a 1 minute one-sided melee.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|LUNGING ATTACK                   7         PARRY-STRIKE      14 -   6 -  1      70  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    4         SLASHING ATTACK    7 -   3 -  0      70  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     2         WALL OF STEEL     28 -  18 -  1      61  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    2         LUNGING ATTACK    34 -  26 -  0      57  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   2         TOTAL PARRY       18 -  17 -  0      51  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      2         AIMED BLOW         4 -   4 -  0      50  |
|AIMED BLOW                       1         PARRY-RIPOSTE      6 -  14 -  0      30  |
|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 537 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 -  1         5  LUNGING ATTACK 
PARRY-RIPOSTE      2 -  0     PARRY-LUNGE        0 -  0         2  WALL OF STEEL  
LUNGING ATTACK     4 -  3     SLASHING ATTACK    0 -  1         2  PARRY-RIPOSTE  
WALL OF STEEL      2 -  2     STRIKING ATTACK    0 -  0         1  PARRY-STRIKE   
                              BASHING ATTACK     0 -  2         1  SLASHING ATTACK
                              TOTAL PARRY        0 -  2     

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
LUNGING ATTACK   RUGEN THE JELLYF 82-12478  44  19  0  234 HANNAH'S PALS (1270)
WALL OF STEEL    STASSIA 37-1523            75  95  3  232 UP TO NO GOOD (316)
PARRY-STRIKE     CRYSOPRASE 1-3266          85 114  2  216 ILLFANG PACT (281)
PARRY-RIPOSTE    WORK IN PROGRESS 38-4193   56 182  2  206 JUST BECAUSE (1151)
SLASHING ATTACK  COOLER 82-7277            111 106  1  201 STYROFOAM (1090)
TOTAL PARRY      ALOHA ALICE 7-4867         36  89  0  177 BEACH BABES (1058)
BASHING ATTACK   LAGUNA LIL 7-5681          29  98  0  164 BEACH BABES (1058)
AIMED BLOW       MISS AN THROPE 6-2956      14   9  1   33 STREET URCHINS (1320)

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
The overall popularity leader is COOLER 82-7277.  The most popular warrior this turn 
was TALLAHASSE TINA 7-4889.  The ten other most popular fighters were SEX ON THE 
BEACH 54-2435, ARSONIST ART 39-3325, KRONIC BLAZE 3-6423, CRYSOPRASE 1-3266, ALOHA 
ALICE 7-4867, B.A. TURRY 39-3383, STASSIA 37-1523, SMELL CAREFULLY 18-8889, WORK IN 
PROGRESS 38-4193, and GATEWAY 82-15631.

The least popular fighter this week was MISS AN THROPE 6-2956.  The other ten least 
popular fighters were LAGUNA LIL 7-5681, MEN WORKING 38-4189, COOLER 82-7277, BEACH 
BETTY 7-5768, MIAMI MIA 7-4818, ??RADAR?? 82-20310, ROB A. REE 39-3241, RUGEN THE 
JELLYFISH 82-12478, ANTAGONIST 3-2824, and GATEWAY 82-15631.

Arena (Number)       W  L K  Arena (Number)       W  L K  Arena (Number)       W  L K  
MORDANT(1)           1  0 0  TALCAMA(18)          0  1 0  XOCHITHLAN(39)       1  2 0  
OSKSI(3)             1  1 0  SIBIKHAS(37)         1  0 1  TROCAR(54)           1  0 0  
TRANSEL(6)           0  1 0  CLIFFHOME(38)        1  1 0  DWES EG(82)          2  2 0  
BONSUR(7)            2  3 1  

TOP WARRIOR OF EACH ARENA     W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 CRYSOPRASE 1-3266           85 114  2  216  ILLFANG PACT (281)         MORDANT
 ANTAGONIST 3-2824           26  29  2  192  KIDS GONE BAD (446)        OSKSI
 MISS AN THROPE 6-2956       14   9  1   33  STREET URCHINS (1320)      TRANSEL
 TALLAHASSE TINA 7-4889      34 108  0  189  BEACH BABES (1058)         BONSUR
 SMELL CAREFULLY 18-8889     49  94  2  196  STREET PIZZA (114)         TALCAMA
 STASSIA 37-1523             75  95  3  232  UP TO NO GOOD (316)        SIBIKHAS
 WORK IN PROGRESS 38-4193    56 182  2  206  JUST BECAUSE (1151)        CLIFFHOME
 ROB A. REE 39-3241          50  39  1  195  CRIMINAL ELEMENT (1074)    XOCHITHLAN
 SEX ON THE BEACH 54-2435    40  31  3  188  INDULGENT DRINKS (1153)    TROCAR
 RUGEN THE JELLYFI 82-12478  44  19  0  234  HANNAH'S PALS (1270)       DWES EG

                 NEW TEAMS IN THE TEMPORARY TOURNAMENT ARENA (DM 85)

Please note that all new teams created at the Face-to-Face were temporarily placed in 
a temporary Tournament Arena, DM 85.  If you requested that your team be placed in a 
specific arena, it has already transferred to that arena.  Any teams not transferred 
out of DM 85 by October 1 will be deleted.  If you have questions about any of your 
teams, please contact Customer Service. -- RSI 

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