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 * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * ---===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 WINTER FACE-TO-FACE IN SUNNY ARIZONA! Our next winter FTF will be held in Tempe, Arizona, January 14-16, 2011. 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 $129.00 per night, 1-2 occupancy, which includes full cooked breakfast, complimentary manager's reception (yes, really!), free airport shuttle, free parking and free high speed internet. There's a fitness center, jacuzzi, and pool. The rooms are blocked--please make your reservation by December 22 before the block is released! (This is prime season for Phoenix, and people have been unable to book rooms because they waited too long.) Look for the tournament info sheet and minioverviews some time in December. We hope you're all looking forward to it and that we will see you there!