DARKHOLM SPORTING JOURNAL

Date   : 10/09/2010    Duedate: 10/22/2010

DARKHOLM

DM-104    TURN-542

RANK TEAMS                  W    L  K    %  RANK TEAMS                  W    L  K    %
  1 STREET PIZZA 18/114  2090 1692 23 55.3    5 ILLFANG PACT 1/281    434  629  7 40.8
    HANNAH'S PALS 82/1270                       UP TO NO GOOD 37/316                  
    ATTACK OF THE CLONES 82/1254              6-KIDS GONE BAD 3/446    26   42  0 38.2
    DYSLEXICS UNTIE! II 82/1258                 GREEN WITH ENVY 3/1315                
  2 STYROFOAM 82/1090    1203 1061  9 53.1      STREET URCHINS 6/1320                 
  3 INDULGENT DR 54/1153  114  144  2 44.2    7 JUST BECAUSE 38/1151 1071 1929 17 35.7
    CRIMINAL ELEMENT 39/1074                  8 BEACH BABES 7/1058    459  887  6 34.1
  4 VALLEY OF KINGS 3/19   23   31  0 42.6

    '##/###' 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 659): JOY of MIGHTY MORALS II (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.)
 DM   2 NIANIA (turn 542): HEMLOCK of SERPENTS HOLD (Khisanth, mgr.)
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 664): ALFJAR of AESIR (Buri, mgr.)
 DM   4 JHELUM (turn 636): IRONSIDE of KIWI CONNECTION (The Mun, mgr.)
 DM   5 KALTOS (turn 660): RAVEN of ZOMBIE SQUAD (Khisanth, mgr.)
 DM   6 TRANSEL (turn 655): UPPER DECK of BALTO (JE, mgr.)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 664): DOOM DWARF of BUNION SQUAD (Obregon, mgr.)
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 648): THE GRINCH of ABOMINATIONS (Chase, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 650): THE CODDLER of CENTER FOR OLDS (Suave, mgr)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 649): MILLHAUSER of LITERATE LOONS (Sherman, mgr.)
 DM  36 JHANS (turn 617): PUSS N BOOTS of ERRATA (JE, mgr.)
 DM  38 CLIFFHOME (turn 604): JITNEY JOHNNY of JINDA-BAN (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 278): MS D. MEENER of CRIMINAL ELEMENT (Fizban, mgr.)
 DM  42 RODEKI (turn 597): ROCKHOG JRj of DELVERS (Harby, mgr.)
 DM  51 TRICORUS (turn 548): BEAST of DEATH CULT (Obregon, mgr.)
 DM  54 TROCAR (turn 261): MADAM VENUSIA of SPARF! (Crip, mgr.)
 DM  59 ILLIS (turn 252): RED RED WINE of HANGOVERS (Crip, mgr.)
 DM  62 VALAMANTIS (turn 493): JIMEMMA LOCA of MIDDLE WAY 10 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 229): ARAMIS RAMIREZ of PURPLE PLATYPI (?, mgr.)
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 541): WORK IN PROGRESS of JUST BECAUSE (A-sop, mgr.)

                                      Top Teams
                                      ---------
 DM   1 MORDANT (turn 659): KIDS GONE BAD (Misfit, mgr.)
 DM   2 NIANIA (turn 542): HISTORICAL WUSSES (?, mgr.)
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 664): GENERATION X (Storm Lord, mgr.)
 DM   4 JHELUM (turn 636): KIWI CONNECTION (The Mun, mgr.)
 DM   5 KALTOS (turn 660): JAMES BONDAGE (Obregon, mgr.)
 DM   6 TRANSEL (turn 655): PSYCHO SQUAD (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 664): BEACH BABES (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 648): THE MOONDOGS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 650): CENTER FOR OLDS (Suave, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 649): TEAM SLIME (?, mgr.)
 DM  36 JHANS (turn 617): MIDDLE WAY 17 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  38 CLIFFHOME (turn 604): THE OAFS (Master Darque, mgr.)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 378): CRIMINAL ELEMENT (Fizvan, mgr.)
 DM  42 RODEKI (turn 497): DELVERS (Harby, mgr.)
 DM  51 TRICORUS (turn 548): QUESTIONS (Sherlock, mgr.)
 DM  54 TROCAR (turn 261): TRADERS OF TROCAR (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  59 ILLIS (turn 252): VIRUS (?, mgr.)
 DM  62 VALAMANTIS (turn 493): MIDDLE WAY 10 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 229): MEAT YOUR MAKER (Crip, mgr.)
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 541) STREET PIZZA et al (The Upright Man, mgr.)

                                   Recent Graduates
                                  -----------------
 DM   2 NIANIA (turn 541): TWO-PIECE TOENAIL of 042709A (The Muffin Man, mgr.)
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 663/4): BOB THE INHALER of IRATE FORMATIONS (Muffin Man, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 649): MILLHAUSER of LITERATE LOONS (Sherman, mgr.)
 DM  36 JHANS (turn 617): PUSS N BOOTS of ERRATA (JE, mgr.)
 DM  38 CLIFFHOME (turn 604): JITNEY JOHNNY of JINDA-BAN (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 277): KAHR, JACK of CRIMINAL ELEMENT (Fizban, mgr.)
 DM  51 TRICORUS (turn 547): BAROCHDAL of DARK HORSEMEN (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  62 VALAMANTIS (turn 492): JERANS LA'ROC of MIDDLE WAY 10 (Jorja, mgr.)

                             REPORT FROM WITHIN THE TOWER

Hello, Darkholm veterans!

     I must apologize in advance for any errors or overall flatness here.  You're
being reported to by a man with a serious morning head.
     It seems we've got a new Keeper of the Runeblade.  Which is a silly looking
sword anyway, in my opinion.  But they say it's magical.  You know how most swords
that are said to be magical have got beautiful gems and precious metals in the hilt?
The runeblade has just got... well, yellow and red graffiti on the blade, and some
kind of crusty stuff all over the hilt.  I don't want to know what it is.  But I
think a good cleaning could do wonders for that sword.  Anyway...

     WORK IN PROGRESS (38-4193) (60-182-2,250) of JUST BECAUSE fought GATEWAY (82-
15631) (84-56-1,274) of ATTACK OF THE CLONES.  WORK IN PROGRESS was devastated by
GATEWAY in a 1 minute mismatched Title fight.  I understand Gateway has been the
Keeper before.  Good.  You know the drill.  Get that sword cleaned, and write a
column.

     There were eleven other fights.  How about I just tell you about all of them eh?
So you won't worry:  nobody died, or challenged, or avoided.
     ??RADAR?? (82-20310) (63-87-1,217) of DYSLEXICS UNTIE! II fought LOCAL CONSTABLE
(104-22) (0-0-0,181) of STREET PIZZA.  ??RADAR?? handily defeated LOCAL CONSTABLE in
a 2 minute one-sided match.
     CRYSOPRASE (1-3266) (87-116-2,205) of ILLFANG PACT fought SEX ON THE BEACH (54-
2435) (42-33-3,195) of INDULGENT DRINKS.  CRYSOPRASE was bested by SEX ON THE BEACH
in a 2 minute fight.  I, too, have been bested by sex on the beach in my misspent
youth.
     STASSIA (37-1523) (76-98-3,190) of UP TO NO GOOD fought TALLAHASSE TINA (7-4889)
(34-112-0,167) of BEACH BABES.  STASSIA overpowered TALLAHASSE TINA in a crowd
pleasing 1 minute mismatched match.  Who would not be pleased to watch the redhead
and the blond go at it, hmm?  I think someone's blouse tore.
     ROB A. REE (39-3241) (52-41-1,194) of CRIMINAL ELEMENT fought MEN WORKING (38-
4189) (51-191-1,165) of JUST BECAUSE.  ROB A. REE lost to MEN WORKING in a crowd
pleasing 1 minute fight.  Crowds are very often pleased when the fight is short.  But
I was relieved that no one's shirt tore in this one.
     COOLER (82-7277) (114-107-2,190) of STYROFOAM fought ARSONIST ART (39-3325) (46-
41-0,179) of CRIMINAL ELEMENT.  COOLER overpowered ARSONIST ART in a popular 2 minute
gruesome mismatched brawl.  Gruesome and mismatched... but popular.  Makes you wonder
about the spectators.

     RUGEN THE JELLYFISH (82-12478) (47-20-0,195) of HANNAH'S PALS fought ALOHA ALICE
(7-4867) (37-92-0,187) of BEACH BABES.  RUGEN THE JELLYFISH vanquished ALOHA ALICE in
an action packed 2 minute uneven duel.  It appears to me that the Beach Babes did not
have a very good day, bless their hearts.
     SMELL CAREFULLY (18-8889) (51-96-2,193) of STREET PIZZA fought RA (3-1563) (28-
20-1,185) of VALLEY OF KINGS.  SMELL CAREFULLY vanquished RA in a popular 1 minute
one-sided duel.  I can't think of a play on words to do with their names.  Except
that "Smell Carefully" is... well... funny.  I know that, although it hurts my head
to laugh at the moment.
     B.A. TURRY (39-3383) (31-41-2,167) of CRIMINAL ELEMENT fought LAUGHING BARMAID
(104-9) (0-0-0,170) of INDULGENT DRINKS.  B.A. TURRY was overpowered by LAUGHING
BARMAID in a 1 minute one-sided melee.  Ah, I've been there.  Laughing barmaids are
well night irresistible.
     LAGUNA LIL (7-5681) (29-102-0,157) of BEACH BABES fought SET (3-1554) (28-24-
4,128) of VALLEY OF KINGS.  LAGUNA LIL savagely defeated SET in an exciting 2 minute
bloody match.  It looks like the Valley of Kings had a mixed turn, eh?
     ANUBIS (3-1875) (17-10-0,62) of VALLEY OF KINGS fought MIAMI MIA (7-4818) (43-
89-5,60) of BEACH BABES.  ANUBIS was handily defeated by MIAMI MIA in an exciting 1
minute one-sided contest.  Valley of Kings, 1-2-0.
     BEACH BETTY (7-5768) (53-72-0,73) of BEACH BABES fought DRUNKEN FISHERMAN (104-
1) (20-20-0,50) of BEACH BABES.  BEACH BETTY devastated DRUNKEN FISHERMAN in a crowd
pleasing 1 minute mismatched bout.  That is one of the skills a lady needs!

     And so, here we are at the end of the report already.  Thank Ruvian!  I need
coffee.  And so to all of you, a soft and not entirely heartfelt "cheerio!"

Malic of Talcama

KEEPER OF THE RUNEBLADE       W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 GATEWAY 82-15631            85  56  1  285  ATTACK OF THE CLONES (1254 DWES EG

GRAND CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS    W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 ??RADAR?? 82-20310          64  87  1  225  DYSLEXICS UNTIE! II (1258) DWES EG

GRAND CHAMPIONS               W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 SMELL CAREFULLY 18-8889     52  96  2  206  STREET PIZZA (114)         TALCAMA
 RUGEN THE JELLYFI 82-12478  48  20  0  206  HANNAH'S PALS (1270)       DWES EG
 SEX ON THE BEACH 54-2435    43  33  3  204  INDULGENT DRINKS (1153)    TROCAR
 COOLER 82-7277             115 107  2  203  STYROFOAM (1090)           DWES EG
-ANTAGONIST 3-2824           28  30  2  203  KIDS GONE BAD (446)        OSKSI
 WORK IN PROGRESS 38-4193    60 183  2  197  JUST BECAUSE (1151)        CLIFFHOME
 CRYSOPRASE 1-3266           87 117  2  196  ILLFANG PACT (281)         MORDANT
 STASSIA 37-1523             77  98  3  195  UP TO NO GOOD (316)        SIBIKHAS
 MEN WORKING 38-4189         52 191  1  191  JUST BECAUSE (1151)        CLIFFHOME
 ALOHA ALICE 7-4867          37  93  0  186  BEACH BABES (1058)         BONSUR

GRAND CHALLENGER ADEPTS       W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 RA 3-1563                   28  21  1  177  VALLEY OF KINGS (19)       OSKSI
 ROB A. REE 39-3241          52  42  1  174  CRIMINAL ELEMENT (1074)    XOCHITHLAN
 ARSONIST ART 39-3325        46  42  0  174  CRIMINAL ELEMENT (1074)    XOCHITHLAN
 TALLAHASSE TINA 7-4889      34 113  0  163  BEACH BABES (1058)         BONSUR
 LAGUNA LIL 7-5681           30 102  0  160  BEACH BABES (1058)         BONSUR
 B.A. TURRY 39-3383          31  42  2  158  CRIMINAL ELEMENT (1074)    XOCHITHLAN

GRAND ADEPTS                  W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 SET 3-1554                  28  25  4  131  VALLEY OF KINGS (19)       OSKSI

GRAND INITIATES               W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
-KRONIC BLAZE 3-6423         18   9  1   85  GREEN WITH ENVY (1315)     OSKSI
 BEACH BETTY 7-5768          54  72  0   78  BEACH BABES (1058)         BONSUR

GRAND INITIATES               W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 MIAMI MIA 7-4818            44  89  5   76  BEACH BABES (1058)         BONSUR
 ANUBIS 3-1875               17  11  0   51  VALLEY OF KINGS (19)       OSKSI
-MISS AN THROPE 6-2956       14  12  1   37  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

??RadaR?? -- Is that really the kind of fight that brought you here?  Hmm. -- Aloha
Alice

Sex on the Beach -- Not without an air mattress. -- Tallahasse Tina

Arsonist Art -- You're a hot one. -- Laguna Lil

The Innkeeper has been feeding his son red meat again. -- Miami Mia

Miss An Thrope -- Darned if I can think of anything to say. -- Beach Betty

Dirk Cholera -- Guess I'm flattered that the Commission thought we were well enough
matched. -- Stassia

Smell Carefully -- Well, we were neither of us very impressive in that fight, were
we? -- Crysoprase
P.S.  Wait a minute, didn't I fight you last time too?

27 September 10
Note -- We are still looking for additional teams in Arvat, DM 32.  I still have a
number of good team rollups available FREE for whoever wants one.
     Contact the Devil Advocates ASAP to join the fun!  You can either reach me by
diplo or on the RSI site.
     Also, whoever sent me the diplo with no name on it requesting a rollup /
information on how to get into Arvat, I'm embarassed to admit that the diplo slipped
out of my folder and was lost.  Please just send me another one with your mailing
address and I'll get a rollup to you ASAP.  Sorry about that!

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

WORK IN PROGRESS was devastated by GATEWAY in a 1 minute mismatched Title fight.
??RADAR?? handily defeated LOCAL CONSTABLE in a 2 minute one-sided match.
CRYSOPRASE was bested by SEX ON THE BEACH in a 2 minute fight.
STASSIA overpowered TALLAHASSE TINA in a crowd pleasing 1 minute mismatched match.
ROB A. REE lost to MEN WORKING in a crowd pleasing 1 minute fight.
COOLER overpowered ARSONIST ART in a popular 2 minute gruesome mismatched brawl.
RUGEN THE JELLYFISH vanquished ALOHA ALICE in a action packed 2 minute uneven duel.
SMELL CAREFULLY vanquished RA in a popular 1 minute one-sided duel.
B.A. TURRY was overpowered by LAUGHING BARMAID in a 1 minute one-sided melee.
LAGUNA LIL savagely defeated SET in a exciting 2 minute bloody match.
ANUBIS was handily defeated by MIAMI MIA in a exciting 1 minute one-sided contest.
BEACH BETTY devastated DRUNKEN FISHERMAN 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         SLASHING ATTACK    8 -   2 -  1      80  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    5         PARRY-STRIKE      13 -   7 -  1      65  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   3         WALL OF STEEL     28 -  17 -  1      62  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     2         LUNGING ATTACK    36 -  29 -  0      55  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    2         PARRY-RIPOSTE      9 -  11 -  0      45  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      2         TOTAL PARRY        6 -  14 -  0      30  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  1         BASHING ATTACK     4 -  20 -  0      17  |
|AIMED BLOW                       0         PARRY-LUNGE        0 -   0 -  0       0  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      0         AIMED BLOW         0 -   5 -  0       0  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  0         STRIKING ATTACK    0 -   0 -  0       0  |

Turn 542 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:

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

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
LUNGING ATTACK   GATEWAY 82-15631           85  56  1  285 ATTACK OF THE CLONES (1254)
WALL OF STEEL    ??RADAR?? 82-20310         64  87  1  225 DYSLEXICS UNTIE! II (1258)
SLASHING ATTACK  COOLER 82-7277            115 107  2  203 STYROFOAM (1090)
PARRY-RIPOSTE    WORK IN PROGRESS 38-4193   60 183  2  197 JUST BECAUSE (1151)
PARRY-STRIKE     CRYSOPRASE 1-3266          87 117  2  196 ILLFANG PACT (281)
BASHING ATTACK   MEN WORKING 38-4189        52 191  1  191 JUST BECAUSE (1151)
TOTAL PARRY      ALOHA ALICE 7-4867         37  93  0  186 BEACH BABES (1058)

The overall popularity leader is COOLER 82-7277.  The most popular warrior this turn 
was COOLER 82-7277.  The ten other most popular fighters were ??RADAR?? 82-20310, 
RUGEN THE JELLYFISH 82-12478, LAGUNA LIL 7-5681, GATEWAY 82-15631, SEX ON THE BEACH 
54-2435, STASSIA 37-1523, SMELL CAREFULLY 18-8889, BEACH BETTY 7-5768, CRYSOPRASE 
1-3266, and SET 3-1554.

The least popular fighter this week was B.A. TURRY 39-3383.  The other ten least 
popular fighters were RA 3-1563, ANUBIS 3-1875, ALOHA ALICE 7-4867, ARSONIST ART 
39-3325, TALLAHASSE TINA 7-4889, WORK IN PROGRESS 38-4193, MEN WORKING 38-4189, ROB 
A. REE 39-3241, MIAMI MIA 7-4818, and SET 3-1554.

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

TOP WARRIOR OF EACH ARENA     W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 CRYSOPRASE 1-3266           87 117  2  196  ILLFANG PACT (281)         MORDANT
 RA 3-1563                   28  21  1  177  VALLEY OF KINGS (19)       OSKSI
 ALOHA ALICE 7-4867          37  93  0  186  BEACH BABES (1058)         BONSUR
 SMELL CAREFULLY 18-8889     52  96  2  206  STREET PIZZA (114)         TALCAMA
 STASSIA 37-1523             77  98  3  195  UP TO NO GOOD (316)        SIBIKHAS
 WORK IN PROGRESS 38-4193    60 183  2  197  JUST BECAUSE (1151)        CLIFFHOME
 ROB A. REE 39-3241          52  42  1  174  CRIMINAL ELEMENT (1074)    XOCHITHLAN
 SEX ON THE BEACH 54-2435    43  33  3  204  INDULGENT DRINKS (1153)    TROCAR
 GATEWAY 82-15631            85  56  1  285  ATTACK OF THE CLONES (1254 DWES EG