DARKHOLM SPORTING JOURNAL Date : 01/01/2011 Duedate: 01/14/2011 DARKHOLM DM-104 TURN-548 RANK TEAMS W L K % RANK TEAMS W L K % 1 STREET PIZZA 18/114 2110 1696 23 55.4 HYBORIA 69/747 ATTACK OF THE CLONES 82/1254 XENOCIDE 69/725 HANNAH'S PALS 82/1270 4 INDULGENT DR 54/1153 127 155 2 45.0 DYSLEXICS UNTIE! II 82/1258 CRIMINAL ELEMENT 39/1074 2 STYROFOAM 82/1090 1207 1063 9 53.2 5 ILLFANG PACT 1/281 442 633 7 41.1 3 AESIR 3/301 228 241 2 48.6 UP TO NO GOOD 37/316 THE FUNNY FARM 2/881 6 JUST BECAUSE 38/1151 1073 1939 17 35.6 TACKLE BOX 37/788 7 THE MIDDLE WA 5/1325 467 909 6 33.9 LOST SWORDS 72/573 8 THE ROCKERS 7/61 1 0 1 100 '##/###' 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 665): POSITION IS EMPTY DM 2 NIANIA (turn 548): HEMLOCK of SERPENTS HOLD (Khisanth, mgr.) DM 3 OSKSI (turn 670): VECTOR UNSTABLE of ASTRAL KIN (Arcane Kid, mgr.) DM 4 JHELUM (turn 642): ARMITAGE of KIWI CONNECTION (The Mun, mgr.) DM 5 KALTOS (turn 666): RAVEN of ZOMBIE SQUAD (Khisanth, mgr.) DM 6 TRANSEL (turn 661): HAPPY HARRIET of PSYCHO SQUAD (Jorja, mgr.) DM 7 BONSUR (turn 670): ESCHER of UNDEAD ARTISTS (Otto X, mgr.) DM 10 KOLACT (turn 654): WIZARDS! Of ABOMINATION (Chase, mgr.) DM 18 TALCAMA (turn 656): ANONYMISSUS of CENTER FOR OLDS (Suave, mgr.) DM 21 SUNSET (turn 655): TERRE HAUTE of TRIAL & ERROR (JE, mgr.) DM 36 JHANS (turn 623): COME ON of ERRATA (JE, mgr.) DM 38 CLIFFHOME (turn 610): LUM BUSBY of JINDA-BAN (Jorja, mgr.) DM 39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 281): TIMOR UNRED of THE MIDDLE WAY (Jorja, mgr.) DM 42 RODEKI (turn 603): DAMON SHOVELL of DELVERS (Jorja, mgr.) DM 51 TRICORUS (turn 554): MAHAGHAL of DARK HORSEMEN (Jorja, mgr.) DM 54 TROCAR (turn 263): KORASIM of TRADERS OF TROCAR (Jorja, mgr.) DM 59 ILLIS (turn 255): I'M A BASHER of BASHAHOLICS ANON (Assurnasirbanipal) DM 62 VALAMANTIS (turn 499): WHITE WIZARD of HILLTOP GURUS (Nomad, mgr.) DM 72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 232): STEVE LAKE of SUE'S BOYS (Crip, mgr.) ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 547): GATEWAY of ATTACK OF THE CLONES (Crip, mgr.) Top Teams --------- DM 1 MORDANT (turn 665): CLUELESS (Sherlock, mgr.) DM 2 NIANIA (turn 548): THE GOLDEN FISH (Jorja, mgr.) DM 3 OSKSI (turn 670): PASTA (Papa Bear, mgr.) DM 4 JHELUM (turn 642): TRIBAL COUNCIL (Chief Illiniwek, mgr.) DM 5 KALTOS (turn 666): LONG SWORD CLUB (Sherlock, mgr.) DM 6 TRANSEL (turn 661): PSYCHO SQUAD (Jorja, mgr.) DM 7 BONSUR (turn 670): BEACH BABES (Jorja, mgr.) DM 10 KOLACT (turn 654): BACON MAKIN' (Sherlock, mgr.) DM 18 TALCAMA (turn 656): THE GRATEFUL UNDEAD (Street Legal, mgr.) DM 21 SUNSET (turn 655): LITERATE LOONS (Sherman, mgr.) DM 36 JHANS (turn 623): MIDDLE WAY 17 (Jorja, mgr.) DM 38 CLIFFHOME (turn 610): HOLMES ON THE RANGE (Sherlock, mgr.) DM 39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 281): THE MIDDLE WAY (Jorja, mgr.) DM 42 RODEKI (turn 603): COLOR ME SUAVE (Suave, mgr.) DM 51 TRICORUS (turn 554): DARK HORSEMEN (Jorja, mgr.) DM 54 TROCAR (turn 263): SPARF! (Crip, mgr.) DM 59 ILLIS (turn 255): BASHAHOLICS ANON (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.) DM 62 VALAMANTIS (turn 499): HILLTOP GURUS (Nomad, mgr.) DM 72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 232): POSITION IS EMPTY ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 547) STREET PIZZA et al (The Upright Man, mgr.) Recent Graduates ----------------- DM 1 MORDANT (turn 663): HONOR of MIGHTY MORALS II (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.) DM 4 JHELUM (turn 642): ARMITAGE of KIWI CONNECTION (The Mun, mgr.) DM 7 BONSUR (turn 669): SUZIE of CHURCH LADIES (Papa Bear, mgr.) DM 18 TALCAMA (turn 655): STICKY SHADOW of THE GRATEFUL UNDEAD (Street Legal, mgr.) KRUSK of OF WOLF AND MAN II (Tripwire, mgr.) DM 21 SUNSET (turn 654): ANGEL of OMINOUS REIGN (Archaic Elf, mgr.) DM 39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 279): MS D. MEENER of CRIMINAL ELEMENT (Fizban, mgr.) DM 51 TRICORUS (turn 554): NYARLATHOTEP of RAISING R'LYEH (Reaper, mgr.) OF SEA AND WIND of RAISING R'LYEH (Reaper, mgr.) DM 54 TROCAR (turn 263): KORASIM of TRADERS OF TROCAR (Jorja, mgr.) (turn 262): MADAM VENUSIA of SPARF! (Crip, mgr.) REPORT FROM WITHIN THE TOWER Hullo! Here we are again! *smiles brightly* Oh right -- I'm supposed to say something about this turn's fights. There were fifteen of them, which is the exact same number as last time. But these were more exciting! For example: Someone posted a challenge! I am thrilled to see a sign of life in this arena! ENDER (69-1066) (26-25-4,193) of XENOCIDE challenged ARSONIST ART (39-3325) (49-44-0,203) of CRIMINAL ELEMENT. ENDER was unbelievably bested by ARSONIST ART in a 2 minute bloody Challenge fight. Arsonist Art was, and remains, our top Total Parry. Ender isn't our top anything except he is currently my personal favorite. Moreover, he is obviously one of those gung-ho chaps who always volunteer for adventures! He just forgot. But that's all right -- I signed him up, anyway. There were NO stand-ins required this time around. Isn't that nice? Which means that exactly thirty warriors competed. That's a nice, round number. Naturally one would like to see a few more, but it's... intimate. Yes, that's what Darkholm is. An intimate arena. Let's have a look at our title fight. GATEWAY (82-15631) (90-56-1,331) of ATTACK OF THE CLONES fought ROB A. REE (39-3241) (55-44-1,213) of CRIMINAL ELEMENT. GATEWAY vanquished ROB A. REE in an exciting 1 minute uneven Title battle. Hmm. I can understand Gateway not wanting to challenge since his three options (Rugen the Jellyfish, Cooler, and Rob A. Ree) would all have been down-challenges. And they all have winning records, which is pleasing to see. One could wish that one of them had challenged Gateway, displaying a degree of ambition comparable to Ender's. NEWKIRK (7-5156) (18-7-1,94) of THE ROCKERS fought HELENE JUSTE (5-4875) (15-15- 0,33) of THE MIDDLE WAY 5. NEWKIRK murdered HELENE JUSTE in a 1 minute mismatched match. Olaf Modeen said "Many a warrior has met his fate in a drunken stupor," but I don't think that is the case with Miss Juste. It wasn't really her fate, anyway, since she's back, albeit with a resurrection head. That spyreporter in Talahya sends resurrection gifts. Should I? I don't mind, if it's a young lady. I'm going to close this report now, because I'm meeting Ender up at Eve's Palace Casino. We're going to lay to rest those ghosts of parties past, so someone can reopen the place. And so, until next time, cheerio! Malic of Talcama + ]H[ + ---:--- + ]H[ X ]H[ + ---:--- + ]H[ + Where Shoreline Road climbed up from Willow Beach into the rough terrain of the Isle of the Eye, Eve's Palace Casino stood on a grassy meadow between the road and the drop-off to the lake. A flagstoned driveway led to the stairway and the wide double doors--once, a smooth ride for the carriages of wealthy managers. Now it was choked with weeds, the stones broken. A shutter banged, blown by the winter wind. Ender stood there at the start of the ruined drive, dubiously eyeing the building. It was two stories tall, its proportions gracious... built of wood, though it had a marble facade. The years had been unkind to the structure. The porches sagged, and the roof had lost half its shingles. He'd just run up the hill, but he wasn't breathing hard--Ender was in shape. He was a man of medium height, his dark hair pulled back in a ponytail. The scars on his face showed that he had led a rough life long before becoming a gladiator. His expression wasn't grim though. He liked parties, gambling, and pretty women. This ghost-casino still had an aura of those things about it. It radiated a kind of welcome, even though it was supposedly haunted. "What ho!" said a cheerful voice. Ender turned, surprised to find that he'd been studying the casino with such ferocious attention as to miss the arrival of a horse and rider. Malic was a youngish, tallish, rather skinny man who looked quite elegant in an afternoon suit of gray velvet (gray, of course, because he thought the casino was likely to be dusty). He smiled at Ender as he dismounted. "Great day for it, eh what?" (It was cloudy, threatening to storm.) "We couldn't properly appreciate a haunted house if it were bright and sunny, could we? Of course, we SHOULD have met here at midnight or something, but I've got a party to go to later." Leading his horse, he started up the drive, with the gladiator striding next to him. "So, have you seen any ghosts yet? Heard anything spooky?" "No," Ender said. "It looks like it used to be a really nice place. Who owned it?" "Ah--I asked around about that. Eve. Last name unknown. I think she came from Sunset Island. She was a gladiator, and her manager was the Master of Anime. By all reports, she was a great beauty. No one knows what happened to her. Maybe she went on to Primus, eh? Where gladiators go and never return." He tried to make it sound spooky, but it didn't. Ender thought going to Primus was a good goal. As they approached the dilapidated structure, there came from inside it a high- pitched ripple of hysterical laughter. Malic jumped. His horse jumped as well, then jerked the reins out of his hand and galloped away. Malic of Talcama drew in a deep, rather shaky breath. "Oh! I daresay that was a woman. Don't you think? Was it a live woman, perhaps in need of... oh... something to steady her nerves? Or was it a ghost?" The gladiator pondered that question. "Ghost, I think," he said finally. "Let's go see." KEEPER OF THE RUNEBLADE W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY GATEWAY 82-15631 91 56 1 348 ATTACK OF THE CLONES (1254 DWES EG GRAND CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY RUGEN THE JELLYFI 82-12478 54 20 0 255 HANNAH'S PALS (1270) DWES EG COOLER 82-7277 119 109 2 219 STYROFOAM (1090) DWES EG B.A. TURRY 39-3383 35 44 2 211 CRIMINAL ELEMENT (1074) XOCHITHLAN GRAND CHAMPIONS W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY ARSONIST ART 39-3325 50 44 0 208 CRIMINAL ELEMENT (1074) XOCHITHLAN ??RADAR?? 82-20310 68 89 1 203 DYSLEXICS UNTIE! II (1258) DWES EG CRYSOPRASE 1-3266 91 119 2 201 ILLFANG PACT (281) MORDANT STASSIA 37-1523 81 100 3 200 UP TO NO GOOD (316) SIBIKHAS ROB A. REE 39-3241 55 45 1 199 CRIMINAL ELEMENT (1074) XOCHITHLAN GRAND CHAMPIONS W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY WORK IN PROGRESS 38-4193 61 188 2 195 JUST BECAUSE (1151) CLIFFHOME ENDER 69-1066 26 26 4 193 XENOCIDE (725) CIMMERIAC SMELL CAREFULLY 18-8889 56 98 2 187 STREET PIZZA (114) TALCAMA GRAND CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY KALIDOR 69-2314 21 26 0 172 HYBORIA (747) CIMMERIAC ZOLTAN 72-1483 19 10 1 172 LOST SWORDS (573) DRAGONHEAD NEEDLE 69-3134 28 16 0 171 HYBORIA (747) CIMMERIAC HAGAR 3-3717 23 3 0 168 AESIR (301) OSKSI MEN WORKING 38-4189 53 196 1 166 JUST BECAUSE (1151) CLIFFHOME HULA POPPER 37-2986 22 19 0 161 TACKLE BOX (788) SIBIKHAS SEX ON THE BEACH 54-2435 45 37 3 155 INDULGENT DRINKS (1153) TROCAR GRAND ADEPTS W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY NEWKIRK 7-5156 19 7 2 104 THE ROCKERS (61) BONSUR GRAND CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY ALFJAR 3-6512 17 9 1 94 AESIR (301) OSKSI GRAND INITIATES W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY THUNDER BUG 37-3734 18 9 0 89 TACKLE BOX (788) SIBIKHAS TYR 3-5575 21 3 0 77 AESIR (301) OSKSI EEK THE CAT 2-4110 14 7 0 66 THE FUNNY FARM (881) NIANIA '-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn. THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN HELENE JUSTE 5-4875 15 16 0 THE MIDDLE WAY 5 1325 NEWKIRK 7-5156 548 PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE Hagar -- Ooooh, cool, more Horrible! If I could remember the name of your dog, I'd ask after him, but... probably got hit on the head once too often. -- Katirona Murh P.S. But don't you think the bit where you knocked me down and then raised your weapon over your head and brought it down again was a little... histrionic? Melodramatic? Unnecessary, even? It isn't like I was going to leap up and continue fighting. When I'm down, I'm done. Eek the Cat -- Ha. Ha. -- Helene Juste Alfjar -- Yeah, I know, it's "elf-spear" or something along that line, but it still seems to me more like a jar for storing elves. -- Jammy Larke Worse. It's a jar for storing Alfs. Furry long-nosed ones. Thunder Bug -- Ick, fishy stuff. No thanks. -- Jeri Lough Tyr -- That rounds out an oh-fer on our part. I wonder if Jorja is ready to let us retire? The "entry-level puds" we were supposed to fight haven't showed up, so why should we stay? -- Pendru Rost Malic's author -- Count us OUT. We do not want to be involved in an adventure of any kind. -- the Middle Way P.S. Draft the Innkeeper's Son and the Drunken Fisherman. Bah. The innkeeper won't allow his son to do it, and the Drunken Fisherman is off on a binge somewhere. ??Radar?? -- Wow. I really didn't expect to win. In spite of your record being almost as sad as mine, you seem to be a pretty good fighter. Oh well. Buy you a drink? -- Crysoprase Kalidor -- Hey, you knocked me down once, and hit me five times. I hit you once, and you give up? What the heck? All right, I did cut your arm off. But you were using a one-handed weapon, so you could still fight just fine. How come you quit? -- Stassia LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS ENDER was unbelievably bested by ARSONIST ART in a 2 minute bloody Challenge fight. GATEWAY vanquished ROB A. REE in a exciting 1 minute uneven Title battle. RUGEN THE JELLYFISH overpowered STASSIA in a crowd pleasing 2 minute mismatched duel. COOLER overpowered LOCAL CONSTABLE in a crowd pleasing 1 minute mismatched match. CRYSOPRASE narrowly defeated MEN WORKING in a exciting 4 minute bloody struggle. WORK IN PROGRESS handily defeated HULA POPPER in a 1 minute uneven fight. B.A. TURRY slimly won victory over NEEDLE in a action packed 4 minute gruesome duel. SMELL CAREFULLY defeated KALIDOR in a action packed 1 minute duel. ??RADAR?? overpowered ZOLTAN in a action packed 1 minute one-sided fight. SEX ON THE BEACH was savagely defeated by HAGAR in a exciting 4 minute brutal fight. KATIRONA MURH was devastated by ALFJAR in a 1 minute mismatched conflict. NEWKIRK murdered HELENE JUSTE in a 1 minute mismatched match. PENDRU ROST was overpowered by TYR in a popular 1 minute mismatched conflict. JERI LOUGH was vanquished by THUNDER BUG in a 1 minute mismatched bout. EEK THE CAT vanquished JAMMY LARKE in a crowd pleasing 1 minute bloody one-sided fray. BATTLE REPORT MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS |FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT| |LUNGING ATTACK 9 PARRY-STRIKE 11 - 5 - 0 69 | |WALL OF STEEL 6 LUNGING ATTACK 42 - 31 - 0 58 | |SLASHING ATTACK 5 WALL OF STEEL 28 - 24 - 0 54 | |PARRY-LUNGE 2 SLASHING ATTACK 10 - 9 - 1 53 | |PARRY-RIPOSTE 2 TOTAL PARRY 8 - 8 - 0 50 | |BASHING ATTACK 2 PARRY-LUNGE 3 - 4 - 0 43 | |PARRY-STRIKE 1 BASHING ATTACK 8 - 17 - 0 32 | |TOTAL PARRY 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE 5 - 15 - 0 25 | |STRIKING ATTACK 1 AIMED BLOW 0 - 2 - 0 0 | |AIMED BLOW 0 STRIKING ATTACK 0 - 4 - 0 0 | Turn 548 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 1 - 0 WALL OF STEEL 2 - 4 5 LUNGING ATTACK TOTAL PARRY 1 - 0 AIMED BLOW 0 - 0 2 WALL OF STEEL SLASHING ATTACK 3 - 2 STRIKING ATTACK 0 - 1 1 SLASHING ATTACK LUNGING ATTACK 5 - 4 1 TOTAL PARRY PARRY-LUNGE 1 - 1 1 PARRY-STRIKE PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 - 1 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE BASHING ATTACK 1 - 1 TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME LUNGING ATTACK GATEWAY 82-15631 91 56 1 348 ATTACK OF THE CLONES (1254) SLASHING ATTACK COOLER 82-7277 119 109 2 219 STYROFOAM (1090) TOTAL PARRY ARSONIST ART 39-3325 50 44 0 208 CRIMINAL ELEMENT (1074) WALL OF STEEL ??RADAR?? 82-20310 68 89 1 203 DYSLEXICS UNTIE! II (1258) PARRY-STRIKE CRYSOPRASE 1-3266 91 119 2 201 ILLFANG PACT (281) PARRY-RIPOSTE WORK IN PROGRESS 38-4193 61 188 2 195 JUST BECAUSE (1151) BASHING ATTACK MEN WORKING 38-4189 53 196 1 166 JUST BECAUSE (1151) PARRY-LUNGE EEK THE CAT 2-4110 14 7 0 66 THE FUNNY FARM (881) The overall popularity leader is ??RADAR?? 82-20310. The most popular warrior this turn was B.A. TURRY 39-3383. The ten other most popular fighters were HAGAR 3-3717, NEEDLE 69-3134, RUGEN THE JELLYFISH 82-12478, MEN WORKING 38-4189, CRYSOPRASE 1-3266, ENDER 69-1066, COOLER 82-7277, KALIDOR 69-2314, ARSONIST ART 39-3325, and GATEWAY 82-15631. The least popular fighter this week was JERI LOUGH 5-4840. The other ten least popular fighters were PENDRU ROST 5-4956, HELENE JUSTE 5-4875, KATIRONA MURH 5-4929, HULA POPPER 37-2986, JAMMY LARKE 5-4926, ZOLTAN 72-1483, THUNDER BUG 37-3734, NEWKIRK 7-5156, ALFJAR 3-6512, and WORK IN PROGRESS 38-4193. Arena (Number) W L K Arena (Number) W L K Arena (Number) W L K MORDANT(1) 1 0 0 TALCAMA(18) 1 0 0 TROCAR(54) 0 1 0 NIANIA(2) 1 0 0 SIBIKHAS(37) 1 2 0 CIMMERIAC(69) 0 3 0 OSKSI(3) 3 0 0 CLIFFHOME(38) 1 1 0 DRAGONHEAD(72) 0 1 0 KALTOS(5) 0 5 0 XOCHITHLAN(39) 2 1 0 DWES EG(82) 4 0 0 BONSUR(7) 1 0 1 TOP WARRIOR OF EACH ARENA W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY CRYSOPRASE 1-3266 91 119 2 201 ILLFANG PACT (281) MORDANT EEK THE CAT 2-4110 14 7 0 66 THE FUNNY FARM (881) NIANIA HAGAR 3-3717 23 3 0 168 AESIR (301) OSKSI NEWKIRK 7-5156 19 7 2 104 THE ROCKERS (61) BONSUR SMELL CAREFULLY 18-8889 56 98 2 187 STREET PIZZA (114) TALCAMA STASSIA 37-1523 81 100 3 200 UP TO NO GOOD (316) SIBIKHAS WORK IN PROGRESS 38-4193 61 188 2 195 JUST BECAUSE (1151) CLIFFHOME B.A. TURRY 39-3383 35 44 2 211 CRIMINAL ELEMENT (1074) XOCHITHLAN SEX ON THE BEACH 54-2435 45 37 3 155 INDULGENT DRINKS (1153) TROCAR ENDER 69-1066 26 26 4 193 XENOCIDE (725) CIMMERIAC ZOLTAN 72-1483 19 10 1 172 LOST SWORDS (573) DRAGONHEAD GATEWAY 82-15631 91 56 1 348 ATTACK OF THE CLONES (1254 DWES EG