DARKHOLM SPORTING JOURNAL

Date   : 02/12/2011    Duedate: 02/25/2011

DARKHOLM

DM-104    TURN-551

RANK TEAMS                  W    L  K    %  RANK TEAMS                  W    L  K    %
  1 STREET PIZZA 18/114  2118 1700 23 55.5      XENOCIDE 69/725                       
    ATTACK OF THE CLONES 82/1254                HYBORIA 69/747                        
    HANNAH'S PALS 82/1270                     4 INDULGENT DR 54/1153  132  162  2 44.9
    DYSLEXICS UNTIE! II 82/1258                 CRIMINAL ELEMENT 39/1074              
  2 STYROFOAM 82/1090    1209 1064  9 53.2    5 ILLFANG PACT 1/281    444  637  7 41.1
  3 AESIR 3/301           241  248  2 49.3      UP TO NO GOOD 37/316                  
    THE FUNNY FARM 2/881                      6 JUST BECAUSE 38/1151 1074 1944 17 35.6
    TACKLE BOX 37/788                         7 THE MIDDLE WA 5/1325  470  921  6 33.8
    LOST SWORDS 72/573                    

    '##/###' 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 668): FLOOD SURFER of HOMICIDAL MANIACS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   2 NIANIA (turn 551): HEMLOCK of SERPENTS HOLD (Khisanth, mgr.)
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 673): FUNNY FARM FIEND of STATE OF MIND (Marma Duke, mgr.)
 DM   4 JHELUM (turn 645): IRONSIDE of KIWI CONNECTION (The Mun, mgr.)
 DM   5 KALTOS (turn 669): MECHANON of TECHNOLOGY (Otto X, mgr.)
 DM   6 TRANSEL (turn 664): HAPPY HARRIET of PSYCHO SQUAD (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 673): QUEENIE of BEACH BABES (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 657): FLATLINERS of BACON MAKIN' (Sherlock, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 659): DELTON of OF WOLF AND MAN II (Tripwire, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 658): TOO BIG TO FAIL of DEVIATION (Marma Duke, mgr.)
 DM  36 JHANS (turn 626): ALLIS of ERRATA (JE, mgr.)
 DM  38 CLIFFHOME (turn 613): LUM BUSBY of JINDA-BAN (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 282): TIMOR UNRED of THE MIDDLE WAY (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  42 RODEKI (turn 606): DAMON SHOVELL of DELVERS (Harby, mgr.)
 DM  51 TRICORUS (turn 557): MAHAGHAL of DARK HORSEMEN (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  54 TROCAR (turn 264): ALLERDAE CHAN of TRADERS OF TROCAR (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  59 ILLIS (turn 257): I'M A BASHER of BASHAHOLICS ANON (Assurnasirbanipal)
 DM  62 VALAMANTIS (turn 502): THE PLAGUE of DISASTERS (Papa Bear, mgr.)
 DM  72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 233): TORANS ULROL of MIDDLE WAY 9 (Jorja, mgr.)
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 550): GATEWAY of ATTACK OF THE CLONES (Crip, mgr.)

                                      Top Teams
                                      ---------
 DM   1 MORDANT (turn 668): HOMICIDAL MANIACS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   2 NIANIA (turn 551): THE FUNNY FARM (Buri, mgr.)
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 673): STATE OF MIND (Marma Duke, mgr.)
 DM   4 JHELUM (turn 645): DOGS OF WAR (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   5 KALTOS (turn 669): TECHNOLOGY (Otto X, mgr.)
 DM   6 TRANSEL (turn 664): PSYCHO SQUAD (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 673): BEACH BABES (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 657): THE MOONDOGS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 659): CENTER FOR OLDS (Suave, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 658): 420 B.C. (Bubba Ganoosh, mgr.)
 DM  36 JHANS (turn 626): REIGN (Archaic Elf, mgr.)
 DM  38 CLIFFHOME (turn 613): POSITION IS EMPTY
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 282): PROPHETIC OMENS (Lord Rahl, mgr.)
 DM  42 RODEKI (turn 605): COLOR ME SUAVE (Suave, mgr.)
 DM  51 TRICORUS (turn 557): AMAZON ELITE (Doc Miracle, mgr.)
 DM  54 TROCAR (turn 264): SPARF! (Crip, mgr.)
 DM  59 ILLIS (turn 257): ISLANDERS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  62 VALAMANTIS (turn 502): OUT OF CONTROL (Sherlock, mgr.)
 DM  72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 233): MIDDLE WAY 9 (Jorja, mgr.)
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 550) STREET PIZZA et al (The Upright Man, mgr.)

                                   Recent Graduates
                                  -----------------
 DM   1 MORDANT (turn 668): FLOOD SURFER of HOMICIDAL MANIACS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 672): KARAOKE KILLER of GENERATION X (Storm Lord, mgr.)
                          VECTOR UNSTALBE of ASTRAL KIN (Arcane Kid, mgr.)
 DM   4 JHELUM (turn 644): DIAPERED ZALGOR of BABY BROTHERS (?, mgr.)
 DM   5 KALTOS (turn 669): SONNY of TECHNOLOGY (Otto X, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 659): ERIN GO BRAGH of RYAN'S HENCHMEN (Leprechaun, mgr.)
                (turn 658): CLOVER of RYAN'S HENCHMEN (Leprechaun, mgr.)
                            LITTLE MOKELE 2 of SUPERIOR FORCES 6N (Manager, mgr.)
 DM  36 JHANS (turn 626): ALLIS of ERRATA (JE, mgr.)
              (turn 625): COME ON of ERRATA (JE, mgr.)
 DM  42 RODEKI (turn 606): DAMON SHOVELL of DELVERS (Harby, mgr.)
                           HARD KNOCKS of COLOR ME SUAVE (Suave, mgr.)
 DM  51 TRICORUS (turn 556): GRAPEFRUIT of FRUITS (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.)
 DM  54 TROCAR (turn 263): KORASIM of TRADERS OF TROCAR (Jorja, mgr.)

                             REPORT FROM WITHIN THE TOWER

     So why do I have this bag over my head?  Because I am The Unknown Spymaster and 
I'm going to give you a spy report!.  Hey everybody, watch out for SEX ON THE BEACH, 
who flew up 25 points in the rankings after mashing CRYSOPRASE like a melon.  Keep 
your eye on this gal.  Ya know, some days it doesn't pay to walk out on the sands.  
CRYSOPRASE was bested by SEX ON THE BEACH and drops 21 points.  In front of all the 
crowds, COOLER took the Duelmaster's crown for its own.  I give the bum two weeks.  
Can you believe they are paying me 10 gold to deliver this stuff?   
     Let's dig a little deeper into what's happening in the DARKHOLM arena.   
     Being a spy is great--other people die and you spend the rest of the day 
drinking to their memory.  Better tanked than dead!  Ask not the elves for counsel, 
for they will say both yes and no.  Silly buggers, eh?   
     Well, there's the manager of the DARKHOLM giving me the 'cut' sign (or is that 
'They're going to strangle you in the alley?).  Well, there goes another Spy Report.  
Good luck in next week's fights.  See ya next time I'm on this circuit!-- The Unknown 
Spymaster  

KEEPER OF THE RUNEBLADE       W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 COOLER 82-7277             121 110  2  252  STYROFOAM (1090)           DWES EG

GRAND CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS    W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 ??RADAR?? 82-20310          71  89  1  226  DYSLEXICS UNTIE! II (1258) DWES EG
 ENDER 69-1066               28  26  4  223  XENOCIDE (725)             CIMMERIAC
 ROB A. REE 39-3241          58  45  1  212  CRIMINAL ELEMENT (1074)    XOCHITHLAN

GRAND CHAMPIONS               W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 HAGAR 3-3717                25   3  0  207  AESIR (301)                OSKSI
 STASSIA 37-1523             82 102  3  202  UP TO NO GOOD (316)        SIBIKHAS
 RUGEN THE JELLYFI 82-12478  56  21  0  202  HANNAH'S PALS (1270)       DWES EG
 B.A. TURRY 39-3383          36  46  2  200  CRIMINAL ELEMENT (1074)    XOCHITHLAN
 WORK IN PROGRESS 38-4193    62 190  2  195  JUST BECAUSE (1151)        CLIFFHOME
 GATEWAY 82-15631            93  57  1  193  ATTACK OF THE CLONES (1254 DWES EG
 SMELL CAREFULLY 18-8889     57 100  2  188  STREET PIZZA (114)         TALCAMA

GRAND CHAMPIONS               W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 ZOLTAN 72-1483              20  11  1  186  LOST SWORDS (573)          DRAGONHEAD
 KALIDOR 69-2314             22  27  0  184  HYBORIA (747)              CIMMERIAC

GRAND CHALLENGER ADEPTS       W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 HULA POPPER 37-2986         23  20  0  180  TACKLE BOX (788)           SIBIKHAS
 NEEDLE 69-3134              28  18  0  179  HYBORIA (747)              CIMMERIAC
 SEX ON THE BEACH 54-2435    46  39  3  176  INDULGENT DRINKS (1153)    TROCAR
 CRYSOPRASE 1-3266           92 121  2  168  ILLFANG PACT (281)         MORDANT
 MEN WORKING 38-4189         53 199  1  159  JUST BECAUSE (1151)        CLIFFHOME
 ARSONIST ART 39-3325        50  47  0  159  CRIMINAL ELEMENT (1074)    XOCHITHLAN

GRAND ADEPTS                  W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 THUNDER BUG 37-3734         20   9  0  101  TACKLE BOX (788)           SIBIKHAS

GRAND INITIATES               W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 EEK THE CAT 2-4110          16   7  0   86  THE FUNNY FARM (881)       NIANIA
 TYR 3-5575                  23   3  0   83  AESIR (301)                OSKSI
 ALFJAR 3-6512               17  11  1   54  AESIR (301)                OSKSI

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

THE DEAD                   W   L  K TEAM NAME              SLAIN BY                  TURN

                               PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE

     Prince Malic staggered into the Tower, obviously much the worse for wear, and
     croaked, "Let the golem do it."

B.A. Turry -- Argh.  You are the rudest gladiator I've ever met.  And THAT is saying
something. -- Crysoprase

??Radar?? -- It was the forehead hit that really did me in.  But I couldn't parry for
beans.  You're very swift with that thing. -- Stassia

All -- I am getting together as many Duelmaster players as possible to play in a game
of Hyborian War as a change of pace.  We already have 17 players that are interested
and we are trying to get as many as possible involved before I submit the list to
RSI.  I am collecting the names and top 3 kingdoms that the players are interested in
and submitting it myself so we can all play in the same game.  If you are interested
PM me in the DuelII Forums at Tripwire or email me at azaer123@comcast.net. --
Tripwire

Okay, we got the fight reports, and the boss made some kind of deal, so here are
personals:

Captured Cutpurse?  Confusing.  First, who'd bother to capture a cutpurse?  Why not
just bash him over the head and leave it at that?  And second, he's Rirorni, and
cutpursing seems a little sophisticated for the Rirorni, you know?  We must be
corrupting them.  They tell me this might actually have been the Greywand's idea--
corrupting the Rirorni.  Something about "pulling their teeth," which doesn't seem
the same thing, but then, I don't do metaphors. -- Jeri Lough

The Innkeeper doesn't raise his Son well.  This is an ill-disciplined whelp who
doesn't show a proper respect for his elders. -- Jammy Larke
P.S.  It's weird to think of myself as an elder, but there it is.

Wow, the Cocky Spectator is SERIOUSLY annoying. -- Pendru Rost

Ditto the Bookie's Guard, but what else is new? -- Helene Juste

And a final session with the Bookie's Guard again makes this a round where we fought
only standbys.  Weird.  Why are we even HERE if we're only going to fight standbys?
-- Katirona Murh

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

GATEWAY was devastated by COOLER in a action packed 1 minute mismatched Title fight.
??RADAR?? slimly won victory over WORK IN PROGRESS in a popular 3 minute match.
ENDER devastated SMELL CAREFULLY in a popular 1 minute one-sided contest.
CRYSOPRASE was subdued by SEX ON THE BEACH in a 2 minute competition.
ROB A. REE bested NEEDLE in a popular 2 minute duel.
B.A. TURRY was bested by HAGAR in a crowd pleasing 1 minute match.
STASSIA was overcome by SOLACIA in a action packed 1 minute gruesome fight.
ZOLTAN was vanquished by RUGEN THE JELLYFISH in a 1 minute uneven duel.
HULA POPPER overpowered MEN WORKING in a popular 1 minute uneven duel.
ARSONIST ART was overpowered by KALIDOR in a 1 minute uneven match.
JERI LOUGH was overpowered by THUNDER BUG in a 1 minute one-sided fight.
HELENE JUSTE was demolished by TYR in a 1 minute mismatched competition.
PENDRU ROST was devastated by BOOKIE'S GUARD in a 1 minute one-sided battle.
ALFJAR was overpowered by KATIRONA MURH in a 1 minute mismatched conflict.
JAMMY LARKE was overpowered by EEK THE CAT in a 2 minute bloody one-sided duel.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|LUNGING ATTACK                   9         PARRY-STRIKE       8 -   5 -  0      62  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    6         LUNGING ATTACK    45 -  30 -  0      60  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  4         WALL OF STEEL     29 -  24 -  0      55  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      2         SLASHING ATTACK   12 -  13 -  1      48  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   2         BASHING ATTACK     9 -  12 -  0      43  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    2         PARRY-LUNGE        5 -   7 -  0      42  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     1         TOTAL PARRY        5 -   8 -  0      38  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  1         PARRY-RIPOSTE      3 -  17 -  0      15  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      1         STRIKING ATTACK    1 -   6 -  0      14  |
|AIMED BLOW                       0         AIMED BLOW         0 -   0 -  0       0  |

Turn 551 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    3 -  1     LUNGING ATTACK     4 -  5         7  LUNGING ATTACK 
WALL OF STEEL      4 -  2     AIMED BLOW         0 -  0         2  WALL OF STEEL  
PARRY-LUNGE        1 -  1     PARRY-STRIKE       0 -  1         1  SLASHING ATTACK
BASHING ATTACK     1 -  1     PARRY-RIPOSTE      0 -  2         1  PARRY-RIPOSTE  
                              STRIKING ATTACK    0 -  1     
                              TOTAL PARRY        0 -  1     

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
SLASHING ATTACK  COOLER 82-7277            121 110  2  252 STYROFOAM (1090)
WALL OF STEEL    ??RADAR?? 82-20310         71  89  1  226 DYSLEXICS UNTIE! II (1258)
LUNGING ATTACK   ENDER 69-1066              28  26  4  223 XENOCIDE (725)
PARRY-RIPOSTE    WORK IN PROGRESS 38-4193   62 190  2  195 JUST BECAUSE (1151)
PARRY-STRIKE     CRYSOPRASE 1-3266          92 121  2  168 ILLFANG PACT (281)
BASHING ATTACK   MEN WORKING 38-4189        53 199  1  159 JUST BECAUSE (1151)
TOTAL PARRY      ARSONIST ART 39-3325       50  47  0  159 CRIMINAL ELEMENT (1074)
PARRY-LUNGE      EEK THE CAT 2-4110         16   7  0   86 THE FUNNY FARM (881)

The overall popularity leader is CRYSOPRASE 1-3266.  The most popular warrior this 
turn was ROB A. REE 39-3241.  The ten other most popular fighters were ??RADAR?? 
82-20310, HAGAR 3-3717, WORK IN PROGRESS 38-4193, ENDER 69-1066, SEX ON THE BEACH 
54-2435, COOLER 82-7277, CRYSOPRASE 1-3266, HULA POPPER 37-2986, EEK THE CAT 2-4110, 
and SMELL CAREFULLY 18-8889.

The least popular fighter this week was ALFJAR 3-6512.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were HELENE JUSTE 5-4875, ARSONIST ART 39-3325, JAMMY LARKE 5-4926, PENDRU 
ROST 5-4956, JERI LOUGH 5-4840, MEN WORKING 38-4189, ZOLTAN 72-1483, B.A. TURRY 
39-3383, GATEWAY 82-15631, and KATIRONA MURH 5-4929.

Arena (Number)       W  L K  Arena (Number)       W  L K  Arena (Number)       W  L K  
MORDANT(1)           0  1 0  TALCAMA(18)          0  1 0  TROCAR(54)           1  0 0  
NIANIA(2)            1  0 0  SIBIKHAS(37)         2  1 0  CIMMERIAC(69)        2  1 0  
OSKSI(3)             2  1 0  CLIFFHOME(38)        0  2 0  DRAGONHEAD(72)       0  1 0  
KALTOS(5)            1  4 0  XOCHITHLAN(39)       1  2 0  DWES EG(82)          3  1 0  

TOP WARRIOR OF EACH ARENA     W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 CRYSOPRASE 1-3266           92 121  2  168  ILLFANG PACT (281)         MORDANT
 EEK THE CAT 2-4110          16   7  0   86  THE FUNNY FARM (881)       NIANIA
 HAGAR 3-3717                25   3  0  207  AESIR (301)                OSKSI
 SMELL CAREFULLY 18-8889     57 100  2  188  STREET PIZZA (114)         TALCAMA
 STASSIA 37-1523             82 102  3  202  UP TO NO GOOD (316)        SIBIKHAS
 WORK IN PROGRESS 38-4193    62 190  2  195  JUST BECAUSE (1151)        CLIFFHOME
 ROB A. REE 39-3241          58  45  1  212  CRIMINAL ELEMENT (1074)    XOCHITHLAN
 SEX ON THE BEACH 54-2435    46  39  3  176  INDULGENT DRINKS (1153)    TROCAR
 ENDER 69-1066               28  26  4  223  XENOCIDE (725)             CIMMERIAC
 ZOLTAN 72-1483              20  11  1  186  LOST SWORDS (573)          DRAGONHEAD
 COOLER 82-7277             121 110  2  252  STYROFOAM (1090)           DWES EG