DARKHOLM SPORTING JOURNAL Date : 02/26/2011 Duedate: 03/11/2011 DARKHOLM DM-104 TURN-552 RANK TEAMS W L K % RANK TEAMS W L K % 1 STREET PIZZA 18/114 2121 1701 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 134 164 2 45.0 DYSLEXICS UNTIE! II 82/1258 CRIMINAL ELEMENT 39/1074 2 STYROFOAM 82/1090 1210 1064 9 53.2 5 ILLFANG PACT 1/281 445 638 7 41.1 3 AESIR 3/301 246 252 2 49.4 UP TO NO GOOD 37/316 THE FUNNY FARM 2/881 6 JUST BECAUSE 38/1151 1075 1945 17 35.6 TACKLE BOX 37/788 7 THE MIDDLE WA 5/1325 470 926 6 33.7 LOST SWORDS 72/573 '##/###' 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 669): CRATER FACE of LAB EXPERIMENTS (Mannequin, mgr.) DM 2 NIANIA (turn 552): HEMLOCK of SERPENTS HOLD (Khisanth, mgr.) DM 3 OSKSI (turn 674): COBBLESTONE of STL RAD (JE, mgr.) DM 4 JHELUM (turn 646): IRONSIDE of KIWI CONNECTION (The Mun, mgr.) DM 5 KALTOS (turn 670): LEORA NOEVAL of THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (Jorja, mgr.) DM 6 TRANSEL (turn 665): HAPPY HARRIET of PSYCHO SQUAD (Jorja, mgr.) DM 7 BONSUR (turn 674): CHAINSAW CHUCK of TOOL SHED (Leprechaun, mgr.) DM 10 KOLACT (turn 658): FLATLINERS of BACON MAKIN' (Sherlock, mgr.) DM 18 TALCAMA (turn 660): FIZZ AND FURS of CENTER FOR OLDS (Suave, mgr.) DM 21 SUNSET (turn 659): TOO BIG TO FAIL of DEVIATION (Marma Duke, mgr.) DM 36 JHANS (turn 627): RAEM of WAY OF THE SWORD C4 (Vhagar, mgr.) DM 38 CLIFFHOME (turn 614): LUM BUSBY of JINDA-BAN (Jorja, mgr.) DM 39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 283): TIMOR UNRED of THE MIDDLE WAY (Jorja, mgr.) DM 42 RODEKI (turn 607): JELLO KNUCKLES of COLOR ME SUAVE (Suave, mgr.) DM 51 TRICORUS (turn 558): HABU of SERPENTS HOLD 2 (Khisanth, 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 503): STANLY MILLGRAM of OUT OF CONTROL (Sherlock, mgr.) DM 72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 234): TORANS ULROL of MIDDLE WAY 9 (Jorja, mgr.) ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 551): COOLER of STYROFOAM (Jolly, mgr.) Top Teams --------- DM 1 MORDANT (turn 669): POSITION IS EMPTY DM 2 NIANIA (turn 552): SERPENTS HOLD (KhisantH, mgr.) DM 3 OSKSI (turn 674): GENERATION X (Storm Lord, mgr.) DM 4 JHELUM (turn 646): DOGS OF WAR (Jorja, mgr.) DM 5 KALTOS (turn 670): TECHNOLOGY (Otto X, mgr.) DM 6 TRANSEL (turn 665): PSYCHO SQUAD (Jorja, mgr.) DM 7 BONSUR (turn 674): BEACH BABES (Jorja, mgr.) DM 10 KOLACT (turn 658): ABOMINATION (Chase, mgr.) DM 18 TALCAMA (turn 660): CENTER FOR OLDS (Suave, mgr.) DM 21 SUNSET (turn 659): GOLGOTHA'S BLOOMS (Action, mgr.) DM 36 JHANS (turn 627): MIDDLE WAY 17 (Jorja, mgr.) DM 38 CLIFFHOME (turn 614): JINDA-BAN (Jorja, mgr.) DM 39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 283): PROPHETIC OMENS (Lord Rahl, mgr.) DM 42 RODEKI (turn 607): COLOR ME SUAVE (Suave, mgr.) DM 51 TRICORUS (turn 558): 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 503): OUT OF CONTROL (Sherlock, mgr.) DM 72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 234): MIDDLE WAY 9 (Jorja, mgr.) ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 551) STREET PIZZA et al (The Upright Man, mgr.) Recent Graduates ----------------- DM 1 MORDANT (turn 668): FLOOD SURFER of HOMICIDAL MANIACS (Jorja, mgr.) DM 5 KALTOS (turn 669): SONNY of TECHNOLOGY (Otto X, mgr.) DM 6 TRANSEL (turn 665): NOT-A-NUT JONES of PSYCHO SQUAD (Jorja, mgr.) DM 10 KOLACT (turn 658): FLATLINERS of BACON MAKIN' (Sherlock, mgr.) DM 18 TALCAMA (turn 659): ERIN GO BRAGH of RYAN'S HENCHMEN (Leprechaun, mgr.) DM 21 SUNSET (turn 659): ICE of OMINOUS REIGN (Archaic Elf, mgr.) SASQUATCH of NOMADIC TRIBE (Nomad, mgr.) DM 36 JHANS (turn 626): ALLIS 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 Ladies and Gents! Well, we do have much to discuss today. ENDER (69-1066) (28-26-4,223) of XENOCIDE challenged COOLER (82-7277) (121-110- 2,252) of STYROFOAM. ENDER was devastated by COOLER in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge Title fight. I say, well done indeed -- on Ender's part -- to have challenged at all! I lift my glass in salute to the brave Xenocide warrior! ZOLTAN (72-1483) (20-11-1,186) of LOST SWORDS challenged SMELL CAREFULLY (18- 8889) (57-100-2,188) of STREET PIZZA. ZOLTAN demolished SMELL CAREFULLY in a popular 2 minute one-sided Challenge melee. VERY well done, Zoltan! That was a brave challenge and a noteworthy win. HAGAR (3-3717) (25-3-0,207) of AESIR challenged ??RADAR?? (82-20310) (71-89- 1,226) of DYSLEXICS UNTIE! II. HAGAR was unbelievably bested by ??RADAR?? in a 2 minute Challenge brawl. I heartily applaud Hagar's effort to unseat our top Wall of Steel and popularity leader. However I'd like to point out that the seat is not actually the best target in a serious fight. The Middle Way... hmm... on the positive side, they didn't fight all stand-ins today. On the negative side, it wasn't a nice turn. Not a nice turn at all. I assume you all know that the so-called "Cocky Spectator" is someone they pick from the stands every turn who is making himself obnoxious. Usually, it's some fellow who has gotten a bit foxed and become rather too loud. Today, what looked like a silly drunk turned out to be a very sober assassin with poison on his blades and blood money in his pocket. He is being questioned by Sheila's Finest -- or more appropriately, her Worst -- the Gray Inquisitor. But we do not yet know whether he was specifically targeting warriors of The Middle Way, or just in general aiming to kill gladiators... or why. If anyone has any information, I urge them to come forward. * KATIRONA MURH (5-4929) (27-20-2,77) of THE MIDDLE WAY 5 fought COCKY SPECTATOR (104-3) (0-0-0,0) of NOW IN CUSTODY STAND-INS. KATIRONA MURH was easily killed by COCKY SPECTATOR in a 1 minute one-sided conflict. * HELENE JUSTE (5-4875) (16-18-0,58) of THE MIDDLE WAY 5 fought COCKY SPECTATOR (104-3) (0-0-0,0) of NOW IN CUSTODY STAND-INS. HELENE JUSTE was put to death by COCKY SPECTATOR in a 2 minute bloody bout. The two brave ladies are, of course, freshly resurrected. It is commonly known that this happens, so one wonders what the savage git was sent to accomplish, eh? + ]H[ + --- : --- + ]H[ X ]H[ + --- : --- + ]H[ + Our story thus far: Ender and I had ventured into the abandoned hilltop casino, Eve's Palace Casino, to investigate claims that it is haunted. We heard a giggle, which turned out to have issued from a dead man up on the interior balcony of the front room. At that point, I lost consciousness. I haven't the constitution for this sort of adventure, really. When I opened my eyes, the impressive young warrior was up there, clashing swords with the giggler, who continued to... well... find merriment in the experience. Ender was faster -- he's a bit of a decisiveness addict, really -- and swiftly added seven or eight more fatal wounds to the ones the giggler had already possessed -- but to no avail! The undead thing kept right on swinging its scimitar. Sooner or later it would connect, and I suspected Ender was not so resitant to fatal wounds. Oddly, dismemberment did not seem to be working as well as you always hear in stories like this. Ender severed both of the giggler's arms, but they hung on by a few persistent strings and soon reattached themselves -- although with much loss of blood, of which it seemed to possess an infinite supply. I needed to do something to help. However, this sort of thing was not my forte. I knew I needed to steady my nerves. As I picked myself up off the floor I glanced around and saw.... the bar! In front of a mirror, a row of bottles gleamed faintly through a layer of dust. A good shot of brandy, I said to myself, and I'd be ready to come up with a brilliant solution to our giggling problem. I staggered over to the bar, which shimmered before my eyes like an oasis in a burning desert. There were more cobwebs -- drapes of them -- but I plunged bravely through, intent upon my goal. The sound of clashing steel up on the balcony added urgency to my quest. Once behind the bar, I had to blow the dust off of several bottles to find out what they were -- and believe me, between that and the cobwebs, this was doing my sweetly tailored suit very little good -- but at last I found it? Tricoran Gold brandy, an especially potent variety -- ah, and a fine year as well! There was no corkscrew. I heard a cry of pain from Ender, and ripple of crazed laughter from his opponent. "Aha!" I exclaimed, remembering that I had placed a corkscrew in my inside coat pocket in case we encountered a need for it here. Swiftly and with strong and steady hands, I removed the cork! And raised the bottle to my eager lips... At that moment, something hove into view at the opposite end of the behind-bar aisle. It was a man with a horrible gash in his head, that appeared to be leaking blood and brains. He was armed with two daggers. His overly bright eyes turned toward me, and he giggled! I spewed brandy. Pity, that, since a brief taste had assured me it was a truly excellent vintage. And I realized I was faced with a true dilemma. Here I was -- in mortal danger, as was my friend Ender. Immediate action was needed. And yet, one did not wish to spill the Tricoran Gold. Might as well use it as a cooking brandy, pour it over pancakes and set the stuff on fire, yes? Yes. Backing away, I sloshed the precious liquid on the approaching giggler. Then I fumbled in my pants pocket for a match. (To be continued -- naturally!) KEEPER OF THE RUNEBLADE W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY COOLER 82-7277 122 110 2 264 STYROFOAM (1090) DWES EG GRAND CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY ??RADAR?? 82-20310 72 89 1 243 DYSLEXICS UNTIE! II (1258) DWES EG STASSIA 37-1523 83 102 3 215 UP TO NO GOOD (316) SIBIKHAS GRAND CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY RUGEN THE JELLYFI 82-12478 57 21 0 213 HANNAH'S PALS (1270) DWES EG GRAND CHAMPIONS W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY B.A. TURRY 39-3383 37 46 2 208 CRIMINAL ELEMENT (1074) XOCHITHLAN KALIDOR 69-2314 23 27 0 201 HYBORIA (747) CIMMERIAC ZOLTAN 72-1483 21 11 1 200 LOST SWORDS (573) DRAGONHEAD GATEWAY 82-15631 94 57 1 198 ATTACK OF THE CLONES (1254 DWES EG ROB A. REE 39-3241 58 46 1 198 CRIMINAL ELEMENT (1074) XOCHITHLAN HAGAR 3-3717 25 4 0 196 AESIR (301) OSKSI ENDER 69-1066 28 27 4 193 XENOCIDE (725) CIMMERIAC SEX ON THE BEACH 54-2435 47 39 3 190 INDULGENT DRINKS (1153) TROCAR HULA POPPER 37-2986 24 20 0 185 TACKLE BOX (788) SIBIKHAS SMELL CAREFULLY 18-8889 57 101 2 181 STREET PIZZA (114) TALCAMA GRAND CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY NEEDLE 69-3134 28 19 0 180 HYBORIA (747) CIMMERIAC WORK IN PROGRESS 38-4193 62 191 2 179 JUST BECAUSE (1151) CLIFFHOME CRYSOPRASE 1-3266 92 122 2 173 ILLFANG PACT (281) MORDANT MEN WORKING 38-4189 54 199 1 161 JUST BECAUSE (1151) CLIFFHOME ARSONIST ART 39-3325 50 48 0 161 CRIMINAL ELEMENT (1074) XOCHITHLAN GRAND ADEPTS W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY THUNDER BUG 37-3734 20 10 0 111 TACKLE BOX (788) SIBIKHAS GRAND INITIATES W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY EEK THE CAT 2-4110 17 7 0 88 THE FUNNY FARM (881) NIANIA TYR 3-5575 24 3 0 85 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 HELENE JUSTE 5-4875 16 19 0 THE MIDDLE WAY 5 1325 COCKY SPECTATOR 552 KATIRONA MURH 5-4929 27 21 2 THE MIDDLE WAY 5 1325 COCKY SPECTATOR 552 PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE Sex on the Beach -- I thought we were both pretty awesome in that fight, didn't you? But doesn't it seem ghoulish to you, how excited the bookies get when each blow lands? -- Crysoprase Bah! I fought a stand-in. And *cough* got beat. HOW embarrassing. And to make matters worse, Solacia acted all seductive with me. EWW! I don't SWING that way. Again I say bah! -- Stassia LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS ENDER was devastated by COOLER in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge Title fight. ZOLTAN demolished SMELL CAREFULLY in a popular 2 minute one-sided Challenge melee. HAGAR was unbelievably bested by ??RADAR?? in a 2 minute Challenge brawl. ROB A. REE was bested by STASSIA in a popular 3 minute fight. WORK IN PROGRESS was demolished by KALIDOR in a 1 minute mismatched competition. B.A. TURRY devastated SHEWISH GIANT in a crowd pleasing 2 minute mismatched match. RUGEN THE JELLYFISH handily defeated NEEDLE in a 2 minute gruesome uneven melee. GATEWAY vanquished CRYSOPRASE in a action packed 1 minute uneven fight. ARSONIST ART was savagely defeated by HULA POPPER in a exciting 3 minute fight. SEX ON THE BEACH overpowered SHEWISH GIANT in a 2 minute brutal one-sided fight. MEN WORKING bested THUNDER BUG in a crowd pleasing 1 minute conflict. PENDRU ROST was demolished by EEK THE CAT in a popular 1 minute mismatched match. KATIRONA MURH was easily killed by COCKY SPECTATOR in a 1 minute one-sided conflict. JAMMY LARKE was vanquished by TYR in a 2 minute gruesome mismatched bout. HELENE JUSTE was put to death by COCKY SPECTATOR in a 2 minute bloody bout. JERI LOUGH was devastated by DEBBY TONTE in a 1 minute one-sided brawl. BATTLE REPORT MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS |FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT| |LUNGING ATTACK 9 LUNGING ATTACK 46 - 32 - 0 59 | |WALL OF STEEL 6 PARRY-STRIKE 7 - 5 - 0 58 | |SLASHING ATTACK 3 WALL OF STEEL 29 - 25 - 0 54 | |PARRY-LUNGE 2 SLASHING ATTACK 14 - 13 - 1 52 | |BASHING ATTACK 2 PARRY-LUNGE 6 - 8 - 0 43 | |PARRY-RIPOSTE 2 TOTAL PARRY 5 - 7 - 0 42 | |PARRY-STRIKE 1 BASHING ATTACK 8 - 12 - 0 40 | |STRIKING ATTACK 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE 3 - 17 - 0 15 | |TOTAL PARRY 1 STRIKING ATTACK 1 - 7 - 0 13 | |AIMED BLOW 0 AIMED BLOW 0 - 0 - 0 0 | Turn 552 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 - 0 LUNGING ATTACK 4 - 5 7 LUNGING ATTACK WALL OF STEEL 4 - 2 AIMED BLOW 0 - 0 2 SLASHING ATTACK PARRY-LUNGE 1 - 1 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 1 2 WALL OF STEEL BASHING ATTACK 1 - 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 2 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 122 110 2 264 STYROFOAM (1090) WALL OF STEEL ??RADAR?? 82-20310 72 89 1 243 DYSLEXICS UNTIE! II (1258) LUNGING ATTACK RUGEN THE JELLYF 82-12478 57 21 0 213 HANNAH'S PALS (1270) PARRY-RIPOSTE WORK IN PROGRESS 38-4193 62 191 2 179 JUST BECAUSE (1151) PARRY-STRIKE CRYSOPRASE 1-3266 92 122 2 173 ILLFANG PACT (281) BASHING ATTACK MEN WORKING 38-4189 54 199 1 161 JUST BECAUSE (1151) TOTAL PARRY ARSONIST ART 39-3325 50 48 0 161 CRIMINAL ELEMENT (1074) PARRY-LUNGE EEK THE CAT 2-4110 17 7 0 88 THE FUNNY FARM (881) The overall popularity leader is ??RADAR?? 82-20310. The most popular warrior this turn was HULA POPPER 37-2986. The ten other most popular fighters were ZOLTAN 72-1483, ROB A. REE 39-3241, B.A. TURRY 39-3383, SMELL CAREFULLY 18-8889, STASSIA 37-1523, KALIDOR 69-2314, RUGEN THE JELLYFISH 82-12478, SEX ON THE BEACH 54-2435, TYR 3-5575, and HAGAR 3-3717. The least popular fighter this week was JERI LOUGH 5-4840. The other ten least popular fighters were KATIRONA MURH 5-4929, PENDRU ROST 5-4956, WORK IN PROGRESS 38-4193, JAMMY LARKE 5-4926, CRYSOPRASE 1-3266, NEEDLE 69-3134, ENDER 69-1066, THUNDER BUG 37-3734, MEN WORKING 38-4189, and ARSONIST ART 39-3325. 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) 1 2 0 OSKSI(3) 1 1 0 CLIFFHOME(38) 1 1 0 DRAGONHEAD(72) 1 0 0 KALTOS(5) 0 5 0 XOCHITHLAN(39) 1 2 0 DWES EG(82) 4 0 0 TOP WARRIOR OF EACH ARENA W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY CRYSOPRASE 1-3266 92 122 2 173 ILLFANG PACT (281) MORDANT EEK THE CAT 2-4110 17 7 0 88 THE FUNNY FARM (881) NIANIA HAGAR 3-3717 25 4 0 196 AESIR (301) OSKSI SMELL CAREFULLY 18-8889 57 101 2 181 STREET PIZZA (114) TALCAMA STASSIA 37-1523 83 102 3 215 UP TO NO GOOD (316) SIBIKHAS TOP WARRIOR OF EACH ARENA W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY WORK IN PROGRESS 38-4193 62 191 2 179 JUST BECAUSE (1151) CLIFFHOME B.A. TURRY 39-3383 37 46 2 208 CRIMINAL ELEMENT (1074) XOCHITHLAN SEX ON THE BEACH 54-2435 47 39 3 190 INDULGENT DRINKS (1153) TROCAR KALIDOR 69-2314 23 27 0 201 HYBORIA (747) CIMMERIAC ZOLTAN 72-1483 21 11 1 200 LOST SWORDS (573) DRAGONHEAD COOLER 82-7277 122 110 2 264 STYROFOAM (1090) DWES EG NEW GRADUATES--FROM ALL ARENAS (INCLUDING CLOSED ARENAS) For those of you who keep track of such things, several additional warriors graduated from regular DM arenas (including closed arenas) since the last tournament. JAVA THE HUTT (11-7084) COFFEE WARS (608) ACE FREHLEY (47-3669) ROYAL FLUSH (48) PUSSY GALORE (82-9062) ROYAL FELINES (1334) IMMACULATE (82-35293) SUPERIOR FORCES 4503 (5814) FAT PANTS (82-39862) HAPPY HOLIDAYS (6631) TROUE BIDE (82-46080) SACS DE SABLE 3 (7727) MAD MAX (82-56014) THE WILLBURYS 77 (9435) CALEB (84-2901) OF WOLF & MAN 5 (573) Congrats to the grads. -- Green Eyes