DARKHOLM SPORTING JOURNAL

Date   : 03/26/2011    Duedate: 04/08/2011

DARKHOLM

DM-104    TURN-554

RANK TEAMS                  W    L  K    %  RANK TEAMS                  W    L  K    %
  1 STREET PIZZA 18/114  2126 1704 23 55.5      XENOCIDE 69/725                       
    ATTACK OF THE CLONES 82/1254                HYBORIA 69/747                        
    HANNAH'S PALS 82/1270                     4 CRIMINAL ELE 39/1074  137  169  2 44.8
    DYSLEXICS UNTIE! II 82/1258                 INDULGENT DRINKS 54/1153              
  2 STYROFOAM 82/1090    1211 1065  9 53.2    5 ILLFANG PACT 1/281    449  638  7 41.3
  3 AESIR 3/301           258  260  2 49.8      UP TO NO GOOD 37/316                  
    LOST SWORDS 72/573                        6 JUST BECAUSE 38/1151 1075 1949 17 35.5
    THE FUNNY FARM 2/881                      7 THE MIDDLE WA 5/1325  471  935  6 33.5
    TACKLE BOX 37/788                     

    '##/###' 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 671): CRATER FACE of LAB EXPERIMENTS (Mannequin, mgr.)
 DM   2 NIANIA (turn 554): HEMLOCK of SERPENTS HOLD (Khisanth, mgr.)
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 676): MEGA PIXEL of GENERATION X (Storm Lord, mgr.)
 DM   4 JHELUM (turn 648): IRONSIDE of KIWI CONNECTION (The Mun, mgr.)
 DM   5 KALTOS (turn 672): SCOOTIE PUFF JR of 011510A (The Muffin Man, mgr.)
 DM   6 TRANSEL (turn 667): CAMDEN of BALTO (JE, mgr.)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 676): CHAINSAW CHUCK of TOOL SHED (Leprechaun, mgr.)
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 660): CRESDENE ARCT of THE MOONDOGS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 662): FIZZ AND FURS of CENTER FOR OLDS (Suave, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 661): YUEDEBAHL LITHA of THE RED BLADES (Bill the Bard, mgr.)
 DM  36 JHANS (turn 629): TANNY of SERPENTS HOLD (Khisanth, mgr.)
 DM  38 CLIFFHOME (turn 616): LUM BUSBY of JINDA-BAN (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 284): TIMOR UNRED of THE MIDDLE WAY (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  42 RODEKI (turn 609): JELLO KNUCKLES of COLOR ME SUAVE (Suave, mgr.)
 DM  51 TRICORUS (turn 560): HABU of SERPENTS HOLD 2 (Khisanth, mgr.)
 DM  54 TROCAR (turn 265): TIAN HU of ASIAN INVASION (?, mgr.)
 DM  59 ILLIS (turn 258): I'M A BASHER of BASHAHOLICS ANON (Assurnasirbanipal)
 DM  62 VALAMANTIS (turn 505): STANLY MILLGRAM of OUT OF CONTROL (Sherlock, mgr.)
 DM  72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 235): TORANS ULRIK of MIDDLE WAY 9 (Jorja, mgr.)
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 553): COOLER of STYROFOAM (Jolly, mgr.)

                                      Top Teams
                                      ---------
 DM   1 MORDANT (turn 671): CLUELESS (Sherlock, mgr.)
 DM   2 NIANIA (turn 554): SERPENTS HOLD (KhisantH, mgr.)
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 676): GENERATION X (Storm Lord, mgr.)
 DM   4 JHELUM (turn 648): TL;DR (Sherlock, mgr.)
 DM   5 KALTOS (turn 672): THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   6 TRANSEL (turn 667): REIGN (Archaic Elf, mgr.)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 676): CHURCH LADIES (Papa Bear, mgr.)
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 660): BACON MAKIN' (Sherlock, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 662): CENTER FOR OLDS (Suave, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 661): NOMADIC TRIBE (Nomad, mgr.)
 DM  36 JHANS (turn 629): MIDDLE WAY 17 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  38 CLIFFHOME (turn 616): JINDA-BAN (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 284): THE MIDDLE WAY (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  42 RODEKI (turn 609): COLOR ME SUAVE (Suave, mgr.)
 DM  51 TRICORUS (turn 560): DARK HORSEMEN (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  54 TROCAR (turn 265): TRADERS OF TROCAR (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  59 ILLIS (turn 258): ISLANDERS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  62 VALAMANTIS (turn 505): DISASTERS (Papa Bear, mgr.)
 DM  72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 235): MIDDLE WAY 9 (Jorja, mgr.)
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 553) STREET PIZZA et al (The Upright Man, mgr.)

                                   Recent Graduates
                                  -----------------
 DM   1 MORDANT (turn 670): CHINA BULL of HOMICIDAL MANIACS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   2 NIANIA (turn 554): HEMLOCK of SERPENTS HOLD (Khisanth, mgr.)
 DM   6 TRANSEL (turn 667): HAPPY HARRIET of PSYCHO SQUAD (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 676): CHAINSAW CHUCK of TOOL SHED (Leprechaun, mgr.)
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 660): CRESDENE ARCT of THE MOONDOGS (Jorja, mgr.)
               (turn 659): WIZARDS! Of ABOMINATION (Chase, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 662): FIZZ AND FURS of CENTER FOR OLDS (Suave, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 661): YUEDEBAHL LITHA of THE RED BLADES (Bill the Bard, mgr.)
               (turn 660): TOO BIG TO FAIL of DEVIATION (Marma Duke, mgr.)
                           BUL GOBLINHEWER of NOMADIC TRIBE (Nomad, mgr.)
                           BORGES of LITERATE LOONS (Sherman, mgr.)
                           FRITERSATAFATFARM of DEVIATION (Marma Duke, mgr.)
 DM  51 TRICORUS (turn 559): MAHAGHAL of DARK HORSEMEN (Jorja, mgr.)

                             REPORT FROM WITHIN THE TOWER

Good morning, Darkholm denizens!

     It's me again, Malic.  This is getting to be a regular thing, isn't it?  If only
the job didn't keep finding me with a morning head, I might say that I enjoy it.
     Well, one manager allowed his fighters to challenge this turn, and look what he
got for it!  The Runeblade! 
     ZOLTAN (72-1483) (22-11-1,211) of LOST SWORDS challenged COOLER (82-7277) (123-
110-2,287) of  STYROFOAM.  ZOLTAN devastated COOLER in an action packed 1 minute
mismatched Challenge Title fight.  And so, Zoltan is our top Lunger and someone at
whom the young ladies glance with admiration.  And Cooler is drowning his sorrows.
Cooler is our top Slasher, but everyone knows Slashers don't do so great against
Lungers.
     THUNDER BUG (37-3734) (20-11-0,122) of TACKLE BOX challenged WORK IN PROGRESS
(38-4193) (62-192-2,169) of JUST BECAUSE.  THUNDER BUG demolished WORK IN PROGRESS in
a 1 minute one-sided Challenge melee.  Thunder Bug is another warrior from the same
guild.... who manages that guild?  Odin?  I've looked through Desiree's notes but
haven't found managers' names.  Anyway, well done!
     Our top Wall of Steel is ??Radar??, who is also our Overall Popularity Leader.
And let's face it, who doesn't like the little guy?  He won his fight, too, which
OPLs don't necessarily need to do.  ??RADAR?? (82-20310) (73-89-1,247) of DYSLEXICS
UNTIE! II fought HULA POPPER (37-2986) (24-21-0,187) of TACKLE BOX.  ??RADAR??
vanquished HULA POPPER in a popular 1 minute mismatched brawl.
     This Turn's Favorite is Crysoprase, who is our top Parry-Striker (perhaps
because no one else wants to be a Parry-Striker).  It looks like she fought one of
Odin's men (if I have the name right).  NEEDLE (69-3134) (29-19-0,197) of HYBORIA
fought CRYSOPRASE (1-3266) (93-122-2,175) of ILLFANG PACT.  NEEDLE was savagely
defeated by CRYSOPRASE in an action packed 5 minute gory duel.  Who scummed whom?
     Arsonist Art is our premier Total Parry.  HAGAR (3-3717) (25-5-0,195) of AESIR
fought ARSONIST ART (39-3325) (51-48-0,178) of CRIMINAL ELEMENT.  HAGAR savagely
defeated ARSONIST ART in an exciting 2 minute bloody match.
     Hmm.  The warriors of the Middle Way fought, and had a very depressing turn, but
curiously, they don't appear anywhere in the rankings.  I wonder if perhaps they
resigned immediately after the fights?  I wasn't told.  I know they've really been
struggling here -- five young fighters with no tourney experience, cast into a crowd
of grizzled vets.  If indeed they've gone, I'm sorry to see them go.
     There isn't much else to talk about.  So... should I go back to bed?  I suppose
not.  Sky's blue.  Sun's bright -- a bit too bright, frankly, but...

Until next time, cheerio!

Malic of Talcama

KEEPER OF THE RUNEBLADE       W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 ZOLTAN 72-1483              23  11  1  229  LOST SWORDS (573)          DRAGONHEAD

GRAND CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS    W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 ??RADAR?? 82-20310          74  89  1  257  DYSLEXICS UNTIE! II (1258) DWES EG
 STASSIA 37-1523             85 102  3  227  UP TO NO GOOD (316)        SIBIKHAS
 ROB A. REE 39-3241          60  46  1  224  CRIMINAL ELEMENT (1074)    XOCHITHLAN

GRAND CHAMPIONS               W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 RUGEN THE JELLYFI 82-12478  58  22  0  210  HANNAH'S PALS (1270)       DWES EG
 ENDER 69-1066               30  27  4  204  XENOCIDE (725)             CIMMERIAC
 GATEWAY 82-15631            96  57  1  203  ATTACK OF THE CLONES (1254 DWES EG
 HAGAR 3-3717                26   5  0  201  AESIR (301)                OSKSI
 CRYSOPRASE 1-3266           94 122  2  199  ILLFANG PACT (281)         MORDANT
 B.A. TURRY 39-3383          37  48  2  194  CRIMINAL ELEMENT (1074)    XOCHITHLAN
 COOLER 82-7277             123 111  2  193  STYROFOAM (1090)           DWES EG
 KALIDOR 69-2314             23  29  0  193  HYBORIA (747)              CIMMERIAC
 SEX ON THE BEACH 54-2435    47  41  3  186  INDULGENT DRINKS (1153)    TROCAR
 NEEDLE 69-3134              29  20  0  184  HYBORIA (747)              CIMMERIAC

GRAND CHALLENGER ADEPTS       W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 ARSONIST ART 39-3325        51  49  0  180  CRIMINAL ELEMENT (1074)    XOCHITHLAN
 HULA POPPER 37-2986         24  22  0  180  TACKLE BOX (788)           SIBIKHAS
 MEN WORKING 38-4189         54 201  1  178  JUST BECAUSE (1151)        CLIFFHOME
 SMELL CAREFULLY 18-8889     57 103  2  176  STREET PIZZA (114)         TALCAMA
 THUNDER BUG 37-3734         21  11  0  157  TACKLE BOX (788)           SIBIKHAS

GRAND ADEPTS                  W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 WORK IN PROGRESS 38-4193    62 193  2  138  JUST BECAUSE (1151)        CLIFFHOME

GRAND CHALLENGER INITIATES    W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 TYR 3-5575                  26   3  0   93  AESIR (301)                OSKSI
 EEK THE CAT 2-4110          19   7  0   92  THE FUNNY FARM (881)       NIANIA

GRAND INITIATES               W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 THOR 3-5672                 18  10  3   51  AESIR (301)                OSKSI

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

THE DEAD                   W   L  K TEAM NAME              SLAIN BY                  TURN

                               PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE

Kalidor -- Wow.  Considering I spent the first half of that fight flat on my back,
I'm pretty hyped at beating you.  You fought really well though... hey, didn't the
announcer say you're a werecat?  Do you ever shift to cat form, just a little bit,
under your armor?  Think it would help? -- Stassia

     Probably get him disqualified.  Although I've been given to understand that the
     shift is an all-or-nothing business. -- Arenamaster Karson

Thunder Bug -- I really apologize for the groin hit.  I mean I know it's allowed, but
I try not to hit anyone there.  Not the location where one wants a battle axe.  In
any sense of the term, huh? -- Crysoprase

18 March 11
All -- Be aware of the comeback of the Cajun and his stables of gladiators!  Just
sayin' -- The Cajun

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

ZOLTAN devastated COOLER in a action packed 1 minute mismatched Challenge Title fight.
THUNDER BUG demolished WORK IN PROGRESS in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge melee.
??RADAR?? vanquished HULA POPPER in a popular 1 minute mismatched brawl.
ROB A. REE overpowered KALIDOR in a crowd pleasing 1 minute mismatched match.
STASSIA won victory over SEX ON THE BEACH in a crowd pleasing 1 minute fight.
B.A. TURRY was overpowered by RUGEN THE JELLYFISH in a 1 minute mismatched brawl.
ENDER vanquished SMELL CAREFULLY in a action packed 1 minute uneven duel.
NEEDLE was savagely defeated by CRYSOPRASE in a action packed 5 minute gory duel.
GATEWAY overpowered MEN WORKING in a popular 1 minute uneven match.
HAGAR savagely defeated ARSONIST ART in a exciting 2 minute bloody match.
PENDRU ROST was handily defeated by BOOKIE'S GUARD in a 1 minute one-sided contest.
KATIRONA MURH was demolished by EEK THE CAT in a 1 minute one-sided brawl.
JAMMY LARKE was handily defeated by TYR in a 2 minute one-sided conflict.
HELENE JUSTE was vanquished by INKEEPER'S SON in a 1 minute mismatched bout.
JERI LOUGH was vanquished by THOR in a crowd pleasing 1 minute 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       6 -   4 -  0      60  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    6         LUNGING ATTACK    48 -  36 -  0      57  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   3         WALL OF STEEL     31 -  25 -  0      55  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  3         SLASHING ATTACK   15 -  16 -  1      48  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      2         PARRY-LUNGE        8 -  10 -  0      44  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    2         BASHING ATTACK     8 -  12 -  0      40  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     1         TOTAL PARRY        3 -   7 -  0      30  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  1         PARRY-RIPOSTE      3 -  17 -  0      15  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      1         STRIKING ATTACK    1 -   9 -  0      10  |
|AIMED BLOW                       0         AIMED BLOW         0 -   0 -  0       0  |

Turn 554 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     AIMED BLOW         0 -  0         7  LUNGING ATTACK 
LUNGING ATTACK     6 -  3     PARRY-RIPOSTE      0 -  2         2  WALL OF STEEL  
BASHING ATTACK     2 -  1     SLASHING ATTACK    0 -  3         1  PARRY-STRIKE   
PARRY-LUNGE        1 -  1     STRIKING ATTACK    0 -  1         1  SLASHING ATTACK
WALL OF STEEL      3 -  3     TOTAL PARRY        0 -  1     

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
LUNGING ATTACK   ZOLTAN 72-1483             23  11  1  229 LOST SWORDS (573)
WALL OF STEEL    ??RADAR?? 82-20310         74  89  1  257 DYSLEXICS UNTIE! II (1258)
PARRY-STRIKE     CRYSOPRASE 1-3266          94 122  2  199 ILLFANG PACT (281)
SLASHING ATTACK  COOLER 82-7277            123 111  2  193 STYROFOAM (1090)
TOTAL PARRY      ARSONIST ART 39-3325       51  49  0  180 CRIMINAL ELEMENT (1074)
BASHING ATTACK   MEN WORKING 38-4189        54 201  1  178 JUST BECAUSE (1151)
PARRY-RIPOSTE    WORK IN PROGRESS 38-4193   62 193  2  138 JUST BECAUSE (1151)

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
PARRY-LUNGE      EEK THE CAT 2-4110         19   7  0   92 THE FUNNY FARM (881)

The overall popularity leader is ??RADAR?? 82-20310.  The most popular warrior this 
turn was CRYSOPRASE 1-3266.  The ten other most popular fighters were HAGAR 3-3717, 
NEEDLE 69-3134, RUGEN THE JELLYFISH 82-12478, STASSIA 37-1523, ENDER 69-1066, TYR 
3-5575, ZOLTAN 72-1483, THUNDER BUG 37-3734, ??RADAR?? 82-20310, and ROB A. REE 
39-3241.

The least popular fighter this week was HELENE JUSTE 5-4875.  The other ten least 
popular fighters were PENDRU ROST 5-4956, JERI LOUGH 5-4840, KATIRONA MURH 5-4929, 
MEN WORKING 38-4189, KALIDOR 69-2314, HULA POPPER 37-2986, WORK IN PROGRESS 38-4193, 
COOLER 82-7277, JAMMY LARKE 5-4926, and EEK THE CAT 2-4110.

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  TROCAR(54)           0  1 0  
NIANIA(2)            1  0 0  SIBIKHAS(37)         2  1 0  CIMMERIAC(69)        1  2 0  
OSKSI(3)             3  0 0  CLIFFHOME(38)        0  2 0  DRAGONHEAD(72)       1  0 0  
KALTOS(5)            0  5 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           94 122  2  199  ILLFANG PACT (281)         MORDANT
 EEK THE CAT 2-4110          19   7  0   92  THE FUNNY FARM (881)       NIANIA
 HAGAR 3-3717                26   5  0  201  AESIR (301)                OSKSI
 SMELL CAREFULLY 18-8889     57 103  2  176  STREET PIZZA (114)         TALCAMA
 STASSIA 37-1523             85 102  3  227  UP TO NO GOOD (316)        SIBIKHAS
 MEN WORKING 38-4189         54 201  1  178  JUST BECAUSE (1151)        CLIFFHOME
 ROB A. REE 39-3241          60  46  1  224  CRIMINAL ELEMENT (1074)    XOCHITHLAN
 SEX ON THE BEACH 54-2435    47  41  3  186  INDULGENT DRINKS (1153)    TROCAR
 ENDER 69-1066               30  27  4  204  XENOCIDE (725)             CIMMERIAC
 ZOLTAN 72-1483              23  11  1  229  LOST SWORDS (573)          DRAGONHEAD
 ??RADAR?? 82-20310          74  89  1  257  DYSLEXICS UNTIE! II (1258) DWES EG