DARKHOLM SPORTING JOURNAL

Date   : 07/02/2011    Duedate: 07/15/2011

DARKHOLM

DM-104    TURN-561

RANK TEAMS                  W    L  K    %  RANK TEAMS                  W    L  K    %
  1 STREET PIZZA 18/114  2141 1712 23 55.6    4 ILLFANG PACT 1/281    457  644  7 41.5
    HANNAH'S PALS 82/1270                       UP TO NO GOOD 37/316                  
    DYSLEXICS UNTIE! II 82/1258               5 JOHNS 5/927          1095 2011 17 35.3
  2 HYBORIA 69/747        286  280  3 50.5      AUTHORS 21/749                        
    TACKLE BOX 37/788                           THE LADY'S LIST 6/917                 
    XENOCIDE 69/725                             JUST BECAUSE 38/1151                  
    TACKLE BOX 6/1332                         6 THE MIDDLE WA 5/1325  493  948  7 34.2
  3 INDULGENT DR 54/1153  148  186  2 44.3    7 THE WILLBURY 59/1333    0    1  0  0.0
    CRIMINAL ELEMENT 39/1074              

    '##/###' 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 678): VERMOUTH of BOOZE (Papa Bear, mgr.)
 DM   2 NIANIA (turn 561): CHARLIE HORSE of THE FUNNY FARM (Buri, mgr.)
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 683): VIPER of SERPENTS' HOLD (Khisanth, mgr.)
 DM   4 JHELUM (turn 655): MAT'ARI of DOGS OF WAR (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   5 KALTOS (turn 679): MAURINA OBEL of THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   6 TRANSEL (turn 674): CHAS CRINGER of PSYCHO SQUAD (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 683): ETUGEN KHAN of SENTINELS (Nomad, mgr.)
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 667): CAPRICA of ABOMINATION (Chase, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 669): MESACH of SHEPHERDS (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 668): CHESTERTON of LITERATE LOONS (Sherman, mgr.)
 DM  36 JHANS (turn 636): 50/50 of SKATE DRAGONS (Floyd, mgr.)
 DM  38 CLIFFHOME (turn 623): MY DEER WATSON of HOLMES ON THE RANGE (Sherlock, mgr.)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 287): TIMOR UNRED of THE MIDDLE WAY (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  42 RODEKI (turn 616): JELLO KNUCKLES of COLOR ME SUAVE (Suave, mgr.)
 DM  51 TRICORUS (turn 567): WHO of QUESTIONS (Sherlock, mgr.)
 DM  54 TROCAR (turn 269): CAO ZHEN of ASIAN INVASION (Pec Killer, mgr.)
 DM  59 ILLIS (turn 262): BURNING RUBBER of WHAT'S IN A NAME (Storm Lord, mgr.)
 DM  62 VALAMANTIS (turn 512): CARELESS BEAR of DARKSIDEOFTVLAND 3 (Youngblood, mgr.)
 DM  72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 238): WHOLE of MILK IS GOOD (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.)
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 560): KALIDOR of HYBORIA et al (Buri, mgr.)

                                      Top Teams
                                      ---------
 DM   1 MORDANT (turn 678): ONE HIT WONDERS (Buri, mgr.)
 DM   2 NIANIA (turn 561): THE FUNNY FARM (Buri, mgr.)
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 683): AESIR (Buri, mgr.)
 DM   4 JHELUM (turn 655): TL;DR (Sherlock, mgr.)
 DM   5 KALTOS (turn 679): LONG SWORD CLUB (Sherlock, mgr.)
 DM   6 TRANSEL (turn 673): PSYCHO SQUAD (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 283): THE MOTHERSHIP 017 (Floyd, mgr.)
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 667): THE CLUB (Buri, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 669): SHEPHERDS (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 668): DEVIATION (Marma Duke, mgr.)
 DM  36 JHANS (turn 636): SKATE DRAGONS (Floyd, mgr.)
 DM  38 CLIFFHOME (turn 623): TEAM FLOYD (Floyd, mgr.)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 287): THE MIDDLE WAY (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  42 RODEKI (turn 616): SHREDDERS (Buri, mgr.)
 DM  51 TRICORUS (turn 567): QUESTIONS (Sherlock, mgr.)
 DM  54 TROCAR (turn 269): TRADERS OF TROCAR (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  59 ILLIS (turn 262): TALL TALES (A-Sop, mgr.)
 DM  62 VALAMANTIS (turn 512): HORSE LAKERS (General Ikillu, mgr.)
 DM  72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 238): ARTIC FURY (?, mgr.)
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 560) STREET PIZZA et al (The Upright Man, mgr.)

                                   Recent Graduates
                                  -----------------
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 682): HUSTLERS AMBITION of STATE OF MIND (Marma Duke, mgr.)
 DM   5 KALTOS (turn 679): MAURINA OBEL of THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 683): ETUGEN KHAN of SENTINELS (Nomad, mgr.)
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 665): FOOTLOOSE of BACON MAKIN' (Sherlock, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 669): MESACH of SHEPHERDS (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.)
                (turn 668): SUSHI of SUPERIOR FORCES 6N (Manager, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 668): CHESTERTON of LITERATE LOONS (Sherman, mgr.)
               (turn 667): SUGAR MAGNOLIA of COSMIC FREAK OUT (Floyd, mgr.)
                           OPHELIA DELPHI of THE RED BLADES (Bill the Bard, mgr.)
 DM  36 JHANS (turn 636): 50/50 of SKATE DRAGONS (Floyd, mgr.)
 DM  54 TROCAR (turn 269): CAO ZHEN of ASIAN INVASION (Pec Killer, mgr.)
                           ALLERDAE CHAN of TRADERS OF TROCAR (Jorja, mgr.)

                             REPORT FROM WITHIN THE TOWER

There you are!  Hullo!

     To atone for forgetting his name, I've noted the fights of all of Buri's
warriors this turn.  He had a 6-0-1 turn.
     KALIDOR (69-2314) (28-30-0,230) of HYBORIA fought WORK IN PROGRESS (38-4193)
(67-194-2,225) of JUST BECAUSE.  KALIDOR devastated WORK IN PROGRESS in a 1 minute
mismatched Title fight.  So, Kalidor is now Top Slasher and Top What-Have-You for
Darkholm Arena.
     CRYSOPRASE (1-3266) (98-124-2,200) of ILLFANG PACT fought THUNDER BUG (37-3734)
(24-14-0,191) of TACKLE BOX.  CRYSOPRASE was devastated by THUNDER BUG in an exciting
1 minute one-sided fight.  Ooh.  Look at the difference in experience!  Crysoprase is
still our top Parry-Striker, though.  And TB is our Top Basher, of course.
     HULA POPPER (37-2986) (27-25-0,193) of TACKLE BOX fought B.A. TURRY (39-3383)
(39-52-2,174) of CRIMINAL ELEMENT.  HULA POPPER easily killed B.A. TURRY in an action
packed 1 minute uneven fight.  This was our only death this turn.  Sorry, Turry.
Better luck next time.  You should challenge so you don't end up fighting... well, he
didn't LOOK that scary, did he?
     MEN WORKING (38-4189) (56-205-1,187) of JUST BECAUSE fought ENDER (69-1066) (32-
31-4,191) of XENOCIDE.   MEN WORKING was vanquished by ENDER in a popular 1 minute
uneven duel.  Mmm hmm.  Yes.  Ender.  *coughs and looks away, thinking of that yet-
untold tale*  Good fight.
     HOFFA (5-4299) (15-39-0,41) of JOHNS fought SPUTTERBUZZ (6-5810) (16-6-0,58) of
TACKLE BOX.  HOFFA was bested by SPUTTERBUZZ in a 4 minute duel.  I like the name
Sputterbuzz.  It's very onomotopoeic.  I think.  Might have misspelled that.
     NEEDLE (69-3134) (31-23-0,195) of HYBORIA fought ??RADAR?? (82-20310) (77-92-
1,206) of DYSLEXICS UNTIE! II.  NEEDLE slimly won victory over ??RADAR?? in a crowd
pleasing 1 minute match.  Needle is now our Top Wall of Steeler.

     You know what?  Fight day was pretty short and then everyone went to a parade
and a fireworks display.  So, there's not much to say except that I did like the
fireworks, what with a few wizards from the Stronghold Academy enhancing the show.
And those Delarquan black pegasi flying in formation made a nice finale to the
parade.

Until we meet again then, cheerio!

Malic of Talcama

KEEPER OF THE RUNEBLADE       W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 KALIDOR 69-2314             29  30  0  240  HYBORIA (747)              CIMMERIAC

GRAND CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS    W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 ROB A. REE 39-3241          63  50  1  236  CRIMINAL ELEMENT (1074)    XOCHITHLAN
 HULA POPPER 37-2986         28  25  1  229  TACKLE BOX (788)           SIBIKHAS

GRAND CHAMPIONS               W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 THUNDER BUG 37-3734         25  14  0  207  TACKLE BOX (788)           SIBIKHAS
 NEEDLE 69-3134              32  23  0  204  HYBORIA (747)              CIMMERIAC
 ENDER 69-1066               33  31  4  201  XENOCIDE (725)             CIMMERIAC
 SMELL CAREFULLY 18-8889     62 105  2  199  STREET PIZZA (114)         TALCAMA
 ??RADAR?? 82-20310          77  93  1  195  DYSLEXICS UNTIE! II (1258) DWES EG
 RUGEN THE JELLYFI 82-12478  63  24  0  195  HANNAH'S PALS (1270)       DWES EG
 WORK IN PROGRESS 38-4193    67 195  2  190  JUST BECAUSE (1151)        CLIFFHOME
 CRYSOPRASE 1-3266           98 125  2  189  ILLFANG PACT (281)         MORDANT
 STASSIA 37-1523             89 105  3  187  UP TO NO GOOD (316)        SIBIKHAS

GRAND CHALLENGER ADEPTS       W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 MEN WORKING 38-4189         56 206  1  179  JUST BECAUSE (1151)        CLIFFHOME
 ZANE GREY 21-4810           28  45  2  172  AUTHORS (749)              SUNSET
 SEX ON THE BEACH 54-2435    50  45  3  171  INDULGENT DRINKS (1153)    TROCAR
 B.A. TURRY 39-3383          39  53  2  170  CRIMINAL ELEMENT (1074)    XOCHITHLAN
 ZAKAU 5-4623                33  33  0  163  JOHNS (927)                KALTOS

GRAND ADEPTS                  W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 ARSONIST ART 39-3325        54  53  0  148  CRIMINAL ELEMENT (1074)    XOCHITHLAN
 MARK 5-4088                 50 115  3  145  JOHNS (927)                KALTOS
 HELENE JUSTE 5-4875         22  22  1  121  THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (1325)    KALTOS
 HOFFA 5-4348                12 108  0  101  JOHNS (927)                KALTOS

GRAND INITIATES               W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 JAMMY LARKE 5-4926          27  24  0   89  THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (1325)    KALTOS
 KATIRONA MURH 5-4929        33  24  2   71  THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (1325)    KALTOS
 HOFFA 5-4622                26  40  0   66  JOHNS (927)                KALTOS
 2 + 2 = 4 38-4190           37 125  0   63  JUST BECAUSE (1151)        CLIFFHOME
 SPUTTERBUZZ 6-5810          17   6  0   60  TACKLE BOX (1332)          TRANSEL
 JERI LOUGH 5-4840           17  46  0   58  THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (1325)    KALTOS
 CLIVE 6-5215                22  28  4   56  THE LADY'S LIST (917)      TRANSEL
 PENDRU ROST 5-4956          20  57  0   45  THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (1325)    KALTOS
 HOFFA 5-4299                15  40  0   43  JOHNS (927)                KALTOS
 LENNON 5-4087               18  16  1   41  JOHNS (927)                KALTOS
 SATCHEL 6-6215              19  19  1   36  THE LADY'S LIST (917)      TRANSEL
 MIKEL 6-6190                16  16  2   36  THE LADY'S LIST (917)      TRANSEL
 JUSTIN 6-6179               16  19  1   29  THE LADY'S LIST (917)      TRANSEL
 ALOYICIUS 6-5045            16  16  2   27  THE LADY'S LIST (917)      TRANSEL

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

THE DEAD                   W   L  K TEAM NAME              SLAIN BY                  TURN
B.A. TURRY 39-3383        39  53  2 CRIMINAL ELEMENT 1074  HULA POPPER 37-2986       561

                               PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE

Malic -- How soon we forget... Tackle Box, etc, are run by me. -- Buri

     Buri -- How soon I forget, indeed.  *sheepish smile*  Sorry about that. -- Malic

Stassia -- Weren't you the one giving me flak for only taking one hit?  I got better.
-- Kalidor

Kalidor -- I'd say "nice one," but I don't say gracious things when someone beats me.
So I'll say... well... I'll say, damn it.  But I'm glad you're the one who has to
write a column now. -- Stassia

     Oh that reminds me!  Kalidor, where is your column, eh? -- Malic

Arsonist Art -- What?  You should have been able to overcome my defense.  Hope you're
not still peeing blood.  Sometimes the healers don't fix kidneys as well as they
should. -- Crysoprase

     I have yet to find a really good way to fix kidneys.  They always end up tasting
     like... kidneys. -- the Editor

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

KALIDOR devastated WORK IN PROGRESS in a 1 minute mismatched Title fight.
RASCALLY RABBIT was vanquished by ROB A. REE in a exciting 1 minute uneven battle.
RUGEN THE JELLYFISH overpowered ZANE GREY in a 1 minute mismatched duel.
CRYSOPRASE was devastated by THUNDER BUG in a exciting 1 minute one-sided fight.
SMELL CAREFULLY viciously subdued STASSIA in a action packed 1 minute gory brawl.
NEEDLE slimly won victory over ??RADAR?? in a crowd pleasing 1 minute match.
HULA POPPER easily killed B.A. TURRY in a action packed 1 minute uneven fight.
MEN WORKING was vanquished by ENDER in a popular 1 minute uneven duel.
SEX ON THE BEACH won victory over MARK in a popular 4 minute duel.
ARSONIST ART was savagely defeated by ZAKAU in a action packed 2 minute gory match.
HELENE JUSTE overpowered HOFFA in a 1 minute one-sided match.
JERI LOUGH was unbelievably bested by HOFFA in a crowd pleasing 3 minute conflict.
JAMMY LARKE demolished LENNON in a 1 minute mismatched match.
KATIRONA MURH beat CLIVE in a crowd pleasing 2 minute conflict.
PENDRU ROST defeated JUSTIN in a popular 1 minute duel.
HOFFA was bested by SPUTTERBUZZ in a 4 minute duel.
2 + 2 = 4 was viciously subdued by BOOKIE'S GUARD in a crowd pleasing 2 minute bout.
SATCHEL bested INKEEPER'S SON in a exciting 1 minute brutal fight.
MIKEL was overpowered by BOOKIE'S GUARD in a 1 minute one-sided bout.
ALOYICIUS was overpowered by DEBBY TONTE in a 1 minute mismatched conflict.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|LUNGING ATTACK                   7         PARRY-STRIKE       6 -   4 -  0      60  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  7         PARRY-RIPOSTE     12 -   8 -  0      60  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    7         LUNGING ATTACK    40 -  40 -  0      50  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      4         WALL OF STEEL     32 -  33 -  0      49  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  3         TOTAL PARRY       11 -  13 -  0      46  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   3         SLASHING ATTACK   21 -  30 -  1      41  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      2         BASHING ATTACK    11 -  18 -  0      38  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    2         STRIKING ATTACK    6 -  11 -  1      35  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     1         PARRY-LUNGE        6 -  14 -  0      30  |
|AIMED BLOW                       0         AIMED BLOW         0 -   0 -  0       0  |

Turn 561 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:

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

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
SLASHING ATTACK  KALIDOR 69-2314            29  30  0  240 HYBORIA (747)
LUNGING ATTACK   ROB A. REE 39-3241         63  50  1  236 CRIMINAL ELEMENT (1074)
BASHING ATTACK   THUNDER BUG 37-3734        25  14  0  207 TACKLE BOX (788)
WALL OF STEEL    NEEDLE 69-3134             32  23  0  204 HYBORIA (747)
PARRY-RIPOSTE    WORK IN PROGRESS 38-4193   67 195  2  190 JUST BECAUSE (1151)
PARRY-STRIKE     CRYSOPRASE 1-3266          98 125  2  189 ILLFANG PACT (281)
STRIKING ATTACK  ZANE GREY 21-4810          28  45  2  172 AUTHORS (749)
TOTAL PARRY      ARSONIST ART 39-3325       54  53  0  148 CRIMINAL ELEMENT (1074)
PARRY-LUNGE      MARK 5-4088                50 115  3  145 JOHNS (927)

The overall popularity leader is ??RADAR?? 82-20310.  The most popular warrior this 
turn was JERI LOUGH 5-4840.  The ten other most popular fighters were SEX ON THE 
BEACH 54-2435, ZAKAU 5-4623, MARK 5-4088, SMELL CAREFULLY 18-8889, CLIVE 6-5215, 
THUNDER BUG 37-3734, ROB A. REE 39-3241, ENDER 69-1066, KATIRONA MURH 5-4929, and 
PENDRU ROST 5-4956.

The least popular fighter this week was MIKEL 6-6190.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were HOFFA 5-4299, HOFFA 5-4348, ZANE GREY 21-4810, RASCALLY RABBIT 59-1338, 
WORK IN PROGRESS 38-4193, ALOYICIUS 6-5045, LENNON 5-4087, MEN WORKING 38-4189, B.A. 
TURRY 39-3383, and JAMMY LARKE 5-4926.

Arena (Number)       W  L K  Arena (Number)       W  L K  Arena (Number)       W  L K  
MORDANT(1)           0  1 0  SUNSET(21)           0  1 0  TROCAR(54)           1  0 0  
KALTOS(5)            6  5 0  SIBIKHAS(37)         2  1 1  ILLIS(59)            0  1 0  
TRANSEL(6)           2  4 0  CLIFFHOME(38)        0  3 0  CIMMERIAC(69)        3  0 0  
TALCAMA(18)          1  0 0  XOCHITHLAN(39)       1  2 0  DWES EG(82)          1  1 0  

TOP WARRIOR OF EACH ARENA     W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 CRYSOPRASE 1-3266           98 125  2  189  ILLFANG PACT (281)         MORDANT
 ZAKAU 5-4623                33  33  0  163  JOHNS (927)                KALTOS
 SPUTTERBUZZ 6-5810          17   6  0   60  TACKLE BOX (1332)          TRANSEL
 SMELL CAREFULLY 18-8889     62 105  2  199  STREET PIZZA (114)         TALCAMA
 ZANE GREY 21-4810           28  45  2  172  AUTHORS (749)              SUNSET
 HULA POPPER 37-2986         28  25  1  229  TACKLE BOX (788)           SIBIKHAS
 WORK IN PROGRESS 38-4193    67 195  2  190  JUST BECAUSE (1151)        CLIFFHOME
 ROB A. REE 39-3241          63  50  1  236  CRIMINAL ELEMENT (1074)    XOCHITHLAN
 SEX ON THE BEACH 54-2435    50  45  3  171  INDULGENT DRINKS (1153)    TROCAR
 KALIDOR 69-2314             29  30  0  240  HYBORIA (747)              CIMMERIAC
 ??RADAR?? 82-20310          77  93  1  195  DYSLEXICS UNTIE! II (1258) 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.  

                          THE BUNNY GOD (2-5631) of 042909A               
                   BULLETPROOF MONK (11-4999) of LUROCIANS EXTREME 
                       COCO NUTS (60-8163) of FRUIT OF THE LOOM        
                          EAR (82-39911) of UNFORTUNATE HAIR               
                           NUTHYN (82-32147) of GAMMA HORDE                 
                          PORSCHE (82-41317) of COMPENSATING               

Congrats to the grads. -- Green Eyes