DARKHOLM SPORTING JOURNAL
Date : 10/08/2011 Duedate: 10/21/2011
DARKHOLM ARENA
DM 104 TURN 568
RANK TEAMS W L K % RANK TEAMS W L K %
1 STREET PIZZA 18/114 2153 1721 23 55.6 4-SOULTHIEVES 37/416 31 45 0 40.8
HANNAH'S PALS 82/1270 5 JOHNS 5/927 1128 2083 19 35.1
DYSLEXICS UNTIE! II 82/1258 AUTHORS 21/749
2-HYBORIA 69/747 311 291 3 51.7 JUST BECAUSE 38/1151
XENOCIDE 69/725 THE LADY'S LIST 6/917
TACKLE BOX 6/1332 6 THE MIDDLE W 5/1325 513 963 7 34.8
TACKLE BOX 37/788 7 THE WILLBUR 59/1333 1 5 0 16.7
3 ILLFANG PACT 1/281 468 647 8 42.0 8 WOLF AND MA 98/1334 1 1 0 50.0
UP TO NO GOOD 37/316
WARRIOR SPOTLIGHT
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---===DELARQUAN REGIONAL NEWS===---
Duelmasters
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DM 1 MORDANT (turn 685): BLACK of FULL SPECTRUM (Jester, mgr.)
DM 2 NIANIA (turn 568): BIG BIRD of THE FUNNY FARM (Buri, mgr.)
DM 3 OSKSI (turn 690): LOABAL DOMINATION of STATE OF MIND (Marma Duke, mgr.)
DM 4 JHELUM (turn 662): CUSSTER of DOGS OF WAR (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 5 KALTOS (turn 686): JUDAS PRIUS of TECHNOLOGY (Otto X, mgr.)
DM 6 TRANSEL (turn 681): JOE WILLIAMS of BLACN AND BLUES (Howlin' Wolf, mgr.)
DM 7 BONSUR (turn 290): ALPHONSO BLACK of SENTINELS (Nomad, mgr.)
DM 10 KOLACT (turn 674): SCARFACE of THE CLUB (Buri, mgr.)
DM 18 TALCAMA (turn 676): JAMESON of RYAN'S HENCHMEN (Leprechaun, mgr.)
DM 21 SUNSET (turn 675): ZOLDIVAR of GREDAN (The Plansman, mgr.)
DM 36 JHANS (turn 641): IRINIA JINZ of MIDDLE WAY 17 (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 38 CLIFFHOME (turn 630): LION'S MANE of HOLMES ON THE RANGE (Sherlock, mgr.)
DM 39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 291): THE FALLEN ONE of DARQUE ANGELS (Master Darque, mgr.)
DM 42 RODEKI (turn 623): DORSAL FINN of NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC (Crip, mgr.)
DM 51 TRICORUS (turn 574): TACK TACK of SERPENTS HOLD 2 (Khisanth, mgr.)
DM 54 TROCAR (turn 272): ALBERT of KIWI CONNECTI0N (The Mun, mgr.)
DM 59 ILLIS (turn 265): I'M POWERLESS of BASHAHOLICS ANON (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.)
DM 62 VALAMANTIS (turn 519): INFERNO of DISASTERS (Papa Bear, mgr.)
DM 72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 242): ROMOR SAITH of MIDDLE WAY 9 (Jorja, mgr.)
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 567): STASSIA of UP TO NO GOOD (She-Puppy, mgr.)
Top Teams
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DM 1 MORDANT (turn 685): ONE HIT WONDERS (Buri, mgr.)
DM 2 NIANIA (turn 568): THE GOLDEN FISH (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 3 OSKSI (turn 690): BRIGHT (Floyd, mgr.)
DM 4 JHELUM (turn 662): DOGS OF WAR (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 5 KALTOS (turn 686): TECHNOLOGY (Otto X, mgr.)
DM 6 TRANSEL (turn 681): SOUL STRIPPERS II (Savory Jack?, mgr.)
DM 7 BONSUR (turn 290): SENTINELS (Nomad, mgr.)
DM 10 KOLACT (turn 674): POSITION IS EMPTY
DM 18 TALCAMA (turn 676): CENTER FOR OLDS (Suave, mgr.)
DM 21 SUNSET (turn 675): NOMADIC TRIBE (Nomad, mgr.)
DM 36 JHANS (turn 641): MIDDLE WAY 17 (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 38 CLIFFHOME (turn 630): JINDA-BAN (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 291): DARQUE ANGELS (Master Darque, mgr.)
DM 42 RODEKI (turn 623): NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC (Crip, mgr.)
DM 51 TRICORUS (turn 574): DARK HORSEMEN (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 54 TROCAR (turn 272): TRADERS OF TROCAR (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 59 ILLIS (turn 265): ISLANDERS (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 62 VALAMANTIS (turn 519): MIDDLE WAY 10 (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 242): MIDDLE WAY 9 (Jorja, mgr.)
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 567) STREET PIZZA et al (The Upright Man, mgr.)
Recent Graduates
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DM 1 MORDANT (turn 685): BLACK of FULL SPECTRUM (Jester, mgr.)
DM 3 OSKSI (turn 689): THE SUN of BRIGHT (Floyd, mgr.)
DM 7 BONSUR (turn 290): ALPHONSO BLACK of SENTINELS (Nomad, mgr.)
(turn 689): ORSINIUS of SENTINELS (Nomad, mgr.)
DM 21 SUNSET (turn 673): HOPE SPRINGS of THE RED BLADES (Bill the Bard, mgr.)
SPEEDO SMURF of BEN'S BAZAAR (Gentleben, mgr.)
DM 38 CLIFFHOME (turn 628): ZANDER of ZOMBIE SQUAD (Khisanth, mgr.)
DM 39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 291): QUITA ROSALA of THE MIDDLE WAY (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 42 RODEKI (turn 622): STICKY FINGERS of DUNGEON CELL (One Armed Bandit, mgr.)
DM 51 TRICORUS (turn 573): YES? Of QUESTIONS (Sherlock, mgr.)
DM 59 ILLIS (turn 265): I'M POWERLESS of BASHAHOLICS ANON (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.)
(turn 264): I'M A BASHER of BASHAHOLICS ANON (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.)
THE GUARDIAN'S FORUM
Reflections by the Keeper of the Runeblade
I'm not literary, you know? At all. I don't mind holding the Runeblade, which
is kind of cool, or sitting in the special chair, which needs to be reupholstered,
but... write something? Ew.
I'm Stassia, from Sibikhas, half Shagornan elf. *twirls finger in air* Being a
gladiator was really hard, at the start. Sibikhas was a tough arena in those days,
and not all of my teammates were very nice people. Well, Phetmolge the troll was
okay (surprisingly), but the team leader-- Ragtime Cowboy Joe-- he was a bad, bad
man. Will you understand if I say that I didn't know he was bad, at the time? I
thought all men were like that. He liked to hit women, and in those days, I thought
he had a right to do it. Joe died though. Couldn't take it as well as he could dish
it out, I guess. And things got a bit better after that.
Still, the basic arena was tough. Darkholm, it's not so bad. No chance of
dying, of course. Plus... we all know one another. And there's not much hating, you
know? Beating on each other in the arena, that's a job, but there are no hard
feelings about it. And women get as much respect as men. I like it here. Even if
that spyreporter keeps looking at my chest when he talks to me. That's okay. My
face isn't that great. I've been told I look tough. I mean-- what the F? I AM
tough!
This Runeblade is pretty cool. It changes shape, according to what you like,
but when nobody's hands are on it, it's a scimitar, which is what I like, anyway.
It's got a fancy guard and, yeah, glowing black runes all over the blade. I guess
you'd call them glowing black. The blackness kind of spreads out from them, know
what I mean? I tried to sharpen it, but my sharpening stone crumbled in my hand.
That's a really magical sword, that is.
I got the title by fighting Kalidor. Of course he wasn't allowed to use the
Runeblade in the arena, or I would have lost, I'm sure. He was really good though.
He's one of those werecats, and although he stayed in human form, he was really fast.
But on a lucky riposte I disemboweled him. Pretty much. He didn't die. The healers
here are pretty awesome.
Anyway, that's all I've got to say. See ya.
Stassia
REPORT FROM WITHIN THE TOWER
Oh! There you are! Hullo, then.
I should probably be telling you all about the fights, then. There were...
let's see... exactly seventeen of them. We do usually have a better turnout, but I
suppose a lot of people are getting read for the big tourney over on the mainland.
Anyway, seven fights involved a stand-in. So that means 27 actual gladiators
competed. At least, this is enough that no one ended up on BOTH the most popular and
least popular lists. It's quite disturbing to some people when that happens to them.
And you know, in a peculiar twist of human nature, the people to whom that happens
are too often the exact sort of people you don't want to see in a disturbed state.
You know-- the kind who prowl around muttering to themselves, and then they spot you
and say "HA!" And give chase! To my relief, I have not been chased at all this past
fortnight.
I was at the deep conclave where they talked about the tourney prize. Just
saying. It was kind of an honor. Never been invited to a deep conclave before. I
sat next to Debby Tonte, who talked about ducks. I never knew Snide Clemens was a
duck!
There were no challenges, no avoids... no deaths. People basically said, "What?
Darkholm? Never mind, no time!" And rushed off, you know, in a state of confusion.
I am in a state of confusion, myself. What to talk about, how to fill this
page? There are so many possibilities, so few of them involving arena fights.
All right, here's the title fight. STASSIA (37-1523) (94-106-4,235) of UP TO NO
GOOD fought RASCALLY RABBIT (59-1338) (34-30-0,192) of THE WILLBURYS 1. STASSIA
slimly won victory over RASCALLY RABBIT in a 3 minute Title fight. Yes, right. It's
a bit rummy, don't you think? She doesn't even have a winning record. And could
barely beat a young rabbit. I had a dog that could, and did, eat a young rabbit. It
was sad and disgusting. Anyway, now Stassia is our Top Wall of Steel and... reddest
redhead.
As usual, our overall popularity leader is ??Radar?? ??RADAR?? (82-20310) (81-
95-1,204) of DYSLEXICS UNTIE! II fought WORK IN PROGRESS (38-4193) (71-197-2,190) of
JUST BECAUSE. ??RADAR?? subdued WORK IN PROGRESS in an action packed 2 minute fight.
Quite. I did think it was an exciting fight.
Olaf Modeen was asking whether our little town has any plans for a retirement
home for aged warriors. Eh? Isn't that what the Isle of the Eye IS? I mean, yes,
yes, all that earnest stuff about defending the land if creatures should attack from
another dimension. But is that likely, really? You get a stipend, more if you
fight, but something even if you don't, and some land. Some of it is rather good
land, too. A lot of it isn't, but I believe the point is to have tough fighters
living all along the borders of troubled areas, ready to jump in if enemies attack.
Ah... not quite so much like retirement, then. Never mind.
I've said quite a lot about quite a little, and I'm quite tired of writing. I'm
off for a nap. See you in two weeks!
Malic of Talcama
KEEPER OF THE RUNEBLADE W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY
STASSIA 37-1523 95 106 4 243 UP TO NO GOOD (316) SIBIKHAS
GRAND CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY
-ENDER 69-1066 38 32 4 221 XENOCIDE (725) CIMMERIAC
GRAND CHAMPIONS W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY
??RADAR?? 82-20310 82 95 1 209 DYSLEXICS UNTIE! II (1258) DWES EG
-THUNDER BUG 37-3734 28 17 209 TACKLE BOX (788) SIBIKHAS
-NEEDLE 69-3134 37 24 206 HYBORIA (747) CIMMERIAC
-HULA POPPER 37-2986 32 27 1 201 TACKLE BOX (788) SIBIKHAS
RUGEN THE JELLYFISH 82-12478 69 25 200 HANNAH'S PALS (1270) DWES EG
-KALIDOR 69-2314 33 32 198 HYBORIA (747) CIMMERIAC
CRYSOPRASE 1-3266 103 127 2 197 ILLFANG PACT (281) MORDANT
GRAND CHAMPIONS W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY
-SELENA STEELE 37-2010 44 15 192 SOULTHIEVES (416) SIBIKHAS
RASCALLY RABBIT 59-1338 34 31 190 THE WILLBURYS 1 (1333) ILLIS
WORK IN PROGRESS 38-4193 71 198 2 189 JUST BECAUSE (1151) CLIFFHOME
GRAND CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY
SMELL CAREFULLY 18-8889 63 111 2 180 STREET PIZZA (114) TALCAMA
MARK 5-4088 51 121 3 179 JOHNS (927) KALTOS
ZAKAU 5-4623 37 36 172 JOHNS (927) KALTOS
ZANE GREY 21-4810 29 51 2 170 AUTHORS (749) SUNSET
GRAND ADEPTS W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY
MEN WORKING 38-4189 57 212 1 148 JUST BECAUSE (1151) CLIFFHOME
HELENE JUSTE 5-4875 25 26 1 128 THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (1325) KALTOS
-SPUTTERBUZZ 6-5810 21 8 102 TACKLE BOX (1332) TRANSEL
GRAND CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY
MIKEL 6-6190 22 17 2 97 THE LADY'S LIST (917) TRANSEL
GRAND INITIATES W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY
JERI LOUGH 5-4840 22 48 77 THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (1325) KALTOS
LENNON 5-4087 23 18 1 76 JOHNS (927) KALTOS
KATIRONA MURH 5-4929 39 25 2 75 THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (1325) KALTOS
CLIVE 6-5215 25 32 5 65 THE LADY'S LIST (917) TRANSEL
JAMMY LARKE 5-4926 30 28 63 THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (1325) KALTOS
PENDRU ROST 5-4956 23 61 50 THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (1325) KALTOS
2 + 2 = 4 38-4190 38 131 41 JUST BECAUSE (1151) CLIFFHOME
HOFFA 5-4622 28 45 36 JOHNS (927) KALTOS
JUSTIN 6-6179 17 25 2 36 THE LADY'S LIST (917) TRANSEL
HOFFA 5-4348 12 115 36 JOHNS (927) KALTOS
HOFFA 5-4299 15 47 34 JOHNS (927) KALTOS
ALOYICIUS 6-5045 18 21 2 29 THE LADY'S LIST (917) TRANSEL
SATCHEL 6-6215 21 24 1 13 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
PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE
Zakau -- Are you sure you were supposed to do that? After all, your experience in
losing should have prevented it. And what's most annoying is that now we both have
even records. Which means that THIS time, each of us has to strive and hesitate over
the question of "winning record, or losing record?" I hate that kind of thing. --
Helene Juste
Hoffa -- We all enjoyed that. -- Jeri Lough, Jammy Larke, and Katirona Murh
Satchel -- JUST what I need. -- Pendru Rost
P.S. How did I get sixty-one losses? I didn't think I even had sixty-one total
FIGHTS.
Kalidor -- I'm a Grandmaster now. Does this mean I get a pay raise? Anyway, just so
you know, I never did hit what I was aiming at. -- Stassia
??Radar?? -- It's fun to meet up with you outisde the arena... but on the sands not
so much. I can see why you almost have a winning record. -- Crysoprase
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
STASSIA slimly won victory over RASCALLY RABBIT in a 3 minute Title fight.
CRYSOPRASE slimly won victory over SMELL CAREFULLY in a action packed 3 minute battle.
??RADAR?? subdued WORK IN PROGRESS in a action packed 2 minute fight.
RUGEN THE JELLYFISH devastated MARK in a popular 1 minute one-sided contest.
ZANE GREY demolished CAPTURED CUTPURSE in a 1 minute mismatched competition.
ZAKAU savagely defeated SHEWISH GIANT in a exciting 1 minute bloody struggle.
MEN WORKING handily defeated HELENE JUSTE in a 1 minute uneven fight.
MIKEL vanquished PYG in a action packed 1 minute uneven duel.
JERI LOUGH overpowered 2 + 2 = 4 in a popular 1 minute uneven duel.
HOFFA luckily beat COCKY SPECTATOR in a action packed 4 minute gory match.
HOFFA was defeated by PENDRU ROST in a exciting 2 minute match.
HOFFA was devastated by KATIRONA MURH in a 1 minute mismatched conflict.
SATCHEL was demolished by DEBBY TONTE in a popular 1 minute bloody mismatched match.
JUSTIN was handily defeated by BOOKIE'S GUARD in a 1 minute uneven fight.
CLIVE was overpowered by BOOKIE'S GUARD in a action packed 1 minute uneven struggle.
ALOYICIUS was overpowered by INKEEPER'S SON in a 1 minute mismatched brawl.
LENNON bested JAMMY LARKE in a 2 minute brutal fight.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|WALL OF STEEL 5 PARRY-STRIKE 7 - 3 - 0 70 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 5 PARRY-RIPOSTE 12 - 8 - 0 60 |
|LUNGING ATTACK 4 LUNGING ATTACK 37 - 26 - 0 59 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 3 WALL OF STEEL 32 - 34 - 1 48 |
|STRIKING ATTACK 3 SLASHING ATTACK 32 - 36 - 3 47 |
|BASHING ATTACK 2 TOTAL PARRY 16 - 23 - 0 41 |
|TOTAL PARRY 2 BASHING ATTACK 10 - 19 - 0 34 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 2 PARRY-LUNGE 7 - 15 - 0 32 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 1 STRIKING ATTACK 8 - 18 - 1 31 |
|AIMED BLOW 0 AIMED BLOW 0 - 0 - 0 0 |
Turn 568 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 SLASHING ATTACK 2 - 3 3 WALL OF STEEL
LUNGING ATTACK 3 - 1 PARRY-LUNGE 1 - 2 2 LUNGING ATTACK
WALL OF STEEL 3 - 2 STRIKING ATTACK 1 - 2 2 SLASHING ATTACK
BASHING ATTACK 1 - 1 AIMED BLOW 0 - 0 1 BASHING ATTACK
TOTAL PARRY 1 - 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 2 1 PARRY-STRIKE
1 TOTAL PARRY
1 STRIKING ATTACK
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
WALL OF STEEL STASSIA 37-1523 95 106 4 243 UP TO NO GOOD (316)
LUNGING ATTACK RUGEN THE JELLYF 82-12478 69 25 0 200 HANNAH'S PALS (1270)
PARRY-STRIKE CRYSOPRASE 1-3266 103 127 2 197 ILLFANG PACT (281)
STRIKING ATTACK RASCALLY RABBIT 59-1338 34 31 0 190 THE WILLBURYS 1 (1333)
PARRY-RIPOSTE WORK IN PROGRESS 38-4193 71 198 2 189 JUST BECAUSE (1151)
PARRY-LUNGE MARK 5-4088 51 121 3 179 JOHNS (927)
BASHING ATTACK MEN WORKING 38-4189 57 212 1 148 JUST BECAUSE (1151)
SLASHING ATTACK MIKEL 6-6190 22 17 2 97 THE LADY'S LIST (917)
TOTAL PARRY 2 + 2 = 4 38-4190 38 131 0 41 JUST BECAUSE (1151)
The overall popularity leader is ??RADAR?? 82-20310. The most popular warrior this
turn was STASSIA 37-1523. The ten other most popular fighters were CRYSOPRASE
1-3266, SMELL CAREFULLY 18-8889, ??RADAR?? 82-20310, PENDRU ROST 5-4956, WORK IN
PROGRESS 38-4193, LENNON 5-4087, RASCALLY RABBIT 59-1338, RUGEN THE JELLYFISH
82-12478, ZAKAU 5-4623, and JERI LOUGH 5-4840.
The least popular fighter this week was ALOYICIUS 6-5045. The other ten least
popular fighters were JUSTIN 6-6179, HOFFA 5-4299, 2 + 2 = 4 38-4190, HELENE JUSTE
5-4875, JAMMY LARKE 5-4926, CLIVE 6-5215, HOFFA 5-4348, PYG 98-1120, MARK 5-4088, and
KATIRONA MURH 5-4929.
Arena (Number) W L K Arena (Number) W L K Arena (Number) W L K
MORDANT(1) 1 0 0 SUNSET(21) 1 0 0 ILLIS(59) 0 1 0
KALTOS(5) 6 5 0 SIBIKHAS(37) 1 0 0 DWES EG(82) 2 0 0
TRANSEL(6) 1 4 0 CLIFFHOME(38) 1 2 0 SYVYN'S HILL(98) 0 1 0
TALCAMA(18) 0 1 0
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH ARENA W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY
CRYSOPRASE 1-3266 103 127 2 197 ILLFANG PACT (281) MORDANT
MARK 5-4088 51 121 3 179 JOHNS (927) KALTOS
MIKEL 6-6190 22 17 2 97 THE LADY'S LIST (917) TRANSEL
SMELL CAREFULLY 18-8889 63 111 2 180 STREET PIZZA (114) TALCAMA
ZANE GREY 21-4810 29 51 2 170 AUTHORS (749) SUNSET
STASSIA 37-1523 95 106 4 243 UP TO NO GOOD (316) SIBIKHAS
WORK IN PROGRESS 38-4193 71 198 2 189 JUST BECAUSE (1151) CLIFFHOME
RASCALLY RABBIT 59-1338 34 31 0 190 THE WILLBURYS 1 (1333) ILLIS
??RADAR?? 82-20310 82 95 1 209 DYSLEXICS UNTIE! II (1258) DWES EG
WINTER FACE-TO-FACE IN SUNNY ARIZONA!
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sheet and minioverviews some time in December. We hope you're all looking forward to
it and that we will see you there!