DARKHOLM SPORTING JOURNAL

Date   : 01/28/2012    Duedate: 02/10/2012

DARKHOLM ARENA

DM 104    TURN 576

RANK TEAMS                 W    L   K    %  RANK TEAMS                 W    L   K    % 
  1 PUNCHLINES 82/1115  2171 1731  23 55.6      LEGION OF LEGEND 62/1305
    STREET PIZZA 18/114                       4 ILLFANG PACT 1/281   476  655   8 42.1
    HANNAH'S PALS 82/1270                       UP TO NO GOOD 37/316
    DYSLEXICS UNTIE! II 82/1258               5 APOCALYPSE 38/712     74  104   2 41.6
  2 TACKLE BOX 6/1332    326  306   3 51.6    6-DARK AT HEA 21/1336  102  149   0 40.6
    TACKLE BOX 37/788                         7 JOHNS 5/927         1179 2146  20 35.5
    THE FUNNY FARM 2/881                        AUTHORS 21/749
  3-STEEL LEGION 1/1304   10   12   0 45.5      JUST BECAUSE 38/1151
    WINGED LEGION 6/1277                        THE LADY'S LIST 6/917
    BLOODY LEGION 96/1276                     8 THE MIDDLE W 5/1325  528  988   7 34.8

                                  WARRIOR SPOTLIGHT

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                         ---===DELARQUAN REGIONAL NEWS===---

                                     Duelmasters
                                     -----------
 DM   1 MORDANT (turn 639): RANDOM MANIAC of HOMICIDAL MANIACS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   2 NIANIA (turn 576): GNU I KNEW of GNU TEAM (Sherlock, mgr.)
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 698): EXISTENCE MUNDANE of STATE OF MIND (Marma Duke, mgr.)
 DM   4 JHELUM (turn 670): BRAVE 2 of TRIBAL COUNCIL (Chief Illiniwek, mgr.)
 DM   5 KALTOS (turn 694): WATSON of TECHNOLOGY (Otto X, mgr.)
 DM   6 TRANSEL (turn 689): FLASHER of TACKLE BOX (Buri, mgr.)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 698): NIKKI NAILS of TOOL SHED (Leprechaun, mgr.)
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 682): WILD THINGS of BACON MAKIN' (Sherlock, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 684): BABY ON BOARD of SEA DOGS (One Armed Bandit, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 683): RED HOUSE of THE BLUES (Buri, mgr.)
 DM  36 JHANS (turn 649): RHAKARAS of TEMPLE OF STEEL (Hawk, mgr.)
 DM  38 CLIFFHOME (turn 638): VONSITAN KORV of JINDA-BAN (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 295): IPSWICH of KIWI CONNECTION (The Mun, mgr.)
 DM  42 RODEKI (turn 631): HENDRIX of SHREDDERS (Buri, mgr.)
 DM  51 TRICORUS (turn 582): HANK of VENTURE BROS. (Buri, mgr.)
 DM  54 TROCAR (turn 276): WERE BEAR of FERAL LEGION (Seraphim, mgr.)
 DM  59 ILLIS (turn 269): HARVEY of IMPROVED ILLUSION (Master Darque, mgr.)
 DM  62 VALAMANTIS (turn 527): KOLBERT MOON of MIDDLE WAY 10 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 246): NAEFAN ORDH of MIDDLE WAY 9 (Jorja, mgr.)
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 575): THUNDER BUG of TACKLE BOX (Buri, mgr.)

                                      Top Teams
                                      ---------
 DM   1 MORDANT (turn 693): HOMICIDAL MANIACS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   2 NIANIA (turn 576): HAMOI TONG (Froot E. Bowl, mgr.)
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 698): STATE OF MIND (Marma Duke, mgr.)
 DM   4 JHELUM (turn 670): TRIBAL COUNCIL (Chief Illiniwek, mgr.)
 DM   5 KALTOS (turn 694): TECHNOLOGY (Otto X, mgr.)
 DM   6 TRANSEL (turn 689): SOUL STRIPPERS II (Saucy Jack, mgr.)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 298): SENTINELS (Nomad, mgr.)
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 682): ABOMINATIONS (Chase, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 684): RYAN'S HENCHMEN (Leprechaun, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 683): THE BOWLS (Froot E. Bowl, mgr.)
 DM  36 JHANS (turn 649): DEVIATION (Marma Duke, mgr.)
 DM  38 CLIFFHOME (turn 638): ZOMBIE SQUAD (Khisanth, mgr.)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 295): DARQUE ANGELS (Master Darque, mgr.)
 DM  42 RODEKI (turn 631): SHREDDERS (Buri, mgr.)
 DM  51 TRICORUS (turn 582): VENTURE BROS. (Buri, mgr.)
 DM  54 TROCAR (turn 276): FERAL LEGION (Seraphim, mgr.)
 DM  59 ILLIS (turn 269): IMPROVED ILLUSION (Master Darque, mgr.)
 DM  62 VALAMANTIS (turn 527): MIDDLE WAY 10 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 246): MIDDLE WAY 9 (Jorja, mgr.)
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 575) PUNCHILINES et al (The Upright Man, mgr.)

                                   Recent Graduates
                                  -----------------
 DM   1 MORDANT (turn 692): JOSH of CLUELESS (Sherlock, mgr.)
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 698): EXISTENCE MUNDANE of STATE OF MIND (Marma Duke, mgr.)
 DM   4 JHELUM (turn 670): BRAVE 2 of TRIBAL COUNCIL (Chief Illiniwek, mgr.)
               (turn 669): RUNNING DEER of TRIBAL COUNCIL (Chief Illiniwek, mgr.)
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 682): WILD THINGS of BACON MAKIN' (Sherlock, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 684): CHATROOMMATE of CENTER FOR OLDS (Suave, mgr.)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 294): THE FALLEN ONE of DARQUE ANGELS (Master Darque, mgr.)
 DM  42 RODEKI (turn 631): URCHIN of DUNGEON CELL (One Armed Bandit, mgr.)
 DM  59 ILLIS (turn 269): HARVEY of IMPROVED ILLUSION (Master Darque, mgr.)
                          FAIRYFIRE of IMPROVED ILLUSION (Master Darque, mgr.)

                             REPORT FROM WITHIN THE TOWER

Good morning!

     All right -- afternoon.  I don't do mornings.  But this looks like a fine, sunny
start to a day!  What hey!  Oh -- I rhymed.  I feel I might actually enjoy writing a
poem.  But I'm, you know, too happy.  That won't do at all.  Poets have to starve in
garrets.  Here I sit in the luxurious spyreporter's suite in the Black Tower,
nibbling the eggs and bacon, and sipping the juice of nine tanna leaves, which giveth
motivation.  Starvation appeals not at all.
     In fact... just a moment....
     There, I've instructed the butler to take this plate of excellent persimmon
scones and distribute them to any hungry-lurking urchins who might be passing by.
Not that Willow Beach is noted for a large population of urchins.  But I'm afraid
that if I asked someone to take the scones to Talahya, they'd go cold and perhaps
stale.
     Ah!  The fights, yes.  There were two challenges this turn!  Let's look at
those, first.  Both of them were Preacher's fighters challenging those of A-Sop.
Aha.  Are they having a contest.  You there!  Are you?
     HOLOCAUST (38-3010) (44-40-2,189) of APOCALYPSE challenged ZANE GREY (21-4810)
(31-56-2,187) of AUTHORS.  HOLOCAUST bested ZANE GREY in a crowd pleasing 2 minute
Challenge fight.
     GIDEON (38-3370) (23-16-1,85) of APOCALYPSE challenged 2 + 2 = 4 (38-4190) (41-
135-0,45) of JUST BECAUSE.   GIDEON vanquished 2 + 2 = 4 in a 2 minute brutal uneven
Challenge battle.
     In other news, we had a Title fight.  The spectators liked it, most of them, but
I thought it was a bit... well, have you ever heard the term "pigeoned in"?   As in,
he delivered his performance via messenger pigeon?  THUNDER BUG (37-3734) (32-19-
0,264) of TACKLE BOX fought ??RADAR?? (82-20310) (86-98-1,222) of DYSLEXICS UNTIE!
II.  THUNDER BUG overpowered ??RADAR?? in a crowd pleasing 1 minute mismatched Title
duel.  Thunder Bug, why won't Buri let you pigeon in a column?  This fight actuallly
cost ??Radar?? his long-standing title of Overall Popularity Leader.  Unfair!  I
still like the little guy.
     Our new overall favorite fighter is Big Bird.  Hmm.  BIG BIRD (2-5703) (14-10-
2,22) of THE FUNNY FARM fought ALOYICIUS (6-5045) (19-27-2,29) of THE LADY'S LIST.
BIG BIRD was vanquished by ALOYICIUS in a 1 minute one-sided fray.  That's Buri's
bird getting bested by A-Sop.
     Twins fascinate me.  I prefer it when they're ladies with big endowments, but
here in Darkholm we have twins as well:  The Hoffas.  Pity.  They both work for A-
Sop, who apparently had a pretty bad day, except for a resounding victory against Big
Bird.
     HOFFA (5-4622) (32-48-0,80) of JOHNS fought I. M. WEASEL (2-4474) (22-4-3,65) of
THE FUNNY FARM.  HOFFA was savagely defeated by I. M. WEASEL in a crowd pleasing 2
minute competition.
     HOFFA (5-4348) (12-122-0,43) of JOHNS fought JAMMY LARKE (5-4926) (35-30-0,89)
of THE MIDDLE WAY 5.  HOFFA was demolished by JAMMY LARKE in a 2 minute mismatched
match.
     Breakfast is done, there's a smudge of strawberry jam on this report, and it's
time for my morning stroll.  I believe I'll walk down to the beach and see if the
Beach Babes have come home to their cabana yet.  And so, until we next meet (probably
in a tavern), I bid you all a fond farewell and cheerio!

Malic of Talcama

KEEPER OF THE RUNEBLADE        W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 THUNDER BUG 37-3734          33  19     275  TACKLE BOX (788)           SIBIKHAS

GRAND CHAMPIONS                W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 RUGEN THE JELLYFISH 82-12478 76  26     208  HANNAH'S PALS (1270)       DWES EG
 STASSIA 37-1523              99 110  4  202  UP TO NO GOOD (316)        SIBIKHAS
 ??RADAR?? 82-20310           86  99  1  195  DYSLEXICS UNTIE! II (1258) DWES EG
 HOLOCAUST 38-3010            45  40  2  194  APOCALYPSE (712)           CLIFFHOME
 MARK 5-4088                  54 126  3  193  JOHNS (927)                KALTOS
 HAIR LIP! 82-3261            20  19  1  191  PUNCHLINES (1115)          DWES EG
 ZANE GREY 21-4810            31  57  2  187  AUTHORS (749)              SUNSET
 ZAKAU 5-4623                 41  40     184  JOHNS (927)                KALTOS

GRAND CHALLENGER ADEPTS        W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 MEN WORKING 38-4189          61 216  1  180  JUST BECAUSE (1151)        CLIFFHOME
 CRYSOPRASE 1-3266           107 131  2  179  ILLFANG PACT (281)         MORDANT
 DESPAIR 38-2287              43  57  2  176  APOCALYPSE (712)           CLIFFHOME
 SAMUEL 38-3352               35  27  5  175  APOCALYPSE (712)           CLIFFHOME
 SMELL CAREFULLY 18-8889      68 114  2  171  STREET PIZZA (114)         TALCAMA

GRAND ADEPTS                   W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 SPUTTERBUZZ 6-5810           24  12     137  TACKLE BOX (1332)          TRANSEL
 MIKEL 6-6190                 26  21  2  128  THE LADY'S LIST (917)      TRANSEL
 LENNON 5-4087                29  20  1  124  JOHNS (927)                KALTOS
 JUSTIN 6-6179                21  29  3  119  THE LADY'S LIST (917)      TRANSEL
 HELENE JUSTE 5-4875          25  34  1  109  THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (1325)    KALTOS

GRAND CHALLENGER INITIATES     W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 JAMMY LARKE 5-4926           36  30      91  THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (1325)    KALTOS

GRAND INITIATES                W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 CLIVE 6-5215                 33  32  5   87  THE LADY'S LIST (917)      TRANSEL
 GIDEON 38-3370               24  16  1   87  APOCALYPSE (712)           CLIFFHOME
-HAWK 6-5764                  19   8      87  WINGED LEGION (1277)       TRANSEL
-ZEUS 62-4010                 18   5      83  LEGION OF LEGEND (1305)    VALAMANTIS
 I. M. WEASEL 2-4474          23   4  3   81  THE FUNNY FARM (881)       NIANIA
-COBALT 1-7784                18   8  1   77  STEEL LEGION (1304)        MORDANT
 HOFFA 5-4622                 32  49      72  JOHNS (927)                KALTOS
 SATCHEL 6-6215               26  27  1   67  THE LADY'S LIST (917)      TRANSEL
 PENDRU ROST 5-4956           26  66      63  THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (1325)    KALTOS
 JERI LOUGH 5-4840            27  51      60  THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (1325)    KALTOS
-ASSASSIN 96-1802             11   7  4   55  BLOODY LEGION (1276)       OLD VALAMANTIS
 2 + 2 = 4 38-4190            41 136      47  JUST BECAUSE (1151)        CLIFFHOME
 HOFFA 5-4348                 12 123      47  JOHNS (927)                KALTOS
 KATIRONA MURH 5-4929         40  32  2   40  THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (1325)    KALTOS
 ALOYICIUS 6-5045             20  27  2   39  THE LADY'S LIST (917)      TRANSEL

GRAND INITIATES                W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 HOFFA 5-4299                 15  55      24  JOHNS (927)                KALTOS
 BIG BIRD 2-5703              14  11  2   14  THE FUNNY FARM (881)       NIANIA

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

THE DEAD                   W   L  K TEAM NAME              SLAIN BY                  TURN

                               PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE

Malic -- We hope you're back.  Last cycle's spy reporter had a bag over his head and
couldn't see a thing. -- the Middle Way

     I am.  I was called away to Talcama by my parents, but that's all squared away
     now.

Zakau -- You big bully! -- Helene Juste

Clive -- I'd like to call you a big bully, too, but since you're a dwarf, I guess
that won't go. -- Jeri Lough

And we go 1-1 against Hoffa.  That's almost embarrassing. -- Pendru Rost (winner) and
Katirona Murh (the other)

I. M. Weasel -- You made me mad.  Thanks!  That gave me the push to win.  Maybe I
should arrange for someone to make me mad before ever fight. -- Jammy Larke

Thunder Bug -- Oh no.  Now we both need to change our trains.  Not likely, in my
case, damn it. -- Stassia

Samuel -- Sorry about all of that demonic fury.  It was that time of the month, you
know? -- Crysoprase

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

HOLOCAUST bested ZANE GREY in a crowd pleasing 2 minute Challenge fight.
GIDEON vanquished 2 + 2 = 4 in a 2 minute brutal uneven Challenge battle.
THUNDER BUG overpowered ??RADAR?? in a crowd pleasing 1 minute mismatched Title duel.
RUGEN THE JELLYFISH overpowered MEN WORKING in a 1 minute mismatched match.
CRYSOPRASE was bested by HAIR LIP! in a popular 1 minute bloody duel.
SMELL CAREFULLY was overpowered by MARK in a popular 1 minute mismatched brawl.
STASSIA vanquished DESPAIR in a 2 minute uneven duel.
SAMUEL vanquished JUSTIN in a 2 minute uneven fight.
ZAKAU slimly won victory over LAUGHING BARMAID in a popular 2 minute fight.
LENNON was beaten by SPUTTERBUZZ in a 2 minute melee.
HELENE JUSTE was overpowered by MIKEL in a 1 minute one-sided fight.
HOFFA was savagely defeated by I. M. WEASEL in a crowd pleasing 2 minute competition.
HOFFA was demolished by JAMMY LARKE in a 2 minute mismatched match.
HOFFA was overpowered by JERI LOUGH in a 1 minute mismatched conflict.
SATCHEL overpowered KATIRONA MURH in a crowd pleasing 1 minute one-sided duel.
BIG BIRD was vanquished by ALOYICIUS in a 1 minute one-sided fray.
CLIVE bested PENDRU ROST in a crowd pleasing 1 minute brawl.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|SLASHING ATTACK                  8         AIMED BLOW         2 -   1 -  0      67  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    6         PARRY-RIPOSTE      9 -   5 -  0      64  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   5         LUNGING ATTACK    32 -  18 -  0      64  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      4         SLASHING ATTACK   44 -  30 -  1      59  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   3         PARRY-STRIKE       5 -   5 -  0      50  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  3         TOTAL PARRY       17 -  18 -  0      49  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      2         BASHING ATTACK    13 -  15 -  0      46  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    1         WALL OF STEEL     23 -  38 -  0      38  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     1         PARRY-LUNGE        8 -  15 -  0      35  |
|AIMED BLOW                       0         STRIKING ATTACK   10 -  23 -  0      30  |

Turn 576 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-RIPOSTE      1 -  0     STRIKING ATTACK    1 -  2         3  WALL OF STEEL  
SLASHING ATTACK    6 -  2     WALL OF STEEL      2 -  4         2  BASHING ATTACK 
BASHING ATTACK     2 -  1     TOTAL PARRY        1 -  3         2  LUNGING ATTACK 
LUNGING ATTACK     3 -  2     AIMED BLOW         0 -  0         1  PARRY-LUNGE    
PARRY-LUNGE        1 -  1     PARRY-STRIKE       0 -  1         1  SLASHING ATTACK
                                                                1  STRIKING ATTACK
                                                                1  PARRY-STRIKE   

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
BASHING ATTACK   THUNDER BUG 37-3734        33  19  0  275 TACKLE BOX (788)
LUNGING ATTACK   RUGEN THE JELLYF 82-12478  76  26  0  208 HANNAH'S PALS (1270)
WALL OF STEEL    STASSIA 37-1523            99 110  4  202 UP TO NO GOOD (316)
PARRY-LUNGE      MARK 5-4088                54 126  3  193 JOHNS (927)
SLASHING ATTACK  HAIR LIP! 82-3261          20  19  1  191 PUNCHLINES (1115)
STRIKING ATTACK  ZANE GREY 21-4810          31  57  2  187 AUTHORS (749)
PARRY-STRIKE     CRYSOPRASE 1-3266         107 131  2  179 ILLFANG PACT (281)
TOTAL PARRY      DESPAIR 38-2287            43  57  2  176 APOCALYPSE (712)
PARRY-RIPOSTE    JAMMY LARKE 5-4926         36  30  0   91 THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (1325)

The overall popularity leader is ??RADAR?? 82-20310.  The most popular warrior this 
turn was I. M. WEASEL 2-4474.  The ten other most popular fighters were ZANE GREY 
21-4810, ZAKAU 5-4623, CLIVE 6-5215, HOLOCAUST 38-3010, MARK 5-4088, STASSIA 37-1523, 
GIDEON 38-3370, THUNDER BUG 37-3734, HAIR LIP! 82-3261, and SAMUEL 38-3352.

The least popular fighter this week was BIG BIRD 2-5703.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were HOFFA 5-4299, HELENE JUSTE 5-4875, MEN WORKING 38-4189, PENDRU ROST 
5-4956, KATIRONA MURH 5-4929, HOFFA 5-4348, HOFFA 5-4622, SMELL CAREFULLY 18-8889, 
ALOYICIUS 6-5045, and MIKEL 6-6190.

Arena (Number)       W  L K  Arena (Number)       W  L K  Arena (Number)       W  L K  
MORDANT(1)           0  1 0  TRANSEL(6)           5  1 0  SIBIKHAS(37)         2  0 0  
NIANIA(2)            1  1 0  TALCAMA(18)          0  1 0  CLIFFHOME(38)        3  3 0  
KALTOS(5)            4  7 0  SUNSET(21)           0  1 0  DWES EG(82)          2  1 0  

TOP WARRIOR OF EACH ARENA     W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 CRYSOPRASE 1-3266          107 131  2  179  ILLFANG PACT (281)         MORDANT
 I. M. WEASEL 2-4474         23   4  3   81  THE FUNNY FARM (881)       NIANIA
 MARK 5-4088                 54 126  3  193  JOHNS (927)                KALTOS
 SPUTTERBUZZ 6-5810          24  12  0  137  TACKLE BOX (1332)          TRANSEL
 SMELL CAREFULLY 18-8889     68 114  2  171  STREET PIZZA (114)         TALCAMA
 ZANE GREY 21-4810           31  57  2  187  AUTHORS (749)              SUNSET
 THUNDER BUG 37-3734         33  19  0  275  TACKLE BOX (788)           SIBIKHAS
 HOLOCAUST 38-3010           45  40  2  194  APOCALYPSE (712)           CLIFFHOME

TOP WARRIOR OF EACH ARENA     W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 RUGEN THE JELLYFI 82-12478  76  26  0  208  HANNAH'S PALS (1270)       DWES EG