DARKHOLM SPORTING JOURNAL Date : 03/10/2012 Duedate: 03/23/2012 DARKHOLM ARENA DM 104 TURN 579 RANK TEAMS W L K % RANK TEAMS W L K % 1 PUNCHLINES 82/1115 2183 1731 23 55.8 4 ILLFANG PACT 1/281 480 657 8 42.2 STREET PIZZA 18/114 UP TO NO GOOD 37/316 HANNAH'S PALS 82/1270 5 JOHNS 5/927 1190 2177 21 35.3 DYSLEXICS UNTIE! II 82/1258 AUTHORS 21/749 2 THE CLUB 10/1338 333 313 3 51.5 JUST BECAUSE 38/1151 SHREDDERS 42/1337 THE LADY'S LIST 6/917 TACKLE BOX 6/1332 6 STORM RIDERS 1/1056 540 994 7 35.2 TACKLE BOX 37/788 BLOOD + ORANGES 51/518 THE FUNNY FARM 2/881 STORM RIDERS II 1/1057 3 APOCALYPSE 38/712 81 109 2 42.6 THE MIDDLE WAY 5 5/1325 WARRIOR SPOTLIGHT * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * ---===DELARQUAN REGIONAL NEWS===--- Duelmasters ----------- DM 1 MORDANT (turn 696): NAEGLING of SWEORDMASTERS (Mannequin, mgr.) DM 2 NIANIA (turn 579): TASAIO of HAMOI TONG (Froot E. Bowl, mgr.) DM 3 OSKSI (turn 701): STARKAD of AESIR (Buri, mgr.) DM 4 JHELUM (turn 673): RAIGHNALL of SAVAGE HORDE (Hawk, mgr.) DM 5 KALTOS (turn 697): JUST LOSIN of THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (Jorja, mgr.) DM 6 TRANSEL (turn 692): PLAINSMAN of SOUL STRIPPERS II (Saucy Jack, mgr.) DM 7 BONSUR (turn 701): BALOR of DEMONS & DEVILS (Manager, mgr.) DM 10 KOLACT (turn 685): TROG of ABOMINATION (Chase, mgr.) DM 18 TALCAMA (turn 687): PETE of SHEPHERDS (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.) DM 21 SUNSET (turn 686): RED HOUSE of THE BLUES (Buri, mgr.) DM 36 JHANS (turn 652): CHESTER GRELL of MIDDLE WAY 17 (Jorja, mgr.) DM 38 CLIFFHOME (turn 641): VONSITAN KORV of JINDA-BAN (Jorja, mgr.) DM 39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 296): IPSWICH of KIWI CONNECTION (The Mun, mgr.) DM 42 RODEKI (turn 634): KWS of SHREDDERS (Buri, mgr.) DM 51 TRICORUS (turn 585): HANK of VENTURE BROS. (Buri, mgr.) DM 54 TROCAR (turn 278): QIONG YING of ASIAN INVASION (Pec Killer, mgr.) DM 59 ILLIS (turn 271): APPLESEED of IMPROVED ILLUSION (Master Darque, mgr.) DM 62 VALAMANTIS (turn 530): GILBERN JUSS of MIDDLE WAY 10 (Jorja, mgr.) DM 72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 247): NAEFAN ORDH of MIDDLE WAY 9 (Jorja, mgr.) ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 578): RUGEN THE JELLYFISH of HANNAH'S PALS (The Upright Man) Top Teams --------- DM 1 MORDANT (turn 696): RUN DMC (Howlin' Wolf, mgr.) DM 2 NIANIA (turn 579): HAMOI TONG (Froot E. Bowl, mgr.) DM 3 OSKSI (turn 701): STATE OF MIND (Marma Duke, mgr.) DM 4 JHELUM (turn 673): SAVAGE HORDE (Hawk, mgr.) DM 5 KALTOS (turn 697): THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (Jorja, mgr.) DM 6 TRANSEL (turn 692): PSYCHO SQUAD (Jorja, mgr.) DM 7 BONSUR (turn 701): SENTINELS (Nomad, mgr.) DM 10 KOLACT (turn 685): ABOMINATION (Chase, mgr.) DM 18 TALCAMA (turn 687): NEXT GENERATION (?, mgr.) DM 21 SUNSET (turn 686): THE RED BLADES (Bill the Bard, mgr.) DM 36 JHANS (turn 652): TEMPLE OF STEEL (Hawk, mgr.) DM 38 CLIFFHOME (turn 641): JINDA-BAN (Jorja, mgr.) DM 39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 296): KIWI CONNECTION (The Mun, mgr.) DM 42 RODEKI (turn 634): COLOR ME SUAVE (Suave, mgr.) DM 51 TRICORUS (turn 585): CODE OF STEEL (Hawk, mgr.) DM 54 TROCAR (turn 278): KIWI CONNECTION II (The Mun, mgr.) DM 59 ILLIS (turn 271): IMPROVED ILLUSION (Master Darque, mgr.) DM 62 VALAMANTIS (turn 530): MIDDLE WAY 10 (Jorja, mgr.) DM 72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 247): MIDDLE WAY 9 (Jorja, mgr.) ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 578) PUNCHLINES et al (The Upright Man, mgr.) Recent Graduates ----------------- DM 2 NIANIA (turn 578): SKIDMARK BUG of 042909A (The Muffin Man, mgr.) GNU I KNEW of GNU TEAM (Sherlock, mgr.) DM 3 OSKSI (turn 701): SALDORINIVAN KIRO of GAMES LIBRARY (Jorja, mgr.) DM 4 JHELUM (turn 673): SNAPPING TURTLE of TRIBAL COUNCIL (Chief Illiniwek, mgr.) DM 5 KALTOS (turn 696): KELLY of CASSEY'S CREW (Dartor, mgr.) DM 6 TRANSEL (turn 690): FLASHER of TACKLE BOX (Buri, mgr.) DM 10 KOLACT (turn 685): TROG of ABOMINATION (Chase, mgr.) (turn 684): SCARFACE of THE CLUB (Buri, mgr.) DM 21 SUNSET (turn 686): RED HOUSE of THE BLUES (Buri, mgr.) (turn 685): MOSHI HARU of KANO CLAN (Doc Miracle, mgr.) LEVEL OF MALEVOLENCE of DEVIATION (Marma Duke, mgr.) ARIOCH of MINIONS OF CHAOS (?, mgr.) DM 38 CLIFFHOME (turn 641): VONSITAN KORV of JINDA-BAN (Jorja, mgr.) WHAT'S A VOLKSIE? Of TEAM FLOYD (Floyd, mgr.) (turn 640): WRATH of APOCALYPSE (Preacher, mgr.) DM 39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 296): IPSWICH of KIWI CONNECTION (The Mun, mgr.) DM 42 RODEKI (turn 633): HENDRIX of SHREDDERS (Buri, mgr.) DM 59 ILLIS (turn 670): LORD FOUL of BLOODGUARD (Sigird Fafnisbane, mgr.) REPORT FROM WITHIN THE TOWER Hullo! Here we are again! You know, I'm thinking of making this a regular thing. Me writing the spyreport, you know. Every two weeks. What do you think? There were four challenges this time. *applauds* They were all made by Buri's fighters. THUNDER BUG (37-3734) (34-20-0,204) of TACKLE BOX challenged ??RADAR?? (82- 20310) (88-99-1,219) of DYSLEXICS UNTIE! II. THUNDER BUG was devastated by ??RADAR?? in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge fight. ??Radar?? was most challenged warrior, and is our top Wall of Steel, stealing that title away from Stassia. And this was... hmm... Buri versus The Upright Man. SPUTTERBUZZ (6-5810) (25-13-0,160) of TACKLE BOX challenged CRYSOPRASE (1-3266) (108-132-2,181) of ILLFANG PACT. SPUTTERBUZZ was subdued by CRYSOPRASE in an exciting 4 minute Challenge melee. Buri vs. She-Pup. It was a very brave up- challenge, I thought. BIG BIRD (2-5703) (16-11-2,41) of THE FUNNY FARM challenged 2 + 2 = 4 (38-4190) (42-137-0,81) of JUST BECAUSE. BIG BIRD was overpowered by 2 + 2 = 4 in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge duel. Buri vs. A-Sop. I. M. WEASEL (2-4474) (23-6-3,60) of THE FUNNY FARM challenged KATIRONA MURH (5- 4929) (42-32-2,68) of THE MIDDLE WAY 5. I. M. WEASEL devastated KATIRONA MURH in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge fight. Buri vs. Jorja. RUGEN THE JELLYFISH (82-12478) (78-26-0,250) of HANNAH'S PALS fought STASSIA (37-1523) (101-110-4,219) of UP TO NO GOOD. RUGEN THE JELLYFISH devastated STASSIA in a popular 2 minute uneven Title brawl. This was The Upright Man vs. She-Puppy, but it wasn't a challenge match so doesn't seem to be a manager-versus-manager brangle. I like that word, brangle. I think I'll use it a few more times today. So anyway, Rugen is our new Keeper of the Runeblade, besides being top Lunger, and probably won't write a column. Meh. Of course jellyfish don't generally write columns, but they also don't generally lunge, so I don't think it's unreasonable of me to want a column. No one died, nobody avoided anybody, and... that's about all I have to say. I know it's really short, but they wouldn't let me have my desk until a few minutes ago, and I'm still feeling unsettled about it. So, all of you, have a lovely two weeks and we'll meet again--by which time Spring will be unequivocally in full bloom! Best to you all, Malid of Talcama KEEPER OF THE RUNEBLADE W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY RUGEN THE JELLYFISH 82-12478 79 26 263 HANNAH'S PALS (1270) DWES EG GRAND CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY ??RADAR?? 82-20310 89 99 1 237 DYSLEXICS UNTIE! II (1258) DWES EG TASHI'SINDAR 1-3249 71 50 3 214 STORM RIDERS II (1057) MORDANT HAIR LIP! 82-3261 23 19 1 212 PUNCHLINES (1115) DWES EG GRAND CHAMPIONS W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY ELAYRON 51-1492 76 59 209 BLOOD + ORANGES (518) TRICORUS DESPAIR 38-2287 46 57 2 208 APOCALYPSE (712) CLIFFHOME STASSIA 37-1523 101 111 4 203 UP TO NO GOOD (316) SIBIKHAS HOLOCAUST 38-3010 46 42 2 201 APOCALYPSE (712) CLIFFHOME MARK 5-4088 55 128 3 191 JOHNS (927) KALTOS CRYSOPRASE 1-3266 109 132 2 190 ILLFANG PACT (281) MORDANT THUNDER BUG 37-3734 34 21 190 TACKLE BOX (788) SIBIKHAS SMELL CAREFULLY 18-8889 71 114 2 187 STREET PIZZA (114) TALCAMA GRAND CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY SAMUEL 38-3352 36 29 5 179 APOCALYPSE (712) CLIFFHOME HIKARAN DAAL 1-2070 71 86 175 STORM RIDERS (1056) MORDANT MEN WORKING 38-4189 62 218 1 172 JUST BECAUSE (1151) CLIFFHOME ZANE GREY 21-4810 31 60 2 171 AUTHORS (749) SUNSET ZAKAU 5-4623 41 43 166 JOHNS (927) KALTOS SPUTTERBUZZ 6-5810 25 14 161 TACKLE BOX (1332) TRANSEL GRAND ADEPTS W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY MIKEL 6-6190 27 23 2 128 THE LADY'S LIST (917) TRANSEL HELENE JUSTE 5-4875 26 36 1 124 THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (1325) KALTOS JAMMY LARKE 5-4926 39 30 122 THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (1325) KALTOS LENNON 5-4087 29 23 1 109 JOHNS (927) KALTOS CLIVE 6-5215 35 33 5 106 THE LADY'S LIST (917) TRANSEL JUSTIN 6-6179 22 31 3 103 THE LADY'S LIST (917) TRANSEL GRAND CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY JERI LOUGH 5-4840 30 51 93 THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (1325) KALTOS GRAND INITIATES W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY 2 + 2 = 4 38-4190 43 137 84 JUST BECAUSE (1151) CLIFFHOME I. M. WEASEL 2-4474 24 6 3 80 THE FUNNY FARM (881) NIANIA FLASHER 6-6556 15 7 1 76 TACKLE BOX (1332) TRANSEL WRATH 38-3821 19 11 67 APOCALYPSE (712) CLIFFHOME -GIDEON 38-3370 25 17 1 66 APOCALYPSE (712) CLIFFHOME KATIRONA MURH 5-4929 42 33 2 59 THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (1325) KALTOS PENDRU ROST 5-4956 27 68 59 THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (1325) KALTOS SATCHEL 6-6215 28 28 2 57 THE LADY'S LIST (917) TRANSEL SRV 42-4593 13 3 1 57 SHREDDERS (1337) RODEKI -SCARFACE 10-5965 15 6 2 53 THE CLUB (1338) KOLACT HOFFA 5-4622 32 52 46 JOHNS (927) KALTOS GRAND INITIATES W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY -HENDRIX 42-4594 13 6 45 SHREDDERS (1337) RODEKI BIG BIRD 2-5703 16 12 2 41 THE FUNNY FARM (881) NIANIA ALOYICIUS 6-5045 21 29 2 32 THE LADY'S LIST (917) TRANSEL HOFFA 5-4348 12 126 31 JOHNS (927) KALTOS HOFFA 5-4299 15 58 30 JOHNS (927) KALTOS '-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn. THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE Malic -- I don't think A-Sop considers the Hoffa name "lucky." They're usually amazingly pudly. Wussy? -- Jorja Based on his recent personal ads, A-Sop isn't calling anything anything. Malic -- I never knew anyone could do... THAT with raspberries and ice cream. Very educational. -- Jeri Lough That's right! I once snorted half a raspberry through a drinking straw, on a dare. One rather nice side effect was smelling raspberries for about the next day and a half. Malic -- As in, gossip? Let me think about this. I'm not sure spreading it is a good idea. -- Jorja Men Working -- That's a switch. -- Helene Juste Hoffa -- Ha! -- Jammy Larke and Katirona Murh I. M. Weasel -- Wow, someone who isn't managed by A-Sop! Pleased to meet you. -- Jeri Lough Satchel -- I hope you end up in Lost Luggage. -- Pendru Rost Hair Lip! -- But you don't have a hair lip. Your lips are quite nice. I always think lips with beards around them look extra sensual. -- Crysoprase Despair -- Nice train. And I apologize for saying I was going to say something rude. That was a bit rude. -- Stassia LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS THUNDER BUG was devastated by ??RADAR?? in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge fight. SPUTTERBUZZ was subdued by CRYSOPRASE in a exciting 4 minute Challenge melee. BIG BIRD was overpowered by 2 + 2 = 4 in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge duel. I. M. WEASEL devastated KATIRONA MURH in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge fight. RUGEN THE JELLYFISH devastated STASSIA in a popular 2 minute uneven Title brawl. MARK was beaten by HOLOCAUST in a crowd pleasing 2 minute gory brawl. HAIR LIP! handily defeated HIKARAN DAAL in a action packed 2 minute uneven melee. TASHI'SINDAR overpowered SAMUEL in a popular 1 minute uneven duel. DESPAIR overpowered ZANE GREY in a 2 minute gory uneven match. ELAYRON overpowered MEN WORKING in a crowd pleasing 1 minute one-sided match. ZAKAU was handily defeated by SMELL CAREFULLY in a 1 minute one-sided contest. MIKEL was devastated by CAPTURED CUTPURSE in a 1 minute mismatched bout. HELENE JUSTE handily defeated JUSTIN in a 1 minute uneven fight. CLIVE was overpowered by DESIREE in a action packed 1 minute brutal uneven struggle. LENNON was bested by JAMMY LARKE in a crowd pleasing 1 minute brawl. JERI LOUGH overpowered HOFFA in a 1 minute one-sided bout. SATCHEL was overpowered by FLASHER in a 1 minute one-sided bout. ALOYICIUS was overpowered by PENDRU ROST in a 1 minute mismatched conflict. SRV viciously subdued HOFFA in a popular 3 minute gruesome bout. HOFFA was demolished by WRATH in a action packed 1 minute uneven bout. BATTLE REPORT MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS |FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT| |SLASHING ATTACK 8 PARRY-RIPOSTE 9 - 2 - 0 82 | |WALL OF STEEL 7 AIMED BLOW 3 - 1 - 0 75 | |LUNGING ATTACK 6 LUNGING ATTACK 33 - 19 - 0 63 | |TOTAL PARRY 5 PARRY-STRIKE 6 - 4 - 0 60 | |PARRY-LUNGE 3 SLASHING ATTACK 46 - 33 - 2 58 | |STRIKING ATTACK 3 BASHING ATTACK 13 - 16 - 0 45 | |BASHING ATTACK 3 TOTAL PARRY 17 - 22 - 0 44 | |AIMED BLOW 1 PARRY-LUNGE 9 - 13 - 0 41 | |PARRY-STRIKE 1 WALL OF STEEL 24 - 39 - 0 38 | |PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 STRIKING ATTACK 10 - 23 - 0 30 | Turn 579 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: AIMED BLOW 1 - 0 WALL OF STEEL 3 - 4 3 WALL OF STEEL PARRY-STRIKE 1 - 0 TOTAL PARRY 2 - 3 2 LUNGING ATTACK PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 - 0 SLASHING ATTACK 3 - 5 2 PARRY-LUNGE PARRY-LUNGE 2 - 1 STRIKING ATTACK 1 - 2 1 SLASHING ATTACK LUNGING ATTACK 4 - 2 BASHING ATTACK 0 - 3 1 TOTAL PARRY 1 PARRY-STRIKE 1 BASHING ATTACK TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME LUNGING ATTACK RUGEN THE JELLYF 82-12478 79 26 0 263 HANNAH'S PALS (1270) WALL OF STEEL ??RADAR?? 82-20310 89 99 1 237 DYSLEXICS UNTIE! II (1258) SLASHING ATTACK HAIR LIP! 82-3261 23 19 1 212 PUNCHLINES (1115) PARRY-LUNGE ELAYRON 51-1492 76 59 0 209 BLOOD + ORANGES (518) TOTAL PARRY DESPAIR 38-2287 46 57 2 208 APOCALYPSE (712) PARRY-STRIKE CRYSOPRASE 1-3266 109 132 2 190 ILLFANG PACT (281) BASHING ATTACK THUNDER BUG 37-3734 34 21 0 190 TACKLE BOX (788) STRIKING ATTACK SAMUEL 38-3352 36 29 5 179 APOCALYPSE (712) PARRY-RIPOSTE JAMMY LARKE 5-4926 39 30 0 122 THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (1325) AIMED BLOW FLASHER 6-6556 15 7 1 76 TACKLE BOX (1332) 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 RUGEN THE JELLYFISH 82-12478, HAIR LIP! 82-3261, SRV 42-4593, MARK 5-4088, HOLOCAUST 38-3010, DESPAIR 38-2287, SPUTTERBUZZ 6-5810, I. M. WEASEL 2-4474, TASHI'SINDAR 1-3249, and ELAYRON 51-1492. The least popular fighter this week was HOFFA 5-4299. The other ten least popular fighters were JUSTIN 6-6179, MIKEL 6-6190, SAMUEL 38-3352, HOFFA 5-4348, ALOYICIUS 6-5045, SATCHEL 6-6215, CLIVE 6-5215, ZAKAU 5-4623, KATIRONA MURH 5-4929, and BIG BIRD 2-5703. Arena (Number) W L K Arena (Number) W L K Arena (Number) W L K MORDANT(1) 2 1 0 TALCAMA(18) 1 0 0 RODEKI(42) 1 0 0 NIANIA(2) 1 1 0 SUNSET(21) 0 1 0 TRICORUS(51) 1 0 0 KALTOS(5) 4 7 0 SIBIKHAS(37) 0 2 0 DWES EG(82) 3 0 0 TRANSEL(6) 1 6 0 CLIFFHOME(38) 4 2 0 TOP WARRIOR OF EACH ARENA W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY TASHI'SINDAR 1-3249 71 50 3 214 STORM RIDERS II (1057) MORDANT TOP WARRIOR OF EACH ARENA W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY I. M. WEASEL 2-4474 24 6 3 80 THE FUNNY FARM (881) NIANIA MARK 5-4088 55 128 3 191 JOHNS (927) KALTOS SPUTTERBUZZ 6-5810 25 14 0 161 TACKLE BOX (1332) TRANSEL SMELL CAREFULLY 18-8889 71 114 2 187 STREET PIZZA (114) TALCAMA ZANE GREY 21-4810 31 60 2 171 AUTHORS (749) SUNSET STASSIA 37-1523 101 111 4 203 UP TO NO GOOD (316) SIBIKHAS DESPAIR 38-2287 46 57 2 208 APOCALYPSE (712) CLIFFHOME SRV 42-4593 13 3 1 57 SHREDDERS (1337) RODEKI ELAYRON 51-1492 76 59 0 209 BLOOD + ORANGES (518) TRICORUS RUGEN THE JELLYFI 82-12478 79 26 0 263 HANNAH'S PALS (1270) DWES EG