DARKHOLM SPORTING JOURNAL

Date   : 06/02/2012    Duedate: 06/15/2012

DARKHOLM ARENA

DM 104    TURN 585

RANK TEAMS                 W    L   K    %  RANK TEAMS                 W    L   K    % 
  1 PUNCHLINES 82/1115  2204 1734  23 56.0    3 ILLFANG PACT 1/281   484  661   9 42.3
    STREET PIZZA 18/114                       4 STORM RIDERS 1/1056  564 1018   7 35.7
    HANNAH'S PALS 82/1270                       BLOOD + ORANGES 51/518
    DYSLEXICS UNTIE! II 82/1258                 STORM RIDERS II 1/1057
  2 AESIR 3/301          354  325   3 52.1      THE MIDDLE WAY 5 5/1325
    SHREDDERS 42/1337                         5 JOHNS 5/927         1215 2236  21 35.2
    TACKLE BOX 6/1332                           AUTHORS 21/749
    THE FUNNY FARM 2/881                        JUST BECAUSE 38/1151
    VENTURE BROS. 51/1340                       THE LADY'S LIST 6/917

                                  WARRIOR SPOTLIGHT

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

                                     Duelmasters
                                     -----------
 DM   1 MORDANT (turn 702): WHISKEY of BOOZE (Papa Bear, mgr.)
 DM   2 NIANIA (turn 585): THE LIZARD KING of THE FUNNY FARM (Buri, mgr.)
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 707): HYPE MACHINE of GENERATION X (Storm Lord, mgr.)
 DM   4 JHELUM (turn 679): KAI-GAN of SAVAGE HORDE (Hawk, mgr.)
 DM   5 KALTOS (turn 703): WATSON of TECHNOLOGY (Otto X, mgr.)
 DM   6 TRANSEL (turn 698): ODD of BALTO (JE, mgr.)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 707): DEBBIE of CHURCH LADIES (Papa Bear, mgr.)
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 691): ULF SUNDERHELM of VIKINGS (Nomad, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 693): BABY ON BOARD of SEA DOGS (One Armed Bandit, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 692): COLD SHOT of THE BLUES (Buri, mgr.)
 DM  36 JHANS (turn 658): POSITION IS EMPTY
 DM  38 CLIFFHOME (turn 647): WALKER of ZOMBIE SQAUD (Khisanth, mgr.)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 299): ASQUITH of KIWI CONNECTION (The Mun, mgr.)
 DM  42 RODEKI (turn 640): SOCKLESS CRITIC of COLOR ME SUAVE (Suave, mgr.)
 DM  51 TRICORUS (turn 591): DEAN of VENTURE BROS. (Buri, mgr.)
 DM  54 TROCAR (turn 281): TONG PAK FU of ASIAN INVASION (Pec Killer, mgr.)
 DM  59 ILLIS (turn 274): APPLESEED of IMPROVED ILLUSION (Master Darque, mgr.)
 DM  62 VALAMANTIS (turn 536): IMROM LLEWS of MIDDLE WAY 10 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 250): FILING FEE of BASH BROS LAWYERS (Assurnasirbanipal)
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 584): RUGEN THE JELLYFISH of HANNAH'S PALS (The Upright Man)

                                      Top Teams
                                      ---------
 DM   1 MORDANT (turn 702): HOMICIDAL MANIACS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   2 NIANIA (turn 585): HAMOI TONG (Froot E. Bowl, mgr.)
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 707): SAVAGE HORDE (Hawk, mgr.)
 DM   4 JHELUM (turn 679): SAVAGE HORDE (Hawk, mgr.)
 DM   5 KALTOS (turn 703): TECHNOLOGY (Otto X, mgr.)
 DM   6 TRANSEL (turn 698): PSYCHO SQUAD (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 707): BEACH BABES (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 691): THE CLUB (Buri, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 693): CENTER FOR OLDS (Suave, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 692): POSITION IS EMPTY
 DM  36 JHANS (turn 658): SERPPENTS HOLD (Khisanth, mgr.)
 DM  38 CLIFFHOME (turn 647): JINDA-BAN (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 299): KIWI CONNECTION (The Mun, mgr.)
 DM  42 RODEKI (turn 640): COLOR ME SUAVE (Suave, mgr.)
 DM  51 TRICORUS (turn 591): VENTURE BROS. (Buri, mgr.)
 DM  54 TROCAR (turn 281): KIWI CONNECTION II (The Mun, mgr.)
 DM  59 ILLIS (turn 274): IMPROVED ILLUSION (Master Darque, mgr.)
 DM  62 VALAMANTIS (turn 536): MIDDLE WAY 10 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 250): MIDDLE WAY 9 (Jorja, mgr.)
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 584) PUNCHLINES et al (The Upright Man, mgr.)

                                   Recent Graduates
                                  -----------------
 DM   2 NIANIA (turn 584): CHAKTIRI of HAMOI TONG (Froot E. Bowl, mgr.)
                           TASAIO of HAMOI TONG (Froot E. Bowl, mgr.)
 DM   5 KALTOS (turn 703): WATSON of TECHNOLOGY (Otto X, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 693): LIGHTHOUSE KEEPER of SEA DOGS (One Armed Bandit, mgr.)
 DM  36 JHANS (turn 657): KHYLAR of WRATHMEN (Kharadmon, mgr.)
 DM  38 CLIFFHOME (turn 646): UNCUT HARE of HOLMES ON THE RANGE (Sherlock, mgr.)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 298): FALLON GRIMM of THE MIDDLE WAY (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  59 ILLIS (turn 273): G W BUSH of TALL TALES (A-Sop, mgr.)
 DM  72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 249): LOUIE MURH of MIDDLE WAY 9 (Jorja, mgr.)

                             REPORT FROM WITHIN THE TOWER

Hullo!

     I offer you my sincerest condolences for having had to fight on this glorious
day.  It was a day for leaning back in the shade with some kind of stiff but cool
drink, not the kind with an umbrella but perhaps something not too feminine, like an
olive.  Or a twist of lime.  I've had both of those today, and I really don't mind
watching people fight, as long as there aren't actually any hard feelings.  So, a
good time.

We saw a couple of challenges in Darkholm today!
     *  CRYSOPRASE (1-3266) (112-134-3,214) of ILLFANG PACT challenged ??RADAR?? (82-
20310) (93-100-1,234) of DYSLEXICS UNTIE! II.  CRYSOPRASE was devastated by ??RADAR??
in a 2 minute mismatched Challenge fight.  Do you think she meant to do that?  Or did
she mean to put someone else on her challenge sheet?  Hmm.  ??Radar?? is our top Wall
of Steel, and Crysoprase is top Parry-Striker.
     *  FLASHER (6-6556) (18-8-1,91) of TACKLE BOX challenged HELENE JUSTE (5-4875)
(28-39-1,139) of THE MIDDLE WAY 5.  FLASHER demolished HELENE JUSTE in a 2 minute
one-sided Challenge melee.  He meant to do it.  I could tell.  And, Flasher is our
top Aimed Blow.

     Sorry to say, our title this turn was decided by a random match.  RUGEN THE
JELLYFISH (82-12478) (84-26-0,334) of HANNAH'S PALS fought ELAYRON (51-1492) (80-60-
0,215) of BLOOD + ORANGES.  RUGEN THE JELLYFISH was overpowered by ELAYRON in a 2
minute mismatched Title duel.  Aha!  Elayron is one of Jorja's men!  He'll probably
write a column for us next time.  He is now our top Parry-Lunger.

     Hey!  ??Radar?? isn't our Overall Pop Leader anymore.  How did that happen?
Today it's Men Working, who is our top Basher.  A very worthy and admirable fellow,
too.  I don't mean so much in the arena but in regular life.  Doing the work of
several men, you know.  Well all right, all but one of them are layabouts, but that
one works pretty hard.
     No one died, but  Johns were avoided by Illfang Pact.  Why, I don't know.  As if
they were going to challenge!
     Four Hoffas fought this turn, and all of them made the unpopularity list.
That's not a big deal, since almost everyone in the arena is on one list or the
other, but still.  Tells you something, doesn't it?
     Olaf Modeen made some notes for me, and he had this to say:  "A fighter's lot is
filled with strife, revenge, and killing.  Some fighters don't accept this.  The best
do.  Is it my imagination, or are fighters getting younger every day?  To die so
young, so gloriously!"  I have always wanted to die at an advanced age.  But then,
that's why I'm not a gladiator.
     Which is pretty much all I have to say.  You all gave me a good day's
entertainment, as you do every two weeks.  Thank you!  And I won some money, too.
Drinks are on me!

Malic of Talcama

KEEPER OF THE RUNEBLADE        W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 ELAYRON 51-1492              81  60     255  BLOOD + ORANGES (518)      TRICORUS

GRAND CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS     W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 ??RADAR?? 82-20310           94 100  1  245  DYSLEXICS UNTIE! II (1258) DWES EG
 SMELL CAREFULLY 18-8889      77 114  2  244  STREET PIZZA (114)         TALCAMA
 HAIR LIP! 82-3261            28  20  1  217  PUNCHLINES (1115)          DWES EG

GRAND CHAMPIONS                W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 ZAKAU 5-4623                 45  45     200  JOHNS (927)                KALTOS
 RUGEN THE JELLYFISH 82-12478 84  27     196  HANNAH'S PALS (1270)       DWES EG
 TASHI'SINDAR 1-3249          73  54  3  194  STORM RIDERS II (1057)     MORDANT
 CRYSOPRASE 1-3266           112 135  3  191  ILLFANG PACT (281)         MORDANT
 SPUTTERBUZZ 6-5810           27  17     191  TACKLE BOX (1332)          TRANSEL

GRAND CHALLENGER ADEPTS        W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 HIKARAN DAAL 1-2070          73  90     176  STORM RIDERS (1056)        MORDANT
 MARK 5-4088                  56 133  3  175  JOHNS (927)                KALTOS
 MEN WORKING 38-4189          64 222  1  169  JUST BECAUSE (1151)        CLIFFHOME
 LENNON 5-4087                32  26  1  156  JOHNS (927)                KALTOS

GRAND ADEPTS                   W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 ZANE GREY 21-4810            32  65  2  143  AUTHORS (749)              SUNSET
 JAMMY LARKE 5-4926           43  32     138  THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (1325)    KALTOS
 MIKEL 6-6190                 28  28  2  136  THE LADY'S LIST (917)      TRANSEL
 FLASHER 6-6556               19   8  1  126  TACKLE BOX (1332)          TRANSEL
 HELENE JUSTE 5-4875          28  40  1  108  THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (1325)    KALTOS
 JUSTIN 6-6179                22  37  3  107  THE LADY'S LIST (917)      TRANSEL

GRAND CHALLENGER INITIATES     W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 CLIVE 6-5215                 38  36  5   93  THE LADY'S LIST (917)      TRANSEL
 HENDRIX 42-4594              18   6      91  SHREDDERS (1337)           RODEKI

GRAND INITIATES                W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 SATCHEL 6-6215               32  30  2   87  THE LADY'S LIST (917)      TRANSEL
 HANK 51-5574                 20   2  4   82  VENTURE BROS. (1340)       TRICORUS
 KVASIR 3-7165                20   2  1   78  AESIR (301)                OSKSI
 JERI LOUGH 5-4840            34  53      72  THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (1325)    KALTOS
-SRV 42-4593                  15   5  1   69  SHREDDERS (1337)           RODEKI
 KATIRONA MURH 5-4929         46  35  2   63  THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (1325)    KALTOS
 BIG BIRD 2-5703              17  16  2   58  THE FUNNY FARM (881)       NIANIA
 ALOYICIUS 6-5045             21  35  2   49  THE LADY'S LIST (917)      TRANSEL
 2 + 2 = 4 38-4190            45 141      48  JUST BECAUSE (1151)        CLIFFHOME
 HOFFA 5-4299                 17  62      47  JOHNS (927)                KALTOS
 HOFFA 5-4622                 34  56      46  JOHNS (927)                KALTOS
 HOFFA 5-4348                 12 132      39  JOHNS (927)                KALTOS
 PENDRU ROST 5-4956           28  73      37  THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (1325)    KALTOS

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

THE DEAD                   W   L  K TEAM NAME              SLAIN BY                  TURN

                               PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE

Hair Lip -- What a bad match for you!  I'm going to try to prevent such a thing
happening by actually challenging this time.  Can't promise I'll do it every time
though. -- Crysoprase

Mark -- After that long in the arena life, surely you can do better?  I am glad I'm
not from Kaltos, your record would be an embarrassment. -- Elayron

Sputterbuzz -- An unfortunate match for me.  I was not ready for you. -- Tashi'sindar

Lennon -- You're a fool.  Soft in the head.  An idiot. -- Hikaran Daal

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

CRYSOPRASE was devastated by ??RADAR?? in a 2 minute mismatched Challenge fight.
FLASHER demolished HELENE JUSTE in a 2 minute one-sided Challenge melee.
RUGEN THE JELLYFISH was overpowered by ELAYRON in a 2 minute mismatched Title duel.
SMELL CAREFULLY overpowered SHEWISH GIANT in a 2 minute one-sided fight.
ZAKAU won victory over HIKARAN DAAL in a crowd pleasing 3 minute brutal fight.
SPUTTERBUZZ was devastated by HAIR LIP! in a 2 minute one-sided competition.
TASHI'SINDAR vanquished MARK in a popular 1 minute uneven duel.
MEN WORKING lost to LAUGHING BARMAID in a popular 1 minute duel.
JAMMY LARKE was narrowly defeated by LENNON in a action packed 2 minute gory match.
MIKEL was luckily beaten by KHALHUMS DWARF in a exciting 3 minute bloody match.
ZANE GREY handily defeated CAPTURED CUTPURSE in a exciting 2 minute one-sided contest.
JUSTIN was devastated by DESIREE in a 1 minute mismatched bout.
CLIVE handily defeated DEBBY TONTE in a popular 1 minute bloody uneven fight.
ALOYICIUS was vanquished by HANK in a 1 minute one-sided fray.
PENDRU ROST was devastated by BIG BIRD in a 2 minute mismatched brawl.
KATIRONA MURH savagely defeated 2 + 2 = 4 in a exciting 3 minute brutal bout.
JERI LOUGH savagely defeated HOFFA in a 2 minute gory match.
HOFFA was handily defeated by KVASIR in a popular 1 minute mismatched competition.
SATCHEL vanquished DEBBY TONTE in a action packed 1 minute gruesome one-sided match.
HOFFA was handily defeated by HENDRIX in a exciting 1 minute gory one-sided contest.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|SLASHING ATTACK                  7         AIMED BLOW         5 -   1 -  0      83  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   6         PARRY-RIPOSTE      8 -   2 -  0      80  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      4         LUNGING ATTACK    37 -  19 -  0      66  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    4         SLASHING ATTACK   39 -  34 -  1      53  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      4         PARRY-STRIKE       5 -   5 -  1      50  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   3         PARRY-LUNGE       16 -  16 -  0      50  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  2         WALL OF STEEL     25 -  31 -  0      45  |
|AIMED BLOW                       1         TOTAL PARRY       15 -  26 -  0      37  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     1         BASHING ATTACK    10 -  19 -  0      34  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    1         STRIKING ATTACK    6 -  19 -  0      24  |

Turn 585 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     BASHING ATTACK     1 -  2         4  LUNGING ATTACK 
LUNGING ATTACK     5 -  1     PARRY-STRIKE       0 -  1         2  PARRY-LUNGE    
SLASHING ATTACK    5 -  2     PARRY-RIPOSTE      0 -  1         2  TOTAL PARRY    
PARRY-LUNGE        2 -  2     TOTAL PARRY        0 -  4         1  WALL OF STEEL  
STRIKING ATTACK    1 -  1                                       1  SLASHING ATTACK
WALL OF STEEL      2 -  2                                       1  PARRY-STRIKE   

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
PARRY-LUNGE      ELAYRON 51-1492            81  60  0  255 BLOOD + ORANGES (518)
WALL OF STEEL    ??RADAR?? 82-20310         94 100  1  245 DYSLEXICS UNTIE! II (1258)
LUNGING ATTACK   SMELL CAREFULLY 18-8889    77 114  2  244 STREET PIZZA (114)
SLASHING ATTACK  HAIR LIP! 82-3261          28  20  1  217 PUNCHLINES (1115)
PARRY-STRIKE     CRYSOPRASE 1-3266         112 135  3  191 ILLFANG PACT (281)
TOTAL PARRY      SPUTTERBUZZ 6-5810         27  17  0  191 TACKLE BOX (1332)
BASHING ATTACK   MEN WORKING 38-4189        64 222  1  169 JUST BECAUSE (1151)
STRIKING ATTACK  ZANE GREY 21-4810          32  65  2  143 AUTHORS (749)
PARRY-RIPOSTE    JAMMY LARKE 5-4926         43  32  0  138 THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (1325)
AIMED BLOW       FLASHER 6-6556             19   8  1  126 TACKLE BOX (1332)

The overall popularity leader is MEN WORKING 38-4189.  The most popular warrior this 
turn was ZAKAU 5-4623.  The ten other most popular fighters were MIKEL 6-6190, 
KATIRONA MURH 5-4929, HAIR LIP! 82-3261, ZANE GREY 21-4810, SMELL CAREFULLY 18-8889, 
LENNON 5-4087, ELAYRON 51-1492, JERI LOUGH 5-4840, ??RADAR?? 82-20310, and FLASHER 
6-6556.

The least popular fighter this week was HOFFA 5-4299.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were ALOYICIUS 6-5045, JUSTIN 6-6179, HOFFA 5-4622, HOFFA 5-4348, 2 + 2 = 4 
38-4190, MARK 5-4088, PENDRU ROST 5-4956, JAMMY LARKE 5-4926, MEN WORKING 38-4189, 
and HELENE JUSTE 5-4875.

Arena (Number)       W  L K  Arena (Number)       W  L K  Arena (Number)       W  L K  
MORDANT(1)           1  2 0  TRANSEL(6)           3  4 0  RODEKI(42)           1  0 0  
NIANIA(2)            1  0 0  TALCAMA(18)          1  0 0  TRICORUS(51)         2  0 0  
OSKSI(3)             1  0 0  SUNSET(21)           1  0 0  DWES EG(82)          2  1 0  
KALTOS(5)            4  7 0  CLIFFHOME(38)        0  2 0  

TOP WARRIOR OF EACH ARENA     W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 TASHI'SINDAR 1-3249         73  54  3  194  STORM RIDERS II (1057)     MORDANT
 BIG BIRD 2-5703             17  16  2   58  THE FUNNY FARM (881)       NIANIA
 KVASIR 3-7165               20   2  1   78  AESIR (301)                OSKSI
 ZAKAU 5-4623                45  45  0  200  JOHNS (927)                KALTOS
 SPUTTERBUZZ 6-5810          27  17  0  191  TACKLE BOX (1332)          TRANSEL
 SMELL CAREFULLY 18-8889     77 114  2  244  STREET PIZZA (114)         TALCAMA
 ZANE GREY 21-4810           32  65  2  143  AUTHORS (749)              SUNSET
 MEN WORKING 38-4189         64 222  1  169  JUST BECAUSE (1151)        CLIFFHOME
 HENDRIX 42-4594             18   6  0   91  SHREDDERS (1337)           RODEKI
 ELAYRON 51-1492             81  60  0  255  BLOOD + ORANGES (518)      TRICORUS
 ??RADAR?? 82-20310          94 100  1  245  DYSLEXICS UNTIE! II (1258) DWES EG