DARKHOLM SPORTING JOURNAL

Date   : 05/18/2013    Duedate: 05/31/2013

DARKHOLM ARENA

DM 104    TURN 610

RANK TEAMS                 W    L   K    %  RANK TEAMS                 W    L   K    % 
  1 BRUTAL LEGIO 7/1335   33   27   0 55.0      STORM RIDERS II 1/1057
    LEGION OF LEGEND 62/1305                    THE MIDDLE WAY 5 5/1325
  2 ILLFANG PACT 1/281   535  718   9 42.7    4 JOHNS 5/927         1359 2455  24 35.6
    HIGHLANDERS 42/1341                         AUTHORS 21/749
  3 STORM RIDERS 1/1056  680 1102   8 38.2      JUST BECAUSE 38/1151
    BLOOD + ORANGES 51/518                      THE LADY'S LIST 6/917

                                  WARRIOR SPOTLIGHT

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

                                     Duelmasters
                                     -----------
 DM   1 MORDANT (turn 727): GRASSCUTTER of SWEORDMASTERS (Nomad, mgr.)
 DM   2 NIANIA (turn 610): POLISH CAVALRY of MISNOMERS (Nomad, mgr.)
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 732): WHIFF of LEGIONS' OF HELL (The Dark One, mgr.)
 DM   4 JHELUM (turn 704): EDDIE VEDER of PEARL JAM (Howlin' Wolf, mgr.)
 DM   5 KALTOS (turn 728): SAIRY WELLS of THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   6 TRANSEL (turn 722): JOE WILLIAMS of BLACK AND BLUES (Howlin' Wolf, mgr.)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 732): GUMBERCULES of ADULT SWIM (Buri, mgr.)
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 716): HUMAN CENTIPEDE of ABOMINATION (Chase, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 718): KILL KITTEN of ARDUIN GRIMOIRE (Rascally Rabbit, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 717): LUCIANA of THE UNHOLY ONES (Daikkan, mgr.)
 DM  36 JHANS (turn 683): ETHER of STILLMATIC (Howlin' Wolf, mgr.)
 DM  38 CLIFFHOME (turn 672): ZANTOS of SOUL WARRIORS (Stillgard, mgr.)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 312): BETTINA CHIM of THE MIDDLE WAY (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  42 RODEKI (turn 665): NO LIMIT HOLD-EM of DEALER'S CHOICE (?, mgr.)
 DM  51 TRICORUS (turn 616): PUMA of WILDCATS (Papa Bear, mgr.)
 DM  54 TROCAR (turn 293): DIAN WEI of ASIAN INVASION (Pec Killer, mgr.)
 DM  59 ILLIS (turn 286): DILLIS RHIN of ISLANDERS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  62 VALAMANTIS (turn 561): HARBERT KREIGH of MIDDLE WAY 10 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 263): FILING FEE of BASH BROS LAWYER (Assurnasirbanipal)
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 609): ELAYRON of BLOOD + ORANGES (Jorja, mgr.)

                                      Top Teams
                                      ---------
 DM   1 MORDANT (turn 727): LOW ROAD 3 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   2 NIANIA (turn 610): THE GOLDEN FISH (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 732): AESIR (Buri, mgr.)
 DM   4 JHELUM (turn 704): PEARL JAM (Howlin' Wolf, mgr.)
 DM   5 KALTOS (turn 728): THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   6 TRANSEL (turn 723): BLACK AND BLUES (Howlin' Wolf, mgr.)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 732): TOOL SHED (Leprechaun, mgr.)
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 716): ANTHROPOS KRATOS (Pagan, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 718): CENTER FOR OLDS (Suave, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 717): NOMADIC TRIBE (Nomad, mgr.)
 DM  36 JHANS (turn 683): SERPENTS HOLD (Khisanth, mgr.)
 DM  38 CLIFFHOME (turn 672): SOUL WARRIORS (Stillgard, mgr.)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 312): STEEL WOLVES 2 (Lobo, mgr.)
 DM  42 RODEKI (turn 665): DELVERS (Harby, mgr.)
 DM  51 TRICORUS (turn 616): DARK HORSEMEN (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  54 TROCAR (turn 293): ASIAN INVASION (Pec Killer, mgr.)
 DM  59 ILLIS (turn 286): ISLANDERS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  62 VALAMANTIS (turn 561): GARBAGE PAIL KIDS (Kharadmon, mgr.)
 DM  72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 263): BASH BROS LAWYER (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.)
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 609) BRUTAL LEGION et al (Seraphim, mgr.)

                                   Recent Graduates
                                  -----------------
 DM   1 MORDANT (turn 726): BLACK LUCK of BLACK JUNTA (Chief Illiniwek, mgr.)
 DM   2 NIANIA (turn 609): KESTRALINE of THE GOLDEN FISH (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 731): ODIN of AESIR (Buri, mgr.)
                          FREQUENT FLAYER of GENERATION X (Storm Lord, mgr.)
                          SMEG MAGGOD of DARK BLADES (Madwand, mgr.)
 DM   4 JHELUM (turn 703): PUY of TEERAK HA (LHI, mgr.)
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 715): STRAP ON of THE MENTORS' TOY BOX (Dr. Feelgood, mgr.)
 DM  36 JHANS (turn 682): CHESTER GRELL of MIDDLE WAY 17 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  42 RODEKI (turn 665): ISENGALEN of DELVERS (Harby, mgr.)
 DM  54 TROCAR (turn 292): HARAZIM KOREH of TRADERS OF TROCAR (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  59 ILLIS (turn 286): DILLIS RHIN of ISLANDERS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  62 VALAMANTIS (turn 561): HARBERT KREIGH of MIDDLE WAY 10 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 262): CANCELLED APPT of BASH BROS HAIR CUT
                                              (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.)

                                 THE GUARDIAN'S FORUM
                      Reflections by the Keeper of the Runeblade

     An enjoyable fight, Ms. Deepheart.  As fights go.  I do like to see you bouncing
around out there.  Do you bounce around in other venues?
     And no, sorry, Malic, but I'm not going to write more today.  It isn't that kind
of a day for me.  More of a "let's go outside and watch the grass grow" day.

                                     Elayron

                             REPORT FROM WITHIN THE TOWER

     You elder fighters surely remember me.  The younger ones may call me Olaf 
Modeen.  I return to DARKHOLM once again!  What's with MIKEL?  He actually beat THE 
MIDDLE WAY 5's JERI LOUGH, and walked away with 27 more points from the fight.  Major 
screwup at THE LADY'S LIST.  ALOYICIUS lost 39 points to COCKY SPECTATOR.  Some new 
strategies, perhaps?  Maybe ALOYICIUS will provide more easy wins...  Try as she 
might, TOLAIS DEEPHEART wasn't good enough at persuading ELAYRON to step down from 
the Duelmaster's throne...  Wouldn't it be nice to have live subjects to practice on? 
I hear some team is looking into the uses of convicted prisoners.   
     Speaking of cowardly avoiders and unfair challenges...  DARKHOLM thinks BLOOD + 
ORANGES and their 27-8-0 is too much!  If at first you don't succeed, give up...  In 
my day, no team with a 26-8-0 would scare me off!  What's the problem, HIGHLANDERS?  
Keep challenging up 42 points, PELIS THE TRUE, and I won't have to write about you 
much longer.  HELENE JUSTE always accepts those kind of challenges...  I don't get 
it.  PELIS THE TRUE goes and challenges HELENE JUSTE, way above him, but gets 1 
points after he loses!  Is this a new strategy?  Maybe HIGHLANDERS' PHILTHRY is one 
of those guys who likes pain, or something.  That's what he'll get next week, after 
challenging up 40 to HOFFA.  Sometimes what you expect to do (like in the fights) 
doesn't expect to turn out like you thought.  PHILTHRY defeated HOFFA.  It don't make 
sense.   
     Warriors of DARKHOLM unite.  You have only your games to lose!  Is it my 
imagination, or are fighters getting younger every day?  To die so young, so 
gloriously!   
     Who knows what the future holds for a warrior.  More fights, there's no doubt.  
Are you as tired of reading this as I am of writing it?  Actually, I guess I'm 
writing it before you read it.  Oh, well.  Remember--a good fighter needs both good 
skills and good luck.  Until next time,-- Olaf Modeen  

KEEPER OF THE RUNEBLADE        W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 ELAYRON 51-1492             102  64     281  BLOOD + ORANGES (518)      TRICORUS

GRAND CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS     W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 MARK 5-4088                  64 150  3  220  JOHNS (927)                KALTOS

GRAND CHAMPIONS                W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 CRYSOPRASE 1-3266           131 141  3  205  ILLFANG PACT (281)         MORDANT
 TASHI'SINDAR 1-3249          88  64  3  204  STORM RIDERS II (1057)     MORDANT
 TOLAIS DEEPHEART 42-1620    132 146     201  HIGHLANDERS (1341)         RODEKI
 ZAKAU 5-4623                 54  61     192  JOHNS (927)                KALTOS
 HIKARAN DAAL 1-2070          89  99  1  190  STORM RIDERS (1056)        MORDANT
 MIKEL 6-6190                 42  39  3  188  THE LADY'S LIST (917)      TRANSEL
 JAMMY LARKE 5-4926           59  41     186  THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (1325)    KALTOS

GRAND CHALLENGER ADEPTS        W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 CLIVE 6-5215                 51  48  5  180  THE LADY'S LIST (917)      TRANSEL
 ZANE GREY 21-4810            47  75  2  175  AUTHORS (749)              SUNSET
 LENNON 5-4087                42  41  2  171  JOHNS (927)                KALTOS
 GAR & BRILL 38-4252          88 159  1  168  JUST BECAUSE (1151)        CLIFFHOME
 JERI LOUGH 5-4840            47  65     167  THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (1325)    KALTOS
 HELENE JUSTE 5-4875          37  56  1  161  THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (1325)    KALTOS
 SATCHEL 6-6215               47  40  2  154  THE LADY'S LIST (917)      TRANSEL

GRAND ADEPTS                   W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 MEN WORKING 38-4189          73 238  1  150  JUST BECAUSE (1151)        CLIFFHOME
 JUSTIN 6-6179                34  50  3  145  THE LADY'S LIST (917)      TRANSEL
 FATALITY 7-5820              26  12     129  BRUTAL LEGION (1335)       BONSUR
 PENDRU ROST 5-4956           41  85     126  THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (1325)    KALTOS
 PELIS THE TRUE 42-3469       37  54     118  HIGHLANDERS (1341)         RODEKI
 ZEUS 62-4010                 30  10     109  LEGION OF LEGEND (1305)    VALAMANTIS

GRAND CHALLENGER INITIATES     W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 HOFFA 5-4299                 22  82      96  JOHNS (927)                KALTOS

GRAND INITIATES                W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 PHILTHRY 42-2079             34  33      89  HIGHLANDERS (1341)         RODEKI
 KATIRONA MURH 5-4929         59  47  2   84  THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (1325)    KALTOS
-ADABEMIS & BALMADOR 42-1671  27  53      79  HIGHLANDERS (1341)         RODEKI
 2 + 2 = 4 38-4190            54 157  1   73  JUST BECAUSE (1151)        CLIFFHOME
 HOFFA 5-4348                 19 150      68  JOHNS (927)                KALTOS
 HOFFA 5-4622                 43  72      38  JOHNS (927)                KALTOS
 ALOYICIUS 6-5045             25  56  2   34  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

     For reasons unknown to me, we were sent the personals and spy report for
     Talahya.  The personals I could recover.  The spy report, no.  Sorry. -- the
     Editor

Elayron -- Yeah... you know, I really don't want to fight you every other time.  It
hurts.  I know the infirmary is really, really good at patching us up, but it's
just... really wrong to keep letting your body get horribly hacked up.  And I'm
actually a pretty good fighter, but you're better, and since there's not much
competition we keep getting matched.  So this time, and I hope from now on, I'm
challenging someone else and avoiding you.  No offense. -- Tolais Deepheart

Gar & Brill -- I did my best to get it over with as quickly as I could.  Hope you're
feeling better by now. -- Crysoprase

Justin -- I would have bet on myself, if I hadn't looked at our respective styles.
But I did do that, so I bet on you.  Thanks for the nice little profit. -- Pelis the
True

Hoffa 5-4348 -- Oh, the shame!  Oh, the dwarfosity!  We're retiring for real this
time.  If our manager won't do it for us, we're running away.  Goodbye, cruel island!
hello, beautiful mountains! -- Adabemis & Balmador

Hoffa 5-4622 -- Heh.  Thanks to you, I no longer have a losing record.  Maybe it's
worthwhile to stick around here a little longer (and watch out for my sister). --
Philthry

Mark -- If, as seems to be the case, I am the only ripper in the arena, then what
does that make the rest of you?  Crude killers, whereas I am a performer of grace and
style. -- Jammy Larke

Malic -- There's always the chance that Mikel has hidden tourney fights.  So many do.
-- Tashi'sindar

Zakau -- I will be scummier next time.  Be warned. -- Hikaran Daal

Men Working?  Not very hard. -- Helene Juste

Tolais Deepheart -- But if it's good ham, so what?  Instant sandwich, for one thing.
-- Jammy Larke

Five-three for us this time, and no fights against standbys.  We need more managers
here. -- Jammy Larke

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

CRYSOPRASE bested ZAKAU in a crowd pleasing 1 minute Challenge fight.
PELIS THE TRUE was vanquished by HELENE JUSTE in a 1 minute uneven Challenge battle.
PHILTHRY demolished HOFFA in a crowd pleasing 1 minute uneven Challenge fight.
ELAYRON devastated TOLAIS DEEPHEART in a exciting 2 minute one-sided Title fight.
MARK devastated JAMMY LARKE in a crowd pleasing 2 minute brutal one-sided duel.
TASHI'SINDAR devastated CLIVE in a 1 minute one-sided competition.
HIKARAN DAAL handily defeated SATCHEL in a 1 minute uneven melee.
JERI LOUGH was vanquished by MIKEL in a action packed 1 minute one-sided duel.
GAR & BRILL viciously subdued KHALHUMS DWARF in a popular 3 minute brutal fight.
ZANE GREY handily defeated ZEUS in a exciting 3 minute brutal one-sided bout.
LENNON devastated PENDRU ROST in a 1 minute mismatched conflict.
MEN WORKING subdued M. CHARDINEE in a crowd pleasing 5 minute match.
FATALITY overpowered HOFFA in a 1 minute mismatched conflict.
JUSTIN overpowered M. CHARDINEE in a 1 minute one-sided duel.
2 + 2 = 4 was outwaited by KATIRONA MURH in a action packed 7 minute brutal duel.
HOFFA was viciously subdued by DRUNKEN FISHERMAN in a crowd pleasing 7 minute brawl.
ALOYICIUS was beaten by COCKY SPECTATOR in a exciting 2 minute match.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|SLASHING ATTACK                  5         PARRY-LUNGE       28 -  16 -  0      64  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    5         PARRY-STRIKE      12 -   8 -  0      60  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  4         STRIKING ATTACK   30 -  24 -  0      56  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      3         PARRY-RIPOSTE      8 -   8 -  0      50  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   3         WALL OF STEEL     37 -  38 -  0      49  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   3         SLASHING ATTACK   28 -  30 -  1      48  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      3         TOTAL PARRY       20 -  23 -  0      47  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     2         LUNGING ATTACK    17 -  25 -  0      40  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    1         BASHING ATTACK     9 -  21 -  0      30  |
|AIMED BLOW                       0         AIMED BLOW         0 -   0 -  0       0  |

Turn 610 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       2 -  0     LUNGING ATTACK     1 -  2         2  PARRY-LUNGE    
STRIKING ATTACK    4 -  0     BASHING ATTACK     1 -  2         2  LUNGING ATTACK 
PARRY-LUNGE        2 -  1     TOTAL PARRY        1 -  2         2  SLASHING ATTACK
SLASHING ATTACK    3 -  2     WALL OF STEEL      1 -  4         1  PARRY-STRIKE   
                              AIMED BLOW         0 -  0         1  WALL OF STEEL  
                              PARRY-RIPOSTE      0 -  1         1  TOTAL PARRY    
                                                                1  PARRY-RIPOSTE  
                                                                1  STRIKING ATTACK

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
PARRY-LUNGE      ELAYRON 51-1492           102  64  0  281 BLOOD + ORANGES (518)
PARRY-STRIKE     CRYSOPRASE 1-3266         131 141  3  205 ILLFANG PACT (281)
LUNGING ATTACK   TASHI'SINDAR 1-3249        88  64  3  204 STORM RIDERS II (1057)
WALL OF STEEL    TOLAIS DEEPHEART 42-1620  132 146  0  201 HIGHLANDERS (1341)
TOTAL PARRY      HIKARAN DAAL 1-2070        89  99  1  190 STORM RIDERS (1056)
SLASHING ATTACK  MIKEL 6-6190               42  39  3  188 THE LADY'S LIST (917)
PARRY-RIPOSTE    JAMMY LARKE 5-4926         59  41  0  186 THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (1325)
STRIKING ATTACK  ZANE GREY 21-4810          47  75  2  175 AUTHORS (749)
BASHING ATTACK   MEN WORKING 38-4189        73 238  1  150 JUST BECAUSE (1151)

The overall popularity leader is TOLAIS DEEPHEART 42-1620.  The most popular warrior 
this turn was GAR & BRILL 38-4252.  The ten other most popular fighters were ZANE 
GREY 21-4810, MEN WORKING 38-4189, KATIRONA MURH 5-4929, ALOYICIUS 6-5045, ELAYRON 
51-1492, MARK 5-4088, HOFFA 5-4622, CRYSOPRASE 1-3266, PHILTHRY 42-2079, and TOLAIS 
DEEPHEART 42-1620.

The least popular fighter this week was HOFFA 5-4299.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were PENDRU ROST 5-4956, CLIVE 6-5215, HOFFA 5-4348, PELIS THE TRUE 42-3469, 
JERI LOUGH 5-4840, SATCHEL 6-6215, 2 + 2 = 4 38-4190, JUSTIN 6-6179, LENNON 5-4087, 
and HIKARAN DAAL 1-2070.

Arena (Number)       W  L K  Arena (Number)       W  L K  Arena (Number)       W  L K  
MORDANT(1)           3  0 0  BONSUR(7)            1  0 0  RODEKI(42)           1  2 0  
KALTOS(5)            4  7 0  SUNSET(21)           1  0 0  TRICORUS(51)         1  0 0  
TRANSEL(6)           2  3 0  CLIFFHOME(38)        2  1 0  VALAMANTIS(62)       0  1 0  

TOP WARRIOR OF EACH ARENA     W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 CRYSOPRASE 1-3266          131 141  3  205  ILLFANG PACT (281)         MORDANT
 MARK 5-4088                 64 150  3  220  JOHNS (927)                KALTOS
 MIKEL 6-6190                42  39  3  188  THE LADY'S LIST (917)      TRANSEL
 FATALITY 7-5820             26  12  0  129  BRUTAL LEGION (1335)       BONSUR
 ZANE GREY 21-4810           47  75  2  175  AUTHORS (749)              SUNSET
 GAR & BRILL 38-4252         88 159  1  168  JUST BECAUSE (1151)        CLIFFHOME

TOP WARRIOR OF EACH ARENA     W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 TOLAIS DEEPHEART 42-1620   132 146  0  201  HIGHLANDERS (1341)         RODEKI
 ELAYRON 51-1492            102  64  0  281  BLOOD + ORANGES (518)      TRICORUS
 ZEUS 62-4010                30  10  0  109  LEGION OF LEGEND (1305)    VALAMANTIS