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 * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * ---===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