DARKHOLM SPORTING JOURNAL

Date   : 12/28/2013    Duedate: 01/10/2014

DARKHOLM ARENA

DM 104    TURN 626

RANK TEAMS                 W    L   K    %  RANK TEAMS                 W    L   K    % 
  1 PLAY BALL 6/184      202  134   3 60.1    4 HIGHLANDERS 42/1341  575  739   9 43.8
    MY EX-WIFE 2/372                          5 JOHNS 5/927         1443 2611  25 35.6
    BATTLEFIELD EARTH 37/147                    AUTHORS 21/749
  2 BRUTAL LEGIO 7/1335   51   41   0 55.4      JUST BECAUSE 38/1151
    LEGION OF LEGEND 62/1305                    THE LADY'S LIST 6/917
  3 THE VOLS 6/1314        6    7   1 46.2

                                  WARRIOR SPOTLIGHT

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

                                     Duelmasters
                                     -----------
 DM   1 MORDANT (turn 743): 2000 YR. OLD MAN of CARNIVAL FREAKS (Chuck, mgr.)
 DM   2 NIANIA (turn 626): CUTPURSE of DUNGEON CELL (One Armed Bandit, mgr.)
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 748): MELONDARION NORIS of GAMES LIBRARY (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   4 JHELUM (turn 720): QUEEN OF COOL of DEVIATION (Marma Duke, mgr.)
 DM   5 KALTOS (turn 744): BLACK DEATH of DUNGEON CELL (One Armed Bandit, mgr.)
 DM   6 TRANSEL (turn 739): TOM TIGER of PSYCHO SQUAD (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 748): ATHELAS of TOLBIN'S BP (Tolbin, mgr.)
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 732): HILLARY of THE MENTORS (Dr. Feelgood, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 734): RED ALERT of HIP HOP HEROES (Howlin' Wolf, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 733): SUZY Q of THE BLUES (Buri, mgr.)
 DM  36 JHANS (turn 699): THE FLYEST of STILLMATIC (Howlin' Wolf, mgr.)
 DM  38 CLIFFHOME (turn 688): TALKS NONSTOP of BASH BROS CHILDREN (Assurnasirbanipal)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 320): MALICE of DARQUE ANGELS (Master Darque, mgr.)
 DM  42 RODEKI (turn 681): STUD of DEALER'S CHOICE (The Dealer, mgr.)
 DM  51 TRICORUS (turn 632): ATOMIC PUNK of VAN DUEL (Nomad, mgr.)
 DM  54 TROCAR (turn 301): YAHOO WAHOO of USELESS TOOLS (Crip, mgr.)
 DM  59 ILLIS (turn 294): NAZARETH of CHAPEL ROCK (Crip, mgr.)
 DM  62 VALAMANTIS (turn 577): CLOWN CONFETTI of MAGIC INGREDIENTS (Mannequin, mgr.)
 DM  72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 271): TURBULENT BILLIARDS of BAD COMBOS (Crip, mgr.)
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 625): TOLAIS DEEPHEART of HIGHLANDERS (She-Puppy, mgr.)

                                      Top Teams
                                      ---------
 DM   1 MORDANT (turn 743): HOMICIDAL MANIACS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   2 NIANIA (turn 626): DUNGEON CELL (One Armed Bandit, mgr.)
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 746): POSITION IS EMPTY
 DM   4 JHELUM (turn 720): TOLBINS HIVE C (Tolbin, mgr.)
 DM   5 KALTOS (turn 744): DUNGEON CELL (One Armed Bandit, mgr.)
 DM   6 TRANSEL (turn 739): MEDAL OF HONOR Y2 (The Anarchist, mgr.)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 748): SHEWISH PICNIC (One Armed Bandit, mgr.)
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 732): JAY-Z (Howlin' Wolf, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 734): I WAS THINKING? (?, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 733): THE CEREAL KILLERS (?, mgr.)
 DM  36 JHANS (turn 699): TOLBINS HIVE D (Tolbin, mgr.)
 DM  38 CLIFFHOME (turn 688): JINDA-BAN (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 320): DARQUE ANGELS (Master Darque, mgr.)
 DM  42 RODEKI (turn 681): DEALER'S CHOICE (The Dealer, mgr.)
 DM  51 TRICORUS (turn 632): CM - THE REVENGE (Otto X, mgr.)
 DM  54 TROCAR (turn 301): TRADERS OF TROCAR (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  59 ILLIS (turn 294): CHAPEL ROCK (Crip, mgr.)
 DM  62 VALAMANTIS (turn 577): GARBAGE PAIL KIDS (Kharadmon, mgr.)
 DM  72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 271): MEAT YOUR MAKER (Crip, mgr.)
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 325) PLAY BALL et al (The Dealer, mgr.)

                                   Recent Graduates
                                  -----------------
 DM   1 MORDANT (turn 743): 2000 YR. OLD MAN of CARNIVAL FREAKS (Chuck, mgr.)
                (turn 742): BOA of SERPENTS' HOLD (Khisanth, mgr.)
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 747): BRUNHILDE of AESIR (Buri, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 733): SUZY Q of THE BLUES (Buri, mgr.)
                           WAMBASU THE BOLD of NOMADIC TRIBE (Nomad, mgr.)
                           BRACKUS of RANDOM CHAOS (Tolbin, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 732): TEXAS FLOOD of THE BLUES (Buri, mgr.)
                           SEVN HELLS of GRIM FANDANGO (Stik, mgr.)
                           OZADANWIN of NOMADIC TRIBE (Nomad, mgr.)
                           FLASHBACK of DESTINY (Destiny, mgr.)
                           CENTAURIAN of BEN'S BAZAAR (Gentleben, mgr.)
 DM  36 JHANS (turn 699): THE FLYEST of STILLMATIC (Howlin' Wolf, mgr.)
 DM  38 CLIFFHOME (turn 688): NILISMARIN SALM of JINDA-BAN (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 319): GRAPHIC VIOLENCE of FEVER PITCH (Chuck, mgr.)
 DM  72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 270): RONARDA SOLA of MIDDLE WAY 9 (Jorja, mgr.)

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

It's me again! 

     I fought Gar & Brill last time.  He's not bad... well, for an old fart, which I
guess I am, too.  This arena needs fresh blood.  Everyone--please try to get a
manager you know to put fighters in Darkholm.  Thanks.
     Gar & Brill probably needs to speed up, I think.  But I'm really not qualified
to advise, am I?  I see that the only Grand Challenger Champ is Mark, so that's who
I'll be fighting this time around, if he shows up.
     As you all know, I practice the Wall of Steel style.  One of these days, I'll
get it right.  Right now I'm training my wit, which the Commission rates at sixteen.
Toward this end I've been doing standup comedy on the weekends at the Funky
Fisherman.  You're all welcome to come and hear me.
     Hmm... that's all, I guess.  I hope you all have a great two weeks.  Did you
enjoy your big holiday?  I did.  Wishing you a joyous new year,

Tolais Deepheart,  Keeper of the Runeblade

                             REPORT FROM WITHIN THE TOWER

Hello!

     Malic here, and not really hung over, because it's been a week since the
solstice.  I'm not terribly hung-over at the moment.  Of course there were after-
solstice parties in Talahya, but I didn't attend very many of them.  Truly!  Only the
obligatory cup of wassail here and there.  You know how one good wassail leads to
another.  I hope you all had some wassails of your own.

We had a couple of challenge fights this turn, which is always exciting! 
     BACKFIRE (37-1713) (31-20-0,188) of BATTLEFIELD EARTH challenged CLIVE (6-5215)
(56-58-5,194) of THE LADY'S LIST.  BACKFIRE bested CLIVE in a crowd pleasing 1 minute
Challenge fight.  Though he lost, Clive is our highest-ranked Slasher, and Backfire
isn't anything.  Sorry. 
     P.M.S. (2-2716) (32-35-1,123) of MY EX-WIFE challenged ZANE GREY (21-4810) (52-
85-2,173) of AUTHORS.  P.M.S. vanquished ZANE GREY in an exciting 1 minute uneven
Challenge battle.  Neither of these fighters is a stylemaster.  However, it was an
intelligent challenge, I think, likely to result in a gain of skills.

     In our Title fight, as she predicted, TOLAIS DEEPHEART (42-1620) (142-151-0,214)
of HIGHLANDERS fought MARK (5-4088) (71-158-3,215) of JOHNS.  TOLAIS DEEPHEART
narrowly defeated MARK in a crowd pleasing 5 minute Title duel.  And so Ms. Deepheart
remains our top-rated Wall of Steel, just as Mark remains our top Parry-Lunger.  Ms
Deepheart is also our Overall Popularity Leader, while Mark won the vote for This
Turn's Favorite.  Well done!

     FATALITY (7-5820) (35-18-0,182) of BRUTAL LEGION fought MEN WORKING (38-4189)
(81-245-1,189) of JUST BECAUSE.  FATALITY was overpowered by MEN WORKING in a crowd
pleasing 2 minute one-sided fight.  Men Working is our top Basher.
     LENNON (5-4087) (48-50-2,181) of JOHNS fought PELIS THE TRUE (42-3469) (45-61-
0,170) of HIGHLANDERS.  LENNON was vanquished by PELIS THE TRUE in a 1 minute
mismatched fight.  Tsk tsk!  No stylemasters here.
     GAR & BRILL (38-4252) (94-168-2,180) of JUST BECAUSE fought SHEWISH GIANT (104-
25) (0-0-0,181) of STAND-INS.  GAR & BRILL overpowered SHEWISH GIANT in a popular 2
minute gruesome mismatched brawl.  Well done!  The Shew is no pushover.  Gar & Brill
is still our top Striker.
     GEN. JACKSON (6-6285) (24-15-2,173) of THE VOLS fought JUSTIN (6-6179) (38-61-
3,119) of THE LADY'S LIST.  GEN. JACKSON was vanquished by JUSTIN in a 1 minute
uneven duel.
     SATCHEL (6-6215) (53-49-2,153) of THE LADY'S LIST fought SHADOWMANE (104-28) (0-
0-0,200) of STAND-INS.  SATCHEL was vanquished by SHADOWMANE in a 1 minute uneven
fight.
     WHITEY FORD (6-1785) (54-42-5,172) of PLAY BALL fought HOFFA (5-4299) (24-95-
0,137) of JOHNS.  WHITEY FORD vanquished HOFFA in an exciting 1 minute gruesome one-
sided fight.

     ZAKAU (5-4623) (63-67-0,173) of JOHNS fought ZEUS (62-4010) (39-16-0,141) of
LEGION OF LEGEND.  ZAKAU savagely defeated ZEUS in an exciting 2 minute brutal fight.
Zakau is top Lunger.
     MIKEL (6-6190) (45-51-3,145) of THE LADY'S LIST fought DESIREE (104-23) (20-15-
4,150) of STAND-INS.  MIKEL was devastated by DESIREE in a 1 minute mismatched
conflict.
     2 + 2 = 4 (38-4190) (58-168-1,140) of JUST BECAUSE fought DESIREE (104-23) (20-
15-4,150) of STAND-INS.  2 + 2 = 4 was demolished by DESIREE in a 2 minute gory
mismatched match.  This is Desiree's second win of the day.  2 + 2 is our top-ranked
Total Parry.
     PHILTHRY (42-2079) (41-41-0,63) of HIGHLANDERS fought HOFFA (5-4348) (26-158-
0,76) of JOHNS.  PHILTHRY handily defeated HOFFA in a 1 minute one-sided conflict.
Philthry is top Parry-Striker, and you just never know about a Hoffa.
     OL SMOKEY (6-6312) (17-11-2,68) of THE VOLS fought ALOYICIUS (6-5045) (32-64-
2,41) of THE LADY'S LIST.  OL SMOKEY won victory over ALOYICIUS in a crowd pleasing 4
minute bout.
     HOFFA (5-4622) (44-86-0,11) of JOHNS fought INKEEPER'S SON (104-4) (15-15-0,40)
of STAND-INS.  HOFFA was viciously subdued by INKEEPER'S SON in an exciting 7 minute
bloody fray.  That's what we like to bet on, with a Hoffa.

This concludes my post-fight presentation.  May you all have a warm and juicy two
weeks!

Malic of Talcama

KEEPER OF THE RUNEBLADE        W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 TOLAIS DEEPHEART 42-1620    143 151     222  HIGHLANDERS (1341)         RODEKI

GRAND CHAMPIONS                W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 MEN WORKING 38-4189          82 245  1  209  JUST BECAUSE (1151)        CLIFFHOME
 MARK 5-4088                  71 159  3  198  JOHNS (927)                KALTOS

GRAND CHAMPIONS                W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 BACKFIRE 37-1713             32  20     196  BATTLEFIELD EARTH (147)    SIBIKHAS
 GAR & BRILL 38-4252          95 168  2  194  JUST BECAUSE (1151)        CLIFFHOME
 CLIVE 6-5215                 56  59  5  190  THE LADY'S LIST (917)      TRANSEL
 PELIS THE TRUE 42-3469       46  61     187  HIGHLANDERS (1341)         RODEKI
 ZAKAU 5-4623                 64  67     185  JOHNS (927)                KALTOS

GRAND CHALLENGER ADEPTS        W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 FATALITY 7-5820              35  19     175  BRUTAL LEGION (1335)       BONSUR
 WHITEY FORD 6-1785           55  42  5  174  PLAY BALL (184)            TRANSEL
 LENNON 5-4087                48  51  2  165  JOHNS (927)                KALTOS
 JUSTIN 6-6179                39  61  3  162  THE LADY'S LIST (917)      TRANSEL
 P.M.S. 2-2716                33  35  1  159  MY EX-WIFE (372)           NIANIA
 SATCHEL 6-6215               53  50  2  155  THE LADY'S LIST (917)      TRANSEL

GRAND ADEPTS                   W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 ZEUS 62-4010                 39  17     144  LEGION OF LEGEND (1305)    VALAMANTIS
 ZANE GREY 21-4810            52  86  2  139  AUTHORS (749)              SUNSET
 HOFFA 5-4299                 24  96     139  JOHNS (927)                KALTOS
 MIKEL 6-6190                 45  52  3  138  THE LADY'S LIST (917)      TRANSEL
 GEN. JACKSON 6-6285          24  16  2  136  THE VOLS (1314)            TRANSEL
 2 + 2 = 4 38-4190            58 169  1  135  JUST BECAUSE (1151)        CLIFFHOME

GRAND INITIATES                W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 PHILTHRY 42-2079             42  41      81  HIGHLANDERS (1341)         RODEKI
 OL SMOKEY 6-6312             18  11  2   70  THE VOLS (1314)            TRANSEL
 HOFFA 5-4348                 26 159      59  JOHNS (927)                KALTOS
 ALOYICIUS 6-5045             32  65  2   48  THE LADY'S LIST (917)      TRANSEL
 HOFFA 5-4622                 44  87      14  JOHNS (927)                KALTOS

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

THE DEAD                   W   L  K TEAM NAME              SLAIN BY                  TURN

                               PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE

Gar & Brill -- Sweetie, I think your way of coming at people is a little too direct.
Maybe you ought to try a bit of subtlety? -- Tolais Deepheart

Lennon -- No one likes my style enough to emulate it.  *sigh*  Well, so be it.  I am
true to myself. -- Pelis the True

Hoffa 5-4348 -- Bah.  And you're not even the dangerous Hoffa. -- Philthry

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

BACKFIRE bested CLIVE in a crowd pleasing 1 minute Challenge fight.
P.M.S. vanquished ZANE GREY in a exciting 1 minute uneven Challenge battle.
TOLAIS DEEPHEART narrowly defeated MARK in a crowd pleasing 5 minute Title duel.
FATALITY was overpowered by MEN WORKING in a crowd pleasing 2 minute one-sided fight.
LENNON was vanquished by PELIS THE TRUE in a 1 minute mismatched fight.
GAR & BRILL overpowered SHEWISH GIANT in a popular 2 minute gruesome mismatched brawl.
GEN. JACKSON was vanquished by JUSTIN in a 1 minute uneven duel.
SATCHEL was vanquished by SHADOWMANE in a 1 minute uneven fight.
WHITEY FORD vanquished HOFFA in a exciting 1 minute gruesome one-sided fight.
ZAKAU savagely defeated ZEUS in a exciting 2 minute brutal fight.
MIKEL was devastated by DESIREE in a 1 minute mismatched conflict.
2 + 2 = 4 was demolished by DESIREE in a 2 minute gory mismatched match.
PHILTHRY handily defeated HOFFA in a 1 minute one-sided conflict.
OL SMOKEY won victory over ALOYICIUS in a crowd pleasing 4 minute bout.
HOFFA was viciously subdued by INKEEPER'S SON in a exciting 7 minute bloody fray.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|WALL OF STEEL                    5         PARRY-STRIKE      14 -   5 -  0      74  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  5         LUNGING ATTACK     9 -   9 -  0      50  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  4         WALL OF STEEL     21 -  25 -  0      46  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   3         BASHING ATTACK    13 -  17 -  0      43  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   3         STRIKING ATTACK   15 -  20 -  1      43  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     2         PARRY-LUNGE        4 -   6 -  0      40  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      2         SLASHING ATTACK   14 -  36 -  0      28  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      1         TOTAL PARRY        1 -  19 -  0       5  |
|AIMED BLOW                       0         PARRY-RIPOSTE      0 -   0 -  0       0  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    0         AIMED BLOW         0 -   0 -  0       0  |

Turn 626 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     WALL OF STEEL      2 -  3         3  STRIKING ATTACK
LUNGING ATTACK     2 -  1     SLASHING ATTACK    1 -  4         2  WALL OF STEEL  
BASHING ATTACK     2 -  1     AIMED BLOW         0 -  0         2  BASHING ATTACK 
STRIKING ATTACK    2 -  2     PARRY-LUNGE        0 -  1         2  SLASHING ATTACK
                              PARRY-RIPOSTE      0 -  0         1  PARRY-LUNGE    
                              TOTAL PARRY        0 -  2         1  LUNGING ATTACK 

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
WALL OF STEEL    TOLAIS DEEPHEART 42-1620  143 151  0  222 HIGHLANDERS (1341)
BASHING ATTACK   MEN WORKING 38-4189        82 245  1  209 JUST BECAUSE (1151)
PARRY-LUNGE      MARK 5-4088                71 159  3  198 JOHNS (927)
STRIKING ATTACK  GAR & BRILL 38-4252        95 168  2  194 JUST BECAUSE (1151)
SLASHING ATTACK  CLIVE 6-5215               56  59  5  190 THE LADY'S LIST (917)
LUNGING ATTACK   ZAKAU 5-4623               64  67  0  185 JOHNS (927)
TOTAL PARRY      2 + 2 = 4 38-4190          58 169  1  135 JUST BECAUSE (1151)
PARRY-STRIKE     PHILTHRY 42-2079           42  41  0   81 HIGHLANDERS (1341)

The overall popularity leader is TOLAIS DEEPHEART 42-1620.  The most popular warrior 
this turn was MARK 5-4088.  The ten other most popular fighters were TOLAIS DEEPHEART 
42-1620, ALOYICIUS 6-5045, ZAKAU 5-4623, MEN WORKING 38-4189, GAR & BRILL 38-4252, OL 
SMOKEY 6-6312, P.M.S. 2-2716, FATALITY 7-5820, CLIVE 6-5215, and ZANE GREY 21-4810.

The least popular fighter this week was HOFFA 5-4348.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were 2 + 2 = 4 38-4190, MIKEL 6-6190, GEN. JACKSON 6-6285, LENNON 5-4087, 
ZEUS 62-4010, HOFFA 5-4299, SATCHEL 6-6215, BACKFIRE 37-1713, HOFFA 5-4622, and 
PHILTHRY 42-2079.

Arena (Number)       W  L K  Arena (Number)       W  L K  Arena (Number)       W  L K  
NIANIA(2)            1  0 0  BONSUR(7)            0  1 0  CLIFFHOME(38)        2  1 0  
KALTOS(5)            1  5 0  SUNSET(21)           0  1 0  RODEKI(42)           3  0 0  
TRANSEL(6)           3  5 0  SIBIKHAS(37)         1  0 0  VALAMANTIS(62)       0  1 0  

TOP WARRIOR OF EACH ARENA     W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 P.M.S. 2-2716               33  35  1  159  MY EX-WIFE (372)           NIANIA
 MARK 5-4088                 71 159  3  198  JOHNS (927)                KALTOS
 CLIVE 6-5215                56  59  5  190  THE LADY'S LIST (917)      TRANSEL
 FATALITY 7-5820             35  19  0  175  BRUTAL LEGION (1335)       BONSUR
 ZANE GREY 21-4810           52  86  2  139  AUTHORS (749)              SUNSET
 BACKFIRE 37-1713            32  20  0  196  BATTLEFIELD EARTH (147)    SIBIKHAS
 MEN WORKING 38-4189         82 245  1  209  JUST BECAUSE (1151)        CLIFFHOME
 TOLAIS DEEPHEART 42-1620   143 151  0  222  HIGHLANDERS (1341)         RODEKI
 ZEUS 62-4010                39  17  0  144  LEGION OF LEGEND (1305)    VALAMANTIS