DARKHOLM SPORTING JOURNAL

Date   : 02/08/2014    Duedate: 02/21/2014

DARKHOLM ARENA

DM 104    TURN 629

RANK TEAMS                 W    L   K    %  RANK TEAMS                 W    L   K    % 
  1-MY EX-WIFE 2/372     202  136   3 59.8    4 HIGHLANDERS 42/1341  580  743   9 43.8
    BATTLEFIELD EARTH 37/147                  5 JOHNS 5/927         1458 2641  25 35.6
  2 BRUTAL LEGIO 7/1335   54   44   0 55.1      AUTHORS 21/749
    LEGION OF LEGEND 62/1305                    JUST BECAUSE 38/1151
  3-THE VOLS 6/1314        7    8   1 46.7      THE LADY'S LIST 6/917

                                  WARRIOR SPOTLIGHT

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

                                     Duelmasters
                                     -----------
 DM   1 MORDANT (turn 746): RUN'S HOUSE of RUN DMC (Howlin' Wolf, mgr.)
 DM   2 NIANIA (turn 629): CUTPURSE of DUNGEON CELL (One Armed Bandit, mgr.)
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 751): DUDE #1 of FRAT PARTY BLOWOUT (The Anarchist, mgr.)
 DM   4 JHELUM (turn 723): MIKE MCCREADY of PEARL JAM (Howlin' Wolf, mgr.)
 DM   5 KALTOS (turn 747): GOODY TWOSHOES of HISTORICAL KOLACT (Nomad, mgr.)
 DM   6 TRANSEL (turn 742): BLIND BLAKE of BLACK AND BLUES (Howlin' Wolf, mgr.)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 751): PUTTY KNIFE of TOOL SHED (Leprechaun, mgr.)
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 735): KRAKO of THE CLUB (Buri, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 737): R-1 of NEXT GENERATION (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 736): TORINO of NOMADIC TRIBE (Nomad, mgr.)
 DM  36 JHANS (turn 702): ALOYSIUS THE BEAR of MIDNIGHT GREMLINS (Storm Lord, mgr.)
 DM  38 CLIFFHOME (turn 691): TALKS NONSTOP of BASH BROS CHILDREN (Assurnasirbanipal)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 321): MALICE of DARQUE ANGELS (Master Darque, mgr.)
 DM  42 RODEKI (turn 684): STUD of DEALER'S CHOICE (Coach, mgr.)
 DM  51 TRICORUS (turn 635): ATOMIC PUNK of VAN DUEL (Nomad, mgr.)
 DM  54 TROCAR (turn 303): QUI GONG of ASIAN INVASION (Pec Killer, mgr.)
 DM  59 ILLIS (turn 296): RATTLER of SERPENTS HOLD (Khisanth, mgr.)
 DM  62 VALAMANTIS (turn 580): DANG LEN of GARBAGE PAIL KIDS (Kharadmon, mgr.)
 DM  72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 272): FREELOADER of BASH BROS FRIEND (Assurnasirbanipal)
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 628): TOLAIS DEEPHEART of HIGHLANDERS (She-Puppy, mgr.)

                                      Top Teams
                                      ---------
 DM   1 MORDANT (turn 746): CARNIVAL FREAKS (Chuck, mgr.)
 DM   2 NIANIA (turn 629): THE GOLDEN FISH (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 751): FRAT PARTY BLOWOUT (The Anarchist, mgr.)
 DM   4 JHELUM (turn 723): DOGS OF WAR (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   5 KALTOS (turn 747): IT'S ALL OVER NOW (?, mgr.)
 DM   6 TRANSEL (turn 742): BLACK AND BLUES (Howlin' Wolf, mgr.)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 751): SHEWISH PICNIC (One Armed Bandit, mgr.)
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 735): VIKINGS (Nomad, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 737): NEXT GENERATION (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 736): THE CEREAL KILLERS (?, mgr.)
 DM  36 JHANS (turn 702): MIDNIGHT GREMLINS (Storm Lord, mgr.)
 DM  38 CLIFFHOME (turn 691): BASH BROS CHILDREN (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 321): DARQUE ANGELS (Master Darque, mgr.)
 DM  42 RODEKI (turn 684): DEALER'S CHOICE (Coach, mgr.)
 DM  51 TRICORUS (turn 635): VAN DUEL (Nomad, mgr.)
 DM  54 TROCAR (turn 303): TRADERS OF TROCAR (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  59 ILLIS (turn 296): ELDER GODS (Var, mgr.)
 DM  62 VALAMANTIS (turn 580): MIDDLE WAY 10 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 272): BB INFOMERICAL (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.)
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 628) BRUTAL LEGION et al (Seraphim, mgr.)

                                   Recent Graduates
                                  -----------------
 DM   1 MORDANT (turn 746): GRASSCUTTER of SWEORDMASTERS (Mannequin, mgr.)
 DM   4 JHELUM (turn 723): ULTIMATE WRATH of LUROCIANS Z2 (The Greek Guy, mgr.)
 DM   6 TRANSEL (turn 742): TOM TIGER of PSYCHO SQUAD (Jorja, mgr.)
                            DOVAHKIIN of SKYRIM (Mannequin, mgr.)
                (turn 741): ELMORE JAMES of BLACK AND BLUES (Howlin' Wolf, mgr.)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 750): BIG BAD DADDY JR of WESTNMAFIA (?, mgr.)
                           BALBOA of SENTINELS (Nomad, mgr.)
                           GUMBERCULES of ADULT SWIM (Buri, mgr.)
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 735): SLITHERING IDIOT of SERPENTS' HOLD (Khisanth, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 736): MC SHAN of HIP HOP HEROES (Howlin' Wolf, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 735): JUSTIN CREDIBLE of D.R.I. (Var, mgr.)
                           GEORGE OF THE JUNGLE of TOON INN (Chuck, mgr.)
 DM  51 TRICORUS (turn 635): PUMA of WILDCATS (Papa Bear, mgr.)
                 (turn 634): HELPER of VENTURE BROS. (Buri, mgr.)
 DM  72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 272): SERVED of BASH BROS LAWYER (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.)

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

     I was kind of sorry to defeat Zakau.  What a proud, handsome, almost orcish
young man he is.  I don't really like to hurt guys like that.  Still, it's a rush to
be up here on the... well... "throne" isn't exactly the best word for it.  I'm glad
they managed to reattach his fingers.
     This town, Willow Beach, does anyone besides me think it's desperately dead?
You have to ride all the way to Talahya for some decent entertainment.  I suppose the
reason they put an arena in this little fishing village was the beach, of course--the
only one on the isle.  But it's not a great beach.  It's rocky, and the water is
always cold.  They do have a protected area for swimming, but... I don't know, I
wouldn't want to get in that water.  Especially since the Commission isn't giving
this place much attention anymore, and who knows if the monster nets are torn or not?
     Well... I should say more, but I can't think of anything.  Ah!  Spring is only a
few weeks away.

And good night, fellow gladiators.

Tolais Deepheart

                             REPORT FROM WITHIN THE TOWER

Hullo!

     I'm back.  It's me, Malic.  As usual, we had a fairly slow fight day.  Which is
fine, while winter keeps its bony grip on us, eh?  Since the arena is open to the
sky, no one wants to stick around here very long.

     TOLAIS DEEPHEART (42-1620) (144-152-0,202) of HIGHLANDERS fought MARK (5-4088)
(73-159-3,227) of JOHNS.  TOLAIS DEEPHEART slimly won victory over MARK in a 3 minute
Title fight.  Of course, Ms. Deepheart is our top Wall of Steel, and Mark is top
Parry-Lunger.

     LENNON (5-4087) (50-51-2,181) of JOHNS fought FATALITY (7-5820) (36-20-0,171) of
BRUTAL LEGION.  LENNON vanquished FATALITY in a 1 minute uneven battle.  Lennon is
our top-rated Slasher.
     ZANE GREY (21-4810) (54-86-2,196) of AUTHORS fought LOCAL CONSTABLE (104-22) (0-
0-0,181) of the Invincibles.  ZANE GREY was subdued by LOCAL CONSTABLE in an action
packed 3 minute bloody fight.  Mr. Grey is our top Striker, and also this turn's
favorite fighter.  Woot!  Eh?
     MEN WORKING (38-4189) (83-246-1,192) of JUST BECAUSE fought SOLACIA (104-24)
(68-32-0,225) of the Invincibles.  MEN WORKING was devastated by SOLACIA in an
exciting 1 minute one-sided fight.  Men Working is our Overall Popularity Leader and
also our best Basher.
     GAR & BRILL (38-4252) (96-169-2,192) of JUST BECAUSE fought LAUGHING BARMAID
(104-9) (0-0-0,170) of the Invincibles.  GAR & BRILL was devastated by LAUGHING
BARMAID in a popular 1 minute uneven brawl.  Amazingly, Mr. Brill doesn't currently
own any arena honors.
     ZAKAU (5-4623) (65-68-0,191) of JOHNS fought PELIS THE TRUE (42-3469) (46-63-
0,170) of HIGHLANDERS.  ZAKAU overpowered PELIS THE TRUE in a popular 1 minute
mismatched brawl.  Zakau is our top-ranked Lunger.

     SATCHEL (6-6215) (54-51-2,153) of THE LADY'S LIST fought SHADOWMANE (104-28) (0-
0-0,200) of the Invincibles.  SATCHEL overcame SHADOWMANE in an action packed 1
minute melee.  Satchel is another fellow with no arena honors today.  Strange!
     Our only death would have to be considered an unfortunate accident, a bad
matchup.  CLIVE (6-5215) (57-60-5,180) of THE LADY'S LIST fought SHADOWMANE (104-28)
(0-0-0,200) of the Invincibles.  CLIVE was slaughtered by SHADOWMANE in an action
packed 1 minute one-sided duel.
     HOFFA (5-4299) (24-98-0,116) of JOHNS fought ZEUS (62-4010) (40-18-0,146) of
LEGION OF LEGEND.  HOFFA slimly lost to ZEUS in a popular 7 minute brutal fight.
     2 + 2 = 4 (38-4190) (58-171-1,119) of JUST BECAUSE fought M. CHARDINEE (104-8)
(0-0-0,110) of the Invincibles.  2 + 2 = 4 was viciously subdued by M. CHARDINEE in a
popular 7 minute brutal bout.  The venerable equation is our top-rated Total Parry.
Hmm.
     JUSTIN (6-6179) (39-63-3,126) of THE LADY'S LIST fought M. CHARDINEE (104-8) (0-
0-0,110) of the Invincibles.  JUSTIN subdued M. CHARDINEE in a 2 minute competition.
Justin had the distinction of making both the popularity list, and the unpopularity
list.

     MIKEL (6-6190) (45-54-3,124) of THE LADY'S LIST fought DESIREE (104-23) (20-15-
4,150) of the Invincibles.  MIKEL was handily defeated by DESIREE in an exciting 1
minute bloody one-sided contest.  Today, Mikel is the least popular fighter in
Darkholm.  Next turn, who knows?
     HOFFA (5-4622) (44-89-0,30) of JOHNS fought COCKY SPECTATOR (104-3) (0-0-0,0) of
the Invincibles.  HOFFA was beaten by COCKY SPECTATOR in a crowd pleasing 3 minute
conflict.  That's sad.
     PHILTHRY (42-2079) (44-41-0,88) of HIGHLANDERS fought HOFFA (5-4348) (26-161-
0,33) of JOHNS.  PHILTHRY overpowered HOFFA in a crowd pleasing 1 minute one-sided
duel.  Like Justin, Philthry made both lists, but he is also our top-rated Parry-
Striker.
     ALOYICIUS (6-5045) (32-67-2,50) of THE LADY'S LIST fought DEBBY TONTE (104-2)
(20-30-0,30) of the Invincibles.  ALOYICIUS lost to DEBBY TONTE in an exciting 1
minute fray.  It seems two female spy reporters were represented today, and no one
had the heart to hit them.

     And that, my friends and countrymen, is all I have for you.  Which means it's
time to head to the Chalice for a hot toddy!  Cheerio!

Malic of Talcama

KEEPER OF THE RUNEBLADE        W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 TOLAIS DEEPHEART 42-1620    145 152     208  HIGHLANDERS (1341)         RODEKI

GRAND CHAMPIONS                W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 MARK 5-4088                  73 160  3  198  JOHNS (927)                KALTOS
 ZAKAU 5-4623                 66  68     197  JOHNS (927)                KALTOS
 LENNON 5-4087                51  51  2  196  JOHNS (927)                KALTOS

GRAND CHAMPIONS                W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
-BACKFIRE 37-1713             32  21     195  BATTLEFIELD EARTH (147)    SIBIKHAS
 MEN WORKING 38-4189          83 247  1  194  JUST BECAUSE (1151)        CLIFFHOME
 ZANE GREY 21-4810            54  87  2  186  AUTHORS (749)              SUNSET
 SATCHEL 6-6215               55  51  2  183  THE LADY'S LIST (917)      TRANSEL

GRAND CHALLENGER ADEPTS        W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 CLIVE 6-5215                 57  61  5  176  THE LADY'S LIST (917)      TRANSEL
 GAR & BRILL 38-4252          96 170  2  171  JUST BECAUSE (1151)        CLIFFHOME
 PELIS THE TRUE 42-3469       46  64     165  HIGHLANDERS (1341)         RODEKI
 FATALITY 7-5820              36  21     164  BRUTAL LEGION (1335)       BONSUR
-P.M.S. 2-2716                33  36  1  159  MY EX-WIFE (372)           NIANIA

GRAND ADEPTS                   W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 ZEUS 62-4010                 41  18     148  LEGION OF LEGEND (1305)    VALAMANTIS
-GEN. JACKSON 6-6285          24  17  2  133  THE VOLS (1314)            TRANSEL
 JUSTIN 6-6179                40  63  3  128  THE LADY'S LIST (917)      TRANSEL
 HOFFA 5-4299                 24  99     128  JOHNS (927)                KALTOS
 MIKEL 6-6190                 45  55  3  123  THE LADY'S LIST (917)      TRANSEL
 2 + 2 = 4 38-4190            58 172  1  112  JUST BECAUSE (1151)        CLIFFHOME

GRAND INITIATES                W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 PHILTHRY 42-2079             45  41      90  HIGHLANDERS (1341)         RODEKI
-OL SMOKEY 6-6312             19  11  2   72  THE VOLS (1314)            TRANSEL
 HOFFA 5-4348                 26 162      38  JOHNS (927)                KALTOS
 ALOYICIUS 6-5045             32  68  2   35  THE LADY'S LIST (917)      TRANSEL
 HOFFA 5-4622                 44  90      11  JOHNS (927)                KALTOS

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

THE DEAD                   W   L  K TEAM NAME              SLAIN BY                  TURN
CLIVE 6-5215              57  61  5 THE LADY'S LIST 917    SHADOWMANE                629

                               PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE

Zakau -- Oh no!  That was a good try, but I guess you need to try harder.  Keep
coming back, please. -- Tolais Deepheart 

Lennon -- Thanks for showing me that very important technique.  I don't know that I'm
really cut out for this line of work, but it is good to know what one is doing. --
Pelis the True

Aloyicius -- Ha, at first the crowd was jeering my name, but they certainly
transitioned to a new key, didn't they? -- Philthry

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

TOLAIS DEEPHEART slimly won victory over MARK in a 3 minute Title fight.
LENNON vanquished FATALITY in a 1 minute uneven battle.
ZANE GREY was subdued by LOCAL CONSTABLE in a action packed 3 minute bloody fight.
MEN WORKING was devastated by SOLACIA in a exciting 1 minute one-sided fight.
GAR & BRILL was devastated by LAUGHING BARMAID in a popular 1 minute uneven brawl.
ZAKAU overpowered PELIS THE TRUE in a popular 1 minute mismatched brawl.
SATCHEL overcame SHADOWMANE in a action packed 1 minute melee.
CLIVE was slaughtered by SHADOWMANE in a action packed 1 minute one-sided duel.
HOFFA slimly lost to ZEUS in a popular 7 minute brutal fight.
2 + 2 = 4 was viciously subdued by M. CHARDINEE in a popular 7 minute brutal bout.
JUSTIN subdued M. CHARDINEE in a 2 minute competition.
MIKEL was handily defeated by DESIREE in a exciting 1 minute bloody one-sided contest.
HOFFA was beaten by COCKY SPECTATOR in a crowd pleasing 3 minute conflict.
PHILTHRY overpowered HOFFA in a crowd pleasing 1 minute one-sided duel.
ALOYICIUS lost to DEBBY TONTE in a exciting 1 minute fray.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|SLASHING ATTACK                  5         PARRY-STRIKE      15 -   2 -  0      88  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    4         STRIKING ATTACK   16 -  19 -  0      46  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  3         WALL OF STEEL     20 -  27 -  0      43  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   3         PARRY-LUNGE        4 -   6 -  0      40  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      2         LUNGING ATTACK     8 -  12 -  0      40  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     1         BASHING ATTACK    10 -  20 -  0      33  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   1         SLASHING ATTACK   15 -  35 -  0      30  |
|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 629 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       1 -  0     AIMED BLOW         0 -  0         3  SLASHING ATTACK
LUNGING ATTACK     1 -  0     PARRY-LUNGE        0 -  1         2  WALL OF STEEL  
SLASHING ATTACK    3 -  2     PARRY-RIPOSTE      0 -  0         2  BASHING ATTACK 
WALL OF STEEL      2 -  2     STRIKING ATTACK    0 -  3         2  STRIKING ATTACK
                              BASHING ATTACK     0 -  3         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  145 152  0  208 HIGHLANDERS (1341)
PARRY-LUNGE      MARK 5-4088                73 160  3  198 JOHNS (927)
LUNGING ATTACK   ZAKAU 5-4623               66  68  0  197 JOHNS (927)
SLASHING ATTACK  LENNON 5-4087              51  51  2  196 JOHNS (927)
BASHING ATTACK   MEN WORKING 38-4189        83 247  1  194 JUST BECAUSE (1151)
STRIKING ATTACK  ZANE GREY 21-4810          54  87  2  186 AUTHORS (749)
TOTAL PARRY      2 + 2 = 4 38-4190          58 172  1  112 JUST BECAUSE (1151)
PARRY-STRIKE     PHILTHRY 42-2079           45  41  0   90 HIGHLANDERS (1341)

The overall popularity leader is MEN WORKING 38-4189.  The most popular warrior this 
turn was ZANE GREY 21-4810.  The ten other most popular fighters were HOFFA 5-4299, 
MARK 5-4088, ZEUS 62-4010, 2 + 2 = 4 38-4190, TOLAIS DEEPHEART 42-1620, SATCHEL 
6-6215, CLIVE 6-5215, ZAKAU 5-4623, JUSTIN 6-6179, and PHILTHRY 42-2079.

The least popular fighter this week was MIKEL 6-6190.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were HOFFA 5-4348, GAR & BRILL 38-4252, FATALITY 7-5820, ALOYICIUS 6-5045, 
PELIS THE TRUE 42-3469, LENNON 5-4087, HOFFA 5-4622, MEN WORKING 38-4189, PHILTHRY 
42-2079, and JUSTIN 6-6179.

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

TOP WARRIOR OF EACH ARENA     W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 MARK 5-4088                 73 160  3  198  JOHNS (927)                KALTOS
 SATCHEL 6-6215              55  51  2  183  THE LADY'S LIST (917)      TRANSEL
 FATALITY 7-5820             36  21  0  164  BRUTAL LEGION (1335)       BONSUR
 ZANE GREY 21-4810           54  87  2  186  AUTHORS (749)              SUNSET
 MEN WORKING 38-4189         83 247  1  194  JUST BECAUSE (1151)        CLIFFHOME
 TOLAIS DEEPHEART 42-1620   145 152  0  208  HIGHLANDERS (1341)         RODEKI
 ZEUS 62-4010                41  18  0  148  LEGION OF LEGEND (1305)    VALAMANTIS