DARKHOLM SPORTING JOURNAL

Date   : 11/29/2014    Duedate: 12/12/2014

DARKHOLM ARENA

DM 104    TURN 650

RANK TEAMS                 W    L   K    %  RANK TEAMS                 W    L   K    % 
  1 THOSE WHO R 12/1352  474  192   4 71.2    4 BRUTAL LEGIO 7/1335   70   70   0 50.0
    WIDER IS BETTER 21/1369                     LEGION OF LEGEND 62/1305
    RIDERS OF THE HOOD 43/1361                5 HIGHLANDERS 42/1341  618  768  10 44.6
  2 MAJOR BUMMER 3/1368  243  174   3 58.3    6 OBSIDIAN HA 33/1370    7   10   0 41.2
    MY MAIN MEN 84/1363                         IRON CATHEDRAL 52/1371
    A PROPER SALUTE 84/1364                     THE HOLY LEGION 10/490
    DEALER'S CHOICE 42/1360                     STARSHIP VESSELS 60/1372
    IN THE LONG RUN 84/1367                     GRIZZLED VETERANS 56/1373
  3-THE MENTORS 10/408   155  152   4 50.5    7 JOHNS 5/927         1536 2784  27 35.6
    MASTERS OF MELODY 21/1346                   THE LADY'S LIST 6/917
    THE MENTORS' TOY BOX 10/1350

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

     Goodness, I'm in the Keeper's chair.  The view from here is... pretty much the
same as anywhere else.  I got here by fighting the Blind Beggar, who maxed out on
skills in our fight.  He actually managed to hit me, so for a blind guy he's got good
intuition.  After the fight he asked me for money for a drink.  I gave it to him.  He
smelled bad, and I just wanted him to go away.
     Winter is here early, so I hope you're all keeping warm.  Our guildhouse has a
greenhouse attached, but it got really cold one night and the rhubarb plants and
sweet potatoes died.  *sigh*
     Two weeks isn't long enough to ride a stagecoach someplace warmer, and get back.
So... I suppose I'll be jogging every morning in the cold wind.  Yuck.

With best wishes, Tolais Deepheart

                             REPORT FROM WITHIN THE TOWER

Hullo!

Hmm.  All right, there's very little to say, so I shall say it in very few words.

     KING OF DARKHOLM (12-4856) (63-43-1,331) of THOSE WHO RULE challenged ZAKAU (5-
4623) (75-79-0,217) of JOHNS.  KING OF DARKHOLM bested ZAKAU in a crowd pleasing 1
minute Challenge fight.  This was the only challenge match,  making Zakau the most
challenged fighter.  King of Darkholm is, of course, the top Lunger.
     TOLAIS DEEPHEART (42-1620) (159-158-0,227) of HIGHLANDERS fought WYVERN (33-
2457) (30-31-0,187) of OBSIDIAN HALL.  TOLAIS DEEPHEART vanquished WYVERN in an
exciting 1 minute gory uneven Title battle.  Ms. Deepheart is our top-rated Wall of
Steel as well as this turn's Keeper of the Runeblade and overall popularity leader.
     LI'L RED (43-3200) (57-21-2,206) of RIDERS OF THE HOOD fought BORF (84-37868)
(29-29-0,182) of A PROPER SALUTE.  LI'L RED vanquished BORF in a popular 1 minute
mismatched brawl.  Very oddly for such a brief fight day, neither of these fighters
is a stylemaster.
     NO LIMIT HOLD-EM (42-2887) (34-21-2,179) of DEALER'S CHOICE fought LOCAL
CONSTABLE (104-22) (0-0-0,181) of The Invincibles.  NO LIMIT HOLD-EM overpowered
LOCAL CONSTABLE in a 1 minute mismatched match.  Mr. Hold-Em is the highest ranked
Parry-Lunger in Darkholm.
     MIKEL (6-6190) (56-64-3,164) of THE LADY'S LIST fought ADOLPH EICHMANN (84-
37835) (32-26-0,160) of MY MAIN MEN.  MIKEL was defeated by ADOLPH EICHMANN in an
exciting 3 minute struggle.  Mikel is our premier Slasher and this turn's favorite.

     PELIS THE TRUE (42-3469) (54-76-1,170) of HIGHLANDERS fought FATALITY (7-5820)
(42-35-0,141) of BRUTAL LEGION.  PELIS THE TRUE devastated FATALITY in an action
packed 1 minute one-sided competition.  Fatality is the top-rated Striker.
     ZEUS (62-4010) (51-28-0,150) of LEGION OF LEGEND fought GLAMDRING (33-2328) (34-
20-1,133) of OBSIDIAN HALL.  ZEUS was viciously subdued by GLAMDRING in an action
packed 4 minute gruesome duel.  Glamdring is highest rated Total Parry, and that was
the longest fight.
     PHILTHRY (42-2079) (59-47-0,147) of HIGHLANDERS fought RYANATOR (33-3462) (35-
35-0,114) of OBSIDIAN HALL.  PHILTHRY was defeated by RYANATOR in an action packed 3
minute gory duel.  Philthry is the highest-ranked Parry-Strike fighter.
     STING (10-429) (23-20-2,137) of THE HOLY LEGION fought OMAHA (42-4796) (21-11-
1,99) of DEALER'S CHOICE.  STING was overpowered by OMAHA in a 1 minute uneven match.
Omaha remains our top-ranked Aimed Blow.
     JHAARAN (10-2017) (15-8-1,52) of THE HOLY LEGION fought KODICROME (84-37861)
(17-12-1,78) of IN THE LONG RUN.  JHAARAN beat KODICROME in a 2 minute fight.  And...
no stylemaster here.

And that's it.  Have a good two weeks.

Malic of Talcama

KEEPER OF THE RUNEBLADE        W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 TOLAIS DEEPHEART 42-1620    160 158     235  HIGHLANDERS (1341)         RODEKI

GRAND CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS     W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 KING OF DARKHOLM 12-4856     64  43  1  337  THOSE WHO RULE (1352)      RIZTAB
 LI'L RED 43-3200             58  21  2  212  RIDERS OF THE HOOD (1361)  VEASTIAN

GRAND CHAMPIONS                W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 ZAKAU 5-4623                 75  80     200  JOHNS (927)                KALTOS
 NO LIMIT HOLD-EM 42-2887     35  21  2  191  DEALER'S CHOICE (1360)     RODEKI
 BORF 84-37868                29  30     186  A PROPER SALUTE (1364)     BLACKSTONE
 WYVERN 33-2457               30  32     181  OBSIDIAN HALL (1370)       NIATOLI ISLAND

GRAND CHALLENGER ADEPTS        W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 PELIS THE TRUE 42-3469       55  76  1  178  HIGHLANDERS (1341)         RODEKI
 ADOLPH EICHMANN 84-37835     33  26     170  MY MAIN MEN (1363)         BLACKSTONE
 MIKEL 6-6190                 56  65  3  162  THE LADY'S LIST (917)      TRANSEL
 GLAMDRING 33-2328            35  20  1  162  OBSIDIAN HALL (1370)       NIATOLI ISLAND

GRAND ADEPTS                   W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 RYANATOR 33-3462             36  35     143  OBSIDIAN HALL (1370)       NIATOLI ISLAND
 ZEUS 62-4010                 51  29     141  LEGION OF LEGEND (1305)    VALAMANTIS
 FATALITY 7-5820              42  36     138  BRUTAL LEGION (1335)       BONSUR
 OMAHA 42-4796                22  11  1  130  DEALER'S CHOICE (1360)     RODEKI
 PHILTHRY 42-2079             59  48     128  HIGHLANDERS (1341)         RODEKI
 STING 10-429                 23  21  2  111  THE HOLY LEGION (490)      KOLACT

GRAND INITIATES                W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
-BRUNHYLDA 33-8082            22  10  1   77  OBSIDIAN HALL (1370)       NIATOLI ISLAND
 JHAARAN 10-2017              16   8  1   73  THE HOLY LEGION (490)      KOLACT
 KODICROME 84-37861           17  13  1   63  IN THE LONG RUN (1367)     BLACKSTONE
-SWYTAI 56-4414               12   1      37  GRIZZLED VETERANS (1373)   ROCANIS

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

THE DEAD                   W   L  K TEAM NAME              SLAIN BY                  TURN

                               PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE

Mikel -- That was well fought.  I would've liked it better if I'd won, but still, it
was a good, flashy fight. -- Philthry

I would like to complain about the prowess of the Laughing Barmaid.  She stabbed me
in the breadbasket and that was basically that.  Too vicious by far! -- Pelis the
True

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

KING OF DARKHOLM bested ZAKAU in a crowd pleasing 1 minute Challenge fight.
TOLAIS DEEPHEART vanquished WYVERN in a exciting 1 minute gory uneven Title battle.
LI'L RED vanquished BORF in a popular 1 minute mismatched brawl.
NO LIMIT HOLD-EM overpowered LOCAL CONSTABLE in a 1 minute mismatched match.
MIKEL was defeated by ADOLPH EICHMANN in a exciting 3 minute struggle.
PELIS THE TRUE devastated FATALITY in a action packed 1 minute one-sided competition.
ZEUS was viciously subdued by GLAMDRING in a action packed 4 minute gruesome duel.
PHILTHRY was defeated by RYANATOR in a action packed 3 minute gory duel.
STING was overpowered by OMAHA in a 1 minute uneven match.
JHAARAN beat KODICROME in a 2 minute fight.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|LUNGING ATTACK                   5         PARRY-STRIKE       8 -   5 -  0      62  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      3         SLASHING ATTACK   27 -  19 -  1      59  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    3         LUNGING ATTACK    26 -  22 -  0      54  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      2         WALL OF STEEL     20 -  18 -  0      53  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   2         TOTAL PARRY        6 -   7 -  0      46  |
|AIMED BLOW                       1         AIMED BLOW        10 -  12 -  0      45  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     1         PARRY-LUNGE        8 -  12 -  0      40  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  1         STRIKING ATTACK    7 -  11 -  0      39  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  1         BASHING ATTACK     5 -  10 -  1      33  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    0         PARRY-RIPOSTE      0 -   3 -  0       0  |

Turn 650 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     LUNGING ATTACK     2 -  3         3  LUNGING ATTACK 
TOTAL PARRY        3 -  0     PARRY-STRIKE       0 -  1         2  WALL OF STEEL  
WALL OF STEEL      2 -  1     PARRY-RIPOSTE      0 -  0         2  PARRY-LUNGE    
PARRY-LUNGE        1 -  1     SLASHING ATTACK    0 -  1         2  BASHING ATTACK 
BASHING ATTACK     1 -  1     STRIKING ATTACK    0 -  1         1  SLASHING ATTACK
                                                                1  TOTAL PARRY    

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
WALL OF STEEL    TOLAIS DEEPHEART 42-1620  160 158  0  235 HIGHLANDERS (1341)
LUNGING ATTACK   KING OF DARKHOLM 12-4856   64  43  1  337 THOSE WHO RULE (1352)
PARRY-LUNGE      NO LIMIT HOLD-EM 42-2887   35  21  2  191 DEALER'S CHOICE (1360)
BASHING ATTACK   WYVERN 33-2457             30  32  0  181 OBSIDIAN HALL (1370)
SLASHING ATTACK  MIKEL 6-6190               56  65  3  162 THE LADY'S LIST (917)
TOTAL PARRY      GLAMDRING 33-2328          35  20  1  162 OBSIDIAN HALL (1370)
STRIKING ATTACK  FATALITY 7-5820            42  36  0  138 BRUTAL LEGION (1335)
AIMED BLOW       OMAHA 42-4796              22  11  1  130 DEALER'S CHOICE (1360)
PARRY-STRIKE     PHILTHRY 42-2079           59  48  0  128 HIGHLANDERS (1341)

The overall popularity leader is TOLAIS DEEPHEART 42-1620.  The most popular warrior 
this turn was MIKEL 6-6190.  The ten other most popular fighters were PHILTHRY 
42-2079, ADOLPH EICHMANN 84--27701, GLAMDRING 33-2328, TOLAIS DEEPHEART 42-1620, NO 
LIMIT HOLD-EM 42-2887, PELIS THE TRUE 42-3469, RYANATOR 33-3462, KODICROME 84--27675, 
KING OF DARKHOLM 12-4856, and LI'L RED 43-3200.

The least popular fighter this week was STING 10-429.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were BORF 84--27668, WYVERN 33-2457, JHAARAN 10-2017, OMAHA 42-4796, 
FATALITY 7-5820, ZAKAU 5-4623, ZEUS 62-4010, LI'L RED 43-3200, KING OF DARKHOLM 
12-4856, and KODICROME 84--27675.

Arena (Number)       W  L K  Arena (Number)       W  L K  Arena (Number)       W  L K  
KALTOS(5)            0  1 0  RIZTAB(12)           1  0 0  VEASTIAN(43)         1  0 0  
TRANSEL(6)           0  1 0  NIATOLI ISLAND(33)   2  1 0  VALAMANTIS(62)       0  1 0  
BONSUR(7)            0  1 0  RODEKI(42)           4  1 0  BLACKSTONE(84)       1  2 0  
KOLACT(10)           1  1 0  

TOP WARRIOR OF EACH ARENA     W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 ZAKAU 5-4623                75  80  0  200  JOHNS (927)                KALTOS
 MIKEL 6-6190                56  65  3  162  THE LADY'S LIST (917)      TRANSEL
 FATALITY 7-5820             42  36  0  138  BRUTAL LEGION (1335)       BONSUR
 STING 10-429                23  21  2  111  THE HOLY LEGION (490)      KOLACT
 KING OF DARKHOLM 12-4856    64  43  1  337  THOSE WHO RULE (1352)      RIZTAB
 WYVERN 33-2457              30  32  0  181  OBSIDIAN HALL (1370)       NIATOLI ISLAND
 TOLAIS DEEPHEART 42-1620   160 158  0  235  HIGHLANDERS (1341)         RODEKI
 LI'L RED 43-3200            58  21  2  212  RIDERS OF THE HOOD (1361)  VEASTIAN
 ZEUS 62-4010                51  29  0  141  LEGION OF LEGEND (1305)    VALAMANTIS
 BORF 84--27668              29  30  0  186  A PROPER SALUTE (1364)     BLACKSTONE

                                CHALLENGES AND AVOIDS

To clarify:  You issue Challenges to warriors, but Avoid teams.  
To Challenge, write that warrior's name and ID# in the space provided. 
To Avoid, write the team's name and Team ID in that space. 
Make sure you include the ID!

                            A DM TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS

          12 political points a'pumpin'
          11 TVs a'workin'
          10 free duels of credit
           9 ABs to challenge
           8 criticals a'connectin'
           7 scums a'dyin'
           6 skills a'maxin'
           5 A.D. invites
           4 lucky warriors
           3 size on replacement
           2 proxied TCs
          And a quarterstaff from a pear tree.

                                   May your days be merry,
                                   And your wins be often.

                                             The Consortium