DARKHOLM SPORTING JOURNAL

Date   : 12/27/2014    Duedate: 01/09/2015

DARKHOLM ARENA

DM 104    TURN 652

RANK TEAMS                 W    L   K    %  RANK TEAMS                 W    L   K    % 
  1 THOSE WHO R 12/1352  480  192   4 71.4    4 HIGHLANDERS 42/1341  619  773  10 44.5
    WIDER IS BETTER 21/1369                   5 OBSIDIAN HA 33/1370   12   15   0 44.4
    RIDERS OF THE HOOD 43/1361                  IRON CATHEDRAL 52/1371
  2 MY MAIN MEN 84/1363  247  180   3 57.8      THE HOLY LEGION 10/490
    A PROPER SALUTE 84/1364                     STARSHIP VESSELS 60/1372
    DEALER'S CHOICE 42/1360                     GRIZZLED VETERANS 56/1373
    IN THE LONG RUN 84/1367                   6 JOHNS 5/927         1537 2787  27 35.5
  3 BRUTAL LEGIO 7/1335   73   71   0 50.7      THE LADY'S LIST 6/917
    LEGION OF LEGEND 62/1305

                             REPORT FROM WITHIN THE TOWER

Happy New Year!

KING OF DARKHOLM (12-4856) (65-43-1,345) of THOSE WHO RULE challenged ZAKAU (5-4623)
(75-81-0,197) of JOHNS.  KING OF DARKHOLM devastated ZAKAU in a 1 minute mismatched
Challenge fight.

NO LIMIT HOLD-EM (42-2887) (36-21-2,202) of DEALER'S CHOICE challenged E AHO LAULA
(21-4224) (68-44-0,269) of WIDER IS BETTER.  NO LIMIT HOLD-EM was demolished by E AHO
LAULA in a 2 minute Challenge melee.

ADOLPH EICHMANN (84-37835) (34-26-0,184) of MY MAIN MEN challenged GLAMDRING (33-
2328) (36-20-1,181) of OBSIDIAN HALL.  ADOLPH EICHMANN was defeated by GLAMDRING in a
3 minute Challenge duel.  Glamdring is our top-ranked Total Parry.

OMAHA (42-4796) (23-11-1,137) of DEALER'S CHOICE challenged FATALITY (7-5820) (43-36-
0,150) of BRUTAL LEGION.  OMAHA was devastated by FATALITY in a 1 minute one-sided
Challenge contest.  Omaha is Darkholm's top Aimed Blow, while Fatality is our highest
ranked Striker.

LI'L RED (43-3200) (59-21-2,221) of RIDERS OF THE HOOD fought BORF (84-37868) (30-30-
0,188) of A PROPER SALUTE.  LI'L RED overpowered BORF in a crowd pleasing 1 minute
mismatched Title match.  Same as last turn, Li'l Red is our top-ranked Lunger and
Keeper of the Runeblade.

TOLAIS DEEPHEART (42-1620) (160-159-0,206) of HIGHLANDERS fought WYVERN (33-2457)
(30-33-0,173) of OBSIDIAN HALL.  TOLAIS DEEPHEART vanquished WYVERN in a 2 minute
brutal mismatched fight.  Ms. Deepheart is, of course, our best Wall of Steel, while
Wyvern is the arena's best Basher.

PELIS THE TRUE (42-3469) (55-77-1,177) of HIGHLANDERS fought MIKEL (6-6190) (56-66-
3,164) of THE LADY'S LIST.  PELIS THE TRUE was devastated by MIKEL in a 1 minute one-
sided competition.  Mikel is our best Slasher.

RYANATOR (33-3462) (36-36-0,138) of OBSIDIAN HALL fought PHILTHRY (42-2079) (59-49-
0,115) of HIGHLANDERS.  RYANATOR slimly won victory over PHILTHRY in an action packed
9 minute gruesome duel.  Philthry is top-ranked Parry-Strike.

ZEUS (62-4010) (51-30-0,140) of LEGION OF LEGEND fought STING (10-429) (23-22-2,109)
of THE HOLY LEGION.  ZEUS defeated STING in an action packed 5 minute gory duel.
Amazingly, neither of these fighters is a stylemaster.

JHAARAN (10-2017) (17-8-1,80) of THE HOLY LEGION fought KODICROME (84-37861) (17-14-
1,66) of IN THE LONG RUN.  JHAARAN luckily beat KODICROME in an action packed 4
minute gory match.  This fight, as well, featured no stylemasters.

What else is there to say?  Ten fights.  At least no one died.

With best wishes for the new year, Malic of Talcama

KEEPER OF THE RUNEBLADE        W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 LI'L RED 43-3200             60  21  2  229  RIDERS OF THE HOOD (1361)  VEASTIAN

GRAND CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS     W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 KING OF DARKHOLM 12-4856     66  43  1  355  THOSE WHO RULE (1352)      RIZTAB
 E AHO LAULA 21-4224          69  44     288  WIDER IS BETTER (1369)     SUNSET

GRAND CHAMPIONS                W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 TOLAIS DEEPHEART 42-1620    161 159     210  HIGHLANDERS (1341)         RODEKI
 NO LIMIT HOLD-EM 42-2887     36  22  2  197  DEALER'S CHOICE (1360)     RODEKI
 ZAKAU 5-4623                 75  82     194  JOHNS (927)                KALTOS
 GLAMDRING 33-2328            37  20  1  193  OBSIDIAN HALL (1370)       NIATOLI ISLAND
 BORF 84-37868                30  31     191  A PROPER SALUTE (1364)     BLACKSTONE
 MIKEL 6-6190                 57  66  3  184  THE LADY'S LIST (917)      TRANSEL
 ADOLPH EICHMANN 84-37835     34  27     182  MY MAIN MEN (1363)         BLACKSTONE

GRAND CHALLENGER ADEPTS        W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 WYVERN 33-2457               30  34     172  OBSIDIAN HALL (1370)       NIATOLI ISLAND
 FATALITY 7-5820              44  36     163  BRUTAL LEGION (1335)       BONSUR
 PELIS THE TRUE 42-3469       55  78  1  161  HIGHLANDERS (1341)         RODEKI

GRAND ADEPTS                   W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 RYANATOR 33-3462             37  36     145  OBSIDIAN HALL (1370)       NIATOLI ISLAND
 ZEUS 62-4010                 52  30     142  LEGION OF LEGEND (1305)    VALAMANTIS
 OMAHA 42-4796                23  12  1  132  DEALER'S CHOICE (1360)     RODEKI
 STING 10-429                 23  23  2  121  THE HOLY LEGION (490)      KOLACT
 PHILTHRY 42-2079             59  50     119  HIGHLANDERS (1341)         RODEKI

GRAND INITIATES                W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 JHAARAN 10-2017              18   8  1   84  THE HOLY LEGION (490)      KOLACT
 KODICROME 84-37861           17  15  1   71  IN THE LONG RUN (1367)     BLACKSTONE

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

THE DEAD                   W   L  K TEAM NAME              SLAIN BY                  TURN

                               PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE

Li'l Red -- Hmm, you're impressive.  I like the cape, too.  And you're more than
welcome to write the column. -- Tolais Deepheart

Bah!  I dislike the Local Constable. -- Pelis the True

Old Sailmaker?  Really?  I think these NPCs have been allowed to become too tough! --
Philthry

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

KING OF DARKHOLM devastated ZAKAU in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge fight.
NO LIMIT HOLD-EM was demolished by E AHO LAULA in a 2 minute Challenge melee.
ADOLPH EICHMANN was defeated by GLAMDRING in a 3 minute Challenge duel.
OMAHA was devastated by FATALITY in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge contest.
LI'L RED overpowered BORF in a crowd pleasing 1 minute mismatched Title match.
TOLAIS DEEPHEART vanquished WYVERN in a 2 minute brutal mismatched fight.
PELIS THE TRUE was devastated by MIKEL in a 1 minute one-sided competition.
RYANATOR slimly won victory over PHILTHRY in a action packed 9 minute gruesome duel.
ZEUS defeated STING in a action packed 5 minute gory duel.
JHAARAN luckily beat KODICROME in a action packed 4 minute gory match.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|LUNGING ATTACK                   6         TOTAL PARRY       10 -   5 -  0      67  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      3         PARRY-STRIKE       7 -   5 -  0      58  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    3         SLASHING ATTACK   18 -  13 -  1      58  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      2         WALL OF STEEL     18 -  16 -  0      53  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   2         STRIKING ATTACK    9 -   8 -  0      53  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  1         LUNGING ATTACK    25 -  23 -  0      52  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  1         AIMED BLOW         9 -   9 -  0      50  |
|AIMED BLOW                       1         PARRY-LUNGE        8 -  12 -  0      40  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     1         BASHING ATTACK     3 -  12 -  0      20  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    0         PARRY-RIPOSTE      0 -   3 -  0       0  |

Turn 652 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:

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

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
LUNGING ATTACK   LI'L RED 43-3200           60  21  2  229 RIDERS OF THE HOOD (1361)
WALL OF STEEL    TOLAIS DEEPHEART 42-1620  161 159  0  210 HIGHLANDERS (1341)
PARRY-LUNGE      NO LIMIT HOLD-EM 42-2887   36  22  2  197 DEALER'S CHOICE (1360)
TOTAL PARRY      GLAMDRING 33-2328          37  20  1  193 OBSIDIAN HALL (1370)
SLASHING ATTACK  MIKEL 6-6190               57  66  3  184 THE LADY'S LIST (917)
BASHING ATTACK   WYVERN 33-2457             30  34  0  172 OBSIDIAN HALL (1370)
STRIKING ATTACK  FATALITY 7-5820            44  36  0  163 BRUTAL LEGION (1335)
AIMED BLOW       OMAHA 42-4796              23  12  1  132 DEALER'S CHOICE (1360)
PARRY-STRIKE     PHILTHRY 42-2079           59  50  0  119 HIGHLANDERS (1341)

The overall popularity leader is TOLAIS DEEPHEART 42-1620.  The most popular warrior 
this turn was PHILTHRY 42-2079.  The ten other most popular fighters were KODICROME 
84--27675, RYANATOR 33-3462, STING 10-429, MIKEL 6-6190, E AHO LAULA 21-4224, LI'L 
RED 43-3200, TOLAIS DEEPHEART 42-1620, ZEUS 62-4010, JHAARAN 10-2017, and GLAMDRING 
33-2328.

The least popular fighter this week was OMAHA 42-4796.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were BORF 84--27668, FATALITY 7-5820, ZAKAU 5-4623, WYVERN 33-2457, ADOLPH 
EICHMANN 84--27701, NO LIMIT HOLD-EM 42-2887, KING OF DARKHOLM 12-4856, PELIS THE 
TRUE 42-3469, GLAMDRING 33-2328, and JHAARAN 10-2017.

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)           1  0 0  SUNSET(21)           1  0 0  VALAMANTIS(62)       1  0 0  
BONSUR(7)            1  0 0  NIATOLI ISLAND(33)   2  1 0  BLACKSTONE(84)       0  3 0  
KOLACT(10)           1  1 0  RODEKI(42)           1  4 0  

TOP WARRIOR OF EACH ARENA     W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 ZAKAU 5-4623                75  82  0  194  JOHNS (927)                KALTOS
 MIKEL 6-6190                57  66  3  184  THE LADY'S LIST (917)      TRANSEL
 FATALITY 7-5820             44  36  0  163  BRUTAL LEGION (1335)       BONSUR
 STING 10-429                23  23  2  121  THE HOLY LEGION (490)      KOLACT
 KING OF DARKHOLM 12-4856    66  43  1  355  THOSE WHO RULE (1352)      RIZTAB
 E AHO LAULA 21-4224         69  44  0  288  WIDER IS BETTER (1369)     SUNSET
 GLAMDRING 33-2328           37  20  1  193  OBSIDIAN HALL (1370)       NIATOLI ISLAND
 TOLAIS DEEPHEART 42-1620   161 159  0  210  HIGHLANDERS (1341)         RODEKI
 LI'L RED 43-3200            60  21  2  229  RIDERS OF THE HOOD (1361)  VEASTIAN
 ZEUS 62-4010                52  30  0  142  LEGION OF LEGEND (1305)    VALAMANTIS
 BORF 84--27668              30  31  0  191  A PROPER SALUTE (1364)     BLACKSTONE

               NEW GRADUATES--FROM ALL ARENAS (INCLUDING CLOSED ARENAS)

For those of you who keep track of such things, several additional warriors 
graduated from regular DM arenas (including closed arenas) since the last tournament. 

                   CHARGING BUFFALO (11-5764) TRIBAL COUNCIL  (518) 
                        PHOTON (18-3292) MAD SCIENTISTS  (75) 
                     YOURBAGD FOREVER (47-6968) THE OPERA  (613) 
                    TERRY SEYMOUR (74-4284) MEDAL OF HONOR  (519) 
                             SHADIS (77-174) RESCUE  (48) 
                  VANNA WHITE (82-39213) SUAVE'S FINEST HOUR  (4264) 
                  BANALADAR (82-37977) SUPERIOR FORCES 5703  (6306) 
                    ANNIE DUKE (82-49334) HOUSE OF CARDS 3  (8302) 
                 SLICK BILLY (82-49457) POLITICALY INCORRECT  (8320) 
                    PRIVATE 28 (84-3780) MEDAL OF HONOR L2  (736) 
                    GIAN CHILD (84-8531) SUPE FORCES 1906  (1564) 
                    LEBRON LEAVING (84-15536) WHY I WORRY  (2744) 
                  FOREST MOON (84-20784) STORMY'S TROOPERS C  (3699) 
                     GRIMLOUNGE (84-25308) THE BLACK WIND  (4494) 

Congrats to the grads. -- Green Eyes

                             * * * * *   MEMO  * * * * *

From:       The Office of Accurate Census Reporting, Gladiatorial Commission
To:         All Managers

In the interest of preserving our natural resources and preventing managerial writer's 
cramp, the census form has been eliminated, effective immediately.  Managers may 
register their warriors' races and/or favorite sayings by simply writing them on a 
separate piece of paper and submitting them to the Commission.  Each warrior may have 
up to 15 favorite sayings.  Each saying must be categorized Jeer, Gloat, Boredom, Ouch, 
Victory and may be up to 80 characters long.  For any questions, please contact the 
Gladiatorial Commission.