DARKHOLM SPORTING JOURNAL Date : 08/08/2015 Duedate: 08/21/2015 DARKHOLM ARENA DM 104 TURN 668 RANK TEAMS W L K % RANK TEAMS W L K % 1 WIDER IS BE 21/1369 495 193 4 71.9 THE HOLY LEGION 10/490 2 WASTELAND II 7/500 3764 2713 16 58.1 5 HIGHLANDERS 42/1341 640 800 10 44.4 NEGATIVE CASH FLOW 82/1197 6 JOHNS 5/927 1557 2807 27 35.7 3 BRUTAL LEGIO 7/1335 83 93 0 47.2 ARROGANCE 18/732 LEGION OF LEGEND 62/1305 THE LADY'S LIST 6/917 4 OBSIDIAN HA 33/1370 45 54 0 45.5 THE GUARDIAN'S FORUM Reflections by the Keeper of the Runeblade Hey. It's Tolais Deepheart, again. Trying to think of what to write in a column. Again. I fought Zakau. Again. Looks like this time around I'll be facing Crack is Cheap, who is our top Total Parry. He might be able to beat me. You know, I can't really WANT to lose, but a little more variety would be nice. What happens if I face a stand-in? Those guys are tough. Tougher than the people they're supposed to be, like Debby Tonte and Desiree. The Bandit Prince isn't a fake, though. Lady Greywand seems to think he has a special connection to Darkholm and so the original guy actually gets to fight here. He's horrible! I've seen him in the passages under the arena. Most gladiators, their scars have scars. But Cholera, his face looks as smooth as a baby's. Well, a baby that needs a shave. He moves like a predator and... there's something creepy about him. I heard he survived ground zero of a chaos bolt. Him and a bunch of cockroaches. I don't want to face that guy on the sands. Or off, for that matter. So I hope I'll fight Crack is Cheap. With best wishes to you all, including Crack is Cheap... Tolais Deepheart REPORT FROM WITHIN THE TOWER Hullo hullo! Malic here, naturally. There was just one challenge this turn. E AHO LAULA (21-4224) (80-45-0,210) of WIDER IS BETTER challenged CRACK IS CHEAP (82-18422) (84- 99-0,221) of NEGATIVE CASH FLOW. E AHO LAULA devastated CRACK IS CHEAP in a 2 minute mismatched Challenge fight. So that means, despite her expectations, Tolais Deepheart did not get to fight Mr. Cheap. E. remains our top Lunger, while Mr. Cheap has lost his title of Grand Total Parry to another fighter. However, Mr. Cheap is our Overall Popularity Leader again this turn. Hmm, this fight is getting a bit old. TOLAIS DEEPHEART (42-1620) (171-165-0,250) of HIGHLANDERS fought ZAKAU (5-4623) (82-91-0,191) of JOHNS. TOLAIS DEEPHEART subdued ZAKAU in an exciting 2 minute gory Title melee. From what she says, though, he seems to get a little closer to defeating her each time they fight. PHILTHRY (42-2079) (67-58-0,193) of HIGHLANDERS fought GLAMDRING (33-2328) (43- 30-1,194) of OBSIDIAN HALL. PHILTHRY lost to GLAMDRING in a 3 minute brawl. Glamdring is our premier Total Parry this time out. Well done, sir. STING (10-429) (32-30-2,199) of THE HOLY LEGION fought ASSUR (18-7821) (79-131- 2,179) of ARROGANCE. STING bested ASSUR in a popular 1 minute fight. However, Assur is still the most high Basher. ZEUS (62-4010) (58-40-0,203) of LEGION OF LEGEND fought BLIND BEGGAR (104-26) (40-35-0,200) of . ZEUS was demolished by BLIND BEGGAR in a 2 minute mismatched competition. Even the Blind Beggar? Come on, these ringers are seriously dangerous. MIKEL (6-6190) (67-72-3,182) of THE LADY'S LIST fought DIGITALIS (33-6862) (27- 27-1,154) of OBSIDIAN HALL. MIKEL devastated DIGITALIS in a 1 minute mismatched match. Digitalis is still the master of all things Parry-Riposte, while Mikel is the king of Slashers. FATALITY (7-5820) (49-47-0,157) of BRUTAL LEGION fought PELIS THE TRUE (42-3469) (58-91-1,135) of HIGHLANDERS. FATALITY was handily defeated by PELIS THE TRUE in a 1 minute uneven fight. What? Wait. (checks wagering notes) Oops. Well. Nonetheless, Fatality rules the Striking style, and Mr. True rules nothing. JHAARAN (10-2017) (20-13-1,69) of THE HOLY LEGION fought DEBBY TONTE (104-2) (20- 30-0,30) of . JHAARAN was viciously subdued by DEBBY TONTE in an action packed 4 minute gory duel. I told you, those ladies are not ladies. MAN-MOUNTAIN (7-3853) (23-19-1,52) of WASTELAND II fought BRUNHYLDA (33-8082) (24-13-1,49) of OBSIDIAN HALL. MAN-MOUNTAIN lost to BRUNHYLDA in a popular 2 minute gory duel. Zontani Sharp Eyes had this to say: "I have been in deep conclave with my spies who watched all that has recently transpired. Indeed there is much I would report. Mighty fighters cannot but expect competition from those below. CRACK IS CHEAP take warning! You have more than a few enemies in DARKHOLM." Well said. I can't add anything to that. That's all I know, so that's all I'm saying. Cheerio! -- Malic of Talcama KEEPER OF THE RUNEBLADE W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY TOLAIS DEEPHEART 42-1620 172 165 254 HIGHLANDERS (1341) RODEKI GRAND CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY E AHO LAULA 21-4224 81 45 221 WIDER IS BETTER (1369) SUNSET GRAND CHAMPIONS W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY GLAMDRING 33-2328 44 30 1 205 OBSIDIAN HALL (1370) NIATOLI ISLAND STING 10-429 33 30 2 201 THE HOLY LEGION (490) KOLACT CRACK IS CHEAP 82-18422 84 100 200 NEGATIVE CASH FLOW (1197) DWES EG ZAKAU 5-4623 82 92 193 JOHNS (927) KALTOS PHILTHRY 42-2079 67 59 193 HIGHLANDERS (1341) RODEKI ZEUS 62-4010 58 41 193 LEGION OF LEGEND (1305) VALAMANTIS -RYANATOR 33-3462 42 37 193 OBSIDIAN HALL (1370) NIATOLI ISLAND MIKEL 6-6190 68 72 3 186 THE LADY'S LIST (917) TRANSEL GRAND CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY ASSUR 18-7821 79 132 2 180 ARROGANCE (732) TALCAMA PELIS THE TRUE 42-3469 59 91 1 160 HIGHLANDERS (1341) RODEKI DIGITALIS 33-6862 27 28 1 151 OBSIDIAN HALL (1370) NIATOLI ISLAND GRAND ADEPTS W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY FATALITY 7-5820 49 48 137 BRUTAL LEGION (1335) BONSUR GRAND INITIATES W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY BRUNHYLDA 33-8082 25 13 1 59 OBSIDIAN HALL (1370) NIATOLI ISLAND MAN-MOUNTAIN 7-3853 23 20 1 51 WASTELAND II (500) BONSUR JHAARAN 10-2017 20 14 1 44 THE HOLY LEGION (490) KOLACT '-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn. THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE Zakau -- Again we fight! And you keep getting better. But you need to be tougher, my friend. You can dish it out but you can't take it. And you shouldn't wear yourself out in such a short time. Really, you should train for that. -- Tolais Deepheart P.S. Also, you should have something in mind for a column, when you do beat me. Mikel -- I thought for sure you were going to beat me. You're so darned good at what you do! By the way, I wasn't aiming for your groin. I would never do that. -- Philthry Fatality -- You're really fast. I never saw that hit coming. -- Pelis the True LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS E AHO LAULA devastated CRACK IS CHEAP in a 2 minute mismatched Challenge fight. TOLAIS DEEPHEART subdued ZAKAU in a exciting 2 minute gory Title melee. PHILTHRY lost to GLAMDRING in a 3 minute brawl. STING bested ASSUR in a popular 1 minute fight. ZEUS was demolished by BLIND BEGGAR in a 2 minute mismatched competition. MIKEL devastated DIGITALIS in a 1 minute mismatched match. FATALITY was handily defeated by PELIS THE TRUE in a 1 minute uneven fight. JHAARAN was viciously subdued by DEBBY TONTE in a action packed 4 minute gory duel. MAN-MOUNTAIN lost to BRUNHYLDA in a popular 2 minute gory duel. BATTLE REPORT MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS |FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT| |LUNGING ATTACK 3 SLASHING ATTACK 7 - 3 - 0 70 | |WALL OF STEEL 3 WALL OF STEEL 15 - 11 - 0 58 | |BASHING ATTACK 3 LUNGING ATTACK 16 - 13 - 0 55 | |TOTAL PARRY 3 TOTAL PARRY 10 - 9 - 0 53 | |SLASHING ATTACK 1 STRIKING ATTACK 4 - 6 - 0 40 | |PARRY-STRIKE 1 BASHING ATTACK 12 - 23 - 0 34 | |PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 PARRY-STRIKE 3 - 7 - 0 30 | |STRIKING ATTACK 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 - 5 - 0 17 | |AIMED BLOW 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 2 - 0 0 | |PARRY-LUNGE 0 AIMED BLOW 0 - 2 - 0 0 | Turn 668 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 BASHING ATTACK 1 - 2 3 LUNGING ATTACK LUNGING ATTACK 2 - 1 TOTAL PARRY 1 - 2 3 TOTAL PARRY WALL OF STEEL 2 - 1 AIMED BLOW 0 - 0 2 WALL OF STEEL PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 1 PARRY-STRIKE PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 1 1 SLASHING ATTACK PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 1 1 BASHING ATTACK STRIKING ATTACK 0 - 1 TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME WALL OF STEEL TOLAIS DEEPHEART 42-1620 172 165 0 254 HIGHLANDERS (1341) LUNGING ATTACK E AHO LAULA 21-4224 81 45 0 221 WIDER IS BETTER (1369) TOTAL PARRY GLAMDRING 33-2328 44 30 1 205 OBSIDIAN HALL (1370) PARRY-STRIKE PHILTHRY 42-2079 67 59 0 193 HIGHLANDERS (1341) SLASHING ATTACK MIKEL 6-6190 68 72 3 186 THE LADY'S LIST (917) BASHING ATTACK ASSUR 18-7821 79 132 2 180 ARROGANCE (732) PARRY-RIPOSTE DIGITALIS 33-6862 27 28 1 151 OBSIDIAN HALL (1370) STRIKING ATTACK FATALITY 7-5820 49 48 0 137 BRUTAL LEGION (1335) The overall popularity leader is CRACK IS CHEAP 82-18422. The most popular warrior this turn was ZAKAU 5-4623. The ten other most popular fighters were PELIS THE TRUE 42-3469, MAN-MOUNTAIN 7-3853, E AHO LAULA 21-4224, TOLAIS DEEPHEART 42-1620, GLAMDRING 33-2328, CRACK IS CHEAP 82-18422, PHILTHRY 42-2079, STING 10-429, ZEUS 62-4010, and MIKEL 6-6190. The least popular fighter this week was DIGITALIS 33-6862. The other ten least popular fighters were ASSUR 18-7821, JHAARAN 10-2017, BRUNHYLDA 33-8082, FATALITY 7-5820, MIKEL 6-6190, ZEUS 62-4010, STING 10-429, PHILTHRY 42-2079, CRACK IS CHEAP 82-18422, and GLAMDRING 33-2328. Arena (Number) W L K Arena (Number) W L K Arena (Number) W L K KALTOS(5) 0 1 0 TALCAMA(18) 0 1 0 RODEKI(42) 2 1 0 TRANSEL(6) 1 0 0 SUNSET(21) 1 0 0 VALAMANTIS(62) 0 1 0 BONSUR(7) 0 2 0 NIATOLI ISLAND(33) 2 1 0 DWES EG(82) 0 1 0 KOLACT(10) 1 1 0 TOP WARRIOR OF EACH ARENA W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY ZAKAU 5-4623 82 92 0 193 JOHNS (927) KALTOS MIKEL 6-6190 68 72 3 186 THE LADY'S LIST (917) TRANSEL FATALITY 7-5820 49 48 0 137 BRUTAL LEGION (1335) BONSUR STING 10-429 33 30 2 201 THE HOLY LEGION (490) KOLACT ASSUR 18-7821 79 132 2 180 ARROGANCE (732) TALCAMA E AHO LAULA 21-4224 81 45 0 221 WIDER IS BETTER (1369) SUNSET GLAMDRING 33-2328 44 30 1 205 OBSIDIAN HALL (1370) NIATOLI ISLAND TOLAIS DEEPHEART 42-1620 172 165 0 254 HIGHLANDERS (1341) RODEKI ZEUS 62-4010 58 41 0 193 LEGION OF LEGEND (1305) VALAMANTIS CRACK IS CHEAP 82-18422 84 100 0 200 NEGATIVE CASH FLOW (1197) DWES EG The Turf Wars are coming. The Turf Wars are coming. Come one; come all. Gather your alliance or collection of 2-4 teams and join in the competition. Hurry up! While Feb 2016 seems so far away, it is only six or so turns away, and it does take a while to make sure you have a team in DM47, communicate to find a group, send in certs, announce in writing in DM47, etc. etc. Teams of all levels and managers of all types, including newbies, find themselves competing quite well in this type of competition. Let's make the tenth anniversary (TWX) the biggest and best ever. This 10th competition will be hosted and moderated by the triumvirate of Assur, Master Darque and Oz The All-Wonderful. Anyone may participate: known alliances, new alliances, or temporary alliances created solely to compete in the Turf War! To participate, each alliance must: a. Announce the Captain of the alliance in the North Fork (DM 47) newsletter. b. Indicate in the newsletter which Captain/alliance you will join. c. Announcements made on the D2 Forums or elsewhere will not be accepted. Captains are responsible for: a. Verifying/authorizing, in the North Fork newsletter those who wish to participate under the banner of their alliance. The confirmation/verification must occur after, or in the same newsletter, but not before, the participant's declaration. (Lack of participant indication of joining and/or subsequent lack of Captain confirmation will delay a team's participation in the Turf War.) b. Distribution of prizes should their alliance win the Turf War. c. Submit two (2) RSI Roll-Up Certificates to participate. (Note: Captains may, if they wish, submit certs for all potential members of their alliance.) Participating managers who are not Captains must: a. Submit two (2) RSI Roll-Up Certificates to participate (Unless already submitted by Captain. Note: extras will not be returned, but will go into the winning pool of prizes.) b. Announce their intent to compete with manager name, team name, and alliance they will represent in the North Fork (DM 47) newsletter. Announcement made on the D2 Forums or Chatzy will not be accepted. 1. No scores will be tabulated until two RSI Gift Certificates are received, and participant indication and captain confirmation are posted in the North Fork newsletter. NO EXCEPTIONS. 2. Before a manager can compete, he/she must declare themselves in the North Fork (DM 47) newsletter as stated above AND be verified in the same or subsequent newsletter by the alliance Captain they will represent. 3. Only one (1) team per player may compete. No arena multiple teams or aliases will be allowed. Violations will result in immediate manager disqualification (including team point adjustments) from the Turf War (so be sure to take any multiple teams OFF of Team Maintenance and be certain not to run any other team warriors). 4. Scoring will NOT be retroactive for teams/alliances that do not properly declare or get captain confirmation or fail to send a Gift Certificate by Turn 1. In other words, if your Gift Certificate is not received until Turn 3 of the Turf War, and you have fought on Turns 1 and 2, your score will not begin until Turn 3. All conditions must be met before scoring will begin--declaration, verification, and Gift Certificate received. 5. No declarations or verifications will be accepted after Turn 3 of the Turf War. For purposes of scoring, the moderators will score the Turf War and settle any and all disputes as they arise. Their decisions will be final. (Note: the intent is to have a very thorough set of rules so that few decisions, if any, are required from the moderators.) Scoring will be as follows for Fights: Team Points: a. Fights made: (includes DA fights) 1 = 0 points, 2 = 0 points, 3 = 1 point, 4 = 3 points, 5 = 5 points b. Wins earned: 1 = 1 point, 2 = 3 points, 3 = 6 points, 4 = 10 points, 5 = 15 points c. Champion win = 3 additional points d. Down Challenge = (-5) points each (DM is exempt from DC rule) e. Team with most wins per round earns 4 additional points (If ties, no points awarded) Alliance Points (Rounds 1 through 5): a. Fights made (DA fights count as a fight made) All (each) team of the alliance fights 1 to 3 warriors = 3 points All (each) team fights 4+ warriors = 6 points All (each) team fights all five warriors = 9 b. Alliance with most wins per that round = 5 points (If tied, no points awarded.) Alliance Points (Rounds 6 through 10 as alliance point scoring doubles): c. Fights made (DA fights count as a fight made) All (each) team of the alliance fights 1 to 3 warriors = 6 points All (each) team fights 4+ warriors = 12 points All (each) team fights all five warriors = 18 d. Alliance with most wins per that round = 10 points e. (If tied, no points awarded.) Champions: a. A Champion may be declared, but one is not mandatory. It is to the team's/alliance's advantage that you do so. b. Only one Champion allowed per manager at any given time. c. Champions that graduate or are killed by another warrior or the Dark Arena, may be replaced. d. Champions must have fought at least one previous fight in the North Fork (DM47 arena) to be able to be declared a champion. e. A Champion can be declared on any round and point factors will begin that same turn. (Must meet above 4 conditions prior to declaring.) f. Challenges to or by Champions against members of the same alliance shall be scored as a loss for each warrior. No warrior may be substituted without the proper use of the DA or arena death or death in a tournament or graduation. A maximum of five warriors may be on a team at any time. (The penalty for such substitution is -10 points.) It is not in the spirit of competition to challenge fellow members of the same alliance. Hence, challenges as such will be scored as losses for both warriors. Downchallenges: a. A downchallenge occurs when a warrior challenges a warrior with lesser recognition points. b. No challenge or bloodfeud by The Duelmaster shall be deemed a downchallenge. c. No challenge of the Duelmaster shall be deemed a downchallenge. d. Bloodfeuds against warriors with lesser recognition are deemed downchallenges. Tournament Considerations: a. Tournament participation is allowed and ENCOURAGED as a great form of recognition for North Fork. b. It is an opportunity to gain skills and preferred challenging within the Turf War. Special Considerations: a. Each alliance begins the Turf War with zero (0) points. b. There will be NO alliance or team changes once the contest has begun. If you begin the Turf War with Alliance A, you must end the Turf War with Alliance A. If you begin the Turf War with Team A, you must end the Turf War with Team A. c. There will be a maximum of four (4) teams/managers allowed per alliance for the Turf War VII. The minimum is two (2). d. The Dark Arena may be used at any time without penalty. e. If at any time, the Moderators determine that any non-TW team in the arena is aiding and/or abetting any TW alliance or team, the affected points won by the gifted team/alliance will be disallowed and the aiding non-TW team will be asked to desist from play in the arena until after the Turf War concludes. Prizes: The Turf War is meant to be a "winner takes all" contest. All prizes, except the Endu Award listed below, and 100% of the Gift Certificates will be awarded to the Captain of the winning alliance at the end of the competition. It is the responsibility of the Captain to distribute Gift Certificates. Moderators will submit a list of each manager on the winning alliance to RSI at the completion of the contest for the non-Certificate prizes. All entry fees (rollup certs) are awarded to the winning alliance. The following prizes have been secured from RSI: a. Renaming of the North Fork (DM 47) arena; b. Renaming of all Dark Arena Monsters c. Known Favorites for one DM47 warrior on each team of the winning alliance (warrior must be ranked Initiate or above, must be alive, and must have at least one DM47 arena fight to receive this award). d. +1 Skill bonus (three) for each manager on the winning alliance. Bonus potions must be applied to living warriors from DM 47, no more than two skills per warrior. e. +1 Skill bonus potion (one) for each and every individual manager who fights in all 10 rounds AND at least 45 fights of the Turf War. Bonus potion must be applied to a living warrior from (DM 47) (Endu Award). f. Two additional random rollup sheets or rollup certs for each manager of the winning alliance from RSI. These RSI awards will be listed by the Moderator for claiming from RSI (Lee) within 4 turns of the end of TW VI. The certs will be mailed to the winning alliance by the Moderators within two weeks of the end of the TW. Moderators: The Moderators for this event will be Oz, Master Darque, and Assur (the TWX Triumvirate), They will arbitrate all dealings during the course of the contest. Their decisions will be final. Direct questions, comments, and scoring disputes via Diplo in DM 47, on the Duel2 site in the Forums/via private message, or via email to: DM 47 (Diplo) Duel2 (PM/Forums) Email Oz: Land of Oz "The Consortium" wfms101@aol.com Master Darque: Darque Forces "Darque" rebelnerfherder@yahoo.com Assur: Bash Bros Park "Assur" assurnasir@yahoo.com