DARKHOLM SPORTING JOURNAL

Date   : 09/19/2015    Duedate: 10/02/2015

DARKHOLM ARENA

DM 104    TURN 671

RANK TEAMS                 W    L   K    %  RANK TEAMS                 W    L   K    % 
  1 WIDER IS BE 21/1369  498  193   4 72.1      LEGION OF LEGEND 62/1305
  2 WASTELAND II 7/500  3767 2715  16 58.1    5 HIGHLANDERS 42/1341  642  807  10 44.3
    NEGATIVE CASH FLOW 82/1197                6 JOHNS 5/927         1563 2810  27 35.7
  3 OBSIDIAN HA 33/1370   52   60   0 46.4      ARROGANCE 18/732
    THE HOLY LEGION 10/490                      THE LADY'S LIST 6/917
  4 BRUTAL LEGIO 7/1335   83   99   0 45.6

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

Malic -- I didn't "forget;" I merely choose not to.  Wider is better! 

                                          Your Favorite Duelmaster, 
                                          E Aho Laula

                             REPORT FROM WITHIN THE TOWER

Here we are!

These fortnights just whiz by sometimes, don't they?  Which, when you're not having 
the best time, is quite the thing.  However, I have been having a delightful time so 
I'd like to slow it down a bit, eh?  No doubt you've all been wondering what the life 
of a spy reporter is like.  Let me tell you -- it's full of hardship!  Every fourteen 
days I have to turn in one of these essays.  I never had a tutor who piled the work on 
like this.  It LOOMS, and it casts a pall over my otherwise quite pleasant interludes 
on the Isle.  I can't say I'm a great fan of the weather here -- it's too cold and 
damp, and there isn't really enough sunshine.  Yes, we have a beach here, and I've 
done my part to help clear off the rocks; there's a committee that meets every Tuesday 
to do that, and you should come...

Ah, all right, I'll talk about the fights.  There were eight of them, as usual, and no 
challenges.  Boo.

E AHO LAULA (21-4224) (83-45-0,252) of WIDER IS BETTER fought ZAKAU (5-4623) (84-92-
0,218) of JOHNS.  E AHO LAULA slimly won victory over ZAKAU in a crowd pleasing 2 
minute Title fight.  Slimly?  Mr. Laula?  In any case, he is our top-rated Lunger as 
well as, inevitably, Keeper of the Runeblade.

STING (10-429) (35-30-2,212) of THE HOLY LEGION fought PELIS THE TRUE (42-3469) (60-
92-1,188) of HIGHLANDERS.  STING subdued PELIS THE TRUE in an exciting 1 minute melee.  
No stylemasters in this one.

PHILTHRY (42-2079) (67-61-0,183) of HIGHLANDERS fought LAUGHING BARMAID (104-9) (0-0-
0,170) of  .  PHILTHRY was overpowered by LAUGHING BARMAID in a 1 minute mismatched 
duel.  Agh!  No doubt Philthry is embarrassed, despite being our top Parry-Strike.

ASSUR (18-7821) (81-132-2,207) of ARROGANCE fought DIGITALIS (33-6862) (28-29-1,156) 
of OBSIDIAN HALL.  ASSUR defeated DIGITALIS in an exciting 1 minute fight.  Top Basher 
defeating top Parry-Riposte.

GLAMDRING (33-2328) (45-31-1,200) of OBSIDIAN HALL fought ZEUS (62-4010) (58-43-0,175) 
of LEGION OF LEGEND.  GLAMDRING devastated ZEUS in a popular 4 minute bloody uneven 
brawl.  Glamdring is top Total Parry.

TOLAIS DEEPHEART (42-1620) (172-167-0,196) of HIGHLANDERS fought MIKEL (6-6190) (69-
73-3,167) of THE LADY'S LIST.  TOLAIS DEEPHEART overpowered MIKEL in a popular 1 
minute mismatched brawl.  As usual, Ms Deepheart is top Wall of steel.  She's also the 
overall popularity leader, while Mikel is top Slasher.

FATALITY (7-5820) (49-50-0,141) of BRUTAL LEGION fought DESIREE (104-23) (20-15-4,150) 
of  .  FATALITY was handily defeated by DESIREE in an action packed 1 minute uneven 
melee.  You see, the actual Desiree who used to be a spy reporter here was not that 
tough.  I don't know what ever became of her.  Fatality is top Striker.

JHAARAN (10-2017) (20-16-1,44) of THE HOLY LEGION fought MAN-MOUNTAIN (7-3853) (25-20-
1,67) of WASTELAND II.  JHAARAN was vanquished by MAN-MOUNTAIN in an action packed 2 
minute gory uneven fight.  And no stylemasters.

Well... it all amounted to some brief but strenuous exertion.  Well done, all of you.  
And I'm off.  Cheerio!

                                          -- Malic of Talcama

KEEPER OF THE RUNEBLADE        W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 E AHO LAULA 21-4224          84  45     258  WIDER IS BETTER (1369)     SUNSET

GRAND CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS     W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 GLAMDRING 33-2328            46  31  1  215  OBSIDIAN HALL (1370)       NIATOLI ISLAND
 STING 10-429                 36  30  2  215  THE HOLY LEGION (490)      KOLACT

GRAND CHAMPIONS                W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 ASSUR 18-7821                82 132  2  209  ARROGANCE (732)            TALCAMA
 ZAKAU 5-4623                 84  93     208  JOHNS (927)                KALTOS
-RYANATOR 33-3462             43  37     203  OBSIDIAN HALL (1370)       NIATOLI ISLAND
 TOLAIS DEEPHEART 42-1620    173 167     200  HIGHLANDERS (1341)         RODEKI
 PELIS THE TRUE 42-3469       60  93  1  189  HIGHLANDERS (1341)         RODEKI
-CRACK IS CHEAP 82-18422      84 102     186  NEGATIVE CASH FLOW (1197)  DWES EG

GRAND CHALLENGER ADEPTS        W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 ZEUS 62-4010                 58  44     176  LEGION OF LEGEND (1305)    VALAMANTIS
 MIKEL 6-6190                 69  74  3  166  THE LADY'S LIST (917)      TRANSEL
 PHILTHRY 42-2079             67  62     166  HIGHLANDERS (1341)         RODEKI
 DIGITALIS 33-6862            28  30  1  162  OBSIDIAN HALL (1370)       NIATOLI ISLAND

GRAND ADEPTS                   W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 FATALITY 7-5820              49  51     135  BRUTAL LEGION (1335)       BONSUR

GRAND INITIATES                W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 MAN-MOUNTAIN 7-3853          26  20  1   76  WASTELAND II (500)         BONSUR
 JHAARAN 10-2017              20  17  1   42  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 -- Action packed, eh?  I am not action packed; as Malic surmised, I am more of a 
philosopher.  Therefore, you were the one who was packed with action.  I hope you 
enjoyed it. -- Philthry

Mikel -- Did you find me to be admirably polite?  Everyone says I am, but somehow, I 
just don't see it.  I hit people.  That's rude, right? -- Pelis the True

                    Top Wall of Steel's Column by Tolais Deepheart

The fun thing about writing something in this sporting journal is that no one ever 
posts anything.  They probably don't even read it most of the time.  So I can say 
whatever I want, and no one will refute it.

My fight with Sting took place in a candle-lit tent, with a circle of our followers 
looking on.  Well, my brother, Pelis, Glamdring, and Digitalis.  Sting strutted into 
the arena half-naked in an agile but kind of skinny way, and shouted, "I will kill 
you!  I will!"  But he didn't mean me.  Then he swatted a spider that dangled down 
from the pointy roof of the tent.  It was a BIG one.  I don't care for spiders, so I 
was checking the roof poles to make sure there weren't more, when he hit me a couple 
of times.  Softly.  We get along, you know.  I surrendered quickly because I was still 
creeped out and wanted to get out of that icky tent.  Then we all took the stage to 
Talahya and went clubbing until dawn.

I was going to cast doubt on this account by saying "This actually happened," but it 
actually did happen, so... I'm not sure what to say.

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

E AHO LAULA slimly won victory over ZAKAU in a crowd pleasing 2 minute Title fight.
STING subdued PELIS THE TRUE in a exciting 1 minute melee.
PHILTHRY was overpowered by LAUGHING BARMAID in a 1 minute mismatched duel.
ASSUR defeated DIGITALIS in a exciting 1 minute fight.
GLAMDRING devastated ZEUS in a popular 4 minute bloody uneven brawl.
TOLAIS DEEPHEART overpowered MIKEL in a popular 1 minute mismatched brawl.
FATALITY was handily defeated by DESIREE in a action packed 1 minute uneven melee.
JHAARAN was vanquished by MAN-MOUNTAIN in a action packed 2 minute gory uneven fight.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|LUNGING ATTACK                   3         SLASHING ATTACK    6 -   4 -  0      60  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   3         LUNGING ATTACK    16 -  11 -  0      59  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      2         BASHING ATTACK    16 -  16 -  0      50  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    2         TOTAL PARRY       11 -  13 -  0      46  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     1         STRIKING ATTACK    4 -   6 -  0      40  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    1         WALL OF STEEL      9 -  14 -  0      39  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  1         PARRY-RIPOSTE      2 -   7 -  0      22  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  1         PARRY-STRIKE       2 -   8 -  0      20  |
|AIMED BLOW                       0         PARRY-LUNGE        0 -   0 -  0       0  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      0         AIMED BLOW         0 -   0 -  0       0  |

Turn 671 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:

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

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
LUNGING ATTACK   E AHO LAULA 21-4224        84  45  0  258 WIDER IS BETTER (1369)
TOTAL PARRY      GLAMDRING 33-2328          46  31  1  215 OBSIDIAN HALL (1370)
BASHING ATTACK   ASSUR 18-7821              82 132  2  209 ARROGANCE (732)
WALL OF STEEL    TOLAIS DEEPHEART 42-1620  173 167  0  200 HIGHLANDERS (1341)
SLASHING ATTACK  MIKEL 6-6190               69  74  3  166 THE LADY'S LIST (917)
PARRY-STRIKE     PHILTHRY 42-2079           67  62  0  166 HIGHLANDERS (1341)
PARRY-RIPOSTE    DIGITALIS 33-6862          28  30  1  162 OBSIDIAN HALL (1370)
STRIKING ATTACK  FATALITY 7-5820            49  51  0  135 BRUTAL LEGION (1335)

The overall popularity leader is TOLAIS DEEPHEART 42-1620.  The most popular warrior 
this turn was ZAKAU 5-4623.  The ten other most popular fighters were GLAMDRING 
33-2328, MAN-MOUNTAIN 7-3853, E AHO LAULA 21-4224, TOLAIS DEEPHEART 42-1620, STING 
10-429, PELIS THE TRUE 42-3469, ZEUS 62-4010, ASSUR 18-7821, MIKEL 6-6190, and 
JHAARAN 10-2017.

The least popular fighter this week was PHILTHRY 42-2079.  The other ten least 
popular fighters were FATALITY 7-5820, DIGITALIS 33-6862, JHAARAN 10-2017, MIKEL 
6-6190, ASSUR 18-7821, ZEUS 62-4010, PELIS THE TRUE 42-3469, STING 10-429, TOLAIS 
DEEPHEART 42-1620, and E AHO LAULA 21-4224.

Arena (Number)       W  L K  Arena (Number)       W  L K  Arena (Number)       W  L K  
KALTOS(5)            0  1 0  KOLACT(10)           1  1 0  NIATOLI ISLAND(33)   1  1 0  
TRANSEL(6)           0  1 0  TALCAMA(18)          1  0 0  RODEKI(42)           1  2 0  
BONSUR(7)            1  1 0  SUNSET(21)           1  0 0  VALAMANTIS(62)       0  1 0  

TOP WARRIOR OF EACH ARENA     W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 ZAKAU 5-4623                84  93  0  208  JOHNS (927)                KALTOS
 MIKEL 6-6190                69  74  3  166  THE LADY'S LIST (917)      TRANSEL
 FATALITY 7-5820             49  51  0  135  BRUTAL LEGION (1335)       BONSUR
 STING 10-429                36  30  2  215  THE HOLY LEGION (490)      KOLACT
 ASSUR 18-7821               82 132  2  209  ARROGANCE (732)            TALCAMA
 E AHO LAULA 21-4224         84  45  0  258  WIDER IS BETTER (1369)     SUNSET
 GLAMDRING 33-2328           46  31  1  215  OBSIDIAN HALL (1370)       NIATOLI ISLAND
 TOLAIS DEEPHEART 42-1620   173 167  0  200  HIGHLANDERS (1341)         RODEKI
 ZEUS 62-4010                58  44  0  176  LEGION OF LEGEND (1305)    VALAMANTIS

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