DARKHOLM SPORTING JOURNAL
Date : 02/06/2016 Duedate: 02/19/2016
DARKHOLM ARENA
DM 104 TURN 681
RANK TEAMS W L K % RANK TEAMS W L K %
1 WASTELAND II 7/500 3772 2720 16 58.1 BLOODY LEGION 96/1276
2-BLOODRIGHT 11/1377 66 74 1 47.1 LEGION OF LEGEND 62/1305
THE HOLY LEGION 10/490 4 HIGHLANDERS 42/1341 656 823 10 44.4
GRIZZLED VETERANS 40/1378 5 ARROGANCE 18/732 1574 2823 27 35.8
3 BRUTAL LEGIO 7/1335 91 113 0 44.6 THE LADY'S LIST 6/917
THE GUARDIAN'S FORUM
Reflections by the Keeper of the Runeblade
I still miss the popcorn. Anyway, I fought Mikel last time. It seems like all the
fighters in Darkholm are going to percolate up through the Grand Challenger Champs,
one at a time. Looks like this turn I'll be facing Phantasie, unless he (or she)
declines to fight. I think Phantasie must be a Wall of Steel, like me, because
otherwise he or she would be listed in the stylemasters. Cool, I don't get to fight
my own style very often. Looking forward to it.
I don't have anything else to say, except this: Hang in there until summer.
With best wishes,
Tolais Deepheart
REPORT FROM WITHIN THE TOWER
Hullo!
Five fights. Oh dear. So little to say, and such a BIG sheet of paper. Ah, there,
I've folded the sheet in half. That's less daunting. Of those who competed, only
three were not awarded a stylemaster title. Nobody challenged, nobody avoided, nobody
died.
Hmm. Based on the column she wrote, Ms. Deepheart expected to fight Phantasie this
turn. But Phantasie didn't show up. TOLAIS DEEPHEART (42-1620) (180-169-0,256) of
HIGHLANDERS fought MIKEL (6-6190) (72-80-3,193) of THE LADY'S LIST. TOLAIS DEEPHEART
devastated MIKEL in a 1 minute mismatched Title fight. Of course, Tolais is our top
Wall of Steel and continues as Keeper of the Runeblade. Despite losing, Mikel is our
top Slasher.
PHILTHRY (42-2079) (72-66-0,189) of HIGHLANDERS fought ASSUR (18-7821) (86-137-2,180)
of ARROGANCE. PHILTHRY was vanquished by ASSUR in an exciting 1 minute gory uneven
battle. Top Parry-Strike, top Basher.
ZEUS (62-4010) (60-51-0,154) of LEGION OF LEGEND fought MAN-MOUNTAIN (7-3853) (31-24-
1,140) of WASTELAND II. ZEUS won victory over MAN-MOUNTAIN in a crowd pleasing 1
minute gory brawl. Neither of these fighters is currently a stylemaster.
FATALITY (7-5820) (52-57-0,159) of BRUTAL LEGION fought PELIS THE TRUE (42-3469) (61-
101-1,138) of HIGHLANDERS. FATALITY overpowered PELIS THE TRUE in a crowd pleasing 1
minute mismatched match. Fatality is top Striker, but Pelis the True didn't win
anything. Tsk!
ASSASSIN (96-1802) (12-9-4,66) of BLOODY LEGION fought DRUNKEN FISHERMAN (104-1) (20-
20-0,50) of . ASSASSIN won victory over DRUNKEN FISHERMAN in a 2 minute fight.
Assassin is our premier, and very alarming, Aimed Blow.
Zontani Sharp Eyes says "The pen is mightier than the sword, but a maul is a different
story." Indeed. And I question whether the pen is truly mightier than the sword, in
most cases. Swords are darned mighty.
That's all. I'm off to drown my sorrows.
-- Malic of Talcama
KEEPER OF THE RUNEBLADE W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY
TOLAIS DEEPHEART 42-1620 181 169 264 HIGHLANDERS (1341) RODEKI
GRAND CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY
-PHANTASIE 11-2330 68 52 2 217 BLOODRIGHT (1377) ARUAK CITY
GRAND CHAMPIONS W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY
ASSUR 18-7821 87 137 2 199 ARROGANCE (732) TALCAMA
MIKEL 6-6190 72 81 3 188 THE LADY'S LIST (917) TRANSEL
-STING 10-429 40 34 2 185 THE HOLY LEGION (490) KOLACT
GRAND CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY
PHILTHRY 42-2079 72 67 174 HIGHLANDERS (1341) RODEKI
FATALITY 7-5820 53 57 165 BRUTAL LEGION (1335) BONSUR
ZEUS 62-4010 61 51 160 LEGION OF LEGEND (1305) VALAMANTIS
GRAND ADEPTS W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY
MAN-MOUNTAIN 7-3853 31 25 1 143 WASTELAND II (500) BONSUR
PELIS THE TRUE 42-3469 61 102 1 133 HIGHLANDERS (1341) RODEKI
GRAND INITIATES W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY
-KYLROI 40-4534 21 3 79 GRIZZLED VETERANS (1378) ZENSU
ASSASSIN 96-1802 13 9 4 68 BLOODY LEGION (1276) OLD VALAMANTIS
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN
PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE
Mikel -- Well, that was sort of unpleasant. I hope you're feeling better. -- Tolais
Deepheart
Assur -- Tell your manager you need a gender. You'll fight better. -- Philthry
Fatality -- You deserved the win, but you didn't get it. Sorry. -- Pelis the True
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
TOLAIS DEEPHEART devastated MIKEL in a 1 minute mismatched Title fight.
PHILTHRY was vanquished by ASSUR in a exciting 1 minute gory uneven battle.
ZEUS won victory over MAN-MOUNTAIN in a crowd pleasing 1 minute gory brawl.
FATALITY overpowered PELIS THE TRUE in a crowd pleasing 1 minute mismatched match.
ASSASSIN won victory over DRUNKEN FISHERMAN in a 2 minute fight.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|BASHING ATTACK 3 LUNGING ATTACK 13 - 6 - 0 68 |
|WALL OF STEEL 2 AIMED BLOW 3 - 2 - 0 60 |
|AIMED BLOW 1 WALL OF STEEL 12 - 11 - 0 52 |
|STRIKING ATTACK 1 PARRY-STRIKE 5 - 5 - 0 50 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE 2 - 2 - 0 50 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 1 STRIKING ATTACK 4 - 6 - 0 40 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 0 TOTAL PARRY 3 - 5 - 1 38 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 BASHING ATTACK 11 - 19 - 0 37 |
|LUNGING ATTACK 0 SLASHING ATTACK 3 - 7 - 0 30 |
|TOTAL PARRY 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 - 0 0 |
Turn 681 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 BASHING ATTACK 1 - 2 3 BASHING ATTACK
STRIKING ATTACK 1 - 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 2 WALL OF STEEL
WALL OF STEEL 2 - 0 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 1 2 LUNGING ATTACK
PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 0 1 SLASHING ATTACK
LUNGING ATTACK 0 - 0 1 PARRY-STRIKE
SLASHING ATTACK 0 - 1 1 STRIKING ATTACK
TOTAL PARRY 0 - 0 1 AIMED BLOW
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
WALL OF STEEL TOLAIS DEEPHEART 42-1620 181 169 0 264 HIGHLANDERS (1341)
BASHING ATTACK ASSUR 18-7821 87 137 2 199 ARROGANCE (732)
SLASHING ATTACK MIKEL 6-6190 72 81 3 188 THE LADY'S LIST (917)
PARRY-STRIKE PHILTHRY 42-2079 72 67 0 174 HIGHLANDERS (1341)
STRIKING ATTACK FATALITY 7-5820 53 57 0 165 BRUTAL LEGION (1335)
AIMED BLOW ASSASSIN 96-1802 13 9 4 68 BLOODY LEGION (1276)
The overall popularity leader is PELIS THE TRUE 42-3469. The most popular warrior
this turn was ASSASSIN 96-1802. The ten other most popular fighters were ASSUR
18-7821, ZEUS 62-4010, MAN-MOUNTAIN 7-3853, FATALITY 7-5820, TOLAIS DEEPHEART
42-1620, PELIS THE TRUE 42-3469, MIKEL 6-6190, PHILTHRY 42-2079, 0-0, and 0-0.
The least popular fighter this week was PHILTHRY 42-2079. The other ten least
popular fighters were MIKEL 6-6190, PELIS THE TRUE 42-3469, TOLAIS DEEPHEART 42-1620,
FATALITY 7-5820, MAN-MOUNTAIN 7-3853, ZEUS 62-4010, ASSUR 18-7821, ASSASSIN 96-1802,
0-0, and 0-0.
Arena (Number) W L K Arena (Number) W L K Arena (Number) W L K
TRANSEL(6) 0 1 0 TALCAMA(18) 1 0 0 VALAMANTIS(62) 1 0 0
BONSUR(7) 1 1 0 RODEKI(42) 1 2 0 OLD VALAMANTIS(96) 1 0 0
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH ARENA W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY
MIKEL 6-6190 72 81 3 188 THE LADY'S LIST (917) TRANSEL
FATALITY 7-5820 53 57 0 165 BRUTAL LEGION (1335) BONSUR
ASSUR 18-7821 87 137 2 199 ARROGANCE (732) TALCAMA
TOLAIS DEEPHEART 42-1620 181 169 0 264 HIGHLANDERS (1341) RODEKI
ZEUS 62-4010 61 51 0 160 LEGION OF LEGEND (1305) VALAMANTIS
ASSASSIN 96-1802 13 9 4 68 BLOODY LEGION (1276) OLD VALAMANTIS
NEW NOVEL: "BLOOD GAMES"
Hail Gladiatorial Managers of Alastari,
My name is Mark G. Manley, AKA Grimwood, author of the Duel 2 novel, "Dark
Arena." The RSI staff and I are pleased to announce the next novel in the Duel 2
reality, "Blood Games." A publisher has offered a contract to publish the novel and
I'll continue to provide detailed updates as they become available. However, I wanted
to share a quick blurb about the novel.
* * *
WAR!
The land of Alastari is thrown into chaos caused by the invasion of the Rirorni
horde. Swept up in the conflict and captured is My-re, a young girl living on the
edge of the Rirorni plains. Regarded as a spoil of war and growing up in a Rirorni
family band, her troubles just begin as warlords within the Rirorni Empire fight each
other for prestige, property, and personal honor. For mutual protection, My-re is
taught the family band's Wall of Steel combat style, where if executed correctly, no
blade, no weapon, no arrow can penetrate.
In a land where life is dangerous, brutal, and short, My-re is confronted by a
prominent Rirorni warrior and kills him in self-defense. She is sold to a Rirorni
slaver after being found guilty of murder, and exiled back to her native land of
Alastari. However, there is no happy reunion, no joyful return, as she is sentenced
to fight in the Blood Games arena for her crime.
My-re's one chance of freedom resides in winning the Blood Game tournament. But
the champion is not declared by besting your opponents, but by slaughtering them.
* * *
As with novel "Dark Arena," I worked with RSI to write and publish "Blood Games"
in the Duel 2 world of Alastari. But it will always be known as Duelmasters to me.
I wanted to share a little bit of background about myself, I started my first
team back on turn 12 in Niania (Arena #2) on February 13, 1990. I managed a team
called Wolverines. The next summer at Gen Con, I started my main team, Skull Squadron
in Rocanis (Arena #56). The following summer at Gen Con, I stared Legion of Death, in
Valamantis (Arena #62). Twenty-five years later, I've graduated numerous warriors,
which would not be an easy feat to count.
Good luck on the arena sands and more to come.
-- Mark G. Manley
AKA Grimwood