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