DARKHOLM SPORTING JOURNAL Date : 02/20/2016 Duedate: 03/04/2016 DARKHOLM ARENA DM 104 TURN 682 RANK TEAMS W L K % RANK TEAMS W L K % 1 WASTELAND II 7/500 3772 2721 16 58.1 3 HIGHLANDERS 42/1341 658 824 10 44.4 2 BRUTAL LEGIO 7/1335 94 113 0 45.4 4 ARROGANCE 18/732 1574 2825 27 35.8 BLOODY LEGION 96/1276 THE LADY'S LIST 6/917 LEGION OF LEGEND 62/1305 THE GUARDIAN'S FORUM Reflections by the Keeper of the Runeblade I expected to fight Phantasie last time, but he or she didn't show up for the fights, and I ended up facing Mikel, whom I've fought many times before. He's a nice young man, handsome-ish. Wasn't he of some political importance in the Andorian League at one time? But he's listed as a Transelian, so I might be mistaken. He's a Slasher (not revealing any secrets here, since he's usually a stylemaster). I'm a Wall of Steel, which is sort of a Parry-Slasher, so really I would expect him to be able to defeat me. Ah, but I have 350 fights to his 150, so that would explain why I keep beating him. So... I guess we have just five guilds permanently active here (or four, if Bloodright is gone by the time this sees print). I'm not sure why. I heard somewhere that some managers like to build up their fighters' confidence by putting them in arenas where there isn't much competition. Can that be right? Does it work? I'd think it would make you bored and sluggish. Anyway... here we are, we few. Party at my place tonight, okay? Tolais Deepheart REPORT FROM WITHIN THE TOWER You're back again? Hullo there! TOLAIS DEEPHEART (42-1620) (181-169-0,264) of HIGHLANDERS fought MIKEL (6-6190) (72- 81-3,188) of THE LADY'S LIST. TOLAIS DEEPHEART devastated MIKEL in a 1 minute mismatched Title fight. It was the same fight as last time, I think. Again, top Wall of Steel, top Slasher. ASSUR (18-7821) (87-137-2,199) of ARROGANCE fought FATALITY (7-5820) (53-57-0,165) of BRUTAL LEGION. ASSUR was vanquished by FATALITY in an exciting 1 minute uneven battle. Top Basher, top Striker. ZEUS (62-4010) (61-51-0,160) of LEGION OF LEGEND fought PHILTHRY (42-2079) (72-67- 0,174) of HIGHLANDERS. ZEUS narrowly defeated PHILTHRY in a crowd pleasing 3 minute bloody duel. Philthry is top Parry-Strike.Zeus... isn't a stylemaster? What? PELIS THE TRUE (42-3469) (61-102-1,133) of HIGHLANDERS fought MAN-MOUNTAIN (7-3853) (31-25-1,143) of WASTELAND II. PELIS THE TRUE savagely defeated MAN-MOUNTAIN in an exciting 2 minute bloody fight. Neither ofthese fellows is a stylemaster! What is going on? However, Mr. True is the overall popularity leader, and that's something. ASSASSIN (96-1802) (13-9-4,68) of BLOODY LEGION fought COCKY SPECTATOR(104-3) (0-0- 0,0) of STAND-INS AND PROUD. ASSASSIN bested COCKY SPECTATOR in a popular 3 minute bloody duel. Top (and only) Aimed Blow, top Parry-Riposte. It looks like nine actual gladiators fought, and they are packed into just six styles. What's missing? Lunging, Parry-Lunge, Parry-Riposte, and Total Parry. Snide Clemens says "Honor is like a chainmail shirt, it only shines through use." Not so! Those chainmail shirts get bloody, dirty, and rusty through use. They shine through polishing. And it's not an easy process. You have to wrap a cleaning rag around your finger and get into each little ring. Takes forever. So I hear, I haven't done it. If I had to be a gladiator, I'd sit in a big steel box with earplugs in, until some poor fool dropped from exhaustion after banging on the sidesfor twenty minutes. Either that, or I would be a practitioner of the Parry-Flee style. I'm really quite fleet of foot. See you in two weeks. -- Malic of Talcama KEEPER OF THE RUNEBLADE W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY TOLAIS DEEPHEART 42-1620 182 169 271 HIGHLANDERS (1341) RODEKI GRAND CHAMPIONS W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY FATALITY 7-5820 54 57 193 BRUTAL LEGION (1335) BONSUR MIKEL 6-6190 72 82 3 184 THE LADY'S LIST (917) TRANSEL GRAND CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY ZEUS 62-4010 62 51 178 LEGION OF LEGEND (1305) VALAMANTIS ASSUR 18-7821 87 138 2 172 ARROGANCE (732) TALCAMA PHILTHRY 42-2079 72 68 168 HIGHLANDERS (1341) RODEKI GRAND ADEPTS W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY PELIS THE TRUE 42-3469 62 102 1 149 HIGHLANDERS (1341) RODEKI MAN-MOUNTAIN 7-3853 31 26 1 134 WASTELAND II (500) BONSUR GRAND INITIATES W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY ASSASSIN 96-1802 14 9 4 70 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 -- Honestly, I was not aiming for your chest at all. Left arm, only. -- Tolais Deepheart Assur -- I think you're pretty good at that! -- Philthry Fatality -- I hope that bit of training improves my win percentage. I still would rather not fight you, but there's not much choice, is there? -- Philthry LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS TOLAIS DEEPHEART devastated MIKEL in a 1 minute mismatched Title fight. ASSUR was vanquished by FATALITY in a exciting 1 minute uneven battle. ZEUS narrowly defeated PHILTHRY in a crowd pleasing 3 minute bloody duel. PELIS THE TRUE savagely defeated MAN-MOUNTAIN in a exciting 2 minute bloody fight. ASSASSIN bested COCKY SPECTATOR in a popular 3 minute bloody duel. BATTLE REPORT MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS |FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT| |BASHING ATTACK 3 LUNGING ATTACK 11 - 5 - 0 69 | |WALL OF STEEL 2 AIMED BLOW 4 - 2 - 0 67 | |AIMED BLOW 1 WALL OF STEEL 12 - 10 - 0 55 | |STRIKING ATTACK 1 TOTAL PARRY 3 - 3 - 1 50 | |PARRY-STRIKE 1 PARRY-STRIKE 5 - 5 - 0 50 | |SLASHING ATTACK 1 STRIKING ATTACK 5 - 5 - 0 50 | |PARRY-LUNGE 0 BASHING ATTACK 11 - 19 - 0 37 | |PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 - 2 - 0 33 | |LUNGING ATTACK 0 SLASHING ATTACK 3 - 7 - 0 30 | |TOTAL PARRY 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 - 0 0 | Turn 682 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 SLASHING ATTACK PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 0 1 STRIKING ATTACK LUNGING ATTACK 0 - 0 1 PARRY-STRIKE SLASHING ATTACK 0 - 1 1 AIMED BLOW TOTAL PARRY 0 - 0 1 LUNGING ATTACK TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME WALL OF STEEL TOLAIS DEEPHEART 42-1620 182 169 0 271 HIGHLANDERS (1341) STRIKING ATTACK FATALITY 7-5820 54 57 0 193 BRUTAL LEGION (1335) SLASHING ATTACK MIKEL 6-6190 72 82 3 184 THE LADY'S LIST (917) BASHING ATTACK ASSUR 18-7821 87 138 2 172 ARROGANCE (732) PARRY-STRIKE PHILTHRY 42-2079 72 68 0 168 HIGHLANDERS (1341) AIMED BLOW ASSASSIN 96-1802 14 9 4 70 BLOODY LEGION (1276) The overall popularity leader is PELIS THE TRUE 42-3469. The most popular warrior this turn was PHILTHRY 42-2079. The ten other most popular fighters were ZEUS 62-4010, PELIS THE TRUE 42-3469, ASSASSIN 96-1802, FATALITY 7-5820, MAN-MOUNTAIN 7-3853, TOLAIS DEEPHEART 42-1620, ASSUR 18-7821, MIKEL 6-6190, 0-0, and 0-0. The least popular fighter this week was MIKEL 6-6190. The other ten least popular fighters were ASSUR 18-7821, TOLAIS DEEPHEART 42-1620, MAN-MOUNTAIN 7-3853, FATALITY 7-5820, ASSASSIN 96-1802, PELIS THE TRUE 42-3469, ZEUS 62-4010, PHILTHRY 42-2079, 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) 0 1 0 VALAMANTIS(62) 1 0 0 BONSUR(7) 1 1 0 RODEKI(42) 2 1 0 OLD VALAMANTIS(96) 1 0 0 TOP WARRIOR OF EACH ARENA W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY MIKEL 6-6190 72 82 3 184 THE LADY'S LIST (917) TRANSEL FATALITY 7-5820 54 57 0 193 BRUTAL LEGION (1335) BONSUR ASSUR 18-7821 87 138 2 172 ARROGANCE (732) TALCAMA TOLAIS DEEPHEART 42-1620 182 169 0 271 HIGHLANDERS (1341) RODEKI ZEUS 62-4010 62 51 0 178 LEGION OF LEGEND (1305) VALAMANTIS ASSASSIN 96-1802 14 9 4 70 BLOODY LEGION (1276) OLD VALAMANTIS NAME CHANGE-O-RAMA The crowd was surprisingly orderly, but it was still a crowd, and the Commission clerk, Algernon, looked at it uneasily. Whenever this many people came together to petition for something, it meant trouble. For him, anyway. Records to be altered. Altering records was Bad. It made Extra Work. His assistant clerk leaned close and whispered, "If it weren't for gladiators, we wouldn't have jobs. Smile at them and ask what they want." Algernon closed his eyes briefly. Looking at this crowd made him dizzy. They were all wearing black and white stripes. Like a herd of zebras, except that zebras didn't carry swords. Then he took a deep breath and managed a smile. "What... ah, what can I do for you?" "We want new names," the first gladiator said. There was a number on the front of his shirt: 0381. He thumped the number with his thumb. "This here isn't a name--" "We want REAL names!" That voice came from farther back in the crowd. "Yeah! We've paid our dues," another shouted, "and we've EARNED real names!" One from the very back yelled, "I want to be called Tom." All the others turned to look at him. Algernon couldn't see him, but apparently those looks were accusing. Well, he could understand that, "Tom" was such a... common name. "My mom called me Tom," the voice in the back protested. "It's a good name." "It isn't the name you put on the petition," 0381 said. "We talked about this. We got our manager's agreement. You get the name on the petition." "But--!" Algernon didn't really want to keep staring at all these stripes while they argued. He picked up the petition. "These names are the ones you want?" 0381 turned back. "Yes." "It's a lot of trouble, and when other people see that YOU are getting name changes, THEY are going to want them--" Seeing the gladiators beginning to frown... and finger their weapons, he went on quickly, "So I figure we might as well make it a complete deal. A Name-Change-O-Rama. Everyone who wants a name change can petition for it. Get it all over with at once." He glanced at the petition, shuddered slightly, and passed it to his clerk. "We'll announce it, proclaim it, even, and you will get the names on this petition. And others will get the names THEY think they should have had, too." He paused. "And I think I'll get a new name, I'm tired of being an Algernon...." * * * * * Warrior and team name changes will be accepted during the month of March. If you have names you want to change, please contact Customer Service. -- RSI