DARKHOLM SPORTING JOURNAL
Date : 03/06/2017 Duedate: 03/18/2017
DARKHOLM ARENA
DM 104 TURN 706
RANK TEAMS W L K % RANK TEAMS W L K %
1 WASTELAND II 7/500 3777 2740 16 58.0 4 BRUTAL LEGIO 7/1335 127 152 0 45.5
2 DEAD LEGEND 21/1385 4 4 0 50.0 BLOODY LEGION 96/1276
3 OBSIDIAN HA 33/1370 101 106 2 48.8 LEGION OF LEGEND 62/1305
SPECTRAL STEEL 47/1386 5 HIGHLANDERS 42/1341 684 849 10 44.6
CRESCENT SHIELD 82/1388 6 PUBLIC NUIS 62/1382 7 9 0 43.7
BLOODHAMMER CLAN 82/1387 7 ARROGANCE 18/732 1602 2845 27 36.0
MYTHICAL KNIGHTS 60/1384 THE LADY'S LIST 6/917
GRIZZLED VETERANS 40/1378 8 OINGO BOINGO 6/1389 0 3 0 0.0
REPORT FROM WITHIN THE TOWER
Hullo! Cheery salutations to one and all!
There were eleven fights today including one Tournament Victor challenge. Well
done, that! WYVERN (33-2457) (43-47-0,178) of OBSIDIAN HALL TV challenged MIKEL (6-
6190) (83-94-3,189) of THE LADY'S LIST. WYVERN slimly won victory over MIKEL in a
crowd pleasing 2 minute Challenge fight. Oddly, Wyvern is not a stylemaster, but Mikel
is as always our premier Slasher.
ASSUR (18-7821) (104-144-2,241) of ARROGANCE fought ZEUS (62-4010) (75-61-0,195)
of LEGION OF LEGEND. ASSUR slimly lost to ZEUS in an action packed 1 minute Title
battle. Assur is still our top Basher, while Zeus is top Wall of Steel. Zeus, might
I prevail on you to write a short column, please? There is a special place in the
newsletter for it and everything.
DIGITALIS (33-6862) (36-43-1,188) of OBSIDIAN HALL fought DIRK CHOLERA (104-29)
(80-50-4,250) of . DIGITALIS was demolished by DIRK CHOLERA in a crowd pleasing 3
minute uneven fight. As usual, Digitalis is our top-ranked Parry-Riposte, but he was
a poor match for what they assure me is not the original Dirk Cholera (an infamous
bandit prince from Zukal, who was caught at ground zero of a chaos strike and became
basically unkillable and also quite the public enemy; they do say he is a creditable
dancer though).
GLAMDRING (33-2328) (56-44-1,198) of OBSIDIAN HALL fought PELIS THE TRUE (42-
3469) (72-115-1,171) of HIGHLANDERS. GLAMDRING devastated PELIS THE TRUE in an
exciting 1 minute one-sided fight. Glamdring is our supreme Total Parry, while Pelis
the True is overall popularity leader. Heh, that's surprising for someone who
reputedly never tells a lie. Just don't act him if your pants make you look fat.
WARDRA (82-56471) (27-10-1,201) of BLOODHAMMER CLAN fought MAN-MOUNTAIN (7-3853)
(36-44-1,159) of WASTELAND II. WARDRA bested MAN-MOUNTAIN in an action packed 1
minute brawl. Wardra is Darkholm's most celebrated Lunger.
PHILTHRY (42-2079) (84-79-0,180) of HIGHLANDERS fought FATALITY (7-5820) (58-76-
0,133) of BRUTAL LEGION. PHILTHRY defeated FATALITY in an exciting 2 minute struggle.
Fatality is top Striker, Philthry is top Parry-Strike.
KYLROI (40-4534) (23-3-0,92) of GRIZZLED VETERANS fought ASSASSIN (96-1802) (28-
18-4,87) of BLOODY LEGION. KYLROI was bested by ASSASSIN in a popular 1 minute
competition. Assassin is our highest rank Aimed Blow, and all right, today he is kind
of scary.
CROW HELM (82-56829) (19-6-0,62) of CRESCENT SHIELD fought COCKY SPECTATOR (104-
3) (0-0-0,0) of . CROW HELM was handily defeated by COCKY SPECTATOR in a 2 minute
uneven melee.
AELFWINE (82-23244) (16-6-0,69) of BLOODHAMMER CLAN fought WINNING SIDE (6-4276)
(16-7-1,49) of OINGO BOINGO. AELFWINE viciously subdued WINNING SIDE in a popular 2
minute gruesome duel. Aelfwine was voted this turn's most popular fighter. Well
done!
STREET RACER (62-4751) (19-9-0,62) of PUBLIC NUISANCES fought BATTLE BANSHEE (47-
7979) (11-8-1,75) of SPECTRAL STEEL. STREET RACER was slaughtered by BATTLE BANSHEE
in an exciting 1 minute one-sided fight.
SIR LUCAN (60-9077) (16-12-0,10) of MYTHICAL KNIGHTS fought PAC-MAN (21-8191)
(27-25-1,59) of DEAD LEGENDS. SIR LUCAN was overpowered by PAC-MAN in an exciting 1
minute one-sided fight.
Alas, we have come to the end of our chat. I call it a chat even though it's
just me talking. I hope you all have a thrilling pair of weeks before we "chat"
again. Cheerio!
-- Malic of Talcama
KEEPER OF THE RUNEBLADE W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY
ZEUS 62-4010 76 61 0 204 LEGION OF LEGEND (1305) VALAMANTIS
GRAND CHAMPIONS W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY
WARDRA 82-56471 28 10 1 203 BLOODHAMMER CLAN (1387) DWES EG
GLAMDRING 33-2328 57 44 1 202 OBSIDIAN HALL (1370) NIATOLI ISLAND
ASSUR 18-7821 104 145 2 196 ARROGANCE (732) TALCAMA
WYVERN 33-2457 44 47 0 192 OBSIDIAN HALL (1370) NIATOLI ISLAND
DIGITALIS 33-6862 36 44 1 190 OBSIDIAN HALL (1370) NIATOLI ISLAND
PHILTHRY 42-2079 85 79 0 182 HIGHLANDERS (1341) RODEKI
MIKEL 6-6190 83 95 3 181 THE LADY'S LIST (917) TRANSEL
GRAND CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY
PELIS THE TRUE 42-3469 72 116 1 171 HIGHLANDERS (1341) RODEKI
MAN-MOUNTAIN 7-3853 36 45 1 170 WASTELAND II (500) BONSUR
GRAND ADEPTS W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY
FATALITY 7-5820 58 77 0 143 BRUTAL LEGION (1335) BONSUR
GRAND CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY
ASSASSIN 96-1802 29 18 4 100 BLOODY LEGION (1276) OLD VALAMANTIS
-SIR YVAIN 60-9076 18 7 2 100 MYTHICAL KNIGHTS (1384) ARADI
BATTLE BANSHEE 47-7979 12 8 2 100 SPECTRAL STEEL (1386) NORTH FORK
GRAND INITIATES W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY
KYLROI 40-4534 23 4 0 87 GRIZZLED VETERANS (1378) ZENSU
AELFWINE 82-23244 17 6 0 77 BLOODHAMMER CLAN (1387) DWES EG
PAC-MAN 21-8191 28 25 1 61 DEAD LEGENDS (1385) SUNSET
STREET RACER 62-4751 19 10 0 56 PUBLIC NUISANCES (1382) VALAMANTIS
WINNING SIDE 6-4276 16 8 1 52 OINGO BOINGO (1389) TRANSEL
CROW HELM 82-56829 19 7 0 21 CRESCENT SHIELD (1388) DWES EG
SIR LUCAN 60-9077 16 13 0 13 MYTHICAL KNIGHTS (1384) ARADI
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN
STREET RACER 62-4751 19 10 0 PUBLIC NUISANCES 1382 BATTLE BANSHEE 47-7979 706
PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE
Winning Side -- Welcome! People are indeed friendly here, I am fairly sure.
Just extremely quiet. Or deeply depressed. Or painfully shy. But under all
the silence, they are a jolly bunch. -- Malic
Crow Helm -- Not in the Face! Not in the Face! -- Winning Side
Fatality -- Well, that was a surprise. -- Pelis the True
Wardra -- Ouch. When fights are short and one-sided, and it's not my side... not a
good experience. Well fought though, on your part. -- Philthry
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
WYVERN slimly won victory over MIKEL in a crowd pleasing 2 minute Challenge fight.
ASSUR slimly lost to ZEUS in a action packed 1 minute Title battle.
DIGITALIS was demolished by DIRK CHOLERA in a crowd pleasing 3 minute uneven fight.
GLAMDRING devastated PELIS THE TRUE in a exciting 1 minute one-sided fight.
WARDRA bested MAN-MOUNTAIN in a action packed 1 minute brawl.
PHILTHRY defeated FATALITY in a exciting 2 minute struggle.
KYLROI was bested by ASSASSIN in a popular 1 minute competition.
CROW HELM was handily defeated by COCKY SPECTATOR in a 2 minute uneven melee.
AELFWINE viciously subdued WINNING SIDE in a popular 2 minute gruesome duel.
STREET RACER was slaughtered by BATTLE BANSHEE in a exciting 1 minute one-sided fight.
SIR LUCAN was overpowered by PAC-MAN in a exciting 1 minute one-sided fight.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|AIMED BLOW 5 LUNGING ATTACK 9 - 5 - 0 64 |
|BASHING ATTACK 4 PARRY-STRIKE 6 - 4 - 0 60 |
|STRIKING ATTACK 3 WALL OF STEEL 8 - 7 - 0 53 |
|LUNGING ATTACK 2 TOTAL PARRY 4 - 4 - 0 50 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 2 PARRY-RIPOSTE 4 - 4 - 0 50 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 1 BASHING ATTACK 18 - 19 - 0 49 |
|TOTAL PARRY 1 AIMED BLOW 13 - 14 - 0 48 |
|WALL OF STEEL 1 STRIKING ATTACK 9 - 13 - 1 41 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 SLASHING ATTACK 7 - 11 - 0 39 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 - 0 0 |
Turn 706 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:
PARRY-STRIKE 1 - 0 BASHING ATTACK 1 - 3 4 BASHING ATTACK
LUNGING ATTACK 2 - 0 AIMED BLOW 1 - 4 1 WALL OF STEEL
TOTAL PARRY 1 - 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 1 LUNGING ATTACK
WALL OF STEEL 1 - 0 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 1 1 TOTAL PARRY
STRIKING ATTACK 2 - 1 SLASHING ATTACK 0 - 2 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE
1 PARRY-STRIKE
1 SLASHING ATTACK
1 STRIKING ATTACK
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
WALL OF STEEL ZEUS 62-4010 76 61 0 204 LEGION OF LEGEND (1305)
LUNGING ATTACK WARDRA 82--9065 28 10 1 203 BLOODHAMMER CLAN (1387)
TOTAL PARRY GLAMDRING 33-2328 57 44 1 202 OBSIDIAN HALL (1370)
BASHING ATTACK ASSUR 18-7821 104 145 2 196 ARROGANCE (732)
PARRY-RIPOSTE DIGITALIS 33-6862 36 44 1 190 OBSIDIAN HALL (1370)
PARRY-STRIKE PHILTHRY 42-2079 85 79 0 182 HIGHLANDERS (1341)
SLASHING ATTACK MIKEL 6-6190 83 95 3 181 THE LADY'S LIST (917)
STRIKING ATTACK FATALITY 7-5820 58 77 0 143 BRUTAL LEGION (1335)
AIMED BLOW ASSASSIN 96-1802 29 18 4 100 BLOODY LEGION (1276)
The overall popularity leader is PELIS THE TRUE 42-3469. The most popular warrior
this turn was AELFWINE 82-23244. The ten other most popular fighters were WYVERN
33-2457, MIKEL 6-6190, DIGITALIS 33-6862, WARDRA 82--9065, PHILTHRY 42-2079, FATALITY
7-5820, PAC-MAN 21-8191, ZEUS 62-4010, BATTLE BANSHEE 47-7979, and GLAMDRING 33-2328.
The least popular fighter this week was STREET RACER 62-4751. The other ten least
popular fighters were CROW HELM 82--8707, PELIS THE TRUE 42-3469, SIR LUCAN 60-9077,
WINNING SIDE 6-4276, KYLROI 40-4534, ASSUR 18-7821, ASSASSIN 96-1802, MAN-MOUNTAIN
7-3853, GLAMDRING 33-2328, and BATTLE BANSHEE 47-7979.
Arena (Number) W L K Arena (Number) W L K Arena (Number) W L K
TRANSEL(6) 0 2 0 NIATOLI ISLAND(33) 2 1 0 ARADI(60) 0 1 0
BONSUR(7) 0 2 0 ZENSU(40) 0 1 0 VALAMANTIS(62) 1 1 0
TALCAMA(18) 0 1 0 RODEKI(42) 1 1 0 DWES EG(82) 2 1 0
SUNSET(21) 1 0 0 NORTH FORK(47) 1 0 1 OLD VALAMANTIS(96) 1 0 0
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH ARENA W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY
MIKEL 6-6190 83 95 3 181 THE LADY'S LIST (917) TRANSEL
MAN-MOUNTAIN 7-3853 36 45 1 170 WASTELAND II (500) BONSUR
ASSUR 18-7821 104 145 2 196 ARROGANCE (732) TALCAMA
PAC-MAN 21-8191 28 25 1 61 DEAD LEGENDS (1385) SUNSET
GLAMDRING 33-2328 57 44 1 202 OBSIDIAN HALL (1370) NIATOLI ISLAND
KYLROI 40-4534 23 4 0 87 GRIZZLED VETERANS (1378) ZENSU
PHILTHRY 42-2079 85 79 0 182 HIGHLANDERS (1341) RODEKI
BATTLE BANSHEE 47-7979 12 8 2 100 SPECTRAL STEEL (1386) NORTH FORK
SIR LUCAN 60-9077 16 13 0 13 MYTHICAL KNIGHTS (1384) ARADI
ZEUS 62-4010 76 61 0 204 LEGION OF LEGEND (1305) VALAMANTIS
WARDRA 82--9065 28 10 1 203 BLOODHAMMER CLAN (1387) DWES EG
ASSASSIN 96-1802 29 18 4 100 BLOODY LEGION (1276) OLD VALAMANTIS
NEW GRADUATES--FROM ALL ARENAS (INCLUDING CLOSED ARENAS)
For those of you who keep track of such things, several additional warriors
graduated from regular DM arenas (including closed arenas) since the last tournament.
MOJO'S MONKEY (16-4101) THE FUN BUNCH (396)
LEAPING LEPER (33-7940) HALLOWIENERS (635)
EMERALD CITY (47-7896) LAND OF OZ (217)
SILVERTHORN (60-8840) SUPERIOR FORCES 60 (654)
KAYCRON (63-2900) SUPERIOR FORCES (235)
MADONNA (63-3068) BAD GIRLS (325)
LEAST SHREW (70-6374) SHREW CAN IT BE NOW (529)
THE GREAT PUMPKIN (82-4576) LEGENEDS OF TKE 2 (618)
HARV (82-35034) MY TCS (5768)
PERPETUAL (84-14073) OTTODROME 13 (2485)
GEEZER (84-20642) GETTING OLD (3683)
LAST STRAW (84-24737) OTTODROME 41 (4393)
LINT (84-29649) TUM'S ALL STARS (5238)
PROFANELY ABUNDANT (84-42331) WINTER 2013 XIII (7355)
ZOMBIE BABY (84-53039) SPIRIT'S SPIRITS (9134)
CHILI (85-8953) MADE WITH MEAT (1634)
VINEGAR STROKES (85-9814) THE LEAGUE II (1787)
Congrats to the grads. -- Green Eyes
MAKING YOUR CHALLENGES GO THROUGH
First, you need to be sure you are making your challenges correctly.
1. Are you writing down the warrior I.D. number of the warrior you want to
challenge?
2. Is your handwriting clear?
3. Is the warrior you are challenging within range of your warrior? Warriors
can challenge within their own class and the next higher class, plus the "Challenger"
classes can also challenge the next lower class. So, an Adept can challenge Adepts
and Challenger Adepts. A Challenger Adept can challenge Adepts, Challenger Adepts,
and Champions. (Try not to challenge down, though. Besides being unsportsmanlike and
making everyone mad, it isn't advantageous to your warriors. They need to fight more
experienced warriors so they will learn.)
4. Are your warriors eligible to make challenges? If they didn't fight within
the last two turns, then they can't challenge.
5. Are the warriors they want to fight eligible to receive challenges? If they
didn't fight within the last two turns, then they can't be challenged.
Next, adjust your choices for the maximum likelihood of getting your challenges.
There are several things that will help:
1. Have each of your warriors challenge two different opponents from two
different teams. That way, if the first opponent's team doesn't fight that turn, you
still might get your second challenge.
2. Use your avoids. Have each warrior avoid the teams of whoever you think
might be likely to challenge him. If you can get out of being challenged, that
increases your chance of getting your own challenge through.
3. Don't challenge warriors who didn't fight last turn. The odds are higher
that they won't be fighting this turn.
4. Don't challenge warriors who might be involved in a bloodfeud (either as the
killers, or the avengers). A bloodfeud challenge has priority over all other
challenges.
5. Don't challenge Tournament Victors. A TV challenge has priority over all
other challenges except bloodfeuds. You'll need to do a little research in back
issues of the newsletter to find out who the TVs are.
6. Don't challenge warriors who you know are going to challenge someone else, or
are going to get challenged by someone else. Your challenge has a better chance of
getting through if it is the only challenge to that particular warrior.
7. Don't challenge the "easy pickings." That is, warriors above you who have
way too few fights or very bad records for where they are ranked. They will tend to
get challenged a lot.
8. Don't challenge warriors who are likely to be avoiding your team. This
includes any warrior your team fought within the last two turns.
Well, it sounds like I've eliminated just about everybody, doesn't it? Of course
you can challenge opponents who fit into one or more of those categories; just try to
find ones who don't. Your idea candidate for a challenge is: A warrior ranked
somewhat above your warrior in the same class, or in the next higher class, with a few
more fights than your warrior, and a winning record, who isn't a TV and isn't
currently at war with anyone.
I hope this will be of some help to you.
The Rogue She-Puppy