DARKHOLM SPORTING JOURNAL

Date   : 05/01/2017    Duedate: 05/13/2017

DARKHOLM ARENA

DM 104    TURN 710

RANK TEAMS                 W    L   K    %  RANK TEAMS                 W    L   K    % 
  1 DEMONSPAWN 33/741     11    9   0 55.0    4 BRUTAL LEGIO 7/1335  134  157   0 46.0
    BIG BANG THEORY 21/1390                     BLOODY LEGION 96/1276
  2 OBSIDIAN HA 33/1370  122  119   2 50.6      LEGION OF LEGEND 62/1305
    SPECTRAL STEEL 47/1386                    5 HIGHLANDERS 42/1341  687  854  10 44.6
    CRESCENT SHIELD 82/1388                   6 PUBLIC NUIS 62/1382    7   11   0 38.9
    BLOODHAMMER CLAN 82/1387                  7 ARROGANCE 18/732    1606 2849  27 36.0
    MYTHICAL KNIGHTS 60/1384                    THE LADY'S LIST 6/917
    GRIZZLED VETERANS 40/1378                 8 OINGO BOINGO 6/1389    0    7   0  0.0
  3 DEAD LEGEND 21/1385    6    6   0 50.0

                             REPORT FROM WITHIN THE TOWER

Hi-ho!
     And it's off to work we go!  There were twelve fights today, no deaths, no 
avoids, two stand-in fighters, and four challenges!  Well done!
     WARDRA (82-56471) (30-11-1,212) of BLOODHAMMER CLAN challenged ASSUR (18-7821) 
(106-146-2,222) of ARROGANCE.  WARDRA bested ASSUR in a crowd pleasing 1 minute 
Challenge Title fight.  As we know, Wardra is still the Keeper of the Runeblade, still 
the top Lunger, and still not writing a column.
     SIR YVAIN (60-9076) (19-7-2,114) of MYTHICAL KNIGHTS challenged PHILTHRY (42-
2079) (85-82-0,141) of HIGHLANDERS.  SIR YVAIN was vanquished by PHILTHRY in an 
exciting 1 minute uneven Challenge battle.  That was to be expected, I should think.  
I hope that Sir Yvain learned a great deal.  And Philthry is our most recognized 
Parry-Strike.
     BATTLE BANSHEE (47-7979) (13-8-2,107) of SPECTRAL STEEL challenged ASSASSIN (96-
1802) (31-19-4,142) of BLOODY LEGION.  BATTLE BANSHEE was luckily beaten by ASSASSIN 
in a 2 minute Challenge duel.  Of course, Assassin is still our most able Aimed Blow.  
Is he our only aimed Blow?  I'm not sure. Does anyone know?
     WINNING SIDE (6-4276) (16-11-1,27) of OINGO BOINGO challenged KYLROI (40-4534) 
(24-6-0,62) of GRIZZLED VETERANS.  WINNING SIDE was devastated by KYLROI in a 1 minute 
one-sided Challenge contest.  Winning Side makes challenges and writes personal ads, 
which are praiseworthy acts in my view.  Well done!
     ZEUS (62-4010) (78-62-0,190) of LEGION OF LEGEND fought DIGITALIS (33-6862) (38-
45-1,195) of OBSIDIAN HALL.  ZEUS savagely defeated DIGITALIS in a crowd pleasing 8 
minute gruesome competition.  Zeus is our top Wall of Steel and he was also voted this 
turn's favorite fighter.  Of course, Digitalis is our top Parry-Riposte, and, I was 
surprised to learn from one of the personal ads today, a lady.  One can't really tell, 
you know, with the armor.
     MIKEL (6-6190) (85-96-3,201) of THE LADY'S LIST fought PELIS THE TRUE (42-3469) 
(73-118-1,174) of HIGHLANDERS.  MIKEL was overpowered by PELIS THE TRUE in a 1 minute 
one-sided struggle.  Mikel is our premier Slasher, while Pelis the True is overall 
popularity leader.
     WYVERN (33-2457) (45-47-0,198) of OBSIDIAN HALL fought FATALITY (7-5820) (59-79-
0,164) of BRUTAL LEGION.  WYVERN handily defeated FATALITY in an action packed 1 
minute uneven fight.  Fatality is our highest ranked Striker.
     GLAMDRING (33-2328) (58-46-1,199) of OBSIDIAN HALL fought SOLACIA (104-24) (68-
32-0,225) of  .  GLAMDRING was viciously subdued by SOLACIA in an action packed 6 
minute gory duel.  Glamdring is our best Total Parry, but the sinister Solacia managed 
to outlast him.
     AAGRIVATOR (33-8248) (37-15-0,109) of DEMONSPAWN fought M. CHARDINEE (104-8) (0-
0-0,110) of  .  AAGRIVATOR unbelievably bested M. CHARDINEE in a popular 10 minute 
gory duel.  M. Chardinee is, of course, a very dangerous representative of the Parry-
Riposte style, but he was no match for Aagrivator.
     CROW HELM (82-56829) (22-7-0,55) of CRESCENT SHIELD fought STREET RACER (62-4751) 
(19-11-0,59) of PUBLIC NUISANCES.  CROW HELM overpowered STREET RACER in a 1 minute 
one-sided melee.
     AELFWINE (82-23244) (19-7-0,90) of BLOODHAMMER CLAN fought LEONARD (21-8061) (14-
5-1,48) of BIG BANG THEORY.  AELFWINE defeated LEONARD in an exciting 1 minute match.
     SIR LUCAN (60-9077) (18-14-0,48) of MYTHICAL KNIGHTS fought PAC-MAN (21-8191) 
(29-27-1,71) of DEAD LEGENDS.  SIR LUCAN was devastated by PAC-MAN in an exciting 1 
minute mismatched conflict.
     Those were all the fights.  If there's anything else you would like me to talk 
about, just say.  Cheerio!

                                          -- Malic of Talcama 

KEEPER OF THE RUNEBLADE        W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 WARDRA 82-56471              31  11  1  218  BLOODHAMMER CLAN (1387)    DWES EG

GRAND CHAMPIONS                W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 GLAMDRING 33-2328            58  47  1  206  OBSIDIAN HALL (1370)       NIATOLI ISLAND
 ZEUS 62-4010                 79  62  0  201  LEGION OF LEGEND (1305)    VALAMANTIS
 ASSUR 18-7821               106 147  2  200  ARROGANCE (732)            TALCAMA
 PELIS THE TRUE 42-3469       74 118  1  200  HIGHLANDERS (1341)         RODEKI
 WYVERN 33-2457               46  47  0  200  OBSIDIAN HALL (1370)       NIATOLI ISLAND
 DIGITALIS 33-6862            38  46  1  194  OBSIDIAN HALL (1370)       NIATOLI ISLAND

GRAND CHALLENGER ADEPTS        W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 MIKEL 6-6190                 85  97  3  177  THE LADY'S LIST (917)      TRANSEL
 FATALITY 7-5820              59  80  0  163  BRUTAL LEGION (1335)       BONSUR
 PHILTHRY 42-2079             86  82  0  153  HIGHLANDERS (1341)         RODEKI

GRAND ADEPTS                   W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 ASSASSIN 96-1802             32  19  4  144  BLOODY LEGION (1276)       OLD VALAMANTIS
 AAGRIVATOR 33-8248           38  15  0  116  DEMONSPAWN (741)           NIATOLI ISLAND
 BATTLE BANSHEE 47-7979       13   9  2  115  SPECTRAL STEEL (1386)      NORTH FORK
 SIR YVAIN 60-9076            19   8  2  113  MYTHICAL KNIGHTS (1384)    ARADI

GRAND CHALLENGER INITIATES     W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 AELFWINE 82-23244            20   7  0   92  BLOODHAMMER CLAN (1387)    DWES EG

GRAND INITIATES                W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 PAC-MAN 21-8191              30  27  1   78  DEAD LEGENDS (1385)        SUNSET
 CROW HELM 82-56829           23   7  0   71  CRESCENT SHIELD (1388)     DWES EG
 KYLROI 40-4534               25   6  0   67  GRIZZLED VETERANS (1378)   ZENSU
 LEONARD 21-8061              14   6  1   57  BIG BANG THEORY (1390)     SUNSET
 STREET RACER 62-4751         19  12  0   51  PUBLIC NUISANCES (1382)    VALAMANTIS
 SIR LUCAN 60-9077            18  15  0   45  MYTHICAL KNIGHTS (1384)    ARADI
 WINNING SIDE 6-4276          16  12  1   31  OINGO BOINGO (1389)        TRANSEL

'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.

THE DEAD                   W   L  K TEAM NAME              SLAIN BY                  TURN

                               PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE

Crow Helm -- Holy Taxidermy! -- Winning Side

Digitalis -- Well, that was a bit embarrassing.  Well fought, madam.  But why were we 
both told that our popularity had greatly increased, when the spectators were booing 
and hissing? -- Pelis the True

Fatality -- Yeah... ouch.  But thanks for the kind words. -- Philthry

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

WARDRA bested ASSUR in a crowd pleasing 1 minute Challenge Title fight.
SIR YVAIN was vanquished by PHILTHRY in a exciting 1 minute uneven Challenge battle.
BATTLE BANSHEE was luckily beaten by ASSASSIN in a 2 minute Challenge duel.
WINNING SIDE was devastated by KYLROI in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge contest.
ZEUS savagely defeated DIGITALIS in a crowd pleasing 8 minute gruesome competition.
MIKEL was overpowered by PELIS THE TRUE in a 1 minute one-sided struggle.
WYVERN handily defeated FATALITY in a action packed 1 minute uneven fight.
GLAMDRING was viciously subdued by SOLACIA in a action packed 6 minute gory duel.
AAGRIVATOR unbelievably bested M. CHARDINEE in a popular 10 minute gory duel.
CROW HELM overpowered STREET RACER in a 1 minute one-sided melee.
AELFWINE defeated LEONARD in a exciting 1 minute match.
SIR LUCAN was devastated by PAC-MAN in a exciting 1 minute mismatched conflict.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|AIMED BLOW                       5         LUNGING ATTACK    14 -   6 -  0      70  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  4         WALL OF STEEL      8 -   5 -  0      62  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   3         BASHING ATTACK    19 -  16 -  0      54  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  3         AIMED BLOW        20 -  19 -  0      51  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   2         PARRY-RIPOSTE      5 -   5 -  0      50  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      2         TOTAL PARRY        5 -   7 -  0      42  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     1         PARRY-STRIKE       4 -   6 -  0      40  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    1         STRIKING ATTACK   10 -  16 -  1      38  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    1         SLASHING ATTACK    7 -  16 -  0      30  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      0         PARRY-LUNGE        0 -   0 -  0       0  |

Turn 710 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     STRIKING ATTACK    1 -  3         3  BASHING ATTACK 
LUNGING ATTACK     2 -  0     PARRY-LUNGE        0 -  0         1  LUNGING ATTACK 
WALL OF STEEL      1 -  0     PARRY-RIPOSTE      0 -  1         1  TOTAL PARRY    
BASHING ATTACK     2 -  1     SLASHING ATTACK    0 -  3         1  WALL OF STEEL  
AIMED BLOW         3 -  2                                       1  PARRY-RIPOSTE  
TOTAL PARRY        1 -  1                                       1  SLASHING ATTACK
                                                                1  STRIKING ATTACK
                                                                1  PARRY-STRIKE   
                                                                1  AIMED BLOW     

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
LUNGING ATTACK   WARDRA 82--9065            31  11  1  218 BLOODHAMMER CLAN (1387)
TOTAL PARRY      GLAMDRING 33-2328          58  47  1  206 OBSIDIAN HALL (1370)
WALL OF STEEL    ZEUS 62-4010               79  62  0  201 LEGION OF LEGEND (1305)
BASHING ATTACK   ASSUR 18-7821             106 147  2  200 ARROGANCE (732)
PARRY-RIPOSTE    DIGITALIS 33-6862          38  46  1  194 OBSIDIAN HALL (1370)
SLASHING ATTACK  MIKEL 6-6190               85  97  3  177 THE LADY'S LIST (917)
STRIKING ATTACK  FATALITY 7-5820            59  80  0  163 BRUTAL LEGION (1335)
PARRY-STRIKE     PHILTHRY 42-2079           86  82  0  153 HIGHLANDERS (1341)
AIMED BLOW       ASSASSIN 96-1802           32  19  4  144 BLOODY LEGION (1276)

The overall popularity leader is PELIS THE TRUE 42-3469.  The most popular warrior 
this turn was ZEUS 62-4010.  The ten other most popular fighters were DIGITALIS 
33-6862, GLAMDRING 33-2328, PHILTHRY 42-2079, PELIS THE TRUE 42-3469, KYLROI 40-4534, 
AAGRIVATOR 33-8248, WYVERN 33-2457, PAC-MAN 21-8191, WARDRA 82--9065, and SIR YVAIN 
60-9076.

The least popular fighter this week was STREET RACER 62-4751.  The other ten least 
popular fighters were SIR LUCAN 60-9077, LEONARD 21-8061, CROW HELM 82--8707, 
FATALITY 7-5820, ASSUR 18-7821, MIKEL 6-6190, WINNING SIDE 6-4276, AELFWINE 82-23244, 
ASSASSIN 96-1802, 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  2 0  ARADI(60)            0  2 0  
BONSUR(7)            0  1 0  ZENSU(40)            1  0 0  VALAMANTIS(62)       1  1 0  
TALCAMA(18)          0  1 0  RODEKI(42)           2  0 0  DWES EG(82)          3  0 0  
SUNSET(21)           1  1 0  NORTH FORK(47)       0  1 0  OLD VALAMANTIS(96)   1  0 0  

TOP WARRIOR OF EACH ARENA     W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 MIKEL 6-6190                85  97  3  177  THE LADY'S LIST (917)      TRANSEL
 FATALITY 7-5820             59  80  0  163  BRUTAL LEGION (1335)       BONSUR
 ASSUR 18-7821              106 147  2  200  ARROGANCE (732)            TALCAMA
 PAC-MAN 21-8191             30  27  1   78  DEAD LEGENDS (1385)        SUNSET
 GLAMDRING 33-2328           58  47  1  206  OBSIDIAN HALL (1370)       NIATOLI ISLAND
 KYLROI 40-4534              25   6  0   67  GRIZZLED VETERANS (1378)   ZENSU
 PELIS THE TRUE 42-3469      74 118  1  200  HIGHLANDERS (1341)         RODEKI
 BATTLE BANSHEE 47-7979      13   9  2  115  SPECTRAL STEEL (1386)      NORTH FORK
 SIR YVAIN 60-9076           19   8  2  113  MYTHICAL KNIGHTS (1384)    ARADI
 ZEUS 62-4010                79  62  0  201  LEGION OF LEGEND (1305)    VALAMANTIS
 WARDRA 82--9065             31  11  1  218  BLOODHAMMER CLAN (1387)    DWES EG
 ASSASSIN 96-1802            32  19  4  144  BLOODY LEGION (1276)       OLD VALAMANTIS

                                CHALLENGES AND AVOIDS

To clarify:  You issue Challenges to warriors, but Avoid teams.  
To Challenge, write that warrior's name and ID# in the space provided. 
To Avoid, write the team's name and Team ID in that space. 
Make sure you include the ID!

                     PAYMENTS BY CHECK AND MONEY ORDER -- CHANGE

Please note that because of new bank regulations, we can no longer accept any check or 
money order drawn off a non-US bank, even if it is in US Funds.  We were just informed 
by our bank that the fee to process these checks is $40, which is crazy high!

Many apologies to our foreign players, but you will need to either get a check from a 
US bank (Chase, Citigroup, etc.) or pay via credit card.  

                             * * * * *   MEMO  * * * * *

From:       The Office of Accurate Census Reporting, Gladiatorial Commission
To:         All Managers

In the interest of preserving our natural resources and preventing managerial writer's 
cramp, the census form has been eliminated, effective immediately.  Managers may 
register their warriors' races and/or favorite sayings by simply writing them on a 
separate piece of paper and submitting them to the Commission.  Each warrior may have 
up to 15 favorite sayings.  Each saying must be categorized Jeer, Gloat, Boredom, Ouch, 
Victory and may be up to 70 characters long.  For any questions, please contact the 
Gladiatorial Commission.