DARKHOLM SPORTING JOURNAL Date : 04/02/2018 Duedate: 04/14/2018 DARKHOLM ARENA DM 104 TURN 734 RANK TEAMS W L K % RANK TEAMS W L K % 1 LADIES OF QU 7/1404 10 5 0 66.7 3 ON MY BOOKS 72/1411 19 21 0 47.5 2 SHADOWHOLD 31/1405 242 252 2 49.0 4 HIGHLANDERS 42/1341 713 876 10 44.9 OBSIDIAN HALL 33/1370 5 OBELISK 005 1/1409 77 112 1 40.7 SPECTRAL STEEL 47/1386 SAND KINGS 69/1118 THE HOLY LEGION 10/490 COLLEGE RADIO 51/1365 BLOODHAMMER CLAN 82/1387 6 FEMMES FATAL 18/734 37 59 0 38.5 MYTHICAL KNIGHTS 60/1384 7 ARROGANCE 18/732 1627 2876 27 36.1 GRIZZLED VETERANS 40/1378 THE LADY'S LIST 6/917 UNLIKELY HEROES 18W 97/1408 REPORT FROM WITHIN THE TOWER Hullo! Well... there were two challenges today, but they were invalid due to the challengee having gone out of range. No avoids. GLAMDRING (33-2328) (78-50-1,318) of OBSIDIAN HALL fought PELIS THE TRUE (42-3469) (88-127-1,203) of HIGHLANDERS. GLAMDRING bested PELIS THE TRUE in a 2 minute Title fight. So, Glamdring is still the Keeper of the Runeblade, still the top TP, and still hasn't written a column. SIR YVAIN (60-9076) (28-22-2,226) of MYTHICAL KNIGHTS fought SOLACIA (104-24) (68-32- 0,225). SIR YVAIN devastated SOLACIA in an action packed 1 minute brutal one-sided duel. Sir Yvain is top Slasher. DIGITALIS (33-6862) (47-60-1,228) of OBSIDIAN HALL fought SHEWISH GIANT (104-25) (0-0- 0,181). DIGITALIS savagely defeated SHEWISH GIANT in a crowd pleasing 4 minute bloody duel. Digitalis is our top Parry-Riposte. MIKEL (6-6190) (94-111-3,203) of THE LADY'S LIST fought AELFWINE (82-23244) (30-20- 0,207) of BLOODHAMMER CLAN. MIKEL was savagely defeated by AELFWINE in an exciting 2 minute bloody fight. Aelfwine is top Lunger. BATTLE BANSHEE (47-7979) (21-24-2,198) of SPECTRAL STEEL fought KILLER KARCH (69-5668) (21-15-2,184) of SAND KINGS. BATTLE BANSHEE devastated KILLER KARCH in a 1 minute one-sided duel. The Banshee is top Striker. SIR LUCAN (60-9077) (32-24-0,204) of MYTHICAL KNIGHTS fought SOLACIA (104-24) (68-32- 0,225). SIR LUCAN was bested by SOLACIA in a crowd pleasing 3 minute bloody match. Sir Lucan is our top Aimed Blow. ASSUR (18-7821) (117-159-2,205) of ARROGANCE fought SEX KITTEN (18-4058) (31-20-1,151) of FEMMES FATAL. ASSUR overpowered SEX KITTEN in a 1 minute uneven melee. Assur is top Basher. JHAARAN (10-2017) (30-33-2,196) of THE HOLY LEGION fought PHILTHRY (42-2079) (97-94- 0,173) of HIGHLANDERS. JHAARAN was vanquished by PHILTHRY in a popular 4 minute gruesome uneven duel. Philthry is top Parry-Strike. KYLROI (40-4534) (34-20-0,158) of GRIZZLED VETERANS fought SHEWISH GIANT (104-25) (0- 0-0,181). KYLROI was vanquished by SHEWISH GIANT in a 1 minute one-sided fight. KANEN VILESTAR (31-6601) (24-14-0,173) of SHADOWHOLD fought CAPTURED CUTPURSE (104-6) (0-0-0,130). KANEN VILESTAR was savagely defeated by CAPTURED CUTPURSE in a popular 4 minute melee. Kanen Vilestar is top Wall of Steel. WARRIOR WIGHT (47-7978) (14-7-0,92) of SPECTRAL STEEL fought COCKY SPECTATOR (104-3) (0-0-0,0). WARRIOR WIGHT demolished COCKY SPECTATOR in a 1 minute mismatched match. MAJOR CINNAMON (97-6894) (7-7-4,45) of UNLIKELY HEROES 18W fought GOLDEN SPIKE (1- 1856) (18-19-0,62) of OBELISK 005. MAJOR CINNAMON bested GOLDEN SPIKE in an exciting 1 minute battle. SIX-GUN TAROT (72-8680) (12-6-0,42) of ON MY BOOKSHELF fought THE TEACH (7-6621) (31- 24-3,61) of LADIES OF QUALITY. SIX-GUN TAROT was bested by THE TEACH in a crowd pleasing 1 minute bout. THE RAVEN (51-3875) (21-10-2,49) of COLLEGE RADIO fought ZYRO (33-8118) (29-29-0,78) of OBSIDIAN HALL. THE RAVEN was overcome by ZYRO in a 2 minute fight. We were well into spring, and suddenly, four inches of snow! According to the Unknown Spymaster, "An apple a day keeps the doctor away, but an onion a day keeps the TPs at bay." I doubt it. Some TPs are pretty rank, themselves. Anyway, what keeps the snow away? A high pressure front? They don't have those at the market. Well... that's all, then. Cheerio! -- Malic of Talcama KEEPER OF THE RUNEBLADE W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY GLAMDRING 33-2328 79 50 1 324 OBSIDIAN HALL (1370) NIYTYOLE ISLAND GRAND CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY SIR YVAIN 60-9076 29 22 2 255 MYTHICAL KNIGHTS (1384) ARADI DIGITALIS 33-6862 48 60 1 231 OBSIDIAN HALL (1370) NIYTYOLE ISLAND AELFWINE 82-23244 31 20 0 215 BLOODHAMMER CLAN (1387) DWES EG GRAND CHAMPIONS W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY ASSUR 18-7821 118 159 2 209 ARROGANCE (732) TALCAMA SIR LUCAN 60-9077 32 25 0 207 MYTHICAL KNIGHTS (1384) ARADI BATTLE BANSHEE 47-7979 22 24 2 207 SPECTRAL STEEL (1386) NORTH FORK PELIS THE TRUE 42-3469 88 128 1 203 HIGHLANDERS (1341) RODEKI MIKEL 6-6190 94 112 3 199 THE LADY'S LIST (917) TRANSEL PHILTHRY 42-2079 98 94 0 198 HIGHLANDERS (1341) RODEKI GRAND CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY KILLER KARCH 69-5668 21 16 2 178 SAND KINGS (1118) CIMMERIAC JHAARAN 10-2017 30 34 2 176 THE HOLY LEGION (490) KOLACT KYLROI 40-4534 34 21 0 154 GRIZZLED VETERANS (1378) ZENSU SEX KITTEN 18-4058 31 21 1 153 FEMMES FATAL (734) TALCAMA GRAND ADEPTS W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY KANEN VILESTAR 31-6601 24 15 0 149 SHADOWHOLD (1405) CHIMLEVTAL GRAND CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY WARRIOR WIGHT 47-7978 15 7 0 94 SPECTRAL STEEL (1386) NORTH FORK GRAND INITIATES W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY ZYRO 33-8118 30 29 0 83 OBSIDIAN HALL (1370) NIYTYOLE ISLAND THE TEACH 7-6621 32 24 3 65 LADIES OF QUALITY (1404) BONSUR MAJOR CINNAMON 97-6894 8 7 4 59 UNLIKELY HEROES 18W (1408) SHADOW GROVE THE RAVEN 51-3875 21 11 2 52 COLLEGE RADIO (1365) TRICORUS GOLDEN SPIKE 1-1856 18 20 0 49 OBELISK 005 (1409) MORDANT GRAND INITIATES W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY SIX-GUN TAROT 72-8680 12 7 0 44 ON MY BOOKSHELF (1411) DRAGONHEAD '-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn. THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE Glamdring -- Augh! That hurts. At least I hurt you back. -- Pelis the True LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS GLAMDRING bested PELIS THE TRUE in a 2 minute Title fight. SIR YVAIN devastated SOLACIA in a action packed 1 minute brutal one-sided duel. DIGITALIS savagely defeated SHEWISH GIANT in a crowd pleasing 4 minute bloody duel. MIKEL was savagely defeated by AELFWINE in a exciting 2 minute bloody fight. BATTLE BANSHEE devastated KILLER KARCH in a 1 minute one-sided duel. SIR LUCAN was bested by SOLACIA in a crowd pleasing 3 minute bloody match. ASSUR overpowered SEX KITTEN in a 1 minute uneven melee. JHAARAN was vanquished by PHILTHRY in a popular 4 minute gruesome uneven duel. KYLROI was vanquished by SHEWISH GIANT in a 1 minute one-sided fight. KANEN VILESTAR was savagely defeated by CAPTURED CUTPURSE in a popular 4 minute melee. WARRIOR WIGHT demolished COCKY SPECTATOR in a 1 minute mismatched match. MAJOR CINNAMON bested GOLDEN SPIKE in a exciting 1 minute battle. SIX-GUN TAROT was bested by THE TEACH in a crowd pleasing 1 minute bout. THE RAVEN was overcome by ZYRO in a 2 minute fight. BATTLE REPORT MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS |FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT| |SLASHING ATTACK 4 PARRY-RIPOSTE 12 - 6 - 0 67 | |LUNGING ATTACK 3 TOTAL PARRY 12 - 8 - 0 60 | |BASHING ATTACK 3 SLASHING ATTACK 13 - 13 - 0 50 | |AIMED BLOW 3 LUNGING ATTACK 11 - 12 - 0 48 | |PARRY-STRIKE 2 STRIKING ATTACK 5 - 6 - 0 45 | |PARRY-RIPOSTE 2 AIMED BLOW 11 - 14 - 0 44 | |STRIKING ATTACK 2 BASHING ATTACK 11 - 14 - 0 44 | |TOTAL PARRY 2 PARRY-STRIKE 6 - 9 - 0 40 | |WALL OF STEEL 1 WALL OF STEEL 3 - 7 - 0 30 | |PARRY-LUNGE 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 - 0 0 | Turn 734 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 2 - 0 BASHING ATTACK 1 - 2 3 SLASHING ATTACK PARRY-RIPOSTE 2 - 0 SLASHING ATTACK 1 - 3 2 BASHING ATTACK LUNGING ATTACK 3 - 0 AIMED BLOW 0 - 3 1 TOTAL PARRY STRIKING ATTACK 1 - 1 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE TOTAL PARRY 1 - 1 WALL OF STEEL 0 - 1 1 LUNGING ATTACK 1 AIMED BLOW 1 STRIKING ATTACK 1 PARRY-STRIKE TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME TOTAL PARRY GLAMDRING 33-2328 79 50 1 324 OBSIDIAN HALL (1370) SLASHING ATTACK SIR YVAIN 60-9076 29 22 2 255 MYTHICAL KNIGHTS (1384) PARRY-RIPOSTE DIGITALIS 33-6862 48 60 1 231 OBSIDIAN HALL (1370) LUNGING ATTACK AELFWINE 82-23244 31 20 0 215 BLOODHAMMER CLAN (1387) BASHING ATTACK ASSUR 18-7821 118 159 2 209 ARROGANCE (732) FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME AIMED BLOW SIR LUCAN 60-9077 32 25 0 207 MYTHICAL KNIGHTS (1384) STRIKING ATTACK BATTLE BANSHEE 47-7979 22 24 2 207 SPECTRAL STEEL (1386) PARRY-STRIKE PHILTHRY 42-2079 98 94 0 198 HIGHLANDERS (1341) WALL OF STEEL KANEN VILESTAR 31-6601 24 15 0 149 SHADOWHOLD (1405) 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 DIGITALIS 33-6862, AELFWINE 82-23244, SIR LUCAN 60-9077, KANEN VILESTAR 31-6601, SIR YVAIN 60-9076, MIKEL 6-6190, GLAMDRING 33-2328, JHAARAN 10-2017, WARRIOR WIGHT 47-7978, and THE RAVEN 51-3875. The least popular fighter this week was SEX KITTEN 18-4058. The other ten least popular fighters were KYLROI 40-4534, KILLER KARCH 69-5668, SIX-GUN TAROT 72-8680, MAJOR CINNAMON 97-6894, ASSUR 18-7821, BATTLE BANSHEE 47-7979, THE TEACH 7-6621, GOLDEN SPIKE 1-1856, PELIS THE TRUE 42-3469, and ZYRO 33-8118. Arena (Number) W L K Arena (Number) W L K Arena (Number) W L K MORDANT(1) 0 1 0 NIYTYOLE ISLAND(33) 3 0 0 ARADI(60) 1 1 0 TRANSEL(6) 0 1 0 ZENSU(40) 0 1 0 CIMMERIAC(69) 0 1 0 BONSUR(7) 1 0 0 RODEKI(42) 1 1 0 DRAGONHEAD(72) 0 1 0 KOLACT(10) 0 1 0 NORTH FORK(47) 2 0 0 DWES EG(82) 1 0 0 TALCAMA(18) 1 1 0 TRICORUS(51) 0 1 0 SHADOW GROVE(97) 1 0 0 CHIMLEVTAL(31) 0 1 0 TOP WARRIOR OF EACH ARENA W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY GOLDEN SPIKE 1-1856 18 20 0 49 OBELISK 005 (1409) MORDANT MIKEL 6-6190 94 112 3 199 THE LADY'S LIST (917) TRANSEL THE TEACH 7-6621 32 24 3 65 LADIES OF QUALITY (1404) BONSUR JHAARAN 10-2017 30 34 2 176 THE HOLY LEGION (490) KOLACT ASSUR 18-7821 118 159 2 209 ARROGANCE (732) TALCAMA KANEN VILESTAR 31-6601 24 15 0 149 SHADOWHOLD (1405) CHIMLEVTAL GLAMDRING 33-2328 79 50 1 324 OBSIDIAN HALL (1370) NIYTYOLE ISLAND KYLROI 40-4534 34 21 0 154 GRIZZLED VETERANS (1378) ZENSU PELIS THE TRUE 42-3469 88 128 1 203 HIGHLANDERS (1341) RODEKI BATTLE BANSHEE 47-7979 22 24 2 207 SPECTRAL STEEL (1386) NORTH FORK THE RAVEN 51-3875 21 11 2 52 COLLEGE RADIO (1365) TRICORUS SIR YVAIN 60-9076 29 22 2 255 MYTHICAL KNIGHTS (1384) ARADI KILLER KARCH 69-5668 21 16 2 178 SAND KINGS (1118) CIMMERIAC SIX-GUN TAROT 72-8680 12 7 0 44 ON MY BOOKSHELF (1411) DRAGONHEAD AELFWINE 82-23244 31 20 0 215 BLOODHAMMER CLAN (1387) DWES EG MAJOR CINNAMON 97-6894 8 7 4 59 UNLIKELY HEROES 18W (1408) SHADOW GROVE NAME CHANGE-O-RAMA Algernon, who had NOT gotten the name change he'd asked for, looked at the latest petitioner. This was a typical gladiator, big, muscular, and scarred, with a frown. "Ah, what can I do for you?" "Name change. I heard we can do that. I'm tired of being Jane Doe." "I'd think you would be," Algernon said faintly. "The Commission has actually been thinking about this. It isn't FREE, mind you! It takes money to run our office, you know, and we want to buy some goats--" "I don't care about goats!" He made a crude suggestion about goats. "Gladiators, teams, it will cost you two dollars to make a change--" "I had a talk with my manager. He'll find the money. I want to change my name to Jane Ralph. I'm no doe!" He thumped a fist on the counter. "Er, yes. Jane Ralph. Fill out this form, please." He pushed the paper across the counter. "The changes start on the 15th of April--that's the Ides, you know, and can be submitted through the end of May. With the payment. No change without the goat, ah, the gold." * * * * * Warrior and team name changes will be accepted beginning April 15 and continuing throughout the month of May. The cost will be $2 per name change. All proceeds will be used to buy goats via Heifer International and will be matched up to $500. If you have names you want to change, please contact Customer Service. -- RSI