DARKHOLM SPORTING JOURNAL

Date   : 04/30/2018    Duedate: 05/12/2018

DARKHOLM ARENA

DM 104    TURN 736

RANK TEAMS                 W    L   K    %  RANK TEAMS                 W    L   K    % 
  1 LADIES OF QU 7/1404   12    5   0 70.6    3 ON MY BOOKS 72/1411   19   23   0 45.2
  2 SHADOWHOLD 31/1405   255  263   2 49.2    4 HIGHLANDERS 42/1341  715  878  10 44.9
    OBSIDIAN HALL 33/1370                     5 OBELISK 005 1/1409    80  115   1 41.0
    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   38   60   0 38.8
    MYTHICAL KNIGHTS 60/1384                  7 ARROGANCE 18/732    1629 2878  27 36.1
    GRIZZLED VETERANS 40/1378                   THE LADY'S LIST 6/917
    UNLIKELY HEROES 18W 97/1408               8 OINGO BOINGO 6/1389    2   15   0 11.8

                             REPORT FROM WITHIN THE TOWER

Hullo!

And a merry Mayday to all of you!

There were 13 fights today, one challenge, no avoids, no deaths.  Yay!

SEX KITTEN (18-4058) (32-21-1,171) of FEMMES FATAL challenged SIR LUCAN (60-9077) (32-
26-0,175) of MYTHICAL KNIGHTS.  SEX KITTEN was bested by SIR LUCAN in a crowd pleasing 
2 minute Challenge fight.  And so, Sir Lucan remains our most feared Aimed Blow.  At 
least, I'm a little afraid of him.  Isn't he a... um... werewolf?  No offense 
intended.  It's those yellow eyes.

GLAMDRING (33-2328) (80-50-1,334) of OBSIDIAN HALL fought ASSUR (18-7821) (119-159-
2,220) of ARROGANCE.  GLAMDRING slimly won victory over ASSUR in a 2 minute gruesome 
Title battle.  Argh!  So close, but we still have Glamdring as our Keeper of the 
Runeblade and highest ranked TP, with no prospect of a column.  I haven't seen a DM 
column in a very long time!

SIR YVAIN (60-9076) (30-22-2,269) of MYTHICAL KNIGHTS fought SHEWISH GIANT (104-25) 
(0-0-0,181).  SIR YVAIN demolished SHEWISH GIANT in a crowd pleasing 2 minute bloody 
uneven fight.  That's pretty good!  Shewish giants are tough.  Sir Yvain is top 
Slasher and I hope the stand-ins get well treated at the infirmary because those were 
some pretty alarming cuts.

DIGITALIS (33-6862) (49-60-1,239) of OBSIDIAN HALL fought PHILTHRY (42-2079) (98-95-
0,191) of HIGHLANDERS.  DIGITALIS was savagely defeated by PHILTHRY in an exciting 6 
minute bloody fight.  Digitalis is top Parry-Riposte and Philthry is top Parry-Strike.

AELFWINE (82-23244) (32-20-0,224) of BLOODHAMMER CLAN fought FERD THE TOWER (104-27) 
(120-15-8,280).  AELFWINE was devastated by FERD THE TOWER in a crowd pleasing 1 
minute one-sided duel.  Aelfwine is still our top Lunger, and there's no shame in 
losing to the mighty Ferd.

BATTLE BANSHEE (47-7979) (22-25-2,190) of SPECTRAL STEEL fought SHEWISH GIANT (104-25) 
(0-0-0,181).  BATTLE BANSHEE devastated SHEWISH GIANT in a 1 minute one-sided 
competition.  That poor Shew!  Getting beaten twice in a row.  The Banshee is top 
Striker.

PELIS THE TRUE (42-3469) (88-129-1,198) of HIGHLANDERS fought KANEN VILESTAR (31-6601) 
(25-15-0,155) of SHADOWHOLD.  PELIS THE TRUE vanquished KANEN VILESTAR in a popular 1 
minute uneven duel.  Mr. True is top Basher, while Mr. Vilestar is top Wall of Steel.  
Pelis the True is also our overall popularity leader.  Do Bashers get that honor very 
often?  I don't know.

JHAARAN (10-2017) (31-34-2,186) of THE HOLY LEGION fought MIKEL (6-6190) (94-113-
3,197) of THE LADY'S LIST.  JHAARAN was vanquished by MIKEL in a popular 1 minute 
brutal one-sided duel.

KILLER KARCH (69-5668) (21-17-2,175) of SAND KINGS fought KYLROI (40-4534) (34-22-
0,146) of GRIZZLED VETERANS.  KILLER KARCH handily defeated KYLROI in an exciting 1 
minute one-sided bout.

WARRIOR WIGHT (47-7978) (16-7-0,96) of SPECTRAL STEEL fought THE RAVEN (51-3875) (22-
11-2,77) of COLLEGE RADIO.  WARRIOR WIGHT demolished THE RAVEN in a 1 minute 
mismatched competition.

MAJOR CINNAMON (97-6894) (9-7-4,82) of UNLIKELY HEROES 18W fought THE TEACH (7-6621) 
(33-24-3,69) of LADIES OF QUALITY.  MAJOR CINNAMON was demolished by THE TEACH in a 
popular 4 minute mismatched match.

SIX-GUN TAROT (72-8680) (12-8-0,54) of ON MY BOOKSHELF fought WINNING SIDE (6-4276) 
(17-20-1,78) of OINGO BOINGO.  SIX-GUN TAROT was overcome by WINNING SIDE in an action 
packed 1 minute fight.

ZYRO (33-8118) (30-30-0,66) of OBSIDIAN HALL fought GOLDEN SPIKE (1-1856) (18-21-0,51) 
of OBELISK 005.  ZYRO was overpowered by GOLDEN SPIKE in an action packed 1 minute 
uneven struggle.  Zyro was voted this turn's least popular fighter.  Ouch!  But it 
will pass.

Did you notice how many of the fights today were action packed, exciting, or crowd 
pleasing?  Lots!  That's because Darkholm is an exciting place.

Anyway.  Spring.  Enjoy!  And cheerio!

Malic of Talcama

KEEPER OF THE RUNEBLADE        W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 GLAMDRING 33-2328            81  50  1  340  OBSIDIAN HALL (1370)       NIYTYOLE ISLAND

GRAND CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS     W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 SIR YVAIN 60-9076            31  22  2  277  MYTHICAL KNIGHTS (1384)    ARADI

GRAND CHAMPIONS                W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 AELFWINE 82-23244            32  21  0  210  BLOODHAMMER CLAN (1387)    DWES EG
 MIKEL 6-6190                 95 113  3  205  THE LADY'S LIST (917)      TRANSEL
 PELIS THE TRUE 42-3469       89 129  1  205  HIGHLANDERS (1341)         RODEKI
 ASSUR 18-7821               119 160  2  204  ARROGANCE (732)            TALCAMA
 PHILTHRY 42-2079             99  95  0  204  HIGHLANDERS (1341)         RODEKI
 BATTLE BANSHEE 47-7979       23  25  2  199  SPECTRAL STEEL (1386)      NORTH FORK
 DIGITALIS 33-6862            49  61  1  194  OBSIDIAN HALL (1370)       NIYTYOLE ISLAND
 SIR LUCAN 60-9077            33  26  0  188  MYTHICAL KNIGHTS (1384)    ARADI
 KILLER KARCH 69-5668         22  17  2  185  SAND KINGS (1118)          CIMMERIAC

GRAND CHALLENGER ADEPTS        W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 JHAARAN 10-2017              31  35  2  179  THE HOLY LEGION (490)      KOLACT
 SEX KITTEN 18-4058           32  22  1  172  FEMMES FATAL (734)         TALCAMA
 KANEN VILESTAR 31-6601       25  16  0  156  SHADOWHOLD (1405)          CHIMLEVTAL

GRAND ADEPTS                   W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 KYLROI 40-4534               34  23  0  144  GRIZZLED VETERANS (1378)   ZENSU

GRAND ADEPTS                   W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 WARRIOR WIGHT 47-7978        17   7  0  108  SPECTRAL STEEL (1386)      NORTH FORK

GRAND INITIATES                W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 THE TEACH 7-6621             34  24  3   90  LADIES OF QUALITY (1404)   BONSUR
 WINNING SIDE 6-4276          18  20  1   80  OINGO BOINGO (1389)        TRANSEL
 THE RAVEN 51-3875            22  12  2   75  COLLEGE RADIO (1365)       TRICORUS
 GOLDEN SPIKE 1-1856          19  21  0   72  OBELISK 005 (1409)         MORDANT
 MAJOR CINNAMON 97-6894        9   8  4   68  UNLIKELY HEROES 18W (1408) SHADOW GROVE
 SIX-GUN TAROT 72-8680        12   9  0   55  ON MY BOOKSHELF (1411)     DRAGONHEAD
 ZYRO 33-8118                 30  31  0   48  OBSIDIAN HALL (1370)       NIYTYOLE ISLAND

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

THE DEAD                   W   L  K TEAM NAME              SLAIN BY                  TURN

                               PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE

Digitalis -- That was a close fight.  Congratulations. -- Pelis the True

Sir Yvain -- Rude. -- Philthry

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

SEX KITTEN was bested by SIR LUCAN in a crowd pleasing 2 minute Challenge fight.
GLAMDRING slimly won victory over ASSUR in a 2 minute gruesome Title battle.
SIR YVAIN demolished SHEWISH GIANT in a crowd pleasing 2 minute bloody uneven fight.
DIGITALIS was savagely defeated by PHILTHRY in a exciting 6 minute bloody fight.
AELFWINE was devastated by FERD THE TOWER in a crowd pleasing 1 minute one-sided duel.
BATTLE BANSHEE devastated SHEWISH GIANT in a 1 minute one-sided competition.
PELIS THE TRUE vanquished KANEN VILESTAR in a popular 1 minute uneven duel.
JHAARAN was vanquished by MIKEL in a popular 1 minute brutal one-sided duel.
KILLER KARCH handily defeated KYLROI in a exciting 1 minute one-sided bout.
WARRIOR WIGHT demolished THE RAVEN in a 1 minute mismatched competition.
MAJOR CINNAMON was demolished by THE TEACH in a popular 4 minute mismatched match.
SIX-GUN TAROT was overcome by WINNING SIDE in a action packed 1 minute fight.
ZYRO was overpowered by GOLDEN SPIKE in a action packed 1 minute uneven struggle.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|SLASHING ATTACK                  5         PARRY-RIPOSTE     14 -   4 -  0      78  |
|AIMED BLOW                       3         TOTAL PARRY       13 -   7 -  0      65  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   3         SLASHING ATTACK   16 -  15 -  0      52  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   3         LUNGING ATTACK    12 -  13 -  0      48  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     2         BASHING ATTACK    12 -  15 -  0      44  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    2         AIMED BLOW        11 -  16 -  0      41  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  2         STRIKING ATTACK    5 -   8 -  0      38  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      2         PARRY-STRIKE       6 -  11 -  0      35  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    1         WALL OF STEEL      3 -   7 -  0      30  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      0         PARRY-LUNGE        0 -   0 -  0       0  |

Turn 736 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:

SLASHING ATTACK    4 -  1     LUNGING ATTACK     1 -  2         3  SLASHING ATTACK
AIMED BLOW         2 -  1     BASHING ATTACK     1 -  2         2  BASHING ATTACK 
PARRY-STRIKE       1 -  1     PARRY-LUNGE        0 -  0         1  TOTAL PARRY    
PARRY-RIPOSTE      1 -  1     WALL OF STEEL      0 -  1         1  LUNGING ATTACK 
STRIKING ATTACK    1 -  1                                       1  PARRY-STRIKE   
TOTAL PARRY        1 -  1                                       1  STRIKING ATTACK
                                                                1  PARRY-RIPOSTE  
                                                                1  AIMED BLOW     

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
TOTAL PARRY      GLAMDRING 33-2328          81  50  1  340 OBSIDIAN HALL (1370)
SLASHING ATTACK  SIR YVAIN 60-9076          31  22  2  277 MYTHICAL KNIGHTS (1384)
LUNGING ATTACK   AELFWINE 82-23244          32  21  0  210 BLOODHAMMER CLAN (1387)
BASHING ATTACK   PELIS THE TRUE 42-3469     89 129  1  205 HIGHLANDERS (1341)
PARRY-STRIKE     PHILTHRY 42-2079           99  95  0  204 HIGHLANDERS (1341)
STRIKING ATTACK  BATTLE BANSHEE 47-7979     23  25  2  199 SPECTRAL STEEL (1386)
PARRY-RIPOSTE    DIGITALIS 33-6862          49  61  1  194 OBSIDIAN HALL (1370)
AIMED BLOW       SIR LUCAN 60-9077          33  26  0  188 MYTHICAL KNIGHTS (1384)
WALL OF STEEL    KANEN VILESTAR 31-6601     25  16  0  156 SHADOWHOLD (1405)

The overall popularity leader is PELIS THE TRUE 42-3469.  The most popular warrior 
this turn was THE TEACH 7-6621.  The ten other most popular fighters were PHILTHRY 
42-2079, DIGITALIS 33-6862, SIR YVAIN 60-9076, SEX KITTEN 18-4058, SIR LUCAN 60-9077, 
PELIS THE TRUE 42-3469, GOLDEN SPIKE 1-1856, GLAMDRING 33-2328, BATTLE BANSHEE 
47-7979, and MIKEL 6-6190.

The least popular fighter this week was ZYRO 33-8118.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were THE RAVEN 51-3875, KANEN VILESTAR 31-6601, SIX-GUN TAROT 72-8680, MAJOR 
CINNAMON 97-6894, KYLROI 40-4534, JHAARAN 10-2017, AELFWINE 82-23244, WINNING SIDE 
6-4276, WARRIOR WIGHT 47-7978, and ASSUR 18-7821.

Arena (Number)       W  L K  Arena (Number)       W  L K  Arena (Number)       W  L K  
MORDANT(1)           1  0 0  NIYTYOLE ISLAND(33)  1  2 0  ARADI(60)            2  0 0  
TRANSEL(6)           2  0 0  ZENSU(40)            0  1 0  CIMMERIAC(69)        1  0 0  
BONSUR(7)            1  0 0  RODEKI(42)           2  0 0  DRAGONHEAD(72)       0  1 0  
KOLACT(10)           0  1 0  NORTH FORK(47)       2  0 0  DWES EG(82)          0  1 0  
TALCAMA(18)          0  2 0  TRICORUS(51)         0  1 0  SHADOW GROVE(97)     0  1 0  
CHIMLEVTAL(31)       0  1 0  

TOP WARRIOR OF EACH ARENA     W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 GOLDEN SPIKE 1-1856         19  21  0   72  OBELISK 005 (1409)         MORDANT
 MIKEL 6-6190                95 113  3  205  THE LADY'S LIST (917)      TRANSEL
 THE TEACH 7-6621            34  24  3   90  LADIES OF QUALITY (1404)   BONSUR
 JHAARAN 10-2017             31  35  2  179  THE HOLY LEGION (490)      KOLACT
 ASSUR 18-7821              119 160  2  204  ARROGANCE (732)            TALCAMA
 KANEN VILESTAR 31-6601      25  16  0  156  SHADOWHOLD (1405)          CHIMLEVTAL
 GLAMDRING 33-2328           81  50  1  340  OBSIDIAN HALL (1370)       NIYTYOLE ISLAND
 KYLROI 40-4534              34  23  0  144  GRIZZLED VETERANS (1378)   ZENSU
 PELIS THE TRUE 42-3469      89 129  1  205  HIGHLANDERS (1341)         RODEKI
 BATTLE BANSHEE 47-7979      23  25  2  199  SPECTRAL STEEL (1386)      NORTH FORK
 THE RAVEN 51-3875           22  12  2   75  COLLEGE RADIO (1365)       TRICORUS
 SIR YVAIN 60-9076           31  22  2  277  MYTHICAL KNIGHTS (1384)    ARADI
 KILLER KARCH 69-5668        22  17  2  185  SAND KINGS (1118)          CIMMERIAC
 SIX-GUN TAROT 72-8680       12   9  0   55  ON MY BOOKSHELF (1411)     DRAGONHEAD
 AELFWINE 82-23244           32  21  0  210  BLOODHAMMER CLAN (1387)    DWES EG
 MAJOR CINNAMON 97-6894       9   8  4   68  UNLIKELY HEROES 18W (1408) SHADOW GROVE

                 TOURNAMENT PRIZE CLARIFICATION:  SPRING 2018 MAIL-IN

The prize for this most recent tournament was a Clone / Twin prize: 

One potion, which when applied on any Natural Warrior, dead or alive, which will 
either make a Clone or Twin of that warrior at birth.  A clone is one exact copy of 
the warrior; a Twin may be a different style and will be rolled ten times and the best 
shall be chosen.  The new warrior may be added to any team.  A Natural Warrior is 
defined as a warrior that was not created with the use or a prize, nor has ever had a 
prize used on it at any time in the past.  Warriors may be cloned only once by their 
own manager, and once by another.  The owner of the warrior that is cloned or twinned 
must give permission.  Please remember, you must use all prizes within six months of 
the tourney when they were won.