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Date : 10/25/2011 Duedate: 11/07/2011
STORM ROCK ARENA
DM 107 TURN 7
RANK TEAMS W L K % RANK TEAMS W L K %
1 END 13/298 18 9 1 66.7 BASKET WEAVING 101 60/330
SHEPHERDS 18/359 INSP GADGETS MINIONS 7/302
NEXT GENERATION 58/368 6-FEFF-M 106 43/344 3 3 0 50.0
BASHAHOLICS ANON 59/375 AMERICAN MUSCLE 81/345
FOUND IN THE SAND 32/360 7-DARQUE AGES 81/335 6 7 0 46.2
GOT IT FOR CHRISTMAS 65/361 DARQUE FORCES 31/318
2 COLOR ME SUA 42/365 33 18 0 64.7 DARQUE FORCES 45/348
CENTER FOR OLDS 18/364 DARQUE FORCES II 50/373
3 FUCHI OWNED 81/346 5 3 0 62.5 IMPROVED ILLUSION 59/349
4 SEA DOGS 1/300 8 6 0 57.1 8 MID EARTH 29/316 11 14 0 44.0
SEA DOGS 18/309 YAMA BUSHI 30/317
DUNGEON CELL 42/347 CLAN LONGBEARD 81/374
5-BLACKMAIL 73/353 12 10 0 54.5 9 OF WOLF AND 81/343 12 17 0 41.4
BLOOD SUCKERS 5/350 10-VIKINGS 10/355 7 12 0 36.8
ALL-STAR NANA'S 67/357 SENTINELS 7/354
KIWI CONNECTION 39/352 NOMADIC TRIBE 21/310
THE FAMILY TREE 73/358 DRAGONBANE GUILD 81/334
ALL THE MUN'S MEN 14/356 11-SOUL STRIPPER 6/371 1 1 0 50.0
THE GUARDIAN'S FORUM
Reflections by the Champion of the Horn
I feel particularly regal today. Perhaps it's because the throne cushion has
been form fitted to my butt after sitting here so long. Maybe it's the stares of
admiration as I descend into the arena and pulverize anyone who dares challenge me.
Even my reflection in the mirror this morning looked more kinglike than usual. As
such, I've determined I should have some kind of court. Magicians, advisors,
jousters, and jesters. And yet, when I look around the arena, I see only an
overabundance of fools. Woeful warriors, moronic managers, and a silly spy reporter?
Does Storm Rock have nothing better to offer than a parade of unfunny fools? (sigh)
Because I didn't receive any higher calling this split, I suppose I'll grace you
all with my presence for another semester. You needn't necessarily feel compelled to
bow or curtsy as I pass. I already see the awe and respect in your eyes.
Until next turn, remember: a level playing field requires you to get the ball
rolling.
-- Four of Spades
REPORT FROM WITHIN THE TOWER
So! Our Champion of the Horn thinks I'm a "silly spy reporter," does he? I
considered letting the Novgorodny Vir golem take the report, just to show him what
"silly" can be. But no, I am dedicated! I will do my job.
And it's my job to say that Storm Rock is looking a little thin these days.
Only sixteen fights, and six of those involved standbys. So twenty-six managed
gladiators active at the present, and I know you're not tourney-timing. Three
challenges, no more.
Josh got the biggest point gain, putting seventeen points in his pocket. Why
the pocket, I can't say, but if it works for him, fine. The Hyphen-Dash had the
biggest drop, eleven points, after losing to a standby.
Mid Earth was most avoided, and Got It for Christmas did most of that avoiding.
Possibly all of it, since Assurnasirbanipal (it's his team) is the only manager who
issued challenges today, and thus possibly the only one who bothered to avoid.
Challenges and avoids are valuable tools of management, why not use them? Pinch
Blister got the most challenges.
THE HYPHEN-DASH (42-4499) (16-10-1,51) of COLOR ME SUAVE fought R.O.U.S. (107-4)
(0-0-0,50) of Fine Imported Standbys. THE HYPHEN-DASH was demolished by R.O.U.S. in
a 1 minute one-sided bout. Embarrassing, but it could have been worse. He could
have fought a standby ranked well below him. And some people just don't "do" rats.
JELLO KNUCKLES (42-4554) (30-7-0,73) of COLOR ME SUAVE fought JOSH (18-9109)
(20-5-0,78) of SHEPHERDS. JELLO KNUCKLES was bested by JOSH in an exciting 1 minute
fight. A fight involving gladiators trained by our two most-involved managers, Suave
and Assur.
ZEVRAN (81-1258) (20-27-1,82) of OF WOLF AND MAN fought JEHLCH (29-5528) (21-18-
2,71) of MID EARTH. ZEVRAN was bested by JEHLCH in a 3 minute brawl. I would hope
that Jehlch did well out of this fight, though I'm not going to dig out the papers
and check. Still, he was a bit of an underdog. This is Tripwire and Visionist.
LAZY LOOKOUT (42-4504) (30-25-1,99) of DUNGEON CELL fought GAD (18-9239) (27-19-
1,88) of SHEPHERDS. LAZY LOOKOUT viciously subdued GAD in an action packed 2 minute
brutal duel. Not so lazy today. One Armed Bandit and Assur.
DOMINATRIX (81-583) (23-16-3,97) of OF WOLF AND MAN fought LHISSON (29-5456)
(27-22-0,79) of MID EARTH. DOMINATRIX viciously subdued LHISSON in an action packed
1 minute gory fight. Clearly, Dominatrix is well named. Lhisson was lucky to get
out of this alive! Tripwire and Visionist.
PLANKTON (18-9748) (26-25-2,115) of SEA DOGS fought 1977 AMC MATADOR (42-4116)
(39-26-0,91) of COLOR ME SUAVE. PLANKTON savagely defeated 1977 AMC MATADOR in a
popular 2 minute bloody brawl. Plankton in the engine, perhaps? One Armed Bandit
and Suave.
RINDEL (29-5346) (28-19-0,138) of MID EARTH fought FROO-FROO (18-9589) (38-30-
3,145) of CENTER FOR OLDS. RINDEL was devastated by FROO-FROO in an exciting 1
minute mismatched conflict. Some people just can't take the froo-froo. Visionist
and Suave.
ALMOST PRETTY (42-4496) (36-27-0,130) of COLOR ME SUAVE fought EVIL INPUTTER
(107-7) (0-0-0,110) of Fine Imported Standbys. ALMOST PRETTY overpowered EVIL
INPUTTER in a 3 minute brutal one-sided fight. An easy win, perhaps, but defeating
the Evil Inputter always brings a cheer from the other gladiators. Suave.
HEINRIK (81-1257) (25-24-1,121) of CLAN LONGBEARD fought ARIOCH (81-996) (26-18-
2,112) of OF WOLF AND MAN. HEINRIK vanquished ARIOCH in an exciting 1 minute
gruesome one-sided fight. A long beard doesn't mean Heinrik can't fight. Visionist
and Tripwire. Are you noticing a certain limitation in the active managers here
today?
MOIST TOWELETTE (42-4430) (46-40-4,196) of COLOR ME SUAVE fought ARENAMASTER
SANDAVOL (107-28) (0-0-0,200) of Fine Imported Standbys. MOIST TOWELETTE vanquished
ARENAMASTER SANDAVOL in a popular 1 minute uneven duel. And this kind of victory
brings an even bigger cheer from the other gladiators. Ah, to be immortal, where a
fight with the arenamaster no longer means near-certain death! Suave's Towelette.
DELAWARE RUN (42-4400) (73-54-5,223) of COLOR ME SUAVE fought GOJIRO (107-31)
(0-0-0,220) of Fine Imported Standbys. DELAWARE RUN devastated GOJIRO in an action
packed 2 minute one-sided competition. I should hope so. Suave again. Very active,
Suave. Good for him.
TOE PUPPET (18-9544) (70-39-0,262) of CENTER FOR OLDS fought TELGOR (107-27) (0-
0-0,200) of Fine Imported Standbys. TOE PUPPET was vanquished by TELGOR in an
exciting 2 minute mismatched fight. And it looks to me like Toe should be glad for
the absence of a Dark Arena. That was a silly loss, if you will. One of Suave's
again.
The challenges, all by Assurnasirbanipal:
VIRGINIA, NO SANTA (65-6623) (24-11-1,144) of GOT IT FOR CHRISTMAS challenged
PINCH BLISTER (18-9859) (28-21-0,112) of CENTER FOR OLDS. Down 32. VIRGINIA, NO
SANTA lost to PINCH BLISTER in a crowd pleasing 3 minute Challenge brawl. Tcha!
Challenge down if you want, Virginia, but don't LOSE. Assur and Suave.
SHINY PENNY (32-3789) (57-108-2,167) of FOUND IN THE SAND challenged GRATH (81-
581) (29-13-1,155) of OF WOLF AND MAN. Down 12. SHINY PENNY vanquished GRATH in an
exciting 1 minute gory uneven Challenge battle. Not a surprise. Assur and Tripwire.
LUC STARWALKER (58-6100) (43-38-0,170) of NEXT GENERATION challenged TING-TING
(81-776) (30-14-0,132) of FUCHI OWNED. Down 38. LUC STARWALKER devastated TING-TING
in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge fight. Are these old, left-over challenges?
Assur and Hombre, I think.
For the title, not only a random match, but a standby! Horrors!
FOUR OF SPADES (42-4234) (61-40-2,268) of COLOR ME SUAVE fought GOJIRO (107-31)
(0-0-0,220) of Fine Imported Standbys. FOUR OF SPADES overpowered GOJIRO in a crowd
pleasing 1 minute one-sided Title fight. Good job winning that, Four, not that we
had any doubt. Suave again.
Larkin
CHAMPION OF THE HORN W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY
FOUR OF SPADES 42-4234 62 40 2 279 COLOR ME SUAVE (365) RODEKI
GRAND CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY
DELAWARE RUN 42-4400 74 54 5 236 COLOR ME SUAVE (365) RODEKI
GRAND CHAMPIONS W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY
MOIST TOWELETTE 42-4430 47 40 4 209 COLOR ME SUAVE (365) RODEKI
TOE PUPPET 18-9544 70 40 190 CENTER FOR OLDS (364) TALCAMA
-ANVIL IRONFIST 81-84 41 19 189 DRAGONBANE GUILD (334) SHADOWSPIRE
SHINY PENNY 32-3789 58 108 2 183 FOUND IN THE SAND (360) ARVAT
GRAND CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY
LUC STARWALKER 58-6100 44 38 178 NEXT GENERATION (368) DELARQ TOR
FROO-FROO 18-9589 39 30 3 159 CENTER FOR OLDS (364) TALCAMA
GRAND ADEPTS W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY
GRATH 81-581 29 14 1 148 OF WOLF AND MAN (343) SHADOWSPIRE
-CHIMBORAZO 10-487 32 32 3 146 VIKINGS (355) KOLACT
PINCH BLISTER 18-9859 29 21 141 CENTER FOR OLDS (364) TALCAMA
ALMOST PRETTY 42-4496 37 27 136 COLOR ME SUAVE (365) RODEKI
TING-TING 81-776 30 15 134 FUCHI OWNED (346) SHADOWSPIRE
HEINRIK 81-1257 26 24 1 134 CLAN LONGBEARD (374) SHADOWSPIRE
RINDEL 29-5346 28 20 132 MID EARTH (316) LAPUR
VIRGINIA, NO SANTA 65-6623 24 12 1 128 GOT IT FOR CHRISTMAS (361) DAL SHANG
PLANKTON 18-9748 27 25 2 124 SEA DOGS (309) TALCAMA
-D'URVILLE 39-3800 26 15 1 120 KIWI CONNECTION (352) XOCHITHLAN
-'68 ROAD RUNNER 81-747 29 12 119 AMERICAN MUSCLE (345) SHADOWSPIRE
-BLUE MARBLE 81-1030 27 24 118 DRAGONBANE GUILD (334) SHADOWSPIRE
LAZY LOOKOUT 42-4504 31 25 1 108 DUNGEON CELL (347) RODEKI
ARIOCH 81-996 26 19 2 105 OF WOLF AND MAN (343) SHADOWSPIRE
DOMINATRIX 81-583 24 16 3 101 OF WOLF AND MAN (343) SHADOWSPIRE
GRAND CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY
-THE BRIDE 45-4180 25 9 1 99 DARQUE FORCES (348) STORMCROWE
-MOTHER-IN-LAW 5-4050 19 9 1 96 BLOOD SUCKERS (350) KALTOS
JOSH 18-9109 21 5 95 SHEPHERDS (359) TALCAMA
1977 AMC MATADOR 42-4116 39 27 93 COLOR ME SUAVE (365) RODEKI
-OBROJOBO 7-5869 19 18 1 91 SENTINELS (354) BONSUR
GRAND INITIATES W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY
-EXTORTION 73-5787 20 6 2 90 BLACKMAIL (353) ERINIKA
GAD 18-9239 27 20 1 88 SHEPHERDS (359) TALCAMA
-SQUEEZE 73-5788 22 7 87 BLACKMAIL (353) ERINIKA
-LORD EXETER 81-932 26 17 1 83 DRAGONBANE GUILD (334) SHADOWSPIRE
JEHLCH 29-5528 22 18 2 83 MID EARTH (316) LAPUR
GRAND INITIATES W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY
-EVANGELION 59-2340 18 17 1 83 IMPROVED ILLUSION (349) ILLIS
-AZAGHAL 81-1223 20 19 82 DRAGONBANE GUILD (334) SHADOWSPIRE
LHISSON 29-5456 27 23 81 MID EARTH (316) LAPUR
-BOWTIE BOB 81-930 21 10 2 75 FUCHI OWNED (346) SHADOWSPIRE
JELLO KNUCKLES 42-4554 30 8 73 COLOR ME SUAVE (365) RODEKI
ZEVRAN 81-1258 20 28 1 73 OF WOLF AND MAN (343) SHADOWSPIRE
-COLLINGWOOD 39-3798 25 18 2 72 KIWI CONNECTION (352) XOCHITHLAN
-BELEG 29-3439 17 10 2 71 MID EARTH (316) LAPUR
-IVANMOE 6-3874 18 9 4 70 SOUL STRIPPERS II (371) TRANSEL
-LITTLE BROTHER 73-3375 16 20 1 69 THE FAMILY TREE (358) ERINIKA
-BARON STONEWALL 81-85 30 27 2 67 DRAGONBANE GUILD (334) SHADOWSPIRE
-LIATH 81-398 21 18 1 67 OF WOLF AND MAN (343) SHADOWSPIRE
-LULU 45-4135 19 12 1 67 DARQUE FORCES (348) STORMCROWE
-GRON DA CAVEMAN 81-400 25 22 2 64 DRAGONBANE GUILD (334) SHADOWSPIRE
-HARDRADA 81-353 25 14 64 DRAGONBANE GUILD (334) SHADOWSPIRE
-FAN ZHEN 81-1288 16 10 1 60 DARQUE AGES (335) SHADOWSPIRE
-ATTILA KEENBLADE 81-912 22 18 56 DRAGONBANE GUILD (334) SHADOWSPIRE
-ERASMUS 7-5843 25 23 53 SENTINELS (354) BONSUR
-CHIOS 7-5899 17 15 52 SENTINELS (354) BONSUR
-'69 FAIRLANE COBRA 81-1007 16 6 2 48 AMERICAN MUSCLE (345) SHADOWSPIRE
THE HYPHEN-DASH 42-4499 16 11 1 40 COLOR ME SUAVE (365) RODEKI
-WHISTLIN' DIXIE 50-3565 16 6 2 30 DARQUE FORCES II (373) SNOWBOUND
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN
PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE
Plankton -- My first loss to another Parry Lunger. I definitely need to practice
getting off the sands when I'm knocked down. That wasn't much fun. -- Gad
Grath -- I can handle the loss, but the discrepancy in learns just makes me mad. --
Virginia
Heinrik -- Looks like you need more than one of those trains. -- Shiny Penny
Almost Pretty -- You almost won, too. Great fight. -- Luc
Toe Puppet -- Congratulations, for sure. You will be the first warrior inducted from
Storm Rock! -- Assur
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
LUC STARWALKER devastated TING-TING in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge fight.
SHINY PENNY vanquished GRATH in a exciting 1 minute gory uneven Challenge battle.
VIRGINIA, NO SANTA lost to PINCH BLISTER in a crowd pleasing 3 minute Challenge brawl.
FOUR OF SPADES overpowered GOJIRO in a crowd pleasing 1 minute one-sided Title fight.
TOE PUPPET was vanquished by TELGOR in a exciting 2 minute mismatched fight.
DELAWARE RUN devastated GOJIRO in a action packed 2 minute one-sided competition.
MOIST TOWELETTE vanquished ARENAMASTER SANDAVOL in a popular 1 minute uneven duel.
HEINRIK vanquished ARIOCH in a exciting 1 minute gruesome one-sided fight.
ALMOST PRETTY overpowered EVIL INPUTTER in a 3 minute brutal one-sided fight.
RINDEL was devastated by FROO-FROO in a exciting 1 minute mismatched conflict.
PLANKTON savagely defeated 1977 AMC MATADOR in a popular 2 minute bloody brawl.
DOMINATRIX viciously subdued LHISSON in a action packed 1 minute gory fight.
LAZY LOOKOUT viciously subdued GAD in a action packed 2 minute brutal duel.
ZEVRAN was bested by JEHLCH in a 3 minute brawl.
JELLO KNUCKLES was bested by JOSH in a exciting 1 minute fight.
THE HYPHEN-DASH was demolished by R.O.U.S. in a 1 minute one-sided bout.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|LUNGING ATTACK 5 SLASHING ATTACK 12 - 7 - 0 63 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 4 BASHING ATTACK 20 - 12 - 1 63 |
|BASHING ATTACK 4 LUNGING ATTACK 24 - 15 - 0 62 |
|AIMED BLOW 3 PARRY-RIPOSTE 12 - 8 - 0 60 |
|TOTAL PARRY 3 TOTAL PARRY 8 - 7 - 0 53 |
|WALL OF STEEL 3 STRIKING ATTACK 12 - 11 - 0 52 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 2 PARRY-LUNGE 15 - 16 - 0 48 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 1 WALL OF STEEL 9 - 14 - 0 39 |
|STRIKING ATTACK 1 AIMED BLOW 5 - 13 - 0 28 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 0 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 2 - 0 0 |
Turn 7 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 1 - 0 AIMED BLOW 1 - 2 3 BASHING ATTACK
STRIKING ATTACK 1 - 0 TOTAL PARRY 1 - 2 2 LUNGING ATTACK
PARRY-LUNGE 3 - 1 WALL OF STEEL 1 - 2 2 TOTAL PARRY
BASHING ATTACK 3 - 1 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 0 1 STRIKING ATTACK
LUNGING ATTACK 3 - 2 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 2 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE
1 WALL OF STEEL
1 SLASHING ATTACK
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
LUNGING ATTACK FOUR OF SPADES 42-4234 62 40 2 279 COLOR ME SUAVE (365)
BASHING ATTACK DELAWARE RUN 42-4400 74 54 5 236 COLOR ME SUAVE (365)
STRIKING ATTACK MOIST TOWELETTE 42-4430 47 40 4 209 COLOR ME SUAVE (365)
PARRY-RIPOSTE TOE PUPPET 18-9544 70 40 0 190 CENTER FOR OLDS (364)
SLASHING ATTACK FROO-FROO 18-9589 39 30 3 159 CENTER FOR OLDS (364)
TOTAL PARRY GRATH 81-581 29 14 1 148 OF WOLF AND MAN (343)
WALL OF STEEL ALMOST PRETTY 42-4496 37 27 0 136 COLOR ME SUAVE (365)
PARRY-LUNGE PLANKTON 18-9748 27 25 2 124 SEA DOGS (309)
AIMED BLOW JOSH 18-9109 21 5 0 95 SHEPHERDS (359)
The overall popularity leader is SHINY PENNY 32-3789. The most popular warrior this
turn was DELAWARE RUN 42-4400. The ten other most popular fighters were PLANKTON
18-9748, VIRGINIA, NO SANTA 65-6623, LAZY LOOKOUT 42-4504, SHINY PENNY 32-3789, PINCH
BLISTER 18-9859, MOIST TOWELETTE 42-4430, HEINRIK 81-1257, JEHLCH 29-5528, FOUR OF
SPADES 42-4234, and ALMOST PRETTY 42-4496.
The least popular fighter this week was LHISSON 29-5456. The other ten least popular
fighters were TING-TING 81-776, THE HYPHEN-DASH 42-4499, JELLO KNUCKLES 42-4554, GAD
18-9239, 1977 AMC MATADOR 42-4116, RINDEL 29-5346, ARIOCH 81-996, TOE PUPPET 18-9544,
GRATH 81-581, and LUC STARWALKER 58-6100.
Arena (Number) W L K Arena (Number) W L K Arena (Number) W L K
TALCAMA(18) 4 2 0 RODEKI(42) 5 3 0 DAL SHANG(65) 0 1 0
LAPUR(29) 1 2 0 DELARQ TOR(58) 1 0 0 SHADOWSPIRE(81) 2 4 0
ARVAT(32) 1 0 0
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH ARENA W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY
TOE PUPPET 18-9544 70 40 0 190 CENTER FOR OLDS (364) TALCAMA
RINDEL 29-5346 28 20 0 132 MID EARTH (316) LAPUR
SHINY PENNY 32-3789 58 108 2 183 FOUND IN THE SAND (360) ARVAT
FOUR OF SPADES 42-4234 62 40 2 279 COLOR ME SUAVE (365) RODEKI
LUC STARWALKER 58-6100 44 38 0 178 NEXT GENERATION (368) DELARQ TOR
VIRGINIA, NO SANTA 65-6623 24 12 1 128 GOT IT FOR CHRISTMAS (361) DAL SHANG
GRATH 81-581 29 14 1 148 OF WOLF AND MAN (343) SHADOWSPIRE