AD Date : 11/22/2011 Duedate: 12/05/2011 STORM ROCK ARENA DM 107 TURN 9 RANK TEAMS W L K % RANK TEAMS W L K % 1 COLOR ME SUA 42/365 42 28 0 60.0 5 OF WOLF AND 81/343 19 18 1 51.4 CENTER FOR OLDS 18/364 6 SEA DOGS 1/300 9 9 0 50.0 2 DARQUE AGES 81/335 12 8 0 60.0 SEA DOGS 18/309 DARQUE FORCES 31/318 DUNGEON CELL 42/347 DARQUE FORCES 45/348 7 MID EARTH 29/316 16 17 0 48.5 IMPROVED ILLUSION 59/349 YAMA BUSHI 30/317 3 FUCHI OWNED 81/346 6 4 0 60.0 CLAN LONGBEARD 81/374 4 END 13/298 21 15 1 58.3 8 VIKINGS 10/355 8 18 0 30.8 SHEPHERDS 18/359 SENTINELS 7/354 NEXT GENERATION 58/368 NOMADIC TRIBE 21/310 FOUND IN THE SAND 32/360 DRAGONBANE GUILD 81/334 GOT IT FOR CHRISTMAS 65/361 THE GUARDIAN'S FORUM Reflections by the Champion of the Horn The sound you just heard was the sound of my workouts building the biceps into my devastating new form. The Grandmaster was merely icing on the cake. Plus, I have the endurance to last longer now? Shouldn't I be able to use that to refute my girlfriend's suspicion that I'm completely roided out? Thanks, Anvil, for the good workout. Personally, I'd blame your manager for naming you after something people are supposed to pound on. I suspect my newest rating will alert the higher-ups and earn my ticket to retirement. It'd be nice to hold the throne until that happens, but with the influx of talent and skilled... oh, who am I kidding? Come and get me. I'll send you packing. While you political types are still debating names for the arena, I thought you could try some rhymes. Warm Sock. Form Stock. Dorm Frock. It's a tad harder to figure out rhymes for Gojiro, but Rirorni rhymes with horny. Just sayin'. I hope you've been keeping track of my pontificous wisdom. This turn? Don't count your chickens before they're hatched, because (1) they're not chickens yet, and (2) the eggs aren't yours either. -- Four of Spades REPORT FROM WITHIN THE TOWER Okay, let's see what we've got besides a heavy fog. Which makes it hard to see much of anything, but that's a different story. I hear some managers are looking into getting rid of the old, shopworn standbys and considering better names. Sounds good to me. Did you know that you can also customize the name of the tavern mentioned in the first paragraph of the golem spy report? For those occassions when the golem has to take the spy report, and there always will be such. Considering today's business, we have, hmm, Arioch gained the most points after a win, 57! That's impressive. Pinch Blister dropped farthest, 29 points. Mid Earth was most avoided, by Dragonbane Guild. Dominatrix was most challenged. We had a total of seventeen fights, four of them involving standbys. Only one challenge. ZEVRAN (81-1258) (21-28-1,90) of OF WOLF AND MAN fought CAJETAN (7-6036) (18-13- 1,69) of SENTINELS. ZEVRAN handily defeated CAJETAN in a 1 minute mismatched bout. You know, it's those handicappers that pick the random matches--they don't seem to care about "fair" and just want to see any old match at all. I don't think there's anything to do about it except challenge. I've never heard of 'em being replaced. LHISSON (29-5456) (27-24-0,62) of MID EARTH fought AZAGHAL (81-1223) (20-20- 0,81) of DRAGONBANE GUILD. LHISSON bested AZAGHAL in a 2 minute duel. So much for Dragonbane's avoidance, and you can see why they tried it. THE HYPHEN-DASH (42-4499) (17-11-1,43) of COLOR ME SUAVE fought FAN ZHEN (81- 1288) (17-10-1,84) of DARQUE AGES. THE HYPHEN-DASH was overpowered by FAN ZHEN in a 1 minute one-sided duel. Tell me this is a surprise? You really gotta wonder about those handicappers. JELLO KNUCKLES (42-4554) (30-9-0,46) of COLOR ME SUAVE fought CAPTURED PIRATE KING (107-2) (0-0-0,30) of Fine Imported Standbys. JELLO KNUCKLES was bested by CAPTURED PIRATE KING in a crowd pleasing 2 minute bout. Embarrassing. GAD (18-9239) (28-20-1,93) of SHEPHERDS fought JEHLCH (29-5528) (22-19-2,68) of MID EARTH. GAD was handily defeated by JEHLCH in a 2 minute brutal one-sided contest. So who's watching the sheep while Gad recovers? THE BRIDE (45-4180) (25-10-1,100) of DARQUE FORCES fought 1977 AMC MATADOR (42- 4116) (39-28-0,83) of COLOR ME SUAVE. THE BRIDE subdued 1977 AMC MATADOR in a 2 minute competition. They tell me all those tin cans tied to the tail of the Matador were a distraction, at the least. ALMOST PRETTY (42-4496) (37-28-0,124) of COLOR ME SUAVE fought LAZY LOOKOUT (42- 4504) (31-26-1,101) of DUNGEON CELL. ALMOST PRETTY was overcome by LAZY LOOKOUT in a popular 4 minute brutal bout. Home-town rivalries here? PINCH BLISTER (18-9859) (30-21-0,144) of CENTER FOR OLDS fought EVANGELION (59- 2340) (19-17-1,92) of IMPROVED ILLUSION. PINCH BLISTER was viciously subdued by EVANGELION in a popular 11 minute brutal fight. Hmm, no wonder Pinch dropped seriously. HEINRIK (81-1257) (27-24-1,142) of CLAN LONGBEARD fought PLANKTON (18-9748) (27- 26-2,126) of SEA DOGS. HEINRIK vanquished PLANKTON in a 1 minute uneven fight. There aren't a lot of meaningless quips a spy reporter can make with "plankton," y'know. Write personals, establish rivalries, carry on a little romance in the newsletter. ARIOCH (81-996) (26-20-2,109) of OF WOLF AND MAN fought VIRGINIA, NO SANTA (65- 6623) (25-12-1,132) of GOT IT FOR CHRISTMAS. ARIOCH dispatched VIRGINIA, NO SANTA in an action packed 1 minute duel. Ouch! I guess that tells you where Arioch stands on the "Christmas" question, besides explaining his big rise in recognition. GRATH (81-581) (30-14-1,156) of OF WOLF AND MAN fought TING-TING (81-776) (31- 15-0,170) of FUCHI OWNED. GRATH unbelievably bested TING-TING in a popular 3 minute gruesome competition. Actually, as random matches go, this was not bad. Certainly not bad enough to make Grath's win "unbelievable." FROO-FROO (18-9589) (40-30-3,162) of CENTER FOR OLDS fought RINDEL (29-5346) (28-21-0,138) of MID EARTH. FROO-FROO was bested by RINDEL in a 2 minute match. The fans always love an underdog win, which this was. Good going, Rindel. SHINY PENNY (32-3789) (58-109-2,179) of FOUND IN THE SAND fought OBROJOBO (7- 5869) (20-18-1,109) of SENTINELS. SHINY PENNY devastated OBROJOBO in a 1 minute one- sided duel. It's the reflections that are tricky. MOIST TOWELETTE (42-4430) (48-40-4,216) of COLOR ME SUAVE fought THE BLACKSMITH (107-22) (0-0-0,181) of Fine Imported Standbys. MOIST TOWELETTE demolished THE BLACKSMITH in a crowd pleasing 2 minute uneven fight. And the Blacksmith went on his way complaining about rust.... FOUR OF SPADES (42-4234) (63-40-2,298) of COLOR ME SUAVE fought AMBER WOLFWALKER (107-11) (0-0-0,220) of Fine Imported Standbys. FOUR OF SPADES was vanquished by AMBER WOLFWALKER in a 1 minute uneven battle. Bad show, Four. It was this loss that cost Four of Spades the title, the new Champion taking position on points (see below). The lone challenge: JOSH (18-9109) (21-6-0,96) of SHEPHERDS challenged DOMINATRIX (81-583) (25-16- 3,116) of OF WOLF AND MAN. JOSH was bested by DOMINATRIX in a crowd pleasing 2 minute Challenge fight. Some men just can't resist a forceful woman. And for the title: DELAWARE RUN (42-4400) (75-54-5,249) of COLOR ME SUAVE fought TELGOR (107-27) (0-0-0,200) of Fine Imported Standbys. DELAWARE RUN overpowered TELGOR in a crowd pleasing 1 minute one-sided Title fight. Congratulations, Delaware. Larkin CHAMPION OF THE HORN W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY DELAWARE RUN 42-4400 76 54 5 260 COLOR ME SUAVE (365) RODEKI GRAND CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY MOIST TOWELETTE 42-4430 49 40 4 224 COLOR ME SUAVE (365) RODEKI GRAND CHAMPIONS W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY FOUR OF SPADES 42-4234 63 41 2 190 COLOR ME SUAVE (365) RODEKI -ANVIL IRONFIST 81-84 41 20 188 DRAGONBANE GUILD (334) SHADOWSPIRE SHINY PENNY 32-3789 59 109 2 181 FOUND IN THE SAND (360) ARVAT GRAND CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY GRATH 81-581 31 14 1 177 OF WOLF AND MAN (343) SHADOWSPIRE ARIOCH 81-996 27 20 3 166 OF WOLF AND MAN (343) SHADOWSPIRE TING-TING 81-776 31 16 165 FUCHI OWNED (346) SHADOWSPIRE RINDEL 29-5346 29 21 161 MID EARTH (316) LAPUR GRAND ADEPTS W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY HEINRIK 81-1257 28 24 1 150 CLAN LONGBEARD (374) SHADOWSPIRE FROO-FROO 18-9589 40 31 3 148 CENTER FOR OLDS (364) TALCAMA EVANGELION 59-2340 20 17 1 129 IMPROVED ILLUSION (349) ILLIS DOMINATRIX 81-583 26 16 3 127 OF WOLF AND MAN (343) SHADOWSPIRE LAZY LOOKOUT 42-4504 32 26 1 126 DUNGEON CELL (347) RODEKI PLANKTON 18-9748 27 27 2 121 SEA DOGS (309) TALCAMA VIRGINIA, NO SANTA 65-6623 25 13 1 117 GOT IT FOR CHRISTMAS (361) DAL SHANG OBROJOBO 7-5869 20 19 1 117 SENTINELS (354) BONSUR PINCH BLISTER 18-9859 30 22 115 CENTER FOR OLDS (364) TALCAMA ALMOST PRETTY 42-4496 37 29 112 COLOR ME SUAVE (365) RODEKI THE BRIDE 45-4180 26 10 1 108 DARQUE FORCES (348) STORMCROWE GRAND CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY JOSH 18-9109 21 7 99 SHEPHERDS (359) TALCAMA ZEVRAN 81-1258 22 28 1 98 OF WOLF AND MAN (343) SHADOWSPIRE JEHLCH 29-5528 23 19 2 96 MID EARTH (316) LAPUR GRAND INITIATES W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY FAN ZHEN 81-1288 18 10 1 88 DARQUE AGES (335) SHADOWSPIRE 1977 AMC MATADOR 42-4116 39 29 86 COLOR ME SUAVE (365) RODEKI LHISSON 29-5456 28 24 78 MID EARTH (316) LAPUR -BOWTIE BOB 81-930 21 10 2 75 FUCHI OWNED (346) SHADOWSPIRE GAD 18-9239 28 21 1 71 SHEPHERDS (359) TALCAMA LITTLE BROTHER 73-3375 16 20 1 69 THE FAMILY TREE (358) ERINIKA AZAGHAL 81-1223 20 21 67 DRAGONBANE GUILD (334) SHADOWSPIRE CAJETAN 7-6036 18 14 1 64 SENTINELS (354) BONSUR THE HYPHEN-DASH 42-4499 17 12 1 45 COLOR ME SUAVE (365) RODEKI JELLO KNUCKLES 42-4554 30 10 33 COLOR ME SUAVE (365) RODEKI '-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn. THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN VIRGINIA, NO SANT 65-6623 25 13 1 GOT IT FOR CHRISTM 361 ARIOCH 81-996 9 PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE All -- Sorry for the inconsistency as of late. Life has been hitting pretty hard, but all appears to be calming now. I also put these 4 warriors on maintenance, so even if I do get a few more curve balls in the coming months it won't hinder my play here. -- Master Darque Azaghal -- Nice challenge!! Even nicer outcome in my opinion. I'm curious how evenly matched we are from a skill perspective. It was an interesting fight to say the least and my manager says he enjoyed every brutal minute of it! -- Evangelion Pinch Blister -- Your style is soooo pre-Labor Day! Get with the times! -- The Bride Almost Pretty -- You almost won! Let us not do that again anytime soon. -- Raggedy Ann Lhisson -- Probably shouldn't have won that, but I excel against your style for some odd reason. In tournaments of this level, I would be decimated I'm sure. However, that isn't going to happen here. I'm sure there will be other banes to my existence or non-existence depending on your philosophical inclinations. -- Fan Zhen Jorja -- Pikers would be nice. I have one on the sideline waiting to jump in as a replacement when one of the current crop moves onto Primus. Not sure how fast they are going to develop though since I haven't even started training stats for skills yet with most of these warriors. -- Master Darque Heinrik -- Hmmm, seems I need to make some changes to beat the likes of you. -- Josh Cajetan -- Great fight! -- Gad Arioch -- Assur says I'm too highly ranked, but I keep tellling him that I'm beating some warriors around me. I guess he wants me to be too lowly ranked so I beat all the warriors around me. -- Virginia Ting-Ting -- The student becomes the master. -- Luc, the identity confused Captain Moist Towelette -- Nope, nothing has changed. But you were still the best bet I had at a win up there. -- Shiny Penny Suave -- What's a piker? Do they bash people's heads in? If so, I can give you lots of Pikers. -- Assur LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS JOSH was bested by DOMINATRIX in a crowd pleasing 2 minute Challenge fight. FOUR OF SPADES was vanquished by AMBER WOLFWALKER in a 1 minute uneven battle. MOIST TOWELETTE demolished THE BLACKSMITH in a crowd pleasing 2 minute uneven fight. DELAWARE RUN overpowered TELGOR in a crowd pleasing 1 minute one-sided Title fight. SHINY PENNY devastated OBROJOBO in a 1 minute one-sided duel. FROO-FROO was bested by RINDEL in a 2 minute match. GRATH unbelievably bested TING-TING in a popular 3 minute gruesome competition. ARIOCH dispatched VIRGINIA, NO SANTA in a action packed 1 minute duel. HEINRIK vanquished PLANKTON in a 1 minute uneven fight. PINCH BLISTER was viciously subdued by EVANGELION in a popular 11 minute brutal fight. ALMOST PRETTY was overcome by LAZY LOOKOUT in a popular 4 minute brutal bout. THE BRIDE subdued 1977 AMC MATADOR in a 2 minute competition. GAD was handily defeated by JEHLCH in a 2 minute brutal one-sided contest. JELLO KNUCKLES was bested by CAPTURED PIRATE KING in a crowd pleasing 2 minute bout. THE HYPHEN-DASH was overpowered by FAN ZHEN in a 1 minute one-sided duel. LHISSON bested AZAGHAL in a 2 minute duel. ZEVRAN handily defeated CAJETAN in a 1 minute mismatched bout. BATTLE REPORT MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS |FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT| |LUNGING ATTACK 6 SLASHING ATTACK 16 - 9 - 0 64 | |PARRY-LUNGE 5 LUNGING ATTACK 32 - 19 - 0 63 | |AIMED BLOW 3 BASHING ATTACK 24 - 15 - 1 62 | |PARRY-RIPOSTE 3 PARRY-RIPOSTE 16 - 11 - 0 59 | |BASHING ATTACK 3 STRIKING ATTACK 14 - 11 - 0 56 | |SLASHING ATTACK 3 TOTAL PARRY 12 - 10 - 0 55 | |TOTAL PARRY 3 PARRY-LUNGE 18 - 23 - 0 44 | |WALL OF STEEL 3 WALL OF STEEL 10 - 20 - 1 33 | |STRIKING ATTACK 1 AIMED BLOW 8 - 16 - 0 33 | |PARRY-STRIKE 0 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 2 - 0 0 | Turn 9 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: STRIKING ATTACK 1 - 0 PARRY-LUNGE 2 - 3 3 LUNGING ATTACK AIMED BLOW 2 - 1 SLASHING ATTACK 1 - 2 2 BASHING ATTACK PARRY-RIPOSTE 2 - 1 TOTAL PARRY 1 - 2 2 WALL OF STEEL BASHING ATTACK 2 - 1 WALL OF STEEL 1 - 2 1 STRIKING ATTACK LUNGING ATTACK 3 - 3 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 0 1 TOTAL PARRY 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 SLASHING ATTACK TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME BASHING ATTACK DELAWARE RUN 42-4400 76 54 5 260 COLOR ME SUAVE (365) STRIKING ATTACK MOIST TOWELETTE 42-4430 49 40 4 224 COLOR ME SUAVE (365) LUNGING ATTACK FOUR OF SPADES 42-4234 63 41 2 190 COLOR ME SUAVE (365) TOTAL PARRY GRATH 81-581 31 14 1 177 OF WOLF AND MAN (343) WALL OF STEEL ARIOCH 81-996 27 20 3 166 OF WOLF AND MAN (343) PARRY-RIPOSTE RINDEL 29-5346 29 21 0 161 MID EARTH (316) SLASHING ATTACK FROO-FROO 18-9589 40 31 3 148 CENTER FOR OLDS (364) PARRY-LUNGE LAZY LOOKOUT 42-4504 32 26 1 126 DUNGEON CELL (347) AIMED BLOW JOSH 18-9109 21 7 0 99 SHEPHERDS (359) The overall popularity leader is SHINY PENNY 32-3789. The most popular warrior this turn was MOIST TOWELETTE 42-4430. The ten other most popular fighters were TING-TING 81-776, ALMOST PRETTY 42-4496, LAZY LOOKOUT 42-4504, DOMINATRIX 81-583, PINCH BLISTER 18-9859, EVANGELION 59-2340, THE BRIDE 45-4180, JEHLCH 29-5528, DELAWARE RUN 42-4400, and FROO-FROO 18-9589. The least popular fighter this week was THE HYPHEN-DASH 42-4499. The other ten least popular fighters were GAD 18-9239, 1977 AMC MATADOR 42-4116, PLANKTON 18-9748, OBROJOBO 7-5869, FOUR OF SPADES 42-4234, CAJETAN 7-6036, AZAGHAL 81-1223, JELLO KNUCKLES 42-4554, ZEVRAN 81-1258, and VIRGINIA, NO SANTA 65-6623. Arena (Number) W L K Arena (Number) W L K Arena (Number) W L K BONSUR(7) 0 2 0 ARVAT(32) 1 0 0 ILLIS(59) 1 0 0 TALCAMA(18) 0 5 0 RODEKI(42) 3 5 0 DAL SHANG(65) 0 1 0 LAPUR(29) 3 0 0 STORMCROWE(45) 1 0 0 SHADOWSPIRE(81) 6 2 1 TOP WARRIOR OF EACH ARENA W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY OBROJOBO 7-5869 20 19 1 117 SENTINELS (354) BONSUR FROO-FROO 18-9589 40 31 3 148 CENTER FOR OLDS (364) TALCAMA RINDEL 29-5346 29 21 0 161 MID EARTH (316) LAPUR SHINY PENNY 32-3789 59 109 2 181 FOUND IN THE SAND (360) ARVAT TOP WARRIOR OF EACH ARENA W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY DELAWARE RUN 42-4400 76 54 5 260 COLOR ME SUAVE (365) RODEKI THE BRIDE 45-4180 26 10 1 108 DARQUE FORCES (348) STORMCROWE EVANGELION 59-2340 20 17 1 129 IMPROVED ILLUSION (349) ILLIS VIRGINIA, NO SANTA 65-6623 25 13 1 117 GOT IT FOR CHRISTMAS (361) DAL SHANG LITTLE BROTHER 73-3375 16 20 1 69 THE FAMILY TREE (358) ERINIKA GRATH 81-581 31 14 1 177 OF WOLF AND MAN (343) SHADOWSPIRE