AD Date : 12/20/2011 Duedate: 01/02/2012 STORM ROCK ARENA DM 107 TURN 11 RANK TEAMS W L K % RANK TEAMS W L K % 1 COLOR ME SUA 42/365 55 33 1 62.5 GOT IT FOR CHRISTMAS 65/361 CENTER FOR OLDS 18/364 6 SEA DOGS 1/300 11 11 0 50.0 2 DARQUE AGES 81/335 17 11 1 60.7 SEA DOGS 18/309 DARQUE FORCES 31/318 DUNGEON CELL 42/347 DARQUE FORCES 45/348 7 MID EARTH 29/316 19 21 0 47.5 IMPROVED ILLUSION 59/349 YAMA BUSHI 30/317 3 FUCHI OWNED 81/346 7 5 0 58.3 CLAN LONGBEARD 81/374 4 OF WOLF AND 81/343 24 21 1 53.3 8 VIKINGS 10/355 9 21 0 30.0 5 END 13/298 22 22 1 50.0 SENTINELS 7/354 SHEPHERDS 18/359 NOMADIC TRIBE 21/310 FOUND IN THE SAND 32/360 DRAGONBANE GUILD 81/334 REPORT FROM WITHIN THE TOWER Novgorodny Vir would have us visualize him as being "like the sun." At this time of year, who sees much of the sun? So bah on him. Froo-Froo of Center for Olds had the biggest point gain, a whopping fifty-five. Ting-Tin had the biggest drop at a mere eighteen. Same fight. Someone here has been charging into immovable walls (the only kind we've got) and challenging dead trees. Well, firewood sells well, so that might not be a dumb move. Color Me Suave was most avoided, with the Sentinels doing most of the avoiding. The strange aspect of this is that NOBODY AVOIDED. The golem pulled this one out of it's tin hat. Although I suppose that it would make sense for the Sentinels to avoid the Suaves.... The Bride is listed as most challenged, in one of the two challenge matches. It's all of a piece. Seventeen fights, three standbys, two challenges. Not impressive, but in this weather, could be a lot of people sleeping late and missing their fights. And here ARE the fights: THE HYPHEN-DASH (42-4499) (17-13-1,48) of COLOR ME SUAVE fought CAPTURED PIRATE KING (107-2) (0-0-0,30) of Fine Imported Standbys. THE HYPHEN-DASH overpowered CAPTURED PIRATE KING in a 1 minute one-sided match. JELLO KNUCKLES (42-4554) (30-11-0,41) of COLOR ME SUAVE fought UNEMPLOYED PERSON (107-5) (0-0-0,70) of Fine Imported Standbys. JELLO KNUCKLES was devastated by UNEMPLOYED PERSON in a 1 minute one-sided brawl. Quick, somebody HIRE this Unemployed Person to be a gladiator! LORD EXETER (81-932) (26-17-1,83) of DRAGONBANE GUILD fought GAD (18-9239) (29- 21-1,79) of SHEPHERDS. LORD EXETER devastated GAD in an exciting 1 minute bloody uneven duel. Came down on him like a wolf on the fold. Or maybe it wasn't a fold, but just a wrinkle. FAN ZHEN (81-1288) (19-10-1,90) of DARQUE AGES fought AZAGHAL (81-1223) (20-21- 0,67) of DRAGONBANE GUILD. FAN ZHEN put to death AZAGHAL in an action packed 2 minute gory fight. Nasty! 1977 AMC MATADOR (42-4116) (40-29-0,92) of COLOR ME SUAVE fought LHISSON (29- 5456) (28-25-0,79) of MID EARTH. 1977 AMC MATADOR suavely bested LHISSON in a crowd pleasing 1 minute bout. ZEVRAN (81-1258) (22-29-1,95) of OF WOLF AND MAN fought CAJETAN (7-6036) (18-14- 1,64) of SENTINELS. ZEVRAN devastated CAJETAN in a 1 minute one-sided battle. This kind of thing happens when you don't challenge. Or avoid. EVANGELION (59-2340) (20-18-1,127) of IMPROVED ILLUSION fought JOSH (18-9109) (21-8-0,99) of SHEPHERDS. EVANGELION demolished JOSH in a 1 minute mismatched competition. No illusion involved in this, folks. PLANKTON (18-9748) (28-27-2,132) of SEA DOGS fought DOMINATRIX (81-583) (27-16- 3,137) of OF WOLF AND MAN. PLANKTON was handily defeated by DOMINATRIX in an exciting 1 minute one-sided bout. The Sea Dog ended up walking the plankton. HEINRIK (81-1257) (29-24-1,170) of CLAN LONGBEARD fought RAGGEDY ANN (45-4148) (33-11-0,123) of DARQUE FORCES. HEINRIK viciously subdued RAGGEDY ANN in a popular 2 minute brutal fight. That's not a nice thing to do to a simple rag doll. TING-TING (81-776) (32-16-0,176) of FUCHI OWNED fought FROO-FROO (18-9589) (41- 31-3,155) of CENTER FOR OLDS. TING-TING was slaughtered by FROO-FROO in a popular 1 minute gruesome uneven duel. Ah, a second death, and no wonder Froo-Froo rose so high in the rankings. RINDEL (29-5346) (29-22-0,161) of MID EARTH fought LAZY LOOKOUT (42-4504) (33- 26-1,147) of DUNGEON CELL. RINDEL overpowered LAZY LOOKOUT in a 2 minute uneven melee. Laziness being its own punishment here. GRATH (81-581) (32-14-1,179) of OF WOLF AND MAN fought PINCH BLISTER (18-9859) (30-23-0,132) of CENTER FOR OLDS. GRATH savagely defeated PINCH BLISTER in a 8 minute bloody brawl. Yeah, blisters make me feel savage, too. FOUR OF SPADES (42-4234) (64-41-2,206) of COLOR ME SUAVE fought ARIOCH (81-996) (27-21-3,154) of OF WOLF AND MAN. FOUR OF SPADES devastated ARIOCH in a popular 1 minute bloody uneven brawl. Let this be a warning to you all: Never play poker with the Four of Spades. Or maybe I should say, "Against the Four." MOIST TOWELETTE (42-4430) (50-40-4,230) of COLOR ME SUAVE fought TELGOR (107-27) (0-0-0,200) of Fine Imported Standbys. MOIST TOWELETTE devastated TELGOR in an exciting 1 minute one-sided fight. That's the last standby (1-2, the standbys), and the last random match, except the title fight. The challenges: VIRGINIA, NO SANTA (65-6623) (25-14-1,114) of GOT IT FOR CHRISTMAS challenged THE BRIDE (45-4180) (27-10-1,115) of DARQUE FORCES. Up 1. VIRGINIA, NO SANTA was demolished by THE BRIDE in a 1 minute Challenge melee. Well, of course. You messed up her wedding dress. OBROJOBO (7-5869) (20-19-1,117) of SENTINELS challenged ALMOST PRETTY (42-4496) (38-29-0,118) of COLOR ME SUAVE. Up 1. OBROJOBO was devastated by ALMOST PRETTY in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge fight. More than "almost," perhaps? For the title: DELAWARE RUN (42-4400) (77-54-5,266) of COLOR ME SUAVE fought SHINY PENNY (32- 3789) (59-110-2,182) of FOUND IN THE SAND. DELAWARE RUN overpowered SHINY PENNY in a 1 minute mismatched Title duel. That puts Delaware Run as our Top Dog, Champion of the Horn, or whatever you want to call it. Works for me. A column would work, too. Larkin CHAMPION OF THE HORN W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY DELAWARE RUN 42-4400 78 54 5 271 COLOR ME SUAVE (365) RODEKI GRAND CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY MOIST TOWELETTE 42-4430 51 40 4 241 COLOR ME SUAVE (365) RODEKI GRAND CHAMPIONS W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY FROO-FROO 18-9589 42 31 4 210 CENTER FOR OLDS (364) TALCAMA FOUR OF SPADES 42-4234 65 41 2 208 COLOR ME SUAVE (365) RODEKI SHINY PENNY 32-3789 59 111 2 183 FOUND IN THE SAND (360) ARVAT GRATH 81-581 33 14 1 181 OF WOLF AND MAN (343) SHADOWSPIRE GRAND CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY HEINRIK 81-1257 30 24 1 177 CLAN LONGBEARD (374) SHADOWSPIRE RINDEL 29-5346 30 22 172 MID EARTH (316) LAPUR ARIOCH 81-996 27 22 3 162 OF WOLF AND MAN (343) SHADOWSPIRE GRAND CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY TING-TING 81-776 32 17 158 FUCHI OWNED (346) SHADOWSPIRE GRAND ADEPTS W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY DOMINATRIX 81-583 28 16 3 148 OF WOLF AND MAN (343) SHADOWSPIRE PINCH BLISTER 18-9859 30 24 145 CENTER FOR OLDS (364) TALCAMA LAZY LOOKOUT 42-4504 33 27 1 143 DUNGEON CELL (347) RODEKI EVANGELION 59-2340 21 18 1 137 IMPROVED ILLUSION (349) ILLIS RAGGEDY ANN 45-4148 33 12 132 DARQUE FORCES (348) STORMCROWE THE BRIDE 45-4180 28 10 1 131 DARQUE FORCES (348) STORMCROWE ALMOST PRETTY 42-4496 39 29 130 COLOR ME SUAVE (365) RODEKI PLANKTON 18-9748 28 28 2 126 SEA DOGS (309) TALCAMA OBROJOBO 7-5869 20 20 1 110 SENTINELS (354) BONSUR VIRGINIA, NO SANTA 65-6623 25 15 1 109 GOT IT FOR CHRISTMAS (361) DAL SHANG GRAND CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY FAN ZHEN 81-1288 20 10 2 100 DARQUE AGES (335) SHADOWSPIRE ZEVRAN 81-1258 23 29 1 99 OF WOLF AND MAN (343) SHADOWSPIRE -JEHLCH 29-5528 23 20 2 98 MID EARTH (316) LAPUR LORD EXETER 81-932 27 17 1 97 DRAGONBANE GUILD (334) SHADOWSPIRE JOSH 18-9109 21 9 97 SHEPHERDS (359) TALCAMA 1977 AMC MATADOR 42-4116 41 29 96 COLOR ME SUAVE (365) RODEKI GRAND INITIATES W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY LHISSON 29-5456 28 26 80 MID EARTH (316) LAPUR GAD 18-9239 29 22 1 73 SHEPHERDS (359) TALCAMA AZAGHAL 81-1223 20 22 71 DRAGONBANE GUILD (334) SHADOWSPIRE -LITTLE BROTHER 73-3375 16 20 1 69 THE FAMILY TREE (358) ERINIKA CAJETAN 7-6036 18 15 1 62 SENTINELS (354) BONSUR THE HYPHEN-DASH 42-4499 18 13 1 54 COLOR ME SUAVE (365) RODEKI JELLO KNUCKLES 42-4554 30 12 38 COLOR ME SUAVE (365) RODEKI '-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn. THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN AZAGHAL 81-1223 20 22 0 DRAGONBANE GUILD 334 FAN ZHEN 81-1288 11 TING-TING 81-776 32 17 0 FUCHI OWNED 346 FROO-FROO 18-9589 11 PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE Dominatrix -- Punish me, but teach me good. -- Josh Delaware Run -- That was embarrassing. Makes me feel worthless. -- Shiny Penny Jello Knuckles -- Thanks for the confidence booster. I needed that. -- Gad It's that time of year when parents scar their children for life. I'm living proof! -- Virginia LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS OBROJOBO was devastated by ALMOST PRETTY in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge fight. VIRGINIA, NO SANTA was demolished by THE BRIDE in a 1 minute Challenge melee. DELAWARE RUN overpowered SHINY PENNY in a 1 minute mismatched Title duel. MOIST TOWELETTE devastated TELGOR in a exciting 1 minute one-sided fight. FOUR OF SPADES devastated ARIOCH in a popular 1 minute bloody uneven brawl. GRATH savagely defeated PINCH BLISTER in a 8 minute bloody brawl. RINDEL overpowered LAZY LOOKOUT in a 2 minute uneven melee. TING-TING was slaughtered by FROO-FROO in a popular 1 minute gruesome uneven duel. HEINRIK viciously subdued RAGGEDY ANN in a popular 2 minute brutal fight. PLANKTON was handily defeated by DOMINATRIX in a exciting 1 minute one-sided bout. EVANGELION demolished JOSH in a 1 minute mismatched competition. ZEVRAN devastated CAJETAN in a 1 minute one-sided battle. 1977 AMC MATADOR bested LHISSON in a crowd pleasing 1 minute bout. FAN ZHEN put to death AZAGHAL in a action packed 2 minute gory fight. LORD EXETER devastated GAD in a exciting 1 minute bloody uneven duel. JELLO KNUCKLES was devastated by UNEMPLOYED PERSON in a 1 minute one-sided brawl. THE HYPHEN-DASH overpowered CAPTURED PIRATE KING in a 1 minute one-sided match. BATTLE REPORT MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS |FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT| |LUNGING ATTACK 6 SLASHING ATTACK 18 - 7 - 2 72 | |TOTAL PARRY 4 LUNGING ATTACK 38 - 19 - 0 67 | |PARRY-LUNGE 4 STRIKING ATTACK 14 - 9 - 0 61 | |PARRY-RIPOSTE 3 BASHING ATTACK 24 - 18 - 1 57 | |SLASHING ATTACK 3 PARRY-RIPOSTE 16 - 13 - 0 55 | |WALL OF STEEL 3 PARRY-LUNGE 21 - 24 - 0 47 | |AIMED BLOW 3 TOTAL PARRY 13 - 16 - 0 45 | |BASHING ATTACK 3 WALL OF STEEL 12 - 22 - 1 35 | |STRIKING ATTACK 2 AIMED BLOW 9 - 19 - 0 32 | |PARRY-STRIKE 0 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 1 - 0 0 | Turn 11 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 2 - 0 AIMED BLOW 1 - 2 4 LUNGING ATTACK LUNGING ATTACK 5 - 1 BASHING ATTACK 1 - 2 2 BASHING ATTACK PARRY-RIPOSTE 2 - 1 TOTAL PARRY 1 - 3 1 STRIKING ATTACK SLASHING ATTACK 2 - 1 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 4 1 SLASHING ATTACK WALL OF STEEL 2 - 1 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 0 1 TOTAL PARRY 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 WALL OF STEEL TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME BASHING ATTACK DELAWARE RUN 42-4400 78 54 5 271 COLOR ME SUAVE (365) STRIKING ATTACK MOIST TOWELETTE 42-4430 51 40 4 241 COLOR ME SUAVE (365) SLASHING ATTACK FROO-FROO 18-9589 42 31 4 210 CENTER FOR OLDS (364) LUNGING ATTACK FOUR OF SPADES 42-4234 65 41 2 208 COLOR ME SUAVE (365) TOTAL PARRY GRATH 81-581 33 14 1 181 OF WOLF AND MAN (343) PARRY-RIPOSTE RINDEL 29-5346 30 22 0 172 MID EARTH (316) WALL OF STEEL ARIOCH 81-996 27 22 3 162 OF WOLF AND MAN (343) PARRY-LUNGE LAZY LOOKOUT 42-4504 33 27 1 143 DUNGEON CELL (347) AIMED BLOW ZEVRAN 81-1258 23 29 1 99 OF WOLF AND MAN (343) The overall popularity leader is SHINY PENNY 32-3789. The most popular warrior this turn was FAN ZHEN 81-1288. The ten other most popular fighters were HEINRIK 81-1257, LORD EXETER 81-932, MOIST TOWELETTE 42-4430, GRATH 81-581, PINCH BLISTER 18-9859, RINDEL 29-5346, THE HYPHEN-DASH 42-4499, ALMOST PRETTY 42-4496, FOUR OF SPADES 42-4234, and FROO-FROO 18-9589. The least popular fighter this week was JELLO KNUCKLES 42-4554. The other ten least popular fighters were CAJETAN 7-6036, JOSH 18-9109, GAD 18-9239, EVANGELION 59-2340, PLANKTON 18-9748, RAGGEDY ANN 45-4148, TING-TING 81-776, ARIOCH 81-996, SHINY PENNY 32-3789, and DELAWARE RUN 42-4400. Arena (Number) W L K Arena (Number) W L K Arena (Number) W L K BONSUR(7) 0 2 0 ARVAT(32) 0 1 0 ILLIS(59) 1 0 0 TALCAMA(18) 1 4 1 RODEKI(42) 6 2 0 DAL SHANG(65) 0 1 0 LAPUR(29) 1 1 0 STORMCROWE(45) 1 1 0 SHADOWSPIRE(81) 6 3 1 TOP WARRIOR OF EACH ARENA W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY TOP WARRIOR OF EACH ARENA W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY OBROJOBO 7-5869 20 20 1 110 SENTINELS (354) BONSUR FROO-FROO 18-9589 42 31 4 210 CENTER FOR OLDS (364) TALCAMA RINDEL 29-5346 30 22 0 172 MID EARTH (316) LAPUR SHINY PENNY 32-3789 59 111 2 183 FOUND IN THE SAND (360) ARVAT DELAWARE RUN 42-4400 78 54 5 271 COLOR ME SUAVE (365) RODEKI RAGGEDY ANN 45-4148 33 12 0 132 DARQUE FORCES (348) STORMCROWE EVANGELION 59-2340 21 18 1 137 IMPROVED ILLUSION (349) ILLIS VIRGINIA, NO SANTA 65-6623 25 15 1 109 GOT IT FOR CHRISTMAS (361) DAL SHANG GRATH 81-581 33 14 1 181 OF WOLF AND MAN (343) SHADOWSPIRE NEW GRADUATES--FROM ALL ARENAS (INCLUDING CLOSED ARENAS) For those of you who keep track of such things, several additional warriors graduated from regular DM arenas (including closed arenas) since the last tournament. CIRBANE (3-3841) SORCERY COVENANT (52) MADE A COMBO (62-3896) WON AT POOL (401) TAKANOHANA (77-2569) SUMO BASHO (369) PAIN PART 1 (82-11616) LUROCIANS XIV (1687) 1101 (82-17779) MEDAL OF HONOR AA1 (2722) PUD 135 (82-22036) PUDS AGAIN 8 (3496) AMISTUM (82-26415) LBA: SPEILBURG FANS2 (4268) MORE COWBELL! (82-29315) BLAH TEAM 8 (4781) SILVER (82-30503) SUPERIOR FORCES 7402 (5001) HYPERMUX (82-32647) 121604Q (5387) BOND, JAMES BOND (82-36725) A VIEW TO A KILL (6066) R'AKA (82-37859) THE DREADLANDS (6285) PRISONER 007 (82-41051) DUNGEON CELL (6855) SPARKLY (82-41405) 012006E (6911) SEATTLE SLEW (82-41468) SUPERIOR HORSES II (6923) CATHARI (82-42267) 4604 SUPERIOR FORCES (7065) COFFEE GROUNDS (82-45801) ABSTRACTION (7691) Congrats to the grads. -- Green Eyes