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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