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Date   : 02/14/2012    Duedate: 02/27/2012

STORM ROCK ARENA

DM 107    TURN 15

RANK TEAMS                 W    L   K    %  RANK TEAMS                 W    L   K    % 
  1 COLOR ME SUA 42/365   80   47   1 63.0    6 END 13/298            28   32   1 46.7
    CENTER FOR OLDS 18/364                      SHEPHERDS 18/359
  2 FUCHI OWNED 81/346     9    7   0 56.2      FOUND IN THE SAND 32/360
  3 DARQUE AGES 81/335    24   20   1 54.5      GOT IT FOR CHRISTMAS 65/361
    DARQUE FORCES 31/318                      7 MID EARTH 29/316      22   30   0 42.3
    DARQUE FORCES 45/348                        YAMA BUSHI 30/317
    IMPROVED ILLUSION 59/349                    CLAN LONGBEARD 81/374
  4 SEA DOGS 1/300        16   14   0 53.3    8 VIKINGS 10/355        13   25   0 34.2
    SEA DOGS 18/309                             SENTINELS 7/354
    DUNGEON CELL 42/347                         NOMADIC TRIBE 21/310
  5 OF WOLF AND  81/343   32   29   1 52.5      DRAGONBANE GUILD 81/334

                                 THE GUARDIAN'S FORUM
                       Reflections by the Champion of the Horn

     My apologies for the lack of a column last turn.  Assur has me working non-stop.
He says he has big plans for me and doesn't give me time for anything I like to do.
I don't see what the big deal is.  And this turn he reminded me at the last minute so
here I am, when I'm supposed to be preparing for a fight, writing this column.
     My challenge and expected opponent will be Moist Towelette.  The Four of Spades
is a nasty trick.  You think you can beat it, but it slips under the radar and then
wins.  Nasty Lungers!  I'll take anyone other than him, even one of those uber open
handed freaks.
     That is it for now.  I can only hope for another turn here on the throne.  It
certainly took long enough to convince my fellow basher from Delaware to relinquish
it!

-- Shiny Penny

                             REPORT FROM WITHIN THE TOWER

     Okay, I'm late and I'm gonna be rushed with this.  Why am I late?  My fault.  I
could see the end of Chapter 21, which I was beginning to think would never appear,
and I didn't want to take a chance on losing it.  So, I pursued that when I should've
been writing this spy report.  And I can't even say it will never happen again.
Well, not with that particular chapter, but... who knows?  So make the most of this.

     Fight with the biggest point movements:  Dominatrix (up 28) versus Plankton
(down 19).
     Most avoided was Color Me Suave, by Dragonbane Guild.
     Most challenged, the Champion of the Horn, Captain of the Guard, Top of the
Heap, Duelmaster:  Shiny Penny.
     Seventeen fights, six challenges, two standbys.

     THE HYPHEN-DASH (42-4499) (21-13-1,85) of COLOR ME SUAVE fought ALASTARIAN
DESERTER (107-1) (0-0-0,30) of Really Boring Standbys.  THE HYPHEN-DASH overpowered
ALASTARIAN DESERTER in a 1 minute one-sided match.  I should hope so!  Let's get
these standbys renamed before the end of the month, okay?  I'd *prefer* not something
totally goofy, but... we need changes.
     JELLO KNUCKLES (42-4554) (30-15-0,27) of COLOR ME SUAVE fought LHISSON (29-5456)
(28-29-0,53) of MID EARTH.  JELLO KNUCKLES was devastated by LHISSON in a 2 minute
gory mismatched brawl.  This is what happens when you put fruit in your jello.  It
loses cohesion.  That's a fancy word for "falls apart under stress."
     AZAGHAL (81-1223) (21-22-0,83) of DRAGONBANE GUILD fought 1977 AMC MATADOR (42-
4116) (42-31-0,70) of COLOR ME SUAVE.  AZAGHAL was bested by 1977 AMC MATADOR in an
action packed 3 minute brutal duel.  They tell me that this particular Matador is not
a bullfighter but a chariot.  Okay, if you say so.  Hard to visualize.
     RAGGEDY ANN (45-4148) (34-14-0,127) of DARQUE FORCES fought ZEVRAN (81-1258)
(25-30-1,147) of OF WOLF AND MAN.  RAGGEDY ANN was handily defeated by ZEVRAN in a 2
minute one-sided conflict.  And was Ann wearing a red hood, by any chance?  Because
that Wolf GOT her.
     PINCH BLISTER (18-9859) (31-26-0,121) of CENTER FOR OLDS fought VIRGINIA, NO
SANTA (65-6623) (26-17-1,121) of GOT IT FOR CHRISTMAS.  PINCH BLISTER subdued
VIRGINIA, NO SANTA in a 2 minute gory brawl.  If the shoe doesn't fit, Virginia, you
shouldn't be wearing it.

     LAZY LOOKOUT (42-4504) (35-28-1,165) of DUNGEON CELL fought RINDEL (29-5346)
(30-25-0,160) of MID EARTH.  LAZY LOOKOUT was handily defeated by RINDEL in a 2
minute one-sided contest.  Sloth seldom pays.  I won't say never, because that would
be just asking for trouble.
     FROO-FROO (18-9589) (44-32-4,190) of CENTER FOR OLDS fought TING-TING (81-776)
(34-18-0,174) of FUCHI OWNED.  FROO-FROO overpowered TING-TING in a crowd pleasing 1
minute one-sided match.  Somehow, these two seemed like a well-matched pair to me.
But I have different criteria.
     HEINRIK (81-1257) (31-26-1,183) of CLAN LONGBEARD fought EVANGELION (59-2340)
(23-19-1,172) of IMPROVED ILLUSION.  HEINRIK was defeated by EVANGELION in an action
packed 4 minute gory match.  They *say* that magic can't be used in the arena, but
that "illusion" of Eva's....  What *is* "op-art," anyway?
     PLANKTON (18-9748) (31-28-2,195) of SEA DOGS fought DOMINATRIX (81-583) (30-17-
3,169) of OF WOLF AND MAN.  PLANKTON was vanquished by DOMINATRIX in an action packed
2 minute gory uneven fight.  I do wonder why anyone would want to dominate plankton,
but then, I'm not a fish.  Or a whale, or whatever.
     DELAWARE RUN (42-4400) (80-55-5,192) of COLOR ME SUAVE fought GRATH (81-581)
(34-16-1,174) of OF WOLF AND MAN.  DELAWARE RUN overpowered GRATH in an action packed
2 minute gruesome uneven melee.  Ran right over him, in fact.
     FOUR OF SPADES (42-4234) (68-41-2,229) of COLOR ME SUAVE fought TELGOR (107-27)
(0-0-0,200) of Really Boring Standbys.  FOUR OF SPADES was overpowered by TELGOR in a
1 minute mismatched brawl.  With a more interesting standby, who is to say, maybe
Four would have kept his mind on the job.

The challenges:
     CAJETAN (7-6036) (18-16-1,61) of SENTINELS challenged BEDDER (18-10043) (19-10-
2,68) of CENTER FOR OLDS.  Up 7.  CAJETAN lost to BEDDER in a crowd pleasing 3 minute
Challenge fight.  Do not ask me to explain this, it has left me totally confused.
     LORD EXETER (81-932) (27-18-1,97) of DRAGONBANE GUILD challenged FAN ZHEN (81-
1288) (21-12-2,110) of DARQUE AGES.  Up 13.  LORD EXETER demolished FAN ZHEN in a 1
minute mismatched Challenge competition.  You may have to come in out of the darque
to win, Fan Zhen.
     GAD (18-9239) (31-23-1,118) of SHEPHERDS challenged THE BRIDE (45-4180) (29-12-
1,142) of DARQUE FORCES.  Up 24.  GAD was viciously subdued by THE BRIDE in a 2
minute gory Challenge fight.  Good gad!  But not quite good enough.
     JOSH (18-9109) (22-11-0,110) of SHEPHERDS challenged ALMOST PRETTY (42-4496)
(41-30-0,162) of COLOR ME SUAVE.  Up 52.  JOSH was defeated by ALMOST PRETTY in a
crowd pleasing 1 minute Challenge duel.  You asked for that one, Josh.
     OBROJOBO (7-5869) (21-20-1,135) of SENTINELS challenged ARIOCH (81-996) (28-24-
3,139) of OF WOLF AND MAN.  Up 4.  OBROJOBO demolished ARIOCH in a 1 minute one-sided
Challenge melee.  I think it's Obrojobo's name.  Either that, or the smash he drinks.

For the title:
     SHINY PENNY (32-3789) (61-112-2,233) of FOUND IN THE SAND challenged MOIST
TOWELETTE (42-4430) (53-41-4,212) of COLOR ME SUAVE.  Down 21, which isn't much from
the top.  SHINY PENNY was devastated by MOIST TOWELETTE in a 1 minute Challenge Title
fight.  Dare I say, "Moist Towelette cleaned up"?  Good work, both of you.

                                       Larkin

CHAMPION OF THE HORN           W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 MOIST TOWELETTE 42-4430      54  41  4  223  COLOR ME SUAVE (365)       RODEKI

GRAND CHAMPIONS                W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 DELAWARE RUN 42-4400         81  55  5  209  COLOR ME SUAVE (365)       RODEKI
 FROO-FROO 18-9589            45  32  4  205  CENTER FOR OLDS (364)      TALCAMA
 DOMINATRIX 81-583            31  17  3  197  OF WOLF AND MAN (343)      SHADOWSPIRE
 SHINY PENNY 32-3789          61 113  2  193  FOUND IN THE SAND (360)    ARVAT
 FOUR OF SPADES 42-4234       68  42  2  190  COLOR ME SUAVE (365)       RODEKI
 EVANGELION 59-2340           24  19  1  187  IMPROVED ILLUSION (349)    ILLIS

GRAND CHALLENGER ADEPTS        W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 RINDEL 29-5346               31  25     178  MID EARTH (316)            LAPUR
 GRATH 81-581                 34  17  1  176  OF WOLF AND MAN (343)      SHADOWSPIRE
 PLANKTON 18-9748             31  29  2  176  SEA DOGS (309)             TALCAMA
 HEINRIK 81-1257              31  27  1  176  CLAN LONGBEARD (374)       SHADOWSPIRE
 TING-TING 81-776             34  19     171  FUCHI OWNED (346)          SHADOWSPIRE
 ZEVRAN 81-1258               26  30  1  165  OF WOLF AND MAN (343)      SHADOWSPIRE
 ALMOST PRETTY 42-4496        42  30     164  COLOR ME SUAVE (365)       RODEKI
 LAZY LOOKOUT 42-4504         35  29  1  154  DUNGEON CELL (347)         RODEKI

GRAND ADEPTS                   W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 OBROJOBO 7-5869              22  20  1  150  SENTINELS (354)            BONSUR
 THE BRIDE 45-4180            30  12  1  146  DARQUE FORCES (348)        STORMCROWE
 PINCH BLISTER 18-9859        32  26     132  CENTER FOR OLDS (364)      TALCAMA
 ARIOCH 81-996                28  25  3  128  OF WOLF AND MAN (343)      SHADOWSPIRE
 GAD 18-9239                  31  24  1  124  SHEPHERDS (359)            TALCAMA
 RAGGEDY ANN 45-4148          34  15     123  DARQUE FORCES (348)        STORMCROWE
 JOSH 18-9109                 22  12     121  SHEPHERDS (359)            TALCAMA
 LORD EXETER 81-932           28  18  1  119  DRAGONBANE GUILD (334)     SHADOWSPIRE
 VIRGINIA, NO SANTA 65-6623   26  18  1  119  GOT IT FOR CHRISTMAS (361) DAL SHANG

GRAND CHALLENGER INITIATES     W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 FAN ZHEN 81-1288             21  13  2   96  DARQUE AGES (335)          SHADOWSPIRE

GRAND INITIATES                W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 THE HYPHEN-DASH 42-4499      22  13  1   87  COLOR ME SUAVE (365)       RODEKI
 1977 AMC MATADOR 42-4116     43  31      85  COLOR ME SUAVE (365)       RODEKI
-DOPPLEGANGER 81-1382         19  21      78  MONSTER MANUAL (377)       SHADOWSPIRE
 AZAGHAL 81-1223              21  23      77  DRAGONBANE GUILD (334)     SHADOWSPIRE
 BEDDER 18-10043              20  10  2   75  CENTER FOR OLDS (364)      TALCAMA
 LHISSON 29-5456              29  29      65  MID EARTH (316)            LAPUR
-CHATROOMMATE 18-10034        17  14      65  CENTER FOR OLDS (364)      TALCAMA
 CAJETAN 7-6036               18  17  1   62  SENTINELS (354)            BONSUR
 JELLO KNUCKLES 42-4554       30  16      24  COLOR ME SUAVE (365)       RODEKI

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

THE DEAD                   W   L  K TEAM NAME              SLAIN BY                  TURN

                               PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE

Delaware Run -- Getting beaten by a medium shield is just plain embarrassing. -- Lazy
Lookout

Zevran -- I need to hit the weights, clearly. -- Virginia

Froo-Froo -- The pleasure was all mine, really! -- Shiny Penny

Obrojobo -- Your name rolls off the tongue very nicely.  The loss you gave me does
not. -- Gad

Lord Exeter -- Thanks for all! -- Josh

And so the race to the bottom rank is delayed another turn! -- Assur

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

SHINY PENNY was devastated by MOIST TOWELETTE in a 1 minute Challenge Title fight.
OBROJOBO demolished ARIOCH in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge melee.
JOSH was defeated by ALMOST PRETTY in a crowd pleasing 1 minute Challenge duel.
GAD was viciously subdued by THE BRIDE in a 2 minute gory Challenge fight.
LORD EXETER demolished FAN ZHEN in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge competition.
CAJETAN lost to BEDDER in a crowd pleasing 3 minute Challenge fight.
FOUR OF SPADES was overpowered by TELGOR in a 1 minute mismatched brawl.
DELAWARE RUN overpowered GRATH in a action packed 2 minute gruesome uneven melee.
PLANKTON was vanquished by DOMINATRIX in a action packed 2 minute gory uneven fight.
HEINRIK was defeated by EVANGELION in a action packed 4 minute gory match.
FROO-FROO overpowered TING-TING in a crowd pleasing 1 minute one-sided match.
LAZY LOOKOUT was handily defeated by RINDEL in a 2 minute one-sided contest.
PINCH BLISTER subdued VIRGINIA, NO SANTA in a 2 minute gory brawl.
RAGGEDY ANN was handily defeated by ZEVRAN in a 2 minute one-sided conflict.
AZAGHAL was bested by 1977 AMC MATADOR in a action packed 3 minute brutal duel.
JELLO KNUCKLES was devastated by LHISSON in a 2 minute gory mismatched brawl.
THE HYPHEN-DASH overpowered ALASTARIAN DESERTER 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         STRIKING ATTACK   12 -   4 -  0      75  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      4         SLASHING ATTACK   16 -   7 -  2      70  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      4         LUNGING ATTACK    38 -  20 -  0      66  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  3         BASHING ATTACK    18 -  15 -  0      55  |
|AIMED BLOW                       3         PARRY-LUNGE       19 -  21 -  0      48  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    3         PARRY-RIPOSTE     12 -  14 -  0      46  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  3         WALL OF STEEL     13 -  18 -  1      42  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    3         AIMED BLOW        11 -  18 -  0      38  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   3         TOTAL PARRY       12 -  25 -  0      32  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     0         PARRY-STRIKE       0 -   0 -  0       0  |

Turn  15 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    3 -  0     BASHING ATTACK     1 -  2         3  LUNGING ATTACK 
AIMED BLOW         2 -  1     TOTAL PARRY        1 -  3         2  BASHING ATTACK 
PARRY-RIPOSTE      2 -  1     PARRY-LUNGE        0 -  4         2  PARRY-RIPOSTE  
SLASHING ATTACK    2 -  1     PARRY-STRIKE       0 -  0         1  STRIKING ATTACK
WALL OF STEEL      2 -  1                                       1  SLASHING ATTACK
LUNGING ATTACK     3 -  3                                       1  TOTAL PARRY    
                                                                1  PARRY-LUNGE    

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
STRIKING ATTACK  MOIST TOWELETTE 42-4430    54  41  4  223 COLOR ME SUAVE (365)
BASHING ATTACK   DELAWARE RUN 42-4400       81  55  5  209 COLOR ME SUAVE (365)
SLASHING ATTACK  FROO-FROO 18-9589          45  32  4  205 CENTER FOR OLDS (364)
LUNGING ATTACK   DOMINATRIX 81-583          31  17  3  197 OF WOLF AND MAN (343)

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
PARRY-RIPOSTE    EVANGELION 59-2340         24  19  1  187 IMPROVED ILLUSION (349)
TOTAL PARRY      GRATH 81-581               34  17  1  176 OF WOLF AND MAN (343)
PARRY-LUNGE      PLANKTON 18-9748           31  29  2  176 SEA DOGS (309)
AIMED BLOW       ZEVRAN 81-1258             26  30  1  165 OF WOLF AND MAN (343)
WALL OF STEEL    ALMOST PRETTY 42-4496      42  30  0  164 COLOR ME SUAVE (365)

The overall popularity leader is SHINY PENNY 32-3789.  The most popular warrior this 
turn was HEINRIK 81-1257.  The ten other most popular fighters were DELAWARE RUN 
42-4400, BEDDER 18-10043, DOMINATRIX 81-583, ZEVRAN 81-1258, AZAGHAL 81-1223, 1977 
AMC MATADOR 42-4116, MOIST TOWELETTE 42-4430, THE BRIDE 45-4180, EVANGELION 59-2340, 
and PINCH BLISTER 18-9859.

The least popular fighter this week was JELLO KNUCKLES 42-4554.  The other ten least 
popular fighters were FAN ZHEN 81-1288, GAD 18-9239, ARIOCH 81-996, LAZY LOOKOUT 
42-4504, TING-TING 81-776, PLANKTON 18-9748, FOUR OF SPADES 42-4234, SHINY PENNY 
32-3789, THE HYPHEN-DASH 42-4499, and GRATH 81-581.

Arena (Number)       W  L K  Arena (Number)       W  L K  Arena (Number)       W  L K  
BONSUR(7)            1  1 0  ARVAT(32)            0  1 0  ILLIS(59)            1  0 0  
TALCAMA(18)          3  3 0  RODEKI(42)           5  3 0  DAL SHANG(65)        0  1 0  
LAPUR(29)            2  0 0  STORMCROWE(45)       1  1 0  SHADOWSPIRE(81)      3  6 0  

TOP WARRIOR OF EACH ARENA     W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 OBROJOBO 7-5869             22  20  1  150  SENTINELS (354)            BONSUR
 FROO-FROO 18-9589           45  32  4  205  CENTER FOR OLDS (364)      TALCAMA
 RINDEL 29-5346              31  25  0  178  MID EARTH (316)            LAPUR
 SHINY PENNY 32-3789         61 113  2  193  FOUND IN THE SAND (360)    ARVAT
 MOIST TOWELETTE 42-4430     54  41  4  223  COLOR ME SUAVE (365)       RODEKI
 THE BRIDE 45-4180           30  12  1  146  DARQUE FORCES (348)        STORMCROWE
 EVANGELION 59-2340          24  19  1  187  IMPROVED ILLUSION (349)    ILLIS
 VIRGINIA, NO SANTA 65-6623  26  18  1  119  GOT IT FOR CHRISTMAS (361) DAL SHANG
 DOMINATRIX 81-583           31  17  3  197  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. 

                             AXIOM (11-3918) ERRATA (372) 
                     MACHETE MOUSE (82-4566) MAMMAL MILITIA (616) 
                 GONE TO GEORGIA (82-28596) STREET PIZZAD XXI (4657) 
                         ROOT (82-31537) 4 LETTER BEER (5196) 
                         SMOOTH (82-33235) TRANSITIONS (5487) 
                   YELLOW DEUCE COUPE (82-33317) COLOR TUNES (5502) 
                         ROOM 282 (82-33685) TEMPE -05 (5575) 
                    UGAMUGGAH (82-41228) STREET PIZZAD XXII (5040) 
                   TOUCHE' TURTLE (82-44789) KILLER KARTOONS (7535) 
                   MIDSIZE WHOOPER (82-47794) COOL NAMES 22 (8035) 
                  DAVID WAYBUR (84-5954) MEDAL OF HONOR F3 II (1124) 
                      RODEO CLOWN (84-11743) TOUGHER GUYS (2136) 

Congrats to the grads. -- Green Eyes