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Date   : 01/01/2013    Duedate: 01/14/2013

STORM ROCK ARENA

DM 107    TURN 38

RANK TEAMS                 W    L   K    %  RANK TEAMS                 W    L   K    % 
  1 COLOR ME SUA 42/365  218  133   2 62.1    4 MID EARTH 29/316      54   66   0 45.0
    CENTER FOR OLDS 18/364                      YAMA BUSHI 30/317
  2 DARQUE AGES 81/335    75   61   2 55.1      VISIONIST INC 78/392
    DARQUE FORCES 31/318                        CLAN LONGBEARD 81/374
    DARQUE FORCES 45/348                      5 END 13/298            54   98   1 35.5
    IMPROVED ILLUSION 59/349                    SHEPHERDS 18/359
  3 VIKINGS 10/355        48   55   1 46.6      FOUND IN THE SAND 32/360
    SENTINELS 7/354                             GOT IT FOR CHRISTMAS 65/361
    NOMADIC TRIBE 21/310                      6-ARCANE ROYAL 13/391    0    1   0  0.0
    DRAGONBANE GUILD 81/334

                             REPORT FROM WITHIN THE TOWER

     A new year, and what is the news?  Storm Rock is snowed in, which must account
for the silence and poor participation.  Debby Tonte's mother has a cow.  Blood on
the snow shows, and there's nothing you can do about it except wait for another
snowfall.
     Azaghal got the most points, 35.  Anzahanzek lost the most, 25.  Different
fights.  Mid Earth was theoretically most avoided, by Nomadic Tribe, but in fact,
this did not happen.  But the clerks had a space for it on their spy notes, so...
that's what they put.  Moist Towelette got the most challenges, which isn't saying
much today.
     We had thirteen fights, two challenges, and two standbys.  No personals.

     JELLO KNUCKLES (42-4554) (38-30-0,65) of COLOR ME SUAVE fought CAJETAN (7-6036)
(19-18-1,81) of SENTINELS.  JELLO KNUCKLES handily defeated CAJETAN in a 2 minute
gory uneven fight.  Amazing what you can do with frozen jello, eh?
     ANZAHANZEK (7-6204) (16-11-0,59) of SENTINELS fought RIRORNI SOLDIER (107-3) (0-
0-0,30) of Fine Imported Standbys.  ANZAHANZEK was demolished by RIRORNI SOLDIER in a
popular 1 minute mismatched match.  For this Anzahanzek had the biggest point drop,
and rightly so.
     VIRGINIA, NO SANTA (65-6623) (29-38-1,122) of GOT IT FOR CHRISTMAS fought
IMPRISONED SPY (107-9) (0-0-0,170) of Fine Imported Standbys.  VIRGINIA, NO SANTA was
demolished by IMPRISONED SPY in a 1 minute competition.  Not so embarrassing as the
other standby fight.  But do you want to give these guys the idea that they can
just... WIN?  Pull up your socks, warriors of Storm Rock!
     LHISSON (29-5456) (41-39-0,161) of MID EARTH fought 1977 AMC MATADOR (42-4116)
(56-40-0,134) of COLOR ME SUAVE.  LHISSON handily defeated 1977 AMC MATADOR in an
exciting 1 minute one-sided bout.  Which hand was that, the left one, or the right
one?
     RAGGEDY ANN (45-4148) (49-22-0,194) of DARQUE FORCES fought PINCH BLISTER (18-
9859) (38-42-0,152) of CENTER FOR OLDS.  RAGGEDY ANN defeated PINCH BLISTER in an
exciting 4 minute fight.  I don't think I want to know how this happened.  Aside from
the obvious.  But there was that brief glimpse of... a sock?

     THE HYPHEN-DASH (42-4499) (35-22-1,200) of COLOR ME SUAVE fought THE BRIDE (45-
4180) (40-24-2,208) of DARQUE FORCES.  THE HYPHEN-DASH was vanquished by THE BRIDE in
an action packed 1 minute uneven fight.  She wanted to talk about their relationship.
     ALMOST PRETTY (42-4496) (58-36-0,203) of COLOR ME SUAVE fought FAN ZHEN (81-
1288) (31-25-2,193) of DARQUE AGES.  ALMOST PRETTY was viciously subdued by FAN ZHEN
in an action packed 3 minute melee.  Hard times for the Suavists.
     SHINY PENNY (32-3789) (72-125-2,201) of FOUND IN THE SAND fought RINDEL (29-
5346) (40-38-0,178) of MID EARTH.  SHINY PENNY was bested by RINDEL in a popular 1
minute competition.  Rindel didn't want "a penny for his thoughts," Rindel wanted the
win, and got it.
     BEDDER (18-10043) (28-24-2,183) of CENTER FOR OLDS fought AZAGHAL (81-1223) (30-
29-0,175) of DRAGONBANE GUILD.  BEDDER was slain by AZAGHAL in an exciting 2 minute
struggle.  Thus Azaghal's big point gain.  So we reward killers, eh?
     JOSH (18-9109) (28-29-0,212) of SHEPHERDS fought OBROJOBO (7-5869) (31-26-1,187)
of SENTINELS.  JOSH was devastated by OBROJOBO in a 1 minute uneven brawl.  Josh
probably tried to spell it.  That'd devastate anybody.

The challenges:
     WALLI WEEBLE (21-6935) (38-28-0,185) of NOMADIC TRIBE challenged HEINRIK (81-
1257) (39-41-1,190) of CLAN LONGBEARD.  Up 5.  WALLI WEEBLE was viciously subdued by
HEINRIK in a popular 3 minute Challenge match.  No doubt the skills were good.
     GAD (18-9239) (37-41-1,198) of SHEPHERDS challenged MOIST TOWELETTE (42-4430)
(73-44-4,224) of COLOR ME SUAVE.  Up 26.  GAD was devastated by MOIST TOWELETTE in a
1 minute mismatched Challenge fight.  This as Moist the Most Challenged.

For the title:
     FROO-FROO (18-9589) (64-35-4,262) of CENTER FOR OLDS fought EVANGELION (59-2340)
(37-28-1,229) of IMPROVED ILLUSION.  FROO-FROO devastated EVANGELION in a popular 1
minute brutal one-sided Title contest.  No doubt about it, Froo-Froo holds the title
with skill, not by chance.  Congratulations.

                                       Larkin

CHAMPION OF THE HORN           W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 FROO-FROO 18-9589            65  35  4  278  CENTER FOR OLDS (364)      TALCAMA

GRAND CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS     W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 MOIST TOWELETTE 42-4430      74  44  4  234  COLOR ME SUAVE (365)       RODEKI
 THE BRIDE 45-4180            41  24  2  226  DARQUE FORCES (348)        STORMCROWE
 FAN ZHEN 81-1288             32  25  2  216  DARQUE AGES (335)          SHADOWSPIRE

GRAND CHAMPIONS                W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 HEINRIK 81-1257              40  41  1  202  CLAN LONGBEARD (374)       SHADOWSPIRE
 EVANGELION 59-2340           37  29  1  198  IMPROVED ILLUSION (349)    ILLIS
 GAD 18-9239                  37  42  1  197  SHEPHERDS (359)            TALCAMA
-LORD EXETER 81-932           34  22  1  197  DRAGONBANE GUILD (334)     SHADOWSPIRE
 RAGGEDY ANN 45-4148          50  22     196  DARQUE FORCES (348)        STORMCROWE
 RINDEL 29-5346               41  38     195  MID EARTH (316)            LAPUR
 THE HYPHEN-DASH 42-4499      35  23  1  194  COLOR ME SUAVE (365)       RODEKI
 ALMOST PRETTY 42-4496        58  37     193  COLOR ME SUAVE (365)       RODEKI
 SHINY PENNY 32-3789          72 126  2  185  FOUND IN THE SAND (360)    ARVAT
 JOSH 18-9109                 28  30     185  SHEPHERDS (359)            TALCAMA
 WALLI WEEBLE 21-6935         38  29     182  NOMADIC TRIBE (310)        SUNSET

GRAND CHALLENGER ADEPTS        W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 BEDDER 18-10043              28  25  2  178  CENTER FOR OLDS (364)      TALCAMA
 LHISSON 29-5456              42  39     173  MID EARTH (316)            LAPUR
 PINCH BLISTER 18-9859        38  43     168  CENTER FOR OLDS (364)      TALCAMA

GRAND ADEPTS                   W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 1977 AMC MATADOR 42-4116     56  41     132  COLOR ME SUAVE (365)       RODEKI
 VIRGINIA, NO SANTA 65-6623   29  39  1  124  GOT IT FOR CHRISTMAS (361) DAL SHANG

GRAND INITIATES                W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 JELLO KNUCKLES 42-4554       39  30      85  COLOR ME SUAVE (365)       RODEKI
 CAJETAN 7-6036               19  19  1   65  SENTINELS (354)            BONSUR
-SAPPHIRA 45-4646             17   5  3   59  DARQUE FORCES (348)        STORMCROWE
-FLOYDRIFFIC 13-5480          23  16      46  ARCANE ROYALTY (391)       DULLENS

GRAND INITIATES                W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 ANZAHANZEK 7-6204            16  12      34  SENTINELS (354)            BONSUR

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

THE DEAD                   W   L  K TEAM NAME              SLAIN BY                  TURN
BEDDER 18-10043           28  25  2 CENTER FOR OLDS 364    AZAGHAL 81-1223            38

                               PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE

ALL -- MERRY CHRISTMAS, HAPPY HOLIDAYS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL IN ALASTARI!!!
May your year end in peace and the new year hold great things for you and your
families. -- Gentleben (Sunset-21, Morya-28, Arvat-32 and Talahya-100)

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

GAD was devastated by MOIST TOWELETTE in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge fight.
WALLI WEEBLE was viciously subdued by HEINRIK in a popular 3 minute Challenge match.
FROO-FROO devastated EVANGELION in a popular 1 minute brutal one-sided Title contest.
JOSH was devastated by OBROJOBO in a 1 minute uneven brawl.
BEDDER was slain by AZAGHAL in a exciting 2 minute struggle.
SHINY PENNY was bested by RINDEL in a popular 1 minute competition.
ALMOST PRETTY was viciously subdued by FAN ZHEN in a action packed 3 minute melee.
THE HYPHEN-DASH was vanquished by THE BRIDE in a action packed 1 minute uneven fight.
RAGGEDY ANN defeated PINCH BLISTER in a exciting 4 minute fight.
LHISSON handily defeated 1977 AMC MATADOR in a exciting 1 minute one-sided bout.
VIRGINIA, NO SANTA was demolished by IMPRISONED SPY in a 1 minute competition.
ANZAHANZEK was demolished by RIRORNI SOLDIER in a popular 1 minute mismatched match.
JELLO KNUCKLES handily defeated CAJETAN in a 2 minute gory uneven fight.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|TOTAL PARRY                      4         WALL OF STEEL     14 -   6 -  0      70  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  3         SLASHING ATTACK   16 -  13 -  0      55  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   3         AIMED BLOW        11 -   9 -  0      55  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    3         PARRY-RIPOSTE     11 -  10 -  0      52  |
|AIMED BLOW                       2         STRIKING ATTACK   12 -  11 -  0      52  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      2         LUNGING ATTACK    18 -  19 -  1      49  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  2         BASHING ATTACK    12 -  15 -  0      44  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   2         TOTAL PARRY       16 -  22 -  0      42  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    2         PARRY-LUNGE        5 -  11 -  1      31  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     1         PARRY-STRIKE       0 -   3 -  0       0  |

Turn  38 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    3 -  0     PARRY-RIPOSTE      1 -  2         3  LUNGING ATTACK 
LUNGING ATTACK     2 -  1     PARRY-STRIKE       0 -  1         2  SLASHING ATTACK
AIMED BLOW         1 -  1     BASHING ATTACK     0 -  2         2  STRIKING ATTACK
PARRY-LUNGE        1 -  1     WALL OF STEEL      0 -  2         2  PARRY-RIPOSTE  
STRIKING ATTACK    1 -  1                                       1  PARRY-LUNGE    
TOTAL PARRY        2 -  2                                       1  TOTAL PARRY    

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
SLASHING ATTACK  FROO-FROO 18-9589          65  35  4  278 CENTER FOR OLDS (364)
STRIKING ATTACK  MOIST TOWELETTE 42-4430    74  44  4  234 COLOR ME SUAVE (365)
LUNGING ATTACK   THE BRIDE 45-4180          41  24  2  226 DARQUE FORCES (348)
PARRY-RIPOSTE    EVANGELION 59-2340         37  29  1  198 IMPROVED ILLUSION (349)
PARRY-LUNGE      GAD 18-9239                37  42  1  197 SHEPHERDS (359)
TOTAL PARRY      RAGGEDY ANN 45-4148        50  22  0  196 DARQUE FORCES (348)

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
WALL OF STEEL    ALMOST PRETTY 42-4496      58  37  0  193 COLOR ME SUAVE (365)
BASHING ATTACK   SHINY PENNY 32-3789        72 126  2  185 FOUND IN THE SAND (360)
AIMED BLOW       JOSH 18-9109               28  30  0  185 SHEPHERDS (359)
PARRY-STRIKE     ANZAHANZEK 7-6204          16  12  0   34 SENTINELS (354)

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 FAN ZHEN 81-1288, 
BEDDER 18-10043, PINCH BLISTER 18-9859, FROO-FROO 18-9589, MOIST TOWELETTE 42-4430, 
WALLI WEEBLE 21-6935, LHISSON 29-5456, RINDEL 29-5346, THE BRIDE 45-4180, and JELLO 
KNUCKLES 42-4554.

The least popular fighter this week was 1977 AMC MATADOR 42-4116.  The other ten 
least popular fighters were JOSH 18-9109, CAJETAN 7-6036, ANZAHANZEK 7-6204, 
VIRGINIA, NO SANTA 65-6623, THE HYPHEN-DASH 42-4499, SHINY PENNY 32-3789, GAD 
18-9239, RAGGEDY ANN 45-4148, ALMOST PRETTY 42-4496, and AZAGHAL 81-1223.

Arena (Number)       W  L K  Arena (Number)       W  L K  Arena (Number)       W  L K  
BONSUR(7)            1  2 0  ARVAT(32)            0  1 0  ILLIS(59)            0  1 0  
TALCAMA(18)          1  4 0  RODEKI(42)           2  3 0  DAL SHANG(65)        0  1 0  
SUNSET(21)           0  1 0  STORMCROWE(45)       2  0 0  SHADOWSPIRE(81)      3  0 1  
LAPUR(29)            2  0 0  

TOP WARRIOR OF EACH ARENA     W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 CAJETAN 7-6036              19  19  1   65  SENTINELS (354)            BONSUR
 FROO-FROO 18-9589           65  35  4  278  CENTER FOR OLDS (364)      TALCAMA
 WALLI WEEBLE 21-6935        38  29  0  182  NOMADIC TRIBE (310)        SUNSET
 RINDEL 29-5346              41  38  0  195  MID EARTH (316)            LAPUR
 SHINY PENNY 32-3789         72 126  2  185  FOUND IN THE SAND (360)    ARVAT
 MOIST TOWELETTE 42-4430     74  44  4  234  COLOR ME SUAVE (365)       RODEKI
 THE BRIDE 45-4180           41  24  2  226  DARQUE FORCES (348)        STORMCROWE
 EVANGELION 59-2340          37  29  1  198  IMPROVED ILLUSION (349)    ILLIS
 VIRGINIA, NO SANTA 65-6623  29  39  1  124  GOT IT FOR CHRISTMAS (361) DAL SHANG
 FAN ZHEN 81-1288            32  25  2  216  DARQUE AGES (335)          SHADOWSPIRE