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Date   : 10/21/2014    Duedate: 11/03/2014

STORM ROCK ARENA

DM 107    TURN 85

RANK TEAMS                 W    L   K    %  RANK TEAMS                 W    L   K    % 
  1 COLOR ME SUA 42/365  380  271   2 58.4      NEXT GENERATION 58/368
    CENTER FOR OLDS 18/364                      FOUND IN THE SAND 32/360
  2-SOUL WARRIOR 38/403    2    2   0 50.0      BASH BROS CHILDREN 38/407
  3 SENTINELS 7/354      135  151   2 47.2      GOT IT FOR CHRISTMAS 65/361
    DRAGONBANE GUILD 81/334                   5 THE MAGNIFIC 19/395 1657 2177  21 43.2
  4 VEGGIES 3/372        197  248   2 44.3    6 BAD SIGNS 83/397       1    6   0 14.3
    SHEPHERDS 18/359                            PARTY ANIMALS 5/301
    PALINDROMES 73/405                          WAY TO GO! II 73/333
    ALASTARIAN IDOL 10/363

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

     Azaghal put up more of a fight last time.  No complaints from me, though.

Obrojobo -- Looks like you're up next, unless you decide to challenge away from me.
But given the level of apathy here, I don't see that happening. -- Gad

                             REPORT FROM WITHIN THE TOWER

     Very strange.  Something is going on with the Hands, and it isn't good.
Probably something that will pass quickly, but for now, the spy report is what needs
to pass quickly.
     Significant point movements:  Azaghal up 49.  Josh down 18.  Different fights.
     No challenges, but Color Me Suave has been avoided by Dragonbane Guild.
     Eleven fights, no challenges as noted above, and three standbys.  This is not
good, and you can't even say it was due to tourney-timing.

     DIRTY DIAPERS (38-5071) (16-10-0,38) of BASH BROS CHILDREN fought UNEMPLOYED
PERSON (107-5) (0-0-0,70) of Fine Imported Standbys.  DIRTY DIAPERS was demolished by
UNEMPLOYED PERSON in a 1 minute mismatched match.  With that difference in rank, the
Diapers didn't have a chance.
     WONTON NOT NOW (73-6069) (19-16-1,31) of PALINDROMES fought CAPTURED PIRATE KING
(107-2) (0-0-0,30) of Fine Imported Standbys.  WONTON NOT NOW handily defeated
CAPTURED PIRATE KING in a 1 minute one-sided bout.  Pirate Kings aren't what they
used to be.
     OUT FOR A DUCK (83-275) (16-17-0,48) of BAD SIGNS fought MAULI LAMA (7-6292)
(20-19-1,85) of SENTINELS.  OUT FOR A DUCK was slain by MAULI LAMA in a 2 minute
brutal fight.  Oops!
     RUTH (18-10121) (48-41-0,169) of SHEPHERDS fought ALMOST PRETTY (42-4496) (91-
50-0,173) of COLOR ME SUAVE.  RUTH was viciously subdued by ALMOST PRETTY in an
action packed 4 minute fight.  Probably jealousy.  Or envy.
     JOSH (18-9109) (51-54-0,183) of SHEPHERDS fought PINCH BLISTER (18-9859) (49-78-
0,165) of CENTER FOR OLDS.  JOSH was vanquished by PINCH BLISTER in a 2 minute uneven
duel.  And thus Josh moves down the rankings.

     JELLO KNUCKLES (42-4554) (59-56-0,192) of COLOR ME SUAVE fought THE UPRIGHT MAN
(10-5185) (39-53-0,175) of ALASTARIAN IDOL.  JELLO KNUCKLES was overcome by THE
UPRIGHT MAN in an action packed 2 minute fight.  And what a mess it was, with all
that jello stomped into the sand.
     MOIST TOWELETTE (42-4430) (114-50-4,210) of COLOR ME SUAVE fought AZAGHAL (81-
1223) (54-44-1,193) of DRAGONBANE GUILD.  MOIST TOWELETTE was vanquished by AZAGHAL
in an exciting 2 minute mismatched fight.  How did this happen?
     SHINY PENNY (32-3789) (98-147-2,202) of FOUND IN THE SAND fought 1977 AMC
MATADOR (42-4116) (77-66-0,204) of COLOR ME SUAVE.  SHINY PENNY overpowered 1977 AMC
MATADOR in a crowd pleasing 1 minute one-sided fight.  The power of a well-polished
piece of copper, eh?
     ARUGULA (3-7180) (34-32-2,192) of VEGGIES fought POCKET NEWS (19-5364) (33-33-
0,189) of THE MAGNIFICENT MAGS.  ARUGULA was vanquished by POCKET NEWS in a 1 minute
mismatched brawl.  Veggies are GOOD for you, Pocket.
     VIRGINIA, NO SANTA (65-6623) (46-69-1,215) of GOT IT FOR CHRISTMAS fought
ARENAMASTER SANDAVOL (107-28) (0-0-0,200) of Fine Imported Standbys.  VIRGINIA, NO
SANTA vanquished ARENAMASTER SANDAVOL in a 1 minute uneven battle.  No presents for
Sandoval?

For the title:
     GAD (18-9239) (67-59-1,300) of SHEPHERDS fought OBROJOBO (7-5869) (49-46-1,224)
of SENTINELS.  GAD devastated OBROJOBO in a 1 minute mismatched Title fight.  And Gad
remains our Champion of the Horn.  Good work.

                                       Larkin

CHAMPION OF THE HORN           W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 GAD 18-9239                  68  59  1  312  SHEPHERDS (359)            TALCAMA

GRAND CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS     W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 AZAGHAL 81-1223              55  44  1  242  DRAGONBANE GUILD (334)     SHADOWSPIRE
 VIRGINIA, NO SANTA 65-6623   47  69  1  226  GOT IT FOR CHRISTMAS (361) DAL SHANG
 SHINY PENNY 32-3789          99 147  2  219  FOUND IN THE SAND (360)    ARVAT

GRAND CHAMPIONS                W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
-LUC STARWALKER 58-6100       50  45     210  NEXT GENERATION (368)      DELARQ TOR
 POCKET NEWS 19-5364          34  33     202  THE MAGNIFICENT MAGS (395) ZUWAYZA
 THE UPRIGHT MAN 10-5185      40  53     194  ALASTARIAN IDOL (363)      KOLACT
 OBROJOBO 7-5869              49  47  1  192  SENTINELS (354)            BONSUR
 MOIST TOWELETTE 42-4430     114  51  4  190  COLOR ME SUAVE (365)       RODEKI
 1977 AMC MATADOR 42-4116     77  67     190  COLOR ME SUAVE (365)       RODEKI
 PINCH BLISTER 18-9859        50  78     185  CENTER FOR OLDS (364)      TALCAMA
 ALMOST PRETTY 42-4496        92  50     184  COLOR ME SUAVE (365)       RODEKI

GRAND CHALLENGER ADEPTS        W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
-OZAWINDIB 7-6212             35  30     180  SENTINELS (354)            BONSUR
 ARUGULA 3-7180               34  33  2  180  VEGGIES (372)              OSKSI
 JELLO KNUCKLES 42-4554       59  57     178  COLOR ME SUAVE (365)       RODEKI
 RUTH 18-10121                48  42     177  SHEPHERDS (359)            TALCAMA
-ANZAHANZEK 7-6204            32  31     171  SENTINELS (354)            BONSUR
 JOSH 18-9109                 51  55     165  SHEPHERDS (359)            TALCAMA

GRAND CHALLENGER INITIATES     W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 MAULI LAMA 7-6292            21  19  2   97  SENTINELS (354)            BONSUR

GRAND INITIATES                W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
-ZANTOS 38-3000               19   7      66  SOUL WARRIORS (403)        CLIFFHOME
 OUT FOR A DUCK 83-275        16  18      53  BAD SIGNS (397)            TELORINTHE
 WONTON NOT NOW 73-6069       20  16  1   41  PALINDROMES (405)          ERINIKA
 DIRTY DIAPERS 38-5071        16  11      36  BASH BROS CHILDREN (407)   CLIFFHOME

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

THE DEAD                   W   L  K TEAM NAME              SLAIN BY                  TURN
OUT FOR A DUCK 83-275     16  18  0 BAD SIGNS 397          MAULI LAMA 7-6292          85

                               PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE

I am on vacation and decided to let my warriors take a vacation from the Personals.
Gad still has to write his DM Column, though!  Hopefully Shiny Penny will remember
the editor's comment.  He enjoyed it greatly and wanted to respond.  But given a
choice between responding and taking a vacation, he chose the vacation! (Imagine
that!)- Assur

Assur -- That is something I noticed in grocery-store check-out lines long ago:  the
covers trumpet all sorts of fascinating mysteries, but if you buy them and look
inside... quite a let-down.  It seems to me that the best thing the publishers could
do would be put out an issue of nothing BUT covers.  Of course, the really great
covers are a thing of the past. -- Jorja
P.S.  One of my all-time favorites was something like "Woman bursts into flames in
shower.  Nothing but a few ashes around the drain, says Sheriff."  Now it's all a
question of celebrities and tawdry secrets, probably false anyway.

Second Time Around!  Obrojobo Still Refuses Interview!

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

GAD devastated OBROJOBO in a 1 minute mismatched Title fight.
VIRGINIA, NO SANTA vanquished ARENAMASTER SANDAVOL in a 1 minute uneven battle.
ARUGULA was vanquished by POCKET NEWS in a 1 minute mismatched brawl.
SHINY PENNY overpowered 1977 AMC MATADOR in a crowd pleasing 1 minute one-sided fight.
MOIST TOWELETTE was vanquished by AZAGHAL in a exciting 2 minute mismatched fight.
JELLO KNUCKLES was overcome by THE UPRIGHT MAN in a action packed 2 minute fight.
JOSH was vanquished by PINCH BLISTER in a 2 minute uneven duel.
RUTH was viciously subdued by ALMOST PRETTY in a action packed 4 minute fight.
OUT FOR A DUCK was slain by MAULI LAMA in a 2 minute brutal fight.
WONTON NOT NOW handily defeated CAPTURED PIRATE KING in a 1 minute one-sided bout.
DIRTY DIAPERS was demolished by UNEMPLOYED PERSON in a 1 minute mismatched match.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|BASHING ATTACK                   6         STRIKING ATTACK    8 -   2 -  0      80  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      3         SLASHING ATTACK    8 -   2 -  0      80  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    3         PARRY-LUNGE       21 -   6 -  0      78  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      2         WALL OF STEEL     16 -  15 -  0      52  |
|AIMED BLOW                       2         BASHING ATTACK    27 -  29 -  2      48  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    1         AIMED BLOW         7 -  10 -  0      41  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  1         TOTAL PARRY        9 -  20 -  0      31  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  1         PARRY-RIPOSTE      2 -   8 -  0      20  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     0         PARRY-STRIKE       0 -   3 -  0       0  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   0         LUNGING ATTACK     0 -   0 -  0       0  |

Turn  85 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:

BASHING ATTACK     5 -  1     AIMED BLOW         0 -  2         4  BASHING ATTACK 
PARRY-LUNGE        2 -  1     PARRY-STRIKE       0 -  0         2  PARRY-LUNGE    
WALL OF STEEL      2 -  1     PARRY-RIPOSTE      0 -  1         2  WALL OF STEEL  
TOTAL PARRY        1 -  1     LUNGING ATTACK     0 -  0         1  SLASHING ATTACK
                              SLASHING ATTACK    0 -  1         1  STRIKING ATTACK
                              STRIKING ATTACK    0 -  1         1  TOTAL PARRY    

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
PARRY-LUNGE      GAD 18-9239                68  59  1  312 SHEPHERDS (359)
BASHING ATTACK   VIRGINIA, NO SANT 65-6623  47  69  1  226 GOT IT FOR CHRISTMAS (361)

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
WALL OF STEEL    POCKET NEWS 19-5364        34  33  0  202 THE MAGNIFICENT MAGS (395)
SLASHING ATTACK  OBROJOBO 7-5869            49  47  1  192 SENTINELS (354)
STRIKING ATTACK  MOIST TOWELETTE 42-4430   114  51  4  190 COLOR ME SUAVE (365)
TOTAL PARRY      PINCH BLISTER 18-9859      50  78  0  185 CENTER FOR OLDS (364)
PARRY-RIPOSTE    RUTH 18-10121              48  42  0  177 SHEPHERDS (359)
AIMED BLOW       JOSH 18-9109               51  55  0  165 SHEPHERDS (359)

The overall popularity leader is SHINY PENNY 32-3789.  The most popular warrior this 
turn was ALMOST PRETTY 42-4496.  The ten other most popular fighters were THE UPRIGHT 
MAN 10-5185, AZAGHAL 81-1223, VIRGINIA, NO SANTA 65-6623, SHINY PENNY 32-3789, MOIST 
TOWELETTE 42-4430, JOSH 18-9109, RUTH 18-10121, MAULI LAMA 7-6292, PINCH BLISTER 
18-9859, and GAD 18-9239.

The least popular fighter this week was DIRTY DIAPERS 38-5071.  The other ten least 
popular fighters were ARUGULA 3-7180, OBROJOBO 7-5869, WONTON NOT NOW 73-6069, OUT 
FOR A DUCK 83-275, JELLO KNUCKLES 42-4554, 1977 AMC MATADOR 42-4116, POCKET NEWS 
19-5364, GAD 18-9239, PINCH BLISTER 18-9859, and MAULI LAMA 7-6292.

Arena (Number)       W  L K  Arena (Number)       W  L K  Arena (Number)       W  L K  
OSKSI(3)             0  1 0  ZUWAYZA(19)          1  0 0  DAL SHANG(65)        1  0 0  
BONSUR(7)            1  1 1  ARVAT(32)            1  0 0  ERINIKA(73)          1  0 0  
KOLACT(10)           1  0 0  CLIFFHOME(38)        0  1 0  SHADOWSPIRE(81)      1  0 0  
TALCAMA(18)          2  2 0  RODEKI(42)           1  3 0  TELORINTHE(83)       0  1 0  

TOP WARRIOR OF EACH ARENA     W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 ARUGULA 3-7180              34  33  2  180  VEGGIES (372)              OSKSI
 OBROJOBO 7-5869             49  47  1  192  SENTINELS (354)            BONSUR
 THE UPRIGHT MAN 10-5185     40  53  0  194  ALASTARIAN IDOL (363)      KOLACT
 GAD 18-9239                 68  59  1  312  SHEPHERDS (359)            TALCAMA
 POCKET NEWS 19-5364         34  33  0  202  THE MAGNIFICENT MAGS (395) ZUWAYZA
 SHINY PENNY 32-3789         99 147  2  219  FOUND IN THE SAND (360)    ARVAT
 DIRTY DIAPERS 38-5071       16  11  0   36  BASH BROS CHILDREN (407)   CLIFFHOME
 MOIST TOWELETTE 42-4430    114  51  4  190  COLOR ME SUAVE (365)       RODEKI
 VIRGINIA, NO SANTA 65-6623  47  69  1  226  GOT IT FOR CHRISTMAS (361) DAL SHANG
 WONTON NOT NOW 73-6069      20  16  1   41  PALINDROMES (405)          ERINIKA
 AZAGHAL 81-1223             55  44  1  242  DRAGONBANE GUILD (334)     SHADOWSPIRE
 OUT FOR A DUCK 83-275       16  18  0   53  BAD SIGNS (397)            TELORINTHE