DUELMASTERS NEWSLETTER Date : 09/22/2003 Duedate: 10/04/2003 MORDANT ARENA DM-1 TURN-479 This Weeks Top Honors THE DUELMASTER IS DIESEL HAWKS (466) (1-6973) [22-19-1,119] Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader DIESEL ABYSSINIAN HAWKS (466) CAT'S MEOW (522) (1-6973) [22-19-1,119] (1-7043) [3-1-0,85] Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite MAN NEXT DOOR MAN NEXT DOOR HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121) HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121) (1-6987) [19-34-1,102] (1-6987) [19-34-1,102] THE CURRENT TOP TEAM HAWKS (466) TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team 1. BLOOD OF THE SPIDER (540) 30 2. RIDERS OF CHAOS (547) 29 THE APPRENTICES (524) 3. HAWKS (466) 21 Unchartered Team 4. DARK TOADS (506) 20 5. ANGELS OF DOOM (550) 18 ANGELS OF DOOM (550) The Top Teams Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K 1/ 0*ANGELS OF DOOM (550) 1 0 1 100 1/ 7 HAWKS (466) 7 3 0 2/ 1*CAT'S MEOW (522) 7 1 0 87.5 2/ 3*RIDERS OF CHAOS (547) 7 6 1 3- 2 COURTS OF CHAOS (194) 31 15 1 67.4 3/ 6 DARK TOADS (506) 6 2 0 4- 3*BELLYRIPPERS (391) 4 2 0 66.7 4/ 5 THE BLACK COMPANY (544) 6 6 1 5/ 4 THE APPRENTICES (524) 97 59 5 62.2 5/ 2*CAT'S MEOW (522) 5 1 0 6/ 5 DARK TOADS (506) 101 64 3 61.2 6/ 1 THE APPRENTICES (524) 5 5 1 7/11*BLOOD OF THE SPIDE (540) 9 6 1 60.0 7/ 8 SOUL HAREM (337) 5 10 0 8/ 6 HAWKS (466) 301 208 17 59.1 8/12*BLOOD OF THE SPIDE (540) 4 1 1 9/ 7 THE BLACK COMPANY (544) 315 281 24 52.9 9/ 4 HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121) 4 11 1 10- 9 TASTE THE PAIN (217) 61 60 3 50.4 10/ 0*ANGELS OF DOOM (550) 1 0 1 11-10 REVELATIONS (509) 16 16 2 50.0 11-10 TASTE THE PAIN (217) 1 0 0 12/13*RIDERS OF CHAOS (547) 11 12 2 47.8 12-11*BELLYRIPPERS (391) 1 0 0 13/12 SOUL HAREM (337) 34 42 5 44.7 13- 9 REVELATIONS (509) 1 0 0 14/15 HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121) 316 478 11 39.8 14-15 COURTS OF CHAOS (194) 0 1 0 15-16*WENSINWASIN X (546) 0 3 0 0.0 15-16*WENSINWASIN X (546) 0 1 0 '*' Unchartered team '-' Team did not fight this turn (###) Avoid teams by their Team Id ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank DUELMASTER'S COLUMN Notes from the arena champ. Well folks, I graduate. TigToad was always surprised by how well I fought throughout my career...it just turns out that he often ran me right on favorites. Speaking of which, I am: 11-17(1)-8-15-17-4-13 PL. Good/Good with favs of Mod/Mod SS and Riposte learns. Riposte learns are a great thing for a parry-lunge. Too bad I've only ever learned a single defense skill in my career. It's parry or nothing for me. I won't be fighting this turn. Unless my replacement is really good, I expect the Dark Toads will be down to 2 warriors again. If I get a really good replacement, I'll try one more time with the other two in the dark arena. -- Earl of Huntington SPY REPORT It's me, The Unknown Spymaster here with my bag to give you the news on last week's fights. Say good-bye to THE APPRENTICES, as they are pushed from the coveted top team spot by the HAWKS stable. It was a tough week for THE APPRENTICES, to drop 5 places in the rankings. Coming up with a solid 4-1-0 outing, HAWKS has advanced 6 places in the rankings. BLOOD OF THE SPIDER is no joke as it posted a 3-0-1 week advancing from 12th place to 8th place. Hey everybody, watch out for HARBRINGER, who flew up 18 points in the rankings after mashing AUNT KNUCKLES like a melon. Keep your eye on this guy. And falling like a basher in the top ten was SYLITH, who dropped 14 points after a disappointing (to say the least) bout with BLUE SIOBHAN. Well, if ya don't shows up at the laundromat, ya can'ts wash yer clothes. EARL OF HUNTINGTON did not fight this week so his title was forfeit. In front of all the crowds, DIESEL took the Duelmaster's crown for his own. I give the bum two weeks. Advice to bashers--never force anything, just get a bigger halberd! Here is other news that is of note. And hey, kiddies, those of you who didn't avoid SOUL HAREM, please raise you hand. Wow. Does MORDANT really have that many liars? And you guys like to boo me? Well, unsling your rasberries, cause CAT'S MEOW beats feet every time SOUL HAREM smiles at them. Try farming, eh? Well dang howdy, but if challenges were votes, MAN NEXT DOOR would be president. Although it may be a contest he doesn't want to win. Death is kind of like a new puppy: he's always around wanting to play. (Ha Zontani, how's that for a wise saying?). Remember: alliances are great, but try and take your ally in the arena with you and see what happens. Well, there's the manager of the MORDANT giving me the 'cut' sign (or is that 'They're going to strangle you in the alley?). C'mon, Leadfoot, let's make some tracks. And remember, you can pick your friends and you can pick your--(loud boos), oh, you've heard that one already!-- The Unknown Spymaster DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME DIESEL 6973 22 19 1 119 HAWKS (466) CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME CHYNA 7052 18 8 0 106 HAWKS (466) -MURGEN 7283 13 16 0 106 THE BLACK COMPANY (544) MAN NEXT DOOR 6987 19 34 1 102 HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121) -MR. GOODBAR 6575 9 5 0 100 TASTE THE PAIN (217) CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME ABYSSINIAN 7043 3 1 0 85 CAT'S MEOW (522) RICHARD PLANTAGENET 6881 16 20 0 84 DARK TOADS (506) VLADIMIR 7061 14 6 1 77 THE APPRENTICES (524) DENNIS 7068 13 14 2 76 HAWKS (466) RAGDOLL 7039 4 0 0 72 CAT'S MEOW (522) TATTOOED DANCER 5060 8 5 1 70 SOUL HAREM (337) CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME GRAMMAW 7045 12 27 0 63 HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121) ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME THE EUNUCH 5000 8 7 0 63 SOUL HAREM (337) ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME BLUE SIOBHAN 4997 7 8 2 55 SOUL HAREM (337) FACELESS 7268 11 6 1 50 THE BLACK COMPANY (544) LITTLE FAIR LEA 4999 9 6 2 47 SOUL HAREM (337) BODY SWIRL 7372 4 1 0 45 RIDERS OF CHAOS (547) -LE PETIT MORT 6598 7 6 0 38 TASTE THE PAIN (217) SYLITH 7357 5 4 1 34 THE BLACK COMPANY (544) CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME VLAD TEPISH 7374 4 1 0 32 RIDERS OF CHAOS (547) -GRUMSLUSH 2362 6 2 0 31 COURTS OF CHAOS (194) SMEDS 7358 5 4 0 29 THE BLACK COMPANY (544) -CARLO DI VENOSA 7056 3 3 0 27 THE APPRENTICES (524) -FURIOUS IMPOSTOR 7027 2 1 0 27 REVELATIONS (509) WINSTON 7055 5 2 1 26 THE APPRENTICES (524) -ANNA 6939 3 4 1 25 REVELATIONS (509) FURIE 7244 2 1 1 25 BLOOD OF THE SPIDER (540) AVALLACH 7054 3 2 1 24 THE APPRENTICES (524) WAR MACHINE 7241 2 1 0 24 BLOOD OF THE SPIDER (540) INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -DINIAN 7057 4 4 0 22 THE APPRENTICES (524) -FROZEN CARCASE 7015 4 0 0 22 REVELATIONS (509) HAYDAN 7356 4 7 1 20 HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121) GREY GHOST 7243 2 1 0 20 BLOOD OF THE SPIDER (540) THAI DEI 7393 3 1 0 19 THE BLACK COMPANY (544) -DORGLE 2361 5 3 0 18 COURTS OF CHAOS (194) MYGGEN 7360 4 1 0 18 HAWKS (466) HARBRINGER 7398 1 0 1 18 ANGELS OF DOOM (550) -GET MY BASHON 7013 2 0 0 17 REVELATIONS (509) -CINNAMON GIRL 6648 3 0 0 16 TASTE THE PAIN (217) -DARK HELM 7242 2 1 0 15 BLOOD OF THE SPIDER (540) ALAN A DALE 7406 2 1 0 14 DARK TOADS (506) WHISPER SOFTLY 7421 1 0 0 11 RIDERS OF CHAOS (547) -GARRICK 5735 1 0 0 11 BELLYRIPPERS (391) -MAGENTAS ANTIAK 7364 0 2 0 10 WENSINWASIN X (546) -PEACHPIT FIEND 6626 2 3 0 9 TASTE THE PAIN (217) -RASPUTIN 5733 2 0 0 9 BELLYRIPPERS (391) PYSA 7385 2 2 0 8 HAWKS (466) -WILL SCARLET 7353 1 0 0 6 DARK TOADS (506) -DEMONKIN 7240 1 2 0 5 BLOOD OF THE SPIDER (540) -REGINALD WILDER 5736 1 0 0 3 BELLYRIPPERS (391) CHALEUR 7415 0 3 0 3 SOUL HAREM (337) -PLATORIAN 7361 0 1 0 1 WENSINWASIN X (546) CHE CHE HAKOSHO 7420 0 1 0 1 RIDERS OF CHAOS (547) NUMBER TWO 7422 0 1 0 1 HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121) -TRIM MARQUEST 5732 0 1 0 1 BELLYRIPPERS (391) -OGRE 5734 0 1 0 1 BELLYRIPPERS (391) '-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn. THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge? SLEN SNOTNOSE 549 0 1 0 1 FURIE 7244 479 NONE BUGSPRAY 7383 2 5 0 HOMICIDAL MANIACS 121 WINSTON 7055 479 FLYSWATTER 7384 2 4 0 HOMICIDAL MANIACS 121 AUNT KNUCKLES 7370 478 AUNT KNUCKLES 7370 1 4 1 RIDERS OF CHAOS 547 HARBRINGER 7398 479 DOG FISH 7373 1 1 1 RIDERS OF CHAOS 547 AVALLACH 7054 476 JUST REV CHRIS ANN THE MO 7408 0 2 0 RIDERS OF CHAOS 547 HAYDAN 7356 477 JUST REV PERSONAL ADS Body Swirl -- That is a very peculiar image, and I don't think it's a valid one. Besides, it's too chaotic. Chaos is bad, except for chaos theory, which is something quite different. If we were meant to understand chaos theory, it would be more orderly. -- Haydan Earl of Huntington -- (drawing in his breath with a hiss) You TOAD! You're trying to turn MY neighborhood into a loathly swamp, a morass of warts and slimey skin! I WON'T HAVE IT! I will GET you for this, you toad! -- Man Next Door Vladimir -- My, my! What a peculiar attraction you have! I'm all confused. (soft sigh) I haven't been this confused since I was a mere child of sixteen...I love it. -- Grammaw, feeling young again Aunt Knuckles -- Wow, you swatted that fly so hard you broke the swatter! Good work. The replacement is rotten, of course, worse than the 'Swatter, but I'm used to that. -- Nick Chaleur -- You observe, I can also serve as hair spray, for those who want elaborate hairdos WITHOUT the resident bugs and mice. -- Bugspray Earl of Huntington -- Good work on defending the throne. After all, you wouldn't want to see the Man Next Door up there, would you? -- Nick Body Swirl -- (startled look) You think I CARE? I suppose replacements COULD be worse, but not easily. -- Nick Abyssinian -- Nice record. I'd love to see how much tourney experience you and your teammate have to back up that recognition. Anyway, well fought. -- Richard Plantagenet Nick -- If it makes you feel better, my 2-3 man team is not for tourney prep. -- TigToad Mordant -- Nothing like a fight in the dark to focus a warrior. Faceless learned 3 skills as opposed to her usual 1 and finally figured out her favorite weapon (because it wasn't the one she used on the Dark Champion so there's only one left). I think we'll keep her around a bit more and see if she can't match the Earl of Huntington's record by the time she becomes Duelmistress.... -- Darkfist Saucy Jack -- Well...this time Sylith was just too stupid to realize she shoulda lost that one. A 9 wit will do that I guess. -- Darkfist Magentas Antiak -- Not bad. A few more skills and I won't be able to scum you like that! -- Smeds A TP kills a Basher...who'da thunk it? 25 August 2003 To any that care -- The CDC is back; our current roster is: Malaquar -- Minion of Guardian Pip the Troll -- Burly Enforcer Type mouse -- Official Sneaky Bastard Papa Bear -- Elder Statesmen The Sealer says, "Hi, I'm the dealer." Papa Bear says, "It's not my f****n fault." Guardian -- Paper Figurehead 9 September 2003 WE'RE LOOKING FOR A FEW GOOD MANAGERS! If you think you have what it takes to match wits and blades with some of the best managers in Alastari, then WE WANT YOU! The Tournament Of The Golden Scrod #4 will begin in Aradi (DM 60) the turn after the Fall Mail-In. It's not too late for you to sign up. I realize that many of you may be hesitant after seeing that myself and Hombre have teamed up again, but we'll try to take it easy on you guys a little bit. For more information on T#%S IV, please contact me at ganolus@aol.com. We're looking for a few good managers...the few, the proud, the TOGS! -- Ganolus Oakleaf, T#%S IV Commish 15 September 2003 An Announcement Concerning the Brotherhood of the Blade Alliance: I have chosen to withdraw my membership from the Brotherhood of the Blade alliance. The years I have spent in the alliance have been the best of my DM career. I leave the alliance with many great friends and will always remain close to my former brethren. The Brotherhood of the Blade will not skip a beat without my membership. It remains in very capable hands and its roster is among the strongest in the game. With the return on some of its founding members to DM, I know the BOB will continue to grow in strength and prestige in the years to come. -- The Sandman LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS BODY SWIRL devastated AVALLACH in a 1 minute mismatched Bloodfeud fight. VLAD TEPISH vanquished HAYDAN in a exciting 1 minute gory uneven Bloodfeud battle. THE EUNUCH was vanquished by RICHARD PLANTAGENET in a 1 minute Challenge brawl. VLADIMIR was savagely defeated by MAN NEXT DOOR in a 3 minute Challenge fight. FACELESS was vanquished by DENNIS in a exciting 1 minute mismatched Challenge fight. CHYNA devastated ABYSSINIAN in a 1 minute one-sided competition. DIESEL handily defeated TATTOOED DANCER in a 1 minute uneven Title melee. GRAMMAW lost to RAGDOLL in a 2 minute one-sided duel. BLUE SIOBHAN vanquished SYLITH in a 1 minute one-sided duel. LITTLE FAIR LEA overpowered THAI DEI in a popular 1 minute uneven match. MYGGEN was defeated by SMEDS in a 2 minute match. WINSTON narrowly killed BUGSPRAY in a 2 minute bloody competition. WAR MACHINE devastated SLEN SNOTNOSE in a 1 minute one-sided battle. GREY GHOST devastated SLEN SNOTNOSE in a 1 minute mismatched bout. FURIE easily killed SLEN SNOTNOSE in a 1 minute uneven fight. AUNT KNUCKLES was assassinated by HARBRINGER in a 1 minute uneven struggle. PYSA overcame CHE CHE HAKOSHO in a 5 minute amateur's bout. ALAN A DALE slimly won victory over CHALEUR in a exciting 3 minute novice's brawl. WHISPER SOFTLY demolished NUMBER TWO in a 2 minute one-sided bout. BATTLE REPORT MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS |FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT| |LUNGING ATTACK 8 SLASHING ATTACK 12 - 8 - 2 60 | |STRIKING ATTACK 7 LUNGING ATTACK 43 - 29 - 4 60 | |WALL OF STEEL 5 AIMED BLOW 11 - 9 - 1 55 | |PARRY-LUNGE 4 TOTAL PARRY 16 - 14 - 2 53 | |AIMED BLOW 3 WALL OF STEEL 18 - 17 - 3 51 | |TOTAL PARRY 3 PARRY-RIPOSTE 4 - 4 - 0 50 | |BASHING ATTACK 2 STRIKING ATTACK 22 - 22 - 3 50 | |SLASHING ATTACK 2 PARRY-LUNGE 15 - 16 - 1 48 | |PARRY-STRIKE 1 BASHING ATTACK 12 - 17 - 1 41 | |PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 2 - 0 0 | Turn 479 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 5 - 2 TOTAL PARRY 1 - 2 4 LUNGING ATTACK AIMED BLOW 2 - 1 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 1 2 STRIKING ATTACK LUNGING ATTACK 5 - 3 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 0 1 BASHING ATTACK WALL OF STEEL 3 - 2 SLASHING ATTACK 0 - 2 1 PARRY-STRIKE PARRY-LUNGE 2 - 2 1 PARRY-LUNGE BASHING ATTACK 1 - 1 1 AIMED BLOW 1 WALL OF STEEL TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME STRIKING ATTACK DIESEL 6973 22 19 1 119 HAWKS (466) BASHING ATTACK CHYNA 7052 18 8 0 106 HAWKS (466) AIMED BLOW ABYSSINIAN 7043 3 1 0 85 CAT'S MEOW (522) WALL OF STEEL VLADIMIR 7061 14 6 1 77 THE APPRENTICES (524) LUNGING ATTACK RAGDOLL 7039 4 0 0 72 CAT'S MEOW (522) TOTAL PARRY THE EUNUCH 5000 8 7 0 63 SOUL HAREM (337) PARRY-LUNGE FACELESS 7268 11 6 1 50 THE BLACK COMPANY (544) Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above. The overall popularity leader is MAN NEXT DOOR 6987. The most popular warrior this turn was MAN NEXT DOOR 6987. The ten other most popular fighters were ALAN A DALE 7406, WHISPER SOFTLY 7421, VLAD TEPISH 7374, DENNIS 7068, RAGDOLL 7039, LITTLE FAIR LEA 4999, MYGGEN 7360, BUGSPRAY 7383, HARBRINGER 7398, and CHE CHE HAKOSHO 7420. The least popular fighter this week was PYSA 7385. The other ten least popular fighters were AUNT KNUCKLES 7370, THAI DEI 7393, SYLITH 7357, TATTOOED DANCER 5060, ABYSSINIAN 7043, FACELESS 7268, THE EUNUCH 5000, HAYDAN 7356, AVALLACH 7054, and NUMBER TWO 7422. The following warriors will travel to ADVANCED DUELMASTERS after next turn: DIESEL (1-6973) HAWKS (466) The following warriors have traveled to ADVANCED DUELMASTERS after fighting this turn: EARL OF HUNTINGTON (1-6897) DARK TOADS (506) FACE-TO-FACE TOURNEY XXXI GATEWAY TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME STORMBRINGER 318 (192-100-0) 9 3 0 ROGUES NAMELESS TOOK 3195 (143-55-4) 7 3 0 DARK GUARDIANS GOD-EMPEROR OF BOB 6104 (48-32-0) 1 4 0 MINIONS OF BOB MAGSMAN 2615 (68-40-2) 0 5 0 ROGUES PRIMUS TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME THE UNHOLY CHILD 3810 (138-50-1) 3 4 0 THE REVELATION ELIGIBLES TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME CANDYACID 2545 (71-67-1) 5 3 0 TASTE THE PAIN ADM TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME SORROW 2863 (26-21-2) 3 3 0 SWEORDMASTERS FRESHMEN TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME NEVERMORE 5260 (16-18-2) 1 3 0 LAB EXPERIMENTS CHAMPIONS TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME MUMPHY CHICK 5487 (11-1-0) 6 3 0 LEGENDS OF STEELE KOGITSUNE MARU 5298 (16-10-0) 2 3 0 SWEORDMASTERS ADEPTS TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME CIARAN 7176 (13-5-1) 2 3 0 MANNEQUIN'S BEST SNAG 6519 (5-6-0) 2 3 0 OF WOLF AND MAN 2000 YR. OLD MAN 4521 (7-2-0) 1 3 0 CARNIVAL FREAKS LORD BLEEDS 6520 (8-3-0) 0 3 0 OF WOLF AND MAN INITIATES TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME FURIOUS IMPOSTOR 7027 (2-0-0) 3 3 0 REVELATIONS PAPER WASP 7259 (6-2-2) 1 3 0 MANNEQUIN'S BEST APPRENTICES TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME BIG-HEADED KAT 7110 (4-0-0) 6 3 0 THE MOTHERSHIP 4 WAR MACHINE 7241 (1-1-0) 4 3 0 BLOOD OF THE SPIDER ROOKIES TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME THINREDONE 5751 (0-0-0) 7 3 0 LAB EXPERIMENTS MAGENTAS ANTIAK 7364 (0-0-0) 5 3 1 WENSINWASIN X SWALLOWTAIL 7387 (0-0-0) 1 3 0 MANNEQUIN'S BEST