DUELMASTERS NEWSLETTER

Date   : 01/12/2004    Duedate: 01/24/2004

MORDANT ARENA

DM-1    TURN-487

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

MURGEN
THE BLACK COMPANY (544)
(1-7283) [14-17-0,103]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

MURGEN                         KING
THE BLACK COMPANY (544)        KING'S TEN (553)
(1-7283) [14-17-0,103]         (1-7431) [3-2-0,43]

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

MURGEN                         FACELESS
THE BLACK COMPANY (544)        THE BLACK COMPANY (544)
(1-7283) [14-17-0,103]         (1-7268) [17-7-1,93]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

THE BLACK COMPANY (544)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. THE BLACK COMPANY (544)     34
2. HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)     22      THE MOTHERSHIP 4 (476)
3. HAWKS (466)                  9      Unchartered Team
4. THE MOTHERSHIP 4 (476)       5
5. KING'S TEN (553)             4      KING'S TEN (553)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1- 2*BLOOD AND IRON (420)      22  12  3 64.7   1/ 2 THE BLACK COMPANY (544)   8  2 1
 2/ 1 THE MOTHERSHIP 4 (476)     9   6  1 60.0   2/ 6 HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)   6  7 0
 3- 3 DARK TOADS (506)         106  73  3 59.2   3/ 4*KING'S TEN (553)          6  8 1
 4/ 4 HAWKS (466)              313 223 18 58.4   4- 1 SOUL HAREM (337)          5  0 0
 5- 5 BLOOD OF THE SPIDE (540)  23  17  1 57.5   5- 9 MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537)    3  5 0
 6/ 6 THE BLACK COMPANY (544)  336 289 25 53.8   6- 7 LAB EXPERIMENTS (261)     2  2 0
 7/10*KING'S TEN (553)          12  12  1 50.0   7/11 THE MOTHERSHIP 4 (476)    2  2 0
 8- 7 SWEORDMASTERS (138)      297 304 37 49.4   8- 3*BLOOD AND IRON (420)      2  3 0
 9- 8 RIDERS OF CHAOS (547)     21  22  2 48.8   9-10 SWEORDMASTERS (138)       2  6 1
10- 9 SOUL HAREM (337)          51  55  8 48.1  10- 5 BLOOD OF THE SPIDE (540)  2  6 0
11-11 LAB EXPERIMENTS (261)    221 274 23 44.6  11/14 HAWKS (466)               2  7 0
12-12 MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537)    54  77  5 41.2  12- 8 DARK TOADS (506)          1  1 0
13/13 HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)  325 507 11 39.1  13-13*S DRAGONS (523)           1  1 0
14-14*S DRAGONS (523)            3   6  0 33.3  14-12 RIDERS OF CHAOS (547)     0  2 0

    '*'   Unchartered team                       '-'  Team did not fight this turn
   (###)  Avoid teams by their Team Id          ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank

                                      SPY REPORT

     I was going on vacation, see?  Surf, sun...  But what do those bums say?  "Hit 
the road, Debby Tonte.  MORDANT needs a spyreport."  Oh, well.  Like, SOUL HAREM had 
to be so embarrassed when they got kicked off #1 spot by THE BLACK COMPANY!  Way to 
go THE BLACK COMPANY!  Uncool, BLOOD AND IRON.  I mean 0-0-0 is bad.  Will they will 
be allowed to fight?  I say use 'em for training practice!  The guys at HOMICIDAL 
MANIACS like really pulled together to get a 3-2-0 this turn, moving up by 4.  One 
team deserves special mention 'cause they moved up 1 after going 5-0-1.  Keep it up, 
THE BLACK COMPANY!  MVP award for HAYDAN?  HOMICIDAL MANIACS' proud of him after 
beating KING and getting 15 points.  Talk about yer big time losers!  KING got 
smashed by HAYDAN, and lost 12 points!  What a putz!  WISPER fights so hard to be 
Duelmaster, then quits fighting and loses the title.  No one said she was a genius... 
And I was just getting used to the ex-Duelmaster's habit of...(!)  Oh well, welcome 
MURGEN.  Aren't THE BLACK COMPANY proud.  (Oh, my.) Who was the wiseguy that said 
MORDANT's Duelmaster was paying for drinks at Conan's Place?  Don't look at me!   
     I gotta admit I haven't been in "deep con caves" with any spies.  Really, I just 
wing this stuff.  The warriors of BLOOD AND IRON must be getting lonely.  They were 
the most avoided team.  Do you guys know something that I don't?  Is there some deep 
dark secret why KING'S TEN's been avoiding BLOOD AND IRON so much?  Or is it just 
that they're too scared?  Like, is FOOLCATCHER popular, or what?  She was challenged 
the most in all of MORDANT!  She's got a 1-4-0, is that good?   
     What does a fighter fight for?  I mean, the crowds don't give a hoot if someone 
gets killed.  Not after four more fights.  Like, who is this beast???  THAI DEI gets 
sent to the Dark Arena, battles SHEWISH GIANT, and returns to tell of it!!!  I bet 
THE BLACK COMPANY manager is surprised!  Fight, fight, fight.  Is that all you guys 
can do?   
     Remember, blood on a purple robe may stain.  Soak it in cold water, and hand 
wash.  I know how much you like reading this stuff, but I really should stop.  Its 
been really albendranius!  Later, guys-- Debby Tonte  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 MURGEN 7283                  14  17  0   103       THE BLACK COMPANY (544)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-WISPER 5753                  11   2  2   139       SWEORDMASTERS (138)
-TATTOOED DANCER 5060         11   8  2    98       SOUL HAREM (337)
 FACELESS 7268                17   7  1    93       THE BLACK COMPANY (544)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SYLITH 7357                  10   5  1    89       THE BLACK COMPANY (544)
-THE EUNUCH 5000              11  10  1    83       SOUL HAREM (337)
 DENNIS 7068                  16  18  2    75       HAWKS (466)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-DARK HELM 7242                6   3  0    63       BLOOD OF THE SPIDER (540)
-BLUE SIOBHAN 4997            11  10  2    58       SOUL HAREM (337)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-LITTLE FAIR LEA 4999         13   8  2    55       SOUL HAREM (337)
 HAYDAN 7356                   6  13  1    54       HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)
 SMEDS 7358                   10   6  0    45       THE BLACK COMPANY (544)
 KING 7431                     3   2  0    43       KING'S TEN (553)
-THINREDONE 5751               4   1  0    42       LAB EXPERIMENTS (261)
-FURIE 7244                    4   3  1    39       BLOOD OF THE SPIDER (540)
 MYGGEN 7360                   8   4  1    38       HAWKS (466)
 BIG-HEADED KAT 7110           6   2  0    34       THE MOTHERSHIP 4 (476)
-DEMONKIN 7240                 5   4  0    34       BLOOD OF THE SPIDER (540)
-GREY GHOST 7243               4   3  0    34       BLOOD OF THE SPIDER (540)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 THAI DEI 7393                 7   4  1    33       THE BLACK COMPANY (544)
-VLAD TEPISH 7374              7   4  0    33       RIDERS OF CHAOS (547)
-ALAN A DALE 7406              4   4  0    30       DARK TOADS (506)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-WAR MACHINE 7241              4   4  0    30       BLOOD OF THE SPIDER (540)
-JEJUNE 7386                   3   1  0    28       MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537)
-RAJA 6154                     3   0  0    28       BLOOD AND IRON (420)
 DOGMAN 7430                   3   2  0    27       KING'S TEN (553)
-CHALEUR 7415                  3   6  1    26       SOUL HAREM (337)
-RED CLOUD 5993                4   3  1    25       BLOOD AND IRON (420)
-SWALLOWTAIL 7387              4   4  0    24       MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-SHRINKY DINK 7444             2   1  0    21       MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537)
-CORNY 5991                    5   2  1    20       BLOOD AND IRON (420)
-WHISPER SOFTLY 7421           4   3  0    19       RIDERS OF CHAOS (547)
 SILENT WIND 7447              3   1  0    18       KING'S TEN (553)
-BALTHAZAAR 5990               4   3  0    17       BLOOD AND IRON (420)
 NUMBER TWO 7422               1   8  0    17       HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)
-RAPTOR 5989                   4   3  0    15       BLOOD AND IRON (420)
-EGGPLANT 7047                 3   6  0    15       S DRAGONS (523)
 SMUDGE 7427                   2   3  1    14       KING'S TEN (553)
 OUTLAW INLAW 7424             2   6  0    14       HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)
 BRICK WALL 7478               1   0  0     8       HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)
 JULENISSEN 7425               1   3  0     6       HAWKS (466)
 FISH BOWL MAN 7429            1   3  0     6       KING'S TEN (553)
 GRIZZLY OLSEN 7433            0   2  0     2       HAWKS (466)
 MIKRO-MIDAS 7446              0   1  0     1       HAWKS (466)

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

THE DEAD               W  L K TEAM NAME             SLAIN BY             TURN Revenge?
SHEWISH GIANT 566      0  1 0 DARK ARENA 0          THAI DEI 7393         487 NONE    
RICHARD PLANTAGE 6881 19 23 0 DARK TOADS 506        WISPER 5753           485         
FOOLCATCHER 7445       1  4 0 HOMICIDAL MANIACS 121 SMUDGE 7427           487         
GRAMMAW 7045          13 31 0 HOMICIDAL MANIACS 121 TATTOOED DANCER 5060  484         
BLAH 7111              0  1 0 THE MOTHERSHIP 4 476  BLACK ORC 565         487 NONE    
BLOODLUST 7426         2  1 0 RIDERS OF CHAOS 547   MYGGEN 7360           483 NOT REVE

                                     PERSONAL ADS

King -- Oh, I think you'll not fall far.  Not sure why, maybe because:  "It's love
that holds it all together" (I just had to let you know)... -- Darkfist

Grammaw -- I will mourn you (and your cookies!) but seeing as how I'm only 5'3" I
guess I'd have a hard time killing anybody (my Dark Arena desperation kill
notwithstanding).  Tattooed Dancer is quite safe from me! -- Faceless

Wisper -- Huh.  With a Master rating in Parry you'd think I could parry those normal
attacks better, wouldn't you?  Stupid Quarterstaff. -- Murgen

Dark Helm -- Hey, you're quite good.  If we'd had equal experience I'm sure I'd have
been toast! -- Faceless

Dogman -- Maybe it was the spiked collar that got in the way? -- Smeds

Thai Dei -- Foreign food, eh?  Never really a GOOD idea, you know.  Your body doesn't
really LIKE foreign food.  It isn't USED to it.  Much better to stick with oatmeal,
slightly cooked. -- Haydan

Silent Wind -- Gosh, I never heard you coming! -- Number Two

Raptor -- You remind me of my son-in-law's cousin.  A worthless thug. -- Outlaw Inlaw

Balthazar -- Ah...this means you aren't a fool, yes? -- Foolcatcher

10 January 2004
ZalCon2 Updates (1/9/04)

     The contest will be starting on the turn due February 23rd, 2004 and run for 20
turns.
     Only one team will be allowed for each manager in the contest, regardless of
whether additional teams are announced as contest entries.  No exceptions for any
reason.
     The Style Master points should read that there is +1 point for beating a member
of your own style even if the warrior is not registered for the contest.
     Rolling points for consecutive turns as Style Master means that your warrior
gets the extra point every turn after the first 3 that he continues to hold the
title.
     The points for Quality Wins should be clarified to read the winning warrior is
ranked below by the number of recognition points needed for each bonus point at the
start of the fight.  For example, Warrior A (3-2-0, 17) beats Warrior B (4-1-0, 35)
and receives 2 bonus points under Quality Win for the 18 point difference in the
ranking.
     I believe that is all the clarifications for the moment, please feel free to
email, diplo, call or write me with any other questions or concerns about the
contest.
          Robert Occhipinti aka Zalgor Prigg

10 January 2004
                *     *     *  Third Annual Turf War  *     *      *

     Come one and all to DM 47 (North Fork) for the Third Annual Turf War!  Rules of
the contest will be posted in Turn #208's newsletter (due date Feb. 23).  The contest
will begin on Turn #209 (due date March 22).
     So, get a team there and register!  To register, you must send me a donation of
one (1) rollup CERTIFICATE.  Then, declare your alliance and team in the North Fork
personals.  You may also declare a warrior as champion, and that warrior will earn
(or lose!) double points in the contest!
     Roll-up certs will be *ALL* awarded as prizes, in addition to:

*** Highest Scoring Alliance -- Gets to Rename DM 47 for 6 months!
*** Most returns from DA (Alliance) -- Rename DA monsters for 6 months!
*** Most listings as "Style Masters" (Alliance) -- Pick arena to host the April "05
    Grand Tournament!
*** Warrior with the most awards -- Arenamaster named after him for 6 months!
*** Alliance with the most awards -- Pick the slow arena for TW 4!
*** Team with most "Style Master" listings -- Discover favorites of one warrior on
    team!
*** Warrior with most "Style Master" listings -- Fights at my expense for 5 turns!
    (I'll transfer $7.50 to the manager's account)
*** Alliance with the most kills -- Rename the stand-ins for 6 months!
*** Highest scoring Warrior -- Fights at my expense for 5 turns.  (I'll transfer
    $7.50 to their manager's account.)

     The contest will run for 10 turns, with the winners announced on turn #220.  See
the Turn #208 North Fork newsletter for complete rules and scoring system!  Direct
"declarations" to:  A.D. in the personals, and prize pot entry donations to:
                      Jason Mazuch HSP H-2
                      P.O. Box 339 #924385
                      Sparta, GA  31087-0339
     By snail mail or diplo through RSI.
               Bloody Sands!
                    Asmo Dius, TCB

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

THAI DEI viciously butchered SHEWISH GIANT in a 2 minute bloody Dark Arena fight.
BLAH was viciously butchered by BLACK ORC in a 2 minute gruesome Dark Arena battle.
BIG-HEADED KAT was subdued by SMEDS in a 2 minute Challenge fight.
FISH BOWL MAN was vanquished by NUMBER TWO in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge brawl.
SMUDGE slew FOOLCATCHER in a 1 minute novice's Challenge fight.
MURGEN devastated SILISA THE SNAKE in a 1 minute uneven Title brawl.
DENNIS was defeated by SYLITH in a exciting 1 minute struggle.
FACELESS bested SILISA THE SNAKE in a 2 minute veteran's competition.
KING was overcome by HAYDAN in a 3 minute gruesome beginner vs. expert melee.
MYGGEN overpowered OUTLAW INLAW in a 1 minute uneven duel.
JULENISSEN was luckily beaten by BRICK WALL in a 2 minute gruesome novice's fight.
DOGMAN overpowered MIKRO-MIDAS in a 1 minute one-sided fight.
SILENT WIND subdued GRIZZLY OLSEN in a 2 minute amateur's competition.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|LUNGING ATTACK                   4         AIMED BLOW        13 -  11 -  0      54  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   4         TOTAL PARRY       14 -  12 -  2      54  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      3         PARRY-LUNGE       16 -  14 -  2      53  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  3         WALL OF STEEL     17 -  15 -  1      53  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     2         LUNGING ATTACK    43 -  47 -  3      48  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  2         STRIKING ATTACK   31 -  36 -  1      46  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    2         SLASHING ATTACK   16 -  19 -  2      46  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      1         BASHING ATTACK    14 -  24 -  1      37  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    1         PARRY-RIPOSTE      5 -  10 -  0      33  |
|AIMED BLOW                       0         PARRY-STRIKE       2 -  10 -  0      17  |

Turn 487 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:

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

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
PARRY-LUNGE      FACELESS 7268              17   7  1   93 THE BLACK COMPANY (544)
LUNGING ATTACK   SYLITH 7357                10   5  1   89 THE BLACK COMPANY (544)
WALL OF STEEL    SMEDS 7358                 10   6  0   45 THE BLACK COMPANY (544)
STRIKING ATTACK  KING 7431                   3   2  0   43 KING'S TEN (553)
TOTAL PARRY      BIG-HEADED KAT 7110         6   2  0   34 THE MOTHERSHIP 4 (476)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is MURGEN 7283.  The most popular warrior this turn was 
FACELESS 7268.  The ten other most popular fighters were KING 7431, THAI DEI 7393, 
HAYDAN 7356, SYLITH 7357, JULENISSEN 7425, DOGMAN 7430, SILENT WIND 7447, BLAH 7111, 
SMEDS 7358, and NUMBER TWO 7422.

The least popular fighter this week was MIKRO-MIDAS 7446.  The other ten least 
popular fighters were OUTLAW INLAW 7424, FISH BOWL MAN 7429, BIG-HEADED KAT 7110, 
GRIZZLY OLSEN 7433, BRICK WALL 7478, DENNIS 7068, FOOLCATCHER 7445, MYGGEN 7360, 
MURGEN 7283, and SMUDGE 7427.

                       TOURNEY FREEZE CHANGE -- ADVANCE NOTICE

     Beginning at the Winter Face-to-Face in Tempe (January 2004), we will implement 
several changes affecting tournaments.  The tournament announcement for the upcoming 
FTF and future tourneys will reflect these changes.
     First, we will eliminate the tourney freeze for all regular DM warrior classes.  
Regular DM warriors will not be classed ahead of the tournament, but instead will 
fight according to their FE on the date of the tourney.  There will still be a freeze 
for the ADM classes, occurring on the same timeline as before, approximately 6 weeks 
before the tournament.
     In addition to the above change, the warrior classes will be slightly altered.  
The new tourney classes will be as follows:

                DM Tourney Classes                 ADM Tourney Classes
              ======================              ======================
                  0 FE:  Rookies                        Freshmen
                1-4 FE:  Apprentices                    ADM
               5-10 FE:  Initiates                      Eligibles
              11-20 FE:  Adepts                      ---induction---
              21-30 FE:  Champions                      Contenders
                31+ FE:  Challengers                    Primus

     All regular DM tourney classes will remain solely FE based.  All ADM classes will 
now be based on warrior characteristics (i.e., the ADM split algorithm), including the 
Freshmen class.
     The Gateway and Primus arenas will be merging before the FTF to form one top 
arena.  These warriors will be split into two tournament classes, the Contenders and 
the Primus classes, again based upon their characteristics.  More information on this 
will be published in the newsletters for those arenas.
     If you have any questions about the above changes, please contact Customer 
Service.  Good luck in your games.

                                          -- Green Eyes and the RSI staff