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