DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 12/27/2004    Duedate: 01/08/2005

MORDANT ARENA

DM-1    TURN-512

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

GOOEYDUCK
LAB EXPERIMENTS (261)
(1-7434) [17-2-1,116]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

GOOEYDUCK                      CENWOLFE
LAB EXPERIMENTS (261)          WOLFES DEN (64)
(1-7434) [17-2-1,116]          (1-756) [0-1-0,1]

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

SWALLOWTAIL                    GOOEYDUCK
MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537)         LAB EXPERIMENTS (261)
(1-7387) [18-10-1,110]         (1-7434) [17-2-1,116]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537)      41
2. LAB EXPERIMENTS (261)       24      SWEORDMASTERS (138)
3. HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)     11      Unchartered Team
4. SWEORDMASTERS (138)         10
5. WOLFES DEN (64)              1      WOLFES DEN (64)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1- 1*ARENA FELINES (559)        6   5  0 54.5   1/ 1 MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537)    7  6 2
 2/ 2 SWEORDMASTERS (138)      333 338 41 49.6   2/ 3 HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)   7  8 0
 3/ 3 LAB EXPERIMENTS (261)    258 297 26 46.5   3/ 2 SWEORDMASTERS (138)       5  7 0
 4/ 4 MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537)    91 110 14 45.3   4/ 4 LAB EXPERIMENTS (261)     3  6 1
 5/ 5 HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)  376 581 11 39.3   5- 5*ARENA FELINES (559)       1  1 0
 6/ 0*WOLFES DEN (64)            0   1  0  0.0   6/ 0*WOLFES DEN (64)           0  1 0

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

                                      SPY REPORT

     It is I, Novgorodny Vir, Spymaster of Spymasters.  Look on my work, ye mighty, 
and despair!  Practice pays for HAYDAN, who pummelled RAFFI THE GARROTE, to pocket 16 
points.  GOOEYDUCK successfully staved off a grab for the roses by BRICK WALL of 
HOMICIDAL MANIACS.  Does MORDANT have no one talented enough to dethrone it?  So 
who's the team that's been walking into taverns last week and ordering milk?  Sounds 
like a PR stunt to me.   
     My mother wished me to avoid conflict, and seek the gentle trade of Spyreporter. 
But warriors aren't supposed to avoid fights!   
     Like the wind whispering among the pines, do hearest I many disquieting rumors.  
Death (in the form of LIEUTENANT WOREL of MORDANT) knocked on THIRD CHARMER's door.  
What will HOMICIDAL MANIACS do?  The suspense is killing me.  Ask not a spymaster for 
counsel, for he will pontificate long after you have fallen into an unconscious 
stupor.   
     Do not think spyreporting in MORDANT is the highlight of my life.  As if 
buffeted by forces of nature beyond my control, I must take my leave of this place.  
Do not despair!  I shall return!-- Novgorodny Vir  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 GOOEYDUCK 7434               17   2  1   116       LAB EXPERIMENTS (261)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SWALLOWTAIL 7387             18  10  1   110       MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537)
 AEGLOS 7468                  13   2  1   110       SWEORDMASTERS (138)
-DESTINY 7506                 13   7  1   102       SWEORDMASTERS (138)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 HAYDAN 7356                  11  33  1    80       HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)
 BRICK WALL 7478              18   8  0    76       HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-CRAP CAT 7524                 4   2  0    62       ARENA FELINES (559)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-HELLACIOUS 7541               3   0  0    27       MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 MESSIAH 7607                  2   0  1    21       MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537)
-KRAZY KAT 7525                1   1  0    16       ARENA FELINES (559)
-BLACK CAT 7527                1   0  0    15       ARENA FELINES (559)
-TEMERITY 7574                 1   0  1    14       LAB EXPERIMENTS (261)
 BOTTLE OF BEER 7620           1   1  0    12       HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)
-TENDER VITTLES 7523           0   2  0     2       ARENA FELINES (559)
 CENWOLFE 756                  0   1  0     1       WOLFES DEN (64)

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

THE DEAD               W  L K TEAM NAME             SLAIN BY             TURN Revenge?
CHARK FORKBEARD 561    0  1 0   1                   SWALLOWTAIL 7387      512 NONE    
THIRD CHARMER 7595     7  3 0 HOMICIDAL MANIACS 121 LIEUTENANT WOREL 554  512 NONE    
SANDY'S EVIL TWI 7605  1  4 0 HOMICIDAL MANIACS 121 MESSIAH 7607          512         
NUMBER TWO 7422        8 24 0 HOMICIDAL MANIACS 121 GOOEYDUCK 7434        510         
117181517511 7630      0  1 0 LAB EXPERIMENTS 261   BLACK ORC 565         512 NONE    
111219157317 7629      0  1 0 LAB EXPERIMENTS 261   SPYMASTER 567         512 NONE    
176151515511 7632      0  1 0 MANNEQUIN'S BEST 537  HIGH ELF 564          512 NONE    
91411179915 7631       0  1 0 MANNEQUIN'S BEST 537  ARENAMASTER KAKAR 568 512 NONE    
11208917415 7626       0  1 0 SWEORDMASTERS 138     UNDEAD WARRIOR 572    512 NONE    
151512177711 7628      0  1 0 SWEORDMASTERS 138     MOUNTAIN TROLL 563    512 NONE    

                                     PERSONAL ADS

Crap Cat -- Oh...CRAP.  I just cleaned that rug, you hairy little monster.  See if I
bring YOU tuna fish any time soon! -- Haydan

The Brick Wall seems to be trying to communicate something, but I AM NOT LISTENING.
Besides, it only fought a standby, so who cares? -- Third Charmer

It's all well and good for Monyebags Mefrin (I believe he is one of the Chardinee
clan) to teach me skills, but I wanted MONEY.  What a piker. -- Third Charmer

Grall the Deserter should be HUNG.  He should suffer a TERMINAL INPUT ERROR.  Who
needs a deserter? -- Sandy's Evil Twin

Meshshiah -- You're a closhet werecat, aren't you?  I can tell.  ALL you Ratani are
closhet werecatsh.  But hey, I don't want any werecatsh in MY closhet, shedding all
over my good pantsh and shtuff.  Sho get out of there! -- Bottle of Beer
P.S.  Why not go shomewhere and get totally shloshed?

8 December 2004
Battle Royal 4
     The Battle Royal arena contests are one of the purest tests of manager skill
available. The rules are simple.  The scoring is simple.  The updates are live.  If
you would like to participate, simply get a team ready in Talcama in the next month
and announce in the personals that you're in.  The prize is bragging rights and
having your name along side previous winners (Doc Steele, Manray Frothingslosh, and
Manager).  It is a brutal contest, but it is a lot of fun!
     Basic rules:  No avoiding other contest teams.  Score = Wins + Kills - Losses.
Only fights against other BR teams count.  First team to 25 wins!
     BR4 begins in Talcama (DM 18) on turn 502, due on Jan 29, 2005.
     Visit http://www.geocities.com/assurnasir/br4 for more information.

8 December 2004
TURF WAR IV -- GRAND CONTEST NOTICE!
     The Turf War IV Grand Contest will commence on Turn 221 (approx. February 22,
2005).  For those who have never participated, Turf Wars are alliance-type contest
and Winner-Takes-All.  There are no 2nd place winners!
     Everyone may participate; known alliances, new alliances, or temporary alliances
created to compete in the Turf War!  However, to participate, each alliance must:
     A.  Announce the alliance name and the Captain of the alliance in the North Fork
         (DM #47) newsletter.
Captains are responsible for:
     A.  Verifying those who wish to participate under the banner of their alliance;
     B.  Distribution of prizes should their alliance win the TW4.
Managers must:
     A.  Submit one (1) RSI Roll-up Gift Certificate to participate;
     B.  Announce their intent to compete with manager name, team name and alliance
         in which they will be fighting under, in the DM #47 North Fork newsletter.
Rules:
1.  No scoring will begin until an RSI Roll-up Gift Certificate is received.  No
    exceptions will be made.
2.  Before a manager can compete, he must be acknowledged and verified by the Captain
    of the alliance he has claimed for;
    A.  The following turn, points will begin to be awarded or subtracted;
3.  Only one (1) team per manager may compete.  No multiple aliases please (we'll be
    checking this and if caught...you'll be disqualified and no refund);
4.  The contest will end on Turn 233 (12 turns!).  Winners will be announced on Turn
    234 and prizes sent to winning alliance between Turn 233 and 234.
5.  No declarations will be acknowledged after Turn 231.
6.  For the purpose of scoring, I reserve the right to make all final decisions.
Scoring:         Win    Lose     Kill     Die
Challenge         +2     -2       +5       -5
Match-up          +1     -1       +1       -5
Bloodfeud         +2     -5       +5       -10
Champion          x2     x2       x2       x2
Downchallenge     +2     -5       +2       -10
Dark Arena       +10     -5       xx       xx
Special Scoring:
     A.  Each mention in the Spy Report is worth 5 points;
     B.  Each Style Master is worth 5 points;
Champions:
     A.  Champions may be declared, but are not mandatory.  If declared, they must be
         in the Adepts or lower brackets.
Bloodfeuds:
     A.  Bloodfeuds will count for all four turns.  However, the same warrior may not
         bloodfeud all four turns.  A penalty of -10 will be given to the team who
         violates this rule.
Special Conditions:
     A.  I reserve the right for all final decisions.
     B.  If I make a mistake, I'll multiply the points by 2;
     C.  If you claim I did, and *YOU* are wrong; I'll subtract points at the rate of
         x10!
     D.  Each alliance begins with zero (0) points.
     E.  Dark Arena may be used on the first turn of every warrior with no penalty.
     F.  T.V.'s won after contest begins gain a Triple rate of scoring.
     G.  T.C.'s won after the contest begins gain a multiple of 10 scoring.
     H.  No switching alliances once verified by an alliance.
     Any questions or concerns may be addressed (if you're incarcerated) to:
Baphomet, mgr. Knights Templar (268), DM #47 -- North Fork.
     If you're in the free world:  Rick Strigner  Merit East
                                   SCI  P.O. Box 500
                                   Georgetown, DE  19947-0500
P.S.  Prizes are:
     A.  100% of the roll-up certs
     B.  Currently under negotiations with R.S.I. for other prizes
     C.  A special prize from me that I will discuss with the Captain of the winning
         alliance.

15 December 2004
The Company of Brothers Alliance would like to welcome Azereth as our newest member.
We are sure he will be an asset to both our alliance and the dueling community! --
Baphomet, Co-Founder T.C.B.

24 December 2004
Due to requests, the Turf War IV will be postponed until turn 225 (approx May/June
2005).  Sorry about the inconvenience. -- Baphomet, host of TW 4

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

11208917415 was butchered by UNDEAD WARRIOR in a 2 minute bloody Dark Arena fight.
176151515511 was slaughtered by HIGH ELF in a 1 minute Dark Arena battle.
117181517511 was viciously butchered by BLACK ORC in a 1 minute gory Dark Arena match.
111219157317 was slaughtered by SPYMASTER in a 1 minute Dark Arena brawl.
91411179915 was butchered by ARENAMASTER KAKAR in a 1 minute gory Dark Arena fight.
151512177711 was murdered by MOUNTAIN TROLL in a 2 minute Dark Arena competition.
GOOEYDUCK viciously subdued BRICK WALL in a exciting 3 minute master's Title fight.
SWALLOWTAIL easily killed CHARK FORKBEARD in a action packed 3 minute uneven fight.
AEGLOS vanquished SILISA THE SNAKE in a action packed 1 minute one-sided duel.
THIRD CHARMER was assassinated by LIEUTENANT WOREL in a 1 minute one-sided fight.
HAYDAN handily defeated RAFFI THE GARROTE in a exciting 2 minute one-sided bout.
BOTTLE OF BEER devastated CENWOLFE in a 1 minute mismatched conflict.
SANDY'S EVIL TWIN was murdered by MESSIAH 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|
|LUNGING ATTACK                   4         LUNGING ATTACK    32 -   9 -  6      78  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    4         TOTAL PARRY        9 -   5 -  0      64  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   2         PARRY-RIPOSTE     17 -  10 -  1      63  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      2         AIMED BLOW         8 -   5 -  1      62  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    2         SLASHING ATTACK    6 -   4 -  0      60  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  1         PARRY-STRIKE       3 -   5 -  0      38  |
|AIMED BLOW                       1         BASHING ATTACK     3 -   5 -  1      38  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      0         STRIKING ATTACK    6 -  12 -  0      33  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     0         WALL OF STEEL      2 -   9 -  0      18  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  0         PARRY-LUNGE        0 -   1 -  0       0  |

Turn 512 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    1 -  0     PARRY-RIPOSTE      1 -  3         4  LUNGING ATTACK 
LUNGING ATTACK     3 -  1     AIMED BLOW         0 -  1         4  STRIKING ATTACK
BASHING ATTACK     1 -  1     PARRY-LUNGE        0 -  0         2  PARRY-RIPOSTE  
                              PARRY-STRIKE       0 -  0         1  TOTAL PARRY    
                              SLASHING ATTACK    0 -  0     
                              TOTAL PARRY        0 -  2     
                              WALL OF STEEL      0 -  2     

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
LUNGING ATTACK   GOOEYDUCK 7434             17   2  1  116 LAB EXPERIMENTS (261)
PARRY-RIPOSTE    SWALLOWTAIL 7387           18  10  1  110 MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537)
TOTAL PARRY      BRICK WALL 7478            18   8  0   76 HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is SWALLOWTAIL 7387.  The most popular warrior this 
turn was GOOEYDUCK 7434.  The ten other most popular fighters were SWALLOWTAIL 7387, 
HAYDAN 7356, AEGLOS 7468, BOTTLE OF BEER 7620, 11208917415 7626, MESSIAH 7607, 
117181517511 7630, 151512177711 7628, BRICK WALL 7478, and 176151515511 7632.

The least popular fighter this week was SANDY'S EVIL TWIN 7605.  The other ten least 
popular fighters were CENWOLFE 756, THIRD CHARMER 7595, 91411179915 7631, 
111219157317 7629, 176151515511 7632, BRICK WALL 7478, 151512177711 7628, 
117181517511 7630, MESSIAH 7607, and 11208917415 7626.

               NEW GRADUATES--FROM ALL ARENAS (INCLUDING CLOSED ARENAS)

     For those of you who keep track of such things, 11 additional warriors graduated 
from regular DM arenas (including closed arenas) since the last tournament.  

                        EEK THE CAT (2-4110) of THE FUNNY FARM 
                             HADES (11-5338) of MYTHICAL 
                    DRAUGHT DODGER (12-5209) of WISH YOU WERE BEER 
                      DRACO MALFOY (18-7115) of HOUSE SLYTHERIN 
                           FREAK (18-7300) of RUN AND HYDE 
                   BETWEEN THE EYES (60-716) of METAL MILITIA II 6
                  SHOVELING SANDY (65-3584) of STORMNITE SANDBAGGER 
                         BLUE BLOOD (73-3657) of BLACK & BLUE 
                          JOCK (82-10452) of 4-LETTER ITCHES 
                       WILLIE BROWN (82-13201) of 1976 RAIDERS 
                          YUENGLING (82-16265) of LOCAL BEER 

Congrats to the grads. -- Green Eyes

                                FACE-TO-FACE XXXIV

     Our next Winter Face-to-Face will be held on Martin Luther King weekend, Friday 
through Sunday, 14-16 January 2005, at the Embassy Suites in Tempe, Arizona (4400 S 
Rural Rd--this is the same hotel as last year).  Room rates are $139.00 per night, 
1-4 occupancy, which includes breakfast.  The rooms are blocked.  The reservations 
number is 480-897-7444; tell them you're with the "Reality Simulations Face to Face 
Convention" block.  Our room block will be released in mid-December, so please make 
sure you reserve your room before then! 
     Room rates include a full cooked-to-order breakfast and a complimentary two-hour 
manager's reception.  There is a free shuttle to the airport, as well as free parking.  
The hotel is located down the freeway in Tempe.  All rooms have high speed internet 
(for an extra charge).  There is a fitness center, jacuzzi, and pool, and of course a 
bar and Mexican restaurant inside the hotel.  And there's Denny's right across the 
street.  Look for transportation info in the tournament information sheet.
     The tournament information sheet/strategy sheet should be out sometime in late 
November/early December. 
     If you haven't been to a Face-to-Face before, you're overdue.  If you have, 
you'll be back.  Don't miss this one, it'll be a blast!  See you there! 

                                          -- Green Eyes and the RSI Staff

                 MAIL-IN TOURNEY XXXVIII

PRIMUS TOURNEY                         W  L  K         TEAM NAME            
STORMBRINGER 318 (194-102-1)           3  3  0         CONCEPT: HOMICIDE!   
CHEMICAL WEDDING 3167 (38-22-1)        0  5  0         CONCEPT: HOMICIDE!   

CONTENDERS TOURNEY                     W  L  K         TEAM NAME            
CANDYACID 2545 (74-75-1)               0  5  0         CARNIVAL FREAKS      

ELIGIBLES TOURNEY                      W  L  K         TEAM NAME            
SALESGUN 6745 (24-38-2)                5  3  0         LEGENDS OF STEELE    
SORROW 2863 (48-30-2)                  3  3  0         SWEORDMASTERS        

ADM TOURNEY                            W  L  K         TEAM NAME            
KOGITSUNE MARU 5298 (29-25-1)          2  3  0         SWEORDMASTERS        
MUMPHY CHICK 5487 (23-1-0)             2  3  0         LEGENDS OF STEELE    

CHAMPIONS TOURNEY                      W  L  K         TEAM NAME            
SWALLOWTAIL 7387 (13-10-0)             1  3  0         MANNEQUIN'S BEST     

ADEPTS TOURNEY                         W  L  K         TEAM NAME            
AEGLOS 7468 (9-2-1)                    5  3  0         SWEORDMASTERS        
2000 YR. OLD MAN 4521 (7-5-0)          4  3  0         CARNIVAL FREAKS      
DEVIL RAY 7003 (4-3-1)                 4  3  0         THE TANK             

INITIATES TOURNEY                      W  L  K         TEAM NAME            
DUE BASHER 5492 (0-0-0)                1  3  0         DU BASHERS           
ZESTY PER NULN 7565 (0-0-0)            1  3  0         WHAT SHOULD I BE?    

APPRENTICES TOURNEY                    W  L  K         TEAM NAME            
HELLACIOUS 7541 (0-0-0)                2  3  0         MANNEQUIN'S BEST     
KRAZY KAT 7525 (1-0-0)                 2  3  0         ARENA FELINES        
CRAP CAT 7524 (3-1-0)                  1  3  0         ARENA FELINES        
HELLION 7542 (3-1-1)                   1  3  0         SWEORDMASTERS        
SKEWER 7515 (2-0-0)                    0  2  0         SWEORDMASTERS        

ROOKIES TOURNEY                        W  L  K         TEAM NAME            
RACECAR 7518 (0-0-0)                   9  3  2         PALINDROMES          
HONEST JILES 7576 (0-0-0)              4  3  0         LAB EXPERIMENTS      
WOW 7516 (0-0-0)                       3  3  0         PALINDROMES          
TEMERITY 7574 (0-0-0)                  2  3  0         LAB EXPERIMENTS      
SILLY PUTTY 7596 (0-0-0)               0  2  0         MANNEQUIN'S BEST     
TNT 7517 (0-0-0)                       0  2  0         PALINDROMES          

DEAD CHALLENGERS TOURNEY               W  L  K         TEAM NAME            
GARET JAX 3397 (13-2-0)                7  3  0         THE GUARDIANS        
BLUE VOLCANO 2546 (9-6-0)              0  2  0         TASTE THE PAIN       

DEAD CHAMPIONS TOURNEY                 W  L  K         TEAM NAME            
TALON 7413 (7-6-0)                     3  3  0         FLOYDS FAN CLUB      
WAR MACHINE 7241 (7-5-0)               0  2  0         BLOOD OF THE SPIDER  

DEAD ADEPTS TOURNEY                    W  L  K         TEAM NAME            
JOHN PLANTAGENET 7233 (5-2-0)          6  3  0         DARK TOADS           
RYAN 6499 (3-2-1)                      6  3  0         THE MOTHERSHIP 4     
MY MICHELLE 6652 (0-1-0)               5  3  1         GUNS-N-ROSES         
IZZY 6678 (2-0-0)                      2  3  0         GUNS-N-ROSES         

DEAD INITIATES TOURNEY                 W  L  K         TEAM NAME            
HARBRINGER 7398 (2-1-1)                4  3  0         ANGELS OF DOOM       
91314321321 TP 5303 (5-2-0)            3  3  0         SWEORDMASTERS        
BOTTLE SWALLOWING 7149 (3-2-1)         0  2  0         SOULTAKER OLYMPICS   

DEAD APPRENTICES TOURNEY               W  L  K         TEAM NAME            
LITTLE STEVIE 6087 (1-2-0)             3  2  0  DEAD   NOTORIOUS BASTARDS