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