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