DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER
Date : 04/04/2005 Duedate: 04/16/2005
MORDANT ARENA
DM-1 TURN-519
This Weeks Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
BRICK WALL
HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)
(1-7478) [21-12-0,88]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
BRICK WALL JOHNNY RYALL
HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121) BEASTIE BOYS (560)
(1-7478) [21-12-0,88] (1-7540) [6-0-0,80]
Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite
HAYDAN DEMONSEED
HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121) SWEORDMASTERS (138)
(1-7356) [12-39-1,76] (1-7653) [3-1-0,16]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. SWEORDMASTERS (138) 52
2. LAB EXPERIMENTS (261) 49 THE REVELATION (222)
3. MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537) 46 Unchartered Team
4. HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121) 22
5. BEASTIE BOYS (560) 14 BEASTIE BOYS (560)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1/ 1 THE REVELATION (222) 111 63 6 63.8 1/ 1 HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121) 10 5 1
2/ 2*BEASTIE BOYS (560) 16 13 4 55.2 2/ 2 MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537) 9 5 3
3/ 4 SWEORDMASTERS (138) 350 350 43 50.0 3/ 3 SWEORDMASTERS (138) 7 6 1
4/ 7 MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537) 107 125 18 46.1 4/ 4*BEASTIE BOYS (560) 5 4 1
5/ 6 LAB EXPERIMENTS (261) 266 311 27 46.1 5/ 7 LAB EXPERIMENTS (261) 4 4 0
6- 8*ARENA FELINES (559) 8 10 0 44.4 6/ 5 THE REVELATION (222) 2 8 0
7/ 9 HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121) 391 601 12 39.4 7- 6*ARENA FELINES (559) 0 3 0
'*' Unchartered team '-' Team did not fight this turn
(###) Avoid teams by their Team Id ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank
DUELMASTER'S COLUMN
Notes from the arena champ.
Well, here's a fine kettle of fish! The Brick Wall defeats a garroter (having
no neck) and becomes Duel2Dude. And now I have to channel its comments. Or at least
some of them.
"The blessings of a firm foundation and quality mortar on all of you. The Great
Mason has judged me to be of sound and reliable structure, and it may be that the
Architect On High will judge me worthy of the highest honor a wall can hold: to be a
supporting wall, a modest but indispensable part of the Great Structure. Should this
happen, it would be of all things plumb and unshakable, for I would then be able to
follow the airy grace that is Swallowtail to the Isle and become, perhaps, a shelter
for that lightness and color from the harsh winds of existence. There are few tasks
for which one such as myself is better suited."
Bottle of Beer
for Brick Wall
P.S. The Wall thought of something further....
"Sweet and lightsome Swallowtail, my time is not idle. The Architect On
High decreed that my nature and duty should be to stand firm, and I do so
constantly."
SPY REPORT
Busy, busy, busy, lots of things happening in MORDANT this turn, and let's start
with a look at some of the teams. The MANNEQUIN'S BEST guild has had a 4-1-1 turn
and deserves to be watched in the future. You never know where this kind of thing
can lead. And let's see, HREOWAN fought BRASS MONKEY and gained 21 points and
contributed to SWEORDMASTERS' 3-2-0. NUMEROLOGISM has lost to TERCERO ENCANTO,
falling 16 points, while helping make THE REVELATION a 0-5-0 turn. The attempts to
dethrone the Duelmaster have failed, and BRICK WALL remains MORDANT's top warrior for
another turn. By the way, was that our Duelmaster that I saw last night, cramped
under the table at Conan's Place?
He who challenges well, fights well. He who avoids without cause, shall lose
for good reasons. My mama told me that one. The most challenged warrior this turn
was SWEORDMASTERS' warrior MISCHIEVOUS IMP. More fighters challenged him than
challenged the Duelmaster! In a brave attempt, EGG RAID ON MOJO from BEASTIE BOYS
challenged up 20 points to fight HELLACIOUS from the MANNEQUIN'S BEST stable. EGG
RAID ON MOJO perhaps got its just desserts, seeing as it was bested by HELLACIOUS and
ended up with 43 recognition points.
A coward dies a thousand deaths, a brave man only once. Wise men know this to
be true. Kudos go out to MESSIAH this turn, for revenging MANNEQUIN'S BEST's
bloodfeud against BEASTIE BOYS' warrior JAMMY. Well done. Is it really true that
MORDANT has more dishwashers per capita that fighters? Just thought I'd ask...
Remember, blood on the purple robe does not change it from a purple robe. Dare
to fight bravely. Well, I'm burning daylight here in MORDANT and I've a long road
ahead of me. Happy Trails. Until the sun next rises and my pen sets to paper--
Alarond the Scribe
DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
BRICK WALL 7478 21 12 0 88 HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
JOHNNY RYALL 7540 6 0 0 80 BEASTIE BOYS (560)
HAYDAN 7356 12 39 1 76 HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)
HELLACIOUS 7541 7 1 0 73 MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537)
CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
BOTTLE OF BEER 7620 6 3 0 64 HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
THE FALSE PROPHET 3809 14 12 0 54 THE REVELATION (222)
MESSIAH 7607 7 1 3 51 MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537)
ROOKIE MANAGER 7639 4 3 1 50 HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)
BORN TO DIE 5305 13 7 0 46 THE REVELATION (222)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-KRAZY KAT 7525 3 2 0 45 ARENA FELINES (559)
EGG RAID ON MOJO 7568 3 1 0 43 BEASTIE BOYS (560)
MISCHIEVOUS IMP 7627 5 1 0 42 SWEORDMASTERS (138)
HONEST JILES 7576 3 1 0 36 LAB EXPERIMENTS (261)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
TERCERO ENCANTO 7635 2 0 1 33 LAB EXPERIMENTS (261)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
HREOWAN 7669 1 0 0 21 SWEORDMASTERS (138)
PRIMA DONNA 7682 1 0 0 20 MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537)
GOD IS A WOMAN 7417 4 1 0 19 THE REVELATION (222)
JAMMY 7603 2 1 2 18 BEASTIE BOYS (560)
WISHFUL THINKING 7659 2 1 1 18 MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537)
NUMEROLOGISM 7419 2 3 0 17 THE REVELATION (222)
DEMONSEED 7653 3 1 0 16 SWEORDMASTERS (138)
JIMMY WONG 7674 1 0 0 15 LAB EXPERIMENTS (261)
-BLACK CAT 7527 1 0 0 15 ARENA FELINES (559)
BRASS MONKEY 7536 3 2 2 13 BEASTIE BOYS (560)
SPEEDWELL 7667 1 0 0 13 LAB EXPERIMENTS (261)
DEADLY BORE 7657 1 4 0 7 HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)
TIME AND MONEY 7677 1 0 0 6 BEASTIE BOYS (560)
-TENDER VITTLES 7523 0 3 0 3 ARENA FELINES (559)
-LAP LOVER 7665 0 2 0 2 ARENA FELINES (559)
HAIKU 7681 0 1 0 1 MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537)
TUNNEL VISION 7678 0 1 0 1 THE REVELATION (222)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
GESHI SCRIVENER 550 0 1 0 1 WISHFUL THINKING 7659 519 NONE
CRAP CAT 7524 4 3 0 ARENA FELINES 559 MESSIAH 7607 515 REVENGED
9101313171517 7683 0 1 0 LAB EXPERIMENTS 261 MOUNTAIN TROLL 563 519 NONE
RUG ATHEIST 7673 0 1 0 MANNEQUIN'S BEST 537 JAMMY 7603 518 JUST REV
MARK OF THE BLES 7418 3 1 1 THE REVELATION 222 ROOKIE MANAGER 7639 518
710111517915 7680 0 1 0 SWEORDMASTERS 138 HIGH ELF 564 519 NONE
1111817151111 7679 0 1 0 SWEORDMASTERS 138 SPYMASTER 567 519 NONE
PERSONAL ADS
Who turned that standby loose in here? I don't find him on the flowsheet anywhere.
He's a disruption. -- Haydan
P.S. Let him go beat his head against a Brick Wall.
Born to Die -- Why fight against your destiny, then? -- Bottle of Beer
Mark of the Blessed -- Where? I don't see any mark. Show me your mark! -- Rookie
Manager
P.S. Yes, I was laughing at you. Bwa-ha-ha.
Geshi Scrivener said he wasn't going to write down any more of my personals because
he had a writer's cramp and his fingers were tired besides but I told him to try
soaking his hand in--
(sound of a blow to the head)
We'd suggest the Bore try soaking his head, but then it would swell up. The mind
boggles at the possibilities in that! -- Bottle of Beer
Mischievous Imp -- You may be a lightweight, but bear in mind, I'm Triple X. --
Bottle of Beer
Brass Monkey -- Nothing beats the feel of dealing harshly with a little monkey. --
Mischievous Imp
Numerologism -- I'm thinking of some numbers between 1 & 10 that will help me defeat
you the next time we face each other.... -- Demonseed
The False Prophet -- We really do need to arrange a match between my stablemate,
Messiah, and yourself. -- Hellacious
Jammy -- The Roll-Up Gods have spoken. RUG Atheist got what he deserved. -- Mannequin
Brick Walls, Stone Golems, whatever... nothing my trusty scimitar can't handle! --
Destiny
28 March 2005
Is there anybody in the DM game who is incarcerated that has had to litigate in order
to continue playing? Or anyone in the free world who may be able to help me with
case law or legal advice? The Administration has already taken "D&D type games" from
us once (though I recently had that decision overturned). I believe it's only a
matter of time before they try it again and I am prepared to file a lawsuit if need
be. I enjoy DM and any help that could be offered would be greatly appreciated! I
can be contacted at:
Danny Warren
#28341
P.O. Box 250
Draper, UT 84070
or:
Heathen, mgr. Misnomers DM 47
28 March 2005
Ladies and gents...get your teams together and join in on the hottest and fiercest
contest ever to grace the arena sands! Intrigue, personal wars, you name it...we got
it going on! What is this contest? It's the Turf War IV in DM 47, North Fork!!
This fantastic contest was begun by my alliance mate Asmo Dius, and I've picked up
some of the slack. Contest starts on Turn 225 (approx. date June 9th?). It's an
"alliance-type contest", so grab your folks and bring them in for a bang up time.
Rules will be printed in the DM 47 newsletter at least until the contest starts. --
Baphomet, Host...Company of Brothers Alliance, Illuminati Confederation of Alliances
28 March 2005
Contest Announcement
====================
It's finally here! ScumFest 2005! The greatest scum in the land of Alastari are
formally invited to participate in ScumFest 2005, a contest involving the scummiest
scum in all of Alastari!
Who: All Scum in Alastari
What: Scum Fest 2005!
Where: Talahya
When: May 23rd, Talahya Turns 490-499
Rules
======
The object of winning ScumFest is to have the longest cumulative time (in minutes) at
the end of the 10th round.
Should there be a tie at the end of 10 rounds, tiebreakers are (in order):
- Head to Head Record
- Win/Loss Percentage
- Average Fight Length
(We'll go into overtime if they're still tied)
There are no other rules. A manager may use any means at his disposal in order to
accomplish his goal. Collusion, hiring Aimed Blows to take out the leaders, etc.
Anything goes!
To enter the scum fest, please write a personal ad in the DM 100 newsletter,
declaring your intention to join the contest, or send an email to managerr@aol.com
Please include warrior name and ID numbers of the contestants. You may enter the
competition up until Turn 494.
Prizes will be announced after the competition begins. The point of the contest is
to prove you have the scummiest scum, and necessarily for a silly prize.
Good luck and Happy Scumming!
-- Manager
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
710111517915 was butchered by HIGH ELF in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
1111817151111 was butchered by SPYMASTER in a 1 minute Dark Arena duel.
9101313171517 was murdered by MOUNTAIN TROLL in a 1 minute brutal Dark Arena melee.
THE FALSE PROPHET was defeated by ROOKIE MANAGER in a 1 minute Bloodfeud duel.
MESSIAH devastated JAMMY in a 1 minute one-sided Bloodfeud contest.
JOHNNY RYALL overpowered HAYDAN in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge match.
EGG RAID ON MOJO was devastated by HELLACIOUS in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge duel.
GOD IS A WOMAN was devastated by MISCHIEVOUS IMP in a 2 minute Challenge match.
BRICK WALL outlasted CAPTAIN ELOY in a action packed 8 minute Title melee.
BOTTLE OF BEER viciously subdued BORN TO DIE in a action packed 3 minute gory duel.
NUMEROLOGISM was vanquished by TERCERO ENCANTO in a 1 minute one-sided duel.
HONEST JILES overpowered FIORENZE OF FRATSFA in a 1 minute uneven match.
BRASS MONKEY was overpowered by HREOWAN in a 1 minute one-sided fight.
DEMONSEED savagely defeated TUNNEL VISION in a 3 minute amateur's competition.
DEADLY BORE was savagely defeated by JIMMY WONG in a 1 minute novice's brawl.
WISHFUL THINKING slew GESHI SCRIVENER in a 1 minute novice's duel.
SPEEDWELL devastated GRALL THE DESERTER in a 1 minute uneven duel.
HAIKU was beaten by TIME AND MONEY in a 2 minute bloody amateur's brawl.
PRIMA DONNA overpowered GESHI SCRIVENER in a 1 minute one-sided bout.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|LUNGING ATTACK 11 LUNGING ATTACK 35 - 18 - 6 66 |
|TOTAL PARRY 4 PARRY-RIPOSTE 14 - 8 - 3 64 |
|STRIKING ATTACK 3 TOTAL PARRY 15 - 14 - 0 52 |
|WALL OF STEEL 3 PARRY-STRIKE 1 - 1 - 0 50 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 2 BASHING ATTACK 6 - 9 - 0 40 |
|BASHING ATTACK 2 STRIKING ATTACK 8 - 18 - 1 31 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 2 WALL OF STEEL 5 - 13 - 1 28 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 1 AIMED BLOW 3 - 9 - 0 25 |
|AIMED BLOW 1 SLASHING ATTACK 5 - 19 - 1 21 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 3 - 0 0 |
Turn 519 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-STRIKE 1 - 0 STRIKING ATTACK 1 - 2 4 LUNGING ATTACK
TOTAL PARRY 3 - 1 WALL OF STEEL 1 - 2 2 TOTAL PARRY
LUNGING ATTACK 8 - 3 AIMED BLOW 0 - 1 2 STRIKING ATTACK
SLASHING ATTACK 1 - 1 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 2 1 BASHING ATTACK
BASHING ATTACK 1 - 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 1 1 PARRY-LUNGE
1 SLASHING ATTACK
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
TOTAL PARRY BRICK WALL 7478 21 12 0 88 HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)
LUNGING ATTACK JOHNNY RYALL 7540 6 0 0 80 BEASTIE BOYS (560)
BASHING ATTACK BOTTLE OF BEER 7620 6 3 0 64 HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)
PARRY-LUNGE THE FALSE PROPHET 3809 14 12 0 54 THE REVELATION (222)
SLASHING ATTACK ROOKIE MANAGER 7639 4 3 1 50 HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
The overall popularity leader is HAYDAN 7356. The most popular warrior this turn was
DEMONSEED 7653. The ten other most popular fighters were BOTTLE OF BEER 7620,
MISCHIEVOUS IMP 7627, JIMMY WONG 7674, JOHNNY RYALL 7540, TERCERO ENCANTO 7635, HAIKU
7681, TIME AND MONEY 7677, ROOKIE MANAGER 7639, HREOWAN 7669, and WISHFUL THINKING
7659.
The least popular fighter this week was DEADLY BORE 7657. The other ten least
popular fighters were BRASS MONKEY 7536, NUMEROLOGISM 7419, BORN TO DIE 5305, EGG
RAID ON MOJO 7568, HAYDAN 7356, JAMMY 7603, THE FALSE PROPHET 3809, 1111817151111
7679, 710111517915 7680, and TUNNEL VISION 7678.
HOLD THE DATES! (FACE-TO-FACE XXXV AND XXXVI)
Summer Face-to-Face Tournament XXXV in St. Louis!
Our next summer FTF will be held in downtown St. Louis, July 29-31, 2005. It will be
at the Radisson Hotel & Suites, St. Louis (800-925-1395--ask for the Reality
Simulations room block). Room rates are $99.00 per night, 1-4 occupancy. The rooms
are blocked--please make your reservation by mid-June before the block is released!
Look for transportation info in the tournament information sheet. See you there!
Winter Face-to-Face Tournament XXXVI in Tempe!
Our next winter FTF will be held in Tempe, Arizona, January 20-22, 2006. It will be
held at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Tempe, Arizona (480-894-7444), the same hotel as
last year by popular request. Room rates are $139.00 per night (same as last year!),
1-4 occupancy, which includes full cooked breakfast, complimentary manager's
reception, free airport shuttle, free parking, high speed internet (for extra charge),
fitness center, jacuzzi, and pool. The rooms are blocked--please make your
reservation soon before the block is released! (This is prime season for Phoenix, and
several people were unable to book rooms last year because they waited too long.)
Look for transportation info in the tournament information sheet. We hope you're all
looking forward to it and that we will see you there!