DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER Date : 04/18/2005 Duedate: 04/30/2005 MORDANT ARENA DM-1 TURN-520 This Weeks Top Honors THE DUELMASTER IS BRICK WALL HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121) (1-7478) [22-12-0,92] Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader BRICK WALL POSITION IS EMPTY HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121) (1-7478) [22-12-0,92] Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite HAYDAN SNAG HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121) OF WOLF AND MAN (478) (1-7356) [12-40-1,77] (1-6519) [9-8-0,81] THE CURRENT TOP TEAM MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537) TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team 1. LAB EXPERIMENTS (261) 59 2. MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537) 51 CARNIVAL FREAKS (192) 3. SWEORDMASTERS (138) 38 Unchartered Team 4. CARNIVAL FREAKS (192) 14 5. OF WOLF AND MAN (478) 4 SWINE LOVE (249) The Top Teams Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K 1/ 0 CARNIVAL FREAKS (192) 51 26 0 66.2 1/ 2 MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537) 10 4 1 2- 1 THE REVELATION (222) 111 63 6 63.8 2/ 5 LAB EXPERIMENTS (261) 9 2 1 3- 2*BEASTIE BOYS (560) 16 13 4 55.2 3/ 3 SWEORDMASTERS (138) 8 6 3 4/ 3 SWEORDMASTERS (138) 353 352 45 50.1 4/ 1 HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121) 8 7 1 5/ 4 MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537) 112 125 18 47.3 5- 4*BEASTIE BOYS (560) 5 4 1 6/ 5 LAB EXPERIMENTS (261) 271 311 28 46.6 6- 6 THE REVELATION (222) 2 8 0 7/ 0 OF WOLF AND MAN (478) 21 25 0 45.7 7/ 0 CARNIVAL FREAKS (192) 1 0 0 8/ 7 HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121) 392 605 12 39.3 8/ 0 OF WOLF AND MAN (478) 0 1 0 '*' Unchartered team '-' Team did not fight this turn (###) Avoid teams by their Team Id ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank TEAM SPOTLIGHT + ]H[ + ---:--- + ]H[ Homicidal Maniacs ]H[ + ---:--- + ]H[ + The Brick Wall was thinking, not an activity for which it had ever been intended. But some situations demanded thought, and the Wall was not a golem to refuse or ignore a demand. The Rookie Manager had stated, in a public place where the Brick Wall had been passing the time holding up a shelf for a bracket that had needed time off, that he could, "See through a Brick Wall in time." This was a statement that, to the Brick Wall's admittedly limited cogitive abilities, had several unresolved measurements in it. And it was a well known fact that even the best of Masons could not do good work with a faulty blueprint. First, what did Rookie Manager mean by "see through"? The Brick Wall was composed of ordinary clay bricks, which are quite opaque. Not for it the glamour and fragility of glass brick! It was, therefore, quite impossible for anyone to "see through" it unless a hole was first created. A window, in other words. But if the Great Architect had intended the Wall to contain a window, surely said window would already be present? Could it be that the Rookie intended to CREATE a hole by the application of some brutal and unlicensed force? The Brick Wall considered this possibility and finally decided, with a distinct lowering of the ceiling, that the Rookie might intend that very thing, despite the obvious fact that it was contrary to the intention of the Great Architect. None the less for that, the Brick Wall was confident of its ability to resist an attack by its teammate. It was the Architect's intention that the Wall should stand firm. That was, after all, the primary duty of walls. And second, the Rookie Manager expected to do this "in time." In time for what? Time, in the units favored by the protoplasmic ephemerals, was not a concept the Wall understood well. If the Rookie needed to see something that was on the other side of the Wall, why could he not simply walk around? It wasn't like the Wall was a Fence. Some ephemerals were wedded to violence, and it was a measure of the Brick Wall's confusion that it would use so many concepts inapplicable to the work of the Great Architect in one thought. But what else was a Wall to do when faced with such a conundrum? If a wall could be said to sigh, the Brick Wall sighed. Its bricks shivered in their places and then settled more firmly into the mortar. This was something it would take a protoplasmic ephemeral to understand. It would present the whole question to Bottle of Beer. + ]H[ + ---:--- + ]H[ A Dark and Stormy Night ]H[ + ---:--- + ]H[ + Bottle of Beer viewed the alley with disfavor. It was dark and wet, and there were probably thugs in it. He considered pointing out that he was not a man who consorted with thugs by choice, but dismissed the idea. It was not his choice to be walking toward the Bar Sinister, after all, and besides, the grip that Lady Protector Sandy had on his collar would have made talking difficult. "The managers you're looking for might not be there," he said in a choked whisper. "There are other nasty taverns in Mordant." Sandy shook him lightly. "Don't get cold feet on me, buster!" "But they're wet! My feet. Of course they're cold!" She shook him again, a little harder. "This is the lowest bar in the city--" [It was in a cellar at the end of the alley, down twenty-three steps.] "--and it's EXACTLY the place to look for the managers *I* am looking for. Besides, think how convenient it will be--the bar's cook will take care of the bodies, nothing for me to dispose of." She twisted her grip a little. "You wouldn't want one of those bodies to be yours, would you?" Bottle of Beer said, "Guk," which he hoped she would understand as complete agreement. * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * ---===DELARQUAN REGIONAL NEWS===--- Duelmasters ----------- DM 1 MORDANT (turn 519): BRICK WALL of HOMICIDAL MANIACS (Nick, mgr.) DM 2 NIANIA (turn 404): SCARDY CAT of ARENA FELINES (Garfield, mgr.) DM 3 OSKSI (turn 524): SAGA of AESIR (Buri, mgr.) DM 4 JHELUM (turn 520): BAGMAN of HITMEN FOR HIRE (Rude Buddha, mgr.) DM 5 KALTOS (turn 519): JOHN TYLER of I'M HISTORY (Zalgor Prigg, mgr.) DM 6 TRANSEL (turn 523): SATAN CLAUS of HOLIDAY HORRORS (The Dark One, mgr.) DM 7 BONSUR (turn 520): MAJOR ANGER of WASTELAND II (The Muffin Man, mgr.) DM 10 KOLACT (turn 515): SIX DEMON BAG of BIG TROUBLE (Edge, mgr.) DM 18 TALCAMA (turn 507): BARBU of BIG MEAN FISH (Big Wave Dave, mgr.) DM 21 SUNSET (turn 505): SUIGENERIS of TROOPERS (Lord Genesis, mgr.) DM 36 JHANS (turn 479): SANDPAPER CONDOM of MEMPHIS MAFIA II (Talon Darkhart, mgr.) DM 38 CLIFFHOME (turn 470): RUNABOUT of JINDA-BAN (Nick, mgr.) DM 39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 206): ULRIK VORN of THE MIDDLE WAY (Nick, mgr.) DM 42 RODEKI (turn 457): CRIX BREMOORE of FLAGG'S FIVE (Flagg, mgr.) DM 51 TRICORUS (turn 405): DELANGE of DARK HORSEMEN (Nick, mgr.) DM 54 TROCAR (turn 193): MOUSETRAP of USELESS TOOLS (Crip, mgr.) DM 59 ILLIS (turn 181): JUDAS PRIEST of CHAPEL ROCK (Crip, mgr.) DM 62 VALAMANTIS (turn 355): BENSI DURN of MIDDLE WAY 10 (Nick, mgr.) DM 72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 158): RYSHER of ORIGINALE BASTARDS ( ! , mgr.) ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 398): SPEEDI of SHAMROCKS from DELARQ TOR (Leprechaun, mgr.) Top Teams --------- DM 1 MORDANT (turn 519): HOMICIDAL MANIACS (Nick, mgr.) DM 2 NIANIA (turn 404): THE GOLDEN FISH (Nick, mgr.) DM 3 OSKSI (turn 524): AESIR (Buri, mgr.) DM 4 JHELUM (turn 520): WESTSIDE BULLOCKS (Farnham, mgr.) DM 5 KALTOS (turn 519): I'M HISTORY (Zalgor Prigg, mgr.) DM 6 TRANSEL (turn 523): HOLIDAY HORRORS (The Dark One, mgr.) DM 7 BONSUR (turn 520): WASTELAND II (The Muffin Man, mgr.) DM 10 KOLACT (turn 515): SPRINGBORN (Still, mgr.) DM 18 TALCAMA (turn 507): BIG MEAN FISH (Big Wave Dave, mgr.) DM 21 SUNSET (turn 505): TROOPERS (Lord Genesis, mgr.) DM 36 JHANS (turn 479): MEMPHIS MAFIA II (Talon Darkhart, mgr.) DM 38 CLIFFHOME (turn 470): JINDA-BAN (Nick, mgr.) DM 39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 206): CRIMINAL ELEMENT (Fizban, mgr.) DM 42 RODEKI (turn 457): DELVERS (Nick, mgr.) DM 51 TRICORUS (turn 405): DARK HORSEMEN (Nick, mgr.) DM 54 TROCAR (turn 193): TRADERS OF TROCAR (Jinda, mgr.) DM 59 ILLIS (turn 181): ILL AVENGERS (Knolan, Master Wildstorm, mgr.) DM 62 VALAMANTIS (turn 355): MIDDLE WAY 10 (Nick, mgr.) DM 72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 158): FILM FUN (Otto X. Frothingslosh, mgr.) ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 398): ODD SQUAD, etc. (Doc Steele, mgr.) Recent Graduates ----------------- DM 3 OSKSI (turn 524): SUNBURN of SIMPLY DESSERTS (Sweet Tooth, mgr.) (turn 523): BRUENOR of AESIR (Buri, mgr.) DM 7 BONSUR (turn 519): MY BIG TOE of WASTELAND II (The Muffin Man, mgr.) DM 10 KOLACT (turn 515): SIX DEMON BAG of BIG TROUBLE (Edge, mgr.) (turn 514): TYCHO of THE MOONDOGS (Nick, mgr.) DM 18 TALCAMA (turn 507): JANDOLIN of GHAELIE SIDHE (Mordraith, mgr.) (turn 506): GOHAN of WASTELAND (The Muffin Man, mgr.) DM 36 JHANS (turn 478): SKIRZA SLAPSTIK of THE FALLEN (Azrael, mgr.) DM 38 CLIFFHOME (turn 469): FUGAZI of TEAM FLOYD (Floyd, mgr.) DM 42 RODEKI (turn 457): CRIX BREMOORE of FLAGG'S FIVE (Flagg, mgr.) (turn 456): SUSHEE SU of DELVERS (Nick, mgr.) JOHN ROSE of DELVERS (Nick, mgr.) DM 72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 157): ORPHAN of X-POSSE (Savant, mgr.) DUELMASTER'S COLUMN Notes from the arena champ. It would appear that Bottle of Beer is, not to put to fine a point on it, too drunk to properly channel the Brick Wall. I certainly don't intend to do it! As nearly as I can make out, in a cursory survey of the "message," this is it: _____ _____ _____ __|_____|_____|_____|__ |_____|_____|_____|_____| |_____|_____|_____| _____ _____ |_____|_____| Almost poetic, isn't it? -- anonymous non-translator for the Brick Wall SPY REPORT If you were disturbed from your beauty rest only to have to watch a bunch of MORDANT brutes like you, you'd be grouchy, too. Later days, HOMICIDAL MANIACS, since MANNEQUIN'S BEST took top team from you this turn, you guys are old news. LAB EXPERIMENTS turned their 5-0-1 turn into a 2nd place rank in the listings this turn. Any better than this, and you get put on hit lists. Now let's all watch MANNEQUIN'S BEST's heads swell from their 5-0-0 this turn. Haa ha ha ha! Big shots, big talk, big deal. Of course, we're all terribly impressed to see HONEST JILES win a fight and gain 19 points, terribly. Tsk, tsk, HONEST JILES beat ROOKIE MANAGER and ROOKIE MANAGER lost 16 points. You're breakin' my heart. And if variety is the spice of life, MORDANT may be getting bland, as BRICK WALL stays top dog in the city. Kickbacks and bribes, kickbacks and bribes, how else do you think some of these guys win their fights? Skill? Ha! Well, let's take a look at some more misdeeds of you miserable sword-boys. Ah, now we come to my favorite part, where we see all the guys who are dead and gone, and get to see if their team cared. Honor is like a chainmail shirt, it only shines through use. Certain nameless cowards will doubtless rebuke me on this one. What does the MORDANT arena have in common with the inns? It's just as comfortable to sleep in either place. Ha ha ha ha! Just wait 'till next time I show up here, I won't be so nice! So nyaaah! Glad to see the back of this place-- Snide Clemens DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME BRICK WALL 7478 22 12 0 92 HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121) CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME SNAG 6519 9 8 0 81 OF WOLF AND MAN (478) HELLACIOUS 7541 8 1 0 81 MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537) -JOHNNY RYALL 7540 6 0 0 80 BEASTIE BOYS (560) HAYDAN 7356 12 40 1 77 HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121) 2000 YR. OLD MAN 4521 10 5 0 74 CARNIVAL FREAKS (192) CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -LORD BLEEDS 6520 9 3 0 66 OF WOLF AND MAN (478) MESSIAH 7607 8 1 3 61 MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537) ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME HONEST JILES 7576 4 1 0 55 LAB EXPERIMENTS (261) -THE FALSE PROPHET 3809 14 12 0 54 THE REVELATION (222) BOTTLE OF BEER 7620 6 4 0 53 HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121) MISCHIEVOUS IMP 7627 6 1 1 51 SWEORDMASTERS (138) -BORN TO DIE 5305 13 7 0 46 THE REVELATION (222) -EGG RAID ON MOJO 7568 3 1 0 43 BEASTIE BOYS (560) -TWO-HEADED FERRET 7193 4 1 0 40 CARNIVAL FREAKS (192) TERCERO ENCANTO 7635 3 0 1 37 LAB EXPERIMENTS (261) -DAISY DUKE 4292 3 1 0 36 CARNIVAL FREAKS (192) ROOKIE MANAGER 7639 4 4 1 34 HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121) ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -DOO-DOO THE CLOWN 7237 4 0 0 34 CARNIVAL FREAKS (192) CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME HREOWAN 7669 2 0 0 31 SWEORDMASTERS (138) WISHFUL THINKING 7659 3 1 1 30 MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537) -BOBO THE DOG BOY 7229 4 3 0 29 CARNIVAL FREAKS (192) SPEEDWELL 7667 2 0 0 28 LAB EXPERIMENTS (261) PRIMA DONNA 7682 2 0 0 27 MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537) DEMONSEED 7653 4 1 1 24 SWEORDMASTERS (138) INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME JIMMY WONG 7674 2 0 1 23 LAB EXPERIMENTS (261) -GOD IS A WOMAN 7417 4 1 0 19 THE REVELATION (222) -JAMMY 7603 2 1 2 18 BEASTIE BOYS (560) -NUMEROLOGISM 7419 2 3 0 17 THE REVELATION (222) HAIKU 7681 1 1 0 15 MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537) -BRASS MONKEY 7536 3 2 2 13 BEASTIE BOYS (560) JONNY BANANAS 7686 1 0 0 13 LAB EXPERIMENTS (261) -HEADSNAPPER 6576 1 2 0 11 OF WOLF AND MAN (478) DEADLY BORE 7657 1 5 0 8 HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121) -TIME AND MONEY 7677 1 0 0 6 BEASTIE BOYS (560) -SNAPPERHEAD 6561 0 4 0 6 OF WOLF AND MAN (478) -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? CAERAN SLAVE 552 0 1 0 1 MISCHIEVOUS IMP 7627 520 NONE CONVICTED THIEF 546 0 1 0 1 DEMONSEED 7653 520 NONE CONVICTED THIEF 546 0 1 0 1 JIMMY WONG 7674 520 NONE RUG ATHEIST 7673 0 1 0 MANNEQUIN'S BEST 537 JAMMY 7603 518 REVENGED MARK OF THE BLES 7418 3 1 1 THE REVELATION 222 ROOKIE MANAGER 7639 518 1111121019912 7684 0 1 0 SWEORDMASTERS 138 HIGH ELF 564 520 NONE 1215615151011 7685 0 1 0 SWEORDMASTERS 138 STONE GOLEM 571 520 NONE PERSONAL ADS The False Prophet -- You're so FALSE! I laugh at you, Ha Ha. -- Rookie Manager P.S. Or should that be "Bwa-ha-ha"? I want to get it right, you know. P.P.S. And *I* can kill a houseplant. They die when they see me coming, in fact. Johnny Ryall -- That's all well and good, but who's going to clean up afterward? People are always leaving messes for me to clean up. -- Haydan Born to Die -- Aren't we all. -- Bottle of Beer Jimmy Wong -- The Deadly Bore was going to write you a personal, but I just don't have the stamina to type it today. Please take the thought for the deed. -- anonymous typist Destiny -- You have a rusty scimitar? Clean it up at once! -- Bottle of Beer 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 6 April 2005 SLAUGHTER'S CHALLENGE I would like to make a formal announcement to all the managers of Alastari that the inaugural/memorial challenge put forth by Abarsis, The Slaughter Priest (Richard Hammes) has been approved by the commission. The contest will be held in TROCAR, arena 54, beginning on the turn that starts around June 2nd. Keep in mind that this is a slow arena. Before I go on, I would like to personally thank the commission for procuring an outstanding top prize for this contest. This announcement follows my last and entry into the contest will be a minimum $5 donation, which I will pool and give to a charity in the San Diego area in Richard Hammes' name and memory. My address is at the end. Once the donation is made, I intend to notify RSI of the charity and amount we donated as a matter of pride for them and us in this game! I will notify everyone in an all arena ad as well. The contest is pretty simple. Any team may enter, there are no restrictions on fight experience! There are no challenges, avoids, bloodfeuds, or tourneys allowed and only one single use of the Dark Arena is allowed after the contest begins. To help eliminate any interference, I am going to allow avoids of non-contest teams in case they are there to manipulate and affect the winner of the contest. Scoring is as follows: 1 point for winning 1 point for killing (giving 2 in total, 1 for the win and 1 for the kill) 1 point for at least one of your warriors writing a personal (regardless of number of personals beyond one you still only get one point). Make sure it is written from one of your team's warriors and not simply the manager entity or you will not get the point. -1 point for losing -1 point for being killed (giving -2 in total, -1 for losing and -1 for being killed) The contest will last for 12 turns, again beginning roughly June 2nd. May I point out that if you use your Dark Arena fight you will get either 2 points, for winning, or -2, for losing, and ALL fights count in the scoring. It matters not if you fight a non-contest warrior or a stand-in; they still count as much as fighting a contest warrior. This will be a test of basic strategy with a touch of luck added in as well. If anyone should break the no tourney rule they will lose 5 points for each warrior entered and those warriors, and any subsequent warriors who replace them in death, cannot score points! Break the no DA, challenge, or avoid rules (except avoids of non-contest teams) and you will be DQ'd as soon as the transgression is discovered. To keep the contest playing field as level as possible, we will have no messing with these rules. Of course you may DA the one time, just as a clarification, but the second time gets you DQ'd. This also counts if it is found you bring a second team in for the purpose of making challenges. You can bring a second team, just don't think they can challenge to give you an advantage. This means DQ to your contest team. A second team may also enter the contest with its own donation of $5 and adherence to the rules. Well, enough of that, I'm sure you'd like to see the prizes so here they are: 1st place - +1 bonus to one warrior on the team, 1 resurrection potion, and 1 favorite knowledge 2nd place - +1 bonus for one warrior, 1 favorites knowledge 3rd place- +1 bonus for one warrior Iron Manager - Run 54 of the possible 60 fights and get a +1 bonus potion The resurrection potion may be used on any FE warrior, however the favorites and +1 bonus potions must be used on a warrior with at least 5 FE. These prizes also must be used within 2 turns of the ending of the contest. Even those rookie level teams can figure out a way to use that resurrection potion if you think night fight ;), after the contest of course, so don't think this is only good for experienced teams! Check your rosters and unused RU's and see if you can't find a reason to come and test your mettle! Again, entry fee is a minimum $5 donation, money order preferred method but if that doesn't work for you we can figure alternate means. If a hopeful entrant happens to be incarcerated and the only real means of making the donation is an account transfer, please make sure you let me know where the transfer came from and which team it is for. I prefer that this only be used as donation method by incarcerated players unless otherwise discussed with me. Please drop me an email, or diplo my team in Tobir(14), letting me know you are sending a donation for entry and the amount so I can be on the lookout for it in the mail. Thanks to all who have sent their sympathies regarding our game's loss of a kind and admirable soul and my best wishes to all! Street Legal Jeff Bura 193 Pepperidge Dr. Wixom, MI 48393 triumph1971@hotmail.com THE DEATH SQUAD (63) in Tobir, arena 14 12 April 2005 A Question of Contests by Hammer the WordSmith The familiar figure of a veteran manager clad in an Elven War Cloak at a lone outpost somewhere near the cross roads of ElseWhere and ElseWhen sorted through his vast disarray of DM papers and notes. Hammer pondered upon the recent dispatches that he had received regarding the upcoming contests that he had been invited to participate in; after all, most contest managers enjoyed having a HAMMERZ stable on the sands, due to the fact that they were usually comprised of dues paying gladiators who were just a cut above the average RSI Stand Ins. The Scum Fest in ADM sponsored by the veteran manager named Manager looked like an entertaining offer, but alas, Hammer had NO candidates worthy enough to warrant spending the cycle fees for their fleeting participation in such a contest. Perhaps sometime in the future, when Hammer succeeded in graduating some Aimers and a promising candidate from one of his slow arena stables, would be the proper time. TW4 in DM 47 was already on Hammer's list of contests to participate in, especially with the convening of the Clown Circus in North Fork/SCOMSS Swamp Arena, along with all the other zany personalities and alliances that promised to make this the greatest ever Turf War contest that Alastari had ever witnessed upon the bloody arena sands! Those same Clowns had sent Hammer an invitation to participate in a contest that their Dark Knighties were sponsoring in an Andorian slow arena, but Hammer also had an invitation to send a stable to DM 54 for a contest being held in the memory of Slaughter Priest, one of Hammer's former alliance mates who had met with an untimely and violently unexpected death while doing a good deed for a friend off world in San Diego. Also added into the mix was an intriguing contest being sponsored by Zalgor Prigg that was to be staged in a few months in the currently closed DM 13 Dullens Regular Arena. Zalgor had contacted Hammer earlier in the year to inform the veteran manager that his newest contest would feature a first round Dark Arena Challenge to level the playing field. Also, each gladiator would have a hyphenated Style listing after their name for the Style Masters competition. An All Arena Ad Announcement was expected to be filed by Zalgor sometime before the Summer 2005 Tourney, thus allowing the DM 13 Dark Arena Replacement Warriors from the Dullens Contest to enter the Rookie Fall Mailer Tourney to prep for the contest. Hammer had been considering sponsoring such a Dark Arena First Round Type Contest, but it would be much better to just enter the Zalgor sponsored contest, rather than to be subjected to all the current Contest Host Harassment that was plaguing the many contest arenas throughout Alastari. A grim smile crossed the lips of Hammer as he thought about the possibility of the Clowns getting a taste of their own medicine while sponsoring their Andorian contest. Hammer quickly took a pen and paper, writing instructions to his gladiator trainer GrimmDorr at his Hammerz Flower Garden Morya Manor Estate on the Lake on the outskirts of the DM 28 Morya Arena, to assemble a Cast of Cast Offs to enter the upcoming contest being sponsored by Zalgor Prigg. Hammer jotted down a note to file the following stable with the Gladiatorial Commission once Zalgor Prigg had announced the contest in Dullens DM 13 Arena: ASTONISH HAMMERS stable to register DARK ARENA HAMMER--SL, DARK ARENA HAMMER-- ST, DARK ARENA HAMMER--AB, DARK ARENA HAMMER--BA and DARK ARENA HAMMER--PS for the Zalgor Prigg sponsored contest in Dullens DM 13 whenever the Gladiatorial Commission was ready. Hammer then turned his attention to the two slow arena contest invitations that tugged at his emotions for full participation. However, there was only room for one more stable addition in the current plans of the veteran manager, who had deactivated his SNOW CALL HAMMERZ in DM 50 to devote his attention to entering a new stable in a promising slow arena contest. Street Legal had recently cleared the air with the Gladiatorial Commission in regards to sponsoring SLAUGHTER'S CHALLENGE in DM 54, which would begin in Trocar around the first week of June. As yet, there seemed to be NO OFFICIAL ALL ARENA ANNOUNCEMENT from the Clowns regarding their contest in an Andorian slow arena. These Clowns had a lot to learn about sponsoring and advertising contests! Hammer thought back to two years ago when Maximillian had convinced the veteran manager to Co-Sponsor Maximillian's Morya Madness in the DM 28 slow arena. Abarsis the Slaughter Priest had answered the call to cross blades in the Madness by entering a stable named LEE FAMILY. LEE FAMILY had NOT missed a single fight during the Madness until Slaughter Priest's life was snuffed out one dark night in San Diego while helping a friend. When the Delarq Death Fest was sponsored by Hammer in the DM 59 Illis slow arena, Slaughter Priest had answered the call to cross blades by sending a stable named FASCIST DROOL to compete for the Ten Death Fest Prize Categories. Abarsis the Slaughter Priest a.k.a. Richard Hammes had been a true DM friend and a fine competitor among many, not to mention a close comrade in arms while Hammer had been a member of the Vendetta Cartel. As was written by Street Legal a.k.a. Jeff Bura in a recent All Arena Ad Eulogy to the Memory of Slaughter Priest a.k.a. Richard Hammes: "On November 10, 2004, Richard Hammes was taken from us in a senseless act of violence during a robbery attempt at a friend's store where he sometimes worked. He was watching the store so his friend could go home to tend to his son who had taken ill." Now the DM Community who either knew Rich personally from the RT and VC Emails, or from crossing blades on the sands with this avid DM competitor; now have the opportunity to Honor His Memory by competing in a DM 54 contest held in his Honor. Could Hammer do no less? This was an opportunity to set aside personal goals and allocate the necessary funds to enter a stable in SLAUGHTER'S CHALLENGE to Honor the Memory of Rich Hammes! Hammer quickly filled out an entry form to dispatch to the Gladiatorial Commission to register the following stable in DM 54 Trocar for SLAUGHTER'S CHALLENGE: Be it known that MEMORIAL HAMMERZ are hereby registering SLAUGHTER HAMMER, FASC DROOL HAMMER, LEE FAMILY HAMMER, HONOR RICH HAMMER and GRUNGE GRL HAMMER in DM 54 Trocar for the Street Legal sponsored contest in Honor of Richard Hammes a.k.a. Abarsis the Slaughter Priest. GRUNGE GIRL was one of Slaughter Priest's warriors from his FASCIST DROOL. stable that was entered in the Delarq Death Fest in DM 59 Illis Arena, so it was only fitting to name one of the MEMORIAL HAMMERZ gladiators after one of Rich's warriors that had competed in a Hammer Sponsored Contest. Hammer leaned back in his chair and reflected upon the memories of his fallen comrade from his days in the Vendetta Cartel. Tears moistened the veteran manager's eyes upon every remembrance of his fallen VC comrade in arms. Hopefully the odd assortment of veteran and newbie managers would answer the call to cross blades in Honor of the fallen Slaughter Priest in the type of contest that Rich had envisioned to one day Sponsor and Participate with some of Alastari's Finest Managers! This One's for YOU Rich/Slaughter Priest; May You Rest in Peace! Hammer WordSmith WeaponSmith Minister of War kLk Knight Illuminati Ice Pick 12 April 2005 FRATSFA'S QUEST FOR THE BEST!!! Rollup certs aplenty! Need to know favorites for warriors initiate or above? SURE! Renaming of both the arena and the D.A. Monsters? Why not! Skill bonus potions? Of course! This and more is all possible for the top 10 (ten) teams in: Fratsfa's Quest for the Best! What does it cost you ask? NOTHING! Who is running the contest and putting up the total of 30 rollup certs as prizes to be split up amongst the top 6 (six) teams? Dark Knight Wasby, Dark Knight Goat and Dark Knight Toker of the Desolate Empire of vendett@UNITED! The gaming commission is also going to supply prizes for the top 10 (ten) teams. Where? FRATSFA DM-52! When? The month of July, T-207. Rules! We, of the Desolate Empire, do not like the word Rules! So, we use the term requirements. Here they are: 1. One team per manager entered in the contest. 2. Only (1) Total Parry on your team at a time. 3. You must declare (1) warrior as your team's scout. 4. Managers that have teams established in Fratsfa must have 3 (three) warriors in the initiates class by the contest's 3rd turn. (If they wish to compete, or can send in new team!) 5. If you bloodfeud, you must use a different warrior each time to score the bloodfeud points. 6. You must declare your team in the p-ads to be entered. 7. A declared champion and scout cannot be the same warrior. 8. Champions are not required (manager's choice)! Champions must be declared on the first fight. We are also offering 25 bonus points to managers that submit a brief history (5 paragraph minimum) including your manager and team name by the contest's 3rd turn. These points will be added to the scores on turn 211. Now, on to the scoring: Wins + Kills - Losses = base score Base score + Variants = Total Score BASE SCORE POINTS WIN = +1 point KILL = +1 point LOSS = -1 point VARIANT SCORES SCOUT WIN = +2 points SCOUT LOSS = -2 points SCOUT DEATH = -5 points CHAMPION WIN = +3 points CHAMPION LOSS = -3 points STYLE MASTER FOR TURN = +1 point MOST AVOIDED TEAM = +2 points SUCCESSFUL BLOODFEUD = +2 points FAILED BLOODFEUD = -2 points Let's say (a) team goes 3-2-2 = 3 wins + 2 kills - 2 losses = +3 base score. His champion won (+3 pts) and is style master for this turn (+1 pt). His scout lost (-2), for a total turn score of +5 points. Now, let's say (b) team goes 1-4-1 = 1 win + 1 kill - 4 losses = -2 pts. His fighting marvel of a scout won (+2 pts) and the scout's win was a successful bloodfeud (+2 pts). So, the total points for the turn would be +2 points. (There was no champion on this team.) Now on to the prizes: 1ST PLACE "FRATSFA'S BEST": 1) 12 (Twelve) rollup gift certificates transferred to "Fratsfa's Best" ultimate victor. 2) Renaming of Fratsfa's arena for 6 (six) months. 3) Renaming of D.A. monsters: Wurmkin', Bandit Prince and Black Orc. 4) 1 (one) favorites potion.* 5) 1 (one) +1 bonus skill potion.** 2ND PLACE 1) 8 (eight) rollup gift certificates transferred to 2nd place manager. 2) Rename the D.A. monsters: Dark Champion and High Elf. 3) 1 (one) favorites potion.* 4) 1 (one) +1 bonus potion.* 3RD PLACE 1) 4 (four) rollup gift certificates transferred to 3rd place manager. 2) Renaming of D.A. monsters Mountain Troll and Shewish Giant. 3) 1 (one) favorites potion.* 4) 1 (one) +1 bonus skill potion.** 4TH PLACE 1) 3 (three) rollup gift certificates 2) 1 (one) favorites potion.* 3) Rename D.A. Monster Stone Golem 5TH PLACE 1) 2 (two) rollup gift certificates 2) 1 (one) favorites potion.* 3) Rename D.A. monster Spy Master 6TH PLACE 1) 1 (one) rollup gift certificate 2) 1 (one) favorites potion.* 7TH PLACE 1) 1 (one) favorites potion.* 8TH PLACE 1) 1 (one) favorites potion.* 9TH PLACE 1) 1 (one) favorites potion.* 10 PLACE 1) 1 (one) favorites potion.* STABLE STAMINA AWARDS: All teams that fight at least 67 of the possible 75 fights will get 1 (one) FREE tournament entry for a warrior of that team in the first tournament after the completion of "Fratsfa's Quest for the Best"! -- NOTE -- * -- All potions must be used within 2 (two) turns of the contest and on initiate (tournament class) or higher character on the same team that competed in Fratsfa, non-transferable. * 1 (one) favorites potion gives all faves: Rhythm, Tactic and Weapon. ** 1 (one) +1 bonus skill potion gives +1 to 1 (one) skill. Our thanks go to RSI for their cooperation with us on the prizes they have sponsored to make this contest of ours a reality. Any questions can be addressed to Toker, mgr. Vincere Aut Mori in DM 18 or by email: darkknighttoker@yahoo.com! OR to Goat, mgr. Desolate Ones DM 47 or to Wasby, mgr. Soul Forge in DM 47. LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS 1111121019912 was butchered by HIGH ELF in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight. 1215615151011 was dealt death by STONE GOLEM in a 4 minute brutal Dark Arena duel. BRICK WALL unbelievably bested SNAG in a action packed 2 minute veteran's Title match. HAYDAN was viciously subdued by HELLACIOUS in a exciting 1 minute one-sided fight. 2000 YR. OLD MAN devastated BOTTLE OF BEER in a 1 minute one-sided duel. MESSIAH devastated BLACK DEVIN in a 1 minute mismatched match. ROOKIE MANAGER was handily defeated by HONEST JILES in a 1 minute uneven fight. MISCHIEVOUS IMP slaughtered CAERAN SLAVE in a 1 minute gory uneven duel. TERCERO ENCANTO vanquished FIORENZE OF FRATSFA in a 1 minute one-sided duel. DEADLY BORE was overpowered by HAIKU in a popular 1 minute gory uneven match. DEMONSEED murdered CONVICTED THIEF in a 1 minute mismatched match. WISHFUL THINKING handily defeated GESHI SCRIVENER in a 1 minute one-sided contest. SPEEDWELL demolished GESHI SCRIVENER in a 1 minute one-sided brawl. HREOWAN handily defeated GESHI SCRIVENER in a 1 minute one-sided conflict. JIMMY WONG slaughtered CONVICTED THIEF in a 1 minute mismatched bout. PRIMA DONNA vanquished SLEN SNOTNOSE in a 1 minute one-sided fray. JONNY BANANAS devastated CONVICTED THIEF in a 1 minute mismatched brawl. BATTLE REPORT MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS |FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT| |LUNGING ATTACK 7 PARRY-STRIKE 2 - 0 - 0 100 | |TOTAL PARRY 5 LUNGING ATTACK 39 - 17 - 7 70 | |STRIKING ATTACK 3 PARRY-RIPOSTE 12 - 7 - 3 63 | |WALL OF STEEL 3 TOTAL PARRY 18 - 14 - 1 56 | |SLASHING ATTACK 2 BASHING ATTACK 6 - 10 - 0 38 | |PARRY-STRIKE 1 STRIKING ATTACK 10 - 17 - 1 37 | |BASHING ATTACK 1 WALL OF STEEL 6 - 13 - 1 32 | |AIMED BLOW 0 AIMED BLOW 2 - 8 - 0 20 | |PARRY-LUNGE 0 SLASHING ATTACK 5 - 21 - 1 19 | |PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 3 - 0 0 | Turn 520 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 WALL OF STEEL 1 - 2 4 LUNGING ATTACK LUNGING ATTACK 7 - 0 AIMED BLOW 0 - 0 3 TOTAL PARRY TOTAL PARRY 4 - 1 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 1 SLASHING ATTACK STRIKING ATTACK 2 - 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 0 1 STRIKING ATTACK SLASHING ATTACK 0 - 2 1 PARRY-LUNGE BASHING ATTACK 0 - 1 1 BASHING ATTACK TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME TOTAL PARRY BRICK WALL 7478 22 12 0 92 HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121) SLASHING ATTACK SNAG 6519 9 8 0 81 OF WOLF AND MAN (478) LUNGING ATTACK HELLACIOUS 7541 8 1 0 81 MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537) BASHING ATTACK BOTTLE OF BEER 7620 6 4 0 53 HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121) STRIKING ATTACK TERCERO ENCANTO 7635 3 0 1 37 LAB EXPERIMENTS (261) 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 SNAG 6519. The ten other most popular fighters were 1215615151011 7685, HELLACIOUS 7541, HONEST JILES 7576, HAIKU 7681, BRICK WALL 7478, WISHFUL THINKING 7659, SPEEDWELL 7667, MESSIAH 7607, MISCHIEVOUS IMP 7627, and HREOWAN 7669. The least popular fighter this week was DEADLY BORE 7657. The other ten least popular fighters were BOTTLE OF BEER 7620, 1111121019912 7684, JIMMY WONG 7674, DEMONSEED 7653, TERCERO ENCANTO 7635, ROOKIE MANAGER 7639, 2000 YR. OLD MAN 4521, HAYDAN 7356, JONNY BANANAS 7686, and PRIMA DONNA 7682.