DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 07/24/2006    Duedate: 08/05/2006

MORDANT ARENA

DM-1    TURN-550

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

NITE TRAIN
GUNS-N-ROSES (314)
(1-6583) [11-13-3,115]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

NITE TRAIN                     DECADO
GUNS-N-ROSES (314)             AGENTS OF OSIRIS (587)
(1-6583) [11-13-3,115]         (1-7857) [6-2-1,66]

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

MISCHIEVOUS IMP                MARGARITA
SWEORDMASTERS (138)            BARHOPPERS (519)
(1-7627) [23-5-2,114]          (1-7025) [5-5-0,44]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

SEA DOGS (575)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. SHE'S CRAFTY (592)          43
2. SEA DOGS (575)              32      SEA DOGS (575)
3. SWEORDMASTERS (138)         32      Unchartered Team
4. ORDO XENOS (596)            27
5. JGW PERISHABLE (409)        24      DESOLATE TEMPLE (586)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 1 SEA DOGS (575)            35  11  1 76.1   1/ 1 SEA DOGS (575)           11  3 0
 2/ 4*DESOLATE TEMPLE (586)     26  19  4 57.8   2/ 8 VOID (526)               11  4 0
 3/ 2*LIVE FROM MOSCOW! (576)   20  15  0 57.1   3/ 4 LAB EXPERIMENTS (261)    10  5 3
 4/ 3 BARHOPPERS (519)          16  12  0 57.1   4/ 7 DEATH'S DOOR (129)        9  6 0
 5/ 6 DEATH'S DOOR (129)        79  65  1 54.9   5/ 3 SWEORDMASTERS (138)       9  6 0
 6/ 5*AGENTS OF OSIRIS (587)    20  17  3 54.1   6/ 2 MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537)    8  6 1
 7/10*MEN OF HONOR (594)        13  12  1 52.0   7/ 6*DESOLATE TEMPLE (586)     8  7 0
 8/ 7 SWEORDMASTERS (138)      412 384 50 51.8   8/ 5*MEN OF HONOR (594)        7  8 0
 9/ 8 MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537)   166 158 26 51.2   9/12*DRAGONLANCE (585)         6  8 1
10/15 VOID (526)                27  27  0 50.0  10/14*POKER GREATS (580)        6  8 0
11- 9 STEEL LEGION (581)        27  27  0 50.0  11/13*SHE'S CRAFTY (592)        6  9 1
12/12 LAB EXPERIMENTS (261)    325 338 36 49.0  12/10*AGENTS OF OSIRIS (587)    5  5 1
13/13*POKER GREATS (580)        17  18  1 48.6  13/19 JGW'S ABSTRACT (573)      4  2 0
14/14 ROMAN EMPIRE (531)       256 291 18 46.8  14- 9 STEEL LEGION (581)        4  2 0
15/17*DRAGONLANCE (585)         13  16  1 44.8  15-15 WIND STORM (144)          4  6 0
16-16 WIND STORM (144)         438 558 30 44.0  16/11 ROMAN EMPIRE (531)        4  9 1
17/ 0*ORDO XENOS (596)           2   3  1 40.0  17-17*BAM BAMX (577)            2  0 0
18/19 JGW'S ABSTRACT (573)      15  25  0 37.5  18/ 0*ORDO XENOS (596)          2  3 1

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
19/20*SHE'S CRAFTY (592)        13  22  2 37.1  19/21 JGW PERISHABLE (409)      2  8 0
20/18 GUNS-N-ROSES (314)        56  98  9 36.4  20/16*LIVE FROM MOSCOW! (576)   2  8 0
21/21 JGW PERISHABLE (409)      13  33  1 28.3  21/22 GUNS-N-ROSES (314)        1  1 0
22-22*BAM BAMX (577)             3  10  0 23.1  22/20 BARHOPPERS (519)          1  3 0

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

                                    TEAM SPOTLIGHT

                          Alliance Olympics Update, Round 6

     The 2006 Mordanti Alliance Olympics are almost half done!  LBA (and what DOES
that stand for, anyway?) posted the largest percentage increase:  up 4.21%.  Lakerfan
showed the largest drop this cycle:  down 10.00%.  Nobody was inactive this cycle, so
it looks like that folks heeded the following advice given each cycle:  Remember,
Maintenance is our friend!
     Void went 4-1-0 this round, congratulations go out to Dameon Darkheart!!  More
congratulations are due to Desolate Empire, who move into the Bronze award category
following a harsh turn for the Iron Council.  Condolences go out to Tripwire and his
Poker Greats for going 1-4.  Watch your challenges, and don't forget to use your
avoids to your advantage!
     We have a new Olympic record in two categories this turn!!  Most Alliance Kills:
Mannequin with seven, and counting.  Most Team Kills:  Mannequin's Best with four,
and counting.  With eight turns remaining, I expect even these to be shattered.
     I'm sorry, Lab Experiments, but Sea Dogs has overtaken you for Best Overall
Stable this turn!  If Sea Dogs cannot be unseated, they look to take home the two
best prizes of the Olympics this year:  One warrior's favorites on his team, coupled
with six months of free play to abuse, um, make use of such knowledge.  Can we
actually let this happen??
     If the Olympics were to end today, the awards would look like:

Gold: LBA . . . . . . .. .22-5-1-0....81.48%...(27/56)
Silver: Mannequin . . .. .56-30-7-7...65.12%...(86/168)
Bronze: Desolate Empire...27-18-3-2...60.00%...(45/112) **

Iron Council. . .. .. ....30-25-1-4...54.55%...(55/112)
Lakerfan .... .. ... ... .10-10-1-2...50.00%...(20/56)
Otis the Drunk .. .. .....26-33-2-6...44.07%...(59/112) *
Var .. .. .. .. .. .. ....10-14-1-2...41.67%...(24/56)
Amicitia Primoris .. .....38-68-1-8...35.85%...(106/244)
SwineTiger .. .. .. .. ...9-21-2-2....30.00%...(30/56)

*correction of record. The spreadsheet had incorrectly added another team into Otis
the Drunk's record.  My apologies to Otis the Drunk.
**correction of record.  I had mistakenly used part of their pre-Olympics record as
part of the scoring last round.  My apologies to Desolate Empire.

Best Overall Stable:  Sea Dogs (22-5-1-0)

     The Commission has an Excel spreadsheet available to the Olympians that will
break down the standings further.  Just send an email to: lxiang@amicitiaprimoris.org
to receive your copy.

The Olympic Commission

                                 DUELMASTER'S COLUMN
                             Notes from the arena champ.

Now that was definitely a shocker.  Stepping into the arena with that monster Tercero
and coming out victorious.  Found my favorite weapon and was close to my rhythm which
probably helped quite a bit.  Looks like it will be one turn and then back to a
Mannequin run DM.  Some of you other managers need to get some bodies up here to
break up this log jam.  Black Plague won't be up here any time soon.  He'll be lucky
to stay .500 or above.  Besides he stinks to high heaven.

See you at the Isle,
Kill Me Please

                                      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.  Now keep the taverns open late 
tonight, for there are sorrows to drown for STEEL LEGION, whose 0-0-0 this turn 
dropped them by 5 into 14th.  Ha!  VOID turned their 4-1-0 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 SHE'S CRAFTY's heads swell from their 4-1-0 this turn.  Haa ha ha ha! 
Big shots, big talk, big deal.  Of course, we're all terribly impressed to see CROW'S 
NEST GUY win a fight and gain 21 points, terribly.  Tsk, tsk, ZIMA beat WHIGGAMORE 
and WHIGGAMORE lost 15 points.  You're breakin' my heart.  SQUIRREL NUT challenged 
MORDANT's Duelmaster for a shot at the throne.  And if variety is the spice of life, 
MORDANT may be getting bland, as KILL ME PLEASE 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.  
MORDANT, I am losing what little hope I had in you.  POKER GREATS the most avoided 
team?  What insult will suffice, I cannot say.  And it looks like SEA DOGS avoided 
them the most this turn.  What a pack of would be losers, if you ask me.  Hmph.  Ooh, 
I'm frightfully impressed, CASTOR was this turn's most challenged warrior.  Watch 
that ego swell, sports fans.  I notice HORTATOR challenging down 30 points to fight 
HOSIDIUS SILUS, SEA DOGS doubtless has some rotten excuse for such an insult to 
honor.  Question now is, will MORDANT accept this sort of tacky behavior?  HORTATOR 
beating HOSIDIUS SILUS.  The insult, the....yech!  I guess I can give a little credit 
to RELLIK of DESOLATE TEMPLE for challenging up by 20 to BELY MEDVED.  RELLIK won to 
get 50 points of recognition.  And we have PURPLE HAZE in a challenge, going down 11 
points for the fight.  Guess what?  I thought PURPLE HAZE showed great skill and 
promise when it was bested by JOSH AREA.  All right, so I slept through it!  Big 
deal!   
     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.  LAB EXPERIMENTS has cause to pause today, 
as TERCERO ENCANTO was sent to the Dark Arena, and came back--though not in the best 
of moods, I'll wager.  Whoa!  I'll even buy SPEEDWELL a drink tonight!  Anyone who 
can come back from the Dark Arena, I want to be on his good side!  Ya gotta go 
sometime, and CAPELLA's time was this time.  Hmmm, not a bad fighter, had it lived... 
(what?  me pity?).  And now a passing thought on a warrior dying young (JOHNNY MOSS 
of POKER GREATS):  You had your chance and now you're dead.  Oh well...  Three down, 
and one turn to go for LIVE FROM MOSCOW! to call in the bloodfeud against SQUIRREL 
NUT, else HUNGRY DUCK is but small history.  Not that I'll be buying the drinks, but 
I'll be glad to see DOYLE BRUNSON and POKER GREATS at Conan's Place tonight 
celebrating their bloodfeud victory over DANYAL.  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!  I see the crowds are getting restless, I 
must leave now-- Snide Clemens  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 NITE TRAIN 6583              11  13  3   115       GUNS-N-ROSES (314)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 MISCHIEVOUS IMP 7627         23   5  2   114       SWEORDMASTERS (138)
 SQUIRREL NUT 7793             8   1  2    98       MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 CROW'S NEST GUY 7726          8   0  0    97       SEA DOGS (575)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 DAEL 7696                    13   3  1    90       SWEORDMASTERS (138)
 JIMMY WONG 7674              14   6  2    88       LAB EXPERIMENTS (261)
 WOEBEGONE 7795                9   4  0    85       SWEORDMASTERS (138)
-COBALT 7784                   8   4  0    80       STEEL LEGION (581)
-KANDRIS 6612                 14  18  1    69       WIND STORM (144)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 DECADO 7857                   6   2  1    66       AGENTS OF OSIRIS (587)
 BLACK PLAGUE 1720            15  14  0    65       DEATH'S DOOR (129)
-MY MICHELLE 6652              1   1  0    60       GUNS-N-ROSES (314)
-LAN 6724                     10  13  0    59       WIND STORM (144)
 REDBEARD 7728                 9   2  0    57       SEA DOGS (575)
 KAZACH 7853                   5   4  0    57       DESOLATE TEMPLE (586)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 MAKESHIFT ANCHOR 7724         8   3  0    56       SEA DOGS (575)
 RELLIK 7852                   7   2  0    50       DESOLATE TEMPLE (586)
-SALAMANDER 7769               8   8  1    48       WIND STORM (144)
 BALLAST 7727                  6   3  0    47       SEA DOGS (575)
 CHEESE WHIZ 7821              5   2  3    47       LAB EXPERIMENTS (261)
 RAISTLIN 7845                 5   1  0    47       DRAGONLANCE (585)
 PRODIGAL SON 7937             4   0  0    45       MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537)
 MARGARITA 7025                5   5  0    44       BARHOPPERS (519)
-TUNGSTEN 7788                 7   7  0    42       STEEL LEGION (581)
 GLUTIUS MAXIMUS 7906          6   1  1    40       ROMAN EMPIRE (531)
 BELY MEDVED 7751              5   2  0    40       LIVE FROM MOSCOW! (576)
 BASHFUL 7899                  5   2  0    39       SHE'S CRAFTY (592)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-GOLD 7787                     5   2  0    33       STEEL LEGION (581)
 HORTATOR 7791                 4   2  1    33       SEA DOGS (575)
 ZIMA 7750                     4   3  0    33       LIVE FROM MOSCOW! (576)
 BATTLE ANGEL 7898             2   5  1    33       SHE'S CRAFTY (592)
 DOYLE BRUNSON 7779            5   2  0    31       POKER GREATS (580)
-ROCKET QUEEN 6674             4   2  1    31       GUNS-N-ROSES (314)
 CRYSTAL 7869                  4   0  0    31       JGW'S ABSTRACT (573)
 FROZEN ROPE 7841              3   5  0    31       MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537)
-GORRILLA 7757                 2   1  0    31       BAM BAMX (577)
 COMICUS 7207                  6   7  0    29       ROMAN EMPIRE (531)
 N'AZADAR 7850                 6   3  1    28       DESOLATE TEMPLE (586)
 ENURAM 7851                   5   4  3    28       DESOLATE TEMPLE (586)
 THING 4 7081                  5   2  0    27       VOID (526)
 LOST SOUL 7868                3   2  1    27       JGW PERISHABLE (409)
 CONNAVAR 7858                 5   3  0    25       AGENTS OF OSIRIS (587)
-SWEET CHILD 6687              3   0  0    25       GUNS-N-ROSES (314)
 VERMILION 7823                2   7  0    25       JGW PERISHABLE (409)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-DURBAN POISON 7716            4   3  0    23       JGW'S ABSTRACT (573)
 FRENCH TICKLER 7930           3   1  0    23       LAB EXPERIMENTS (261)
-PATIENCE 6716                 2   0  1    23       GUNS-N-ROSES (314)
-TARMON GAI'DON 7789           2   5  0    23       WIND STORM (144)
 9MM NYMPH 7944                2   2  0    23       SHE'S CRAFTY (592)
 LARRY KING 7893               5   3  0    22       DEATH'S DOOR (129)
 MAN OF WAR 7925               3   2  1    21       MEN OF HONOR (594)
-CHROME 7908                   3   1  0    21       STEEL LEGION (581)
 POLLUX 7943                   2   2  0    21       VOID (526)
 TYPHOID MARY 7941             1   3  0    21       DEATH'S DOOR (129)
 HONOR AND GLORY 7923          3   2  0    20       MEN OF HONOR (594)
 MIRACH 7955                   2   0  0    20       VOID (526)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 BELTZER 7854                  4   3  0    19       AGENTS OF OSIRIS (587)
 CALIS 7849                    3   6  0    19       DESOLATE TEMPLE (586)
-TIGER 7754                    1   2  0    19       BAM BAMX (577)
-TURTLE POWER 7714             3   5  0    18       JGW'S ABSTRACT (573)
 FEWMASTER TOEDE 7954          2   0  0    18       DRAGONLANCE (585)
 CORINTHOS 7968                1   0  0    18       MEN OF HONOR (594)
 FLINT FIREFORGE 7848          3   3  0    17       DRAGONLANCE (585)
 WHIGGAMORE 7910               3   3  1    16       MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537)
 REMY MARTIN 7092              2   1  0    16       BARHOPPERS (519)
 TARAS BULBA 7748              4   3  0    15       LIVE FROM MOSCOW! (576)
 CASTOR 7942                   2   2  0    15       VOID (526)
 DANYAL 7855                   3   4  1    14       AGENTS OF OSIRIS (587)
 STEEL JAWS 7948               1   0  1    14       ORDO XENOS (596)
-EARLY MISTY 7717              1   7  0    14       JGW'S ABSTRACT (573)
 JOSH AREA 7939                1   3  0    14       POKER GREATS (580)
 PROPAGANDA 7747               3   4  0    13       LIVE FROM MOSCOW! (576)
 PURPLE HAZE 7827              2   7  0    13       JGW PERISHABLE (409)
 SPERE 7911                    3   3  0    12       SWEORDMASTERS (138)
 FULL METAL MINX 7900          2   5  0    12       SHE'S CRAFTY (592)
 WHITE WIDOW 7870              1   0  0    11       JGW'S ABSTRACT (573)
 SEAN SHEIKY 7938              1   3  0    10       POKER GREATS (580)
 DIABLO 7969                   1   0  0    10       MEN OF HONOR (594)
 LOYOLA 7956                   1   0  0    10       JGW PERISHABLE (409)
 UMPTYFRATZ 7945               1   0  0    10       ORDO XENOS (596)
 WAR CHANT 7922                2   3  0     9       MEN OF HONOR (594)
 KEITH RICHARDS 7927           2   3  0     9       DEATH'S DOOR (129)
-CHOBAM 7913                   2   2  0     8       STEEL LEGION (581)
-JOHNNIE WALKER 7024           2   2  0     8       BARHOPPERS (519)
-GREY GOOSE 7067               2   1  0     7       BARHOPPERS (519)
 RANIS 7846                    1   4  0     7       DRAGONLANCE (585)
-MONKEY II 7792                0   1  0     7       BAM BAMX (577)
-COW 7758                      0   2  0     6       BAM BAMX (577)
 TENAKA KHAN 7940              1   2  0     5       AGENTS OF OSIRIS (587)
 SWEET STUFF 7966              1   0  0     3       MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537)
 HOSIDIUS SILUS 7951           0   2  0     2       ROMAN EMPIRE (531)
 12 GAUGE PIXIE 7970           0   1  0     1       SHE'S CRAFTY (592)
 SLINGBLADE 7957               0   1  0     1       JGW PERISHABLE (409)
 DRACO 7949                    0   1  0     1       ORDO XENOS (596)
 LUARANA 7964                  0   1  0     1       DRAGONLANCE (585)
 SLOTH 7946                    0   1  0     1       ORDO XENOS (596)
 CEMENT SHOES 7963             0   1  0     1       LIVE FROM MOSCOW! (576)
 NOVA COW 7947                 0   1  0     1       ORDO XENOS (596)

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

THE DEAD               W  L K TEAM NAME             SLAIN BY             TURN Revenge?
CONVICTED THIEF 546    0  1 0   1                   STEEL JAWS 7948       550 NONE    
DARK CHAMPION 569      0  1 0 DARK ARENA 0          TERCERO ENCANTO 7635  550 NONE    
SHEWISH GIANT 566      0  1 0 DARK ARENA 0          SPEEDWELL 7667        550 NONE    
OLD HAG 4086          11  8 0 DEATH'S DOOR 129      TERCERO ENCANTO 7635  546 REVENGED
CARAMON 7847           2  3 1 DRAGONLANCE 585       BELESARIUS 7122       549 NONE    
LAST REBEL 5896        4  6 0 JGW PERISHABLE 409    GLUTIUS MAXIMUS 7906  547         
HUNGRY DUCK 7749       4  1 0 LIVE FROM MOSCOW! 576 SQUIRREL NUT 7793     547         
FEATHER TOUCH 7929     1  1 0 MANNEQUIN'S BEST 537  MAN OF WAR 7925       547         
PEACE RULER 7921       2  2 0 MEN OF HONOR 594      WHIGGAMORE 7910       549         
HONOR AND WAR 7924     1  3 0 MEN OF HONOR 594      BATTLE ANGEL 7898     549         
JOHNNY MOSS 7780       4  3 0 POKER GREATS 580      CHEESE WHIZ 7821      550         
STU UNGER 7781         1  2 0 POKER GREATS 580      DANYAL 7855           546 JUST REV
JOHNNY CHAN 7782       1  2 0 POKER GREATS 580      N'AZADAR 7850         546 REVENGED
GELLIUS CASTUS 7926    1  2 0 ROMAN EMPIRE 531      CARAMON 7847          548 REVENGED
DIXIE CHICK 7901       1  2 1 SHE'S CRAFTY 592      CHEESE WHIZ 7821      546 NOT REVE
17715179145 7965       0  1 0 SWEORDMASTERS 138     MOUNTAIN TROLL 563    550 NONE    
CAPELLA 7777           8  4 0 VOID 526              DECADO 7857           550         

THE DEAD               W  L K TEAM NAME             SLAIN BY             TURN Revenge?
MINTAKA 7895           0  3 0 VOID 526              PHIL HELLMUTH 7842    546 REVENGED
PROPUS 7896            0  2 0 VOID 526              ENURAM 7851           546 NOT REVE

                                     PERSONAL ADS

Manager of Men of Honor -- Great showing last turn.  5-0-1, definitely impressive. --
Dark Knight Toker, Desolate Temple (586)

Mannequin -- 12-3-1, that's something to smile about! -- Dark Knight Toker

JGW -- I see Lost Soul showed up!  Or did he just sneak in and will not be on the
sands this next turn?  We'll see!  Hopefully my brother in arms will calm down a bit
before he (Osiris) sends a warrior for vengeance! -- Dark Knight Toker

Johnny Moss -- Nice try.  Next time you might want to send someone holding a better
hand!  (grin) -- N'Azadar, Barrenbalde

Ballast -- Thirteen, that sure is a lot!  Good fight! -- Kazach, Desolate Soldier

Larry King -- We will do that again on my terms, and I promise you the results will
be different!  Twenty-five minutes in a garbage can baked me pretty well!  See you
soon. -- Rellik, Barrenblade

Thing 4 -- At least you escaped death!  Looking forward to see who's next. -- Enuram,
Barrenblade

Ghost of Last Rebel -- Damn, I didn't get my chance to plant you!!!  Someone else did
it for me. -- Enuram, Desolate Temple and Deathbringer of the Desolate Empire

Kill Me Please, Speedwell, Tercero Encanto, and Belesarius -- Congratulations to all
of you for your invitation to the Isle!  Now maybe the upper tiers of the rankings
will open up to some other worthy teams! -- Lord Xiang
P.S.  But my money is on Mischievous Imp or Jimmy Wong, both are Mannequin's warriors

All -- A little under the weather this week, so won't be very talkative.  Hope I'm
feeling better by next cycle.  Plus, I can't miss much college or work!  Good luck to
everyone this turn! -- D.K. Toker

Danyal -- Interesting fight.  I think we will be meeting again in the future. --
Spere

Decado -- Brave challenge.  I was even nice and let you swing first.  Not that it
would have mattered.... -- Woebegone

Bely Medved -- Some advice...give up when given the chance.  You may not get another
one. -- Dael

Doyle Brunson -- You're sneaky fast for an old man. -- Prodigal Son

Redbeard -- Nicely done.  I hoped you might fall down before you landed the last
couple of blows. -- Frozen Rope

Kandris -- Were you pretending to be a total parry? -- Squirrel Nut

Lord Xiang -- DM Columns?  I can only write so many "I'm (currently) the best warrior
and I plan on kicking (your) behind next turn" columns.  :) -- Mannequin

Speedwell:  11(1)-11(1)-5-21-17-10-11
PS  -4 Init,  SS, VL/L, response tactic, learns parry skills.  He would have been a
good ST but I wanted to take a shot at making a nice PS.  Better luck next time, I
guess.... -- Mannequin

Tercero Encanto:  11-3-15-21-9-8-17
ST  Mode, HA, VL/M, learns attack skills.  Has very little endurance, does great
damage.  He ran out of gas the two fights he lost and has been a great arena warrior.
-- Mannequin

26 June 2006
To those interested, G.E.C.K.O., Inc, is looking for able-bodied warriors to embark
on a dangerous mission.  Those interested (or for more details) diplo me at:
Juice, DM 93, mgr. Arena Masters, Inc -- Juice

30 June 2006
All -- I am looking for able bodied warriors, magic-wielding wizards, faith-healing
clerics, and quick-handed thieves to begin a quest requested by the Emperor of the
Southern Kingdom of Crailmia.  All interested parties can diplo me in arena 93 --
Noblish Island, c/o Will-O-Wisps (1422) or write to me at -- Robert Bennett, 317173,
4269 West M-80, Kincheloe, Mi 49784. -- the Lightbearer, mgr. Will-O-Wisps

1 July 2006
BROTHER KNIGHTS OF THE DESOLATE EMPIRE -- Hail brothers where ever you are to be
found!  We are engaging in arena 31.  Let them feel our wrath.  Onward to glory!!! --
Dark knight Blackstorm

1 July 2006
Soultaker -- Read your e-mail! -- Guardian

10 July 2006
The Dark Knights sat at the Dark Table with grim faces.  All present knew that there
could be no quarter.  The Forces of Desolation would be unleashed.  There would be no
turning back, no mercy and no hesitation to do what was necessary.  Teeth gritted and
knuckles whitened with fury as the IMPERIAL PROCLAMATION was signed by each Dark
Knight.
     AS OF JULY 1, 2006 -- WAR IS DECLARED ON THE ALLIANCE KNOWN AS THE VENDETTA
CARTEL.
     The Desolate Empire -- Dark Knights:  Ancient Creep, Blackstorm, Dok Sik, Goat,
Heathen, Hatebred, Kon, Osiris, Toker, Wasby the Great

14 July 2006
In response to the Desolate Empire's declaration of war, the Vendetta Cartel offers
the following response:

The members of the Vendetta Cartel can be found in 1, 8, 9, 10,  11, 14, 22, 25, 28,
31, 39, 45, 47, 50, 52, 54, 59, 60, 100, and 106.  Stop yapping in the all-arena ads,
pick an arena, issue a challenge, actually win something, and then maybe (and we
stress maybe) you may speak.  You may come to our home arenas (8, 31, and 47) and
confront us, but we suggest you learn to win in your own "home" arena (52) first.

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

TERCERO ENCANTO viciously butchered DARK CHAMPION in a 2 minute Dark Arena fight.
SPEEDWELL murdered SHEWISH GIANT in a 1 minute brutal Dark Arena melee.
17715179145 was slain by MOUNTAIN TROLL in a 2 minute bloody Dark Arena duel.
MAN OF WAR was bested by BATTLE ANGEL in a 1 minute Bloodfeud fight.
LOST SOUL was defeated by GLUTIUS MAXIMUS in a 2 minute Bloodfeud match.
DOYLE BRUNSON devastated DANYAL in a 1 minute uneven Bloodfeud brawl.
SQUIRREL NUT was defeated by KILL ME PLEASE in a 3 minute Challenge struggle.
CROW'S NEST GUY overpowered BELESARIUS in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge brawl.
NITE TRAIN overpowered JIMMY WONG in a 1 minute uneven Challenge Title melee.
FROZEN ROPE was vanquished by KAZACH in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge duel.
MAKESHIFT ANCHOR unbelievably bested MARGARITA in a popular 7 minute Challenge duel.
DECADO assassinated CAPELLA in a 1 minute uneven Challenge match.
HORTATOR overpowered HOSIDIUS SILUS in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge fight.
WHIGGAMORE was demolished by ZIMA in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge competition.
RELLIK bested BELY MEDVED in a 4 minute Challenge battle.
CHEESE WHIZ murdered JOHNNY MOSS in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge brawl.
PRODIGAL SON handily defeated LARRY KING in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge conflict.
BELTZER was viciously subdued by CRYSTAL in a 3 minute gruesome Challenge duel.
SPERE was beaten by CONNAVAR in a 2 minute Challenge brawl.
PURPLE HAZE was bested by JOSH AREA in a 1 minute Challenge brawl.
RANIS was defeated by CASTOR in a 1 minute novice's Challenge bout.
FRENCH TICKLER savagely defeated TARAS BULBA in a exciting 2 minute Challenge bout.
HONOR AND GLORY handily defeated SEAN SHEIKY in a 1 minute Challenge competition.
WAR CHANT was beaten by MIRACH in a exciting 1 minute beginner's Challenge fight.
MISCHIEVOUS IMP overpowered M. CHARDINEE in a 1 minute uneven fray.
WOEBEGONE handily defeated M. CHARDINEE in a 1 minute one-sided contest.
DAEL demolished SILISA THE SNAKE in a 1 minute one-sided fight.
REDBEARD vanquished GRUNESH THE ORC in a action packed 1 minute gory one-sided match.
BALLAST was defeated by BLACK PLAGUE in a action packed 6 minute brutal match.
ENURAM was vanquished by RAISTLIN in a 1 minute gruesome one-sided fray.
N'AZADAR was beaten by BASHFUL in a 2 minute gruesome competition.
COMICUS was beaten by VERMILION in a 2 minute gory fight.
CALIS was vanquished by TYPHOID MARY in a 1 minute one-sided fray.
FLINT FIREFORGE narrowly defeated PROPAGANDA in a 3 minute match.
FULL METAL MINX defeated TENAKA KHAN in a 5 minute brutal fight.
THING 4 beat REMY MARTIN in a 4 minute bout.
9MM NYMPH handily defeated GESHI SCRIVENER in a 1 minute mismatched match.
KEITH RICHARDS was vanquished by CORINTHOS in a 1 minute mismatched fight.
POLLUX demolished SLINGBLADE in a 1 minute mismatched match.
FEWMASTER TOEDE beat 12 GAUGE PIXIE in a 2 minute novice's fray.
WHITE WIDOW demolished SLOTH in a 1 minute mismatched match.
DRACO was demolished by LOYOLA in a 1 minute one-sided duel.
STEEL JAWS executed CONVICTED THIEF in a 1 minute one-sided duel.
NOVA COW was outwaited by SWEET STUFF in a dull 11 minute amateur's match.
CEMENT SHOES was overpowered by DIABLO in a 1 minute one-sided fight.
LUARANA was vanquished by UMPTYFRATZ in a 1 minute mismatched duel.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|LUNGING ATTACK                  17         PARRY-STRIKE      23 -  16 -  1      59  |
|BASHING ATTACK                  15         AIMED BLOW        55 -  39 -  1      59  |
|AIMED BLOW                      12         STRIKING ATTACK   41 -  30 -  9      58  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                 10         TOTAL PARRY       45 -  39 -  0      54  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    9         WALL OF STEEL     45 -  40 -  3      53  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      8         LUNGING ATTACK    90 -  91 -  7      50  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  5         BASHING ATTACK    40 -  61 -  6      40  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     3         SLASHING ATTACK   23 -  37 -  1      38  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      2         PARRY-LUNGE        8 -  13 -  1      38  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    2         PARRY-RIPOSTE      1 -   4 -  0      20  |

Turn 550 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       3 -  0     SLASHING ATTACK    2 -  3         3  LUNGING ATTACK 
AIMED BLOW         8 -  4     BASHING ATTACK     5 - 10         2  AIMED BLOW     
WALL OF STEEL      6 -  3     PARRY-LUNGE        0 -  2         2  PARRY-STRIKE   
TOTAL PARRY        5 -  3     PARRY-RIPOSTE      0 -  2         1  BASHING ATTACK 
STRIKING ATTACK    6 -  4                                       1  TOTAL PARRY    
LUNGING ATTACK    10 -  7                                       1  STRIKING ATTACK
                                                                1  SLASHING ATTACK

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
TOTAL PARRY      MISCHIEVOUS IMP 7627       23   5  2  114 SWEORDMASTERS (138)
STRIKING ATTACK  SQUIRREL NUT 7793           8   1  2   98 MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537)
AIMED BLOW       CROW'S NEST GUY 7726        8   0  0   97 SEA DOGS (575)
LUNGING ATTACK   DAEL 7696                  13   3  1   90 SWEORDMASTERS (138)
PARRY-STRIKE     BLACK PLAGUE 1720          15  14  0   65 DEATH'S DOOR (129)
SLASHING ATTACK  RAISTLIN 7845               5   1  0   47 DRAGONLANCE (585)
WALL OF STEEL    GLUTIUS MAXIMUS 7906        6   1  1   40 ROMAN EMPIRE (531)
BASHING ATTACK   BASHFUL 7899                5   2  0   39 SHE'S CRAFTY (592)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is MISCHIEVOUS IMP 7627.  The most popular warrior this 
turn was MARGARITA 7025.  The ten other most popular fighters were BLACK PLAGUE 1720, 
FRENCH TICKLER 7930, 17715179145 7965, SQUIRREL NUT 7793, CRYSTAL 7869, BASHFUL 7899, 
NITE TRAIN 6583, BELY MEDVED 7751, MIRACH 7955, and REDBEARD 7728.

The least popular fighter this week was SWEET STUFF 7966.  The other ten least 
popular fighters were NOVA COW 7947, FULL METAL MINX 7900, LUARANA 7964, CEMENT SHOES 
7963, DRACO 7949, SLOTH 7946, KEITH RICHARDS 7927, CALIS 7849, COMICUS 7207, and 
ENURAM 7851.

The following warriors have traveled to AD after fighting this turn:

KILL ME PLEASE (1-1721) DEATH'S DOOR (129)
BELESARIUS (1-7122) ROMAN EMPIRE (531)
TERCERO ENCANTO (1-7635) LAB EXPERIMENTS (261)
SPEEDWELL (1-7667) LAB EXPERIMENTS (261)

               NEW TEAMS IN THE TEMPORARY TOURNAMENT ARENAS (DM 81/83)

Please note that all new teams created at the Face-to-Face were temporarily placed 
in a temporary Tournament Arena, DM 81 or DM 83.  If you requested that your team be 
placed in a specific arena, it has already transferred to that arena.  Any teams not 
transferred out of DM 81 and DM 83 by September 1st will be deleted.  If you have 
questions about any of your teams, please contact Customer Service. -- RSI 

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

     For those of you who keep track of such things, 5 additional warriors graduated 
from regular DM arenas (including closed arenas) since the last tournament.  

                       SNOTTYMAN (40-3685) of THEY TRAINED ME!
                            HORRID (65-6385) of LEGION IV
                         JUDICIOUSLY (82-27214) of ADVERBS II
                      TERRICONUS (82-27651) of THE GLORIOUS DARK
                      FLABBY-O (82-30720) of STREET PIZZAD XXII

Congrats to the grads. -- Green Eyes