DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 12/05/2011    Duedate: 12/17/2011

MORDANT ARENA

DM-1    TURN-690

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

WHISKEY
BOOZE (605)
(1-8582) [10-2-0,120]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

WHISKEY                        HARD TIMES
BOOZE (605)                    RUN DMC (636)
(1-8582) [10-2-0,120]          (1-8732) [4-2-0,23]

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

AMBER                          TAI
CLUELESS (628)                 CLUELESS (628)
(1-8580) [12-16-0,52]          (1-8579) [15-13-0,79]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

RUN DMC (636)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537)      59
2. THE MOTHERSHIP 4 (476)      38      ONE HIT WONDERS (632)
3. RUN DMC (636)               23      Unchartered Team
4. BOOZE (605)                 21
5. STEEL LEGION (581)          15      RUN DMC (636)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 3*RUN DMC (636)             11   6  0 64.7   1/ 3*RUN DMC (636)             7  4 0
 2/ 1 ONE HIT WONDERS (632)     37  24  4 60.7   2/ 1 CLUELESS (628)            7  5 0
 3/ 2 BOOZE (605)              114  96 13 54.3   3/ 2 ONE HIT WONDERS (632)     6  4 1
 4/ 4 CLUELESS (628)            69  63  0 52.3   4/ 5 BOOZE (605)               5  3 0
 5/ 5 SWEORDMASTERS (138)      615 569 72 51.9   5/ 6 STEEL LEGION (581)        3  2 0
 6- 6 LAB EXPERIMENTS (261)    487 486 59 50.1   6- 7 KIDS GONE BAD (275)       2  3 0
 7/ 0 THE MOTHERSHIP 4 (476)    11  11  1 50.0   7/ 4 HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)   2 12 0
 8/ 8 STEEL LEGION (581)        58  65  4 47.2   8/ 0 THE MOTHERSHIP 4 (476)    1  4 0
 9/ 7 MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537)   341 385 60 47.0   9/ 8 MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537)    1 13 1
10- 9 KIDS GONE BAD (275)       24  33  4 42.1  10/ 9 SWEORDMASTERS (138)       0  3 0
11/10 HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)  567 862 14 39.7  11-10 LAB EXPERIMENTS (261)     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

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                         ---===DELARQUAN REGIONAL NEWS===---

                                     Duelmasters
                                     -----------
 DM   1 MORDANT (turn 689): WHISKEY of BOOZE (Papa Bear, mgr.)
 DM   2 NIANIA (turn 572): BIG BIRD of THE FUNNY FARM (Buri, mgr.)
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 694): FENRIS of AESIR (Buri, mgr.)
 DM   4 JHELUM (turn 666): POSITION IS EMPTY
 DM   5 KALTOS (turn 690): TERTIUS of LONG SWORD CLUB (Sherlock, mgr.)
 DM   6 TRANSEL (turn 685): KAIARI of SOUL STRIPPERS II (Savory Jack, mgr.)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 294): NIKKI NAILS of TOOL SHED (Leprechaun, mgr.)
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 678): WILD THINGS of BACON MAKIN' (Sherlock, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 680): BEDDER of CENTER FOR OLDS (Suave, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 679): DRED of DARK AT HEART (?, mgr.)
 DM  36 JHANS (turn 645): IRINA JINZ of MIDDLE WAY 17 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  38 CLIFFHOME (turn 634): FAITH of ZOMBIE SQUAD III (Khistanth, mgr.)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 293): THE FALLEN ONE of DARQUE ANGELS (Master Darque, mgr.)
 DM  42 RODEKI (turn 627): SRV of SHREDDERS (Buri, mgr.)
 DM  51 TRICORUS (turn 578): MARGANAD of DARK HORSEMEN (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  54 TROCAR (turn 274): WERE BEAR of FERAL LEGION (Seraphim, mgr.)
 DM  59 ILLIS (turn 267): FAIRYFIRE of IMPROVED ILLUSION (Master Darque, mgr.)
 DM  62 VALAMANTIS (turn 523): INFERNO of DISASTERS (Papa Bear, mgr.)
 DM  72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 244): NAEFAN ORDH of MIDDLE WAY 9 (Jorja, mgr.)
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 571): RUGEN THE JELLYFISH of HANNAH'S PALS (The Upright Man)

                                      Top Teams
                                      ---------
 DM   1 MORDANT (turn 689): CLUELESS (Sherlock, mgr.)
 DM   2 NIANIA (turn 572): HAMOI TONG (Froot E. Bowl, mgr.)
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 694): STATE OF MIND (Marma Duke, mgr.)
 DM   4 JHELUM (turn 666): DOGS OF WAR (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   5 KALTOS (turn 690): THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   6 TRANSEL (turn 685): SOUL STRIPPERS II (Savory Jack, mgr.)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 294): BEACH BABES (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 678): THE CLUB (Buri, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 680): RYAN'S HENCHMEN (Leprechaun, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 679): LUDUS MAGNUS (?, mgr.)
 DM  36 JHANS (turn 645): MIDDLE WAY 17 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  38 CLIFFHOME (turn 634): HOLMES ON THE RANGE (Sherlock, mgr.)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 293): DARQUE ANGELS (Master Darque, mgr.)
 DM  42 RODEKI (turn 627): COLOR ME SUAVE (Suave, mgr.)
 DM  51 TRICORUS (turn 578): VENTURE BROS. (Buri, mgr.)
 DM  54 TROCAR (turn 274): TRADERS OF TROCAR (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  59 ILLIS (turn 267): IMPROVED ILLUSION (Master Darque, mgr.)
 DM  62 VALAMANTIS (turn 523): MIDDLE WAY 10 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 244): BASH BROS SOCCER (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.)
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 571) STREET PIZZA et al (The Upright Man, mgr.)

                                   Recent Graduates
                                  -----------------
 DM   2 NIANIA (turn 572): BIG BIRD of THE FUNNY FARM (Buri, mgr.)
 DM   5 KALTOS (turn 690): TERTIUS of LONG SWORD CLUB (Sherlock, mgr.)
 DM   6 TRANSEL (turn 684): FAINTLY FRANNIE of PSYCHO SQUAD (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 293): LUAU LILA of BEACH BABES (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 679): JAMESON of RYAN'S HENCHMEN (Leprechaun, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 679): DRED of DARK AT HEART (?, mgr.)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 291): QUITA ROSALA of THE MIDDLE WAY (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  42 RODEKI (turn 625): DORSAL FINN of NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC (Crip, mgr.)
 DM  51 TRICORUS (turn 577): TACK TACK of SERPENTS HOLD 2 (Khisanth, mgr.)
                             WHY of QUESTIONS (Sherlock, mgr.)
 DM  54 TROCAR (turn 273): ALBERT of KIWI CONNECTI0N (The Mun, mgr.)
 DM  59 ILLIS (turn 267): UNCLE FESTER of TALL TALES (A-Sop, mgr.)
 DM  72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 243): ROMOR SAITH of MIDDLE WAY 9 (Jorja, mgr.)

                                      SPY REPORT

     Well, what are you looking at, MORDANT?  Ain't you never seen Snide Clemens 
before?  Ah, shaddup and listen to my news.  Later days, CLUELESS, since RUN DMC took 
top team from you this turn, you guys are old news.  Of course, we're all terribly 
impressed to see BIG-HEADED KAT win a fight and gain 17 points, terribly.  ALLEY OOP 
challenged MORDANT's Duelmaster for a shot at the throne.  And if variety is the 
spice of life, MORDANT may be getting bland, as WHISKEY stays top dog in the city.  
I'm not in a very good mood today, but why am I telling you this?  You want to know 
what's new, don't you, MORDANT?   
     Well, let's take a look at some more misdeeds of you miserable sword-boys.  
HOMICIDAL MANIACS, I suppose you'll be glad to know you were this turn's most avoided 
team.  Care to know who is the most afraid of you?  And it looks like ONE HIT WONDERS 
avoided them the most this turn.  What a pack of would be losers, if you ask me.  
Hmph.  RANDOM MANIAC was challenged more times this turn than the Duelmaster.  Now 
was the DM insulted or feared?  Heh, heh.  I guess I can give a little credit to 
FUNKYTOWN of ONE HIT WONDERS for challenging up by 19 to AMBER.  FUNKYTOWN won to get 
58 points of recognition.   
     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.  Whoa!  I'll even buy 15169518417 a drink 
tonight!  Anyone who can come back from the Dark Arena, I want to be on its good 
side!  We're all going to die in the end, so why worry if the fate catches up with 
you sooner that later?   
     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                  
 WHISKEY 8582                 10   2  0   120       BOOZE (605)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-NAEGLING 8576                 9   2  2   120       SWEORDMASTERS (138)
 BRANDY 8584                   9   0  0   107       BOOZE (605)
 RANDOM MANIAC 7800           11  63  1    97       HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)
 ALLEY OOP 8664               10   4  1    92       ONE HIT WONDERS (632)
 JOSH 8581                    16  12  0    91       CLUELESS (628)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 TAI 8579                     15  13  0    79       CLUELESS (628)
 CEREAL KILLER 8625           10  10  0    70       HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 BIG-HEADED KAT 7110           8   3  0    66       THE MOTHERSHIP 4 (476)
 TAKE ON ME 8682               6   4  0    64       ONE HIT WONDERS (632)
 DIONNE 8578                  15  13  0    58       CLUELESS (628)
 FUNKYTOWN 8665                9   3  0    58       ONE HIT WONDERS (632)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 BLACK BETTY 8661              6   6  1    56       ONE HIT WONDERS (632)
 AMBER 8580                   12  16  0    52       CLUELESS (628)
-DIRK DIGLER 8115              7   6  1    52       KIDS GONE BAD (275)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 15169518417 8778              1   0  1    33       MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537)
 PLATINUM 8182                 2   0  0    32       STEEL LEGION (581)
 IN MY HOUSE 8689              5   5  1    29       ONE HIT WONDERS (632)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SHOTGUN DADDY 8738            4   4  0    29       HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 HARD TIMES 8732               4   2  0    23       RUN DMC (636)
 DOWNWITHTHEKING 8736          3   0  0    22       RUN DMC (636)
 MY ADIDAS 8733                2   0  0    18       RUN DMC (636)
-SPEED FREAK 8761              1   0  0    12       KIDS GONE BAD (275)
 S... MC 8734                  2   4  0    11       RUN DMC (636)
-POLYMER 8219                  1   0  0    11       STEEL LEGION (581)
-LINDSEY LOHAN 8758            1   0  0     5       KIDS GONE BAD (275)
-TITANIUM 8222                 0   1  0     5       STEEL LEGION (581)
 BLACK BONKER 8749             0   4  0     4       HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)
-LUKE PERRY 8759               0   1  0     1       KIDS GONE BAD (275)
 MASKED MUREDERER II 8772      0   1  0     1       HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
BLACK ORC               0  0 0 DARK ARENA           15169518417 8778      690  NONE
MASKED MURDERER 8644    5 11 0 HOMICIDAL MANIAC 121 IN MY HOUSE 8689      688   
1541217111411 8774      0  1 0 MANNEQUIN'S BEST 537 BLACK ORC             690  NONE
79109171121 8775        0  1 0 MANNEQUIN'S BEST 537 SHEWISH GIANT         690  NONE
912161117145 8776       0  1 0 MANNEQUIN'S BEST 537 SPYMASTER             690  NONE
91613179911 8777        0  1 0 MANNEQUIN'S BEST 537 UNDEAD WARRIOR        690  NONE
11101211171211 8779     0  1 0 SWEORDMASTERS 138    HIGH ELF              690  NONE
ALANNA 6498             0  1 0 THE MOTHERSHIP 4 476 THE AMAZON            690  NONE
FREAK TEH FUNK 7503     0  1 0 THE MOTHERSHIP 4 476 SPYMASTER             690  NONE
JULIA 6496              0  1 0 THE MOTHERSHIP 4 476 UNDEAD WARRIOR        690  NONE
MYST 6497               0  1 0 THE MOTHERSHIP 4 476 HIGH ELF              690  NONE

                                     PERSONAL ADS

We were most avoided?  Why?  This is so weird. -- the Maniacs

I was most challenged, and fought a random match?  Why?  It isn't like I was avoiding
anyone. -- Random Maniac, brooding darkly in the certainty that they're all out to
GET him

Whiskey -- Ah... I never could drink properly.  It always messes me up. -- Random
Maniac

Dionne -- You women!  You just don't understand breakfast!  You want sweet things.
Pastries.  Boiled doughnuts.  JUNK.  Start with cereal, and your day can't be all
bad. -- Cereal Killer

Hard Times -- You may think so, but you don't use that as bait to catch MY daughter.
-- Shotgun Daddy

Polymer -- Gosh!  You're--I mean, you're, um.  Nobody told me I'd be fighting um.  My
momma wouldn't like that. -- Black Bonker
P.S.  Of course, she didn't name me this, so maybe she won't KNOW.

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

11101211171211 was dealt death by HIGH ELF in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
1541217111411 was butchered by BLACK ORC in a 1 minute brutal Dark Arena duel.
91613179911 was easily killed by UNDEAD WARRIOR in a 1 minute Dark Arena match.
912161117145 was butchered by SPYMASTER in a 1 minute gory Dark Arena contest.
79109171121 was slain by SHEWISH GIANT in a 2 minute bloody Dark Arena match.
FREAK TEH FUNK was butchered by SPYMASTER in a 1 minute gory Dark Arena duel.
15169518417 unbelievably slew BLACK ORC in a crowd pleasing 5 minute Dark Arena match.
JULIA was assassinated by UNDEAD WARRIOR in a 1 minute gruesome Dark Arena melee.
ALANNA was slaughtered by THE AMAZON in a 2 minute Dark Arena duel.
MYST was slaughtered by HIGH ELF in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
BRANDY viciously subdued RANDOM MANIAC in a popular 2 minute veteran's Challenge duel.
ALLEY OOP was handily defeated by WHISKEY in a 1 minute Challenge Title bout.
FUNKYTOWN savagely defeated AMBER in a crowd pleasing 3 minute bloody Challenge match.
JOSH devastated CEREAL KILLER in a 1 minute one-sided battle.
TAKE ON ME was viciously subdued by TAI in a crowd pleasing 3 minute bloody bout.
DIONNE was savagely defeated by BIG-HEADED KAT in a 3 minute veteran's duel.
SHOTGUN DADDY was handily defeated by BLACK BETTY in a 1 minute mismatched bout.
IN MY HOUSE was viciously subdued by PLATINUM in a popular 3 minute brutal brawl.
HARD TIMES subdued BLACK BONKER in a 2 minute bout.
S... MC beat GRALL THE DESERTER in a 2 minute match.
DOWNWITHTHEKING overpowered SLEN SNOTNOSE in a 2 minute mismatched conflict.
MY ADIDAS devastated MASKED MUREDERER II 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                   7         WALL OF STEEL     14 -   7 -  1      67  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  7         TOTAL PARRY        9 -   5 -  1      64  |
|AIMED BLOW                       4         PARRY-RIPOSTE      4 -   3 -  0      57  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   4         AIMED BLOW        11 -   9 -  0      55  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      3         LUNGING ATTACK    26 -  24 -  2      52  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     2         STRIKING ATTACK   29 -  30 -  0      49  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  2         SLASHING ATTACK    5 -   9 -  0      36  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      1         PARRY-STRIKE       2 -   5 -  0      29  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    1         BASHING ATTACK     8 -  38 -  3      17  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    1         PARRY-LUNGE        0 -   1 -  0       0  |

Turn 690 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:

TOTAL PARRY        3 -  0     LUNGING ATTACK     3 -  4         3  STRIKING ATTACK
AIMED BLOW         2 -  2     STRIKING ATTACK    3 -  4         2  LUNGING ATTACK 
PARRY-STRIKE       1 -  1     PARRY-LUNGE        0 -  1         2  WALL OF STEEL  
SLASHING ATTACK    1 -  1     PARRY-RIPOSTE      0 -  1         1  BASHING ATTACK 
                              BASHING ATTACK     0 -  4         1  SLASHING ATTACK
                              WALL OF STEEL      0 -  1         1  TOTAL PARRY    
                                                                1  PARRY-RIPOSTE  

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
LUNGING ATTACK   WHISKEY 8582               10   2  0  120 BOOZE (605)
STRIKING ATTACK  BRANDY 8584                 9   0  0  107 BOOZE (605)
SLASHING ATTACK  TAI 8579                   15  13  0   79 CLUELESS (628)
TOTAL PARRY      BIG-HEADED KAT 7110         8   3  0   66 THE MOTHERSHIP 4 (476)
PARRY-RIPOSTE    TAKE ON ME 8682             6   4  0   64 ONE HIT WONDERS (632)
WALL OF STEEL    DIONNE 8578                15  13  0   58 CLUELESS (628)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is AMBER 8580.  The most popular warrior this turn was 
TAI 8579.  The ten other most popular fighters were PLATINUM 8182, BRANDY 8584, AMBER 
8580, BIG-HEADED KAT 7110, 79109171121 8775, JOSH 8581, HARD TIMES 8732, 
DOWNWITHTHEKING 8736, WHISKEY 8582, and TAKE ON ME 8682.

The least popular fighter this week was MASKED MUREDERER II 8772.  The other ten 
least popular fighters were SHOTGUN DADDY 8738, CEREAL KILLER 8625, ALLEY OOP 8664, 
RANDOM MANIAC 7800, MYST 6497, JULIA 6496, 15169518417 8778, FREAK TEH FUNK 7503, 
1541217111411 8774, and BLACK BONKER 8749.

                            A DM TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS

          12 political points a'pumpin'
          11 TVs a'workin'
          10 free duels of credit
           9 ABs to challenge
           8 criticals a'connectin'
           7 scums a'dyin'
           6 skills a'maxin'
           5 A.D. invites
           4 lucky warriors
           3 size on replacement
           2 proxied TCs
          And a quarterstaff from a pear tree.

                                   May your days be merry,
                                   And your wins be often.

                                             The Consortium

                  MAIL-IN TOURNEY LII

PRIMUS TOURNEY                         W  L  K         TEAM NAME            
PATIENCE 2619 (118-98-12)              2  3  0         SUPERIOR FORCES      

ADM TOURNEY                            W  L  K         TEAM NAME            
POOP DECK GUY 8274 (55-30-2)           8  3  0         SEA DOGS             
CUDDLY 1900 (64-35-0)                  1  3  0         THE BEARS            

CHALLENGERS TOURNEY                    W  L  K         TEAM NAME            
BLACK LUCK 3534 (9-1-1)                4  3  0         BLACK JUNTA          

CHAMPIONS TOURNEY                      W  L  K         TEAM NAME            
PHIL HELLMUTH 7842 (17-6-1)            2  3  0         POKER GREATS         

ADEPTS TOURNEY                         W  L  K         TEAM NAME            
BRANDY 8584 (7-0-0)                    9  3  0         BOOZE                
ALLEY OOP 8664 (9-3-1)                 3  3  0         ONE HIT WONDERS      

INITIATES TOURNEY                      W  L  K         TEAM NAME            
BENO 8480 (0-0-0)                      5  3  0         POINT GUARDS         
IN MY HOUSE 8689 (4-4-0)               1  3  0         ONE HIT WONDERS      
TAKE ON ME 8682 (5-3-0)                1  3  0         ONE HIT WONDERS      
BLACK BETTY 8661 (5-5-1)               0  2  0         ONE HIT WONDERS      
FUNKYTOWN 8665 (7-3-0)                 0  2  0         ONE HIT WONDERS      

ROOKIES TOURNEY                        W  L  K         TEAM NAME            
RUN'S HOUSE 8735 (0-0-0)               4  3  0         RUN DMC              
FERROUS 8744 (0-0-0)                   2  3  0         STEEL LEGION         
MY ADIDAS 8733 (0-0-0)                 1  3  0         RUN DMC              
WHITE LIGHTNING 8742 (0-0-0)           1  3  0         BOOZE                

DEAD CHALLENGERS TOURNEY               W  L  K         TEAM NAME            
BLACK BRAVADO 6562 (12-4-0)            1  2  0  DEAD   BLACK JUNTA          

DEAD CHAMPIONS TOURNEY                 W  L  K         TEAM NAME            
RYAN 6499 (3-2-1)                      4  3  0         THE MOTHERSHIP 4     

DEAD APPRENTICES TOURNEY               W  L  K         TEAM NAME            
BOSOMY GOLDMINE 8537 (0-0-0)          10  3  0         SUPER STARS R US     
2% 8275 (0-1-0)                        0  2  0  DEAD   LAB EXPERIMENTS      

                        BLOODGAMES at the WINTER FACE-TO-FACE

Back by popular demand, we will be having Bloodgames at the Winter FTF!  For those of 
you who always wanted the chance to manage the last warrior standing alive upon the 
arena sands, your day has come.  At the end of the ten turns, even though several 
warriors, bruised and scarred, MAY yet live, only one will be crowned Champion of the 
Bloodgames.  And in this game mere survival counts for little.  A great general once 
said, "The object of battle is not to die for your cause, but to make your enemy die 
for his."  This general would have greatly enjoyed the Duelmasters Bloodgames.  There 
will be two different arenas:

     DM 96:  for Face-to-Face attendees, with turn-by-turn strategies, and 
     DM 97:  for all managers, with one strategy for all ten rounds

Gameplay proceeds according to standard DM rules, except for a few notable exceptions: 

BLOODGAMES ROLLUP --  Your Bloodgames team is ten warriors, one of each fighting 
style, each warrior designed from scratch!  (All is 84 points, 3-21, as usual.)

DEATH -- As the name implies, the Bloodgames will leave the arena sands somewhat darker 
before they're over.  It's a dangerous sport intended only for the tough and spirited.  
The Arenamaster will be less likely to intercede on behalf of a dying warrior.  Even 
at a 1 kill desire, kill attempts will occur.

REPLACEMENTS AND ROLLUPS -- There will be no replacement characters.  

CHALLENGES AND STRATEGIES -- In DM 96, there no regular challenges, only bloodfeuds.  
For DM 97, warriors may not change their strategy from round to round (to make it fair 
for those who could not attend the F-t-F).  There will be no DA challenges.

TURN PROCESSING AND DUE DATES -- If you are not attending the FTF, we must have your 
rollups and strategies by Wednesday, January 11, else they are due by 9pm on Friday, at 
the hotel.  The Bloodgames will process at the FTF with the regular tournament.  

MISSED TURNS -- All warriors fight each round.  Only the dead may rest.

ERRORS -- If we make an input error, that warrior will be awarded a win and kill.  
Errors must be reported before the next turn processes.  

NEWSLETTER -- Warriors are ranked according to their number of kills.  Champions of 
Bloodgames may write a column for the newsletter at the end of the games. 

FEES -- A Bloodgames rollup costs a $10 set-up fee.  Managers may roll up more than 
one team but may run only one team in each arena.  The fee for all ten rounds is $49. 

AWARDS -- The Bloodgames last ten rounds.  Only warriors who survive to the end of 
Turn 10 will be eligible for an award.  However, a consolation award of a Bloodgames 
T-shirt will be awarded to the dead warrior with the most kills.

The living warrior with the greatest number of kills will be the Bloodgames Champion.  
Bloodgames Victor titles, 2nd and 3rd place, and Bloodgames Runner-up titles, 4th 
through 6th place, will be awarded to those living warriors with the greatest number 
of kills at the end of Turn 10, with one other important consideration:  Each of these 
six warriors must be of a different fighting style.  Win/loss records and, if 
necessary, recognition points will only be used to determine awards if there is a tie.  

A Bloodgames T-shirts will be awarded to the manager of the team with the most kills.

The Bloodgames Champion fights for free in Advanced Duelmasters, and all Champions and 
Victors earn Tournament Victor status, which allows them to challenge once per turn 
with increased priority.  These awards last for six months.  The manager of the 
Bloodgames Champion, Victors, and Runners-up will receive Bloodgames T-shirts.

AFTERMATH -- Warriors from the Bloodgames may not transfer to any other arena.  Once 
the games are over, the arena and teams will be disbanded.  The fighters have won 
their freedom and will never more be seen in the gladiatorial games.  A special bonus 
will, however, be awarded to the 1st through 3rd place warriors.  Lady Sheila 
Greywand, of the Isle of the Eye, has consented to allow the top three surviving 
gladiators in each Bloodgames admission to the Advanced Duelmasters Games.  Any 
special training required to qualify those three warriors for Advanced Duelmasters 
combat will be conducted before transfer into A.D.  Astute managers will note that 
this means a slim, but possible chance that a warrior designed from scratch will 
survive the Bloodgames, win one of the top three places, and go on to glory in A.D.  
That warrior could be yours!

         The challenge is yours to take.  The final plans are yours to make.  
          When the dust settles, remember:  To the victor goes the spoils!