DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 12/06/2004    Duedate: 12/18/2004

NIANIA ARENA

DM-2    TURN-396

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

YELLOW PIKE
THE GOLDEN FISH (147)
(2-5031) [14-50-1,106]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

YELLOW PIKE                    POSITION IS EMPTY
THE GOLDEN FISH (147)          
(2-5031) [14-50-1,106]         

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

ABALONEA                       YELLOW PIKE
THE GOLDEN FISH (147)          THE GOLDEN FISH (147)
(2-5032) [14-50-0,92]          (2-5031) [14-50-1,106]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

GLORY BOUND TROLLS (599)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. GLORY BOUND TROLLS (599)    16
2. KNOT WHOLE (443)             4      GLORY BOUND TROLLS (599)
3. HARLEQUINS (577)             0      Unchartered Team
4. THE GOLDEN FISH (147)       -2
                                       THE LAST STRAW (508)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 1 GLORY BOUND TROLLS (599) 111  29  0 79.3   1/ 1 GLORY BOUND TROLLS (599) 11  3 0
 2- 2 HARLEQUINS (577)         139 129  8 51.9   2/ 2 THE GOLDEN FISH (147)     7  8 0
 3/ 3 KNOT WHOLE (443)          31  32  3 49.2   3- 4 HARLEQUINS (577)          4  4 0
 4/ 4 THE GOLDEN FISH (147)    351 563  9 38.4   4/ 3 KNOT WHOLE (443)          3  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

             + ]H[ + ---:--- + ]H[ The Golden Fish ]H[ + ---:--- + ]H[ +

     Analira sat in a corner seat on the Shuttle and brooded.  It wasn't that she
objected to rescuing Abalonea.  She liked her teammate, and if Abalonea needed
rescuing, she was willing--especially now that she herself was a Lady Protector and
didn't have to worry about the long-term effects of dying.  But it just didn't feel
like they were doing it right.
     The Shuttle rounded a corner, the heavy coach swaying, then slammed to a stop,
skidding sideways on the narrow road.  Analira was in a position to look out and
down, way down from the side of the road into the canyon below.  It hadn't seemed
that deep or steep a minute ago, even though they were in the mountains now, but....
     "Stand and deliver!  Your money or your lives!"
     Ah!  Highway robbers!  THIS was more like it!  Analira brightened and looked
around at her fellow passengers, all gladiators.  All probably Lord Protectors headed
for the Isle, and therefore immortal.  They didn't seem excited.  Or even interested,
really.  And Lubaya was frowning and muttering about their schedule.
     Their SCHEDULE!  The woman had no adventure in her soul, that's what it was.
Orcs didn't, dammit.  How had she ever agreed to go on an adventure with an Orc?  She
should have realized, the first time Lubaya mentioned taking the Shuttle, that this
just wouldn't work.  Lubaya didn't know HOW to have an adventure.  Well, she would
just have to--
     A round bearded face with a fleshy nose appeared at one of the windows.  "Out
you get, ladies and gentlemen!  We'll have this coach emptied fourth with, and even
third if possible."
     Analira stared for a moment.  The nose, the beard, the mountains....  "We're
being robbed by DWARVES?"
     A pair of eyebrows like hairy caterpillars met over the nose.  "Ye got some
problem with that?  Ye think we can't do it RIGHT, maybe, just because we're a little
shorter than you are?  Out you get, missy, this minute!"
     Sighing, Analira climbed over the legs of her uninterested fellow passengers and
stepped down onto the road.  Which was muddy and blocked with a substantial log
barricade manned by a dozen Dwarves.  Or at least, a dozen Dwarven helmets, that
being all that was visible above the piled logs.
     The one in front of her put hands on hips and looked up at her.  "Do ye think
your length of leg will defend ye against a crossbow, missy?"
     "No, but...."  Looking at that scowling face (what she could see above a
magnificent beard, she decided not to complete that thought.  "So, we're stopped.
What can we do for you?"
     "Got any gold?"
     "Money?  Not much--the Commission is paying our fare."  She pulled a handful of
coins out of her belt pouch.  Silver and copper, she never carried gold.  Didn't have
it, most of the time.
     "Piffling!"  The Dwarf peered at the coins and snorted.  "Nianian coin is so
debased, even if you HAD gold, it'd be worthless.  What about jewelry?  Sometimes get
a better grade of gold in that."
     Analira laughed and touched the scar on her face.  People told her it didn't
look bad, and of course, for a gladiator, it didn't.  But still....  "I don't have
any jewelry, gold or otherwise."
     "Don't see why not.  A woman should have jewelry, it's...insurance."  The Dwarf
frowned so deeply his eyes crossed.  "We'll have to do something about this."  He
turned and shouted to his companions behind the barricade.
     Since it was in Dwarvish, Analira had no idea what he was saying.  But something
she'd taken for a rock on the hillside unfolded thick legs and kicked at the logs.
The barricade slid over the cliff into the canyon below.  Dwarves stepped back from
the road and waved the Shuttle forward.  The driver cracked his whip.
     "Hey, what about me?" Analira asked.
     "Ye'll have to come with us," the Dwarf said.  "Think of it as an adventure."

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

                                     Duelmasters
                                     -----------
 DM   1 MORDANT (turn 509): GOOEYDUCK of LAB EXPERIMENTS (The Mun, mgr.)
 DM   2 NIANIA (turn 395): ANALIRA of THE GOLDEN FISH (Nick, mgr.)
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 514): GREEN BEAN of VEGGIES (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.)
 DM   4 JHELUM (turn 510): WHITE WIND of MAYAN WHITE (Myrrdin, mgr.)
 DM   5 KALTOS (turn 509): FREDERICK DOUGLASS of I'M HISTORY (Zalgor Prigg, mgr.)
 DM   6 TRANSEL (turn 513): THIRD OMEN of DARK PANTHEON (Doc Steele, mgr.)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 510): GOKU of WASTELAND II (The Muffin Man, mgr.)
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 505): CUP O'PIZZA of THE JERKS (Ebenezer Frothingslosh, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 497): LE PAIN DLG of PENTARCHIE-18 (The Pentalque, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 495): BAD ACID of COSMIC FREAK OUT (Floyd, mgr.)
 DM  36 JHANS (turn 469): KILL'EM KREPP of ANARKYSTS (Iver, mgr.)
 DM  38 CLIFFHOME (turn 460): CRAPOLA CRAYON of THE LOST SOULS (Stimpy, mgr.)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 201): LAHRS ENNY of CRIMINAL ELEMENT (Fizban, mgr.)
 DM  42 RODEKI (turn 447): BOZO of CLOWNING AROUND (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.)
 DM  51 TRICORUS (turn 395): SPIDER-MAN of WENSINWASIN M.H. (Youngblood, mgr.)
 DM  54 TROCAR (turn 188): CERISA of TRADERS OF TROCAR (Jinda, mgr.)
 DM  59 ILLIS (turn 176): PLAGUEBEARER of SHADOWLAND (DeGotti, mgr.)
 DM  62 VALAMANTIS (turn 345): CHIP ENSER of MIDDLE WAY 10 (Nick, mgr.)
 DM  72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 153): ORPHAN of X-POSSE (Savant, mgr.)
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 388): RAZOX of BLADES OF ICE from BONSUR (Lord Andarus, mgr.)

                                      Top Teams
                                      ---------
 DM   1 MORDANT (turn 509): MANNEQUIN'S BEST (Mannequin, mgr.)
 DM   2 NIANIA (turn 395): GLORY BOUND TROLLS (DeGotti, mgr.)
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 514): VEGGIES (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.)
 DM   4 JHELUM (turn 510): THE FORCE II (Rillion, mgr.)
 DM   5 KALTOS (turn 509): I'M HISTORY (Zalgor Prigg, mgr.)
 DM   6 TRANSEL (turn 513): BATTLE BEASTS (Sensei Jan, mgr.)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 510): BEACH BABES (Surfer Sam, mgr.)
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 505): TERRAPIN STATION (Floyd, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 497): none
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 495): COSMIC FREAK OUT (Floyd, mgr.)
 DM  36 JHANS (turn 469): HELTER SKELTER (Cosmo, mgr.)
 DM  38 CLIFFHOME (turn 460): EAGLES CLAW (Talon Volksie, mgr.)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 201): CRIMINAL ELEMENT (Fizban, mgr.)
 DM  42 RODEKI (turn 447): none
 DM  51 TRICORUS (turn 395): DARK HORSEMEN (Nick, mgr.)
 DM  54 TROCAR (turn 188): KATHOUSE (Kat, mgr.)
 DM  59 ILLIS (turn 176): HELTER SKELTER (Cosmo, mgr.)
 DM  62 VALAMANTIS (turn 345): DEVIL'S MAYHEM (Dincuru Feadagnor?, mgr.)
 DM  72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 153): KNIGHTS TEMPLAR (Baphomet, mgr.)
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 388): BLACK PRIMERS, etc. (Doc Steele, mgr.)

                                   Recent Graduates
                                  -----------------
 DM   1 MORDANT (turn 508): THINREDONE of LAB EXPERIMENTS (The Mun, mgr.)
                            JEJUNE of MANNEQUIN'S BEST (Mannequin, mgr.)
 DM   2 NIANIA (turn 395): ANALIRA of THE GOLDEN FISH (Nick, mgr.)
                           LUBAYA  THE GOLDEN FISH (Nick, mgr.)
               (turn 394): TOOFLESS of GLORY BOUND TROLLS (DeGotti, mgr.)
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 513): LEFTISTS BLOW of THE CONFUSED (Shocking Toad, mgr.)
 DM   4 JHELUM (turn 510): STIGMA of ORCCON THUGS (DMobster, mgr.)
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 505): CUP O'PIZZA of THE JERKS (Ebenezer Frothingslosh, mgr.)
               (turn 504): SIR OCCO (10-5079) SIR AGLIO (Sultan, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 495): BAD ACID of COSMIC FREAK OUT (Floyd, mgr.)
               (turn 494): SKA-D-LITE of MINISTRY OF SKA (Rude Buddha, mgr.)
 DM  36 JHANS (turn 468): HANGING of THE CHADS (Rillion, mgr.)
                          HUGGY BEAR of SUICIDAL DREAMS (Talon Darkhart, mgr.)
 DM  38 CLIFFHOME (turn 460): STEVEN SCIMITAR of EAGLES CLAW (Talon Volksie, mgr.)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 201): LAHRS ENNY of CRIMINAL ELEMENT (Fizban, mgr.)
                               ANGELOST of DARQUE ANGELS (Master Darque, mgr.)
 DM  54 TROCAR (turn 188): CERISA of TRADERS OF TROCAR (Jinda, mgr.)
 DM  59 ILLIS (turn 176): PLAGUEBEARER of SHADOWLAND (DeGotti, mgr.)
              (turn 175): FEDIFENSOR of DAMAGE INC. (Tripwire, mgr.)
 DM  62 VALAMANTIS (turn 345): CHIP ENSER of MIDDLE WAY 10 (Nick, mgr.)

                                 DUELMASTER'S COLUMN
                             Notes from the arena champ.

     Solitare, that was a splendidly timed loss on your part.  To think that I should
be the Duel2Dudette!  Now, indeed, I can leave this place with a light heart, for I
have achieved the pinnacle of success in this arena.
     And I can be immortal on my adventure, which is also a heart-lifter.

                                       Analira

P.S.  I stand before you a triple-15.  11-6 (with MY style!) 10-15-15-10-15, GA
(ugh!) mod/low.  Masters in attack (favorite learn) and initiative, advanced expert
in parry.  I am charismatic and attractive, but not terribly cool.

P.P.S.  And Lubaya is 11-7-11-11-17-10-17, SS, low/very low.  Odd, but then she IS
odd.  Courageous, egotistical, and...not trustworthy?  Oops!

                                      SPY REPORT

     Like the magnificent Sun, rising upon the Dawn and exiling the Night for a Day, 
I, Novgorodny Vir, return once again!  Practice pays for PIP, who pummelled ABALONEA, 
to pocket 12 points.  Those who hoped for a new Duelmaster were disappointed by 
KHALHUMS DWARF, of NIANIA, who despite a 0-0-0 couldn't overcome NIANIA's Number 1.  
So who was the warrior seen charging into immovable walls and challenging dead trees? 
Someone's got a basic problem...   
     A Zenmaster once told me, 'Does not the spinning wheel turn?  And do not the 
little birds cry out?'  Any ideas?  Like the noble eagle soaring amongst the 
mountaintops, so stand the warriors of GLORY BOUND TROLLS, alone and unchallenged.  
Like a pup with its tail between its legs, KNOT WHOLE scurried away from GLORY BOUND 
TROLLS.  Oh, the shame!  Everyone is famous for fifteen minutes, and YELLOW PIKE is 
it right now.  Most challenged warrior.  Isn't THE GOLDEN FISH proud!  Do my ears 
deceive me?  FORMIDABLE (outclassed by 29 points) challenged LUBAYA, in what promises 
to be a fight.(!) Fixed fights?  Paybacks?  Blind luck?  Whatever, FORMIDABLE 
challenged LUBAYA, FORMIDABLE the underdog by 29 points.  My love of complete 
Spyreports dictates that I note the mismatched fight, PROWESS and YELLOW PIKE.  Are 
KNOT WHOLE unwilling to engage in a fair fight?  I thought PROWESS showed great skill 
and promise when she was defeated by YELLOW PIKE.  All right, so I slept through it!  
Big deal!   
     Like the wind whispering among the pines, do hearest I many disquieting rumors.  
Death (in the form of DANGEROUS CRIMINAL of NIANIA) knocked on UPUP's door.  What 
will GLORY BOUND TROLLS do?  The suspense is killing me.  Oh hard!  that to strike a 
flame, the match itself must needs be wasting!   
     Leave me now, you base fools!  As if buffeted by forces of nature beyond my 
control, I must take my leave of this place.  Do not despair!  I shall return!-- 
Novgorodny Vir  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 YELLOW PIKE 5031             14  50  1   106       THE GOLDEN FISH (147)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 PIP 5286                     10   3  0   102       GLORY BOUND TROLLS (599)
 FORMIDABLE 5177              12   6  3    97       KNOT WHOLE (443)
 PROWESS 5155                 14  18  0    93       KNOT WHOLE (443)
-SOLITARE 5120                10  11  0    93       HARLEQUINS (577)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 ABALONEA 5032                14  50  0    92       THE GOLDEN FISH (147)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 NELLISTHA 5156               21  18  1    85       THE GOLDEN FISH (147)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 OOZE-O 5277                  10   3  0    59       GLORY BOUND TROLLS (599)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 NEEBLES 5301                  6   3  0    45       GLORY BOUND TROLLS (599)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-COMEDY 5139                   8   8  1    33       HARLEQUINS (577)
-MELODY 5151                   4   4  0    32       HARLEQUINS (577)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-OSCAR 5264                    2   0  0    22       HARLEQUINS (577)
-BWA HA 3650                   2   5  0    17       KNOT WHOLE (443)
-JESTER 5309                   1   0  0    15       HARLEQUINS (577)

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

THE DEAD               W  L K TEAM NAME             SLAIN BY             TURN Revenge?
UPUP 5105             10  1 0 GLORY BOUND TROLL 599 DANGEROUS CRIMINAL 11 396 NONE    

                                     PERSONAL ADS

Toofless -- You old fart!  Good to see you going, and we'll be glad to host your
going-away party, if your own team isn't going to lay one on.  Let us know, okay? --
Yellow Pike

Prowess -- Gods, the Dwarf really DOES have a giant saw!  It's apparently something
they use to make slabs of marble for decorative facings on buildings.  I don't want
to be a decorative facing!  Save me from this horrid fate! -- Abalonea the Shew-
knapped, being held prisoner in a Dwarven cave
P.S.  I'm too TALL for this kind of thing!

A Veteran Mercenary?  Not much of a send-off.  Perhaps I should draft him into the
adventure. -- Lubaya

Gods!  I have been defeated by an Insurance Salesman!  And then, to add insult to
injury, he tells me my policy has lapsed.  This sounds like a conflict of interest to
me.  I demand a recount! -- Nellistha

DeGotti -- Congratulations on graduating your first TP.  As for your comment
regarding "people who live in glass houses," I fail to see how you equate my 2 or so
turns in a row without writing personals to your self-admitted 10 or so turns.  Must
be that new math I failed.  In any event, glad you piped up in the personals.  I'll
try, myself, to be a little more consistent. -- Sultan

Abal...and Anal... -- Looks like you two are destined to soon graduate from Niania.
I, too, hope the same. -- Prowess

11 November 2004
All you alliance-type people, I'm trying (again!) to get my alliance listing correct
and up to date.  Either send me a diplo (address it to The Saint) or send your
updates to me directly at Sue at solberg-mathews.com.  As you may guess, replace the
at with @ and you're good to go (I do hate spammy mail and this will end up on the
web).

I have information on the following alliances:  ADIO, Allied Axis, Armada,
Brotherhood of Justice, Brotherhood of the Blade, Cadre, CDC, Chaos, Inc., Circle of
Order, Company of Brothers, Consortium, Council of Lords, Couple Good Guys, Crimson
Vengeance, DOA, DOOMcorps, Enigmafia, Eurosquad, Fascist Federation, FONZ,
Frothingslosh Syndicate, GAPPDA, Homeland Alliance, IT Alliance, Jingoists, kLk,
Knights of the Covenant, LBA, League Arcane, Legion6, Living Essences, Lords and
Ladies of Darkness, Manic Union, Midnight Foundation, Minions of Diana, Monarchs of
Montezuma, NCA, NIMROD, R.A.G.E., Seventh Sons, The Firm, The French Connection,
Vendett@ United, and the Vendetta Cartel.

If you are a member of one of these alliances, let me know.  If you are a member of
some other alliance that isn't listed, let me know.  If you were at any point in your
past a part of one of these alliance but are now independent, also let me know.
Going inactive doesn't mean you get removed from this list; people are assumed to
still be in the same alliance when they return.  Even having everyone in an alliance
go inactive doesn't change anything.  If an alliance is officially disbanding, that's
another thing you have to let me know....

The Saint, keeper of lists

P.S.  If you already responded to my online plea (and I replied), you can ignore
this.

17 November 2004
                       Hammer 500-Hammer Run for the Roll Ups
                                  Hosted by Hammer

     Niytyole Island DM 33 has dwindled to the point where as of T-482 [duedate
November 3, 2004] there were only 2 active stables listed with 3 inactive stables in
a once thriving and lively regular arena.
     During the past 40+ cycles Hammer has been hosting the Hammer Run for the Roll
Ups in DM 33.
     Thus far only the Ripper and Slasher categories have produced winners to claim
the 5 New Team Roll Ups Prize for being the first declared Style Master of their
respective categories to graduate.
     Every contending stable has gone inactive for one reason or another, including
CASINO HAMMERZ, over the past several months.
     Now DM 33 faces the harsh reality that if RSI chooses to close any arenas due to
little or no interest, Niytyole Island could very well head the list of endangered
regular arenas!
     In an effort to preserve his beloved island, Hammer is announcing the
continuation of the Hammer Run for the Roll Ups; combined with the Hammer 500 which
will conclude both contests on T-500 [duedate July 13, 2005] should DM 33 continue to
remain open in the coming months.
     Attention Hammer Runners!
     The Hammer Run is for 0 FE Basic Arena Warriors ONLY.  Participants MUST Be
Declared in the P-ads On or Before their First DM 33 Basic Arena Fight to Qualify as
a Hammer Runner!  Winners of Each Category will receive 5 New Team Roll Up Gift
Certificates mailed from RSI courtesy of Hammer!  [On the condition that they
Graduate on or before T-500; see amended rules below!]
     The following Style Master categories remain open with a listing of how many
declared contestants are still entered and their W/L recognition record at the time
of their disappearance from the Hammer Run competition:
     (P-ad declarations in parenthesis)
     [Manager name/Stable name in brackets] followed by their last known W/L
recognition ranking
Rippers  Category Now Closed for Hammer Run as of T-475
     01.  WINNER T-475 Lucky Lady Hammer (T-440) [Hammer/Casino Hammerz] WINNER T-475
Lungers
     01.  Hey, Zeus! (T-443) [Prophet/When Dogma Fails]  14-15-0,73
     02.  Career Criminal (T-455) [Philthy Phil/Jailbirds]  3-2-0,14
Strikers
     01.  Stone Face Hammer (T-463) [Hammer/Casino Hammerz]  7-5-0,52
Pikers
     01.  Siren (T-442) [Street Legal/Of Mythos And Men]  0-0-0,0
     02.  Gordie (T-463) [Kellog/Pig Battalion]  3-2-0,21
     03.  Bluffing Hammer (T-463) [Hammer/Casino Hammerz]  6-6-0,25
Slashers Category Now Closed for Hammer Run as of T-469
     01.  WINNER T-469 Light Da' Pyre (T-443) [Prophet/When Dogma Fails] WINNER T-469
Total Parodys
     01.  Doctor Lecter (T-444) [Philthy Phil/Jailbirds]  13-1-0,84
     02.  Mirikle (T-447) [Dameon Darkheart/Obsidian Hall]  ?-?-?,??
     03.  Maverick Hammer (T-465) [Hammer/Casino Hammerz]  6-6-0,26
Plungers
     01.  Piggy (T-455) [Kellog/Pig Battalion]  3-8-0,19
     02.  Cool Hand Hammer (T-463) [Hammer/Casino Hammerz]  7-5-0,48
Bashers
     01.  Repeat Offender (T-447) [Philthy Phil/Jailbirds]  6-5-2,33
     02.  Joe Friday (T-448) [Kellog/Pig Battalion]  8-8-1,47
     03.  Big Casino Hammer (T-476) [Hammer/Casino Hammerz]  0-0-0,0
Wastes
     01.  Luftschwein (T-452) [Kellog/Pig Battalion]  5-8-0,23
Aimers
     01.  Porkey LR (T-463)  [Kellog/Pig Battalion]  2-3-0,9
     As you can plainly see, the Hammer Run is still wide open in several categories,
depending upon whether or not the deactivated stables are reactivated for the Hammer
500-Hammer Run for the Roll Ups contest!
     Any declared warrior who succeeds in graduating by T-500 will win 5 New Team
Roll Ups Gift Certificates mailed from RSI courtesy of Hammer!  Gift Certs will be
awarded as soon as possible upon official graduation if the graduation occurs prior
to T-500.
     On T-500 the highest ranked ACTIVE declared warrior in the category(s) without a
Graduate will win 2 New Team Roll Ups Gift Certificates mailed from RSI courtesy of
Hammer!
     Additional Hammer 500-Hammer Run for the Roll Ups Gift Cert Prizes:
     Five (5) Gift Certs will be awarded to the manager whose warrior claims the
Duelmaster Throne on T-500.
     Two (2) Gift Certs will be awarded to the manager(s) whose warrior(s) are listed
as the highest Active Challenger Champion, Champion, Challenger Adept, Adept,
Challenger Initiate and Initiate on T-500.
     In the event that NO Duelmaster is seated upon the Duelmaster Throne on T-500
there will be Three (3) Gift Certs awarded to the managers whose Active warriors are
tied for recognition points at the Top of the Challenger Champions recognition
standings.  [Therefore, the Top CC will be awarded 3 Gift Certs instead of 2 for
being ranked as the highest CC on T-500].
     One (1) Gift Cert will be awarded to the manager(s) whose warrior(s) graduate on
T-500.
     One (1) Gift Cert will be awarded to the manager(s) whose warrior(s) receive
their graduation announcement on T-500.
     One (1) Gift Cert will be awarded to the manager(s) whose warrior(s) are listed
in the Top Warrior Of Each Style newsletter announcement on T-500.
     One (1) Gift Cert will be awarded to the manager whose warrior is listed as the
Chartered Recognition Leader on T-500.
     One (1) Gift Cert will be awarded to the manager whose warrior is listed as the
Unchartered Recognition Leader on T-500.
     One (1) Gift Cert will be awarded to the manager whose warrior is listed as the
Popularity Leader on T-500.
     One (1) Gift Cert will be awarded to the manager whose warrior is listed as This
Week's Favorite on T-500.
     One (1) Gift Cert will be awarded to the manager whose stable is listed as The
Current Top Team on T-500.
     One (1) Gift Cert will be awarded to the manager whose stable is listed as the
Number One Team On The Move Point Gainer on T-500.
     One (1) Gift Cert will be awarded to the manager whose stable is listed as the
Top Career Honors Chartered Team on T-500.
     One (1) Gift Cert will be awarded to the manager whose stable is listed as the
Top Career Honors Unchartered Team on T-500.
     SHOULD RSI CHOOSE TO CLOSE DM 33 PRIOR TO T-500 ONLY THE HIGHEST ACTIVE DECLARED
STYLE MASTER CONTESTANTS WILL BE AWARDED TWO (2) GIFT CERTS AND ALL OTHER PRIZE
CATEGORIES WILL BE DECLARED NULL AND VOID BY HAMMER!!!!!!!!!
     The purpose of this contest is to restore DM 33 to a lively and entertaining
arena!
     Hammer is willing to foot the Prize bill in a last ditch effort to save Niytyole
Island from deletion if RSI and the Gladiatorial Commission decide that more arenas
need to be closed due to lack of participation and interest.
     Should this effort fail to spare DM 33 from deletion, then Hammer is prepared to
transfer CASINO HAMMERZ to another arena if Niytyole Island is closed by RSI and the
Gladiatorial Commission.
     "May Your Blades Be Sharp and Your Wits Sharper!" -- Hammer/Your Hammer 500-
Hammer Run for the Roll Ups Host/Vendetta Cartel Captain; WordSmith and WeaponSmith
of the Vendetta Cartel Tarantula Tribe in DM 28

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

PROWESS was viciously subdued by YELLOW PIKE in a 2 minute Challenge Title fight.
PIP handily defeated ABALONEA in a action packed 1 minute one-sided Challenge match.
FORMIDABLE bested LUBAYA in a popular 1 minute veteran's Challenge contest.
ANALIRA savagely defeated KHALHUMS DWARF in a 3 minute master's competition.
NELLISTHA viciously subdued CONVICTED ASSASSIN in a 2 minute mismatched match.
NEEBLES handily defeated FRATSFA SLAVE in a 1 minute uneven melee.
UPUP was slaughtered by DANGEROUS CRIMINAL in a action packed 1 minute one-sided duel.
OOZE-O overpowered FRATSFA SLAVE in a 1 minute one-sided fight.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|WALL OF STEEL                    2         STRIKING ATTACK   11 -   3 -  0      79  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     2         TOTAL PARRY       22 -   7 -  0      76  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      2         WALL OF STEEL     16 -   8 -  0      67  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      1         AIMED BLOW         2 -   1 -  0      67  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   1         LUNGING ATTACK     9 -   6 -  0      60  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  1         PARRY-STRIKE      10 -   9 -  0      53  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  1         SLASHING ATTACK    6 -   7 -  0      46  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    1         PARRY-RIPOSTE      4 -   9 -  0      31  |
|AIMED BLOW                       0         PARRY-LUNGE        3 -   7 -  0      30  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   0         BASHING ATTACK     0 -   1 -  0       0  |

Turn 396 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-LUNGE        1 -  0     AIMED BLOW         0 -  0         2  PARRY-STRIKE   
LUNGING ATTACK     1 -  0     PARRY-RIPOSTE      0 -  1         2  SLASHING ATTACK
SLASHING ATTACK    1 -  0     BASHING ATTACK     0 -  0         1  PARRY-LUNGE    
STRIKING ATTACK    1 -  0     TOTAL PARRY        0 -  2         1  LUNGING ATTACK 
WALL OF STEEL      2 -  0                                       1  TOTAL PARRY    
PARRY-STRIKE       1 -  1                                       1  AIMED BLOW     
                                                                1  WALL OF STEEL  
                                                                1  STRIKING ATTACK
                                                                1  BASHING ATTACK 

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
PARRY-STRIKE     PIP 5286                   10   3  0  102 GLORY BOUND TROLLS (599)
LUNGING ATTACK   FORMIDABLE 5177            12   6  3   97 KNOT WHOLE (443)
WALL OF STEEL    NELLISTHA 5156             21  18  1   85 THE GOLDEN FISH (147)
SLASHING ATTACK  OOZE-O 5277                10   3  0   59 GLORY BOUND TROLLS (599)

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
STRIKING ATTACK  NEEBLES 5301                6   3  0   45 GLORY BOUND TROLLS (599)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is ABALONEA 5032.  The most popular warrior this turn 
was YELLOW PIKE 5031.  The ten other most popular fighters were NELLISTHA 5156, 
FORMIDABLE 5177, PIP 5286, OOZE-O 5277, PROWESS 5155, ABALONEA 5032, NEEBLES 5301, 
UPUP 5105,  0, and  0.

The least popular fighter this week was UPUP 5105.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were NEEBLES 5301, ABALONEA 5032, PROWESS 5155, OOZE-O 5277, PIP 5286, 
FORMIDABLE 5177, NELLISTHA 5156, YELLOW PIKE 5031,  0, and  0.

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

ANALIRA (2-5087) THE GOLDEN FISH (147)
LUBAYA (2-5126) THE GOLDEN FISH (147)