DUELMASTERS NEWSLETTER
Date : 07/17/2003 Duedate: 07/30/2003
OSKSI ARENA
DM-3 TURN-479
This Weeks Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
DUNE
SIMPLY DESSERTS (555)
(3-6095) [17-8-0,121]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
QUICKSAND POSITION IS EMPTY
SIMPLY DESSERTS (555)
(3-6102) [17-18-2,123]
Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite
FUNGARI MX
THE BALROGS (121) THE NUKES (551)
(3-6171) [17-4-0,90] (3-6055) [23-11-0,104]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
SIMPLY DESSERTS (555)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. SIMPLY DESSERTS (555) 52
2. THE NUKES (551) 29 FAMOUS HITTERS (535)
3. DOUBLE TROUBLE (332) 13 Unchartered Team
4. AMERICAN APPRAISAL (559) 9
5. FAMOUS HITTERS (535) 9 (-1)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1- 1*OF WOLF AND MAN 3 (481) 9 3 0 75.0 1/ 1 SIMPLY DESSERTS (555) 12 3 0
2/ 2 FAMOUS HITTERS (535) 24 12 2 66.7 2- 2 ASTRAL KIN (230) 7 3 0
3/ 3 BOMBAY BUMBLE BEES (308) 48 30 4 61.5 3/ 3 THE BALROGS (121) 6 9 0
4/ 4 THE NUKES (551) 96 73 10 56.8 4/ 4 AMERICAN APPRAISAL (559) 5 10 0
5/ 5 THE BALROGS (121) 520 435 22 54.5 5/ 7 BOMBAY BUMBLE BEES (308) 4 5 0
6- 6 ASTRAL KIN (230) 279 256 23 52.1 6/ 8 THE NUKES (551) 4 6 1
7/ 7 SIMPLY DESSERTS (555) 82 79 6 50.9 7/ 5 GAMES LIBRARY (340) 4 11 0
8/ 8 DOUBLE TROUBLE (332) 74 76 0 49.3 8-11*DARK TOADS (568) 2 0 0
9/ 9 GAMES LIBRARY (340) 302 456 7 39.8 9/ 9 DOUBLE TROUBLE (332) 2 1 0
10/10 AMERICAN APPRAISAL (559) 42 71 2 37.2 10- 6*OF WOLF AND MAN 3 (481) 2 1 0
11-11*DARK TOADS (568) 3 6 1 33.3 11/10 FAMOUS HITTERS (535) 2 1 0
'*' Unchartered team '-' Team did not fight this turn
(###) Avoid teams by their Team Id ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank
SPY REPORT
It's me, The Unknown Spymaster here with my bag to give you the news on last
week's fights. It was a tough week for OF WOLF AND MAN 3, to drop 4 places in the
rankings. Coming up with a solid 0-0-0 outing, DARK TOADS has advanced 3 places in
the rankings. Hey everybody, watch out for MARY RETZLAFF, who flew up 15 points in
the rankings after mashing GRAPH like a melon. Keep your eye on this gal. And
falling like a basher in the top ten was JOHN MAHER, who dropped 14 points after a
disappointing (to say the least) bout with YROHK. Well here's a duelmaster that
doesn't sit back and say 'Challenge me'! DUNE made a challenge against STEVE SAX
this week. Our battling duelmaster DUNE has managed to hold the title, fending off
STEVE SAX's none too subtle advances. Better luck next time, AMERICAN APPRAISAL. 4
out of 5 gladiators surveyed protect the body, so try and avoid aiming at that
location.
But enough of that bunch, let's get on to the wimps who like to avoid battle!
Here's a song for you: Who's afraid of the big, bad ASTRAL KIN? Big bad ASTRAL KIN.
Big bad ASTRAL KIN. OSKSI's afraid of the big bad ASTRAL KIN. Tra la la la la! For
those of you who like math, try this one: ASTRAL KIN + Weapons That go Boom = THE
BALROGS + Avoid City. Well dang howdy, but if challenges were votes, GO FISH would
be president. Although it may be a contest it doesn't want to win. Was it guts or
an overtaxed mental capacity that had QUICKSAND challenge up 31 points in the
rankings to take on FUNGARI? I heard QUICKSAND laughed all the way to the inn as his
new point total of 123 was posted in the arena. I guess beating FUNGARI really pays!
Death is kind of like a new puppy: he's always around wanting to play. (Ha
Zontani, how's that for a wise saying?). Knowing when to use the right tactics at
the proper time is a very important step on the road to Duelmaster.
Well, that wasn't too bad; Alarond told me that the people in OSKSI have no
sense of humor. Or maybe that they were senseless. Okay, so I may not be the
world's best comedian, but then you guys aren't the world's best warriors. Its been
fun, and I'm sure you enjoyed it (boos). Now that I've got you worked up for Snide
Clemens, I'll be leaving-- The Unknown Spymaster
DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
DUNE 6095 17 8 0 121 SIMPLY DESSERTS (555)
CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
QUICKSAND 6102 17 18 2 123 SIMPLY DESSERTS (555)
-TERRY MULHOLLAND 3747 13 0 0 115 BOMBAY BUMBLE BEES (308)
MX 6055 23 11 0 104 THE NUKES (551)
GAMMA RAY 6057 19 15 1 103 THE NUKES (551)
STEVE SAX 6120 8 15 0 95 AMERICAN APPRAISAL (559)
SANDMAN 6103 20 12 0 92 SIMPLY DESSERTS (555)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
FUNGARI 6171 17 4 0 90 THE BALROGS (121)
GO FISH 6020 19 32 0 89 GAMES LIBRARY (340)
PETE HARNISCH 3750 13 6 0 87 BOMBAY BUMBLE BEES (308)
THE MAN 6077 9 6 1 83 FAMOUS HITTERS (535)
DREUBRA 6092 13 13 0 80 THE BALROGS (121)
-HELIAS SOL 5185 11 10 2 73 ASTRAL KIN (230)
CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
MARY RETZLAFF 6119 10 13 1 66 AMERICAN APPRAISAL (559)
-VECTOR UNSTABLE 6231 6 2 0 59 ASTRAL KIN (230)
GRAPH 6073 11 24 0 57 GAMES LIBRARY (340)
BUD SMITH 6022 6 1 2 57 BOMBAY BUMBLE BEES (308)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
DAVID CONE 5795 7 6 1 56 BOMBAY BUMBLE BEES (308)
-SPLINTERED SKY 6249 6 0 0 53 ASTRAL KIN (230)
YROHK 6191 9 8 0 52 THE BALROGS (121)
SIMEARTH 6155 12 12 0 48 GAMES LIBRARY (340)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-GWENNOLAS 5592 5 0 0 38 OF WOLF AND MAN 3 (481)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-BENEICO 5457 3 1 0 33 OF WOLF AND MAN 3 (481)
SUNSCORCH 6279 2 0 0 33 SIMPLY DESSERTS (555)
-SMEG MAGGOD 6200 3 1 1 32 DARK TOADS (568)
JOHN MAHER 6218 6 5 1 31 AMERICAN APPRAISAL (559)
WHIP SCORPION 6275 3 1 0 30 SIMPLY DESSERTS (555)
DAT NGUYEN 6216 4 8 0 26 AMERICAN APPRAISAL (559)
AMOK 6228 4 6 1 25 THE BALROGS (121)
-PUTT PUTT 4977 2 3 0 25 DOUBLE TROUBLE (332)
WHELM 6261 4 1 0 24 THE BALROGS (121)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-STAR SHARD 6270 3 1 0 23 ASTRAL KIN (230)
-VAGABOND DREAM 6240 4 3 0 20 ASTRAL KIN (230)
NOT HOYLE 6208 4 8 0 20 GAMES LIBRARY (340)
DEEANN RAKOVICH 6254 2 4 0 20 AMERICAN APPRAISAL (559)
BORA BORA 6281 1 0 0 13 DOUBLE TROUBLE (332)
THE GOALIE 6229 1 9 0 12 GAMES LIBRARY (340)
-JAVY VAZQUEZ 6091 1 1 0 4 BOMBAY BUMBLE BEES (308)
-PHLEM 6271 0 1 0 1 DARK TOADS (568)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
FILTHY FILTH 6278 1 1 1 THE NUKES 551 SHEWISH GIANT 625 479 NONE
NUKEY HOUSER 6238 3 4 0 THE NUKES 551 BLACK ORC 624 479 NONE
BLOODY FILTH 6280 0 1 0 THE NUKES 551 STONE GOLEM 630 479 NONE
DUST DEVIL 6269 0 1 0 SIMPLY DESSERTS 555 SMEG MAGGOD 6200 475 REVENGED
PERSONAL ADS
Balrogs -- Astral Kim is the most avoided team in the arena?? And you guys are
ducking me most of all??? C'mon, guys!! Just step into the sands and follow the
pretty lights!! It's most painless, I assure you...(mostly). -- Kid Arcane
P.S. Save yourself the effort. Leave sarcastic condescension to those of us born to
it.
Old Man Fusion -- Tell the kids of today: "It really doesn't matter what the charts
say. What matters is who wins!" But I have to say that all those computerized
charts and formulas and whatnot are interesting, in a bizarre way. -- Kid Arcane
Nukes -- What's with all the DA's? Get a discount or something? -- Kid Arcane
Quicksand -- I was misled by your sobriquet. -- Helias Sol
Dat Nguyen -- I think that "viciously subdued" pretty much sums it up, don't you? --
Splintered Sky
Amok -- Wow. And I thought that the crazy gleam in your eyes was merely a symptom of
your extreme blood loss.... Well, if you're loony enough, please challenge!! -- Star
Shard
Mary Retzlaff -- I see London, I see France, I see...um...Mary saying "no thanks"? --
Vector Unstable
Nukey Houser -- Try eating a good breakfast. You have to be awake and alert if you
wanna see the final blow comin'. Maybe next time. -- Vagabond Dream
The Man -- (triumphantly) HA! You won't catch ME sleeping with the old "illusory
lure" trick! (squinting at his cards more closely) Who said you could claim my
parry skills AND an attack? You have to pick one or the other and then STOP until
it's your turn again. -- Go Fish
Yrohk -- I've got you mapped today! -- Graph
P.S. But I'm not liking the look of your learning graph. You need to do something
about that, and quickly.
Whip Scorpion -- (groggy from a heavy course of antihistamines) Somebody should! --
The Goalie
Dat Nguyen -- You are unquestionably a fool, and I don't see why I should budget
evolutionary space for a fool. (pause to read the fine print) But it looks like I'm
REQUIRED to have a certain percentage of fools. I don't like that. I think it's a
PLOT to make sure that everything will go WRONG. I'm going to look into this more
carefully, and if I find out that I can, in fact, dispense with fools, you're OUT of
here. -- SimEarth
Dat Nguyen -- Don't worry about it. Fools are here to stay. -- Zin
Gwendolas -- Your behavior was definitely... Not Hoyle
P.S. You should be quiet and gentle and submissive.
Everybody's trying to make a goal off me. I hate that. -- The Goalie, Most
Challenged
Dune -- Well played. It was the ol' pull the chair away as I'm about to sit upon it
trick. Now I will try for DM. -- Fungari
Steve Sax -- Excellent riposte. I'm not so sure a rematch is in my best interest. --
Dreubra
Graph -- I'll get it right one of these times. -- Yrohk
26 June 2003
STOP THINKING TOGS!!!!! It's here. Well, almost here anyway. We're looking at
a start date of the first turn in Aradi (DM 60) following the Fall Mail-In. This
should give everyone sufficient time to study the new ultra-improved T#%S IV rules
and prep accordingly. So without further ado, here is your handy-dandy guide to
winning your very own Golden Scrod (and some other very cool prizes to be announced
officially before the start of the tourney that must not be named):
1. Each T#%S team consists of two managers. After the tourney starts, there will be
no switching partners whatsoever, so choose your partners wisely. T#%S IV will
last for 13 turns, so pick a partner you can stand for 6 months or so. The only
team I know of so far is last TOGS winners: Ganolus Oakleaf/Hombre of Blood
Related/Thieves Guild. Hey, this is fun!
2. The T#%S entry fee is 2 team setups per manager. This means 4 setups per T#%S
team. This entry fee is required before the start of the tourney with no
exceptions being made. This is to ensure that nobody gets screwed if a team or
manager decides to back out early. To pay the entry fee either:
a) send $10 cash/check/money order/ or whatever to me personally at:
Andy Salveson
6812 Romanzo Way
Elk Grove, CA 95758
b) get RSI to send me 2 team setup gift certificates. Sorry, no credit cards and
no old teams you have lying around will be accepted.
3. T#%S point system:
10 points for winning on your up-challenge against another T#%S warrior.
7 points for winning on your even challenge of another T#%S warrior.
7 points for winning on another T#%S warriors challenge.
7 points for winning a random matchup against another T#%S warrior.
4 points for winning on your down-challenge of another T#%S warrior.
4 points for winning a random matchup against a non-T#%S warrior. Do not fight
your team mate, you will not get any points. Also, you will not get any points
if you challenge or get challenged by a non-T#%S team, so use your avoids
wisely if you think someone is out to get you.
10 points for being the Duelmaster. This is in addition to all points listed
above and will begin turn 1, so prep accordingly.
5 points for every spotlight written by any team member, 1 per manager per turn.
The minimum length of a spotlight to receive points is 1/2 column in the
newsletter (that's 31 lines-each line 85 characters across) and I will be
completely firm on this. In addition to the length criteria, spotlights will
not be given points if they are in any way plagiarized or if they are not
Duelmasters or fantasy related. I will be the sole judge of this. If you're
unsure if I will judge something to be Duelmasters or fantasy related, then
e-mail me before you write the spotlight and ask me. I reserve the right to
take points away from a spotlight after they are given if I judge at a later
time that the spotlight has been plagiarized.
-5 points per manager per turn every time a manager does not at least write one
personal ad.
-5 points for being the team that avoided the most.
If you participated in TOGS III, you'll notice some slight changes in the points
structure. The main things are points for random match ups against non T#%S
warriors, bonus points for being the Duelmaster, new spotlight criteria, and no
points given for being the most avoided team.
4. I already mentioned this, but T#%S IV will start the first turn in arena 60 after
the Fall Mail-In runs and it will last for 13 turns. There will not be a
Survivor format this time around, meaning no eliminations. I will still be doing
the multipliers at the end, however. This means that all points accumulated by a
team on turns 10 and 11 will be multiplied by 1.5 and all points accumulated by
each team on turns 12 and 13 will be multiplied by 2.
5. Prizes are yet to be determined, but I'll tell you what I know. There will be
prizes given out each turn to whichever team scores the most combined points on a
given turn. Tie breakers will go to the team with the most wins on that turn and
then to the team with most overall points. I have asked RSI for the same prizes
as last TOGS which were transferring any warrior to arena 60 and renaming Aradi
for approximately 6 months, but we'll see what they come back with. I haven't
decided how to split the prizes up, partly because I don't know how many teams
will be entering yet, but I do know the prizes will be split among the top 3
teams at the end. I will announce the exact breakdown of everything when I know
more.
6. And just like TOGS III, Death Stud and I will be the sole arbiters of any dispute
that may arise. Whine all you like, but as Nuln told you last time, that's how
it is.
7. M & RR Clause (go ahead, read between the capitals): I reserve the right to
disallow entry to this tourney if you have a previous history of being a big fat
mouth about everything.
I think that pretty much covers it. I will be accepting team entries as of now
and then posting them in the newsletters as I receive entry fees. Please feel free
to e-mail me regarding any questions or comments at Ganolus@aol.com. So everyone don
your best pair of leg warmers, hop on your favorite farm animal, and ride to Aradi
for the 4th kinda-annual Tournament that must not be named for no apparent reason
whatsoever, or T#%S IV, for short. See ya'll there!
-- Ganolus Oakleaf, T#%S IV Commish
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
FILTHY FILTH was barely slain by SHEWISH GIANT in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
NUKEY HOUSER was killed by BLACK ORC in a exciting 1 minute Dark Arena melee.
BLOODY FILTH was slain by STONE GOLEM in a crowd pleasing 3 minute Dark Arena duel.
DUNE bested STEVE SAX in a exciting 1 minute veteran's Challenge Title fight.
QUICKSAND devastated FUNGARI in a popular 1 minute uneven Challenge brawl.
PETE HARNISCH was viciously subdued by MX in a 4 minute master's Challenge match.
SANDMAN viciously subdued GO FISH in a 10 minute expert's Challenge melee.
DAVID CONE was overpowered by THE MAN in a popular 1 minute uneven Challenge duel.
BUD SMITH overpowered SIMEARTH in a popular 1 minute uneven Challenge match.
MARY RETZLAFF overpowered GRAPH in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge match.
YROHK devastated JOHN MAHER in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge conflict.
DEEANN RAKOVICH demolished THE GOALIE in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge match.
SUNSCORCH overpowered DAT NGUYEN in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge conflict.
WHIP SCORPION overpowered NOT HOYLE in a 2 minute one-sided Challenge duel.
GAMMA RAY slimly won victory over DREUBRA in a exciting 4 minute expert's duel.
WHELM was outwaited by THE USEROUS MERCHANT in a unpopular 13 minute brawl.
AMOK overpowered PERSISTENT BEGGAR in a 3 minute brutal one-sided bout.
BORA BORA overpowered MORDANT DESERTER in a 1 minute one-sided match.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|STRIKING ATTACK 6 AIMED BLOW 26 - 12 - 1 68 |
|TOTAL PARRY 5 BASHING ATTACK 13 - 12 - 1 52 |
|LUNGING ATTACK 4 PARRY-LUNGE 11 - 11 - 0 50 |
|BASHING ATTACK 3 LUNGING ATTACK 24 - 24 - 1 50 |
|AIMED BLOW 3 TOTAL PARRY 21 - 22 - 1 49 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 2 STRIKING ATTACK 25 - 29 - 2 46 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 2 WALL OF STEEL 18 - 23 - 0 44 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 2 SLASHING ATTACK 9 - 12 - 0 43 |
|WALL OF STEEL 2 PARRY-RIPOSTE 8 - 13 - 1 38 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 1 PARRY-STRIKE 10 - 18 - 0 36 |
Turn 479 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-RIPOSTE 2 - 0 TOTAL PARRY 2 - 3 5 TOTAL PARRY
SLASHING ATTACK 1 - 0 AIMED BLOW 1 - 2 2 AIMED BLOW
LUNGING ATTACK 3 - 1 STRIKING ATTACK 2 - 4 1 PARRY-LUNGE
BASHING ATTACK 2 - 1 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 2 1 STRIKING ATTACK
PARRY-LUNGE 1 - 1 WALL OF STEEL 0 - 2 1 WALL OF STEEL
1 BASHING ATTACK
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
AIMED BLOW DUNE 6095 17 8 0 121 SIMPLY DESSERTS (555)
STRIKING ATTACK MX 6055 23 11 0 104 THE NUKES (551)
TOTAL PARRY GAMMA RAY 6057 19 15 1 103 THE NUKES (551)
BASHING ATTACK THE MAN 6077 9 6 1 83 FAMOUS HITTERS (535)
LUNGING ATTACK BUD SMITH 6022 6 1 2 57 BOMBAY BUMBLE BEES (308)
SLASHING ATTACK YROHK 6191 9 8 0 52 THE BALROGS (121)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
The overall popularity leader is FUNGARI 6171. The most popular warrior this turn
was MX 6055. The ten other most popular fighters were DREUBRA 6092, BLOODY FILTH
6280, GAMMA RAY 6057, QUICKSAND 6102, BUD SMITH 6022, NUKEY HOUSER 6238, DUNE 6095,
THE MAN 6077, DEEANN RAKOVICH 6254, and WHIP SCORPION 6275.
The least popular fighter this week was GO FISH 6020. The other ten least popular
fighters were WHELM 6261, SANDMAN 6103, NOT HOYLE 6208, DAT NGUYEN 6216, THE GOALIE
6229, GRAPH 6073, SIMEARTH 6155, JOHN MAHER 6218, BORA BORA 6281, and SUNSCORCH 6279.
The following warriors will travel to ADVANCED DUELMASTERS after next turn:
DUNE (3-6095) SIMPLY DESSERTS (555)
MX (3-6055) THE NUKES (551)