DUELMASTERS NEWSLETTER Date : 02/26/2004 Duedate: 03/10/2004 OSKSI ARENA DM-3 TURN-496 This Weeks Top Honors THE DUELMASTER IS WHIP SCORPION SIMPLY DESSERTS (555) (3-6275) [15-6-0,109] Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader DREUBRA LEFTISTS BLOW THE BALROGS (121) THE CONFUSED (584) (3-6092) [17-14-0,110] (3-6356) [4-1-2,37] Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite DREUBRA GOMER THE BALROGS (121) THE NUKES (580) (3-6092) [17-14-0,110] (3-6326) [9-3-0,43] THE CURRENT TOP TEAM SIMPLY DESSERTS (555) TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team 1. AESIR (164) 38 2. THE NUKES (580) 37 THE NUKES (580) 3. THE BALROGS (121) 28 Unchartered Team 4. AMERICAN APPRAISAL (559) 22 5. THE CONFUSED (584) 3 THE CONFUSED (584) The Top Teams Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K 1- 1 THE BALROGS II (560) 33 17 0 66.0 1/ 1 SIMPLY DESSERTS (555) 9 6 1 2- 2*SUICIDAL DREAMS (583) 7 4 0 63.6 2/ 2 AESIR (164) 9 6 0 3/ 3 THE NUKES (580) 37 26 2 58.7 3/ 5 THE NUKES (580) 8 7 0 4/ 4 SIMPLY DESSERTS (555) 138 107 9 56.3 4/ 8 THE BALROGS (121) 7 3 0 5/ 5 THE BALROGS (121) 534 446 22 54.5 5/ 3*THE CONFUSED (584) 7 6 1 6/ 6*THE CONFUSED (584) 12 11 3 52.2 6/ 7 AMERICAN APPRAISAL (559) 5 10 0 7/ 7 AESIR (164) 545 550 39 49.8 7/ 4 GAMES LIBRARY (340) 4 11 0 8/ 8 GAMES LIBRARY (340) 329 514 8 39.0 8- 6*SUICIDAL DREAMS (583) 3 1 0 9/ 9 AMERICAN APPRAISAL (559) 75 121 3 38.3 9- 9 THE BALROGS II (560) 2 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[ Out of the Past #3 ]H[ + ---:--- + ]H[ + Valamantis: Hallie O'Dene did not stay in Valamantis. She hadn't been able to get an audience with the ruler of the city-state, Garlor Shanmarrik, and the clerk to whom she had given her warning had been...disbelieving. Had, in fact, threatened her with imprisonment if she "stirred up unrest." A very proper bureaucrat, he'd been. Hallie considered slicing off his ears and nailing them to the wall, or possibly nailing the man's ears to the wall without slicing them off, but such action would serve no purpose but to express her anger, so she didn't. There really wasn't any point in that. She gave her warning to Arenamistress Sitalva, who was at least polite, and then went on her way. Carefully circling wide around the ruins of Old Valamantis and ghosts of the ancient city that came and went unstably above them. The people of Valamantis, in the person of the Lord's clerk, had chosen to ignore her warning, and there were others she had to find and warn, others who might listen. Arenamistress Sitalva did not exactly believe Hallie's warning about the danger from the Bloodgames, but she didn't disbelieve, either. She had already seen the mirage-like ancient towers above the bloody ground. She had seen those ghostly towers before, after other Bloodgames, had accepted them as a normal illusion there. Maybe she needed to re-think "normal." She couldn't imagine anyone resurrecting Old Valamantis for any kind of GOOD reason. The oldest levels of the city were Folstrom. And saturated with dark magic. Mordant: Mordant was like a stirred up hive of bees, full of activity, and hostile to any stranger who had the misfortune to get in the way. She guessed that she wouldn't have any more luck getting in to see Queen Talissen of Mordant than she had in Valamantis. Which was frustrating, since it was a serious warning she had to deliver. Well, she hadn't expected this to be easy.... After a moment's thought, she headed straight for the arena, bypassing the palace entirely. There would be people who'd listen to her at the arena, because she was one of them. Kakar was arenamaster in Mordant, she'd met him once. A grim man, but who wouldn't be if they had to live in Mordant? She avoided looking at the pitted black stone that most of the city was built of, and the windowless architecture. The Mordanti were a grim people all around. The arena was seething with activity and speculation, though it wasn't fight day. Rumors were flying; before she managed to locate the arenamaster, Hallie heard seven different versions of "an attack on the Queen!" which had been foiled by a gladiator, or maybe more than one gladiator, or maybe it had been made by a gladiator, or only reported by a gladiator, or.... The attack on the Queen, if it had happened at all, was the main topic, but there was a froth of other rumors in the background: monsters in various likely or unlikely places, out in the swamp, down in Valamantis, in the Syrinwald lake, or up in the mountains. A war that might or might not be happening between two different kingdoms in the south, and even the supposed participants kept changing--Trocar, Rocanis, Xochithlan, the wild Rirorni. Banditry around Tricorus; she shrugged that one off. There was always banditry around Tricorus. Arenamaster Kakar was closeted with a sober looking man, tall for a Kannar, and richly dressed. Kakar didn't actually refuse to listen to Hallie, but he made it clear that he didn't have much time to spare. Hallie shrugged. The way things had been going since she'd set out to spread the warning, his attitude was no surprise. She wondered in passing whether Khaldren could have managed some kind of spell that made people unwilling to listen. Not that it mattered at the moment. "I bring word of a powerful wizard who has come out of the past to spread disaster in our time," she began. "He is a wizard from drowned Krael, and he claims the intention to resurrect Celestinvael and other lost cities and build a new empire in Alastari." The tall man leaned forward, suddenly frowning. "Celestinvael is five hundred years dead," he stated. "How can this be 'resurrected'?" Celestinvael was also, Hallie knew, the closest of the dangerous ruins to Mordant, unless you counted Old Valamantis--which Khaldren hadn't mentioned. "I'm no wizard," she answered. "I don't know. But he stated his intention to use 'blood magic' to do it, which he believes will work even with the Arcanum in flux." She shrugged. "I don't know about magic, but he seemed confidant, and I saw him work spells of great power." "No doubt we've mages around who can confirm or deny this possibility," the tall man said. "I will carry the warning to Queen Talissen and set our magicians to work." Seeing her surprise, he added, "I am Allech Rabo, Her Majesty's Herald. I have the authority to take these steps." "Good! You might pass word to Valamantis, too--I couldn't get to see anyone but a damned clerk. If it's blood magic at work, well, there was a lot of blood spilled in Old Valamantis just over a month ago--" "Mordan!" The Herald leaped to his feet. "The Bloodgames! If blood magic still works, then the danger is extreme! I must go to the Queen at once!" "And I will speak to the gladiators of this city about the dangers ahead," Kakar said when the Herald had gone. "Doubtless they will be called upon to take arms against enemies of Mordant." Iaye: The first ground tremors made people uneasy, but no more than that. There had been small earthquakes for months now, mostly centered on Seam and its underground disturbances. They posed no threat to the island, except in the case of those boats who were just coming into the docks when tremor-waves hit. And even that...the sailors of Iaye were skilled, and they had learned to deal with it. But the mild tremors didn't stop, they were replaced by serious jolts, and the ground underfoot shivered like jelly in a bowl. All the sailors who could took their ships out of the harbor and around the island toward the center of the Trier. No one wanted to get caught by a bigger wave than usual and shoved onto a rocky shore. Once the ships were safely away from the land, alarm turned to eager speculation. Did this herald new geysers for Seam? Would a volcano erupt and destroy the town entirely? Bets were placed. After all, Seam wasn't THEIR town.... Or maybe this quake would strike a little closer to home, like the one that had cracked open the Ogre's Tomb in Point. That thought sobered people. There had been...things in the Tomb, and it had taken all the warriors who could reach Point to deal with them. What else might be down there, to be released by a fresh earthquake? They didn't really want to know. Most of the ships were strung out parallel to the coast north of Point and Iaye. Far enough apart not to damage each other if something went wrong, close enough to pass messages along. The message that came up from the southern end of the line near sunset was unexpected, and more than a little alarming. Everyone knew there were ruins under the lake between Point and the island of Iaye. But nobody had expected them to rise. And none of the half-remembered stories of Krael made people happy about the great city's reappearance. * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * ---===DELARQUAN REGIONAL NEWS===--- Duelmasters ----------- DM 1 MORDANT (turn 490): FACELESS of THE BLACK COMPANY (Darkfist, mgr.) DM 2 NIANIA (turn 376): TOOFLESS of GLORY BOUND TROLLS (DeGotti, mgr.) DM 3 OSKSI (turn 495): WHIP SCORPION of SIMPLY DESSERTS (Sweet Tooth, mgr.) DM 4 JHELUM (turn 491): MARCH MADNESS of SPORTZ! (Guardian, mgr.) DM 5 KALTOS (turn 490): DERBIE FOYLE of THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (Nick, mgr.) DM 6 TRANSEL (turn 494): MEDUSA of BATTLE BEASTS (Sensei Jan, mgr.) DM 7 BONSUR (turn 491): DIGGER WASP of FLAGG'S CHAMPIONS (Flagg, mgr.) DM 10 KOLACT (turn 486): BLING BLING of TERRAPIN STATION (Floyd, mgr.) DM 18 TALCAMA (turn 478): WONDER BRA of THE GUARDIANS II (Guardian, mgr.) DM 21 SUNSET (turn 476): GLIMMOR of GRIM FANDANGO (Stik, mgr.) DM 36 JHANS (turn 450): TARGEN of IRON TIGERS (Jinx, mgr.) DM 38 CLIFFHOME (turn 441): NUTCRACKER of ALL FINESSE (Mannequin, mgr.) DM 39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 192): TAMMY FAYE of WITLESS WONDERS (Berylstar, mgr.) DM 42 RODEKI (turn 428): STERLING of FLAGG'S FIVE (Flagg, mgr.) DM 51 TRICORUS (turn 376): ORANGE of FRUITS (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.) DM 54 TROCAR (turn 178): RUBBER BULLET of USELESS TOOLS (Crip, mgr.) DM 59 ILLIS (turn 166): DUFF of ISLANDERS (Nick, mgr.) DM 62 VALAMANTIS (turn 326): AKLAR of MITHRAL HALO (Barnabas, mgr.) DM 72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 143): 2 PHAT TOO of VERMIN (Sultan, mgr.) ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 369): LARGE SPINNY GUY of DIABLO TOO from TI (The Muffin Man) Top Teams --------- DM 1 MORDANT (turn 490): THE BLACK COMPANY (Darkfist, mgr.) DM 2 NIANIA (turn 376): GLORY BOUND TROLLS (DeGotti, mgr.) DM 3 OSKSI (turn 495): SIMPLY DESSERTS (Sweet Tooth, mgr.) DM 4 JHELUM (turn 491): DIFFERENT HATS (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.) DM 5 KALTOS (turn 490): THE TAKEN (Silver Stroke, mgr.) DM 6 TRANSEL (turn 494): DARK PANTHEON (Doc Steele, mgr.) DM 7 BONSUR (turn 491): THE BEARS II (Papa Bear, mgr.) DM 10 KOLACT (turn 486): THOROUGHBREDS (DRF, mgr.) DM 18 TALCAMA (turn 478): PENTARCHIE-18 (The Pentalque, mgr.) DM 21 SUNSET (turn 476): COSMIC FREAK OUT (Floyd, mgr.) DM 36 JHANS (turn 450): BLITZKRIEG (Polarius, mgr.) DM 38 CLIFFHOME (turn 441): ALL FINESSE (Mannequin, mgr.) DM 39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 192): CHEAP SHOTS (?, mgr.) DM 42 RODEKI (turn 428): FLAGG'S FIVE (Flagg, mgr.) DM 51 TRICORUS (turn 376): DARK HORSEMEN (Nick, mgr.) DM 54 TROCAR (turn 178): USELESS TOOLS (Crip, mgr.) DM 59 ILLIS (turn 166): THE EXPLORERS (Kellog, mgr.) DM 62 VALAMANTIS (turn 326): THE DEN OF SWORDS (TMoney, mgr.) DM 72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 143): EPOCHOLYPSE (Brewmaster, mgr.) ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 369): DARK PANTHEON, etc. (Doc Steele, mgr.) Recent Graduates ----------------- DM 5 KALTOS (turn 490): DERBIE FOYLE of THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (Nick, mgr.) DM 6 TRANSEL (turn 493): DELAPP of NIGHT TRAIN (BPR, mgr.) DM 7 BONSUR (turn 491): ADAM of MORGAN'S BOYS (A-Sop, mgr.) (turn 490): RED NO. 40 of WASTELAND II (The Muffin Man, mgr.) DM 10 KOLACT (turn 485): AERYN SUN of FARSCAPE (Keldon Blackfang, mgr.) DM 18 TALCAMA (turn 478): WONDER BRA of THE GUARDIANS II (Guardian, mgr.) BOOTER of BURN N' PILLAGE (Jolly, mgr.) (turn 477): RAZOR HAWK of BEAST MASTERS (The Druid, mgr.) DM 21 SUNSET (turn 475): JADE of I MAGI (Street Legal, mgr.) DM 36 JHANS (turn 450): TARGEN of IRON TIGERS (Jinx, mgr.) DM 39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 191): ZOOLANDER of WITLESS WONDERS (Berylstar, mgr.) DM 42 RODEKI (turn 428): STERLING of FLAGG'S FIVE (Flagg, mgr.) (turn 427): PROBLEMATIC of FLAGG'S FIVE (Flagg, mgr.) DM 51 TRICORUS (turn 375): TSOMEGH of DARK HORSEMEN (Nick, mgr.) DM 72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 142): MISSY MAYHAM of ANGELS OF CHAOS (Lord Chaos, mgr.) SPY REPORT I was going on vacation, see? Surf, sun... But what do those bums say? "Hit the road, Debby Tonte. OSKSI needs a spyreport." Oh, well. THE BALROGS like really fought hard to move up to 4th from 8th. Way to go! MVP award for HARALDUR? AESIR's proud of him after beating SIMEARTH and getting 14 points. Talk about yer big time losers! WHIPSNAKE got smashed by DROMI, and lost 11 points! Like GAMES LIBRARY's GRAPH is sweating since it got challenged by Duelmaster WHIP SCORPION! Don't you think the Duelmaster is being unfair? I think WHIP SCORPION should let GRAPH be Duelmaster for a while, without fighting about it. Who was the wiseguy that said OSKSI's Duelmaster was paying for drinks at The Elefont? Don't look at me! AAARRGH!!! I HATE SPYREPORTING!!! Sorry. I just had to say it. The warriors of SIMPLY DESSERTS must be getting lonely. They were the most avoided team. Do you guys know something that I don't? Hhmph! What kind of warriors are THE NUKES? SIMPLY DESSERTS, an easy team to beat if I ever saw one, can't get them to accept an invitation! Can SIMPLY DESSERTS' WOLF SPIDER be more popular than me? She was challenged the most, but is that really the same? Some fights are really unfair. How do you think COREY SPANKE feels about being challenged by LEFTISTS BLOW, 32 points above him? I was sorry to see such an unfair "fight" in OSKSI. LEFTISTS BLOW got 4 points after beating COREY SPANKE, 32 points below him. M. MOORE is being unfair. She's challenged down 20 against ERIC WEITZER. I don't know why they let this stuff go on. (I'd better shut up) Is this how THE CONFUSED advances, by having their members (M. MOORE) fight people that are really below them (ERIC WEITZER)? What does a fighter fight for? I mean, the crowds don't give a hoot if someone gets killed. Not after four more fights. That was so totally rude when LEFTISTS BLOW wasted COREY SPANKE. I think all you warriors in OSKSI should gang up on THE CONFUSED! DAT NGUYEN bloodfeuded (is that a word?) SUNBURN for revenge over some guy's bad fortune. Was it really worth it? What if they had a fight and nobody showed up? I'd be out of a job, that's what!!! I really didn't, you know, study when I was a kid. Who would've guessed I'd be a famous Spyreporter? I gotta leave. OSKSI is like such a dump, and you guys smell too much! Remember you guys, ease up sometimes! Chill out! Later, Debby Tonte DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME WHIP SCORPION 6275 15 6 0 109 SIMPLY DESSERTS (555) CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME DREUBRA 6092 17 14 0 110 THE BALROGS (121) FANDRAL 5701 16 7 0 103 AESIR (164) HARALDUR 6325 9 3 0 93 AESIR (164) DAT NGUYEN 6216 14 15 0 92 AMERICAN APPRAISAL (559) CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME GRAPH 6073 15 37 0 85 GAMES LIBRARY (340) SIMEARTH 6155 21 20 0 83 GAMES LIBRARY (340) SAND CRABS 6308 10 5 2 75 SIMPLY DESSERTS (555) TWITCH 6316 7 6 0 69 THE NUKES (580) CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -BAENDIR 6124 7 3 0 65 THE BALROGS II (560) JOHN MAHER 6218 12 16 2 64 AMERICAN APPRAISAL (559) WOLF SPIDER 6324 8 4 0 64 SIMPLY DESSERTS (555) FROSTY 6314 9 4 0 62 THE NUKES (580) SUNBURN 6345 5 2 1 61 SIMPLY DESSERTS (555) -SAPPHIRE STAR 6352 4 0 0 61 SUICIDAL DREAMS (583) -DHADCIR 6127 7 3 0 60 THE BALROGS II (560) YROHK 6191 12 10 0 58 THE BALROGS (121) ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -ASISE 6126 7 3 0 53 THE BALROGS II (560) FREDDY FUNGUS 6318 8 5 1 51 THE NUKES (580) WHELM 6261 8 2 0 46 THE BALROGS (121) NOT HOYLE 6208 8 21 0 45 GAMES LIBRARY (340) GOMER 6326 9 3 0 43 THE NUKES (580) -EYOST 6125 5 5 0 38 THE BALROGS II (560) LEFTISTS BLOW 6356 4 1 2 37 THE CONFUSED (584) THE GOALIE 6229 4 23 0 35 GAMES LIBRARY (340) CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME M. MOORE 6354 4 1 0 27 THE CONFUSED (584) A. COLMES 6357 2 3 0 27 THE CONFUSED (584) DROMI 6408 3 0 0 26 AESIR (164) CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -CAOSTE 6128 7 3 0 24 THE BALROGS II (560) AMOK 6228 4 11 1 24 THE BALROGS (121) INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME DEWEY 6363 3 3 0 18 GAMES LIBRARY (340) WHIPSNAKE 6344 4 3 0 16 SIMPLY DESSERTS (555) JEFF DUNKLE 6391 2 1 0 16 AMERICAN APPRAISAL (559) FHIRDOK 6413 1 0 0 12 THE BALROGS (121) -BAHAMA MAMMA 6350 2 2 0 11 SUICIDAL DREAMS (583) BLAST WAVE 6414 1 0 0 8 THE NUKES (580) BOOKIE 6394 1 1 0 4 THE CONFUSED (584) ERIC WEITZER 6392 0 3 0 3 AMERICAN APPRAISAL (559) BRUENOR 6420 0 1 0 1 AESIR (164) '-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn. THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge? KESSEL 6421 0 1 0 AESIR 164 BLACK ORC 624 496 NONE COREY SPANKE 6412 0 2 0 AMERICAN APPRAISA 559 LEFTISTS BLOW 6356 496 DEEANN RAKOVICH 6254 9 12 0 AMERICAN APPRAISA 559 SAND CRABS 6308 494 MARIA FU 6360 0 2 0 AMERICAN APPRAISA 559 SUNBURN 6345 492 JUST REV RAINING PAYNE 6349 1 1 0 SUICIDAL DREAMS 583 LEFTISTS BLOW 6356 493 PERSONAL ADS Twitch -- Nothing like a good ruler for taking the twitches out of a... Graph Dat Nguyen -- How dare you do that! We had it on GOOD authority that you're second rate. No, wait, am I thinking of somebody else? Some other arena, even? Hmm. I must be, because you clearly are NOT second rate. Which is annoying, but probably not your fault. When evolution calls, one must answer or fall by the way. -- SimEarth P.S. Yes, I'm sure I'm thinking of something else. Probably something in Kolact. Sorry. Sunburn -- (drawing in his breath with a hiss) I was using aloe! That was definitely... Not Hoyle! But then, very little IS Hoyle, it would seem. -- Ed. A. Colmes -- YOU are confused, what about ME? I can't find your proper place in the classification system, and EVERYTHING is supposed to fit into the system. -- Dewey P.S. What's "PNC Weekdays at 9 pm"? Bahama Mamma -- You hang in there well for an old lady, but you're too tall. Try training your shortness. It's deficient. -- The Goalie The French -- Halberd, huh? I've seen worse. I once knew a lunger who, though an input error, came out with a war flail! -- Idle Observer 25 February 2004 Readers, and especially those who volunteered warriors -- My apologies for the sudden lack of episodes. I've been sick, but expect to be back at the keyboard soon. -- the Scribe 3 March 2004 MONGO'S MARDI GRAS MADNESS DUELMASTERS AUCTION Mongo, aka Matt McIntosh and ex-Warden of the Dark Circle, is auctioning off his entire collection of Duelmasters warriors and stables. Don't miss out on this chance to own some fantastic warriors! There are ADM warriors available in every class from Primus to Freshmen, as well as over a dozen Basic stables. Does a Slasher with +4 attack, +4 decisiveness, +3 initiative and +2 riposte sound good? How about a Lunger who received the benefit of a TC prize, has TVed three times after graduating--and still hasn't maxed out his skills!? How about a Striker in the Freshmen class who has decisiveness for a favorite learn and the MAUL for a favorite weapon!? Or perhaps you prefer playing in Basic. Then how does a stable with four Adept class warriors who have a combined record of 41-19-9 sound? Or maybe a stable with three 21-Will warriors? Or perhaps a stable with four Initiates and a Rookie who have a combined record of 23-6-1? The quality of the lots is excellent. All you need to view and bid on the lots is go to: http://members.aol.com/jvmerlino/mardigras.html If you want to be on the mailing list to receive regular updates on the auction, just send an e-mail to JVMerlino@aol.com. Merlin, aka John Merlino and also an ex- Warden of the Dark Circle, will be running this auction for me. I just moved to New Orleans and am likely currently stumbling around the French Quarter...because it's Mardi Gras! So I have named my auction in honor of this occasion. The auction will start on Saturday, March 13th, 2004, and will continue for several weeks. But you should get your bids in early if you want your best chance at owning any of these fantastic warriors and stables. Many thanks to all for your interest and your bids, Mongo 5 March 2004 Style Masters Symposium Hosted by Hammer The years have slipped by and many DM Managers have come and gone since the last Hammer's Handbook was compiled and printed. There is now a stirring within me to begin writing and editing yet another Handbook with a distribution date sometime in 2005. This Handbook will be made available via Email with a possibility of burning the info to a CD for distribution. Special arrangements will be made to provide the information via printed page to those contributors who are serving sentences behind bars. The working title of this new Handbook is "Style Masters Symposium Hosted by Hammer". Distribution of this Handbook is projected to be MAINLY for those DM Managers who contribute information/articles to Hammer by June 2004. Informative and entertaining articles should focus on insights regarding Any or All 10 Style Masters for both the Basic and ADM arenas as well as Tourney competition. Articles focusing on Weapons/Armor are also encouraged for inclusion. Whether you are a Newbie Manager without a clue or a Jaded Veteran; everyone has discovered something about this gaming experience that is both Insightful and Entertaining. Email Your Articles to HammerDM@fastermail.com or send them via Diplo to either Flower Hammerz (372) in DM 28 or Casino Hammerz (576) in DM 33. Length and Content of the Style Masters Symposium Hosted by Hammer will be Determined by the Quality and Quantity of Contributors Combined with the Literary Efforts of Hammer who is currently overseas for an indefinite period of time. Articles Contributed for this Project should be of Sufficient Length and Content to Warrant being Included to Receive the Finished Document when Hammer has completed this literary work to His satisfaction. Managers contributing articles are also requested to include a DM Bio of Themselves along with any Notable Successes and/or Failures during Their DM Career in Basic, ADM and/or Tourney Play. A listing of Active Stables would also be Helpful for Anyone Seeking to Reply to Contributors via Diplo, Email or Snailmail. May Your Blades Be Sharp And Your Wits Sharper! -- Hammer of Flower Hammerz (372) DM 28 and Casino Hammerz (576) DM 33 LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS KESSEL was butchered by BLACK ORC in a 1 minute bloody Dark Arena fight. DAT NGUYEN vanquished SUNBURN in a 1 minute uneven Bloodfeud battle. WHIP SCORPION demolished GRAPH in a 1 minute uneven Challenge Title fight. HARALDUR devastated SIMEARTH in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge contest. WOLF SPIDER defeated JOHN MAHER in a 1 minute Challenge match. GOMER bested THE GOALIE in a action packed 5 minute gory Challenge brawl. YROHK viciously subdued NOT HOYLE in a 1 minute master's Challenge match. LEFTISTS BLOW easily killed COREY SPANKE in a 1 minute uneven Challenge melee. M. MOORE overpowered ERIC WEITZER in a 1 minute uneven Challenge duel. DROMI defeated WHIPSNAKE in a 3 minute Challenge fight. DREUBRA overpowered SAND CRABS in a popular 1 minute one-sided melee. FANDRAL demolished TWITCH in a crowd pleasing 1 minute mismatched match. WHELM outwaited A. COLMES in a tiresome 9 minute bloody battle. FROSTY overpowered THE USEROUS MERCHANT in a 1 minute mismatched conflict. FREDDY FUNGUS savagely defeated DANGEROUS CRIMINAL in a 2 minute gory duel. DEWEY devastated CONVICTED THIEF in a 1 minute uneven duel. AMOK was outlasted by JEFF DUNKLE in a 16 minute master vs. amateur upset brawl. BOOKIE was beaten by FHIRDOK in a 2 minute novice's match. BLAST WAVE savagely defeated BRUENOR in a crowd pleasing 3 minute novice's match. BATTLE REPORT MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS |FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT| |STRIKING ATTACK 6 TOTAL PARRY 14 - 6 - 1 70 | |TOTAL PARRY 4 PARRY-RIPOSTE 16 - 12 - 0 57 | |WALL OF STEEL 4 STRIKING ATTACK 36 - 29 - 3 55 | |AIMED BLOW 3 BASHING ATTACK 20 - 17 - 1 54 | |PARRY-RIPOSTE 3 AIMED BLOW 14 - 12 - 0 54 | |SLASHING ATTACK 3 SLASHING ATTACK 7 - 7 - 1 50 | |PARRY-LUNGE 3 LUNGING ATTACK 30 - 33 - 1 48 | |PARRY-STRIKE 3 PARRY-LUNGE 12 - 14 - 0 46 | |LUNGING ATTACK 3 PARRY-STRIKE 5 - 10 - 0 33 | |BASHING ATTACK 2 WALL OF STEEL 6 - 18 - 0 25 | Turn 496 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: BASHING ATTACK 2 - 0 PARRY-LUNGE 1 - 2 3 STRIKING ATTACK TOTAL PARRY 4 - 0 PARRY-STRIKE 1 - 2 2 LUNGING ATTACK AIMED BLOW 2 - 1 LUNGING ATTACK 1 - 2 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE PARRY-RIPOSTE 2 - 1 WALL OF STEEL 0 - 4 1 PARRY-STRIKE SLASHING ATTACK 2 - 1 1 BASHING ATTACK STRIKING ATTACK 3 - 3 1 PARRY-LUNGE 1 WALL OF STEEL 1 AIMED BLOW TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME PARRY-RIPOSTE WHIP SCORPION 6275 15 6 0 109 SIMPLY DESSERTS (555) PARRY-STRIKE DREUBRA 6092 17 14 0 110 THE BALROGS (121) STRIKING ATTACK FANDRAL 5701 16 7 0 103 AESIR (164) WALL OF STEEL SIMEARTH 6155 21 20 0 83 GAMES LIBRARY (340) LUNGING ATTACK SAND CRABS 6308 10 5 2 75 SIMPLY DESSERTS (555) AIMED BLOW FROSTY 6314 9 4 0 62 THE NUKES (580) SLASHING ATTACK YROHK 6191 12 10 0 58 THE BALROGS (121) PARRY-LUNGE FREDDY FUNGUS 6318 8 5 1 51 THE NUKES (580) TOTAL PARRY WHELM 6261 8 2 0 46 THE BALROGS (121) Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above. The overall popularity leader is DREUBRA 6092. The most popular warrior this turn was GOMER 6326. The ten other most popular fighters were BLAST WAVE 6414, YROHK 6191, LEFTISTS BLOW 6356, WHIPSNAKE 6344, DREUBRA 6092, FREDDY FUNGUS 6318, HARALDUR 6325, FANDRAL 5701, FROSTY 6314, and DAT NGUYEN 6216. The least popular fighter this week was JEFF DUNKLE 6391. The other ten least popular fighters were AMOK 6228, WHELM 6261, BRUENOR 6420, DROMI 6408, COREY SPANKE 6412, NOT HOYLE 6208, THE GOALIE 6229, SIMEARTH 6155, GRAPH 6073, and SUNBURN 6345.