DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER Date : 07/01/2004 Duedate: 07/14/2004 OSKSI ARENA DM-3 TURN-504 This Weeks Top Honors THE DUELMASTER IS GRAPH GAMES LIBRARY (340) (3-6073) [19-41-0,122] Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader GRAPH POSITION IS EMPTY GAMES LIBRARY (340) (3-6073) [19-41-0,122] Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite GRAPH C. SCHUMER GAMES LIBRARY (340) THE CONFUSED (584) (3-6073) [19-41-0,122] (3-6422) [3-3-0,29] THE CURRENT TOP TEAM AESIR (164) TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team 1. THE NUKES (580) 42 2. DINOBOTS (595) 27 THE NUKES (580) 3. THE CONFUSED (584) 24 Unchartered Team 4. AMERICAN APPRAISAL (559) 18 5. GAMES LIBRARY (340) 12 DINOBOTS (595) The Top Teams Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K 1/ 0*DINOBOTS (595) 2 1 0 66.7 1/ 1 AESIR (164) 9 6 0 2- 1*VEGGIES (591) 7 4 0 63.6 2/ 3 THE CONFUSED (584) 7 2 0 3- 2 BOMBAY BUMBLE BEES (308) 60 36 4 62.5 3/ 2 GAMES LIBRARY (340) 7 8 0 4- 3*SUICIDAL DREAMS (583) 13 9 1 59.1 4/ 9 AMERICAN APPRAISAL (559) 5 7 0 5- 4 SIMPLY DESSERTS (555) 155 116 10 57.2 5- 6 BOMBAY BUMBLE BEES (308) 3 2 0 6/ 5 THE NUKES (580) 52 43 5 54.7 6/ 8 THE NUKES (580) 3 6 2 7- 6 THE BALROGS (121) 535 450 22 54.3 7/ 0*DINOBOTS (595) 2 1 0 8/ 8 THE CONFUSED (584) 27 23 4 54.0 8- 4 SIMPLY DESSERTS (555) 2 1 0 9/ 9 AESIR (164) 567 568 40 50.0 9- 5*SUICIDAL DREAMS (583) 2 2 0 10/ 7*BLITZKRIEG (581) 8 9 1 47.1 10- 7*VEGGIES (591) 1 1 0 11/11 GAMES LIBRARY (340) 346 537 8 39.2 11-12 THE BALROGS (121) 1 4 0 12/12 AMERICAN APPRAISAL (559) 83 148 3 35.9 12/11*BLITZKRIEG (581) 0 2 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 #9 ]H[ + ---:--- + ]H[ + Delarquan Edition Old Valamantis and away: Smeds and Shamu didn't wait for the others to solve THEIR problems, they set out for the mountains and Khalhums, by way of Mordant and Caer, hitching a ride on a wagon full of tanned hides. Shamu sprawled on the pile of leather and grimaced as the wagon jolted into and out of a pothole. Both Dwarves bounced and rolled. "This is just about unacceptable." "It could be worse," Smeds offered. "They could be GREEN hides instead of tanned ones!" "Yuck," the Cliffhomer said absently. "But that wasn't what I meant--the road. How can we expect to send dozens, maybe even scores of wagons over a road like this? They'd be shaken to bits if they hurried, and the ice would melt if they didn't." "These are the roads we've got to work with," Smeds answered. "And they aren't THAT bad." An especially deep set of ruts sent them bounding wildly over the back of the wagon. "Okay, maybe they ARE that bad, but they're STILL the roads we have to work with." He was silent for a moment, then shrugged--and grabbed for the side of the wagon as it rocked and tilted over more ruts. "This wouldn't be so bad if we hadn't had two weeks of rain to make really big muddy ruts, and then a couple of months dry, you know. Maybe if it rains again--" "Oh, joy, wagons stuck in the mud from Khalhums to Valamantis." Shamu frowned at the road and at the forest passing on the left (the Feyranse River was on the right). There was nothing like a technical problem to get a Dwarf thinking. "We need to corduroy the road. There are trees enough. Organize parties to work out of Mordant in both directions, and the road might be passable by the time the ice wagons are coming down." "A corduroy road won't last," Smeds warned, "not where the ground's as wet as it is here. The logs will rot." "It'll last all summer, at least, and that's all we need. If we haven't gotten enough cold water to Old Valamantis to wash out those bloodstains by then, we're going to be in too much trouble to worry about the road." Smeds sighed and then laughed. "I can't BELIEVE we're taking Debby Tonte's advice on this!" "Well, nobody else had any suggestions at all." Nobody paid attention to them when they entered the resurrected city of Old Valamantis, but that wasn't reassuring. There were a lot of people around, more than they'd expected, and somebody SHOULD be paying attention. "It's a trap," Ka D'Argo muttered. "They know something we don't. Something that means we're walking right into the frying pan." "So what?" Goblin asked. "We know something THEY don't, too. Something that means anybody who attacks US is in for a really big surprise." The Kaltosian gladiator fingered his sword and bared his pointed teeth in a hungry grin. "I hope they start something SOON." "I don't," Sputter grumbled. "Better to put off till tomorrow the blows you can avoid today. And spells are even worse." "They won't attack us until we get near the arena," Tensekai said. The Silver Mage squinted at the sky, which was a dome of glaring white haze, and then at the battered wall of the Bloodgames arena looming over the lesser structures a mile away. "Okay, they might attack physically before then, but...I think they'd rather have our blood spilled close to the center of their spell-working." "So our blood can feed their spells, too? Great, just great. What I always wanted to do," Lavender Lance said. She sighed heavily. "And I'm SURE they won't appreciate us properly." She drew herself up into a stance that had made more than one male gladiator falter at the wrong moment as pearly flesh strained against violet lace. "I've heard that wizards are BLIND to the finer nuances." Tensekai coughed and wrenched his gaze away, blushing. "Not all of us," he said in a strangled voice. "Not...BLIND, anyway." "I really don't think we should be doing this," Alta Chess muttered. She looked back over her shoulder at the patchwork wall of modern Valamantis longingly. "I don't WANT to be doing this...." "Nonsense! Don't be such a coward, Alta," Chip Enser said. "This is ADVENTURE. Things are HAPPENING in Old Valamantis. Do you want to be nothing more than a SPECTATOR?" "Wizard things," his teammate countered. "And what do we know about wizard stuff? Yeah, I'd lots rather be just a spectator. Lots rather." "There's gladiators involved in this; it isn't ALL wizards. And not all of them are Lord Protectors, either." Chip sighed ostentatiously. "I suppose I couldn't expect better from a GIRL. But we can at least get close enough to WATCH, can't we?" * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * ---===DELARQUAN REGIONAL NEWS===--- Duelmasters ----------- DM 1 MORDANT (turn 498): JEJUNE of MANNEQUIN'S BEST (Mannequin, mgr.) DM 2 NIANIA (turn 383): TOOFLESS of GLORY BOUND TROLLS (DeGotti, mgr.) DM 3 OSKSI (turn 503): HARALDUR of AESIR (Buri, mgr.) DM 4 JHELUM (turn 499): STANLEY'S CUP of SPORTZ! (Guardian, mgr.) DM 5 KALTOS (turn 498): FRIED TWINKIE of MORE NEW TEAMS 2 (The Muffin Man, mgr.) DM 6 TRANSEL (turn 502): SERENGETI of BATTLE BEASTS (Sensei Jan, mgr.) DM 7 BONSUR (turn 500): TASTY HANGNAIL of WASTELAND II (The Muffin Man, mgr.) DM 10 KOLACT (turn 494): LENNY BAXTER of TOWNSVILLAINS (The Narrator, mgr.) DM 18 TALCAMA (turn 486): PURPLE FIREFISH of BIG MEAN FISH (Big Wave Dave, mgr.) DM 21 SUNSET (turn 485): SYRANO BLOODBANE of THE BLOODBANES (Stik, mgr.) DM 36 JHANS (turn 459): PINK BEAR of LITTLE GIRLS LIKE... (Shocking Toad, mgr.) DM 38 CLIFFHOME (turn 450): STEVEN SCIMITAR of EAGLES CLAW (Talon Volksie, mgr.) DM 39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 196): DUCK TAPE of DUCKS UNLIMITED (Crip, mgr.) DM 42 RODEKI (turn 436): GUNSLINGER of KING'S KREW (King Ralph, mgr.) DM 51 TRICORUS (turn 385): APPLE of FRUITS (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.) DM 54 TROCAR (turn 182): MOUSETRAP of USELESS TOOLS (Crip, mgr.) DM 59 ILLIS (turn 170): HOFFA WITH HAIR of IMPROVED ILLUSION (Phantasm, mgr.) DM 62 VALAMANTIS (turn 334): YOU of SRETSAMLEUD (Phat Phat, mgr.) DM 72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 148): CANNONBALL of X-POSSE (Savant, mgr.) ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 378): SLEEPLESS PARANOIA of PARENTHOOD from DWES EG (TUM) Top Teams --------- DM 1 MORDANT (turn 498): SWEORDMASTERS (Mannequin, mgr.) DM 2 NIANIA (turn 384): GLORY BOUND TROLLS (DeGotti, mgr.) DM 3 OSKSI (turn 503): AESIR (Buri, mgr.) DM 4 JHELUM (turn 499): ORCCON THUGS (DMobster, mgr.) DM 5 KALTOS (turn 498): THE TAKEN (Silver Stroke, mgr.) DM 6 TRANSEL (turn 502): BATTLE BEASTS (Sensei Jan, mgr.) DM 7 BONSUR (turn 500): WASTELAND II (The Muffin Man, mgr.) DM 10 KOLACT (turn 494): PRAETORIAN GUARD (Shocking Toad, mgr.) DM 18 TALCAMA (turn 486): CENTER FOR OLDS (Suave, mgr.) DM 21 SUNSET (turn 485): CARNAGE CANARIES (Carnage Canary, mgr.) DM 36 JHANS (turn 459): LITTLE GIRLS LIKE... (Shocking Toad, mgr.) DM 38 CLIFFHOME (turn 450): EAGLES CLAW (Talon Volksie, mgr.) DM 39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 196): ATMAN PROJECT (Kosmos, mgr.) DM 42 RODEKI (turn 436): HIGHER PURPOSE (Angus, mgr.) DM 51 TRICORUS (turn 385): ALL-UGLY TEAM (The Sentinel, mgr.) DM 54 TROCAR (turn 182): THE MUPPETS (Keldon Blackfang, mgr.) DM 59 ILLIS (turn 170): ISLANDERS (Nick, mgr.) DM 62 VALAMANTIS (turn 334): SRETSAMLEUD (Phat Phat, mgr.) DM 72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 148): X-POSSE (Savant, mgr.) ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 378): BLACK PRIMERS, etc. (Doc Steele, mgr.) Recent Graduates ----------------- DM 1 MORDANT (turn 497): WISPER of SWEORDMASTERS (Mannequin, mgr.) DM 2 NIANIA (turn 384): ONE BROW of GLORY BOUND TROLLS (DeGotti, mgr.) DM 4 JHELUM (turn 498): MARCH MADNESS of SPORTZ! (Guardian, mgr.) DM 7 BONSUR (turn 499): PTI of WASTELAND II (The Muffin Man, mgr.) DM 10 KOLACT (turn 494): LENNY BAXTER of TOWNSVILLAINS (The Narrator, mgr.) DM 21 SUNSET (turn 485): SYRANO BLOODBANE of THE BLOODBANES (Stik, mgr.) DM 36 JHANS (turn 459): PINK BEAR of LITTLE GIRLS LIKE... (Shocking Toad, mgr.) DM 39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 196): MISS CON DUCK of DUCKS UNLIMITED (Crip, mgr.) DM 42 RODEKI (turn 436): GUNSLINGER of KING'S KREW (King Ralph, mgr.) (turn 435): ANN ARTICHOKE of DELVERS (Nick, mgr.) YANKEE DAN of CLOWNING AROUND (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.) DM 54 TROCAR (turn 182): MERGEN of THE BLACK COMPANY (Woelfe, mgr.) DM 72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 147): 2 PHAT of VERMIN (Sultan, mgr.) SPY REPORT Well, what are you looking at, OSKSI? Ain't you never seen Snide Clemens before? Ah, shaddup and listen to my news. If this keeps up, SIMPLY DESSERTS, you'll have to shine swords instead of use them. A drop of 4 in the rankings? AMERICAN APPRAISAL turned their 2-2-0 turn into a 4th place rank in the listings this turn. Any better than this, and you get put on hit lists. Now let's all watch THE CONFUSED's heads swell from their 3-1-0 this turn. Haa ha ha ha! Big shots, big talk, big deal. OSKSI saw the first turn for DINOBOTS, a 2-1-0, and some teams are scared, others are too arrogant to notice. Take note friends, take note. Of course, we're all terribly impressed to see FROSTY win a fight and gain 38 points, terribly. Tsk, tsk, A. COLMES beat NOT HOYLE and NOT HOYLE lost 13 points. You're breakin' my heart. And it's out with the old, in with the new, as GRAPH takes the Title and last week's bar tab from the old Duelmaster. Heh, heh. 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, OSKSI? My mother always told me, 'If you don't have anything nice to say, start talking.' I loved that woman. NOT HOYLE was challenged more times this turn than the Duelmaster. Now was the DM insulted or feared? Heh, heh. Now look at this. LEFTISTS BLOW challenged down 25 against GAMES LIBRARY's DEWEY. What a weasel! And golly gee, LEFTISTS BLOW won victory over DEWEY. Aren't we all surprised and impressed? And we have C. SCHUMER in a challenge, going down 15 points for the fight. Guess what? I thought C. SCHUMER showed great skill and promise when she won victory over RAY MORAN. All right, so I slept through it! Big deal! Ah, now we come to my favorite part, where we see all the guys who are dead and gone, and get to see if their team cared. And sending DROMI to the Dark Arena was supposed to be one of your better ideas, AESIR? And what a stunning loss we have here, boys and girls, SIMEARTH of GAMES LIBRARY has added the final loss to hers 23-25-0. Tee hee! Honor is like a chainmail shirt, it only shines through use. Certain nameless cowards will doubtless rebuke me on this one. There's got to be a better place in OSKSI to get a drink than The Elefont! Any suggestions? Well, I've had enough of this drivel, and I'm sure you have too. Off like a dirty shirt of padded leather. I see the crowds are getting restless, I must leave now-- Snide Clemens DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME GRAPH 6073 19 41 0 122 GAMES LIBRARY (340) CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME FROSTY 6314 13 8 1 120 THE NUKES (580) -DREUBRA 6092 18 14 0 114 THE BALROGS (121) LEFTISTS BLOW 6356 9 2 2 104 THE CONFUSED (584) -WOLF SPIDER 6324 13 5 1 102 SIMPLY DESSERTS (555) -PETE HARNISCH 3750 17 7 0 98 BOMBAY BUMBLE BEES (308) -SUNBURN 6345 9 4 1 97 SIMPLY DESSERTS (555) CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -TERRY MULHOLLAND 3747 13 1 0 93 BOMBAY BUMBLE BEES (308) CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME HARALDUR 6325 15 5 0 90 AESIR (164) DAT NGUYEN 6216 17 20 0 89 AMERICAN APPRAISAL (559) -BUD SMITH 6022 10 2 2 89 BOMBAY BUMBLE BEES (308) TWITCH 6316 10 11 1 77 THE NUKES (580) A. COLMES 6357 6 5 0 77 THE CONFUSED (584) -DAVID CONE 5795 9 7 1 72 BOMBAY BUMBLE BEES (308) DEWEY 6363 9 5 0 70 GAMES LIBRARY (340) CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME GOMER 6326 15 5 1 60 THE NUKES (580) NOT HOYLE 6208 11 26 0 59 GAMES LIBRARY (340) ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -SAPPHIRE STAR 6352 4 1 0 55 SUICIDAL DREAMS (583) THE GOALIE 6229 6 29 0 54 GAMES LIBRARY (340) BRUENOR 6420 5 4 1 52 AESIR (164) -YROHK 6191 12 11 0 50 THE BALROGS (121) -KNICK-KNACK PATTY 6378 4 0 0 47 SUICIDAL DREAMS (583) -CARROT 6416 3 0 0 43 VEGGIES (591) CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -WHELM 6261 8 3 0 33 THE BALROGS (121) BOOKIE 6394 4 4 1 30 THE CONFUSED (584) JEFF DUNKLE 6391 4 7 0 30 AMERICAN APPRAISAL (559) C. SCHUMER 6422 3 3 0 29 THE CONFUSED (584) DIANE MACK 6435 3 3 0 29 AMERICAN APPRAISAL (559) SAGA 6447 3 1 0 29 AESIR (164) -GREEN BEAN 6419 2 2 0 24 VEGGIES (591) INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -SAND CRAWLER 6434 3 1 0 23 SIMPLY DESSERTS (555) -SKULL CRACKER 6333 3 0 0 21 BLITZKRIEG (581) YMIR 6446 3 1 0 18 AESIR (164) -BAHAMA MAMMA 6350 3 4 0 17 SUICIDAL DREAMS (583) -BONES 6337 2 1 0 14 BLITZKRIEG (581) SLAG 6462 1 0 0 13 DINOBOTS (595) SNARL 6459 1 0 0 13 DINOBOTS (595) -TINY TIM 6359 1 0 1 11 BLITZKRIEG (581) -SQUASH 6418 2 2 0 8 VEGGIES (591) RAY MORAN 6436 0 6 0 6 AMERICAN APPRAISAL (559) -FHIRDOK 6413 1 1 0 5 THE BALROGS (121) -SUSIE LAROUGH 6351 0 1 0 1 SUICIDAL DREAMS (583) GRIMLOCK 6458 0 1 0 1 DINOBOTS (595) '-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn. THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge? DROMI 6408 7 4 0 AESIR 164 LORD ISKOVEN 627 504 NONE JOHN MAHER 6218 12 21 2 AMERICAN APPRAISA 559 WOLF SPIDER 6324 501 AMOK 6228 4 12 1 THE BALROGS 121 GOMER 6326 503 IVAN THE GREAT 6336 1 3 0 BLITZKRIEG 581 DARK CHAMPION 628 504 NONE LITTLE JOE 6335 1 3 0 BLITZKRIEG 581 BANDIT PRINCE 629 504 NONE SIMEARTH 6155 23 26 0 GAMES LIBRARY 340 FROSTY 6314 504 SAND CRABS 6308 13 7 2 SIMPLY DESSERTS 555 TWITCH 6316 501 REVENGED SHALYA MCNASTY 6395 1 1 1 SUICIDAL DREAMS 583 BOOKIE 6394 501 PERSONAL ADS Bruenor -- I have aesir-tained that you are too good for me, you disgusting person. -- The Goalie P.S. And I hope you appreciate that pun, because I had to go way out into left field for it. Frosty -- Ah, but I have made a graph of your performance and I found a weak spot-- right THERE. -- Graph Pete Harnisch -- I am sure that you do NOT fit the genotype designated "bumblebee." You are, in fact, a MUTANT! Begone, foul mutant! -- SimEarth Dreubra -- Damned Balrogs! Everything about you is DISTINCTLY... Not Hoyle I explained to the Userous Merchant how much better his business would do if he shelved his wares by category and alphabetically within categories. Then he would not need to descend to usery. -- Dewey P.S. But I don't think he was really listening. Leftists Blow -- I should think it quite likely, but why should I do your research? -- Graph Dromi -- (superior look) -- Not Hoyle All -- Wham, Bam, I've come to Osksi at long last. What's happening, all you playa's in this house? Just wanted to say Hip-Hell-Hello to you thugs and give a shout out to my KLK brethren in here as well as introduce myself. So here's the credits playa's!! -- J.T. Money, mgr. Dinobots $$$$ All -- Me Grimlock am here. Soon I will being King. -- Grimlock, leader of the Dinobots All -- Hmmph. Just give me a fight, that's all I care about. Stomp someone into jelly. -- Slag All -- ................... -- Snarl Terry Mulholland -- So that's what it feels like to break up a no-hitter! (flex) Kinda reminds me of that time your arm got broken by a line drive in S.F. -- Haraldur 16 June 2004 Death Fest Begins July 29/DM 59 T-172 "You drive a hard bargain Hammer," responded Lord Lian Ki Na-Sul, "but the Gladiatorial Commission has agreed to re-open DM 58 Delarq Tor as a Slow Arena exclusively for a period of six months to those Death Fest contestants who fight their stables at least 67 times out of a possible 75 during the 15 rounds of Death Fest; on the condition that at least 20 stables qualify for the Illis Iron Stable Award at the conclusion of the Death Fest and those qualifying managers send a New Stable to DM 58 Delarq Tor without Cannibalizing their participation in the other arenas where they have active stables!" Hammer felt a certain sense of satisfaction as he studied the ghoulish grin spreading across the face of Lord Lian Ki Na-Sul; proud Arena Master of the once dying Illis Arena, as the DM 59 Arena Authority signed the Gladiatorial Commission papers authenticating the arrangement agreed upon by the two parties presiding. "You and the Gladiatorial Commission also drive a hard bargain," Hammer replied as he reflected upon the prospects of Delarq Tor DM 58 being re-opened as a Slow Arena with at least 20 New Stables by the Managers who fight their stables at least 67 times out of a possible 75 during the 15 rounds of Death Fest. "I also notice the clause that for Delarq Tor to be open Exclusively for 6 months to the New Stables managed by the Illis Iron Stable Award Winners that there must be at least 15 stables Active each cycle. That is a fair bargain for the opportunity to battle for the Duelmaster Throne each of those six months before Other New Stables are allowed to enter Delarq Tor." This was a Golden Opportunity for both Veteran and Newbie Managers to pave a new frontier of Delarq history by qualifying their Death Fest stables in DM 59 with 67 fights out of a possible 75; then for the price of running a stable in a Regular Arena, continuing to be Active in DM 59 and sending a New Team Roll Up to be a part of "History in the Making" when Delarq Tor would re-open for its First Turn as a Slow Arena on November 3rd, 2005. Death Fest would conclude on T-186 August 25th, 2005 allowing the Illis Iron Stable Award Winners enough time to be registered with the Gladiatorial Commission; whereupon they would be able to submit a New Team Roll Up to the GC to start a New Stable in Delarq Tor; be able to fight those New Gladiators in the Rookies 2005 Fall Mailer Tourney; then begin competing for the DM 58 Duelmasters Throne in Delarq Tor right out of the gate with the November 3rd 2005 T-1 Debut Opening Round. Hammer of the First Part had also negotiated with Lord Na-Zul of the Second Part an agreement that All 10 Dark Arena Monsters and 17 NPCs Characters be re-named by the Top Ten Death Fest Finishers. [See DM 59 T-171 Newsletter Team Spotlight by Hammer for the complete listing of Dark Arena Monsters/NPCs and the Official Death Fest Designation for which Top Ten Finishers re-name which characters!] Lord Na-Sul could not hide his delight at the prospects of Death being re- delivered to his once dying arena during the Delarq Death Fest; the DM 59 Arena Master agreed that these Death Fest Prizes were but a Small Exchange in Comparison to the Profits to be made by the local Illis business merchants and surrounding community from the Anticipated Influx into Illis by the Veteran and Newbie Managers/Gladiators/Stables seeking to make History in the Delarq Death Fest. Nor could Hammer conceal his jubilation regarding the Call Across Alistari being Answered to Cross Blades and Match Wits with the Devious, the Diabolical, the Dangerous and the Down Challenging who were being drawn to the Delarq Death Fest to Fulfill their Delarq Dueling Destiny! REMEMBER: Death Fest begins July 29th T-172 with 25 points being awarded to those who write a minimum 15 paragraph Team Spotlight [including Stable Name & Managerial Alias in the Storyline!] for the DM 59 T-172 Newsletter [So Make Sure HAL Does Not Eat any Lengthy Sentences that are Emailed without Proper Formatting; and the RSI Typist has Plenty of Time to Type Any Hand Written Spotlights; Lest Ye Discover 0 Points Awarded for a Missing or Incomplete T-172 Team Spotlight!] "May Your Blades Be Sharp and Your Wits Sharper!" -- Hammer/Death Fest Host/Vendetta Cartel Captain; WordSmith and High Priest of the Crimson Ascension Family in DM 28 LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS DROMI was butchered by LORD ISKOVEN in a crowd pleasing 3 minute Dark Arena fight. IVAN THE GREAT was murdered by DARK CHAMPION in a 1 minute brutal Dark Arena melee. LITTLE JOE was assassinated by BANDIT PRINCE in a 1 minute bloody Dark Arena duel. LEFTISTS BLOW devastated DEWEY in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge fight. A. COLMES demolished NOT HOYLE in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge competition. BOOKIE was vanquished by THE GOALIE in a 2 minute mismatched Challenge fight. C. SCHUMER overpowered RAY MORAN in a popular 2 minute mismatched Challenge brawl. HARALDUR was vanquished by GRAPH in a 1 minute uneven Title duel. SIMEARTH was slaughtered by FROSTY in a 1 minute uneven fight. DAT NGUYEN unbelievably bested TWITCH in a exciting 1 minute gruesome veteran's fight. GOMER overpowered SAGA in a 3 minute one-sided fight. BRUENOR subdued DIANE MACK in a crowd pleasing 3 minute bloody competition. JEFF DUNKLE demolished CULT MEMBER in a 1 minute mismatched match. YMIR beat GRIMLOCK in a 1 minute amateur's conflict. SNARL overpowered MORDANT DESERTER in a 3 minute one-sided duel. SLAG devastated CONVICTED THIEF in a 1 minute uneven duel. BATTLE REPORT MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS |FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT| |STRIKING ATTACK 5 PARRY-RIPOSTE 12 - 5 - 1 71 | |WALL OF STEEL 4 STRIKING ATTACK 33 - 27 - 2 55 | |AIMED BLOW 3 SLASHING ATTACK 11 - 10 - 0 52 | |LUNGING ATTACK 3 LUNGING ATTACK 24 - 23 - 2 51 | |TOTAL PARRY 3 PARRY-LUNGE 14 - 17 - 1 45 | |PARRY-LUNGE 2 BASHING ATTACK 14 - 17 - 1 45 | |PARRY-STRIKE 2 AIMED BLOW 12 - 15 - 1 44 | |SLASHING ATTACK 2 WALL OF STEEL 13 - 18 - 1 42 | |PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 TOTAL PARRY 15 - 26 - 0 37 | |BASHING ATTACK 1 PARRY-STRIKE 6 - 11 - 0 35 | Turn 504 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 1 - 0 AIMED BLOW 1 - 2 3 STRIKING ATTACK BASHING ATTACK 1 - 0 LUNGING ATTACK 1 - 2 2 LUNGING ATTACK WALL OF STEEL 3 - 1 TOTAL PARRY 1 - 2 2 TOTAL PARRY STRIKING ATTACK 3 - 2 SLASHING ATTACK 0 - 2 1 PARRY-LUNGE PARRY-LUNGE 1 - 1 1 AIMED BLOW PARRY-STRIKE 1 - 1 1 PARRY-STRIKE 1 BASHING ATTACK TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME AIMED BLOW FROSTY 6314 13 8 1 120 THE NUKES (580) STRIKING ATTACK LEFTISTS BLOW 6356 9 2 2 104 THE CONFUSED (584) WALL OF STEEL A. COLMES 6357 6 5 0 77 THE CONFUSED (584) SLASHING ATTACK DEWEY 6363 9 5 0 70 GAMES LIBRARY (340) PARRY-RIPOSTE GOMER 6326 15 5 1 60 THE NUKES (580) Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above. The overall popularity leader is GRAPH 6073. The most popular warrior this turn was C. SCHUMER 6422. The ten other most popular fighters were DIANE MACK 6435, THE GOALIE 6229, FROSTY 6314, TWITCH 6316, BRUENOR 6420, YMIR 6446, LEFTISTS BLOW 6356, A. COLMES 6357, BOOKIE 6394, and DAT NGUYEN 6216. The least popular fighter this week was SNARL 6459. The other ten least popular fighters were GRIMLOCK 6458, SIMEARTH 6155, HARALDUR 6325, NOT HOYLE 6208, DEWEY 6363, LITTLE JOE 6335, SLAG 6462, SAGA 6447, GRAPH 6073, and RAY MORAN 6436. The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn: HARALDUR (3-6325) AESIR (164)