DUELMASTERS NEWSLETTER

Date   : 05/06/2003    Duedate: 05/19/2003

JHELUM ARENA

DM-4    TURN-471

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

SCALLAITIS
ABBY NORMAL (190)
(4-5179) [15-13-1,110]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

SCALLAITIS                     MARCH MADNESS
ABBY NORMAL (190)              SPORTZ! (518)
(4-5179) [15-13-1,110]         (4-5435) [3-0-0,32]

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

BETSY                          FANA
DOGS OF WAR (115)              ABBY NORMAL (190)
(4-5214) [17-25-3,79]          (4-5414) [6-2-1,59]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

ABBY NORMAL (190)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. ABBY NORMAL (190)           48
2. SPORTZ! (518)               23      DEATH ON A STIK (490)
3. DEATH ON A STIK (490)        1      Unchartered Team
4. SPRINGFIELD (431)            0
5. DOGS OF WAR (115)          -20      SPORTZ! (518)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1- 1 SPRINGFIELD (431)         22  11  2 66.7   1/ 2 ABBY NORMAL (190)        10  5 2
 2/ 3 DEATH ON A STIK (490)     31  24  3 56.4   2/ 1 DOGS OF WAR (115)         7  8 0
 3/ 4 ABBY NORMAL (190)        434 344 16 55.8   3/ 4*SPORTZ! (518)             4  3 1
 4/ 6*SPORTZ! (518)              5   7  1 41.7   4/ 5 DEATH ON A STIK (490)     3  3 0
 5/ 5 DOGS OF WAR (115)        259 430 17 37.6   5- 6 SPRINGFIELD (431)         1  0 0

    '*'   Unchartered team                       '-'  Team did not fight this turn
   (###)  Avoid teams by their Team Id          ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank

                                    TEAM SPOTLIGHT

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

                                     Duelmasters
                                     -----------
 DM   1 MORDANT (turn 468): CIARAN of MANNEQUIN'S BEST (Mannequin, mgr.)
 DM   2 NIANIA (turn 353): SABLE of HARLEQUINS (Jinx, mgr.)
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 473): OINGO BOINGO of DOUBLE TROUBLE (Sultan, mgr.)
 DM   4 JHELUM (turn 470): SUPER CHE of DOGS OF WAR (Sun Tsu, mgr.)
 DM   5 KALTOS (turn 468): HOFFA of JOHNS (Dear, mgr.)
 DM   6 TRANSEL (turn 472): RED FUSION of IT'S NEW! (The Muffin Man, mgr.)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 469): PERSEVERANCE of BATHTUB ARMADA (Mannequin, mgr.)
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 464): SULTAN of SIR AGLIO (Sultan, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 455): MR TACO WORKS of WASTELAND (The Muffin Man, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 454): CARNIVOROUS CANARY of CARNAGE CANARIES (?, mgr.)
 DM  36 JHANS (turn 428): ABATIS of ACT OF MALICE (Carnage, mgr.)
 DM  38 CLIFFHOME (turn 419): TIGER SPLASH of ARENA FELINES (Garfield, mgr.)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 181): EGAN FORN of THE MIDDLE WAY (Gabria Hand, mgr.)
 DM  42 RODEKI (turn 406): PORK CHOP JUKEBOX of COLOR ME SUAVE (Suave, mgr.)
 DM  51 TRICORUS (turn 354): REAP THE FIELD of SORROW'S HARVEST (Gergin "Happy Toes"
                             Frothingslosh, mgr.)
 DM  54 TROCAR (turn 167): SEX ON THE BEACH of INDULGENT DRINKS (Fizban, mgr.)
 DM  59 ILLIS (turn 155): ARMSTRONG of THE EXPLORERS (Kellog, mgr.)
 DM  62 VALAMANTIS (turn 304): LHI of SUPERIOR DOA (Poison Ivy, mgr.)
 DM  72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 132): JARRAC of FREELANCERS (Jinx, mgr.)
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 347): ONE MAN ARMY of ROOKIE ARMADA from CIMMERIAC (Doc
                             Steele, mgr.)

                                      Top Teams
                                      ---------
 DM   1 MORDANT (turn 468): MANNEQUIN'S BEST (Mannequin, mgr.)
 DM   2 NIANIA (turn 353): RESURRECTION (Shocking Toad, mgr.)
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 473): ASTRAL KIN (Kid Arcane, mgr.)
 DM   4 JHELUM (turn 470): DOGS OF WAR (Sun Tsu, mgr.)
 DM   5 KALTOS (turn 468): THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (Adela Chu, team captain)
 DM   6 TRANSEL (turn 472): BATTLE BEASTS (Sensei Jan, mgr.)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 469): none
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 464): SIR AGLIO (Sultan, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 455): SRETSAMLEUD (Phat Phat, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 454): CARNAGE CANARIES (?, mgr.)
 DM  36 JHANS (turn 428): IRON TIGERS (Jinx, mgr.)
 DM  38 CLIFFHOME (turn 419): JINDA-BAN (Zin, mgr.)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 181): THE MIDDLE WAY (Gabria Hand, mgr.)
 DM  42 RODEKI (turn 406): COLOR ME SUAVE (Suave, mgr.)
 DM  51 TRICORUS (turn 354): SORROW'S HARVEST (?, mgr.)
 DM  54 TROCAR (turn 167): TRADERS OF TROCAR (Jinda, mgr.)
 DM  59 ILLIS (turn 155): KNIGHTS TEMPLAR (Unforgiven, mgr.)
 DM  62 VALAMANTIS (turn 304): MITHRAL HALO (Barnabas, mgr.)
 DM  72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 132): FREELANCERS (Jinx, mgr.)
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 347): ROOKIE ARMADA, etc. (Doc Steele, mgr.)

                                   Recent Graduates
                                  -----------------
 DM   1 MORDANT (turn 468): NEVERMORE of LAB EXPERIMENTS (The Mun, mgr.)
 DM   6 TRANSEL (turn 472): PEGASUS of KREWE OF DRUID (The Druid, mgr.)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 468): NEWKIRK of HOGAN'S HEROES (Postmaster, mgr.)
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 463): QUID PRO QUO of QUBIT (Sultan, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 455): MR TACO WORKS of WASTELAND (The Muffin Man, mgr.)
                            DUCK RUBBER of CENTER FOR OLDS (Suave, mgr.)
                            BOX-SCITE of ROCK-ETTS (Pie-Rite, mgr.)
 DM  38 CLIFFHOME (turn 419): VELOXI of DARK TOADS (TigToad, mgr.)
                  (turn 418): FOREVER MAN of SANDS OF TIME (The Muffin Man, mgr.)
                              TAMRISSA of BLENDING ENTHRONED (Zalgor Prigg, mgr.)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 180): ROB A. REE of CRIMINAL ELEMENT (Fizban, mgr.)
 DM  42 RODEKI (turn 406): PORK CHOP JUKEBOX of COLOR ME SUAVE (Suave, mgr.)
 DM  51 TRICORUS (turn 353): F-BLACKSHADOW of F-LLOD BLADES (
                             SACRIFICE of MIGHTY MORALS (
 DM  59 ILLIS (turn 155): ARMSTRONG of THE EXPLORERS (Kellog, mgr.)
                          MINDBENDER of THE EXPLORERS (Kellog, mgr.)
 DM  62 VALAMANTIS (turn 304): PINK HEART of MIKE'S INK (Hombre, mgr.)
                   (turn 303): KERMIT of THE MUPPETS (Jim, mgr.)

                                 DUELMASTER'S COLUMN
                             Notes from the arena champ.

     Ole!  Apnea came out without his ankle guards, and I GOT him.  What a cucaracha!

                                        Super Che!

P.S.  How odd.  Surely that is not my strategy.  But I like it, I like it.  I think
I'll keep it.

                                      SPY REPORT

     Like the magnificent Sun, rising upon the Dawn and exiling the Night for a Day, 
I, Novgorodny Vir, return once again!  The boys at DOGS OF WAR left the arena 
dejected, after being kicked out of the top spot by ABBY NORMAL.  Good show!  ABBY 
NORMAL had cause to celebrate, after FANA got 23 points by beating LYSISTRATA.  
LYSISTRATA certainly had a baffled expression on hers face, after losing to FANA and 
losing 14 points in the process!  The arena was more crowded than usual this time, as 
SCALLAITIS faced JHELUM's Duelmaster.  In JHELUM, nothing is permanent (except 
Death), and we find ourselves a new Duelmaster, SCALLAITIS.  Word has it one team in 
JHELUM is using psychics to predict wins.  They lead a charmed life!   
     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 DOGS OF WAR, alone and unchallenged.  Like a 
pup with its tail between its legs, ABBY NORMAL scurried away from DOGS OF WAR.  Oh, 
the shame!  Is it charming personality?  Conversational abilities?  Good oral 
hygiene?  Whatever it is, SCALLAITIS is the most challenged warrior.   
     Like the wind whispering among the pines, do hearest I many disquieting rumors.  
Oh hard!  that to strike a flame, the match itself must needs be wasting!   
     Leave me now, you base fools!  My fingers tire and I fear my incessant prattling 
may cause unfair judgement upon my impeccable character.  Do not despair!  I shall 
return!-- Novgorodny Vir  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SCALLAITIS 5179              15  13  1   110       ABBY NORMAL (190)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 APNEA 5205                   19   9  3    98       ABBY NORMAL (190)
 SULACCO 5128                 13   9  2    93       DEATH ON A STIK (490)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SUPER CHE 5269               15  16  1    90       DOGS OF WAR (115)
 SHERMAN 5391                  8   8  1    82       DOGS OF WAR (115)
 BETSY 5214                   17  25  3    79       DOGS OF WAR (115)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-MR. GLASCOCK 4608             8   1  0    66       SPRINGFIELD (431)
 FANA 5414                     6   2  1    59       ABBY NORMAL (190)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 THE BIG NASTY 5129           10  10  1    56       DEATH ON A STIK (490)
 BAQA 5415                     5   3  0    54       ABBY NORMAL (190)
 LYSISTRATA 5389              11   6  1    40       DOGS OF WAR (115)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 G.A. CUSTER 5376             10   9  1    40       DOGS OF WAR (115)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 MARCH MADNESS 5435            3   0  0    32       SPORTZ! (518)
 SUPER BOWL 5436               2   1  1    29       SPORTZ! (518)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-BLURR 5132                    2   1  0    21       DEATH ON A STIK (490)
 METAGRUMBLER 5422             3   2  0    17       ABBY NORMAL (190)
-RAVE 5131                     4   2  0    14       DEATH ON A STIK (490)
-PETTIBONE 5360                2   1  0     7       DEATH ON A STIK (490)

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

THE DEAD               W  L K TEAM NAME             SLAIN BY             TURN Revenge?
VENOMOUS CONCUBIN 595  0  1 0   1                   APNEA 5205            471 NONE    
MORDANT DESERTER 582   0  1 0   1                   SUPER BOWL 5436       471 NONE    

                                     PERSONAL ADS

Hawk -- I can't believe that you dropped your weapon....  Heeeeheeeehee!  Sorry that
you can't win a fight versus your own kind!!!  I am a wicked little fellow, aren't
I???  Love ya sugar!!! -- Acutate, DM-72

All -- Congrats to all who took part in the tourney and did well.  Also, to those who
had the guys to show up. -- Banshi, 5, Amigos II

Sulacco -- Not the friendly encounter I was hoping for, eh?  I suppose your
stinginess in the skills-taught department has something to do with....  What?  Oh, I
guess I'm not supposed to mention that.  Well, anyway, I bet if you'd taught me more,
I'd have taught you more, too.  The reciprocity thing, you know. -- Betsy

The Big Nasty -- So!  You think you can FOOL me by not wearing feathers in your hair,
huh?  But I'm wise to YOU, heathen savage that you are! -- G.A. Custer

Dangerous Criminal?  To who, or as it might be, whom?  Some babe in arms, or a little
old granny? -- Sherman

Baqa -- Oops!  Sorry about that 'deadly force'.  I got carried away in the heat of
the moment. -- Lysistrata

Che -- You've gotten better, I'll give you that, but Scallaitis is better. -- Apnea

Che -- I want, no, I demand a shot at the throne! -- Scallaitis

Sherman & Lysistrata -- We suppose you're right also, if we live long enough, we'll
catch up to you. -- Baga & Fana

30 April 2003
All -- Remember to put your arena number on your strategy sheets.  Strategies turned
in without an arena number run the risk of missing the turn. -- NAIEI

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

SCALLAITIS devastated SUPER CHE in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge Title fight.
THE BIG NASTY was demolished by SHERMAN in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge melee.
BETSY was overpowered by SULACCO in a 1 minute mismatched duel.
APNEA butchered VENOMOUS CONCUBINE in a 1 minute brutal one-sided fight.
FANA devastated LYSISTRATA in a popular 1 minute bloody uneven brawl.
BAQA overpowered G.A. CUSTER in a 1 minute mismatched brawl.
METAGRUMBLER was overpowered by MARCH MADNESS in a 1 minute gruesome uneven melee.
SUPER BOWL slaughtered MORDANT DESERTER in a 1 minute one-sided duel.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|LUNGING ATTACK                   3         PARRY-STRIKE       3 -   1 -  0      75  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    3         TOTAL PARRY        5 -   2 -  0      71  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      2         SLASHING ATTACK   14 -   7 -  1      67  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  2         STRIKING ATTACK   14 -   8 -  2      64  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  2         PARRY-LUNGE       11 -   7 -  1      61  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     1         BASHING ATTACK     3 -   2 -  1      60  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    1         PARRY-RIPOSTE      7 -   5 -  0      58  |
|AIMED BLOW                       0         WALL OF STEEL     18 -  15 -  1      55  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   0         LUNGING ATTACK    10 -  12 -  2      45  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      0         AIMED BLOW         3 -   4 -  0      43  |

Turn 471 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        2 -  0     LUNGING ATTACK     1 -  2         3  WALL OF STEEL  
PARRY-STRIKE       1 -  0     WALL OF STEEL      1 -  2         2  STRIKING ATTACK
STRIKING ATTACK    2 -  0     AIMED BLOW         0 -  0         2  PARRY-LUNGE    
SLASHING ATTACK    1 -  1     PARRY-RIPOSTE      0 -  1         1  SLASHING ATTACK
                              BASHING ATTACK     0 -  0         1  PARRY-RIPOSTE  
                              TOTAL PARRY        0 -  0         1  TOTAL PARRY    
                                                                1  LUNGING ATTACK 

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
SLASHING ATTACK  SCALLAITIS 5179            15  13  1  110 ABBY NORMAL (190)
STRIKING ATTACK  APNEA 5205                 19   9  3   98 ABBY NORMAL (190)
PARRY-LUNGE      SULACCO 5128               13   9  2   93 DEATH ON A STIK (490)
WALL OF STEEL    LYSISTRATA 5389            11   6  1   40 DOGS OF WAR (115)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is BETSY 5214.  The most popular warrior this turn was 
FANA 5414.  The ten other most popular fighters were SCALLAITIS 5179, SULACCO 5128, 
APNEA 5205, MARCH MADNESS 5435, SHERMAN 5391, BAQA 5415, SUPER BOWL 5436, SUPER CHE 
5269, THE BIG NASTY 5129, and BETSY 5214.

The least popular fighter this week was METAGRUMBLER 5422.  The other ten least 
popular fighters were G.A. CUSTER 5376, LYSISTRATA 5389, BETSY 5214, THE BIG NASTY 
5129, SUPER CHE 5269, SUPER BOWL 5436, BAQA 5415, SHERMAN 5391, MARCH MADNESS 5435, 
and APNEA 5205.

                  MAIL-IN TOURNEY XXXV

GATEWAY TOURNEY                        W  L  K         TEAM NAME            
CUNNING FOX 3906 (123-51-0)           11  3  0         TRIBAL COUNCIL       
LAZAR WOLF 1169 (157-106-1)            6  3  0         TRIBAL COUNCIL       
JACK RABBIT 2713 (126-87-1)            5  3  0         THE BAD BUNNIES      
THUMPER 3989 (71-79-1)                 5  3  0         THE BAD BUNNIES      
DEE DEE 4285 (78-58-3)                 3  3  0         CARTOON NETWORK      
SITTING BULL 1016 (84-66-3)            3  3  0         TRIBAL COUNCIL       
HARLOT HARE 3893 (71-87-1)             1  4  0         THE BAD BUNNIES      

ELIGIBLES TOURNEY                      W  L  K         TEAM NAME            
NEMESIS 5115 (41-6-0)                  9  3  0         CHAMPIONS            
TEMPEST 4503 (24-16-1)                 2  3  0         STORM FRONT          

ADM TOURNEY                            W  L  K         TEAM NAME            
FLOATING SWISS 4461 (13-8-0)          11  3  0         THINGSINPUG'SCOOLER  
DEAD HARE 3288 (32-0-1)                1  3  0         THE BAD BUNNIES      

CHAMPIONS TOURNEY                      W  L  K         TEAM NAME            
MR. GLASCOCK 4608 (8-1-0)              1  3  0         SPRINGFIELD          

INITIATES TOURNEY                      W  L  K         TEAM NAME            
AUTO MAN 5380 (3-2-0)                  1  3  0         SLEEPERS             
NEON'S BRAIN 4309 (2-1-0)              1  3  0         ODDITIES             

APPRENTICES TOURNEY                    W  L  K         TEAM NAME            
BAQA 5415 (4-2-0)                      3  3  1         ABBY NORMAL          
FANA 5414 (4-2-0)                      3  3  0         ABBY NORMAL          
HAWK 5404 (4-0-0)                      3  3  0         SLEEPERS             
DREAMER 5411 (1-1-1)                   0  1  0  DEAD   SLEEPERS             

NOVICES TOURNEY                        W  L  K         TEAM NAME            
MARCH MADNESS 5435 (2-0-0)             4  3  0         SPORTZ!              
METAGRUMBLER 5422 (2-1-0)              2  3  1         ABBY NORMAL          

CHAMPIONS FOOLS TOURNEY                W  L  K         TEAM NAME            
GORDITO 4808 (0-0-0)                   1  3  0         TOXIC HELL           
RABID RABBIT 4490 (8-4-0)              0  3  0         THE BAD BUNNIES