DUELMASTERS NEWSLETTER Date : 08/26/2003 Duedate: 09/08/2003 KALTOS ARENA DM-5 TURN-477 This Weeks Top Honors THE DUELMASTER IS BULL DURHAM PARTY ANIMALS (324) (5-4324) [9-2-0,110] Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader BULL DURHAM SUX0R PARTY ANIMALS (324) MORE NEW TEAMS 2 (476) (5-4324) [9-2-0,110] (5-4560) [6-1-0,59] Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite FARON HARN BURNT OCHER THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (453) CRAYOLA KILLERS (448) (5-4368) [16-24-2,77] (5-4322) [13-4-0,93] THE CURRENT TOP TEAM THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (453) TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team 1. MORE NEW TEAMS 2 (476) 18 2. THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (453) 9 CRAYOLA KILLERS (448) 3. CRAYOLA KILLERS (448) 4 Unchartered Team 4. PARTY ANIMALS (324) 1 5. JOHNS (379) 1 MORE NEW TEAMS 2 (476) The Top Teams Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K 1/ 1 CRAYOLA KILLERS (448) 13 4 0 76.5 1/ 1 THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (453) 10 5 0 2/ 2*MORE NEW TEAMS 2 (476) 12 4 1 75.0 2/ 2 PARTY ANIMALS (324) 4 4 0 3/ 3 THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (453) 123 80 6 60.6 3/ 3 CRAYOLA KILLERS (448) 2 1 0 4/ 5 PARTY ANIMALS (324) 107 95 7 53.0 4/ 4*MORE NEW TEAMS 2 (476) 2 1 0 5/ 6 JOHNS (379) 176 277 5 38.9 5/ 6 JOHNS (379) 0 3 0 '*' Unchartered team '-' Team did not fight this turn (###) Avoid teams by their Team Id ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank SPY REPORT Greetings warriors! It is I, Zontani Sharp Eyes, here to bring report of the clash and bustle of the weekly KALTOS games. JAD LADRUE caught the eye of many in the gladiatorial commission as he skillfully bested THE USEROUS MERCHANT and was awarded 16 points in recognition. In one of the week's more notable duels, VENOMOUS CONCUBINE put down FARON HARN, causing him to lose 8 points of recognition in the process. Not for nothing has BULL DURHAM in the past laid claim to the Duelmaster's throne, and this week he's proven his combat skill yet again. Would you believe that over half of the old women in KALTOS seem to feel that they could fight better than you gladiators? Many and various are the arts of battle. In KALTOS "art" is a word that has long since passed from the language! KALTOS, city of gladiators! Mighty among the names of thy guilds is MORE NEW TEAMS 2, a guild shunned and avoided by many in the weekly duels. Apparently the stalwarts of PARTY ANIMALS are catching the bulk of jests down at the challenging board for their large share of the avoids. Loose talk at the arena has reached my ears and it but confirms the knowledge that many fighters are after BURNT OCHER. Watch your back! A match that raised a few eyebrows at the games this week, it seems that BEATLE BAILEY posted a challenge against the more highly recognized BURNT OCHER. The results, you ask? Well, the firebrand BEATLE BAILEY was subdued by BURNT OCHER. Remember warriors, this is the discipline of steel. What warrior does not hone his years, impatiently waiting for the moment of his foe's mortality? My hearty congratulations SUX0R, for thy revenge upon MOUSE DAVIS, slayer of thy fallen comrade. Next time he will know better, eh? Some say a warrior is judged by the way he bears arms. One thing is sure, better a dagger in hand then a sword on the belt! If it were not for my skills as a spy I would have been mugged three times already in KALTOS. Nice atmosphere you have here! More than a sharp eye must I keep, indeed a stout pair of legs must I keep as well! The endless paths of Alastari await me! Till we meet again, remember: a turtle walks slow, hides head in a shell, and harms no one; a lion runs to slay its prey.-- Zontani Sharp Eyes DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME BULL DURHAM 4324 9 2 0 110 PARTY ANIMALS (324) CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME BURNT OCHER 4322 13 4 0 93 CRAYOLA KILLERS (448) -CATFISH HUNTER 3315 13 15 1 91 PARTY ANIMALS (324) CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME FARON HARN 4368 16 24 2 77 THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (453) FOLIE HANNA 4528 10 7 1 77 THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (453) BEATLE BAILEY 3745 11 8 0 70 PARTY ANIMALS (324) DERBIE FOYLE 4556 10 2 0 68 THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (453) CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME SUX0R 4560 6 1 0 59 MORE NEW TEAMS 2 (476) ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME HOFFA 4348 7 32 0 53 JOHNS (379) MOUSE DAVIS 4379 5 1 1 50 PARTY ANIMALS (324) JAD LADRUE 4559 6 4 0 41 THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (453) BELISS DON 4558 5 5 0 34 THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (453) INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -FRIED TWINKIE 4562 3 1 0 22 MORE NEW TEAMS 2 (476) SAMANTHA FOX 4574 1 2 0 12 PARTY ANIMALS (324) '-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn. THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge? BEER GEYSER 4563 3 2 1 MORE NEW TEAMS 2 476 MOUSE DAVIS 4379 474 JUST REV TIGER WOODS 4323 3 4 0 PARTY ANIMALS 324 BEER GEYSER 4563 473 REVENGED PERSONAL ADS Bull Durham -- Ah, well, style-vs.-style, that was possibly inevitable. Which doesn't stop me from practicing hard in the hopes of reversing it, of course! -- Folie Hanna Burnt Ocher -- I never realized how much burning ocher, ah, what a whiff it makes. No wonder you win fights. -- Derbie Foyle M. Chardinee tried to bribe me to let him win. That's new, isn't it? I mean, I didn't think that kind of thing was ALLOWED. -- Faron Harn I think the Ambitious Guard was being UNFAIR. Everyone KNOWS that standbys are supposed to LOSE. -- Jad Ladrue P.S. Besides, I wasn't ready for him. It was a mismatch from the word go. Samantha Fox -- No doubt you'd have better luck against a male opponent, especially dressed like that. -- Beliss Don 29 July 2003 * * * *The Third Annual Turf War* * * * Yes, it's time again for alliances to go to war! TW3 will be held in DM 47 (North Fork) at a date to be specified later--right after Crip's Incomprehensible Contest is over...but I'm sure everyone wants to get their teams there soon! Here are the rules: 1. Each alliance must have a leader declare the arrival of his alliance. The leader will be responsible for verifying any and all teams/managers who declare to the alliance he/she is leading. 2. Each manager, team declaring for the contest must have approval of the leader, donate one Roll-up Certificate ($5) to the prize pot (send it to me by diplo, by snail, or a note to customer service), and declare his/her team by diplo, p-ad or snail. 3. Each team may declare one warrior as champion. All points scored by a champ are double! 4. Prizes are as follows (mostly...there WILL be some things added as the prize pot grows with entry donations--this list is not final!) * Highest scoring alliance -- Rename Arena 47 for a period of 6 months, one half of the total prize pot donated; roll-up certs. * The Alliance with the most returns from the DA will get to re-name the DA monsters for a period of 6 months. * The alliance with the most warriors listed as style masters will get to pick the Alastari city/arena to host the next Grand Tournament. * The warrior with the most front page honors/awards will have the Arenamaster named after him for a period of 6 months. * The Alliance with the most front page Honors/Awards will have the honor of picking the *slow* arena to host the Fifth Annual Turf War. * The team with the most listings as Style Master will find out the favorites of one of their warriors. * The warrior with the most listings as Style Master will fight at my expense for five turns (I will transfer to the manager's account). * The Alliance with the most kills will be able to re-name the stand-in warriors for a period of 6 months. * The warrior that scores the most total points will fight at my expense for 5 turns (I will transfer $7.50 to the manager's account). * The team that scores the most total points will receive an extra share of roll-up certs from the prize pot. There may be more categories to come, and the prize pot still has to be divided...I'm open to category/prize ideas--and further donations to the prize pot. The contest will run for *TEN* turns; prizes will be awarded at the end of the 11th turn. Scoring will be as follows: * 5 points per fight, doubled for each of the following conditions met: -- Two Alliance -- Champion -- Challenge -- Two Champions -- Bloodfeud -- Challenger losing -- Kill (Note: DA losses are exempt, but DA wins will be *tripled*!!! Ex: Happy Slasher goes to the DA and dies, no points are lost. If he wins, his team scores 60 points! If he was a champ, he scores 120 points!) Use the following chart to calculate scores: Conditions Met: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Points Per Fight: 5 10 20 40 80 160 320 640 * Awards/Honors and Style Masters will each be awarded points also. Find the total number of each (do note add Awards and Style Masters together) and consult the graph below. Champs that score an award or style master count as two. 1 -- 5 7 -- 320 2 -- 10 8 -- 640 3 -- 20 9 -- 1280 4 -- 40 10 -- 2560 5 -- 80 11 -- 5280 6 -- 100 (x2 for each extra) Note -- These categories *count as "triple"*--they will be figured for each team, *AND* again for each alliance *as well as* for each warrior! * Each and every mention in the Spy Report is worth 5 points...period. * TVs will be scored on the same scale as Awards/Style Masters, but the total points will be x10. TC's will be scored as TV's, but x10 more. Number of TV/TC's Points Scored (TV/TC) 1 50/ 500 2 100/1000 3 200/2000 4 400/4000 + x2/ x2 (for each extra) Each alliance will start with 5000 points, scores for *fights* will be added to the winner's total *AND* deducted from the losers. Come one and all, defend your turf and the honor of your alliance...or your own! Asmo Dius, TCB Arenas, DM 47, DM 73 1 August 2003 Assurnasirbanipal invites you to Talcama to participate in the third BATTLE ROYAL contest. It is a Delarquan contest so brutal that even some of Talcama's most notable managers will refuse to participate. The rules are simpler than any other contest: You may not avoid any other contest team. There are no silly rules for who can and can't compete. Any team in Talcama is eligible to compete. The scoring is also quite simple (+1 for a win, +1 for a kill (+1 for the win), -1 for a loss) and the first team to reach 25 points is the winner. Scoring will be live--the results for the turn posted in the newsletter. The winner will be able to fight their contest team in Talcama for free for 6 months but more importantly will win a contest against some of the best managers who play the game in one of the hardest contests in the game. First turn for BATTLE ROYAL 3 is Talcama Turn 465, which is due August 30. 19 August 2003 Citizens of Ghea (only the ignorant fail to note Lirith Kai is not in Alastari), no new day is rising, but the sun is setting on just another beautiful evening. While you were sleeping, an irksome rabble has entered the always fair Aruak City. Of course they fought alongside our warriors, most not so treasured, as all gladiators do. They drank with themselves, and slept with themselves. Whether they had masks, who cares. Warriors, don't be afraid. For years Aruak has been one of the safest cities in Ghea, and that custom has been continually cultivated, and will continue to be by those who have called it home for years and those who live, fight, and die by the same ethics. There is no contest, nor has there ever needed to be one for many years. A conflict of personalities has arisen, and the city has been 'invaded' by pests. Any rules that are annouced will be purely for the joy of the lemmings' own little world. Those who are being targeted have no interest in participating except to defend the integrity of an arena that is different from others. Whether you choose to come to Aruak, do it for your own reasons, not theirs. Competing in Aruak City has never been for the faint of heart or the weak willed. Combat is combat, wherever you go. Blood will flow as always, and now many innocents will be caught in the middle, but those who defend Aruak's traditions never target those who bring respect of Aruaki customs with them to our home. So ignore the private ranting announcement brought by the stuporous Frothingsloshers. If you choose Aruak City, do not choose it for an unsanctioned and bogus 'contest', choose it for the tradition. Choose it because Aruak is different. Defenders of Aruak 25 August 2003 To any that care -- The CDC is back; our current roster is: Malaquar -- Minion of Guardian Pip the Troll -- Burly Enforcer Type mouse -- Official Sneaky Bastard Papa Bear -- Elder Statesmen The Sealer says, "Hi, I'm the dealer." Papa Bear says, "It's not my f****n fault." Guardian -- Paper Figurehead LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS SUX0R bested MOUSE DAVIS in a crowd pleasing 6 minute Bloodfeud fight. BEATLE BAILEY was viciously subdued by BURNT OCHER in a 3 minute Challenge battle. SAMANTHA FOX lost to BELISS DON in a 2 minute Challenge brawl. BULL DURHAM devastated FOLIE HANNA in a 1 minute one-sided Title fight. FARON HARN was subdued by VENOMOUS CONCUBINE in a 1 minute master's competition. DERBIE FOYLE won victory over HOFFA in a 1 minute fight. JAD LADRUE bested THE USEROUS MERCHANT in a 4 minute match. BATTLE REPORT MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS |FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT| |LUNGING ATTACK 2 LUNGING ATTACK 19 - 3 - 1 86 | |STRIKING ATTACK 2 BASHING ATTACK 8 - 2 - 1 80 | |TOTAL PARRY 2 TOTAL PARRY 14 - 6 - 0 70 | |WALL OF STEEL 2 SLASHING ATTACK 9 - 5 - 0 64 | |PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE 5 - 5 - 0 50 | |SLASHING ATTACK 1 STRIKING ATTACK 8 - 10 - 0 44 | |PARRY-STRIKE 1 AIMED BLOW 3 - 4 - 1 43 | |BASHING ATTACK 1 WALL OF STEEL 10 - 14 - 0 42 | |AIMED BLOW 0 PARRY-STRIKE 4 - 7 - 0 36 | |PARRY-LUNGE 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 - 0 0 | Turn 477 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 0 - 0 2 LUNGING ATTACK SLASHING ATTACK 1 - 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 2 PARRY-STRIKE LUNGING ATTACK 1 - 1 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 1 2 TOTAL PARRY STRIKING ATTACK 1 - 1 BASHING ATTACK 0 - 1 2 WALL OF STEEL TOTAL PARRY 1 - 1 1 SLASHING ATTACK WALL OF STEEL 1 - 1 1 BASHING ATTACK 1 STRIKING ATTACK TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME LUNGING ATTACK BULL DURHAM 4324 9 2 0 110 PARTY ANIMALS (324) SLASHING ATTACK BURNT OCHER 4322 13 4 0 93 CRAYOLA KILLERS (448) BASHING ATTACK FOLIE HANNA 4528 10 7 1 77 THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (453) TOTAL PARRY BEATLE BAILEY 3745 11 8 0 70 PARTY ANIMALS (324) WALL OF STEEL DERBIE FOYLE 4556 10 2 0 68 THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (453) STRIKING ATTACK JAD LADRUE 4559 6 4 0 41 THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (453) Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above. The overall popularity leader is FARON HARN 4368. The most popular warrior this turn was BURNT OCHER 4322. The ten other most popular fighters were MOUSE DAVIS 4379, JAD LADRUE 4559, SAMANTHA FOX 4574, BELISS DON 4558, BULL DURHAM 4324, BEATLE BAILEY 3745, FARON HARN 4368, DERBIE FOYLE 4556, FOLIE HANNA 4528, and HOFFA 4348. The least popular fighter this week was SUX0R 4560. The other ten least popular fighters were HOFFA 4348, FOLIE HANNA 4528, DERBIE FOYLE 4556, FARON HARN 4368, BEATLE BAILEY 3745, BULL DURHAM 4324, BELISS DON 4558, SAMANTHA FOX 4574, JAD LADRUE 4559, and MOUSE DAVIS 4379. FACE-TO-FACE XXXII Our next Winter Face-to-Face will be held on Martin Luther King weekend, Friday through Sunday, 16-18 January 2004, at the Embassy Suites in Tempe, Arizona (4400 S Rural Rd). Room rates are $119.00 per night, 1-2 occupancy, which includes breakfast. The rooms are blocked. The reservations number is 480-897-7444; tell them you're with the "Reality Simulations Face to Face Convention" block. Our room block will be released in mid-December, so please make sure you reserve your room before then. There is a free shuttle to the airport, as well as free parking. The hotel is located down the freeway in Tempe. All rooms have high speed internet (for an extra charge). There is a fitness center, jacuzzi, and pool, and of course a bar and restaurant inside the hotel. And there's Denny's right across the street. Look for transportation info in the tournament information sheet. The tournament information sheet/strategy sheet should be out sometime in late November/early December. If you haven't been to a Face-to-Face before, you're overdue. If you have, you'll be back. Don't miss this one, it'll be a blast! See you there! -- Green Eyes and the RSI Staff