DUELMASTERS NEWSLETTER
Date : 04/20/2004 Duedate: 05/03/2004
KALTOS ARENA
DM-5 TURN-494
This Weeks Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
FRIED TWINKIE
MORE NEW TEAMS 2 (476)
(5-4562) [14-4-0,87]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
FRIED TWINKIE POSITION IS EMPTY
MORE NEW TEAMS 2 (476)
(5-4562) [14-4-0,87]
Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite
BELISS DON HOWLER
THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (453) THE TAKEN (370)
(5-4558) [14-13-0,73] (5-3591) [10-7-0,80]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (453)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. JOHNS (379) 40
2. THE TAKEN (370) 23 MORE NEW TEAMS 2 (476)
3. MORE NEW TEAMS 2 (476) 15 Unchartered Team
4. THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (453) -25
BEAUTY IS SKIN DEEP (429)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1/ 1 MORE NEW TEAMS 2 (476) 33 11 1 75.0 1/ 1 THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (453) 8 7 0
2/ 2 THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (453) 159 129 7 55.2 2/ 2 THE TAKEN (370) 7 7 1
3/ 3 THE TAKEN (370) 40 39 2 50.6 3/ 4 JOHNS (379) 6 5 3
4/ 4 JOHNS (379) 183 295 8 38.3 4/ 3 MORE NEW TEAMS 2 (476) 5 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
+ ]H[ + ---:--- + ]H[ Out of the Past #6 ]H[ + ---:--- + ]H[ +
Delarquan Edition
Valamantis:
Ka D'Argo looked at his crew of "explorers" and shrugged. They were a motley
bunch, drawn from several teams, managers, and arenas, people he'd found passing
through Valamantis on their way from one place to another. Mostly from the arenas
where they were fighting--most of them were still in Basic--to some holiday spot for
a week's recreation. Most people assumed that gladiators always stayed home,
practicing relentlessly, but that was the way to dull your edge, not improve it. He
glanced at Arenamistress Sitalva, but she shook her head slightly. It was his show,
apparently.
He took a breath and began. "You see the towers of Old Valamantis, raised by
blood sorcery."
Everyone turned to look.
Smeds of The Black Company, Mordant, sniffed dismissively. "Second class
stonework," he declared. The Dwarf's gesture took in needle-thin towers webbed
together with bridges like dreams. "Not really stonework at all; that's built with
magic. Was built with magic in the beginning."
"Stupid," agreed Shamu (The Watchmen, Cliffhome). The two Dwarves nodded at
each other. "Unreliable. Not like good honest stones that stay up whether you're
paying attention to them or not."
Goblin (The Taken, Kaltos) frowned at the no-longer-ruined city. "You mean
somebody's got to pay attention to that all the time, or it falls down?" he asked in
a voice like gravel grinding together.
"Not EXACTLY," murmured Lavender Lance (Colour Guards, Illis). Quickly, before
the two Dwarves could protest, she added, "In principle, yes, quite possibly. But
nothing is EVER that simple. What I've heard--I'm no mage, but there's always talk
of magic on Illis, you understand--is that a spell can be put into a THING, like,
well...like the sound is in a bell, maybe. Or like the light is in a candle. Under
the right circumstances, it comes out without anybody having to think about it right
THEN, and it keeps on existing as long as the circumstances last. I suppose I'm
explaining that very BADLY, but--"
"But we follow it well enough," Sputter (Joka Masher, Dwes Eg, Lord Protector)
finished. "So there might be a THING that we could break and the towers would fall
down, hmm?"
"Bringing the towers down again might be a good thing," Ka D'Argos interjected,
"but it won't solve the problem here, even if we could find the right spell-holders
to destroy. That won't get rid of the people."
"Zombies," Groblin growled contemptuously.
"Not entirely," Sitalva said. "We haven't gone into the old city, but we've
watched it closely, and there are some people who don't appear to be undead."
"How can you tell?" Smeds demanded. "Just because somebody's not falling apart
doesn't mean he isn't a NEW zombie."
"There are live and potent Folstrom wizards in the old city," a new voice said.
The pleasant tenor seemed to come out of empty air but was quickly followed by a man
in a dark blue robe spangled with silver stars, his hair bound back from his youthful
face by a silver band. He bowed slightly. "Tensekai," he introduced himself, "known
here as the Silver Mage. Bringing down the towers without first destroying the
Folstrom would be futile, a waste of energy. And not easy, either, as the spells
that uphold the towers are well guarded. The important thing is that this situation,
unnatural and abominable as it is, gives us a chance to undo a great error out of the
past. We can destroy the Folstrom this time, rather than merely driving them off."
"Correct me if I'm wrong," Lavender Lance murmured, batting her eyelashes at the
mage, "but I HAVE read a little history. I thought the Folstrom weren't destroyed
because it wasn't possible? They were too strong for the Forces of Good to bring
them down completely."
Tensekai nodded unhappily. "That's true. But we've had three millennia to
study further. We have new arts and new allies to bring to the battle this time."
"And what might the Folstrom have learned in three thousand years?" Ka D'Argos
asked.
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---===DELARQUAN REGIONAL NEWS===---
Duelmasters
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DM 1 MORDANT (turn 493): SMEDS of THE BLACK COMPANY (Darkfist, mgr.)
DM 2 NIANIA (turn 379): TOOFLESS of GLORY BOUND TROLLS (DeGotti, mgr.)
DM 3 OSKSI (turn 498): FANDRAL of AESIR (Buri, mgr.)
DM 4 JHELUM (turn 494): CHASM OF IGNORANCE of UTOPIA RELIGIOSO (Neon Necromancer)
DM 5 KALTOS (turn 493): SOUL CATCHER of THE TAKEN (Silver Stroke, mgr.)
DM 6 TRANSEL (turn 497): MEDUSA of BATTLE BEASTS (Sensei Jan, mgr.)
DM 7 BONSUR (turn 495): HOOSIER DADDY of FLOWER CHILDREN (Ebenezer Frothingslosh)
DM 10 KOLACT (turn 489): HOLY BULL of THOROUGHBREDS (DRF, mgr.)
DM 18 TALCAMA (turn 481): DALLAS of SUPERIOR FORCES 6N (Manager, mgr.)
DM 21 SUNSET (turn 480): GLIMMOR of GRIM FANDANGO (Stik, mgr.)
DM 36 JHANS (turn 453): HALO 14 of BLIND HYPOCRISY (Jekyll, mgr.)
DM 38 CLIFFHOME (turn 444): HARI CANE of JINDA-BAN (Zin, mgr.)
DM 39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 193): TAMMY FAYE of WITLESS WONDERS (Berylstar, mgr.)
DM 42 RODEKI (turn 431): YANKEE DAN of CLOWNING AROUND (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.)
DM 51 TRICORUS (turn 379): APPLE of FRUITS (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.)
DM 54 TROCAR (turn 180): MERGEN of THE BLACK COMPANY (Woelfe, mgr.)
DM 59 ILLIS (turn 168): MACAULIFFE of THE EXPLORERS (Kellog, mgr.)
DM 62 VALAMANTIS (turn 329): AKLAR of MITHRAL HALO (Barnabas, mgr.)
DM 72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 145): 2 PHAT of VERMIN (Sultan, mgr.)
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 372): DOONE of FLAGG 16 from RODEKI (Flagg, mgr.)
Top Teams
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DM 1 MORDANT (turn 493): HOMICIDAL MANIACS (Nick, mgr.)
DM 2 NIANIA (turn 379): GLORY BOUND TROLLS (DeGotti, mgr.)
DM 3 OSKSI (turn 498): THE NUKES (Fusion, mgr.)
DM 4 JHELUM (turn 494): PURPLE AND GOLD (Zalgor Prigg, mgr.)
DM 5 KALTOS (turn 493): THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (Nick, mgr.)
DM 6 TRANSEL (turn 497): BATTLE BEASTS (Sensei Jan, mgr.)
DM 7 BONSUR (turn 495): FLOWER CHILDREN (Ebenezer Frothingslosh, mgr.)
DM 10 KOLACT (turn 489): THOROUGHBREDS (DRF, mgr.)
DM 18 TALCAMA (turn 481): CENTER FOR OLDS (Suave, mgr.)
DM 21 SUNSET (turn 480): COSMIC FREAK OUT (Floyd, mgr.)
DM 36 JHANS (turn 453): KAMIKAZI (?, mgr.)
DM 38 CLIFFHOME (turn 444): JINDA-BAN (Zin, mgr.)
DM 39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 193): CHEAP SHOTS (?, mgr.)
DM 42 RODEKI (turn 431): none
DM 51 TRICORUS (turn 379): DARK HORSEMEN (Nick, mgr.)
DM 54 TROCAR (turn 180): PLAGUES (Abarsis, the Slaughter Priest, mgr.)
DM 59 ILLIS (turn 168): COLOUR GUARDS (Captain Crayola, mgr.)
DM 62 VALAMANTIS (turn 329): MITHRAL HALO (Barnabas, mgr.)
DM 72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 145): X-POSSE (Savant, mgr.)
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 372): TACO GODS, etc. (The Sentinel, mgr.)
Recent Graduates
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DM 3 OSKSI (turn 498): FANDRAL of AESIR (Buri, mgr.)
(turn 497): WHIP SCORPION of SIMPLY DESSERTS (Sweet Tooth, mgr.)
DM 4 JHELUM (turn 494): CHASM OF IGNORANCE of UTOPIA RELIGIOSO (Neon Necromancer)
DM 5 KALTOS (turn 492): SUX0R of MORE NEW TEAMS 2 (The Muffin Man, mgr.)
DM 7 BONSUR (turn 495): HOOSIER DADDY of FLOWER CHILDREN (Ebenezer Frothingslosh)
JERICO of MORGAN'S BOYS (A-Sop, mgr.)
DM 10 KOLACT (turn 488): BLING BLING of TERRAPIN STATION (Floyd, mgr.)
DM 18 TALCAMA (turn 481): DALLAS of SUPERIOR FORCES 6N (Manager, mgr.)
DM 21 SUNSET (turn 480): GLIMMOR of GRIM FANDANGO (Stik, mgr.)
(turn 479): KITTY CHOWDER of CARNAGE CANARIES (C. Canary, mgr.)
DM 38 CLIFFHOME (turn 444): HARI CANE of JINDA-BAN (Zin, mgr.)
DM 62 VALAMANTIS (turn 329): DAWNRACER of MITHRAL HALO (Barnabas, mgr.)
SPY REPORT
You elder fighters surely remember me. The younger ones may call me Olaf
Modeen. I return to KALTOS once again! It seems so recently people were saying THE
TAKEN was washed up, finished. But 3-1-1 moved them up 0. I guess they're washed no
more... What's with FLYNN? He actually beat KALTOS' EMBEZZLING SCRIBE, and walked
away with 21 more points from the fight. Major screwup at THE MIDDLE WAY 5. ERLOI
GILL lost 12 points to ZAKAU. Some new strategies, perhaps? Maybe ERLOI GILL will
provide more easy wins... I'm sure KALTOS is excited about FRIED TWINKIE, the new
Duelmaster from MORE NEW TEAMS 2. (remember?) But when you've seen as many as I
have... Advice to fighters with a 1 will--give up fighting!
No matter the time or place, men will always duel. How well I know the feeling
of being in the most avoided team! Don't fall out of practive, THE MIDDLE WAY 5!
The bums at THE TAKEN couldn't face the challenges from THE MIDDLE WAY 5! No excuse
for that! How well I know the feeling of being the most challenged warrior, JAD
LADRUE! Don't make idle boasts, they may come back to haunt you. I hate going to
the effort of writing about the kind of fights that HOWLER gets in. He fights people
like FRIED TWINKIE, 15 points below. I thought HOWLER showed great skill and promise
when he was bested by FRIED TWINKIE. All right, so I slept through it! Big deal!
There have been some calls to lengthen the time limit. Do you want the fighters
to walk away, or not? GORAN INSIT, with his forgettable 2-9-0, was killed by ROSE
in a forgettable match. THE MIDDLE WAY 5 didn't seem to mind very much. Here's some
advice: study your opponent, master many skills, fight dirty.
Well, I'm pretty much through. You guys need to get back practicing. Are you
as tired of reading this as I am of writing it? Actually, I guess I'm writing it
before you read it. Oh, well. I don't want to overstay my welcome...-- Olaf Modeen
DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
FRIED TWINKIE 4562 14 4 0 87 MORE NEW TEAMS 2 (476)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
HOWLER 3591 10 7 0 80 THE TAKEN (370)
BELISS DON 4558 14 13 0 73 THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (453)
SILENT 4600 8 3 1 72 THE TAKEN (370)
HOFFA 4348 8 48 0 72 JOHNS (379)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
JAD LADRUE 4559 11 16 0 49 THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (453)
ROSE 4603 8 2 1 39 THE TAKEN (370)
HANS JOILICE 4606 4 5 0 38 THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (453)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
GOBLIN 4605 4 5 0 24 THE TAKEN (370)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
MELLENKAMP 4621 2 0 2 23 JOHNS (379)
ZAKAU 4623 2 0 0 23 JOHNS (379)
FLYNN 4624 1 1 1 22 JOHNS (379)
ERLOI GILL 4620 2 1 0 11 THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (453)
HOFFA 4622 1 1 0 9 JOHNS (379)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
EMBEZZLING SCRIBE 601 0 1 0 1 FLYNN 4624 494 NONE
CONVICTED THIEF 597 0 1 0 1 MELLENKAMP 4621 494 NONE
GORAN INSIT 4598 2 9 0 THE MIDDLE WAY 5 453 ROSE 4603 494
PERSONAL ADS
Middle Way -- That is a good trick. I guess I don't want to fight myself or
something, lol. -- Silver Stroke, mgr. The Taken
Hoffa -- Looks like you've got one more beating coming. -- Soul Catcher
P.S. I have your soul, but I don't want it. Take it back....
Suxor -- You're one bona fide scum. I'll have to sharpen my hatchet for a week now.
-- The Howler
P.S. I would howl but now I'm out of breath still.
Er -- Well, that was embarrassing, lol. Good thing I live in a cave. -- Goblin
Jad -- Didn't your momma teach you hitting a lady is improper. Kids nowadays.... --
Rose
Hans -- Good fight. (points) -- Silent
Silent -- Oh, giving me the old "silent treatment" again, eh? -- Hans Joilce
P.S. That line would come off better if we were of different genders. I don't
suppose you feel like doing something about that?
Goblin -- Ha! Take a portion of that, if you will! -- Erloi Gill
Fried Twinkie -- Ugh, you really sit heavily on my stomach. Get off! -- Beliss Don
Rose -- Ah, fair lady, I was as gentle as I could be. -- Jad Ladrue
The arenamaster should've let me KILL that damned thief! -- Goran Insit
Silver Stroke -- We even HAD hail, though not much of it. I've been as busy as a,
um, very busy person. And I must confess, well, okay, I don't HAVE to, but I'm going
to, that in my persona as Scribe, I have, well, drafted Goblin.... I feel that
stories look much better with lots of gladiators in them, sort of like oatmeal
tasting better with lots of raisins. However, if you'd rather I didn't, just say the
word, a personal to Scribe in any arena will catch my eye, or an email to
Livia@reality.com -- Nick, a.k.a. Scribe
Goblin -- I know a guy who specializes in sewing people back together. His stitches
are a little, um, visible, but everything works afterward, so.... -- Goram Insit
Rose -- But you're SAFER with a blemished record. Men get so uptight about things
like that, and they tend to come after perfect women (which is all of us, of course)
with intent to do grievous bodily harm. Think of that loss as insurance. -- Beliss
Don
27 March 2004
This notice is to inform the DM world that CHAOS INC. has added CHEETO to its
ranks. He joins APEX, FLAGG, MATRIX, ASSAMITE, and RUDE BUDDHA as the 6th member.
May your chaotic wings spread disaster and CHAOS for all your days! Welcome CHEETO!!
27 March 2004
Has anyone seen it in print that the "Goat" is leaving the "Cartel"? There were
some diplos to the effect of a special branch of the Cartel being formed, like secret
societies, governmental agencies and alliances certain agendas are developed. To
obtain the desired effect of any agenda only key personnel can be used. The "Goat"
is "Cartel" so until you see it with me announcing that I am not Cartel, remember,
"The Agenda of the Core is for you to fight for." I hope this stops the confusion.
-- Goat
8 April 2004
CLICK (KLK) -- Remember, you asked for it. Chaos is coming....
14 April 2004
CHAOS Inc. proudly announces our newest member, Silver Stroke. He becomes the
seventh brother of Chaos. We shall indeed be better for his joining.
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
HOWLER was bested by FRIED TWINKIE in a 6 minute master's Challenge Title fight.
SILENT demolished JAD LADRUE in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge melee.
ROSE assassinated GORAN INSIT in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge duel.
GOBLIN bested HOFFA in a popular 2 minute brutal Challenge fight.
HOFFA was bested by BELISS DON in a 4 minute gory expert's brawl.
HANS JOILICE was bested by AMBITIOUS GUARD in a 1 minute match.
FLYNN butchered EMBEZZLING SCRIBE in a 1 minute one-sided competition.
ERLOI GILL was overcome by ZAKAU in a 1 minute beginner's melee.
MELLENKAMP slaughtered CONVICTED THIEF 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|
|STRIKING ATTACK 4 LUNGING ATTACK 5 - 0 - 0 100 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 3 TOTAL PARRY 17 - 8 - 0 68 |
|TOTAL PARRY 2 PARRY-RIPOSTE 6 - 4 - 0 60 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 STRIKING ATTACK 24 - 19 - 2 56 |
|LUNGING ATTACK 1 AIMED BLOW 4 - 5 - 0 44 |
|AIMED BLOW 1 SLASHING ATTACK 11 - 14 - 3 44 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 1 BASHING ATTACK 2 - 3 - 0 40 |
|BASHING ATTACK 1 WALL OF STEEL 6 - 11 - 0 35 |
|WALL OF STEEL 1 PARRY-STRIKE 2 - 9 - 0 18 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 - 0 0 |
Turn 494 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 - 1 4 STRIKING ATTACK
LUNGING ATTACK 1 - 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 2 SLASHING ATTACK
SLASHING ATTACK 3 - 0 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 1 1 TOTAL PARRY
STRIKING ATTACK 2 - 2 BASHING ATTACK 0 - 1 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE
TOTAL PARRY 1 - 1 WALL OF STEEL 0 - 1 1 WALL OF STEEL
1 AIMED BLOW
1 LUNGING ATTACK
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
TOTAL PARRY FRIED TWINKIE 4562 14 4 0 87 MORE NEW TEAMS 2 (476)
STRIKING ATTACK HOWLER 3591 10 7 0 80 THE TAKEN (370)
PARRY-RIPOSTE BELISS DON 4558 14 13 0 73 THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (453)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
The overall popularity leader is BELISS DON 4558. The most popular warrior this turn
was HOWLER 3591. The ten other most popular fighters were GOBLIN 4605, SILENT 4600,
BELISS DON 4558, ZAKAU 4623, FLYNN 4624, FRIED TWINKIE 4562, ROSE 4603, HOFFA 4622,
HANS JOILICE 4606, and MELLENKAMP 4621.
The least popular fighter this week was ERLOI GILL 4620. The other ten least popular
fighters were HOFFA 4348, GORAN INSIT 4598, JAD LADRUE 4559, MELLENKAMP 4621, HANS
JOILICE 4606, HOFFA 4622, ROSE 4603, FRIED TWINKIE 4562, FLYNN 4624, and ZAKAU 4623.