DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER Date : 06/15/2004 Duedate: 06/28/2004 KALTOS ARENA DM-5 TURN-498 This Weeks Top Honors THE DUELMASTER IS FRIED TWINKIE MORE NEW TEAMS 2 (476) (5-4562) [18-4-0,110] Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader FRIED TWINKIE DOG MORE NEW TEAMS 2 (476) ON THE FARM (478) (5-4562) [18-4-0,110] (5-4576) [2-2-0,27] Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite BELISS DON ROSE THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (453) THE TAKEN (370) (5-4558) [15-16-0,71] (5-4603) [11-3-2,97] THE CURRENT TOP TEAM THE TAKEN (370) TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team 1. ON THE FARM (478) 43 2. THE TAKEN (370) 14 MORE NEW TEAMS 2 (476) 3. RENEGADES II (180) 14 Unchartered Team 4. MORE NEW TEAMS 2 (476) 7 5. THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (453) 4 ON THE FARM (478) The Top Teams Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K 1- 1*BLITZKRIEG (481) 2 0 0 100 1/ 1 THE TAKEN (370) 9 6 0 2- 2 HOUSE OF PANCAKES (471) 10 2 0 83.3 2/ 6 THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (453) 5 8 0 3/ 3 MORE NEW TEAMS 2 (476) 38 12 1 76.0 3/ 4*ON THE FARM (478) 4 4 0 4- 4*OF WOLF AND MEN 4 (403) 6 3 0 66.7 4/ 5 JOHNS (379) 4 8 0 5/ 8*ON THE FARM (478) 6 5 0 54.5 5/ 2 MORE NEW TEAMS 2 (476) 3 1 0 6- 5 TECHNOLOGY (283) 463 390 30 54.3 6- 7*OF WOLF AND MEN 4 (403) 2 0 0 7/ 0 PARTY ANIMALS (324) 111 96 7 53.6 7- 8 HOUSE OF PANCAKES (471) 2 0 0 8/ 6 THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (453) 164 142 7 53.6 8- 9*BLITZKRIEG (481) 2 0 0 9/ 7 THE TAKEN (370) 53 46 3 53.5 9- 3 TECHNOLOGY (283) 2 1 0 10/ 0 RENEGADES II (180) 263 247 18 51.6 10/ 0 RENEGADES II (180) 2 3 0 11/ 9 JOHNS (379) 189 306 8 38.2 11/ 0 PARTY ANIMALS (324) 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 + ]H[ + ---:--- + ]H[ Out of the Past #7 ]H[ + ---:--- + ]H[ + Delarquan Edition Old Valamantis: The group of gladiators moved toward the edge of the risen city as slowly and carefully as they would have approached a sleeping dragon... that maybe wasn't sleeping after all. There was a partial wall separating the buildings from the countryside around them, but it must be outside the area of effect, because it was not in good condition. There were gaps and fallen stones, even trees growing between them where the ages had trapped dirt. Smeds of Mordant patted one of the stones thoughtfully. "Honest stonework here," he murmured. "And more recent than the ruins," Shamu of Cliffhome agreed. "Six hundred years, I'd say." He glanced at Smeds, and the other Dwarf nodded agreement. "Built just before the most recent Chaos War," the Silver Mage said, "to keep things in the ruins from getting out. Brought down by that war, at least in part. But..." he touched several stones lightly and smiled a little, "not completely useless even now and against this enemy. Honest stonework, as you say, but there is a barrier spell bound within the stones, and it remains." "If the spell is still working, why are we worrying about the ruins?" Smeds of Mordant demanded. "Because the spell will not keep working much longer." Tensekai frowned across the wall into the city. "It was a good wall and a good spell, but it won't hold Folstrom forever. Nothing--" He stopped and looked uncomfortable. "You were going to say that nothing will hold the Folstrom forever?" Sputter of Dwes Eg asked. Tensekai shrugged. "No absolute statement like that should be trusted, but I can honestly say that nothing we've found so far, except raw Chaos, will stop them. We have new spells, of course, but what was there to test them on? We don't know." "Yes, okay, but what are we supposed to be DOING here, then?" Lavender Lance of Illis asked. "You must observe," the Silver Mage answered promptly. "And I must go with you, because there are some things ONLY a mage can observe. If we can find the keystone of the spell that holds the towers up, we could destroy it, yes, and it might be a good thing to do so, but the towers are just a symptom. There are more dangerous things in Old Valamantis than just the towers." "Those things being?" Smeds cut in. "The wizards, obviously," Lavender Lance snapped. "Again, just a symptom," Tensekai said. "Dangerous, yes, very dangerous, but...." Ka D'Argo, who had never been described as stupid, even by his enemies, nodded slightly. "The wizards in Old Valamantis were resurrected along with the city," he said slowly. "You think there might be some way for them to reach other wizards, other Folstrom, of THIS time, don't you? That's what we have to prevent." Tensekai nodded. "How?" Smeds demanded. "I'm not sure," the Silver Mage admitted. "Killing the resurrected wizards might do it." "But you don't think that's enough, do you?" Goblin said. "No. I think we'll have to destroy the old city again," Tensekai answered. "And that won't be easy with all the blood that's been spilled there. Not when blood magic is at its strongest, as now." "But it can be done?" Smeds asked. "To get rid of bloodstains, soak in cold water and hand-wash," Lavender Lance muttered. Tensekai turned toward her slowly, eyes wide. "WHAT did you say?" The Illisni gladiator backed up a couple of steps in the face of his intensity. "It's how you get bloodstains out of cloth. Soak it in cold water--" "Yes!" The mage stared around almost feverishly. "We'll need a LOT of cold water...." "Ice," Smeds suggested. "From the mountains above Khalhums. Dwarves can do that." He glanced at Shamu, who nodded. "We're on it." The two Dwarves stepped aside, muttering together about sledges and sawdust. "If the wizards now in Old Valamantis realize we're trying to... quench the blood magic, they'll move to stop us," Ka D'Argo said. "So securing the arena and a route of access will be our job." "And if any wizards get killed in the process..." Goblin bared his fangs, "too bad for them." + ]H[ + ---:--- + ]H[ Out of the Past #8 ]H[ + ---:--- + ]H[ + Delarquan Edition Old Valamantis: Smeds of Mordant and Shamu of Cliffhome, both Dwarves, drew off to the side from the rest of the group. Harvesting and transporting tons of ice from the peaks above Khalhums was the kind of technical problem they relished, a true Dwarven sort of problem. Let the others worry about fighting resurrected wizards. "Can we quarry ice like stone?" Smeds wondered. "There's always heat associated with breaking rock, what if it melts the ice?" "It'd only melt some," Shamu guessed, "and we could stand that, especially if it made things go a little faster. And there are plenty of Dwarves in Khalhums who'd be glad of a little work these days." "Closing the arena didn't close down the town!" Smeds protested. "Up to a point," Shamu agreed, squinting into the distance. With the heat and humidity over the Feyranse basin, the mountains weren't visible, but any Dwarf could sense them. Why, they probably weren't much more than a hundred miles away! Well, no more than two hundred, anyway. "But how are we going to HAUL all that ice down here before it melts?" "Wagons. One thing that did drop to a trickle in the last couple of years is trade through the mountains," Smeds answered. "I've got friends up there, and I've heard. There are LOTS of carters eager for a load." "Right, and woodcutters in Caer who'd be glad to supply sawdust to pack it in, I bet." Shamu agreed. "We can do this!" "But I don't know ANYTHING about magic!" Lavender Lance of Illis was protesting, again. "That's all right, I know lots about magic," Tensekai the Silver Mage said. He patted her back in what he hoped was a soothing manner. "You've got something just as good in a situation like this: you're a lucky guesser. Between my knowledge and your luck, we should do well. Now..." he glanced around at the other gladiators, Ka D'Argo, Sputter, and Goblin, "you do all understand the plan?" "Kill everybody in Old Valamantis who isn't us," Goblin answered promptly. Ka D'Argo suppressed a sigh and glanced sideways at the gladiator from Kaltos. To Tensekai, he said, "We're to secure the Bloodgames arena and a corridor of approach, hold it till the ice gets here, keeping the wizards out." "It's the part about keeping the wizards out that worries me," Sputter of Dwes Eg muttered. "Easy to SAY that, but they're WIZARDS. How are we supposed to stop them?" Xochithlan: There were no ruins around Xochithlan to rise up at the wizard's call, because the modern city was the old city, continuously lived in for longer than most Alastarian cities had existed. There was, perhaps, a tendency for certain long- buried residents to stir in their graves, but if any came out to walk the streets, it was not immediately obvious. What was obvious was the forest. There had been a forest around Xochithlan for a long time, but it had been burned away during the Rirorni War. Replanting efforts had been ongoing for the last eight years, but eight years is not long enough to bring back a major forest. And what surrounded the city now, pressing in against the walls and disturbing the newer suburbs, was a major forest. Not, however, a forest such as the Xochithlani remembered. This was a Forest Primeval. This was a forest that might hide...anything. And according to the scholars of ancient texts consulted by King Feyen of Xochithlan, it probably did. "But I don't trust gladiators!" King Feyen protested. "Why should I give them this important job?" "Because no one else will take it," Chancellor Leldys said. "The merchants will not set their guards to clearing the road, each one fears that the others will hold back men and attack those who strip their Houses of defense." "The army, then," Feyen said. "What do I pay them for, anyway?" "You pay them to defend Xochithlan and your dynasty, Sire. We dare not set the army to the task of clearing the road, thus leaving the palace defenses understrength now, when your half-brother Ferhis is showing his teeth. An army could be lost in that Forest...or could change allegiance to avoid going into it. No, gladiators are your best resource for this. Set them to clearing the Forest back from the road so that we can resume our regular coming and going with the rest of the Federation--" The king scowled and stroked his thin mustache. "I notice there hasn't been any problem with THEM getting in contact with us--the Shagair." The chancellor shrugged. "Their methods are not something I would recommend. To use the old magic so freely...dangerous. Very dangerous. And surely you don't want to see the Shagair as our only contact with the rest of the world!" "Well, they ARE our kin." "I have kin I wouldn't trust. And the Shagairn ideas of what constitutes proper payment for the Rirorni War Debt is not...." "Not something we can pay. I know." Feyen sighed. "Oh, all right, we'll ask the gladiators to clear the road. Land grants for every ten-mile stretch cleared to a bow-shot back on each side...." The chancellor blanched. "Land grants? Sire, you can't go handing out land as though it was an endless resource! You--" "SMALL landgrants, Leldys. I am NOT an idiot, you know. If you're thinking of the unfortunate incident with the oryx and the lotus tank, I assure you that it was all Tirisha's doing!" "And I believe you, of course," the chancellor murmured. "But things would be so much easier, Sire, if you had an heir--" "I am NOT going to get married just to make things easier for you," Feyen cut in. "There's plenty of time. Let's think about getting the road cleared first." * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * ---===DELARQUAN REGIONAL NEWS===--- Duelmasters ----------- DM 1 MORDANT (turn 497): WISPER of SWEORDMASTERS (Mannequin, mgr.) DM 2 NIANIA (turn 383): TOOFLESS of GLORY BOUND TROLLS (DeGotti, mgr.) DM 3 OSKSI (turn 502): HARALDUR of AESIR (Buri, mgr.) DM 4 JHELUM (turn 498): MARCH MADNESS of SPORTZ! (Guardian, mgr.) DM 5 KALTOS (turn 497): FRIED TWINKIE of MORE NEW TEAMS 2 (The Muffin Man, mgr.) DM 6 TRANSEL (turn 501): SERENGETI of BATTLE BEASTS (Sensei Jan, mgr.) DM 7 BONSUR (turn 499): PTI of WASTELAND II (The Muffin Man, mgr.) DM 10 KOLACT (turn 493): HOLY BULL of THOROUGHBREDS (DRF, mgr.) DM 18 TALCAMA (turn 485): HIS PROCTOLOGIST of DOC STEELE FAN CLUB (PTFT, mgr.) DM 21 SUNSET (turn 484): MAINE COON CAT of MEOW MIX (Sylvester Frothingslosh, mgr.) DM 36 JHANS (turn 458): PINK BEAR of LITTLE GIRLS LIKE... (Shocking Toad, mgr.) DM 38 CLIFFHOME (turn 449): STEVEN SCIMITAR of EAGLES CLAW (Talon Volksie, mgr.) DM 39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 195): DUCK TAPE of DUCKS UNLIMITED (Crip, mgr.) DM 42 RODEKI (turn 435): GUNSLINGER of KING'S KREW (King Ralph, mgr.) DM 51 TRICORUS (turn 384): 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 333): BET OR NOT DIE of SRETSAMLEUD (Phat Phat, mgr.) DM 72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 147): 2 PHAT of VERMIN (Sultan, mgr.) ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 377): SLEEPLESS PARANOIA of PARENTHOOD from DWES EG (TUM) Top Teams --------- DM 1 MORDANT (turn 497): THE BLACK COMPANY (Darkfist, mgr.) DM 2 NIANIA (turn 383): GLORY BOUND TROLLS (DeGotti, mgr.) DM 3 OSKSI (turn 502): none DM 4 JHELUM (turn 498): ORCCON THUGS (DMobster, mgr.) DM 5 KALTOS (turn 497): THE TAKEN (Silver Stroke, mgr.) DM 6 TRANSEL (turn 501): BATTLE BEASTS (Sensei Jan, mgr.) DM 7 BONSUR (turn 499): SUGAR AND SPICE (Mannequin, mgr.) DM 10 KOLACT (turn 493): DEVIL'S ADVOCATE (Assamite, mgr.) DM 18 TALCAMA (turn 485): BURN N' PILLAGE (Jolly, mgr.) DM 21 SUNSET (turn 484): CARNAGE CANARIES (Carnage Canary, mgr.) DM 36 JHANS (turn 458): SUICIDAL DREAMS (Bookie, mgr.) DM 38 CLIFFHOME (turn 449): DENNY'S BKFAST (T'Loi, mgr.) DM 39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 195): ATMAN PROJECT (Kosmos, mgr.) DM 42 RODEKI (turn 435): COLOR ME SUAVE (Suave, mgr.) DM 51 TRICORUS (turn 384): FRUITS (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.) DM 54 TROCAR (turn 182): THE MUPPETS (Keldon Blackfang, mgr.) DM 59 ILLIS (turn 170): ISLANDERS (Nick, mgr.) DM 62 VALAMANTIS (turn 333): MIDDLE WAY 10 (Nick, mgr.) DM 72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 147): X-POSSE (Savant, mgr.) ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 377): BLACK PRIMERS, etc. (Doc Steele, mgr.) Recent Graduates ----------------- DM 1 MORDANT (turn 497): WISPER of SWEORDMASTERS (Mannequin, mgr.) (turn 496): SMEDS of THE BLACK COMPANY (Darkfist, 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 492): VAPID VANNA of SPRINGBORN (Still, mgr.) DM 21 SUNSET (turn 483): MR. TWISTER of IRONIC TAILS (Mr. Twister, mgr.) DM 36 JHANS (turn 457): KATHLEEN of BABES (Papa Bear, mgr.) DM 38 CLIFFHOME (turn 448): UHLEK of DARK TOADS (TigToad, mgr.) DM 39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 194): TAMMY FAYE of WITLESS WONDERS (Berylstar, mgr.) DM 42 RODEKI (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.) DUELMASTER'S COLUMN Notes from the arena champ. I have enough political points, arena fights, and wins, so why am I still here? I have two ratings and one of them is in Decisiveness. Very useful for someone like me, let me tell you. Maybe this turn will see me get the call? Somehow, I doubt it.... Fried Twinkie SPY REPORT I can't believe the violence in KALTOS! I still haven't told Mom I'm writing Spyreports. She'd have a cow! Well, here we go... Uncool, TECHNOLOGY. I mean 0-0-0 is bad. Will they will be allowed to fight? I say use 'em for training practice! The guys at THE MIDDLE WAY 5 like really pulled together to get a 1-4-0 this turn, moving up by 4. MVP award for HORSE? ON THE FARM's proud of it after beating ERLOI GILL and getting 21 points. Talk about yer big time losers! ERLOI GILL got smashed by HORSE, and lost 10 points! ROSE thinks hers 11-3-2 and studly character is good enough to face up to the Duelmaster. Any bets? This Duelmaster is like something else! FRIED TWINKIE stopped ROSE dead in hers tracks! Who was the wiseguy that said KALTOS' Duelmaster was paying for drinks at The Victory Tavern? Don't look at me! AAARRGH!!! I HATE SPYREPORTING!!! Sorry. I just had to say it. The warriors of THE MIDDLE WAY 5 must be getting lonely. They were the most avoided team. Do you guys know something that I don't? Is there some deep dark secret why THE TAKEN's been avoiding THE MIDDLE WAY 5 so much? Or is it just that they're too scared? Can THE MIDDLE WAY 5's ERLOI GILL be more popular than me? He was challenged the most, but is that really the same? For sure, I was holding my breath when I found out DOG challenged HANS JOILICE. After all, haven't ON THE FARM and THE MIDDLE WAY 5 had a long standing duel in KALTOS? It wasn't a spectacular fight, or anything, but HANS JOILICE wants me to write about it since he lost to DOG. Satisfied? SILENT must not be a good enough fighter to get in fair fights. He challenged HOFFA. 13 is a big difference. (Well, that's what they tell me.) I thought SILENT showed great skill and promise when he bested HOFFA. All right, so I slept through it! Big deal! What does a fighter fight for? I mean, the crowds don't give a hoot if someone gets killed. Not after four more fights. Fight, fight, fight. Is that all you guys can do? Remember, blood on a purple robe may stain. Soak it in cold water, and hand wash. I gotta leave. KALTOS is like such a dump, and you guys smell too much! I had a fun time, see you later-- Debby Tonte DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME FRIED TWINKIE 4562 18 4 0 110 MORE NEW TEAMS 2 (476) CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -CAPTAIN CRUNCH 4330 11 5 1 116 TECHNOLOGY (283) -BULL DURHAM 4324 10 2 0 114 PARTY ANIMALS (324) HOWLER 3591 13 8 0 101 THE TAKEN (370) BEATLE BAILEY 3745 13 8 0 97 PARTY ANIMALS (324) ROSE 4603 11 3 2 97 THE TAKEN (370) SILENT 4600 11 4 1 95 THE TAKEN (370) CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME HOFFA 4348 8 52 0 76 JOHNS (379) BELISS DON 4558 15 16 0 71 THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (453) -TONY TWILO 4525 10 2 0 68 HOUSE OF PANCAKES (471) CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -FAST FORWARD 4484 9 7 0 64 TECHNOLOGY (283) -MOUSE DAVIS 4379 6 1 1 58 PARTY ANIMALS (324) ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME PRIME 3882 8 2 1 56 RENEGADES II (180) -ICE FOX 3877 6 3 0 47 OF WOLF AND MEN 4 (403) -NEO 4602 3 1 1 41 TECHNOLOGY (283) GOBLIN 4605 5 8 0 38 THE TAKEN (370) THE LIMPER 4639 3 0 0 34 THE TAKEN (370) CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME DOG 4576 2 2 0 27 ON THE FARM (478) HORSE 4575 2 2 0 26 ON THE FARM (478) -ELECTRIC SHEEP 4595 2 0 0 24 TECHNOLOGY (283) INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME HANS JOILICE 4606 5 8 0 23 THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (453) VINNY THE JET 3889 4 1 0 23 RENEGADES II (180) FLYNN 4624 3 3 1 23 JOHNS (379) INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME SPONGE II 3897 4 0 0 22 RENEGADES II (180) HOFFA 4622 4 2 0 21 JOHNS (379) FERGHAN HOHL 4633 1 3 0 21 THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (453) ERLOI GILL 4620 4 3 0 15 THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (453) -COW 4577 2 1 0 13 ON THE FARM (478) -GATOR BAIT 4609 1 0 0 13 BLITZKRIEG (481) ZAKAU 4623 3 3 0 12 JOHNS (379) FENRIS 4530 1 2 0 11 RENEGADES II (180) -SPONGE BOB 4608 1 0 0 11 BLITZKRIEG (481) -INSANITY 4625 1 1 0 8 MORE NEW TEAMS 2 (476) -SAMANTHA FOX 4574 1 3 0 6 PARTY ANIMALS (324) MARIGON ORRIS 4645 0 1 0 4 THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (453) '-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn. THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge? MELLENKAMP 4621 2 1 2 JOHNS 379 NEO 4602 495 JAD LADRUE 4559 11 17 0 THE MIDDLE WAY 5 453 ROSE 4603 495 GORAN INSIT 4598 2 9 0 THE MIDDLE WAY 5 453 ROSE 4603 494 NOT REVE RECON 4529 1 2 0 RENEGADES II 180 ARENAMASTER TROKT 619 498 NONE PERSONAL ADS Horse -- I come into the arena to prep for one turn and who do I get matched up with?? A 7 ft basher with a freaking Maul. GREAT! Ok, well I got lucky and I know it! -- Sponge Bob Silent -- (sobbing) We never talk anymore! -- Beliss Don An Osksi Noble? Very good. I hate the Osksians, you see. Stuck-up, better-than-you types, every one. -- Hans Joilice The Convicted Thief was no challenge at all. I one-shotted him. I love it when a fight goes like that. -- Erloi Gill Cow -- You're a GOLEM? What do you give, oil? -- Ferghan Hohl the moderately disgusted Greetings All -- It is I, Elizumir, Manager of Renegades II. I have been off pursuing other ventures while my stable of warriors here in Kaltos has grown fat and rusty. Today marks the new beginning of The Renegades II era here in Kaltos. Hello to all the familiar faces. And welcome to the new ones. I look forward to beating you all senseless. (grin) -- Elizumir, mgr. Renegades II 25 May 2004 TEN TURNS OF HELL: The KLK Capture The Flag Competition In the spirit of the ongoing effort to make arena play what it used to be (FUN!!), I am proud to announce the KLK Capture The Flag Competition. The competition will be held in Jhans (DM-36, which has, by the way, grown in size equal to Talcama already). :) We are announcing this contest early to allow managers time to prep. Rules: -- On turn 462 (due 8/4/04) the lowest ranked warrior on your team is given your team's 'flag' (he is your initial flag defender). -- Starting on turn 463 (due 8/18/04) flags will be defended every turn and turn 463 is the turn scoring will begin. -- Fights involving flags are winners-take-all and a warrior can carry as many flags as he can win. -- If a warrior holding a flag either A) goes inactive, B) loses to a stand-by warrior or C) gets DA'd, he forfeits all flags he has and they are returned the their original team's lowest ranked warrior. -- If you hold your own flag on an inactive warrior you receive NO POINTS that turn. -- If a warrior graduates to AD holding flags starting on the next turn those flags will be defended by the lowest ranked warrior on the team of the graduating warrior. -- Scoring as follows for each turn: 2 pts -- possession of your own team flag 1 pt -- possession any other flag 1 pt -- for each win 1 pt -- for each kill 1 pt -- for each award you receive in the newsletter -- You may enter as many teams as you like (per RSI rules) but each team is its own entry. -- Tie-Breaker goes to the team that had the most points from flags. -- If still tied the tie-breaker will be the team that had the most points from kills. (It's the Delarq way.) -- The contest lasts 10 turns and there will be prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd (based on highest point totals) Prizes: (what you've been waiting on) 1st -- 3 know favorites potions* DA warrior named after winning manager 2nd -- 2 know favorites potions* 3rd -- 1 know favorites potion* * These are full favorite potions (weapon, rhythms and tactics) and can only be used on warriors with at least 4 FE. How's that for paying out? (grin) Even if you think that it's all about the TC, these prizes should be enough to draw you in. (You know who you are.) I hope to see friend and foe alike come to Jhans. Legion, Froths, and all the others...this is your personal invite. Can you win? Can you survive 10 turns of Hell in Jhans? Note: Special thanks to RSI for helping make this contest possible. Thanks guys! Bookie KLK Alliance Director Jhans' Board of Tourism Warden of the Froth Circle (grin) D.R.C. 4 Life LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS RECON was butchered by ARENAMASTER TROKTAI in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight. ROSE was narrowly defeated by FRIED TWINKIE in a 13 minute Challenge Title melee. SILENT vanquished HOFFA in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge brawl. DOG overpowered HANS JOILICE in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge fight. HORSE devastated ERLOI GILL in a 1 minute uneven Challenge brawl. BEATLE BAILEY defeated KHALHUMS DWARF in a 4 minute veteran's struggle. HOWLER devastated BELISS DON in a 1 minute one-sided competition. PRIME handily defeated GOBLIN in a action packed 1 minute uneven melee. THE LIMPER unbelievably bested VINNY THE JET in a 1 minute beginner's fight. HOFFA won victory over FENRIS in a 3 minute fight. ZAKAU was overpowered by FERGHAN HOHL in a 1 minute uneven match. FLYNN beat MORDANT DESERTER in a 1 minute fight. SPONGE II subdued MARIGON ORRIS in a crowd pleasing 6 minute amateur's match. BATTLE REPORT MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS |FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT| |TOTAL PARRY 5 TOTAL PARRY 24 - 5 - 0 83 | |STRIKING ATTACK 3 STRIKING ATTACK 23 - 15 - 2 61 | |BASHING ATTACK 3 LUNGING ATTACK 10 - 7 - 0 59 | |LUNGING ATTACK 3 PARRY-RIPOSTE 5 - 5 - 0 50 | |PARRY-LUNGE 2 BASHING ATTACK 10 - 10 - 0 50 | |SLASHING ATTACK 2 SLASHING ATTACK 11 - 16 - 4 41 | |AIMED BLOW 2 PARRY-LUNGE 2 - 3 - 0 40 | |PARRY-STRIKE 1 AIMED BLOW 4 - 7 - 0 36 | |PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 PARRY-STRIKE 2 - 5 - 0 29 | |WALL OF STEEL 1 WALL OF STEEL 3 - 10 - 0 23 | Turn 498 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 AIMED BLOW 0 - 2 3 LUNGING ATTACK TOTAL PARRY 5 - 0 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 1 3 STRIKING ATTACK STRIKING ATTACK 2 - 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 1 2 TOTAL PARRY BASHING ATTACK 2 - 1 LUNGING ATTACK 0 - 3 1 SLASHING ATTACK SLASHING ATTACK 1 - 1 WALL OF STEEL 0 - 1 1 WALL OF STEEL 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME TOTAL PARRY FRIED TWINKIE 4562 18 4 0 110 MORE NEW TEAMS 2 (476) STRIKING ATTACK HOWLER 3591 13 8 0 101 THE TAKEN (370) PARRY-LUNGE PRIME 3882 8 2 1 56 RENEGADES II (180) 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 ROSE 4603. The ten other most popular fighters were MARIGON ORRIS 4645, FENRIS 4530, GOBLIN 4605, SILENT 4600, DOG 4576, HORSE 4575, PRIME 3882, VINNY THE JET 3889, FERGHAN HOHL 4633, and RECON 4529. The least popular fighter this week was FRIED TWINKIE 4562. The other ten least popular fighters were SPONGE II 3897, BEATLE BAILEY 3745, ZAKAU 4623, BELISS DON 4558, ERLOI GILL 4620, HANS JOILICE 4606, HOFFA 4348, FLYNN 4624, HOFFA 4622, and THE LIMPER 4639.