DUELMASTERS NEWSLETTER

Date   : 03/02/2004    Duedate: 03/15/2004

BONSUR ARENA

DM-7    TURN-492

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

DIGGER WASP
FLAGG'S CHAMPIONS (472)
(7-4899) [10-3-0,127]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

DIGGER WASP                    POSITION IS EMPTY
FLAGG'S CHAMPIONS (472)        
(7-4899) [10-3-0,127]          

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

TALLAHASSE TINA                GOOBATRON
BEACH BABES (309)              FLOWER CHILDREN (26)
(7-4889) [13-40-0,84]          (7-5026) [18-18-1,97]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

FLOWER CHILDREN (26)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. BATHTUB ARMADA (515)        43
2. SUGAR AND SPICE (501)       28      FLAGG'S CHAMPIONS (472)
3. BEACH BABES (309)           24      Unchartered Team
4. FLOWER CHILDREN (26)        23
5. FLAGG'S CHAMPIONS (472)     11      GEMSTONE HAMMER (489)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 2 FLAGG'S CHAMPIONS (472)   10   3  0 76.9   1/ 7 FLOWER CHILDREN (26)      7  1 0
 2- 1 7TH HEAVEN II (470)       15   5  0 75.0   2/ 1 THE BEARS II (510)        6  4 1
 3/ 3 FLOWER CHILDREN (26)     221 145 11 60.4   3/ 2 NINJAS (35)               6  6 0
 4/ 4 WASTELAND II (267)       708 567 29 55.5   4/ 8 BEACH BABES (309)         6  6 0
 5/ 5 BATHTUB ARMADA (515)     210 181 18 53.7   5/ 3 SUGAR AND SPICE (501)     6  6 0
 6/ 6 SUGAR AND SPICE (501)     95  91  5 51.1   6/ 6 BATHTUB ARMADA (515)      6  9 2
 7/ 8 NINJAS (35)              159 193  8 45.2   7/ 4 WASTELAND II (267)        5  6 1
 8/ 9 THE BEARS II (510)        30  39  5 43.5   8/ 5 MORGAN'S BOYS (308)       3  3 0
 9/10 BEACH BABES (309)        465 685 16 40.4   9- 9 7TH HEAVEN II (470)       2  0 0
10/11 MORGAN'S BOYS (308)      170 326  6 34.3  10/10 FLAGG'S CHAMPIONS (472)   2  0 0
11/12 RANCID BLOKES (503)       15  52  1 22.4  11/12 RANCID BLOKES (503)       0  4 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 #2 ]H[ + ---:--- + ]H[ +

Zorpunt:

     If anyone was aware of a difference in the air of the city, or in the texture of
life and death in the arena, they did not mention it.  Of course, with a stranger
holding a wizard's staff and guarded by...some kind of monsters sitting in the
arenamaster's box, who was going to mention things, even if they DID notice?
     And who, dying messily in the Dark Arena, would mention strange lights and
unexplained whistling noises?  If Arenamaster Kai saw fit to lay down pentagrams and
other designs of colored sand on the arena floor before each fight...well, he WAS the
arenamaster.  No doubt he knew what he was doing.
     It was known that a few managers intended to protest that they had not ordered
the actual, literal death of their warriors, but only formal dismissal from the
gladiatorial system.  But when they came back from the arenamaster's office, they
looked pale and shaken, and they had nothing to tell anyone about the situation.  And
one or two of them didn't come back at all.
                      ***     *****     ***     *****     ***
     "There IS something going on," Penok muttered to Jessie June as they waited in
the ready area for their fight to be called.  "Something bad.  I can feel it in my
bones.  I don't care what the Rau says."  She jerked her head sideways slightly,
indicating Tijiss Rau, the arena steward waiting in the archway just ahead of them.
     "You know Rau," Jessie June muttered back.  "'All for the best in the best of
all possible worlds', that's Rau.  He wouldn't know 'something bad' if he ate it for
dinner and got sick right after."  She eyed the crystals set into the wall of the
arena.  About a third of them were black, the rest were blood red.  They reminded her
of the eyes of spiders.  "If those are purely ornamental, I'll eat 'em."
     "Magic," Cane Toad said flatly, coming up behind the two women.  "Blood magic.
You can smell it in the air.  At least, I can.  There's a lot of it down south where
I come from, and I'd know that smell anywhere."
     "I thought all magic was screwed up because of the Chaos and the Arcanum and
all!" Penok protested.
     The poisonous Toad shook his head firmly.  "Not blood magic.  You spill enough
blood, nothing else matters."
     "And there's always a lot of blood spilled in the arena," Jessie June whispered,
horrified at the possibilities.
     "And the arena's been bloodier since those crystals went up," Cane Toad said.
"There's something bad going down here."

Valamantis:

     Hallie O'Dene went overland from Andoria to the Delarquan Federation.  It might
have been faster to sail--if she could have found a ship going where she needed to
go, or hired one.  But she found herself distrusting the Trier.  The mage Khaldren
had come out of the Trier, after all.  He might have some power over it.  And he was
bound to notice that she and Raoul hadn't come back from the errand he'd commanded.
But these were all logical reasons that she had arrived at to explain her decision to
herself.  In fact, she simply hadn't trusted the Trier at an instinctive level.  She
made her way on foot along the coast to Gelafan, then hired horses as needed for a
fast ride south.  Well...fast!  She might have laughed if she hadn't been so worried.
Six days to Valamantis.  What horrors might the mad wizard have accomplished in six
days?
     Her plan was to take a riverboat up the Feyranse past Mordant to Sibikhas, and
then go by horse again to Delarq Tor.
     But there were towers behind Valamantis, where no towers had been for hundreds
of years.  They had none of the dream-like unreality of the vision towers that
Khaldren had raised over Zorpunt, and that was alarming.  Valamantis was much older
than Zorpunt.  There had once BEEN towers--it was called Old Valamantis now, and it
was in ruins except for the arena where the Bloodgames were held.  On that thought,
Hallie froze briefly, horrified by the realization that there had been Bloodgames
recently, lakes of blood spilled on that ancient soil.  What might Khaldren have
conjured out of that?  She didn't think she wanted to know.

Aruak City:

     The return of a wizard from drowned Krael was news that should reach Andor as
quickly as possible.  It took Raoul two days to reach Aruak City from Zorpunt, longer
than he would have liked, but faster than he had feared.  The Aruaki countryside had
suffered badly during the civil war and from the Chaos contamination just before
that.  People were getting it back into shape now, but there were no horses to be
rented or bought.  Or stolen, come to that.  Walking was faster than riding a plow
horse would've been, even if he could've gotten hold of one of the plowhorses.
     But he was damned glad to see the towers (most of the towers, some were nothing
but stumps) of Aruak city ahead.  He compared their slightly battered appearance with
the towers of Khaldren's Zorpunt and found this much better.  This was REAL.  Maybe
not perfect, maybe not as beautiful as a dream, but real.  He'd take this over the
perfect illusion any day.
     His first goal in the city was the Bulldog Inn.  He needed news, he needed to
contact his manager, and he wanted to alert Adie, the manager of the Tuft Tuggers, to
the danger.  Adie was a magician of some kind--he'd never bothered with the details--
and she could be an important part of the opposition to the Kraelian.  EARLY
opposition, too, before the man got entrenched in Zorpunt.  That might make a
difference.
     The Inn was jammed.  Odd, that.  Aruak City had always had a vigorous dueling
community, but...this many gladiators?  He could barely SEE across the common room,
much less move quickly.  But there was a table of managers in an alcove at the back.
He'd find news there, if he could reach it.
     The Lord Protector took a last look at the crowd, shook his head, and plunged in
under the elbow of a Shew.  The man was too tall for most managers, but there were
always one or two who would give a large gladiator a chance.  From the looks of the
scars, this man had been at it a while, but he was nobody Raoul recognized.  Well,
he'd been away for a long time.  Quite a long time, actually.
     "Raoul!"
     He paused and looked toward the woman whose hand was on his sleeve.  Hair like a
sunrise and wide violet eyes.  "Lady Adeolar!  You're one of the people I wanted to
find.  There--"
     "Not here in the middle of the floor, Raoul."  She drew him to one side and
through an inconspicuous door.  "Jhordeal will be glad to know you are well, but
that's not what you came for, is it?"
     "Glad to know I'm...?"  When had he been in Aruak City last?  Mantor, it was
years ago!  Before the civil war, and he had died....  He took off his hat, looked at
the rounded, dusty crown, ran a hand over his head, and put the hat back on.  No time
to go into that now.  "No, doll, that's not why I came this way.  There's magical
trouble.  Serious magical trouble, I think."
     "You came from Zorpunt?"  She twisted a lock of hair between nervous fingers.
"I have felt something happening there--something dark--"
     He nodded briefly.  "I saw it start, and it's going to be damned dark," he
muttered.  Quickly, he sketched in what he and Hallie had learned of the wizard
Khaldren and his intentions.  "I don't know how he's doing that much magic," he
finished, "because everyone says the Arcanum is in decline and spells aren't working,
but--"
     "He's using blood magic."  The woman's beautiful face hardened.  "It is the
oldest magic and the most primitive.  Almost always used for darkness and
destruction," she muttered, frowning, "even though it doesn't have to be....  It's
the least dependent on the Arcanum, unfortunately, the easiest to pervert, and the
hardest to control once it gets started."  She frowned, twisting the lock of hair
harder.  "In the hands of a powerful wizard with no scruples...."
     "That's what me and Hallie figured," Raoul said, nodding.  "I'm headed for
Andor--the king has to be warned.  And Hallie's taking the warning to Delarq Tor."
     "Yes, of course.  Definitely the right thing to do.  But you need to see your
manager before you leave town, Raoul.  He's been worried about you."  She patted his
arm absently, still frowning.  "I will gather as much information about this wizard
and his spells as I can....  I wish Shania were here, she is so good at that.  Well,
I must work with what I have."  She patted his arm one last time and opened the door
to the inn's main room.  "Off with you, and tell the other managers that...tell them
I have things to do, and I'll add to your news later."

      * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ *

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

                                     Duelmasters
                                     -----------
 DM   1 MORDANT (turn 490): FACELESS of THE BLACK COMPANY (Darkfist, mgr.)
 DM   2 NIANIA (turn 376): TOOFLESS of GLORY BOUND TROLLS (DeGotti, mgr.)
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 495): WHIP SCORPION of SIMPLY DESSERTS (Sweet Tooth, mgr.)
 DM   4 JHELUM (turn 491): MARCH MADNESS of SPORTZ! (Guardian, mgr.)
 DM   5 KALTOS (turn 490): DERBIE FOYLE of THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (Nick, mgr.)
 DM   6 TRANSEL (turn 494): MEDUSA of BATTLE BEASTS (Sensei Jan, mgr.)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 491): DIGGER WASP of FLAGG'S CHAMPIONS (Flagg, mgr.)
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 486): BLING BLING of TERRAPIN STATION (Floyd, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 478): WONDER BRA of THE GUARDIANS II (Guardian, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 476): GLIMMOR of GRIM FANDANGO (Stik, mgr.)
 DM  36 JHANS (turn 450): TARGEN of IRON TIGERS (Jinx, mgr.)
 DM  38 CLIFFHOME (turn 441): NUTCRACKER of ALL FINESSE (Mannequin, mgr.)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 192): TAMMY FAYE of WITLESS WONDERS (Berylstar, mgr.)
 DM  42 RODEKI (turn 428): STERLING of FLAGG'S FIVE (Flagg, mgr.)
 DM  51 TRICORUS (turn 376): ORANGE of FRUITS (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.)
 DM  54 TROCAR (turn 178): RUBBER BULLET of USELESS TOOLS (Crip, mgr.)
 DM  59 ILLIS (turn 166): DUFF of ISLANDERS (Nick, mgr.)
 DM  62 VALAMANTIS (turn 326): AKLAR of MITHRAL HALO (Barnabas, mgr.)
 DM  72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 143): 2 PHAT TOO of VERMIN (Sultan, mgr.)
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 369): LARGE SPINNY GUY of DIABLO TOO from TI (The Muffin Man)

                                      Top Teams
                                      ---------
 DM   1 MORDANT (turn 490): THE BLACK COMPANY (Darkfist, mgr.)
 DM   2 NIANIA (turn 376): GLORY BOUND TROLLS (DeGotti, mgr.)
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 495): SIMPLY DESSERTS (Sweet Tooth, mgr.)
 DM   4 JHELUM (turn 491): DIFFERENT HATS (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.)
 DM   5 KALTOS (turn 490): THE TAKEN (Silver Stroke, mgr.)
 DM   6 TRANSEL (turn 494): DARK PANTHEON (Doc Steele, mgr.)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 491): THE BEARS II (Papa Bear, mgr.)
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 486): THOROUGHBREDS (DRF, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 478): PENTARCHIE-18 (The Pentalque, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 476): COSMIC FREAK OUT (Floyd, mgr.)
 DM  36 JHANS (turn 450): BLITZKRIEG (Polarius, mgr.)
 DM  38 CLIFFHOME (turn 441): ALL FINESSE (Mannequin, mgr.)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 192): CHEAP SHOTS (?, mgr.)
 DM  42 RODEKI (turn 428): FLAGG'S FIVE (Flagg, mgr.)
 DM  51 TRICORUS (turn 376): DARK HORSEMEN (Nick, mgr.)
 DM  54 TROCAR (turn 178): USELESS TOOLS (Crip, mgr.)
 DM  59 ILLIS (turn 166): THE EXPLORERS (Kellog, mgr.)
 DM  62 VALAMANTIS (turn 326): THE DEN OF SWORDS (TMoney, mgr.)
 DM  72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 143): EPOCHOLYPSE (Brewmaster, mgr.)
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 369): DARK PANTHEON, etc. (Doc Steele, mgr.)

                                   Recent Graduates
                                  -----------------
 DM   5 KALTOS (turn 490): DERBIE FOYLE of THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (Nick, mgr.)
 DM   6 TRANSEL (turn 493): DELAPP of NIGHT TRAIN (BPR, mgr.)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 491): ADAM of MORGAN'S BOYS (A-Sop, mgr.)
               (turn 490): RED NO. 40 of WASTELAND II (The Muffin Man, mgr.)
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 485): AERYN SUN of FARSCAPE (Keldon Blackfang, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 478): WONDER BRA of THE GUARDIANS II (Guardian, mgr.)
                            BOOTER of BURN N' PILLAGE (Jolly, mgr.)
                (turn 477): RAZOR HAWK of BEAST MASTERS (The Druid, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 475): JADE of I MAGI (Street Legal, mgr.)
 DM  36 JHANS (turn 450): TARGEN of IRON TIGERS (Jinx, mgr.)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 191): ZOOLANDER of WITLESS WONDERS (Berylstar, mgr.)
 DM  42 RODEKI (turn 428): STERLING of FLAGG'S FIVE (Flagg, mgr.)
               (turn 427): PROBLEMATIC of FLAGG'S FIVE (Flagg, mgr.)
 DM  51 TRICORUS (turn 375): TSOMEGH of DARK HORSEMEN (Nick, mgr.)
 DM  72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 142): MISSY MAYHAM of ANGELS OF CHAOS (Lord Chaos, mgr.)

                                      SPY REPORT

     Welcome BONSUR.  I, Olaf Modeen remember this place well.  Many the fights have 
I fought here.  The celebrations, the disappointments...  Woof!  THE BEARS II were a 
bunch of dogs after FLOWER CHILDREN got through with 'em!  2nd ain't so sweet as 1st! 
Ya gotta be quick on yer feet!  Keep your elbow off the table!  Thrust!  Block out 
the pain!  FLOWER CHILDREN is now ranked 1st with a 4-1-0 turn.  BEACH BABES showed 
BONSUR what they were made of as they fought with a vengeance to walk off with 3-1-0. 
What's with THYME?  He actually beat THE BEARS II's SILENT WARNING, and walked away 
with 22 more points from the fight.  Major screwup at THE BEARS II.  SILENT WARNING 
lost 11 points to THYME.  Some new strategies, perhaps?  Maybe SILENT WARNING will 
provide more easy wins...  See how the Duelmaster TV challenged MORGAN'S BOYS' 
JERICO?  That sort of initiative is how she got where she is now.  Try as he might, 
JERICO wasn't good enough at persuading DIGGER WASP to step down from the 
Duelmaster's throne...  Wouldn't it be nice to have live subjects to practice on?  I 
hear some team is looking into the uses of convicted prisoners.   
     If at first you don't succeed, avoid.  That'll get you in the Spyreports.  How 
well I know the feeling of being in the most avoided team!  Don't fall out of 
practive, NINJAS!  Management must be dealin', as the boys at FLOWER CHILDREN ain't 
reelin'!  NINJAS' mad!  What do people see in JERICO?  His 17-40-0?  MORGAN'S BOYS 
ain't talkin', but he's got 92 points.  WARSPITE didn't quite know what to make of a 
challenge it received from MY BIG TOE of WASTELAND II, who is 19 points below it.  MY 
BIG TOE perhaps got its just desserts, seeing as it was defeated by WARSPITE and 
ended up with 11 recognition points.  I hate going to the effort of writing about the 
kind of fights that GROOVE THANG gets in.  She fights people like DEEDS, 8 points 
below.  I thought GROOVE THANG showed great skill and promise when she won victory 
over DEEDS.  All right, so I slept through it!  Big deal!   
     A fighter's lot is filled with strife, revenge, and killing.  Some fighters 
don't accept this.  The best do.  Here's some advice:  study your opponent, master 
many skills, fight dirty.   
     Who knows what the future holds for a warrior.  More fights, there's no doubt.  
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.  Remember--a good fighter needs both good 
skills and good luck.  Until next time,-- Olaf Modeen  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 DIGGER WASP 4899             10   3  0   127       FLAGG'S CHAMPIONS (472)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 ANGRY CANDY 5047             24  12  1   109       FLOWER CHILDREN (26)
 SUGARBEET 5219               19  18  0   109       SUGAR AND SPICE (501)
 PTI 5412                     17   7  0   105       WASTELAND II (267)
 TERRI TOWEL 5306             17  16  1    98       BEACH BABES (309)
 GOOBATRON 5026               18  18  1    97       FLOWER CHILDREN (26)
 HOOSIER DADDY 5380           12  10  0    96       FLOWER CHILDREN (26)
 JERICO 4862                  17  40  0    92       MORGAN'S BOYS (308)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 TALLAHASSE TINA 4889         13  40  0    84       BEACH BABES (309)
-MICRO MIRACLE 5236           11   8  0    71       WASTELAND II (267)
 GINGER 5518                  11   3  0    69       SUGAR AND SPICE (501)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 GROOVE THANG 5474             7   4  0    67       FLOWER CHILDREN (26)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 CAESAR 5470                   8   4  3    61       THE BEARS II (510)
 MAGOBE IBUKA 5391            13  11  1    57       NINJAS (35)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 TASTY HANGNAIL 5463          10   9  0    56       WASTELAND II (267)
 DEEDS 5177                    7  24  1    56       RANCID BLOKES (503)
 KEARSARGE 5444                3   0  1    56       BATHTUB ARMADA (515)
-7-11 4880                     6   0  0    55       7TH HEAVEN II (470)
-77 SUNSET STRIP 4882          6   1  0    47       7TH HEAVEN II (470)
 THYME 5563                    5   2  1    47       SUGAR AND SPICE (501)
 DEAD POET 5562                3   1  0    41       FLOWER CHILDREN (26)
 SILENT WARNING 5446           4   3  0    35       THE BEARS II (510)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SANDBAR SALLY 5469            7  12  0    33       BEACH BABES (309)
 WARSPITE 5558                 5   2  0    31       BATHTUB ARMADA (515)
-7TH HEAVEN 4959               2   0  0    27       7TH HEAVEN II (470)
 HOT STUFF 5568                2   3  0    26       THE BEARS II (510)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SUSHI ITO 5610                2   0  0    22       NINJAS (35)
-DILL WEED 5241                2   1  0    17       SUGAR AND SPICE (501)
 HOGAI HAYASHI 5624            1   0  0    17       NINJAS (35)
-7 DEADLY SINS 4883            1   3  0    16       7TH HEAVEN II (470)
 MY BIG TOE 5601               1   3  0    11       WASTELAND II (267)
-DIRT 5178                     1   0  0    11       RANCID BLOKES (503)
 UMBRELLA MAN 5600             2   3  0     9       BEACH BABES (309)
 ANZAI MURO 5594               2   2  0     8       NINJAS (35)
 HUGGER 5573                   1   2  0     5       THE BEARS II (510)
 SPEARMINT 5618                0   2  0     2       SUGAR AND SPICE (501)

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

THE DEAD               W  L K TEAM NAME             SLAIN BY             TURN Revenge?
171411515517 5617      1  1 1 BATHTUB ARMADA 515    HIGH ELF 677          492 NONE    
914161591011 5626      0  1 0 BATHTUB ARMADA 515    WURM KIN 685          492 NONE    
101313521715 5625      0  1 0 BATHTUB ARMADA 515    ARENAMASTER ILHUM 681 492 NONE    
RURI IBI 5595          2  1 0 NINJAS 35             KEARSARGE 5444        491         
CHEAP 5181             6 23 0 RANCID BLOKES 503     CAESAR 5470           490         

                                     PERSONAL ADS

Tasty Hangnail -- That's a very bad habit, you know.  It's, like, gross. -- Terri
Towel

My Big Toe -- I would've buried you in the sand, but you dashed off too fast at the
end of our fight. -- Sandbar Sally

Adam -- Hmm, you've got a lot of the old adam in you! -- Tallahasse Tina

Thyme -- Boy, talk about unfair!  The arenamaster hollered, "Time!" and I thought
that meant stop and listen to advice or something, but he was just yelling your name.
Darn. -- Umbrella Man

4 February 2004
Greeting from Jhans, DM 36 -- In 2 turns the kLk will host our first annual "St.
Valentines Day Massacre" in Jhans, arena 36.  (Kill Contest)  The contest will begin
on turn 450.  It will run for 10 turns.  On turn 461 the winners will be announced.
There will be 3 separate categories, the team with the most kills, the alliance with
the most kills, and the warrior with the most kills.  For the manager of the team
with the most kills a PRIZE of 10 ROLL-UPS will be rewarded (or $50 deposited into
his account).  No need to declare yourself in the personals.  If you are in DM 36,
you will be part of the contest whether you like it or not.  We encourage as much
trash talk as you'd like.  All teams, managers, and alliances invited.  Please
contact Polarius (mgr. of Blitzkrieg) in DM 36 with questions.  Or you can email me
at jamieptmo@hotmail.com.  Good luck and see you in the sands. -- Polarius

25 February 2004
Readers, and especially those who volunteered warriors -- My apologies for the sudden
lack of episodes.  I've been sick, but expect to be back at the keyboard soon. -- the
Scribe

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

171411515517 was viciously butchered by HIGH ELF in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
914161591011 was murdered by WURM KIN in a 1 minute brutal Dark Arena melee.
101313521715 was assassinated by ARENAMASTER ILHUME' in a 1 minute Dark Arena duel.
MAGOBE IBUKA was devastated by KEARSARGE in a 1 minute one-sided Bloodfeud fight.
DIGGER WASP devastated JERICO in a popular 1 minute uneven Challenge Title brawl.
GINGER was devastated by TERRI TOWEL in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge match.
GROOVE THANG overcame DEEDS in a 3 minute uneven Challenge fight.
TASTY HANGNAIL was vanquished by TALLAHASSE TINA in a 1 minute uneven Challenge duel.
DEAD POET vanquished SANDBAR SALLY in a 2 minute gruesome uneven Challenge fight.
MY BIG TOE was defeated by WARSPITE in a exciting 1 minute Challenge fight.
SPEARMINT was unbelievably bested by UMBRELLA MAN in a 15 minute Challenge bout.
ANGRY CANDY devastated KUNG-FU MASTER in a exciting 1 minute mismatched conflict.
ADAM was devastated by SUGARBEET in a 1 minute mismatched bout.
HOOSIER DADDY was overcome by PTI in a 1 minute expert's fight.
GOOBATRON savagely defeated KHALHUMS DWARF in a 3 minute expert's struggle.
SILENT WARNING was devastated by THYME in a 1 minute mismatched brawl.
CAESAR overpowered FRATSFA SLAVE in a 1 minute one-sided bout.
HOT STUFF overpowered ANZAI MURO in a 1 minute one-sided bout.
HUGGER was overpowered by HOGAI HAYASHI in a 1 minute mismatched conflict.
SUSHI ITO bested MORDANT DESERTER in a 1 minute novice's bout.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|LUNGING ATTACK                  12         WALL OF STEEL     21 -  11 -  2      66  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  5         PARRY-LUNGE       13 -   8 -  2      62  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      4         SLASHING ATTACK   25 -  18 -  0      58  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  3         TOTAL PARRY       15 -  11 -  1      58  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   2         AIMED BLOW        10 -  10 -  0      50  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    2         BASHING ATTACK    13 -  16 -  0      45  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     2         LUNGING ATTACK    49 -  64 -  3      43  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      1         STRIKING ATTACK   12 -  17 -  2      41  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    1         PARRY-STRIKE       4 -   6 -  1      40  |
|AIMED BLOW                       1         PARRY-RIPOSTE      7 -  13 -  0      35  |

Turn 492 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        4 -  0     LUNGING ATTACK     5 -  7         3  LUNGING ATTACK 
BASHING ATTACK     2 -  0     SLASHING ATTACK    1 -  4         1  STRIKING ATTACK
TOTAL PARRY        1 -  0     AIMED BLOW         0 -  1         1  BASHING ATTACK 
WALL OF STEEL      1 -  0     PARRY-STRIKE       0 -  2         1  WALL OF STEEL  
STRIKING ATTACK    2 -  1                                       1  PARRY-LUNGE    
PARRY-RIPOSTE      1 -  1                                       1  PARRY-STRIKE   
                                                                1  PARRY-RIPOSTE  
                                                                1  TOTAL PARRY    
                                                                1  SLASHING ATTACK

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
STRIKING ATTACK  DIGGER WASP 4899           10   3  0  127 FLAGG'S CHAMPIONS (472)
LUNGING ATTACK   ANGRY CANDY 5047           24  12  1  109 FLOWER CHILDREN (26)
BASHING ATTACK   SUGARBEET 5219             19  18  0  109 SUGAR AND SPICE (501)
WALL OF STEEL    TERRI TOWEL 5306           17  16  1   98 BEACH BABES (309)
PARRY-STRIKE     HOOSIER DADDY 5380         12  10  0   96 FLOWER CHILDREN (26)
SLASHING ATTACK  GINGER 5518                11   3  0   69 SUGAR AND SPICE (501)
PARRY-LUNGE      GROOVE THANG 5474           7   4  0   67 FLOWER CHILDREN (26)
AIMED BLOW       TASTY HANGNAIL 5463        10   9  0   56 WASTELAND II (267)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is TALLAHASSE TINA 4889.  The most popular warrior this 
turn was GOOBATRON 5026.  The ten other most popular fighters were DIGGER WASP 4899, 
DEAD POET 5562, ANGRY CANDY 5047, GROOVE THANG 5474, WARSPITE 5558, KEARSARGE 5444, 
CAESAR 5470, HOT STUFF 5568, TERRI TOWEL 5306, and DEEDS 5177.

The least popular fighter this week was UMBRELLA MAN 5600.  The other ten least 
popular fighters were SPEARMINT 5618, HUGGER 5573, ANZAI MURO 5594, SILENT WARNING 
5446, SANDBAR SALLY 5469, GINGER 5518, JERICO 4862, 914161591011 5626, HOOSIER DADDY 
5380, and MY BIG TOE 5601.

The following warriors have traveled to ADVANCED DUELMASTERS after fighting this turn:

ADAM (7-4830) MORGAN'S BOYS (308)