DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 08/17/2004    Duedate: 08/30/2004

BONSUR ARENA

DM-7    TURN-504

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

ARSENAL
BLADES OF ICE (188)
(7-4861) [13-10-3,120]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

ARSENAL                        DANCING COWBOYS
BLADES OF ICE (188)            HATE (519)
(7-4861) [13-10-3,120]         (7-5425) [3-5-0,33]

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

TALLAHASSE TINA                GOKU
BEACH BABES (309)              WASTELAND II (267)
(7-4889) [14-51-0,93]          (7-5628) [6-2-0,61]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

WASTELAND II (267)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. SUGAR AND SPICE (501)       35
2. BLADES OF ICE (188)         23      FLOWER CHILDREN (26)
3. WASTELAND II (267)          21      Unchartered Team
4. BATHTUB ARMADA (515)        20
5. HATE (519)                  10      HATE (519)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 1 FLOWER CHILDREN (26)     250 160 11 61.0   1/ 5 WASTELAND II (267)        8  4 0
 2- 2*EAGER BEAVERS (532)        4   3  0 57.1   2/ 2 BLADES OF ICE (188)       7  4 1
 3/ 3 WASTELAND II (267)       737 578 29 56.0   3/ 4 SUGAR AND SPICE (501)     6  7 2
 4/ 4 BLADES OF ICE (188)      429 366 26 54.0   4- 3 IMPORTED FOOTBALLE (396)  4  1 0
 5/ 5 BATHTUB ARMADA (515)     217 191 19 53.2   5/ 1 BEACH BABES (309)         4 10 0
 6/ 6 SUGAR AND SPICE (501)    126 112 10 52.9   6/ 6 FLOWER CHILDREN (26)      3  4 0
 7- 7 IMPORTED FOOTBALLE (396)  60  56  2 51.7   7- 7 ERRATA (511)              2  0 0
 8/ 8 THE CUTTHROATS (191)     198 186  9 51.6   8/12*HATE (519)                2  0 0
 9- 9 ERRATA (511)              26  27  0 49.1   9/10 BATHTUB ARMADA (515)      2  2 0
10-11 NINJAS (35)              178 218  8 44.9  10-11 NINJAS (35)               2  5 0
11/12 THE BEARS II (510)        44  61  7 41.9  11/ 9 THE BEARS II (510)        2  5 0
12/14*HATE (519)                12  17  0 41.4  12- 8*EAGER BEAVERS (532)       1  1 0
13/13 BEACH BABES (309)        479 728 16 39.7  13/13 THE CUTTHROATS (191)      1  2 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 502): JEJUNE of MANNEQUIN'S BEST (Mannequin, mgr.)
 DM   2 NIANIA (turn 388): TOOFLESS of GLORY BOUND TROLLS (DeGotti, mgr.)
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 507): LEFTISTS BLOW of THE CONFUSED (Shocking Toad, mgr.)
 DM   4 JHELUM (turn 503): GROTESQUE of DARK TOADS (TigToad, mgr.)
 DM   5 KALTOS (turn 502): FRIED TWINKIE of MORE NEW TEAMS 2 (The Muffin Man, mgr.)
 DM   6 TRANSEL (turn 506): BLUE FALCON of BATTLE BEASTS (Sensei Jan, mgr.)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 503): GINGER of SUGAR AND SPICE (Mannequin, mgr.)
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 498): SIR PENT of SIR AGLIO (Sultan, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 490): LIPPS MCFRENZY of CENTER FOR OLDS (Suave, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 488): I ATE A PUTY TAT of CARNAGE CANARIES (C. Canary, mgr.)
 DM  36 JHANS (turn 462): HUGGY BEAR of SUICIDAL DREAMS (Bookie, mgr.)
 DM  38 CLIFFHOME (turn 453): STEVEN SCIMITAR of EAGLES CLAW (Talon Volksie, mgr.)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 198): ANGELOST of DARQUE ANGELS (Master Darque, mgr.)
 DM  42 RODEKI (turn 440): LIMPY TWO-SCREWS of COLOR ME SUAVE (Suave, mgr.)
 DM  51 TRICORUS (turn 388): APPLE of FRUITS (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.)
 DM  54 TROCAR (turn 184): MICROSOFT of USELESS TOOLS (Crip, mgr.)
 DM  59 ILLIS (turn 172): MACAULIFFE of THE EXPLORERS (Kellog, mgr.)
 DM  62 VALAMANTIS (turn 338): BET OR NOT DIE of SRETSAMLEUD (Phat Phat, mgr.)
 DM  72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 149): CANNONBALL of X-POSSE (Savant, mgr.)
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 381): DR DAZZLE of PEPPER PRACTICE II from ANDOR (The Muffin
                             Man, mgr.)

                                      Top Teams
                                      ---------
 DM   1 MORDANT (turn 502): LAB EXPERIMENTS (The Mun, mgr.)
 DM   2 NIANIA (turn 388): GLORY BOUND TROLLS (DeGotti, mgr.)
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 507): AESIR (Buri, mgr.)
 DM   4 JHELUM (turn 503): DARK TOADS (TigToad, mgr.)
 DM   5 KALTOS (turn 502): JOHNS (Dear, mgr.)
 DM   6 TRANSEL (turn 506): DARK PREDECESSORS (Liam the Goth, mgr.)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 503): BEACH BABES (Nick, mgr.)
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 498): SIR AGLIO (Sultan, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 490): CENTER FOR OLDS (Suave, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 488): COSMIC FREAK OUT (Floyd, mgr.)
 DM  36 JHANS (turn 462): THE DREAMING (P-Diddy, mgr.)
 DM  38 CLIFFHOME (turn 453): EAGLES CLAW (Talon Volksie, mgr.)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 198): THE MIDDLE WAY (Nick, mgr.)
 DM  42 RODEKI (turn 440): COLOR ME SUAVE (Suave, mgr.)
 DM  51 TRICORUS (turn 388): DARK HORSEMEN (Nick, mgr.)
 DM  54 TROCAR (turn 184): USELESS TOOLS (Crip, mgr.)
 DM  59 ILLIS (turn 172): IMPROVED ILLUSION (Phantasm, mgr.)
 DM  62 VALAMANTIS (turn 338): DEVIL'S MAYHEM (Dincuru Feadagnor?, mgr.)
 DM  72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 149): X-POSSE (Savant, mgr.)
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 381): BLACK PRIMERS, etc. (Doc Steele, mgr.)

                                   Recent Graduates
                                  -----------------
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 506): GRAPH of GAMES LIBRARY (Nick, mgr.)
 DM   4 JHELUM (turn 502): STANLEY'S CUP of SPORTZ! (Guardian, mgr.)
 DM   5 KALTOS (turn 502): FRIED TWINKIE of MORE NEW TEAMS 2 (The Muffin Man, mgr.)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 503): GINGER of SUGAR AND SPICE (Mannequin, mgr.)
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 498): SIR PENT of SIR AGLIO (Sultan, mgr.)
                           QUIETUS of QUBIT (Sultan, mgr.)
                           SIR PRISE of SIR AGLIO (Sultan, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 490): GOUT GOUT of CENTER FOR OLDS (Suave, mgr.)
                (turn 489): SWEATCAKE of CENTER FOR OLDS (Suave, mgr.)
                            POOPIEHEAD of CENTER FOR OLDS (Suave, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 488): I ATE A PUTY TAT of CARNAGE CANARIES (C. Canary, mgr.)
 DM  38 CLIFFHOME (turn 453): TEDIOUS TED of EAGLES CLAW (Talon Volksie, mgr.)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 197): MYRON NAGEL of THE MIDDLE WAY (Nick, mgr.)
 DM  42 RODEKI (turn 440): LIMPY TWO-SCREWS of COLOR ME SUAVE (Suave, mgr.)
               (turn 439): STUPID SEXY FLANDERS of I'M SO SEXY (Muffy, mgr.)
 DM  54 TROCAR (turn 184): MICROSOFT of USELESS TOOLS (Crip, mgr.)
 DM  59 ILLIS (turn 172): MACAULIFFE of THE EXPLORERS (Kellog, mgr.)
              (turn 171): HOFFA WITH HAIR of IMPROVED ILLUSION (Phantasm, mgr.)
 DM  62 VALAMANTIS (turn 337): YOU of SRETSAMLEUD (Phat Phat, mgr.)
 DM  72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 149): CONSTANTINE of AGELESS WONDER (Belyn, mgr.)

                                      SPY REPORT

     Busy, busy, busy, lots of things happening in BONSUR this turn, and let's start 
with a look at some of the teams.  It seems the training can make the difference, as 
BEACH BABES is pushed out of top team by WASTELAND II, who came from 5th with a 3-1-0 
this turn.  Now keep the taverns open late tonight, for there are sorrows to drown 
for BEACH BABES, whose 0-5-0 this turn dropped them by 4 into 5th.  WASTELAND II 
stable has parlayed this turn's 3-1-0 into a 4 space move up the rankings.  This 
brings them up to 1st place.  Good work, guys!  The SUGAR AND SPICE guild has had a 
3-1-2 turn and deserves to be watched in the future.  You never know where this kind 
of thing can lead.  And let's see, ARSENAL fought TERRI TOWEL and gained 28 points 
and contributed to BLADES OF ICE's 2-2-1.  BENDER has lost to GOKU, falling 7 points, 
while helping make BLADES OF ICE a 2-2-1 turn.  This week's Duelmaster bout was 
between BLACK ORC and our Duelmaster GINGER, making a Dark Arena Challenge.  The 
attempts to dethrone the Duelmaster have failed, and GINGER remains BONSUR's top 
warrior for another turn.  Tell me, is nothing sacred?  I have heard from 
unimpeachable sources that The Dripping Blade uses trolls in their stew.  Talk about 
gristle!   
     I tell you, a green quarterstaff lasts longer than a seasoned sapling.  A basher 
friend of mine assures me this is true.  IMPORTED FOOTBALLERS has cause to stand 
tall, as they were BONSUR's most avoided team.  A smart manager knows this is a team 
to beat.  And guess who avoided IMPORTED FOOTBALLERS stable the most?  Believe it or 
not, it was FLOWER CHILDREN.  Anyone surprised?  Well, sports fans, take notice that 
TERRI TOWEL from BEACH BABES was BONSUR's most challenged warrior this turn.   
     A coward dies a thousand deaths, a brave man only once.  Wise men know this to 
be true.  GINGER must have surprised SUGAR AND SPICE this turn, after they sent her 
to the Dark Arena, but the Dark Arena couldn't hold her!  THE BEARS II made what 
looks to be a tough decision this turn, as they sent HOT STUFF, with a record of 
5-7-1, to HOT STUFF death.  Farewell, hers.  TERRI TOWEL has departed BONSUR, leaving 
BEACH BABES without their 21-23-1 warrior.  Question, just what was hers team doing 
at the taverns last night?  We'd like to remind certain teams not to rob the graves 
of their enemies.  You know who you are; and it's considered rude.   
     Remember, blood on the purple robe does not change it from a purple robe.  Dare 
to fight bravely.  It's been nice chatting with you, until we meet again, keep your 
swords sharp and your hammers heavy.  Until you see my quill in BONSUR again, 
farewell-- Alarond the Scribe  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 ARSENAL 4861                 13  10  3   120       BLADES OF ICE (188)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-KEARSARGE 5444                8   0  2   116       BATHTUB ARMADA (515)
-ZOOM ZOOM 5259               12  11  0   110       ERRATA (511)
 DEAD POET 5562               12   2  0   102       FLOWER CHILDREN (26)
 OHMIE 2607                   22  15  1    98       THE CUTTHROATS (191)
-GARAI 4608                   19  11  0    98       BLADES OF ICE (188)
 TALLAHASSE TINA 4889         14  51  0    93       BEACH BABES (309)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-PESCHISOLIDO 3999            13  12  0    91       IMPORTED FOOTBALLERS (396)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-GROOVE THANG 5474            10   9  0    75       FLOWER CHILDREN (26)
-DILL WEED 5241                8   2  0    72       SUGAR AND SPICE (501)
-MICRO MIRACLE 5236           11   8  0    71       WASTELAND II (267)
 TASTY HANGNAIL 5463          18  13  0    68       WASTELAND II (267)
-BARTEZ 4732                   9   8  0    68       IMPORTED FOOTBALLERS (396)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 MY BIG TOE 5601               7   6  0    61       WASTELAND II (267)
 GOKU 5628                     6   2  0    61       WASTELAND II (267)
-ANZAI MURO 5594               9   5  0    59       NINJAS (35)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 THYME 5563                   11   8  2    55       SUGAR AND SPICE (501)
-HENRI 5062                    5   3  0    49       IMPORTED FOOTBALLERS (396)
 BENDER 5516                   8   3  1    46       BLADES OF ICE (188)
 NUMBER 3 5552                 5   5  0    44       BLADES OF ICE (188)
 BROUHAHA 5657                 3   1  0    43       FLOWER CHILDREN (26)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 DANCING COWBOYS 5425          3   5  0    33       HATE (519)
 SPEARMINT 5618                5   8  1    32       SUGAR AND SPICE (501)
 HUGGER 5573                   5   5  1    32       THE BEARS II (510)
 SERENDIPITY 5634              1   6  0    30       BATHTUB ARMADA (515)
 UMBRELLA MAN 5600             6  11  0    29       BEACH BABES (309)
 PAPRIKA 5672                  2   1  1    29       SUGAR AND SPICE (501)
 MAJOR ANGER 5676              3   0  0    28       WASTELAND II (267)
-ROGUE 5263                    4   7  0    26       ERRATA (511)
-WALLET 5260                   4   4  0    25       ERRATA (511)
-SOLSKJAER 5477                4   2  1    24       IMPORTED FOOTBALLERS (396)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-KERFUFFLE 5659                2   2  0    21       FLOWER CHILDREN (26)
-GO ASAI 5627                  5   5  0    20       NINJAS (35)
 CHURCH TONGUE 5578            5   1  0    20       BLADES OF ICE (188)
-BUCK TOOTH 5651               2   1  0    18       EAGER BEAVERS (532)
-WOOD CHUCK 5649               2   2  0    17       EAGER BEAVERS (532)
-PALE RIDER 5637               2   3  0    13       THE BEARS II (510)
-PIRES 5665                    1   0  0     7       IMPORTED FOOTBALLERS (396)
-TWO HEADED WOMEN 5437         1   2  0     5       HATE (519)
 LAGUNA LIL 5681               0   2  0     2       BEACH BABES (309)
-SIEW PENG 5677                0   1  0     1       NINJAS (35)

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

THE DEAD               W  L K TEAM NAME             SLAIN BY             TURN Revenge?
TERRI TOWEL 5306      21 24 1 BEACH BABES 309       ARSENAL 4861          504         
PALM BEACH PET 5641    4  4 0 BEACH BABES 309       PAPRIKA 5672          504         
SANDBAR SALLY 5469     7 21 0 BEACH BABES 309       THYME 5563            501         
HOT STUFF 5568         5  8 1 THE BEARS II 510      BUTTERCUP 679         504 NONE    
DUMBER 5654            0  1 0 THE BEARS II 510      BLACK ORC 678         504 NONE    
BLACK ORC 678          0  1 0 DARK ARENA 0          GINGER 5518           504 NONE    
EBINA FUJIO 5640       2  1 0 NINJAS 35             HUGGER 5573           500 REVENGED

                                     PERSONAL ADS

Ginger -- Well, if you aren't the complete ball of fire out there!  I had to stop
before you singed my towel, good towels being hard to find.  Actually, I would have
stopped sooner, but I couldn't get the arenamaster's attention to signal him.
(shrug)  What an old stick! -- Terri Towel
P.S.  Congratulations on graduating.

Arsenal -- Kind of greedy, weren't you?  The win AND five skills, with nothing for me
but a hospital bill?  Still, the icepack was appreciated.  I like your blade a lot
better used THAT way than as a weapon.  Hmm, I've heard of beating steel blades into
plowshares, maybe you should beat yours into ice cubes? -- Tallahasse Tina

Serendipity -- That's such a cute name, but, you know, too long.  People always
shorten long names, and they're going to call you Sally or something like that.  Too
ordinary!  Throw your rubber ducky at them. -- Palm Beach Pet

Church Tongue -- Gosh, both of us flailing weary-armed attacks in minute fifteen!
Why didn't you quit then?  I'd've given you good terms of surrender.  Probably better
than you got by hanging on another three minutes.  I mean, sure, by hanging on, you
managed to be the last one to fall down, but you only got two skills out of it.  Now,
if you'd surrendered to me at the beginning of, say minute fifteen, or even fourteen,
okay, no win for you, but probably more skills.  Because you really can't take IN
skills when you're that tired. -- Umbrella Man

Major Anger -- I don't know why you were so mad at ME.  I didn't do anything!  We
never even MET before. -- Laguna Lil

So where is, you know, everybody ELSE's personals? -- Surfer Sam

30 July 2004
The total number of fights calculated was reported as 250 fights.  This is a
misprint.  It should have read "over 2,500 fights." -- Baphomet

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

GINGER butchered BLACK ORC in a crowd pleasing 1 minute gruesome Dark Arena fight.
HOT STUFF was luckily killed by  BUTTERCUP in a exciting 3 minute Dark Arena melee.
DUMBER was slaughtered by BLACK ORC in a 1 minute bloody Dark Arena brawl.
DEAD POET overpowered TALLAHASSE TINA in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge fight.
ARSENAL viciously butchered TERRI TOWEL in a 3 minute expert's Challenge Title brawl.
GOKU savagely defeated BENDER in a crowd pleasing 3 minute gory Challenge brawl.
BROUHAHA was viciously subdued by THYME in a 3 minute Challenge melee.
SERENDIPITY overpowered CHURCH TONGUE in a 9 minute gory uneven Challenge duel.
DANCING COWBOYS savagely defeated UMBRELLA MAN in a 2 minute Challenge match.
TASTY HANGNAIL was overpowered by OHMIE in a 1 minute one-sided match.
MY BIG TOE devastated HUGGER in a 1 minute mismatched conflict.
NUMBER 3 subdued SPEARMINT in a crowd pleasing 3 minute match.
PALM BEACH PET was executed by PAPRIKA in a 1 minute mismatched conflict.
LAGUNA LIL was overpowered by MAJOR ANGER in a crowd pleasing 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                   9         LUNGING ATTACK    66 -  40 -  5      62  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      5         SLASHING ATTACK   21 -  14 -  1      60  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    3         PARRY-STRIKE       6 -   6 -  0      50  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  2         STRIKING ATTACK   16 -  17 -  1      48  |
|AIMED BLOW                       2         PARRY-LUNGE       19 -  23 -  1      45  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      2         TOTAL PARRY       14 -  17 -  0      45  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    1         AIMED BLOW        11 -  16 -  0      41  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   1         WALL OF STEEL     12 -  19 -  1      39  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     0         BASHING ATTACK     5 -   8 -  1      38  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  0         PARRY-RIPOSTE      1 -  16 -  0       6  |

Turn 504 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:

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

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
WALL OF STEEL    ARSENAL 4861               13  10  3  120 BLADES OF ICE (188)
LUNGING ATTACK   DEAD POET 5562             12   2  0  102 FLOWER CHILDREN (26)
TOTAL PARRY      OHMIE 2607                 22  15  1   98 THE CUTTHROATS (191)
AIMED BLOW       TASTY HANGNAIL 5463        18  13  0   68 WASTELAND II (267)
PARRY-LUNGE      THYME 5563                 11   8  2   55 SUGAR AND SPICE (501)
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 HOT STUFF 5568.  The ten other most popular fighters were GOKU 5628, 
SPEARMINT 5618, DANCING COWBOYS 5425, TERRI TOWEL 5306, THYME 5563, BROUHAHA 5657, 
NUMBER 3 5552, ARSENAL 4861, SERENDIPITY 5634, and MAJOR ANGER 5676.

The least popular fighter this week was CHURCH TONGUE 5578.  The other ten least 
popular fighters were PALM BEACH PET 5641, HUGGER 5573, UMBRELLA MAN 5600, TALLAHASSE 
TINA 4889, DUMBER 5654, TASTY HANGNAIL 5463, LAGUNA LIL 5681, PAPRIKA 5672, MY BIG 
TOE 5601, and OHMIE 2607.

The following warriors have traveled to AD after fighting this turn:

GINGER (7-5518) SUGAR AND SPICE (501)

                                FACE-TO-FACE XXXIV

     Our next Winter Face-to-Face will be held on Martin Luther King weekend, Friday 
through Sunday, 14-16 January 2005, at the Embassy Suites in Tempe, Arizona (4400 S 
Rural Rd--this is the same hotel as last year).  Room rates are $139.00 per night, 
1-4 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! 
     Room rates include a full cooked-to-order breakfast and a complimentary two-hour 
manager's reception.  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 Mexican 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