DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER Date : 10/24/2006 Duedate: 11/06/2006 BONSUR ARENA DM-7 TURN-561 This Weeks Top Honors THE DUELMASTER IS ALBINO WORDS THAT END IN O (507) (7-5209) [9-0-0,120] Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader ALBINO CHAOS WORDS THAT END IN O (507) BRUTAL LEGION (549) (7-5209) [9-0-0,120] (7-5823) [5-2-0,37] Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite SALTON SEAHORSE OZYMANDIUS BEACH BABES (309) SENTINELS (122) (7-5713) [19-29-2,88] (7-2521) [6-8-1,30] THE CURRENT TOP TEAM WORDS THAT END IN O (507) TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team 1. WORDS THAT END IN O (507) 39 2. WASTELAND II (267) 14 SENTINELS (122) 3. DIRE CONSEQUENCES (528) 13 Unchartered Team 4. BRUTAL LEGION (549) 6 5. CHURCH LADIES (548) 0 DIRE CONSEQUENCES (528) The Top Teams Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K 1/ 0*DIRE CONSEQUENCES (528) 1 0 0 100 1/ 3 WORDS THAT END IN (507) 10 4 1 2/ 2 SENTINELS (122) 136 87 11 61.0 2/ 1 BEACH BABES (309) 8 7 0 3/ 5 WORDS THAT END IN (507) 28 18 3 60.9 3/ 2*BRUTAL LEGION (549) 7 6 0 4/ 1*BRUTAL LEGION (549) 20 13 1 60.6 4/ 4 SENTINELS (122) 5 9 0 5- 3 BRAIN (467) 23 16 0 59.0 5/ 6 WASTELAND II (267) 3 2 0 6/ 4 WASTELAND II (267) 866 616 29 58.4 6- 5*CHURCH LADIES (548) 2 3 0 7/ 6 BEACH BABES (309) 589 893 18 39.7 7/ 0*DIRE CONSEQUENCES (528) 1 0 0 8- 7*CHURCH LADIES (548) 5 9 0 35.7 8- 7 BRAIN (467) 0 1 0 '*' Unchartered team '-' Team did not fight this turn (###) Avoid teams by their Team Id ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank DUELMASTER'S COLUMN Notes from the arena champ. Marshal, thank you for the opportunity to show my mettle. Was a little worried going into the fight. Going against the DM with such a disadvantage in experience and with such an impressive record. Guess all those bouts with the ladies from the Beach did teach me what I needed. Now as to the Beach Babes. I am tired of hearing about being neutered. Get your tan butts to the Duelmasters sleep chambers so that we can settle this once and for all. You had better be well rested and bring plenty of rum with you. On your way by, grab those Church Ladies. I hear them snickering every time one of you makes a neutered joke. As to who I am fighting this turn. I would like it to be Marshal again but I have a feeling he will be tied up in a Bloodfeud. Plus the circumstances are a little different now. He is immortal and knows his favs, so he can go all out and not have to worry about it. I will challenge him first then Harry, cause who knows if he is even going to fight. Hopefully till next time, DM Albino the fully functional Dwarf SPY REPORT Thankyouthankyou. It's great for me, The Unknown Spymaster to be back in BONSUR. Hope you enjoy the show. Oh, who am I kidding? I already got paid! We now have a new top team for all of you guys to dogpile on. WORDS THAT END IN O now holds the crown and they are betting they can keep it. Hey everybody, watch out for HAIRY PALMS, who flew up 13 points in the rankings after mashing CONDEMNED PIRATE like a melon. Keep your eye on this beast. And falling like a basher in the top ten was PENSACOLITA, who dropped 7 points after a disappointing (to say the least) bout with COUNT SMACKULA. MARSHAL got through to the Duelmaster this turn. No doubt he was more than anxious to kick ALBINO's tail out of the throne! Our battling duelmaster ALBINO has managed to hold the title, fending off MARSHAL's none too subtle advances. Better luck next time, SENTINELS. 4 out of 5 gladiators surveyed protect the body, so try and avoid aiming at that location. But enough of that bunch, let's get on to the wimps who like to avoid battle! And hey, kiddies, those of you who didn't avoid BEACH BABES, please raise you hand. Wow. Does BONSUR really have that many liars? And you guys like to boo me? Well, unsling your rasberries, cause SENTINELS beats feet every time BEACH BABES smiles at them. Try farming, eh? Well dang howdy, but if challenges were votes, RED LANCE would be president. Although it may be a contest he doesn't want to win. Being a spy is great--other people die and you spend the rest of the day drinking to their memory. Better tanked than dead! Knowing when to use the right tactics at the proper time is a very important step on the road to Duelmaster. I think I had better cut this one short. It's been nice chatting to those of you whom I have not offended yet. C'mon, Leadfoot, let's make some tracks. Its been fun, and I'm sure you enjoyed it (boos). Now that I've got you worked up for Snide Clemens, I'll be leaving-- The Unknown Spymaster DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME ALBINO 5209 9 0 0 120 WORDS THAT END IN O (507) CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME RED LANCE 1205 19 17 1 95 SENTINELS (122) -HARRY 4851 11 7 0 94 BRAIN (467) CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME SALTON SEAHORSE 5713 19 29 2 88 BEACH BABES (309) VEGAS, BABY! 5809 10 1 0 81 WASTELAND II (267) -MICRO MIRACLE 5236 11 8 0 71 WASTELAND II (267) SANDY SHORE 5769 16 15 0 69 BEACH BABES (309) CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME BEACH BETTY 5768 15 17 0 69 BEACH BABES (309) CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME BARRIO 5207 4 6 3 66 WORDS THAT END IN O (507) ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME YANKEE ROSE 2057 7 5 2 52 SENTINELS (122) -PAM 5827 4 0 0 52 CHURCH LADIES (548) RADIO 5811 6 3 0 39 WORDS THAT END IN O (507) CHAOS 5823 5 2 0 37 BRUTAL LEGION (549) CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME FATALITY 5820 5 2 0 33 BRUTAL LEGION (549) SOLO 5210 5 3 0 31 WORDS THAT END IN O (507) OZYMANDIUS 2521 6 8 1 30 SENTINELS (122) DESTROYER 5821 4 3 0 29 BRUTAL LEGION (549) FLAIL 5825 3 1 1 27 BRUTAL LEGION (549) GALVESTON GAL 5834 2 2 0 27 BEACH BABES (309) INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME BURRITO 5208 4 5 0 23 WORDS THAT END IN O (507) WOMBAT 5822 3 4 0 17 BRUTAL LEGION (549) COUNT SMACKULA 5835 2 0 0 17 WASTELAND II (267) HAIRY PALMS 5579 1 0 0 13 DIRE CONSEQUENCES (528) -COVER YOUR MOUTH 5814 2 2 0 8 WASTELAND II (267) ONE COATED TABLET 5832 2 2 0 8 WASTELAND II (267) PENSACOLITA 5831 1 4 0 7 BEACH BABES (309) -ARTIS 5816 0 1 0 7 CHURCH LADIES (548) -JERI 5833 1 2 0 5 CHURCH LADIES (548) '-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn. THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge? RAMSES 1050 14 13 1 SENTINELS 122 BARRIO 5207 560 PERSONAL ADS Betty -- The least you could do was show me a few more moves so that I could learn some skills. That's the only reason I had for challenging that high, not that I had a shot at winning. -- Radio Ramses/Nomad -- Was not my intention to kill. Especially a veteran warrior that has so much to teach the younger generations in here. Just seems to happen when I win a fight. Guess I get all excited when I feel like I'm going to get the big W. Lemme try to predict how this will go.... First Bloodfeud from Marshal cause he's immortal (gratz), knows his favs and doesn't want to fight Albino again. Next, Red Lance, same style but a little (huge) bit of an experience advantage. Then Yankee and finally Ozy. Final result, a 4-9-3 record for me if not dead from one of the first two BFs. Such is the life. -- Barrio Pensacolita -- What are gonna do to the Count, smack him around with a T-Bone? Radio -- You may be a ring-tailed ripper, kid, but I've got you on experience and, let's face it, I've got a better tan. Some things can't be faked, you know? -- Beach Betty P.S. Besides, those glass tubes are so vulnerable to hard knocks, and I, like, came up through the school of hard knocks. Red Lance -- So, okay, you want to carry a red lance, go ahead, do it. Just don't come to ME for the red, okay? I'm saving up to start an account at the Blood Bank. -- Sandy Shore Oh, great! I knocked the Convicted Assassin DOWN, he fell BACKWARDS and exposed his belly to me! And then I told him he was worthless and weak and didn't belong here, which is TRUE. I just love it, you know? -- Salton Seahorse Well, I felt sorry for the Mordant Deserter, you know? He just wanted to get away from that horrible town, which I can PERFECTLY understand. And then he got branded as a "deserter," and everyone's beating up on him. It's enough to melt a, hmm, to melt a square of chocolate. But not enough to make me throw him the fight, of course. That would be going Too Far. -- Pensacolita You'd think, after all these years, that the Embezzling Scribe would've learned a trick or two to use on the sands. But nope, just the same old totally inept target dummy. I really didn't laugh at him, though. It is not a laughing matter. -- Galveston Gal Marshal -- We really appreciated your words of advice. Plus we congratulate you on graduating. PLUS, it was a GREAT parade and the one when you're on your way to the Isle will be Even Better. We promise! -- the Beach Babes Oh, no! Ramses, dead? This arena void and barren of the vulture's beak, er, the fierce falcon's profile? Forever? Gods, that's sad. -- Beach Betty Yankee Rose -- (nod) It's guys, gals, or golems, sure enough. No other genders need apply. -- Beach Betty Ramses -- We all wish you HAD fought Betty again. We will miss you. -- Sandy Shore and all the Beach Babes 25 September 2006 It is obvious that the Dark Knights wish to be shown the light. Allow me to step forward and blind them with truth. YOU ARE WORTHLESS!!! The Dark Knights are so afraid of the light that they hide behind their black armor and empty threats. It is too bad they are unwilling to actually FIGHT us! I guess our natural light is too bright for you all to face! Fear us, for we are here! -- Gemini Goldphoenix, Overlord of the Avengers of Light! 5 October 2006 *Turf War IV Rules* Everyone may participate; known alliances, new alliances, or temporary alliances created to compete in the Turf War! However, to participate, each alliance must: A. Announce the alliance and the Captain of the alliance in the North Fork (DM 47) newsletter. Captains are responsible for: a. verifying those who wish to participate under the banner of their alliance; b. distribution of prizes should their alliance win the Turf War. Managers must: a. Submit one (1) RSI Roll-Up Gift Certificate to participate to: Baphomet, mgr. Knights Templar (568), DM 47 -- North Fork, or Rick Stringer 13 St. Michael's CT Elkton, MD 21921 b. Announce their intent to compete with manager name, team name and alliance they will be fighting under in the North Fork (DM 47) newsletter. Rules: 1. No scoring will begin until a Gift Cert is received. No exceptions. 2. Before a manager can compete, he/she must declare and be verified by the Captain of the alliance he/she has claimed for; 3. Only one (1) team per player may compete. NO multiple aliases please. Violations will result in disqualification. 4. The contest will begin on the turn following the January F2F and run for 12 turns. 5. The turn a declaration and verification will begin the scoring process. 6. No declarations or verifications will be accepted after Turn 10 of the Turf War 5. 7. For the purpose of scoring, I reserve the right to make all final decisions. Scoring: Win Loss Kill Die Challenge +2 -2 +5 -5 Match-Up +1 -1 +1 -5 Bloodfeud +2 -5 +5 -10 Champion x2 x2 x2 x2 Downchallenge -10 xx -10 xx Dark Arena +10 -5 xx xx Special Scoring: a. Each mention in the Spy Report is worth 2 points (team mentions only!) b. Each Style Master is worth 2 points. c. Duelmaster Throne is worth 2 points Champions: a. Champions may be declared, but are not mandatory. If declared, the Champion must be in the Adepts or lower brackets on the turn they are declared without having gone above the Adepts bracket at any time...including transferred teams. (I'll be watching for this occurrence!) Bloodfeuds: a. Bloodfeuds count for all four (4) turns. However, the same warrior may not be used all four turns. 4 turns means 4 separate warriors. A penalty of -10 will be given to the team who violates this. Special Conditions: a. I reserve the right for all final decisions. b. If I make a mistake, I'll multiply the points by 2. c. If you claim I did, and *YOU* are wrong, I'll subtract points at the rate of x10. d. Each alliance begins with zero (0) points. e. Dark Arena may be used on the first turn of every warrior with no penalty (this means a warrior with 0 FE). f. TVs won after the contest begins gain a 25 point one time score once the tourney reports are posted in the NL. g. TCs won after the contest begins gain a 50 point one time score with the same conditions as noted for TVs. h. NO switching alliance once verified by an alliance that a team has declared for. i. Only 7 teams are permitted per alliance for the Turf War 5. PRIZES: Turf Wars are a "Winner Takes All" type contest. All prizes and 100% of the RU Certs will be given to the Captain of the winning alliance and it is his/her responsibility to give these to the alliance membership. I have requested from RSI the following: a. renaming of the orth Fork (DM 47) arena; b. renaming of Dark Arena Monsters; c. known favourite rhythms for one warrior on each team of the winning alliance. This warrior would be in the Initiates or above brackets on the last turn of the Turf War (they must have at least one arena fight to receive this award). Baphomet, Host of TW5 Special Note: A downchallenge is considered from a higher bracket to a lower bracket. Same bracket, more recognition points? Not a downchallenge! 20 October 2006 In accordance with those rules set forth by the Lady of the Realm, I hereby announce the formation of a small group of managers calling themselves "The Outsiders". The group consists of the following members: Doc LeGrande Apex Street Legal Carnage Ghoti Roadkill Valamond This group has only one rule. Respect the play of the managers of this alliance. We have no worries about not playing by the rules set forth by others. We fight the way we like, and all those in this group appreciate what tools each manager brings. We have managers from the Delarquan, Andorian and Free Blade regions. We have managers that focus on the tournament arenas, and we have those that focus on the regular city arenas. We have those in our ranks that fight with honor and respect for all, and we have those that have a bloodlust that cannot be quenched. Our goal is simple. To create a ensemble of managers that will show their prowess in the land of Alastari, and to bring a new level of competition to all those that share the sands with our warriors. Our warriors are many throughout the land. We have no home arena. We have no pacts we abide by. Our fighters range from Mordant to Talcama, from Lapur to Lyratilan, Aruak City to Valamantis, the Primus arena to Talahya, and many more arenas throughout the land. Whether we are sought out or ignored makes no difference to us. We are what we are. We fight how we fight. And we do it however we wish. We have no rules. We have no leader or ruler. Be prepared. We are. 20 October 2006 The Dark Knights of the Desolate Empire respond thus to the Avengers of the Light: Where are you? EACH AND EVERY Dark Knight can be found in arenas 31 and 52. Your pretty words mean less than nothing if you won't fight. EVERY Dark Knight is more than willing to back up their talk. So...we give you three turns in either 31 or 52, REPEAT 31 or 52 to show up or shut up. If you don't show we'll let all of Alastari know the Avengers are indeed cowards! -- Dark Knights of the Desolate Empire LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS YANKEE ROSE was bested by BARRIO in a crowd pleasing 1 minute Bloodfeud fight. MARSHAL was viciously subdued by ALBINO in a 1 minute uneven Challenge Title battle. RED LANCE won victory over SALTON SEAHORSE in a 1 minute master's Challenge brawl. COUNT SMACKULA savagely defeated PENSACOLITA in a 5 minute amateur's Challenge match. ONE COATED TABLET lost to BURRITO in a 2 minute Challenge fight. BEACH BETTY was unbelievably bested by VEGAS, BABY! in a 3 minute match. SANDY SHORE devastated FATALITY in a 1 minute one-sided competition. OZYMANDIUS was overcome by CHAOS in a action packed 3 minute melee. FLAIL was vanquished by VICIOUS PIRATE in a 1 minute one-sided duel. GALVESTON GAL lost to RADIO in a popular 1 minute duel. SOLO overpowered WOMBAT in a popular 1 minute uneven match. DESTROYER overpowered PERSISTENT BEGGAR in a 2 minute bloody one-sided match. HAIRY PALMS handily defeated CONDEMNED PIRATE in a 1 minute one-sided contest. BATTLE REPORT MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS |FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT| |WALL OF STEEL 5 TOTAL PARRY 6 - 2 - 0 75 | |LUNGING ATTACK 4 SLASHING ATTACK 22 - 14 - 2 61 | |SLASHING ATTACK 4 STRIKING ATTACK 18 - 12 - 0 60 | |STRIKING ATTACK 3 LUNGING ATTACK 24 - 17 - 3 59 | |TOTAL PARRY 2 BASHING ATTACK 4 - 3 - 0 57 | |AIMED BLOW 2 WALL OF STEEL 21 - 17 - 0 55 | |PARRY-RIPOSTE 2 AIMED BLOW 8 - 8 - 0 50 | |PARRY-LUNGE 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE 9 - 16 - 0 36 | |PARRY-STRIKE 0 PARRY-LUNGE 1 - 5 - 0 17 | |BASHING ATTACK 0 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 1 - 0 0 | Turn 561 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: TOTAL PARRY 2 - 0 WALL OF STEEL 2 - 3 4 LUNGING ATTACK LUNGING ATTACK 3 - 1 STRIKING ATTACK 1 - 2 2 TOTAL PARRY AIMED BLOW 1 - 1 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 1 2 WALL OF STEEL PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 - 1 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 0 1 SLASHING ATTACK SLASHING ATTACK 2 - 2 BASHING ATTACK 0 - 0 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 STRIKING ATTACK TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME SLASHING ATTACK ALBINO 5209 9 0 0 120 WORDS THAT END IN O (507) LUNGING ATTACK RED LANCE 1205 19 17 1 95 SENTINELS (122) TOTAL PARRY VEGAS, BABY! 5809 10 1 0 81 WASTELAND II (267) WALL OF STEEL SANDY SHORE 5769 16 15 0 69 BEACH BABES (309) STRIKING ATTACK YANKEE ROSE 2057 7 5 2 52 SENTINELS (122) Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above. The overall popularity leader is SALTON SEAHORSE 5713. The most popular warrior this turn was OZYMANDIUS 2521. The ten other most popular fighters were ALBINO 5209, BEACH BETTY 5768, RED LANCE 1205, COUNT SMACKULA 5835, DESTROYER 5821, BARRIO 5207, PENSACOLITA 5831, ONE COATED TABLET 5832, RADIO 5811, and SOLO 5210. The least popular fighter this week was FLAIL 5825. The other ten least popular fighters were WOMBAT 5822, GALVESTON GAL 5834, FATALITY 5820, SANDY SHORE 5769, VEGAS, BABY! 5809, BURRITO 5208, YANKEE ROSE 2057, HAIRY PALMS 5579, CHAOS 5823, and SALTON SEAHORSE 5713. The following warriors have traveled to AD after fighting this turn: MARSHAL (7-1933) SENTINELS (122)