DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 08/09/2018    Duedate: 09/05/2018

ARKERS ARENA

DM-8    TURN-428

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

MISS COMMUNE KATE
LADIES IN WAITING (115)
(8-4118) [17-12-0,106]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

MISS COMMUNE KATE              CHES-PAYNE
LADIES IN WAITING (115)        GIT'EM SICK (657)
(8-4118) [17-12-0,106]         (8-5892) [1-0-0,16]

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

MISS COMMUNE KATE              GOLD RUSH
LADIES IN WAITING (115)        SMITHSONIAN (245)
(8-4118) [17-12-0,106]         (8-5851) [8-3-1,98]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

LADIES IN WAITING (115)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. TAC (105)                   45
2. GIT'EM SICK (657)           42      Z GLADIATORZ (519)
3. BOOK OF THOMAS (411)        21      Unchartered Team
4. Z GLADIATORZ (519)          20
5. THE TRAVELERS (639)          3      GIT'EM SICK (657)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 0*GIT'EM SICK (657)          5   0  0  100   1/ 2 LADIES IN WAITING (115)   8  7 1
 2/ 1 Z GLADIATORZ (519)       365 192 10 65.5   2/ 9 TAC (105)                 8  7 0
 3/ 2 SMITHSONIAN (245)        841 506 19 62.4   3- 1 HOYT FOUNDATION (636)     7  3 1
 4- 3 BLOODY HAND CLAN (626)   139 104  6 57.2   4/ 3 Z GLADIATORZ (519)        7  3 0
 5/ 4 LADIES IN WAITING (115)  327 270 13 54.8   5/ 4 SMITHSONIAN (245)         7  5 1
 6- 5 HOYT FOUNDATION (636)    139 129 13 51.9   6/ 5 OTHERWOOD (642)           6  9 0
 7- 6 THE CHOSEN (613)         316 299 22 51.4   7/ 0*GIT'EM SICK (657)         5  0 0
 8/ 7 SERIOUS LEE (486)         80  82  2 49.4   8/10 THE TRAVELERS (639)       4 10 0
 9/ 9 BOOK OF THOMAS (411)     116 153  9 43.1   9/11 BOOK OF THOMAS (411)      3  6 0
10/ 8 OTHERWOOD (642)           35  49  2 41.7  10/ 7 SERIOUS LEE (486)         2  2 0
11/10 TAC (105)                 20  29  1 40.8  11- 6 THE CHOSEN (613)          2  2 0
12/11 THE TRAVELERS (639)       24  76  0 24.0  12- 8 BLOODY HAND CLAN (626)    1  3 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.

<div dir="ltr">Sit ye back, gentle reader, and allow me to avail ye of yet 
another tale of Little Damage woe.<div><br></div><div>I was born under a 
favorable star, during a gentle summer zephyr, in the midst of a most 
abundant harvest.B  Every sign, from the &quot;M&quot; on my right palm, 
to the proper knobbiness of my head, bespoke of future 
success.</div><div><br></div><div>I was a star of the junior gladiator 
league.B  The star.B  My records still stand.B  Wielding wooden swords, 
and armor padded sufficiently to prevent the break of young bones, I was 
ranked #1 in every age class, though I always fought against older, 
stronger competition.</div><div><br></div><div>I was fast!B  I was 
accurate!B  I could trip you up, or knock your weapon out of your hand 
with a dexterous whip of the wrist.B  And I couldn&#39;t be hit.B  I wish 
I could have watched myself; I&#39;m sure I was 
amazing.</div><div><br></div><div>Finally, at the tender age of 16, I was 
allowed to participate in the magical ritual known as The Overview.B  
That&#39;s when my troubles 
began.</div><div><br></div><div>&quot;Parry-Lunge?!?B  I&#39;ve never even 
HEARD of that.B  I&#39;m a Ripper, through and through!&quot;B  
Apparently, though, being underage, I wasn&#39;t allowed to select my 
style.B  My manager had recently met Donatello II, and was SO impressed 
(and with an apparent desire to become the next Mirage, as if that was 
ever even a possibility) the paperwork was 
filed</div><div><br></div><div>Rated a mere 13 on ST (a travesty!) and 
only measuring SZ 4, I was told I did &quot;Little&quot; damage.B  No 
problem, my manager assured me, we&#39;ll train you out of that.B  One ST 
bump should do it.B  But alas, my friends, one ST bump did NOT do 
it!<br></div><div><br></div><div>I naturally assumed I&#39;d continue to 
train ST until I was awarded &quot;Normal&quot; damage, but my manager 
(shout out to Bruce Lee!) would hear none of it.B  &quot;You&#39;ll burn 
an Attack AND a Parry skill.B  Unthinkable in one with your 
potential.&quot;B  I don&#39;t know what he meant by burn, but it 
didn&#39;t sound like something I wanted to participate in, so I 
acquiesced.B B </div><div><br></div><div>While I continued to be hard to 
hit, Bruce tried to teach me a new way to fight.B  Bruce called it 
&quot;Cutting Down the Tree.&quot;B  I preferred that to his other famous 
technique, &quot;Eating the Elephant.&quot;B  Still, I found cutting down 
the tree to be exhausting.B  And when the Muddy Hand Clan moved in, with 
their enormous trunks and apparent lack of nerve endings, well 
...</div><div><br></div><div>So it took me 43 fights to graduate.B  
That&#39;s more than twice as long as expected, and even longer than 
Defensive Lee who was SUPPOSED to be my wing-man.B  Turns out I was the 
wing man.</div><div><br></div><div>The good news is, I&#39;m well bonused, 
so I won&#39;t be retiring.B  At least, that&#39;s what Bruce Lee tells 
me.B  According to D.Lee, retirement (along with immortality) is just what 
the doctor ordered.B  Free room and board until the Chaos Gates 
return.</div><div><br></div><div>Toodles, Arkers.B  See you on the 
Isle.</div><div><br></div><div>PS I think I&#39;m going to miss the Muddy 
Hand Orcs (or Goblins, or Kobolds, or whatever they are) the most.B  For 
all their lack of social graces, they pay for Midori Sours like 
nobody&#39;s business and THAT counts for a lot in my 
book.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div>

                                      SPY REPORT

     Oh, hi.  Its just little 'ol Debby Tonte.  Thought I'd check out ARKERS to see 
what's new.  Like, HOYT FOUNDATION had to be so embarrassed when they got kicked off 
#1 spot by LADIES IN WAITING!  Way to go LADIES IN WAITING!  I don't wanna hurt 
anybody's feelings or anything, but THE CHOSEN really goofed with their 0-0-0.  TAC 
like really fought hard to move up to 2nd from 9th.  Way to go!  I talked to GIT'EM 
SICK's manager before the fights.  He said, "We're gonna do good."  And look at this: 
5-0-0!  Psychic, or what!  MVP award for CHUSMI?  TAC's proud of him after beating 
GETTYSBURG and getting 22 points.  Talk about yer big time losers!  GETTYSBURG got 
smashed by CHUSMI, and lost 17 points!  The Duelmaster isn't going to stop just cause 
she's Number One!  MOUNTAIN TROLL knows this.  He was Dark Arena Challenged by the 
Duelmaster.  The crowds were amazed this turn, as MOUNTAIN TROLL killed the 
Duelmaster, HUMBLE LEE, leaving SERIOUS LEE in mourning.  MISS COMMUNE KATE gets to 
be new Duelmaster.  But doesn't this mean people might try to kill her, too?  Is the 
Duelmaster really being a real snob to his teammates?  Don't ask me!   
     So just why would someone becomes a warrior anyway?  It can't be for these 
really neat Spyreports can it?  The warriors of HOYT FOUNDATION 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 Z GLADIATORZ's been avoiding HOYT FOUNDATION so 
much?  Or is it just that they're too scared?  Can BOOK OF THOMAS' HODGE PODGE be 
more popular than me?  He was challenged the most, but is that really the same?   
     Challenges, revenges, Bloodfeuds.  All ARKERS ever talks about is fighting!  Me, 
I'm more laid back.  Fight, fight, fight.  Is that all you guys can do?   
     I really didn't, you know, study when I was a kid.  Who would've guessed I'd be 
a famous Spyreporter?  I gotta leave.  ARKERS 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                  
 MISS COMMUNE KATE 4118       17  12  0   106       LADIES IN WAITING (115)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-THE BEGGAR 5848               9   5  0   109       HOYT FOUNDATION (636)
-GROUND SHEET 3725            16  11  2   105       BOOK OF THOMAS (411)
-UGARG SNOTSNIK 5815          17   2  0   104       BLOODY HAND CLAN (626)
-GUTSAG BAKWORT 5500          27  20  0   101       BLOODY HAND CLAN (626)
-'ACKY GIT 5814               11   3  1    99       BLOODY HAND CLAN (626)
 GOLD RUSH 5851                8   3  1    98       SMITHSONIAN (245)
-EIGER THE HARDY 5811         16   4  0    93       THE CHOSEN (613)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-JHERI BLOOMERS 5643          19  21  3    90       HOYT FOUNDATION (636)
 ZOMBIE 5823                   8   4  1    82       Z GLADIATORZ (519)
-MAUD STONEGUT 5721           14  14  2    80       BLOODY HAND CLAN (626)
 MISS CONSTRUED 4419          10  14  0    78       LADIES IN WAITING (115)
-RAL STORMBREAKER 5786        13  10  0    71       THE CHOSEN (613)
 ZULU 5817                     5   6  0    69       Z GLADIATORZ (519)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 ZEPHYR 5824                  11   7  0    61       Z GLADIATORZ (519)
-TOOTHLESS LOVE 5847           7   7  0    61       HOYT FOUNDATION (636)
 PILGRIM 5842                 10   6  0    59       SMITHSONIAN (245)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 CHESHIRE MOON 5749            9   6  1    55       OTHERWOOD (642)
 CHUSMI 756                    6   3  0    48       TAC (105)
 ZUCCHINI 5859                 6   0  1    47       Z GLADIATORZ (519)
 HODGE PODGE 5790              5   4  0    43       BOOK OF THOMAS (411)
-MYSTERIOUS LEE 5729           6   2  0    41       SERIOUS LEE (486)
-WILY GIT 5844                 9   3  0    38       BLOODY HAND CLAN (626)
 GETTYSBURG 5854               6   2  0    37       SMITHSONIAN (245)
-SHAWNDO 5853                  7   4  0    36       HOYT FOUNDATION (636)
 MISS MATCHED 4709             5   6  0    35       LADIES IN WAITING (115)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SMI CHU 755                   4   5  1    33       TAC (105)
-HAL THE CRAZED 5858           2   1  1    33       THE CHOSEN (613)
 PAT BUR 754                   6   4  0    28       TAC (105)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-DEATH LEASER 5881             3   0  2    28       HOYT FOUNDATION (636)
 MISS PLACED 4723              4   4  0    27       LADIES IN WAITING (115)
-PIP SQUEAK 5789               3   0  1    27       BOOK OF THOMAS (411)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 BUFFALO ROAMS 5855            2   3  0    23       SMITHSONIAN (245)
 SNAKE EYES 5888               2   0  0    23       THE TRAVELERS (639)
 SCRAP METAL 5758              5   6  1    22       BOOK OF THOMAS (411)
 THISTLE MAN 5862              4   2  0    21       OTHERWOOD (642)
 TREE ANEMONE 5863             4   2  0    17       OTHERWOOD (642)
-GENERAL LEE 5796              1   2  0    17       SERIOUS LEE (486)
 CHES-PAYNE 5892               1   0  0    16       GIT'EM SICK (657)
 HAWK 753                      1   9  0    14       TAC (105)
 Q2 5896                       1   1  0    14       TAC (105)
-ROSE BOWL 5884                2   0  1    12       SMITHSONIAN (245)
 VAMPYRILLA 5865               2   3  0    11       THE TRAVELERS (639)
-ALBUS BONERATTLER 5874        2   2  1    10       THE CHOSEN (613)
 WILLA THE MIST 5861           2   4  0    10       OTHERWOOD (642)
 RUNI-NOZE 5895                1   0  0     9       GIT'EM SICK (657)
 PYNK-EYE 5893                 1   0  0     7       GIT'EM SICK (657)
 COMYN-KOLD 5894               1   0  0     5       GIT'EM SICK (657)
 DA'-FLUE 5891                 1   0  0     5       GIT'EM SICK (657)
 IRONBARK 5882                 1   2  0     5       OTHERWOOD (642)
 MISS BEA HAVED 5897           0   1  0     5       LADIES IN WAITING (115)
 SHE-HULK 5889                 1   1  0     4       THE TRAVELERS (639)
-KANGRI THE STRONG 5877        1   1  0     4       THE CHOSEN (613)
 13 1/2 5887                   0   2  0     2       THE TRAVELERS (639)
 M.A.S.K. 5898                 0   1  0     1       THE TRAVELERS (639)
-DARK(ER) LEE 5883             0   1  0     1       SERIOUS LEE (486)

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
HEDIES 5899             0  1 0 BOOK OF THOMAS 411   SPYMASTER             428  NONE
HERMIT CRONE 5864       0  2 0 OTHERWOOD 642        ALBUS BONERATTLE 5874 424  NOT REVENGED
HUMBLE LEE 4061        21 23 0 SERIOUS LEE 486      MOUNTAIN TROLL        428  NONE
SARATOGA 5860           1  1 0 SMITHSONIAN 245      DEATH LEASER 5881     425   
Q 798                   1  5 0 TAC 105              DEATH LEASER 5881     426   
WAR PIG 5879            0  2 0 THE TRAVELERS 639    ROSE BOWL 5884        427   
WAR PIG 5871            0  1 0 THE TRAVELERS 639    ZUCCHINI 5859         424  NOT REVENGED

                                     PERSONAL ADS

Ze Z's ve 2-1. Zz o.k. Vant Morez. -- The Zee Man

The Beggar, that's not fair as you got me begging! -- Zirconium

I head off to ADM (really retirement) as a 18-17-13-7-21-4-14 TP. Bye. -- Zircinium

Captured Orc, meeting up with you made my day. -- Zephyr

Miss Placed, I think I put you in a pickle. -- Zuchinni

Congrats to Humble Lee, Duelmaster of Arkers. Salute. -- Curator

Chusmi, I was really on. Wow! -- Gettysburg

Toothless Love, thanks for the challenge and the win. I would say I knocked your teeth 
out, but we all know you started that way. -- Gold Rush

Miss Construed, if we misconstrue that fight, I won. I definitely like that better. -- 
Pilgrim

War Pig, Uh, yeah, ok. Is that like an Auburn War whatever? A loser, I mean. -- Rose 
Bowl 

Health. Humility. Honor. -- Curator, Smithsonians

Longshot -- Dueling spotlights with you has been like engaging in a battle of wits 
with an unarmed opponent.  Still... I admire your pluck! Perhaps Serious Lee shall 
return again in the future just to rattle the cage.  Salute! -- Bruce Lee, mgr Serious 
Lee (a wholly owned subsidiary of Trump Gladiatorial Enterprises)

Jheri Bloomers -- That was a textbook  example of "Chopping down the Tree."  I hope 
you enjoyed it; in the future, others will have to pay for such dueling lessons. -- 
Humble Lee, Lord Protector

Kanga: the Strong -- no 30 years, just 19. -- Pat Bur

Miss Matched -- (grinning) Allow me to help you up, m'lady. -- Cheshire Moon

Rose Bowl -- Aye, with a lever big enough, you could move the whole world! -- Ironbark

Two pigs eaten by travellers... -- Garden Forester

13 1/2 -- You were good luck for me! -- Ironbark

Hawk -- WUHMMM?! -- Tree Anemone  (translation:  how'd you like me digging my talons 
into you?!)

Q2 -- Welcome? -- Thistle Man

Albus Bonerattler -- Willa was wondering:  Where were you hiding? -- Thistle Man 

Pat Bur -- Ah I see... and you saw me! -- Willa the Mist

Book of Thomas- Don't get too comfortable. I am still coming for you.  Stay scared. -- 
Ral Stormbreaker

Willa the Mist- And I shall be waiting, mi'lady. Until next time. -- Albus Bonerattler

Humble Lee -- Congratulations on the invite. You earned it. I tried to hurry it along. 
But oh well, you achieved it now. -- Longshot

Zephyr -- I will be waiting. Just don't take too long. -- Ral Stormbreaker

Zirconium -- Congratulation on the invite. Z Man must be proud. -- Longshot

Pip Squeak -- Heeeeere Pippy Running Stockings. Heeeeeeere Pippy, pippy, pippy, pippy. 
Come on Pippy. It is safe now, right?  You outran the blood feud. You're safe now. 
Come on out. -- Hal the Crazed

Stoopid Lee -- Well, well, well. Yoos got yer invite. Di yoos git one of dem cool 
great swords like Eadskar? Dem tings are great! But Eadskar got angry when I tried to 
cut a loaf of bread with it. Look 'em up on the Isle. -- Gutsag

Otherwood -- Wait! We just got nice words from elves. We feel dirty.  -- Acky and Wily

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

HUMBLE LEE was dealt death by MOUNTAIN TROLL in a 4 minute Dark Arena fight.
HEDIES was murdered by SPYMASTER in a 1 minute Dark Arena melee.
VAMPYRILLA was demolished by ZUCCHINI in a 1 minute uneven Bloodfeud fight.
TREE ANEMONE was devastated by HODGE PODGE in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge contest.
IRONBARK was defeated by SCRAP METAL in a 1 minute amateur vs. master Challenge match.
GOLD RUSH defeated MISS CONSTRUED in a exciting 2 minute struggle.
MISS COMMUNE KATE devastated ZULU in a 1 minute one-sided Title competition.
ZOMBIE vanquished M. CHARDINEE in a 1 minute uneven duel.
PILGRIM vanquished MISS PLACED in a 1 minute uneven fight.
ZEPHYR vanquished MISS MATCHED in a 1 minute one-sided fight.
GETTYSBURG was beaten by CHUSMI in a 2 minute melee.
CHESHIRE MOON overpowered BUFFALO ROAMS in a 2 minute one-sided fight.
THISTLE MAN was subdued by SMI CHU in a 2 minute competition.
PAT BUR overcame WILLA THE MIST in a 3 minute contest.
HAWK was demolished by SNAKE EYES in a 2 minute mismatched match.
Q2 luckily beat SHE-HULK in a 4 minute gory amateur's conflict.
13 1/2 lost to PYNK-EYE in a action packed 1 minute amateur's bout.
MISS BEA HAVED was unbelievably bested by COMYN-KOLD in a 3 minute amateur's bout.
RUNI-NOZE defeated STRAY CATMAN in a 2 minute novice's bout.
CHES-PAYNE beat VIRTUOUS SCRIBE in a popular 1 minute novice's bout.
M.A.S.K. slimly lost to DA'-FLUE in a 3 minute amateur's competition.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|STRIKING ATTACK                  6         TOTAL PARRY       28 -  17 -  0      62  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     6         STRIKING ATTACK   38 -  26 -  3      59  |
|AIMED BLOW                       5         WALL OF STEEL     12 -   9 -  0      57  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  5         SLASHING ATTACK   20 -  15 -  0      57  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      4         AIMED BLOW        25 -  20 -  1      56  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   4         PARRY-LUNGE       13 -  11 -  0      54  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   3         LUNGING ATTACK    21 -  18 -  4      54  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      2         BASHING ATTACK    20 -  30 -  2      40  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    1         PARRY-STRIKE      10 -  17 -  0      37  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    1         PARRY-RIPOSTE      2 -   5 -  0      29  |

Turn 428 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:

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

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
LUNGING ATTACK   MISS COMMUNE KATE 4118     17  12  0  106 LADIES IN WAITING (115)
SLASHING ATTACK  GOLD RUSH 5851              8   3  1   98 SMITHSONIAN (245)
STRIKING ATTACK  ZOMBIE 5823                 8   4  1   82 Z GLADIATORZ (519)
PARRY-LUNGE      CHESHIRE MOON 5749          9   6  1   55 OTHERWOOD (642)
PARRY-STRIKE     CHUSMI 756                  6   3  0   48 TAC (105)
AIMED BLOW       HODGE PODGE 5790            5   4  0   43 BOOK OF THOMAS (411)
BASHING ATTACK   GETTYSBURG 5854             6   2  0   37 SMITHSONIAN (245)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is MISS COMMUNE KATE 4118.  The most popular warrior 
this turn was GOLD RUSH 5851.  The ten other most popular fighters were MISS BEA 
HAVED 5897, SCRAP METAL 5758, GETTYSBURG 5854, THISTLE MAN 5862, SHE-HULK 5889, 
PYNK-EYE 5893, ZUCCHINI 5859, MISS COMMUNE KATE 4118, CHESHIRE MOON 5749, and SMI CHU 
755.

The least popular fighter this week was 13 1/2 5887.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were Q2 5896, HAWK 753, MISS MATCHED 4709, MISS PLACED 4723, IRONBARK 5882, 
TREE ANEMONE 5863, VAMPYRILLA 5865, HEDIES 5899, DA'-FLUE 5891, and COMYN-KOLD 5894.

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

HUMBLE LEE (8-4061) SERIOUS LEE (486)
ZIRCONIUM (8-5493) Z GLADIATORZ (519)

                          Name Change-o-Rama -- Final Update

     Algernon looked at the goats and sighed.  No doubt it was a Good Deed to give 
goats to people who wanted them.  But why did the goats have to be gathered in HIS 
office?  Four of them, and they were a lot like gladiators:  not smelly maybe, they 
were clean goats, but pushy and sure they were the most important thing around.  Maybe 
they should be enrolled in the arena?  No, there were only four, not enough for a 
team.
     He shook his head to clear it of the image of armored goats with sharpened horns.  
One thing at a time.  He pulled a piece of paper out of his desk drawer, dipped his 
pen in the ink, and began to write.

     "It is our pleasure and honor to note that ninety-eight gladiators and teams have 
elected to change their names, supporting the contribution of goats to deserving 
people.  With the Commission's matching funds, this has purchased four goats--a good 
goat can't be purchased for a copper, you know.  The goats are already en route to 
their new homes, where they will be--"  He paused and thought about it.  "--very 
welcome.  We wish all the best to the goats and the new goat-owners."