DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 06/09/2022    Duedate: 07/06/2022

ARKERS ARENA

DM-8    TURN-478

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

RADTEEF WAZGRIM
BLOODY HAND CLAN (626)
(8-5919) [22-15-4,113]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

RADTEEF WAZGRIM                POSITION IS EMPTY
BLOODY HAND CLAN (626)         
(8-5919) [22-15-4,113]         

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

RADTEEF WAZGRIM                WILD WILD WEST
BLOODY HAND CLAN (626)         SMITHSONIAN (245)
(8-5919) [22-15-4,113]         (8-6103) [3-0-1,26]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

TRIAL BY COMBAT (512)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. TRIAL BY COMBAT (512)       52
2. BLOODY HAND CLAN (626)      42      SMITHSONIAN (245)
3. SMITHSONIAN (245)           20      Unchartered Team
4. THE CHOSEN (613)            -9
5. 2133 BOURBON ST (668)      -20      2133 BOURBON ST (668)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 1 SMITHSONIAN (245)        954 559 26 63.1   1/ 1 TRIAL BY COMBAT (512)     9  4 1
 2/ 2 BLOODY HAND CLAN (626)   258 207 18 55.5   2/ 2 SMITHSONIAN (245)         6  3 1
 3/ 0 LADIES IN WAITING (115)  360 316 17 53.3   3/ 3 THE CHOSEN (613)          6  3 0
 4/ 5 TRIAL BY COMBAT (512)     65  59 10 52.4   4/ 4 BLOODY HAND CLAN (626)    4  6 1
 5/ 4 THE CHOSEN (613)         413 387 31 51.6   5/ 5*2133 BOURBON ST (668)     2  1 0
 6/ 6*2133 BOURBON ST (668)      6   9  0 40.0   6/ 0 LADIES IN WAITING (115)   0  5 0

    '*'   Unchartered team                       '-'  Team did not fight this turn
   (###)  Avoid teams by their Team Id          ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank

                                    TEAM SPOTLIGHT

The Frothingslosh Syndicate is proud to announce 99 Bottles of Beer III!!! (+ 100): 
Sponsored by ALFREDOVISION(TM): for a Better Tomorrow, and a Better Today.

The contest will be in honor and celebration of turn 199 of SEAM DM 20.

Your objective is simple: be the first team to accumulate 199 Bottles of Beer!

The first part of the contest will be a 15 turn "warm-up" starting on turn 184, due 
7/4/22, but you are encouraged to start your team as early as possible. During this 
casual "meet and greet" stage, all teams will earn one bottle per turn simply by 
fielding a full team of 5 warriors and writing at least one personal ad. BTW guys, for 
the sake of simplicity, your Host and Cruise director asks that you PLEASE do not sign 
your ad expecting me to know who you are. If you are not 100% certain, then please 
state very clearly EVERY TURN what team you are associated with so i do not have to go 
through past newsletters to try to figure out who you are. Also do not forget to write 
a personal ad for the turn 184 newsletter! Simply stating who you are would be great. 
Something like, "Hi Seam. I'm John, the manager of John's team" is certainly 
sufficient.

The real fireworks will start on turn 199, due on 1/30/23. That is when the teams will 
start to earn Bottles for Arena Performance, which will be earned/awarded as follows:

  * Bottles awarded for being active and writing a personal ad are discontinued.
  * 5 Bottles for each invite to ADM, AWARDED UPON THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF INVITE IN THE 
    NEWSLETTER with the opportunity to earn 1 extra bottle ON THE FOLLOWING TURN for 
    achieving a kill in the Dark Arena on their last fight. Note that this Bottle is a 
    "bonus;" you will also earn a Bottle for the win; bottles awarded for wins are 
    outlined below.
  * 3 Bottles for each turn as Duelmaster, with the opportunity to earn 1 extra bottle 
    for writing a Duelmaster's column COLLECTED ON THE FOLLOWING TURN when the column 
    is actually published. It does not have to be fancy but has to be "something": 99 
    words minimum.
  * 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1 Bottles for Team on the Move and Current Top Team. In the case 
    of ties, partial bottles will be awarded and will count towards your total.
  * 2 Bottles for Chartered Recognition Leader
  * 2 Bottles for This Week's Favorite
  * 2 Bottles for TOP CAREER HONORS Chartered Team
  * 0 Bottles for each turn as Overall Popularity Leader. Additionally, you will pay a 
    1 BOTTLE PENALTY on the following turn if you fail to post a personal ad 
    apologizing for your ostentatious behavior! OR...you can choose to brag further 
    about how astonishingly wonderful you actually are, and are more than worthy of 
    all the accolades you get from your adoring fans.
  * 1 Bottle for a successful Bloodfeud: limit two bottles per incident.
  * 2 Bottles for each Stylemaster as listed in the newsletter. In other words, the 
    rules for being awarded bottles for Stylemaster are the same as they are in the 
    arena: winning record, adept or above.
  * 1 bottle for each win, or two bottles for each kill in the regular arena. Warriors 
    that manage to return from the Dark Arena earn one bottle for the win only.

If more than one team achieves or surpasses 199 Bottles on the same turn, the team 
with the higher total will be the victor. Partial Bottles having been awarded make the 
event of a tie at the end much less likely; any fraction of a bottle lead that you may 
have *will* count. In the unlikely event that there is an exact tie for any place that 
receives a prize, those teams involved will continue playing until a winner can be 
decided.

The top three places will win one or more "Cream of the Slosh" replacements:

  * 1st Place: 3 CotS replacements
  * 2nd Place: 2 CotS replacements
  * 3rd Place: 1 CotS replacements

A CotS replacement is 10 standard, ordinary Duelmasters teamsheets that are specially 
"marked" and grouped together by the Spy Commision to be used for this single purpose 
only. The winning manager then chooses any one out of the 50 warriors on the 10 
teamsheets they wish to be their "Cream of the Slosh" replacement; the other 49 are 
simply discarded. Note that you are free to use your CotS replacement anytime you have 
an opening on your team in Seam; in other words, you are not required to Dark Arena 
nor do you have to pass on a good naturally occurring replacement.

However, CotS replacements will not be allowed to hide their status: all CotS 
replacements will be required to start its name with these three symbols: O^O (capital 
O, shift-6 [caret symbol], capital O. This surely will cause them to be a "target" of 
challenges, but also will serve as a badge of honor for them to wear proudly. In the 
case of winning multiple CotS replacements, you will be required to wait at least 10 
ACTIVE turns in between using your CotS replacements; you will only receive one CotS 
packet at a time. Just send a note in to the Spy Commission with your 10th turn's 
orders to receive your new CotS packet with your turn's results.

Note that 6 CotS replacements being won in total is the guaranteed minimum. I have 
been informed that if the contest has an unusually large turnout, the Spy Commission 
MAY choose to spice up the prize pool with additional CotS replacements. Understand 
there are no guarantees (other than them 6 as listed), and these Spies were rather 
"vague" and sometimes can be a little sketchy. But, for what it's worth, I figured I 
should pass the information on just in case it does actually have merit.

But that's not all! For those of you that wish to spice up the contest even further, 
we are featuring an additional and completely voluntary "Contest Within a Contest" for 
which there will be a one time fee of 6 RSI Gift Certificates to enter. The prize pool 
for the CWAC will be one "6-pack" of Duelmasters Gift Certificates (no cash value; 
each may be redeemed for one Duelmasters teamsheet) for every manager who chooses to 
participate. The prize pool will divided up among the winning players as follows:

  * 1st place: 1/2 of all the teamsheets
  * 2nd place: 1/3 of all the teamsheets
  * 3rd place: 1/6 of all the teamsheets

I just want to clarify that managers competing for the CWAC teamsheets are only 
competing against each other. So, for example, if you place second in the main contest 
but the main contest winner did not choose to participate in the CWAC, you will then 
be the first place winner of the CWAC (and receive half of all the sheets in the prize 
pool). Additionally, if the CWAC proves to be very popular and gets many entries, I 
may pay out more places. Any such decisions will be discussed and finalized prior to 
turn 199.

I will do my best to write a Contest Update every turn which will obviously be based 
on the totals from the previous turn. I also plan to start an email list that you may 
join if you wish. I will send out the updated contest standings to this list...likely 
very soon after the newsletter is posted; I will actually be so bold to suggest that I 
might get your contest update prior to getting your mail! So everyone can have up-to-
date standings, but also gives you the chance to point out any errors I might have 
made prior to sending in the official update to be printed in the newsletter.

Other Rules:

  * Once the first team equals or surpasses the required 199 Bottles total, THE 
    CONTEST IS OVER unless there are any ties to work out, and in that case the 
    contest will continue to the following turn ONLY for those teams involved. Your 
    official contest ranking will be based on whatever position you are holding at the 
    time that the first team(s) surpasses 199 bottles, even in the unlikely event of a 
    tie for first place and the winner has not yet been determined.
  * NO AVOIDS: This will be STRICTLY ENFORCED starting on Turn 199. Any team caught 
    avoiding will be REMOVED from the contest and their entry fee (if any) WILL NOT be 
    refunded! And trust me, with the number of nosy spy reporters out there, YOU WILL 
    get caught.
  * Cheating of any kind will not be tolerated and will be grounds for 
    disqualification. Coordinating challenges is allowed; non-aggression pacts are 
    allowed. "Taking a dive" (ie: throwing fights) is definitely NOT allowed. Any 
    allegations of cheating will be investigated seriously; any decision made by the 
    spy commission regarding said allegations will be final. Ladies and gentlemen: 
    let's keep this clean, okay? None of us are kids anymore!
  * Seam is a "non-tourney" arena, and as such you are required to field a full team 
    of 5 warriors every turn! Any warrior that has 1 FE or more missing the turn will 
    incur a 3-Bottle penalty for their team. You are highly encouraged to put your 
    entire team on maintenance, to guard against any mistakes. If you have a warrior 
    "accidentally' sit out the turn, you will "accidentally" incur a 3-bottle penalty 
    ;>. Any rookie warrior missing a turn will only incur a 1-Bottle penalty for 
    their team. I am aware that those poor noobs often get lost temporarily.
  * There will be no penalty for your *entire team* missing a turn. It is certainly 
    not recommended, however!
  * No tournament experience or "enhanced" warriors will be allowed.
  * If you wish to participate in the optional "contest within a contest," you must 
    announce your intention to participate prior to turn 190 being processed (due 
    9/26). The one-time entry fee of 6 RSI Gift Certificates will be charged to your 
    account at that time. 

YOU are invited; you are encouraged to start early if you like! The Frothingslosh 
Syndicate invites you to Bottle! Er...ah...battle!

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BOTTLES OF BEER III!!! (+100) CONTEST: NEWS FROM THE GLADITORIAL COMMISSION: ALL 
PARTICIPANTS WIN A PRIZE! Plus contest clarifications:

You heard right my friends: ALL 99 Bottles participants who do not miss more than 1 
turn during the entire contest (including the warm-up phase) will receive a "Pick of 
the Litter" replacement. A PotL replacement will be 10 ordinary random replacements: 
you pick the one you wish to keep, and the other 9 are discarded. Naturally, this 
replacement must be placed in DM 20.

What's new:

Your CotS "status symbol": O^O (capital O, shift-6, capital O) must appear somewhere 
in it's name. However, it may appear anywhere. It need not be in the beginning as was 
originally stated. So names such as MO^ONSHOT or THRU THE O^O will be quite 
acceptable.. 

Some clarifications:

* Do not forget to write a personal ad for the Turn 184 newsletter. In other words, 
  assuming you do start on turn 184, you need to send in a personal ad with your very 
  first turn.

  The requirement to write a personal ad is discontinued once the Arena Achievement 
  stage starts on turn 199.

* This should not be an issue, but Bottles for Arena Awards will be awarded for 
  chartered teams only.

* If you win one or more of the CotS replacements, they/it MUST be used in DM 20.

* Note that the NO AVOIDS policy will be STRICLY ENFORCED!! If you are caught 
  avoiding, you will be disqualified from the contest! HOWEVER--this does not start 
  until turn 199; no one including myself or the Gladitorial Commission will give a 
  hoot about avoids until turn 199. But be sure you get it out of your system prior: 
  if you are caught avoiding on turn 199 (or after), you WILL be disqualified!!

* On the other hand, fielding a partial team is a no-no RIGHT FROM THE START on turn 
  184. You will receive a 3-bottle penalty for any inactive warrior, or 1-bottle 
  penalty for any inactive rookie. And your Bottle total can and will go negative if 
  necessary.

  It is highly recommended that you place your team "on maintenance" to avoid any 
  complications caused due to slow mail or any other unforeseen catastrophy. In case 
  you are not familiar with the term: a team on maintenance will automatically run 
  again with its previous turn's strategies (without the challenges) even if none are 
  sent in or are not received in time, Just send your request to be put on maintenance 
  to CSR@reality.com.

                                      SPY REPORT

     I can't believe the violence in ARKERS!  I still haven't told Mom I'm writing 
Spyreports.  She'd have a cow!  Well, here we go...  MVP award for RADTEEF WAZGRIM?  
BLOODY HAND CLAN's proud of him after beating BASIL HAYDEN and getting 32 points.  
Talk about yer major upsets!  MISS MATCHED's match with SACRILICIOUS cost her a loss 
of 31 points!  What a putz!  BEA ZERK fights so hard to be Duelmaster, then quits 
fighting and loses the title.  No one said she was a genius...  Was that a tear I saw 
in RADTEEF WAZGRIM's eye, as he took over Duelmastership?  And wasn't BASIL HAYDEN 
fit to be tied!  Who was the wiseguy that said ARKERS' Duelmaster was paying for 
drinks at The Warty Toad?  Don't look at me!   
     I gotta admit I haven't been in "deep con caves" with any spies.  Really, I just 
wing this stuff.  SMITHSONIAN was the most avoided team.  Is a 954-559-26 record 
really that scary?  Is there some deep dark secret why BLOODY HAND CLAN's been 
avoiding SMITHSONIAN so much?  Or is it just that they're too scared?  Like, is 
ANGELA DEATH popular, or what?  She was challenged the most in all of ARKERS!  She's 
got a 11-11-2, is that good?  People were asking me did CAMPTOWN RACES REALLY 
challenge BERTA THE INDOLENT?  (all right, maybe they didn't, but it sounded good!) 
It wasn't a spectacular fight, or anything, but BERTA THE INDOLENT wants me to write 
about it since she was beat by CAMPTOWN RACES.  Satisfied?   
     Man, all these warriors dying and killing each other!  Don't you guys ever give 
it a break?  Hey!  Quit laughing!  Just because BUNKER HILL had 9-8-2 was no reason 
for SMITHSONIAN to send it to the Dark Arena!  Stop it!  I was SO depressed when I 
heard BASIL HAYDEN got killed.  It was just a kid, and didn't get a fair chance in 
ARKERS, or anything!  What a bummer deal for XIESTRA KOR!  She just barely was 
getting hers "fighter feet" but got kill by DEE NILE of TRIAL BY COMBAT!  Those're 
the breaks, I guess.  Enough already!  All I've heard lately is "Will SMITHSONIAN 
Bloodfeud BEA ZERK of TRIAL BY COMBAT to revenge MODEL T's death?"  I mean, who 
cares?  What if they had a fight and nobody showed up?  I'd be out of a job, that's 
what!!!   
     Remember, blood on a purple robe may stain.  Soak it in cold water, and hand 
wash.  I know how much you like reading this stuff, but I really should stop.  Its 
been really albendranius!  Later, guys-- Debby Tonte  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 RADTEEF WAZGRIM 5919         22  15  4   113       BLOODY HAND CLAN (626)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-BEA ZERK 5267                16   3  2   164       TRIAL BY COMBAT (512)
-ALBUS BONERATTLER 5874       21  18  4    94       THE CHOSEN (613)
 SACRILICIOUS 6011             9   5  0    91       TRIAL BY COMBAT (512)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 ANGELA DEATH 4310            11  11  2    90       TRIAL BY COMBAT (512)
 MISS MATCHED 4709            16  15  0    79       LADIES IN WAITING (115)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 MAHTHA RIBKRAKA 6023         13   7  2    65       BLOODY HAND CLAN (626)
 LISA YAKVIGOR 6010           13  10  0    65       THE CHOSEN (613)
 CAMPTOWN RACES 5999          15   5  0    63       SMITHSONIAN (245)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-MOMMA CASKET 4311             9  11  2    61       TRIAL BY COMBAT (512)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 DEE NILE 6102                 3   1  2    56       TRIAL BY COMBAT (512)
 PAX THE YUGE 6008            11  13  1    53       THE CHOSEN (613)
 BROONY BIG GUT 6054           9   3  0    52       BLOODY HAND CLAN (626)
 BERTA THE INDOLENT 6051      10   3  0    51       THE CHOSEN (613)
 MISS BEA HAVED 5897           4   4  0    45       LADIES IN WAITING (115)
 MISS DIRECTION 6019           4   5  0    38       LADIES IN WAITING (115)
-COTTON GIN 6037               6   4  1    37       SMITHSONIAN (245)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 MISS APPROPRIATE 6012         5   7  1    30       LADIES IN WAITING (115)
 CIVIL WAR 6085                5   1  0    29       SMITHSONIAN (245)
 WILD WILD WEST 6103           3   0  1    26       SMITHSONIAN (245)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 GERTY DUTHUG 6061             6   4  0    22       BLOODY HAND CLAN (626)
 MISS OURIE 6049               0   2  0     8       LADIES IN WAITING (115)

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
BASIL HAYDEN 6075       6  1 0 2133 BOURBON ST 668  RADTEEF WAZGRIM 5919  478   
RUNTLING IX 6104        0  1 0 BLOODY HAND CLAN 626 WURM KIN              478  NONE
BUNKER HILL 5907        9  9 2 SMITHSONIAN 245      ARENAMASTER SHER      478  NONE
MODEL T 6024            7  2 0 SMITHSONIAN 245      BEA ZERK 5267         475   
XIESTRA KOR 6069        4  3 1 THE CHOSEN 613       DEE NILE 6102         478   

                                     PERSONAL ADS

Bea Zerk, we salute you. One more fight and you are out of here. -- Curator
P.S. We took a vote and decided "good riddance".

Momma Casket, well, that wasn't a good challenge for me was it? I should have laid out 
and gone to The Derby. -- Camptown Races (thinking "doo dah; doo dah")

Shiftyeyed Volunteer, thanks for being there. -- Wild Wild West

Health. Humility. Honor. -- Curator

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

BUNKER HILL was butchered by ARENAMASTER SHEROVAN in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
RUNTLING IX was slaughtered by WURM KIN in a 1 minute gruesome Dark Arena battle.
MAHTHA RIBKRAKA was savagely defeated by ANGELA DEATH in a 2 minute Challenge fight.
CAMPTOWN RACES outwaited BERTA THE INDOLENT in a slow 19 minute Challenge fight.
BASIL HAYDEN was murdered by RADTEEF WAZGRIM in a 1 minute Title competition.
MISS MATCHED lost to SACRILICIOUS in a 2 minute mismatched fight.
LISA YAKVIGOR overpowered MISS DIRECTION in a 1 minute mismatched brawl.
XIESTRA KOR was assassinated by DEE NILE in a 1 minute gruesome uneven melee.
MISS BEA HAVED was unbelievably bested by BROONY BIG GUT in a popular 3 minute duel.
PAX THE YUGE vanquished MISS APPROPRIATE in a 1 minute one-sided fight.
CIVIL WAR outlasted GERTY DUTHUG in a tiring 19 minute melee.
MISS OURIE was defeated by WILD WILD WEST in a crowd pleasing 4 minute novice'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       30 -  15 -  0      67  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   4         STRIKING ATTACK   10 -   6 -  4      63  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  3         AIMED BLOW        14 -   9 -  0      61  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  3         BASHING ATTACK    21 -  15 -  2      58  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    3         WALL OF STEEL      9 -   7 -  2      56  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   2         PARRY-LUNGE        4 -   4 -  1      50  |
|AIMED BLOW                       2         PARRY-STRIKE       2 -   3 -  2      40  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      0         SLASHING ATTACK   15 -  23 -  2      39  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     0         LUNGING ATTACK    10 -  17 -  0      37  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    0         PARRY-RIPOSTE      0 -   6 -  0       0  |

Turn 478 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:

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

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
BASHING ATTACK   RADTEEF WAZGRIM 5919       22  15  4  113 BLOODY HAND CLAN (626)
SLASHING ATTACK  SACRILICIOUS 6011           9   5  0   91 TRIAL BY COMBAT (512)
LUNGING ATTACK   MISS MATCHED 4709          16  15  0   79 LADIES IN WAITING (115)
WALL OF STEEL    MAHTHA RIBKRAKA 6023       13   7  2   65 BLOODY HAND CLAN (626)
TOTAL PARRY      CAMPTOWN RACES 5999        15   5  0   63 SMITHSONIAN (245)
STRIKING ATTACK  DEE NILE 6102               3   1  2   56 TRIAL BY COMBAT (512)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is RADTEEF WAZGRIM 5919.  The most popular warrior this 
turn was WILD WILD WEST 6103.  The ten other most popular fighters were MISS OURIE 
6049, ANGELA DEATH 4310, MISS BEA HAVED 5897, SACRILICIOUS 6011, LISA YAKVIGOR 6010, 
BROONY BIG GUT 6054, RADTEEF WAZGRIM 5919, MISS MATCHED 4709, DEE NILE 6102, and PAX 
THE YUGE 6008.

The least popular fighter this week was GERTY DUTHUG 6061.  The other ten least 
popular fighters were CIVIL WAR 6085, CAMPTOWN RACES 5999, BERTA THE INDOLENT 6051, 
XIESTRA KOR 6069, MISS DIRECTION 6019, BASIL HAYDEN 6075, MAHTHA RIBKRAKA 6023, 
RUNTLING IX 6104, BUNKER HILL 5907, and MISS APPROPRIATE 6012.

The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn:

RADTEEF WAZGRIM (8-5919) BLOODY HAND CLAN (626)

                       SUMMER FACE-TO-FACE IN WASHINGTON, D.C.!

                        (well actually, Alexandria, Virginia)

We hope you will join us at our summer FTF in Washington, D.C., July 22-24, 2022.  It 
will be held at the Embassy Suites Alexandria Old Town near the Potomac River in 
Alexandria, Virginia (703-684-5900).  The hotel looks very nice and we're excited to 
be in the downtown area with so many restaurants and other goodies nearby. Room rates 
are $169.00 for singles and doubles, which includes full cooked breakfast, 
complimentary manager's reception, and free high speed internet.  Underground parking 
is $15/night.  There's a fitness center, jacuzzi, and pool.  The rooms are blocked--
the code is "Duelmasters."

        The official block cutoff is mid June so make your reservations ASAP!
The hotel reservation site is: https://book.passkey.com/event/50341474/owner/1731/home
              Or call to reserve at 800-362-2779 and use group code DUE.

Please note that rooms are limited.  As always, if the block is full, please make your 
reservation the best you can (book a king, and/or book at normal rates) and let us 
know and we'll work with the sales office to get them to correct your reservation. 

The tournament info sheet and minioverviews will be out in June.  We are very looking 
forward to seeing you all and hope that you can make it!

P.S.  The dates are set for the next winter FTF:  January 13-15, 2023, in Tempe.

                            WINTER FACE-TO-FACE IN TEMPE!

We hope you will join us at our winter FTF in Tempe, AZ, January 13-15, 2023! It will 
be held at our usual Embassy Suites Hotel in Tempe, Arizona (480-897-7444).  Room 
rates are $184.00 per night, 1-2 occupancy, which includes full cooked breakfast, 
complimentary manager's reception, free airport shuttle, free parking and free high 
speed internet.  There's a fitness center, jacuzzi, and pool.  The rooms are blocked--
the code is "Duelmasters2023."  

      The official block cutoff is December 12 so make your reservations ASAP!
             The hotel reservation site is:  http://tinyurl.com/FF68inTempe 

Please note that doubles are limited.  As always, if the block is full, please make 
your reservation the best you can (book a king, and/or book at normal rates) and let 
us know and we'll work with the sales office to get them to correct your reservation. 

We look forward to seeing you in January! -- RSI

  This is just a reminder to all who plan to enter the contest in Seam that it is a

no-tourney arena, and is therefore subject to the no-tourney rules.  The pledge all 
participants must take when entering a team in this arena is as follows:

   ********************************************************************************

                               NO-TOURNEY ARENA PLEDGE

    * I pledge that I will not send warriors from this team to a tournament, nor 
      will I use a tournament prize on a warrior from this team.
    * I pledge to run a full team when I run turns in this arena.  If circumstances 
      preclude my running less than a full team, I will notify the Player Committee.
    * I agree to abide by the decisions of the Player Committee.
    * I understand that any warrior that participates in a tournament or receives 
      a tournament prize shall be sent to the Dark Arena until they are dead.

   ********************************************************************************

Please send your agreement with your new team. 

Best of luck in the arena and in the contest!