DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER Date : 10/05/2004 Duedate: 10/18/2004 ZUKAL ARENA DM-9 TURN-502 This Weeks Top Honors THE DUELMASTER IS BLUE RUIN BLUE MOON (381) (9-5023) [14-13-0,77] Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader BLUE RUIN POSITION IS EMPTY BLUE MOON (381) (9-5023) [14-13-0,77] Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite THE PRUSSIAN THE PRUSSIAN BLUE MOON (381) BLUE MOON (381) (9-5039) [11-10-0,53] (9-5039) [11-10-0,53] THE CURRENT TOP TEAM BLUE MOON (381) TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team 1. BLUE MOON (381) 35 2. LETTER BOMBS (436) 0 LETTER BOMBS (436) 3. ARENA FELINES (433) 0 Unchartered Team 4. KILLING FLOOR (434) 0 BROTHERS IN ARMS (420) The Top Teams Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K 1- 1 KILLING FLOOR (434) 15 7 0 68.2 1/ 1 BLUE MOON (381) 9 6 0 2- 2 ARENA FELINES (433) 116 86 9 57.4 2/ 2 LETTER BOMBS (436) 4 5 0 3/ 4 LETTER BOMBS (436) 87 84 5 50.9 3- 3 ARENA FELINES (433) 2 0 0 4/ 5 BLUE MOON (381) 335 461 9 42.1 4- 4 KILLING FLOOR (434) 1 0 0 '*' Unchartered team '-' Team did not fight this turn (###) Avoid teams by their Team Id ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank SPY REPORT Good day, in ZUKAL a quiet thief gets rich, but a quiet spymaster gets poor. So bring me ale and harken to my tidbits of news. And let's see, BLUE RUIN fought ROVING DEMON and gained 16 points and contributed to BLUE MOON's 3-2-0. D. BASER has lost to MALACHITE, falling 14 points, while helping make LETTER BOMBS a 1-1-0 turn. Due to hers absence and inability to defend the throne, T. ZER has lost the title of Duelmaster. And not without some honor, BLUE RUIN now claims the title and throne of Duelmaster of ZUKAL. Tell me, is nothing sacred? I have heard from unimpeachable sources that The Blue Boar Inn uses trolls in their stew. Talk about gristle! He who challenges well, fights well. He who avoids without cause, shall lose for good reasons. My mama told me that one. I also notice that the BLUE MOON stable was the most avoided team this turn. Come on ZUKAL, what are you afraid of? And avoiding BLUE MOON more than any other team we find LETTER BOMBS. ZUKAL, are we going to accept, or respect this sort of thing? A coward dies a thousand deaths, a brave man only once. Wise men know this to be true. Is it really true that ZUKAL has more dishwashers per capita that fighters? Just thought I'd ask... Thought for the day, a new sword shines bright, but the notched sword sings the sweetest. It's been nice chatting with you, until we meet again, keep your swords sharp and your hammers heavy. Until the sun next rises and my pen sets to paper-- Alarond the Scribe DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME BLUE RUIN 5023 14 13 0 77 BLUE MOON (381) CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -T. ZER 5011 10 4 1 87 LETTER BOMBS (436) CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -TOP CAT 4928 7 3 0 61 ARENA FELINES (433) -CATNIP 4872 5 9 1 57 ARENA FELINES (433) ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -CAT TASTROPHIE 4940 4 3 0 55 ARENA FELINES (433) THE PRUSSIAN 5039 11 10 0 53 BLUE MOON (381) MALACHITE 5047 8 10 0 47 BLUE MOON (381) BLUE HAVEN 5087 8 5 0 47 BLUE MOON (381) CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -N. TOMBER 5037 6 3 1 30 LETTER BOMBS (436) -Z. BRA 5115 3 0 0 30 LETTER BOMBS (436) D. BASER 5074 3 3 0 26 LETTER BOMBS (436) INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -FISH BREATH 4950 2 2 1 14 ARENA FELINES (433) C. MONSTER 5111 1 0 0 14 LETTER BOMBS (436) BLUE SUEDE 5112 2 3 0 9 BLUE MOON (381) '-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn. THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge? PERSONAL ADS D. Baser -- Not MY coinage you won't! -- Blue Haven, where the coin is good Cat Tastrophe -- (groaning) You really were! Ouch. -- Malachite It says here that the Fratsfa Slave is a Karnhorn. Does that mean that he's a Karnhorn enslaved by the Fratsfans (I wouldn't put it past them!) and sent here to fight? Ah, no, here he is in the arena directory: Taranj, servant to the Karnhorn ambassador to Andoria, found consorting on terms of confidence (telling tales out of school?) with the Fratsfans, and sent home in chains. Later traded to Zukal for some unspecified but valued prisoner. Oooo-kay. A consorter, is he? Sounds bad. -- The Prussian N. Tomber -- I will have none of it! -- Blue Ruin Z. Bra -- And you fill it out very well, too. -- Blue Suede There should be a batch of personals from LAST turn here, as well. Sorry. Some confusion with Hal. I believe he eats personals on a regular, and regularly increasing, basis. -- Jorja, not one of Hal's fans Cat Tastrophie -- I believe I need to bring a dog, a LARGE dog, into the arena to meet you. A WOLF. Yes. I think that is EXACTLY what you need to meet in battle. -- The Prussian P.S. Because you lack, well, everything. Discipline. The willingness to subordinate yourself to the good of the whole, stuff like that. You're too individualistic. To independent. Too much a CAT. D. Baser -- Not MY haven, you won't! Mine has been n.hanced. -- Blue Haven Standbys. (sigh) And he wouldn't drink with me. Said it was folly to drink gin before a fight. And yet, who won, eh? -- Blue Ruin This Cult Member's fairly pathetic. -- Malachite Z. Bra -- How can I fight when you keep swinging that thing in front of me? I keep tripping over my tongue! -- Blue Suede Why should the crowd jeer at me? I was not trained for the arena, but I did the best I could and am improving steadily. Is it that they, d.based commons that they are, cannot abide the sight of someone who is actually taking steps to improve himself? A bad thing, that. I had a suspicion that the arena system would foster the development of such a stratum of parasites. We should sell them all into slavery in the East. -- Del'Borasan, an Guard with Ambitions You laugh! You throw rotten vegetables at me! But I will not be a lowly, despised person for long! The cult of the Door of Darkness shall rise high in this city, and then NO ONE will dare to mock us! -- Tachs, charter member of the Cult of the Door of Darkness 20 September 2004 Azereth has returned! I am the manager for Scarlet Blades in DM 25. I was a member of the Crimson Alliance and the Crimson Brotherhood (which was composed of former CA members). I've been out of the game for many (at least 5) years. I would like to hear from anyone who remembers me, as well as any Alliance that is seeking to add experienced managers to their roster. Contact me at: Anthony Wells 600 W. Shore Dr. Stanton, MI 48888 or by personal ads in DM 25. LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS BLUE RUIN devastated ROVING DEMON in a action packed 1 minute mismatched Title fight. THE PRUSSIAN demolished CAPTURED ORC in a popular 1 minute gruesome one-sided melee. BLUE HAVEN was bested by DANGEROUS CRIMINAL in a 2 minute gory contest. D. BASER was overpowered by MALACHITE in a 1 minute mismatched match. BLUE SUEDE was devastated by C. MONSTER in a 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 3 AIMED BLOW 3 - 1 - 0 75 | |PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 TOTAL PARRY 7 - 3 - 0 70 | |BASHING ATTACK 1 LUNGING ATTACK 28 - 13 - 1 68 | |TOTAL PARRY 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE 6 - 4 - 0 60 | |WALL OF STEEL 1 BASHING ATTACK 6 - 7 - 0 46 | |AIMED BLOW 0 WALL OF STEEL 4 - 6 - 0 40 | |PARRY-LUNGE 0 STRIKING ATTACK 4 - 6 - 0 40 | |PARRY-STRIKE 0 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 1 - 0 0 | |SLASHING ATTACK 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 - 0 0 | |STRIKING ATTACK 0 SLASHING ATTACK 0 - 6 - 0 0 | Turn 502 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-RIPOSTE 1 - 0 AIMED BLOW 0 - 0 5 LUNGING ATTACK BASHING ATTACK 1 - 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 2 STRIKING ATTACK LUNGING ATTACK 2 - 1 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 0 1 BASHING ATTACK SLASHING ATTACK 0 - 0 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE STRIKING ATTACK 0 - 0 1 TOTAL PARRY TOTAL PARRY 0 - 1 1 WALL OF STEEL WALL OF STEEL 0 - 1 TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME BASHING ATTACK BLUE RUIN 5023 14 13 0 77 BLUE MOON (381) LUNGING ATTACK THE PRUSSIAN 5039 11 10 0 53 BLUE MOON (381) TOTAL PARRY BLUE HAVEN 5087 8 5 0 47 BLUE MOON (381) Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above. The overall popularity leader is THE PRUSSIAN 5039. The most popular warrior this turn was THE PRUSSIAN 5039. The ten other most popular fighters were BLUE RUIN 5023, C. MONSTER 5111, BLUE HAVEN 5087, MALACHITE 5047, D. BASER 5074, BLUE SUEDE 5112, 0, 0, 0, and 0. The least popular fighter this week was BLUE SUEDE 5112. The other ten least popular fighters were D. BASER 5074, MALACHITE 5047, BLUE HAVEN 5087, C. MONSTER 5111, BLUE RUIN 5023, THE PRUSSIAN 5039, 0, 0, 0, and 0. 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 NEW GRADUATES--FROM ALL ARENAS (INCLUDING CLOSED ARENAS) For those of you who keep track of such things, 51 additional warriors graduated from regular DM arenas (including closed arenas) since the last tournament. CAPTAIN CRUNCH (5-4330) TECHNOLOGY GARAI (7-4608) BLADES OF ICE GAZREK (7-5097) DEMONS OF DARKNESS 7 CRIMSON BLUSH (7-5351) VENGEANCE SEEKERS NEMESIS (10-2676) MYTH AND MIGHT PLAYFUL DOG (10-4237) MONGREL HORDE CALLISTO (12-4974) NAUGHTY NYMPHS ILLUMINAUGHTY (12-5423) LOBOTOMATION SKIPPY (14-2305) PRIDE OF THE CDC ARGINASE (16-4137) ENZYMES CADEX CFM (18-3366) THE BIKE SHOP CRY-O-LIT (18-6106) ROCK-ETTS PAPA RATTLESNAKE (18-6800) APACHE SUICIDE (21-4832) APPLE CIDER REVEREND LOVEJOY (22-5517) SPRINGFIELD DVDA (22-5768) THAT'S UNPOSSIBLE! DONAHAR (24-3006) MAGIC REALM LINK HOGTHROB (33-5358) INTERSTELLAR PORK JETS TO BRAZIL (36-5604) SKATE DRAGONS ARTEMIS (41-3675) LADY OF THE MOON SELENE (41-3676) LADY OF THE MOON BETTY (58-5755) HELL HOUNDS INSURRECTION (60-5607) BLADES OF DESTINY COPPERHEAD (65-5467) NATURE'S ASSASSINS CHRISSEL (70-5208) LITHE & LOVELY SUPERIOR II (75-760) SUPERIOR FORCES ARCHER (82-1198) GORGONITES SQUIRREL KILLER (82-3278) END OF THE LINE CICINISTI (82-3706) BEGUILERZ GNORE (82-3717) MILITARY SCIENCE FINALITY (82-4063) SUPERIOR FORCES 3P SIR LANCELOT (82-5350) ROUND TABLE WILLY T MAC (82-5925) RAPTURE KHORGA KHAN (82-6730) THE BEGINNING ELLYN (82-8983) LAS VEGAS II MANTISSA (82-9324) MATMATICA JETS TO BRAZIL (82-9697) DRAGON SKALE ON THE WASHER (82-10019) SUNNYDALE ORAL B (82-10020) SUNNYDALE 2-STROKE (82-10384) THE WILLBURYS 79 HITZ (82-10428) 4-LETTER DOCTORS UNDEFEATABLE (82-10966) SUPERIOR FORCES 5M GOLDWRAP (82-11886) SUPERIOR FORCES 34 CHIMPANZEE (82-12985) ANIMAL CRACKERS THE CUTICLE DANCE (82-13639) DON'T ASK SCHWETTY OLIVES (82-14247) SCHWETTY FOODS QSTAFF INFECTION (82-14523) DIRTY INFIRMARY BING S7 WANG (82-16000) SUPERIOR FORCES 6201 TAKE YOUR BEST SHOT (82-16651) SLIGHTLY HEATED SMILING GOAT (82-20735) SHAVE MY POODLE CRITICAL UPDATES (82-24025) ANNOYING THINGS II LIGHTNING XLV (82-24103) DEATH STUDS IX Congrats to the grads. -- Green Eyes