DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER Date : 10/31/2006 Duedate: 11/13/2006 ZUKAL ARENA DM-9 TURN-554 This Weeks Top Honors THE DUELMASTER IS ZULOR BLUE MOON (381) (9-5235) [16-13-0,102] Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader ZULOR POSITION IS EMPTY BLUE MOON (381) (9-5235) [16-13-0,102] Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite ZULOR NAHTALEE BLUE MOON (381) THE MONGOLOIDS (83) (9-5235) [16-13-0,102] (9-4871) [8-4-0,66] THE CURRENT TOP TEAM DARK WARDS (451) TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team 1. THE MONGOLOIDS (83) 32 2. DARK WARDS (451) 21 DARK WARDS (451) 3. BLUE MOON (381) 2 Unchartered Team 4. MEN OF HONOR (488) 0 5. 70'S CHILD (479) 0 ROLLEN-90'S (193) The Top Teams Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K 1- 1*70'S CHILD (479) 9 3 0 75.0 1/ 3 DARK WARDS (451) 7 3 0 2- 2*MEN OF HONOR (488) 11 6 2 64.7 2/ 1 BLUE MOON (381) 7 8 1 3/ 3 DARK WARDS (451) 53 46 2 53.5 3/ 5 THE MONGOLOIDS (83) 3 4 0 4/ 4 THE MONGOLOIDS (83) 379 362 21 51.1 4- 2*MEN OF HONOR (488) 2 1 0 5/ 5 BLUE MOON (381) 458 584 14 44.0 5- 4*70'S CHILD (479) 1 0 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. You know, I don't actually have anything against Khalhums Dwarves. They're just doing their jobs, same like me, except that they have NO prospect of getting out of it unless they can con some other dwarf into taking their place. It's gotta be the pits. Zulor SPY REPORT Good day, friends and fiends, welcome to your friendly neighborhood spyreport. I doubt ZUKAL will ever be the same. It seems the training can make the difference, as BLUE MOON is pushed out of top team by DARK WARDS, who came from 3rd with a 4-1-0 this turn. And let's see, STEEV fought ULTORINO and gained 16 points and contributed to THE MONGOLOIDS' 2-1-0. NOSFERATU has lost to NAHTALEE, falling 11 points, while helping make DARK WARDS a 4-1-0 turn. Defending his title for another turn, ZULOR kept ZUKAL's warrior, VETERAN MERCENARY, from claiming the throne. By the way, was that our Duelmaster that I saw last night, cramped under the table at The Blue Boar Inn? Oriental wise man once say, 'Hiding behind shields prevents proper sun tanning.' Inscrutable, but true. I also notice that the 70'S CHILD stable was the most avoided team this turn. Come on ZUKAL, what are you afraid of? And avoiding 70'S CHILD more than any other team we find DARK WARDS. ZUKAL, are we going to accept, or respect this sort of thing? The most challenged warrior this turn was THE MONGOLOIDS' warrior WILYUM. More fighters challenged him than challenged the Duelmaster! In a brave attempt, WILYUM from THE MONGOLOIDS challenged up 25 points to fight BLUE BLOTTO from the BLUE MOON stable. WILYUM perhaps got his just desserts, seeing as he was subdued by BLUE BLOTTO and ended up with 27 recognition points. BRUJAH of DARK WARDS had better have a good reason for challenging down 13 points in a challenge which he won. I thought BRUJAH showed great skill and promise when he subdued TIKO BEN. All right, so I slept through it! Big deal! A coward dies a thousand deaths, a brave man only once. Wise men know this to be true. 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. Well, I'm burning daylight here in ZUKAL and I've a long road ahead of me. Happy Trails. Until the sun next rises and my pen sets to paper-- Alarond the Scribe DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME ZULOR 5235 16 13 0 102 BLUE MOON (381) CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME NAHTALEE 4871 8 4 0 66 THE MONGOLOIDS (83) STEEV 4936 6 4 0 62 THE MONGOLOIDS (83) -TONKA 5198 5 0 0 58 70'S CHILD (479) ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME NOSFERATU 4946 8 8 0 55 DARK WARDS (451) BLUE BLOTTO 5262 10 6 1 52 BLUE MOON (381) ULTORINO 5244 10 15 1 46 BLUE MOON (381) -QUITE FRANKLY 5290 3 1 1 45 MEN OF HONOR (488) TOREADOR 4948 8 7 1 41 DARK WARDS (451) VENTRIIE 4987 3 1 0 38 DARK WARDS (451) CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -KRAKATOA 5289 3 1 0 31 MEN OF HONOR (488) WILYUM 4935 4 6 0 27 THE MONGOLOIDS (83) -BLACK PLAGUE 5310 2 0 1 24 MEN OF HONOR (488) INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -DONAHUE 5197 2 2 0 19 70'S CHILD (479) -MATCHBOX CARS 5195 1 0 0 19 70'S CHILD (479) BRUJAH 5000 3 0 0 18 DARK WARDS (451) GANGREL 4999 3 0 0 15 DARK WARDS (451) -PEPIN THE SHORT 5312 2 0 0 15 MEN OF HONOR (488) -TEE BALL 5196 1 0 0 13 70'S CHILD (479) BLU JON 5308 2 4 1 11 BLUE MOON (381) INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME TIKO BEN 5320 0 3 0 3 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 The Dark Wards have returned to Zukal. Beware the doom! Since you're just returning, I shall make my standard plea for you to send your personals in plain text if possible. HAL doesn't handle formatting well.... -- Ed. Wilyum -- You must have been a bad boy to get a match-up like that one. -- Ultorino Ambitious Guard. (sigh) -- Blue Blotto Brujah -- Cool number, not so cool fight. -- Blu Jon Gangrel -- So that's like, what, a whole pack of mongrels? -- Tiko Ben Slightly decayed mongrels, if so. -- Ed. 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 NAHTALEE bested NOSFERATU in a crowd pleasing 3 minute gruesome Challenge fight. STEEV demolished ULTORINO in a popular 1 minute gruesome one-sided Challenge melee. WILYUM was bested by BLUE BLOTTO in a popular 3 minute Challenge contest. BRUJAH defeated TIKO BEN in a 1 minute bloody amateur's Challenge match. GANGREL unbelievably bested BLU JON in a 3 minute Challenge fight. ZULOR devastated VETERAN MERCENARY in a 1 minute bloody mismatched Title match. VENTRIIE luckily beat AMBITIOUS GUARD in a action packed 4 minute gruesome melee. TOREADOR viciously subdued CAPTURED ORC in a 2 minute veteran vs. beginner duel. BATTLE REPORT MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS |FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT| |WALL OF STEEL 4 WALL OF STEEL 20 - 10 - 1 67 | |STRIKING ATTACK 3 STRIKING ATTACK 16 - 12 - 3 57 | |BASHING ATTACK 3 LUNGING ATTACK 8 - 6 - 1 57 | |TOTAL PARRY 2 BASHING ATTACK 13 - 12 - 2 52 | |PARRY-LUNGE 1 TOTAL PARRY 2 - 2 - 0 50 | |AIMED BLOW 0 PARRY-LUNGE 1 - 1 - 0 50 | |PARRY-STRIKE 0 AIMED BLOW 6 - 6 - 0 50 | |PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 0 - 0 0 | |LUNGING ATTACK 0 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 0 - 0 0 | |SLASHING ATTACK 0 SLASHING ATTACK 0 - 3 - 0 0 | Turn 554 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-LUNGE 1 - 0 BASHING ATTACK 1 - 2 2 WALL OF STEEL WALL OF STEEL 3 - 1 AIMED BLOW 0 - 0 2 STRIKING ATTACK STRIKING ATTACK 2 - 1 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 0 2 TOTAL PARRY TOTAL PARRY 1 - 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 0 2 LUNGING ATTACK LUNGING ATTACK 0 - 0 1 AIMED BLOW SLASHING ATTACK 0 - 0 1 BASHING ATTACK 1 PARRY-LUNGE TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME WALL OF STEEL ZULOR 5235 16 13 0 102 BLUE MOON (381) STRIKING ATTACK STEEV 4936 6 4 0 62 THE MONGOLOIDS (83) BASHING ATTACK BLUE BLOTTO 5262 10 6 1 52 BLUE MOON (381) PARRY-LUNGE TOREADOR 4948 8 7 1 41 DARK WARDS (451) TOTAL PARRY VENTRIIE 4987 3 1 0 38 DARK WARDS (451) FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above. The overall popularity leader is ZULOR 5235. The most popular warrior this turn was NAHTALEE 4871. The ten other most popular fighters were BLUE BLOTTO 5262, STEEV 4936, BRUJAH 5000, BLU JON 5308, ZULOR 5235, TOREADOR 4948, NOSFERATU 4946, ULTORINO 5244, WILYUM 4935, and GANGREL 4999. The least popular fighter this week was VENTRIIE 4987. The other ten least popular fighters were TIKO BEN 5320, GANGREL 4999, WILYUM 4935, ULTORINO 5244, NOSFERATU 4946, TOREADOR 4948, ZULOR 5235, BLU JON 5308, BRUJAH 5000, and STEEV 4936. The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn: ZULOR (9-5235) BLUE MOON (381) NEW GRADUATES--FROM ALL ARENAS (INCLUDING CLOSED ARENAS) For those of you who keep track of such things, 5 additional warriors graduated from regular DM arenas (including closed arenas) since the last tournament. TONY TWILO (5-4525) of HOUSE OF PANCAKES MARCIE (36-6076) of MER DE NOMS WAR EAGLE (55-3289) of DRAGONFYRE WIPEY (82-12634) of UNJUSTLY RENAMED FORMIDABLE (82-17495) of F-TROOP Congrats to the grads. -- Green Eyes