DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER Date : 10/02/2007 Duedate: 10/15/2007 KOLACT ARENA DM-10 TURN-580 This Weeks Top Honors THE DUELMASTER IS SIR CUMFERENCE SIR AGLIO (296) (10-5744) [31-15-0,108] Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader SIR CUMFERENCE POSITION IS EMPTY SIR AGLIO (296) (10-5744) [31-15-0,108] Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite CYNICA PERSEA QUELL THE MOONDOGS (97) THE MOONDOGS (97) (10-5730) [18-36-0,90] (10-5807) [12-6-0,84] THE CURRENT TOP TEAM SPRINGBORN (358) TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team 1. THE MOONDOGS (97) 56 2. QUBIT (464) 3 SIR AGLIO (296) 3. SIR AGLIO (296) 3 Unchartered Team 4. SPRINGBORN (358) -20 BEARER OF THE MARK (249) The Top Teams Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K 1/ 2 SIR AGLIO (296) 804 587 38 57.8 1/ 1 SPRINGBORN (358) 7 8 0 2/ 3 QUBIT (464) 557 443 19 55.7 2/ 2 THE MOONDOGS (97) 6 9 0 3/ 5 SPRINGBORN (358) 528 632 33 45.5 3/ 4 QUBIT (464) 3 0 0 4/ 6 THE MOONDOGS (97) 379 613 11 38.2 4/ 5 SIR AGLIO (296) 3 0 0 '*' Unchartered team '-' Team did not fight this turn (###) Avoid teams by their Team Id ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank TEAM SPOTLIGHT * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * ---===DELARQUAN REGIONAL NEWS===--- Duelmasters ----------- DM 1 MORDANT (turn 580): LARRY KING of DEATH'S DOOR (Otis the Drunk, mgr.) DM 2 NIANIA (turn 463): SCURVY LAD of SEA DOGS (One-Armed Bandit, mgr.) DM 3 OSKSI (turn 588): OTIS 3 of FRAT PARTY BLOWOUT (The Anarchist, mgr.) DM 4 JHELUM (turn 584): LEOPARD of TANKS FOR NOTHIN' (Master Beru, mgr.) DM 5 KALTOS (turn 583): BOMBETTE of PAPER MARIO (Luigi, mgr.) DM 6 TRANSEL (turn 587): JUGGERNAUT 31 of MACHINES OF WAR (Rosebud, mgr.) DM 7 BONSUR (turn 585): BABY JESUS of WASTELAND II (The Muffin Man, mgr.) DM 10 KOLACT (turn 579): QUIZNOS of QUBIT (Sultan, mgr.) DM 18 TALCAMA (turn 571): XYLICARE of BURN N' PILLAGE (Jolly, mgr.) DM 21 SUNSET (turn 570): DR. DREAM of NOMADIC TRIBE (Nomad, mgr.) DM 36 JHANS (turn 544): IRON MAN of ENGINES 'O' DEATH (?, mgr.) DM 38 CLIFFHOME (turn 534): RIQUETTIE of JINDA-BAN (Jorja, mgr.) DM 39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 238): SMIRK of CHEAP SHOTS (Cheap Shots Manager, mgr.) DM 42 RODEKI (turn 521): CELIE SHATTERSTONE of DELVERS (Jorja, mgr.) DM 51 TRICORUS (turn 470): BLADERUNNER of RAISING R'LYEH (Reaper, mgr.) DM 54 TROCAR (turn 225): GLUM of JANIX (KAT, mgr.) DM 59 ILLIS (turn 213): DERELICT of ALL-STAR NANA'S (The Mun, mgr.) DM 62 VALAMANTIS (turn 418): BALI DARRAS of MIDDLE WAY 10 (Jorja, mgr.) DM 72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 190): CRYBABY of OUTLAWS (Savant, mgr.) ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 462): SUSHI SLINGER of SEA DOGS (One-Armed Bandit, mgr.) Top Teams --------- DM 1 MORDANT (turn 580): SEA DOGS (One-Armed Bandit, mgr.) DM 2 NIANIA (turn 463): TEAM HAVOK (?, mgr.) DM 3 OSKSI (turn 588): FRAT PARTY BLOWOUT (The Anarchist, mgr.) DM 4 JHELUM (turn 584): TANKS FOR NOTHIN' (Master Beru, mgr.) DM 5 KALTOS (turn 583): THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (Jorja, mgr.) DM 6 TRANSEL (turn 587): MACHINES OF WAR (Rosebud, mgr.) DM 7 BONSUR (turn 585): SENTINELS (?, mgr.) DM 10 KOLACT (turn 579): SPRINGBORN (Still, mgr.) DM 18 TALCAMA (turn 571): BURN N' PILLAGE (Jolly, mgr.) DM 21 SUNSET (turn 569): SEA DOGS (One-Armed Bandit, mgr.) DM 36 JHANS (turn 544): ENGINES 'O' DEATH (?, mgr.) DM 38 CLIFFHOME (turn 534): JINDA-BAN (Jorja, mgr.) DM 39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 238): CHEAP SHOTS (Cheap Shots Manager, mgr.) DM 42 RODEKI (turn 521): COLOR ME SUAVE (Suave, mgr.) DM 51 TRICORUS (turn 470): RAISING R'LYEH (Reaper, mgr.) DM 54 TROCAR (turn 224): JANIX (KAT, mgr.) DM 59 ILLIS (turn 213): ISLANDERS (Jorja, mgr.) DM 62 VALAMANTIS (turn 418): POSITION IS EMPTY DM 72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 190): QUARTERFLASH (Brewmaster, mgr.) ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 462) TWISTED SESAME (Doc Steele, mgr.) Recent Graduates ----------------- DM 1 MORDANT (turn 580): HATCH BATTENER of SEA DOGS (One-Armed Bandit, mgr.) SWEET STUFF of MANNEQUIN'S BEST (Mannequin, mgr.) DM 3 OSKSI (turn 587): BIG BROTHER of FRAT PARTY BLOWOUT (The Anarchist, mgr.) DM 4 JHELUM (turn 584): HOWARD of DOGS OF WAR (Jorja, mgr.) DM 5 KALTOS (turn 582): GRETZKY of SPORTS GREATS (Papa Bear, mgr.) DM 10 KOLACT (turn 579): QUIZNOS of QUBIT (Sultan, mgr.) DM 42 RODEKI (turn 520): QUICK DEAD HAMMER of KLK RANGE HAMMERZ (Hammer, mgr.) DM 62 VALAMANTIS (turn 417): BALI DARRAS of MIDDLE WAY 10 (Jorja, mgr.) SPY REPORT Oh, hi. Its just little 'ol Debby Tonte. Thought I'd check out KOLACT to see what's new. MVP award for ICARUS? THE MOONDOGS' proud of him after beating DEVIL GIRL and getting 23 points. Talk about yer major upsets! DEVIL GIRL's match with ICARUS cost her a loss of 19 points! Don't you think the Duelmaster is being unfair? I think QUIZNOS should let CYNICA be Duelmaster for a while, without fighting about it. Is the Duelmaster really being a real snob to his teammates? Don't ask me! I gotta admit I haven't been in "deep con caves" with any spies. Really, I just wing this stuff. Challenges, revenges, Bloodfeuds. All KOLACT ever talks about is fighting! Me, I'm more laid back. Everyone has problems, but why did SPRINGBORN send TURBO to the Dark Arena? He had a 2-0-0, and I thought he looked neat on the sands... Fight, fight, fight. Is that all you guys can do? Remember, blood on a purple robe may stain. Soak it in cold water, and hand wash. I gotta leave. KOLACT 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 SIR CUMFERENCE 5744 31 15 0 108 SIR AGLIO (296) CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME CYNICA 5730 18 36 0 90 THE MOONDOGS (97) PERSEA QUELL 5807 12 6 0 84 THE MOONDOGS (97) CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME NESTOR ORDH 5793 13 14 0 57 THE MOONDOGS (97) ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME ICARUS 5809 9 7 0 54 THE MOONDOGS (97) BUFFALO BOB 5816 9 5 0 53 SPRINGBORN (358) CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME DEVIL GIRL 5839 3 1 0 31 SPRINGBORN (358) -SIR TIFIABLE 5825 4 0 0 25 SIR AGLIO (296) BAYFRONT BETTY 5829 3 6 0 24 SPRINGBORN (358) INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME MOOR O'NDUL 5845 1 1 0 23 THE MOONDOGS (97) -QUIESCENT 5734 3 0 0 18 QUBIT (464) -QWAP, AGAIN 5745 1 0 0 13 QUBIT (464) CRAZY OLD COOT 5843 2 1 0 7 SPRINGBORN (358) '-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn. THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge? TURBO 5842 2 1 0 SPRINGBORN 358 HIGH ELF 521 580 NONE ZAPETTE 5838 1 1 1 SPRINGBORN 358 THIAOO TRIGG 5833 576 REVENGED PERSONAL ADS Moor O'ndul -- Welcome to my arena. Yep, that's right, mine. Bought it lock stock and barrel. Course I had to then turn around and sell out...conflict of interest, don't you know. I might get preferential treatment, not that it wouldn't be undeserved, you understand. -- Crazy Old Coot Didn't they at least let you keep the stock and barrel? Icarus -- Oooooooo...they sent up Turbo. The long walk into midnight. I don't know, maybe there was something about her style that rankled. Hope not. -- Devil Girl Nestor Ordh -- DG's being clairvoyant, but I know what she means, can't abide them super offensives myself. They're so...forward, don't you think? Pushy too. <grin> -- Buffalo Bob Quiznos -- A secret admirer? If you find out who it is (I won't be out of this place for HOURS yet), whack him a fierce one. -- Persea Quell Sir Cumference -- Same old same old. -- Cynica Devil Girl -- I'd probably find something appropriate to say, but Kolact suffers from End of the Day Syndrome. (Except on those days when Jorja does the personals backward, which tends to annoy Our Editor.) So just, hmm, you're unwomanly, and way too tall. -- Icarus Buffalo Bob -- I heard of a square dance being held over on Sunset, bet they've got some cute women there. Let's go together. -- Nestor Ordh Crazy Old Coot! -- Moor O'Ndul P.S. It's easy when your name is a comment already. Means less thinking. That works for me. P.P.S. Hmm, high sociability and low charisma... maybe I get to tell long, boring anecdotes to anybody I can corner. Yeah, that works! I'd like that. It'd be a lot better than the time-- (sound of someone getting whacked upside the head) Buffalo Bob -- Of course not. I had the precession of the equinoxes on my side. -- Icarus Bayfront Betty -- Er, ah. A... roll. Are you suggesting I find a haystack? -- Nestor Ordh Our congratulations to Quiznos. -- Jorja and The Moondogs 6 September 2007 ****************************************** ****************************************** ***** ******* ***** STORMCROWE SLAUGHTERHOUSE 3 ******* ***** ******* ****************************************** ****************************************** 15 managers have announced for the Stormcrowe Slaughterhouse!!!!!! There is still time to join and make a name for yourself in one of Alastari's fiercest contests! I must correct a mistake in the previous announcement. I incorrectly called it the Slaughterhouse 2, but in reality, this will be the third installment of the Slaughterhouse! HOW TO JOIN *Find a Partner *Declare your intentions in the Stormcrowe newsletter to enter before the first turn of the contest. You may also email or diplo Master Darque. *Each manager entering the Stormcrowe Slaughterhouse must submit one (1) Team Roll-Up Certificate. Only certificates will be accepted for entry. All certificates submitted will be used during the course of the contest as prizes. *RU certificates must be received on or before the first turn of the contest which is Stormcrowe Turn 263 (running approximately November 27, 2007). RULES and SCORING Rules and Scoring information for the Slaughterhouse will be posted every turn in the Stormcrowe newsletter beginning with Turn 260 and in a final all arena ad in November. PRIZES ENDURANCE AWARD: One (1) +1 Bonus Potion will be given to every team that competes in 60 of the 65 contest fights. KILL MASTER AWARD: The individual manager with the most kills will receive a Limited Immortality Potion. This potion may be applied to one (1) warrior. He/she will be resurrected ONE-TIME if they are killed in Basic D2. TOP TEAM AWARD: Each manager on the winning team will receive the following prize pack for their Slaughterhouse Dominance: *One (1) +1 Bonus Potion *Favorites Knowledge for one (1) Warrior *Undisclosed amount of Team RU Certificates Special note from RSI on prizes: All contest prizes must be used within three months. All contest prizes may only be used on a living warrior on the participating contest team in DM 45. The immortality potion may resurrect a warrior one time, after a death in DM 45 only, after which time the potion disappears. NEED MORE INFORMATION Rules questions and clarifications may be directed to Master Darque the contest coordinator. He may be reached by email at rebelnerfherder at yahoo dot com or by diplo in DM 45 (Darque Forces-428). 20 September 2007 Ok, ok, you can stop not-talking about TOGS VI already, it is coming, slowly but surely, like a giant, over-fed, greased slug sliding down a gravely driveway. We're looking for new-comers, old-timers, in-betweeners, fence-sitters and Delarquans to come on out and participate. Just think, you could be the next Pinky & the Brain pairing (a la Creepster & Manager), or maybe you'll be the team that crushes all in its path on the way TO UTTER AND COMPLETE TOGS DOMINATION!!!!!! [note: insert sinister cackle if it helps you complete the picture] There will be a few minor changes, so let's recap the rules from top to bottom: 1. Each TOGS team consists of two managers. After the contest starts, there will be no switching partners whatsoever, so choose your teammate wisely. TOGS VI will last for 13 turns, so pick a partner you can stand for 6 months or so. 2. The TOGS entry fee is 2 team setups per manager. This means 4 setups per TOGS team. This entry fee is required before the start of the tourney with no exceptions being made. This is to ensure that nobody gets screwed if a team or manager decides to back out early. To pay the entry fee either: a) send $10 cash/check/money order/ or whatever to me personally at: Paul Jokelson 115 Moss Ave. #201 Oakland, CA 94611 b) get RSI to send me 2 team setup gift certificates. Sorry, no credit cards and no old teams you have lying around will be accepted. 3. TOGS point system: Fights: 10 points for winning on your up-challenge against another TOGS warrior. 7 points for winning on your even challenge of another TOGS warrior. 7 points for winning on another TOGS warriors challenge. 7 points for winning a random match-up against another TOGS warrior. 4 points for winning on your down-challenge of another TOGS warrior. 4 points for winning a random match-up against a non-TOGS warrior. Changes this TOGS: ** 10 points for any challenge by the DM, UP OR DOWN!! ** 4 points for winning a random match-up against your TOGS partner's warrior. To state the obvious, there are 0 points if you challenge your partner. ** 4 points for winning a bloodfeud attempt against you by a non-TOGS warrior You will not get any points if you challenge or get challenged by a non-TOGS team (with the exception of the above-stated rule if you get bloodfeuded), so use your avoids wisely if you think someone is out to get you. Spots/Ads 5 points for every spotlight written by any team member. 1 per manager per turn. The minimum length of a spotlight to receive points is 1/2 column in the newsletter (that's 31 lines-each line 85 characters across) and we will be completely firm on this. In addition to the length criteria, spotlights will not be given points if they are in any way plagiarized or if they are not Duelmasters or fantasy related. We will be the sole judge of this. If you're unsure if we will judge something to be Duelmasters or fantasy related, then e-mail me before you write the spotlight and ask. We reserve the right to take points away from a spotlight after they are given if we judge at later time that the spotlight has been plagiarized. -5 points per manager per turn every time a manager does not at least write one personal ad. 4. TOGS VI will start in arena 60 shortly after the Winter Face-to-Face (turn due Feb 21, Aradi turn 436) and as mentioned before will last for 13 turns. There will be multipliers in the later rounds, which means that all points accumulated by a team on turns 10 and 11 will be multiplied by 1.5 and all points accumulated by each team on turns 12 and 13 will be multiplied by 2. 5. Soultaker and Nuln will be the sole arbiters of any dispute that may arise, with props to Sentinel for doing the score-keeping as always. Whine all you like, we will be glad to provide comfortable chairs and the cheese of your choice. And there be the rules. If you look closely, you'll notice there were a few minor changes and additions made from the TOGS V rules. They are as follows: -- The Snotman & Nuln rule: Last TOGS Snotman and Nuln randomly matched up something like 4-5 times, so we basically decided out of pity to now give a small amount of points (4 in this case) for winning a random against a teammate, so that you're not completely screwed by having 2 of your 10 warriors get 0 zero points automatically. -- Scaling Down Points for the DM: Previously a TOGS DM would get 10 points *in addition* to whatever challenge points they got. This was to keep the DM from being penalized for being at the top and give people something to fight for. However, it was a bit too much of an award and we decided to scale it back and eliminate the bonus, but give full upchallenge credit whenever the DM challenges. -- Bloodfeuds from outside TOGS teams: This incident came up last TOGS, and it was felt that if a person killed a non-TOGS warrior in a random, they shouldn't have to be potentially locked into 4 turns of getting 0 points. So we've added an additional rule which now gives 4 points if you win when bloodfeuded by a non-TOGS warrior, at least giving you some way to get points if you're locked into a non-TOGS bloodfeud instead of being basically removed from the contest for 4 turns. And lastly... -- Team Names: This was not listed in the rules, but to make things more festive, at the suggestion of Manager we have decided to have the added dimension of team names! Yes, no more boring rankings with Team 4 edging out Team 7. Just picture reading a TOGS turn report now, with something along the lines of "Team Fiery Starfish obliterated Team Superior TOGSlings," just as one example. We hope to see you all there.... LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS TURBO was butchered by HIGH ELF in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight. QUIZNOS viciously subdued CYNICA in a action packed 1 minute brutal veteran's duel. SIR CUMFERENCE luckily beat PERSEA QUELL in a 3 minute bloody mismatched Title duel. NESTOR ORDH overpowered BAYFRONT BETTY in a 2 minute one-sided fight. DEVIL GIRL was devastated by ICARUS in a popular 1 minute uneven brawl. BUFFALO BOB devastated DANGEROUS CRIMINAL in a 2 minute mismatched match. MOOR O'NDUL handily defeated CRAZY OLD COOT in a 1 minute uneven fight. BATTLE REPORT MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS |FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT| |LUNGING ATTACK 2 TOTAL PARRY 15 - 4 - 0 79 | |BASHING ATTACK 2 BASHING ATTACK 11 - 3 - 0 79 | |WALL OF STEEL 2 PARRY-LUNGE 3 - 1 - 1 75 | |PARRY-RIPOSTE 2 SLASHING ATTACK 17 - 12 - 2 59 | |STRIKING ATTACK 2 LUNGING ATTACK 15 - 12 - 2 56 | |TOTAL PARRY 1 STRIKING ATTACK 5 - 6 - 0 45 | |SLASHING ATTACK 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE 5 - 11 - 0 31 | |AIMED BLOW 0 WALL OF STEEL 6 - 14 - 0 30 | |PARRY-LUNGE 0 PARRY-STRIKE 1 - 4 - 0 20 | |PARRY-STRIKE 0 AIMED BLOW 0 - 0 - 0 0 | Turn 580 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: LUNGING ATTACK 2 - 0 AIMED BLOW 0 - 0 3 TOTAL PARRY BASHING ATTACK 2 - 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 2 WALL OF STEEL TOTAL PARRY 1 - 0 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 0 2 LUNGING ATTACK WALL OF STEEL 1 - 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 2 1 SLASHING ATTACK SLASHING ATTACK 0 - 1 1 STRIKING ATTACK STRIKING ATTACK 0 - 2 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 BASHING ATTACK TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME TOTAL PARRY SIR CUMFERENCE 5744 31 15 0 108 SIR AGLIO (296) SLASHING ATTACK PERSEA QUELL 5807 12 6 0 84 THE MOONDOGS (97) LUNGING ATTACK ICARUS 5809 9 7 0 54 THE MOONDOGS (97) WALL OF STEEL BUFFALO BOB 5816 9 5 0 53 SPRINGBORN (358) Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above. The overall popularity leader is CYNICA 5730. The most popular warrior this turn was PERSEA QUELL 5807. The ten other most popular fighters were NESTOR ORDH 5793, ICARUS 5809, SIR CUMFERENCE 5744, BUFFALO BOB 5816, CYNICA 5730, DEVIL GIRL 5839, MOOR O'NDUL 5845, TURBO 5842, BAYFRONT BETTY 5829, and CRAZY OLD COOT 5843. The least popular fighter this week was CRAZY OLD COOT 5843. The other ten least popular fighters were BAYFRONT BETTY 5829, TURBO 5842, MOOR O'NDUL 5845, DEVIL GIRL 5839, CYNICA 5730, BUFFALO BOB 5816, SIR CUMFERENCE 5744, ICARUS 5809, NESTOR ORDH 5793, and PERSEA QUELL 5807. The following warriors have traveled to AD after fighting this turn: QUIZNOS (10-5773) QUBIT (464)