DM 012 Newsletter

DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date : 02/07/2007 Duedate: 02/20/2007

RIZTAB ARENA

DM-12 TURN-561

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

MACHIAVELLI
DREAMERS (142)
(12-6440) [13-8-0,121]

Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader

MACHIAVELLI QUALIX
DREAMERS (142) COLD IRON BLOWS (637)
(12-6440) [13-8-0,121] (12-6564) [6-0-0,49]

Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite

LOSING IS FUN SUGAR
WHO DA MAN? (623) ERRATA (604)
(12-6330) [16-12-0,100] (12-6104) [9-5-0,78]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

HIGH JINKS (584)

TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. CULTS-R-US (624) 22
2. COLD IRON BLOWS (637) 22 CULTS-R-US (624)
3. DREAMERS (142) 20 Unchartered Team
4. WHO DA MAN? (623) 15
5. STEEL THUNDER (630) 13 COLD IRON BLOWS (637)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1- 1 THE NORTH (554) 12 5 1 70.6 1/ 1 HIGH JINKS (584) 10 5 2
2/ 2*COLD IRON BLOWS (637) 18 12 0 60.0 2/ 3*COLD IRON BLOWS (637) 8 4 0
3/ 3 CULTS-R-US (624) 90 70 1 56.3 3/ 5 SWEET MAGIC (267) 8 7 2
4/ 4 ERRATA (604) 25 22 1 53.2 4/ 2 STEEL THUNDER (630) 8 7 2
5/ 5 HIGH JINKS (584) 206 201 13 50.6 5/ 7 DREAMERS (142) 6 9 0
6/ 6 DREAMERS (142) %1099 %1123 86 49.5 6/ 4 CULTS-R-US (624) 6 9 0
7- 7 ICE AGE (639) 18 25 0 41.9 7/ 8 ERRATA (604) 3 1 0
8/ 8 STEEL THUNDER (630) 93 142 10 39.6 8- 6 ICE AGE (639) 3 4 0
9/ 9 SWEET MAGIC (267) 440 757 13 36.8 9/10 WHO DA MAN? (623) 2 4 0
10/10 WHO DA MAN? (623) 19 37 0 33.9 10- 9 THE NORTH (554) 1 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

+ ]H[ + ---:--- + ]H[ The Foggy, Foggy Dew ]H[ + ---:--- + ]H[ +

Alourshin stood at the window of what had once been a tower on her island and
looked out. The lower two floors of the tower were water-tight, warm, comfortably
furnished, and well provisioned with food and firewood, and she wasn't going outside
without a good reason. The unseasonable warmth of a month ago had given way to
bitter and unseasonable cold (where was global warming when you needed it?). The
lake was more frozen than not, with a border of ice around the island and the water
looking almost syrupy with suppressed ice. The ground had rung like iron under her
feet when she made the morning circuit, and she was not looking forward to the
evening circuit. But that was part of her agreement, written into the lease, that
she patrol the island's shore twice a day. To look for what, cause or prevent what,
she didn't know. But definitely not just because some idiot was out on the lake in a
rowboat, freezing his butt off.
She frowned. The idiot was beginning to look familiar. A gladiator? Well,
they were idiotic enough, most of them, but who would...? Oh, Lady and Lord, it was
Ugly Eddie! She'd as good as INVITED him to come out, back when she first moved out
here and it had been warmer. What had moved her to make that stupid, STUPID comment
about fulfilling his fantasies? Of COURSE that would bring him out. She stomped
into the entry hall and began to layer on wool and furs.

DUELMASTER'S COLUMN
Notes from the arena champ.

All -- The DMship! And I believe Budda'll bear me out when I say no one in no fight
ever won the title in quite such a unique and ugly manner. Warhammer and short
sword, a here-to-fore unheard of combination in the Riz...am I right? -- Ugly Eddie,
Duelmaster

SPY REPORT

Thankyouthankyou. It's great for me, The Unknown Spymaster to be back in
RIZTAB. Hope you enjoy the show. Oh, who am I kidding? I already got paid! COLD
IRON BLOWS is no joke as it posted a 3-1-0 week advancing from 3rd place to 2nd
place. Hey everybody, watch out for MADAM Y, who flew up 16 points in the rankings
after mashing MARVANELLA like a melon. Keep your eye on this gal. And falling like
a basher in the top ten was MARVANELLA, who dropped 12 points after a disappointing
(to say the least) bout with MADAM Y. Drawing on all of his experience as a 12-8-0
warrior, MACHIAVELLI went for the Duelmastership against UGLY EDDIE this week. In
front of all the crowds, MACHIAVELLI took the Duelmaster's crown for his own. I give
the bum two weeks. An apple a day keeps the doctor away, but an onion a day keeps
T.P.s at bay.
Let's dig a little deeper into what's happening in the RIZTAB arena. Did you
hear that COLD IRON BLOWS was most avoided team this week? Well, knowing the
personal hygiene of COLD IRON BLOWS' warriors, I'm not surprised! And you guys like
to boo me? Well, unsling your rasberries, cause CULTS-R-US beats feet every time
COLD IRON BLOWS smiles at them. Try farming, eh? Well dang howdy, but if challenges
were votes, TALA GOG would be president. Although it may be a contest she doesn't
want to win.
Death is kind of like a new puppy: he's always around wanting to play. (Ha
Zontani, how's that for a wise saying?). DEXTER defied all odds and slew BUKKA THE
TROLL in the Dark Arena. The only ones displeased were the buzzards, as BUKKA THE
TROLL's meat is notoriously tough. Knowing when to use the right tactics at the
proper time is a very important step on the road to Duelmaster.
I think I had better cut this one short. It's been nice chatting to those of
you whom I have not offended yet. Well, there goes another Spy Report. Good luck in
next week's fights. And remember, you can pick your friends and you can pick
your--(loud boos), oh, you've heard that one already!-- The Unknown Spymaster

DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
MACHIAVELLI 6440 13 8 0 121 DREAMERS (142)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-ALEX SCHIMMELFENNIG 5748 12 4 1 134 THE NORTH (554)
BUDDHA 6231 20 20 0 100 DREAMERS (142)
LOSING IS FUN 6330 16 12 0 100 WHO DA MAN? (623)
TALA GOG 6066 16 45 0 93 SWEET MAGIC (267)
UGLY EDDIE 6370 16 11 1 91 HIGH JINKS (584)

CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
MONKEY 6105 7 5 0 84 ERRATA (604)
SUGAR 6104 9 5 0 78 ERRATA (604)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
KRANKYKARL 6406 14 9 1 66 HIGH JINKS (584)
HUME 6376 14 11 0 63 DREAMERS (142)
HURRICANE 6481 7 12 0 60 STEEL THUNDER (630)

ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
EPICURIOUS 6495 10 6 0 55 DREAMERS (142)
MISSY MOSSY 6539 8 4 1 55 HIGH JINKS (584)
IRONSTORM 6483 11 7 0 54 STEEL THUNDER (630)
QUALIX 6564 6 0 0 49 COLD IRON BLOWS (637)
DEXTER 6524 10 4 1 43 HIGH JINKS (584)
LEIBNIZ 6540 7 5 0 39 DREAMERS (142)
WINTER SHADOWS 6526 6 8 0 39 SWEET MAGIC (267)
YODA MAN 6328 3 25 0 36 WHO DA MAN? (623)
-RIPTIDE 6562 4 1 0 35 ICE AGE (639)

CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
JASPER 6566 4 2 0 30 COLD IRON BLOWS (637)
TARILISS 6527 5 9 1 29 SWEET MAGIC (267)
-BOGUS LA 6132 3 5 0 29 ERRATA (604)
WACKY WACO WONK 6505 6 8 0 26 CULTS-R-US (624)
RANFUAGUD 6567 5 1 0 26 COLD IRON BLOWS (637)
-RYE 6108 3 1 1 25 ERRATA (604)

INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
MANGY POLECAT 6569 2 4 0 22 HIGH JINKS (584)
KOOL-AID DRINKER 6557 5 3 0 21 CULTS-R-US (624)
SWEET BETSEY 6571 3 2 0 20 SWEET MAGIC (267)
-BIG SHRIMP 6561 3 2 0 19 ICE AGE (639)
EGROS 6565 3 3 0 17 COLD IRON BLOWS (637)
MADAM Y 6576 1 1 0 17 CULTS-R-US (624)
SCYTHE 6578 1 0 0 15 STEEL THUNDER (630)
BULLHOG 6560 2 5 1 12 STEEL THUNDER (630)
TYGER 6559 1 6 1 10 STEEL THUNDER (630)
MARVANELLA 6574 2 1 1 8 SWEET MAGIC (267)
-GREY 6478 0 2 0 6 ERRATA (604)
-IAINTPLAYING 6568 0 3 0 3 ICE AGE (639)
BROTHER ZILCH 6575 0 2 0 2 CULTS-R-US (624)
SISTER Q 6579 0 1 0 1 CULTS-R-US (624)

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

THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
SIBATA THE THIEF 474 0 1 0 1 TARILISS 6527 561 NONE
BURQUA BOY 6570 0 1 0 CULTS-R-US 624 TYGER 6559 557 REVENGED
FLEECER 6572 0 2 0 CULTS-R-US 624 BULLHOG 6560 559 JUST REV
BUKKA THE TROLL 491 0 1 0 DARK ARENA 0 DEXTER 6524 561 NONE
BLING BLING 6555 3 2 0 ICE AGE 639 MISSY MOSSY 6539 559

PERSONAL ADS

Brother Zort -- You should be challenging bare-knuckle fights on the side. -- Eddie

Qualix -- My welcome, I have worn out. Be well antagonist. -- Dexter

Brother Zilch -- It's "Mangy" time. Hold on to your scalp. Ha! -- Mangy Polecat

Jasper -- A whirl-wind. With all these blow-hard elemental types, of which I count
myself as one, in a minor capacity...I could maybe have a nickname like "Dust Devil".
Or maybe Dust Devilette. -- Missy Mossy, D. Devilette (s'gotta ring)

Hurricane -- Good targeting brings about a veritable trouncing. Recogitating the
operating parameters as we speak. -- Krankykarl

All -- Now, I have graduated 13 wit fighters in the past, even a fighter stat-
mongered up from 11 wit once. But old Dex'd reached the limit of his skills and that
learning thing just wasn't his forte. -- Jondeaux

Here is Kalen, the first warrior from this stable to graduate. TP 10-12(+1)-4-17-17-
14-11. Master in defense and parry. Expert in attack, riposte and decisiveness.
I'm very proud of him. And what do you know, he was using his favorite weapon and OE
and AL his whole career. He has come a long way since our original arena in Ti. --
Wolf King

Tyger -- My thanks, little guy, I really needed that win. Sorry I didn't end up
teaching you more, but I was concentrating on winning and just wasn't as
demonstrative as I might have been otherwise. I don't promise to do any better at
teaching if you come at me again, as I will probably be all excited about the
prospect of another win. But I can wish you good luck elsewhere. -- Tariliss

Brother Zort -- Ah, you're leaving us, I see. Well, I wish you a good trip. Even
though the Commission doesn't see it, *I* can tell you're part Shew, and every
victory by a Shew or part Shew is a triumph over the Commission's stereotype of the
"Stupid Shew." Go for it. -- Tala Gog

Kool-Aid Drinker -- Your perversity is matched only by your really rotten taste in
beverages. -- Winter Shadows
P.S. Not to mention that if you spill any, no matter how much cold water and hand
washing you employ, you will NOT get the stains out. You can even stain a SWORD with
spilled kool-aid. Hideous stuff.

Ah, yes, Khazrho the Zukali. I never met a Zukali I would trust, and I wouldn't
trust this one even more. Or less? Anyway, somebody who's five-foot-seven and
claims to be a Shew is going to get the hairy eyeball from me. -- Marvanella
P.S. He's obviously up to no good. I mean, he WAS up to no good, so I stopped him.

Madam Y -- Well, that was, perhaps, a trifle inaccurate, but someday you WILL be a
fine opponent, I have no doubt. (sigh) And THEN, I'll lose to you. Drat. -- Sweet
Betsey

Brother Zort -- You have obviously been infamously misused by the Commission! Batter
them (slowly) with your fists and serve them up on the altar of some ill-tempered
demonlet! -- Tala Gog

Arenamaster Rillion -- Like I'm going to enrich your already fat coffers? As if! --
Tariliss
P.S. You darned bloated plutocrat.

24 January 2007
The Council of Lords would like to propose a rule change in ADM and Primus. We
propose that Lord Protectors ranked "Grand Champions" and below (ADM) and "The Tower
Guard" and below (Primus) be allowed to fight in the Dark Arena. This would not
impact the top rankings or title match. Any managers who never got his fill or shot
at fighting Gateway monsters would have it as an option. We believe it might spark
some interest in the ADM/Primus realm for some managers. If interested, speak up in
the newsletters or on forums under the "rules changes" thread and let RSI know. This
could even be something to try for 12 months and then be re-evaluated. What say you,
managers of Ghea? -- The Icelord sends....

29 January 2007
HDFA Mission Statement
"Show me the money!"
This is the battle cry of a newly formed collection of like-minded individuals:
The High Dolla' Free Agent$. We are not a tough guy alliance: No...we offer no
battle without reward. We search for victory and the prizes and accolades that
follow. We are motivated by winning and will freely use whatever means necessary to
obtain our currency. No stuffy rules, no mandates, no constitutions, no leaders,
only a few objectives:
1) Win as often as possible
2) Celebrate freely and revel in your victories; the more meaningless the
victory the more we celebrate. Highsiding and chest thumping are encouraged.
Ostentatious endzone celebrations with prop usage are encouraged, regardless of
fines, penalties, suspensions or arrest by local authorities. It is important to let
your opponent know how great you are; more importantly, you must let your own
alliance mates know how great you are.
This is a 1-up alliance, let the performance of your fellow Free Agent$ motivate
you. If a Free Agent wins a TV, win 2; if a Free agent wins a contest, win a more
prestigious one.
Current members of the HDFA include: CFH and Abraxis. Inquires can be directed
to: CFH/Rat Salad DM 47

LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

DEXTER viciously butchered BUKKA THE TROLL in a 2 minute bloody Dark Arena fight.
MACHIAVELLI vanquished UGLY EDDIE in a 1 minute uneven Challenge Title battle.
LOSING IS FUN demolished TALA GOG in a crowd pleasing 1 minute uneven Challenge fight.
HURRICANE was overpowered by MONKEY in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge fight.
LEIBNIZ was bested by MISSY MOSSY in a 1 minute Challenge brawl.
BULLHOG lost to KOOL-AID DRINKER in a 2 minute Challenge fight.
TYGER was devastated by RANFUAGUD in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge match.
BUDDHA unbelievably bested SUGAR in a action packed 2 minute gruesome expert's fight.
HUME was vanquished by KRANKYKARL in a 2 minute gruesome one-sided duel.
YODA MAN was viciously subdued by QUALIX in a 2 minute brutal one-sided fight.
EPICURIOUS handily defeated MANGY POLECAT in a 1 minute one-sided bout.
IRONSTORM subdued JASPER in a 3 minute bloody match.
WACKY WACO WONK was handily defeated by WINTER SHADOWS in a 1 minute contest.
EGROS demolished BROTHER ZILCH in a 1 minute one-sided brawl.
TARILISS easily killed SIBATA THE THIEF in a 1 minute one-sided conflict.
MADAM Y slimly won victory over MARVANELLA in a 2 minute amateur's bout.
SWEET BETSEY vanquished SISTER Q in a 1 minute one-sided fray.
SCYTHE bested HEZASH THE MOUTH in a 2 minute amateur's brawl.

BATTLE REPORT

MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|STRIKING ATTACK 7 TOTAL PARRY 11 - 5 - 1 69 |
|WALL OF STEEL 6 LUNGING ATTACK 31 - 20 - 1 61 |
|LUNGING ATTACK 5 SLASHING ATTACK 13 - 10 - 2 57 |
|BASHING ATTACK 4 BASHING ATTACK 21 - 19 - 2 53 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 3 PARRY-RIPOSTE 11 - 10 - 0 52 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 3 STRIKING ATTACK 40 - 38 - 1 51 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 2 WALL OF STEEL 32 - 35 - 0 48 |
|AIMED BLOW 1 PARRY-STRIKE 10 - 14 - 1 42 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 1 AIMED BLOW 4 - 13 - 0 24 |
|TOTAL PARRY 1 PARRY-LUNGE 3 - 17 - 0 15 |

Turn 561 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 5 - 1 STRIKING ATTACK 3 - 4 3 STRIKING ATTACK
BASHING ATTACK 3 - 1 PARRY-LUNGE 1 - 2 3 LUNGING ATTACK
PARRY-RIPOSTE 2 - 1 AIMED BLOW 0 - 1 2 WALL OF STEEL
LUNGING ATTACK 3 - 2 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 1 1 PARRY-LUNGE
SLASHING ATTACK 1 - 1 TOTAL PARRY 0 - 1 1 PARRY-STRIKE
1 PARRY-RIPOSTE

TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
STRIKING ATTACK MACHIAVELLI 6440 13 8 0 121 DREAMERS (142)
PARRY-STRIKE UGLY EDDIE 6370 16 11 1 91 HIGH JINKS (584)
LUNGING ATTACK MONKEY 6105 7 5 0 84 ERRATA (604)
PARRY-RIPOSTE KRANKYKARL 6406 14 9 1 66 HIGH JINKS (584)
WALL OF STEEL HUME 6376 14 11 0 63 DREAMERS (142)
SLASHING ATTACK MISSY MOSSY 6539 8 4 1 55 HIGH JINKS (584)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is LOSING IS FUN 6330. The most popular warrior this
turn was SUGAR 6104. The ten other most popular fighters were DEXTER 6524, LOSING IS
FUN 6330, QUALIX 6564, MACHIAVELLI 6440, BUDDHA 6231, KRANKYKARL 6406, IRONSTORM
6483, JASPER 6566, MONKEY 6105, and MISSY MOSSY 6539.

The least popular fighter this week was BROTHER ZILCH 6575. The other ten least
popular fighters were WACKY WACO WONK 6505, MANGY POLECAT 6569, YODA MAN 6328, HUME
6376, TYGER 6559, HURRICANE 6481, UGLY EDDIE 6370, SISTER Q 6579, MADAM Y 6576, and
TARILISS 6527.