DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER Date : 10/01/2007 Duedate: 10/13/2007 TOBIR ARENA DM-14 TURN-577 This Weeks Top Honors THE DUELMASTER IS MOLYNEUX OTAGO HIGHLANDERS (348) (14-3921) [22-15-0,105] Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader MOLYNEUX CONNIE OTAGO HIGHLANDERS (348) CROC FILES 3 (399) (14-3921) [22-15-0,105] (14-3908) [3-0-0,30] Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite SHOWSTOPPER SHOWSTOPPER NO-HALF STEPPING (451) NO-HALF STEPPING (451) (14-4427) [13-9-2,95] (14-4427) [13-9-2,95] THE CURRENT TOP TEAM OTAGO HIGHLANDERS (348) TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team 1. HIGH SCHOOL PROM (449) 41 2. THE DOGHOUSE (188) 23 OTAGO HIGHLANDERS (348) 3. CROC FILES 3 (399) 16 Unchartered Team 4. OTAGO HIGHLANDERS (348) 10 5. NO-HALF STEPPING (451) -44 CROC FILES 3 (399) The Top Teams Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K 1/ 2*CROC FILES 3 (399) 8 5 0 61.5 1/ 3 OTAGO HIGHLANDERS (348) 7 8 1 2/ 1 OTAGO HIGHLANDERS (348) 252 159 19 61.3 2/ 1 THE DOGHOUSE (188) 7 8 0 3/ 4 HIGH SCHOOL PROM (449) 20 18 1 52.6 3/ 4*CROC FILES 3 (399) 6 2 0 4/ 3 NO-HALF STEPPING (451) 50 49 5 50.5 4/ 5 HIGH SCHOOL PROM (449) 6 5 0 5/ 5 THE DOGHOUSE (188) 475 576 9 45.2 5/ 2 NO-HALF STEPPING (451) 6 6 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+-----]|%{ * ---===ANDORIAN REGIONAL NEWS===--- Duelmasters ----------- DM 8 ARKERS (turn 287): BURPS FIRE HAMMER of ACID FIRE HAMMERZ (Hammer, mgr.) DM 11 ARUAK CITY (turn 577): MAN'S BEST FRIEND of BULLDOGS (Kennelworth, mgr.) DM 14 TOBIR (turn 576): SHOWSTOPPER of NO-HALF STEPPING (?, mgr.) DM 22 SOLVEN (turn 569): EDGILES KAPP of MIDDLE WAY 15 (Jorja, mgr.) DM 24 ZORPUNT (turn 566): TRAVIS T FLETE of KRILL CAVALRY (Jorja, mgr.) DM 25 LYRATILAN (turn 565): SYMPATHY of MADTOWN (Namenlos, mgr.) DM 26 CALEAM (turn 563): SVEN BLUETOOTH of STEEL CRUSADE (Cassius Calvata, mgr.) DM 30 IAYE (turn 558): THE BOY KING of WORLDLY DECLINE (?, mgr.) DM 40 ZENSU (turn 528): HAMILTON of VABOROUGHS (Visionist, mgr.) DM 41 KATI-TEI (turn 519): POSITION IS EMPTY DM 46 ARDIVENT (turn 510): MICK JAGGER of DEATHTONGUE (Technogeek, mgr.) DM 52 FRATSFA (turn 235): BOB LE CANADIEN of BLOOD AND GUTS! (Le Pentarque, mgr.) DM 63 AMEN-TEI (turn 412): CLE of UN (JE, mgr.) DM 71 KYR'TERR (turn 190): EYE OF THE NEEDLE oF HAZAARDS OF CLONING (Crip, mgr.) ADM 105 ANDORAK (turn 462): AXLY HIMSELF of GERFEL'S FRIENDS (Generalissimo Puerco) Top Teams --------- DM 8 ARKERS (turn 287): BLOOD RITES (Wretch, mgr.) DM 11 ARUAK CITY (turn 577): BULLDOGS (Kennelworth, mgr.) DM 14 TOBIR (turn 576): THE DOGHOUSE (Jorja, mgr.) DM 22 SOLVEN (turn 569): KELLUMBO'S KIDS (Detective Kellumbo, mgr.) DM 24 ZORPUNT (turn 566): MEDAL OF HONOR A3 (The Anarchist, mgr.) DM 25 LYRATILAN (turn 565): MADTOWN (Namenlos, mgr.) DM 26 CALEAM (turn 563): STEEL CRUSADE (Cassius Calvata, mgr.) DM 30 IAYE (turn 558): THE A'S -- LOSERS II (Malaquar, mgr.) DM 40 ZENSU (turn 528): VABOROUGHS (Visionist, mgr.) DM 41 KATI-TEI (turn 519): WANDERERS (Jorja, mgr.) DM 46 ARDIVENT (turn 510): FANDILS (Wise Old Fandil, mgr.) DM 52 FRATSFA (turn 235): FIRE INC. (Wretch, mgr.) DM 63 AMEN-TEI (turn 412): 1949 YANKEES (Papa Bear, mgr.) DM 71 KYR'TERR (turn 190): THE ZOO (Jorja, mgr.) ADM 105 ANDORAK (turn 462): SUPERIOR FORCES (Manager, mgr.) Recent Graduates ---------------- DM 8 ARKERS (turn 286): TIEN of YAKUZA (Sensei Jan, mgr.) DM 11 ARUAK CITY (turn 577): MAN'S BEST FRIEND of BULLDOGS (Kennelworth, mgr.) (turn 576): MAGENTA MAGGOT of ANIMAL FARM (Mino, mgr.) DM 22 SOLVEN (turn 568): BELISSA HOUGH of MIDDLE WAY 15 (Jorja, mgr.) DM 24 ZORPUNT (turn 565): KERMAN JONES of KRILL CAVALRY (Jorja, mgr.) DM 26 CALEAM (turn 563): SVEN BLUETOOTH of STEEL CRUSADE (?, mgr.) CAP'N CRUNCH of STEEL CRUSADE (?, mgr.) (turn 562): LORIS KEY of GOLDEN CANYON (Jorja, mgr.) DM 40 ZENSU (turn 528): HAMILTON of VABOROUGHS (Visionist, mgr.) DM 41 KATI-TEI (turn 517): WILLIAM CRAWFORD of MEDAL OF HONOR 26 (The Anarchist) DM 46 ARDIVENT (turn 509): REAGAN of DEATHTONGUE (Technogeek, mgr.) DM 52 FRATSFA (turn 235): BOB LE CANADIEN of BLOOD AND GUTS! (Le Pentarque, mgr.) DM 71 KYR'TERR (turn 189): JESSICA RABBIT of BRAIN FOOD 36 (The Sandman, mgr.) (turn 188): PUPPY ON PATROL of DOGS OF WAR (?, mgr.) SPY REPORT If you were disturbed from your beauty rest only to have to watch a bunch of TOBIR brutes like you, you'd be grouchy, too. Later days, THE DOGHOUSE, since OTAGO HIGHLANDERS took top team from you this turn, you guys are old news. Gee, I'm impressed, a 3-1-0 is nice, but don't get cocky, HIGH SCHOOL PROM, the Fates teach humility, and the Fates are proud. MOLYNEUX challenged TOBIR's Duelmaster for a shot at the throne. And it's out with the old, in with the new, as MOLYNEUX takes the Title and last week's bar tab from the old Duelmaster. Heh, heh. The Deeproot Inn, humph! I've tasted better ale at mortuaries. Where do they get this stuff? From TOBIR's trash dumps? Well, let's take a look at some more misdeeds of you miserable sword-boys. What's the big D? THE DOGHOUSE was the most avoided team? Bunch of lily livered... grumble... mumble... curse... And who led the way in this mass act of cowardice? Let's see, well, whatcha know? It was HIGH SCHOOL PROM. Ha ha ha ha! Ooh, I'm frightfully impressed, LRB was this turn's most challenged warrior. Watch that ego swell, sports fans. I guess I can give a little credit to TEA of HIGH SCHOOL PROM for challenging up by 22 to LRB. TEA won to get 90 points of recognition. Some people like volunteer work in the hospitals. I volunteer for TOBIR's morgue. More variety. We're all going to die in the end, so why worry if the fate catches up with you sooner that later? I was about to buy a new quill pen the other day, but some fighter took it for an epee. Forgive me for writing with a dagger. Phlllt! Just had to do that before I leave the fine city of TOBIR. I feel much better now. I see the crowds are getting restless, I must leave now-- Snide Clemens DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME MOLYNEUX 3921 22 15 0 105 OTAGO HIGHLANDERS (348) CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME 100% 4429 14 8 2 104 NO-HALF STEPPING (451) SHOWSTOPPER 4427 13 9 2 95 NO-HALF STEPPING (451) SCRUFF 4421 21 10 0 91 THE DOGHOUSE (188) CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME ABBOTT 4131 10 3 2 90 OTAGO HIGHLANDERS (348) TEA 4417 7 2 0 90 HIGH SCHOOL PROM (449) LRB 4488 9 7 0 78 NO-HALF STEPPING (451) CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME WESTON 4137 7 5 1 60 OTAGO HIGHLANDERS (348) GINKOR 4515 8 3 0 57 THE DOGHOUSE (188) ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME CLOWN 4418 5 8 0 44 HIGH SCHOOL PROM (449) ECHANOSARAH 4490 11 9 0 42 THE DOGHOUSE (188) CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME CONNIE 3908 3 0 0 30 CROC FILES 3 (399) -PUNCH 4416 3 1 0 27 HIGH SCHOOL PROM (449) WHOLE MUTT 4516 5 6 0 24 THE DOGHOUSE (188) INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME ENVELOPE 4502 3 1 0 20 HIGH SCHOOL PROM (449) MURRY 3909 2 1 0 19 CROC FILES 3 (399) STEWART 4213 4 4 1 17 OTAGO HIGHLANDERS (348) LADY MUTT 4531 1 1 0 16 THE DOGHOUSE (188) DAISY 3907 2 1 0 13 CROC FILES 3 (399) -MONTY 3911 1 1 0 13 CROC FILES 3 (399) -CODECRACKER 4518 2 4 0 10 NO-HALF STEPPING (451) BOMBAY 4519 0 5 0 5 OTAGO HIGHLANDERS (348) -ACCO 3910 0 2 0 2 CROC FILES 3 (399) '-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn. THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge? TIPAR KUROO 4465 14 11 0 THE DOGHOUSE 188 ABBOTT 4131 575 DA1 4530 0 1 0 HIGH SCHOOL PROM 449 DARK CHAMPION 515 577 NONE PERSONAL ADS Clown -- Not funny. -- Echanosarah P.S. And way too subtle for someone of your vintage (high school). Make us laugh at you and thus underestimate you? I don't think so, buster brown! Envelope -- I'm not getting this. Well, actually, I did get it and ripped it to shreds, but so what? I'm not getting the significance. I mean, it was an envelope. It fell on the floor. Anything on the floor is fair game for a dog, right? It's why we chew on shoes. They're on the floor. So they've got feet in them. Big deal. But I can keep to the point. So I chewed up your envelope. So? -- Whole Mutt the truculent today Lrb -- I wish you'd get a vowel. That sounds too much like somebody growling under their breath, although why it matters whether you're over or under your breath (unless your breath is really bad) I never did figure out. Still, it's probably something intellectual or philosophical, and I'm just a dog. Anyway, if you'd get a vowel, you'd just sound like you were gargling in your water dish, which can be fun, especially right after the floor has been mopped, and it isn't intimidating. -- Scruff I can't stand it when that idiot fan comes out and smirks at me. So I bit him. Big deal. I'm a dog. It's what I do. -- Ginkor P.S. Besides, smirking is just a fancy way of saying "showing his teeth," and any dog knows what to do about THAT. Connie -- (backing away and barking) What ARE you? I never smelled anything like YOU before. And your teeth are way too big. You're probably something Really Bad, and I need the Big Dogs to come deal with YOU. -- Lady Mutt P.S. Jorja wanted to call me Ms. Mutt, but I wasn't having any of that chauvinist stuff. That's cat stuff. Murry -- You were supposed to be furry and cuddly, and when you weren't, it threw me off. -- Darias le Plume, Trustworthy Scribe Acco -- Having been taken by surprise by ONE overgrown lizard, I was READY for the next. Ha! -- Darias le Plume, Trustworthy Scribe Monty -- This is not the way things are supposed to happen. The hero always wins in the end. I suppose this means we need a rematch, eh? -- Tomath Woodman, Hero of Convincia Ginkor -- Bad Dog! Bad! -- Timmins, Fan, not so Cheerful today 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 DA1 was barely slain by DARK CHAMPION in a crowd pleasing 1 minute Dark Arena fight. MOLYNEUX unbelievably bested SHOWSTOPPER in a 6 minute Challenge Title battle. TEA won victory over LRB in a crowd pleasing 1 minute Challenge brawl. CLOWN overpowered WHOLE MUTT in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge fight. ABBOTT was bested by 100% in a action packed 1 minute brawl. SCRUFF overpowered KHALHUMS DWARF in a 3 minute bloody one-sided struggle. GINKOR handily defeated DELARQUAN SAILOR in a 1 minute uneven fight. ECHANOSARAH was vanquished by WESTON in a 1 minute uneven duel. STEWART was vanquished by CONNIE in a 1 minute uneven fight. ENVELOPE outwaited DAISY in a slow 13 minute fight. MURRY luckily beat BOMBAY in a popular 2 minute novice's melee. LADY MUTT demolished POLITE BEGGAR in a 1 minute mismatched match. BATTLE REPORT MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS |FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT| |TOTAL PARRY 4 PARRY-RIPOSTE 8 - 4 - 1 67 | |LUNGING ATTACK 4 WALL OF STEEL 6 - 3 - 0 67 | |AIMED BLOW 3 BASHING ATTACK 6 - 4 - 2 60 | |STRIKING ATTACK 3 TOTAL PARRY 18 - 16 - 0 53 | |PARRY-RIPOSTE 2 LUNGING ATTACK 32 - 29 - 0 52 | |SLASHING ATTACK 2 PARRY-LUNGE 1 - 1 - 0 50 | |BASHING ATTACK 1 STRIKING ATTACK 15 - 15 - 1 50 | |WALL OF STEEL 1 AIMED BLOW 9 - 10 - 0 47 | |PARRY-LUNGE 0 SLASHING ATTACK 2 - 6 - 0 25 | |PARRY-STRIKE 0 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 0 - 0 0 | Turn 577 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 1 - 0 STRIKING ATTACK 1 - 2 3 STRIKING ATTACK WALL OF STEEL 1 - 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 2 TOTAL PARRY TOTAL PARRY 3 - 1 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 0 2 AIMED BLOW AIMED BLOW 2 - 1 SLASHING ATTACK 0 - 2 2 LUNGING ATTACK PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 - 1 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE LUNGING ATTACK 2 - 2 1 BASHING ATTACK TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME TOTAL PARRY MOLYNEUX 3921 22 15 0 105 OTAGO HIGHLANDERS (348) PARRY-RIPOSTE 100% 4429 14 8 2 104 NO-HALF STEPPING (451) STRIKING ATTACK SHOWSTOPPER 4427 13 9 2 95 NO-HALF STEPPING (451) AIMED BLOW LRB 4488 9 7 0 78 NO-HALF STEPPING (451) BASHING ATTACK WESTON 4137 7 5 1 60 OTAGO HIGHLANDERS (348) LUNGING ATTACK GINKOR 4515 8 3 0 57 THE DOGHOUSE (188) Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above. The overall popularity leader is SHOWSTOPPER 4427. The most popular warrior this turn was SHOWSTOPPER 4427. The ten other most popular fighters were BOMBAY 4519, MOLYNEUX 3921, TEA 4417, SCRUFF 4421, 100% 4429, DA1 4530, CLOWN 4418, ABBOTT 4131, GINKOR 4515, and WESTON 4137. The least popular fighter this week was ENVELOPE 4502. The other ten least popular fighters were DAISY 3907, STEWART 4213, ECHANOSARAH 4490, WHOLE MUTT 4516, LRB 4488, LADY MUTT 4531, MURRY 3909, CONNIE 3908, WESTON 4137, and GINKOR 4515.