DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 08/06/2008    Duedate: 08/19/2008

MALCORN ARENA

DM-15    TURN-594

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

WIND RIDER
GREENWARDENS (244)
(15-4876) [17-20-0,106]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

WIND RIDER                     POSITION IS EMPTY
GREENWARDENS (244)             
(15-4876) [17-20-0,106]        

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

WIND RIDER                     BOSS
GREENWARDENS (244)             STARBASE 5 (263)
(15-4876) [17-20-0,106]        (15-4877) [10-15-1,50]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

GREENWARDENS (244)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. STARBASE 5 (263)            29
2. GREENWARDENS (244)          25      DARK CREATION (471)
3. DARK CREATION (471)         -1      Unchartered Team

                                       WHITE STORM (458)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 1 DARK CREATION (471)      236 222 10 51.5   1/ 1 GREENWARDENS (244)       11  4 0
 2/ 2 STARBASE 5 (263)         234 224  9 51.1   2/ 2 STARBASE 5 (263)          6  4 0
 3/ 3 GREENWARDENS (244)       564 700 13 44.6   3/ 3 DARK CREATION (471)       3 12 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[ Greenwardens ]H[ + ---:--- + ]H[ +

     A graduated Greenwarden named Whisperstep stood watch by the body of the bear.
His teammates didn't envy him that relatively passive job; the body was in a
malodorous state of decay, and uncanny besides.  Whisperstep considered that a clear
case of somebody overdoing it.  Kill the bear, fine, this was a thing that happened
to bears from time to time, just as it didd to people.  Leave it out in the woods to
rot, okay, this, too, happened.  But the signs indicated that this bear had not died
here, nor had it been dragged or carried to this place.  It had walked, after its
death.  Gross to contemplate, but the tracks were clear enough to a trained eye.
More than gross, when you considered the powers that must have been involved.
Necromancy of some sort, he supposed.  Apparently there was a lot of that going
around these days.
     He shook his head at the mysteries of the human and mostly-human minds of
magicians who chose the specialty of the necromantic arts.  Who could understand
them?  Fortunately, that wasn't his job.  He scanned the woods again, as he did every
few minutes, turning slowly in place so that no direction was ommitted.  Sight,
hearing, scent, the feel of the air moving against his skin, anything might signal
the approach of trouble, and if the trouble that approached him was the same as led
to this dead bear, he did not want to be taken by surprise.
     The woods were still as...a grave.  Ah, not a good image, maybe he should come
up with--
     *whisperstep*
     He hunched his shoulders.  Definitely, he should have come up with a better
image.  He turned, scanning automatically for physical dangers, trying not to see the
misty shape on the path beyond the carcase.  Maybe if he ignored it--nah, who was he
trying to fool?  He couldn't ignore a ghost.  He sighed and raised his eyes to the
shape.  That's all it was, a shape too blurred to identify.  Probably better that
way.  He didn't want to identify it.  Sometimes ghosts tried to get living people to
finish things they'd left undone by dying, or to help them seek revenge for their
deaths.  Neither prospect appealed to him.  Sometimes they...tried to take over the 
living bodies of people who listened to them.
     *whisperstep*
     He sighed again and nodded.  "I hear you.  What will you have of me?"

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                        ---===FREE BLADES REGIONAL NEWS===---

                                     Duelmasters
                                     -----------
 DM   9 ZUKAL (turn 597): BLU JON of BLUE MOON (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  12 RIZTAB (turn 599): BELEG CUTHALION of SILMARILLIAD (Ichabod Frothingslosh)
 DM  13 DULLENS (turn 502): DARKWIND of CARDOW HUNTERS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  15 MALCORN (turn 593): WIND RIDER of GREENWARDENS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  16 WILLAF (turn 595): TAIKUTSU of YAMABUSHI (Doc Miracle, mgr.)
 DM  17 ALJAFIR (turn 594): TAMARIN MELLIRN of MIDDLE WAY (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  19 ZUWAYZA (turn 592): WHITE CHOCOLATE of WALI'S FINEST (?, mgr.)
 DM  28 MORYA (turn 296): VORTEX of FLYING MONKEYS (?, mgr.)
 DM  29 LAPUR (turn 585): URD of WILL DUEL 4 MEAD (Sporkis, mgr.)
 DM  31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 294): EXECUTIONER of RETRIBUTION (Lord of Retribution, mgr.)
 DM  32 ARVAT (turn 581): DREAD of ANGELS OF PAIN (The Dark One, mgr.)
 DM  33 NIATOLI ISLAND (turn 579): THE MANIAC of RAVAGING LORDS (General Ikillu, mgr)
 DM  35 MURSKA (turn 570): PANE of LOST CAUSE (Vol, mgr.)
 DM  43 VEASTIAN (turn 533): NORILTENNE of THE FAMILY (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  45 STORMCROWE (turn 271): TUNDRA of ARCTIC WASTES (Wretch, mgr.)
 DM  47 DOUBLE X (turn 265): BARBARINO of SECOND BANANAS (Mannequin, mgr.)
 DM  50 SNOWBOUND (turn 252): ON MY WAY of OPEN SESAME (Crip, mgr.)
 DM  56 ROCANIS (turn 460): TYI VELWIC of INCONSISTENT FURY (Banthius, mgr.)
 DM  60 COLLUSION COVE (turn 447): I OWN INDIMAR of 4000 BLOWS (Nuln, mgr)
 DM  61 JURINE (turn 438): CITIZEN CAPET of BLADES OF TERROR (Soultaker, mgr.)
 DM  65 DAL SHANG (turn 424): BETTER DUCK of MIGHTY DUCKS (Woody, mgr.)
 DM  73 ERINIKA (turn 501): SKIN PEELER of BLACKMAIL (The Mun, mgr.)
 DM  74 DAYLA KIV (turn 394): POLE CAT of ARENA FELINES (Garfield, mgr.)
 DM  75 JADE MOUNTAIN (turn 392): FOOTSTEPS of PARANOID ASYLUM (Jekyll, mgr.)
 DM  78 LIN TIRIAN (turn 374): MESSALIDA of SAND DANCERS (Jorja, mgr.)
ADM 103 FREE BLADES (turn 486): NEBUCHADNEZZAR of BLADES OF WONDER (The Sandman)

                                      Top Teams
                                      ---------
 DM   9 ZUKAL (turn 597): BLUE MOON (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  12 RIZTAB (turn 599): DREAMERS (Sleepy, mgr.)
 DM  13 DULLENS (turn 502): CARDOW HUNTERS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  15 MALCORN (turn 593): GREENWARDENS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  16 WILLAF (turn 595): PUNNY ANIMALS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  17 ALJAFIR (turn 594): MIDDLE WAY (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  19 ZUWAYZA (turn 592): CUNNING RUNTS (Deep Thought, mgr.)
 DM  28 MORYA (turn 296): FREE MASONS (?, mgr.)
 DM  29 LAPUR (turn 585): WILL DUEL 4 MEAD (Sporkis, mgr.)
 DM  31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 294): THE STORMBRINGERS (High Lord Bosk, mgr.)
 DM  32 ARVAT (turn 581): POSITION IS EMPTY
 DM  33 NIATOLI ISLAND (turn 579): BAD COMPANY (Bill, mgr.)
 DM  35 MURSKA (turn 570): LOST CAUSE
 DM  43 VEASTIAN (turn 533): THE FAMILY (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  45 STORMCROWE (turn 271): NOSTALGIA (Crow, mgr.)
 DM  47 DOUBLE X (turn 265): POSITION IS EMPTY
 DM  50 SNOWBOUND (turn 252): LIFE IMPACTS (Smitty, mgr.)
 DM  56 ROCANIS (turn 460): KNIGHTS OF ROCANIS (Jakari, mgr.)
 DM  60 COLLUSION COVE (turn 447): DREAMTIME (Hombre, mgr.)
 DM  61 JURINE (turn 438): MIDDLE WAY 16 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  65 DAL SHANG (turn 424): MIGHTY DUCKS (Woody, mgr.)
 DM  73 ERINIKA (turn 201): SUE'S BOYS (Crip, mgr.)
 DM  74 DAYLA KIV (turn 294): CORPS (Papa Bear, mgr.)
 DM  75 JADE MOUNTAIN (turn 392): PARANOID ASYLUM (Jekyll, mgr.)
 DM  78 LIN TIRIAN (turn 374): MAGIC ARTISTS (Houdini, mgr.)
ADM 103 FREE BLADES (turn 486): DO IT AGAIN et al (The Dark One, mgr.)

                                   Recent Graduates
                                  -----------------
 DM   9 ZUKAL (turn 596): GANGREL of DARK WARDS (Dr. Doom, mgr.)
 DM  13 DULLENS (turn 502): LITTLE OX of CARDOW HUNTERS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  15 MALCORN (turn 592): WENDIGO of DARK CREATION (Herbert Philip Lovecraft West)
 DM  16 WILLAF (turn 594): KILDILLI DALL of PUNNY ANIMALS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  28 MORYA (turn 296): XANAX of THE PENTARCHY (Le Pentarque, mgr.)
              (turn 295): CAM SHAFT of OTTO'S MECHANICS (Crip, mgr.)
                          LADY ELMA of FILIPINA LADYZ (Lady Martilyo, mgr.)
 DM  29 LAPUR (turn 585):URD of WILL DUEL 4 MEAD (Sporkis, mgr.)
                          ARONWE of MID EARTH (Visionist, mgr.)
                          URAT of MID EARTH (Visionist, mgr.)
                          ENYALIUS of GODS OF WAR (Sovereign, mgr.)
              (turn 584): BRICKHOUSE of STREET WALKERS (Roadkill, mgr.)
 DM  32 ARVAT (turn 581): DREAD of ANGELS OF PAIN (The Dark One, mgr.)
                          MESHARR of RILL'S GCSC2 (Rillion, mgr.)
 DM  35 MURSKA (turn 570): PANE of LOST CAUSE (Vol, mgr.)
 DM  45 STORMCROWE (turn 269): REALITY of SRETSAMLEUD II (Phat Phat, mgr.)
 DM  47 DOUBLE X (turn 265): BARBARINO of SECOND BANANAS (Mannequin, mgr.)
                             JACK & JILL of ROYAL FLUSH (Crip, mgr.)
                             RHIANNON of GAELIC STORM (Bobby Bigfoot, mgr.)
 DM  50 SNOWBOUND (turn 252): TRASH CAN of OPEN SESAME (Crip, mgr.)
                  (turn 251): RUBBER DUCKIE of OPEN SESAME (Crip, mgr.)
 DM  56 ROCANIS (turn 460): CONTRABAND of YIELD (Jekyll, mgr.)
                (turn 459): PREATORIAN of KNIGHTS OF ROCANIS (Jakari, mgr.)
 DM  60 COLLUSION COVE (turn 446): VENREK of DEMONS OF DARKNESS 2 (Rillion, mgr.)
 DM  61 JURINE (turn 437): FAIRUZA of CLAN GHOST BEARS (Bjorn, mgr.)
 DM  65 DAL SHANG (turn 423): TENDERIZED DUCK of MIGHTY DUCKS (Woody, mgr.)
                              JOEVINA SARIL of SAND DANCERS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  78 LIN TIRIAN (turn 373): CONJUROR of MAGIC ARTISTS (Houdini, mgr.)

                                 DUELMASTER'S COLUMN
                             Notes from the arena champ.

     You made a good try, Simulacrum, but you just didn't have enough information to
work with.  Neither do I, come to that, but at least I've got some.  As in:
     Really strange goings-on reported in the woods between here and Zuwayza.  You
may not know about this, but part of our (the Greenwardens) job is keeping an eye on
some, ah, They call them "hot spots" in the woods there.  Don't ask me why They call
'em that, since the spots in question are more often icy cold, but that's the way
They are.  One of my graduated teammates (Woodwalker, you probably don't remember him
as it was quite a while ago, but he's a big Shew, and very light on the feet) says
that there have been "spirits of air" assembling in and over the woods.  As for what
that means, search me.  I think you have to be initiated in some fashion to be told
stuff like that, and I don't mind waiting a while for it to happen.  Lots of people,
well, relatively speaking, die out in those woods at night.  Dying, okay, it comes to
all of us, and gladiators are especially prone to it, but...well, the stories I've
heard, not to mention the bodies I've seen....  I'd just as soon pass on that, at
least for now.

                                    Wind Rider

                                      SPY REPORT

     It's me, The Unknown Spymaster, back to give you this week's Spy Report.  Sit 
back in your seats and we'll have more fun than a barrel of Zontanis.  Hey everybody, 
watch out for PIE EYED PIPER, who flew up 17 points in the rankings after mashing 
SIMULACRUM like a melon.  Keep your eye on this guy.  Ya know, some days it doesn't 
pay to walk out on the sands.  SIMULACRUM was bested by PIE EYED PIPER and drops 14 
points.  Well, everybody's pal WIND RIDER moved his record to 17-20-0 by defeating 
LYLYANNA in the Duelmaster's Title Bout and gaining 6 recognition points.  Can you 
believe they are paying me 10 gold to deliver this stuff?   
     Here is other news that is of note.  And who is this VARPULIS RUKH you ask, with 
56 points and a 11-22-1 record.  Ooh, the tales I could tell!   
     Death is kind of like a new puppy:  he's always around wanting to play.  (Ha 
Zontani, how's that for a wise saying?).  Ask not the elves for counsel, for they 
will say both yes and no.  Silly buggers, eh?   
     I think I had better cut this one short.  It's been nice chatting to those of 
you whom I have not offended yet.  C'mon, Leadfoot, let's make some tracks.  Hasta la 
bye-bye.  (Loud choruses of 'Beat it, ya bum!')-- The Unknown Spymaster  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 WIND RIDER 4876              17  20  0   106       GREENWARDENS (244)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 MOSSROCK 4871                23  18  2    89       GREENWARDENS (244)
 PIE EYED PIPER 4878          14  11  0    83       STARBASE 5 (263)
 LYLYANNA 4919                10   5  0    68       DARK CREATION (471)
 ZIRCON 4920                   7   3  0    68       STARBASE 5 (263)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 THULE 4921                    9   5  0    66       DARK CREATION (471)
 SIMULACRUM 4906              13  11  2    61       DARK CREATION (471)
 STUMP 4882                   13  19  0    61       GREENWARDENS (244)
 AVENGELINA 4888              11  10  0    61       STARBASE 5 (263)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 VARPULIS RUKH 4863           11  22  1    56       STARBASE 5 (263)
 BOSS 4877                    10  15  1    50       STARBASE 5 (263)
 REDTHORN 4943                 5   3  0    39       GREENWARDENS (244)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 MARDUK 4942                   5   4  0    19       DARK CREATION (471)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 NECROPALYPSE 4950             1   0  0    16       DARK CREATION (471)
 THORNWOOD 4944                2   3  0     9       GREENWARDENS (244)
-KHAMUL 4033                   1   5  0     8       THE BLACK RIDERS (391)
-NEMO 4648                     1   1  0     4       DOWN WITH THE SHIP (468)
-AKHORAHIL 4031                0   1  0     4       THE BLACK RIDERS (391)
-ADUNAPHEL 4032                0   4  0     4       THE BLACK RIDERS (391)

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?

                                     PERSONAL ADS

Stump -- You're pretty tall for a stump, but when you fell I should have taken
advantage of the situation and used you for a place for my buttocks, instead it
appears I tripped over you and just couldn't do much else except...well...be a bump
on a stump...hahaha. -- Boss
P.S.  Do you mind if I keep the parts of you I hacked off?  It makes for good
kindling you see.

Marduk -- I was teaching you how to be a good fighter...never mind the record...a
good teacher loses to his pupils in hopes that they build self esteem, etc...but
anyway, I was in the middle of it and I was about to say a few words of encouragement
and then you HIT me!  not once but twice!  Very rude to attack your teacher with
malicious intent.  I WAS going to LET you win...but I decided a lesson was
necessary...and I continued in hopes you could learn more this way on your own! --
The Rukh

Captured Orc -- YOU were the one I saw engraving your initials into the trees of the
surrounding forest.  Consider it avenged.... -- Avengelina

Userous Merchant -- I've no idea why you're here...and so userous of what you're of.
-- Zircon

Thule -- Hardy Har Har!...I'm drunk as a skunk...and I stink...Har Har Har! -- The
Piper

Dark Creation -- I don't think any manager can plan a record to be as close as ours!
-- Zeus
P.S.  Keep your chin up.  A couple of turns of bad fights...It's sure to turn around
for ya!  Come on I'll buy a round for you guys.

Greenwardens -- Hey Jorja you guys are invited to the pub too...what the heck...I'll
buy a round for all the teams in the arena this turn!  So come on out for good times.
We can watch the Piper crack stupid jokes, try silly pick-up lines on the barmaids
and just plain make an ass of himself!  It's sure to be entertaining. -- Zeus

Wendigo -- Let me tell you, girl, you are really well out of whatever is going on
here.  _Whatever_.  I don't quite know, myself, and I'm trying hard not to find out,
because if I start learning stuff about it all, I may have to take action, and
that... well, several Greenwardens have died doing stuff like that, you know?  I
don't want to be one of 'em. -- Mossrock
P.S.  So, go to the Isle with my best wishes, and don't look back!

Boss -- Is it my faulty memory, or do we go back and forth some on the sands?  Not
that I'm objecting, since we've both survived so far.  Just wondering vaguely.  If
Jorja kept better records, I'd know.  But she just says, "If you really wonder, go
hunting back through the newsletters.  I think I'll pass on that. -- Stump

I had to bury the Mordant Deserter in the sand.  There wasn't anything else to bury
him in. -- Redthorn

First, I figure I gotta wonder about a dwarf that's a beggar, persistent or
otherwise.  I mean, he's a dwarf, why doesn't he get a job at one of the forges?  And
then, despite being totally screwed by the Commission's notion of what a Persistent
Beggar should carry and fight like, he wins?  This is clearly part of some deep-laid
plot.  And when you think about it, all dwarven plots must be deep-laid, just by the
nature of dwarves.  But anyway, I have a strong suspicion that they're out to GET us.
I'm going to look into this. -- Thornwood

Geroge Murgekt -- And if I can get you into an alley, you'll regret that. -- Stump

Hariven -- Forget it, I've got problems of my own. -- Redthorn

Stump -- How could anyone teach you well?  You're too stupid to learn.  And as for
the "well-being of forests," gods, do I look like some kind of silly elf or
something? -- Geroge Murgekt, Resentful Orc

Avengelina -- That match was unfair to me, of course, but what else can one expect of
humans?  Or dwarves, for that matter. -- Geroge Murgekt, Resentful Orc

Zircon -- Splendid!  You passed the test and may take up your duties as my guard
immediately. -- Arzim naZildah of Zuwayza, Chartered Merchant
P.S.  Er, pardon me if this is a sensitive subject, but surely you aren't really a
dwarf at that height?

Redthorn -- You're an oaf, but then, just about everyone I've met in this benighted
backwoods is an oaf, so what else is new? -- Tolurin Blackleaf, late of Mordant

Thornwood -- Bwahaha. -- Korbold, Persistent Beggar, notice how butter isn't melting
in my mouth or anything

17 July 2008
All -- Many of you know me and many more don't, but I will be scarce for a few
months.  I am relocating, so look for my presence online!  As my will, so mote it
be! -- Abraxis

8 July 2008
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                **********************ATTENTION**********************
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                                      ALLIANCES
                                         OF
                                      ALASTARI
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                **********************ATTENTION**********************
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                                 *TURF WAR VI RULES*
                            Starting Nov 2008 (10 turns)

Anyone may participate; known alliances, new alliances, or temporary alliances
created solely to compete in the Turf War!  To participate, each alliance must:
        1.  Announce the alliance and the Captain of the alliance in the North Fork
            (DM 47) newsletter.
        2.  Announcements made on the D2 Forums will not be accepted.

Captains are responsible for:
        1.  Verifying those who wish to participate under the banner of their
            alliance;
        2.  Distribution of prizes should their alliance win the Turf War.
        3.  Submit one (1) RSI Roll-Up Certificate to participate

Participating managers who are not Captains must:
        1.  Submit one (1) RSI Roll-Up Certificate to participate
        2.  Announce their intent to compete with manager name, team name, and
            alliance they will represent in the North Fork (DM 47) newsletter.
            Announcement made on the D2 Forums will not be accepted.
               a.  No scores will be tabulated until a Gift Certificate is received.
                   No EXCEPTIONS.
               b.  Before a manager can compete, he/she must declare themselves in
                   the North Fork (DM 47) newsletter as stated above AND be verified
                   by the alliance Captain they will represent.
               c.  Only one (1) team per player may compete.  No multiple teams or
                   aliases will be allowed.  Violations will result in immediate
                   disqualification from the Turf War (so be sure to take any
                   multiple teams OFF of Team Maintenance).
               d.  Scoring will NOT be retroactive for teams that do not properly
                   declare or fail to send a Gift Certificate by Turn 1.  In other
                   words, if your Gift Certificate is not received until Turn 3 of
                   the Turf War, and you have fought on Turns 1 and 2, your scoring
                   will not begin until Turn 3.  All conditions must be met before
                   scoring will begin--declaration, verification, and Gift
                   Certificate received.
               e.  No declarations or verifications will be accepted after Turn 5 of
                   the Turf War.
               f.  For purposes of scoring, the moderators will score the Turf War
                   and settle any and all disputes as they arise.  Their decisions
                   will be final.

Scoring will be as follows for Fights:
                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
Dark Arena*     +10     -5     xx       xx
*After 2nd win, warrior scores no points for wins

Special Scoring Considerations for the Turf War are as follows:
Spy Report mention (team name only)              +2
Style Master                                     +2
Duelmaster                                       +2

Champions:
     1.  A Champion may be declared, but one is not mandatory.
     2.  Only one Champion allowed per manager at any given time.
     3.  Champions that graduate or are killed by another warrior in the arena, but
         not the Dark Arena, may be replaced.
     4.  Champions must be in the Adepts bracket or lower on the turn they are
         declared, and may NOT have gone above Adepts level at any time; this
         includes teams transferred into North Fork for the Turf War.

Bloodfeuds:
        1.  Bloodfeuds will score points on all four (4) turns.
        2.  There is no limit to which warrior may bloodfeud or how often.

Tournament Considerations:
        1.  Tournament participation is ALLOWED and encouraged.
        2.  Tournament Victors won during the course of the contest will gain a one
            (1) time bonus of 25 points.  This bonus will apply EACH time a
            warrior(s) wins such status.
        3.  Tournament Champions won during the course of the contest will gain a one
            (1) time bonus of 50 points.  This bonus will apply EACH time a
            warrior(s) win such status.
        4.  Points for TVs and TCs will be applied the Turn after RSI posts

            tournament results in the North Fork (DM 47) newsletter (i.e., if the
            results post on North Fork turn 275, points will be credited on North
            Fork turn 276 to the applicable teams).

Special Considerations:
        1.  Each alliance begins the Turf War with zero (0) points.
        2.  There will be NO alliance or team changes once the contest has begun.  If
            you begin the Turf War with Alliance A, you must end the Turf War with
            Alliance A.  If you begin the Turf War with Team A, you must end the Turf
            War with Team A.
        3.  There will be a maximum of seven (7) teams allowed per alliance for the
            Turf War.
        4.  The Dark Arena may be used on the first turn only, of every warrior,
            without penalty.

Prizes:
The Turf War is a "winner take all" contest.  All prizes and 100% of the Gift
Certificates will be awarded to the Captain of the winning alliance.  It is the
responsibility of the Captain to distribute Gift Certificates.  Moderators will
submit a list of each manager on the winning alliance to RSI at the completion of the
contest for the non-Certificate prizes.

The following prizes have been secured from RSI:
        1.  Renaming of the North Fork (DM 47) arena;
        2.  Renaming of Dark Arena Monsters (one for each manager in the winning
            alliance);
        3.  Known Favorites for one warrior on each team of the winning alliance
            (warrior must be ranked Initiate or above, must be alive, and must have
            at least one arena fight to receive this award).
        4.  +1 Skill bonus potion for each manager on the winning alliance.  Bonus
            potion must be applied to a living warrior from (DM 47)
        5.  +1 Skill bonus potion (one) for each manager who fights in all 10 rounds
            AND 45 fights of the Turf War.  Bonus potion must be applied to a living
            warrior from (DM 47)
These awards will be listed by the Moderator for claiming from RSI (Lee) within 4
turns of the end of TW VI.

Moderators:
The Moderators for this event will be Oz and Master Darque.  They will arbitrate all
dealings during the course of the contest.  Their decisions will be final.  All
questions, comments, and scoring disputes may be directed to Land of Oz or Darque
Forces via diplo in DM 47.  Managers with internet access may send a private message
to [The Consortium] or [Darque] on the Duel2 Forums.  Lastly, you may also email
questions, comments, and scoring disputes to rebelnerfherder at yahoo dot com.

Please note there have been rule changes from the last Turf War.  Please read them
carefully!

Contest will begin in November following the Fall Mail In Tournament.

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

THULE devastated VARPULIS RUKH in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge fight.
WIND RIDER vanquished LYLYANNA in a 1 minute uneven Title battle.
SIMULACRUM was demolished by PIE EYED PIPER in a 1 minute uneven fight.
MOSSROCK slimly won victory over AVENGELINA in a 8 minute veteran's contest.
ZIRCON overpowered THE USEROUS MERCHANT in a 1 minute mismatched match.
STUMP unbelievably bested BOSS in a 3 minute bloody veteran's duel.
REDTHORN overpowered MARDUK in a 1 minute gory mismatched brawl.
THORNWOOD was handily defeated by NECROPALYPSE in a 2 minute gruesome uneven melee.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|LUNGING ATTACK                   3         PARRY-RIPOSTE      1 -   0 -  0     100  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  2         PARRY-STRIKE       5 -   2 -  0      71  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      2         BASHING ATTACK     8 -   4 -  0      67  |
|AIMED BLOW                       2         AIMED BLOW        18 -  11 -  1      62  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    2         TOTAL PARRY       15 -  10 -  0      60  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  1         SLASHING ATTACK   10 -   7 -  0      59  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   1         WALL OF STEEL     13 -  10 -  1      57  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      1         STRIKING ATTACK    8 -   9 -  0      47  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     1         LUNGING ATTACK    12 -  14 -  0      46  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    0         PARRY-LUNGE        2 -   3 -  0      40  |

Turn 594 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:

SLASHING ATTACK    2 -  0     AIMED BLOW         0 -  2         2  TOTAL PARRY    
STRIKING ATTACK    1 -  0     PARRY-LUNGE        0 -  1         2  AIMED BLOW     
BASHING ATTACK     1 -  0     PARRY-STRIKE       0 -  1         2  SLASHING ATTACK
TOTAL PARRY        2 -  0     PARRY-RIPOSTE      0 -  0         1  STRIKING ATTACK
LUNGING ATTACK     2 -  1     WALL OF STEEL      0 -  2         1  BASHING ATTACK 
                                                                1  PARRY-STRIKE   
                                                                1  WALL OF STEEL  
                                                                1  LUNGING ATTACK 

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
TOTAL PARRY      MOSSROCK 4871              23  18  2   89 GREENWARDENS (244)
BASHING ATTACK   PIE EYED PIPER 4878        14  11  0   83 STARBASE 5 (263)
AIMED BLOW       LYLYANNA 4919              10   5  0   68 DARK CREATION (471)
SLASHING ATTACK  ZIRCON 4920                 7   3  0   68 STARBASE 5 (263)
PARRY-STRIKE     AVENGELINA 4888            11  10  0   61 STARBASE 5 (263)
LUNGING ATTACK   REDTHORN 4943               5   3  0   39 GREENWARDENS (244)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is WIND RIDER 4876.  The most popular warrior this turn 
was BOSS 4877.  The ten other most popular fighters were NECROPALYPSE 4950, REDTHORN 
4943, THULE 4921, WIND RIDER 4876, PIE EYED PIPER 4878, MOSSROCK 4871, ZIRCON 4920, 
STUMP 4882, VARPULIS RUKH 4863, and LYLYANNA 4919.

The least popular fighter this week was THORNWOOD 4944.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were MARDUK 4942, AVENGELINA 4888, SIMULACRUM 4906, LYLYANNA 4919, VARPULIS 
RUKH 4863, STUMP 4882, ZIRCON 4920, MOSSROCK 4871, PIE EYED PIPER 4878, and WIND 
RIDER 4876.