DUELMASTERS NEWSLETTER Date : 04/17/2004 Duedate: 04/30/2004 WILLAF ARENA DM-16 TURN-484 This Weeks Top Honors THE DUELMASTER IS ANTEZEL WYLDERNESS WYLD (514) (16-4988) [15-10-1,123] Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader ANTEZEL POSITION IS EMPTY WYLDERNESS WYLD (514) (16-4988) [15-10-1,123] Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite AMBROSIUS ORAN JI BLACKHEART'S AXE (534) PUNNY AMINALS (305) (16-5158) [14-11-0,79] (16-5299) [9-9-1,53] THE CURRENT TOP TEAM WYLDERNESS WYLD (514) TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team 1. PUNNY AMINALS (305) 26 2. WYLDERNESS WYLD (514) 15 BLACKHEART'S AXE (534) 3. YAMABUSHI (432) 10 Unchartered Team 4. BLACKHEART'S AXE (534) 6 5. MARGANA MAET (463) 0 FORCES OF EVIL (557) The Top Teams Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K 1/ 1*FORCES OF EVIL (557) 13 7 0 65.0 1/ 1 WYLDERNESS WYLD (514) 12 3 0 2/ 2 BLACKHEART'S AXE (534) 62 37 4 62.6 2/ 3 PUNNY AMINALS (305) 9 6 0 3/ 3 WYLDERNESS WYLD (514) 85 63 2 57.4 3/ 5*FORCES OF EVIL (557) 4 1 0 4- 4*MARGANA MAET (463) 7 6 0 53.8 4/ 4 BLACKHEART'S AXE (534) 4 5 0 5- 6 HOMERIC MMMMMMS... (454) 88 80 4 52.4 5- 7*MARGANA MAET (463) 2 4 0 6/ 7 YAMABUSHI (432) 85 103 10 45.2 6- 2 LUST MUPPETS (188) 2 5 0 7- 8 LUST MUPPETS (188) 63 79 0 44.4 7/ 6 YAMABUSHI (432) 1 5 1 8/10 PUNNY AMINALS (305) 351 528 14 39.9 8/10 THUNDER CLAP (543) 0 6 0 9/11 THUNDER CLAP (543) 21 36 1 36.8 9-11 HOMERIC MMMMMMS... (454) 0 1 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[(< + -----:----- + >)] The Free Cities #79 [(< + -----:----- + >)]H[(< Near Barikala: The pillar of light over Barikala was not an attack in any obvious way, but Artemisia found no comfort in that. It was probably magical. No, it was definitely magical. No one had been able to explain it in the months, the years since the Invasion, but they'd figured out that early on. Well, what else could it be? And it, or something connected to it, was deadly dangerous, because no ship or single visitor had returned from Barikala after the pillar first appeared. Those ship captains who normally used Zukal's port had long since worked out the limits of safety in the waters around Barikala, and The Golden Moon was well outside that limit. But...the zombies were something new on the chart. A man screamed behind her, along the ship's other rail, and she whirled. There was movement beyond the rail, black on near black, hard to make out. Lanterns lit the ship's deck but cast no significant light beyond it. She could see one of her sailors staggering toward the rail with some kind of dark cable wrapped around the middle of his body, but not what lay beyond and pulled him. She didn't need to see. She crossed to that side of the deck, her cutlass whistling down on the cable. The blade bit, but not deeply, the cable was more rubbery than a normal rope. It wasn't a rope, of course. She saw with disgust rather than fear that it was a tentacle, though what creature would have a tentacle four inches thick at any point was not something she cared to think deeply about. The Lady Protector hacked downward again. There were more cries. Fear, loathing, terror. More tentacles reaching up and over the ship's side. Tentacles on one side of the ship, zombies on the other. Neither group of sailors could abandon their own task to aid the other. Both attacking forces were stronger than Artemisia had expected. She began to wonder if her crew and her ship would survive at all. Niatoli Island: Lord Protector Ghenis walked along the waterfront of the island's only real town and looked over the shipping on hand. He wasn't sure what he was looking for, but he figured he'd know it when he saw it. Some people might have taken him for a tourist and considered robbing him, or selling him the kind of trash that hustlers always sold to strangers and rubes, but...not here. This town had an arena, and they knew that kind of walk, that assured and dangerous stance. He could be a hick with hay growing out his ears, but as long as he was a Lord Protector, no one would mistreat him so. At least, no one but another Lord Protector. And since he wasn't such a hick.... He smiled, a baring of his teeth that drove human rats out of his path. Ah. There was a man on the street ahead of him, talking to a probably ship captain. A man who, like himself, was unmistakably a Lord Protector. Tall, hard, maybe not quite human, although Ghenis couldn't put his finger firmly on the difference. Something in the way he stood, maybe. Not that it matter. This looked like a man he could work with. When the man turned away from the sailor, Ghenis was there, nodding his head in a move as close to a bow as he ever got. "I'm Ghenis, from Zukal," he said, and raised a questioning eyebrow. The other frowned. Odd, at this close distance, he seemed almost...scaled. "Agro, Lapur," the man said shortly. Ghenis noted that the sailor was moving away, clearly dissociating himself from the two gladiators. "I have control of a ship," Ghenis said, "and I am minded to make a raid on the invaders at Monuntial. You look like a man who might be interested in that." Agro's frown deepened, but he smiled, baring pointed, over-large teeth. "I'm interested," he agreed. Rocanis: Lady Protector Eleven Blade, Leven to her friends, stood on Spirit Ridge and stared southward. What should have been rolling, increasingly arid grasslands to the distant horizon was now a bank of...fog, maybe. Dark, sharp as a wall at its base, the top of it working like porridge boiling in a pot. And no more than fifteen miles away, probably less. Ten. "I've never seen anything like it," she admitted. "Strange weather...if it is weather." "It's partly weather," her companion said slowly, "but not entirely." He was a Lord Protector from Morya, Ghost Dancer by name. "I have been studying it for two months now. It began...I don't know where. Somewhere in the far south. It was a hundred miles south of here when I first saw it." Leven glanced at the man sharply. She didn't really know him, but there was nothing in his face or manner that suggested he was lying. "It's moved ninety miles in two months? At that rate, it could be on Rocanis within a week!" "Its speed is irregular," Ghost Dancer said. "Some days it moved scarcely a mile, other days it raced north like wildfire. But yes, it could be on Rocanis... any time." He was silent for a moment, as though debating whether he should say more. With a faint shrug, he went on, "I have not been able to find an end to the line of it and get around behind. I have no idea what lies behind in the ground it has already covered. But I would not expect to find anything really GOOD where that has passed." Obviously not, Leven agreed silently. The unknown never seemed to be benevolent. It was probably a natural law. "You couldn't get around an end," she said. "Did you try going straight through?" Ghost Dancer paled a little. "Yes," he said very quietly. "I survived, but I didn't get very far into it. Or I would never have come back, I think. It was like being caught in a whirlwind, in part. But I was not the only thing in the grip of the walking storm, and the others were.... Some of them were beasts, mad with terror and striking blindly. Others were," he hesitated, "things. The sort of things a priest of the Mytori might call out of the Darkness." "Do you believe it's a natural phenomenon?" Eleven Blade asked. "No." "Good. If it's unnatural, it was made by men. Or something like men, anyway. And what men can make, they can undo. Let's find out how, and then...undo." + ]H[ + ---:--- + ]H[ Out of the Past #6 ]H[ + ---:--- + ]H[ + Free Blades Edition Zuwayza: Tiberious, newly made a Lord Protector in Aljafir, looked at the capital city of the Glorious Empire with curiosity and unease. While he was a citizen of the Empire in good standing, he was also a Dwarf, and the races which weren't strictly human were regarded with suspicion throughout most of the Empire. Especially here at its ancient heart. He hadn't wanted to come here. But a new law ruled that all Lord Protectors desiring a grant of lands or other honors must apply to the Great Palace of the Satrap for them, and he WAS a Dwarf. He would not lightly forego this portion of the reward for which he had striven so long and at such risk. He took a firmer grip on the battle axe which custom required all Dwarves to carry and strode up to the Western Door. Decent metal work, he noted professionally. To be honest, excellent metalwork, although he could not (and this surprised him) even guess at the source. It was unlike anything he'd seen before, not the work of Elf or Human, and certainly not Dwarven work. He was an educated man, in the Dwarven sense, and he would KNOW. Very old, you didn't get that kind of patina on bronze in a day, not even if you employed an alchemist. He leaned closer, trying to make out the individual symbols that formed a tangled whole on each panel. "Too close a study of those doors can be injurious to your health." Tiberious whirled, raising the axe automatically. But the speaker was an old man in the long robe of a Karnhorn scholar, no threat unless he was a wizard. On closer look, it seemed like he probably was a wizard. There was something about the eyes that marked them, as though they saw things that others couldn't. Probably they did. "If the doors are so dangerous, why use them?" "Because of the danger, perhaps, but mostly because they are old, and old things lend a legitimacy to what is younger." The old man shrugged slightly. "You are a gladiator, I think?" "Right, from Aljafir, come to see about my Lord Protector grant." "Good! I am Vekhirn, chief wizard to the Satrap, may his days be long, and I have need of a gladiator." He gestured, and the door swung open. "Come into my sanctum, and I will explain what must be done." Chimlevtal: Lord Kinnishan, ruler of Chimlevtal, looked up from a litter of reports as his chief adviser entered the study. "If it's more about the assassination plot--" "No, that is grave enough, but we have other problems," Shau'nin Snowbeard said. "Deeper ones, perhaps, in the long view. Have you seen the Ruin Reef lately?" The shipping hazard known as the Ruin Reef lay two miles off shore to the southeast from Chimlevtal. It was a rocky barricade just below the surface of the lake (most of the time). When the water was clear, or when wind and waves exposed them, the rocks could be seen to resemble a line of ruined buildings, but without a closer examination that was normally possible, no one could say if that was a true seeming. There were natural formations that could give that appearance. The Reef was visible from Chimlevtal in good weather, but not from this room. Without comment, Kinnishan got up from the desk and went out onto the balcony, peering southward past the end of the building. Shau'nin didn't follow him; he already knew what was to be seen. "It would appear that the Reef actually is formed on ancient ruins. Or was." "It would appear," Kinnishan said grimly, "that they are ruins no longer. I presume you have a report from closer observation?" "Some gladiators are investigating now," the old Adantri said. "Others are traveling to Arvat and Zukal, even to Monuntial, to discover the faces behind the assassination plot. We should have information soon." "And then we will have to make plans. I will not lose this city-state to the forces of Chaos, come what may." * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * ---===FREE BLADES REGIONAL NEWS===--- Duelmasters ----------- DM 9 ZUKAL (turn 489): B. TRAYOR of LETTER BOMBS (Papa Bear, mgr.) DM 12 RIZTAB (turn 487): KNOTHEAD of BLOODSUCKERS (Way Cool, mgr.) DM 15 MALCORN (turn 483): BIRDSONG of GREENWARDENS (Jorja, mgr.) DM 16 WILLAF (turn 483): ANTEZEL of WYLDERNESS WYLD (Barnabas, mgr.) DM 17 ALJAFIR (turn 482): TORLYN UNA of MIDDLE WAY (Jorja, mgr.) DM 19 ZUWAYZA (turn 480): BLUE of THE SIERRAS (Barnabas, mgr.) DM 28 MORYA (turn 240): LOONY LATEKNIGHT of IDIOTIC ICCERS (THawk, mgr.) DM 29 LAPUR (turn 473): BINDI of CROC FILES (THawk, mgr.) DM 31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 238): SYWINELL of BUSHMASTERS (Tripwire, mgr.) DM 32 ARVAT (turn 469): LOCKED IN of CALL THE PRIEST (Destitute Noble, mgr.) DM 33 NIATOLI ISLAND (turn 467): KEOKOTAH of SACKETT'S & CO. (Barnabas, mgr.) DM 35 MURSKA (turn 460): INANNA of LADY OF BATTLES (Poison Ivy, mgr.) DM 43 VEASTIAN (turn 423): FLESHRENDER of WIDOWMAKERS (Soultender, mgr.) DM 45 STORMCROWE (turn 215): ZINDELLA AZRON of MOJO P@TROL (Master Voodoo, mgr.) DM 47 NORTH FORK (turn 209): HONEY BEAR of THE BEAR'S PAW (Kat, mgr.) DM 50 SNOWBOUND (turn 196): TOM SMITH DISEASE of STRANGE TUNES (Berylstar, mgr.) DM 56 ROCANIS (turn 348): TYI VELWIC of INCONSISTENT FURY (Banthius, mgr.) DM 61 JURINE (turn 328): FREDDIE of FAVORITE GUYS (Jorja, mgr.) DM 73 ERINIKA (turn 145): CONUNDRUM of MYSTERIOUS (Mad Max, mgr.) ADM 103 FREE BLADES (turn 373): KREWKUT SAUSAGE of LINCOLNSHIRE from DAL SHANG (The Sandman, mgr.) Top Teams --------- DM 9 ZUKAL (turn 489): LETTER BOMBS (Papa Bear, mgr.) DM 12 RIZTAB (turn 487): THE CITY (Berylstar, mgr.) DM 15 MALCORN (turn 483): none DM 16 WILLAF (turn 483): WYLDERNESS WYLD (Barnabas, mgr.) DM 17 ALJAFIR (turn 482): HEROESANDFOUNDONES (The Judge, mgr.) DM 19 ZUWAYZA (turn 480): THE SIERRAS (Barnabas, mgr.) DM 28 MORYA (turn 240): THE PENTARCHY (The Pentalque, mgr.) DM 29 LAPUR (turn 473): CROC FILES (THawk, mgr.) DM 31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 238): WHAMMO & THUDDA 4 U! (Micky, mgr.) DM 32 ARVAT (turn 469): SARATOGA GLORY (The Trainer, mgr.) DM 33 NIATOLI ISLAND (turn 467): CASINO HAMMERZ (Hammer, mgr.) DM 35 MURSKA (turn 460): BLITZKRIEG (Polarius, mgr.) DM 43 VEASTIAN (turn 423): THE FAMILY (Don John, mgr.) DM 45 STORMCROWE (turn 215): MOJO P@TROL (Master Voodoo, mgr.) DM 47 NORTH FORK (turn 209): THE BEAR'S PAW (Kat, mgr.) DM 50 SNOWBOUND (turn 196): TEAM VIRTUE (Boy Scout, mgr.) DM 56 ROCANIS (turn 348): ROLE MONSTERS (Keldon Blackfang, mgr.) DM 61 JURINE (turn 328): FAVORITE GUYS (Jorja, mgr.) DM 73 ERINIKA (turn 145): PERFECTION QUEST II (Mannequin, mgr.) ADM 103 FREE BLADES (turn 373): MEOW MIX, etc. (Sylvester Frothingslosh, mgr.) Recent Graduates ----------------- DM 9 ZUKAL (turn 488): ALEX GRIFFIN of DREAM PARK (Zalgor Prigg, mgr.) DM 12 RIZTAB (turn 487): KNOTHEAD of BLOODSUCKERS (Way Cool, mgr.) HOFFA'S BANE of SPIRITUAL GIFT (Sultan, mgr.) DM 15 MALCORN (turn 482): ABRA-HAM! of SACRILEGIOUS MEAT (Klep, mgr.) DM 17 ALJAFIR (turn 482): TIBERIOUS of HEROESANDFOUNDONES (The Judge, mgr.) DM 28 MORYA (turn 240): LOONY LATEKNIGHT of IDIOTIC ICCERS (THawk, mgr.) IDIOTIC INDIGO of IDIOTIC ICCERS (THawk, mgr.) (turn 239): POPPY HAMMER of FLOWER HAMMERZ (Hammer, mgr.) DM 29 LAPUR (turn 473): RAGING FIRE of DEATH THREAT (Papa Bear, mgr.) DM 31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 238): UNCAS of THE STORMGUARDS (The Icelord, mgr.) (turn 237): HUNGRY BONES of UNFIT TO BE ORCS (Slugbait, mgr.) DM 32 ARVAT (turn 469): LOCKED IN of CALL THE PRIEST (Destitute Noble, mgr.) DM 33 NIATOLI ISLAND (turn 467): KEOKOTAH of SACKETT'S & CO. (Barnabas, mgr.) DM 43 VEASTIAN (turn 422): FACE BREAKER of WIDOWMAKERS (Soultender, mgr.) NHAVARL of THE FAMILY (Don John, mgr.) DM 47 NORTH FORK (turn 209): SUGAR CUBE of COFFEE RULES! (Mr. Coffee, mgr.) 101 PROOF!! of COFFEE RULES! (Mr. Coffee, mgr.) (turn 208): UR BRAIN ON EGG of MYSTIC ORC FEAST (Slugbait, mgr.) DM 50 SNOWBOUND (turn 195): NASSE of DARK SIDHE (Daehir, mgr.) DM 56 ROCANIS (turn 348): NAKHA ADIASO of INCONSISTENT FURY (Banthius, mgr.) DM 73 ERINIKA (turn 145): CONUNDRUM of MYSTERIOUS (Mad Max, mgr.) PRIZMATYK WAHL of MAGIC MAYHEM (Fizban, mgr.) (turn 144): LEE of GODDESSES (LHI, mgr.) GAI-JIN of RISING SUN (Spawn, mgr.) DUELMASTER'S COLUMN Notes from the arena champ. How sweet it is to defend the throne on my first defense of the title. Surprised my little trick worked, but here I sit. We'll see what happens this turn. Until then, sleep with one eye open! Antezel SPY REPORT I was going on vacation, see? Surf, sun... But what do those bums say? "Hit the road, Debby Tonte. WILLAF needs a spyreport." Oh, well. Uncool, LUST MUPPETS. I mean 0-0-0 is bad. Will they will be allowed to fight? I say use 'em for training practice! MVP award for SHOCHU? YAMABUSHI's proud of him after beating KYSER SOZE and getting 10 points. Talk about yer major upsets! TONIUS' match with LITTLE DIPPER cost him a loss of 4 points! This Duelmaster is like something else! ANTEZEL stopped AMBROSIUS dead in his tracks! Is the Duelmaster really being a real snob to his teammates? Don't ask me! AAARRGH!!! I HATE SPYREPORTING!!! Sorry. I just had to say it. MARGANA MAET was WILLAF's most avoided team. Is there some award for that? I don't know what WYLDERNESS WYLD's been doing. They certainly haven't been accepting many fights from MARGANA MAET, that's fer sher. Like, is ANYA popular, or what? She was challenged the most in all of WILLAF! She's got a 13-12-1, is that good? What does a fighter fight for? I mean, the crowds don't give a hoot if someone gets killed. Not after four more fights. D'ya think SHOCHU is feeling guilty for killing FORCES OF EVIL's KYSER SOZE, a mere boy? Naah, I doubt it. I see KYSER SOZE got killed by SHOCHU of YAMABUSHI. Now I want to see some serious Bloodfeud action out there! Hey you guys, don't you think your families would like to hear from you? Write! (Or have someone write for you.) Remember, blood on a purple robe may stain. Soak it in cold water, and hand wash. I know how much you like reading this stuff, but I really should stop. Its been really albendranius! Later, guys-- Debby Tonte DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME ANTEZEL 4988 15 10 1 123 WYLDERNESS WYLD (514) CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -RACECAR 4517 7 2 0 123 MARGANA MAET (463) PYOA 5090 13 5 0 97 WYLDERNESS WYLD (514) CALIAPHUS 5159 18 7 0 96 BLACKHEART'S AXE (534) CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME ANYA 5160 13 12 1 87 BLACKHEART'S AXE (534) AMBROSIUS 5158 14 11 0 79 BLACKHEART'S AXE (534) GRIZZ 5218 12 3 0 68 WYLDERNESS WYLD (514) ELESAURIS 5200 9 6 0 68 WYLDERNESS WYLD (514) CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME POR Q. PINE 5149 11 2 0 65 WYLDERNESS WYLD (514) O. PUN PLEEZJ 5113 10 25 0 63 PUNNY AMINALS (305) SHOCHU 4912 7 5 2 63 YAMABUSHI (432) ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME ORAN JI 5299 9 9 1 53 PUNNY AMINALS (305) -HAPPY FUN BALL 4259 9 9 0 52 LUST MUPPETS (188) PEACH NUTT 5298 9 9 2 49 PUNNY AMINALS (305) -UNEXPLAINED BACON 5105 6 4 0 47 HOMERIC MMMMMMS... (454) -MEPHISKAPHELES 5361 4 1 0 46 FORCES OF EVIL (557) -MOOT 5075 10 3 0 45 LUST MUPPETS (188) KUROME 5342 6 6 2 45 YAMABUSHI (432) -PESTILENCE 5376 4 0 0 44 FORCES OF EVIL (557) -YUSHIMO 5101 9 10 1 38 YAMABUSHI (432) HECK S'NUTT 5337 6 9 0 37 PUNNY AMINALS (305) -KUROHANA 5128 7 1 0 36 YAMABUSHI (432) CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME LITTLE DIPPER 5422 3 0 0 32 PUNNY AMINALS (305) -FACE PLANT 5368 2 2 0 28 LUST MUPPETS (188) MALVO 5371 3 1 0 26 THUNDER CLAP (543) INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -NEVRON 5231 5 6 0 21 THUNDER CLAP (543) -MURDOX 5228 5 6 0 21 THUNDER CLAP (543) -URINAL FRESH 5099 1 4 0 20 HOMERIC MMMMMMS... (454) TONIUS 5229 3 8 1 19 THUNDER CLAP (543) BENMAR 5227 3 9 0 18 THUNDER CLAP (543) INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -BUNKO 5369 2 2 0 10 LUST MUPPETS (188) '-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn. THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge? KYSER SOZE 5394 3 1 0 FORCES OF EVIL 557 SHOCHU 4912 484 PERSONAL ADS Moot -- You disconcert me! After thirty-three fights, I take a NOVICE swing? Cheese. Still, I won, which is good. Very good. -- O. Pun Pleezj Por Q. Pine -- With those quills, you don't even need a back-up, do you? Ouch. -- Peach Nutt Oh, Userous Merchant, pah! I say, PAH! -- Oran Ji Benmar -- What are you doing with a record as bad as mine? -- Heck S'Nutt P.S. Given your style, what's with the armor and weapons selections? They seem inappropriate. Murdoch -- Bad choice of weapon there. Does your manager have the weapon/stat requirements chart? -- Little Dipper 18 March 2004 St. Valentine's Day Massacre Update We are pleased to announce that the kLk sponsored St. Valentine's Day Massacre kill contest in DM 36 is off to a great start. We are also pleased to announce that in addition to the 10 team rollups we are also able to offer the renaming of a dark arena warrior as a prize to the manager with the most kills. The contest is only 2 turns old and is still wide open. There are currently 5 managers tied with one kill each. Anything can still happen so hurry up and get into the arena. On a personal note, no other alliances have entered the arena in force to challenge the kLk dominance. We were expecting The Firm to put up a fight for their supposed home arena. But, they were a no show. Guess they proved what they are really made of. *evil grin* Perhaps another alliance would like to step in to give us a challenge. We are throwing down the gauntlet. Perhaps the Chaos Inc. boys I keep hearing about would like to step in and challenge the kLk for arena dominance. If you don't show up, Chaos, don't feel bad. FAR better managers than you have been invited into Jhans but have chosen to pass on the offer. So if you consider yourself worthy to compete, like fierce competition, and enjoy arenas where the personals are as fierce as the fighting, come visit JHANS DM 36. We're already planning our next contest, "Capture the Flag," and have a storyline being actively worked on in the arena. Whatever you like about DM you can find it in JHANS. Bookie mgr. of Suicidal Dreams and Director Jhans Board of Tourism kLk Alliance 27 March 2004 This notice is to inform the DM world that CHAOS INC. has added CHEETO to its ranks. He joins APEX, FLAGG, MATRIX, ASSAMITE, and RUDE BUDDHA as the 6th member. May your chaotic wings spread disaster and CHAOS for all your days! Welcome CHEETO!! 27 March 2004 Has anyone seen it in print that the "Goat" is leaving the "Cartel"? There were some diplos to the effect of a special branch of the Cartel being formed, like secret societies, governmental agencies and alliances certain agendas are developed. To obtain the desired effect of any agenda only key personnel can be used. The "Goat" is "Cartel" so until you see it with me announcing that I am not Cartel, remember, "The Agenda of the Core is for you to fight for." I hope this stops the confusion. -- Goat 8 April 2004 CLICK (KLK) -- Remember, you asked for it. Chaos is coming.... 14 April 2004 CHAOS Inc. proudly announces our newest member, Silver Stroke. He becomes the seventh brother of Chaos. We shall indeed be better for his joining. LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS PYOA bested ANYA in a 1 minute master's Challenge fight. ANTEZEL viciously subdued AMBROSIUS in a exciting 2 minute gory expert's Title battle. ELESAURIS was vanquished by CALIAPHUS in a 1 minute mismatched brawl. O. PUN PLEEZJ narrowly defeated KUROME in a 3 minute bloody one-sided fight. POR Q. PINE bested ORAN JI in a popular 4 minute duel. GRIZZ outwaited PEACH NUTT in a crowd pleasing 8 minute bloody match. SHOCHU assassinated KYSER SOZE in a 1 minute uneven melee. LITTLE DIPPER viciously subdued TONIUS in a 2 minute beginner vs. veteran upset duel. MALVO was narrowly defeated by CAPTURED ORC in a 4 minute novice's fight. HECK S'NUTT overpowered BENMAR in a 1 minute one-sided match. BATTLE REPORT MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS |FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT| |TOTAL PARRY 4 SLASHING ATTACK 21 - 10 - 1 68 | |LUNGING ATTACK 3 TOTAL PARRY 27 - 18 - 0 60 | |SLASHING ATTACK 2 LUNGING ATTACK 37 - 30 - 3 55 | |PARRY-RIPOSTE 2 PARRY-LUNGE 14 - 12 - 2 54 | |STRIKING ATTACK 2 AIMED BLOW 9 - 8 - 1 53 | |PARRY-LUNGE 2 STRIKING ATTACK 30 - 27 - 2 53 | |WALL OF STEEL 2 WALL OF STEEL 8 - 9 - 1 47 | |BASHING ATTACK 1 PARRY-STRIKE 6 - 11 - 0 35 | |AIMED BLOW 1 BASHING ATTACK 7 - 15 - 0 32 | |PARRY-STRIKE 0 PARRY-RIPOSTE 10 - 26 - 0 28 | Turn 484 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 - 1 3 STRIKING ATTACK BASHING ATTACK 1 - 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 2 3 TOTAL PARRY LUNGING ATTACK 2 - 1 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 0 2 LUNGING ATTACK PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 - 1 WALL OF STEEL 0 - 2 1 SLASHING ATTACK STRIKING ATTACK 1 - 1 1 PARRY-LUNGE TOTAL PARRY 2 - 2 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME SLASHING ATTACK ANTEZEL 4988 15 10 1 123 WYLDERNESS WYLD (514) LUNGING ATTACK PYOA 5090 13 5 0 97 WYLDERNESS WYLD (514) STRIKING ATTACK CALIAPHUS 5159 18 7 0 96 BLACKHEART'S AXE (534) PARRY-LUNGE AMBROSIUS 5158 14 11 0 79 BLACKHEART'S AXE (534) TOTAL PARRY GRIZZ 5218 12 3 0 68 WYLDERNESS WYLD (514) Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above. The overall popularity leader is AMBROSIUS 5158. The most popular warrior this turn was ORAN JI 5299. The ten other most popular fighters were PEACH NUTT 5298, ANTEZEL 4988, LITTLE DIPPER 5422, O. PUN PLEEZJ 5113, KUROME 5342, POR Q. PINE 5149, PYOA 5090, CALIAPHUS 5159, SHOCHU 4912, and HECK S'NUTT 5337. The least popular fighter this week was BENMAR 5227. The other ten least popular fighters were KYSER SOZE 5394, ELESAURIS 5200, MALVO 5371, TONIUS 5229, GRIZZ 5218, AMBROSIUS 5158, ANYA 5160, HECK S'NUTT 5337, SHOCHU 4912, and CALIAPHUS 5159. The following warriors will travel to ADVANCED DUELMASTERS after next turn: ANTEZEL (16-4988) WYLDERNESS WYLD (514) MANAGER TC'S (16-4885) IT'S JUST WRONG (511)