DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER
Date : 10/26/2006 Duedate: 11/08/2006
ZUWAYZA ARENA
DM-19 TURN-546
This Weeks Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
HEDED HAG
JAGUAR WARRIORS (296)
(19-4872) [13-4-4,97]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
HEDED HAG TIPPY
JAGUAR WARRIORS (296) TAHAHN HAH (420)
(19-4872) [13-4-4,97] (19-4943) [3-0-0,30]
Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite
DEO VOLENTE DEO VOLENTE
JAGUAR WARRIORS (296) JAGUAR WARRIORS (296)
(19-4751) [23-16-1,96] (19-4751) [23-16-1,96]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
TAHAHN HAH (420)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. TEAM CHAOS (422) 30
2. TAHAHN HAH (420) 25 FUNKY FOLK (405)
3. THE MAGNIFICENT MAGS (241) 22 Unchartered Team
4. FUNKY FOLK (405) 5
5. JAGUAR WARRIORS (296) 3 FIRE (418)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1- 2 THE SIERRAS (393) 73 32 3 69.5 1/ 3*TAHAHN HAH (420) 10 4 0
2/ 1*FIRE (418) 2 1 0 66.7 2/ 0 TEAM CHAOS (422) 9 6 0
3/ 5 FUNKY FOLK (405) 76 53 3 58.9 3/ 1 JAGUAR WARRIORS (296) 7 4 1
4/ 4*WALI'S FINEST (419) 9 7 0 56.3 4/ 5 THE MAGNIFICENT MA (241) 6 9 1
5/ 8*TAHAHN HAH (420) 12 12 0 50.0 5/ 4 FUNKY FOLK (405) 4 5 1
6/ 6 JAGUAR WARRIORS (296) 339 354 30 48.9 6- 6 THE SIERRAS (393) 3 1 0
7/ 7 THE MAGNIFICENT MA (241) 351 458 16 43.4 7/ 7*FIRE (418) 2 1 0
8/ 0 TEAM CHAOS (422) 23 32 0 41.8 8/ 2*WALI'S FINEST (419) 2 4 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[ A Dark and Stormy Night ]H[ + ---:--- + ]H[ +
Hot Rod looked at the reins in his hands. They were useless things, the horse
that ran through the black rain would not respond to his commands. He looked to the
right at Matarse Fury, to the left at Lew Siffer. Neither of those gladiators
turned-charioteer was using reins. They seemed to be guiding their hell-horses by
voice and whip and...maybe by their dark intentions. Hot Rod groaned. He wasn't a
bad gladiator, not really, and he was a great chariot driver, but he just didn't do
"dark intentions." He was a "long, sunny road" kind of guy. He stared down the wide
road ahead of the chariots.
It stretched...forever. He'd seen roads that appeared to go on forever, but in
this case, it might not be a figure of speech. Horrid thought. Black with a
darkness that knew no dawn, a darkness without stars. Pouring rain. Really not a
good night for a chariot race, and if he didn't watch out, his thoughts would get so
morbid that he'd just ACCEPT the situation. The Fate.
He wasn't going to accept it. There had to be a way out of this! There was
always a way out. Wasn't there even some kind of RULE about that? After all, the
race wasn't always to the swift, or-- Wait, what did that MEAN exactly? Was there
some way to turn that to his advantage? Perhaps if he--
A solid jolt that bounced his chariot onto its left wheel and sent it skidding
toward Lew Siffer interrupted his thought. He glanced to the right, more than half
afraid of what he might see.
A...jaguar?
No, it was Matarse Fury's chariot, but it had a sort of jaguar figurehead that
was looking toward him and snarling, wicked fangs gleaming. The chariot was built
low to the ground, and claws flashed around the edges of the wheels as they came
closer and closer to his. Those steely claws would catch the rims and spokes of his
wheel, stop it, rip it apart, cause him to crash. Maybe cause her to crash also, and
then Lew Siffer would win the race!
No!
This was HIS, Hot Rod's race, and nobody else was going to win. He bent forward
over the front shield, glaring at his horse, driving it onward with his dark
intention.
SPY REPORT
Good day, friends and fiends, welcome to your friendly neighborhood spyreport.
I doubt ZUWAYZA will ever be the same. It seems the training can make the
difference, as JAGUAR WARRIORS is pushed out of top team by TAHAHN HAH, who came from
3rd with a 4-1-0 this turn. Now keep the taverns open late tonight, for there are
sorrows to drown for WALI'S FINEST, whose 0-1-0 this turn dropped them by 6 into 8th.
And let's see, STRATUS fought STARTER and gained 14 points and contributed to TEAM
CHAOS' 3-2-0. STARTER has lost to STRATUS, falling 11 points, while helping make
FIRE a 0-1-0 turn. Due to hers absence and inability to defend the throne, CARY YON
has lost the title of Duelmaster. We should ask HEDED HAG about the thrill of
victory, and what being the new Duelmaster does for a warrior, he's now the one to
ask. By the way, was that our Duelmaster that I saw last night, cramped under the
table at The Drunken Ox?
The crowd's roar, the smell of iron and leather, mixed with sweat, what more
could a warrior ask of life? Well, besides that. I also notice that the THE
MAGNIFICENT MAGS stable was the most avoided team this turn. Come on ZUWAYZA, what
are you afraid of? And avoiding THE MAGNIFICENT MAGS more than any other team we
find TAHAHN HAH. ZUWAYZA, are we going to accept, or respect this sort of thing?
The most challenged warrior this turn was THE MAGNIFICENT MAGS' warrior BLOOD SPORTS.
More fighters challenged him than challenged the Duelmaster!
A coward dies a thousand deaths, a brave man only once. Wise men know this to
be true. LEW SIFFER must have surprised FUNKY FOLK this turn, after they sent him to
the Dark Arena, but the Dark Arena couldn't hold him! A brave warrior does not carry
a red shield, he has nothing to cover or hide when the fight is over. Consider well.
Remember, blood on the purple robe does not change it from a purple robe. Dare
to fight bravely. Well, I'm burning daylight here in ZUWAYZA and I've a long road
ahead of me. Happy Trails. Until you see my quill in ZUWAYZA again, farewell--
Alarond the Scribe
DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
HEDED HAG 4872 13 4 4 97 JAGUAR WARRIORS (296)
CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-HAWKINS 4649 13 2 1 129 THE SIERRAS (393)
-MURPHY 4703 16 6 2 111 THE SIERRAS (393)
-CARY YON 4879 9 4 0 103 FUNKY FOLK (405)
DEO VOLENTE 4751 23 16 1 96 JAGUAR WARRIORS (296)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-VED BUENS ENDE 4749 20 18 5 83 JAGUAR WARRIORS (296)
HIDEKI HAO 4874 10 6 1 75 JAGUAR WARRIORS (296)
CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
LEW SIFFER 4875 10 3 2 65 FUNKY FOLK (405)
AURORA 4950 8 3 0 58 TEAM CHAOS (422)
-MATARSE FURY 4880 8 7 2 57 JAGUAR WARRIORS (296)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
HOT ROD 4854 11 19 0 52 THE MAGNIFICENT MAGS (241)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
STRATUS 4946 5 6 0 32 TEAM CHAOS (422)
TIPPY 4943 3 0 0 30 TAHAHN HAH (420)
-DARK CHOCOLATE 4922 2 1 0 29 WALI'S FINEST (419)
BLOOD SPORTS 4926 5 1 0 28 THE MAGNIFICENT MAGS (241)
FINESSE 4930 3 2 0 27 TAHAHN HAH (420)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
FLIGHT JOURNAL 4907 3 5 0 22 THE MAGNIFICENT MAGS (241)
-WHITE CHOCOATE 4923 3 0 0 21 WALI'S FINEST (419)
STARTER 4920 2 1 0 20 FIRE (418)
GRUNT 4929 2 3 0 19 TAHAHN HAH (420)
ONG-BAK 4928 3 2 0 18 TAHAHN HAH (420)
TOPO GIGIO 4947 2 3 0 18 TEAM CHAOS (422)
AURELIUS GAIUS 4949 2 5 0 16 TEAM CHAOS (422)
NIFTY NICKEL 4941 3 1 1 15 THE MAGNIFICENT MAGS (241)
-RED LAKE 4834 3 2 0 14 THE SIERRAS (393)
TIMES 4908 3 5 0 14 THE MAGNIFICENT MAGS (241)
FLAVIUS VALERIUS 4948 3 4 0 13 TEAM CHAOS (422)
-VERN ACULA 4944 1 0 0 10 FUNKY FOLK (405)
CARAMEL 4921 2 2 0 8 WALI'S FINEST (419)
-JEWEL 4924 1 2 0 5 WALI'S FINEST (419)
-MUD 4910 1 1 0 4 THE SIERRAS (393)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
MOUNTAIN TROLL 378 0 1 0 DARK ARENA 0 LEW SIFFER 4875 546 NONE
LUKE WAURM 4938 0 1 0 FUNKY FOLK 405 NOACHIAN 387 546 NONE
TING 4942 0 2 0 TAHAHN HAH 420 NIFTY NICKEL 4941 546
PERSONAL ADS
Cary Yon -- I'm not easy to kill, am I? You came the closest. -- Ved Buens Ende
One dead orc. Just the way I like them! -- Matarse Fury
Humlae -- Come and crush us. We want to be crushed! -- Noachian, mgr. Jaguar
Warriors
Tirraj -- Congrats. I 'm going to miss all those skills you teach me. -- Tamara Rahn
Sjordhal -- You're gonna need some plastic surgery after those hits. I hope your
insurance covers it. -- Ettore Hsidar
Kuressa D'Gen -- I'm sorry. I couldn't <HE HE> help myself <HAW HAW HEE HEE>. --
Tamara Rahn
Lew Siffer -- You may be the Gladiator from Hell, but that doesn't mean you can out-
drive me! The chariot road is MY field of expertise. -- Hot Rod
Grunt -- (scowling fiercely) You are not entering into the SPIRIT of the situation
here. We are supposed to exchange blows. Blood should be shed in copious
quantities. This is, after all, one of the... Blood Sports
Ong-Bak -- You realize there's a REASON why dwarves are not normally tall? Why the
tall ones just don't LAST as well as short dwarves? There is, trust me on this, I
had an article about it just last month. It's because your hearts aren't designed to
pump the blood above five and a half feet, and any dwarf taller than that suffers
from a lack of blood in the brain; sooner or later, this is fatal, either directly or
through leading the unfortunate beanpole to do really stupid things. So, while you
may have a temporary advantage over me, I will prevail in the end. -- Times
Starter -- If you want to advertize your abilities, seek employment, or sell samples,
I have, I AM the perfect venue, and so cheap, too! Only a nickel per word, all
reasonable ads accepted. -- Nifty Nickel
Finesse is no good when the ground is approaching at a hundred miles per hour. Or
faster. Very unforgiving, the ground. -- Flight Journal
Deo Volente -- You should have KILLED that Kung-Fu Master. Nobody loves a cheater.
-- all the Magnificient Mags, who have also had occasion to be really, really annoyed
with the Kung-Fu Master
Matarse Fury -- Working on it. -- Hot Rod
5 October 2006
*Turf War IV Rules*
Everyone may participate; known alliances, new alliances, or temporary alliances
created to compete in the Turf War! However, to participate, each alliance must:
A. Announce the alliance and the Captain of the alliance in the North Fork (DM
47) newsletter.
Captains are responsible for:
a. verifying those who wish to participate under the banner of their alliance;
b. distribution of prizes should their alliance win the Turf War.
Managers must:
a. Submit one (1) RSI Roll-Up Gift Certificate to participate to:
Baphomet, mgr. Knights Templar (568), DM 47 -- North Fork, or
Rick Stringer
13 St. Michael's CT
Elkton, MD 21921
b. Announce their intent to compete with manager name, team name and alliance
they will be fighting under in the North Fork (DM 47) newsletter.
Rules:
1. No scoring will begin until a Gift Cert is received. No exceptions.
2. Before a manager can compete, he/she must declare and be verified by the
Captain of the alliance he/she has claimed for;
3. Only one (1) team per player may compete. NO multiple aliases please.
Violations will result in disqualification.
4. The contest will begin on the turn following the January F2F and run for 12
turns.
5. The turn a declaration and verification will begin the scoring process.
6. No declarations or verifications will be accepted after Turn 10 of the Turf
War 5.
7. For the purpose of scoring, I reserve the right to make all final decisions.
Scoring:
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
Downchallenge -10 xx -10 xx
Dark Arena +10 -5 xx xx
Special Scoring:
a. Each mention in the Spy Report is worth 2 points (team mentions only!)
b. Each Style Master is worth 2 points.
c. Duelmaster Throne is worth 2 points
Champions:
a. Champions may be declared, but are not mandatory. If declared, the Champion
must be in the Adepts or lower brackets on the turn they are declared
without having gone above the Adepts bracket at any time...including
transferred teams. (I'll be watching for this occurrence!)
Bloodfeuds:
a. Bloodfeuds count for all four (4) turns. However, the same warrior may not
be used all four turns. 4 turns means 4 separate warriors. A penalty of
-10 will be given to the team who violates this.
Special Conditions:
a. I reserve the right for all final decisions.
b. If I make a mistake, I'll multiply the points by 2.
c. If you claim I did, and *YOU* are wrong, I'll subtract points at the rate of
x10.
d. Each alliance begins with zero (0) points.
e. Dark Arena may be used on the first turn of every warrior with no penalty
(this means a warrior with 0 FE).
f. TVs won after the contest begins gain a 25 point one time score once the
tourney reports are posted in the NL.
g. TCs won after the contest begins gain a 50 point one time score with the
same conditions as noted for TVs.
h. NO switching alliance once verified by an alliance that a team has declared
for.
i. Only 7 teams are permitted per alliance for the Turf War 5.
PRIZES:
Turf Wars are a "Winner Takes All" type contest. All prizes and 100% of the RU
Certs will be given to the Captain of the winning alliance and it is his/her
responsibility to give these to the alliance membership.
I have requested from RSI the following:
a. renaming of the orth Fork (DM 47) arena;
b. renaming of Dark Arena Monsters;
c. known favourite rhythms for one warrior on each team of the winning
alliance. This warrior would be in the Initiates or above brackets on the
last turn of the Turf War (they must have at least one arena fight to
receive this award).
Baphomet, Host of TW5
Special Note: A downchallenge is considered from a higher bracket to a lower
bracket. Same bracket, more recognition points? Not a downchallenge!
20 October 2006
In accordance with those rules set forth by the Lady of the Realm, I hereby announce
the formation of a small group of managers calling themselves "The Outsiders". The
group consists of the following members:
Doc LeGrande
Apex
Street Legal
Carnage
Ghoti
Roadkill
Valamond
This group has only one rule. Respect the play of the managers of this
alliance. We have no worries about not playing by the rules set forth by others. We
fight the way we like, and all those in this group appreciate what tools each manager
brings. We have managers from the Delarquan, Andorian and Free Blade regions. We
have managers that focus on the tournament arenas, and we have those that focus on
the regular city arenas. We have those in our ranks that fight with honor and
respect for all, and we have those that have a bloodlust that cannot be quenched.
Our goal is simple. To create a ensemble of managers that will show their
prowess in the land of Alastari, and to bring a new level of competition to all those
that share the sands with our warriors. Our warriors are many throughout the land.
We have no home arena. We have no pacts we abide by. Our fighters range from
Mordant to Talcama, from Lapur to Lyratilan, Aruak City to Valamantis, the Primus
arena to Talahya, and many more arenas throughout the land.
Whether we are sought out or ignored makes no difference to us. We are what we
are. We fight how we fight. And we do it however we wish. We have no rules. We
have no leader or ruler. Be prepared. We are.
20 October 2006
The Dark Knights of the Desolate Empire respond thus to the Avengers of the Light:
Where are you? EACH AND EVERY Dark Knight can be found in arenas 31 and 52. Your
pretty words mean less than nothing if you won't fight. EVERY Dark Knight is more
than willing to back up their talk. So...we give you three turns in either 31 or 52,
REPEAT 31 or 52 to show up or shut up. If you don't show we'll let all of Alastari
know the Avengers are indeed cowards! -- Dark Knights of the Desolate Empire
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
LEW SIFFER viciously butchered MOUNTAIN TROLL in a 2 minute bloody Dark Arena fight.
LUKE WAURM was slaughtered by NOACHIAN in a 1 minute gruesome Dark Arena battle.
HEDED HAG demolished CONVICTED ASSASSIN in a 1 minute uneven Title fight.
DEO VOLENTE slimly won victory over VENOMOUS CONCUBINE in a 3 minute contest.
HIDEKI HAO was bested by VENOMOUS CONCUBINE in a 1 minute brawl.
HOT ROD lost to AURORA in a 1 minute fight.
FINESSE bested OSKSI NOBLE in a 3 minute match.
BLOOD SPORTS viciously subdued AURELIUS GAIUS in a 2 minute gory competition.
STARTER slimly lost to STRATUS in a 4 minute melee.
FLIGHT JOURNAL vanquished FLAVIUS VALERIUS in a 1 minute uneven duel.
TIMES was overpowered by TIPPY in a 2 minute gory uneven duel.
GRUNT outlasted EMBEZZLING SCRIBE in a popular 7 minute beginner's match.
ONG-BAK defeated MORDANT DESERTER in a 3 minute novice's match.
CARAMEL was devastated by TOPO GIGIO in a 1 minute mismatched conflict.
NIFTY NICKEL killed TING in a 2 minute amateur's match.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|LUNGING ATTACK 6 PARRY-RIPOSTE 9 - 3 - 0 75 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 5 SLASHING ATTACK 29 - 12 - 2 71 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 3 LUNGING ATTACK 23 - 16 - 3 59 |
|BASHING ATTACK 3 PARRY-LUNGE 7 - 6 - 1 54 |
|STRIKING ATTACK 2 PARRY-STRIKE 8 - 7 - 1 53 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 1 BASHING ATTACK 12 - 12 - 1 50 |
|TOTAL PARRY 1 TOTAL PARRY 5 - 7 - 0 42 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 1 AIMED BLOW 3 - 5 - 1 38 |
|AIMED BLOW 0 STRIKING ATTACK 7 - 17 - 0 29 |
|WALL OF STEEL 0 WALL OF STEEL 2 - 5 - 0 29 |
Turn 546 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:
PARRY-STRIKE 1 - 0 SLASHING ATTACK 2 - 3 4 SLASHING ATTACK
PARRY-RIPOSTE 3 - 0 BASHING ATTACK 1 - 2 2 STRIKING ATTACK
TOTAL PARRY 1 - 0 AIMED BLOW 0 - 0 1 LUNGING ATTACK
LUNGING ATTACK 5 - 1 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 1 1 PARRY-STRIKE
STRIKING ATTACK 0 - 2 1 AIMED BLOW
WALL OF STEEL 0 - 0 1 BASHING ATTACK
1 PARRY-LUNGE
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
LUNGING ATTACK HEDED HAG 4872 13 4 4 97 JAGUAR WARRIORS (296)
PARRY-STRIKE DEO VOLENTE 4751 23 16 1 96 JAGUAR WARRIORS (296)
BASHING ATTACK HIDEKI HAO 4874 10 6 1 75 JAGUAR WARRIORS (296)
SLASHING ATTACK LEW SIFFER 4875 10 3 2 65 FUNKY FOLK (405)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
The overall popularity leader is DEO VOLENTE 4751. The most popular warrior this
turn was DEO VOLENTE 4751. The ten other most popular fighters were BLOOD SPORTS
4926, TIPPY 4943, LEW SIFFER 4875, STARTER 4920, ONG-BAK 4928, AURELIUS GAIUS 4949,
STRATUS 4946, NIFTY NICKEL 4941, TING 4942, and HEDED HAG 4872.
The least popular fighter this week was GRUNT 4929. The other ten least popular
fighters were CARAMEL 4921, FLAVIUS VALERIUS 4948, HOT ROD 4854, LUKE WAURM 4938,
TOPO GIGIO 4947, TIMES 4908, HIDEKI HAO 4874, FLIGHT JOURNAL 4907, FINESSE 4930, and
AURORA 4950.