DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER
Date : 04/13/2005 Duedate: 04/26/2005
SUNSET ARENA
DM-21 TURN-506
This Weeks Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
SUIGENERIS
TROOPERS (271)
(21-5545) [13-5-1,138]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
SUIGENERIS POSITION IS EMPTY
TROOPERS (271)
(21-5545) [13-5-1,138]
Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite
SUIGENERIS SKYDANCER
TROOPERS (271) GRIM FANDANGO (454)
(21-5545) [13-5-1,138] (21-5834) [17-15-0,78]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
TROOPERS (271)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. TROOPERS (271) 50
2. AGE OF EMPIRE (376) 32 MINISTRY OF SKA (496)
3. SWORD OPERA (323) 29 Unchartered Team
4. BOBS9 (524) 23
5. THE ABYSMALS (517) 13 BOBS9 (524)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1- 3 REAL BEER (424) 104 55 8 65.4 1/ 1 TROOPERS (271) 11 4 2
2/16*BOBS9 (524) 5 3 0 62.5 2/ 3*THE ABYSMALS (517) 7 5 3
3- 5*NATURALBORN KILLER (521) 3 2 0 60.0 3/ 4 SWORD OPERA (323) 7 8 0
4/ 1*THE ABYSMALS (517) 7 5 3 58.3 4/ 2 GRIM FANDANGO (454) 7 8 0
5/ 6 MINISTRY OF SKA (496) 74 61 4 54.8 5/ 7 AGE OF EMPIRE (376) 6 6 0
6- 8 I MAGI (133) 318 279 20 53.3 6- 6 REAL BEER (424) 5 3 0
7/ 9 GRIM FANDANGO (454) 228 202 4 53.0 7/11*BOBS9 (524) 5 3 0
8/10 SONS OF SATAN (20) 299 266 36 52.9 8/ 8 SONS OF SATAN (20) 5 9 2
9/11 AGE OF EMPIRE (376) 43 43 5 50.0 9-10 TRIAL & ERROR (408) 2 0 0
10-12 TRIAL & ERROR (408) 31 32 0 49.2 10-13 I MAGI (133) 1 1 0
11/13 TROOPERS (271) 127 138 20 47.9 11-14*NATURALBORN KILLER (521) 1 1 0
12/15 SWORD OPERA (323) 443 651 16 40.5 12/ 0 KANO CLAN (106) 1 2 0
13/ 0 KANO CLAN (106) 141 221 8 39.0 13/ 9 MINISTRY OF SKA (496) 1 2 0
'*' Unchartered team '-' Team did not fight this turn
(###) Avoid teams by their Team Id ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank
TEAM SPOTLIGHT
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---===DELARQUAN REGIONAL NEWS===---
Duelmasters
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DM 1 MORDANT (turn 519): BRICK WALL of HOMICIDAL MANIACS (Nick, mgr.)
DM 2 NIANIA (turn 404): SCARDY CAT of ARENA FELINES (Garfield, mgr.)
DM 3 OSKSI (turn 524): SAGA of AESIR (Buri, mgr.)
DM 4 JHELUM (turn 520): BAGMAN of HITMEN FOR HIRE (Rude Buddha, mgr.)
DM 5 KALTOS (turn 519): JOHN TYLER of I'M HISTORY (Zalgor Prigg, mgr.)
DM 6 TRANSEL (turn 523): SATAN CLAUS of HOLIDAY HORRORS (The Dark One, mgr.)
DM 7 BONSUR (turn 520): MAJOR ANGER of WASTELAND II (The Muffin Man, mgr.)
DM 10 KOLACT (turn 515): SIX DEMON BAG of BIG TROUBLE (Edge, mgr.)
DM 18 TALCAMA (turn 507): BARBU of BIG MEAN FISH (Big Wave Dave, mgr.)
DM 21 SUNSET (turn 505): SUIGENERIS of TROOPERS (Lord Genesis, mgr.)
DM 36 JHANS (turn 479): SANDPAPER CONDOM of MEMPHIS MAFIA II (Talon Darkhart, mgr.)
DM 38 CLIFFHOME (turn 470): RUNABOUT of JINDA-BAN (Nick, mgr.)
DM 39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 206): ULRIK VORN of THE MIDDLE WAY (Nick, mgr.)
DM 42 RODEKI (turn 457): CRIX BREMOORE of FLAGG'S FIVE (Flagg, mgr.)
DM 51 TRICORUS (turn 405): DELANGE of DARK HORSEMEN (Nick, mgr.)
DM 54 TROCAR (turn 193): MOUSETRAP of USELESS TOOLS (Crip, mgr.)
DM 59 ILLIS (turn 181): JUDAS PRIEST of CHAPEL ROCK (Crip, mgr.)
DM 62 VALAMANTIS (turn 355): BENSI DURN of MIDDLE WAY 10 (Nick, mgr.)
DM 72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 158): RYSHER of ORIGINALE BASTARDS ( ! , mgr.)
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 398): SPEEDI of SHAMROCKS from DELARQ TOR (Leprechaun, mgr.)
Top Teams
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DM 1 MORDANT (turn 519): HOMICIDAL MANIACS (Nick, mgr.)
DM 2 NIANIA (turn 404): THE GOLDEN FISH (Nick, mgr.)
DM 3 OSKSI (turn 524): AESIR (Buri, mgr.)
DM 4 JHELUM (turn 520): WESTSIDE BULLOCKS (Farnham, mgr.)
DM 5 KALTOS (turn 519): I'M HISTORY (Zalgor Prigg, mgr.)
DM 6 TRANSEL (turn 523): HOLIDAY HORRORS (The Dark One, mgr.)
DM 7 BONSUR (turn 520): WASTELAND II (The Muffin Man, mgr.)
DM 10 KOLACT (turn 515): SPRINGBORN (Still, mgr.)
DM 18 TALCAMA (turn 507): BIG MEAN FISH (Big Wave Dave, mgr.)
DM 21 SUNSET (turn 505): TROOPERS (Lord Genesis, mgr.)
DM 36 JHANS (turn 479): MEMPHIS MAFIA II (Talon Darkhart, mgr.)
DM 38 CLIFFHOME (turn 470): JINDA-BAN (Nick, mgr.)
DM 39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 206): CRIMINAL ELEMENT (Fizban, mgr.)
DM 42 RODEKI (turn 457): DELVERS (Nick, mgr.)
DM 51 TRICORUS (turn 405): DARK HORSEMEN (Nick, mgr.)
DM 54 TROCAR (turn 193): TRADERS OF TROCAR (Jinda, mgr.)
DM 59 ILLIS (turn 181): ILL AVENGERS (Knolan, Master Wildstorm, mgr.)
DM 62 VALAMANTIS (turn 355): MIDDLE WAY 10 (Nick, mgr.)
DM 72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 158): FILM FUN (Otto X. Frothingslosh, mgr.)
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 398): ODD SQUAD, etc. (Doc Steele, mgr.)
Recent Graduates
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DM 3 OSKSI (turn 524): SUNBURN of SIMPLY DESSERTS (Sweet Tooth, mgr.)
(turn 523): BRUENOR of AESIR (Buri, mgr.)
DM 7 BONSUR (turn 519): MY BIG TOE of WASTELAND II (The Muffin Man, mgr.)
DM 10 KOLACT (turn 515): SIX DEMON BAG of BIG TROUBLE (Edge, mgr.)
(turn 514): TYCHO of THE MOONDOGS (Nick, mgr.)
DM 18 TALCAMA (turn 507): JANDOLIN of GHAELIE SIDHE (Mordraith, mgr.)
(turn 506): GOHAN of WASTELAND (The Muffin Man, mgr.)
DM 36 JHANS (turn 478): SKIRZA SLAPSTIK of THE FALLEN (Azrael, mgr.)
DM 38 CLIFFHOME (turn 469): FUGAZI of TEAM FLOYD (Floyd, mgr.)
DM 42 RODEKI (turn 457): CRIX BREMOORE of FLAGG'S FIVE (Flagg, mgr.)
(turn 456): SUSHEE SU of DELVERS (Nick, mgr.)
JOHN ROSE of DELVERS (Nick, mgr.)
DM 72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 157): ORPHAN of X-POSSE (Savant, mgr.)
SPY REPORT
Hail and well met warriors of SUNSET! Know me for who I am, Zontani Sharp Eyes,
Spymaster extraordinaire of all Alastari. Fortune did not smile upon MINISTRY OF SKA
this time out who this turn suffered a fall into 13th position in the wake of a 0-1-0
round. Warriors--remember that glory waits always around the corner! Witness how
this week BOBS9 went 3-0-0 to move up 4 in the rankings. Although DAZEY made a
valiant effort, it did not suffice to topple the reign of victorious SUIGENERIS.
Would you believe that over half of the old women in SUNSET seem to feel that they
could fight better than you gladiators?
But come now, let us look deeper into the maze of contention and crossed blades
that is city SUNSET. I saw one fighter that warriors avoided when this week's
challenge seeking began. AGE OF EMPIRE is feared. This much I can say. Apparently
the stalwarts of GRIM FANDANGO are catching the bulk of jests down at the challenging
board for their large share of the avoids. Loose talk at the arena has reached my
ears and it but confirms the knowledge that many fighters are after PRIME SLIME.
Watch your back! I can not but mention with disdain the name of BLEVINS who this
week posted a challenge to a warrior a full 15 points below in the rankings. I
thought BLEVINS showed great skill and promise when he was subdued by LUGO BELOSKI.
All right, so I slept through it! Big deal!
Vendettas. Bloodied blades and broken spears. Indeed the city has seen more
than its fair share of red in recent times. This week marked the last days of MINAMI
KAZE who at 9-17-1 was dispatched to the Dark Arena by the command of KANO CLAN's
demanding management. My sources at AGE OF EMPIRE stable claim they've never seen
the guild bitterer. This as a result of the untimely demise of ZERO. Beware MALORI
BROOD! The warrior's path is harsh. For mediocrity there is but one reward--death.
This past week JOHN DARLING, at 9-12-0, departed SUNSET forever. My hearty
congratulations LILLIAN LUST, for thy revenge upon MARIT BASHIER, slayer of thy
fallen comrade. Next time he will know better, eh? Dark alleys may hide both
secrets and assassins. In the arena there is only the brightness of steel. Keep
vigil always!
A thought before I go. Each warrior practices one style, but must not the wise
manager learn the secrets of them all? Sadly warriors, now longer can I keep thy
company nor savor the ale of thy fine city. Depart I must and soon! Till next we
meet remember - the pen is mightier than the sword, but a maul is a different
story!-- Zontani Sharp Eyes
DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
SUIGENERIS 5545 13 5 1 138 TROOPERS (271)
CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
LUGO BELOSKI 5566 19 32 2 109 SWORD OPERA (323)
-BODDINGTON'S 5035 16 9 0 108 REAL BEER (424)
-THAT! 5272 11 5 2 107 REAL BEER (424)
BLAK MASK 5935 14 6 0 102 GRIM FANDANGO (454)
-BASS 5262 8 2 2 99 REAL BEER (424)
PRIME SLIME 5522 12 8 0 96 TROOPERS (271)
DAZEY 5904 14 10 0 93 GRIM FANDANGO (454)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
DRANE 5833 25 6 0 90 GRIM FANDANGO (454)
-BAUMGARTEN 4670 12 12 1 87 I MAGI (133)
-RUDE BUDDHA 5765 16 11 0 86 MINISTRY OF SKA (496)
BLEVINS 5900 16 10 0 84 GRIM FANDANGO (454)
AGENT 99 5840 10 6 0 80 MINISTRY OF SKA (496)
SKYDANCER 5834 17 15 0 78 GRIM FANDANGO (454)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
ASHANDAR 5694 6 2 0 76 AGE OF EMPIRE (376)
CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
DRUNK MOOSE 5451 12 12 4 66 TROOPERS (271)
ACE 5732 11 33 0 66 SWORD OPERA (323)
LILLIAN LUST 5954 6 8 0 66 SONS OF SATAN (20)
-STELLA ARTOIS 5560 9 4 0 62 REAL BEER (424)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
HOODLUM 5533 12 8 1 56 TROOPERS (271)
-TERRE HAUTE 4522 10 5 0 52 TRIAL & ERROR (408)
-MOMORO WA 5514 10 3 0 50 KANO CLAN (106)
DJININSKI 5953 9 10 0 50 SWORD OPERA (323)
METARU YONA 5350 7 19 0 46 KANO CLAN (106)
-TVEDEN 4961 6 4 0 45 I MAGI (133)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-STREET LEGAL 5869 2 0 0 33 I MAGI (133)
DUCKBERT 5970 8 6 1 31 SWORD OPERA (323)
MALORI BROOD 6001 2 0 2 28 THE ABYSMALS (517)
MARIT BASHIER 5998 2 1 1 28 THE ABYSMALS (517)
-HOEGARDEN 5554 3 8 0 27 REAL BEER (424)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
MATSUDA KAO 5712 6 2 0 23 KANO CLAN (106)
MALACODA 5981 6 3 0 21 SONS OF SATAN (20)
-MUSHIKU BO 5713 5 5 0 20 KANO CLAN (106)
BOB008 6059 2 0 0 19 BOBS9 (524)
-NEON'S BREATH 6032 2 0 0 18 NATURALBORN KILLERS (521)
BOB009 6057 2 0 0 16 BOBS9 (524)
-SANDY ON SUNDAY 6033 1 0 0 16 NATURALBORN KILLERS (521)
KHORAG 6011 2 3 0 15 AGE OF EMPIRE (376)
RAJEREK 6045 1 0 0 13 AGE OF EMPIRE (376)
BOB006 6056 1 1 0 12 BOBS9 (524)
HOLLYWOOD 6060 2 1 0 11 TROOPERS (271)
COVENER 6071 1 1 0 11 AGE OF EMPIRE (376)
DOOZIE BASTNADO 6002 1 1 0 9 THE ABYSMALS (517)
-LUCY 4523 2 2 0 8 TRIAL & ERROR (408)
ARABESQUE 5999 2 1 0 7 THE ABYSMALS (517)
-NEVER 5633 1 3 0 6 TRIAL & ERROR (408)
-MORDRAITH 6030 0 2 0 6 NATURALBORN KILLERS (521)
MERIHIM 6061 0 3 0 3 SONS OF SATAN (20)
AZRAEL 6076 0 1 0 1 SONS OF SATAN (20)
ANAN YAUYOS 6070 0 1 0 1 THE ABYSMALS (517)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
OVALI ASTERS 6000 0 1 0 THE ABYSMALS 517 BELIAL 6009 504 REVENGED
ZERO 6063 2 1 0 AGE OF EMPIRE 376 MALORI BROOD 6001 506
BOB010 6055 0 1 0 BOBS9 524 BAALBERITH 6035 505 NONE
BOB007 6058 0 1 0 BOBS9 524 MALORI BROOD 6001 505
BEORN 5044 3 7 0 I MAGI 133 HOODLUM 5533 504 REVENGED
MINAMI KAZE 5164 9 18 1 KANO CLAN 106 QUICKSILVER 406 506 NONE
BELIAL 6009 2 3 1 SONS OF SATAN 20 MARIT BASHIER 5998 505 JUST REV
JOHN DARLING 5932 9 12 0 SWORD OPERA 323 DRUNK MOOSE 5451 506
PERSONAL ADS
Abysmals -- Now that's the way to get started in the Arena of Death! Sure wish I
had someone suitable to return the favor. Let's see what Lillian can do. -- Damion
Troopers -- I go 4-1 last cycle and yet you squeeze me out of the top team slot?!??
Revoltin'.... -- Stik and GF
Hey Duelmaster Sui' -- How's about a column?? The cats can't have your tongue;
they're all inactive! -- Grim Fandango
Prime Slime -- I must say, you're always there for a good rebound win to make a guy
feel better about himself! -- Blevins
That! -- (giggling) Take THAT!! You never know when a girl has her "if challenged"
box checked! -- Dazey
Lillian -- Mmm, not yet I think. -- Drane
Oh, yay, another go 'round with the Bruce Lee wannabe...come on, people! My dance
card's open! -- Blak Mask
Suigeneris -- I don't know why you'd want to dip all the way down to the bottom of
champs to pick on little old me! The skills, of course. It's always the skills
nowadays.... -- Skydancer, Sunset's official "Old Maid"
Welcome Bobs9 and welcome back to Trial & Error! Sunset embraces you with open arms
and bloody blades!! -- Stik and GF
Arena Master -- Could we please get a manager/team listing? Like to see just who's
who, you see. Many thanks! -- Stik
Well, this might be who's who, or who was who last turn. If not, I surely hope
someone will let me know! -- The Saint, keeper of lists
AGE OF EMPIRE Doc Steele NATURALBORN KILLERS Talon Darkhart
BLACKEST PRIDE Ultraist OUTSIDERS Ultraist
BOBS9 Farnham REAL BEER Crip
BRANDY HALL Mad Max SONS OF SATAN Damion
GRIM FANDANGO Stik SWORD OPERA Nick
I MAGI Street Legal THE ABYSMALS Noachian
MEOW MIX Ultraist TRIAL & ERROR JE
MINISTRY OF SKA Rude Buddha TROOPERS Lord Genesis
That! -- So I noticed. -- Lugo Beloski, not feeling chatty
P.S. But it was courteous of you to bring me some real beer in the Infirmary. Too
bad you had to bribe the orderlies with half of it.
Terre Haute -- It shouldn't count when I lose to a damned golem. It isn't like you
can be HURT or anything. -- Ace, poor loser
Stella Artois -- I'll think of a reason for losing, just give me a minute here.
Um...a desire not to hit a beautiful woman? No, that won't do, not if you're a
dedicated boozer. People know I'm not blind. Hmm, how about...you offered to buy me
beer for a week if I let you win? Of course, you'd have to DO that--buy me beer.
Are you up for that one? -- Djininski
Hoegarden -- What kind of garden is that? Do you GROW hoes? Or is it so small that
you can only tend it with a hoe, not a plow or a harrow or any of the bigger
implements? -- John Darling
Drunk Moose -- I have always KNOWN that you meese were and are anti-Duck. Drat. --
Duckbert, distracted
Stik -- Oh, FINE, that is JUST what I needed, more competition for the puds on this
team. 1-4. (sigh) -- Nick, aka Jorja
P.S. I may have to come down to just one manager name, but I'm resisting that so
far. It's so boring to be the same person all the time....
28 March 2005
Is there anybody in the DM game who is incarcerated that has had to litigate in order
to continue playing? Or anyone in the free world who may be able to help me with
case law or legal advice? The Administration has already taken "D&D type games" from
us once (though I recently had that decision overturned). I believe it's only a
matter of time before they try it again and I am prepared to file a lawsuit if need
be. I enjoy DM and any help that could be offered would be greatly appreciated! I
can be contacted at:
Danny Warren
#28341
P.O. Box 250
Draper, UT 84070
or:
Heathen, mgr. Misnomers DM 47
28 March 2005
Ladies and gents...get your teams together and join in on the hottest and fiercest
contest ever to grace the arena sands! Intrigue, personal wars, you name it...we got
it going on! What is this contest? It's the Turf War IV in DM 47, North Fork!!
This fantastic contest was begun by my alliance mate Asmo Dius, and I've picked up
some of the slack. Contest starts on Turn 225 (approx. date June 9th?). It's an
"alliance-type contest", so grab your folks and bring them in for a bang up time.
Rules will be printed in the DM 47 newsletter at least until the contest starts. --
Baphomet, Host...Company of Brothers Alliance, Illuminati Confederation of Alliances
28 March 2005
Contest Announcement
====================
It's finally here! ScumFest 2005! The greatest scum in the land of Alastari are
formally invited to participate in ScumFest 2005, a contest involving the scummiest
scum in all of Alastari!
Who: All Scum in Alastari
What: Scum Fest 2005!
Where: Talahya
When: May 23rd, Talahya Turns 490-499
Rules
======
The object of winning ScumFest is to have the longest cumulative time (in minutes) at
the end of the 10th round.
Should there be a tie at the end of 10 rounds, tiebreakers are (in order):
- Head to Head Record
- Win/Loss Percentage
- Average Fight Length
(We'll go into overtime if they're still tied)
There are no other rules. A manager may use any means at his disposal in order to
accomplish his goal. Collusion, hiring Aimed Blows to take out the leaders, etc.
Anything goes!
To enter the scum fest, please write a personal ad in the DM 100 newsletter,
declaring your intention to join the contest, or send an email to managerr@aol.com
Please include warrior name and ID numbers of the contestants. You may enter the
competition up until Turn 494.
Prizes will be announced after the competition begins. The point of the contest is
to prove you have the scummiest scum, and necessarily for a silly prize.
Good luck and Happy Scumming!
-- Manager
6 April 2005
SLAUGHTER'S CHALLENGE
I would like to make a formal announcement to all the managers of Alastari that
the inaugural/memorial challenge put forth by Abarsis, The Slaughter Priest (Richard
Hammes) has been approved by the commission. The contest will be held in TROCAR,
arena 54, beginning on the turn that starts around June 2nd. Keep in mind that this
is a slow arena. Before I go on, I would like to personally thank the commission for
procuring an outstanding top prize for this contest. This announcement follows my
last and entry into the contest will be a minimum $5 donation, which I will pool and
give to a charity in the San Diego area in Richard Hammes' name and memory. My
address is at the end. Once the donation is made, I intend to notify RSI of the
charity and amount we donated as a matter of pride for them and us in this game! I
will notify everyone in an all arena ad as well.
The contest is pretty simple. Any team may enter, there are no restrictions on
fight experience! There are no challenges, avoids, bloodfeuds, or tourneys allowed
and only one single use of the Dark Arena is allowed after the contest begins. To
help eliminate any interference, I am going to allow avoids of non-contest teams in
case they are there to manipulate and affect the winner of the contest. Scoring is
as follows:
1 point for winning
1 point for killing (giving 2 in total, 1 for the win and 1 for the kill)
1 point for at least one of your warriors writing a personal (regardless of number of
personals beyond one you still only get one point). Make sure it is written
from one of your team's warriors and not simply the manager entity or you will
not get the point.
-1 point for losing
-1 point for being killed (giving -2 in total, -1 for losing and -1 for being killed)
The contest will last for 12 turns, again beginning roughly June 2nd. May I
point out that if you use your Dark Arena fight you will get either 2 points, for
winning, or -2, for losing, and ALL fights count in the scoring. It matters not if
you fight a non-contest warrior or a stand-in; they still count as much as fighting a
contest warrior. This will be a test of basic strategy with a touch of luck added in
as well.
If anyone should break the no tourney rule they will lose 5 points for each
warrior entered and those warriors, and any subsequent warriors who replace them in
death, cannot score points! Break the no DA, challenge, or avoid rules (except
avoids of non-contest teams) and you will be DQ'd as soon as the transgression is
discovered. To keep the contest playing field as level as possible, we will have no
messing with these rules. Of course you may DA the one time, just as a
clarification, but the second time gets you DQ'd. This also counts if it is found
you bring a second team in for the purpose of making challenges. You can bring a
second team, just don't think they can challenge to give you an advantage. This
means DQ to your contest team. A second team may also enter the contest with its own
donation of $5 and adherence to the rules. Well, enough of that, I'm sure you'd like
to see the prizes so here they are:
1st place - +1 bonus to one warrior on the team, 1 resurrection potion, and 1
favorite knowledge
2nd place - +1 bonus for one warrior, 1 favorites knowledge
3rd place- +1 bonus for one warrior
Iron Manager - Run 54 of the possible 60 fights and get a +1 bonus potion
The resurrection potion may be used on any FE warrior, however the favorites and
+1 bonus potions must be used on a warrior with at least 5 FE. These prizes also
must be used within 2 turns of the ending of the contest. Even those rookie level
teams can figure out a way to use that resurrection potion if you think night fight
;), after the contest of course, so don't think this is only good for experienced
teams! Check your rosters and unused RU's and see if you can't find a reason to come
and test your mettle!
Again, entry fee is a minimum $5 donation, money order preferred method but if
that doesn't work for you we can figure alternate means. If a hopeful entrant
happens to be incarcerated and the only real means of making the donation is an
account transfer, please make sure you let me know where the transfer came from and
which team it is for. I prefer that this only be used as donation method by
incarcerated players unless otherwise discussed with me. Please drop me an email, or
diplo my team in Tobir(14), letting me know you are sending a donation for entry and
the amount so I can be on the lookout for it in the mail. Thanks to all who have
sent their sympathies regarding our game's loss of a kind and admirable soul and my
best wishes to all!
Street Legal
Jeff Bura
193 Pepperidge Dr.
Wixom, MI 48393
triumph1971@hotmail.com
THE DEATH SQUAD (63) in Tobir, arena 14
12 April 2005
A Question of Contests
by Hammer the WordSmith
The familiar figure of a veteran manager clad in an Elven War Cloak at a lone
outpost somewhere near the cross roads of ElseWhere and ElseWhen sorted through his
vast disarray of DM papers and notes.
Hammer pondered upon the recent dispatches that he had received regarding the
upcoming contests that he had been invited to participate in; after all, most contest
managers enjoyed having a HAMMERZ stable on the sands, due to the fact that they were
usually comprised of dues paying gladiators who were just a cut above the average RSI
Stand Ins.
The Scum Fest in ADM sponsored by the veteran manager named Manager looked like
an entertaining offer, but alas, Hammer had NO candidates worthy enough to warrant
spending the cycle fees for their fleeting participation in such a contest.
Perhaps sometime in the future, when Hammer succeeded in graduating some Aimers
and a promising candidate from one of his slow arena stables, would be the proper
time.
TW4 in DM 47 was already on Hammer's list of contests to participate in,
especially with the convening of the Clown Circus in North Fork/SCOMSS Swamp Arena,
along with all the other zany personalities and alliances that promised to make this
the greatest ever Turf War contest that Alastari had ever witnessed upon the bloody
arena sands!
Those same Clowns had sent Hammer an invitation to participate in a contest that
their Dark Knighties were sponsoring in an Andorian slow arena, but Hammer also had
an invitation to send a stable to DM 54 for a contest being held in the memory of
Slaughter Priest, one of Hammer's former alliance mates who had met with an untimely
and violently unexpected death while doing a good deed for a friend off world in San
Diego.
Also added into the mix was an intriguing contest being sponsored by Zalgor
Prigg that was to be staged in a few months in the currently closed DM 13 Dullens
Regular Arena.
Zalgor had contacted Hammer earlier in the year to inform the veteran manager
that his newest contest would feature a first round Dark Arena Challenge to level the
playing field. Also, each gladiator would have a hyphenated Style listing after
their name for the Style Masters competition.
An All Arena Ad Announcement was expected to be filed by Zalgor sometime before
the Summer 2005 Tourney, thus allowing the DM 13 Dark Arena Replacement Warriors from
the Dullens Contest to enter the Rookie Fall Mailer Tourney to prep for the contest.
Hammer had been considering sponsoring such a Dark Arena First Round Type
Contest, but it would be much better to just enter the Zalgor sponsored contest,
rather than to be subjected to all the current Contest Host Harassment that was
plaguing the many contest arenas throughout Alastari.
A grim smile crossed the lips of Hammer as he thought about the possibility of
the Clowns getting a taste of their own medicine while sponsoring their Andorian
contest.
Hammer quickly took a pen and paper, writing instructions to his gladiator
trainer GrimmDorr at his Hammerz Flower Garden Morya Manor Estate on the Lake on the
outskirts of the DM 28 Morya Arena, to assemble a Cast of Cast Offs to enter the
upcoming contest being sponsored by Zalgor Prigg.
Hammer jotted down a note to file the following stable with the Gladiatorial
Commission once Zalgor Prigg had announced the contest in Dullens DM 13 Arena:
ASTONISH HAMMERS stable to register DARK ARENA HAMMER--SL, DARK ARENA HAMMER--
ST, DARK ARENA HAMMER--AB, DARK ARENA HAMMER--BA and DARK ARENA HAMMER--PS for the
Zalgor Prigg sponsored contest in Dullens DM 13 whenever the Gladiatorial Commission
was ready.
Hammer then turned his attention to the two slow arena contest invitations that
tugged at his emotions for full participation.
However, there was only room for one more stable addition in the current plans
of the veteran manager, who had deactivated his SNOW CALL HAMMERZ in DM 50 to devote
his attention to entering a new stable in a promising slow arena contest.
Street Legal had recently cleared the air with the Gladiatorial Commission in
regards to sponsoring SLAUGHTER'S CHALLENGE in DM 54, which would begin in Trocar
around the first week of June.
As yet, there seemed to be NO OFFICIAL ALL ARENA ANNOUNCEMENT from the Clowns
regarding their contest in an Andorian slow arena.
These Clowns had a lot to learn about sponsoring and advertising contests!
Hammer thought back to two years ago when Maximillian had convinced the veteran
manager to Co-Sponsor Maximillian's Morya Madness in the DM 28 slow arena.
Abarsis the Slaughter Priest had answered the call to cross blades in the
Madness by entering a stable named LEE FAMILY.
LEE FAMILY had NOT missed a single fight during the Madness until Slaughter
Priest's life was snuffed out one dark night in San Diego while helping a friend.
When the Delarq Death Fest was sponsored by Hammer in the DM 59 Illis slow
arena, Slaughter Priest had answered the call to cross blades by sending a stable
named FASCIST DROOL to compete for the Ten Death Fest Prize Categories.
Abarsis the Slaughter Priest a.k.a. Richard Hammes had been a true DM friend and
a fine competitor among many, not to mention a close comrade in arms while Hammer had
been a member of the Vendetta Cartel.
As was written by Street Legal a.k.a. Jeff Bura in a recent All Arena Ad Eulogy
to the Memory of Slaughter Priest a.k.a. Richard Hammes:
"On November 10, 2004, Richard Hammes was taken from us in a senseless act of
violence during a robbery attempt at a friend's store where he sometimes worked. He
was watching the store so his friend could go home to tend to his son who had taken
ill."
Now the DM Community who either knew Rich personally from the RT and VC Emails,
or from crossing blades on the sands with this avid DM competitor; now have the
opportunity to Honor His Memory by competing in a DM 54 contest held in his Honor.
Could Hammer do no less?
This was an opportunity to set aside personal goals and allocate the necessary
funds to enter a stable in SLAUGHTER'S CHALLENGE to Honor the Memory of Rich Hammes!
Hammer quickly filled out an entry form to dispatch to the Gladiatorial
Commission to register the following stable in DM 54 Trocar for SLAUGHTER'S
CHALLENGE:
Be it known that MEMORIAL HAMMERZ are hereby registering SLAUGHTER HAMMER, FASC
DROOL HAMMER, LEE FAMILY HAMMER, HONOR RICH HAMMER and GRUNGE GRL HAMMER in DM 54
Trocar for the Street Legal sponsored contest in Honor of Richard Hammes a.k.a.
Abarsis the Slaughter Priest.
GRUNGE GIRL was one of Slaughter Priest's warriors from his FASCIST DROOL.
stable that was entered in the Delarq Death Fest in DM 59 Illis Arena, so it was only
fitting to name one of the MEMORIAL HAMMERZ gladiators after one of Rich's warriors
that had competed in a Hammer Sponsored Contest.
Hammer leaned back in his chair and reflected upon the memories of his fallen
comrade from his days in the Vendetta Cartel. Tears moistened the veteran manager's
eyes upon every remembrance of his fallen VC comrade in arms.
Hopefully the odd assortment of veteran and newbie managers would answer the
call to cross blades in Honor of the fallen Slaughter Priest in the type of contest
that Rich had envisioned to one day Sponsor and Participate with some of Alastari's
Finest Managers!
This One's for YOU Rich/Slaughter Priest; May You Rest in Peace!
Hammer
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12 April 2005
FRATSFA'S QUEST FOR THE BEST!!!
Rollup certs aplenty! Need to know favorites for warriors initiate or above?
SURE! Renaming of both the arena and the D.A. Monsters? Why not! Skill bonus
potions? Of course! This and more is all possible for the top 10 (ten) teams in:
Fratsfa's Quest for the Best!
What does it cost you ask? NOTHING! Who is running the contest and putting up
the total of 30 rollup certs as prizes to be split up amongst the top 6 (six) teams?
Dark Knight Wasby, Dark Knight Goat and Dark Knight Toker of the Desolate Empire of
vendett@UNITED! The gaming commission is also going to supply prizes for the top 10
(ten) teams. Where? FRATSFA DM-52! When? The month of July, T-207.
Rules! We, of the Desolate Empire, do not like the word Rules! So, we use the
term requirements. Here they are:
1. One team per manager entered in the contest.
2. Only (1) Total Parry on your team at a time.
3. You must declare (1) warrior as your team's scout.
4. Managers that have teams established in Fratsfa must have 3 (three) warriors in
the initiates class by the contest's 3rd turn. (If they wish to compete, or can
send in new team!)
5. If you bloodfeud, you must use a different warrior each time to score the
bloodfeud points.
6. You must declare your team in the p-ads to be entered.
7. A declared champion and scout cannot be the same warrior.
8. Champions are not required (manager's choice)! Champions must be declared on the
first fight.
We are also offering 25 bonus points to managers that submit a brief history (5
paragraph minimum) including your manager and team name by the contest's 3rd turn.
These points will be added to the scores on turn 211.
Now, on to the scoring: Wins + Kills - Losses = base score
Base score + Variants = Total Score
BASE SCORE POINTS
WIN = +1 point
KILL = +1 point
LOSS = -1 point
VARIANT SCORES
SCOUT WIN = +2 points
SCOUT LOSS = -2 points
SCOUT DEATH = -5 points
CHAMPION WIN = +3 points
CHAMPION LOSS = -3 points
STYLE MASTER FOR TURN = +1 point
MOST AVOIDED TEAM = +2 points
SUCCESSFUL BLOODFEUD = +2 points
FAILED BLOODFEUD = -2 points
Let's say (a) team goes 3-2-2 = 3 wins + 2 kills - 2 losses = +3 base score.
His champion won (+3 pts) and is style master for this turn (+1 pt). His scout lost
(-2), for a total turn score of +5 points.
Now, let's say (b) team goes 1-4-1 = 1 win + 1 kill - 4 losses = -2 pts. His
fighting marvel of a scout won (+2 pts) and the scout's win was a successful
bloodfeud (+2 pts). So, the total points for the turn would be +2 points. (There
was no champion on this team.)
Now on to the prizes:
1ST PLACE "FRATSFA'S BEST":
1) 12 (Twelve) rollup gift certificates transferred to "Fratsfa's Best"
ultimate victor.
2) Renaming of Fratsfa's arena for 6 (six) months.
3) Renaming of D.A. monsters: Wurmkin', Bandit Prince and Black Orc.
4) 1 (one) favorites potion.*
5) 1 (one) +1 bonus skill potion.**
2ND PLACE
1) 8 (eight) rollup gift certificates transferred to 2nd place manager.
2) Rename the D.A. monsters: Dark Champion and High Elf.
3) 1 (one) favorites potion.*
4) 1 (one) +1 bonus potion.*
3RD PLACE
1) 4 (four) rollup gift certificates transferred to 3rd place manager.
2) Renaming of D.A. monsters Mountain Troll and Shewish Giant.
3) 1 (one) favorites potion.*
4) 1 (one) +1 bonus skill potion.**
4TH PLACE
1) 3 (three) rollup gift certificates
2) 1 (one) favorites potion.*
3) Rename D.A. Monster Stone Golem
5TH PLACE
1) 2 (two) rollup gift certificates
2) 1 (one) favorites potion.*
3) Rename D.A. monster Spy Master
6TH PLACE
1) 1 (one) rollup gift certificate
2) 1 (one) favorites potion.*
7TH PLACE
1) 1 (one) favorites potion.*
8TH PLACE
1) 1 (one) favorites potion.*
9TH PLACE
1) 1 (one) favorites potion.*
10 PLACE
1) 1 (one) favorites potion.*
STABLE STAMINA AWARDS:
All teams that fight at least 67 of the possible 75 fights will get 1 (one) FREE
tournament entry for a warrior of that team in the first tournament after the
completion of "Fratsfa's Quest for the Best"!
-- NOTE --
* -- All potions must be used within 2 (two) turns of the contest and on initiate
(tournament class) or higher character on the same team that competed in Fratsfa,
non-transferable.
* 1 (one) favorites potion gives all faves: Rhythm, Tactic and Weapon.
** 1 (one) +1 bonus skill potion gives +1 to 1 (one) skill.
Our thanks go to RSI for their cooperation with us on the prizes they have
sponsored to make this contest of ours a reality.
Any questions can be addressed to Toker, mgr. Vincere Aut Mori in DM 18 or by
email: darkknighttoker@yahoo.com! OR to Goat, mgr. Desolate Ones DM 47 or to Wasby,
mgr. Soul Forge in DM 47.
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
MINAMI KAZE was viciously butchered by QUICKSILVER in a 2 minute Dark Arena fight.
LILLIAN LUST vanquished MARIT BASHIER in a 1 minute uneven Bloodfeud battle.
BLEVINS was demolished by LUGO BELOSKI in a 1 minute uneven Challenge fight.
BLAK MASK devastated AGENT 99 in a popular 1 minute one-sided Challenge contest.
SKYDANCER was subdued by PRIME SLIME in a 4 minute master's Challenge competition.
ASHANDAR overpowered ACE in a 1 minute bloody one-sided Challenge struggle.
MERIHIM was handily defeated by BOB006 in a 3 minute uneven Challenge fight.
MALORI BROOD slaughtered ZERO in a 1 minute uneven Challenge duel.
ARABESQUE lost to BOB009 in a 5 minute gruesome beginner's Challenge fight.
SUIGENERIS overpowered DAZEY in a action packed 1 minute one-sided Title fight.
DRANE savagely defeated CONVICTED ASSASSIN in a tiresome 13 minute brutal fight.
METARU YONA was bested by HOODLUM in a 2 minute master's conflict.
DRUNK MOOSE murdered JOHN DARLING in a 1 minute gory mismatched match.
DJININSKI handily defeated FRATSFA SLAVE in a 1 minute one-sided conflict.
DUCKBERT slimly won victory over KHORAG in a 3 minute bout.
MALACODA was outwaited by MATSUDA KAO in a dull 19 minute duel.
DOOZIE BASTNADO was beaten by BOB008 in a 4 minute amateur's brawl.
HOLLYWOOD bested AZRAEL in a 3 minute novice's fight.
COVENER demolished ANAN YAUYOS in a 1 minute one-sided bout.
RAJEREK overpowered CONVICTED THIEF in a 1 minute mismatched fight.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|LUNGING ATTACK 8 SLASHING ATTACK 41 - 28 - 3 59 |
|TOTAL PARRY 7 WALL OF STEEL 16 - 11 - 3 59 |
|AIMED BLOW 5 TOTAL PARRY 34 - 31 - 0 52 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 5 AIMED BLOW 16 - 15 - 0 52 |
|BASHING ATTACK 3 STRIKING ATTACK 17 - 16 - 0 52 |
|STRIKING ATTACK 3 LUNGING ATTACK 47 - 49 - 4 49 |
|WALL OF STEEL 2 PARRY-RIPOSTE 7 - 8 - 0 47 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 PARRY-STRIKE 8 - 11 - 0 42 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 1 BASHING ATTACK 9 - 14 - 2 39 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 1 PARRY-LUNGE 3 - 5 - 0 38 |
Turn 506 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-RIPOSTE 1 - 0 TOTAL PARRY 3 - 4 5 LUNGING ATTACK
WALL OF STEEL 2 - 0 STRIKING ATTACK 1 - 2 2 BASHING ATTACK
LUNGING ATTACK 6 - 2 SLASHING ATTACK 1 - 4 2 TOTAL PARRY
BASHING ATTACK 2 - 1 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 1 1 STRIKING ATTACK
AIMED BLOW 3 - 2 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 1 1 PARRY-STRIKE
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
LUNGING ATTACK SUIGENERIS 5545 13 5 1 138 TROOPERS (271)
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
TOTAL PARRY PRIME SLIME 5522 12 8 0 96 TROOPERS (271)
PARRY-STRIKE DAZEY 5904 14 10 0 93 GRIM FANDANGO (454)
SLASHING ATTACK BLEVINS 5900 16 10 0 84 GRIM FANDANGO (454)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
The overall popularity leader is SUIGENERIS 5545. The most popular warrior this turn
was SKYDANCER 5834. The ten other most popular fighters were PRIME SLIME 5522,
SUIGENERIS 5545, DOOZIE BASTNADO 6002, HOLLYWOOD 6060, BOB009 6057, METARU YONA 5350,
HOODLUM 5533, DUCKBERT 5970, LUGO BELOSKI 5566, and BLAK MASK 5935.
The least popular fighter this week was MATSUDA KAO 5712. The other ten least
popular fighters were MALACODA 5981, DRANE 5833, ARABESQUE 5999, MERIHIM 6061, ANAN
YAUYOS 6070, JOHN DARLING 5932, ZERO 6063, BOB006 6056, ACE 5732, and BLEVINS 5900.
The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn:
SUIGENERIS (21-5545) TROOPERS (271)
BLAK MASK (21-5935) GRIM FANDANGO (454)