DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER
Date : 04/23/2008 Duedate: 05/06/2008
SUNSET ARENA
DM-21 TURN-585
This Weeks Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
GOLDENBEARD
SEA DOGS (533)
(21-6202) [17-5-0,98]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
GOLDENBEARD KORLAC
SEA DOGS (533) DEATH MOB 4 (567)
(21-6202) [17-5-0,98] (21-6574) [4-4-0,42]
Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite
FOORMAN MERRY LEONA
LIGHT BRIGADE (549) SWORD OPERA (323)
(21-6346) [16-21-0,69] (21-6591) [2-10-0,18]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
GRIM FANDANGO (454)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. GRIM FANDANGO (454) 36
2. LITERATE LOONS (538) 32 SEA DOGS (533)
3. LIGHT BRIGADE (549) 16 Unchartered Team
4. SWORD OPERA (323) 15
5. DEATH MOB 4 (567) 12 DEATH MOB 4 (567)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1/ 1 SEA DOGS (533) 78 37 6 67.8 1/ 1 GRIM FANDANGO (454) 11 4 1
2/ 2*DEATH MOB 4 (567) 27 15 1 64.3 2/ 3 LIGHT BRIGADE (549) 8 6 0
3/ 3 NOMADIC TRIBE (160) 161 95 3 62.9 3/ 2*DEATH MOB 4 (567) 8 6 0
4/ 4 BAD BEAT (565) 45 38 4 54.2 4/ 6 NOMADIC TRIBE (160) 7 5 0
5/ 5 GRIM FANDANGO (454) 436 376 15 53.7 5/ 9 BAD BEAT (565) 7 7 1
6/ 6 LIGHT BRIGADE (549) 92 92 0 50.0 6/ 4 SEA DOGS (533) 6 5 1
7/ 7 LITERATE LOONS (538) 138 162 9 46.0 7/ 8 LITERATE LOONS (538) 6 9 1
8/ 9 KANO CLAN (106) 220 310 14 41.5 8/ 5 KANO CLAN (106) 5 4 2
9/10 SWORD OPERA (323) 522 783 20 40.0 9- 7 PENTAGONAL PINK (564) 4 5 1
10-11 PENTAGONAL PINK (564) 33 60 1 35.5 10/10 SWORD OPERA (323) 4 10 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 595): MIASMA of SWEORDMASTERS (Mannequin, mgr.)
DM 2 NIANIA (turn 477): SCURVY LAD of SEA DOGS (One-Armed Bandit, mgr.)
DM 3 OSKSI (turn 603): SOLDIER 2 of OUR HIGHEST HONOR (The Anarchist, mgr.)
DM 4 JHELUM (turn 599): FUZZ BALL of F BALLS (Papa Bear, mgr.)
DM 5 KALTOS (turn 598): BOMBETTE of PAPER MARIO (Luigi, mgr.)
DM 6 TRANSEL (turn 602): DOMINO of HI ROLLERS (Darklock, mgr.)
DM 7 BONSUR (turn 599): N'ORLEANS NORA of BEACH BABES (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 10 KOLACT (turn 594): ICARUS of THE MOONDOG (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 18 TALCAMA (turn 585): DINAH MIGHT of FUNKY FOLK (Papa Bear, mgr.)
DM 21 SUNSET (turn 584): MAST MONKEY of SEA DOGS (One-Armed Bandit, mgr.)
DM 36 JHANS (turn 558): PATCH of SEA DOGS (One-Armed Bandit, mgr.)
DM 38 CLIFFHOME (turn 548): MATTEO of BOY O'S (Papa Bear, mgr.)
DM 39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 245): SHRUG of CHEAP SHOTS (?, mgr.)
DM 42 RODEKI (turn 535): BLAZING BLUR of FLAGG'S FIVE (Flagg, mgr.)
DM 51 TRICORUS (turn 484): BILGE RAT of SEA DOGS (One-Armed Bandit, mgr.)
DM 54 TROCAR (turn 232): DARISTAM of TRADERS OF TROCAR (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 59 ILLIS (turn 220): KONA QUAIL of ISLANDERS (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 62 VALAMANTIS (turn 433): DEATH MAGE of DEATH MOB (Jakari, mgr.)
DM 72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 196): PORKY PIG of MEAT YOUR MAKER (Crip, mgr.)
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 477): NEOSPHINCTER of WASTELAND (TMM, mgr.)
Top Teams
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DM 1 MORDANT (turn 595): SWEORDMASTERS (Mannequin, mgr.)
DM 2 NIANIA (turn 477): THE GOLDEN FISH (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 3 OSKSI (turn 603): GAMES LIBRARY (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 4 JHELUM (turn 599): REDLEGS (Deep Thought, mgr.)
DM 5 KALTOS (turn 598): THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 6 TRANSEL (turn 602): SWIM SQUAD (Abraxis, mgr.)
DM 7 BONSUR (turn 599): SENTINELS (Nomad, mgr.)
DM 10 KOLACT (turn 594): SABBATH (Abraxis, mgr.)
DM 18 TALCAMA (turn 585): SEA DOGS (One-Armed Bandit, mgr.)
DM 21 SUNSET (turn 584): GRIM FANDANGO (Stik, mgr.)
DM 36 JHANS (turn 557): MINDSOVERMATTER (?, mgr.)
DM 38 CLIFFHOME (turn 548): OLD SCHOOL (Abraxis, mgr.)
DM 39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 245): KIWI CONNECTION (The Mun, mgr.)
DM 42 RODEKI (turn 535): COLOR ME SUAVE (Suave, mgr.)
DM 51 TRICORUS (turn 484): DARK HORSEMEN (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 54 TROCAR (turn 232): TRADERS OF TROCAR (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 59 ILLIS (turn 220): ISLANDERS (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 62 VALAMANTIS (turn 433): MIDDLE WAY 10 (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 196): SUE'S BOYS (Crip, mgr.)
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 477) VILLAINS et al (Doc Steele, mgr.)
Recent Graduates
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DM 1 MORDANT (turn 595): SOUTLANCHOR of LAB EXPERIMENTS (Mannequin, mgr.)
DM 5 KALTOS (turn 598): ORVERD QUILL of THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 7 BONSUR (turn 597): OBROJOBO of SENTINELS (Nomad, mgr.)
DM 10 KOLACT (turn 584): NESTOR ORDH of THE MOONDOGS (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 18 TALCAMA (turn 585): DINAH MIGHT of FUNKY FOLK (Papa Bear, mgr.)
DM 21 SUNSET (turn 584): MAST MONKEY of SEA DOGS (One-Armed Bandit, mgr.)
DM 42 RODEKI (turn 533): HOLLYMOOP of COLOR ME SUAVE (Suave, mgr.)
DUELMASTER'S COLUMN
Notes from the arena champ.
Warriors of Sunset,
I'm back on top, once again. I have a busy few weeks planned, including an immortal
timed run at the Champions tournament, culminating in a Dark Arena match to show
Ahringol once and for all that I laugh at death. While a bit disappointed with my
favorite weapon, my boss is pleased to have graduated his first and only natural
21/21. It was a rough journey, including a two year detour to the land of the dead.
Now, it is done.
Onwards to immortality,
Mast Monkey
SPY REPORT
Well, what are you looking at, SUNSET? Ain't you never seen Snide Clemens
before? Ah, shaddup and listen to my news. BAD BEAT turned their 2-2-1 turn into a
5th place rank in the listings this turn. Any better than this, and you get put on
hit lists. Of course, we're all terribly impressed to see DUDE win a fight and gain
28 points, terribly. Tsk, tsk, HAMMETT beat NEVERMOOR and NEVERMOOR lost 18 points.
You're breakin' my heart. MAST MONKEY Dark Arena Challenged SPYMASTER for SUNSET's
Title this turn, and guess what happened? And if variety is the spice of life,
SUNSET may be getting bland, as MAST MONKEY stays top dog in the city. Baba Yaga's
Bar and Grill, humph! I've tasted better ale at mortuaries. Where do they get this
stuff? From SUNSET's trash dumps?
My mother always told me, 'If you don't have anything nice to say, start
talking.' I loved that woman. SUNSET, I am losing what little hope I had in you.
NOMADIC TRIBE the most avoided team? What insult will suffice, I cannot say. And it
looks like GRIM FANDANGO avoided them the most this turn. What a pack of would be
losers, if you ask me. Hmph. LAGERKVIST was challenged more times this turn than
the Duelmaster. Now was the DM insulted or feared? Heh, heh.
Ah, now we come to my favorite part, where we see all the guys who are dead and
gone, and get to see if their team cared. Whoa! I'll even buy MAST MONKEY a drink
tonight! Anyone who can come back from the Dark Arena, I want to be on his good
side! Ya gotta go sometime, and TENGRI KHAN's time was this time. Hmmm, not a bad
fighter, had he lived... (what? me pity?). The bigger they are, as they say. And
what I say is that DUDE had better watch out for NOMADIC TRIBE, seeing as TENGRI KHAN
felled he this turn. Titanium shields and bamboo daggers, guess what brave team is
developing these kinds of weapons?
I was about to buy a new quill pen the other day, but some fighter took it for
an epee. Forgive me for writing with a dagger. Just wait 'till next time I show up
here, I won't be so nice! So nyaaah! Paste this one in your scrapbooks, you'll need
the kindling come this winter-- Snide Clemens
DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
GOLDENBEARD 6202 17 5 0 98 SEA DOGS (533)
CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
GRIFTER 6546 14 4 0 97 BAD BEAT (565)
HAMMETT 6488 16 14 2 94 LITERATE LOONS (538)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
STAY GOLD 6512 17 10 2 89 GRIM FANDANGO (454)
MISASHI SAN 6084 14 12 1 82 KANO CLAN (106)
NEVERMOOR 6527 15 8 0 78 GRIM FANDANGO (454)
LAGERKVIST 6532 9 13 0 75 LITERATE LOONS (538)
KEROUAC 6566 9 8 1 74 LITERATE LOONS (538)
FOORMAN 6346 16 21 0 69 LIGHT BRIGADE (549)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-MEGA ROKU 6091 12 12 3 67 KANO CLAN (106)
CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
SLYTHR 6597 6 4 2 66 GRIM FANDANGO (454)
DUDE 6599 5 4 3 66 BAD BEAT (565)
-DICK 6571 9 7 0 64 PENTAGONAL PINK (564)
URSA MINOR 6526 13 11 0 63 NOMADIC TRIBE (160)
-ROCK 6540 6 13 1 62 PENTAGONAL PINK (564)
BLEDD 6565 11 6 0 60 GRIM FANDANGO (454)
RESERVE GUARD 6595 8 3 0 60 LIGHT BRIGADE (549)
TILT 6544 11 7 1 59 BAD BEAT (565)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
ASSASSIN 6495 13 12 0 56 LIGHT BRIGADE (549)
KNOTHANDLER 6555 7 3 1 55 SEA DOGS (533)
BREAKSPERE 6189 9 22 0 52 SWORD OPERA (323)
ROSSMONT 6228 8 14 2 52 SWORD OPERA (323)
SURLY DECKHAND 6568 12 4 0 49 SEA DOGS (533)
BARON TONE 6249 9 10 0 45 SWORD OPERA (323)
KORLAC 6574 4 4 0 42 DEATH MOB 4 (567)
VORG 6576 6 3 0 41 DEATH MOB 4 (567)
WHITMAN 6531 9 13 0 40 LITERATE LOONS (538)
BALZAC 6536 9 12 0 39 LITERATE LOONS (538)
-FRED 6537 5 14 0 39 PENTAGONAL PINK (564)
HOGSNORT 6598 5 3 0 35 DEATH MOB 4 (567)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-GRAHAM 6588 3 8 0 29 PENTAGONAL PINK (564)
DANTE FURIOSO 6589 6 5 0 27 NOMADIC TRIBE (160)
GAMMA 6618 4 1 1 27 DEATH MOB 4 (567)
-RED ROBIN 6413 6 5 0 26 DOC LEGRAND'S AVIANS (57)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
SALTY 6607 3 2 0 21 SEA DOGS (533)
SOMA 6635 2 0 0 20 GRIM FANDANGO (454)
XIAN PING 6594 3 6 0 18 KANO CLAN (106)
MERRY LEONA 6591 2 10 0 18 SWORD OPERA (323)
THELONIUS 6631 2 1 0 17 NOMADIC TRIBE (160)
PILSON 6643 1 0 0 13 DEATH MOB 4 (567)
-CRYSTAL CONDOR 6439 2 6 0 12 DOC LEGRAND'S AVIANS (57)
-LIU BONG 6630 2 0 1 10 KANO CLAN (106)
RAIDER 6617 1 5 0 8 LIGHT BRIGADE (549)
DANG CHAO 6632 1 2 0 5 KANO CLAN (106)
STELLITA 6634 0 2 0 2 SWORD OPERA (323)
CHASER 6636 0 2 0 2 BAD BEAT (565)
LEAD INSTRUCTOR 6642 0 1 0 1 LIGHT BRIGADE (549)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
GUTSHOT 6609 2 2 0 BAD BEAT 565 SLYTHR 6597 582 REVENGED
MANI 6633 0 1 0 BAD BEAT 565 LIU BONG 6630 583
RAKE 6608 3 3 0 BAD BEAT 565 SLYTHR 6597 584
IOPIA 6573 5 1 0 DEATH MOB 4 567 ROCK 6540 583
MISAKI JIRO 6610 1 2 0 KANO CLAN 106 DUDE 6599 581 NOT REVENGED
TENGRI KHAN 6586 8 5 0 NOMADIC TRIBE 160 DUDE 6599 585
REED 6539 6 12 0 PENTAGONAL PINK 564 HAMMETT 6488 583
SKELLIA 6616 1 2 0 SWORD OPERA 323 GAMMA 6618 582
PERSONAL ADS
Bad Beat -- Another of the striker horde bites the dust, and a tear is shed...or not.
Do your worst. -- Slythr
Tengri Khan -- My bell is still ringing after that one! Well fought, and taught!! --
Stay Gold
Duelmaster Mast Monkey -- Congrats on the throne and your graduation. Obviously my
"B" strat needs some tweaking...I'm avoiding this cycle, go play elsewhere! --
Nevermoor
Baron Tone -- I must say, I DID look good, didn't I?? -- Bledd
Best of luck to all Sunsetters in the spring tourney! Sadly I'm sending no islanders
to this one, maybe next time. -- Stik
Rossmont -- You fight remarkably well for being depressed. -- Ursa Minor
Stay Gold -- Stay away. I almost got you despite your sizable experience advantage.
At least the learns were good. Of course, you learned well and won. That is a
better plan overall. -- Tengri Khan
Chaser -- Oh now, do we really need another one of those in this arena? Actually,
since I won, I think maybe we do need more warriors like you! Welcome to Sunset! --
Thelonius
What, the Philthballs only wanted to come out and play for one turn? Was the 1-4
proof that Sunset was too much of a challenge? -- The Tribe
Foorman -- You were too. I can tell. You snickered. -- Breakspere
Ursa Minor -- What a sweet little thing you are today. A cuddly little theodora-
bear. Let me make it up to you. Dinner, a snuggle at the park on Arches Point
watching the sun go down, then take it from there as seems proper at the time. Eh?
-- Rossmont
Bledd -- Damn. I thought you were the one who was supposed to do that. -- Baron Tone
P.S. Those butchers in the Infirmary are worse than useless.
Korlac -- Well, that makes my day. Ouch. -- Merry Leona
Raider -- Ah. I didn't realize that I was going to start with an act of, um, good
fellowship? Try not to do that again, though. At least, not to me. -- Stellita
Tengri Khan -- You are not a person I want to get cuddly with. -- Rossmont
Our congratulations to Mast Monkey. -- Jorja and the Sword Opera cast
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
MAST MONKEY butchered SPYMASTER in a crowd pleasing 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
TILT was demolished by SLYTHR in a popular 1 minute one-sided Bloodfeud melee.
KEROUAC was vanquished by GRIFTER in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge brawl.
STAY GOLD defeated MISASHI SAN in a crowd pleasing 4 minute veteran's Challenge fight.
URSA MINOR vanquished VORG in a exciting 1 minute mismatched Challenge fight.
KORLAC was devastated by BLEDD in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge competition.
DANTE FURIOSO was outwaited by HOGSNORT in a crowd boring 18 minute Challenge melee.
XIAN PING won victory over RAIDER in a 1 minute Challenge fight.
CHASER was viciously subdued by MERRY LEONA in a 5 minute Challenge duel.
NEVERMOOR was beaten by HAMMETT in a exciting 3 minute veteran's fight.
GOLDENBEARD devastated FOORMAN in a 1 minute mismatched Title conflict.
TENGRI KHAN was murdered by DUDE in a 1 minute gory mismatched match.
LAGERKVIST viciously subdued SURLY DECKHAND in a popular 2 minute gruesome conflict.
ROSSMONT was narrowly defeated by RESERVE GUARD in a action packed 5 minute struggle.
BREAKSPERE viciously subdued BALZAC in a crowd pleasing 2 minute bloody master's bout.
BARON TONE savagely defeated WHITMAN in a exciting 4 minute brutal bout.
ASSASSIN overpowered SALTY in a crowd pleasing 2 minute bloody one-sided match.
KNOTHANDLER was bested by DANGEROUS CRIMINAL in a 1 minute bout.
GAMMA overpowered DANG CHAO in a 1 minute one-sided duel.
THELONIUS overpowered STELLITA in a 1 minute uneven fray.
SOMA handily defeated LEAD INSTRUCTOR in a 1 minute one-sided contest.
PILSON demolished CONVICTED THIEF in a 1 minute one-sided fight.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|LUNGING ATTACK 9 BASHING ATTACK 28 - 19 - 3 60 |
|AIMED BLOW 6 LUNGING ATTACK 51 - 35 - 8 59 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 4 STRIKING ATTACK 29 - 23 - 0 56 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 4 WALL OF STEEL 18 - 16 - 1 53 |
|BASHING ATTACK 4 TOTAL PARRY 14 - 13 - 0 52 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 3 AIMED BLOW 30 - 28 - 0 52 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 3 PARRY-LUNGE 14 - 17 - 0 45 |
|STRIKING ATTACK 3 SLASHING ATTACK 22 - 29 - 2 43 |
|WALL OF STEEL 3 PARRY-STRIKE 11 - 15 - 2 42 |
|TOTAL PARRY 2 PARRY-RIPOSTE 17 - 27 - 0 39 |
Turn 585 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 3 - 0 AIMED BLOW 2 - 4 4 LUNGING ATTACK
SLASHING ATTACK 2 - 1 WALL OF STEEL 1 - 2 2 SLASHING ATTACK
STRIKING ATTACK 2 - 1 BASHING ATTACK 1 - 3 1 STRIKING ATTACK
LUNGING ATTACK 5 - 4 1 PARRY-STRIKE
PARRY-LUNGE 2 - 2 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE
PARRY-RIPOSTE 2 - 2 1 AIMED BLOW
TOTAL PARRY 1 - 1 1 PARRY-LUNGE
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
LUNGING ATTACK GOLDENBEARD 6202 17 5 0 98 SEA DOGS (533)
STRIKING ATTACK GRIFTER 6546 14 4 0 97 BAD BEAT (565)
PARRY-STRIKE HAMMETT 6488 16 14 2 94 LITERATE LOONS (538)
PARRY-RIPOSTE STAY GOLD 6512 17 10 2 89 GRIM FANDANGO (454)
AIMED BLOW NEVERMOOR 6527 15 8 0 78 GRIM FANDANGO (454)
SLASHING ATTACK SLYTHR 6597 6 4 2 66 GRIM FANDANGO (454)
WALL OF STEEL RESERVE GUARD 6595 8 3 0 60 LIGHT BRIGADE (549)
BASHING ATTACK SURLY DECKHAND 6568 12 4 0 49 SEA DOGS (533)
TOTAL PARRY HOGSNORT 6598 5 3 0 35 DEATH MOB 4 (567)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
The overall popularity leader is FOORMAN 6346. The most popular warrior this turn
was MERRY LEONA 6591. The ten other most popular fighters were HAMMETT 6488,
ROSSMONT 6228, MISASHI SAN 6084, BREAKSPERE 6189, LAGERKVIST 6532, BARON TONE 6249,
ASSASSIN 6495, RESERVE GUARD 6595, WHITMAN 6531, and SURLY DECKHAND 6568.
The least popular fighter this week was HOGSNORT 6598. The other ten least popular
fighters were DANTE FURIOSO 6589, CHASER 6636, LEAD INSTRUCTOR 6642, STELLITA 6634,
DANG CHAO 6632, TENGRI KHAN 6586, FOORMAN 6346, KORLAC 6574, KEROUAC 6566, and PILSON
6643.
The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn:
GOLDENBEARD (21-6202) SEA DOGS (533)
The following warriors have traveled to AD after fighting this turn:
MAST MONKEY (21-6158) SEA DOGS (533)
THE STOMPING GROUNDS
The new all-basher arena will be in Seam, DM 20. Only new teams (0FE) may
participate. The only rule is that all of your warriors must be bashers.
The first turn of the contest will be due on Monday, April 28. It will be a slow
turn-around arena. If you wish to enter a team, please submit your new team and first
turn strategies before then. Only one team per manager, please.
This arena will stay open indefinitely, providing there is interest (i.e., this is not
a contest that runs a set number of turns, although there are prizes scheduled after
the first 15 rounds). For more information, see details in the first newsletter or on
the forums.
-- RSI
Zeb Karan looked around the table at the rest of Dwes Eg's staff. Arenamasters,
standby and Dark Arena warriors, stewards and infirmarians, even the maintenance crew.
There was wine and beer on the side-table, even sandwiches, but no one was partaking.
"Stop looking like your dog died," Lew Voth said. He had once been the
arenamaster of Sentern and had taken his turns overseeing the fights in Dwes Eg. "We
all knew this day would come. When are they closing us down?"
"Immediately after the tourney, according to the information I was given."
"Short notice," Jame Rinvar, another arenamaster commented.
"No offense intended, these things just creep up on people. Tourneys make it
worse, I suppose, all the new teams being entered." Zeb grimaced. "Some of the file
cabinets have exploded from over-stuffing, you know, and it takes so long to run
through all the registered gladiators to find those who are planning to fight on any
given day that the day is OVER by the time we're ready to start."
"Which is why they closed down Sentern, Cimmeriac, and Firehold," Lew pointed
out. "This is the same thing all over again."
"Cycles," Jame said. "Things happen, and then later they happen again. We live
with it. And Dwes Eg did last for, what, eight and a half years before it reached the
explosion point. That isn't bad. That's forever, speaking practically."
"Eight or nine years is not forever--"
"The only thing that's real is today, and maybe, up to a point, tomorrow. I
don't see a problem with this. What are the new parameters, Zeb?"
"Dwes Eg remains open, existing teams can run and can recruit new members. BUT,
no new teams will be accepted. New teams will go into a new arena, DM 84, running its
first turn on the seventh of May. A regular two-week cycle."
"So Dwes Eg isn't actually being closed, just closed to new teams. Okay. This
works," Jame said again. "Number 84... does this mean it'll be out at that Blackstone
place? Rotten weather half the year, but I suppose you could say that about any site.
What about regional allegiance?"
"None specified in the data I received. Probably a personal-choice situation,"
Zeb said.
"Transfers?" Lew asked.
"I don't know about transfers IN," Zeb said, "but I'd guess yes, they would be
allowed. No transfers OUT, though. None out of DM 82, for that matter. Once you're
in 82 or 84, the only way out is death or graduation."
"That fairly describes most arenas," Jame said. "Anyone who takes up the
gladiatorial life has already accepted that."