DUELMASTERS NEWSLETTER

Date   : 02/19/2004    Duedate: 03/03/2004

ZORPUNT ARENA

DM-24    TURN-472

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

TAZZY TIGER
AUSSIE KILLERS (455)
(24-4423) [14-10-0,143]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

TAZZY TIGER                    POSITION IS EMPTY
AUSSIE KILLERS (455)           
(24-4423) [14-10-0,143]        

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

TRISHA WINGFOOT                TOMBO LARK
KRILL CAVALRY (403)            KRILL CAVALRY (403)
(24-4330) [20-35-1,96]         (24-4488) [6-8-0,26]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

AUSSIE KILLERS (455)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. THE ASININE (272)           73
2. AUSSIE KILLERS (455)        46      THE ASININE (272)
3. THE MC5 (445)               16      Unchartered Team
4. KRILL CAVALRY (403)          4
5. ADAM'S ARSENAL (457)         0      SIMPLY THE BEST (197)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 4 THE ASININE (272)         98  80  9 55.1   1/ 3 AUSSIE KILLERS (455)     10  2 0
 2/ 3 THE MC5 (445)            123 101 11 54.9   2/ 4 THE ASININE (272)         9  1 1
 3/ 6 AUSSIE KILLERS (455)      54  46  3 54.0   3/ 2 BATTLEMANIA (71)          8  6 0
 4/ 5 BATTLEMANIA (71)         374 343 25 52.2   4/ 1 THE MC5 (445)             7  5 2
 5/ 7 KRILL CAVALRY (403)      374 389 12 49.0   5/ 6 KRILL CAVALRY (403)       1 14 0
 6- 8*ADAM'S ARSENAL (457)       1   4  0 20.0   6- 8*ADAM'S ARSENAL (457)      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[ + ---:--- + ]H[ Out of the Past #2 ]H[ + ---:--- + ]H[ +

Zorpunt:

     If anyone was aware of a difference in the air of the city, or in the texture of 
life and death in the arena, they did not mention it.  Of course, with a stranger 
holding a wizard's staff and guarded by... some kind of monsters sitting in the 
arenamaster's box, who was going to mention things, even if they DID notice?
     And who, dying messily in the Dark Arena, would mention strange lights and 
unexplained whistling noises?  If Arenamaster Kai saw fit to lay down pentagrams and 
other designs of colored sand on the arena floor before each fight... well, he WAS 
the arenamaster.  No doubt he knew what he was doing.
     It was known that a few managers intended to protest that they had not ordered 
the actual, literal death of their warriors, but only formal dismissal from the 
gladiatorial system.  But when they came back from the arenamaster's office, they 
looked pale and shaken, and they had nothing to tell anyone about the situation.  And 
one or two of them didn't come back at all.
                      ***     *****     ***     *****     ***
     "There IS something going on," Penok muttered to Jessie June as they waited in 
the ready area for their fight to be called.  "Something bad.  I can feel it in my 
bones.  I don't care what the Rau says."  She jerked her head sideways slightly, 
indicating Tijiss Rau, the arena steward waiting in the archway just ahead of them.
     "You know Rau," Jessie June muttered back.  "'All for the best in the best of 
all possible worlds', that's Rau.  He wouldn't know 'something bad' if he ate it for 
dinner and got sick right after."  She eyed the crystals set into the wall of the 
arena.  About a third of them were black, the rest were blood red.  They reminded her 
of the eyes of spiders.  "If those are purely ornamental, I'll eat 'em."
     "Magic," Cane Toad said flatly, coming up behind the two women.  "Blood magic.  
You can smell it in the air.  At least, I can.  There's a lot of it down south where 
I come from, and I'd know that smell anywhere."
     "I thought all magic was screwed up because of the Chaos and the Arcanum and 
all!" Penok protested.
     The poisonous Toad shook his head firmly.  "Not blood magic.  You spill enough 
blood, nothing else matters."
     "And there's always a lot of blood spilled in the arena," Jessie June whispered, 
horrified at the possibilities.
     "And the arena's been bloodier since those crystals went up," Cane Toad said.  
"There's something bad going down here."

Valamantis:

     Hallie O'Dene went overland from Andoria to the Delarquan Federation.  It might 
have been faster to sail--if she could have found a ship going where she needed to 
go, or hired one.  But she found herself distrusting the Trier.  The mage Khaldren 
had come out of the Trier, after all.  He might have some power over it.  And he was 
bound to notice that she and Raoul hadn't come back from the errand he'd commanded.  
But these were all logical reasons that she had arrived at to explain her decision to 
herself.  In fact, she simply hadn't trusted the Trier at an instinctive level.  She 
made her way on foot along the coast to Gelafan, then hired horses as needed for a 
fast ride south.  Well... fast!  She might have laughed if she hadn't been so 
worried.  Six days to Valamantis.  What horrors might the mad wizard have 
accomplished in six days?
     Her plan was to take a riverboat up the Feyranse past Mordant to Sibikhas, and 
then go by horse again to Delarq Tor.
     But there were towers behind Valamantis, where no towers had been for hundreds 
of years.  They had none of the dream-like unreality of the vision towers that 
Khaldren had raised over Zorpunt, and that was alarming.  Valamantis was much older 
than Zorpunt.  There had once BEEN towers--it was called Old Valamantis now, and it 
was in ruins except for the arena where the Bloodgames were held.  On that thought, 
Hallie froze briefly, horrified by the realization that there had been Bloodgames 
recently, lakes of blood spilled on that ancient soil.  What might Khaldren have 
conjured out of that?  She didn't think she wanted to know.

Aruak City:

     The return of a wizard from drowned Krael was news that should reach Andor as 
quickly as possible.  It took Raoul two days to reach Aruak City from Zorpunt, longer 
than he would have liked, but faster than he had feared.  The Aruaki countryside had 
suffered badly during the civil war and from the Chaos contamination just before 
that.  People were getting it back into shape now, but there were no horses to be 
rented or bought.  Or stolen, come to that.  Walking was faster than riding a plow 
horse would've been, even if he could've gotten hold of one of the plowhorses.
     But he was damned glad to see the towers (most of the towers, some were nothing 
but stumps) of Aruak city ahead.  He compared their slightly battered appearance with 
the towers of Khaldren's Zorpunt and found this much better.  This was REAL.  Maybe 
not perfect, maybe not as beautiful as a dream, but real.  He'd take this over the 
perfect illusion any day.
     His first goal in the city was the Bulldog Inn.  He needed news, he needed to 
contact his manager, and he wanted to alert Adie, the manager of the Tuft Tuggers, to 
the danger.  Adie was a magician of some kind--he'd never bothered with the details--
and she could be an important part of the opposition to the Kraelian.  EARLY 
opposition, too, before the man got entrenched in Zorpunt.  That might make a 
difference.
     The Inn was jammed.  Odd, that.  Aruak City had always had a vigorous dueling 
community, but... this many gladiators?  He could barely SEE across the common room, 
much less move quickly.  But there was a table of managers in an alcove at the back.  
He'd find news there, if he could reach it.
     The Lord Protector took a last look at the crowd, shook his head, and plunged in 
under the elbow of a Shew.  The man was too tall for most managers, but there were 
always one or two who would give a large gladiator a chance.  From the looks of the 
scars, this man had been at it a while, but he was nobody Raoul recognized.  Well, 
he'd been away for a long time.  Quite a long time, actually.
     "Raoul!"
He paused and looked toward the woman whose hand was on his sleeve.  Hair like a 
sunrise and wide violet eyes.  "Lady Adeolar!  You're one of the people I wanted to 
find.  There--"
     "Not here in the middle of the floor, Raoul."  She drew him to one side and 
through an inconspicuous door.  "Jhordeal will be glad to know you are well, but 
that's not what you came for, is it?"
     "Glad to know I'm...?"  When had he been in Aruak City last?  Mantor, it was 
years ago!  Before the civil war, and he had died....  He took off his hat, looked at 
the rounded, dusty crown, ran a hand over his head, and put the hat back on.  No time 
to go into that now.  "No, doll, that's not why I came this way.  There's magical 
trouble.  Serious magical trouble, I think."
     "You came from Zorpunt?"  She twisted a lock of hair between nervous fingers.  
"I have felt something happening there--something dark--"
     He nodded briefly.  "I saw it start, and it's going to be damned dark," he 
muttered.  Quickly, he sketched in what he and Hallie had learned of the wizard 
Khaldren and his intentions.  "I don't know how he's doing that much magic," he 
finished, "because everyone says the Arcanum is in decline and spells aren't working, 
but--"
     "He's using blood magic."  The woman's beautiful face hardened.  "It is the 
oldest magic and the most primitive.  Almost always used for darkness and 
destruction," she muttered, frowning, "even though it doesn't have to be....  It's 
the least dependent on the Arcanum, unfortunately, the easiest to pervert, and the 
hardest to control once it gets started."  She frowned, twisting the lock of hair 
harder.  "In the hands of a powerful wizard with no scruples...."
     "That's what me and Hallie figured," Raoul said, nodding.  "I'm headed for 
Andor--the king has to be warned.  And Hallie's taking the warning to Delarq Tor."
     "Yes, of course.  Definitely the right thing to do.  But you need to see your 
manager before you leave town, Raoul.  He's been worried about you."  She patted his 
arm absently, still frowning.  "I will gather as much information about this wizard 
and his spells as I can....  I wish Shania were here, she is so good at that.  Well, 
I must work with what I have."  She patted his arm one last time and opened the door 
to the inn's main room.  "Off with you, and tell the other managers that... tell them 
I have things to do, and I'll add to your news later."

      * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ *

                          ---===ANDORIAN REGIONAL NEWS===---

                                     Duelmasters
                                     -----------
 DM   8 ARKERS (turn 240): LUMBERING WAIF of HAPLESS WAIF (Berylstar, mgr.)
 DM  11 ARUAK CITY (turn 482): POSITION IS EMPTY
 DM  14 TOBIR (turn 482): JERRY CURL of DA AFRO (?, mgr.)
 DM  22 SOLVEN (turn 475): BLIND GIRL of KELLUMBO'S KIDS (Detective Kellumbo, mgr.)
 DM  24 ZORPUNT (turn 471): TAZZY TIGER of AUSSIE KILLERS (THawk, mgr.)
 DM  25 LYRATILAN (turn 471): ABSOLUCIOUN of CHAUCERS WORDS (Berylstar, mgr.)
 DM  26 CALEAM (turn 472): HERCULES of HISTORY! (Guardian, mgr.)
 DM  30 IAYE (turn 468): SNOTMAN of I TRAINED THEM (Soultaker, mgr.)
 DM  40 ZENSU (turn 433): CMOT DIBBLER of THE DISC (Technogeek, mgr.)
 DM  41 KATI-TEI (turn 426): PELICAN of BIRDS (JE, mgr.)
 DM  46 ARDIVENT (turn 419): OPURT of DEATHTONGUE (Technogeek, mgr.)
 DM  52 FRATSFA (turn 188): GRIM GLADIOLA of FLOWER GIRLS (Lady Fern, mgr.)
 DM  60 ARADI (turn 331): LIGHTNING IX of DEATH STUDS VII (Death Stud, mgr.)
 DM  63 AMEN-TEI (turn 320): FURIOUS TERROR of CAR AND DRIVER (Talon Volksie, mgr.)
 DM  71 KYR'TERR (turn 142): TOMB of SHADOW GOLD (Shadowgate, mgr.)
ADM 105 ANDORAK (turn 367): SNOWY OWL of CALL OF THE WILD from KYR'TERR (Poison Ivy)

                                      Top Teams
                                      ---------
 DM   8 ARKERS (turn 240): PHOENIX FIRE (Bobby Bigfoot, mgr.)
 DM  11 ARUAK CITY (turn 482): THE BLUES (Keldon Blackfang, mgr.)
 DM  14 TOBIR (turn 482): THE DEATH SQUAD (Street Legal, mgr.)
 DM  22 SOLVEN (turn 475): JUST CHILLIN (Mr. Freeze, mgr.)
 DM  24 ZORPUNT (turn 471): THE MC5 (Street Legal, mgr.)
 DM  25 LYRATILAN (turn 471): CHAUCERS WORDS (Berylstar, mgr.)
 DM  26 CALEAM (turn 472): HEADBANGERS (Sablon-O-Vlad, mgr.)
 DM  30 IAYE (turn 468): I TRAINED THEM (Soultaker, mgr.)
 DM  40 ZENSU (turn 433): BATTLE SCHOOL (?, mgr.)
 DM  41 KATI-TEI (turn 426): WANDERERS (Leeta, mgr.)
 DM  46 ARDIVENT (turn 419): DEATHTONGUE (Technogeek, mgr.)
 DM  52 FRATSFA (turn 188): ASSASSIN NATION (Ghab, mgr.)
 DM  60 ARADI (turn 331): DEATH STUDS VII (Death Stud, mgr.)
 DM  63 AMEN-TEI (turn 320): SAFE HAVEN (Keldon Blackfang, mgr.)
 DM  71 KYR'TERR (turn 142): SHADOW GOLD (Shadowgate, mgr.)
ADM 105 ANDORAK (turn 367): DA AFRO, etc. (?, mgr.)

                                   Recent Graduates
                                   ----------------
 DM   8 ARKERS (turn 240): LUMBERING WAIF of HAPLESS WAIF (Berylstar, mgr.)
               (turn 239): ABYSS of PHANTOM FORCES 2 (The Catalyst, mgr.)
 DM  11 ARUAK CITY (turn 482): GOLDEN MOMENT of COLORIFIC (Purple People Eater, mgr.)
                   (turn 481): B.S. of BULLDOGS (Kennelworth, mgr.)
 DM  22 SOLVEN (turn 475): GARY CONDIT of THE DEMOCRATS (Al Gore, mgr.)
                           JUSTICE of THE REPUBLICANS (The Judge, mgr.)
 DM  26 CALEAM (turn 471): SARINA of GOLDEN CANYON (Klondike Kate, mgr.)
 DM  30 IAYE (turn 467): SONIC TACO of TRIP OUT (Angus, mgr.)
 DM  41 KATI-TEI (turn 425): SKOWIE of SPRINGFIELD XIII (Snotman, mgr.)
 DM  46 ARDIVENT (turn 419): OPURT of DEATHTONGUE (Technogeek, mgr.)
                 (turn 418): BANANA JR of DEATHTONGUE (Technogeek, mgr.)
 DM  52 FRATSFA (turn 188): RED EYE of ASSASSIN NATION (Ghab, mgr.)
 DM  60 ARADI (turn 331): ACUTE of THIEVES GUILD (Hombre, mgr.)
                          GAZREKK of DEMONS OF DARKNESS 2 (Rillion, mgr.)
 DM  63 AMEN-TEI (turn 320): WANDERING JO of WAYFARERS (Leeta, mgr.)

                                      SPY REPORT

     Hail and well met warriors of ZORPUNT!  Know me for who I am, Zontani Sharp 
Eyes, Spymaster extraordinaire of all Alastari.  Former top team THE MC5 was unseated 
this week as AUSSIE KILLERS moved up from 3rd ranking to take the top spot with a 
4-0-0 record for the round.  DAMNATION caught the eye of many in the gladiatorial 
commission as he skillfully bested PENOK and was awarded 21 points in recognition.  
In one of the week's more notable duels, DAMNATION put down PENOK, causing her to 
lose 16 points of recognition in the process.  Who here was not present for the title 
fight this week as KID ROCK boldly challenged TAZZY TIGER in order to strive for the 
Duelmasters honors?  Not for nothing has TAZZY TIGER in the past laid claim to the 
Duelmaster's throne, and this week she's proven hers combat skill yet again.  No 
confirmation, but my sources claim that the top team has gained their position using 
magical aids.  Charmed weapons perhaps?   
     Many and various are the arts of battle.  In ZORPUNT "art" is a word that has 
long since passed from the language!  I saw one fighter that warriors avoided when 
this week's challenge seeking began.  THE MC5 is feared.  This much I can say.  
Apparently the stalwarts of AUSSIE KILLERS 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 PEDRO 
DE SADE.  Watch your back!   
     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 
SPANKYTIME who at 11-7-2 was dispatched to the Dark Arena by the command of 
BATTLEMANIA's demanding management.  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?  More than a sharp eye must I keep, indeed a 
stout pair of legs must I keep as well!  The endless paths of Alastari await me!  
Till we meet again, remember:  a turtle walks slow, hides head in a shell, and harms 
no one; a lion runs to slay its prey.-- Zontani Sharp Eyes  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 TAZZY TIGER 4423             14  10  0   143       AUSSIE KILLERS (455)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 KID ROCK 4340                28  18  0   102       THE MC5 (445)
 TRISHA WINGFOOT 4330         20  35  1    96       KRILL CAVALRY (403)
 CANE TOAD 4425               12  12  0    95       AUSSIE KILLERS (455)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 RICH CRANIUM 4464            10   1  0    85       THE ASININE (272)
 DEHUMANIZER 4461              8   4  2    82       THE ASININE (272)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 DAMNATION 4492                4   0  1    57       THE ASININE (272)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-GEORGE CLINTON 4470           6   7  1    56       THE MC5 (445)
 ORESTES 4471                  9   6  0    49       BATTLEMANIA (71)
 PENOK 4445                   10   9  1    40       BATTLEMANIA (71)
 IGGY POP 4469                 3   9  0    36       THE MC5 (445)
 JESSIE JUNE 4466              8  11  0    35       KRILL CAVALRY (403)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 STONEFISH 4489                3   0  0    31       AUSSIE KILLERS (455)
 TOMBO LARK 4488               6   8  0    26       KRILL CAVALRY (403)
 GREAT WHITE SHARK 4511        3   2  0    25       AUSSIE KILLERS (455)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 BABY BUBBA 4531               2   0  0    21       BATTLEMANIA (71)
 SORROW HARVESTER 4530         2   0  0    20       THE ASININE (272)
 PERDITION 4500                1   2  0    20       THE ASININE (272)
 PEDRO DE SADE 4499            4   4  0    16       BATTLEMANIA (71)
 TOMMY HEARNS 4532             1   0  1    14       THE MC5 (445)
 TELLER FLETE 4510             1   8  0    11       KRILL CAVALRY (403)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 HENRY FORD 4528               2   1  1     8       THE MC5 (445)
-OLD HORNINGTON 4450           1   3  0     6       ADAM'S ARSENAL (457)
-LIZARD 4449                   0   1  0     1       ADAM'S ARSENAL (457)

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

THE DEAD               W  L K TEAM NAME             SLAIN BY             TURN Revenge?
M. CHARDINEE 406       0  1 0   1                   DEHUMANIZER 4461      472 NONE    
SPANKYTIME 4446       11  8 2 BATTLEMANIA 71        BANDIT PRINCE 417     472 NONE    
JEB POOLE 4525         1  4 0 KRILL CAVALRY 403     TOMMY HEARNS 4532     472         

                                     PERSONAL ADS

All -- ...and then I forgot to knock wood as we go from 4-0 to 2-3 with our dumbest 
members bringing in the only wins.  Spankytime is despondent with his poor learning 
rate.  I fear night-fighting is imminent.  Penok will be next I'm sure. -- 
Battlemania

Asinine -- Sigh.  Well, you're back.  Really don't like you guys.  Please die. -- 
Darkfist

Kid Rock -- I dropped like a rock?  I think NOT.  YOU are the rock, after all.  I 
dropped in a graceful, ladylike fashion, somewhat resembling the swan in that ballet 
I've heard about.  Quite UN-rocklike. -- Trisha Wingfoot the graceful

Iggy Pop -- Too startling! -- Tombo Lark, not used to sudden pops while dueling

Henry Ford -- Oh, right, I know about YOU.  You're the guy who said I could have any 
color carriage I wanted, so long as it was black.  Huh.  It'd serve you right if I 
hammered you into the ground, but I have OTHER fish to fry just now. -- Teller Flete

Penok -- That was more than a little bit embarrassing.  Still, a skill and getting 
out alive is worth giving thanks for, so... Thanks. -- Jessie June
P.S.  If we have to have mirror records, okay, but NEXT time, I want the high one 
myself!

Sorrow Harvester -- Wow, is that one of those big farm equipment companies, you know, 
like Continental Harvester and Interstate Harvester and stuff? -- Jeb Poole

Darkfist -- Auspicious, indeed.  Just be careful you don't hit a bird on take-off.  
Even a 707 can't handle a high-speed collision with a bird. -- Leeta

Penok -- Surely not? -- Tombo Lark, a designated target

28 January 2004
All -- I send out this invitation to all teams and managers.  A new Alliance has been
formed.  The Living Essences Alliance is being formed to join forces in an effort to
eliminate common foes and to help the joined warriors grow and learn to the best of
their abilities by offering suggestions and advice.  It doesn't matter what arena
you're in, or if you're in another alliance already, as of today.  This Alliance is
open to one and all!  If you are interested in joining, please DIPLO me, or send a
personal ad to DM 93's newsletter.  If you wish to join beyond March 2004, send a PA
to DM 82.  Come join the fun! -- Dagan LifeGiver, mgr. Shadow Warriors (DM 93)

28 January 2004
This notice is to formally introduce our young alliance, CHAOS INC.  We consist of
APEX, FLAGG, MATRIX, ASSAMITE, and now RUDE BUDDHA.  If we aren't already there, we
WILL be coming to an arena near you soon!  Hope to see you all at the ZALCON II.

4 February 2004
Greeting from Jhans, DM 36 -- In 2 turns the kLk will host our first annual "St.
Valentines Day Massacre" in Jhans, arena 36.  (Kill Contest)  The contest will begin
on turn 450.  It will run for 10 turns.  On turn 461 the winners will be announced.
There will be 3 separate categories, the team with the most kills, the alliance with
the most kills, and the warrior with the most kills.  For the manager of the team
with the most kills a PRIZE of 10 ROLL-UPS will be rewarded (or $50 deposited into
his account).  No need to declare yourself in the personals.  If you are in DM 36,
you will be part of the contest whether you like it or not.  We encourage as much
trash talk as you'd like.  All teams, managers, and alliances invited.  Please
contact Polarius (mgr. of Blitzkrieg) in DM 36 with questions.  Or you can email me
at jamieptmo@hotmail.com.  Good luck and see you in the sands. -- Polarius

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

SPANKYTIME was viciously butchered by BANDIT PRINCE in a 2 minute Dark Arena fight.
KID ROCK was viciously subdued by TAZZY TIGER in a 3 minute Challenge Title battle.
CANE TOAD won victory over TRISHA WINGFOOT in a 2 minute master's Challenge brawl.
STONEFISH luckily beat TOMBO LARK in a crowd pleasing 3 minute Challenge match.
IGGY POP bested JESSIE JUNE in a 3 minute Challenge duel.
GREAT WHITE SHARK overpowered HENRY FORD in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge struggle.
PERDITION handily defeated PEDRO DE SADE in a 1 minute uneven Challenge fight.
SORROW HARVESTER vanquished TELLER FLETE in a 1 minute uneven Challenge duel.
DEHUMANIZER assassinated M. CHARDINEE in a 1 minute gory uneven duel.
RICH CRANIUM defeated VENOMOUS CONCUBINE in a 2 minute match.
ORESTES overcame DANGEROUS CRIMINAL in a 1 minute bout.
PENOK was overpowered by DAMNATION in a 1 minute one-sided match.
JEB POOLE was butchered by TOMMY HEARNS in a 1 minute brutal mismatched conflict.
BABY BUBBA demolished PERSISTENT BEGGAR in a 1 minute one-sided brawl.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|LUNGING ATTACK                   6         TOTAL PARRY       18 -   5 -  1      78  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   3         SLASHING ATTACK   11 -   4 -  1      73  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      3         LUNGING ATTACK    42 -  26 -  4      62  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  2         BASHING ATTACK     8 -   9 -  0      47  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    2         PARRY-RIPOSTE     10 -  14 -  0      42  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  2         AIMED BLOW         6 -   9 -  0      40  |
|AIMED BLOW                       2         PARRY-STRIKE       3 -   5 -  0      38  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      2         PARRY-LUNGE        6 -  13 -  1      32  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     1         WALL OF STEEL      1 -   3 -  0      25  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    0         STRIKING ATTACK    7 -  23 -  0      23  |

Turn 472 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     TOTAL PARRY        1 -  2         4  LUNGING ATTACK 
SLASHING ATTACK    2 -  0     AIMED BLOW         0 -  2         1  SLASHING ATTACK
BASHING ATTACK     3 -  0     PARRY-LUNGE        0 -  2         1  TOTAL PARRY    
LUNGING ATTACK     4 -  2     WALL OF STEEL      0 -  0         1  PARRY-LUNGE    
PARRY-RIPOSTE      1 -  1                                       1  STRIKING ATTACK
STRIKING ATTACK    1 -  1                                       1  PARRY-RIPOSTE  
                                                                1  AIMED BLOW     
                                                                1  PARRY-STRIKE   

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
SLASHING ATTACK  TAZZY TIGER 4423           14  10  0  143 AUSSIE KILLERS (455)
TOTAL PARRY      KID ROCK 4340              28  18  0  102 THE MC5 (445)
LUNGING ATTACK   RICH CRANIUM 4464          10   1  0   85 THE ASININE (272)
PARRY-RIPOSTE    ORESTES 4471                9   6  0   49 BATTLEMANIA (71)
AIMED BLOW       PENOK 4445                 10   9  1   40 BATTLEMANIA (71)

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is TRISHA WINGFOOT 4330.  The most popular warrior this 
turn was TOMBO LARK 4488.  The ten other most popular fighters were TAZZY TIGER 4423, 
CANE TOAD 4425, SPANKYTIME 4446, STONEFISH 4489, JESSIE JUNE 4466, GREAT WHITE SHARK 
4511, SORROW HARVESTER 4530, RICH CRANIUM 4464, KID ROCK 4340, and IGGY POP 4469.

The least popular fighter this week was JEB POOLE 4525.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were PENOK 4445, HENRY FORD 4528, BABY BUBBA 4531, TELLER FLETE 4510, PEDRO 
DE SADE 4499, PERDITION 4500, TRISHA WINGFOOT 4330, TOMMY HEARNS 4532, DAMNATION 
4492, and ORESTES 4471.

The following warriors will travel to ADVANCED DUELMASTERS after next turn:

TAZZY TIGER (24-4423) AUSSIE KILLERS (455)