DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER Date : 06/24/2004 Duedate: 07/07/2004 ZORPUNT ARENA DM-24 TURN-481 This Weeks Top Honors THE DUELMASTER IS CROCONAW WATER DECK (459) (24-4475) [12-1-1,112] Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader CROCONAW JAMES T. JERK WATER DECK (459) STAR DRECK (467) (24-4475) [12-1-1,112] (24-4590) [2-0-0,22] Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite TOMBO LARK JAMES T. JERK KRILL CAVALRY (403) STAR DRECK (467) (24-4488) [8-15-0,39] (24-4590) [2-0-0,22] THE CURRENT TOP TEAM WATER DECK (459) TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team 1. WATER DECK (459) 41 2. AUSSIE KILLERS (455) 37 WATER DECK (459) 3. STAR DRECK (467) 10 Unchartered Team 4. THE MC5 (445) 0 5. BATTLEMANIA (71) 0 STAR DRECK (467) The Top Teams Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K 1/ 1*STAR DRECK (467) 2 0 0 100 1/ 1 WATER DECK (459) 10 4 1 2- 2*13 YRS & COUNTING (465) 12 4 0 75.0 2- 2 BATTLEMANIA (71) 6 0 1 3/ 3 WATER DECK (459) 43 24 4 64.2 3/ 6 AUSSIE KILLERS (455) 6 6 0 4- 4 THE MC5 (445) 131 116 12 53.0 4/ 3 KRILL CAVALRY (403) 6 9 0 5/ 6 AUSSIE KILLERS (455) 69 63 3 52.3 5/ 7*STAR DRECK (467) 2 0 0 6- 5 BATTLEMANIA (71) 387 360 26 51.8 6- 4*13 YRS & COUNTING (465) 2 3 0 7/ 7 KRILL CAVALRY (403) 396 412 12 49.0 7- 5 THE MC5 (445) 1 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 #7 ]H[ + ---:--- + ]H[ + Andorian Edition Aruak City: "First, gather information," Adeolar muttered. It was one of the basic rules that the more information you had relevant to your problem, the better your chance was of solving it. She frowned at her gilt-framed magic mirror, twisting a lock of hair thoughtfully as she considered how to make best use of it. It was still working, after a fashion, but the reddish film tainting the glass was stronger. It confused the images, and she suspected that it also indicated something more dangerous than misreading a scene: that the spell which it embodied was being contaminated by blood magic, as well. Contaminated, and maybe distorted, maybe even subverted. Did she dare use the mirror spell now? Did she dare NOT use it? She needed information to plan her campaign against Khaldren. She shook her head and wiped at the red-tinged glass once more. She would just have to-- "Ma'am?" She glanced over her shoulder as Segallion Sundancer, one of her warriors, looked into the room. His countrywoman Nila was with him. "Nila and I were wondering if we could help, ma'am. You being a sun priestess, and us being temple staff of the Sun Temple on Korvant Isle, well, we thought we might be... compatible." "Oh. Hmm." Adie frowned, her fingers automatically going to one of her curls and twisting it as she considered the possibilities. The worship of the sun as performed in the western Karian states was not at all like that of her own tradition, but it might work. It might, at least, be worth trying. "Perhaps," she said finally. "Let's set it up this way: I'll start on my own, and if I don't need your help, you keep out of it-- It's too dangerous to mix in if you aren't needed," she added sternly as Segallion opened his mouth to protest. "But you be READY, and if I need help, I'll signal you." Maybe she would, but maybe not. It WAS dangerous, and neither gladiator had achieved Shelia Greywand's immortality yet. But she understood the need to be helpful, and she might not have to make use of their aid. When both gladiators nodded agreement, she turned back to her mirror. Carefully, with every aspect of the spell observed meticulously--something that wasn't necessary under better times, because spells were normally all of a piece and could "take a hint," as it were--she began the incantation that would activate the mirror. The surface shimmered crimson silver, glittering and trembling. This was NOT the normal behavior of a mirror spell! It felt as though she was trying to lift a great weight with her mind. She had never thought of the veil between HERE and THERE as a weight before.... Abruptly the glass cleared, or nearly so, a reddish film remained. And there was risen Krael as she had seen it before. But this time she was not interested in the general view. It was an accepted law of magic that for every strength a magician or wizard had, there was a corresponding weakness. Khaldren had come into the present from Krael, and somewhere in that city she hoped to find a clue to his power and his weakness. There was the ancient city, mud-stained and battered by the centuries it had spent sunk beneath the Trier. There the survivors, moving about their tasks which seemed inexplicable but must be linked in some way to Khaldren. She selected one of the better-dressed men and began to follow him through the ruins. His course was erratic, she thought at first it was to avoid the obstacles presented by the city's decrepit state. But he climbed over the mound of rubble that represented a fallen wall, and splashed through a knee-deep pool of water and mud. There were easier ways to get from one point to another, so why...? The man met up with another, handed over a... she couldn't see what, a crystal of some sort, and sat down on a stone to wring out the hem of his robe. The other man set off across the rubble. With a cold shock, Adie realized that the movement of these men, and others in Krael, were themselves parts of a spell. What kind of spell would be produced by somatic components on such a scale? A very powerful one.... Were the other "risen cities" involved in this? Celestinvael had been mentioned, and Old Valamantis. Adie turned her mirror-sight to the south. She was marginally aware that behind her the two gladiators began to dance and chant. Near Ardivent: Master Cho, former manager of the Bluvalley Warriors of Ardivent and Chan Chi Monastery of Khalhums, sipped his wine and nodded approval. "Very good. Quite drinkable, in fact." Fandil, former manager of the Fandils, laughed and poured wine into his own cup. "Like you wouldn't drink it anyway, you old bandit?" He sobered. "What brings you down from the mountains, Cho? The rumors about Celestinvael?" The ancient city lay in the forested no-man's-land between Ardivent and the Delarquan Federation, and woodsmen had been bringing tales of marvels and minor disasters for weeks now. That it was a matter for concern, a matter that would bear watching, was undeniable, but Fandil had seen nothing to indicate that it was urgent. "Celestinvael is enough to worry about," Master Cho answered, nodding, "and it is indirectly what brought me here. If you think about what the city was like in its last days...! But my immediate concern is young Adeolar up in Aruak City." "I may be retired," old Fandil said stiffly, "but I'm not COMPLETELY out of touch, Cho! Adeolar is a very competent woman, and Kennelworth is not worried about her--he'd have mentioned it in his last letter. She can handle anything she's likely to meet." "No doubt... one on one. But that fool Khaldren has invoked and involved wizards from a dozen centuries. Not all of them will work together--as well try to get cats to run in step! But some will, and can she handle two, or six, or ten, if they're all working together?" "Ah." Fandil was silent for several minutes, stroking his beard slowly as his mind raced. "Ah. That could be... bad. Very bad." He set his wine cup down carefully. "You're quite right. We'll have to assist her, or at least be ready to do so. Now?" "What better time?" * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * ---===ANDORIAN REGIONAL NEWS===--- Duelmasters ----------- DM 8 ARKERS (turn 245): MISS STEP of LADIES IN WAITING (Crip, mgr.) DM 11 ARUAK CITY (turn 491): BEEF BULLION of BULLDOGS (Kennelworth, mgr.) DM 14 TOBIR (turn 491): I ATE MY WORM of I BENT MY WOOKIE (The Muffin Man, mgr.) DM 22 SOLVEN (turn 484): TERMINATOR of SAVAGE HEARTS 2 (Silver Stroke, mgr.) DM 24 ZORPUNT (turn 480): CROCONAW of WATER DECK (Destitute Noble, mgr.) DM 25 LYRATILAN (turn 480): WRATH OF DOOM of REDSANDSBLACKDEATH (Cosmo Frothingslosh, mgr.) DM 26 CALEAM (turn 481): FLIMSY of WARCKERS (Papaiz, mgr.) DM 30 IAYE (turn 476): DARK CHOCOLATE of RED DOG GANG (Leeta, mgr.) DM 40 ZENSU (turn 442): LEADFOOT of TACO GODS (The Oracle, mgr.) DM 41 KATI-TEI (turn 435): MARS of WANDERERS (Leeta, mgr.) DM 46 ARDIVENT (turn 428): BERKE of DEATHTONGUE (Technogeek, mgr.) DM 52 FRATSFA (turn 192): STRING BEAN JEAN of THE FURIOUS FIVE (Generalissimo Puerco, mgr.) DM 60 LOOPHOLES (turn 340): BLACK EYE of JOKA MASHER! (Sultan, mgr.) DM 63 AMEN-TEI (turn 329): LOCKHEART of SAFE HAVEN (Keldon Blackfang, mgr.) DM 71 KYR'TERR (turn 147): CHEROKEE of CHIEFS' ELITE (Matrix, mgr.) ADM 105 ANDORAK (turn 376): MONICA VIRTUESHIELD of KNIGHTS OF VIRTUE from ARUAK CITY (JRK, mgr.) Top Teams --------- DM 8 ARKERS (turn 245): TEN TON TOGAS (Keldon Blackfang, mgr.) DM 11 ARUAK CITY (turn 491): BULLDOGS (Kennelworth, mgr.) DM 14 TOBIR (turn 491): THE DEATH SQUAD (Street Legal, mgr.) DM 22 SOLVEN (turn 484): KELLUMBO'S KIDS (Detective Kellumbo, mgr.) DM 24 ZORPUNT (turn 480): WATER DECK (Destitute Noble, mgr.) DM 25 LYRATILAN (turn 480): CHAUCERS WORDS (Berylstar, mgr.) DM 26 CALEAM (turn 481): WARCKERS (Papaiz, mgr.) DM 30 IAYE (turn 476): LOVE LETTERS (The Sentinel, mgr.) DM 40 ZENSU (turn 442): TACO GODS (The Oracle, mgr.) DM 41 KATI-TEI (turn 435): GLAD TO MEAT YOU (Alfredo Frothingslosh, mgr.) DM 46 ARDIVENT (turn 428): DEATHTONGUE (Technogeek, mgr.) DM 52 FRATSFA (turn 192): ASSASSIN NATION (Ghab, mgr.) DM 60 LOOPHOLES (turn 340): WILD CARDS (Snotman, mgr.) DM 63 AMEN-TEI (turn 329): SAFE HAVEN (Keldon Blackfang, mgr.) DM 71 KYR'TERR (turn 147): CHIEFS' ELITE (Matrix, mgr.) ADM 105 ANDORAK (turn 376): RISEN FROM THE DEAD (LHI, mgr.) Recent Graduates ---------------- DM 8 ARKERS (turn 245): MISS STEP of LADIES IN WAITING (Crip, mgr.) GREY FOX of A.K.A. (?, mgr.) DM 11 ARUAK CITY (turn 491): BEEF BULLION of BULLDOGS (Kennelworth, mgr.) SKYWISE of ELFQUEST (Armalias, mgr.) (turn 490): DOG-TIRED of BULLDOGS (Kennelworth, mgr.) DM 22 SOLVEN (turn 484): KANGAROO KATE of THE ZOO (Leeta, mgr.) (turn 483): RUMSFELD of THE REPUBLICANS (The Judge, mgr.) DM 40 ZENSU (turn 441): TERIS of BEYOND THE PALE (Leeta, mgr.) DM 41 KATI-TEI (turn 434): TORA HAMLIN of WANDERERS (Leeta, mgr.) DM 46 ARDIVENT (turn 427): ZACK of HARDTIMESINBABYLON (Technogeek, mgr.) DM 52 FRATSFA (turn 191): GRIM GLADIOLA of FLOWER GIRLS (Lady Fern, mgr.) DM 60 LOOPHOLES (turn 340): BLACK EYE of JOKA MASHER! (Sultan, mgr.) (turn 339): TRIPLICATE THUNDER of WILD CARDS (Snotman, mgr.) LORD OF THE O RINGS of WILD CARDS (Snotman, mgr.) BRAK of THE UNDERWORLD (Proximo, mgr.) DM 71 KYR'TERR (turn 146): TOMB of SHADOW GOLD (Shadowgate, mgr.) DUELMASTER'S COLUMN Notes from the arena champ. Greetings Zorpunt! I, Croconaw have returned for your dueling pleasure. Something came up that prevented me from addressing you last turn, I'll try to not let that happen again, and next time it does happen I'll try to at least remember what my made-up excuse was...but I seem to have forgotten it for now. Since we last met I've bested two stand-ins and I've trained four more skills, including the one that earned me my last skill rating of at least expert which was of course in my parrying ability. I still like attacking better, and likely always will (it's almost always certainly less painful than the alternative). My last 5 opponents have been standbys (my winning streak is at 8), though all 7 opponents before then had been actual team commissioned warriors, so I'm still above 50%, though I'm afraid that won't be that way for long since there has been a prolonged drought of non-Water Deck warriors at the top of the ranks. I see Orestes has cracked that shell this last turn, but I seriously doubt he wants any of my action. We're having Goldeen challenge because she needs the workout, and we think it would be a closer fight. I've got two more arena fights until the tourney (as do we all)-- those two fights will put me right at 30 total FE, right on the breakpoint of the champions class for those warriors with 21-30 FE. Noble is very hip on my possibilities in the tourney, the last time I attended a face to face tourney my journey ended on round 15 and 26 skills later, though I'm only 9-6 in the 2 mail-in tourneys around that face. Not to be too forward-thinking, but if I do have a good tourney, then continue my undefeated streak through my invite, would I go down as one of the best warriors of all time from Zorpunt? Ah, the things that weigh heavy on my mind at night when I rest my head. Enough about me, let's check out the action in the arena this last turn. A new team who debuts at 1-0 with a victory over our own Tentacruel (our lone loss this turn). Congrats and welcome! Otherwise not much else up, kind of a light turnout, we hope more warriors come soon. Gyrados is done fighting until after the tournament (he just reached 20 FE). Too bad, he'll miss the free turn we so deservedly earned for this turn. Good luck to all this next turn--I need to turn it over to Wartortle for one minute, he has something to say about last turn's going ons.... Croconaw Whassup y'all??!! The 'Tortle here, and I just wanted to give a shoutout to all pipsqueak lungers who so wisely use their TV challenge to fight any fast learning strikers. Next time (which there won't be one unless you get resurrected somehow), maybe you'll stick w/those warriors more your speed. I think there's two main places you'll find lots of prospects. One is over a few blocks from the arena, that joint called the "Zorpunt home for old and forgotten warriors", the other is a block or two away from our guildhouse, it's called the "Zorpunt warrior training Academy for little Gladiators and Gladiatrix's". Obviously you forgot Darkfist's beef with us from a few turns back that we were too bloodthirsty...that's especially true when we get TV challenged by pipsqueak lungers who think they are tough. Sleep well and I look forward to any bloodfeud! -- Wartortle SPY REPORT Hail and well met warriors of ZORPUNT! Know me for who I am, Zontani Sharp Eyes, Spymaster extraordinaire of all Alastari. Warriors--remember that glory waits always around the corner! Witness how this week AUSSIE KILLERS went 3-1-0 to move up 3 in the rankings. TIGER SHARK caught the eye of many in the gladiatorial commission as he skillfully bested PINE LEAF and was awarded 18 points in recognition. In one of the week's more notable duels, TIGER SHARK put down PINE LEAF, causing her to lose 5 points of recognition in the process. Not for nothing has CROCONAW in the past laid claim to the Duelmaster's throne, and this week he's proven his combat skill yet again. Heed this! A seer has warned that if exactly 6 die in duels this week, the whole city shall perish! Just remember...5 or 7! But come now, let us look deeper into the maze of contention and crossed blades that is city ZORPUNT. ZORPUNT, city of gladiators! Mighty among the names of thy guilds is BATTLEMANIA, a guild shunned and avoided by many in the weekly duels. Methinks more than a few here could name the guild it was that spent the better part of last week avoiding BATTLEMANIA. Indeed it was WATER DECK. Mighty fighters cannot but expect competition from those below. LIMPETTE take warning! You have more than a few enemies in ZORPUNT. A match that raised a few eyebrows at the games this week, it seems that TAIPAN posted a challenge against the more highly recognized TELLER FLETE. The results, you ask? Well, the firebrand TAIPAN was bested by TELLER FLETE. Remember warriors, this is the discipline of steel. Is not Death a warrior's foremost adviser? Warriors, may this counselor stand ready at your right hand forever! Dark alleys may hide both secrets and assassins. In the arena there is only the brightness of steel. Keep vigil always! The girls are as pretty in ZORPUNT as ever I remembered them....and the fighters as ugly! Don't let your reputation slip! Ahh, but I can hear the spires of a far off city calling to me. I must away! Till next we meet remember: a fool flies into a rage quickly and often. The wise are angered by the same thing only once. Zontani Sharp Eyes DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME CROCONAW 4475 12 1 1 112 WATER DECK (459) CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME GOLDEEN 4522 9 2 2 94 WATER DECK (459) CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME WARTORTLE 4521 8 3 1 93 WATER DECK (459) CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -ORESTES 4471 13 10 1 68 BATTLEMANIA (71) CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -IGGY POP 4469 6 11 1 65 THE MC5 (445) ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -GEORGE CLINTON 4470 6 7 1 56 THE MC5 (445) -GYRADOS 4476 10 4 0 51 WATER DECK (459) -E.I. DOH! 4578 5 1 0 49 BATTLEMANIA (71) GREAT WHITE SHARK 4511 7 6 0 48 AUSSIE KILLERS (455) TELLER FLETE 4510 7 11 0 47 KRILL CAVALRY (403) -TOMMY HEARNS 4532 4 4 1 46 THE MC5 (445) STONEFISH 4489 6 5 0 40 AUSSIE KILLERS (455) TOMBO LARK 4488 8 15 0 39 KRILL CAVALRY (403) CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -CAPTAIN INSANO 4564 4 2 0 31 13 YRS & COUNTING (465) -BOO 4558 3 1 0 30 13 YRS & COUNTING (465) TIGER SHARK 4575 3 4 0 28 AUSSIE KILLERS (455) TAIPAN 4583 1 3 0 27 AUSSIE KILLERS (455) INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME JAMES T. JERK 4590 2 0 0 22 STAR DRECK (467) -PROVRBS 4586 2 0 0 19 BATTLEMANIA (71) TENTACRUEL 4588 1 2 0 18 WATER DECK (459) PINE LEAF 4580 5 2 0 17 KRILL CAVALRY (403) JOE POOLE 4534 4 5 0 17 KRILL CAVALRY (403) -HENRY FORD 4528 3 6 1 16 THE MC5 (445) LIMPETTE 4581 4 3 0 15 KRILL CAVALRY (403) -MIYAMOTO MUSASHI 4579 1 1 0 14 BATTLEMANIA (71) '-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn. THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge? LITTLE GIRL CRUS 4556 5 1 0 13 YRS & COUNTING 465 WARTORTLE 4521 480 PERSONAL ADS Boo -- (irritated look) Why do you keep doing that? Am I a goose, that you should be always saying "boo" to me? -- Joe Poole P.S. All right, all right, don't answer that one. I can just see what SOME people would say.... Taipan -- You...you killer! Go back to Oz! -- Limpette Gyrados -- You make me all dizzy. -- Tombo Lark P.S. I may have said that before, but it still applies. On-going and repeated dizziness. Stonefish -- Ha! They tell me any fish can be subdued if you hit it hard enough. Looks like they're right. -- Teller Flete Tiger Shark -- An unfortunate match for you, but *I* am not complaining. -- Pine Leaf Wartortle -- Ouch, that hurt! Little Girl Crush might've been the best warrior I've ever rolled up. It was my dumb fault for sending the challenge in to you, but what are ya going to do? She'll come back in October, one way or another, so I'm not that concerned. Her numbers: 9-8-11-17-17-9-13 Lunger, +15 overall (+4 Defense, +4 Init, +3 Attack, +4 elsewhere). -- The Muffin Man All -- Aside from Little Girl Crush (and Twenty-Third of Cinco Team), this arena has been pretty good to me over the years. I ran Lost in Space way back when. Battlemania would remember them. I also ran DP Clones and got Dr Smooth, Mr Pibb, and Dr Nut out. That team was scary good (51-4-3 at one point) but the guys didn't amount to much in AD. I graduated Trump from Bad Hand, John Ashcroft from Doh!, and Huge Twirling Man from Diablo Also, more recently. They're languishing in Primus right now, severely underdeveloped for where they are. Hopefully the future will bring more good ones to me. -- TMM 25 May 2004 TEN TURNS OF HELL: The KLK Capture The Flag Competition In the spirit of the ongoing effort to make arena play what it used to be (FUN!!), I am proud to announce the KLK Capture The Flag Competition. The competition will be held in Jhans (DM-36, which has, by the way, grown in size equal to Talcama already). :) We are announcing this contest early to allow managers time to prep. Rules: -- On turn 462 (due 8/4/04) the lowest ranked warrior on your team is given your team's 'flag' (he is your initial flag defender). -- Starting on turn 463 (due 8/18/04) flags will be defended every turn and turn 463 is the turn scoring will begin. -- Fights involving flags are winners-take-all and a warrior can carry as many flags as he can win. -- If a warrior holding a flag either A) goes inactive, B) loses to a stand-by warrior or C) gets DA'd, he forfeits all flags he has and they are returned the their original team's lowest ranked warrior. -- If you hold your own flag on an inactive warrior you receive NO POINTS that turn. -- If a warrior graduates to AD holding flags starting on the next turn those flags will be defended by the lowest ranked warrior on the team of the graduating warrior. -- Scoring as follows for each turn: 2 pts -- possession of your own team flag 1 pt -- possession any other flag 1 pt -- for each win 1 pt -- for each kill 1 pt -- for each award you receive in the newsletter -- You may enter as many teams as you like (per RSI rules) but each team is its own entry. -- Tie-Breaker goes to the team that had the most points from flags. -- If still tied the tie-breaker will be the team that had the most points from kills. (It's the Delarq way.) -- The contest lasts 10 turns and there will be prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd (based on highest point totals) Prizes: (what you've been waiting on) 1st -- 3 know favorites potions* DA warrior named after winning manager 2nd -- 2 know favorites potions* 3rd -- 1 know favorites potion* * These are full favorite potions (weapon, rhythms and tactics) and can only be used on warriors with at least 4 FE. How's that for paying out? (grin) Even if you think that it's all about the TC, these prizes should be enough to draw you in. (You know who you are.) I hope to see friend and foe alike come to Jhans. Legion, Froths, and all the others...this is your personal invite. Can you win? Can you survive 10 turns of Hell in Jhans? Note: Special thanks to RSI for helping make this contest possible. Thanks guys! Bookie KLK Alliance Director Jhans' Board of Tourism Warden of the Froth Circle (grin) D.R.C. 4 Life 16 June 2004 Death Fest Begins July 29/DM 59 T-172 "You drive a hard bargain Hammer," responded Lord Lian Ki Na-Sul, "but the Gladiatorial Commission has agreed to re-open DM 58 Delarq Tor as a Slow Arena exclusively for a period of six months to those Death Fest contestants who fight their stables at least 67 times out of a possible 75 during the 15 rounds of Death Fest; on the condition that at least 20 stables qualify for the Illis Iron Stable Award at the conclusion of the Death Fest and those qualifying managers send a New Stable to DM 58 Delarq Tor without Cannibalizing their participation in the other arenas where they have active stables!" Hammer felt a certain sense of satisfaction as he studied the ghoulish grin spreading across the face of Lord Lian Ki Na-Sul; proud Arena Master of the once dying Illis Arena, as the DM 59 Arena Authority signed the Gladiatorial Commission papers authenticating the arrangement agreed upon by the two parties presiding. "You and the Gladiatorial Commission also drive a hard bargain," Hammer replied as he reflected upon the prospects of Delarq Tor DM 58 being re-opened as a Slow Arena with at least 20 New Stables by the Managers who fight their stables at least 67 times out of a possible 75 during the 15 rounds of Death Fest. "I also notice the clause that for Delarq Tor to be open Exclusively for 6 months to the New Stables managed by the Illis Iron Stable Award Winners that there must be at least 15 stables Active each cycle. That is a fair bargain for the opportunity to battle for the Duelmaster Throne each of those six months before Other New Stables are allowed to enter Delarq Tor." This was a Golden Opportunity for both Veteran and Newbie Managers to pave a new frontier of Delarq history by qualifying their Death Fest stables in DM 59 with 67 fights out of a possible 75; then for the price of running a stable in a Regular Arena, continuing to be Active in DM 59 and sending a New Team Roll Up to be a part of "History in the Making" when Delarq Tor would re-open for its First Turn as a Slow Arena on November 3rd, 2005. Death Fest would conclude on T-186 August 25th, 2005 allowing the Illis Iron Stable Award Winners enough time to be registered with the Gladiatorial Commission; whereupon they would be able to submit a New Team Roll Up to the GC to start a New Stable in Delarq Tor; be able to fight those New Gladiators in the Rookies 2005 Fall Mailer Tourney; then begin competing for the DM 58 Duelmasters Throne in Delarq Tor right out of the gate with the November 3rd 2005 T-1 Debut Opening Round. Hammer of the First Part had also negotiated with Lord Na-Zul of the Second Part an agreement that All 10 Dark Arena Monsters and 17 NPCs Characters be re-named by the Top Ten Death Fest Finishers. [See DM 59 T-171 Newsletter Team Spotlight by Hammer for the complete listing of Dark Arena Monsters/NPCs and the Official Death Fest Designation for which Top Ten Finishers re-name which characters!] Lord Na-Sul could not hide his delight at the prospects of Death being re- delivered to his once dying arena during the Delarq Death Fest; the DM 59 Arena Master agreed that these Death Fest Prizes were but a Small Exchange in Comparison to the Profits to be made by the local Illis business merchants and surrounding community from the Anticipated Influx into Illis by the Veteran and Newbie Managers/Gladiators/Stables seeking to make History in the Delarq Death Fest. Nor could Hammer conceal his jubilation regarding the Call Across Alistari being Answered to Cross Blades and Match Wits with the Devious, the Diabolical, the Dangerous and the Down Challenging who were being drawn to the Delarq Death Fest to Fulfill their Delarq Dueling Destiny! REMEMBER: Death Fest begins July 29th T-172 with 25 points being awarded to those who write a minimum 15 paragraph Team Spotlight [including Stable Name & Managerial Alias in the Storyline!] for the DM 59 T-172 Newsletter [So Make Sure HAL Does Not Eat any Lengthy Sentences that are Emailed without Proper Formatting; and the RSI Typist has Plenty of Time to Type Any Hand Written Spotlights; Lest Ye Discover 0 Points Awarded for a Missing or Incomplete T-172 Team Spotlight!] "May Your Blades Be Sharp and Your Wits Sharper!" -- Hammer/Death Fest Host/Vendetta Cartel Captain; WordSmith and High Priest of the Crimson Ascension Family in DM 28 LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS STONEFISH bested TOMBO LARK in a crowd pleasing 3 minute Challenge fight. TAIPAN lost to TELLER FLETE in a 2 minute Challenge battle. JAMES T. JERK overcame LIMPETTE in a popular 3 minute gruesome Challenge match. CROCONAW devastated VETERAN MERCENARY in a popular 2 minute one-sided Title contest. GOLDEEN devastated VENOMOUS CONCUBINE in a 1 minute uneven brawl. WARTORTLE overpowered M. CHARDINEE in a 1 minute one-sided struggle. GREAT WHITE SHARK devastated FRATSFA SLAVE in a 1 minute one-sided competition. PINE LEAF was handily defeated by TIGER SHARK in a 1 minute uneven melee. JOE POOLE lost to TENTACRUEL in a 2 minute duel. BATTLE REPORT MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS |FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT| |LUNGING ATTACK 4 PARRY-STRIKE 4 - 2 - 1 67 | |BASHING ATTACK 3 LUNGING ATTACK 35 - 20 - 2 64 | |STRIKING ATTACK 3 STRIKING ATTACK 23 - 14 - 1 62 | |WALL OF STEEL 2 WALL OF STEEL 9 - 7 - 0 56 | |TOTAL PARRY 1 SLASHING ATTACK 7 - 8 - 1 47 | |AIMED BLOW 1 BASHING ATTACK 12 - 15 - 0 44 | |PARRY-LUNGE 0 PARRY-RIPOSTE 5 - 7 - 1 42 | |PARRY-STRIKE 0 TOTAL PARRY 13 - 20 - 0 39 | |PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 PARRY-LUNGE 3 - 5 - 0 38 | |SLASHING ATTACK 0 AIMED BLOW 4 - 8 - 0 33 | Turn 481 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: BASHING ATTACK 3 - 0 AIMED BLOW 0 - 1 4 LUNGING ATTACK TOTAL PARRY 1 - 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 3 STRIKING ATTACK LUNGING ATTACK 3 - 1 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 0 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE STRIKING ATTACK 2 - 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 0 1 PARRY-STRIKE SLASHING ATTACK 0 - 0 1 BASHING ATTACK WALL OF STEEL 0 - 2 1 SLASHING ATTACK TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME LUNGING ATTACK CROCONAW 4475 12 1 1 112 WATER DECK (459) STRIKING ATTACK WARTORTLE 4521 8 3 1 93 WATER DECK (459) BASHING ATTACK GREAT WHITE SHARK 4511 7 6 0 48 AUSSIE KILLERS (455) TOTAL PARRY STONEFISH 4489 6 5 0 40 AUSSIE KILLERS (455) Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above. The overall popularity leader is TOMBO LARK 4488. The most popular warrior this turn was JAMES T. JERK 4590. The ten other most popular fighters were TOMBO LARK 4488, CROCONAW 4475, TAIPAN 4583, TELLER FLETE 4510, WARTORTLE 4521, TENTACRUEL 4588, STONEFISH 4489, GREAT WHITE SHARK 4511, TIGER SHARK 4575, and LIMPETTE 4581. The least popular fighter this week was JOE POOLE 4534. The other ten least popular fighters were PINE LEAF 4580, GOLDEEN 4522, LIMPETTE 4581, TIGER SHARK 4575, GREAT WHITE SHARK 4511, STONEFISH 4489, TENTACRUEL 4588, WARTORTLE 4521, TELLER FLETE 4510, and TAIPAN 4583.