DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER Date : 07/12/2004 Duedate: 07/24/2004 LYRATILAN ARENA DM-25 TURN-482 This Weeks Top Honors THE DUELMASTER IS MONKEY WRENCH PRIMATES-R-US (389) (25-4442) [13-4-0,120] Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader MONKEY WRENCH POSITION IS EMPTY PRIMATES-R-US (389) (25-4442) [13-4-0,120] Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite FELAWESHIPE WE LIKE THE MOON CHAUCERS WORDS (452) SPONGMONKEYS (467) (25-4968) [11-2-0,87] (25-5013) [5-5-0,38] THE CURRENT TOP TEAM THE MIDDLE WAY 4 (464) TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team 1. PRIMATES-R-US (389) 24 2. CHAUCERS WORDS (452) 12 THIS LITTLE PRIGGY (411) 3. SPONGMONKEYS (467) 12 Unchartered Team 4. THIS LITTLE PRIGGY (411) 5 5. THE MIDDLE WAY 4 (464) 0 HELTER SKELTER II (388) The Top Teams Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K 1/ 1 THIS LITTLE PRIGGY (411) 27 12 3 69.2 1/ 2 THE MIDDLE WAY 4 (464) 9 6 0 2/ 3 CHAUCERS WORDS (452) 81 43 2 65.3 2/ 3 PRIMATES-R-US (389) 5 2 0 3/ 0 SPONGMONKEYS (467) 8 6 1 57.1 3/ 1 CHAUCERS WORDS (452) 5 4 0 4/ 4 PRIMATES-R-US (389) 109 84 4 56.5 4/ 4 THIS LITTLE PRIGGY (411) 3 0 0 5/ 5 THE MIDDLE WAY 4 (464) 99 80 4 55.3 5/ 0 SPONGMONKEYS (467) 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 + ]H[ + ---:--- + ]H[ Out of the Past #8 ]H[ + ---:--- + ]H[ + Andorian Edition Aruak City: The mirror was resisting, a thing that had never happened before. Adeolar wrestled with the spell, her entire attention concentrated on it. The mirror spell was PASSIVE, it shouldn't be doing this! She took a deep breath and let it out slowly, then stepped back mentally from her work. Magical devices were no different than mechanical ones in some ways, they could get "stuck" on a certain phase of operation. The mirror spell had simply gotten "stuck" on looking at Krael. All she needed to do was deactivate it, then start over with a different target. It was a simple matter. It should have been a simple matter. She couldn't shut the spell down. She took another deep breath and ran through the shut-down sequence again. There were currents of unformed magic swirling around her now, and most of them were from sources she would not touch. Blood magic, from the arena. It seemed to be working against her, reinforcing the mirror's resistance, if such a thing was possible. Dammit, the mirror wasn't alive, it didn't have a will, couldn't consciously resist...but that's what it felt like. Or that someone she'd been looking at had sensed the spell, seized it from the other end, and was trying to use it to look at HER. She was distantly aware of power--not a lot, but some, enough to help--coming from outside her and reinforcing her efforts. More distantly, she realized that it was Segallion and Nila. That power she could use. She wove their offering into her own efforts and made a third attempt to shut down the mirror spell. The resistance continued, maybe increased. It was hard to be sure, because her head was beginning to ache with the effort. Not good! If she made a slip through weariness, the spell could escape her completely. Another strand of power, faint as starlight but just as pure, joined with hers. Absolutely precise. Familiar. Shania! The united effort bore down on the critical points of the mirror spell. Not the points SHE had chosen. *I can't hold this link for long* Shania thought to her. *But without it, I couldn't have reached you at all. The high magics are fading with the Eyes, Adie. Soon they'll be gone--* "Leaving nothing but blood magic and petty witchcraft," Adie agreed grimly. "I know." *It's worse than you're thinking.* Shania's thought was urgent. *When there is no high magic, there will be no protecting circles, demons will be unbound, all the things that Sheila Greywand holds at bay will be loosed on Alastari! Gates will open as though they'd never been sealed. ANYTHING could get loose! There are residual traces of Old Chaos in Alastari, and if they aren't bound--* "Disaster!" It didn't occur to Adie to doubt Shania's assessment. In matters such as that, the elf seeress was unmatched. "But without high magic, how can we hold the bindings? You don't suggest WE use blood magic?" *No. Everything done with blood magic is tainted by it. Even for a good end... the result will be twisted. Always.* Adie was aware of Shania's shudder of revulsion. "There aren't a lot of other sources--" *I have a plan--it would take too long to explain now.* Shania's mental voice was fading. *I'll be there soon.* The link between them shivered. *Break the mirror!* She was gone from Adie's mind. It was an effort for Adie to focus outward and look at the mirror. The reflective surface was a sheet of blood! She couldn't disentangle her mind completely from the spell and realized that the mirror had gone beyond resistance and it--or something using it--was actively attempting to trap her. Easier said than done! Most of her mental barriers had been lowered to work the spell, but she slammed them back into place. Which was more difficult than it should have been, but she DID manage it. Her warrior Segallion staggered toward her, sword drawn. Adie saw that Nila had collapsed behind him. Had they been seized by the spell, when it lost its grip on her? * }%|[-----+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 492): BARK of BULLDOGS (Kennelworth, mgr.) DM 14 TOBIR (turn 492): ZERO THE HERO of THE DEATH SQUAD (Street Legal, mgr.) DM 22 SOLVEN (turn 485): FLAT TAX of THE REPUBLICANS (The Judge, mgr.) DM 24 ZORPUNT (turn 481): CROCONAW of WATER DECK (Destitute Noble, mgr.) DM 25 LYRATILAN (turn 481): MONKEY WRENCH of PRIMATES-R-US (Crip, mgr.) DM 26 CALEAM (turn 482): FLIMSY of WARCKERS (Papaiz, mgr.) DM 30 IAYE (turn 477): DARK CHOCOLATE of RED DOG GANG (Leeta, mgr.) DM 40 ZENSU (turn 443): SQUISH THE GERBIL of CRUEL PET NAMES (Crip, mgr.) DM 41 KATI-TEI (turn 436): SADISTA FAIRBORNE of MEMPHIS MAFIA (Bookie, mgr.) DM 46 ARDIVENT (turn 429): BERKE of DEATHTONGUE (Technogeek, mgr.) DM 52 FRATSFA (turn 193): MUTILATE of ASSASSIN NATION (Ghab, mgr.) DM 60 LOOPHOLES (turn 341): LACHES of LEGALESE (The Judge, mgr.) DM 63 AMEN-TEI (turn 330): SEXTANT of SAILS OF CHARON (The Sentinel, mgr.) DM 71 KYR'TERR (turn 147): CHEROKEE of CHIEFS' ELITE (Matrix, mgr.) ADM 105 ANDORAK (turn 377): HELIO of ULTIMATE ACCELERATION from ARVAT (LHI, mgr.) Top Teams --------- DM 8 ARKERS (turn 245): TEN TON TOGAS (Keldon Blackfang, mgr.) DM 11 ARUAK CITY (turn 492): BULLDOGS (Kennelworth, mgr.) DM 14 TOBIR (turn 492): THE DEATH SQUAD (Street Legal, mgr.) DM 22 SOLVEN (turn 485): KELLUMBO'S KIDS (Detective Kellumbo, mgr.) DM 24 ZORPUNT (turn 481): WATER DECK (Destitute Noble, mgr.) DM 25 LYRATILAN (turn 481): CHAUCERS WORDS (Berylstar, mgr.) DM 26 CALEAM (turn 482): WARCKERS (Papaiz, mgr.) DM 30 IAYE (turn 477): RED DOG GANG (Leeta, mgr.) DM 40 ZENSU (turn 443): TACO GODS (The Oracle, mgr.) DM 41 KATI-TEI (turn 436): MEMPHIS MAFIA (Bookie, mgr.) DM 46 ARDIVENT (turn 429): DEATHTONGUE (Technogeek, mgr.) DM 52 FRATSFA (turn 193): ASSASSIN NATION (Ghab, mgr.) DM 60 LOOPHOLES (turn 341): BUMS 'R' US (Berylstar, mgr.) DM 63 AMEN-TEI (turn 330): SAFE HAVEN (Keldon Blackfang, mgr.) DM 71 KYR'TERR (turn 147): CHIEFS' ELITE (Matrix, mgr.) ADM 105 ANDORAK (turn 377): RISEN FROM THE DEAD, etc. (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 492): BARK of BULLDOGS (Kennelworth, mgr.) (turn 491): BEEF BULLION of BULLDOGS (Kennelworth, mgr.) SKYWISE of ELFQUEST (Armalias, mgr.) DM 22 SOLVEN (turn 484): KANGAROO KATE of THE ZOO (Leeta, mgr.) DM 60 LOOPHOLES (turn 340): BLACK EYE of JOKA MASHER! (Sultan, mgr.) DM 71 KYR'TERR (turn 146): TOMB of SHADOW GOLD (Shadowgate, mgr.) SPY REPORT So why do I have this bag over my head? Because I am The Unknown Spymaster and I'm going to give you a spy report!. Say good-bye to CHAUCERS WORDS, as they are pushed from the coveted top team spot by the THE MIDDLE WAY 4 stable. Advancing in the rankings was PRIMATES-R-US who went from last turn's 106-84-4, to this week's record of 109-84-4. Hey everybody, watch out for FELAWESHIPE, who flew up 16 points in the rankings after mashing VIRGINAL CONCUBINE like a melon. Keep your eye on this gal. Ya know, some days it doesn't pay to walk out on the sands. PARDIS RAEN was beat by GRAPE APE and drops 10 points. Well, everybody's pal MONKEY WRENCH moved his record to 13-4-0 by defeating SQUYER in the Duelmaster's Title Bout and gaining 10 recognition points. 4 out of 5 gladiators surveyed protect the body, so try and avoid aiming at that location. Here is other news that is of note. Here's a song for you: Who's afraid of the big, bad CHAUCERS WORDS? Big bad CHAUCERS WORDS. Big bad CHAUCERS WORDS. LYRATILAN's afraid of the big bad CHAUCERS WORDS. Tra la la la la! For those of you who like math, try this one: CHAUCERS WORDS + Weapons That go Boom = PRIMATES-R-US + Avoid City. Well just about everybody wants a piece of BRON CHOLLU, who was this week's most challenged warrior. Challenging down 22 points was STAYED HOME. Pretty soon he'll be using two shields and selling 'T.P.: The only way to clean up' pins. Definition of petty: STAYED HOME subdued BRON CHOLLU, a mismatch of 22 points. Being a spy is great--other people die and you spend the rest of the day drinking to their memory. Better tanked than dead! Knowing when to use the right tactics at the proper time is a very important step on the road to Duelmaster. I think I had better cut this one short. It's been nice chatting to those of you whom I have not offended yet. Well, there goes another Spy Report. Good luck in next week's fights. See ya next time I'm on this circuit!-- The Unknown Spymaster DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME MONKEY WRENCH 4442 13 4 0 120 PRIMATES-R-US (389) CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -MONKEY DO 4152 19 18 0 127 PRIMATES-R-US (389) STAYED HOME 4967 11 3 1 95 THIS LITTLE PRIGGY (411) CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME FELAWESHIPE 4968 11 2 0 87 CHAUCERS WORDS (452) SQUYER 4871 17 11 0 86 CHAUCERS WORDS (452) CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME BRON CHOLLU 4988 14 18 0 66 THE MIDDLE WAY 4 (464) ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME JUNGLE JIM 4713 10 3 0 56 PRIMATES-R-US (389) GRAPE APE 4949 6 5 0 49 PRIMATES-R-US (389) HONOUR 5002 8 5 0 46 CHAUCERS WORDS (452) WE LIKE THE MOON 5013 5 5 0 38 SPONGMONKEYS (467) CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME ABTER ERDIN 5024 3 0 0 28 THE MIDDLE WAY 4 (464) PARDIS RAEN 5017 4 4 0 27 THE MIDDLE WAY 4 (464) VELOND WOK 5006 7 4 0 25 THE MIDDLE WAY 4 (464) -MONKEY SUIT 4992 2 0 0 25 PRIMATES-R-US (389) INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME CALLI GEIER 5023 2 2 0 18 THE MIDDLE WAY 4 (464) -TOASTY 5015 1 0 0 15 SPONGMONKEYS (467) -ZEPPELIN 5014 1 0 1 14 SPONGMONKEYS (467) -PEPPER BAAAR! 5016 1 0 0 13 SPONGMONKEYS (467) -PUFFIN 5012 0 1 0 1 SPONGMONKEYS (467) '-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn. THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge? PERSONAL ADS Grape Ape -- I was just raisin a little heck. -- Bron Chollu We Like the Moon -- Fat lot of good it does you NOW. Hah. -- Velond Wok Honour -- Oh, I was hoping you'd be female. Oh, well. -- Pardis Raen Monkey Suit -- Anyone who'd WEAR that thing must be crazy. -- Calli Geier I, er, shifted one of the Volunteer's eyes a little farther to the side. It seemed to help. -- Abter Erdin Lyratilan -- Looks like I won't be staying home for this tourney! Best of luck to all of you (and myself, also) in the upcoming tourney! -- Stayed Home Bron Chollu -- I'm counting on you this turn to help me prepare for the tourney! -- Stayed Home 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 12 July 2004 All Readers -- Due to the pressures resulting from preparing for and dealing with the Face to Face, no spotlights will be written until it's over. -- the Scribe LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS STAYED HOME devastated BRON CHOLLU in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge fight. GRAPE APE demolished PARDIS RAEN in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge melee. WE LIKE THE MOON savagely defeated VELOND WOK in a 3 minute bloody Challenge duel. MONKEY WRENCH devastated SQUYER in a 1 minute one-sided Title fight. FELAWESHIPE demolished VIRGINAL CONCUBINE in a 1 minute mismatched competition. JUNGLE JIM outwaited HONOUR in a unpopular 17 minute fight. ABTER ERDIN overpowered POLITE BEGGAR in a 1 minute mismatched brawl. CALLI GEIER overpowered POLITE BEGGAR in a 1 minute uneven melee. BATTLE REPORT MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS |FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT| |WALL OF STEEL 3 BASHING ATTACK 4 - 0 - 0 100 | |LUNGING ATTACK 2 STRIKING ATTACK 11 - 2 - 0 85 | |STRIKING ATTACK 2 AIMED BLOW 13 - 5 - 1 72 | |TOTAL PARRY 2 TOTAL PARRY 8 - 5 - 0 62 | |PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 LUNGING ATTACK 11 - 8 - 1 58 | |BASHING ATTACK 1 PARRY-LUNGE 5 - 5 - 0 50 | |AIMED BLOW 1 SLASHING ATTACK 8 - 8 - 0 50 | |PARRY-LUNGE 1 WALL OF STEEL 12 - 15 - 0 44 | |PARRY-STRIKE 0 PARRY-RIPOSTE 2 - 3 - 0 40 | |SLASHING ATTACK 0 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 0 - 0 0 | Turn 482 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 WALL OF STEEL 1 - 2 2 STRIKING ATTACK LUNGING ATTACK 2 - 0 AIMED BLOW 0 - 1 2 WALL OF STEEL STRIKING ATTACK 2 - 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 1 2 LUNGING ATTACK BASHING ATTACK 1 - 0 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 0 1 SLASHING ATTACK TOTAL PARRY 1 - 1 SLASHING ATTACK 0 - 0 1 AIMED BLOW 1 TOTAL PARRY 1 PARRY-LUNGE 1 BASHING ATTACK TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME STRIKING ATTACK MONKEY WRENCH 4442 13 4 0 120 PRIMATES-R-US (389) WALL OF STEEL STAYED HOME 4967 11 3 1 95 THIS LITTLE PRIGGY (411) AIMED BLOW SQUYER 4871 17 11 0 86 CHAUCERS WORDS (452) TOTAL PARRY JUNGLE JIM 4713 10 3 0 56 PRIMATES-R-US (389) LUNGING ATTACK GRAPE APE 4949 6 5 0 49 PRIMATES-R-US (389) PARRY-LUNGE HONOUR 5002 8 5 0 46 CHAUCERS WORDS (452) 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 FELAWESHIPE 4968. The most popular warrior this turn was WE LIKE THE MOON 5013. The ten other most popular fighters were STAYED HOME 4967, FELAWESHIPE 4968, GRAPE APE 4949, MONKEY WRENCH 4442, BRON CHOLLU 4988, VELOND WOK 5006, ABTER ERDIN 5024, CALLI GEIER 5023, PARDIS RAEN 5017, and SQUYER 4871. The least popular fighter this week was JUNGLE JIM 4713. The other ten least popular fighters were HONOUR 5002, SQUYER 4871, PARDIS RAEN 5017, CALLI GEIER 5023, ABTER ERDIN 5024, VELOND WOK 5006, BRON CHOLLU 4988, MONKEY WRENCH 4442, GRAPE APE 4949, and FELAWESHIPE 4968.