DUELMASTERS NEWSLETTER
Date : 07/16/2003 Duedate: 07/29/2003
IAYE ARENA
DM-30 TURN-453
This Weeks Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
PHISH BAIT
TRIP OUT (287)
(30-3761) [16-9-0,101]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
PHISH BAIT OUTBACK JACK
TRIP OUT (287) WRESTLMANIACS (73)
(30-3761) [16-9-0,101] (30-672) [3-2-1,21]
Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite
CHERKO HOT JELLO LUV
RED DOG GANG (356) TRIP OUT (287)
(30-4288) [16-19-0,68] (30-4407) [0-1-0,1]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
TRIP OUT (287)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. CARNIVAL (399) 22
2. TRIP OUT (287) 17 TRIP OUT (287)
3. RED DOG GANG (356) 11 Unchartered Team
4. I TRAINED THEM (331) 0
5. THE GREENHOUSE (323) 0 WRESTLMANIACS (73)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1- 1*GONNA GET YA (412) 3 0 1 100 1/ 3 TRIP OUT (287) 9 6 1
2- 3*LHI'S ANGELS (406) 8 2 0 80.0 2/ 1 CARNIVAL (399) 8 7 0
3- 2*PERLIS OPEN (407) 8 2 0 80.0 3/ 4*WRESTLMANIACS (73) 7 2 1
4- 4 I TRAINED THEM (331) 179 98 7 64.6 4/ 2 RED DOG GANG (356) 7 8 0
5- 5 TOUR DOWN UNDER (421) 15 9 0 62.5 5- 5 THE GREENHOUSE (323) 3 3 0
6/ 7 TRIP OUT (287) 69 64 2 51.9 6- 6*PERLIS OPEN (407) 2 0 0
7/ 8 CARNIVAL (399) 52 52 2 50.0 7- 7*GONNA GET YA (412) 2 0 0
8- 9 THE GREENHOUSE (323) 38 39 1 49.4 8- 8 TOUR DOWN UNDER (421) 1 1 0
9-10 CONCENTRATION (341) 58 66 1 46.8 9-10 I TRAINED THEM (331) 1 1 0
10-11 PERFECT HARMONY (227) 65 86 6 43.0 10-11*LHI'S ANGELS (406) 1 1 0
11/12 RED DOG GANG (356) 289 396 5 42.2 11-13 PERFECT HARMONY (227) 0 2 0
12/13*WRESTLMANIACS (73) 11 16 1 40.7 12-12 CONCENTRATION (341) 0 1 0
'*' Unchartered team '-' Team did not fight this turn
(###) Avoid teams by their Team Id ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank
DUELMASTER'S COLUMN
Notes from the arena champ.
Iaye,
Thank you all for the chance to be your Duelmistress for these past three cycles.
Special thanks to the Carnival for their endorsement. I'm getting a head start for
Home Guard, so may the best Iayean reign next turn!
Good luck to all,
Lady Protector Vallisneria
SPY REPORT
It's me, The Unknown Spymaster, back to give you this week's Spy Report. Sit
back in your seats and we'll have more fun than a barrel of Zontanis. Say good-bye
to CARNIVAL, as they are pushed from the coveted top team spot by the TRIP OUT
stable. Hey everybody, watch out for ONE-GAL-BAND, who flew up 15 points in the
rankings after mashing TRUSTWORTHY SCRIBE like a melon. Keep your eye on this gal.
Ya know, some days it doesn't pay to walk out on the sands. ROWDY RODDY was beat by
HOT TAMALE and drops 12 points. Try as hard as the THE GREENHOUSE stable might, they
were unable to find their warrior (and ex-Duelmaster) VALLISNERIA before this week's
fights. In front of all the crowds, PHISH BAIT took the Duelmaster's crown for his
own. I give the bum two weeks. Advice to bashers--never force anything, just get a
bigger halberd!
But enough of that bunch, let's get on to the wimps who like to avoid battle!
Did you hear that CONCENTRATION was most avoided team this week? Well, knowing the
personal hygiene of CONCENTRATION's warriors, I'm not surprised! And you guys like
to boo me? Well, unsling your rasberries, cause WRESTLMANIACS beats feet every time
CONCENTRATION smiles at them. Try farming, eh?
Death is kind of like a new puppy: he's always around wanting to play. (Ha
Zontani, how's that for a wise saying?). In the 'Oops, What Have I Done?' category,
SONIC TACO was mashed by SPIN D'TOPP, who let SONIC TACO know that killing members of
CARNIVAL is a no-no. Here's some advice: warriors with little wit and will may
encounter problems on the trail to the Isle.
Well, that wasn't too bad; Alarond told me that the people in IAYE have no sense
of humor. Or maybe that they were senseless. Okay, so I may not be the world's best
comedian, but then you guys aren't the world's best warriors. And remember, you can
pick your friends and you can pick your--(loud boos), oh, you've heard that one
already!-- The Unknown Spymaster
DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
PHISH BAIT 3761 16 9 0 101 TRIP OUT (287)
CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-INFERNO 4168 15 3 0 140 I TRAINED THEM (331)
EGG SHERBERT 3759 15 11 1 96 TRIP OUT (287)
-IRESINE 3227 13 10 0 93 THE GREENHOUSE (323)
PURPLE DONKEY 2751 15 12 0 91 TRIP OUT (287)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-MAD MAX 3874 6 8 1 85 I TRAINED THEM (331)
-IVY 3857 11 7 0 77 I TRAINED THEM (331)
DUMB, DUMB 4235 10 43 0 73 RED DOG GANG (356)
CHERKO 4288 16 19 0 68 RED DOG GANG (356)
-PATIN 3473 16 13 0 67 CONCENTRATION (341)
CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-TECK WEE SEAH 4267 5 1 0 66 PERLIS OPEN (407)
SPIN D'TOPP 4360 10 2 0 64 CARNIVAL (399)
-SAINT LUCIFER 2203 8 7 1 61 PERFECT HARMONY (227)
CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-PATRICK JONKER 4363 8 2 0 60 TOUR DOWN UNDER (421)
-LEE 4255 6 1 0 57 LHI'S ANGELS (406)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-HERMAN 3534 14 7 0 55 CONCENTRATION (341)
LORD POLTROON 4369 6 0 0 54 CARNIVAL (399)
-STUART O'GRADY 4364 5 3 0 54 TOUR DOWN UNDER (421)
SONIC TACO 4337 4 4 1 52 TRIP OUT (287)
-HALBONT 3736 6 2 0 50 CONCENTRATION (341)
VINILLA 4324 10 14 0 47 RED DOG GANG (356)
-THE ROCK 4314 3 1 0 43 WRESTLMANIACS (73)
HOT TAMALE 4367 7 6 0 38 RED DOG GANG (356)
-ISOETES 3277 7 10 0 38 THE GREENHOUSE (323)
-JUDGEMENT DAY 2226 5 5 0 35 PERFECT HARMONY (227)
CHIHUAHUA CHICA 4344 8 10 0 34 RED DOG GANG (356)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-SNOTMAN 4290 5 3 1 29 I TRAINED THEM (331)
ONE-GAL-BAND 4370 2 4 0 28 CARNIVAL (399)
-WOLFEGANG 3723 7 6 0 27 CONCENTRATION (341)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
TWINKLES 4336 5 8 0 23 CARNIVAL (399)
OUTBACK JACK 672 3 2 1 21 WRESTLMANIACS (73)
ROWDY RODDY 621 3 2 0 15 WRESTLMANIACS (73)
-GRAEME BROWN 4372 1 0 0 15 TOUR DOWN UNDER (421)
COCO B. WARE 685 2 2 0 12 WRESTLMANIACS (73)
-AMANDA 4256 2 1 0 11 LHI'S ANGELS (406)
-BETA 3249 2 3 0 9 THE GREENHOUSE (323)
-PHASEOLUS 3250 2 3 0 9 THE GREENHOUSE (323)
-RILLION 4313 1 1 0 7 I TRAINED THEM (331)
-WALTER 4400 1 1 0 4 CONCENTRATION (341)
HOT JELLO LUV 4407 0 1 0 1 TRIP OUT (287)
TWO CHEER 4406 0 1 0 1 CARNIVAL (399)
-NICK GATES 4371 0 1 0 1 TOUR DOWN UNDER (421)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
KARN 4368 6 2 0 CARNIVAL 399 SONIC TACO 4337 451 JUST REV
MINTY PEPPER 4403 0 1 0 CARNIVAL 399 OUTBACK JACK 672 452
PERSONAL ADS
Phish Bait -- Ah, I see that unlike Dumb, you're one of those who can fish and cut
bait at the same time! Good work there. -- Goff and, I suppose, Leeta (not that she
hangs around here and pays ATTENTION to anything) (well, okay, she may not pay
attention, but she pays bills, which is useful)
Lee -- There must be some kind of hidden spell in your name. Ouch. -- Vinilla
One Gal Band -- WHEN are you going to learn to play a TUNE, 'chacha? Being loud is
not, you know, the only thing that counts. -- Hot Tamale
P.S. But I did like the effect when you tried to blow your horn and there was a
tamale stuck down its throat. As good as a mute, eh? But a little messier to get
out, because I used paper instead of a good strong corn husk.
Funky Elvis -- All right, all RIGHT, I will not step on your blue suede shews again.
Sheesh. It was an accident, man. -- Cherko
Lord Poltroon -- You totally ARE, as your stinginess with skills SHOWS. -- Chihuahua
Chica
Teck -- I'm a genius teacher, you see. -- Chica
P.S. But I get to win most of the fights, okay?
Isoetes -- May I suggest twin daggers. That's how I see you. -- Spin D'Topp
The Rock -- You fell for our ploy. -- Twinkles
Vallisneria, Funky Elvis -- Congrats on the "Call of the Isle." -- Carny
Vallisneria -- Gone as I was about to write a tune for you. -- One-Gal Band
Hot Tamale -- I won on points! I won on points! -- One-Gal Band
Chihuahua Chica -- Your style does well with the twin halberds. -- Lord Poultroon
Outback -- Why? Why? -- Carny
Leeta -- A point of correction regarding your idea of "warriors to fight beside you
in Andorak." You are thinking of a "tag-team match." I've suggested this many times
but the "powers" have always turned it down. -- Carny
26 June 2003
STOP THINKING TOGS!!!!! It's here. Well, almost here anyway. We're looking at
a start date of the first turn in Aradi (DM 60) following the Fall Mail-In. This
should give everyone sufficient time to study the new ultra-improved T#%S IV rules
and prep accordingly. So without further ado, here is your handy-dandy guide to
winning your very own Golden Scrod (and some other very cool prizes to be announced
officially before the start of the tourney that must not be named):
1. Each T#%S team consists of two managers. After the tourney starts, there will be
no switching partners whatsoever, so choose your partners wisely. T#%S IV will
last for 13 turns, so pick a partner you can stand for 6 months or so. The only
team I know of so far is last TOGS winners: Ganolus Oakleaf/Hombre of Blood
Related/Thieves Guild. Hey, this is fun!
2. The T#%S entry fee is 2 team setups per manager. This means 4 setups per T#%S
team. This entry fee is required before the start of the tourney with no
exceptions being made. This is to ensure that nobody gets screwed if a team or
manager decides to back out early. To pay the entry fee either:
a) send $10 cash/check/money order/ or whatever to me personally at:
Andy Salveson
6812 Romanzo Way
Elk Grove, CA 95758
b) get RSI to send me 2 team setup gift certificates. Sorry, no credit cards and
no old teams you have lying around will be accepted.
3. T#%S point system:
10 points for winning on your up-challenge against another T#%S warrior.
7 points for winning on your even challenge of another T#%S warrior.
7 points for winning on another T#%S warriors challenge.
7 points for winning a random matchup against another T#%S warrior.
4 points for winning on your down-challenge of another T#%S warrior.
4 points for winning a random matchup against a non-T#%S warrior. Do not fight
your team mate, you will not get any points. Also, you will not get any points
if you challenge or get challenged by a non-T#%S team, so use your avoids
wisely if you think someone is out to get you.
10 points for being the Duelmaster. This is in addition to all points listed
above and will begin turn 1, so prep accordingly.
5 points for every spotlight written by any team member, 1 per manager per turn.
The minimum length of a spotlight to receive points is 1/2 column in the
newsletter (that's 31 lines-each line 85 characters across) and I will be
completely firm on this. In addition to the length criteria, spotlights will
not be given points if they are in any way plagiarized or if they are not
Duelmasters or fantasy related. I will be the sole judge of this. If you're
unsure if I will judge something to be Duelmasters or fantasy related, then
e-mail me before you write the spotlight and ask me. I reserve the right to
take points away from a spotlight after they are given if I judge at a later
time that the spotlight has been plagiarized.
-5 points per manager per turn every time a manager does not at least write one
personal ad.
-5 points for being the team that avoided the most.
If you participated in TOGS III, you'll notice some slight changes in the points
structure. The main things are points for random match ups against non T#%S
warriors, bonus points for being the Duelmaster, new spotlight criteria, and no
points given for being the most avoided team.
4. I already mentioned this, but T#%S IV will start the first turn in arena 60 after
the Fall Mail-In runs and it will last for 13 turns. There will not be a
Survivor format this time around, meaning no eliminations. I will still be doing
the multipliers at the end, however. This means that all points accumulated by a
team on turns 10 and 11 will be multiplied by 1.5 and all points accumulated by
each team on turns 12 and 13 will be multiplied by 2.
5. Prizes are yet to be determined, but I'll tell you what I know. There will be
prizes given out each turn to whichever team scores the most combined points on a
given turn. Tie breakers will go to the team with the most wins on that turn and
then to the team with most overall points. I have asked RSI for the same prizes
as last TOGS which were transferring any warrior to arena 60 and renaming Aradi
for approximately 6 months, but we'll see what they come back with. I haven't
decided how to split the prizes up, partly because I don't know how many teams
will be entering yet, but I do know the prizes will be split among the top 3
teams at the end. I will announce the exact breakdown of everything when I know
more.
6. And just like TOGS III, Death Stud and I will be the sole arbiters of any dispute
that may arise. Whine all you like, but as Nuln told you last time, that's how
it is.
7. M & RR Clause (go ahead, read between the capitals): I reserve the right to
disallow entry to this tourney if you have a previous history of being a big fat
mouth about everything.
I think that pretty much covers it. I will be accepting team entries as of now
and then posting them in the newsletters as I receive entry fees. Please feel free
to e-mail me regarding any questions or comments at Ganolus@aol.com. So everyone don
your best pair of leg warmers, hop on your favorite farm animal, and ride to Aradi
for the 4th kinda-annual Tournament that must not be named for no apparent reason
whatsoever, or T#%S IV, for short. See ya'll there!
-- Ganolus Oakleaf, T#%S IV Commish
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
PURPLE DONKEY devastated DUMB, DUMB in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge fight.
SONIC TACO was overcome by SPIN D'TOPP in a popular 1 minute Challenge match.
ROWDY RODDY was vanquished by HOT TAMALE in a 2 minute mismatched Challenge brawl.
PHISH BAIT defeated KUNG-FU MASTER in a 2 minute brutal Title fight.
EGG SHERBERT devastated CHERKO in a 1 minute uneven brawl.
VINILLA overpowered TWINKLES in a 1 minute one-sided struggle.
LORD POLTROON bested CHIHUAHUA CHICA in a 2 minute competition.
ONE-GAL-BAND overpowered TRUSTWORTHY SCRIBE in a action packed 1 minute uneven melee.
COCO B. WARE won victory over HOT JELLO LUV in a action packed 4 minute novice's duel.
OUTBACK JACK vanquished TWO CHEER 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 6 SLASHING ATTACK 20 - 8 - 1 71 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 3 TOTAL PARRY 8 - 5 - 0 62 |
|BASHING ATTACK 2 STRIKING ATTACK 11 - 7 - 0 61 |
|WALL OF STEEL 2 PARRY-RIPOSTE 6 - 4 - 0 60 |
|AIMED BLOW 2 LUNGING ATTACK 38 - 26 - 1 59 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 AIMED BLOW 8 - 10 - 0 44 |
|TOTAL PARRY 1 BASHING ATTACK 9 - 13 - 0 41 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 1 WALL OF STEEL 11 - 16 - 0 41 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 0 PARRY-STRIKE 6 - 12 - 1 33 |
|STRIKING ATTACK 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 1 - 0 0 |
Turn 453 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 AIMED BLOW 0 - 2 3 BASHING ATTACK
LUNGING ATTACK 6 - 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 3 LUNGING ATTACK
TOTAL PARRY 1 - 0 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 3 2 WALL OF STEEL
BASHING ATTACK 1 - 1 SLASHING ATTACK 0 - 1 1 STRIKING ATTACK
WALL OF STEEL 1 - 1 STRIKING ATTACK 0 - 0 1 SLASHING ATTACK
1 AIMED BLOW
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
WALL OF STEEL PHISH BAIT 3761 16 9 0 101 TRIP OUT (287)
BASHING ATTACK EGG SHERBERT 3759 15 11 1 96 TRIP OUT (287)
LUNGING ATTACK PURPLE DONKEY 2751 15 12 0 91 TRIP OUT (287)
PARRY-RIPOSTE HOT TAMALE 4367 7 6 0 38 RED DOG GANG (356)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
The overall popularity leader is CHERKO 4288. The most popular warrior this turn was
HOT JELLO LUV 4407. The ten other most popular fighters were PURPLE DONKEY 2751,
ONE-GAL-BAND 4370, SPIN D'TOPP 4360, HOT TAMALE 4367, PHISH BAIT 3761, LORD POLTROON
4369, SONIC TACO 4337, EGG SHERBERT 3759, VINILLA 4324, and COCO B. WARE 685.
The least popular fighter this week was TWO CHEER 4406. The other ten least popular
fighters were TWINKLES 4336, CHERKO 4288, CHIHUAHUA CHICA 4344, ROWDY RODDY 621,
DUMB, DUMB 4235, OUTBACK JACK 672, COCO B. WARE 685, VINILLA 4324, EGG SHERBERT 3759,
and SONIC TACO 4337.
The following warriors will travel to ADVANCED DUELMASTERS after next turn:
INFERNO (30-4168) I TRAINED THEM (331)
The following warriors have traveled to ADVANCED DUELMASTERS after fighting this turn:
VALLISNERIA (30-3226) THE GREENHOUSE (323)