DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER Date : 03/07/2007 Duedate: 03/20/2007 IAYE ARENA DM-30 TURN-544 This Weeks Top Honors THE DUELMASTER IS LADY HUNTSMAN LENPROS (145) (30-4579) [22-9-0,111] Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader THE CLEAR POSITION IS EMPTY THE A'S -- LOSERS II (431) (30-4539) [28-24-0,125] Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite WROTE THE BOOK AT GAMEHENDGE (299) RANDOM (391) (30-4540) [25-27-0,113] (30-4521) [4-6-0,46] THE CURRENT TOP TEAM RED DOG GANG (356) TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team 1. GAMEHENDGE (299) 22 2. LENPROS (145) 20 THE WARLOCKS (430) 3. RANDOM (391) 19 Unchartered Team 4. RESCUE RANGERS II (385) 11 5. THE WARLOCKS (430) 3 (-1) The Top Teams Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K 1/ 1 THE WARLOCKS (430) 143 88 8 61.9 1/ 3 RED DOG GANG (356) 7 7 0 2/ 2 LENPROS (145) 931 604 25 60.7 2/ 2 CRYSTAL PALACE (435) 7 8 1 3/ 4 RESCUE RANGERS II (385) 15 11 1 57.7 3/ 8 GAMEHENDGE (299) 6 3 0 4/ 5 THE A'S -- LOSERS (431) 178 154 6 53.6 4/ 1 THE A'S -- LOSERS (431) 6 6 0 5/ 6 GAMEHENDGE (299) 164 145 10 53.1 5/ 4 RANDOM (391) 4 3 0 6/ 8 RANDOM (391) 30 29 0 50.8 6/ 6 WORLDLY DECLINE (445) 4 5 0 7/ 7 WORLDLY DECLINE (445) 34 33 1 50.7 7/ 5 LENPROS (145) 4 6 0 8/ 9 CRYSTAL PALACE (435) 98 105 2 48.3 8/ 7 THE WARLOCKS (430) 3 1 1 9/10 RED DOG GANG (356) 477 654 10 42.2 9/10 RESCUE RANGERS II (385) 2 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[ Cities by the Shore #12 ]H[ + ---:--- + ]H[ + Point: Lord Jerrofil, whose manor was near Point, supplied the horses and--he insisted on it--an armed escort. "The roads aren't safe," he said. "There's been a lot of banditry, random violence," he sighed, "and beggars everywhere. I can't remember a time like this, not here. Down south, during and right after the Rirorni War, but not here." "We aren't helpless," Adie told him sharply. "I'm sure you're not," Jerrofil agreed, "but unless you want to exhaust yourselves by fighting hourly, you will accept the escort, my lady. Then you might not have to fight at all; few of the bandits are so desperate--yet--that they will attack a party of armed men. Also, well, you might need a guide. The earth tremors have disrupted the roads, and some areas are impassable now." Fandil raised an eyebrow. "I hadn't realized the tremors were so severe, away from Krael. The ones three days ago--" "Were not the only ones, or the worst ones," Jerrofil said. "Things have been especially bad around Seam, but according to the latest news from travelers, anywhere within sixty miles of Point and Krael has been hit to some degree. Some buildings have fallen or are no longer stable, trees have come down here and there, at least one stream has changed course, but the worst are the bridges. Most of them are fallen or unsafe." Adie frowned, one hand going automatically to twist a lock of hair. It was perhaps forty miles from Point to Aruak City, a day's ride if they met no problems... though it was well into the morning, and she had hoped for an early start. But it was beginning to sound like "forty miles over good roads" was too optimistic. Her mouth set in a stubborn line. If anyone... such as Khaldren, thought such obstacles would turn her aside, that person was in error. But maybe it would be better if old Fandil didn't have to undertake what sounded like a wearing journey, and besides, someone should keep an eye on Cho. She turned to Fandil. "Don't even think it," the Ardiventi mage said. "I'm coming with you." Adie looked at him for a minute, then shook her head. Not in denial, but she knew an immovable object when she saw one. Fandil was coming. So be it. "And best if we get moving quickly," the old man went on. "We've got a window here where we can leave unobserved, we should take it." "How--?" Jerrofil began. "Cho is creating a distraction. We don't figure it will hold the Kraelians's attention for more than an hour, though, so...." "Yes, of course. I commend you to my Captain of Horse, Tollisker," Lord Jerrofil said, "and he to you. May you guard each other for safe journeying." The captain, a young man who looked Convincian rather than Aruaki, nodded soberly and signaled to his men, Five horsemen led the way out of Point, two fanned out to the right and two to the left, and another five brought up the rear, Tollisker riding with the two mages in the middle of the mounted group. "Have you a preferred route, my lady and lord?" "Whatever will get us there most quickly," Adie said. Tollisker looked to the side, though she didn't think he was studying the overgrown field. After a moment, he looked back and said, "We will begin by trying the straight road, then, and diverge only when we must." Cho had only promised Fandil an hour to get clear in, and he was glad of that. The illusion he had created to distract the Kraelian mages was fighting his control like a live thing, and he feared it might become one if he fed any more power into it. That was the trouble with doing any kind of magic in an area where the lines power and reality were so tangled together: you could never be sure what would happen. He forced his unreal leviathan back from the seawall that protected lower Krael from the lake. Cursed his tendency to build in too much detail; it made the illusion more convincing, but also gave it more reality from within, and this... thing he had made was absorbing the chaotic energies around the drowned city and becoming more... solid. But he was no apprentice to lose his grip on a spell, and he pinned it with his will and began to dismantle the web of forces that sustained it. They rode for an hour without problems, though less rapidly than Adie wished. Tollisker held them to a steady pace, walk and trot and walk again. He said that they could not count on finding remounts short of Aruak City, therefore they weren't going to ride these horses into the ground, that the time gained at a gallop would be lost when they were afoot. Adie acknowledged the sense of that, but she chaffed at the delay. Along the Point peninsula, through land which, Tollisker said, was all under the wardenship of Lord Jerrofil. If so, it spoke well of Jerrofil's stewardship. There were fields that had been abandoned, one saw them everywhere in recent years, but fewer than she'd expected. Farmsteads and hamlets occupied and in good condition, people who paused in their work to watch the troop pass and raised a hand in greeting and salute to Jerrofil's banner. "Things are better here than I expected," Fandil said quietly. Tollisker shrugged. "Most of the people here are Convincian, not Aruaki. And Point arena is closed. So we haven't been hit as hard as the Clanholds. It's bad enough, though. You'll see, soon." "See what?" Adie glanced around, looking for the unexpected or the out-of- place. But it was much the same as they'd seen all the way from Point, fields and patches of woods, a farmstead tucked under a hill. Watchers on the hilltops. More hilltops than farther west, the land rose into a chain of rugged hills at the end of peninsula, then would fall away into the river valley where Aruak City was located. "Around the next hill," Tollisker said. He was tense, Adie saw, like a man who is not only ready for trouble but actually expects it at any moment. It made her tense, too, and she began gathering sunlight against... whatever need might arise. SPY REPORT Oh, hi. Its just little 'ol Debby Tonte. Thought I'd check out IAYE to see what's new. Too bad, THE A'S -- LOSERS II, but RED DOG GANG was just too good to be stopped. GAMEHENDGE like really fought hard to move up to 3rd from 8th. Way to go! MVP award for MAPT? RANDOM's proud of him after beating DR TRINAIRE and getting 22 points. Talk about yer major upsets! DR TRINAIRE's match with MAPT cost her a loss of 12 points! Like, LADY HUNTSMAN must be pretty gutsy! She challenged the Duelmaster from CRYSTAL PALACE. Does this gal have a death wish or what! And I was just getting used to the ex-Duelmaster's habit of...(!) Oh well, welcome LADY HUNTSMAN. Aren't LENPROS proud. (Oh, my.) Is the Duelmaster really being a real snob to his teammates? Don't ask me! So just why would someone becomes a warrior anyway? It can't be for these really neat Spyreports can it? THE A'S -- LOSERS II was IAYE's most avoided team. Is there some award for that? Hhmph! What kind of warriors are LENPROS? THE A'S -- LOSERS II, an easy team to beat if I ever saw one, can't get them to accept an invitation! Can RED DOG GANG's BIGFOOTS be more popular than me? He was challenged the most, but is that really the same? Challenges, revenges, Bloodfeuds. All IAYE ever talks about is fighting! Me, I'm more laid back. Hey you guys, don't you think your families would like to hear from you? Write! (Or have someone write for you.) I really didn't, you know, study when I was a kid. Who would've guessed I'd be a famous Spyreporter? I'm getting tired of writing this stuff, so I'm calling it quits. Remember you guys, ease up sometimes! Chill out! Later, Debby Tonte DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME LADY HUNTSMAN 4579 22 9 0 111 LENPROS (145) CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME THE CLEAR 4539 28 24 0 125 THE A'S -- LOSERS II (431) WROTE THE BOOK 4540 25 27 0 113 GAMEHENDGE (299) UNSCATHED 4516 23 27 0 105 CRYSTAL PALACE (435) -STINGER 4098 9 11 0 104 RANDOM (391) ENCHANTED 4517 21 29 0 98 CRYSTAL PALACE (435) CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME BIGFOOTS 4512 16 43 0 97 RED DOG GANG (356) CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME QUEEN CHINEE 4588 20 16 1 90 THE WARLOCKS (430) LORD WALTON 4612 9 8 0 85 LENPROS (145) POP IDOL 4617 11 7 0 82 WORLDLY DECLINE (445) EARTHQUAKE EXCUSE 4584 17 19 1 74 THE A'S -- LOSERS II (431) GADGET 4528 9 6 0 69 RESCUE RANGERS II (385) SLEEPS ALL DAY 4603 8 5 1 69 GAMEHENDGE (299) WINDY WIND 4593 11 16 0 67 CRYSTAL PALACE (435) CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME THE BOY KING 4615 11 7 1 64 WORLDLY DECLINE (445) MAPT 4100 7 5 0 63 RANDOM (391) -DON FRANCIS 4619 4 3 0 58 LENPROS (145) -ISPEP 4527 5 1 0 57 RANDOM (391) ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -MOPT 4103 5 4 0 56 RANDOM (391) PRINCESS DIANA 4614 8 10 0 54 WORLDLY DECLINE (445) FENCE POST 4604 11 18 0 53 RED DOG GANG (356) DR TRINAIRE 4606 12 15 0 51 RED DOG GANG (356) CARDINAL ARIZPE 4645 7 5 0 50 LENPROS (145) AT 4521 4 6 0 46 RANDOM (391) ECK 4649 8 5 1 43 THE A'S -- LOSERS II (431) KLINK 4647 6 7 0 40 THE A'S -- LOSERS II (431) CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME OUT OF TIME 4681 5 2 0 26 GAMEHENDGE (299) INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME FOGGY FOG 4688 4 2 1 21 CRYSTAL PALACE (435) -CELL BLABBER 4616 3 3 0 19 WORLDLY DECLINE (445) IRISH CREAM 4654 4 6 0 18 RED DOG GANG (356) -DALE II 4025 1 0 1 16 RESCUE RANGERS II (385) PRIVATE PERNA 4690 1 0 0 15 LENPROS (145) -FRENCH VETO 4618 1 6 0 9 WORLDLY DECLINE (445) '-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn. THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge? HITHELLIENE 4596 9 20 0 RED DOG GANG 356 QUEEN CHINEE 4588 542 RESETTIA STONE 4691 0 1 0 RED DOG GANG 356 FOGGY FOG 4688 543 PERSONAL ADS Snowy Snow -- Congratulations on your DM Title and your induction into Lord protectorship. Well done! -- Lenpro Bigfoot -- Okay, okay. I give. You've earned my respect. -- Don Francis Pop Idol -- Perhaps you did not realize that my middle name is Underwood. -- Lady Huntsman It is clearly time for Extreme Unction when one loses out to Sleeps All Might. I need a priest. -- Cardinal Arizpe A net, eh? (thinking to himself about some recent Red dog advice) -- Lord Walton Don Francis -- Hey, you pay attention good! I like that. I've got lots of other things I can teach, too. How about the rumba? -- Bigfoots P.S. Not the tango, though, that's restricted. At -- Listen, there's nothing to get HOLD of with you! You're barely THERE. -- Fence Post Eck -- I salute you for living up to your team name. Good work. -- Dr Trinaire Out of Time -- Well, at least you're not a SHADOW out of time. That would be worse. -- Irish Cream Foggy Fog -- Well, obviously THAT was not a wise career choice. Darn. -- Ghost of Resettia Stone Don Francis -- "Kissing your ring"? Why would I do that? -- Bigfoots 14 February 2007 RSI is now taking rollups for a slow version of the No-Tournament arena. Send your rollup to RSI listing the arena as "Slow No Tournament". Sign and send in the following pledge: * I pledge that I will not send warriors from this team to a Tournament, nor will I use a Tournament prize on a warrior from this team. * I pledge to run a full team when I run turns in this arena. If circumstances preclude my running less than a full team I will notify the Player Committee. * I agree to abide by the decisions of the Player Committee. * I understand that any warrior that participates in a Tournament shall be sent to the Dark Arena until they are dead. * I understand that any warrior that receives a Tournament prize shall be send to the Dark Arena until they are dead. The following are the rules for joining this No-Tournament arena 1. No tournament play (Dead tournament or otherwise) 2. One team per manager 3. Team starts with new rollup (or a zero fight equivalent team is transferred into this arena.) 4. No tourney prizes allowed to modify warriors in the arena 5. 20 teams required, per RSI 6. Waivers are required to allow self-regulation on tourney ban, granting RSI authority to Dark Arena any warrior that participates in a Tournament (until the warrior is dead.) 7. Rotating council to enforce tourney ban and maintain arena integrity. Hammer will be the focal point for this arena's Player Committee. LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS LADY HUNTSMAN bested SNOWY SNOW in a 2 minute master's Challenge Title fight. LORD WALTON lost to BIGFOOTS in a 2 minute gruesome Challenge battle. THE CLEAR savagely defeated ENCHANTED in a 2 minute bloody expert's fight. WROTE THE BOOK devastated POP IDOL in a exciting 2 minute bloody one-sided fight. UNSCATHED slimly won victory over EARTHQUAKE EXCUSE in a 4 minute veteran's duel. QUEEN CHINEE savagely defeated THE BOY KING in a 3 minute bloody brawl. GADGET overpowered ECK in a 2 minute gruesome uneven melee. SLEEPS ALL DAY won victory over CARDINAL ARIZPE in a 2 minute duel. DR TRINAIRE was overpowered by MAPT in a 2 minute uneven duel. WINDY WIND overpowered KLINK in a action packed 1 minute gory one-sided fight. AT was outlasted by FENCE POST in a exciting 12 minute bloody match. PRINCESS DIANA handily defeated FOGGY FOG in a 1 minute one-sided contest. IRISH CREAM was subdued by OUT OF TIME in a popular 3 minute brawl. PRIVATE PERNA handily defeated POLITE BEGGAR in a 1 minute one-sided conflict. BATTLE REPORT MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS |FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT| |LUNGING ATTACK 6 TOTAL PARRY 26 - 16 - 0 62 | |PARRY-LUNGE 4 SLASHING ATTACK 26 - 17 - 1 60 | |TOTAL PARRY 3 WALL OF STEEL 13 - 10 - 0 57 | |AIMED BLOW 3 PARRY-RIPOSTE 11 - 10 - 0 52 | |SLASHING ATTACK 3 PARRY-LUNGE 22 - 20 - 0 52 | |WALL OF STEEL 2 PARRY-STRIKE 5 - 5 - 1 50 | |STRIKING ATTACK 2 AIMED BLOW 20 - 20 - 1 50 | |BASHING ATTACK 2 LUNGING ATTACK 33 - 41 - 0 45 | |PARRY-STRIKE 1 STRIKING ATTACK 7 - 9 - 0 44 | |PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 BASHING ATTACK 10 - 18 - 0 36 | Turn 544 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 AIMED BLOW 1 - 2 3 LUNGING ATTACK TOTAL PARRY 3 - 0 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 1 2 PARRY-LUNGE WALL OF STEEL 2 - 0 SLASHING ATTACK 0 - 3 2 AIMED BLOW PARRY-LUNGE 2 - 2 1 TOTAL PARRY LUNGING ATTACK 3 - 3 1 WALL OF STEEL STRIKING ATTACK 1 - 1 1 PARRY-STRIKE BASHING ATTACK 1 - 1 1 SLASHING ATTACK TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME TOTAL PARRY LADY HUNTSMAN 4579 22 9 0 111 LENPROS (145) PARRY-LUNGE THE CLEAR 4539 28 24 0 125 THE A'S -- LOSERS II (431) PARRY-STRIKE QUEEN CHINEE 4588 20 16 1 90 THE WARLOCKS (430) SLASHING ATTACK LORD WALTON 4612 9 8 0 85 LENPROS (145) LUNGING ATTACK POP IDOL 4617 11 7 0 82 WORLDLY DECLINE (445) WALL OF STEEL GADGET 4528 9 6 0 69 RESCUE RANGERS II (385) AIMED BLOW THE BOY KING 4615 11 7 1 64 WORLDLY DECLINE (445) BASHING ATTACK CARDINAL ARIZPE 4645 7 5 0 50 LENPROS (145) STRIKING ATTACK ECK 4649 8 5 1 43 THE A'S -- LOSERS II (431) Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above. The overall popularity leader is WROTE THE BOOK 4540. The most popular warrior this turn was AT 4521. The ten other most popular fighters were IRISH CREAM 4654, WROTE THE BOOK 4540, THE CLEAR 4539, QUEEN CHINEE 4588, GADGET 4528, MAPT 4100, LORD WALTON 4612, BIGFOOTS 4512, EARTHQUAKE EXCUSE 4584, and SLEEPS ALL DAY 4603. The least popular fighter this week was FENCE POST 4604. The other ten least popular fighters were FOGGY FOG 4688, ENCHANTED 4517, KLINK 4647, DR TRINAIRE 4606, THE BOY KING 4615, POP IDOL 4617, PRIVATE PERNA 4690, OUT OF TIME 4681, PRINCESS DIANA 4614, and CARDINAL ARIZPE 4645. The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn: THE CLEAR (30-4539) THE A'S -- LOSERS II (431) WROTE THE BOOK (30-4540) GAMEHENDGE (299) ENCHANTED (30-4517) CRYSTAL PALACE (435) The following warriors have traveled to AD after fighting this turn: SNOWY SNOW (30-4597) CRYSTAL PALACE (435)