DUELMASTERS NEWSLETTER Date : 07/16/2003 Duedate: 07/29/2003 ARVAT ARENA DM-32 TURN-450 This Weeks Top Honors THE DUELMASTER IS LINDEN FISHERMAN'S WHARF (288) (32-4072) [10-5-0,110] Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader LIGHTNING POSITION IS EMPTY HARBINGERS (330) (32-3932) [29-19-4,116] Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite LIGHTNING MAY FISTAFOLES HARBINGERS (330) DEVIL ADVOCATES (105) (32-3932) [29-19-4,116] (32-3852) [9-5-0,56] THE CURRENT TOP TEAM THE STORMLORDS (337) TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team 1. THE STORMLORDS (337) 44 2. FISHERMAN'S WHARF (288) 28 DEVIL ADVOCATES (105) 3. DEVIL ADVOCATES (105) 28 Unchartered Team 4. HARBINGERS (330) 6 5. CALL THE PRIEST (344) -12 LBA FAN (255) The Top Teams Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K 1/ 0 DEVIL ADVOCATES (105) 673 397 33 62.9 1/ 1 THE STORMLORDS (337) 7 5 1 2/ 2 THE STORMLORDS (337) 83 63 7 56.8 2/ 2 FISHERMAN'S WHARF (288) 6 6 1 3/ 3 HARBINGERS (330) 102 80 10 56.0 3/ 3 HARBINGERS (330) 5 3 0 4/ 1 CALL THE PRIEST (344) 30 24 2 55.6 4/ 0 DEVIL ADVOCATES (105) 4 1 0 5/ 4 FISHERMAN'S WHARF (288) 251 354 9 41.5 5/ 4 CALL THE PRIEST (344) 4 3 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. I am quite surprised to find myself here, and I can only assume that this is because Lightning struck too often in the same place, and Mother Nature, or whoever oversees these things, finally noticed. Linden SPY REPORT You elder fighters surely remember me. The younger ones may call me Olaf Modeen. I return to ARVAT once again! What's with COEUR DE LION? He actually beat DEVIL ADVOCATES' L. DIABLO, and walked away with 26 more points from the fight. Another fighter (DARK SKY 18-23-2) challenged another Duelmaster (LINDEN 10-5-0). Life goes on. Try as he might, DARK SKY wasn't good enough at persuading LINDEN to step down from the Duelmaster's throne... Advice to fighters with a 1 will--give up fighting! If at first you don't succeed, avoid. That'll get you in the Spyreports. ARVAT thinks THE STORMLORDS and their 83-63-7 is too much! If at first you don't succeed, give up... Management must be dealin', as the boys at HARBINGERS ain't reelin'! THE STORMLORDS' mad! What do people see in LOCKED IN? His 5-4-1? CALL THE PRIEST ain't talkin', but he's got 40 points. LIGHTNING expects the easy win by going 21 points down. STARBREAKER will find this a hard lesson! LIGHTNING overcame STARBREAKER. HARBINGERS calls this fighting? In my day... I hate going to the effort of writing about the kind of fights that DEATH KNIGHT gets in. He fights people like LOCKED IN, 10 points below. I thought DEATH KNIGHT showed great skill and promise when he bested LOCKED IN. All right, so I slept through it! Big deal! A fighter's lot is filled with strife, revenge, and killing. Some fighters don't accept this. The best do. COEUR DE LION proved too determined for L. DIABLO. L. DIABLO was lucky to go in the ring, with 10-6-2 to his credit. He will be remembered. Here's some advice: study your opponent, master many skills, fight dirty. Well, I'm pretty much through. You guys need to get back practicing. ARVAT is a nice place to live, but I don't like to live in nice places. I don't want to overstay my welcome...-- Olaf Modeen DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME LINDEN 4072 10 5 0 110 FISHERMAN'S WHARF (288) CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME LIGHTNING 3932 29 19 4 116 HARBINGERS (330) TROTLINE 3962 15 33 3 96 FISHERMAN'S WHARF (288) CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME COEUR DE LION 3976 14 11 2 89 THE STORMLORDS (337) DARK SKY 3933 18 23 2 88 HARBINGERS (330) JOHNNY B GOODE 4034 8 2 0 87 CALL THE PRIEST (344) STARBREAKER 4039 7 2 1 83 CALL THE PRIEST (344) CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME FIZGIGG 4012 15 20 1 66 FISHERMAN'S WHARF (288) -OBSIDIAN GOLEM 3975 16 14 0 64 THE STORMLORDS (337) DEATH KNIGHT 4026 13 10 4 64 THE STORMLORDS (337) -PRIVATE PROPERTY 4029 6 4 0 64 CALL THE PRIEST (344) -SENSOO O SURU 3979 16 11 0 59 THE STORMLORDS (337) ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME MAY FISTAFOLES 3852 9 5 0 56 DEVIL ADVOCATES (105) DEBBE EAST 3858 7 3 0 46 DEVIL ADVOCATES (105) GERI 4016 9 13 0 42 HARBINGERS (330) LOCKED IN 4049 5 4 1 40 CALL THE PRIEST (344) CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME RUN OF THE MILL 4056 3 4 0 32 CALL THE PRIEST (344) VY-OTIN 4081 4 2 0 30 THE STORMLORDS (337) BASKERVOLE 4071 5 10 0 28 FISHERMAN'S WHARF (288) INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME DIETER KWAN 4092 1 0 0 13 DEVIL ADVOCATES (105) LIL ETH 4093 1 0 0 8 DEVIL ADVOCATES (105) '-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn. THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge? KHALHUMS DWARF 325 0 1 0 1 TROTLINE 3962 450 NONE L. DIABLO 3829 10 6 2 DEVIL ADVOCATES 105 COEUR DE LION 3976 450 PERSONAL ADS High Lord Bosk -- Congrats and well done on your 100th victory in Arvat! Your legend grows, Realm Restorer. Salute and tal. -- The Icelord Trotline -- Thanks for the skills. Now graduate already. -- Death Knight Jorja -- Welcome to Arvat. I think you're missing a fifth warrior, so bring him or her on out! Lulu, I'll buy you an ale anytime. Glad you'll be staying as a trainer. Salute. -- The Icelord Jorja -- I concur with The Icelord that you need a fifth warrior to round out Fisherman's Wharf. I don't want to fight Baskervole every turn! :) -- Vy-Otin Lightning -- Checking the records, I see you have held the Duelmaster title in Arvat for 11 turns! This includes 7 turns in a row (#437-#443) and then 4 turns in a row (#445-#448). I would be willing to bet that 11 turns and the 7 turns in a row are some sort of records. Well done and good luck on taking the title yet again. -- Master Janos, COL Bard and Historian Linden -- Congrats on the title. We saw your potential a few turns back. Salute. -- The Stormlords Arvat -- A salute on your 450th cycle!! -- The Council of Lords Death Knight -- Do you ever get tired of sucking up skills? Just curious. -- Trotline, who doesn't get tired of a win now and then, thank you very much Dark Sky -- I thwapped my gig into the water and didn't pull out a win, no surprise, but I sure got a bunch of skills! Thanks. -- Fizgigg Locked In -- Won't anyone let you out, ever? -- Baskervole 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 DARK SKY was devastated by LINDEN in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge Title fight. LIGHTNING demolished STARBREAKER in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge melee. DEATH KNIGHT overpowered LOCKED IN in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge duel. GERI bested RUN OF THE MILL in a 1 minute Challenge fight. TROTLINE assassinated KHALHUMS DWARF in a crowd pleasing 1 minute mismatched match. JOHNNY B GOODE savagely defeated FIZGIGG in a 1 minute veteran's struggle. COEUR DE LION assassinated L. DIABLO in a 1 minute uneven melee. MAY FISTAFOLES viciously subdued BASKERVOLE in a action packed 2 minute gory duel. DEBBE EAST vanquished FRATSFA SLAVE in a 1 minute one-sided duel. VY-OTIN overpowered EMBEZZLING SCRIBE in a 1 minute uneven match. DIETER KWAN overpowered MORDANT DESERTER in a 1 minute one-sided fight. LIL ETH subdued CONVICTED THIEF in a 5 minute amateur's competition. BATTLE REPORT MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS |FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT| |SLASHING ATTACK 5 PARRY-LUNGE 1 - 0 - 0 100 | |STRIKING ATTACK 4 LUNGING ATTACK 6 - 1 - 0 86 | |PARRY-STRIKE 3 WALL OF STEEL 8 - 3 - 0 73 | |LUNGING ATTACK 2 STRIKING ATTACK 21 - 14 - 2 60 | |WALL OF STEEL 2 TOTAL PARRY 5 - 4 - 0 56 | |PARRY-LUNGE 1 PARRY-STRIKE 11 - 11 - 1 50 | |AIMED BLOW 1 AIMED BLOW 1 - 1 - 0 50 | |BASHING ATTACK 1 SLASHING ATTACK 9 - 9 - 0 50 | |PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 BASHING ATTACK 2 - 2 - 0 50 | |TOTAL PARRY 0 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 2 - 0 0 | Turn 450 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-LUNGE 1 - 0 SLASHING ATTACK 1 - 4 3 STRIKING ATTACK LUNGING ATTACK 2 - 0 AIMED BLOW 0 - 1 3 SLASHING ATTACK STRIKING ATTACK 4 - 0 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 0 2 BASHING ATTACK WALL OF STEEL 2 - 0 BASHING ATTACK 0 - 1 1 WALL OF STEEL PARRY-STRIKE 2 - 1 TOTAL PARRY 0 - 0 1 PARRY-STRIKE 1 TOTAL PARRY TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME WALL OF STEEL LINDEN 4072 10 5 0 110 FISHERMAN'S WHARF (288) STRIKING ATTACK LIGHTNING 3932 29 19 4 116 HARBINGERS (330) PARRY-STRIKE COEUR DE LION 3976 14 11 2 89 THE STORMLORDS (337) SLASHING ATTACK JOHNNY B GOODE 4034 8 2 0 87 CALL THE PRIEST (344) PARRY-LUNGE MAY FISTAFOLES 3852 9 5 0 56 DEVIL ADVOCATES (105) LUNGING ATTACK DEBBE EAST 3858 7 3 0 46 DEVIL ADVOCATES (105) AIMED BLOW LOCKED IN 4049 5 4 1 40 CALL THE PRIEST (344) Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above. The overall popularity leader is LIGHTNING 3932. The most popular warrior this turn was MAY FISTAFOLES 3852. The ten other most popular fighters were JOHNNY B GOODE 4034, LINDEN 4072, TROTLINE 3962, LIGHTNING 3932, DEATH KNIGHT 4026, GERI 4016, DEBBE EAST 3858, VY-OTIN 4081, DIETER KWAN 4092, and DARK SKY 3933. The least popular fighter this week was LIL ETH 4093. The other ten least popular fighters were L. DIABLO 3829, FIZGIGG 4012, RUN OF THE MILL 4056, LOCKED IN 4049, STARBREAKER 4039, BASKERVOLE 4071, COEUR DE LION 3976, DARK SKY 3933, DIETER KWAN 4092, and VY-OTIN 4081. The following warriors will travel to ADVANCED DUELMASTERS after next turn: LIGHTNING (32-3932) HARBINGERS (330)