DUELMASTERS NEWSLETTER
Date : 10/22/2003 Duedate: 11/04/2003
MURSKA ARENA
DM-35 TURN-448
This Weeks Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
KING BEAR
THE BEARS (253)
(35-3629) [15-4-1,162]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
KING BEAR WARM SESSION
THE BEARS (253) TENN. CLOVER BOTTOM (351)
(35-3629) [15-4-1,162] (35-3763) [5-2-0,42]
Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite
BRAN AP CADAL GWALCHMAI
CHILDREN OF LLYR (141) CHILDREN OF LLYR (141)
(35-3713) [18-13-1,74] (35-3749) [9-6-1,34]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
THE BEARS (253)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. TENN. CLOVER BOTTOM (351) 33
2. THE BEARS (253) 22 THE BEARS (253)
3. CHILDREN OF LLYR (141) 7 Unchartered Team
4. COMIC MAYHEM (350) 0
5. STRONGHOLD (282) 0TENN. CLOVER BOTTOM (351)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1- 1*COMIC MAYHEM (350) 26 8 1 76.5 1- 1*COMIC MAYHEM (350) 8 1 0
2/ 2*TENN. CLOVER BOTTO (351) 21 14 3 60.0 2/ 3 THE BEARS (253) 8 4 1
3/ 4 THE BEARS (253) 304 229 19 57.0 3/ 2*TENN. CLOVER BOTTO (351) 8 7 0
4/ 3 LADY OF BATTLES (336) 17 13 0 56.7 4- 4*STRONGHOLD (282) 2 4 1
5/ 5 CHILDREN OF LLYR (141) 404 613 16 39.7 5/ 6 CHILDREN OF LLYR (141) 2 10 0
6- 6*STRONGHOLD (282) 2 7 1 22.2 6/ 5 LADY OF BATTLES (336) 1 1 0
7- 7*LEGENDS OF SOL (354) 0 1 0 0.0 7- 7*LEGENDS OF SOL (354) 0 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[(< + -----:----- + >)] The Free Cities #71 [(< + -----:----- + >)]H[(<
Riztab:
"There was something out there," Tillouisa whispered, squinting into the moonlit
distance. "I SAW it moving across the water."
"Somebody night-fishing in a rowboat," Song of Summer said in a normal voice.
"Everything isn't monsters, Til."
"Ha! That just shows how much YOU know." Tillouisa abandoned her whisper and
scowled at her teammate triumphantly. "I've SEEN monsters, Summer. I know what I'm
talking about. There are ALWAYS monsters around water--"
"In the Shagornan Desert, maybe, but--"
"Everywhere! Water's tricky, Summer. You can't TRUST it," the Rirorni woman
stated positively.
Before Song of Summer could reply to that, a cry floated to them from the dark
lake. Not a human cry, nor the call of any nightbird that either woman had heard
before. There was a little of the wolf howling in it, but what wolf would be in the
middle of miles of water? And even the howl of a wolf did not chill the blood quite
so effectively.
After a moment, Song of Summer swallowed twice and said, "It might not be a
monster even so." She didn't sound like she believed that. "It might be...just some
strange creature out there."
There was another cry from the lake, this time all too human, shrill with terror
and despair. Splashes accompanied it.
"I guess there was a night-fisherman out there, after all," Tillouisa noted.
"You don't have to sound so cheerful about it! That poor man probably died
horribly."
"He would've heard the rumors of monsters same as we did," Tillouisa said,
shrugging. "If he chose to risk the lake anyway, well, what did he expect?" She
turned away from the waterfront.
"I don't suppose there's anything we could do to help him?"
"I don't suppose so. He's probably dead by now. Come on." Tillouisa grabbed
her teammate's arm and started towing her back up the sloping street.
"Where are we going?"
"Around this block of buildings. They're all collapsed, and we couldn't get
through them. I want to check out the old records building now while the monster's
out on the lake."
"Til! You're INSANE! We don't know there's only ONE monster."
"We can find out, then."
Malcorn:
"It looks like somebody laid a plate, or a shield, or, I dunno, a cartwheel or
something on the field," Blacklock said doubtfully.
"If plates, shields, or cartwheels came twenty feet across, yes, it surely
does," Birdsong agreed.
Blacklock moved to study the circle of flattened grain--which was to have been
cut today--from another angle. Not that there was anything different to see.
Perfectly circular, perfectly flat. "It'd be hard to cut grain that's been trampled
down like that, wouldn't it?"
"Yeah, really hard--like impossible, and that's a lot of grain. It isn't like
we've got so much to spare, you know." Birdsong knelt and touched the smashed
stalks, drawing her hand back quickly. "They're frozen!"
"A twenty-foot cartwheel of ice?" Blacklock speculated doubtfully. "Well,
anyway, it's too bad, but it happened. What caused it, and what do we do about it?"
"I don't know to both, but I think..." Birdsong stood and frowned at the ruined
grain. "I think we tell Lord Malcorn."
"Oh, SH-- uh, shoot! You think he's been dabbling in magic and did this?"
"Of course not! Lord Malcorn isn't careless or destructive," Birdsong stated
positively. "But he'll know what to do."
*** ***** *** ***** ***
Lord Malcorn, Blackie in more informal situations, was staring at another circle
of smashed crops. Hay, this time, and a couple of rabbits who had been so unlucky as
to be inside the circle when disaster fell. He knew, in a general sense, what had
caused it--when he had loosed the Dregur from the Silent Place, other things had
escaped also. From the Silent Place, and from other restraints elsewhere. He didn't
know exactly which "other things" had caused this, but he was sure that the ultimate
blame attached to him. That was the trouble with taking drastic measures to counter
drastic problems. You never knew what secondary effects might occur. Or what kind
of measures would be required to deal with the secondary problems, and what tertiary
problems might arise from THAT. He could spend the rest of his life cleaning up
after the results of releasing the Dregur.... But then, he could have spent the rest
of his life cleaning up after the invaders, too.
He sighed and turned to the farmer. "Keep your livestock and your workers out
of the fields," he directed. "There may be more of these, and it will require a
complicated bit of work to put a stop to it."
Warriors and managers of the Free Cities, your participation in these events is
invited. An email to Livia@reality.com or a personal is all it takes. -- the Scribe
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Duelmasters
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DM 9 ZUKAL (turn 476): GWEN RYDER of DREAM PARK (Zalgor Prigg, mgr.)
DM 12 RIZTAB (turn 474): MIKE BELIEVE of POWERPUFF GIRLS (The Narrator, mgr.)
DM 15 MALCORN (turn 470): BURGATORY of SACRILEGIOUS MEAT (Klep, mgr.)
DM 16 WILLAF (turn 470): MURGEN of THE BLACK COMPANY (Spartacus?, mgr.)
DM 17 ALJAFIR (turn 468): ASH of DELTA DOOM (Barnabas, mgr.)
DM 19 ZUWAYZA (turn 467): ADARA AL ZAHRA of JAGUAR WARRIORS (Noachian, mgr.)
DM 28 MORYA (turn 233): LUCKY LUCIEN of CANADIAN BACON (Firehawk, mgr.)
DM 29 LAPUR (turn 459): BUZZARD of THE TAKEN (Stillgard, mgr.)
DM 31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 231): GAELIN BLACKTALON of THE NIGHTHAWKS (Firehawk, mgr.)
DM 32 ARVAT (turn 456): STARBREAKER of CALL THE PRIEST (Destitute Noble, mgr.)
DM 33 NIATOLI ISLAND (turn 454): WILD CARD HAMMER of CASINO HAMMERZ (Hammer, mgr.)
DM 35 MURSKA (turn 447): KING BEAR of THE BEARS (Papa Bear, mgr.)
DM 43 VEASTIAN (turn 410): SUNGOD DESIGNED ME of WENSINWASIN (Youngblood, mgr.)
DM 45 STORMCROWE (turn 208): IPECAC of EMETICS (Berylstar, mgr.)
DM 47 NORTH FORK (turn 203): JUMBO MUMBO of SPOONERTIKS (Spawn, mgr.)
DM 50 SNOWBOUND (turn 190): MAEGOLOS of DARK SIDHE (Daehir, mgr.)
DM 56 ROCANIS (turn 335): DUMPLING of BAD APPLES (Uncle Wolf, mgr.)
DM 61 JURINE (turn 315): ALIZARIN DAMASK of BLADE AND BLOOD (Noachian, mgr.)
DM 73 ERINIKA (turn 138): PIXIE BLIGHT of DARQUE FORCES VIII (Master Darque, mgr.)
ADM 103 FREE BLADES (turn 360): NEMESIS of CHAMPIONS from JHELUM (Shadowgate, mgr.)
Top Teams
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DM 9 ZUKAL (turn 476): CLAN O' WHOOPAS (?, mgr.)
DM 12 RIZTAB (turn 474): ARENA FELINES (Garfield, mgr.)
DM 15 MALCORN (turn 470): UNKNOWNS XX (Dark Spirit, mgr.)
DM 16 WILLAF (turn 470): PUNNY AMINALS (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 17 ALJAFIR (turn 468): SPECIAL ED (PTFT, mgr.)
DM 19 ZUWAYZA (turn 467): NATURE'S WRATH (?, mgr.)
DM 28 MORYA (turn 233): THE WARLORDS II (Fizban, mgr.)
DM 29 LAPUR (turn 459): THE GUILD (Guido, mgr.)
DM 31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 231): OVERLORDS (The Icelord, mgr.)
DM 32 ARVAT (turn 456): DEVIL ADVOCATES (Dark One, mgr.)
DM 33 NIATOLI ISLAND (turn 454): CASINO HAMMERZ (Hammer, mgr.)
DM 35 MURSKA (turn 447): COMIC MAYHEM (Phantasm, mgr.)
DM 43 VEASTIAN (turn 410): MEDS (Berylstar, mgr.)
DM 45 STORMCROWE (turn 208): MORDRED'S MADMEN (Abraxis, mgr.)
DM 47 NORTH FORK (turn 203): SPOONERTIKS (Spawn, mgr.)
DM 50 SNOWBOUND (turn 190): MIDDLE WAY 6 (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 56 ROCANIS (turn 335): BAD APPLES (Uncle Wolf, mgr.)
DM 61 JURINE (turn 315): BLADE AND BLOOD (Noachian, mgr.)
DM 73 ERINIKA (turn 138): none
ADM 103 FREE BLADES (turn 360): MEOW MIX, etc. (Ultraist, mgr.)
Recent Graduates
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DM 12 RIZTAB (turn 474): MIKE BELIEVE of POWERPUFF GIRLS (The Narrator, mgr.)
EQUALIZER of THE LAWMEN (?, mgr.)
(turn 475): LIBERTY BELLE of POWERPUFF GIRLS (The Narrator, mgr.)
DM 15 MALCORN (turn 469): INNERVISION of UNKNOWNS XX (Dark Spirit, mgr.)
DM 28 MORYA (turn 233): LUCKY LUCIEN of CANADIAN BACON (Firehawk, mgr.)
POLARIS of ASTRONOMY DOMINE (Razorback, mgr.)
RAPAX of THE PENTARCHY (The Pentalque, mgr.)
DM 29 LAPUR (turn 458): MATSURI of BLACK SAMURAI (Doc Miracle, mgr.)
DM 31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 231): DELWYNNDWN of THE NIGHTHAWKS (Firehawk, mgr.)
GILGAMESH of THE STORMBRINGERS (High Lord Bosk, mgr.)
DM 43 VEASTIAN (turn 410): SUNGOD DESIGNED ME of WENSINWASIN (Youngblood, mgr.)
DM 45 STORMCROWE (turn 208): IPECAC of EMETICS (Berylstar, mgr.)
DM 47 NORTH FORK (turn 203): JUMBO MUMBO of SPOONERTIKS (Spawn, mgr.)
(turn 202): THREEKARD of CARNIVAL (Carny, mgr.)
DM 50 SNOWBOUND (turn 189): MR. HOOPER of OPEN SESAME (Crip, mgr.)
DM 56 ROCANIS (turn 335): DUMPLING of BAD APPLES (Uncle Wolf, mgr.)
DM 73 ERINIKA (turn 138): I.O.U. of ALPHABET SOUP (Crip, mgr.)
(turn 137): JUSTICE of PEACE MAKERS (Solomon, mgr.)
SCRAG'S LIZARD of DARK CIRCLE PETS II (Guardian, mgr.)
SPY REPORT
Like the magnificent Sun, rising upon the Dawn and exiling the Night for a Day,
I, Novgorodny Vir, return once again! Nothing is certain in MURSKA, with changing
loyalties, changing Duelmasters. Write this down: new top team--THE BEARS. INANNA
certainly had a baffled expression on hers face, after losing to DINGO and losing 10
points in the process! BRAN AP CADAL found out that MURSKA isn't a democracy.
You've gotta be the best to be Duelmaster here! Word has it one team in MURSKA is
using psychics to predict wins. They lead a charmed life!
My mother wished me to avoid conflict, and seek the gentle trade of Spyreporter.
But warriors aren't supposed to avoid fights! Like a horde of jackals fleeing from
the lion, so did the "warriors" in MURSKA avoid CHILDREN OF LLYR. As a woman of good
breeding scorns the "warriors" of THE BEARS, so did that sorry team shy from CHILDREN
OF LLYR Everyone is famous for fifteen minutes, and INANNA is it right now. Most
challenged warrior. Isn't LADY OF BATTLES proud! Willing to win at any cost is TOM
THUMB, who challenged OISAN, 11 points junior. Our sympathies, OISAN! I thought TOM
THUMB showed great skill and promise when he lost to OISAN. All right, so I slept
through it! Big deal!
The moving sword slashes, and having slashed, moves on... Ask not a spymaster
for counsel, for he will pontificate long after you have fallen into an unconscious
stupor.
Leave me now, you base fools! As if buffeted by forces of nature beyond my
control, I must take my leave of this place. MURSKA, I leave you now. The
Duelmaster has agreed to foot my bill at The Victory Tavern. 'Til next time--
Novgorodny Vir
DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
KING BEAR 3629 15 4 1 162 THE BEARS (253)
CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
DINGO 3716 12 7 0 99 THE BEARS (253)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
INANNA 3537 9 5 0 86 LADY OF BATTLES (336)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
BRAN AP CADAL 3713 18 13 1 74 CHILDREN OF LLYR (141)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-PLASTIC MAN 3761 7 0 0 54 COMIC MAYHEM (350)
-RAI 3778 6 0 1 46 COMIC MAYHEM (350)
WARM SESSION 3763 5 2 0 42 TENN. CLOVER BOTTOM (351)
JACKSON 3766 6 1 1 40 TENN. CLOVER BOTTOM (351)
GWALCHMAI 3749 9 6 1 34 CHILDREN OF LLYR (141)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-DA #1 2926 1 0 1 33 STRONGHOLD (282)
TRUXTON 3764 4 3 1 29 TENN. CLOVER BOTTOM (351)
-SOLOMON GRUNDY 3757 6 1 0 27 COMIC MAYHEM (350)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
MERO 3800 2 1 0 20 TENN. CLOVER BOTTOM (351)
OISAN 3794 1 3 0 20 CHILDREN OF LLYR (141)
DART 3767 2 0 0 19 THE BEARS (253)
-SINESTRO 3784 3 1 0 15 COMIC MAYHEM (350)
PLOUGHBOY 3762 3 4 1 14 TENN. CLOVER BOTTOM (351)
-SPARHAWK 2927 1 3 0 8 STRONGHOLD (282)
TOM THUMB 3791 1 1 1 5 THE BEARS (253)
BRANGWYN 3793 0 4 0 4 CHILDREN OF LLYR (141)
-SOLKONG 3788 0 1 0 1 LEGENDS OF SOL (354)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
GRYFF 3783 0 2 0 CHILDREN OF LLYR 141 PLOUGHBOY 3762 444 NOT REVE
BASE POLTROON 3765 1 3 0 TENN. CLOVER BOTT 351 RAI 3778 445
PERSONAL ADS
King Bear -- Yep, you've obviously got a handle on that. -- Bran ap Cadal
Plastic Man -- But...you're not even biodegradable! -- Gwalchmai
Solomon Grundy -- But it's Tuesday! Or even Wednesday. Unfair. -- Oisan
Sinestro -- Very sinister, yes indeed. -- Brangwyn
Ed. The Nitpicky -- All of us here in Murska have passed the autumnal equinox. --
Gwalchmai the sure of his ground
Just making sure. -- Ed.
29 September 2003
All -- Let it be known that the Firm accepts SOL into its ranks. The Firm is:
SunGod, Dark Spirit, Youngblood, Tripwire, and SOL.
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
DINGO viciously subdued INANNA in a 2 minute gruesome master's Challenge fight.
DART outlasted PLOUGHBOY in a monotonous 13 minute gory Challenge melee.
TOM THUMB was vanquished by OISAN in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge brawl.
KING BEAR overpowered BRAN AP CADAL in a 1 minute one-sided Title fight.
GWALCHMAI was unbelievably bested by WARM SESSION in a action packed 5 minute brawl.
TRUXTON was luckily beaten by DANGEROUS CRIMINAL in a 1 minute struggle.
JACKSON savagely defeated THE USEROUS MERCHANT in a 8 minute bloody brawl.
MERO overpowered BRANGWYN 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|
|PARRY-STRIKE 5 TOTAL PARRY 13 - 1 - 0 93 |
|LUNGING ATTACK 3 WALL OF STEEL 18 - 8 - 0 69 |
|WALL OF STEEL 2 AIMED BLOW 6 - 3 - 1 67 |
|BASHING ATTACK 1 PARRY-STRIKE 21 - 14 - 3 60 |
|TOTAL PARRY 1 LUNGING ATTACK 22 - 19 - 2 54 |
|AIMED BLOW 1 STRIKING ATTACK 2 - 4 - 0 33 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 BASHING ATTACK 2 - 5 - 1 29 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 0 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 4 - 0 0 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 - 0 0 |
|STRIKING ATTACK 0 SLASHING ATTACK 0 - 3 - 0 0 |
Turn 448 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 1 - 0 LUNGING ATTACK 1 - 2 4 LUNGING ATTACK
TOTAL PARRY 1 - 0 AIMED BLOW 0 - 1 3 PARRY-STRIKE
PARRY-STRIKE 3 - 2 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 2 WALL OF STEEL
WALL OF STEEL 1 - 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 1 1 TOTAL PARRY
SLASHING ATTACK 0 - 0 1 BASHING ATTACK
STRIKING ATTACK 0 - 0
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
LUNGING ATTACK KING BEAR 3629 15 4 1 162 THE BEARS (253)
WALL OF STEEL DINGO 3716 12 7 0 99 THE BEARS (253)
PARRY-STRIKE WARM SESSION 3763 5 2 0 42 TENN. CLOVER BOTTOM (351)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
The overall popularity leader is BRAN AP CADAL 3713. The most popular warrior this
turn was GWALCHMAI 3749. The ten other most popular fighters were DINGO 3716, INANNA
3537, MERO 3800, OISAN 3794, KING BEAR 3629, WARM SESSION 3763, PLOUGHBOY 3762, TOM
THUMB 3791, BRAN AP CADAL 3713, and TRUXTON 3764.
The least popular fighter this week was DART 3767. The other ten least popular
fighters were BRANGWYN 3793, JACKSON 3766, TRUXTON 3764, BRAN AP CADAL 3713, TOM
THUMB 3791, PLOUGHBOY 3762, WARM SESSION 3763, KING BEAR 3629, OISAN 3794, and MERO
3800.