DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER Date : 06/15/2005 Duedate: 06/28/2005 MURSKA ARENA DM-35 TURN-491 This Weeks Top Honors THE DUELMASTER IS ZEBZAMBEZI PHILANTHROPISTS (153) (35-3581) [14-6-3,98] Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader ZEBZAMBEZI POSITION IS EMPTY PHILANTHROPISTS (153) (35-3581) [14-6-3,98] Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite SOYOYAY LOCO PHILANTHROPISTS (153) PHILANTHROPISTS 3 (347) (35-3463) [19-19-0,84] (35-3677) [8-7-0,51] THE CURRENT TOP TEAM PHILANTHROPISTS 3 (347) TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team 1. THE BEARS (253) 27 2. PHILANTHROPISTS (153) 14 BUSY, BUSYTOWN (360) 3. PHILANTHROPISTS 3 (347) 12 Unchartered Team 4. BUSY, BUSYTOWN (360) 1 5. VITAL BRAWL (332) 0 LORD OF MORIA (367) The Top Teams Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K 1- 1*DIRT DEVILS (363) 8 2 0 80.0 1/ 1 PHILANTHROPISTS 3 (347) 12 2 0 2/ 2 BUSY, BUSYTOWN (360) 38 23 5 62.3 2/ 2 THE BEARS (253) 6 2 1 3- 3*VITAL BRAWL (332) 7 5 0 58.3 3/ 5 PHILANTHROPISTS (153) 4 2 1 4/ 4 THE BEARS (253) 360 263 26 57.8 4/ 3 CHILDREN OF LLYR (141) 4 11 0 5/ 5 PHILANTHROPISTS (153) 351 294 29 54.4 5- 6*VITAL BRAWL (332) 2 0 0 6/ 6 PHILANTHROPISTS 3 (347) 57 54 2 51.4 6- 4*DIRT DEVILS (363) 2 0 0 7/ 7 CHILDREN OF LLYR (141) 485 744 20 39.5 7/ 7 BUSY, BUSYTOWN (360) 2 6 0 '*' Unchartered team '-' Team did not fight this turn (###) Avoid teams by their Team Id ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank SPY REPORT I can't believe the violence in MURSKA! I still haven't told Mom I'm writing Spyreports. She'd have a cow! Well, here we go... What a putz! TAKE COVER fights so hard to be Duelmaster, then quits fighting and loses the title. No one said he was a genius... Was that a tear I saw in ZEBZAMBEZI's eye, as he took over Duelmastership? And wasn't M. CHARDINEE fit to be tied! Who was the wiseguy that said MURSKA's Duelmaster was paying for drinks at The Victory Tavern? Don't look at me! I gotta admit I haven't been in "deep con caves" with any spies. Really, I just wing this stuff. THE BEARS was the most avoided team. Is a 360-263-26 record really that scary? I don't know what PHILANTHROPISTS 3's been doing. They certainly haven't been accepting many fights from THE BEARS, that's fer sher. Like, is MR. FIXIT popular, or what? He was challenged the most in all of MURSKA! He's got a 1-6-0, is that good? PARALLEL UNIVERSE must not be a good enough fighter to get in fair fights. He challenged RAIN CLOUD. 15 is a big difference. (Well, that's what they tell me.) I thought PARALLEL UNIVERSE showed great skill and promise when he was bested by RAIN CLOUD. All right, so I slept through it! Big deal! What does a fighter fight for? I mean, the crowds don't give a hoot if someone gets killed. Not after four more fights. What if they had a fight and nobody showed up? I'd be out of a job, that's what!!! Remember, blood on a purple robe may stain. Soak it in cold water, and hand wash. 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 ZEBZAMBEZI 3581 14 6 3 98 PHILANTHROPISTS (153) CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -HUCKLE CAT 3874 9 4 0 100 BUSY, BUSYTOWN (360) -TAKE COVER 3870 10 2 3 96 THE BEARS (253) CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME SOYOYAY 3463 19 19 0 84 PHILANTHROPISTS (153) -FATHER CAT 3875 7 1 1 72 BUSY, BUSYTOWN (360) -DINGO DOG 3878 8 2 3 71 BUSY, BUSYTOWN (360) ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME DALLOW 3872 9 11 1 55 CHILDREN OF LLYR (141) MORPETH 3862 11 16 0 54 CHILDREN OF LLYR (141) MOZART 3756 8 1 0 53 PHILANTHROPISTS 3 (347) -TYPHOON 3895 4 1 0 53 DIRT DEVILS (363) LOCO 3677 8 7 0 51 PHILANTHROPISTS 3 (347) GARTH THE SEAMITE 3748 7 6 0 45 PHILANTHROPISTS 3 (347) -SAGE 3495 3 0 0 44 VITAL BRAWL (332) -NOREASTER 3896 4 1 0 39 DIRT DEVILS (363) KAI 3873 9 11 0 38 CHILDREN OF LLYR (141) BANANNAS GORILLA 3876 9 6 1 34 BUSY, BUSYTOWN (360) CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -HUNTERSTOCK 3667 2 4 0 30 VITAL BRAWL (332) PADDY 3898 7 6 0 27 CHILDREN OF LLYR (141) -SHINER 3499 2 1 0 27 VITAL BRAWL (332) RAIN CLOUD 3916 3 1 0 26 THE BEARS (253) INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME STORM CLOUD 3923 3 1 1 23 THE BEARS (253) -BOOMSHAKALAKA 3611 2 2 0 23 PHILANTHROPISTS (153) OH OHLISH OMINAH 3912 3 4 1 21 PHILANTHROPISTS 3 (347) CADAL COONTZ 3901 4 8 0 20 CHILDREN OF LLYR (141) -DARK CLOUD 3908 1 0 0 18 THE BEARS (253) -UGLY GENTLEMAN 3582 3 5 0 14 PHILANTHROPISTS (153) MR. FIXIT 3905 1 6 0 9 BUSY, BUSYTOWN (360) PARALLEL UNIVERSE 3925 2 1 0 7 PHILANTHROPISTS 3 (347) '-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn. THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge? M. CHARDINEE 14 0 1 0 1 ZEBZAMBEZI 3581 491 NONE THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge? MORDANT DESERTER 2 0 1 0 1 STORM CLOUD 3923 491 NONE PERSONAL ADS Jorja -- I do appreciate your concern for the sanctity of the personal ads section of our newsletter. I assume you remember I wrote personal ads and columns in the past therefore leading you to try to get me to write them seeing that I have stopped as of late. I apologize. Know that I do plan on writing them every turn, but with little leisure time being a single dad time slips by and I'm lucky to even get the strats in on time. I can relate with your frustration with other managers that never write. It can lead to lack of desire to even write them because without a response, why even bother? Do know that the Philanthropists seriously appreciate your management style. Who would there be to down-challenge when you need experience and a win? Who would write personal ads even if he is the only one writing them? Without you this arena would terribly lonely and as cold as the Murskan wind. Lifeless, funless, plotless, very much like a void. Now you've succeeded in getting me to write ads, I congratulate you, now let's work on the others such as the Bears and such. He's the only other manager I'm familiar with around here anymore. Hey M. Bear! Whattaya say? - - Aragorn, the Philanthropists P.S. The Children of Llyr should have been named the Philanthropists for you truly are. Dallow -- (Read in evil maniacal voice) You may win now, but I will catch up to you, and I will be the victor in the long run! Huhuhuhahahahahahaaaaa!! -- Loco Take Cover -- Congrats on the throne; give me a chance at it and you will be taking cover. -- Zebzambezi This ad was misfiled and should possibly have appeared last turn. -- Ed. Malcorn -- We at Dark Creation would like to initiate bare-fisted fighting in Malcorn Arena. Each turn Nyarlathotep (4683) will fight with an "if challenged" strategy of no weapons, armor of padded leather or less, and a steel cap or less. On behalf of Dark Creation we would appreciate anyone challenging Nyarlathotep to follow the same guidelines. This should make for some interesting fights. -- H.P.L. West Mozart -- Blah blah blah. -- Kai Garth the Seamite -- For a Delarquan by race, you do just fine with the classic "Silent Andorian" thing. -- Paddy Bannannas Gorilla -- I think, myself, that you should be split. -- Dallow Oh Ohlish Ominah -- At least your name appears to be unique (I certainly HOPE it is!). -- Cadal Coontz Zebzambezi -- Surely that isn't a Shewish name? -- Morpeth 21 May 2005 Amendment for "Fratsfa's Quest for the Best!" Managers that have teams already established in Fratsfa need not have (3) three warriors in the initiates. FE will NOT be a factor. Stables may be entered at any time. Just announce your stable in the p-ads. *************************************************************************** This in my invitation to all managers who wish to prove their mettle against managers from all over Alastari. We have limited TP's in this contest to one a team at a time. We DO NOT want this contest to become a scum fest as many others have, hence the Andorian arena. Good luck to all who come to prove their skills. "May your enemies' blood flow freely" -- Dark Knight Toker, Desolate Empire Alliance 7 June 2005 I am in the process of moving house, and spotlight writing for the next two months will be very hit-and-miss. -- the Scribe LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS MOZART viciously subdued KAI in a 2 minute bloody Challenge fight. OH OHLISH OMINAH vanquished MR. FIXIT in a 2 minute uneven Challenge battle. PARALLEL UNIVERSE was demolished by RAIN CLOUD in a 1 minute uneven Challenge fight. SOYOYAY devastated MORPETH in a popular 1 minute brutal one-sided contest. ZEBZAMBEZI butchered M. CHARDINEE in a 1 minute uneven Title brawl. DALLOW defeated THE USEROUS MERCHANT in a 4 minute brutal struggle. LOCO viciously subdued BANANNAS GORILLA in a popular 2 minute gruesome competition. GARTH THE SEAMITE vanquished CADAL COONTZ in a 1 minute uneven duel. PADDY won victory over OSKSI NOBLE in a 2 minute fight. STORM CLOUD slaughtered MORDANT DESERTER in a 1 minute one-sided duel. BATTLE REPORT MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS |FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT| |LUNGING ATTACK 5 WALL OF STEEL 3 - 1 - 0 75 | |PARRY-LUNGE 3 SLASHING ATTACK 15 - 7 - 3 68 | |PARRY-RIPOSTE 2 LUNGING ATTACK 44 - 22 - 1 67 | |BASHING ATTACK 2 AIMED BLOW 7 - 6 - 0 54 | |AIMED BLOW 2 BASHING ATTACK 9 - 9 - 1 50 | |STRIKING ATTACK 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE 8 - 9 - 1 47 | |SLASHING ATTACK 1 PARRY-LUNGE 11 - 13 - 0 46 | |PARRY-STRIKE 0 STRIKING ATTACK 8 - 10 - 0 44 | |TOTAL PARRY 0 TOTAL PARRY 1 - 2 - 0 33 | |WALL OF STEEL 0 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 1 - 0 0 | Turn 491 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 2 - 0 AIMED BLOW 0 - 2 5 LUNGING ATTACK STRIKING ATTACK 1 - 0 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 0 3 SLASHING ATTACK LUNGING ATTACK 4 - 1 SLASHING ATTACK 0 - 1 2 PARRY-LUNGE PARRY-LUNGE 2 - 1 TOTAL PARRY 0 - 0 1 BASHING ATTACK BASHING ATTACK 1 - 1 WALL OF STEEL 0 - 0 TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME BASHING ATTACK ZEBZAMBEZI 3581 14 6 3 98 PHILANTHROPISTS (153) LUNGING ATTACK MOZART 3756 8 1 0 53 PHILANTHROPISTS 3 (347) PARRY-LUNGE LOCO 3677 8 7 0 51 PHILANTHROPISTS 3 (347) STRIKING ATTACK GARTH THE SEAMITE 3748 7 6 0 45 PHILANTHROPISTS 3 (347) SLASHING ATTACK BANANNAS GORILLA 3876 9 6 1 34 BUSY, BUSYTOWN (360) Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above. The overall popularity leader is SOYOYAY 3463. The most popular warrior this turn was LOCO 3677. The ten other most popular fighters were MOZART 3756, DALLOW 3872, OH OHLISH OMINAH 3912, SOYOYAY 3463, ZEBZAMBEZI 3581, GARTH THE SEAMITE 3748, RAIN CLOUD 3916, BANANNAS GORILLA 3876, PADDY 3898, and STORM CLOUD 3923. The least popular fighter this week was CADAL COONTZ 3901. The other ten least popular fighters were MORPETH 3862, PARALLEL UNIVERSE 3925, MR. FIXIT 3905, KAI 3873, STORM CLOUD 3923, PADDY 3898, BANANNAS GORILLA 3876, RAIN CLOUD 3916, GARTH THE SEAMITE 3748, and ZEBZAMBEZI 3581. The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn: ZEBZAMBEZI (35-3581) PHILANTHROPISTS (153) HOLD THE DATES! (FACE-TO-FACE XXXV AND XXXVI) Summer Face-to-Face Tournament XXXV in St. Louis! Our next summer FTF will be held in downtown St. Louis, July 29-31, 2005. It will be at the Radisson Hotel & Suites, St. Louis (800-925-1395--ask for the Reality Simulations room block). Room rates are $99.00 per night, 1-4 occupancy. The rooms are blocked--please make your reservation by mid-June before the block is released! Look for transportation info in the tournament information sheet. See you there! Winter Face-to-Face Tournament XXXVI in Tempe! Our next winter FTF will be held in Tempe, Arizona, January 20-22, 2006. It will be held at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Tempe, Arizona (480-894-7444), the same hotel as last year by popular request. Room rates are $139.00 per night (same as last year!), 1-4 occupancy, which includes full cooked breakfast, complimentary manager's reception, free airport shuttle, free parking, high speed internet (for extra charge), fitness center, jacuzzi, and pool. The rooms are blocked--please make your reservation soon before the block is released! (This is prime season for Phoenix, and several people were unable to book rooms last year because they waited too long.) Look for transportation info in the tournament information sheet. We hope you're all looking forward to it and that we will see you there!