DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER Date : 10/03/2007 Duedate: 10/16/2007 MURSKA ARENA DM-35 TURN-549 This Weeks Top Honors THE DUELMASTER IS JUNGLE KING FLIPPERS ARCADE (366) (35-3930) [22-36-0,102] Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader JUNGLE KING POSITION IS EMPTY FLIPPERS ARCADE (366) (35-3930) [22-36-0,102] Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite PITFALL HARRY PITFALL HARRY FLIPPERS ARCADE (366) FLIPPERS ARCADE (366) (35-3927) [22-33-0,100] (35-3927) [22-33-0,100] THE CURRENT TOP TEAM CHILDREN OF LLYR (141) TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team 1. CHILDREN OF LLYR (141) 46 2. FLIPPERS ARCADE (366) 7 BUSY, BUSYTOWN (360) 3. BUSY, BUSYTOWN (360) 2 Unchartered Team TEAM (201) The Top Teams Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K 1/ 1 BUSY, BUSYTOWN (360) 102 59 7 63.4 1/ 1 CHILDREN OF LLYR (141) 12 3 1 2/ 2 FLIPPERS ARCADE (366) 108 110 7 49.5 2/ 3 FLIPPERS ARCADE (366) 4 2 0 3/ 3 CHILDREN OF LLYR (141) 637 880 22 42.0 3/ 2 BUSY, BUSYTOWN (360) 3 0 0 '*' Unchartered team '-' Team did not fight this turn (###) Avoid teams by their Team Id ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank TEAM SPOTLIGHT * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * ---===FREE BLADES REGIONAL NEWS===--- Duelmasters ----------- DM 9 ZUKAL (turn 577): BRUJAH of DARK WARDS (Dr. Doom, mgr.) DM 12 RIZTAB (turn 577): DEXTER of HIGH JINKS (Jondeaux, mgr.) DM 15 MALCORN (turn 571): THE GRINCH of DR. SEUSS (The Sentinel, mgr.) DM 16 WILLAF (turn 573): GOLDEN DOME of GOLDEN GLADIATORS (Midas, mgr.) DM 17 ALJAFIR (turn 572): ATTILA THE HUN of DEATH INCARNATE (The Dark One, mgr.) DM 19 ZUWAYZA (turn 570): FLAVIUS VALERIUS of TEAM CHAOS (?, mgr.) DM 28 MORYA (turn 285): SHARAPOVA of THE PENTARCHY (Le Pentarque, mgr.) DM 29 LAPUR (turn 563): TYE FOON of FORCE OF NATURE (Storm Front, mgr.) DM 31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 283): SVEIN FORKBEARD of LORDS OF VALHALLA (?, mgr.) DM 32 ARVAT (turn 559): PSYCHOTRON of NOTIROUS (Destitute Noble, mgr.) DM 33 NIATOLI ISLAND (turn 557): SOCIETY RED of JAILBIRDS (Philthy Phil, mgr.) DM 35 MURSKA (turn 548): JUNGLE KING of FLIPPERS ARCADE (Huckle Cat, mgr.) DM 43 VEASTIAN (turn 511): ETTORE HSIDAR of TERMAGANT VOTARY (Noachian, mgr.) DM 45 STORMCROWE (turn 261): RAGGEDY ANN of DARQUE FORCES (Master Darque, mgr.) DM 47 DOUBLE X (turn 254): TEMPUS of WARHAMMERS (Coyote, mgr.) DM 50 SNOWBOUND (turn 241): SWEET AIR of OPEN SESAME (Crip, mgr.) DM 56 ROCANIS (turn 438): BUCK FEVER of BAD APPLES (Jorja, mgr.) DM 60 COLLUSION COVE (turn 425): MADONNA of THINGS ILL NEVER GET (TUM, mgr.) DM 61 JURINE (turn 416): PARLEN QUIR of MIDDLE WAY 16 (Jorja, mgr.) DM 65 DAL SHANG (turn 404): JOEVINA SARIL of SAND DANCERS (Jorja, mgr.) DM 73 ERINIKA (turn 190): KARATIA of KIWI CONNECTION (The Mun, mgr.) DM 74 DAYLA KIV (turn 374): KIRSSARINA of SAND DANCERS (Jorja, mgr.) DM 75 JADE MOUNTAIN (turn 370): DARQUE of MANAGER MUSINGS (FTF Manager, mgr.) DM 78 LIN TIRIAN (turn 359): MIRIAL ADAMANT of SAND DANCERS (Jorja, mgr.) ADM 103 FREE BLADES (turn 464): ROCK A BYE of EASTERN HORDE (Mr. Mojo, mgr.) Top Teams --------- DM 9 ZUKAL (turn 577): BLUE MOON (Jorja, mgr.) DM 12 RIZTAB (turn 577): POSITION IS EMPTY DM 15 MALCORN (turn 571): DR. SEUSS (The Sentinel, mgr.) DM 16 WILLAF (turn 572): JLG (Otis the Drunk, mgr.) DM 17 ALJAFIR (turn 572): MIDDLE WAY (Jorja, mgr.) DM 19 ZUWAYZA (turn 570): POSITION IS EMPTY DM 28 MORYA (turn 285): THE PENTARCHY (Le Pentarque, mgr.) DM 29 LAPUR (turn 563): ESCAPADE (Scion, mgr.) DM 31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 283): WAR (?, mgr.) DM 32 ARVAT (turn 559): LUROCIAN GUARD (The Greek Guy, mgr.) DM 33 NIATOLI ISLAND (turn 567): RAVAGING LORDS (?, mgr.) DM 35 MURSKA (turn 548): CHILDREN OF LLYR (Jorja, mgr.) DM 43 VEASTIAN (turn 511): MEDAL OF HONOR 27 (The Anarchist, mgr.) DM 45 STORMCROWE (turn 261): DARQUE FORCES (Master Darque, mgr.) DM 47 DOUBLE X (turn 254): THINGS I DROOL IN (Snuln, mgr.) DM 50 SNOWBOUND (turn 241): LIFE IMPACTS (Smitty, mgr.) DM 56 ROCANIS (turn 438): BLOOD BROTHERS (The Sentinel, mgr.) DM 60 COLLUSION COVE (turn 425): HOUSE OF GRAIN (DK Bread, mgr.) DM 61 JURINE (turn 416): ELEPHANTS ON PARADE (The Dark One, mgr.) DM 65 DAL SHANG (turn 404): SAND DANCERS (Jorja, mgr.) DM 73 ERINIKA (turn 190): KIWI CONNECTION (The Mun, mgr.) DM 74 DAYLA KIV (turn 374): SAND DANCERS (Olinda, mgr.) DM 75 JADE MOUNTAIN (turn 370): DRAGONS KEEP (Chi'en, mgr.) DM 78 LIN TIRIAN (turn 359): SAND DANCERS (Jorja, mgr.) ADM 103 FREE BLADES (turn 464): DIRT DEVILS et al (The Dark One, mgr.) Recent Graduates ----------------- DM 15 MALCORN (turn 569): AZAZEL of DARK CREATION (Herbert Philip Lovecraft West) DM 12 RIZTAB (turn 577): KRANKYKARL of HIGH JINKS (Jondeaux, mgr.) DM 19 ZUWAYZA (turn 570): FLAVIUS VALERIUS of TEAM CHAOS (?, mgr.) DM 31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 283): ULTHAR THYDRIM of THE STORMGUARDS (The Icelord, mgr.) SVEIN FORKBEARD of LORDS OF VALHALLA (?, mgr.) DM 32 ARVAT (turn 559): PSYCHOTRON of NOTORIOUS (Destitute Noble, mgr.) (turn 558): P.Y.T. of NOTORIOUS (Destitute Noble, mgr.) LARS of LUROCIAN GUARD (The Greek Guy, mgr.) BILL BERITH of DEVIL ADVOCATES (The Dark One, mgr.) (turn 557): I.M. CEYTIN of DEVIL ADVOCATES (The Dark One, mgr.) DM 33 NIATOLI ISLAND (turn 557): SOCIETY RED of JAILBIRDS (Philthy Phil, mgr.) DM 35 MURSKA (turn 547): CULANN COONTZ of CHILDREN OF LLYR (Jorja, mgr.) DM 47 DOUBLE X (turn 253): SISTER MARY SARAH of OLD HABITS (Soultaker, mgr.) SISTER SLEDGE of OLD HABITS (Soultaker, mgr.) DM 50 SNOWBOUND (turn 241): SWEET AIR of OPEN SESAME (Crip, mgr.) GERRICK GRIMM of DRUID'S GROVE (Armalias, mgr.) DM 60 COLLUSION COVE (turn 425): MADONNA of THINGS ILL NEVER GET (TUM, mgr.) (turn 424): RICKY J of THE BUNKHOUSE (Pauly, mgr.) DM 65 DAL SHANG (turn 403): STEELHORSE of POSSE (Rosebud, mgr.) DM 73 ERINIKA (turn 190): KARATIA of KIWI CONNECTION (The Mun, mgr.) DM 74 DAYLA KIV (turn 373): VORGAN TEN TALH of SAND DANCERS (Jorja, mgr.) DM 78 LIN TIRIAN (turn 359): MIRIAL ADAMANT of SAND DANCERS (Jorja, mgr.) DUELMASTER'S COLUMN Notes from the arena champ. JUNGLE KING was savagely defeated by KUNG-FU MASTER in a 2 minute Title melee. Given that statement, which is exactly what the COMMISSION said about the match last week, *I* should be the Duelmaster here. It is MY skills and abilities, MY stamina and courage, that should be acknowledged by the title, and MINE should be the privileges that accrue. Deny it who dares! Aidan Steel-Hand, Master of Unarmed Combat SPY REPORT Well, what are you looking at, MURSKA? Ain't you never seen Snide Clemens before? Ah, shaddup and listen to my news. Of course, we're all terribly impressed to see ANGUS ARGUS win a fight and gain 15 points, terribly. And if variety is the spice of life, MURSKA may be getting bland, as JUNGLE KING stays top dog in the city. The Fire Dragon Inn, humph! I've tasted better ale at mortuaries. Where do they get this stuff? From MURSKA's trash dumps? He who fights and runs away will live to fight another day, the coward. Ah, now we come to my favorite part, where we see all the guys who are dead and gone, and get to see if their team cared. We're all going to die in the end, so why worry if the fate catches up with you sooner that later? I was about to buy a new quill pen the other day, but some fighter took it for an epee. Forgive me for writing with a dagger. Just wait 'till next time I show up here, I won't be so nice! So nyaaah! Glad to see the back of this place-- Snide Clemens DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME JUNGLE KING 3930 22 36 0 102 FLIPPERS ARCADE (366) CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME PITFALL HARRY 3927 22 33 0 100 FLIPPERS ARCADE (366) TOURNEY SCUM 3943 26 6 0 97 BUSY, BUSYTOWN (360) CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME BILDIS 3978 12 17 1 77 CHILDREN OF LLYR (141) CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -JANICE JOPLIN 3891 4 0 1 61 DEAD MUSICIANS (362) ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME DRENDAN O'KAI 4030 6 2 0 56 CHILDREN OF LLYR (141) ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME BRENNA 3995 11 9 0 42 CHILDREN OF LLYR (141) CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME DEIRDRE 4031 3 0 0 28 CHILDREN OF LLYR (141) INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME ANGUS ARGUS 4032 1 0 0 15 CHILDREN OF LLYR (141) '-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn. THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge? PERSONAL ADS Pitfall Harry -- Cheese, guy! I'd think you'd remember by now where that pit is and not fall IN so much. -- Culann Coontz P.S. I wouldn't've sent you to Ahringol, not really. It's so crowded there now, I understand Ahringol is farming out the dead to anyone who can house them. You might have ended up... well, anywhere. Some other world's afterlife, even! Wow, the Ambitious Guard, I was so excited. What's he ambitious to BE, a pincushion? I know elves are weird, but this is ridiculous. -- Drendan O'Kai P.S. And Jorja says I should tell him to drop the off-hand shield. Like he'd listen! Well, I suppose the Captured Orc makes a CHANGE, because we hardly ever see orcs around here. But do we WANT to? Is this a GOOD change? Or just change for the sake of change? -- Bildis the dubious Drat my teammates, anyway! They shouldn't have walked off and LEFT me to the "mercies" of the Userous Merchant. After all, THEY owe him money, TOO. It isn't just ME. -- Brenna the seriously annoyed The Convicted Thief is in NO position to make be making slighting comments about me. I disarmed him, just completely removed his arm, and if he thinks that's something to laugh and sneer about, I'll take off his OTHER arm, toO! What a punk. -- Deirdre Seven fights and only eight active warriors? Not only is this a bad thing for the arena, but it's bad for the warriors here. You think wins over standbys, week after week, are REALLY going to teach your gladiastors what's what? They'll get to the Isle and be SHOCKED by the competition. -- Jorja 6 September 2007 ****************************************** ****************************************** ***** ******* ***** STORMCROWE SLAUGHTERHOUSE 3 ******* ***** ******* ****************************************** ****************************************** 15 managers have announced for the Stormcrowe Slaughterhouse!!!!!! There is still time to join and make a name for yourself in one of Alastari's fiercest contests! I must correct a mistake in the previous announcement. I incorrectly called it the Slaughterhouse 2, but in reality, this will be the third installment of the Slaughterhouse! HOW TO JOIN *Find a Partner *Declare your intentions in the Stormcrowe newsletter to enter before the first turn of the contest. You may also email or diplo Master Darque. *Each manager entering the Stormcrowe Slaughterhouse must submit one (1) Team Roll-Up Certificate. Only certificates will be accepted for entry. All certificates submitted will be used during the course of the contest as prizes. *RU certificates must be received on or before the first turn of the contest which is Stormcrowe Turn 263 (running approximately November 27, 2007). RULES and SCORING Rules and Scoring information for the Slaughterhouse will be posted every turn in the Stormcrowe newsletter beginning with Turn 260 and in a final all arena ad in November. PRIZES ENDURANCE AWARD: One (1) +1 Bonus Potion will be given to every team that competes in 60 of the 65 contest fights. KILL MASTER AWARD: The individual manager with the most kills will receive a Limited Immortality Potion. This potion may be applied to one (1) warrior. He/she will be resurrected ONE-TIME if they are killed in Basic D2. TOP TEAM AWARD: Each manager on the winning team will receive the following prize pack for their Slaughterhouse Dominance: *One (1) +1 Bonus Potion *Favorites Knowledge for one (1) Warrior *Undisclosed amount of Team RU Certificates Special note from RSI on prizes: All contest prizes must be used within three months. All contest prizes may only be used on a living warrior on the participating contest team in DM 45. The immortality potion may resurrect a warrior one time, after a death in DM 45 only, after which time the potion disappears. NEED MORE INFORMATION Rules questions and clarifications may be directed to Master Darque the contest coordinator. He may be reached by email at rebelnerfherder at yahoo dot com or by diplo in DM 45 (Darque Forces-428). 20 September 2007 Ok, ok, you can stop not-talking about TOGS VI already, it is coming, slowly but surely, like a giant, over-fed, greased slug sliding down a gravely driveway. We're looking for new-comers, old-timers, in-betweeners, fence-sitters and Delarquans to come on out and participate. Just think, you could be the next Pinky & the Brain pairing (a la Creepster & Manager), or maybe you'll be the team that crushes all in its path on the way TO UTTER AND COMPLETE TOGS DOMINATION!!!!!! [note: insert sinister cackle if it helps you complete the picture] There will be a few minor changes, so let's recap the rules from top to bottom: 1. Each TOGS team consists of two managers. After the contest starts, there will be no switching partners whatsoever, so choose your teammate wisely. TOGS VI will last for 13 turns, so pick a partner you can stand for 6 months or so. 2. The TOGS entry fee is 2 team setups per manager. This means 4 setups per TOGS 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: Paul Jokelson 115 Moss Ave. #201 Oakland, CA 94611 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. TOGS point system: Fights: 10 points for winning on your up-challenge against another TOGS warrior. 7 points for winning on your even challenge of another TOGS warrior. 7 points for winning on another TOGS warriors challenge. 7 points for winning a random match-up against another TOGS warrior. 4 points for winning on your down-challenge of another TOGS warrior. 4 points for winning a random match-up against a non-TOGS warrior. Changes this TOGS: ** 10 points for any challenge by the DM, UP OR DOWN!! ** 4 points for winning a random match-up against your TOGS partner's warrior. To state the obvious, there are 0 points if you challenge your partner. ** 4 points for winning a bloodfeud attempt against you by a non-TOGS warrior You will not get any points if you challenge or get challenged by a non-TOGS team (with the exception of the above-stated rule if you get bloodfeuded), so use your avoids wisely if you think someone is out to get you. Spots/Ads 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 we 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. We will be the sole judge of this. If you're unsure if we will judge something to be Duelmasters or fantasy related, then e-mail me before you write the spotlight and ask. We reserve the right to take points away from a spotlight after they are given if we judge at 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. 4. TOGS VI will start in arena 60 shortly after the Winter Face-to-Face (turn due Feb 21, Aradi turn 436) and as mentioned before will last for 13 turns. There will be multipliers in the later rounds, which 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. Soultaker and Nuln will be the sole arbiters of any dispute that may arise, with props to Sentinel for doing the score-keeping as always. Whine all you like, we will be glad to provide comfortable chairs and the cheese of your choice. And there be the rules. If you look closely, you'll notice there were a few minor changes and additions made from the TOGS V rules. They are as follows: -- The Snotman & Nuln rule: Last TOGS Snotman and Nuln randomly matched up something like 4-5 times, so we basically decided out of pity to now give a small amount of points (4 in this case) for winning a random against a teammate, so that you're not completely screwed by having 2 of your 10 warriors get 0 zero points automatically. -- Scaling Down Points for the DM: Previously a TOGS DM would get 10 points *in addition* to whatever challenge points they got. This was to keep the DM from being penalized for being at the top and give people something to fight for. However, it was a bit too much of an award and we decided to scale it back and eliminate the bonus, but give full upchallenge credit whenever the DM challenges. -- Bloodfeuds from outside TOGS teams: This incident came up last TOGS, and it was felt that if a person killed a non-TOGS warrior in a random, they shouldn't have to be potentially locked into 4 turns of getting 0 points. So we've added an additional rule which now gives 4 points if you win when bloodfeuded by a non-TOGS warrior, at least giving you some way to get points if you're locked into a non-TOGS bloodfeud instead of being basically removed from the contest for 4 turns. And lastly... -- Team Names: This was not listed in the rules, but to make things more festive, at the suggestion of Manager we have decided to have the added dimension of team names! Yes, no more boring rankings with Team 4 edging out Team 7. Just picture reading a TOGS turn report now, with something along the lines of "Team Fiery Starfish obliterated Team Superior TOGSlings," just as one example. We hope to see you all there.... LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS JUNGLE KING viciously subdued M. CHARDINEE in a 7 minute mismatched Title fight. PITFALL HARRY slimly won victory over VENOMOUS CONCUBINE in a 5 minute match. TOURNEY SCUM outwaited CONVICTED ASSASSIN in a monotonous 15 minute one-sided fight. BILDIS devastated CONVICTED ASSASSIN in a 1 minute gory uneven brawl. DRENDAN O'KAI devastated THE USEROUS MERCHANT in a 1 minute mismatched match. BRENNA was viciously subdued by DANGEROUS CRIMINAL in a action packed 2 minute fight. DEIRDRE vanquished MORDANT DESERTER in a 1 minute uneven duel. ANGUS ARGUS overpowered PERSISTENT BEGGAR in a 1 minute uneven duel. BATTLE REPORT MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS |FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT| |PARRY-RIPOSTE 2 AIMED BLOW 5 - 0 - 0 100 | |SLASHING ATTACK 2 STRIKING ATTACK 15 - 5 - 0 75 | |TOTAL PARRY 2 SLASHING ATTACK 19 - 8 - 0 70 | |PARRY-STRIKE 1 LUNGING ATTACK 9 - 4 - 1 69 | |WALL OF STEEL 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE 11 - 5 - 1 69 | |AIMED BLOW 0 TOTAL PARRY 20 - 13 - 0 61 | |PARRY-LUNGE 0 WALL OF STEEL 7 - 9 - 0 44 | |LUNGING ATTACK 0 PARRY-STRIKE 5 - 8 - 0 38 | |STRIKING ATTACK 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 - 0 0 | |BASHING ATTACK 0 BASHING ATTACK 0 - 1 - 0 0 | Turn 549 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 0 - 0 2 TOTAL PARRY PARRY-RIPOSTE 2 - 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 2 PARRY-RIPOSTE SLASHING ATTACK 2 - 0 LUNGING ATTACK 0 - 0 2 SLASHING ATTACK WALL OF STEEL 1 - 0 STRIKING ATTACK 0 - 0 1 WALL OF STEEL TOTAL PARRY 1 - 1 BASHING ATTACK 0 - 0 1 PARRY-STRIKE 1 LUNGING ATTACK TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME TOTAL PARRY TOURNEY SCUM 3943 26 6 0 97 BUSY, BUSYTOWN (360) SLASHING ATTACK DRENDAN O'KAI 4030 6 2 0 56 CHILDREN OF LLYR (141) Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above. The overall popularity leader is PITFALL HARRY 3927. The most popular warrior this turn was PITFALL HARRY 3927. The ten other most popular fighters were JUNGLE KING 3930, BRENNA 3995, BILDIS 3978, DRENDAN O'KAI 4030, DEIRDRE 4031, ANGUS ARGUS 4032, TOURNEY SCUM 3943, 0, 0, and 0. The least popular fighter this week was TOURNEY SCUM 3943. The other ten least popular fighters were ANGUS ARGUS 4032, DEIRDRE 4031, DRENDAN O'KAI 4030, BILDIS 3978, BRENNA 3995, JUNGLE KING 3930, PITFALL HARRY 3927, 0, 0, and 0.