DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER Date : 06/17/2015 Duedate: 06/30/2015 MURSKA ARENA DM-35 TURN-750 This Weeks Top Honors THE DUELMASTER IS CHALER HOUSE JHEREG (42) (35-4572) [18-6-0,92] Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader CHALER POSITION IS EMPTY HOUSE JHEREG (42) (35-4572) [18-6-0,92] Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite MAD MAXINE BUBBY BARB WEIRD STUDENTS (214) WEIRD STUDENTS (214) (35-2152) [11-10-0,66] (35-4621) [7-4-0,38] THE CURRENT TOP TEAM HOUSE JHEREG (42) TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team 1. WEIRD STUDENTS (214) 15 2. HOUSE JHEREG (42) 4 HOUSE JHEREG (42) 3. PHILANTHROPISTS (153) 0 Unchartered Team 4. 4-LETTER TUMS' (407) 0 TRUE LOSERS (118) The Top Teams Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K 1/ 1 HOUSE JHEREG (42) 419 267 29 61.1 1/ 1 HOUSE JHEREG (42) 8 2 0 2- 2*4-LETTER TUMS' (407) 12 9 2 57.1 2/ 2 WEIRD STUDENTS (214) 8 7 0 3- 3 PHILANTHROPISTS (153) 442 336 30 56.8 3- 3 PHILANTHROPISTS (153) 4 1 0 4/ 5 WEIRD STUDENTS (214) 44 44 0 50.0 4- 4*4-LETTER TUMS' (407) 1 5 0 '*' Unchartered team '-' Team did not fight this turn (###) Avoid teams by their Team Id ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank SPY REPORT Thankyouthankyou. It's great for me, The Unknown Spymaster to be back in MURSKA. Hope you enjoy the show. Oh, who am I kidding? I already got paid! Hey everybody, watch out for DEADBEAT DAN, who flew up 9 points in the rankings after mashing FRATSFA SLAVE like a melon. Keep your eye on this guy. And falling like a basher in the top ten was BUBBY BARB, who dropped 3 points after a disappointing (to say the least) bout with CAPTURED ORC. Try as hard as the HOUSE JHEREG stable might, they were unable to find their warrior (and ex-Duelmaster) VILMOS before this week's fights. In front of all the crowds, CHALER took the Duelmaster's crown for its own. I give the bum two weeks. An apple a day keeps the doctor away, but an onion a day keeps T.P.s at bay. But enough of that bunch, let's get on to the wimps who like to avoid battle! And hey, kiddies, those of you who didn't avoid PHILANTHROPISTS, please raise you hand. Wow. Does MURSKA really have that many liars? And you guys like to boo me? Well, unsling your rasberries, cause HOUSE JHEREG beats feet every time PHILANTHROPISTS smiles at them. Try farming, eh? Being a spy is great--other people die and you spend the rest of the day drinking to their memory. Better tanked than dead! Knowing when to use the right tactics at the proper time is a very important step on the road to Duelmaster. Well, that wasn't too bad; Alarond told me that the people in MURSKA have no sense of humor. Or maybe that they were senseless. Well, there goes another Spy Report. Good luck in next week's fights. Its been fun, and I'm sure you enjoyed it (boos). Now that I've got you worked up for Snide Clemens, I'll be leaving-- The Unknown Spymaster DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME CHALER 4572 18 6 0 92 HOUSE JHEREG (42) CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -LOFTIS 4571 12 7 0 126 HOUSE JHEREG (42) -VILMOS 4579 16 3 0 93 HOUSE JHEREG (42) CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME JENICOR 4593 14 2 0 90 HOUSE JHEREG (42) -PACIFIST 3939 18 8 0 83 PHILANTHROPISTS (153) ANGRY ANTHONY 4609 6 7 0 74 WEIRD STUDENTS (214) -THEROD 4047 10 4 0 68 PHILANTHROPISTS (153) CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME MAD MAXINE 2152 11 10 0 66 WEIRD STUDENTS (214) ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME PRICKLY PETE 4607 9 4 0 50 WEIRD STUDENTS (214) DEADBEAT DAN 4680 4 1 0 50 WEIRD STUDENTS (214) -DRAT 4588 5 2 0 48 4-LETTER TUMS' (407) BUBBY BARB 4621 7 4 0 38 WEIRD STUDENTS (214) CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -HARV 4587 3 4 1 33 4-LETTER TUMS' (407) INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -WBTS 4586 4 3 1 22 4-LETTER TUMS' (407) -DWENZER 4224 2 0 0 21 PHILANTHROPISTS (153) -SUNRISE VICTORY 4429 1 0 0 8 PHILANTHROPISTS (153) '-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn. THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge? PERSONAL ADS Sorry Harv, I used Super Glue on my weapons that time so they wouldn't break. -- Pete Loftis -- You chicken %^&*! -- Angry Anthony Therod -- 3-0 vs 9-4 -- I'm filing a protest with the Commission. -- Deadbeat Dan LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS CHALER bested MAD MAXINE in a 2 minute master's Title fight. JENICOR won victory over ANGRY ANTHONY in a 2 minute battle. DEADBEAT DAN handily defeated FRATSFA SLAVE in a 1 minute one-sided match. PRICKLY PETE won victory over AMBITIOUS GUARD in a 2 minute bloody brawl. BUBBY BARB was luckily beaten by CAPTURED ORC in a 3 minute fight. BATTLE REPORT MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS |FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT| |WALL OF STEEL 2 WALL OF STEEL 16 - 3 - 0 84 | |LUNGING ATTACK 2 TOTAL PARRY 9 - 3 - 0 75 | |STRIKING ATTACK 1 STRIKING ATTACK 19 - 10 - 1 66 | |TOTAL PARRY 1 BASHING ATTACK 10 - 6 - 0 63 | |SLASHING ATTACK 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 - 1 - 0 50 | |AIMED BLOW 0 LUNGING ATTACK 16 - 16 - 0 50 | |PARRY-LUNGE 0 PARRY-STRIKE 1 - 2 - 0 33 | |PARRY-STRIKE 0 SLASHING ATTACK 6 - 16 - 0 27 | |PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 AIMED BLOW 1 - 6 - 0 14 | |BASHING ATTACK 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 3 - 0 0 | Turn 750 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: STRIKING ATTACK 1 - 0 AIMED BLOW 0 - 0 2 TOTAL PARRY TOTAL PARRY 1 - 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 2 STRIKING ATTACK WALL OF STEEL 2 - 0 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 0 2 BASHING ATTACK PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 0 2 WALL OF STEEL LUNGING ATTACK 0 - 2 2 SLASHING ATTACK SLASHING ATTACK 0 - 1 1 LUNGING ATTACK BASHING ATTACK 0 - 0 TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME TOTAL PARRY CHALER 4572 18 6 0 92 HOUSE JHEREG (42) WALL OF STEEL JENICOR 4593 14 2 0 90 HOUSE JHEREG (42) SLASHING ATTACK MAD MAXINE 2152 11 10 0 66 WEIRD STUDENTS (214) STRIKING ATTACK DEADBEAT DAN 4680 4 1 0 50 WEIRD STUDENTS (214) LUNGING ATTACK BUBBY BARB 4621 7 4 0 38 WEIRD STUDENTS (214) Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above. The overall popularity leader is MAD MAXINE 2152. The most popular warrior this turn was BUBBY BARB 4621. The ten other most popular fighters were MAD MAXINE 2152, ANGRY ANTHONY 4609, PRICKLY PETE 4607, CHALER 4572, JENICOR 4593, DEADBEAT DAN 4680, 0, 0, 0, and 0. The least popular fighter this week was DEADBEAT DAN 4680. The other ten least popular fighters were JENICOR 4593, CHALER 4572, PRICKLY PETE 4607, ANGRY ANTHONY 4609, MAD MAXINE 2152, BUBBY BARB 4621, 0, 0, 0, and 0. CHALLENGES AND AVOIDS To clarify: You issue Challenges to warriors, but Avoid teams. To Challenge, write that warrior's name and ID# in the space provided. To Avoid, write the team's name and Team ID in that space. Make sure you include the ID! * * * * * MEMO * * * * * From: The Office of Accurate Census Reporting, Gladiatorial Commission To: All Managers In the interest of preserving our natural resources and preventing managerial writer's cramp, the census form has been eliminated, effective immediately. Managers may register their warriors' races and/or favorite sayings by simply writing them on a separate piece of paper and submitting them to the Commission. Each warrior may have up to 15 favorite sayings. Each saying must be categorized Jeer, Gloat, Boredom, Ouch, Victory and may be up to 70 characters long. For any questions, please contact the Gladiatorial Commission. BLOODGAMES at the SUMMER FACE-TO-FACE Back by popular demand, we will be having Bloodgames at the Summer FTF! For those of you who always wanted the chance to manage the last warrior standing alive upon the arena sands, your day has come. At the end of the ten turns, even though several warriors, bruised and scarred, MAY yet live, only one will be crowned Champion of the Bloodgames. And in this game mere survival counts for little. A great general once said, "The object of battle is not to die for your cause, but to make your enemy die for his." This general would have greatly enjoyed the Duelmasters Bloodgames. There will be two different arenas: FTF-Style (DM 98): for Face-to-Face attendees, with turn-by-turn strategies Mail-in-Style (DM 99): for all managers, with one strategy for all ten rounds Gameplay proceeds according to standard DM rules, except for a few notable exceptions: BLOODGAMES ROLLUP -- Your Bloodgames team is ten warriors, one of each fighting style, each warrior designed from scratch! (All are 84 points, 3-21, as usual.) DEATH -- As the name implies, the Bloodgames will leave the arena sands somewhat darker before they're over. It's a dangerous sport intended only for the tough and spirited. The Arenamaster will be less likely to intercede on behalf of a dying warrior. Even at a 1 kill desire, kill attempts will occur. REPLACEMENTS AND ROLLUPS -- There will be no replacement characters. CHALLENGES AND STRATEGIES -- In the FTF-style bloodgames, there are no regular challenges, only bloodfeuds. For the Mail-in arena, warriors may not change their strategy from round to round (to make it fair for those who could not attend the FTF). There will be no DA challenges in either arena. TURN PROCESSING AND DUE DATES -- If you are not attending the FTF, we must have your rollups and strategies by the Wednesday before the FTF, else they are due by 9pm on Friday, at the hotel. The Bloodgames will process at the FTF with the regular tournament. MISSED TURNS -- All warriors fight each round. Only the dead may rest. ERRORS -- If we make an input error, that warrior will be awarded a win and kill. Errors must be reported before the next turn processes. NEWSLETTER -- Warriors are ranked according to their number of kills. Champions of Bloodgames may write a column for the newsletter at the end of the games. FEES -- A Bloodgames rollup costs a $10 set-up fee. Managers may roll up more than one team but may run only one team in each arena. The fee for all ten rounds is $49. AWARDS -- The Bloodgames last ten rounds. Only warriors who survive to the end of Turn 10 will be eligible for an award. However, a consolation award of a Bloodgames T-shirt will be awarded to the dead warrior with the most kills. The living warrior with the greatest number of kills will be the Bloodgames Champion. Bloodgames Victor titles, 2nd and 3rd place, and Bloodgames Runner-up titles, 4th through 6th place, will be awarded to those living warriors with the greatest number of kills at the end of Turn 10, with one other important consideration: Each of these six warriors must be of a different fighting style. Win/loss records and, if necessary, recognition points will only be used to determine awards if there is a tie. A Bloodgames T-shirts will be awarded to the manager of the team with the most kills. The Bloodgames Champion fights for free in Advanced Duelmasters, and all Champions and Victors earn Tournament Victor status, which allows them to challenge once per turn with increased priority. These awards last for six months. The manager of the Bloodgames Champion, Victors, and Runners-up will receive Bloodgames T-shirts. AFTERMATH -- Warriors from the Bloodgames may not transfer to any other arena. Once the games are over, the arena and teams will be disbanded. The fighters have won their freedom and will never more be seen in the gladiatorial games. A special bonus will, however, be awarded to the 1st through 3rd place warriors. Lady Sheila Greywand, of the Isle of the Eye, has consented to allow the top three gladiators in each Bloodgames admission to the Advanced Duelmasters games. Any special training required to qualify those three warriors for Advanced Duelmasters combat will be conducted before transfer into ADM. Astute managers will note that this means that three warriors that are designed from scratch will survive the Bloodgames, win one of the top three places, and go on to immortal glory! One of those warriors could be yours! The challenge is yours to take. The final plans are yours to make. When the dust settles, remember: To the victor goes the spoils! NEW GRADUATES--FROM ALL ARENAS (INCLUDING CLOSED ARENAS) For those of you who keep track of such things, several additional warriors graduated from regular DM arenas (including closed arenas) since the last tournament. MR. GHERKIN'S MERKIN (38-4993) WHAT? (412) NY STATE OF MIND (11-7402) ILLMATIC (626) ESTRADA (82-31507) EX-PHILLIS (5190) POPE BOB (82-43134) BLESS US, EVERYONE (7220) MOPE (82-39892) 4 LETTER ACTIVITIES (6637) TEST TUBE BABY (82-49949) STREET PIZZAD XX (8395) MICRO (84-42149) BLOOD IN, BLOOD OUT (7326) CARDIO (84-18131) ZOMBIE SQUAD 127 (3216) TINGO (1-9057) SERPENTS' HOLD (642) Congrats to the grads. -- Green Eyes