DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 07/08/2004    Duedate: 07/21/2004

CLIFFHOME ARENA

DM-38    TURN-451

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

STEVEN SCIMITAR
EAGLES CLAW (47)
(38-4455) [11-0-1,116]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

STEVEN SCIMITAR                JILESNASPEEDO
EAGLES CLAW (47)               DENNY'S BKFAST (367)
(38-4455) [11-0-1,116]         (38-4146) [7-2-0,46]

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

RUNABOUT                       DINGIL BILL
JINDA-BAN (198)                JINDA-BAN (198)
(38-4458) [7-11-0,32]          (38-4428) [10-14-0,44]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

EAGLES CLAW (47)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. SUPER BASH BROTHERS2 (403)  26
2. BOY O'S (388)               14      EAGLES CLAW (47)
3. JINDA-BAN (198)             13      Unchartered Team
4. SANDS OF TIME (371)         12
5. DENNY'S BKFAST (367)        11      BOY O'S (388)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 1*BOY O'S (388)              7   3  1 70.0   1/ 1 EAGLES CLAW (47)         10  2 0
 2/ 7*SUPER BASH BROTHER (403)   5   3  0 62.5   2/ 2*DENNY'S BKFAST (367)      9  5 1
 3- 2 ALL FINESSE (384)        109  86  4 55.9   3/ 3*BOY O'S (388)             6  2 1
 4/ 3*DENNY'S BKFAST (367)      24  19  1 55.8   4/ 6*SUPER BASH BROTHER (403)  4  2 0
 5/ 4 EAGLES CLAW (47)         634 553 55 53.4   5/ 5 SANDS OF TIME (371)       3  0 0
 6/ 5 SANDS OF TIME (371)       36  34  0 51.4   6- 7*FIRE DECK (394)           2  3 0
 7/ 8 JINDA-BAN (198)          276 374  7 42.5   7/ 4 JINDA-BAN (198)           2 13 0
 8/ 9 THE LOST SOULS (94)      286 430 30 39.9   8- 8 ALL FINESSE (384)         1  1 0
 9-10*FIRE DECK (394)            4   7  0 36.4   9/10 THE LOST SOULS (94)       1  9 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[ + ---:--- + ]H[ Out of the Past #9 ]H[ + ---:--- + ]H[ +
                                   Delarquan Edition

Old Valamantis and away:

     Smeds and Shamu didn't wait for the others to solve THEIR problems, they set out
for the mountains and Khalhums, by way of Mordant and Caer, hitching a ride on a
wagon full of tanned hides.
     Shamu sprawled on the pile of leather and grimaced as the wagon jolted into and
out of a pothole.  Both Dwarves bounced and rolled.  "This is just about
unacceptable."
     "It could be worse," Smeds offered.  "They could be GREEN hides instead of
tanned ones!"
     "Yuck," the Cliffhomer said absently.  "But that wasn't what I meant--the road.
How can we expect to send dozens, maybe even scores of wagons over a road like this?
They'd be shaken to bits if they hurried, and the ice would melt if they didn't."
     "These are the roads we've got to work with," Smeds answered.  "And they aren't
THAT bad."  An especially deep set of ruts sent them bounding wildly over the back of
the wagon.  "Okay, maybe they ARE that bad, but they're STILL the roads we have to
work with."  He was silent for a moment, then shrugged--and grabbed for the side of
the wagon as it rocked and tilted over more ruts.  "This wouldn't be so bad if we
hadn't had two weeks of rain to make really big muddy ruts, and then a couple of
months dry, you know.  Maybe if it rains again--"
     "Oh, joy, wagons stuck in the mud from Khalhums to Valamantis."  Shamu frowned
at the road and at the forest passing on the left (the Feyranse River was on the
right).  There was nothing like a technical problem to get a Dwarf thinking.  "We
need to corduroy the road.  There are trees enough.  Organize parties to work out of
Mordant in both directions, and the road might be passable by the time the ice wagons
are coming down."
     "A corduroy road won't last," Smeds warned, "not where the ground's as wet as it
is here.  The logs will rot."
     "It'll last all summer, at least, and that's all we need.  If we haven't gotten
enough cold water to Old Valamantis to wash out those bloodstains by then, we're
going to be in too much trouble to worry about the road."
     Smeds sighed and then laughed.  "I can't BELIEVE we're taking Debby Tonte's
advice on this!"
     "Well, nobody else had any suggestions at all."

     Nobody paid attention to them when they entered the resurrected city of Old
Valamantis, but that wasn't reassuring.  There were a lot of people around, more than
they'd expected, and somebody SHOULD be paying attention.
     "It's a trap," Ka D'Argo muttered.  "They know something we don't.  Something
that means we're walking right into the frying pan."
     "So what?" Goblin asked.  "We know something THEY don't, too.  Something that
means anybody who attacks US is in for a really big surprise."  The Kaltosian
gladiator fingered his sword and bared his pointed teeth in a hungry grin.  "I hope
they start something SOON."
     "I don't," Sputter grumbled.  "Better to put off till tomorrow the blows you can
avoid today.  And spells are even worse."
     "They won't attack us until we get near the arena," Tensekai said.  The Silver
Mage squinted at the sky, which was a dome of glaring white haze, and then at the
battered wall of the Bloodgames arena looming over the lesser structures a mile away.
"Okay, they might attack physically before then, but...I think they'd rather have our
blood spilled close to the center of their spell-working."
     "So our blood can feed their spells, too?  Great, just great.  What I always
wanted to do," Lavender Lance said.  She sighed heavily.  "And I'm SURE they won't
appreciate us properly."  She drew herself up into a stance that had made more than
one male gladiator falter at the wrong moment as pearly flesh strained against violet
lace.  "I've heard that wizards are BLIND to the finer nuances."
     Tensekai coughed and wrenched his gaze away, blushing.  "Not all of us," he said
in a strangled voice.  "Not...BLIND, anyway."

     "I really don't think we should be doing this," Alta Chess muttered.  She looked
back over her shoulder at the patchwork wall of modern Valamantis longingly.  "I
don't WANT to be doing this...."
     "Nonsense!  Don't be such a coward, Alta," Chip Enser said.  "This is ADVENTURE.
Things are HAPPENING in Old Valamantis.  Do you want to be nothing more than a
SPECTATOR?"
     "Wizard things," his teammate countered.  "And what do we know about wizard
stuff?  Yeah, I'd lots rather be just a spectator.  Lots rather."
     "There's gladiators involved in this; it isn't ALL wizards.  And not all of them
are Lord Protectors, either."  Chip sighed ostentatiously.  "I suppose I couldn't
expect better from a GIRL.  But we can at least get close enough to WATCH, can't we?"

      * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ *

                         ---===DELARQUAN REGIONAL NEWS===---

                                     Duelmasters
                                     -----------
 DM   1 MORDANT (turn 499): TALON of FLOYDS FAN CLUB (Talon Volksie, mgr.)
 DM   2 NIANIA (turn 384): TOOFLESS of GLORY BOUND TROLLS (DeGotti, mgr.)
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 504): GRAPH of GAMES LIBRARY (Nick, mgr.)
 DM   4 JHELUM (turn 500): STANLEY'S CUP of SPORTZ! (Guardian, mgr.)
 DM   5 KALTOS (turn 499): HOWLER of THE TAKEN (Silver Stroke, mgr.)
 DM   6 TRANSEL (turn 503): ZEP of IRON BROTHERS (Dan, mgr.)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 500): TASTY HANGNAIL of WASTELAND II (The Muffin Man, mgr.)
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 495): QUIETUS of QUBIT (Sultan, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 486): PURPLE FIREFISH of BIG MEAN FISH (Big Wave Dave, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 485): SYRANO BLOODBANE of THE BLOODBANES (Stik, mgr.)
 DM  36 JHANS (turn 459): PINK BEAR of LITTLE GIRLS LIKE... (Shocking Toad, mgr.)
 DM  38 CLIFFHOME (turn 450): STEVEN SCIMITAR of EAGLES CLAW (Talon Volksie, mgr.)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 196): DUCK TAPE of DUCKS UNLIMITED (Crip, mgr.)
 DM  42 RODEKI (turn 437): STUPID SEXY FLANDERS of I'M SO SEXY (Muffy, mgr.)
 DM  51 TRICORUS (turn 385): APPLE of FRUITS (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.)
 DM  54 TROCAR (turn 183): LAWYER of PLAGUES (Abarsis, the Slaughter Priest, mgr.)
 DM  59 ILLIS (turn 171): HOFFA WITH HAIR of IMPROVED ILLUSION (Phantasm, mgr.)
 DM  62 VALAMANTIS (turn 335): YOU of SRETSAMLEUD (Phat Phat, mgr.)
 DM  72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 148): CANNONBALL of X-POSSE (Savant, mgr.)
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 378): SLEEPLESS PARANOIA of PARENTHOOD from DWES EG (TUM)

                                      Top Teams
                                      ---------
 DM   1 MORDANT (turn 499): CLAN BATTLEAXE (Mithril, mgr.)
 DM   2 NIANIA (turn 384): GLORY BOUND TROLLS (DeGotti, mgr.)
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 504): AESIR (Buri, mgr.)
 DM   4 JHELUM (turn 500): none
 DM   5 KALTOS (turn 499): THE TAKEN (Silver Stroke, mgr.)
 DM   6 TRANSEL (turn 503): BATTLE BEASTS (Sensei Jan, mgr.)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 500): WASTELAND II (The Muffin Man, mgr.)
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 495): CLAN BATTLEAXE (Mithril, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 486): CENTER FOR OLDS (Suave, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 485): CARNAGE CANARIES (Carnage Canary, mgr.)
 DM  36 JHANS (turn 459): LITTLE GIRLS LIKE... (Shocking Toad, mgr.)
 DM  38 CLIFFHOME (turn 450): EAGLES CLAW (Talon Volksie, mgr.)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 196): ATMAN PROJECT (Kosmos, mgr.)
 DM  42 RODEKI (turn 437): HIGHER PURPOSE (Angus, mgr.)
 DM  51 TRICORUS (turn 385): ALL-UGLY TEAM (The Sentinel, mgr.)
 DM  54 TROCAR (turn 183): USELESS TOOLS (Crip, mgr.)
 DM  59 ILLIS (turn 171): THE EXPLORERS (Kellog, mgr.)
 DM  62 VALAMANTIS (turn 335): SRETSAMLEUD (Phat Phat, mgr.)
 DM  72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 148): X-POSSE (Savant, mgr.)
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 378): BLACK PRIMERS, etc. (Doc Steele, mgr.)

                                   Recent Graduates
                                  -----------------
 DM   2 NIANIA (turn 384): ONE BROW of GLORY BOUND TROLLS (DeGotti, mgr.)
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 504): HARALDUR of AESIR (Buri, mgr.)
 DM   6 TRANSEL (turn 503): ZEP of IRON BROTHERS (Dan, mgr.)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 499): PTI of WASTELAND II (The Muffin Man, mgr.)
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 495): SULTAN OF SWING of TERRAPIN STATION (Floyd, mgr.)
               (turn 494): LENNY BAXTER of TOWNSVILLAINS (The Narrator, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 485): SYRANO BLOODBANE of THE BLOODBANES (Stik, mgr.)
 DM  36 JHANS (turn 459): PINK BEAR of LITTLE GIRLS LIKE... (Shocking Toad, mgr.)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 196): MISS CON DUCK of DUCKS UNLIMITED (Crip, mgr.)
 DM  42 RODEKI (turn 437): EL RIPPOFF of DELVERS (Nick, mgr.)
               (turn 436): GUNSLINGER of KING'S KREW (King Ralph, mgr.)
 DM  54 TROCAR (turn 182): MERGEN of THE BLACK COMPANY (Woelfe, mgr.)
 DM  59 ILLIS (turn 171): HOFFA WITH HAIR of IMPROVED ILLUSION (Phantasm, mgr.)
 DM  72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 147): 2 PHAT of VERMIN (Sultan, mgr.)

                                 DUELMASTER'S COLUMN
                             Notes from the arena champ.

Greetings, my fellow Cliffhomians!  'Tis I, Steven Scimitar, who bids you a fond
"howdoyoudo" once again.  Sui Generis, it was a quick fight and the skills you taught
me I will be sure to write home to mommie about.  Thank you.   I will post no
challenges as I have no one to challenge.  May the gods protect my sword and bestow
another victory in the win column for Talon.  Salute!

Steven Scimitar

Talon's Gladiator Champion
Lord Defender of the League Arcane

                                      SPY REPORT

     You elder fighters surely remember me.  The younger ones may call me Olaf 
Modeen.  I return to CLIFFHOME once again!  Laughs were big at JINDA-BAN while they 
watched JINGAREE clobber SANTIAGO.  He lost 6 points and got bruised from objects 
thrown from the stands.  Try as she might, KORRIBIE wasn't good enough at persuading 
STEVEN SCIMITAR to step down from the Duelmaster's throne...  Advice to fighters with 
a 1 will--give up fighting!   
     No matter the time or place, men will always duel.  How well I know the feeling 
of being the most challenged warrior, TETTNANGER!  Don't make idle boasts, they may 
come back to haunt you.  RUNABOUT didn't quite know what to make of a challenge she 
received from JACKY - VF of SUPER BASH BROTHERS2, who is 22 points below her.  JACKY 
- VF perhaps got his just desserts, seeing as he subdued RUNABOUT and ended up with 
32 recognition points.  I hate going to the effort of writing about the kind of 
fights that BOB, ETERNAL, gets in.  He fights people like CRAPOLA CRAYON, 8 points 
below.  I thought BOB, ETERNAL, showed great skill and promise when he beat CRAPOLA 
CRAYON.  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.  So DENNY'S BKFAST sent SLIM SLAM to the Dark Arena. 
Big deal.  Plenty more fighters where SLIM SLAM came from.  Dime a dozen...  Now, 
Spyreporters...  SANTIAGO was plum wore out after JINGAREE pounded 'im silly in a 
Bloodfeud.  BOY O'S'll have to get a little better before going after JINGAREE again! 
Is it my imagination, or are fighters getting younger every day?  To die so young, so 
gloriously!   
     Well, I'm pretty much through.  You guys need to get back practicing.  Are you 
as tired of reading this as I am of writing it?  Actually, I guess I'm writing it 
before you read it.  Oh, well.  Remember--a good fighter needs both good skills and 
good luck.  Until next time,-- Olaf Modeen  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 STEVEN SCIMITAR 4455         11   0  1   116       EAGLES CLAW (47)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SYSTEM OF A DOWN 4451        11   2  1   108       EAGLES CLAW (47)
 TEDIOUS TED 4133             24  12  2   100       EAGLES CLAW (47)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-SUI GENERIS 4444             11   6  0    86       ALL FINESSE (384)
 KORRIBIE 4317                18  30  1    85       JINDA-BAN (198)
 BOB, ETERNAL, 4460            8   0  0    78       SANDS OF TIME (371)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 CRAPOLA CRAYON 3979          16  11  0    59       THE LOST SOULS (94)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 JILESNASPEEDO 4146            7   2  0    46       DENNY'S BKFAST (367)
 DINGIL BILL 4428             10  14  0    44       JINDA-BAN (198)
 FIGARO 4340                   3   1  0    41       BOY O'S (388)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 FREEDOM TOAST 4482            5   3  0    33       DENNY'S BKFAST (367)
 RUNABOUT 4458                 7  11  0    32       JINDA-BAN (198)
 JACKY - VF 4496               2   2  0    32       SUPER BASH BROTHERS2 (403)
 TETTNANGER 4064               7   7  0    30       THE LOST SOULS (94)
-DARK TYPHLOSION 4414          2   0  0    28       FIRE DECK (394)
-CHARIZARD 4411                2   1  0    27       FIRE DECK (394)
 AMOROUS ANDY 4464             4   1  0    26       EAGLES CLAW (47)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 WALDO 4336                    2   0  0    22       BOY O'S (388)
 ROOTIE TOOTIE 4483            4   4  0    18       DENNY'S BKFAST (367)
 VEGGIELETTE 4149              3   4  0    18       DENNY'S BKFAST (367)
-PINOCCHIO 4337                1   0  0    18       BOY O'S (388)
 LORDLINGS OF YORE 4495        3   1  0    14       SUPER BASH BROTHERS2 (403)
 JINGAREE 4518                 1   0  0    13       JINDA-BAN (198)
 MISS JULY 4263                2   2  0     8       THE LOST SOULS (94)
 SANTIAGO 4339                 1   1  1     7       BOY O'S (388)
 HARANDUR 4484                 0   6  0     6       JINDA-BAN (198)
 D'ARK CATAAN 4513             0   2  0     2       THE LOST SOULS (94)

'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.

THE DEAD               W  L K TEAM NAME             SLAIN BY             TURN Revenge?
SLIM SLAM 4481         5  3 1 DENNY'S BKFAST 367    DARK CHAMPION 24      451 NONE    
CLOCK O'DIAL 4348     14 19 2 JINDA-BAN 198         SYSTEM OF A DOWN 4451 447 NOT REVE
CLICKETTY BING 4509    1  2 0 JINDA-BAN 198         SANTIAGO 4339         450 JUST REV

                                     PERSONAL ADS

Korrible -- Tedium can be a nice respite, but too much lulls you into a false sense
of security.  Be quick or be dead! -- Tedious Ted

Stimpy -- Greetings as well! -- Talon Volksie

Rootie Tootie -- Lull, lull, lull, TWACK, lull, lull, lull, TWACK.  I win. -- Amorous
Andy

Tedious Ted -- Okay, stopping to yawn ostentatiously was a mistake.  Next time, I
won't do that. -- Korribie

Tettnanger -- Your soul is lost?  Where did you see it last?  I'll help you look. --
Dingil Bill

That criminal is more dangerous than he looks!  He twisted my grill! -- Runabout

Santiago -- Aaaaaaahhhhh! -- Ghost of Clickettly Bing

Waldo -- Where'd you come from?  Why aren't you in Tricorus? -- Harandur

Slim -- Dear, perhaps, but not departed.  Good job! -- Dingil Bill

Jiles in a Speedo -- Thank the gods for that! -- Runabout

Freedom Toast -- You know what they say about talking with your tongue in your cheek:
it leads to bitten tongues. -- Harandur

16 June 2004
                             Death Fest Begins July 29/DM 59 T-172

     "You drive a hard bargain Hammer," responded Lord Lian Ki Na-Sul, "but the
Gladiatorial Commission has agreed to re-open DM 58 Delarq Tor as a Slow Arena
exclusively for a period of six months to those Death Fest contestants who fight
their stables at least 67 times out of a possible 75 during the 15 rounds of Death
Fest; on the condition that at least 20 stables qualify for the Illis Iron Stable
Award at the conclusion of the Death Fest and those qualifying managers send a New
Stable to DM 58 Delarq Tor without Cannibalizing their participation in the other
arenas where they have active stables!"
     Hammer felt a certain sense of satisfaction as he studied the ghoulish grin
spreading across the face of Lord Lian Ki Na-Sul; proud Arena Master of the once
dying Illis Arena, as the DM 59 Arena Authority signed the Gladiatorial Commission
papers authenticating the arrangement agreed upon by the two parties presiding.
     "You and the Gladiatorial Commission also drive a hard bargain," Hammer replied
as he reflected upon the prospects of Delarq Tor DM 58 being re-opened as a Slow
Arena with at least 20 New Stables by the Managers who fight their stables at least
67 times out of a possible 75 during the 15 rounds of Death Fest. "I also notice the
clause that for Delarq Tor to be open Exclusively for 6 months to the New Stables
managed by the Illis Iron Stable Award Winners that there must be at least 15 stables
Active each cycle. That is a fair bargain for the opportunity to battle for the
Duelmaster Throne each of those six months before Other New Stables are allowed to
enter Delarq Tor."
     This was a Golden Opportunity for both Veteran and Newbie Managers to pave a new
frontier of Delarq history by qualifying their Death Fest stables in DM 59 with 67
fights out of a possible 75; then for the price of running a stable in a Regular
Arena, continuing to be Active in DM 59 and sending a New Team Roll Up to be a part
of "History in the Making" when Delarq Tor would re-open for its First Turn as a Slow
Arena on November 3rd, 2005.
     Death Fest would conclude on T-186 August 25th, 2005 allowing the Illis Iron
Stable Award Winners enough time to be registered with the Gladiatorial Commission;
whereupon they would be able to submit a New Team Roll Up to the GC to start a New
Stable in Delarq Tor; be able to fight those New Gladiators in the Rookies 2005 Fall
Mailer Tourney; then begin competing for the DM 58 Duelmasters Throne in Delarq Tor
right out of the gate with the November 3rd 2005 T-1 Debut Opening Round.
     Hammer of the First Part had also negotiated with Lord Na-Zul of the Second Part
an agreement that All 10 Dark Arena Monsters and 17 NPCs Characters be re-named by
the Top Ten Death Fest Finishers. [See DM 59 T-171 Newsletter Team Spotlight by
Hammer for the complete listing of Dark Arena Monsters/NPCs and the Official Death
Fest Designation for which Top Ten Finishers re-name which characters!]
     Lord Na-Sul could not hide his delight at the prospects of Death being re-
delivered to his once dying arena during the Delarq Death Fest; the DM 59 Arena
Master agreed that these Death Fest Prizes were but a Small Exchange in Comparison to
the Profits to be made by the local Illis business merchants and surrounding
community from the Anticipated Influx into Illis by the Veteran and Newbie
Managers/Gladiators/Stables seeking to make History in the Delarq Death Fest.
     Nor could Hammer conceal his jubilation regarding the Call Across Alistari being
Answered to Cross Blades and Match Wits with the Devious, the Diabolical, the
Dangerous and the Down Challenging who were being drawn to the Delarq Death Fest to
Fulfill their Delarq Dueling Destiny!
     REMEMBER: Death Fest begins July 29th T-172 with 25 points being awarded to
those who write a minimum 15 paragraph Team Spotlight [including Stable Name &
Managerial Alias in the Storyline!] for the DM 59 T-172 Newsletter [So Make Sure HAL
Does Not Eat any Lengthy Sentences that are Emailed without Proper Formatting; and
the RSI Typist has Plenty of Time to Type Any Hand Written Spotlights; Lest Ye
Discover 0 Points Awarded for a Missing or Incomplete T-172 Team Spotlight!]
     "May Your Blades Be Sharp and Your Wits Sharper!"  -- Hammer/Death Fest
Host/Vendetta Cartel Captain; WordSmith and High Priest of the Crimson Ascension
Family in DM 28

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

SLIM SLAM was butchered by DARK CHAMPION in a 1 minute bloody Dark Arena fight.
BOB, ETERNAL, vanquished CRAPOLA CRAYON in a 2 minute brutal uneven Challenge battle.
JILESNASPEEDO luckily beat DINGIL BILL in a crowd pleasing 2 minute Challenge duel.
ROOTIE TOOTIE was defeated by TETTNANGER in a 4 minute Challenge fight.
D'ARK CATAAN was demolished by VEGGIELETTE in a 1 minute Challenge competition.
LORDLINGS OF YORE won victory over HARANDUR in a 1 minute Challenge fight.
JACKY - VF overpowered RUNABOUT in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge brawl.
STEVEN SCIMITAR overpowered KORRIBIE in a 1 minute uneven Title melee.
SYSTEM OF A DOWN vanquished M. CHARDINEE in a 1 minute uneven duel.
TEDIOUS TED savagely defeated KHALHUMS DWARF in a 2 minute gory expert's duel.
AMOROUS ANDY was savagely defeated by FIGARO in a 2 minute beginner vs. veteran match.
FREEDOM TOAST demolished OSKSI NOBLE in a 1 minute mismatched competition.
SANTIAGO was viciously subdued by JINGAREE in a 4 minute bloody novice's battle.
WALDO overpowered MISS JULY in a 1 minute gory mismatched conflict.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|LUNGING ATTACK                   5         AIMED BLOW        20 -   5 -  1      80  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    5         SLASHING ATTACK   10 -   8 -  2      56  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      3         BASHING ATTACK    13 -  11 -  0      54  |
|AIMED BLOW                       2         TOTAL PARRY        9 -   8 -  0      53  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   2         PARRY-RIPOSTE      5 -   5 -  0      50  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  2         PARRY-LUNGE        7 -   7 -  0      50  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  2         LUNGING ATTACK    16 -  16 -  0      50  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      1         WALL OF STEEL     16 -  18 -  2      47  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    1         STRIKING ATTACK    9 -  12 -  1      43  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     1         PARRY-STRIKE       0 -   8 -  0       0  |

Turn 451 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:

AIMED BLOW         2 -  0     WALL OF STEEL      1 -  4         3  AIMED BLOW     
PARRY-LUNGE        1 -  0     PARRY-STRIKE       0 -  1         2  WALL OF STEEL  
PARRY-RIPOSTE      1 -  0     STRIKING ATTACK    0 -  2         2  TOTAL PARRY    
BASHING ATTACK     2 -  0                                       2  LUNGING ATTACK 
TOTAL PARRY        2 -  1                                       1  SLASHING ATTACK
LUNGING ATTACK     3 -  2                                       1  PARRY-LUNGE    
SLASHING ATTACK    1 -  1     

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
SLASHING ATTACK  STEVEN SCIMITAR 4455       11   0  1  116 EAGLES CLAW (47)
AIMED BLOW       SYSTEM OF A DOWN 4451      11   2  1  108 EAGLES CLAW (47)

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
WALL OF STEEL    TEDIOUS TED 4133           24  12  2  100 EAGLES CLAW (47)
TOTAL PARRY      CRAPOLA CRAYON 3979        16  11  0   59 THE LOST SOULS (94)
LUNGING ATTACK   FIGARO 4340                 3   1  0   41 BOY O'S (388)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is RUNABOUT 4458.  The most popular warrior this turn 
was DINGIL BILL 4428.  The ten other most popular fighters were FIGARO 4340, BOB, 
ETERNAL, 4460, ROOTIE TOOTIE 4483, TEDIOUS TED 4133, LORDLINGS OF YORE 4495, STEVEN 
SCIMITAR 4455, SYSTEM OF A DOWN 4451, JILESNASPEEDO 4146, TETTNANGER 4064, and 
VEGGIELETTE 4149.

The least popular fighter this week was SANTIAGO 4339.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were MISS JULY 4263, AMOROUS ANDY 4464, KORRIBIE 4317, RUNABOUT 4458, D'ARK 
CATAAN 4513, CRAPOLA CRAYON 3979, JINGAREE 4518, HARANDUR 4484, SLIM SLAM 4481, and 
WALDO 4336.