DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 06/10/2022    Duedate: 07/07/2022

XOCHITHLAN ARENA

DM-39    TURN-429

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

MITRAL VALVE
BIONIC MAN (490)
(39-4287) [19-4-0,138]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

MITRAL VALVE                   TUREIS
BIONIC MAN (490)               PUPPIS (492)
(39-4287) [19-4-0,138]         (39-4311) [3-0-0,33]

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

ZEB ARN                        YENTAL ZEEVE
THE MIDDLE WAY (385)           THE MIDDLE WAY (385)
(39-4257) [15-29-0,83]         (39-4298) [8-18-0,61]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

THE MIDDLE WAY (385)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. THE MIDDLE WAY (385)        29
2. DARQUE ANGELS (402)         17      BIONIC MAN (490)
3. DUCKS UNLIMITED (143)       17      Unchartered Team
4. BIONIC MAN (490)            13
5. PUPPIS (492)                 4      PUPPIS (492)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 1*PUPPIS (492)               3   1  0 75.0   1/ 2 THE MIDDLE WAY (385)      7  8 0
 2/ 2 BIONIC MAN (490)          47  19  2 71.2   2- 1 BOOK OF THOMAS (479)      6  4 0
 3/ 0 DARQUE ANGELS (402)      210 113 13 65.0   3/ 4 BIONIC MAN (490)          5  1 0
 4/ 3 DUCKS UNLIMITED (143)    314 214 19 59.5   4/ 3 BASH BROS BABY (461)      5  9 1
 5- 4 BOOK OF THOMAS (479)     163 128 14 56.0   5/ 0 DARQUE ANGELS (402)       4  1 0
 6/ 5 BASH BROS BABY (461)     230 186 11 55.3   6/ 6 DUCKS UNLIMITED (143)     4  4 0
 7/ 6 THE MIDDLE WAY (385)     557 640 14 46.5   7/ 5*PUPPIS (492)              2  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

The Frothingslosh Syndicate is proud to announce 99 Bottles of Beer III!!! (+ 100): 
Sponsored by ALFREDOVISION(TM): for a Better Tomorrow, and a Better Today.

The contest will be in honor and celebration of turn 199 of SEAM DM 20.

Your objective is simple: be the first team to accumulate 199 Bottles of Beer!

The first part of the contest will be a 15 turn "warm-up" starting on turn 184, due 
7/4/22, but you are encouraged to start your team as early as possible. During this 
casual "meet and greet" stage, all teams will earn one bottle per turn simply by 
fielding a full team of 5 warriors and writing at least one personal ad. BTW guys, for 
the sake of simplicity, your Host and Cruise director asks that you PLEASE do not sign 
your ad expecting me to know who you are. If you are not 100% certain, then please 
state very clearly EVERY TURN what team you are associated with so i do not have to go 
through past newsletters to try to figure out who you are. Also do not forget to write 
a personal ad for the turn 184 newsletter! Simply stating who you are would be great. 
Something like, "Hi Seam. I'm John, the manager of John's team" is certainly 
sufficient.

The real fireworks will start on turn 199, due on 1/30/23. That is when the teams will 
start to earn Bottles for Arena Performance, which will be earned/awarded as follows:

  * Bottles awarded for being active and writing a personal ad are discontinued.
  * 5 Bottles for each invite to ADM, AWARDED UPON THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF INVITE IN THE 
    NEWSLETTER with the opportunity to earn 1 extra bottle ON THE FOLLOWING TURN for 
    achieving a kill in the Dark Arena on their last fight. Note that this Bottle is a 
    "bonus;" you will also earn a Bottle for the win; bottles awarded for wins are 
    outlined below.
  * 3 Bottles for each turn as Duelmaster, with the opportunity to earn 1 extra bottle 
    for writing a Duelmaster's column COLLECTED ON THE FOLLOWING TURN when the column 
    is actually published. It does not have to be fancy but has to be "something": 99 
    words minimum.
  * 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1 Bottles for Team on the Move and Current Top Team. In the case 
    of ties, partial bottles will be awarded and will count towards your total.
  * 2 Bottles for Chartered Recognition Leader
  * 2 Bottles for This Week's Favorite
  * 2 Bottles for TOP CAREER HONORS Chartered Team
  * 0 Bottles for each turn as Overall Popularity Leader. Additionally, you will pay a 
    1 BOTTLE PENALTY on the following turn if you fail to post a personal ad 
    apologizing for your ostentatious behavior! OR...you can choose to brag further 
    about how astonishingly wonderful you actually are, and are more than worthy of 
    all the accolades you get from your adoring fans.
  * 1 Bottle for a successful Bloodfeud: limit two bottles per incident.
  * 2 Bottles for each Stylemaster as listed in the newsletter. In other words, the 
    rules for being awarded bottles for Stylemaster are the same as they are in the 
    arena: winning record, adept or above.
  * 1 bottle for each win, or two bottles for each kill in the regular arena. Warriors 
    that manage to return from the Dark Arena earn one bottle for the win only.

If more than one team achieves or surpasses 199 Bottles on the same turn, the team 
with the higher total will be the victor. Partial Bottles having been awarded make the 
event of a tie at the end much less likely; any fraction of a bottle lead that you may 
have *will* count. In the unlikely event that there is an exact tie for any place that 
receives a prize, those teams involved will continue playing until a winner can be 
decided.

The top three places will win one or more "Cream of the Slosh" replacements:

  * 1st Place: 3 CotS replacements
  * 2nd Place: 2 CotS replacements
  * 3rd Place: 1 CotS replacements

A CotS replacement is 10 standard, ordinary Duelmasters teamsheets that are specially 
"marked" and grouped together by the Spy Commision to be used for this single purpose 
only. The winning manager then chooses any one out of the 50 warriors on the 10 
teamsheets they wish to be their "Cream of the Slosh" replacement; the other 49 are 
simply discarded. Note that you are free to use your CotS replacement anytime you have 
an opening on your team in Seam; in other words, you are not required to Dark Arena 
nor do you have to pass on a good naturally occurring replacement.

However, CotS replacements will not be allowed to hide their status: all CotS 
replacements will be required to start its name with these three symbols: O^O (capital 
O, shift-6 [caret symbol], capital O. This surely will cause them to be a "target" of 
challenges, but also will serve as a badge of honor for them to wear proudly. In the 
case of winning multiple CotS replacements, you will be required to wait at least 10 
ACTIVE turns in between using your CotS replacements; you will only receive one CotS 
packet at a time. Just send a note in to the Spy Commission with your 10th turn's 
orders to receive your new CotS packet with your turn's results.

Note that 6 CotS replacements being won in total is the guaranteed minimum. I have 
been informed that if the contest has an unusually large turnout, the Spy Commission 
MAY choose to spice up the prize pool with additional CotS replacements. Understand 
there are no guarantees (other than them 6 as listed), and these Spies were rather 
"vague" and sometimes can be a little sketchy. But, for what it's worth, I figured I 
should pass the information on just in case it does actually have merit.

But that's not all! For those of you that wish to spice up the contest even further, 
we are featuring an additional and completely voluntary "Contest Within a Contest" for 
which there will be a one time fee of 6 RSI Gift Certificates to enter. The prize pool 
for the CWAC will be one "6-pack" of Duelmasters Gift Certificates (no cash value; 
each may be redeemed for one Duelmasters teamsheet) for every manager who chooses to 
participate. The prize pool will divided up among the winning players as follows:

  * 1st place: 1/2 of all the teamsheets
  * 2nd place: 1/3 of all the teamsheets
  * 3rd place: 1/6 of all the teamsheets

I just want to clarify that managers competing for the CWAC teamsheets are only 
competing against each other. So, for example, if you place second in the main contest 
but the main contest winner did not choose to participate in the CWAC, you will then 
be the first place winner of the CWAC (and receive half of all the sheets in the prize 
pool). Additionally, if the CWAC proves to be very popular and gets many entries, I 
may pay out more places. Any such decisions will be discussed and finalized prior to 
turn 199.

I will do my best to write a Contest Update every turn which will obviously be based 
on the totals from the previous turn. I also plan to start an email list that you may 
join if you wish. I will send out the updated contest standings to this list...likely 
very soon after the newsletter is posted; I will actually be so bold to suggest that I 
might get your contest update prior to getting your mail! So everyone can have up-to-
date standings, but also gives you the chance to point out any errors I might have 
made prior to sending in the official update to be printed in the newsletter.

Other Rules:

  * Once the first team equals or surpasses the required 199 Bottles total, THE 
    CONTEST IS OVER unless there are any ties to work out, and in that case the 
    contest will continue to the following turn ONLY for those teams involved. Your 
    official contest ranking will be based on whatever position you are holding at the 
    time that the first team(s) surpasses 199 bottles, even in the unlikely event of a 
    tie for first place and the winner has not yet been determined.
  * NO AVOIDS: This will be STRICTLY ENFORCED starting on Turn 199. Any team caught 
    avoiding will be REMOVED from the contest and their entry fee (if any) WILL NOT be 
    refunded! And trust me, with the number of nosy spy reporters out there, YOU WILL 
    get caught.
  * Cheating of any kind will not be tolerated and will be grounds for 
    disqualification. Coordinating challenges is allowed; non-aggression pacts are 
    allowed. "Taking a dive" (ie: throwing fights) is definitely NOT allowed. Any 
    allegations of cheating will be investigated seriously; any decision made by the 
    spy commission regarding said allegations will be final. Ladies and gentlemen: 
    let's keep this clean, okay? None of us are kids anymore!
  * Seam is a "non-tourney" arena, and as such you are required to field a full team 
    of 5 warriors every turn! Any warrior that has 1 FE or more missing the turn will 
    incur a 3-Bottle penalty for their team. You are highly encouraged to put your 
    entire team on maintenance, to guard against any mistakes. If you have a warrior 
    "accidentally' sit out the turn, you will "accidentally" incur a 3-bottle penalty 
    ;>. Any rookie warrior missing a turn will only incur a 1-Bottle penalty for 
    their team. I am aware that those poor noobs often get lost temporarily.
  * There will be no penalty for your *entire team* missing a turn. It is certainly 
    not recommended, however!
  * No tournament experience or "enhanced" warriors will be allowed.
  * If you wish to participate in the optional "contest within a contest," you must 
    announce your intention to participate prior to turn 190 being processed (due 
    9/26). The one-time entry fee of 6 RSI Gift Certificates will be charged to your 
    account at that time. 

YOU are invited; you are encouraged to start early if you like! The Frothingslosh 
Syndicate invites you to Bottle! Er...ah...battle!

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BOTTLES OF BEER III!!! (+100) CONTEST: NEWS FROM THE GLADITORIAL COMMISSION: ALL 
PARTICIPANTS WIN A PRIZE! Plus contest clarifications:

You heard right my friends: ALL 99 Bottles participants who do not miss more than 1 
turn during the entire contest (including the warm-up phase) will receive a "Pick of 
the Litter" replacement. A PotL replacement will be 10 ordinary random replacements: 
you pick the one you wish to keep, and the other 9 are discarded. Naturally, this 
replacement must be placed in DM 20.

What's new:

Your CotS "status symbol": O^O (capital O, shift-6, capital O) must appear somewhere 
in it's name. However, it may appear anywhere. It need not be in the beginning as was 
originally stated. So names such as MO^ONSHOT or THRU THE O^O will be quite 
acceptable.. 

Some clarifications:

* Do not forget to write a personal ad for the Turn 184 newsletter. In other words, 
  assuming you do start on turn 184, you need to send in a personal ad with your very 
  first turn.

  The requirement to write a personal ad is discontinued once the Arena Achievement 
  stage starts on turn 199.

* This should not be an issue, but Bottles for Arena Awards will be awarded for 
  chartered teams only.

* If you win one or more of the CotS replacements, they/it MUST be used in DM 20.

* Note that the NO AVOIDS policy will be STRICLY ENFORCED!! If you are caught 
  avoiding, you will be disqualified from the contest! HOWEVER--this does not start 
  until turn 199; no one including myself or the Gladitorial Commission will give a 
  hoot about avoids until turn 199. But be sure you get it out of your system prior: 
  if you are caught avoiding on turn 199 (or after), you WILL be disqualified!!

* On the other hand, fielding a partial team is a no-no RIGHT FROM THE START on turn 
  184. You will receive a 3-bottle penalty for any inactive warrior, or 1-bottle 
  penalty for any inactive rookie. And your Bottle total can and will go negative if 
  necessary.

  It is highly recommended that you place your team "on maintenance" to avoid any 
  complications caused due to slow mail or any other unforeseen catastrophy. In case 
  you are not familiar with the term: a team on maintenance will automatically run 
  again with its previous turn's strategies (without the challenges) even if none are 
  sent in or are not received in time, Just send your request to be put on maintenance 
  to CSR@reality.com.

                                 DUELMASTER'S COLUMN
                             Notes from the arena champ.

Vaccinated or not, you will never see me, Mitral Valve.  The commission didn't want me 
coming to the office to check on paperwork, so they always made sure my avoids were 
processed correctly.  Farewell.  I won't miss you.  I'll be enjoying my lands and my 
retirement stipend!!!

Assur thinks I was duelmaster for 16 turns.  He is sure that I have 92 PP's. I went 7-
3 in Rookies and never fought in another tournament after that.

    My stats?  15-18(3)-13-4-21-4-12
    My faves?  VL/VL SM parry tactic.
    The commission says my favorite learn is decisiveness; I mostly didn't bother...
    My Learns? 0/2/5/9/10/4

                                          -- Lord Protector Sickness

                                      SPY REPORT

     If you were disturbed from your beauty rest only to have to watch a bunch of 
XOCHITHLAN brutes like you, you'd be grouchy, too.  Later days, BOOK OF THOMAS, since 
THE MIDDLE WAY took top team from you this turn, you guys are old news.  Now let's 
all watch DUCKS UNLIMITED's heads swell from their 3-1-0 this turn.  Haa ha ha ha!  
Big shots, big talk, big deal.  Of course, we're all terribly impressed to see CELIA 
DUNCAN win a fight and gain 15 points, terribly.  Tsk, tsk, CELIA DUNCAN beat ZAQIEL 
and ZAQIEL lost 17 points.  You're breakin' my heart.  SICKNESS Dark Arena Challenged 
DARK ELF CHAMPION for XOCHITHLAN's Title this turn, and guess what happened?  And if 
variety is the spice of life, XOCHITHLAN may be getting bland, as SICKNESS stays top 
dog in the city.  The Welcome Wench, humph!  I've tasted better ale at mortuaries.  
Where do they get this stuff?  From XOCHITHLAN's trash dumps?   
     Well, let's take a look at some more misdeeds of you miserable sword-boys.  
XOCHITHLAN, I am losing what little hope I had in you.  BIONIC MAN the most avoided 
team?  What insult will suffice, I cannot say.  And who led the way in this mass act 
of cowardice?  Let's see, well, whatcha know?  It was BASH BROS BABY.  Ha ha ha ha!  
Ooh, I'm frightfully impressed, ZEB ARN was this turn's most challenged warrior.  
Watch that ego swell, sports fans.   
     Some people like volunteer work in the hospitals.  I volunteer for XOCHITHLAN's 
morgue.  More variety.  BASH BROS BABY has cause to pause today, as SICKNESS was sent 
to the Dark Arena, and came back--though not in the best of moods, I'll wager.  
Titanium shields and bamboo daggers, guess what brave team is developing these kinds 
of weapons?   
     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.  Well, I've had enough of this 
drivel, and I'm sure you have too.  Off like a dirty shirt of padded leather.  Glad 
to see the back of this place-- Snide Clemens  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 MITRAL VALVE 4287            19   4  0   138       BIONIC MAN (490)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 CELIA DUNCAN 4299            14   8  0   109       THE MIDDLE WAY (385)
 RIGHT HIP (3) 4289           13   6  1   104       BIONIC MAN (490)
-ZENAKU 4280                  10   4  0   103       BOOK OF THOMAS (479)
 DROOL BABY 4243              20  31  0    95       BASH BROS BABY (461)
-DUCK DYNASTY 4168            11   4  0    91       DUCKS UNLIMITED (143)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 ZAQIEL 4071                   9   6  0    89       DARQUE ANGELS (402)
 SAMYAZA 4090                 11   3  0    88       DARQUE ANGELS (402)
 ZEB ARN 4257                 15  29  0    83       THE MIDDLE WAY (385)
-FORTIFIED 4274               14   3  0    82       BOOK OF THOMAS (479)
 DUCK TALES 4297               9   8  2    79       DUCKS UNLIMITED (143)
-ASCENSION 4293                6   4  1    77       BOOK OF THOMAS (479)
 LIFE CHANGES 4273            18  21  1    76       BASH BROS BABY (461)
-LASIC SURGERY 4290            6   6  0    75       BIONIC MAN (490)
 KOKABIEL 4056                14   9  1    72       DARQUE ANGELS (402)
 DUCK DUCK GOOSE 4244         10   3  0    72       DUCKS UNLIMITED (143)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 EXPENSES 4294                13  11  0    64       BASH BROS BABY (461)
 YENTAL ZEEVE 4298             8  18  0    61       THE MIDDLE WAY (385)
-IMPLANTS 4288                 5   1  0    59       BIONIC MAN (490)
 DONALD DUCK 4225             11  13  1    58       DUCKS UNLIMITED (143)
-TAKIDOR 4314                  6   5  2    58       BOOK OF THOMAS (479)
 3000 MILES AWAY 4345          5   2  1    57       BASH BROS BABY (461)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 ZOE ALBETA 4296              12  16  0    52       THE MIDDLE WAY (385)
-HEARING AID 4291              4   2  1    49       BIONIC MAN (490)
-BASNIVAN 4344                 7   3  1    34       BOOK OF THOMAS (479)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 TUREIS 4311                   3   0  0    33       PUPPIS (492)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 PITHIUS 4348                  1   0  0    15       DARQUE ANGELS (402)
 ENVY 4347                     1   0  0    11       DARQUE ANGELS (402)
 DARKWING DUCK 4349            1   1  0     9       DUCKS UNLIMITED (143)
 APPLE CORE 4372               1   1  0     4       THE MIDDLE WAY (385)

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
FALLING STAR 3 4313     0  1 0 PUPPIS 492           RIVER SPIRIT          429  NONE

                                     PERSONAL ADS

Anything to avoid me, eh, Sickness? -- Mitral Valve

Drool Baby, you could use Depends as a facemask. Perhaps that would help? -- Right Hip 
(3) (hoping he didn't hurt Drool Baby permanently)

Duck Tales, perhaps you should have ducked? -- Mitral Valve

Thinking maybe Left Knee is next, I remain..... -- The Bionic Man

No! No! No more! -- Smitty

We congratulate Sickness on his graduation and salute the tourney stylemasters. -- we 
who walk the Middle Way

3000 Miles Away -- I couldn't reach you.  My arms are not that long. Imagine trying to 
get a shirt with such long arms. -- Zoe Albeta

Donald Duck -- Despite the initial mismatch, I was surprised to win that.  Thanks. -- 
Celia Duncan

Ascension -- I'm confused.  I was in a fight but didn't learn anything? -- Zeb Arn

Basnivan -- I thought you would.  It's the price of losing. -- Yental Zeeve

Darkwing Duck -- We couldn't both win, and I need it more, because I will probably 
have fewer wins in my career. -- Apple Core

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

SICKNESS barely slew DARK ELF CHAMPION in a crowd pleasing 9 minute Dark Arena fight.
FALLING STAR 3 was murdered by RIVER SPIRIT in a 1 minute Dark Arena melee.
3000 MILES AWAY was demolished by ZEB ARN in a 1 minute uneven Challenge fight.
DARKWING DUCK defeated APPLE CORE in a 1 minute novice's Challenge fight.
CELIA DUNCAN devastated ZAQIEL in a 1 minute uneven brawl.
RIGHT HIP (3) overpowered LIFE CHANGES in a 1 minute one-sided struggle.
MITRAL VALVE devastated DROOL BABY in a 1 minute one-sided Title competition.
SAMYAZA vanquished DONALD DUCK in a popular 1 minute gruesome uneven duel.
KOKABIEL won victory over YENTAL ZEEVE in a exciting 3 minute veteran's fight.
DUCK TALES viciously subdued EXPENSES in a 2 minute gory bout.
DUCK DUCK GOOSE demolished ZOE ALBETA in a 1 minute bloody mismatched match.
TUREIS bested SHAMAN'S ASSISTANT in a exciting 1 minute bloody battle.
PITHIUS overpowered LONG-RANGE ARCHERS in a 1 minute mismatched conflict.
ENVY defeated LONG-RANGE ARCHERS in a 1 minute novice's duel.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|LUNGING ATTACK                   5         PARRY-LUNGE        1 -   0 -  0     100  |
|AIMED BLOW                       3         TOTAL PARRY       14 -   4 -  1      78  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  3         AIMED BLOW        14 -   5 -  0      74  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     3         LUNGING ATTACK    16 -  12 -  1      57  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    3         PARRY-RIPOSTE      5 -   4 -  0      56  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  2         STRIKING ATTACK   11 -  10 -  0      52  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      1         SLASHING ATTACK    7 -   7 -  1      50  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      1         PARRY-STRIKE       9 -  12 -  1      43  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    1         WALL OF STEEL     15 -  21 -  0      42  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   1         BASHING ATTACK     4 -   6 -  0      40  |

Turn 429 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         3 -  0     PARRY-STRIKE       0 -  3         3  AIMED BLOW     
PARRY-LUNGE        1 -  0     PARRY-RIPOSTE      0 -  1         2  TOTAL PARRY    
STRIKING ATTACK    2 -  0     BASHING ATTACK     0 -  1         1  STRIKING ATTACK
TOTAL PARRY        1 -  0     WALL OF STEEL      0 -  3         1  PARRY-RIPOSTE  
LUNGING ATTACK     4 -  1                                       1  BASHING ATTACK 
SLASHING ATTACK    2 -  1                                       1  PARRY-STRIKE   
                                                                1  LUNGING ATTACK 
                                                                1  SLASHING ATTACK

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
AIMED BLOW       MITRAL VALVE 4287          19   4  0  138 BIONIC MAN (490)
STRIKING ATTACK  RIGHT HIP (3) 4289         13   6  1  104 BIONIC MAN (490)
PARRY-STRIKE     ZAQIEL 4071                 9   6  0   89 DARQUE ANGELS (402)
SLASHING ATTACK  DUCK TALES 4297             9   8  2   79 DUCKS UNLIMITED (143)
PARRY-LUNGE      KOKABIEL 4056              14   9  1   72 DARQUE ANGELS (402)
LUNGING ATTACK   DUCK DUCK GOOSE 4244       10   3  0   72 DUCKS UNLIMITED (143)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is ZEB ARN 4257.  The most popular warrior this turn 
was YENTAL ZEEVE 4298.  The ten other most popular fighters were KOKABIEL 4056, DUCK 
TALES 4297, ZEB ARN 4257, MITRAL VALVE 4287, SAMYAZA 4090, TUREIS 4311, ENVY 4347, 
DARKWING DUCK 4349, CELIA DUNCAN 4299, and RIGHT HIP (3) 4289.

The least popular fighter this week was ZOE ALBETA 4296.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were DROOL BABY 4243, LIFE CHANGES 4273, APPLE CORE 4372, 3000 MILES AWAY 
4345, FALLING STAR 3 4313, EXPENSES 4294, DONALD DUCK 4225, ZAQIEL 4071, PITHIUS 
4348, and DUCK DUCK GOOSE 4244.

The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn:

MITRAL VALVE (39-4287) BIONIC MAN (490)

The following warriors have traveled to AD after fighting this turn:

SICKNESS (39-4242) BASH BROS BABY (461)

                       SUMMER FACE-TO-FACE IN WASHINGTON, D.C.!

                        (well actually, Alexandria, Virginia)

We hope you will join us at our summer FTF in Washington, D.C., July 22-24, 2022.  It 
will be held at the Embassy Suites Alexandria Old Town near the Potomac River in 
Alexandria, Virginia (703-684-5900).  The hotel looks very nice and we're excited to 
be in the downtown area with so many restaurants and other goodies nearby. Room rates 
are $169.00 for singles and doubles, which includes full cooked breakfast, 
complimentary manager's reception, and free high speed internet.  Underground parking 
is $15/night.  There's a fitness center, jacuzzi, and pool.  The rooms are blocked--
the code is "Duelmasters."

        The official block cutoff is mid June so make your reservations ASAP!
The hotel reservation site is: https://book.passkey.com/event/50341474/owner/1731/home
              Or call to reserve at 800-362-2779 and use group code DUE.

Please note that rooms are limited.  As always, if the block is full, please make your 
reservation the best you can (book a king, and/or book at normal rates) and let us 
know and we'll work with the sales office to get them to correct your reservation. 

The tournament info sheet and minioverviews will be out in June.  We are very looking 
forward to seeing you all and hope that you can make it!

P.S.  The dates are set for the next winter FTF:  January 13-15, 2023, in Tempe.