DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER Date : 05/24/2005 Duedate: 06/06/2005 KATI-TEI ARENA DM-41 TURN-460 This Weeks Top Honors THE DUELMASTER IS GREW SOME GRUE OLD SCHOOL (368) (41-4124) [16-7-0,101] Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader GREW SOME GRUE POSITION IS EMPTY OLD SCHOOL (368) (41-4124) [16-7-0,101] Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite JEHU SPOCKA THE HUTT WANDERERS (329) OLD SCHOOL (368) (41-3963) [21-31-2,96] (41-4137) [7-5-0,61] THE CURRENT TOP TEAM GLAD TO MEAT YOU (370) TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team 1. WANDERERS (329) 43 2. GLAD TO MEAT YOU (370) 30 GLAD TO MEAT YOU (370) 3. OLD SCHOOL (368) 5 Unchartered Team COMMAND HQ (131) The Top Teams Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K 1/ 1 GLAD TO MEAT YOU (370) 85 60 2 58.6 1/ 2 GLAD TO MEAT YOU (370) 9 5 0 2/ 3 OLD SCHOOL (368) 63 67 2 48.5 2/ 1 WANDERERS (329) 9 6 1 3/ 4 WANDERERS (329) 357 412 9 46.4 3/ 3 OLD SCHOOL (368) 6 7 0 '*' Unchartered team '-' Team did not fight this turn (###) Avoid teams by their Team Id ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank SPY REPORT Hail and well met warriors of KATI-TEI! Know me for who I am, Zontani Sharp Eyes, Spymaster extraordinaire of all Alastari. Former top team WANDERERS was unseated this week as GLAD TO MEAT YOU moved up from 2nd ranking to take the top spot with a 3-2-0 record for the round. My praise to OLD SCHOOL for their 3-1-0 week this time out. Indeed, it was a skillfully fought round deserving of notice! MR. T-BONE caught the eye of many in the gladiatorial commission as he skillfully bested RUTHLESS JAYWALKER and was awarded 21 points in recognition. In one of the week's more notable duels, LURLINE GRACE put down SPOCKA THE HUTT, causing him to lose 5 points of recognition in the process. Unwilling to wait upon the will of others, Duelmaster GREW SOME GRUE Bloodfeuded JEHU last week in a match to decide the fate of the throne. Not for nothing has GREW SOME GRUE in the past laid claim to the Duelmaster's throne, and this week he's proven his combat skill yet again. Would you believe that over half of the old women in KATI-TEI seem to feel that they could fight better than you gladiators? But come now, let us look deeper into the maze of contention and crossed blades that is city KATI-TEI. My inside sources tell me that the team to beat in KATI-TEI these days is OLD SCHOOL. At least, most blades in town are looking to avoid them. If you didn't look down dark alleys you'd have been hard pressed to find any of GLAD TO MEAT YOU last week. Busy avoiding OLD SCHOOL? Mighty fighters cannot but expect competition from those below. PARNIAN take warning! You have more than a few enemies in KATI-TEI. For some warriors honor is not important--only empty victory. See, gladiators, how RUBIX CUBESTEAK of GLAD TO MEAT YOU challenged down 16 points to PARNIAN. The Fates are not kind to the cowardly, as evidenced by the fact that RUBIX CUBESTEAK was subdued by PARNIAN. And who can now doubt that PARNIAN is a hardy opponent? I can not but mention with disdain the name of HOLY SCHLITZ who this week posted a challenge to a warrior a full 8 points below in the rankings. I thought HOLY SCHLITZ showed great skill and promise when he defeated SATURN. All right, so I slept through it! Big deal! Is not Death a warrior's foremost adviser? Warriors, may this counselor stand ready at your right hand forever! Dark alleys may hide both secrets and assassins. In the arena there is only the brightness of steel. Keep vigil always! The girls are as pretty in KATI-TEI as ever I remembered them....and the fighters as ugly! Don't let your reputation slip! Sadly warriors, now longer can I keep thy company nor savor the ale of thy fine city. Depart I must and soon! Till next we meet remember: a fool flies into a rage quickly and often. The wise are angered by the same thing only once. Zontani Sharp Eyes DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME GREW SOME GRUE 4124 16 7 0 101 OLD SCHOOL (368) CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME JEHU 3963 21 31 2 96 WANDERERS (329) HOLY SCHLITZ 4052 19 11 2 94 OLD SCHOOL (368) CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME FLUTTERLEE 4153 12 9 0 84 WANDERERS (329) SATURN 3990 11 31 0 81 WANDERERS (329) LURLINE GRACE 4164 11 4 0 72 WANDERERS (329) CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME SPOCKA THE HUTT 4137 7 5 0 61 OLD SCHOOL (368) PARNIAN 4138 8 16 1 57 WANDERERS (329) ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME MR. T-BONE 4186 3 1 0 49 GLAD TO MEAT YOU (370) CUDDLY KAHLUA 4139 9 6 0 40 OLD SCHOOL (368) RUBIX CUBESTEAK 4165 7 7 0 36 GLAD TO MEAT YOU (370) CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME SPAMELOT 4188 3 0 0 29 GLAD TO MEAT YOU (370) VENISON OF SAM 4181 3 2 0 25 GLAD TO MEAT YOU (370) INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME BEEF WITH YOU 4190 1 0 0 20 GLAD TO MEAT YOU (370) '-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn. THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge? SPUD-BEARING FUZ 4161 6 2 0 OLD SCHOOL 368 JEHU 3963 458 JUST REV PERSONAL ADS Grew Some Grue -- Yeah, and you just WALLOWED in it, too. -- Jehu Rubix Cubesteak -- Why don't you just...die? Or recognize that you've made a career error and go back to math or whatever? -- Flutterlee Spocka the Hutt -- Ah, but you don't want to spend to much time spocking around at the beginning of the fight, you know. -- Saturn Wow, everybody's getting into the Kung-Fu thing these days! Even the dwarves. -- Lurline Grace Why not just admit that the Ruthless Jaywalker is a Dangerous Criminal and be done with it? If it was ever a joke, that was YEARS ago. -- Parnian 4 May 2005 Several questions have been asked about Slaughter's Challenge that I'd like to address and clarify. 1) All Prizes must be used on the contest team, this includes the resurrection. Remember any fast arena team should be able to transfer to a slow arena (except for arena 82, I believe). 2) Warriors will be allowed to fight and run in the dead tourney, should there be one, and return if an opening can be made without breaking the rules (i.e. only one DA fight allowed per team). 3) If you win your single DA match you do not get another. It's one use of the Dark Arena win or lose so if you want him/her/it dead be sure and throw the match! 4) The resurrection potion's longevity has been extended by the commission to 6 months but the other potions (favorites, and +1 bonus) must still be used within 2 turns and on a 5 FE or higher warrior. The resurrection can go on any warrior regardless of FE. Street Legal P.S. My thanks to those already entered (Hammer, The Consortium, Tripwire, Stik, and Shaman) and hope many more find a reason to come to arena 54. Again, my email is triumph1971@hotmail.com or you can diplo me in arena 14 at THE DEATH SQUAD (63) if you need more info! 21 May 2005 Amendment for "Fratsfas 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 LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS GREW SOME GRUE bested JEHU in a action packed 3 minute master's Bloodfeud Title fight. HOLY SCHLITZ savagely defeated SATURN in a 2 minute gory veteran's Challenge melee. RUBIX CUBESTEAK was vanquished by PARNIAN in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge brawl. FLUTTERLEE overpowered KUNG-FU MASTER in a 1 minute one-sided fight. SPOCKA THE HUTT was bested by LURLINE GRACE in a action packed 3 minute gory brawl. CUDDLY KAHLUA bested VENISON OF SAM in a 3 minute master vs. amateur match. MR. T-BONE overpowered RUTHLESS JAYWALKER in a 1 minute gruesome uneven melee. SPAMELOT vanquished POLITE BEGGAR in a crowd boring 4 minute one-sided duel. BEEF WITH YOU vanquished TRUSTWORTHY SCRIBE in a 1 minute one-sided fight. BATTLE REPORT MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS |FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT| |SLASHING ATTACK 4 PARRY-RIPOSTE 7 - 3 - 0 70 | |TOTAL PARRY 3 STRIKING ATTACK 13 - 6 - 0 68 | |LUNGING ATTACK 3 PARRY-LUNGE 2 - 1 - 0 67 | |STRIKING ATTACK 2 WALL OF STEEL 3 - 2 - 0 60 | |PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 TOTAL PARRY 16 - 14 - 0 53 | |WALL OF STEEL 1 PARRY-STRIKE 1 - 1 - 1 50 | |AIMED BLOW 0 SLASHING ATTACK 18 - 19 - 1 49 | |PARRY-LUNGE 0 LUNGING ATTACK 16 - 17 - 1 48 | |PARRY-STRIKE 0 AIMED BLOW 1 - 4 - 0 20 | |BASHING ATTACK 0 BASHING ATTACK 0 - 3 - 0 0 | Turn 460 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 1 - 0 LUNGING ATTACK 1 - 2 3 TOTAL PARRY STRIKING ATTACK 2 - 0 AIMED BLOW 0 - 0 3 LUNGING ATTACK WALL OF STEEL 1 - 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 2 STRIKING ATTACK TOTAL PARRY 2 - 1 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 0 2 SLASHING ATTACK SLASHING ATTACK 2 - 2 BASHING ATTACK 0 - 0 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME TOTAL PARRY GREW SOME GRUE 4124 16 7 0 101 OLD SCHOOL (368) LUNGING ATTACK HOLY SCHLITZ 4052 19 11 2 94 OLD SCHOOL (368) STRIKING ATTACK FLUTTERLEE 4153 12 9 0 84 WANDERERS (329) PARRY-RIPOSTE LURLINE GRACE 4164 11 4 0 72 WANDERERS (329) SLASHING ATTACK SPOCKA THE HUTT 4137 7 5 0 61 OLD SCHOOL (368) Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above. The overall popularity leader is JEHU 3963. The most popular warrior this turn was SPOCKA THE HUTT 4137. The ten other most popular fighters were JEHU 3963, LURLINE GRACE 4164, HOLY SCHLITZ 4052, VENISON OF SAM 4181, GREW SOME GRUE 4124, SATURN 3990, PARNIAN 4138, FLUTTERLEE 4153, MR. T-BONE 4186, and BEEF WITH YOU 4190. The least popular fighter this week was SPAMELOT 4188. The other ten least popular fighters were CUDDLY KAHLUA 4139, RUBIX CUBESTEAK 4165, BEEF WITH YOU 4190, MR. T-BONE 4186, FLUTTERLEE 4153, PARNIAN 4138, SATURN 3990, GREW SOME GRUE 4124, VENISON OF SAM 4181, and HOLY SCHLITZ 4052. The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn: JEHU (41-3963) WANDERERS (329)