DUELMASTERS NEWSLETTER Date : 07/19/2003 Duedate: 08/01/2003 RODEKI ARENA DM-42 TURN-412 This Weeks Top Honors THE DUELMASTER IS PUDDING PARADE COLOR ME SUAVE (322) (42-3902) [13-1-0,93] Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader PUDDING PARADE YANKEE DAN COLOR ME SUAVE (322) CLOWNING AROUND (354) (42-3902) [13-1-0,93] (42-4019) [5-2-0,40] Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite SNAPPY GEORGE SNAPPY GEORGE COLOR ME SUAVE (322) COLOR ME SUAVE (322) (42-4015) [5-3-0,32] (42-4015) [5-3-0,32] THE CURRENT TOP TEAM COLOR ME SUAVE (322) TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team 1. WAY OF THE SWORD A3 (356) 44 2. DUH-WHAT? (357) 43 COLOR ME SUAVE (322) 3. COLOR ME SUAVE (322) 19 Unchartered Team 4. CLOWNING AROUND (354) 19 5. DELVERS (154) 4 DUH-WHAT? (357) The Top Teams Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K 1/ 0*DUH-WHAT? (357) 4 0 1 100 1/ 2 COLOR ME SUAVE (322) 11 4 0 2/ 1 COLOR ME SUAVE (322) 206 150 15 57.9 2/ 1 DELVERS (154) 8 7 0 3/ 4*CLOWNING AROUND (354) 7 9 0 43.8 3/ 5*WAY OF THE SWORD A (356) 6 9 0 4/ 5 DELVERS (154) 286 398 5 41.8 4/ 0*DUH-WHAT? (357) 4 0 1 5/ 6*WAY OF THE SWORD A (356) 6 9 0 40.0 5/ 4*CLOWNING AROUND (354) 4 4 0 '*' Unchartered team '-' Team did not fight this turn (###) Avoid teams by their Team Id ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank SPY REPORT Well, what are you looking at, RODEKI? Ain't you never seen Snide Clemens before? Ah, shaddup and listen to my news. Later days, DELVERS, since COLOR ME SUAVE took top team from you this turn, you guys are old news. I can just hear all the boasts coming in DUH-WHAT?'s next personal ads. Their first turn they went 4-0-1. Of course, we're all terribly impressed to see ARERIS win a fight and gain 19 points, terribly. Tsk, tsk, YANKEE DAN beat SNAPPY GEORGE and SNAPPY GEORGE lost 8 points. You're breakin' my heart. And if variety is the spice of life, RODEKI may be getting bland, as COOKIE SNORT stays top dog in the city. I'm not in a very good mood today, but why am I telling you this? You want to know what's new, don't you, RODEKI? He who fights and runs away will live to fight another day, the coward. RODEKI, I am losing what little hope I had in you. WAY OF THE SWORD A3 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 CLOWNING AROUND. Ha ha ha ha! Ooh, I'm frightfully impressed, SUSHEE SU was this turn's most challenged warrior. Watch that ego swell, sports fans. Some people like volunteer work in the hospitals. I volunteer for RODEKI's morgue. More variety. Honor is like a chainmail shirt, it only shines through use. Certain nameless cowards will doubtless rebuke me on this one. 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. Phlllt! Just had to do that before I leave the fine city of RODEKI. I feel much better now. Paste this one in your scrapbooks, you'll need the kindling come this winter-- Snide Clemens DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME PUDDING PARADE 3902 13 1 0 93 COLOR ME SUAVE (322) CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME RUBBER BUMPER 3903 17 21 0 86 DELVERS (154) ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME YANKEE DAN 4019 5 2 0 40 CLOWNING AROUND (354) CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME SNAPPY GEORGE 4015 5 3 0 32 COLOR ME SUAVE (322) ARERIS 4035 2 0 0 32 WAY OF THE SWORD A3 (356) ANN ARTICHOKE 3984 9 4 0 31 DELVERS (154) SOUPLE 4030 2 1 0 30 WAY OF THE SWORD A3 (356) EL RIPPOFF 3992 6 5 0 28 DELVERS (154) JOHN ROSE 3985 7 6 0 27 DELVERS (154) INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME SUSHEE SU 3983 4 9 0 21 DELVERS (154) FUZZY BUZZCUT 4024 3 2 0 21 COLOR ME SUAVE (322) SOUFFLE GUFFAW 4023 2 3 0 15 COLOR ME SUAVE (322) OSTMAN 4034 1 2 0 15 WAY OF THE SWORD A3 (356) BIA THE ITCH 4039 1 0 0 13 DUH-WHAT? (357) BOZO 4016 1 6 0 13 CLOWNING AROUND (354) KITTY 4036 1 0 1 11 DUH-WHAT? (357) GITH 4033 1 2 0 11 WAY OF THE SWORD A3 (356) JOSIE 4037 1 0 0 11 DUH-WHAT? (357) SPIKE 4038 1 0 0 8 DUH-WHAT? (357) '-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn. THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge? PERSISTENT BEGGAR 4 0 1 0 1 KITTY 4036 412 NONE DEJNY 4042 0 1 0 WAY OF THE SWORD 356 MOUNTAIN TROLL 18 412 NONE PERSONAL ADS Cookie Snort -- That was a clever and unexpected move. I never before saw a golem stopped because its air-intake was choked with cookie crumbs. -- Harby Snappy George -- You ripped me off! -- El Rippoff P.S. That was my move, you know. Ostman -- Even with tourney fights to bolster your over-confidence, that was a reckless thing to do. -- Ann Artichoke Ronald McDonald -- (curled lip of scorn) What can you expect if you come out dressed in mustard and catsup? -- Sushee Su Bozo -- Well, isn't that what you want? The crowd laughed at you. -- John Rose We must be slipping, as the Delvers collectively only taught seventeen skills to five opponents today. Sad. -- Harby 26 June 2003 STOP THINKING TOGS!!!!! It's here. Well, almost here anyway. We're looking at a start date of the first turn in Aradi (DM 60) following the Fall Mail-In. This should give everyone sufficient time to study the new ultra-improved T#%S IV rules and prep accordingly. So without further ado, here is your handy-dandy guide to winning your very own Golden Scrod (and some other very cool prizes to be announced officially before the start of the tourney that must not be named): 1. Each T#%S team consists of two managers. After the tourney starts, there will be no switching partners whatsoever, so choose your partners wisely. T#%S IV will last for 13 turns, so pick a partner you can stand for 6 months or so. The only team I know of so far is last TOGS winners: Ganolus Oakleaf/Hombre of Blood Related/Thieves Guild. Hey, this is fun! 2. The T#%S entry fee is 2 team setups per manager. This means 4 setups per T#%S 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: Andy Salveson 6812 Romanzo Way Elk Grove, CA 95758 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. T#%S point system: 10 points for winning on your up-challenge against another T#%S warrior. 7 points for winning on your even challenge of another T#%S warrior. 7 points for winning on another T#%S warriors challenge. 7 points for winning a random matchup against another T#%S warrior. 4 points for winning on your down-challenge of another T#%S warrior. 4 points for winning a random matchup against a non-T#%S warrior. Do not fight your team mate, you will not get any points. Also, you will not get any points if you challenge or get challenged by a non-T#%S team, so use your avoids wisely if you think someone is out to get you. 10 points for being the Duelmaster. This is in addition to all points listed above and will begin turn 1, so prep accordingly. 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 I 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. I will be the sole judge of this. If you're unsure if I will judge something to be Duelmasters or fantasy related, then e-mail me before you write the spotlight and ask me. I reserve the right to take points away from a spotlight after they are given if I judge at a 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. -5 points for being the team that avoided the most. If you participated in TOGS III, you'll notice some slight changes in the points structure. The main things are points for random match ups against non T#%S warriors, bonus points for being the Duelmaster, new spotlight criteria, and no points given for being the most avoided team. 4. I already mentioned this, but T#%S IV will start the first turn in arena 60 after the Fall Mail-In runs and it will last for 13 turns. There will not be a Survivor format this time around, meaning no eliminations. I will still be doing the multipliers at the end, however. This 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. Prizes are yet to be determined, but I'll tell you what I know. There will be prizes given out each turn to whichever team scores the most combined points on a given turn. Tie breakers will go to the team with the most wins on that turn and then to the team with most overall points. I have asked RSI for the same prizes as last TOGS which were transferring any warrior to arena 60 and renaming Aradi for approximately 6 months, but we'll see what they come back with. I haven't decided how to split the prizes up, partly because I don't know how many teams will be entering yet, but I do know the prizes will be split among the top 3 teams at the end. I will announce the exact breakdown of everything when I know more. 6. And just like TOGS III, Death Stud and I will be the sole arbiters of any dispute that may arise. Whine all you like, but as Nuln told you last time, that's how it is. 7. M & RR Clause (go ahead, read between the capitals): I reserve the right to disallow entry to this tourney if you have a previous history of being a big fat mouth about everything. I think that pretty much covers it. I will be accepting team entries as of now and then posting them in the newsletters as I receive entry fees. Please feel free to e-mail me regarding any questions or comments at Ganolus@aol.com. So everyone don your best pair of leg warmers, hop on your favorite farm animal, and ride to Aradi for the 4th kinda-annual Tournament that must not be named for no apparent reason whatsoever, or T#%S IV, for short. See ya'll there! -- Ganolus Oakleaf, T#%S IV Commish 18 July 2003 To All Managers -- I would like to take this time to announce that my alliance, The Association, is no more. Due to the dead weight managers of the alliance and their lack of participation, DarkSpirit and I have formed a new alliance: The Firm. We have taken on two members so far and are looking for a few more. If you would like to find out more about The Firm, you can diplo Dark Spirit, Unknowns XX in arena 15 or myself, Sungod, Sadists F2FII in arena 62. --* The Firm *-- Sungod -- Sadists F2FII -- 62 Dark Spirit -- Unknowns XX -- 15 Youngblood -- Wensinwasin -- 43 Tripwire -- Of Wolf and Man -- 1 LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS DEJNY was dealt death by MOUNTAIN TROLL in a 2 minute bloody Dark Arena fight. ARERIS vanquished JOHN ROSE in a 1 minute uneven Challenge battle. OSTMAN was subdued by ANN ARTICHOKE in a 1 minute Challenge fight. SOUPLE vanquished SUSHEE SU in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge brawl. COOKIE SNORT savagely defeated RUBBER BUMPER in a 2 minute veteran's fight. PUDDING PARADE won victory over VENOMOUS CONCUBINE in a 3 minute master's Title fight. SNAPPY GEORGE was outwaited by YANKEE DAN in a popular 7 minute competition. EL RIPPOFF handily defeated BOZO in a 2 minute gruesome uneven melee. GITH lost to SOUFFLE GUFFAW in a 2 minute fight. FUZZY BUZZCUT won victory over MORDANT DESERTER in a 1 minute duel. JOSIE defeated PERSISTENT BEGGAR in a 2 minute novice's fight. SPIKE unbelievably bested MORDANT DESERTER in a 2 minute brutal novice's bout. BIA THE ITCH demolished MORDANT DESERTER in a 1 minute mismatched competition. KITTY delivered the death blow upon PERSISTENT BEGGAR in a 1 minute novice's battle. BATTLE REPORT MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS |FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT| |WALL OF STEEL 4 AIMED BLOW 1 - 0 - 0 100 | |STRIKING ATTACK 4 TOTAL PARRY 19 - 8 - 0 70 | |PARRY-RIPOSTE 3 SLASHING ATTACK 7 - 3 - 0 70 | |BASHING ATTACK 3 PARRY-LUNGE 11 - 5 - 0 69 | |TOTAL PARRY 3 PARRY-STRIKE 9 - 5 - 0 64 | |LUNGING ATTACK 2 PARRY-RIPOSTE 17 - 11 - 0 61 | |PARRY-STRIKE 1 STRIKING ATTACK 15 - 10 - 0 60 | |SLASHING ATTACK 1 LUNGING ATTACK 22 - 16 - 1 58 | |AIMED BLOW 0 WALL OF STEEL 15 - 19 - 1 44 | |PARRY-LUNGE 0 BASHING ATTACK 6 - 11 - 0 35 | Turn 412 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 STRIKING ATTACK 1 - 3 3 TOTAL PARRY LUNGING ATTACK 2 - 0 AIMED BLOW 0 - 0 3 PARRY-RIPOSTE SLASHING ATTACK 1 - 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 2 WALL OF STEEL PARRY-RIPOSTE 2 - 1 1 LUNGING ATTACK BASHING ATTACK 2 - 1 1 SLASHING ATTACK TOTAL PARRY 2 - 1 1 BASHING ATTACK WALL OF STEEL 2 - 2 TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME TOTAL PARRY PUDDING PARADE 3902 13 1 0 93 COLOR ME SUAVE (322) Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above. The overall popularity leader is SNAPPY GEORGE 4015. The most popular warrior this turn was SNAPPY GEORGE 4015. The ten other most popular fighters were JOSIE 4037, DEJNY 4042, PUDDING PARADE 3902, EL RIPPOFF 3992, ARERIS 4035, ANN ARTICHOKE 3984, RUBBER BUMPER 3903, GITH 4033, SOUFFLE GUFFAW 4023, and FUZZY BUZZCUT 4024. The least popular fighter this week was BOZO 4016. The other ten least popular fighters were YANKEE DAN 4019, SUSHEE SU 3983, JOHN ROSE 3985, KITTY 4036, SOUPLE 4030, OSTMAN 4034, BIA THE ITCH 4039, SPIKE 4038, FUZZY BUZZCUT 4024, and SOUFFLE GUFFAW 4023. The following warriors have traveled to ADVANCED DUELMASTERS after fighting this turn: COOKIE SNORT (42-3954) COLOR ME SUAVE (322)