DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER Date : 06/19/2004 Duedate: 07/02/2004 RODEKI ARENA DM-42 TURN-436 This Weeks Top Honors THE DUELMASTER IS GUNSLINGER KING'S KREW (151) (42-1587) [19-20-2,116] Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader GUNSLINGER ADASHIR KING'S KREW (151) HIGHER PURPOSE (363) (42-1587) [19-20-2,116] (42-4088) [4-2-0,55] Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite GUNSLINGER LIMPY TWO-SCREWS KING'S KREW (151) COLOR ME SUAVE (322) (42-1587) [19-20-2,116] (42-4048) [17-7-0,114] THE CURRENT TOP TEAM HIGHER PURPOSE (363) TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team 1. HIGHER PURPOSE (363) 63 2. FLAGG'S FIVE (213) 44 COLOR ME SUAVE (322) 3. CLAN BATTLEAXE (302) 30 Unchartered Team 4. CLOWNING AROUND (354) 20 5. I'M SO SEXY (332) 5 CLAN BATTLEAXE (302) The Top Teams Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K 1/ 1*CLAN BATTLEAXE (302) 4 2 0 66.7 1/ 3*HIGHER PURPOSE (363) 10 5 0 2/ 2 COLOR ME SUAVE (322) 277 195 16 58.7 2/ 1 COLOR ME SUAVE (322) 8 6 0 3/ 3 CLOWNING AROUND (354) 39 29 1 57.4 3/ 6 FLAGG'S FIVE (213) 8 7 0 4/ 4*HIGHER PURPOSE (363) 17 13 2 56.7 4/ 4 CLOWNING AROUND (354) 6 3 1 5/ 5 I'M SO SEXY (332) 64 64 1 50.0 5/ 2 DELVERS (154) 6 9 0 6/ 6 FLAGG'S FIVE (213) 167 176 9 48.7 6/ 5 KING'S KREW (151) 5 6 0 7/ 7 DELVERS (154) 338 464 6 42.1 7/ 8*CLAN BATTLEAXE (302) 4 2 0 8/ 9 KING'S KREW (151) 66 119 2 35.7 8/ 7*SOUTH SIDE BULLOCK (369) 4 10 1 9/10*MEMPHIS MAFIA (367) 8 17 3 32.0 9/ 9 I'M SO SEXY (332) 2 1 0 10/ 8*SOUTH SIDE BULLOCK (369) 4 10 1 28.6 10/10*MEMPHIS MAFIA (367) 0 3 0 '*' Unchartered team '-' Team did not fight this turn (###) Avoid teams by their Team Id ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank TEAM SPOTLIGHT * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * HAMMERZ HERALD Death Fest Dada Data Edition/Diabolical Delarq Declaration by Hammer Behold, they belch out [insults] with their mouths; swords [of sarcasm, ridicule, slander, and lies] are in their lips, for who, they think, hear us? -- Psalms 59:7 Amplified Bible Sensational News about Hammer negotiating the Re-Opening of Delarq Tor DM 58 as a Slow Arena "Prize Package" for the DM 59 Death Fest Illis Iron Stable Award Winners was spreading all across the Delarq Federation quicker than Dragon Fire!!!!! Delarq Tor DM 58 would be Re-Opened as a Slow Arena by the Gladiatorial Commission as a Special Prize Awarded to the Illis Iron Stable Award Winners on the following conditions: 1. At least 20 of the stables entered in the DM 59 Delarq Death Fest beginning July 29th Must Complete a Minimum of 67 of a possible 75 fights over the course of 15 rounds 2. At least 20 of those Iron Stable Managers Must Enter a New Team Roll Up into DM 58 Delarq Tor Without Cannibalizing Any of Their Active Stables 3. A Minimum of 15 Stables are Required to Remain Active Each Cycle for the First Six Months to Ensure Exclusive Competition for the Duel Master and Team Awards [Free Fights!] Without Any Other Stables Being Allowed to Enter the Newly Re-Opened DM 58 Slow Arena [Until the First Six Months Have Expired in May 2006]. Hammer was Alerting the entire Delarq Federation Regular and Slow Arenas; as well as the Andorian and Free Blades Slow Arenas; Extending to Every Manager from Newbie to Jaded Veteran His Personal Invitation to Compete in the DM 59 Delarq Death Fest; with the Understanding that Delarq Tor DM 58 would be Re-Opened as a Slow Arena [If More Than Enough Managers Would Compete for the Opportunity to Re-Open Delarq Tor!]; Thus Carving a New Chapter in the Alastari Historical Archives; While Fulfilling Their Own Delarq Dueling Destiny! One of the things Hammer enjoyed most about Hosting/Promoting New Contests Was/Is the Transformation/Enlargement of the Chosen Arena Site; Especially Anticipating the New Stable Names/Managers Who Answer the Call to Cross Blades and Match Wits in a Hammer Hosted/Sponsored Contest. Offering 25 points to each Death Fest competitor who writes a minimum 15 paragraph Team Spotlight [including their Stable Name and Managerial Alias]; while Highlighting a Storyline of their own choosing as they Answer the Call to Cross Blades and Match Wits in a Hammer Sponsored Slow Arena Contest; would be One of Hammer's Most Anticipated Aspects of Hosting the Delarq Death Fest in DM 59. It would be Interesting to see Who was able to Write their Spotlight and Email it in a Format that would NOT be Cut Off by HAL; plus Who would be able to Submit their Hand Written [or Typed] Spotlight in Time for the RSI Typist to have Time to Type It into the DM 59 T-172 Newsletter; Otherwise, those 25 points would be Forfeited Due to the Fact that Hammer and Other Interested Persons would be Deprived of the Pleasure of the Potential Entertainment of Reading Countless Team Spotlights on the Opening Round of the Delarq Death Fest [because of Missing or Partial Team Spotlights!]. Hammer also was Interested in Who would have the Foresight to Place Their Stable on Team Maintenance or Warrior Maintenance to Ensure Their Stable Would NOT Miss a Death Fest Round; thus Forfeiting Both an Additional 25 points for fighting 67 of a possible 75 fights over the course of 15 rounds AND the Opportunity to Start a New Stable in Delarq Tor DM 58 as an Illis Iron Stable Award Winner; Once the Death Fest Contest Concluded in August 2005 and Qualified Managers were Listed with the Gladiatorial Commission to Send RSI a New Team Roll Up to Register a New Stable in DM 58 Delarq Tor: Thus Qualifying those New Stables to Compete in the Rookies 2005 Fall Mailer Tourney Before Competing in the Historic First Turn of the Newly Re-Opened Delarq Tor DM 58 Slow Arena on November 3rd 2005. Hammer Had Done His Best to Send Out the Call for the Devious, the Diabolical, the Dangerous and the Down Challenging to Cross Blades and Match Wits in Competition for the Top 10 Prize Categories and Illis Iron Stable Award [Where Everyone Wins the Right to Compete in the Newly Re-Opened Delarq Tor DM 58 Slow Arena on November 3rd 2005] All Sanctioned by the Gladiatorial Commission! Delarq Tor DM 58 Awaits Those Who are Brave Enough to Endure the Delarq Death Fest in DM 59 [Beginning July 29th 2004 T-172; Concluding August 25th 2005 T-186] By Completing a Minimum of 67 Fights Out of a Possible 75 Fights Over the Course of 15 Rounds of Dastardly Delarq Dog-Fighting! ***** Consult the DM 59 T-171 Newsletter Team Spotlight by Hammer for a Complete Listing of Death Fest Rules/Prize Allocations! ***** The New Merriam-Webster Dictionary Definitions: Dada: A movement in art and literature based on deliberate irrationality and negation of traditional artistic values. Data: Factual information (as measurements or statistics) used as a basis for reasoning, discussion, or calculation. Diabolical: Devilish, Fiendish. Declaration: To make known formally or explicitly. "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 + ]H[ + ---:--- + ]H[ The Dark Federation #5 ]H[ + ---:--- + ]H[ + Rodeki: There were just the four of them, or five if you counted Adabemis & Balmador as two separate people, which Sue E. Syde didn't. Not much of an army to arrest a governor. And just because "Princess Tirisha wants it done." What did the woman expect them to DO? It was beginning to look like Adabemis & Balmador wasn't the only crazy person around. She glanced at her companions and wondered if there was any point in commenting on this. Not to the Dwarf with his two personalities, although if one or the other didn't happen to like Tirisha.... No, not to him, or them. And she had a good idea that Captain Shirivien already knew it and didn't care, at least, not enough to run counter to Tirisha's commands. And her teammate Rob A. Ree...she shook her head. Better just to keep quiet for now. The streets of Rodeki were quiet, too. Very few people were out, and they were keeping close to the sides of buildings and fading down alleys at first sight of the group from Xochithlan. Expecting trouble, Sue guessed. The governor's palace in Rodeki was not as impressive as Sue had expected. Large, yes, but so...ordinary. It looked more like an office building than it did a palace. It was built against the side of the mountain that closed in Rodeki on the north, maybe even built back into the mountain, and it went up three stories with a sort of tower climbing higher back along the slope. There were no majestic pillars, no statues in niches (no niches), and only one balcony. And it was grubby. The stone might have been light-colored originally, but years of the smelter smoke that sometimes filled the valley had turned it blotched dark brown and sooty black. Tirisha wasn't going to like this place at all; Sue E. Syde couldn't imagine her living in it. But that wasn't today's problem. Today's problem was taking it away from Governor Milvares. Who wasn't likely to be taken by surprise.... One side of the big double door opened as the gladiators and Sirivien started up the steps. She didn't recognize the man who came out--a Kannar, late middle age, looked like a man used to wielding authority. It might be the governor himself. When they were close enough to hear him without shouting, he said, "Why have you come here?" The gladiators instinctively looked toward Captain Shirivien. "On the order of our lady, Princess Tirisha of Xochithlan," he said. "She has commanded us to arrest Governor Milvares." "On what grounds?" The man's voice was still calm, but there was steel in it. Shirivien hesitated. "The Princess has not offered us explanation. It is not our place to question, only to obey." A voice from overhead said, "We could drop things on them from here, even though we don't have proper stuff like boiling lead." Sue glanced up. There was a short woman in a Dwarven helmet on the balcony. A tall man in arena-issue mail came up behind her. "Not yet, Gate Witch." He added something that the people on the steps couldn't hear, but the Dwarven woman grinned and punched him on the arm. The man in the doorway reclaimed their attention, saying, "Your princess would be better served if the people around her asked for explanations and offered advice. She would be wise to return to Xochithlan." "Are you threatening Princess Tirisha?" Adabemis or Balmador demanded. "No, I'm offering her sound advice. It would be a good move for her to leave Rodeki. She has no place here." "It sounds like a threat to ME." That was definitely Balmador, the more hostile of the two personalities. "If you think in terms of threats," the man said, "all things sound like threats." Balmador opened his mouth to make a retort, but She and Shirivien moved in on him from either side, and Sue put a hand over his mouth. "Your advice may be good," she said, "but we have our orders." The man made a sort of half bow and stepped back, pulling the door closed behind him. From the balcony, Gate Witch said, "NOW can we drop things on them, John?" "I thought you were looking forward to fighting them in the halls," the man replied. "If you drop things on them now, they'll never make it into the halls. Which might not be a bad thing, when one comes to think about it...." "Spoilsport!" Both gladiators on the balcony withdrew, and pulled that door shut behind them also. Rob A. Ree, whose many flaws did not include major stupidity, looked at the closed door of the palace, and at the windows on either side, which were fifteen feet above the ground in front of them and barred, and said, "Anybody got a pocket battering ram?" "I thought we were supposed to be able to just walk in," Adabemis added. "Now what?" + ]H[ + ---:--- + ]H[ Out of the Past #7 ]H[ + ---:--- + ]H[ + Delarquan Edition Old Valamantis: The group of gladiators moved toward the edge of the risen city as slowly and carefully as they would have approached a sleeping dragon... that maybe wasn't sleeping after all. There was a partial wall separating the buildings from the countryside around them, but it must be outside the area of effect, because it was not in good condition. There were gaps and fallen stones, even trees growing between them where the ages had trapped dirt. Smeds of Mordant patted one of the stones thoughtfully. "Honest stonework here," he murmured. "And more recent than the ruins," Shamu of Cliffhome agreed. "Six hundred years, I'd say." He glanced at Smeds, and the other Dwarf nodded agreement. "Built just before the most recent Chaos War," the Silver Mage said, "to keep things in the ruins from getting out. Brought down by that war, at least in part. But..." he touched several stones lightly and smiled a little, "not completely useless even now and against this enemy. Honest stonework, as you say, but there is a barrier spell bound within the stones, and it remains." "If the spell is still working, why are we worrying about the ruins?" Smeds of Mordant demanded. "Because the spell will not keep working much longer." Tensekai frowned across the wall into the city. "It was a good wall and a good spell, but it won't hold Folstrom forever. Nothing--" He stopped and looked uncomfortable. "You were going to say that nothing will hold the Folstrom forever?" Sputter of Dwes Eg asked. Tensekai shrugged. "No absolute statement like that should be trusted, but I can honestly say that nothing we've found so far, except raw Chaos, will stop them. We have new spells, of course, but what was there to test them on? We don't know." "Yes, okay, but what are we supposed to be DOING here, then?" Lavender Lance of Illis asked. "You must observe," the Silver Mage answered promptly. "And I must go with you, because there are some things ONLY a mage can observe. If we can find the keystone of the spell that holds the towers up, we could destroy it, yes, and it might be a good thing to do so, but the towers are just a symptom. There are more dangerous things in Old Valamantis than just the towers." "Those things being?" Smeds cut in. "The wizards, obviously," Lavender Lance snapped. "Again, just a symptom," Tensekai said. "Dangerous, yes, very dangerous, but...." Ka D'Argo, who had never been described as stupid, even by his enemies, nodded slightly. "The wizards in Old Valamantis were resurrected along with the city," he said slowly. "You think there might be some way for them to reach other wizards, other Folstrom, of THIS time, don't you? That's what we have to prevent." Tensekai nodded. "How?" Smeds demanded. "I'm not sure," the Silver Mage admitted. "Killing the resurrected wizards might do it." "But you don't think that's enough, do you?" Goblin said. "No. I think we'll have to destroy the old city again," Tensekai answered. "And that won't be easy with all the blood that's been spilled there. Not when blood magic is at its strongest, as now." "But it can be done?" Smeds asked. "To get rid of bloodstains, soak in cold water and hand-wash," Lavender Lance muttered. Tensekai turned toward her slowly, eyes wide. "WHAT did you say?" The Illisni gladiator backed up a couple of steps in the face of his intensity. "It's how you get bloodstains out of cloth. Soak it in cold water--" "Yes!" The mage stared around almost feverishly. "We'll need a LOT of cold water...." "Ice," Smeds suggested. "From the mountains above Khalhums. Dwarves can do that." He glanced at Shamu, who nodded. "We're on it." The two Dwarves stepped aside, muttering together about sledges and sawdust. "If the wizards now in Old Valamantis realize we're trying to... quench the blood magic, they'll move to stop us," Ka D'Argo said. "So securing the arena and a route of access will be our job." "And if any wizards get killed in the process..." Goblin bared his fangs, "too bad for them." + ]H[ + ---:--- + ]H[ Out of the Past #8 ]H[ + ---:--- + ]H[ + Delarquan Edition Old Valamantis: Smeds of Mordant and Shamu of Cliffhome, both Dwarves, drew off to the side from the rest of the group. Harvesting and transporting tons of ice from the peaks above Khalhums was the kind of technical problem they relished, a true Dwarven sort of problem. Let the others worry about fighting resurrected wizards. "Can we quarry ice like stone?" Smeds wondered. "There's always heat associated with breaking rock, what if it melts the ice?" "It'd only melt some," Shamu guessed, "and we could stand that, especially if it made things go a little faster. And there are plenty of Dwarves in Khalhums who'd be glad of a little work these days." "Closing the arena didn't close down the town!" Smeds protested. "Up to a point," Shamu agreed, squinting into the distance. With the heat and humidity over the Feyranse basin, the mountains weren't visible, but any Dwarf could sense them. Why, they probably weren't much more than a hundred miles away! Well, no more than two hundred, anyway. "But how are we going to HAUL all that ice down here before it melts?" "Wagons. One thing that did drop to a trickle in the last couple of years is trade through the mountains," Smeds answered. "I've got friends up there, and I've heard. There are LOTS of carters eager for a load." "Right, and woodcutters in Caer who'd be glad to supply sawdust to pack it in, I bet." Shamu agreed. "We can do this!" "But I don't know ANYTHING about magic!" Lavender Lance of Illis was protesting, again. "That's all right, I know lots about magic," Tensekai the Silver Mage said. He patted her back in what he hoped was a soothing manner. "You've got something just as good in a situation like this: you're a lucky guesser. Between my knowledge and your luck, we should do well. Now..." he glanced around at the other gladiators, Ka D'Argo, Sputter, and Goblin, "you do all understand the plan?" "Kill everybody in Old Valamantis who isn't us," Goblin answered promptly. Ka D'Argo suppressed a sigh and glanced sideways at the gladiator from Kaltos. To Tensekai, he said, "We're to secure the Bloodgames arena and a corridor of approach, hold it till the ice gets here, keeping the wizards out." "It's the part about keeping the wizards out that worries me," Sputter of Dwes Eg muttered. "Easy to SAY that, but they're WIZARDS. How are we supposed to stop them?" Xochithlan: There were no ruins around Xochithlan to rise up at the wizard's call, because the modern city was the old city, continuously lived in for longer than most Alastarian cities had existed. There was, perhaps, a tendency for certain long- buried residents to stir in their graves, but if any came out to walk the streets, it was not immediately obvious. What was obvious was the forest. There had been a forest around Xochithlan for a long time, but it had been burned away during the Rirorni War. Replanting efforts had been ongoing for the last eight years, but eight years is not long enough to bring back a major forest. And what surrounded the city now, pressing in against the walls and disturbing the newer suburbs, was a major forest. Not, however, a forest such as the Xochithlani remembered. This was a Forest Primeval. This was a forest that might hide...anything. And according to the scholars of ancient texts consulted by King Feyen of Xochithlan, it probably did. "But I don't trust gladiators!" King Feyen protested. "Why should I give them this important job?" "Because no one else will take it," Chancellor Leldys said. "The merchants will not set their guards to clearing the road, each one fears that the others will hold back men and attack those who strip their Houses of defense." "The army, then," Feyen said. "What do I pay them for, anyway?" "You pay them to defend Xochithlan and your dynasty, Sire. We dare not set the army to the task of clearing the road, thus leaving the palace defenses understrength now, when your half-brother Ferhis is showing his teeth. An army could be lost in that Forest...or could change allegiance to avoid going into it. No, gladiators are your best resource for this. Set them to clearing the Forest back from the road so that we can resume our regular coming and going with the rest of the Federation--" The king scowled and stroked his thin mustache. "I notice there hasn't been any problem with THEM getting in contact with us--the Shagair." The chancellor shrugged. "Their methods are not something I would recommend. To use the old magic so freely...dangerous. Very dangerous. And surely you don't want to see the Shagair as our only contact with the rest of the world!" "Well, they ARE our kin." "I have kin I wouldn't trust. And the Shagairn ideas of what constitutes proper payment for the Rirorni War Debt is not...." "Not something we can pay. I know." Feyen sighed. "Oh, all right, we'll ask the gladiators to clear the road. Land grants for every ten-mile stretch cleared to a bow-shot back on each side...." The chancellor blanched. "Land grants? Sire, you can't go handing out land as though it was an endless resource! You--" "SMALL landgrants, Leldys. I am NOT an idiot, you know. If you're thinking of the unfortunate incident with the oryx and the lotus tank, I assure you that it was all Tirisha's doing!" "And I believe you, of course," the chancellor murmured. "But things would be so much easier, Sire, if you had an heir--" "I am NOT going to get married just to make things easier for you," Feyen cut in. "There's plenty of time. Let's think about getting the road cleared first." * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * ---===DELARQUAN REGIONAL NEWS===--- Duelmasters ----------- DM 1 MORDANT (turn 497): WISPER of SWEORDMASTERS (Mannequin, mgr.) DM 2 NIANIA (turn 383): TOOFLESS of GLORY BOUND TROLLS (DeGotti, mgr.) DM 3 OSKSI (turn 502): HARALDUR of AESIR (Buri, mgr.) DM 4 JHELUM (turn 498): MARCH MADNESS of SPORTZ! (Guardian, mgr.) DM 5 KALTOS (turn 497): FRIED TWINKIE of MORE NEW TEAMS 2 (The Muffin Man, mgr.) DM 6 TRANSEL (turn 501): SERENGETI of BATTLE BEASTS (Sensei Jan, mgr.) DM 7 BONSUR (turn 499): PTI of WASTELAND II (The Muffin Man, mgr.) DM 10 KOLACT (turn 493): HOLY BULL of THOROUGHBREDS (DRF, mgr.) DM 18 TALCAMA (turn 485): HIS PROCTOLOGIST of DOC STEELE FAN CLUB (PTFT, mgr.) DM 21 SUNSET (turn 484): MAINE COON CAT of MEOW MIX (Sylvester Frothingslosh, mgr.) DM 36 JHANS (turn 458): PINK BEAR of LITTLE GIRLS LIKE... (Shocking Toad, mgr.) DM 38 CLIFFHOME (turn 449): STEVEN SCIMITAR of EAGLES CLAW (Talon Volksie, mgr.) DM 39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 195): DUCK TAPE of DUCKS UNLIMITED (Crip, mgr.) DM 42 RODEKI (turn 435): GUNSLINGER of KING'S KREW (King Ralph, mgr.) DM 51 TRICORUS (turn 384): APPLE of FRUITS (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.) DM 54 TROCAR (turn 182): MOUSETRAP of USELESS TOOLS (Crip, mgr.) DM 59 ILLIS (turn 170): HOFFA WITH HAIR of IMPROVED ILLUSION (Phantasm, mgr.) DM 62 VALAMANTIS (turn 333): BET OR NOT DIE of SRETSAMLEUD (Phat Phat, mgr.) DM 72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 147): 2 PHAT of VERMIN (Sultan, mgr.) ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 377): SLEEPLESS PARANOIA of PARENTHOOD from DWES EG (TUM) Top Teams --------- DM 1 MORDANT (turn 497): THE BLACK COMPANY (Darkfist, mgr.) DM 2 NIANIA (turn 383): GLORY BOUND TROLLS (DeGotti, mgr.) DM 3 OSKSI (turn 502): none DM 4 JHELUM (turn 498): ORCCON THUGS (DMobster, mgr.) DM 5 KALTOS (turn 497): THE TAKEN (Silver Stroke, mgr.) DM 6 TRANSEL (turn 501): BATTLE BEASTS (Sensei Jan, mgr.) DM 7 BONSUR (turn 499): SUGAR AND SPICE (Mannequin, mgr.) DM 10 KOLACT (turn 493): DEVIL'S ADVOCATE (Assamite, mgr.) DM 18 TALCAMA (turn 485): BURN N' PILLAGE (Jolly, mgr.) DM 21 SUNSET (turn 484): CARNAGE CANARIES (Carnage Canary, mgr.) DM 36 JHANS (turn 458): SUICIDAL DREAMS (Bookie, mgr.) DM 38 CLIFFHOME (turn 449): DENNY'S BKFAST (T'Loi, mgr.) DM 39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 195): ATMAN PROJECT (Kosmos, mgr.) DM 42 RODEKI (turn 435): COLOR ME SUAVE (Suave, mgr.) DM 51 TRICORUS (turn 384): FRUITS (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.) DM 54 TROCAR (turn 182): THE MUPPETS (Keldon Blackfang, mgr.) DM 59 ILLIS (turn 170): ISLANDERS (Nick, mgr.) DM 62 VALAMANTIS (turn 333): MIDDLE WAY 10 (Nick, mgr.) DM 72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 147): X-POSSE (Savant, mgr.) ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 377): BLACK PRIMERS, etc. (Doc Steele, mgr.) Recent Graduates ----------------- DM 1 MORDANT (turn 497): WISPER of SWEORDMASTERS (Mannequin, mgr.) (turn 496): SMEDS of THE BLACK COMPANY (Darkfist, mgr.) DM 4 JHELUM (turn 498): MARCH MADNESS of SPORTZ! (Guardian, mgr.) DM 7 BONSUR (turn 499): PTI of WASTELAND II (The Muffin Man, mgr.) DM 10 KOLACT (turn 492): VAPID VANNA of SPRINGBORN (Still, mgr.) DM 21 SUNSET (turn 483): MR. TWISTER of IRONIC TAILS (Mr. Twister, mgr.) DM 36 JHANS (turn 457): KATHLEEN of BABES (Papa Bear, mgr.) DM 38 CLIFFHOME (turn 448): UHLEK of DARK TOADS (TigToad, mgr.) DM 39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 194): TAMMY FAYE of WITLESS WONDERS (Berylstar, mgr.) DM 42 RODEKI (turn 435): ANN ARTICHOKE of DELVERS (Nick, mgr.) YANKEE DAN of CLOWNING AROUND (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.) DM 54 TROCAR (turn 182): MERGEN of THE BLACK COMPANY (Woelfe, mgr.) DM 72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 147): 2 PHAT of VERMIN (Sultan, mgr.) SPY REPORT Good day, in RODEKI a quiet thief gets rich, but a quiet spymaster gets poor. So bring me ale and harken to my tidbits of news. It seems the training can make the difference, as COLOR ME SUAVE is pushed out of top team by HIGHER PURPOSE, who came from 3rd with a 4-1-0 this turn. FLAGG'S FIVE stable has parlayed this turn's 4-1-0 into a 3 space move up the rankings. This brings them up to 3rd place. Good work, guys! The HIGHER PURPOSE guild has had a 4-1-0 turn and deserves to be watched in the future. You never know where this kind of thing can lead. And let's see, CRIX BREMOORE fought FUZZY BUZZCUT and gained 22 points and contributed to FLAGG'S FIVE's 4-1-0. This turn GUNSLINGER Bloodfeuded DUCEM in what was RODEKI's Title bout. Defending his title for another turn, GUNSLINGER kept SOUTH SIDE BULLOCKS' warrior, DUCEM, from claiming the throne. Tell me, is nothing sacred? I have heard from unimpeachable sources that The Dripping Blade uses trolls in their stew. Talk about gristle! The crowd's roar, the smell of iron and leather, mixed with sweat, what more could a warrior ask of life? Well, besides that. SOUTH SIDE BULLOCKS has cause to stand tall, as they were RODEKI's most avoided team. A smart manager knows this is a team to beat. And guess who avoided SOUTH SIDE BULLOCKS stable the most? Believe it or not, it was CLAN BATTLEAXE. Anyone surprised? Well, sports fans, take notice that JOHN ROSE from DELVERS was RODEKI's most challenged warrior this turn. Tsk, tsk, tsk. STUPID SEXY FLANDERS, does your manager know you're challenging down 19 points to fight JOHN ROSE from DELVERS? We're not surprised to hear that STUPID SEXY FLANDERS beat JOHN ROSE, but I bet it would be interesting to hear why I'M SO SEXY made such a challenge. BOZO from CLOWNING AROUND took a risk this turn by bravely challenging up 40 points in a challenge against LIMPY TWO-SCREWS. Even though BOZO lost the fight, he at least came away with a gain of 77 points for challenging on of COLOR ME SUAVE. In a brave attempt, ADASHIR from HIGHER PURPOSE challenged up 22 points to fight NEON NECROBOOKIE from the MEMPHIS MAFIA stable. ADASHIR perhaps got his just desserts, seeing as he bested NEON NECROBOOKIE and ended up with 55 recognition points. We only live a short time in this world, so why not take a sharp blade, and shave it close? Kudos go out to GUNSLINGER this turn, for revenging KING'S KREW's bloodfeud against SOUTH SIDE BULLOCKS' warrior DUCEM. Well done. We'd like to remind certain teams not to rob the graves of their enemies. You know who you are; and it's considered rude. I like this place, RODEKI, the taverns have old wine, and young serving girls. Who could ask for more? Always good to rest in RODEKI, but never good to wear out my welcome. Look for me in future turns. Until you see my quill in RODEKI again, farewell-- Alarond the Scribe DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME GUNSLINGER 1587 19 20 2 116 KING'S KREW (151) CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME LIMPY TWO-SCREWS 4048 17 7 0 114 COLOR ME SUAVE (322) STUPID SEXY FLANDERS 3836 13 7 0 103 I'M SO SEXY (332) EL RIPPOFF 3992 19 16 0 95 DELVERS (154) CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME CRIX BREMOORE 4091 7 4 1 88 FLAGG'S FIVE (213) GEORGE STARK 1589 18 24 0 84 KING'S KREW (151) BOZO 4016 12 19 0 77 CLOWNING AROUND (354) JOHN ROSE 3985 13 24 0 76 DELVERS (154) FUZZY BUZZCUT 4024 18 11 0 75 COLOR ME SUAVE (322) CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME SUSHEE SU 3983 13 24 0 63 DELVERS (154) 1977 AMC MATADOR 4116 8 1 0 62 COLOR ME SUAVE (322) VIRTUOS VIXEN 4092 8 3 0 57 FLAGG'S FIVE (213) ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME ADASHIR 4088 4 2 0 55 HIGHER PURPOSE (363) NESSA 4090 4 2 1 43 HIGHER PURPOSE (363) NEON NECROBOOKIE 4113 3 5 1 36 MEMPHIS MAFIA (367) CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME LIRAN NIAR 3504 2 0 0 32 CLAN BATTLEAXE (302) -BREW-HA-HA 4114 2 2 1 31 MEMPHIS MAFIA (367) MASUMII 4117 5 3 0 30 FLAGG'S FIVE (213) ALARIC 4086 4 2 0 30 HIGHER PURPOSE (363) RONALD MCDONALD 4041 4 0 1 29 CLOWNING AROUND (354) -RIGHT-WING PIMP 4111 2 2 1 29 MEMPHIS MAFIA (367) QAHZ VAK 3502 2 0 0 29 CLAN BATTLEAXE (302) -BEN MEARS 3280 6 7 0 25 KING'S KREW (151) -DENNIS RODMAN 3849 5 9 0 24 I'M SO SEXY (332) INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME AENEAS 4140 2 0 0 22 HIGHER PURPOSE (363) THE MOLE 4118 6 2 1 21 DELVERS (154) DUCEM 4133 1 2 1 21 SOUTH SIDE BULLOCKS (369) NIKIAS 4138 2 1 0 18 HIGHER PURPOSE (363) BLAZING BLUR 4136 2 1 0 15 FLAGG'S FIVE (213) CKYAN VOR 3503 0 2 0 14 CLAN BATTLEAXE (302) MIYAGI'S MIATA 4130 2 1 0 8 COLOR ME SUAVE (322) -J.T. MONEY$$ 4110 1 3 0 6 MEMPHIS MAFIA (367) -MR. MACKEY 3888 1 0 0 6 I'M SO SEXY (332) MALLOW 4134 1 2 0 6 SOUTH SIDE BULLOCKS (369) -DR. HOOK 4125 1 3 0 6 KING'S KREW (151) DEVERS 4135 1 2 0 5 SOUTH SIDE BULLOCKS (369) SELDON 4131 1 2 0 5 SOUTH SIDE BULLOCKS (369) -BADUNKADUNK 4119 0 4 0 4 MEMPHIS MAFIA (367) '-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn. THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge? HAIRLIP BOMBSHEL 4067 3 10 1 COLOR ME SUAVE 322 BREW-HA-HA 4114 432 NONE GOLDEN BOY OF BA 4071 7 5 0 COLOR ME SUAVE 322 NEON NECROBOOKIE 4113 432 REVENGED TORTURE KING 4128 0 4 0 FLAGG'S FIVE 213 WURM KIN 27 436 NONE DARIUS 4087 1 2 1 HIGHER PURPOSE 363 THE MOLE 4118 433 ANDY 4137 0 1 0 KING'S KREW 151 DUCEM 4133 435 JUST REV BAYTA 4132 0 2 0 SOUTH SIDE BULLOC 369 RONALD MCDONALD 4041 435 PERSONAL ADS Suave -- All I can say is...if you kill him...you kill him. *shrug* And if you don't... more reason for Necro to hold his head up and be proud. Bring it.... -- <awaiting you honorably> Bookie P.S. OUCH!! Nice numbers...sorry 'bout that seriously.... *shrug* Limpy Too Screwed -- Gee. Thanks for TWO skills!? Geesh, what the froth is up with my learns?! Grrrrrr. And what's up with the Arenamaster applauding for you? You two know each other? What exactly's goin on around here? Huh? Huh? HUH!? -- Neon Necrobookie P.S. I ain't dead yet...ssssuuuuukkkkkkaaaaahhhhh! El Rippoff -- Ok, you ripped me off and I want payback! -- Yankee Dan Yankee Dan -- 11-15(1)-9-17-15-7-11 TP. Skills at: 16(+4)/18/20(+3)/24/21/18. Faves: VL/LO QS--I tried QS 3 times. First 2 times looked great. Then I fought EL RIPPOFF and made 12 attacks with 0 crits. I should have known better than to trust an El Rippoff fight! -- Assur Ann Artichoke & El Rippoff -- I've got my faves--you've got my challenges! Doesn't the old saying go, eighth times a charm? -- Yankee Dan Sushee Su -- Looks like I got the better of that one. Thanks for the skills, too! Three at a time, even! -- Bozo Suave -- -- Assur Suave -- You want losses? Here I come, ready or not! Bozo's now a permanent fixture in the upper ranks. But he'll gladly try and show Limpy how much endurance he needs to win a fight! Meanwhile, Ronald M. will hopefully get his challenge through and show MM the business. While I like beating you up, Yankee Dan is going to pass on giving Fuzzy one last loss before he goes. He's got a score to settle with these PR's that have been such a nuisance. -- Assur South Side Bullocks -- My apologies, but Ronald has a bit of a temper. When Bayta didn't laugh at his joke, he got a little carried away. I've talked with him and told him to not take things so personally. Hopefully this won't be repeated in the future! -- Assurnasirbanipal Bookie -- Have you figured out the odds for all of Rodeki's tourney entries? Looks like you've got 4 apprentices and an initiate. Ronald McDonald will be going as an Initiate. Bozo's going to provide entertainment. Who else is representing Rodeki? -- Assur Yankee Dan -- I hold you PERSONALLY responsible for my graduation, and I thank you. I will probably go into retirement, at least from the gladiatorial scene, but no doubt I'll be active elsewhere. Adventures, things like that. I am 10-9-12-17-10- 13-13 EP low/high. My attractiveness and trustworthiness are quite good, but otherwise I am ordinary. Nothing wrong with being ordinary.... -- Ann Artichoke Bozo -- Oooooh, I do SO want to slice and dice you! Please stand STILL next time. -- Sushee Su Virtuos Vixen -- Definitely a virtuoso, or is that "virtuosa," at learning, I see. But then, I AM a good teacher. -- John Rose Gunslinger -- I've been ripped off! -- El Rippoff 1977 Amc Matador -- Why do I feel like I've been hit by a truck? -- The Mole Gunslinger -- I'll have to, you know, like, think about it, okay? -- Ann Artichoke, not adverse to the idea Bookie -- If you have had trouble with your face, could I suggest...soap? -- Harby P.S. I couldn't resist that one, semi-sorry. Flagg -- Sorry for such a brief piece in the last newsletter, I let time get away from me. This time, though...we'll see. -- Harby P.S. Nick pays the bills and so he gets the billing, as you might say. Officially, all Delarquan teams mailing to this address are managed by Nick. But I do the work. Such as gets done. Nick doesn't do a darned thing. Not a thing. What a lazy bum! Assur -- Um, that's Muffy, not TUM. TUM's been threatening to return to Rodeki, Talcama, and a diet high in fiber. Thus far, none of those are confirmed. -- Suave Bookie -- Got your diplo. Sure, I wanted to kill Neon, but we can't always get what we want. Ah well. There was a time when I was definitely the talkative type, but nowadays I save the talking for when I have to get out of tight jams. I'll toss out an occasional ad or DM column--it's been too long since I've held the throne, so I'm sending Limpy after it this turn--but mostly, you have to prod me to get a response. -- Suave P.S. Give the alliance thing a rest. It's only important when you're up against other alliances. I'm part of the Lobotomized Boys Association and you don't hear me crowing. Congratulations, you have three kills. You have eight total wins. Eight. Accomplish something, THEN make some noise. Assur -- Who says your guys can't be both clowns AND puds? Mine are puds and jokes. -- Suave Flagg -- No harm in ignoring me. If I want to be noticed, I can make myself noticeable. -- Suave Assur -- Nope, not TUM. This is The Muffin Man. I made I'm So Sexy a while back and decided to try and get Stupid Sexy Flanders out. It's going to take a lot of luck, though. Now that your TP is leaving almost everyone up here is offensive. I need someone to stand around and do nothing and your guy was perfect! -- TMM TMM...TUM...not a whole lot of difference there. *grin* -- Ed. 25 May 2004 TEN TURNS OF HELL: The KLK Capture The Flag Competition In the spirit of the ongoing effort to make arena play what it used to be (FUN!!), I am proud to announce the KLK Capture The Flag Competition. The competition will be held in Jhans (DM-36, which has, by the way, grown in size equal to Talcama already). :) We are announcing this contest early to allow managers time to prep. Rules: -- On turn 462 (due 8/4/04) the lowest ranked warrior on your team is given your team's 'flag' (he is your initial flag defender). -- Starting on turn 463 (due 8/18/04) flags will be defended every turn and turn 463 is the turn scoring will begin. -- Fights involving flags are winners-take-all and a warrior can carry as many flags as he can win. -- If a warrior holding a flag either A) goes inactive, B) loses to a stand-by warrior or C) gets DA'd, he forfeits all flags he has and they are returned the their original team's lowest ranked warrior. -- If you hold your own flag on an inactive warrior you receive NO POINTS that turn. -- If a warrior graduates to AD holding flags starting on the next turn those flags will be defended by the lowest ranked warrior on the team of the graduating warrior. -- Scoring as follows for each turn: 2 pts -- possession of your own team flag 1 pt -- possession any other flag 1 pt -- for each win 1 pt -- for each kill 1 pt -- for each award you receive in the newsletter -- You may enter as many teams as you like (per RSI rules) but each team is its own entry. -- Tie-Breaker goes to the team that had the most points from flags. -- If still tied the tie-breaker will be the team that had the most points from kills. (It's the Delarq way.) -- The contest lasts 10 turns and there will be prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd (based on highest point totals) Prizes: (what you've been waiting on) 1st -- 3 know favorites potions* DA warrior named after winning manager 2nd -- 2 know favorites potions* 3rd -- 1 know favorites potion* * These are full favorite potions (weapon, rhythms and tactics) and can only be used on warriors with at least 4 FE. How's that for paying out? (grin) Even if you think that it's all about the TC, these prizes should be enough to draw you in. (You know who you are.) I hope to see friend and foe alike come to Jhans. Legion, Froths, and all the others...this is your personal invite. Can you win? Can you survive 10 turns of Hell in Jhans? Note: Special thanks to RSI for helping make this contest possible. Thanks guys! Bookie KLK Alliance Director Jhans' Board of Tourism Warden of the Froth Circle (grin) D.R.C. 4 Life 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 TORTURE KING was butchered by WURM KIN in a 1 minute bloody Dark Arena fight. GUNSLINGER vanquished DUCEM in a 1 minute uneven Bloodfeud Title battle. MALLOW was subdued by RONALD MCDONALD in a action packed 2 minute Bloodfeud fight. YANKEE DAN viciously subdued ANN ARTICHOKE in a 7 minute veteran's Challenge contest. STUPID SEXY FLANDERS devastated JOHN ROSE in a 1 minute uneven Challenge brawl. BOZO was savagely defeated by LIMPY TWO-SCREWS in a 1 minute Challenge struggle. 1977 AMC MATADOR defeated SUSHEE SU in a 2 minute uneven Challenge melee. ADASHIR vanquished NEON NECROBOOKIE in a 1 minute gory uneven Challenge duel. CKYAN VOR was vanquished by MASUMII in a 3 minute one-sided Challenge duel. LIRAN NIAR savagely defeated THE MOLE in a 2 minute gruesome Challenge match. DEVERS was overpowered by NIKIAS in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge fight. GEORGE STARK was subdued by EL RIPPOFF in a 5 minute master's competition. FUZZY BUZZCUT was savagely defeated by CRIX BREMOORE in a 2 minute mismatched match. VIRTUOS VIXEN overcame ALARIC in a 2 minute fight. NESSA vanquished CAPTURED ORC in a 1 minute mismatched bout. QAHZ VAK vanquished MIYAGI'S MIATA in a 1 minute one-sided fray. SELDON was bested by BLAZING BLUR in a 5 minute amateur's brawl. AENEAS overpowered CONVICTED THIEF in a 2 minute one-sided bout. BATTLE REPORT MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS |FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT| |SLASHING ATTACK 5 STRIKING ATTACK 4 - 1 - 1 80 | |BASHING ATTACK 5 PARRY-STRIKE 7 - 3 - 1 70 | |WALL OF STEEL 5 LUNGING ATTACK 23 - 19 - 3 55 | |PARRY-RIPOSTE 4 BASHING ATTACK 24 - 20 - 0 55 | |TOTAL PARRY 4 PARRY-RIPOSTE 16 - 15 - 0 52 | |AIMED BLOW 3 WALL OF STEEL 24 - 23 - 0 51 | |LUNGING ATTACK 3 AIMED BLOW 8 - 8 - 0 50 | |PARRY-LUNGE 2 SLASHING ATTACK 18 - 21 - 2 46 | |STRIKING ATTACK 1 TOTAL PARRY 16 - 20 - 0 44 | |PARRY-STRIKE 1 PARRY-LUNGE 6 - 15 - 1 29 | Turn 436 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 WALL OF STEEL 1 - 4 3 BASHING ATTACK PARRY-RIPOSTE 3 - 1 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 2 3 WALL OF STEEL AIMED BLOW 2 - 1 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 1 1 LUNGING ATTACK LUNGING ATTACK 2 - 1 1 AIMED BLOW SLASHING ATTACK 3 - 2 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE BASHING ATTACK 3 - 2 1 SLASHING ATTACK TOTAL PARRY 2 - 2 1 TOTAL PARRY TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME LUNGING ATTACK LIMPY TWO-SCREWS 4048 17 7 0 114 COLOR ME SUAVE (322) AIMED BLOW STUPID SEXY FLANDERS 3836 13 7 0 103 I'M SO SEXY (332) PARRY-RIPOSTE EL RIPPOFF 3992 19 16 0 95 DELVERS (154) SLASHING ATTACK CRIX BREMOORE 4091 7 4 1 88 FLAGG'S FIVE (213) BASHING ATTACK FUZZY BUZZCUT 4024 18 11 0 75 COLOR ME SUAVE (322) WALL OF STEEL 1977 AMC MATADOR 4116 8 1 0 62 COLOR ME SUAVE (322) Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above. The overall popularity leader is GUNSLINGER 1587. The most popular warrior this turn was LIMPY TWO-SCREWS 4048. The ten other most popular fighters were EL RIPPOFF 3992, RONALD MCDONALD 4041, CRIX BREMOORE 4091, CKYAN VOR 3503, MASUMII 4117, BLAZING BLUR 4136, LIRAN NIAR 3504, GEORGE STARK 1589, VIRTUOS VIXEN 4092, and SELDON 4131. The least popular fighter this week was MIYAGI'S MIATA 4130. The other ten least popular fighters were DEVERS 4135, JOHN ROSE 3985, MALLOW 4134, DUCEM 4133, TORTURE KING 4128, AENEAS 4140, NESSA 4090, ALARIC 4086, FUZZY BUZZCUT 4024, and NIKIAS 4138. The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn: GUNSLINGER (42-1587) KING'S KREW (151) The following warriors have traveled to AD after fighting this turn: ANN ARTICHOKE (42-3984) DELVERS (154) YANKEE DAN (42-4019) CLOWNING AROUND (354)