DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 05/10/2004    Duedate: 05/22/2004

ARDIVENT ARENA

DM-46    TURN-426

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

ZACK
HARDTIMESINBABYLON (325)
(46-3795) [15-4-0,106]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

ZACK                           POSITION IS EMPTY
HARDTIMESINBABYLON (325)       
(46-3795) [15-4-0,106]         

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

ZACK                           ZACK
HARDTIMESINBABYLON (325)       HARDTIMESINBABYLON (325)
(46-3795) [15-4-0,106]         (46-3795) [15-4-0,106]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

HARDTIMESINBABYLON (325)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. FLOYDS FAN CLUB (333)       59
2. HARDTIMESINBABYLON (325)    15      HARDTIMESINBABYLON (325)
3. CYNICAL DELUSIONS (218)     14      Unchartered Team
4. RUBY DRAGONS (336)          14
5. DEATHTONGUE (89)            12       (129)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 1 HARDTIMESINBABYLON (325) 172  90  8 65.6   1/ 1 HARDTIMESINBABYLON (325) 10  4 0
 2/ 2 CYNICAL DELUSIONS (218)  123  88  9 58.3   2/ 2 DEATHTONGUE (89)          8  6 0
 3/ 3 DEATHTONGUE (89)         %1029 742 55 58.1   3/ 4 BLUVALLEY WARRIORS (74)   5 10 0
 4/ 4 RUBY DRAGONS (336)        57  44  2 56.4   4/ 0 FLOYDS FAN CLUB (333)     4  1 0
 5/ 0 THE FURIOUS FIVE (253)    75  68  0 52.4   5/ 5 CYNICAL DELUSIONS (218)   4  2 0
 6/ 0 FLOYDS FAN CLUB (333)     27  26  3 50.9   6/ 6 RUBY DRAGONS (336)        4  5 0
 7- 5 DRAGON CLAN (310)         46  45  5 50.5   7- 3 DRAGON CLAN (310)         2  3 0
 8/ 6 BLUVALLEY WARRIORS (74)  272 429  9 38.8   8/ 0 THE FURIOUS FIVE (253)    1  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

            + ]H[ + ---:--- + ]H[ Out of the Past #7 ]H[ + ---:--- + ]H[ +
                                   Andorian Edition

Aruak City:

     "First, gather information," Adeolar muttered.  It was one of the basic rules 
that the more information you had relevant to your problem, the better your chance 
was of solving it.  She frowned at her gilt-framed magic mirror, twisting a lock of 
hair thoughtfully as she considered how to make best use of it.  It was still 
working, after a fashion, but the reddish film tainting the glass was stronger.  It 
confused the images, and she suspected that it also indicated something more 
dangerous than misreading a scene: that the spell which it embodied was being 
contaminated by blood magic, as well.  Contaminated, and maybe distorted, maybe even 
subverted.  Did she dare use the mirror spell now?
     Did she dare NOT use it?  She needed information to plan her campaign against 
Khaldren.  She shook her head and wiped at the red-tinged glass once more.  She would 
just have to--
     "Ma'am?"
     She glanced over her shoulder as Segallion Sundancer, one of her warriors, 
looked into the room.  His countrywoman Nila was with him.
     "Nila and I were wondering if we could help, ma'am.  You being a sun priestess, 
and us being temple staff of the Sun Temple on Korvant Isle, well, we thought we 
might be... compatible."
     "Oh.  Hmm."  Adie frowned, her fingers automatically going to one of her curls 
and twisting it as she considered the possibilities.  The worship of the sun as 
performed in the western Karian states was not at all like that of her own tradition, 
but it might work.  It might, at least, be worth trying.  "Perhaps," she said 
finally.  "Let's set it up this way:  I'll start on my own, and if I don't need your 
help, you keep out of it--  It's too dangerous to mix in if you aren't needed," she 
added sternly as Segallion opened his mouth to protest.  "But you be READY, and if I 
need help, I'll signal you."  Maybe she would, but maybe not.  It WAS dangerous, and 
neither gladiator had achieved Shelia Greywand's immortality yet.  But she understood 
the need to be helpful, and she might not have to make use of their aid.
     When both gladiators nodded agreement, she turned back to her mirror.  
Carefully, with every aspect of the spell observed meticulously--something that 
wasn't necessary under better times, because spells were normally all of a piece and 
could "take a hint," as it were--she began the incantation that would activate the 
mirror.  The surface shimmered crimson silver, glittering and trembling.  This was 
NOT the normal behavior of a mirror spell!  It felt as though she was trying to lift 
a great weight with her mind.  She had never thought of the veil between HERE and 
THERE as a weight before....
     Abruptly the glass cleared, or nearly so, a reddish film remained.  And there 
was risen Krael as she had seen it before.  But this time she was not interested in 
the general view.  It was an accepted law of magic that for every strength a magician 
or wizard had, there was a corresponding weakness.  Khaldren had come into the 
present from Krael, and somewhere in that city she hoped to find a clue to his power 
and his weakness.
     There was the ancient city, mud-stained and battered by the centuries it had 
spent sunk beneath the Trier.  There the survivors, moving about their tasks which 
seemed inexplicable but must be linked in some way to Khaldren.  She selected one of 
the better-dressed men and began to follow him through the ruins.  His course was 
erratic, she thought at first it was to avoid the obstacles presented by the city's 
decrepit state.  But he climbed over the mound of rubble that represented a fallen 
wall, and splashed through a knee-deep pool of water and mud.  There were easier ways 
to get from one point to another, so why...?
     The man met up with another, handed over a... she couldn't see what, a crystal 
of some sort, and sat down on a stone to wring out the hem of his robe.  The other 
man set off across the rubble.  With a cold shock, Adie realized that the movement of 
these men, and others in Krael, were themselves parts of a spell.
     What kind of spell would be produced by somatic components on such a scale?  A 
very powerful one....  Were the other "risen cities" involved in this?  Celestinvael 
had been mentioned, and Old Valamantis.  Adie turned her mirror-sight to the south.
     She was marginally aware that behind her the two gladiators began to dance and 
chant.

Near Ardivent:

     Master Cho, former manager of the Bluvalley Warriors of Ardivent and Chan Chi 
Monastery of Khalhums, sipped his wine and nodded approval.  "Very good.  Quite 
drinkable, in fact."
     Fandil, former manager of the Fandils, laughed and poured wine into his own cup.  
"Like you wouldn't drink it anyway, you old bandit?"  He sobered.  "What brings you 
down from the mountains, Cho?  The rumors about Celestinvael?"  The ancient city lay 
in the forested no-man's-land between Ardivent and the Delarquan Federation, and 
woodsmen had been bringing tales of marvels and minor disasters for weeks now.  That 
it was a matter for concern, a matter that would bear watching, was undeniable, but 
Fandil had seen nothing to indicate that it was urgent.
     "Celestinvael is enough to worry about," Master Cho answered, nodding, "and it 
is indirectly what brought me here.  If you think about what the city was like in its 
last days...!  But my immediate concern is young Adeolar up in Aruak City."
     "I may be retired," old Fandil said stiffly, "but I'm not COMPLETELY out of 
touch, Cho!  Adeolar is a very competent woman, and Kennelworth is not worried about 
her--he'd have mentioned it in his last letter.  She can handle anything she's likely 
to meet."
     "No doubt... one on one.  But that fool Khaldren has invoked and involved 
wizards from a dozen centuries.  Not all of them will work together--as well try to 
get cats to run in step!  But some will, and can she handle two, or six, or ten, if 
they're all working together?"
     "Ah."  Fandil was silent for several minutes, stroking his beard slowly as his 
mind raced.  "Ah.  That could be... bad.  Very bad."  He set his wine cup down 
carefully.  "You're quite right.  We'll have to assist her, or at least be ready to 
do so.  Now?"
     "What better time?"

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                          ---===ANDORIAN REGIONAL NEWS===---

                                     Duelmasters
                                     -----------
 DM   8 ARKERS (turn 243): RANCID WAIF of HAPLESS WAIF (Berylstar, mgr.)
 DM  11 ARUAK CITY (turn 488): NIXIE SEASPRITE of SCARLET KNIGHTS (Talon Warsmith)
 DM  14 TOBIR (turn 488): I ATE MY WORM of I BENT MY WOOKIE (The Muffin Man, mgr.)
 DM  22 SOLVEN (turn 481): SKEEMER of KELLUMBO'S KIDS (Detective Kellumbo, mgr.)
 DM  24 ZORPUNT (turn 477): CROCONAW of WATER DECK (Destitute Noble, mgr.)
 DM  25 LYRATILAN (turn 477): SOVEREYN of CHAUCERS WORDS (Berylstar, mgr.)
 DM  26 CALEAM (turn 478): AMEE of HEADBANGERS (Sablon-O-Vlad, mgr.)
 DM  30 IAYE (turn 473): GAZELLE HOUND of DOG DAY AFTERNOON (Poison Ivy, mgr.)
 DM  40 ZENSU (turn 439): SUSAN STO HELIT of THE DISC (Technogeek, mgr.)
 DM  41 KATI-TEI (turn 432): TORA HAMLIN of WANDERERS (Leeta, mgr.)
 DM  46 ARDIVENT (turn 425): ZACK of HARDTIMESINBABYLON (Technogeek, mgr.)
 DM  52 FRATSFA (turn 191): GRIM GLADIOLA of FLOWER GIRLS (Lady Fern, mgr.)
 DM  60 ARADI (turn 337): THORNE of FA CHING (DeGotti, mgr.)
 DM  63 AMEN-TEI (turn 326): ELENA of SITTIN' ON ACES (Generalissimo Puerco, mgr.)
 DM  71 KYR'TERR (turn 145): TOMB of SHADOW GOLD (Shadowgate, mgr.)
ADM 105 ANDORAK (turn 373): MONICA VIRTUESHIELD of KNIGHTS OF VIRTUE from ARUAK CITY
                            (JRK, mgr.)

                                      Top Teams
                                      ---------
 DM   8 ARKERS (turn 243): LA PENTARCHIE (The Pentalque, mgr.)
 DM  11 ARUAK CITY (turn 488): GERFEL'S FRIENDS (Generalissimo Puerco, mgr.)
 DM  14 TOBIR (turn 488): OTAGO HIGHLANDERS (The Mun, mgr.)
 DM  22 SOLVEN (turn 481): KELLUMBO'S KIDS (Detective Kellumbo, mgr.)
 DM  24 ZORPUNT (turn 477): KRILL CAVALRY (Leeta, mgr.)
 DM  25 LYRATILAN (turn 477): CHAUCERS WORDS (Berylstar, mgr.)
 DM  26 CALEAM (turn 478): WARCKERS (Papaiz, mgr.)
 DM  30 IAYE (turn 473): RED DOG GANG (Leeta, mgr.)
 DM  40 ZENSU (turn 439): none
 DM  41 KATI-TEI (turn 432): MEMPHIS MAFIA (Bookie, mgr.)
 DM  46 ARDIVENT (turn 425): HARDTIMESINBABYLON (Technogeek, mgr.)
 DM  52 FRATSFA (turn 191): OHIO (Berylstar, mgr.)
 DM  60 ARADI (turn 337): HIT ME WITH... (PTFT, mgr.)
 DM  63 AMEN-TEI (turn 326): WAYFARERS (Leeta, mgr.)
 DM  71 KYR'TERR (turn 145): CASTLE BLACK (Shadowgate, mgr.)
ADM 105 ANDORAK (turn 373): SUNNYDALE, etc. (LHI, mgr.)

                                   Recent Graduates
                                   ----------------
 DM   8 ARKERS (turn 243): RANCID WAIF of HAPLESS WAIF (Berylstar, mgr.)
                           NIGHT BLACK of PHANTOM FORCES 2 (The Catalyst, mgr.)
                           TAISHO of YAKUZA (Sensei Jan, mgr.)
               (turn 242): CLOSED MIND of BLACKTHORN ORCS (Slugbait, mgr.)
 DM  11 ARUAK CITY (turn 488): STEEL MONKEY of VELVET GREEN (Manray, Marquis
                               d'Frothingslosh, mgr.)
                               B.B. KING of THE BLUES (Keldon Blackfang, mgr.)
 DM  14 TOBIR (turn 487): HYDE of OTAGO HIGHLANDERS (The Mun, mgr.)
 DM  22 SOLVEN (turn 480): MAXIMUS of KELLUMBO'S KIDS (Detective Kellumbo, mgr.)
 DM  24 ZORPUNT (turn 476): KID ROCK of THE MC5 (Street Legal, mgr.)
 DM  25 LYRATILAN (turn 476): XYLZ AREE of THE MIDDLE WAY 4 (Leeta, mgr.)
 DM  26 CALEAM (turn 478): DIESEL of WARCKERS (Papaiz, mgr.)
               (turn 477): SAPPER of SHERWOOD FOREST (Papaiz, mgr.)
                           OMNIBOOK 500 of AT WORK (The Muffin Man, mgr.)
 DM  30 IAYE (turn 472): CHERKO of RED DOG GANG (Leeta, mgr.)
                         BLOODY MOUTH of BLOOD OATH (Ganolus Oakleaf, mgr.)
 DM  40 ZENSU (turn 439): SUSAN STO HELIT of THE DISC (Technogeek, mgr.)
                          SIANNA of BEYOND THE PALE (Leeta, mgr.)
 DM  46 ARDIVENT (turn 424): DODGER of HARDTIMESINBABYLON (Technogeek, mgr.)
 DM  52 FRATSFA (turn 191): GRIM GLADIOLA of FLOWER GIRLS (Lady Fern, mgr.)
 DM  60 ARADI (turn 337): THORNE of FA CHING (DeGotti, mgr.)
              (turn 336): MICHAEL J'EH FOX of INGRATE WHITE NORTH (Crazy Canuck)
                          THE AYL'M'ER of 4000 BLOWS (Nuln, mgr.)
                          QUICKSAND of NATURAL DISASTERS (Soultaker, mgr.)
 DM  71 KYR'TERR (turn 144): LOKI of ARCTIC GUARDS (Yukon Cornelius, mgr.)

                                      SPY REPORT

     Greetings warriors!  It is I, Zontani Sharp Eyes, here to bring report of the 
clash and bustle of the weekly ARDIVENT games.  There were bitter words at DRAGON 
CLAN's guildhouse after a 0-0-0 showing this week which dropped the stable into 7th.  
Dark Arena anyone?  ECLIPSE caught the eye of many in the gladiatorial commission as 
he skillfully bested PALANTIRIATHALASA and was awarded 23 points in recognition.  In 
one of the week's more notable duels, RHOIDAL FLOYD put down BIG DAVE DIODE, causing 
it to lose 16 points of recognition in the process.  Not for nothing has ZACK in the 
past laid claim to the Duelmaster's throne, and this week he's proven his combat 
skill yet again.  Informants "close" to the city champion have told me that he never 
fights without pantyhose on beneath his armor.  Watch out!   
     I have been in deep conclave with my spies who watched all that has recently 
transpired.  Indeed there is much I would report.   
     What warrior does not hone his years, impatiently waiting for the moment of his 
foe's mortality?  Dark alleys may hide both secrets and assassins.  In the arena 
there is only the brightness of steel.  Keep vigil always!   
     If it were not for my skills as a spy I would have been mugged three times 
already in ARDIVENT.  Nice atmosphere you have here!  Ahh, but I can hear the spires 
of a far off city calling to me.  I must away!  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                  
 ZACK 3795                    15   4  0   106       HARDTIMESINBABYLON (325)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SOLARIS 3759                  9   8  0    89       RUBY DRAGONS (336)
-TINDER SMOKE 3341             8   2  0    88       DRAGON CLAN (310)
 FLOYD B. RICK 3711           12   2  0    87       FLOYDS FAN CLUB (333)
 BERKE 3799                   12   6  0    81       DEATHTONGUE (89)
 SILVER FURY 2542             11   6  1    81       CYNICAL DELUSIONS (218)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 FLOYD POTTER 3734             4   3  2    64       FLOYDS FAN CLUB (333)
 MANSIZE ROOSTER 2819         14  10  0    62       THE FURIOUS FIVE (253)
 BERNINA COLLIN 3794          11   9  1    61       BLUVALLEY WARRIORS (74)
-WAR FROG 3318                10   4  1    59       DRAGON CLAN (310)
 TALON 3692                    7   7  1    58       FLOYDS FAN CLUB (333)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 REAGAN 3818                   4   3  0    55       DEATHTONGUE (89)
-RED SCALES 3303              10   9  1    49       DRAGON CLAN (310)
-RUSTED SOUL 2603              7   4  0    47       CYNICAL DELUSIONS (218)
 KHORNE SHADOWSPAWN 3809       9   3  1    44       RUBY DRAGONS (336)
 POISED TO KILL 2637           7   3  0    42       CYNICAL DELUSIONS (218)
 BOBBI 3812                    6   4  0    41       DEATHTONGUE (89)
 PAKMARI 3819                  5   1  0    40       HARDTIMESINBABYLON (325)
 VALLEY-JO 3798                7  11  0    35       BLUVALLEY WARRIORS (74)
 GNEISS GUY 3787               7  13  0    34       BLUVALLEY WARRIORS (74)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 PALANTIRIATHALASA 3808        7   6  1    32       RUBY DRAGONS (336)
 FLINT HILLS 3796              6  13  0    31       BLUVALLEY WARRIORS (74)
 ECLIPSE 2740                  1   1  0    30       CYNICAL DELUSIONS (218)
-BREAK POINT 2741              4   2  0    24       CYNICAL DELUSIONS (218)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 RHOIDAL FLOYD 3814            1   0  0    23       FLOYDS FAN CLUB (333)
 DEBRA COLLIN 3816             2   5  0    20       BLUVALLEY WARRIORS (74)
 JOHNNY SUNSHINE 3428          2   2  0    16       THE FURIOUS FIVE (253)
-GECKO GOD 3443                3   4  0    15       DRAGON CLAN (310)
 VIRGIL POODINSKI 3828         1   0  0    13       DEATHTONGUE (89)
 FLOYD STINGER 3740            3   2  0    11       FLOYDS FAN CLUB (333)
-PARTNER IN CRIME 3405         1   2  0    11       THE FURIOUS FIVE (253)
 BIG DAVE DIODE 3821           2   1  0     7       DEATHTONGUE (89)
 DELENN 3822                   1   1  0     4       HARDTIMESINBABYLON (325)

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

THE DEAD               W  L K TEAM NAME             SLAIN BY             TURN Revenge?
DU 3830                0  1 0 HARDTIMESINBABYLO 325 SPYMASTER 22          426 NONE    
PUZ 3829               0  1 0 HARDTIMESINBABYLO 325 STONE GOLEM 26        426 NONE    
CROW 3757              5  8 0 RUBY DRAGONS 336      SILVER FURY 2542      422 NOT REVE

                                     PERSONAL ADS

Noble Assassin: there's a name to make one laugh. -- Bernina Collin
P.S.  Right before hitting him HARD.

Rusted Soul -- That shows you're out there trying.  Only the ones who never take 
chances never risk a little rust and corrosion.  It's a sign of living, rust. -- 
Flint Hills

But... I thought I was supposed to be POLITE! -- Valley Jo

Pakmari -- Yes? -- Gneiss Guy
P.S.  Why didn't you learn more?

Khorne Shadowspawn -- I know you're not laughing at me, because you have to pay 
attention to what's happening to laugh, and you DON'T. -- Debra Collin

Reagan -- May your horse step in a gopher hole and throw you down the hill. -- lint 
Hills

Snorkie -- So long as I'm ALIVE to finish, I can live with that. -- Gneiss Guy

14 April 2004
CHAOS Inc. proudly announces our newest member, Silver Stroke.  He becomes the
seventh brother of Chaos.  We shall indeed be better for his joining.

6 May 2004
                                     DEATH FEST

     The ferocious ghosts of former glories whispered across the wind swept sands of
DM 59; agonizing incessantly due to the diminutive demise of the Delarq arena known
as Illis.
     Tattered banners and forgotten memories wailed in the wind for a dynamic death
march to dawn once more upon the blood stained sands of the Delarq slow arena.
     The distant call crying for  a declaration of restoration amidst the ruin of the
all but forgotten Delarq arena carried to the far corners of Alastari; drawing the
Devious, the Diabolical, the Dangerous and the Down Challenging to cross blades and
wage warfare among an assemblage of new stables managed by the Known and Unknown;
willing to spill fresh blood, while carving their destiny during 15 Rounds of contest
driven combat to be known as the "Illis Incredibly Diabolical Delarq Death Fest".
     A lone cloaked figure huddled by lamplight in a remote outpost near the
crossroads of ElseWhere and ElseWhen; feverishly formulating the foundational
framework for the dawning of the Delarq Death Fest in DM 59, complete with
Gladiatorial Commission sanctioned prizes to promote the growing thirst for a Delarq
Slow Arena Death Festival.

     Delarq Death Fest Opening Round debuts the first turn immediately following the
Summer 2004 F2F Tourney and continues through the completion of 15 consecutive
rounds.
     Death Fest points are Won or Lost ONLY in the DM 59 Delarq Slow Arena [Tourneys
DO NOT Add or Subtract from the Death Fest Point Scoring System]:

Death Fest Scoring Format:
Win =3D +2 pts
Loss =3D -1 pt
Kill =3D +5 pts [in addition to +2 pts for Win]
Death =3D -3 pts [in addition to 1 pt for Loss]
Dark Arena Kill =3D +10 pts [in addition to +2 pts for Win]
Dark Arena Death =3D -5 pts [in addition to 1 pt for Loss]
Revenged Blood Feud =3D +5 pts [successful Revenged Blood Feud provides Death Fest
contestants the opportunity to cancel out 3 pts for Death and 1 pt for Loss; while
gaining +1 pt overall for the Revenged Blood Feud in addition to the +2 pts for Win]

    DEATH FEST PRIZES will be awarded to the Top Ten Death Fest Stables on the basis
of Total Points*** accumulated during the 15 rounds of competition as follows:

1.  Favorite Weapon Knowledge for 1 (one) warrior ranked Initiate or higher on the
Final Round to be revealed by RSI to each of the Top Ten Death Fest Stables
2.  Renaming of Dark Arena Monsters and NPCs [yet to be determined according to how
many DA Monsters and NPCs are available in DM 59 for Renaming]
3.  The Top Five Death Fest Stables will receive New Team Rollup Certificates as
follows:  1st (10), 2nd (8), 3rd (6), 4th (4) and 5th (2)
4.  Renaming Illis Arena for 6 months plus Receiving 6 months Free Play courtesy of
RSI will be awarded to the manager of the 1st Place Death Fest Stable
5.  Discussions are underway regarding a possible Special Award granted to the Illis
Iron Stable qualifiers who compete in 67 of a possible 75 fights during the course of
the 15 consecutive rounds of the Death Fest [Key Factor is How Many (?) stables will
be competing in the Death Fest without drawing away participation by current managers
in the remaining slow arenas!]  Therefore, it is important for all managers entering
stables in DM 59 for the upcoming Death Fest to contact RSI as soon as possible
regarding their participation in this contest so that a Final Ruling on the proposed
Illis Iron Stable Award can be issued by RSI.

***TieBreaker is determined on the Final Round by the DM 59 Newsletter Recognition
Rankings.  The stable with the Highest Ranked Active Gladiator is granted the
decision.  [Example: Warrior A and Warrior B are both listed in the Recognition
Rankings with 87 pts; however, because Warrior A is listed in the Recognition
Rankings ahead of Warrior B, then Warrior A is granted the TieBreaker Decision for
His/Her stable!]

     Opening Round Team Spotlight Bonus [minimum 15 paragraphs!]  Each Delarq Death
Fest competitor who writes a Team Spotlight featuring their Stable (Name) and
Managerial Alias [Gladiatorial Names Optional] in regards to competing in the Delarq
Death Fest will receive 25 pts added to His/Her opening round score.
     Illis Iron Stable Bonus [in addition to the proposed award awaiting RSI
approval!]  Any manager whose stable competes in at least 67 of the possible 75
fights during the 15 rounds of Death Fest receives 25 points added to His/Her final
overall score [this allows each stable the cushion of missing one round of
competition; plus up to 3 additional fights due to waiting for replacement rollups
from Deaths suffered either in Tourneys or during the Death Fest contest in DM 59
over the course of 15 rounds of competition!]

Delarq Death Fest
Hosted by Hammer
[Who Else?]

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

DU was butchered by SPYMASTER in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
PUZ was butchered by STONE GOLEM in a 3 minute brutal Dark Arena duel.
BERKE handily defeated BERNINA COLLIN in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge match.
REAGAN vanquished VALLEY-JO in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge brawl.
PAKMARI overpowered FLINT HILLS in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge fight.
ZACK bested SILVER FURY in a popular 4 minute bloody expert's Title brawl.
FLOYD B. RICK overpowered MANSIZE ROOSTER in a popular 1 minute mismatched brawl.
SOLARIS won victory over VETERAN MERCENARY in a action packed 6 minute duel.
KHORNE SHADOWSPAWN won victory over GNEISS GUY in a action packed 1 minute fight.
POISED TO KILL was savagely defeated by TALON in a exciting 2 minute gruesome fight.
FLOYD POTTER overpowered BOBBI in a 1 minute one-sided fight.
PALANTIRIATHALASA was demolished by ECLIPSE in a 1 minute mismatched competition.
DEBRA COLLIN unbelievably bested FLOYD STINGER in a exciting 1 minute bloody battle.
JOHNNY SUNSHINE beat DELENN in a popular 1 minute amateur's conflict.
BIG DAVE DIODE was vanquished by RHOIDAL FLOYD in a 1 minute mismatched bout.
VIRGIL POODINSKI vanquished FRIENDLY CONSTABLE in a 1 minute one-sided fray.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|STRIKING ATTACK                  9         SLASHING ATTACK   28 -   4 -  2      88  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   5         WALL OF STEEL     14 -   7 -  1      67  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  3         STRIKING ATTACK   37 -  19 -  0      66  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    3         LUNGING ATTACK    15 -  10 -  0      60  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     2         AIMED BLOW        11 -  11 -  0      50  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    2         TOTAL PARRY        6 -   7 -  0      46  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   2         PARRY-RIPOSTE      9 -  11 -  0      45  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      1         PARRY-STRIKE       4 -   6 -  1      40  |
|AIMED BLOW                       1         BASHING ATTACK     7 -  14 -  0      33  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      0         PARRY-LUNGE        0 -   3 -  0       0  |

Turn 426 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:

TOTAL PARRY        1 -  0     WALL OF STEEL      1 -  2         3  LUNGING ATTACK 
SLASHING ATTACK    2 -  1     AIMED BLOW         0 -  1         2  TOTAL PARRY    
STRIKING ATTACK    6 -  3     PARRY-LUNGE        0 -  0         2  SLASHING ATTACK
LUNGING ATTACK     3 -  2     PARRY-RIPOSTE      0 -  2         2  WALL OF STEEL  
PARRY-STRIKE       1 -  1     BASHING ATTACK     0 -  2         1  STRIKING ATTACK
                                                                1  PARRY-STRIKE   

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
STRIKING ATTACK  ZACK 3795                  15   4  0  106 HARDTIMESINBABYLON (325)
TOTAL PARRY      SOLARIS 3759                9   8  0   89 RUBY DRAGONS (336)
WALL OF STEEL    FLOYD B. RICK 3711         12   2  0   87 FLOYDS FAN CLUB (333)
LUNGING ATTACK   BERKE 3799                 12   6  0   81 DEATHTONGUE (89)
PARRY-STRIKE     SILVER FURY 2542           11   6  1   81 CYNICAL DELUSIONS (218)
SLASHING ATTACK  FLOYD POTTER 3734           4   3  2   64 FLOYDS FAN CLUB (333)
AIMED BLOW       BOBBI 3812                  6   4  0   41 DEATHTONGUE (89)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is ZACK 3795.  The most popular warrior this turn was 
ZACK 3795.  The ten other most popular fighters were TALON 3692, KHORNE SHADOWSPAWN 
3809, PUZ 3829, FLOYD B. RICK 3711, FLOYD STINGER 3740, BERKE 3799, REAGAN 3818, 
SILVER FURY 2542, FLOYD POTTER 3734, and ECLIPSE 2740.

The least popular fighter this week was BIG DAVE DIODE 3821.  The other ten least 
popular fighters were PALANTIRIATHALASA 3808, BOBBI 3812, SOLARIS 3759, FLINT HILLS 
3796, VALLEY-JO 3798, BERNINA COLLIN 3794, DU 3830, RHOIDAL FLOYD 3814, DEBRA COLLIN 
3816, and POISED TO KILL 2637.