DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER
Date : 06/12/2015 Duedate: 06/25/2015
TRICORUS ARENA
DM-51 TURN-670
This Weeks Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
BEER BELLY
DECEIVERS (597)
(51-5739) [10-3-3,104]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
BEER BELLY BITTER BAMBIE
DECEIVERS (597) WEIRD STUDENTS (609)
(51-5739) [10-3-3,104] (51-5952) [3-0-0,42]
Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite
DEUCE WIGALO BOSSY BOB
DECEIVERS (597) WEIRD STUDENTS (609)
(51-5910) [9-1-0,85] (51-5953) [2-1-0,14]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
DECEIVERS (597)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. DECEIVERS (597) 37
2. WEIRD STUDENTS (609) 26 DECEIVERS (597)
3. AMAZON (608) -1 Unchartered Team
AMAZON (608)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1/ 1*AMAZON (608) 3 1 0 75.0 1/ 1 DECEIVERS (597) 13 2 0
2/ 2*WEIRD STUDENTS (609) 11 4 1 73.3 2/ 2*WEIRD STUDENTS (609) 11 4 1
3/ 4 DECEIVERS (597) 37 28 5 56.9 3/ 3*AMAZON (608) 2 1 0
'*' Unchartered team '-' Team did not fight this turn
(###) Avoid teams by their Team Id ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank
SPY REPORT
You elder fighters surely remember me. The younger ones may call me Olaf
Modeen. I return to TRICORUS once again! What's with BITTER BAMBIE? She actually
beat TRICORUS' FRATSFA SLAVE, and walked away with 16 more points from the fight.
Laughs were big at DECEIVERS while they watched BAIT 4 clobber BOSSY BOB. He lost 7
points and got bruised from objects thrown from the stands. Try as he might, M.
CHARDINEE wasn't good enough at persuading BEER BELLY to step down from the
Duelmaster's throne... I suppose you want to hear some rumors and dirty gossip about
your fellow fighters? Tough!
No matter the time or place, men will always duel. The most avoided team was
DECEIVERS. In my day, no team with a 32-28-5 would scare me off! What's the
problem, AMAZON? How well I know the feeling of being the most challenged warrior,
VIGEA! Don't make idle boasts, they may come back to haunt you. Fighting is a
better craft than farming, VIGEA, but you have to pay your dues. Being challenged by
PINK STREAKER, 26 points above you, is dues. PINK STREAKER subdued VIGEA. DECEIVERS
calls this fighting? In my day...
Warriors of TRICORUS unite. You have only your games to lose! Is THE FINAL
FRONTIER getting weak? What sort of warriors let a comrade fall without getting
revenge? Times have changed... Here's some advice: study your opponent, master
many skills, fight dirty.
Well, I'm pretty much through. You guys need to get back practicing. All work
and no play makes Olaf a dull fighter. Work and play no fighter dull Olaf.
Olaffighterwork and no play. I don't want to overstay my welcome...-- Olaf Modeen
DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
BEER BELLY 5739 10 3 3 104 DECEIVERS (597)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
DEUCE WIGALO 5910 9 1 0 85 DECEIVERS (597)
PINK STREAKER 5740 10 4 0 68 DECEIVERS (597)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
BITTER BAMBIE 5952 3 0 0 42 WEIRD STUDENTS (609)
TAME TODD 5954 3 0 0 36 WEIRD STUDENTS (609)
VIGEA 5944 3 1 0 35 AMAZON (608)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
COPPER LIZ 5974 3 0 0 28 DECEIVERS (597)
BAIT 4 5937 4 5 1 25 DECEIVERS (597)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
HUMBLE HAND 5951 1 2 1 17 WEIRD STUDENTS (609)
TALKATIVE THOMAS 5972 2 1 0 16 WEIRD STUDENTS (609)
BOSSY BOB 5953 2 1 0 14 WEIRD STUDENTS (609)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
MORDANT DESERTER 0 0 0 HUMBLE HAND 5951 670 NONE
Q 5806 7 3 0 THE FINAL FRONTI 601 BEER BELLY 5739 666 NOT REVENGED
PERSONAL ADS
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
PINK STREAKER devastated VIGEA in a action packed 1 minute mismatched Challenge fight.
BAIT 4 subdued BOSSY BOB in a 3 minute Challenge melee.
TALKATIVE THOMAS was subdued by COPPER LIZ in a 1 minute beginner's Challenge fight.
BEER BELLY devastated M. CHARDINEE in a 1 minute one-sided Title fight.
DEUCE WIGALO demolished CONVICTED ASSASSIN in a 1 minute mismatched competition.
BITTER BAMBIE vanquished FRATSFA SLAVE in a 2 minute mismatched fight.
TAME TODD beat FRATSFA SLAVE in a crowd pleasing 1 minute brawl.
HUMBLE HAND assassinated MORDANT DESERTER in a 1 minute uneven melee.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|PARRY-LUNGE 3 LUNGING ATTACK 24 - 1 - 3 96 |
|AIMED BLOW 2 PARRY-LUNGE 13 - 1 - 0 93 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 1 AIMED BLOW 14 - 7 - 1 67 |
|LUNGING ATTACK 1 PARRY-STRIKE 6 - 4 - 0 60 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 1 SLASHING ATTACK 13 - 10 - 2 57 |
|STRIKING ATTACK 1 STRIKING ATTACK 16 - 15 - 1 52 |
|TOTAL PARRY 1 TOTAL PARRY 5 - 9 - 0 36 |
|BASHING ATTACK 1 BASHING ATTACK 5 - 12 - 0 29 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 WALL OF STEEL 2 - 5 - 0 29 |
|WALL OF STEEL 0 PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 - 4 - 0 20 |
Turn 670 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 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 0 3 PARRY-LUNGE
LUNGING ATTACK 1 - 0 BASHING ATTACK 0 - 1 2 AIMED BLOW
SLASHING ATTACK 1 - 0 WALL OF STEEL 0 - 0 1 LUNGING ATTACK
STRIKING ATTACK 1 - 0 1 PARRY-STRIKE
TOTAL PARRY 1 - 0 1 STRIKING ATTACK
PARRY-LUNGE 2 - 1 1 SLASHING ATTACK
AIMED BLOW 1 - 1 1 TOTAL PARRY
1 BASHING ATTACK
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
LUNGING ATTACK BEER BELLY 5739 10 3 3 104 DECEIVERS (597)
PARRY-LUNGE DEUCE WIGALO 5910 9 1 0 85 DECEIVERS (597)
PARRY-STRIKE PINK STREAKER 5740 10 4 0 68 DECEIVERS (597)
STRIKING ATTACK TAME TODD 5954 3 0 0 36 WEIRD STUDENTS (609)
AIMED BLOW VIGEA 5944 3 1 0 35 AMAZON (608)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
The overall popularity leader is DEUCE WIGALO 5910. The most popular warrior this
turn was BOSSY BOB 5953. The ten other most popular fighters were TAME TODD 5954,
PINK STREAKER 5740, COPPER LIZ 5974, DEUCE WIGALO 5910, BITTER BAMBIE 5952, BEER
BELLY 5739, HUMBLE HAND 5951, BAIT 4 5937, VIGEA 5944, and TALKATIVE THOMAS 5972.
The least popular fighter this week was TALKATIVE THOMAS 5972. The other ten least
popular fighters were VIGEA 5944, BAIT 4 5937, HUMBLE HAND 5951, BEER BELLY 5739,
BITTER BAMBIE 5952, DEUCE WIGALO 5910, COPPER LIZ 5974, PINK STREAKER 5740, TAME TODD
5954, and BOSSY BOB 5953.
CHALLENGES AND AVOIDS
To clarify: You issue Challenges to warriors, but Avoid teams.
To Challenge, write that warrior's name and ID# in the space provided.
To Avoid, write the team's name and Team ID in that space.
Make sure you include the ID!
* * * * * MEMO * * * * *
From: The Office of Accurate Census Reporting, Gladiatorial Commission
To: All Managers
In the interest of preserving our natural resources and preventing managerial writer's
cramp, the census form has been eliminated, effective immediately. Managers may
register their warriors' races and/or favorite sayings by simply writing them on a
separate piece of paper and submitting them to the Commission. Each warrior may have
up to 15 favorite sayings. Each saying must be categorized Jeer, Gloat, Boredom, Ouch,
Victory and may be up to 70 characters long. For any questions, please contact the
Gladiatorial Commission.
BLOODGAMES at the SUMMER FACE-TO-FACE
Back by popular demand, we will be having Bloodgames at the Summer FTF! For those of
you who always wanted the chance to manage the last warrior standing alive upon the
arena sands, your day has come. At the end of the ten turns, even though several
warriors, bruised and scarred, MAY yet live, only one will be crowned Champion of the
Bloodgames. And in this game mere survival counts for little. A great general once
said, "The object of battle is not to die for your cause, but to make your enemy die
for his." This general would have greatly enjoyed the Duelmasters Bloodgames. There
will be two different arenas:
FTF-Style (DM 98): for Face-to-Face attendees, with turn-by-turn strategies
Mail-in-Style (DM 99): for all managers, with one strategy for all ten rounds
Gameplay proceeds according to standard DM rules, except for a few notable exceptions:
BLOODGAMES ROLLUP -- Your Bloodgames team is ten warriors, one of each fighting
style, each warrior designed from scratch! (All are 84 points, 3-21, as usual.)
DEATH -- As the name implies, the Bloodgames will leave the arena sands somewhat
darker before they're over. It's a dangerous sport intended only for the tough and
spirited. The Arenamaster will be less likely to intercede on behalf of a dying
warrior. Even at a 1 kill desire, kill attempts will occur.
REPLACEMENTS AND ROLLUPS -- There will be no replacement characters.
CHALLENGES AND STRATEGIES -- In the FTF-style bloodgames, there are no regular
challenges, only bloodfeuds. For the Mail-in arena, warriors may not change their
strategy from round to round (to make it fair for those who could not attend the
FTF). There will be no DA challenges in either arena.
TURN PROCESSING AND DUE DATES -- If you are not attending the FTF, we must have your
rollups and strategies by the Wednesday before the FTF, else they are due by 9pm on
Friday, at the hotel. The Bloodgames will process at the FTF with the regular
tournament.
MISSED TURNS -- All warriors fight each round. Only the dead may rest.
ERRORS -- If we make an input error, that warrior will be awarded a win and kill.
Errors must be reported before the next turn processes.
NEWSLETTER -- Warriors are ranked according to their number of kills. Champions of
Bloodgames may write a column for the newsletter at the end of the games.
FEES -- A Bloodgames rollup costs a $10 set-up fee. Managers may roll up more than
one team but may run only one team in each arena. The fee for all ten rounds is $49.
AWARDS -- The Bloodgames last ten rounds. Only warriors who survive to the end of
Turn 10 will be eligible for an award. However, a consolation award of a Bloodgames
T-shirt will be awarded to the dead warrior with the most kills.
The living warrior with the greatest number of kills will be the Bloodgames Champion.
Bloodgames Victor titles, 2nd and 3rd place, and Bloodgames Runner-up titles, 4th
through 6th place, will be awarded to those living warriors with the greatest number
of kills at the end of Turn 10, with one other important consideration: Each of these
six warriors must be of a different fighting style. Win/loss records and, if
necessary, recognition points will only be used to determine awards if there is a tie.
A Bloodgames T-shirts will be awarded to the manager of the team with the most kills.
The Bloodgames Champion fights for free in Advanced Duelmasters, and all Champions and
Victors earn Tournament Victor status, which allows them to challenge once per turn
with increased priority. These awards last for six months. The manager of the
Bloodgames Champion, Victors, and Runners-up will receive Bloodgames T-shirts.
AFTERMATH -- Warriors from the Bloodgames may not transfer to any other arena. Once
the games are over, the arena and teams will be disbanded. The fighters have won
their freedom and will never more be seen in the gladiatorial games. A special bonus
will, however, be awarded to the 1st through 3rd place warriors. Lady Sheila
Greywand, of the Isle of the Eye, has consented to allow the top three gladiators in
each Bloodgames admission to the Advanced Duelmasters games. Any special training
required to qualify those three warriors for Advanced Duelmasters combat will be
conducted before transfer into ADM. Astute managers will note that this means that
three warriors that are designed from scratch will survive the Bloodgames, win one of
the top three places, and go on to immortal glory! One of those warriors could be
yours!
The challenge is yours to take. The final plans are yours to make.
When the dust settles, remember: To the victor goes the spoils!
NEW GRADUATES--FROM ALL ARENAS (INCLUDING CLOSED ARENAS)
For those of you who keep track of such things, several additional warriors
graduated from regular DM arenas (including closed arenas) since the last tournament.
MR. GHERKIN'S MERKIN (38-4993) WHAT? (412)
NY STATE OF MIND (11-7402) ILLMATIC (626)
ESTRADA (82-31507) EX-PHILLIS (5190)
POPE BOB (82-43134) BLESS US, EVERYONE (7220)
MOPE (82-39892) 4 LETTER ACTIVITIES (6637)
TEST TUBE BABY (82-49949) STREET PIZZAD XX (8395)
MICRO (84-42149) BLOOD IN, BLOOD OUT (7326)
CARDIO (84-18131) ZOMBIE SQUAD 127 (3216)
TINGO (1-9057) SERPENTS' HOLD (642)
Congrats to the grads. -- Green Eyes