DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER Date : 06/12/2012 Duedate: 07/09/2012 FRATSFA ARENA DM-52 TURN-297 This Weeks Top Honors THE DUELMASTER IS SAVAGE SNOWBALL FLOWER GIRLS (189) (52-4085) [19-9-1,130] Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader SAVAGE SNOWBALL POSITION IS EMPTY FLOWER GIRLS (189) (52-4085) [19-9-1,130] Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite SALINA REES SALINA REES MIDDLE WAY 8 (351) MIDDLE WAY 8 (351) (52-3546) [15-22-0,78] (52-3546) [15-22-0,78] THE CURRENT TOP TEAM FLOWER GIRLS (189) TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team 1. FLOWER GIRLS (189) 30 2. JADE WARRIORS (430) 27 FLOWER GIRLS (189) 3. DARQUE AGES (393) 20 Unchartered Team 4. WAH CHING (146) 19 5. MIDDLE WAY 8 (351) 17 FLINTSTONE (58) The Top Teams Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K 1/ 1 FLOWER GIRLS (189) 588 368 17 61.5 1/ 1 FLOWER GIRLS (189) 8 2 0 2/ 2 BLOOD AND GUTS! (365) 200 141 13 58.7 2/ 6 WAH CHING (146) 8 7 0 3/ 4 WAH CHING (146) 57 45 8 55.9 3/ 4 DRAGONS GUARD II (253) 7 5 2 4/ 3 DARQUE AGES (393) 64 51 5 55.7 4/ 2 JADE WARRIORS (430) 7 8 0 5/ 5 PYROMANIA (184) 163 145 8 52.9 5/ 3 DARQUE AGES (393) 6 9 0 6/ 6 DRAGONS GUARD II (253) 68 76 10 47.2 6/ 5 BLOOD AND GUTS! (365) 5 7 1 7/ 7 MIDDLE WAY 8 (351) 113 138 1 45.0 7/ 8 PYROMANIA (184) 3 2 0 8/ 8 JADE WARRIORS (430) 50 68 0 42.4 8/ 7 MIDDLE WAY 8 (351) 3 5 0 9- 9 EPYC DEATH (404) 29 59 1 33.0 9- 9 EPYC DEATH (404) 1 4 0 '*' Unchartered team '-' Team did not fight this turn (###) Avoid teams by their Team Id ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank TEAM SPOTLIGHT NOT MUCH TIME IS LEFT to ENTER THE TURF WAR COMPETITION and TEAMS ARE NEEDED The Turf War is coming. The Turf War is coming. TW8 will begin in DM47 the first turn following the Philadelphia Face. Mark July 27 on your calendar. There is only one turn left between now and The Wars -- the one on July 3. Sign up. Find a team. Choose a captain. Get confirmed. And send in your two rollup certs. You can do it all in the July 3 newsletter. DO NOT MISS OUT ON THIS COMPETITION AND THE PRIZES! The status of the current entries (as of June 5) is as follows: M*MBO (Master Darque) Dec Conf CertsIn Ottodrome (Otto X) y y y Bubba's TW Army (Bubbagnoosh) y y y Darque Forces (Master Darque) y y y Fast Food (Madwand) y y y OZ FEAST LE BANANA (Mannequin) Dec Conf Certs In Second Bananas (Mannequin) y y y Mystic Orc Feast (Slugbait) y y y Land of Oz (Oz) y y y Les Turfistes (Le Pentarque) y y y CLUB FED (Vae Victus) Dec Conf CertsIn In Qeternum (Vae Victus) y y y Obsidian Order (Skaven) y y y Devil's Rejects (Lucifer) N N y Real Men Wear Pink (Glitter Boy) y y N LBA (Assur) Dec Conf CertsIn Bash Bros Park (Assur) y y y Shewish Buffet (OAB) y y y Horny Goat -X (Grimm) N N N Perhaps you have not seen the rules for TW8, which has been posted in all newsletters? Here they are. *TURF WAR 8 RULES* Starting July 30 2012 (12 turns) Bring acclaim and glory to the North Fork (DM47) arena. Anyone may participate; known alliances, new alliances, or temporary alliances created solely to compete in the Turf War! To participate, each alliance must: 1. Announce the Captain of the alliance in the North Fork (DM 47) newsletter. 2. Indicate in the newsletter which Captain/alliance you will join. 3. Announcements made on the D2 Forums or elsewhere will not be accepted. Captains are responsible for: 1. Verifying/authorizing, in the North Fork newsletter those who wish to participate under the banner of their alliance. The confirmation/verification must occur after, or in the same newsletter, but not before, the participants declaration. (Lack of participant indication of joining and/or subsequent lack of Captain confirmation will delay a team's participation in the Turf War.) 2. Distribution of prizes should their alliance win the Turf War. 3. Submit two (2) RSI Roll-Up Certificates to participate. (Note: Captains may, if they wish, submit certs for all potential members of their alliance.) Participating managers who are not Captains must: 1. Submit two (2) RSI Roll-Up Certificates to participate (Unless already submitted by Captain. Note: extras will not be returned, but will go into the winning pool of prizes.) 2. Announce their intent to compete with manager name, team name, and alliance they will represent in the North Fork (DM 47) newsletter. Announcement made on the D2 Forums will not be accepted. a. No scores will be tabulated until an RSI Gift Certificate is received, and participant indication and captain confirmation are posted in the North Fork newsletter. NO EXCEPTIONS. b. Before a manager can compete, he/she must declare themselves in the North Fork (DM 47) newsletter as stated above AND be verified in the same or subsequent newsletter by the alliance Captain they will represent. c. Only one (1) team per player may compete. No arena multiple teams or aliases will be allowed. Violations will result in immediate manager disqualification (including team point adjustments) from the Turf War (so be sure to take any multiple teams OFF of Team Maintenance and be certain not to run any other team warriors). d. Scoring will NOT be retroactive for teams/alliances that do not properly declare or get captain confirmation or fail to send a Gift Certificate by Turn 1. In other words, if your Gift Certificate is not received until Turn 3 of the Turf War, and you have fought on Turns 1 and 2, your score will not begin until Turn 3. All conditions must be met before scoring will begin--declaration, verification, and Gift Certificate received. e. No declarations or verifications will be accepted after Turn 3 of the Turf War. f. For purposes of scoring, the moderators will score the Turf War and settle any and all disputes as they arise. Their decisions will be final. (Note: the intent is to have a very thorough set of rules so that few decisions, if any, are required from the moderators.) Scoring will be as follows for Fights: Win Loss Kill Die Challenge (up or within same class) +2 -2 +5 -5 Down Challenge "Challenger" -2 -2 -5 -5 Down Challenge "Challenged" +2 0 +5 -5 Match Up +1 -1 +1 -5 Bloodfeud Challenge (Up or Down) +2 -5 +5 -10 Champion ** x2 x2 x2 x2 Dark Arena* +10 -5 xx xx Tournament Death*** -3 Halfway (6 round total) best alliance win/loss percentage **** Final (12 round total) alliance w/l% percentage **** * After 2nd win in DA, warrior scores no additional points for wins. ** Champions double applies to his score only - not to opponent. *** No warrior may be substituted without the proper use of the DA or arena death or death in a tournament or graduation. There must be a maximum of five only on a team at any point and time. (The penalty for such substitution is -10 points.) Points awarded for team tournament participation are 1 for 1 entrant, 3 for 2 entrants, 6 for 3 entrants, 10 for 4 entrants, and 15 for 5 entrants. A TV scores 7 points or a TC scores 15 points. Death in a tournament results in a -3 score. ***** Halfway points scored are 25, 20, 15, 10, 5, 5, 5 (etc) for 1st, 2nd, 3rd (etc). (To qualify for any of these points the alliance must have fought 75% of its possible fights.) Final 12 Round points scored are 40, 30, 20, 15, 10, 5, 5, 5 (etc) for the 1st, 2nd, 3rd (etc). (To qualify for any of these points the alliance must have fought 75% of its possible fights.) Special Scoring Considerations for the Turf War are as follows: Full Team: +1 1. A team which fights 4+ warriors (Includes DAing) gets a point Full Alliance +1 2. An alliance were ALL teams get a Full Team point earns a point Full Team/Alliance scores 3. Will double for the last half (6 rounds) of TW8. Style Master: +2 1. No matter how many stylemasters, an individual team can score only +2 per round. Duelmaster: +2 1. Duelmaster points shall be earned separate of stylemaster points. Champions: 1. A Champion may be declared, but one is not mandatory. 2. Only one Champion allowed per manager at any given time. 3. Champions that graduate or are killed by another warrior in the arena, but not the Dark Arena, may be replaced. 4. Champions must have fought at least one previous fight in the North Fork (DM47 arena) to be able to be declared a champion. 5. A Champion can be declared on any round and point factors will begin that same turn. (Must meet above 4 conditions prior to declaring.) Bloodfeuds: 1. Bloodfeuds will score points on all four (4) turns. 2. There is no limit to which warrior may bloodfeud or how often. 3. To score as a bloodfeud, then feud/death must have occurred totally within the TW8. (E.g. Feuds created prior to TW8 will not be deemed or scored as a bloodfeud, but rather as a challenge or downchallenge. Downchallenges: 1. A downchallenge occurs when a warrior challenges a warrior in a lower class. (Lower class is defined as lower than the identical class. E.g. A challenger champion class challenging a champion class is a down challenge.) 2. In TW8 a standard challenge is up (in recognition points), parallel or within the identical class but lower recognition. 3. No challenge by The Duelmaster shall be deemed a downchallenge. (This rule supersedes all other downchallenge rules.) Tournament Considerations: 1. Tournament participation is allowed and ENCOURAGED as a great form of recognition for North Fork. 2. Tournament Victors (live only) won during the course of the contest will gain a one (1) time bonus of 7 points. This bonus will apply EACH time a warrior(s) wins such status. 3. Tournament Champions (live only) won during the course of the contest will gain a one (1) time bonus of 15 points. This bonus will apply EACH time a warrior(s) win such status. 4. Points awarded for tournament participation are are 1 for 1 entrant, 3 for 2 entrants, 6 for 3 entrants, 10 for 4 entrants, and 15 for 5 entrants. A TV scores 7 points additional or a TC scores 15 points additional. Death in a tournament results in an additional -3 score. 5. Points for entrants, TVs, TCs, and tournament deaths will be applied the Turn after RSI posts tournament results in the North Fork (DM 47) newsletter (i.e., if the results post on North Fork turn 300, points will be credited on North Fork turn 301 to the applicable teams). Special Considerations: 1. Each alliance begins the Turf War with zero (0) points. 2. There will be NO alliance or team changes once the contest has begun. If you begin the Turf War with Alliance A, you must end the Turf War with Alliance A. If you begin the Turf War with Team A, you must end the Turf War with Team A. 3. There will be a maximum of four (4) teams/managers allowed per alliance for the Turf War VII. The minimum is two (2). 4. The Dark Arena may be used on the first FE turn (e.g. no arena or tournament fights) only, of every warrior, without penalty. 5. If at any time, the Moderators determine that any non-TW team in the arena is aiding and/or abetting any TW alliance or team, the affected points won by the gifted team/alliance will be disallowed and the aiding non-TW team will be asked to desist from play in the arena until after the Turf War concludes. Prizes: The Turf War is meant to be a "winner takes all" contest. However, for TW8, a prize (RU cert) will be awarded each of the twelve turns to the individual team/manager that fights five fights and has the best w/l record that turn. (Tiebreakers are in this order -- kills, recognition points earned.) All prizes and 100% of the Gift Certificates will be awarded to the Captain of the winning alliance at the end of the competition. It is the responsibility of the Captain to distribute Gift Certificates. Moderators will submit a list of each manager on the winning alliance to RSI at the completion of the contest for the non-Certificate prizes. All entry fees (rollup certs) are awarded to the winning alliance, except for the twelve reserved for the individual winning manager each week.) The following prizes have been secured from RSI: 1. Renaming of the North Fork (DM 47) arena; 2. Renaming of all Dark Arena Monsters (two for each manager in the winning alliance, and two additional for the captain of the alliance). 3. Known Favorites for one DM47 warrior on each team of the winning alliance (warrior must be ranked Initiate or above, must be alive, and must have at least one DM47 arena fight to receive this award). 4. +1 Skill bonus (three) for each manager on the winning alliance. Bonus potions must be applied to living warriors from DM 47, no more than two skills per warrior. 5. +1 Skill bonus potion (one) for each and every individual manager who fights in all 12 rounds AND 54 fights of the Turf War. Bonus potion must be applied to a living warrior from (DM 47) 6. Two additional rollup certs for each manager of the winning alliance from RSI. These RSI awards will be listed by the Moderator for claiming from RSI (Lee) within 4 turns of the end of TW VI. The certs will be mailed to the winning alliance by the Moderators within two weeks of the end of the TW. Moderators: The Moderators for this event will be Oz and Master Darque. They will arbitrate all dealings during the course of the contest. Their decisions will be final. All questions, comments, and scoring disputes may be directed to Land of Oz or Darque Forces via diplo in DM 47. Managers with internet access may send a private message to [The Consortium] or [Darque] on the Duel2 Forums. Lastly, you may also email questions, comments, and scoring disputes to rebelnerfherder at yahoo dot com or wfms101 at aol dot com. Please note there have been rule changes from the last Turf War. Please read them carefully! This contest will begin in late July 2012 following the Summer FTF. **TW8 Revision 06-05-12** * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * ---===SLOW ARENA NEWS===--- Duelmasters ----------- DM 8 ARKERS (turn 349): IMA SLAYER of YOU PAY I SLAY (Khisanth, mgr.) DM 28 MORYA (turn 346): COLGATE SMILE of MY GENERATION (Storm Lord, mgr.) DM 31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 344): XANDAR of AVENGERS (Huckle Cat?, mgr.) DM 39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 299): ASQUITH of KIWI CONNECTION (The Mun, mgr.) DM 45 STORMCROWE (turn 321): MINI DRIVER of STREET WALKERS (Roadkill, mgr.) DM 47 NORTH FORK (turn 316): ARTICHOKE ON THIS of VEGAN CANNIBALS (The Anarchist) DM 50 SNOWBOUND (turn 302): 4-H of LIFE IMPACTS (Coach, mgr.) DM 52 FRATSFA (turn 296): SAVAGE SNOWBALL of FLOWER GIRLS (Lady Fern, mgr.) DM 54 TROCAR (turn 281): TONG PAK FU of ASIAN INVASION (Pec Killer, mgr.) DM 59 ILLIS (turn 274): APPLESEED of IMPROVED ILLUSION (Master Darque, mgr.) DM 71 KYR'TERR (turn 250): POSITION IS EMPTY DM 72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 250): FILING FEE of BASH BROS LAWYER (Assurnasirbanipal) DM 73 ERINIKA (turn 251): BOOB of PALINDROMES (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.) DM 83 TELORINTHE (turn 66): CRACKER JACKS of OLDIES (Coach, mgr.) DM 106 CRYSALIS (turn 248): MAD CAT of INSP GADGETS MINIONS (The Mun, mgr.) Top Teams --------- DM 8 ARKERS (turn 649): YOU PAY I SLAY (Khisanth, mgr.) DM 28 MORYA (turn 346): THE PENTARCHY (Le Pentarque, mgr.) DM 31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 344): NUMBERS GAME (Destitute Noble, mgr.) DM 39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 299): KIWI CONNECTION (The Mun, mgr.) DM 45 STORMCROWE (turn 321): DARQUE FORCES (Master Darque, mgr.) DM 47 NORTH FORK (turn 316): PURE POISON (?, mgr.) DM 50 SNOWBOUND (turn 302): LIFE IMPACTS (Coach, mgr.) DM 52 FRATSFA (turn 296): FLOWER GIRLS (Lady Fern, mgr.) DM 54 TROCAR (turn 281): KIWI CONNECTION II (The Mun, mgr.) DM 59 ILLIS (turn 274): IMPROVED ILLUSION (Master Darque, mgr.) DM 71 KYR'TERR (turn 250): WRATHMEN XIV (Kharadmon, mgr.) DM 72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 250): MIDDLE WAY 9 (Jorja, mgr.) DM 73 ERINIKA (turn 251): MIDDLE WAY 18 (Jorja, mgr.) DM 83 TELORINTHE (turn 66): BLACK LIGHTNING (Dark Angel, mgr.) DM 106 CRYSALIS (turn 248): SPARF! et al (Crip, mgr.) Recent Graduates ---------------- DM 39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 298): FALLON GRIMM of THE MIDDLE WAY (Jorja, mgr.) DM 45 STORMCROWE (turn 321): JOSIE WALES of STREET WALKERS (Roadkill, mgr.) DM 50 SNOWBOUND (turn 302): RED ALERT of PUBLIC ENEMY (Pec Killer, mgr.) DM 52 FRATSFA (turn 295): AREOPOLITE of BLOOD AND GUTS! (Le Pentarque, mgr.) DM 59 ILLIS (turn 273): G W BUSH of TALL TALES (A-Sop, mgr.) DM 71 KYR'TERR (turn 250): RAPUNZEL of DARQUE FORCES V (Master Darque, mgr.) (turn 249): SUGAR HILL GANG of RAP ATTACKS (Marma Duke, mgr.) DM 72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 249): LOUIE MURH of MIDDLE WAY 9 (Jorja, mgr.) DM 73 ERINIKA (turn 251): RED HOT CHILE PAPA of WORLDWIDE GORE (Crip, mgr.) MONGOL HORDE of WORLDWIDE GORE (Crip, mgr.) CROSS CZECH of WORLDWIDE GORE (Crip, mgr.) YANKEE DOODLE of WORLDWIDE GORE (Crip, mgr.) APPLE DANISH of WORLDWIDE GORE (Crip, mgr.) DM 83 TELORINTHE (turn 66): CRACKER JACKS of OLDIES (Coach, mgr.) (turn 65): BERTHOLD of SUDDENLY, THE VAN (She-Puppy, mgr.) DUELMASTER'S COLUMN Notes from the arena champ. Well, well, well. Surprised you Fratsfans, didn't I? It wasn't me you were expecting to be on the throne, was it? Had your bets laid for Jasmin to repeat, or for Zoum La Bouse to reclaim the throne, didn't you? But Lady Fern knew, and I knew, and we are both the richer for it! Rather than laboring on and on about my beauty, and my sexual prowess, and my collection of toys, I will take the time to talk about my teammates, the lovely and luscious Flower Girls. For the nerd in all of us, here they are in numbers: BIRTH STATS: ST-8,10,11,14,15 CN-3,6,7,9,19 SZ-10,12,15,17,17 WT-10,10,13,15,15 WL-9,9,17,20,20 SP-8,9,10,12,13 DF-7,10,10,13,17 STAT INCREASES: 20 SKILL LEARN RATE: 1.00 to 2.07; avg = 1.5.1 RATINGS: Init - X, X, A Rip - none Att - X, M Parry - X Defense - none Decise - X, A SKILL LEARNS: 154 from trains, 47 from stats BONUSES: 2 - ambi, 1 - endu FAVORED WEAPONS (2 ea.) BS - 2 ML HA QS LS SC - 2 ME SS And five lovely, lovely tushes! So here I am. Will I remain? Or will any of the eight challenger champions be here next? Place your bets. Savage Snowball Duelmaster I (with a wiggle and a jiggle) SPY REPORT So why do I have this bag over my head? Because I am The Unknown Spymaster and I'm going to give you a spy report!. Coming up with a solid 4-1-0 outing, WAH CHING has advanced 4 places in the rankings. Hey everybody, watch out for DORIAN SELAN, who flew up 20 points in the rankings after mashing TRUSTWORTHY SCRIBE like a melon. Keep your eye on this guy. And falling like a basher in the top ten was URSILA RILVAR, who dropped 14 points after a disappointing (to say the least) bout with TELESPHORUS. Unlike most arenas, SAVAGE SNOWBALL managed to get hers challenge off against the 16-3-0 URBAN. Well, everybody's pal SAVAGE SNOWBALL moved hers record to 19-9-1 by defeating URBAN in the Duelmaster's Title Bout and gaining 15 recognition points. Can you believe they are paying me 10 gold to deliver this stuff? Here is other news that is of note. Did you hear that FLOWER GIRLS was most avoided team this week? Well, knowing the personal hygiene of FLOWER GIRLS' warriors, I'm not surprised! And you guys like to boo me? Well, unsling your rasberries, cause DARQUE AGES beats feet every time FLOWER GIRLS smiles at them. Try farming, eh? Well just about everybody wants a piece of ZOUM LA BOUSE, who was this week's most challenged warrior. Remember that an arena is not always a safe place to be, but it is one of the most interesting, though! There's got to be more reason for the sending of SHAMU to the Dark Arena than its record (3-2-2). Anybody got any ideas DRAGONS GUARD II? Ask not the elves for counsel, for they will say both yes and no. Silly buggers, eh? Well, that wasn't too bad; Alarond told me that the people in FRATSFA have no sense of humor. Or maybe that they were senseless. C'mon, Leadfoot, let's make some tracks. And remember, you can pick your friends and you can pick your--(loud boos), oh, you've heard that one already!-- The Unknown Spymaster DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME SAVAGE SNOWBALL 4085 19 9 1 130 FLOWER GIRLS (189) CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME ZOUM LA BOUSE 4037 31 13 0 128 BLOOD AND GUTS! (365) CAUSTIC CROCUS 4103 18 11 0 111 FLOWER GIRLS (189) ANASTASIUS 3867 11 2 2 108 DARQUE AGES (393) CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -CHAMP CHUMP 4147 10 2 0 105 BLOOD AND GUTS! (365) URBAN 3863 16 4 0 98 DARQUE AGES (393) LI KUI 851 13 8 1 98 WAH CHING (146) JASMIN 4176 14 12 0 91 JADE WARRIORS (430) CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME GLOATING GARDENIA 4083 12 12 0 89 FLOWER GIRLS (189) SALINA REES 3546 15 22 0 78 MIDDLE WAY 8 (351) TELESPHORUS 3861 10 9 0 72 DARQUE AGES (393) CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME VELVET ROSE 4255 8 3 0 66 JADE WARRIORS (430) URSILA RILVAR 4105 5 8 1 60 MIDDLE WAY 8 (351) HU YAN ZHUO 849 12 9 0 59 WAH CHING (146) ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -LIGHTER FLUID 4170 11 12 0 54 PYROMANIA (184) -HATEFUL HASTA 4194 6 8 0 49 FLOWER GIRLS (189) -DISCO INFERNO 4193 11 9 1 43 PYROMANIA (184) WEI YAN 4257 6 5 1 43 WAH CHING (146) SUN QIAN 4256 6 5 1 42 WAH CHING (146) CONFLICT 4274 3 0 0 41 DRAGONS GUARD II (253) -GLON'S PITY 4033 6 5 0 40 EPYC DEATH (404) -ARRAHE 3955 4 14 1 37 EPYC DEATH (404) -JAZMINA 3959 6 12 0 34 EPYC DEATH (404) CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME DARGON 4264 5 4 0 30 DRAGONS GUARD II (253) WORMER 4218 5 4 1 29 BLOOD AND GUTS! (365) PETULANT PANSY 4234 4 1 0 26 FLOWER GIRLS (189) MILO 4252 5 7 0 24 JADE WARRIORS (430) -BANDOR'S SHAME 4034 4 8 0 24 EPYC DEATH (404) -FUEGOLICIOUS 4292 2 0 0 24 PYROMANIA (184) INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME DEADLY RAGE 4275 3 4 0 22 JADE WARRIORS (430) DORIAN SELAN 4298 1 1 0 21 MIDDLE WAY 8 (351) SEI BHAT PO 4295 2 1 0 20 WAH CHING (146) MANIQUE 4238 4 5 0 17 BLOOD AND GUTS! (365) YURISHIDO 4290 3 1 0 14 JADE WARRIORS (430) JULES 4283 2 4 0 10 DRAGONS GUARD II (253) -HOWLING MOON 4289 0 2 0 2 EPYC DEATH (404) EUSEBIUS 4300 0 1 0 1 DARQUE AGES (393) SYMMACHUS 4301 0 1 0 1 DARQUE AGES (393) '-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn. THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge? ARGH 4299 0 1 0 BLOOD AND GUTS! 365 FERN'S MASTER 297 NONE SHAMU 4265 3 2 2 DRAGONS GUARD II 253 HIGH ELF 297 NONE EXTINGUISH ASAP 4284 0 1 0 PYROMANIA 184 HIGH ELF 297 NONE ZHENG TIAN SHOU 853 9 9 2 WAH CHING 146 URSILA RILVAR 4105 294 PERSONAL ADS Areopolite -- We Ladies forgot to tell you how proud we were of you and your Lord Protector attainment. Hubba! Maybe one last free-for-all party to celebrate?! -- The Flower Girls Zoum -- Don't you just love those long, lusty, slow dances? So romantic! So stimulating! I think I got more out of that one than you did. (giggle) -- Caustic Crocus Howling Moon -- I am not sure how I did it the first time, and I am more uncertain of how I was able to do so the second??? But I had a good time, and a Flower Girl takes it any way she can get it! Yes! -- Petulant Pansy P.S. Come over to The Flower Shoppe and visit me and collect a free lap dance for all te nice things you have done for me. Jasmin -- Perhaps you were leaving snowballs out of the picture as an abject underdog? Perhaps you had your mind set alone on Zoum and that big weapon of his? Sorry to steal your pleasure and your thunder, Babe. -- Savage Snowball Zoum -- You want to talk about your new positions? My gals are always interested in new positions, especially yours, you Hunk. But I have something I want to talk about, too. Who is your contact? Who do you know behind te scenes in The Commission? How did you manage to gain a recognition point in your random loss to a warrior well below you in points? (124 vs 96) Yu da man! -- Lady Fern Wow! How well-rounded and competitive Fratsfa has come! For example, six different teams were represented in the stylemaster list and only one had two stylemasters. Congrats to Jade Warriors (2), Blood And Guts, Wah Ching, Dragons Guard II, Pyromania, and our own Flower Girls. -- Lady Fern Attention, attention! The Flower Shoppe is offering a 20% discount during all of June. Just bring in your Philly flight reservation or Philly hotel reservation and take advantage of the discounted beautiful flowers and arrangements downstairs, and the discounted lovely and lusty Flower Girls and arrangements upstairs. You will be so, so glad you did. -- Lady Fern P.S. Meanwhile-- see you at The Philly Face. Butchering the evil Sarkozy was something special!!! -- Areopolite P.S. Nicely done, Shamu! Ouch, a crocus can be sturdy... I predict Caustic Crocus will spend quite a few turns on our throne! -- Zoum la Bouse Hum... hard times ahead... -- Manique and Wormer Ah! We finally get the tourney results. We congratulate the participants. Or at least salute them for making the effort. -- Jorja and the Middle Way Tuscan Flame -- Ouch! You scorched me a good one. Well, good for you. Excuse me while I run off, I'm going to have to put aloe on it right away. -- Ursila Rilvar P.S. Four skills! Very good, thanks. Arrahe -- I'll pass on the epyc, thanks, that always means an uncomfortable time. And I'll definitely pass on the death. There's too much of that around as it is. -- Salina Rees Sei Bhat Po -- I knew I didn't want to get into this whole gladiating thing! That's why I didn't show up. I thought I had a good hideout, and then one of those really nasty-tempered Flower Girls gave me away. Damn. -- Dorian Selan LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS SHAMU was butchered by HIGH ELF in a 1 minute bloody Dark Arena fight. EXTINGUISH ASAP was slaughtered by HIGH ELF in a 1 minute Dark Arena battle. ARGH was easily killed by FERN'S MASTER in a 1 minute Dark Arena match. SAVAGE SNOWBALL savagely defeated URBAN in a 4 minute Challenge Title duel. GLOATING GARDENIA was defeated by LI KUI in a 3 minute veteran's Challenge fight. TELESPHORUS bested URSILA RILVAR in a popular 1 minute Challenge duel. VELVET ROSE devastated HU YAN ZHUO in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge match. MILO was handily defeated by CONFLICT in a 2 minute gruesome uneven Challenge fight. PETULANT PANSY vanquished JULES in a popular 1 minute uneven Challenge duel. JASMIN was viciously subdued by ANASTASIUS in a popular 1 minute veteran's duel. ZOUM LA BOUSE unbelievably bested SALINA REES in a exciting 8 minute veteran's bout. CAUSTIC CROCUS viciously subdued NOBLE ASSASSIN in a 13 minute mismatched conflict. SUN QIAN bested DARGON in a 1 minute bout. WEI YAN overcame WORMER in a popular 1 minute conflict. MANIQUE lost to DEADLY RAGE in a 1 minute bout. YURISHIDO bested EUSEBIUS in a exciting 1 minute beginner's duel. SEI BHAT PO devastated SYMMACHUS in a popular 1 minute mismatched brawl. DORIAN SELAN overpowered TRUSTWORTHY SCRIBE in a 1 minute one-sided match. BATTLE REPORT MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS |FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT| |LUNGING ATTACK 5 WALL OF STEEL 21 - 18 - 2 54 | |BASHING ATTACK 5 TOTAL PARRY 19 - 17 - 0 53 | |STRIKING ATTACK 4 STRIKING ATTACK 17 - 16 - 0 52 | |TOTAL PARRY 4 LUNGING ATTACK 17 - 16 - 3 52 | |AIMED BLOW 4 PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 - 1 - 0 50 | |SLASHING ATTACK 3 PARRY-LUNGE 4 - 4 - 0 50 | |WALL OF STEEL 3 SLASHING ATTACK 16 - 17 - 1 48 | |PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 AIMED BLOW 12 - 14 - 1 46 | |PARRY-LUNGE 1 BASHING ATTACK 15 - 18 - 0 45 | |PARRY-STRIKE 1 PARRY-STRIKE 8 - 12 - 0 40 | Turn 297 was great if you Not so great if you used The fighting styles of the used the fighting styles: the fighting styles: top eleven warriors are: PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 - 0 LUNGING ATTACK 2 - 3 3 TOTAL PARRY SLASHING ATTACK 3 - 0 BASHING ATTACK 2 - 3 2 BASHING ATTACK STRIKING ATTACK 3 - 1 WALL OF STEEL 1 - 2 2 WALL OF STEEL TOTAL PARRY 2 - 2 AIMED BLOW 1 - 3 2 LUNGING ATTACK PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 1 1 PARRY-STRIKE PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 1 1 STRIKING ATTACK TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME BASHING ATTACK SAVAGE SNOWBALL 4085 19 9 1 130 FLOWER GIRLS (189) TOTAL PARRY ZOUM LA BOUSE 4037 31 13 0 128 BLOOD AND GUTS! (365) WALL OF STEEL LI KUI 851 13 8 1 98 WAH CHING (146) PARRY-STRIKE JASMIN 4176 14 12 0 91 JADE WARRIORS (430) LUNGING ATTACK TELESPHORUS 3861 10 9 0 72 DARQUE AGES (393) SLASHING ATTACK VELVET ROSE 4255 8 3 0 66 JADE WARRIORS (430) AIMED BLOW WEI YAN 4257 6 5 1 43 WAH CHING (146) STRIKING ATTACK CONFLICT 4274 3 0 0 41 DRAGONS GUARD II (253) Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above. The overall popularity leader is SALINA REES 3546. The most popular warrior this turn was SALINA REES 3546. The ten other most popular fighters were GLOATING GARDENIA 4083, SAVAGE SNOWBALL 4085, CONFLICT 4274, ANASTASIUS 3867, ZOUM LA BOUSE 4037, LI KUI 851, YURISHIDO 4290, TELESPHORUS 3861, PETULANT PANSY 4234, and SUN QIAN 4256. The least popular fighter this week was CAUSTIC CROCUS 4103. The other ten least popular fighters were DARGON 4264, HU YAN ZHUO 849, ARGH 4299, EXTINGUISH ASAP 4284, SHAMU 4265, SYMMACHUS 4301, MANIQUE 4238, WORMER 4218, JASMIN 4176, and JULES 4283. The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn: SAVAGE SNOWBALL (52-4085) FLOWER GIRLS (189)