DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 06/14/2022    Duedate: 07/11/2022

FRATSFA ARENA

DM-52    TURN-426

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

BANDED ACOLYTE
IRON CATHEDRAL (159)
(52-4582) [19-14-1,112]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

BANDED ACOLYTE                 ST. PRAXEDES
IRON CATHEDRAL (159)           ADEPTA SORORITAS (451)
(52-4582) [19-14-1,112]        (52-4615) [3-1-1,47]

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

MAIDEN ALLOY                   DENTAL IMPLANT
IRON CATHEDRAL (159)           OTTO'S PARTS (150)
(52-4579) [10-22-0,83]         (52-4601) [0-4-0,14]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

IRON CATHEDRAL (159)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. ADEPTA SORORITAS (451)      63
2. MIDDLE WAY 8 (351)          28      CYGNUS (446)
3. 2150 BOURBON ST (455)       25      Unchartered Team
4. OTTO'S PARTS (150)          18
5. IRON CATHEDRAL (159)        10      ADEPTA SORORITAS (451)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1- 1 FLOWER GIRLS (189)       691 420 24 62.2   1/ 1 IRON CATHEDRAL (159)      9  5 0
 2/ 2 CYGNUS (446)              49  38  0 56.3   2/ 4*ADEPTA SORORITAS (451)    7  3 1
 3/ 3 OTTO'S PARTS (150)       458 401 24 53.3   3/ 3 MIDDLE WAY 8 (351)        7  8 0
 4/ 4 IRON CATHEDRAL (159)     299 273 23 52.3   4/ 5 CYGNUS (446)              3  2 0
 5/ 6*ADEPTA SORORITAS (451)    13  12  2 52.0   5- 2 FLOWER GIRLS (189)        2  1 0
 6/ 0*2150 BOURBON ST (455)      1   1  0 50.0   6/ 0*2150 BOURBON ST (455)     1  1 0
 7/ 7 MIDDLE WAY 8 (351)       253 329  3 43.5   7/ 6*PHOENIX FORCE III (453)   1  1 0
 8/ 5*PHOENIX FORCE III (453)    1   2  0 33.3   8/ 7 OTTO'S PARTS (150)        1  5 0

    '*'   Unchartered team                       '-'  Team did not fight this turn
   (###)  Avoid teams by their Team Id          ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank

                                    TEAM SPOTLIGHT

The Frothingslosh Syndicate is proud to announce 99 Bottles of Beer III!!! (+ 100): 
Sponsored by ALFREDOVISION(TM): for a Better Tomorrow, and a Better Today.

The contest will be in honor and celebration of turn 199 of SEAM DM 20.

Your objective is simple: be the first team to accumulate 199 Bottles of Beer!

The first part of the contest will be a 15 turn "warm-up" starting on turn 184, due 
7/4/22, but you are encouraged to start your team as early as possible. During this 
casual "meet and greet" stage, all teams will earn one bottle per turn simply by 
fielding a full team of 5 warriors and writing at least one personal ad. BTW guys, for 
the sake of simplicity, your Host and Cruise director asks that you PLEASE do not sign 
your ad expecting me to know who you are. If you are not 100% certain, then please 
state very clearly EVERY TURN what team you are associated with so i do not have to go 
through past newsletters to try to figure out who you are. Also do not forget to write 
a personal ad for the turn 184 newsletter! Simply stating who you are would be great. 
Something like, "Hi Seam. I'm John, the manager of John's team" is certainly 
sufficient.

The real fireworks will start on turn 199, due on 1/30/23. That is when the teams will 
start to earn Bottles for Arena Performance, which will be earned/awarded as follows:

  * Bottles awarded for being active and writing a personal ad are discontinued.
  * 5 Bottles for each invite to ADM, AWARDED UPON THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF INVITE IN THE 
    NEWSLETTER with the opportunity to earn 1 extra bottle ON THE FOLLOWING TURN for 
    achieving a kill in the Dark Arena on their last fight. Note that this Bottle is a 
    "bonus;" you will also earn a Bottle for the win; bottles awarded for wins are 
    outlined below.
  * 3 Bottles for each turn as Duelmaster, with the opportunity to earn 1 extra bottle 
    for writing a Duelmaster's column COLLECTED ON THE FOLLOWING TURN when the column 
    is actually published. It does not have to be fancy but has to be "something": 99 
    words minimum.
  * 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1 Bottles for Team on the Move and Current Top Team. In the case 
    of ties, partial bottles will be awarded and will count towards your total.
  * 2 Bottles for Chartered Recognition Leader
  * 2 Bottles for This Week's Favorite
  * 2 Bottles for TOP CAREER HONORS Chartered Team
  * 0 Bottles for each turn as Overall Popularity Leader. Additionally, you will pay a 
    1 BOTTLE PENALTY on the following turn if you fail to post a personal ad 
    apologizing for your ostentatious behavior! OR...you can choose to brag further 
    about how astonishingly wonderful you actually are, and are more than worthy of 
    all the accolades you get from your adoring fans.
  * 1 Bottle for a successful Bloodfeud: limit two bottles per incident.
  * 2 Bottles for each Stylemaster as listed in the newsletter. In other words, the 
    rules for being awarded bottles for Stylemaster are the same as they are in the 
    arena: winning record, adept or above.
  * 1 bottle for each win, or two bottles for each kill in the regular arena. Warriors 
    that manage to return from the Dark Arena earn one bottle for the win only.

If more than one team achieves or surpasses 199 Bottles on the same turn, the team 
with the higher total will be the victor. Partial Bottles having been awarded make the 
event of a tie at the end much less likely; any fraction of a bottle lead that you may 
have *will* count. In the unlikely event that there is an exact tie for any place that 
receives a prize, those teams involved will continue playing until a winner can be 
decided.

The top three places will win one or more "Cream of the Slosh" replacements:

  * 1st Place: 3 CotS replacements
  * 2nd Place: 2 CotS replacements
  * 3rd Place: 1 CotS replacements

A CotS replacement is 10 standard, ordinary Duelmasters teamsheets that are specially 
"marked" and grouped together by the Spy Commision to be used for this single purpose 
only. The winning manager then chooses any one out of the 50 warriors on the 10 
teamsheets they wish to be their "Cream of the Slosh" replacement; the other 49 are 
simply discarded. Note that you are free to use your CotS replacement anytime you have 
an opening on your team in Seam; in other words, you are not required to Dark Arena 
nor do you have to pass on a good naturally occurring replacement.

However, CotS replacements will not be allowed to hide their status: all CotS 
replacements will be required to start its name with these three symbols: O^O (capital 
O, shift-6 [caret symbol], capital O. This surely will cause them to be a "target" of 
challenges, but also will serve as a badge of honor for them to wear proudly. In the 
case of winning multiple CotS replacements, you will be required to wait at least 10 
ACTIVE turns in between using your CotS replacements; you will only receive one CotS 
packet at a time. Just send a note in to the Spy Commission with your 10th turn's 
orders to receive your new CotS packet with your turn's results.

Note that 6 CotS replacements being won in total is the guaranteed minimum. I have 
been informed that if the contest has an unusually large turnout, the Spy Commission 
MAY choose to spice up the prize pool with additional CotS replacements. Understand 
there are no guarantees (other than them 6 as listed), and these Spies were rather 
"vague" and sometimes can be a little sketchy. But, for what it's worth, I figured I 
should pass the information on just in case it does actually have merit.

But that's not all! For those of you that wish to spice up the contest even further, 
we are featuring an additional and completely voluntary "Contest Within a Contest" for 
which there will be a one time fee of 6 RSI Gift Certificates to enter. The prize pool 
for the CWAC will be one "6-pack" of Duelmasters Gift Certificates (no cash value; 
each may be redeemed for one Duelmasters teamsheet) for every manager who chooses to 
participate. The prize pool will divided up among the winning players as follows:

  * 1st place: 1/2 of all the teamsheets
  * 2nd place: 1/3 of all the teamsheets
  * 3rd place: 1/6 of all the teamsheets

I just want to clarify that managers competing for the CWAC teamsheets are only 
competing against each other. So, for example, if you place second in the main contest 
but the main contest winner did not choose to participate in the CWAC, you will then 
be the first place winner of the CWAC (and receive half of all the sheets in the prize 
pool). Additionally, if the CWAC proves to be very popular and gets many entries, I 
may pay out more places. Any such decisions will be discussed and finalized prior to 
turn 199.

I will do my best to write a Contest Update every turn which will obviously be based 
on the totals from the previous turn. I also plan to start an email list that you may 
join if you wish. I will send out the updated contest standings to this list...likely 
very soon after the newsletter is posted; I will actually be so bold to suggest that I 
might get your contest update prior to getting your mail! So everyone can have up-to-
date standings, but also gives you the chance to point out any errors I might have 
made prior to sending in the official update to be printed in the newsletter.

Other Rules:

  * Once the first team equals or surpasses the required 199 Bottles total, THE 
    CONTEST IS OVER unless there are any ties to work out, and in that case the 
    contest will continue to the following turn ONLY for those teams involved. Your 
    official contest ranking will be based on whatever position you are holding at the 
    time that the first team(s) surpasses 199 bottles, even in the unlikely event of a 
    tie for first place and the winner has not yet been determined.
  * NO AVOIDS: This will be STRICTLY ENFORCED starting on Turn 199. Any team caught 
    avoiding will be REMOVED from the contest and their entry fee (if any) WILL NOT be 
    refunded! And trust me, with the number of nosy spy reporters out there, YOU WILL 
    get caught.
  * Cheating of any kind will not be tolerated and will be grounds for 
    disqualification. Coordinating challenges is allowed; non-aggression pacts are 
    allowed. "Taking a dive" (ie: throwing fights) is definitely NOT allowed. Any 
    allegations of cheating will be investigated seriously; any decision made by the 
    spy commission regarding said allegations will be final. Ladies and gentlemen: 
    let's keep this clean, okay? None of us are kids anymore!
  * Seam is a "non-tourney" arena, and as such you are required to field a full team 
    of 5 warriors every turn! Any warrior that has 1 FE or more missing the turn will 
    incur a 3-Bottle penalty for their team. You are highly encouraged to put your 
    entire team on maintenance, to guard against any mistakes. If you have a warrior 
    "accidentally' sit out the turn, you will "accidentally" incur a 3-bottle penalty 
    ;>. Any rookie warrior missing a turn will only incur a 1-Bottle penalty for 
    their team. I am aware that those poor noobs often get lost temporarily.
  * There will be no penalty for your *entire team* missing a turn. It is certainly 
    not recommended, however!
  * No tournament experience or "enhanced" warriors will be allowed.
  * If you wish to participate in the optional "contest within a contest," you must 
    announce your intention to participate prior to turn 190 being processed (due 
    9/26). The one-time entry fee of 6 RSI Gift Certificates will be charged to your 
    account at that time. 

YOU are invited; you are encouraged to start early if you like! The Frothingslosh 
Syndicate invites you to Bottle! Er...ah...battle!

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BOTTLES OF BEER III!!! (+100) CONTEST: NEWS FROM THE GLADITORIAL COMMISSION: ALL 
PARTICIPANTS WIN A PRIZE! Plus contest clarifications:

You heard right my friends: ALL 99 Bottles participants who do not miss more than 1 
turn during the entire contest (including the warm-up phase) will receive a "Pick of 
the Litter" replacement. A PotL replacement will be 10 ordinary random replacements: 
you pick the one you wish to keep, and the other 9 are discarded. Naturally, this 
replacement must be placed in DM 20.

What's new:

Your CotS "status symbol": O^O (capital O, shift-6, capital O) must appear somewhere 
in it's name. However, it may appear anywhere. It need not be in the beginning as was 
originally stated. So names such as MO^ONSHOT or THRU THE O^O will be quite 
acceptable.. 

Some clarifications:

* Do not forget to write a personal ad for the Turn 184 newsletter. In other words, 
  assuming you do start on turn 184, you need to send in a personal ad with your very 
  first turn.

  The requirement to write a personal ad is discontinued once the Arena Achievement 
  stage starts on turn 199.

* This should not be an issue, but Bottles for Arena Awards will be awarded for 
  chartered teams only.

* If you win one or more of the CotS replacements, they/it MUST be used in DM 20.

* Note that the NO AVOIDS policy will be STRICLY ENFORCED!! If you are caught 
  avoiding, you will be disqualified from the contest! HOWEVER--this does not start 
  until turn 199; no one including myself or the Gladitorial Commission will give a 
  hoot about avoids until turn 199. But be sure you get it out of your system prior: 
  if you are caught avoiding on turn 199 (or after), you WILL be disqualified!!

* On the other hand, fielding a partial team is a no-no RIGHT FROM THE START on turn 
  184. You will receive a 3-bottle penalty for any inactive warrior, or 1-bottle 
  penalty for any inactive rookie. And your Bottle total can and will go negative if 
  necessary.

  It is highly recommended that you place your team "on maintenance" to avoid any 
  complications caused due to slow mail or any other unforeseen catastrophy. In case 
  you are not familiar with the term: a team on maintenance will automatically run 
  again with its previous turn's strategies (without the challenges) even if none are 
  sent in or are not received in time, Just send your request to be put on maintenance 
  to CSR@reality.com.

                                      SPY REPORT

     It is I, Novgorodny Vir, Spymaster of Spymasters.  Look on my work, ye mighty, 
and despair!  Good things come to those who fight well, as MIDDLE WAY 8 can attest, 
moving up by 0.  ADEPTA SORORITAS had cause to celebrate, after ST. PRAXEDES got 20 
points by beating THE HONEST MERCHANT.  A certain someone should cut down on the 
drinking and practice more, after losing 9 points to TENNESSE SMITH.  (Discrete 
enough, MAIDEN ALLOY?) What can be a greater victory?  BANDED ACOLYTE has taken his 
place as the top, as FRATSFA's new Duelmaster.  So who's the team that's been walking 
into taverns last week and ordering milk?  Sounds like a PR stunt to me.   
     So much to report, so little time!  Like the noble eagle soaring amongst the 
mountaintops, so stand the warriors of FLOWER GIRLS, alone and unchallenged.  The 
warriors of FLOWER GIRLS found their efforts at combat frustrated as IRON CATHEDRAL 
apparently had more important things to do than fight.  Is it charming personality?  
Conversational abilities?  Good oral hygiene?  Whatever it is, KAPPA CYGNI is the 
most challenged warrior.   
     Like the wind whispering among the pines, do hearest I many disquieting rumors.  
THE PINK JESTER in the Dark Arena wasn't enough for AGNOSTIC ACOLYTE of ADEPTA 
SORORITAS.  Maybe that certain serving girl(?) at The Victory Tavern will be!  
Questions are being raised about the disposing of severed body parts in the arena.  A 
certain tavern in FRATSFA would I avoid!   
     Leave me now, you base fools!  As if buffeted by forces of nature beyond my 
control, I must take my leave of this place.  FRATSFA, I leave you now.  The 
Duelmaster has agreed to foot my bill at The Victory Tavern.  'Til next time-- 
Novgorodny Vir  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 BANDED ACOLYTE 4582          19  14  1   112       IRON CATHEDRAL (159)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 KAPPA CYGNI 4469             23  22  0   107       CYGNUS (446)
 TENNESSE SMITH 4411          19  28  1    94       MIDDLE WAY 8 (351)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 ABLUTION 4620                11   5  0    89       IRON CATHEDRAL (159)
 FERNY ROSS 4578              19  20  0    88       MIDDLE WAY 8 (351)
 DENEB 4607                   11   4  0    88       CYGNUS (446)
-HOT HONEYSUCKLE 4352          9   3  0    87       FLOWER GIRLS (189)
 XAVIER YANG 4568             15  29  0    86       MIDDLE WAY 8 (351)
 MAIDEN ALLOY 4579            10  22  0    83       IRON CATHEDRAL (159)
-DEADLY DAISY 4341            18   5  0    79       FLOWER GIRLS (189)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 ST. PRAXEDES 4615             3   1  1    47       ADEPTA SORORITAS (451)
 ZINC PREBSTER 4642            6   1  0    45       IRON CATHEDRAL (159)
 TWO HANDS 4529                7  17  0    38       OTTO'S PARTS (150)
 PENITENT ENGINE 4612          3   0  0    37       ADEPTA SORORITAS (451)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 AGNOSTIC ACOLYTE 4660         1   0  1    33       ADEPTA SORORITAS (451)
 DEAF EAR 4629                 3   3  0    32       OTTO'S PARTS (150)
 EPHRAEL STERN 4613            4   0  0    26       ADEPTA SORORITAS (451)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-TOXIC TULIP 4650              1   2  0    26       FLOWER GIRLS (189)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 XENO YOLE 4641                6   4  0    22       MIDDLE WAY 8 (351)
 UMBERTO VINE 4640             5   5  0    21       MIDDLE WAY 8 (351)
-LIVID LOTUS 4648              2   0  0    21       FLOWER GIRLS (189)
 WEAPON DELTA III 4636         1   2  0    20       PHOENIX FORCE III (453)
 KENTUCKY OWL 4656             1   0  0    15       2150 BOURBON ST (455)
-PINK EYE 4634                 1   0  0    14       OTTO'S PARTS (150)
 DENTAL IMPLANT 4601           0   4  0    14       OTTO'S PARTS (150)
-PERILOUS PEONY 4649           0   1  0     1       FLOWER GIRLS (189)

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
DA 1 4654               0  1 0 2150 BOURBON ST 455  THE PINK JESTER       426  NONE
HERETIC 5 4659          0  1 0 ADEPTA SORORITAS 451 STONE GOLEM           426  NONE
THE PINK JESTER         0  0 0 DARK ARENA           AGNOSTIC ACOLYTE 4660 426  NONE

                                     PERSONAL ADS

We salute the tourney stylemasters. -- we who walk the Middle Way

Maiden Alloy -- My daddy didn't have armor.  He was a farmer. -- Ferny Ross

Banded Acolyte -- Not my kind of band.  I like something I can slow-dance to. -- 
Tennessee Smith

That assassin was not noble, and he was not competent.  He lost easily. Only one 
skill. -- Xavier Yang

Weapon Delta III -- I don't find you on the approved weapons list. -- Xeno Yole

Ephrael Stern -- You look tense and bad-tempered.  Try relaxing a little. -- Umberto 
Vine

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

DA 1 was dealt death by THE PINK JESTER in a crowd pleasing 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
HERETIC 5 was murdered by STONE GOLEM in a 1 minute Dark Arena melee.
AGNOSTIC ACOLYTE luckily killed THE PINK JESTER in a 3 minute Dark Arena fight.
ABLUTION was bested by KAPPA CYGNI in a exciting 1 minute veteran's Challenge fight.
TWO HANDS was bested by ZINC PREBSTER in a 6 minute Challenge brawl.
DEAF EAR vanquished XENO YOLE in a 1 minute brutal mismatched Challenge fight.
DENTAL IMPLANT was unbelievably bested by UMBERTO VINE in a 3 minute competition.
DENEB was vanquished by BANDED ACOLYTE in a 1 minute gruesome uneven Title duel.
MAIDEN ALLOY was defeated by TENNESSE SMITH in a 2 minute expert's duel.
FERNY ROSS overpowered NOBLE ASSASSIN in a action packed 1 minute one-sided fight.
XAVIER YANG beat M. CHARDINEE in a 1 minute one-sided fight.
PENITENT ENGINE narrowly defeated WEAPON DELTA III in a 17 minute competition.
ST. PRAXEDES devastated THE HONEST MERCHANT in a 1 minute one-sided battle.
EPHRAEL STERN devastated SHIFTYEYED VOLUNTEER in a 1 minute mismatched bout.
KENTUCKY OWL handily defeated FRIENDLY CONSTABLE in a 1 minute uneven fight.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|LUNGING ATTACK                   4         TOTAL PARRY        6 -   2 -  1      75  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  3         PARRY-LUNGE       12 -   5 -  0      71  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    3         SLASHING ATTACK    2 -   1 -  0      67  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     3         WALL OF STEEL      8 -   5 -  0      62  |
|AIMED BLOW                       2         PARRY-RIPOSTE     12 -   8 -  0      60  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      2         AIMED BLOW         6 -   5 -  0      55  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      2         STRIKING ATTACK   16 -  15 -  0      52  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    2         LUNGING ATTACK    13 -  14 -  0      48  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  1         BASHING ATTACK     6 -   7 -  0      46  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   0         PARRY-STRIKE       2 -  11 -  0      15  |

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:

AIMED BLOW         2 -  0     PARRY-STRIKE       0 -  3         4  LUNGING ATTACK 
STRIKING ATTACK    3 -  0     SLASHING ATTACK    0 -  1         2  PARRY-LUNGE    
TOTAL PARRY        2 -  0     BASHING ATTACK     0 -  0         2  STRIKING ATTACK
PARRY-RIPOSTE      2 -  1                                       1  AIMED BLOW     
PARRY-LUNGE        1 -  1                                       1  PARRY-STRIKE   
LUNGING ATTACK     2 -  2                                       1  TOTAL PARRY    
WALL OF STEEL      1 -  1     

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
PARRY-LUNGE      BANDED ACOLYTE 4582        19  14  1  112 IRON CATHEDRAL (159)
AIMED BLOW       KAPPA CYGNI 4469           23  22  0  107 CYGNUS (446)
LUNGING ATTACK   ABLUTION 4620              11   5  0   89 IRON CATHEDRAL (159)
PARRY-RIPOSTE    ZINC PREBSTER 4642          6   1  0   45 IRON CATHEDRAL (159)
TOTAL PARRY      PENITENT ENGINE 4612        3   0  0   37 ADEPTA SORORITAS (451)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is MAIDEN ALLOY 4579.  The most popular warrior this 
turn was DENTAL IMPLANT 4601.  The ten other most popular fighters were KAPPA CYGNI 
4469, MAIDEN ALLOY 4579, ZINC PREBSTER 4642, DEAF EAR 4629, TENNESSE SMITH 4411, 
FERNY ROSS 4578, ST. PRAXEDES 4615, DA 1 4654, UMBERTO VINE 4640, and BANDED ACOLYTE 
4582.

The least popular fighter this week was PENITENT ENGINE 4612.  The other ten least 
popular fighters were WEAPON DELTA III 4636, DENEB 4607, XENO YOLE 4641, HERETIC 5 
4659, EPHRAEL STERN 4613, TWO HANDS 4529, ABLUTION 4620, AGNOSTIC ACOLYTE 4660, 
KENTUCKY OWL 4656, and XAVIER YANG 4568.

                       SUMMER FACE-TO-FACE IN WASHINGTON, D.C.!

                        (well actually, Alexandria, Virginia)

We hope you will join us at our summer FTF in Washington, D.C., July 22-24, 2022.  It 
will be held at the Embassy Suites Alexandria Old Town near the Potomac River in 
Alexandria, Virginia (703-684-5900).  The hotel looks very nice and we're excited to 
be in the downtown area with so many restaurants and other goodies nearby. Room rates 
are $169.00 for singles and doubles, which includes full cooked breakfast, 
complimentary manager's reception, and free high speed internet.  Underground parking 
is $15/night.  There's a fitness center, jacuzzi, and pool.  The rooms are blocked--
the code is "Duelmasters."

        The official block cutoff is mid June so make your reservations ASAP!
The hotel reservation site is: https://book.passkey.com/event/50341474/owner/1731/home
              Or call to reserve at 800-362-2779 and use group code DUE.

Please note that rooms are limited.  As always, if the block is full, please make your 
reservation the best you can (book a king, and/or book at normal rates) and let us 
know and we'll work with the sales office to get them to correct your reservation. 

The tournament info sheet and minioverviews will be out in June.  We are very looking 
forward to seeing you all and hope that you can make it!

P.S.  The dates are set for the next winter FTF:  January 13-15, 2023, in Tempe.

               NEW GRADUATES--FROM ALL ARENAS (INCLUDING CLOSED ARENAS)

For those of you who keep track of such things, a few additional warriors graduated 
from regular DM arenas (including closed arenas) since the last tournament. 

                       GECKO (82-4572) REPTILIAN REBELS  (617) 
                          0004 (82-12395) OCT 2001 2  (1813) 
                        CRAZY 17 (84-11450) CRAZY 88 6  (2077) 
                          UBER (85-4046) IT'S NEWARK!  (736) 
                     MARCELINE (85-9958) ADVENTURE TIME 2  (1809) 
                   HIP KOALA (85-38711) TIME 4 TOURNEY XIII  (7060) 

Congrats to the grads. -- Green Eyes

                            WINTER FACE-TO-FACE IN TEMPE!

We hope you will join us at our winter FTF in Tempe, AZ, January 13-15, 2023! It will 
be held at our usual Embassy Suites Hotel in Tempe, Arizona (480-897-7444).  Room 
rates are $184.00 per night, 1-2 occupancy, which includes full cooked breakfast, 
complimentary manager's reception, free airport shuttle, free parking and free high 
speed internet.  There's a fitness center, jacuzzi, and pool.  The rooms are blocked--
the code is "Duelmasters2023."  

      The official block cutoff is December 12 so make your reservations ASAP!
             The hotel reservation site is:  http://tinyurl.com/FF68inTempe 

Please note that doubles are limited.  As always, if the block is full, please make 
your reservation the best you can (book a king, and/or book at normal rates) and let 
us know and we'll work with the sales office to get them to correct your reservation. 

We look forward to seeing you in January! -- RSI