DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 05/07/2004    Duedate: 06/03/2004

TROCAR ARENA

DM-54    TURN-181

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

MOUSETRAP
USELESS TOOLS (219)
(54-2521) [12-3-1,107]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

RUBBER BULLET                  POSITION IS EMPTY
USELESS TOOLS (219)            
(54-2503) [16-1-0,116]         

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

SILVERBOLT                     MERGEN
RUNNING AMOK (238)             THE BLACK COMPANY (185)
(54-2554) [7-7-0,54]           (54-1899) [15-13-1,99]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

PLAGUES (273)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. THE MUPPETS (20)            35
2. THE BLACK COMPANY (185)     24      USELESS TOOLS (219)
3. THE WHITE COMPANY (201)     23      Unchartered Team
4. USELESS TOOLS (219)         10
5. RUNNING AMOK (238)           9      BIG LOSERS (178)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1- 1*CHAOS INC. (289)           3   1  0 75.0   1/ 1 PLAGUES (273)             9  6 0
 2- 2*CLICHES (287)             10   4  0 71.4   2/ 8 THE MUPPETS (20)          7  1 0
 3/ 3 USELESS TOOLS (219)      156  75  3 67.5   3/ 3 THE WHITE COMPANY (201)   6  9 0
 4- 4 INDULGENT DRINKS (256)    77  46  4 62.6   4- 2 DREIHDENWALD (279)        4  1 0
 5- 5 DREIHDENWALD (279)        32  22  0 59.3   5/10 THE BLACK COMPANY (185)   4 10 0
 6/ 6 THE MUPPETS (20)          74  52  4 58.7   6/ 6 TRADERS OF TROCAR (252)   4 11 0
 7/ 8 THE WHITE COMPANY (201)   83  78  6 51.6   7- 7*CHAOS INC. (289)          3  1 0
 8/ 0 RUNNING AMOK (238)        63  62  7 50.4   8/ 5 USELESS TOOLS (219)       3  1 0
 9/ 9 PLAGUES (273)             35  35  0 50.0   9- 4*CLICHES (287)             3  1 0
10/10 TRADERS OF TROCAR (252)  120 124  6 49.2  10/ 0 RUNNING AMOK (238)        1  0 0
11/11 THE BLACK COMPANY (185)   85 111  2 43.4  11-11 INDULGENT DRINKS (256)    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 #6 ]H[ + ---:--- + ]H[ +
                                   Delarquan Edition

Valamantis:

     Ka D'Argo looked at his crew of "explorers" and shrugged.  They were a motley
bunch, drawn from several teams, managers, and arenas, people he'd found passing
through Valamantis on their way from one place to another.  Mostly from the arenas
where they were fighting--most of them were still in Basic--to some holiday spot for
a week's recreation.  Most people assumed that gladiators always stayed home,
practicing relentlessly, but that was the way to dull your edge, not improve it.  He
glanced at Arenamistress Sitalva, but she shook her head slightly.  It was his show,
apparently.
     He took a breath and began.  "You see the towers of Old Valamantis, raised by
blood sorcery."
     Everyone turned to look.
     Smeds of The Black Company, Mordant, sniffed dismissively.  "Second class
stonework," he declared.  The Dwarf's gesture took in needle-thin towers webbed
together with bridges like dreams.  "Not really stonework at all; that's built with
magic.  Was built with magic in the beginning."
     "Stupid," agreed Shamu (The Watchmen, Cliffhome).  The two Dwarves nodded at
each other.  "Unreliable.  Not like good honest stones that stay up whether you're
paying attention to them or not."
     Goblin (The Taken, Kaltos) frowned at the no-longer-ruined city.  "You mean
somebody's got to pay attention to that all the time, or it falls down?" he asked in
a voice like gravel grinding together.
     "Not EXACTLY," murmured Lavender Lance (Colour Guards, Illis).  Quickly, before
the two Dwarves could protest, she added, "In principle, yes, quite possibly.  But
nothing is EVER that simple.  What I've heard--I'm no mage, but there's always talk
of magic on Illis, you understand--is that a spell can be put into a THING, like,
well...like the sound is in a bell, maybe.  Or like the light is in a candle.  Under
the right circumstances, it comes out without anybody having to think about it right
THEN, and it keeps on existing as long as the circumstances last.  I suppose I'm
explaining that very BADLY, but--"
     "But we follow it well enough," Sputter (Joka Masher, Dwes Eg, Lord Protector)
finished.  "So there might be a THING that we could break and the towers would fall
down, hmm?"
     "Bringing the towers down again might be a good thing," Ka D'Argos interjected,
"but it won't solve the problem here, even if we could find the right spell-holders
to destroy.  That won't get rid of the people."
     "Zombies," Groblin growled contemptuously.
     "Not entirely," Sitalva said.  "We haven't gone into the old city, but we've
watched it closely, and there are some people who don't appear to be undead."
     "How can you tell?" Smeds demanded.  "Just because somebody's not falling apart
doesn't mean he isn't a NEW zombie."
     "There are live and potent Folstrom wizards in the old city," a new voice said.
The pleasant tenor seemed to come out of empty air but was quickly followed by a man
in a dark blue robe spangled with silver stars, his hair bound back from his youthful
face by a silver band.  He bowed slightly.  "Tensekai," he introduced himself, "known 
here as the Silver Mage.  Bringing down the towers without first destroying the
Folstrom would be futile, a waste of energy.  And not easy, either, as the spells
that uphold the towers are well guarded.  The important thing is that this situation,
unnatural and abominable as it is, gives us a chance to undo a great error out of the
past.  We can destroy the Folstrom this time, rather than merely driving them off."
     "Correct me if I'm wrong," Lavender Lance murmured, batting her eyelashes at the
mage, "but I HAVE read a little history.  I thought the Folstrom weren't destroyed
because it wasn't possible?  They were too strong for the Forces of Good to bring
them down completely."
     Tensekai nodded unhappily.  "That's true.  But we've had three millennia to
study further.  We have new arts and new allies to bring to the battle this time."
     "And what might the Folstrom have learned in three thousand years?" Ka D'Argos
asked.

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                         ---===DELARQUAN REGIONAL NEWS===---

                                     Duelmasters
                                     -----------
 DM   1 MORDANT (turn 495): SMEDS of THE BLACK COMPANY (Darkfist, mgr.)
 DM   2 NIANIA (turn 380): TOOFLESS of GLORY BOUND TROLLS (DeGotti, mgr.)
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 499): HARALDUR of AESIR (Buri, mgr.)
 DM   4 JHELUM (turn 496): MARCH MADNESS of SPORTZ! (Guardian, mgr.)
 DM   5 KALTOS (turn 495): FRIED TWINKIE of MORE NEW TEAMS 2 (The Muffin Man, mgr.)
 DM   6 TRANSEL (turn 498): CASEOPEIA of SCIENCE FICTION (Shocking Toad, mgr.)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 496): GOOBATRON of FLOWER CHILDREN (Ebenezer Frothingslosh)
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 491): VAPID VANNA of SPRINGBORN (Still, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 482): PARALLAX of MAD SCIENTISTS (Neon Necromancer, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 481): MR. TWISTER of IRONIC TAILS (Mr. Twister, mgr.)
 DM  36 JHANS (turn 455): HALO 14 of BLIND HYPOCRISY (Jekyll, mgr.)
 DM  38 CLIFFHOME (turn 446): UHLEK of DARK TOADS (TigToad, mgr.)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 194): SKULK of CHEAP SHOTS (?, mgr.)
 DM  42 RODEKI (turn 432): ANN ARTICHOKE of DELVERS (Nick, mgr.)
 DM  51 TRICORUS (turn 381): APPLE of FRUITS (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.)
 DM  54 TROCAR (turn 180): MERGEN of THE BLACK COMPANY (Woelfe, mgr.)
 DM  59 ILLIS (turn 168): MACAULIFFE of THE EXPLORERS (Kellog, mgr.)
 DM  62 VALAMANTIS (turn 331): POSITION IS EMPTY
 DM  72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 146): 2 PHAT of VERMIN (Sultan, mgr.)
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 374): LARGE SPINNY GUY of DIABLO TOO from TI (The Muffin Man)

                                      Top Teams
                                      ---------
 DM   1 MORDANT (turn 495): KING'S TEN (?, mgr.)
 DM   2 NIANIA (turn 380): GLORY BOUND TROLLS (DeGotti, mgr.)
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 499): none
 DM   4 JHELUM (turn 496): SUPERIOR FORCES ZC2 (Manager, mgr.)
 DM   5 KALTOS (turn 495): THE TAKEN (Silver Stroke, mgr.)
 DM   6 TRANSEL (turn 498): BATTLE BEASTS (Sensei Jan, mgr.)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 496): FLOWER CHILDREN (Ebenezer Frothingslosh, mgr.)
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 491): DEVIL'S ADVOCATE (Assamite, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 482): BIG MEAN FISH (Big Wave Dave, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 481): COSMIC FREAK OUT (Floyd, mgr.)
 DM  36 JHANS (turn 455): KAMIKAZI (Turtle, mgr.)
 DM  38 CLIFFHOME (turn 446): DENNY'S BKFAST (T'Loi, mgr.)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 194): CHEAP SHOTS (?, mgr.)
 DM  42 RODEKI (turn 432): none
 DM  51 TRICORUS (turn 381): FRUITS (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.)
 DM  54 TROCAR (turn 180): PLAGUES (Abarsis, the Slaughter Priest, mgr.)
 DM  59 ILLIS (turn 168): COLOUR GUARDS (Captain Crayola, mgr.)
 DM  62 VALAMANTIS (turn 331): SRETSAMLEUD (Phat Phat, mgr.)
 DM  72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 146): X-POSSE (Savant, mgr.)
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 374): BLACK PRIMER (

                                   Recent Graduates
                                  -----------------
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 498): FANDRAL of AESIR (Buri, mgr.)
 DM   6 TRANSEL (turn 498): RED FUSION of IT'S NEW! (The Muffin Man, mgr.)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 496): GOOBATRON of FLOWER CHILDREN (Ebenezer Frothingslosh)
                           SUGARBEET of SUGAR AND SPICE (Mannequin, mgr.)
               (turn 495): HOOSIER DADDY of FLOWER CHILDREN (Ebenezer Frothingslosh)
                           JERICO of MORGAN'S BOYS (A-Sop, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 482): MORROCCO MOLE of BEAST MASTERS (The Druid, mgr.)
                            TALON of GET OUTTA MY WAY (Floyd, mgr.)
                            HO HUM HO of CENTER FOR OLDS (Suave, mgr.)
                (turn 481): DALLAS of SUPERIOR FORCES 6N (Manager, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 480): GLIMMOR of GRIM FANDANGO (Stik, mgr.)
 DM  38 CLIFFHOME (turn 446): CRACK MONKEY of THE MASTER CLEANSER (Big Wave Dave)
                  (turn 445): NUTCRACKER of ALL FINESSE (Mannequin, mgr.)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 194): TAMMY FAYE of WITLESS WONDERS (Berylstar, mgr.)
 DM  42 RODEKI (turn 432): GATE WITCH of FLAGG'S FIVE (Flagg, mgr.)
 DM  62 VALAMANTIS (turn 331): SPENCER of THE BOLT (Hombre, mgr.)
                   (turn 330): AKLAR of MITHRAL HALO (Barnabas, mgr.)

                                      SPY REPORT

     If you were disturbed from your beauty rest only to have to watch a bunch of 
TROCAR brutes like you, you'd be grouchy, too.  If this keeps up, CLICHES, you'll 
have to shine swords instead of use them.  A drop of 5 in the rankings?  THE MUPPETS 
turned their 4-0-0 turn into a 2nd place rank in the listings this turn.  Any better 
than this, and you get put on hit lists.  Of course, we're all terribly impressed to 
see FOZZY win a fight and gain 18 points, terribly.  Tsk, tsk, FOZZY beat IN-LAWS and 
IN-LAWS lost 11 points.  You're breakin' my heart.  MOUSETRAP challenged TROCAR's 
Duelmaster for a shot at the throne.  And it's out with the old, in with the new, as 
MOUSETRAP takes the Title and last week's bar tab from the old Duelmaster.  Heh, heh. 
I'm not in a very good mood today, but why am I telling you this?  You want to know 
what's new, don't you, TROCAR?   
     My mother always told me, 'If you don't have anything nice to say, start 
talking.' I loved that woman.  What's the big D?  PLAGUES was the most avoided team?  
Bunch of lily livered... grumble... mumble... curse...  And who led the way in this 
mass act of cowardice?  Let's see, well, whatcha know?  It was THE BLACK COMPANY.  Ha 
ha ha ha!  Ooh, I'm frightfully impressed, IN-LAWS was this turn's most challenged 
warrior.  Watch that ego swell, sports fans.  I suspect either a 21 will or a 21 ego 
on this one, but KILLER BEE has challenged up by 37 in an attempt against RUBBER 
BULLET.  And sure, KILLER BEE lost alright, but gained 5 recognition for his pains.  
And pains they may indeed be!  Looks like time for laurels or hemlock, RALPH was 
challenged by FIREANT, who was ranked 29 points below it.  Not that I'm surprised or 
anything, but FIREANT was defeated by RALPH, leaving the latter lower for recognition 
points.   
     Some people like volunteer work in the hospitals.  I volunteer for TROCAR's 
morgue.  More variety.  We're all going to die in the end, so why worry if the fate 
catches up with you sooner that later?   
     I was about to buy a new quill pen the other day, but some fighter took it for 
an epee.  Forgive me for writing with a dagger.  Just wait 'till next time I show up 
here, I won't be so nice!  So nyaaah!  Paste this one in your scrapbooks, you'll need 
the kindling come this winter-- Snide Clemens  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 MOUSETRAP 2521               12   3  1   107       USELESS TOOLS (219)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 RUBBER BULLET 2503           16   1  0   116       USELESS TOOLS (219)
 FOZZY 2398                   16   6  1   106       THE MUPPETS (20)
 MERGEN 1899                  15  13  1    99       THE BLACK COMPANY (185)
-MICROSOFT 2483               10   5  0    91       USELESS TOOLS (219)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 COOKIE MONSTER 262           19   6  0    89       THE MUPPETS (20)
 CERISA 2414                  19  30  1    88       TRADERS OF TROCAR (252)
 CROAKER 1898                 12  15  0    88       THE BLACK COMPANY (185)
 THE LIMPER 1844              19  11  0    86       THE WHITE COMPANY (201)
 IN-LAWS 2593                 10   4  0    84       PLAGUES (273)
 KILLER BEE 2596               6   8  0    82       PLAGUES (273)
-RAVEN CLAW 2461               9  11  1    79       RUNNING AMOK (238)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 RALPH 2397                    9  13  1    70       THE MUPPETS (20)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 JOURNEY 1900                 13  13  0    66       THE BLACK COMPANY (185)
 LAWYER 2595                   8   6  0    66       PLAGUES (273)
-LORD HALIFAX 2625            10   1  0    61       DREIHDENWALD (279)
 A.O. HELL 2523               10   4  0    59       USELESS TOOLS (219)
 NO-STICK TAPE 2541            9   3  0    59       USELESS TOOLS (219)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SILVERBOLT 2554               7   7  0    54       RUNNING AMOK (238)
-IRON TALON 2460              12  12  0    52       RUNNING AMOK (238)
 LOCUST 2594                   5   9  0    51       PLAGUES (273)
-CASS 2629                     8   3  0    46       DREIHDENWALD (279)
-SOUR GRAPES 2688              4   0  0    44       CLICHES (287)
-SLOW GIN FIZZ 2556            8   3  0    43       INDULGENT DRINKS (256)
 WIMPLES 2640                  7   6  0    37       TRADERS OF TROCAR (252)
 FIREANT 2592                  6   8  0    34       PLAGUES (273)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-MOLLY 2681                    4   1  0    33       DREIHDENWALD (279)
-RIZZO 2405                    7   6  0    32       THE MUPPETS (20)
-FIREFLASH 2459                6   6  2    32       RUNNING AMOK (238)
 DAROSHTAN 2602                7   8  0    29       TRADERS OF TROCAR (252)
 ANIAKIN 2386                  3   7  0    29       THE WHITE COMPANY (201)
-RED EYE 2542                  7   5  0    27       INDULGENT DRINKS (256)
 WIMPERETTA 2655               7   3  0    26       TRADERS OF TROCAR (252)
-TALION 2626                   5   6  0    25       DREIHDENWALD (279)
-THUNDERBIRD 2555              5   4  0    25       INDULGENT DRINKS (256)
-WHITE RUSSIAN 2652            4   1  0    24       INDULGENT DRINKS (256)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-PET PEEVE 2684                3   1  0    23       CLICHES (287)
 SAM 2692                      3   1  0    22       THE MUPPETS (20)
 FOXY LOXELY 2717              2   1  0    20       THE WHITE COMPANY (201)
-ODDMAN 2693                   3   2  0    18       DREIHDENWALD (279)
 AJA 2719                      1   1  0    16       THE BLACK COMPANY (185)
-SPINESTRIKE 2705              1   0  0    13       CHAOS INC. (289)
-NAKED TRUTH 2687              2   2  0    10       CLICHES (287)
-BACKSTAB 2707                 2   0  0     9       CHAOS INC. (289)
 PALLADIARUM 2710              1   3  0     8       TRADERS OF TROCAR (252)
-CLEAR AS MUD 2686             1   1  0     8       CLICHES (287)
 TOM-TOM 2718                  0   1  0     5       THE BLACK COMPANY (185)
-MINDLESS 2703                 0   1  0     1       CHAOS INC. (289)

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

THE DEAD               W  L K TEAM NAME             SLAIN BY             TURN Revenge?
JOKAROF TROCAR 2682    1  3 0 TRADERS OF TROCAR 252 DOZER 2697            177 NOT REVE
ARIEN GLEND 2716       1  2 0 THE WHITE COMPANY 201 CONJURED DEMON 26     181 NONE    
DOZER 2697             1  4 1 THE WHITE COMPANY 201 LONG TALL LEMUEL 21   181 NONE    

                                     PERSONAL ADS

Nick -- Well, that would explain an awful lot regarding my inept Slashers!  <grin> --
Woelfe

Silver -- What is with the tart you hired to wave that sword about?  Your standards
are slipping, man; you must be sipping the pig's blood again! -- Woelfe

Ralph -- Noble effort, noble victory.  I mean my effort and victory of course!
<wink> -- Mergen

Limper -- Hmmm, let's try it once more, shall we? -- Mergen

Killer Bee -- Hey, that stings! -- Journey

Clear as Mud -- I would have understood if you challenged my bad record for the extra
learns, but interfering with my skill training to train a stat?  You got what you
deserved.... -- Locust

Wimperetta -- Sorry.  I don't think you're as effective against warriors without red
blood. -- Locust

Sloe -- I think that's what we can expect.  We each can win on our challenge. --
Lawyer

Wimples -- That's better.  Sort of.  I definitely want to win if I have to take a
beating like that. -- Fireant

Journey -- Geeze.  A little respect for convention!  You're not supposed to challenge
ME. -- Killer Bee

Mergen -- Got your scouting report?  Now let's see what you can do with it.  (I sure
hope your physicals are better than your stable mates'.  Make it interesting.) -- In-
Laws

Fireant -- I hope the eat-anter gets you! -- Wimples

Locust -- Why aren't you a tree? -- Wimperetta
P.S.  Or a bean.

Aniakin -- Redheads turn me on.  Stroke me again, baby. -- Daroshtan

Aniakin -- Everything female turns him on.  Don't let him near any she-camels! --
Cerisa

Cookie Monster -- Why aren't you a golem? -- Cerisa

Sam -- I hate days like that.  I know SOMEONE has to lose, but why does it have to be
me? -- Palladiarum

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

ARIEN GLEND was dealt death by CONJURED DEMON in a 2 minute Dark Arena fight.
DOZER was dispatched by LONG TALL LEMUEL in a 1 minute Dark Arena battle.
MOUSETRAP luckily beat MERGEN in a 5 minute master's Challenge Title duel.
COOKIE MONSTER narrowly defeated CERISA in a 5 minute master's Challenge match.
KILLER BEE was defeated by RUBBER BULLET in a 2 minute Challenge struggle.
FOZZY overpowered IN-LAWS in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge brawl.
NO-STICK TAPE was overpowered by THE LIMPER in a 1 minute uneven Challenge melee.
FIREANT was vanquished by RALPH in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge duel.
LAWYER viciously subdued JOURNEY in a 2 minute gory veteran's Challenge duel.
ANIAKIN was narrowly defeated by WIMPLES in a popular 3 minute gory Challenge melee.
CROAKER savagely defeated SHAGORNAN WILD MAN in a 2 minute bloody match.
LOCUST viciously subdued WIMPERETTA in a 2 minute brutal contest.
A.O. HELL demolished DAROSHTAN in a 1 minute bloody one-sided brawl.
SILVERBOLT viciously subdued LAKE PATROL in a 2 minute gruesome fight.
SAM outlasted TOM-TOM in a dull 15 minute beginner's struggle.
PALLADIARUM was beaten by FOXY LOXELY in a 3 minute amateur's brawl.
AJA bested MAGE'S APPRENTICE in a 1 minute novice's fight.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|TOTAL PARRY                      8         TOTAL PARRY       61 -  32 -  0      66  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  6         AIMED BLOW        17 -  10 -  0      63  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   4         PARRY-RIPOSTE     12 -   9 -  0      57  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    3         PARRY-LUNGE        6 -   5 -  0      55  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   2         LUNGING ATTACK    16 -  15 -  1      52  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  2         STRIKING ATTACK   44 -  52 -  1      46  |
|AIMED BLOW                       2         SLASHING ATTACK   19 -  26 -  2      42  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      1         PARRY-STRIKE       8 -  11 -  0      42  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    1         BASHING ATTACK    20 -  33 -  2      38  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     0         WALL OF STEEL      9 -  15 -  0      38  |

Turn 181 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-LUNGE        1 -  0     WALL OF STEEL      1 -  2         4  TOTAL PARRY    
TOTAL PARRY        6 -  2     AIMED BLOW         0 -  2         2  WALL OF STEEL  
LUNGING ATTACK     1 -  1     PARRY-STRIKE       0 -  0         2  STRIKING ATTACK
SLASHING ATTACK    1 -  1     PARRY-RIPOSTE      0 -  1         1  LUNGING ATTACK 
STRIKING ATTACK    3 -  3                                       1  BASHING ATTACK 
BASHING ATTACK     2 -  2                                       1  AIMED BLOW     

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
TOTAL PARRY      MOUSETRAP 2521             12   3  1  107 USELESS TOOLS (219)
WALL OF STEEL    RUBBER BULLET 2503         16   1  0  116 USELESS TOOLS (219)
LUNGING ATTACK   FOZZY 2398                 16   6  1  106 THE MUPPETS (20)
STRIKING ATTACK  MERGEN 1899                15  13  1   99 THE BLACK COMPANY (185)
SLASHING ATTACK  LAWYER 2595                 8   6  0   66 PLAGUES (273)
PARRY-LUNGE      A.O. HELL 2523             10   4  0   59 USELESS TOOLS (219)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
The overall popularity leader is SILVERBOLT 2554.  The most popular warrior this turn 
was MERGEN 1899.  The ten other most popular fighters were CERISA 2414, ANIAKIN 2386, 
ARIEN GLEND 2716, MOUSETRAP 2521, CROAKER 1898, LOCUST 2594, COOKIE MONSTER 262, 
LAWYER 2595, WIMPLES 2640, and SILVERBOLT 2554.

The least popular fighter this week was SAM 2692.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were TOM-TOM 2718, DAROSHTAN 2602, FIREANT 2592, IN-LAWS 2593, FOXY LOXELY 
2717, WIMPERETTA 2655, JOURNEY 1900, AJA 2719, THE LIMPER 1844, and NO-STICK TAPE 
2541.