DUELMASTERS NEWSLETTER

Date   : 06/05/2003    Duedate: 06/18/2003

ROCANIS ARENA

DM-56    TURN-326

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

NESSUS
ACT OF MALICE (264)
(56-3622) [13-6-5,88]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

NESSUS                         POSITION IS EMPTY
ACT OF MALICE (264)            
(56-3622) [13-6-5,88]          

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

SHAYLA                         MOUNTAIN GOAT
REDHORSE (207)                 REDHORSE (207)
(56-3640) [11-16-2,70]         (56-3700) [7-8-2,43]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

REDHORSE (207)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. REDHORSE (207)              37
2. GENERAL SURGERY (267)        8      ACT OF MALICE (264)
3. CARE PACKAGE (370)           0      Unchartered Team
4. BAD APPLES (187)             0
5. MY BATHROOM (378)            0      JOCKOLOTS (100)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1- 1*CARE PACKAGE (370)         9   4  2 69.2   1/ 1 REDHORSE (207)            9  6 0
 2- 2 MY BATHROOM (378)          9   4  0 69.2   2/ 3 ACT OF MALICE (264)       6  6 2
 3/ 3 ACT OF MALICE (264)       58  43  8 57.4   3/ 4 GENERAL SURGERY (267)     6  6 0
 4/ 4 REDHORSE (207)           295 340 11 46.5   4/ 2 BAD APPLES (187)          5 10 1
 5/ 5 BAD APPLES (187)         239 344 13 41.0   5- 5*CARE PACKAGE (370)        2  1 0
 6/ 6 GENERAL SURGERY (267)     29  59  1 33.0   6- 6 MY BATHROOM (378)         1  0 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[(< + -----:----- + >)] The Free Cities #61 [(< + -----:----- + >)]H[(<

Ibizond, Korga, and in between:

     Aghtamar and Zilla had argued with Fist of Kjarran, but not for long.  After
all, someone to play bait WAS needed, and he WAS a Lord Protector and therefore had
guaranteed resurrection....  The Murskan, Cadal, suggested that they all get a good
night's sleep here in Ibizond, look over the area where they wanted to set their trap
tomorrow by daylight, and then run the bait tomorrow night.  This seemed such a
sensible suggestion that Aghtamar hesitated to accept it; there was sure to be an
unpleasant catch in it somewhere.  But Zilla was for it, and even Fist, not one to
wallow in luxuries, agreed, so she shrugged and nodded.
     They stayed at the inn where they'd eaten, the Red Cow, and it seemed to
Aghtamar that the night was endless.  She dozed and woke and dozed and woke and it
was still dark.  Maybe the sun had forgotten to rise.  Maybe she was caught in some
magical time loop.  Maybe she was worrying too much.  Maybe she had insomnia.  She
rolled over and thumped her pillow and tried to go to sleep again.  Really asleep
this time.  But there were so many things that could go wrong....
     By the time morning came--reluctantly, with lots of clouds and a cold, damp
wind--Aghtamar was a rag.  Squinting at the imperfect mirror in the small bedroom,
she amended that to a depressed, grumpy rag.  Or hag.  The kind of rag or hag that no
right-thinking gladiator would want as a companion on an adventure.  She was going to
be as second-rate at adventuring as she had been in the arena.  She was just working
up a really good depression when Zilla pounded on the door.
     "Come on," Zilla urged, bouncing on her toes once the door was opened.  "The
guys are waiting."
     "Maybe it would be better if I didn't--"
     "They're WAITING for us, Aghtamar.  Come ON."  Zilla grabbed her arm and dragged
her out into the inn's tiny hallway.  "I kind of LIKE having a couple of men waiting
for us," she confided.  "Even though Cadal is OLD, he must be forty or even FIFTY,
he's a very HOT-looking old man...."
     At that, Aghtamar laughed.  "I didn't know you had a thing for older men,
Zilla!"
     "Well, he's a Lord Protector, so he won't get any older than he IS, after all,
and I bet he knows lots of INTERESTING things."  She glanced sideways at her friend.
"I bet he knows some men he could introduce to you."
     "Uh...Zilla, I'm not really looking for--"
     "You should be.  It's great exercise!"
     "Zilla!"
     "Jack told me to watch out for you," Zilla said.  "He likes you.  I like you.
Lots of people like you.  He was, we were all worried you might get depressed again.
You take things too seriously, Aghty."
     "'Aghty'?"
     "What kind of nickname would YOU suggest I make out of Aghtamar?  Why you ever
let your folks--or Jack if it was him--saddle you with such a mouthful of a name...."
Zilla squinted at her thoughtfully.  "Maybe I'll call you 'Sunshine'.  Would that be
better?"
     By this time, they had arrived at the ground floor, where Fist of Kjarran and
Cadal were, indeed, waiting.  "I've got horses for us all," Cadal said the moment
they appeared, "and lunches packed.  Let's go, we're burning daylight here."
                       ***     *****     ***     *****     ***
     Basically, the part of the Traders' Road that ran between Ibizond and Korga was
just like the parts between Korgan and Malcorn and between Ibizond and Murska.
Unpaved, rutted, hilly, muddy in the low spots, with trees crowding close on both
sides most of the way.  Many of the steepest hills had been cut down to make the
grade easier, with the road passing through dirt-walled notches--great places for an
ambush, as Fist of Kjarran observed cheerfully.
     Cadal nodded, but he looked gloomy.  "Great places," he agreed, "but our killer
doesn't use 'em, mostly.  Out of the dozen we think are victims of the same killer,
only two were attacked at a road cut like this."  He looked up at the steep, muddy
banks with their shaggy topping of brush and sighed.  "One in six isn't significant.
That would be too easy.  Our killer doesn't seem to need ambuscades."
     "But we do," Zilla said.  "So, which ones do you favor, and how do you expect us
to get the killer to attack Fist where we're watching?"
     "There is no way," Aghtamar muttered.
     "Sure there is.  Fist sets out in a group--say four people--from Ibizond about
sunset.  As he approaches the spot we've picked as best for our purposes, the other
three turn back, leaving him to enter the target zone alone.  So far, the killer has
never attacked a group as big as four, and besides, we can probably get enough out-
of-work gladiators from Murska, gods know there are plenty of them, to do the escort.
But my figuring is that he won't be attacked till he's alone.  And if he gets beyond
the optimum area without an attack, he turns and comes back, and if he gets all the
way back through it without being attacked, we join him and call it a night and go
back to Ibizond."
     "I wouldn't like to go back to the inn and leave a job undone," Fist of Kjarran
protested.
     "But doing the job needs the cooperation of our killer, so we're not totally in
control of that," Zilla pointed out.  "This sounds like a decent bet.  Let's do it."

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                        ---===FREE BLADES REGIONAL NEWS===---

                                     Duelmasters
                                     -----------
 DM   9 ZUKAL (turn 466): TREMERE of DARK TOADS (TigToad, mgr.)
 DM  12 RIZTAB (turn 464): TONY THE TIGER of ARENA FELINES II (Garfield, mgr.)
 DM  15 MALCORN (turn 460): DIRT KNAP of UNKNOWNS XX (Dark Spirit, mgr.)
 DM  16 WILLAF (turn 460): BUBU of GEN KHAN (Technogeek, mgr.)
 DM  17 ALJAFIR (turn 458): BONEY OLD BEHIND of KINDRED OF KAOS (PTFT, mgr.)
 DM  19 ZUWAYZA (turn 457): NUTT BRITTLE of CARNIVAL (Carny, mgr.)
 DM  28 MORYA (turn 228): NIGHTSHADE of CRYPT KNIGHTS (?, mgr.)
 DM  29 LAPUR (turn 449): MR. YUCK of THE TAKEN (Stillgard, mgr.)
 DM  31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 226): SARCOPHAGUS of ASSASSIN NATION (Ghab, mgr.)
 DM  32 ARVAT (turn 446): LIGHTNING of HARBINGERS (High Lord Bosk, mgr.)
 DM  33 ANASAZI (turn 444): RYANATOR of OBSIDIAN HALL (Dameon Darkheart, mgr.)
 DM  35 MURSKA (turn 437): KING BEAR of THE BEARS (Papa Bear, mgr.)
 DM  43 VEASTIAN (turn 400): FLYING MARMOSET of KORGAN CRUSADE (Jack Wolfspider)
 DM  45 STORMCROWE (turn 203): DEBBIE DAHMER of MORDRED'S MADMEN (Abraxis, mgr.)
 DM  47 NORTH FORK (turn 198): RING D'BELL of CARNIVAL (Carny, mgr.)
 DM  50 SNOWBOUND (turn 185): DR. NO-NOOKIE of MASTER BLASTERS (Tripwire, mgr.)
 DM  56 ROCANIS (turn 325): NESSUS of ACT OF MALICE (Carnage, mgr.)
 DM  61 JURINE (turn 305): VLADIMIR TALTOS of BLACK PEARL (Dr. Guts, mgr.)
 DM  73 ERINIKA (turn 133): PUNCH DRUNK of WAY TO GO! II (Spawn, mgr.)
ADM 103 FREE BLADES (turn 350): STEVE DALLAS of BLOOM COUNTY from NIYTYOLE ISLAND
                                (Rillion, mgr.)

                                      Top Teams
                                      ---------
 DM   9 ZUKAL (turn 466): BLUE MOON (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  12 RIZTAB (turn 464): ARENA FELINES II (Garfield, mgr.)
 DM  15 MALCORN (turn 460): UNKNOWNS XX (Dark Spirit, mgr.)
 DM  16 WILLAF (turn 460): SILK AND STEEL (?, mgr.)
 DM  17 ALJAFIR (turn 458): SPECIAL ED (PTFT, mgr.)
 DM  19 ZUWAYZA (turn 457): CARNIVAL (Carny, mgr.)
 DM  28 MORYA (turn 228): FLOWER HAMMERZ (Hammer, mgr.)
 DM  29 LAPUR (turn 449): EQUESTORS (Spartacus, mgr.)
 DM  31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 226): THE STORMBRINGERS (High Lord Bosk, mgr.)
 DM  32 ARVAT (turn 446): FISHERMAN'S WHARF (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  33 ANASAZI (turn 444): PATH OF THE BLADE (Vhagar, mgr.)
 DM  35 MURSKA (turn 437): THE BEARS (Papa Bear, mgr.)
 DM  43 VEASTIAN (turn 400): THE FAMILY (Don John, mgr.)
 DM  45 STORMCROWE (turn 203): MORDRED'S MADMEN (Abraxis, mgr.)
 DM  47 NORTH FORK (turn 198): SPOONERTIKS (Spawn, mgr.)
 DM  50 SNOWBOUND (turn 185): OPEN SESAME (Crip, mgr.)
 DM  56 ROCANIS (turn 325): REDHORSE (Mila, mgr.)
 DM  61 JURINE (turn 305): FAVORITE GUYS (Obscure Source, mgr.)
 DM  73 ERINIKA (turn 133): DRAKE'S TELEVISION (Drake, mgr.)
ADM 103 FREE BLADES (turn 350): MEOW MIX, etc. (Ultraist, mgr.)

                                   Recent Graduates
                                  -----------------
 DM  12 RIZTAB (turn 464): TONY THE TIGER of ARENA FELINES II (Garfield, mgr.)
               (turn 463): MIDNIGHT DANCER of SWEET MAGIC (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  16 WILLAF (turn 460): BUBU of GEN KHAN (Technogeek, mgr.)
                           HU MI of GEN KHAN (Technogeek, mgr.)
 DM  17 ALJAFIR (turn 458): BONEY OLD BEHIND of KINDRED OF KAOS (PTFT, mgr.)
                            10-11-8-15-17-14-9ST of KINDRED OF KAOS (PTFT, mgr.)
                (turn 457): LAWN DART GOALIE of SPECIAL ED (PTFT, mgr.)
 DM  19 ZUWAYZA (turn 457): NUTT BRITTLE of CARNIVAL (Carny, mgr.)
 DM  28 MORYA (turn 228): NIGHTSHADE of CRYPT KNIGHTS (?, mgr.)
              (turn 227): WIMPY WIND of THE PENTARCHY (The Pentalque, mgr.)
 DM  31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 225): DROSS of SOLIPSISM II (Abdiel, acting mgr.)
                               VE of LORDS OF VALHALLA (High Lord Bosk, mgr.)
 DM  35 MURSKA (turn 436): JELIAH BIGABO of PHILANTHROPISTS 3 (Aragorn, mgr.)
 DM  43 VEASTIAN (turn 400): FLYING MARMOSET of KORGAN CRUSADE (Jack Wolfspider)
 DM  47 NORTH FORK (turn 197): INSOLENT IDIOT of MYSTIC ORC FEAST (Slugbait, mgr.)
                               ESPRESSO of COFFEE RULES! (Mr. Coffee, mgr.)
 DM  50 SNOWBOUND (turn 185): DR. NO-NOOKIE of MASTER BLASTERS (Tripwire, mgr.)
 DM  73 ERINIKA (turn 133): KAMIKAZE of WAY TO GO! II (Spawn, mgr.)
                (turn 132): UU DOEWANAKNO of DRAKE'S LODGE (Drake, mgr.)
                            LACONIC LEMON of GARDEN GUMBIES (Firehawk, mgr.)

                                      SPY REPORT

     Greetings, Warriors of ROCANIS.  Allow this humble servant Novgorodny Vir to 
give you a respite from the fights in the form of this Spyreport.  REDHORSE had cause 
to celebrate, after JAVELINO got 21 points by beating SANITY'S DEMISE.  SANITY'S 
DEMISE certainly had a baffled expression on his face, after losing to JAVELINO and 
losing 17 points in the process!  Our Duelmaster has lost, folks, lost to RIRORNI 
SABOTEUR, BUT NESSUS is still the Duelmaster because he has the most recognition 
points!  So who was the warrior seen charging into immovable walls and challenging 
dead trees?  Someone's got a basic problem...   
     My mother wished me to avoid conflict, and seek the gentle trade of Spyreporter. 
But warriors aren't supposed to avoid fights!  Perhaps the warriors of BAD APPLES 
should take up some hobbies, as they are the most avoided team...  The warriors of 
BAD APPLES found their efforts at combat frustrated as ACT OF MALICE apparently had 
more important things to do than fight.  Is it charming personality?  Conversational 
abilities?  Good oral hygiene?  Whatever it is, DEADFALL is the most challenged 
warrior.  4-0 PROLENE found herself challenged by a warrior 23 below:  MOUNTAIN GOAT. 
MOUNTAIN GOAT of REDHORSE kept his wits as he was defeated by 4-0 PROLENE.   
     Ah, the duel!  The roar of the oppenent, the smell of the crowd!  You've heard 
about APPLE BLOSSOM of BAD APPLES.  Death plays no favorites, and neither do I.  What 
was a 3-11-1 doing on the fields in the first place?  Oh hard!  that to strike a 
flame, the match itself must needs be wasting!   
     All good things must come to an end.  As the seasons change, and the creatures 
of the wild change also, so do I feel a yearning to leave this place.  Can anything 
compare to the pleasure of writing Spyreports for ROCANIS?  On that giddy note I take 
my leave-- Novgorodny Vir  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 NESSUS 3622                  13   6  5    88       ACT OF MALICE (264)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-HAIRY TUB 3497                8   2  0    90       MY BATHROOM (378)
 GAZELLE 3701                 11   4  0    80       REDHORSE (207)
 SHAYLA 3640                  11  16  2    70       REDHORSE (207)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 4-0 PROLENE 2570             15   8  0    64       GENERAL SURGERY (267)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 DUMPLING 3684                10   8  0    61       BAD APPLES (187)
 BESOT 2449                   10  11  0    60       ACT OF MALICE (264)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-CARE-LESS 3423                4   1  1    53       CARE PACKAGE (370)
 BROKEN TOE 3683              11   8  1    48       REDHORSE (207)
 MOUNTAIN GOAT 3700            7   8  2    43       REDHORSE (207)
-CARE-FREE 3420                5   0  1    40       CARE PACKAGE (370)
 WORMY 3706                    6   7  2    39       BAD APPLES (187)
 GERITH GRIMEYE 3661           6   6  1    36       ACT OF MALICE (264)
-NINDIL SOL 3679               4   0  1    36       ACT OF MALICE (264)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 APPLE FRITTER 3708            7   5  0    31       BAD APPLES (187)
 ELEVEN BLADE 3721             3   1  0    31       GENERAL SURGERY (267)
 DEADFALL 3685                 3  15  0    24       BAD APPLES (187)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 JAVELINO 3728                 1   0  0    21       REDHORSE (207)
-FRANKIE 2204                  3   2  0    11       OF MICE AND MEN (4)
 SANITY'S DEMISE 3722          1   2  0     5       ACT OF MALICE (264)
 CHUX 3726                     1   1  0     4       GENERAL SURGERY (267)

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

THE DEAD               W  L K TEAM NAME             SLAIN BY             TURN Revenge?
APPLE BLOSSOM 3703     3 11 1 BAD APPLES 187        GERITH GRIMEYE 3661   326         
DA22 3727              0  1 0 GENERAL SURGERY 267   STEV STONEFIST 18     326 NONE    
COLDHEART 3639        11 15 1 REDHORSE 207          NESSUS 3622           325         

                                     PERSONAL ADS

Wormy -- Keep that up and I'll be the one who's wormy (and 6 feet under) like the
other 2 you've dispatched.  I heard you didn't throw nearly so many crits against
Prolene! -- Eleven Blade

Wormy -- Must be allergic to the nylon I use on all my pretty scars.  Beware of panty
hose! -- 4-0 Prolene

Dumpling -- What is it with your team?  You guys all have 21 wits?  6 Skills to my 3!
I'm envious. -- 4-0 Prolene

Mila -- Red Horse is (Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron, 
Engineering) in the Air Force of a far away land.  My mistake! -- Darkfist

This weeks favorite:  I guess frittering apples is hard work....

Nessus -- It's nothing personal.  I kind of liked Coldheart, but you didn't challenge
him so I must assume you didn't single him out for harm.  I do have to bloodfeud but
I'll use my usual kill desire of 2.  You look like you have good potential on the
Isle; wouldn't want to spoil that. -- Gazelle

Hey, I beat Kung Fu Master.  Yeah he's a stand-in, but he's also an aimed blow and
they are supposed to be total parry hunters.  So...woo hoo!  He wasn't so tough. --
Gazelle

Gerith Grimeye -- I don't think you made a career error.  With nearly twice your
fights, I'm not surprised I beat you but I wish I'd taught you something.  You are
training skills, aren't you? -- Broken Toe

Besot -- Wow, *thank you* for the skills!  I guess they were the ones you wanted but
you've pretty much got to challenge someone more experienced to learn like that. --
Mountain Goat

Hairy Tub -- I don't know why you were so insistent on learning all you could about
wanting to fight me.  Now what are you going to do with three measly parry skills? --
Shayla
P.S.  Good fight.

Eleven Blade -- You need at least a twelve to peel this apple. -- Wormy

Sanity's Demise -- Oh, man, been there, done that, have the straight jacket to prove
it. -- Deadfall

4-0 Prolene -- What an EXCELLENT instructor you are!  That was the most enjoyable
dismemberment I ever suffered. -- Dumpling

Care-Free -- Like heck.  Nothing is free. -- Apple Fritter

Can I keep the Trocaran Deserter around for a toy?  He is SOOO much fun to play with.
-- Apple Blossom

Darkfist -- Hmm, is that an iron hand I glimpsed before the glove went on?  I do like
a man who can be FIRM and has good hands.... -- Delice
P.S.  Any fish will be large enough to carve like proper meat, and they'll be COOKED.
I think this recent craze for raw fish is sick.

Broken Toe -- (surprised look)  Desperation strategy?  What's that? -- Apple Fritter

Broken Toe -- I only jumped on it in the arena, so we're even. -- Dumpling

Mountain Goat -- (scowling as fiercely as her inherently sweet features permit)  Yes,
HARD feelings. -- Apple Blossom

10 May 2003
To All -- Fellow managers, I humbly request your help.  My team (Ex Oblivione) was
started in Monuntial (DM 34) back in '92.  They were active for seven months.  I have
lost all early traces of them.  If any of you can help with copies of relevant
newsletters or, if you fought one of my warriors, copies of the fights, I would
greatly appreciate it.  I only have one of my original warriors left from the early
team now active in DM 60.  You can diplo me with any info here in the wonderful city
of Aradi.  Thank you in advance. -- Enigma, manager Ex Oblivione

15 May 2003
Assurnasirbanipal invites all to use his computerized warrior management tool.  The
program is the most extensive management tool ever created.  It was meant to run on a
PALM OS PDA, but will run (emulated) on a PC or MAC.  You can get this program on the
web at: http://www.geocities.com/assurnasir

27 May 2003
A note to everyone regarding manager names and manager lists -- If you're running a
team incognito, all you have to do is let me know and I won't put your name on any
manager lists.  It has seemed though, that more people want their names listed, even
if they do not announce themselves, than the other way around.  Also, I do maintain
the list more or less by hand and errors do creep in.  You have but to say I've made
an error and no one will be the wiser (except thee and me, of course). -- The Saint,
keeper of lists

30 May 2003
Duelmasters Friends and Friendly Foes -- I am returning to the United States for the
summer.  Please direct any Snailmail to:
     Devon Hagy
     Open Skies Ministries
     Att: Hammer
     1515 E 7th St
     Okmulgee, OK 74447
     USA
Bro De is the founder and president of Open Skies Ministries [Prison Ministry] and a
newcomer to the world of Duelmasters. We minister together when I am in the area.
See you on the sands!
-- Daryl P Holloman aka Hammer
Flower Hammerz DM 28
Casino Hammerz DM 33
Fish Hammerz DM 54

3 June 2003
     The Company of Brothers want to take this opportunity to formally introduce
ourselves to all players.  Our play is NOT based on smack, rudeness, or anything less
than fair play (well...as fair as it gets!) and improving the knowledge base of the
game and the sharing of experimentation and information.  We are not concerned with
personal politics, ideals, etc.  We are players who enjoy the game.
     Currently, our membership includes:
     Asmo Dius, Baphomet, and Fahkry.
     We wish to welcome our newest member...Suiside.  May the gods smile upon you and
victory rest well on your team.  Any who wish to join us may contact one of our
members for info.

4 June 2003
                 ANNOUNCING THE RETURN OF STORMCROWE SLAUGHTERHOUSE
     The last Stormcrowe Slaughterhouse was one of the closest and most exciting
contests ever held in Alastari.  Such an epic demands a sequel.  Therefore, Master
Darque and Jack Wolfspider are pleased to announce the return of the Stormcrowe
Slaughterhouse.
     Where?  Stormcrowe DM 45 (slow).  When?  The Slaughterhouse returns on Turn 207,
due August 19.  How can you get into the action?  Bring a team (one per entrant
please) to arena 45 and announce your intention to join the contest in the Personals.
     Rules:  This time around the rules are very simple.  Each warrior win against a
higher rated opponent (one or more points higher in the ratings) brings you 10
points, against even rated opponent 7 points, lower rated 5 points.  Wins against
NPCs or by a warrior who downchallenges are worth 0 points.  Points are doubled for
kills.  All warriors in the arena whether participating in the Slaughterhouse or not
are fair game.  Points are totaled weekly, and the contestant whose team has racked
up the most points at the end of 10 turns is declared Slaughterhouse Champion.
     Prizes:  To be announced; we're still talking with RSI about it.  Figure it will
be something pretty good.  But hey, who needs prizes when the honor of being
Slaughterhouse Champion awaits!
     More info:  Master Darque, MasterDarqueDM@aol.com, or Jack Wolfspider,
russtulp@aol.com.  Or diplo Darque Forces (428) or Dynastic (433) in Arena 45.

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

DA22 was butchered by STEV STONEFIST in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
BESOT was outwaited by GAZELLE in a 8 minute brutal Challenge duel.
MOUNTAIN GOAT was overcome by 4-0 PROLENE in a 3 minute Challenge match.
GERITH GRIMEYE slew APPLE BLOSSOM in a crowd pleasing 1 minute Challenge duel.
ELEVEN BLADE devastated DEADFALL in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge fight.
NESSUS was luckily beaten by RIRORNI SABOTEUR in a 2 minute bloody Title competition.
SHAYLA vanquished WORMY in a 1 minute mismatched fight.
DUMPLING overpowered DOOM FROM THE SOUTH in a 1 minute mismatched brawl.
BROKEN TOE defeated APPLE FRITTER in a 1 minute gruesome melee.
SANITY'S DEMISE was vanquished by JAVELINO in a 1 minute uneven duel.
CHUX was defeated by TROCARAN DESERTER in a 1 minute beginner's duel.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|LUNGING ATTACK                   4         TOTAL PARRY       16 -   4 -  0      80  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    3         SLASHING ATTACK    4 -   2 -  1      67  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      2         PARRY-STRIKE       7 -   4 -  0      64  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  2         STRIKING ATTACK    8 -   5 -  1      62  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   2         AIMED BLOW         9 -   6 -  1      60  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      1         WALL OF STEEL     12 -   9 -  0      57  |
|AIMED BLOW                       1         LUNGING ATTACK    21 -  19 -  2      53  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     1         PARRY-LUNGE        4 -   6 -  0      40  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    1         PARRY-RIPOSTE      4 -   7 -  1      36  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  1         BASHING ATTACK     6 -  16 -  3      27  |

Turn 326 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  LUNGING ATTACK 
TOTAL PARRY        2 -  0     AIMED BLOW         0 -  1         3  TOTAL PARRY    
LUNGING ATTACK     3 -  1     PARRY-STRIKE       0 -  1         2  WALL OF STEEL  
STRIKING ATTACK    1 -  1     PARRY-RIPOSTE      0 -  1         1  SLASHING ATTACK
                              SLASHING ATTACK    0 -  1         1  PARRY-LUNGE    
                              BASHING ATTACK     0 -  2     

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
SLASHING ATTACK  NESSUS 3622                13   6  5   88 ACT OF MALICE (264)
TOTAL PARRY      GAZELLE 3701               11   4  0   80 REDHORSE (207)
WALL OF STEEL    DUMPLING 3684              10   8  0   61 BAD APPLES (187)
LUNGING ATTACK   BROKEN TOE 3683            11   8  1   48 REDHORSE (207)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is SHAYLA 3640.  The most popular warrior this turn was 
MOUNTAIN GOAT 3700.  The ten other most popular fighters were 4-0 PROLENE 2570, 
GERITH GRIMEYE 3661, ELEVEN BLADE 3721, NESSUS 3622, BROKEN TOE 3683, DUMPLING 3684, 
DA22 3727, APPLE BLOSSOM 3703, SHAYLA 3640, and JAVELINO 3728.

The least popular fighter this week was CHUX 3726.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were SANITY'S DEMISE 3722, APPLE FRITTER 3708, WORMY 3706, DEADFALL 3685, 
GAZELLE 3701, BESOT 2449, JAVELINO 3728, SHAYLA 3640, APPLE BLOSSOM 3703, and DA22 
3727.