DUELMASTERS NEWSLETTER
Date : 07/17/2003 Duedate: 07/30/2003
ROCANIS ARENA
DM-56 TURN-329
This Weeks Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
DUMPLING
BAD APPLES (187)
(56-3684) [12-9-0,86]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
DUMPLING POSITION IS EMPTY
BAD APPLES (187)
(56-3684) [12-9-0,86]
Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite
SHAYLA SANITY'S DEMISE
REDHORSE (207) ACT OF MALICE (264)
(56-3640) [12-18-3,66] (56-3722) [2-4-0,23]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
GENERAL SURGERY (267)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. BAD APPLES (187) 42
2. GENERAL SURGERY (267) 31 ACT OF MALICE (264)
3. REDHORSE (207) 7 Unchartered Team
4. SADISTS-OCTAGON (397) 0
5. MY BATHROOM (378) 0 NOSTALGIA (365)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1- 1 MY BATHROOM (378) 10 4 0 71.4 1/ 1 GENERAL SURGERY (267) 9 3 0
2- 2*SADISTS-OCTAGON (397) 21 12 1 63.6 2/ 4 BAD APPLES (187) 8 7 0
3/ 3 ACT OF MALICE (264) 64 49 8 56.6 3/ 3 ACT OF MALICE (264) 6 6 0
4/ 4 REDHORSE (207) 300 350 13 46.2 4/ 2 REDHORSE (207) 5 10 2
5/ 5 BAD APPLES (187) 247 351 13 41.3 5- 5 MY BATHROOM (378) 1 0 0
6/ 6 GENERAL SURGERY (267) 38 62 1 38.0 6- 6*SADISTS-OCTAGON (397) 1 0 0
'*' Unchartered team '-' Team did not fight this turn
(###) Avoid teams by their Team Id ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank
SPY REPORT
Much has changed in ROCANIS since last I was here. Never fear, Olaf Modeen
adapts to many situations, as do all successful fighters. What's with DUMPLING? She
actually beat REDHORSE's GAZELLE, and walked away with 25 more points from the fight.
Laughs were big at BAD APPLES while they watched DUMPLING clobber GAZELLE. He lost
19 points and got bruised from objects thrown from the stands. See how the
Duelmaster Dark Arena Challenged DARK ARENA's HAKKON TAIN? That sort of initiative
is how he got where he is now. The crowds were amazed this turn, as HAKKON TAIN
killed the Duelmaster, NESSUS, leaving ACT OF MALICE in mourning. So now DUMPLING
gets to be ROCANIS' Duelmaster. But what comes around goes around. Advice to
fighters with a 1 will--give up fighting!
No matter the time or place, men will always duel. How well I know the feeling
of being in the most avoided team! Don't fall out of practive, REDHORSE! In my day,
no team with a 298-347-11 would scare me off! What's the problem, ACT OF MALICE?
What do people see in SHAYLA? Hers 12-18-3? REDHORSE ain't talkin', but she's got
66 points.
There have been some calls to lengthen the time limit. Do you want the fighters
to walk away, or not? We all knew it had to happen sooner or later. A warrior can't
stick around with a 8-7-1, and SHAYLA easily took care of GERITH GRIMEYE. APPLE
FRITTER of BAD APPLES didn't know when to quit. When you've got a 8-7-0, that's a
good sign. Now she's dead. How long have I been here? I got people to see, places
to go...
Well, I'm pretty much through. You guys need to get back practicing. The end
of another Spyreport! That's cause for celebration in my book! Remember--a good
fighter needs both good skills and good luck. Until next time,-- Olaf Modeen
DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
DUMPLING 3684 12 9 0 86 BAD APPLES (187)
CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-HAIRY TUB 3497 9 2 0 101 MY BATHROOM (378)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
4-0 PROLENE 2570 17 9 0 75 GENERAL SURGERY (267)
CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
SHAYLA 3640 12 18 3 66 REDHORSE (207)
BESOT 2449 12 12 0 66 ACT OF MALICE (264)
GAZELLE 3701 12 6 0 61 REDHORSE (207)
-DAN SEVERN 3690 6 1 0 59 SADISTS-OCTAGON (397)
MOUNTAIN GOAT 3700 9 9 3 58 REDHORSE (207)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-PAT MILETICH 3688 6 1 1 56 SADISTS-OCTAGON (397)
-ROYCE GRACIE 3686 6 0 0 56 SADISTS-OCTAGON (397)
WORMY 3706 8 8 2 50 BAD APPLES (187)
ELEVEN BLADE 3721 6 1 0 47 GENERAL SURGERY (267)
BROKEN TOE 3683 11 11 1 45 REDHORSE (207)
TENACULUM 3735 2 1 0 45 GENERAL SURGERY (267)
-NINDIL SOL 3679 4 0 1 36 ACT OF MALICE (264)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
DEADFALL 3685 3 18 0 27 BAD APPLES (187)
APPLEMINT 3736 3 0 0 25 BAD APPLES (187)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
SANITY'S DEMISE 3722 2 4 0 23 ACT OF MALICE (264)
-MATT HUGHES 3717 3 0 0 21 SADISTS-OCTAGON (397)
-FRANKIE 2204 3 2 0 11 OF MICE AND MEN (4)
CHUX 3726 3 2 0 11 GENERAL SURGERY (267)
JAVELINO 3728 2 2 0 8 REDHORSE (207)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
NESSUS 3622 14 8 5 ACT OF MALICE 264 HAKKON TAIN 20 329 NONE
GERITH GRIMEYE 3661 8 7 1 ACT OF MALICE 264 SHAYLA 3640 329
APPLE FRITTER 3708 8 7 0 BAD APPLES 187 MOUNTAIN GOAT 3700 329
APPLE BLOSSOM 3703 3 11 1 BAD APPLES 187 GERITH GRIMEYE 3661 326
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
COLDHEART 3639 11 15 1 REDHORSE 207 NESSUS 3622 325 NOT REVE
PERSONAL ADS
All -- For those of you that are interested in such things, here's Nessus: SL 9-8-7-
17-15-13-15. Favors the Broadsword, +3 decise, +1 init. A decent warrior overall,
and one with a propensity for killing. He had a good run here, and now faces his
last opponent in the DA. Hopefully luck smiles upon him, and another kill is added
to his record.
4-0 Prolene -- Whew! You learn like crazy, girl! Do I have any moves left that you
didn't copy? -- Gazelle
P.S. That was fun!
Besot -- Oh darn. You learned the skill I needed. -- Shayla
Darkfist -- It's all right. Being scummed is a lot better than the other ways of
losing a fight. -- Shayla
Royce Gracie -- Didn't like that, I did not appreciate that. Now you got me in the
Arenamaster's bad graces. Go fight somebody else. -- Broken Toe
Apple Fritter -- I was surprised I beat you. Hey, better luck next time. -- Mountain
Goat
Tenaculum -- That's an interesting choice of weapons for your style. But it seems to
work well for you. -- Javelino
P.S. And see? Your improved damage definitely made a difference!
Gerith Grimeye -- Well, o-KAY, if you insist. But you should really do something
about that eye. Eyes are important, and you wouldn't want it to go bad on you. --
Wormy
Sanity's Demise -- I've often felt that way myself. Recently, even. -- Applemint
Nessus -- I thought at first you were a kind of mixed drink, but now I remember
that's negus, not nessus. Oh, well. -- Dumpling
P.S. Congratulations on graduating.
Mountain Goat -- I'm going to sue the Infirmary, and I want your deposition that you
did, in fact, do me serious injury. My lawyer will be around tomorrow to collect it.
-- Apple Fritter
Eleven Blade -- Huh, you sure whittled ME down. -- Deadfall
P.S. But I thought I'd end up shorter.
Broken Toe -- Your toes are long, true, and as for shapely, well...shaped like what,
eh? Not like TOES, more like little monsters. -- Apple Fritter
26 June 2003
STOP THINKING TOGS!!!!! It's here. Well, almost here anyway. We're looking at
a start date of the first turn in Aradi (DM 60) following the Fall Mail-In. This
should give everyone sufficient time to study the new ultra-improved T#%S IV rules
and prep accordingly. So without further ado, here is your handy-dandy guide to
winning your very own Golden Scrod (and some other very cool prizes to be announced
officially before the start of the tourney that must not be named):
1. Each T#%S team consists of two managers. After the tourney starts, there will be
no switching partners whatsoever, so choose your partners wisely. T#%S IV will
last for 13 turns, so pick a partner you can stand for 6 months or so. The only
team I know of so far is last TOGS winners: Ganolus Oakleaf/Hombre of Blood
Related/Thieves Guild. Hey, this is fun!
2. The T#%S entry fee is 2 team setups per manager. This means 4 setups per T#%S
team. This entry fee is required before the start of the tourney with no
exceptions being made. This is to ensure that nobody gets screwed if a team or
manager decides to back out early. To pay the entry fee either:
a) send $10 cash/check/money order/ or whatever to me personally at:
Andy Salveson
6812 Romanzo Way
Elk Grove, CA 95758
b) get RSI to send me 2 team setup gift certificates. Sorry, no credit cards and
no old teams you have lying around will be accepted.
3. T#%S point system:
10 points for winning on your up-challenge against another T#%S warrior.
7 points for winning on your even challenge of another T#%S warrior.
7 points for winning on another T#%S warriors challenge.
7 points for winning a random matchup against another T#%S warrior.
4 points for winning on your down-challenge of another T#%S warrior.
4 points for winning a random matchup against a non-T#%S warrior. Do not fight
your team mate, you will not get any points. Also, you will not get any points
if you challenge or get challenged by a non-T#%S team, so use your avoids
wisely if you think someone is out to get you.
10 points for being the Duelmaster. This is in addition to all points listed
above and will begin turn 1, so prep accordingly.
5 points for every spotlight written by any team member, 1 per manager per turn.
The minimum length of a spotlight to receive points is 1/2 column in the
newsletter (that's 31 lines-each line 85 characters across) and I will be
completely firm on this. In addition to the length criteria, spotlights will
not be given points if they are in any way plagiarized or if they are not
Duelmasters or fantasy related. I will be the sole judge of this. If you're
unsure if I will judge something to be Duelmasters or fantasy related, then
e-mail me before you write the spotlight and ask me. I reserve the right to
take points away from a spotlight after they are given if I judge at a later
time that the spotlight has been plagiarized.
-5 points per manager per turn every time a manager does not at least write one
personal ad.
-5 points for being the team that avoided the most.
If you participated in TOGS III, you'll notice some slight changes in the points
structure. The main things are points for random match ups against non T#%S
warriors, bonus points for being the Duelmaster, new spotlight criteria, and no
points given for being the most avoided team.
4. I already mentioned this, but T#%S IV will start the first turn in arena 60 after
the Fall Mail-In runs and it will last for 13 turns. There will not be a
Survivor format this time around, meaning no eliminations. I will still be doing
the multipliers at the end, however. This means that all points accumulated by a
team on turns 10 and 11 will be multiplied by 1.5 and all points accumulated by
each team on turns 12 and 13 will be multiplied by 2.
5. Prizes are yet to be determined, but I'll tell you what I know. There will be
prizes given out each turn to whichever team scores the most combined points on a
given turn. Tie breakers will go to the team with the most wins on that turn and
then to the team with most overall points. I have asked RSI for the same prizes
as last TOGS which were transferring any warrior to arena 60 and renaming Aradi
for approximately 6 months, but we'll see what they come back with. I haven't
decided how to split the prizes up, partly because I don't know how many teams
will be entering yet, but I do know the prizes will be split among the top 3
teams at the end. I will announce the exact breakdown of everything when I know
more.
6. And just like TOGS III, Death Stud and I will be the sole arbiters of any dispute
that may arise. Whine all you like, but as Nuln told you last time, that's how
it is.
7. M & RR Clause (go ahead, read between the capitals): I reserve the right to
disallow entry to this tourney if you have a previous history of being a big fat
mouth about everything.
I think that pretty much covers it. I will be accepting team entries as of now
and then posting them in the newsletters as I receive entry fees. Please feel free
to e-mail me regarding any questions or comments at Ganolus@aol.com. So everyone don
your best pair of leg warmers, hop on your favorite farm animal, and ride to Aradi
for the 4th kinda-annual Tournament that must not be named for no apparent reason
whatsoever, or T#%S IV, for short. See ya'll there!
-- Ganolus Oakleaf, T#%S IV Commish
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
NESSUS was dealt death by HAKKON TAIN in a crowd pleasing 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
4-0 PROLENE outlasted BESOT in a slow 15 minute veteran's Challenge melee.
GERITH GRIMEYE was dispatched by SHAYLA in a 1 minute Challenge brawl.
GAZELLE was devastated by DUMPLING in a exciting 1 minute one-sided Title fight.
BROKEN TOE was devastated by TENACULUM in a 1 minute uneven brawl.
ELEVEN BLADE overpowered DEADFALL in a 1 minute one-sided struggle.
MOUNTAIN GOAT delivered the death blow upon APPLE FRITTER in a 1 minute competition.
WORMY handily defeated RIRORNI THUG in a 1 minute uneven melee.
SANITY'S DEMISE vanquished CHUX in a 2 minute gruesome one-sided duel.
JAVELINO was vanquished by APPLEMINT in a 1 minute one-sided fight.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|LUNGING ATTACK 5 TOTAL PARRY 17 - 4 - 0 81 |
|WALL OF STEEL 3 SLASHING ATTACK 7 - 3 - 1 70 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 2 WALL OF STEEL 14 - 9 - 0 61 |
|BASHING ATTACK 2 AIMED BLOW 8 - 6 - 0 57 |
|TOTAL PARRY 2 LUNGING ATTACK 25 - 20 - 2 56 |
|AIMED BLOW 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE 4 - 4 - 1 50 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 1 PARRY-LUNGE 5 - 5 - 1 50 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 1 STRIKING ATTACK 5 - 5 - 1 50 |
|STRIKING ATTACK 1 PARRY-STRIKE 5 - 6 - 0 45 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 BASHING ATTACK 6 - 16 - 1 27 |
Turn 329 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 1 - 0 WALL OF STEEL 1 - 2 3 LUNGING ATTACK
PARRY-LUNGE 1 - 0 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 1 2 WALL OF STEEL
LUNGING ATTACK 3 - 2 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 0 2 TOTAL PARRY
SLASHING ATTACK 1 - 1 STRIKING ATTACK 0 - 1 2 STRIKING ATTACK
BASHING ATTACK 1 - 1 1 PARRY-LUNGE
TOTAL PARRY 1 - 1 1 BASHING ATTACK
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
WALL OF STEEL DUMPLING 3684 12 9 0 86 BAD APPLES (187)
TOTAL PARRY 4-0 PROLENE 2570 17 9 0 75 GENERAL SURGERY (267)
LUNGING ATTACK ELEVEN BLADE 3721 6 1 0 47 GENERAL SURGERY (267)
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
SANITY'S DEMISE 3722. The ten other most popular fighters were DUMPLING 3684,
MOUNTAIN GOAT 3700, SHAYLA 3640, TENACULUM 3735, ELEVEN BLADE 3721, WORMY 3706,
APPLEMINT 3736, GERITH GRIMEYE 3661, GAZELLE 3701, and BROKEN TOE 3683.
The least popular fighter this week was BESOT 2449. The other ten least popular
fighters were 4-0 PROLENE 2570, JAVELINO 3728, CHUX 3726, APPLE FRITTER 3708,
DEADFALL 3685, BROKEN TOE 3683, GAZELLE 3701, GERITH GRIMEYE 3661, APPLEMINT 3736,
and WORMY 3706.
The following warriors have traveled to ADVANCED DUELMASTERS after fighting this turn:
NESSUS (56-3622) ACT OF MALICE (264)