DUELMASTERS NEWSLETTER
Date : 09/25/2003 Duedate: 10/08/2003
ROCANIS ARENA
DM-56 TURN-334
This Weeks Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
DUMPLING
BAD APPLES (187)
(56-3684) [14-12-0,92]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
DUMPLING LADY MANTLE
BAD APPLES (187) HUNTERS AND PREY (399)
(56-3684) [14-12-0,92] (56-3713) [2-1-0,19]
Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite
DUMPLING LADY MANTLE
BAD APPLES (187) HUNTERS AND PREY (399)
(56-3684) [14-12-0,92] (56-3713) [2-1-0,19]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
REDHORSE (207)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. ACT OF MALICE (264) 36
2. SADISTS-OCTAGON (397) 28 SADISTS-OCTAGON (397)
3. REDHORSE (207) 20 Unchartered Team
4. BAD APPLES (187) 7
5. GENERAL SURGERY (267) -1 HUNTERS AND PREY (399)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1/ 2 SADISTS-OCTAGON (397) 24 12 2 66.7 1/ 1 REDHORSE (207) 10 5 0
2/ 3 ACT OF MALICE (264) 76 57 9 57.1 2/ 3 ACT OF MALICE (264) 8 4 0
3/ 1*HUNTERS AND PREY (399) 8 7 3 53.3 3/ 2 BAD APPLES (187) 7 8 1
4/ 4 REDHORSE (207) 315 360 13 46.7 4/ 4 GENERAL SURGERY (267) 7 8 0
5/ 5 BAD APPLES (187) 258 364 14 41.5 5/ 5*HUNTERS AND PREY (399) 3 7 1
6/ 6 GENERAL SURGERY (267) 49 74 1 39.8 6/ 6 SADISTS-OCTAGON (397) 2 0 1
'*' 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 #69 [(< + -----:----- + >)]H[(<
Zukal:
Ghenis watched the ship _Relentless_ ease out into the channel and brushed his
hands together. It was bound for Niatoli to further certain interests of the dark
cult. On it was Veleks, and Cousin Og, who would look after the small thief...one
way or another. Which freed him to attend to other matters.
First of those other matters was a meeting with Pelishtekan, the Ferencian who
was currently the 'chief priest' of the cult. Ghenis scowled to hide his grimace of
disgust. He didn't like the Ferencian. In fact, he loathed the man. But it wasn't
necessary to like him, not really. As long as Pelishtekan did his job, nothing else
counted.
And right now, the man's job was to explain what manner of creature, monster, or
whatever was hunting over the lands just north of Zukal. And how the damned thing
could be fought and destroyed. It was in the way of certain plans that he had made
for the benefit of the dark cult...and of himself, of course. The dark power did not
expect his minions to work for nothing but the joy of it.
Ghenis left the waterfront behind and wove his way through the twisted and
noisome alleys of one of Zukal's poorest districts. The cult always had its centers
among the homes of the poor. They were the ones who had something to gain from it,
and nothing to lose, from shaking up the old order, after all. Ghenis smiled just a
little. He liked shaking things up.
The cult was headquartered in a tall narrow building squeezed between other tall
narrow buildings. The cellar, which was dark and always damp and divided into tiny
rooms no more than six feet square, was used for...storage. More or less. The
ground floor, reached by going down half a dozen steps from street level, was the
shrine itself. The level above that was where the main work of the cult was done,
the plotting and planning, the gathering of information, the good stuff. Above that,
two floors of small rooms where members of the cult lived if they couldn't do better
for themselves. And on the top floor, the pigeons that carried messages from points
as distant as Zuwayza and Murska in the north, Rocanis, Xochithlan, and even Tricorus
in the south. Most people had no idea how far the cult reached.
Which was another source of amusement to Ghenis. The authorities here in Zukal,
the very heart of the cult, had no idea that it was anything more than a handful of
dissatisfied commoners meeting to worship some petty godling. Ha! If Bey Sekahos
knew how near he stood to the rim of disaster, how fast he was sliding down the slope
into hell--! Even the Bandit Princes, who had a clearer understanding of their city,
didn't know that the cult was gaining power daily and would soon be ready to make its
move. IF the monster north of the city could be dealt with.
Ghenis pushed open the door and stepped toward Pelishtekan's office.
Near Malcorn:
The finger of light slid across the surface of the tall stone and touched the
worn carvings, which leaped into sudden clarity. The little clearing, which had been
empty except for Lord Malcorn and Tiljanz al Burgos, the young Karnhorn diplomat, was
suddenly full of shadows. Or something. Tiljanz could feel the weight of a dozen
minds thinking about him--calculating minds, hostile minds, hungry ones. He held
himself still and quiet with difficulty. This was Lord Malcorn's meeting; he himself
was just present as a witness.
Words came out of the darkness, hollow as caves, clear as trumpets. "Why are
you here, Malcorn?"
"To demand that you enforce your side of the agreement we made, Dregur," the
lord of Malcorn replied. If a great tree had spoken, its voice might have sounded
like that.
"Our side? What have we, the true and original lords of all the land between
the lakes, to 'enforce' at the command of an ephemeral like you?"
"Do not play games with me. A deal was made and sworn under just such a moon,
that the dregur would attack only those who entered this land at the command of the
Easterner Inzolas. In return for this, you were released from the Silent Place."
"And if we choose now to disregard that 'deal' you speak of?" Idle inquiry.
"The Silent Place is still there."
"You think you could return us to that captivity?" Scorn and amusement. "You?"
"If you do not keep your side of the agreement," now Malcorn's voice was like
iron, cold black iron, "I will return you to that captivity. Me." At that moment,
Tiljanz did not doubt that Blackie would do just that, whatever the cost to himself.
"We did make an oath." The voice was the same, but different. A different
dregur speaking, Tiljanz thought. "The oath is a binding already. He could do it."
Warning, cool consideration.
"Because a few of us have chosen to Hunt freely, as we used to? Unfair! This
land was OURS. If we stretch out our hand to take it back, where is the injustice in
that?" Passion.
"The injustice is in the breaking of our oath. The land itself will reject an
oathbreaker. It has always been so." Stern command. "We must keep our part of the
bargain, or by our failure we release Lord Malcorn from his. And he could then
return us to the Silent Place, if he is willing to pay the price." A pause. "And
you can see that he is so willing."
Objection. "Those who Hunt alone will not be called back to the kennel, even by
you."
Unyielding command. "Then I myself will lead a Hunt against them."
SPY REPORT
So why do I have this bag over my head? Because I am The Unknown Spymaster and
I'm going to give you a spy report!. Hey everybody, watch out for ROYCE GRACIE, who
flew up 16 points in the rankings after mashing TENACULUM like a melon. Keep your
eye on this guy. And falling like a basher in the top ten was WILD INDIGO, who
dropped 12 points after a disappointing (to say the least) bout with NURSE ELAINE.
Unlike most arenas, BESOT managed to get his challenge off against the 15-7-0
GAZELLE. Well, everybody's pal BESOT moved his record to 17-12-1 by defeating
GAZELLE in the Duelmaster's Title Bout and gaining 12 recognition points. Can you
believe they are paying me 10 gold to deliver this stuff?
Here is other news that is of note. And hey, kiddies, those of you who didn't
avoid REDHORSE, please raise you hand. Wow. Does ROCANIS really have that many
liars? And you guys like to boo me? Well, unsling your rasberries, cause HUNTERS
AND PREY beats feet every time REDHORSE smiles at them. Try farming, eh? Well just
about everybody wants a piece of NURSE ELAINE, who was this week's most challenged
warrior. In a touching display by a 'touched' warrior, ISARITH went after CHUX, who
was higher by 18 points. Well, when the dust settled, ISARITH beat CHUX. ASAUN of
ACT OF MALICE had better have a good reason for challenging down 10 points in a
challenge which he won. I thought ASAUN showed great skill and promise when he
bested SUZIE SUE. All right, so I slept through it! Big deal!
Being a spy is great--other people die and you spend the rest of the day
drinking to their memory. Better tanked than dead! We might as well mark the
passing of CATCHFLY, who was relatively new to the arena at 2-1-1. Probably killed
before his first shave. Ask not the elves for counsel, for they will say both yes
and no. Silly buggers, eh?
I think I had better cut this one short. It's been nice chatting to those of
you whom I have not offended yet. Okay, so I may not be the world's best comedian,
but then you guys aren't the world's best warriors. Its been fun, and I'm sure you
enjoyed it (boos). Now that I've got you worked up for Snide Clemens, I'll be
leaving-- The Unknown Spymaster
DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
DUMPLING 3684 14 12 0 92 BAD APPLES (187)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
GAZELLE 3701 15 8 0 85 REDHORSE (207)
4-0 PROLENE 2570 19 12 0 79 GENERAL SURGERY (267)
ROYCE GRACIE 3686 8 0 0 79 SADISTS-OCTAGON (397)
ELEVEN BLADE 3721 9 3 0 71 GENERAL SURGERY (267)
CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
WORMY 3706 10 11 2 61 BAD APPLES (187)
-DAN SEVERN 3690 6 1 0 59 SADISTS-OCTAGON (397)
SANITY'S DEMISE 3722 6 5 0 58 ACT OF MALICE (264)
CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
TENACULUM 3735 5 3 0 57 GENERAL SURGERY (267)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-PAT MILETICH 3688 6 1 1 56 SADISTS-OCTAGON (397)
BROKEN TOE 3683 13 14 1 55 REDHORSE (207)
MOUNTAIN GOAT 3700 12 11 3 55 REDHORSE (207)
DEADFALL 3685 5 21 0 36 BAD APPLES (187)
-NINDIL SOL 3679 4 0 1 36 ACT OF MALICE (264)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
MATT HUGHES 3717 4 0 1 33 SADISTS-OCTAGON (397)
APPLEMINT 3736 6 2 1 29 BAD APPLES (187)
JAVELINO 3728 5 4 0 26 REDHORSE (207)
HEDGEHOG 3748 4 0 0 25 REDHORSE (207)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
JONATHANNIE 3747 2 2 0 22 BAD APPLES (187)
LADY MANTLE 3713 2 1 0 19 HUNTERS AND PREY (399)
NURSE ELAINE 2955 2 1 0 19 GENERAL SURGERY (267)
CHUX 3726 4 6 0 18 GENERAL SURGERY (267)
ISARITH 3746 1 3 0 17 ACT OF MALICE (264)
ASAUN 3750 2 0 0 16 ACT OF MALICE (264)
WILD INDIGO 3712 2 1 1 8 HUNTERS AND PREY (399)
HELLEBORE 3715 1 2 1 6 HUNTERS AND PREY (399)
SUZIE SUE 3711 1 2 0 5 HUNTERS AND PREY (399)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
PERSISTENT BEGGAR 4 0 1 0 1 APPLEMINT 3736 334 NONE
CATCHFLY 3714 2 1 1 HUNTERS AND PREY 399 MATT HUGHES 3717 334
SHAYLA 3640 12 19 3 REDHORSE 207 BESOT 2449 330 NOT REVE
PERSONAL ADS
Besot -- Woo hoo! Thanks for all the skills! Trust me, I'll use them well. --
Gazelle
Wormy -- What a disgusting display that was! Don't you know, you're not supposed to
do that to someone of my style? Plus, you copied a bunch of my skills. I feel so
used! -- Mountain Goat
P.S. At least you got your bloodfeud out of the way. I don't think we're going to
be able to avenge Shayla.
P.P.S. May the early bird get you.
Tenaculum -- That was embarrassing, losing to someone with six fights. Have you had
a lot of tourney fights? -- Broken Toe
Deadfall -- I wish you wouldn't. -- Broken Toe
Jonathannie -- I predict that you'll go far. Soaking up skills like a sponge is
always a good omen. -- Javelino
Chux -- No one is disposable, except maybe managers. I sure know Mila hasn't done
Redhorse any good. -- Javelino
Hellebore -- You had me worried. But in the end, I always overcome. I am Hedgehog,
hear me roar! -- Hedgehog
3-0 Prolene -- I don't think you'd improve my gravy at all. Nothing personal,
everyone has their places and purposes, but yours is not to be part of dumpling
gravy. -- Dumpling
P.S. Actually, as a sweet apple dumpling, I have a sauce rather than a gravy.
Isarith -- I can't take any credit for that, not really. I saw that when you came
out of the starting gate, a horsefly bit you, and that is bound to have thrown you
off your stroke. Horseflies are like that. -- Applemint
Mountain Goat -- I take FULL credit for beating you, because hairy, stinky old goats
make me furious. And when I get furious, I ATTACK. So there. -- Wormy
Chux -- I think your name may be a jinx, Chuxie baby. If golems can by jinxed, which
I certainly hope they can. Anything else would be grossly unfair. It probably
leaves you with the idea that your manager is just waiting for the right moment to
throw you away. And you're probably right.... -- Deadfall
Javelino -- Ho! That, most incredibly, wraps up a five-oh turn for us! That is not
something we're used to, but we LIKE it. Lots. -- Jonathannie
Besot -- I feel it incumbent upon me of all the Bad Apples to congratulate you on
your graduation. And I do so. Good work. -- Dumpling
Eleven Blade -- (severely) That's my nose. -- Wormy
Mountain Goat -- Yeah, sure, you would say that. Does anyone believe you? -- Delice
the Red for Bad Apples
9 September 2003
WE'RE LOOKING FOR A FEW GOOD MANAGERS! If you think you have what it takes to match
wits and blades with some of the best managers in Alastari, then WE WANT YOU! The
Tournament Of The Golden Scrod #4 will begin in Aradi (DM 60) the turn after the Fall
Mail-In. It's not too late for you to sign up. I realize that many of you may be
hesitant after seeing that myself and Hombre have teamed up again, but we'll try to
take it easy on you guys a little bit. For more information on T#%S IV, please
contact me at ganolus@aol.com. We're looking for a few good managers...the few, the
proud, the TOGS!
-- Ganolus Oakleaf, T#%S IV Commish
15 September 2003
An Announcement Concerning the Brotherhood of the Blade Alliance:
I have chosen to withdraw my membership from the Brotherhood of the Blade
alliance. The years I have spent in the alliance have been the best of my DM career.
I leave the alliance with many great friends and will always remain close to my
former brethren.
The Brotherhood of the Blade will not skip a beat without my membership. It
remains in very capable hands and its roster is among the strongest in the game.
With the return on some of its founding members to DM, I know the BOB will continue
to grow in strength and prestige in the years to come. -- The Sandman
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
BESOT devastated GAZELLE in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge fight.
SANITY'S DEMISE vanquished DEADFALL in a 1 minute uneven Challenge battle.
LADY MANTLE was outlasted by HEDGEHOG in a 7 minute beginner's Challenge fight.
ISARITH bested CHUX in a 5 minute Challenge fight.
CATCHFLY was assassinated by MATT HUGHES in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge match.
HELLEBORE was devastated by JAVELINO in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge duel.
ASAUN beat SUZIE SUE in a 3 minute amateur's Challenge brawl.
DUMPLING savagely defeated ELEVEN BLADE in a 2 minute gruesome Title melee.
TENACULUM was vanquished by ROYCE GRACIE in a 1 minute uneven duel.
4-0 PROLENE defeated WORMY in a popular 1 minute expert's duel.
BROKEN TOE overpowered JONATHANNIE in a 1 minute uneven match.
MOUNTAIN GOAT overpowered AMBITIOUS GUARD in a 1 minute one-sided fight.
APPLEMINT murdered PERSISTENT BEGGAR in a 1 minute mismatched competition.
WILD INDIGO was viciously subdued by NURSE ELAINE in a 7 minute novice's battle.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|LUNGING ATTACK 6 TOTAL PARRY 17 - 10 - 0 63 |
|WALL OF STEEL 5 SLASHING ATTACK 8 - 5 - 2 62 |
|TOTAL PARRY 3 LUNGING ATTACK 30 - 20 - 3 60 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 3 AIMED BLOW 6 - 5 - 0 55 |
|BASHING ATTACK 3 WALL OF STEEL 19 - 16 - 1 54 |
|STRIKING ATTACK 2 PARRY-LUNGE 4 - 4 - 1 50 |
|AIMED BLOW 1 STRIKING ATTACK 6 - 8 - 0 43 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE 5 - 7 - 2 42 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 1 BASHING ATTACK 7 - 16 - 0 30 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 1 PARRY-STRIKE 2 - 5 - 0 29 |
Turn 334 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 PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 - 2 4 LUNGING ATTACK
PARRY-LUNGE 1 - 0 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 1 2 TOTAL PARRY
SLASHING ATTACK 1 - 0 BASHING ATTACK 0 - 3 2 STRIKING ATTACK
LUNGING ATTACK 4 - 2 1 WALL OF STEEL
TOTAL PARRY 2 - 1 1 BASHING ATTACK
WALL OF STEEL 3 - 2 1 AIMED BLOW
STRIKING ATTACK 1 - 1
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
WALL OF STEEL DUMPLING 3684 14 12 0 92 BAD APPLES (187)
TOTAL PARRY GAZELLE 3701 15 8 0 85 REDHORSE (207)
LUNGING ATTACK ROYCE GRACIE 3686 8 0 0 79 SADISTS-OCTAGON (397)
AIMED BLOW SANITY'S DEMISE 3722 6 5 0 58 ACT OF MALICE (264)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
The overall popularity leader is DUMPLING 3684. The most popular warrior this turn
was LADY MANTLE 3713. The ten other most popular fighters were DUMPLING 3684, 4-0
PROLENE 2570, JAVELINO 3728, ROYCE GRACIE 3686, SANITY'S DEMISE 3722, ASAUN 3750,
WORMY 3706, BROKEN TOE 3683, MOUNTAIN GOAT 3700, and MATT HUGHES 3717.
The least popular fighter this week was WILD INDIGO 3712. The other ten least
popular fighters were NURSE ELAINE 2955, CHUX 3726, HEDGEHOG 3748, JONATHANNIE 3747,
TENACULUM 3735, SUZIE SUE 3711, CATCHFLY 3714, ISARITH 3746, DEADFALL 3685, and
GAZELLE 3701.
The following warriors have traveled to ADVANCED DUELMASTERS after fighting this turn:
BESOT (56-2449) ACT OF MALICE (264)
FACE-TO-FACE TOURNEY XXXI
GATEWAY TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME
ANGEL 612 (174-114-0) 5 3 0 PITT GLADIATORS
BLACKTHORN 839 (135-116-3) 6 4 0 PITT GLADIATORS
CARNIVOROUS SLOTH 1073 (119-67-3) 2 3 0 PITT GLADIATORS
DEATH 666 (104-92-2) 1 4 0 INCARNATIONS
DOC'S EGO 3364 (46-27-2) 1 4 0 DOOMCORPS PRIDE
TIME 513 (109-39-1) 1 4 0 INCARNATIONS
PRIMUS TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME
MANWE SULIMO 3338 (21-10-0) 1 4 0 SONG OF ILUVATAR
ELIGIBLES TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME
SPARAFUCILE 1431 (50-47-2) 0 3 0 STAR GUARDIANS
ADM TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME
CARE-LESS 3356 (40-11-0) 2 3 0 CARE PACKAGE
CHAMPIONS TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME
CALIS 3426 (6-11-0) 0 3 0 MEN OF STEEL
INITIATES TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME
MATT HUGHES 3717 (3-0-0) 4 3 0 SADISTS-OCTAGON
DAN SEVERN 3690 (6-1-0) 2 3 0 SADISTS-OCTAGON
ROYCE GRACIE 3686 (6-0-0) 2 3 0 SADISTS-OCTAGON