DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 06/16/2005    Duedate: 06/29/2005

ROCANIS ARENA

DM-56    TURN-379

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

HEDGEHOG
REDHORSE (207)
(56-3748) [24-25-0,135]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

HEDGEHOG                       POSITION IS EMPTY
REDHORSE (207)                 
(56-3748) [24-25-0,135]        

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

MACHINE                        MECHANISM
TOOLS OF TORMENT (407)         TOOLS OF TORMENT (407)
(56-3795) [12-6-0,92]          (56-3796) [12-6-1,98]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

REDHORSE (207)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. PUNCH-OUT! (411)            27
2. BAD APPLES (187)            19      PUNCH-OUT! (411)
3. TOOLS OF TORMENT (407)       4      Unchartered Team
4. REDHORSE (207)              -1
                                       SUNNYLAND (377)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 2 PUNCH-OUT! (411)          39  16  5 70.9   1/ 1 REDHORSE (207)            8  7 0
 2/ 3 TOOLS OF TORMENT (407)    26  17  1 60.5   2/ 4 PUNCH-OUT! (411)          6  0 0
 3/ 4 REDHORSE (207)           418 474 14 46.9   3/ 0 BAD APPLES (187)          5 10 0
 4/ 0 BAD APPLES (187)         358 488 14 42.3   4/ 5 TOOLS OF TORMENT (407)    3  3 0

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

                                 DUELMASTER'S COLUMN
                             Notes from the arena champ.

Hi Everyone!

     Here I am again.  Both of my potential opponents were involved in other
challenge matches so they couldn't fight me, so I ended up with a stand-in (the
Priest of Mytori).  He's not that scary these days.
     I still haven't gotten invited to the Isle.  As of today, I will have 49 fights.
Maybe I'll get invited on my 50th?  Hey, if I win three more fights in a row I'll
have a winning record again!  Woo hoo!
     I don't think I said it before, so I'd like to welcome Lost Souls to Rocanis
Arena!  Hi there!  I notice that you're using your challenges AND your avoids.
That's how to do it!  Funny thing, Dark Heart has a 2-0-1 record.  That means he
killed somebody in the last two fights.  Why isn't it mentioned in "The Dead" column?
Did the slain warrior belong to a team that has left the arena?  Same with Morwhen.
What's the story here?  I haven't been paying attention like I should.
     Well, I left this till the last minute as usual.  Better rush it to the scribe.
Have a great fortnight!

                                I am Hedgehog, hear me roar!

                                      SPY REPORT

     It is I, Novgorodny Vir, Spymaster of Spymasters.  Look on my work, ye mighty, 
and despair!  PUNCH-OUT! had cause to celebrate, after KID QUICK got 24 points by 
beating SHANKS PONY.  SHANKS PONY certainly had a baffled expression on his face, 
after losing to KID QUICK and losing 17 points in the process!  HEDGEHOG found out 
being ROCANIS' Duelmaster isn't all nuts and berries, receiving 2 challenges!  You 
could cut the tension with a scimitar as MECHANISM of TOOLS OF TORMENT met the 
Duelmaster.  MECHANISM found out that ROCANIS isn't a democracy.  You've gotta be the 
best to be Duelmaster here!  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!  Like a horde of jackals fleeing from 
the lion, so did the "warriors" in ROCANIS avoid REDHORSE.  Like a pup with its tail 
between its legs, TOOLS OF TORMENT scurried away from REDHORSE.  Oh, the shame!   
     Ah, the duel!  The roar of the oppenent, the smell of the crowd!  Ask not for 
whom the sword slashes; it slashes for thee.   
     Do not think spyreporting in ROCANIS is the highlight of my life.  Keep those 
sands bloody and the buzzards fat!  ROCANIS, I leave you now.  The Duelmaster has 
agreed to foot my bill at The Grub & Rub Bar and Bistro.  'Til next time-- Novgorodny 
Vir  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 HEDGEHOG 3748                24  25  0   135       REDHORSE (207)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 GLASS JOE 3847               10   4  0   109       PUNCH-OUT! (411)
 MECHANISM 3796               12   6  1    98       TOOLS OF TORMENT (407)
 MACHINE 3795                 12   6  0    92       TOOLS OF TORMENT (407)
 KID QUICK 3846               11   3  2    91       PUNCH-OUT! (411)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 BITTER VETCH 3762            18  24  0    78       BAD APPLES (187)
 SHANKS PONY 3854              9   7  0    68       REDHORSE (207)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 PRIVET 3867                   9   3  0    61       BAD APPLES (187)
-BALD BULL 3843                8   1  1    58       PUNCH-OUT! (411)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 PRONGHRON 3852                9   7  0    46       REDHORSE (207)
 ROTTEN CORE 3851              6  11  0    36       BAD APPLES (187)
 YUL 3868                      6   5  0    34       REDHORSE (207)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 EATS GRASS 3853               6  10  0    28       REDHORSE (207)
 LARGE DOG 3848                4  15  0    27       BAD APPLES (187)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 PIEFACE 3875                  4   5  0    24       BAD APPLES (187)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-KING HIPPO 3845               6   3  1    22       PUNCH-OUT! (411)
-MR. SANDMAN 3844              4   5  1    18       PUNCH-OUT! (411)

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

THE DEAD               W  L K TEAM NAME             SLAIN BY             TURN Revenge?

                                     PERSONAL ADS

Mechanism -- I don't see how you can keep learning from me like that.  I'm so bored
with the same old fights that I don't pay enough attention. -- Bitter Vetch

Morwhen -- Was that the arenamaster saying "when"?  I thought it was just your name.
Darn. -- Large Dog

Dark Heart -- I don't consider that a gladiator of your style HAS a soul to lose. --
Pieface
P.S.  But your heart is definitely dark.  Black as a dirty stovepipe.

Shanks Pony -- You really ought to give the pony back to Shank and get your own. --
Privet

The Rirorni Soldiers ganged up on me! -- Rotten Core

Yul or other anonymous Redhorse -- I once threw an apple at a dog that was chasing a
chicken, and somehow the name stuck to me. -- Large Dog

Pronghorn -- Desperation strategy?  What's that? -- Rotten Core

Eats Grass -- We suspect that there is some more subtle and sinister reason for the
Cult Members on the Standby team. -- anonymous member of the Commission staff, who
doesn't want to have a close encounter with cultists, hence the anonymity

Tarantella -- Aren't you named after a dance?  You certainly danced well with me...
but I wonder how a dance ties in with your team name, "Lost Souls"? -- Eats Grass

Jaiden -- You Lost Souls sure challenged for skills this turn, didn't you!  Good for
you!  Glad I could teach you so much. -- Pronghorn

Rotten Core -- You really are rotten!  I never heard anything so nasty! -- Pronghorn

Privet -- I was surprised to beat you.  You're a good warrior.  How's the arm? --
Shanks Pony

Kid Quick -- Considering that you were matched against a less experienced warrior,
and our fight was very short, the Commission certainly awarded you a bunch of skills.
What's your secret? -- Yul

Large Dog -- Sorry, I'm not going to stand still.  I like my shins the way they are.
And if you were really a LARGE dog, you could attack higher. -- Yul

Well, I was matched against a stand-in, the Priest of Mytori.  You know, when the
Rirorni Horde attacked Rocanis, those priests were really scary and evil.  So I've
been told.  I was about two years old at the time.  This man was captured during that
battle.  They were gaunt, eerie-looking men, dressed in tattered wrappings, who flew
in clouds of dust.  Now, looking well groomed and well fed under his padded leather
armor, and completely denied any magical powers, I've got to say he wasn't that
frightening.  He was just a sour-looking old man who passed more than his share of
gas during our fight. -- Hedgehog

21 May 2005
Amendment for "Fratsfa's Quest for the Best!"
     Managers that have teams already established in Fratsfa need not have (3) three
warriors in the initiates.  FE will NOT be a factor.  Stables may be entered at any
time.  Just announce your stable in the p-ads.
     ***************************************************************************
     This in my invitation to all managers  who wish to prove their mettle against
managers from all over Alastari.  We have limited TP's in this contest to one a team
at a time.  We DO NOT want this contest to become a scum fest as many others have,
hence the Andorian arena.  Good luck to all who come to prove their skills.  "May
your enemies' blood flow freely" -- Dark Knight Toker, Desolate Empire Alliance

7 June 2005
I am in the process of moving house, and spotlight writing for the next two months
will be very hit-and-miss. -- the Scribe

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

MECHANISM was bested by HEDGEHOG in a crowd pleasing 5 minute Challenge Title fight.
MACHINE vanquished BITTER VETCH in a 1 minute uneven Challenge battle.
GLASS JOE demolished KUNG-FU MASTER in a 1 minute uneven fight.
KID QUICK devastated SHANKS PONY in a popular 1 minute brutal one-sided contest.
PRONGHRON devastated LARGE DOG in a 1 minute gory uneven brawl.
YUL was devastated by PRIVET in a 1 minute mismatched match.
ROTTEN CORE overcame EATS GRASS in a 3 minute fight.
PIEFACE handily defeated PERSISTENT BEGGAR in a 1 minute uneven melee.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|LUNGING ATTACK                   6         PARRY-STRIKE       8 -   2 -  0      80  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      2         SLASHING ATTACK    5 -   2 -  1      71  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     1         LUNGING ATTACK    42 -  24 -  2      64  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    1         TOTAL PARRY       14 -  11 -  1      56  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   1         STRIKING ATTACK   10 -   8 -  0      56  |
|AIMED BLOW                       1         PARRY-RIPOSTE      6 -   5 -  0      55  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      1         BASHING ATTACK     8 -   7 -  0      53  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  1         PARRY-LUNGE        2 -  11 -  0      15  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  0         WALL OF STEEL      0 -   1 -  0       0  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    0         AIMED BLOW         0 -  10 -  0       0  |

Turn 379 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-STRIKE       1 -  0     AIMED BLOW         0 -  1         5  LUNGING ATTACK 
PARRY-RIPOSTE      1 -  0     PARRY-LUNGE        0 -  1         1  TOTAL PARRY    
BASHING ATTACK     1 -  0     SLASHING ATTACK    0 -  0         1  AIMED BLOW     
LUNGING ATTACK     4 -  2     STRIKING ATTACK    0 -  1         1  STRIKING ATTACK
TOTAL PARRY        1 -  1     WALL OF STEEL      0 -  0         1  PARRY-STRIKE   
                                                                1  SLASHING ATTACK
                                                                1  PARRY-RIPOSTE  

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
LUNGING ATTACK   GLASS JOE 3847             10   4  0  109 PUNCH-OUT! (411)
STRIKING ATTACK  SHANKS PONY 3854            9   7  0   68 REDHORSE (207)
PARRY-STRIKE     PRIVET 3867                 9   3  0   61 BAD APPLES (187)

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is MACHINE 3795.  The most popular warrior this turn 
was MECHANISM 3796.  The ten other most popular fighters were KID QUICK 3846, 
HEDGEHOG 3748, MACHINE 3795, GLASS JOE 3847, PRONGHRON 3852, SHANKS PONY 3854, PRIVET 
3867, PIEFACE 3875, YUL 3868, and ROTTEN CORE 3851.

The least popular fighter this week was EATS GRASS 3853.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were LARGE DOG 3848, BITTER VETCH 3762, ROTTEN CORE 3851, YUL 3868, PIEFACE 
3875, PRIVET 3867, SHANKS PONY 3854, PRONGHRON 3852, GLASS JOE 3847, and MACHINE 
3795.

                    HOLD THE DATES!  (FACE-TO-FACE XXXV AND XXXVI)

Summer Face-to-Face Tournament XXXV in St. Louis!  
Our next summer FTF will be held in downtown St. Louis, July 29-31, 2005.  It will be 
at the Radisson Hotel & Suites, St. Louis (800-925-1395--ask for the Reality 
Simulations room block). Room rates are $99.00 per night, 1-4 occupancy.  The rooms 
are blocked--please make your reservation by mid-June before the block is released! 
Look for transportation info in the tournament information sheet.  See you there!

Winter Face-to-Face Tournament XXXVI in Tempe!
Our next winter FTF will be held in Tempe, Arizona, January 20-22, 2006.  It will be 
held at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Tempe, Arizona (480-894-7444), the same hotel as 
last year by popular request.  Room rates are $139.00 per night (same as last year!), 
1-4 occupancy, which includes full cooked breakfast, complimentary manager's 
reception, free airport shuttle, free parking, high speed internet (for extra charge), 
fitness center, jacuzzi, and pool.  The rooms are blocked--please make your 
reservation soon before the block is released!  (This is prime season for Phoenix, and
several people were unable to book rooms last year because they waited too long.)  
Look for transportation info in the tournament information sheet.  We hope you're all 
looking forward to it and that we will see you there!