DUELMASTERS NEWSLETTER
Date : 05/09/2003 Duedate: 06/05/2003
ILLIS ARENA
DM-59 TURN-156
This Weeks Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
POSITION IS EMPTY
Chartered Recognition LeaderUnchartered Recognition Leader
POSITION IS EMPTY POSITION IS EMPTY
Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite
HAMP HOFFA WITH HAIR
ISLANDERS (247) IMPROVED ILLUSION (261)
(59-2191) [15-46-0,91] (59-2297) [11-0-0,111]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
IMPROVED ILLUSION (261)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. IMPROVED ILLUSION (261) 52
2. KNIGHTS TEMPLAR (258) 13 KNIGHTS TEMPLAR (258)
3. THE EXPLORERS (21) 12 Unchartered Team
4. NOT QUITE (240) 12
5. HANGOVERS (265) 11 DARQUE FORCE (248)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1/ 1 KNIGHTS TEMPLAR (258) 31 15 0 67.4 1/ 3 IMPROVED ILLUSION (261) 12 3 1
2/ 0 NOT QUITE (240) 15 8 0 65.2 2/ 1 KNIGHTS TEMPLAR (258) 12 3 0
3/ 2 IMPROVED ILLUSION (261) 30 21 2 58.8 3/ 2 THE EXPLORERS (21) 8 7 2
4/ 3 THE EXPLORERS (21) 111 93 5 54.4 4/ 4 ISLANDERS (247) 4 11 0
5/ 0 HANGOVERS (265) 94 82 11 53.4 5/ 0 HANGOVERS (265) 3 2 0
6- 5 CELTIC PRIDE (263) 21 24 0 46.7 6/ 0 NOT QUITE (240) 1 0 0
7/ 6 ISLANDERS (247) 121 194 5 38.4 7- 6 CELTIC PRIDE (263) 0 2 0
'*' Unchartered team '-' Team did not fight this turn
(###) Avoid teams by their Team Id ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank
TEAM SPOTLIGHT
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---===DELARQUAN REGIONAL NEWS===---
Duelmasters
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DM 1 MORDANT (turn 468): CIARAN of MANNEQUIN'S BEST (Mannequin, mgr.)
DM 2 NIANIA (turn 353): SABLE of HARLEQUINS (Jinx, mgr.)
DM 3 OSKSI (turn 473): OINGO BOINGO of DOUBLE TROUBLE (Sultan, mgr.)
DM 4 JHELUM (turn 470): SUPER CHE of DOGS OF WAR (Sun Tsu, mgr.)
DM 5 KALTOS (turn 468): HOFFA of JOHNS (Dear, mgr.)
DM 6 TRANSEL (turn 472): RED FUSION of IT'S NEW! (The Muffin Man, mgr.)
DM 7 BONSUR (turn 469): PERSEVERANCE of BATHTUB ARMADA (Mannequin, mgr.)
DM 10 KOLACT (turn 464): SULTAN of SIR AGLIO (Sultan, mgr.)
DM 18 TALCAMA (turn 455): MR TACO WORKS of WASTELAND (The Muffin Man, mgr.)
DM 21 SUNSET (turn 454): CARNIVOROUS CANARY of CARNAGE CANARIES (?, mgr.)
DM 36 JHANS (turn 428): ABATIS of ACT OF MALICE (Carnage, mgr.)
DM 38 CLIFFHOME (turn 419): TIGER SPLASH of ARENA FELINES (Garfield, mgr.)
DM 39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 181): EGAN FORN of THE MIDDLE WAY (Gabria Hand, mgr.)
DM 42 RODEKI (turn 406): PORK CHOP JUKEBOX of COLOR ME SUAVE (Suave, mgr.)
DM 51 TRICORUS (turn 354): REAP THE FIELD of SORROW'S HARVEST (Gergin "Happy Toes"
Frothingslosh, mgr.)
DM 54 TROCAR (turn 167): SEX ON THE BEACH of INDULGENT DRINKS (Fizban, mgr.)
DM 59 ILLIS (turn 155): ARMSTRONG of THE EXPLORERS (Kellog, mgr.)
DM 62 VALAMANTIS (turn 304): LHI of SUPERIOR DOA (Poison Ivy, mgr.)
DM 72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 132): JARRAC of FREELANCERS (Jinx, mgr.)
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 347): ONE MAN ARMY of ROOKIE ARMADA from CIMMERIAC (Doc
Steele, mgr.)
Top Teams
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DM 1 MORDANT (turn 468): MANNEQUIN'S BEST (Mannequin, mgr.)
DM 2 NIANIA (turn 353): RESURRECTION (Shocking Toad, mgr.)
DM 3 OSKSI (turn 473): ASTRAL KIN (Kid Arcane, mgr.)
DM 4 JHELUM (turn 470): DOGS OF WAR (Sun Tsu, mgr.)
DM 5 KALTOS (turn 468): THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (Adela Chu, team captain)
DM 6 TRANSEL (turn 472): BATTLE BEASTS (Sensei Jan, mgr.)
DM 7 BONSUR (turn 469): none
DM 10 KOLACT (turn 464): SIR AGLIO (Sultan, mgr.)
DM 18 TALCAMA (turn 455): SRETSAMLEUD (Phat Phat, mgr.)
DM 21 SUNSET (turn 454): CARNAGE CANARIES (?, mgr.)
DM 36 JHANS (turn 428): IRON TIGERS (Jinx, mgr.)
DM 38 CLIFFHOME (turn 419): JINDA-BAN (Zin, mgr.)
DM 39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 181): THE MIDDLE WAY (Gabria Hand, mgr.)
DM 42 RODEKI (turn 406): COLOR ME SUAVE (Suave, mgr.)
DM 51 TRICORUS (turn 354): SORROW'S HARVEST (?, mgr.)
DM 54 TROCAR (turn 167): TRADERS OF TROCAR (Jinda, mgr.)
DM 59 ILLIS (turn 155): KNIGHTS TEMPLAR (Unforgiven, mgr.)
DM 62 VALAMANTIS (turn 304): MITHRAL HALO (Barnabas, mgr.)
DM 72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 132): FREELANCERS (Jinx, mgr.)
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 347): ROOKIE ARMADA, etc. (Doc Steele, mgr.)
Recent Graduates
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DM 1 MORDANT (turn 468): NEVERMORE of LAB EXPERIMENTS (The Mun, mgr.)
DM 6 TRANSEL (turn 472): PEGASUS of KREWE OF DRUID (The Druid, mgr.)
DM 7 BONSUR (turn 468): NEWKIRK of HOGAN'S HEROES (Postmaster, mgr.)
DM 10 KOLACT (turn 463): QUID PRO QUO of QUBIT (Sultan, mgr.)
DM 18 TALCAMA (turn 455): MR TACO WORKS of WASTELAND (The Muffin Man, mgr.)
DUCK RUBBER of CENTER FOR OLDS (Suave, mgr.)
BOX-SCITE of ROCK-ETTS (Pie-Rite, mgr.)
DM 38 CLIFFHOME (turn 419): VELOXI of DARK TOADS (TigToad, mgr.)
(turn 418): FOREVER MAN of SANDS OF TIME (The Muffin Man, mgr.)
TAMRISSA of BLENDING ENTHRONED (Zalgor Prigg, mgr.)
DM 39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 180): ROB A. REE of CRIMINAL ELEMENT (Fizban, mgr.)
DM 42 RODEKI (turn 406): PORK CHOP JUKEBOX of COLOR ME SUAVE (Suave, mgr.)
DM 51 TRICORUS (turn 353): F-BLACKSHADOW of F-LLOD BLADES (
SACRIFICE of MIGHTY MORALS (
DM 59 ILLIS (turn 155): ARMSTRONG of THE EXPLORERS (Kellog, mgr.)
MINDBENDER of THE EXPLORERS (Kellog, mgr.)
DM 62 VALAMANTIS (turn 304): PINK HEART of MIKE'S INK (Hombre, mgr.)
(turn 303): KERMIT of THE MUPPETS (Jim, mgr.)
DUELMASTER'S COLUMN
Notes from the arena champ.
Aahh!! Illis, it is such a good time to be alive and yet a sad time to be
alive. Yes the celebration of me shall continue for one more moon, but this shall be
the last time I, your wonderful Duelmaster, shall be your Duelmaster. I am now a
Protector. I wish you all well and hope that your next Duelmaster will be as
gracious as I. However I have my doubts that they shall be even a pale shadow of me.
I leave you now with some sage advice (please feel free to record this for your
memoirs), "You can never be too rich, too thin or too clever, and if you could be you
would all be me."
Your Glorious Duelmaster Armstrong
SPY REPORT
Hail ILLIS! Warriors of the arena, prepare to be praised and blamed for your
deeds. It seems the training can make the difference, as KNIGHTS TEMPLAR is pushed
out of top team by IMPROVED ILLUSION, who came from 3rd with a 5-0-1 this turn. The
THE EXPLORERS guild has had a 4-1-2 turn and deserves to be watched in the future.
You never know where this kind of thing can lead. And let's see, UMI fought HARVEY
WALLBANGER and gained 17 points and contributed to IMPROVED ILLUSION's 5-0-1. HARVEY
WALLBANGER has lost to UMI, falling 11 points, while helping make HANGOVERS a 3-2-0
turn. This week's Duelmaster bout was between DARK CHAMPION and our Duelmaster
ARMSTRONG, making a Dark Arena Challenge. The attempts to dethrone the Duelmaster
have failed, and ARMSTRONG remains ILLIS' top warrior for another turn. By the way,
was that our Duelmaster that I saw last night, cramped under the table at The
Dripping Blade?
He who challenges well, fights well. He who avoids without cause, shall lose
for good reasons. My mama told me that one. CELTIC PRIDE has cause to stand tall,
as they were ILLIS' most avoided team. A smart manager knows this is a team to beat.
And avoiding CELTIC PRIDE more than any other team we find KNIGHTS TEMPLAR. ILLIS,
are we going to accept, or respect this sort of thing? Well, sports fans, take
notice that BALI from ISLANDERS was ILLIS' most challenged warrior this turn.
Building dreams on hope, SIR PRANCELOT challenged up 29 points this turn to take on
ROGERS from THE EXPLORERS stable. But Fate isn't always willing to be cheated, and
SIR PRANCELOT was bested by ROGERS, and THE EXPLORERS has not stopped laughing.
We only live a short time in this world, so why not take a sharp blade, and
shave it close? ARMSTRONG must have surprised THE EXPLORERS this turn, after they
sent him to the Dark Arena, but the Dark Arena couldn't hold him! Had I not seen it,
it would be hard to believe. MINDBENDER was sent to the Dark Arena and lived to tell
about it! Makes you think, no? A brave warrior does not carry a red shield, he has
nothing to cover or hide when the fight is over. Consider well.
Thought for the day, a new sword shines bright, but the notched sword sings the
sweetest. It's been nice chatting with you, until we meet again, keep your swords
sharp and your hammers heavy. Until the sun next rises and my pen sets to paper--
Alarond the Scribe
CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
IMMOVEABLE OBJECT 2110 15 4 0 111 NOT QUITE (240)
HOFFA WITH HAIR 2297 11 0 0 111 IMPROVED ILLUSION (261)
FLAMING DRAMBUIE 2326 19 13 1 102 HANGOVERS (265)
GHASTLY MIGRAINE 2324 15 16 5 98 HANGOVERS (265)
LUCIA 2256 21 9 1 96 ISLANDERS (247)
BALI 2266 16 12 1 96 ISLANDERS (247)
ROGERS 1609 12 5 0 96 THE EXPLORERS (21)
SLIPPERY NIPPLE 2323 12 4 1 95 HANGOVERS (265)
CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
HAMP 2191 15 46 0 91 ISLANDERS (247)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
DUFF 2180 4 61 0 73 ISLANDERS (247)
CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
SIR TIPPER 2287 8 2 0 60 KNIGHTS TEMPLAR (258)
SIR PRANCELOT 2286 9 2 0 59 KNIGHTS TEMPLAR (258)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
EVANGELION 2340 5 4 0 56 IMPROVED ILLUSION (261)
BLA-BLA 2364 5 1 0 56 KNIGHTS TEMPLAR (258)
-GWYDNO 2313 5 3 0 46 CELTIC PRIDE (263)
-TALIESIN 2314 4 8 0 40 CELTIC PRIDE (263)
ATTA-BOY 2363 3 2 0 39 KNIGHTS TEMPLAR (258)
SLAKER 2284 8 9 0 36 ISLANDERS (247)
-MADOC 2311 4 4 0 35 CELTIC PRIDE (263)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
OOKAZI 2401 3 0 1 28 IMPROVED ILLUSION (261)
ANUBIS 2395 3 1 0 27 IMPROVED ILLUSION (261)
-CYNAN 2312 4 4 0 24 CELTIC PRIDE (263)
CHUCKLER 2381 4 1 0 24 KNIGHTS TEMPLAR (258)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-CUNEDDA 2315 4 5 0 21 CELTIC PRIDE (263)
MACAULIFFE 1811 3 6 1 20 THE EXPLORERS (21)
UMI 2414 1 0 0 17 IMPROVED ILLUSION (261)
HARVEY WALLBANGER 2382 2 2 0 8 HANGOVERS (265)
LEWIS 2402 1 2 0 6 THE EXPLORERS (21)
ALABAMA SLAMMER 2392 0 1 0 1 HANGOVERS (265)
'-' 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 OOKAZI 2401 156 NONE
DARK CHAMPION 24 0 1 0 DARK ARENA 0 ARMSTRONG 1291 156 NONE
BLACK ORC 20 0 1 0 DARK ARENA 0 MINDBENDER 491 156 NONE
RAMUH 2338 1 4 0 IMPROVED ILLUSION 261 MACAULIFFE 1811 153 REVENGED
PERSONAL ADS
Frosted Flake -- Passing up a chance for the throne, well yeah! Let me see, a 26 FE
WS vs. a ST, I wonder where the advantage goes...hmmm? Unlike yourself, I challenge
and I pick the challenge that best suits my purposes. Keeping HWH undefeated is one
of those and making a suicide challenge is not my idea of good managing. -- Phantasm
Frosted Flake -- How about I have bragging rights for the stylemaster at 10-0? Too
bad Rogers couldn't handle Lucia. I hope you aren't whining about an 83 point BLOOD
FEUD down challenge. If it were possible, I'd down challenge you without the blood
feud, but it's not, so you are in luck. -- Phantasm
P.S. With the graduation of Mindbender and Armstrong, your advantage is now over.
All -- Did we all fight stand bys last turn? -- Phantasm
Fizban -- Alright, I get Unforgiven talking and now you clam up. What's the deal? --
Phantasm
Taliesin -- You know, with a record like yours, you should be on our team. Good try,
though. -- Slaker
Armstrong -- You're well-named. -- Bali
Mindbender -- Ah, very good. Another loss, just what I need to keep me "down on the
farm." Thanks. -- Duff
P.S. Seriously. I'm not joking here.
Rogers -- You'll have to explore in another direction, dear. This one is taken. --
Lucia
Seems like the Veteran Mercenary has actually been practicing for a change. -- Hamp
30 April 2003
All -- Remember to put your arena number on your strategy sheets. Strategies turned
in without an arena number run the risk of missing the turn. -- NAIEI
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
ARMSTRONG butchered DARK CHAMPION in a crowd pleasing 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
MINDBENDER murdered BLACK ORC in a exciting 1 minute gory Dark Arena melee.
HOFFA WITH HAIR viciously subdued BALI in a crowd pleasing 2 minute Challenge brawl.
SIR PRANCELOT was overpowered by ROGERS in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge match.
LUCIA was bested by IMMOVEABLE OBJECT in a 5 minute veteran's duel.
FLAMING DRAMBUIE bested HAMP in a crowd pleasing 5 minute gory master's match.
DUFF was handily defeated by SLIPPERY NIPPLE in a action packed 1 minute uneven melee.
GHASTLY MIGRAINE overpowered VENOMOUS CONCUBINE in a popular 1 minute uneven duel.
BLA-BLA overpowered FRATSFA SLAVE in a 1 minute one-sided melee.
EVANGELION overpowered SLAKER in a 2 minute bloody one-sided match.
SIR TIPPER viciously subdued DANGEROUS CRIMINAL in a exciting 4 minute brutal contest.
ATTA-BOY was unbelievably bested by CAPTURED ORC in a crowd pleasing 1 minute bout.
MACAULIFFE was luckily beaten by CHUCKLER in a 6 minute duel.
ANUBIS overpowered OSKSI NOBLE in a 1 minute uneven struggle.
OOKAZI easily killed PERSISTENT BEGGAR in a unpopular 3 minute mismatched bout.
HARVEY WALLBANGER was bested by UMI in a 3 minute novice's fight.
LEWIS subdued ALABAMA SLAMMER in a 3 minute novice's bout.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|TOTAL PARRY 8 PARRY-LUNGE 4 - 2 - 0 67 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 3 AIMED BLOW 10 - 5 - 1 67 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 3 BASHING ATTACK 12 - 7 - 0 63 |
|STRIKING ATTACK 2 PARRY-STRIKE 17 - 10 - 1 63 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 2 TOTAL PARRY 29 - 21 - 1 58 |
|LUNGING ATTACK 2 STRIKING ATTACK 16 - 12 - 1 57 |
|BASHING ATTACK 2 LUNGING ATTACK 13 - 11 - 0 54 |
|WALL OF STEEL 2 WALL OF STEEL 11 - 13 - 1 46 |
|AIMED BLOW 1 SLASHING ATTACK 9 - 14 - 0 39 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE 6 - 10 - 2 38 |
Turn 156 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 4 TOTAL PARRY
PARRY-LUNGE 1 - 0 2 STRIKING ATTACK
STRIKING ATTACK 2 - 0 1 AIMED BLOW
PARRY-STRIKE 2 - 1 1 PARRY-LUNGE
SLASHING ATTACK 2 - 1 1 LUNGING ATTACK
PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 - 1 1 SLASHING ATTACK
LUNGING ATTACK 1 - 1 1 WALL OF STEEL
BASHING ATTACK 1 - 1
TOTAL PARRY 4 - 4
WALL OF STEEL 1 - 1
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
AIMED BLOW IMMOVEABLE OBJECT 2110 15 4 0 111 NOT QUITE (240)
STRIKING ATTACK HOFFA WITH HAIR 2297 11 0 0 111 IMPROVED ILLUSION (261)
PARRY-LUNGE FLAMING DRAMBUIE 2326 19 13 1 102 HANGOVERS (265)
TOTAL PARRY LUCIA 2256 21 9 1 96 ISLANDERS (247)
SLASHING ATTACK SLIPPERY NIPPLE 2323 12 4 1 95 HANGOVERS (265)
LUNGING ATTACK SIR PRANCELOT 2286 9 2 0 59 KNIGHTS TEMPLAR (258)
PARRY-RIPOSTE EVANGELION 2340 5 4 0 56 IMPROVED ILLUSION (261)
BASHING ATTACK BLA-BLA 2364 5 1 0 56 KNIGHTS TEMPLAR (258)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
The overall popularity leader is HAMP 2191. The most popular warrior this turn was
HOFFA WITH HAIR 2297. The ten other most popular fighters were SIR TIPPER 2287,
FLAMING DRAMBUIE 2326, HAMP 2191, GHASTLY MIGRAINE 2324, UMI 2414, SLIPPERY NIPPLE
2323, EVANGELION 2340, SLAKER 2284, ATTA-BOY 2363, and ALABAMA SLAMMER 2392.
The least popular fighter this week was CHUCKLER 2381. The other ten least popular
fighters were OOKAZI 2401, HARVEY WALLBANGER 2382, SIR PRANCELOT 2286, LEWIS 2402,
ANUBIS 2395, DUFF 2180, MACAULIFFE 1811, BLA-BLA 2364, IMMOVEABLE OBJECT 2110, and
LUCIA 2256.
The following warriors will travel to ADVANCED DUELMASTERS after next turn:
BALI (59-2266) ISLANDERS (247)
ROGERS (59-1609) THE EXPLORERS (21)
The following warriors have traveled to ADVANCED DUELMASTERS after fighting this turn:
MINDBENDER (59-491) THE EXPLORERS (21)
ARMSTRONG (59-1291) THE EXPLORERS (21)
MAIL-IN TOURNEY XXXV
CHAMPIONS TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME
PLAGUEBEARER 2221 (13-3-1) 8 3 0 SHADOWLAND
ARMSTRONG 1291 (18-9-0) 2 3 0 THE EXPLORERS
INITIATES TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME
BLA-BLA 2364 (4-1-0) 5 3 0 KNIGHTS TEMPLAR
SIR PRANCELOT 2286 (9-1-0) 1 3 0 KNIGHTS TEMPLAR
NOVICES TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME
ANUBIS 2395 (2-1-0) 3 3 0 IMPROVED ILLUSION
OOKAZI 2401 (2-0-0) 2 3 0 IMPROVED ILLUSION
ADM FOOLS TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME
MAGELLAN 126 (25-16-0) 0 3 0 THE EXPLORERS
CHAMPIONS FOOLS TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME
ROGERS 1609 (11-5-0) 2 3 0 THE EXPLORERS
ADEPTS FOOLS TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME
TALIESIN 2314 (4-8-0) 0 3 0 CELTIC PRIDE
INITIATES FOOLS TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME
MACAULIFFE 1811 (3-5-1) 1 3 0 THE EXPLORERS
SIR TIPPER 2287 (7-2-0) 0 3 0 KNIGHTS TEMPLAR