DUELMASTERS NEWSLETTER
Date : 07/18/2003 Duedate: 07/31/2003
JURINE ARENA
DM-61 TURN-309
This Weeks Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
ON MY WAY
SADISTS F2F (353)
(61-3154) [11-1-0,102]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
ON MY WAY POSITION IS EMPTY
SADISTS F2F (353)
(61-3154) [11-1-0,102]
Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite
ON MY WAY ON MY WAY
SADISTS F2F (353) SADISTS F2F (353)
(61-3154) [11-1-0,102] (61-3154) [11-1-0,102]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
FAVORITE GUYS (186)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. FAVORITE GUYS (186) 14
2. SADISTS F2F (353) 2 SADISTS F2F (353)
3. ROYAL SCEPTRE (331) 0 Unchartered Team
4. BLACK PEARL (330) 0
MISSION IMPLAUSIBLE (288)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1/ 1 SADISTS F2F (353) 11 1 0 91.7 1/ 1 FAVORITE GUYS (186) 7 8 0
2- 2*ROYAL SCEPTRE (331) 9 4 0 69.2 2- 2 BLACK PEARL (330) 6 4 0
3- 3 BLACK PEARL (330) 46 58 5 44.2 3- 3*ROYAL SCEPTRE (331) 3 1 0
4/ 4 FAVORITE GUYS (186) 308 392 7 44.0 4/ 4 SADISTS F2F (353) 2 0 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.
Well, here I am again, on the throne of Jurine. Can't say I'm surprised, what
with the lack of talent and all!!! Anyway, I assume that I will get my call to The
Isle early, so you won't have to put up with me long. I'll try to veer from the norm
and give you a DM Column every turn. Until next time....
On My Way -- The Firm
SPY REPORT
The sages err'd not in their foretelling of a god descending upon JURINE, for I,
Novgorodny Vir, have returned! FAVORITE GUYS had cause to celebrate, after THE BUM
got 17 points by beating DANGEROUS CRIMINAL. A certain someone should cut down on
the drinking and practice more, after losing 7 points to AMBITIOUS GUARD. (Discrete
enough, FREDDIE?) ON MY WAY successfully staved off a grab for the roses by KUNG-FU
MASTER of JURINE. Does JURINE have no one talented enough to dethrone him? So who's
the team that's been walking into taverns last week and ordering milk? Sounds like a
PR stunt to me.
And how sociable are JURINE's warriors? Come, let us see.
Is there life after death? Pragmatics (and warriors) know there is death after
life! Ask not for whom the sword slashes; it slashes for thee.
Do not think spyreporting in JURINE is the highlight of my life. More important
duties call me. JURINE, I leave you now. The Duelmaster has agreed to foot my bill
at The Dripping Blade. 'Til next time-- Novgorodny Vir
DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
ON MY WAY 3154 11 1 0 102 SADISTS F2F (353)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-VLADIMIR TALTOS 2896 12 6 1 87 BLACK PEARL (330)
-STONE DOG 2894 13 7 0 82 BLACK PEARL (330)
CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-DUKE VATO 2924 6 3 0 63 ROYAL SCEPTRE (331)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
THE BUM 3178 7 13 0 56 FAVORITE GUYS (186)
FREDDIE 3096 7 5 0 36 FAVORITE GUYS (186)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
MARTINE 3231 4 1 0 33 FAVORITE GUYS (186)
-MAGISTRATE 2923 3 1 0 33 ROYAL SCEPTRE (331)
DARWIN 3219 6 5 0 28 FAVORITE GUYS (186)
-BLADEDANCER 3134 3 2 1 28 BLACK PEARL (330)
ANOTHER ONE 3192 5 10 0 26 FAVORITE GUYS (186)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-AEKIR 3246 1 0 0 20 BLACK PEARL (330)
-MISTREAVER II 3247 1 0 0 13 BLACK PEARL (330)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
PERSONAL ADS
Duke Vato -- You need to work on your Goodies for the Underprivileged program.
Meaning, more skills and a win for me. -- The Bum
Magistrate -- But I didn't do it! I know nothing about it. -- Darwin the perfectly
innocent
Bladedancer -- You see? You need to spend more time doing your job properly and less
time dancing around. Dancing is for after the work is done, and any reasonable
person will get a WOMAN to dance with, not a blade. Sheesh. Some people don't know
anything. -- Freddie
Osksi Noble, bah. -- Martine
Cult Member, also bah. -- Another One
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
18 July 2003
To All Managers -- I would like to take this time to announce that my alliance, The
Association, is no more. Due to the dead weight managers of the alliance and their
lack of participation, DarkSpirit and I have formed a new alliance: The Firm. We
have taken on two members so far and are looking for a few more. If you would like
to find out more about The Firm, you can diplo Dark Spirit, Unknowns XX in arena 15
or myself, Sungod, Sadists F2FII in arena 62.
--* The Firm *--
Sungod -- Sadists F2FII -- 62
Dark Spirit -- Unknowns XX -- 15
Youngblood -- Wensinwasin -- 43
Tripwire -- Of Wolf and Man -- 1
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
ON MY WAY viciously subdued KUNG-FU MASTER in a crowd pleasing 2 minute Title fight.
THE BUM demolished DANGEROUS CRIMINAL in a popular 1 minute gruesome one-sided melee.
MARTINE slimly lost to THE USEROUS MERCHANT in a 4 minute contest.
FREDDIE was defeated by AMBITIOUS GUARD in a 2 minute brutal fight.
ANOTHER ONE slimly lost to THE USEROUS MERCHANT in a 7 minute gruesome brawl.
DARWIN overpowered PERSISTENT BEGGAR in a 1 minute one-sided struggle.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|WALL OF STEEL 2 PARRY-LUNGE 1 - 0 - 0 100 |
|LUNGING ATTACK 1 PARRY-STRIKE 7 - 3 - 0 70 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 1 WALL OF STEEL 11 - 5 - 0 69 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE 2 - 1 - 1 67 |
|STRIKING ATTACK 1 LUNGING ATTACK 11 - 6 - 0 65 |
|AIMED BLOW 0 AIMED BLOW 7 - 4 - 0 64 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 0 STRIKING ATTACK 20 - 13 - 1 61 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 SLASHING ATTACK 11 - 8 - 0 58 |
|BASHING ATTACK 0 BASHING ATTACK 1 - 5 - 0 17 |
|TOTAL PARRY 0 TOTAL PARRY 0 - 1 - 0 0 |
Turn 309 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:
LUNGING ATTACK 1 - 0 AIMED BLOW 0 - 0 3 SLASHING ATTACK
SLASHING ATTACK 1 - 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 3 STRIKING ATTACK
WALL OF STEEL 1 - 1 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 1 2 LUNGING ATTACK
PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 0 2 WALL OF STEEL
STRIKING ATTACK 0 - 1 1 PARRY-STRIKE
BASHING ATTACK 0 - 0
TOTAL PARRY 0 - 0
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
LUNGING ATTACK ON MY WAY 3154 11 1 0 102 SADISTS F2F (353)
PARRY-STRIKE FREDDIE 3096 7 5 0 36 FAVORITE GUYS (186)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
The overall popularity leader is ON MY WAY 3154. The most popular warrior this turn
was ON MY WAY 3154. The ten other most popular fighters were THE BUM 3178, FREDDIE
3096, DARWIN 3219, MARTINE 3231, ANOTHER ONE 3192, 0, 0, 0, 0, and 0.
The least popular fighter this week was ANOTHER ONE 3192. The other ten least
popular fighters were MARTINE 3231, DARWIN 3219, FREDDIE 3096, THE BUM 3178, ON MY
WAY 3154, 0, 0, 0, 0, and 0.