DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER Date : 10/30/2006 Duedate: 11/11/2006 VALAMANTIS ARENA DM-62 TURN-395 This Weeks Top Honors THE DUELMASTER IS T.R. RIO VISTANS (348) (62-4249) [11-4-0,119] Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader T.R. REVEN RIO VISTANS (348) RANDOM SITH (438) (62-4249) [11-4-0,119] (62-4318) [6-0-1,56] Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite BALI DARRAS ZERO MAUL-ENVY MIDDLE WAY 10 (420) ALL ABOUT BASHERS (433) (62-4221) [13-18-0,57] (62-4342) [4-1-1,43] THE CURRENT TOP TEAM RIO VISTANS (348) TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team 1. RIO VISTANS (348) 57 2. MASTERS OF RAGE (301) 41 RIO VISTANS (348) 3. RANDOM SITH (438) 24 Unchartered Team 4. SINFUL SISTER (430) 15 5. ALL ABOUT BASHERS (433) 12 RANDOM SITH (438) The Top Teams Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K 1- 1*EOD (436) 12 8 0 60.0 1/ 3 RIO VISTANS (348) 10 5 1 2- 2 SLAUGHTERHOUSE 5 (395) 31 22 0 58.5 2/ 1*RANDOM SITH (438) 9 4 2 3/ 8*RANDOM SITH (438) 15 11 3 57.7 3/ 2 MASTERS OF RAGE (301) 9 4 1 4- 4 THE BEARS (268) 328 284 26 53.6 4/ 6 SINFUL SISTER (430) 5 7 0 5/ 5 RIO VISTANS (348) 156 144 11 52.0 5/ 4 ALL ABOUT BASHERS (433) 4 4 1 6/ 3 ALL ABOUT BASHERS (433) 19 18 1 51.4 6/ 7 MIDDLE WAY 10 (420) 3 12 0 7/ 6 SINFUL SISTER (430) 25 24 1 51.0 7- 5*EOD (436) 2 2 0 8- 7 LEGION OF LEGEND (409) 34 34 2 50.0 8- 9 LEGION OF LEGEND (409) 2 3 0 9- 9 AS SEEN ON TV (361) 139 146 10 48.8 9-10 SLAUGHTERHOUSE 5 (395) 1 0 0 10/10 MIDDLE WAY 10 (420) 164 199 4 45.2 10-11 THE BEARS (268) 1 2 0 11/12 MASTERS OF RAGE (301) 70 94 7 42.7 11/12 PRIVATE IDAHO (439) 0 3 0 12/13 PRIVATE IDAHO (439) 7 21 1 25.0 12-13 AS SEEN ON TV (361) 0 3 0 '*' Unchartered team '-' Team did not fight this turn (###) Avoid teams by their Team Id ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank 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!. We now have a new top team for all of you guys to dogpile on. RIO VISTANS now holds the crown and they are betting they can keep it. Hey everybody, watch out for VALAMOND JR., who flew up 29 points in the rankings after mashing DANA FRISS like a melon. Keep your eye on this guy. Ya know, some days it doesn't pay to walk out on the sands. CHIA EDEL was subdued by BERTHA and drops 18 points. Drawing on all of his experience as a 10-4-0 warrior, T.R. went for the Duelmastership against XAVIER this week. In front of all the crowds, T.R. took the Duelmaster's crown for his own. I give the bum two weeks. An apple a day keeps the doctor away, but an onion a day keeps T.P.s at bay. But enough of that bunch, let's get on to the wimps who like to avoid battle! Here's a song for you: Who's afraid of the big, bad LEGION OF LEGEND? Big bad LEGION OF LEGEND. Big bad LEGION OF LEGEND. VALAMANTIS' afraid of the big bad LEGION OF LEGEND. Tra la la la la! For those of you who like math, try this one: LEGION OF LEGEND + Weapons That go Boom = RIO VISTANS + Avoid City. Well just about everybody wants a piece of ERFIN GORAM, who was this week's most challenged warrior. Being a spy is great--other people die and you spend the rest of the day drinking to their memory. Better tanked than dead! Well, the arena is no place for slow learners (and hopefully T.P.s) and VALAMOND JR. demonstrated that very violently on DANA FRISS' body. For those of you who missed it, Death showed up, grabbed WHIPS AND CHAINS by the ear and took her away to a place where she won't need a coat. Remember: alliances are great, but try and take your ally in the arena with you and see what happens. Well, that wasn't too bad; Alarond told me that the people in VALAMANTIS have no sense of humor. Or maybe that they were senseless. C'mon, Leadfoot, let's make some tracks. See ya next time I'm on this circuit!-- The Unknown Spymaster DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME T.R. 4249 11 4 0 119 RIO VISTANS (348) CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME VALAMOND JR. 3298 13 7 2 115 MASTERS OF RAGE (301) JEFFRO 3410 29 18 0 111 RIO VISTANS (348) -GOOD BEAR 4200 14 4 0 94 THE BEARS (268) XAVIER 3265 14 10 2 92 MASTERS OF RAGE (301) CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME BERTHA 2867 14 16 2 89 MASTERS OF RAGE (301) BUZZ 3809 11 5 0 85 RIO VISTANS (348) -ZEUS 4010 12 3 0 84 LEGION OF LEGEND (409) -EURO SHARK 4052 11 6 0 84 AS SEEN ON TV (361) -EASY TWEEZE 3937 12 14 2 73 AS SEEN ON TV (361) CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME CHIA EDEL 4219 17 14 0 66 MIDDLE WAY 10 (420) GREAT WEAPON CHOICE 4276 7 3 0 64 ALL ABOUT BASHERS (433) BALI DARRAS 4221 13 18 0 57 MIDDLE WAY 10 (420) ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME REVEN 4318 6 0 1 56 RANDOM SITH (438) CHUCK 4281 5 5 1 56 RIO VISTANS (348) MARTAVIUS 3612 13 6 0 55 MASTERS OF RAGE (301) ERFIN GORAM 4220 10 21 0 51 MIDDLE WAY 10 (420) -AEROBED 4005 11 7 0 48 AS SEEN ON TV (361) -GRIM REAPER 3803 4 2 0 47 SLAUGHTERHOUSE 5 (395) PROSTITUTE 4240 7 4 0 44 SINFUL SISTER (430) ZERO MAUL-ENVY 4342 4 1 1 43 ALL ABOUT BASHERS (433) DARTH PLAGWEIS 4317 3 2 1 34 RANDOM SITH (438) CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -UNCLE BUCK 4333 4 2 1 33 PRIVATE IDAHO (439) CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME DARTH SIDIUS 4316 3 2 1 33 RANDOM SITH (438) -C-4 4322 4 0 0 31 EOD (436) YOU OWE ME 1 DOLLAR 4272 3 2 0 28 ALL ABOUT BASHERS (433) A.T. JR 4344 2 3 0 28 RIO VISTANS (348) -GINSU CLASSIC 4084 2 2 1 24 AS SEEN ON TV (361) INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME HOME WRECKER 4241 5 6 0 21 SINFUL SISTER (430) -DETONATOR 4323 4 0 0 21 EOD (436) -IXION 4238 3 2 0 21 LEGION OF LEGEND (409) DARTH NIKILUS 4358 1 1 0 21 RANDOM SITH (438) -ANGEL OF DEATH 3805 2 2 0 20 SLAUGHTERHOUSE 5 (395) -THE DUKE 4288 2 1 0 17 THE BEARS (268) -FLEX-X 4302 1 4 0 11 EOD (436) -LARGE MARGE 4326 1 0 0 11 PRIVATE IDAHO (439) DARTH SCION 4357 2 0 0 9 RANDOM SITH (438) DOMINATRIX 4346 1 0 0 7 SINFUL SISTER (430) CHICKS DIG 'EM 4353 0 1 0 7 ALL ABOUT BASHERS (433) -THE BARON 4290 0 2 0 6 THE BEARS (268) -HONEY 4347 0 1 0 2 THE BEARS (268) GABRELLA IMBRO 4355 0 2 0 2 MIDDLE WAY 10 (420) '-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn. THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge? JOHAN 4345 0 1 0 MASTERS OF RAGE 301 BLACK ORC 20 395 NONE DANA FRISS 4230 14 11 0 MIDDLE WAY 10 420 VALAMOND JR. 3298 395 FINILLA HARS 4246 6 9 0 MIDDLE WAY 10 420 CHUCK 4281 393 WURM FODDER 4363 0 1 0 PRIVATE IDAHO 439 STONE GOLEM 26 395 NONE WHIPS AND CHAINS 4244 4 7 1 SINFUL SISTER 430 DARTH SIDIUS 4316 395 MENAGE A TROIS 4243 6 4 0 SINFUL SISTER 430 REVEN 4318 394 PERSONAL ADS Son of Butch -- I can't speak for Valamond Jr, but I for one think your idea is a great one. With the strength of this alliance no one will dare to mock me by calling me little A.T. or, um...other condescending type names with regard to being a junior. All will tremble and bow before the might of our combined suffixes!! -- A.T. JR Ghost of Finilla Hars -- I'm not a hater, but about the whole killing you thing, uh, my bad. -- Chuck P.S. My mother always warned me about playing with sharp objects, and now I know why. P.P.S. Hmm, I fear I may have set myself up for some possibly untasteful jokes. I can only hope no one else here is as twisted as me. I probably shouldn't get my hopes up. All -- Good luck to all in the mailer, although by the time this posts we might already have it back. Which would be sweet. But if you fight me, I take back that whole luck thing. -- Pauly Nuln -- I think you jinxed me. Oh well, the farther the fall, the sweeter the rise. And trust me, I've fallen many times. I've just heard stories about the whole rise thing though, but it does sound pretty sweet. Keep your fingers crossed. -- Pauly Random Sith -- We raise a glass to the fallen. -- All About Bashers Valamond Jr. -- You don't have to get all aggro and beat the crap out of me just called you "junior". Sheesh. Touchy kid. -- GWC a.k.a. Great Weapon Choice P.S. I was hoping you were the slow variety of your style. :( Soultaker -- As someone who has been around as long as you have surely you know that you can run, but you cannot hide. -- Snuln the philosopher No, I think that running is merely for those who are no good at hiding. -- Ed. Good luck to all Valamantininnians in the mailer! -- Snuln T.R. -- Do you think it's your name? I mean, maybe because of it being so short and crisp, that makes it easier for you to slip between the blows, no excess baggage, stuff like that? Because if so, I'm going to try going by MY initials and see if it helps. Of course, my initials are round, not sharp and pointy, so it might not.... -- Chia Edel Buzz -- "Going for the kill"? That's a crock of it! You were just recklessly throwing yourself at my blade. Probably lemming blood. Besides, it was you who first "tried to make it a death match." Ha! Got your own back there, didn't you? -- Dana Friss the still-alive and inclined to gloat a little Bertha -- (gloomy sigh) That's the way it is for gladiators, you meet a good looking dame, and she hits you over the head. -- Erfin Goram the much put-upon P.S. Oh, sure, there are FANS, but what good are they? No stamina. P.P.S. But if I could track down that secret admirer, I might HAVE something. Hmm. The Userous Merchant. Why am I not thrilled? That man is SOOO stingy with skills! I guess it's not being able to charge me for them, much less charge me INTEREST for them, that gravels his drawers. -- Bali Darras Darth Scion -- Hmm, so this is gladiating, is it? Can I change my mind? I don't think I like it after all. -- Gabrella Imbro Nuln -- Does that mean you won't leave until Valamantis is sixty percent bashers? Can we keep you here by keeping the balance down? -- Nick Great Weapon Choice -- (blinking) Who? -- Bali Darras 5 October 2006 *Turf War IV Rules* Everyone may participate; known alliances, new alliances, or temporary alliances created to compete in the Turf War! However, to participate, each alliance must: A. Announce the alliance and the Captain of the alliance in the North Fork (DM 47) newsletter. Captains are responsible for: a. verifying those who wish to participate under the banner of their alliance; b. distribution of prizes should their alliance win the Turf War. Managers must: a. Submit one (1) RSI Roll-Up Gift Certificate to participate to: Baphomet, mgr. Knights Templar (568), DM 47 -- North Fork, or Rick Stringer 13 St. Michael's CT Elkton, MD 21921 b. Announce their intent to compete with manager name, team name and alliance they will be fighting under in the North Fork (DM 47) newsletter. Rules: 1. No scoring will begin until a Gift Cert is received. No exceptions. 2. Before a manager can compete, he/she must declare and be verified by the Captain of the alliance he/she has claimed for; 3. Only one (1) team per player may compete. NO multiple aliases please. Violations will result in disqualification. 4. The contest will begin on the turn following the January F2F and run for 12 turns. 5. The turn a declaration and verification will begin the scoring process. 6. No declarations or verifications will be accepted after Turn 10 of the Turf War 5. 7. For the purpose of scoring, I reserve the right to make all final decisions. Scoring: Win Loss Kill Die Challenge +2 -2 +5 -5 Match-Up +1 -1 +1 -5 Bloodfeud +2 -5 +5 -10 Champion x2 x2 x2 x2 Downchallenge -10 xx -10 xx Dark Arena +10 -5 xx xx Special Scoring: a. Each mention in the Spy Report is worth 2 points (team mentions only!) b. Each Style Master is worth 2 points. c. Duelmaster Throne is worth 2 points Champions: a. Champions may be declared, but are not mandatory. If declared, the Champion must be in the Adepts or lower brackets on the turn they are declared without having gone above the Adepts bracket at any time...including transferred teams. (I'll be watching for this occurrence!) Bloodfeuds: a. Bloodfeuds count for all four (4) turns. However, the same warrior may not be used all four turns. 4 turns means 4 separate warriors. A penalty of -10 will be given to the team who violates this. Special Conditions: a. I reserve the right for all final decisions. b. If I make a mistake, I'll multiply the points by 2. c. If you claim I did, and *YOU* are wrong, I'll subtract points at the rate of x10. d. Each alliance begins with zero (0) points. e. Dark Arena may be used on the first turn of every warrior with no penalty (this means a warrior with 0 FE). f. TVs won after the contest begins gain a 25 point one time score once the tourney reports are posted in the NL. g. TCs won after the contest begins gain a 50 point one time score with the same conditions as noted for TVs. h. NO switching alliance once verified by an alliance that a team has declared for. i. Only 7 teams are permitted per alliance for the Turf War 5. PRIZES: Turf Wars are a "Winner Takes All" type contest. All prizes and 100% of the RU Certs will be given to the Captain of the winning alliance and it is his/her responsibility to give these to the alliance membership. I have requested from RSI the following: a. renaming of the orth Fork (DM 47) arena; b. renaming of Dark Arena Monsters; c. known favourite rhythms for one warrior on each team of the winning alliance. This warrior would be in the Initiates or above brackets on the last turn of the Turf War (they must have at least one arena fight to receive this award). Baphomet, Host of TW5 Special Note: A downchallenge is considered from a higher bracket to a lower bracket. Same bracket, more recognition points? Not a downchallenge! 20 October 2006 In accordance with those rules set forth by the Lady of the Realm, I hereby announce the formation of a small group of managers calling themselves "The Outsiders". The group consists of the following members: Doc LeGrande Apex Street Legal Carnage Ghoti Roadkill Valamond This group has only one rule. Respect the play of the managers of this alliance. We have no worries about not playing by the rules set forth by others. We fight the way we like, and all those in this group appreciate what tools each manager brings. We have managers from the Delarquan, Andorian and Free Blade regions. We have managers that focus on the tournament arenas, and we have those that focus on the regular city arenas. We have those in our ranks that fight with honor and respect for all, and we have those that have a bloodlust that cannot be quenched. Our goal is simple. To create a ensemble of managers that will show their prowess in the land of Alastari, and to bring a new level of competition to all those that share the sands with our warriors. Our warriors are many throughout the land. We have no home arena. We have no pacts we abide by. Our fighters range from Mordant to Talcama, from Lapur to Lyratilan, Aruak City to Valamantis, the Primus arena to Talahya, and many more arenas throughout the land. Whether we are sought out or ignored makes no difference to us. We are what we are. We fight how we fight. And we do it however we wish. We have no rules. We have no leader or ruler. Be prepared. We are. 20 October 2006 The Dark Knights of the Desolate Empire respond thus to the Avengers of the Light: Where are you? EACH AND EVERY Dark Knight can be found in arenas 31 and 52. Your pretty words mean less than nothing if you won't fight. EVERY Dark Knight is more than willing to back up their talk. So...we give you three turns in either 31 or 52, REPEAT 31 or 52 to show up or shut up. If you don't show we'll let all of Alastari know the Avengers are indeed cowards! -- Dark Knights of the Desolate Empire LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS WURM FODDER was butchered by STONE GOLEM in a unpopular 3 minute Dark Arena fight. JOHAN was slaughtered by BLACK ORC in a 1 minute gruesome Dark Arena battle. T.R. demolished XAVIER in a 1 minute uneven Challenge Title fight. GREAT WEAPON CHOICE bested BALI DARRAS in a popular 1 minute Challenge contest. CHUCK overpowered ERFIN GORAM in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge match. YOU OWE ME 1 DOLLAR was devastated by REVEN in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge duel. A.T. JR devastated HOME WRECKER in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge match. JEFFRO outwaited VETERAN MERCENARY in a action packed 7 minute uneven fight. BERTHA vanquished CHIA EDEL in a 1 minute uneven duel. BUZZ overpowered CONVICTED ASSASSIN in a popular 1 minute gory uneven duel. DANA FRISS was executed by VALAMOND JR. in a 1 minute gory one-sided melee. DARTH PLAGWEIS was subdued by PROSTITUTE in a 1 minute amateur vs. master match. MARTAVIUS unbelievably bested ZERO MAUL-ENVY in a exciting 4 minute bloody battle. WHIPS AND CHAINS was executed by DARTH SIDIUS in a 1 minute mismatched conflict. DARTH NIKILUS overpowered EMBEZZLING SCRIBE in a 1 minute one-sided duel. GABRELLA IMBRO was bested by DOMINATRIX in a 2 minute beginner's duel. DARTH SCION beat CHICKS DIG 'EM in a 2 minute amateur's brawl. BATTLE REPORT MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS |FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT| |LUNGING ATTACK 6 PARRY-LUNGE 12 - 4 - 0 75 | |STRIKING ATTACK 5 AIMED BLOW 15 - 11 - 1 58 | |BASHING ATTACK 5 LUNGING ATTACK 47 - 36 - 4 57 | |SLASHING ATTACK 3 TOTAL PARRY 24 - 20 - 2 55 | |WALL OF STEEL 3 WALL OF STEEL 16 - 16 - 0 50 | |TOTAL PARRY 2 SLASHING ATTACK 35 - 36 - 2 49 | |AIMED BLOW 2 BASHING ATTACK 14 - 17 - 2 45 | |PARRY-RIPOSTE 2 STRIKING ATTACK 27 - 38 - 3 42 | |PARRY-LUNGE 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE 3 - 14 - 0 18 | |PARRY-STRIKE 0 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 0 - 0 0 | Turn 395 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-LUNGE 1 - 0 STRIKING ATTACK 2 - 3 3 SLASHING ATTACK TOTAL PARRY 2 - 0 WALL OF STEEL 1 - 2 2 LUNGING ATTACK LUNGING ATTACK 5 - 1 BASHING ATTACK 1 - 4 2 STRIKING ATTACK SLASHING ATTACK 2 - 1 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 0 1 TOTAL PARRY AIMED BLOW 1 - 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 2 1 BASHING ATTACK 1 WALL OF STEEL 1 AIMED BLOW TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME LUNGING ATTACK T.R. 4249 11 4 0 119 RIO VISTANS (348) TOTAL PARRY JEFFRO 3410 29 18 0 111 RIO VISTANS (348) SLASHING ATTACK XAVIER 3265 14 10 2 92 MASTERS OF RAGE (301) STRIKING ATTACK BUZZ 3809 11 5 0 85 RIO VISTANS (348) AIMED BLOW CHIA EDEL 4219 17 14 0 66 MIDDLE WAY 10 (420) PARRY-LUNGE PROSTITUTE 4240 7 4 0 44 SINFUL SISTER (430) BASHING ATTACK DARTH PLAGWEIS 4317 3 2 1 34 RANDOM SITH (438) Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above. The overall popularity leader is BALI DARRAS 4221. The most popular warrior this turn was ZERO MAUL-ENVY 4342. The ten other most popular fighters were BUZZ 3809, GREAT WEAPON CHOICE 4276, DOMINATRIX 4346, T.R. 4249, CHUCK 4281, REVEN 4318, A.T. JR 4344, BERTHA 2867, PROSTITUTE 4240, and DARTH SIDIUS 4316. The least popular fighter this week was WURM FODDER 4363. The other ten least popular fighters were JEFFRO 3410, GABRELLA IMBRO 4355, WHIPS AND CHAINS 4244, DANA FRISS 4230, CHIA EDEL 4219, HOME WRECKER 4241, YOU OWE ME 1 DOLLAR 4272, ERFIN GORAM 4220, XAVIER 3265, and JOHAN 4345. NEW GRADUATES--FROM ALL ARENAS (INCLUDING CLOSED ARENAS) For those of you who keep track of such things, 5 additional warriors graduated from regular DM arenas (including closed arenas) since the last tournament. TONY TWILO (5-4525) of HOUSE OF PANCAKES MARCIE (36-6076) of MER DE NOMS WAR EAGLE (55-3289) of DRAGONFYRE WIPEY (82-12634) of UNJUSTLY RENAMED FORMIDABLE (82-17495) of F-TROOP Congrats to the grads. -- Green Eyes