DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 10/15/2007    Duedate: 10/27/2007

VALAMANTIS ARENA

DM-62    TURN-420

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

DARTH NIKILUS
RANDOM SITH (438)
(62-4358) [13-11-0,114]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

DARTH NIKILUS                  POSITION IS EMPTY
RANDOM SITH (438)              
(62-4358) [13-11-0,114]        

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

DARTH NIKILUS                  DARTH NIKILUS
RANDOM SITH (438)              RANDOM SITH (438)
(62-4358) [13-11-0,114]        (62-4358) [13-11-0,114]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

RANDOM SITH (438)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. DEATH MOB (15)              51
2. MIDDLE WAY 10 (420)         29      RANDOM SITH (438)
3. COLORS (186)                22      Unchartered Team
4. THE BEARS (268)              0
5. SEA DOGS (442)               0      SOUTH PARK (313)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 1 RANDOM SITH (438)         73  61  3 54.5   1/ 1 RANDOM SITH (438)        10  5 0
 2- 2 THE BEARS (268)          346 314 31 52.4   2/ 5 DEATH MOB (15)            8  7 0
 3/ 3 COLORS (186)              36  39  1 48.0   3/ 3 COLORS (186)              6  3 0
 4/ 4 MIDDLE WAY 10 (420)      212 273  4 43.7   4/ 2 MIDDLE WAY 10 (420)       5  8 0
 5/ 5 DEATH MOB (15)            92 125 13 42.4   5- 4 THE BEARS (268)           2  5 1
 6- 6*SEA DOGS (442)             0   3  0  0.0   6- 6*SEA DOGS (442)            0  3 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
                                     -----------
 DM   1 MORDANT (turn 581): LARRY KING of DEATH'S DOOR (Otis the Drunk, mgr.)
 DM   2 NIANIA (turn 464): PAUL ATREIDES of MASTERS OF SAND (Visionist, mgr.)
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 589): OTIS 3 of FRAT PARTY BLOWOUT (The Anarchist, mgr.)
 DM   4 JHELUM (turn 585): FOOS BALL of F BALLS (Papa Bear, mgr.)
 DM   5 KALTOS (turn 584): BOMBETTE of PAPER MARIO (Luigi, mgr.)
 DM   6 TRANSEL (turn 588): GRUNT 3 of MEDAL OF HONOR B6 (The Anarchist, mgr.)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 586): SANDY SHORE of BEACH BABES (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 580): SIR CUMFERENCE of SIR AGLIO (Sultan, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 572): PROGIDY, DAMMIT! of CENTER FOR OLDS (Suave, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 571): DR. DREAM of NOMADIC TRIBE (Nomad, mgr.)
 DM  36 JHANS (turn 545): IRON MAN of ENGINES 'O' DEATH (?, mgr.)
 DM  38 CLIFFHOME (turn 535): RIQUETTIE of JINDA-BAN (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 239): SMIRK of CHEAP SHOTS (Cheap Shots Manager, mgr.)
 DM  42 RODEKI (turn 522): KILLER KABUIK of ELEMENTS OF ZEN (The Druid, mgr.)
 DM  51 TRICORUS (turn 471): JACINTHE of AMAZON ELITE (Doc Miracle, mgr.)
 DM  54 TROCAR (turn 225): GLUM of JANIX (KAT, mgr.)
 DM  59 ILLIS (turn 213): DERELICT of ALL-STAR NANA'S (The Mun, mgr.)
 DM  62 VALAMANTIS (turn 419): DARTH NIKILUS of RANDOM SITH (Carnage, mgr.)
 DM  72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 191): PORKY PIG of MEAT YOUR MAKER (Crip, mgr.)
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 463): SUSHI SLINGER of SEA DOGS (One-Armed Bandit, mgr.)

                                      Top Teams
                                      ---------
 DM   1 MORDANT (turn 581): SEA DOGS (One-Armed Bandit, mgr.)
 DM   2 NIANIA (turn 464): TEAM HAVOK (?, mgr.)
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 589): FRAT PARTY BLOWOUT (The Anarchist, mgr.)
 DM   4 JHELUM (turn 585): TANKS FOR NOTHIN' (Master Beru, mgr.)
 DM   5 KALTOS (turn 584): THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   6 TRANSEL (turn 588): MEDAL OF HONOR B6 (The Anarchist, mgr.)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 586): BEACH BABES (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 580): SPRINGBORN (Still, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 572): CENTER FOR OLDS (Suave, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 571): SEA DOGS (One-Armed Bandit, mgr.)
 DM  36 JHANS (turn 545): ENGINES 'O' DEATH (?, mgr.)
 DM  38 CLIFFHOME (turn 535): U.A.K. (Otis the Drunk, mgr.)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 239): THE MIDDLE WAY (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  42 RODEKI (turn 522): COLOR ME SUAVE (Suave, mgr.)
 DM  51 TRICORUS (turn 471): BLACK CONVENTICLE (?, mgr.)
 DM  54 TROCAR (turn 224): JANIX (KAT, mgr.)
 DM  59 ILLIS (turn 213): ISLANDERS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  62 VALAMANTIS (turn 419): RANDOM SITH (Carnage, mgr.)
 DM  72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 191): QUARTERFLASH (Brewmaster, mgr.)
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 463) TWISTED SESAME (Doc Steele, mgr.)

                                   Recent Graduates
                                  -----------------
 DM   1 MORDANT (turn 580): HATCH BATTENER of SEA DOGS (One-Armed Bandit, mgr.)
                            SWEET STUFF of MANNEQUIN'S BEST (Mannequin, mgr.)
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 587): SOLDIER 3 of OUR HIGHEST HONOR (The Anarchist, mgr.)
 DM   4 JHELUM (turn 584): HOWARD of DOGS OF WAR (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 586): SANDY SHORE of BEACH BABES (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 579): QUIZNOS of QUBIT (Sultan, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 571): DR. DREAM of NOMADIC TRIBE (Nomad, mgr.)
                           BLACK TIGER of NOMADIC TRIBE (Nomad, mgr.)
 DM  38 CLIFFHOME (turn 535): RIQUETTIE of JINDA-BAN (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  51 TRICORUS (turn 471): DARK SWEET TREAT of BLACK CONVENTICLE (?, mgr.)
 DM  62 VALAMANTIS (turn 417): BALI DARRAS of MIDDLE WAY 10 (Jorja, mgr.)

                                      SPY REPORT

     Much has changed in VALAMANTIS since last I was here.  Never fear, Olaf Modeen 
adapts to many situations, as do all successful fighters.  Up 'n down.  Up 'n down.  
Rankings always change.  Up 'n down.  I think I'm gonna be...  Well, DEATH MOB's 2nd 
moved them up to 4-1-0 place.  What's with ORANGE?  He actually beat RANDOM SITH's 
DARTH SIDIUS, and walked away with 23 more points from the fight.  Laughs were big at 
COLORS while they watched ORANGE clobber DARTH SIDIUS.  He lost 14 points and got 
bruised from objects thrown from the stands.  Try as he might, BROWN wasn't good 
enough at persuading DARTH NIKILUS to step down from the Duelmaster's throne...  
Wouldn't it be nice to have live subjects to practice on?  I hear some team is 
looking into the uses of convicted prisoners.   
     If at first you don't succeed, avoid.  That'll get you in the Spyreports.  How 
well I know the feeling of being in the most avoided team!  Don't fall out of 
practive, RANDOM SITH!  The bums at COLORS couldn't face the challenges from RANDOM 
SITH!  No excuse for that!   
     A fighter's lot is filled with strife, revenge, and killing.  Some fighters 
don't accept this.  The best do.  Here's some advice:  study your opponent, master 
many skills, fight dirty.   
     Who knows what the future holds for a warrior.  More fights, there's no doubt.  
VALAMANTIS is a nice place to live, but I don't like to live in nice places.  I don't 
want to overstay my welcome...-- Olaf Modeen  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 DARTH NIKILUS 4358           13  11  0   114       RANDOM SITH (438)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 BROWN 4383                   11   4  0    82       COLORS (186)
 ORANGE 4371                   9   6  0    82       COLORS (186)
 DARTH SIDIUS 4316            12  15  1    68       RANDOM SITH (438)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 GABRELLA IMBRO 4355           6  21  0    62       MIDDLE WAY 10 (420)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 DARTH SCION 4357             16   8  0    56       RANDOM SITH (438)
 DARTH MALEK 4418              9   2  0    53       RANDOM SITH (438)
 DONETTA FALDOUR 4388         10  11  0    49       MIDDLE WAY 10 (420)
 BLUE 1172                     9  12  1    49       COLORS (186)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 ADMIRAL KRINGE 1379           5   2  0    28       DEATH MOB (15)
 DEATH MAGE 2115               3   3  0    28       DEATH MOB (15)
 DARTH BANE 4415               7   5  0    26       RANDOM SITH (438)
 WOLF RIDER 2132               4   1  1    26       DEATH MOB (15)
-THE GRUDGE 4421               3   1  0    25       THE BEARS (268)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 GORMODUC IRN 4420             3   7  0    20       MIDDLE WAY 10 (420)
 GROMMIT 4447                  1   0  0    13       DEATH MOB (15)
-WOUNDED BEAR 4434             1   2  0    10       THE BEARS (268)
-RUSSIAN BEAR 4427             1   3  1     9       THE BEARS (268)

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

THE DEAD               W  L K TEAM NAME             SLAIN BY             TURN Revenge?
TOWER MAID 2131        1  4 0 DEATH MOB 15          HIGH ELF 19           420 NONE    
GARVE HORMIN 4441      0  2 0 MIDDLE WAY 10 420     RUSSIAN BEAR 4427     419         

                                     PERSONAL ADS

Did anyone else get a Caleam newsletter with their Valamantin fights?  Tedious, but
since I have the fights, not insuperable....  After all, it isn't like anybody was
carrying on a conversation.

     I suspect the question is more, "Did any one else NOTICE?". -- Ed., who must
     have been asleep at the wheel last fortnight

Darth Nikilus -- That was well done, and I salute you and hand over the title with
confidence that you will do it honor. -- Bali Darras

Orange -- Always out to blind us, aren't you?  And that snaggle-tooth snarl carved
into your bloated, too-bright hide doesn't help.  Quite intimidating, it is. --
Donetta Faldour

Darth Bane -- I may not be a darth, but you baned me very seriously.  Ouch. --
Gormoduc Irn

Death Mage -- I hope not, because I don't NEED that kind of thing. -- Gabrella Imbro

Russian Bear -- You really know how to ruin my day, don't you? -- Ghost of Garve
Hormin

20 September 2007
Ok, ok, you can stop not-talking about TOGS VI already, it is coming, slowly but
surely, like a giant, over-fed, greased slug sliding down a gravely driveway.  We're
looking for new-comers, old-timers, in-betweeners, fence-sitters and Delarquans to
come on out and participate.  Just think, you could be the next Pinky & the Brain
pairing (a la Creepster & Manager), or maybe you'll be the team that crushes all in
its path on the way TO UTTER AND COMPLETE TOGS DOMINATION!!!!!!  [note:  insert
sinister cackle if it helps you complete the picture]

There will be a few minor changes, so let's recap the rules from top to bottom:

1.  Each TOGS team consists of two managers.  After the contest starts, there will be
no switching partners whatsoever, so choose your teammate wisely.  TOGS VI will last
for 13 turns, so pick a partner you can stand for 6 months or so.

2.  The TOGS entry fee is 2 team setups per manager.  This means 4 setups per TOGS
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:
          Paul Jokelson
          115 Moss Ave. #201
          Oakland, CA 94611
     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. TOGS point system:

Fights: 

10 points for winning on your up-challenge against another TOGS warrior.
 7 points for winning on your even challenge of another TOGS warrior.
 7 points for winning on another TOGS warriors challenge.
 7 points for winning a random match-up against another TOGS warrior.
 4 points for winning on your down-challenge of another TOGS warrior.
 4 points for winning a random match-up against a non-TOGS warrior.

Changes this TOGS: 

** 10 points for any challenge by the DM, UP OR DOWN!!
** 4 points for winning a random match-up against your TOGS partner's warrior.
To state the obvious, there are 0 points if you challenge your partner.

** 4 points for winning a bloodfeud attempt against you by a non-TOGS warrior

You will not get any points if you challenge or get challenged by a non-TOGS team
(with the exception of the above-stated rule if you get bloodfeuded), so use your
avoids wisely if you think someone is out to get you.

Spots/Ads

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 we 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.
We will be the sole judge of this.  If you're unsure if we will judge something to be
Duelmasters or fantasy related, then e-mail me before you write the spotlight and
ask.  We reserve the right to take points away from a spotlight after they are given
if we judge at 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.

4.  TOGS VI will start in arena 60 shortly after the Winter Face-to-Face (turn due
Feb 21, Aradi turn 436) and as mentioned before will last for 13 turns.  There will
be multipliers in the later rounds, which 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.  Soultaker and Nuln will be the sole arbiters of any dispute that may arise, with
props to Sentinel for doing the score-keeping as always.  Whine all you like, we will
be glad to provide comfortable chairs and the cheese of your choice.

And there be the rules.  If you look closely, you'll notice there were a few minor
changes and additions made from the TOGS V rules.  They are as follows:

-- The Snotman & Nuln rule:  Last TOGS Snotman and Nuln randomly matched up something
like 4-5 times, so we basically decided out of pity to now give a small amount of
points (4 in this case) for winning a random against a teammate, so that you're not
completely screwed by having 2 of your 10 warriors get 0 zero points automatically.

-- Scaling Down Points for the DM:  Previously a TOGS DM would get 10 points *in
addition* to whatever challenge points they got.  This was to keep the DM from being
penalized for being at the top and give people something to fight for.  However, it
was a bit too much of an award and we decided to scale it back and eliminate the
bonus, but give full upchallenge credit whenever the DM challenges.

-- Bloodfeuds from outside TOGS teams:  This incident came up last TOGS, and it was
felt that if a person killed a non-TOGS warrior in a random, they shouldn't have to
be potentially locked into 4 turns of getting 0 points.  So we've added an additional
rule which now gives 4 points if you win when bloodfeuded by a non-TOGS warrior, at
least giving you some way to get points if you're locked into a non-TOGS bloodfeud
instead of being basically removed from the contest for 4 turns.

And lastly...

-- Team Names:  This was not listed in the rules, but to make things more festive, at
the suggestion of Manager we have decided to have the added dimension of team names!
Yes, no more boring rankings with Team 4 edging out Team 7.  Just picture reading a
TOGS turn report now, with something along the lines of "Team Fiery Starfish
obliterated Team Superior TOGSlings," just as one example.

We hope to see you all there....

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

TOWER MAID was butchered by HIGH ELF in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
DARTH NIKILUS devastated BROWN in a 1 minute one-sided Title duel.
DARTH SIDIUS was handily defeated by ORANGE in a 1 minute one-sided match.
DARTH SCION slimly lost to GABRELLA IMBRO in a 2 minute veteran's contest.
DONETTA FALDOUR overpowered DARTH BANE in a 1 minute mismatched match.
BLUE devastated GORMODUC IRN in a 1 minute one-sided duel.
DARTH MALEK viciously subdued CAPTURED ORC in a 1 minute master vs. amateur match.
ADMIRAL KRINGE handily defeated MORDANT DESERTER in a 1 minute uneven melee.
DEATH MAGE vanquished EMBEZZLING SCRIBE in a 1 minute one-sided duel.
WOLF RIDER vanquished EMBEZZLING SCRIBE in a 1 minute one-sided duel.
GROMMIT overpowered CONVICTED THIEF in a 1 minute uneven match.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|AIMED BLOW                       4         PARRY-LUNGE        8 -   2 -  0      80  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    4         SLASHING ATTACK    7 -   3 -  1      70  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   2         TOTAL PARRY       10 -   7 -  0      59  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      1         STRIKING ATTACK    8 -   7 -  0      53  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    1         WALL OF STEEL     21 -  21 -  0      50  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  1         AIMED BLOW        23 -  25 -  0      48  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  1         LUNGING ATTACK    21 -  23 -  1      48  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      1         PARRY-RIPOSTE     10 -  13 -  0      43  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     1         PARRY-STRIKE       2 -   5 -  0      29  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   0         BASHING ATTACK     0 -   2 -  0       0  |

Turn 420 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     WALL OF STEEL      1 -  3         4  AIMED BLOW     
PARRY-RIPOSTE      1 -  0     PARRY-STRIKE       0 -  1         2  LUNGING ATTACK 
LUNGING ATTACK     2 -  0     BASHING ATTACK     0 -  0         1  PARRY-RIPOSTE  
SLASHING ATTACK    1 -  0                                       1  WALL OF STEEL  
STRIKING ATTACK    1 -  0                                       1  PARRY-LUNGE    
TOTAL PARRY        1 -  0                                       1  TOTAL PARRY    
AIMED BLOW         2 -  2                                       1  STRIKING ATTACK

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
LUNGING ATTACK   DARTH NIKILUS 4358         13  11  0  114 RANDOM SITH (438)
AIMED BLOW       BROWN 4383                 11   4  0   82 COLORS (186)
WALL OF STEEL    DARTH SCION 4357           16   8  0   56 RANDOM SITH (438)
PARRY-LUNGE      DARTH MALEK 4418            9   2  0   53 RANDOM SITH (438)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is DARTH NIKILUS 4358.  The most popular warrior this 
turn was DARTH NIKILUS 4358.  The ten other most popular fighters were ORANGE 4371, 
GABRELLA IMBRO 4355, DARTH SCION 4357, DONETTA FALDOUR 4388, BLUE 1172, DARTH MALEK 
4418, ADMIRAL KRINGE 1379, DEATH MAGE 2115, WOLF RIDER 2132, and GROMMIT 4447.

The least popular fighter this week was GORMODUC IRN 4420.  The other ten least 
popular fighters were DARTH BANE 4415, BROWN 4383, TOWER MAID 2131, DARTH SIDIUS 
4316, GROMMIT 4447, WOLF RIDER 2132, DEATH MAGE 2115, ADMIRAL KRINGE 1379, DARTH 
MALEK 4418, and BLUE 1172.