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 * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * ---===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.