DM 063 Newsletter

DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date : 06/02/2020 Duedate: 06/15/2020

AMEN-TEI ARENA

DM-63 TURN-732

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

RHO TELESCOPII
TELESCOPIUM (374)
(63-3447) [8-1-0,121]

Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader

JERK RHO TELESCOPII
EXCLAMATION! (350) TELESCOPIUM (374)
(63-3426) [28-12-2,102] (63-3447) [8-1-0,121]

Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite

JERK RHO TELESCOPII
EXCLAMATION! (350) TELESCOPIUM (374)
(63-3426) [28-12-2,102] (63-3447) [8-1-0,121]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

BAD ATTIFOOD (376)

TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. STEELE RISING (380) 58
2. TELESCOPIUM (374) 30 EXCLAMATION! (350)
3. SATAN'S SAINTS (377) 12 Unchartered Team
4. BAD ATTIFOOD (376) 10
5. TEAM SCUM (115) 9 BAD ATTIFOOD (376)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1/ 1*BAD ATTIFOOD (376) 16 3 0 84.2 1/ 3*BAD ATTIFOOD (376) 5 0 0
2/ 0*STEELE RISING (380) 4 1 0 80.0 2/ 2 EXCLAMATION! (350) 5 6 0
3/ 2*SATAN'S SAINTS (377) 7 2 2 77.8 3/ 0*STEELE RISING (380) 4 1 0
4/ 3 EXCLAMATION! (350) 277 134 18 67.4 4/ 1*TELESCOPIUM (374) 4 2 0
5/ 4*TELESCOPIUM (374) 11 10 0 52.4 5/ 4*SATAN'S SAINTS (377) 3 0 0
6/ 7*TEAM SCUM (115) 2 2 0 50.0 6/ 5 WAYFARERS (248) 3 9 1
7/ 5 WAYFARERS (248) %1083 %1192 24 47.6 7/ 6*TEAM SCUM (115) 1 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

+ ]H[ + ---:--- + ]H[ Storm Season #2 ]H[ + ---:--- + ]H[ +

Off the coast of Convincia:

"Ships aren't supposed to BURN!" Kurilo Deschan said. "They're on the water.
We're on the water--"
"Ships burn. They're wood. And this one is definitely burning," Hodag said. He
put one hand on the rail, unfastening his armor with the other and jerking off his
helmet. "If I was you, I'd get out of that armor and jump over the side before it
burns out from under us."
"But we may have to fight," the Mercenary protested.
"You WILL have to swim, Ziffrin," Hodag assured him. "And for that, armor is
contra-indicated. Trust me on this."
Ziffrin Sheel glanced over his shoulder at the ship's crew. They were jumping
off the far side of the vessel, all except three who were attempting to lower a
smaller boat to the water. "We'll burn, too, if we get down into that," he said.
Hodag glanced at the black lace on the waves and nodded. "We might, but it's
still our best chance." His armor clattered onto the deck, and the Black Orc jumped,
twisting in mid-air to turn it into a dive. The two standbys followed him into the
water.
When they cut through the surface of the lake, the filigree of black foam clung
to them like cobwebs, pulling against them like the meshes of a net. It was, Hodag
was sure, a trap of some kind, but still better than burning with the ship. He spared
a moment to hope the crew had been able to jump free of the ship, too.
And then the net of magic and foam tightened against him and dragged him through
the depths faster than any orc might swim. As always in a tight place, Hodag's brain
worked quickly. (This was how he'd moved from Captured Orc up to Black Orc in the
arena system.) Their bodies were being retrieved, presumably by the demon which had
destroyed the ship, presumably for no good end. Were their lives being preserved, or
would they drown in a minute or two? He managed to turn his head to look at his
companions. Ziffrin Sheel was struggling uselessly but strongly. He was, after all,
Aruaki: essentially a cat. Being in the water would not be something that appealed to
him. But the important thing from Hodag's point of view was that the Veteran was
gasping for breath and not sucking in a flood of water in the process. So. Someone
wanted them alive.
Hodag grimaced. He could make a guess as to why. For use in blood magic.
Because of their privileged position in the arena system, frequently dosed with
magical healing potions and sometimes resurrected, the standbys, and especially
himself, were embued with a low level of magic. This would probably increase their
value as blood-magic victims.
What to do about it? Nothing for now, but when they were taken out of the
water... see what oportunities offered, and seize them with both hands.

Amen-Tei:

"It's a storm," Maurice Karn said. He had said this before, and he was getting
tired of repeating himself. "Gladiators can't do a damned thing against the weather."
Being an Ambitious Guard did not mean that he was a patient one.
Dame Mingia pressed her lips together. Karn wondered idly what comments she was
suppressing and decided he would rather not know. Finally she said, "This is not
normal weather, as you are doubtless aware, having lived here for years. The seers in
the employ of the High Thane tell us that it is a Sending, born of magical operations
somewhere out in the lake to the north and west."
Krego Dehann, the Veteran Mercenary, rubbed his nose. "Or... from Skaithvarn,
maybe?"
Mingia spread her hands and shrugged. "The seers were not exact." Her tone was
acid. "They claim that exactness is impossible... under these circumstances.
Something in the nature of the spell, or possibly in the decline of the Arcanum, or
just POSSIBLY in the inadequacy of their arts prevents them from saying more than
'north and west'. Make of that what you will. Bonner Kay is prepared to make a ship
available to 'pursue' the storms to their lair."
Karn and Dehann exchanged glances. Bonner Kay was the arena's Honest Merchant
this season. And he WAS honest, but he was also not at all careless with his
property. So he must be really worried about this weather to risk a ship in it. And
he must believe that this expedition had a chance of solving the problem.
"I don't think I like having the prosperity of Amen-Tei's shipping resting on my
shoulders," Dehann muttered.
"It's a dirty job, but someone's got to do it," Karn answered.

SPY REPORT

It is I, Novgorodny Vir, Spymaster of Spymasters. Look on my work, ye mighty,
and despair! TELESCOPIUM? Who? BAD ATTIFOOD is the top team these days, buddies!
I doubt many are quaking in their boots, but STEELE RISING comes out of nowhere to
get 4-1-0. What does the future hold? Watch this space... STEELE RISING had cause
to celebrate, after GOLIATH got 13 points by beating SHIFTYEYED VOLUNTEER. Win some,
lose some. Speaking of which, I H8 SCUM was winsome, after beating CHICKEN and
seeing him lose 9 points. Like a flirtacious debutante, AMEN-TEI's Duelmaster RHO
TELESCOPII found herself the woman of the hour, being "invited to dance" 2 times!
The arena was more crowded than usual this time, as JERK faced AMEN-TEI's Duelmaster.
JERK found out that AMEN-TEI isn't a democracy. You've gotta be the best to be
Duelmaster here! Word has it one team in AMEN-TEI is taking speech lessons to try to
bore their opponent to death. I'll bet it works.
And how sociable are AMEN-TEI's warriors? Come, let us see. Like a horde of
jackals fleeing from the lion, so did the "warriors" in AMEN-TEI avoid BAD ATTIFOOD.
The warriors of BAD ATTIFOOD found their efforts at combat frustrated as EXCLAMATION!
apparently had more important things to do than fight. Them's the breaks, POOR
STRANGER. Expecting fair challenges from EXCLAMATION! is evidently too much to ask.
OOPS won victory over POOR STRANGER with a point difference of 26. So this is what
AMEN-TEI calls a duel. This will make an interesting tale.
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.
Leave me now, you base fools! More important duties call me. AMEN-TEI, I leave
you now. The Duelmaster has agreed to foot my bill at The Warty Toad. 'Til next
time-- Novgorodny Vir

DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
RHO TELESCOPII 3447 8 1 0 121 TELESCOPIUM (374)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
JERK 3426 28 12 2 102 EXCLAMATION! (350)
OOPS 3466 14 1 1 100 EXCLAMATION! (350)

CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
IT'S NACHO CHEESE 3474 8 1 0 85 BAD ATTIFOOD (376)
POOR STRANGER 3464 9 11 0 71 WAYFARERS (248)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
BARRETT INCH 3455 13 8 1 61 WAYFARERS (248)
-JALAPENO BUSINESS 3473 4 1 0 58 BAD ATTIFOOD (376)
AQUINAS 3480 4 0 1 57 SATAN'S SAINTS (377)

ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
PICKLES AND ONIONS 3453 9 19 1 47 WAYFARERS (248)
-PSHAW 3451 11 8 0 41 EXCLAMATION! (350)
CLOUD SHADOW 3467 11 6 1 40 WAYFARERS (248)
-JOHN BOSCO 3477 3 2 1 36 SATAN'S SAINTS (377)

CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-BABY, PEAS! 3471 2 0 0 25 BAD ATTIFOOD (376)

INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-LAMBDA TELESCOPII 3489 2 0 0 21 TELESCOPIUM (374)
I H8 SCUM 1518 1 2 0 21 TEAM SCUM (115)
-NU TELESCOPII 3486 1 0 0 21 TELESCOPIUM (374)
NAKA 3501 1 0 0 13 STEELE RISING (380)

INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
DARKFIRE 3503 1 0 0 13 STEELE RISING (380)
GOLIATH 3504 1 0 0 13 STEELE RISING (380)
CHICKEN 3499 1 3 0 10 EXCLAMATION! (350)
SHY GUY 3502 1 0 0 8 STEELE RISING (380)
-KINDA A BIG DILL 3475 2 1 0 7 BAD ATTIFOOD (376)
-GOOD SCUM 692 1 0 0 3 TEAM SCUM (115)
GOSH 3506 0 1 0 1 EXCLAMATION! (350)

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

THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
HELP 3470 2 5 1 EXCLAMATION! 350 BARRETT INCH 3455 731
TEKKO 3505 0 1 0 STEELE RISING 380 DARK CHAMPION 732 NONE
LUFI 3456 0 1 0 SUPERIOR FORCES 302 AQUINAS 3480 729
FALLING STAR 1 3507 0 1 0 TELESCOPIUM 374 SPYMASTER 732 NONE
FALLING STAR 2 3508 0 1 0 TELESCOPIUM 374 HIGH ELF 732 NONE

PERSONAL ADS

O.K. I'll let that #&*%ing Rho Telescopii write the #&*%ing DM Column! -- Jerk

Rho, I hate alleged fighters with dumb names like yours. -- Jerk

Poor Stranger, it is amazing how poor you are. -- Oops

I H8 Scum, I truly doubt it. I truly, truly doubt it, you imposter! -- Chicken

Whatever we want! Loud and Proud! -- Loudmouth

Aquinas -- ONE skill? That's ALL I get? -- Pickles and Onions

Oops -- You laughed, rudely. I heard you. -- Poor Stranger

It's Nacho Cheese -- And quite tasty, too. But it needs more than one skill to
sweeten it. -- Cloud Shadow

Help -- Not my intention. Probably something to do with me being an unacknowledged
golem. My mama never mentioned that. Maybe I could make up for it by going
adventuring? -- Barrett Inch

LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

FALLING STAR 2 was butchered by HIGH ELF in a 1 minute bloody Dark Arena fight.
FALLING STAR 1 was slaughtered by SPYMASTER in a 1 minute gruesome Dark Arena battle.
TEKKO was killed by DARK CHAMPION in a 2 minute Dark Arena fight.
AQUINAS vanquished PICKLES AND ONIONS in a 5 minute gory mismatched Challenge brawl.
OOPS overpowered POOR STRANGER in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge match.
JERK was viciously subdued by RHO TELESCOPII in a 2 minute Challenge Title duel.
CHICKEN was bested by I H8 SCUM in a 1 minute Challenge competition.
IT'S NACHO CHEESE overpowered KUNG-FU MASTER in a 2 minute uneven melee.
CLOUD SHADOW was vanquished by RUTHLESS JAYWALKER in a 1 minute uneven duel.
BARRETT INCH overpowered RUTHLESS JAYWALKER in a 1 minute gory uneven duel.
GOLIATH overpowered SHIFTYEYED VOLUNTEER in a 1 minute uneven match.
DARKFIRE overpowered SHIFTYEYED VOLUNTEER in a 1 minute one-sided fight.
GOSH was savagely defeated by SHY GUY in a 3 minute amateur's competition.
NAKA demolished SHIFTYEYED VOLUNTEER in a 1 minute one-sided brawl.

BATTLE REPORT

MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|LUNGING ATTACK 5 BASHING ATTACK 8 - 2 - 0 80 |
|AIMED BLOW 4 WALL OF STEEL 2 - 1 - 0 67 |
|STRIKING ATTACK 4 SLASHING ATTACK 2 - 1 - 0 67 |
|BASHING ATTACK 2 LUNGING ATTACK 11 - 7 - 1 61 |
|TOTAL PARRY 2 AIMED BLOW 22 - 15 - 0 59 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 1 TOTAL PARRY 4 - 4 - 1 50 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 1 STRIKING ATTACK 25 - 26 - 2 49 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 0 PARRY-STRIKE 4 - 7 - 0 36 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 PARRY-LUNGE 1 - 2 - 0 33 |
|WALL OF STEEL 0 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 0 - 0 0 |

Turn 732 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 4 - 1 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 4 STRIKING ATTACK
AIMED BLOW 2 - 2 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 1 2 AIMED BLOW
STRIKING ATTACK 2 - 2 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 0 2 TOTAL PARRY
BASHING ATTACK 1 - 1 SLASHING ATTACK 0 - 1 1 BASHING ATTACK
TOTAL PARRY 1 - 1 WALL OF STEEL 0 - 0 1 LUNGING ATTACK
1 PARRY-STRIKE

TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
STRIKING ATTACK RHO TELESCOPII 3447 8 1 0 121 TELESCOPIUM (374)
AIMED BLOW JERK 3426 28 12 2 102 EXCLAMATION! (350)
BASHING ATTACK OOPS 3466 14 1 1 100 EXCLAMATION! (350)
TOTAL PARRY AQUINAS 3480 4 0 1 57 SATAN'S SAINTS (377)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is JERK 3426. The most popular warrior this turn was
RHO TELESCOPII 3447. The ten other most popular fighters were SHY GUY 3502, TEKKO
3505, AQUINAS 3480, IT'S NACHO CHEESE 3474, OOPS 3466, I H8 SCUM 1518, BARRETT INCH
3455, DARKFIRE 3503, NAKA 3501, and JERK 3426.

The least popular fighter this week was GOSH 3506. The other ten least popular
fighters were CLOUD SHADOW 3467, CHICKEN 3499, POOR STRANGER 3464, PICKLES AND ONIONS
3453, FALLING STAR 1 3507, FALLING STAR 2 3508, GOLIATH 3504, JERK 3426, NAKA 3501,
and DARKFIRE 3503.

The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn:

JERK (63-3426) EXCLAMATION! (350)