DUELMASTERS NEWSLETTER
Date : 08/20/2003 Duedate: 09/02/2003
DAL SHANG ARENA
DM-65 TURN-297
This Weeks Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
MASOOD
DARK TOADS (705)
(65-6476) [9-4-1,111]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
MASOOD HORRID
DARK TOADS (705) LEGION IV (595)
(65-6476) [9-4-1,111] (65-6385) [3-0-0,41]
Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite
CHURRO THE HOOK MASOOD
REFUGEES (377) DARK TOADS (705)
(65-6335) [14-36-1,92] (65-6476) [9-4-1,111]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
SAND DANCERS (233)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. SAND DANCERS (233) 30
2. DARK TOADS (705) 29 FEROCIOUS FELINES (596)
3. TOO GOOD FOR ME (600) 16 Unchartered Team
4. LEGION IV (595) 16
5. OZ 3 (554) 12 (-1)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1/ 1*OZ 2 (556) 3 0 0 100 1/ 2 SAND DANCERS (233) 10 5 0
2/ 2*TRIBAL COUNCIL 900 (594) 3 0 0 100 2/ 1 DARK TOADS (705) 5 6 0
3/ 3*LEGION IV (595) 3 0 0 100 3/ 4 PARANOIA (702) 4 2 0
4/ 0 FEROCIOUS FELINES (596) 24 11 0 68.6 4/ 3 REFUGEES (377) 4 8 0
5- 5 NATURE'S ASSASSINS (597) 47 23 5 67.1 5/ 6*OZ 2 (556) 3 0 0
6/ 7 DARK TOADS (705) 47 29 1 61.8 6/ 7*TRIBAL COUNCIL 900 (594) 3 0 0
7- 6 ALL THAT GLITTERS (551) 34 21 0 61.8 7/ 8*LEGION IV (595) 3 0 0
8/ 8 TOO GOOD FOR ME (600) 108 77 4 58.4 8/ 9*OZ 3 (554) 3 3 0
9/ 9 THE IMMORTALS (199) 299 268 7 52.7 9/ 5 THE IMMORTALS (199) 2 1 0
10/10 PARANOIA (702) 39 35 8 52.7 10/15 TOO GOOD FOR ME (600) 2 1 0
11/11*OZ 3 (554) 3 3 0 50.0 11/13*DOUBLE VISION (627) 2 2 0
12/12*DOUBLE VISION (627) 2 2 0 50.0 12-11 NATURE'S ASSASSINS (597) 1 0 0
13/13 REFUGEES (377) 268 339 7 44.2 13-14 ALL THAT GLITTERS (551) 1 1 0
14/15 SAND DANCERS (233) 549 731 12 42.9 14/ 0 FEROCIOUS FELINES (596) 0 1 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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*--=== LIRITH KAI REGIONAL NEWS ===--*
Duelmasters
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DM 65 DAL SHANG (turn 296): DISORDER of PARANOIA (Jekyll, mgr.)
DM 74 DAIYLA KIV (turn 269): TOM RIDDLE of SLYTHERIN HOUSE (Salazar Slytherin)
DM 75 JADE MOUNTAIN (turn 263): FLIGHT of PARANOID ASYLUM (Jekyll, mgr.)
DM 78 LIN TIRIAN (turn 251): BLANK of TREE PEOPLE (Elderberry, mgr.)
ADM 107 LIRIN KIV (turn 227): PHETMOLGE of UP TO NO GOOD from SIBIKHAS (She-Puppy)
Top Teams
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DM 65 DAL SHANG (turn 296): DARK TOADS (TigToad, mgr.)
DM 74 DAIYLA KIV (turn 269): 1988 DODGERS (Zalgor Prigg, mgr.)
DM 75 JADE MOUNTAIN (turn 263): DARK TOADS (TigToad, mgr.)
DM 78 LIN TIRIAN (turn 251): TREE PEOPLE (Elderberry, mgr.)
ADM 107 LIRIN KIV (turn 227): ELANTI HUNTERS (Sir Boyd, mgr.)
Recent Graduates
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DM 75 JADE MOUNTAIN (turn 263): FLIGHT of PARANOID ASYLUM (Jekyll, mgr.)
(turn 262): LARCENY of LEGALESE (The Judge, mgr.)
DM 78 LIN TIRIAN (turn 251): MAD LODEN of SAND DANCERS (Jorja, mgr.)
PINE of TREE PEOPLE (Elderberry, mgr.)
DUELMASTER'S COLUMN
Notes from the arena champ.
As was apparently obvious to any following the ranks and proceedings, the
rematch between Masood and myself occurred. Same results... Masood kept it extremely
close and was once again very close to pulling it out...again... but some way,
somehow I still managed to prevail. That Bastard Toad is one vicious headhunter,
which is ironic for those that know the depth to that statement. Another
entertaining duel, Toad... well fought. At any rate... once again unless unless some
other CC reactivates it appears I am on course for Round III vs Masood. I will be
avoiding the Toads <not that it will do me any good> in the rare chance that I match
up against another stable. We'll see what transpires. Until next cycle....
Disorder
SPY REPORT
Welcome DAL SHANG. I, Olaf Modeen remember this place well. Many the fights
have I fought here. The celebrations, the disappointments... Biff! Pow! DAL SHANG
watched with glee as DARK TOADS got knocked off top spot by SAND DANCERS! Phhbltt!
Too much drinking and too little dodging gave THE IMMORTALS a 0-1-0! I got a good
laugh out of it! Up 'n down. Up 'n down. Rankings always change. Up 'n down. I
think I'm gonna be... Well, TOO GOOD FOR ME's 10th moved them up to 1-0-0 place.
Some people say I ramble too much, I don't say anything relevant. I repeat myself.
I ramble. Well SAND DANCERS moved up 1, to 1st. I'm sure DAL SHANG is excited about
MASOOD, the new Duelmaster from DARK TOADS. (remember?) But when you've seen as
many as I have... Advice to fighters with a 1 will--give up fighting!
Speaking of cowardly avoiders and unfair challenges... How well I know the
feeling of being in the most avoided team! Don't fall out of practive, REFUGEES!
The bums at DARK TOADS couldn't face the challenges from REFUGEES! No excuse for
that! What do people see in KOREEN? Hers 9-6-1? REFUGEES ain't talkin', but she's
got 44 points. KOREEN didn't quite know what to make of a challenge she received
from WAIS of DARK TOADS, who is 18 points below her. WAIS perhaps got hers just
desserts, seeing as she overcame KOREEN and ended up with 57 recognition points.
Warriors of DAL SHANG unite. You have only your games to lose! BEAUJOT's
family knows what's wot, after seeing the response from TOO GOOD FOR ME! How long
have I been here? I got people to see, places to go...
Well, I'm pretty much through. You guys need to get back practicing. DAL SHANG
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
MASOOD 6476 9 4 1 111 DARK TOADS (705)
CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-AMPLITUR 6440 10 3 0 134 DARK TOADS (705)
-COTIARA 6137 12 5 1 114 NATURE'S ASSASSINS (597)
CHURRO THE HOOK 6335 14 36 1 92 REFUGEES (377)
-MALACHITE 5008 6 3 0 91 ALL THAT GLITTERS (551)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
MARDEN VOSS 6397 17 19 0 90 SAND DANCERS (233)
-COPPERHEAD 5467 12 3 0 87 NATURE'S ASSASSINS (597)
DISORDER 6419 14 7 1 86 PARANOIA (702)
-SIDEWINDER 5469 11 6 2 86 NATURE'S ASSASSINS (597)
JEANINE 6467 11 11 1 86 TOO GOOD FOR ME (600)
-CINNABAR 5012 11 8 0 84 ALL THAT GLITTERS (551)
-JAGUAR 5462 9 5 0 81 FEROCIOUS FELINES (596)
-LEPAR 6512 8 0 0 81 DARK TOADS (705)
-LION 5464 9 1 0 77 FEROCIOUS FELINES (596)
CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
METHADONE 6394 10 4 0 66 PARANOIA (702)
TIGER 5460 6 5 0 63 FEROCIOUS FELINES (596)
-MEADOW ADDER 6149 8 6 1 62 NATURE'S ASSASSINS (597)
WAIS 6447 9 10 0 57 DARK TOADS (705)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
MING THE TERRIBLE 6482 9 8 0 56 SAND DANCERS (233)
-FOOL'S GOLD 6386 5 3 0 52 ALL THAT GLITTERS (551)
JESSE TAVAN 6514 5 2 0 51 SAND DANCERS (233)
HUMAN 6471 8 6 0 47 DARK TOADS (705)
MAY-LING SHEN 6485 6 9 0 47 THE IMMORTALS (199)
KOREEN 6490 9 6 1 44 REFUGEES (377)
HORRID 6385 3 0 0 41 LEGION IV (595)
DURVAN 6491 9 6 1 38 SAND DANCERS (233)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
MURGON 6477 6 14 0 32 REFUGEES (377)
AUGUSTUS HILL 5024 2 1 0 29 OZ 3 (554)
OZ FOX 5454 3 0 0 27 TRIBAL COUNCIL 900 (594)
TOBIAS BEECHER 5035 3 0 0 25 OZ 2 (556)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
KHELDAR 5665 1 1 0 16 DOUBLE VISION (627)
MCMANUS 5027 1 2 0 15 OZ 3 (554)
MERCUTIO 5668 1 1 0 14 DOUBLE VISION (627)
DILYS TYL KOGAN 6515 2 3 0 9 SAND DANCERS (233)
KONGA DILLI 6519 1 3 0 6 REFUGEES (377)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
PANOMIME 6472 5 3 0 PARANOIA 702 JEANINE 6467 293 NOT REVE
BEAUJOT 6473 10 5 0 TOO GOOD FOR ME 600 MASOOD 6476 293 NOT REVE
PERSONAL ADS
Disorder -- Congratulations again. Keep up the good work at holding the throne and
not killing me at the same time! Think you can knock me out of Challenger Champions
this time? I'd appreciate it. -- Masood
All -- I'm afraid TigToad informed me that I won't be fighting again in the arena...
I'll miss you all, though I doubt many of you will miss me. -- Lepar
Human -- Hey, people do this to humans. You might be better off admitting your
amphibian nature. -- Marden Voss
P.S. Beware of coming to the well too frequently.
Fool's Gold -- So I'm a fool, so sue me. -- Durvan
Oz Fox -- I'll keep my distance, thanks. Foxes bite, and they can carry rabies, too.
-- Dilys tyl Kogan
So much for stupid Yofan telling me to "surrender or die" at the end of the second
minute! He was laughing out of the other side of his mouth by the time we hit minute
five. Ha! -- Ming the Terrible, look upon me and fear!
I took a dagger and shaved Korka the Hairy close. He needed it. -- Jesse Tavan
Lepar -- Darn. -- Curro the not-so-effective
P.S. You'd BETTER appreciate those skills, dammit.
McManus -- Bold little bugger, aren't you? -- Murgon
Tobias Beecher -- Obviously, I need to work on my moves some more. -- Konga Dilli
A trader is the same as a traveling salesman, and my papa warned me about men like
that. -- Koreen
26 July 2003
Citizens of Alastari, a bright dawn has risen. While you slept, a pernicious
force has entered the once-fair City of Aruak. It fought alongside their treasured
warriors, it drank with their fans, and it slept with their women. Now the masks are
coming off.
Warriors, be afraid...be very afraid. After years of Andorian managers ranting
that Aruak is the safest city in Alastari, the Frothingslosh Syndicate has selected
Aruak City as the home for its next epic 'contest'--Murder by Numbers II. Our spies
have selected the warriors for extermination, and the executioners have had several
months to prepare. Now a new age of darkness will descend upon Aruak, as the
Syndicate and its allies bring an entirely new level of competition to the arena!
Downchallenges! Assassinations! Small poodles as hors d'oeuvres!
The Murder by Numbers II 'rules' will be announced next cycle. However, we
invite all managers, from all corners of Alastari, to come to Aruak City and take
part...in one way or another. Help defend the honor of a long heralded haven for the
pure, or join the forces of change in their siege of the ice-cream and cake
stronghold of the Dukes of Nerf-Dueling!
This exercise is not for either the faint of heart or the weak willed. Blood
will flow, brains will leak, and beer will be chugged. Either way, we welcome you
with open arms and gleaming blades.
This public service announcement has been brought to you by Frothingslosh Epic
Contests (tm), the number 86, and the letter 'K'.
The Frothingslosh Syndicate
29 July 2003
* * * *The Third Annual Turf War* * * *
Yes, it's time again for alliances to go to war! TW3 will be held in DM 47
(North Fork) at a date to be specified later--right after Crip's Incomprehensible
Contest is over...but I'm sure everyone wants to get their teams there soon! Here
are the rules:
1. Each alliance must have a leader declare the arrival of his alliance. The leader
will be responsible for verifying any and all teams/managers who declare to the
alliance he/she is leading.
2. Each manager, team declaring for the contest must have approval of the leader,
donate one Roll-up Certificate ($5) to the prize pot (send it to me by diplo, by
snail, or a note to customer service), and declare his/her team by diplo, p-ad or
snail.
3. Each team may declare one warrior as champion. All points scored by a champ are
double!
4. Prizes are as follows (mostly...there WILL be some things added as the prize pot
grows with entry donations--this list is not final!)
* Highest scoring alliance -- Rename Arena 47 for a period of 6 months, one half
of the total prize pot donated; roll-up certs.
* The Alliance with the most returns from the DA will get to re-name the DA
monsters for a period of 6 months.
* The alliance with the most warriors listed as style masters will get to pick
the Alastari city/arena to host the next Grand Tournament.
* The warrior with the most front page honors/awards will have the Arenamaster
named after him for a period of 6 months.
* The Alliance with the most front page Honors/Awards will have the honor of
picking the *slow* arena to host the Fifth Annual Turf War.
* The team with the most listings as Style Master will find out the favorites of
one of their warriors.
* The warrior with the most listings as Style Master will fight at my expense
for five turns (I will transfer to the manager's account).
* The Alliance with the most kills will be able to re-name the stand-in warriors
for a period of 6 months.
* The warrior that scores the most total points will fight at my expense for 5
turns (I will transfer $7.50 to the manager's account).
* The team that scores the most total points will receive an extra share of
roll-up certs from the prize pot.
There may be more categories to come, and the prize pot still has to be
divided...I'm open to category/prize ideas--and further donations to the prize pot.
The contest will run for *TEN* turns; prizes will be awarded at the end of the
11th turn.
Scoring will be as follows:
* 5 points per fight, doubled for each of the following conditions met:
-- Two Alliance -- Champion
-- Challenge -- Two Champions
-- Bloodfeud -- Challenger losing
-- Kill
(Note: DA losses are exempt, but DA wins will be *tripled*!!! Ex: Happy
Slasher goes to the DA and dies, no points are lost. If he wins, his team scores 60
points! If he was a champ, he scores 120 points!)
Use the following chart to calculate scores:
Conditions Met: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Points Per Fight: 5 10 20 40 80 160 320 640
* Awards/Honors and Style Masters will each be awarded points also. Find the total
number of each (do note add Awards and Style Masters together) and consult the graph
below. Champs that score an award or style master count as two.
1 -- 5 7 -- 320
2 -- 10 8 -- 640
3 -- 20 9 -- 1280
4 -- 40 10 -- 2560
5 -- 80 11 -- 5280
6 -- 100 (x2 for each extra)
Note -- These categories *count as "triple"*--they will be figured for each team,
*AND* again for each alliance *as well as* for each warrior!
* Each and every mention in the Spy Report is worth 5 points...period.
* TVs will be scored on the same scale as Awards/Style Masters, but the total points
will be x10. TC's will be scored as TV's, but x10 more.
Number of TV/TC's Points Scored (TV/TC)
1 50/ 500
2 100/1000
3 200/2000
4 400/4000
+ x2/ x2 (for each extra)
Each alliance will start with 5000 points, scores for *fights* will be added to
the winner's total *AND* deducted from the losers.
Come one and all, defend your turf and the honor of your alliance...or your
own!
Asmo Dius, TCB
Arenas, DM 47, DM 73
1 August 2003
Assurnasirbanipal invites you to Talcama to participate in the third BATTLE
ROYAL contest. It is a Delarquan contest so brutal that even some of Talcama's most
notable managers will refuse to participate. The rules are simpler than any other
contest: You may not avoid any other contest team. There are no silly rules for who
can and can't compete. Any team in Talcama is eligible to compete. The scoring is
also quite simple (+1 for a win, +1 for a kill (+1 for the win), -1 for a loss) and
the first team to reach 25 points is the winner.
Scoring will be live--the results for the turn posted in the newsletter. The
winner will be able to fight their contest team in Talcama for free for 6 months but
more importantly will win a contest against some of the best managers who play the
game in one of the hardest contests in the game.
First turn for BATTLE ROYAL 3 is Talcama Turn 465, which is due August 30.
19 August 2003
Citizens of Ghea (only the ignorant fail to note Lirith Kai is not in Alastari),
no new day is rising, but the sun is setting on just another beautiful evening.
While you were sleeping, an irksome rabble has entered the always fair Aruak City.
Of course they fought alongside our warriors, most not so treasured, as all
gladiators do. They drank with themselves, and slept with themselves. Whether they
had masks, who cares.
Warriors, don't be afraid. For years Aruak has been one of the safest cities in
Ghea, and that custom has been continually cultivated, and will continue to be by
those who have called it home for years and those who live, fight, and die by the
same ethics. There is no contest, nor has there ever needed to be one for many
years. A conflict of personalities has arisen, and the city has been 'invaded' by
pests.
Any rules that are annouced will be purely for the joy of the lemmings' own
little world. Those who are being targeted have no interest in participating except
to defend the integrity of an arena that is different from others. Whether you
choose to come to Aruak, do it for your own reasons, not theirs.
Competing in Aruak City has never been for the faint of heart or the weak willed.
Combat is combat, wherever you go. Blood will flow as always, and now many innocents
will be caught in the middle, but those who defend Aruak's traditions never target
those who bring respect of Aruaki customs with them to our home.
So ignore the private ranting announcement brought by the stuporous
Frothingsloshers. If you choose Aruak City, do not choose it for an unsanctioned and
bogus 'contest', choose it for the tradition. Choose it because Aruak is different.
Defenders of Aruak
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
WAIS bested KOREEN in a crowd pleasing 1 minute gruesome Challenge fight.
METHADONE demolished HUMAN in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge melee.
DISORDER was overpowered by MASOOD in a crowd pleasing 1 minute mismatched Title duel.
MARDEN VOSS overpowered CAPTIAN LENSAR in a 1 minute bloody one-sided fight.
CHURRO THE HOOK devastated MALDI STONEBREAKER in a 1 minute one-sided duel.
TIGER was devastated by JEANINE in a 1 minute mismatched match.
JESSE TAVAN overcame KORKA THE HAIRY in a 2 minute fight.
MURGON was handily defeated by HORRID in a 1 minute uneven melee.
MING THE TERRIBLE unbelievably bested MAY-LING SHEN in a 3 minute gory duel.
DURVAN vanquished MCMANUS in a 1 minute one-sided duel.
KHELDAR defeated HERROL TWO-FINGER in a action packed 1 minute match.
MERCUTIO was overpowered by AUGUSTUS HILL in a 1 minute one-sided fight.
OZ FOX demolished KONGA DILLI in a 1 minute mismatched competition.
TOBIAS BEECHER devastated DILYS TYL KOGAN in a 1 minute one-sided battle.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|LUNGING ATTACK 4 TOTAL PARRY 16 - 4 - 0 80 |
|STRIKING ATTACK 4 WALL OF STEEL 13 - 4 - 0 76 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 3 PARRY-STRIKE 7 - 3 - 0 70 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 3 SLASHING ATTACK 6 - 3 - 1 67 |
|AIMED BLOW 3 LUNGING ATTACK 27 - 16 - 2 63 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 2 PARRY-LUNGE 14 - 9 - 0 61 |
|BASHING ATTACK 2 AIMED BLOW 16 - 11 - 1 59 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 1 STRIKING ATTACK 16 - 18 - 1 47 |
|TOTAL PARRY 1 BASHING ATTACK 8 - 10 - 1 44 |
|WALL OF STEEL 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE 7 - 16 - 0 30 |
Turn 297 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-STRIKE 1 - 0 PARRY-LUNGE 1 - 2 5 LUNGING ATTACK
TOTAL PARRY 1 - 0 AIMED BLOW 0 - 3 3 STRIKING ATTACK
WALL OF STEEL 1 - 0 2 SLASHING ATTACK
LUNGING ATTACK 3 - 1 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE
STRIKING ATTACK 3 - 1
PARRY-RIPOSTE 2 - 1
SLASHING ATTACK 1 - 1
BASHING ATTACK 1 - 1
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
STRIKING ATTACK MASOOD 6476 9 4 1 111 DARK TOADS (705)
LUNGING ATTACK DISORDER 6419 14 7 1 86 PARANOIA (702)
SLASHING ATTACK METHADONE 6394 10 4 0 66 PARANOIA (702)
TOTAL PARRY MING THE TERRIBLE 6482 9 8 0 56 SAND DANCERS (233)
WALL OF STEEL JESSE TAVAN 6514 5 2 0 51 SAND DANCERS (233)
AIMED BLOW HUMAN 6471 8 6 0 47 DARK TOADS (705)
BASHING ATTACK DURVAN 6491 9 6 1 38 SAND DANCERS (233)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
The overall popularity leader is CHURRO THE HOOK 6335. The most popular warrior this
turn was MASOOD 6476. The ten other most popular fighters were MAY-LING SHEN 6485,
WAIS 6447, MARDEN VOSS 6397, CHURRO THE HOOK 6335, JEANINE 6467, JESSE TAVAN 6514,
HORRID 6385, DURVAN 6491, AUGUSTUS HILL 5024, and METHADONE 6394.
The least popular fighter this week was DILYS TYL KOGAN 6515. The other ten least
popular fighters were KONGA DILLI 6519, MERCUTIO 5668, MCMANUS 5027, MING THE
TERRIBLE 6482, MURGON 6477, TIGER 5460, HUMAN 6471, KOREEN 6490, DISORDER 6419, and
TOBIAS BEECHER 5035.