DUELMASTERS NEWSLETTER
Date : 07/17/2003 Duedate: 07/30/2003
JADE MOUNTAIN ARENA
DM-75 TURN-262
This Weeks Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
NATHANIEL
DARK TOADS (240)
(75-2764) [16-9-0,113]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
NATHANIEL POSITION IS EMPTY
DARK TOADS (240)
(75-2764) [16-9-0,113]
Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite
LARCENY ALLOCUTION
LEGALESE (253) LEGALESE (253)
(75-2720) [19-12-0,91] (75-2796) [11-7-0,88]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
DARK TOADS (240)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. THE JUG O'NAUGHTS (233) 45
2. DARK TOADS (240) 27 DARK TOADS (240)
3. PARANOID ASYLUM (234) 19 Unchartered Team
4. SAND DANCERS (67) 2
5. I'M HISTORY (254) 0 FOOD FIGHT (168)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1- 1*LETHAL ANATOMY (225) 5 1 1 83.3 1/ 2 DARK TOADS (240) 9 6 0
2/ 2 DARK TOADS (240) 146 82 4 64.0 2/ 3 SAND DANCERS (67) 8 7 0
3- 3*LUROCIANS EXTREME (259) 4 3 1 57.1 3/ 4 THE JUG O'NAUGHTS (233) 6 9 2
4- 4 I'M HISTORY (254) 42 32 4 56.8 4/ 1 LEGALESE (253) 6 9 0
5- 6 BLOODY SKIES (148) 21 19 1 52.5 5- 5 ONE NIGHT STAND (207) 5 3 1
6/ 5 LEGALESE (253) 80 74 3 51.9 6- 8*LUROCIANS EXTREME (259) 3 1 0
7- 7 ONE NIGHT STAND (207) 16 17 1 48.5 7/ 9 PARANOID ASYLUM (234) 3 4 0
8/ 8 THE JUG O'NAUGHTS (233) 124 148 13 45.6 8- 6 BLOODY SKIES (148) 3 7 1
9/ 9 PARANOID ASYLUM (234) 84 102 9 45.2 9- 7 I'M HISTORY (254) 1 1 0
10/10 SAND DANCERS (67) 509 773 16 39.7 10-10*LETHAL ANATOMY (225) 0 1 0
'*' Unchartered team '-' Team did not fight this turn
(###) Avoid teams by their Team Id ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank
DUELMASTER'S COLUMN
Notes from the arena champ.
It's no fun taking the throne by default, but since Judge had me on maintenance,
it's the only way it could have happened last cycle. I should have taken the throne
several turns ago. Rlight avoided me, and my slack-jawed stablemate Premeditation
took the throne (actually, Rlight avoided me, but he also forgot to fight when
Premeditation took the throne). Oh well, better late than never.
Chilly Charlie, I wish we could have fought for the title. I have beaten you
before, and I would have beaten you again. I must give you kudos for beating
Premeditation. He is a lot better than Judge initially thought. Morganna, nice try,
and better luck next time. But do me a favor and lay off all that armor next time--
it's kind of bloody anyway.
No challenges or avoids this cycle. I will take all challenges. Judge thought
about using me for a bloodfeud, but he finally decided that Premeditation was better
suited for that duty. Until next time....
Your Duelmaster,
Larceny
SPY REPORT
Thankyouthankyou. It's great for me, The Unknown Spymaster to be back in JADE
MOUNTAIN. Hope you enjoy the show. Oh, who am I kidding? I already got paid! We
now have a new top team for all of you guys to dogpile on. DARK TOADS now holds the
crown and they are betting they can keep it. Hey everybody, watch out for SURLY SUE,
who flew up 20 points in the rankings after mashing LEETOLVINA like a melon. Keep
your eye on this gal. And falling like a basher in the top ten was MORGANNA, who
dropped 14 points after a disappointing (to say the least) bout with THE LARCH. It's
a proud day for the DARK TOADS stable, as their warrior, NATHANIEL, ascended the
Duelmaster's throne. Advice to bashers--never force anything, just get a bigger
halberd!
Here is other news that is of note. Did you hear that ONE NIGHT STAND was most
avoided team this week? Well, knowing the personal hygiene of ONE NIGHT STAND's
warriors, I'm not surprised! And you guys like to boo me? Well, unsling your
rasberries, cause PARANOID ASYLUM beats feet every time ONE NIGHT STAND smiles at
them. Try farming, eh? Well just about everybody wants a piece of MORGANNA, who was
this week's most challenged warrior. In a touching display by a 'touched' warrior,
FLIGHT went after PREMEDITATION, who was higher by 23 points. Well, when the dust
settled, FLIGHT defeated PREMEDITATION.
Remember that an arena is not always a safe place to be, but it is one of the
most interesting, though! 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 JADE MOUNTAIN have
no sense of humor. Or maybe that they were senseless. C'mon, Leadfoot, let's make
some tracks. And remember, you can pick your friends and you can pick your--(loud
boos), oh, you've heard that one already!-- The Unknown Spymaster
DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
NATHANIEL 2764 16 9 0 113 DARK TOADS (240)
CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-BEN FRANKLIN 2727 13 6 0 110 I'M HISTORY (254)
FLIGHT 2606 17 11 1 100 PARANOID ASYLUM (234)
THE LARCH 2788 10 11 1 98 THE JUG O'NAUGHTS (233)
LARCENY 2720 19 12 0 91 LEGALESE (253)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
PREMEDITATION 2765 13 9 1 88 LEGALESE (253)
ALLOCUTION 2796 11 7 0 88 LEGALESE (253)
IAN 2747 20 10 0 87 DARK TOADS (240)
MORGANNA 2761 16 11 0 73 DARK TOADS (240)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
WOODY 2503 6 51 0 71 SAND DANCERS (67)
ESSINA TYL VERN 2694 14 25 1 68 SAND DANCERS (67)
LENTIRIA 2754 14 15 1 67 SAND DANCERS (67)
CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-CROTAMITON 1529 7 3 0 60 BLOODY SKIES (148)
-HOLLY HEPATITIS 2258 6 4 0 60 ONE NIGHT STAND (207)
-PINKY OF DOOM 2422 5 1 1 59 LETHAL ANATOMY (225)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
TIBA TYL DAIN 2779 14 10 1 53 SAND DANCERS (67)
MARIANNE KIND 2791 9 11 2 46 THE JUG O'NAUGHTS (233)
HAROLD 2823 8 2 0 45 DARK TOADS (240)
HABEAS CORPUS 2799 8 8 0 42 LEGALESE (253)
RED MOSQUITO 2794 4 5 1 40 PARANOID ASYLUM (234)
-YERIX 2782 4 7 0 38 PARANOID ASYLUM (234)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-HAMMERHEAD 1528 5 4 0 27 BLOODY SKIES (148)
-RIP AND SWING 2808 2 0 0 26 LUROCIANS EXTREME 2 (259)
-POLLY POX 2254 5 5 0 24 ONE NIGHT STAND (207)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-CINDY CHLAMIDIA 2734 1 1 1 20 ONE NIGHT STAND (207)
SURLY SUE 2932 1 0 0 20 THE JUG O'NAUGHTS (233)
-HYPERSONIC 2917 2 2 0 18 BLOODY SKIES (148)
-IMMELMAN 2916 3 1 1 16 BLOODY SKIES (148)
-STOP SIGN 2811 2 1 1 14 LUROCIANS EXTREME 2 (259)
MOCKINGBIRD 2918 2 2 0 14 DARK TOADS (240)
-BETSY ROSS 2908 1 1 0 11 I'M HISTORY (254)
-SAM ADAMS 2801 1 5 1 10 I'M HISTORY (254)
LEETOLVINA 2923 2 2 0 8 SAND DANCERS (67)
-PATRICK HENRY 2902 1 1 0 7 I'M HISTORY (254)
-MONKEY KING 2904 1 2 0 5 PARANOID ASYLUM (234)
TWO-BIT TWYLA 2933 0 1 0 1 THE JUG O'NAUGHTS (233)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
THE CREAMATORIUM 2921 1 3 0 THE JUG O'NAUGHTS 233 STONEWALKER 18 262 NONE
NOLO CONTENDRE 2934 0 1 0 LEGALESE 253 JADE WARRIOR 26 262 NONE
WOBBLER 2912 2 5 0 LEGALESE 253 CINDY CHLAMIDIA 2734 261
TOAD TRIBUTE 2935 0 1 0 PARANOID ASYLUM 234 JADE WARRIOR 26 262 NONE
PERSONAL ADS
Jekyll -- Reread Charlie's send-off speech and you'll recall the deserved glory of
his mace n'a mace 4 minute pounding of Duelmaster Winston. And his subsequent p-ad
remarks concerning someone's fighters knocking him out of range to pound the rock
once more. Besides, if you need easy victories...uh, I mean, if you dare take your
fighter's lives in their hands, The Larch is the biggest creampuff in the arena...
course he also favors the Great Axe. -- Still
All -- Okay! So! Maybe I've been replaced by Surly Sue and maybe I haven't!!
...oh, um, well, ya I have been replaced...but you know what I mean...meant. -- The
Creamatorium
Holly Hepititus -- Oh, my wounded pride, and wounded...other pride. Someone's (me)
s'in for some tough sleddin...no snow. The countdown is started and I've no way of
knowing how many chances I've got left. I think I bester's not count on too many.
(shrewd thinking-S.) -- Marianne
Lentiria -- Enough a da pitty-patty-ing around. I'm a basher, an when I hit I'm
hittin wif menace. Harold, s'not likely, but don' do nothin what gets you in my
reach. -- Tha Larch
All -- Introducing Twyla and Sue. On face value, remarkably similar, by way of
fact...eh, we'll see. -- Still
Cindy Chlamidia -- We are not sure whether to kill you or thank you for killing
Wobbler. He was pretty pathetic. But did he really deserve to die? While we
decide, we are sending Premeditation in bloodfeud. -- Legalese
Hammerhead -- Well, if you insist, but doesn't it hurt? Couldn't I hammer on
something else for a while, such as your hand or your foot? -- Tiba tyl Dain
Nathaniel -- Ah, I see I've got my teaching hat back. Good work, an attentive
student makes all the difference, you know. -- Prof. Woody
Allocution -- On and on. Too much. -- Essina tyl Vern
The Larch -- Oh yes, you ARE laughing. I can tell. You weed-trees ALWAYS do things
like that. -- Lentiria
Mockingbird -- You didn't want a winning record, not really. I could tell. --
Leetolvina
And fare you well as you advance, Charlie. -- All the Sand Dancers
26 June 2003
STOP THINKING TOGS!!!!! It's here. Well, almost here anyway. We're looking at
a start date of the first turn in Aradi (DM 60) following the Fall Mail-In. This
should give everyone sufficient time to study the new ultra-improved T#%S IV rules
and prep accordingly. So without further ado, here is your handy-dandy guide to
winning your very own Golden Scrod (and some other very cool prizes to be announced
officially before the start of the tourney that must not be named):
1. Each T#%S team consists of two managers. After the tourney starts, there will be
no switching partners whatsoever, so choose your partners wisely. T#%S IV will
last for 13 turns, so pick a partner you can stand for 6 months or so. The only
team I know of so far is last TOGS winners: Ganolus Oakleaf/Hombre of Blood
Related/Thieves Guild. Hey, this is fun!
2. The T#%S entry fee is 2 team setups per manager. This means 4 setups per T#%S
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:
Andy Salveson
6812 Romanzo Way
Elk Grove, CA 95758
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. T#%S point system:
10 points for winning on your up-challenge against another T#%S warrior.
7 points for winning on your even challenge of another T#%S warrior.
7 points for winning on another T#%S warriors challenge.
7 points for winning a random matchup against another T#%S warrior.
4 points for winning on your down-challenge of another T#%S warrior.
4 points for winning a random matchup against a non-T#%S warrior. Do not fight
your team mate, you will not get any points. Also, you will not get any points
if you challenge or get challenged by a non-T#%S team, so use your avoids
wisely if you think someone is out to get you.
10 points for being the Duelmaster. This is in addition to all points listed
above and will begin turn 1, so prep accordingly.
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 I 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. I will be the sole judge of this. If you're
unsure if I will judge something to be Duelmasters or fantasy related, then
e-mail me before you write the spotlight and ask me. I reserve the right to
take points away from a spotlight after they are given if I judge at a 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.
-5 points for being the team that avoided the most.
If you participated in TOGS III, you'll notice some slight changes in the points
structure. The main things are points for random match ups against non T#%S
warriors, bonus points for being the Duelmaster, new spotlight criteria, and no
points given for being the most avoided team.
4. I already mentioned this, but T#%S IV will start the first turn in arena 60 after
the Fall Mail-In runs and it will last for 13 turns. There will not be a
Survivor format this time around, meaning no eliminations. I will still be doing
the multipliers at the end, however. This 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. Prizes are yet to be determined, but I'll tell you what I know. There will be
prizes given out each turn to whichever team scores the most combined points on a
given turn. Tie breakers will go to the team with the most wins on that turn and
then to the team with most overall points. I have asked RSI for the same prizes
as last TOGS which were transferring any warrior to arena 60 and renaming Aradi
for approximately 6 months, but we'll see what they come back with. I haven't
decided how to split the prizes up, partly because I don't know how many teams
will be entering yet, but I do know the prizes will be split among the top 3
teams at the end. I will announce the exact breakdown of everything when I know
more.
6. And just like TOGS III, Death Stud and I will be the sole arbiters of any dispute
that may arise. Whine all you like, but as Nuln told you last time, that's how
it is.
7. M & RR Clause (go ahead, read between the capitals): I reserve the right to
disallow entry to this tourney if you have a previous history of being a big fat
mouth about everything.
I think that pretty much covers it. I will be accepting team entries as of now
and then posting them in the newsletters as I receive entry fees. Please feel free
to e-mail me regarding any questions or comments at Ganolus@aol.com. So everyone don
your best pair of leg warmers, hop on your favorite farm animal, and ride to Aradi
for the 4th kinda-annual Tournament that must not be named for no apparent reason
whatsoever, or T#%S IV, for short. See ya'll there!
-- Ganolus Oakleaf, T#%S IV Commish
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
THE CREAMATORIUM was viciously butchered by STONEWALKER in a 2 minute fight.
TOAD TRIBUTE was slaughtered by JADE WARRIOR in a 1 minute Dark Arena battle.
NOLO CONTENDRE was easily killed by JADE WARRIOR in a 2 minute Dark Arena match.
FLIGHT won victory over PREMEDITATION in a popular 1 minute master's Challenge brawl.
THE LARCH demolished MORGANNA in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge competition.
RED MOSQUITO was bested by TIBA TYL DAIN in a 2 minute Challenge match.
LARCENY was devastated by NATHANIEL in a 1 minute one-sided Title competition.
WOODY was viciously subdued by ALLOCUTION in a action packed 1 minute uneven duel.
IAN vanquished ESSINA TYL VERN in a popular 1 minute brutal one-sided duel.
LENTIRIA handily defeated MARIANNE KIND in a 2 minute one-sided bout.
HABEAS CORPUS was narrowly defeated by HAROLD in a 8 minute bloody match.
MOCKINGBIRD handily defeated TWO-BIT TWYLA in a 1 minute one-sided contest.
LEETOLVINA was demolished by SURLY SUE 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|
|WALL OF STEEL 5 TOTAL PARRY 14 - 9 - 0 61 |
|LUNGING ATTACK 4 LUNGING ATTACK 35 - 23 - 2 60 |
|STRIKING ATTACK 4 BASHING ATTACK 29 - 21 - 4 58 |
|BASHING ATTACK 3 AIMED BLOW 9 - 10 - 0 47 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 2 PARRY-LUNGE 4 - 5 - 1 44 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 2 SLASHING ATTACK 9 - 12 - 1 43 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 1 WALL OF STEEL 27 - 37 - 2 42 |
|TOTAL PARRY 1 PARRY-STRIKE 7 - 10 - 0 41 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 1 STRIKING ATTACK 8 - 14 - 1 36 |
|AIMED BLOW 0 PARRY-RIPOSTE 6 - 16 - 1 27 |
Turn 262 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:
SLASHING ATTACK 1 - 0 WALL OF STEEL 2 - 3 3 BASHING ATTACK
TOTAL PARRY 1 - 0 STRIKING ATTACK 1 - 3 3 LUNGING ATTACK
LUNGING ATTACK 3 - 1 AIMED BLOW 0 - 0 2 WALL OF STEEL
BASHING ATTACK 2 - 1 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 1 1 AIMED BLOW
PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 2 1 SLASHING ATTACK
PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 2 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
BASHING ATTACK NATHANIEL 2764 16 9 0 113 DARK TOADS (240)
SLASHING ATTACK FLIGHT 2606 17 11 1 100 PARANOID ASYLUM (234)
LUNGING ATTACK LARCENY 2720 19 12 0 91 LEGALESE (253)
WALL OF STEEL MORGANNA 2761 16 11 0 73 DARK TOADS (240)
TOTAL PARRY HAROLD 2823 8 2 0 45 DARK TOADS (240)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
The overall popularity leader is LARCENY 2720. The most popular warrior this turn
was NOLO CONTENDRE 2934. The ten other most popular fighters were THE CREAMATORIUM
2921, ALLOCUTION 2796, IAN 2747, LENTIRIA 2754, FLIGHT 2606, THE LARCH 2788, RED
MOSQUITO 2794, NATHANIEL 2764, MARIANNE KIND 2791, and TIBA TYL DAIN 2779.
The least popular fighter this week was HAROLD 2823. The other ten least popular
fighters were LEETOLVINA 2923, TWO-BIT TWYLA 2933, ESSINA TYL VERN 2694, WOODY 2503,
TOAD TRIBUTE 2935, MOCKINGBIRD 2918, LARCENY 2720, MORGANNA 2761, PREMEDITATION 2765,
and SURLY SUE 2932.
The following warriors will travel to ADVANCED DUELMASTERS after next turn:
LARCENY (75-2720) LEGALESE (253)