DUELMASTERS NEWSLETTER Date : 08/14/2003 Duedate: 08/27/2003 JADE MOUNTAIN ARENA DM-75 TURN-264 This Weeks Top Honors THE DUELMASTER IS NATHANIEL DARK TOADS (240) (75-2764) [17-10-0,113] Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader NATHANIEL PINKY OF DOOM DARK TOADS (240) LETHAL ANATOMY (225) (75-2764) [17-10-0,113] (75-2422) [6-2-1,60] Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite IAN ALLOCUTION DARK TOADS (240) LEGALESE (253) (75-2747) [22-10-0,111] (75-2796) [12-8-0,85] THE CURRENT TOP TEAM DARK TOADS (240) TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team 1. DARK TOADS (240) 60 2. LEGALESE (253) 29 DARK TOADS (240) 3. LETHAL ANATOMY (225) 14 Unchartered Team 4. SAND DANCERS (67) 9 5. PARANOID ASYLUM (234) 3 LETHAL ANATOMY (225) The Top Teams Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K 1/ 1*LETHAL ANATOMY (225) 6 3 1 66.7 1/ 1 DARK TOADS (240) 11 4 0 2/ 2 DARK TOADS (240) 153 85 4 64.3 2/ 2 THE JUG O'NAUGHTS (233) 8 7 0 3/ 0 I'M HISTORY (254) 42 33 4 56.0 3/ 3 SAND DANCERS (67) 5 10 0 4/ 5 LEGALESE (253) 83 81 3 50.6 4/ 6 PARANOID ASYLUM (234) 4 3 1 5/ 7 THE JUG O'NAUGHTS (233) 130 152 13 46.1 5/ 4 LEGALESE (253) 4 11 0 6/ 8 PARANOID ASYLUM (234) 87 103 10 45.8 6/ 9*LETHAL ANATOMY (225) 1 2 0 7/ 9 SAND DANCERS (67) 512 780 16 39.6 7/ 0 I'M HISTORY (254) 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 * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * *--=== LIRITH KAI REGIONAL NEWS ===--* Duelmasters ------------------- 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 -------- 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 ----------------- 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. Well, it's come full circle... sort of. I obtain the throne by defeating Nathaniel for a vacant throne.. only to have my manager "accidentally" sit me out thus giving up my rightful throne. And the circle becomes complete <5 fights later> upon Nathaniel tasting my Scimitar in another duel for the throne. The throne will be vacant this turn so all Toads and Legal Eagles and others within range will have to jockey for position. Good dueling to all. I will be entering Jade's Dark Arena in hopes of re-kindling my bloodlust that has been put on hold for quite a while now. I will either be going to the Isle in a pine box or with the severed head of one of Jade's dark creatures. It's been real.... Flight; Disciple of The Midnight Foundation All -- For those interested... Flight <Slasher> 11<1>-13-9-17-15-5-15. Faves SC, VH/VL. Adv Master Att, Master Init, AdEx Decise and Riposte, Ex Def. Will be a Freshmen representing Jade in the next couple of tourneys. Is currently heading to HomeGuard for a brief stint before I eventually relocate my Lirith grads to Lirin Kiv to represent this fine land and of course to renew my Disciples lashings of the filthy Toads. Jekyll SPY REPORT Well, what are you looking at, JADE MOUNTAIN? Ain't you never seen Snide Clemens before? Ah, shaddup and listen to my news. LETHAL ANATOMY turned their 1-1-0 turn into a 6th place rank in the listings this turn. Any better than this, and you get put on hit lists. Of course, we're all terribly impressed to see LEETOLVINA win a fight and gain 20 points, terribly. Tsk, tsk, LEETOLVINA beat SURLY SUE and SURLY SUE lost 19 points. You're breakin' my heart. Looks like JADE MOUNTAIN has some guts at least, FLIGHT the Duelmaster was this turn's most-challenged warrior. FLIGHT Dark Arena Challenged TREEMASTER for JADE MOUNTAIN's Title this turn, and guess what happened? And if variety is the spice of life, JADE MOUNTAIN may be getting bland, as FLIGHT stays top dog in the city. The Green Axe, humph! I've tasted better ale at mortuaries. Where do they get this stuff? From JADE MOUNTAIN's trash dumps? My mother always told me, 'If you don't have anything nice to say, start talking.' I loved that woman. What's the big D? THE JUG O'NAUGHTS was the most avoided team? Bunch of lily livered... grumble... mumble... curse... And it looks like DARK TOADS avoided them the most this turn. What a pack of would be losers, if you ask me. Hmph. I guess I can give a little credit to HAROLD of DARK TOADS for challenging up by 19 to TIBA TYL DAIN. HAROLD won to get 61 points of recognition. And we have ALLOCUTION in a challenge, going down 10 points for the fight. Guess what? I thought ALLOCUTION showed great skill and promise when he overcame WOODY. All right, so I slept through it! Big deal! Death and Taxes. The less death I see, the more it taxes my patience. Let's see if anyone's dead or dying. PARANOID ASYLUM has cause to pause today, as FLIGHT was sent to the Dark Arena, and came back--though not in the best of moods, I'll wager. Titanium shields and bamboo daggers, guess what brave team is developing these kinds of weapons? What does the JADE MOUNTAIN arena have in common with the inns? It's just as comfortable to sleep in either place. Ha ha ha ha! Phlllt! Just had to do that before I leave the fine city of JADE MOUNTAIN. I feel much better now. Glad to see the back of this place-- Snide Clemens DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME NATHANIEL 2764 17 10 0 113 DARK TOADS (240) CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME IAN 2747 22 10 0 111 DARK TOADS (240) THE LARCH 2788 11 12 1 93 THE JUG O'NAUGHTS (233) CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME BEN FRANKLIN 2727 13 7 0 90 I'M HISTORY (254) MORGANNA 2761 18 11 0 89 DARK TOADS (240) PREMEDITATION 2765 14 10 1 88 LEGALESE (253) ALLOCUTION 2796 12 8 0 85 LEGALESE (253) WOODY 2503 6 53 0 71 SAND DANCERS (67) ESSINA TYL VERN 2694 14 27 1 70 SAND DANCERS (67) LENTIRIA 2754 15 16 1 69 SAND DANCERS (67) CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME MARIANNE KIND 2791 11 11 2 61 THE JUG O'NAUGHTS (233) HAROLD 2823 9 3 0 61 DARK TOADS (240) PINKY OF DOOM 2422 6 2 1 60 LETHAL ANATOMY (225) TIBA TYL DAIN 2779 15 11 1 57 SAND DANCERS (67) ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -RED MOSQUITO 2794 5 5 1 49 PARANOID ASYLUM (234) HABEAS CORPUS 2799 8 10 0 44 LEGALESE (253) -YERIX 2782 4 7 0 38 PARANOID ASYLUM (234) CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME LEETOLVINA 2923 3 3 0 29 SAND DANCERS (67) INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -BETSY ROSS 2908 1 1 0 11 I'M HISTORY (254) -SAM ADAMS 2801 1 5 1 10 I'M HISTORY (254) SURLY SUE 2932 2 1 0 8 THE JUG O'NAUGHTS (233) LOCKJAW 2936 1 1 0 8 THE JUG O'NAUGHTS (233) -PATRICK HENRY 2902 1 1 0 7 I'M HISTORY (254) MONKEY KING 2904 1 3 0 6 PARANOID ASYLUM (234) MILLIE 2938 1 0 0 5 THE JUG O'NAUGHTS (233) WRIT OF MANDAMUS 2940 0 1 0 1 LEGALESE (253) '-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn. THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge? TREEMASTER 19 0 1 0 DARK ARENA 0 FLIGHT 2606 264 NONE MOCKINGBIRD 2918 3 3 0 DARK TOADS 240 STORMFALL 27 264 NONE DEFAULT 2939 0 1 0 LEGALESE 253 ARENAMASTER KENDAR 23 264 NONE WOBBLER 2912 2 5 0 LEGALESE 253 CINDY CHLAMIDIA 2734 261 AGONOUS ANKLE 2419 0 1 0 LETHAL ANATOMY 225 DAR-KOL BLACKBROWS 25 264 NONE PERSONAL ADS Flight -- Ah, I see I achieved my plan. Notice the way I won that fight then let you hit me! I wanted you to take the throne so you could graduate. You're welcome. -- Nathaniel P.S. I hope you are ready for a re-match. How selfless of you! The Larch -- You have a lot to learn about ladies... they rarely find being called 'stout' a compliment. -- Morganna Jekyll -- I'll be glad to keep it up on my way down... or something like that. -- TigToad Woody -- What the heck kind of a swing was that with your broadsword? Damn man, you throw a few more like that and I'm not going to squeak out a victory next time! -- Morganna Premeditation -- Dat's da spirited attack I'm talkin about. Morganna, see all tha extra abuse ya absorbed by bein da tough-guy...gal. -- The Larch Leetolvina -- How'd you weasel your ways into a rematch, sister? S'makin me surlier than usual. And that's no small amount. -- Sue Habeas Corpus -- A break through. A ding-dong, honest-to-Karn (may her flexibility never lose its slink) improvement in my performance. I'm celebratin. -- Marianne Kind All -- Okayz, wellll...you can't do better than to send the home crowd home happy. Maybes a brief reprieve is in the mix. -- Still Mocking Bird -- I see my mistake. I was too nice to you alls. Won't happen again. - - Lockjaw All -- As of this turn I will be taking a bit of a hiatus. I will be activating Red Mosquito <and possibly Monkey King> sometime around the Freeze Date though. I hope to be back participating in Jade within a few months. I can't bring myself to leave this place for too long though... it's kind of grown on me. -- Ryan / Jekyll We will eagerly await your return. Pinky of Doom -- I'm sure that when you have more experience in your pocket (or wherever you choose to carry it), you will be a doom-bringer of the first, well, maybe the fourth order. -- Lentiria Harold -- Not yet, young Toad. -- Tiba tyl Dain Larceny -- I've been robbed! -- Essina tyl Vern Morgana -- You see, I have not completely lost the "teaching touch." -- Woody Surly Sue -- Well, o-KAY. BE that way, then! -- Leetolvina Nathaniel -- Did you use a green quarterstaff, or a seasoned sapling? Inquiring minds want to know, since Alarond raised the point. -- Lorana 18 July 2003 To All Managers -- I would like to take this time to announce that my alliance, The Association, is no more. Due to the dead weight managers of the alliance and their lack of participation, DarkSpirit and I have formed a new alliance: The Firm. We have taken on two members so far and are looking for a few more. If you would like to find out more about The Firm, you can diplo Dark Spirit, Unknowns XX in arena 15 or myself, Sungod, Sadists F2FII in arena 62. --* The Firm *-- Sungod -- Sadists F2FII -- 62 Dark Spirit -- Unknowns XX -- 15 Youngblood -- Wensinwasin -- 43 Tripwire -- Of Wolf and Man -- 1 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. LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS FLIGHT butchered TREEMASTER in a 1 minute bloody Dark Arena fight. MOCKINGBIRD was viciously butchered by STORMFALL in a 2 minute Dark Arena battle. DEFAULT was murdered by ARENAMASTER KENDAR in a 1 minute gruesome Dark Arena fight. AGONOUS ANKLE was butchered by DAR-KOL BLACKBROWS in a 1 minute Dark Arena contest. IAN overpowered THE LARCH in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge fight. ALLOCUTION viciously subdued WOODY in a popular 2 minute expert's Challenge brawl. HAROLD beat TIBA TYL DAIN in a 4 minute Challenge brawl. HABEAS CORPUS was handily defeated by PINKY OF DOOM in a 1 minute Challenge fight. BEN FRANKLIN was vanquished by NATHANIEL in a 1 minute uneven Title duel. PREMEDITATION vanquished ESSINA TYL VERN in a 1 minute uneven fight. LENTIRIA was vanquished by MORGANNA in a exciting 1 minute one-sided fight. MARIANNE KIND handily defeated STONEFACE MIKARN in a 3 minute brutal one-sided bout. SURLY SUE was demolished by LEETOLVINA in a 1 minute mismatched competition. MONKEY KING slimly lost to LOCKJAW in a crowd pleasing 4 minute gory novice's battle. MILLIE overcame WRIT OF MANDAMUS in a 2 minute novice's conflict. 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 12 - 6 - 0 67 | |BASHING ATTACK 4 LUNGING ATTACK 32 - 19 - 1 63 | |LUNGING ATTACK 4 BASHING ATTACK 27 - 19 - 4 59 | |STRIKING ATTACK 4 PARRY-STRIKE 7 - 8 - 0 47 | |PARRY-STRIKE 2 SLASHING ATTACK 9 - 11 - 1 45 | |AIMED BLOW 2 STRIKING ATTACK 11 - 15 - 1 42 | |PARRY-LUNGE 1 WALL OF STEEL 24 - 36 - 1 40 | |SLASHING ATTACK 1 PARRY-LUNGE 3 - 5 - 0 38 | |TOTAL PARRY 1 AIMED BLOW 6 - 10 - 0 38 | |PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE 5 - 15 - 1 25 | Turn 264 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 STRIKING ATTACK 1 - 3 3 BASHING ATTACK PARRY-STRIKE 2 - 0 WALL OF STEEL 1 - 4 3 WALL OF STEEL SLASHING ATTACK 1 - 0 AIMED BLOW 0 - 2 2 LUNGING ATTACK TOTAL PARRY 1 - 0 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 1 1 AIMED BLOW BASHING ATTACK 3 - 1 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE LUNGING ATTACK 2 - 2 1 PARRY-STRIKE TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME BASHING ATTACK NATHANIEL 2764 17 10 0 113 DARK TOADS (240) LUNGING ATTACK IAN 2747 22 10 0 111 DARK TOADS (240) AIMED BLOW BEN FRANKLIN 2727 13 7 0 90 I'M HISTORY (254) WALL OF STEEL MORGANNA 2761 18 11 0 89 DARK TOADS (240) TOTAL PARRY HAROLD 2823 9 3 0 61 DARK TOADS (240) FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME STRIKING ATTACK PINKY OF DOOM 2422 6 2 1 60 LETHAL ANATOMY (225) Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above. The overall popularity leader is IAN 2747. The most popular warrior this turn was ALLOCUTION 2796. The ten other most popular fighters were MONKEY KING 2904, MARIANNE KIND 2791, MOCKINGBIRD 2918, TIBA TYL DAIN 2779, PINKY OF DOOM 2422, MORGANNA 2761, IAN 2747, WOODY 2503, NATHANIEL 2764, and PREMEDITATION 2765. The least popular fighter this week was SURLY SUE 2932. The other ten least popular fighters were ESSINA TYL VERN 2694, BEN FRANKLIN 2727, HABEAS CORPUS 2799, THE LARCH 2788, AGONOUS ANKLE 2419, WRIT OF MANDAMUS 2940, LEETOLVINA 2923, LENTIRIA 2754, HAROLD 2823, and DEFAULT 2939. The following warriors will travel to ADVANCED DUELMASTERS after next turn: NATHANIEL (75-2764) DARK TOADS (240) PREMEDITATION (75-2765) LEGALESE (253) The following warriors have traveled to ADVANCED DUELMASTERS after fighting this turn: FLIGHT (75-2606) PARANOID ASYLUM (234)