DUELMASTERS NEWSLETTER Date : 07/11/2003 Duedate: 07/24/2003 LIN TIRIAN ARENA DM-78 TURN-249 This Weeks Top Honors THE DUELMASTER IS PINE TREE PEOPLE (265) (78-2350) [16-3-1,113] Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader JON SNOW POSITION IS EMPTY DARK TOADS (280) (78-2389) [14-0-1,246] Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite IRLA BLANK SAND DANCERS (68) TREE PEOPLE (265) (78-2318) [18-23-0,77] (78-2374) [9-1-2,91] THE CURRENT TOP TEAM ROCK-ETTS II (281) TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team 1. SAND DANCERS (68) 37 2. TREE PEOPLE (265) 19 TREE PEOPLE (265) 3. DARK TOADS (280) 13 Unchartered Team 4. HABIT (270) 1 5. PBA (275) 0 CYBERTRON (256) The Top Teams Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K 1/ 1 TREE PEOPLE (265) 139 51 7 73.2 1/ 1 ROCK-ETTS II (281) 7 5 0 2/ 2 DARK TOADS (280) 33 14 3 70.2 2/ 3 TREE PEOPLE (265) 6 3 0 3- 3 PBA (275) 75 51 6 59.5 3/ 2 DARK TOADS (280) 5 3 0 4/ 5 HABIT (270) 73 58 5 55.7 4/ 4 SAND DANCERS (68) 4 8 1 5/ 4 ROCK-ETTS II (281) 22 18 0 55.0 5- 5 PBA (275) 2 2 0 6/ 6 SAND DANCERS (68) 489 587 18 45.4 6/ 6 HABIT (270) 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+-----]|%{ * *--=== LIRITH KAI REGIONAL NEWS ===--* Duelmasters ------------------- DM 65 DAL SHANG (turn 293): AMPLITUR of DARK TOADS (TigToad, mgr.) DM 74 DAIYLA KIV (turn 266): MICKEY HATCHER of 1988 DODGERS (Zalgor Prigg, mgr.) DM 75 JADE MOUNTAIN (turn 260): CHILLY CHARLIE of THE JUG O'NAUGHTS (Still, mgr.) DM 78 LIN TIRIAN (turn 248): YENSI TWOFINGER of SAND DANCERS (Jorja, mgr.) ADM 107 LIRIN KIV (turn 224): PHETMOLGE of UP TO NO GOOD from SIBIKHAS (She-Puppy) Top Teams -------- DM 65 DAL SHANG (turn 293): DARK TOADS (TigToad, mgr.) DM 74 DAIYLA KIV (turn 266): DARK TOADZ (TigToad, mgr.) DM 75 JADE MOUNTAIN (turn 260): LEGALESE (The Judge, mgr.) DM 78 LIN TIRIAN (turn 248): ROCK-ETTS II (Pie-Rite, mgr.) ADM 107 LIRIN KIV (turn 224): LOST HOPE INN, etc. (Sir Boyd, mgr.) Recent Graduates ----------------- DM 65 DAL SHANG (turn 292): FORLA of REFUGEES (Zarla, team captain) DM 74 DAIYLA KIV (turn 266): STREET SWEEPER of SAND DANCERS (Olinda, mgr.) DM 75 JADE MOUNTAIN (turn 260): CHILLY CHARLIE of THE JUG O'NAUGHTS (Still, mgr.) DM 78 LIN TIRIAN (turn 248): YENSI TWOFINGER of SAND DANCERS (Jorja, mgr.) DUELMASTER'S COLUMN Notes from the arena champ. Duelmaster and Lord Protector, and about time! Naturally, you all want to know what kind of man it takes to achieve this eminence. It's simple. I'm an Orc, and proud of it. The Commission (what do THEY know) put me at 9(2)-13-14-8-17-13-11. Only one rating, but what do I need with two? I'm not going to break the first one, after all. I'm naturally adept with the... wait a minute! The HATCHET? Are you JOKING? Low/Moderate? What a wimpy set of favorites! Somebody here has SET ME UP, and I DON'T LIKE IT. Just you wait'll I find out who did this, heads will ROLL. Yensi Twofinger SPY REPORT Greetings, Warriors of LIN TIRIAN. Allow this humble servant Novgorodny Vir to give you a respite from the fights in the form of this Spyreport. Practice pays for MAD LODEN, who pummelled WILLIOW, to pocket 35 points. A certain someone should cut down on the drinking and practice more, after losing 24 points to JON SNOW. (Discrete enough, MOONSTONE?) The arena was more crowded than usual this time, as PINE faced LIN TIRIAN's Duelmaster. What can be a greater victory? PINE has taken hers place as the top, as LIN TIRIAN's new Duelmaster. So who's the team that's been walking into taverns last week and ordering milk? Sounds like a PR stunt to me. And how sociable are LIN TIRIAN's warriors? Come, let us see. Perhaps the warriors of TREE PEOPLE should take up some hobbies, as they are the most avoided team... The warriors of TREE PEOPLE found their efforts at combat frustrated as DARK TOADS apparently had more important things to do than fight. If challenges were horses, MAD LODEN could open up a fast food joint! The moving sword slashes, and having slashed, moves on... Alas, poor WILLIOW. We all know TREE PEOPLE's retirement plan isn't the best in the world. MAD LODEN, may you be as missed when your time comes. Ask not for whom the sword slashes; it slashes for thee. All good things must come to an end. More important duties call me. Do not despair! I shall return!-- Novgorodny Vir DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME PINE 2350 16 3 1 113 TREE PEOPLE (265) CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME JON SNOW 2389 14 0 1 246 DARK TOADS (280) MAD LODEN 2282 17 38 2 122 SAND DANCERS (68) -GUTTERBALL 2344 16 10 1 103 PBA (275) BLANK 2374 9 1 2 91 TREE PEOPLE (265) CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -SPLIT 2347 16 9 0 87 PBA (275) COCAINE 2311 20 26 0 86 HABIT (270) IRLA 2318 18 23 0 77 SAND DANCERS (68) -PROOKIE 2345 14 7 1 68 PBA (275) ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -RICKON STARK 2401 6 2 0 56 DARK TOADS (280) ROCKY 2411 6 2 0 40 ROCK-ETTS II (281) -ROBB STARK 2391 7 2 1 35 DARK TOADS (280) CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -NED STARK 2396 4 4 0 32 DARK TOADS (280) BOXWOOD 2415 3 2 1 26 TREE PEOPLE (265) INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME WALLIS 2413 2 7 0 21 SAND DANCERS (68) TOE PAL 2410 5 3 0 18 ROCK-ETTS II (281) '-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn. THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge? WILLIOW 2351 14 5 0 TREE PEOPLE 265 MAD LODEN 2282 249 PERSONAL ADS Rickon Stark -- No, don't you DARE get to thinking you're "as good as Jon Snow." No way, buster brown! -- Irla Moonstone -- Your effect on Loden is always amazing. He's frothing at the mouth and running in little circles, biting everything he comes to. -- Jorja Robb Stark -- Would it help if I cried? I do a very good "tearful and beseeching." -- Wallis, a Dwarf with no pride, well, very little Dark Toads -- Just looking at the "Teams on the Move," I would guess you're moving the wrong way! Turn around and head UP. Not down, UP. -- Jorja TigToad -- Well, according to what the professor types say, theoretically Elves and Orcs SHOULD be able to interbreed. Maybe it's a good thing they tend to detest each other. -- Jorja P.S. Although I HAVE known a few Elven women to get all excited when an Orcish man starts flexing his muscles, and, of course, there are more than a few Orcish men that get all mushy over delicate Elven women. It doesn't seem to work the other way, though: Elven men are intimidated by Orcish women (the old "too much of a good thing" effect), and Orcish women think Elven men are wimps. 26 June 2003 All -- Would you be willing to proxy my lunger Ganglare at the Face-to-Face? He's fighting in the champions tourney. Thanks. Write: Michael Rogers #25335-013, PO Box 6000, Florence, Co 81226 -- Skullagrim 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 PINE viciously subdued YENSI TWOFINGER in a 2 minute bloody Challenge Title fight. WILLIOW was slaughtered by MAD LODEN in a 1 minute uneven Challenge battle. BOXWOOD subdued TOE PAL in a 2 minute Challenge fight. MOONSTONE was vanquished by JON SNOW in a popular 1 minute mismatched brawl. BLANK savagely defeated COCAINE in a crowd pleasing 3 minute bloody match. O PAUL vanquished IRLA in a 1 minute mismatched fight. ROCKY was luckily beaten by DISHONEST JUSTICE in a 2 minute bloody brawl. WALLIS overpowered OSKSI NOBLE in a 1 minute uneven melee. BATTLE REPORT MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS |FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT| |LUNGING ATTACK 3 LUNGING ATTACK 31 - 11 - 2 74 | |STRIKING ATTACK 3 BASHING ATTACK 7 - 4 - 0 64 | |PARRY-RIPOSTE 2 PARRY-RIPOSTE 31 - 18 - 4 63 | |AIMED BLOW 2 AIMED BLOW 9 - 6 - 1 60 | |SLASHING ATTACK 1 PARRY-STRIKE 1 - 1 - 0 50 | |PARRY-LUNGE 1 PARRY-LUNGE 10 - 10 - 0 50 | |BASHING ATTACK 1 STRIKING ATTACK 12 - 17 - 0 41 | |TOTAL PARRY 1 WALL OF STEEL 4 - 7 - 0 36 | |PARRY-STRIKE 0 SLASHING ATTACK 3 - 11 - 0 21 | |WALL OF STEEL 0 TOTAL PARRY 3 - 12 - 0 20 | Turn 249 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-RIPOSTE 2 - 0 STRIKING ATTACK 1 - 2 4 LUNGING ATTACK SLASHING ATTACK 1 - 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 1 3 PARRY-RIPOSTE LUNGING ATTACK 2 - 1 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 0 1 PARRY-LUNGE AIMED BLOW 1 - 1 BASHING ATTACK 0 - 1 1 TOTAL PARRY TOTAL PARRY 0 - 1 1 STRIKING ATTACK WALL OF STEEL 0 - 0 1 BASHING ATTACK TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME LUNGING ATTACK PINE 2350 16 3 1 113 TREE PEOPLE (265) PARRY-RIPOSTE JON SNOW 2389 14 0 1 246 DARK TOADS (280) BASHING ATTACK ROCKY 2411 6 2 0 40 ROCK-ETTS II (281) Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above. FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME The overall popularity leader is IRLA 2318. The most popular warrior this turn was BLANK 2374. The ten other most popular fighters were PINE 2350, BOXWOOD 2415, JON SNOW 2389, ROCKY 2411, MAD LODEN 2282, O PAUL 2403, WALLIS 2413, WILLIOW 2351, TOE PAL 2410, and MOONSTONE 2405. The least popular fighter this week was IRLA 2318. The other ten least popular fighters were COCAINE 2311, MOONSTONE 2405, TOE PAL 2410, WILLIOW 2351, WALLIS 2413, O PAUL 2403, MAD LODEN 2282, ROCKY 2411, JON SNOW 2389, and BOXWOOD 2415. The following warriors will travel to ADVANCED DUELMASTERS after next turn: JON SNOW (78-2389) DARK TOADS (280) The following warriors have traveled to ADVANCED DUELMASTERS after fighting this turn: YENSI TWOFINGER (78-2292) SAND DANCERS (68)