DUELMASTERS NEWSLETTER
Date : 08/22/2003 Duedate: 09/04/2003
LIN TIRIAN ARENA
DM-78 TURN-252
This Weeks Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
BLANK
TREE PEOPLE (265)
(78-2374) [12-1-2,108]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
MOONSTONE UNFORGETTABLE
ROCK-ETTS II (281) THE WILLBURYS 78 (269)
(78-2405) [8-3-0,136] (78-2306) [2-1-1,25]
Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite
IRLA SPLIT
SAND DANCERS (68) PBA (275)
(78-2318) [18-26-0,80] (78-2347) [18-10-0,96]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
ROCK-ETTS II (281)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. ROCK-ETTS II (281) 29
2. THE WILLBURYS 78 (269) 20 BEING JOHN CUSAK (282)
3. BEING JOHN CUSAK (282) 11 Unchartered Team
4. TREE PEOPLE (265) 4
5. SAND DANCERS (68) 1 THE WILLBURYS 78 (269)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1/ 1 BEING JOHN CUSAK (282) 9 1 0 90.0 1/ 2 ROCK-ETTS II (281) 11 3 0
2/ 0*THE WILLBURYS 78 (269) 11 4 2 73.3 2/ 1 TREE PEOPLE (265) 8 3 0
3/ 2 TREE PEOPLE (265) 147 54 7 73.1 3/ 0*THE WILLBURYS 78 (269) 4 1 1
4- 3 DARK TOADS (280) 33 14 3 70.2 4/ 4 PBA (275) 4 6 0
5/ 4 ROCK-ETTS II (281) 33 21 0 61.1 5/ 3 SAND DANCERS (68) 3 9 0
6/ 5 PBA (275) 79 57 6 58.1 6/ 6 BEING JOHN CUSAK (282) 2 1 0
7/ 6 HABIT (270) 73 61 5 54.5 7/ 7 HABIT (270) 0 3 0
8- 7 WORD MASTERS (191) 21 22 3 48.8 8- 8 WORD MASTERS (191) 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.
Well here go one more to bite the duest. Come along and have fun. Since Jan
Sororer left we had one more on the march Martin Blank. See you in the Prerra again
till then. Good luck,
Blank.
SPY REPORT
Greetings warriors! It is I, Zontani Sharp Eyes, here to bring report of the
clash and bustle of the weekly LIN TIRIAN games. Former top team TREE PEOPLE was
unseated this week as ROCK-ETTS II moved up from 2nd ranking to take the top spot
with a 4-1-0 record for the round. There were bitter words at DARK TOADS' guildhouse
after a 0-0-0 showing this week which dropped the stable into 10th. Dark Arena
anyone? MOONSTONE caught the eye of many in the gladiatorial commission as she
skillfully bested PROOKIE and was awarded 14 points in recognition. In one of the
week's more notable duels, MOONSTONE put down PROOKIE, causing her to lose 7 points
of recognition in the process. Unwilling to wait upon the will of others, Duelmaster
BLANK challenged MAD LODEN last week in a match to decide the fate of the throne.
Although MAD LODEN made a valiant effort, it did not suffice to topple the reign of
victorious BLANK. Heed this! A seer has warned that if exactly 6 die in duels this
week, the whole city shall perish! Just remember...5 or 7!
I have been in deep conclave with my spies who watched all that has recently
transpired. Indeed there is much I would report. LIN TIRIAN, city of gladiators!
Mighty among the names of thy guilds is HABIT, a guild shunned and avoided by many in
the weekly duels. Apparently the stalwarts of BEING JOHN CUSAK are catching the bulk
of jests down at the challenging board for their large share of the avoids. Loose
talk at the arena has reached my ears and it but confirms the knowledge that many
fighters are after MAD LODEN. Watch your back!
Vendettas. Bloodied blades and broken spears. Indeed the city has seen more
than its fair share of red in recent times. Some say a warrior is judged by the way
he bears arms. One thing is sure, better a dagger in hand then a sword on the belt!
If it were not for my skills as a spy I would have been mugged three times
already in LIN TIRIAN. Nice atmosphere you have here! Sadly warriors, now longer
can I keep thy company nor savor the ale of thy fine city. Depart I must and soon!
Till next we meet remember: a fool flies into a rage quickly and often. The wise
are angered by the same thing only once. Zontani Sharp Eyes
DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
BLANK 2374 12 1 2 108 TREE PEOPLE (265)
CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
MOONSTONE 2405 8 3 0 136 ROCK-ETTS II (281)
O PAUL 2403 8 3 0 117 ROCK-ETTS II (281)
SPLIT 2347 18 10 0 96 PBA (275)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
COCAINE 2311 20 29 0 89 HABIT (270)
MARTIN BLANK 2424 9 1 0 89 BEING JOHN CUSAK (282)
PROOKIE 2345 16 8 1 84 PBA (275)
IRLA 2318 18 26 0 80 SAND DANCERS (68)
GUTTERBALL 2344 16 13 1 78 PBA (275)
CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
ROCKY 2411 9 2 0 60 ROCK-ETTS II (281)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-RICKON STARK 2401 6 2 0 56 DARK TOADS (280)
-RUSTICATE 1513 5 3 0 44 WORD MASTERS (191)
-ERYTHORBIC ACID 2278 4 4 1 43 WORD MASTERS (191)
-CENTERNIX M 2281 4 3 1 40 WORD MASTERS (191)
BOXWOOD 2415 5 3 1 37 TREE PEOPLE (265)
-ROBB STARK 2391 7 2 1 35 DARK TOADS (280)
-DISSOLUTION 1514 6 4 0 35 WORD MASTERS (191)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
WALLIS 2413 4 8 0 30 SAND DANCERS (68)
TOE PAL 2410 6 5 0 25 ROCK-ETTS II (281)
UNFORGETTABLE 2306 2 1 1 25 THE WILLBURYS 78 (269)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
UNTOUCHABLE 2305 3 0 0 23 THE WILLBURYS 78 (269)
UNBELIEVABLE 2308 2 1 1 21 THE WILLBURYS 78 (269)
-NED STARK 2396 4 4 0 20 DARK TOADS (280)
UNRELIABLE 2307 3 0 0 19 THE WILLBURYS 78 (269)
CHIP-WOOD 2425 1 2 0 14 TREE PEOPLE (265)
UNSTOPABLE 2309 1 2 0 5 THE WILLBURYS 78 (269)
ONE-EYE TEO 2426 1 2 0 5 SAND DANCERS (68)
BABY SPLIT 2432 0 1 0 1 PBA (275)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
TIGER 2419 1 1 0 ROCK-ETTS II 281 UNFORGETTABLE 2306 252
WILLIOW 2351 14 5 0 TREE PEOPLE 265 MAD LODEN 2282 249 JUST REV
PERSONAL ADS
Irla -- I WON!?!? I am shocked! My manager just sent me in to learn skills. He
didn't care if I won or not. That was a good fight. We will have to go it again and
soon. -- Martin Black
Blank -- Congrats on taking the throne. -- Martin Blank
Split -- Me a tourney baby?! I think not. In fact your arena FE alone more than
doubles my FE. One day perhaps but not yet. -- Martin Blank
Elderberry -- Thanks for the welcome. -- Mad Max mgr. Being John Cusak
Pine -- Ha! Ha and HO! Who cares if you win, you splinter! -- Mad Loden, Lord
Protector
Mantor help us all.
Martin Blank -- There's just nothing about you to get a grip on. -- Irla
Chip-Wood -- Yuck, splinters in my teeth. -- One-Eye Teo
Toe Pal -- Ma'am, my toes love you. The rest of me likes you quite well, too. --
Wallis
Mad Loden is a ripper, 10-6-12-11-17-17-11 SS very low/low. No wonder he had such a
rotten record, I seem to have gotten the idea he was a lunger.... -- Jorja
Martin Bland -- We are all in the light of how fast you are and the Rip you got. My
lunger aren't the fast but got Rip and Def. -- Elderberry
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
BLANK bested MAD LODEN in a 2 minute bloody Challenge Title fight.
MARTIN BLANK vanquished IRLA in a 1 minute uneven Challenge battle.
CHIP-WOOD was savagely defeated by TOE PAL in a 3 minute Challenge fight.
PROOKIE was overpowered by MOONSTONE in a 1 minute one-sided fight.
O PAUL devastated GUTTERBALL in a 1 minute uneven brawl.
SPLIT defeated COCAINE in a crowd pleasing 2 minute veteran's struggle.
ROCKY handily defeated WALLIS in a 1 minute uneven fight.
BOXWOOD vanquished OSKSI NOBLE in a 1 minute uneven duel.
UNSTOPABLE lost to PERSISTANT BEGGAR in a 2 minute beginner's fight.
UNBELIEVABLE vanquished BABY SPLIT in a 1 minute one-sided fight.
UNRELIABLE beat PERSISTANT BEGGAR in a slow 5 minute novice's melee.
UNFORGETTABLE murdered TIGER in a 1 minute mismatched match.
UNTOUCHABLE overcame ONE-EYE TEO in a 3 minute novice's contest.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|LUNGING ATTACK 7 BASHING ATTACK 8 - 2 - 0 80 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 5 LUNGING ATTACK 35 - 12 - 1 74 |
|TOTAL PARRY 3 PARRY-STRIKE 2 - 1 - 0 67 |
|STRIKING ATTACK 2 AIMED BLOW 8 - 6 - 1 57 |
|AIMED BLOW 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE 20 - 18 - 1 53 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 1 PARRY-LUNGE 11 - 15 - 0 42 |
|BASHING ATTACK 1 STRIKING ATTACK 10 - 16 - 0 38 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 TOTAL PARRY 4 - 8 - 0 33 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 1 SLASHING ATTACK 5 - 10 - 0 33 |
|WALL OF STEEL 1 WALL OF STEEL 1 - 6 - 0 14 |
Turn 252 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:
AIMED BLOW 1 - 0 PARRY-LUNGE 1 - 4 4 LUNGING ATTACK
PARRY-STRIKE 1 - 0 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 1 2 STRIKING ATTACK
BASHING ATTACK 1 - 0 SLASHING ATTACK 0 - 1 1 TOTAL PARRY
LUNGING ATTACK 5 - 2 WALL OF STEEL 0 - 1 1 PARRY-STRIKE
TOTAL PARRY 2 - 1 1 PARRY-LUNGE
STRIKING ATTACK 1 - 1 1 BASHING ATTACK
1 PARRY-RIPOSTE
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
LUNGING ATTACK BLANK 2374 12 1 2 108 TREE PEOPLE (265)
STRIKING ATTACK O PAUL 2403 8 3 0 117 ROCK-ETTS II (281)
PARRY-STRIKE MARTIN BLANK 2424 9 1 0 89 BEING JOHN CUSAK (282)
PARRY-LUNGE GUTTERBALL 2344 16 13 1 78 PBA (275)
BASHING ATTACK ROCKY 2411 9 2 0 60 ROCK-ETTS II (281)
AIMED BLOW BOXWOOD 2415 5 3 1 37 TREE PEOPLE (265)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
The overall popularity leader is IRLA 2318. The most popular warrior this turn was
SPLIT 2347. The ten other most popular fighters were BLANK 2374, TOE PAL 2410,
MOONSTONE 2405, MARTIN BLANK 2424, CHIP-WOOD 2425, O PAUL 2403, ROCKY 2411, BOXWOOD
2415, UNBELIEVABLE 2308, and UNSTOPABLE 2309.
The least popular fighter this week was UNRELIABLE 2307. The other ten least popular
fighters were UNTOUCHABLE 2305, TIGER 2419, BABY SPLIT 2432, WALLIS 2413, COCAINE
2311, GUTTERBALL 2344, PROOKIE 2345, IRLA 2318, ONE-EYE TEO 2426, and UNFORGETTABLE
2306.
The following warriors have traveled to ADVANCED DUELMASTERS after fighting this turn:
MAD LODEN (78-2282) SAND DANCERS (68)