DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 05/14/2004    Duedate: 05/27/2004

LIN TIRIAN ARENA

DM-78    TURN-271

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

ONE-EYE TEO
SAND DANCERS (68)
(78-2426) [12-10-0,84]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

ONE-EYE TEO                    POSITION IS EMPTY
SAND DANCERS (68)              
(78-2426) [12-10-0,84]         

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

DISSOLUTION                    150
WORD MASTERS (191)             PBA (275)
(78-1514) [8-10-0,40]          (78-2567) [2-0-1,28]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

TREE PEOPLE (265)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. PARANOID ENVY (294)         41
2. TREE PEOPLE (265)           26      TREE PEOPLE (265)
3. THE WILLBURYS 37 (286)      24      Unchartered Team
4. THE WILLBURYS 78 (269)      23
5. THE BROTHERHOOD (276)       21      THE BROTHERHOOD (276)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 0*THE BROTHERHOOD (276)      1   0  0  100   1/ 1 TREE PEOPLE (265)        10  4 0
 2/ 0*THE WILLBURYS 77 (287)    17   4  0 81.0   2/ 3 PBA (275)                 6  2 1
 3- 1 WILD KINGDOM (283)        28   8  0 77.8   3/ 2 SAND DANCERS (68)         4  8 0
 4/ 0*THE WILLBURYS 78 (269)    20   6  2 76.9   4/ 0*THE WILLBURYS 78 (269)    3  1 0
 5/ 2 TREE PEOPLE (265)        166  76  7 68.6   5/ 0*THE WILLBURYS 77 (287)    3  1 0
 6/ 0 DOMINATION (201)          19   9  2 67.9   6/ 0 DOMINATION (201)          2  0 0
 7/ 3 PBA (275)                 98  70  8 58.3   7/ 0 THE WILLBURYS 37 (286)    2  2 0
 8/ 0 THE WILLBURYS 37 (286)    56  45  4 55.4   8/ 0*THE BROTHERHOOD (276)     1  0 0
 9/ 5 WORD MASTERS (191)        23  28  3 45.1   9- 4 WILD KINGDOM (283)        1  0 0
10/ 4 SAND DANCERS (68)        522 641 18 44.9  10/ 6 WORD MASTERS (191)        1  2 0
11/ 6*PARANOID ENVY (294)        1   8  0 11.1  11/ 5*PARANOID ENVY (294)       1  8 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
                                 -------------------
 DM  65 DAL SHANG (turn 315): WHATCHAMACALLIT of BUENO FER NADA (Darkfist, mgr.)
 DM  74 DAIYLA KIV (turn 288): SETZER GABBIANI of THE FINAL FANTASY (Kefka, mgr.)
 DM  75 JADE MOUNTAIN (turn 283): POSITION IS EMPTY
 DM  78 LIN TIRIAN (turn 270): ONE-EYE TEO of SAND DANCERS (Jorja, mgr.)
ADM 107 LIRIN KIV (turn 246): DEANJLI TYL RHU of SAND DANCERS from SIMTAKKA (Rebina)

                                      Top Teams
                                       --------
 DM  65 DAL SHANG (turn 315): SAND DANCERS (Lani, mgr.)
 DM  74 DAIYLA KIV (turn 288): THE FINAL FANTASY (Kefka, mgr.)
 DM  75 JADE MOUNTAIN (turn 283): DARK TOADS (TigToad, mgr.)
 DM  78 LIN TIRIAN (turn 270): TREE PEOPLE (Elderberry, mgr.)
ADM 107 LIRIN KIV (turn 246): OVERLORDS, etc. (The Icelord, mgr.)

                                   Recent Graduates
                                  -----------------
 DM  65 DAL SHANG (turn 314): JEANINE of TOO GOOD FOR ME (Sultan, mgr.)
 DM  74 DAIYLA KIV (turn 288): SETZER GABBIANI of THE FINAL FANTASY (Kefka, mgr.)
 DM  78 LIN TIRIAN (turn 269): BLANK of TREE PEOPLE (Elderberry, mgr.)

                                 DUELMASTER'S COLUMN
                             Notes from the arena champ.

From the top

     I got to the top and I am gone.  One Eye too nice fight.  I am moving on with 
Adex Exp Init Ex Att Adex Exp Dec with VHO VHA.  
     Thanks again; see you in 106.

                                      SPY REPORT

     Greetings, warriors of LIN TIRIAN!  Once again I've been called out of 
retirement for my abilities and insights into Spyreporting.  Hmmmph!  I always 
thought PARANOID ENVY was an over-rated team and they proved it with a 1-3-0!  What's 
with MARYANITA II?  She actually beat THE WILLBURYS 77's PUNCH DRUNK, and walked away 
with 23 more points from the fight.  Major screwup at PBA.  BABY SPLIT lost 14 points 
to UNBELIEVABLE.  Some new strategies, perhaps?  Maybe BABY SPLIT will provide more 
easy wins...  VENEMOUS CONCUBINE was reminded on the sands why ONE-EYE TEO is 
Duelmaster.  Advice to fighters with a 1 will--give up fighting!   
     No matter the time or place, men will always duel.  What do people see in CLUMSY 
DAN?  His 6-13-0?  SAND DANCERS ain't talkin', but he's got 31 points.  Keep 
challenging up 28 points, FOOTSTEPS, and I won't have to write about you much longer. 
CHIP-WOOD always accepts those kind of challenges...  I don't get it.  FOOTSTEPS goes 
and challenges CHIP-WOOD, way above him, but gets 3 points after he loses!  Is this a 
new strategy?  IRLON didn't quite know what to make of a challenge he received from 
PARAGON of PARANOID ENVY, who is 23 points below him.  PARAGON perhaps got his just 
desserts, seeing as he defeated IRLON and ended up with 27 recognition points.   
     Warriors of LIN TIRIAN unite.  You have only your games to lose!  How long have 
I been here?  I got people to see, places to go...   
     Who knows what the future holds for a warrior.  More fights, there's no doubt.  
LIN TIRIAN is a nice place to live, but I don't like to live in nice places.  Time 
for my medication, so I'll leave now.  Practice, practice, practice!-- Olaf Modeen  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 ONE-EYE TEO 2426             12  10  0    84       SAND DANCERS (68)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 DRAKEN 2448                   7   5  1    51       THE WILLBURYS 37 (286)
 UNBELIEVABLE 2308             4   1  1    45       THE WILLBURYS 78 (269)
 UNFORGETTABLE 2306            4   1  1    45       THE WILLBURYS 78 (269)
-RUSTICATE 1513                5   3  0    44       WORD MASTERS (191)
-ERYTHORBIC ACID 2278          4   4  1    43       WORD MASTERS (191)
 DISSOLUTION 1514              8  10  0    40       WORD MASTERS (191)
-CENTERNIX M 2281              4   3  1    40       WORD MASTERS (191)
 ONE TWO MANY 2469             5   0  0    38       THE WILLBURYS 77 (287)
-THE LOIN KING 2431            5   3  0    36       WILD KINGDOM (283)
 CHIP-WOOD 2425                8   4  0    35       TREE PEOPLE (265)
 CLIFF OAKS 2478               3   4  0    35       TREE PEOPLE (265)
 BABY SPLIT 2432               6   5  1    34       PBA (275)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 BLONDE BILLIE 2501            5   6  0    33       SAND DANCERS (68)
 MAD MAX 2466                  5   0  0    33       THE WILLBURYS 77 (287)
-CARNIVOROUS SHEEP 2499        4   0  0    33       WILD KINGDOM (283)
 ROGAR THORFIN 2255            2   2  1    33       DOMINATION (201)
 CLUMSY DAN 2476               6  13  0    31       SAND DANCERS (68)
 150 2567                      2   0  1    28       PBA (275)
 PARAGON 2563                  1   1  0    27       PARANOID ENVY (294)
 IRLON 2489                    5  11  0    26       SAND DANCERS (68)
 (C)EE (J)AY 2470              3   0  0    25       THE WILLBURYS 77 (287)
 FIVE + FIVE 2553              3   2  0    24       PBA (275)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 MARYANITA II 2571             1   0  0    23       TREE PEOPLE (265)
 OLAF THORFIN 1720             3   1  0    21       DOMINATION (201)
 SINISTER 2358                 1   0  0    21       THE BROTHERHOOD (276)
 UNRELIABLE 2307               5   1  0    17       THE WILLBURYS 78 (269)
-ARMOREDILLO 2498              3   1  0    17       WILD KINGDOM (283)
 UNTOUCHABLE 2305              5   1  0    16       THE WILLBURYS 78 (269)
 LUCKY LU 2447                 1   2  0    15       THE WILLBURYS 37 (286)
-UNSTOPABLE 2309               2   2  0    14       THE WILLBURYS 78 (269)
 VERY BIG!!! 2445              2   1  0    14       THE WILLBURYS 37 (286)
 PUNCH DRUNK 2467              3   2  0    11       THE WILLBURYS 77 (287)
 APPLE-TREE 2566               1   1  0    10       TREE PEOPLE (265)
 FOOTSTEPS 2561                0   2  0     8       PARANOID ENVY (294)
 BOXWOOD 2565                  2   1  0     7       TREE PEOPLE (265)
 FIRE DANCER 2562              0   2  0     6       PARANOID ENVY (294)
 RUCK N ROLL 2446              1   2  0     5       THE WILLBURYS 37 (286)

'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.

THE DEAD               W  L K TEAM NAME             SLAIN BY             TURN Revenge?
WANNABE 2569           0  1 0 PARANOID ENVY 294     MISTRESS MIGONELLE 23 271 NONE    

                                     PERSONAL ADS

6 May 2004
                                     DEATH FEST

     The ferocious ghosts of former glories whispered across the wind swept sands of
DM 59; agonizing incessantly due to the diminutive demise of the Delarq arena known
as Illis.
     Tattered banners and forgotten memories wailed in the wind for a dynamic death
march to dawn once more upon the blood stained sands of the Delarq slow arena.
     The distant call crying for  a declaration of restoration amidst the ruin of the
all but forgotten Delarq arena carried to the far corners of Alastari; drawing the
Devious, the Diabolical, the Dangerous and the Down Challenging to cross blades and
wage warfare among an assemblage of new stables managed by the Known and Unknown;
willing to spill fresh blood, while carving their destiny during 15 Rounds of contest
driven combat to be known as the "Illis Incredibly Diabolical Delarq Death Fest".
     A lone cloaked figure huddled by lamplight in a remote outpost near the
crossroads of ElseWhere and ElseWhen; feverishly formulating the foundational
framework for the dawning of the Delarq Death Fest in DM 59, complete with
Gladiatorial Commission sanctioned prizes to promote the growing thirst for a Delarq
Slow Arena Death Festival.

     Delarq Death Fest Opening Round debuts the first turn immediately following the
Summer 2004 F2F Tourney and continues through the completion of 15 consecutive
rounds.
     Death Fest points are Won or Lost ONLY in the DM 59 Delarq Slow Arena [Tourneys
DO NOT Add or Subtract from the Death Fest Point Scoring System]:

Death Fest Scoring Format:
Win =3D +2 pts
Loss =3D -1 pt
Kill =3D +5 pts [in addition to +2 pts for Win]
Death =3D -3 pts [in addition to 1 pt for Loss]
Dark Arena Kill =3D +10 pts [in addition to +2 pts for Win]
Dark Arena Death =3D -5 pts [in addition to 1 pt for Loss]
Revenged Blood Feud =3D +5 pts [successful Revenged Blood Feud provides Death Fest
contestants the opportunity to cancel out 3 pts for Death and 1 pt for Loss; while
gaining +1 pt overall for the Revenged Blood Feud in addition to the +2 pts for Win]

    DEATH FEST PRIZES will be awarded to the Top Ten Death Fest Stables on the basis
of Total Points*** accumulated during the 15 rounds of competition as follows:

1.  Favorite Weapon Knowledge for 1 (one) warrior ranked Initiate or higher on the
Final Round to be revealed by RSI to each of the Top Ten Death Fest Stables
2.  Renaming of Dark Arena Monsters and NPCs [yet to be determined according to how
many DA Monsters and NPCs are available in DM 59 for Renaming]
3.  The Top Five Death Fest Stables will receive New Team Rollup Certificates as
follows:  1st (10), 2nd (8), 3rd (6), 4th (4) and 5th (2)
4.  Renaming Illis Arena for 6 months plus Receiving 6 months Free Play courtesy of
RSI will be awarded to the manager of the 1st Place Death Fest Stable
5.  Discussions are underway regarding a possible Special Award granted to the Illis
Iron Stable qualifiers who compete in 67 of a possible 75 fights during the course of
the 15 consecutive rounds of the Death Fest [Key Factor is How Many (?) stables will
be competing in the Death Fest without drawing away participation by current managers
in the remaining slow arenas!]  Therefore, it is important for all managers entering
stables in DM 59 for the upcoming Death Fest to contact RSI as soon as possible
regarding their participation in this contest so that a Final Ruling on the proposed
Illis Iron Stable Award can be issued by RSI.

***TieBreaker is determined on the Final Round by the DM 59 Newsletter Recognition
Rankings.  The stable with the Highest Ranked Active Gladiator is granted the
decision.  [Example: Warrior A and Warrior B are both listed in the Recognition
Rankings with 87 pts; however, because Warrior A is listed in the Recognition
Rankings ahead of Warrior B, then Warrior A is granted the TieBreaker Decision for
His/Her stable!]

     Opening Round Team Spotlight Bonus [minimum 15 paragraphs!]  Each Delarq Death
Fest competitor who writes a Team Spotlight featuring their Stable (Name) and
Managerial Alias [Gladiatorial Names Optional] in regards to competing in the Delarq
Death Fest will receive 25 pts added to His/Her opening round score.
     Illis Iron Stable Bonus [in addition to the proposed award awaiting RSI
approval!]  Any manager whose stable competes in at least 67 of the possible 75
fights during the 15 rounds of Death Fest receives 25 points added to His/Her final
overall score [this allows each stable the cushion of missing one round of
competition; plus up to 3 additional fights due to waiting for replacement rollups
from Deaths suffered either in Tourneys or during the Death Fest contest in DM 59
over the course of 15 rounds of competition!]

Delarq Death Fest
Hosted by Hammer
[Who Else?]

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

WANNABE was butchered by MISTRESS MIGONELLE in a 1 minute bloody Dark Arena fight.
CLIFF OAKS won victory over CLUMSY DAN in a 1 minute Challenge battle.
FIVE + FIVE slimly lost to DISSOLUTION in a 2 minute Challenge match.
PARAGON devastated IRLON in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge contest.
FOOTSTEPS was narrowly defeated by CHIP-WOOD in a 2 minute Challenge match.
ONE-EYE TEO vanquished VENEMOUS CONCUBINE in a 1 minute mismatched Title fight.
BLONDE BILLIE was savagely defeated by UNFORGETTABLE in a 2 minute brawl.
BABY SPLIT was overcome by UNBELIEVABLE in a 2 minute melee.
DRAKEN vanquished DISHONEST JUSTICE in a 2 minute uneven duel.
ONE TWO MANY overpowered CULT MEMBER in a 1 minute uneven duel.
MAD MAX overpowered OSKSI NOBLE in a 1 minute one-sided fight.
ROGAR THORFIN viciously subdued UNRELIABLE in a popular 1 minute brutal bout.
LUCKY LU was outlasted by 150 in a crowd pleasing 7 minute bloody competition.
UNTOUCHABLE subdued FIRE DANCER in a 2 minute match.
(C)EE (J)AY devastated CONVICTED THIEF in a 3 minute mismatched bout.
RUCK N ROLL was handily defeated by OLAF THORFIN in a 1 minute uneven fight.
VERY BIG!!! savagely defeated APPLE-TREE in a 2 minute gruesome beginner's struggle.
PUNCH DRUNK was overpowered by MARYANITA II in a 1 minute mismatched brawl.
BOXWOOD was bested by SINISTER in a 2 minute fight.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|LUNGING ATTACK                  11         SLASHING ATTACK    2 -   0 -  0     100  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      6         PARRY-STRIKE       4 -   2 -  0      67  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  5         LUNGING ATTACK    36 -  18 -  1      67  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    4         STRIKING ATTACK   12 -   7 -  1      63  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      3         WALL OF STEEL     17 -  10 -  0      63  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   2         TOTAL PARRY       11 -   8 -  0      58  |
|AIMED BLOW                       1         PARRY-LUNGE       10 -   8 -  0      56  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     0         PARRY-RIPOSTE      1 -   1 -  0      50  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    0         BASHING ATTACK     9 -  12 -  0      43  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  0         AIMED BLOW         4 -   8 -  0      33  |

Turn 271 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:

LUNGING ATTACK    10 -  1     PARRY-LUNGE        1 -  2         6  LUNGING ATTACK 
STRIKING ATTACK    3 -  2     TOTAL PARRY        2 -  4         2  WALL OF STEEL  
WALL OF STEEL      2 -  2     AIMED BLOW         0 -  1         2  PARRY-LUNGE    
                              PARRY-STRIKE       0 -  0         1  SLASHING ATTACK
                              PARRY-RIPOSTE      0 -  0     
                              SLASHING ATTACK    0 -  0     
                              BASHING ATTACK     0 -  2     

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
WALL OF STEEL    ONE-EYE TEO 2426           12  10  0   84 SAND DANCERS (68)
LUNGING ATTACK   UNBELIEVABLE 2308           4   1  1   45 THE WILLBURYS 78 (269)

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
PARRY-LUNGE      CHIP-WOOD 2425              8   4  0   35 TREE PEOPLE (265)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is DISSOLUTION 1514.  The most popular warrior this 
turn was 150 2567.  The ten other most popular fighters were UNFORGETTABLE 2306, 
DISSOLUTION 1514, SINISTER 2358, UNBELIEVABLE 2308, FIRE DANCER 2562, VERY BIG!!! 
2445, CLIFF OAKS 2478, FIVE + FIVE 2553, CHIP-WOOD 2425, and ROGAR THORFIN 2255.

The least popular fighter this week was BOXWOOD 2565.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were PUNCH DRUNK 2467, APPLE-TREE 2566, RUCK N ROLL 2446, (C)EE (J)AY 2470, 
BLONDE BILLIE 2501, IRLON 2489, CLUMSY DAN 2476, WANNABE 2569, UNRELIABLE 2307, and 
OLAF THORFIN 1720.