DM 078 Newsletter

DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date : 12/30/2022 Duedate: 01/12/2023

LIN TIRIAN ARENA

DM-78 TURN-742

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

CARVED HEART
HOWLIN CASE (352)
(78-3429) [12-5-0,114]

Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader

CARVED HEART MY RULE OF THUMB
HOWLIN CASE (352) SS03 03 (383)
(78-3429) [12-5-0,114] (78-3560) [7-2-0,104]

Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite

MARCH HARE TROUSER CHOWDER
SAND DANCERS (68) PANTS SOUP 002 (376)
(78-3517) [18-17-0,88] (78-3514) [0-3-0,3]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

PERRY COUNTY (374)

TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. SS03 03 (383) 20
2. HOWLIN CASE (352) 13 PERRY COUNTY (374)
3. SAND DANCERS (68) 12 Unchartered Team
4. ANGELS OF TORMENT (384) 11
5. BAD BLOOD II (365) 10 ANGELS OF TORMENT (384)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1/ 1*ANGELS OF TORMENT (384) 3 1 0 75.0 1/ 1 PERRY COUNTY (374) 7 1 0
2/ 2 PERRY COUNTY (374) 100 52 3 65.8 2/ 3 HOWLIN CASE (352) 6 3 0
3/ 4*SS03 03 (383) 10 6 0 62.5 3- 2 L5R PHOENIX CLAN (361) 5 5 0
4/ 3 HOWLIN CASE (352) 175 111 6 61.2 4/ 4 SAND DANCERS (68) 4 11 0
5/ 5 BAD BLOOD II (365) 21 16 1 56.8 5/ 6*ANGELS OF TORMENT (384) 3 0 0
6- 6 L5R PHOENIX CLAN (361) 58 65 2 47.2 6/ 8 BAD BLOOD II (365) 2 0 0
7/ 7 SAND DANCERS (68) %1517 %1802 46 45.7 7/ 5*SS03 03 (383) 2 2 0
8/ 8*PANTS SOUP 002 (376) 4 9 1 30.8 8/ 7*PANTS SOUP 002 (376) 1 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

Perry County Senior Antics

It was the spring of 1963 in Indiana, and graduation was approaching for The 42
Seniors of the Cannelton High Bulldogs. The weather was appealing to young lads, as
it often was in the Southern Indiana backwoods. As always, the game of choice was
"How can we best those dirty-rotten rascals from the nearby (4 miles away) hated town
of Tell City."
Cannelton, named from the special cannel coal (bituminous) mined there, had
settled first many years before. Although small, (1800 fine folks) it was the County
Seat and the fount of all good. Tell City, a Swiss settlement, (who else would name a
city after William Tell?) somewhat newer, and now larger (8000 despicable, arrogant,
pompous beings) was the economic and industrial center of Perry County. The two High
Schools, although only four miles apart did not at all consider themselves allies.
This fine spring day, maybe four weeks prior to graduation, several of the
Bulldog Seniors were making a trip along The Ohio River from Cannelton to Tell City.
After all, Tell City's wealth made it the place to go to Drag Main, stop at The
Frostop or Dog N Suds, or to check out the foxes. (There were more females in Tell
City, and some of them were quite nice.) Between Tell City and Cannelton (actually
much closer to Cannelton) was a large lake, which was part of the Unincorporated-
between-Tell-City-and-Cannelton-area, called Fennhaven. For many years, the old,
dilapidated sign at the lake read "Fennhaven Lake". The Seniors--Bill LeMaire
(Frenchie), Tom Taylor (Tom), Wayne Smith (Smitty), and Paul Minto (Minto)--noticed
that a new sign had finally replaced the old one. As they drove by, they read the
sign on both sides. Exiting Cannelton, it read, Tell City Fennhaven Lake. The
opposite side read, Tell City Fennhaven Lake. As one, they immediately all thought,
"We're damn well going to have to do something about this invasion!"
They talked it up around school the next day, and after accepting volunteers, an
action plan was established. The added participants, a few days later on Thursday
night, were Seniors Keane Heck (Keano) and Paul Hay (Hay), plus a Sophomore Harry Joe
Steinsberger (Steinberg). These Seniors were smart. It was always good to have a
Sophomore along in case things went bad, so blame could be appropriately placed. The
plan was simple. Bring any destruction tool you could find. Hay would pick up
everybody in his old innocuous Chevy. Smitty would be the last pick up, because in
his Dad's workshop were many tools and some paint for any participants without
weapons.
Near dusk,crammed into the Chevy, the seven (Who had heard of seat belts then?)
joshing and joking headed out of town towards Fennhaven Lake. Making sure no other
cars were around, Hay slowed to a stop, and the six scooted off to the side, over the
hill, out of sight with their implements of destruction. As they waited for total
darkness, and no cars in sight from either direction, they jumped into action. A few
holes jammed with screwdrivers, some bent edges with hammers and a wrench, and sloshes
of different colored paint on both sides, and the deed was done. Moments later, they
saw car lights coming and they heard the shave-and-a-haircut horn honk from Hay
indicating "all clear" and they threw the paint cans into the woods and hustled into
the escape car. It was a loud and boisterous journey home. Yes, indeed.
Of course, none knew what might come from such antics. One cannot expect a few
bold teenaged guys not to boast of the feat. And it was not as though other Cannelton
Bulldogs had not been alerted to the deed, as they had been given a chance to
volunteer for action. Some of The Seven were concerned as to the ramifications. Most
ignored the possibilities with teenaged-male-braggadocio.
After a week...nothing happened. The ugly sign was there for all to see.
Two weeks...nothing.
Three weeks, the sign came down.
Two days before graduation ceremonies, two things happened. The first happening
was: The Perry County News (Tuesday edition) was published, and the front page
headlines were: VANDALISM STRIKES IN PERRY COUNTY! Featured on the front page were
two photos (black and white). One was of the damaged Tell City Fennhaven Lake sign.
The other was of a rural mailbox which was crushed, apparently having been hit with
something like a baseball bat. The article extorted these actions and offered $100
REWARD FOR KNOWLEDGE OF THIS VANDALISM. Oh, boy! The Seven were now concerned,
especially since none knew anything about the rural mailbox crushing scandal.
The second happening was: As they drove, returning to Cannelton from Tell City,
reading the Perry County News aloud in the car, they approached Fennhaven Lake. A
very nice brand new sign had been erected. As before, the Tell City side read "Tell
City Fennhaven Lake". Immediately their anger rose! As they passed the sign to read
it from the Cannelton side, lo and behold, the sign read "Cannelton Fennhaven Lake".
Cheers arose! Someone up above had gotten the message!
There was much "sign" talk a couple of days later after senior graduation
ceremonies. The Seniors involved felt vindicated, although they did wonder what would
happen if someone gave them up. ($100 was a LOT of money in 1963!) No one did. A
few years ago, at the 40-year reunion, this was a positive topic of discussion. By
now, times had changed. Cannelton had continued to wither as the town lost
population, the 2nd smallest-high-school in Indiana graduated 27, and The County Seat
was moved (some say stolen) to Tell City. The lake sign was now back to the original
"Fennhaven Lake". Of the Seven involved, only two had remained in The Perry County
area. Such a small and unimportant thing, while theoretically and probably morally
wrong, was still, forty years later, a sense of pride for The Seniors.

Some afterthoughts to put things into perspective.... In 1963...

Vietnam troubles mount
Beatlemania begins
Zip Codes and Touch Tone Phones are invented
costs:
Gas = 30 cents per gal;
loaf of bread is 20 cents;
movie theater = 25 cents
Smitty's favorite songs:
Hey Paula -- Paul and Paula
Blue Velvet -- Bobby Vinton
It's My Party -- Lesley Gore
Slang of the era:
"Bread" = money
"Blitzed" = drunk
"Pad" = house or home
"Fox" = an outstanding looking girl or woman
"Cool" = nice
"Scarf" = eat/gobble food very fast

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. A certain someone
should cut down on the drinking and practice more, after losing 8 points to LEOPOLD.
(Discrete enough, CAPTAIN'S LOG?) MARCH HARE found out that LIN TIRIAN isn't a
democracy. You've gotta be the best to be Duelmaster here! 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. To quell some
nasty rumors, the guys in PERRY COUNTY are not carrying any incurable diseases. No
need to avoid 'em. As a woman of good breeding scorns the "warriors" of SS03 03, so
did that sorry team shy from PERRY COUNTY Is it charming personality? Conversational
abilities? Good oral hygiene? Whatever it is, STUNNING INLAY is the most challenged
warrior. MY RULE OF THUMB challenged STUNNING INLAY! Who says SS03 03 are just a
bunch of wimps! MY RULE OF THUMB of SS03 03 kept his wits as he overcame STUNNING
INLAY.
Is there life after death? Pragmatics (and warriors) know there is death after
life! Questions are being raised about the disposing of severed body parts in the
arena. A certain tavern in LIN TIRIAN would I avoid!
All good things must come to an end. As if buffeted by forces of nature beyond
my control, I must take my leave of this place. Can anything compare to the pleasure
of writing Spyreports for LIN TIRIAN? On that giddy note I take my leave--
Novgorodny Vir

DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
CARVED HEART 3429 12 5 0 114 HOWLIN CASE (352)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
MY RULE OF THUMB 3560 7 2 0 104 SS03 03 (383)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
STUNNING INLAY 3428 22 11 0 103 HOWLIN CASE (352)
DENTED 3390 10 3 1 98 HOWLIN CASE (352)

CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
MARCH HARE 3517 18 17 0 88 SAND DANCERS (68)
BOBWHITE 3516 17 20 0 74 SAND DANCERS (68)
-TAINTED SHUGENJA 3368 16 19 1 73 L5R PHOENIX CLAN (361)
LEOPOLD 3546 9 4 1 68 PERRY COUNTY (374)

ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
AGONY 3575 3 1 0 48 ANGELS OF TORMENT (384)
RIZZA 3464 2 0 0 47 BAD BLOOD II (365)
CAPTAIN'S LOG 3490 3 1 0 44 PANTS SOUP 002 (376)
MEDIO CUR 3545 9 9 0 36 SAND DANCERS (68)

CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-THE NAMELESS ONE 3534 3 1 0 28 L5R PHOENIX CLAN (361)
-SHIRYO NO CH'I 3536 2 2 0 25 L5R PHOENIX CLAN (361)

INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
TROY 3532 4 3 0 21 PERRY COUNTY (374)
EPHRAIM 3570 4 2 0 21 SAND DANCERS (68)
JENSON 3564 4 5 0 17 SAND DANCERS (68)
-TSUKUNE(EXPERIENCED) 3535 2 1 0 15 L5R PHOENIX CLAN (361)
-ST. CROIX 3568 3 1 0 14 PERRY COUNTY (374)
-TOBINSPORT 3569 1 1 0 11 PERRY COUNTY (374)
-DIRTY WIPE 3492 1 0 1 10 PANTS SOUP 002 (376)
-MY DOCTOR FRIEND 3561 2 2 0 8 SS03 03 (383)
-SHIBA KATSUDA 3533 1 3 0 6 L5R PHOENIX CLAN (361)
-MY FIFTEEN SECONDS 3563 1 1 0 4 SS03 03 (383)
TROUSER CHOWDER 3514 0 3 0 3 PANTS SOUP 002 (376)
-MY DIRTY SECRET 3562 0 1 0 1 SS03 03 (383)

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

THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?

PERSONAL ADS

A Carved Heart piker on top? Duelmaster! Salute. -- Smitty

With the upcoming FTF, the maxed participants, and slowness of replacement arrivals,
we Perry Countians may be light with warrior battles for the short term. -- Smitty

Medio Cur, I sorta got a chuckle out of fighting one as experienced as you. I hope I
learned a lot. -- Leopold

Jensen, whew! Glad that is over. I was L U C K Y. -- Troy

Perry County, land of good ole rednecks like me. -- Smitty

LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

MY RULE OF THUMB bested STUNNING INLAY in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge fight.
AGONY demolished MEDIO CUR in a popular 1 minute gruesome one-sided Challenge melee.
TROY was devastated by RIZZA in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge contest.
CARVED HEART overpowered MARCH HARE in a 1 minute mismatched Title match.
DENTED defeated BOBWHITE in a crowd pleasing 1 minute veteran's struggle.
LEOPOLD handily defeated CAPTAIN'S LOG in a 1 minute uneven fight.
JENSON won victory over TROUSER CHOWDER in a action packed 3 minute gruesome duel.
EPHRAIM defeated CULT MEMBER in a 2 minute duel.

BATTLE REPORT

MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|SLASHING ATTACK 5 PARRY-STRIKE 5 - 1 - 0 83 |
|STRIKING ATTACK 4 STRIKING ATTACK 26 - 8 - 2 76 |
|AIMED BLOW 1 LUNGING ATTACK 5 - 3 - 0 63 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 1 BASHING ATTACK 3 - 2 - 0 60 |
|LUNGING ATTACK 1 AIMED BLOW 8 - 6 - 0 57 |
|WALL OF STEEL 1 WALL OF STEEL 5 - 4 - 0 56 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 TOTAL PARRY 10 - 13 - 0 43 |
|TOTAL PARRY 1 SLASHING ATTACK 15 - 25 - 0 38 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 0 PARRY-RIPOSTE 3 - 7 - 0 30 |
|BASHING ATTACK 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 - 0 0 |

Turn 742 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 SLASHING ATTACK 1 - 4 4 STRIKING ATTACK
PARRY-STRIKE 1 - 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 2 SLASHING ATTACK
LUNGING ATTACK 1 - 0 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 1 1 PARRY-STRIKE
WALL OF STEEL 1 - 0 BASHING ATTACK 0 - 0 1 AIMED BLOW
STRIKING ATTACK 3 - 1 TOTAL PARRY 0 - 1 1 TOTAL PARRY
1 PARRY-RIPOSTE
1 LUNGING ATTACK

TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
PARRY-STRIKE CARVED HEART 3429 12 5 0 114 HOWLIN CASE (352)
AIMED BLOW MY RULE OF THUMB 3560 7 2 0 104 SS03 03 (383)
TOTAL PARRY STUNNING INLAY 3428 22 11 0 103 HOWLIN CASE (352)
STRIKING ATTACK DENTED 3390 10 3 1 98 HOWLIN CASE (352)
SLASHING ATTACK MARCH HARE 3517 18 17 0 88 SAND DANCERS (68)
LUNGING ATTACK RIZZA 3464 2 0 0 47 BAD BLOOD II (365)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is MARCH HARE 3517. The most popular warrior this turn
was TROUSER CHOWDER 3514. The ten other most popular fighters were AGONY 3575,
CARVED HEART 3429, DENTED 3390, JENSON 3564, MY RULE OF THUMB 3560, RIZZA 3464, MARCH
HARE 3517, LEOPOLD 3546, EPHRAIM 3570, and STUNNING INLAY 3428.

The least popular fighter this week was CAPTAIN'S LOG 3490. The other ten least
popular fighters were BOBWHITE 3516, TROY 3532, MEDIO CUR 3545, STUNNING INLAY 3428,
EPHRAIM 3570, LEOPOLD 3546, MARCH HARE 3517, RIZZA 3464, MY RULE OF THUMB 3560, and
JENSON 3564.