DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 03/28/2018    Duedate: 04/10/2018

SHADOWSPIRE ARENA

DM-81    TURN-290

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

BARSTOOL BRAD
INEBRIATION (27)
(81-2706) [17-14-1,109]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

PSYCHO STYX                    POSITION IS EMPTY
KILL EM ALL (173)              
(81-2771) [21-18-2,141]        

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

SIR RACHA                      BARSTOOL BRAD
OTTO'S DINER (96)              INEBRIATION (27)
(81-2853) [16-11-0,103]        (81-2706) [17-14-1,109]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

PRAY THE GODS (155)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. WAR MACHINE (26)            59
2. FROM THE LEFT (166)         45      SHANGHAIED (161)
3. INEBRIATION (27)            43      Unchartered Team
4. WICKED MARTYRS (148)        31
5. KILL EM ALL (173)           31       (-1)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 2 SHANGHAIED (161)         181 136  8 57.1   1/ 1 PRAY THE GODS (155)       9  5 1
 2/ 3 CULT OF BACCHUS (4)      569 450 20 55.8   2/ 3 KILL EM ALL (173)         9  6 2
 3/ 4 DARQUE AGES (29)         626 575 27 52.1   3/ 5 SHANGHAIED (161)          9  6 0
 4/ 6 KILL EM ALL (173)        101  93  7 52.1   4/ 7 CULT OF BACCHUS (4)       8  5 0
 5/ 5 OTTO'S DINER (96)        581 540 28 51.8   5/ 2 BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)   8  7 0
 6/ 7 WICKED MARTYRS (148)     281 264 11 51.6   6/ 6 FROM THE LEFT (166)       7  8 1
 7/ 8 BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)   48  49  3 49.5   7/ 9 MONSTER MANUAL (87)       7  8 0
 8/ 9 PRAY THE GODS (155)      177 183 13 49.2   8/13 WAR MACHINE (26)          6  4 2
 9/10 FROM THE LEFT (166)       78  86  5 47.6   9/ 4 DARQUE AGES (29)          6  9 0
10/11 MONSTER MANUAL (87)      505 603 21 45.6  10/10 OTTO'S DINER (96)         6  9 0
11/12 INEBRIATION (27)         170 271 13 38.5  11/ 8 WICKED MARTYRS (148)      5  9 0
12/13 WAR MACHINE (26)         133 223 20 37.4  12/11 INEBRIATION (27)          3 12 0

    '*'   Unchartered team                       '-'  Team did not fight this turn
   (###)  Avoid teams by their Team Id          ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank

                                    TEAM SPOTLIGHT

     "Uhh... puh."
     "That's good.  Sound it out."
     "How do you spell it again?"
     "U...  P..."
     "Yoo pee," Choke continued to struggle.
     "Close," Malakai encouraged.
     "Uyphy."
     "No, that's someone's name and I'm pretty sure you don't say it that way."
     "And what's the other word?"
     "Challenge."
     "Chill-end."
     "Hmm, you just don't seem to have the tongue for those two words," Malakai 
commented.
     "Hey wait a minute.  Is this even legal?"  Choke asked.
     "Sure it is."
     "I mean, we ARE talking about Den here."
     "Yeah, so?"
     "And he wouldn't lie to us, would he?"
     "Oh my god, Up Challenges are perfectly legal."
     "Actually, they're not..."  Weirdo interjected as he clung to some ancient text, 
tattered and stained by time.  The corners of each page seemed to be curling up on 
itself as well.
     "Okaay, whatcha got there?" Malakai asked.
     "The Red Book of Alastari," Weirdo said.
     "But it's not red," Choke asked confused.
     "That's just the title you idiot!"  Weirdo exclaimed.
     "But didn't it used to..."
     "Shut up!"  Weirdo cut off Malakai.  "It's The Duelmasters Battle Rules Edition 
1-B."
     "Isn't that a little dated?" Malakai asked.
     "The rules of arena combat never change!  Everyone knows that if there's a new 
edition released, it's just a slow time of year and the scribes are desperately trying 
to convince the Gladiatorial Commission to still pay them, even though they're only 
fixing typos.  Anyway, there's nothing in here about Up Challenges."
     "Maybe you're missing a few pages, boss?"  Choke asked.
     "And maybe you're missing a few marbles!  I'm a Certified Arena Combat Manager.  
I know every rule by heart, and no manager would ever have a different interpretation 
of these sacred rules, let alone break them."
     "So what you're saying is Den lied to us in some sad attempt to manipulate our 
team?"  Malakai inquired.
     "Precisely.  And his special kind of treachery will not be tolerated!  We must 
protect the integrity of the arena... of Shadowspire... of.. of... Alastari!  Malakai, 
prepare the Down Challenges!"
     "Got 'em right here, sir."
     "Yes, very nice.  Very nice.  What the...  Malakai!?!"
     "What?"  Malakai smiled sardonicly.
     "One of your challenges is not a Down Challenge!"
     "Relax."  Malakai grinned confidently.  "It couldn't possibly go through..."

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                               SHADOWSPIRE YELLOW PRESS

                                FACES OF DEATH EDITION
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Welcome, Shadowspirians, to this edition of the SYP!  Today we will be focused upon 
the fickle entity of Death.  I would normally say fickle mistress, but Ahringol gets 
all bent out of shape when I refer to him as such.  For the god of the dead, he sure 
is a sensitive soul!

While I am not privy to such information in other arenas, save Seam, Shadowspire does 
not seam to be too excessive when it comes to death.  The frequency of death 
fluctuates depending on the size of the arena.  We are currently at the lowest levels 
of this fine arena's history in terms of active teams, so deaths have been few.  
Following are some of the relevant stats as it pertains to death here in our grand 
city of Shadowspire.

TOTAL DEATHS (turns 1-289):  1972

DARK ARENA DEATHS (turns 1-289):  1251 (63% of all deaths in Shadowspire occur in the 
Dark Arena)

The Dark Arena "monsters" are a busy group gladiators with the grueling task of 
weeding out the weak and unfit for the games.  A few are more active than others, as 
you will see in this list that tallies the kills for each.

                                  STONE GOLEM -- 136
                                   BLACK ORC -- 134
                                 SHEWISH GIANT -- 132
                                  ARENAMASTER -- 131
                                MOUNTAIN TROLL -- 125
                                 DARK CHAMPION -- 125
                                   WURM KIN -- 123
                                 BANDIT PRINCE -- 119
                                   SPYMASTER -- 114
                                   HIGH ELF -- 112

The Dark Arena does not come without its own dangers for the gladiators.  In the 
course of 289 turns, warriors of all skill levels have killed 39 of these "monsters."  
Once again, some appear to be more resilient than others.  Here is how many times each 
has been slain.  It is also worthy of noting that no one has ever slain Arenamaster or 
Wurm Kin in Shadowspire.

                                 SHEWISH GIANT -- 14
                                    HIGH ELF -- 11
                                  DARK CHAMPION -- 5
                                    BLACK ORC -- 3
                                  BANDIT PRINCE -- 2
                                 MOUNTAIN TROLL -- 2
                                    SPYMASTER -- 1
                                   STONE GOLEM -- 1

The Dark Arena is a tool, like many others available to managers for the successful 
management of their gladiator guilds.  A few managers like to use it more than others.  
Here are the top 3 most... uhm, active managers when it comes to using the Dark Arena.

                             OTTO'S DINER -- 66 DA Deaths
                             DARQUE AGES -- 57 DA Deaths
                            MONSTER MANUAL -- 45 DA Deaths

Last of all, we take a look at total deaths for each of the active teams (as of turn 
289).  Here you will see the total number of deaths for each team, along with Dark 
Arena deaths.  No surprise, but the leading users of the Dark Arena lead this list as 
well.

                               OTTO'S DINER -- 85 (66)
                                DARQUE AGES -- 81 (57)
                              MONSTER MANUAL -- 69 (45)
                                INEBRIATION -- 54 (43)
                                WAR MACHINE -- 49 (36)
                              CULT OF BACCHUS -- 36 (16)
                               PRAY THE GODS -- 32 (27)
                               FROM THE LEFT -- 20 (15)
                              WICKED MARTYRS -- 20 (10)
                                 SHANGHAIED -- 13 (6)
                                 KILL EM ALL -- 6 (2)
                              BIG LAKE SOLUTION -- 5 (1)

My goal is to have a new SYP for you every 5 turns, so look for new editions on every 
turn ending with 0 or 5.  I hope you have found this to be informative.  We will look 
at everyone's favorite (hated) topic next time as we peer into our Lord Protectors and 
the best (and worst) of those immortals.  I will see you next time, dear readers!

                                          -- Phineas Rannulf

                                 DUELMASTER'S COLUMN
                             Notes from the arena champ.

Welp, it looks like I held onto this here chair (pats the DM throne) for another turn.  
That makes me the first warrior for BlowHard (BlackHart yells "BlackHart, damn you!" 
in the background) to hold this here chair for consecks...consacsu...hmmm...more than 
one turn in a row.

What?  BlowHard just said "Try for another round."  Another round?!?! Don't mind if I 
do!  This rounds on BlowHard!  (heads for the door with a big, stupid grin)

(BlackHart looks like he could spit nails...)

                                         Your DM,
                                         Three Sheets
                                         2nd Degree Master of the Drunken Funky style

                                      SPY REPORT

     Thankyouthankyou.  It's great for me, The Unknown Spymaster to be back in 
SHADOWSPIRE.  Hope you enjoy the show.  Oh, who am I kidding?  I already got paid!  
For every winner there is a loser.  Speaking of losers, lets take a look at DARQUE 
AGES, who went down to 4th from 9th.  Life is tough.  Coming up with a solid 4-1-2 
outing, WAR MACHINE has advanced 5 places in the rankings.  Hey everybody, watch out 
for PSYCHO STYX, who flew up 37 points in the rankings after mashing MELLOW JELLO 
like a melon.  Keep your eye on this guy.  And falling like a basher in the top ten 
was BOALZEBUL, who dropped 27 points after a disappointing (to say the least) bout 
with DESTINY.  BARSTOOL BRAD got through to the Duelmaster this turn.  No doubt it 
was more than anxious to kick THREE SHEETS' tail out of the throne!  In front of all 
the crowds, BARSTOOL BRAD took the Duelmaster's crown for its own.  I give the bum 
two weeks.  Advice to bashers--never force anything, just get a bigger halberd!   
     Here is other news that is of note.  And hey, kiddies, those of you who didn't 
avoid CULT OF BACCHUS, please raise you hand.  Wow.  Does SHADOWSPIRE really have 
that many liars?  And you guys like to boo me?  Well, unsling your rasberries, cause 
WAR MACHINE beats feet every time CULT OF BACCHUS smiles at them.  Try farming, eh?  
And who is this GROUCHO SERF you ask, with 56 points and a 4-5-2 record.  Ooh, the 
tales I could tell!  Can any one out there say 'weasel'?  Oh well, just saying RUTU 
PARNA will do.  She challenged 16 points down to trash TENURED PROFESSOR.  Here is a 
definition of happiness:  TENURED PROFESSOR subdued RUTU PARNA to go from 4 to 21 
recognition points.  In a touching display by a 'touched' warrior, CHILD SMASHER went 
after SPHINX, who was higher by 18 points.  Well, when the dust settled, CHILD 
SMASHER was beat by SPHINX.   
     Remember that an arena is not always a safe place to be, but it is one of the 
most interesting, though!  For those of you who missed it, Death showed up, grabbed 
BOTTOM FEEDER by the ear and took him away to a place where he won't need a coat.  I 
have no doubt that KILL EM ALL will be celebrating long and loud their warrior PSYCHO 
STYX's slaying of MELLOW JELLO on the sands.  Yes, and another newbie bites the dust 
as BARD BOINNE goes down under the sword of DUMPPS.  Thanks to this, DUMPPS now has 
26 recognition points.  Knowing when to use the right tactics at the proper time is a 
very important step on the road to Duelmaster.   
     I think I had better cut this one short.  It's been nice chatting to those of 
you whom I have not offended yet.  Okay, so I may not be the world's best comedian, 
but then you guys aren't the world's best warriors.  Hasta la bye-bye.  (Loud 
choruses of 'Beat it, ya bum!')-- The Unknown Spymaster  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 BARSTOOL BRAD 2706           17  14  1   109       INEBRIATION (27)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 PSYCHO STYX 2771             21  18  2   141       KILL EM ALL (173)
 MALAKAI 2768                 24  15  1   108       KILL EM ALL (173)
 DESTINY 2703                 20  25  0   107       WICKED MARTYRS (148)
 SPHINX 2755                  16  19  2   107       MONSTER MANUAL (87)
 SIR RACHA 2853               16  11  0   103       OTTO'S DINER (96)
 MIGHTY MIXON 2870            14  11  0   102       CULT OF BACCHUS (4)
 THREE SHEETS 2869            17   9  1    94       SHANGHAIED (161)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 MODUIN 2909                  14   8  1    89       DARQUE AGES (29)
 NO-TEETH KEITH 2852          17  12  2    85       SHANGHAIED (161)
 CHILD SMASHER 2941            9   8  1    85       BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)
 JED SAWYER 2474              11  12  4    83       WAR MACHINE (26)
 CHOKE 2767                   21  18  0    81       KILL EM ALL (173)
 BOALZEBUL 2946               12   4  1    81       MONSTER MANUAL (87)
 QUICK 2926                   12   8  1    79       BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)
 SUBPAR SUE 2812              18  16  0    70       WICKED MARTYRS (148)
 BRACKISH 2782                15  23  1    69       WICKED MARTYRS (148)
 SKINNY LENNY 2971             9   4  0    69       SHANGHAIED (161)
 SOWER MOOD 2942               7  11  1    68       BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 POETRY SLAM 3017              4   2  1    66       FROM THE LEFT (166)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 GROUCHO SERF 3002             4   5  2    56       DARQUE AGES (29)
 PIERCER 2854                 12  13  1    54       MONSTER MANUAL (87)
 BENJAMIN 2905                11  11  0    50       WICKED MARTYRS (148)
 MARTIAL SLAW 2954             9   8  0    49       OTTO'S DINER (96)
 THE LEPER'S HAND 2940        10   8  0    44       BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)
 SILPA 3022                    3   2  1    41       PRAY THE GODS (155)
 STARVING ARTIST 2956          7   9  0    40       FROM THE LEFT (166)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 GREASE TRAP 2998              6   2  1    33       OTTO'S DINER (96)
 CURTIS TURNER 2643            3   3  1    33       WAR MACHINE (26)
 AZABELLE 2949                 6  10  0    32       CULT OF BACCHUS (4)
 RED DOG 2878                  7   4  0    31       INEBRIATION (27)
 TUTTER 3015                   3   2  0    29       PRAY THE GODS (155)
 AL ROPER 2612                 6   3  0    28       WAR MACHINE (26)
 DUMPPS 3044                   1   1  1    26       WAR MACHINE (26)
 M'LORD 2959                   5  10  0    25       CULT OF BACCHUS (4)
 NIGHT HAG 2980                5   4  0    25       MONSTER MANUAL (87)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 TENURED PROFESSOR 3040        2   1  0    21       FROM THE LEFT (166)
 THOUGHT POLICE 3039           2   1  0    20       FROM THE LEFT (166)
 MIMIC 2997                    4   4  0    17       MONSTER MANUAL (87)
 ALISTAR 3037                  2   0  0    17       CULT OF BACCHUS (4)
 SUBOPTIMAL 3038               2   0  0    16       CULT OF BACCHUS (4)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 EYE-PATCH WILLY 3020          2   1  0    15       SHANGHAIED (161)
 GLORYHOUND 3007               1   2  0    15       WAR MACHINE (26)
 RUTU PARNA 3014               3   2  1    12       PRAY THE GODS (155)
 KAMIKAZE 3042                 1   1  1    12       KILL EM ALL (173)
 KUSHNUMAH 3034                2   1  0     7       PRAY THE GODS (155)
 SPECIAL PURPOSE 3033          1   3  0     6       BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)
 HELEN BADE 3021               1   2  0     6       SHANGHAIED (161)
 SAVAGE 3043                   1   1  0     4       WICKED MARTYRS (148)
 DAME DE GOSNAI 3035           0   3  0     3       DARQUE AGES (29)
 RISHVI 3045                   0   1  0     1       PRAY THE GODS (155)

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
BLYTHE 2829            13 15 2 CULT OF BACCHUS 4    BOALZEBUL 2946        287   
BARD BOINNE 3031        3  1 0 DARQUE AGES 29       DUMPPS 3044           290   
NAGAVARMA 3032          2  2 0 DARQUE AGES 29       SILPA 3022            290   
HATEFUL RHETORIC 3026   1  4 0 FROM THE LEFT 166    MOUNTAIN TROLL        290  NONE
RACE BAITER 2992        3  3 0 FROM THE LEFT 166    RUTU PARNA 3014       287  JUST REVENGED
BLATZ 3053              0  1 0 INEBRIATION 27       BANDIT PRINCE         290  NONE
SCHLITZ 3054            0  1 0 INEBRIATION 27       HIGH ELF              290  NONE
SUMMIT 3052             0  1 0 INEBRIATION 27       KAMIKAZE 3042         290   
BOTTOM FEEDER 2989      4  7 1 KILL EM ALL 173      CURTIS TURNER 2643    290   
YELLOW BELLEY 3012      2  2 0 KILL EM ALL 173      POETRY SLAM 3017      288  REVENGED
BAD TIPPER 3051         0  1 0 OTTO'S DINER 96      BLACK ORC             290  NONE
MELLOW JELLO 2784      24 13 0 OTTO'S DINER 96      PSYCHO STYX 2771      290   

                                     PERSONAL ADS

Poetry Slam --
                                    Shock and Awe
                                     In your Craw
                                     I'm the Law
                                     Are ya Raw?
                                    Cry to yer Ma'
                                             -- Choke 

No-Teeth Keith -- What are you, the scouting report?  You know, when you were down on 
the ground and I was bashing your head in over and over and over I had a stunning 
revelation.  You are of rather stout constitution!  I feel if you save your breath you 
might make it out of this arena alive. -- Malakai

Otto -- I just discovered something wonderful; if I invert the letters of your name it 
spells 'Toot'.  Considering your preferred cuisine it's quite fitting, is it not?-- 
Shadowthrone

Phil -- Good to see you cleaning house. I am sure it's a Philthy task. -- Shadowthrone

Duhghotti -- Your silence is duly noted and accepted by the AA as an act of absolute 
submissiveness to our rule.  We find this pleasing and a fine example to the rest of 
the arena. -- Shadowthrone, Director of Torment, Psych Ops Div, AA

Blackshart -- Follow Duhghotti's example. -- Shadowthrone

Moduin -- Damn, boy!  You did just about everythin' except drop an anvil on my head.  
Good thing I brought my lucky shield. -- Three Sheets.

Malakai -- Huh?  Whut?  Whoa... -- No-Teeth Keith

Benjamin -- You looked really good until that throat slash.  Hope that didn't hurt 
your singing voice. -- Skinny Lenny

Dame De Gosnai -- I don't normally go for the ladies, but I do like your endurance. -- 
Helen Bade

Thought Police -- Plum wore ye out, I did! -- Eye-Patch Willy

Three Sheets -- You sure can take a beating.  It must be the alcohol blunting your 
pain tolerance. -- Moduin

Helen Bade -- I have no idea what I am doing.  I better shape up or its going to be a 
fight by torchlight for me soon. -- Dame de Gosnai

Piercer -- Imagine that!  Nearly triple the fight experience I have and you won!  I 
don't know who is making these match ups at the Commission, but they need to be fired 
before it kills me. -- Groucho Serf

Al Roper -- I may try that match up again later.  I'm probably gonna need a bigger 
sword. -- Nagavarma

Gloryhound -- You are a great teacher!  A little on the active side for me, but 
still.. the learns! -- Bard Boinne

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

HATEFUL RHETORIC was dealt death by MOUNTAIN TROLL in a 2 minute Dark Arena fight.
SCHLITZ was slaughtered by HIGH ELF in a 1 minute Dark Arena battle.
BLATZ was put to death by BANDIT PRINCE in a 2 minute gory Dark Arena match.
BAD TIPPER was slaughtered by BLACK ORC in a 1 minute bloody Dark Arena brawl.
CHOKE was narrowly defeated by POETRY SLAM in a 2 minute one-sided Bloodfeud fight.
BARSTOOL BRAD viciously subdued THREE SHEETS in a 7 minute Challenge Title brawl.
MIGHTY MIXON overpowered QUICK in a 2 minute mismatched Challenge brawl.
JED SAWYER savagely defeated SUBPAR SUE in a 2 minute expert's Challenge melee.
SIR RACHA viciously subdued MODUIN in a 1 minute veteran's Challenge duel.
CHILD SMASHER was savagely defeated by SPHINX in a exciting 1 minute Challenge fight.
TUTTER was overpowered by GROUCHO SERF in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge fight.
CURTIS TURNER murdered BOTTOM FEEDER in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge competition.
RED DOG viciously subdued M'LORD in a exciting 5 minute bloody Challenge battle.
GLORYHOUND overpowered SAVAGE in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge conflict.
SPECIAL PURPOSE was overpowered by NIGHT HAG in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge duel.
HELEN BADE was viciously subdued by SUBOPTIMAL in a 1 minute Challenge duel.
NAGAVARMA was butchered by SILPA in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge brawl.
RUTU PARNA was defeated by TENURED PROFESSOR in a 4 minute novice's Challenge bout.
PSYCHO STYX savagely slew MELLOW JELLO in a unpopular 10 minute veteran's match.
MALAKAI devastated BRACKISH in a 1 minute one-sided bout.
BOALZEBUL was vanquished by DESTINY in a action packed 1 minute one-sided match.
NO-TEETH KEITH handily defeated PIERCER in a exciting 1 minute gory one-sided contest.
SOWER MOOD overpowered AZABELLE in a popular 1 minute one-sided duel.
MARTIAL SLAW was vanquished by SKINNY LENNY in a 1 minute one-sided fight.
BENJAMIN subdued STARVING ARTIST in a 3 minute melee.
THE LEPER'S HAND savagely defeated AL ROPER in a 2 minute gruesome duel.
MIMIC was overpowered by GREASE TRAP in a 1 minute one-sided fray.
EYE-PATCH WILLY slimly won victory over DAME DE GOSNAI in a 3 minute novice's duel.
KUSHNUMAH was overpowered by THOUGHT POLICE in a 5 minute uneven duel.
ALISTAR overpowered RISHVI in a 1 minute one-sided match.
KAMIKAZE assassinated SUMMIT in a 1 minute one-sided fight.
DUMPPS executed BARD BOINNE in a 1 minute uneven bout.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|LUNGING ATTACK                  17         BASHING ATTACK    40 -  39 -  5      51  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   7         TOTAL PARRY       20 -  20 -  0      50  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    7         LUNGING ATTACK    70 -  72 -  6      49  |
|AIMED BLOW                       5         SLASHING ATTACK   16 -  17 -  0      48  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  5         WALL OF STEEL     30 -  32 -  0      48  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      5         PARRY-RIPOSTE     11 -  12 -  0      48  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      4         PARRY-LUNGE       18 -  20 -  2      47  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  4         AIMED BLOW        22 -  25 -  0      47  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     3         PARRY-STRIKE       7 -   8 -  0      47  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    3         STRIKING ATTACK   25 -  33 -  2      43  |

Turn 290 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         3 -  2     LUNGING ATTACK     8 -  9         4  WALL OF STEEL  
STRIKING ATTACK    3 -  2     WALL OF STEEL      3 -  4         3  LUNGING ATTACK 
TOTAL PARRY        3 -  2     PARRY-STRIKE       1 -  2         2  TOTAL PARRY    
BASHING ATTACK     4 -  3     PARRY-RIPOSTE      1 -  2         1  BASHING ATTACK 
                              PARRY-LUNGE        1 -  3         1  STRIKING ATTACK
                              SLASHING ATTACK    1 -  3     

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
TOTAL PARRY      BARSTOOL BRAD 2706         17  14  1  109 INEBRIATION (27)
LUNGING ATTACK   PSYCHO STYX 2771           21  18  2  141 KILL EM ALL (173)
WALL OF STEEL    MALAKAI 2768               24  15  1  108 KILL EM ALL (173)
BASHING ATTACK   NO-TEETH KEITH 2852        17  12  2   85 SHANGHAIED (161)
STRIKING ATTACK  CHILD SMASHER 2941          9   8  1   85 BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)
PARRY-RIPOSTE    QUICK 2926                 12   8  1   79 BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)
AIMED BLOW       SUBPAR SUE 2812            18  16  0   70 WICKED MARTYRS (148)
SLASHING ATTACK  MARTIAL SLAW 2954           9   8  0   49 OTTO'S DINER (96)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is SIR RACHA 2853.  The most popular warrior this turn 
was BARSTOOL BRAD 2706.  The ten other most popular fighters were THREE SHEETS 2869, 
RED DOG 2878, TENURED PROFESSOR 3040, JED SAWYER 2474, M'LORD 2959, RUTU PARNA 3014, 
THE LEPER'S HAND 2940, POETRY SLAM 3017, MIGHTY MIXON 2870, and SIR RACHA 2853.

The least popular fighter this week was MELLOW JELLO 2784.  The other ten least 
popular fighters were BARD BOINNE 3031, SUMMIT 3052, RISHVI 3045, THOUGHT POLICE 
3039, MIMIC 2997, AL ROPER 2612, MARTIAL SLAW 2954, AZABELLE 2949, BRACKISH 2782, and 
PSYCHO STYX 2771.

                                CHALLENGES AND AVOIDS

To clarify:  You issue Challenges to warriors, but Avoid teams.  
To Challenge, write that warrior's name and ID# in the space provided. 
To Avoid, write the team's name and Team ID in that space. 
Make sure you include the ID!

                             * * * * *   MEMO  * * * * *

From:       The Office of Accurate Census Reporting, Gladiatorial Commission
To:         All Managers

In the interest of preserving our natural resources and preventing managerial writer's 
cramp, the census form has been eliminated, effective immediately.  Managers may 
register their warriors' races and/or favorite sayings by simply writing them on a 
separate piece of paper and submitting them to the Commission.  Each warrior may have 
up to 15 favorite sayings.  Each saying must be categorized Jeer, Gloat, Boredom, Ouch, 
Victory and may be up to 70 characters long.  For any questions, please contact the 
Gladiatorial Commission. 

  This is just a reminder to all participants in this arena that it is a no-tourney

arena, and is therefore subject to the no-tourney rules.  The pledge all participants 
took when they entered this arena is as follows:

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                               NO-TOURNEY ARENA PLEDGE

    * I pledge that I will not send warriors from this team to a tournament, nor 
      will I use a tournament prize on a warrior from this team.
    * I pledge to run a full team when I run turns in this arena.  If circumstances 
      preclude my running less than a full team, I will notify the Player Committee.
    * I agree to abide by the decisions of the Player Committee.
    * I understand that any warrior that participates in a tournament or receives 
      a tournament prize shall be sent to the Dark Arena until they are dead.

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Best of luck in the arena!

                                NAME CHANGE-O-RAMA

     Algernon, who had NOT gotten the name change he'd asked for, looked at the latest 
petitioner.  This was a typical gladiator, big, muscular, and scarred, with a frown.  
"Ah, what can I do for you?"
     "Name change.  I heard we can do that.  I'm tired of being Jane Doe."
     "I'd think you would be," Algernon said faintly.  "The Commission has actually 
been thinking about this.  It isn't FREE, mind you!  It takes money to run our office, 
you know, and we want to buy some goats--"
     "I don't care about goats!"  He made a crude suggestion about goats.
     "Gladiators, teams, it will cost you two dollars to make a change--"
     "I had a talk with my manager.  He'll find the money.  I want to change my name 
to Jane Ralph.  I'm no doe!"  He thumped a fist on the counter.
     "Er, yes.  Jane Ralph.  Fill out this form, please."  He pushed the paper across 
the counter.  "The changes start on the 15th of April--that's the Ides, you know, and 
can be submitted through the end of May.  With the payment.  No change without the 
goat, ah, the gold."

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     Warrior and team name changes will be accepted beginning April 15 and continuing 
throughout the month of May.  The cost will be $2 per name change.  All proceeds will 
be used to buy goats via Heifer International and will be matched up to $500.  
If you have names you want to change, please contact Customer Service. -- RSI

                        TEAM AND CHARACTER MAINTENANCE SERVICE

     As a service to all managers, we offer team and character maintenance.  This 
option allows you to make sure your team or selected warriors will never miss a turn!

     Team Maintenance:  This will cause all warriors on that team to fight every 
     turn; if it's an AD arena, any new warriors who arrive on that team will 
     fight the turn they arrive.  In A.D. or in transfer arenas where you have 
     multiple teams, each team will need to separately be on Team Maintenance.  
     (The only exception is new warriors; they will not fight until they have had 
     their initial strategy input.)  

     Character Maintenance:  This will cause only that warrior to fight every 
     turn.  If the character graduates or changes arenas, he/she/it will stay on 
     Character Maintenance.

     In either case, you may submit strategy sheets for your warriors each turn, if 
you wish.  The Team/Character Maintenance will make sure your warriors fight each 
turn, and they will always use their most recently entered strategy.
     Remember that challenges, avoids, and challenge/if challenged strategies will not 
carry through from turn to turn.  These sections are only used on the turn they are 
entered.  In order to continually challenge or avoid you will need to submit a 
strategy sheet each time. 
     One other thing to remember about maintenance:  Maintenance is not something 
that you write on your turnsheet (like in demo tourneys).  In order to add or remove 
maintenance for a team or warrior, you must send a note to Customer Service.  If you 
just write things like this on your strategy sheet, they may or may not get done.  
Likewise, don't write it on your personal ads.  Please, please, please put it on a 
separate piece of paper with "Customer Service" written on the top.  If you don't, 
well, you can imagine.
     Thanks for your time.  Good luck in Duelmasters! -- Green Eyes