DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 05/18/2022    Duedate: 05/31/2022

SHADOWSPIRE ARENA

DM-81    TURN-398

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

ZEHDEA
CLAN LONGBEARD (39)
(81-3577) [18-9-0,151]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

ZEHDEA                         ZORRO
CLAN LONGBEARD (39)            HEROES & VILLAINS (197)
(81-3577) [18-9-0,151]         (81-3706) [4-1-0,46]

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

ZAGRID                         CHRISTINE DE PIZAN
CLAN LONGBEARD (39)            DARQUE AGES (29)
(81-3528) [22-12-1,88]         (81-3727) [1-1-0,12]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

LITERATE LOONS (40)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. DARQUE AGES (29)            46
2. BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)     44      MIRKWOOD ORCS (188)
3. CLAN LONGBEARD (39)         36      Unchartered Team
4. PRAY THE GODS (155)         35
5. KILL 'EM ALL (173)          25      HEROES & VILLAINS (197)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 1 MIRKWOOD ORCS (188)      143  97  6 59.6   1/ 8 LITERATE LOONS (40)      11  4 1
 2/ 3 CULT OF BACCHUS (4)      848 689 27 55.2   2/ 3 KILL 'EM ALL (173)       10  4 1
 3/ 4 KILL 'EM ALL (173)       289 238 25 54.8   3/ 1 CLAN LONGBEARD (39)      10  5 0
 4/ 2*HEROES & VILLAINS (197)   13  11  0 54.2   4/ 5 CULT OF BACCHUS (4)       9  4 1
 5/ 5 NBA LEGENDS (156)        112  98  9 53.3   5/ 9 WICKED MARTYRS (148)      8  4 0
 6/ 6 CLAN LONGBEARD (39)      779 683 29 53.3   6/10 DARQUE AGES (29)          8  7 1
 7/ 7 DARQUE AGES (29)         906 826 39 52.3   7/ 6 MIRKWOOD ORCS (188)       8  7 1
 8/ 8 PRAY THE GODS (155)      406 379 26 51.7   8/ 2 NBA LEGENDS (156)         8  7 0
 9/ 9 WICKED MARTYRS (148)     521 523 21 49.9   9/12*HIGH ORDER (123)          6  9 2
10/10 BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)  297 319 20 48.2  10/ 4 MADNESS (190)             6  9 1
11/13 LITERATE LOONS (40)      624 725 29 46.3  11/ 7*HEROES & VILLAINS (197)   5  9 0
12/11 MADNESS (190)             55  65  2 45.8  12/13 PRAY THE GODS (155)       4  1 0
13/12 PEN ISLAND SKEETER (195)  24  30  1 44.4  13/11 PEN ISLAND SKEETER (195)  4 10 1
14/14 OHS ALUMNI (183)         200 301 15 39.9  14/15 BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)   4 11 0
15/15*HIGH ORDER (123)          13  26  3 33.3  15/14 OHS ALUMNI (183)          4 11 0
16-16*THE NEW WAVE (196)         3  12  0 20.0  16-16*THE NEW WAVE (196)        1  4 0

    '*'   Unchartered team                       '-'  Team did not fight this turn

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
   (###)  Avoid teams by their Team Id          ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank

                                    TEAM SPOTLIGHT

                                       THE 300

They slowly trudged along the finely-kempt and well-swept dirt road on their way to 
the normally quiet and unassuming town of SEAM. 300 of them in all, methodically 
making their way into town amid the gazes of their curious onlookers. Seam was a 
smallish town, full of ordinary folk who enjoyed an ordinary life; it was indeed not 
the type of town that one would expect to be one of the very few towns chosen to host 
the Games of the Arena. Some years back the town council was presented with the 
opportunity to once again be host to the games, but they did not want to make the same 
mistake twice. In short: the beauty and simplicity of the town was all but ruined by 
the dark magics that seemingly without fail came to every host town the first time 
that SEAM attempted to be a host so many years back.

The town council could not deny that the arena games brought a certain level of 
prosperity to any town that agreed to become a host. But unfortunately, this 
prosperity had a very strong dark side. It also brought with it thieves, thugs, and 
miscreants of every type. Hustlers, gamblers, drunkards, and whores. Hit-men and wise 
guys. Taverns open 'til all hours of the night... open practically on every corner.

However, the quiet and unassuming little town of SEAM has managed to escape the dark 
faction that seemed to accompany most every arena town this second time around. Their 
answer to this problem was very simple: no magic of any kind was allowed in the city 
limits. Furthermore, in order to guarantee that the town's arena fighters stay 
completely and totally uncorrupted by the allure of magic, all of them were required 
to remain in the town until when and if they were lucky enough to advance to the games 
at the Isle.

The town was extraordinary in how ordinary it actually was, and this was one thing 
that alfredo Frothingslosh himself loved so much about this lazy little town that he 
now called home. alfredo was not a rich man, but he did have a very strong standing 
with the spy commission and the other managers of the games... a standing that far 
surpassed his actual wealth, and he kept this standing by always being ready for any 
new opportunity that might come along. And in the case of having no such opportunity 
presenting itself for a long time, such as is the case now, alfredo also possessed a 
certain talent to create such an opportunity for himself.

When alfredo first went to the town council with his notion of sponsoring a contest, 
he was categorically turned down. But he realized that it was not the contest itself 
that the town council feared: it was the *prize*. Prizes generally meant magic. Magic 
almost always was accompanied by a hidden cost that the council did not have the 
desire or the willingness to pay. But one thing that alfredo was famous for was the 
ability to make the most of his young warriors without the need of relying on magic. 
And this special "knack" that he had helped him not only to think of a prize that the 
council might begrudgingly accept, but further, actually showcased, emphasized, and 
*celebrated* the ability to compete in the Games without resorting to magic.

What really sealed the deal was alfredo offering to round up the 300 recruits needed 
for the contest all on his own. At that point the council could hardly argue further. 
And that, my friends, brings us around full circle... back to the beginning of this 
little story: back to the 300 ordinary folk that I described shuffling past you into 
town.

They were men and women, young and not so young; they tended to be on the thin side 
(perhaps a little undernourished); most looked to be in dire need of a bath, but more 
than anything, these recruits were totally and completely ordinary. But that should 
change, and in a little more than a year from now... change it will. It is most 
definitely not clear now, but through hard work, training, and perhaps a bit of talent 
that they were not yet aware of, six of these ordinary recruits will rise and prove 
that indeed the once ordinary can become extraordinary. Six of these ordinary recruits 
will rise, proving themselves to be the "Cream of the Slosh."

***---------*---------*---------*---------**---------*---------*---------*---------***

The Frothingslosh Syndicate is proud to announce 99 Bottles of Beer III!!! (+ 100): 
Sponsored by ALFREDOVISION(TM): for a Better Tomorrow, and a Better Today.

The contest will be in honor and celebration of turn 199 of SEAM DM 20.

Your objective is simple: be the first team to accumulate 199 Bottles of Beer!

The first part of the contest will be a 15 turn "warm-up" starting on turn 184, due 
7/4/22, but you are encouraged to start your team as early as possible. During this 
casual "meet and greet" stage, all teams will earn one bottle per turn simply by 
fielding a full team of 5 warriors and writing at least one personal ad. BTW guys, for 
the sake of simplicity, your Host and Cruise director asks that you PLEASE do not sign 
your ad expecting me to know who you are. If you are not 100% certain, then please 
state very clearly EVERY TURN what team you are associated with so i do not have to go 
through past newsletters to try to figure out who you are. Also do not forget to write 
a personal ad for the turn 184 newsletter! Simply stating who you are would be great. 
Something like, "Hi Seam. I'm John, the manager of John's team" is certainly 
sufficient.

The real fireworks will start on turn 199, due on 1/30/23. That is when the teams will 
start to earn Bottles for Arena Performance, which will be earned/awarded as follows:

  * Bottles awarded for being active and writing a personal ad are discontinued.
  * 5 Bottles for each invite to ADM, AWARDED UPON THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF INVITE IN THE 
    NEWSLETTER with the opportunity to earn 1 extra bottle ON THE FOLLOWING TURN for 
    achieving a kill in the Dark Arena on their last fight. Note that this Bottle is a 
    "bonus;" you will also earn a Bottle for the win; bottles awarded for wins are 
    outlined below.
  * 3 Bottles for each turn as Duelmaster, with the opportunity to earn 1 extra bottle 
    for writing a Duelmaster's column COLLECTED ON THE FOLLOWING TURN when the column 
    is actually published. It does not have to be fancy but has to be "something": 99 
    words minimum.
  * 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1 Bottles for Team on the Move and Current Top Team. In the case 
    of ties, partial bottles will be awarded and will count towards your total.
  * 2 Bottles for Chartered Recognition Leader
  * 2 Bottles for This Week's Favorite
  * 2 Bottles for TOP CAREER HONORS Chartered Team
  * 0 Bottles for each turn as Overall Popularity Leader. Additionally, you will pay a 
    1 BOTTLE PENALTY on the following turn if you fail to post a personal ad 
    apologizing for your ostentatious behavior! OR...you can choose to brag further 
    about how astonishingly wonderful you actually are, and are more than worthy of 
    all the accolades you get from your adoring fans.
  * 1 Bottle for a successful Bloodfeud: limit two bottles per incident.
  * 2 Bottles for each Stylemaster as listed in the newsletter. In other words, the 
    rules for being awarded bottles for Stylemaster are the same as they are in the 
    arena: winning record, adept or above.
  * 1 bottle for each win, or two bottles for each kill in the regular arena. Warriors 
    that manage to return from the Dark Arena earn one bottle for the win only.

If more than one team achieves or surpasses 199 Bottles on the same turn, the team 
with the higher total will be the victor. Partial Bottles having been awarded make the 
event of a tie at the end much less likely; any fraction of a bottle lead that you may 
have *will* count. In the unlikely event that there is an exact tie for any place that 
receives a prize, those teams involved will continue playing until a winner can be 
decided.

The top three places will win one or more "Cream of the Slosh" replacements:

  * 1st Place: 3 CotS replacements
  * 2nd Place: 2 CotS replacements
  * 3rd Place: 1 CotS replacements

A CotS replacement is 10 standard, ordinary Duelmasters teamsheets that are specially 
"marked" and grouped together by the Spy Commision to be used for this single purpose 
only. The winning manager then chooses any one out of the 50 warriors on the 10 
teamsheets they wish to be their "Cream of the Slosh" replacement; the other 49 are 
simply discarded. Note that you are free to use your CotS replacement anytime you have 
an opening on your team; in other words, you are not required to Dark Arena nor do you 
have to pass on a good naturally occurring replacement.

However, CotS replacements will not be allowed to hide their status: all CotS 
replacements will be required to start its name with these three symbols: O^O (capital 
O, shift-6 [caret symbol], capital O. This surely will cause them to be a "target" of 
challenges, but also will serve as a badge of honor for them to wear proudly. In the 
case of winning multiple CotS replacements, you will be required to wait at least 10 
ACTIVE turns in between using your CotS replacements; you will only receive one CotS 
packet at a time. Just send a note in to the Spy Commission with your 10th turn's 
orders to receive your new CotS packet with your turn's results.

Note that 6 CotS replacements being won in total is the guaranteed minimum. I have 
been informed that if the contest has an unusually large turnout, the Spy Commission 
MAY choose to spice up the prize pool with additional CotS replacements. Understand 
there are no guarantees (other than them 6 as listed), and these Spies were rather 
"vague" and sometimes can be a little sketchy. But, for what it's worth, I figured I 
should pass the information on just in case it does actually have merit.

But that's not all! For those of you that wish to spice up the contest even further, 
we are featuring an additional and completely voluntary "Contest Within a Contest" for 
which there will be a one time fee of 6 RSI Gift Certificates to enter. The prize pool 
for the CWAC will be one "6-pack" of Duelmasters Gift Certificates (no cash value; 
each may be redeemed for one Duelmasters teamsheet) for every manager who chooses to 
participate. The prize pool will divided up among the winning players as follows:

  * 1st place: 1/2 of all the teamsheets
  * 2nd place: 1/3 of all the teamsheets
  * 3rd place: 1/6 of all the teamsheets

I just want to clarify that managers competing for the CWAC teamsheets are only 
competing against each other. So, for example, if you place second in the main contest 
but the main contest winner did not choose to participate in the CWAC, you will then 
be the first place winner of the CWAC (and receive half of all the sheets in the prize 
pool). Additionally, if the CWAC proves to be very popular and gets many entries, I 
may pay out more places. Any such decisions will be discussed and finalized prior to 
turn 199.

I will do my best to write a Contest Update every turn which will obviously be based 
on the totals from the previous turn. I also plan to start an email list that you may 
join if you wish. I will send out the updated contest standings to this list...likely 
very soon after the newsletter is posted; I will actually be so bold to suggest that I 
might get your contest update prior to getting your mail! So everyone can have up-to-
date standings, but also gives you the chance to point out any errors I might have 
made prior to sending in the official update to be printed in the newsletter.

Other Rules:

  * Once the first team equals or surpasses the required 199 Bottles total, THE 
    CONTEST IS OVER unless there are any ties to work out, and in that case the 
    contest will continue to the following turn ONLY for those teams involved. Your 
    official contest ranking will be based on whatever position you are holding at the 
    time that the first team(s) surpasses 199 bottles, even in the unlikely event of a 
    tie for first place and the winner has not yet been determined.
  * NO AVOIDS: This will be STRICTLY ENFORCED starting on Turn 199. Any team caught 
    avoiding will be REMOVED from the contest and their entry fee (if any) WILL NOT be 
    refunded! And trust me, with the number of nosy spy reporters out there, YOU WILL 
    get caught.
  * Cheating of any kind will not be tolerated and will be grounds for 
    disqualification. Coordinating challenges is allowed; non-aggression pacts are 
    allowed. "Taking a dive" (ie: throwing fights) is definitely NOT allowed. Any 
    allegations of cheating will be investigated seriously; any decision made by the 
    spy commission regarding said allegations will be final. Ladies and gentlemen: 
    let's keep this clean, okay? None of us are kids anymore!
  * Seam is a "non-tourney" arena, and as such you are required to field a full team 
    of 5 warriors every turn! Any warrior that has 1 FE or more missing the turn will 
    incur a 3-Bottle penalty for their team. You are highly encouraged to put your 
    entire team on maintenance, to guard against any mistakes. If you have a warrior 
    "accidentally' sit out the turn, you will "accidentally" incur a 3-bottle penalty 
    ;>. Any rookie warrior missing a turn will only incur a 1-Bottle penalty for 
    their team. I am aware that those poor noobs often get lost temporarily.
  * There will be no penalty for your *entire team* missing a turn. It is certainly 
    not recommended, however!
  * No tournament experience or "enhanced" warriors will be allowed.
  * If you wish to participate in the optional "contest within a contest," you must 
    announce your intention to participate prior to turn 190 being processed (due 
    9/26). The one-time entry fee of 6 RSI Gift Certificates will be charged to your 
    account at that time. 

YOU are invited; you are encouraged to start early if you like! The Frothingslosh 
Syndicate invites you to Bottle! Er...ah...battle!

                                 DUELMASTER'S COLUMN
                             Notes from the arena champ.

Greetings from the Throne, My guild mates call me Zed. I am surprised to be sitting 
here. I fought Narsil 4 months ago and in that fight I hit him 4 times for critical 
damage and dropped from exhaustion in minute 4. This time it only took 3 big hits and 
the Duelmaster quit in minute 2. These matches are fickle. It's like a roll of the 
dice and BOOM you are Duelmaster and now everyone wants a piece of you.

My boss asked me who I wanted to challenge and I said no one. He asked who I wanted to 
avoid and I said everyone.  So I am not challenging and avoiding the Killers and the 
Orcs. I think I got a 50/50 chance to stay Duelmaster and I am leaving it in the hands 
of the gods. Probably not the wisest thing to do, but sometimes you just hope the gods 
will protect you. It is how I got here, so let it ride. 

                                          -- The 'Spire Duelmaster, 
                                             Zehdea

                                      SPY REPORT

You are here.  I am here.  Let's get together and get this over with before we say 
something we might regret!  Yeah, it isn't much of a romantic opening, but I've never 
been a romantic.  I am a realist. Well, most of the time I'm a realist.  When I am at 
the horse track, I am an unlucky optimist, or at least that is what my bookie calls 
me. Anyway, lots of stuff happened today, so let's take a look at it.

Our title fight came down to a random matchup that just happened to be a rematch of 
last turn's title match.  Zehdea fought Narsil once again to determine who will be 
tops in The Spire.  It was the same result with Zehdea being victorious.  Congrats to 
Zehdea once again.  He is managed by Visionist.  It wasn't all bad news for Narsil 
though, he got an invite to the Isle, so congrats to our newest graduate, multi-time 
Duelmaster, and soon-to-be inductee into the Shadowspire Hall of Fame -- Narsil.

Today's By the Numbers is presented to you by Otto's Diner where you'll get 100% 
diarrhea 60% of the time.

     Fights:        38 (+3)
     DA Deaths:      2 (1-1 for the DA)
     Non-DA Deaths:  3
     Bloodfeuds:     4 (2-2 for challengers)
     Challenges:    12 (4-8-0-2 for challengers)

     Largest Up Challenge:  81 points!!!!  Yes, you read that correctly. It came via 
     blood feud, and even more astonishing - the CHALLENGER won.  XIQUEEL (81-3659) 
     (6-7-0,27) of BIG LAKE SOLUTION bloodfeuded BROKEN BLADE (81-3494) (16-19-2,108) 
     of MIRKWOOD ORCS. XIQUEEL viciously subdued BROKEN BLADE in a popular 1-minute 
     bloody Bloodfeud duel.

     Largest Down Challenger:  KAIBOSH (81-3546) (12-12-1,66) of KILL 'EM ALL 
     challenged ZORRO (81-3706) (4-0-0,44) of HEROES & VILLAINS. KAIBOSH defeated 
     ZORRO in a crowd-pleasing 1-minute one-sided Challenge match.

ZZZZZ.  No, I'm not sleeping, I'm just reading the warrior awards list!  Everyone 
individual award winner today has a Z in their name. They are a bunch of odd birds if 
you ask me.  We are also bidding farewell to a few warriors this turn.  Kareem, Wilt 
the Stilt, and Leeroy Jenkins are out the door.  Leeroy made it memorable by 
challenging the Dark Arena.  He won and leaves The Spire with a kill. The legends were 
not so fortunate.  Both Kareem and Wilt lost their final matches.  They are still 
immortal, but it must be a bummer to leave on a loss.  Good luck on the Isle of the 
Eye to each of you!

Our most avoided team today is back to the status quo.  Kill 'Em All is mostly avoided 
by Pray the Gods.  ZZZZZ, I am sleeping this time. Bucks Ina Tux was our most 
challenged warrior, but those looking for him on the sands were sorely disappointed.  
Den sends Buck to the Dark Arena, and he did not fare so well.  He loses to Shewish 
Giant in a 1-minute fight.  Speaking of death, there were a few others who pushed up 
the proverbial daisies today.  Do we even have daisies around here?  Whatever.  
Anyway, apart from Shewish Giant in the Dark Arena dying, we had Scatha from Mirkwood 
Orcs fall to Raymond Carver in a random matchup.  Because of some force in the 
universe needing balance, or just bad luck, who is to say, OHS Alumni then witnessed 
their warrior Orion Newark die after down challenging Kalranoth II.  In a more 
balanced challenge, Cleeter died at the hands of Margery Kempe too. I'm certain we 
will see some feuds next turn, so I look forward as the teams seek revenge!

Time for me to go.  I know some people talk about a natural high or just feelings of 
euphoria from doing what they love.  I got nothing like that going on here!  I need 
booze and lots of it to keep me grounded, both figuratively and literally.  I'll be 
down at the watering hole trying to forget a few years between leaving home and 
getting this gig.  Hopefully, it will only be those years and not something important 
like reading or walking.  There I go being optimistic again.  See you bums next turn!

                                          -- Huard DePriest

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 ZEHDEA 3577                  18   9  0   151       CLAN LONGBEARD (39)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 DEEP SIX 3597                18   2  2   143       KILL 'EM ALL (173)
 NARSIL 3401                  37  11  0   122       MIRKWOOD ORCS (188)
 BUYICA 3606                  11  11  1   113       WICKED MARTYRS (148)
 VELINA 3478                  24  16  1   112       CULT OF BACCHUS (4)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 FASTRADA 3607                12  10  0   112       DARQUE AGES (29)
 RINGIL 3633                  15   3  0   106       MIRKWOOD ORCS (188)
 THE LIMPER 3516              15  20  0    97       BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)
 KOOMADON 3602                14   8  0    97       CULT OF BACCHUS (4)
 UHKANT 3497                  26  13  0    93       CLAN LONGBEARD (39)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 FRAYED KNOT 3438             24  17  0    89       KILL 'EM ALL (173)
 ZAGRID 3528                  22  12  1    88       CLAN LONGBEARD (39)
 KYLE DEMONBLADE 3634          9  11  0    85       BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)
 HAKEEM 2521                  13  18  3    73       NBA LEGENDS (156)
 BROKEN BLADE 3494            16  20  2    70       MIRKWOOD ORCS (188)
 BROKEN 3644                  11   6  0    69       MADNESS (190)
 SPEKT 3541                   14  17  0    68       WICKED MARTYRS (148)
 KAIBOSH 3546                 13  12  1    68       KILL 'EM ALL (173)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SHIRLEY JACKSON 3582         12  13  0    66       LITERATE LOONS (40)
 DOOT 3603                    10   6  0    63       PRAY THE GODS (155)
 BAMNOR 3608                  12   9  0    59       CULT OF BACCHUS (4)
 RECLAN 3650                   7   2  0    58       PRAY THE GODS (155)
 RAYMOND CARVER 3543          12  18  1    57       LITERATE LOONS (40)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SARAH LINDER 3642            10   8  0    56       OHS ALUMNI (183)
 XIQUEEL 3659                  7   7  0    56       BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)
 CRIXX 3672                    8   4  1    52       WICKED MARTYRS (148)
 MARGERY KEMPE 3686            6   3  1    47       DARQUE AGES (29)
 ZORRO 3706                    4   1  0    46       HEROES & VILLAINS (197)
 DOROTHY PARKER 3591           9  15  1    43       LITERATE LOONS (40)
 OTTO'S FRY GUY 3648           8   7  1    42       CULT OF BACCHUS (4)
 YRVO 3666                     6   5  0    42       PEN ISLAND SKEETERS (195)
 RIP PAPA BEAR 3635            8  11  0    39       MADNESS (190)
 SHANKAR 3585                  9   8  0    38       PRAY THE GODS (155)
 LAUDINA 3658                  6   8  0    34       MADNESS (190)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 PISTOL PETE 3683              5   1  0    32       NBA LEGENDS (156)
 T-1000 3704                   4   1  0    32       HEROES & VILLAINS (197)
 SLAINE 3713                   4   0  0    30       CLAN LONGBEARD (39)
 STING 3661                    7   5  0    28       MIRKWOOD ORCS (188)
 SHELENA 1601                  6   2  0    28       HIGH ORDER (123)
 TINY TIM 3663                 7   6  0    27       MADNESS (190)
 SAI 3678                      5   1  0    26       PRAY THE GODS (155)
 ANTON CHEKHOV 3651            3  12  0    26       LITERATE LOONS (40)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 AVLUV 3670                    6   5  0    23       PEN ISLAND SKEETERS (195)
 PERCY 3688                    4   4  1    23       MADNESS (190)
 SAILASA 3692                  3   1  0    23       PRAY THE GODS (155)
-SEONA DANCING 3698            1   2  0    21       THE NEW WAVE (196)
 PRIVID 3665                   4   8  0    20       WICKED MARTYRS (148)
 JOE VOSSEN 3721               1   2  0    20       OHS ALUMNI (183)
 BONNIE PARKER 3702            2   3  0    19       HEROES & VILLAINS (197)
 RUINN 3695                    4   3  0    18       CLAN LONGBEARD (39)
 SAUL BELLOW 3709              2   3  0    18       LITERATE LOONS (40)
 YEET 3708                     2   4  0    16       PEN ISLAND SKEETERS (195)
 ROGER BACON 3725              2   0  0    16       DARQUE AGES (29)
 KALRANOTH II 3712             1   3  1    15       HIGH ORDER (123)
 DOOMSDAY 3720                 2   1  0    13       KILL 'EM ALL (173)
 BEDE 3726                     1   1  0    13       DARQUE AGES (29)
 CHRISTINE DE PIZAN 3727       1   1  0    12       DARQUE AGES (29)
 ELLEN RIPLEY 3703             2   3  0     9       HEROES & VILLAINS (197)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 CARTER 3719                   1   2  1     6       HIGH ORDER (123)
 SKEEZIE 3715                  1   2  1     6       PEN ISLAND SKEETERS (195)
-SIMPLE MIND 3700              1   2  0     5       THE NEW WAVE (196)
 LEXI 3718                     1   2  0     5       HIGH ORDER (123)
 SARAH JANE 3717               1   2  0     5       HIGH ORDER (123)
 FREDDY 3724                   1   1  0     4       OHS ALUMNI (183)
 MUTOMBO 3728                  1   1  0     4       NBA LEGENDS (156)
-PET SHOP BOY 3701             0   3  0     3       THE NEW WAVE (196)
-DURAN... 3699                 0   3  0     3       THE NEW WAVE (196)
 DEB ROSE 3723                 0   2  0     2       OHS ALUMNI (183)
 AHNA MISSTEP 3729             0   1  0     1       BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
BUCKS INA TUX 3628      9 11 0 BIG LAKE SOLUTIO 178 SHEWISH GIANT         398  NONE
THE REPLACEMENT 3526   15 18 2 BIG LAKE SOLUTIO 178 BROKEN BLADE 3494     397  JUST REVENGED
STEINAR 3630            7  9 0 CULT OF BACCHUS 4    RICKY SCHMIDT 3522    395  REVENGED
HANS GRUBER 3705        1  3 0 HEROES & VILLAIN 197 PERCY 3688            397  JUST REVENGED
SCATHA 3693             4  2 0 MIRKWOOD ORCS 188    RAYMOND CARVER 3543   398   
ORION NEWARK 3722       1  2 0 OHS ALUMNI 183       KALRANOTH II 3712     398   
RICKY SCHMIDT 3522     16 16 2 OHS ALUMNI 183       VELINA 3478           396   
CLEETER 3707            3  2 0 PEN ISLAND SKEET 195 MARGERY KEMPE 3686    398   
SETSET 3667             5  3 0 PEN ISLAND SKEET 195 CRIXX 3672            395   
GO-GO 3697              1  2 0 THE NEW WAVE 196     SKEEZIE 3715          396   

                                     PERSONAL ADS

Narsil -- You gave UP easier than I thought you would. -- Zehdea

Kareem -- Wow, was that your favorite weapon? Congrats! -- Zagrid

Wilt the Stilt -- Nothing worse than realizing you are getting your ass handed to you. 
Congrats! -- Uhkant

Margery Kempe -- Let's try this again in 4 or 5 months. -- Ruinn

Deb Rose -- My nickname is "Flash". -- Slaine

The Replacement -- That was not what I meant by avoiding each other. Rest in Peace, 
you deserved better. -- Zagrid

Congrats Kareem, Leeroy Jenkins and Wilt the Stilt on your invite to the Isle. -- Clan 
Longbeard

Zehdea -- To paraphrase our beloved spy reporter, Huard DePriest, that was an 
excellent random challenge you made for the title. I was so confused by such a 
brilliant strategy, I totally failed in using my defensive skills against your 
offensive onslaught. Nice win for you. -- Narsil

Gladiator Commission -- 3 warriors got their Isle invite last turn and I don't? WTH, 
man! -- Narsil

The Replacement -- With a name like that, I'm surprised you lasted 32 fights, just to 
die to the likes of me? For shame! In all honesty, I was attacking your nether regions 
so my question to you is, what was your head doing down there? During a fight, no 
less. The imagination runs rampant! That fatal neck shot was meant to perform an arena 
circumcision, but whatever. I guess I'm in for numerous bloodfeuds now, so challenge 
away, I'm not avoiding. -- Broken Blade

Koomadon -- I was beginning to wonder when you'd give me a chance to fight back? I was 
sure I was on my way to a loss, but I swung my weapon when it most counted. The final 
swing. lol -- Ringil

Dorothy Parker -- What the heck, you loony bin! You wouldn't even allow me to try and 
make a fight of it? And yet another lopsided FE match for me. Five in a row now and 
counting, apparently. (13, 19, 6, 18, 12) I believe the GC is trying to teach me a 
lesson. What that lesson is, I have no clue. -- Sting

Yeet -- By the time I was set to fight, my team was 2-2-1 and counting on me to bring 
home a winning record for the team. I saw you standing off to the side looking all 
nervous and decided, why not. Well, we did both have 4FE, so fair fight. (/thumbs up 
w/ stupid grin)-- Scatha

All -- Whoever put in Terrablood that Freddy is a striker, he is not. -- Chad

Uhkant -- Blame a guy for trying. -- Yrvo

Crixx -- Tough nut to crack, you are. -- Teeter

All -- Two cycles ago Cleeter didn't run. I do not know why, as I too know the rules. 
I humbly apologize and beg forgiveness. -- Teeter, mgr. P.I.S.

Den -- Why ya runnin'??  ;) -- Weirdo

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

LEEROY JENKINS unbelievably slew BANDIT PRINCE in a 8 minute Dark Arena fight.
BUCKS INA TUX was killed by SHEWISH GIANT in a exciting 1 minute Dark Arena melee.
SARAH LINDER was vanquished by VELINA in a 1 minute gory mismatched Bloodfeud brawl.
T-1000 defeated PERCY in a crowd pleasing 4 minute Bloodfeud match.
XIQUEEL viciously subdued BROKEN BLADE in a popular 1 minute bloody Bloodfeud duel.
AVLUV was narrowly defeated by CRIXX in a unpopular 16 minute gory Bloodfeud brawl.
WILT THE STILT was viciously subdued by DEEP SIX in a 2 minute uneven Challenge melee.
FRAYED KNOT was defeated by BUYICA in a popular 3 minute expert's Challenge duel.
THE LIMPER defeated KAREEM in a popular 1 minute expert's Challenge match.
KAIBOSH defeated ZORRO in a crowd pleasing 1 minute one-sided Challenge match.
DOOT handily defeated YRVO in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge contest.
CLEETER was murdered by MARGERY KEMPE in a 1 minute bloody one-sided Challenge brawl.
FREDDY was handily defeated by SHELENA in a 4 minute uneven Challenge fight.
DEB ROSE was overpowered by YEET in a 1 minute uneven Challenge struggle.
ELLEN RIPLEY was handily defeated by ANTON CHEKHOV in a 1 minute Challenge bout.
SKEEZIE was devastated by SLAINE in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge brawl.
ORION NEWARK was killed by KALRANOTH II in a 2 minute brutal novice's Challenge match.
JOE VOSSEN savagely defeated PRIVID in a 4 minute Challenge fight.
ZEHDEA savagely defeated NARSIL in a popular 3 minute gruesome veteran's Title duel.
FASTRADA vanquished VENEMOUS CONCUBINE in a 1 minute mismatched fray.
KOOMADON overpowered HAKEEM in a 1 minute one-sided match.
RINGIL defeated ZAGRID in a exciting 3 minute duel.
UHKANT defeated KYLE DEMONBLADE in a 2 minute duel.
SPEKT overpowered LAUDINA in a 1 minute one-sided bout.
SHIRLEY JACKSON vanquished RIP PAPA BEAR in a 1 minute uneven bout.
DOROTHY PARKER was handily defeated by RECLAN in a 1 minute uneven bout.
BROKEN overpowered OTTO'S FRY GUY in a 1 minute uneven competition.
SHANKAR was overpowered by BAMNOR in a 1 minute one-sided fight.
RAYMOND CARVER barely slew SCATHA in a 2 minute one-sided fray.
TINY TIM was narrowly defeated by SAI in a slow 25 minute match.
PISTOL PETE defeated CULT MEMBER in a 1 minute bout.
RUINN was beaten by STING in a 1 minute bout.
BONNIE PARKER was outwaited by SAILASA in a action packed 12 minute amateur's match.
SAUL BELLOW overpowered CARTER in a 2 minute brutal one-sided struggle.
SARAH JANE was viciously subdued by ROGER BACON in a 1 minute gory beginner's bout.
LEXI was demolished by BEDE in a 1 minute mismatched match.
DOOMSDAY demolished AHNA MISSTEP in a 1 minute gory one-sided duel.
MUTOMBO was viciously subdued by CHRISTINE DE PIZAN in a 5 minute amateur's bout.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|TOTAL PARRY                     13         TOTAL PARRY       65 -  44 -  3      60  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   9         PARRY-RIPOSTE     16 -  11 -  0      59  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   9         AIMED BLOW        35 -  25 -  1      58  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  8         PARRY-STRIKE      12 -  11 -  0      52  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    8         STRIKING ATTACK   37 -  36 -  1      51  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      7         WALL OF STEEL     42 -  49 -  0      46  |
|AIMED BLOW                       7         PARRY-LUNGE       28 -  34 -  1      45  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  5         BASHING ATTACK    27 -  33 -  3      45  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    3         LUNGING ATTACK    40 -  58 -  1      41  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     3         SLASHING ATTACK   30 -  44 -  4      41  |

Turn 398 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      3 -  0     LUNGING ATTACK     4 -  5         4  STRIKING ATTACK
STRIKING ATTACK    5 -  3     BASHING ATTACK     4 -  5         2  TOTAL PARRY    
PARRY-LUNGE        4 -  3     AIMED BLOW         3 -  4         2  WALL OF STEEL  
TOTAL PARRY        7 -  6     SLASHING ATTACK    2 -  3         1  PARRY-LUNGE    
WALL OF STEEL      4 -  4     PARRY-STRIKE       1 -  2         1  SLASHING ATTACK
                                                                1  PARRY-RIPOSTE  

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
STRIKING ATTACK  ZEHDEA 3577                18   9  0  151 CLAN LONGBEARD (39)
TOTAL PARRY      NARSIL 3401                37  11  0  122 MIRKWOOD ORCS (188)
SLASHING ATTACK  VELINA 3478                24  16  1  112 CULT OF BACCHUS (4)
WALL OF STEEL    RINGIL 3633                15   3  0  106 MIRKWOOD ORCS (188)
PARRY-RIPOSTE    UHKANT 3497                26  13  0   93 CLAN LONGBEARD (39)
PARRY-STRIKE     ZAGRID 3528                22  12  1   88 CLAN LONGBEARD (39)
AIMED BLOW       KAIBOSH 3546               13  12  1   68 KILL 'EM ALL (173)
BASHING ATTACK   DOOT 3603                  10   6  0   63 PRAY THE GODS (155)
LUNGING ATTACK   BAMNOR 3608                12   9  0   59 CULT OF BACCHUS (4)
PARRY-LUNGE      SARAH LINDER 3642          10   8  0   56 OHS ALUMNI (183)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is ZAGRID 3528.  The most popular warrior this turn was 
CHRISTINE DE PIZAN 3727.  The ten other most popular fighters were ZEHDEA 3577, 
ZAGRID 3528, BUYICA 3606, JOE VOSSEN 3721, BONNIE PARKER 3702, PERCY 3688, DEEP SIX 
3597, XIQUEEL 3659, KYLE DEMONBLADE 3634, and BUCKS INA TUX 3628.

The least popular fighter this week was SAI 3678.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were TINY TIM 3663, AVLUV 3670, SAILASA 3692, FREDDY 3724, CRIXX 3672, 
MUTOMBO 3728, AHNA MISSTEP 3729, LEXI 3718, SARAH JANE 3717, and CARTER 3719.

The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn:

NARSIL (81-3401) MIRKWOOD ORCS (188)

The following warriors have traveled to AD after fighting this turn:

KAREEM (81-2382) NBA LEGENDS (156)
WILT THE STILT (81-2383) NBA LEGENDS (156)
LEEROY JENKINS (81-3177) KILL 'EM ALL (173)