DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER Date : 06/24/2008 Duedate: 07/21/2008 TELORINTHE ARENA DM-83 TURN-15 This Weeks Top Honors THE DUELMASTER IS GOLDEN SOMBRERO BAD SIGNS (24) (83-139) [12-2-1,82] Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader BUZZ ROID FLOYD OLLIS HEROES (27) PUNY ORC PELOTON (8) (83-155) [9-6-0,84] (83-61) [5-1-0,42] Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite PARALDOXIA TOA JALLER ZEITGEIST (18) OLLIS HEROES (27) (83-112) [4-10-0,28] (83-183) [4-10-0,22] THE CURRENT TOP TEAM OLDIES (5) TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team 1. OLLIS HEROES (27) 42 2. OLDIES (5) 35 BAD SIGNS (24) 3. THE ASCENDANTS (10) 28 Unchartered Team 4. BAD SIGNS (24) 27 5. INVIDIOTS (16) 22 PUNY ORC PELOTON (8) The Top Teams Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K 1/ 1*PUNY ORC PELOTON (8) 21 9 0 70.0 1/ 1 OLDIES (5) 10 5 1 2/ 2 BAD SIGNS (24) 46 24 3 65.7 2/ 2 THE ASCENDANTS (10) 9 6 0 3/ 3 INVIDIOTS (16) 46 24 2 65.7 3/ 5 BAD SIGNS (24) 9 6 0 4/ 4 OLDIES (5) 48 27 2 64.0 4/ 3 OLLIS HEROES (27) 9 6 0 5/ 5 THE ASCENDANTS (10) 45 29 0 60.8 5/ 6 INVIDIOTS (16) 8 2 0 6/ 7 FEMME FATALE II (34) 28 26 1 51.9 6/ 7 FEMME FATALE II (34) 7 7 0 7/ 6 OLLIS HEROES (27) 38 37 0 50.7 7/10*PUNY ORC PELOTON (8) 6 4 0 8/ 9 ZEITGEIST (18) 28 42 2 40.0 8/ 8 AAAARRGH HAMMERZ (3) 6 9 1 9/ 8 WAITING FOR DAWN (33) 21 33 1 38.9 9/11 REJECTS (13) 6 9 0 10/11 AAAARRGH HAMMERZ (3) 28 45 3 38.4 10/ 4 ZEITGEIST (18) 6 9 0 11/10 DEATH'S CHOSEN (17) 28 47 1 37.3 11/ 9 DEATH'S CHOSEN (17) 5 10 0 12/12 REJECTS (13) 28 47 1 37.3 12/12 WAITING FOR DAWN (33) 2 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 * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * WARRIOR INFORMATION (Consortium recent grads May 2008) This information and these numbers are posted for informational purposes only. Mainly developed for training/learning in DM93, The Newby Arena, the posting is also being made in selected other arenas. This collection of appx 25 warriors includes the most recent, without exception, ADM Consortium graduates. Most have zero or limited tournament fights, but a couple of the "better" warriors do have reasonable tournament time. All of these warriors were developed and "played" in varying active DM arenas. starting stats burned to: faves arena record AIMER 4-12- 7-21-15- 4-21 --no burn-- DA - VL/MD 13- 7-0 8- 9-10-17- 9-10-21 9- 9-10-17- 9-10-21 SS - MD/MD 14- 6-0 BASHER 12- 5-16-14-19-12- 6 14- 6-16-15-21-12- 7 MA - MD/VL 19- 5-2 13- 9-14-15-10-12-11 (no burn) ML - HI/LO 14- 8-2 15-16-11- 8-20- 9- 5 18-19-11-12-21-10- 9 ML - MD/LO 30- 8-2 16- 4- 9-15-17-12-11 17- 5- 9-15-18-12-11 WF - HI/VL 17-13-0 LUNGER 11- 8-11-16-15-12-11 12-10-11-17-16-14-11 SS - MD/VH 25-17-1 12- 8-10-21-17- 5-11 12-10-10-21-18- 5-11 LS - LO/HI 15- 3-0 10- 3-12-16-20-13-10 11- 5-12-17-21-14-11 LS - VH/HI 17- 6-0 PLUNGER --none-- RIPPER 10- 9- 9-17-17- 5-17 11-11- 9-17-17- 5-17 EP - MD/MD 14- 6-0 PIKER 11-11-14-21- 9- 3-15 --no burn-- BS - LO/LO 19-12-1 SLASHER 10- 9-10-14-16-11-14 11-10-10-15-17-12-15 EP - HI/VL 26-12-0 9-12-10-17-17- 8-11 --no burn-- GA - VH/VL 14- 6-0 STRIKER 9- 3-21-17- 9-14-11 10- 3-21-17- 9-14-11 GS - MD/VL 14- 9-0 9- 4-10-15- 9-16-21 --no burn-- BA - MD/MD 19- 8-0 17- 8- 6-17- 9-10-17 --no burn-- QS - HI/VL 16- 8-2 17- 9- 7-21- 9- 6-15 --no burn-- LO - LO/LO 15- 3-1 TOTAL PARRY 16-14- 9- 4-16- 9-16 18-16- 9- 7-19-10-17 LO- VL/LO 30-16-0 17-20- 9- 3-16- 9-10 19-21- 9- 5-19-10-11 ME - LO/VL 37-10-0 8-13-10-15-21- 4-13 9-14-10-15-21- 4-13 LG - VL/VL 18-11-1 12-16- 7- 9-21- 4-15 13-19- 7-11-21- 5-17 SM - VL/LO 22- 3-0 12-20- 9- 5-15-10-13 14-21- 9- 8-18-11-15 SC - LO/LO 25-15-0 17-20- 7- 4-19-12- 5 21-21- 7- 7-21-13- 8 ME - LO/LO 19- 6-0 WASTE 11-14-12-15-16-5-11 12-15-12-15-17- 5-11 SC - HI/LO 24- 7-0 10-13-16-15-15-5-10 11-14-16-16-17- 6-11 MS - MD/LO 25-12-0 Use the information as you see fit. The Consortium Elders wfms101@aol.com (if you want to ask or comment) * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * It's like so cool that I'm duelmaster again but such a bummer that.....what's that?.....whaddya mean I lost it!.....How's that possible! I'm so much hotter than that *?!#*! sold out tampon sign! [A 'lifecoach' takes her aside and whispers in her ear]--Umm, like excuse me, but I'm really so like sorry that I lost the duelmaster title thingy without like fighting, but you have to realize all the pressure on my tiny little female shoulders between like walking red carpets, and all the photo-ops, and just like looking this hot and partying this hard ['Lifecoach' again swoops down and sternly warns her]--Umm, like I just want everyone to know how much I like love and admire Golden Sombrero and how like worthy he is of the title stuff, and how proud I am of being an ex-duelmaster, and if there were any place in the world I'd want to be an ex from it'd definately be Telorinthe ['Lifecoach' scolds her violently while pulling her own hair out]--Umm, like in the future I just wanna help all my fellow Telorinthinans be all they can possibly be and if that means they're good at like polishing my toenails or dry-cleaning my furs than I think to like each their own and we all need to find our like speciality, ya know. ['Lifecoach' retires] -- Gossipid [ex-duelmaster now sponging off team spotlights for publicity] DUELMASTER'S COLUMN Notes from the arena champ. 'Tis truly a sad day in the arena when the reigning Duelmaster doesn't fight, the number one contender loses to a commission flunky, and still manages to become the new Duelmaster. I challenge back to Gossipid to offer him his rightful title, as this simply feels like I've struck out Golden Sombrero Bad Sign Duelmaster of Telorinthe SPY REPORT Well, what are you looking at, TELORINTHE? Ain't you never seen Snide Clemens before? Ah, shaddup and listen to my news. If this keeps up, ZEITGEIST, you'll have to shine swords instead of use them. A drop of 6 in the rankings? PUNY ORC PELOTON turned their 2-3-0 turn into a 7th place rank in the listings this turn. Any better than this, and you get put on hit lists. Now let's all watch INVIDIOTS' heads swell from their 4-1-0 this turn. Haa ha ha ha! Big shots, big talk, big deal. Of course, we're all terribly impressed to see TORPORTLY win a fight and gain 21 points, terribly. Tsk, tsk, DRAGGIN' MAIN beat CYCLIDIA and CYCLIDIA lost 17 points. You're breakin' my heart. And if variety is the spice of life, TELORINTHE may be getting bland, as GOLDEN SOMBRERO stays top dog in the city. Kickbacks and bribes, kickbacks and bribes, how else do you think some of these guys win their fights? Skill? Ha! He who fights and runs away will live to fight another day, the coward. ZEITGEIST, I suppose you'll be glad to know you were this turn's most avoided team. Care to know who is the most afraid of you? And it looks like DEATH'S CHOSEN avoided them the most this turn. What a pack of would be losers, if you ask me. Hmph. KALLOR was challenged more times this turn than the Duelmaster. Now was the DM insulted or feared? Heh, heh. Now here's guts and stupidity all rolled into one, BUZZ challenged up 26 to take on GOSSIPID of INVIDIOTS. My sides still hurt from laughing about GOSSIPID losing and giving BUZZ 25 points of recognition. Ha ha ha ha!! And we have SIMPLETONGUE in a challenge, going down 11 points for the fight. Guess what? I thought SIMPLETONGUE showed great skill and promise when he subdued KALLOR. All right, so I slept through it! Big deal! Death and Taxes. The less death I see, the more it taxes my patience. Let's see if anyone's dead or dying. We're all going to die in the end, so why worry if the fate catches up with you sooner that later? What does the TELORINTHE arena have in common with the inns? It's just as comfortable to sleep in either place. Ha ha ha ha! Phlllt! Just had to do that before I leave the fine city of TELORINTHE. I feel much better now. Glad to see the back of this place-- Snide Clemens DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME GOLDEN SOMBRERO 139 12 2 1 82 BAD SIGNS (24) CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME BUZZ 155 9 6 0 84 OLLIS HEROES (27) SIMPLETONGUE 194 11 1 0 71 INVIDIOTS (16) GOSSIPID 99 10 4 1 68 INVIDIOTS (16) CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME RIZZYN 104 6 9 0 63 DEATH'S CHOSEN (17) ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME DRAGGIN' MAIN 44 12 3 0 55 OLDIES (5) LETTER SWEATER 43 10 5 1 55 OLDIES (5) VODI 158 9 6 0 54 OLLIS HEROES (27) TRAKE 72 11 4 0 53 THE ASCENDANTS (10) STEAL HOME 138 10 4 1 53 BAD SIGNS (24) DETOUR 141 8 6 1 52 BAD SIGNS (24) DELILAH 230 7 4 1 52 FEMME FATALE II (34) LOTUS-EATER 193 8 4 1 51 INVIDIOTS (16) GENERICKY 100 9 5 0 50 INVIDIOTS (16) KALLOR 69 7 8 0 49 THE ASCENDANTS (10) CYCLIDIA 111 8 6 1 48 ZEITGEIST (18) TORPORTLY 102 8 6 0 48 INVIDIOTS (16) BLOODY STOOL 143 9 5 0 45 BAD SIGNS (24) PEP RALLY 46 8 7 0 44 OLDIES (5) FI 84 7 8 1 43 REJECTS (13) CONFESSION 47 12 3 1 42 OLDIES (5) ROID FLOYD 61 5 1 0 42 PUNY ORC PELOTON (8) ISHTAR 184 6 8 0 41 DEATH'S CHOSEN (17) ROYAL RAGE HAMMER 37 10 5 1 40 AAAARRGH HAMMERZ (3) FHUME 86 6 9 0 39 REJECTS (13) KNOW AND DESPAIR 199 7 4 0 36 WAITING FOR DAWN (33) LYRIAL 103 9 6 1 34 DEATH'S CHOSEN (17) CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME FOE 85 7 8 0 33 REJECTS (13) ESTELLA HAVISHAM 227 9 2 0 32 FEMME FATALE II (34) LILITH 228 7 4 0 32 FEMME FATALE II (34) PRINS RIKARD 232 4 1 0 32 OLLIS HEROES (27) FENER 68 8 7 0 31 THE ASCENDANTS (10) LOLA 231 5 6 0 30 FEMME FATALE II (34) GUSHAN 222 4 3 0 30 ZEITGEIST (18) OUTLANDER HAMMER 33 7 8 0 29 AAAARRGH HAMMERZ (3) MAKE ME HOLY AGAIN 198 6 5 0 29 WAITING FOR DAWN (33) PARALDOXIA 112 4 10 0 28 ZEITGEIST (18) TREACH 218 6 2 0 27 THE ASCENDANTS (10) TYLER'S EVIL TWIN 60 3 3 0 27 PUNY ORC PELOTON (8) CUSTODIAN 215 3 5 0 26 OLDIES (5) LILLIPUTAIN LEVI 62 5 1 0 25 PUNY ORC PELOTON (8) THE 192 5 8 0 24 REJECTS (13) INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME TOA JALLER 183 4 10 0 22 OLLIS HEROES (27) TOGG 234 4 1 0 22 THE ASCENDANTS (10) HELGA HOARFROST 237 2 2 0 22 ZEITGEIST (18) BAD BAD BASSO 58 5 1 0 21 PUNY ORC PELOTON (8) VENGEANCE HAMMER 233 3 2 1 20 AAAARRGH HAMMERZ (3) EYE 180 3 11 0 20 REJECTS (13) UNIFY WITH A SPADE 200 4 7 0 19 WAITING FOR DAWN (33) NEVER SLEEP 197 3 8 0 17 WAITING FOR DAWN (33) MORWEL 210 3 7 0 16 DEATH'S CHOSEN (17) REVENANT 213 2 7 0 13 DEATH'S CHOSEN (17) INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME MELANCHOLIA 239 1 1 0 13 ZEITGEIST (18) GROUNDHOG HAMMER 225 1 5 0 13 AAAARRGH HAMMERZ (3) PIERCE LEGWEAK 59 3 3 0 12 PUNY ORC PELOTON (8) WASNIS 224 3 3 0 12 OLLIS HEROES (27) VALENTINE HAMMER 226 2 4 0 10 AAAARRGH HAMMERZ (3) -CLODIA 229 0 10 0 10 FEMME FATALE II (34) '-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn. THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge? 3RD AND 98 142 7 3 0 BAD SIGNS 24 LYRIAL 103 11 REVENGED 72 OVER PAR 235 0 4 0 BAD SIGNS 24 STONE GOLEM 15 NONE SIGH 240 0 1 0 WAITING FOR DAWN 33 MOUNTAIN TROLL 15 NONE KAS OF YS 109 5 7 0 ZEITGEIST 18 CONFESSION 47 13 LADY BLUE 221 1 2 1 ZEITGEIST 18 ROYAL RAGE HAMMER 37 11 REVENGED PERSONAL ADS Kung Fu Master beats the Golden Sombrero and the hat is still Duelmaster? Gotta love Telorinthe. -- The Oldies Scribe Well, Ms. Scribe, I sorta like it. I do. -- Coach Steal Home -- Well, I have heard that the Baseball Gods are impressive, but, you know, well, I shall leave it at that. I will, though, say "REPENT"! -- Confession Vodi -- Now you made me all sweaty and I was preserving this sweater, you know? But I guess another win notch helps. -- Letter Sweater Helga Hoarfrost -- Did someone say you were ugly. I think that is unfair, but, my, you surely could use a lot of praying. -- Confession Vengeance Hammer -- I cleaned up on that one, eh? -- Custodian Foe -- Was that a fight? I may as well have worked on the engine in the shop. Salute. -- Draggin Main Roid Floyd -- You rained on our parade. Now I may have to see a doctor. Do you know any? -- Pep Rally All -- Thanks for making this fine arena so competitive and so much fun. -- Coach Lyrial -- We give you a one turn reprieve. Best to not take the road less traveled. -- Detour & Dark Oracle, foreseer of Bad Signs Fi -- I thought Coach had something hiding up his sleeve. -- Steal Home Fhume -- I've been known to cause a few fumes too. -- Bloody Stool Morwel -- Seems golf is my game, and not dueling. -- 72 Over Par JGW -- Your honor was not in question, it was your silence about your team that was questioned. Had I known the type of "tantrum" you were going to have, I would've kept my own council regarding these matters. I do not wish nor have I ever wished that you Dark Arena your whole team, so for that I AM truly sorry. -- Dark Angel Azaziel, mgr. Death's Chosen P.S. I will also try to keep my sarcasm to a minimum when addressing you, for it is apparent that you are quite prickly! Golden Sombrero -- Congrats on becoming Duelmaster! Meet me at Michael's and I'll buy you an Absynth! -- Azaziel Michael -- Do you smell Orcs? Oh, never mind I stepped in something quite foul! -- Azaziel All -- Golden Sombrero? Isn't that the type of hat worn during a unique type of shower? -- The Mad Prophet All -- Whoops, sorry, thought I was on maintenance, obviously not. Hate losing a duelmaster to negligence, won't happen again, my apologies. -- Sherman, mgr. Lit. Loons 31 May 2008 Any and all who live in the 805 area, I would like for you to call me so we can get together for BBQ's, softball games, and so on. It has been a while since the last get together (several years). It was a blast and I am sure the next one will be also. We just have to do it. All alliances are welcome. Just because my warriors leave your warrior beaten and bloody in defeat does not mean we can't have a beer or five together. I'll even buy the first round. So call 805-588-3419 and ask for Dave a.k.a. Misfit, former member of the Green and Purple Polka Dot Alliance (GAPPDA). LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS 72 OVER PAR was butchered by STONE GOLEM in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight. SIGH was butchered by MOUNTAIN TROLL in a 3 minute brutal Dark Arena duel. PARALDOXIA was unbelievably bested by CONFESSION in a 3 minute Bloodfeud match. SIMPLETONGUE devastated KALLOR in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge contest. BUZZ savagely defeated GOSSIPID in a crowd pleasing 3 minute bloody Challenge match. DELILAH viciously subdued ISHTAR in a crowd pleasing 3 minute brutal Challenge fight. VODI devastated LILITH in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge competition. ROID FLOYD was overcome by STEAL HOME in a 2 minute Challenge melee. RIZZYN won victory over DETOUR in a action packed 4 minute gory Challenge duel. MAKE ME HOLY AGAIN lost to FI in a popular 3 minute Challenge duel. BLOODY STOOL overpowered FENER in a 2 minute uneven Challenge match. TORPORTLY overpowered LYRIAL in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge fight. PEP RALLY savagely defeated GUSHAN in a crowd pleasing 3 minute Challenge competition. LOLA luckily beat EYE in a 3 minute bloody Challenge match. MORWEL was beaten by LILLIPUTAIN LEVI in a crowd pleasing 4 minute Challenge conflict. REVENANT was overpowered by PRINS RIKARD in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge duel. MELANCHOLIA won victory over VALENTINE HAMMER in a exciting 4 minute Challenge fray. HELGA HOARFROST was bested by ESTELLA HAVISHAM in a 4 minute Challenge brawl. GOLDEN SOMBRERO overpowered LETTER SWEATER in a 1 minute one-sided Title match. CYCLIDIA was outlasted by DRAGGIN' MAIN in a tiring 14 minute bloody match. KNOW AND DESPAIR was bested by THE USEROUS MERCHANT in a 3 minute contest. TRAKE overpowered FOE in a 2 minute brutal uneven fight. LOTUS-EATER beat CUSTODIAN in a 2 minute fray. GENERICKY vanquished BAD BAD BASSO in a 1 minute mismatched fray. TOA JALLER was luckily beaten by TREACH in a popular 7 minute gory match. OUTLANDER HAMMER was vanquished by FHUME in a 2 minute gruesome one-sided match. ROYAL RAGE HAMMER overpowered UNIFY WITH A SPADE in a 1 minute one-sided bout. PIERCE LEGWEAK was beaten by TOGG in a 3 minute gruesome duel. TYLER'S EVIL TWIN beat NEVER SLEEP in a 2 minute fray. WASNIS was narrowly defeated by VENGEANCE HAMMER in a 4 minute competition. GROUNDHOG HAMMER slimly lost to THE in a 5 minute bout. BATTLE REPORT MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS |FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT| |LUNGING ATTACK 14 PARRY-STRIKE 14 - 8 - 1 64 | |TOTAL PARRY 9 TOTAL PARRY 62 - 40 - 1 61 | |PARRY-RIPOSTE 8 PARRY-LUNGE 12 - 8 - 0 60 | |SLASHING ATTACK 7 STRIKING ATTACK 33 - 22 - 2 60 | |AIMED BLOW 6 AIMED BLOW 30 - 23 - 3 57 | |STRIKING ATTACK 5 WALL OF STEEL 12 - 10 - 0 55 | |BASHING ATTACK 4 SLASHING ATTACK 34 - 33 - 3 51 | |PARRY-STRIKE 2 PARRY-RIPOSTE 30 - 34 - 0 47 | |PARRY-LUNGE 2 LUNGING ATTACK 57 - 81 - 1 41 | |WALL OF STEEL 2 BASHING ATTACK 15 - 39 - 1 28 | Turn 15 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-STRIKE 2 - 0 SLASHING ATTACK 2 - 5 3 LUNGING ATTACK STRIKING ATTACK 4 - 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 - 7 2 PARRY-RIPOSTE LUNGING ATTACK 9 - 5 BASHING ATTACK 0 - 4 1 STRIKING ATTACK TOTAL PARRY 5 - 4 1 PARRY-LUNGE AIMED BLOW 3 - 3 1 TOTAL PARRY PARRY-LUNGE 1 - 1 1 SLASHING ATTACK WALL OF STEEL 1 - 1 1 PARRY-STRIKE 1 WALL OF STEEL TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME STRIKING ATTACK GOLDEN SOMBRERO 139 12 2 1 82 BAD SIGNS (24) LUNGING ATTACK BUZZ 155 9 6 0 84 OLLIS HEROES (27) PARRY-LUNGE SIMPLETONGUE 194 11 1 0 71 INVIDIOTS (16) PARRY-RIPOSTE GOSSIPID 99 10 4 1 68 INVIDIOTS (16) TOTAL PARRY DRAGGIN' MAIN 44 12 3 0 55 OLDIES (5) SLASHING ATTACK LETTER SWEATER 43 10 5 1 55 OLDIES (5) PARRY-STRIKE VODI 158 9 6 0 54 OLLIS HEROES (27) WALL OF STEEL STEAL HOME 138 10 4 1 53 BAD SIGNS (24) AIMED BLOW ROID FLOYD 61 5 1 0 42 PUNY ORC PELOTON (8) Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above. The overall popularity leader is PARALDOXIA 112. The most popular warrior this turn was TOA JALLER 183. The ten other most popular fighters were BUZZ 155, DETOUR 141, PEP RALLY 46, FI 84, PARALDOXIA 112, MORWEL 210, DELILAH 230, MELANCHOLIA 239, RIZZYN 104, and EYE 180. The least popular fighter this week was DRAGGIN' MAIN 44. The other ten least popular fighters were NEVER SLEEP 197, UNIFY WITH A SPADE 200, OUTLANDER HAMMER 33, TREACH 218, BAD BAD BASSO 58, LETTER SWEATER 43, REVENANT 213, LYRIAL 103, LILITH 228, and KALLOR 69. SUMMER FACE-TO-FACE IN MINNEAPOLIS! Our summer FTF will be held in Minneapolis, Minnesota, July 18-20, 2008. It will be held at the Holiday Inn Select Minneapolis/St. Paul in Blomington, MN, just down the street from the Mall of America, at 3 Appletree Square (952-854-9000). Rooms are only $105.00 per night, 1-2 occupancy. There is a free 24-hour shuttle from the airport and free shuttle service to the mall; free parking, free high-speed wireless internet in all guestrooms. There is a large fitness center, jacuzzi, and indoor pool. The rooms are blocked--ask for the "Reality Simulations" room block. There are tons of restaurants nearby at the Mall, as well as a cafe in the hotel. Hotel info: www.himspairport.com Mall of America: www.mallofamerica.com The tournament information sheet will be out imminently. We hope you're all looking forward to the tournament and that we will see you there!