DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER
Date : 03/31/2009 Duedate: 04/27/2009
TELORINTHE ARENA
DM-83 TURN-25
This Weeks Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
CONFESSION
OLDIES (5)
(83-47) [21-4-1,106]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
POSITION IS EMPTY IITYWTMWYBMAD
ACRONYMS (38)
(83-260) [4-5-2,42]
Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite
PARALDOXIA HELGA HOARFROST
ZEITGEIST (18) ZEITGEIST (18)
(83-112) [11-13-0,98] (83-237) [7-7-0,28]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
BAD SIGNS (24)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. INVIDIOTS (16) 42
2. BAD SIGNS (24) 34 BAD SIGNS (24)
3. ACRONYMS (38) 33 Unchartered Team
4. OLDIES (5) 30
5. ZEITGEIST (18) 21 ACRONYMS (38)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1/ 1 BAD SIGNS (24) 83 37 3 69.2 1/ 2 BAD SIGNS (24) 12 3 0
2/ 2 OLDIES (5) 80 45 3 64.0 2/ 1 INVIDIOTS (16) 11 4 1
3/ 3 INVIDIOTS (16) 75 45 6 62.5 3/ 5 OLDIES (5) 8 7 0
4/ 4*ACRONYMS (38) 23 21 5 52.3 4/ 6 ZEITGEIST (18) 7 8 0
5/ 5 OLLIS HEROES (27) 61 63 2 49.2 5/ 4*ACRONYMS (38) 6 9 2
6/ 6 ZEITGEIST (18) 52 68 2 43.3 6/ 7 DEATH'S CHOSEN (17) 6 9 0
7/ 7 DEATH'S CHOSEN (17) 49 76 1 39.2 7/ 3 OLLIS HEROES (27) 5 10 1
8- 8 REJECTS (13) 42 69 1 37.8 8- 8 REJECTS (13) 3 2 0
'*' Unchartered team '-' Team did not fight this turn
(###) Avoid teams by their Team Id ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank
DUELMASTER'S COLUMN
Notes from the arena champ.
Well I have to say something, or my column will be just as bad as Gossipid's
was. Can't have that.
I could give you all your penance in Hail Mary's and our father's, etc, but
instead I will make you suffer through a listing of Oldies stats at birth. Here we
are:
ST 9,9,12,14,16
CN 7,9,11,18,20
SZ 8,10,15,15,16
WT 4,5,14,15,15
WL 15,17,19,20,21
SP 5,9,9,9,9
DF 7,7,8,10,13
Lotsa willpower!
So there. Come and get us. But say your penance first, or we may have to give
you Extreme Unction.
Confession, Duelmaster
SPY REPORT
Greetings warriors! It is I, Zontani Sharp Eyes, here to bring report of the
clash and bustle of the weekly TELORINTHE games. Former top team INVIDIOTS was
unseated this week as BAD SIGNS moved up from 2nd ranking to take the top spot with a
4-1-0 record for the round. There were bitter words at OLLIS HEROES' guildhouse
after a 1-4-0 showing this week which dropped the stable into 7th. Dark Arena
anyone? GENERICKY caught the eye of many in the gladiatorial commission as he
skillfully bested MORWEL and was awarded 24 points in recognition. In one of the
week's more notable duels, GENERICKY put down MORWEL, causing her to lose 21 points
of recognition in the process. Not for nothing has CONFESSION in the past laid claim
to the Duelmaster's throne, and this week it's proven its combat skill yet again.
Informants "close" to the city champion have told me that he never fights without
pantyhose on beneath his armor. Watch out!
Many and various are the arts of battle. In TELORINTHE "art" is a word that has
long since passed from the language! I saw one fighter that warriors avoided when
this week's challenge seeking began. ZEITGEIST is feared. This much I can say. If
you didn't look down dark alleys you'd have been hard pressed to find any of DEATH'S
CHOSEN last week. Busy avoiding ZEITGEIST? Loose talk at the arena has reached my
ears and it but confirms the knowledge that many fighters are after OUT FOR A DUCK.
Watch your back! A match that raised a few eyebrows at the games this week, it seems
that PRINS RIKARD posted a challenge against the more highly recognized TORPORTLY.
The results, you ask? Well, the firebrand PRINS RIKARD was killed by TORPORTLY.
Remember warriors, this is the discipline of steel.
Is not Death a warrior's foremost adviser? Warriors, may this counselor stand
ready at your right hand forever! The warrior's path is harsh. For mediocrity there
is but one reward--death. This past week PRINS RIKARD, at 8-7-1, departed TELORINTHE
forever. Walk proud, warriors of BAD SIGNS! By striking down GOSSIPID you have
avenged the honor of your dead. Your virtue is known to all in TELORINTHE. Some say
a warrior is judged by the way he bears arms. One thing is sure, better a dagger in
hand then a sword on the belt!
The girls are as pretty in TELORINTHE as ever I remembered them....and the
fighters as ugly! Don't let your reputation slip! Sadly warriors, now longer can I
keep thy company nor savor the ale of thy fine city. Depart I must and soon! Till
next we meet remember: a fool flies into a rage quickly and often. The wise are
angered by the same thing only once. Zontani Sharp Eyes
DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
CONFESSION 47 21 4 1 106 OLDIES (5)
CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
STEAL HOME 138 19 5 1 106 BAD SIGNS (24)
TORPORTLY 102 14 10 2 104 INVIDIOTS (16)
PARALDOXIA 112 11 13 0 98 ZEITGEIST (18)
CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
GOSSIPID 99 16 8 2 95 INVIDIOTS (16)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
LOTUS-EATER 193 15 7 2 88 INVIDIOTS (16)
GENERICKY 100 15 9 0 85 INVIDIOTS (16)
SIMPLETONGUE 194 15 7 0 82 INVIDIOTS (16)
-FHUME 86 10 12 0 76 REJECTS (13)
RIZZYN 104 9 16 0 75 DEATH'S CHOSEN (17)
DRAGGIN' MAIN 44 19 6 0 74 OLDIES (5)
LETTER SWEATER 43 15 10 2 71 OLDIES (5)
GUSHAN 222 9 8 0 70 ZEITGEIST (18)
CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
MORWEL 210 9 11 0 66 DEATH'S CHOSEN (17)
REVENANT 213 8 11 0 66 DEATH'S CHOSEN (17)
-FI 84 11 11 1 59 REJECTS (13)
CYCLIDIA 111 11 13 1 59 ZEITGEIST (18)
CUSTODIAN 215 9 9 0 58 OLDIES (5)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
TOA JALLER 183 9 14 0 52 OLLIS HEROES (27)
PEP RALLY 46 13 12 0 51 OLDIES (5)
VODI 158 11 14 1 51 OLLIS HEROES (27)
WASNIS 224 9 7 0 47 OLLIS HEROES (27)
IITYWTMWYBMAD 260 4 5 2 42 ACRONYMS (38)
-FOE 85 8 14 0 41 REJECTS (13)
ISHTAR 184 8 16 0 40 DEATH'S CHOSEN (17)
ROFLMAO 259 6 3 1 36 ACRONYMS (38)
LUMP 269 5 2 0 36 BAD SIGNS (24)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
ILEOSA 263 4 5 0 32 DEATH'S CHOSEN (17)
-EYE 180 5 16 0 31 REJECTS (13)
HELGA HOARFROST 237 7 7 0 28 ZEITGEIST (18)
OUT FOR A DUCK 275 3 0 0 25 BAD SIGNS (24)
BOGOF 272 2 2 1 25 ACRONYMS (38)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
MELANCHOLIA 239 5 7 0 22 ZEITGEIST (18)
GOOML 264 4 4 0 16 ACRONYMS (38)
-BONGO 277 1 0 0 14 REJECTS (13)
MENDOZA LINE 278 1 0 0 13 BAD SIGNS (24)
LOMBARD 279 1 0 1 9 ACRONYMS (38)
YODA 274 1 3 0 6 OLLIS HEROES (27)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
FRATSFA SLAVE 0 0 0 IITYWTMWYBMAD 260 25 NONE
DETOUR 141 13 8 1 BAD SIGNS 24 GOSSIPID 99 22 JUST REVENGED
QUADRUPLE BOGEY 241 5 4 0 BAD SIGNS 24 VODI 158 24
YIELD 276 1 2 0 BAD SIGNS 24 LOMBARD 279 25
PRINS RIKARD 232 8 7 1 OLLIS HEROES 27 TORPORTLY 102 25
PERSONAL ADS
Gossipid -- I must have done something different, eh? I can only promise that my DM
Column will not be worse than yours was. -- Confession
Melancholia -- Cheer up. I won! -- Custodian
Fhume -- You surely put it to me. I salute you. Two bits; four bits; six bits; a
dollar; all for Fume, stand up and holler! -- Pep Rally
Foe -- It was my day. I have been needing one of those. -- Letter Sweater
Don't we all, sometimes.
Rizzyn -- You needed that magic scimitar to shut down my engine. I am glad you
couldn't find it. -- Draggin' Main
Salgreid keeps a firm hand on those magic scimitars.
Dark Oracle -- Was that a little better for you? It sure was for me! Man, that
opher HURT! -- Coach
A salute to all you guys competing out there. This Bud's for you. -- Coach
Gossipid -- You failed to write a DM column, and as a result, lost throne. Lack of a
DM column is always a bad sign. -- Dark Oracle, purveyor of Bad Signs
Confession -- Congrats on the throne. Unlike your precedor, may we hear of your
misgivings in a verbose fashion. -- Steal Home
Paraldoxia -- I take it, the scarcity of my skills will be more valuable than the
quantity of yours. -- Steal Home
Vodi -- We knew facing the 19th hole in the middle of the adepts was a very bad sign.
-- Ghost of Quadruple Bogey
Eye -- Eew, lump in the eye? Most disconcerting. -- Lump
Gooml -- I'd rather not, in fact, I want a little more. -- Out For a Duck
Bongo -- Well, I feel you've beaten up on me a little more than was really required.
-- Yield
Lump -- I'm not so classy as you may think... a drink would do nicely :-) --
IITYWTMWYBMAD
Ambitious Guard -- I guess someone told you that team Acronym's had killed a few of
your colleagues.... Sadly for me you refused to give up then turned on me to send me
to Ahringol. A real pity that given my 10-10-5-21-9-18-11 stats and that I was
blessed in decise.... What's the rules for warriors from this arena fighting in
tourneys of the dead?? -- Ghost of WYSIWYG
Helga Hoarfrost -- Not only a better result than our last meeting, but great training
too! You're the kind of girl I could grow to like!! -- ROFLMAO
Yoda -- I had a think about how to cope with your slipperyness.... Looks like it
worked.... Until we meet again! -- IITYWTMWYBMAD
Out for a duck -- I'm going to have to try and avoid giving you a pair.... -- GOOML
Ileosa -- I'm not ready for the likes of you... yet.... -- BOGOF
Cofession -- Congrats on reaching the top spot, but isn't there something about
division of Church and State? I'm going to have to check with the Scribbler and do
some research! -- Azaziel
Pep Rally -- Those are some VERY small hot pants! Why don't you meet me at Eldritch
Concoctions for drinks, I'm buying! -- Morwel
P.S. Make sure you wear those hot pants! *wink*
Steal Home -- I'm glad I amuse somebody! Azaziel is not happy with some of my
performances. -- Rizzyn
All -- Maybe we should hold a contest of some kind, perhaps along the lines of a Turf
War? Rewards would be something along the lines of renaming title, arena, DA
fighters, etc.... It would have to be tempting to all managers due to the type of
arena this is. You would truly have bragging rights due to the lack of tournament
play. And afterwards, Michael can hand out his "mystery" cookie! -- Azaziel
All -- My warriors are taking a turn of silence for that awful turn they posted.
*wry grin* Meanwhile, I have a hypothetical idea for the arena as a whole. I'll
need some "insider" feedback as well on this.
If the true FE of any warrior in a "no tourney" arena was posted, perhaps in
parenthesis after the warrior's number, the hidden advantage of that FE would be
greatly diminished. Or if the moderator would post a short list in each newsletter
of the current "bonus FE" of any active warriors, the same result could be
accomplished.
I realize that RSI is unlikely to change code to account for FE, but it should be a
pretty easy mod. Anyone can technically track any warrior's FE if they observe every
arena newsletter, so I don't see why allowing teams to transfer in (tourney xp, or
not) would be a problem at that point.
As an incentive to remain tourney free, perhaps we could develop a tourney-free
contest for Telorinthe. Any warrior with tourney sp would be ineligible for such a
contest. Regardless, a posted FE level, by moderator (I know it's extra work for
you, so I'd understand a hesitancy to do this) or by an RSI exception to these sorts
of arenas, would seem to go a long way to appeasing both sides of the spectrum.
Let me know what you all think of this. If anybody has a contest idea for "pure"
warriors, spit it out and spread the word. I know TW is eating up attention right
now, but it won't last forever.
For those who remain, a salute. This is still OUR arena. -- Micahel Eldritch, mgr
Zeitgeist
Okay, I'm not running a team here, but I can't help having an opinion. Give it no
more weight than you would that of an ordinary player with years of observation,
okay?
Contests, as currently run, don't help an arena. In the short term--for the first
half or two thirds of the contest span, yes, they bring people in. But the people
they bring in do not seem to be the kind who are making a commitment to the arena,
and they don't stay. That's the key right there: They don't stay. And not only do
the players who come in for the contest not stay, often enough they seem to drive out
the steady core of the arena.
Think carefully before you bring a contest down on Telorinthe. -- Jorja
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
STEAL HOME viciously subdued GOSSIPID in a 3 minute master's Bloodfeud fight.
PRINS RIKARD was easily killed by TORPORTLY in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge match.
PARALDOXIA viciously subdued SIMPLETONGUE in a 1 minute master's Challenge brawl.
CYCLIDIA was outlasted by DRAGGIN' MAIN in a 15 minute master's Challenge competition.
LETTER SWEATER devastated VODI in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge match.
ISHTAR was overcome by TOA JALLER in a 1 minute expert's Challenge melee.
ROFLMAO was vanquished by CUSTODIAN in a 1 minute uneven Challenge fight.
REVENANT vanquished WASNIS in a 2 minute one-sided Challenge fight.
GOOML was overpowered by ILEOSA in a popular 1 minute one-sided Challenge melee.
YODA was subdued by OUT FOR A DUCK in a 2 minute amateur's Challenge competition.
BOGOF devastated MELANCHOLIA in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge battle.
CONFESSION bested RIZZYN in a 3 minute master's Title bout.
MORWEL was handily defeated by GENERICKY in a 1 minute uneven fight.
LOTUS-EATER overpowered CONVICTED ASSASSIN in a 1 minute uneven struggle.
GUSHAN handily defeated PEP RALLY in a 1 minute mismatched bout.
LUMP unbelievably bested HELGA HOARFROST in a popular 3 minute brutal brawl.
IITYWTMWYBMAD murdered FRATSFA SLAVE in a 1 minute one-sided bout.
YIELD was savagely slain by LOMBARD in a crowd pleasing 1 minute amateur's fight.
MENDOZA LINE overpowered CONVICTED THIEF in a 1 minute uneven fight.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|SLASHING ATTACK 6 WALL OF STEEL 9 - 3 - 0 75 |
|LUNGING ATTACK 6 TOTAL PARRY 32 - 14 - 1 70 |
|STRIKING ATTACK 5 LUNGING ATTACK 55 - 43 - 3 56 |
|BASHING ATTACK 4 STRIKING ATTACK 34 - 31 - 2 52 |
|TOTAL PARRY 4 PARRY-RIPOSTE 14 - 13 - 1 52 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 3 BASHING ATTACK 20 - 20 - 1 50 |
|AIMED BLOW 2 PARRY-STRIKE 9 - 11 - 2 45 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 2 PARRY-LUNGE 10 - 13 - 0 43 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 2 AIMED BLOW 8 - 11 - 0 42 |
|WALL OF STEEL 1 SLASHING ATTACK 25 - 43 - 3 37 |
Turn 25 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:
WALL OF STEEL 1 - 0 STRIKING ATTACK 2 - 3 4 LUNGING ATTACK
BASHING ATTACK 3 - 1 PARRY-LUNGE 1 - 2 2 TOTAL PARRY
TOTAL PARRY 3 - 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 2 1 WALL OF STEEL
SLASHING ATTACK 4 - 2 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE
AIMED BLOW 1 - 1 1 PARRY-STRIKE
PARRY-STRIKE 1 - 1 1 SLASHING ATTACK
LUNGING ATTACK 3 - 3 1 PARRY-LUNGE
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
TOTAL PARRY CONFESSION 47 21 4 1 106 OLDIES (5)
WALL OF STEEL STEAL HOME 138 19 5 1 106 BAD SIGNS (24)
LUNGING ATTACK TORPORTLY 102 14 10 2 104 INVIDIOTS (16)
PARRY-RIPOSTE GOSSIPID 99 16 8 2 95 INVIDIOTS (16)
PARRY-STRIKE LOTUS-EATER 193 15 7 2 88 INVIDIOTS (16)
SLASHING ATTACK GENERICKY 100 15 9 0 85 INVIDIOTS (16)
PARRY-LUNGE SIMPLETONGUE 194 15 7 0 82 INVIDIOTS (16)
STRIKING ATTACK GUSHAN 222 9 8 0 70 ZEITGEIST (18)
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 HELGA HOARFROST 237. The ten other most popular fighters were STEAL HOME 138,
GOSSIPID 99, PARALDOXIA 112, LETTER SWEATER 43, TOA JALLER 183, ILEOSA 263, RIZZYN
104, REVENANT 213, OUT FOR A DUCK 275, and BOGOF 272.
The least popular fighter this week was DRAGGIN' MAIN 44. The other ten least
popular fighters were PEP RALLY 46, MORWEL 210, CONFESSION 47, MELANCHOLIA 239, YODA
274, GOOML 264, ROFLMAO 259, CYCLIDIA 111, SIMPLETONGUE 194, and IITYWTMWYBMAD 260.