DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 02/05/2019    Duedate: 03/04/2019

TELORINTHE ARENA

DM-83    TURN-152

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

ROOK
NONSUCH HOUSE (39)
(83-286) [23-17-0,105]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

ROOK                           J.J. WATT
NONSUCH HOUSE (39)             NFL NETWORK (63)
(83-286) [23-17-0,105]         (83-535) [7-0-0,58]

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

GROGAN DA TROLL                HAMANU
NONSUCH HOUSE (39)             SORCERER KINGS (66)
(83-402) [11-8-0,65]           (83-556) [4-2-0,36]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

KAME HOUSE (61)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. HOUSE OF FUR (62)           45
2. KAME HOUSE (61)             25      BAD SIGNS (24)
3. THE FEROCIOUS FIVE (64)     23      Unchartered Team
4. NFL NETWORK (63)            20
5. CONJURE UP THE SUN (60)     19      SORCERER KINGS (66)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 2 BAD SIGNS (24)           312 183 26 63.0   1/ 7*KAME HOUSE (61)           9  6 2
 2/ 3 CONJURE UP THE SUN (60)   36  24  1 60.0   2/ 1*THE DRAGONS (65)          9  6 1
 3/ 1*SORCERER KINGS (66)       18  12  3 60.0   3/ 3*THE FEROCIOUS FIVE (64)   9  6 0
 4/ 4*THE FEROCIOUS FIVE (64)   19  13  2 59.4   4/ 9 BAD SIGNS (24)            8  6 2
 5/ 5 NONSUCH HOUSE (39)       116  84  4 58.0   5/ 5 CONJURE UP THE SUN (60)   8  7 0
 6/ 6*THE DRAGONS (65)          17  14  1 54.8   6/ 2*HOUSE OF FUR (62)         8  7 0
 7/ 7*NFL NETWORK (63)          17  18  0 48.6   7/ 8*SORCERER KINGS (66)       7  8 1
 8/ 9*HOUSE OF FUR (62)         17  18  0 48.6   8/ 6*NFL NETWORK (63)          7  8 0
 9/ 8 ENDLESS (58)              41  44  3 48.2   9/10 ENDLESS (58)              5  6 0
10/11*KAME HOUSE (61)           14  16  2 46.7  10- 4 WETWORKS (30)             4  6 0
11-10 WETWORKS (30)            113 136 22 45.4  11/12 NONSUCH HOUSE (39)        3  7 0
12/12 SCORPIO'S LIKES: (57)     25  57  3 30.5  12/11 SCORPIO'S LIKES: (57)     2 13 0

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

                                    TEAM SPOTLIGHT

     "Are we there yet?"
     Riff-Raff rolled his eyes for perhaps the millionth time.  His immortal, recently 
retired fellow travelers were not adapting well to their new circumstances.  The fact 
that they were attempting to travel incognito -- and thus decidedly not First Class -- 
only made matters worse.  Over the years, White Lion and (especially) Wailin' Van 
Halen had become accustomed to travelling with an entourage, a business manager, a 
personal assistant, a nutritionist and a personal chef, as well as an intern or two 
whose only job was to cater to their every whim.  Now it was just the three of them, 
on a long dusty trip to parts unknown.
     "Almost," Riff-Raff promised insincerely, knowing that would only mollify his 
charges temporarily.
     The trip had started out well enough.  East from the Isle of the Eye to the 
Yuppie Horde guild house in Chimlevtal, the group had travelled on the Trump 
Gladiatorial Enterprises' fully loaded stage coach. Nicknamed "The Beast," it had 
everything: Padded seats, full bar, hot meals, beautiful travel attendants.  Travel 
accomodations that would have been the envy of any Alastarian Noble were business-as-
usual for the two gladiators.
     Upon arrival, after a full body massage, a seven course meal, and a bottle of 
hundred-year old Ardiventi Fire Whiskey, the three were led into Trump's personal 
office.

                                     *** *** ***

     "This Chaos Gate thing is very bad.  Bad for business, bad for morale. 
Eventually, our customers are going to be looking for a safer vacation destination."
     Riff-Raff nodded.  Being in Trump's presence was always a little unnerving for 
him.  It wasn't the orange glow radiating from Trump's face, or the gravity-defying 
waterfall effect of his carefully coiffed hair.  It wasn't even the small army of 
security that travelled with him; Riff-Raff, no stranger to a scrap during his time in 
the gladiator games figured he could take two, perhaps three of the former Arena 
Masters / Spy Masters / Mountain Trolls et cetera that Trump employed, but there were 
more, always more, and if there was no gain for him, why try it?
     No, it was the "Don't touch that!" nature of EVERYTHING that Trump surrounded 
himself with.  Everything was the best, the most expensive, the most antique.  Riff-
Raff felt transported back to his childhood, secretly waiting for his Grandmother's 
knuckle rap as he inevitably did something he wasn't previously aware was 
unacceptable.  So Riff-Raff sat stiffly, uncomfortably on the overstuffed chair facing 
Trump, trying to strike the right tone of honesty and loyalty.
     "The Lord Protectors closed the gate in Primus," Riff-Raff nodded towards White 
Lion and Wailin' Van Halen.  "These two were put on alert, but not even activated.  
There's no danger..."
     "Wrong... wrong... wrong..." Trump slowly raised his volume, eventually talking 
over the long-time manager's comments.  "The danger is REAL! You're being extremely 
passive and naC/ve when it comes to the dangers of the Chaos Gates."  Riff-Raff met 
Trump's gaze coolly, calmly.  "I'm sorry, Riff-Raff, but you need to go back to 
school."
     Trump snapped his fingers and an aide rolled down a map of Alastari. Gesturing to 
an area east and south of the map, Trump smiled. "Telorinthe.  That's going to be the 
new vacation spot for the elite seeking to get away.  It's got everything, or it soon 
will.  And it's secluded; it's not even on the map!  Two-thirds of the buildings are 
empty, and the economy is looking for a shot in the arm."
     Trump's smile now changed to a frown.  "But they can't know it's me who wants to 
buy, to renovate, to build. That'll only drive up the price.  So from here on out, 
you're simple travelers."  He handed Riff-Raff a map of the area, rolled up into a 
scroll.  "My team has marked out the area we want to develop, in Common Town, east of 
the arena.  There's an informal alliance there now, inhabiting the area. They're 
connected, too; I can't just force them out.  I doubt I could buy them out, even if I 
wanted to.  No, I need your best espionage work."
     Riff-Raff frowned.  It had been a while since he'd had to do more than threaten 
or bribe; he would have to go back to his roots this time. Letting Trump down was not 
an option.

                                     *** *** ***

     "Am I the only one tired of those damned bells already?"  Wailin' Van Halen 
pulled the fur-lined hood over his head, his long blonde locks dripping water down his 
back.  He shivered from the chill.
     The group walked south, following the winding of the Nhirivin River, opposite the 
current.  Every hour, now louder and louder, they could hear the bells ring in the 
approaching city.  The river ran north to the southern coast of the great Storm Sea, 
where the three had just endured an unexpected seven day journey.  Neither Wailin' nor 
White Lion expected to get sea sick, but the ship had hit rough weather (or, as the 
ship's captain called it, "a squall") and been forced to skirt the storm adding days 
to their journey.  Portage didn't offer the usual amenities they were used to, so the 
pair took out their foul mood on Riff-Raff, the only one of their group who'd thought 
ahead and purchased a motion sickness cure prior to boarding.
     The path sloped sometimes gently down into the fan-shaped valley where Telorinthe 
was located.  They passed over a low rise, and finally the city came into view, below 
them.  The group found a dry spot under a spreading tree, and Riff-Raff unrolled their 
map out on a broad rock.
     "The city center," Riff-Raff pointed to the tall, narrow spires of High Town.  
"That's the seat of the city government.  Elves."  He wrinkled his nose.  "We need to 
avoid their long-winded debates and love of bureaucracy.  I doubt we could buy our way 
onto the Council of the Four Estates, and King Jesselorne rarely follows their advice, 
anyway."
     "The Bourgeoisie," now Riff-Raff pointed to the sprawling stone estates that were 
built in an expanding circle of streets, parks and manors, around and facing High 
Town.  "That's the local merchant class.  They're wealthy, for this town.  Reportedly, 
they are excellent negotiators.  If they found out we have deep pockets, the prices 
for everything go up."
     "The Commons."  Riff-Raff indicated, well, everything else.  Most of the city was 
dark.  "Abandoned, home to more birds than people," Riff explained.  "Except for," and 
here he tapped an area on the map to the east of High Town and the Bourgeoisie.  
Looking up, they could see the  Gladiator Arena as it gleamed like a lighthouse in the 
dark night.  And scattered around it, the guild houses of the local teams.

                                     *** *** ***

     The Silver Eel Tavern was crowded.  Loud.  Raucous.  Situated near the arena, it 
was a melting pot for local culture.  Elves, humans, dwarves and orcs all rubbed 
elbows.  Perfect for planning the next stage of the Telorinthe Takeover, Riff-Raff 
thought.  If the tables were closer together than he preferred, Riff-Raff took solace 
in the fact that they had apparently managed to sneak in undetected, and even scout 
the neighborhood where the guild houses were built.  If only he could get his two 
charges to focus, and take their mission seriously.
     In fact, Riff-Raff had kept the exact details of their mission to himself, unsure 
of how well the two gladiators could keep a secret (or perhaps too sure of their 
inability to keep a secret).  So he'd told half of the truth to one, and half to the 
other.  That way he could identify where the leak came from, when and if it happened.
     "They should call their alliance Furrious," White Lion laughed, and took a long 
swig of brown Telorinthe ale, wiping his mouth clean with the back of hand.  "Or Furr-
ocious."
     Wailin' Van Halen leaned in, shouting over the din.  "Two problems, we're still 
not sure exactly how or even if they're affiliated with each other.  And shouldn't the 
alliance name mention the dragons?" 
     "Dragons?!?" White Lion screamed as he stood up abruptly, sending the wooden 
chair he was sitting on rocketing into the fireplace like a magic missile; sparks flew 
and those nearby scattered.  The whole room went quiet.
     Riff-Raff tossed the innkeeper a bronze coin, hoping it wasn't too much, and 
apologized for the chair.  He tossed a silver coin, and ordered the house a round.  
That returned the place to the normal commerce.
     White Lion wagged his finger at Riff-Raff.  "No one ever said anything about 
dragons!"
     "They're little," Riff-Raff assured him, bringing his hands together until they 
were shoulder width apart.  "No bigger than cats.  By the time we're done, we might 
take one back to Trump to have as a pet."
     White Lion looked unconvinced, and his buddy Wailin' Van Halen couldn't resist 
ribbing his partner.
     "You're worried about dragons?  Fool!  House of Fur would love nothing more than 
to stuff your sorry hide and display it in their great room."
     White Lion smiled.  "I'd like to see them try.  I could use the exercise.  I'll 
tell you what, Wailin', we need to figure what the heck NFL stands for -- and what a 
Network is.  I'll bet Channel Master has something tricky up his sleeve!  We don't 
want to be surprised."
     A movement caught Riff-Raff's attention, a hooded figure walking swiftly toward 
the door.  Turning for one last look back at the three seated near the fire, Riff-
Raff's stomach knotted; it was Nemesis.
     The Furious Five's manager grimaced as their eyes met, then turned and dashed out 
the door and down the street before Riff-Raff could react. 
     He shook his head; how much had they heard?

                                 DUELMASTER'S COLUMN
                             Notes from the arena champ.

Well, there's a surprise team out of the past of Telorinthe. Welcome back to Nonsuch 
House.   We remember Rook and Behemoth well as a stable, though not with the current 
generation of Bad Signs.   Since Rook has a history of defeating the venerable Lump of 
Bad Signs, I, personally, will be avoiding Rook.  But as to the rest of the team, 
everything is up for grabs.

Last turn, Grogan Da Troll taught me a parry skill, and this gave me an Advanced 
Expert rating in Parry.   Again, to follow on to last week's speech from the throne, 
you would think this would be sufficient to classify me as a highly skilled warrior, 
ready and able to advance to the next level of dueling.   But, here's the secret, you 
have to be able to do more than one thing well.   If someone would be kind enough to 
teach me 2-4 Defence skills, then Bad Signs would host a farewell party in my honour.   
That would be the easiest way to get rid of me.  Either that or knock me off the 
throne, or wait another 8 fights.

                                          -- Mother-In-Law
                                             Bad Signs
                                             5-time Duelmaster of Telorinthe

                                      SPY REPORT

     It is I, Novgorodny Vir, Spymaster of Spymasters.  Look on my work, ye mighty, 
and despair!  THE DRAGONS?  Who?  KAME HOUSE is the top team these days, buddies!  He 
who laughs last didn't get the joke.  Speaking of laughing at jokes, observe 
WETWORKS.  Last week they got 0-0-0 to drop by 6!  What's a move up by 6 you ask?  
(alright, maybe you didn't ask)  Cause for celebration, according to KAME HOUSE.  
Practice pays for PUKEI, who pummelled WAR STORM, to pocket 15 points.  Win some, 
lose some.  Speaking of which, PUKEI was winsome, after beating WAR STORM and seeing 
him lose 13 points.  You could cut the tension with a scimitar as ROOK of NONSUCH 
HOUSE met the Duelmaster.  In TELORINTHE, nothing is permanent (except Death), and we 
find ourselves a new Duelmaster, ROOK.  So who was the warrior seen charging into 
immovable walls and challenging dead trees?  Someone's got a basic problem...   
     So much to report, so little time!  Like the noble eagle soaring amongst the 
mountaintops, so stand the warriors of NONSUCH HOUSE, alone and unchallenged.  As a 
woman of good breeding scorns the "warriors" of NFL NETWORK, so did that sorry team 
shy from NONSUCH HOUSE Is it charming personality?  Conversational abilities?  Good 
oral hygiene?  Whatever it is, WHIRLED is the most challenged warrior.  As a 
confidence booster, HEAT WAVE challenged HARLEY, down 20 points.  Do you also slay 
vicious rodents in your spare time, HEAT WAVE?  Yes, Virginia, sometimes the little 
guy wins, as HARLEY proved, beating 20 point higher HEAT WAVE.  Take heed TELORINTHE, 
of the unprincipled action of DAWN.  By challenging SKY, 17 points below her, DAWN 
besmirches the noble art of dueling.  Warriors of TELORINTHE!  Do you wish your 
reputations tainted by the base challenge of DAWN?  WHIRLED challenged HIRED BY 
TRUMP!  Who says ENDLESS are just a bunch of wimps!  WHIRLED of ENDLESS kept his wits 
as he was subdued by HIRED BY TRUMP.   
     The moving sword slashes, and having slashed, moves on...  Like a tattered, 
worn-out, faded, out-of-fashion garment cast out to rot, STONED TROLL of CONJURE UP 
THE SUN has been summarily sent to the Dark Arena.  Ask not for whom the sword 
slashes; it slashes for thee.   
     All good things must come to an end.  More important duties call me.  
TELORINTHE, I leave you now.  The Duelmaster has agreed to foot my bill at The 
Dripping Blade.  'Til next time-- Novgorodny Vir  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 ROOK 286                     23  17  0   105       NONSUCH HOUSE (39)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 MOTHER-IN-LAW 447            22  10  0    89       BAD SIGNS (24)
 HILLARY CLINTON 486          12   7  1    88       BAD SIGNS (24)
 HURRICANE SEASON 507          9   4  3    87       BAD SIGNS (24)
-JESTER 479                   17  15  1    81       WETWORKS (30)
 HIRED BY TRUMP 506            8   5  0    67       BAD SIGNS (24)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 GROGAN DA TROLL 402          11   8  0    65       NONSUCH HOUSE (39)
 J.J. WATT 535                 7   0  0    58       NFL NETWORK (63)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 STORMFLY 548                  6   0  0    55       THE DRAGONS (65)
-BEHEMOTH 517                  8   4  1    52       WETWORKS (30)
 WYAN 553                      5   1  2    51       SORCERER KINGS (66)
 KING CHAPPA 527               4   2  1    50       KAME HOUSE (61)
 CAM NEWTON 534                5   2  0    48       NFL NETWORK (63)
 KING KILLER 543               4   2  0    47       THE FEROCIOUS FIVE (64)
 VAMPIRE ON FIRE 512           7   5  1    41       CONJURE UP THE SUN (60)
 CHOCO 530                     5   2  0    39       HOUSE OF FUR (62)
 WHIRLED 474                   7   9  0    37       ENDLESS (58)
 DAWN 522                      6   3  0    37       CONJURE UP THE SUN (60)
 WAYJOURNER 491                5   4  0    37       ENDLESS (58)
 HAMANU 556                    4   2  0    36       SORCERER KINGS (66)
 RED DEATH 547                 4   2  0    36       THE DRAGONS (65)
 BURGER KING 559               5   0  0    34       THE FEROCIOUS FIVE (64)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 PUKEI 557                     2   3  0    33       KAME HOUSE (61)
 MASTER ROSHI 524              3   3  0    32       KAME HOUSE (61)
 FAETERNA 492                  6  13  0    31       ENDLESS (58)
 PUAR 526                      3   3  0    30       KAME HOUSE (61)
 REESE'S PB 438                6  11  0    29       SCORPIO'S LIKES: (57)
 NIGHTMARE 545                 4   2  1    29       THE DRAGONS (65)
 A SMOKING WOMAN 441           5  12  1    28       SCORPIO'S LIKES: (57)
 MANIAC MAULER 542             4   3  1    28       THE FEROCIOUS FIVE (64)
 HARLEY 564                    2   2  0    28       HOUSE OF FUR (62)
 HEAT WAVE 515                 7   5  0    26       CONJURE UP THE SUN (60)
 PRIMORDIAL HULK 416           4   5  1    25       NONSUCH HOUSE (39)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 BRONZEN 493                   5   4  0    23       ENDLESS (58)
 FERAL BLADE 415               5   4  1    20       NONSUCH HOUSE (39)
 VICIOUS VENOM 540             4   2  1    20       THE FEROCIOUS FIVE (64)
 ELUCIDATOR 495                3   5  0    20       ENDLESS (58)
 SIX FLAGS 469                 3   7  0    20       SCORPIO'S LIKES: (57)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 HERSHEY 563                   3   1  0    20       HOUSE OF FUR (62)
 WAR STORM 414                 5   4  0    19       NONSUCH HOUSE (39)
 ICE MAN 468                   4   6  1    19       SCORPIO'S LIKES: (57)
 GUILFORD 558                  2   3  1    17       KAME HOUSE (61)
 GARFIELD 529                  4   3  0    15       HOUSE OF FUR (62)
-TURTLE 568                    1   1  0    14       WETWORKS (30)
 BORYS 554                     3   3  1    13       SORCERER KINGS (66)
 DESHAUN WATSON 549            3   3  0    12       NFL NETWORK (63)
 SKY 544                       2   4  0    10       THE DRAGONS (65)
-BLACK WIDOW 567               2   0  0    10       WETWORKS (30)
 TWINKLE TWINKLE 571           2   0  0    10       CONJURE UP THE SUN (60)
 MIDNIGHT 573                  1   1  0     6       HOUSE OF FUR (62)
 AJ GREEN 569                  0   3  0     3       NFL NETWORK (63)
 DETENTION 572                 0   2  0     2       BAD SIGNS (24)
 POGO 570                      0   2  0     2       SCORPIO'S LIKES: (57)

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
M. CHARDINEE            0  0 0                      HILLARY CLINTON 486   152  NONE
ECLIPSE 511             8  2 0 CONJURE UP THE SU 60 HURRICANE SEASON 507  150   
STONED TROLL 513        4  8 0 CONJURE UP THE SU 60 DARK CHAMPION         152  NONE
GRACIE 531              1  2 0 HOUSE OF FUR 62      ICE MAN 468           148  JUST REVENGED
MILKY 565               1  1 0 HOUSE OF FUR 62      NIGHTMARE 545         150   
ANDREW LUCK 575         0  1 0 NFL NETWORK 63       WURM KIN              152  NONE
MAINE 440               4 11 0 SCORPIO'S LIKES: 57  WYAN 553              150   
OBA 552                 3  3 0 SORCERER KINGS 66    MOUNTAIN TROLL        152  NONE
SACHA 555               3  3 0 SORCERER KINGS 66    HIGH ELF              152  NONE
SKYLER 561              1  3 0 THE DRAGONS 65       GUILFORD 558          152   
SKYLER 560              0  1 0 THE DRAGONS 65       BORYS 554             148  REVENGED
CHLOE THE CAT 562       1  3 0 THE FEROCIOUS FIV 64 BLACK ORC             152  NONE
DEATH DEALER 541        1  1 0 THE FEROCIOUS FIV 64 WYAN 553              148  REVENGED
ARCHIVE 521             3  3 1 WETWORKS 30          VICIOUS VENOM 540     149  REVENGED
IRON OGRE 508          11  6 1 WETWORKS 30          KING CHAPPA 527       151   

                                     PERSONAL ADS

Grogan Da Troll -- You look like my son-in-law's not-so-evil twin brother. So glad you 
weren't willing to hit me over the head with a frying pan more than once -- Mother-In-
Law

Kung-Fu Master -- Please quit slapping us silly -- Hurricane Season and Hired By Trump

Behemoth -- One of the more appropriate names in this place. -- Hillary Clinton

Black Widow -- At least your bite wasn't lethal.... this time.... -- Detention

Hamanu -- I won and you lost.  That must've been a hard pill for your manager to 
swallow. -- Heat Wave

Elucidator -- Your team needs a liquidator. -- Vampire on Fire

Nightmare -- ...and stay out!  Sheesh!  (That's the last time Fae and I go to dinner 
with a couple of DRAGONS!) -- Wayhourner

Cam Newton -- I sit on the bench in Telorinthe's thronged hall and set forth a banquet 
in your honor! -- Bronzen

Vampire on Fire -- ... panic ... mania ... incessant screamings to be saved from an 
escaped denizen of hell! -- Elucidator (there's a smoking woman you should meet)

Primordial Hulk -- You grow calm, who had thrashed like a woman in labor. Tempest 
grown still; deluge ended. -- Whirled

Red Death -- Your BBW invite said nothing about you having me for dinner! -- Faeterna 
(bunch of savages in this town!)

They met Faeterna, and then were killed; their threads cut short:  Iron Ogre, 
Eclipse... Red Death is next! -- Disciple (nowhere to run)

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

SACHA was butchered by HIGH ELF in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
STONED TROLL was butchered by DARK CHAMPION in a exciting 3 minute Dark Arena duel.
OBA was narrowly killed by MOUNTAIN TROLL in a 2 minute gruesome Dark Arena fight.
CHLOE THE CAT was butchered by BLACK ORC in a popular 1 minute Dark Arena contest.
ANDREW LUCK was murdered by WURM KIN in a 1 minute bloody Dark Arena competition.
CHOCO vanquished ICE MAN in a 1 minute mismatched Bloodfeud fight.
ROOK savagely defeated MOTHER-IN-LAW in a 18 minute master's Challenge Title brawl.
STORMFLY vanquished PUAR in a 1 minute uneven Challenge duel.
WHIRLED was vanquished by HIRED BY TRUMP in a 1 minute uneven Challenge fight.
J.J. WATT luckily beat KING CHAPPA in a action packed 3 minute gory Challenge match.
VAMPIRE ON FIRE overpowered A SMOKING WOMAN in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge match.
VICIOUS VENOM was devastated by CAM NEWTON in a 1 minute Challenge conflict.
HEAT WAVE was demolished by HARLEY in a popular 1 minute mismatched Challenge match.
DAWN handily defeated SKY in a action packed 1 minute one-sided Challenge conflict.
NIGHTMARE overpowered DESHAUN WATSON in a 1 minute uneven Challenge struggle.
BORYS was overcome by ELUCIDATOR in a 3 minute Challenge bout.
MASTER ROSHI bested REESE'S PB in a 1 minute Challenge brawl.
TWINKLE TWINKLE bested AJ GREEN in a 6 minute novice's Challenge fight.
PUKEI demolished WAR STORM in a 2 minute one-sided Challenge bout.
SKYLER was executed by GUILFORD in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge fight.
DETENTION was devastated by SIX FLAGS in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge contest.
HURRICANE SEASON overpowered GROGAN DA TROLL in a 1 minute one-sided duel.
HILLARY CLINTON executed M. CHARDINEE in a 1 minute uneven fray.
RED DEATH was viciously subdued by KING KILLER in a popular 6 minute brutal contest.
WYAN overpowered CAPTURED ORC in a 1 minute brutal uneven fight.
BURGER KING defeated PRIMORDIAL HULK in a 5 minute duel.
HAMANU savagely defeated GARFIELD in a exciting 7 minute gruesome bout.
FAETERNA was beaten by MANIAC MAULER in a 2 minute duel.
WAYJOURNER handily defeated FERAL BLADE in a 2 minute uneven bout.
BRONZEN beat MIDNIGHT in a 2 minute competition.
HERSHEY vanquished POGO in a 1 minute one-sided bout.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|STRIKING ATTACK                 11         TOTAL PARRY       27 -  13 -  1      68  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   8         PARRY-STRIKE       4 -   2 -  0      67  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   7         STRIKING ATTACK   57 -  39 -  4      59  |
|AIMED BLOW                       7         SLASHING ATTACK   23 -  20 -  1      53  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      7         AIMED BLOW        28 -  26 -  2      52  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  6         PARRY-LUNGE        4 -   4 -  0      50  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    4         WALL OF STEEL     17 -  17 -  2      50  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    3         LUNGING ATTACK    29 -  35 -  4      45  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     1         BASHING ATTACK    17 -  34 -  1      33  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      1         PARRY-RIPOSTE      6 -  21 -  0      22  |

Turn 152 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       1 -  0     AIMED BLOW         3 -  4         5  STRIKING ATTACK
STRIKING ATTACK    9 -  2     TOTAL PARRY        3 -  4         2  TOTAL PARRY    
BASHING ATTACK     4 -  3     LUNGING ATTACK     3 -  5         2  LUNGING ATTACK 
                              SLASHING ATTACK    2 -  4         1  PARRY-STRIKE   
                              WALL OF STEEL      1 -  3         1  SLASHING ATTACK
                              PARRY-LUNGE        0 -  1     
                              PARRY-RIPOSTE      0 -  3     

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
PARRY-STRIKE     ROOK 286                   23  17  0  105 NONSUCH HOUSE (39)
TOTAL PARRY      MOTHER-IN-LAW 447          22  10  0   89 BAD SIGNS (24)
SLASHING ATTACK  HILLARY CLINTON 486        12   7  1   88 BAD SIGNS (24)
STRIKING ATTACK  HURRICANE SEASON 507        9   4  3   87 BAD SIGNS (24)
LUNGING ATTACK   WYAN 553                    5   1  2   51 SORCERER KINGS (66)
BASHING ATTACK   VAMPIRE ON FIRE 512         7   5  1   41 CONJURE UP THE SUN (60)
AIMED BLOW       WAYJOURNER 491              5   4  0   37 ENDLESS (58)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is GROGAN DA TROLL 402.  The most popular warrior this 
turn was HAMANU 556.  The ten other most popular fighters were KING KILLER 543, RED 
DEATH 547, KING CHAPPA 527, ELUCIDATOR 495, PRIMORDIAL HULK 416, MANIAC MAULER 542, 
MIDNIGHT 573, OBA 552, HIRED BY TRUMP 506, and CAM NEWTON 534.

The least popular fighter this week was ROOK 286.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were MOTHER-IN-LAW 447, FERAL BLADE 415, BURGER KING 559, TWINKLE TWINKLE 
571, POGO 570, WAYJOURNER 491, FAETERNA 492, GARFIELD 529, GROGAN DA TROLL 402, and 
DETENTION 572.

               NEW GRADUATES--FROM ALL ARENAS (INCLUDING CLOSED ARENAS)

For those of you who keep track of such things, one additional warrior graduated from 
regular DM arenas (including closed arenas) since the last tournament. 

                           ODOBAN (47-7715) ERRATA!  (760) 
                         WREN (82-18987) TWISTED OAK  (2929) 
                       *RJ (82-41763) THIRSTY THUGS 603  (6973) 
                  DREW BURY MORE (82-55150) STREET WALKERS 8  (9312) 
                   KISS MY... (84-26804) BLOOD SUGAR MAGIK  (4752) 
                      BIG IN JAPAN (84-29457) KAOS 11-21  (4614) 
                       HARV (84-29648) TUM'S ALL STARS  (5238) 
                    MARSHALL (84-35564) THIRSTY THUGS 1327  (6222) 
                   JIMMY JON (84-35711) THIRSTY THUGS 0512  (6251) 
                   BINGO BASHER (84-36834) NAMED BY MARK V  (6439) 
                   NAKED RAYGUN (84-54748) CHICAGO BOUND 16  (9453) 

Congrats to the grads. -- Green Eyes

                        BLOODGAMES at the WINTER FACE-TO-FACE

Congratulations to the winners of the Winter 2019 Bloodgames!

We held two Bloodgames arenas at the Winter Face to Face:  

  FTF-Style (DM 96):      for Face-to-Face attendees, with turn-by-turn strategies
  Mail-in-Style (DM 97):  for all managers, with one strategy for all ten rounds

Each manager's Bloodgames team had ten warriors, one of each style, all attributes 
according to the manager's desire (84 points total).  After ten rounds of brutal 
battles, the Bloodgames Champions are the living warriors with the greatest number 
of kills (only one of each style in each arena).  These champions have been granted 
immortality and advanced to ADM!  The winners were:

          DM 96
          Slasher:        GEORGE WAHLEN of MEDAL OF HONOR 29 96-6436, 8-2-5 
          Parry-Lunge:    IMA PLUNGER of WIRA TEAM 96-6399, 8-2-5
          Striker:        HOMINY of CORN DOGS 96-6775, 8-2-4

          DM 97
          Wall-of-Steel:  GET MARRIED of GAMBLING 2 97-7204, 8-2-5
          Striker:    	   HIAWATHA of KHOR'S INDIGENOUS 97-7160 10-0-4
          Aimed Blow:     TRIUMPH of CANADIAN CLASSICS 97-7395  6-4-4

Congratulations to the winners! -- RSI