DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER
Date : 06/21/2022 Duedate: 07/18/2022
TELORINTHE ARENA
DM-83 TURN-196
This Weeks Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
BURGER KING
THE FEROCIOUS FIVE (64)
(83-559) [31-18-0,129]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
BURGER KING BACK TO BLACK
THE FEROCIOUS FIVE (64) CLASSICS (83)
(83-559) [31-18-0,129] (83-813) [4-0-0,32]
Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite
HEAT WAVE VAMPIRE ON FIRE
CONJURE UP THE SUN (60) CONJURE UP THE SUN (60)
(83-515) [20-17-0,98] (83-512) [17-20-3,89]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
CLASSICS (83)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. RIFF-RAFF CREW (69) 57
2. NFL NETWORK (63) 53 THE DRAGONS (65)
3. THE DRAGONS (65) 43 Unchartered Team
4. MEAL TEAM 6 (81) 31
5. SORCERER KINGS (66) 30 CLASSICS (83)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1/ 1*CLASSICS (83) 16 3 0 84.2 1/ 1*CLASSICS (83) 11 3 0
2/ 3 THE DRAGONS (65) 137 88 6 60.9 2/ 2 HOUSE OF FUR (62) 11 4 1
3/ 2 BAD SIGNS (24) 380 245 32 60.8 3/ 9 RIFF-RAFF CREW (69) 9 6 1
4/ 4 THE FEROCIOUS FIVE (64) 145 106 5 57.8 4/ 3 NFL NETWORK (63) 8 7 1
5/ 5 KAME HOUSE (61) 133 106 8 55.6 5/ 8 THE FEROCIOUS FIVE (64) 8 7 0
6/ 6 HOUSE OF FUR (62) 132 117 7 53.0 6/ 4 KAME HOUSE (61) 7 8 0
7/ 7 CONJURE UP THE SUN (60) 97 88 3 52.4 7/ 5 THE DRAGONS (65) 7 8 0
8/ 8 RIFF-RAFF CREW (69) 87 79 3 52.4 8/ 7 CONJURE UP THE SUN (60) 6 4 0
9/ 9 NFL NETWORK (63) 126 120 8 51.2 9/ 6 SUPER BRASH BROTHER (43) 6 9 1
10-10 RHYMES WITH ASH (80) 27 26 0 50.9 10/12 EMPIRE STRIKES OUT (70) 5 5 1
11/11 EMPIRE STRIKES OUT (70) 49 50 6 49.5 11/15 MEAL TEAM 6 (81) 4 6 1
12/12 SORCERER KINGS (66) 119 131 10 47.6 12/11 SORCERER KINGS (66) 4 11 0
13/13 SUPER BRASH BROTHER (43) 21 28 4 42.9 13-10 RHYMES WITH ASH (80) 3 2 0
14/15 MEAL TEAM 6 (81) 31 53 4 36.9 14-13 SCORPIO'S LIKES: (57) 2 5 0
15-16 SCORPIO'S LIKES: (57) 89 196 6 31.2 15/16 BAD SIGNS (24) 2 8 0
'*' Unchartered team '-' Team did not fight this turn
(###) Avoid teams by their Team Id ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank
SPY REPORT
If you were disturbed from your beauty rest only to have to watch a bunch of
TELORINTHE brutes like you, you'd be grouchy, too. RIFF-RAFF CREW turned their 4-1-1
turn into a 3rd place rank in the listings this turn. Any better than this, and you
get put on hit lists. Now let's all watch THE FEROCIOUS FIVE's 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 EMBER win a fight and gain 27 points, terribly.
Tsk, tsk, EMBER beat TOSHI ARITO and TOSHI ARITO lost 64 points. You're breakin' my
heart. BURGER KING Bloodfeuded FRED SMOOT for TELORINTHE's Title this turn, and
guess what happened? And if variety is the spice of life, TELORINTHE may be getting
bland, as BURGER KING stays top dog in the city. The Welcome Wench, humph! I've
tasted better ale at mortuaries. Where do they get this stuff? From TELORINTHE's
trash dumps?
My mother always told me, 'If you don't have anything nice to say, start
talking.' I loved that woman. CONJURE UP THE SUN, 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 who led the way in this mass act of cowardice? Let's see, well, whatcha know?
It was THE FEROCIOUS FIVE. Ha ha ha ha! Ooh, I'm frightfully impressed, WINDSHEAR
was this turn's most challenged warrior. Watch that ego swell, sports fans. Looks
like time for laurels or hemlock, TIMON was challenged by BLINKY ME EYEPOKE, who was
ranked 27 points below him. Well, ok, the upstart knave (where've I heard that
before?) won this match and gained 28 points to boot! Ha ha ha, TIMON. I guess I
can give a little credit to BLOOD LUST of THE DRAGONS for challenging up by 21 to
PERIL. BLOOD LUST was slain to get 63 points of recognition.
Some people like volunteer work in the hospitals. I volunteer for TELORINTHE's
morgue. More variety. And what a stunning loss we have here, boys and girls, ONE
KURATO of KAME HOUSE has added the final loss to its 8-7-1. Tee hee! Let's see,
8-3-1. Pretty good record for a living warrior. A sad one though, for a dead one.
Such is the case for BLOOD LUST of THE DRAGONS. Tsk. Bye bye, warrior, bye bye...
SIMBA, a glorious 7-8-2 fighter, has passed away. Gee, too bad HOUSE OF FUR. And
what a stunning loss we have here, boys and girls, IOLO of SUPER BRASH BROTHERS has
added the final loss to his 3-6-0. Tee hee! Honor is like a chainmail shirt, it
only shines through use. Certain nameless cowards will doubtless rebuke me on this
one.
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! Well, I've had enough of this
drivel, and I'm sure you have too. Off like a dirty shirt of padded leather. Glad
to see the back of this place-- Snide Clemens
DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
BURGER KING 559 31 18 0 129 THE FEROCIOUS FIVE (64)
CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
HALFTIME SHOW 632 17 10 1 127 NFL NETWORK (63)
BORYS 554 29 21 1 113 SORCERER KINGS (66)
TOKUGAWA 701 14 6 0 113 KAME HOUSE (61)
PERIL 775 11 2 1 108 HOUSE OF FUR (62)
0-2 COUNT 603 16 7 0 100 BAD SIGNS (24)
-ICE MAN 468 22 31 2 99 SCORPIO'S LIKES: (57)
HEAT WAVE 515 20 17 0 98 CONJURE UP THE SUN (60)
EMBER 634 19 8 0 97 THE DRAGONS (65)
AT-AT AT BAT 713 8 2 1 93 EMPIRE STRIKES OUT (70)
UMPIRE PALPATINE 629 9 11 1 92 EMPIRE STRIKES OUT (70)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
CHARMING KITTEN 601 18 16 0 90 RIFF-RAFF CREW (69)
VAMPIRE ON FIRE 512 17 20 3 89 CONJURE UP THE SUN (60)
RIDE OR DIE 635 18 9 0 86 RIFF-RAFF CREW (69)
WINDSHEAR 781 10 2 1 86 THE DRAGONS (65)
-REESE'S PB 438 13 44 1 84 SCORPIO'S LIKES: (57)
F-3PO 630 9 11 1 82 EMPIRE STRIKES OUT (70)
PHYSICALITY 599 16 18 1 76 RIFF-RAFF CREW (69)
ZOMBIE GALILEO 717 10 4 0 76 CONJURE UP THE SUN (60)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
BIBIDEE 623 18 11 2 73 SORCERER KINGS (66)
CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
DOOMSCROLL 749 7 8 1 66 RIFF-RAFF CREW (69)
BLINKY ME EYEPOKE 763 7 8 2 62 MEAL TEAM 6 (81)
RBI-WAN KENOBI 628 10 10 1 61 EMPIRE STRIKES OUT (70)
RILEY MCCARRON 773 8 5 0 61 NFL NETWORK (63)
MARIAH 327 6 4 1 60 SUPER BRASH BROTHERS (43)
TYRANN MATHIEU 783 8 3 0 58 NFL NETWORK (63)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
SACHA 772 8 5 1 54 SORCERER KINGS (66)
BIG BIRD 780 8 4 0 53 THE FEROCIOUS FIVE (64)
HEAT STROKE 578 13 12 0 51 CONJURE UP THE SUN (60)
-SMASH 748 7 4 0 48 RHYMES WITH ASH (80)
MOM'S MAD 698 6 6 0 48 BAD SIGNS (24)
STOPPA SQUEAL 764 11 5 0 44 MEAL TEAM 6 (81)
TIMON 735 11 5 0 38 HOUSE OF FUR (62)
-TACO SUPREME 687 7 14 0 38 SCORPIO'S LIKES: (57)
JABBA THE BUNT 722 5 4 1 37 EMPIRE STRIKES OUT (70)
-D&D 3.5 721 7 9 1 34 SCORPIO'S LIKES: (57)
SHAMINO 329 5 5 0 34 SUPER BRASH BROTHERS (43)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
BOOGER DINK 757 6 4 1 33 MEAL TEAM 6 (81)
NOTHINGBURGER 700 6 14 0 32 RIFF-RAFF CREW (69)
BACK TO BLACK 813 4 0 0 32 CLASSICS (83)
COW KING 790 6 3 0 31 HOUSE OF FUR (62)
REVOLVER 810 4 0 0 31 CLASSICS (83)
POLITE CAT 805 3 2 0 31 HOUSE OF FUR (62)
-GASH 747 8 3 0 29 RHYMES WITH ASH (80)
DUPRE 328 5 5 2 28 SUPER BRASH BROTHERS (43)
-SASH 777 4 5 0 26 RHYMES WITH ASH (80)
KID A 814 3 1 0 26 CLASSICS (83)
-FLASH 745 4 7 0 25 RHYMES WITH ASH (80)
14 DAY QUARANTINE 699 6 6 0 24 BAD SIGNS (24)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
6AM ALARM 706 6 5 0 23 BAD SIGNS (24)
TACO SMELL 759 5 8 0 23 MEAL TEAM 6 (81)
FRED SMOOT 817 1 2 1 23 NFL NETWORK (63)
ONE PIECE 787 6 4 0 22 THE FEROCIOUS FIVE (64)
DRAJ 797 3 4 0 22 SORCERER KINGS (66)
-KLASH 789 2 4 0 19 RHYMES WITH ASH (80)
RUBBER SOUL 812 3 0 0 18 CLASSICS (83)
GUIDING LIGHT 794 3 3 0 12 CONJURE UP THE SUN (60)
RAZORCLAW 833 1 0 0 10 THE DRAGONS (65)
KAMIGAWA 808 2 3 0 9 KAME HOUSE (61)
TOYOTOMI 822 1 1 0 9 KAME HOUSE (61)
VOODOO 811 2 2 0 8 CLASSICS (83)
GIBBERS 820 2 1 0 8 THE FEROCIOUS FIVE (64)
EXTRA HOMEWORK 754 1 5 0 8 BAD SIGNS (24)
UG NUT 832 1 0 0 8 THE FEROCIOUS FIVE (64)
POOPIE 791 0 5 0 5 MEAL TEAM 6 (81)
ICEWING 821 0 3 0 3 THE DRAGONS (65)
WAR WITCH 818 0 3 0 3 SUPER BRASH BROTHERS (43)
ZEMEON FYR 825 0 1 0 1 SORCERER KINGS (66)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
SIMBA 734 7 9 2 HOUSE OF FUR 62 DOOMSCROLL 749 196
ONE KURATO 741 8 8 1 KAME HOUSE 61 AT-AT AT BAT 713 196
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
DEAD 831 0 1 0 NFL NETWORK 63 HIGH ELF 196 NONE
ROBERT SALCH 796 3 4 0 NFL NETWORK 63 DUPRE 328 195
IOLO 330 3 7 0 SUPER BRASH BROTH 43 BOOGER DINK 757 196
SYNAPSE 786 2 2 1 SUPER BRASH BROTH 43 LADY OF GREEN 803 193
BLOOD LUST 784 8 3 1 THE DRAGONS 65 PERIL 775 196
RATHALOS 809 0 1 0 THE DRAGONS 65 JOYMEND 802 193
OBI DOBI 816 0 2 0 THE FEROCIOUS FIV 64 FRED SMOOT 817 194 JUST REVENGED
PERSONAL ADS
0-2 Count -- Epee to tha FACE!!! (literally) -- Heat Wave
Telorinthe -- So quiet in here on our return. Everyone must be too busy figuring out
there downchallenges and different ways that they can attack the head. -- Dark Oracle,
mgr of Bad Signs
Windshear -- Maybe you shouldn't use a scimitar to hit people. You don't seem very
good at it. -- Umpire Palpatine
Doomscroll -- How did you win when I hit you with a bone-crushing attack to your head.
-- Jabba The Bunt
Physicaliity -- Yes, I think you made a career error -- At-At At Bat
Bibidee -- So, we meet again! -- F-3PO (and some other members of Empire Strikes Out)
Vampire On Fire -- I can't stop fighting if I haven't even started -- RBI-wan Kenobi
Flannel Master -- Your dad is so stupid, when they said, "Order in the court," he
asked for fries and a shake. -- General Bashur
Queen Bad Crayon Art -- Your dad is so stupid, he got hit by a parked car. -- Bashur
Puppy Petter -- Your dad is so ugly, he made a blind kid cry. -- G. Bashur
Plague -- Your dad is so depressing, blues singers come to visit him when they've got
writer's block. -- General Bashur
Agent Repugnant -- Your dad is so short, he went to see Santa and Santa told your dad
to get back to work. -- Bashur
Weirdo -- Inquiring minds want to know who originally let you out of your cage -- G.
Bashur
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BOTTLES OF BEER III!!! (+100) CONTEST: NEWS FROM THE GLADITORIAL COMMISSION: ALL
PARTICIPANTS WIN A PRIZE! Plus contest clarifications:
You heard right my friends: ALL 99 Bottles participants who do not miss more than 1
turn during the entire contest (including the warm-up phase) will receive a "Pick of
the Litter" replacement. A PotL replacement will be 10 ordinary random replacements:
you pick the one you wish to keep, and the other 9 are discarded. Naturally, this
replacement must be placed in DM 20.
What's new:
Your CotS "status symbol": O^O (capital O, shift-6, capital O) must appear somewhere
in it's name. However, it may appear anywhere. It need not be in the beginning as was
originally stated. So names such as MO^ONSHOT or THRU THE O^O will be quite
acceptable..
Some clarifications:
* Do not forget to write a personal ad for the Turn 184 newsletter. In other words,
assuming you do start on turn 184, you need to send in a personal ad with your very
first turn.
The requirement to write a personal ad is discontinued once the Arena Achievement
stage starts on turn 199.
* This should not be an issue, but Bottles for Arena Awards will be awarded for
chartered teams only.
* If you win one or more of the CotS replacements, they/it MUST be used in DM 20.
* Note that the NO AVOIDS policy will be STRICLY ENFORCED!! If you are caught
avoiding, you will be disqualified from the contest! HOWEVER--this does not start
until turn 199; no one including myself or the Gladitorial Commission will give a
hoot about avoids until turn 199. But be sure you get it out of your system prior:
if you are caught avoiding on turn 199 (or after), you WILL be disqualified!!
* On the other hand, fielding a partial team is a no-no RIGHT FROM THE START on turn
184. You will receive a 3-bottle penalty for any inactive warrior, or 1-bottle
penalty for any inactive rookie. And your Bottle total can and will go negative if
necessary.
It is highly recommended that you place your team "on maintenance" to avoid any
complications caused due to slow mail or any other unforeseen catastrophy. In case
you are not familiar with the term: a team on maintenance will automatically run
again with its previous turn's strategies (without the challenges) even if none are
sent in or are not received in time, Just send your request to be put on maintenance
to CSR@reality.com.
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
DEAD was butchered by HIGH ELF in a 1 minute bloody Dark Arena fight.
BURGER KING vanquished FRED SMOOT in a 4 minute uneven Bloodfeud Title battle.
UMPIRE PALPATINE was demolished by HALFTIME SHOW in a 1 minute uneven Challenge fight.
AT-AT AT BAT butchered ONE KURATO in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge contest.
F-3PO was overpowered by TOKUGAWA in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge match.
RBI-WAN KENOBI was overpowered by WINDSHEAR in a 1 minute Challenge struggle.
BIG BIRD was devastated by PHYSICALITY in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge competition.
BLOOD LUST was easily killed by PERIL in a 1 minute uneven Challenge melee.
MOM'S MAD lost to RILEY MCCARRON in a popular 1 minute Challenge duel.
SACHA vanquished SHAMINO in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge duel.
BLINKY ME EYEPOKE overpowered TIMON in a tiring 5 minute gory uneven Challenge match.
JABBA THE BUNT subdued NOTHINGBURGER in a 2 minute bloody Challenge match.
GUIDING LIGHT overcame ICEWING in a 2 minute Challenge contest.
6AM ALARM was savagely defeated by REVOLVER in a 3 minute Challenge match.
14 DAY QUARANTINE was narrowly defeated by COW KING in a 2 minute Challenge duel.
GIBBERS defeated WAR WITCH in a 1 minute beginner's Challenge struggle.
VOODOO was handily defeated by DRAJ in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge bout.
HEAT WAVE was bested by BORYS in a 2 minute veteran's brawl.
TOSHI ARITO was beaten by EMBER in a 2 minute brutal veteran's match.
0-2 COUNT luckily beat VAMPIRE ON FIRE in a crowd pleasing 4 minute master's fight.
RIDE OR DIE luckily beat ZOMBIE GALILEO in a action packed 6 minute brutal fight.
CHARMING KITTEN beat BIBIDEE in a 2 minute expert's fray.
TYRANN MATHIEU viciously subdued STOPPA SQUEAL in a 2 minute gory contest.
HEAT STROKE subdued DUPRE in a popular 5 minute fight.
MARIAH vanquished KID A in a 1 minute one-sided match.
SIMBA was slaughtered by DOOMSCROLL in a 1 minute one-sided fight.
TACO SMELL was subdued by BACK TO BLACK in a 2 minute melee.
IOLO was easily killed by BOOGER DINK in a 2 minute uneven bout.
ONE PIECE beat EXTRA HOMEWORK in a 4 minute competition.
POLITE CAT vanquished KAMIGAWA in a 1 minute one-sided bout.
POOPIE was defeated by UG NUT in a 1 minute beginner's duel.
RUBBER SOUL defeated TOYOTOMI in a 3 minute novice's match.
ZEMEON FYR was overpowered by RAZORCLAW in a 1 minute one-sided fight.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|TOTAL PARRY 14 AIMED BLOW 54 - 33 - 2 62 |
|LUNGING ATTACK 10 PARRY-LUNGE 20 - 13 - 0 61 |
|STRIKING ATTACK 9 STRIKING ATTACK 39 - 30 - 6 57 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 9 SLASHING ATTACK 46 - 42 - 1 52 |
|AIMED BLOW 7 TOTAL PARRY 58 - 58 - 0 50 |
|BASHING ATTACK 7 LUNGING ATTACK 32 - 36 - 3 47 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 4 BASHING ATTACK 37 - 52 - 1 42 |
|WALL OF STEEL 3 PARRY-RIPOSTE 9 - 13 - 0 41 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 2 WALL OF STEEL 19 - 30 - 1 39 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 0 PARRY-STRIKE 3 - 12 - 0 20 |
Turn 196 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 2 - 0 BASHING ATTACK 3 - 4 4 TOTAL PARRY
WALL OF STEEL 2 - 1 LUNGING ATTACK 3 - 7 2 STRIKING ATTACK
TOTAL PARRY 9 - 5 SLASHING ATTACK 2 - 7 2 AIMED BLOW
AIMED BLOW 4 - 3 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 0 1 BASHING ATTACK
STRIKING ATTACK 5 - 4 1 SLASHING ATTACK
PARRY-LUNGE 2 - 2 1 LUNGING ATTACK
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
TOTAL PARRY BURGER KING 559 31 18 0 129 THE FEROCIOUS FIVE (64)
BASHING ATTACK HALFTIME SHOW 632 17 10 1 127 NFL NETWORK (63)
STRIKING ATTACK TOKUGAWA 701 14 6 0 113 KAME HOUSE (61)
AIMED BLOW PERIL 775 11 2 1 108 HOUSE OF FUR (62)
SLASHING ATTACK HEAT WAVE 515 20 17 0 98 CONJURE UP THE SUN (60)
PARRY-LUNGE TYRANN MATHIEU 783 8 3 0 58 NFL NETWORK (63)
LUNGING ATTACK SACHA 772 8 5 1 54 SORCERER KINGS (66)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
The overall popularity leader is HEAT WAVE 515. The most popular warrior this turn
was VAMPIRE ON FIRE 512. The ten other most popular fighters were ZOMBIE GALILEO
717, REVOLVER 810, DUPRE 328, HEAT WAVE 515, BIBIDEE 623, TOYOTOMI 822, TOKUGAWA 701,
RILEY MCCARRON 773, JABBA THE BUNT 722, and TYRANN MATHIEU 783.
The least popular fighter this week was TIMON 735. The other ten least popular
fighters were ONE PIECE 787, ZEMEON FYR 825, POOPIE 791, KAMIGAWA 808, IOLO 330, TACO
SMELL 759, SIMBA 734, KID A 814, WAR WITCH 818, and SHAMINO 329.
The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn:
BORYS (83-554) SORCERER KINGS (66)
The following warriors have traveled to AD after fighting this turn:
TOSHI ARITO (83-697) KAME HOUSE (61)
NEW GRADUATES--FROM ALL ARENAS (INCLUDING CLOSED ARENAS)
For those of you who keep track of such things, a few additional warriors graduated
from regular DM arenas (including closed arenas) since the last tournament.
GECKO (82-4572) REPTILIAN REBELS (617)
0004 (82-12395) OCT 2001 2 (1813)
CRAZY 17 (84-11450) CRAZY 88 6 (2077)
UBER (85-4046) IT'S NEWARK! (736)
MARCELINE (85-9958) ADVENTURE TIME 2 (1809)
HIP KOALA (85-38711) TIME 4 TOURNEY XIII (7060)
Congrats to the grads. -- Green Eyes
WINTER FACE-TO-FACE IN TEMPE!
We hope you will join us at our winter FTF in Tempe, AZ, January 13-15, 2023! It will
be held at our usual Embassy Suites Hotel in Tempe, Arizona (480-897-7444). Room
rates are $184.00 per night, 1-2 occupancy, which includes full cooked breakfast,
complimentary manager's reception, free airport shuttle, free parking and free high
speed internet. There's a fitness center, jacuzzi, and pool. The rooms are blocked--
the code is "Duelmasters2023."
The official block cutoff is December 12 so make your reservations ASAP!
The hotel reservation site is: http://tinyurl.com/FF68inTempe
Please note that doubles are limited. As always, if the block is full, please make
your reservation the best you can (book a king, and/or book at normal rates) and let
us know and we'll work with the sales office to get them to correct your reservation.
We look forward to seeing you in January! -- RSI
This is just a reminder to all who plan to enter the contest in Seam that it is a
no-tourney arena, and is therefore subject to the no-tourney rules. The pledge all
participants must take when entering a team in this arena is as follows:
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NO-TOURNEY ARENA PLEDGE
* I pledge that I will not send warriors from this team to a tournament, nor
will I use a tournament prize on a warrior from this team.
* I pledge to run a full team when I run turns in this arena. If circumstances
preclude my running less than a full team, I will notify the Player Committee.
* I agree to abide by the decisions of the Player Committee.
* I understand that any warrior that participates in a tournament or receives
a tournament prize shall be sent to the Dark Arena until they are dead.
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Please send your agreement with your new team.
Best of luck in the arena and in the contest!
Name Change-o-Rama -- Final Update
The gladiators looked around at the Commission's administrative office on the
Isle of the Eye. They'd been here before. The standard boxy building, the scurrying
clerks, the... goats browsing on the landscaping. Not as many goats this time as
before, only three. One came over to Zeke (not his arena name) and nuzzled his
pockets. He scratched at the base of its floppy ears, lacking a snack to offer. He
looked at one of the clerks. "I thought you got rid of the goats last year," Zeke
said.
"These are new goats," the clerk said with a sigh. "They're going to be shipped
out next week." He looked hopeful. "They like you, could you stay until then?"
Zeke sighed. Minding three goats sounded more enjoyable than fighting in the
arena. "I'd have to ask my manager."
* * * *
Snatching his parchment away from a very determined goat, who apparently thought
it was a tasty snack, Rodney quickly dipped his pen in ink and began to write. "It is
our pleasure and honor to note that sixty-seven gladiators and teams have elected to
change their names, supporting the contribution of goats to deserving people. With
the Commission's matching funds, this has purchased three goats--a good goat can't be
purchased for a copper, you know. The goats are already en route to their new homes,
where they will be--" He paused and thought about it. "--very welcome. We wish all
the best to the goats and their new owners."