ADVANCED DUELMASTERS
Date : 06/24/2003 Duedate: 07/21/2003
CRYSALIS
DM-106 TURN-132
RANK TEAMS W L K % RANK TEAMS W L K %
1 REAL BEER 21/859 1508 742 19 67.0 FEARSOME LEGENDS 37/997
PRIMATES-R-US 25/963 12-PAUL'Z PHARTZ 65/985 383 388 4 49.7
ALPHABET SOUP 73/943 ONE GOOD DUDE 72/396
MISTAKEN IDENTITY 73/96 INSP GADGETS MINIONS 7/214
PARTY ANIMALS 5/476 KIWI CONNECTION 13/747
THINGS GEORGE DOES 73/812 OTAGO HIGHLANDERS 14/808
ROYAL FLUSH 47/10 THE FAMILY TREE 20/717
INGRATE WHITE NORTH 60/745 13 DARQUE FORCES 44/857 27 28 1 49.1
CHAPEL ROCK 79/615 DARQUE FORCES 72/1009
IMPORTED FOOTBALLERS 7/883 DARQUE FORCES 45/941
2 BLOOD LUST 73/978 4 2 0 66.7 DARQUE FORCES 31/908
3-TOOL BOX 2/959 2 1 0 66.7 DARQUE FORCES 71/863
BARHOPPERS 25/1008 14-ACTION TOYS 41/1000 129 142 2 47.6
PLATOON 37/999 GAMES PEOPLE PLAY 82/1001
4 HAREM 25/998 28 16 2 63.6 15 DARK SIDHE 50/642 97 114 0 46.0
A UNIT 10/961 16 SIR AGLIO 10/716 33 39 0 45.8
A UNIT XV 82/851 OUTA THIS WORLD 82/1002
A UNIT 25/835 17-LORDS OF VAL 31/1005 28 35 0 44.4
5 IRON CURTAIN 50/791 13 10 0 56.5 18 ANDORIAN KNIG 11/962 15 21 1 41.7
OPHIDIAN ORDER 39/705 19 DYSERAY 8/901 4 6 1 40.0
6 OVERLORDS 20/371 51 41 0 55.4 20 MASTER BLASTE 50/251 22 34 0 39.3
THE STORMGUARDS 31/192 21-DRAKE'S LODG 73/1003 7 11 0 38.9
7 DREAM TEAMS 41/919 74 61 1 54.8 22 DRINKING BUDD 39/574 72 123 0 36.9
MIKE'S MISFITS 1/793 23 SAND DANCERS 51/610 223 413 1 35.1
DEADLY DE-PARTED 11/370 SAND DANCERS 78/848
8-2ND ARCTIC GU 71/994 12 10 0 54.5 SAND DANCERS 52/942
9 CARNIVAL 4/686 46 39 0 54.1 THE MIDDLE WAY 39/946
MEDICINE SHOW 21/687 24-THE BEAR'S PA 47/196 7 14 1 33.3
10 WAY TO GO! I 73/1010 101 86 2 54.0 25 RUNNING AMOK 54/979 2 5 0 28.6
11-CANADIAN CLUB 50/76 36 33 0 52.2 26 BLOCKS 79/568 15 45 0 25.0
FEARSOME LEGENDS 6/995 27 COFFEE RULES 47/1007 1 0 0 100
ANCIENT KNIGHTS 65/817 28 SOLIPSISM II 31/1004 1 1 0 50.0
FEARSOME LEGENDS 36/996 29 PBA 78/1006 0 1 0 0.0
'##/###' Avoid teams by their Team Id '-' Team did not fight this turn
WARRIOR SPOTLIGHT
+ ]H[ + ---:--- + ]H[ Eye of the Storm #60 ]H[ + ---:--- + ]H[ +
In the Far West:
"Shania is with the Eye of the West, that we are seeking?" Ashon Chang repeated.
He frowned at Herlas. "That sounds too easy. The Eye of the West is not where it's
supposed to be," he guessed.
"On Kurzanica? No, I don't think it is," Herlas agreed. He kept a wary eye on
Rughal, which was not difficult since the ranger had a nearly-strangling grip on the
wizard's throat. "I would guess it's somewhere on the mainland, probably in Zinaco
somewhere. But you can't interfere! The preservation of the Arcanum is essential,
anyone's life is nothing in the face of the disaster to be avert--"
Rughal closed his fingers more tightly around the Fratsfan's throat, choking him
to silence. "We don't need him anymore now, do we?" he asked almost casually.
"He might still have his uses," Ashon Chang said slowly, and Werre nodded with
him. "But we cannot trust him--"
"Did we ever?" Vurand demanded. "The thing is, we can't guard him properly
because none of us do magic. Better just to kill him." He took a step closer to
Herlas, who was helpless in the grip of both Rughal and Ashon Chang. "I'll help...
strangling him is too fast, Rughal."
"Just...? In cold blood?" Jammies asked, swallowing hard.
"Who says my blood is cold right now?" Vurand growled. The Orc flexed his large
hands and bared his fangs in a hungry grin. "Who says any of us are feeling cold
about this? Even you, boy."
Jammies opened his mouth to argue the point and stopped, staring at Rughal. The
young gladiator knew himself to be average and no more in the matter of the more
esoteric martial arts as studied in Lirith Kai, but he had training enough to realize
that he was seeing something extraordinary now. Light was emerging from the darkness
around them, swirling in a haze that shaded from gold to increasingly red, hotter and
brighter with every passing instant. The source was Rughal, the fury was Rughal's,
and Jammies wondered if the ranger intended to kill Herlas with a manifestation of
hiu. He backed away a couple of steps without realizing that he was doing it; there
didn't seem to be enough air to breathe so close to all that power.
Werre pushed past the younger Adantri and forced his way toward Rughal; he
looked like he was wading against a strong current. He grabbed Rughal's shoulder and
leaned close, saying something Jammies couldn't hear. Rughal turned his head slowly
to look at Werre. The ranger's face was quite calm, which Jammies found shocking.
Calm, but not really aware of anything beyond himself and Herlas. It seemed like a
year before Rughal's eyes actually focused on Werre. The four of them, Ashon Chang,
Herlas, Rughal, and Werre, all clustered together, were half-hidden by the steadily
thickening haze of rage, as though they were embedded in blood-colored amber.
Beside Jammies, Vurand growled. "They're going to let the damned wizard live, I
bet."
Jammies shrugged uncomfortably. "Well...I know he's no friend of ours, and he's
a wizard, and...but I don't like the idea of just killing him out of hand."
The Orc snorted. "That's what civilization does to people, makes you all soft!"
Jammies opened his mouth to refute this and was knocked from his feet and half-
deafened by an explosion. He struggled to one elbow and saw that Herlas was sprawled
on the deck, while Werre and Ashon Chang were holding Rughal backed against the low
wall of the ship's cabin. The haze of rage and hiu was gone, but there was still
anger enough in Rughal's tense posture to alarm a sensible man. Werre had one hand
clamped around Rughal's wrist to prevent the ranger from drawing his sword.
"We still need him," Ashon Chang said, his voice hard. "Without Shania, we need
him because we have no way to find the Eye of the West. We could walk right past it
and not know."
Rughal growled something that was barely words.
"You watch him, then," Ashon Chang said, "and I will help sail this boat. We
need him alive, Rughal. He is our best tool to find Lady Shania."
+ ]H[ + ---:--- + ]H[ Eye of the Storm #61 ]H[ + ---:--- + ]H[ +
Rithakar:
Onuphre had disarmed the man and was now holding him in an iron grip to prevent
him bleeding to death from the stump. Seeing that he had his companions' attention
again, the Shew said, "I thought we might want to ask this fellow some questions."
"What an excellent idea!" Tamea Soulkeeper purred. She moved closer to the
Shew's prisoner and examined him curiously. "He appears to be of a race unknown in
Alastari," she murmured, then glanced at the blood leaking from the stump of the
man's arm. It was an unusual shade of red, almost coppery. "Of an unknown species
entirely. I wonder where the Folstrom found him?"
"Stop wondering and ask your questions," Onuphre suggested. "He isn't going to
last long, as much blood as he's lost."
Tamea gave the Shew a look that would have put a dagger to shame for sharpness
and addressed a brisk question to the prisoner in a language none of the other
gladiators recognized.
The man stared at her blankly, then mumbled a few words.
The witch frowned and rapped out another question in what sounded like a
different language.
The man shook his head feebly.
"Those other people make my head spin," Debby Tonte announced. She was glaring
at the main body of lancers, who were still rippling and fading in and out of
solidity. "They make me feel like I forgot the umbrella in my drink, or, you know,
no olives. I don't like it."
Bellerophon and Mr. Testosterone turned to look at the larger group again. It
didn't appear to offer much danger, if the lancers couldn't even rejoin the active
universe.
"That sphere the banner-man is carrying!" Mr. Testosterone said suddenly.
"Could that be the Eye we're looking for?"
Ultraist* squinted at it and nodded once. "It could be," the big Aruaki
admitted. "It looks pretty much the way the Eye looked--if it was the Eye--when I
saw it last. But how would they come to have it?"
"If that's the Eye of the South," Bellerophon answered briskly, "it doesn't
matter how they got it. We have to get it back."
This declaration gathered the attention of the whole group that had originally
set out from the Isle. After the delays and disappointments experienced so far, the
possibility of actually being able to accomplish their task was invigorating.
"How do we get it from them?" E.A. Polecat demanded. "They aren't all here, I
mean, they're not in this world completely, and if they can't touch us, we can't
touch them, right?"
"We can get right in among them with our swords drawn," Skirnir suggested.
Holding his blade at the ready, he moved forward as he spoke.
The others rushed to join him, out of loyalty and duty and from a simple desire
to have, finally, a clear fight that they could win. Because they were going to win.
At their near approach, the lancers seemed to get a firmer grip on reality and become
solid, or nearly so, but at the same time many of them began to age with appalling
swiftness, as though all the years they had slept through were falling on them at
once. Skirnir, who found himself paired with Black Skull, the retired Rocani Lord
Protector, headed for the banner man who had what was probably the Eye of the South.
Bellerophon and Natasha Knight targeted the leader of the troop, and the other
gladiators spread out to do as much damage as they could.
The man with the banner and the Eye shouted when he found himself beset by two
warriors, and others rallied to his side, including the leader. The battle was brief
but fierce, the end inevitable. Though they had the advantages of numbers and of
being mounted, the lancers were weary and confused, and when one of them took a
deadly wound, he rapidly collapsed into a pile of bones that crumbled to dust.
Black Skull looked over the seen of the battle, shaken. Nothing remained of the
men they'd fought, who had fought them with the fierceness of desperation, but dust
drifting away on the wind, and a few pieces of age-weakened metal--spearheads, a
helmet or two, a buckle.... "That was..." he shook his head, unable to think of a
word to describe his feeling.
"It was as bad, in its way, as though we'd lost," Bellerophon said grimly. "But
we won." He stepped carefully through the dust to the spherical stone, white and
dead as the moon, that might be all that remained of the Eye of the South.
"Better not to touch it!" Ultraist advised, coming up beside him.
"Right! Remember what it did to that poor dragon!" Debby Tonte added, joining
them. She rummaged in her straw bag and pulled out a large towel. "Roll it into
this, so you can carry it safely. We can take it back to HER, and then forget about
it. And the sooner the better, too!"
*Ultraist is now known as Sylvester Frothingslosh.
+ ]H[ + ---:--- + ]H[ The Tides of Magic #8 ]H[ + ---:--- + ]H[ +
The Isle of the Eye, Talahya:
"Okay," Carris Fallstar said, "how do we tackle your two angles? How do we find
where the, uh, 'magical links' that bind the Isle to Alastari are located?"
Everyone turned to look at Moonjumper, who frowned at the ground between her
feet. "I'm not sure," she said slowly, "but I might--only might--be able to identify
them. But it would help a LOT if I had some idea, however vague, of what the
identifying characteristics of such a site WERE."
All eyes now moved to the old wizard. Fizban sighed. "I suppose 'used to be
strongly magical but nothing working there now' is not enough?"
"You suppose correctly!" Carris muttered. "What an idea--used to be...." He
shook his head. "The Isle positively reeks of magic, past and present, and well you
must know it, if you're any kind of wizard at all!"
"Look," Scarlatti interrupted, "I don't know much about magic, but it stands to
reason that the kind we're talking about would be different than, um, regular magic,
and a lot more powerful. There must be some way to tell that?"
There was a silence that seemed long.
Finally Rogan said, "What about the ferry docks? That's where the physical
connections are anchored, so why shouldn't the magical connections be in the same
locations?"
"Sounds good," Scarlatti agreed. "Can you lead us to a ferry dock through this
fog?"
The blind gladiator smiled faintly. "Easily." He set off down the street, and
the others fell in behind him.
The city was mostly silent, and the gladiators met no one as they hurried toward
the shore. There were people about--now and then they could hear footsteps fading
away, or voices just too muffled to be understandable. The fog was so heavy that
even their immediate surroundings seemed unreal. A sound shook the air, heavy as a
mountain, dull as despair. It was repeated six times.
"Gods!" Fizban wiped sweat from his face.
"What was it?" Carris asked, one hand on his sword.
"A clock tolling the hour of seven," Moonjumper guessed, but she sounded unsure
of it. "Maybe the one at the Stronghold Academy...."
"It never sounded like that before," Scarlatti growled.
"Another sign of the differences here and now, wherever and whenever here and
now is." Rogan pulled his cloak a little more snugly around himself, though the
evening was no colder now than it had been an hour ago. Or maybe it was colder. It
was impossible to be sure.
Sooner than they expected, the cobbles underfoot changed to planks, and the
smell of the air changed from stone and fog to mud and fish and water.
Carris Fallstar stopped and sniffed, then drew in a lungful of air and seemed to
taste it slowly. "Salt water, I could swear it smells like salt water," he muttered.
"But the lake is fresh!" Scarlatti protested.
"But is this the lake we remember?" Fizban asked. "I doubt it."
The Isle of the Eye, Lirin Kiv:
The carriage jolted as though the pavement had suddenly ended, rolled a few feet
farther, and stopped. After a moment, there was a creaking shift as the driver
climbed down. Shylock glimpsed his lantern moving through the fog, going ahead past
the horses, then coming back.
The face that appeared at the window was white, eyes round with disbelief. "The
road is lost," the driver said hoarsely.
Shylock frowned at him. "You mean YOU are lost--"
"No! I swear, I was following the road right along, and then it...it just
wasn't there anymore!"
Shylock looked hard at the driver and decided the man wasn't lying. He might be
mistaken, but he believed what he was saying. And if he wasn't mistaken.... Well,
better to find out for himself, the gladiator decided. He unlatched the door and
stepped down from the carriage. "Wait here," he said over his shoulder to Clemenda.
"Not hardly!" She climbed down after him.
The driver held up his lantern, swinging it from side to side, which set shadows
swooping wildly. Shylock took the lantern away from him and held it steady.
It was true. A pace behind the rear wheels of the carriage were the flat stones
of the roadway. Under the wheels and ahead was rocky dirt and tangled grasses and no
sign that there'd ever been a road.
"Amazing," Shylock murmured, "this is something quite without precedent, so far
as I know. I wonder what else has changed?"
"Don't say that!" Clemenda looked around fearfully. "I like things to be
ordinary," she whispered, "no surprises...."
"It would appear that surprises are the name of the entertainment tonight,"
Shylock countered. "Still.... Driver, take us back the way we came, to Lirin Kiv."
The man hurried to climb back onto the box as Shylock assisted Clemenda into the
body of the carriage again. The horses were turned, and they went rumbling back onto
the paving and southward...or at least, back. No telling if it was still south.
Shylock leaned out the window to watch ahead. Even in this fog, it should be
possible to see the lighted tower of the Temple of Mantor for a fair distance.
Judging the current speed of the horses against the pace at which they had come out,
it should be possible to see it now.
But he didn't see it.
+ ]H[ + ---:--- + ]H[ The Tides of Magic #9 ]H[ + ---:--- + ]H[ +
Talahya?
Scarlatti knelt on the stony beach and scooped a hand through the water, sniffed
it, then touched his tongue to it. "Salt. This is weird. Only something really
strange could change a freshwater, inland lake to salt water."
"Unless," Fizban repeated, "it's not the lake we remember."
"Well, that'd be pretty strange, too."
Rogan cleared his throat. "That isn't all that's strange," the blind man said.
"You sense it, too?" Moonjumper asked. "But of course, you would--"
"We aren't in Talahya," Rogan confirmed. "At least, in no part of Talahya I've
ever encountered, and we were walking a known route. I sense a different pattern of
buildings and open spaces around us."
"We passed through some sort of Gate," Moonjumper added. "I sense quite a
different pattern of energies around us, as well. So what do we do now?" She turned
to Fizban and Carris Fallstar. "How do we go about investigating...whatever it is
that makes this not the Isle?"
Before the old wizard could answer, Carris said, "We were headed for the ferry
docks on the Isle, and we've come to a shore. Maybe there are ferries near here.
Let's find 'em."
"Why?" Scarlatti asked.
"Why not?" the elf countered. "It's a place to start."
Lirin Kiv?
The town that finally emerged from the fog bore some resemblance to Lirin Kiv,
but it was definitely not the Adantri town. The architecture they could see was
similar in style, but different in detail, the streets were laid out in different
curves and lined with different trees, some of them totally unfamiliar to Shylock and
Clemenda. Where the Temple of Mantor should have been was a temple to...somebody
else. By the symbols on the facade, some kind of solar deity, Shylock thought.
The carriage came to a stop, and the driver dismounted again, to peer anxiously
through the window at his passengers. "I don't know where we are," he admitted, "but
it's nowhere I've been before. Now what?"
"See if there's anything like an arena here," Shylock ordered. "If there is,
it'll be a point of contact, I think."
"Where do I look?"
Shylock bit back an exasperated comment which wouldn't help. The man was
stupid, but it would do no good to rub his nose in that dismal fact. "Look where you
would expect to find the Lirin Kiv arena, if this were Lirin Kiv and that was the
Temple of Mantor."
The driver clambered back onto his perch and set the horses in motion.
"Something this strange, Lady Sheila would have to know about it, wouldn't she?"
Clemenda asked. "I've always understood that she knows about every bit of magic
that's performed on the Isle."
"Maybe she's not paying attention," Shylock answered. His eyes gleamed at the
possibilities opened up by Sheila not paying attention. "She's got other things on
her mind, I suppose--the decline in the Arcanum and all that...." He frowned
slightly. "Wherever we are, THIS Arcanum hasn't declined!"
* }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ *
---===ANDORIAN REGIONAL NEWS===---
Duelmasters
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DM 8 ARKERS (turn 232): DOMINO of BONDAGE (Spawn, mgr.)
DM 28 MORYA (turn 229): SHAWINIGAN SMURF of CANADIAN BACON (Firehawk, mgr.)
DM 31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 227): GRIFFIN of MYTH (Lightbringer, mgr.)
DM 39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 183): B.A. TURRY of CRIMINAL ELEMENT (Fizban, mgr.)
DM 45 STORMCROWE (turn 204): BINGE N PURGE of EMETICS (Berylstar, mgr.)
DM 47 NORTH FORK (turn 199): JUMBO MUMBO of SPOONERTIKS (Spawn, mgr.)
DM 50 SNOWBOUND (turn 186): CLOUDS AWAY of OPEN SESAME (Crip, mgr.)
DM 52 FRATSFA (turn 179): MERADI of KING AND COUNTRY (Generalissimo Puerco, mgr.)
DM 54 TROCAR (turn 169): SEX ON THE BEACH of INDULGENT DRINKS (Fizban, mgr.)
DM 59 ILLIS (turn 157): IMMOVEABLE OBJECT of NOT QUITE (Crip, mgr.)
DM 71 KYR'TERR (turn 134): KING TEC of DARQUE FORCES (Master Darque, mgr.)
DM 72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 134): CADELL of THE OCTAVIANS (Big Red, mgr.)
DM 73 ERINIKA (turn 134): PUNCH DRUNK of WAY TO GO! II (Spawn, mgr.)
Top Teams
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DM 8 ARKERS (turn 232): BONDAGE (Spawn, mgr.)
DM 28 MORYA (turn 229): IDIOTIC ICCERS (THawk, mgr.)
DM 31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 227): THE STORMGUARDS (The Icelord, mgr.)
DM 39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 183): THE MIDDLE WAY (Gabria Hand, mgr.)
DM 45 STORMCROWE (turn 204): DARQUE FORCES (Master Darque, mgr.)
DM 47 NORTH FORK (turn 199): SPOONERTIKS (Spawn, mgr.)
DM 50 SNOWBOUND (turn 186): OPEN SESAME (Crip, mgr.)
DM 52 FRATSFA (turn 179): IRON CATHEDRAL (Dameon Darkheart, mgr.)
DM 54 TROCAR (turn 169): TRADERS OF TROCAR (Jinda, mgr.)
DM 59 ILLIS (turn 157): KNIGHTS TEMPLAR (Unforgiven, mgr.)
DM 71 KYR'TERR (turn 134): none
DM 72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 134): FREELANCERS (Jinx, mgr.)
DM 73 ERINIKA (turn 134): none
Recent Graduates
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DM 8 ARKERS (turn 232): DOMINO of BONDAGE (Spawn, mgr.)
BETHUNES of LA PENTARCHIE (The Pentalque, mgr.)
(turn 231): WEIRD WILLIAM of LA PENTARCHIE (The Pentalque, mgr.)
DM 28 MORYA (turn 229): SHAWINIGAN SMURF of CANADIAN BACON (Firehawk, mgr.)
BILLY LILLY of DODGE BULLETS (Uncle Wolf, mgr.)
(turn 228): NIGHTSHADE of CRYPT KNIGHTS (?, mgr.)
DM 31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 227): GRIFFIN of MYTH (Lightbringer, mgr.)
DM 39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 183): HOCKEY DUCK of DUCKS UNLIMITED (Crip, mgr.)
DM 50 SNOWBOUND (turn 185): DR. NO-NOOKIE of MASTER BLASTERS (Tripwire, mgr.)
DM 54 TROCAR (turn 169): SEX ON THE BEACH of INDULGENT DRINKS (Fizban, mgr.)
DM 59 ILLIS (turn 156): BALI of ISLANDERS (Devan ki Ru, mgr.)
ROGERS of THE EXPLORERS (Kellog, mgr.)
DM 71 KYR'TERR (turn 134): CENTURION of 2ND ARCTIC GUARDS (Yukon Cornelius, mgr.)
BARRETT of DARQUE FORCES IV (Master Darque, mgr.)
(turn 133): BEER of STUFF I BROUGHT (Yukon Cornelius, mgr.)
DM 73 ERINIKA (turn 133): KAMIKAZE of WAY TO GO! II (Spawn, mgr.)
THE GUARDIAN'S FORUM
Reflections by the Chief Tower Guard
The spy reporter makes a big deal that I downchallenge 101 points, but then
again, this was the closest warrior to me in the standings, so therefore, the #1
contender. Looked a lot different than my fight against Avaunt, and that's the
difference between the Challenge and If Challenged sides of the strategy sheet.
Besides Fengar II, it looks like Abby may have a couple of warrior who could
cause trouble in Atonement and Aulic, and Yendors is another newcomer about whom very
little is known. May or may not be a threat. Otherwise, the split seemed to be
pretty stable here in Crysalis.
I believe this turn my challenges go to Canadian Mist and Avaunt. Good luck to
all. Fingers crossed that I get to participate in the Philly Phacer.
Willie Makit
Mistaken Identity
REPORT FROM WITHIN THE TOWER
Willie, did I speak harshly of your challenge last time? It must have been an
effect of the heat. Anyway, I don't remember. It's still hot, but I will forebear
to mention challenges in any way that suggests I have an opinion. Well, on day like
this, I don't have an opinion. It's much too hot for that.
Non-judgmentally, I note that Dark Sidhe was avoided by Royal Flush. And I
think that Avaunt may have gotten the most challenges. It's hard to tell, because
the notes are obscure. I do think the Commission should invest in some truly
permanent ink, don't you? Spill your iced tea on this, and it's gone.
Thirty-three fights today, and how that many people could get up the energy, I
can't imagine. The longest fight was five minutes, and five fights tied for that.
Very symmetrical. Sixteen of the matches were the result of challenges issued and
accepted. Nobody died. Three standbys fought. The cold drinks booth sold out
before ten of the fights were done.
FOGGY (72-4595) (8-1-2,27) of DARQUE FORCES fought MATADOR (11-4139) (33-30-
2,69) of ANDORIAN KNIGHTS. FOGGY viciously subdued MATADOR in an action packed 4
minute gory match. I'm beginning to worry about Matador's winning record.
ESPRESSO (47-4556) (14-7-1,50) of COFFEE RULES! fought NORM PETERSON (39-2745)
(38-63-0,55) of DRINKING BUDDIES. ESPRESSO handily defeated NORM PETERSON in a 5
minute brutal one-sided fight. Coffee is not one of the things Norm is accustomed to
drinking.
DR. NO-NOOKIE (50-865) (25-9-0,84) of MASTER BLASTERS fought URSULA (45-3713)
(21-12-1,87) of DARQUE FORCES. DR. NO-NOOKIE savagely defeated URSULA in a crowd
pleasing 4 minute brutal match. I guess Ursula wasn't darque enough. Or else she's
got some sinister plan.
DANNIA TYL SIO (52-3393) (27-17-1,80) of SAND DANCERS fought NIBENAY (71-3380)
(20-16-1,55) of DARQUE FORCES. DANNIA TYL SIO vanquished NIBENAY in a 2 minute
mismatched fight. Which must make a pleasant change for Dannia.
BUCKNER (50-2841) (24-23-1,132) of IRON CURTAIN fought EVIL INPUTTER (106-7) (0-
0-0,110) of Random People. BUCKNER beat EVIL INPUTTER in an exciting 1 minute bloody
fray. Everyone likes to see that.
TYRE (31-3713) (26-14-0,109) of DARQUE FORCES fought BELGOROTH (50-3175) (24-25-
0,96) of DARK SIDHE. TYRE was savagely defeated by BELGOROTH in an exciting 2 minute
brutal fight. I can't tell you why this was exciting, because it was fought in the
darque. Or dark, depending on who was primarily responsible.
CARLA (39-2428) (56-65-1,111) of DRINKING BUDDIES fought MIRTA (51-4033) (38-24-
1,95) of SAND DANCERS. CARLA handily defeated MIRTA in an exciting 1 minute one-
sided fight. Find out what Carla's drinking and get some yourself, Mirta.
GERTRUDE (44-2582) (20-6-0,161) of DARQUE FORCES fought SANDBLASTER (11-3899)
(46-48-3,136) of ANDORIAN KNIGHTS. GERTRUDE was overpowered by SANDBLASTER in a 1
minute uneven fight. No fair kicking sand in your opponent's face!
SIR LY (10-4116) (35-25-0,165) of SIR AGLIO fought BAULINDA (8-4024) (20-13-
2,114) of DYSERAY. SIR LY savagely defeated BAULINDA in an action packed 2 minute
brutal competition. Savage and brutal, yes, that fits.
TASHIA (11-2740) (24-28-1,152) of DEADLY DE-PARTED fought SANDPAWN (11-4169)
(38-20-1,127) of ANDORIAN KNIGHTS. TASHIA was overcome by SANDPAWN in an action
packed 4 minute bout. De Parts of Tashia all over the sand were rather gruesome.
BEERVAHNA (60-4292) (27-28-3,191) of INGRATE WHITE NORTH fought SIDON (31-3712)
(28-17-2,180) of DARQUE FORCES. BEERVAHNA won victory over SIDON in an action packed
1 minute bout. It's quite a trick to pack so much action into a single minute.
TEN COMMANDMENTS (47-3843) (35-28-0,208) of ROYAL FLUSH fought THANATO (39-2824)
(25-18-1,151) of OPHIDIAN ORDER. TEN COMMANDMENTS viciously subdued THANATO in a
popular 5 minute brutal fight. Stone tablets can be used for many things, can't
they, Ten?
DISCO QUEEN (47-1992) (30-9-1,199) of ROYAL FLUSH fought IMPRISONED SPY (106-9)
(0-0-0,170) of Random People. DISCO QUEEN was overpowered by IMPRISONED SPY in an
exciting 1 minute uneven fight. The Spy got away, and there is a reward for anyone
who can catch him and bring him back.
FENGAR II (20-61) (99-69-1,190) of OVERLORDS fought JUNINHO (7-4001) (20-11-
1,194) of IMPORTED FOOTBALLERS. FENGAR II vanquished JUNINHO in a popular 1 minute
brutal mismatched fray. Experience makes a difference.
PRINCE APPLE (47-325) (93-69-2,196) of ROYAL FLUSH fought AMBER WOLFWALKER (106-
11) (0-0-0,220) of Random People. PRINCE APPLE overpowered AMBER WOLFWALKER in a
popular 2 minute one-sided duel. Good! She's been getting too uppity.
GROLSCH (21-5029) (29-3-4,227) of REAL BEER fought TEMPUS (31-538) (31-23-0,198)
of THE STORMGUARDS. GROLSCH slimly won victory over TEMPUS in a crowd pleasing 4
minute gory competition. Is a slim victory more pleasing to the eye than a stout
one?
And now for the challenge matches:
300 (78-2346) (15-9-0,54) of PBA challenged WRITER'S (79-1069) (25-52-1,27) of
BLOCKS. Down 27. 300 was narrowly defeated by WRITER'S in an exciting 3 minute
Challenge bout. Write a personal anyway, 300!
DROSS (31-4305) (15-11-2,52) of SOLIPSISM II challenged GABRIA HAND (39-3294)
(24-22-1,65) of THE MIDDLE WAY. Up 13. DROSS bested GABRIA HAND in a crowd pleasing
1 minute Challenge brawl. Gabria, tell your manager that strategy changes ARE
allowed. Which is not to cast a shadow over Dross's victory, just a comment in
passing.
SABRETOOTH (54-2269) (19-8-2,94) of RUNNING AMOK challenged KYRA (51-3774) (38-
35-1,96) of SAND DANCERS. Up 2. SABRETOOTH was devastated by KYRA in a 2 minute
brutal uneven Challenge duel. Why Kyra should want to make her opponent's hide into
a fur coat in THIS weather, I don't know.
JOYCE (25-4387) (23-13-0,125) of HAREM challenged MONKEY BUSINESS (25-4040) (24-
15-0,150) of PRIMATES-R-US. Up 25. JOYCE was handily defeated by MONKEY BUSINESS in
a 1 minute uneven Challenge fight. Handily AND footily.
HANNYA (73-4350) (20-4-1,107) of BLOOD LUST challenged JUAN (41-2304) (20-12-
0,144) of DREAM TEAMS. Up 37. HANNYA demolished JUAN in a popular 2 minute bloody
mismatched Challenge match. Not a dream, but a nightmare, eh, Juan?
STONEWALL (11-3900) (45-49-2,142) of ANDORIAN KNIGHTS challenged DOLLFACE (39-
2372) (53-71-1,142) of DRINKING BUDDIES. Straight across. STONEWALL narrowly
defeated DOLLFACE in a 5 minute Challenge competition. Is there any truth to the
rumor that Dollface surrendered "because it felt so good to stop"?
OUR LADY PEACE (79-1191) (21-6-2,135) of CHAPEL ROCK challenged MOUNTEBANK (4-
2083) (42-16-0,140) of CARNIVAL. Up 5. OUR LADY PEACE viciously subdued MOUNTEBANK
in a popular 4 minute Challenge bout. Vicious? Mountebank brings out that side in
some people.
DAIRY QUEEN (47-2685) (55-33-2,153) of ROYAL FLUSH challenged SIR PLUS (10-4316)
(26-18-1,167) of SIR AGLIO. Up 14. DAIRY QUEEN defeated SIR PLUS in a 2 minute
Challenge match. Some people just can't handle an extra large cone, chocolate
dipped, and with nuts sprinkled on it. It can be messy, but trust me, it's worth it.
KING UVDAHELL (47-1643) (27-11-1,169) of ROYAL FLUSH challenged MAGICIAN (21-
1040) (45-36-0,185) of MEDICINE SHOW. Up 16. KING UVDAHELL vanquished MAGICIAN in
an action packed 1 minute uneven Challenge fight. Is there any truth to the rumor
that King introduced a black rabbit into the fight, and that this in some fashion led
to Magician's defeat?
NEWT GINGRICH (5-3399) (66-23-0,194) of PARTY ANIMALS challenged SCUM #1 (50-
2743) (43-46-0,205) of DARK SIDHE. Up 11. NEWT GINGRICH viciously subdued SCUM #1
in an action packed 4 minute Challenge melee. I heard that slighting remarks
concerning amphibians, or perhaps reptiles, were passed during this fight. I
wouldn't slight anybody who can keep their blood cold in this weather.
KING FORADAY (47-3762) (37-35-4,208) of ROYAL FLUSH challenged AULIC (25-3944)
(32-25-0,220) of A UNIT. Up 12. KING FORADAY was savagely defeated by AULIC in a 5
minute Challenge brawl. Thus bearing out the impression that Aulic is a man to
watch.
SANDMAN (11-3923) (49-46-2,192) of ANDORIAN KNIGHTS challenged LONALILTA (50-
2806) (45-39-2,194) of DARK SIDHE. Up 2. SANDMAN was devastated by LONALILTA in a 2
minute bloody one-sided Challenge duel. Was this a classic "White Knight, Dark Elven
Woman" kind of situation?
JACK VALTRAEDS (47-407) (78-56-2,200) of ROYAL FLUSH challenged SNOOPER (1-5154)
(28-16-3,205) of MIKE'S MISFITS. Up 5. JACK VALTRAEDS devastated SNOOPER in an
exciting 1 minute one-sided Challenge fight. Some people don't LIKE snoopers.
Narrow-minded of them, perhaps, but there it is.
F.O.A.D. (73-442) (28-10-2,217) of ALPHABET SOUP challenged ATONEMENT (82-761)
(37-25-0,224) of A UNIT XV. Up 7. F.O.A.D. lost to ATONEMENT in a 2 minute
Challenge brawl. Ah, but what is F atoning for, that's what we want to know!
FIGHTER ACE (47-1189) (49-36-6,211) of ROYAL FLUSH challenged KALANDRA (50-2443)
(49-54-3,242) of DARK SIDHE. Up 31. FIGHTER ACE was demolished by KALANDRA in a 1
minute one-sided Challenge melee. Didn't we just have something along these lines?
But with the Ace winning. Well, sharing is good.
SITS ON HIS DUFF (73-1810) (34-16-3,244) of THINGS GEORGE DOES challenged AVAUNT
(10-4170) (39-26-2,227) of A UNIT. Down 17. SITS ON HIS DUFF was devastated by
AVAUNT in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge fight. Looks like George had better get
off his duff.
And for the title, not a challenge match: WILLIE MAKIT (73-514) (97-36-2,397)
of MISTAKEN IDENTITY fought KITALA THE BOLD (78-875) (77-96-2,215) of SAND DANCERS.
WILLIE MAKIT luckily beat KITALA THE BOLD in an exciting 5 minute gory Title bout.
Congratulations to Willie for winning, and to Kitala for holding out so long. May
you both find someplace cool to hang out.
Livia
THE TOWER GUARDIAN W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY
WILLIE MAKIT 73-514 98 36 2 405 MISTAKEN IDENTITY (96) ERINIKA
GRAND CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY
KALANDRA 50-2443 50 54 3 260 DARK SIDHE (642) SNOWBOUND
AVAUNT 10-4170 40 26 2 247 A UNIT (961) KOLACT
ATONEMENT 82-761 38 25 0 239 A UNIT XV (851) DWES EG
-CANADIAN MIST 50-1136 32 18 1 239 CANADIAN CLUB (76) SNOWBOUND
GROLSCH 21-5029 30 3 4 238 REAL BEER (859) SUNSET
AULIC 25-3944 33 25 0 229 A UNIT (835) LYRATILAN
-YENDOR 6-503 58 47 0 223 FEARSOME LEGENDS (995) TRANSEL
JACK VALTRAEDS 47-407 79 56 2 217 ROYAL FLUSH (10) NORTH FORK
PRINCE APPLE 47-325 94 69 2 211 ROYAL FLUSH (10) NORTH FORK
GRAND CHAMPIONS W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY
FENGAR II 20-61 100 69 1 210 OVERLORDS (371) SEAM
KITALA THE BOLD 78-875 77 97 2 210 SAND DANCERS (848) LIN TIRIAN
TEN COMMANDMENTS 47-3843 36 28 0 210 ROYAL FLUSH (10) NORTH FORK
LONALILTA 50-2806 46 39 2 206 DARK SIDHE (642) SNOWBOUND
NEWT GINGRICH 5-3399 67 23 0 205 PARTY ANIMALS (476) KALTOS
SCUM #1 50-2743 43 47 0 204 DARK SIDHE (642) SNOWBOUND
TEMPUS 31-538 31 24 0 204 THE STORMGUARDS (192) CHIMLEVTAL
KING FORADAY 47-3762 37 36 4 200 ROYAL FLUSH (10) NORTH FORK
GRAND CHAMPIONS W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY
BEERVAHNA 60-4292 28 28 3 200 INGRATE WHITE NORTH (745) ARADI
F.O.A.D. 73-442 28 11 2 199 ALPHABET SOUP (943) ERINIKA
-FATHER OF ALL MUNS 20-2306 28 37 1 199 THE FAMILY TREE (717) SEAM
SNOOPER 1-5154 28 17 3 196 MIKE'S MISFITS (793) MORDANT
-MAD AGENT #1 7-2964 45 40 4 195 INSP GADGETS MINIONS (214) BONSUR
SITS ON HIS DUFF 73-1810 34 17 3 194 THINGS GEORGE DOES (812) ERINIKA
KING UVDAHELL 47-1643 28 11 1 193 ROYAL FLUSH (10) NORTH FORK
FIGHTER ACE 47-1189 49 37 6 190 ROYAL FLUSH (10) NORTH FORK
-CRUMBSNATCHER 72-1842 44 26 1 190 ONE GOOD DUDE (396) DRAGONHEAD
JUNINHO 7-4001 20 12 1 190 IMPORTED FOOTBALLERS (883) BONSUR
SANDMAN 11-3923 49 47 2 185 ANDORIAN KNIGHTS (962) ARUAK CITY
-CANADA COOLER 50-1904 26 18 0 181 CANADIAN CLUB (76) SNOWBOUND
GRAND CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY
SIDON 31-3712 28 18 2 179 DARQUE FORCES (908) CHIMLEVTAL
DISCO QUEEN 47-1992 30 10 1 174 ROYAL FLUSH (10) NORTH FORK
MAGICIAN 21-1040 45 37 0 171 MEDICINE SHOW (687) SUNSET
DAIRY QUEEN 47-2685 56 33 2 169 ROYAL FLUSH (10) NORTH FORK
-SIR TAINLY NOT 10-3805 62 59 0 167 SIR AGLIO (716) KOLACT
SIR LY 10-4116 36 25 0 167 SIR AGLIO (716) KOLACT
SANDBLASTER 11-3899 47 48 3 166 ANDORIAN KNIGHTS (962) ARUAK CITY
THANATO 39-2824 25 19 1 163 OPHIDIAN ORDER (705) XOCHITHLAN
SIR PLUS 10-4316 26 19 1 162 SIR AGLIO (716) KOLACT
MONKEY BUSINESS 25-4040 25 15 0 160 PRIMATES-R-US (963) LYRATILAN
OUR LADY PEACE 79-1191 22 6 2 159 CHAPEL ROCK (615) MIROI CHANG
GRAND ADEPTS W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY
STONEWALL 11-3900 46 49 2 150 ANDORIAN KNIGHTS (962) ARUAK CITY
-AVONSIDE 13-3927 29 33 1 148 KIWI CONNECTION (747) DULLENS
SANDPAWN 11-4169 39 20 1 146 ANDORIAN KNIGHTS (962) ARUAK CITY
HANNYA 73-4350 21 4 1 143 BLOOD LUST (978) ERINIKA
TASHIA 11-2740 24 29 1 142 DEADLY DE-PARTED (370) ARUAK CITY
GERTRUDE 44-2582 20 7 0 138 DARQUE FORCES (857) KRILL
DOLLFACE 39-2372 53 72 1 137 DRINKING BUDDIES (574) XOCHITHLAN
MOUNTEBANK 4-2083 42 17 0 137 CARNIVAL (686) JHELUM
-BALCLUTHA 14-3169 23 27 1 136 OTAGO HIGHLANDERS (808) TOBIR
BUCKNER 50-2841 25 23 1 134 IRON CURTAIN (791) SNOWBOUND
-DUNEDIN 14-3703 26 29 0 128 OTAGO HIGHLANDERS (808) TOBIR
BAULINDA 8-4024 20 14 2 126 DYSERAY (901) ARKERS
CARLA 39-2428 57 65 1 125 DRINKING BUDDIES (574) XOCHITHLAN
JOYCE 25-4387 23 14 0 124 HAREM (998) LYRATILAN
-GOLDILOCKS 47-1803 23 20 3 121 THE BEAR'S PAW (196) NORTH FORK
JUAN 41-2304 20 13 0 119 DREAM TEAMS (919) KATI-TEI
BELGOROTH 50-3175 25 25 0 117 DARK SIDHE (642) SNOWBOUND
KYRA 51-3774 39 35 1 112 SAND DANCERS (610) TRICORUS
GRAND CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY
DR. NO-NOOKIE 50-865 26 9 0 99 MASTER BLASTERS (251) SNOWBOUND
TYRE 31-3713 26 15 0 98 DARQUE FORCES (908) CHIMLEVTAL
-*WINTER* 65-3644 23 18 1 95 ANCIENT KNIGHTS (817) DAL SHANG
GRAND INITIATES W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY
MIRTA 51-4033 38 25 1 89 SAND DANCERS (610) TRICORUS
DANNIA TYL SIO 52-3393 28 17 1 87 SAND DANCERS (942) FRATSFA
SABRETOOTH 54-2269 19 9 2 86 RUNNING AMOK (979) TROCAR
URSULA 45-3713 21 13 1 85 DARQUE FORCES (941) STORMCROWE
-MONKEY WRENCH 2-4403 16 16 1 80 TOOL BOX (959) NIANIA
-JUNGLE BOB 7-3032 16 22 2 78 INSP GADGETS MINIONS (214) BONSUR
-AB DESTINED 4 THE 65-1154 12 3 2 76 PAUL'Z PHARTZ (985) DAL SHANG
-KAMIKAZE 73-3052 17 14 1 66 WAY TO GO! II (1010) ERINIKA
DROSS 31-4305 16 11 2 66 SOLIPSISM II (1004) CHIMLEVTAL
-VAMPIRE 25-4546 16 8 0 66 BARHOPPERS (1008) LYRATILAN
-BEARNICE 47-2847 16 17 6 65 THE BEAR'S PAW (196) NORTH FORK
GRAND INITIATES W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY
-BALI 59-2266 17 12 1 64 ISLANDERS (804) ILLIS
ESPRESSO 47-4556 15 7 1 64 COFFEE RULES! (1007) NORTH FORK
-INSOLENT IDIOT 47-4387 17 10 2 63 MYSTIC ORC FEAST (704) NORTH FORK
FOGGY 72-4595 9 1 2 58 DARQUE FORCES (1009) DRAGONHEAD
GABRIA HAND 39-3294 24 23 1 54 THE MIDDLE WAY (946) XOCHITHLAN
NIBENAY 71-3380 20 17 1 54 DARQUE FORCES (863) KYR'TERR
WRITER'S 79-1069 26 52 1 50 BLOCKS (568) MIROI CHANG
MATADOR 11-4139 33 31 2 46 ANDORIAN KNIGHTS (962) ARUAK CITY
NORM PETERSON 39-2745 38 64 0 43 DRINKING BUDDIES (574) XOCHITHLAN
300 78-2346 15 10 0 38 PBA (1006) LIN TIRIAN
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN
PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE
Stonewall -- I prefer Dipping Cones to Whipping Boys, but to each their own. -- Dairy
Queen
Snooper -- You do know that your manager is allowed to tweak your strategy, don't
you? -- Willie Makit
I think there are several managers around who don't realize that!
Kalandra -- It is getting hard to deny your talent. -- Prince Apple
Keep trying.
Crumbsnatcher -- A pleasant surprise after the manhandling you've given my
stablemates. -- F.O.A.D.
Canada Cooler -- Wine, Rhum or Vodka? -- King Foraday
Father of All Muns -- That's just what I need, the ability to carry additional stone
tablets. -- Ten Commandments
Stone tablets have their good points. No risk of folding, spindling, or
mutilating, although they do tend to chip.
Magician -- Presto! Change-O! Spin the bottle of Doc Butter tonic. -- Fighter Ace
Kitala the Not Training as Well as I Used To -- I much prefer it when you hand out
four skills instead of one. -- Juninho
Scum#1 -- One does not get a record like mine by having a weakness for your type. --
Grolsch
Sir Plus -- Ouch! That puts me 11-1 against your style now. -- Our Lady Peace
Sir Ly -- A pair of sirs beat a Queen and a Primate. Should have read up on my poker
rules. -- Monkey Business
New rules.
Balclutha -- Watch out for the big & slow. -- King Uvdahell
Canadian Mist -- Willie tells me you've earned the right to a title fight. --
Beervahna
Yendor -- Certainly not the fight I was expecting. Welcome to Crysalis. -- Newt
Gingrich
Aulic -- I assume you are one of the hired hands that Avaunt claimed to have been
bringing in. I can't welcome you to Crysalis since you've been here before, but
there's nothing wrong with a welcome back. -- Jack Valtraeds, but obviously getting
up off the ground isn't one of them
Sandman -- Good to see you are only about 10 skills ahead of me in that rating. --
Disco Queen
Sidon -- Hopefully, knocking me that far down the rankings will help my record in the
long term, but for now, man, it sure felt like a kick in the teeth. -- Dairy Queen
Crip -- I finally made it. -- Mr. Coffee
Hi. -- Livia, your spy reporter here
Kat -- Hello. -- Mr. Coffee
Drake -- Different Team, Same Drake. -- Mr. Coffee
Jorja -- Greetings, can't wait to see some Middle Way 3 warriors here. -- Mr. Coffee
Carny -- Greetings. -- Mr. Coffee
To the Rest -- Greetings. I am Mr. Coffee of Coffee Rules. I hope to make my home
arena proud and offer you some good fights! -- Mr. Coffee
Crip -- It is likely that most managers share your opinion about a TP challenging an
AB, but I believe the best warrior should be in the tower. If mine stayed because he
avoided someone, he's not the best. And by the way, Avaunt is not the best of A
Unit. I'm after the top three spots in the arena. -- Abby, A Unit mgr.
P.S. Don't remove any of your warriors. The numbers would just decrease.
Crip -- Keep running what you wish. Your warriors and you are always well met.
Great to see you back in Chimlevtal. -- The Icelord
Juninho -- Ah, the pleasures of an intimate little arena! We are always meeting our
friends, everywhere we go! A bold attempt, sir. -- Kitala the Bold
Matador -- Really! Do I look like some stupid bull? Of course not, the very idea!
Leave the red cape at HOME next time. -- Mirta
P.S. I'm keeping the red ribbons. I think I'll braid them into my hair before the
next fight.
AB Destined for the DA -- What an awful name! Did your manager hate you? I
sometimes think MINE hates ME--at least, I never see a strategy change, and I could
sure USE one. I'm probably not even using my favorite weapon. (sigh) Good fight,
for you. Good skills for me, though, which helps. -- Gabria Hand
Norm Peterson -- Now, that was a fight I really liked! I got the win and FOUR
SKILLS! Amazing. Truly amazing. -- Kyra the Delighted
P.S. The deal with the beer was supposed to be private, I have no idea how Livia
heard about it.
It was in the notes when I picked them up at the Commission office.
Raven -- Never more, kid. -- Dannia tyl Sio
Juninho -- The worst thing about getting all my training stacked up is that I'm
likely to get Inducted some day soon. I don't want that, because I have no illusions
about my ability to win in Primus--it's non-existent. -- Kitala the So-Far-Not-
Inducted
Grolsch -- Any time. -- Kitala With Nothing Better to Do Than Teach Skills
Matador -- Sounds like an excellent plan. When do you go bare-knuckle on us? -- Kyra
AK47 -- Why, thank you. -- the Mun
Willie Makit and Jack Valtraeds -- Well, after this last fight I do feel a little bit
stronger, if you know what I mean. -- Father of all Muns
All -- Welcome back to all the Managers that have come back to Crysalis. Also
welcome to all the new Managers that have just moved in. I hope you stay a while. --
the Mun
Ten Commandments -- You just had to pull your back up weapon, and after that last
hit, I don't know if I will be able to have any more little muns running around. --
Father of all Muns
Think of the savings!
All -- Not a good turn for Jungle Bob. The guys from Insp Gadgets Minions didn't do
well at all. I will not be running the extra guys this turn due to the tourney
coming up. -- the Mun
Fighter Ace -- A bold and amazing challenge--you pulled the ol' "catapult" ploy. --
Magician
Willie Makit -- No I'm sure it has more to do with the loss of "Wizard of Oz" etc etc
Crew. Your crew sharpens our blades. -- Carny
Sandpawn -- A pleasure. Always welcome. -- Mountebank
Avaunt -- Did you hear Sandpawn last cycle? I believe his quote was that "I am the
best TP to ever have fought." -- Mountebank
Avaunt -- As such, as the best I now claim the title of top warrior style (TP). --
Mountebank
Willie Makit -- For my next title claim I am now calling you out. -- Mountebank
F.O.A.D. -- How about Frogs Off And Die? -- Stonewall (not as dumb perhaps as he
looks)
Kyra -- I be happy to take you to dinner providing we eat beef as I don't do chicken.
-- Matador (hoping she will go dutch)
Mirta -- Thanks for the dance. -- Matador (the pleasure was not mine)
Thanato -- I salute you sir, well done. -- Stonewall (wanting to fix a fight now to
get a win)
Disco Queen -- A long and painful bloodbath for us both but you won, not me. --
Sandman (hates disco music now)
Avonside -- My whole stable lost also. I did not want to feel left out so I tossed
the fight. -- Sandblaster (hopes he is believed in his lie)
Mountebank -- How did you last 41 minutes against me wearing more heavy armor than me
but it was me that dropped exhausted? I sit all amazed. That was my longest fight
ever. -- Sandpawn (proud to be ranked most least popular fighter)
It's a dirty job, but somebody's got to do it.
27 May 2003
A note to everyone regarding manager names and manager lists -- If you're running a
team incognito, all you have to do is let me know and I won't put your name on any
manager lists. It has seemed though, that more people want their names listed, even
if they do not announce themselves, than the other way around. Also, I do maintain
the list more or less by hand and errors do creep in. You have but to say I've made
an error and no one will be the wiser (except thee and me, of course). -- The Saint,
keeper of lists
30 May 2003
Duelmasters Friends and Friendly Foes -- I am returning to the United States for the
summer. Please direct any Snailmail to:
Devon Hagy
Open Skies Ministries
Att: Hammer
1515 E 7th St
Okmulgee, OK 74447
USA
Bro De is the founder and president of Open Skies Ministries [Prison Ministry] and a
newcomer to the world of Duelmasters. We minister together when I am in the area.
See you on the sands!
-- Daryl P Holloman aka Hammer
Flower Hammerz DM 28
Casino Hammerz DM 33
Fish Hammerz DM 54
3 June 2003
The Company of Brothers want to take this opportunity to formally introduce
ourselves to all players. Our play is NOT based on smack, rudeness, or anything less
than fair play (well...as fair as it gets!) and improving the knowledge base of the
game and the sharing of experimentation and information. We are not concerned with
personal politics, ideals, etc. We are players who enjoy the game.
Currently, our membership includes:
Asmo Dius, Baphomet, and Fahkry.
We wish to welcome our newest member...Suiside. May the gods smile upon you and
victory rest well on your team. Any who wish to join us may contact one of our
members for info.
4 June 2003
ANNOUNCING THE RETURN OF STORMCROWE SLAUGHTERHOUSE
The last Stormcrowe Slaughterhouse was one of the closest and most exciting
contests ever held in Alastari. Such an epic demands a sequel. Therefore, Master
Darque and Jack Wolfspider are pleased to announce the return of the Stormcrowe
Slaughterhouse.
Where? Stormcrowe DM 45 (slow). When? The Slaughterhouse returns on Turn 207,
due August 19. How can you get into the action? Bring a team (one per entrant
please) to arena 45 and announce your intention to join the contest in the Personals.
Rules: This time around the rules are very simple. Each warrior win against a
higher rated opponent (one or more points higher in the ratings) brings you 10
points, against even rated opponent 7 points, lower rated 5 points. Wins against
NPCs or by a warrior who downchallenges are worth 0 points. Points are doubled for
kills. All warriors in the arena whether participating in the Slaughterhouse or not
are fair game. Points are totaled weekly, and the contestant whose team has racked
up the most points at the end of 10 turns is declared Slaughterhouse Champion.
Prizes: To be announced; we're still talking with RSI about it. Figure it will
be something pretty good. But hey, who needs prizes when the honor of being
Slaughterhouse Champion awaits!
More info: Master Darque, MasterDarqueDM@aol.com, or Jack Wolfspider,
russtulp@aol.com. Or diplo Darque Forces (428) or Dynastic (433) in Arena 45.
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
SITS ON HIS DUFF was devastated by AVAUNT in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge fight.
FIGHTER ACE was demolished by KALANDRA in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge melee.
F.O.A.D. lost to ATONEMENT in a 2 minute Challenge brawl.
JACK VALTRAEDS devastated SNOOPER in a exciting 1 minute one-sided Challenge fight.
SANDMAN was devastated by LONALILTA in a 2 minute bloody one-sided Challenge duel.
KING FORADAY was savagely defeated by AULIC in a 5 minute Challenge brawl.
NEWT GINGRICH viciously subdued SCUM #1 in a action packed 4 minute Challenge melee.
KING UVDAHELL vanquished MAGICIAN in a action packed 1 minute uneven Challenge fight.
DAIRY QUEEN defeated SIR PLUS in a 2 minute Challenge match.
OUR LADY PEACE viciously subdued MOUNTEBANK in a popular 4 minute Challenge bout.
STONEWALL narrowly defeated DOLLFACE in a 5 minute Challenge competition.
HANNYA demolished JUAN in a popular 2 minute bloody mismatched Challenge match.
JOYCE was handily defeated by MONKEY BUSINESS in a 1 minute uneven Challenge fight.
SABRETOOTH was devastated by KYRA in a 2 minute brutal uneven Challenge duel.
DROSS bested GABRIA HAND in a crowd pleasing 1 minute Challenge brawl.
300 was narrowly defeated by WRITER'S in a exciting 3 minute Challenge bout.
WILLIE MAKIT luckily beat KITALA THE BOLD in a exciting 5 minute gory Title bout.
GROLSCH slimly won victory over TEMPUS in a crowd pleasing 4 minute gory competition.
PRINCE APPLE overpowered AMBER WOLFWALKER in a popular 2 minute one-sided duel.
FENGAR II vanquished JUNINHO in a popular 1 minute brutal mismatched fray.
DISCO QUEEN was overpowered by IMPRISONED SPY in a exciting 1 minute uneven fight.
TEN COMMANDMENTS viciously subdued THANATO in a popular 5 minute brutal fight.
BEERVAHNA won victory over SIDON in a action packed 1 minute bout.
TASHIA was overcome by SANDPAWN in a action packed 4 minute bout.
SIR LY savagely defeated BAULINDA in a action packed 2 minute brutal competition.
GERTRUDE was overpowered by SANDBLASTER in a 1 minute uneven fight.
CARLA handily defeated MIRTA in a exciting 1 minute one-sided fight.
TYRE was savagely defeated by BELGOROTH in a exciting 2 minute brutal fight.
BUCKNER beat EVIL INPUTTER in a exciting 1 minute bloody fray.
DANNIA TYL SIO vanquished NIBENAY in a 2 minute mismatched fight.
DR. NO-NOOKIE savagely defeated URSULA in a crowd pleasing 4 minute brutal match.
ESPRESSO handily defeated NORM PETERSON in a 5 minute brutal one-sided fight.
FOGGY viciously subdued MATADOR in a action packed 4 minute gory match.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|LUNGING ATTACK 14 SLASHING ATTACK 19 - 8 - 0 70 |
|WALL OF STEEL 13 PARRY-STRIKE 9 - 5 - 1 64 |
|STRIKING ATTACK 11 LUNGING ATTACK 72 - 58 - 0 55 |
|AIMED BLOW 6 STRIKING ATTACK 55 - 52 - 2 51 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 6 WALL OF STEEL 61 - 59 - 0 51 |
|TOTAL PARRY 6 PARRY-LUNGE 25 - 25 - 1 50 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 3 AIMED BLOW 25 - 25 - 0 50 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 2 PARRY-RIPOSTE 12 - 14 - 1 46 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 1 BASHING ATTACK 10 - 12 - 0 45 |
|BASHING ATTACK 1 TOTAL PARRY 26 - 34 - 1 43 |
Turn 132 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 10 - 3 STRIKING ATTACK 4 - 7 3 WALL OF STEEL
SLASHING ATTACK 2 - 1 PARRY-LUNGE 2 - 4 2 LUNGING ATTACK
LUNGING ATTACK 8 - 6 TOTAL PARRY 2 - 4 1 AIMED BLOW
AIMED BLOW 3 - 3 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 1 1 PARRY-LUNGE
PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 - 1 BASHING ATTACK 0 - 1 1 TOTAL PARRY
1 PARRY-STRIKE
1 PARRY-RIPOSTE
1 STRIKING ATTACK
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
AIMED BLOW WILLIE MAKIT 73-514 98 36 2 405 MISTAKEN IDENTITY (96)
PARRY-LUNGE KALANDRA 50-2443 50 54 3 260 DARK SIDHE (642)
TOTAL PARRY AVAUNT 10-4170 40 26 2 247 A UNIT (961)
WALL OF STEEL ATONEMENT 82-761 38 25 0 239 A UNIT XV (851)
LUNGING ATTACK AULIC 25-3944 33 25 0 229 A UNIT (835)
PARRY-RIPOSTE JACK VALTRAEDS 47-407 79 56 2 217 ROYAL FLUSH (10)
STRIKING ATTACK PRINCE APPLE 47-325 94 69 2 211 ROYAL FLUSH (10)
SLASHING ATTACK NEWT GINGRICH 5-3399 67 23 0 205 PARTY ANIMALS (476)
BASHING ATTACK KING FORADAY 47-3762 37 36 4 200 ROYAL FLUSH (10)
PARRY-STRIKE DISCO QUEEN 47-1992 30 10 1 174 ROYAL FLUSH (10)
The overall popularity leader is KITALA THE BOLD 78-875. The most popular warrior
this turn was AULIC 25-3944. The ten other most popular fighters were TEN
COMMANDMENTS 47-3843, FOGGY 72-4595, NEWT GINGRICH 5-3399, OUR LADY PEACE 79-1191,
KITALA THE BOLD 78-875, KING FORADAY 47-3762, TASHIA 11-2740, WILLIE MAKIT 73-514,
TEMPUS 31-538, and PRINCE APPLE 47-325.
The least popular fighter this week was NORM PETERSON 39-2745. The other ten least
popular fighters were MIRTA 51-4033, DISCO QUEEN 47-1992, NIBENAY 71-3380,
SANDBLASTER 11-3899, GERTRUDE 44-2582, SABRETOOTH 54-2269, MAGICIAN 21-1040, SANDMAN
11-3923, SNOOPER 1-5154, and BUCKNER 50-2841.
Arena (Number) W L K Arena (Number) W L K Arena (Number) W L K
MORDANT(1) 0 1 0 LYRATILAN(25) 2 1 0 FRATSFA(52) 1 0 0
JHELUM(4) 0 1 0 CHIMLEVTAL(31) 1 3 0 TROCAR(54) 0 1 0
KALTOS(5) 1 0 0 XOCHITHLAN(39) 1 4 0 ARADI(60) 1 0 0
BONSUR(7) 0 1 0 KATI-TEI(41) 0 1 0 KYR'TERR(71) 0 1 0
ARKERS(8) 0 1 0 KRILL(44) 0 1 0 DRAGONHEAD(72) 1 0 0
KOLACT(10) 2 1 0 STORMCROWE(45) 0 1 0 ERINIKA(73) 2 2 0
ARUAK CITY(11) 3 3 0 NORTH FORK(47) 6 3 0 LIN TIRIAN(78) 0 2 0
SEAM(20) 1 0 0 SNOWBOUND(50) 5 1 0 MIROI CHANG(79) 2 0 0
SUNSET(21) 1 1 0 TRICORUS(51) 1 1 0 DWES EG(82) 1 0 0
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH ARENA W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY
SNOOPER 1-5154 28 17 3 196 MIKE'S MISFITS (793) MORDANT
MOUNTEBANK 4-2083 42 17 0 137 CARNIVAL (686) JHELUM
NEWT GINGRICH 5-3399 67 23 0 205 PARTY ANIMALS (476) KALTOS
JUNINHO 7-4001 20 12 1 190 IMPORTED FOOTBALLERS (883) BONSUR
BAULINDA 8-4024 20 14 2 126 DYSERAY (901) ARKERS
AVAUNT 10-4170 40 26 2 247 A UNIT (961) KOLACT
SANDMAN 11-3923 49 47 2 185 ANDORIAN KNIGHTS (962) ARUAK CITY
FENGAR II 20-61 100 69 1 210 OVERLORDS (371) SEAM
GROLSCH 21-5029 30 3 4 238 REAL BEER (859) SUNSET
AULIC 25-3944 33 25 0 229 A UNIT (835) LYRATILAN
TEMPUS 31-538 31 24 0 204 THE STORMGUARDS (192) CHIMLEVTAL
THANATO 39-2824 25 19 1 163 OPHIDIAN ORDER (705) XOCHITHLAN
JUAN 41-2304 20 13 0 119 DREAM TEAMS (919) KATI-TEI
GERTRUDE 44-2582 20 7 0 138 DARQUE FORCES (857) KRILL
URSULA 45-3713 21 13 1 85 DARQUE FORCES (941) STORMCROWE
JACK VALTRAEDS 47-407 79 56 2 217 ROYAL FLUSH (10) NORTH FORK
KALANDRA 50-2443 50 54 3 260 DARK SIDHE (642) SNOWBOUND
KYRA 51-3774 39 35 1 112 SAND DANCERS (610) TRICORUS
DANNIA TYL SIO 52-3393 28 17 1 87 SAND DANCERS (942) FRATSFA
SABRETOOTH 54-2269 19 9 2 86 RUNNING AMOK (979) TROCAR
BEERVAHNA 60-4292 28 28 3 200 INGRATE WHITE NORTH (745) ARADI
NIBENAY 71-3380 20 17 1 54 DARQUE FORCES (863) KYR'TERR
FOGGY 72-4595 9 1 2 58 DARQUE FORCES (1009) DRAGONHEAD
WILLIE MAKIT 73-514 98 36 2 405 MISTAKEN IDENTITY (96) ERINIKA
KITALA THE BOLD 78-875 77 97 2 210 SAND DANCERS (848) LIN TIRIAN
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH ARENA W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY
OUR LADY PEACE 79-1191 22 6 2 159 CHAPEL ROCK (615) MIROI CHANG
ATONEMENT 82-761 38 25 0 239 A UNIT XV (851) DWES EG
NEW GRADUATES--FROM ALL ARENAS (INCLUDING CLOSED ARENAS)
For those of you who keep track of such things, 13 additional warriors graduated
from regular DM arenas (including closed arenas) since the last tournament:
STRYSON (12-1368) SHADOW LORDS
STEFEN (15-2052) WILD BOYS
FROG SLAYER (21-4021) THE GUARDIANS
VICTOR CALDERONE (60-5223) CLUB CULTURE
TYBALT (62-3696) GRAPHIC VIOLENCE
WESTON (65-5719) SUPERIOR FORCES 4I
FOGGY (72-4595) DARQUE FORCES
NORAF (82-3856) ENVENOMED
CHEOPS (82-4451) LEGENDS OF EGYPT
THE SCREAMING FANS (82-6495) WHY I PLAY DM
CRAB (82-11880) 4-LETTER STDS
BRAND (82-13289) TOADS OF AMBER III
SHERRI (82-15114) SUPERIOR FORCES 3201
-- Green Eyes