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Date   : 09/10/2019    Duedate: 10/07/2019

CRYSALIS ARENA

DM 106    TURN 342

RANK TEAMS                 W    L   K    %  RANK TEAMS                 W    L   K    % 
  2 UPDATED KIT 85/1751    1    0   0  100      FEAR FACTORY 12 71/1713
  4 FAST FOOD 47/1355     13   14   0 48.1    7 TEAM TOONS 47/1500    47   52   0 47.5
  5 VIKINGS 10/1208      296  267   2 52.6      COWBOY CROONERS 72/1535
    SENTINELS 7/1202                          8 ALASTARI RU 85/1750    1    0   0  100
    PEASANT REBELLION 8/1542                  9 OHIO 52/1286         106  195   0 35.2
    PHANTOM REGIMENT 20/1710                    EMETICS 45/1030
    BATTLEAXE STAMPEDE 19/1481                  STRANGE TUNES 50/1085
    BATTLEAXE STAMPEDE 74/1570                  WITLESS WONDERS 39/1052
  6 FEAR FACTOR 72/1671   17   25   0 40.5   10 TALL TALES 59/1335   123  225   3 35.3
    FEAR FACTORY 5 71/1690

                                  WARRIOR SPOTLIGHT

Duelmasters History 101...

Way back when...

     I remember my first Face to Face experience like it was yesterday. It was 1991 
and I just had graduated from Colgate University in May -- I was already looking for a 
job and planned on taking a month or two to relax and get into the swing of not being 
in school for the first time in my life.
     At the time I was running two Duelmasters teams, the Devil Advocates in Arvat and 
the Angels of Pain in Zukal. As I recall, Vengeance had JUST graduated in Zukal. This 
was pretty much the Golden Age of Duelmasters -- when Primus was the place to be and 
17/17 warriors were highly competitive in tournaments. People had learned many of the 
'secrets' of the game, but they were jealously guarded and the competition was fierce. 
It was also the age of newsletter antagonism, with many 'Bad Guys' in almost all 
arenas and even 'Evil Alliances' like the Dark Circle in full swing.
     Amidst all of that I heard that RSI had decided to try a first ever East Coast 
Face to Face Tournament! In Baltimore! I had some gift money from my graduation in my 
pocket and all of 8 guys to run in the tournament, so I thought it would be awesome to 
drive down and check out the Face to Face scene. For years I'd been envious of those 
who got to go to the Tempe tournaments, and now I'd get to go to one myself! I spoke 
with Mad Mad (who, at that time was all of 18 years old and working as a gas station 
attendant near our Mom's house) and we agreed. We were going to the Face to Face!
     The following day we started making plans, sent in our strategies and figuring 
out a meal budget that wouldn't break the bank. Better yet, a friend of the family was 
a travel agent and she told us that Eastern Airlines (yep, before Delta took over!) 
had a special round trip fare from Hartford to BWI for $79 that summer! Easily worth 
the savings on gas, parking and tolls!
     Just before the tournament I had sent RSI a request for a new team -- yes, just 
ONE team sheet -- and got back a neat one. My brother and I rolled up the team, the 
Erdman Brothers, and we each took 2 warriors and DAed the scrubby 5th guy. These 
warriors became Teddy Brewster and I Backstroke, some of our most iconic guys. And we 
eagerly started running, prepping them for the Novices tournament!
     All said and done, I had 12 warriors set to run, including 6 mis-timed basic 
guys, a novice, a rookie and several ADM guys including my flagship warrior, 
Vengeance, who previously had been my first guy to break 4 wins in a tournament, going 
6-3-1 in his Adepts run. I planned on buying some rollups and adding some rookies at 
the tournament. My expectations were essentially non-existent, but I hoped to learn a 
lot and have an amazing time. Just before the tournament a personal ad we had put in a 
bunch of newsletters was answered and we got a call from a player looking for room 
mate(s). To this day I can't recall the guy's name or much about him, only that he 
knew Phido and at the time Phido was phasing out of Duelmasters and giving away many 
of his warriors. This person had been given 'Spaceman Spiff' -- an up and coming 
warrior of Phido's and he was willing to share numbers and info on all of his 
warriors! We eagerly accepted him as a roomie and were looking forward to meeting him.

     We flew into Baltimore early Friday afternoon and caught the shuttle from BWI to 
the Inner Harbor area. Unlike some of the later FTFs, the hotel was very nice and in a 
business area. We checked in with no mishaps and were incredibly psyched for the 
tournament.
     We sought out and found the convention room and from my recollection, it was 
mobbed. RSI could probably provide more info on numbers, but it felt like well over 50 
managers in attendance. All the tables were already taken up and we knew ABSOLUTELY NO 
ONE.
     Just then the hotel staff moved in a couple of new tables and we nabbed one in 
the back corner, setting up our paperwork. At the next table there was a manager 
eagerly looking through a pile of rollup sheets. He had bought 100 sheets there at the 
FTF. I was stunned. ONE HUNDRED SHEETS??? It was like he had a pile of gold and gems 
in front of him. We assumed he must have been a super-manager or something. And he did 
have one warrior in Primus -- a warrior named Swiftdeath. Who he was very pleased 
with. I think he started out 4-0 in the Primus tournament before getting beat up -- 
which we also thought was a mighty feat.
     We went up front and timidly requested 5 rollups each... Which was as much as our 
meager budgets could allow. Mad Max got a couple of good warriors (one was a 17/17 
lunger type that was a good performer for him) but my rollups were really crappy. I 
knew enough at this point to know that Wit and Will were GOOD and Size was BAD. And I 
had 12 guys SZ 16+ out of those 25 warriors and not one of them could get 17/17 or 
better. I filled the sheets out and was planning on turning them in and seeing what 
happened. But first we had to eat, so we stashed our stuff in our room. Our roommate 
had not yet arrived -- he was arriving in the evening.
     (Segue -- I remember meeting everyone from RSI who was there at that tournament, 
but only vaguely. I clearly remember meeting Lee and Kathy at the Orlando FTF the next 
year -- but I was pretty intimidated by everyone that first year. I'm PRETTY sure I 
met Sue. And Sandy. But that also might have been Orlando! My brother, being way more 
social overall than I am, I'm sure met everyone!)
     At that first FTF there was an actual 'Manager's Reception' with food and drinks. 
It wasn't like a feast or anything, but I recall cold cuts and fruit and whatnot, 
which was great for us -- it saved us from having to pay for a meal! Plus we got to 
talk to some of the managers. However... that was something of a letdown. Most of them 
were pretty arrogant and had zero time to talk to nobodies like us. I recall finding 
out who Sharkey was -- and he pretty much ignored us. And there were several other 
conversations which went like the classic Guardian quote, "I'm Guardian, who the F are 
you?"
     But we met one guy, even younger than we were, who went by Fewmaster Toede, and 
he seemed like a nice kid, and the guy at the table next to us with the 100 rollups 
was nice enough. In fact, as we were eating sandwiches, he started talking about his 
'Quest' to make an army of SZ 21 warriors. His theory was that because size was the 
one unchangeable stat, the only way to make warriors that were superior was to take 
advantage of the 'extra' points of size and make good, big, bonused warriors. It 
sounded like a reasonable idea at the time. He then went on to bemoan the fact that in 
his 100 sheets he didn't get ANY 21 SZ warriors. He said that if anyone gave him a SZ 
21 sheet he would let that person look through his 100 sheets and pick whatever they 
wanted. I thought that was awesome! And I recalled seeing a SZ 21 in my cruddy rollups 
I had purchased earlier -- so I ran up to the room to get my stuff. As I got there I 
ran into our roommate! He had just checked in with the hotel and had gotten the key we 
left for him at the front desk. He was unpacking his stuff. So we started a quick 
conversation about Duelmasters, Phido's warriors and some of his warriors. He had a 3 
ring binder with photocopies of many of the 'famous' warriors of the time -- E. 
Hemmingway, Gypsy Moth... and then he had Spaceman Spiff who Phido had given him. I 
remember looking at the beautiful stats. As I recall he was a SZ 5, 17 wit, 21 will 
marvel... Which was way prettier than any warrior I owned except Vengeance. I shared 
Vengeance's numbers with him and he was impressed. He predicted Vengeance would won 
day win a Primus tournament! I hoped that would be the case! We talked a little bit 
about strategies also, but I then grabbed my rollup sheets and hurried down to the 
convention room.
     As I went down, I sorted through the 5 team sheets. Sure enough, there was a SZ 
21 guy! But wait! The sheet actually had TWO SZ 21s on it! Woo hoo!
     I marched right in and found the guy with the pile of sheets. Proudly I showed 
him the team of giants. True to his word, he handed me the heap of 100 warriors and 
said I could pick whichever one I wanted. So I started digging through. It was pretty 
amazing seeing all those team sheets. There were many warriors with 21 wits! To that 
point the only 21 wit guy I'd ever had was Teddy Brewster. Mad Max had a replacement 
warrior in 32 who also had a 21 wit, but he had no deftness and weird other stats. I 
was tempted by several of the 21 wit guys. But I was looking for Spaceman Spiff! I 
wanted a PL and I wanted one that looked like that!
     Eventually I came across a sheet that had what I wanted! So pretty! A SZ 5, 17 
wit, 21 will warrior with no weaknesses! I greedily took it and sealed the deal. I 
filled out the team with a name I'd saved for this occasion... Satan's Kingdom! And 
the new parry lunger became Rabid Moose! Tortured Trout on the same team was also very 
nice, so I handed in that sheet and strategies for both for rookies!
     Fewmaster Toede also found a SZ 21 guy in the rollups he bought and he picked out 
a SZ 4 monster who also had 17WT, 21 WL and he made it a Wall of Steel.
     I got Rabid Moose back and I was in love! 10-13-5-17-21-5-13 was his design. And 
he rolled good damage (which even then I knew was lucky!) and had an Expert attack! 
The only other warrior I had seen to that point with an expert attack to start was 
Vengeance. I was ready to predict a rookies TV for me!

     So the tournament started. Even though I didn't have anyone in the Primus 
tournament, I followed that class with rapt attention. I also followed my own guys, 
but was most excited about Teddy and Rabid Moose. I was eager to see how young 
Vengeance would do also, but didn't expect much due to his inexperience.
     The actual tournament was AWESOME. The hustle and action, managers shouting out 
when they won fights (or got killed), and the constant output of turns. I tried to 
hang around tables of experienced managers in the hopes that some would want to show 
off impressive fights and I could see their strategies. And during the actual 
tournament people were way more accepting of newbies and I did see and learn a ton.
     By Sunday most of my feeble entrants had ben knocked out. Vengeance was hanging 
in there in ADM at 5-2, which was great! My 2nd ever graduate. T. Deville, a TP, was 
amazingly at 6-1 in ADM! Sadly, Teddy Brewster and Rabid Moose went 1-3 and 3-3 in 
Novices and Rookies respectively. I still had a TP from Arvat, Sir Berus, sitting at 
6-1 in Apprentices also as well as a TP at 5-2 in Novices. Sir Berus was a badly 
designed scum type and the other one was a neat offensive type. Also my new wall of 
steel from Zukal, Justice, was sitting at 5-2 in rookies. Mad Max had Teddy's Brother, 
I Backstroke, in excellent shape at 6-1 in novices.
     In Primus, some upsets had been going on and Donatello had taken some losses. 
Mirage had inherited Teetotaler from Phido and Tee was doing very well, but Doc 
LeGrand was having a great tournament and Gypsy Moth and Madam Butterfly were both 
doing great.
     At our table, Fewmaster Toede had several guys with an inside track to TV 
including the Wall of Steel he got for his 21 SZ rollup. That one was named Fuzzy 
Warrior and he was undefeated! 7-0! We were all very impressed.
     In the end, my guys slowly fell like dominoes... Vengeance went out at 5-3, which 
gave me tremendous hope for the future. Justice got scummed by Fewmaster Toede's TP to 
lose out on a TV going 7-3 in rookies. Same deal with the TP I had in novices -- 
another 7-3. And my big surprise, T. Deville, in ADM getting taken down by Lethal of 
Engines of Doom. Another 7-3. However my crappy scum, Sir Berus, just kept fighting 
guys he could beat and went 9-1, for my first TV. Seeing as my personal record for a 
tournament prior to that had been 6 wins, getting 3 guys to go 7-3 and a TV... I was 
ecstatic. Plus, my new super warrior, Rabid Moose, had ended rookies with ADEX attack 
and experts in parry and defense, which seemed like a great start for him despite his 
3-3 tournament. I Backstroke was strong on day two and TVed Novices for Mad Max, which 
was his first and made him incredibly happy.
     Aaaand as the tournament wound down, Fewmaster Toede's WS was STILL undefeated! 
10-0! In fact... he had TWO undefeated guys, as another of his warriors -- Flea -- was 
also 10-0! I'm pretty sure Flea was a TP, but I'm not 100% on that after 28 years. 
Toede asked Mad Max and me to help him in the runoffs and we were happy to be 
included. So we scouted styles and found out what everyone in the runoffs was and even 
got to look at some fights of the other warriors in prior rounds, scouting attack 
locations, armor, weapons. Back then we thought we were brilliant doing this -- even 
though it is so commonplace today.
     Also from my memory, all the other guys were total parries. And though Fuzzy 
Warrior (and Flea) had plenty of endurance, neither did much damage -- which made 
victory a challenge.
     In round 11, Flea fought another TP and was scummed in 19 minutes. It probably 
could have gone either way, but he lost and was eliminated. Fuzzy Warrior got lucky 
and fought a stand in. We were all psyched by that!
     In round 12... ANOTHER stand in! Fuzzy mangled a Convicted Thief!!!
     And then there were two. Fuzzy Warrior vs. a MIGHTY scum named Veritech Fighter. 
He had previously won fights in 20-30 minutes and clearly had way greater endurance 
than Fuzzy. And Fuzzy wasn't likely to take him on damage since he wasn't critting at 
all and did normal damage. We got to look at two of Veritech Fighter's fights from 
earlier in the tournament, one vs. another Wall of Steel. I noticed that around minute 
12 the TP was getting tired and then getting hit by the Wall of Steel, but not enough 
and the WS eventually toppled over from exhaustion. So we came up with what we 
considered to be a great plan. We put Fuzzy in lighter armor -- ring or scale or 
something, gave him a big weapon -- a GS, even though he was too short -- and ran him 
super slow to start. 2-1-6 for the first 5 minutes, then 4-1-6 bash in min 6+. 
Targeting the left leg to slow him down...
     Then it was time... For 10 minutes the warriors stood, circled and did the 
scumfest tango. Fuzzy made some attacks with his GS, but only landed one. In minute 5 
out of nowhere he made a GS crit, hit Veritch fighter in the left leg and it was a 
massive blow! We all cheered with hope!
     Sadly... in minute 10 Fuzzy started getting tired. And we groaned.
     But then in minute 12 Veritech Fighter was also tired. And the scumfest 
continued.
     Minute 13, Fuzzy Warrior bashed with his GS and Veritech Fighter took a shot to 
the left leg. In minute 14 Fuzzy Warrior bashed with his GS and another hit to the 
left leg! The TP was desperate!
     Aaaand Fuzzy Warrior was staggering with exhaustion. He struggled to hold up his 
weapons! He circled about aimlessly...
     Minute 15... and again, out of nowhere! A GS crit! Veritch Fighter took the blow 
to the left leg AGAIN! Spectators cringed as the horrific power of the blow struck 
home!
     And it was over! Fuzzy Warrior had won! Yes, it was victory for Fewmaster Toede, 
but I took it as a moral victory for me as well!

     So the tournament was over, but the addiction had been stoked and the fires 
burned brighter than ever!

     Hope you all enjoyed! -- The Dark One
     
(Thanks to Assur for having the newsletter.  For YEARs others -- I'm thinking 
Marmaduke -- thought someone else had won rookies that tournament -- but I knew 
differently.)

                             REPORT FROM WITHIN THE TOWER

Heya!

Well, just one guy avoided today.  That was Granite, who avoided Run DMC.  And who did 
he fight, instead?  SIGMUNDR (10-6525) (28-16-1,46) of VIKINGS fought GRANITE (85-
11634) (11-5-0,38) of UPDATED KITCHEN.  SIGMUNDR was overpowered by GRANITE in an 
exciting 2 minute one-sided fight.  Heh!  Actually, the Run DMC team didn't even come 
to the fights today.

So there were thirteen fights, no challenges, and just that one avoid.

We have a new Tower Guardian.  BALDASSARE (7-6003) (66-54-0,222) of SENTINELS fought 
KING MIDAS (59-2770) (50-66-1,185) of TALL TALES.  BALDASSARE bested KING MIDAS in a 
crowd pleasing 2 minute gruesome Title fight, because Hari-Kari didn't show up.  Post-
tourney confusion, perhaps?  Baldy is our highest ranked Parry-Strike.

HAGAR BLUETOOTH (10-5850) (61-46-1,222) of VIKINGS fought UNCLE FESTER (59-2768) (54-
68-1,190) of TALL TALES.  HAGAR BLUETOOTH subdued UNCLE FESTER in a 2 minute melee.  
Hagar is the leading Wall of Steel, Uncle Fester is best Slasher. 

TAMMY FAYE (39-3520) (48-111-0,195) of WITLESS WONDERS fought SWEET REVENGE (8-5378) 
(36-13-0,176) of PEASANT REBELLION.  TAMMY FAYE was subdued by SWEET REVENGE in an 
action packed 5 minute fight.  Ms. Faye is our overall popularity leader AND this 
turn's favorite fighter.

HREIDMAR THE RED (10-6148) (50-24-0,202) of VIKINGS fought JOHNNY APPLESEED (59-2767) 
(42-80-1,156) of TALL TALES.  HREIDMAR THE RED devastated JOHNNY APPLESEED in a 
popular 3 minute one-sided contest.  Hreidmar is our leading Aimed Blow, and Appleseed 
is top TP.

SUPERSIZE ME (47-8110) (29-18-2,210) of FAST FOOD fought RIRORNI COOK (106-24) (0-0-
0,181).  SUPERSIZE ME was devastated by RIRORNI COOK in a popular 1 minute uneven 
brawl.

GRIZZ GRIMHULT (19-5083) (26-18-1,210) of BATTLEAXE STAMPEDE fought G W BUSH (59-2764) 
(50-72-2,153) of TALL TALES.  GRIZZ GRIMHULT devastated G W BUSH in a 1 minute 
mismatched match.  Grizz is top Striker.

HOPALONG CASSIDY (72-7839) (39-43-0,209) of COWBOY CROONERS fought ETERNAL REST (72-
8626) (22-12-0,173) of FEAR FACTORY 2.  HOPALONG CASSIDY handily defeated ETERNAL REST 
in a 1 minute uneven fight.  Hoppy is top Parry-Lunge.

KNOS THE AXE (74-4394) (30-10-1,157) of BATTLEAXE STAMPEDE fought PERISTYLIUM (71-
7014) (24-24-0,119) of FEAR FACTORY 5.  KNOS THE AXE was vanquished by PERISTYLIUM in 
a popular 1 minute uneven duel.  Peristylium is top Lunger.

SOUTHPOINT (52-3492) (26-10-0,170) of OHIO fought STAY PUFT (20-144) (23-13-1,131) of 
PHANTOM REGIMENT.  SOUTHPOINT won victory over STAY PUFT in a popular 1 minute duel.

GARGLE SPEW (45-3902) (22-21-1,136) of EMETICS fought JINX (47-7951) (41-35-1,96) of 
TEAM TOONS.  GARGLE SPEW overpowered JINX in a 1 minute uneven match.

SIGMUNDR (10-6525) (28-16-1,46) of VIKINGS fought GRANITE (85-11634) (11-5-0,38) of 
UPDATED KITCHEN.  SIGMUNDR was overpowered by GRANITE in an exciting 2 minute one-
sided fight.

BOSTON KREME (85-25849) (13-8-1,48) of ALASTARI RUNS ON fought RIRORNI SOLDIER (106-3) 
(0-0-0,30).  BOSTON KREME devastated RIRORNI SOLDIER in an exciting 1 minute 
mismatched conflict.

The least popular fighter this turn is Suffocating Sight.  SUFFOCATING SIGHT (71-6978) 
(23-25-0,52) of FEAR FACTORY 12 fought HAPPY (50-3399) (19-26-1,68) of STRANGE TUNES.  
SUFFOCATING SIGHT was devastated by HAPPY in a 1 minute mismatched bout.

That's all my news.  Ain't much.

Olaf Modeen

THE TOWER GUARDIAN             W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 BALDASSARE 7-6003            67  54  0  226  SENTINELS (1202)           BONSUR

GRAND CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS     W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
-DUTCH TREAT 26-1841         182  42  2  579  WORLDWIDE GORE (35)        CALEAM
-BULL DURHAM 5-4324           79  31  1  388  PARTY ANIMALS (476)        KALTOS
-HARI-KARI 73-3049            97  16  0  313  WAY TO GO! II (1010)       ERINIKA
-DARK TOWER 11-1702          125  67  0  294  KING'S COURT (34)          ARUAK CITY
-LAND OF FLUSH 11-4373        63  26  2  293  CONSORTIUM CRAP (1248)     ARUAK CITY
-DISCO QUEEN 47-1992         108  36  3  288  ROYAL FLUSH (10)           NORTH FORK
-THE REFEREE 45-1091         117  57  4  254  AVID FANS (199)            STORMCROWE
 HAGAR BLUETOOTH 10-5850      62  46  1  225  VIKINGS (1208)             KOLACT
-RUBBER KNIFE 57-2546         58  19  2  223  USELESS TOOLS (1249)       ANDOR
-NUMBSKULL 52-2948            37  18  2  219  OTTO'S PARTS (664)         FRATSFA
 HOPALONG CASSIDY 72-7839     40  43  0  218  COWBOY CROONERS (1535)     DRAGONHEAD
-F.O.A.D. 73-442              59  26  2  217  ALPHABET SOUP (943)        ERINIKA
-R BAGGIO 17-4867             33  20  1  214  ITALIAN FOOTBALL (826)     ALJAFIR
-ACE OF BASE 47-6905          37  27  0  212  ROYAL FLUSH (10)           NORTH FORK
 GRIZZ GRIMHULT 19-5083       27  18  1  212  BATTLEAXE STAMPEDE (1481)  ZUWAYZA

GRAND CHAMPIONS                W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
-WEDNESDAY ADDAMS 73-6043     26   4  0  210  CALENDAR GIRLS (1574)      ERINIKA
-LONDON QUIREBOY 59-2513      60  32  1  209  CHAPEL ROCK (1108)         ILLIS
-TAOS 26-4042                 55  27  1  209  HERE TO PHOENIX (871)      CALEAM
-PIRES 7-5665                 35  17  0  207  IMPORTED FOOTBALLERS (883) BONSUR
-KING FORADAY 47-3762         93  65  4  206  ROYAL FLUSH (10)           NORTH FORK
-BEERVAHNA 60-4292            64  45  3  206  INGRATE WHITE NORTH (745)  ARADI
 HREIDMAR THE RED 10-6148     51  24  0  204  VIKINGS (1208)             KOLACT
-SITS ON HIS DUFF 73-1810     60  41  4  203  THINGS GEORGE DOES (812)   ERINIKA
-THE LION KING 47-6360        59  21  0  203  ROYAL FLUSH (10)           NORTH FORK
-RUBBER KNIFE 54-2038         80  58  1  201  USELESS TOOLS (552)        TROCAR
-A GROUNDSKEEPER 45-1613      49  44  1  201  AVID FANS (199)            STORMCROWE
-WOLFMAN JACK 5-4594          33   7  2  200  PARTY ANIMALS (476)        KALTOS
-ADAM'S APPLE 52-3203         48  28  0  199  OTTO'S PARTS (664)         FRATSFA
-BODDINGTON'S 21-5035         48  28  0  198  REAL BEER (859)            SUNSET
-DAIRY QUEEN 47-2685         132  61  3  196  ROYAL FLUSH (10)           NORTH FORK
-BULL FROG 73-4547            49  30  0  195  THE BULLS (255)            ERINIKA
 SWEET REVENGE 8-5378         37  13  0  194  PEASANT REBELLION (1542)   ARKERS
-GAZZA 12-3538                27   9  2  194  ENGLISH FOOTBALL (1680)    RIZTAB
-FAT LIP 52-3791              32  37  1  193  OTTO'S PARTS (664)         FRATSFA
-DEATHFROMABOVE 73-5766       26   6  1  193  WAY BACK WHEN (1497)       ERINIKA
 UNCLE FESTER 59-2768         54  69  1  192  TALL TALES (1335)          ILLIS
-STEVE MCQUEEN 47-3908        73  62  1  190  ROYAL FLUSH (10)           NORTH FORK
-HUNZICKER BOWL 23-4182       61  40  3  190  SKI TAOS (860)             TI
-PHONELESS CORD 54-2018       57  47  0  190  USELESS TOOLS (552)        TROCAR
-VIKING RAIDER 54-2885        40  23  1  190  SPARF! (1139)              TROCAR
-SUPER GROVER 50-3413         32  16  0  190  OPEN SESAME (668)          SNOWBOUND
-DORSAL FINN 42-1662          24  16  1  190  NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC (1343) RODEKI
-FRENCH KISS 73-590           13   7  0  190  WORLDWIDE GORE (547)       ERINIKA
-JIVE 25-624                 123  82  1  189  CRYPTICS (150)             LYRATILAN
 TAMMY FAYE 39-3520           48 112  0  189  WITLESS WONDERS (1052)     XOCHITHLAN
 KING MIDAS 59-2770           50  67  1  188  TALL TALES (1335)          ILLIS
-ROWDY YOBBO 20-3429          67  52  1  187  SPARF! (873)               SEAM
-AFRICAN QUEEN 47-6424        57  26  0  186  ROYAL FLUSH (10)           NORTH FORK
-BASE ON BULLS 73-3101        47  27  4  186  THE BULLS (255)            ERINIKA
-PHILLIP THE BIRD 40-3708     38  32  1  186  CRUEL PET NAMES (1117)     ZENSU
-IMMOVEABLE OBJECT 59-2110    58  34  2  184  NOT QUITE (1028)           ILLIS
-JACK KNIFE 47-6694           42  28  1  184  ROYAL FLUSH (10)           NORTH FORK
-FIGHTER ACE 47-1189          95  65  6  183  ROYAL FLUSH (10)           NORTH FORK
-TRICK SHOULDER 52-1053       26  24  1  183  OTTO'S PARTS (664)         FRATSFA
-GENERAL PUBLIC 31-3112       44  37  1  182  MILITARY MAYHEM (37)       CHIMLEVTAL
-CUBA 26-3917                 48  30  0  181  HERE TO PHOENIX (871)      CALEAM
-THE COUNT 50-1860            38  23  0  181  OPEN SESAME (668)          SNOWBOUND

GRAND CHAMPIONS                W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
-SCORPION KING 47-4718        23   8  1  181  ROYAL FLUSH (10)           NORTH FORK

GRAND CHALLENGER ADEPTS        W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 SUPERSIZE ME 47-8110         29  19  2  180  FAST FOOD (1355)           NORTH FORK
-GREEN KING 21-5183           29   9  0  179  REAL BEER (859)            SUNSET
-THE ROCK 30-4314             23  11  1  179  WRESTLMANIACS (1459)       IAYE
-GENERAL PURPOSE 31-5124      19  10  1  179  MILITARY MAYHEM (37)       CHIMLEVTAL
-A.O. HELL 54-2523            47  26  2  178  USELESS TOOLS (552)        TROCAR
-LAR'EH WALKER 60-5825        30  20  1  177  INGRATE WHITE NORTH (745)  ARADI
-TUESDAY WELD 73-6047         29   6  0  177  CALENDAR GIRLS (1574)      ERINIKA
-ACE METRIC 47-3554           42  37  0  176  ROYAL FLUSH (10)           NORTH FORK
-UZI 44-1701                  45  50  1  173  BLOWN AWAY (398)           KRILL
 SOUTHPOINT 52-3492           27  10  0  172  OHIO (1286)                FRATSFA
-KENNY CHESNEY 73-5517        24   7  1  172  SUE'S BIG BOYS (1635)      ERINIKA
 ETERNAL REST 72-8626         22  13  0  170  FEAR FACTORY 2 (1671)      DRAGONHEAD
-A CHEERLEADER 45-1092        23  11  1  165  AVID FANS (199)            STORMCROWE
 JOHNNY APPLESEED 59-2767     42  81  1  164  TALL TALES (1335)          ILLIS
-THAT! 21-5272                26  12  2  161  REAL BEER (859)            SUNSET
 PERISTYLIUM 71-7014          25  24  0  159  FEAR FACTORY 5 (1690)      KYR'TERR
 G W BUSH 59-2764             50  73  2  157  TALL TALES (1335)          ILLIS
-BEER KHAN 73-5755            31   7  2  157  MONGOL HORDE (1631)        ERINIKA
-A BOMB IN A BULL 73-503      24  13  2  156  THE BULLS (255)            ERINIKA

GRAND ADEPTS                   W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
-TRASH CAN 50-3403            38  24  4  147  OPEN SESAME (668)          SNOWBOUND
 STAY PUFT 20-144             23  14  1  140  PHANTOM REGIMENT (1710)    SEAM
 GARGLE SPEW 45-3902          23  21  1  139  EMETICS (1030)             STORMCROWE
-JACK O'LANTERN 47-2762       18  10  1  139  ROYAL FLUSH (10)           NORTH FORK
-LONG ISLAND 59-2500          42   8  0  134  HANGOVERS (955)            ILLIS
 KNOS THE AXE 74-4394         30  11  1  128  BATTLEAXE STAMPEDE (1570)  DAYLA KIV

GRAND CHALLENGER INITIATES     W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 JINX 47-7951                 41  36  1   97  TEAM TOONS (1500)          NORTH FORK
-WHIPPED CREAM 47-8768        22  24  2   92  FAST FOOD (1355)           NORTH FORK

GRAND INITIATES                W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
-PINK LIP 11-8305             24   6  0   78  COLORIFIC (1050)           ARUAK CITY
-TURTLE SHELL 3-7937          24   4  0   76  TOUGH STUFF (1745)         OSKSI
 HAPPY 50-3399                20  26  1   74  STRANGE TUNES (1085)       SNOWBOUND
-PAPAYA PELICAN 11-8330       22   3  2   71  ANIMAL FARM (1095)         ARUAK CITY
-LATE OR EARLY 47-8183        19  12  0   69  LES TURFISTES (1396)       NORTH FORK
-ODOBAN 47-7715               13   8  0   63  ERRATA! (1708)             NORTH FORK
-URSULINA TRELL 50-3832       15  16  0   61  MIDDLE WAY 6 (1114)        SNOWBOUND
 GRANITE 85-11634             12   5  0   61  UPDATED KITCHEN (1751)     JASPER GULCH
-PHENT 35-4855                18   6  0   60  HOUSE JHEREG (1705)        MURSKA
-DINER'S CLUB 56-4774         17   6  1   58  CREDIT (1731)              ROCANIS
 BOSTON KREME 85-25849        14   8  1   54  ALASTARI RUNS ON (1750)    JASPER GULCH
-BUDDY 12-7530                15   7  1   53  BLUE NOTE (1521)           RIZTAB
-ATTILA THE HUN 75-3811       14  10  0   52  JADED WARRIORS (1743)      JADE MOUNTAIN
 SUFFOCATING SIGHT 71-6978    23  26  0   46  FEAR FACTORY 12 (1713)     KYR'TERR
-GREEN ARROW 78-3327          14   3  0   45  FAMOUS ARCHERS (1696)      LIN TIRIAN
-GUMSHOE 85-4875              13   4  1   43  MISHMASH (1748)            JASPER GULCH
-RED SOX 71-6745              16   8  1   42  AL EAST (1683)             KYR'TERR
 SIGMUNDR 10-6525             28  17  1   34  VIKINGS (1208)             KOLACT

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

THE DEAD                   W   L  K TEAM NAME              SLAIN BY                  TURN

                               PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

BALDASSARE bested KING MIDAS in a crowd pleasing 2 minute gruesome Title fight.
HAGAR BLUETOOTH subdued UNCLE FESTER in a 2 minute melee.
TAMMY FAYE was subdued by SWEET REVENGE in a action packed 5 minute fight.
HREIDMAR THE RED devastated JOHNNY APPLESEED in a popular 3 minute one-sided contest.
SUPERSIZE ME was devastated by RIRORNI COOK in a popular 1 minute uneven brawl.
GRIZZ GRIMHULT devastated G W BUSH in a 1 minute mismatched match.
HOPALONG CASSIDY handily defeated ETERNAL REST in a 1 minute uneven fight.
KNOS THE AXE was vanquished by PERISTYLIUM in a popular 1 minute uneven duel.
SOUTHPOINT won victory over STAY PUFT in a popular 1 minute duel.
GARGLE SPEW overpowered JINX in a 1 minute uneven match.
SIGMUNDR was overpowered by GRANITE in a exciting 2 minute one-sided fight.
BOSTON KREME devastated RIRORNI SOLDIER in a exciting 1 minute mismatched conflict.
SUFFOCATING SIGHT was devastated by HAPPY in a 1 minute mismatched bout.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|STRIKING ATTACK                  7         PARRY-STRIKE      21 -   8 -  0      72  |
|AIMED BLOW                       7         WALL OF STEEL     25 -  10 -  0      71  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   3         AIMED BLOW        53 -  40 -  0      57  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      2         LUNGING ATTACK    49 -  37 -  0      57  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     2         TOTAL PARRY        9 -   8 -  1      53  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    1         PARRY-RIPOSTE      1 -   1 -  0      50  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  1         BASHING ATTACK     3 -   3 -  0      50  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      1         PARRY-LUNGE       12 -  15 -  0      44  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    0         SLASHING ATTACK   11 -  16 -  0      41  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   0         STRIKING ATTACK   23 -  45 -  0      34  |

Turn 342 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-LUNGE        2 -  0     AIMED BLOW         3 -  4         3  PARRY-STRIKE   
WALL OF STEEL      1 -  0     LUNGING ATTACK     1 -  2         2  TOTAL PARRY    
STRIKING ATTACK    4 -  3     PARRY-RIPOSTE      0 -  0         2  WALL OF STEEL  
PARRY-STRIKE       1 -  1     SLASHING ATTACK    0 -  1         1  LUNGING ATTACK 
                              BASHING ATTACK     0 -  0         1  AIMED BLOW     
                              TOTAL PARRY        0 -  1         1  PARRY-LUNGE    
                                                                1  SLASHING ATTACK

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
PARRY-STRIKE     BALDASSARE 7-6003          67  54  0  226 SENTINELS (1202)
WALL OF STEEL    HAGAR BLUETOOTH 10-5850    62  46  1  225 VIKINGS (1208)
PARRY-LUNGE      HOPALONG CASSIDY 72-7839   40  43  0  218 COWBOY CROONERS (1535)
STRIKING ATTACK  GRIZZ GRIMHULT 19-5083     27  18  1  212 BATTLEAXE STAMPEDE (1481)
AIMED BLOW       HREIDMAR THE RED 10-6148   51  24  0  204 VIKINGS (1208)
SLASHING ATTACK  UNCLE FESTER 59-2768       54  69  1  192 TALL TALES (1335)
TOTAL PARRY      JOHNNY APPLESEED 59-2767   42  81  1  164 TALL TALES (1335)
LUNGING ATTACK   PERISTYLIUM 71-7014        25  24  0  159 FEAR FACTORY 5 (1690)

The overall popularity leader is TAMMY FAYE 39-3520.  The most popular warrior this 
turn was TAMMY FAYE 39-3520.  The ten other most popular fighters were SWEET REVENGE 
8-5378, HREIDMAR THE RED 10-6148, BALDASSARE 7-6003, GRANITE 85-11634, SOUTHPOINT 
52-3492, BOSTON KREME 85-25849, PERISTYLIUM 71-7014, KING MIDAS 59-2770, HAGAR 
BLUETOOTH 10-5850, and HOPALONG CASSIDY 72-7839.

The least popular fighter this week was SUFFOCATING SIGHT 71-6978.  The other ten 
least popular fighters were JINX 47-7951, SIGMUNDR 10-6525, STAY PUFT 20-144, KNOS 
THE AXE 74-4394, ETERNAL REST 72-8626, G W BUSH 59-2764, SUPERSIZE ME 47-8110, HAPPY 
50-3399, GARGLE SPEW 45-3902, and GRIZZ GRIMHULT 19-5083.

Arena (Number)       W  L K  Arena (Number)       W  L K  Arena (Number)       W  L K  
BONSUR(7)            1  0 0  XOCHITHLAN(39)       0  1 0  ILLIS(59)            0  4 0  
ARKERS(8)            1  0 0  STORMCROWE(45)       1  0 0  KYR'TERR(71)         1  1 0  
KOLACT(10)           2  1 0  NORTH FORK(47)       0  2 0  DRAGONHEAD(72)       1  1 0  
ZUWAYZA(19)          1  0 0  SNOWBOUND(50)        1  0 0  DAYLA KIV(74)        0  1 0  
SEAM(20)             0  1 0  FRATSFA(52)          1  0 0  JASPER GULCH(85)     2  0 0  

TOP WARRIOR OF EACH ARENA     W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 BALDASSARE 7-6003           67  54  0  226  SENTINELS (1202)           BONSUR
 SWEET REVENGE 8-5378        37  13  0  194  PEASANT REBELLION (1542)   ARKERS
 HAGAR BLUETOOTH 10-5850     62  46  1  225  VIKINGS (1208)             KOLACT
 GRIZZ GRIMHULT 19-5083      27  18  1  212  BATTLEAXE STAMPEDE (1481)  ZUWAYZA
 STAY PUFT 20-144            23  14  1  140  PHANTOM REGIMENT (1710)    SEAM
 TAMMY FAYE 39-3520          48 112  0  189  WITLESS WONDERS (1052)     XOCHITHLAN
 GARGLE SPEW 45-3902         23  21  1  139  EMETICS (1030)             STORMCROWE
 SUPERSIZE ME 47-8110        29  19  2  180  FAST FOOD (1355)           NORTH FORK
 HAPPY 50-3399               20  26  1   74  STRANGE TUNES (1085)       SNOWBOUND
 SOUTHPOINT 52-3492          27  10  0  172  OHIO (1286)                FRATSFA
 UNCLE FESTER 59-2768        54  69  1  192  TALL TALES (1335)          ILLIS
 PERISTYLIUM 71-7014         25  24  0  159  FEAR FACTORY 5 (1690)      KYR'TERR
 HOPALONG CASSIDY 72-7839    40  43  0  218  COWBOY CROONERS (1535)     DRAGONHEAD
 KNOS THE AXE 74-4394        30  11  1  128  BATTLEAXE STAMPEDE (1570)  DAYLA KIV
 GRANITE 85-11634            12   5  0   61  UPDATED KITCHEN (1751)     JASPER GULCH