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Date   : 01/12/2016    Duedate: 01/25/2016

STORM ROCK ARENA

DM 107    TURN 117

RANK TEAMS                 W    L   K    %  RANK TEAMS                 W    L   K    % 
  1 BIG LAKE BAN 33/409   18    9   0 66.7    5 BASHAHOLICS  59/375  261  314   5 45.4
    BIG LAKE OUTCASTS 81/410                    BASH BROS CHILDREN 38/407
  2 COLOR ME SUA 42/365  454  348   2 56.6    6-BAD SIGNS 83/397       5   18   0 21.7
    CENTER FOR OLDS 18/364                      PARTY ANIMALS 5/301
  3 TWISTED SIST 72/413    2    2   0 50.0      WAY TO GO! II 73/333
  4-SENTINELS 7/354      181  191   3 48.7      WRESTLMANIACS 30/415
    NOMADIC TRIBE 21/310

                             REPORT FROM WITHIN THE TOWER

     Greetings, Warriors of STORM ROCK.  Allow this humble servant Novgorodny Vir to 
give you a respite from the fights in the form of this Spyreport.  CENTER FOR OLDS 
had cause to celebrate, after BEDDER got 16 points by beating ARENAMASTER SANDAVOL.  
A certain someone should cut down on the drinking and practice more, after losing 22 
points to CAPTURED PIRATE KING.  (Discrete enough, DIRTY DIAPERS?) Those who hoped 
for a new Duelmaster were disappointed by AMBER WOLFWALKER, of STORM ROCK, who 
despite a 0-0-0 couldn't overcome STORM ROCK's Number 1.  Word has it one team in 
STORM ROCK is taking speech lessons to try to bore their opponent to death.  I'll bet 
it works.   
     A Zenmaster once told me, 'Does not the spinning wheel turn?  And do not the 
little birds cry out?'  Any ideas?  If challenges were horses, CHATROOMMATE could 
open up a fast food joint!  Willing to win at any cost is BURM WOLFSNARL, who 
challenged CHATROOMMATE, 13 points junior.  Our sympathies, CHATROOMMATE!  I thought 
BURM WOLFSNARL showed great skill and promise when he won victory over CHATROOMMATE.  
All right, so I slept through it!  Big deal!   
     The moving sword slashes, and having slashed, moves on...  Questions are being 
raised about the disposing of severed body parts in the arena.  A certain tavern in 
STORM ROCK would I avoid!   
     Do not think spyreporting in STORM ROCK is the highlight of my life.  My fingers 
tire and I fear my incessant prattling may cause unfair judgement upon my impeccable 
character.  Like a mixed metaphor, and an overtaxed simile, I now bid STORM ROCK 
farewell-- Novgorodny Vir  

CHAMPION OF THE HORN           W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 TOE PUPPET 18-9544           75  41     300  CENTER FOR OLDS (364)      TALCAMA

GRAND CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS     W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 ALMOST PRETTY 42-4496       111  64     222  COLOR ME SUAVE (365)       RODEKI

GRAND CHAMPIONS                W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 DELAWARE RUN 42-4400        149  90  5  208  COLOR ME SUAVE (365)       RODEKI
 BEDDER 18-10043              44  88  3  200  CENTER FOR OLDS (364)      TALCAMA
-WALLI WEEBLE 21-6935         45  42     198  NOMADIC TRIBE (310)        SUNSET
 1977 AMC MATADOR 42-4116     94  82     193  COLOR ME SUAVE (365)       RODEKI
 THE HYPHEN-DASH 42-4499      64  72  1  190  COLOR ME SUAVE (365)       RODEKI
 JELLO KNUCKLES 42-4554       73  75     182  COLOR ME SUAVE (365)       RODEKI

GRAND CHALLENGER ADEPTS        W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
-OZAWINDIB 7-6212             39  41     169  SENTINELS (354)            BONSUR
-CAJETAN 7-6036               28  34  1  152  SENTINELS (354)            BONSUR

GRAND ADEPTS                   W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 IRON BITCH 72-5859           24  29  2  127  TWISTED SISTERS (413)      DRAGONHEAD

GRAND ADEPTS                   W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
-THE SEAMSTRESS 81-986        23  42  1  116  BIG LAKE OUTCASTS (410)    SHADOWSPIRE
-RYAK RAZORSAW 81-597         22  35  3  115  BIG LAKE OUTCASTS (410)    SHADOWSPIRE

GRAND INITIATES                W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 INIGO MONTOYA 33-8054        22  10  1   84  BIG LAKE BANDITS (409)     NIATOLI ISLAND
 SYE THE BEARDED 81-801       21  10      78  BIG LAKE OUTCASTS (410)    SHADOWSPIRE
 I'M POWERLESS 59-2629        21  41      59  BASHAHOLICS ANON (375)     ILLIS
 HARD KNOCKS 42-4555          16  14      59  COLOR ME SUAVE (365)       RODEKI
-SPAWN'S BLUE BEER 83-403     19   8      57  BAD SIGNS (397)            TELORINTHE
 BURM WOLFSNARL 81-113        23  14      55  BIG LAKE OUTCASTS (410)    SHADOWSPIRE
 DIRTY DIAPERS 38-5071        25  29  1   41  BASH BROS CHILDREN (407)   CLIFFHOME
 CHATROOMMATE 18-10034        17  20      29  CENTER FOR OLDS (364)      TALCAMA

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

THE DEAD                   W   L  K TEAM NAME              SLAIN BY                  TURN

                               PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE

Inigo Montoya -- Don't you ever get tired of saying that line?!? -- I'm Powerless

Burm Wolfsnarl -- I'm going to prepare a really smelly surprise for you next time! -- 
Dirty Diapers

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

INIGO MONTOYA devastated HARD KNOCKS in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge fight.
SYE THE BEARDED demolished I'M POWERLESS in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge melee.
BURM WOLFSNARL overpowered CHATROOMMATE in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge duel.
TOE PUPPET viciously subdued AMBER WOLFWALKER in a popular 3 minute Title fight.
1977 AMC MATADOR devastated THE BLACKSMITH in a popular 2 minute bloody uneven brawl.
BEDDER savagely defeated ARENAMASTER SANDAVOL in a crowd pleasing 2 minute gory brawl.
DELAWARE RUN handily defeated ARENAMASTER SANDAVOL in a 1 minute uneven melee.
ALMOST PRETTY vanquished VERMICIOUS KNID in a action packed 3 minute uneven fight.
THE HYPHEN-DASH was overpowered by TELGOR in a popular 1 minute uneven match.
JELLO KNUCKLES defeated IRON BITCH in a 2 minute match.
DIRTY DIAPERS was savagely defeated by CAPTURED PIRATE KING in a 1 minute competition.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|BASHING ATTACK                   3         PARRY-RIPOSTE      5 -   1 -  0      83  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  2         SLASHING ATTACK   12 -   4 -  0      75  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      2         STRIKING ATTACK    5 -   2 -  0      71  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    2         LUNGING ATTACK     5 -   3 -  0      63  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   2         TOTAL PARRY       20 -  15 -  0      57  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    1         WALL OF STEEL     11 -   9 -  0      55  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  1         BASHING ATTACK    16 -  18 -  0      47  |
|AIMED BLOW                       1         AIMED BLOW         6 -  10 -  0      38  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      1         PARRY-LUNGE        3 -   7 -  0      30  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     0         PARRY-STRIKE       0 -   2 -  0       0  |

Turn 117 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      1 -  0     BASHING ATTACK     1 -  2         3  TOTAL PARRY    
SLASHING ATTACK    1 -  0     AIMED BLOW         0 -  1         2  PARRY-RIPOSTE  
STRIKING ATTACK    2 -  0     PARRY-LUNGE        0 -  1         2  WALL OF STEEL  
TOTAL PARRY        2 -  0     PARRY-STRIKE       0 -  0         2  LUNGING ATTACK 
WALL OF STEEL      2 -  0     LUNGING ATTACK     0 -  2         1  BASHING ATTACK 
                                                                1  STRIKING ATTACK

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
PARRY-RIPOSTE    TOE PUPPET 18-9544         75  41  0  300 CENTER FOR OLDS (364)
WALL OF STEEL    ALMOST PRETTY 42-4496     111  64  0  222 COLOR ME SUAVE (365)
BASHING ATTACK   DELAWARE RUN 42-4400      149  90  5  208 COLOR ME SUAVE (365)
STRIKING ATTACK  BEDDER 18-10043            44  88  3  200 CENTER FOR OLDS (364)
LUNGING ATTACK   THE HYPHEN-DASH 42-4499    64  72  1  190 COLOR ME SUAVE (365)
TOTAL PARRY      JELLO KNUCKLES 42-4554     73  75  0  182 COLOR ME SUAVE (365)
SLASHING ATTACK  INIGO MONTOYA 33-8054      22  10  1   84 BIG LAKE BANDITS (409)
AIMED BLOW       HARD KNOCKS 42-4555        16  14  0   59 COLOR ME SUAVE (365)
PARRY-LUNGE      CHATROOMMATE 18-10034      17  20  0   29 CENTER FOR OLDS (364)

The overall popularity leader is BEDDER 18-10043.  The most popular warrior this turn 
was BEDDER 18-10043.  The ten other most popular fighters were ALMOST PRETTY 42-4496, 
TOE PUPPET 18-9544, 1977 AMC MATADOR 42-4116, JELLO KNUCKLES 42-4554, INIGO MONTOYA 
33-8054, BURM WOLFSNARL 81-113, DELAWARE RUN 42-4400, IRON BITCH 72-5859, SYE THE 
BEARDED 81-801, and HARD KNOCKS 42-4555.

The least popular fighter this week was CHATROOMMATE 18-10034.  The other ten least 
popular fighters were I'M POWERLESS 59-2629, DIRTY DIAPERS 38-5071, THE HYPHEN-DASH 
42-4499, HARD KNOCKS 42-4555, SYE THE BEARDED 81-801, IRON BITCH 72-5859, DELAWARE 
RUN 42-4400, BURM WOLFSNARL 81-113, INIGO MONTOYA 33-8054, and JELLO KNUCKLES 
42-4554.

Arena (Number)       W  L K  Arena (Number)       W  L K  Arena (Number)       W  L K  
TALCAMA(18)          2  1 0  RODEKI(42)           4  2 0  DRAGONHEAD(72)       0  1 0  
NIATOLI ISLAND(33)   1  0 0  ILLIS(59)            0  1 0  SHADOWSPIRE(81)      2  0 0  
CLIFFHOME(38)        0  1 0  

TOP WARRIOR OF EACH ARENA     W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 TOE PUPPET 18-9544          75  41  0  300  CENTER FOR OLDS (364)      TALCAMA
 INIGO MONTOYA 33-8054       22  10  1   84  BIG LAKE BANDITS (409)     NIATOLI ISLAND
 DIRTY DIAPERS 38-5071       25  29  1   41  BASH BROS CHILDREN (407)   CLIFFHOME
 ALMOST PRETTY 42-4496      111  64  0  222  COLOR ME SUAVE (365)       RODEKI
 I'M POWERLESS 59-2629       21  41  0   59  BASHAHOLICS ANON (375)     ILLIS
 IRON BITCH 72-5859          24  29  2  127  TWISTED SISTERS (413)      DRAGONHEAD
 SYE THE BEARDED 81-801      21  10  0   78  BIG LAKE OUTCASTS (410)    SHADOWSPIRE

                    SUMMER FACE-TO-FACE IN NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA!

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Look for the tournament info sheet and minioverviews some time in June.  We hope 
you're all looking forward to it and that we will see you there!

                                          -- RSI

                              NEW NOVEL:  "BLOOD GAMES"

Hail Gladiatorial Managers of Alastari,

     My name is Mark G. Manley, AKA Grimwood, author of the Duel 2 novel, "Dark 
Arena."  The RSI staff and I are pleased to announce the next novel in the Duel 2 
reality, "Blood Games."  A publisher has offered a contract to publish the novel and 
I'll continue to provide detailed updates as they become available.  However, I wanted 
to share a quick blurb about the novel.

                                        * * *

     WAR!
     The land of Alastari is thrown into chaos caused by the invasion of the Rirorni 
horde.  Swept up in the conflict and captured is My-re, a young girl living on the 
edge of the Rirorni plains.  Regarded as a spoil of war and growing up in a Rirorni 
family band, her troubles just begin as warlords within the Rirorni Empire fight each 
other for prestige, property, and personal honor.  For mutual protection, My-re is 
taught the family band's Wall of Steel combat style, where if executed correctly, no 
blade, no weapon, no arrow can penetrate.
     In a land where life is dangerous, brutal, and short, My-re is confronted by a 
prominent Rirorni warrior and kills him in self-defense.  She is sold to a Rirorni 
slaver after being found guilty of murder, and exiled back to her native land of 
Alastari.  However, there is no happy reunion, no joyful return, as she is sentenced 
to fight in the Blood Games arena for her crime.
     My-re's one chance of freedom resides in winning the Blood Game tournament.  But 
the champion is not declared by besting your opponents, but by slaughtering them.

                                        * * *

     As with novel "Dark Arena," I worked with RSI to write and publish "Blood Games" 
in the Duel 2 world of Alastari.  But it will always be known as Duelmasters to me.
     I wanted to share a little bit of background about myself, I started my first 
team back on turn 12 in Niania (Arena #2) on February 13, 1990.  I managed a team 
called Wolverines.  The next summer at Gen Con, I started my main team, Skull Squadron 
in Rocanis (Arena #56).  The following summer at Gen Con, I stared Legion of Death, in 
Valamantis (Arena #62).  Twenty-five years later, I've graduated numerous warriors, 
which would not be an easy feat to count.
     Good luck on the arena sands and more to come.

                                          -- Mark G. Manley
                                             AKA Grimwood