AD 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! At long last, we are finally having a summer FTF in New Orleans! It will be held on July 15-17, 2016, at the beautiful Hilton New Orleans/St. Charles Avenue in downtown New Orleans (504-378-2800). Room rates are $145.00 per night, 1-2 occupancy, which includes free high speed internet. There's a fitness center, jacuzzi, indoor pool, and business center, as well as several resturants inside the hotel. Valet parking is $40/night. The rooms are blocked--code RSI. (If you have issues making reservations, please let us know!) Hotel site: http://tinyurl.com/July16FTF 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