DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER Date : 05/15/2024 Duedate: 05/28/2024 LAPUR ARENA DM 29 TURN 994 This Week's Top Honors THE DUELMASTER IS KUSAAR WAR PARTY (474) (29-5672) [12-7-0,102] Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader KUSAAR LORD YUPPIE OF! WAR PARTY (474) PAPER TIGERS 24.5 (560) (29-5672) [12-7-0,102] (29-6790) [1-0-0,19] Popularity Leader This Week's Favorite HENREE AS THE CROW DIES MID EARTH (223) ALMOST EXACTLY (20) (29-6698) [14-15-0,71] (29-6512) [21-26-1,90] THE CURRENT TOP TEAM WAR PARTY (474) TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team 1. WAR PARTY (474) 38 2. I'M THE WOLF (504) 33 AVOID ME! (535) 3. WRATHMEN 20-12 (532) 26 Unchartered Team 4. PAPER TIGERS 24.5 (560) 19 5. AVOID ME! (535) 14 PAPER TIGERS 24.5 (560) The Top Teams Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K 1/ 0*PAPER TIGERS 24.5 (560) 1 0 0 100. 1/ 3 WAR PARTY (474) 8 5 0 2/ 1 AVOID ME! (535) 141 69 4 67.1 2/ 2 MID EARTH (223) 8 7 1 3/ 2 MADNESS 3 (545) 14 8 0 63.6 3/ 5 I'M THE WOLF (504) 7 1 0 4/ 3 WRATHMEN 20-12 (532) 12 7 0 63.2 4/ 1 AVOID ME! (535) 6 4 0 5/ 4 ALMOST EXACTLY (20) 793 617 45 56.2 5/ 6 ARMY OF DARKNESS (283) 4 11 0 6/ 5 MID EARTH (223) 959 792 47 54.8 6/ 9 WRATHMEN 20-12 (532) 3 1 0 7/ 6 WAR PARTY (474) 63 61 5 50.8 7/ 7 ALMOST EXACTLY (20) 3 5 0 8/ 7 I'M THE WOLF (504) 112 118 5 48.7 8- 4 ARCANE PHARMACY (401) 2 1 0 9- 8 ARCANE PHARMACY (401) 59 65 1 47.6 9/ 0*NEON VELVET (557) 1 0 0 10/ 9 ARMY OF DARKNESS (283) 87 118 5 42.4 10/ 0*PAPER TIGERS 24.5 (560) 1 0 0 11-10 SUPERIOR FORCES 5R (358) 31 48 1 39.2 11- 8 SUPERIOR FORCES 5R (358) 1 0 0 12/ 0*NEON VELVET (557) 1 5 0 16.7 12/10 MADNESS 3 (545) 1 1 0 '*' Unchartered team '-' Team did not fight this turn (###) Avoid teams by their Team Id ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank DUELMASTER'S COLUMN Notes from the arena champ. I'm back! Yes, for one last fight in 2 weeks. Lady Luck sent me a Pennieless Lord to fight and here I sit once again on top of the throne. Now I can start packing my things for my trip to the Isle. Before I go my boss is having me challenge the Dark Arena for fun. Who needs luck when you will get brought back to life. -- Three time Duelmaster and Lord Protector Paeris SPY REPORT Warm greetings Lapur on this fine sunny day. Today we honor Paeris for becoming a Lord Protector. He announced he is finishing his arena career here in Lapur with a challenge to the Dark Arena. I am guessing he is trying to finish off his modest career with a bang, ohh well, farewell. Who will take his spot at the top? KUSAAR. ZOLOFT or WOO WOO WOO. God I hope not him. Let's find out. Looks like 12 teams in the ranks, two inactive and 1 returning and another new one. Welcome back Neon Velvet and a warm welcome to Paper Tigers. From those guilds we got 17 fights on the list, 1 by torchlight, 6 challenges and 10 random matchups. The Dark Arena fight was our former Duelmaster and new Lord Protector Paeris dispatching a Shambling Mound as a goodbye to Lapur. That leaves a question, with ZOLOFT and WOO WOO WOO failing to show who is fighting for the title? Old reliable KUSAAR of WAR PARTY is here and an arena standby STRIKE BREAKER. As expected Obergon's champion easily won in a 1 minute Title fight. All hail the new Duelmaster! In Team news Obregon and his War Party leapfrogged from 3rd to the top spot after a 3- 1-0 and they also took down the Team on the Move after gaining 38 points. Visionist and his Mid Earth crew maintained the 2nd spot after a 2-3-1. Jumping from 5th to 3rd is the Unknown Wolf and his I'm the Wolf pack, who managed a 3-0-0 result. The Most Avoided naturally goes to the Bloke and his AVOID ME! bullies, who were avoided 10 times, with the next closest having 5 avoids. Challenge fights... GERONIMO of WAR PARTY challenged HIGH VOLTAGE of AVOID ME!, with Obregon's Apache warrior being over powered by the Bloke's super charged warrior in a minute. IGNORANCE IS BLISS of ALMOST EXACTLY challenged SKUNK of AVOID ME!, with Vlad's shallow warrior barely losing to the Bloke's weasel warrior in a 3 minute contest. SACAGAWEA of WAR PARTY challenged AS THE CROW DIES of ALMOST EXACTLY, with Obregon's Indian warrior fortunately claimed victory against Vlad's dying bird warrior in a 5 minute duel. LOTS OF KNOTS of ALMOST EXACTLY challenged MONEY DARLING of I'M THE WOLF, with Vlad's complicated warrior came undone in losing to the Unknown Wolf's wealthy warrior in a 3 minute match. UNCAS of WAR PARTY challenged PETRIFIED SPONGE of ARMY OF DARKNESS, with Obregon's Mohegan warrior overwhelming Master Beru's scared porous warrior in a 3 minute gruesome melee. In other individual achievement. UNCAS gained 22 points to be the biggest winner and DEMON D*KE is the biggest loser after losing 21 points. This week's favorite is Vlad's AS THE CROW DIES. My fight of the Week is a challenge fight: BOUNCE THIS OFF U of ALMOST EXACTLY challenged ATTILA THE NUN of ARMY OF DARKNESS, with Vlad's ricochet warrior overwhelming Master Beru's virtuous warrior in 3 minute bout. Well fought to you both! That brings my report to a close, 'til next time. -- Eoghan McGrimm DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME KUSAAR 5672 12 7 0 102 WAR PARTY (474) CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME HIGH VOLTAGE 6731 11 3 0 100 AVOID ME! (535) -ZOLOFT 5920 11 8 0 98 ARCANE PHARMACY (401) -WOO WOO WOO 6431 11 3 0 94 SUPERIOR FORCES 5R (358) CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME AS THE CROW DIES 6512 21 26 1 90 ALMOST EXACTLY (20) MONROE 6599 14 8 0 88 MADNESS 3 (545) GERONIMO 6730 9 10 1 80 WAR PARTY (474) SACAGAWEA 6725 11 8 0 79 WAR PARTY (474) SKUNK 6675 14 7 0 74 AVOID ME! (535) HENREE 6698 14 15 0 71 MID EARTH (223) -MANURE 6640 12 9 1 68 AVOID ME! (535) CHRIUM 6732 12 6 1 67 MID EARTH (223) CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME ARA 6436 7 3 0 66 WRATHMEN 20-12 (532) -NOBILIFY 6585 5 0 0 66 ARCANE PHARMACY (401) BIG TROUBLE 6715 6 5 0 61 I'M THE WOLF (504) IGNORANCE IS BLISS 6658 12 15 0 60 ALMOST EXACTLY (20) UNCAS 6726 7 3 1 59 WAR PARTY (474) PYRRAVYN 6432 5 3 0 59 WRATHMEN 20-12 (532) MONEY DARLING 6691 12 18 1 58 I'M THE WOLF (504) ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME TROUBLE 6697 14 11 0 55 I'M THE WOLF (504) -TALONCYCLOVIR 6522 4 2 0 54 ARCANE PHARMACY (401) ELLISAR 6719 13 11 1 51 MID EARTH (223) LOTS OF KNOTS 6656 8 17 2 47 ALMOST EXACTLY (20) PETRIFIED SPONGE 5023 12 8 0 44 ARMY OF DARKNESS (283) UPCHUCK 6721 10 5 0 44 AVOID ME! (535) DEMON D*KE 5034 8 11 0 40 ARMY OF DARKNESS (283) BOUNCE THIS OFF U 6724 7 6 0 34 ALMOST EXACTLY (20) CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -CRAZY HORSE 6733 4 0 0 32 WAR PARTY (474) CLANCEE 6767 7 4 1 31 MID EARTH (223) ATTILA THE NUN 5084 5 8 1 25 ARMY OF DARKNESS (283) ZOMBIE CASANOVA 5083 4 9 0 25 ARMY OF DARKNESS (283) INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME LORD YUPPIE OF! 6790 1 0 0 19 PAPER TIGERS 24.5 (560) THRAXIMUNDAR 6755 1 1 0 16 NEON VELVET (557) -COVID 6781 2 1 0 10 AVOID ME! (535) MOON BLADE 6788 0 4 0 4 ARMY OF DARKNESS (283) '-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn. THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge? PERSONAL ADS Paeris a Lord Protector and Duelmaster Aimer! Woo woo woo! We salute you, but not that Managerr, Cowboy lovin', Sandbagger! -- The Bloke Henree, you need to work much harder to follow in Paeris's footsteps. High Voltage P.S. And stay grounded. Woo Woo Woo, and they say I stink? Wear deoderant, Bud. -- Skunk (smellin' something bad in Nebraska.) Moon Blade, yesiree, Bob! -- Covid Buncha slow learners here. Study hard and learn to AVOID ME! -- The Bloke Geronimo -- You are too quick for me. -- Ellisar High Voltage -- Damn golem! -- Henree Ara -- Salute to you. -- Clancee All -- Paeris A 11-10(+1)-12-17(+1)-11-9-17(+1). He trained stats 3 times and successful everytime. He learned 52 skills in 30 fights and achieved Advance Expert in Attack and Expert in Initiative and Riposte, with his favorite learn being Init. His favorites are Longsword, which he used 5 times with limited success, a Moderate/Very Low rhythm and the Slash tactic. I have now managed a bakers dozen Aimed Blows to the Isle and no fist favorite yet. Ohhh well, like most of the others he will be retiring from the arena. -- Visionist LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS PAERIS viciously butchered SHAMBLING MOUND in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight. GERONIMO was demolished by HIGH VOLTAGE in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge melee. IGNORANCE IS BLISS slimly lost to SKUNK in a 3 minute veteran's Challenge contest. SACAGAWEA luckily beat AS THE CROW DIES in a 5 minute master's Challenge competition. LOTS OF KNOTS was bested by MONEY DARLING in a 3 minute master's Challenge match. UNCAS handily defeated PETRIFIED SPONGE in a 3 minute gruesome uneven Challenge melee. BOUNCE THIS OFF U viciously subdued ATTILA THE NUN in a 3 minute Challenge fight. KUSAAR overpowered STRIKE BREAKER in a 1 minute one-sided Title fight. HENREE was overcome by MONROE in a exciting 1 minute veteran's bout. CHRIUM savagely defeated UPCHUCK in a crowd pleasing 1 minute bloody competition. DEMON D*KE was demolished by BIG TROUBLE in a popular 1 minute mismatched match. ELLISAR was handily defeated by ARA in a 1 minute one-sided conflict. PYRRAVYN won victory over TETRICUS in a crowd pleasing 1 minute bout. TROUBLE viciously subdued CLANCEE in a exciting 3 minute bloody fray. THRAXIMUNDAR devastated MOON BLADE in a 1 minute one-sided brawl. ZOMBIE CASANOVA overpowered IRRITATED HOUSEWIFE in a 1 minute one-sided match. LORD YUPPIE OF! overpowered CONVICTED THIEF in a 1 minute one-sided match. BATTLE REPORT MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS |FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT| |AIMED BLOW 5 STRIKING ATTACK 12 - 5 - 0 71 | |WALL OF STEEL 5 PARRY-RIPOSTE 6 - 3 - 0 67 | |LUNGING ATTACK 4 AIMED BLOW 35 - 22 - 1 61 | |TOTAL PARRY 4 WALL OF STEEL 20 - 15 - 0 57 | |SLASHING ATTACK 3 LUNGING ATTACK 26 - 21 - 1 55 | |PARRY-STRIKE 2 TOTAL PARRY 20 - 18 - 0 53 | |PARRY-LUNGE 2 BASHING ATTACK 12 - 14 - 0 46 | |BASHING ATTACK 2 PARRY-LUNGE 14 - 23 - 0 38 | |PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 PARRY-STRIKE 5 - 9 - 0 36 | |STRIKING ATTACK 1 SLASHING ATTACK 10 - 19 - 1 34 | Turn 994 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-STRIKE 2 - 0 WALL OF STEEL 2 - 3 2 STRIKING ATTACK PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 - 0 SLASHING ATTACK 1 - 2 2 WALL OF STEEL STRIKING ATTACK 1 - 0 BASHING ATTACK 0 - 2 2 TOTAL PARRY AIMED BLOW 4 - 1 1 PARRY-LUNGE LUNGING ATTACK 3 - 1 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE PARRY-LUNGE 1 - 1 1 LUNGING ATTACK TOTAL PARRY 2 - 2 1 BASHING ATTACK 1 SLASHING ATTACK TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME PARRY-LUNGE KUSAAR 5672 12 7 0 102 WAR PARTY (474) STRIKING ATTACK HIGH VOLTAGE 6731 11 3 0 100 AVOID ME! (535) WALL OF STEEL MONROE 6599 14 8 0 88 MADNESS 3 (545) TOTAL PARRY SACAGAWEA 6725 11 8 0 79 WAR PARTY (474) LUNGING ATTACK CHRIUM 6732 12 6 1 67 MID EARTH (223) SLASHING ATTACK BIG TROUBLE 6715 6 5 0 61 I'M THE WOLF (504) AIMED BLOW UNCAS 6726 7 3 1 59 WAR PARTY (474) PARRY-STRIKE PYRRAVYN 6432 5 3 0 59 WRATHMEN 20-12 (532) PARRY-RIPOSTE BOUNCE THIS OFF U 6724 7 6 0 34 ALMOST EXACTLY (20) Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above. The overall popularity leader is HENREE 6698. The most popular warrior this turn was AS THE CROW DIES 6512. The ten other most popular fighters were TROUBLE 6697, ATTILA THE NUN 5084, LOTS OF KNOTS 6656, MONEY DARLING 6691, CHRIUM 6732, PYRRAVYN 6432, HIGH VOLTAGE 6731, IGNORANCE IS BLISS 6658, UNCAS 6726, and BOUNCE THIS OFF U 6724. The least popular fighter this week was MOON BLADE 6788. The other ten least popular fighters were ELLISAR 6719, PETRIFIED SPONGE 5023, SKUNK 6675, DEMON D*KE 5034, UPCHUCK 6721, SACAGAWEA 6725, LORD YUPPIE OF! 6790, ZOMBIE CASANOVA 5083, THRAXIMUNDAR 6755, and CLANCEE 6767. The following warriors have traveled to AD after fighting this turn: PAERIS (29-6694) MID EARTH (223) WINTER FACE-TO-FACE IN TEMPE! We hope you will join us at our winter FTF in Tempe, AZ, January 17-19, 2025! It will be held at our usual Embassy Suites Hotel in Tempe, Arizona (480-897-7444). Room rates are $209.00 per night, 1-2 occupancy, which includes full cooked breakfast, complimentary manager's reception, free parking and free high speed internet. There's a fitness center, jacuzzi, and pool. The rooms are blocked--the group code is 929. The official block cutoff is mid-December so make your reservations ASAP! The hotel reservation site is: http://tinyurl.com/FF72inTempe Please note that doubles are limited. As always, if the block is full, please make your reservation the best you can (book a king, and/or book at normal rates) and let us know and we'll work with the sales office to get them to correct your reservation. You can contact the Tempe Embassy (480-897-7444) to be put on the waiting list for a double suite, too. We look forward to seeing you in January! -- RSI MAIL-IN TOURNEY LXXIX PRIMUS TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME BONNIE 2780 (253-144-11) 10 3 0 SUPERIOR FORCES CONTENDERS TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME ELENDUR 2013 (101-79-1) 0 5 0 MID EARTH ADM TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME BISMUTH BENDER 5692 (69-19-3) 4 3 0 BASH BROS TAXI ADEPTS TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME POLIS 6632 (3-0-0) 3 3 0 SAGITTARIUS KUSAAR 5672 (9-7-0) 1 3 0 WAR PARTY NOBILIFY 6585 (4-0-0) 1 3 0 ARCANE PHARMACY APPRENTICES TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME BURNER 6777 (3-1-0) 1 3 0 BAD GAS FRESHMEN FOOLS TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME SASHIMO 6224 (19-12-0) 1 3 0 BLACK SAMURAI CHALLENGERS FOOL TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME MONROE 6599 (13-7-0) 0 3 0 MADNESS 3 CHAMPIONS FOOLS TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME FATES MOTHER 6682 (9-3-0) 1 3 0 FATES INITIATES FOOLS TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME CRAZY HORSE 6733 (3-0-0) 2 3 0 WAR PARTY APPRENTICES FOOL TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME SB DEADLY 6775 (2-2-0) 1 3 0 BAD GAS THRAXIMUNDAR 6755 (0-1-0) 1 3 0 NEON VELVET SHART 6776 (3-1-0) 0 3 0 BAD GAS ROOKIES FOOLS TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME SMOOTH OPERATOR 6785 (0-0-0) 0 3 0 NEON VELVET SUMMER FACE-TO-FACE IN MINNEAPOLIS! Our summer Face-to-Face is in the midwest again this year, and we're going back to the Twin Cities! We hope you will join us at our summer FTF in Bloomington, MN on July 12- 14, 2024! It will be held at the Embassy Suites Minneapolis Airport (800-317-8143). Room rates are $164/$174 for king and 2 doubles suites respectively, and all have free high speed internet and all the Embassy goodness (free made-to-order breakfast, complimentary manager's reception, airport shuttle, indoor pool, business center and on-site restaurant. The rooms are blocked and the code is "915." The official block cutoff is June 21 so make your reservations ASAP! The hotel reservation site is: https://tinyurl.com/FF71inMinneapolis Please note that doubles are limited. As always, if the block is full, please make your reservation the best you can (book a king, and/or book at normal rates) and let us know and we'll work with the sales office to get them to correct your reservation. We look forward to seeing you in July! -- RSI SUMMER BLOODGAMES 2024 Back by popular demand, we will be hosting a new slow Bloodgames mailed arena beginning in August. We also plan our usual Bloodgames arenas at the summer Face- to-Face. For those of you who always wanted the chance to manage the last warrior standing alive upon the arena sands, your day has come. The Bloodgames are coming! At the end of the ten turns, even though several warriors, bruised and scarred, MAY yet live, only one will be crowned Champion of the Bloodgames. And in this game mere survival counts for little. A great general once said, "The object of battle is not to die for your cause, but to make your enemy die for his." This general would have greatly enjoyed the Duelmasters Bloodgames. Here are the particulars: Face-to-Face style Turn 1 is due Fri July 12 at 9pm at the hotel Bloodgames (DM 98): Turns process with the tournament Strategy changes allowed, bloodfeud challenges only Mail-in style Turn 1 is due Sat July 13 at 9pm at the hotel Bloodgames (DM 99): All turns process overnight, mail-in style. No strategy changes; all ten rounds process one after the other and results will be out Sun morning. Slow Bloodgames (DM 95): Turn 1 is due Thurs August 1 Turns process every 28 days Strategy changes allowed, bloodfeud challenges only Gameplay proceeds according to standard DM rules, except for a few notable exceptions: BLOODGAMES ROLLUP -- Your Bloodgames team is ten warriors, one of each fighting style, each warrior designed from scratch! (All are DYOs (design your owns) with 84 points, 3-21, as usual.) To submit your rollup, just write/type them up and send them in. We'll mail or email your overviews and you can write up your strategies. Your warriors must be created and have strategies entered by the first due date. DEATH -- As the name implies, the Bloodgames will leave the arena sands somewhat darker before they're over. It's a dangerous sport intended only for the tough and spirited. The Arenamaster will be less likely to intercede on behalf of a dying warrior. Even at a 1 kill desire, kill attempts will occur. REPLACEMENTS AND ROLLUPS -- There will be no replacement characters. CHALLENGES AND STRATEGIES -- In the turn-based bloodgames, there are no regular challenges, only bloodfeuds. There will be no DA challenges in any of the bloodgames arenas. TURN PROCESSING AND DUE DATES -- DM 95 is due August 1 and will process on a 28-day schedule. The other two bloodgames arenas will be processed at the summer Face-to- Face. (Note: there will also be bloodgames at the next winter FTF.) MISSED TURNS -- All warriors fight each round. Only the dead may rest. ERRORS -- If we make an input error, that warrior will be awarded a win and kill. Errors must be reported before the next turn processes. NEWSLETTER -- Warriors are ranked according to their number of kills. Champions of Bloodgames may write a column for the newsletter at the end of the games. FEES -- A Bloodgames rollup costs a $10 set-up fee. Managers may roll up more than one team but may run only one team in each arena. The fee for all ten rounds is $49. AWARDS -- The Bloodgames last ten rounds. Only warriors who survive to the end of Turn 10 will be eligible for an award. However, a consolation award of a Bloodgames T-shirt will be awarded to the dead warrior with the most kills. The living warrior with the greatest number of kills will be the Bloodgames Champion. Bloodgames Victor titles, 2nd and 3rd place will be awarded to those living warriors with the greatest number of kills at the end of Turn 10, with one other important consideration: Each of these three warriors must be of a different fighting style. Win/loss records and, if necessary, recognition points will only be used to determine awards if there is a tie. The Bloodgames Champion fights for free in Advanced Duelmasters, and all Champions and Victors earn Tournament Victor status, which allows them to challenge once per turn with increased priority. These awards last for six months. The manager of the Bloodgames Champion and Victors will receive Bloodgames T-shirts. A Bloodgames T-shirt will be awarded to the manager of the team with the most kills.T- shirts will only happen if someone gives us a nice design. One shirt per person. AFTERMATH -- Warriors from the Bloodgames may not transfer to any other arena. Once the games are over, the arena and teams will be disbanded. The fighters have won their freedom and will never more be seen in the gladiatorial games. A special bonus will, however, be awarded to the 1st through 3rd place warriors. Lady Sheila Greywand, of the Isle of the Eye, has consented to allow the top three gladiators in each Bloodgames admission to the Advanced Duelmasters games. Any special training required to qualify those three warriors for Advanced Duelmasters combat will be conducted before transfer into ADM. Astute managers will note that this means that three warriors that are designed from scratch will survive the Bloodgames, win one of the top three places, and go on to immortal glory! One of those warriors could be yours! The challenge is yours to take. The final plans are yours to make. When the dust settles, remember: To the victor goes the spoils!