DUELMASTERS NEWSLETTER

Date   : 10/13/1999    Duedate: 10/26/1999

ARVAT ARENA

DM-32    TURN-352

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

TOBIAS TIGEREYE
CRIMSON DESTINY (301)
(32-3657) [13-5-0,124]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

TOBIAS TIGEREYE                FATSLIMANT
CRIMSON DESTINY (301)          FLIMMER (307)
(32-3657) [13-5-0,124]         (32-3702) [2-0-1,27]

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

GODFREY                        TAMBO JOH
ASSORTED (228)                 FISHERMAN'S WHARF (288)
(32-3551) [19-16-2,97]         (32-3524) [17-25-1,77]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

CRIMSON DESTINY (301)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. CRIMSON DESTINY (301)       28
2. ASSORTED (228)              20      THE TEMPLE GUARD (291)
3. FISHERMAN'S WHARF (288)     15      Unchartered Team
4. FLIMMER (307)               -1
5. THE TEMPLE GUARD (291)     -14      FLIMMER (307)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 1 THE TEMPLE GUARD (291)    45  16  3 73.8   1/ 2 CRIMSON DESTINY (301)     8  7 0
 2/ 3 ASSORTED (228)           149 122 11 55.0   2/ 4*FLIMMER (307)             6  3 1
 3/ 2*FLIMMER (307)              6   5  1 54.5   3/ 1 FISHERMAN'S WHARF (288)   6  8 0
 4/ 4 CRIMSON DESTINY (301)     51  59  4 46.4   4/ 3 THE TEMPLE GUARD (291)    4  1 0
 5/ 5 FISHERMAN'S WHARF (288)   93 110  3 45.8   5/ 5 ASSORTED (228)            2  1 0

    '*'   Unchartered team                       '-'  Team did not fight this turn
   (###)  Avoid teams by their Team Id          ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank

                                    TEAM SPOTLIGHT

           + ]H[ + ---:--- + ]H[ The Storm Coast #18 ]H[ + ---:--- + ]H[ +

In the East:

     "We'd better be getting back to Chimlevtal!" High Lord Bosk said.  "I don't want 
to miss the fight--"
     The Sultan looked disturbed.  "But surely great heroes such as I can see you must 
be would not leave my son Selumid to search alone for the Eye of the East?"
     "We came to Serevada for a specific reason," The Icelord said.  "Our mission was 
to discover the wizard who has been disturbing the Arcanum and persuade him to cease 
doing so.  This is no light matter and cannot be abandoned."
     "It may be that the wizard you seek is the one who stole the Eye," Lord Tiriq 
offered.
     "Quite likely," the Sultan agreed hopefully.
     "Perhaps," The Icelord admitted, "but we must pursue it from the direction of our 
original quest.  We were given the names of several practitioners of the magical arts 
who might have the power to cause the observed disturbance, and we must check each of 
them--"
     "Slow work," Bosk said, "compared to hunting down someone who killed a dragon!"
     "But necessary, my brother," The Icelord reminded him.  "And I believe these 
people are right, and that we will come to the dragon-killer sooner or later."  He 
turned to the Sultan's court magician, who had just burst upon them with the news that 
Inzolas had sailed for Alastari.  "I deduce that you are Master Jersheel," the 
Polarian mage said.  "Viyaad of Akheel-Aynoor I have met and assessed; he is not the 
man we seek.  Can you tell me something of Kerfallon of Cirina, Tarsik of Difena, 
Mahdsahlat of Giduina, and Sandrovost of Fenarichia?  These four have been named to me 
as possibly the wizard we seek."
     "And myself and Viyaad, I take it," the magician said.  "I am indeed Jersheel.  I 
would judge that either Mahdsahlat or Sandrovost is the man you seek, as they are 
engaged in a bitter feud and would do anything at all to achieve an edge over the 
other.  Kerfallon is also a likely source of trouble, though I have no definite 
knowledge of wrong-doing on his part."
     "And Tarsik?" The Icelord asked.
     "A woman could not have done anything so devastating," the court magician said 
impatiently.  "How could you think it?  Women have, perhaps, some slight knack for the 
lighter edges of our Art, but the deeper matters are beyond them."
     "What of Sheila Greywand?" Bosk asked curiously.
     Seeing that the Serevadan was annoyed by being reminded that there was one 
extremely powerful female mage in the world, The Icelord cut in smoothly to say, "The 
situation has a masculine feel to it.  I dare say you are right that Tarsik of Difena 
is not involved."  Mentally he made a note to go to Difena--if they had the time--and 
make his own judgment of this Tarsik.  His friend, the Satrap Harij, had considered 
her powerful enough to be involved, and otherwise a good source of information.
     Yet another person approached the little pavilion now, and the Serevadans, all 
except the Sultan himself, bowed respectfully.  This was a young man, scarcely more 
than a boy, with delicate features and rich clothing.  He was as pretty as a girl, 
though The Icelord judged that once he gained the maturity that came from experience, 
he would be handsome rather than pretty.
     It was no great surprise when he was introduced by Sultan Akferad as, "My son, 
Selumid, who will be Sultan after me.  To him falls the task of leading great heroes 
in the recovery of the Eye of the East.

            + ]H[ + ---:--- + ]H[ The Storm Coast #19 ]H[ + ---:--- + ]H[ +

Arvat:

     With the rising of the sun, the fog melted away from the surface of the Storm 
Sea.  It revealed twenty ships, alarmingly close to the entrance to Arvat's harbor.  
Though each ship had a mast, they weren't trusting to the wind but were coming in 
under the propulsion of oars, thirty oars to a vessel manned by warriors in mail 
shirts and helms.
     Duke Arrnet stared in shock for a long moment.  What use his handful of warriors 
against six hundred Easterners?  Then he drew himself up stiffly.  There were many 
criticisms that might be leveled against him, but no one had ever said that Arrnet of 
Arvat was a coward.  "Give the signal to raise the chains across the channel and fix 
them in place," he said to Arenamistress Sugar.  "Swordsmen to defend the anchor 
points as long as they can but not to make martyrs of themselves.  Archers here where 
they can sweep the waterfront.  And everyone remember their lines of retreat and the 
rallying points!"

Niatoli:

     "This is spooky," Crud said finally, then turned his back on the campsite.
     "Strange, but it happened," Snow Wolf agreed.  "If we knew the reason--"
     "I sent them away."  The voice seemed to emerge from the air.  A moment later, a 
man emerged from the scrubby trees.  He was of medium height and slim build and looked 
elven, more or less; somehow, he seemed wispy.  He was dressed as plainly as any 
shepherd on the hills, but there was authority in his manner.  "You might call me, er, 
Windweaver.  I'm the lord of Niatoli," he explained apologetically.
     "What lord?" Darkskye demanded.  "I never heard that this island had a lord!"
     "I do not, er, make a song and dance of it," Windweaver said mildly.  "I have no 
desire to, er, assess fines against brawlers or investigate the fairness of prices in 
the market, or, er, anything of that nature.  The, ah, burgesses attend to all that, 
and very well, too.  But these, er, people--" he waved one slim nad toward the 
pirates' campsite, "they were intruders.  They added nothing to life on Niatoli.  They 
were not wanted here.  So I, er, sent them away."
     "Can you do that to the invaders, if they come here?" Maple Sugar asked eagerly.
     "Er, no, probably not.  These fellows were, ah, few in number and had no, um, 
magician with them."  Windweaver looked embarrassed.  "They did not, in any case, want 
to, ah, stay here.  I fear that the invaders will be, er, more difficult.  There will 
have to be..." he looked revolted, "...violence."

                                 DUELMASTER'S COLUMN
                             Notes from the arena champ.

Greetings warriors!
     Well, another week of duels, and I'm still at the top.  I was starting to think 
it was gonna be an on again, off again kind of thing.  Lulu, you fought well, but were 
no match for me.  I will not challenge this week since you are the only one in range.  
If we should still match up, then so the gods will it!
                     Tobias Tigereye

                                      SPY REPORT

     Good day, in ARVAT a quiet thief gets rich, but a quiet spymaster gets poor.  So 
bring me ale and harken to my tidbits of news.  It seems the training can make the 
difference, as FISHERMAN'S WHARF is pushed out of top team by CRIMSON DESTINY, who 
came from 2nd with a 3-2-0 this turn.  The attempts to dethrone the Duelmaster have 
failed, and TOBIAS TIGEREYE remains ARVAT's top warrior for another turn.  By the 
way, was that our Duelmaster that I saw last night, cramped under the table at The 
Warty Toad?   
     Oriental wise man once say, 'Hiding behind shields prevents proper sun tanning.' 
Inscrutable, but true.  I also notice that the FISHERMAN'S WHARF stable was the most 
avoided team this turn.  Come on ARVAT, what are you afraid of?  And guess who 
avoided FISHERMAN'S WHARF stable the most?  Believe it or not, it was THE TEMPLE 
GUARD.  Anyone surprised?  Well, sports fans, take notice that TAMBO JOH from 
FISHERMAN'S WHARF was ARVAT's most challenged warrior this turn.  MENEMSHA of THE 
TEMPLE GUARD had better have a good reason for challenging down 10 points in a 
challenge which he lost.  I thought MENEMSHA showed great skill and promise when he 
was subdued by GODFREY.  All right, so I slept through it!  Big deal!   
     We only live a short time in this world, so why not take a sharp blade, and 
shave it close?  Is it really true that ARVAT has more dishwashers per capita that 
fighters?  Just thought I'd ask...   
     Thought for the day, a new sword shines bright, but the notched sword sings the 
sweetest.  Always good to rest in ARVAT, but never good to wear out my welcome.  Look 
for me in future turns.  Until the sun next rises and my pen sets to paper-- Alarond 
the Scribe  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 TOBIAS TIGEREYE 3657         13   5  0   124       CRIMSON DESTINY (301)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 GODFREY 3551                 19  16  2    97       ASSORTED (228)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 LULU 3523                    20  22  1    86       FISHERMAN'S WHARF (288)
-TRASH CAN MAN 3562           11   4  0    81       THE TEMPLE GUARD (291)
-KATIE VAN HORNE 3565         10   3  0    79       THE TEMPLE GUARD (291)
 TAMBO JOH 3524               17  25  1    77       FISHERMAN'S WHARF (288)
-SEARGENT MAJOR 3624           6   1  1    75       THE TEMPLE GUARD (291)
 MENEMSHA 3566                10   2  1    73       THE TEMPLE GUARD (291)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 QUASIMODO 3665                7   9  0    59       CRIMSON DESTINY (301)
 HEPZIBAH 3675                 9   5  0    58       FISHERMAN'S WHARF (288)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 EURIC HALFHAND 3661           9   8  0    35       CRIMSON DESTINY (301)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 TAIM WHITECLOAK 3693          4   3  0    27       CRIMSON DESTINY (301)
 FATSLIMANT 3702               2   0  1    27       FLIMMER (307)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 RAGNAR 3701                   2   1  0    23       FLIMMER (307)
 SALLY C SHELLY 3710           2   1  0    16       FISHERMAN'S WHARF (288)
 HERGOLF 3700                  1   1  0    15       FLIMMER (307)
-MOLLY MALONE 3676             3   1  1    12       THE TEMPLE GUARD (291)
 ARAMELLE 3719                 1   0  0    11       CRIMSON DESTINY (301)
 BOMMEL 3699                   1   1  0     4       FLIMMER (307)
 INARIKTA 3720                 0   1  0     1       FISHERMAN'S WHARF (288)

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

THE DEAD               W  L K TEAM NAME             SLAIN BY             TURN Revenge?
MORDANT DESERTER 311   0  1 0   1                   FATSLIMANT 3702       352 NONE    
CLARENCE 3568         14 11 1 ASSORTED 228          LULU 3523             349         

                                     PERSONAL ADS

Tobias Tigereye -- Well, heck, my fans fell silent.  I hate that. -- Lulu

Menemsha -- OW!  I didn't bust into your damned temple! -- Tambo Joh

Taim Whitecloak -- Wow, you're MEAN!  I wish that cloak didn't hide your, uh, you 
know, whether you're a guy or a gal. -- Sally

Euric Halfhand -- Half a hand is not enough.  But I didn't mean to be so rough; I'm 
practicing for dealing with invaders. -- Hepzibah

Flimmer -- Greetings, and please, stay a while! -- Jorja, Fisherman's Wharf

Hepzibah -- (sly grin) I don't know...whadaya got in mind? -- Taim

Jorja -- Hey, your faces there are kinda cute.  Where did you learn that? -- Mindgolem

11 October 1999
All -- Talon Volksie has finally entered the 90's on the verge of the millenium.  I 
have e-mail.  You may email me at TalonVolksie@aol.com. -- Talon V.

     Everyone now knows that DM-33 is one of the "Fiercest & Best Free Blades Arena" 
around.  The Hammer and others have done wonderful things for that arena.  With 50 or 
so teams, DM-33 is fun, challenging and a joy to play in.  However, I am not here to 
talk about DM-33.  I want to talk to you about DM-43, Veastian.
     DM-43 is not a large arena, we have only 8 teams here right now.  It is small, 
and not the greatest arena around...yet.  We need YOU to help make this a great 
arena.  Since it's so small, this is your chance to get in on the ground floor and 
become a cornerstone of this arena.  Not many have this chance.  DM-33 is great, but 
it is crowded.  Here in DM-43 you will not be one of the many, you will be one of the 
best.  For all of you Noblish Island managers, this is your chance to transfer your 
team to an arena where you will have an immediate impact on the game.  This is an 
arena where you can continue to hone your skills and be a contender for the 
Duelmastership.  Veteran managers...do you want to make Duelmasters the best it can 
be?  Help newbies and make an arena of your own?
     This is a wonderful chance for everyone.  For the newer players to make a 
serious impact on an arena and veteran players to be a "founder" of an arena.  
Managers like Don John, Mutt Lange, The Rake and myself want you to help make DM-43 
the best arena out there.  We don't want just "anyone" to come here, we want managers 
who want to play hard and have fun.  If that is you, then come to DM-43, Veastian.
     If anyone has any questions at all, please diplo me and I will reply as soon as 
possible.  Now is your chance, now is the time.  DM-43. -- Apollo Maximillious, mgr. 
Cult of the Dragon (339), DM-43

All -- By Seefe's name, am I tired of looking at such team names as Inyo Eye and 
Eggnog Warriors.  Please, in the name of all that is decent on the face of Ghea, give 
your teams and fighters APPROPRIATE names!!  I know it can be challenging and 
demanding to make up TRULY GOOD names like Boneshredders and Aerie Fire, but please, 
don't call your guys something that causes me to dirge in disgust!!  It really hurts 
your (and my) gaming experience when my warriors have to stand against someone named 
"Underwear Gnomes".  After all, I can come up with ten names like Bust-a-Plumber and 
Chococroc in a single minute, but why don't I do it? -- Shadowfire, mgr. of 
Dragonslayers (636) in Solven (DM 22)

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

MENEMSHA was devastated by GODFREY in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge fight.
QUASIMODO was viciously subdued by TAMBO JOH in a 2 minute gruesome Challenge battle.
TAIM WHITECLOAK subdued HERGOLF in a action packed 1 minute Challenge fight.
TOBIAS TIGEREYE devastated LULU in a popular 1 minute brutal one-sided Title contest.
HEPZIBAH devastated EURIC HALFHAND in a 1 minute uneven brawl.
RAGNAR overpowered MORDANT DESERTER in a 2 minute one-sided struggle.
FATSLIMANT butchered MORDANT DESERTER in a 1 minute one-sided competition.
BOMMEL was overcome by SALLY C SHELLY in a 2 minute beginner's melee.
ARAMELLE vanquished INARIKTA in a 2 minute gruesome one-sided duel.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|WALL OF STEEL                    5         SLASHING ATTACK   17 -   6 -   1     74  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   3         AIMED BLOW         6 -   3 -   0     67  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  3         TOTAL PARRY        7 -   5 -   0     58  |
|AIMED BLOW                       2         WALL OF STEEL     19 -  17 -   0     53  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      1         PARRY-LUNGE        7 -   7 -   0     50  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    1         LUNGING ATTACK    14 -  14 -   1     50  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   1         PARRY-RIPOSTE      4 -   6 -   0     40  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     0         PARRY-STRIKE       3 -   6 -   1     33  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  0         BASHING ATTACK     4 -  11 -   1     27  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      0         STRIKING ATTACK    1 -   3 -   0     25  |

Turn 352 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        1 -  0     PARRY-STRIKE       0 -  0         2  SLASHING ATTACK
LUNGING ATTACK     2 -  1     PARRY-RIPOSTE      0 -  1         2  PARRY-LUNGE    
SLASHING ATTACK    2 -  1     STRIKING ATTACK    0 -  0         2  WALL OF STEEL  
WALL OF STEEL      3 -  2     BASHING ATTACK     0 -  1         1  BASHING ATTACK 
AIMED BLOW         1 -  1     TOTAL PARRY        0 -  0         1  TOTAL PARRY    
                                                                1  STRIKING ATTACK
                                                                1  AIMED BLOW     
                                                                1  PARRY-RIPOSTE  

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
SLASHING ATTACK  TOBIAS TIGEREYE 3657       13   5  0  124 CRIMSON DESTINY (301)
AIMED BLOW       MENEMSHA 3566              10   2  1   73 THE TEMPLE GUARD (291)
WALL OF STEEL    HEPZIBAH 3675               9   5  0   58 FISHERMAN'S WHARF (288)
PARRY-RIPOSTE    EURIC HALFHAND 3661         9   8  0   35 CRIMSON DESTINY (301)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is GODFREY 3551.  The most popular warrior this turn 
was TAMBO JOH 3524.  The ten other most popular fighters were TAIM WHITECLOAK 3693, 
TOBIAS TIGEREYE 3657, SALLY C SHELLY 3710, ARAMELLE 3719, GODFREY 3551, HEPZIBAH 
3675, BOMMEL 3699, MENEMSHA 3566, QUASIMODO 3665, and HERGOLF 3700.

The least popular fighter this week was INARIKTA 3720.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were FATSLIMANT 3702, RAGNAR 3701, EURIC HALFHAND 3661, LULU 3523, HERGOLF 
3700, QUASIMODO 3665, MENEMSHA 3566, BOMMEL 3699, HEPZIBAH 3675, and GODFREY 3551.