Final Payouts
by: Kalamere - May 7, 2011
In a crazy year of upsets, despite 31 total pool entries not a single person picked the winner. Nobody even picked Soerl or Tarl in the championship match. The closest anyone came were Gren Blockman seeing Tarl through to the Elite Eight and Damien Ravnos with Soerl in the Final Four! There were 19 entries in the 1,000 noble pool and 12 in the 100 coin pool. Congratulations to the winners, the payouts are as follows: 1,000 Noble Pool 1st Place: Mur, 9,500 Nobles 2nd Place: Sylus, 5,700 Nobles 3rd Place: Xanth, 3,800 Nobles 100 Noble Pool 1st Place: Gwen, 600 Nobles 2nd Place: Gren, 360 Nobles 3rd Place: Smith, 240 Nobles Feel free to stop by my place and throw some of those winnings down on future bets.

	2011 Madness Champion: Tarl Cabot
by: Kalamere - May 7, 2011
A bit late in the reporting, but congratulations to Tarl Cabot, the winner of the 2011 DoS Madness tournament! In the final matchup, Tarl stepped into the ring against Soerl Lute. Soerl had a great run in the tournament to make it this far, but the fight was to be absolutely dominated by the older Warlord. Tarl, having held the rank for more than a decade longer than his opponent, showed us all the value of experience. Beginning with an expert parry to thwart Soel's thrust in the first, through using the thrust himself in the 5th to beat out the opposing warlord's high cut, Tarl had a commanding 4-0 lead from the outset. Soerl was on the board with back to back scoring in the 7th and 8th, cutting overtop of Tarl's low parry and then reversing to strike low while Tarl attempted to step out of range. The match came to a close after 10 though, Tarl catching Soerl in a risky stop hit with a quick cut to his leg. Tarl Cabot, 3rd longest standing warlord to have entered the tournament, took a well earned victory and top prize. As always, hats off to the staff and all the other participants that made Madness happen this year. Our heartfelt thanks for continuing the Arena's favorite annual event.

	Most Recent Mad Action
Tarl Cabot IS THE DoS MADNESS WINNER!
Tarl Cabot Wins the Eastern Confernce and advances to the Final!
Soerl Lute Wins the Western Confernce and advances to the Final!
Tarl Cabot Wins the Karnafexx Division! Advances to the Final Four.
Gwen Minx Wins the Oakenshield Division! Advances to the Final Four.

	Round FOUR of the Stabbity Spectacular!
by: Gwen Minx - April 19, 2011
This week will be short and sweet, kind of like the duels! From 64 we were down to eight, only three of which were the peoples' choices for being the last duelist standing. How did it go? Who won and who didn't? Well first let me say BOO! to Soerl for blocking my chance to duel Harris in the Madness! BOO! Of COURSE they did! Eh... All I have for this is me moving forward and that's cause I am a Minx. Of COURSE they did... WHAT? Yes! All these weeks later and we still have a stunner! The Magnificent Marvelous Mad Mister Mur HG not only took out the Fabulous Freezing Wyh but shut her out! OUCH! This incidentally also locked him in first place for the 1k betting pool and locked me in the winners spot for the 1C betting pool. WOO! Ribbons! Still standing! These go to ME, Soerl (boo!), Tarl and Mur! Entertaining stabbity! All the duels this week were worth the watch! We had a few nail biters and then one show of just plain brute force. Don't miss the duels next week as we go from four to TWO. So close! Also check out the message board in the Arena for details on the upcoming Talon and Warlord Tourneys, both are looking to be a good stabbity time for all!

	Sweet Sixteen Stabbity Spectacular
by: Gwen Minx - April 11, 2011
We're getting down to the wire and, at last, we see people pulling out their A-games and starting out strutting their stuff!
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	Short hand of the Second round of Stabbity Spectacular!
by: Gwen Minx - April 5, 2011
The second round of Madness was a little more sane, the Oakenshield division looks to be the only one that came through the initial onslaughts mostly intact with the first, second, third (YAY) and fifth seeds moving forward to the third round. GO US! The Ganderfield and Karnafexx divisions are looking a little anemic though! The highest seed in Karnafexx is fifth, so the highest there is the lowest from Oakenshield, gets me thinking that they will be able to skate a bit until they have to face someone from one of the other divisions, enjoy the ice! Onward! Of COURSE they did! Aya showed the fashionable Koy the horrors of second round wearing white after labor day blues. Cass sent pretty boy Vegas back home, Wyh and Rhi lead the pack in their division and showed why they were seeded first and second. Of COURSE they did...WHAT? AH HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH ha hahahaha hahhahahah, oh sorry flashback giggles! Slothy takes out the mighty Impster! It was probably the loincloth. Gren for the second week in a row toppled a much higher seed. Ribbons! Two weeks of giggle fits! Eless! AH HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH Entertaining Stabbity! This goes to Harris, Jake, Imp, and Slothy, go fun to watch stabbity! Rocking the Cashbar! Oakenshield Division for showing that the seeding has some merit! Next week! Aya vs Cass should be a duel to watch for skill and brutal battle! Rekah and MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE for pure entertainment value! OH YEAH YOU HEARD ME REKAH, I am coming for youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!

	DoS Madness 2011 Second Round Previews
by: Jack Smith - March 30, 2011
Lots of new faces and lots of upsets this year make this Tournament as unpredictable as ever!
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	Weekly wrap-up on the STABBITY SPECTACULAR! Second edition.
by: Gwen Minx - March 28, 2011
The good, the bad and the stuff that makes a Minx laugh until her cousins call for a doctor!
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	Weekly wrap-up on the STABBITY SPECTACULAR!
by: Gwen Minx - March 22, 2011
Oh but there were some upsets going on this weekend! Brackets crashed and burned as favorite picks were picked off by the lowest ranked in the madness, making it TRUE MADNESS!
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	DoS Madness 2011 First Round Previews
by: Jack Smith - March 17, 2011
My favorite time of year! Time for 64 duelers to go out there and whack each other with sharp objects for my entertainment!
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	Only hours to go
by: Kalamere - March 17, 2011
The 2011 DoS Madness tournament kicks off this evening. You still have time to get in your pool entries but not a lot, so go get it done! So far over 25 entries have been submitted, but there is plenty of room for more. Enter here. The Madness field is interesting this year. Missing is last years champion, Maria Graziano as well as other notable duelists, such as Teagan Rielea . In their place are several new comers, some new to the rings entirely. Bartender extraordinaire, Elessaria and making sure the tournament earns the name Madness, Tara Rynieyn . I hear there is a match scheduled for tonight at 10 in the Karnafexx division: 6th ranked Xeric vs. 11th seed Kelathe. Odds are there will be others, so make sure to get by the Arena tonight and catch the action.