Winter Cycle DQ

[DUEL Kheldar]

That's right, it's about that time again. All Emeralds, Opals and Jake are invited Sunday the 24th at 7:00 (eastern) to compete for the right to hold the Diamond this Cycle. Format to be determined based on entry. Register here, or with Matt or I. Any callers interested in working the event should also speak up now.

[G]

I may actually make this one. Count me in.

[Tasslehofl Momus]

Count me in

[Maranya Valkonan]

I will be there, with emeralds on.

[PslyderFTA]

Y'all know Ah'm down.

[DUEL Shard]

Ten entrants competed for the coveted title of Diamond! Maranya Ergin-Falconne, Ria Graziano, Matthew Simon, Jake Thrash, G’nort Dragoon-Talanador, Vincent Smith, Cassius Maximus, Tasslehofl Momus, Kheldar Drasnia, and Pslyder.

DUEL Tass: Psly jabs over Ria's sweep (0-1 Psly)
DUEL Tass: Ria fancy ducks under Psly's spinkick (1 all)
DUEL Tass: Psly jabs past Ria's snapkick (1-2 Psly)
DUEL Tass: Ria drops into a sweep while Psly feints the snapkick (1-2 Psly)
DUEL Tass: Ria's feint flip fakes out the fancy dodgin Psly (2 all)
DUEL Tass: Ria's jab gets there to drop the jumpkickin Psly (3-2 Ria)
DUEL Tass: Psly snapkicks the sweepin Ria (3 all )(
DUEL Tass: Psly's flip helps Ria's chop along (3-4 Psly)
DUEL Tass: Ria feint jabs and Psly fancy snapkicks... (3-4 Psly)
DUEL Tass: Ria goes for the uppercut.. but Psly sweeps her down (Psly .def. Ria, 5-3 in 10 Rounds)

DUEL Shard: Ring Primus: G sweeps the ducking Anya. *FA Du/Sweep, 1-0 G*
DUEL Shard: Ring Primus, 2: They grapple, all pretty like. Who's the cute chick? *flip/flip, still 1-0 G)
DUEL Shard: Ring Primus, 3: Anya gets down, and G can't get away! *sweep/Fa Do, 1 all*
DUEL Shard: Ring Primus, 4: Aaanannnndddddd... They are both out! *jab/jab, 2 all*
DUEL Shard: Ring Primus, 5: Look at all the fancy, schmancy! *fa do/fa du, still 2 all*
DUEL Shard: Ring Primus, 6: Hey, someone told me she's twice married. G shouldn't be trying to do that! *sweep/jab, 3-2 G*
DUEL Shard: Ring Primus, 7: That's gotta hurt! Seriously, G! *Snapkick/Chop, 4-2 G*
DUEL Shard: Ring Primus, 8: Oh the anticipation... but the lady isn't ready to go out yet! *Sweep/spinkick, 4-3 G*
DUEL Shard: Ring Primus, 9: I heard they installed a buzzer somewhere, but I'm not going there. Sudden death, as Anya takes G down! *Flip/jab, 4 all*
DUEL Shard: Ring Primus, 10: This one's all over folks, as Anya takes the fancy steppin' G to the ground! *Sweep/FA Dodge, 5-4 Anya*
DUEL Shard: ((Final: Maranya Valkonan def. G, 5-4 in 10))

DUEL Shard: Ring Secundus: Ouch! Right in the kisser! *Sweep/Jab, 1-0 Vinny)
DUEL Shard: Ring Secundus, 2: Well, Cass looked like he was going to do something, but Vinny actually did. Still, didn't do nothing. *Fe JK/JK, still 1-0 Vinny*
DUEL Shard: Ring Secudus, 3: Vinny tries to go all huggy on the Roman, but gets knocked flat. *Sweep/flip, 1 all*
DUEL Shard: Ring Secundus, 4: They both go for the fakeout, but... nothing. *FE jk/FE chop, 1 all*
DUEL Shard: Ring Secundus, 5: Cass goes to kick, but look at those smooth moves from the Vin-man! *Snapkick/ Fa Dodge, 2-1 Vinny*
DUEL Shard: Ring Secundus, 6: Vinny fakes out the Roman! *FA Do/Fe Flip, 3-1 Vinny*
DUEL Shard: Ring Secondus, 7: Vinny is not impressed with Cass' posing, and shows him so! *FA AB/Sweep, 4-1 Vinny*
DUEL Shard: Ring Secundus, 8: Wow...I mean, Cass might need a jaw realignment after this. *Flip/UC, 5-1, Vinny*
DUEL Shard: ((Final: Vinny def. Cassius Gaius Maximius, 5-1 in 8 ))

DUEL Shard: Ring Tertius: I missed Imp... But this is fists... *jab/jab, 1 all*
DUEL Shard: Ring Tertius, 2: One goes up, one goes down. The score? Doesn't change. *Sweep/JK, still 1 all*
DUEL Shard: Ring Tertius, 3: Tass tries to go down, but Matt gets him right in the kisser! *jab/sweep, 2-1 Matt*
DUEL Shard: Ring Tertius, 4: Matt hits the deck, and takes Tass with him! *Sweep/SpinK, 3-1, Matt*
DUEL Shard: Ring Tertius, 5: Someone turn on some music! *FA Do/FA Do, still 3-1 Matt*
DUEL Shard: Ring Tertius, 6: Matt poses, while Tass hits the deck. I'd rather somebody hit somebody! *FA AB/FA du, still 3-1 Matt*
DUEL Shard: Ring Tertius, 7: Matt isn't playing around, is he? *Snapkick/flip, 4-1 Matt*
DUEL Shard: Ring Tertius, 8: Pow, straight to da moon! *Sweep/jab, 4-2 Matt*
DUEL Shard: Ring Tertius, 9: Well, ain't nothing going on here. *Fe Flip/Chop, 4-2 Matt*
DUEL Shard: Ring Tertius, 10: Tass is easing his way on up, sending Matt straight back to the moon! *Sweep/jab, 4-3 Matt*
DUEL Shard: Ring Tertius, 11: Matt's playing all kinds of fake out tonight. *Fe jk/chop, still 4-3 Matt*
DUEL Shard: Ring Tertius, 12: It's all over folks. One lord a-leaping, one lord a-kicking. But only one walks away the winner! *FA leap/Snapkick, 5-3 Matt*
DUEL Shard: ((FInal: Goldglo def. Tasslehofl Momus, 5-3 in 12))

((round 2, Cas and Anya get the bye in their respective brackets. 3 Matt vs 9 Vince and 5 Kheld vs 7 Psly in the winners side, 4 Ria vs 10 G and 6 Jake vs 8 Tass in the consolation side of things )

DUEL Tass: Kheld jabs over Jake's sweep (1-0 Kheld)
DUEL Tass: Kheld chops Jake who tires the feint hook (2-0 Kkheld)
DUEL Tass: Kheld sweeps the fancy dodgin Jake (3-0 Kheld)
DUEL Tass: Jake flip catches Kheld who's doin that feint jumpkick (3-1 Kheld)
DUEL Tass: Kheld and Jake jab each other (4-2 Kheld)
DUEL Tass: Kheld and Jake sweep but.. (Kheld .def. Jake, 5-3 in 6 Rounds)


DUEL Tass: Vinny fancy dodges Matt's jab (0-1 V)
DUEL Tass: Matt jumpkicks and Vinny sweeps
DUEL Tass: Matt chops the fancy leaping Vinny (1 all)
DUEL Tass: Matt jabs the spinkicking Vinny (2-1 Matt
DUEL Tass: Matt drops to sweep.. and Vinny drops him with a jab (2 all)
DUEL Tass: Matt's fancy leaping while Vinny's fancy armblockin (2 all)
DUEL Tass: Matt's feint jumpkick is good enough gets Vinny's fancy dodge (3-2 Matt)
DUEL Tass: Matt jabs the snapkicking Vinny (4-2 Matt)
DUEL Tass: Vinny goes to hook.. and Matt's fancy armblock is there in the way (Matt def Vinny, 5-2 in 9 Rounds)

DUEL Tass: Kheld fancy dodges Psly's snapkick (1-0 Kheld)
DUEL Tass: Psly flips the jabbing Kheld (1 all)
DUEL Tass: Kheld's jumpkick gets over Psly's snapkick (2-1 Kheld)
DUEL Tass: Psly fancy dodges around Kheld's flip (2 all)
DUEL Tass: Kheld and Psly jab (3 all)
DUEL Tass: Psly and Kheld both jumpkick past each other
DUEL Tass: Kheld jabs the fancy leaping Psly (4-3 Kheld)
DUEL Tass: Psly fancy snapkicks.. but Kheld fancy dodges away (Kheld def Psly, 5-3 in 8 Rounds)

DUEL Shard: Ring Whiskey, 1: G takes the dancing lady down! *Sweep/fa Do, 1-0 G*
DUEL Shard: Ring Whiskey, 2: Ria tries to turn the tables, but G's got other ideas! *Jab/sweep, 2-0 G*
DUEL Shard: Ring Whiskey, 3: G gets the heck out of dodge! *fa do/jab, 3-0 G*
DUEL Shard: Ring Whiskey, 4: It's Ria's turn to dance! *Jab/ FA Do, 3-1 G*
DUEL Shard: Ring Whiskey, 5: That's it! Give him what for! *Sweep/jab, 3-2 G*
DUEL Shard: Ring Whiskey, 6: G goes to kick her in the head, but Ria's got other ideas! *Spinkick/Sweep, 3 all*
DUEL Shard: Ring Whiskey, 7: Ooohhh.. Poor G! *Flip/spinkick, 4-3 Ria*
DUEL Shard: Ring Whiskey, 8: G turns the tables, in a repeat/reverse of the last round! (Spinkick/Flip, 4 all)
DUEL Shard: Ring Whiskey, 9: Oh the kicks are flying, and people are...well, not dying. But G goes quack! *FA Du/Spinkick, 5-4 G*
DUEL Shard: (Final: G def. Ria Graziano, 5-4 in 9))

DUEL Shard: Ring Tango, 1: Jake's dance moves work much better. *FA Do/Jab, 1-0 Jake*
DUEL Shard: Ring Tango, 2: Two lords a-leapin'....straight past one another. *JK/JK, still 1-0 Jake*
DUEL Shard: Ring Tango, 3: Oh...oh ouch. *sweep/snapkick, 1 all*
DUEL Shard: Ring Tango, 4: Tass moves a head, with a quick one-two! *Snapkick/jab, 2-1 Tass*
DUEL Shard: Ring Tango, 5: Jake evens it up a little. *Sweep/Chop, 2 all*
DUEL Shard: Ring Tango, 6: Annnndddd....DENIED! *jab/fa dodge, 3-2 Tass*
DUEL Shard: Ring Tango, 7: Tass takes Jake to the mat! *flip/sweep, 4-2 Tass*
DUEL Shard: Ring Tango, 8: Tass takes this one home, by faking out Jake! *FA AB/FE jab, 5-2 Tass))
DUEL Shard: ((Final: Tasslehofl Momus def. Jake, 5-2 in 8 ))

(Round three. eliminated Ria and Jake. Byes: winner 3 Matt, 1 loss 7 Psly. Consolation bracket: 2 Cas vs 10 G, 8 Tass vs 9 Vince. Winner bracket: 1 Anya vs 5 Kheld.

DUEL Shard: Ring Dogwood, 1: Meeting of the....shins? *sweep/sweep, 1 all*
DUEL Shard: Ring Dogwood, 2: Oh, the fanciness of those maneuvours! *Fa do/Fa duck, still 1 all*
DUEL Shard: Ring Dogwood, 3: Anya doesn't like to be touched like that, Kheld. And she proves it! (Flip/jab, 2-1 Anya*
DUEL Shard: Ring Dogwood, 4: Oh....ouch... I mean... wow. *jab/jk, 3-1 Anya*
DUEL Shard: Ring Dogwood, 5: Kheld goes up, Anya goes down. (Sweep/Fa Leap, 3-2 Anya)
DUEL Shard: Ring Dogwood, 6: Kheld tries to get all up close and personal, but Anya says "No way!" *jab/Uc, 4-2 Anya*
DUEL Shard: Ring Dogwood, 7: Oh... That's gotta hurt. *Uc/Fe jk, 5-2 Anya*
DUEL Shard: ((Final: Maranya Valkonan def. Kheldar 5-2 in 7))

DUEL Shard: Ring Oak, 1: Vinny starts out with a bang! (A big bang). *Sweep/jab, 1-0 Vinny)
DUEL Shard: Ring Oak, 2: Did that old guy really just pull off that kick? *snapkick/flip, 1 all*
DUEL Shard: Ring Oak, 3: Round 1, flashback! *sweep/jab, 2-1 Vinny*
DUEL Shard: Ring Oak, 4: Tass goes for the fake out, but Vinny ain't buying! *FE jab/flip, 3-1 Vinny*
DUEL Shard: Ring Oak, 5: Tass tries to get all touchy-feely, but Vinny's just not there! *chop/Fa Do, 4-1 Vinny*
DUEL Shard: Ring Oak, 6: They trade....but only one will walk away a winner! *jab/jab, 5-2 Vinny*
DUEL Shard: ((Final: Vinny def. Tasslehofl Momus, 5-2 in 6))

DUEL Shard: Ring Pine, 1: How does Cass' foot smell? *Snapkcik/sweep, 1-0 Cass*
DUEL Shard: Ring Pine, 2: Cass doesn't want to get groped, so he takes G down! *sweep/flip, 2-0 Cass*
DUEL Shard: Ring Pine, 3: Cass goes all fake out, and G executes a kick, but neither score! (FE JK/Spinkick, still 2-0 Cass)
DUEL Shard: Ring Pine, 4: G tries to get all up close and personal, but Cass gets him right where he wants him! *sweep/uc, 3-0 Cass*
DUEL Shard: Ring Pine: Cass is taking no mercy on G! *Spinkick/ Fa AB, 4-0 Cass*
DUEL Shard: Ring Pine, 6: I know, the Roman was expecting to lick G and be done. But, G's on the board! *sweep/jab, 4-1 cass*
DUEL Shard: Ring Pine, 7: This one is boring... *FE jk/sweep, still 4-1 Cass*
DUEL Shard: Ring Pine, 8: Cass should have totally committed, but...he didn't. *FE flip/jab, still 4-1 Cass))
DUEL Shard: Ring Pine, 9. As much as I enjoy watching two guys wrestle, this has got to be hell on the legs. *Sweep/sweep, 5-2 Cass*
DUEL Shard: ((Final: Cassius Gauis Maximius def. G, 5-2 in 9))

(Round 4: Eliminated G, Tass. winners bracket 3 Matt vs 1 Anya. losers: 2 Cas vs 7 Psly. 9 Vince vs 5 Kheld)

DUEL Shard: Ring Quartz, 1: They start out by taking each other out! (jab/jab, 1 all)
DUEL Shard: Ring Quartz, 2: Matt jumps, while Anya dances. *fa leap/Fa Do, still 1 all*
DUEL Shard: Ring Quartz, 3: Matt goes for the knifehand, but Anya's got other plans! (Chop/flip, 2-1 Anya)
DUEL Shard: Ring Quartz, 4: Much of nothing, really. *FE JK/ Sweep, still 2-1 Anya*
DUEL Shard: Ring Quartz, 5: Well, Matt's going to be limping. *Snapkick/chop, 3-1 Anya*
DUEL Shard: Ring Quartz, 6: They trade blows, but Anya gets ever closer to a win! *jab/jab, 4-2*
DUEL Shard: Ring Quartz: Do they have a name for this dance? *FA leap/Fa dodge, still 4-2 Anya*
DUEL Shard: Ring Quartz, 8: Matt has the right idea. He just went the wrong way. *FA AB/Sweep, 5-2 Anya*
DUEL Shard: ((Final: Maranya Valkonan def. Goldglo, 5-2 in 8 ))

DUEL Shard: Ring Selenite, 1: Vinny does the whole up and over thing on Kheld. *flip/jab, 1-0 Vinny*
DUEL Shard: Ring Selenite, 2: Vinny's up and at 'im! *JK/chop, 2-0 Vinny*
DUEL Shard: Ring Selenite, 3: Kheld introduces Vinny to his fist! Say hello Vinny! *sweep/jab, 2-1 Vinny*
DUEL Shard: Ring Selenite, 4: Can you say, denied? *FA AB/UC, 3-1 Vinny*
DUEL Shard: Ring Selenite, 5: Seeing a couple of men grapple like that makes me all... Bored. *flip/flip, still 3-1 Vinny*
DUEL Shard: Ring Selenite, 6: Kheld gets the heck out of there, he doesn't know where Vinny's been! *jab/f dodge, 3-2 Vinny*
DUEL Shard: Ring Selenite, 7: Again, with the Whiffage, only no score! *JK/Sweep, still 3-2 Vinny*
DUEL Shard: Ring Selenite, 8: *Yawns* *fa AB/ Fa DU, still 3-2 Vinny*
DUEL Shard: Ring Selenite, 9: Kheld ties it up by sending Vinny flying! *jab/flip, 3 all*
DUEL Shard: Ring Selenite, 10: Vinny puts up an excellent defense here. Kheld just threw himself into it! *Fa AB/ JK, 4-3 Vinny*
DUEL Shard: Ring Selenite: Kheld shows Vinny why it's not a good idea just to stand there looking pretty. *FA AB/ flip, 4 all*
DUEL Shard: ((My apologies... FE jab/flip...Scores still the same.))
DUEL Shard: Ring Selenite, 12: This one's over, folks... *chop/sweep, 5-4 Kheld*
DUEL Shard: ((Final, Kheldar def. Vinny 5-4 in 12))

DUEL Shard: Ring Malachite, 1: Pslyder's definitely improved his dance moves. *Flip/Fa Do, 1-0 Psly*
DUEL Shard: Ring Malachite, 2: Psly just whiffed! *Fa Du/Jab, 1 all!*
DUEL Shard: Ring Malachite, 3: Cass tries to fake Psly out, but Psly sends him up and over. *FE jk/flip, 2-1 Psly*
DUEL Shard: Ring Malachite, 4: Didn't I say something earlier about the Roman needing a jaw realignment? *sweep/Snapkick, 3-1 Psly*
DUEL Shard: Ring Malachite, 5: Psly goes to play with Cass's hair, but the Roman says no! *fa do/chop, 3-2 Psly*
DUEL Shard: Ring Malachite, 6: Cass totally gets baited. *FA Du/ FE jab, 4-2 Psly*
DUEL Shard: Round 7, Ring Malachite - Psly takes his hand, and takes the win! *FA AB/ flip, 5-3 Psly*

((round five: Cas and vince eliminated. Anya waits to see who comes out of the consolation bracket. Matt moves to the consolation bracket and waits for the outcome of Pslyder vs Kheldar)

DUEL Shard: Finals, 1: They start out trying to beat the hell out of each other. I like it. Do it again. *Jab/jab, 1 all*
DUEL Shard: Finals, 2. Kheld shows Psly how to get down! *sweep/spinkick, 2-1 Kheld
DUEL Shard: Finals, 3: Psly ties things up, with a sharp knifehand. *snapkick/chop, 2 all*
DUEL Shard: Finals, 4. Even though Psly tries to fake him out, Khel's showing him how to eat sand! *Sweep/FE Spinkick, 3-2 Kheld*
DUEL Shard: Finals, 5: I really think we should name this dance. *FA Do/FA du, still 3-2 Kheld*
DUEL Shard: Finals, 6: They both try to take each other to the mat, but only Kheld gets Psly there. *Sweep/flip, 4-2 Kheld*
DUEL Shard: Finals, 7: Kheld pulls the fake out on Psly, and moves on to the next round! *FE jab/FA AB, 5-2 Kheld*
DUEL Shard: ((Final: Kheldar def. PslyderFA, 5-2 in 7))

((round six: Psly eliminated, Matt vs. Kheld))

DUEL Shard: Duet, 1: Matt doesn't need a nap! *jab/sweep, 1-0 Matt*
DUEL Shard: Duet, 2: I don't think Kheld likes it when Matt gets all grabby. *flip/FA Do, 1 all*
DUEL Shard: Duet, 3. Well, this is boring. *Sweep/Fe JK, still 1 all*
DUEL Shard: Duet, 4: They use different techniques, but they both score, just the same. *jab/chop, 2 all*
DUEL Shard: Duet, 6: Kheld drops, but it's not because of Matt! *FA AB/Sweep, 3-2 Kheld*
DUEL Shard: Duet, 6: All that leg movement made me go crosseyed. *FE JK/ Snapkick, still 3-2 Kheldar*
DUEL Shard: Duet, 7: Round 1, repeated. Ouch. *jab/sweep, 3 all*
DUEL Shard: Duet, 8. Much posturing, much dancing. We need to name this another dance move. *FA AB/ FA Do, still 3 all*
DUEL Shard: Duet, 10. Matt goes for an arm, and gets a handful of leg! *Flip/JK, 4-2 Matt*
DUEL Shard: Duet, 10.... Can I have a drum roll, please?
DUEL Shard: They play Tango with each other shins, but only one can move on! *sweep/sweep, 5-4 Matt*
DUEL Shard: ((Final, Goldglo def. Kheldar 5-4 in 10))

((round 7: Kheld eliminated, Anya (undef.) vs. Matt (1 loss) ))

DUEL Shard: Emerald, 1: Anya gets all grabby, but Matt still has some moves left! *FA Do/Flip, 1-0 Matt*
DUEL Shard: Emerald, 2: Anya took offense at that kick, I think. Matt eats the mat! *chop/sweep, 1 all*
DUEL Shard: Emerald, 3. Matt's just grooving his way to another point! *Fa Do/Jab, 2-1 Matt*
DUEL Shard: Emerald, 4: That's not the way to treat a lady! *Sweep/Fa Do, 3-1 Matt*
DUEL Shard: Emerald, 5. Matt tries to fake out Anya, but she totally takes him down! *FE JK/Flip, 3-2 Matt*
DUEL Shard: Emerald,6: Wow...Anya... Seriously... Ouch. *FA leap/jab, 3 all*
DUEL Shard: Emerald, 7: They both whiff! *FE Jk/Sweep, still 3 all*
DUEL Shard: Emerald, 8: Anya starts dancing, but Matt doesn't like her moves! *Sweep/Fa Do, 4-3 Matt*
DUEL Shard: Emerald, 9. Well... Matt goes for a kick, and Anya takes it! *Snapkick/Sweep, 5-3 Matt*
DUEL Shard: ((Final: Goldglo def. Maranya Valkonan, 5-3 in 9))

((round 8: Final match))

DUEL Shard: Emerald, 1: Matt gets straight to the point! *sweep/jab, 1-0 Matt*
DUEL Shard: Emerald, 2: Now Anya's trying to get direct, but Matt's not having any of it! *Jab/fa do, 2-0 Matt*
DUEL Shard: Emerald, 3: Anya's still using her hands, but Matt isn't having any of that! *chop/flip, 3-0 Matt*
DUEL Shard: Emerald, 4: They decide to play footsie..Hey, isn't that one of her husbands? *sweep/sweep, 4-1 Matt*
DUEL Shard: Emerald, 5. This one's all over, folks. Matt gets out of the way, and gets the win! *Flip/fa do, 5-1 Matt*
DUEL Shard: ((Final, Goldglo Def. Maranya Valkonan, 5-1 in 5))


After 8 brutal rounds of double-elimination competition, Matthew Simon attains his ninth title of Diamond!