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Thanks everyone - Isla is beautiful and doing just fine! Sure, I can fit in a duel with you Fox. I'll send my DS to CallMePie now. I'm sure Mr. Kovacs would also like the chance to cross wands with someone so lowly in ability as I!

Looks like the halls of Hogwart's are playing host to many battles between good and evil! Great to see so many duels taking place... but no Aurors or Death Eaters yet?

Nah, I haven't announced her birth 'til now! However I'm happy if a moderator wants to merge this with my Absent topic.

Hey, Just wanted to let you all know that my wife and I are now the proud parents of an amazing baby girl. Born on October the 27th and weighing 7lbs 11ozs, Isla is doing very well, getting plenty of food and sleep and even leaving some sleep for Mummy and Daddy too! DUPLO on standby...

Apologies KDM and Commander Fox, but I've got to head to hospital with my wife today... think baby might be on the way! As such, I don't think I can Adjudicate this duel in a timely manner. You'll have to find another referee. Sorry!

I'll adjudicate for you... send me your DS's when you're ready. Please put you character name and round number in the title.

Sounds like a great game in the making - especially like that twist in making the Mafia the 'good guys'. I'd love to play but with our baby almost here it's not going to be doable I reckon. Have fun anyway and good luck to the Band - into the mouth of madness you go!

I did better than I expected... Stupefy does provide a great advantage to a canny wizard! Congrats on achieveing Adept Oky. Now, are there any students out there who'd like to duel with the lovely Lelith? Hmmm, ADHO? Flitwick? doen with your petty squabble yet?

Cool, KDM! Nice to see how everyone is progressing! Or not in my case ...

Not at all! Keen to see how I get on next round - DS sent! Oky?

In case any of you missed it in the other forums, here's the new Atlantis promotional sets pdf instructions - seems logical to post them here too. 30040 Octopus with treasure 30041 Pirahna 30042 Mini Sub The latter 2 are going to be available soon as part of a newspaper promotion in the UK.

It's on... Lelith versus Okay... DS sent!

Hmmm... I think you did actually! I still feel there's a lot of making up to do after we missed out to the US on the chrome C-3PO promotion! Can't be said for the rest of the world though (sorry).

Great! Anyone wish to referee this match for us?

This line-up goes from strenth to strength in my opinion. Sure we're missing Vos now, but overall these sets and new range of minifigs are superb! And now we're getting the Proton Cannon (just as i was considering an MOC!) with a new Luminara... only hope she has a normal face instead of Clone Wars face so that she sits well with Barriss offee... fingers crossed. Hopefully they'll be hard-plastic, like the second round of automatic pistols that TLC produced for the Indiana Jones as opposed to the first versions for the Batman theme. You have to be incredibly careful when posing them so as not to score or damage the handles. Hard plastic versions would be spot-on. Aurra Sing, Luminara Unduli, Saesee Tiin, Shaak Ti and more... getting spoiled this year!

Dark forces gather at Hogwarts... New student Lelith DeNomolos seeks a dueling partner, will anyone aquiesce?

Don't live in the UK? Worry not! I trawled through LEGO.com and found instructions for 9/10 of the sets... 30008 Snowman 30009 Christmas Tree 30010 Fire Chief 30011 Police Dinghy 30012 Mini Aeroplane 30013 Police Quad 30021 Parrot 30041 Pirahna 30042 Mini Sub Incidentally I also found these... 30020 Jet 30040 Octopus with treasure ...and there's some world racers promos too that I haven't linked. No worries! Someone might want to merge them then.

Hey, This one crept up on me... but the UK's Mirror newspaper is running another LEGO promotion starting today. Pic is a link to the promotional page. This line-up is really cool in my opinion... Creator, Town, Christmas theme and Atlantis... love that undersea creature! Sorry if this has been posted already. pedro

Like the pic Legonater! When you type out the Duel Sequence try using (center) instead of (right) for your second column, that way they'll sit int he centre of the page.

Lelith DeNomolos | Slytherin Student HEALTH: 5 SPELLS: N/A MASTERY ABILITIES: N/A BIO: Lelith DeNomolos was born to stern wizarding parents who exerted a strict regime of learning over their only child. Seeking only the very best of a future for their daughter, Lelith's childhood was given to endless collections of magical tomes, her parent's lectures on various practices of magic and never-ending aptitude tests. Lelith was only too happily accepted to Durmstrang School where, at her parents bequest and under the watchful eyes of her tutors she spent much time in Durmstrang's great library, absorbing all the texts she could. Happiness seemed absent from Lelith, replaced instead by an intense, perpetual brooding... and even moreso when here parents were tragically murdered by a rogue dark wizard during her last term... Lelith was sent to live with her Aunt, transferring to Hogwart's School of Witchcraft and Wizardry where she has found herself in Slytherin house and now continues to excel in the magical arts. Lelith cares not for the opinions and gossiping of others, nor for the attention of boys, instead often found haunting the school's library until closing time. Despite her parent's departure, their legacy lives on... Lelith has an almost palpable power that leaves others intrigued and indeed, there is a potential there that may be far beyond what her parent's had ever dreamed... DUEL HISTORY: WON: Nil LOST: 3 DRAW: Nil

Another idea just occured to me... going sc-fi again on this one, based on Frank Herbert's classic novel... DUNE Mafia. Oweing an alliegance to the Emperor Shaddam IV and House Corrino, House Atreides accept control of the desert planet Arrakis, also known as DUNE and the source of the most valuable substance in the universe, the spice Melange. But the Emperor fears House Atreides and seeks to destroy them, enlisting the help of the Atriedes arch-enemies, the dreaded Harkonnen! Players take control of Atreides soldiers, personnel and advisors, who have relocated to DUNE and it's capital city Arrakeen. But sown amongst them are spies and assassins of the evil Harkonnen! The Atriedes must discover and expose the Harkonnens, lest they bring about the fall of House Atriedes...

Man I love this. Leaps and bounds better than LEGO poor attempt, but Aragog is always a creature they've had a great deal of trouble in realising - most likely due to budget. If I'd like to suggest anything it would be to try using a 1x1 plate with vertical clip and a small barb for each fang so they're pointing down. Your solution does look grand though. Nice work mate!

By the time we see the wizards and witches warring at the end of the Harry Potter saga the pets have pretty much taken a back-seat! That's not to say this isn't a bad idea though, in fact I really like it and it would probably work well as an additional ability in a future version of the game. For the time being, learn Sectumsempra! and you'll be inflicting that extra point of damage! I'm working hard on Jedi Duel V2 which will improve the forum duelling game massively, adding different types of character for players to choose and many more cool abilities. When players create their charcaters they will be truly unique and play in radically different ways! It's pretty exciting really. If you're interested in discussing that click here. Yes, you can double duel, but try and make sure that everyone gets a chance to play. If this means you play one duel and Referee/Adjudicate another then all the better. I understand that some games will play a lot more quickly than others i.e. when people are in the same time zone. Whenever an attack meets the same type of attack in the Duel Sequence then they are countered, or drawn, meaning no-one takes damage. The exception to this is if you learn the Natural Talent Mastery Ability, which allows you to inflict damage on your opponent even when you counter. Handy! I can't edit the 1st post personally but here's some extra information: HIGH <- counters -> HIGH MID <- counters -> MID LOW <- counters -> LOW Silencio! <- counters -> Silencio! Expelliarmus! <- counters -> Expelliarmus! Stupefy! <- counters -> Crucio! There's a diagram in the rules of which standard attacks - HIGH, MID, LOW, Silencio! - beat which. Stupefy and Crucio defeat any standard attack but can be countered or blocked. Hope that makes things a wee bit clearer? PLEASE NOTE: Concerning the previous conversation about the number of duels and ranking up, after you've gained rank you need to WIN a number of new duels equivalnet to the next rank to proceed to the next rank, NOT a total. This means you'll need to WIN 14 DUELS to become an Auror or Death Eater. Good luck!

...and about time! Congratulations!

Yey! Cheers for adjudicating KDM. Good luck with your next duel!