DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 11/15/2004    Duedate: 11/27/2004

MORDANT ARENA

DM-1    TURN-509

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

GOOEYDUCK
LAB EXPERIMENTS (261)
(1-7434) [14-2-0,105]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

GOOEYDUCK                      POSITION IS EMPTY
LAB EXPERIMENTS (261)          
(1-7434) [14-2-0,105]          

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

HAYDAN                         DESTINY
HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)        SWEORDMASTERS (138)
(1-7356) [10-31-1,62]          (1-7506) [11-7-1,93]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. SWEORDMASTERS (138)         57
2. MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537)      35      SWEORDMASTERS (138)
3. BEASTIE BOYS (560)           0      Unchartered Team
4. THE REVELATION (222)         0
5. ARENA FELINES (559)          0      SATAN'S ARMY (518)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1- 1 THE REVELATION (222)     109  55  6 66.5   1/ 6 MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537)    7  3 2
 2- 2*ARENA FELINES (559)        5   4  0 55.6   2/ 2 LAB EXPERIMENTS (261)     6  3 1
 3- 3*BEASTIE BOYS (560)        11   9  3 55.0   3/ 1 HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)   6  9 0
 4/ 4 SWEORDMASTERS (138)      328 331 41 49.8   4/ 5 SWEORDMASTERS (138)       5  3 1
 5/ 5 LAB EXPERIMENTS (261)    255 291 25 46.7   5- 3*BEASTIE BOYS (560)        4  1 1
 6/ 6 MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537)    84 104 12 44.7   6- 4 THE REVELATION (222)      4  1 1
 7/ 7 HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)  369 573 11 39.2   7- 7*ARENA FELINES (559)       0  2 0

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

                                      SPY REPORT

     Hail and well met warriors of MORDANT!  Know me for who I am, Zontani Sharp 
Eyes, Spymaster extraordinaire of all Alastari.  Former top team HOMICIDAL MANIACS 
was unseated this week as MANNEQUIN'S BEST moved up from 6th ranking to take the top 
spot with a 4-1-1 record for the round.  Warriors--remember that glory waits always 
around the corner!  Witness how this week MANNEQUIN'S BEST went 4-1-1 to move up 5 in 
the rankings.  HELLACIOUS caught the eye of many in the gladiatorial commission as 
she skillfully bested GRALL THE DESERTER and was awarded 17 points in recognition.  
In one of the week's more notable duels, BLACK DEVIN put down THIRD CHARMER, causing 
her to lose 7 points of recognition in the process.  Most watched of the fights this 
week, the spotlight was on THE AMAZON as she bore arms against the Dark Arena 
Challenge of reigning Duelmaster THINREDONE.  The crowds were amazed this turn, as 
THE AMAZON killed the Duelmaster, THINREDONE, leaving LAB EXPERIMENTS in mourning.  
With bloody hand GOOEYDUCK has ascended to the throne of champions.  Is it that one 
which is spoken of in the ancient texts?  Heed this!  A seer has warned that if 
exactly 6 die in duels this week, the whole city shall perish!  Just remember...5 or 
7!   
     But come now, let us look deeper into the maze of contention and crossed blades 
that is city MORDANT.   
     Vendettas.  Bloodied blades and broken spears.  Indeed the city has seen more 
than its fair share of red in recent times.  JEJUNE has sworn to take up religion 
upon living to tell of its recent bout with the Dark Arena horrors.  A rare thing 
indeed!  Strange what qualities come forth in the face of certain doom.  SKEWER has 
the town astir with the news of his Dark Arena victory!  Was I the only one shocked 
to see the well respected fighter HELLION (3-1-1) appear on the sands of the Dark 
Arena?  He is now dead.  Dark alleys may hide both secrets and assassins.  In the 
arena there is only the brightness of steel.  Keep vigil always!   
     A thought before I go.  Each warrior practices one style, but must not the wise 
manager learn the secrets of them all?  Ahh, but I can hear the spires of a far off 
city calling to me.  I must away!  Till we meet again, remember:  a turtle walks 
slow, hides head in a shell, and harms no one; a lion runs to slay its prey.-- 
Zontani Sharp Eyes  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 GOOEYDUCK 7434               14   2  0   105       LAB EXPERIMENTS (261)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 AEGLOS 7468                  10   2  1    98       SWEORDMASTERS (138)
 DESTINY 7506                 11   7  1    93       SWEORDMASTERS (138)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SWALLOWTAIL 7387             15  10  0    86       MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537)
 NUMBER TWO 7422               8  23  0    75       HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-THE FALSE PROPHET 3809       14  10  0    65       THE REVELATION (222)
 HAYDAN 7356                  10  31  1    62       HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 BRICK WALL 7478              16   7  0    55       HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)
 SKEWER 7515                   3   0  1    54       SWEORDMASTERS (138)
-BORN TO DIE 5305             13   5  0    52       THE REVELATION (222)
-JOHNNY RYALL 7540             4   0  0    51       BEASTIE BOYS (560)
-CRAP CAT 7524                 3   2  0    41       ARENA FELINES (559)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 THIRD CHARMER 7595            5   2  0    31       HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)
-BRASS MONKEY 7536             3   0  2    28       BEASTIE BOYS (560)
-MARK OF THE BLESSED 7418      3   0  1    26       THE REVELATION (222)
-EGG RAID ON MOJO 7568         2   0  0    24       BEASTIE BOYS (560)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-GOD IS A WOMAN 7417           3   0  0    21       THE REVELATION (222)
-NUMEROLOGISM 7419             1   2  0    21       THE REVELATION (222)
 HELLACIOUS 7541               1   0  0    17       MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537)
-KRAZY KAT 7525                1   0  0    16       ARENA FELINES (559)
-BLACK CAT 7527                1   0  0    15       ARENA FELINES (559)
 TEMERITY 7574                 1   0  1    14       LAB EXPERIMENTS (261)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-JAMMY 7603                    1   0  1    11       BEASTIE BOYS (560)
 SILLY PUTTY 7596              1   0  0     6       MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537)
 SANDY'S EVIL TWIN 7605        0   2  0     2       HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)
-TENDER VITTLES 7523           0   2  0     2       ARENA FELINES (559)

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

THE DEAD               W  L K TEAM NAME             SLAIN BY             TURN Revenge?
CONVICTED THIEF 546    0  1 0   1                   TEMERITY 7574         509 NONE    
SHEWISH GIANT 566      0  1 0 DARK ARENA 0          JEJUNE 7386           509 NONE    
HIGH ELF 564           0  1 0 DARK ARENA 0          SKEWER 7515           509 NONE    
OUTLAW INLAW 7424      8 20 0 HOMICIDAL MANIACS 121 JEJUNE 7386           507 NONE    
THINREDONE 5751       18  6 0 LAB EXPERIMENTS 261   THE AMAZON 570        509 NONE    
HARDWOOD 7513          3  4 1 LAB EXPERIMENTS 261   THE AMAZON 570        509 NONE    
SWEETSPOT 7510         1  8 1 MANNEQUIN'S BEST 537  MOUNTAIN TROLL 563    509 NONE    
HELLION 7542           3  2 1 SWEORDMASTERS 138     SPYMASTER 567         509 NONE    
1291017151011 7606     0  1 0 SWEORDMASTERS 138     BLACK ORC 565         509 NONE    
WINDSPEED 7592         0  1 0 SWEORDMASTERS 138     JAMMY 7603            508         

                                     PERSONAL ADS

Thinredone -- In my own humble way, I am honored to be in a title match.  It's a sign
of something or other, I'm sure.  As the saying goes, "Long live something or other!"
(Nobody expects a mere second-rater such as myself to actually UNDERSTAND profound
thoughts.)  And a skill for me, as well, such generosity!  Thank you. -- Number Two
P.S.  Although I would have been even happier if you hadn't nearly killed me.  That
kind of thing can be very destructive to the development of any long-term
relationship.

Swallowtail -- The Brick Wall sends its regards and says:
     Again you return to caress my sterile bricks!  I am blessed above all golems,
for the Master Masons have smiled upon me and pronounced me worthy of this
experience.  Your grace, your translucent colors, so unlike my stony nature, fill me
with awe that the Master Masons could create something so wondrous.  [Not, of course,
that the Master Masons could not do anything they desired to do, for I do not
question their absolute supremacy and creative power, but still, I am awed.]  The
delicate probings with which you sought my hidden nectar--assuming that I have any
such thing, for it is not indicated in the architect's rendering--by your gentle
concern I am humbled as though I were a mere pebble.  For you, sweet Swallowtail, I
will HAVE nectar, nothing shall prevent me developing this gift for you, save only if
I should be reduced to the very sand.
          This message is brought to you by Number Two, channeling the Brick Wall

Crap Cat -- Surely you didn't think I would be unwilling or unable to clean up behind
an incontinent cat!  I have considerable experience with that. -- Haydan

Sweet Spot -- Sweet, indeed.  And yet, though I am, in fact, intensely charming, I
find that I must restrain the more ornamental flights of my fancy for two reasons:
that we are of the same gender, and I, at least, am quite orthodox in my
orientations, and that I do not wish to be mistaken for (shudder) a brick golem. --
Third Charmer

God Is a Woman -- You just now discovered that?  I thought everyone knew! -- Sandy's
Evil Twin

     Some people are slow. -- Ed.

If there are warriors here who, through some slight flaw in their early training,
find themselves willing but unable to speak, contrive to let us know and we'll do
your personals. -- the Homicidal Maniacs, tired of talking to the echoes

22 October 2004
                         Youngblood's Three and Out Contest

I would like to take this time to announce and invite all managers to compete in what
I think will be an awesome contest.  If you haven't ever TC'd at a tourney before,
here is your chance.  The contest will start Wednesday, December 1, 2004, but a
chance will be given November 17 to dark arena, only, any warrior that you do not see
fit to run in the contest.  So now that I have your attention, here are the rules
(like you didn't know they were coming sooner or later).

 1.  Any manager participating can enter one team, only.
 2.  No sandbagging whatsoever.  (I will keep up with it, every turn.)
 3.  No teams or warriors will be allowed to run after contest starts.
 4.  All warriors will run until they lose three times, after three losses they are
     eliminated.
 5.  If a warrior sits out a turn, they are accounted with a loss in the contest.
     This is to keep warriors with winning records from sitting out until the end of
     the contest.
 6.  If a warrior is killed during the contest, the replacement cannot enter the
     contest.
 7.  If a warrior is killed, bloodfeuding is allowed, but only by a warrior that is
     active in the contest.
 8.  If a warrior is run after being eliminated, the manager is disqualified from the
     contest, no questions asked.
 9.  Challenges are legal, up or down.
10.  Contest will keep going until 1 warrior is left without three losses, and that
     warrior, of course, is accounted the winner.
11.  All managers participating will be asked to purchase a rollup certificate, to be
     awarded to the winners of the contest.

                                    <<<PRIZES>>>

     As I have already said, and according to participation, rollups will be awarded
to the first and second place managers.  So the majority and minority of the rollups
will be determined when all are accumulated.
     Contest Champion--2 Faves prizes, and majority of rollup certificates
     Contest Runner-up--1 Faves prize, and minority of rollup certificates
     So once again I invite all managers old and new to participate in what should be
a fierce and challenging contest.  <<<REMEMBER, FIRST OFFICIAL TURN OF THE CONTEST IS
DECEMBER THE FIRST, AND AS I SAID BEFORE, THE TURN BEFORE (NOVEMBER 17TH) YOU MAY
DARK ARENA CHALLENGE ONLY!!!  ANY WARRIOR WITH ANY FE (FIGHT EXPERIENCE) WHEN THE
CONTEST STARTS WILL BE ELIMINATED FROM THE CONTEST.

                          YOUNGBLOOD of WENSINWASIN

11 November 2004
All you alliance-type people, I'm trying (again!) to get my alliance listing correct
and up to date.  Either send me a diplo (address it to The Saint) or send your
updates to me directly at Sue at solberg-mathews.com.  As you may guess, replace the
at with @ and you're good to go (I do hate spammy mail and this will end up on the
web).

I have information on the following alliances:  ADIO, Allied Axis, Armada,
Brotherhood of Justice, Brotherhood of the Blade, Cadre, CDC, Chaos, Inc., Circle of
Order, Company of Brothers, Consortium, Council of Lords, Couple Good Guys, Crimson
Vengeance, DOA, DOOMcorps, Enigmafia, Eurosquad, Fascist Federation, FONZ,
Frothingslosh Syndicate, GAPPDA, Homeland Alliance, IT Alliance, Jingoists, kLk,
Knights of the Covenant, LBA, League Arcane, Legion6, Living Essences, Lords and
Ladies of Darkness, Manic Union, Midnight Foundation, Minions of Diana, Monarchs of
Montezuma, NCA, NIMROD, R.A.G.E., Seventh Sons, The Firm, The French Connection,
Vendett@ United, and the Vendetta Cartel.

If you are a member of one of these alliances, let me know.  If you are a member of
some other alliance that isn't listed, let me know.  If you were at any point in your
past a part of one of these alliance but are now independent, also let me know.
Going inactive doesn't mean you get removed from this list; people are assumed to
still be in the same alliance when they return.  Even having everyone in an alliance
go inactive doesn't change anything.  If an alliance is officially disbanding, that's
another thing you have to let me know....

The Saint, keeper of lists

P.S.  If you already responded to my online plea (and I replied), you can ignore
this.

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

THINREDONE was dealt death by THE AMAZON in a 2 minute bloody Dark Arena fight.
JEJUNE viciously butchered SHEWISH GIANT in a 2 minute gruesome Dark Arena battle.
HARDWOOD was murdered by THE AMAZON in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
SKEWER slaughtered HIGH ELF in a 1 minute Dark Arena brawl.
SWEETSPOT was unbelievably slain by MOUNTAIN TROLL in a 2 minute Dark Arena fight.
HELLION was murdered by SPYMASTER in a crowd pleasing 1 minute Dark Arena competition.
1291017151011 was slain by BLACK ORC in a 1 minute Dark Arena struggle.
AEGLOS overpowered NUMBER TWO in a 1 minute mismatched brawl.
GOOEYDUCK savagely defeated RAFFI THE GARROTE in a action packed 1 minute Title melee.
SWALLOWTAIL vanquished HAYDAN in a action packed 1 minute gruesome one-sided duel.
DESTINY overpowered M. CHARDINEE in a 3 minute one-sided fight.
THIRD CHARMER was handily defeated by BLACK DEVIN in a 1 minute one-sided bout.
BRICK WALL outlasted MONEYBAGS MEFRIN in a unpopular 14 minute bloody match.
SANDY'S EVIL TWIN was bested by SILLY PUTTY in a 4 minute novice's battle.
TEMERITY butchered CONVICTED THIEF in a 1 minute mismatched bout.
HELLACIOUS handily defeated GRALL THE DESERTER in a 1 minute uneven fight.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|LUNGING ATTACK                   7         LUNGING ATTACK    31 -   6 -  6      84  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    2         TOTAL PARRY        9 -   3 -  0      75  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      2         AIMED BLOW         6 -   3 -  1      67  |
|AIMED BLOW                       2         BASHING ATTACK     4 -   3 -  2      57  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  2         PARRY-RIPOSTE     15 -  12 -  0      56  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     1         SLASHING ATTACK    9 -   8 -  1      53  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  1         STRIKING ATTACK    7 -  10 -  0      41  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   1         PARRY-STRIKE       4 -   6 -  0      40  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    1         WALL OF STEEL      2 -   6 -  0      25  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      0         PARRY-LUNGE        0 -   1 -  0       0  |

Turn 509 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-RIPOSTE      2 -  0     PARRY-LUNGE        0 -  0         4  LUNGING ATTACK 
TOTAL PARRY        2 -  0     PARRY-STRIKE       0 -  1         2  PARRY-RIPOSTE  
LUNGING ATTACK     5 -  2     SLASHING ATTACK    0 -  2         2  TOTAL PARRY    
AIMED BLOW         1 -  1     STRIKING ATTACK    0 -  1         1  PARRY-STRIKE   
                              BASHING ATTACK     0 -  1         1  PARRY-LUNGE    
                              WALL OF STEEL      0 -  1         1  STRIKING ATTACK

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
LUNGING ATTACK   GOOEYDUCK 7434             14   2  0  105 LAB EXPERIMENTS (261)
PARRY-RIPOSTE    DESTINY 7506               11   7  1   93 SWEORDMASTERS (138)
TOTAL PARRY      BRICK WALL 7478            16   7  0   55 HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is HAYDAN 7356.  The most popular warrior this turn was 
DESTINY 7506.  The ten other most popular fighters were SWEETSPOT 7510, GOOEYDUCK 
7434, SWALLOWTAIL 7387, SANDY'S EVIL TWIN 7605, HELLACIOUS 7541, HARDWOOD 7513, 
SKEWER 7515, HELLION 7542, 1291017151011 7606, and AEGLOS 7468.

The least popular fighter this week was BRICK WALL 7478.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were SILLY PUTTY 7596, THIRD CHARMER 7595, NUMBER TWO 7422, TEMERITY 7574, 
HAYDAN 7356, AEGLOS 7468, 1291017151011 7606, HELLION 7542, SKEWER 7515, and HARDWOOD 
7513.

The following warriors have traveled to AD after fighting this turn:

THINREDONE (1-5751) LAB EXPERIMENTS (261)
JEJUNE (1-7386) MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537)