DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 09/19/2005    Duedate: 10/01/2005

MORDANT ARENA

DM-1    TURN-528

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

BRICK WALL
HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)
(1-7478) [28-14-0,105]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

BRICK WALL                     POSITION IS EMPTY
HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)        
(1-7478) [28-14-0,105]         

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

FLAIR                          FLAIR
WIND STORM (144)               WIND STORM (144)
(1-6169) [19-20-0,100]         (1-6169) [19-20-0,100]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. WIND STORM (144)            31
2. LAME SUPERHEROES (516)       7      LAME SUPERHEROES (516)
3. ARENA FELINES (559)          4      Unchartered Team
4. MIGHTY MORALS II (569)       0
5. HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)     -7      LETHAL HERITAGE (572)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1- 1*MIGHTY MORALS II (569)     6   0  0  100   1/ 1 HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)   7  8 0
 2/ 2 LAME SUPERHEROES (516)    11   5  2 68.8   2- 2*MIGHTY MORALS II (569)    3  0 0
 3/ 0 WIND STORM (144)         399 505 29 44.1   3/ 3 LAME SUPERHEROES (516)    3  0 0
 4/ 3 ARENA FELINES (559)       10  14  1 41.7   4/ 0 WIND STORM (144)          3  1 0
 5/ 4 HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)  411 626 12 39.6   5/ 4 ARENA FELINES (559)       1  3 0

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

                                 DUELMASTER'S COLUMN
                             Notes from the arena champ.

     I feel sorry for Raffi the Garrote.  Imagine trying to garrote a brick wall!
Anyway, here's the Wall's, um, statement.

     I do not compute "garrote."  It appears to be a guy wire, but there is nothing
in a position for it to stabilize.  Also, a proper construction would not need
stabilizing.  Therefore the garrote is not needed.  There is no purpose in its
presence.  It is merely ornamental.

                                      SPY REPORT

     Ready for some action-packed adventure, some thrills, chills and spills?  Well 
fergit it, cause this is the Spyreport for MORDANT.  MVP award for LAN?  WIND STORM's 
proud of him after beating GESHI SCRIVENER and getting 15 points.  Talk about yer big 
time losers!  BOTTLE OF BEER got smashed by KANDRIS, and lost 8 points!  Don't you 
think the Duelmaster is being unfair?  I think BRICK WALL should let FLAIR be 
Duelmaster for a while, without fighting about it.  I hear the top team insists all 
their warriors get nine hours sleep.  They want photogenic fighters for PR photos.   
     So just why would someone becomes a warrior anyway?  It can't be for these 
really neat Spyreports can it?  Like, is BOTTLE OF BEER popular, or what?  He was 
challenged the most in all of MORDANT!  He's got a 10-8-0, is that good?   
     Man, all these warriors dying and killing each other!  Don't you guys ever give 
it a break?  What if they had a fight and nobody showed up?  I'd be out of a job, 
that's what!!!   
     Remember, blood on a purple robe may stain.  Soak it in cold water, and hand 
wash.  I'm getting tired of writing this stuff, so I'm calling it quits.  Remember 
you guys, ease up sometimes!  Chill out!  Later, Debby Tonte  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 BRICK WALL 7478              28  14  0   105       HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 FLAIR 6169                   19  20  0   100       WIND STORM (144)
 HAYDAN 7356                  15  45  1    91       HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 KANDRIS 6612                  8   4  1    76       WIND STORM (144)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 KRAZY KAT 7525                4   2  0    56       ARENA FELINES (559)
 BOTTLE OF BEER 7620          10   8  0    52       HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)
 STUPENDOUS MAN 6996           7   3  1    44       LAME SUPERHEROES (516)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-HONESTY 7699                  2   0  0    33       MIGHTY MORALS II (569)
 ROOKIE MANAGER 7639           7   9  1    31       HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)
 MARCUS 6672                   4   4  0    29       WIND STORM (144)
-HONOR 7698                    2   0  0    29       MIGHTY MORALS II (569)
-JOY 7701                      2   0  0    28       MIGHTY MORALS II (569)
 LAN 6724                      2   1  0    25       WIND STORM (144)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 DEADLY BORE 7657              4  10  0    22       HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)
-BLACK CAT 7527                1   0  0    15       ARENA FELINES (559)
 TENDER VITTLES 7523           0   6  0    14       ARENA FELINES (559)
 LAP LOVER 7665                1   3  1     7       ARENA FELINES (559)

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

THE DEAD               W  L K TEAM NAME             SLAIN BY             TURN Revenge?

                                     PERSONAL ADS

Deadly Bore -- You practically TALKED me to death, you <several expletives deleted>.
I'm amazed you had the breath to "fight." -- Slen Snotnose

Rookie Manager -- (patting him on the back)  Don't let it upset you.  This kind of

thing could happen to anybody.  Besides, it will be, or have been, a valuable
experience for you when you come to run warriors of your own.  And you DID survive,
which is the important thing. -- Lieutenant Worrel

Haydan -- You're a fool, boy.  Don't let anyone tell you differently. -- Chark
Forkbeard

Bottle of Beer -- (bowing respectfully)  This one humbly suggests that you drink less
beer before the fights. -- Tien-Shu of Genrai

Brick Wall -- Where do you get off calling yourself a gladiator?  Nobody should have
to spend ten minutes beating his head against a brick wall!  I would have stopped,
but Arenamaster Kakar's got it in for me and wouldn't let me. -- Raffi the Garrote

Tien-Shu of Genrai -- I hate it when someone comes along, snatches the bottle out of
my hand, and then kicks me in the whatfor.  I don't NEED this, you know. -- Bottle of
Beer

Chark Forkbeard -- I knew a man once who had a spoon beard. -- Haydan

Lieutenant Worel just came up and BROKE MY ARM!  We hadn't even been introduced!  I
didn't have a chance to put my Glowing Red Eyes drops in. -- Rookie Manager

Slen Snotnose -- I think you should use a hankie, although a siphon might do better,
or maybe you should take a decongestant, which might help since your nose isn't
running as fast as my cousin's friend's brother's nose did, but then, it couldn't
because of you being so much smaller because my cousin's friend is Shewish and you
know what THEIR noses are like, not to mention the wheat diet increases mucus
production, which reminds me that you could try cutting the wheat out of your diet,
yes, okay, no more sweet rolls, but do you need them with that potbelly you're
getting, and what about--

Tripwire -- Are you here invisibly?  We eagerly await a chance to fight something
other than standbys. -- Nick, Homicidal Maniacs

15 September 2005
                             HAMMER ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT

     Be it known from the highest mountains to the darkest alleys of Alastari that
the veteran manager known far and wide as Hammer has now officially retired from
sponsoring contests as of September 15, 2005.
     What a long time ago was a fun motivated activity to help promote our common
DM/D2 gaming interest in an effort to promote the growth and competitiveness of
selected arenas has become a far from fun experience.
     In other words Hammer has had it!
     The combination of real life situations interfering with the time needed to
effectively sponsor a contest, plus the attitudes expressed during such sponsorship
interference has led to Hammer closing his personal coin coffers and retiring from
his planned sponsorship of any future contests.
     There are others in our close knit gaming community who are well able to step up
to the plate and continue sponsoring contests that make the basic game a fun
experience for all those who choose to compete and interact in such future endeavors.
     Hammer thanks all managers both active and inactive who helped to make the
Hammer sponsored contests a historical and entertaining experience well worth the
time, effort and money spent over the past several years.
     May the Cheers and the Jeers of future contests build upon the legacies of those
who have paved the way in years gone by to help make this game what it is today.
     Hammer has no regrets for the part he has played in that history.

19 September 2005
I'd like to say hello to everyone I know that is still around after my being gone for

five years.  Hope to see you all on the sands, and may your weapons strike true and
your shields protect you (except, of course, against MY warriors *grin*)!! -- Lord
Xiang, D2-101

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

BRICK WALL bested FLAIR in a action packed 5 minute brutal master's Title fight.
HAYDAN was overcome by TIEN-SHU OF GENRAI in a 1 minute one-sided match.
BOTTLE OF BEER was vanquished by KANDRIS in a 1 minute mismatched brawl.
KRAZY KAT overpowered MONEYBAGS MEFRIN in a 1 minute one-sided fight.
STUPENDOUS MAN devastated DEADLY BORE in a 1 minute gory uneven brawl.
ROOKIE MANAGER bested TENDER VITTLES in a 2 minute match.
MARCUS devastated LAP LOVER in a 1 minute gruesome one-sided competition.
LAN vanquished GESHI SCRIVENER in a 1 minute uneven duel.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|STRIKING ATTACK                  3         PARRY-STRIKE       5 -   1 -  0      83  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  2         TOTAL PARRY       17 -   5 -  1      77  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    2         LUNGING ATTACK    31 -  10 -  2      76  |
|AIMED BLOW                       1         STRIKING ATTACK   16 -  10 -  3      62  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     1         BASHING ATTACK    12 -   9 -  1      57  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   1         SLASHING ATTACK    9 -   8 -  0      53  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      1         AIMED BLOW         1 -   1 -  0      50  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      1         WALL OF STEEL      6 -  14 -  1      30  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   1         PARRY-RIPOSTE      0 -   1 -  0       0  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    0         PARRY-LUNGE        0 -   3 -  0       0  |

Turn 528 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:

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

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
TOTAL PARRY      BRICK WALL 7478            28  14  0  105 HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)
PARRY-STRIKE     KANDRIS 6612                8   4  1   76 WIND STORM (144)
STRIKING ATTACK  KRAZY KAT 7525              4   2  0   56 ARENA FELINES (559)
BASHING ATTACK   BOTTLE OF BEER 7620        10   8  0   52 HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)
LUNGING ATTACK   STUPENDOUS MAN 6996         7   3  1   44 LAME SUPERHEROES (516)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is FLAIR 6169.  The most popular warrior this turn was 
FLAIR 6169.  The ten other most popular fighters were ROOKIE MANAGER 7639, BRICK WALL 
7478, KRAZY KAT 7525, MARCUS 6672, KANDRIS 6612, STUPENDOUS MAN 6996, LAN 6724, 
HAYDAN 7356, BOTTLE OF BEER 7620, and DEADLY BORE 7657.

The least popular fighter this week was LAP LOVER 7665.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were TENDER VITTLES 7523, DEADLY BORE 7657, BOTTLE OF BEER 7620, HAYDAN 
7356, LAN 6724, STUPENDOUS MAN 6996, KANDRIS 6612, MARCUS 6672, KRAZY KAT 7525, and 
BRICK WALL 7478.