DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER
Date : 10/17/2005 Duedate: 10/29/2005
MORDANT ARENA
DM-1 TURN-530
This Weeks Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
FLAIR
WIND STORM (144)
(1-6169) [21-20-0,126]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
FLAIR LAST REBEL
WIND STORM (144) JGW PERISHABLE (409)
(1-6169) [21-20-0,126] (1-5896) [1-0-0,17]
Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite
FLAIR DEADLY BORE
WIND STORM (144) HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)
(1-6169) [21-20-0,126] (1-7657) [5-11-0,30]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
WIND STORM (144)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. VORTEX (571) 59
2. WIND STORM (144) 44 BLOODFANG CLAN (385)
3. JGW PERISHABLE (409) 17 Unchartered Team
4. HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121) 11
5. LAME SUPERHEROES (516) 0 JGW PERISHABLE (409)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1/ 0*JGW PERISHABLE (409) 1 0 0 100 1/ 1 WIND STORM (144) 10 4 0
2/ 0*VORTEX (571) 4 1 0 80.0 2/ 2 HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121) 6 9 0
3- 1 LAME SUPERHEROES (516) 12 5 2 70.6 3/ 0*VORTEX (571) 4 1 0
4/ 2 BLOODFANG CLAN (385) 109 114 12 48.9 4- 3 LAME SUPERHEROES (516) 2 0 0
5/ 3 WIND STORM (144) 406 508 29 44.4 5/ 4 BLOODFANG CLAN (385) 2 6 0
6- 4 ARENA FELINES (559) 10 14 1 41.7 6/ 0*JGW PERISHABLE (409) 1 0 0
7/ 5 HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121) 415 632 12 39.6 7- 5 ARENA FELINES (559) 1 2 0
'*' Unchartered team '-' Team did not fight this turn
(###) Avoid teams by their Team Id ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank
TEAM SPOTLIGHT
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---===DELARQUAN REGIONAL NEWS===---
Duelmasters
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DM 1 MORDANT (turn 529): FLAIR of WIND STORM (Lord Xiang, mgr.)
DM 2 NIANIA (turn 414): MELLITA of THE GOLDEN FISH (Nick, mgr.)
DM 3 OSKSI (turn 537): WIRLITZ of SORCERY COVENANT (Visionist, mgr.)
DM 4 JHELUM (turn 533): PUSSY-FOOTED of ARENA FELINES (Garfield, mgr.)
DM 5 KALTOS (turn 532): MOUSE DAVIS of PARTY ANIMALS (Crip, mgr.)
DM 6 TRANSEL (turn 536): COOKIE FOR THE SOUL of HOLE IN THE WALL (The Muffin Man)
DM 7 BONSUR (turn 533): HAILSTORM of WASTELAND II (The Muffin Man, mgr.)
DM 10 KOLACT (turn 528): SIR REALISTIC of SIR AGLIO (Sultan, mgr.)
DM 18 TALCAMA (turn 519): ALTON of BURN N' PILLAGE (Jolly, mgr.)
DM 21 SUNSET (turn 518): ASHANDAR of AGE OF EMPIRE (Doc Steele, mgr.)
DM 36 JHANS (turn 492): NIKITA of BABES (Papa Bear, mgr.)
DM 38 CLIFFHOME (turn 482): SIR LICKSALOT of ARENA FELINES (Garfield, mgr.)
DM 39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 213): OUTLAW STAR of DARQUE ANGELS (Master Darque, mgr.)
DM 42 RODEKI (turn 470): OSTMAN of WAY OF THE SWORD A3 (Vhagar, mgr.)
DM 51 TRICORUS (turn 418): WILLIE MCGEE of ALL-UGLY TEAM (The Sentinel, mgr.)
DM 54 TROCAR (turn 199): POSITION IS EMPTY
DM 59 ILLIS (turn 187): EVANGELION of IMPROVED ILLUSION (Phantasm, mgr.)
DM 62 VALAMANTIS (turn 368): RELENTLESS of THE BEARS (Papa Bear, mgr.)
DM 72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 163): DRUWEZ of GLACIATION GUILD II (Sir Chester, mgr.)
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 411): WIGGLER of THUNDR + LITENING from TALCAMA (Doc Steele)
Top Teams
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DM 1 MORDANT (turn 529): WIND STORM (Lord Xiang, mgr.)
DM 2 NIANIA (turn 414): THE GOLDEN FISH (Nick, mgr.)
DM 3 OSKSI (turn 537): GAMES LIBRARY (Nick, mgr.)
DM 4 JHELUM (turn 533): THE SHALLOWSHIP (?, mgr.)
DM 5 KALTOS (turn 532): THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (Nick, mgr.)
DM 6 TRANSEL (turn 536): THE LADY'S LIST (A-Sop, mgr.)
DM 7 BONSUR (turn 533): WASTELAND II (The Muffin Man, mgr.)
DM 10 KOLACT (turn 528): SIR AGLIO (Sultan, mgr.)
DM 18 TALCAMA (turn 519): WASTELAND (The Muffin Man, mgr.)
DM 21 SUNSET (turn 518): AGE OF EMPIRE (Doc Steele, mgr.)
DM 36 JHANS (turn 492): ABSTRACT (Xerxes, mgr.)
DM 38 CLIFFHOME (turn 482): JINDA-BAN (Nick, mgr.)
DM 39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 213): CRIMINAL ELEMENT (Fizban, mgr.)
DM 42 RODEKI (turn 470): COLOR ME SUAVE (Suave, mgr.)
DM 51 TRICORUS (turn 418): RONIN (Rosebud, mgr.)
DM 54 TROCAR (turn 199): SEA DOGS (One-Armed Bandit, mgr.)
DM 59 ILLIS (turn 187): CHAPEL ROCK (Crip, mgr.)
DM 62 VALAMANTIS (turn 368): MIDDLE WAY 10 (Nick, mgr.)
DM 72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 163): TWISTED SISTERS (Savant, mgr.)
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 411): BLACK PRIMERS, etc. (Doc Steele, mgr.)
Recent Graduates
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DM 2 NIANIA (turn 413): YOBER of OF WOLF AND MAN 6 (Tripwire, mgr.)
DM 3 OSKSI (turn 537): WIRLITZ of SORCERY COVENANT (Visionist, mgr.)
DM 4 JHELUM (turn 533): PUSSY-FOOTED of ARENA FELINES (Garfield, mgr.)
DM 5 KALTOS (turn 531): BULL DURHAM of PARTY ANIMALS (Crip, mgr.)
DM 7 BONSUR (turn 533): HAILSTORM of WASTELAND II (The Muffin Man, mgr.)
DM 18 TALCAMA (turn 519): ALTON of BURN N' PILLAGE (Jolly, mgr.)
BILLY THE SQUID of SEA DOGS (One-Armed Bandit, mgr.)
(turn 518): WILL THE BIKER of NEXT GENERATION (Assurnasirbanipal)
PREBIRTH of BURN N' PILLAGE (Jolly, mgr.)
DM 36 JHANS (turn 491): SASQUATCH COWBOY of LEGENDARY BASTARDS ( ! , mgr.)
DM 54 TROCAR (turn 198): FRED WEASLEY of GRYFFINDOR HOUSE2 (Godric Gryffindor)
DM 59 ILLIS (turn 187): EVANGELION of IMPROVED ILLUSION (Phantasm, mgr.)
DUELMASTER'S COLUMN
Notes from the arena champ.
It is I, Flair, your Duelmistress this past turn. I cannot say enough what an honor
it is to be here after such a long wait. *sniff* This hall is too drab, so I
ordered it redecorated. There are warriors scrubbing hallways, while servants clean
the armor and sharpen weapons. I've also put Brick Wall in charge of picking out the
wall decorations. *scratches head* Though I'm not sure that bed pan will stay up
over the mantle.
It seems I'm fabulously popular with the fans of Mordant, as it SHOULD be. *flicks
long, blonde hair over her shoulder* I'm not just the current best warrior of the
city, I'm also beautiful, alluring, and physically, um, fit. I'm sure my fighting
skills figured into the popularity polls...somehow.
Lord Xiang mentioned that he believes I need to hold this seat for two more turns
before Lady Greywand calls me for service upon the Isle. I hope he is right, as it
will take longer than that for Rookie Manager to finish painting the arena pink, and
I just CAN'T stand bare stone for much longer than that! I'd have the rest of Wind
Storm help, you see, but they are too busy at the moment. I'm getting a pedicure,
manicure, facial, as well as sending two out to go get my dry cleaning.
I'd like to pass on my respect and thanks to Brick Wall for letting me take my spin
up here. I guess I'll let that bed pan stay after all.
Hopefully, I'll talk to you again from up here. Until then, Hayden gets the nod. --
Flair
SPY REPORT
Well, what are you looking at, MORDANT? Ain't you never seen Snide Clemens
before? Ah, shaddup and listen to my news. MORDANT saw the first turn for VORTEX, a
4-1-0, and some teams are scared, others are too arrogant to notice. Take note
friends, take note. Of course, we're all terribly impressed to see LAST REBEL win a
fight and gain 17 points, terribly. Tsk, tsk, BOTTLE OF BEER beat LAN and LAN lost 5
points. You're breakin' my heart. FLAIR challenged HAYDAN for MORDANT's Title this
turn, and guess what happened? And if variety is the spice of life, MORDANT may be
getting bland, as FLAIR stays top dog in the city. Kickbacks and bribes, kickbacks
and bribes, how else do you think some of these guys win their fights? Skill? Ha!
He who fights and runs away will live to fight another day, the coward. WIND
STORM, I suppose you'll be glad to know you were this turn's most avoided team. Care
to know who is the most afraid of you? And who led the way in this mass act of
cowardice? Let's see, well, whatcha know? It was BLOODFANG CLAN. Ha ha ha ha!
KANDRIS was challenged more times this turn than the Duelmaster. Now was the DM
insulted or feared? Heh, heh. KANDRIS was challenged by one of BLOODFANG CLAN's
warriors this turn, with GLORIA BLOODSTONE having a lead of 22 points going into the
fight. This is the sort of thing that makes the price of admission to MORDANT's
games worth it! GLORIA BLOODSTONE was bested by KANDRIS!!
Ah, now we come to my favorite part, where we see all the guys who are dead and
gone, and get to see if their team cared. Honor is like a chainmail shirt, it only
shines through use. Certain nameless cowards will doubtless rebuke me on this one.
What does the MORDANT arena have in common with the inns? It's just as
comfortable to sleep in either place. Ha ha ha ha! Phlllt! Just had to do that
before I leave the fine city of MORDANT. I feel much better now. Paste this one in
your scrapbooks, you'll need the kindling come this winter-- Snide Clemens
DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
FLAIR 6169 21 20 0 126 WIND STORM (144)
CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
BRICK WALL 7478 29 15 0 102 HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)
CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
HAYDAN 7356 16 46 1 95 HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
KANDRIS 6612 9 5 1 90 WIND STORM (144)
GLORIA BLOODSTONE 6035 13 12 3 70 BLOODFANG CLAN (385)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-KRAZY KAT 7525 4 2 0 56 ARENA FELINES (559)
-STUPENDOUS MAN 6996 8 3 1 54 LAME SUPERHEROES (516)
BOTTLE OF BEER 7620 11 9 0 51 HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)
MARCUS 6672 6 4 0 50 WIND STORM (144)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
ROOKIE MANAGER 7639 7 11 1 33 HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)
DEADLY BORE 7657 5 11 0 30 HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)
LAN 6724 3 2 0 25 WIND STORM (144)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
BLOODFANG STALKER 6341 3 2 0 17 BLOODFANG CLAN (385)
LAST REBEL 5896 1 0 0 17 JGW PERISHABLE (409)
-BLACK CAT 7527 1 0 0 15 ARENA FELINES (559)
T.S. MANAGER 7738 1 0 0 15 VORTEX (571)
T.S. TALON VOLKSIE 7740 1 0 0 15 VORTEX (571)
T.S. POISON IVY 7737 1 0 0 15 VORTEX (571)
-TENDER VITTLES 7523 0 6 0 14 ARENA FELINES (559)
T.S. FLOYDD 7736 1 0 0 13 VORTEX (571)
-LAP LOVER 7665 1 3 1 7 ARENA FELINES (559)
BOOMER 7741 1 0 0 7 WIND STORM (144)
T.S. NEON NECRO 7739 0 1 0 1 VORTEX (571)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
TOOTHLESS 001 7743 0 1 0 BLOODFANG CLAN 385 BLACK ORC 565 530 NONE
DIE 7735 0 1 0 BLOODFANG CLAN 385 BLACK ORC 565 530 NONE
PERSONAL ADS
Nick -- I want to apologize up front for the challenges (three issued) I made this
turn. With slim pickings, I tried to get the best matchups I could this turn for my
team. I have it on good authority several teams will be returning to Mordant soon.
Sorry for any inconvenience, my friend. -- Lord Xiang
P.S. Not that we don't match up three times a week as it is. *grin*
Deadly Bore -- 'Twas a good fight, with decent learns for us both. Will see ya again
on the sands, I'm sure. -- Lan
Gloria Bloodstone -- OUCHIE!! Well, at least a got a decent set of learns for the
consolation prize. Congrats, and welcome back!! -- Kandris
Bloodfang Clan -- Welcome back to Mordant! Who manages such fine warriors? -- Lord
Xiang, Wind Storm
Rookie Manager -- Sorry about that man-handling. A cutie in the stands was giving me
a come-on and you were in the way. *grin* -- Marcus
P.S. Thanks for the learns!!
Lame Superheroes -- Bring on the rest of your team for some variety on the sands.
Please? -- Lord Xiang
Gladiatorial Commission -- I'm not a dwarf...I'm a vertically challenged Shew! --
Marcus
P.S. Please send us whatever forms need to be filled out with the city to correct
this oversight!!
I have passed your request on to Customer Service. -- Ed.
Ed. -- Have you a list of the managers active in Mordant you can post for me, please?
Thanks!! -- Lord Xiang
Here's what I have. This is teams listed in last turn's newsletter. If I've
gotten anyone's name wrong, just let me know and I'll fix it. -- The Saint,
keeper of lists
ARENA FELINES Garfield LAME SUPERHEROES LHI
BLOODFANG CLAN ? WIND STORM Lord Xiang
HOMICIDAL MANIACS Nick
Flair -- This blueprint is smudged. Do I see bricks of differently colored clays
laid in complex geometric patterns in order to impart a secondary grace to a
structure? It is plumb and stable, the secondary effects are secondary. -- Bottle of
Beer, channeling the Brick Wall
Stupendous Man -- That was amazingly stupendous. How did you do it? -- Bottle of
Beer
Somebody should explain to Chark Forkbeard the difference between a fork and a spoon.
It was a spoon that his beard resembled. Or maybe even a shovel. -- Haydan
Lan -- Nick has forbidden the Bore to write another personal this year, or be sent to
the Dark Arena. So you just get me saying, "Good fight, but why didn't you kill the
idiot?" -- Bottle of Beer, doing too much around the guildhouse these days
Marcus -- Well, I did consider managing nothing but dwarves, but then I thought, gee,
dwarves are so quarrelsome and arrogant, do I want that? And besides, they're short,
and they all have Pushy Little Snot Syndrome, and I know I don't want THAT. So I'm
not going to manage any dwarves on MY team. -- Rookie Manager
Flair -- Let's NOT getting into the question of ratings with the Brick Wall. It
doesn't understand the concept. And besides, there have been warriors of the same
style who have graduated with no ratings or just one. And the Wall HAS one rating.
-- Bottle of Beer
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
5 October 2005
To those once of Willaf -- It's time to come back to the sands. I'm back,
exclusively at Willaf.... -- Kurd the Vivisectionist, Your Better
12 October 2005
Magic Man -- You are a fellow Canadian, are you not? Where do you hail from? I live
in Kelowna, B.C. -- Maximillian, 8,13, 28, 47, 54
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
TOOTHLESS 001 was viciously butchered by BLACK ORC in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
DIE was slaughtered by BLACK ORC in a 1 minute gruesome Dark Arena battle.
FLAIR demolished HAYDAN in a crowd pleasing 1 minute uneven Challenge Title fight.
GLORIA BLOODSTONE was devastated by KANDRIS in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge fight.
LAN was demolished by BOTTLE OF BEER in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge competition.
BLOODFANG STALKER slimly lost to DEADLY BORE in a 3 minute Challenge fight.
BRICK WALL bested SILISA THE SNAKE in a action packed 4 minute veteran's competition.
MARCUS vanquished ROOKIE MANAGER in a 1 minute uneven duel.
LAST REBEL won victory over T.S. NEON NECRO in a 2 minute fight.
T.S. POISON IVY won victory over GESHI SCRIVENER in a 5 minute novice's duel.
T.S. MANAGER overpowered SLEN SNOTNOSE in a 1 minute uneven match.
T.S. TALON VOLKSIE overpowered SLEN SNOTNOSE in a 1 minute one-sided fight.
BOOMER subdued SLEN SNOTNOSE in a unpopular 5 minute amateur's competition.
T.S. FLOYDD demolished CONVICTED THIEF in a 1 minute mismatched match.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|BASHING ATTACK 4 TOTAL PARRY 13 - 4 - 0 76 |
|TOTAL PARRY 3 AIMED BLOW 3 - 1 - 0 75 |
|WALL OF STEEL 3 LUNGING ATTACK 18 - 8 - 0 69 |
|STRIKING ATTACK 3 PARRY-LUNGE 2 - 1 - 0 67 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 2 PARRY-STRIKE 5 - 3 - 0 63 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 2 BASHING ATTACK 14 - 9 - 1 61 |
|AIMED BLOW 1 STRIKING ATTACK 14 - 10 - 3 58 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 1 SLASHING ATTACK 9 - 8 - 0 53 |
|LUNGING ATTACK 1 WALL OF STEEL 7 - 13 - 0 35 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 0 - 0 0 |
Turn 530 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 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 0 2 STRIKING ATTACK
PARRY-LUNGE 1 - 0 LUNGING ATTACK 0 - 1 2 LUNGING ATTACK
PARRY-STRIKE 2 - 0 SLASHING ATTACK 0 - 2 1 PARRY-LUNGE
TOTAL PARRY 3 - 0 STRIKING ATTACK 0 - 3 1 TOTAL PARRY
BASHING ATTACK 3 - 1 1 PARRY-STRIKE
WALL OF STEEL 2 - 1 1 BASHING ATTACK
1 AIMED BLOW
1 SLASHING ATTACK
1 WALL OF STEEL
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
PARRY-LUNGE FLAIR 6169 21 20 0 126 WIND STORM (144)
TOTAL PARRY BRICK WALL 7478 29 15 0 102 HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)
PARRY-STRIKE KANDRIS 6612 9 5 1 90 WIND STORM (144)
LUNGING ATTACK GLORIA BLOODSTONE 6035 13 12 3 70 BLOODFANG CLAN (385)
BASHING ATTACK BOTTLE OF BEER 7620 11 9 0 51 HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)
AIMED BLOW MARCUS 6672 6 4 0 50 WIND STORM (144)
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
DEADLY BORE 7657. The ten other most popular fighters were FLAIR 6169, MARCUS 6672,
TOOTHLESS 001 7743, BOTTLE OF BEER 7620, LAST REBEL 5896, HAYDAN 7356, KANDRIS 6612,
BLOODFANG STALKER 6341, BRICK WALL 7478, and T.S. NEON NECRO 7739.
The least popular fighter this week was BOOMER 7741. The other ten least popular
fighters were T.S. POISON IVY 7737, ROOKIE MANAGER 7639, LAN 6724, GLORIA BLOODSTONE
6035, DIE 7735, T.S. FLOYDD 7736, T.S. TALON VOLKSIE 7740, T.S. MANAGER 7738, T.S.
NEON NECRO 7739, and BRICK WALL 7478.
NEW GRADUATES--FROM ALL ARENAS (INCLUDING CLOSED ARENAS)
For those of you who keep track of such things, 12 additional warriors graduated
from regular DM arenas (including closed arenas) since the last tournament.
PETER (4-1642) of THE BAD BUNNIES
PHILLIP THE BIRD (40-3708) of CRUEL PET NAMES
MILES HITS THE ROAD (69-7270) of CRUMBLING LEAGUE
ROCKWELL (7-5003) of UNDEAD ARTISTS
FURRY BOX (72-4314) of BRIAN LOCK
0001 (82-12389) of OCT 2001 1
0002 (82-12390) of OCT 2001 1
SACRIFICE (82-12669) of GAMES PEOPLE PLAY
HARRY SELDON (82-18333) of FOUNDATION ARMY
PSYCHO BITCH (82-18670) of SANDY TOO
??RADAR?? (82-20310) of DYSLEXICS UNTIE! II
LITA (82-27080) of DARK TOADS 04D
Congrats to the grads. -- Green Eyes