DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER Date : 04/02/2007 Duedate: 04/14/2007 MORDANT ARENA DM-1 TURN-568 This Weeks Top Honors THE DUELMASTER IS BLACK PLAGUE DEATH'S DOOR (129) (1-1720) [22-20-0,112] Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader BLACK PLAGUE BRANDY DEATH'S DOOR (129) BOOZE (605) (1-1720) [22-20-0,112] (1-8073) [1-1-0,21] Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite BLACK PLAGUE CALIS DEATH'S DOOR (129) DESOLATE TEMPLE (586) (1-1720) [22-20-0,112] (1-7849) [12-15-0,55] THE CURRENT TOP TEAM ROMAN EMPIRE (531) TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team 1. ROMAN EMPIRE (531) 55 2. SEA DOGS (575) 31 SEA DOGS (575) 3. DEATH'S DOOR (129) 24 Unchartered Team 4. BOOZE (605) 21 5. LAB EXPERIMENTS (261) 16 BOOZE (605) The Top Teams Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K 1- 1*THE MINISTRY (599) 6 1 2 85.7 1/ 5 ROMAN EMPIRE (531) 10 4 0 2/ 2 SEA DOGS (575) 77 47 1 62.1 2/ 4 SEA DOGS (575) 10 5 0 3- 3 BLACK ARSENAL (237) 11 7 0 61.1 3/ 1 MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537) 9 4 0 4- 4*RUSTED ARMOR (603) 21 14 1 60.0 4/ 3 SHE'S CRAFTY (592) 8 5 0 5/ 5 MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537) 221 184 32 54.6 5/10 DEATH'S DOOR (129) 6 4 0 6/ 6 DEATH'S DOOR (129) 111 98 1 53.1 6/ 2 SWEORDMASTERS (138) 6 7 0 7/ 7 SWEORDMASTERS (138) 458 415 57 52.5 7- 9 BLACK ARSENAL (237) 3 1 0 8/ 9 LIVE FROM MOSCOW! (576) 50 47 0 51.5 8/ 8 LAB EXPERIMENTS (261) 3 8 0 9/10 SHE'S CRAFTY (592) 58 55 4 51.3 9/11 DESOLATE TEMPLE (586) 3 12 0 10/12 LAB EXPERIMENTS (261) 366 371 41 49.7 10- 7*THE MINISTRY (599) 2 0 1 11/11 DESOLATE TEMPLE (586) 66 69 5 48.9 11- 6*RUSTED ARMOR (603) 2 3 0 12/13 THE BLACK EXPRESS (241) 34 37 3 47.9 12/12 THE BLACK EXPRESS (241) 2 3 0 13/14 ROMAN EMPIRE (531) 297 333 20 47.1 13/13 LIVE FROM MOSCOW! (576) 2 4 0 14/15*BOOZE (605) 3 10 1 23.1 14-14*THE ASGARDIANS (602) 1 2 0 15-16*THE ASGARDIANS (602) 5 23 0 17.9 15/15*BOOZE (605) 1 6 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 MANNEQUIN'S BEST was unseated this week as ROMAN EMPIRE moved up from 5th ranking to take the top spot with a 5-0-0 record for the round. Fortune did not smile upon RUSTED ARMOR this time out who this turn suffered a fall into 11th position in the wake of a 0-0-0 round. Warriors--remember that glory waits always around the corner! Witness how this week DEATH'S DOOR went 3-2-0 to move up 5 in the rankings. My praise to ROMAN EMPIRE for their 5-0-0 week this time out. Indeed, it was a skillfully fought round deserving of notice! BRANDY caught the eye of many in the gladiatorial commission as she skillfully bested GESHI SCRIVENER and was awarded 20 points in recognition. In one of the week's more notable duels, SOULTANCHOR put down ENURAM, causing it to lose 12 points of recognition in the process. Due to his absence and inability to defend the throne, PRODIGAL SON has lost the title of Duelmaster. The city has turned out in honor of BLACK PLAGUE, for with his arena victory he may now lay claim to the highest position in the city! Informants "close" to the city champion have told me that he never fights without pantyhose on beneath his armor. Watch out! Many and various are the arts of battle. In MORDANT "art" is a word that has long since passed from the language! My inside sources tell me that the team to beat in MORDANT these days is SWEORDMASTERS. At least, most blades in town are looking to avoid them. Methinks more than a few here could name the guild it was that spent the better part of last week avoiding SWEORDMASTERS. Indeed it was SHE'S CRAFTY. Loose talk at the arena has reached my ears and it but confirms the knowledge that many fighters are after GLUTIUS MAXIMUS. Watch your back! As a gladiator gets older, the icy grip of fear lays hold of hers heart. True, BASHFUL? Who could miss your "brave" challenge of GLUTIUS MAXIMUS? Surprising everyone, GLUTIUS MAXIMUS overcame BASHFUL, earning 12 points of recognition in the process! A knave's just desserts are the sweetest victory. Vendettas. Bloodied blades and broken spears. Indeed the city has seen more than its fair share of red in recent times. Fate is a fickle mistress. She showers the miserable with fortune but sets enemies against the victorious. Remember this! If it were not for my skills as a spy I would have been mugged three times already in MORDANT. Nice atmosphere you have here! Sadly warriors, now longer can I keep thy company nor savor the ale of thy fine city. Depart I must and soon! Till next we meet remember - the pen is mightier than the sword, but a maul is a different story!-- Zontani Sharp Eyes DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME BLACK PLAGUE 1720 22 20 0 112 DEATH'S DOOR (129) CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -PRODIGAL SON 7937 16 3 0 133 MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537) -CHEESE WHIZ 7821 14 4 3 114 LAB EXPERIMENTS (261) GLUTIUS MAXIMUS 7906 16 9 1 109 ROMAN EMPIRE (531) HATCH BATTENER 8014 9 3 0 105 SEA DOGS (575) COMICUS 7207 16 15 0 99 ROMAN EMPIRE (531) WOEBEGONE 7795 18 12 1 98 SWEORDMASTERS (138) SOULTANCHOR 7980 10 6 2 93 LAB EXPERIMENTS (261) CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME BELY MEDVED 7751 16 9 0 90 LIVE FROM MOSCOW! (576) FULL METAL MINX 7900 12 11 0 85 SHE'S CRAFTY (592) MAKESHIFT ANCHOR 7724 17 12 0 81 SEA DOGS (575) BALLAST 7727 14 13 0 80 SEA DOGS (575) HORTATOR 7791 12 8 1 80 SEA DOGS (575) PRAESENTIUS 7996 9 6 0 76 ROMAN EMPIRE (531) RELLIK 7852 15 12 0 72 DESOLATE TEMPLE (586) ENURAM 7851 16 11 3 71 DESOLATE TEMPLE (586) N'AZADAR 7850 13 14 2 68 DESOLATE TEMPLE (586) -FEYEVER 7993 6 3 2 68 SWEORDMASTERS (138) CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME ZIMA 7750 15 10 0 63 LIVE FROM MOSCOW! (576) CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME POCKET ROCKET 8059 4 2 0 63 MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537) -BLACK ILLUSION 2810 9 4 0 62 THE BLACK EXPRESS (241) SIMPLICITY 7995 10 6 1 61 LAB EXPERIMENTS (261) TYPHOID MARY 7941 7 10 0 61 DEATH'S DOOR (129) SWEET STUFF 7966 13 6 1 60 MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537) KEITH RICHARDS 7927 8 10 0 60 DEATH'S DOOR (129) LARRY KING 7893 12 9 0 58 DEATH'S DOOR (129) WINDREAVER 8000 9 6 1 57 SWEORDMASTERS (138) ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME CALIS 7849 12 15 0 55 DESOLATE TEMPLE (586) KAZACH 7853 10 17 0 55 DESOLATE TEMPLE (586) REAPING BEAUTY 8032 7 3 0 55 SHE'S CRAFTY (592) MISS TEAK 8015 7 5 0 52 SEA DOGS (575) -COPPERHEAD 8040 5 2 1 51 RUSTED ARMOR (603) BLACK ASTROLOGY 2783 10 6 0 44 THE BLACK EXPRESS (241) SEIUS GLABRIO 7978 7 9 1 44 ROMAN EMPIRE (531) -BLACK RITE 3524 4 3 0 41 BLACK ARSENAL (237) CROWBARBIE 8041 5 5 0 40 SHE'S CRAFTY (592) CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME SLAP PAPPY 8021 7 5 1 32 MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537) LUNG CANCER 7977 6 7 0 30 DEATH'S DOOR (129) -UNDERTAKER 7983 2 0 1 30 THE MINISTRY (599) STEEPLEJACK 8031 7 3 0 28 SWEORDMASTERS (138) -GRUMPET 8038 7 0 0 27 RUSTED ARMOR (603) VANE 8044 4 3 0 24 SWEORDMASTERS (138) INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -MIDIAN 7984 2 0 1 21 THE MINISTRY (599) BRANDY 8073 1 1 0 21 BOOZE (605) -BLACK ANOMALY 2747 2 0 0 17 BLACK ARSENAL (237) LION DUNG 8070 2 0 0 17 ROMAN EMPIRE (531) -THUNDERSTRUCK 8039 4 3 0 15 RUSTED ARMOR (603) -VENGENCE 7982 1 0 0 15 THE MINISTRY (599) -IRONCLAD 8037 3 4 0 14 RUSTED ARMOR (603) -THOROR IRONHAND 8026 3 4 0 13 THE ASGARDIANS (602) -VISCERA 7985 1 0 0 13 THE MINISTRY (599) -TANKERBELL 8053 3 1 0 10 SHE'S CRAFTY (592) HEIDI? 8050 1 6 0 9 LAB EXPERIMENTS (261) -THE CHAMP 8069 1 0 0 5 THE ASGARDIANS (602) -HUNTRESS 8063 1 1 0 4 RUSTED ARMOR (603) -KRYL RANN 8061 0 1 0 2 THE ASGARDIANS (602) -SHAKTI HUNZREN 8066 0 2 0 2 THE ASGARDIANS (602) -SANITARIM 8060 0 1 0 1 THE ASGARDIANS (602) -GANGREL 7986 0 1 0 1 THE MINISTRY (599) SOUR MASH 8074 0 1 0 1 BOOZE (605) '-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn. THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge? PROPAGANDA 7747 9 13 0 LIVE FROM MOSCOW! 576 FEYEVER 7993 565 PERSONAL ADS Mordant -- My graduation is also my retirement, so hopefully my final challenge against Glutius Maximus goes through and I win (I opted to skip the DA to assist FMM with nabbing the throne). Of course, if I lose, then it will make retirement all the more fitting. While many have seen my face, here is a look at my soul: 17-7-11-21-9- 11-11 with AE in Init, AE in Decise, Master in Attack, Exp in Parry. My team has had many mentors, but Lord Xiang and JGW gave me my initial lessons in bashing away the competition, so big thanks to them. I'll miss you all, especially Woebegone, since I never missed him in the arena. -- Bashful Geishi Scrivener -- Dodge skill? All right, other skills now! Rest in peace! -- Undertaker Take the skills you get and say, "Thank you." -- Arenamaster Kakar Thoror Ironhand -- Don't take it personally, you fought well.. for an oaf! -- Midian All -- Are you scared yet? Two kills, two fights. Need I say more? -- Kas, mgr The Ministry They're scared to speechlessness. -- Arenamaster Kakar LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS FULL METAL MINX was devastated by HATCH BATTENER in a 1 minute Challenge fight. BASHFUL was subdued by GLUTIUS MAXIMUS in a 1 minute veteran's Challenge melee. SOULTANCHOR vanquished ENURAM in a 1 minute gory mismatched Challenge brawl. WINDREAVER was defeated by N'AZADAR in a crowd pleasing 1 minute Challenge match. SIMPLICITY was viciously subdued by HORTATOR in a popular 4 minute Challenge duel. SWEET STUFF beat CALIS in a crowd pleasing 3 minute Challenge brawl. POCKET ROCKET overpowered BLACK ASTROLOGY in a 1 minute uneven Challenge melee. REAPING BEAUTY vanquished SLAP PAPPY in a 1 minute uneven Challenge duel. STEEPLEJACK was savagely defeated by SEIUS GLABRIO in a 2 minute Challenge duel. WOEBEGONE overpowered RAFFI THE GARROTE in a 1 minute uneven match. BLACK PLAGUE overpowered RELLIK in a exciting 2 minute bloody one-sided Title fight. COMICUS viciously subdued MAKESHIFT ANCHOR in a exciting 3 minute veteran's contest. BELY MEDVED overpowered LARRY KING in a 1 minute mismatched conflict. ZIMA was overpowered by PRAESENTIUS in a 1 minute one-sided duel. BALLAST bested KEITH RICHARDS in a action packed 4 minute duel. KAZACH was overpowered by TYPHOID MARY in a 1 minute mismatched brawl. MISS TEAK devastated VANE in a 1 minute one-sided fight. CROWBARBIE demolished MIME WORSHIPPER in a 1 minute one-sided bout. LUNG CANCER beat HEIDI? in a 2 minute fight. BRANDY handily defeated GESHI SCRIVENER in a 1 minute mismatched competition. LION DUNG overpowered SOUR MASH 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 8 PARRY-STRIKE 12 - 7 - 1 63 | |TOTAL PARRY 8 TOTAL PARRY 50 - 36 - 0 58 | |AIMED BLOW 6 STRIKING ATTACK 35 - 26 - 3 57 | |BASHING ATTACK 5 PARRY-LUNGE 9 - 7 - 0 56 | |WALL OF STEEL 3 LUNGING ATTACK 58 - 55 - 2 51 | |STRIKING ATTACK 3 AIMED BLOW 33 - 36 - 0 48 | |PARRY-STRIKE 2 BASHING ATTACK 35 - 43 - 3 45 | |SLASHING ATTACK 2 SLASHING ATTACK 11 - 14 - 1 44 | |PARRY-LUNGE 1 WALL OF STEEL 16 - 27 - 1 37 | |PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE 3 - 7 - 0 30 | Turn 568 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-LUNGE 1 - 0 TOTAL PARRY 2 - 6 3 STRIKING ATTACK LUNGING ATTACK 8 - 0 BASHING ATTACK 1 - 4 2 AIMED BLOW WALL OF STEEL 3 - 0 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 1 2 TOTAL PARRY STRIKING ATTACK 2 - 1 SLASHING ATTACK 0 - 2 1 PARRY-STRIKE AIMED BLOW 3 - 3 1 WALL OF STEEL PARRY-STRIKE 1 - 1 1 PARRY-LUNGE 1 LUNGING ATTACK TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME PARRY-STRIKE BLACK PLAGUE 1720 22 20 0 112 DEATH'S DOOR (129) WALL OF STEEL GLUTIUS MAXIMUS 7906 16 9 1 109 ROMAN EMPIRE (531) STRIKING ATTACK HATCH BATTENER 8014 9 3 0 105 SEA DOGS (575) PARRY-LUNGE COMICUS 7207 16 15 0 99 ROMAN EMPIRE (531) AIMED BLOW WOEBEGONE 7795 18 12 1 98 SWEORDMASTERS (138) LUNGING ATTACK BELY MEDVED 7751 16 9 0 90 LIVE FROM MOSCOW! (576) TOTAL PARRY FULL METAL MINX 7900 12 11 0 85 SHE'S CRAFTY (592) BASHING ATTACK HORTATOR 7791 12 8 1 80 SEA DOGS (575) Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above. The overall popularity leader is BLACK PLAGUE 1720. The most popular warrior this turn was CALIS 7849. The ten other most popular fighters were HORTATOR 7791, COMICUS 7207, BLACK PLAGUE 1720, KEITH RICHARDS 7927, SEIUS GLABRIO 7978, HATCH BATTENER 8014, WINDREAVER 8000, LUNG CANCER 7977, SWEET STUFF 7966, and WOEBEGONE 7795. The least popular fighter this week was SOUR MASH 8074. The other ten least popular fighters were VANE 8044, KAZACH 7853, ZIMA 7750, LARRY KING 7893, RELLIK 7852, SLAP PAPPY 8021, BLACK ASTROLOGY 2783, SIMPLICITY 7995, ENURAM 7851, and FULL METAL MINX 7900. The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn: BLACK PLAGUE (1-1720) DEATH'S DOOR (129) WOEBEGONE (1-7795) SWEORDMASTERS (138) The following warriors have traveled to AD after fighting this turn: BASHFUL (1-7899) SHE'S CRAFTY (592)