DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER
Date : 04/16/2007 Duedate: 04/28/2007
MORDANT ARENA
DM-1 TURN-569
This Weeks Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
BELY MEDVED
LIVE FROM MOSCOW! (576)
(1-7751) [17-9-0,102]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
PRODIGAL SON UNDERTAKER
MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537) THE MINISTRY (599)
(1-7937) [17-3-0,148] (1-7983) [2-1-1,25]
Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite
CALIS POCKET ROCKET
DESOLATE TEMPLE (586) MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537)
(1-7849) [12-16-0,56] (1-8059) [5-2-0,83]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537) 61
2. SWEORDMASTERS (138) 32 SEA DOGS (575)
3. LAB EXPERIMENTS (261) 31 Unchartered Team
4. LIVE FROM MOSCOW! (576) 28
5. SHE'S CRAFTY (592) 12 THE MINISTRY (599)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1/ 1*THE MINISTRY (599) 7 2 2 77.8 1/ 3 MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537) 10 2 0
2- 3 BLACK ARSENAL (237) 11 7 0 61.1 2/ 4 SHE'S CRAFTY (592) 8 3 0
3/ 2 SEA DOGS (575) 78 51 1 60.5 3/ 1 ROMAN EMPIRE (531) 8 6 0
4- 4*RUSTED ARMOR (603) 21 14 1 60.0 4/ 6 SWEORDMASTERS (138) 7 5 1
5/ 5 MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537) 225 184 32 55.0 5/ 2 SEA DOGS (575) 7 8 0
6/ 6 DEATH'S DOOR (129) 113 101 1 52.8 6/ 8 LAB EXPERIMENTS (261) 5 5 1
7/ 7 SWEORDMASTERS (138) 462 415 58 52.7 7/ 5 DEATH'S DOOR (129) 5 5 0
8/ 8 LIVE FROM MOSCOW! (576) 52 47 0 52.5 8/13 LIVE FROM MOSCOW! (576) 4 2 0
9/ 9 SHE'S CRAFTY (592) 60 56 4 51.7 9/10*THE MINISTRY (599) 3 1 1
10/10 LAB EXPERIMENTS (261) 368 372 42 49.7 10/ 9 DESOLATE TEMPLE (586) 3 12 0
11/11 DESOLATE TEMPLE (586) 68 72 5 48.6 11-11*RUSTED ARMOR (603) 2 3 0
12-12 THE BLACK EXPRESS (241) 34 37 3 47.9 12- 7 BLACK ARSENAL (237) 1 1 0
13/13 ROMAN EMPIRE (531) 298 337 20 46.9 13-12 THE BLACK EXPRESS (241) 1 2 0
14-14*BOOZE (605) 3 10 1 23.1 14-14*THE ASGARDIANS (602) 1 2 0
15-15*THE ASGARDIANS (602) 5 23 0 17.9 15-15*BOOZE (605) 1 3 0
'*' Unchartered team '-' Team did not fight this turn
(###) Avoid teams by their Team Id ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank
TEAM SPOTLIGHT
"It's infamous!" Ardane, spy reporter for Andorak, scowled and drew back his
arm to throw his goblet through the window at the crowd outside. Then paused to
drain the contents before resuming the about-to-throw-it position.
"Now, now, it isn't THAT bad." Desiree of Darkholm, always the voice of sweet
reason at these meetings, laid a hand on his, smiled, and guided the goblet back to
the table. "It's just a little mistake, you know."
"Ha!" Debby Tonte of Free Blades stabbed viciously into her drink with an
umbrella. "That's easy for YOU to say. The Delarquans aren't complaining."
"Of course not." Galen of Talahya looked faintly envious as she pulled a chunk
of pineapple out of her glass and began to nibble it. "That's because the Delarquans
are THE Masters of Kung-Fu."
"You think some managers are complaining," Olaf Modeen said, "you should hear
what the GLADIATORS are saying. All these rumors about the Aimed Blows having
'special enhancements'..." he shook his head. "I know it isn't true, you know it
isn't true, the top managers know it isn't true--"
"Of course it isn't true!" Ketchum, spy reporter for Crysalis, matched scowls
with Ardane and said, "If ANY one style was going to get a special enhancement, it
should be--"
"Not now, Ketch," Olaf said. "Nobody gets, nobody has gotten, nobody WILL get,
special enhancements. That's always been the rule, and we all know how the Greywand
hates changes. The real problem--"
"Try telling that to some of the managers," Debby muttered, peering into her
glass for more fruit. "They don't want to hear it. Every time I turn around, some
manager is claiming that someone got a special change and, you know, HE didn't and
it's all unfair."
"The REAL problem," Olaf said firmly, over-riding her voice, "is explaining to
all the second-rate Aimed Blows why they haven't received any of these 'special
enhancements' they keep hearing about."
"There aren't any special enhancements," Ardane growled. "None. Just managers
who noticed that the Kung-Fu Master is a lot more dangerous than anyone expected, and
have put YEARS into the study of Kung-Fu and learned how to really USE it for their
own gladiators."
"Saved a lot on weapons, too," Ketchum murmured.
"But people keep complaining," Debby Tonte said. She fished one last piece of
fruit out of her glass and stared at it dubiously.
"There WERE no special enhancements," Olaf said. "There ARE no special
enhancements. There WILL BE no special enhancements. It's all a matter of deep
study and skilled management."
"Like anyone's going to believe that!"
"They have no choice," Ketchum said. "If no 'special enhancements' were given
out, then none can be taken back. It is the way it is. What's the point in
complaining because the sun rises in the east?"
DUELMASTER'S COLUMN
Notes from the arena champ.
458
That's how many turns it's been since my first fight here in Mordant (Sweordmasters
was 7-6-0 then). I won that fight against a 3-1-0 Past Tense of Those Who Rule and
thought I was going to make my way to the top of the arena in no time. Once I got
over my delusions of grandeur, I realized a mediocre warrior like myself was going
to have to work a little harder and it was going to take a little longer than I
originally thought. It didn't help that Otis only planned on fighting us in the
arena once in a blue moon either. Luckily he's got a little bit of a sentimental
side and decided on getting the three living originals from Death's Door to the Isle
or have them die trying. Old Fart and Kill Me Please found their rhythm a little
quicker than I did but now I am off to join them on the Isle. I will be in Home
Guard where I am most likely going to retire, but there is some discussion as to a
future for myself and Old Fart that involves a new training regimen designed to make
us better warriors.
Finally, thank you to Prodigal Son for sitting out and giving me the opportunity to
collect the final PPs I needed to get out of here.
Black Plague
SPY REPORT
I can't believe the violence in MORDANT! I still haven't told Mom I'm writing
Spyreports. She'd have a cow! Well, here we go... Too bad, ROMAN EMPIRE, but
MANNEQUIN'S BEST was just too good to be stopped. I don't wanna hurt anybody's
feelings or anything, but BLACK ARSENAL really goofed with their 0-0-0. LIVE FROM
MOSCOW! like really fought hard to move up to 8th from 13th. Way to go! What was
the name of that team who got 4-0-0 this turn for a total 225-184-32 you ask? (Sure)
MANNEQUIN'S BEST's their name, and fighting's their game! MVP award for POCKET
ROCKET? MANNEQUIN'S BEST's proud of it after beating RELLIK and getting 20 points.
Talk about yer major upsets! COMICUS' match with HORTATOR cost him a loss of 14
points! And I was just getting used to the ex-Duelmaster's habit of...(!) Oh well,
welcome BELY MEDVED. Aren't LIVE FROM MOSCOW! proud. (Oh, my.) Who was the wiseguy
that said MORDANT's Duelmaster was paying for drinks at Conan's Place? Don't look at
me!
I gotta admit I haven't been in "deep con caves" with any spies. Really, I just
wing this stuff. DESOLATE TEMPLE was MORDANT's most avoided team. Is there some
award for that? Is there some deep dark secret why SHE'S CRAFTY's been avoiding
DESOLATE TEMPLE so much? Or is it just that they're too scared? Like, is RELLIK
popular, or what? She was challenged the most in all of MORDANT! She's got a
15-13-0, is that good? Some fights are really unfair. How do you think GLUTIUS
MAXIMUS feels about being challenged by PRODIGAL SON, 24 points above it? PRODIGAL
SON beat GLUTIUS MAXIMUS. No surprise about that. Really I'm not surprised PRODIGAL
SON would do such a scummy thing, either.
Challenges, revenges, Bloodfeuds. All MORDANT ever talks about is fighting!
Me, I'm more laid back. Like, who is this guy??? WOEBEGONE gets sent to the Dark
Arena, battles STONE GOLEM, and returns to tell of it!!! I bet SWEORDMASTERS manager
is surprised! Fight, fight, fight. Is that all you guys can do?
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
BELY MEDVED 7751 17 9 0 102 LIVE FROM MOSCOW! (576)
CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
PRODIGAL SON 7937 17 3 0 148 MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537)
-CHEESE WHIZ 7821 14 4 3 114 LAB EXPERIMENTS (261)
SOULTANCHOR 7980 11 6 2 111 LAB EXPERIMENTS (261)
HORTATOR 7791 13 8 1 99 SEA DOGS (575)
GLUTIUS MAXIMUS 7906 16 10 1 94 ROMAN EMPIRE (531)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
FULL METAL MINX 7900 13 11 0 89 SHE'S CRAFTY (592)
PRAESENTIUS 7996 10 6 0 89 ROMAN EMPIRE (531)
HATCH BATTENER 8014 9 4 0 87 SEA DOGS (575)
COMICUS 7207 16 16 0 85 ROMAN EMPIRE (531)
POCKET ROCKET 8059 5 2 0 83 MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537)
MAKESHIFT ANCHOR 7724 17 13 0 82 SEA DOGS (575)
ENURAM 7851 17 11 3 81 DESOLATE TEMPLE (586)
ZIMA 7750 16 10 0 79 LIVE FROM MOSCOW! (576)
BALLAST 7727 14 14 0 76 SEA DOGS (575)
SWEET STUFF 7966 14 6 1 69 MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537)
WINDREAVER 8000 10 6 1 69 SWEORDMASTERS (138)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-FEYEVER 7993 6 3 2 68 SWEORDMASTERS (138)
CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
RELLIK 7852 15 13 0 64 DESOLATE TEMPLE (586)
N'AZADAR 7850 13 15 2 64 DESOLATE TEMPLE (586)
TYPHOID MARY 7941 8 10 0 63 DEATH'S DOOR (129)
REAPING BEAUTY 8032 8 3 0 63 SHE'S CRAFTY (592)
LARRY KING 7893 13 9 0 62 DEATH'S DOOR (129)
-BLACK ILLUSION 2810 9 4 0 62 THE BLACK EXPRESS (241)
KAZACH 7853 11 17 0 59 DESOLATE TEMPLE (586)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
CALIS 7849 12 16 0 56 DESOLATE TEMPLE (586)
SIMPLICITY 7995 10 7 1 56 LAB EXPERIMENTS (261)
-COPPERHEAD 8040 5 2 1 51 RUSTED ARMOR (603)
MISS TEAK 8015 7 6 0 50 SEA DOGS (575)
SLAP PAPPY 8021 8 5 1 49 MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537)
KEITH RICHARDS 7927 8 11 0 49 DEATH'S DOOR (129)
-BLACK ASTROLOGY 2783 10 6 0 44 THE BLACK EXPRESS (241)
-BLACK RITE 3524 4 3 0 41 BLACK ARSENAL (237)
CROWBARBIE 8041 5 6 0 40 SHE'S CRAFTY (592)
SEIUS GLABRIO 7978 7 10 1 38 ROMAN EMPIRE (531)
STEEPLEJACK 8031 8 3 0 36 SWEORDMASTERS (138)
VANE 8044 5 3 0 34 SWEORDMASTERS (138)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-GRUMPET 8038 7 0 0 27 RUSTED ARMOR (603)
HEIDI? 8050 2 6 1 27 LAB EXPERIMENTS (261)
LUNG CANCER 7977 6 8 0 26 DEATH'S DOOR (129)
UNDERTAKER 7983 2 1 1 25 THE MINISTRY (599)
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)
-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)
LION DUNG 8070 2 1 0 10 ROMAN EMPIRE (531)
GANGREL 7986 1 1 0 10 THE MINISTRY (599)
-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)
-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?
MIME WORSHIPPER 551 0 1 0 1 HEIDI? 8050 569 NONE
STONE GOLEM 571 0 1 0 DARK ARENA 0 WOEBEGONE 7795 569 NONE
PROPAGANDA 7747 9 13 0 LIVE FROM MOSCOW! 576 FEYEVER 7993 565 NOT REVE
PERSONAL ADS
All -- Why is there very little communication in Mordant? -- Kas, mgr. The Ministry
Arenamaster Kakar -- You are correct. I should just say, "Thank you" for the skills.
But, a kill boosts an ego. -- Undertaker
Arenamaster Kakar -- Do you have any advice for a beginning warrior? Any advice
would be appreciated. Thank you. -- Gangrel
All -- Does anybody know how "Coordination" works? -- Midian
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
WOEBEGONE butchered STONE GOLEM in a 2 minute bloody Dark Arena fight.
PRODIGAL SON vanquished GLUTIUS MAXIMUS in a 2 minute brutal uneven Challenge battle.
SOULTANCHOR overpowered HATCH BATTENER in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge duel.
FULL METAL MINX viciously subdued MAKESHIFT ANCHOR in a 15 minute Challenge fight.
POCKET ROCKET devastated RELLIK in a crowd pleasing 3 minute one-sided Challenge duel.
WINDREAVER devastated KEITH RICHARDS in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge competition.
SWEET STUFF overcame N'AZADAR in a 3 minute Challenge melee.
SIMPLICITY was vanquished by ENURAM in a 1 minute uneven Challenge duel.
VANE overpowered LION DUNG in a popular 1 minute gory uneven Challenge duel.
BLACK PLAGUE was beaten by BELY MEDVED in a popular 1 minute veteran's Title melee.
COMICUS was savagely defeated by HORTATOR in a 2 minute master's competition.
PRAESENTIUS demolished SILISA THE SNAKE in a 1 minute bloody one-sided brawl.
BALLAST was overcome by ZIMA in a popular 1 minute expert's fight.
TYPHOID MARY viciously subdued CROWBARBIE in a 2 minute gruesome duel.
LARRY KING beat MISS TEAK in a 2 minute brawl.
CALIS was bested by SLAP PAPPY in a popular 1 minute brawl.
KAZACH overpowered LUNG CANCER in a 1 minute one-sided match.
SEIUS GLABRIO was overpowered by REAPING BEAUTY in a 1 minute one-sided match.
STEEPLEJACK slimly won victory over UNDERTAKER in a 2 minute competition.
HEIDI? assassinated MIME WORSHIPPER in a 3 minute gory one-sided duel.
GANGREL overcame CONVICTED THIEF in a 2 minute beginner's duel.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|AIMED BLOW 8 PARRY-STRIKE 11 - 8 - 1 58 |
|LUNGING ATTACK 7 PARRY-LUNGE 9 - 7 - 0 56 |
|TOTAL PARRY 7 TOTAL PARRY 47 - 37 - 0 56 |
|BASHING ATTACK 5 STRIKING ATTACK 31 - 25 - 3 55 |
|STRIKING ATTACK 3 AIMED BLOW 37 - 32 - 1 54 |
|WALL OF STEEL 3 LUNGING ATTACK 55 - 49 - 2 53 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 2 SLASHING ATTACK 11 - 11 - 1 50 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 BASHING ATTACK 33 - 40 - 2 45 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 1 WALL OF STEEL 14 - 27 - 1 34 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE 3 - 7 - 1 30 |
Turn 569 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 1 - 0 TOTAL PARRY 3 - 4 3 STRIKING ATTACK
SLASHING ATTACK 1 - 0 STRIKING ATTACK 1 - 2 2 LUNGING ATTACK
AIMED BLOW 7 - 1 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 1 2 AIMED BLOW
BASHING ATTACK 3 - 2 WALL OF STEEL 0 - 3 1 BASHING ATTACK
LUNGING ATTACK 4 - 3 1 WALL OF STEEL
PARRY-STRIKE 1 - 1 1 TOTAL PARRY
1 PARRY-LUNGE
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
LUNGING ATTACK BELY MEDVED 7751 17 9 0 102 LIVE FROM MOSCOW! (576)
AIMED BLOW PRODIGAL SON 7937 17 3 0 148 MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537)
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
STRIKING ATTACK SOULTANCHOR 7980 11 6 2 111 LAB EXPERIMENTS (261)
BASHING ATTACK HORTATOR 7791 13 8 1 99 SEA DOGS (575)
WALL OF STEEL GLUTIUS MAXIMUS 7906 16 10 1 94 ROMAN EMPIRE (531)
TOTAL PARRY FULL METAL MINX 7900 13 11 0 89 SHE'S CRAFTY (592)
PARRY-STRIKE STEEPLEJACK 8031 8 3 0 36 SWEORDMASTERS (138)
SLASHING ATTACK VANE 8044 5 3 0 34 SWEORDMASTERS (138)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
The overall popularity leader is CALIS 7849. The most popular warrior this turn was
POCKET ROCKET 8059. The ten other most popular fighters were HORTATOR 7791, VANE
8044, ZIMA 7750, TYPHOID MARY 7941, PRODIGAL SON 7937, SOULTANCHOR 7980, N'AZADAR
7850, ENURAM 7851, BELY MEDVED 7751, and PRAESENTIUS 7996.
The least popular fighter this week was MAKESHIFT ANCHOR 7724. The other ten least
popular fighters were FULL METAL MINX 7900, SEIUS GLABRIO 7978, BALLAST 7727,
SIMPLICITY 7995, RELLIK 7852, HATCH BATTENER 8014, LUNG CANCER 7977, CROWBARBIE 8041,
COMICUS 7207, and LION DUNG 8070.
The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn:
PRODIGAL SON (1-7937) MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537)
The following warriors have traveled to AD after fighting this turn:
BLACK PLAGUE (1-1720) DEATH'S DOOR (129)
WOEBEGONE (1-7795) SWEORDMASTERS (138)
NEW TEAMS IN THE TEMPORARY TOURNAMENT ARENAS (DM 81/83)
Please note that all new teams created at the Face-to-Face were temporarily placed
in a temporary Tournament Arena, DM 81 or DM 83. If you requested that your team be
placed in a specific arena, it has already transferred to that arena. Any teams not
transferred out of DM 81 and DM 83 by May 1 will be deleted. If you have questions
about any of your teams, please contact Customer Service. -- RSI