DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER Date : 07/23/2007 Duedate: 08/04/2007 MORDANT ARENA DM-1 TURN-576 This Weeks Top Honors THE DUELMASTER IS PRAESENTIUS ROMAN EMPIRE (531) (1-7996) [13-9-0,106] Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader WINDREAVER ANGELIC PHANTOM SWEORDMASTERS (138) TEAM WRATH (606) (1-8000) [15-8-1,114] (1-8119) [1-0-1,14] Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite COMICUS LUNG CANCER ROMAN EMPIRE (531) DEATH'S DOOR (129) (1-7207) [18-20-0,97] (1-7977) [8-11-0,35] THE CURRENT TOP TEAM SHE'S CRAFTY (592) TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team 1. ROMAN EMPIRE (531) 61 2. DEATH'S DOOR (129) 35 SEA DOGS (575) 3. TEAM WRATH (606) 22 Unchartered Team 4. SHE'S CRAFTY (592) 19 5. BOOZE (605) 17 BOOZE (605) The Top Teams Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K 1/ 1 SEA DOGS (575) 92 72 1 56.1 1/ 2 SHE'S CRAFTY (592) 8 6 1 2/ 2 MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537) 239 204 37 54.0 2/ 3 SWEORDMASTERS (138) 7 5 0 3/ 4 DEATH'S DOOR (129) 126 109 1 53.6 3/ 1 SEA DOGS (575) 6 9 0 4/ 3 LIVE FROM MOSCOW! (576) 60 52 0 53.6 4/ 4 ROMAN EMPIRE (531) 5 3 0 5/ 5 SWEORDMASTERS (138) 476 429 58 52.6 5/ 7 LIVE FROM MOSCOW! (576) 4 1 0 6/ 6 SHE'S CRAFTY (592) 75 69 5 52.1 6/ 6 MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537) 4 11 2 7/ 7 LAB EXPERIMENTS (261) 377 383 43 49.6 7/ 9*BOOZE (605) 3 1 0 8- 8 STEEL LEGION (581) 49 50 3 49.5 8- 5 STEEL LEGION (581) 3 2 1 9/10 ROMAN EMPIRE (531) 314 349 21 47.4 9/ 8 DEATH'S DOOR (129) 3 2 0 10/12*BOOZE (605) 10 14 1 41.7 10/13*TEAM WRATH (606) 3 12 1 11/14*TEAM WRATH (606) 3 12 1 20.0 11/10 LAB EXPERIMENTS (261) 2 7 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. What have we here? I feel as if the Sea Dogs have won a war of attrition. Three warriors ranked higher than me, yet I pick up the throne and recognition leader because they choose not to fight. Most popular? That, I can see. I spent years on the open sea as a motivational speaker of sorts, beating the drum to which the oarsmen time their strokes, encouraging them to excel at their work with the help of my trusty lash. I am a natural leader, after all. Throw in the awards my teammates have earned and the city of Mordant is preparing to celebrate us for three full cycles. I predict parades and dinner parties with the Mordanti elite. Not to mention the free fights for myself and my teammates, which is quite an honor, although it is more of a gift to our manager. Still, something nags at me. Our victory seems hollow. Get off your lazy bums and fight, Mordanti scoundrels! If you don't have the stones to come after us, then I guess we truly deserve our accolades. -- Hortator SPY REPORT Greetings warriors! It is I, Zontani Sharp Eyes, here to bring report of the clash and bustle of the weekly MORDANT games. Former top team SEA DOGS was unseated this week as SHE'S CRAFTY moved up from 2nd ranking to take the top spot with a 3-1-0 record for the round. Warriors--remember that glory waits always around the corner! Witness how this week TEAM WRATH went 1-4-1 to move up 3 in the rankings. My praise to ROMAN EMPIRE for their 4-0-0 week this time out. Indeed, it was a skillfully fought round deserving of notice! SEIUS GLABRIO caught the eye of many in the gladiatorial commission as he skillfully bested SILISA THE SNAKE and was awarded 19 points in recognition. In one of the week's more notable duels, TYPHOID MARY put down VANE, causing him to lose 11 points of recognition in the process. The city has turned out in honor of PRAESENTIUS, for with his arena victory he may now lay claim to the highest position in the city! No confirmation, but my sources claim that the top team has gained their position using magical aids. Charmed weapons perhaps? 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 MANNEQUIN'S BEST. 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 MANNEQUIN'S BEST. Indeed it was SEA DOGS. Mighty fighters cannot but expect competition from those below. MAKESHIFT ANCHOR take warning! You have more than a few enemies in MORDANT. I can not but mention with disdain the name of HATCH BATTENER who this week posted a challenge to a warrior a full 11 points below in the rankings. I thought HATCH BATTENER showed great skill and promise when he beat POCKET ROCKET. All right, so I slept through it! Big deal! Is not Death a warrior's foremost adviser? Warriors, may this counselor stand ready at your right hand forever! 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 PRAESENTIUS 7996 13 9 0 106 ROMAN EMPIRE (531) CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -SOULTANCHOR 7980 12 6 2 123 LAB EXPERIMENTS (261) -COBALT 7784 14 6 0 120 STEEL LEGION (581) WINDREAVER 8000 15 8 1 114 SWEORDMASTERS (138) -CHEESE WHIZ 7821 14 4 3 114 LAB EXPERIMENTS (261) HATCH BATTENER 8014 13 7 0 109 SEA DOGS (575) MAKESHIFT ANCHOR 7724 20 17 0 100 SEA DOGS (575) CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME KEITH RICHARDS 7927 13 11 0 98 DEATH'S DOOR (129) COMICUS 7207 18 20 0 97 ROMAN EMPIRE (531) HORTATOR 7791 17 11 1 93 SEA DOGS (575) ZIMA 7750 20 13 0 91 LIVE FROM MOSCOW! (576) CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME LARRY KING 7893 16 11 0 88 DEATH'S DOOR (129) BALLAST 7727 15 20 0 85 SEA DOGS (575) FULL METAL MINX 7900 15 15 0 83 SHE'S CRAFTY (592) POCKET ROCKET 8059 8 6 0 83 MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537) -FEYEVER 7993 7 3 2 83 SWEORDMASTERS (138) SEIUS GLABRIO 7978 10 13 2 82 ROMAN EMPIRE (531) -GOLD 7787 10 7 0 82 STEEL LEGION (581) REAPING BEAUTY 8032 13 4 0 80 SHE'S CRAFTY (592) SWEET STUFF 7966 18 9 1 74 MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537) TYPHOID MARY 7941 11 12 0 72 DEATH'S DOOR (129) MISS TEAK 8015 9 11 0 70 SEA DOGS (575) ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME VANE 8044 9 6 0 50 SWEORDMASTERS (138) LION DUNG 8070 6 2 0 47 ROMAN EMPIRE (531) HEIDI? 8050 7 8 2 46 LAB EXPERIMENTS (261) TANKERBELL 8053 8 2 0 42 SHE'S CRAFTY (592) LUNG CANCER 7977 8 11 0 35 DEATH'S DOOR (129) CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME TOXINDERELLA 8098 2 1 1 24 SHE'S CRAFTY (592) INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -VODKA 8054 3 0 0 23 BOOZE (605) SUPER GLUE 8080 4 3 2 20 MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537) MIASMA 8104 2 0 0 20 SWEORDMASTERS (138) -IRON 8052 3 1 1 16 STEEL LEGION (581) -BRANDY 8073 2 2 0 16 BOOZE (605) ANGELIC PHANTOM 8119 1 0 1 14 TEAM WRATH (606) -SNOW WHITEMARE 8087 1 3 0 11 SHE'S CRAFTY (592) SHERRY 8089 1 0 0 11 BOOZE (605) COGNAC 8088 1 0 0 6 BOOZE (605) WICKED JESTER 8090 1 2 0 5 TEAM WRATH (606) DEMON PRINCE 8117 0 1 0 1 TEAM WRATH (606) KOOK AROCHA 8120 0 1 0 1 LAB EXPERIMENTS (261) BAMBOO SHOOT 8121 0 1 0 1 LAB EXPERIMENTS (261) DEMONIC MONARCH 8118 0 1 0 1 TEAM WRATH (606) '-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn. THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge? GRALL THE DESERTE 547 0 1 0 1 ANGELIC PHANTOM 8119 576 NONE STRAIGHT TO DA 8097 0 1 0 DEATH'S DOOR 129 DARK CHAMPION 569 576 NONE MISS CARGOT 8079 1 2 0 LAB EXPERIMENTS 261 IRON 8052 574 REVENGED 173161617105 8103 1 1 1 MANNEQUIN'S BEST 537 UNDEAD WARRIOR 572 576 NONE 1510101591411 8122 0 1 0 MANNEQUIN'S BEST 537 DARK CHAMPION 569 576 NONE CROWBARBIE 8041 5 8 0 SHE'S CRAFTY 592 HEIDI? 8050 573 REVENGED SNEER 8085 1 4 0 SWEORDMASTERS 138 UNDEAD WARRIOR 572 576 NONE PEASANT SCUM 8116 0 1 0 TEAM WRATH 606 STONE GOLEM 571 576 NONE UNHOLY WRATH 8091 1 1 0 TEAM WRATH 606 TOXINDERELLA 8098 575 WICKED MONK 8093 0 1 0 TEAM WRATH 606 SUPER GLUE 8080 574 PHANTOM QUEEN 8106 0 1 0 TEAM WRATH 606 173161617105 8103 575 PERSONAL ADS Should I be happy that I have all new teammates, or should I be worried that I have all new teammates? -- Wicked Jester 9 July 2007 I have not been receiving my physical turns in a reliable manner lately. If there are diplos with the turns that go missing, they're gone for good. So if you send me a diplo and do not see an acknowledgement of receipt in the personals, know that I have not gotten it (yet). If you have email, contact me at Livia AT reality DOT com. If you don't have email, keep trying with the diplos. We are working on this problem. -- the Scribe/Jorja/Leeta P.S. If you email me, put "Re DM" on the subject line. LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS 173161617105 was butchered by UNDEAD WARRIOR in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight. SNEER was butchered by UNDEAD WARRIOR in a 1 minute Dark Arena duel. PEASANT SCUM was killed by STONE GOLEM in a 1 minute Dark Arena melee. STRAIGHT TO DA was murdered by DARK CHAMPION in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight. 1510101591411 was slaughtered by DARK CHAMPION in a 1 minute Dark Arena brawl. WICKED JESTER was devastated by TOXINDERELLA in a 1 minute one-sided Bloodfeud fight. WINDREAVER devastated ZIMA in a 1 minute uneven Challenge brawl. HATCH BATTENER overpowered POCKET ROCKET in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge struggle. REAPING BEAUTY bested MISS TEAK in a popular 1 minute Challenge competition. FULL METAL MINX was outwaited by MAKESHIFT ANCHOR in a 14 minute Challenge melee. VANE was vanquished by TYPHOID MARY in a 1 minute uneven Challenge fight. HORTATOR lost to PRAESENTIUS in a exciting 1 minute veteran's Title fight. KEITH RICHARDS handily defeated CAPTAIN ELOY in a exciting 1 minute one-sided bout. LARRY KING slimly won victory over SWEET STUFF in a 15 minute master's conflict. COMICUS devastated BALLAST in a crowd pleasing 2 minute gory mismatched bout. SEIUS GLABRIO vanquished SILISA THE SNAKE in a 1 minute mismatched bout. LUNG CANCER lost to HEIDI? in a exciting 4 minute fray. TANKERBELL devastated SUPER GLUE in a 4 minute mismatched brawl. LION DUNG overpowered GRUNESH THE ORC in a 1 minute one-sided bout. MIASMA overpowered DEMON PRINCE in a popular 4 minute one-sided bout. COGNAC overcame BAMBOO SHOOT in a 1 minute amateur's competition. DEMONIC MONARCH was overpowered by GESHI SCRIVENER in a 1 minute uneven fight. ANGELIC PHANTOM murdered GRALL THE DESERTER in a 1 minute uneven bout. KOOK AROCHA was vanquished by SHERRY in a 1 minute mismatched fray. BATTLE REPORT MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS |FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT| |LUNGING ATTACK 11 BASHING ATTACK 27 - 21 - 2 56 | |TOTAL PARRY 7 PARRY-RIPOSTE 7 - 6 - 2 54 | |BASHING ATTACK 5 AIMED BLOW 29 - 27 - 2 52 | |STRIKING ATTACK 4 PARRY-LUNGE 5 - 5 - 0 50 | |AIMED BLOW 3 LUNGING ATTACK 47 - 47 - 5 50 | |PARRY-LUNGE 2 TOTAL PARRY 38 - 42 - 0 48 | |PARRY-RIPOSTE 2 SLASHING ATTACK 14 - 16 - 1 47 | |SLASHING ATTACK 2 STRIKING ATTACK 20 - 23 - 0 47 | |WALL OF STEEL 2 WALL OF STEEL 13 - 18 - 2 42 | |PARRY-STRIKE 0 PARRY-STRIKE 3 - 7 - 0 30 | Turn 576 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 2 - 0 BASHING ATTACK 2 - 3 3 STRIKING ATTACK TOTAL PARRY 4 - 3 AIMED BLOW 1 - 2 3 BASHING ATTACK LUNGING ATTACK 6 - 5 STRIKING ATTACK 1 - 3 1 LUNGING ATTACK PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 - 1 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 0 1 SLASHING ATTACK SLASHING ATTACK 1 - 1 WALL OF STEEL 0 - 2 1 TOTAL PARRY 1 PARRY-LUNGE 1 AIMED BLOW TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME LUNGING ATTACK PRAESENTIUS 7996 13 9 0 106 ROMAN EMPIRE (531) BASHING ATTACK WINDREAVER 8000 15 8 1 114 SWEORDMASTERS (138) STRIKING ATTACK HATCH BATTENER 8014 13 7 0 109 SEA DOGS (575) TOTAL PARRY MAKESHIFT ANCHOR 7724 20 17 0 100 SEA DOGS (575) AIMED BLOW ZIMA 7750 20 13 0 91 LIVE FROM MOSCOW! (576) SLASHING ATTACK VANE 8044 9 6 0 50 SWEORDMASTERS (138) Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above. The overall popularity leader is COMICUS 7207. The most popular warrior this turn was LUNG CANCER 7977. The ten other most popular fighters were DEMON PRINCE 8117, COMICUS 7207, KEITH RICHARDS 7927, HEIDI? 8050, TOXINDERELLA 8098, HATCH BATTENER 8014, REAPING BEAUTY 8032, HORTATOR 7791, PRAESENTIUS 7996, and COGNAC 8088. The least popular fighter this week was LARRY KING 7893. The other ten least popular fighters were SWEET STUFF 7966, MAKESHIFT ANCHOR 7724, FULL METAL MINX 7900, TANKERBELL 8053, KOOK AROCHA 8120, DEMONIC MONARCH 8118, BAMBOO SHOOT 8121, MIASMA 8104, VANE 8044, and POCKET ROCKET 8059.