DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER Date : 02/18/2008 Duedate: 03/01/2008 MORDANT ARENA DM-1 TURN-591 This Weeks Top Honors THE DUELMASTER IS BALLAST SEA DOGS (575) (1-7727) [26-24-0,122] Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader BALLAST POSITION IS EMPTY SEA DOGS (575) (1-7727) [26-24-0,122] Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite MISS TEAK MISS TEAK SEA DOGS (575) SEA DOGS (575) (1-8015) [17-18-0,95] (1-8015) [17-18-0,95] THE CURRENT TOP TEAM SWEORDMASTERS (138) TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team 1. SWEORDMASTERS (138) 35 2. MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537) 32 SEA DOGS (575) 3. SEA DOGS (575) 15 Unchartered Team 4. BOOZE (605) 3 5. THE MINISTRY (599) 0 TAX MEN (186) The Top Teams Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K 1/ 1 SEA DOGS (575) 127 105 4 54.7 1/ 1 SWEORDMASTERS (138) 9 4 0 2/ 2 SWEORDMASTERS (138) 504 449 59 52.9 2/ 2 LAB EXPERIMENTS (261) 8 5 1 3/ 3 MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537) 256 246 45 51.0 3/ 7 MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537) 3 11 1 4/ 4 LAB EXPERIMENTS (261) 401 400 47 50.1 4/ 5 BOOZE (605) 2 4 1 5- 5*THE MINISTRY (599) 13 13 3 50.0 5/ 4 SEA DOGS (575) 2 10 0 6- 6 STEEL LEGION (581) 55 63 4 46.6 6/ 6 BABYFOOD FLAVORS (573) 1 2 0 7/ 7 BABYFOOD FLAVORS (573) 20 28 0 41.7 7- 8 STEEL LEGION (581) 0 2 0 8/ 8 BOOZE (605) 23 34 5 40.4 8- 3*THE MINISTRY (599) 0 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 Kas had never regretted any decision he's ever made, until now. He had misjudged the skills of Vengeance and Viscera and knew they had fallen again, where they started. This time, there would be no errors. The next warriors had to come from another place of power in Ghea. First, he traveled to the Twisted Lands, Southwest of Alastari. After several trial, he arrived, and began the ritual to animate dead flesh. Upon finishing the ritual, he grew disappointed when nothing happened. Perhaps the Distraction Magic in the area prevented the ritual from working. Then, as Kas prepared to leave, a great explosion in the area sent him reeling. After regaining his senses, he looked and saw two giant zombies standing where the items were buried. Gemini twins, born of fire and alive only by the Destruction Magic of the area known as the Twisted Lands. Kas' laughter echoed throughout the area as he said, "These will be suitable replacements for those I have lost." * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * ---===DELARQUAN REGIONAL NEWS===--- Duelmasters ----------- DM 1 MORDANT (turn 590): CHEESE WHIZ of LAB EXPERIMENTS (Mannequin, mgr.) DM 2 NIANIA (turn 473): SCURVY LAD of SEA DOGS (One-Armed Bandit, mgr.) DM 3 OSKSI (turn 598): SPAGHETTI of PASTA (Papa Bear, mgr.) DM 4 JHELUM (turn 594): FOOS BALL of F BALLS (Papa Bear, mgr.) DM 5 KALTOS (turn 593): BOMBETTE of PAPER MARIO (Luigi, mgr.) DM 6 TRANSEL (turn 597): CUEBALL of HIGH ROLLERS (Darklock, mgr.) DM 7 BONSUR (turn 595): OBROJOBO of SENTINELS (Nomad, mgr.) DM 10 KOLACT (turn 589): NESTOR ORDH of THE MOONDOG (Jorja, mgr.) DM 18 TALCAMA (turn 581): GREAT WHITE of BEAST MASTERS (The Druid, mgr.) DM 21 SUNSET (turn 580): BULLWINKLE of NOMADIC TRIBE (Nomad, mgr.) DM 36 JHANS (turn 554): IRON MAN of ENGINES 'O' DEATH (?, mgr.) DM 38 CLIFFHOME (turn 544): SUI GENERIS of ALL FINESSE (Mannequin, mgr.) DM 39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 243): OPARA PERSI of THE MIDDLE WAY (Jorja, mgR.) DM 42 RODEKI (turn 531): SUCKFOOT of COLOR ME SUAVE (Suave, mgr.) DM 51 TRICORUS (turn 480): SHROUD OF GLOOM of BLACK CONVENTICLE (?, mgr.) DM 54 TROCAR (turn 230): SKORINDELLE of TRADERS OF TROCAR (Jorja, mgr.) DM 59 ILLIS (turn 218): KONA QUAIL of ISLANDERS (Jorja, mgr.) DM 62 VALAMANTIS (turn 428): POSITION IS EMPTY DM 72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 195): PORKY PIG of MEAT YOUR MAKER (Crip, mgr.) ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 472): NEOSPHINCTER of WASTELAND (TMM, mgr.) Top Teams --------- DM 1 MORDANT (turn 590): SWEORDMASTERS (Mannequin, mgr.) DM 2 NIANIA (turn 473): THE GOLDEN FISH (Jorja, mgr.) DM 3 OSKSI (turn 598): OUR HIGHEST HONOR (The Anarchist, mgr.) DM 4 JHELUM (turn 594): DOGS OF WAR (Jorja, mgr.) DM 5 KALTOS (turn 593): KALTOS KRIMINALS (Hammer, mgr.) DM 6 TRANSEL (turn 597): HI ROLLERS (Darklock, mgr.) DM 7 BONSUR (turn 595): SENTINELS (Nomad, mgr.) DM 10 KOLACT (turn 589): THE MOONDOGS (Jorja, mgr.) DM 18 TALCAMA (turn 581): SEA DOGS (One-Armed Bandit, mgr.) DM 21 SUNSET (turn 580): GRIM FANDANGO (Stik, mgr.) DM 36 JHANS (turn 554): ENGINES 'O' DEATH (?, mgr.) DM 38 CLIFFHOME (turn 544): OLD SCHOOL (Abraxis, mgr.) DM 39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 243): KIWI CONNECTION (The Mun, mgr.) DM 42 RODEKI (turn 531): DELVERS (Harby, mgr.) DM 51 TRICORUS (turn 480): BLACK CONVENTICLE (?, mgr.) DM 54 TROCAR (turn 230): TRADERS OF TROCAR (Jorja, mgr.) DM 59 ILLIS (turn 218): ISLANDERS (Jorja, mgr.) DM 62 VALAMANTIS (turn 428): RANDOM SITH (Carnage, mgr.) DM 72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 195): TITANS III (Brewmaster, mgr.) ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 472) VILLAINS et al (Doc Steele, mgr.) Recent Graduates ----------------- DM 1 MORDANT (turn 590): CHEESE WHIZ of LAB EXPERIMENTS (Mannequin, mgr.) DM 2 NIANIA (turn 472): PITER DEVRIES of MASTERS OF SAND (Visionist, mgr.) DM 5 KALTOS (turn 592): MOON CHILD of TEAM CHAOS ELITE (?, mgr.) DM 6 TRANSEL (turn 597): CUEBALL of HIGH ROLLERS (Darklock, mgr.) DM 18 TALCAMA (turn 581): GREAT WHITE of BEAST MASTERS (The Druid, mgr.) DM 39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 243): OPARA PERSI of THE MIDDLE WAY (Jorja, mgR.) DM 42 RODEKI (turn 530): MASUMII of FLAGG'S FIVE (Flagg, mgr.) DM 51 TRICORUS (turn 479): THE JONAH of BLACK CONVENTICLE (?, mgr.) DM 54 TROCAR (turn 228): GLUM of JANIX (Kat, mgr.) SPY REPORT Much has changed in MORDANT since last I was here. Never fear, Olaf Modeen adapts to many situations, as do all successful fighters. Hmmmph! I always thought THE MINISTRY was an over-rated team and they proved it with a 0-0-0! Ya gotta be quick on yer feet! Keep your elbow off the table! Thrust! Block out the pain! MANNEQUIN'S BEST is now ranked 3rd with a 2-3-1 turn. What's with SMIRCH? He actually beat MORDANT's LIEUTENANT WOREL, and walked away with 15 more points from the fight. Laughs were big at SEA DOGS while they watched JETSAM clobber VAN DERMINT. He lost 8 points and got bruised from objects thrown from the stands. MORDANT has a Duelmaster who doesn't sit back and get lazy. It Dark Arena Challenged DARK ARENA's STONE GOLEM (0-0-0), which should prove (ahem!) interesting. The crowds were amazed this turn, as STONE GOLEM killed the Duelmaster, CHEESE WHIZ, leaving LAB EXPERIMENTS in mourning. So now BALLAST gets to be MORDANT's Duelmaster. But what comes around goes around. Wouldn't it be nice to have live subjects to practice on? I hear some team is looking into the uses of convicted prisoners. If at first you don't succeed, avoid. That'll get you in the Spyreports. MORDANT thinks BABYFOOD FLAVORS and their 20-28-0 is too much! If at first you don't succeed, give up... The bums at LAB EXPERIMENTS couldn't face the challenges from BABYFOOD FLAVORS! No excuse for that! What do people see in JETSAM? His 5-3-1? SEA DOGS ain't talkin', but he's got 54 points. Maybe SWEORDMASTERS' FEYEVER is one of those gals who likes pain, or something. That's what she'll get next week, after challenging up 29 to BALLAST. FEYEVER did pretty good last week in beating BALLAST to get 19 points. Why did BALLAST lose, you ask? Simple: he wasn't good enough. Warriors of MORDANT unite. You have only your games to lose! Hmm... More surprises must remain in store for me, if PUTT PUTT can return from the Dark Arena. Is it my imagination, or are fighters getting younger every day? To die so young, so gloriously! Who knows what the future holds for a warrior. More fights, there's no doubt. MORDANT is a nice place to live, but I don't like to live in nice places. I don't want to overstay my welcome...-- Olaf Modeen DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME BALLAST 7727 26 24 0 122 SEA DOGS (575) CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME FEYEVER 7993 9 3 2 111 SWEORDMASTERS (138) HONEST JILES 7576 11 2 0 108 LAB EXPERIMENTS (261) MIASMA 8104 12 3 0 103 SWEORDMASTERS (138) MISS TEAK 8015 17 18 0 95 SEA DOGS (575) CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME SOULTANCHOR 7980 12 8 2 83 LAB EXPERIMENTS (261) CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME KOOK AROCHA 8120 10 4 1 80 LAB EXPERIMENTS (261) CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME WAIF 8160 6 3 0 66 SWEORDMASTERS (138) ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME CABDRIVER FEET 7870 6 3 0 55 BABYFOOD FLAVORS (573) JETSAM 8172 5 3 1 54 SEA DOGS (575) SMIRCH 8188 5 1 1 45 SWEORDMASTERS (138) CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME PUTT PUTT 8167 4 2 2 33 LAB EXPERIMENTS (261) -CRYSTAL 7869 4 0 0 31 BABYFOOD FLAVORS (573) VAN DERMINT 8203 3 1 1 31 BOOZE (605) WAYWARD SON 8180 2 0 1 25 MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537) INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -DURBAN POISON 7716 4 3 0 23 BABYFOOD FLAVORS (573) WYRD 8156 3 1 0 23 SWEORDMASTERS (138) -UNDERTAKER 7983 3 4 1 21 THE MINISTRY (599) -MIDIAN 7984 3 1 1 21 THE MINISTRY (599) -TURTLE POWER 7714 3 5 0 18 BABYFOOD FLAVORS (573) -GANGREL 7986 3 2 0 18 THE MINISTRY (599) -EARLY MISTY 7717 1 7 0 14 BABYFOOD FLAVORS (573) WONKA BALLROOM 8232 1 0 0 13 MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537) SCOTCH 8205 1 0 1 11 BOOZE (605) '-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn. THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge? SLEN SNOTNOSE 0 0 0 WAYWARD SON 8180 591 NONE HIGH ELF 0 0 0 DARK ARENA PUTT PUTT 8167 591 NONE CHEESE WHIZ 7821 15 5 3 LAB EXPERIMENTS 261 STONE GOLEM 591 NONE 171313918311 8235 0 1 0 MANNEQUIN'S BEST 537 DARK CHAMPION 591 NONE 810815171511 8234 0 1 0 MANNEQUIN'S BEST 537 UNDEAD WARRIOR 591 NONE STICKY WICKET 8233 0 1 0 MANNEQUIN'S BEST 537 SCOTCH 8205 591 TRAVESTY 8170 2 2 2 MANNEQUIN'S BEST 537 VAN DERMINT 8203 587 NOT REVENGED POOP DECK GUY 8209 0 1 0 SEA DOGS 575 PUTT PUTT 8167 587 NOT REVENGED FILAMENT 8187 1 2 0 STEEL LEGION 581 SMIRCH 8188 587 NOT REVENGED IRON 8052 5 3 1 STEEL LEGION 581 JETSAM 8172 587 NOT REVENGED PERSONAL ADS 28 January 2008 CALLING ALL THUGS, BRUTES, OGRES, QUARTER HALF WITS, SHALLOW HALBERD ENTHUSIASTS AND MAUL RATS: Since the Bashing style has often been maligned in the forums, it is time to give the style a little tough love with the following concept: An ALL-BASHER arena. The rules are simple--enter the arena as a rookie basher. That's it. RSI said I need to get 20 managers on board and I'm about half way there. If you are interested in taking part, PM me in the forums or email me: chase at accesspr.com and put D2 in the subject header. Chase a.k.a. SwineTiger 2 February 2008 ATTENTION EVERYONE -- In March I am going to do manager lists for all arenas. This is part of my ongoing and undoubtedly largely futile attempt to get my lists organized. If you think I might not know who you are or if you think I might and you'd rather I not share that information, let me know this month! You can e-mail me at Sue at solberg dash mathews dot com (replacing the at, dash and dot with appropriate characters. You can send a diplo to The Saint. You can put an ad in the newsletter. Semaphore doesn't work so well, nor does telepathy. -- The Saint, keeper of lists LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS CHEESE WHIZ was dealt death by STONE GOLEM in a 3 minute Dark Arena fight. PUTT PUTT murdered HIGH ELF in a 1 minute brutal Dark Arena melee. 810815171511 was assassinated by UNDEAD WARRIOR in a 1 minute Dark Arena duel. 171313918311 was butchered by DARK CHAMPION in a 2 minute gory Dark Arena fight. FEYEVER demolished BALLAST in a 4 minute mismatched Challenge Title competition. MIASMA unbelievably bested MISS TEAK in a crowd pleasing 6 minute Challenge match. VAN DERMINT was overpowered by JETSAM in a 1 minute uneven Challenge melee. HONEST JILES vanquished RAFFI THE GARROTE in a 1 minute uneven duel. SOULTANCHOR was luckily beaten by CHARK FORKBEARD in a popular 2 minute expert's duel. KOOK AROCHA overpowered CABDRIVER FEET in a 1 minute one-sided melee. WAIF was luckily beaten by CHARK FORKBEARD in a exciting 3 minute bloody match. WYRD was handily defeated by BLACK DEVIN in a exciting 1 minute one-sided contest. SMIRCH devastated LIEUTENANT WOREL in a 1 minute bloody mismatched bout. WAYWARD SON assassinated SLEN SNOTNOSE in a 1 minute one-sided duel. SCOTCH butchered STICKY WICKET in a 1 minute brutal uneven duel. WONKA BALLROOM devastated CONVICTED THIEF in a 1 minute mismatched brawl. BATTLE REPORT MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS |FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT| |AIMED BLOW 4 TOTAL PARRY 23 - 9 - 0 72 | |LUNGING ATTACK 4 AIMED BLOW 15 - 9 - 2 63 | |STRIKING ATTACK 4 WALL OF STEEL 7 - 7 - 1 50 | |TOTAL PARRY 3 LUNGING ATTACK 20 - 26 - 4 43 | |WALL OF STEEL 3 STRIKING ATTACK 11 - 18 - 1 38 | |SLASHING ATTACK 2 SLASHING ATTACK 5 - 9 - 3 36 | |BASHING ATTACK 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 - 3 - 0 25 | |PARRY-LUNGE 0 BASHING ATTACK 7 - 26 - 0 21 | |PARRY-STRIKE 0 PARRY-STRIKE 2 - 8 - 2 20 | |PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 3 - 0 0 | Turn 591 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: BASHING ATTACK 1 - 0 WALL OF STEEL 1 - 2 3 TOTAL PARRY TOTAL PARRY 2 - 1 STRIKING ATTACK 1 - 3 3 STRIKING ATTACK AIMED BLOW 2 - 2 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 2 AIMED BLOW LUNGING ATTACK 2 - 2 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 0 1 LUNGING ATTACK SLASHING ATTACK 1 - 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 0 1 BASHING ATTACK 1 WALL OF STEEL TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME TOTAL PARRY BALLAST 7727 26 24 0 122 SEA DOGS (575) STRIKING ATTACK FEYEVER 7993 9 3 2 111 SWEORDMASTERS (138) BASHING ATTACK KOOK AROCHA 8120 10 4 1 80 LAB EXPERIMENTS (261) AIMED BLOW CABDRIVER FEET 7870 6 3 0 55 BABYFOOD FLAVORS (573) WALL OF STEEL SMIRCH 8188 5 1 1 45 SWEORDMASTERS (138) Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above. The overall popularity leader is MISS TEAK 8015. The most popular warrior this turn was MISS TEAK 8015. The ten other most popular fighters were FEYEVER 7993, SOULTANCHOR 7980, WAIF 8160, JETSAM 8172, PUTT PUTT 8167, BALLAST 7727, HONEST JILES 7576, WYRD 8156, SMIRCH 8188, and SCOTCH 8205. The least popular fighter this week was CABDRIVER FEET 7870. The other ten least popular fighters were VAN DERMINT 8203, MIASMA 8104, 171313918311 8235, STICKY WICKET 8233, WAYWARD SON 8180, KOOK AROCHA 8120, 810815171511 8234, WONKA BALLROOM 8232, SCOTCH 8205, and SMIRCH 8188. The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn: BALLAST (1-7727) SEA DOGS (575) MISS TEAK (1-8015) SEA DOGS (575) The following warriors have traveled to AD after fighting this turn: CHEESE WHIZ (1-7821) LAB EXPERIMENTS (261)