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."

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                         ---===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)