DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER
Date : 04/28/2008 Duedate: 05/10/2008
MORDANT ARENA
DM-1 TURN-596
This Weeks Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
MIASMA
SWEORDMASTERS (138)
(1-8104) [17-3-0,113]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
MIASMA POSITION IS EMPTY
SWEORDMASTERS (138)
(1-8104) [17-3-0,113]
Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite
KOOK AROCHA RECESS
LAB EXPERIMENTS (261) MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537)
(1-8120) [15-4-2,109] (1-8241) [5-0-1,57]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
SWEORDMASTERS (138)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. SEA DOGS (575) 55
2. MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537) 37 SWEORDMASTERS (138)
3. SWEORDMASTERS (138) 30 Unchartered Team
4. LAB EXPERIMENTS (261) 7
HOUSE FROTHINGSLOSH (329)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1/ 2 SWEORDMASTERS (138) 518 455 60 53.2 1/ 1 SWEORDMASTERS (138) 7 4 1
2/ 1 SEA DOGS (575) 132 117 5 53.0 2/ 2 LAB EXPERIMENTS (261) 5 5 1
3/ 3 MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537) 266 256 49 51.0 3/ 3 MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537) 5 5 1
4/ 4 LAB EXPERIMENTS (261) 412 408 49 50.2 4/ 4 SEA DOGS (575) 4 8 0
'*' Unchartered team '-' Team did not fight this turn
(###) Avoid teams by their Team Id ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank
TEAM SPOTLIGHT
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---===DELARQUAN REGIONAL NEWS===---
Duelmasters
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DM 1 MORDANT (turn 595): MIASMA of SWEORDMASTERS (Mannequin, mgr.)
DM 2 NIANIA (turn 478): SAROVOND of THE GOLDEN FISH (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 3 OSKSI (turn 603): SOLDIER 2 of OUR HIGHEST HONOR (The Anarchist, mgr.)
DM 4 JHELUM (turn 599): FUZZ BALL of F BALLS (Papa Bear, mgr.)
DM 5 KALTOS (turn 598): BOMBETTE of PAPER MARIO (Luigi, mgr.)
DM 6 TRANSEL (turn 602): DOMINO of HI ROLLERS (Darklock, mgr.)
DM 7 BONSUR (turn 600): ERASMUS of SENTINELS (Nomad, mgr.)
DM 10 KOLACT (turn 594): ICARUS of THE MOONDOG (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 18 TALCAMA (turn 586): MICHAEL JORDAN of CAROLINA BLUE (Apex, mgr.)
DM 21 SUNSET (turn 585): GOLDENBEARD of SEA DOGS (One-Armed Bandit, mgr.)
DM 36 JHANS (turn 559): PATCH of SEA DOGS (One-Armed Bandit, mgr.)
DM 38 CLIFFHOME (turn 549): CYPRIAN of OLD SCHOOL (Abraxis, mgr.)
DM 39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 246): SHRUG of CHEAP SHOTS (?, mgr.)
DM 42 RODEKI (turn 536): WINKY DINK of COLOR ME SUAVE (Suave, mgr.)
DM 51 TRICORUS (turn 485): BILGE RAT of SEA DOGS (One-Armed Bandit, mgr.)
DM 54 TROCAR (turn 232): DARISTAM of TRADERS OF TROCAR (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 59 ILLIS (turn 220): KONA QUAIL of ISLANDERS (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 62 VALAMANTIS (turn 433): DEATH MAGE of DEATH MOB (Jakari, mgr.)
DM 72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 197): HOCKEY of SPORTS CRIP PLAYS (Crip, mgr.)
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 477): NEOSPHINCTER of WASTELAND (TMM, mgr.)
Top Teams
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DM 1 MORDANT (turn 595): SWEORDMASTERS (Mannequin, mgr.)
DM 2 NIANIA (turn 478): THE GOLDEN FISH (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 3 OSKSI (turn 603): GAMES LIBRARY (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 4 JHELUM (turn 599): REDLEGS (Deep Thought, mgr.)
DM 5 KALTOS (turn 598): THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 6 TRANSEL (turn 602): SWIM SQUAD (Abraxis, mgr.)
DM 7 BONSUR (turn 600): BONSUR BABES ROCK (Hammer, mgr.)
DM 10 KOLACT (turn 594): SABBATH (Abraxis, mgr.)
DM 18 TALCAMA (turn 586): SEA DOGS (One-Armed Bandit, mgr.)
DM 21 SUNSET (turn 585): GRIM FANDANGO (Stik, mgr.)
DM 36 JHANS (turn 559): MIDDLE WAY 13 (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 38 CLIFFHOME (turn 549): OLD SCHOOL (Abraxis, mgr.)
DM 39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 246): THE MIDDLE WAY (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 42 RODEKI (turn 536): COLOR ME SUAVE (Suave, mgr.)
DM 51 TRICORUS (turn 485): DARK HORSEMEN (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 54 TROCAR (turn 232): TRADERS OF TROCAR (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 59 ILLIS (turn 220): ISLANDERS (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 62 VALAMANTIS (turn 433): MIDDLE WAY 10 (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 197): SUE'S BOYS (Crip, mgr.)
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 477) VILLAINS et al (Doc Steele, mgr.)
Recent Graduates
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DM 1 MORDANT (turn 595): SOUTLANCHOR of LAB EXPERIMENTS (Mannequin, mgr.)
DM 5 KALTOS (turn 598): ORVERD QUILL of THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 7 BONSUR (turn 600): DIGGER WASP of FLAGG'S CHAMPIONS (Flagg, mgr.)
DM 10 KOLACT (turn 584): NESTOR ORDH of THE MOONDOGS (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 18 TALCAMA (turn 585): DINAH MIGHT of FUNKY FOLK (Papa Bear, mgr.)
DM 21 SUNSET (turn 585): GOLDENBEARD of SEA DOGS (One-Armed Bandit, mgr.)
(turn 584): MAST MONKEY of SEA DOGS (One-Armed Bandit, mgr.)
SPY REPORT
Thankyouthankyou. It's great for me, The Unknown Spymaster to be back in
MORDANT. Hope you enjoy the show. Oh, who am I kidding? I already got paid! It
looks like the guys(?) at MANNEQUIN'S BEST had a good week as they went 3-0-1 to put
them in 3rd place. I guess steroids help! Hey everybody, watch out for SMIRCH, who
flew up 24 points in the rankings after mashing BLACK DEVIN like a melon. Keep your
eye on this guy. Ya know, some days it doesn't pay to walk out on the sands. WYRD
was overcame by JETSAM and drops 7 points. Our battling duelmaster MIASMA has
managed to hold the title, fending off MAD MANNEQUIN's none too subtle advances.
Better luck next time, MORDANT. Advice to bashers--never force anything, just get a
bigger halberd!
But enough of that bunch, let's get on to the wimps who like to avoid battle!
Being a spy is great--other people die and you spend the rest of the day
drinking to their memory. Better tanked than dead! Big deal, so SOULTANCHOR got
mashed in the Dark Arena. With his face he was more at home with the trolls than
with us. (Waka waka). SOULTANCHOR says to his dog--'Who should I fight this week?'.
Dog says 'ARENAMASTER KAKAR'. So the guy dies. Moral? Put lying dogs to sleep.
17516171793 defied all odds and slew MOUNTAIN TROLL in the Dark Arena. The only ones
displeased were the buzzards, as MOUNTAIN TROLL's meat is notoriously tough.
Remember: alliances are great, but try and take your ally in the arena with you and
see what happens.
Well, that wasn't too bad; Alarond told me that the people in MORDANT have no
sense of humor. Or maybe that they were senseless. C'mon, Leadfoot, let's make some
tracks. Hasta la bye-bye. (Loud choruses of 'Beat it, ya bum!')-- The Unknown
Spymaster
DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
MIASMA 8104 17 3 0 113 SWEORDMASTERS (138)
CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-HONEST JILES 7576 12 2 0 115 LAB EXPERIMENTS (261)
KOOK AROCHA 8120 15 4 2 109 LAB EXPERIMENTS (261)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
WAIF 8160 8 3 0 84 SWEORDMASTERS (138)
CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
JETSAM 8172 8 5 1 66 SEA DOGS (575)
-WAYWARD SON 8180 4 0 2 59 MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537)
RECESS 8241 5 0 1 57 MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
SMIRCH 8188 7 4 1 48 SWEORDMASTERS (138)
WYRD 8156 5 2 0 39 SWEORDMASTERS (138)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
17516171793 8283 1 0 1 27 MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
THING 8280 2 0 1 18 SWEORDMASTERS (138)
CRAB POT 8282 1 0 0 13 SEA DOGS (575)
FISHMONGER 8239 0 1 0 9 SEA DOGS (575)
POOP DECK GUY 8274 0 1 0 7 SEA DOGS (575)
BISMARCK 8284 1 0 0 5 MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
MOUNTAIN TROLL 0 0 0 DARK ARENA 17516171793 8283 596 NONE
111018179109 8285 0 1 0 LAB EXPERIMENTS 261 SHEWISH GIANT 596 NONE
SOULTANCHOR 7980 16 9 3 LAB EXPERIMENTS 261 ARENAMASTER KAKA 596 NONE
MAN OVERBOARD 8281 0 1 0 SEA DOGS 575 ARENAMASTER KAKA 596 NONE
PERSONAL ADS
maelstrom \MAYL-struhm\, noun:
1. A large, powerful, or destructive whirlpool.
2. Something resembling a maelstrom; a violent, disordered, or turbulent state of
affairs.
Maelstrom comes from obsolete Dutch maelstroom, from malen, "to grind, hence to whirl
round," + stroom, "stream."
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
SOULTANCHOR was dealt death by ARENAMASTER KAKAR in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
17516171793 viciously butchered MOUNTAIN TROLL in a exciting 1 minute Dark Arena duel.
MAN OVERBOARD was murdered by ARENAMASTER KAKAR in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
111018179109 was dealt death by SHEWISH GIANT in a popular 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
MIASMA outwaited MAD MANNEQUIN in a dull 12 minute Title brawl.
KOOK AROCHA overpowered SILISA THE SNAKE in a 1 minute one-sided struggle.
WAIF devastated TIEN-SHU OF GENRAI in a 1 minute one-sided competition.
RECESS viciously subdued GRUNESH THE ORC in a action packed 4 minute beginner's melee.
JETSAM overpowered WYRD in a popular 1 minute uneven duel.
SMIRCH overpowered BLACK DEVIN in a popular 1 minute gory uneven match.
THING subdued FISHMONGER in a crowd pleasing 1 minute amateur's match.
POOP DECK GUY was unbelievably bested by BISMARCK in a 2 minute novice's battle.
CRAB POT overpowered CONVICTED THIEF in a 1 minute mismatched conflict.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|BASHING ATTACK 4 TOTAL PARRY 17 - 6 - 0 74 |
|AIMED BLOW 4 AIMED BLOW 16 - 13 - 3 55 |
|STRIKING ATTACK 3 WALL OF STEEL 7 - 6 - 1 54 |
|WALL OF STEEL 2 LUNGING ATTACK 17 - 17 - 6 50 |
|LUNGING ATTACK 1 BASHING ATTACK 12 - 16 - 3 43 |
|TOTAL PARRY 1 STRIKING ATTACK 11 - 19 - 1 37 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 1 SLASHING ATTACK 2 - 6 - 1 25 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 0 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 7 - 0 0 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 0 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 3 - 0 0 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 1 - 0 0 |
Turn 596 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:
LUNGING ATTACK 1 - 0 STRIKING ATTACK 1 - 2 3 BASHING ATTACK
TOTAL PARRY 1 - 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 3 AIMED BLOW
WALL OF STEEL 2 - 0 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 0 2 TOTAL PARRY
BASHING ATTACK 3 - 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 0 1 STRIKING ATTACK
AIMED BLOW 2 - 2 SLASHING ATTACK 0 - 1 1 LUNGING ATTACK
1 WALL OF STEEL
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
TOTAL PARRY MIASMA 8104 17 3 0 113 SWEORDMASTERS (138)
BASHING ATTACK KOOK AROCHA 8120 15 4 2 109 LAB EXPERIMENTS (261)
STRIKING ATTACK WAIF 8160 8 3 0 84 SWEORDMASTERS (138)
AIMED BLOW JETSAM 8172 8 5 1 66 SEA DOGS (575)
LUNGING ATTACK RECESS 8241 5 0 1 57 MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537)
WALL OF STEEL SMIRCH 8188 7 4 1 48 SWEORDMASTERS (138)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
The overall popularity leader is KOOK AROCHA 8120. The most popular warrior this
turn was RECESS 8241. The ten other most popular fighters were POOP DECK GUY 8274,
JETSAM 8172, 17516171793 8283, SMIRCH 8188, THING 8280, 111018179109 8285, KOOK
AROCHA 8120, WAIF 8160, BISMARCK 8284, and MAN OVERBOARD 8281.
The least popular fighter this week was MIASMA 8104. The other ten least popular
fighters were CRAB POT 8282, FISHMONGER 8239, WYRD 8156, MAN OVERBOARD 8281, BISMARCK
8284, WAIF 8160, KOOK AROCHA 8120, 111018179109 8285, THING 8280, and SMIRCH 8188.
The following warriors have traveled to AD after fighting this turn:
SOULTANCHOR (1-7980) LAB EXPERIMENTS (261)
THE STOMPING GROUNDS
The new all-basher arena will be in Seam, DM 20. Only new teams (0FE) may
participate. The only rule is that all of your warriors must be bashers.
The first turn of the contest will be due on Monday, April 28. It will be a slow
turn-around arena. If you wish to enter a team, please submit your new team and first
turn strategies before then. Only one team per manager, please.
This arena will stay open indefinitely, providing there is interest (i.e., this is not
a contest that runs a set number of turns, although there are prizes scheduled after
the first 15 rounds). For more information, see details in the first newsletter or on
the forums.
-- RSI
Zeb Karan looked around the table at the rest of Dwes Eg's staff. Arenamasters,
standby and Dark Arena warriors, stewards and infirmarians, even the maintenance crew.
There was wine and beer on the side-table, even sandwiches, but no one was partaking.
"Stop looking like your dog died," Lew Voth said. He had once been the
arenamaster of Sentern and had taken his turns overseeing the fights in Dwes Eg. "We
all knew this day would come. When are they closing us down?"
"Immediately after the tourney, according to the information I was given."
"Short notice," Jame Rinvar, another arenamaster commented.
"No offense intended, these things just creep up on people. Tourneys make it
worse, I suppose, all the new teams being entered." Zeb grimaced. "Some of the file
cabinets have exploded from over-stuffing, you know, and it takes so long to run
through all the registered gladiators to find those who are planning to fight on any
given day that the day is OVER by the time we're ready to start."
"Which is why they closed down Sentern, Cimmeriac, and Firehold," Lew pointed
out. "This is the same thing all over again."
"Cycles," Jame said. "Things happen, and then later they happen again. We live
with it. And Dwes Eg did last for, what, eight and a half years before it reached the
explosion point. That isn't bad. That's forever, speaking practically."
"Eight or nine years is not forever--"
"The only thing that's real is today, and maybe, up to a point, tomorrow. I
don't see a problem with this. What are the new parameters, Zeb?"
"Dwes Eg remains open, existing teams can run and can recruit new members. BUT,
no new teams will be accepted. New teams will go into a new arena, DM 84, running its
first turn on the seventh of May. A regular two-week cycle."
"So Dwes Eg isn't actually being closed, just closed to new teams. Okay. This
works," Jame said again. "Number 84... does this mean it'll be out at that Blackstone
place? Rotten weather half the year, but I suppose you could say that about any site.
What about regional allegiance?"
"None specified in the data I received. Probably a personal-choice situation,"
Zeb said.
"Transfers?" Lew asked.
"I don't know about transfers IN," Zeb said, "but I'd guess yes, they would be
allowed. No transfers OUT, though. None out of DM 82, for that matter. Once you're
in 82 or 84, the only way out is death or graduation."
"That fairly describes most arenas," Jame said. "Anyone who takes up the
gladiatorial life has already accepted that."