DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 02/16/2009    Duedate: 02/28/2009

MORDANT ARENA

DM-1    TURN-617

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

JETSAM
SEA DOGS (575)
(1-8172) [18-16-1,110]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

JETSAM                         BLACK
SEA DOGS (575)                 FULL SPECTRUM (611)
(1-8172) [18-16-1,110]         (1-8252) [6-2-0,92]

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

TONY SIRAGUSA                  BLACK
BETTER OFF DEAD (590)          FULL SPECTRUM (611)
(1-7882) [13-10-0,107]         (1-8252) [6-2-0,92]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

SEA DOGS (575)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. BOOZE (605)                 50
2. SEA DOGS (575)              25      BETTER OFF DEAD (590)
3. FULL SPECTRUM (611)         19      Unchartered Team
4. LAB EXPERIMENTS (261)       16
5. BETTER OFF DEAD (590)        2      FULL SPECTRUM (611)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 1*FULL SPECTRUM (611)        6   2  0 75.0   1/ 1 SEA DOGS (575)            7  6 2
 2/ 2 BETTER OFF DEAD (590)     13  10  0 56.5   2/ 5 LAB EXPERIMENTS (261)     6  3 1
 3/ 3 SWEORDMASTERS (138)      548 485 60 53.0   3/ 4 BOOZE (605)               5  5 0
 4/ 6 SEA DOGS (575)           181 167  9 52.0   4/ 3 SWEORDMASTERS (138)       4  5 0
 5/ 5 MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537)   303 281 51 51.9   5/ 2 MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537)    4  7 0
 6/ 7 LAB EXPERIMENTS (261)    436 426 56 50.6   6/ 7*FULL SPECTRUM (611)       2  0 0
 7/ 8 BOOZE (605)               36  51  7 41.4   7/ 9 BETTER OFF DEAD (590)     2  1 0
 8/ 9 TRASH CAN ORCS (614)       3  11  0 21.4   8/ 8 TRASH CAN ORCS (614)      0  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

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                         ---===DELARQUAN REGIONAL NEWS===---

                                     Duelmasters
                                     -----------
 DM   1 MORDANT (turn 616): WAYWARD SON of MANNEQUIN'S BEST (Mannequin, mgr.)
 DM   2 NIANIA (turn 499): GROND of THE GOLDEN FISH (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 624): ELVORN MARSLAN of GAMES LIBRARY (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   5 KALTOS (turn 619): SHY GUY of PAPER MARIO (Luigi, mgr.)
 DM   6 TRANSEL (turn 620): DEADLY DUO of PSYCHO SQUAD (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 621): LORD T. JEEBUS of AMEN! (?, mgr.)
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 611): REESE SILEEN of THE MOONDOGS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 607): DECK APE of SEA DOGS (One-Armed Bandit, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 616): TOAD LIKCER of COSMIC FREAK OUT (Floyd, mgr.)
 DM  36 JHANS (turn 578): KYRA of BABES (Papa Bear, mgr.)
 DM  38 CLIFFHOME (turn 570): AVERAGE JOE of U.A.K. (Otis the Drunk, mgr.)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 256): D'URVILLE of KIWI CONNECTION (The Mun, mgr.)
 DM  42 RODEKI (turn 554): DIPSY DIXIE of COLOR ME SUAVE (Suave, mgr.)
 DM  51 TRICORUS (turn 505): VARGOI of DARK HORSEMENT (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  54 TROCAR (turn 243): VARDIN ABEQ of TRADERS OF TROCAR (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  59 ILLIS (turn 231): ROSE SHELL of ISLANDERS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  62 VALAMANTIS (turn 454): CHATTI of DEATH MOB (Jakari, mgr.)
 DM  72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 207): UM-PAH of ONE MAN BAND (Allegro, mgr.)
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 468): SUPER BUM of FLAT BROKE (The Muffin Man, mgr.)

                                      Top Teams
                                      ---------
 DM   1 MORDANT (turn 616): SEA DOGS (One-Armed Bandit, mgr.)
 DM   2 NIANIA (turn 499): THE GOLDEN FISH (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 624): SORCERY COVENANT (Visionist, mgr.)
 DM   5 KALTOS (turn 619): PAPER MARIO (Luigi, mgr.)
 DM   6 TRANSEL (turn 620): PSYCHO SQUAD (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 621): AMEN! (?, mgr.)
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 611): THE MOONDOGS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 607): SEA DOGS (One-Armed Bandit, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 606): COSMIC FREAK OUT (Floyd, mgr.)
 DM  36 JHANS (turn 578): MIDDLE WAY 17 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  38 CLIFFHOME (turn 570): U.A.K. (Otis the Drunk, mgr.)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 256): KIWI CONNECTION (The Mun, mgr.)
 DM  42 RODEKI (turn 554): COLOR ME SUAVE (Suave, mgr.)
 DM  51 TRICORUS (turn 505): DARK HORSEMEN (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  54 TROCAR (turn 243): TRADERS OF TROCAR (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  59 ILLIS (turn 231): ISLANDERS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  62 VALAMANTIS (turn 454): MIDDLE WAY 10 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 207): ONE MAN BAND (Allegro, mgr.)
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 498) NO MORE TEARS (Doc Steele, mgr.)

                                   Recent Graduates
                                  -----------------
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 623): BUD GREEN of GREEN WITH ENVY (Misfit, mgr.)
 DM   6 TRANSEL (turn 620): DEADLY DUO of PSYCHO SQUAD (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 620): NEANDERTHAL of SENTINELS (Nomad, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 616): TOAD LIKCER of COSMIC FREAK OUT (Floyd, mgr.)
 DM  38 CLIFFHOME (turn 569): RUMAKI of FREAKISH (Hombre, mgr.)
 DM  42 RODEKI (turn 554): DIPSY DIXIE of COLOR ME SUAVE (Suave, mgr.)
 DM  51 TRICORUS (turn 505): VARGOI of DARK HORSEMENT (Jorja, mgr.)
                 (turn 504): GARANH of DARK HORSEMENT (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  59 ILLIS (turn 231): ROSE SHELL of ISLANDERS (Jorja, mgr.)

                                      SPY REPORT

     Well, what are you looking at, MORDANT?  Ain't you never seen Snide Clemens 
before?  Ah, shaddup and listen to my news.  LAB EXPERIMENTS turned their 3-1-1 turn 
into a 2nd place rank in the listings this turn.  Any better than this, and you get 
put on hit lists.  Of course, we're all terribly impressed to see JETSAM win a fight 
and gain 20 points, terribly.  Tsk, tsk, TEQUILLA beat KNAVE and KNAVE lost 14 
points.  You're breakin' my heart.  Due to absence, and inability to defend the 
throne, WAYWARD SON has lost the Title of Duelmaster.  Start setting that alarm 
earlier!  And it's out with the old, in with the new, as JETSAM takes the Title and 
last week's bar tab from the old Duelmaster.  Heh, heh.  Kickbacks and bribes, 
kickbacks and bribes, how else do you think some of these guys win their fights?  
Skill?  Ha!   
     My mother always told me, 'If you don't have anything nice to say, start 
talking.' I loved that woman.  What's the big D?  LAB EXPERIMENTS was the most 
avoided team?  Bunch of lily livered... grumble... mumble... curse...  And it looks 
like BETTER OFF DEAD avoided them the most this turn.  What a pack of would be 
losers, if you ask me.  Hmph.  Ooh, I'm frightfully impressed, MIASMA was this turn's 
most challenged warrior.  Watch that ego swell, sports fans.   
     Some people like volunteer work in the hospitals.  I volunteer for MORDANT's 
morgue.  More variety.  Now hey, I like to see a death as much as the next guy, but 
hey MANNEQUIN'S BEST, whyja send COPPER JOHN to the Dark Arena, look at his record, 
huh?  Gee, MANNEQUIN'S BEST, ain't it past due for sending HAMFIST Dark Arena?  What 
took ol' '8-6-1' so long?  Hope?  Ha ha aha ha!  Bye bye, warrior, bye bye...  REUSED 
REFUSE, a glorious 3-9-0 fighter, has passed away.  Gee, too bad TRASH CAN ORCS.  
Honor is like a chainmail shirt, it only shines through use.  Certain nameless 
cowards will doubtless rebuke me on this one.   
     I was about to buy a new quill pen the other day, but some fighter took it for 
an epee.  Forgive me for writing with a dagger.  Just wait 'till next time I show up 
here, I won't be so nice!  So nyaaah!  Glad to see the back of this place-- Snide 
Clemens  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 JETSAM 8172                  18  16  1   110       SEA DOGS (575)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-WAYWARD SON 8180             15   0  2   166       MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537)
-HONEST JILES 7576            12   2  0   115       LAB EXPERIMENTS (261)
-POOP DECK GUY 8274            9  10  2   109       SEA DOGS (575)
 TONY SIRAGUSA 7882           13  10  0   107       BETTER OFF DEAD (590)
 BLACK 8252                    6   2  0    92       FULL SPECTRUM (611)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 MIASMA 8104                  26  11  0    89       SWEORDMASTERS (138)
 WYRD 8156                    13  11  0    81       SWEORDMASTERS (138)
 MAJOR PAYNE 8295             13   3  3    76       LAB EXPERIMENTS (261)
 RUM RUNNER 8296              11   8  1    74       SEA DOGS (575)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 LANDLUBBER 8309               9   7  0    63       SEA DOGS (575)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 VAN DERMINT 8203              5   3  1    43       BOOZE (605)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 LIGHTSPEED 8318               2   1  0    23       MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537)
 CAKES 8351                    2   0  1    21       LAB EXPERIMENTS (261)
 TEQUILLA 8353                 1   0  0    17       BOOZE (605)
 CRATER FACE 8340              2   0  0    16       LAB EXPERIMENTS (261)
-NAILING 8305                  1   0  0    16       SWEORDMASTERS (138)
 GREY GOOSE 8349               1   0  0    12       BOOZE (605)
 KNAVE 8344                    2   1  0     7       SWEORDMASTERS (138)
-SPEARFISHER 8343              1   2  0     7       SEA DOGS (575)
 SCIVRE 8308                   1   1  0     4       SWEORDMASTERS (138)

'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
BRANDY 8332             0  1 0 BOOZE 605            THE AMAZON            617  NONE
JOHNNY WALKER 8336      3  4 0 BOOZE 605            SPYMASTER             617  NONE
TEQUILLA 8342           3  1 1 BOOZE 605            RUM RUNNER 8296       615   
SHAFT 8350              1  1 0 LAB EXPERIMENTS 261  MOUNTAIN TROLL        617  NONE
COPPER JOHN 8279        4  2 0 MANNEQUIN'S BEST 537 DARK CHAMPION         617  NONE
HAMFIST 8292            8  7 1 MANNEQUIN'S BEST 537 SPYMASTER             617  NONE
SNUFFER 8352            1  1 0 MANNEQUIN'S BEST 537 SPYMASTER             617  NONE
REUSED REFUSE 8321      3 10 0 TRASH CAN ORCS 614   CAKES 8351            617   

                                     PERSONAL ADS

     If there should be personals here, our apologies.  Hal took the long weekend off
     and is only now beginning to sort through the incoming mail.

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

COPPER JOHN was viciously butchered by DARK CHAMPION in a 3 minute Dark Arena fight.
HAMFIST was murdered by SPYMASTER in a 1 minute Dark Arena melee.
JOHNNY WALKER was murdered by SPYMASTER in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
SHAFT was slaughtered by MOUNTAIN TROLL in a crowd pleasing 1 minute Dark Arena brawl.
SNUFFER was assassinated by SPYMASTER in a 1 minute Dark Arena match.
BRANDY was butchered by THE AMAZON in a 1 minute Dark Arena brawl.
JETSAM vanquished MIASMA in a 2 minute mismatched Challenge Title fight.
TONY SIRAGUSA beat RUM RUNNER in a 2 minute brawl.
WYRD was overcome by BLACK in a action packed 4 minute gruesome fight.
MAJOR PAYNE won victory over LANDLUBBER in a 1 minute duel.
LIGHTSPEED was vanquished by VAN DERMINT in a 1 minute uneven fight.
CRATER FACE outwaited CONVICTED THIEF in a slow 7 minute fight.
REUSED REFUSE was savagely slain by CAKES in a 2 minute melee.
SCIVRE was subdued by GREY GOOSE in a 3 minute amateur's competition.
KNAVE was bested by TEQUILLA in a 1 minute novice's battle.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|LUNGING ATTACK                   5         PARRY-LUNGE        1 -   0 -  0     100  |
|AIMED BLOW                       5         WALL OF STEEL      1 -   0 -  0     100  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  3         PARRY-STRIKE       9 -   3 -  2      75  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   3         TOTAL PARRY        5 -   4 -  0      56  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     2         PARRY-RIPOSTE      4 -   4 -  0      50  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      2         AIMED BLOW        23 -  23 -  0      50  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      1         SLASHING ATTACK    8 -   8 -  1      50  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    1         LUNGING ATTACK    18 -  19 -  3      49  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  1         STRIKING ATTACK    8 -  10 -  1      44  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    0         BASHING ATTACK     6 -  13 -  1      32  |

Turn 617 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        1 -  0     AIMED BLOW         2 -  3         4  AIMED BLOW     
WALL OF STEEL      1 -  0     PARRY-RIPOSTE      0 -  0         2  TOTAL PARRY    
LUNGING ATTACK     3 -  2     SLASHING ATTACK    0 -  1         2  LUNGING ATTACK 
PARRY-STRIKE       1 -  1     STRIKING ATTACK    0 -  3         1  SLASHING ATTACK
TOTAL PARRY        1 -  1     BASHING ATTACK     0 -  3         1  PARRY-STRIKE   
                                                                1  BASHING ATTACK 

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
AIMED BLOW       JETSAM 8172                18  16  1  110 SEA DOGS (575)
LUNGING ATTACK   BLACK 8252                  6   2  0   92 FULL SPECTRUM (611)

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
TOTAL PARRY      MIASMA 8104                26  11  0   89 SWEORDMASTERS (138)
PARRY-STRIKE     RUM RUNNER 8296            11   8  1   74 SEA DOGS (575)
BASHING ATTACK   LANDLUBBER 8309             9   7  0   63 SEA DOGS (575)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is TONY SIRAGUSA 7882.  The most popular warrior this 
turn was BLACK 8252.  The ten other most popular fighters were COPPER JOHN 8279, WYRD 
8156, CAKES 8351, SCIVRE 8308, JETSAM 8172, TONY SIRAGUSA 7882, SHAFT 8350, RUM 
RUNNER 8296, LANDLUBBER 8309, and VAN DERMINT 8203.

The least popular fighter this week was CRATER FACE 8340.  The other ten least 
popular fighters were JOHNNY WALKER 8336, HAMFIST 8292, KNAVE 8344, REUSED REFUSE 
8321, LIGHTSPEED 8318, MAJOR PAYNE 8295, MIASMA 8104, BRANDY 8332, SNUFFER 8352, and 
TEQUILLA 8353.

The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn:

JETSAM (1-8172) SEA DOGS (575)