DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 06/22/2009    Duedate: 07/04/2009

MORDANT ARENA

DM-1    TURN-626

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

ENURAM
DESOLATE TEMPLE (586)
(1-7851) [22-13-3,121]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

ENURAM                         ERIC SAMUELS
DESOLATE TEMPLE (586)          FAMILY HORDE (616)
(1-7851) [22-13-3,121]         (1-8389) [2-1-0,30]

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

WYRD                           ENURAM
SWEORDMASTERS (138)            DESOLATE TEMPLE (586)
(1-8156) [19-14-1,119]         (1-7851) [22-13-3,121]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

SWEORDMASTERS (138)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537)      61
2. SWEORDMASTERS (138)         31      SWEORDMASTERS (138)
3. LAB EXPERIMENTS (261)       18      Unchartered Team
4. DESOLATE TEMPLE (586)       17
5. HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)      6      FAMILY HORDE (616)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1- 1*EVIL BEAVERS (610)         5   2  0 71.4   1/ 2 SWEORDMASTERS (138)       8  7 1
 2/ 2*FAMILY HORDE (616)         4   3  0 57.1   2/ 1 LAB EXPERIMENTS (261)     7  3 0
 3/ 3 SWEORDMASTERS (138)      566 504 61 52.9   3/ 3 MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537)    5  9 2
 4- 4*SAGE SOLDIERS (231)       10   9  0 52.6   4/ 8 DESOLATE TEMPLE (586)     4  3 0
 5/ 6 LAB EXPERIMENTS (261)    452 438 57 50.8   5/ 5*FAMILY HORDE (616)        3  2 0
 6/ 5 MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537)   314 305 54 50.7   6/ 6 BOOZE (605)               3  5 2
 7- 7 SEA DOGS (575)           191 187  9 50.5   7- 7*EVIL BEAVERS (610)        2  0 0
 8/ 8 DESOLATE TEMPLE (586)     81  87  5 48.2   8- 9*SAGE SOLDIERS (231)       1  3 0
 9/ 9 BOOZE (605)               43  64 10 40.2   9/ 0 HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)   1  4 0
10/ 0 HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)  443 672 13 39.7  10- 4 SEA DOGS (575)            1  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
                                     -----------
 DM   1 MORDANT (turn 625): MIASMA of SWEORDMASTERS (Mannequin, mgr.)
 DM   2 NIANIA (turn 508): GALLORDIN of THE GOLDEN FISH (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 631): FARFALE of PASTA (Papa Bear, mgr.)
 DM   5 KALTOS (turn 626): HALIBUTT of WIZARD'S WRATH (Visionist, mgr.)
 DM   6 TRANSEL (turn 626): WHISPER WALK of MY LITTLE TRIBE (?, mgr.)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 630): WHOLLY MOLLY of AMEN! (?, mgr.)
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 619): DEIMOS of THE MOONDOGS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 616): SPARE ANCHOR of SEA DOGS (One Armed Bandit, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 615): CROUCHING HAMSTER of D.R.I. (?, mgr.)
 DM  36 JHANS (turn 587): EVA MENDES of GIRLS X3 (Non, mgr.)
 DM  38 CLIFFHOME (turn 579): GURU GNU of HILLTOP GURUS (Nomad, mgr.)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 561): DUCK A L'ORANGE of DUCKS UNLIMITED (Crip, mgr.)
 DM  42 RODEKI (turn 563): CHATTY CABALIST of DUNGEON CELL (One Armed Bandit, mgr.)
 DM  51 TRICORUS (turn 514): UP FROM THE SEA of RAISING R'LYEH (Reaper, mgr.)
 DM  54 TROCAR (turn 247): KORASIM of TRADERS OF TROCAR (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  59 ILLIS (turn 235): GISBORNE of KIWI CONNECTION (The Mun, mgr.)
 DM  62 VALAMANTIS (turn 463): FYRE SWORD of DEATH MOB (Jakari, mgr.)
 DM  72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 212): SLO-PITCH of SPORTS CRIP PLAYS (?, mgr.)
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 507): SUPER BUM of FLAT BROKE (The Muffin Man, mgr.)

                                      Top Teams
                                      ---------
 DM   1 MORDANT (turn 625): LAB EXPERIMENTS (?, mgr.)
 DM   2 NIANIA (turn 508): THE GOLDEN FISH (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 631): GAMES LIBRARY (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   5 KALTOS (turn 626): THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   6 TRANSEL (turn 626): MY LITTLE TRIBE (?, mgr.)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 630): SENTINELS (Nomad, mgr.)
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 619): VIKINGS (Nomad, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 616): SEA DOGS (One Armed Bandit, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 615): GRIM FANDANGO (Stik, mgr.)
 DM  36 JHANS (turn 587): GIRLS X3 (Non, mgr.)
 DM  38 CLIFFHOME (turn 579): U.A.K. (Otis the Drunk, mgr.)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 261): KIWI CONNECTION (The Mun, mgr.)
 DM  42 RODEKI (turn 563): DUNGEON CELL (One Armed Bandit, mgr.)
 DM  51 TRICORUS (turn 514): AMAZON ELITE (?, mgr.)
 DM  54 TROCAR (turn 247): TRADERS OF TROCAR (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  59 ILLIS (turn 235): ISLANDERS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  62 VALAMANTIS (turn 463): DEATH MOB (Jakari, mgr.)
 DM  72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 212): FEARSOME LEGENDS (?, mgr.)
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 507) 0729205R et al (The Muffin Man, mgr.)

                                   Recent Graduates
                                  -----------------
 DM   6 TRANSEL (turn 625): BIMBETTE of PSYCHO SQUAD (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 630): WHOLLY MOLLY of AMEN! (?, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 615): SURLY DECKHAND of SEA DOGS (One-Armed Bandit, mgr.)
               (turn 614): PILSON of DEATH MOB 4 (Jakari, mgr.)
                           SLYTHR of GRIM FANDANGO (Stik, mgr.)
                           WHITMAN of LITERATE LOONS (?, mgr.)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 261): DEELA ELLIS of THE MIDDLE WAY (Jorja, mgr.)
                   (turn 260): D'URVILLE of KIWI CONNECTION (The Mun, mgr.)
 DM  42 RODEKI (turn 563): CHATTY CABALIST of DUNGEON CELL (One Armed Bandit, mgr.)
 DM  51 TRICORUS (turn 513): HASARCH of DARK HORSEMEN (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  59 ILLIS (turn 234): KIRRALA of ISLANDERS (Jorja, mgr.)

                                      SPY REPORT

     Good day, in MORDANT a quiet thief gets rich, but a quiet spymaster gets poor.  
So bring me ale and harken to my tidbits of news.  It seems the training can make the 
difference, as LAB EXPERIMENTS is pushed out of top team by SWEORDMASTERS, who came 
from 2nd with a 2-3-0 this turn.  Now keep the taverns open late tonight, for there 
are sorrows to drown for SEA DOGS, whose 0-0-0 this turn dropped them by 6 into 10th. 
DESOLATE TEMPLE stable has parlayed this turn's 2-1-0 into a 4 space move up the 
rankings.  This brings them up to 4th place.  Good work, guys!  And let's see, BALL 
PEIN fought ROOKIE MANAGER and gained 21 points and contributed to MANNEQUIN'S BEST's 
2-3-1.  RELLIK has lost to WYRD, falling 7 points, while helping make DESOLATE TEMPLE 
a 2-1-0 turn.  ENURAM challenged for the Duelmastership this turn, attempting to 
dethrone SWEORDMASTERS' warrior.  And not without some honor, ENURAM now claims the 
title and throne of Duelmaster of MORDANT.  Tell me, is nothing sacred?  I have heard 
from unimpeachable sources that Conan's Place uses trolls in their stew.  Talk about 
gristle!   
     Oriental wise man once say, 'Hiding behind shields prevents proper sun tanning.' 
Inscrutable, but true.  I also notice that the LAB EXPERIMENTS stable was the most 
avoided team this turn.  Come on MORDANT, what are you afraid of?  And avoiding LAB 
EXPERIMENTS more than any other team we find BOOZE.  MORDANT, are we going to accept, 
or respect this sort of thing?  Well, sports fans, take notice that ERIC SAMUELS from 
FAMILY HORDE was MORDANT's most challenged warrior this turn.   
     A coward dies a thousand deaths, a brave man only once.  Wise men know this to 
be true.  Conan's Place declares a free round for N'AZADAR and all of DESOLATE 
TEMPLE, for having revenged BOOZE's VAN DERMINT for killing one of their comrades.  
We'd like to remind certain teams not to rob the graves of their enemies.  You know 
who you are; and it's considered rude.   
     Remember, blood on the purple robe does not change it from a purple robe.  Dare 
to fight bravely.  Well, I'm burning daylight here in MORDANT and I've a long road 
ahead of me.  Happy Trails.  Until the sun next rises and my pen sets to paper-- 
Alarond the Scribe  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 ENURAM 7851                  22  13  3   121       DESOLATE TEMPLE (586)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 WYRD 8156                    19  14  1   119       SWEORDMASTERS (138)
-HONEST JILES 7576            12   2  0   115       LAB EXPERIMENTS (261)
 MIASMA 8104                  33  13  0   112       SWEORDMASTERS (138)
 N'AZADAR 7850                15  20  2   103       DESOLATE TEMPLE (586)
 MAJOR PAYNE 8295             18   7  3    94       LAB EXPERIMENTS (261)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 VAN DERMINT 8203              8   6  2    90       BOOZE (605)
 RELLIK 7852                  18  17  0    84       DESOLATE TEMPLE (586)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-DOOMTAIL 8249                 5   2  0    66       EVIL BEAVERS (610)
 BALL PEIN 8379                5   1  1    64       MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537)
 ROOKIE MANAGER 7639          12  21  1    58       HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-SPEARFISHER 8343              5   2  0    54       SEA DOGS (575)
 CRATER FACE 8340              8   1  0    53       LAB EXPERIMENTS (261)
-LANDLUBBER 8309              10  14  0    51       SEA DOGS (575)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 ERIC SAMUELS 8389             2   1  0    30       FAMILY HORDE (616)
 NAILING 8305                  4   1  0    27       SWEORDMASTERS (138)
 BEERIN BOTTLEMAN 7802         4   6  0    24       HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-SCARLET SMILE 8362            2   0  1    23       LAB EXPERIMENTS (261)
 FENDER BENDER 7859            3   2  0    20       HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-PVT. CHAIR 4929               3   3  0    20       SAGE SOLDIERS (231)
-SGT. JEEP 4925                2   0  0    20       SAGE SOLDIERS (231)
 GREY GOOSE 8349               3   1  1    19       BOOZE (605)
-PVT. SHOE 4928                3   2  0    19       SAGE SOLDIERS (231)
-SCHNAPPES 8400                1   0  1    16       BOOZE (605)
 RANDOM MANIAC 7800            2   8  1    15       HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)
-SGT. FIFTEEN 4927             1   2  0    15       SAGE SOLDIERS (231)
 MCLOVIN 8397                  3   1  0    14       LAB EXPERIMENTS (261)
-PVT. DOORKNOB 4926            1   2  0    11       SAGE SOLDIERS (231)
 RUMOR 8410                    1   0  1    10       MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537)
-CHIANTI 8407                  1   0  0    10       BOOZE (605)
 ALICE SAMUELS 8385            2   2  0     8       FAMILY HORDE (616)
 CHINA BULL 7873               1   3  0     6       HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
GRALL THE DESERT        0  0 0                      RUMOR 8410            626  NONE
CALIS 7849             15 19 0 DESOLATE TEMPLE 586  VAN DERMINT 8203      625  JUST REVENGED
101216521911 8418       0  1 0 MANNEQUIN'S BEST 537 ARENAMASTER KAKA      626  NONE
136131191121 8420       0  1 0 MANNEQUIN'S BEST 537 THE AMAZON            626  NONE
1561015171011 8419      0  1 0 MANNEQUIN'S BEST 537 BLACK ORC             626  NONE
RUM RUNNER 8296        12 12 1 SEA DOGS 575         WYRD 8156             625   
151610179611 8417       0  1 0 SWEORDMASTERS 138    UNDEAD WARRIOR        626  NONE
MJOLNIR 8412            0  2 0 SWEORDMASTERS 138    ARENAMASTER KAKA      626  NONE

                                     PERSONAL ADS

     What we really need is an all-arena ad that can be slotted into these arenas
     which have no indigenous ads.  Think of something you'd like to say to everybody
     and let me know, eh? -- the editor

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

MJOLNIR was butchered by ARENAMASTER KAKAR in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
136131191121 was butchered by THE AMAZON in a 1 minute brutal Dark Arena duel.
101216521911 was easily killed by ARENAMASTER KAKAR in a 2 minute Dark Arena match.
151610179611 was slaughtered by UNDEAD WARRIOR in a 1 minute bloody Dark Arena brawl.
1561015171011 was slain by BLACK ORC in a 2 minute Dark Arena fight.
N'AZADAR subdued VAN DERMINT in a 2 minute Bloodfeud competition.
ENURAM viciously subdued MIASMA in a 5 minute veteran's Challenge Title duel.
GREY GOOSE was bested by ERIC SAMUELS in a 5 minute Challenge competition.
RELLIK was overpowered by WYRD in a 2 minute uneven melee.
MAJOR PAYNE vanquished SILISA THE SNAKE in a 1 minute uneven duel.
ROOKIE MANAGER was overpowered by BALL PEIN in a 1 minute uneven duel.
CRATER FACE overpowered BEERIN BOTTLEMAN in a 4 minute one-sided fight.
NAILING slimly won victory over RANDOM MANIAC in a popular 4 minute brutal bout.
CHINA BULL was savagely defeated by MCLOVIN in a 3 minute amateur's competition.
ALICE SAMUELS was subdued by FENDER BENDER in a 3 minute amateur's match.
RUMOR killed GRALL THE DESERTER in a 2 minute amateur's conflict.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|BASHING ATTACK                   5         TOTAL PARRY       18 -  12 -  0      60  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      5         LUNGING ATTACK    23 -  18 -  2      56  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    4         PARRY-RIPOSTE      5 -   5 -  0      50  |
|AIMED BLOW                       3         WALL OF STEEL      7 -   7 -  1      50  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   3         SLASHING ATTACK    7 -   8 -  1      47  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  2         AIMED BLOW        16 -  21 -  2      43  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     1         PARRY-LUNGE        1 -   2 -  0      33  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    1         BASHING ATTACK     8 -  23 -  1      26  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  1         PARRY-STRIKE       3 -   9 -  2      25  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      0         STRIKING ATTACK    1 -  17 -  0       6  |

Turn 626 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-STRIKE       1 -  0     BASHING ATTACK     2 -  3         3  TOTAL PARRY    
PARRY-RIPOSTE      1 -  0     TOTAL PARRY        2 -  3         2  BASHING ATTACK 
AIMED BLOW         2 -  1     WALL OF STEEL      1 -  3         2  LUNGING ATTACK 
LUNGING ATTACK     2 -  1     PARRY-LUNGE        0 -  0         1  AIMED BLOW     
                              SLASHING ATTACK    0 -  2         1  WALL OF STEEL  
                              STRIKING ATTACK    0 -  1         1  PARRY-RIPOSTE  
                                                                1  SLASHING ATTACK

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
BASHING ATTACK   ENURAM 7851                22  13  3  121 DESOLATE TEMPLE (586)
AIMED BLOW       WYRD 8156                  19  14  1  119 SWEORDMASTERS (138)
TOTAL PARRY      MIASMA 8104                33  13  0  112 SWEORDMASTERS (138)
LUNGING ATTACK   MAJOR PAYNE 8295           18   7  3   94 LAB EXPERIMENTS (261)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is WYRD 8156.  The most popular warrior this turn was 
ENURAM 7851.  The ten other most popular fighters were RANDOM MANIAC 7800, FENDER 
BENDER 7859, WYRD 8156, NAILING 8305, MCLOVIN 8397, VAN DERMINT 8203, GREY GOOSE 
8349, MAJOR PAYNE 8295, BEERIN BOTTLEMAN 7802, and CHINA BULL 7873.

The least popular fighter this week was ERIC SAMUELS 8389.  The other ten least 
popular fighters were CRATER FACE 8340, ROOKIE MANAGER 7639, RELLIK 7852, 
151610179611 8417, MJOLNIR 8412, BALL PEIN 8379, 101216521911 8418, 136131191121 
8420, MIASMA 8104, and N'AZADAR 7850.