DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER Date : 08/02/2010 Duedate: 08/14/2010 MORDANT ARENA DM-1 TURN-655 This Weeks Top Honors THE DUELMASTER IS HONOR MIGHTY MORALS II (569) (1-7698) [10-2-0,84] Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader HONOR DIRK DIGLER MIGHTY MORALS II (569) KIDS GONE BAD (275) (1-7698) [10-2-0,84] (1-8115) [2-1-0,18] Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite CHINA BULL CHINA BULL HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121) HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121) (1-7873) [15-18-0,67] (1-7873) [15-18-0,67] THE CURRENT TOP TEAM HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121) TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team 1. HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121) 20 2. KIDS GONE BAD (275) 20 MIGHTY MORALS II (569) 3. BOOZE (605) 0 Unchartered Team 4. DREAD EMPIRE (617) 0 5. MIGHTY MORALS II (569) -7 KIDS GONE BAD (275) The Top Teams Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K 1/ 1 MIGHTY MORALS II (569) 28 8 1 77.8 1/ 2 HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121) 8 7 0 2- 2 BOOZE (605) 64 78 11 45.1 2/ 1 MIGHTY MORALS II (569) 6 3 0 3/ 3 HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121) 503 756 14 40.0 3- 3 BOOZE (605) 4 1 0 4- 4*DREAD EMPIRE (617) 3 5 0 37.5 4/ 4*KIDS GONE BAD (275) 2 8 0 5/ 5*KIDS GONE BAD (275) 2 11 0 15.4 5- 5*DREAD EMPIRE (617) 0 1 0 '*' Unchartered team '-' Team did not fight this turn (###) Avoid teams by their Team Id ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank TEAM SPOTLIGHT * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * ---===DELARQUAN REGIONAL NEWS===--- Duelmasters ----------- DM 1 MORDANT (turn 654): JOY of MIGHTY MORALS II (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.) DM 2 NIANIA (turn 537): TWO-PIECE TOENAIL of 042709A (The Muffin Man, mgr.) DM 3 OSKSI (turn 660): PERFECT DRUG of IRATE FORMATIONS (The Muffin Man, mgr.) DM 4 JHELUM (turn 631): RED HAMMER of DOGS OF WAR (Jorja, mgr.) DM 5 KALTOS (turn 655): SONNY of TECHNOLOGY (Otto X Frothingslosh, mgr.) DM 6 TRANSEL (turn 650): NOT-A-NUT JONES of PSYCHO SQUAD (Jorja, mgr.) DM 7 BONSUR (turn 659): HARPOON of BUNION SQUAD (Obregon, mgr.) DM 10 KOLACT (turn 643): THE GRINCH of ABOMINATIONS (Chase, mgr.) DM 18 TALCAMA (turn 645): ERIN GO BRAGH of RYAN'S HENCHMEN (Leprechaun, mgr) DM 21 SUNSET (turn 644): SIDEWINDER of SERPENTS HOLD (Khisanth, mgr.) DM 36 JHANS (turn 612): ELLIRIN IMBRAY of MIDDLE WAY 17 (Jorja, mgr.) DM 38 CLIFFHOME (turn 600): KARTIKAYA of JINDA-BAN (Jorja, mgr.) DM 39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 275): RATA of KIWI CONNECTION (The Mun, mgr.) DM 42 RODEKI (turn 592): STICKY FINGERS of DUNGEON CELL (One Armed Bandit, mgr.) DM 51 TRICORUS (turn 543): CARGO of SEA DOGS (One Armed Bandit, mgr.) DM 54 TROCAR (turn 259): SAMILDAR of TRADERS OF TROCAR (Jorja, mgr.) DM 59 ILLIS (turn 250): I'M A BASHER of BASHAHOLICS ANON (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.) DM 62 VALAMANTIS (turn 488): POSITION IS EMPTY DM 72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 226): HOCKEY of GAMES CRIP PLAYS (Crip, mgr.) ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 536): COOLER of STYROFOAM (Jolly, mgr.) Top Teams --------- DM 1 MORDANT (turn 654): MIGHTY MORALS II (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.) DM 2 NIANIA (turn 537): 042709A (The Muffin Man, mgr.) DM 3 OSKSI (turn 660): IRATE FORMATIONS (The Muffin Man, mgr.) DM 4 JHELUM (turn 631): KIWI CONNECTION (The Mun, mgr.) DM 5 KALTOS (turn 655): TECHNOLOGY (Otto X Frothingslosh, mgr.) DM 6 TRANSEL (turn 650): PSYCHO SQUAD (Jorja, mgr.) DM 7 BONSUR (turn 659): BONSUR LONG NAMES (Hammer, mgr.) DM 10 KOLACT (turn 643): BACON MAKIN' (?, mgr.) DM 18 TALCAMA (turn 645): THE GRATEFUL UNDEAD (Street Legal, mgr.) DM 21 SUNSET (turn 644): OMINOUS REIGN (Archaic Elf, mgr.) DM 36 JHANS (turn 612): MIDDLE WAY 17 (Jorja, mgr.) DM 38 CLIFFHOME (turn 600): JINDA-BAN (Jorja, mgr.) DM 39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 375): KIWI CONNECTION (The Mun, mgr.) DM 42 RODEKI (turn 592): I CAN'T BRUSH YOU (?, mgr.) DM 51 TRICORUS (turn 543): DARK HORSEMEN (Jorja, mgr.) DM 54 TROCAR (turn 259): TRADERS OF TROCAR (Jorja, mgr.) DM 59 ILLIS (turn 250): VIRUS (?, mgr.) DM 62 VALAMANTIS (turn 488): MIDDLE WAY 10 (Jorja, mgr.) DM 72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 226): STATES (?, mgr.) ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 536) STREET PIZZA et al (The Upright Man, mgr.) Recent Graduates ----------------- DM 1 MORDANT (turn 653): VAN DERMINT of BOOZE (Papa Bear, mgr.) DM 2 NIANIA (turn 536): IGNORANT BAUD of 042709A (The Muffin Man, mgr.) DM 3 OSKSI (turn 660): PERFECT DRUG of IRATE FORMATIONS (The Muffin Man, mgr.) DM 7 BONSUR (turn 659): CAJETAN of SENTINELS (Nomad, mgr.) DM 21 SUNSET (turn 644): BLAKSUNN of GRIM FANDANGO (Stik, mgr.) (turn 643): WALLACE of GRIM FANDANGO (Stik, mgr.) DM 36 JHANS (turn 612): ELLIRIN IMBRAY of MIDDLE WAY 17 (Jorja, mgr.) (turn 611): SHERRY of BABES (Papa Bear, mgr.) DM 38 CLIFFHOME (turn 600): KARTIKAYA of JINDA-BAN (Jorja, mgr.) (turn 599): GURU GNU of HILLTOP GURUS (Nomad, mgr.) DM 42 RODEKI (turn 591): COLDFISHFINGER of COLOR ME SUAVE (Suave, mgr.) DM 51 TRICORUS (turn 543): CARGO of SEA DOGS (One Armed Bandit, mgr.) DM 54 TROCAR (turn 259): SAMILDAR of TRADERS OF TROCAR (Jorja, mgr.) DUELMASTER'S COLUMN Notes from the arena champ. So the avoid/challenge trick did not work the previous turn, but this turn, it apparently worked like a charm. Assur got the match up he desired against Van Dermint and indeed saw Van Dermint attempt to take a trophy on his way out of town. Lucky for Honesty, the fight was stopped before the ultimate conclusion was reached. I sit on the throne for a third time. It is a privilege which I do not take lightly or have any expectation to experience beyond today. I know that I have much to learn as a gladiator and there are more worthy than I am to be here. Fortune has been kind. Assur tells us we are over performing and to enjoy it while it lasts. It might continue, or it might end today. The funny thing is, the goal for which we seek is already assured for the values for which we stand for. That is all for now. -- Joy SPY REPORT So why do I have this bag over my head? Because I am The Unknown Spymaster and I'm going to give you a spy report!. We now have a new top team for all of you guys to dogpile on. HOMICIDAL MANIACS now holds the crown and they are betting they can keep it. Hey everybody, watch out for LITTLE BEAR, who flew up 9 points in the rankings after mashing LIEUTENANT WOREL like a melon. Keep your eye on this guy. Ya know, some days it doesn't pay to walk out on the sands. CKYNST OAF was overcame by HONOR and drops 2 points. Our last turn's Duelmaster has lost, folks, lost to TIEN-SHU OF GENRAI, and JOY has made the way for a new Duelmaster! With JOY clearing the throne, MIGHTY MORALS II of HONOR takes a proud seat as MORDANT's new Duelmaster, by virtue of recognition points. An apple a day keeps the doctor away, but an onion a day keeps T.P.s at bay. Here is other news that is of note. Death is kind of like a new puppy: he's always around wanting to play. (Ha Zontani, how's that for a wise saying?). Ask not the elves for counsel, for they will say both yes and no. Silly buggers, eh? 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. Well, there goes another Spy Report. Good luck in next week's fights. And remember, you can pick your friends and you can pick your--(loud boos), oh, you've heard that one already!-- The Unknown Spymaster DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME HONOR 7698 10 2 0 84 MIGHTY MORALS II (569) CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME HONESTY 7699 9 3 1 76 MIGHTY MORALS II (569) JOY 7701 9 3 0 74 MIGHTY MORALS II (569) CHINA BULL 7873 15 18 0 67 HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121) CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME RANDOM MANIAC 7800 8 31 1 61 HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121) ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME CKYNST OAF 8444 11 12 0 55 HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121) -CHIANTI 8500 4 0 0 55 BOOZE (605) LITTLE BEAR 8495 8 5 1 44 HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121) CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -VERMOUTH 8445 1 1 0 32 BOOZE (605) FLOOD SURFER 8508 5 4 0 30 HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121) -OVER INNSMOUTH 8434 3 5 0 24 DREAD EMPIRE (617) INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME DIRK DIGLER 8115 2 1 0 18 KIDS GONE BAD (275) INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -CAMPARI 8526 1 0 0 6 BOOZE (605) '-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn. THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge? DIRT BAG 8560 0 1 0 KIDS GONE BAD 275 MOUNTAIN TROLL 655 NONE H. BOLOGNA 8113 0 1 0 KIDS GONE BAD 275 STONE GOLEM 655 NONE SCUM BAG 8559 0 1 0 KIDS GONE BAD 275 SHEWISH GIANT 655 NONE PERSONAL ADS Jorja -- I have no logical explanation for why my Mighty Morals are winning in improbable ways against your Homicidal Maniacs. Perhaps the cliche has some very real truth to it, and "Good does overcome Evil in the end..." -- Assur China Bull -- Assur says that younger fighters can learn much, especially against older fighters. But older fighters are set in their ways and aren't as open to learning, even though they see fancy tricks and abilities which would help them fight better. So he says. -- Honor Clumsy Oaf -- I hope you don't take that personally. We still love you and are your biggest supporters. But we do want to win ourselves! Tell you what, you can be my assistant Duelmaster as long as I sit here on the throne! -- Joy Honor -- Well, listen! I've got honor, I know I do. Just no tact. -- China Bull P.S. I never could get the hang of tact. It always seemed like a waste of time and energy just, you know, dancing around a subject. Joy -- I believe the Ckynst Oaf salutes you. Or something like that. -- China Bull Grunesh the Orc? Sliced and diced. Pounded flat. It almost seemed wrong to do it, I mean, he's an orc, so it's almost justified. I don't do justified much; it isn't in my job description. -- Random Maniac, feeling apologetic That Lieutenant Worel is a sanctimonius prigg! Why shouldn't I gather up stuff that had been abandoned to the flood? It was just going to waste, and everyone knows that waste is wasteful! I was doing a good deed. -- Flood Surfer P.S. I was even recycling! Vermouth -- Hmm. Ver mouth. Bitter mouth, maybe? I can get that with wild grapes. -- Little Bear 26 July 2010 Some managers have attempted to send personals and columns to hal, and hal has been refusing to acknowledge their content. I don't know what hal's problem is, specifically, but for best success, send PLAIN TEXT (dot txt) in the body of the email. Not attachments. Thank you. -- the Editor LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS DIRT BAG was barely slain by MOUNTAIN TROLL in a 2 minute bloody Dark Arena fight. H. BOLOGNA was slaughtered by STONE GOLEM in a 2 minute gruesome Dark Arena battle. SCUM BAG was murdered by SHEWISH GIANT in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight. JOY was viciously subdued by TIEN-SHU OF GENRAI in a crowd pleasing 2 minute brawl. HONOR overpowered CKYNST OAF in a 1 minute mismatched Title match. HONESTY viciously subdued RANDOM MANIAC in a popular 1 minute bloody duel. CHINA BULL overpowered LIEUTENANT WOREL in a popular 1 minute mismatched brawl. LITTLE BEAR viciously subdued LIEUTENANT WOREL in a action packed 1 minute duel. FLOOD SURFER overpowered FIORENZE OF FRATSFA in a 1 minute uneven duel. DIRK DIGLER overpowered CONVICTED THIEF in a 1 minute one-sided fight. BATTLE REPORT MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS |FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT| |BASHING ATTACK 6 LUNGING ATTACK 9 - 3 - 0 75 | |TOTAL PARRY 2 WALL OF STEEL 7 - 3 - 1 70 | |PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE 5 - 4 - 0 56 | |LUNGING ATTACK 1 BASHING ATTACK 33 - 27 - 1 55 | |WALL OF STEEL 1 AIMED BLOW 1 - 1 - 0 50 | |STRIKING ATTACK 1 STRIKING ATTACK 4 - 4 - 0 50 | |AIMED BLOW 0 SLASHING ATTACK 2 - 2 - 0 50 | |PARRY-LUNGE 0 TOTAL PARRY 0 - 2 - 0 0 | |PARRY-STRIKE 0 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 0 - 0 0 | |SLASHING ATTACK 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 1 - 0 0 | Turn 655 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-RIPOSTE 1 - 0 AIMED BLOW 0 - 0 6 BASHING ATTACK LUNGING ATTACK 1 - 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 1 STRIKING ATTACK WALL OF STEEL 1 - 0 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 0 1 WALL OF STEEL BASHING ATTACK 3 - 3 SLASHING ATTACK 0 - 0 1 SLASHING ATTACK STRIKING ATTACK 0 - 1 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE TOTAL PARRY 0 - 2 1 AIMED BLOW TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME BASHING ATTACK HONOR 7698 10 2 0 84 MIGHTY MORALS II (569) WALL OF STEEL LITTLE BEAR 8495 8 5 1 44 HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121) Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above. The overall popularity leader is CHINA BULL 7873. The most popular warrior this turn was CHINA BULL 7873. The ten other most popular fighters were DIRT BAG 8560, JOY 7701, HONESTY 7699, LITTLE BEAR 8495, HONOR 7698, FLOOD SURFER 8508, DIRK DIGLER 8115, SCUM BAG 8559, CKYNST OAF 8444, and RANDOM MANIAC 7800. The least popular fighter this week was H. BOLOGNA 8113. The other ten least popular fighters were RANDOM MANIAC 7800, CKYNST OAF 8444, SCUM BAG 8559, DIRK DIGLER 8115, FLOOD SURFER 8508, HONOR 7698, LITTLE BEAR 8495, HONESTY 7699, JOY 7701, and DIRT BAG 8560. NEW TEAMS IN THE TEMPORARY TOURNAMENT ARENA (DM 85) Please note that all new teams created at the Face-to-Face were temporarily placed in a temporary Tournament Arena, DM 85. If you requested that your team be placed in a specific arena, it has already transferred to that arena. Any teams not transferred out of DM 85 by October 1 will be deleted. If you have questions about any of your teams, please contact Customer Service. -- RSI WINTER FACE-TO-FACE IN SUNNY ARIZONA! Our next winter FTF will be held in Tempe, Arizona, January 14-16, 2011. It will be held at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Tempe, Arizona (480-894-7444), the same hotel as last year by popular request. Room rates are $129.00 per night, 1-2 occupancy, which includes full cooked breakfast, complimentary manager's reception (yes, really!), free airport shuttle, free parking and free high speed internet. There's a fitness center, jacuzzi, and pool. The rooms are blocked--please make your reservation by December 22 before the block is released! (This is prime season for Phoenix, and people have been unable to book rooms because they waited too long.) Look for the tournament info sheet and minioverviews some time in December. We hope you're all looking forward to it and that we will see you there!