DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 10/11/2010    Duedate: 10/23/2010

MORDANT ARENA

DM-1    TURN-660

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

JOY
MIGHTY MORALS II (569)
(1-7701) [13-4-0,93]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

HONOR                          POSITION IS EMPTY
MIGHTY MORALS II (569)         
(1-7698) [14-2-0,103]          

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

CHINA BULL                     VERMOUTH
HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)        BOOZE (605)
(1-7873) [17-21-0,84]          (1-8445) [3-2-0,57]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. BOOZE (605)                 43
2. HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)     23      MIGHTY MORALS II (569)
3. KIDS GONE BAD (275)          0      Unchartered Team
4. MIGHTY MORALS II (569)      -5
                                       ETERNITY (411)

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)    38  12  1 76.0   1/ 3 HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)   9  6 0
 2/ 2 BOOZE (605)               70  82 11 46.1   2/ 2 MIGHTY MORALS II (569)    7  1 0
 3- 3*KIDS GONE BAD (275)       14  17  3 45.2   3- 1*KIDS GONE BAD (275)       6  2 2
 4/ 4 HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)  517 767 14 40.3   4/ 4 BOOZE (605)               3  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

            + ]H[ + ---:--- + ]H[ Homicidal Maniacs ]H[ + ---:--- + ]H[ +

     How fast could a Brick Wall move?  When the Random Maniac tried to leave the
guildhouse, there it was, looming in the alley at the bottom of the steps.  That the
Homicidal Maniacs' "guildhouse" was a second story at the back of a warehouse up from
an alley in the worst part of the city had seemed ideal when Random first joined the
team.  Now, one stupid little heap of walking bricks could block his exit.  He hated
that.  It was probably damaging his psyche, and the gods knew his psyche was in bad
shape to begin with, at least, that's what everyone told him.
     And when he managed to get out the front of the building, by bribing the night
watchman of the warehouse, which he couldn't afford to do often, there the damned
Brick Wall was again!  When it couldn't block his departure, the damned thing
FOLLOWED him.
     It was intolerable!
     It was persecution!
     Come to that, why did this stupid Wall care what he did, and how had it found
out in the first place?  There had been no Homicidal Maniac graduate in years...
since the Brick Wall, in fact--to carry word to the Isle.  It was a puzzle.  He hated
puzzles.  They made his head ache.
     The Random Maniac paused at the corner where a dark street met a darker alley.
Listened to the night.  Silence.  Scrabbling rats' feet.  Squeak of a rat as a cat
pounced.  More silence.  Maybe he had gotten awa--
     The grating of brick on brick.
                              *****     *****     *****
     Farther down the street, at the next dark alley after the one the Random Maniac
had been headed for, a man clad all in black lurked in a shadow and smiled coldly.
It was amazing how easy it was to manipulate a Brick Wall.  Of course, it was stupid,
that was one of the basic characteristics of walls.  Attempts to deflect the Maniac--
another idiot--by driving him to berserk fury with overdoses of Dark Root had failed.
Probably the fool couldn't even tell he'd been drugged, and instead of getting him
killed in the arena, the Root had improved his fighting.  Not what anyone wanted to
see.  Especially not the bookies who had taken bets against him.
     But for now, it appeared that this new tactic was working.
     The Black Lurker waggled a finger into the night, and a dirty child crept out of
the alley and cringed before him.  "Wot's yer orders, Mahster Figgin?" it whined.

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

                                     Duelmasters
                                     -----------
 DM   1 MORDANT (turn 659): JOY of MIGHTY MORALS II (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.)
 DM   2 NIANIA (turn 542): HEMLOCK of SERPENTS HOLD (Khisanth, mgr.)
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 664): ALFJAR of AESIR (Buri, mgr.)
 DM   4 JHELUM (turn 636): IRONSIDE of KIWI CONNECTION (The Mun, mgr.)
 DM   5 KALTOS (turn 660): RAVEN of ZOMBIE SQUAD (Khisanth, mgr.)
 DM   6 TRANSEL (turn 655): UPPER DECK of BALTO (JE, mgr.)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 664): DOOM DWARF of BUNION SQUAD (Obregon, mgr.)
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 648): THE GRINCH of ABOMINATIONS (Chase, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 650): THE CODDLER of CENTER FOR OLDS (Suave, mgr)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 649): MILLHAUSER of LITERATE LOONS (Sherman, mgr.)
 DM  36 JHANS (turn 617): PUSS N BOOTS of ERRATA (JE, mgr.)
 DM  38 CLIFFHOME (turn 604): JITNEY JOHNNY of JINDA-BAN (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 278): MS D. MEENER of CRIMINAL ELEMENT (Fizban, mgr.)
 DM  42 RODEKI (turn 597): ROCKHOG JRj of DELVERS (Harby, mgr.)
 DM  51 TRICORUS (turn 548): BEAST of DEATH CULT (Obregon, mgr.)
 DM  54 TROCAR (turn 261): MADAM VENUSIA of SPARF! (Crip, mgr.)
 DM  59 ILLIS (turn 252): RED RED WINE of HANGOVERS (Crip, mgr.)
 DM  62 VALAMANTIS (turn 493): JIMEMMA LOCA of MIDDLE WAY 10 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 229): ARAMIS RAMIREZ of PURPLE PLATYPI (?, mgr.)
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 541): WORK IN PROGRESS of JUST BECAUSE (A-sop, mgr.)

                                      Top Teams
                                      ---------
 DM   1 MORDANT (turn 659): KIDS GONE BAD (Misfit, mgr.)
 DM   2 NIANIA (turn 542): HISTORICAL WUSSES (?, mgr.)
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 664): GENERATION X (Storm Lord, mgr.)
 DM   4 JHELUM (turn 636): KIWI CONNECTION (The Mun, mgr.)
 DM   5 KALTOS (turn 660): JAMES BONDAGE (Obregon, mgr.)
 DM   6 TRANSEL (turn 655): PSYCHO SQUAD (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 664): BEACH BABES (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 648): THE MOONDOGS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 650): CENTER FOR OLDS (Suave, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 649): TEAM SLIME (?, mgr.)
 DM  36 JHANS (turn 617): MIDDLE WAY 17 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  38 CLIFFHOME (turn 604): THE OAFS (Master Darque, mgr.)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 378): CRIMINAL ELEMENT (Fizvan, mgr.)
 DM  42 RODEKI (turn 497): DELVERS (Harby, mgr.)
 DM  51 TRICORUS (turn 548): QUESTIONS (Sherlock, mgr.)
 DM  54 TROCAR (turn 261): TRADERS OF TROCAR (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  59 ILLIS (turn 252): VIRUS (?, mgr.)
 DM  62 VALAMANTIS (turn 493): MIDDLE WAY 10 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 229): MEAT YOUR MAKER (Crip, mgr.)
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 541) STREET PIZZA et al (The Upright Man, mgr.)

                                   Recent Graduates
                                  -----------------
 DM   2 NIANIA (turn 541): TWO-PIECE TOENAIL of 042709A (The Muffin Man, mgr.)
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 663/4): BOB THE INHALER of IRATE FORMATIONS (Muffin Man, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 649): MILLHAUSER of LITERATE LOONS (Sherman, mgr.)
 DM  36 JHANS (turn 617): PUSS N BOOTS of ERRATA (JE, mgr.)
 DM  38 CLIFFHOME (turn 604): JITNEY JOHNNY of JINDA-BAN (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 277): KAHR, JACK of CRIMINAL ELEMENT (Fizban, mgr.)
 DM  51 TRICORUS (turn 547): BAROCHDAL of DARK HORSEMEN (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  62 VALAMANTIS (turn 492): JERANS LA'ROC of MIDDLE WAY 10 (Jorja, mgr.)

                                 DUELMASTER'S COLUMN
                             Notes from the arena champ.

     I am quite happy to sit on this throne again.  Assur's plan worked and while my
teammate is less than pleased, it really was a good idea.  The only problem is the
precedent it sets and it looks like there may be even more grumblings within our
stable coming forward.
     My way is much simpler and much easier.  Be satisfied with whatever life throws
you.  Have joy regardless of your circumstances and the daily struggles and trials
you face will be as nothing.  Of course, it helps if there is an underlying source
for that joy.

Until next time.

                                      SPY REPORT

     Greetings, Warriors of MORDANT.  Allow this humble servant Novgorodny Vir to 
give you a respite from the fights in the form of this Spyreport.  The boys at KIDS 
GONE BAD left the arena dejected, after being kicked out of the top spot by HOMICIDAL 
MANIACS.  Good show!  Say what you will about blind luck and dirty fighting, but 
BOOZE will tell you 70-82-11 is nothing to laugh at...  BOOZE had cause to celebrate, 
after CAMPARI got 18 points by beating GESHI SCRIVENER.  HONESTY certainly had a 
baffled expression on his face, after losing to CHINA BULL and losing 12 points in 
the process!  TIEN-SHU OF GENRAI found out that MORDANT isn't a democracy.  You've 
gotta be the best to be Duelmaster here!  So who's the team that's been walking into 
taverns last week and ordering milk?  Sounds like a PR stunt to me.   
     A Zenmaster once told me, 'Does not the spinning wheel turn?  And do not the 
little birds cry out?'  Any ideas?  Like a horde of jackals fleeing from the lion, so 
did the "warriors" in MORDANT avoid HOMICIDAL MANIACS.  Like a pup with its tail 
between its legs, BOOZE scurried away from HOMICIDAL MANIACS.  Oh, the shame!  If 
challenges were horses, CHINA BULL could open up a fast food joint!   
     Is there life after death?  Pragmatics (and warriors) know there is death after 
life!  Ask not a spymaster for counsel, for he will pontificate long after you have 
fallen into an unconscious stupor.   
     Leave me now, you base fools!  As if buffeted by forces of nature beyond my 
control, I must take my leave of this place.  Can anything compare to the pleasure of 
writing Spyreports for MORDANT?  On that giddy note I take my leave-- Novgorodny Vir  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 JOY 7701                     13   4  0    93       MIGHTY MORALS II (569)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 HONOR 7698                   14   2  0   103       MIGHTY MORALS II (569)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 CHINA BULL 7873              17  21  0    84       HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)
 RANDOM MANIAC 7800           10  34  1    72       HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 HONESTY 7699                 11   6  1    61       MIGHTY MORALS II (569)
 FLOOD SURFER 8508            10   4  0    60       HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)
 CHIANTI 8500                  5   1  0    59       BOOZE (605)
 LITTLE BEAR 8495             12   6  1    57       HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)
 VERMOUTH 8445                 3   2  0    57       BOOZE (605)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 CKYNST OAF 8444              12  16  0    52       HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-DIRK DIGLER 8115              4   3  0    33       KIDS GONE BAD (275)
-LUNATIC 8571                  3   0  1    32       KIDS GONE BAD (275)
-SWIFT 8570                    2   0  1    28       KIDS GONE BAD (275)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-SPONGE BOB 8562               4   0  0    23       KIDS GONE BAD (275)
 CAMPARI 8526                  2   1  0    22       BOOZE (605)
-CERVEZA 8510                  1   0  0    22       BOOZE (605)
 KETEL ONE 8572                1   0  0    13       BOOZE (605)

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?

                                     PERSONAL ADS

Joy -- Huh, this might as well be Mudville.  How'm I going to know any joy if I can't
get out at night and do my thing? -- Random Maniac the Frustrated

Honesty -- U cab;t di ut!  Tegre;s tii nycg weurd styff giubg ib ariybd iyr okacem
abd U cab;t cibcetrate! 00 Ckynst Iaf

That Silisa the Snake is enough to give a man the could grues!  Bad enough dealing
with an ordinary Venomous Concubine, I figure I can cut them a little slack--everyone
has a nasty day now and then.  What the heck?  But Silisa, damned if she isn't a REAL
Venomous Snake of a woman.  I mean, not even really HUMAN, you know?  Some kind of
damned REPTILE woman.  Gods, it gives me the willies even to be in the same arena
with her! -- China Bull

The Caeran Slave is about what you'd expect, which is:  Useless as a fighter.
Otherwise he wouldn't still be a slave. -- Little Bear

Dirk Digler -- Wow, you're a neuter golem?  That really IS "gone bad." -- Flood
Surfer
P.S.  But that doesn't mean I'm going to "cut you some slack."  You appear to me to
be too slack already.

Assur -- So, once Joy gets his PPs, are you gonna send some love my way? -- Honesty

Honesty -- Love hasn't made its way to either of the Mighty Morals stables.  Sorry.
-- Assur

Random Maniac -- See, you should have listened to us.  You need to change your ways!
There are powerful forces at work.  All the signs point to change! - The Mighty
Morals

27 September 10
Note -- We are still looking for additional teams in Arvat, DM 32.  I still have a
number of good team rollups available FREE for whoever wants one.
     Contact the Devil Advocates ASAP to join the fun!  You can either reach me by
diplo or on the RSI site.
     Also, whoever sent me the diplo with no name on it requesting a rollup /
information on how to get into Arvat, I'm embarassed to admit that the diplo slipped
out of my folder and was lost.  Please just send me another one with your mailing
address and I'll get a rollup to you ASAP.  Sorry about that!

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

HONESTY was devastated by CHINA BULL in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge fight.
VERMOUTH lost to RANDOM MANIAC in a action packed 1 minute brutal Challenge battle.
CHIANTI overpowered CKYNST OAF in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge duel.
JOY bested TIEN-SHU OF GENRAI in a popular 1 minute Title fight.
HONOR demolished CAPTAIN ELOY in a 1 minute gruesome mismatched competition.
FLOOD SURFER defeated LIEUTENANT WOREL in a exciting 1 minute struggle.
LITTLE BEAR bested GRUNESH THE ORC in a 1 minute veteran vs. beginner competition.
CAMPARI vanquished GESHI SCRIVENER in a 1 minute uneven duel.
KETEL ONE overpowered CONVICTED THIEF in a 1 minute uneven duel.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|BASHING ATTACK                   6         PARRY-RIPOSTE      9 -   1 -  0      90  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  2         WALL OF STEEL      9 -   2 -  0      82  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  2         LUNGING ATTACK     6 -   4 -  0      60  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    1         TOTAL PARRY        4 -   3 -  0      57  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    1         STRIKING ATTACK   10 -   8 -  3      56  |
|AIMED BLOW                       0         BASHING ATTACK    31 -  28 -  0      53  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      0         SLASHING ATTACK    4 -   4 -  0      50  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     0         PARRY-STRIKE       0 -   0 -  0       0  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   0         PARRY-LUNGE        0 -   1 -  0       0  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      0         AIMED BLOW         0 -   1 -  0       0  |

Turn 660 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 
STRIKING ATTACK    2 -  0     PARRY-LUNGE        0 -  0         1  PARRY-RIPOSTE  
WALL OF STEEL      1 -  0     PARRY-STRIKE       0 -  0         1  STRIKING ATTACK
BASHING ATTACK     4 -  2     LUNGING ATTACK     0 -  0         1  WALL OF STEEL  
SLASHING ATTACK    1 -  1     TOTAL PARRY        0 -  0         1  SLASHING ATTACK
                                                                1  LUNGING ATTACK 

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
BASHING ATTACK   JOY 7701                   13   4  0   93 MIGHTY MORALS II (569)

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
PARRY-RIPOSTE    FLOOD SURFER 8508          10   4  0   60 HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)
STRIKING ATTACK  CHIANTI 8500                5   1  0   59 BOOZE (605)
WALL OF STEEL    LITTLE BEAR 8495           12   6  1   57 HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)
SLASHING ATTACK  VERMOUTH 8445               3   2  0   57 BOOZE (605)
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 VERMOUTH 8445.  The ten other most popular fighters were JOY 7701, FLOOD SURFER 
8508, LITTLE BEAR 8495, CHINA BULL 7873, RANDOM MANIAC 7800, HONOR 7698, CAMPARI 
8526, CHIANTI 8500, CKYNST OAF 8444, and KETEL ONE 8572.

The least popular fighter this week was HONESTY 7699.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were KETEL ONE 8572, CKYNST OAF 8444, CHIANTI 8500, CAMPARI 8526, HONOR 
7698, RANDOM MANIAC 7800, CHINA BULL 7873, LITTLE BEAR 8495, FLOOD SURFER 8508, and 
JOY 7701.