DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 12/06/2010    Duedate: 12/18/2010

MORDANT ARENA

DM-1    TURN-664

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

HONOR
MIGHTY MORALS II (569)
(1-7698) [17-3-0,110]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

HONOR                          ALICE SAMUELS
MIGHTY MORALS II (569)         FAMILY HORDE (616)
(1-7698) [17-3-0,110]          (1-8385) [4-2-0,45]

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

CHINA BULL                     FLOOD SURFER
HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)        HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)
(1-7873) [18-24-0,78]          (1-8508) [12-6-0,89]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

MIGHTY MORALS II (569)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. CLUELESS (628)              40
2. BOOZE (605)                 23      MIGHTY MORALS II (569)
3. HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)     18      Unchartered Team
4. FAMILY HORDE (616)          18
5. SUPER STARS R US (626)       0      FAMILY HORDE (616)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1- 1*SUPER STARS R US (626)     4   0  0  100   1/ 1 MIGHTY MORALS II (569)    7  2 0
 2/ 2 MIGHTY MORALS II (569)    46  16  1 74.2   2/ 7*CLUELESS (628)            5  5 0
 3/ 0*FAMILY HORDE (616)         7   6  0 53.8   3- 2*SUPER STARS R US (626)    4  0 0
 4- 3 SWEORDMASTERS (138)      595 527 67 53.0   4/ 4 BOOZE (605)               4  1 1
 5- 4 LAB EXPERIMENTS (261)    473 448 57 51.4   5/ 3 HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)   2 13 0
 6/ 8*CLUELESS (628)             5   5  0 50.0   6/ 0*FAMILY HORDE (616)        1  0 0
 7- 5 MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537)   335 340 57 49.6   7- 5 SWEORDMASTERS (138)       1  2 0
 8/ 6 BOOZE (605)               75  86 12 46.6   8- 6 LAB EXPERIMENTS (261)     1  2 0
 9/ 7 HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)  522 782 14 40.0   9- 8 MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537)    0  2 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 663): JOY of MIGHTY MORALS II (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.)
 DM   2 NIANIA (turn 546): HEMLOCK of SERPENTS HOLD (Khisanth, mgr.)
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 668): ALFJAR of AESIR (Buri, mgr.)
 DM   4 JHELUM (turn 640): KENYA of KIWI CONNECTION (The Mun, mgr.)
 DM   5 KALTOS (turn 664): RAVEN of ZOMBIE SQUAD (Khisanth, mgr.)
 DM   6 TRANSEL (turn 659): NOT-A-NUT JONES of PSYCHO SQUAD (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 668): SUZIE of CHURCH LADIES (Papa Bear, mgr.)
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 652): HATCHET MAN of ROGUES GALLERY (Obregon, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 654): BOATSWAIN of SEA DOGS (One Armed Bandit, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 653): GECKO of REPTILE RAMPAGE (Obregon, mgr.)
 DM  36 JHANS (turn 621): COME ON of ERRATA (JE, mgr.)
 DM  38 CLIFFHOME (turn 608): LUM BUSBY of JINDA-BAN (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 280): QUITA ROSALA of THE MIDDLE WAY (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  42 RODEKI (turn 601): HARD KNOCKS of COLOR ME SUAVE (Suave, mgr.)
 DM  51 TRICORUS (turn 552): BEAST of DEATH CULT (Obregon, mgr.)
 DM  54 TROCAR (turn 263): KORASIM of TRADERS OF TROCAR (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  59 ILLIS (turn 254): NAZARETH of CHAPEL ROCK (Crip, mgr.)
 DM  62 VALAMANTIS (turn 497): WHITE WIZARD of HILLTOP GURUS (Nomad, mgr.)
 DM  72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 231): TORANS ULRIK of MIDDLE WAY 9 (Jorja, mgr.)
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 545): GATEWAY of ATTACK OF THE CLONES (Crip, mgr.)

                                      Top Teams
                                      ---------
 DM   1 MORDANT (turn 663): MIGHTY MORALS II (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.)
 DM   2 NIANIA (turn 546): THE GOLDEN FISH (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 668): GENERATION X (Storm Lord, mgr.)
 DM   4 JHELUM (turn 640): KIWI CONNECTION (The Mun, mgr.)
 DM   5 KALTOS (turn 664): LONG SWORD CLUB (Sherlock, mgr.)
 DM   6 TRANSEL (turn 659): PSYCHO SQUAD (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 668): BEACH BABES (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 652): ABOMINATION (Chase, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 654): THE GRATEFUL UNDEAD (Street Legal, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 653): DEVIATION (Marma Duke, mgr.)
 DM  36 JHANS (turn 621): MIDDLE WAY 17 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  38 CLIFFHOME (turn 608): HOLMES ON THE RANGE (Sherlock, mgr.)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 280): PROPHETIC OMENS (Lord Rahl, mgr.)
 DM  42 RODEKI (turn 601): COLOR ME SUAVE (Suave, mgr.)
 DM  51 TRICORUS (turn 552): DEATH CULT (Obregon, mgr.)
 DM  54 TROCAR (turn 263): SPARF! (Crip, mgr.)
 DM  59 ILLIS (turn 254): CHAPEL ROCK (Crip, mgr.)
 DM  62 VALAMANTIS (turn 497): HILLTOP GURUS (Nomad, mgr.)
 DM  72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 231): MIDDLE WAY 9 (Jorja, mgr.)
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 545) STREET PIZZA et al (The Upright Man, mgr.)

                                   Recent Graduates
                                  -----------------
 DM   1 MORDANT (turn 663): JOY of MIGHTY MORALS II (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.)
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 668): ALFJAR of AESIR (Buri, mgr.)
                          CADILLAC DUNDEE of IRATE FORMATIONS (The Muffin Man, mgr.)
 DM   4 JHELUM (turn 640): KENYA of KIWI CONNECTION (The Mun, mgr.)
                           CASSIS of KIWI CONNECTION (The Mun, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 653): BIG PIMPIN' IMP of THE GRATEFUL UNDEAD (Street Legal)
                            PINCH BLISTER of CENTER FOR OLDS (Suave, mgr.)
                            THE CODDLER of CENTER FOR OLDS (Suave, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 653): REZUREKT of GRIM FANDANGO (Stik, mgr.)
               (turn 652): DISEASE of DARK AT HEART (?, mgr.)
 DM  36 JHANS (turn 620): BELARDON FRYE of MIDDLE WAY 17 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 279): MS D. MEENER of CRIMINAL ELEMENT (Fizban, mgr.)
 DM  54 TROCAR (turn 263): KORASIM of TRADERS OF TROCAR (Jorja, mgr.)
               (turn 262): MADAM VENUSIA of SPARF! (Crip, mgr.)
 DM  62 VALAMANTIS (turn 497): JIMEMMA LOCA of MIDDLE WAY 10 (Jorja, mgr.)

                                 DUELMASTER'S COLUMN
                             Notes from the arena champ.

     I arrive, Mannequin leaves.  I depart, Mannequin returns.  Coincidence?!?

     I leave this column to Assur as I have to prepare for a night fight which will
likely force me to be shipped to the Isle of the Eye in a box.  The good news is that
I am not yet retired, though that day may still come.  Some time in the future, I
will fight again in Talahya.

-- Joy

****
Notes from Assur:
     Joy had no business graduating in 20 arena fights, but there it is!  His faves
are nothing to give me Joy, but I will eventually activate him in DM 100 to find the
rest of his bases.  Joy is the reason I prioritized my Mordant team, bonused from +9
to +16.  Other than his size (20), he stats are completely mediocre (7-15) and his
current skill levels laughable in spite of learning 2.0 per FE.

                                      SPY REPORT

     Hail and well met warriors of MORDANT!  Know me for who I am, Zontani Sharp 
Eyes, Spymaster extraordinaire of all Alastari.  Warriors--remember that glory waits 
always around the corner!  Witness how this week CLUELESS went 4-1-0 to move up 5 in 
the rankings.  FLOOD SURFER caught the eye of many in the gladiatorial commission as 
she skillfully bested CAPTAIN ELOY and was awarded 18 points in recognition.  In one 
of the week's more notable duels, HONESTY put down CKYNST OAF, causing him to lose 4 
points of recognition in the process.  Most watched of the fights this week, the 
spotlight was on UNDEAD WARRIOR as he bore arms against the Dark Arena Challenge of 
reigning Duelmaster JOY.  The crowds were amazed this turn, as UNDEAD WARRIOR killed 
the Duelmaster, JOY, leaving MIGHTY MORALS II in mourning.  With bloody hand HONOR 
has ascended to the throne of champions.  Is he that one which is spoken of in the 
ancient texts?  No confirmation, but my sources claim that the top team has gained 
their position using magical aids.  Charmed weapons perhaps?   
     I have been in deep conclave with my spies who watched all that has recently 
transpired.  Indeed there is much I would report.  My inside sources tell me that the 
team to beat in MORDANT these days is HOMICIDAL MANIACS.  At least, most blades in 
town are looking to avoid them.  Apparently the stalwarts of BOOZE are catching the 
bulk of jests down at the challenging board for their large share of the avoids.  
Mighty fighters cannot but expect competition from those below.  CHINA BULL take 
warning!  You have more than a few enemies in MORDANT.   
     What warrior does not hone his years, impatiently waiting for the moment of his 
foe's mortality?  Some say a warrior is judged by the way he bears arms.  One thing 
is sure, better a dagger in hand then a sword on the belt!   
     A thought before I go.  Each warrior practices one style, but must not the wise 
manager learn the secrets of them all?  Ahh, but I can hear the spires of a far off 
city calling to me.  I must away!  Till next we meet remember - the pen is mightier 
than the sword, but a maul is a different story!-- Zontani Sharp Eyes  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 HONOR 7698                   17   3  0   110       MIGHTY MORALS II (569)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-HONEST JILES 7576            12   2  0   115       LAB EXPERIMENTS (261)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 VERMOUTH 8445                 6   2  0    93       BOOZE (605)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 FLOOD SURFER 8508            12   6  0    89       HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)
-CRATER FACE 8340             15   3  0    84       LAB EXPERIMENTS (261)
 RANDOM MANIAC 7800           10  38  1    79       HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)
 CHINA BULL 7873              18  24  0    78       HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)
-WAELGAEST 8422                7   1  0    76       SWEORDMASTERS (138)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 HONESTY 7699                 13   8  1    66       MIGHTY MORALS II (569)
 CKYNST OAF 8444              14  18  0    60       HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 LITTLE BEAR 8495             12  10  1    47       HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)
 ALICE SAMUELS 8385            4   2  0    45       FAMILY HORDE (616)
 CERVEZA 8510                  3   0  1    43       BOOZE (605)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-TEARDROP 8478                 3   1  0    29       MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537)
-ERIC SAMUELS 8389             3   4  0    26       FAMILY HORDE (616)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 TAI 8579                      2   0  0    22       CLUELESS (628)
-GREEN EMINEM 8424             3   1  0    19       MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537)
-ARCTIC SEALSKIN 8549          1   0  0    17       SUPER STARS R US (626)
 JOSH 8581                     1   1  0    13       CLUELESS (628)
-DIZZYING YES-MAN 8555         1   0  0    13       SUPER STARS R US (626)
 CHER 8577                     1   1  0    12       CLUELESS (628)
-DARK MIASMA 8532              1   0  0    11       SUPER STARS R US (626)
 DIONNE 8578                   1   1  0    10       CLUELESS (628)
-GAZPACHO DEBACLE 8544         1   0  0     6       SUPER STARS R US (626)
 AMBER 8580                    0   2  0     2       CLUELESS (628)

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
JOY 7701               16  5 0 MIGHTY MORALS II 569 UNDEAD WARRIOR        664  NONE

                                     PERSONAL ADS

Dizzying Yes-man -- Ad. Ex. Attack on your first fight?   No wonder I lost. -- Cher

Arctic Sealskin -- I hear you and the baby are going out to the club later since you
won, I did TRY to stop the baby seal clubbing. -- Dionne

Gazpacho Debacle -- You were really hot in that fight, I see what the Debacle might
have been. -- Josh

Dark Miasma -- Note to self, don't block Long Swords with arms... good to know. --
Amber

China Bull -- Shall we dance one last time?  This will be my last regular fight here
in Mordant and assuming I survive it, I'll be headed to the Dark Arena to test myself
against the beasts. -- Honor

Waelgaest -- No doubts about which of us is the better warrior.  As you might expect
from one with my name, I have no hidden secrets and not a single tourney fight to my
name. -- Honesty

Mannequin -- Welcome back to a dark monument of memories, once the gem of the
Delarquan empire, the first modern day arena, now the mostly forgotten city of
Mordant. -- Assur

Random Maniac -- If you ever want to turn your ways around, you may call on me as a
friend.  Goodbye. -- Joy

Honor -- I believe we've done this before.  Not that this comes as a surprise. --
China Bull

Vermouth -- When you get into the Clumsy Oaf, you make him even clumsier.  This is
not a kindness to we who must share quarters with him. -- China Bull

Joy -- What the heck?  I learned a skill, what am I going to do with a skill? -- an
annoyed Random Maniac

Crater Face -- You're so ugly, I wish the floods would sweep you away! -- Flood
Surfer

That Black Devin, he's tough.  A bigger bear, you know? -- Little Bear

We're glad to see Mannequin back.  He's been missed, and his gladiators have been
missed even more. -- the Homicidal Maniacs

Our congratulations to Joy, and a salute to the tourney participants. -- Jorja and
the Homicidal Maniacs

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

JOY was butchered by UNDEAD WARRIOR in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
VERMOUTH devastated CHINA BULL in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge duel.
HONESTY handily defeated CKYNST OAF in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge match.
HONOR bested RANDOM MANIAC in a popular 1 minute veteran's Title contest.
FLOOD SURFER demolished CAPTAIN ELOY in a 4 minute mismatched competition.
LITTLE BEAR slimly lost to ALICE SAMUELS in a crowd pleasing 4 minute bloody match.
CERVEZA overpowered CAERAN SLAVE in a 1 minute uneven melee.
JOSH vanquished CONVICTED THIEF in a 1 minute uneven duel.
CHER defeated SLEN SNOTNOSE in a 1 minute beginner's duel.
DIONNE defeated SLEN SNOTNOSE in a dull 2 minute novice's fight.
TAI overpowered GRALL THE DESERTER in a 1 minute one-sided fight.
AMBER was subdued by SLEN SNOTNOSE in a 2 minute amateur's competition.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|BASHING ATTACK                   7         AIMED BLOW         2 -   0 -  0     100  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    4         PARRY-RIPOSTE      8 -   2 -  0      80  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  2         WALL OF STEEL     11 -   6 -  1      65  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  2         TOTAL PARRY        5 -   3 -  0      63  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    1         SLASHING ATTACK    8 -   6 -  0      57  |
|AIMED BLOW                       0         LUNGING ATTACK     4 -   3 -  0      57  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      0         BASHING ATTACK    30 -  31 -  0      49  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     0         STRIKING ATTACK   10 -  12 -  3      45  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   0         PARRY-STRIKE       0 -   2 -  0       0  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      0         PARRY-LUNGE        0 -   0 -  0       0  |

Turn 664 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     BASHING ATTACK     3 -  4         5  BASHING ATTACK 
SLASHING ATTACK    2 -  0     AIMED BLOW         0 -  0         2  TOTAL PARRY    
WALL OF STEEL      3 -  1     PARRY-LUNGE        0 -  0         1  SLASHING ATTACK
STRIKING ATTACK    1 -  1     PARRY-STRIKE       0 -  0         1  PARRY-RIPOSTE  
                              LUNGING ATTACK     0 -  0         1  STRIKING ATTACK
                              TOTAL PARRY        0 -  0         1  WALL OF STEEL  

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
BASHING ATTACK   HONOR 7698                 17   3  0  110 MIGHTY MORALS II (569)
SLASHING ATTACK  VERMOUTH 8445               6   2  0   93 BOOZE (605)
PARRY-RIPOSTE    FLOOD SURFER 8508          12   6  0   89 HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)
WALL OF STEEL    LITTLE BEAR 8495           12  10  1   47 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 FLOOD SURFER 8508.  The ten other most popular fighters were LITTLE BEAR 8495, 
ALICE SAMUELS 8385, HONESTY 7699, HONOR 7698, CHER 8577, AMBER 8580, VERMOUTH 8445, 
RANDOM MANIAC 7800, CERVEZA 8510, and JOSH 8581.

The least popular fighter this week was DIONNE 8578.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were CKYNST OAF 8444, CHINA BULL 7873, TAI 8579, JOSH 8581, CERVEZA 8510, 
RANDOM MANIAC 7800, VERMOUTH 8445, AMBER 8580, CHER 8577, and HONOR 7698.

The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn:

HONOR (1-7698) MIGHTY MORALS II (569)

The following warriors have traveled to AD after fighting this turn:

JOY (1-7701) MIGHTY MORALS II (569)