DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 01/17/2011    Duedate: 01/29/2011

MORDANT ARENA

DM-1    TURN-667

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

FLOOD SURFER
HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)
(1-8508) [14-7-0,95]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

FLOOD SURFER                   JOSH
HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)        CLUELESS (628)
(1-8508) [14-7-0,95]           (1-8581) [3-2-0,43]

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

CHINA BULL                     RANDOM MANIAC
HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)        HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)
(1-7873) [20-25-0,94]          (1-7800) [10-41-1,78]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

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          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)     26
2. STEEL PATH 1 (568)          23      MIGHTY MORALS II (569)
3. CLUELESS (628)              14      Unchartered Team
4. MIGHTY MORALS II (569)       3
5. LAB EXPERIMENTS (261)        0      STEEL PATH 1 (568)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 1*STEEL PATH 1 (568)         4   0  0  100   1/ 1*CLUELESS (628)            8  7 0
 2/ 2 MIGHTY MORALS II (569)    48  21  1 69.6   2/ 2 HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)   8  7 0
 3- 4 SWEORDMASTERS (138)      596 529 67 53.0   3/ 4*STEEL PATH 1 (568)        4  0 0
 4/ 6*CLUELESS (628)            13  12  0 52.0   4- 6 LAB EXPERIMENTS (261)     2  5 0
 5- 5 LAB EXPERIMENTS (261)    475 453 57 51.2   5/ 3 MIGHTY MORALS II (569)    2  5 0
 6- 7 MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537)   336 342 58 49.6   6- 8 MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537)    1  2 1
 7/ 9 HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)  530 789 14 40.2   7- 9 SWEORDMASTERS (138)       1  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 666): FLOOD SURFER of HOMICIDAL MANIACS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   2 NIANIA (turn 549): HEMLOCK of SERPENTS HOLD (Khisanth, mgr.)
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 671): COFFEE HOUSE POET of GENERATION X (Storm Lord, mgr.)
 DM   4 JHELUM (turn 643): PUY of TEERAK HA (LHI, mgr.)
 DM   5 KALTOS (turn 667): SOLITAIRE of JAMES BONDAGE (Obregon, mgr.)
 DM   6 TRANSEL (turn 662): HAPPY HARRIET of PSYCHO SQUAD (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 671): ESCHER of UNDEAD ARTISTS (Otto X, mgr.)
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 655): HATCHET MAN of ROGUES GALLERY (Obregon, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 657): ANONYMISSUS of CENTER FOR OLDS (Suave, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 656): BORGES of LITERATE LOONS (Sherman, mgr.)
 DM  36 JHANS (turn 624): ALLIS of ERRATA (JE, mgr.)
 DM  38 CLIFFHOME (turn 611): LUM BUSBY of JINDA-BAN (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 281): TIMOR UNRED of THE MIDDLE WAY (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  42 RODEKI (turn 604): HARD KNOCKS of COLOR ME SUAVE (Suave, mgr.)
 DM  51 TRICORUS (turn 555): EVERYONE BURNS of RAISING R'LYEH (Reaper, mgr.)
 DM  54 TROCAR (turn 264): ALLERDAE CHAN of TRADERS OF TROCAR (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  59 ILLIS (turn 256): I'M A BASHER of BASHAHOLICS ANON (Assurnasirbanipal)
 DM  62 VALAMANTIS (turn 500): THE PLAGUE of DISASTERS (Papa Bear, mgr.)
 DM  72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 232): STEVE LAKE of SUE'S BOYS (Crip, mgr.)
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 548): GATEWAY of ATTACK OF THE CLONES (Crip, mgr.)

                                      Top Teams
                                      ---------
 DM   1 MORDANT (turn 666): CLUELESS (Sherlock, mgr.)
 DM   2 NIANIA (turn 549): THE GOLDEN FISH (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 671): GAMES LIBRARY (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   4 JHELUM (turn 643): DOGS OF WAR (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   5 KALTOS (turn 667): LONG SWORD CLUB (Sherlock, mgr.)
 DM   6 TRANSEL (turn 662): PSYCHO SQUAD (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 671): BUNIONS SQUAD (Obregonr.)
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 655): BACON MAKIN' (Sherlock, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 657): CENTER FOR OLDS (Suave, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 656): LITERATE LOONS (Sherman, mgr.)
 DM  36 JHANS (turn 624): REIGN (Archaic Elf, mgr.)
 DM  38 CLIFFHOME (turn 611): HOLMES ON THE RANGE (Sherlock, mgr.)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 281): THE MIDDLE WAY (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  42 RODEKI (turn 604): POSITION IS EMPTY
 DM  51 TRICORUS (turn 555): AMAZON ELITE (Doc Miracle, mgr.)
 DM  54 TROCAR (turn 264): SPARF! (Crip, mgr.)
 DM  59 ILLIS (turn 256): BASHAHOLICS ANON (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.)
 DM  62 VALAMANTIS (turn 500): HILLTOP GURUS (Nomad, mgr.)
 DM  72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 232): POSITION IS EMPTY
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 548) STREET PIZZA et al (The Upright Man, mgr.)

                                   Recent Graduates
                                  -----------------
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 671): COFFEE HOUSE POET of GENERATION X (Storm Lord, mgr.)
 DM   4 JHELUM (turn 642): ARMITAGE of KIWI CONNECTION (The Mun, mgr.)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 671): RAMROD of BUNION  SQUAD (Obregon, mgr.)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 279): MS D. MEENER of CRIMINAL ELEMENT (Fizban, mgr.)
 DM  51 TRICORUS (turn 554): NYARLATHOTEP of RAISING R'LYEH (Reaper, mgr.)
                             OF SEA AND WIND of RAISING R'LYEH (Reaper, mgr.)
 DM  54 TROCAR (turn 263): KORASIM of TRADERS OF TROCAR (Jorja, mgr.)

                                 DUELMASTER'S COLUMN
                             Notes from the arena champ.

     This is shocking!  Sure, I'm glad of a little indoor work, since the floods are
all frozen--hard to surf on a frozen flood crest.  And naturally I defeated Mad
Mannequin, if I was going to take the title, a victory is a good beginning, and
standbys are there to be defeated.  But....
     Are there no strong morals left in Mordant to uphold the standard here?  I am
surely not the person for that, though I do my best to make sure that valuable things
are not lost in floodwaters.

                                    Flood Surfer

                                      SPY REPORT

     Oh, hi.  Its just little 'ol Debby Tonte.  Thought I'd check out MORDANT to see 
what's new.  What was the name of that team who got 4-1-0 this turn for a total 
530-789-14 you ask?  (Sure)  HOMICIDAL MANIACS' their name, and fighting's their 
game!  MVP award for JOSH?  CLUELESS' proud of him after beating BLACK DEVIN and 
getting 18 points.  Talk about yer major upsets!  CHER's match with DYTEL cost her a 
loss of 11 points!  This Duelmaster is like something else!  FLOOD SURFER stopped 
HONESTY dead in his tracks!  I hear the top team insists all their warriors get nine 
hours sleep.  They want photogenic fighters for PR photos.   
     I gotta admit I haven't been in "deep con caves" with any spies.  Really, I just 
wing this stuff.  The warriors of LAB EXPERIMENTS must be getting lonely.  They were 
the most avoided team.  Do you guys know something that I don't?  Is there some deep 
dark secret why MIGHTY MORALS II's been avoiding LAB EXPERIMENTS so much?  Or is it 
just that they're too scared?   
     What does a fighter fight for?  I mean, the crowds don't give a hoot if someone 
gets killed.  Not after four more fights.  What if they had a fight and nobody showed 
up?  I'd be out of a job, that's what!!!   
     I really didn't, you know, study when I was a kid.  Who would've guessed I'd be 
a famous Spyreporter?  I know how much you like reading this stuff, but I really 
should stop.  Its been really albendranius!  Later, guys-- Debby Tonte  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 FLOOD SURFER 8508            14   7  0    95       HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-HONEST JILES 7576            12   2  0   115       LAB EXPERIMENTS (261)
 CHINA BULL 7873              20  25  0    94       HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-CRATER FACE 8340             17   3  0    90       LAB EXPERIMENTS (261)
-WAELGAEST 8422                8   1  0    88       SWEORDMASTERS (138)
 RANDOM MANIAC 7800           10  41  1    78       HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)
 LITTLE BEAR 8495             15  10  1    76       HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)
 HONESTY 7699                 14  10  1    74       MIGHTY MORALS II (569)
 CKYNST OAF 8444              15  20  0    67       HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 JOSH 8581                     3   2  0    43       CLUELESS (628)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-TEARDROP 8478                 3   1  0    29       MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537)
 RILIS 7694                    2   0  0    27       STEEL PATH 1 (568)
 TAI 8579                      4   1  0    26       CLUELESS (628)
 DYTEL 7693                    2   0  0    25       STEEL PATH 1 (568)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-GREEN EMINEM 8424             3   1  0    19       MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537)
 CHER 8577                     3   2  0    13       CLUELESS (628)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 AMBER 8580                    1   4  0    11       CLUELESS (628)
 DIONNE 8578                   2   3  0     9       CLUELESS (628)
-COURAGE 8596                  1   1  0     7       MIGHTY MORALS II (569)
-HOPE 8597                     0   1  0     1       MIGHTY MORALS II (569)

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

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

                                     PERSONAL ADS

China Bull -- One would not guess we are a couple of bashers given our history
against each other.  In three of our five fights, the one who made the first attack
lost the fight.  But regardless of how we fight, it is becoming clear that you have
my number. -- Honesty

Honesty -- So, IS it the best policy?  I mean, should I honestly tell my girl friend,
when she asks, "No, that hat makes you look like a frump."  I've always avoided
answers like that. -- China Bull

Crater Face -- One look at your face makes me see red.  Of course, everything makes
me see red--no, I am NOT taking Dark Root!  I can't hang around to discuss it,
though, somewhere out there is an alley that needs me. -- Random Maniac

Chark Forkbeard -- Serendipitously, your "mighty blow" to my cranial area has
produced a fleeting moment of clarity, allowing me to consider the crucial question,
what do you do when you are faced with soup? -- Clumsy Oaf

Josh -- That is MY chair you're sitting in, and MY porridge you're eating.  You can
have the porridge, who would want it now that you've slobbered in it?--but get OUT of
my chair. -- Little Bear

Assur -- Hope and Courage are good for beginning a new year. -- Jorja

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

FLOOD SURFER bested HONESTY in a 2 minute master's Title fight.
RANDOM MANIAC lost to CAPTAIN ELOY in a exciting 3 minute gory uneven battle.
CHINA BULL vanquished TIEN-SHU OF GENRAI in a popular 1 minute mismatched brawl.
LITTLE BEAR savagely defeated CAPTAIN ELOY in a 2 minute bloody match.
CKYNST OAF bested MONEYBAGS MEFRIN in a 2 minute one-sided duel.
JOSH bested BLACK DEVIN in a 1 minute amateur vs. master upset match.
CHER was defeated by DYTEL in a action packed 1 minute melee.
RILIS vanquished DIONNE in a 1 minute uneven duel.
TAI overpowered GRALL THE DESERTER in a 1 minute uneven duel.
AMBER defeated GRALL THE DESERTER in a action packed 1 minute gory novice's fight.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|BASHING ATTACK                   5         TOTAL PARRY        5 -   0 -  0     100  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  3         WALL OF STEEL     12 -   7 -  1      63  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    2         PARRY-RIPOSTE      7 -   5 -  0      58  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    1         STRIKING ATTACK   13 -  11 -  2      54  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   1         AIMED BLOW         2 -   2 -  0      50  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  1         SLASHING ATTACK    8 -   8 -  0      50  |
|AIMED BLOW                       0         BASHING ATTACK    29 -  33 -  0      47  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      0         LUNGING ATTACK     5 -   6 -  1      45  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     0         PARRY-STRIKE       0 -   2 -  0       0  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      0         PARRY-LUNGE        0 -   0 -  0       0  |

Turn 667 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     2 -  3         5  BASHING ATTACK 
LUNGING ATTACK     1 -  0     AIMED BLOW         0 -  0         2  TOTAL PARRY    
SLASHING ATTACK    1 -  0     PARRY-LUNGE        0 -  0         2  STRIKING ATTACK
STRIKING ATTACK    3 -  0     PARRY-STRIKE       0 -  0         1  PARRY-RIPOSTE  
WALL OF STEEL      1 -  1     TOTAL PARRY        0 -  0         1  WALL OF STEEL  

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
PARRY-RIPOSTE    FLOOD SURFER 8508          14   7  0   95 HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)
WALL OF STEEL    LITTLE BEAR 8495           15  10  1   76 HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)
BASHING ATTACK   HONESTY 7699               14  10  1   74 MIGHTY MORALS II (569)
STRIKING ATTACK  JOSH 8581                   3   2  0   43 CLUELESS (628)
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 RANDOM MANIAC 7800.  The ten other most popular fighters were LITTLE BEAR 8495, 
CHINA BULL 7873, CKYNST OAF 8444, AMBER 8580, DYTEL 7693, FLOOD SURFER 8508, HONESTY 
7699, JOSH 8581, RILIS 7694, and CHER 8577.

The least popular fighter this week was DIONNE 8578.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were TAI 8579, CHER 8577, RILIS 7694, JOSH 8581, HONESTY 7699, FLOOD SURFER 
8508, DYTEL 7693, AMBER 8580, CKYNST OAF 8444, and CHINA BULL 7873.

                 FACE-TO-FACE TOURNEY XLVI

ELIGIBLES TOURNEY                      W  L  K         TEAM NAME            
PRODIGAL SON 7937 (96-16-1)            7  3  0         MANNEQUIN'S BEST     

ADM TOURNEY                            W  L  K         TEAM NAME            
BLACK BREEZE 6522 (14-6-0)             6  3  1         BLACK JUNTA          
POOP DECK GUY 8274 (43-23-2)           1  3  0         SEA DOGS             

FRESHMEN TOURNEY                       W  L  K         TEAM NAME            
VAN DERMINT 8203 (21-10-2)             1  3  0         BOOZE                

CHALLENGERS TOURNEY                    W  L  K         TEAM NAME            
HONEST JILES 7576 (12-2-0)             6  3  0         LAB EXPERIMENTS      
BLACK LUCK 3534 (9-1-1)                3  3  0         BLACK JUNTA          

CHAMPIONS TOURNEY                      W  L  K         TEAM NAME            
VERMOUTH 8445 (6-2-0)                  2  3  0         BOOZE                

ADEPTS TOURNEY                         W  L  K         TEAM NAME            
WAELGAEST 8422 (8-1-0)                 8  3  0         SWEORDMASTERS        
OVER INNSMOUTH 8434 (3-5-0)            0  3  0  DEAD   DREAD EMPIRE         

APPRENTICES TOURNEY                    W  L  K         TEAM NAME            
RILIS 7694 (1-0-0)                     3  3  0         STEEL PATH 1         
DYTEL 7693 (1-0-0)                     1  3  0         STEEL PATH 1         

ROOKIES TOURNEY                        W  L  K         TEAM NAME            
SICA 8449 (0-0-0)                      3  1  0  DEAD   SWEORDMASTERS        
BLACK TULIP 2741 (0-0-0)               4  2  0  DEAD   BLACK ARMADA         
WHISKEY 8582 (0-0-0)                   5  3  0         BOOZE                
BRANDY 8584 (0-0-0)                    4  3  0         BOOZE                
KIROS 8587 (0-0-0)                     3  3  0         TEAM BLUE            
187 MDK 8566 (0-0-0)                   2  3  0  DEAD   VIOLATIONS           
LAGUNA 8585 (0-0-0)                    1  3  0         TEAM BLUE            
NAEGLING 8576 (0-0-0)                  1  3  0         SWEORDMASTERS        
SAWTOOTH 8248 (0-0-0)                  1  3  1  DEAD   EVIL BEAVERS         
BLACK DEITY 6306 (0-0-0)               0  3  0         BLACK PANTHEON       
WART 8589 (0-0-0)                      0  3  0         TEAM BLUE