DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 03/14/2011    Duedate: 03/26/2011

MORDANT ARENA

DM-1    TURN-671

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

CRATER FACE
LAB EXPERIMENTS (261)
(1-8340) [21-3-0,118]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

CRATER FACE                    TAI
LAB EXPERIMENTS (261)          CLUELESS (628)
(1-8340) [21-3-0,118]          (1-8579) [7-2-0,53]

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

RANDOM MANIAC                  TAI
HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)        CLUELESS (628)
(1-7800) [10-45-1,76]          (1-8579) [7-2-0,53]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

CLUELESS (628)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. BEAUTY OF HELL (613)        36
2. LAB EXPERIMENTS (261)       30      MIGHTY MORALS II (569)
3. HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)     22      Unchartered Team
4. MIGHTY MORALS II (569)      13
5. MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537)      12      CLUELESS (628)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 2 MIGHTY MORALS II (569)    50  23  1 68.5   1/ 1*CLUELESS (628)            8  7 0
 2/ 3*CLUELESS (628)            25  20  0 55.6   2/ 3 SWEORDMASTERS (138)       6  7 0
 3/ 4 SWEORDMASTERS (138)      603 538 68 52.8   3/ 0 HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)   5  9 0
 4/ 5 LAB EXPERIMENTS (261)    479 461 57 51.0   4/ 7 MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537)    3  3 0
 5/ 6 MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537)   339 347 58 49.4   5/ 5 LAB EXPERIMENTS (261)     3  6 0
 6- 7 BOOZE (605)               77  86 12 47.2   6- 6 BOOZE (605)               2  0 0
 7/ 0 HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)  539 799 14 40.3   7/ 8 MIGHTY MORALS II (569)    2  1 0
 8/ 0*BEAUTY OF HELL (613)       1   3  0 25.0   8/ 0*BEAUTY OF HELL (613)      1  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

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

                                     Duelmasters
                                     -----------
 DM   1 MORDANT (turn 670): CRATER FACE of LAB EXPERIMENTS (Mannequin, mgr.)
 DM   2 NIANIA (turn 553): HEMLOCK of SERPENTS HOLD (Khisanth, mgr.)
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 675): COBBLESTONE of STL RAD (JE, mgr.)
 DM   4 JHELUM (turn 647): IRONSIDE of KIWI CONNECTION (The Mun, mgr.)
 DM   5 KALTOS (turn 671): SCOOTIE PUFF JR of 011510A (The Muffin Man, mgr.)
 DM   6 TRANSEL (turn 666): CAMDEN of BALTO (JE, mgr.)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 675): CHAINSAW CHUCK of TOOL SHED (Leprechaun, mgr.)
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 659): WIZARDS! Of ABOMINATION (Chase, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 661): FIZZ AND FURS of CENTER FOR OLDS (Suave, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 660): TOO BIG TO FAIL of DEVIATION (Marma Duke, mgr.)
 DM  36 JHANS (turn 628): TANNY of SERPENTS HOLD (Khisanth, mgr.)
 DM  38 CLIFFHOME (turn 615): LUM BUSBY of JINDA-BAN (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 283): TIMOR UNRED of THE MIDDLE WAY (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  42 RODEKI (turn 608): JELLO KNUCKLES of COLOR ME SUAVE (Suave, mgr.)
 DM  51 TRICORUS (turn 559): HABU of SERPENTS HOLD 2 (Khisanth, mgr.)
 DM  54 TROCAR (turn 265): TIAN HU of ASIAN INVASION (?, mgr.)
 DM  59 ILLIS (turn 258): I'M A BASHER of BASHAHOLICS ANON (Assurnasirbanipal)
 DM  62 VALAMANTIS (turn 504): THE PLAGUE of DISASTERS (Papa Bear, mgr.)
 DM  72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 234): TORANS ULROL of MIDDLE WAY 9 (Jorja, mgr.)
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 552): COOLER of STYROFOAM (Jolly, mgr.)

                                      Top Teams
                                      ---------
 DM   1 MORDANT (turn 670): CLUELESS (Sherlock, mgr.)
 DM   2 NIANIA (turn 553): SERPENTS HOLD (KhisantH, mgr.)
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 675): AESIR (Buri, mgr.)
 DM   4 JHELUM (turn 647): DOGS OF WAR (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   5 KALTOS (turn 671): THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   6 TRANSEL (turn 666): REIGN (Archaic Elf, mgr.)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 675): CHURCH LADIES (Papa Bear, mgr.)
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 659): BACON MAKIN' (Sherlock, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 661): CENTER FOR OLDS (Suave, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 660): GOLGOTHA'S BLOOMS (Action, mgr.)
 DM  36 JHANS (turn 628): MIDDLE WAY 17 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  38 CLIFFHOME (turn 615): JINDA-BAN (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 283): PROPHETIC OMENS (Lord Rahl, mgr.)
 DM  42 RODEKI (turn 608): COLOR ME SUAVE (Suave, mgr.)
 DM  51 TRICORUS (turn 559): AMAZON ELITE (Doc Miracle, mgr.)
 DM  54 TROCAR (turn 265): TRADERS OF TROCAR (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  59 ILLIS (turn 258): ISLANDERS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  62 VALAMANTIS (turn 504): OUT OF CONTROL (Sherlock, mgr.)
 DM  72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 234): MIDDLE WAY 9 (Jorja, mgr.)
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 552) STREET PIZZA et al (The Upright Man, mgr.)

                                   Recent Graduates
                                  -----------------
 DM   1 MORDANT (turn 670): CHINA BULL of HOMICIDAL MANIACS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   6 TRANSEL (turn 665): NOT-A-NUT JONES of PSYCHO SQUAD (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 659): WIZARDS! Of ABOMINATION (Chase, mgr.)
               (turn 658): FLATLINERS of BACON MAKIN' (Sherlock, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 660): TOO BIG TO FAIL of DEVIATION (Marma Duke, mgr.)
                           BUL GOBLINHEWER of NOMADIC TRIBE (Nomad, mgr.)
                           BORGES of LITERATE LOONS (Sherman, mgr.)
                           FRITERSATAFATFARM of DEVIATION (Marma Duke, mgr.)
               (turn 659): ICE of OMINOUS REIGN (Archaic Elf, mgr.)
                           SASQUATCH of NOMADIC TRIBE (Nomad, mgr.)
 DM  42 RODEKI (turn 606): DAMON SHOVELL of DELVERS (Harby, mgr.)
                           HARD KNOCKS of COLOR ME SUAVE (Suave, mgr.)
 DM  51 TRICORUS (turn 559): MAHAGHAL of DARK HORSEMEN (Jorja, mgr.)

                                      SPY REPORT

     Well, what are you looking at, MORDANT?  Ain't you never seen Snide Clemens 
before?  Ah, shaddup and listen to my news.  MANNEQUIN'S BEST turned their 1-2-0 turn 
into a 4th place rank in the listings this turn.  Any better than this, and you get 
put on hit lists.  Of course, we're all terribly impressed to see ABOMINATION win a 
fight and gain 22 points, terribly.  Tsk, tsk, GREEN EMINEM beat DIONNE and DIONNE 
lost 16 points.  You're breakin' my heart.  And if variety is the spice of life, 
MORDANT may be getting bland, as CRATER FACE stays top dog in the city.  I'm not in a 
very good mood today, but why am I telling you this?  You want to know what's new, 
don't you, MORDANT?   
     My mother always told me, 'If you don't have anything nice to say, start 
talking.' I loved that woman.  SWEORDMASTERS, I suppose you'll be glad to know you 
were this turn's most avoided team.  Care to know who is the most afraid of you?  And 
who led the way in this mass act of cowardice?  Let's see, well, whatcha know?  It 
was MIGHTY MORALS II.  Ha ha ha ha!   
     Some people like volunteer work in the hospitals.  I volunteer for MORDANT's 
morgue.  More variety.  Honor is like a chainmail shirt, it only shines through use.  
Certain nameless cowards will doubtless rebuke me on this one.   
     What does the MORDANT arena have in common with the inns?  It's just as 
comfortable to sleep in either place.  Ha ha ha ha!  Well, I've had enough of this 
drivel, and I'm sure you have too.  Off like a dirty shirt of padded leather.  Glad 
to see the back of this place-- Snide Clemens  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 CRATER FACE 8340             21   3  0   118       LAB EXPERIMENTS (261)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-HONEST JILES 7576            12   2  0   115       LAB EXPERIMENTS (261)
 WAELGAEST 8422               11   1  0   112       SWEORDMASTERS (138)
-VERMOUTH 8445                 7   2  0    99       BOOZE (605)
 LITTLE BEAR 8495             18  11  1    98       HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)
 HONESTY 7699                 16  12  1    91       MIGHTY MORALS II (569)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 RANDOM MANIAC 7800           10  45  1    76       HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)
 CKYNST OAF 8444              17  22  0    73       HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 TAI 8579                      7   2  0    53       CLUELESS (628)
-CERVEZA 8510                  4   0  1    47       BOOZE (605)
 GREEN EMINEM 8424             5   1  0    45       MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537)
 JOSH 8581                     5   4  0    35       CLUELESS (628)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-TEARDROP 8478                 3   1  0    29       MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537)
 DIONNE 8578                   5   4  0    25       CLUELESS (628)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 ABOMINATION 8312              1   0  0    22       BEAUTY OF HELL (613)
-NAEGLING 8576                 2   0  1    21       SWEORDMASTERS (138)
 CEREAL KILLER 8625            1   0  0    20       HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)
 CHER 8577                     5   4  0    19       CLUELESS (628)
 AMBER 8580                    3   6  0    17       CLUELESS (628)
 NARSIL 8609                   2   1  0     7       SWEORDMASTERS (138)
-COURAGE 8596                  1   1  0     7       MIGHTY MORALS II (569)
 JAWOHL! 8497                  1   1  0     4       MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537)
-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?
FEAR 8310               0  1 0 BEAUTY OF HELL 613   DARK CHAMPION         671  NONE
HATRED 8314             0  1 0 BEAUTY OF HELL 613   SHEWISH GIANT         671  NONE
REPUGNANCE 8313         0  1 0 BEAUTY OF HELL 613   BLACK ORC             671  NONE
111761515911 8630       0  1 0 LAB EXPERIMENTS 261  DARK CHAMPION         671  NONE
185161315107 8629       0  1 0 LAB EXPERIMENTS 261  ARENAMASTER KAKA      671  NONE
159119171211 8628       0  1 0 MANNEQUIN'S BEST 537 HIGH ELF              671  NONE
114131117217 8627       0  1 0 SWEORDMASTERS 138    UNDEAD WARRIOR        671  NONE
91613219511 8626        0  1 0 SWEORDMASTERS 138    BLACK ORC             671  NONE

                                     PERSONAL ADS

      Somebody is overworking my team.  We will expect compensation for this! --
      Arenamaster Kakar

China Bull -- Congratulations.  You are clearly my better, though you've been a great
teacher for me, too.  I hope to join you soon. -- Honesty

Honesty -- Of course I'm misunderstood!  It's in my job description. -- Random Maniac

Crater Face -- I don't know how I endured to look at you for more than a minute!
It's tough.  You should be glad you aren't someone else, YOU can avoid looking at you
merely by avoiding mirrors. -- Little Bear

Waelgaest -- Well, um, erh, ah... I'm not used to facing cute little women, okay?  I
wasn't sure what to do.  It seemed just WRONG somehow to take and smash your face in.
-- Random Maniac
P.S.  I am fighting proof that having a mere fifty fights is not enough to ensure
graduation.  It can't be the lack of ratings, I've heard that some have graduated
without any.  And it can't... surely not?  It can't be lack of fourteen wins.  I know
of one person who graduated with only eight wins.  Of course, he had a hundred fights
when the Commission yanked him out of Illis....  Life is hard for us losers.

Mad Mannequin -- Darned if I know what the Oaf was trying to say.  Probably nothing
important. -- China Bull

Honesty -- I hardly know what to say.  That it was a good fight?  That I will
consider your advice? -- China Bull
P.S.  That I SURPRISED to get the graduation notice?  Which is true.
P.P.S.  Large Shield, high/moderate?  Are they JOKING?
P.P.P.S.  I seem to be Jorja's first basher from this team.  Full disclosure (stats,
ratings) on request.

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

FEAR was butchered by DARK CHAMPION in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
185161315107 was butchered by ARENAMASTER KAKAR in a 1 minute Dark Arena duel.
159119171211 was murdered by HIGH ELF in a 1 minute brutal Dark Arena melee.
114131117217 was assassinated by UNDEAD WARRIOR in a 1 minute Dark Arena duel.
111761515911 was dealt death by DARK CHAMPION in a 2 minute gory Dark Arena contest.
HATRED was assassinated by SHEWISH GIANT in a 1 minute Dark Arena match.
REPUGNANCE was butchered by BLACK ORC in a 1 minute gruesome Dark Arena brawl.
91613219511 was assassinated by BLACK ORC in a exciting 1 minute Dark Arena struggle.
CRATER FACE unbelievably bested CHINA BULL in a 3 minute expert's Title fight.
WAELGAEST vanquished RANDOM MANIAC in a popular 1 minute gruesome uneven duel.
HONESTY vanquished CKYNST OAF in a 1 minute one-sided fight.
LITTLE BEAR overpowered CAPTAIN ELOY in a 2 minute gory one-sided melee.
DIONNE was demolished by GREEN EMINEM in a 1 minute mismatched match.
TAI viciously subdued LIEUTENANT WOREL in a exciting 3 minute brutal contest.
JOSH devastated MIME WORSHIPPER in a 1 minute mismatched bout.
CHER was handily defeated by GESHI SCRIVENER in a 1 minute uneven fight.
AMBER defeated SLEN SNOTNOSE in a 1 minute struggle.
NARSIL was vanquished by ABOMINATION in a 1 minute one-sided fray.
JAWOHL! was devastated by CEREAL KILLER in a 1 minute mismatched brawl.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|BASHING ATTACK                   7         TOTAL PARRY        7 -   1 -  0      88  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   5         WALL OF STEEL     18 -   8 -  2      69  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  4         AIMED BLOW         7 -   5 -  0      58  |
|AIMED BLOW                       3         SLASHING ATTACK   10 -   9 -  0      53  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  2         STRIKING ATTACK   15 -  15 -  0      50  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    2         LUNGING ATTACK     9 -  11 -  1      45  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      1         BASHING ATTACK    24 -  40 -  0      38  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    1         PARRY-RIPOSTE      4 -   8 -  0      33  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      0         PARRY-STRIKE       0 -   2 -  0       0  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     0         PARRY-LUNGE        0 -   1 -  0       0  |

Turn 671 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:

TOTAL PARRY        1 -  0     LUNGING ATTACK     1 -  4         3  BASHING ATTACK 
STRIKING ATTACK    3 -  1     BASHING ATTACK     1 -  6         2  TOTAL PARRY    
AIMED BLOW         2 -  1     PARRY-LUNGE        0 -  0         2  SLASHING ATTACK
SLASHING ATTACK    1 -  1     PARRY-STRIKE       0 -  0         2  WALL OF STEEL  
WALL OF STEEL      1 -  1     PARRY-RIPOSTE      0 -  1         1  STRIKING ATTACK
                                                                1  AIMED BLOW     

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
TOTAL PARRY      CRATER FACE 8340           21   3  0  118 LAB EXPERIMENTS (261)
STRIKING ATTACK  WAELGAEST 8422             11   1  0  112 SWEORDMASTERS (138)
WALL OF STEEL    LITTLE BEAR 8495           18  11  1   98 HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)
BASHING ATTACK   HONESTY 7699               16  12  1   91 MIGHTY MORALS II (569)
SLASHING ATTACK  TAI 8579                    7   2  0   53 CLUELESS (628)
AIMED BLOW       GREEN EMINEM 8424           5   1  0   45 MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is RANDOM MANIAC 7800.  The most popular warrior this 
turn was TAI 8579.  The ten other most popular fighters were WAELGAEST 8422, HONESTY 
7699, LITTLE BEAR 8495, AMBER 8580, CEREAL KILLER 8625, 111761515911 8630, CRATER 
FACE 8340, GREEN EMINEM 8424, ABOMINATION 8312, and 91613219511 8626.

The least popular fighter this week was JAWOHL! 8497.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were NARSIL 8609, CHER 8577, CKYNST OAF 8444, RANDOM MANIAC 7800, REPUGNANCE 
8313, HATRED 8314, 114131117217 8627, 159119171211 8628, 185161315107 8629, and FEAR 
8310.

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

CHINA BULL (1-7873) HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)