DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER Date : 08/01/2011 Duedate: 08/13/2011 MORDANT ARENA DM-1 TURN-681 This Weeks Top Honors THE DUELMASTER IS LITTLE BEAR HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121) (1-8495) [22-17-1,104] Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader LITTLE BEAR ALLEY OOP HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121) ONE HIT WONDERS (632) (1-8495) [22-17-1,104] (1-8664) [5-1-1,46] Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite RANDOM MANIAC AMBER HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121) CLUELESS (628) (1-7800) [11-54-1,88] (1-8580) [7-12-0,33] THE CURRENT TOP TEAM ONE HIT WONDERS (632) TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team 1. BOOZE (605) 44 2. SWEORDMASTERS (138) 30 GOD SQUAD (376) 3. HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121) 16 Unchartered Team 4. MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537) 8 5. GOD SQUAD (376) 1 ONE HIT WONDERS (632) The Top Teams Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K 1/ 0 GOD SQUAD (376) 9 2 0 81.8 1/ 1*ONE HIT WONDERS (632) 8 7 0 2/ 1 FULL SPECTRUM (611) 12 4 0 75.0 2/ 3 HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121) 7 8 0 3/ 2*ONE HIT WONDERS (632) 18 11 2 62.1 3/ 2 BOOZE (605) 6 1 0 4- 3 POKER GREATS (580) 41 32 2 56.2 4/ 4 CLUELESS (628) 6 9 0 5/ 6 BOOZE (605) 97 88 12 52.4 5/ 7 SWEORDMASTERS (138) 4 6 1 6/ 5 SWEORDMASTERS (138) 611 561 70 52.1 6- 5 POKER GREATS (580) 2 0 0 7/ 4 CLUELESS (628) 49 46 0 51.6 7/ 6 FULL SPECTRUM (611) 2 1 0 8- 7 LAB EXPERIMENTS (261) 487 482 59 50.3 8- 9 LAB EXPERIMENTS (261) 0 8 0 9/ 8 MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537) 339 365 58 48.2 9/10 MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537) 0 8 0 10/10 HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121) 555 832 14 40.0 10/ 0 GOD SQUAD (376) 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 680): BLACK of FULL SPECTRUM (Jester, mgr.) DM 2 NIANIA (turn 563): CHARLIE HORSE of THE FUNNY FARM (Buri, mgr.) DM 3 OSKSI (turn 685): SQUASH of VEGGIES (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.) DM 4 JHELUM (turn 657): MAT'ARI of DOGS OF WAR (Jorja, mgr.) DM 5 KALTOS (turn 681): PRIMUS of LONG SWORD CLUB (Sherlock, mgr.) DM 6 TRANSEL (turn 676): FAINTLY FRANNIE of PSYCHO SQUAD (Jorja, mgr.) DM 7 BONSUR (turn 685): REDONDO RHONDA of BEACH BABES (Jorja, mgr.) DM 10 KOLACT (turn 669): TREMORS of BACON MAKIN' (Sherlock, mgr.) DM 18 TALCAMA (turn 671): CHATROOMMATE of CENTER FOR OLDS (Suave, mgr.) DM 21 SUNSET (turn 670): RUIN of DARK AT HEART (?, mgr.) DM 36 JHANS (turn 638): IRINIA JINZ of MIDDLE WAY 17 (Jorja, mgr.) DM 38 CLIFFHOME (turn 625): ZANDER of ZOMBIE SQUAD (Khisanth, mgr.) DM 39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 288): TIMOR UNRED of THE MIDDLE WAY (Jorja, mgr.) DM 42 RODEKI (turn 618): JELLO KNUCKLES of COLOR ME SUAVE (Suave, mgr.) DM 51 TRICORUS (turn 569): WHO of QUESTIONS (Sherlock, mgr.) DM 54 TROCAR (turn 270): ALBERT of KIWI CONNECTI0N (The Mun, mgr.) DM 59 ILLIS (turn 263): BURNING RUBBER of WHAT'S IN A NAME (Storm Lord, mgr.) DM 62 VALAMANTIS (turn 514): MOOSEHEAD of FLOYD'S BREWERY (Floyd, mgr.) DM 72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 239): WHOLE of MILK IS GOOD (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.) ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 562): KALIDOR of HYBORIA et al (Buri, mgr.) Top Teams --------- DM 1 MORDANT (turn 680): ONE HIT WONDERS (Buri, mgr.) DM 2 NIANIA (turn 563): THE FUNNY FARM (Buri, mgr.) DM 3 OSKSI (turn 685): AESIR (Buri, mgr.) DM 4 JHELUM (turn 657): DOGS OF WAR (Jorja, mgr.) DM 5 KALTOS (turn 681): LONG SWORD CLUB (Sherlock, mgr.) DM 6 TRANSEL (turn 676): RED BLADES (Madwand, mgr.) DM 7 BONSUR (turn 285): SENTINELS (Nomad, mgr.) DM 10 KOLACT (turn 669): ABOMINATION (Chase, mgr.) DM 18 TALCAMA (turn 671): SHEPHERDS (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.) DM 21 SUNSET (turn 670): NOMADIC TRIBE (Nomad, mgr.) DM 36 JHANS (turn 637): MIDDLE WAY 17 (Jorja, mgr.) DM 38 CLIFFHOME (turn 625): HOLMES ON THE RANGE (Sherlock, mgr.) DM 39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 288): THE MIDDLE WAY (Jorja, mgr.) DM 42 RODEKI (turn 618): COLOR ME SUAVE (Suave, mgr.) DM 51 TRICORUS (turn 569): POSITION IS EMPTY DM 54 TROCAR (turn 270): TRADERS OF TROCAR (Jorja, mgr.) DM 59 ILLIS (turn 263): ISLANDERS (Jorja, mgr.) DM 62 VALAMANTIS (turn 514): FLOYD'S BREWERY (Floyd, mgr.) DM 72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 239): MIDDLE WAY 9 (Jorja, mgr.) ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 562) STREET PIZZA et al (The Upright Man, mgr.) Recent Graduates ----------------- DM 1 MORDANT (turn 680): VERMOUTH of BOOZE (Papa Bear, mgr.) WAELGAEST of SWEORDMASTERS (Mannequin, mgr.) DM 2 NIANIA (turn 563): HARKRANZ of THE GOLDEN FISH (Jorja, mgr.) EDWARD O'HARE of MEDAL OF HONOR A1 (The Anarchist, mgr.) DM 3 OSKSI (turn 685): WHIRLING INSELBERG of IRATE FORMATIONS (The Muffin Man) DM 4 JHELUM (turn 657): MAT'ARI of DOGS OF WAR (Jorja, mgr.) (turn 656): WHEEL OF TIME of TL;DR (Sherolock, mgr.) DM 5 KALTOS (turn 681): PRIMUS of LONG SWORD CLUB (Sherlock, mgr.) BALISONG of ZOMBIE SQUAD (Khisanth, mgr.) DM 6 TRANSEL (turn 675): CHAS CRINGER of PSYCHO SQUAD (Jorja, mgr.) DM 18 TALCAMA (turn 670): DESTITUTE NOBLE of GET OUTTA MY WAY (Floyd, mgr.) DM 21 SUNSET (turn 670): RUIN of DARK AT HEART (?, mgr.) DM 36 JHANS (turn 637): BOARDSLIDE of SKATE DRAGONS (Floyd, mgr.) DM 39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 288): TIMOR UNRED of THE MIDDLE WAY (Jorja, mgr.) DM 42 RODEKI (turn 618): JELLO KNUCKLES of COLOR ME SUAVE (Suave, mgr.) (turn 617): RODEKILL of COLOR ME SUAVE (Suave, mgr.) DM 51 TRICORUS (turn 569): JUBHAL of DARK HORSEMENT (Jorja, mgr.) DM 54 TROCAR (turn 269): CAO ZHEN of ASIAN INVASION (Pec Killer, mgr.) ALLERDAE CHAN of TRADERS OF TROCAR (Jorja, mgr.) SPY REPORT If you were disturbed from your beauty rest only to have to watch a bunch of MORDANT brutes like you, you'd be grouchy, too. Of course, we're all terribly impressed to see NAEGLING win a fight and gain 14 points, terribly. Tsk, tsk, NAEGLING beat ALLEY OOP and ALLEY OOP lost 10 points. You're breakin' my heart. And it's out with the old, in with the new, as WAELGAEST takes the Title and last week's bar tab from the old Duelmaster. Heh, heh. 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? Well, let's take a look at some more misdeeds of you miserable sword-boys. 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 BOOZE. Ha ha ha ha! ALLEY OOP was challenged more times this turn than the Duelmaster. Now was the DM insulted or feared? Heh, heh. Death and Taxes. The less death I see, the more it taxes my patience. Let's see if anyone's dead or dying. We're all going to die in the end, so why worry if the fate catches up with you sooner that later? I was about to buy a new quill pen the other day, but some fighter took it for an epee. Forgive me for writing with a dagger. Well, I've had enough of this drivel, and I'm sure you have too. Off like a dirty shirt of padded leather. I see the crowds are getting restless, I must leave now-- Snide Clemens DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME LITTLE BEAR 8495 22 17 1 104 HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121) CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -PHIL HELLMUTH 7842 17 6 1 122 POKER GREATS (580) BLACK 8252 12 4 0 93 FULL SPECTRUM (611) CKYNST OAF 8444 21 28 0 91 HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121) CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME CERVEZA 8510 9 1 1 89 BOOZE (605) RANDOM MANIAC 7800 11 54 1 88 HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121) JOSH 8581 11 8 0 77 CLUELESS (628) CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME WHISKEY 8582 5 0 0 61 BOOZE (605) NAEGLING 8576 6 2 1 59 SWEORDMASTERS (138) ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME BRANDY 8584 4 0 0 54 BOOZE (605) CEREAL KILLER 8625 5 6 0 51 HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121) ALLEY OOP 8664 5 1 1 46 ONE HIT WONDERS (632) TAI 8579 11 8 0 41 CLUELESS (628) DIONNE 8578 9 10 0 37 CLUELESS (628) FUNKYTOWN 8665 5 1 0 34 ONE HIT WONDERS (632) MASKED MURDERER 8644 3 6 0 34 HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121) -CINDY VIOLLETTE 7976 3 2 0 34 POKER GREATS (580) CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME AMBER 8580 7 12 0 33 CLUELESS (628) CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -SEAN SHEIKY 7938 4 5 0 25 POKER GREATS (580) IN MY HOUSE 8689 3 1 0 25 ONE HIT WONDERS (632) -JOSH AREA 7939 3 6 0 24 POKER GREATS (580) INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME TAKE ON ME 8682 2 3 0 17 ONE HIT WONDERS (632) EXTRA 8690 3 0 0 16 CLUELESS (628) BLACK BETTY 8661 2 3 0 10 ONE HIT WONDERS (632) GIN 8583 0 1 0 9 BOOZE (605) SPEEDY 5521 0 1 0 1 GOD SQUAD (376) '-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn. THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge? CHER 8577 8 8 0 CLUELESS 628 DIRK DIGLER 8115 678 1171511171211 8721 0 1 0 MANNEQUIN'S BEST 537 UNDEAD WARRIOR 681 NONE 13411179921 8722 0 1 0 MANNEQUIN'S BEST 537 HIGH ELF 681 NONE PYRS 8657 1 6 1 SWEORDMASTERS 138 STONE GOLEM 681 NONE PERSONAL ADS Eight to the Dark Arena! Truly, this Mannequin is hard on his Minions! Our congratulations to Vermouth and Waelgaest, lord protectors! -- Jorja and the Homicidal Maniacs Hmm, I don't know if the tourney listings given at the end of the newsletter are old ones, or current ones mis-named. I'm guessing at "current, wrong tourney name" from the records shown. But we congratulate the contestants anyway, with a special tip of the hat for Abomination and Brandy, tourney victors. -- Jorja and the Maniacs Phil Hellmuth -- Thanks for not mosterizing the Oaf completely. I know how annoying it can be to have one of the players dropping cards all over the place as he tries to pick them up to look at 'em. He can't help it, though. -- Masked Murderer Black -- You may defeat me for the title, but you cannot blacken my name in the ears and eyes of the people of Mordant's alleys. They know I am their first defense against the Dire Things that lurk in alleys elsewhere! I am true to their trust. -- Random Maniac P.S. You should teach me skills. I'm TRAINING skills, dammit. Josh -- Well, of course you really hurt. Those went whiffle bats we were using out there. -- Little Bear Tai -- If you were truly clueless, you wouldn't have known it was ME. I wore a mask, dammit. -- Masked Murderer Pyrs -- You cant stand against someone who has had a GOOD breakfast. Only the finest cereals, mind! In this instance, granola bars. It changes, you know, and I have to be on my toes to follow the path. -- Cereal Killer 13 July 11 Announcing! The No-Tourney ADM arena will be opening for business on the first of August of this year! It will be ADM Arena #107, making use of that idle installation down at Lirin Kiv. If the managers involved in this arena wish to rename it, suggestions will be entertained through the months of August and September. LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS PYRS was viciously butchered by STONE GOLEM in a 1 minute bloody Dark Arena fight. 13411179921 was slaughtered by HIGH ELF in a 1 minute Dark Arena battle. 1171511171211 was easily killed by UNDEAD WARRIOR in a 1 minute gory Dark Arena match. NAEGLING won victory over ALLEY OOP in a 1 minute Challenge brawl. CERVEZA bested CKYNST OAF in a 2 minute Challenge fight. FUNKYTOWN luckily beat AMBER in a crowd pleasing 5 minute Challenge match. TAKE ON ME was bested by MASKED MURDERER in a 3 minute Challenge duel. BLACK was overpowered by WAELGAEST in a 1 minute one-sided struggle. LITTLE BEAR bested CAPTAIN ELOY in a 1 minute one-sided Title competition. VERMOUTH vanquished JOSH in a popular 1 minute gruesome uneven duel. RANDOM MANIAC was vanquished by RAFFI THE GARROTE in a 1 minute one-sided fight. CEREAL KILLER slimly won victory over TAI in a popular 2 minute brutal bout. DIONNE was demolished by BRANDY in a crowd pleasing 1 minute mismatched competition. WHISKEY demolished IN MY HOUSE in a crowd pleasing 1 minute bloody one-sided brawl. BLACK BETTY savagely defeated SPEEDY in a 2 minute bloody novice's duel. EXTRA unbelievably bested GIN in a crowd pleasing 4 minute bloody novice's fray. BATTLE REPORT MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS |FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT| |STRIKING ATTACK 7 TOTAL PARRY 18 - 12 - 1 60 | |LUNGING ATTACK 5 PARRY-LUNGE 6 - 5 - 0 55 | |BASHING ATTACK 5 WALL OF STEEL 20 - 17 - 0 54 | |WALL OF STEEL 4 LUNGING ATTACK 21 - 21 - 1 50 | |TOTAL PARRY 2 SLASHING ATTACK 10 - 11 - 0 48 | |SLASHING ATTACK 2 STRIKING ATTACK 25 - 31 - 2 45 | |AIMED BLOW 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE 3 - 4 - 0 43 | |PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 PARRY-STRIKE 1 - 2 - 0 33 | |PARRY-LUNGE 0 AIMED BLOW 3 - 8 - 0 27 | |PARRY-STRIKE 0 BASHING ATTACK 14 - 46 - 4 23 | Turn 681 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 2 - 0 STRIKING ATTACK 3 - 4 3 WALL OF STEEL WALL OF STEEL 3 - 1 AIMED BLOW 0 - 1 3 LUNGING ATTACK LUNGING ATTACK 3 - 2 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 2 BASHING ATTACK SLASHING ATTACK 1 - 1 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 0 2 STRIKING ATTACK PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 1 1 PARRY-LUNGE BASHING ATTACK 0 - 5 TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME WALL OF STEEL LITTLE BEAR 8495 22 17 1 104 HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121) LUNGING ATTACK BLACK 8252 12 4 0 93 FULL SPECTRUM (611) STRIKING ATTACK JOSH 8581 11 8 0 77 CLUELESS (628) SLASHING ATTACK TAI 8579 11 8 0 41 CLUELESS (628) TOTAL PARRY FUNKYTOWN 8665 5 1 0 34 ONE HIT WONDERS (632) 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 AMBER 8580. The ten other most popular fighters were GIN 8583, MASKED MURDERER 8644, CEREAL KILLER 8625, TAI 8579, CKYNST OAF 8444, LITTLE BEAR 8495, BRANDY 8584, WHISKEY 8582, TAKE ON ME 8682, and BLACK BETTY 8661. The least popular fighter this week was SPEEDY 5521. The other ten least popular fighters were BLACK 8252, 1171511171211 8721, 13411179921 8722, PYRS 8657, EXTRA 8690, IN MY HOUSE 8689, DIONNE 8578, RANDOM MANIAC 7800, JOSH 8581, and FUNKYTOWN 8665. The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn: LITTLE BEAR (1-8495) HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121) The following warriors have traveled to AD after fighting this turn: WAELGAEST (1-8422) SWEORDMASTERS (138) VERMOUTH (1-8445) BOOZE (605) FACE-TO-FACE TOURNEY XLVII PRIMUS-TO W L K TEAM NAME THE UNHOLY CHILD 3810 (273-124-4) 2 3 0 THE REVELATION CONTENDERS-TO W L K TEAM NAME WAYWARD SON 8180 (48-20-4) 2 3 0 MANNEQUIN'S BEST ANGELIC SMURF 2351 (95-115-1) 0 5 0 THE REVELATION ADM-TO W L K TEAM NAME JETSAM 8172 (56-38-1) 6 3 1 SEA DOGS CUDDLY 1900 (62-35-0) 4 3 1 THE BEARS HORTATOR 7791 (47-40-3) 4 3 0 SEA DOGS POOP DECK GUY 8274 (51-28-2) 4 3 0 SEA DOGS BLACK BREEZE 6522 (23-8-1) 0 3 0 BLACK JUNTA WYRD 8156 (42-43-1) 0 3 0 SWEORDMASTERS CHALLENGERS-TO W L K TEAM NAME WAELGAEST 8422 (12-1-0) 5 3 0 SWEORDMASTERS BLACK LUCK 3534 (9-1-1) 3 3 0 BLACK JUNTA VERMOUTH 8445 (12-2-0) 0 3 0 BOOZE INITIATES-TO W L K TEAM NAME ABOMINATION 8312 (3-1-0) 9 3 0 BEAUTY OF HELL BRANDY 8584 (3-0-0) 9 3 0 BOOZE JOHNNY RYALL 7540 (6-0-0) 3 3 0 BEASTIE BOYS WHISKEY 8582 (4-0-0) 1 3 0 BOOZE APPRENTICES-TO W L K TEAM NAME BUZZ BITEMASTER 8601 (1-0-1) 6 3 0 EVIL BEAVERS ALLEY OOP 8664 (4-0-1) 1 3 0 ONE HIT WONDERS IN MY HOUSE 8689 (2-0-0) 1 3 0 ONE HIT WONDERS TAKE ON ME 8682 (2-1-0) 1 3 0 ONE HIT WONDERS EGG RAID ON MOJO 7568 (3-1-0) 0 3 0 BEASTIE BOYS ROOKIES-TO W L K TEAM NAME VIXEN 8646 (0-0-0) 4 3 0 BEAUTY OF HELL RODEKI MARSALA 8523 (0-0-0) 0 1 0 DEAD SHEWISH BUFFET * * * * * MEMO * * * * * From: The Office of Accurate Census Reporting, Gladiatorial Commission To: All Managers In the interest of preserving our natural resources and preventing managerial writer's cramp, census forms will be provided for warriors by request only, effective immediately. Managers may register their warriors' races and/or favorite sayings by simply writing them on a separate piece of paper and submitting them to the Commission. For any questions, please contact the Gladiatorial Commission.