DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 08/15/2011    Duedate: 08/27/2011

MORDANT ARENA

DM-1    TURN-682

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

BLACK
FULL SPECTRUM (611)
(1-8252) [13-4-0,110]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

BLACK                          ALLEY OOP
FULL SPECTRUM (611)            ONE HIT WONDERS (632)
(1-8252) [13-4-0,110]          (1-8664) [5-2-1,42]

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

RANDOM MANIAC                  BRANDY
HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)        BOOZE (605)
(1-7800) [11-55-1,89]          (1-8584) [5-0-0,59]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

BOOZE (605)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. BOOZE (605)                 68
2. SWEORDMASTERS (138)         68      FULL SPECTRUM (611)
3. MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537)      43      Unchartered Team
4. ONE HIT WONDERS (632)       17
5. FULL SPECTRUM (611)         17      ONE HIT WONDERS (632)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1- 1 GOD SQUAD (376)            9   2  0 81.8   1/ 3 BOOZE (605)               9  1 1
 2/ 2 FULL SPECTRUM (611)       13   4  0 76.5   2/ 1*ONE HIT WONDERS (632)     7  8 1
 3/ 3*ONE HIT WONDERS (632)     20  14  3 58.8   3/ 4 CLUELESS (628)            7  8 0
 4- 4 POKER GREATS (580)        41  32  2 56.2   4/ 2 HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)   6  9 0
 5/ 5 BOOZE (605)              102  88 13 53.7   5/ 5 SWEORDMASTERS (138)       4  5 1
 6/ 6 SWEORDMASTERS (138)      613 562 71 52.2   6/ 7 FULL SPECTRUM (611)       2  1 0
 7/ 7 CLUELESS (628)            52  48  0 52.0   7- 6 POKER GREATS (580)        1  0 0
 8/ 8 LAB EXPERIMENTS (261)    487 483 59 50.2   8/ 9 MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537)    1  6 1
 9/ 9 MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537)   340 366 59 48.2   9/ 8 LAB EXPERIMENTS (261)     0  5 0
10/10 HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)  556 836 14 39.9  10-10 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

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

                                     Duelmasters
                                     -----------
 DM   1 MORDANT (turn 681): LITTLE BEAR of HOMICIDAL MANIACS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   2 NIANIA (turn 564): FANGS of SERPENTS HOLD (Khisanth, mgr.)
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 686): SQUASH of VEGGIES (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.)
 DM   4 JHELUM (turn 658): RUNNING DEER of TRIBAL COUNCIL (Chief Illiniwek, mgr.)
 DM   5 KALTOS (turn 682): JUDAS PRIUS of TECHNOLOGY (Otto X, mgr.)
 DM   6 TRANSEL (turn 677): ELMINOTH of REIGN (Archaic Elf, mgr.)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 286): ORSINIUS of SENTINELS (Nomad, mgr.)
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 670): TREMORS of BACON MAKIN' (Sherlock, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 672): HARBOR MASTER of SEA DOGS (One Armed Bandit, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 671): SPEEDO SMURF of BEN'S BAZAAR (Gentleben, mgr.)
 DM  36 JHANS (turn 639): IRINIA JINZ of MIDDLE WAY 17 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  38 CLIFFHOME (turn 626): ZANDER of ZOMBIE SQUAD (Khisanth, mgr.)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 289): OUTLAW STAR of DARQUE ANGELS (Master Darque, mgr.)
 DM  42 RODEKI (turn 619): URCHIN of DUNGEON CELL (One Armed Bandit, mgr.)
 DM  51 TRICORUS (turn 570): 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 515): MOOSEHEAD of FLOYD'S BREWERY (Floyd, mgr.)
 DM  72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 240): WHOLE of MILK IS GOOD (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.)
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 563): RUGEN THE JELLY FISH of HANNAH'S PALS (The Upright Man)

                                      Top Teams
                                      ---------
 DM   1 MORDANT (turn 681): ONE HIT WONDERS (Buri, mgr.)
 DM   2 NIANIA (turn 564): THE FUNNY FARM (Buri, mgr.)
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 686): AESIR (Buri, mgr.)
 DM   4 JHELUM (turn 658): DOGS OF WAR (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   5 KALTOS (turn 682): LONG SWORD CLUB (Sherlock, mgr.)
 DM   6 TRANSEL (turn 677): RED BLADES (Madwand, mgr.)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 286): SENTINELS (Nomad, mgr.)
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 670): THE CLUB (Buri, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 672): CENTER FOR OLDS (Suave, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 671): NOMADIC TRIBE (Nomad, mgr.)
 DM  36 JHANS (turn 639): MIDDLE WAY 17 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  38 CLIFFHOME (turn 626): HOLMES ON THE RANGE (Sherlock, mgr.)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 289): THE MIDDLE WAY (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  42 RODEKI (turn 619): COLOR ME SUAVE (Suave, mgr.)
 DM  51 TRICORUS (turn 570): QUESTIONS (Sherlock, mgr.)
 DM  54 TROCAR (turn 270): TRADERS OF TROCAR (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  59 ILLIS (turn 263): ISLANDERS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  62 VALAMANTIS (turn 515): FLOYD'S BREWERY (Floyd, mgr.)
 DM  72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 240): MIDDLE WAY 9 (Jorja, mgr.)
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 563) STREET PIZZA et al (The Upright Man, mgr.)

                                   Recent Graduates
                                  -----------------
 DM   1 MORDANT (turn 681): LITTLE BEAR of HOMICIDAL MANIACS (Jorja, mgr.)
                (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 686): SQUASH of VEGGIES (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.)
              (turn 685): WHIRLING INSELBERG of IRATE FORMATIONS (The Muffin Man)
 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.)
                           BALISONG of ZOMBIE SQUAD (Khisanth, mgr.)
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 670): TREMORS of BACON MAKIN' (Sherlock, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 670): RUIN of DARK AT HEART (?, mgr.)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 289): OUTLAW STAR of DARQUE ANGELS (Master Darque, mgr.)
                   (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): 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.)
 DM  62 VALAMANTIS (turn 515): RED HOOK of FLOYD'S BREWERY (Floyd, mgr.)
 DM  72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 240): TORANS ULRIK of MIDDLE WAY 9 (Jorja, mgr.)

                                 DUELMASTER'S COLUMN
                             Notes from the arena champ.

     I consider it a demonstration of superior strategy on my part to allow Waelgaest
to take over the bar tab from the old duelmaster, and then LEAVE, taking it WITH him.
After all, I have no use for an old bar tab.  There isn't enough paper involved to be
any use.
     I see that I am the steeliest wall of steel here today.  That's good.  I like
the sound of it.
     These standbys, now, they're rather disappointing.  Captain Eloy wasn't able to
teach me a thing.  Not ONE thing.  Silly bugger.

                                    Little Bear

                                      SPY REPORT

     Well, what are you looking at, MORDANT?  Ain't you never seen Snide Clemens 
before?  Ah, shaddup and listen to my news.  Later days, ONE HIT WONDERS, since BOOZE 
took top team from you this turn, you guys are old news.  Of course, we're all 
terribly impressed to see WHISKEY win a fight and gain 20 points, terribly.  Tsk, 
tsk, WHISKEY beat JOSH and JOSH lost 16 points.  You're breakin' my heart.  And it's 
out with the old, in with the new, as BLACK takes the Title and last week's bar tab 
from the old Duelmaster.  Heh, heh.  Kickbacks and bribes, kickbacks and bribes, how 
else do you think some of these guys win their fights?  Skill?  Ha!   
     Well, let's take a look at some more misdeeds of you miserable sword-boys.  
What's the big D?  SWEORDMASTERS was the most avoided team?  Bunch of lily livered... 
grumble... mumble... curse...  And who led the way in this mass act of cowardice?  
Let's see, well, whatcha know?  It was BOOZE.  Ha ha ha ha!  Ooh, I'm frightfully 
impressed, JOSH was this turn's most challenged warrior.  Watch that ego swell, 
sports fans.  Looks like time for laurels or hemlock, RANDOM MANIAC was challenged by 
NAEGLING, who was ranked 29 points below him.  My sides still hurt from laughing 
about RANDOM MANIAC losing and giving NAEGLING 20 points of recognition.  Ha ha ha 
ha!!  I guess I can give a little credit to FUNKYTOWN of ONE HIT WONDERS for 
challenging up by 20 to BRANDY.  FUNKYTOWN lost to get 35 points of recognition.   
     Ah, now we come to my favorite part, where we see all the guys who are dead and 
gone, and get to see if their team cared.  BOOZE has cause to pause today, as GIN was 
sent to the Dark Arena, and came back--though not in the best of moods, I'll wager.  
Whoa!  I'll even buy 171416119611 a drink tonight!  Anyone who can come back from the 
Dark Arena, I want to be on its good side!  SWEORDMASTERS has cause to pause today, 
as 1110141591411 was sent to the Dark Arena, and came back--though not in the best of 
moods, I'll wager.  And now a passing thought on a warrior dying young (EXTRA of 
CLUELESS):  You had your chance and now you're dead.  Oh well...  Titanium shields 
and bamboo daggers, guess what brave team is developing these kinds of weapons?   
     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.  Glad 
to see the back of this place-- Snide Clemens  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 BLACK 8252                   13   4  0   110       FULL SPECTRUM (611)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-PHIL HELLMUTH 7842           17   6  1   122       POKER GREATS (580)
 CERVEZA 8510                 10   1  1    95       BOOZE (605)
 CKYNST OAF 8444              21  29  0    92       HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 RANDOM MANIAC 7800           11  55  1    89       HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)
 WHISKEY 8582                  6   0  0    81       BOOZE (605)
 NAEGLING 8576                 7   2  1    79       SWEORDMASTERS (138)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 JOSH 8581                    11   9  0    61       CLUELESS (628)
 BRANDY 8584                   5   0  0    59       BOOZE (605)
 CEREAL KILLER 8625            6   6  0    57       HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 DIONNE 8578                  10  10  0    50       CLUELESS (628)
 TAI 8579                     12   8  0    45       CLUELESS (628)
 ALLEY OOP 8664                5   2  1    42       ONE HIT WONDERS (632)
 AMBER 8580                    8  12  0    38       CLUELESS (628)
 FUNKYTOWN 8665                5   2  0    35       ONE HIT WONDERS (632)
-CINDY VIOLLETTE 7976          3   2  0    34       POKER GREATS (580)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 GIN 8583                      1   1  1    33       BOOZE (605)
 1110141591411 8729            1   0  1    33       SWEORDMASTERS (138)
 171416119611 8727             1   0  1    33       MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537)
 MASKED MURDERER 8644          3   7  0    32       HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)
-SEAN SHEIKY 7938              4   5  0    25       POKER GREATS (580)
 BLACK BETTY 8661              3   3  1    25       ONE HIT WONDERS (632)
 TAKE ON ME 8682               3   3  0    25       ONE HIT WONDERS (632)
-JOSH AREA 7939                3   6  0    24       POKER GREATS (580)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 IN MY HOUSE 8689              3   2  0    22       ONE HIT WONDERS (632)
 THE SAUCE 8731                1   0  0    13       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  NONE
EXTRA 8690              3  1 0 CLUELESS 628         BLACK BETTY 8661      682   
DARK CHAMPION           0  0 0 DARK ARENA           171416119611 8727     682  NONE
SHEWISH GIANT           0  0 0 DARK ARENA           GIN 8583              682  NONE
UNDEAD WARRIOR          0  0 0 DARK ARENA           1110141591411 8729    682  NONE
HORTON 8724             0  1 0 LAB EXPERIMENTS 261  SHEWISH GIANT         682  NONE
149141391411 8728       0  1 0 MANNEQUIN'S BEST 537 THE AMAZON            682  NONE
SEFA 8720               0  1 0 SWEORDMASTERS 138    ARENAMASTER KAKA      682  NONE

                                     PERSONAL ADS

People love me here!  I'm the Popularity Leader, and you know what that means!  I and
my mission of guarding the alleys of Mordant are *essential* to the well-being and
social life of this city.  If it wasn't for *me*, the alleys would be veritable
jungles of drug dealers, perverts, and fornicating felines!  I suppose that I may
*occasionally* take a relatively innocent passer-through (nobody is *totally*
innocent), but accidents happen, and besides, I have to stay in training. -- Random
Maniac

What is this?  BOOZE is moving up fastest?  I can see I will need to add a new
category of malefactor to my mission statement! -- Random Manaic

We salute the PROPERLY LABELED tourney participants, this time.  Go, Mordant. --
Jorja and the Homicidal Maniacs

Cerveza -- Alas, the Oaf could not hold you. -- Masked Murderer
P.S.  And he proved it all over the alley behind the arena, which really annoyed
Random.
P.P.S.  I don't see how you can learn any skills from him.  It isn't like he has any
that anyone can see.

Take On Me -- I did, and I was disappointed.  It took more than one hit to defeat
you.  Why did you keep resisting when it was clear that *I* was the destined winner
of the fight? -- Masked Murderer
P.S.  Although, if you drew the fight out in order to teach me all those skills, I
will have to thank you.

This Raffi with his garrote is a sample of one of the Very Bad People who lurk in
alleys!  It's the likes of him that I must defeat, but he TRICKED me by getting me
out in the open and SURROUNDING me.  I like to have a wall at my back. -- Random
Maniac

Tai -- You're ridiculous.  You breakfast on DUMB stuff like (gag) Froot Loops and
then come out and MOST IRRESPONSIBLY win fights!  It should not be allowed, and in a
properly run city, it WOULD not be allowed. -- Cereal Killer

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

GIN viciously butchered SHEWISH GIANT in a 2 minute bloody Dark Arena fight.
SEFA was slaughtered by ARENAMASTER KAKAR in a 1 minute Dark Arena battle.
171416119611 easily killed DARK CHAMPION in a 1 minute gory Dark Arena match.
HORTON was slaughtered by SHEWISH GIANT in a 1 minute bloody Dark Arena brawl.
1110141591411 assassinated UNDEAD WARRIOR in a 1 minute brutal Dark Arena fight.
149141391411 was dealt death by THE AMAZON in a 2 minute Dark Arena brawl.
NAEGLING won victory over RANDOM MANIAC in a 2 minute Challenge fight.
WHISKEY devastated JOSH in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge match.
FUNKYTOWN was viciously subdued by BRANDY in a action packed 3 minute Challenge fight.
ALLEY OOP lost to CEREAL KILLER in a 1 minute Challenge duel.
IN MY HOUSE was viciously subdued by AMBER in a 2 minute gruesome Challenge fight.
LITTLE BEAR was vanquished by BLACK in a 1 minute one-sided Title fight.
CKYNST OAF was beaten by CERVEZA in a 2 minute one-sided melee.
DIONNE overpowered LIEUTENANT WOREL in a 2 minute one-sided match.
TAI bested MASKED MURDERER in a crowd pleasing 1 minute brutal conflict.
TAKE ON ME subdued GESHI SCRIVENER in a 2 minute brawl.
BLACK BETTY savagely slew EXTRA in a 3 minute bloody conflict.
THE SAUCE overpowered GRALL THE DESERTER in a 1 minute one-sided duel.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|BASHING ATTACK                   7         PARRY-LUNGE        6 -   4 -  0      60  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   5         WALL OF STEEL     23 -  16 -  0      59  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  5         LUNGING ATTACK    25 -  18 -  2      58  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    4         TOTAL PARRY       17 -  14 -  1      55  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      3         PARRY-RIPOSTE      4 -   4 -  0      50  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    1         SLASHING ATTACK   10 -  11 -  0      48  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  1         STRIKING ATTACK   24 -  34 -  2      41  |
|AIMED BLOW                       1         PARRY-STRIKE       1 -   2 -  0      33  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      0         BASHING ATTACK    16 -  45 -  7      26  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     0         AIMED BLOW         2 -   6 -  0      25  |

Turn 682 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     STRIKING ATTACK    2 -  3         3  LUNGING ATTACK 
SLASHING ATTACK    1 -  0     AIMED BLOW         0 -  1         3  WALL OF STEEL  
LUNGING ATTACK     4 -  1     PARRY-LUNGE        0 -  0         2  BASHING ATTACK 
WALL OF STEEL      3 -  1     PARRY-STRIKE       0 -  0         2  STRIKING ATTACK
BASHING ATTACK     4 -  3     TOTAL PARRY        0 -  3         1  PARRY-LUNGE    

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
LUNGING ATTACK   BLACK 8252                 13   4  0  110 FULL SPECTRUM (611)
WALL OF STEEL    CERVEZA 8510               10   1  1   95 BOOZE (605)
STRIKING ATTACK  JOSH 8581                  11   9  0   61 CLUELESS (628)
SLASHING ATTACK  TAI 8579                   12   8  0   45 CLUELESS (628)
TOTAL PARRY      FUNKYTOWN 8665              5   2  0   35 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 BRANDY 8584.  The ten other most popular fighters were GIN 8583, AMBER 8580, 
BLACK BETTY 8661, TAI 8579, CKYNST OAF 8444, DIONNE 8578, TAKE ON ME 8682, 
1110141591411 8729, 149141391411 8728, and NAEGLING 8576.

The least popular fighter this week was MASKED MURDERER 8644.  The other ten least 
popular fighters were IN MY HOUSE 8689, ALLEY OOP 8664, HORTON 8724, SEFA 8720, EXTRA 
8690, FUNKYTOWN 8665, JOSH 8581, RANDOM MANIAC 7800, 171416119611 8727, and THE SAUCE 
8731.

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

LITTLE BEAR (1-8495) HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)