DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 10/10/2011    Duedate: 10/22/2011

MORDANT ARENA

DM-1    TURN-686

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

ALLEY OOP
ONE HIT WONDERS (632)
(1-8664) [8-3-1,97]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

ALLEY OOP                      HARD TIMES
ONE HIT WONDERS (632)          RUN DMC (636)
(1-8664) [8-3-1,97]            (1-8732) [2-0-0,22]

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

RANDOM MANIAC                  BLACK BETTY
HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)        ONE HIT WONDERS (632)
(1-7800) [11-59-1,93]          (1-8661) [5-5-1,51]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

ONE HIT WONDERS (632)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. CLUELESS (628)              23
2. ONE HIT WONDERS (632)       18      FULL SPECTRUM (611)
3. BOOZE (605)                 14      Unchartered Team
4. FULL SPECTRUM (611)          5
5. MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537)       0      RUN DMC (636)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 2 FULL SPECTRUM (611)       17   4  0 81.0   1/ 1 ONE HIT WONDERS (632)     7  4 0
 2/ 1*RUN DMC (636)              3   1  0 75.0   2/ 3 HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)   6  7 0
 3/ 3 ONE HIT WONDERS (632)     30  20  3 60.0   3/ 4 CLUELESS (628)            5  7 0
 4/ 4 BOOZE (605)              109  93 13 54.0   4/ 5 FULL SPECTRUM (611)       3  0 0
 5- 5 SWEORDMASTERS (138)      615 564 72 52.2   5/ 6*RUN DMC (636)             3  1 0
 6/ 7 CLUELESS (628)            59  57  0 50.9   6/ 2 BOOZE (605)               3  4 0
 7- 6 LAB EXPERIMENTS (261)    487 484 59 50.2   7- 7 SWEORDMASTERS (138)       2  2 1
 8- 8 MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537)   340 367 59 48.1   8- 8 LAB EXPERIMENTS (261)     0  1 0
 9/ 9 HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)  563 847 14 39.9   9- 9 MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537)    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 685): BLACK of FULL SPECTRUM (Jester, mgr.)
 DM   2 NIANIA (turn 568): BIG BIRD of THE FUNNY FARM (Buri, mgr.)
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 690): LOABAL DOMINATION of STATE OF MIND (Marma Duke, mgr.)
 DM   4 JHELUM (turn 662): CUSSTER of DOGS OF WAR (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   5 KALTOS (turn 686): JUDAS PRIUS of TECHNOLOGY (Otto X, mgr.)
 DM   6 TRANSEL (turn 681): JOE WILLIAMS of BLACN AND BLUES (Howlin' Wolf, mgr.)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 290): ALPHONSO BLACK of SENTINELS (Nomad, mgr.)
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 674): SCARFACE of THE CLUB (Buri, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 676): JAMESON of RYAN'S HENCHMEN (Leprechaun, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 675): ZOLDIVAR of GREDAN (The Plansman, mgr.)
 DM  36 JHANS (turn 641): IRINIA JINZ of MIDDLE WAY 17 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  38 CLIFFHOME (turn 630): LION'S MANE of HOLMES ON THE RANGE (Sherlock, mgr.)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 291): THE FALLEN ONE of DARQUE ANGELS (Master Darque, mgr.)
 DM  42 RODEKI (turn 623): DORSAL FINN of NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC (Crip, mgr.)
 DM  51 TRICORUS (turn 574): TACK TACK of SERPENTS HOLD 2 (Khisanth, mgr.)
 DM  54 TROCAR (turn 272): ALBERT of KIWI CONNECTI0N (The Mun, mgr.)
 DM  59 ILLIS (turn 265): I'M POWERLESS of BASHAHOLICS ANON (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.)
 DM  62 VALAMANTIS (turn 519): INFERNO of DISASTERS (Papa Bear, mgr.)
 DM  72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 242): ROMOR SAITH of MIDDLE WAY 9 (Jorja, mgr.)
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 567): STASSIA of UP TO NO GOOD (She-Puppy, mgr.)

                                      Top Teams
                                      ---------
 DM   1 MORDANT (turn 685): ONE HIT WONDERS (Buri, mgr.)
 DM   2 NIANIA (turn 568): THE GOLDEN FISH (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 690): BRIGHT (Floyd, mgr.)
 DM   4 JHELUM (turn 662): DOGS OF WAR (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   5 KALTOS (turn 686): TECHNOLOGY (Otto X, mgr.)
 DM   6 TRANSEL (turn 681): SOUL STRIPPERS II (Savory Jack?, mgr.)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 290): SENTINELS (Nomad, mgr.)
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 674): POSITION IS EMPTY
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 676): CENTER FOR OLDS (Suave, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 675): NOMADIC TRIBE (Nomad, mgr.)
 DM  36 JHANS (turn 641): MIDDLE WAY 17 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  38 CLIFFHOME (turn 630): JINDA-BAN (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 291): DARQUE ANGELS (Master Darque, mgr.)
 DM  42 RODEKI (turn 623): NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC (Crip, mgr.)
 DM  51 TRICORUS (turn 574): DARK HORSEMEN (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  54 TROCAR (turn 272): TRADERS OF TROCAR (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  59 ILLIS (turn 265): ISLANDERS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  62 VALAMANTIS (turn 519): MIDDLE WAY 10 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 242): MIDDLE WAY 9 (Jorja, mgr.)
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 567) STREET PIZZA et al (The Upright Man, mgr.)

                                   Recent Graduates
                                  -----------------
 DM   1 MORDANT (turn 685): BLACK of FULL SPECTRUM (Jester, mgr.)
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 689): THE SUN of BRIGHT (Floyd, mgr.)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 290): ALPHONSO BLACK of SENTINELS (Nomad, mgr.)
               (turn 689): ORSINIUS of SENTINELS (Nomad, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 673): HOPE SPRINGS of THE RED BLADES (Bill the Bard, mgr.)
                           SPEEDO SMURF of BEN'S BAZAAR (Gentleben, mgr.)
 DM  38 CLIFFHOME (turn 628): ZANDER of ZOMBIE SQUAD (Khisanth, mgr.)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 291): QUITA ROSALA of THE MIDDLE WAY (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  42 RODEKI (turn 622): STICKY FINGERS of DUNGEON CELL (One Armed Bandit, mgr.)
 DM  51 TRICORUS (turn 573): YES? Of QUESTIONS (Sherlock, mgr.)
 DM  59 ILLIS (turn 265): I'M POWERLESS of BASHAHOLICS ANON (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.)
              (turn 264): I'M A BASHER of BASHAHOLICS ANON (Assurnasirbanipal, 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.  If this keeps up, BOOZE, you'll have 
to shine swords instead of use them.  A drop of 4 in the rankings?  Now let's all 
watch CLUELESS' heads swell from their 3-1-0 this turn.  Haa ha ha ha!  Big shots, 
big talk, big deal.  Of course, we're all terribly impressed to see ALLEY OOP win a 
fight and gain 17 points, terribly.  Tsk, tsk, JOSH beat CEREAL KILLER and CEREAL 
KILLER lost 15 points.  You're breakin' my heart.  And if variety is the spice of 
life, MORDANT may be getting bland, as BLACK stays top dog in the city.  Kickbacks 
and bribes, kickbacks and bribes, how else do you think some of these guys win their 
fights?  Skill?  Ha!   
     He who fights and runs away will live to fight another day, the coward.  What's 
the big D?  HOMICIDAL MANIACS 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!  RANDOM MANIAC was 
challenged more times this turn than the Duelmaster.  Now was the DM insulted or 
feared?  Heh, heh.   
     Some people like volunteer work in the hospitals.  I volunteer for MORDANT's 
morgue.  More variety.  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.  Phlllt!  Just had to do that before 
I leave the fine city of MORDANT.  I feel much better now.  Glad to see the back of 
this place-- Snide Clemens  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 ALLEY OOP 8664                8   3  1    97       ONE HIT WONDERS (632)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-NAEGLING 8576                 9   2  2   120       SWEORDMASTERS (138)
-CERVEZA 8510                 11   2  1    94       BOOZE (605)
 RANDOM MANIAC 7800           11  59  1    93       HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 WHISKEY 8582                  7   2  0    89       BOOZE (605)
-BRANDY 8584                   7   0  0    82       BOOZE (605)
 DIONNE 8578                  13  11  0    68       CLUELESS (628)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 JOSH 8581                    13  11  0    66       CLUELESS (628)
-TAKE ON ME 8682               5   3  0    60       ONE HIT WONDERS (632)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 TAI 8579                     13  11  0    52       CLUELESS (628)
 BLACK BETTY 8661              5   5  1    51       ONE HIT WONDERS (632)
 CEREAL KILLER 8625            8   8  0    49       HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)
 AMBER 8580                    9  15  0    42       CLUELESS (628)
-FUNKYTOWN 8665                7   3  0    40       ONE HIT WONDERS (632)
 SHOTGUN DADDY 8738            3   1  0    40       HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-171416119611 8727             1   0  1    33       MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 MASKED MURDERER 8644          4  10  0    22       HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)
 HARD TIMES 8732               2   0  0    22       RUN DMC (636)
-IN MY HOUSE 8689              4   4  0    21       ONE HIT WONDERS (632)
 THE SAUCE 8731                3   1  0    18       BOOZE (605)
 S... MC 8734                  1   1  0     7       RUN DMC (636)

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
EXTRA 8690              3  1 0 CLUELESS 628         BLACK BETTY 8661      682  JUST REVENGED
CKYNST OAF 8444        22 30 0 HOMICIDAL MANIAC 121 NAEGLING 8576         684   

                                     PERSONAL ADS

Our congratulations to Black.  Tis the season and all that. -- Jorja and the
Homicidal Maniacs, except Random

Black -- Oh, okay, I don't like it, but I congratulate you too.  Anything to get you
out of my alley. -- Random Maniac

Tai -- The crowd hates you, and they're no dummies.  Well, I suppose they are
dummies, really, but even a dummy can be right sometimes. -- Cereal Killer

Slen Snotnose -- It would be a boon to all Mordant if I did more than merely vanquish
you, but our wet-blanket wimp arenamaster stopped me.

You think I'm going to let some Convicted Thief near MY DAUGHTER?  As if! -- Shotgun
Daddy

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

ALLEY OOP devastated RANDOM MANIAC in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge Title fight.
BLACK BETTY slimly lost to DIONNE in a 3 minute Challenge match.
BLACK defeated WHISKEY in a 2 minute duel.
CEREAL KILLER was devastated by JOSH in a 1 minute one-sided contest.
AMBER was defeated by SHOTGUN DADDY in a 2 minute mismatched match.
TAI devastated MASKED MURDERER in a 1 minute one-sided duel.
THE SAUCE slimly won victory over S... MC in a 4 minute bloody amateur's match.
HARD TIMES overpowered CONVICTED THIEF in a 2 minute uneven melee.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|STRIKING ATTACK                  4         PARRY-LUNGE        4 -   1 -  0      80  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   4         PARRY-RIPOSTE      5 -   3 -  0      63  |
|AIMED BLOW                       2         WALL OF STEEL     19 -  12 -  1      61  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   2         LUNGING ATTACK    27 -  21 -  2      56  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  1         PARRY-STRIKE       1 -   1 -  0      50  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    1         AIMED BLOW         5 -   5 -  0      50  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     1         SLASHING ATTACK    7 -   8 -  0      47  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      0         TOTAL PARRY       10 -  12 -  0      45  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    0         STRIKING ATTACK   24 -  30 -  1      44  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      0         BASHING ATTACK    13 -  36 -  5      27  |

Turn 686 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:

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

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
STRIKING ATTACK  ALLEY OOP 8664              8   3  1   97 ONE HIT WONDERS (632)
LUNGING ATTACK   WHISKEY 8582                7   2  0   89 BOOZE (605)
WALL OF STEEL    DIONNE 8578                13  11  0   68 CLUELESS (628)

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
SLASHING ATTACK  TAI 8579                   13  11  0   52 CLUELESS (628)
AIMED BLOW       SHOTGUN DADDY 8738          3   1  0   40 HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)
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 BLACK BETTY 8661.  The ten other most popular fighters were AMBER 8580, THE 
SAUCE 8731, ALLEY OOP 8664, DIONNE 8578, WHISKEY 8582, SHOTGUN DADDY 8738, JOSH 8581, 
TAI 8579, HARD TIMES 8732, and RANDOM MANIAC 7800.

The least popular fighter this week was MASKED MURDERER 8644.  The other ten least 
popular fighters were CEREAL KILLER 8625, S... MC 8734, RANDOM MANIAC 7800, HARD 
TIMES 8732, TAI 8579, JOSH 8581, SHOTGUN DADDY 8738, WHISKEY 8582, DIONNE 8578, and 
ALLEY OOP 8664.

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

BLACK (1-8252) FULL SPECTRUM (611)

                        WINTER FACE-TO-FACE IN SUNNY ARIZONA!

Our next winter FTF will be held in Tempe, Arizona, January 13-15, 2012.  It will be 
held at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Tempe, Arizona (480-894-7444), the same hotel as 
last year by popular request.  Room rates are $134.00 per night, 1-2 occupancy, which 
includes full cooked breakfast, complimentary manager's reception, free airport 
shuttle, free parking and free high speed internet.  There's a fitness center, 
jacuzzi, and pool.  The rooms are blocked--please make your reservation by December 15 
before the block is released!  (This is prime season for Phoenix, and people have been
unable to book rooms because they waited too long.)  Look for the tournament info 
sheet and minioverviews some time in December.  We hope you're all looking forward to 
it and that we will see you there!