DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER Date : 11/07/2011 Duedate: 11/19/2011 MORDANT ARENA DM-1 TURN-688 This Weeks Top Honors THE DUELMASTER IS ALLEY OOP ONE HIT WONDERS (632) (1-8664) [10-3-1,116] Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader ALLEY OOP HARD TIMES ONE HIT WONDERS (632) RUN DMC (636) (1-8664) [10-3-1,116] (1-8732) [3-1-0,24] Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite RANDOM MANIAC TAI HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121) CLUELESS (628) (1-7800) [11-61-1,95] (1-8579) [14-12-0,59] THE CURRENT TOP TEAM CLUELESS (628) TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team 1. MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537) 38 2. ONE HIT WONDERS (632) 30 ONE HIT WONDERS (632) 3. CLUELESS (628) 24 Unchartered Team 4. SWEORDMASTERS (138) 15 5. KIDS GONE BAD (275) 13 RUN DMC (636) The Top Teams Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K 1- 1 FULL SPECTRUM (611) 17 4 0 81.0 1/ 1 CLUELESS (628) 10 2 0 2/ 3 ONE HIT WONDERS (632) 35 21 4 62.5 2/ 3 ONE HIT WONDERS (632) 6 2 1 3/ 2*RUN DMC (636) 5 4 0 55.6 3/ 5*RUN DMC (636) 3 4 0 4/ 4 BOOZE (605) 110 95 13 53.7 4/ 2 HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121) 3 11 0 5/ 6 CLUELESS (628) 66 58 0 53.2 5/ 6 BOOZE (605) 2 3 0 6/ 5 SWEORDMASTERS (138) 615 567 72 52.0 6/10 KIDS GONE BAD (275) 2 4 0 7- 7 LAB EXPERIMENTS (261) 487 485 59 50.1 7- 4 FULL SPECTRUM (611) 1 0 0 8/ 8 MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537) 340 376 59 47.5 8/ 8 MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537) 0 9 0 9/ 0 STEEL LEGION (581) 55 64 4 46.2 9/ 7 SWEORDMASTERS (138) 0 3 0 10/ 9 KIDS GONE BAD (275) 24 33 4 42.1 10- 9 LAB EXPERIMENTS (261) 0 1 0 11/10 HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121) 565 855 14 39.8 11/ 0 STEEL LEGION (581) 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 687): ALLEY OOP of ONE HIT WONDERS (Buri, mgr.) DM 2 NIANIA (turn 570): GNU I KNEW of GNU TEAM (Sherlock, mgr.) DM 3 OSKSI (turn 692): FALRONDIAL VOTH of GAMES LIBRARY (Jorja, mgr.) DM 4 JHELUM (turn 664): DA VINCI CODE of TL';DR (Sherlock, mgr.) DM 5 KALTOS (turn 688): TERTIUS of LONG SWORD CLUB (Sherlock, mgr.) DM 6 TRANSEL (turn 683): JOE WILLIAMS of BLACK AND BLUES (Howlin' Wolf, mgr.) DM 7 BONSUR (turn 292): FATALITY of BRUTAL LEGION (Seraphim, mgr.) DM 10 KOLACT (turn 676): FERRIN MONDOR of THE MOONDOGS (Jorja, mgr.) DM 18 TALCAMA (turn 678): BEDDER of CENTER FOR OLDS (Suave, mgr.) DM 21 SUNSET (turn 677): BLAKSKUL of GRIM FANDANGO (Stik, mgr.) DM 36 JHANS (turn 643): IRINA JINZ of MIDDLE WAY 17 (Jorja, mgr.) DM 38 CLIFFHOME (turn 632): KEVSILESSA KIRO of JINDA-BAN (Jorja, mgr.) DM 39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 292): THE FALLEN ONE of DARQUE ANGELS (Master Darque, mgr.) DM 42 RODEKI (turn 625): DORSAL FINN of NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC (Crip, mgr.) DM 51 TRICORUS (turn 576): TACK TACK of SERPENTS HOLD 2 (Khisanth, mgr.) DM 54 TROCAR (turn 273): ALBERT of KIWI CONNECTI0N (The Mun, mgr.) DM 59 ILLIS (turn 266): FAIRYFIRE of IMPROVED ILLUSION (Master Darque, mgr.) DM 62 VALAMANTIS (turn 521): MAX WEBER of OUT OF CONTROL (Sherlock, mgr.) DM 72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 243): NAEFAN ORDH of MIDDLE WAY 9 (Jorja, mgr.) ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 569): ENDER of XENOCIDE (Buri, mgr.) Top Teams --------- DM 1 MORDANT (turn 687): CLUELESS (Sherlock, mgr.) DM 2 NIANIA (turn 570): THE GOLDEN FISH (Jorja, mgr.) DM 3 OSKSI (turn 692): GAMES LIBRARY (Jorja, mgr.) DM 4 JHELUM (turn 664): DOGS OF WAR (Jorja, mgr.) DM 5 KALTOS (turn 688): LONG SWORD CLUB (Sherlock, mgr.) DM 6 TRANSEL (turn 683): BLACK AND BLUES (Howlin' Wolf, mgr.) DM 7 BONSUR (turn 292): BEACH BABES (Jorja, mgr.) DM 10 KOLACT (turn 676): THE CLUB (Buri, mgr.) DM 18 TALCAMA (turn 678): SHEPHERDS (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.) DM 21 SUNSET (turn 677): 420 B.C. (Bubba Ganoosh, mgr.) DM 36 JHANS (turn 643): MIDDLE WAY 17 (Jorja, mgr.) DM 38 CLIFFHOME (turn 632): JINDA-BAN (Jorja, mgr.) DM 39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 292): DARQUE ANGELS (Master Darque, mgr.) DM 42 RODEKI (turn 624): INTELLECTS OF HIPHOP (Howlin' Wolf, mgr.) DM 51 TRICORUS (turn 576): DARK HORSEMEN (Jorja, mgr.) DM 54 TROCAR (turn 673): TRADERS OF TROCAR (Jorja, mgr.) DM 59 ILLIS (turn 266): IMPROVED ILLUSION (Master Darque, mgr.) DM 62 VALAMANTIS (turn 521): MIDDLE WAY 10 (Jorja, mgr.) DM 72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 243): BASH BROS SOCCER (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.) ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 569) STREET PIZZA et al (The Upright Man, mgr.) Recent Graduates ----------------- DM 2 NIANIA (turn 569): I. M. WEASEL of THE FUNNY FARM (Buri, mgr.) CHARLIE HORSE of THE FUNNY FARM (Buri, mgr.) DM 3 OSKSI (turn 692): FALRONDIAL VOTH of GAMES LIBRARY (Jorja, mgr.) DM 4 JHELUM (turn 664): DA VINCI CODE of TL';DR (Sherlock, mgr.) DM 5 KALTOS (turn 687): JUDAS PRIUS of TECHNOLOGY (Otto X, mgr.) DM 7 BONSUR (turn 292): FATALITY of BRUTAL LEGION (Seraphim, mgr.) DM 10 KOLACT (turn 676): FERRIN MONDOR of THE MOONDOGS (Jorja, mgr.) DM 21 SUNSET (turn 677): ZOLDIVAR of GREDAN (The Plansman, mgr.) DM 39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 291): QUITA ROSALA of THE MIDDLE WAY (Jorja, mgr.) DM 42 RODEKI (turn 625): DORSAL FINN of NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC (Crip, mgr.) (turn 624): TANTRUM YOGA of COLOR ME SUAVE (Suave, mgr.) GASTAIGNE of DELVERS (Harby, mgr.) DM 51 TRICORUS (turn 576): WHO of QUESTIONS (Sherlock, mgr.) DM 54 TROCAR (turn 273): ALBERT of KIWI CONNECTI0N (The Mun, mgr.) DM 59 ILLIS (turn 265): I'M POWERLESS of BASHAHOLICS ANON (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.) DM 62 VALAMANTIS (turn 521): MAX WEBER of OUT OF CONTROL (Sherlock, mgr.) DM 72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 243): ROMOR SAITH of MIDDLE WAY 9 (Jorja, mgr.) SPY REPORT Greetings warriors! It is I, Zontani Sharp Eyes, here to bring report of the clash and bustle of the weekly MORDANT games. Warriors--remember that glory waits always around the corner! Witness how this week KIDS GONE BAD went 2-3-0 to move up 4 in the rankings. TAKE ON ME caught the eye of many in the gladiatorial commission as he skillfully bested DIRK DIGLER and was awarded 13 points in recognition. In one of the week's more notable duels, TAKE ON ME put down DIRK DIGLER, causing it to lose 10 points of recognition in the process. Although RANDOM MANIAC made a valiant effort, it did not suffice to topple the reign of victorious ALLEY OOP. Heed this! A seer has warned that if exactly 6 die in duels this week, the whole city shall perish! Just remember...5 or 7! But come now, let us look deeper into the maze of contention and crossed blades that is city MORDANT. MORDANT, city of gladiators! Mighty among the names of thy guilds is KIDS GONE BAD, a guild shunned and avoided by many in the weekly duels. If you didn't look down dark alleys you'd have been hard pressed to find any of BOOZE last week. Busy avoiding KIDS GONE BAD? Is not Death a warrior's foremost adviser? Warriors, may this counselor stand ready at your right hand forever! This week marked the last days of CERVEZA who at 11-2-1 was dispatched to the Dark Arena by the command of BOOZE's demanding management. Some guilds are strict but few are as heartless as BOOZE. Witness, last turn they sent CERVEZA, a 11-2-1 fighter, to the Dark Arena! Was I the only one shocked to see the well respected fighter THE SAUCE (3-1-0) appear on the sands of the Dark Arena? He is now dead. The warrior's path is harsh. For mediocrity there is but one reward--death. This past week MASKED MURDERER, at 5-11-0, departed MORDANT forever. Dark alleys may hide both secrets and assassins. In the arena there is only the brightness of steel. Keep vigil always! A thought before I go. Each warrior practices one style, but must not the wise manager learn the secrets of them all? Sadly warriors, now longer can I keep thy company nor savor the ale of thy fine city. Depart I must and soon! Till next we meet remember - the pen is mightier than the sword, but a maul is a different story!-- Zontani Sharp Eyes DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME ALLEY OOP 8664 10 3 1 116 ONE HIT WONDERS (632) CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -NAEGLING 8576 9 2 2 120 SWEORDMASTERS (138) RANDOM MANIAC 7800 11 61 1 95 HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121) WHISKEY 8582 8 2 0 94 BOOZE (605) JOSH 8581 15 11 0 91 CLUELESS (628) CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -BRANDY 8584 7 0 0 82 BOOZE (605) DIONNE 8578 15 11 0 79 CLUELESS (628) TAKE ON ME 8682 6 3 0 73 ONE HIT WONDERS (632) CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME CEREAL KILLER 8625 9 9 0 61 HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121) TAI 8579 14 12 0 59 CLUELESS (628) ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME AMBER 8580 11 15 0 56 CLUELESS (628) DIRK DIGLER 8115 7 6 1 52 KIDS GONE BAD (275) BLACK BETTY 8661 5 6 1 48 ONE HIT WONDERS (632) ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME FUNKYTOWN 8665 8 3 0 43 ONE HIT WONDERS (632) CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME SHOTGUN DADDY 8738 3 3 0 31 HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121) IN MY HOUSE 8689 5 4 1 29 ONE HIT WONDERS (632) HARD TIMES 8732 3 1 0 24 RUN DMC (636) INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME SPEED FREAK 8761 1 0 0 12 KIDS GONE BAD (275) DOWNWITHTHEKING 8736 1 0 0 10 RUN DMC (636) S... MC 8734 1 3 0 6 RUN DMC (636) LINDSEY LOHAN 8758 1 0 0 5 KIDS GONE BAD (275) BLACK BONKER 8749 0 2 0 2 HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121) LUKE PERRY 8759 0 1 0 1 KIDS GONE BAD (275) '-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn. THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge? CERVEZA 8510 11 3 1 BOOZE 605 SPYMASTER 688 NONE THE SAUCE 8731 3 2 0 BOOZE 605 SHEWISH GIANT 688 NONE CKYNST OAF 8444 22 30 0 HOMICIDAL MANIAC 121 NAEGLING 8576 684 NOT REVENGED MASKED MURDERER 8644 5 11 0 HOMICIDAL MANIAC 121 IN MY HOUSE 8689 688 PARIS HILTON 8760 0 1 0 KIDS GONE BAD 275 MOUNTAIN TROLL 688 NONE 12111011171211 8753 0 1 0 MANNEQUIN'S BEST 537 SHEWISH GIANT 688 NONE 1351511151213 8752 0 1 0 MANNEQUIN'S BEST 537 SPYMASTER 688 NONE 159111591411 8757 0 1 0 MANNEQUIN'S BEST 537 THE AMAZON 688 NONE 914151710811 8756 0 1 0 MANNEQUIN'S BEST 537 ARENAMASTER KAKA 688 NONE MEAT 8743 0 1 0 STEEL LEGION 581 SPYMASTER 688 NONE 1291315101411 8751 0 1 0 SWEORDMASTERS 138 ARENAMASTER KAKA 688 NONE PERSONAL ADS Alley Oop -- You may succeed in the arena, but if I ever catch you in an alley, you're monkey parts. -- Random Maniac, recovering from the softening and civilizing influence of the Mighty Morals, now departed, which just goes to show that you can't COUNT on that kind of thing Amber -- You silly girl! If MY daughter had behaved like that, I'd've smacked her a good one. Because she is a GOOD girl. I insist on that. -- Shotgun Daddy Tai -- Ha! That's what happens to people who eat wimpy breakfasts. Coffee and a doughnut? Ridiculous. -- Cereal Killer S... mc -- What kind of name is that? Silly boy. -- Masked Murderer Hard Times -- Listen, bub, luck is all it was, get that? Next time, you're toast. -- Black Bonker, perhaps overestimating his prowess LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS CERVEZA was butchered by SPYMASTER in a crowd pleasing 1 minute Dark Arena fight. THE SAUCE was narrowly killed by SHEWISH GIANT in a 1 minute Dark Arena melee. 159111591411 was slaughtered by THE AMAZON in a 1 minute Dark Arena brawl. 1351511151213 was assassinated by SPYMASTER in a 1 minute Dark Arena match. PARIS HILTON was barely slain by MOUNTAIN TROLL in a 1 minute Dark Arena brawl. 12111011171211 was narrowly killed by SHEWISH GIANT in a 1 minute Dark Arena struggle. MEAT was easily killed by SPYMASTER in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight. 1291315101411 was easily killed by ARENAMASTER KAKAR in a 1 minute Dark Arena melee. 914151710811 was slaughtered by ARENAMASTER KAKAR in a 1 minute Dark Arena duel. ALLEY OOP vanquished RANDOM MANIAC in a 1 minute gruesome uneven Title fight. DIONNE defeated RAFFI THE GARROTE in a 2 minute fight. JOSH overpowered TIEN-SHU OF GENRAI in a popular 1 minute brutal one-sided melee. WHISKEY demolished CEREAL KILLER in a crowd pleasing 1 minute mismatched competition. TAKE ON ME demolished DIRK DIGLER in a popular 1 minute mismatched match. TAI slimly won victory over BLACK BETTY in a popular 2 minute gruesome conflict. AMBER defeated SHOTGUN DADDY in a action packed 3 minute brutal uneven struggle. FUNKYTOWN bested HARD TIMES in a 4 minute master vs. novice brawl. MASKED MURDERER was savagely slain by IN MY HOUSE in a exciting 1 minute brutal match. BLACK BONKER was overpowered by SPEED FREAK in a 1 minute mismatched fight. S... MC was unbelievably bested by LINDSEY LOHAN in a slow 15 minute novice's contest. LUKE PERRY was demolished by DOWNWITHTHEKING in a 2 minute uneven bout. BATTLE REPORT MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS |FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT| |STRIKING ATTACK 8 TOTAL PARRY 10 - 5 - 0 67 | |BASHING ATTACK 7 PARRY-LUNGE 2 - 1 - 0 67 | |LUNGING ATTACK 5 WALL OF STEEL 18 - 9 - 1 67 | |TOTAL PARRY 3 LUNGING ATTACK 26 - 19 - 2 58 | |AIMED BLOW 3 PARRY-RIPOSTE 4 - 3 - 0 57 | |WALL OF STEEL 2 AIMED BLOW 7 - 6 - 0 54 | |PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 STRIKING ATTACK 26 - 32 - 0 45 | |SLASHING ATTACK 1 SLASHING ATTACK 6 - 9 - 0 40 | |PARRY-STRIKE 1 PARRY-STRIKE 1 - 3 - 0 25 | |PARRY-LUNGE 0 BASHING ATTACK 9 - 43 - 4 17 | Turn 688 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 LUNGING ATTACK 2 - 3 4 STRIKING ATTACK SLASHING ATTACK 1 - 0 AIMED BLOW 1 - 2 2 WALL OF STEEL TOTAL PARRY 2 - 1 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 2 LUNGING ATTACK STRIKING ATTACK 4 - 4 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 1 1 BASHING ATTACK WALL OF STEEL 1 - 1 BASHING ATTACK 0 - 7 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 10 3 1 116 ONE HIT WONDERS (632) LUNGING ATTACK WHISKEY 8582 8 2 0 94 BOOZE (605) WALL OF STEEL DIONNE 8578 15 11 0 79 CLUELESS (628) PARRY-RIPOSTE TAKE ON ME 8682 6 3 0 73 ONE HIT WONDERS (632) SLASHING ATTACK TAI 8579 14 12 0 59 CLUELESS (628) TOTAL PARRY FUNKYTOWN 8665 8 3 0 43 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 TAI 8579. The ten other most popular fighters were AMBER 8580, BLACK BETTY 8661, 12111011171211 8753, JOSH 8581, WHISKEY 8582, ALLEY OOP 8664, DIONNE 8578, TAKE ON ME 8682, THE SAUCE 8731, and 159111591411 8757. The least popular fighter this week was LINDSEY LOHAN 8758. The other ten least popular fighters were S... MC 8734, LUKE PERRY 8759, BLACK BONKER 8749, HARD TIMES 8732, RANDOM MANIAC 7800, 914151710811 8756, 1291315101411 8751, MEAT 8743, 1351511151213 8752, and FUNKYTOWN 8665.