DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 11/21/2011    Duedate: 12/03/2011

MORDANT ARENA

DM-1    TURN-689

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

WHISKEY
BOOZE (605)
(1-8582) [9-2-0,106]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

WHISKEY                        HARD TIMES
BOOZE (605)                    RUN DMC (636)
(1-8582) [9-2-0,106]           (1-8732) [3-2-0,21]

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

RANDOM MANIAC                  CEREAL KILLER
HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)        HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)
(1-7800) [11-62-1,96]          (1-8625) [10-9-0,80]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

CLUELESS (628)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537)      55
2. BOOZE (605)                 35      BOOZE (605)
3. STEEL LEGION (581)          33      Unchartered Team
4. HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)     26
5. LAB EXPERIMENTS (261)       15      RUN DMC (636)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1- 2 ONE HIT WONDERS (632)     35  21  4 62.5   1/ 1 CLUELESS (628)            8  4 0
 2/ 4 BOOZE (605)              112  96 13 53.8   2- 2 ONE HIT WONDERS (632)     5  1 1
 3/ 3*RUN DMC (636)              7   6  0 53.8   3/ 3*RUN DMC (636)             4  5 0
 4/ 5 CLUELESS (628)            67  61  0 52.3   4/ 4 HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)   4 10 0
 5/ 6 SWEORDMASTERS (138)      615 568 72 52.0   5/ 5 BOOZE (605)               3  3 0
 6/ 7 LAB EXPERIMENTS (261)    487 486 59 50.1   6/11 STEEL LEGION (581)        2  2 0
 7/ 8 MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537)   340 381 59 47.2   7- 6 KIDS GONE BAD (275)       2  4 0
 8/ 9 STEEL LEGION (581)        57  65  4 46.7   8/ 8 MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537)    0 14 0
 9-10 KIDS GONE BAD (275)       24  33  4 42.1   9/ 9 SWEORDMASTERS (138)       0  4 0
10/11 HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)  567 857 14 39.8  10/10 LAB EXPERIMENTS (261)     0  2 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 688): ALLEY OOP of ONE HIT WONDERS (Buri, mgr.)
 DM   2 NIANIA (turn 571): BIG BIRD of THE FUNNY FARM (Buri, mgr.)
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 693): FENRIS of AESIR (Buri, mgr.)
 DM   4 JHELUM (turn 665): RUNNING DEER of TRIBAL COUNCIL (Chief Illiniwek, mgr.)
 DM   5 KALTOS (turn 689): JUST LOSIN of THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   6 TRANSEL (turn 684): POSITION IS EMTPY
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 293): NIKKI NAILS of TOOL SHED (Leprechaun, mgr.)
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 677): WILD THINGS of BACON MAKIN' (Sherlock, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 679): JAMESON of RYAN'S HENCHMEN (Leprechaun, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 678): BLAKSKUL of GRIM FANDANGO (Stik, mgr.)
 DM  36 JHANS (turn 644): IRINA JINZ of MIDDLE WAY 17 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  38 CLIFFHOME (turn 633): UNCUT HARE of HOLMES ON THE RANGE (Sherlock, mgr.)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 292): THE FALLEN ONE of DARQUE ANGELS (Master Darque, mgr.)
 DM  42 RODEKI (turn 626): ARMORED ECHO of COLOR ME SUAVE (Suave, mgr.)
 DM  51 TRICORUS (turn 577): TACK TACK of SERPENTS HOLD 2 (Khisanth, mgr.)
 DM  54 TROCAR (turn 274): WERE BEAR of FERAL LEGION (Seraphim, mgr.)
 DM  59 ILLIS (turn 267): FAIRYFIRE of IMPROVED ILLUSION (Master Darque, mgr.)
 DM  62 VALAMANTIS (turn 522): GILBERN JUSS of MIDDLE WAY 10 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 243): NAEFAN ORDH of MIDDLE WAY 9 (Jorja, mgr.)
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 570): ENDER of XENOCIDE (Buri, mgr.)

                                      Top Teams
                                      ---------
 DM   1 MORDANT (turn 688): CLUELESS (Sherlock, mgr.)
 DM   2 NIANIA (turn 571): HAMOI TONG (Froot E. Bowl, mgr.)
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 693): STATE OF MIND (Marma Duke, mgr.)
 DM   4 JHELUM (turn 665): DOGS OF WAR (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   5 KALTOS (turn 689): THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   6 TRANSEL (turn 684): PSYCHO SQUAD (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 293): POSITION IS EMPTY
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 677): THE CLUB (Buri, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 679): CENTER FOR OLDS (Suave, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 678): OMINOUS REIGN (Archaic Elf, mgr.)
 DM  36 JHANS (turn 644): MIDDLE WAY 17 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  38 CLIFFHOME (turn 633): JINDA-BAN (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 292): DARQUE ANGELS (Master Darque, mgr.)
 DM  42 RODEKI (turn 626): COLOR ME SUAVE (Suave, mgr.)
 DM  51 TRICORUS (turn 577): DARK HORSEMEN (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  54 TROCAR (turn 274): TRADERS OF TROCAR (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  59 ILLIS (turn 267): IMPROVED ILLUSION (Master Darque, mgr.)
 DM  62 VALAMANTIS (turn 522): MIDDLE WAY 10 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 243): BASH BROS SOCCER (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.)
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 570) STREET PIZZA et al (The Upright Man, mgr.)

                                   Recent Graduates
                                  -----------------
 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   6 TRANSEL (turn 684): FAINTLY FRANNIE of PSYCHO SQUAD (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 293): LUAU LILA of BEACH BABES (Jorja, mgr.)
               (turn 292): FATALITY of BRUTAL LEGION (Seraphim, mgr.)
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 676): FERRIN MONDOR of THE MOONDOGS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 679): JAMESON of RYAN'S HENCHMEN (Leprechaun, 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.)
 DM  51 TRICORUS (turn 577): TACK TACK of SERPENTS HOLD 2 (Khisanth, mgr.)
                             WHY of QUESTIONS (Sherlock, mgr.)
                 (turn 576): WHO of QUESTIONS (Sherlock, mgr.)
 DM  54 TROCAR (turn 273): ALBERT of KIWI CONNECTI0N (The Mun, mgr.)
 DM  59 ILLIS (turn 267): UNCLE FESTER of TALL TALES (A-Sop, 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

     It is I, Novgorodny Vir, Spymaster of Spymasters.  Look on my work, ye mighty, 
and despair!  Nothing works for a team like victory (How's that for a perceptive 
observation?) as STEEL LEGION can attest...  Practice pays for CEREAL KILLER, who 
pummelled DIONNE, to pocket 19 points.  A certain someone should cut down on the 
drinking and practice more, after losing 14 points to CEREAL KILLER.  (Discrete 
enough, DIONNE?) A certain someone saw ALLEY OOP at Conan's Place with the shakes, 
and now he fails to show up to defend his throne.  What a pathetic slob!  In MORDANT, 
nothing is permanent (except Death), and we find ourselves a new Duelmaster, WHISKEY. 
Word has it one team in MORDANT is using psychics to predict wins.  They lead a 
charmed life!   
     A Zenmaster once told me, 'Does not the spinning wheel turn?  And do not the 
little birds cry out?'  Any ideas?  Like a horde of jackals fleeing from the lion, so 
did the "warriors" in MORDANT avoid HOMICIDAL MANIACS.  As a woman of good breeding 
scorns the "warriors" of BOOZE, so did that sorry team shy from HOMICIDAL MANIACS If 
challenges were horses, RANDOM MANIAC could open up a fast food joint!   
     Like the wind whispering among the pines, do hearest I many disquieting rumors.  
Questions are being raised about the disposing of severed body parts in the arena.  A 
certain tavern in MORDANT would I avoid!   
     Leave me now, you base fools!  As if buffeted by forces of nature beyond my 
control, I must take my leave of this place.  Like a mixed metaphor, and an overtaxed 
simile, I now bid MORDANT farewell-- Novgorodny Vir  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 WHISKEY 8582                  9   2  0   106       BOOZE (605)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-NAEGLING 8576                 9   2  2   120       SWEORDMASTERS (138)
-ALLEY OOP 8664               10   3  1   116       ONE HIT WONDERS (632)
 BRANDY 8584                   8   0  0   100       BOOZE (605)
 RANDOM MANIAC 7800           11  62  1    96       HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 CEREAL KILLER 8625           10   9  0    80       HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)
 JOSH 8581                    15  12  0    78       CLUELESS (628)
-TAKE ON ME 8682               6   3  0    73       ONE HIT WONDERS (632)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 DIONNE 8578                  15  12  0    65       CLUELESS (628)
 TAI 8579                     14  13  0    64       CLUELESS (628)
 AMBER 8580                   12  15  0    62       CLUELESS (628)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-DIRK DIGLER 8115              7   6  1    52       KIDS GONE BAD (275)
-BLACK BETTY 8661              5   6  1    48       ONE HIT WONDERS (632)
-FUNKYTOWN 8665                8   3  0    43       ONE HIT WONDERS (632)
 SHOTGUN DADDY 8738            4   3  0    36       HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-IN MY HOUSE 8689              5   4  1    29       ONE HIT WONDERS (632)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 HARD TIMES 8732               3   2  0    21       RUN DMC (636)
 PLATINUM 8182                 1   0  0    17       STEEL LEGION (581)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 DOWNWITHTHEKING 8736          2   0  0    12       RUN DMC (636)
-SPEED FREAK 8761              1   0  0    12       KIDS GONE BAD (275)
 MY ADIDAS 8733                1   0  0    11       RUN DMC (636)
 POLYMER 8219                  1   0  0    11       STEEL LEGION (581)
 S... MC 8734                  1   4  0     7       RUN DMC (636)
-LINDSEY LOHAN 8758            1   0  0     5       KIDS GONE BAD (275)
 TITANIUM 8222                 0   1  0     5       STEEL LEGION (581)
 BLACK BONKER 8749             0   3  0     3       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?
WHITE LIGHTNING 8742    0  1 0 BOOZE 605            BLACK ORC             689  NONE
MASKED MURDERER 8644    5 11 0 HOMICIDAL MANIAC 121 IN MY HOUSE 8689      688   
BULL STONE 8754         0  1 0 LAB EXPERIMENTS 261  ARENAMASTER KAKA      689  NONE
11189171595 8764        0  1 0 MANNEQUIN'S BEST 537 HIGH ELF              689  NONE
11191716911 8762        0  1 0 MANNEQUIN'S BEST 537 HIGH ELF              689  NONE
127101791613 8766       0  1 0 MANNEQUIN'S BEST 537 SHEWISH GIANT         689  NONE
171181310187 8765       0  1 0 MANNEQUIN'S BEST 537 SHEWISH GIANT         689  NONE
TEVA 8755               0  1 0 MANNEQUIN'S BEST 537 ARENAMASTER KAKA      689  NONE
1381413151011 8763      0  1 0 SWEORDMASTERS 138    HIGH ELF              689  NONE

                                     PERSONAL ADS

     Nine Dark Arena fights!  Have you never considered TRAINING these fools? --
     Arenmaster Kakar

Alley Oop -- Damned monkey.  I'd like to get you in an alley, all right.  One of MY
alleys. -- Random Maniac

Whiskey -- That's an awful thing to do to decent cereal grain. -- Cereal Killer
P.S.  Of course, it's just what one would EXPECT of a dwarf.  Your kind just doesn't
understand the grasses.

Amber -- If you were my daughter, things would be DIFFERENT.  As it is... you DESERVE
whatever happens to you. -- Shotgun Daddy

In My House -- Not where I expected to die, I will admit.  And since I didn't expect
it, I don't accept it, either.  I shall return!  My purpose has not yet been
achieved. -- Masked Murderer
P.S.  I suspect you of being a vile cahooter, working with my hidden enemy.  He has
puppets and catspaws everywehre.

Speed Freak -- Oh.  Ah.  Hum.  I knew one of those before, once.  He was always
drawing pictures with millions of tiny little... whatevers in them.  And he couldn't
sit still.  Disconcerting and distracting.  He didn't last. -- Black Bonker

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

WHITE LIGHTNING was butchered by BLACK ORC in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
171181310187 was dealt death by SHEWISH GIANT in a exciting 1 minute Dark Arena duel.
11189171595 was savagely slain by HIGH ELF in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
1381413151011 was butchered by HIGH ELF in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
BULL STONE was assassinated by ARENAMASTER KAKAR in a 1 minute Dark Arena match.
TEVA was butchered by ARENAMASTER KAKAR in a 1 minute Dark Arena brawl.
11191716911 was dispatched by HIGH ELF in a 2 minute bloody Dark Arena fight.
127101791613 was killed by SHEWISH GIANT in a 1 minute Dark Arena brawl.
BRANDY overpowered JOSH in a action packed 1 minute gruesome uneven Challenge melee.
RANDOM MANIAC was vanquished by WHISKEY in a 1 minute uneven Title fight.
DIONNE was narrowly defeated by CEREAL KILLER in a action packed 2 minute gory match.
TAI was luckily beaten by CHARK FORKBEARD in a 2 minute veteran's match.
AMBER handily defeated CAERAN SLAVE in a 1 minute one-sided contest.
SHOTGUN DADDY savagely defeated HARD TIMES in a 3 minute gory brawl.
S... MC was handily defeated by PLATINUM in a 2 minute gruesome one-sided conflict.
DOWNWITHTHEKING defeated TITANIUM in a 2 minute beginner's struggle.
BLACK BONKER was handily defeated by POLYMER in a 1 minute mismatched bout.
MY ADIDAS bested SLEN SNOTNOSE in a 2 minute novice's brawl.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|LUNGING ATTACK                   8         PARRY-LUNGE        1 -   0 -  0     100  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  6         WALL OF STEEL     16 -   7 -  1      70  |
|AIMED BLOW                       3         TOTAL PARRY        8 -   5 -  0      62  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   3         PARRY-RIPOSTE      4 -   3 -  0      57  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  2         AIMED BLOW         9 -   7 -  0      56  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     1         LUNGING ATTACK    26 -  21 -  2      55  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    1         STRIKING ATTACK   27 -  31 -  0      47  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    1         SLASHING ATTACK    5 -  10 -  0      33  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      0         PARRY-STRIKE       1 -   4 -  0      20  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      0         BASHING ATTACK     8 -  41 -  3      16  |

Turn 689 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 -  1     LUNGING ATTACK     3 -  5         4  STRIKING ATTACK
STRIKING ATTACK    4 -  2     PARRY-LUNGE        0 -  0         2  LUNGING ATTACK 
                              PARRY-STRIKE       0 -  1         2  WALL OF STEEL  
                              PARRY-RIPOSTE      0 -  1         1  BASHING ATTACK 
                              SLASHING ATTACK    0 -  2         1  PARRY-RIPOSTE  
                              BASHING ATTACK     0 -  3         1  SLASHING ATTACK
                              TOTAL PARRY        0 -  0     
                              WALL OF STEEL      0 -  1     

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
LUNGING ATTACK   WHISKEY 8582                9   2  0  106 BOOZE (605)
STRIKING ATTACK  BRANDY 8584                 8   0  0  100 BOOZE (605)
WALL OF STEEL    DIONNE 8578                15  12  0   65 CLUELESS (628)
SLASHING ATTACK  TAI 8579                   14  13  0   64 CLUELESS (628)
AIMED BLOW       SHOTGUN DADDY 8738          4   3  0   36 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 CEREAL KILLER 8625.  The ten other most popular fighters were TAI 8579, 
BRANDY 8584, WHISKEY 8582, SHOTGUN DADDY 8738, MY ADIDAS 8733, 11191716911 8762, 
127101791613 8766, AMBER 8580, PLATINUM 8182, and 171181310187 8765.

The least popular fighter this week was BLACK BONKER 8749.  The other ten least 
popular fighters were S... MC 8734, RANDOM MANIAC 7800, JOSH 8581, TEVA 8755, BULL 
STONE 8754, 1381413151011 8763, 11189171595 8764, WHITE LIGHTNING 8742, TITANIUM 
8222, and HARD TIMES 8732.