DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER
Date : 01/02/2012 Duedate: 01/14/2012
MORDANT ARENA
DM-1 TURN-692
This Weeks Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
TAI
CLUELESS (628)
(1-8579) [17-13-0,104]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
TAI HARD TIMES
CLUELESS (628) RUN DMC (636)
(1-8579) [17-13-0,104] (1-8732) [6-2-0,35]
Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite
TAI SHOTGUN DADDY
CLUELESS (628) HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)
(1-8579) [17-13-0,104] (1-8738) [6-4-0,58]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
CLUELESS (628)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121) 34
2. CLUELESS (628) 32 ONE HIT WONDERS (632)
3. MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537) 14 Unchartered Team
4. RUN DMC (636) 10
5. LAB EXPERIMENTS (261) 3 RUN DMC (636)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1/ 1*RUN DMC (636) 14 8 0 63.6 1/ 3 CLUELESS (628) 8 4 0
2/ 2 ONE HIT WONDERS (632) 40 30 4 57.1 2/ 1*RUN DMC (636) 7 2 0
3- 3 BOOZE (605) 114 96 13 54.3 3/ 5 ONE HIT WONDERS (632) 5 9 0
4/ 4 CLUELESS (628) 75 65 0 53.6 4/ 6 HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121) 5 10 1
5/ 5 SWEORDMASTERS (138) 615 571 72 51.9 5- 2 STEEL LEGION (581) 4 1 1
6- 7 THE MOTHERSHIP 4 (476) 11 11 1 50.0 6- 4 BOOZE (605) 2 0 0
7/ 6 LAB EXPERIMENTS (261) 487 488 59 49.9 7/ 7 MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537) 2 13 2
8- 8 STEEL LEGION (581) 61 66 5 48.0 8- 8 THE MOTHERSHIP 4 (476) 1 4 0
9/ 9 MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537) 342 394 61 46.5 9/ 9 SWEORDMASTERS (138) 0 3 0
10/10 HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121) 572 867 15 39.7 10/10 LAB EXPERIMENTS (261) 0 2 0
'*' Unchartered team '-' Team did not fight this turn
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TEAM SPOTLIGHT
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---===DELARQUAN REGIONAL NEWS===---
Duelmasters
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DM 1 MORDANT (turn 691): ALLEY OOP of ONE HIT WONDERS (Buri, mgr.)
DM 2 NIANIA (turn 574): SKIDMARK BUG of 042909A (The Muffin Man, mgr.)
DM 3 OSKSI (turn 696): HERMOD of AESIR (Buri, mgr.)
DM 4 JHELUM (turn 668): BRAVE 2 of TRIBAL COUNCIL (Chief Illiniwek, mgr.)
DM 5 KALTOS (turn 692): 8 BALL of POOL PARTY (Buri, mgr.)
DM 6 TRANSEL (turn 687): KAIARI of SOUL STRIPPERS II (Savory Jack, mgr.)
DM 7 BONSUR (turn 296): NIKKI NAILS of TOOL SHED (Leprechaun, mgr.)
DM 10 KOLACT (turn 680): CENSORSHIP of ABOMINATIONS (Chase, mgr.)
DM 18 TALCAMA (turn 682): LIGHTHOUSE KEEPER of SEA DOGS (One Armed Bandit, mgr.)
DM 21 SUNSET (turn 681): LEVEL OF MALEVOLENCE of DEVIATION (Marma Duke, mgr.)
DM 36 JHANS (turn 647): RHAKARAS of TEMPLE OF STEEL (Frenzy, mgr.)
DM 38 CLIFFHOME (turn 636): WHAT'S A VOLKSIE? Of TEAM FLOYD (Floyd, mgr.)
DM 39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 294): THE FALLEN ONE of DARQUE ANGELS (Master Darque, mgr.)
DM 42 RODEKI (turn 629): SRV of SHREDDERS (Buri, mgr.)
DM 51 TRICORUS (turn 580): HANK of VENTURE BROS. (Buri, mgr.)
DM 54 TROCAR (turn 275): WERE BEAR of FERAL LEGION (Seraphim, mgr.)
DM 59 ILLIS (turn 268): HARVEY of IMPROVED ILLUSION (Master Darque, mgr.)
DM 62 VALAMANTIS (turn 525): GILBERN JUSS of MIDDLE WAY 10 (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 245): NAEFAN ORDH of MIDDLE WAY 9 (Jorja, mgr.)
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 573): RUGEN THE JELLYFISH of HANNAH'S PALS (The Upright Man)
Top Teams
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DM 1 MORDANT (turn 691): RUN DMC (Howlin' Wolf, mgr.)
DM 2 NIANIA (turn 574): HAMOI TONG (Froot E. Bowl, mgr.)
DM 3 OSKSI (turn 696): AESIR (Buri, mgr.)
DM 4 JHELUM (turn 668): SAVAGE HORDE (Frenzy, mgr.)
DM 5 KALTOS (turn 692): THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 6 TRANSEL (turn 687): SOUL STRIPPERS II (Savory Jack, mgr.)
DM 7 BONSUR (turn 296): TOOL SHED (Leprechaun, mgr.)
DM 10 KOLACT (turn 680): THE CLUB (Buri, mgr.)
DM 18 TALCAMA (turn 682): RYAN'S HENCHMEN (Leprechaun, mgr.)
DM 21 SUNSET (turn 681): DEVIATION (Marma Duke, mgr.)
DM 36 JHANS (turn 647): MIDDLE WAY 17 (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 38 CLIFFHOME (turn 636): HOLMES ON THE RANGE (Sherlock, mgr.)
DM 39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 294): DARQUE ANGELS (Master Darque, mgr.)
DM 42 RODEKI (turn 629): SHREDDERS (Buri, mgr.)
DM 51 TRICORUS (turn 580): VENTURE BROS. (Buri, mgr.)
DM 54 TROCAR (turn 275): FERAL LEGION (Seraphim, mgr.)
DM 59 ILLIS (turn 268): IMPROVED ILLUSION (Master Darque, mgr.)
DM 62 VALAMANTIS (turn 525): MIDDLE WAY 10 (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 245): MIDDLE WAY 9 (Jorja, mgr.)
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 573) PUNCHILINES et al (The Upright Man, mgr.)
Recent Graduates
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DM 3 OSKSI (turn 696): LOABAL DOMINATION OF STATE OF MIND (Marma Duke, mgr.)
DM 4 JHELUM (turn 667): CUSSTER of DOGS OF WAR (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 6 TRANSEL (turn 687): KAIARI of SOUL STRIPPERS II (Savory Jack, mgr.)
DM 18 TALCAMA (turn 681): BEDDER of CENTER FOR OLDS (Suave, mgr.)
DM 21 SUNSET (turn 681): BLAKSKUL of GRIM FANDANGO (Stik, mgr.)
(turn 680): FATHOM JUMPER of SEA DOGS (One Armed Bandit, mgr.)
DM 36 JHANS (turn 646): IRINA JINZ of MIDDLE WAY 17 (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 294): THE FALLEN ONE of DARQUE ANGELS (Master Darque, mgr.)
DM 51 TRICORUS (turn 580): WHAT of QUESTIONS (Sherlock, mgr.)
DM 59 ILLIS (turn 267): UNCLE FESTER of TALL TALES (A-Sop, mgr.)
DM 62 VALAMANTIS (turn 525): GILFMET IVERS of MIDDLE WAY 10 (Jorja, mgr.)
SPY REPORT
It's me, The Unknown Spymaster here with my bag to give you the news on last
week's fights. We now have a new top team for all of you guys to dogpile on.
CLUELESS now holds the crown and they are betting they can keep it. Hey everybody,
watch out for TAI, who flew up 16 points in the rankings after mashing RANDOM MANIAC
like a melon. Keep your eye on this gal. Ya know, some days it doesn't pay to walk
out on the sands. FUNKYTOWN was overcame by SHOTGUN DADDY and drops 6 points. Try
as hard as the ONE HIT WONDERS stable might, they were unable to find their warrior
(and ex-Duelmaster) ALLEY OOP before this week's fights. In front of all the crowds,
TAI took the Duelmaster's crown for hers own. I give the bum two weeks. Can you
believe they are paying me 10 gold to deliver this stuff?
Let's dig a little deeper into what's happening in the MORDANT arena. And hey,
kiddies, those of you who didn't avoid HOMICIDAL MANIACS, please raise you hand.
Wow. Does MORDANT really have that many liars? For those of you who like math, try
this one: HOMICIDAL MANIACS + Weapons That go Boom = ONE HIT WONDERS + Avoid City.
Death is kind of like a new puppy: he's always around wanting to play. (Ha
Zontani, how's that for a wise saying?). 15169518417 says to its dog--'Who should I
fight this week?'. Dog says 'BLACK ORC'. So the beast dies. Moral? Put lying dogs
to sleep. Remember: alliances are great, but try and take your ally in the arena
with you and see what happens.
I think I had better cut this one short. It's been nice chatting to those of
you whom I have not offended yet. Well, there goes another Spy Report. Good luck in
next week's fights. And remember, you can pick your friends and you can pick
your--(loud boos), oh, you've heard that one already!-- The Unknown Spymaster
DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
TAI 8579 17 13 0 104 CLUELESS (628)
CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-WHISKEY 8582 10 2 0 120 BOOZE (605)
-NAEGLING 8576 9 2 2 120 SWEORDMASTERS (138)
-BRANDY 8584 9 0 0 107 BOOZE (605)
-ALLEY OOP 8664 11 4 1 106 ONE HIT WONDERS (632)
JOSH 8581 18 12 0 103 CLUELESS (628)
RANDOM MANIAC 7800 11 65 1 99 HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
DIONNE 8578 17 13 0 81 CLUELESS (628)
CEREAL KILLER 8625 11 11 0 74 HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)
CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-BIG-HEADED KAT 7110 8 3 0 66 THE MOTHERSHIP 4 (476)
IN MY HOUSE 8689 7 5 1 62 ONE HIT WONDERS (632)
SHOTGUN DADDY 8738 6 4 0 58 HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
TAKE ON ME 8682 6 6 0 56 ONE HIT WONDERS (632)
-PLATINUM 8182 3 0 0 55 STEEL LEGION (581)
AMBER 8580 12 18 0 54 CLUELESS (628)
FUNKYTOWN 8665 9 5 0 43 ONE HIT WONDERS (632)
HARD TIMES 8732 6 2 0 35 RUN DMC (636)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
BLACK BETTY 8661 6 8 1 29 ONE HIT WONDERS (632)
-POLYMER 8219 2 0 0 25 STEEL LEGION (581)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-MY ADIDAS 8733 2 0 0 18 RUN DMC (636)
BLACK BONKER 8749 1 5 0 16 HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)
MASKED MUREDERER II 8772 1 2 1 15 HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)
S... MC 8734 3 5 0 14 RUN DMC (636)
-FERROUS 8744 1 0 1 14 STEEL LEGION (581)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-DOWNWITHTHEKING 8736 3 1 0 12 RUN DMC (636)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
CONVICTED THIEF 0 0 0 MASKED MUREDERER 8772 692 NONE
MASKED MURDERER 8644 5 11 0 HOMICIDAL MANIAC 121 IN MY HOUSE 8689 688 NOT REVENGED
1110121517811 8801 0 1 0 LAB EXPERIMENTS 261 UNDEAD WARRIOR 692 NONE
1111111517127 8798 0 1 0 MANNEQUIN'S BEST 537 MOUNTAIN TROLL 692 NONE
131510917713 8800 0 1 0 MANNEQUIN'S BEST 537 SHEWISH GIANT 692 NONE
15169518417 8778 2 1 2 MANNEQUIN'S BEST 537 BLACK ORC 692 NONE
16168517913 8799 0 1 0 MANNEQUIN'S BEST 537 MOUNTAIN TROLL 692 NONE
181561591011 8797 0 1 0 MANNEQUIN'S BEST 537 SHEWISH GIANT 692 NONE
108191317611 8796 0 1 0 SWEORDMASTERS 138 UNDEAD WARRIOR 692 NONE
PERSONAL ADS
Alley Oop -- You wretched monkey! Get OUT of MY alley! -- Random Maniac
P.S. Even if you have to graduate to do it.
Take On Me -- Thought you had an edge, did you? Ha! I had my grapenuts today. --
Cereal Killer
So! Moneybags Mefrin thought he could BUY his way with my daughter! She isn't that
kind of girl, bub, and I am definitely a... Shotgun Daddy
S... MC -- Actually, I can believe that outcome easily. Except for why it took me
three minutes to lose. I can usually lose much faster. -- Black Bonker
Hard Times -- Yeahyeahyeah, they all say that. Damn. -- Masked Murderer
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
15169518417 was viciously butchered by BLACK ORC in a 3 minute Dark Arena fight.
1110121517811 was murdered by UNDEAD WARRIOR in a 1 minute Dark Arena melee.
16168517913 was murdered by MOUNTAIN TROLL in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
1111111517127 was dealt death by MOUNTAIN TROLL in a 2 minute Dark Arena fight.
108191317611 was butchered by UNDEAD WARRIOR in a 1 minute Dark Arena brawl.
181561591011 was slaughtered by SHEWISH GIANT in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
131510917713 was butchered by SHEWISH GIANT in a 1 minute Dark Arena match.
RANDOM MANIAC was overpowered by TAI in a 1 minute uneven Title melee.
JOSH vanquished CEREAL KILLER in a 1 minute uneven duel.
DIONNE overpowered TAKE ON ME in a 3 minute uneven duel.
SHOTGUN DADDY narrowly defeated FUNKYTOWN in a exciting 7 minute fight.
AMBER was handily defeated by IN MY HOUSE in a 1 minute one-sided bout.
BLACK BETTY was luckily beaten by HARD TIMES in a 2 minute bloody match.
BLACK BONKER viciously subdued S... MC in a exciting 1 minute brutal contest.
MASKED MUREDERER II butchered CONVICTED THIEF in a 1 minute mismatched bout.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|LUNGING ATTACK 6 WALL OF STEEL 10 - 6 - 1 63 |
|STRIKING ATTACK 3 AIMED BLOW 15 - 9 - 0 63 |
|BASHING ATTACK 3 TOTAL PARRY 8 - 7 - 2 53 |
|TOTAL PARRY 3 STRIKING ATTACK 29 - 27 - 1 52 |
|AIMED BLOW 2 LUNGING ATTACK 24 - 29 - 2 45 |
|WALL OF STEEL 2 PARRY-RIPOSTE 3 - 4 - 0 43 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 1 SLASHING ATTACK 5 - 8 - 0 38 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 1 PARRY-STRIKE 3 - 7 - 0 30 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 BASHING ATTACK 5 - 35 - 0 13 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 1 - 0 0 |
Turn 692 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 BASHING ATTACK 1 - 2 3 LUNGING ATTACK
SLASHING ATTACK 1 - 0 LUNGING ATTACK 1 - 5 3 STRIKING ATTACK
STRIKING ATTACK 2 - 1 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 2 WALL OF STEEL
WALL OF STEEL 1 - 1 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 1 1 SLASHING ATTACK
PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 1 1 BASHING ATTACK
TOTAL PARRY 0 - 3 1 TOTAL PARRY
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
SLASHING ATTACK TAI 8579 17 13 0 104 CLUELESS (628)
STRIKING ATTACK JOSH 8581 18 12 0 103 CLUELESS (628)
WALL OF STEEL DIONNE 8578 17 13 0 81 CLUELESS (628)
LUNGING ATTACK IN MY HOUSE 8689 7 5 1 62 ONE HIT WONDERS (632)
AIMED BLOW SHOTGUN DADDY 8738 6 4 0 58 HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)
TOTAL PARRY FUNKYTOWN 8665 9 5 0 43 ONE HIT WONDERS (632)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
The overall popularity leader is TAI 8579. The most popular warrior this turn was
SHOTGUN DADDY 8738. The ten other most popular fighters were 1111111517127 8798,
BLACK BETTY 8661, BLACK BONKER 8749, TAI 8579, DIONNE 8578, TAKE ON ME 8682, IN MY
HOUSE 8689, JOSH 8581, 15169518417 8778, and 16168517913 8799.
The least popular fighter this week was MASKED MUREDERER II 8772. The other ten
least popular fighters were S... MC 8734, AMBER 8580, FUNKYTOWN 8665, CEREAL KILLER
8625, RANDOM MANIAC 7800, 181561591011 8797, 108191317611 8796, 1110121517811 8801,
HARD TIMES 8732, and 131510917713 8800.
The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn:
JOSH (1-8581) CLUELESS (628)
NAME CHANGE-O-RAMA
The crowd was surprisingly orderly, but it was still a crowd, and the Commission
clerk, Algernon, looked at it uneasily. Whenever this many people came together to
petition for something, it meant trouble. For him, anyway. Records to be altered.
Altering records was Bad. It made Extra Work.
His assistant clerk leaned close and whispered, "If it weren't for gladiators, we
wouldn't have jobs. Smile at them and ask what they want."
Algernon closed his eyes briefly. Looking at this crowd made him dizzy. They
were all wearing black and white stripes. Like a herd of zebras, except that zebras
didn't carry swords. Then he took a deep breath and managed a smile. "What... ah,
what can I do for you?"
"We want new names," the first gladiator said. There was a number on the front
of his shirt: 0381. He thumped the number with his thumb. "This here isn't a
name--"
"We want REAL names!" That voice came from farther back in the crowd.
"Yeah! We've paid our dues," another shouted, "and we've EARNED real names!"
One from the very back yelled, "I want to be called Tom."
All the others turned to look at him.
Algernon couldn't see him, but apparently those looks were accusing. Well, he
could understand that, "Tom" was such a... common name.
"My mom called me Tom," the voice in the back protested. "It's a good name."
"It isn't the name you put on the petition," 0381 said. "We talked about this.
We got our manager's agreement. You get the name on the petition."
"But--!"
Algernon didn't really want to keep staring at all these stripes while they
argued. He picked up the petition. "These names are the ones you want?"
0381 turned back. "Yes."
"It's a lot of trouble, and when other people see that YOU are getting name
changes, THEY are going to want them--" Seeing the gladiators beginning to frown...
and finger their weapons, he went on quickly, "So I figure we might as well make it a
complete deal. A Name-Change-O-Rama. Everyone who wants a name change can petition
for it. Get it all over with at once." He glanced at the petition, shuddered
slightly, and passed it to his clerk. "We'll announce it, proclaim it, even, and you
will get the names on this petition. And others will get the names THEY think they
should have had, too." He paused. "And I think I'll get a new name, I'm tired of
being an Algernon...."
* * * * *
Warrior and team name changes will be accepted during the month of February. If
you have names you want to change, please contact Customer Service. -- RSI
"DARK ARENA" -- The Novel
For centuries, the Shagornan Elves have been forced to live underground.
Human invaders, the Delarquans, burned their forests, sparking a war of elven
annihilation. The elders told tales that when the Delarquans marched to war
against the elves, the land itself bled as they passed. Since the war, the
elves have dwindled with every passing year, while the humans multiply like
rodents across the land of Alastari.
Now, the Delarquans have disappeared. Some say they departed, others indicate
it.s a ruse, but there have been whispered rumors of another greater threat
looming in the region. Khyron of the Shagornan Elves has been tasked to
determine the cause, realizing that failure is probable and at the end of the
road death could be the only reward.
Khyron has known only the safety of the caves, but now he must journey to the
world above...the World with No Ceiling.
Throughout the years, many fine writers have played Duelmasters/Duel II and have
contributed greatly to the history and background of the world of Alastari. One very
intense period, during the early '90's, was during the Rocanis War, when authors from
both the Delarquan and Free Blades arenas collaborated on writing the history of the
invasion of the arena-city of Rocanis. Mark Manley (aka Grimwood) is a long-time
manager in Rocanis, and was one of the writers who contributed so much to this
history. Over the subsequent years, he has worked to bring his novelization to life
and make the story of the War and the preceding events which led to it available to
the greater public. Many Rocanis legends appear in the book: Itoz Trollbane,
Sandstorm, and others. The novel is a treat to read--even more so if you are familiar
with the game!
If you're interested in purchasing a copy of the book, here are links:
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manley/1105609584?ean=2940011494659&itm=2&usri=dark%2barena
Treble Heart Books: http://www.trebleheartbooks.com/WDManley.html
Mark Manley is planning to attend the upcoming Winter Face-to-Face in Tempe, and has
offered a special prize to the winner of the Rookies and Primus tournaments: An
autographed copy of Dark Arena, autographed by the author, the artist, and the RSI
staff! In addition, as a special prize, the top up-and-coming tournament manager will
also receive an autographed copy! Mark will have copies of Dark Arena available at
the tournament, and as a special bonus, each copy of Dark Arena sold at the FTF will
include one new team rollup! We hope that many of you can venture to Tempe to
participate in the Face-to-Face, compete in the tournament, and congratulate Mark in
person on his achievement!