DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 01/30/2012    Duedate: 02/11/2012

MORDANT ARENA

DM-1    TURN-694

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

RANDOM MANIAC
HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)
(1-7800) [13-65-1,120]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

RANDOM MANIAC                  POSITION IS EMPTY
HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)        
(1-7800) [13-65-1,120]         

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

AMBER                          AMBER
CLUELESS (628)                 CLUELESS (628)
(1-8580) [14-18-0,69]          (1-8580) [14-18-0,69]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537)      52
2. HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)     26      GOD SQUAD (376)
3. GOD SQUAD (376)             20      Unchartered Team
4. SWEORDMASTERS (138)          8
5. LAB EXPERIMENTS (261)        6       (-1)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 0 GOD SQUAD (376)           10   2  0 83.3   1/ 1 HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)  10  5 1
 2/ 1 RUN DMC (636)             17  10  0 63.0   2/ 2 CLUELESS (628)            5  6 0
 3- 2 ONE HIT WONDERS (632)     40  30  4 57.1   3/ 3 RUN DMC (636)             4  3 0
 4/ 3 CLUELESS (628)            77  70  0 52.4   4/ 0 GOD SQUAD (376)           1  0 0
 5/ 4 SWEORDMASTERS (138)      615 572 72 51.8   5- 5 ONE HIT WONDERS (632)     1  3 0
 6/ 5 LAB EXPERIMENTS (261)    487 489 59 49.9   6/ 6 MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537)    0 10 0
 7/ 7 MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537)   342 399 61 46.2   7/ 7 SWEORDMASTERS (138)       0  2 0
 8/ 8 HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)  579 870 15 40.0   8/ 8 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 639): RANDOM MANIAC of HOMICIDAL MANIACS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   2 NIANIA (turn 576): GNU I KNEW of GNU TEAM (Sherlock, mgr.)
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 698): EXISTENCE MUNDANE of STATE OF MIND (Marma Duke, mgr.)
 DM   4 JHELUM (turn 670): BRAVE 2 of TRIBAL COUNCIL (Chief Illiniwek, mgr.)
 DM   5 KALTOS (turn 694): WATSON of TECHNOLOGY (Otto X, mgr.)
 DM   6 TRANSEL (turn 689): FLASHER of TACKLE BOX (Buri, mgr.)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 698): NIKKI NAILS of TOOL SHED (Leprechaun, mgr.)
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 682): WILD THINGS of BACON MAKIN' (Sherlock, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 684): BABY ON BOARD of SEA DOGS (One Armed Bandit, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 683): RED HOUSE of THE BLUES (Buri, mgr.)
 DM  36 JHANS (turn 649): RHAKARAS of TEMPLE OF STEEL (Hawk, mgr.)
 DM  38 CLIFFHOME (turn 638): VONSITAN KORV of JINDA-BAN (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 295): IPSWICH of KIWI CONNECTION (The Mun, mgr.)
 DM  42 RODEKI (turn 631): HENDRIX of SHREDDERS (Buri, mgr.)
 DM  51 TRICORUS (turn 582): HANK of VENTURE BROS. (Buri, mgr.)
 DM  54 TROCAR (turn 276): WERE BEAR of FERAL LEGION (Seraphim, mgr.)
 DM  59 ILLIS (turn 269): HARVEY of IMPROVED ILLUSION (Master Darque, mgr.)
 DM  62 VALAMANTIS (turn 527): KOLBERT MOON of MIDDLE WAY 10 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 246): NAEFAN ORDH of MIDDLE WAY 9 (Jorja, mgr.)
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 575): THUNDER BUG of TACKLE BOX (Buri, mgr.)

                                      Top Teams
                                      ---------
 DM   1 MORDANT (turn 693): HOMICIDAL MANIACS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   2 NIANIA (turn 576): HAMOI TONG (Froot E. Bowl, mgr.)
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 698): STATE OF MIND (Marma Duke, mgr.)
 DM   4 JHELUM (turn 670): TRIBAL COUNCIL (Chief Illiniwek, mgr.)
 DM   5 KALTOS (turn 694): TECHNOLOGY (Otto X, mgr.)
 DM   6 TRANSEL (turn 689): SOUL STRIPPERS II (Saucy Jack, mgr.)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 298): SENTINELS (Nomad, mgr.)
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 682): ABOMINATIONS (Chase, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 684): RYAN'S HENCHMEN (Leprechaun, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 683): THE BOWLS (Froot E. Bowl, mgr.)
 DM  36 JHANS (turn 649): DEVIATION (Marma Duke, mgr.)
 DM  38 CLIFFHOME (turn 638): ZOMBIE SQUAD (Khisanth, mgr.)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 295): DARQUE ANGELS (Master Darque, mgr.)
 DM  42 RODEKI (turn 631): SHREDDERS (Buri, mgr.)
 DM  51 TRICORUS (turn 582): VENTURE BROS. (Buri, mgr.)
 DM  54 TROCAR (turn 276): FERAL LEGION (Seraphim, mgr.)
 DM  59 ILLIS (turn 269): IMPROVED ILLUSION (Master Darque, mgr.)
 DM  62 VALAMANTIS (turn 527): MIDDLE WAY 10 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 246): MIDDLE WAY 9 (Jorja, mgr.)
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 575) PUNCHILINES et al (The Upright Man, mgr.)

                                   Recent Graduates
                                  -----------------
 DM   1 MORDANT (turn 692): JOSH of CLUELESS (Sherlock, mgr.)
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 698): EXISTENCE MUNDANE of STATE OF MIND (Marma Duke, mgr.)
 DM   4 JHELUM (turn 670): BRAVE 2 of TRIBAL COUNCIL (Chief Illiniwek, mgr.)
               (turn 669): RUNNING DEER of TRIBAL COUNCIL (Chief Illiniwek, mgr.)
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 682): WILD THINGS of BACON MAKIN' (Sherlock, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 684): CHATROOMMATE of CENTER FOR OLDS (Suave, mgr.)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 294): THE FALLEN ONE of DARQUE ANGELS (Master Darque, mgr.)
 DM  42 RODEKI (turn 631): URCHIN of DUNGEON CELL (One Armed Bandit, mgr.)
 DM  59 ILLIS (turn 269): HARVEY of IMPROVED ILLUSION (Master Darque, mgr.)
                          FAIRYFIRE of IMPROVED ILLUSION (Master Darque, mgr.)

                                 DUELMASTER'S COLUMN
                             Notes from the arena champ.

     Tai, you wretched woman, stay out of my alleys!  They aren't for the likes of
you.  Although... you could lose to me a couple more times.  If I had fourteen wins,
I bet I could graduate.  Then I could defend the alleys forever!

                                   Random Maniac

                                      SPY REPORT

     Like the magnificent Sun, rising upon the Dawn and exiling the Night for a Day, 
I, Novgorodny Vir, return once again!  GOD SQUAD had cause to celebrate, after MUTANT 
BLOWBY got 20 points by beating MASKED MUREDERER II.  A certain someone should cut 
down on the drinking and practice more, after losing 15 points to BLACK BONKER.  
(Discrete enough, HARD TIMES?) RANDOM MANIAC successfully staved off a grab for the 
roses by TAI of CLUELESS.  Does MORDANT have no one talented enough to dethrone him?  
So who was the warrior seen charging into immovable walls and challenging dead trees? 
Someone's got a basic problem...   
     And how sociable are MORDANT's warriors?  Come, let us see.   
     Is there life after death?  Pragmatics (and warriors) know there is death after 
life!  Ask not for whom the sword slashes; it slashes for thee.   
     Leave me now, you base fools!  My fingers tire and I fear my incessant prattling 
may cause unfair judgement upon my impeccable character.  MORDANT, I leave you now.  
The Duelmaster has agreed to foot my bill at Conan's Place.  'Til next time-- 
Novgorodny Vir  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 RANDOM MANIAC 7800           13  65  1   120       HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-NAEGLING 8576                 9   2  2   120       SWEORDMASTERS (138)
-ALLEY OOP 8664               11   4  1   106       ONE HIT WONDERS (632)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 CEREAL KILLER 8625           13  11  0    90       HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)
 TAI 8579                     17  15  0    88       CLUELESS (628)
 DIONNE 8578                  17  15  0    72       CLUELESS (628)
 AMBER 8580                   14  18  0    69       CLUELESS (628)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-IN MY HOUSE 8689              7   5  1    62       ONE HIT WONDERS (632)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-TAKE ON ME 8682               6   6  0    56       ONE HIT WONDERS (632)
 SHOTGUN DADDY 8738            6   6  0    49       HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)
 BLACK BONKER 8749             3   5  0    44       HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)
-FUNKYTOWN 8665                9   5  0    43       ONE HIT WONDERS (632)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 HARD TIMES 8732               7   3  0    29       RUN DMC (636)
-BLACK BETTY 8661              6   8  1    29       ONE HIT WONDERS (632)
-DOWNWITHTHEKING 8736          4   1  0    26       RUN DMC (636)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 MUTANT BLOWBY 5520            1   0  0    20       GOD SQUAD (376)
 S... MC 8734                  4   6  0    18       RUN DMC (636)
-MY ADIDAS 8733                2   0  0    18       RUN DMC (636)
 MASKED MUREDERER II 8772      2   3  1    10       HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)
-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?
111071620911 8805       0  1 0 LAB EXPERIMENTS 261  MOUNTAIN TROLL        694  NONE
1114141391211 8808      0  1 0 MANNEQUIN'S BEST 537 MOUNTAIN TROLL        694  NONE
111915139611 8803       0  1 0 MANNEQUIN'S BEST 537 ARENAMASTER KAKA      694  NONE
15885151221 8807        0  1 0 MANNEQUIN'S BEST 537 ARENAMASTER KAKA      694  NONE
17861791017 8804        0  1 0 MANNEQUIN'S BEST 537 DARK CHAMPION         694  NONE
710131721124 8806       0  1 0 MANNEQUIN'S BEST 537 DARK CHAMPION         694  NONE
1112161591011 8802      0  1 0 SWEORDMASTERS 138    SPYMASTER             694  NONE

                                     PERSONAL ADS

We salute the tourney participants.  We're just sorry that no one in the lower levels
did well enough for us to expect them on the sands here. -- Jorja and the Homicidal
Maniacs

Dionne -- "Sugar Frosted Flakes"?  You deserved to lose, if you breakfasted on THAT.
-- Cereal Killer

Amber -- You're a serpent's tooth, is what you are. -- Shotgun Daddy

S... Mc -- That was a very strange experience.  I mean, it isn't what I had in mind,
you know? -- Black Bonker

Damned Deserter!  We should punish him SEVERELY.  Send him to Andoria or something.
That's a fate worse than anything. -- Masked Murderer

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

15885151221 was butchered by ARENAMASTER KAKAR in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
1114141391211 was viciously butchered by MOUNTAIN TROLL in a 2 minute Dark Arena duel.
710131721124 was easily killed by DARK CHAMPION in a 1 minute gory Dark Arena match.
111071620911 was barely slain by MOUNTAIN TROLL in a 2 minute bloody Dark Arena brawl.
111915139611 was assassinated by ARENAMASTER KAKAR in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
17861791017 was dealt death by DARK CHAMPION in a 2 minute gory Dark Arena duel.
1112161591011 was butchered by SPYMASTER in a 1 minute Dark Arena match.
RANDOM MANIAC devastated TAI in a 1 minute gruesome one-sided Title competition.
DIONNE was viciously subdued by CEREAL KILLER in a 2 minute gruesome expert's duel.
AMBER savagely defeated SHOTGUN DADDY in a popular 2 minute gory uneven duel.
HARD TIMES was beaten by BLACK BONKER in a popular 1 minute melee.
S... MC defeated GRALL THE DESERTER in a 2 minute match.
MASKED MUREDERER II was demolished by MUTANT BLOWBY in a 1 minute competition.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|BASHING ATTACK                   5         AIMED BLOW        16 -  12 -  0      57  |
|AIMED BLOW                       4         WALL OF STEEL      7 -   6 -  0      54  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   3         STRIKING ATTACK   27 -  24 -  1      53  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     2         TOTAL PARRY        6 -   7 -  2      46  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  2         LUNGING ATTACK    20 -  27 -  2      43  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  1         SLASHING ATTACK    5 -   8 -  0      38  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    1         PARRY-STRIKE       3 -   9 -  0      25  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      0         PARRY-RIPOSTE      1 -   4 -  0      20  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    0         BASHING ATTACK     6 -  29 -  0      17  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      0         PARRY-LUNGE        0 -   1 -  0       0  |

Turn 694 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-STRIKE       1 -  1     BASHING ATTACK     2 -  3         2  BASHING ATTACK 
STRIKING ATTACK    1 -  1     LUNGING ATTACK     1 -  2         2  WALL OF STEEL  
                              AIMED BLOW         1 -  3         2  STRIKING ATTACK
                              PARRY-LUNGE        0 -  0         2  LUNGING ATTACK 
                              PARRY-RIPOSTE      0 -  0         1  SLASHING ATTACK
                              SLASHING ATTACK    0 -  1         1  PARRY-RIPOSTE  
                              TOTAL PARRY        0 -  0         1  AIMED BLOW     
                              WALL OF STEEL      0 -  1     

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
LUNGING ATTACK   CEREAL KILLER 8625         13  11  0   90 HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)
SLASHING ATTACK  TAI 8579                   17  15  0   88 CLUELESS (628)
WALL OF STEEL    DIONNE 8578                17  15  0   72 CLUELESS (628)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is AMBER 8580.  The most popular warrior this turn was 
AMBER 8580.  The ten other most popular fighters were CEREAL KILLER 8625, 
1114141391211 8808, 111071620911 8805, BLACK BONKER 8749, 17861791017 8804, RANDOM 
MANIAC 7800, MUTANT BLOWBY 5520, 111915139611 8803, SHOTGUN DADDY 8738, and HARD 
TIMES 8732.

The least popular fighter this week was MASKED MUREDERER II 8772.  The other ten 
least popular fighters were DIONNE 8578, TAI 8579, 1112161591011 8802, 710131721124 
8806, 15885151221 8807, S... MC 8734, HARD TIMES 8732, SHOTGUN DADDY 8738, 
111915139611 8803, and MUTANT BLOWBY 5520.