DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER Date : 02/13/2012 Duedate: 02/25/2012 MORDANT ARENA DM-1 TURN-695 This Weeks Top Honors THE DUELMASTER IS DIONNE CLUELESS (628) (1-8578) [18-15-0,92] Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader RANDOM MANIAC DIXIE HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121) SERPENTS' HOLD (642) (1-7800) [13-66-1,106] (1-8828) [1-0-1,33] Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite TAI TAI CLUELESS (628) CLUELESS (628) (1-8579) [18-15-0,93] (1-8579) [18-15-0,93] THE CURRENT TOP TEAM HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121) TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team 1. SERPENTS' HOLD (642) 51 2. THE MOTHERSHIP 4 (476) 37 RUN DMC (636) 3. CLUELESS (628) 27 Unchartered Team 4. RUN DMC (636) 21 5. LAB EXPERIMENTS (261) 0 SERPENTS' HOLD (642) The Top Teams Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K 1- 1 GOD SQUAD (376) 10 2 0 83.3 1/ 1 HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121) 9 6 0 2/ 2 RUN DMC (636) 21 11 0 65.6 2/ 3 RUN DMC (636) 7 3 0 3/ 4 CLUELESS (628) 79 71 0 52.7 3/ 2 CLUELESS (628) 4 6 0 4- 5 SWEORDMASTERS (138) 615 572 72 51.8 4- 4 GOD SQUAD (376) 1 0 0 5- 6 LAB EXPERIMENTS (261) 487 489 59 49.9 5/ 0*SERPENTS' HOLD (642) 1 2 1 6- 7 MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537) 342 399 61 46.2 6/ 0 THE MOTHERSHIP 4 (476) 1 4 0 7/ 0 THE MOTHERSHIP 4 (476) 12 15 1 44.4 7- 6 MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537) 0 5 0 8/ 8 HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121) 581 873 15 40.0 8- 7 SWEORDMASTERS (138) 0 1 0 9/ 0*SERPENTS' HOLD (642) 1 2 1 33.3 9- 8 LAB EXPERIMENTS (261) 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 694): RANDOM MANIAC of HOMICIDAL MANIACS (Jorja, mgr.) DM 2 NIANIA (turn 577): SERPENT2 of SERPENTS HOLD (Khisanth, mgr.) DM 3 OSKSI (turn 699): KVASIR of AESIR (Buri, mgr.) DM 4 JHELUM (turn 671): BRAVE 1 of TRIBAL COUNCIL (Chief Illiniwek, mgr.) DM 5 KALTOS (turn 695): QUARTUS of LONG SWORD CLUB (Sherlock, mgr.) DM 6 TRANSEL (turn 690): FLASHER of TACKLE BOX (Buri, mgr.) DM 7 BONSUR (turn 699): EILEEN of CHURCH LADIES (Papa Bear, mgr.) DM 10 KOLACT (turn 683): CENSORSHIP of ABOMINATION (Chase, mgr.) DM 18 TALCAMA (turn 685): BABY ON BOARD of SEA DOGS (One Armed Bandit, mgr.) DM 21 SUNSET (turn 684): ROLISTON of DEATH MOB 4 (Jakari, mgr.) DM 36 JHANS (turn 650): RHAKARAS of TEMPLE OF STEEL (Hawk, mgr.) DM 38 CLIFFHOME (turn 639): KORGOTH of BARBARIA (Buri, mgr.) DM 39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 295): IPSWICH of KIWI CONNECTION (The Mun, mgr.) DM 42 RODEKI (turn 632): HENDRIX of SHREDDERS (Buri, mgr.) DM 51 TRICORUS (turn 583): HANK of VENTURE BROS. (Buri, mgr.) DM 54 TROCAR (turn 277): QIONG YING of ASIAN INVASION (Pec Killer, mgr.) DM 59 ILLIS (turn 270): POSITION IS EMPTY DM 62 VALAMANTIS (turn 528): 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 576): THUNDER BUG of TACKLE BOX (Buri, mgr.) Top Teams --------- DM 1 MORDANT (turn 694): HOMICIDAL MANIACS (Jorja, mgr.) DM 2 NIANIA (turn 577): POSITION IS EMPTY DM 3 OSKSI (turn 699): AESIR (Buri, mgr.) DM 4 JHELUM (turn 671): TRIBAL COUNCIL (Chief Illiniwek, mgr.) DM 5 KALTOS (turn 695): TECHNOLOGY (Otto X, mgr.) DM 6 TRANSEL (turn 690): SOUL STRIPPERS II (Saucy Jack, mgr.) DM 7 BONSUR (turn 699): SENTINELS (Nomad, mgr.) DM 10 KOLACT (turn 683): ABOMINATIONS (Chase, mgr.) DM 18 TALCAMA (turn 685): SHEPHERDS (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.) DM 21 SUNSET (turn 684): THE BOWLS (Froot E. Bowl, mgr.) DM 36 JHANS (turn 650): DEVIATION (Marma Duke, mgr.) DM 38 CLIFFHOME (turn 639): ZOMBIE SQUAD (Khisanth, mgr.) DM 39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 295): DARQUE ANGELS (Master Darque, mgr.) DM 42 RODEKI (turn 632): SHREDDERS (Buri, mgr.) DM 51 TRICORUS (turn 583): POSITION IS EMPTY DM 54 TROCAR (turn 277): KIWI CONNECTION II (The Mun, mgr.) DM 59 ILLIS (turn 270): IMPROVED ILLUSION (Master Darque, mgr.) DM 62 VALAMANTIS (turn 528): MIDDLE WAY 10 (Jorja, mgr.) DM 72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 246): MIDDLE WAY 9 (Jorja, mgr.) ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 576) PUNCHILINES et al (The Upright Man, mgr.) Recent Graduates ----------------- DM 2 NIANIA (turn 577): SERPENT2 of SERPENTS HOLD (Khisanth, 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 6 TRANSEL (turn 690): FLASHER of TACKLE BOX (Buri, mgr.) DM 10 KOLACT (turn 683): CENSORSHIP of ABOMINATION (Chase, mgr.) (turn 682): WILD THINGS of BACON MAKIN' (Sherlock, mgr.) DM 18 TALCAMA (turn 684): CHATROOMMATE of CENTER FOR OLDS (Suave, mgr.) DM 21 SUNSET (turn 684): ROLISTON of DEATH MOB 4 (Jakari, mgr.) DM 36 JHANS (turn 650): RHAKARAS of TEMPLE OF STEEL (Hawk, mgr.) DM 39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 294): THE FALLEN ONE of DARQUE ANGELS (Master Darque, mgr.) DM 42 RODEKI (turn 632): SRV of SHREDDERS (Buri, mgr.) (turn 631): URCHIN of DUNGEON CELL (One Armed Bandit, mgr.) DM 59 ILLIS (turn 670): LORD FOUL of BLOODGUARD (Sigird Fafnisbane, mgr.) (turn 269): HARVEY of IMPROVED ILLUSION (Master Darque, mgr.) FAIRYFIRE of IMPROVED ILLUSION (Master Darque, mgr.) DUELMASTER'S COLUMN Notes from the arena champ. You again, Tai? You should learn when to give up. You are helpless against me, you should challenge someone else. Or just quit. What are you thinking, Mannequin? If you overwork the Dark Arena like that, they'll have to start recruiting new "monsters," and the first place they go, always, is into MY alleys. I don't need that! Go with somebody available, they might be better than you think. And WHY HAVEN'T I GRADUATED? I deserve it. I'm ready for it. I have work to do, I can't go spending all my time in the arena! Random Maniac SPY REPORT Well, what are you looking at, MORDANT? Ain't you never seen Snide Clemens before? Ah, shaddup and listen to my news. Of course, we're all terribly impressed to see RUN'S HOUSE win a fight and gain 17 points, terribly. Tsk, tsk, BLACK BONKER beat DOWNWITHTHEKING and DOWNWITHTHEKING lost 5 points. You're breakin' my heart. And it's out with the old, in with the new, as DIONNE takes the Title and last week's bar tab from the old Duelmaster. Heh, heh. Conan's Place, humph! I've tasted better ale at mortuaries. Where do they get this stuff? From MORDANT's trash dumps? My mother always told me, 'If you don't have anything nice to say, start talking.' I loved that woman. Death and Taxes. The less death I see, the more it taxes my patience. Let's see if anyone's dead or dying. SERPENTS' HOLD has cause to pause today, as DIXIE was sent to the Dark Arena, and came back--though not in the best of moods, I'll wager. Honor is like a chainmail shirt, it only shines through use. Certain nameless cowards will doubtless rebuke me on this one. There's got to be a better place in MORDANT to get a drink than Conan's Place! Any suggestions? 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 DIONNE 8578 18 15 0 92 CLUELESS (628) CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -NAEGLING 8576 9 2 2 120 SWEORDMASTERS (138) RANDOM MANIAC 7800 13 66 1 106 HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121) TAI 8579 18 15 0 93 CLUELESS (628) CEREAL KILLER 8625 14 11 0 92 HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121) CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME BIG-HEADED KAT 7110 9 3 0 73 THE MOTHERSHIP 4 (476) AMBER 8580 14 19 0 71 CLUELESS (628) ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME BLACK BONKER 8749 4 5 0 51 HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121) SHOTGUN DADDY 8738 6 7 0 45 HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121) CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME DIXIE 8828 1 0 1 33 SERPENTS' HOLD (642) HARD TIMES 8732 8 3 0 31 RUN DMC (636) INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME MY ADIDAS 8733 3 0 0 22 RUN DMC (636) S... MC 8734 5 6 0 21 RUN DMC (636) INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME DOWNWITHTHEKING 8736 4 2 0 21 RUN DMC (636) -MUTANT BLOWBY 5520 1 0 0 20 GOD SQUAD (376) RUN'S HOUSE 8735 1 0 0 17 RUN DMC (636) MASKED MUREDERER II 8772 2 4 1 11 HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121) LORD BYRON 8782 0 1 0 1 THE MOTHERSHIP 4 (476) -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? BLACK ORC 0 0 0 DARK ARENA DIXIE 8828 695 NONE BYE 8825 0 1 0 SERPENTS' HOLD 642 STONE GOLEM 695 NONE SEE YAH 8826 0 1 0 SERPENTS' HOLD 642 ARENAMASTER KAKA 695 NONE BLAH 1 8785 0 1 0 THE MOTHERSHIP 4 476 SHEWISH GIANT 695 NONE BLAH 2 8783 0 1 0 THE MOTHERSHIP 4 476 HIGH ELF 695 NONE GIBBS 8784 0 1 0 THE MOTHERSHIP 4 476 HIGH ELF 695 NONE PERSONAL ADS Random Maniac -- You need fourteen wins. Get one more and you may graduate. -- Jorja Dionne -- We've been over this. If you can't eat a proper breakfast, don't expect to defeat me! -- Cereal Killer Amber -- Ungrateful wench! We have your best interests at heart, you wanton little idiot. -- Shotgun Daddy Hard Times -- Is there any other kind? -- Black Bonker Mutant Blowby -- Hideous! -- Masked Murderer LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS SEE YAH was butchered by ARENAMASTER KAKAR in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight. DIXIE unbelievably slew BLACK ORC in a exciting 6 minute Dark Arena duel. BYE was easily killed by STONE GOLEM in a popular 3 minute gruesome Dark Arena match. BLAH 1 was dealt death by SHEWISH GIANT in a 1 minute Dark Arena contest. BLAH 2 was slain by HIGH ELF in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight. GIBBS was killed by HIGH ELF in a crowd pleasing 1 minute Dark Arena competition. RANDOM MANIAC lost to DIONNE in a 2 minute master's Title fight. TAI savagely defeated MAD MANNEQUIN in a crowd pleasing 2 minute gory brawl. AMBER slimly lost to CEREAL KILLER in a action packed 1 minute expert's melee. BIG-HEADED KAT vanquished SHOTGUN DADDY in a 2 minute uneven fight. BLACK BONKER vanquished DOWNWITHTHEKING in a 1 minute one-sided fight. HARD TIMES savagely defeated MASKED MUREDERER II in a 3 minute gory melee. S... MC defeated FIORENZE OF FRATSFA in a 1 minute match. MY ADIDAS subdued FIORENZE OF FRATSFA in a 2 minute competition. RUN'S HOUSE overcame LORD BYRON in a exciting 1 minute brutal contest. BATTLE REPORT MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS |FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT| |STRIKING ATTACK 5 TOTAL PARRY 8 - 7 - 3 53 | |BASHING ATTACK 3 AIMED BLOW 16 - 14 - 0 53 | |TOTAL PARRY 3 WALL OF STEEL 6 - 6 - 0 50 | |AIMED BLOW 3 STRIKING ATTACK 26 - 26 - 1 50 | |LUNGING ATTACK 3 SLASHING ATTACK 6 - 8 - 0 43 | |SLASHING ATTACK 2 LUNGING ATTACK 18 - 28 - 2 39 | |PARRY-STRIKE 1 PARRY-STRIKE 4 - 9 - 0 31 | |WALL OF STEEL 1 BASHING ATTACK 8 - 29 - 0 22 | |PARRY-LUNGE 0 PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 - 4 - 0 20 | |PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 1 - 0 0 | Turn 695 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 - 0 AIMED BLOW 1 - 2 2 WALL OF STEEL WALL OF STEEL 1 - 0 LUNGING ATTACK 1 - 2 2 BASHING ATTACK BASHING ATTACK 2 - 1 STRIKING ATTACK 1 - 4 2 TOTAL PARRY TOTAL PARRY 2 - 1 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 2 AIMED BLOW SLASHING ATTACK 1 - 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 0 1 SLASHING ATTACK 1 LUNGING ATTACK 1 STRIKING ATTACK TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME WALL OF STEEL DIONNE 8578 18 15 0 92 CLUELESS (628) SLASHING ATTACK TAI 8579 18 15 0 93 CLUELESS (628) LUNGING ATTACK CEREAL KILLER 8625 14 11 0 92 HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121) TOTAL PARRY BIG-HEADED KAT 7110 9 3 0 73 THE MOTHERSHIP 4 (476) 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 TAI 8579. The ten other most popular fighters were BYE 8825, BIG-HEADED KAT 7110, MY ADIDAS 8733, RANDOM MANIAC 7800, DIONNE 8578, RUN'S HOUSE 8735, AMBER 8580, CEREAL KILLER 8625, HARD TIMES 8732, and BLAH 1 8785. The least popular fighter this week was LORD BYRON 8782. The other ten least popular fighters were MASKED MUREDERER II 8772, DOWNWITHTHEKING 8736, DIXIE 8828, GIBBS 8784, BLAH 2 8783, SEE YAH 8826, S... MC 8734, BLACK BONKER 8749, SHOTGUN DADDY 8738, and BLAH 1 8785.