DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 07/01/2013    Duedate: 07/13/2013

MORDANT ARENA

DM-1    TURN-731

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

RUN'S HOUSE
RUN DMC (636)
(1-8735) [9-1-1,133]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

RUN'S HOUSE                    POSITION IS EMPTY
RUN DMC (636)                  
(1-8735) [9-1-1,133]           

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

BLACK BONKER                   MARY MARY
HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)        RUN DMC (636)
(1-8749) [23-22-1,97]          (1-8872) [13-14-0,98]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

CARNIVAL FREAKS (192)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. RUN DMC (636)               46
2. LOW ROAD 3 (644)            20      CARNIVAL FREAKS (192)
3. HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)     16      Unchartered Team
4. VOID (526)                  12
5. GOD SQUAD (376)             12      DEMONS BANE (598)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 1 CARNIVAL FREAKS (192)     70  34  0 67.3   1/ 1 CARNIVAL FREAKS (192)     8  5 0
 2- 2 CAT'S MEOW (522)          14   8  0 63.6   2/ 2 LOW ROAD 3 (644)          8  7 0
 3/ 3 LOW ROAD 3 (644)         116  74  3 61.1   3/ 3 RUN DMC (636)             7  5 1
 4/ 4 GOD SQUAD (376)           25  16  0 61.0   4/ 4 VOID (526)                5  3 0
 5/ 6 RUN DMC (636)             87  66  2 56.9   5/ 6 HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)   4 11 0
 6- 5*BEASTIE BOYS (560)        17  13  4 56.7   6/ 7 GOD SQUAD (376)           3  0 0
 7/ 9 VOID (526)                36  32  0 52.9   7/ 5 BOOZE (605)               3  1 0
 8- 7 SWEORDMASTERS (138)      643 593 74 52.0   8-10 CAT'S MEOW (522)          1  0 0
 9/10 BOOZE (605)              145 137 13 51.4   9- 9*BEASTIE BOYS (560)        1  0 0
10-12 MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537)   352 450 61 43.9  10- 8 MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537)    0  3 0
11/13 HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)  662 972 17 40.5  11-11 SWEORDMASTERS (138)       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 730): MUTANT BLOWBY of GOD SQUAD (Floyd, mgr.)
 DM   2 NIANIA (turn 613): ELINTERRI of THE GOLDEN FISH (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 735): WHIFF of LEGIONS' OF HELL (The Dark One, mgr.)
 DM   4 JHELUM (turn 707): BUNKER BILL of DOGS OF WAR (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   5 KALTOS (turn 731): Y THE BOLD of HISTORICAL KOLACT (Nomad, mgr.)
 DM   6 TRANSEL (turn 726): JOE WILLIAMS of BLACK AND BLUES (Howlin' Wolf, mgr.)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 735): POSITION IS EMPTY
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 719): VENUS of THE MENTORS (Dr. Feelgood, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 721): AARON of SHEPHERDS (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 720): DONEGAL of NOMADIC TRIBE (Nomad, mgr.)
 DM  36 JHANS (turn 686): ONE TRICK PONY of PORN IN A BARN (Chuck, mgr.)
 DM  38 CLIFFHOME (turn 675): ZANTOS of SOUL WARRIORS (Stillgard, mgr.)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 313): DUCK A L'ORANGE of DUCKS UNLIMITED (Crip, mgr.)
 DM  42 RODEKI (turn 668): VEAL MARSALA of VENETIAN CINQUE (The Dark One, mgr.)
 DM  51 TRICORUS (turn 619): ATOMIC PUNK of VAN DUEL (Nomad, mgr.)
 DM  54 TROCAR (turn 295): WORZEEL of TRADERS OF TROCAR (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  59 ILLIS (turn 288): CHAGUA KORBIN of ISLANDERS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  62 VALAMANTIS (turn 564): SUBWAY of PUBLIC TRANSIT (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.)
 DM  72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 264): HAMMY HAMSTER of MEAT YOUR MAKER (Crip, mgr.)
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 612): CRYSOPRASE of ILLFANG PACT (She-Puppy, mgr.)

                                      Top Teams
                                      ---------
 DM   1 MORDANT (turn 730): CARNIVAL FREAKS (Chuck, mgr.)
 DM   2 NIANIA (turn 613): THE GOLDEN FISH (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 735): FRAT PARTY BLOWOUT (The Anarchist, mgr.)
 DM   4 JHELUM (turn 707): DOGS OF WAR (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   5 KALTOS (turn 731): THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   6 TRANSEL (turn 726): BLACK AND BLUES (Howlin' Wolf, mgr.)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 735): SENTINELS (Nomad, mgr.)
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 719): VIKINGS (Nomad, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 721): NEXT GENERATION (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 720): BEN'S BAZAAR (Gentleben, mgr.)
 DM  36 JHANS (turn 686): MEDAL OF HONOR J11 (The Anarchist, mgr.)
 DM  38 CLIFFHOME (turn 675): SOUL WARRIORS (Stillgard, mgr.)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 313): STEEL WOLVES 2 (Lobo, mgr.)
 DM  42 RODEKI (turn 668): DEALER'S CHOICE (The Dealer, mgr.)
 DM  51 TRICORUS (turn 619): AMAZON ELITE (Doc Miracle, mgr.)
 DM  54 TROCAR (turn 295): STEEL WOLVES 5 (Lobo, mgr.)
 DM  59 ILLIS (turn 288): ISLANDERS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  62 VALAMANTIS (turn 564): CM - SCORPIO (Crapmaster, mgr.)
 DM  72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 264): BASH BROS CANDY (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.)
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 612) BRUTAL LEGION et al (Seraphim, mgr.)

                                   Recent Graduates
                                  -----------------
 DM   1 MORDANT (turn 729): COLOSSEUM HALLS of RUN DMC (Howlin' Wolf, mgr.)
 DM   2 NIANIA (turn 613): ELINTERRI of THE GOLDEN FISH (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   5 KALTOS (turn 730): BUZZ KILL of HOOKED ON COFFEE (slugbait, mgr.)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 734): CAT-IN-THE-HAT of UNDER JOLLY ROGER (?, mgr.)
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 719): VENUS of THE MENTORS (Dr. Feelgood, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 720): KILL KITTEN of ARDUIN GRIMOIRE (Rascally Rabbit, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 720): DONEGAL of NOMADIC TRIBE (Nomad, mgr.)
               (turn 719): LUCIANA of THE UNHOLY ONES (Daikkan, mgr.)
 DM  36 JHANS (turn 685): ETHER of STILLMATIC (Howlin' Wolf, mgr.)
 DM  38 CLIFFHOME (turn 675): ZANTOS of SOUL WARRIORS (Stillgard, mgr.)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 313): DUCK A L'ORANGE of DUCKS UNLIMITED (Crip, mgr.)
 DM  54 TROCAR (turn 295): WORZEEL of TRADERS OF TROCAR (Jorja, mgr.)
               (turn 294): DIAN WEI of ASIAN INVASION (Pec Killer, mgr.)
 DM  59 ILLIS (turn 287): COCO NUTTAL of ISLANDERS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 264): HAMMY HAMSTER of MEAT YOUR MAKER (Crip, mgr.)

                                      SPY REPORT

     Good day, in MORDANT a quiet thief gets rich, but a quiet spymaster gets poor.  
So bring me ale and harken to my tidbits of news.  The RUN DMC guild has had a 3-1-1 
turn and deserves to be watched in the future.  You never know where this kind of 
thing can lead.  And let's see, FIANNA QUINN fought CHARK FORKBEARD and gained 19 
points and contributed to LOW ROAD 3's 3-2-0.  2000 YR. OLD MAN has lost to MUTANT 
BLOWBY, falling 5 points, while helping make CARNIVAL FREAKS a 1-3-0 turn.  
Somebody's not going to like this, (then again, somebody will), but our Duelmaster, 
BELTRAN MOSS, has died, and RUN'S HOUSE has killed him.  Can someone confirm a rumor 
for me?  I hear the top team makes their losing fighters do dishes at Conan's Place 
until they win.  Maybe?   
     He who challenges well, fights well.  He who avoids without cause, shall lose 
for good reasons.  My mama told me that one.  HOMICIDAL MANIACS has cause to stand 
tall, as they were MORDANT's most avoided team.  A smart manager knows this is a team 
to beat.  And avoiding HOMICIDAL MANIACS more than any other team we find BOOZE.  
MORDANT, are we going to accept, or respect this sort of thing?  The most challenged 
warrior this turn was BOOZE's warrior ROT GUT.  More fighters challenged him than 
challenged the Duelmaster!   
     We only live a short time in this world, so why not take a sharp blade, and 
shave it close?  A brave warrior does not carry a red shield, he has nothing to cover 
or hide when the fight is over.  Consider well.   
     I like this place, MORDANT, the taverns have old wine, and young serving girls.  
Who could ask for more?  Well, I'm burning daylight here in MORDANT and I've a long 
road ahead of me.  Happy Trails.  Until you see my quill in MORDANT again, farewell-- 
Alarond the Scribe  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 RUN'S HOUSE 8735              9   1  1   133       RUN DMC (636)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-GRASSCUTTER 8750             14   0  2   229       SWEORDMASTERS (138)
 MUTANT BLOWBY 5520           16  12  0   108       GOD SQUAD (376)
 DOWNWITHTHEKING 8736         17   9  1   103       RUN DMC (636)
-ABYSSINIAN 7043              10   2  0   102       CAT'S MEOW (522)
 MARY MARY 8872               13  14  0    98       RUN DMC (636)
 BLACK BONKER 8749            23  22  1    97       HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)
 2000 YR. OLD MAN 4521        14   6  0    92       CARNIVAL FREAKS (192)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 FIANNA QUINN 8970             8   2  0    89       LOW ROAD 3 (644)
 S... MC 8734                 16  31  0    79       RUN DMC (636)
 BOBO THE DOG BOY 7229         9   4  0    77       CARNIVAL FREAKS (192)
 TWO-HEADED FERRET 7193        8   3  0    72       CARNIVAL FREAKS (192)
 DOO-DOO THE CLOWN 7237        8   2  0    72       CARNIVAL FREAKS (192)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 MASKED MURDERER II 8772      11  31  2    66       HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)
 ROT GUT 8912                  6   2  0    57       BOOZE (605)
-RAGDOLL 7039                  4   3  0    57       CAT'S MEOW (522)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 POLLUX 7943                   7   2  0    54       VOID (526)
 DOMESTIC DERVISH 8943        10  10  0    45       HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)
-DAISY DUKE 4292               5   3  0    43       CARNIVAL FREAKS (192)
-EGG RAID ON MOJO 7568         3   1  0    43       BEASTIE BOYS (560)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 CASTOR 7942                   5   3  0    39       VOID (526)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-WYRTHA 8944                   2   1  0    33       SWEORDMASTERS (138)
 DANDY BOY 8949                7   9  0    30       HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)
 SCHOOLBUS DRIVER 8963         5   6  0    30       HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)
 ETHELBERT POTTS 9008          4   0  0    28       LOW ROAD 3 (644)
-BRASS MONKEY 7536             4   2  2    24       BEASTIE BOYS (560)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-SCHNAPPES 8951                4   0  0    23       BOOZE (605)
-THING 4 7081                  6   4  0    22       VOID (526)
 DARIA ORO 8992                4   3  0    21       LOW ROAD 3 (644)
-PROBLEM CHILD 8967            2   0  0    21       MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537)
-SANDBOX FURY 8914             2   1  0    20       MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537)
-JAMMY 7603                    2   1  2    18       BEASTIE BOYS (560)
 BUSTER MARNE 8956             2  11  1    18       LOW ROAD 3 (644)
-HRUNTLING 8994                1   0  0    13       SWEORDMASTERS (138)
-MIRACH 7955                   2   2  0     8       VOID (526)
-TIME AND MONEY 7677           1   0  0     6       BEASTIE BOYS (560)

'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
OLD CROW 9004           1  3 0 BOOZE 605            SPYMASTER             731  NONE
BELTRAN MOSS 8905      18 20 1 LOW ROAD 3 644       RUN'S HOUSE 8735      731   
DELISE ORM 8907        20 14 0 LOW ROAD 3 644       GRASSCUTTER 8750      727  NONE
GOBBLEDYGOOK 8898       4  2 0 MANNEQUIN'S BEST 537 DOWNWITHTHEKING 8736  728   

                                     PERSONAL ADS

Two-three for us, two-three for the Middle Way idiots, and THEY defeated standbys.
What is the world coming to?  Not only that, there's no discipline on the school
busses!  The children are little monsters.  Of course, they've always been little
monsters, except when they're bigger monsters, but still, something should be DONE
about it.  Really, the barrel-and-bung-hole style of child-rearing has a LOT to say
for it. -- Schoolbus Driver

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

OLD CROW was butchered by SPYMASTER in a 2 minute bloody Dark Arena fight.
BELTRAN MOSS was slaughtered by RUN'S HOUSE in a 1 minute uneven Title battle.
2000 YR. OLD MAN was subdued by MUTANT BLOWBY in a 1 minute expert's fight.
MARY MARY viciously subdued TWO-HEADED FERRET in a popular 5 minute brutal fight.
DOWNWITHTHEKING devastated DOO-DOO THE CLOWN in a 1 minute uneven brawl.
FIANNA QUINN overpowered CHARK FORKBEARD in a 2 minute bloody one-sided struggle.
BOBO THE DOG BOY handily defeated MASKED MURDERER II in a 1 minute uneven fight.
S... MC was vanquished by BLACK BONKER in a 1 minute uneven duel.
DOMESTIC DERVISH won victory over GRUNESH THE ORC in a 1 minute fight.
ROT GUT savagely defeated SCHOOLBUS DRIVER in a 3 minute brutal fight.
POLLUX handily defeated DANDY BOY in a 1 minute one-sided bout.
CASTOR demolished BUSTER MARNE in a 1 minute mismatched match.
DARIA ORO handily defeated FIORENZE OF FRATSFA in a 1 minute one-sided contest.
ETHELBERT POTTS demolished CONVICTED THIEF in a 1 minute one-sided brawl.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|AIMED BLOW                       9         AIMED BLOW        48 -  33 -  1      59  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    3         SLASHING ATTACK    8 -   6 -  0      57  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   2         TOTAL PARRY       20 -  16 -  2      56  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  2         WALL OF STEEL     15 -  15 -  0      50  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    2         LUNGING ATTACK    13 -  15 -  1      46  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      2         BASHING ATTACK    11 -  17 -  1      39  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  1         PARRY-RIPOSTE     10 -  16 -  0      38  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     1         STRIKING ATTACK    9 -  17 -  1      35  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   1         PARRY-STRIKE       0 -  10 -  0       0  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      0         PARRY-LUNGE        0 -   1 -  0       0  |

Turn 731 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:

SLASHING ATTACK    1 -  0     PARRY-LUNGE        0 -  0         4  AIMED BLOW     
BASHING ATTACK     2 -  0     PARRY-STRIKE       0 -  1         2  BASHING ATTACK 
AIMED BLOW         7 -  2     PARRY-RIPOSTE      0 -  2         1  LUNGING ATTACK 
WALL OF STEEL      2 -  1     LUNGING ATTACK     0 -  1         1  TOTAL PARRY    
STRIKING ATTACK    1 -  1     TOTAL PARRY        0 -  2         1  SLASHING ATTACK
                                                                1  PARRY-STRIKE   
                                                                1  STRIKING ATTACK

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
BASHING ATTACK   RUN'S HOUSE 8735            9   1  1  133 RUN DMC (636)
AIMED BLOW       MUTANT BLOWBY 5520         16  12  0  108 GOD SQUAD (376)
TOTAL PARRY      2000 YR. OLD MAN 4521      14   6  0   92 CARNIVAL FREAKS (192)
SLASHING ATTACK  FIANNA QUINN 8970           8   2  0   89 LOW ROAD 3 (644)
STRIKING ATTACK  BOBO THE DOG BOY 7229       9   4  0   77 CARNIVAL FREAKS (192)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is BLACK BONKER 8749.  The most popular warrior this 
turn was MARY MARY 8872.  The ten other most popular fighters were ROT GUT 8912, 
MUTANT BLOWBY 5520, FIANNA QUINN 8970, BLACK BONKER 8749, RUN'S HOUSE 8735, 
TWO-HEADED FERRET 7193, DOWNWITHTHEKING 8736, BOBO THE DOG BOY 7229, POLLUX 7943, and 
CASTOR 7942.

The least popular fighter this week was BUSTER MARNE 8956.  The other ten least 
popular fighters were DANDY BOY 8949, S... MC 8734, MASKED MURDERER II 8772, DOO-DOO 
THE CLOWN 7237, BELTRAN MOSS 8905, ETHELBERT POTTS 9008, DARIA ORO 8992, SCHOOLBUS 
DRIVER 8963, DOMESTIC DERVISH 8943, and 2000 YR. OLD MAN 4521.

                             * * * * *   MEMO  * * * * *

From:       The Office of Accurate Census Reporting, Gladiatorial Commission
To:         All Managers

In the interest of preserving our natural resources and preventing managerial writer's 
cramp, census forms will be provided for warriors by request only, effective 
immediately.  Managers may register their warriors' races and/or favorite sayings by 
simply writing them on a separate piece of paper and submitting them to the Commission.  
For any questions, please contact the Gladiatorial Commission. 

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