DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 07/29/2013    Duedate: 08/10/2013

MORDANT ARENA

DM-1    TURN-733

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

BLACK BONKER
HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)
(1-8749) [24-23-1,113]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

BLACK BONKER                   POSITION IS EMPTY
HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)        
(1-8749) [24-23-1,113]         

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

BLACK BONKER                   DANDY BOY
HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)        HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)
(1-8749) [24-23-1,113]         (1-8949) [8-10-0,44]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

RUN DMC (636)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. BOOZE (605)                 41
2. MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537)      32      GOD SQUAD (376)
3. SWEORDMASTERS (138)         22      Unchartered Team
4. HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)     21
5. VOID (526)                  11       (-1)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1- 1 CARNIVAL FREAKS (192)     72  36  0 66.7   1/ 1 RUN DMC (636)             7  4 1
 2/ 3 GOD SQUAD (376)           26  17  0 60.5   2/ 5 HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)   6  9 0
 3/ 2 LOW ROAD 3 (644)         118  80  3 59.6   3/ 4 VOID (526)                5  0 0
 4/ 4 RUN DMC (636)             91  69  2 56.9   4/ 2 LOW ROAD 3 (644)          5  8 0
 5/ 5 VOID (526)                39  32  0 54.9   5- 3 CARNIVAL FREAKS (192)     3  5 0
 6/ 6 SWEORDMASTERS (138)      645 595 74 52.0   6/ 8 MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537)    3  5 0
 7/ 7 BOOZE (605)              146 140 13 51.0   7/ 7 GOD SQUAD (376)           2  1 0
 8/ 8 MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537)   355 455 61 43.8   8/ 9 SWEORDMASTERS (138)       2  2 0
 9/ 9 HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)  666 978 17 40.5   9/ 6 BOOZE (605)               2  4 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 732): DOWNWITHTHEKING of RUN DMC (Howlin' Wolf, mgr.)
 DM   2 NIANIA (turn 615): PETER NETLEY of THE GOLDEN FISH (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 737): WHIFF of LEGIONS' OF HELL (The Dark One, mgr.)
 DM   4 JHELUM (turn 709): BUNKER BILL of DOGS OF WAR (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   5 KALTOS (turn 733): Y THE BOLD of HISTORICAL KOLACT (Nomad, mgr.)
 DM   6 TRANSEL (turn 728): JOE WILLIAMS of BLACK AND BLUES (Howlin' Wolf, mgr.)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 737): GUMBERCULES of ADULT SWIM (Buri, mgr.)
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 721): DEIMOON FARR of THE MOONDOGS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 723): AARON of SHEPHERDS (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 722): KING BEE of THE BLUES (Buri, mgr.)
 DM  36 JHANS (turn 688): BUNCH OF BULLETS of STILLMATIC (Howlin' Wolf, mgr.)
 DM  38 CLIFFHOME (turn 677): KALI of SOUL WARRIORS (Stillgard, mgr.)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 314): DESSLOCK CAIN of STEEL WOLVES 2 (Lobo, mgr.)
 DM  42 RODEKI (turn 670): NO PAIR of DEALER'S CHOICE (The Dealer, mgr.)
 DM  51 TRICORUS (turn 621): HELPER of VENTURE BROS. (Buri, mgr.)
 DM  54 TROCAR (turn 296): DESERT PEARL of TRADERS OF TROCAR (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  59 ILLIS (turn 289): NAZARETH of CHAPEL ROCK (Crip, mgr.)
 DM  62 VALAMANTIS (turn 566): SUBWAY of PUBLIC TRANSIT (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.)
 DM  72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 265): DAN CORNBEEFLEON of MEAT YOUR MAKER (Crip, mgr.)
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 614): CRYSOPRASE of ILLFANG PACT (She-Puppy, mgr.)

                                      Top Teams
                                      ---------
 DM   1 MORDANT (turn 732): RUN DMC (Howlin' Wolf, mgr.)
 DM   2 NIANIA (turn 615): THE GOLDEN FISH (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 737): AESIR (Buri, mgr.)
 DM   4 JHELUM (turn 709): PEARL JAM (Howlin' Wolf, mgr.)
 DM   5 KALTOS (turn 733): THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   6 TRANSEL (turn 728): BLACK AND BLUES (Howlin' Wolf, mgr.)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 737): TOOL SHED (Leprechaun, mgr.)
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 721): POSITION IS EMPTY
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 723): NEXT GENERATION (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 722): BLOOD AND SAND (Deep Thought, mgr.)
 DM  36 JHANS (turn 688): SERPENTS HOLD (Khisanth, mgr.)
 DM  38 CLIFFHOME (turn 677): SOUL WARRIORS (Stillgard, mgr.)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 314): DUCKS UNLIMITED (Crip, mgr.)
 DM  42 RODEKI (turn 670): DEALER'S CHOICE (The Dealer, mgr.)
 DM  51 TRICORUS (turn 621): DARK HORSEMEN (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  54 TROCAR (turn 296): STEEL WOLVES 5 (Lobo, mgr.)
 DM  59 ILLIS (turn 289): BEATRICE (Dante, mgr.)
 DM  62 VALAMANTIS (turn 566): ZOMBIE SQUAD (Khisanth, mgr.)
 DM  72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 265): BASH BROS CANDY (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.)
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 614) BRUTAL LEGION et al (Seraphim, mgr.)

                                   Recent Graduates
                                  -----------------
 DM   2 NIANIA (turn 613): ELINTERRI of THE GOLDEN FISH (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 737): VITHAR of AESIR (Buri, mgr.)
 DM   4 JHELUM (turn 709): BUNKER BILL of DOGS OF WAR (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 737): PIRES of IMPORTED FOOTBALLERS (Crip, mgr.)
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 721): DEIMOON FARR of THE MOONDOGS (Jorja, mgr.)
                           HUMAN CENTIPEDE of ABOMINATION (Chase, mgr.)
                           H TO THE IZZO of JAY-Z (Howlin' Wolf, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 723): AARON of SHEPHERDS (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 722): BRANDON of RANDOM CHAOS (Tolbin, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 721): BEASTLY SMURF of BEN'S BAZAAR (Gentleben, mgr.)
                           MIME BOGGLING of BEN'S BAZAAR (Gentleben, 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.)
 DM  72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 264): HAMMY HAMSTER of MEAT YOUR MAKER (Crip, mgr.)

                                      SPY REPORT

     It's me, The Unknown Spymaster, back to give you this week's Spy Report.  Sit 
back in your seats and we'll have more fun than a barrel of Zontanis.  Coming up with 
a solid 2-3-0 outing, HOMICIDAL MANIACS has advanced 3 places in the rankings.  Hey 
everybody, watch out for THE SAUCE, who flew up 15 points in the rankings after 
mashing SLEN SNOTNOSE like a melon.  Keep your eye on this guy.  And falling like a 
basher in the top ten was FIANNA QUINN, who dropped 32 points after a disappointing 
(to say the least) bout with RAFFI THE GARROTE.  In front of all the crowds, BLACK 
BONKER took the Duelmaster's crown for his own.  I give the bum two weeks.  Advice to 
bashers--never force anything, just get a bigger halberd!   
     But enough of that bunch, let's get on to the wimps who like to avoid battle!  
And hey, kiddies, those of you who didn't avoid HOMICIDAL MANIACS, please raise you 
hand.  Wow.  Does MORDANT really have that many liars?  And you guys like to boo me?  
Well, unsling your rasberries, cause VOID beats feet every time HOMICIDAL MANIACS 
smiles at them.  Try farming, eh?  Well dang howdy, but if challenges were votes, 
CASTOR would be president.  Although it may be a contest it doesn't want to win.   
     Being a spy is great--other people die and you spend the rest of the day 
drinking to their memory.  Better tanked than dead!  There's got to be more reason 
for the sending of SCHNAPPES to the Dark Arena than hers record (4-1-0).  Anybody got 
any ideas BOOZE?  Here's some advice:  warriors with little wit and will may 
encounter problems on the trail to the Isle.   
     Well, there's the manager of the MORDANT giving me the 'cut' sign (or is that 
'They're going to strangle you in the alley?).  Well, there goes another Spy Report.  
Good luck in next week's fights.  Its been real, and its been fun, but it hasn't been 
real fun...-- The Unknown Spymaster  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 BLACK BONKER 8749            24  23  1   113       HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-GRASSCUTTER 8750             14   0  2   229       SWEORDMASTERS (138)
-RUN'S HOUSE 8735              9   1  1   133       RUN DMC (636)
-BOBO THE DOG BOY 7229        10   4  0    98       CARNIVAL FREAKS (192)
 MUTANT BLOWBY 5520           17  13  0    97       GOD SQUAD (376)
 MARY MARY 8872               14  15  0    94       RUN DMC (636)
-TWO-HEADED FERRET 7193        9   3  0    93       CARNIVAL FREAKS (192)
-2000 YR. OLD MAN 4521        14   7  0    91       CARNIVAL FREAKS (192)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 DOWNWITHTHEKING 8736         18  10  1    86       RUN DMC (636)
 MASKED MURDERER II 8772      12  32  2    84       HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)
 S... MC 8734                 17  32  0    83       RUN DMC (636)
 FIANNA QUINN 8970             9   3  0    75       LOW ROAD 3 (644)
-DOO-DOO THE CLOWN 7237        8   3  0    69       CARNIVAL FREAKS (192)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-POLLUX 7943                   8   2  0    62       VOID (526)
-ROT GUT 8912                  6   2  0    57       BOOZE (605)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 CASTOR 7942                   7   3  0    53       VOID (526)
 DANDY BOY 8949                8  10  0    44       HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)
-DAISY DUKE 4292               5   3  0    43       CARNIVAL FREAKS (192)
 WYRTHA 8944                   3   1  0    43       SWEORDMASTERS (138)
 DOMESTIC DERVISH 8943        10  12  0    42       HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)
-MY ADIDAS 8733                4   0  0    36       RUN DMC (636)
 SANDBOX FURY 8914             4   1  0    36       MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SCHOOLBUS DRIVER 8963         6   7  0    34       HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 PROBLEM CHILD 8967            3   0  0    27       MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537)
 HRUNTLING 8994                2   0  0    25       SWEORDMASTERS (138)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-THING 4 7081                  6   4  0    22       VOID (526)
 BUSTER MARNE 8956             3  12  1    22       LOW ROAD 3 (644)
 DARIA ORO 8992                4   5  0    17       LOW ROAD 3 (644)
 THE SAUCE 9024                1   0  0    15       BOOZE (605)
 ETHELBERT POTTS 9008          4   2  0    14       LOW ROAD 3 (644)
-MIRACH 7955                   2   2  0     8       VOID (526)

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
ETHANOL 8982            0  1 0 BOOZE 605            ARENAMASTER KAKA      733  NONE
JIM BEAM 9025           0  1 0 BOOZE 605            THE AMAZON            733  NONE
SCHNAPPES 8951          4  1 0 BOOZE 605            THE AMAZON            733  NONE
BELTRAN MOSS 8905      18 20 1 LOW ROAD 3 644       RUN'S HOUSE 8735      731   
101713219311 9039       0  1 0 MANNEQUIN'S BEST 537 SPYMASTER             733  NONE
18916717125 9038        0  1 0 MANNEQUIN'S BEST 537 THE AMAZON            733  NONE
COCHRAN 9006            0  1 0 MANNEQUIN'S BEST 537 BLACK ORC             733  NONE

                                     PERSONAL ADS

Homicidal Maniacs, two-three.  Low Road, two-two.  Not impressive, but not really
BAD, for us.  And the Low Road points to that and says they aren't going to recruit a
replacement for their deader!  They're cowards!  They don't have the edge that a good
homicidal mania gives a gladiator.  Bah.  They say "nobody cares."  Quitters. --
Schoolbus Driver, for the Maniacs
P.S.  Not that anybody's likely to notice.

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

SCHNAPPES was viciously butchered by THE AMAZON in a 3 minute Dark Arena fight.
ETHANOL was murdered by ARENAMASTER KAKAR in a 1 minute brutal Dark Arena melee.
COCHRAN was slain by BLACK ORC in a 1 minute Dark Arena duel.
101713219311 was butchered by SPYMASTER in a 1 minute gory Dark Arena contest.
18916717125 was assassinated by THE AMAZON in a 2 minute bloody Dark Arena match.
JIM BEAM was butchered by THE AMAZON in a 1 minute gory Dark Arena duel.
CASTOR devastated SCHOOLBUS DRIVER in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge match.
HRUNTLING handily defeated DARIA ORO in a 1 minute uneven Challenge fight.
PROBLEM CHILD won victory over ETHELBERT POTTS in a 1 minute Challenge duel.
DOWNWITHTHEKING was overpowered by BLACK BONKER in a 1 minute uneven Title duel.
FIANNA QUINN was overpowered by RAFFI THE GARROTE in a 1 minute one-sided fight.
MUTANT BLOWBY handily defeated S... MC in a exciting 1 minute one-sided bout.
MARY MARY savagely defeated MASKED MURDERER II in a 4 minute master's competition.
DOMESTIC DERVISH was savagely defeated by WYRTHA in a 2 minute gory brawl.
DANDY BOY viciously subdued GRUNESH THE ORC in a 4 minute conflict.
SANDBOX FURY won victory over BUSTER MARNE in a 2 minute brutal fray.
THE SAUCE devastated SLEN SNOTNOSE in a 1 minute mismatched brawl.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|AIMED BLOW                       6         AIMED BLOW        49 -  36 -  1      58  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  4         LUNGING ATTACK    11 -  10 -  1      52  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   3         TOTAL PARRY       17 -  16 -  2      52  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    3         SLASHING ATTACK    7 -   7 -  0      50  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   2         BASHING ATTACK    14 -  15 -  1      48  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  2         WALL OF STEEL     12 -  15 -  0      44  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      2         STRIKING ATTACK   12 -  19 -  1      39  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    2         PARRY-RIPOSTE     10 -  17 -  0      37  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     1         PARRY-STRIKE       1 -   9 -  0      10  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      0         PARRY-LUNGE        0 -   0 -  0       0  |

Turn 733 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:

LUNGING ATTACK     2 -  0     PARRY-RIPOSTE      1 -  2         4  AIMED BLOW     
AIMED BLOW         4 -  2     STRIKING ATTACK    1 -  3         2  BASHING ATTACK 
BASHING ATTACK     2 -  1     PARRY-LUNGE        0 -  0         2  STRIKING ATTACK
                              PARRY-STRIKE       0 -  1         1  LUNGING ATTACK 
                              SLASHING ATTACK    0 -  2         1  TOTAL PARRY    
                              TOTAL PARRY        0 -  2         1  PARRY-STRIKE   
                              WALL OF STEEL      0 -  2     

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
BASHING ATTACK   BLACK BONKER 8749          24  23  1  113 HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)
AIMED BLOW       MUTANT BLOWBY 5520         17  13  0   97 GOD SQUAD (376)
SLASHING ATTACK  FIANNA QUINN 8970           9   3  0   75 LOW ROAD 3 (644)
STRIKING ATTACK  WYRTHA 8944                 3   1  0   43 SWEORDMASTERS (138)
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 DANDY BOY 8949.  The ten other most popular fighters were MARY MARY 8872, 
MASKED MURDERER II 8772, WYRTHA 8944, SANDBOX FURY 8914, PROBLEM CHILD 8967, BLACK 
BONKER 8749, MUTANT BLOWBY 5520, HRUNTLING 8994, COCHRAN 9006, and 18916717125 9038.

The least popular fighter this week was DOMESTIC DERVISH 8943.  The other ten least 
popular fighters were FIANNA QUINN 8970, DOWNWITHTHEKING 8736, DARIA ORO 8992, 
SCHOOLBUS DRIVER 8963, JIM BEAM 9025, 101713219311 9039, ETHANOL 8982, SCHNAPPES 
8951, THE SAUCE 9024, and BUSTER MARNE 8956.

The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn:

BLACK BONKER (1-8749) HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)