DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 11/18/2013    Duedate: 11/30/2013

MORDANT ARENA

DM-1    TURN-741

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

BOBO THE DOG BOY
CARNIVAL FREAKS (192)
(1-7229) [11-4-0,110]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

BOBO THE DOG BOY               ARNOLD ZIFFEL
CARNIVAL FREAKS (192)          HANDSOME SWINE (640)
(1-7229) [11-4-0,110]          (1-8814) [4-0-0,51]

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

MASKED MURDERER II             ARNOLD ZIFFEL
HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)        HANDSOME SWINE (640)
(1-8772) [12-40-2,78]          (1-8814) [4-0-0,51]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

LOW ROAD 3 (644)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. CARNIVAL FREAKS (192)       29
2. HANDSOME SWINE (640)        18      CARNIVAL FREAKS (192)
3. SERPENTS' HOLD (642)        12      Unchartered Team
4. GOD SQUAD (376)              8
5. RUN DMC (636)                3      HANDSOME SWINE (640)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 0*HANDSOME SWINE (640)       4   0  0  100   1/ 1 LOW ROAD 3 (644)          6  6 1
 2- 1*LORDS OF PWN (647)         1   0  0  100   2/ 3 SERPENTS' HOLD (642)      6  7 0
 3/ 0 CARNIVAL FREAKS (192)     75  37  0 67.0   3/ 2 HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)   6  9 0
 4/ 2 GOD SQUAD (376)           32  19  0 62.7   4/ 5 GOD SQUAD (376)           3  0 0
 5/ 3 LOW ROAD 3 (644)         136  94  4 59.1   5/ 0 CARNIVAL FREAKS (192)     3  1 0
 6/ 4 RUN DMC (636)            110  77  3 58.8   6/ 4 RUN DMC (636)             2  4 1
 7/ 7 HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)  676 %1007 18 40.2   7- 7*LORDS OF PWN (647)        1  0 0
 8- 8 BATTLING TWITS (53)       35  70  1 33.3   8/ 0*HANDSOME SWINE (640)      1  0 0
 9/ 9 SERPENTS' HOLD (642)      43  88  6 32.8   9- 9 BATTLING TWITS (53)       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

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                         ---===DELARQUAN REGIONAL NEWS===---

                                     Duelmasters
                                     -----------
 DM   1 MORDANT (turn 740): MUTANT BLOWBY of GOD SQUAD (Floyd, mgr.)
 DM   2 NIANIA (turn 623): PETER NETLEY of THE GOLDEN FISH (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 745): ARGULA of VEGGIES (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.)
 DM   4 JHELUM (turn 717): BRAN MAC MORN of DOGS OF WAR (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   5 KALTOS (turn 741): NOSEY ROSIE of SHADY LADIES (Papa Bear, mgr.)
 DM   6 TRANSEL (turn 736): ELMORE JAMES of BLACK AND BLUES (Howlin' Wolf, mgr.)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 745): BALBOA of SENTINELS (Nomad, mgr.)
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 729): SALTY DOG of THIRSTY THUGS (DMobster, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 731): DIP of CENTER FOR OLDS (Suave, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 730): CENTAURIAN of BEN'S BAZAAR (Gentleben, mgr.)
 DM  36 JHANS (turn 696): ONE MIC of STILLMATIC (Howlin' Wolf, mgr.)
 DM  38 CLIFFHOME (turn 685): TALKS NONSTOP of BASH BROS CHILDREN (Assurnasirbanipal)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 318): DUCK WITH SWORDS of DUCKS UNLIMITED (Crip, mgr.)
 DM  42 RODEKI (turn 678): STUD of DEALER'S CHOICE (The Dealer, mgr.)
 DM  51 TRICORUS (turn 629): ATOMIC PUNK of VAN DUEL (Nomad, mgr.)
 DM  54 TROCAR (turn 300): YAHOO WAHOO of USELESS TOOLS (Crip, mgr.)
 DM  59 ILLIS (turn 293): NAZARETH of CHAPEL ROCK (Crip, mgr.)
 DM  62 VALAMANTIS (turn 574): CLOWN CONFETTI of MAGIC INGREDIENTS (Mannequin, mgr.)
 DM  72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 269): DON CORNBEEFLEON of MEAT YOUR MAKER (Crip, mgr.)
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 622): CRYSOPRASE of ILLFANG PACT (She-Puppy, mgr.)

                                      Top Teams
                                      ---------
 DM   1 MORDANT (turn 740): LOW ROAD 3 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   2 NIANIA (turn 623): THE GOLDEN FISH (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 745): FRAT PARTY BLOWOUT (The Anarchist, mgr.)
 DM   4 JHELUM (turn 717): DOGS OF WAR (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   5 KALTOS (turn 741): PLAY BALL (The Dealer, mgr.)
 DM   6 TRANSEL (turn 736): BLACK AND BLUES (Howlin' Wolf, mgr.)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 745): SENTINELS (Nomad, mgr.)
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 729): CHUCK'S PINUPS (Chuck, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 731): STREET PIZZA (The Upright Man, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 730): BEN'S BAZAAR (Gentleben, mgr.)
 DM  36 JHANS (turn 696): TOLBINS HIVE D (Tolbin, mgr.)
 DM  38 CLIFFHOME (turn 685): BASH BROS CHILDREN (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 318): DARQUE ANGELS (Master Darque, mgr.)
 DM  42 RODEKI (turn 678): DEALER'S CHOICE (The Dealer, mgr.)
 DM  51 TRICORUS (turn 629): DARK HORSEMEN (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  54 TROCAR (turn 300): ASIAN INVASION (Pec Killer, mgr.)
 DM  59 ILLIS (turn 293): CHAPEL ROCK (Crip, mgr.)
 DM  62 VALAMANTIS (turn 574): MIDDLE WAY 10 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 269): MEAT YOUR MAKER (Crip, mgr.)
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 622) PLAY BALL et al (The Dealer, mgr.)

                                   Recent Graduates
                                  -----------------
 DM   1 MORDANT (turn 740): MUTANT BLOWBY of GOD SQUAD (Floyd, mgr.)
                (turn 739): S... MC of RUN DMC (Howlin' Wolf, mgr.)
 DM   5 KALTOS (turn 740): KILLBY MARCH of THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 745): BALOR of DEMONS & DEVILS (Manager, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 730): AGENT OF BRUTALITY of EXTREME AGGRESSION (Var, mgr.)
 DM  51 TRICORUS (turn 628): SKALVORD of DARK HORSEMEN (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 269): DON CORNBEEFLEON 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.  And let's see, ARNOLD ZIFFEL 
fought SCHOOLBUS DRIVER and gained 18 points and contributed to HANDSOME SWINE's 
1-0-0.  DARIA ORO has lost to BLACK DEVIN, falling 10 points, while helping make LOW 
ROAD 3 a 2-2-0 turn.  The attempts to dethrone the Duelmaster have failed, and MUTANT 
BLOWBY remains MORDANT's top warrior for another turn.  By the way, was that our 
Duelmaster that I saw last night, cramped under the table at Conan's Place?   
     The crowd's roar, the smell of iron and leather, mixed with sweat, what more 
could a warrior ask of life?  Well, besides that.   
     The Dark Arena is for those who cannot win, not who cannot lose with grace.  
Dignity in life or death is the warrior's creed.  A farewell moment, if you please, 
SCALES of SERPENTS' HOLD has been sent to the Dark Arena, and was carried out on its 
shield.  SERPENTS' HOLD has some questions to answer.  Like 'why did you kill your 
fighter, SCALES, who had a record of 11-5-0?' A brave warrior does not carry a red 
shield, he has nothing to cover or hide when the fight is over.  Consider well.   
     Remember, blood on the purple robe does not change it from a purple robe.  Dare 
to fight bravely.  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                  
 BOBO THE DOG BOY 7229        11   4  0   110       CARNIVAL FREAKS (192)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-RUN'S HOUSE 8735             12   1  1   165       RUN DMC (636)
 BOA 8830                     15  14  0    99       SERPENTS' HOLD (642)
 TWO-HEADED FERRET 7193       10   3  0    95       CARNIVAL FREAKS (192)
 2000 YR. OLD MAN 4521        14   8  0    92       CARNIVAL FREAKS (192)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 DOO-DOO THE CLOWN 7237        9   3  0    83       CARNIVAL FREAKS (192)
 FIANNA QUINN 8970            13   7  0    80       LOW ROAD 3 (644)
 MASKED MURDERER II 8772      12  40  2    78       HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)
 DOMESTIC DERVISH 8943        14  16  0    74       HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)
 MARY MARY 8872               17  20  0    73       RUN DMC (636)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 ETHELBERT POTTS 9008         10   4  1    59       LOW ROAD 3 (644)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-MY ADIDAS 8733                7   0  0    56       RUN DMC (636)
 ARNOLD ZIFFEL 8814            4   0  0    51       HANDSOME SWINE (640)
-DAISY DUKE 4292               5   3  0    43       CARNIVAL FREAKS (192)
 DARIA ORO 8992                9   8  0    40       LOW ROAD 3 (644)
-BIFF FROTHINGTWIT 865         8   7  0    40       BATTLING TWITS (53)
 BUSTER MARNE 8956             6  17  1    40       LOW ROAD 3 (644)
-SABERTOOTH TWIT 861           7  12  0    38       BATTLING TWITS (53)
 SCHOOLBUS DRIVER 8963         8  13  0    37       HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 CATTY WENCH 9055              2   4  0    22       HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)
-WILAR 9011                    1   0  0    21       LORDS OF PWN (647)
 HANDY DANDY 9061              2   3  1    14       HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)
-WHIMPERING TWIT 971           1   0  0    12       BATTLING TWITS (53)
-TINGO 9057                    2   2  0     8       SERPENTS' HOLD (642)
-CHOWDERHEAD II 970            0   1  0     1       BATTLING TWITS (53)

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
PETER PIPER 9056        1  2 0 RUN DMC 636          HANDY DANDY 9061      738   
BYE 9070                0  1 0 SERPENTS' HOLD 642   THE AMAZON            741  NONE
SCALES 8934            11  6 0 SERPENTS' HOLD 642   STONE GOLEM           741  NONE
SEE YA 9069             0  1 0 SERPENTS' HOLD 642   SPYMASTER             741  NONE

                                     PERSONAL ADS

No!  Three-two, with two of the wins being over standbys, and two of them by the
puling newcomers?  Malign fate indeed!  This is horrible.  We... we might have to
start PRACTICING!  Alleys, here we come (where else would homicidal maniacs
practice?)! -- Schoolbus Driver

And the Low Roaders, curse them, went three-one-one, but at least that was ALL
against standbys.  Closet wimps, or else they're bribing the handicapper for these
standby matches.

Ah, and we congratulate the peculiar but talented Mutant Blowby. -- the Homicidal
Maniacs and the Low Road both

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

SCALES was viciously butchered by STONE GOLEM in a 4 minute Dark Arena fight.
BYE was murdered by THE AMAZON in a 1 minute Dark Arena melee.
SEE YA was murdered by SPYMASTER in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
MUTANT BLOWBY won victory over 2000 YR. OLD MAN in a popular 1 minute master's brawl.
TWO-HEADED FERRET defeated MARY MARY in a 1 minute master's match.
BOBO THE DOG BOY devastated FIANNA QUINN in a 1 minute one-sided Title duel.
DOO-DOO THE CLOWN overpowered MASKED MURDERER II in a 1 minute mismatched brawl.
BOA overpowered DOMESTIC DERVISH in a action packed 1 minute uneven melee.
DARIA ORO was vanquished by BLACK DEVIN in a 1 minute one-sided duel.
SCHOOLBUS DRIVER was vanquished by ARNOLD ZIFFEL in a popular 1 minute one-sided duel.
ETHELBERT POTTS overpowered CAERAN SLAVE in a 1 minute one-sided melee.
BUSTER MARNE overpowered MIME WORSHIPPER in a 5 minute bloody one-sided match.
CATTY WENCH handily defeated CONVICTED THIEF in a 1 minute one-sided contest.
HANDY DANDY was subdued by GESHI SCRIVENER in a 1 minute novice's brawl.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|AIMED BLOW                       6         PARRY-STRIKE       8 -   1 -  1      89  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    5         AIMED BLOW        32 -  23 -  0      58  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  4         BASHING ATTACK    14 -  12 -  1      54  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      2         LUNGING ATTACK    11 -  10 -  1      52  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    1         WALL OF STEEL     25 -  23 -  4      52  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   1         STRIKING ATTACK   15 -  18 -  0      45  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  1         SLASHING ATTACK    6 -  12 -  0      33  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      0         TOTAL PARRY        5 -  11 -  0      31  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     0         PARRY-RIPOSTE      4 -  12 -  0      25  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   0         PARRY-LUNGE        0 -   1 -  0       0  |

Turn 741 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         4 -  2     WALL OF STEEL      2 -  3         4  AIMED BLOW     
STRIKING ATTACK    2 -  2     PARRY-LUNGE        0 -  0         2  STRIKING ATTACK
TOTAL PARRY        1 -  1     PARRY-STRIKE       0 -  0         2  WALL OF STEEL  
                              PARRY-RIPOSTE      0 -  1         1  BASHING ATTACK 
                              LUNGING ATTACK     0 -  1         1  TOTAL PARRY    
                              SLASHING ATTACK    0 -  1         1  SLASHING ATTACK
                              BASHING ATTACK     0 -  0     

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
STRIKING ATTACK  BOBO THE DOG BOY 7229      11   4  0  110 CARNIVAL FREAKS (192)
AIMED BLOW       BOA 8830                   15  14  0   99 SERPENTS' HOLD (642)
TOTAL PARRY      2000 YR. OLD MAN 4521      14   8  0   92 CARNIVAL FREAKS (192)

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
SLASHING ATTACK  FIANNA QUINN 8970          13   7  0   80 LOW ROAD 3 (644)
WALL OF STEEL    ETHELBERT POTTS 9008       10   4  1   59 LOW ROAD 3 (644)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is MASKED MURDERER II 8772.  The most popular warrior 
this turn was SCALES 8934.  The ten other most popular fighters were ARNOLD ZIFFEL 
8814, BOBO THE DOG BOY 7229, BOA 8830, TWO-HEADED FERRET 7193, DOO-DOO THE CLOWN 
7237, ETHELBERT POTTS 9008, 2000 YR. OLD MAN 4521, MARY MARY 8872, FIANNA QUINN 8970, 
and MASKED MURDERER II 8772.

The least popular fighter this week was SCHOOLBUS DRIVER 8963.  The other ten least 
popular fighters were SEE YA 9069, BYE 9070, HANDY DANDY 9061, CATTY WENCH 9055, 
BUSTER MARNE 8956, DARIA ORO 8992, DOMESTIC DERVISH 8943, MASKED MURDERER II 8772, 
FIANNA QUINN 8970, and MARY MARY 8872.

The following warriors have traveled to AD after fighting this turn:

MUTANT BLOWBY (1-5520) GOD SQUAD (376)