DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 01/27/2014    Duedate: 02/08/2014

MORDANT ARENA

DM-1    TURN-746

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

RUN'S HOUSE
RUN DMC (636)
(1-8735) [13-2-1,111]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

RUN'S HOUSE                    POSITION IS EMPTY
RUN DMC (636)                  
(1-8735) [13-2-1,111]          

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

MASKED MURDERER II             MY ADIDAS
HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)        RUN DMC (636)
(1-8772) [13-44-2,86]          (1-8733) [9-0-1,81]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

CARNIVAL FREAKS (192)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. RUN DMC (636)               64
2. CARNIVAL FREAKS (192)       24      CARNIVAL FREAKS (192)
3. HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)      1      Unchartered Team
4. SERPENTS' HOLD (642)         0
5. SWEORDMASTERS (138)          0       (-1)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1- 2 CAT'S MEOW (522)          17   8  0 68.0   1/ 2 CARNIVAL FREAKS (192)     9  3 0
 2/ 1 CARNIVAL FREAKS (192)     88  42  0 67.7   2/ 1 HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)   6  9 0
 3/ 3 LOW ROAD 3 (644)         145 103  4 58.5   3/ 6 RUN DMC (636)             5  4 1
 4/ 4 RUN DMC (636)            115  84  4 57.8   4/ 3 LOW ROAD 3 (644)          4  6 0
 5- 5 SWEORDMASTERS (138)      660 598 74 52.5   5- 4 SWEORDMASTERS (138)       3  0 0
 6/ 6 HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)  689 %1019 18 40.3   6- 5 CAT'S MEOW (522)          1  0 0
 7- 7 SERPENTS' HOLD (642)      45 100  6 31.0   7- 7 SERPENTS' HOLD (642)      0  7 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 745): GRASSCUTTER of SWEORDMASTERS (Mannequin, mgr.)
 DM   2 NIANIA (turn 628): MAUL ON WHEELS of THE RUNAROUND (Howlin' Wolf, mgr.)
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 750): DUDE #1 of FRAT PARTY BLOWOUT (The Anarchist, mgr.)
 DM   4 JHELUM (turn 722): ULTIMATE WRATH of LUROCIANS Z2 (The Greek Guy, mgr.)
 DM   5 KALTOS (turn 746): BLACK DEATH of DUNGEON CELL (One Armed Bandit, mgr.)
 DM   6 TRANSEL (turn 741): BLIND BLAKE of BLACK AND BLUES (Howlin' Wolf, mgr.)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 750): BIG BAD DADDY JR of WESTNMAFIA (?, mgr.)
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 734): HREIDMAR THE RED of VIKINGS (Nomad, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 736): R-1 of NEXT GENERATION (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 735): JUSTIN CREDIBLE of D.R.I. (Var, mgr.)
 DM  36 JHANS (turn 701): ONE TRICK PONY of PORN IN A BARN (Chuck, mgr.)
 DM  38 CLIFFHOME (turn 690): TALKS NONSTOP of BASH BROS CHILDREN (Assurnasirbanipal)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 321): MALICE of DARQUE ANGELS (Master Darque, mgr.)
 DM  42 RODEKI (turn 983): STUD of DEALER'S CHOICE (The Dealer, mgr.)
 DM  51 TRICORUS (turn 634): ATOMIC PUNK of VAN DUEL (Nomad, mgr.)
 DM  54 TROCAR (turn 302): LEVANDAR of TRADERS OF TROCAR (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  59 ILLIS (turn 295): CHAGUA KORBIN of ISLANDERS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  62 VALAMANTIS (turn 579): CLOWN CONFETTI of MAGIC INGREDIENTS (Mannequin, mgr.)
 DM  72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 272): FREELOADER of BASH BROS FRIEND (Assurnasirbanipal)
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 627): ZAKAU of JOHNS (A-Sop, mgr.)

                                      Top Teams
                                      ---------
 DM   1 MORDANT (turn 745): HOMICIDAL MANIACS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   2 NIANIA (turn 628): THE GOLDEN FISH (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 750): GAMES LIBRARY (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   4 JHELUM (turn 722): DEVIATION (Marma Duke, mgr.)
 DM   5 KALTOS (turn 746): IT'S ALL OVER NOW (?, mgr.)
 DM   6 TRANSEL (turn 741): BLACK AND BLUES (Howlin' Wolf, mgr.)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 750): SHEWISH PICNIC (One Armed Bandit, mgr.)
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 734): VIKINGS (Nomad, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 736): HIP HOP HEROES (Howlin' Wolf, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 735): THE CEREAL KILLERS (?, mgr.)
 DM  36 JHANS (turn 701): DEVIATION (Marma Duke, mgr.)
 DM  38 CLIFFHOME (turn 690): BASH BROS CHILDREN (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 321): DARQUE ANGELS (Master Darque, mgr.)
 DM  42 RODEKI (turn 683): DEALER'S CHOICE (The Dealer, mgr.)
 DM  51 TRICORUS (turn 634): DARK HORSEMEN (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  54 TROCAR (turn 302): TRADERS OF TROCAR (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  59 ILLIS (turn 295): BEATRICE (Dante, mgr.)
 DM  62 VALAMANTIS (turn 579): GARBAGE PAIL KIDS (Kharadmon, mgr.)
 DM  72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 272): BB INFOMERICAL (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.)
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 627) PLAY BALL et al (The Dealer, mgr.)

                                   Recent Graduates
                                  -----------------
 DM   4 JHELUM (turn 721): BRAN MAC MORN of DOGS OF WAR (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   6 TRANSEL (turn 741): ELMORE JAMES of BLACK AND BLUES (Howlin' Wolf, mgr.)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 750): BIG BAD DADDY JR of WESTNMAFIA (?, mgr.)
                           BALBOA of SENTINELS (Nomad, mgr.)
                           GUMBERCULES of ADULT SWIM (Buri, mgr.)
               (turn 749): MAULI LAMA of SENTINELS (Nomad, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 736): MC SHAN of HIP HOP HEROES (Howlin' Wolf, mgr.)
                (turn 735): RED ALERT of HIP HOP HEROES (Howlin' Wolf, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 735): JUSTIN CREDIBLE of D.R.I. (Var, mgr.)
                           GEORGE OF THE JUNGLE of TOON INN (Chuck, mgr.)
               (turn 734): WHIRLED PEACE of BEN & JERRY'S (Mannequin, mgr.)
                           CHOCOLATE THERAPY of BEN & JERRY'S (Mannequin, mgr.)
 DM  51 TRICORUS (turn 634): HELPER of VENTURE BROS. (Buri, mgr.)
 DM  72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 272): SERVED of BASH BROS LAWYER (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.)

                                      SPY REPORT

     It is I, Novgorodny Vir, Spymaster of Spymasters.  Look on my work, ye mighty, 
and despair!  Nothing is certain in MORDANT, with changing loyalties, changing 
Duelmasters.  Write this down:  new top team--CARNIVAL FREAKS.  Nothing works for a 
team like victory (How's that for a perceptive observation?) as RUN DMC can attest... 
RUN DMC had cause to celebrate, after JACK B. NIMBLE got 17 points by beating GRALL 
THE DESERTER.  A certain someone should cut down on the drinking and practice more, 
after losing 9 points to MY ADIDAS.  (Discrete enough, DOMESTIC DERVISH?) A certain 
someone saw GRASSCUTTER at Conan's Place with the shakes, and now he fails to show up 
to defend his throne.  What a pathetic slob!  In MORDANT, nothing is permanent 
(except Death), and we find ourselves a new Duelmaster, RUN'S HOUSE.  Word has it one 
team in MORDANT is taking speech lessons to try to bore their opponent to death.  
I'll bet it works.   
     A Zenmaster once told me, 'Does not the spinning wheel turn?  And do not the 
little birds cry out?'  Any ideas?  Like the noble eagle soaring amongst the 
mountaintops, so stand the warriors of SWEORDMASTERS, alone and unchallenged.  As a 
woman of good breeding scorns the "warriors" of CARNIVAL FREAKS, so did that sorry 
team shy from SWEORDMASTERS Everyone is famous for fifteen minutes, and MASKED 
MURDERER II is it right now.  Most challenged warrior.  Isn't HOMICIDAL MANIACS 
proud!  As a confidence booster, DOO-DOO THE CLOWN challenged MARY MARY, down 18 
points.  Do you also slay vicious rodents in your spare time, DOO-DOO THE CLOWN?  
DOO-DOO THE CLOWN bested MARY MARY with a point difference of 18.  So this is what 
MORDANT calls a duel.  This will make an interesting tale.  Willing to win at any 
cost is TWO-HEADED FERRET, who challenged MASKED MURDERER II, 12 points junior.  Our 
sympathies, MASKED MURDERER II!  I thought TWO-HEADED FERRET showed great skill and 
promise when he beat MASKED MURDERER II.  All right, so I slept through it!  Big 
deal!   
     Ah, the duel!  The roar of the oppenent, the smell of the crowd!  Questions are 
being raised about the disposing of severed body parts in the arena.  A certain 
tavern in MORDANT would I avoid!   
     Do not think spyreporting in MORDANT is the highlight of my life.  More 
important duties call me.  Do not despair!  I shall return!-- Novgorodny Vir  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 RUN'S HOUSE 8735             13   2  1   111       RUN DMC (636)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-GRASSCUTTER 8750             15   0  2   243       SWEORDMASTERS (138)
 TWO-HEADED FERRET 7193       14   3  0   110       CARNIVAL FREAKS (192)
-WYRTHA 8944                   7   1  0   103       SWEORDMASTERS (138)
 BOBO THE DOG BOY 7229        13   6  0   102       CARNIVAL FREAKS (192)
-ABYSSINIAN 7043              10   2  0   102       CAT'S MEOW (522)
 DOO-DOO THE CLOWN 7237       13   4  0    99       CARNIVAL FREAKS (192)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 FIANNA QUINN 8970            16   9  0    88       LOW ROAD 3 (644)
 MASKED MURDERER II 8772      13  44  2    86       HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)
 MY ADIDAS 8733                9   0  1    81       RUN DMC (636)
 MARY MARY 8872               17  25  0    76       RUN DMC (636)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 ETHELBERT POTTS 9008         13   6  1    66       LOW ROAD 3 (644)
 DOMESTIC DERVISH 8943        15  20  0    65       HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)
-PAXTON 8993                   3   0  0    64       CAT'S MEOW (522)
 CATTY WENCH 9055              7   4  0    63       HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)
-RAGDOLL 7039                  4   3  0    57       CAT'S MEOW (522)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SCHOOLBUS DRIVER 8963        11  15  0    54       HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 BUSTER MARNE 8956             8  20  1    45       LOW ROAD 3 (644)
-HRUNTLING 8994                3   0  0    36       SWEORDMASTERS (138)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 HANDY DANDY 9061              5   5  1    27       HOMICIDAL MANIACS (121)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-ELLENGAEST 9040               5   1  0    23       SWEORDMASTERS (138)
-PRAETTIG 9041                 4   2  0    23       SWEORDMASTERS (138)
 JACK B. NIMBLE 9078           1   0  0    17       RUN DMC (636)
 KING OF ROCK 9067             1   0  0    17       RUN DMC (636)
-TINGO 9057                    2   2  0     8       SERPENTS' HOLD (642)

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
CARNIVAL FREAK 9082     0  1 0 CARNIVAL FREAKS 192  UNDEAD WARRIOR        746  NONE
DAISY DUKE 4292         5  4 0 CARNIVAL FREAKS 192  THE AMAZON            746  NONE
DARIA ORO 8992         10 10 0 LOW ROAD 3 644       MY ADIDAS 8733        744   

                                     PERSONAL ADS

We're courting disaster here!  I don't remember which one, but ONE of the spy
reporters, and maybe MORE, said that if over half the fights in the city (not
counting the Dark Arena) were against standbys, the city is on the very BRINK of
perishing.  Of course, spy reporters are noted for their lapses, and he didn't say
that only the fights in the arena count in that tally, but seriously, do you think
the standbys don't fight outside the arena, too? -- Schoolbus Driver
P.S.  We went two-three, but that was better than those Low Roaders.  Sure, they went
two-one, but they ALL fought standbys.  WE had a REAL defeat over a REAL gladiator.
If that ferret IS a real gladiator.

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

DAISY DUKE was viciously butchered by THE AMAZON in a 3 minute Dark Arena fight.
CARNIVAL FREAK was slaughtered by UNDEAD WARRIOR in a 1 minute Dark Arena battle.
DOO-DOO THE CLOWN demolished MARY MARY in a 1 minute uneven Challenge fight.
TWO-HEADED FERRET devastated MASKED MURDERER II in a 1 minute Challenge fight.
MY ADIDAS devastated DOMESTIC DERVISH in a popular 1 minute uneven Challenge brawl.
FIANNA QUINN was overpowered by RUN'S HOUSE in a 1 minute mismatched Title brawl.
BOBO THE DOG BOY overpowered ETHELBERT POTTS in a 1 minute gruesome uneven melee.
CATTY WENCH vanquished BLACK DEVIN in a action packed 1 minute one-sided duel.
SCHOOLBUS DRIVER won victory over BLACK DEVIN in a popular 1 minute fight.
BUSTER MARNE was outlasted by GRUNESH THE ORC in a popular 9 minute one-sided melee.
HANDY DANDY was demolished by BLACK DEVIN in a 1 minute mismatched competition.
JACK B. NIMBLE bested GRALL THE DESERTER in a 3 minute battle.
KING OF ROCK 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                       4         PARRY-STRIKE       5 -   0 -  1     100  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  4         BASHING ATTACK     6 -   3 -  0      67  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    4         WALL OF STEEL     30 -  19 -  2      61  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    2         AIMED BLOW        25 -  19 -  0      57  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     1         PARRY-RIPOSTE      7 -   7 -  0      50  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   1         TOTAL PARRY        8 -  10 -  0      44  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  1         STRIKING ATTACK    9 -  18 -  1      33  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      1         SLASHING ATTACK    6 -  13 -  0      32  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      0         LUNGING ATTACK     4 -   9 -  0      31  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   0         PARRY-LUNGE        0 -   0 -  0       0  |

Turn 746 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     WALL OF STEEL      1 -  3         4  AIMED BLOW     
BASHING ATTACK     1 -  0     PARRY-LUNGE        0 -  0         4  STRIKING ATTACK
AIMED BLOW         3 -  1     LUNGING ATTACK     0 -  0         1  BASHING ATTACK 
PARRY-RIPOSTE      1 -  1     SLASHING ATTACK    0 -  1         1  LUNGING ATTACK 
STRIKING ATTACK    2 -  2     TOTAL PARRY        0 -  1         1  SLASHING ATTACK

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
BASHING ATTACK   RUN'S HOUSE 8735           13   2  1  111 RUN DMC (636)
AIMED BLOW       TWO-HEADED FERRET 7193     14   3  0  110 CARNIVAL FREAKS (192)
STRIKING ATTACK  BOBO THE DOG BOY 7229      13   6  0  102 CARNIVAL FREAKS (192)
SLASHING ATTACK  FIANNA QUINN 8970          16   9  0   88 LOW ROAD 3 (644)
WALL OF STEEL    ETHELBERT POTTS 9008       13   6  1   66 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 MY ADIDAS 8733.  The ten other most popular fighters were TWO-HEADED 
FERRET 7193, JACK B. NIMBLE 9078, DOO-DOO THE CLOWN 7237, RUN'S HOUSE 8735, BOBO THE 
DOG BOY 7229, CATTY WENCH 9055, SCHOOLBUS DRIVER 8963, DAISY DUKE 4292, KING OF ROCK 
9067, and MARY MARY 8872.

The least popular fighter this week was BUSTER MARNE 8956.  The other ten least 
popular fighters were ETHELBERT POTTS 9008, FIANNA QUINN 8970, CARNIVAL FREAK 9082, 
HANDY DANDY 9061, DOMESTIC DERVISH 8943, MASKED MURDERER II 8772, MARY MARY 8872, 
KING OF ROCK 9067, DAISY DUKE 4292, and SCHOOLBUS DRIVER 8963.

The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn:

GRASSCUTTER (1-8750) SWEORDMASTERS (138)