DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 11/05/2007    Duedate: 11/17/2007

NIANIA ARENA

DM-2    TURN-466

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

PAUL ATREIDES
MASTERS OF SAND (636)
(2-5393) [10-6-0,111]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

PAUL ATREIDES                  SCURVY LAD
MASTERS OF SAND (636)          SEA DOGS (633)
(2-5393) [10-6-0,111]          (2-5366) [7-2-0,81]

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

KORONEDUS                      SCURVY LAD
THE GOLDEN FISH (147)          SEA DOGS (633)
(2-5430) [13-12-0,51]          (2-5366) [7-2-0,81]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

THE GOLDEN FISH (147)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. MEDAL OF HONOR A1 (646)     33
2. SWEETS (643)                14      TEAM HAVOK (645)
3. MASTERS OF SAND (636)       14      Unchartered Team
4. TEAM HAVOK (645)             9
5. SEA DOGS (633)               3      SEA DOGS (633)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1- 1 OUT THE WINDOW (630)      19  13  2 59.4   1/ 1 THE GOLDEN FISH (147)     9  6 0
 2/ 2 TEAM HAVOK (645)          42  31  4 57.5   2/ 5 MASTERS OF SAND (636)     5  1 0
 3/ 3 MEDAL OF HONOR A1 (646)   18  14  1 56.3   3/ 3 MEDAL OF HONOR A1 (646)   5  3 0
 4/ 4 MASTERS OF SAND (636)     27  25  0 51.9   4/ 2 SWEETS (643)              4  5 0
 5/ 6*SEA DOGS (633)             7   8  0 46.7   5/ 6 TEAM HAVOK (645)          3 10 0
 6/ 5 THE GOLDEN FISH (147)    561 692 20 44.8   6- 4 OUT THE WINDOW (630)      2  0 1
 7/ 7 SWEETS (643)              11  18  1 37.9   7/ 7*SEA DOGS (633)            1  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 583): MAKESHIFT ANCHOR of SEA DOGS (One-Armed Bandit, mgr.)
 DM   2 NIANIA (turn 465): PAUL ATREIDES of MASTERS OF SAND (Visionist, mgr.)
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 591): KORNIC BLAZE of GREEN WITH ENVY (Misfit, mgr.)
 DM   4 JHELUM (turn 587): M1A1 of TANKS FOR NOTHIN' (Master Beru, mgr.)
 DM   5 KALTOS (turn 586): BOMBETTE of PAPER MARIO (Luigi, mgr.)
 DM   6 TRANSEL (turn 590): HOFFA of THE LADY'S LIST (A-Sop, mgr.)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 587): FATALITY of BRUTAL LEGION (Seraphim, mgr.)
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 582): PERSEA QUELL of THE MOONDOGS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 573): PROGIDY, DAMMIT! of CENTER FOR OLDS (Suave, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 572): PARROT KEEPER of SEA DOGS (One-Armed Bandit, mgr.)
 DM  36 JHANS (turn 546): PEG LEG of SEA DOGS (One-Armed Bandit, mgr.)
 DM  38 CLIFFHOME (turn 536): SCROD BOY of INQUISITION CLONES (LHI, mgr.)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 239): SMIRK of CHEAP SHOTS (Cheap Shots Manager, mgr.)
 DM  42 RODEKI (turn 523): CELIE SHATTERSTONE of DELVERS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  51 TRICORUS (turn 472): JACINTHE of AMAZON ELITE (Doc Miracle, mgr.)
 DM  54 TROCAR (turn 226): PENELOTHE of TRADERS OF TROCAR (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  59 ILLIS (turn 214): DERELICT of ALL-STAR NANA'S (The Mun, mgr.)
 DM  62 VALAMANTIS (turn 421): DARTH NIKILUS of RANDOM SITH (Carnage, mgr.)
 DM  72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 191): PORKY PIG of MEAT YOUR MAKER (Crip, mgr.)
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 465): THE CUTICLE DANCE of DON'T ASK (TUM, mgr.)

                                      Top Teams
                                      ---------
 DM   1 MORDANT (turn 583): SEA DOGS (One-Armed Bandit, mgr.)
 DM   2 NIANIA (turn 465): THE GOLDEN FISH (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 591): OUR HIGHEST HONORS (The Anarchist, mgr.)
 DM   4 JHELUM (turn 587): TANKS FOR NOTHIN' (Master Beru, mgr.)
 DM   5 KALTOS (turn 586): THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   6 TRANSEL (turn 590): KREWE OF DRUID (The Druid, mgr.)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 587): SENTINELS (Nomad, mgr.)
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 582): THE MOONDOGS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 573): CENTER FOR OLDS (Suave, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 572): NOMADIC TRIBE (Nomad, mgr.)
 DM  36 JHANS (turn 546): ENGINES 'O' DEATH (?, mgr.)
 DM  38 CLIFFHOME (turn 538): JINDA-BAN (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 239): THE MIDDLE WAY (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  42 RODEKI (turn 523): COLOR ME SUAVE (Suave, mgr.)
 DM  51 TRICORUS (turn 472): DARK HORSEMEN (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  54 TROCAR (turn 225): TRADERS OF TROCAR (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  59 ILLIS (turn 214): ISLANDERS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  62 VALAMANTIS (turn 421): RANDOM SITH (Carnage, mgr.)
 DM  72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 191): QUARTERFLASH (Brewmaster, mgr.)
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 465) TWISTED SESAME (Doc Steele, mgr.)

                                   Recent Graduates
                                  -----------------
 DM   1 MORDANT (turn 583): LARRY KING of DEATH'S DOOR (Otis the Drunk, mgr.)
                            COMICUS of ROMAN EMPIRE (Otis the Drunk, mgr.)
                (turn 582): ZIMA of LIVE FROM MOSCOW! (Huckle Cat, mgr.)
 DM   4 JHELUM (turn 587): M1A1 of TANKS FOR NOTHIN' (Master Beru, mgr.)
                           LEOPARD of TANKS FOR NOTHIN' (Master Beru, mgr.)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 586): SANDY SHORE of BEACH BABES (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 571): DR. DREAM of NOMADIC TRIBE (Nomad, mgr.)
                           BLACK TIGER of NOMADIC TRIBE (Nomad, mgr.)
 DM  38 CLIFFHOME (turn 535): RIQUETTIE of JINDA-BAN (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  51 TRICORUS (turn 471): DARK SWEET TREAT of BLACK CONVENTICLE (?, mgr.)
 DM  54 TROCAR (turn 226): PENELOTHE of TRADERS OF TROCAR (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  62 VALAMANTIS (turn 421): DARTH NIKILUS of RANDOM SITH (Carnage, mgr.)

                                      SPY REPORT

     Greetings, warriors of NIANIA!  Once again I've been called out of retirement 
for my abilities and insights into Spyreporting.  Up 'n down.  Up 'n down.  Rankings 
always change.  Up 'n down.  I think I'm gonna be...  Well, MASTERS OF SAND's 2nd 
moved them up to 2-0-0 place.  What's with EDWARD O'HARE?  He actually beat THE 
GOLDEN FISH's KORONEDUS, and walked away with 19 more points from the fight.  Major 
screwup at THE GOLDEN FISH.  DOLOVOR lost 10 points to DANGEROUS CRIMINAL.  Some new 
strategies, perhaps?  Maybe DOLOVOR will provide more easy wins...  VETERAN MERCENARY 
was reminded on the sands why PAUL ATREIDES is Duelmaster.  Advice to fighters with a 
1 will--give up fighting!   
     If at first you don't succeed, avoid.  That'll get you in the Spyreports.  The 
most avoided team was THE GOLDEN FISH.  The bums at TEAM HAVOK couldn't face the 
challenges from THE GOLDEN FISH!  No excuse for that!  What do people see in SCURVY 
LAD?  His 7-2-0?  SEA DOGS ain't talkin', but he's got 81 points.  KEY LIME didn't 
quite know what to make of a challenge it received from HAND OF HELL of TEAM HAVOK, 
who is 20 points below it.  HAND OF HELL perhaps got his just desserts, seeing as he 
was beat by KEY LIME and ended up with 39 recognition points.   
     There have been some calls to lengthen the time limit.  Do you want the fighters 
to walk away, or not?  Sending a warrior to the Dark Arena reminds the others they'd 
better shape up.  Tough beans, IRON GYPSY.  That's what a 8-6-0 gets you.  Is it my 
imagination, or are fighters getting younger every day?  To die so young, so 
gloriously!   
     Many other cities have retirement homes for aged warriors.  Any plans here?  Are 
you as tired of reading this as I am of writing it?  Actually, I guess I'm writing it 
before you read it.  Oh, well.  Time for my medication, so I'll leave now.  Practice, 
practice, practice!-- Olaf Modeen  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 PAUL ATREIDES 5393           10   6  0   111       MASTERS OF SAND (636)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 PITER DEVRIES 5392           10   6  0    91       MASTERS OF SAND (636)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-4 BRIDGES 5347                9   6  0    87       OUT THE WINDOW (630)
 SCURVY LAD 5366               7   2  0    81       SEA DOGS (633)
 KEY LIME 5444                 6   3  0    69       SWEETS (643)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-EJ DOME 5351                  5   0  2    66       OUT THE WINDOW (630)
 HAND OF GOD 5466              6   4  0    60       TEAM HAVOK (645)
 EDWARD O'HARE 5461            7   4  0    59       MEDAL OF HONOR A1 (646)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SAROVOND 5483                 6   3  1    53       THE GOLDEN FISH (147)
 KORONEDUS 5430               13  12  0    51       THE GOLDEN FISH (147)
 DOLOVOR 5484                  6   3  0    40       THE GOLDEN FISH (147)
 HAND OF HELL 5456             7   8  1    39       TEAM HAVOK (645)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 YUKIO OKUTSU 5460             5   6  1    33       MEDAL OF HONOR A1 (646)
 HAROLUE 5464                  6   7  1    26       THE GOLDEN FISH (147)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 GALLORDIN 5486                3   3  0    21       THE GOLDEN FISH (147)
-COTTON CANDY 5491             1   1  0    16       SWEETS (643)
 PECAN PIE 5495                0   1  0     7       SWEETS (643)
 PAINKILLER 5498               1   0  0     6       TEAM HAVOK (645)
 GENDER BENDER 5497            1   0  0     5       TEAM HAVOK (645)
 LEMON TART 5496               0   1  0     1       SWEETS (643)

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

THE DEAD               W  L K TEAM NAME             SLAIN BY             TURN Revenge?
IRON GYPSY 5454        8  7 0 TEAM HAVOK 645        MOUNTAIN TROLL 18     466 NONE    
VENDETTA 5455         10  3 1 TEAM HAVOK 645        EJ DOME 5351          464         

                                     PERSONAL ADS

Cotton Candy -- Euwh!  Just being around you makes my teeth hurt, and I don't even
HAVE teeth.  Well, if I'm a Fish, I don't have teeth.  But since they hurt, maybe I'm
not a Fish after all.  (pause for reflection)  Since I'm not wearing some kind of
"breathing out of water" mask, I guess I must not be a Fish.  Odd, but probably just
as well.  I sometimes like to EAT fish, and I wouldn't want to discover myself to be
a cannibal! -- Gallordin
P.S.  The retrograde motion of the sun last night (okay, I couldn't see it, but I
*know* it happened) has left me all confused.

A Fratsfa Slave?  Bah. -- Dolovor
P.S.  And humbug, also.

Hand of Hell -- Just keep your hand off me, buster!  I want NOTHING to do with stuff
like that. -- Koronedus
P.S.  Wait...it says here, on our roster, you know, that you're Convincian, BUT, on
the fight it indicates that we are the same race, and I'm Karragit!  What is this,
you've changed races on us?  If so...great!  To be Karragit in the swamp is of deep
survival value.  There will come a time, and not so long from now, either, when all
the waters of the world will rise up, and there'll be no land LEFT except swamp and a
few rocky mountain-top islands.  Then we Karragit will come into our own.
P.P.S.  Properly speaking, all the world is our own.  These humans are johnny-come-
latelies, barely five thousand years in the world.  A mere nothing.  And besides, the
only reason they ARE here is that they ruined the world they had.  Nasty, destructive
creatures.  We should kill them all.

Oh, dear, the Ambitious Guard.  His life isn't actually WORTHLESS, but there are
times in the arena when it seems so. -- Sarovond
P.S.  Okay, not this time, since he taught me four skills.  But often enough.

Yukio Okutsu -- Why should I lie?  I *was* laughing at you.  Live with it. -- Harolue
P.S.  But thanks for the skills anyway.

Whoa!  Our races seem to be all scrambled!  This is...it's worse than an input error!
-- Jorja, The Golden Fish

Spiritual Pain -- I enjoyed that. -- a passing Bandit Prince

Piter Devries -- You've got work to do there, boy. -- Korvoskol Turo, Veteran
Mercenary

Dolovor -- That was unnecessary.  A simple reprimand would have been sufficient. --
Jenj, Fratsfa Slave

Sarovond -- I was hoping that while the Commission had you all confused, I might
sneak out a win.  Guess not. -- Moro Salleshi, Guardsman First Class

23 October 2007
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                   *****                              *******
                   ***** STORMCROWE SLAUGHTERHOUSE 3  *******
                   *****                              *******
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9 TEAM (18 MANAGERS) have declared for the STORMCROWE SLAUGHTERHOUSE 3!!!  There is
still time for you to join in on the competition.  The carnage begins TURN 263!!!!

ALL YOU NEED TO DO TO JOIN:

*Find a Partner

*Declare your intentions in the Stormcrowe newsletter to enter before the first turn 
of the contest.  You may also email or diplo Master Darque.

*Each manager entering the Stormcrowe Slaughterhouse must submit one (1) Team Roll-Up
Certificate.  Only certificates will be accepted for entry.  All certificates
submitted will be used during the course of the contest as prizes.

*RU certificates must be received on or before the first turn of the contest which is
Stormcrowe Turn 263 (running approximately December 4, 2007).

RULES and SCORING

Rules and Scoring information for the Slaughterhouse will be posted every turn in the
Stormcrowe newsletter beginning with Turn 260 and in a final all arena ad in
November.

PRIZES

ENDURANCE AWARD:  One (1) +1 Bonus Potion will be given to every team that competes
in 60 of the 65 contest fights.

KILL MASTER AWARD:  The individual manager with the most kills will receive a Limited
Immortality Potion.  This potion may be applied to one (1) warrior.  He/she will be
resurrected ONE-TIME if they are killed in Basic D2.

TOP TEAM AWARD:  Each manager on the winning team will receive the following prize
pack for their Slaughterhouse Dominance:

*One (1) +1 Bonus Potion
*Favorites Knowledge for one (1) Warrior
*Undisclosed amount of Team RU Certificates

Special note from RSI on prizes:  All contest prizes must be used within three
months.  All contest prizes may only be used on a living warrior on the participating
contest team in DM 45.  The immortality potion may resurrect a warrior one time,
after a death in DM 45 only, after which time the potion disappears.

NEED MORE INFORMATION

Rules questions and clarifications may be directed to Master Darque the contest
coordinator.  He may be reached by email at rebelnerfherder at yahoo dot com or by
diplo in DM 45 (Darque Forces-428).

3 November 2007
If you need to send an email to RSI, please send it to CSR (at) reality.com.  Using
any other address makes it all but impossible that you'll receive a response. -- RSI

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

IRON GYPSY was viciously butchered by MOUNTAIN TROLL in a 3 minute Dark Arena fight.
HAND OF GOD lost to SCURVY LAD in a 2 minute Challenge battle.
HAND OF HELL was handily defeated by KEY LIME in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge match.
PAUL ATREIDES devastated VETERAN MERCENARY in a 1 minute one-sided Title contest.
PITER DEVRIES overpowered INSURANCE SALESMAN in a 2 minute bloody mismatched match.
SAROVOND vanquished AMBITIOUS GUARD in a 1 minute brutal mismatched fight.
EDWARD O'HARE devastated KORONEDUS in a action packed 1 minute one-sided competition.
DOLOVOR was vanquished by DANGEROUS CRIMINAL in a 1 minute uneven duel.
HAROLUE was vanquished by YUKIO OKUTSU in a 1 minute uneven fight.
GALLORDIN won victory over EMBEZZLING SCRIBE in a 2 minute fight.
PECAN PIE was defeated by PAINKILLER in a 2 minute beginner's match.
LEMON TART was beaten by GENDER BENDER in a 4 minute novice's fight.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|LUNGING ATTACK                   8         PARRY-RIPOSTE      4 -   1 -  0      80  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  4         AIMED BLOW         6 -   2 -  1      75  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     2         STRIKING ATTACK    4 -   2 -  2      67  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      2         WALL OF STEEL      4 -   3 -  0      57  |
|AIMED BLOW                       1         LUNGING ATTACK    32 -  26 -  2      55  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    1         SLASHING ATTACK   27 -  23 -  2      54  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      0         TOTAL PARRY        4 -   6 -  0      40  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  0         PARRY-STRIKE       6 -  10 -  0      38  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   0         BASHING ATTACK     2 -   8 -  1      20  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    0         PARRY-LUNGE        0 -   0 -  0       0  |

Turn 466 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         1 -  0     SLASHING ATTACK    1 -  3         4  LUNGING ATTACK 
PARRY-RIPOSTE      1 -  0     PARRY-LUNGE        0 -  0         2  SLASHING ATTACK
LUNGING ATTACK     5 -  3     STRIKING ATTACK    0 -  0         1  AIMED BLOW     
PARRY-STRIKE       1 -  1     BASHING ATTACK     0 -  0         1  PARRY-RIPOSTE  
TOTAL PARRY        1 -  1     WALL OF STEEL      0 -  0         1  WALL OF STEEL  
                                                                1  STRIKING ATTACK
                                                                1  PARRY-STRIKE   

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
AIMED BLOW       PAUL ATREIDES 5393         10   6  0  111 MASTERS OF SAND (636)
PARRY-RIPOSTE    PITER DEVRIES 5392         10   6  0   91 MASTERS OF SAND (636)
LUNGING ATTACK   SCURVY LAD 5366             7   2  0   81 SEA DOGS (633)
SLASHING ATTACK  HAND OF GOD 5466            6   4  0   60 TEAM HAVOK (645)
PARRY-STRIKE     KORONEDUS 5430             13  12  0   51 THE GOLDEN FISH (147)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is KORONEDUS 5430.  The most popular warrior this turn 
was SCURVY LAD 5366.  The ten other most popular fighters were PITER DEVRIES 5392, 
LEMON TART 5496, KEY LIME 5444, EDWARD O'HARE 5461, GALLORDIN 5486, PAINKILLER 5498, 
IRON GYPSY 5454, HAND OF GOD 5466, PAUL ATREIDES 5393, and SAROVOND 5483.

The least popular fighter this week was GENDER BENDER 5497.  The other ten least 
popular fighters were HAROLUE 5464, DOLOVOR 5484, HAND OF HELL 5456, PECAN PIE 5495, 
KORONEDUS 5430, YUKIO OKUTSU 5460, SAROVOND 5483, PAUL ATREIDES 5393, HAND OF GOD 
5466, and IRON GYPSY 5454.