DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 12/31/2007    Duedate: 01/12/2008

NIANIA ARENA

DM-2    TURN-470

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

PITER DEVRIES
MASTERS OF SAND (636)
(2-5392) [13-7-0,100]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

PITER DEVRIES                  EFREETI
MASTERS OF SAND (636)          THE SUMMONING (641)
(2-5392) [13-7-0,100]          (2-5425) [3-0-0,39]

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

KORONEDUS                      HAROLD MOON
THE GOLDEN FISH (147)          MEDAL OF HONOR A1 (646)
(2-5430) [16-13-0,66]          (2-5500) [1-2-0,21]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

THE GOLDEN FISH (147)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. THE GOLDEN FISH (147)       22
2. THE SUMMONING (641)         20      OUT THE WINDOW (630)
3. MASTERS OF SAND (636)       19      Unchartered Team
4. MEDAL OF HONOR A1 (646)     12
5. OUT THE WINDOW (630)         2      THE SUMMONING (641)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 0*THE SUMMONING (641)        3   0  0  100   1/ 1 THE GOLDEN FISH (147)    10  5 0
 2/ 1 OUT THE WINDOW (630)      22  15  2 59.5   2/ 2 SWEETS (643)              7  4 0
 3/ 3 MEDAL OF HONOR A1 (646)   24  19  1 55.8   3/ 5 MEDAL OF HONOR A1 (646)   4  5 0
 4/ 4 MASTERS OF SAND (636)     32  26  0 55.2   4/ 3 TEAM HAVOK (645)          4 11 1
 5/ 2 TEAM HAVOK (645)          49  44  5 52.7   5/ 4 MASTERS OF SAND (636)     3  1 0
 6/ 5 THE GOLDEN FISH (147)    572 701 20 44.9   6/ 6 OUT THE WINDOW (630)      3  2 0
 7/ 6 SWEETS (643)              19  26  2 42.2   7/ 0*THE SUMMONING (641)       1  0 0

    '*'   Unchartered team                       '-'  Team did not fight this turn
   (###)  Avoid teams by their Team Id          ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank

                                      SPY REPORT

     Oh, hi.  Its just little 'ol Debby Tonte.  Thought I'd check out NIANIA to see 
what's new.  MVP award for EFREETI?  THE SUMMONING's proud of him after beating 
GALLORDIN and getting 20 points.  Talk about yer big time losers!  HAROLUE got 
smashed by CAPTURED ORC, and lost 7 points!  And I was just getting used to the 
ex-Duelmaster's habit of...(!)  Oh well, welcome PITER DEVRIES.  Aren't MASTERS OF 
SAND proud.  (Oh, my.) I hear the top team insists all their warriors get nine hours 
sleep.  They want photogenic fighters for PR photos.   
     So just why would someone becomes a warrior anyway?  It can't be for these 
really neat Spyreports can it?  SWEETS was NIANIA's most avoided team.  Is there some 
award for that?  Hhmph!  What kind of warriors are TEAM HAVOK?  SWEETS, an easy team 
to beat if I ever saw one, can't get them to accept an invitation!  Can OUT THE 
WINDOW's 4 BRIDGES be more popular than me?  He was challenged the most, but is that 
really the same?  For sure, I was holding my breath when I found out HAND OF HELL 
challenged KORONEDUS.  After all, haven't TEAM HAVOK and THE GOLDEN FISH had a long 
standing duel in NIANIA?  It wasn't a spectacular fight, or anything, but KORONEDUS 
wants me to write about it since he defeated HAND OF HELL.  Satisfied?   
     Challenges, revenges, Bloodfeuds.  All NIANIA ever talks about is fighting!  Me, 
I'm more laid back.  Hey you guys, don't you think your families would like to hear 
from you?  Write!  (Or have someone write for you.)  
     Remember, blood on a purple robe may stain.  Soak it in cold water, and hand 
wash.  I know how much you like reading this stuff, but I really should stop.  Its 
been really albendranius!  Later, guys-- Debby Tonte  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 PITER DEVRIES 5392           13   7  0   100       MASTERS OF SAND (636)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 4 BRIDGES 5347               11   7  0    87       OUT THE WINDOW (630)
 EDWARD O'HARE 5461           10   5  0    87       MEDAL OF HONOR A1 (646)
 DOLOVOR 5484                 10   3  0    76       THE GOLDEN FISH (147)
-KEY LIME 5444                 7   5  0    74       SWEETS (643)
-EJ DOME 5351                  6   1  2    71       OUT THE WINDOW (630)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 KORONEDUS 5430               16  13  0    66       THE GOLDEN FISH (147)
 HAND OF GOD 5466              7   7  0    66       TEAM HAVOK (645)
 SAROVOND 5483                 8   5  1    58       THE GOLDEN FISH (147)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 PECAN PIE 5495                4   1  1    46       SWEETS (643)
 YUKIO OKUTSU 5460             7   8  1    39       MEDAL OF HONOR A1 (646)
 EFREETI 5425                  3   0  0    39       THE SUMMONING (641)
 HAROLUE 5464                  8   9  1    38       THE GOLDEN FISH (147)
 HAND OF HELL 5456             7  12  1    38       TEAM HAVOK (645)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 DIVINE ASSASSIN 5499          3   1  1    27       TEAM HAVOK (645)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 HAROLD MOON 5500              1   2  0    21       MEDAL OF HONOR A1 (646)
 GALLORDIN 5486                3   7  0    16       THE GOLDEN FISH (147)
 GENDER BENDER 5497            4   1  0    13       TEAM HAVOK (645)
 JELLY DONUT 5503              1   1  0     4       SWEETS (643)
 FATAL ANGEL II 5501           0   3  0     4       TEAM HAVOK (645)

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
COTTON CANDY 5491       3  3 0 SWEETS 643           WURM KIN              470  NONE
PAINKILLER 5498         1  1 0 TEAM HAVOK 645       PECAN PIE 5495        467   

                                     PERSONAL ADS

Cotton Candy -- Wait, let me get the checklist here.  Hmmm (flip, flip, shuffle)
Right, here we are.  Cotton Candy?  Yes, already fought her once, she's on the list,
a nice round little Convincian (Not really, right?  You just look kinda like one, all
fresh-faced and dewy.).  Okay, I consult the notes, which are damned skimpy, who
wrote this stuff?  Oh, it was me.  (blushing)  I didn't mean to be that rude, well,
okay, I probably did, THEN, but now I don't feel that rude.  Probably because I've 
just BEEN to the dentist and the Novocaine hasn't worn off yet.  Er, Novocaine,
that's the name of the hammer he hits his patients with so they won't notice the
pain.  So, um, where was I?  Oh, right, working up the nerve to turn the fight over
and find out who won.  Well, darn, you did.  But I was still feeling no pain, so it's
okay.  Go wreck somebody else's teeth, woman. -- Gallordin

Yukio Okutsu -- I don't know what it is about your human languages, but they seem to
lead me to the making of inappropriate puns.  Such as wanting to say, "Yukio, I cuts
you," or something equally tactless.  After all, you can't help being human. --
Sarovond

Ah, the Fratsfa Slave.  I suppose I should feel pity, or compassion, or something
like that, but I don't.  Humans have used us badly enough over the centuries, worse
than they use each other.  As they sowed, let 'em reap. -- Koronedus

Oh, HO!  I beat the Dangerous Criminal.  That isn't easy, he's truly dangerous, but I
defeated him.  Gotta love it. -- Dolovor the victorious

I do believe the Userous Merchant had me confused with somebody else.  I don't owe
him a penny, nor any interest on that non-existant balance.  So there. -- Harolue

Divine Assassin -- Though your name might seem to YOU to make all right, we object to
the heartless slaying of one of our members.  If you must do it again, try to put a
little heart into it. -- Telpino, Chief Beggar of Niania

Harolue -- Ah, ahem, sorry.  I mistook you for somebody else.  An Abysmal who has
apparently disappeared from this town owing me money, the cad! -- Sedmon Var,
Merchant and Moneylender

Dolovor -- At least it wasn't one-sided.  You had to work for it, kid, and, I gotta
say, you didn't do so badly. -- Red Barkol, Dangerous Freetrader
P.S.  Gods, I must be getting soft in my old age!

Kornonedus -- (cringe, grovel)  -- Jenj, Mostly-Fratsfan Slave

4 Bridges -- One bridge, even two, I could have handled.  Four is too much for me, as
I need at least one foot to stand on. -- Geroge Krag, Master of Unarmed Combat

Ej Dome -- It was all skill, no luck about it. -- Gobiann Strongaxe, Dwarf of
Khalhums

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

COTTON CANDY was butchered by WURM KIN in a crowd pleasing 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
FATAL ANGEL II was demolished by PECAN PIE in a 1 minute one-sided Bloodfeud melee.
HAND OF GOD was defeated by 4 BRIDGES in a 2 minute Challenge duel.
HAND OF HELL was devastated by KORONEDUS in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge contest.
DIVINE ASSASSIN was demolished by SAROVOND in a 1 minute Challenge competition.
GENDER BENDER was vanquished by YUKIO OKUTSU in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge fight.
EDWARD O'HARE was beaten by PITER DEVRIES in a 2 minute Title brawl.
DOLOVOR handily defeated KUNG-FU MASTER in a action packed 1 minute uneven fight.
HAROLUE lost to CAPTURED ORC in a 2 minute gruesome expert vs. novice upset duel.
GALLORDIN was vanquished by EFREETI in a 1 minute one-sided fight.
HAROLD MOON overpowered JELLY DONUT in a popular 2 minute brutal one-sided melee.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|LUNGING ATTACK                   6         AIMED BLOW         8 -   2 -  1      80  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  5         PARRY-RIPOSTE      7 -   2 -  0      78  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  2         WALL OF STEEL      5 -   3 -  0      63  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     2         STRIKING ATTACK    7 -   6 -  2      54  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    1         LUNGING ATTACK    35 -  30 -  1      54  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    1         TOTAL PARRY        5 -   5 -  0      50  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   1         SLASHING ATTACK   22 -  25 -  2      47  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      1         PARRY-STRIKE       8 -  12 -  0      40  |
|AIMED BLOW                       0         BASHING ATTACK     3 -   8 -  1      27  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      0         PARRY-LUNGE        0 -   0 -  0       0  |

Turn 470 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-RIPOSTE      1 -  0     SLASHING ATTACK    2 -  3         4  LUNGING ATTACK 
STRIKING ATTACK    2 -  0     LUNGING ATTACK     2 -  4         3  SLASHING ATTACK
WALL OF STEEL      1 -  0     AIMED BLOW         0 -  0         1  PARRY-RIPOSTE  
PARRY-STRIKE       1 -  1     PARRY-LUNGE        0 -  0         1  WALL OF STEEL  
                              BASHING ATTACK     0 -  1         1  STRIKING ATTACK
                              TOTAL PARRY        0 -  1         1  PARRY-STRIKE   

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
PARRY-RIPOSTE    PITER DEVRIES 5392         13   7  0  100 MASTERS OF SAND (636)
WALL OF STEEL    4 BRIDGES 5347             11   7  0   87 OUT THE WINDOW (630)
LUNGING ATTACK   EDWARD O'HARE 5461         10   5  0   87 MEDAL OF HONOR A1 (646)
PARRY-STRIKE     KORONEDUS 5430             16  13  0   66 THE GOLDEN FISH (147)
SLASHING ATTACK  SAROVOND 5483               8   5  1   58 THE GOLDEN FISH (147)
STRIKING ATTACK  EFREETI 5425                3   0  0   39 THE SUMMONING (641)
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 HAROLD MOON 5500.  The ten other most popular fighters were HAROLUE 5464, HAND OF 
GOD 5466, 4 BRIDGES 5347, KORONEDUS 5430, YUKIO OKUTSU 5460, PITER DEVRIES 5392, 
DOLOVOR 5484, EFREETI 5425, PECAN PIE 5495, and EDWARD O'HARE 5461.

The least popular fighter this week was GALLORDIN 5486.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were GENDER BENDER 5497, DIVINE ASSASSIN 5499, HAND OF HELL 5456, FATAL 
ANGEL II 5501, SAROVOND 5483, COTTON CANDY 5491, JELLY DONUT 5503, EDWARD O'HARE 
5461, PECAN PIE 5495, and EFREETI 5425.