DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER Date : 02/11/2008 Duedate: 02/23/2008 NIANIA ARENA DM-2 TURN-473 This Weeks Top Honors THE DUELMASTER IS SCURVY LAD SEA DOGS (633) (2-5366) [9-2-0,116] Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader SCURVY LAD POSITION IS EMPTY SEA DOGS (633) (2-5366) [9-2-0,116] Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite EDWARD O'HARE KEY LIME MEDAL OF HONOR A1 (646) SWEETS (643) (2-5461) [12-6-0,93] (2-5444) [8-5-0,83] THE CURRENT TOP TEAM THE GOLDEN FISH (147) TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team 1. SWEETS (643) 30 2. THE GOLDEN FISH (147) 26 MEDAL OF HONOR A1 (646) 3. MEDAL OF HONOR A1 (646) 16 Unchartered Team 4. SEA DOGS (633) 11 5. THE SUMMONING (641) 0 (-1) The Top Teams Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K 1- 1*THE SUMMONING (641) 3 1 0 75.0 1/ 1 THE GOLDEN FISH (147) 12 3 0 2/ 4 MEDAL OF HONOR A1 (646) 28 22 1 56.0 2/ 2 MEDAL OF HONOR A1 (646) 4 3 0 3/ 3 MASTERS OF SAND (636) 33 28 0 54.1 3/ 5 SEA DOGS (633) 2 0 0 4/ 6 SEA DOGS (633) 9 8 0 52.9 4/ 7 SWEETS (643) 2 2 0 5/ 5 TEAM HAVOK (645) 49 49 5 50.0 5/ 3 MASTERS OF SAND (636) 1 2 0 6/ 7 THE GOLDEN FISH (147) 584 704 20 45.3 6/ 8 TEAM HAVOK (645) 0 5 0 7/ 8 SWEETS (643) 21 28 2 42.9 7- 6*THE SUMMONING (641) 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 * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * ---===DELARQUAN REGIONAL NEWS===--- Duelmasters ----------- DM 1 MORDANT (turn 590): CHEESE WHIZ of LAB EXPERIMENTS (Mannequin, mgr.) DM 2 NIANIA (turn 472): SCURVY LAD of SEA DOGS (One-Armed Bandit, mgr.) DM 3 OSKSI (turn 598): SPAGHETTI of PASTA (Papa Bear, mgr.) DM 4 JHELUM (turn 594): FOOS BALL of F BALLS (Papa Bear, mgr.) DM 5 KALTOS (turn 593): BOMBETTE of PAPER MARIO (Luigi, mgr.) DM 6 TRANSEL (turn 597): CUEBALL of HIGH ROLLERS (Darklock, mgr.) DM 7 BONSUR (turn 594): OBROJOBO of SENTINELS (Nomad, mgr.) DM 10 KOLACT (turn 589): NESTOR ORDH of THE MOONDOG (Jorja, mgr.) DM 18 TALCAMA (turn 580): DINAH MIGHT of FUNKY FOLK (Papa Bear, mgr.) DM 21 SUNSET (turn 579): BULLWINKLE of NOMADIC TRIBE (Nomad, mgr.) DM 36 JHANS (turn 553): IRON MAN of ENGINES 'O' DEATH (?, mgr.) DM 38 CLIFFHOME (turn 543): SUI GENERIS of ALL FINESSE (Mannequin, mgr.) DM 39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 243): OPARA PERSI of THE MIDDLE WAY (Jorja, mgR.) DM 42 RODEKI (turn 530): MASUMII of FLAGG'S FIVE (Flagg, mgr.) DM 51 TRICORUS (turn 479): THE JONAH of BLACK CONVENTICLE (?, mgr.) DM 54 TROCAR (turn 230): SKORINDELLE of TRADERS OF TROCAR (Jorja, mgr.) DM 59 ILLIS (turn 218): KONA QUAIL of ISLANDERS (Jorja, mgr.) DM 62 VALAMANTIS (turn 428): POSITION IS EMPTY DM 72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 195): PORKY PIG of MEAT YOUR MAKER (Crip, mgr.) ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 472): NEOSPHINCTER of WASTELAND (TMM, mgr.) Top Teams --------- DM 1 MORDANT (turn 590): SWEORDMASTERS (Mannequin, mgr.) DM 2 NIANIA (turn 472): THE GOLDEN FISH (Jorja, mgr.) DM 3 OSKSI (turn 598): OUR HIGHEST HONOR (The Anarchist, mgr.) DM 4 JHELUM (turn 594): DOGS OF WAR (Jorja, mgr.) DM 5 KALTOS (turn 593): KALTOS KRIMINALS (Hammer, mgr.) DM 6 TRANSEL (turn 597): HI ROLLERS (Darklock, mgr.) DM 7 BONSUR (turn 594): SENTINELS (Nomad, mgr.) DM 10 KOLACT (turn 589): THE MOONDOGS (Jorja, mgr.) DM 18 TALCAMA (turn 580): WIZARDGUARD (?, mgr.) DM 21 SUNSET (turn 579): GRIM FANDANGO (Stik, mgr.) DM 36 JHANS (turn 553): ENGINES 'O' DEATH (?, mgr.) DM 38 CLIFFHOME (turn 543): JINDA-BAN (Jorja, mgr.) DM 39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 243): KIWI CONNECTION (The Mun, mgr.) DM 42 RODEKI (turn 530): DELVERS (Harby, mgr.) DM 51 TRICORUS (turn 479): POSITION IS EMPTY DM 54 TROCAR (turn 230): TRADERS OF TROCAR (Jorja, mgr.) DM 59 ILLIS (turn 218): ISLANDERS (Jorja, mgr.) DM 62 VALAMANTIS (turn 428): RANDOM SITH (Carnage, mgr.) DM 72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 195): TITANS III (Brewmaster, mgr.) ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 472) VILLAINS et al (Doc Steele, mgr.) Recent Graduates ----------------- DM 1 MORDANT (turn 590): CHEESE WHIZ of LAB EXPERIMENTS (Mannequin, mgr.) DM 2 NIANIA (turn 472): PITER DEVRIES of MASTERS OF SAND (Visionist, mgr.) (turn 471): KORONEDUS of THE GOLDEN FISH (Jorja, mgr.) DM 5 KALTOS (turn 592): MOON CHILD of TEAM CHAOS ELITE (?, mgr.) DM 6 TRANSEL (turn 597): CUEBALL of HIGH ROLLERS (Darklock, mgr.) DM 18 TALCAMA (turn 578): OAKLAND FU of BURN N' PILLAGE (Jolly, mgr.) DM 21 SUNSET (turn 578): DJININSKI of SWORD OPERA (Jorja, mgr.) DM 39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 243): OPARA PERSI of THE MIDDLE WAY (Jorja, mgR.) DM 42 RODEKI (turn 530): MASUMII of FLAGG'S FIVE (Flagg, mgr.) DM 51 TRICORUS (turn 479): THE JONAH of BLACK CONVENTICLE (?, mgr.) DM 54 TROCAR (turn 228): GLUM of JANIX (Kat, mgr.) SPY REPORT So why do I have this bag over my head? Because I am The Unknown Spymaster and I'm going to give you a spy report!. Coming up with a solid 2-2-0 outing, SWEETS has advanced 3 places in the rankings. Hey everybody, watch out for KESTRATLAK, who flew up 16 points in the rankings after mashing PERSISTENT BEGGAR like a melon. Keep your eye on this guy. And falling like a basher in the top ten was HAND OF GOD, who dropped 7 points after a disappointing (to say the least) bout with KEY LIME. Going for the gusto and coming up with aught but bloody knuckles was MASTERS OF SAND's PITER DEVRIES, who was turned away from the Duelmastership by SCURVY LAD. 4 out of 5 gladiators surveyed protect the body, so try and avoid aiming at that location. Let's dig a little deeper into what's happening in the NIANIA arena. Here's a song for you: Who's afraid of the big, bad THE GOLDEN FISH? Big bad THE GOLDEN FISH. Big bad THE GOLDEN FISH. NIANIA's afraid of the big bad THE GOLDEN FISH. Tra la la la la! Okay, so I may not be funny, but catch TEAM HAVOK's act in the arena. Those acrobats seem to be fairly deft at running from THE GOLDEN FISH. Well just about everybody wants a piece of KEY LIME, who was this week's most challenged warrior. Well, it looks like HAND OF HELL wasn't happy with last turn's rank, so he went for broke by challenging up 27 points. No guts, no glory. Trading many whacks on the head and a loss for 3 recognition points, HAND OF HELL shows that a guy doesn't have to be good to get places. Death is kind of like a new puppy: he's always around wanting to play. (Ha Zontani, how's that for a wise saying?). Here's some advice: warriors with little wit and will may encounter problems on the trail to the Isle. Well, that wasn't too bad; Alarond told me that the people in NIANIA have no sense of humor. Or maybe that they were senseless. Okay, so I may not be the world's best comedian, but then you guys aren't the world's best warriors. And remember, you can pick your friends and you can pick your--(loud boos), oh, you've heard that one already!-- The Unknown Spymaster DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME SCURVY LAD 5366 9 2 0 116 SEA DOGS (633) CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME EDWARD O'HARE 5461 12 6 0 93 MEDAL OF HONOR A1 (646) CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME KEY LIME 5444 8 5 0 83 SWEETS (643) SAROVOND 5483 10 6 1 67 THE GOLDEN FISH (147) CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME DOLOVOR 5484 11 5 0 63 THE GOLDEN FISH (147) HAROLUE 5464 11 9 1 60 THE GOLDEN FISH (147) HAND OF GOD 5466 7 8 0 59 TEAM HAVOK (645) ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME PECAN PIE 5495 4 2 1 45 SWEETS (643) YUKIO OKUTSU 5460 8 10 1 41 MEDAL OF HONOR A1 (646) HAND OF HELL 5456 7 13 1 41 TEAM HAVOK (645) GALLORDIN 5486 6 7 0 41 THE GOLDEN FISH (147) -EFREETI 5425 3 1 0 40 THE SUMMONING (641) CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -HAROLD MOON 5500 2 2 0 27 MEDAL OF HONOR A1 (646) DIVINE ASSASSIN 5499 3 2 1 24 TEAM HAVOK (645) INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME KESTRATLAK 5511 1 0 0 16 THE GOLDEN FISH (147) GENDER BENDER 5497 4 2 0 14 TEAM HAVOK (645) POP TART 5505 1 0 0 12 SWEETS (643) FATAL ANGEL II 5501 0 4 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? JELLY DONUT 5503 1 2 0 SWEETS 643 DARK CHAMPION 473 NONE PERSONAL ADS Piter Devries -- Well, it looks like you're about to be out of here, and a good thing! You're a fine gladiator, and all that, but those of us who are just average would like a chance, too. With you gone, we might have one. Or not, as the case happens to be, of course. -- Sarovond Ah, the Kung-Fu Orc shows up to see me off. I have a certain sympathy for the orcs, as they are even more of a 'despised minority' than we karragit, but not enough of a sympathy to throw a fight to him. Let him win his own fights--against the despised majority of humans. Hah. -- Koronedus Yukio Okutsu -- (eyes wide open in stunned surprise) You...LOST? That's incredible, and incredibly GOOD that I was the one on hand to grab the win you let get away. Wow, this is GREAT. -- Dolovor P.S. Okay, so it was hardly an even fight. That's life for you. Win or lose an uneven fight and you can see your fate written in the blood on the sand. The Fratsfa Slave was, as usual, pathetic. I think it must be his cursed style. Just about anybody would be pathetic if forced to fight (unarmored, at that!) as a parry-striker. Not that I'm complaining, a win is a win and now I have a winning record. Gotta love it. -- Harolue After fighting the Osksi Noble, I wonder: Is this the time for us to attack Osksi? There they sit, high and dry, while we muck around in the swamp with our feet always wet. I wouldn't mind getting some "high and dry." -- Gallordin Harolue -- Watch your language when you talk about parry-strikes. It worked for ME. -- Lord Protector Koronoedus P.S. And now that I look closely at it, my graduation as a parry-striker brings us to All Ten Styles Graduated in this arena. That should be good for something special from the management. A financial bonus would be acceptable. Koronedus -- When I get one, you can have one. -- Jorja Our congratulations to Piter Devries. -- Jorja and the Golden Fish Koronedus -- Technically, I'm not supposed to be writing this, the "rules of expression" call for five standbys to fight before we can commandeer a scribe. But I wished to congratulate you AND warn you of the dangers of allowing your prejudices to overrule your good sense. Yes, humans have been rather tedious on the species question from time to time, but so long as they remain the DOMINANT species, it would be as well not to totally annoy them. Keep them on edge, fine, that's good for them, but don't enrage them totally. Even the Isle of the Eye is not a safe refuge in that case. -- Geroge Krag, Master of Unarmed Combat and Proud to Be an Orc Harolue -- If you had to fight with one hand tied behind your back, how well would YOU do? -- Jenj, Mostly-Fratsfan Slave P.S. Since Geroge has seized the personals-writing initiative here, I might as well grab on and run with it. Gallordin -- Heh heh. We're lulling you into complacency.... -- Wellondry of Osksi Harold Moon -- It's all a plot, isn't it? You're out to GET me, every one of you! -- Biff Mugg, Late of Mordant 15 January 2008 Order of Lost Souls Where there is a beginning, there is an end. Where there is a whole, there is a part. Where there is light, there is dark. All these are found to be true and along with the most important, when something is lost it can always be found. Many a person has walked this land in one form or another. Some truly believe that here is there and there is here but who really knows? Among the peoples of this great land many have felt lost in time and in place. Some have gone as far as to be lost of soul.... Although most are thought to have been born into this world in a mortal way, no one can be sure. Life is something they have in a way but a torturous joke to them in all others. They live in a sense as they are here and now and having mind and knowledge. They are flesh and blood of one sort of another. They cast a shadow as all things living do. Blood courses through their veins. These beings have become wraiths drifting here and there, knowing that they truly belong nowhere. Searching for that one thing that they seem to be missing or the one thing in them that puts them beyond others. These people have become masters of many things as time seems to have no hold. For not even time can find those that are truly lost. Many of these beings have drifted toward the gladiatorial games. In the blood and chaos of the arenas something holds them like no other. It's the loss of something they have never had or something they had so long ago it seems to have never been. LIFE. A few of the more shall we say "human" of these beings have settled into many arenas around the land. The loss of life and the crazed emotions of the arenas giving them glimpses of things they longed for but seemed incapable of attaining. A number of these lost ones saw in each other something that might be able to help the other. They spent many a day traveling to and fro, for what is time to one who it doesn't touch. The more time they spent together the more they seemed to change. No one noticed the change in the others but each recognized it in himself. Years passed and the changes stopped. Each had been changed in different ways but all felt more whole. A discussion ensued between them. They came to a realization that in each other they had found parts of themselves that had been missing. Then came the next thought. If they could find more of like minded lost ones they might eventually find what they always wanted, their true selves. The group settled down to think things through. They finally came up with an idea they all could accept. They would form an organization that through their arenas through out the land they would seek out other lost ones. If they were of like mind they would be invited to join the group and seek that special something they all desired. This was how it began and how it still is. The Order of Lost Souls was formed and the search began. The original members numbered six. They were Baphomet, Blackstorm, Hammer, JGW, Reaper and Wretch. These members of the Order spread their gladiator stables through out the realm seeking others like them. Through blood and death they lived through others. One day hoping to live for themselves. For as they all know what is lost must eventually be found.... 28 January 2008 CALLING ALL THUGS, BRUTES, OGRES, QUARTER HALF WITS, SHALLOW HALBERD ENTHUSIASTS AND MAUL RATS: Since the Bashing style has often been maligned in the forums, it is time to give the style a little tough love with the following concept: An ALL-BASHER arena. The rules are simple--enter the arena as a rookie basher. That's it. RSI said I need to get 20 managers on board and I'm about half way there. If you are interested in taking part, PM me in the forums or email me: chase at accesspr.com and put D2 in the subject header. Chase a.k.a. SwineTiger 2 February 2008 ATTENTION EVERYONE -- In March I am going to do manager lists for all arenas. This is part of my ongoing and undoubtedly largely futile attempt to get my lists organized. If you think I might not know who you are or if you think I might and you'd rather I not share that information, let me know this month! You can e-mail me at Sue at solberg dash mathews dot com (replacing the at, dash and dot with appropriate characters. You can send a diplo to The Saint. You can put an ad in the newsletter. Semaphore doesn't work so well, nor does telepathy. -- The Saint, keeper of lists LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS JELLY DONUT was viciously butchered by DARK CHAMPION in a 2 minute Dark Arena fight. HAND OF GOD was vanquished by KEY LIME in a 1 minute brutal uneven Challenge battle. PECAN PIE was luckily beaten by HAROLUE in a crowd pleasing 1 minute Challenge duel. HAND OF HELL was viciously subdued by SAROVOND in a popular 1 minute Challenge fight. DIVINE ASSASSIN was bested by YUKIO OKUTSU in a 1 minute Challenge brawl. SCURVY LAD overpowered PITER DEVRIES in a 1 minute mismatched Title brawl. EDWARD O'HARE overpowered DOLOVOR in a 1 minute uneven melee. GALLORDIN vanquished GENDER BENDER in a 1 minute uneven duel. FATAL ANGEL II was overpowered by POP TART in a 1 minute uneven duel. KESTRATLAK overpowered PERSISTENT BEGGAR in a 1 minute one-sided fight. BATTLE REPORT MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS |FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT| |LUNGING ATTACK 8 AIMED BLOW 5 - 1 - 0 83 | |SLASHING ATTACK 5 WALL OF STEEL 4 - 1 - 0 80 | |PARRY-STRIKE 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE 6 - 4 - 0 60 | |WALL OF STEEL 1 PARRY-STRIKE 11 - 8 - 0 58 | |PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 LUNGING ATTACK 35 - 28 - 0 56 | |BASHING ATTACK 1 STRIKING ATTACK 5 - 5 - 1 50 | |TOTAL PARRY 1 TOTAL PARRY 4 - 5 - 0 44 | |AIMED BLOW 0 SLASHING ATTACK 18 - 24 - 1 43 | |PARRY-LUNGE 0 BASHING ATTACK 3 - 5 - 1 38 | |STRIKING ATTACK 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 - 0 0 | Turn 473 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 SLASHING ATTACK 2 - 3 6 LUNGING ATTACK WALL OF STEEL 1 - 0 AIMED BLOW 0 - 0 4 SLASHING ATTACK LUNGING ATTACK 5 - 3 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 1 PARRY-STRIKE PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 1 STRIKING ATTACK 0 - 0 BASHING ATTACK 0 - 1 TOTAL PARRY 0 - 1 TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME LUNGING ATTACK SCURVY LAD 5366 9 2 0 116 SEA DOGS (633) SLASHING ATTACK SAROVOND 5483 10 6 1 67 THE GOLDEN FISH (147) Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above. The overall popularity leader is EDWARD O'HARE 5461. The most popular warrior this turn was JELLY DONUT 5503. The ten other most popular fighters were KEY LIME 5444, SAROVOND 5483, YUKIO OKUTSU 5460, EDWARD O'HARE 5461, GALLORDIN 5486, KESTRATLAK 5511, PECAN PIE 5495, HAROLUE 5464, POP TART 5505, and HAND OF HELL 5456. The least popular fighter this week was FATAL ANGEL II 5501. The other ten least popular fighters were GENDER BENDER 5497, DOLOVOR 5484, HAND OF GOD 5466, SCURVY LAD 5366, DIVINE ASSASSIN 5499, HAND OF HELL 5456, POP TART 5505, HAROLUE 5464, PECAN PIE 5495, and KESTRATLAK 5511. The following warriors have traveled to AD after fighting this turn: PITER DEVRIES (2-5392) MASTERS OF SAND (636)