DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 02/25/2008    Duedate: 03/08/2008

NIANIA ARENA

DM-2    TURN-474

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

SCURVY LAD
SEA DOGS (633)
(2-5366) [10-2-0,128]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

SCURVY LAD                     POSITION IS EMPTY
SEA DOGS (633)                 
(2-5366) [10-2-0,128]          

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

EDWARD O'HARE                  HAROLUE
MEDAL OF HONOR A1 (646)        THE GOLDEN FISH (147)
(2-5461) [12-7-0,87]           (2-5464) [12-9-1,62]

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)       25
2. MASTERS OF SAND (636)       22      SEA DOGS (633)
3. SEA DOGS (633)              12      Unchartered Team
4. TEAM HAVOK (645)             0
5. SWEETS (643)                 0      SCARLET KNIGHTS (442)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 4 SEA DOGS (633)            10   8  0 55.6   1/ 1 THE GOLDEN FISH (147)    12  3 0
 2/ 2 MEDAL OF HONOR A1 (646)   28  24  1 53.8   2/ 3 SEA DOGS (633)            3  0 0
 3/ 3 MASTERS OF SAND (636)     33  31  0 51.6   3/ 2 MEDAL OF HONOR A1 (646)   3  4 0
 4- 5 TEAM HAVOK (645)          49  49  5 50.0   4- 4 SWEETS (643)              2  2 0
 5/ 6 THE GOLDEN FISH (147)    588 705 20 45.5   5/ 5 MASTERS OF SAND (636)     1  4 0
 6- 7 SWEETS (643)              21  28  2 42.9   6- 6 TEAM HAVOK (645)          0  5 0

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

                                    TEAM SPOTLIGHT

     Moro Salleshi, Guardsman First Class and arena standby, turned away from the
door of The Borrowed Blade to scowl at his companions.  "Of course I've seen snow
before," he snapped.  "I'm not some unlettered rustic from the deep swamps.  I saw
snow just three years past on the heights above Cliffhome."  He looked back at the
curtain of falling flakes.  "I've just never seen it HERE before.  It feels
unnatural."
     "It feels cold," Seef Haraine, the Dangerous Courtesan, corrected him.
"Unnaturally cold.  The ancient prophesies claim that--"
     "I don't want to hear about the prophesies again," Ssothiss, the arena Assassin
said quickly.  Though he was Karragit just as Seef was, that people's traditions and
legends seemed to mean less to him.  "It's just weather.  Freakish, okay, but weird
weather DOES happen."
     "Not without a reason," Seef said.  She stepped to the door beside the Guardsman
and studied the scene.  The snow was falling straight down, but fast, as though
driven by a vertical wind.  The ground wasn't visibly white yet, but buildings--
except around their chimneys--were powdered with it, and the boardwalk and its
railings, the bare-branched trees....  It wouldn't be long before the ground was
covered, too.
     "It isn't the end of the world," Moro Salleshi said.  He meant his voice to
sound certain, positive, but it came out more like a question.
     "It might be," Seef muttered.  "Either that, or snow trolls."
     "Ah.  Yes, that is quite possible."  Gobiann Strongaxe, the arena's Khalhums
Dwarf, emerged from the Borrowed Blade's cellar with a keg on his shoulder.  "Yes, it
strikes me as quite a likely thing for snow trolls to appear."
     "Don't tell me," Ssothiss said.  "You dwarves have prophecies, too, right?  End
of the world stuff--"
     Gobiann dumped the keg onto the bar, then turned to face the Assassin.  "Not
exactly end of the world," he said.  "What would snow trolls have to do with that?
No, it's the end of an age that the snow trolls herald, and the beginning of a new
age."
     The Guardsman came over to the bar and passed his mug to the 'tender to fill.
"What kind of New Age?"
     The dwarf grinned, his gold teeth flashing in the lamplight.  "The Ice Age, of
course!"
     Ssothiss groaned theatrically.  "You aren't serious, right?  This is some kind
of end-of-the-winter joke, right?"
     Gobiann shrugged.  "Who knows with snow trolls?  It's late in the season for
them to be coming down off the high peaks."

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

                                     Duelmasters
                                     -----------
 DM   1 MORDANT (turn 591): BALLAST of SEA DOGS (One-Armed Bandit, mgr.)
 DM   2 NIANIA (turn 473): SCURVY LAD of SEA DOGS (One-Armed Bandit, mgr.)
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 599): OTIS 3 of FRAT PARTY BLOWOUT (The Anarchist, mgr.)
 DM   4 JHELUM (turn 595): FOOS BALL of F BALLS (Papa Bear, mgr.)
 DM   5 KALTOS (turn 594): BOMBETTE of PAPER MARIO (Luigi, mgr.)
 DM   6 TRANSEL (turn 598): GRUNT II of MEDAL OF HONOR B6 (The Anarchist, mgr.)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 595): OBROJOBO of SENTINELS (Nomad, mgr.)
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 590): NESTOR ORDH of THE MOONDOG (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 581): GREAT WHITE of BEAST MASTERS (The Druid, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 580): BULLWINKLE of NOMADIC TRIBE (Nomad, mgr.)
 DM  36 JHANS (turn 554): IRON MAN of ENGINES 'O' DEATH (?, mgr.)
 DM  38 CLIFFHOME (turn 544): SUI GENERIS of ALL FINESSE (Mannequin, mgr.)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 243): OPARA PERSI of THE MIDDLE WAY (Jorja, mgR.)
 DM  42 RODEKI (turn 531): SUCKFOOT of COLOR ME SUAVE (Suave, mgr.)
 DM  51 TRICORUS (turn 480): SHROUD OF GLOOM 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 429): DARTH SCION of RANDOM SITH (Carnage, mgr.)
 DM  72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 195): PORKY PIG of MEAT YOUR MAKER (Crip, mgr.)
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 473): NEOSPHINCTER of WASTELAND (TMM, mgr.)

                                      Top Teams
                                      ---------
 DM   1 MORDANT (turn 591): SWEORDMASTERS (Mannequin, mgr.)
 DM   2 NIANIA (turn 473): THE GOLDEN FISH (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 599): GAMES LIBRARY (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   4 JHELUM (turn 595): DOGS OF WAR (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   5 KALTOS (turn 594): KALTOS KRIMINALS (Hammer, mgr.)
 DM   6 TRANSEL (turn 598): HI ROLLERS (Darklock, mgr.)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 595): SENTINELS (Nomad, mgr.)
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 590): THE MOONDOGS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 581): SEA DOGS (One-Armed Bandit, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 580): GRIM FANDANGO (Stik, mgr.)
 DM  36 JHANS (turn 554): ENGINES 'O' DEATH (?, mgr.)
 DM  38 CLIFFHOME (turn 544): OLD SCHOOL (Abraxis, mgr.)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 243): KIWI CONNECTION (The Mun, mgr.)
 DM  42 RODEKI (turn 531): DELVERS (Harby, mgr.)
 DM  51 TRICORUS (turn 480): BLACK CONVENTICLE (?, mgr.)
 DM  54 TROCAR (turn 230): TRADERS OF TROCAR (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  59 ILLIS (turn 218): ISLANDERS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  62 VALAMANTIS (turn 429): RANDOM SITH (Carnage, mgr.)
 DM  72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 195): TITANS III (Brewmaster, mgr.)
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 473) VILLAINS et al (Doc Steele, mgr.)

                                   Recent Graduates
                                  -----------------
 DM   1 MORDANT (turn 591): BALLAST of SEA DOGS (One-Armed Bandit, mgr.)
                            MISS TEAK of SEA DOGS (One-Armed Bandit, mgr.)
                (turn 590): CHEESE WHIZ of LAB EXPERIMENTS (Mannequin, mgr.)
 DM   2 NIANIA (turn 472): PITER DEVRIES of MASTERS OF SAND (Visionist, mgr.)
 DM   6 TRANSEL (turn 597): CUEBALL of HIGH ROLLERS (Darklock, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 581): GREAT WHITE of BEAST MASTERS (The Druid, 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

     It's me, The Unknown Spymaster, back to give you this week's Spy Report.  Sit 
back in your seats and we'll have more fun than a barrel of Zontanis.  Hey everybody, 
watch out for SAROVOND, who flew up 13 points in the rankings after mashing CONVICTED 
ASSASSIN like a melon.  Keep your eye on this guy.  And falling like a basher in the 
top ten was DOLOVOR, who dropped 8 points after a disappointing (to say the least) 
bout with KUNG-FU MASTER.  Well, everybody's pal SCURVY LAD moved his record to 
10-2-0 by defeating EDWARD O'HARE in the Duelmaster's Title Bout and gaining 12 
recognition points.  Advice to bashers--never force anything, just get a bigger 
halberd!   
     Here is other news that is of note.   
     Death is kind of like a new puppy:  he's always around wanting to play.  (Ha 
Zontani, how's that for a wise saying?).  Remember:  alliances are great, but try and 
take your ally in the arena with you and see what happens.   
     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.  Its been 
real, and its been fun, but it hasn't been real fun...-- The Unknown Spymaster  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SCURVY LAD 5366              10   2  0   128       SEA DOGS (633)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 EDWARD O'HARE 5461           12   7  0    87       MEDAL OF HONOR A1 (646)
-KEY LIME 5444                 8   5  0    83       SWEETS (643)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SAROVOND 5483                11   6  1    80       THE GOLDEN FISH (147)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 HAROLUE 5464                 12   9  1    62       THE GOLDEN FISH (147)
-HAND OF GOD 5466              7   8  0    59       TEAM HAVOK (645)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 DOLOVOR 5484                 11   6  0    55       THE GOLDEN FISH (147)
 GALLORDIN 5486                7   7  0    52       THE GOLDEN FISH (147)
-PECAN PIE 5495                4   2  1    45       SWEETS (643)
 YUKIO OKUTSU 5460             8  11  1    42       MEDAL OF HONOR A1 (646)
-HAND OF HELL 5456             7  13  1    41       TEAM HAVOK (645)

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               2   0  0    23       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?
ASSASSIN 5512           0  1 0 MASTERS OF SAND 636  CLARENCE S. VOLE      474  NONE
HAKER 5413              0  1 0 MASTERS OF SAND 636  BLACK ORC             474  NONE
SHEEANA 5412            0  1 0 MASTERS OF SAND 636  MOUNTAIN TROLL        474  NONE

                                     PERSONAL ADS

Pecan Pie -- Indeed, that was very sweet of you.  I appreciate the win.  Not that I
don't have several already, but a loss at this time would be bad for my career,
destroying, as it would, my winning record.  Now, however, I am farther away from
that happening, and this is good.  To such an extent that I will buy you a beer. --
Harolue
P.S.  I don't know why you only learned one skill.  I demonstrated several.  You must
not have been paying attention.

Hand of Hell -- I think I *liked* you better when you were, for that brief two weeks,
a Karragit.  But I like *defeating* you as a human just fine. -- Sarovond
P.S.  I am not your secret admirer.

Edware O'Hare -- Drat, kicked by a rabbit.  It's even worse than a rabbit punch. --
Dolovor

Gender Bender -- What's the point of that?  Unless you're going to get one of those
really questionable magical "switcheroos," your gender--mine, too, and everyone's--is
what you've got, bent or straight.  Just take it and go on from there, right? --
Gallordin

Ah.  A beggar.  What is there to say? -- Kestratlak

Geroge Krag -- (heavy scowl) -- Koronedus

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

SHEEANA was butchered by MOUNTAIN TROLL in a 1 minute bloody Dark Arena fight.
HAKER was dispatched by BLACK ORC in a 2 minute gruesome Dark Arena battle.
ASSASSIN was murdered by CLARENCE S. VOLE in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
SCURVY LAD vanquished EDWARD O'HARE in a popular 1 minute mismatched Title brawl.
SAROVOND overpowered CONVICTED ASSASSIN in a crowd pleasing 1 minute mismatched match.
HAROLUE savagely defeated YUKIO OKUTSU in a exciting 1 minute bloody struggle.
DOLOVOR was handily defeated by KUNG-FU MASTER in a 1 minute uneven fight.
GALLORDIN vanquished CAPTURED ORC in a action packed 1 minute gory uneven duel.
KESTRATLAK won victory over EMBEZZLING SCRIBE in a 2 minute novice's duel.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|LUNGING ATTACK                   6         AIMED BLOW         4 -   0 -  0     100  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     1         WALL OF STEEL      4 -   1 -  0      80  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  1         PARRY-STRIKE      11 -   7 -  0      61  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    1         LUNGING ATTACK    34 -  29 -  0      54  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    1         TOTAL PARRY        4 -   4 -  0      50  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  1         PARRY-RIPOSTE      5 -   5 -  0      50  |
|AIMED BLOW                       0         SLASHING ATTACK   16 -  20 -  1      44  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      0         BASHING ATTACK     3 -   4 -  1      43  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   0         STRIKING ATTACK    4 -   6 -  0      40  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      0         PARRY-LUNGE        0 -   0 -  0       0  |

Turn 474 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     LUNGING ATTACK     2 -  4         6  LUNGING ATTACK 
SLASHING ATTACK    1 -  0     AIMED BLOW         0 -  0         4  SLASHING ATTACK
WALL OF STEEL      1 -  0     PARRY-LUNGE        0 -  0         1  PARRY-STRIKE   
                              PARRY-RIPOSTE      0 -  1     
                              STRIKING ATTACK    0 -  1     
                              BASHING ATTACK     0 -  0     
                              TOTAL PARRY        0 -  0     

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
LUNGING ATTACK   SCURVY LAD 5366            10   2  0  128 SEA DOGS (633)
SLASHING ATTACK  SAROVOND 5483              11   6  1   80 THE GOLDEN FISH (147)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
The overall popularity leader is EDWARD O'HARE 5461.  The most popular warrior this 
turn was HAROLUE 5464.  The ten other most popular fighters were GALLORDIN 5486, 
HAKER 5413, SCURVY LAD 5366, SAROVOND 5483, KESTRATLAK 5511, SHEEANA 5412, EDWARD 
O'HARE 5461, ASSASSIN 5512, YUKIO OKUTSU 5460, and DOLOVOR 5484.

The least popular fighter this week was DOLOVOR 5484.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were YUKIO OKUTSU 5460, ASSASSIN 5512, EDWARD O'HARE 5461, SHEEANA 5412, 
KESTRATLAK 5511, SAROVOND 5483, SCURVY LAD 5366, HAKER 5413, GALLORDIN 5486, and 
HAROLUE 5464.