DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 05/05/2008    Duedate: 05/17/2008

NIANIA ARENA

DM-2    TURN-479

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

KEY LIME
SWEETS (643)
(2-5444) [10-6-0,106]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

KEY LIME                       POSITION IS EMPTY
SWEETS (643)                   
(2-5444) [10-6-0,106]          

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

HAROLUE                        GALLORDIN
THE GOLDEN FISH (147)          THE GOLDEN FISH (147)
(2-5464) [13-13-1,55]          (2-5486) [9-10-0,51]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

THE GOLDEN FISH (147)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. SWEETS (643)                52
2. THE GOLDEN FISH (147)       20      SWEETS (643)
3. TEAM HAVOK (645)             0      Unchartered Team
4. SEA DOGS (633)               0
                                       CHEF'S BLEND (358)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1- 1 SEA DOGS (633)            13   8  0 61.9   1/ 1 THE GOLDEN FISH (147)     8  7 0
 2- 2 TEAM HAVOK (645)          53  52  5 50.5   2/ 2 SWEETS (643)              6  0 0
 3/ 4 SWEETS (643)              28  30  2 48.3   3- 4 TEAM HAVOK (645)          2  2 0
 4/ 3 THE GOLDEN FISH (147)    602 716 20 45.7   4- 3 SEA DOGS (633)            1  0 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 596): MIASMA of SWEORDMASTERS (Mannequin, mgr.)
 DM   2 NIANIA (turn 478): SAROVOND of THE GOLDEN FISH (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 604): SOLDIER 2 of OUR HIGHEST HONOR (The Anarchist, mgr.)
 DM   4 JHELUM (turn 600): LEONIDAS of DOGS OF WAR (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   5 KALTOS (turn 599): BOMBETTE of PAPER MARIO (Luigi, mgr.)
 DM   6 TRANSEL (turn 603): DOMINO of HI ROLLERS (Darklock, mgr.)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 600): ERASMUS of SENTINELS (Nomad, mgr.)
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 595): ICARUS of THE MOONDOG (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 586): MICHAEL JORDAN of CAROLINA BLUE (Apex, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 585): GOLDENBEARD of SEA DOGS (One-Armed Bandit, mgr.)
 DM  36 JHANS (turn 559): PATCH of SEA DOGS (One-Armed Bandit, mgr.)
 DM  38 CLIFFHOME (turn 549): CYPRIAN of OLD SCHOOL (Abraxis, mgr.)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 246): SHRUG of CHEAP SHOTS (?, mgr.)
 DM  42 RODEKI (turn 536): WINKY DINK of COLOR ME SUAVE (Suave, mgr.)
 DM  51 TRICORUS (turn 485): BILGE RAT of SEA DOGS (One-Armed Bandit, mgr.)
 DM  54 TROCAR (turn 233): DARISTAM of TRADERS OF TROCAR (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  59 ILLIS (turn 221): KONA QUAIL of ISLANDERS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  62 VALAMANTIS (turn 434): DEATH MAGE of DEATH MOB (Jakari, mgr.)
 DM  72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 197): HOCKEY of SPORTS CRIP PLAYS (Crip, mgr.)
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 478): NEOSPHINCTER of WASTELAND (TMM, mgr.)

                                      Top Teams
                                      ---------
 DM   1 MORDANT (turn 596): SWEORDMASTERS (Mannequin, mgr.)
 DM   2 NIANIA (turn 478): THE GOLDEN FISH (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 604): GAMES LIBRARY (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   4 JHELUM (turn 600): REDLEGS (Deep Thought, mgr.)
 DM   5 KALTOS (turn 599): PAPER MARIO (Luigi, mgr.)
 DM   6 TRANSEL (turn 603): SWIM SQUAD (Abraxis, mgr.)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 600): BONSUR BABES ROCK (Hammer, mgr.)
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 595): SABBATH (Abraxis, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 586): SEA DOGS (One-Armed Bandit, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 585): GRIM FANDANGO (Stik, mgr.)
 DM  36 JHANS (turn 559): MIDDLE WAY 13 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  38 CLIFFHOME (turn 549): OLD SCHOOL (Abraxis, mgr.)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 246): THE MIDDLE WAY (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  42 RODEKI (turn 536): COLOR ME SUAVE (Suave, mgr.)
 DM  51 TRICORUS (turn 485): DARK HORSEMEN (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  54 TROCAR (turn 233): TRADERS OF TROCAR (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  59 ILLIS (turn 221): ISLANDERS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  62 VALAMANTIS (turn 534): MIDDLE WAY 10 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 197): SUE'S BOYS (Crip, mgr.)
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 478) VILLAINS et al (Doc Steele, mgr.)

                                   Recent Graduates
                                  -----------------
 DM   1 MORDANT (turn 595): SOUTLANCHOR of LAB EXPERIMENTS (Mannequin, mgr.)
 DM   5 KALTOS (turn 598): ORVERD QUILL of THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   6 TRANSEL (turn 603): DOMINO of HI ROLLERS (Darklock, mgr.)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 600): DIGGER WASP of FLAGG'S CHAMPIONS (Flagg, mgr.)
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 595): ICARUS of THE MOONDOG (Jorja, mgr.)
               (turn 584): NESTOR ORDH of THE MOONDOGS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 585): DINAH MIGHT of FUNKY FOLK (Papa Bear, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 585): GOLDENBEARD of SEA DOGS (One-Armed Bandit, mgr.)
               (turn 584): MAST MONKEY of SEA DOGS (One-Armed Bandit, mgr.)

                                 DUELMASTER'S COLUMN
                             Notes from the arena champ.

     The Venomous Concubine?  Not that she'd be venomous with me, would you, Seef?
But still, for the title, there should be something more official in the way of
competition.

                                      Sarovond

                                      SPY REPORT

     It's me, The Unknown Spymaster here with my bag to give you the news on last 
week's fights.  Hey everybody, watch out for CANNOLI, who flew up 20 points in the 
rankings after mashing EMBEZZLING SCRIBE like a melon.  Keep your eye on this gal.  
Ya know, some days it doesn't pay to walk out on the sands.  HAROLUE was beat by 
PECAN PIE and drops 14 points.  It's a proud day for the SWEETS stable, as their 
warrior, KEY LIME, ascended the Duelmaster's throne.  An apple a day keeps the doctor 
away, but an onion a day keeps T.P.s at bay.   
     Let's dig a little deeper into what's happening in the NIANIA arena.  Well just 
about everybody wants a piece of HAROLUE, who was this week's most challenged 
warrior.   
     Death is kind of like a new puppy:  he's always around wanting to play.  (Ha 
Zontani, how's that for a wise saying?).  Knowing when to use the right tactics at 
the proper time is a very important step on the road to Duelmaster.   
     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.  C'mon, Leadfoot, let's make some 
tracks.  Hasta la bye-bye.  (Loud choruses of 'Beat it, ya bum!')-- The Unknown 
Spymaster  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 KEY LIME 5444                10   6  0   106       SWEETS (643)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-SCURVY LAD 5366              13   2  0   153       SEA DOGS (633)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 DOLOVOR 5484                 15   7  0    90       THE GOLDEN FISH (147)
-HAND OF GOD 5466              8   8  0    84       TEAM HAVOK (645)
 SAROVOND 5483                14   8  1    82       THE GOLDEN FISH (147)
 PECAN PIE 5495                6   2  1    75       SWEETS (643)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-HAND OF HELL 5456             8  14  1    56       TEAM HAVOK (645)
 HAROLUE 5464                 13  13  1    55       THE GOLDEN FISH (147)
 GALLORDIN 5486                9  10  0    51       THE GOLDEN FISH (147)
-GENDER BENDER 5497            6   2  0    44       TEAM HAVOK (645)
 KESTRATLAK 5511               6   1  0    43       THE GOLDEN FISH (147)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-DIVINE ASSASSIN 5499          3   3  1    23       TEAM HAVOK (645)
 CANNOLI 5504                  1   0  0    20       SWEETS (643)
-CUSTARD 5532                  1   0  0    13       SWEETS (643)
-POP TART 5505                 2   1  0    10       SWEETS (643)

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?

                                     PERSONAL ADS

Key Lime -- It makes my teeth hurt.  Probably because you're a golem, tin foil and
acid and some kind of foam.  Yuck. -- Harolue

I feel kinda sorry for the Veteran Mercenary.  He had a hard life and survived it,
many don't, but then, no pension and he has to work in the arena.  It's the pits.
But that doesn't mean I'm going to throw him a fight. -- Dolovor

The Ambitious Guard?  Wait just one darned minute, here!  Are you TELLING me that Key
Lime is the only non-team-member managed warrior who fought today?  That's
ridiculous! -- Gallordin

And a pathetic Embezzling Scribe.  Yes, I do mean pathetic, what other kind of total
parry would come out with no armor at all? -- Kestratlak

Ah, team Sweets, I take it back, I see that you do, in fact, have three gladiators
fighting.  Good going. -- Gallordin
P.S.  Mostly fighting standbys, just like us, but what else is new, eh?

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

PECAN PIE devastated HAROLUE in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge fight.
SAROVOND was vanquished by KEY LIME in a 1 minute uneven Title battle.
DOLOVOR demolished VENOMOUS CONCUBINE in a 1 minute uneven fight.
GALLORDIN devastated THE USEROUS MERCHANT in a popular 1 minute one-sided contest.
KESTRATLAK bested DANGEROUS CRIMINAL in a 1 minute gruesome brawl.
CANNOLI overpowered EMBEZZLING SCRIBE in a 1 minute one-sided struggle.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|LUNGING ATTACK                   3         WALL OF STEEL      7 -   1 -  0      88  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  2         PARRY-STRIKE       9 -   5 -  0      64  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     1         TOTAL PARRY        3 -   2 -  0      60  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   1         STRIKING ATTACK    3 -   2 -  0      60  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    1         LUNGING ATTACK    24 -  22 -  0      52  |
|AIMED BLOW                       0         SLASHING ATTACK   14 -  14 -  0      50  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      0         PARRY-RIPOSTE      2 -   3 -  0      40  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    0         BASHING ATTACK     1 -   3 -  0      25  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  0         PARRY-LUNGE        0 -   0 -  0       0  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      0         AIMED BLOW         0 -   0 -  0       0  |

Turn 479 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     AIMED BLOW         0 -  0         4  LUNGING ATTACK 
BASHING ATTACK     1 -  0     PARRY-LUNGE        0 -  0         4  SLASHING ATTACK
WALL OF STEEL      1 -  0     PARRY-RIPOSTE      0 -  0         1  PARRY-STRIKE   
LUNGING ATTACK     2 -  1     STRIKING ATTACK    0 -  0         1  TOTAL PARRY    
SLASHING ATTACK    1 -  1     TOTAL PARRY        0 -  0         1  WALL OF STEEL  

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
LUNGING ATTACK   KEY LIME 5444              10   6  0  106 SWEETS (643)
SLASHING ATTACK  SAROVOND 5483              14   8  1   82 THE GOLDEN FISH (147)
WALL OF STEEL    KESTRATLAK 5511             6   1  0   43 THE GOLDEN FISH (147)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is HAROLUE 5464.  The most popular warrior this turn 
was GALLORDIN 5486.  The ten other most popular fighters were KEY LIME 5444, PECAN 
PIE 5495, DOLOVOR 5484, KESTRATLAK 5511, CANNOLI 5504, HAROLUE 5464, SAROVOND 5483,  
0,  0, and  0.

The least popular fighter this week was SAROVOND 5483.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were HAROLUE 5464, CANNOLI 5504, KESTRATLAK 5511, DOLOVOR 5484, PECAN PIE 
5495, KEY LIME 5444, GALLORDIN 5486,  0,  0, and  0.