DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 12/28/2009    Duedate: 01/09/2010

NIANIA ARENA

DM-2    TURN-522

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

GROND
THE GOLDEN FISH (147)
(2-5540) [24-18-0,106]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

GOLDINA                        IGNORANT BAUD
THE GOLDEN FISH (147)          042909A (659)
(2-5563) [18-9-0,122]          (2-5609) [6-0-0,59]

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

GROND                          LORINDA
THE GOLDEN FISH (147)          THE GOLDEN FISH (147)
(2-5540) [24-18-0,106]         (2-5603) [7-5-0,27]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

THE GOLDEN FISH (147)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. REPTILES 'R' US (331)       23
2. HISTORICAL WUSSES (660)     21      THE GOLDEN FISH (147)
3. 042909A (659)               15      Unchartered Team
4. PEANUT BUTTER FUDGE (657)    0
5. THE GOLDEN FISH (147)       -3      042909A (659)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 2*042909A (659)             10   4  1 71.4   1/ 1 THE GOLDEN FISH (147)     9  6 0
 2- 1 PEANUT BUTTER FUDG (657)  66  33  1 66.7   2/ 3*042909A (659)             7  0 1
 3/ 4*HISTORICAL WUSSES (660)   17  18  4 48.6   3- 2 PEANUT BUTTER FUDG (657)  6  4 0
 4/ 3 THE GOLDEN FISH (147)    727 805 22 47.5   4/ 4*HISTORICAL WUSSES (660)   6  9 1
 5/ 5*REPTILES 'R' US (331)      3   8  0 27.3   5/ 5*REPTILES 'R' US (331)     3  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

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

                                     Duelmasters
                                     -----------
 DM   1 MORDANT (turn 639): BALL PEIN of MANNEQUIN'S BEST (Mannequin, mgr.)
 DM   2 NIANIA (turn 521): GROND of THE GOLDEN FISH (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 645): HELIAS SOL of ASTRAL KIN (Kid Arcane, mgr.)
 DM   4 JHELUM (turn 616): PETE MASTIFF of DOGS OF WAR (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   5 KALTOS (turn 640): KELLY of CASSEY'S CREW (Dartor, mgr.)
 DM   6 TRANSEL (turn 635): ACOLYTE 1 of GOLDEN DAWN (Chief Illiniwek, mgr.)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 643): PALMETTA PATTY of BEACH BABES (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 628): CHAGAN of VIKINGS (Nomad, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 629): TAREK of LUROCIAN PRIDE (The Greek Guy, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 628): SARALEE JO of SWORD OPERA (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  36 JHANS (turn 600): EVA MENDEZ of GIRLS X3 (Non, mgr.)
 DM  38 CLIFFHOME (turn 592): ZIG of U.A.K. (Otis the Drunk, mgr.)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 267): WHAKAPAPA of KIWI CONNECTION (The Mun, mgr.)
 DM  42 RODEKI (turn 576): LAZY LOOKOUT of DUNGEON CELL (One Armed Bandit, mgr.)
 DM  51 TRICORUS (turn 527): UP FROM THE SEA of RAISING R'LYEH (Reaper, mgr.)
 DM  54 TROCAR (turn 253): MATEEN of SAI'FULLAH (?, mgr.)
 DM  59 ILLIS (turn 242): GISBORNE of KIWI CONNECTION (The Mun, mgr.)
 DM  62 VALAMANTIS (turn 476): SAND STORM of DISASTERS (Papa Bear, mgr.)
 DM  72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 218): EAGLE KEYS of ANCIENT KNIGHTS (?, mgr.)
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 521): GATEWAY of ATTACK OF THE CLONES (The Upright Man, mgr.)

                                      Top Teams
                                      ---------
 DM   1 MORDANT (turn 639): HOMICIDAL MANIACS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   2 NIANIA (turn 521): POSITION IS EMPTY
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 645): IRATE FORMATIONS (The Muffin Man, mgr.)
 DM   4 JHELUM (turn 616): TRIBAL COUNCIL (Chief Illiniwek, mgr.)
 DM   5 KALTOS (turn 640): BLOOD SUCKERS (The Mun, mgr.)
 DM   6 TRANSEL (turn 635): THE DIRECTORS (?, mgr.)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 643): CHURCH LADIES (Papa Bear, mgr.)
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 628): Bacon Makin' (?, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 629): OF WOLF AND MAN II (Tripwire, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 628): SWORD OPERA (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  36 JHANS (turn 600): GIRLS X3 (Non, mgr.)
 DM  38 CLIFFHOME (turn 592): U.A.K. (Otis the Drunk, mgr.)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 267): THE MIDDLE WAY (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  42 RODEKI (turn 576): DUNGEON CELL (One Armed Bandit, mgr.)
 DM  51 TRICORUS (turn 527): RAISING R'LYEH (Reaper, mgr.)
 DM  54 TROCAR (turn 253): STREET-SOLDIERS (Darkface, mgr.)
 DM  59 ILLIS (turn 242): WHAT'S IN A NAME (?, mgr.)
 DM  62 VALAMANTIS (turn 476): MIDDLE WAY 10 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 218): KIWI CONNECTION 7 (The Mun, mgr.)
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 521) 0729205R et al (The Muffin Man, mgr.)

                                   Recent Graduates
                                  -----------------
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 628): SPARE ANCHOR of SEA DOGS (One Armed Bandit, mgr.)
                            DOT DOT DOT of CENTER FOR OLDS (Suave, mgr.)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 267): WHAKAPAPA of KIWI CONNECTION (The Mun, mgr.)
 DM  51 TRICORUS (turn 527): UP FROM THE SEA of RAISING R'LYEH (Reaper, mgr.)
 DM  59 ILLIS (turn 241): STINGAREE of ISLANDERS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  62 VALAMANTIS (turn 475): SALTY DOG of DEATH MOB (Jakari, mgr.)
 DM  72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 218): EAGLE KEYS of ANCIENT KNIGHTS (?, mgr.)
                   (turn 217): MYSTIQUE of BARBARIAN HORDE (?, mgr.)

                                 DUELMASTER'S COLUMN
                             Notes from the arena champ.

     Ah, that's what happens when you eat potato salad on a picnic, Bubba.  Most of
the time you're okay, but just once in a while, it comes with Sam and Ella, and then
you get really sick and can't win your fight in the arena.  Bummer for you, but it
works for me.

                                        Grond

P.S.  That's why I stuck to the sauerkraut.  I'm not real fond of it, but properly
fermented and pickled cabbage is secure where Sam and Ella are concerned.

P.P.S.  But the sausages-in-a-bun were great.  Thanks for the invitation.

                                      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 ENRKO FERMI, who flew up 12 points in 
the rankings after mashing MORDALL like a melon.  Keep your eye on this guy.  And 
falling like a basher in the top ten was GULBY, who dropped 7 points after a 
disappointing (to say the least) bout with VENOMOUS CONCUBINE.  Our battling 
duelmaster GROND has managed to hold the title, fending off CONVICTED ASSASSIN's none 
too subtle advances.  Better luck next time, NIANIA.  Can you believe they are paying 
me 10 gold to deliver this stuff?   
     Let's dig a little deeper into what's happening in the NIANIA arena.   
     Remember that an arena is not always a safe place to be, but it is one of the 
most interesting, though!  Ask not the elves for counsel, for they will say both yes 
and no.  Silly buggers, eh?   
     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.  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                  
 GROND 5540                   24  18  0   106       THE GOLDEN FISH (147)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 GOLDINA 5563                 18   9  0   122       THE GOLDEN FISH (147)
-LILLY PEPPER 5564            14   6  0   105       PEANUT BUTTER FUDGE (657)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-BUBBA BENDER 5566            14   5  0    88       PEANUT BUTTER FUDGE (657)
-BRANDY PINKERTON 5565        13   7  1    88       PEANUT BUTTER FUDGE (657)
-EIO YUE 5568                 13   7  0    87       PEANUT BUTTER FUDGE (657)
 GULBY 5558                   18  15  1    76       THE GOLDEN FISH (147)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 IGNORANT BAUD 5609            6   0  0    59       042909A (659)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 TURTELLINNI 2416              3   1  0    33       REPTILES 'R' US (331)
 ENRKO FERMI 5613              5   2  1    28       HISTORICAL WUSSES (660)
 LORINDA 5603                  7   5  0    27       THE GOLDEN FISH (147)
 DESMOND TUTU 5610             3   4  0    24       HISTORICAL WUSSES (660)
 AMBEERDEXTROUS 5618           3   0  0    24       042909A (659)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 IMMANUEL KANT 5614            2   5  1    20       HISTORICAL WUSSES (660)
 JEAN PAUL SATRE 5612          5   2  1    19       HISTORICAL WUSSES (660)
-ORI ONYX 5620                 2   0  0    17       PEANUT BUTTER FUDGE (657)
 GHANDI 5611                   2   5  1    12       HISTORICAL WUSSES (660)
 TWO-PIECE TOENAIL 5627        1   0  1     8       042909A (659)
-SLITHER N' COIL 5621          0   2  0     2       REPTILES 'R' US (331)
-AL E. GATOR 2414              0   1  0     1       REPTILES 'R' US (331)

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
CONVICTED THIEF         0  0 0                      TWO-PIECE TOENAI 5627 522  NONE
EXTINCT 4 5632          0  1 0 REPTILES 'R' US 331  ARENAMISTRESS VO      522  NONE
MORDALL 5616            2  2 0 THE GOLDEN FISH 147  ENRKO FERMI 5613      522   

                                     PERSONAL ADS

Brandy Pinkerton -- The voices told me to do it.  They didn't like your face.  Or
maybe I mean I didn't like your face?  I'm a little confused, but someone didn't. --
Goldina
P.S.  I really miss Haus.

Lilly Pepper -- Not enough seasoning is what *I* think.  But I'm not sure which of us
needs it.  Many things are confused around our guildhouse these days, me not the
least. -- Gulby

Ghandi -- Super callused fragile mystic hexed by halitosis.  I never expected to have
occasion to use that pun in a personal, so I'm not going to let this chance get away.
-- Lorinda

Turtellinni -- Huh, I thought you were one of those Pasta guys from Osksi.  Almost as
bad, plus the shell.  Not my kind of opponent.  I wasn't ready for a loss. -- Mordall

Bubba -- You tell the women on your team to watch OUT for that Khalhums Dwarf.
Gobiann Strongaxe, that is, and he's got a reputation for being, um, a little too...
pre-emptive with the human females, I guess he doesn't like his women with beards.
Some of my earlier teammates had serious problems with him.  One was even kidnapped
and taken away somewhere!  She totally vanished.  We don't KNOW what happened to her,
but with the swamp all around, well, we worry about it.  Not as much as we did back
THEN, and Pike, he was another earlier teammate, he even got his girlfriend, Seef
Haraine, the Venomous Concubine, you know, to turn out a bunch of Karragit to help
look.  But we never found her.  It was a bad time.  So you tell Brandy and Lilly to
be careful around him, okay? -- Lorinda

Eio Yue -- We'll do the best we can, we have been--the situation with Goldina worries
us, too.  But with the title to our team being confused, well, we asked M. Laymoness
Chardinee, who's a lawyer on the side (as well as an insurance agent now), to look
over the contracts, and he says there are some "ambiguous paragraphs," and this could
mean all kinds of trouble.  I don't like to think about it, but someone's got to. --
Grond

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

EXTINCT 4 was butchered by ARENAMISTRESS VORA in a 1 minute bloody Dark Arena fight.
GROND vanquished CONVICTED ASSASSIN in a exciting 1 minute uneven Title battle.
GOLDINA savagely defeated KUNG-FU MASTER in a 2 minute bloody duel.
GULBY was bested by VENOMOUS CONCUBINE in a exciting 1 minute veteran's fight.
IGNORANT BAUD devastated FRATSFA SLAVE in a 1 minute uneven brawl.
LORINDA savagely defeated GHANDI in a 2 minute brutal struggle.
TURTELLINNI bested DESMOND TUTU in a 1 minute competition.
JEAN PAUL SATRE defeated OSKSI NOBLE in a 3 minute melee.
ENRKO FERMI slaughtered MORDALL in a 1 minute uneven duel.
IMMANUEL KANT won victory over CULT MEMBER in a 1 minute gruesome fight.
AMBEERDEXTROUS outwaited CONVICTED THIEF in a tiresome 7 minute novice's fight.
TWO-PIECE TOENAIL put to death CONVICTED THIEF in a tiresome 4 minute novice's bout.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|AIMED BLOW                       4         TOTAL PARRY        2 -   0 -  0     100  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   3         LUNGING ATTACK    18 -   7 -  0      72  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  3         WALL OF STEEL      9 -   4 -  0      69  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   2         AIMED BLOW        14 -   9 -  2      61  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    1         PARRY-RIPOSTE      8 -   6 -  1      57  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    1         SLASHING ATTACK    8 -   7 -  0      53  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  1         BASHING ATTACK    12 -  13 -  1      48  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      0         STRIKING ATTACK   12 -  18 -  1      40  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     0         PARRY-STRIKE       0 -   0 -  0       0  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      0         PARRY-LUNGE        0 -   0 -  0       0  |

Turn 522 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     STRIKING ATTACK    1 -  2         3  LUNGING ATTACK 
LUNGING ATTACK     2 -  0     PARRY-LUNGE        0 -  0         2  STRIKING ATTACK
WALL OF STEEL      1 -  0     PARRY-STRIKE       0 -  0         2  AIMED BLOW     
AIMED BLOW         3 -  1     SLASHING ATTACK    0 -  1         1  BASHING ATTACK 
BASHING ATTACK     2 -  1     TOTAL PARRY        0 -  0         1  SLASHING ATTACK
                                                                1  PARRY-RIPOSTE  
                                                                1  WALL OF STEEL  

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
BASHING ATTACK   GROND 5540                 24  18  0  106 THE GOLDEN FISH (147)
STRIKING ATTACK  GOLDINA 5563               18   9  0  122 THE GOLDEN FISH (147)
LUNGING ATTACK   IGNORANT BAUD 5609          6   0  0   59 042909A (659)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is GROND 5540.  The most popular warrior this turn was 
LORINDA 5603.  The ten other most popular fighters were GROND 5540, GOLDINA 5563, 
IGNORANT BAUD 5609, TURTELLINNI 2416, IMMANUEL KANT 5614, GULBY 5558, GHANDI 5611, 
JEAN PAUL SATRE 5612, ENRKO FERMI 5613, and EXTINCT 4 5632.

The least popular fighter this week was AMBEERDEXTROUS 5618.  The other ten least 
popular fighters were TWO-PIECE TOENAIL 5627, MORDALL 5616, DESMOND TUTU 5610, 
EXTINCT 4 5632, ENRKO FERMI 5613, JEAN PAUL SATRE 5612, GHANDI 5611, GULBY 5558, 
IMMANUEL KANT 5614, and TURTELLINNI 2416.