DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 02/06/2012    Duedate: 02/18/2012

NIANIA ARENA

DM-2    TURN-577

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

SERPENT2
SERPENTS HOLD (664)
(2-5684) [15-5-1,114]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

SKIDMARK BUG                   POSITION IS EMPTY
042909A (659)                  
(2-5711) [12-3-0,129]          

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

KINTHIRA                       KORBRIZT HORON
THE GOLDEN FISH (147)          THE GOLDEN FISH (147)
(2-5705) [17-10-0,84]          (2-5742) [7-12-0,39]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

 (-1)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. SERPENTS HOLD (664)         51
2. THE GOLDEN FISH (147)       44      042909A (659)
3. THE FUNNY FARM (409)        32      Unchartered Team
4. THE RUNAROUND (381)         17
5. GNU TEAM (670)              15       (-1)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 1 042909A (659)             88  24  2 78.6   1/ 2 THE GOLDEN FISH (147)     8  7 0
 2/ 2 THE FUNNY FARM (409)     145 106  6 57.8   2/ 1 HAMOI TONG (469)          8  7 0
 3/ 3 THE GOLDEN FISH (147)    881 923 24 48.8   3/ 3 THE FUNNY FARM (409)      6  6 0
 4/ 4 GNU TEAM (670)            69  77  6 47.3   4/ 4 GNU TEAM (670)            5  7 0
 5/ 5 HAMOI TONG (469)          55  63  4 46.6   5/ 6 SERPENTS HOLD (664)       4  3 0
 6/ 7 SERPENTS HOLD (664)       53  61  1 46.5   6/ 5 042909A (659)             2  0 0
 7/ 6 THE RUNAROUND (381)       26  31  2 45.6   7/ 7 THE RUNAROUND (381)       2  3 0
 8- 8*POSITIVE ALTERNATI (655)   4   8  1 33.3   8- 9*BLADES OF STEEL (668)     1  1 0
 9- 9*BLADES OF STEEL (668)      1   3  0 25.0   9- 8*POSITIVE ALTERNATI (655)  0  2 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 694): RANDOM MANIAC of HOMICIDAL MANIACS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   2 NIANIA (turn 576): GNU I KNEW of GNU TEAM (Sherlock, mgr.)
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 699): KVASIR of AESIR (Buri, mgr.)
 DM   4 JHELUM (turn 671): BRAVE 1 of TRIBAL COUNCIL (Chief Illiniwek, mgr.)
 DM   5 KALTOS (turn 695): QUARTUS of LONG SWORD CLUB (Sherlock, mgr.)
 DM   6 TRANSEL (turn 690): FLASHER of TACKLE BOX (Buri, mgr.)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 698): NIKKI NAILS of TOOL SHED (Leprechaun, mgr.)
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 683): CENSORSHIP of ABOMINATION (Chase, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 684): BABY ON BOARD of SEA DOGS (One Armed Bandit, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 683): RED HOUSE of THE BLUES (Buri, mgr.)
 DM  36 JHANS (turn 649): RHAKARAS of TEMPLE OF STEEL (Hawk, mgr.)
 DM  38 CLIFFHOME (turn 638): VONSITAN KORV of JINDA-BAN (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 295): IPSWICH of KIWI CONNECTION (The Mun, mgr.)
 DM  42 RODEKI (turn 631): HENDRIX of SHREDDERS (Buri, mgr.)
 DM  51 TRICORUS (turn 582): HANK of VENTURE BROS. (Buri, mgr.)
 DM  54 TROCAR (turn 277): QIONG YING of ASIAN INVASION (Pec Killer, mgr.)
 DM  59 ILLIS (turn 270): POSITION IS EMPTY
 DM  62 VALAMANTIS (turn 528): KOLBERT MOON of MIDDLE WAY 10 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 246): NAEFAN ORDH of MIDDLE WAY 9 (Jorja, mgr.)
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 576): THUNDER BUG of TACKLE BOX (Buri, mgr.)

                                      Top Teams
                                      ---------
 DM   1 MORDANT (turn 694): HOMICIDAL MANIACS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   2 NIANIA (turn 576): HAMOI TONG (Froot E. Bowl, mgr.)
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 699): AESIR (Buri, mgr.)
 DM   4 JHELUM (turn 671): TRIBAL COUNCIL (Chief Illiniwek, mgr.)
 DM   5 KALTOS (turn 695): TECHNOLOGY (Otto X, mgr.)
 DM   6 TRANSEL (turn 690): SOUL STRIPPERS II (Saucy Jack, mgr.)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 298): SENTINELS (Nomad, mgr.)
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 683): ABOMINATIONS (Chase, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 684): RYAN'S HENCHMEN (Leprechaun, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 683): THE BOWLS (Froot E. Bowl, mgr.)
 DM  36 JHANS (turn 649): DEVIATION (Marma Duke, mgr.)
 DM  38 CLIFFHOME (turn 638): ZOMBIE SQUAD (Khisanth, mgr.)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 295): DARQUE ANGELS (Master Darque, mgr.)
 DM  42 RODEKI (turn 631): SHREDDERS (Buri, mgr.)
 DM  51 TRICORUS (turn 582): VENTURE BROS. (Buri, mgr.)
 DM  54 TROCAR (turn 277): KIWI CONNECTION II (The Mun, mgr.)
 DM  59 ILLIS (turn 270): IMPROVED ILLUSION (Master Darque, mgr.)
 DM  62 VALAMANTIS (turn 528): MIDDLE WAY 10 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 246): MIDDLE WAY 9 (Jorja, mgr.)
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 576) PUNCHILINES et al (The Upright Man, mgr.)

                                   Recent Graduates
                                  -----------------
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 698): EXISTENCE MUNDANE of STATE OF MIND (Marma Duke, mgr.)
 DM   4 JHELUM (turn 670): BRAVE 2 of TRIBAL COUNCIL (Chief Illiniwek, mgr.)
 DM   6 TRANSEL (turn 690): FLASHER of TACKLE BOX (Buri, mgr.)
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 683): CENSORSHIP of ABOMINATION (Chase, mgr.)
               (turn 682): WILD THINGS of BACON MAKIN' (Sherlock, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 684): CHATROOMMATE of CENTER FOR OLDS (Suave, mgr.)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 294): THE FALLEN ONE of DARQUE ANGELS (Master Darque, mgr.)
 DM  42 RODEKI (turn 631): URCHIN of DUNGEON CELL (One Armed Bandit, mgr.)
 DM  59 ILLIS (turn 670): LORD FOUL of BLOODGUARD (Sigird Fafnisbane, mgr.)
              (turn 269): HARVEY of IMPROVED ILLUSION (Master Darque, mgr.)
                          FAIRYFIRE of IMPROVED ILLUSION (Master Darque, mgr.)

                                      SPY REPORT

     Ready for some action-packed adventure, some thrills, chills and spills?  Well 
fergit it, cause this is the Spyreport for NIANIA.  MVP award for STUPID GNUS?  GNU 
TEAM's proud of him after beating CHAKTIRI and getting 22 points.  Talk about yer 
major upsets!  CHAKTIRI's match with STUPID GNUS cost him a loss of 17 points!  And I 
was just getting used to the ex-Duelmaster's habit of...(!)  Oh well, welcome 
SERPENT2.  Aren't SERPENTS HOLD proud.  (Oh, my.) Is the Duelmaster really being a 
real snob to his teammates?  Don't ask me!   
     AAARRGH!!!  I HATE SPYREPORTING!!!  Sorry.  I just had to say it.  The warriors 
of GNU TEAM must be getting lonely.  They were the most avoided team.  Do you guys 
know something that I don't?  I don't know what HAMOI TONG's been doing.  They 
certainly haven't been accepting many fights from GNU TEAM, that's fer sher.  Like, 
is SKIDMARK BUG popular, or what?  He was challenged the most in all of NIANIA!  He's 
got a 12-3-0, is that good?  Ooh!  Did TASAIO really know what he was doing when he 
challenged SKIDMARK BUG?  A 11-8-1 speaks volumes.  (Zontoni said that.  I don't know 
what it means.) TASAIO lost to SKIDMARK BUG, but he got 4 points.  SKIDMARK BUG won, 
and got 6 points.  I don't get it.   
     Man, all these warriors dying and killing each other!  Don't you guys ever give 
it a break?  Hey you guys, don't you think your families would like to hear from you? 
Write!  (Or have someone write for you.)  
     I really didn't, you know, study when I was a kid.  Who would've guessed I'd be 
a famous Spyreporter?  I know how much you like reading this stuff, but I really 
should stop.  I had a fun time, see you later-- Debby Tonte  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SERPENT2 5684                15   5  1   114       SERPENTS HOLD (664)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SKIDMARK BUG 5711            12   3  0   129       042909A (659)
 GNU I KNEW 5722              18  14  1    98       GNU TEAM (670)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 TASAIO 4055                  11   8  1    88       HAMOI TONG (469)
 KINTHIRA 5705                17  10  0    84       THE GOLDEN FISH (147)
 STUPID GNUS 5723             16  16  0    83       GNU TEAM (670)
 CHAKTIRI 4118                 9   6  1    73       HAMOI TONG (469)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 ROBOT CHICKEN 5728           10   8  0    59       THE FUNNY FARM (409)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 RATTLER 5766                  5   2  0    51       SERPENTS HOLD (664)
-MAUL ON WHEELS 2938           6   4  0    50       THE RUNAROUND (381)
 PAPEWAIO 4124                11   3  0    49       HAMOI TONG (469)
 GRAPE APE 5790                4   2  0    46       THE FUNNY FARM (409)
-BLINK 5548                    3   2  1    42       POSITIVE ALTERNATIVE (655)
 KORBRIZT HORON 5742           7  12  0    39       THE GOLDEN FISH (147)
 KESTRALINE 5783               7   3  0    39       THE GOLDEN FISH (147)
 GNU RECRUIT 5721              6  17  0    35       GNU TEAM (670)
 GHUDA III 5786                5   2  0    34       HAMOI TONG (469)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 RED LIZARD 5769               6   7  0    32       THE GOLDEN FISH (147)
 JIRO 5785                     4   3  0    30       HAMOI TONG (469)
 STARVING FACE 5751            3   4  0    30       THE RUNAROUND (381)
 GNUTON 5770                   6   6  0    24       GNU TEAM (670)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 ARCHED EYELID 5775            4   1  0    21       THE RUNAROUND (381)
 THE LIZARD KING 5763          1   1  0    20       THE FUNNY FARM (409)
-BRANDON HEATH 5588            1   2  0    19       POSITIVE ALTERNATIVE (655)
 ELINTERRI 5794                1   3  0    18       THE GOLDEN FISH (147)
-SCRAT 5793                    1   0  0    10       THE FUNNY FARM (409)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-GHOST 5693                    1   0  0     9       BLADES OF STEEL (668)
 CHANCE 5780                   1   0  0     9       SERPENTS HOLD (664)
 EAU DE PERE 5789              1   4  0     7       THE RUNAROUND (381)
-CLOUD 5691                    0   1  0     5       BLADES OF STEEL (668)

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
GNUMA GNUMA 5771        1  8 1 GNU TEAM 670         BLINK 5548            574  REVENGED
BYE 5808                0  1 0 SERPENTS HOLD 664    HIGH ELF              577  NONE
SEE YA 5807             0  1 0 SERPENTS HOLD 664    HIGH ELF              577  NONE
SLURRY 5814             0  1 0 THE FUNNY FARM 409   SHEWISH GIANT         577  NONE
TOOTH PICK 2939         6  6 2 THE RUNAROUND 381    CHAKTIRI 4118         574   

                                     PERSONAL ADS

Robot Chicken -- Say hello to my little friend!... no really, he's right here
carrying my Maul. -- Tasaio

Gnu Recruit -- Our fights are always so action packed!  Let's do this again sometime,
you seem to be able to teach me some things. -- Papewaio

Red Lizard -- How can I tell if you're bleeding when you're red all over? -- Jiro

Gnu I Knew -- I just gnu we were going to be matched up.  Still can't solve this one.
Why don't you graduate already? -- Chaktiri

Gnuton --  What's the world coming to these days?  I really don't know. -- Ghuda V's
granddaddy

We salute the tourney participants and note that we once had some good gladiators
here.  Of course, they're now on the Isle and not coming back, but if we could get
some others of that caliber, it would be good. -- Jorja and the Golden Fish

Don't listen to her!  If we get more hotshots here, those of us who are just ordinary
will be getting beaten up EVEN MORE.  We don't think it's worth it. -- the Golden
Fish, but not Jorja

Jiro -- A hotshot.  At least you aren't a CRUSHING hotshot, like some I've seen.
Actually, good fight, considering.  On your part.  My part... not so good. -- Red
Lizard
P.S.  Do I seem to you to be getting... scaly?

Stupid Gnus -- You live up to YOUR name rather well. -- Kinthira

Rattler -- Inevitable, though embarrassing.  I wonder if I should petition for a name
change to something snaky?  You serpents always seem to win. -- Korbrizt Horon

At least the Ambitious Guard knows enough to LOSE to me.  I'm not in the mood for
anything else. -- Kestraline

Ghost -- Oh, great, make me feel even worse! -- Elinterri, wondering why she took
this job in the first place

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

SLURRY was dealt death by SHEWISH GIANT in a crowd pleasing 2 minute Dark Arena fight.
BYE was narrowly killed by HIGH ELF in a 2 minute brutal Dark Arena melee.
SEE YA was savagely slain by HIGH ELF in a 1 minute bloody Dark Arena duel.
TASAIO was bested by SKIDMARK BUG in a exciting 2 minute veteran's Challenge fight.
PAPEWAIO bested KESTRALINE in a 2 minute Challenge brawl.
GNU I KNEW lost to SERPENT2 in a 1 minute Title fight.
CHAKTIRI was unbelievably bested by STUPID GNUS in a crowd pleasing 5 minute match.
KINTHIRA savagely defeated VETERAN MERCENARY in a action packed 3 minute melee.
ROBOT CHICKEN viciously subdued GNU RECRUIT in a crowd boring 9 minute veteran's duel.
JIRO was overpowered by RATTLER in a 1 minute one-sided fight.
GHUDA III was overcome by GRAPE APE in a popular 1 minute bout.
ARCHED EYELID was savagely defeated by KORBRIZT HORON in a 6 minute match.
GNUTON was devastated by STARVING FACE in a crowd pleasing 1 minute one-sided battle.
RED LIZARD handily defeated THE LIZARD KING in a 1 minute one-sided conflict.
EAU DE PERE was viciously subdued by CHANCE in a 2 minute gruesome amateur's bout.
ELINTERRI handily defeated PERSISTENT BEGGAR in a 3 minute bloody mismatched bout.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|LUNGING ATTACK                   7         PARRY-LUNGE        8 -   0 -  0     100  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  5         PARRY-RIPOSTE      7 -   3 -  0      70  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   4         WALL OF STEEL      8 -   6 -  1      57  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      4         LUNGING ATTACK    29 -  26 -  2      53  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     3         TOTAL PARRY       21 -  20 -  0      51  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      1         BASHING ATTACK    22 -  21 -  1      51  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    1         STRIKING ATTACK   13 -  17 -  0      43  |
|AIMED BLOW                       1         SLASHING ATTACK    3 -   4 -  1      43  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    1         PARRY-STRIKE       5 -   8 -  0      38  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  0         AIMED BLOW         4 -  11 -  0      27  |

Turn 577 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-LUNGE        1 -  0     PARRY-STRIKE       1 -  2         3  LUNGING ATTACK 
PARRY-RIPOSTE      1 -  0     STRIKING ATTACK    1 -  4         2  BASHING ATTACK 
LUNGING ATTACK     5 -  2     AIMED BLOW         0 -  1         2  TOTAL PARRY    
BASHING ATTACK     2 -  2     SLASHING ATTACK    0 -  0         1  PARRY-LUNGE    
TOTAL PARRY        2 -  2     WALL OF STEEL      0 -  1         1  PARRY-RIPOSTE  
                                                                1  STRIKING ATTACK
                                                                1  WALL OF STEEL  

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
LUNGING ATTACK   SERPENT2 5684              15   5  1  114 SERPENTS HOLD (664)
PARRY-LUNGE      SKIDMARK BUG 5711          12   3  0  129 042909A (659)
BASHING ATTACK   TASAIO 4055                11   8  1   88 HAMOI TONG (469)
PARRY-RIPOSTE    KINTHIRA 5705              17  10  0   84 THE GOLDEN FISH (147)
TOTAL PARRY      ROBOT CHICKEN 5728         10   8  0   59 THE FUNNY FARM (409)
STRIKING ATTACK  RATTLER 5766                5   2  0   51 SERPENTS HOLD (664)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is KINTHIRA 5705.  The most popular warrior this turn 
was KORBRIZT HORON 5742.  The ten other most popular fighters were CHAKTIRI 4118, 
KINTHIRA 5705, SLURRY 5814, TASAIO 4055, SKIDMARK BUG 5711, STARVING FACE 5751, BYE 
5808, KESTRALINE 5783, SERPENT2 5684, and RATTLER 5766.

The least popular fighter this week was GNU RECRUIT 5721.  The other ten least 
popular fighters were EAU DE PERE 5789, THE LIZARD KING 5763, GNUTON 5770, ARCHED 
EYELID 5775, JIRO 5785, ROBOT CHICKEN 5728, STUPID GNUS 5723, GNU I KNEW 5722, SEE YA 
5807, and RED LIZARD 5769.

The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn:

SERPENT2 (2-5684) SERPENTS HOLD (664)