DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER
Date : 06/09/2011 Duedate: 06/22/2011
OSKSI ARENA
DM-3 TURN-682
This Weeks Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
HUSTLERS AMBITION
STATE OF MIND (245)
(3-7063) [14-8-0,113]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
HUSTLERS AMBITION POSITION IS EMPTY
STATE OF MIND (245)
(3-7063) [14-8-0,113]
Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite
FALRONDIAL VOTH UBIQUITI BULLET
GAMES LIBRARY (340) GENERATION X (416)
(3-6989) [20-18-0,80] (3-7159) [3-0-0,25]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
AESIR (164)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. AESIR (164) 27
2. BRIGHT (578) 26 VEGGIES (591)
3. GENERATION X (416) 22 Unchartered Team
4. SERPENTS' HOLD (645) 16
5. VEGGIES (591) 11 PHILANTHROPISTS (647)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1/ 1 VEGGIES (591) 43 19 1 69.4 1/ 2 AESIR (164) 9 6 0
2/ 4 BRIGHT (578) 19 16 1 54.3 2/ 1 STATE OF MIND (245) 8 6 1
3/ 5 SERPENTS' HOLD (645) 10 9 0 52.6 3/ 4 GENERATION X (416) 8 7 0
4- 2 PASTA (616) 114 107 7 51.6 4/ 7 BRIGHT (578) 5 1 0
5/ 3 GENERATION X (416) 197 187 20 51.3 5/ 3 GAMES LIBRARY (340) 4 11 0
6/ 6 AESIR (164) 682 691 46 49.7 6/ 6 SERPENTS' HOLD (645) 3 0 0
7/ 7 STATE OF MIND (245) 167 174 15 49.0 7/ 8 VEGGIES (591) 2 1 0
8- 8 DREAMS OF KADATH (635) 66 73 3 47.5 8- 9 DREAMS OF KADATH (635) 2 2 0
9- 9 STL RAD (602) 28 37 1 43.1 9- 5 PASTA (616) 1 5 0
10/10 GAMES LIBRARY (340) 739 %1019 23 42.0 10-10 STL RAD (602) 0 1 0
'*' Unchartered team '-' Team did not fight this turn
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TEAM SPOTLIGHT
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---===DELARQUAN REGIONAL NEWS===---
Duelmasters
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DM 1 MORDANT (turn 676): VERMOUTH of BOOZE (Papa Bear, mgr.)
DM 2 NIANIA (turn 559): CHARLIE HORSE of THE FUNNY FARM (Buri, mgr.)
DM 3 OSKSI (turn 681): FUNNY FARM FIEND of STATE OF MIND (Marma Duke, mgr.)
DM 4 JHELUM (turn 653): WHEEL OF TIME of TL;DR (Sherlock, mgr.)
DM 5 KALTOS (turn 677): MAURINA OBEL of THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 6 TRANSEL (turn 672): CHAS CRINGER of PSYCHO SQUAD (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 7 BONSUR (turn 681): KONA KATE of BEACH BABES (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 10 KOLACT (turn 665): FOOTLOOSE of BACON MAKIN' (Sherlock, mgr.)
DM 18 TALCAMA (turn 667): SUSHI of SUPERIOR FORCES 6N (Manager, mgr.)
DM 21 SUNSET (turn 666): TIME of OMINOUS REIGN (Archaic Elf, mgr.)
DM 36 JHANS (turn 634): 50/50 of SKATE DRAGONS (Floyd, mgr.)
DM 38 CLIFFHOME (turn 621): MY DEER WATSON of HOLMES ON THE RANGE (Sherlock, mgr.)
DM 39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 286): TIMOR UNRED of THE MIDDLE WAY (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 42 RODEKI (turn 614): BRAID of I CAN'T BRUSH YOU (Sherlock, mgr.)
DM 51 TRICORUS (turn 565): WHO of QUESTIONS (Sherlock, mgr.)
DM 54 TROCAR (turn 268): CAO ZHEN of ASIAN INVASION (Pec Killer, mgr.)
DM 59 ILLIS (turn 261): G W BUSH of TALL TALES (A-Sop, mgr.)
DM 62 VALAMANTIS (turn 510): RED HOOK of FLOYD'S BREWERY (Floyd, mgr.)
DM 72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 237): WHOLE of MILK IS GOOD (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.)
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 558): STASSIA of UP TO NO GOOD (She-Puppy, mgr.)
Top Teams
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DM 1 MORDANT (turn 676): BOOZE (Papa Bear, mgr.)
DM 2 NIANIA (turn 559): THE FUNNY FARM (Buri, mgr.)
DM 3 OSKSI (turn 681): STATE OF MIND (Marma Duke, mgr.)
DM 4 JHELUM (turn 653): TL;DR (Sherlock, mgr.)
DM 5 KALTOS (turn 677): THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 6 TRANSEL (turn 672): TACKLE BOX (Buri, mgr.)
DM 7 BONSUR (turn 681): BEACH BABES (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 10 KOLACT (turn 665): THE CLUB (Buri, mgr.)
DM 18 TALCAMA (turn 667): OF WOLF AND MAN II (Tripwire, mgr.)
DM 21 SUNSET (turn 666): RAGING LORDS (General Ikillu, mgr.)
DM 36 JHANS (turn 634): MIDDLE WAY 17 (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 38 CLIFFHOME (turn 621): HOLMES ON THE RANGE (Sherlock, mgr.)
DM 39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 286): THE MIDDLE WAY (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 42 RODEKI (turn 614): COLOR ME SUAVE (Suave, mgr.)
DM 51 TRICORUS (turn 565): QUESTIONS (Sherlock, mgr.)
DM 54 TROCAR (turn 268): ASIAN INVASION (Pec Killer, mgr.)
DM 59 ILLIS (turn 261): TALL TALES (A-Sop, mgr.)
DM 62 VALAMANTIS (turn 510): HORSE LAKERS (General Ikillu, mgr.)
DM 72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 237): MIDDLE WAY 9 (Jorja, mgr.)
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 558) STREET PIZZA et al (The Upright Man, mgr.)
Recent Graduates
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DM 1 MORDANT (turn 676): CRATER FACE of LAB EXPERIMENTS (Mannequin, mgr.)
DM 2 NIANIA (turn 557): LORINDA of THE GOLDEN FISH (Jorja, mgr.)
FREDILILLA of THE GOLDEN FISH (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 3 OSKSI (turn 681): FUNNY FARM FIEND of STATE OF MIND (Marma Duke, mgr.)
DM 4 JHELUM (turn 652): RED HAMMER of DOGS OF WAR (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 6 TRANSEL (turn 671): SWIVEL of TACKLE BOX (Buri, mgr.)
STUMP JUMPER of TACKLE BOX (Buri, mgr.)
DM 7 BONSUR (turn 681): KONA KATE of BEACH BABES (Jorja, mgr.)
(turn 680): QUEENIE of BEACH BABES (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 10 KOLACT (turn 665): FOOTLOOSE of BACON MAKIN' (Sherlock, mgr.)
DM 18 TALCAMA (turn 667): BOATSWAIN of SEA DOGS (One Armed Bandit, mgr.)
DM 21 SUNSET (turn 666): TIME of OMINOUS REIGN (Archaic Elf, mgr.)
(turn 665): BONEFACE of RAGING LORDS (General Ikillu, mgr.)
DM 42 RODEKI (turn 614): BRAID of I CAN'T BRUSH YOU (Sherlock, mgr.)
DM 54 TROCAR (turn 257): DENG FEI of ASIAN INVASION (Pec Killer, mgr.)
TIAN HU of ASIAN INVASION (Pec Killer, mgr.)
DUELMASTER'S COLUMN
Notes from the arena champ.
Well, isn't this FUNNY?!!!! Who would have thought 18 months ago that I'd be
sitting here writing this to you on my final turn in Osksi?!!! Marma Duke has me
going to the night fights yet again, but THIS time he fully expects me to win, as
opposed to my first fight when he expected me to lose.
Here's a peek underneath what makes me tick:
18(+1)-8-14-13-9-10-13 Normal/Great, Very High/Mod, Maul, Init fave learn
My skills levels are as follows -- 24/14/26/13/8/15 +1 Att, +2 Par/Def Skill
learns/turn 1.47.
If they do, in fact, have a no tourney ADM, I'll be Marma Duke's first graduate
that has absolutely zero tourney FE... so I might wind up there if he decides to
continue my career... which is doubtful at best.
At the end of the day... I consider myself lucky to be here and happy to have
survived the carnage this arena so blatently displays on a bi-weekly basis (for some
of which I am to blame!).
Until we meet again,
-Funny Farm Fiend-
SPY REPORT
Like the magnificent Sun, rising upon the Dawn and exiling the Night for a Day,
I, Novgorodny Vir, return once again! STATE OF MIND? Who? AESIR is the top team
these days, buddies! Those betting on PASTA lost their shirt, as PASTA lost their
fighting abilities: 0-0-0. Nothing works for a team like victory (How's that for a
perceptive observation?) as BRIGHT can attest... AESIR posted a nice gain, to come
in 1st. Everybody loves a winner... SERPENTS' HOLD had cause to celebrate, after
VIPER got 16 points by beating FENRIS. FENRIS certainly had a baffled expression on
his face, after losing to VIPER and losing 11 points in the process! Well,
Duelmaster FUNNY FARM FIEND Dark Arena Challenged DARK ARENA's LORD ISKOVEN. Is a
20-17-4 good enough? The crowds were amazed this turn, as LORD ISKOVEN killed the
Duelmaster, FUNNY FARM FIEND, leaving STATE OF MIND in mourning. Even 90 points
weren't good enough to save FUNNY FARM FIEND from HUSTLERS AMBITION. OSKSI welcomes
HUSTLERS AMBITION as the new Duelmaster! Word has it one team in OSKSI is taking
speech lessons to try to bore their opponent to death. I'll bet it works.
So much to report, so little time! Like the noble eagle soaring amongst the
mountaintops, so stand the warriors of AESIR, alone and unchallenged. Like a pup
with its tail between its legs, STATE OF MIND scurried away from AESIR. Oh, the
shame! If challenges were horses, SALDORINIVAN KIRO could open up a fast food joint!
My love of complete Spyreports dictates that I note the mismatched fight, UBIQUITI
BULLET and VELOVORINSAL NORS. Are GENERATION X unwilling to engage in a fair fight?
I thought UBIQUITI BULLET showed great skill and promise when he bested VELOVORINSAL
NORS. All right, so I slept through it! Big deal!
Like the wind whispering among the pines, do hearest I many disquieting rumors.
Oh hard! that to strike a flame, the match itself must needs be wasting!
All good things must come to an end. My fingers tire and I fear my incessant
prattling may cause unfair judgement upon my impeccable character. Like a mixed
metaphor, and an overtaxed simile, I now bid OSKSI farewell-- Novgorodny Vir
DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
HUSTLERS AMBITION 7063 14 8 0 113 STATE OF MIND (245)
CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
SQUASH 6418 18 10 0 92 VEGGIES (591)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-ZOMBIE BAIT 6964 15 11 0 88 DREAMS OF KADATH (635)
FALRONDIAL VOTH 6989 20 18 0 80 GAMES LIBRARY (340)
THE SUN 6307 6 1 0 79 BRIGHT (578)
VIPER 7087 10 6 0 77 SERPENTS' HOLD (645)
SALDORINIVAN KIRO 6977 17 23 0 74 GAMES LIBRARY (340)
EXISTANCE MUNDANE 7095 8 9 2 71 STATE OF MIND (245)
CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
STEPHEN HAWKING 6451 7 2 1 62 BRIGHT (578)
-SON OF DAGON 6951 4 2 0 62 DREAMS OF KADATH (635)
-OF ALHAZRED 7025 11 6 0 60 DREAMS OF KADATH (635)
LOABAL DOMINATION 7099 10 6 0 60 STATE OF MIND (245)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
ROAD TRIPPIN 7081 10 7 0 54 GENERATION X (416)
FENRIS 7137 7 2 1 53 AESIR (164)
-A CANDLE 6303 5 1 0 53 BRIGHT (578)
HERMOD 7113 5 7 0 52 AESIR (164)
DARIROKAN KOR 7096 9 9 0 49 GAMES LIBRARY (340)
-FINCH'S ART 6551 7 6 0 48 STL RAD (602)
ULL 7132 6 3 0 48 AESIR (164)
-GNOCCHI 7039 7 5 0 41 PASTA (616)
DARK SARCASM 7094 8 9 1 38 STATE OF MIND (245)
-ULTHAR 7073 7 4 0 38 DREAMS OF KADATH (635)
ATARI KING 7147 4 2 0 38 GENERATION X (416)
STARKAD 7128 6 5 0 35 AESIR (164)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-PERCIATELLI 7111 6 4 0 32 PASTA (616)
-CAVATELLI 7024 4 6 0 32 PASTA (616)
-LINGUINE 7093 4 4 0 32 PASTA (616)
UBIQUITI BULLET 7159 3 0 0 25 GENERATION X (416)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
DELISANDARA MERU 7150 4 1 0 16 GAMES LIBRARY (340)
HYPE MACHINE 7139 3 5 2 16 GENERATION X (416)
YELLOW SWEATER 7164 1 0 0 15 BRIGHT (578)
-HOWLING A SEASON 7100 1 7 0 14 DREAMS OF KADATH (635)
KVASIR 7165 1 0 0 10 AESIR (164)
VELOVORINSAL NORS 7151 1 4 0 7 GAMES LIBRARY (340)
-ANGEL HAIR 7152 0 2 0 5 PASTA (616)
WEB SURFER 7163 0 1 0 1 GENERATION X (416)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
FUNNY FARM FIEND 6985 20 18 4 STATE OF MIND 245 LORD ISKOVEN 682 NONE
PERSONAL ADS
Falrondial Voth -- Always a pleasure my old friend.... I have a feeling that is the
last time we shall dance. -- Funny Farm Fiend
Hermod -- ...and my existance while grotesque and incomprehensible to you... saves
lives! -- Existance Mundane
Road Trippin -- Seems like you ate one mushroom too many, my funghi loving friend. --
Loabal Domination
Fenris -- Boy, did I enjoy that... really, I did... okay, maybe not. -- Dark Sarcasm
To all the teams recently returning to the arena -- Welcome Back!! -- Marma Duke
(State of Mind)
Jorja -- What is up with the names on your team? Certainly you didn't run out of
games. Of course, maybe your personal library ran out of game names. Or has it come
to the name generator? -- Assur
Hustler's Ambition -- That comment was fair enough. Ambition certainly worked for
you. -- Falrondial Voth
Our congratulations to Funny Farm Fiend. -- Jorja and the Games Librarians
Jorja -- Stop DOING that! We aren't librarians! -- the members of the Games Library
team
If I say you're librarians, then you ARE. -- Jorja
Funny Farm Fiend -- Everywhere I go, people are whamming me upside the head. Ouch!
Thanks for not killing me. -- Falrondial Voth
Squash -- I thought that was what *I* was supposed to do to *you*, not the other way
around. -- Saldorinivan Kiro
The Sun -- Next time, I'm bring sun-block. -- Darirokan Kor
Howling a Season -- Takes too much energy. Just sit quietly and glower a season. --
Delisandara Meru
Atari King -- I'm not getting this, probably because I'm a stranger here myself, but
where IS Atari? Why were you driven from your throne into the arena? -- Velovorinsal
Nors
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
FUNNY FARM FIEND was butchered by LORD ISKOVEN in a 1 minute bloody Dark Arena fight.
SQUASH won victory over FALRONDIAL VOTH in a 1 minute expert's Challenge battle.
EXISTANCE MUNDANE defeated SALDORINIVAN KIRO in a 1 minute Challenge duel.
LOABAL DOMINATION was viciously subdued by THE SUN in a 2 minute gory Challenge fight.
STEPHEN HAWKING subdued DARIROKAN KOR in a 1 minute Challenge competition.
ATARI KING devastated DELISANDARA MERU in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge duel.
UBIQUITI BULLET viciously subdued VELOVORINSAL NORS in a 3 minute Challenge match.
HUSTLERS AMBITION handily defeated M. CHARDINEE in a 5 minute uneven Title melee.
FENRIS was overpowered by VIPER in a popular 1 minute uneven duel.
ULL defeated THE USEROUS MERCHANT in a 3 minute gruesome match.
ROAD TRIPPIN beat DARK SARCASM in a 2 minute fight.
HERMOD demolished THE USEROUS MERCHANT in a crowd pleasing 1 minute mismatched match.
STARKAD subdued HYPE MACHINE in a crowd pleasing 1 minute match.
WEB SURFER was overpowered by KVASIR in a 1 minute mismatched conflict.
YELLOW SWEATER overpowered PERSISTENT BEGGAR in a 1 minute one-sided duel.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|LUNGING ATTACK 5 PARRY-LUNGE 4 - 2 - 0 67 |
|STRIKING ATTACK 5 PARRY-STRIKE 9 - 6 - 1 60 |
|BASHING ATTACK 4 TOTAL PARRY 12 - 9 - 0 57 |
|AIMED BLOW 3 WALL OF STEEL 24 - 18 - 0 57 |
|WALL OF STEEL 3 AIMED BLOW 17 - 14 - 0 55 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 2 STRIKING ATTACK 17 - 16 - 0 52 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 1 LUNGING ATTACK 28 - 31 - 2 47 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 1 BASHING ATTACK 17 - 22 - 3 44 |
|TOTAL PARRY 1 SLASHING ATTACK 7 - 13 - 1 35 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 PARRY-RIPOSTE 2 - 7 - 0 22 |
Turn 682 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 WALL OF STEEL 1 - 2 3 AIMED BLOW
PARRY-STRIKE 1 - 0 BASHING ATTACK 1 - 3 2 BASHING ATTACK
TOTAL PARRY 1 - 0 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 0 2 PARRY-STRIKE
AIMED BLOW 2 - 1 2 LUNGING ATTACK
LUNGING ATTACK 3 - 2 1 TOTAL PARRY
STRIKING ATTACK 3 - 2 1 SLASHING ATTACK
SLASHING ATTACK 1 - 1
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
TOTAL PARRY HUSTLERS AMBITION 7063 14 8 0 113 STATE OF MIND (245)
BASHING ATTACK SQUASH 6418 18 10 0 92 VEGGIES (591)
SLASHING ATTACK FALRONDIAL VOTH 6989 20 18 0 80 GAMES LIBRARY (340)
LUNGING ATTACK THE SUN 6307 6 1 0 79 BRIGHT (578)
AIMED BLOW VIPER 7087 10 6 0 77 SERPENTS' HOLD (645)
WALL OF STEEL ULL 7132 6 3 0 48 AESIR (164)
STRIKING ATTACK STARKAD 7128 6 5 0 35 AESIR (164)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
The overall popularity leader is FALRONDIAL VOTH 6989. The most popular warrior this
turn was UBIQUITI BULLET 7159. The ten other most popular fighters were HUSTLERS
AMBITION 7063, THE SUN 6307, ROAD TRIPPIN 7081, STARKAD 7128, SQUASH 6418,
VELOVORINSAL NORS 7151, ULL 7132, STEPHEN HAWKING 6451, VIPER 7087, and HERMOD 7113.
The least popular fighter this week was WEB SURFER 7163. The other ten least popular
fighters were DARK SARCASM 7094, DELISANDARA MERU 7150, DARIROKAN KOR 7096, FENRIS
7137, ATARI KING 7147, LOABAL DOMINATION 7099, FALRONDIAL VOTH 6989, YELLOW SWEATER
7164, KVASIR 7165, and HYPE MACHINE 7139.
The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn:
HUSTLERS AMBITION (3-7063) STATE OF MIND (245)
The following warriors have traveled to AD after fighting this turn:
FUNNY FARM FIEND (3-6985) STATE OF MIND (245)