DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER Date : 02/16/2012 Duedate: 02/29/2012 OSKSI ARENA DM-3 TURN-700 This Weeks Top Honors THE DUELMASTER IS SALDORINIVAN KIRO GAMES LIBRARY (340) (3-6977) [21-37-0,115] Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader HERMOD FENTANAYL AESIR (164) F IS FOR... 2 (650) (3-7113) [13-10-0,120] (3-7198) [5-2-0,50] Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite ROAD TRIPPIN HYPE MACHINE GENERATION X (416) GENERATION X (416) (3-7081) [17-12-0,91] (3-7139) [9-10-2,51] THE CURRENT TOP TEAM GENERATION X (416) TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team 1. STATE OF MIND (245) 63 2. PASTA (616) 35 GENERATION X (416) 3. GAMES LIBRARY (340) 27 Unchartered Team 4. F IS FOR... 2 (650) 14 5. N.G.O.A. KNIGHTS (648) 11 F IS FOR... 2 (650) The Top Teams Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K 1/ 1*F IS FOR... 2 (650) 6 3 0 66.7 1/ 2 GENERATION X (416) 11 4 0 2/ 5 GENERATION X (416) 231 209 20 52.5 2/ 3 STATE OF MIND (245) 9 6 2 3/ 6 PASTA (616) 138 128 11 51.9 3/ 1 AESIR (164) 7 8 0 4/ 4 SERPENTS' HOLD (645) 19 18 0 51.4 4/ 4 GAMES LIBRARY (340) 6 9 1 5/ 8 STATE OF MIND (245) 218 213 18 50.6 5/ 5 PASTA (616) 5 3 0 6/ 7 AESIR (164) 726 715 46 50.4 6/ 8 DARK BLADES (568) 4 4 0 7/ 9 DARK BLADES (568) 18 18 3 50.0 7/ 6*F IS FOR... 2 (650) 3 2 0 8/10 GAMES LIBRARY (340) 771 %1076 24 41.7 8/ 9 SERPENTS' HOLD (645) 1 2 0 9/11 N.G.O.A. KNIGHTS (648) 8 38 0 17.4 9/10 N.G.O.A. KNIGHTS (648) 1 7 0 '*' Unchartered team '-' Team did not fight this turn (###) Avoid teams by their Team Id ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank TEAM SPOTLIGHT * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * ---===DELARQUAN REGIONAL NEWS===--- Duelmasters ----------- DM 1 MORDANT (turn 694): RANDOM MANIAC of HOMICIDAL MANIACS (Jorja, mgr.) DM 2 NIANIA (turn 577): SERPENT2 of SERPENTS HOLD (Khisanth, 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 699): EILEEN of CHURCH LADIES (Papa Bear, mgr.) DM 10 KOLACT (turn 683): CENSORSHIP of ABOMINATION (Chase, mgr.) DM 18 TALCAMA (turn 685): BABY ON BOARD of SEA DOGS (One Armed Bandit, mgr.) DM 21 SUNSET (turn 684): ROLISTON of DEATH MOB 4 (Jakari, mgr.) DM 36 JHANS (turn 650): RHAKARAS of TEMPLE OF STEEL (Hawk, mgr.) DM 38 CLIFFHOME (turn 639): KORGOTH of BARBARIA (Buri, mgr.) DM 39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 295): IPSWICH of KIWI CONNECTION (The Mun, mgr.) DM 42 RODEKI (turn 632): HENDRIX of SHREDDERS (Buri, mgr.) DM 51 TRICORUS (turn 583): 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 577): POSITION IS EMPTY 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 699): SENTINELS (Nomad, mgr.) DM 10 KOLACT (turn 683): ABOMINATIONS (Chase, mgr.) DM 18 TALCAMA (turn 685): SHEPHERDS (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.) DM 21 SUNSET (turn 684): THE BOWLS (Froot E. Bowl, mgr.) DM 36 JHANS (turn 650): DEVIATION (Marma Duke, mgr.) DM 38 CLIFFHOME (turn 639): ZOMBIE SQUAD (Khisanth, mgr.) DM 39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 295): DARQUE ANGELS (Master Darque, mgr.) DM 42 RODEKI (turn 632): SHREDDERS (Buri, mgr.) DM 51 TRICORUS (turn 583): POSITION IS EMPTY 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 2 NIANIA (turn 577): SERPENT2 of SERPENTS HOLD (Khisanth, mgr.) 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 21 SUNSET (turn 684): ROLISTON of DEATH MOB 4 (Jakari, mgr.) DM 36 JHANS (turn 650): RHAKARAS of TEMPLE OF STEEL (Hawk, mgr.) DM 39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 294): THE FALLEN ONE of DARQUE ANGELS (Master Darque, mgr.) DM 42 RODEKI (turn 632): SRV of SHREDDERS (Buri, mgr.) (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.) DUELMASTER'S COLUMN Notes from the arena champ. Greetings, Osksi! It felt good to satisfy Fenris' bloodfeud and become Duelmaster in the same turn. I must say that was a sad day for the Aesir stable, he was rather special: 11(+1)-3-17-17-21-3-13 LU with Great damage. A free round of drinks at the Elefont tonight in his memory! I'd say that's worth another bloodfeud, so Dark Sarcasm gets to fight Skadi today. -- Kvasir SPY REPORT I can't believe the violence in OSKSI! I still haven't told Mom I'm writing Spyreports. She'd have a cow! Well, here we go... Like, AESIR had to be so embarrassed when they got kicked off #1 spot by GENERATION X! Way to go GENERATION X! What was the name of that team who got 5-0-0 this turn for a total 218-213-18 you ask? (Sure) STATE OF MIND's their name, and fighting's their game! MVP award for DELISANDARA MERU? GAMES LIBRARY's proud of her after beating VIPER and getting 23 points. Talk about yer major upsets! ELDARISTAN FARO's match with WHERE DREAMS GO2 DIE cost him a loss of 11 points! And I was just getting used to the ex-Duelmaster's habit of...(!) Oh well, welcome SALDORINIVAN KIRO. Aren't GAMES LIBRARY 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 STATE OF MIND must be getting lonely. They were the most avoided team. Do you guys know something that I don't? Hhmph! What kind of warriors are GENERATION X? STATE OF MIND, an easy team to beat if I ever saw one, can't get them to accept an invitation! Like, is PHLEM popular, or what? It was challenged the most in all of OSKSI! It's got a 4-4-1, is that good? For sure, I was holding my breath when I found out PERCIATELLI challenged STARKAD. After all, haven't PASTA and AESIR had a long standing duel in OSKSI? It wasn't a spectacular fight, or anything, but STARKAD wants me to write about it since he subdued PERCIATELLI. Satisfied? What does a fighter fight for? I mean, the crowds don't give a hoot if someone gets killed. Not after four more fights. Fight, fight, fight. Is that all you guys can do? I really didn't, you know, study when I was a kid. Who would've guessed I'd be a famous Spyreporter? I'm getting tired of writing this stuff, so I'm calling it quits. Its been really albendranius! Later, guys-- Debby Tonte DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME SALDORINIVAN KIRO 6977 21 37 0 115 GAMES LIBRARY (340) CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME HERMOD 7113 13 10 0 120 AESIR (164) DARK SARCASM 7094 17 18 2 102 STATE OF MIND (245) -SMEG MAGGOD 6200 9 1 1 97 DARK BLADES (568) STARKAD 7128 14 10 0 96 AESIR (164) ROAD TRIPPIN 7081 17 12 0 91 GENERATION X (416) CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME KVASIR 7165 13 2 0 88 AESIR (164) SKADI 7172 6 4 0 85 AESIR (164) DELISANDARA MERU 7150 14 9 0 81 GAMES LIBRARY (340) VIPER 7087 19 15 0 78 SERPENTS' HOLD (645) MISERYS HOLLOW CHASM 7168 10 7 0 76 STATE OF MIND (245) PERCIATELLI 7111 11 8 0 73 PASTA (616) CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME DARIROKAN KOR 7096 14 22 0 64 GAMES LIBRARY (340) CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME HUNGRY HUNGRY HIPPO 7170 9 0 0 61 GENERATION X (416) ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME NOODLES 7181 6 2 1 56 PASTA (616) HYPE MACHINE 7139 9 10 2 51 GENERATION X (416) FENTANAYL 7198 5 2 0 50 F IS FOR... 2 (650) WHERE DREAMS GO2 DIE 7167 7 11 1 44 STATE OF MIND (245) UBIQUITI BULLET 7159 8 5 0 41 GENERATION X (416) VELOVORINSAL NORS 7151 7 16 0 37 GAMES LIBRARY (340) CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME GNOCCHI 7193 2 0 0 28 PASTA (616) MANRAY 6272 5 4 1 27 DARK BLADES (568) PHLEM 6271 4 4 1 27 DARK BLADES (568) -ROTELLE 7174 3 3 0 26 PASTA (616) INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME ELDARISTAN FARO 7191 4 2 1 21 GAMES LIBRARY (340) MORALLY AMBIVALENT 7204 1 2 0 17 STATE OF MIND (245) L.T. WALLBANGER 7177 2 8 0 16 N.G.O.A. KNIGHTS (648) THATWHICH UFEARMOST 7218 1 0 0 15 STATE OF MIND (245) HIGHLIGHT FILM 7205 2 0 0 12 GENERATION X (416) DAVID 7199 1 1 0 10 N.G.O.A. KNIGHTS (648) -FOSINOPRIL 7195 1 0 0 8 F IS FOR... 2 (650) RAVIOLI 7192 1 1 0 4 PASTA (616) NANCY 7201 0 2 0 2 N.G.O.A. KNIGHTS (648) '-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn. THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge? FENRIS 7137 17 7 1 AESIR 164 DARK SARCASM 7094 698 REVENGED GAR 7217 0 1 0 AESIR 164 BLACK ORC 700 NONE FLOVENT 7194 0 1 0 F IS FOR... 2 650 BANDIT PRINCE 700 NONE MACHAVEN 7189 2 4 0 N.G.O.A. KNIGHTS 648 ELDARISTAN FARO 7191 699 P.E. HARDBOW 7187 1 5 0 N.G.O.A. KNIGHTS 648 PHLEM 6271 696 NOT REVENGED VICKI S. 7178 2 5 0 N.G.O.A. KNIGHTS 648 MANRAY 6272 696 NOT REVENGED PERSONAL ADS Do you realize that this would be turn seven hundred and ONE if we hadn't had two consecutive turns both numbered six-sixty-three back when? As it is... Bonsur will be on our heels in less than a week with a turn seven hundred THERE, too. I suspect bribery. -- Arenamaster Lord Iskoven Dreams -- Too much Fentanyl makes everyone sleep. -- Fent PERCIATELLI -- Thanks for the skills but I'd have been more happy with the win. -- Fent Kvasir -- That's pretty much what I was expecting when I woke up that morning. Well done. -- Dark Sarcasm Stone Golem -- Thank you for helping my existance in this arena end on a very non- mundane note! -- Existance Mundane Skadi -- Um... ouch? -- Miserys Hollow Chasm Ravioli -- I was really hoping for some Fettucini to be honest. -- Morally Ambivalent Miserys Hollow Chasm -- I'll remember to bring candles. -- Delisandara Meru Hype Machine -- And for a few critical moments, I *believed* it. -- Velovorinsal Nors Ghost of Machaven -- That was not my intention. Perhaps your manager had it in for you, to make that challenge? -- Eldaristan Faro Starkad -- Embarrassing. -- Saldorinivan Kiro Road Trippin -- You tripped me! I call that sneaky. -- Darirokan Kor P.S. But the skills were good, and I survived, so I forgive you. Where Dreams Go2 Die -- I hope this has not sealed your fate. It was hardly a fair match. -- Delisandara Meru LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS GAR was butchered by BLACK ORC in a 1 minute bloody Dark Arena fight. FLOVENT was slaughtered by BANDIT PRINCE in a 1 minute Dark Arena battle. SKADI was unbelievably bested by DARK SARCASM in a popular 2 minute Bloodfeud match. L.T. WALLBANGER was viciously subdued by MANRAY in a 2 minute Bloodfeud contest. HERMOD demolished ROAD TRIPPIN in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge competition. PERCIATELLI was savagely defeated by STARKAD in a 2 minute Challenge struggle. MISERYS HOLLOW CHASM handily defeated DARIROKAN KOR in a 1 minute Challenge fight. FENTANAYL vanquished VELOVORINSAL NORS in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge duel. WHERE DREAMS GO2 DIE vanquished ELDARISTAN FARO in a 1 minute Challenge duel. GNOCCHI overpowered PHLEM in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge melee. DAVID luckily beat RAVIOLI in a 2 minute novice's Challenge match. KVASIR was devastated by SALDORINIVAN KIRO in a 1 minute mismatched Title conflict. VIPER was demolished by DELISANDARA MERU in a 1 minute mismatched match. HYPE MACHINE narrowly defeated THE USEROUS MERCHANT in a 4 minute conflict. UBIQUITI BULLET lost to NOODLES in a crowd pleasing 3 minute gruesome bout. HUNGRY HUNGRY HIPPO handily defeated THE USEROUS MERCHANT in a 2 minute bout. NANCY was bested by HIGHLIGHT FILM in a 2 minute brutal novice's fight. MORALLY AMBIVALENT beat EMBEZZLING SCRIBE in a popular 1 minute novice's bout. THATWHICH UFEARMOST handily defeated PERSISTENT BEGGAR in a 1 minute competition. BATTLE REPORT MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS |FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT| |STRIKING ATTACK 7 PARRY-RIPOSTE 6 - 1 - 0 86 | |LUNGING ATTACK 5 SLASHING ATTACK 26 - 12 - 0 68 | |SLASHING ATTACK 5 STRIKING ATTACK 33 - 24 - 2 58 | |WALL OF STEEL 5 LUNGING ATTACK 34 - 25 - 3 58 | |BASHING ATTACK 4 AIMED BLOW 17 - 19 - 0 47 | |AIMED BLOW 3 WALL OF STEEL 14 - 17 - 1 45 | |PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 PARRY-LUNGE 4 - 6 - 0 40 | |PARRY-LUNGE 1 PARRY-STRIKE 7 - 13 - 1 35 | |PARRY-STRIKE 1 BASHING ATTACK 10 - 19 - 0 34 | |TOTAL PARRY 0 TOTAL PARRY 0 - 0 - 0 0 | Turn 700 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 AIMED BLOW 1 - 2 3 STRIKING ATTACK LUNGING ATTACK 3 - 2 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 1 2 BASHING ATTACK SLASHING ATTACK 3 - 2 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 1 2 WALL OF STEEL WALL OF STEEL 3 - 2 TOTAL PARRY 0 - 0 2 SLASHING ATTACK STRIKING ATTACK 4 - 3 1 LUNGING ATTACK BASHING ATTACK 2 - 2 1 AIMED BLOW TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME STRIKING ATTACK HERMOD 7113 13 10 0 120 AESIR (164) LUNGING ATTACK ROAD TRIPPIN 7081 17 12 0 91 GENERATION X (416) SLASHING ATTACK KVASIR 7165 13 2 0 88 AESIR (164) BASHING ATTACK SKADI 7172 6 4 0 85 AESIR (164) WALL OF STEEL DELISANDARA MERU 7150 14 9 0 81 GAMES LIBRARY (340) AIMED BLOW VIPER 7087 19 15 0 78 SERPENTS' HOLD (645) PARRY-RIPOSTE HUNGRY HUNGRY HIPPO 7170 9 0 0 61 GENERATION X (416) PARRY-LUNGE UBIQUITI BULLET 7159 8 5 0 41 GENERATION X (416) Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above. The overall popularity leader is ROAD TRIPPIN 7081. The most popular warrior this turn was HYPE MACHINE 7139. The ten other most popular fighters were SKADI 7172, MANRAY 6272, NOODLES 7181, DARK SARCASM 7094, STARKAD 7128, HIGHLIGHT FILM 7205, HERMOD 7113, MISERYS HOLLOW CHASM 7168, WHERE DREAMS GO2 DIE 7167, and RAVIOLI 7192. The least popular fighter this week was NANCY 7201. The other ten least popular fighters were VIPER 7087, PHLEM 6271, ELDARISTAN FARO 7191, L.T. WALLBANGER 7177, FLOVENT 7194, THATWHICH UFEARMOST 7218, KVASIR 7165, VELOVORINSAL NORS 7151, DARIROKAN KOR 7096, and PERCIATELLI 7111. NEW GRADUATES--FROM ALL ARENAS (INCLUDING CLOSED ARENAS) For those of you who keep track of such things, several additional warriors graduated from regular DM arenas (including closed arenas) since the last tournament. AXIOM (11-3918) ERRATA (372) MACHETE MOUSE (82-4566) MAMMAL MILITIA (616) GONE TO GEORGIA (82-28596) STREET PIZZAD XXI (4657) ROOT (82-31537) 4 LETTER BEER (5196) SMOOTH (82-33235) TRANSITIONS (5487) YELLOW DEUCE COUPE (82-33317) COLOR TUNES (5502) ROOM 282 (82-33685) TEMPE -05 (5575) UGAMUGGAH (82-41228) STREET PIZZAD XXII (5040) TOUCHE' TURTLE (82-44789) KILLER KARTOONS (7535) MIDSIZE WHOOPER (82-47794) COOL NAMES 22 (8035) DAVID WAYBUR (84-5954) MEDAL OF HONOR F3 II (1124) RODEO CLOWN (84-11743) TOUGHER GUYS (2136) Congrats to the grads. -- Green Eyes