DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER Date : 02/19/2008 Duedate: 03/03/2008 KALTOS ARENA DM-5 TURN-594 This Weeks Top Honors THE DUELMASTER IS BOMBETTE PAPER MARIO (457) (5-4399) [33-9-0,129] Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader BOMBETTE POSITION IS EMPTY PAPER MARIO (457) (5-4399) [33-9-0,129] Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite ELINDE GOSS ORVERD QUILL THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (453) THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (453) (5-4841) [23-24-0,98] (5-4834) [22-26-1,98] THE CURRENT TOP TEAM KALTOS KRIMINALS (514) TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team 1. THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (453) 67 2. SPORTS GREATS (496) 22 PAPER MARIO (457) 3. KALTOS KRIMINALS (514) 9 Unchartered Team 4. WIZARD'S WRATH (508) 9 5. CASSEY'S CREW (112) -4 KALTOS KRIMINALS (514) The Top Teams Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K 1/ 1 PAPER MARIO (457) 112 46 5 70.9 1/ 1*KALTOS KRIMINALS (514) 11 4 1 2/ 2*KALTOS KRIMINALS (514) 14 6 1 70.0 2/ 2 THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (453) 8 7 1 3/ 4 SPORTS GREATS (496) 70 59 13 54.3 3/ 3 PAPER MARIO (457) 6 4 1 4/ 3 TEAM CHAOS ELITE (509) 67 59 4 53.2 4/ 4 CASSEY'S CREW (112) 6 5 0 5/ 0 WIZARD'S WRATH (508) 76 67 6 53.1 5/ 6 SPORTS GREATS (496) 5 6 1 6/ 5 THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (453) 382 397 14 49.0 6/ 5 TEAM CHAOS ELITE (509) 4 10 0 7/ 6 CASSEY'S CREW (112) 96 120 8 44.4 7/ 0 WIZARD'S WRATH (508) 1 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 * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * ---===DELARQUAN REGIONAL NEWS===--- Duelmasters ----------- DM 1 MORDANT (turn 590): CHEESE WHIZ of LAB EXPERIMENTS (Mannequin, mgr.) DM 2 NIANIA (turn 473): SCURVY LAD of SEA DOGS (One-Armed Bandit, mgr.) DM 3 OSKSI (turn 598): SPAGHETTI of PASTA (Papa Bear, mgr.) DM 4 JHELUM (turn 594): FOOS BALL of F BALLS (Papa Bear, mgr.) DM 5 KALTOS (turn 593): BOMBETTE of PAPER MARIO (Luigi, mgr.) DM 6 TRANSEL (turn 597): CUEBALL of HIGH ROLLERS (Darklock, mgr.) DM 7 BONSUR (turn 595): OBROJOBO of SENTINELS (Nomad, mgr.) DM 10 KOLACT (turn 589): NESTOR ORDH of THE MOONDOG (Jorja, mgr.) DM 18 TALCAMA (turn 581): GREAT WHITE of BEAST MASTERS (The Druid, mgr.) DM 21 SUNSET (turn 580): BULLWINKLE of NOMADIC TRIBE (Nomad, mgr.) DM 36 JHANS (turn 554): IRON MAN of ENGINES 'O' DEATH (?, mgr.) DM 38 CLIFFHOME (turn 544): SUI GENERIS of ALL FINESSE (Mannequin, mgr.) DM 39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 243): OPARA PERSI of THE MIDDLE WAY (Jorja, mgR.) DM 42 RODEKI (turn 531): SUCKFOOT of COLOR ME SUAVE (Suave, mgr.) DM 51 TRICORUS (turn 480): SHROUD OF GLOOM of BLACK CONVENTICLE (?, mgr.) DM 54 TROCAR (turn 230): SKORINDELLE of TRADERS OF TROCAR (Jorja, mgr.) DM 59 ILLIS (turn 218): KONA QUAIL of ISLANDERS (Jorja, mgr.) DM 62 VALAMANTIS (turn 428): POSITION IS EMPTY DM 72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 195): PORKY PIG of MEAT YOUR MAKER (Crip, mgr.) ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 472): NEOSPHINCTER of WASTELAND (TMM, mgr.) Top Teams --------- DM 1 MORDANT (turn 590): SWEORDMASTERS (Mannequin, mgr.) DM 2 NIANIA (turn 473): THE GOLDEN FISH (Jorja, mgr.) DM 3 OSKSI (turn 598): OUR HIGHEST HONOR (The Anarchist, mgr.) DM 4 JHELUM (turn 594): DOGS OF WAR (Jorja, mgr.) DM 5 KALTOS (turn 593): KALTOS KRIMINALS (Hammer, mgr.) DM 6 TRANSEL (turn 597): HI ROLLERS (Darklock, mgr.) DM 7 BONSUR (turn 595): SENTINELS (Nomad, mgr.) DM 10 KOLACT (turn 589): THE MOONDOGS (Jorja, mgr.) DM 18 TALCAMA (turn 581): SEA DOGS (One-Armed Bandit, mgr.) DM 21 SUNSET (turn 580): GRIM FANDANGO (Stik, mgr.) DM 36 JHANS (turn 554): ENGINES 'O' DEATH (?, mgr.) DM 38 CLIFFHOME (turn 544): OLD SCHOOL (Abraxis, mgr.) DM 39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 243): KIWI CONNECTION (The Mun, mgr.) DM 42 RODEKI (turn 531): DELVERS (Harby, mgr.) DM 51 TRICORUS (turn 480): BLACK CONVENTICLE (?, mgr.) DM 54 TROCAR (turn 230): TRADERS OF TROCAR (Jorja, mgr.) DM 59 ILLIS (turn 218): ISLANDERS (Jorja, mgr.) DM 62 VALAMANTIS (turn 428): RANDOM SITH (Carnage, mgr.) DM 72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 195): TITANS III (Brewmaster, mgr.) ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 472) VILLAINS et al (Doc Steele, mgr.) Recent Graduates ----------------- DM 1 MORDANT (turn 590): CHEESE WHIZ of LAB EXPERIMENTS (Mannequin, mgr.) DM 2 NIANIA (turn 472): PITER DEVRIES of MASTERS OF SAND (Visionist, mgr.) DM 5 KALTOS (turn 592): MOON CHILD of TEAM CHAOS ELITE (?, mgr.) DM 6 TRANSEL (turn 597): CUEBALL of HIGH ROLLERS (Darklock, mgr.) DM 18 TALCAMA (turn 581): GREAT WHITE of BEAST MASTERS (The Druid, mgr.) DM 39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 243): OPARA PERSI of THE MIDDLE WAY (Jorja, mgR.) DM 42 RODEKI (turn 530): MASUMII of FLAGG'S FIVE (Flagg, mgr.) DM 51 TRICORUS (turn 479): THE JONAH of BLACK CONVENTICLE (?, mgr.) DM 54 TROCAR (turn 228): GLUM of JANIX (Kat, mgr.) DUELMASTER'S COLUMN Notes from the arena champ. I would reveal my stats (They're enhanced, guys!) but then I would have to kill you and I haven't had to do that to anyone so far. I can tell you I have a LOT of wins. Moon Child, I am glad you made it to immortality. Some, with make-ups like that, have not. You really must have a very fine manager. Good bye and good luck. Bombette, Duelmistress (again) SPY REPORT If you were disturbed from your beauty rest only to have to watch a bunch of KALTOS brutes like you, you'd be grouchy, too. Gee, I'm impressed, a 4-1-1 is nice, but don't get cocky, THE MIDDLE WAY 5, the Fates teach humility, and the Fates are proud. Of course, we're all terribly impressed to see KATIRONA MURH win a fight and gain 22 points, terribly. Tsk, tsk, JAMMY LARKE beat KELLY and KELLY lost 14 points. You're breakin' my heart. Going for broke or broken, our Duelmaster ORVERD QUILL challenged this turn. And if variety is the spice of life, KALTOS may be getting bland, as BOMBETTE stays top dog in the city. The Victory Tavern, humph! I've tasted better ale at mortuaries. Where do they get this stuff? From KALTOS' trash dumps? My mother always told me, 'If you don't have anything nice to say, start talking.' I loved that woman. What's the big D? SPORTS GREATS was the most avoided team? Bunch of lily livered... grumble... mumble... curse... And who led the way in this mass act of cowardice? Let's see, well, whatcha know? It was PAPER MARIO. Ha ha ha ha! Ooh, I'm frightfully impressed, CHRISTINA was this turn's most challenged warrior. Watch that ego swell, sports fans. Death and Taxes. The less death I see, the more it taxes my patience. Let's see if anyone's dead or dying. Now hey, I like to see a death as much as the next guy, but hey WIZARD'S WRATH, whyja send JARLIX to the Dark Arena, look at his record, huh? Titanium shields and bamboo daggers, guess what brave team is developing these kinds of weapons? I was about to buy a new quill pen the other day, but some fighter took it for an epee. Forgive me for writing with a dagger. Phlllt! Just had to do that before I leave the fine city of KALTOS. I feel much better now. Glad to see the back of this place-- Snide Clemens DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME BOMBETTE 4399 33 9 0 129 PAPER MARIO (457) CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME WOODS 4872 7 4 2 116 SPORTS GREATS (496) -APPRENTICE 4858 15 17 0 102 WIZARD'S WRATH (508) ELINDE GOSS 4841 23 24 0 98 THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (453) ORVERD QUILL 4834 22 26 1 98 THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (453) CLANK 4903 12 4 2 91 PAPER MARIO (457) CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME TIFFINAL 4865 14 12 2 86 WIZARD'S WRATH (508) CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -HALIBUTT 4866 11 8 0 65 WIZARD'S WRATH (508) GERDIG IBBINS 4902 13 9 0 64 THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (453) OVERKILL 4882 14 12 2 62 TEAM CHAOS ELITE (509) SASHA 4009 7 1 1 62 CASSEY'S CREW (112) ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME ALICE IN CHAINS 4904 8 7 1 53 TEAM CHAOS ELITE (509) IRON MAIDEN 4880 13 13 0 52 TEAM CHAOS ELITE (509) WRATHCHILD 4881 11 12 0 45 TEAM CHAOS ELITE (509) JAMMY LARKE 4926 4 1 0 43 THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (453) ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -INSANITY 4625 3 1 0 38 MORE NEW TEAMS 2 (476) -TUBBA BLUBBA 4395 4 4 0 35 PAPER MARIO (457) -SLINKY 4915 5 4 1 34 PAPER MARIO (457) CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME KELLY 4011 6 2 0 29 CASSEY'S CREW (112) TRICK PONIE POLLY 4924 3 1 0 25 KALTOS KRIMINALS (514) ASSAULT N BATTERY 4920 2 2 1 25 KALTOS KRIMINALS (514) INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME KATIRONA MURH 4929 1 1 1 23 THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (453) WANTED FOR MURDER 4921 4 0 0 22 KALTOS KRIMINALS (514) SHADY LARRY LARUE 4922 3 1 0 20 KALTOS KRIMINALS (514) DR. J 4927 2 1 0 19 SPORTS GREATS (496) TINY TOES 4913 3 5 0 16 PAPER MARIO (457) CHRISTINA 4010 3 5 0 14 CASSEY'S CREW (112) POWER SLAVE 4930 0 1 0 1 TEAM CHAOS ELITE (509) '-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn. THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge? THELMA 1703 15 20 0 CASSEY'S CREW 112 CLANK 4903 593 STREET WISE WAND 4923 2 2 0 KALTOS KRIMINALS 514 KATIRONA MURH 4929 594 BRADY 4917 3 2 2 SPORTS GREATS 496 ASSAULT N BATTER 4920 592 JORDAN 4925 0 3 0 SPORTS GREATS 496 STONE GOLEM 594 NONE MONTANA 4918 3 3 1 SPORTS GREATS 496 BLACK ORC 594 NONE JARLIX 4867 2 1 0 WIZARD'S WRATH 508 BLACK ORC 594 NONE RUDON 4868 3 4 0 WIZARD'S WRATH 508 MOUNTAIN TROLL 594 NONE PERSONAL ADS Jeri -- I'm doing all I can. Really. I just beat Moon Child, did you see? I want to graduate, but I think The Commission has something about breaking up romances. You know? I DO so want out of here. I sent a note to the one called Sandy asking for help, but she just yelled at me! What's a poor gal to do? And Valentine's Day is sooooooooo close. -- Bombette Thelma -- Noooooooooooooooooooooo! I DID challenge, but not THAT! Cassey and Crew, I am so sorry. I must have clicked when I should have clanked. -- Clank Dr. J -- It's not everyone you can dunk on, Baby! -- Slinky (thanking him for the challenge) Overkill -- I'm glad you didn't! -- Tubba Blubba Sports Greats -- Nice point gain for winning team on the move. Perhaps you should have challenged us more? -- Luigi Woods -- (groaning) I suppose I should be glad you aren't Irons. -- Orverd Quill P.S. If you're my "secret admirer," I'll just say, "Thanks but no thanks." Iron Maiden -- But leather is more supple. -- Elinde Goss Alice in Chains -- I was all set to be sympathetic, and then you turned out to be a guy! Not only that, you SHOULD have been chained up, but you just had chains wrapped around your fists to hit people with. Ouch. -- Gerdig Ibbins Jordan -- I thought you were a river, that's why I brought an oar to the fight. But it worked well as a weapon, too. -- Jammy Lark Wanted for Murder -- The very idea! I am NOT, very certainly NOT, looking for a murderer. Go away. -- Katriona Murh Overkill -- It's an art. -- Elinde Goss 28 January 2008 CALLING ALL THUGS, BRUTES, OGRES, QUARTER HALF WITS, SHALLOW HALBERD ENTHUSIASTS AND MAUL RATS: Since the Bashing style has often been maligned in the forums, it is time to give the style a little tough love with the following concept: An ALL-BASHER arena. The rules are simple--enter the arena as a rookie basher. That's it. RSI said I need to get 20 managers on board and I'm about half way there. If you are interested in taking part, PM me in the forums or email me: chase at accesspr.com and put D2 in the subject header. Chase a.k.a. SwineTiger 2 February 2008 ATTENTION EVERYONE -- In March I am going to do manager lists for all arenas. This is part of my ongoing and undoubtedly largely futile attempt to get my lists organized. If you think I might not know who you are or if you think I might and you'd rather I not share that information, let me know this month! You can e-mail me at Sue at solberg dash mathews dot com (replacing the at, dash and dot with appropriate characters. You can send a diplo to The Saint. You can put an ad in the newsletter. Semaphore doesn't work so well, nor does telepathy. -- The Saint, keeper of lists LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS RUDON was dealt death by MOUNTAIN TROLL in a crowd pleasing 4 minute Dark Arena fight. JARLIX was murdered by BLACK ORC in a 1 minute Dark Arena melee. MONTANA was murdered by BLACK ORC in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight. JORDAN was dispatched by STONE GOLEM in a 2 minute Dark Arena brawl. BOMBETTE bested ORVERD QUILL in a exciting 3 minute veteran's Challenge Title fight. WOODS devastated CLANK in a 1 minute uneven Challenge brawl. WRATHCHILD was overpowered by SASHA in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge struggle. DR. J bested CHRISTINA in a 1 minute Challenge competition. ELINDE GOSS defeated M. CHARDINEE in a action packed 2 minute uneven melee. OVERKILL was vanquished by TIFFINAL in a action packed 1 minute one-sided duel. IRON MAIDEN was overpowered by DANGEROUS CRIMINAL in a 1 minute one-sided fight. ALICE IN CHAINS slimly lost to GERDIG IBBINS in a popular 2 minute brutal bout. KELLY was subdued by JAMMY LARKE in a 5 minute competition. TINY TOES was overcome by TRICK PONIE POLLY in a 3 minute contest. ASSAULT N BATTERY subdued MORDANT DESERTER in a 1 minute amateur's match. WANTED FOR MURDER overpowered CONVICTED THIEF in a 1 minute mismatched conflict. SHADY LARRY LARUE defeated POWER SLAVE in a crowd pleasing 1 minute novice's duel. STREET WISE WANDA was slaughtered by KATIRONA MURH in a 1 minute one-sided fray. BATTLE REPORT MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS |FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT| |LUNGING ATTACK 6 PARRY-STRIKE 4 - 0 - 0 100 | |BASHING ATTACK 5 TOTAL PARRY 13 - 5 - 0 72 | |AIMED BLOW 3 STRIKING ATTACK 13 - 5 - 1 72 | |SLASHING ATTACK 3 PARRY-RIPOSTE 4 - 2 - 0 67 | |TOTAL PARRY 2 BASHING ATTACK 16 - 11 - 3 59 | |WALL OF STEEL 2 WALL OF STEEL 7 - 5 - 1 58 | |PARRY-RIPOSTE 2 SLASHING ATTACK 19 - 18 - 2 51 | |STRIKING ATTACK 2 PARRY-LUNGE 4 - 4 - 0 50 | |PARRY-LUNGE 2 LUNGING ATTACK 21 - 27 - 4 44 | |PARRY-STRIKE 1 AIMED BLOW 5 - 8 - 0 38 | Turn 594 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 BASHING ATTACK 1 - 4 3 LUNGING ATTACK TOTAL PARRY 2 - 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 2 2 SLASHING ATTACK WALL OF STEEL 2 - 0 SLASHING ATTACK 0 - 3 2 AIMED BLOW AIMED BLOW 2 - 1 1 TOTAL PARRY PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 - 1 1 WALL OF STEEL LUNGING ATTACK 3 - 3 1 BASHING ATTACK STRIKING ATTACK 1 - 1 1 STRIKING ATTACK TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME TOTAL PARRY BOMBETTE 4399 33 9 0 129 PAPER MARIO (457) LUNGING ATTACK WOODS 4872 7 4 2 116 SPORTS GREATS (496) BASHING ATTACK CLANK 4903 12 4 2 91 PAPER MARIO (457) AIMED BLOW TIFFINAL 4865 14 12 2 86 WIZARD'S WRATH (508) SLASHING ATTACK OVERKILL 4882 14 12 2 62 TEAM CHAOS ELITE (509) STRIKING ATTACK SASHA 4009 7 1 1 62 CASSEY'S CREW (112) PARRY-RIPOSTE JAMMY LARKE 4926 4 1 0 43 THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (453) Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above. The overall popularity leader is ELINDE GOSS 4841. The most popular warrior this turn was ORVERD QUILL 4834. The ten other most popular fighters were RUDON 4868, ELINDE GOSS 4841, ALICE IN CHAINS 4904, GERDIG IBBINS 4902, JAMMY LARKE 4926, TIFFINAL 4865, TINY TOES 4913, SHADY LARRY LARUE 4922, BOMBETTE 4399, and SASHA 4009. The least popular fighter this week was STREET WISE WANDA 4923. The other ten least popular fighters were OVERKILL 4882, WRATHCHILD 4881, CLANK 4903, MONTANA 4918, JARLIX 4867, KATIRONA MURH 4929, WANTED FOR MURDER 4921, ASSAULT N BATTERY 4920, TRICK PONIE POLLY 4924, and KELLY 4011.