DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER Date : 06/09/2009 Duedate: 06/22/2009 KALTOS ARENA DM-5 TURN-626 This Weeks Top Honors THE DUELMASTER IS HALIBUTT WIZARD'S WRATH (508) (5-4866) [20-12-0,120] Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader HALIBUTT BUZZ KILL WIZARD'S WRATH (508) HOOKED ON COFFEE (522) (5-4866) [20-12-0,120] (5-4991) [1-0-0,16] Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite KATIRONA MURH KATIRONA MURH THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (453) THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (453) (5-4929) [21-13-2,96] (5-4929) [21-13-2,96] THE CURRENT TOP TEAM THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (453) TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team 1. WIZARD'S WRATH (508) 36 2. HOOKED ON COFFEE (522) 16 WIZARD'S WRATH (508) 3. THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (453) 15 Unchartered Team 4. CASSEY'S CREW (112) 0 HOOKED ON COFFEE (522) The Top Teams Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K 1/ 0*HOOKED ON COFFEE (522) 1 0 0 100 1/ 1 THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (453) 9 5 0 2/ 1 WIZARD'S WRATH (508) 97 96 6 50.3 2- 2 CASSEY'S CREW (112) 2 0 0 3/ 2 THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (453) 467 470 16 49.8 3/ 3 WIZARD'S WRATH (508) 2 8 0 4- 3 CASSEY'S CREW (112) 120 139 9 46.3 4/ 0*HOOKED ON COFFEE (522) 1 0 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 624): MIASMA of SWEORDMASTERS (Mannequin, mgr.) DM 2 NIANIA (turn 507): GALLORDIN of THE GOLDEN FISH (Jorja, mgr.) DM 3 OSKSI (turn 630): FARFALE of PASTA (Papa Bear, mgr.) DM 5 KALTOS (turn 625): HALIBUTT of WIZARD'S WRATH (Visionist, mgr.) DM 6 TRANSEL (turn 625): WHISPER WALK of MY LITTLE TRIBE (?, mgr.) DM 7 BONSUR (turn 629): CANDY CANE of CHURCH LADIES (Papa Bear, mgr.) DM 10 KOLACT (turn 618): DEIMOS of THE MOONDOGS (Jorja, mgr.) DM 18 TALCAMA (turn 615): SPARE ANCHOR of SEA DOGS (One Armed Bandit, mgr.) DM 21 SUNSET (turn 614): PILSON of DEATH MOB 4 (Jakari, mgr.) DM 36 JHANS (turn 586): EVA MENDES of GIRLS X3 (Non?, mgr.) DM 38 CLIFFHOME (turn 578): REDD CORVAITT of JINDA-BAN (Jorja, mgr.) DM 39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 260): D'URVILLE of KIWI CONNECTION (The Mun, mgr.) DM 42 RODEKI (turn 562): CHATTY CABALIST of DUNGEON CELL (One Armed Bandit, mgr.) DM 51 TRICORUS (turn 513): HASARCH of DARK HORSEMEN (Jorja, mgr.) DM 54 TROCAR (turn 247): KORASIM of TRADERS OF TROCAR (Jorja, mgr.) DM 59 ILLIS (turn 235): GISBORNE of KIWI CONNECTION (The Mun, mgr.) DM 62 VALAMANTIS (turn 462): FYRE SWORD of DEATH MOB (Jakari, mgr.) DM 72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 211): THE TRUNK MONKEY of BARBARIAN HORDE (?, mgr.) ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 506): SUPER BUM of FLAT BROKE (The Muffin Man, mgr.) Top Teams --------- DM 1 MORDANT (turn 624): LAB EXPERIMENTS (?, mgr.) DM 2 NIANIA (turn 507): THE GOLDEN FISH (Jorja, mgr.) DM 3 OSKSI (turn 630): GAMES LIBRARY (Jorja, mgr.) DM 5 KALTOS (turn 625): THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (Jorja, mgr.) DM 6 TRANSEL (turn 625): PSYCHO SQUAD (Jorja, mgr.) DM 7 BONSUR (turn 629): POSITION IS EMPTY DM 10 KOLACT (turn 618): THE MOONDOGS (Jorja, mgr.) DM 18 TALCAMA (turn 615): SEA DOGS (One Armed Bandit, mgr.) DM 21 SUNSET (turn 614): GRIM FANDANGO (Stik, mgr.) DM 36 JHANS (turn 586): GIRLS X3 (Non?, mgr.) DM 38 CLIFFHOME (turn 578): U.A.K. (Otis the Drunk, mgr.) DM 39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 260): KIWI CONNECTION (The Mun, mgr.) DM 42 RODEKI (turn 562): DUNGEON CELL (One Armed Bandit, mgr.) DM 51 TRICORUS (turn 513): AMAZON ELITE (?, mgr.) DM 54 TROCAR (turn 247): TRADERS OF TROCAR (Jorja, mgr.) DM 59 ILLIS (turn 235): ISLANDERS (Jorja, mgr.) DM 62 VALAMANTIS (turn 462): DEATH MOB (Jakari, mgr.) DM 72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 211): FEARSOME LEGENDS (?, mgr.) ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 506) 0729205R et al (The Muffin Man, mgr.) Recent Graduates ----------------- DM 1 MORDANT (turn 623): POOP DECK GUY of SEA DOGS (One Armed Bandit, mgr.) WAYWARD SON of MANNEQUIN'S BEST (Mannequin, mgr.) DM 6 TRANSEL (turn 625): BIMBETTE of PSYCHO SQUAD (Jorja, mgr.) (turn 624): HATTIE of PSYCHO SQUAD (Jorja, mgr.) DM 21 SUNSET (turn 614): PILSON of DEATH MOB 4 (Jakari, mgr.) SLYTHR of GRIM FANDANGO (Stik, mgr.) WHITMAN of LITERATE LOONS (?, mgr.) DM 39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 260): D'URVILLE of KIWI CONNECTION (The Mun, mgr.) DM 59 ILLIS (turn 234): KIRRALA of ISLANDERS (Jorja, mgr.) DM 62 VALAMANTIS (turn 461): ANGRY DECKHAND of DEATH MOB (Jakari, mgr.) SPY REPORT Good day, friends and fiends, welcome to your friendly neighborhood spyreport. I doubt KALTOS will ever be the same. And let's see, BUZZ KILL fought EMBEZZLING SCRIBE and gained 16 points and contributed to HOOKED ON COFFEE's 1-0-0. PENDRU ROST has lost to THE USEROUS MERCHANT, falling 4 points, while helping make THE MIDDLE WAY 5 a 3-2-0 turn. The attempts to dethrone the Duelmaster have failed, and HALIBUTT remains KALTOS' top warrior for another turn. Can someone confirm a rumor for me? I hear the top team makes their losing fighters do dishes at The Victory Tavern until they win. Maybe? He who challenges well, fights well. He who avoids without cause, shall lose for good reasons. My mama told me that one. A coward dies a thousand deaths, a brave man only once. Wise men know this to be true. Is it really true that KALTOS has more dishwashers per capita that fighters? Just thought I'd ask... Remember, blood on the purple robe does not change it from a purple robe. Dare to fight bravely. It's been nice chatting with you, until we meet again, keep your swords sharp and your hammers heavy. Until the sun next rises and my pen sets to paper-- Alarond the Scribe DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME HALIBUTT 4866 20 12 0 120 WIZARD'S WRATH (508) CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME FELISSA HURM 4955 22 7 0 97 THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (453) KATIRONA MURH 4929 21 13 2 96 THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (453) CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -KELLY 4011 17 14 0 65 CASSEY'S CREW (112) ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME PENDRU ROST 4956 10 17 0 47 THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (453) CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME IRVINA KORL 4978 5 7 0 27 THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (453) -ASHLEY 4981 5 0 0 25 CASSEY'S CREW (112) INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME KADASYA 4965 2 6 0 22 WIZARD'S WRATH (508) KOLVER MOON 5000 2 0 0 20 THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (453) BUZZ KILL 4991 1 0 0 16 HOOKED ON COFFEE (522) DYLLIN 4983 0 2 0 8 WIZARD'S WRATH (508) '-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn. THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge? RUG 163 5001 0 1 0 WIZARD'S WRATH 508 SHEWISH GIANT 626 NONE RUG 164 5002 0 1 0 WIZARD'S WRATH 508 ARENAMASTER TROK 626 NONE PERSONAL ADS We didn't get our turn, in fact, we're missing a whole week's worth of turns starting with the day before this's stuff, so we're doing the personals from the e-newsletter. You thought hijacking our turns would shut us up? As if! To prove it isn't enough, we may have to be even more talkative. -- Jorja and the Middle Way Halibutt -- You're a big old fish and no mistake. What, you think I can't tell, because the fight report is missing? Listen, bub, I'm standing right here, and I can SEE you. Besides which, we've seen you before and made note of your height. And that you're a golem, as well. So, probably not halibutt, probably cod. At least, that's MY guess. And, while it is true that "someone has to eat cod," it won't be me, even if I *did* lose to you. -- Felissa Hurm P.S. I thought four minutes was pretty good. I made you sweat (if golem fishes sweat) for that win and title. M. Chardinee? Well... I felt sorry for him, so I let him show his stuff for an extra minute before taking him down? Whatever, it must have been a Good Deed and fun to watch, since I got Overall Popularity Leader for it. Not that I could be a popularity leader without the fight, being charsimatic, attractive, cool, sociable, and trustworth in a reasonable degree. Which I am, because the Commission says so, and would they lie? Of course not. -- Katirona Murh P.S. And M. is a good guy. I like him. He took me out to dinner after the fight. Can't fault somebody who hands out a free meal! It's all well and good for Katirona to talk about what a "good guy" the Chardinee is. He's okay, I guess. But what is NOT good is the Userous Merchant, and I am glad I defeated him. I'd rather have devastated him than simply bested him, but I take what I can get. Besides, I reckon the steward who rights the "last week's fights" owes him money. So many people do. -- Pendru Rost Kadasya -- Ho, a new face! In the absence of the fight report, I can't tell a thing about you except that you lost, I'm sure gracefully. If you are an appropriate person for me to invite out, take it that I've asked you to join me somewhere quiet for a drink. Folie's Tea Room, maybe. Folie's a graduated teammate of mine, and not as, um, flighty as her name suggests, although she IS a little strange. Size 5 and a halberd favorite? Not that it affects the tea room, unless you try to leave without paying. But I digress. Folie, as noted a graduated teammate, somehow got together enough money or, ah, something, to start a tea room here on Kaltos, and it's a FINE place. Truly. Muffins to live for! And the tea isn't bad. -- Irvina Korl Dyllin -- Ah, another new face. This is good, we've been needing new faces here. If I had to guess, Irvina's opponent could well be female--the name ending in "a." You, I'm not sure. Could go either way. However you end up, I'm not taking you to the Tea Room. It isn't that I dislike Folie, mind, who'd dare? That woman has an amazing temper to go with her halberd. But I was thinking more along the lines of a bar. How does Derbie's Place sound? I mention it specifically because it's run by a graduated teammate of mine, Derbie Foyle--we have quite a few graduated teammates, and they seem to have had a tendency to stay here, settle down, and go into the business of feeding or at serving drinks to people. And because he's a teammate, I have a little credit there. -- Kolver Moon Arenamaster Troktai -- I want you to take note, from the two personals just before this one, that there is nothing unusual or improvident in a graduated gladiator of the Middle Way staying on Kaltos. Give me a little time to look around and I'll come up with something good. -- Jammy Larke, staying on Kaltos LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS RUG 164 was butchered by ARENAMASTER TROKTAI in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight. RUG 163 was barely slain by SHEWISH GIANT in a 2 minute brutal Dark Arena duel. HALIBUTT overcame KATIRONA MURH in a action packed 3 minute veteran's Title match. FELISSA HURM bested CONVICTED ASSASSIN in a popular 1 minute fight. PENDRU ROST was subdued by THE USEROUS MERCHANT in a 2 minute competition. KADASYA was unbelievably bested by IRVINA KORL in a popular 2 minute bloody duel. DYLLIN was overpowered by KOLVER MOON in a 1 minute mismatched brawl. BUZZ KILL defeated EMBEZZLING SCRIBE in a action packed 2 minute beginner's melee. BATTLE REPORT MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS |FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT| |BASHING ATTACK 2 TOTAL PARRY 13 - 2 - 0 87 | |WALL OF STEEL 2 PARRY-RIPOSTE 6 - 1 - 0 86 | |STRIKING ATTACK 2 WALL OF STEEL 11 - 9 - 0 55 | |AIMED BLOW 1 BASHING ATTACK 7 - 6 - 0 54 | |LUNGING ATTACK 1 AIMED BLOW 7 - 7 - 0 50 | |TOTAL PARRY 1 SLASHING ATTACK 3 - 3 - 0 50 | |PARRY-LUNGE 1 LUNGING ATTACK 3 - 3 - 0 50 | |SLASHING ATTACK 1 PARRY-LUNGE 5 - 11 - 0 31 | |PARRY-STRIKE 0 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 1 - 0 0 | |PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 STRIKING ATTACK 0 - 7 - 0 0 | Turn 626 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: AIMED BLOW 1 - 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 1 2 TOTAL PARRY LUNGING ATTACK 1 - 0 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 0 2 WALL OF STEEL TOTAL PARRY 1 - 0 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 0 2 PARRY-LUNGE BASHING ATTACK 1 - 1 SLASHING ATTACK 0 - 1 2 STRIKING ATTACK WALL OF STEEL 1 - 1 STRIKING ATTACK 0 - 2 1 AIMED BLOW 1 BASHING ATTACK 1 LUNGING ATTACK TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME AIMED BLOW HALIBUTT 4866 20 12 0 120 WIZARD'S WRATH (508) TOTAL PARRY FELISSA HURM 4955 22 7 0 97 THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (453) WALL OF STEEL KATIRONA MURH 4929 21 13 2 96 THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (453) Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above. The overall popularity leader is KATIRONA MURH 4929. The most popular warrior this turn was KATIRONA MURH 4929. The ten other most popular fighters were KADASYA 4965, RUG 163 5001, PENDRU ROST 4956, HALIBUTT 4866, IRVINA KORL 4978, BUZZ KILL 4991, FELISSA HURM 4955, KOLVER MOON 5000, RUG 164 5002, and DYLLIN 4983. The least popular fighter this week was DYLLIN 4983. The other ten least popular fighters were RUG 164 5002, KOLVER MOON 5000, FELISSA HURM 4955, BUZZ KILL 4991, IRVINA KORL 4978, HALIBUTT 4866, PENDRU ROST 4956, RUG 163 5001, KADASYA 4965, and KATIRONA MURH 4929. SUMMER FACE-TO-FACE IN CLEVELAND! Our summer FTF will be an eastern one this time, located in Cleveland, Ohio on July 17-19, 2009. It will be held at the Holiday Inn in Strongsville, OH, at 15471 Royalton Rd (440-238-8800). Rooms are only $95.00 per night, 1-2 occupancy. There is a free shuttle from the airport, free parking, and free high-speed wireless internet in all guestrooms ($3/day in public space). The hotel has an indoor pool, pool table, and hockey, and a fitness center. The hotel is located 1/2 mile from the largest mall in Northeast Ohio, with indoor minigolf and pottery painting, and right next door to Iceland Arena, which offers open skate and skate rental. They also have four bikes on property available for checkout, as the Metro parks are next door as well. The rooms are blocked--ask for the "Reality Simulations" room block. There are many restaurants and nightspots nearby and at the Mall, as well as a cafe in the hotel. The tournament information sheet will be out imminently. We hope you're all looking forward to the tournament and that we will see you there! Daydream Believer You once thought of me, As a white knight on a steed. Now you know how happy I can be... It's true. I'm gone. I've punched my ticket to Immortality and I'm off to the Isle. I know a lot of you are wondering what it is about me that has made me so successful. I wish I knew for sure. I think it has more to do with intangibles (knack) than it does with design, bonuses and favorites. I'll let you decide. Daydream Believer (PR) 17-14-4-17-7-8-17 Poor Endurance--Good Damage I -- 8 (+1) R -- 13 A -- 14 (+4) P -- 14 (+4) Df - 8 Dc - 6 (+3) I know what you're thinking, "WTF, that guy looks like a 98 lb weakling!" Sigh...I prefer to think my physical characteristics are ideally suited for a finesse style. As for my bases, I know they aren't much to look at. After all, I am a PR. I'm fortunate to be blessed where I need it the most--attack and parry. Okay, so I've got nice bases with bonuses in the right spots. What about favorites? Did I know them in advance or did I change them? The answer is no, I had no idea what they were for sure until I recieved my graduation announcement. I would be happy to tell you what my favorites are but I don't think my clone, Jumpinjack Flash, would be very happy with me if I did. Let's just say that from the moment I stepped on the sands as a Rookie I used the same strategy in EVERY fight. The only thing I ever changed was armor (early on vs. TP's) and attack/defend locations. That should give those of you who have faced me more than once something to think about. You may be interested to know that I am all natural. I haven't had a prize of any type used on me. I'm a freak of nature. It just goes to show you never know when a guy like me will walk into your guildhouse looking for work as a gladiator. It's up to you to spot the potential and nuture it along. I'm going to list my tourney results and records versus each style. It isn't meant to be a brag--I just thought you might find it interesting and a lot easier than looking it up yourself. Enjoy! Tourneys: Rookies: 15-1-3 TC. Initiates: 15-3-3 TV. Adepts: 16-2 TC. Champs: 13-1-1 TC. Rookies--Champs record: 59-7-7 (.894) Challengers: 9-3 TV. Challengers: 15-1-1 TC. Challengers: 13-3 TV -- Runner-up (Marv-AB) Challengers: 13-3 TV -- Runner-up (Teevella-LU) Challengers: 7-3 Challengers: 11-3-2 TV Challengers: 11-3-1 TV Challengers: 13-3 TV -- Runner-up (Marv-AB) Challengers: 12-3 TV. Challengers record: 104-25-4 (.806). Career Tourney record: 163-32-11 (.836) TC's: 4 TVs: 8 (3 Runner-ups) Arena record: 5-0-1 Grudge matches: 3-0 Total record: 171-32-12 (.842) Tourney record vs all styles: AB: 7-11 BA: 6-0-1 LU: 46-9-4 PL: 5-1-1 PR: 2-0 PS: --- SL: 9-2 ST: 51-5-2 TP: 35-4-3 WS: 2-0 As you can see, the only style I had trouble with is the ABs. I think that has more to do with which ABs I fought rather than the style as a whole. I was 3-1 vs ABs early on (Rookies-Champs) and 4-10 in Challengers. I was 1-5 vs Marv, 0-1 vs Marv Jr and 0-3 vs Soulsnare. I am going to make an educated guess and assume they all had skills or prizes added to them to make them competetive at the Challenger level where so few ABs are. I could be wrong, though I doubt it. See you on the Isle, Daydream Believer