DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER
Date : 06/12/2009 Duedate: 06/25/2009
TRANSEL ARENA
DM-6 TURN-626
This Weeks Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
WHISPER WALK
MY LITTLE TRIBE (357)
(6-4001) [10-2-0,114]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
WHISPER WALK POSITION IS EMPTY
MY LITTLE TRIBE (357)
(6-4001) [10-2-0,114]
Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite
CONCUSSION THE FRANCHISE
PSYCHO SQUAD (135) THE VOLS (545)
(6-1330) [17-30-3,84] (6-6375) [4-3-0,41]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
MY LITTLE TRIBE (357)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. MY LITTLE TRIBE (357) 67
2. 071406AD (544) 0 MY LITTLE TRIBE (357)
3. THE VOLS (545) -1 Unchartered Team
4. PSYCHO SQUAD (135) -17
(198)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1- 1 071406AD (544) 15 2 0 88.2 1/ 2 MY LITTLE TRIBE (357) 9 0 1
2/ 2 MY LITTLE TRIBE (357) 35 15 2 70.0 2/ 1 PSYCHO SQUAD (135) 5 6 0
3/ 3 THE VOLS (545) 79 55 9 59.0 3- 4 071406AD (544) 1 1 0
4/ 4 PSYCHO SQUAD (135) 128 144 7 47.1 4/ 3 THE VOLS (545) 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
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---===DELARQUAN REGIONAL NEWS===---
Duelmasters
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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
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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
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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.)
DUELMASTER'S COLUMN
Notes from the arena champ.
"Okay, warriors I want you to go in and get tuned for the up coming tourney. The
boss," snickerd little whop, "is expecting good things. Whisper Walk, make sure you
don't go in and wax anyone important and end up too high in the rankings. We need
you to just get tuned not gain political points. Now I know this is a Delaquian
arena like all the ones I manage but we don't start abusing the locals till I find
out what kind of alliances are here. We don't want the Dark Circle incident again.
And I am sure there are no Gappda around to help us out if we get in a war," said
little whop to his warriors before entering the sands.
some fights latter.
"What the freakin hell. Way to fly under the radar. You gosh darn freakin
hardheaded...#^%%*(*&%)*U&%^*&^*&&*^*&%^*&%)*)*&^*^*&^&*(&%^#$#$^*)%^...." shouted
little whop to no one specific.
"Ahem I believe it's my DM Column. Transel, it has been a long and hard road. Not
really. It's been fun. It's been real. It's been real fun. I intend to hold this
throne till invite and spoil all tourney activities that were planned for me. I am
going to be imortal. That's the freakin Plan," said Whisper Walk
SPY REPORT
Oh, hi. Its just little 'ol Debby Tonte. Thought I'd check out TRANSEL to see
what's new. Too bad, PSYCHO SQUAD, but MY LITTLE TRIBE was just too good to be
stopped. MVP award for MOURNING DEW? MY LITTLE TRIBE's proud of her after beating
CONCUSSION and getting 17 points. Talk about yer big time losers! THE FRANCHISE got
smashed by SUICIDE SOLUTION, and lost 10 points! Don't you think the Duelmaster is
being unfair? I think WHISPER WALK should let BIMBETTE be Duelmaster for a while,
without fighting about it. Who was the wiseguy that said TRANSEL's Duelmaster was
paying for drinks at The Sultan's Tent? Don't look at me!
So just why would someone becomes a warrior anyway? It can't be for these
really neat Spyreports can it? PSYCHO SQUAD was the most avoided team. Is a
128-144-7 record really that scary? Hhmph! What kind of warriors are MY LITTLE
TRIBE? PSYCHO SQUAD, an easy team to beat if I ever saw one, can't get them to
accept an invitation!
Man, all these warriors dying and killing each other! Don't you guys ever give
it a break? 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
WHISPER WALK 4001 10 2 0 114 MY LITTLE TRIBE (357)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
MOURNING DEW 4003 8 4 1 89 MY LITTLE TRIBE (357)
CONCUSSION 1330 17 30 3 84 PSYCHO SQUAD (135)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-MICHELIN 6380 7 1 2 55 THE VOLS (545)
-MEMPHIS MIKE 6381 5 1 0 54 THE VOLS (545)
SUICIDE SOLUTION 4000 8 2 0 49 MY LITTLE TRIBE (357)
THE FRANCHISE 6375 4 3 0 41 THE VOLS (545)
-KILL ME, I'M HORNY 3999 6 4 1 39 MY LITTLE TRIBE (357)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
NORMAL NAN 5153 5 14 0 29 PSYCHO SQUAD (135)
GREAT OAK 4002 3 3 0 26 MY LITTLE TRIBE (357)
J.K. POLK 6444 2 1 1 24 THE VOLS (545)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-PIZZA MAN 6379 2 0 1 17 THE VOLS (545)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
MR. GHERKIN 6385 4 1 0 071406AD 544 MOURNING DEW 4003 625
PERSONAL ADS
071406AD -- We await your blood feud. -- My Little Tribe
HATTIE -- Well have a good time in AD. Thanks for the Throne. -- Whisper Walk
NORMAL NAN -- Are you in need of a problem solver? -- SUICIDE SOLUTION
J.K. POLK -- You're sexy in a way 2 six-packs could make me feel. -- Kill me I'm
Horny
JORJA -- Guess your dominance of the top of Transel shall be limited momentarily. --
Little Whop
Whisper Walk -- It's all yours, bub, and I wish you well of it. I'm OUT of this
zombie town. -- Hattie
This Nurnin the Unlucky dude is a total hoot. -- Bimbette
P.S. I don't know why I'm graduating. Probably polticis.
Xenoria... was she here? I wasn't paying attention. -- Concussion
Suicide Solution -- Hmm, I think maybe you've GOT something there. *I* wouldn't do
it, because I'm, you know, sane. But some of my teammates... yeah. I'll have to
introduce you around. -- Normal Nan
Lady Protector Bimbette -- Same for you, ma'am. Free ticket to the mainland. --
Kytie Ren, Understeward for Transel arena
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
WHISPER WALK devastated BIMBETTE in a action packed 1 minute mismatched Title fight.
CONCUSSION was savagely defeated by MOURNING DEW in a 1 minute one-sided melee.
THE FRANCHISE was bested by SUICIDE SOLUTION in a popular 3 minute contest.
NORMAL NAN was luckily beaten by GREAT OAK in a crowd pleasing 4 minute bloody match.
J.K. POLK vanquished SIR LYRIN PRESKANE in a 1 minute mismatched fight.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|SLASHING ATTACK 2 PARRY-RIPOSTE 2 - 0 - 0 100 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 2 SLASHING ATTACK 4 - 0 - 1 100 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 AIMED BLOW 10 - 3 - 0 77 |
|BASHING ATTACK 1 WALL OF STEEL 7 - 3 - 0 70 |
|TOTAL PARRY 1 TOTAL PARRY 2 - 1 - 0 67 |
|STRIKING ATTACK 1 BASHING ATTACK 2 - 1 - 1 67 |
|WALL OF STEEL 1 LUNGING ATTACK 8 - 4 - 0 67 |
|AIMED BLOW 0 PARRY-LUNGE 10 - 10 - 0 50 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 0 STRIKING ATTACK 1 - 1 - 0 50 |
|LUNGING ATTACK 0 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 0 - 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:
PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 - 0 AIMED BLOW 0 - 0 2 SLASHING ATTACK
SLASHING ATTACK 2 - 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 2 2 STRIKING ATTACK
BASHING ATTACK 1 - 0 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 0 1 WALL OF STEEL
TOTAL PARRY 1 - 0 LUNGING ATTACK 0 - 0 1 LUNGING ATTACK
STRIKING ATTACK 0 - 1 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE
WALL OF STEEL 0 - 1 1 AIMED BLOW
1 PARRY-LUNGE
1 TOTAL PARRY
1 BASHING ATTACK
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
SLASHING ATTACK WHISPER WALK 4001 10 2 0 114 MY LITTLE TRIBE (357)
PARRY-RIPOSTE SUICIDE SOLUTION 4000 8 2 0 49 MY LITTLE TRIBE (357)
STRIKING ATTACK THE FRANCHISE 6375 4 3 0 41 THE VOLS (545)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
The overall popularity leader is CONCUSSION 1330. The most popular warrior this turn
was THE FRANCHISE 6375. The ten other most popular fighters were NORMAL NAN 5153,
MOURNING DEW 4003, WHISPER WALK 4001, SUICIDE SOLUTION 4000, GREAT OAK 4002, J.K.
POLK 6444, CONCUSSION 1330, 0, 0, and 0.
The least popular fighter this week was CONCUSSION 1330. The other ten least popular
fighters were J.K. POLK 6444, GREAT OAK 4002, SUICIDE SOLUTION 4000, WHISPER WALK
4001, MOURNING DEW 4003, NORMAL NAN 5153, THE FRANCHISE 6375, 0, 0, and 0.
The following warriors have traveled to AD after fighting this turn:
BIMBETTE (6-4752) PSYCHO SQUAD (135)
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