DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER Date : 07/14/2005 Duedate: 08/10/2005 ARKERS ARENA DM-8 TURN-259 This Weeks Top Honors THE DUELMASTER IS SENSEI JAN YAKUZA (541) (8-4676) [20-9-0,138] Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader SENSEI JAN FANGS YAKUZA (541) SOULTAKERS (553) (8-4676) [20-9-0,138] (8-4797) [1-0-0,11] Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite YMIR BLOODRAVEN YMIR BLOODRAVEN NORTHERN BADLANDS (397) NORTHERN BADLANDS (397) (8-4369) [11-9-2,96] (8-4369) [11-9-2,96] THE CURRENT TOP TEAM YAKUZA (541) TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team 1. LA PENTARCHIE (481) 45 2. CHAMPIONS OF STEEL (202) 38 PHOENIX FIRE (532) 3. SOULTAKERS (553) 38 Unchartered Team 4. YAKUZA (541) 28 5. MIDDLE WAY 11 (546) 7 SOULTAKERS (553) The Top Teams Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K 1- 1*TEAM LUNGE (547) 2 0 0 100 1/ 1 YAKUZA (541) 9 6 0 2/ 2 PHOENIX FIRE (532) 62 37 6 62.6 2/ 9 CHAMPIONS OF STEEL (202) 7 8 0 3/ 3 YAKUZA (541) 111 86 5 56.3 3/ 5 PHOENIX FIRE (532) 6 3 1 4/ 5 LA PENTARCHIE (481) 186 149 4 55.5 4/ 3 LA PENTARCHIE (481) 6 7 0 5/ 4 NORTHERN BADLANDS (397) 126 103 11 55.0 5/ 7 MIDDLE WAY 11 (546) 6 8 1 6/ 6 MIDDLE WAY 11 (546) 50 43 1 53.8 6/ 2 ENTENTER (534) 5 2 0 7- 7 DOGPOUND (477) 52 46 3 53.1 7/ 4 NORTHERN BADLANDS (397) 5 5 0 8/ 8 CHAMPIONS OF STEEL (202) 83 96 8 46.4 8- 8 DOGPOUND (477) 4 1 1 9/ 9 X-FORCE (484) 122 162 10 43.0 9/ 6 X-FORCE (484) 4 7 2 10-10*TOM-TOM-POSSE (544) 18 24 0 42.9 10-10*TEAM LUNGE (547) 2 0 0 11/11 ENTENTER (534) 36 49 3 42.4 11/ 0*SOULTAKERS (553) 2 3 0 12/ 0*SOULTAKERS (553) 2 3 0 40.0 12-11*TOM-TOM-POSSE (544) 1 4 0 13-12*LEVIATHAN (556) 0 5 0 0.0 13-12*LEVIATHAN (556) 0 5 0 14/ 0*THE STORMS FIST (559) 0 1 0 0.0 14/ 0*THE STORMS FIST (559) 0 1 0 '*' Unchartered team '-' Team did not fight this turn (###) Avoid teams by their Team Id ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank SPY REPORT It's me, The Unknown Spymaster, back to give you this week's Spy Report. Sit back in your seats and we'll have more fun than a barrel of Zontanis. It was a tough week for ENTENTER, to drop 4 places in the rankings. Coming up with a solid 3-2-0 outing, CHAMPIONS OF STEEL has advanced 7 places in the rankings. Advancing in the rankings was LA PENTARCHIE who went from last turn's 183-148-4, to this week's record of 186-149-4. Most new teams do poorly at first. SOULTAKERS, however, has gotten off to a reasonable start at 2-3-0. Nice job! Hey everybody, watch out for BIBERON D'ACIER, who flew up 22 points in the rankings after mashing GRAVEDIGGER like a melon. Keep your eye on this guy. And falling like a basher in the top ten was THUNDAR THE CRUEL, who dropped 9 points after a disappointing (to say the least) bout with AUJARD. JAGUARMAN got through to the Duelmaster this turn. No doubt he was more than anxious to kick SENSEI JAN's tail out of the throne! Our battling duelmaster SENSEI JAN has managed to hold the title, fending off JAGUARMAN's none too subtle advances. Better luck next time, PHOENIX FIRE. Advice to bashers--never force anything, just get a bigger halberd! Here is other news that is of note. Here's a song for you: Who's afraid of the big, bad YAKUZA? Big bad YAKUZA. Big bad YAKUZA. ARKERS' afraid of the big bad YAKUZA. Tra la la la la! For those of you who like math, try this one: YAKUZA + Weapons That go Boom = LA PENTARCHIE + Avoid City. Well dang howdy, but if challenges were votes, SASHA BAL TOR would be president. Although it may be a contest she doesn't want to win. In a touching display by a 'touched' warrior, ELIXIR went after INOCHI, who was higher by 21 points. Well, when the dust settled, ELIXIR lost to INOCHI. Death is kind of like a new puppy: he's always around wanting to play. (Ha Zontani, how's that for a wise saying?). Here's some advice: warriors with little wit and will may encounter problems on the trail to the Isle. Well, there's the manager of the ARKERS giving me the 'cut' sign (or is that 'They're going to strangle you in the alley?). Well, there goes another Spy Report. Good luck in next week's fights. Its been real, and its been fun, but it hasn't been real fun...-- The Unknown Spymaster DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME SENSEI JAN 4676 20 9 0 138 YAKUZA (541) CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME NYTEMAIR 3602 9 3 1 107 CHAMPIONS OF STEEL (202) SASHA BAL TOR 4034 24 12 0 98 NORTHERN BADLANDS (397) YMIR BLOODRAVEN 4369 11 9 2 96 NORTHERN BADLANDS (397) AUJARD 4639 11 8 0 95 LA PENTARCHIE (481) JAGUARMAN 4532 16 10 4 93 PHOENIX FIRE (532) KAMI 4683 26 12 1 91 YAKUZA (541) CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME ALAIN DRAGOON 4716 10 4 0 80 LA PENTARCHIE (481) -DART 4586 14 6 0 79 X-FORCE (484) -GRYPHOS 4582 10 4 0 74 PHOENIX FIRE (532) THUNDAR THE CRUEL 4661 7 7 0 74 NORTHERN BADLANDS (397) -WOLFHOUND 4158 11 5 0 71 DOGPOUND (477) -TARUS 4728 7 2 0 70 TOM-TOM-POSSE (544) -BORZOI 3983 12 6 0 69 DOGPOUND (477) CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME ZABABA 4633 9 2 0 66 PHOENIX FIRE (532) -BLACK LAB 4265 8 3 0 61 DOGPOUND (477) INOCHI 4730 6 0 0 61 YAKUZA (541) TIEN 4672 10 9 1 60 YAKUZA (541) GRAVEDIGGER 3333 13 10 2 57 CHAMPIONS OF STEEL (202) ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -KOOL GREEN 4568 11 9 1 53 ENTENTER (534) V.BALTIMORE-'W.BALT 4598 9 16 0 51 LA PENTARCHIE (481) BIBERON D'ACIER 4740 8 1 0 49 LA PENTARCHIE (481) ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME IMBER LACK 4748 9 7 0 47 MIDDLE WAY 11 (546) FEORDIS INK 4746 12 7 0 43 MIDDLE WAY 11 (546) JERNIG MARS 4749 8 11 0 40 MIDDLE WAY 11 (546) -RETRO ACTION 4635 7 8 1 39 ENTENTER (534) CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -S. G. 4753 3 2 0 33 ENTENTER (534) ELIXIR 4815 3 1 1 30 X-FORCE (484) GEROGE JIM 4832 3 1 0 30 MIDDLE WAY 11 (546) -WEAPON-9 4736 6 2 0 24 X-FORCE (484) INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME LES PAUL 4757 5 0 0 22 ENTENTER (534) OL' GRIZ 4755 3 3 0 21 NORTHERN BADLANDS (397) -CHOW 4552 1 3 1 21 DOGPOUND (477) KISERU 4717 3 4 0 20 YAKUZA (541) -REMINGTON 4785 2 1 0 20 TOM-TOM-POSSE (544) MAX VON SCUM 4737 3 5 0 14 NORTHERN BADLANDS (397) YOR DETHKALL 4850 2 0 0 14 CHAMPIONS OF STEEL (202) -RUGER 4725 2 6 0 12 TOM-TOM-POSSE (544) FANGS 4797 1 0 0 11 SOULTAKERS (553) GRIM 4795 1 0 0 10 SOULTAKERS (553) -LONGSWORD 4758 1 0 0 10 TEAM LUNGE (547) -I'LL POKE YOU!! 4762 1 0 0 9 TEAM LUNGE (547) OVERDRIVE 4792 2 2 0 8 ENTENTER (534) MINOTAUR 4754 1 4 0 7 CHAMPIONS OF STEEL (202) SUNFIRE 4856 1 0 0 6 X-FORCE (484) PILUM 4826 1 1 1 5 PHOENIX FIRE (532) DAZZLER 4849 1 1 1 5 X-FORCE (484) -WINCHESTER 4784 0 3 0 3 TOM-TOM-POSSE (544) -CHIANA 4812 0 1 0 1 LEVIATHAN (556) SAL'RE NIMBLE 4831 0 1 0 1 THE STORMS FIST (559) MOREGANA 4793 0 1 0 1 SOULTAKERS (553) -KA D'ARGO 4814 0 1 0 1 LEVIATHAN (556) -AERYN SUN 4811 0 1 0 1 LEVIATHAN (556) GROUG 4796 0 1 0 1 SOULTAKERS (553) '-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn. THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge? BLOODWRAITH 4804 0 2 0 CHAMPIONS OF STEE 202 CHOW 4552 257 BIALAR CRAIS 4810 0 1 0 LEVIATHAN 556 DAZZLER 4849 258 JOHN CRICHTON 4813 0 1 0 LEVIATHAN 556 PILUM 4826 258 LIMNOR ORDIN 4747 6 7 1 MIDDLE WAY 11 546 ELIXIR 4815 258 GEROGE JIM 4752 9 6 0 MIDDLE WAY 11 546 TIEN 4672 255 NOT REVE TOBACCO ROSE 4529 10 10 1 PHOENIX FIRE 532 YMIR BLOODRAVEN 4369 256 MINGLOW 4794 0 1 0 SOULTAKERS 553 ARENAMASTER SHERO 407 259 NONE WRATH 4768 1 3 0 X-FORCE 484 LIMNOR ORDIN 4747 257 REVENGED PERSONAL ADS Well, Sensei Jan (the fighter), you are a little too worthy adversary for me! -- Aujard. Sensei Jan (the manager), you are a respectable opponent... and if we meet twice a turn lets try to keep in good terms! See you (a lot !!) on the sands... -- Le Pentarque. Blackstorm, we are going to fight a lot too : we will have fights to talk about! By the way, its Guyane: I may know your friends, would be funny. Zababa -- If only you were a fiery little wench, instead of a guy. (sigh) Oh, well. -- Jernig Mars P.S. I don't sneeze at those skills. Elixir -- Of what, death? I could've gone all day without dying and not minded it a bit. -- Ghost of Limnor Ordin Minotaur -- You're a half-elf? Why not a minotaur? If I can get the Commission to list me properly as an orc, you should be able to get listed as a minotaur. I've heard that one on the Isle is listed that way. And it would be less confusing for me. Us orcs aren't DUMB, you know, but we like things clear. -- Geroge Jim The Civilized Criminals are the worst. -- Feordis Ink Inochi -- I didn't even SEE you down there, and the next thing I know, you've cut off my knees! -- Imber Lack Kami -- Once again? I think you have lost it. -- Dart Inochi -- I never expect to win against your style. -- Weapon-9 27 June 2005 ATTENTION ALL YOU ALLIANCE-TYPE PEOPLE: For the purposes of tourney newsletter alliance listings (when I am able to do them), you may only be listed in ONE alliance. In other words, you have to choose! If you are a part of Englebert's Alliance and Englebert's Alliance is "part" of Ruthrauf's Alliance, I will list you EITHER as part of Englebert's Alliance OR as part of Ruthrauf's Alliance, NOT both. The default would be the top-level alliance, Ruthrauf's, in this example. If you'd rather be listed separately, let me know and I will do so, but that will be the only listing you get. -- The Saint, keeper of ever- more-complicated lists 29 Jun 2005 The Company of Brothers (TCB) welcomes two new members to our alliance...Liam the Goth and Buddy Lee. We have no doubt that they will prove to be assets to our alliance and the general dueling community. -- Baphomet, co-founder, T.C.B. LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS MINGLOW was butchered by ARENAMASTER SHEROVAN in a 1 minute bloody Dark Arena fight. JAGUARMAN was vanquished by SENSEI JAN in a 1 minute uneven Challenge Title battle. ALAIN DRAGOON was luckily beaten by SASHA BAL TOR in a dull 8 minute Challenge fight. ELIXIR was devastated by INOCHI in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge fight. DAZZLER was demolished by GEROGE JIM in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge competition. CHAOS WARRIOR luckily beat YMIR BLOODRAVEN in a 6 minute veteran's struggle. KAMI was handily defeated by NYTEMAIR in a 1 minute uneven fight. AUJARD vanquished THUNDAR THE CRUEL in a 1 minute uneven duel. TIEN lost to ZABABA in a action packed 2 minute fight. JERNIG MARS lost to V.BALTIMORE-'W.BALT in a 2 minute fight. GRAVEDIGGER was luckily beaten by BIBERON D'ACIER in a action packed 5 minute match. IMBER LACK overpowered AMBITIOUS GUARD in a 1 minute one-sided match. FEORDIS INK was viciously subdued by HONEST MERCHANT in a unpopular 9 minute conflict. MAX VON SCUM was savagely defeated by KISERU in a popular 3 minute bloody brawl. OL' GRIZ handily defeated PILUM in a 1 minute uneven fight. MINOTAUR was defeated by FANGS in a 3 minute beginner's struggle. LES PAUL viciously subdued GROUG in a unpopular 17 minute bloody amateur's bout. OVERDRIVE was defeated by GRIM in a 5 minute novice's bout. YOR DETHKALL overpowered MOREGANA in a 1 minute one-sided bout. SAL'RE NIMBLE was defeated by SUNFIRE in a 2 minute amateur's conflict. BATTLE REPORT MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS |FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT| |STRIKING ATTACK 7 SLASHING ATTACK 21 - 11 - 4 66 | |TOTAL PARRY 6 TOTAL PARRY 47 - 30 - 0 61 | |WALL OF STEEL 6 WALL OF STEEL 19 - 13 - 1 59 | |LUNGING ATTACK 5 STRIKING ATTACK 48 - 44 - 5 52 | |BASHING ATTACK 4 BASHING ATTACK 23 - 23 - 5 50 | |SLASHING ATTACK 3 PARRY-RIPOSTE 8 - 9 - 0 47 | |AIMED BLOW 3 AIMED BLOW 21 - 24 - 1 47 | |PARRY-RIPOSTE 2 LUNGING ATTACK 26 - 33 - 3 44 | |PARRY-STRIKE 1 PARRY-STRIKE 5 - 16 - 0 24 | |PARRY-LUNGE 0 PARRY-LUNGE 5 - 17 - 0 23 | Turn 259 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: BASHING ATTACK 3 - 1 STRIKING ATTACK 3 - 4 3 STRIKING ATTACK SLASHING ATTACK 2 - 1 LUNGING ATTACK 2 - 3 2 TOTAL PARRY TOTAL PARRY 4 - 2 AIMED BLOW 1 - 2 2 LUNGING ATTACK PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 - 1 WALL OF STEEL 2 - 4 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 1 SLASHING ATTACK PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 1 1 WALL OF STEEL 1 AIMED BLOW TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME PARRY-RIPOSTE SENSEI JAN 4676 20 9 0 138 YAKUZA (541) STRIKING ATTACK NYTEMAIR 3602 9 3 1 107 CHAMPIONS OF STEEL (202) TOTAL PARRY SASHA BAL TOR 4034 24 12 0 98 NORTHERN BADLANDS (397) LUNGING ATTACK AUJARD 4639 11 8 0 95 LA PENTARCHIE (481) SLASHING ATTACK JAGUARMAN 4532 16 10 4 93 PHOENIX FIRE (532) WALL OF STEEL KAMI 4683 26 12 1 91 YAKUZA (541) AIMED BLOW ALAIN DRAGOON 4716 10 4 0 80 LA PENTARCHIE (481) BASHING ATTACK TIEN 4672 10 9 1 60 YAKUZA (541) Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above. The overall popularity leader is YMIR BLOODRAVEN 4369. The most popular warrior this turn was YMIR BLOODRAVEN 4369. The ten other most popular fighters were GRAVEDIGGER 3333, TIEN 4672, KISERU 4717, SENSEI JAN 4676, GEROGE JIM 4832, NYTEMAIR 3602, AUJARD 4639, OL' GRIZ 4755, SUNFIRE 4856, and INOCHI 4730. The least popular fighter this week was GROUG 4796. The other ten least popular fighters were LES PAUL 4757, FEORDIS INK 4746, SASHA BAL TOR 4034, MOREGANA 4793, PILUM 4826, BIBERON D'ACIER 4740, THUNDAR THE CRUEL 4661, KAMI 4683, DAZZLER 4849, and ELIXIR 4815. The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn: SENSEI JAN (8-4676) YAKUZA (541) The following warriors have traveled to AD after fighting this turn: CHAOS WARRIOR (8-1779) CHAMPIONS OF STEEL (202) MAIL-IN TOURNEY XXXIX PRIMUS TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME CHRISTINE 4225 (58-27-5) 2 3 0 MUSICAL CHAIRS CONTENDERS TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME FRERE MAIN ROUJ 4082 (58-41-0) 7 3 0 LA PENTARCHIE ELIGIBLES TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME GRAZ'ZT 2769 (60-18-0) 6 3 0 THE BROTHERHOOD CHALLENGERS TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME ZYCONIAN 3201 (9-3-0) 1 3 0 LETHAL JUSTICE CHAMPIONS TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME YMIR BLOODRAVEN 4369 (9-8-1) 6 3 0 NORTHERN BADLANDS TOBACCO ROSE 4529 (10-9-1) 4 3 0 PHOENIX FIRE DART 4586 (14-4-0) 2 3 0 X-FORCE BLACK LAB 4265 (7-3-0) 1 3 0 DOGPOUND WOLFHOUND 4158 (10-5-0) 1 3 0 DOGPOUND APPRENTICES TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME INOCHI 4730 (2-0-0) 1 3 0 YAKUZA INITIATES FOOLS TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME ZABABA 4633 (6-1-0) 2 3 0 PHOENIX FIRE