DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 04/15/2010    Duedate: 05/12/2010

ARKERS ARENA

DM-8    TURN-321

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

ZILCH
Z GLADIATORZ (519)
(8-5081) [14-8-0,98]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

ZILCH                          POSITION IS EMPTY
Z GLADIATORZ (519)             
(8-5081) [14-8-0,98]           

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

KERBIN NOTTS                   GERONIMO
MIDDLE WAY 11 (546)            SMITHSONIAN (245)
(8-5040) [15-30-0,75]          (8-5125) [6-6-0,74]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

Z GLADIATORZ (519)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. Z GLADIATORZ (519)          46
2. YOU PAY I SLAY (373)        28      Z GLADIATORZ (519)
3. SMITHSONIAN (245)           25      Unchartered Team
4. DREAD EMPIRE (597)           0
5. HEAD BANGERS (595)           0      BLANK (78)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1- 1*DREAD EMPIRE (597)         2   0  0  100   1/ 1 Z GLADIATORZ (519)       12  2 3
 2- 2 CONSANGUINEOUS (567)      77  23  2 77.0   2/ 3 SMITHSONIAN (245)         7  4 0
 3/ 3 Z GLADIATORZ (519)       178  82  4 68.5   3/ 2 MIDDLE WAY 11 (546)       4 10 0
 4/ 4 SMITHSONIAN (245)        623 403 13 60.7   4- 5*DREAD EMPIRE (597)        2  0 0
 5/ 6 YOU PAY I SLAY (373)      37  34  2 52.1   5/ 8 YOU PAY I SLAY (373)      2  7 0
 6- 7 GENERALS (590)            28  34  5 45.2   6- 9 CONSANGUINEOUS (567)      1  1 0
 7/ 8 MIDDLE WAY 11 (546)      148 220  3 40.2   7- 4*HEAD BANGERS (595)        1  4 0
 8- 9*HEAD BANGERS (595)        17  27  1 38.6   8- 7 GENERALS (590)            0  5 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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                          ---===ANDORIAN REGIONAL NEWS===---

                                     Duelmasters
                                     -----------
 DM   8 ARKERS (turn 320): ZILCH of Z GLADIATORS (Z Man, mgr.)
 DM  11 ARUAK CITY (turn 643): DRAYTON FLASHSTONE of IMMORTALS (Dartor, mgr.)
 DM  14 TOBIR (turn 642): TIPPI TURTLE of THE DEATH SQUAD (Street Legal, mgr.)
 DM  22 SOLVEN (turn 627): DOLLYROT of KELLUMBO'S KIDS (Detective Kellumbo, mgr.)
 DM  24 ZORPUNT (turn 631): SERGEANT 4 of MEDAL OF HONOR Z3 (The Anarchist, mgr.)
 DM  25 LYRATILAN (turn 626): COL. MUSTARD of GOTTA GET A CLUE (?, mgr.)
 DM  26 CALEAM (turn 626): PASCELLA of GOLDEN CANYON (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  30 IAYE (turn 624): SENATOR WILEY of LENPROS (Lenpro, mgr.)
 DM  40 ZENSU (turn 588): CORBIE LEK of BEYOND THE PALE (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  41 KATI-TEI (turn 585): FOUR PAWZ of DA DOG POWNDAZ (Marma Duke, mgr.)
 DM  46 ARDIVENT (turn 576): SABRE of SERPENT'S HOLD (Khisanth, mgr.)
 DM  52 FRATSFA (turn 268): JOLLY ROGER of SEA DOGS (One Armed Bandit, mgr.)
 DM  63 AMEN-TEI (turn 472): SERGEANT 3 of MEDAL OF HONOR J3 (The Anarchist, mgr.)
 DM  71 KYR'TERR (turn 222): BIG DADDY KANE of RAP ATTACKS (?, mgr.)
ADM 105 ANDORAK (turn 528): FINALITY of SUPERIOR FORCES 3P (Manager, mgr.)

                                      Top Teams
                                      ---------
 DM   8 ARKERS (turn 320): Z GLADIATORS (Z Man, mgr.)
 DM  11 ARUAK CITY (turn 643): COLORIFIC (Purple People Eater, mgr.)
 DM  14 TOBIR (turn 642): THE DEATH SQUAD (Street Legal, mgr.)
 DM  22 SOLVEN (turn 627): HENPCS (?, mgr.)
 DM  24 ZORPUNT (turn 631): KRILL CAVALRY (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  25 LYRATILAN (turn 626): THE MIDDLE WAY 4 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  26 CALEAM (turn 626): GOLDEN CANYON (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  30 IAYE (turn 624): LENPROS (Lenpro, mgr.)
 DM  40 ZENSU (turn 588): CAPTAIN PLANET (?, mgr.)
 DM  41 KATI-TEI (turn 585): THE PLAGUE (Reaper, mgr.)
 DM  46 ARDIVENT (turn 576): BLUVALLEY WARRIORS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  52 FRATSFA (turn 268): PYROMANIA (Marma Duke, mgr.)
 DM  63 AMEN-TEI (turn 472): WAYFARERS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  71 KYR'TERR (turn 222): THE ZOO (Jorja, mgr.)
ADM 105 ANDORAK (turn 528): SUPERIOR FATHER et al (Manager, mgr.)

                                   Recent Graduates
                                   ----------------
 DM   8 ARKERS (turn 319): WAR BOND of SMITHSONIAN (Curator, mgr.)
 DM  22 SOLVEN (turn 627): JILIAN NORMAN of MIDDLE WAY 15 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  26 CALEAM (turn 625): COROT TORO of GOLDEN CANYON (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  40 ZENSU (turn 588): JOFRE MAINZ of BEYOND THE PALE (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  52 FRATSFA (turn 267): NOT SO HOT of PYROMANIA (Marma Duke, mgr.)
 DM  71 KYR'TERR (turn 221): FAIZUN GOTE of THE ZOO (Jorja, mgr.)

                                 DUELMASTER'S COLUMN
                             Notes from the arena champ.

     All right!  Duelmaster!  Sure, I'll write one of these columns if that means I
can be the Titleholder.  Yes!  Sorry, Indior, but I must have wanted that more than
you did.  Yes!
     Hey, my team was red hot this turn.  5-0-2!  Not that killing is really our
thing, certainly not mine, but that is such a cool record.  I wonder how The Z Man
pulled that off.  All I really know is that I did my share.
     Well, I want my Lord Protectorship and out of here.  I do!  After winning this,
I am ready to retire.  So lets explore my possibilities:
20 fights -- check
14 wins -- need one more
17 political points -- a little short with 7
adex/expert -- uh, yet need one of those unless Indior gave me a lotta skills
     So, I have yet a few fights to go.  Maybe only two if I win them, stay DM, and
earn the right skills.  Gotta do it!
     That's it.  I'm out! Next time I will tell you what I don't have.  After all, my
name IS Zilch.
                    Zilch, Duelmaster

                                      SPY REPORT

     The sages err'd not in their foretelling of a god descending upon ARKERS, for I, 
Novgorodny Vir, have returned!  What's a move up by 3 you ask?  (alright, maybe you 
didn't ask)  Cause for celebration, according to YOU PAY I SLAY.  Say what you will 
about blind luck and dirty fighting, but SMITHSONIAN will tell you 623-403-13 is 
nothing to laugh at...  Practice pays for ZEPHYR, who pummelled CIVILIZED CRIMINAL, 
to pocket 23 points.  NORM QUESHA certainly had a baffled expression on his face, 
after losing to ALAMO and losing 8 points in the process!  ZILCH successfully staved 
off a grab for the roses by KERBIN NOTTS of MIDDLE WAY 11.  Does ARKERS have no one 
talented enough to dethrone her?  Word has it one team in ARKERS is taking speech 
lessons to try to bore their opponent to death.  I'll bet it works.   
     So much to report, so little time!  Perhaps the warriors of HEAD BANGERS should 
take up some hobbies, as they are the most avoided team...  The warriors of HEAD 
BANGERS found their efforts at combat frustrated as Z GLADIATORZ apparently had more 
important things to do than fight.   
     Ah, the duel!  The roar of the oppenent, the smell of the crowd!  Ask not a 
spymaster for counsel, for he will pontificate long after you have fallen into an 
unconscious stupor.   
     All good things must come to an end.  More important duties call me.  Like a 
mixed metaphor, and an overtaxed simile, I now bid ARKERS farewell-- Novgorodny Vir  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 ZILCH 5081                   14   8  0    98       Z GLADIATORZ (519)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-CONFIDENCE 4894              17   6  0    97       CONSANGUINEOUS (567)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 ZITHER 5153                  15   1  0    85       Z GLADIATORZ (519)
 INDIOR LANDIS 5058           19  24  0    81       MIDDLE WAY 11 (546)
-DEAD LEE 3142                 3   2  0    79       YOU PAY I SLAY (373)
 KERBIN NOTTS 5040            15  30  0    75       MIDDLE WAY 11 (546)
 GERONIMO 5125                 6   6  0    74       SMITHSONIAN (245)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-CONFESSION 4895              13   7  0    65       CONSANGUINEOUS (567)
 ALAMO 5151                    9   4  0    63       SMITHSONIAN (245)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-JACKSON 5127                  6   3  2    56       GENERALS (590)
 ZEPHYR 5204                   6   1  1    50       Z GLADIATORZ (519)
-SALIVA 5163                   4   5  0    41       HEAD BANGERS (595)
 NORM QUESHA 5171             10   7  0    39       MIDDLE WAY 11 (546)
-KUBLA KHAN 5126               6   3  0    38       GENERALS (590)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 ZORK 5195                     5   0  1    33       Z GLADIATORZ (519)
-MOTOR HEAD 5205               4   2  0    28       HEAD BANGERS (595)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-KORN 5160                     3   6  0    23       HEAD BANGERS (595)
-SOUL CATCHER 5174             2   0  0    23       DREAD EMPIRE (597)
 PLYMOUTH ROCK 5218            3   0  0    17       SMITHSONIAN (245)
 ZEST 5224                     2   0  1    16       Z GLADIATORZ (519)
-SLIP KNOT 5162                3   6  0    15       HEAD BANGERS (595)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 KOTTER NAHL 5197              2   8  0    14       MIDDLE WAY 11 (546)
-TZU 5210                      1   2  0     7       GENERALS (590)
 IWO JIMA 5223                 1   0  0     7       SMITHSONIAN (245)
-BAT OF LASHES 5207            1   3  0     6       HEAD BANGERS (595)
 IMERTA LOEL 5225              0   2  0     2       MIDDLE WAY 11 (546)
-PATTON 5219                   0   1  0     1       GENERALS (590)
-ROMMEL 5220                   0   1  0     1       GENERALS (590)

'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
POLITE BEGGAR           0  0 0                      ZEST 5224             321  NONE
D.D. EISENHOWER 5196    3  2 0 SMITHSONIAN 245      JACKSON 5127          318   
BUB BYE 5230            0  1 0 YOU PAY I SLAY 373   ARENAMASTER SHER      321  NONE
SEE YA 5229             0  1 0 YOU PAY I SLAY 373   SPYMASTER             321  NONE

                                     PERSONAL ADS

Shucks, Polite Beggar.  I guess you just do not have the zest for this gladiating
stuff? -- Zest, Z Gladiatorz

Well, that beggar had more zest than the Shiftyeyed Volunteer that I offed in less
than a minute.  Felt goooood! -- Zork, Z Gladiatorz

Well, now, guys, that dispatched Virtuous Scribe is not so full of zest anymore,
either!  I kind of enjoyed the epiphany! -- Zephyr, Z Gladiatorz

Well, Kerbin, it was bloody, but that does give me the two out of three.  I hope we
go for three out of five.  Ever the faithful... -- Zither, Z Gladiatorz

Indior Landis -- I wanted that title really, really bad.  I was good, wasn't I? --
Zilch, Z Gladiatorz

Wow!  Was that a 5-0-2 for the Z Gladiatorz?  It must be the management.  (wink)  Way
to go, guys! -- The Z Man

Imerta Loel -- Well, that's an interesting name.  Uh, and with a name like that you
will need to fight your best.  I hope you learned something from our little tussle.
-- Plymouth Rock

Ugh. Khal Hums Dwarf, him bad.  Me hurt.  Me need firewater. -- Geronimo

Dead Lee -- Hey!  If I challenge, you need to let me win.  You're tryin' to give me a
losers complex or somethin'? -- Alamo

Congratulations to the new Duelmaster, Zilch. -- Curator
P.S.  Zilch for a Duelmaster?  We have more than nothing don't we?

Zilch -- At least there was one skill today.  I'll take it. -- Indior Landis

Zither -- I never did care for those tunes that go on and on and on with tiny
variations on the same old theme. -- Kerbin Notts

Ambitious Guard?  It is to laugh. -- Norm Quesha

Soul Catcher -- You may be able to catch them, but can you keep them? -- Kotter Nahl

Plymouth Rock -- Oh, cool!  I did hope I'd turn out to be Fratsfan. -- Imerta Loel

Zilch -- Just goes to show, back and forth with us. -- Indior Landis

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

BUB BYE was butchered by ARENAMASTER SHEROVAN in a 1 minute bloody Dark Arena fight.
SEE YA was viciously butchered by SPYMASTER in a 1 minute Dark Arena battle.
ZILCH overpowered KERBIN NOTTS in a 1 minute mismatched Title duel.
INDIOR LANDIS was bested by ZITHER in a 4 minute brutal one-sided fight.
GERONIMO was bested by KHALHUMS DWARF in a 3 minute gruesome brawl.
ALAMO overpowered NORM QUESHA in a crowd pleasing 1 minute one-sided struggle.
ZORK handily defeated KOTTER NAHL in a 1 minute uneven fight.
ZEPHYR vanquished CIVILIZED CRIMINAL in a 1 minute gruesome uneven duel.
PLYMOUTH ROCK overpowered POLITE BEGGAR in a slow 6 minute uneven duel.
ZEST slew POLITE BEGGAR in a tiring 6 minute beginner's match.
IMERTA LOEL was defeated by IWO JIMA in a 1 minute bloody novice's match.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|STRIKING ATTACK                  5         PARRY-STRIKE       1 -   0 -  1     100  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      4         WALL OF STEEL      5 -   2 -  0      71  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   3         SLASHING ATTACK   11 -   6 -  1      65  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  2         PARRY-LUNGE        8 -   5 -  0      62  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   1         TOTAL PARRY       19 -  12 -  1      61  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    1         LUNGING ATTACK    13 -   9 -  1      59  |
|AIMED BLOW                       0         AIMED BLOW         3 -   3 -  0      50  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      0         BASHING ATTACK    25 -  35 -  1      42  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     0         PARRY-RIPOSTE      8 -  12 -  1      40  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    0         STRIKING ATTACK   16 -  26 -  2      38  |

Turn 321 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:

LUNGING ATTACK     1 -  0     BASHING ATTACK     1 -  2         2  LUNGING ATTACK 
SLASHING ATTACK    2 -  0     STRIKING ATTACK    1 -  4         2  TOTAL PARRY    
TOTAL PARRY        3 -  1     AIMED BLOW         0 -  0         2  PARRY-LUNGE    
                              PARRY-LUNGE        0 -  0         2  BASHING ATTACK 
                              PARRY-STRIKE       0 -  0         1  SLASHING ATTACK
                              PARRY-RIPOSTE      0 -  1         1  PARRY-RIPOSTE  
                              WALL OF STEEL      0 -  0         1  STRIKING ATTACK

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
SLASHING ATTACK  ZILCH 5081                 14   8  0   98 Z GLADIATORZ (519)
TOTAL PARRY      ZITHER 5153                15   1  0   85 Z GLADIATORZ (519)
BASHING ATTACK   ALAMO 5151                  9   4  0   63 SMITHSONIAN (245)
LUNGING ATTACK   ZEPHYR 5204                 6   1  1   50 Z GLADIATORZ (519)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is KERBIN NOTTS 5040.  The most popular warrior this 
turn was GERONIMO 5125.  The ten other most popular fighters were ZILCH 5081, ALAMO 
5151, ZEPHYR 5204, IWO JIMA 5223, INDIOR LANDIS 5058, ZORK 5195, SEE YA 5229, ZITHER 
5153, NORM QUESHA 5171, and BUB BYE 5230.

The least popular fighter this week was ZEST 5224.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were PLYMOUTH ROCK 5218, IMERTA LOEL 5225, KOTTER NAHL 5197, KERBIN NOTTS 
5040, BUB BYE 5230, NORM QUESHA 5171, ZITHER 5153, SEE YA 5229, ZORK 5195, and INDIOR 
LANDIS 5058.