DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER
Date : 11/25/2010 Duedate: 12/22/2010
ARKERS ARENA
DM-8 TURN-329
This Weeks Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
ZITHER
Z GLADIATORZ (519)
(8-5153) [21-1-0,113]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
CONFIDENCE POSITION IS EMPTY
CONSANGUINEOUS (567)
(8-4894) [21-10-0,115]
Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite
KERBIN NOTTS IMERTA LOEL
MIDDLE WAY 11 (546) MIDDLE WAY 11 (546)
(8-5040) [19-34-1,101] (8-5225) [0-10-0,13]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
SMITHSONIAN (245)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. YOU PAY I SLAY (373) 43
2. SMITHSONIAN (245) 25 CONSANGUINEOUS (567)
3. CONSANGUINEOUS (567) 14 Unchartered Team
4. Z GLADIATORZ (519) 10
5. MIDDLE WAY 11 (546) 2 LIAR'S CLUB (350)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1/ 1 CONSANGUINEOUS (567) 87 29 2 75.0 1/ 1 SMITHSONIAN (245) 14 0 0
2/ 2 Z GLADIATORZ (519) 200 90 7 69.0 2/ 2 Z GLADIATORZ (519) 9 3 2
3/ 3 SMITHSONIAN (245) 648 412 13 61.1 3/ 3 YOU PAY I SLAY (373) 8 5 0
4/ 4 YOU PAY I SLAY (373) 60 44 2 57.7 4/ 5 CONSANGUINEOUS (567) 4 2 0
5- 5 PENUMBRAL MISTS (571) 59 70 1 45.7 5/ 4 MIDDLE WAY 11 (546) 3 12 0
6/ 6 MIDDLE WAY 11 (546) 159 249 4 39.0 6- 6 PENUMBRAL MISTS (571) 2 3 0
7- 7*TRUE DEATHS (107) 0 1 0 0.0 7- 7*TRUE DEATHS (107) 0 1 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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---===SLOW ARENA NEWS===---
Duelmasters
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DM 8 ARKERS (turn 328): ZITHER of Z GLADIATORS (Z-Man, mgr.)
DM 28 MORYA (turn 326): TEZCATLIPOCA of THE PENTARCHY (Le Pentarque, mgr.)
DM 31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 624): MAJOR PAIN of MILITARY MAYHEM (Crip, mgr.)
DM 39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 279): MS D. MEENER of CRIMINAL ELEMENT (Fizban, mgr.)
DM 45 STORMCROWE (turn 301): CALLOUS COURTNEY of STREET WALKERS (Roadkill, mgr.)
DM 47 TEMPLE OF ABARSIS (turn 295): KANA BALISTIC of DEVIATION (Marma Duke, mgr.)
DM 50 SNOWBOUND (turn 282): WHISTLIN DIXIE of DARQUE FORCES II (Master Darque)
DM 52 FRATSFA (turn 276): CONFLICT of DRAGON GUARD II (Khisanth, mgr.)
DM 54 TROCAR (turn 263): KORASIM of TRADERS OF TROCAR (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 59 ILLIS (turn 254): NAZARETH of CHAPEL ROCK (Crip, mgr.)
DM 71 KYR'TERR (turn 230): DANNY HEATLEY of OTTAWA SENATORS (Crip, mgr.)
DM 72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 230): STEVE LAKE of SUE'S BOYS (Crip, mgr.)
DM 73 ERINIKA (turn 231): DEATH SUCKS of BLACKMAIL (The Mun, mgr.)
DM 83 TELORINTHE (turn 46): CONFESSION of OLDIES (Coach, mgr.)
DM 106 CRYSALIS (turn 228): KING UVDAHELL of ROYAL FLUSH (Crip, mgr.)
Top Teams
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DM 8 ARKERS (turn 328): SMITHSONIAN (Curator, mgr.)
DM 28 MORYA (turn 326): MY GENERATION (Storm Lord, mgr.)
DM 31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 324): DARQUE FORCES (Master Darque, mgr.)
DM 39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 279): PROPHETIC OMENS (Lord Rahl, mgr.)
DM 45 STORMCROWE (turn 301): STREET WALKERS (Roadkill, mgr.)
DM 47 TEMPLE OF ABARSIS (turn 295): OPHIDIAN ORDER (Skaven, mgr.)
DM 50 SNOWBOUND (turn 282): LIFE IMPACTS (Smitty, mgr.)
DM 52 FRATSFA (turn 276): PYROMANIA (Marma Duke, mgr.)
DM 54 TROCAR (turn 263): SPARF! (Crip, mgr.)
DM 59 ILLIS (turn 254): CHAPEL ROCK (Crip, mgr.)
DM 71 KYR'TERR (turn 230): NEW YORK (Crip, mgr.)
DM 72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 230): MEAT YOUR MAKER (Crip, mgr.)
DM 73 ERINIKA (turn 231): SUE'S BOYS (Crip, mgr.)
DM 83 TELORINTHE (turn 46): OLDIES (Coach, mgr.)
DM 106 CRYSALIS (turn 228): SPARF! et al (Crip, mgr.)
Recent Graduates
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DM 8 ARKERS (turn 327): DEAD LEE of YOU PAY I SLAY (Khisanth, mgr.)
DM 39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 279): MS D. MEENER of CRIMINAL ELEMENT (Fizban, mgr.)
DM 47 TEMPLE OF ABARSIS (turn 295): ROIS ANIN of WARHAMMERS (Coyote, mgr.)
(turn 294): MY SHADOW of KAOS (Grimm, mgr.)
DM 50 SNOWBOUND (turn 281): CASS DOLAN of MIDDLE WAY 6 (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 54 TROCAR (turn 263): KORASIM of TRADERS OF TROCAR (Jorja, mgr.)
(turn 262): MADAM VENUSIA of SPARF! (Crip, mgr.)
DM 71 KYR'TERR (turn 226): SIF of SUPERIOR FORCES Y3 (Manager, mgr.)
DM 73 ERINIKA (turn 231): DEATH SUCKS of BLACKMAIL (The Mun, mgr.)
DM 83 TELORINTHE (turn 45): PEP RALLY of OLDIES (Coach, mgr.)
WASNIS of OLLIS HEROES (Omega, mgr.)
DUELMASTER'S COLUMN
Notes from the arena champ.
Finally! With a 20-1 record (Well, add a 5-3 way back in the Apprentices
tournament.) I make it to the top of Arkers as Duelmaster. I learned my knots in
Girl Scouts, so I tied Kerbin in knotts for the title. (I'm funny, too, eh?)
Can I get away with as short a DM Column as Khisanth's team does? I'm gonna
try! Come and get me. Zither thou goest, I shall go.
Zither DMI
SPY REPORT
Good day, in ARKERS a quiet thief gets rich, but a quiet spymaster gets poor.
So bring me ale and harken to my tidbits of news. The Z GLADIATORZ guild has had a
4-1-1 turn and deserves to be watched in the future. You never know where this kind
of thing can lead. This week's Duelmaster bout was between KERBIN NOTTS and our
Duelmaster ZITHER, making a challenge. Defending hers title for another turn, ZITHER
kept MIDDLE WAY 11's warrior, KERBIN NOTTS, from claiming the throne. By the way,
was that our Duelmaster that I saw last night, cramped under the table at The Warty
Toad?
Oriental wise man once say, 'Hiding behind shields prevents proper sun tanning.'
Inscrutable, but true. I also notice that the PENUMBRAL MISTS stable was the most
avoided team this turn. Come on ARKERS, what are you afraid of? And avoiding
PENUMBRAL MISTS more than any other team we find SMITHSONIAN. ARKERS, are we going
to accept, or respect this sort of thing? The most challenged warrior this turn was
MIDDLE WAY 11's warrior KERBIN NOTTS. More fighters challenged him than challenged
the Duelmaster! In a brave attempt, URA GONER from YOU PAY I SLAY challenged up 19
points to fight ZEPHYR from the Z GLADIATORZ stable. URA GONER perhaps got hers just
desserts, seeing as she overcame ZEPHYR and ended up with 84 recognition points.
We only live a short time in this world, so why not take a sharp blade, and
shave it close? Whatever bright future SIR INSIZER may have had, it's all history
now. The manager of YOU PAY I SLAY has lost a promising 2-0-0 warrior. Z
GLADIATORZ, with any luck YOU PAY I SLAY will successfully bloodfeud ZORK for killing
such a warrior as SIR INSIZER. Have a little decency, will ya? A brave warrior does
not carry a red shield, he has nothing to cover or hide when the fight is over.
Consider well.
Thought for the day, a new sword shines bright, but the notched sword sings the
sweetest. Always good to rest in ARKERS, but never good to wear out my welcome.
Look for me in future turns. Until the sun next rises and my pen sets to paper--
Alarond the Scribe
DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
ZITHER 5153 21 1 0 113 Z GLADIATORZ (519)
CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
CONFIDENCE 4894 21 10 0 115 CONSANGUINEOUS (567)
CONFESSION 4895 19 9 0 107 CONSANGUINEOUS (567)
KERBIN NOTTS 5040 19 34 1 101 MIDDLE WAY 11 (546)
INDIOR LANDIS 5058 22 29 0 95 MIDDLE WAY 11 (546)
-NYTHIA 4923 16 10 0 92 PENUMBRAL MISTS (571)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-MORNGRYM 4926 12 14 0 85 PENUMBRAL MISTS (571)
URA GONER 5214 5 1 0 84 YOU PAY I SLAY (373)
NORM QUESHA 5171 14 11 0 83 MIDDLE WAY 11 (546)
CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
ALAMO 5151 12 8 0 61 SMITHSONIAN (245)
ZORK 5195 10 1 3 59 Z GLADIATORZ (519)
ZEPHYR 5204 10 4 2 59 Z GLADIATORZ (519)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
IWO JIMA 5223 7 1 0 54 SMITHSONIAN (245)
ZEST 5224 8 1 1 42 Z GLADIATORZ (519)
YOSEMITE 5231 5 0 0 41 SMITHSONIAN (245)
-ONIROMANCER 5023 8 11 0 35 PENUMBRAL MISTS (571)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
IMA SLAYER 5233 3 3 0 32 YOU PAY I SLAY (373)
ANITA KILL 5234 3 2 0 30 YOU PAY I SLAY (373)
PLYMOUTH ROCK 5218 9 1 0 28 SMITHSONIAN (245)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-MALBORGIA V 5084 6 5 0 27 PENUMBRAL MISTS (571)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
KOTTER NAHL 5197 2 16 0 22 MIDDLE WAY 11 (546)
MAYFLOWER 5235 4 0 0 21 SMITHSONIAN (245)
IMERTA LOEL 5225 0 10 0 13 MIDDLE WAY 11 (546)
ZOO 5236 1 0 0 8 Z GLADIATORZ (519)
-CRUSH 772 0 1 0 1 TRUE DEATHS (107)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
GERONIMO 5125 7 9 0 SMITHSONIAN 245 KERBIN NOTTS 5040 325 NOT REVENGED
SEE YA 5248 0 1 0 YOU PAY I SLAY 373 STONE GOLEM 329 NONE
SIR INSIZER 5242 2 1 0 YOU PAY I SLAY 373 ZORK 5195 329
PERSONAL ADS
Congratulations to Zither, the new DM of Arkers. -- Curator
Honest Merchant -- It was close, but I had to get to the top of the hill to claim it.
-- Iwo Jima
Ima Slayer -- Somehow I pulled that out. I'll just bet that when you get
reinforcements, however... -- Alamo
Kotter Nahl -- Thanks for sitting on me. I needed the waiting win. -- Plymouth Rock
Polite Beggar -- Perhaps you shouldn't be so polite? -- Mayflower
Health; humility; honor. -- Curator
Kerbin Knottz -- Happy trailz to you. -- Zither
M. Chardinee -- It was all my pleasure. really. -- Zephyr
I feel sooooo bad. I lost to a civilized criminal? I just may be worthless. -- Zest
Captured Orc -- Sorry about that. I didn't mean to kill you-- just to beat you. Oh,
well; maybe you will come back as a worm? -- Zork
Well done, Zs! I can live with a 4-0-1! Onward and upward. -- The Z Man
A Kung-Fu Master? To what depths has this arena fallen that I should fight a Kung-Fu
Master? -- Indior Landis
Zither -- Ah... I just can't handle that kind of "name that tune" challenge. Sorry.
I mean, I liked it, whatever it was. Very, um, tuneful, you know? But where music
is concerned, I'm totally an Ignorant Amos. -- Kerbin Notts
Confession -- As if! -- Norm Quesha, well aware of the value of privacy
Plymoth Rock -- A "rock around the clock" type, eh? I suppose I should do a wind
sprint or two. -- Kotter Nahl
Sir Insizer -- Sir! A golem groping me is what makes me very nervous. Let us not do
this again. -- Imerta Loel
Zephyr -- Well, if you can't blow hot, blow cold. There's always room for a little
fresh air. -- Kerbin Notts
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
SEE YA was dealt death by STONE GOLEM in a 2 minute bloody Dark Arena fight.
URA GONER vanquished ZEPHYR in a exciting 1 minute uneven Challenge battle.
ZITHER luckily beat KERBIN NOTTS in a 7 minute bloody master's Challenge Title duel.
INDIOR LANDIS was savagely defeated by CONFESSION in a 8 minute veteran's fight.
CONFIDENCE devastated NORM QUESHA in a crowd pleasing 1 minute one-sided duel.
ZORK executed SIR INSIZER in a popular 1 minute gruesome mismatched brawl.
IWO JIMA won victory over ANITA KILL in a 1 minute duel.
ALAMO vanquished CIVILIZED CRIMINAL in a 1 minute one-sided duel.
ZEST unbelievably bested HONEST MERCHANT in a slow 16 minute duel.
YOSEMITE outlasted CAPTURED ORC in a slow 14 minute brutal expert vs. novice match.
PLYMOUTH ROCK luckily beat IMERTA LOEL in a crowd pleasing 3 minute competition.
IMA SLAYER demolished KOTTER NAHL in a 1 minute mismatched match.
MAYFLOWER beat SHIFTYEYED VOLUNTEER in a tiring 5 minute amateur's conflict.
ZOO unbelievably bested STRAY CATMAN in a 3 minute amateur's bout.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|TOTAL PARRY 7 PARRY-LUNGE 14 - 2 - 0 88 |
|STRIKING ATTACK 4 TOTAL PARRY 38 - 11 - 1 78 |
|LUNGING ATTACK 3 AIMED BLOW 2 - 1 - 0 67 |
|BASHING ATTACK 3 SLASHING ATTACK 14 - 8 - 3 64 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 2 LUNGING ATTACK 13 - 10 - 2 57 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 1 STRIKING ATTACK 16 - 21 - 0 43 |
|AIMED BLOW 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE 4 - 6 - 1 40 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 BASHING ATTACK 9 - 21 - 0 30 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 0 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 0 - 0 0 |
|WALL OF STEEL 0 WALL OF STEEL 0 - 2 - 0 0 |
Turn 329 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-LUNGE 1 - 0 BASHING ATTACK 1 - 2 3 TOTAL PARRY
TOTAL PARRY 6 - 1 AIMED BLOW 0 - 1 2 BASHING ATTACK
LUNGING ATTACK 2 - 1 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 0 1 LUNGING ATTACK
SLASHING ATTACK 1 - 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 1 1 PARRY-LUNGE
STRIKING ATTACK 2 - 2 WALL OF STEEL 0 - 0 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE
1 AIMED BLOW
1 STRIKING ATTACK
1 SLASHING ATTACK
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
TOTAL PARRY ZITHER 5153 21 1 0 113 Z GLADIATORZ (519)
LUNGING ATTACK CONFIDENCE 4894 21 10 0 115 CONSANGUINEOUS (567)
PARRY-LUNGE CONFESSION 4895 19 9 0 107 CONSANGUINEOUS (567)
STRIKING ATTACK URA GONER 5214 5 1 0 84 YOU PAY I SLAY (373)
BASHING ATTACK NORM QUESHA 5171 14 11 0 83 MIDDLE WAY 11 (546)
SLASHING ATTACK ZORK 5195 10 1 3 59 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 IMERTA LOEL 5225. The ten other most popular fighters were URA GONER 5214,
CONFESSION 4895, SEE YA 5248, KERBIN NOTTS 5040, CONFIDENCE 4894, ZORK 5195, IWO JIMA
5223, IMA SLAYER 5233, ZEPHYR 5204, and INDIOR LANDIS 5058.
The least popular fighter this week was ZEST 5224. The other ten least popular
fighters were YOSEMITE 5231, MAYFLOWER 5235, ZOO 5236, KOTTER NAHL 5197, ZITHER 5153,
PLYMOUTH ROCK 5218, ALAMO 5151, ANITA KILL 5234, SIR INSIZER 5242, and NORM QUESHA
5171.
MAIL-IN TOURNEY L
ELIGIBLES TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME
AUJARD 4639 (53-42-0) 2 3 0 LA PENTARCHIE
ADM TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME
CONSTERNATION 4896 (38-7-1) 4 3 0 CONSANGUINEOUS
MISS ERABLE 2766 (39-31-3) 1 3 0 LADIES IN WAITING
RANCID WAIF 4413 (29-19-0) 1 3 0 HAPLESS WAIF
ADEPTS TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME
URA GONER 5214 (4-1-0) 16 2 0 YOU PAY I SLAY
INITIATES TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME
YOSEMITE 5231 (4-0-0) 10 3 0 SMITHSONIAN
APPRENTICES TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME
ANITA KILL 5234 (3-1-0) 4 3 1 YOU PAY I SLAY
ROOKIES TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME
L. CAVSON 3911 (0-0-0) 3 3 0 SUPERIOR FORCES
ZOO 5236 (0-0-0) 0 3 0 Z GLADIATORZ
DEAD CHALLENGERS TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME
K. CARSON 3609 (10-4-0) 6 3 0 SUPERIOR FORCES
ALAIN DRAGOON 4716 (19-9-0) 2 2 0 DEAD LA PENTARCHIE
DEAD CHAMPIONS TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME
REBECCA RAVEN 4308 (6-1-0) 8 3 0 TRIAL BY COMBAT
MISS MANAGED 3519 (7-3-0) 5 3 1 LADIES IN WAITING
MISS ALLY NEIUS 4022 (3-2-0) 1 3 0 LADIES IN WAITING
DEAD ADEPTS TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME
ESPO 3778 (7-4-1) 1 3 0 DEAD STRANGE UNIVERSE
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unable to book rooms because they waited too long.) Look for the tournament info
sheet and minioverviews some time in December. We hope you're all looking forward to
it and that we will see you there!