DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER Date : 12/23/2010 Duedate: 01/19/2011 ARKERS ARENA DM-8 TURN-330 This Weeks Top Honors THE DUELMASTER IS ZITHER Z GLADIATORZ (519) (8-5153) [22-1-0,118] Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader CONFIDENCE POSITION IS EMPTY CONSANGUINEOUS (567) (8-4894) [22-10-0,122] Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite KERBIN NOTTS CONFIDENCE MIDDLE WAY 11 (546) CONSANGUINEOUS (567) (8-5040) [19-35-1,101] (8-4894) [22-10-0,122] 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) 58 2. TRIAL BY COMBAT (512) 20 CONSANGUINEOUS (567) 3. Z GLADIATORZ (519) 15 Unchartered Team 4. CONSANGUINEOUS (567) 11 5. MIDDLE WAY 11 (546) 11 (195) The Top Teams Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K 1/ 1 CONSANGUINEOUS (567) 89 29 2 75.4 1/ 1 SMITHSONIAN (245) 12 2 1 2/ 2 Z GLADIATORZ (519) 203 92 7 68.8 2/ 2 Z GLADIATORZ (519) 10 4 2 3/ 3 SMITHSONIAN (245) 651 414 14 61.1 3/ 3 YOU PAY I SLAY (373) 6 6 0 4/ 4 YOU PAY I SLAY (373) 62 46 2 57.4 4/ 4 CONSANGUINEOUS (567) 5 1 0 5/ 0 TRIAL BY COMBAT (512) 17 19 3 47.2 5/ 0 TRIAL BY COMBAT (512) 1 1 0 6/ 6 MIDDLE WAY 11 (546) 159 254 4 38.5 6/ 5 MIDDLE WAY 11 (546) 1 14 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+-----]|%{ * ---===SLOW ARENA NEWS===--- Duelmasters ----------- DM 8 ARKERS (turn 329): ZITHER of Z GLADIATORS (Z-Man, mgr.) DM 28 MORYA (turn 327): TEZCATLIPOCA of THE PENTARCHY (Le Pentarque, mgr.) DM 31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 625): CHALDEA of DARQUE FORCES (Master Darque, mgr.) DM 39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 280): QUITA ROSALA of THE MIDDLE WAY (Jorja, mgr.) DM 45 STORMCROWE (turn 302): PAYNE of DARQUE FORCES II (Master Darque, mgr.) DM 47 TEMPLE OF ABARSIS (turn 296): AFRICAN QUEEN of ROYAL FLUSH (Crip, mgr.) DM 50 SNOWBOUND (turn 283): WHISTLIN DIXIE of DARQUE FORCES II (Master Darque) DM 52 FRATSFA (turn 277): TORTURING TULIP of FLOWER GIRLS (Lady Fern, mgr.) DM 54 TROCAR (turn 263): KORASIM of TRADERS OF TROCAR (Jorja, mgr.) DM 59 ILLIS (turn 255): I'M A BASHER of BASHAHOLICS ANON (Assurnasirbanipal) DM 71 KYR'TERR (turn 231): DANNY HEATLEY of OTTAWA SENATORS (Crip, mgr.) DM 72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 231): TORANS ULRIK of MIDDLE WAY 9 (Jorja, mgr.) DM 73 ERINIKA (turn 232): ANASTASIA of MYSTERIOUS (Zalgor Prigg, mgr.) DM 83 TELORINTHE (turn 47): CONFESSION of OLDIES (Coach, mgr.) DM 106 CRYSALIS (turn 229): DUTCH TREAT of WORLDWIDE GORE (Crip, mgr.) Top Teams --------- DM 8 ARKERS (turn 329): SMITHSONIAN (Curator, mgr.) DM 28 MORYA (turn 327): MY GENERATION (Storm Lord, mgr.) DM 31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 325): MIDDLE WAY 7 (Jorja, mgr.) DM 39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 280): PROPHETIC OMENS (Lord Rahl, mgr.) DM 45 STORMCROWE (turn 302): STREET WALKERS (Roadkill, mgr.) DM 47 TEMPLE OF ABARSIS (turn 296): LAND OF OZ (Oz, mgr.) DM 50 SNOWBOUND (turn 283): LIFE IMPACTS (Smitty, mgr.) DM 52 FRATSFA (turn 277): BLOOD AND GUTS! (Le Pentarque, mgr.) DM 54 TROCAR (turn 263): SPARF! (Crip, mgr.) DM 59 ILLIS (turn 255): BASHAHOLICS ANON (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.) DM 71 KYR'TERR (turn 231): NEW YORK (Crip, mgr.) DM 72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 231): MIDDLE WAY 9 (Jorja, mgr.) DM 73 ERINIKA (turn 232): H8 2 TXT (Sherlock, mgr.) DM 83 TELORINTHE (turn 47): OLDIES (Coach, mgr.) DM 106 CRYSALIS (turn 229): SPARF! et al (Crip, mgr.) Recent Graduates ---------------- DM 39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 279): MS D. MEENER of CRIMINAL ELEMENT (Fizban, mgr.) DM 47 TEMPLE OF ABARSIS (turn 296): MEDEE of THE OPERA (Manager, mgr.) (turn 295): ROIS ANIN of WARHAMMERS (Coyote, mgr.) DM 52 FRATSFA (turn 277): TORTURING TULIP of FLOWER GIRLS (Lady Fern, mgr.) DM 54 TROCAR (turn 263): KORASIM of TRADERS OF TROCAR (Jorja, mgr.) (turn 262): MADAM VENUSIA of SPARF! (Crip, mgr.) DM 73 ERINIKA (turn 232): ANASTASIA of MYSTERIOUS (Zalgor Prigg, mgr.) (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. In the middle of all the U Pay I Slay and its TCs, and Consag-whatever and its win and win and win Cs, I still live and reign. Whew! Dance to the music! What else can I say? Two big tournament winners from Arkers, with Ura Goner winning it all (Great TC, Khisanth.) and Yosemite pulling the measley TV. (Well done, Curator.) Maybe The Face in Tempe is Mannequin's turn? I'm out. Gotta go play a gig. Zither DMII SPY REPORT If you were disturbed from your beauty rest only to have to watch a bunch of ARKERS brutes like you, you'd be grouchy, too. Of course, we're all terribly impressed to see ANITA KILL win a fight and gain 26 points, terribly. Tsk, tsk, ANITA KILL beat IWO JIMA and IWO JIMA lost 21 points. You're breakin' my heart. Looks like ARKERS has some guts at least, ZITHER the Duelmaster was this turn's most-challenged warrior. ZITHER challenged KERBIN NOTTS for ARKERS' Title this turn, and guess what happened? And if variety is the spice of life, ARKERS may be getting bland, as ZITHER stays top dog in the city. I'm not in a very good mood today, but why am I telling you this? You want to know what's new, don't you, ARKERS? My mother always told me, 'If you don't have anything nice to say, start talking.' I loved that woman. ARKERS, I am losing what little hope I had in you. PENUMBRAL MISTS the most avoided team? What insult will suffice, I cannot say. And who led the way in this mass act of cowardice? Let's see, well, whatcha know? It was SMITHSONIAN. Ha ha ha ha! Death and Taxes. The less death I see, the more it taxes my patience. Let's see if anyone's dead or dying. Titanium shields and bamboo daggers, guess what brave team is developing these kinds of weapons? I was about to buy a new quill pen the other day, but some fighter took it for an epee. Forgive me for writing with a dagger. Well, I've had enough of this drivel, and I'm sure you have too. Off like a dirty shirt of padded leather. Paste this one in your scrapbooks, you'll need the kindling come this winter-- Snide Clemens DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME ZITHER 5153 22 1 0 118 Z GLADIATORZ (519) CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME CONFIDENCE 4894 22 10 0 122 CONSANGUINEOUS (567) CONFESSION 4895 20 9 0 111 CONSANGUINEOUS (567) KERBIN NOTTS 5040 19 35 1 101 MIDDLE WAY 11 (546) INDIOR LANDIS 5058 22 30 0 96 MIDDLE WAY 11 (546) CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME NORM QUESHA 5171 14 12 0 88 MIDDLE WAY 11 (546) -URA GONER 5214 5 1 0 84 YOU PAY I SLAY (373) ZORK 5195 11 1 3 81 Z GLADIATORZ (519) ALAMO 5151 13 8 1 68 SMITHSONIAN (245) ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME ANITA KILL 5234 4 2 0 56 YOU PAY I SLAY (373) ZEPHYR 5204 10 5 2 54 Z GLADIATORZ (519) IMA SLAYER 5233 4 3 0 49 YOU PAY I SLAY (373) YOSEMITE 5231 6 0 0 44 SMITHSONIAN (245) -ANGELA DEATH 4310 4 3 1 39 TRIAL BY COMBAT (512) CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME IWO JIMA 5223 7 2 0 33 SMITHSONIAN (245) ZEST 5224 8 2 1 32 Z GLADIATORZ (519) PLYMOUTH ROCK 5218 10 1 0 31 SMITHSONIAN (245) KAZANDRA KRUEL 4460 2 0 0 28 TRIAL BY COMBAT (512) INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME KOTTER NAHL 5197 2 17 0 23 MIDDLE WAY 11 (546) -MOMMA CASKET 4311 2 5 1 18 TRIAL BY COMBAT (512) IMERTA LOEL 5225 0 11 0 17 MIDDLE WAY 11 (546) MAYFLOWER 5235 4 1 0 13 SMITHSONIAN (245) ZOO 5236 2 0 0 11 Z GLADIATORZ (519) '-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn. THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge? CAPTURED ORC 0 0 0 ALAMO 5151 330 NONE DAMSEL OF DOOM 4309 3 5 1 TRIAL BY COMBAT 512 ARENAMASTER SHER 330 NONE BUB BYE 5249 0 1 0 YOU PAY I SLAY 373 SHEWISH GIANT 330 NONE SEE YA 5250 0 1 0 YOU PAY I SLAY 373 BANDIT PRINCE 330 NONE SIR INSIZER 5242 2 1 0 YOU PAY I SLAY 373 ZORK 5195 329 PERSONAL ADS Congratulations to Ura Goner of U Pay I Slay, Arkers TC in The Mailer. I am jealous. -- Curator Shiftyeyed Volunteer -- Keep your eyes on my weapon next time. Watch it strike. -- Mayflower Imerta Loel -- It surely must be a rough life, eh? -- Plymouth Rock I just love wearing out Captured Orcs. I must be a great interrogator? -- Yosemite Anita Kill -- Not as much as I needed the win. Wowser! -- Iwo Jima May the joys of The Christmas Season be with you and yours. -- Curator and The Smithsonians Ura Goner -- Now I know why I wasn't good enough. Salute. -- Zephyr Sir Incizer -- Well, shucks! That was not my intent. I didn't mean to kill you, only to win. Mea Culpa. -- Zork Merry Christmas to all and to all a good fight. -- The Z Man Zither -- You wouldn't happen to be snake-like, would you? I could swear I saw you slithering. But... maybe you were playing your zither and a snake was slithering. It's confusing. -- Kerbin Notts Confession -- I don't admit a thing! I didn't do it! It was Nothing to Do with Me! -- Indior Landis Confidence -- Always useful. Have you considered sharing? -- Norm Quesha Plymouth Rock -- Some people don't do windows, I don't do rocks. -- Imerta Loel Ima Slayer -- I hope not. I was figuring on testing the "enforced graduation" deal. -- Kotter Nahl P.S. Jorja says I'm "splendidly mediocre," because I'm a quad-eleven. This does not actually make me feel special. We salute the tourney participants, especially Ura Goner, Adepts Champion, and Yosemite, Initiates Victor. -- Jorja and the Middle Way LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS DAMSEL OF DOOM was butchered by ARENAMASTER SHEROVAN in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight. BUB BYE was dealt death by SHEWISH GIANT in a 2 minute Dark Arena duel. SEE YA was murdered by BANDIT PRINCE in a 2 minute Dark Arena melee. ZITHER narrowly defeated KERBIN NOTTS in a 8 minute expert's Challenge Title fight. CONFESSION slimly won victory over NORM QUESHA in a exciting 3 minute veteran's fight. CONFIDENCE viciously subdued INDIOR LANDIS in a popular 3 minute expert's brawl. ALAMO executed CAPTURED ORC in a 1 minute gory mismatched brawl. ZORK handily defeated VIRGINAL CONCUBINE in a action packed 1 minute uneven melee. ZEPHYR was vanquished by VIRGINAL CONCUBINE in a 1 minute uneven fight. YOSEMITE outwaited FRATSFA MERCENARY in a dull 13 minute veteran vs. novice fight. ZEST was savagely defeated by IMA SLAYER in a exciting 2 minute brutal fight. IWO JIMA was devastated by ANITA KILL in a 1 minute mismatched conflict. PLYMOUTH ROCK subdued IMERTA LOEL in a crowd pleasing 3 minute match. KOTTER NAHL was overpowered by KAZANDRA KRUEL in a 1 minute mismatched conflict. MAYFLOWER was defeated by STRAY CATMAN in a 3 minute novice's duel. ZOO unbelievably bested STRAY CATMAN in a 4 minute brutal beginner's duel. 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 6 TOTAL PARRY 39 - 12 - 1 76 | |BASHING ATTACK 4 SLASHING ATTACK 13 - 8 - 2 62 | |LUNGING ATTACK 3 LUNGING ATTACK 14 - 11 - 1 56 | |PARRY-LUNGE 1 AIMED BLOW 1 - 1 - 0 50 | |SLASHING ATTACK 1 STRIKING ATTACK 18 - 23 - 0 44 | |PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE 4 - 6 - 1 40 | |AIMED BLOW 0 BASHING ATTACK 9 - 21 - 1 30 | |PARRY-STRIKE 0 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 0 - 0 0 | |WALL OF STEEL 0 WALL OF STEEL 0 - 2 - 0 0 | Turn 330 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 STRIKING ATTACK 2 - 4 2 TOTAL PARRY SLASHING ATTACK 1 - 0 BASHING ATTACK 1 - 3 2 LUNGING ATTACK LUNGING ATTACK 2 - 1 AIMED BLOW 0 - 0 2 BASHING ATTACK TOTAL PARRY 4 - 3 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 0 2 STRIKING ATTACK PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 1 1 PARRY-LUNGE WALL OF STEEL 0 - 0 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 SLASHING ATTACK TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME TOTAL PARRY ZITHER 5153 22 1 0 118 Z GLADIATORZ (519) LUNGING ATTACK CONFIDENCE 4894 22 10 0 122 CONSANGUINEOUS (567) PARRY-LUNGE CONFESSION 4895 20 9 0 111 CONSANGUINEOUS (567) BASHING ATTACK NORM QUESHA 5171 14 12 0 88 MIDDLE WAY 11 (546) SLASHING ATTACK ZORK 5195 11 1 3 81 Z GLADIATORZ (519) STRIKING ATTACK ANITA KILL 5234 4 2 0 56 YOU PAY I SLAY (373) 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 CONFIDENCE 4894. The ten other most popular fighters were IMERTA LOEL 5225, NORM QUESHA 5171, IMA SLAYER 5233, ZORK 5195, KERBIN NOTTS 5040, BUB BYE 5249, CONFESSION 4895, ALAMO 5151, ANITA KILL 5234, and INDIOR LANDIS 5058. The least popular fighter this week was YOSEMITE 5231. The other ten least popular fighters were ZOO 5236, MAYFLOWER 5235, KOTTER NAHL 5197, PLYMOUTH ROCK 5218, IWO JIMA 5223, ZEPHYR 5204, ZITHER 5153, DAMSEL OF DOOM 4309, ZEST 5224, and SEE YA 5250. NEW GRADUATES--FROM ALL ARENAS (INCLUDING CLOSED ARENAS) For those of you who keep track of such things, several additional warriors graduated from regular DM arenas (including closed arenas) since the last tournament. MR. GHERKIN (6-6385) of 071406AD (544) OPUS X (11-5276) of OLD BOYS CLUB (483) CARDINAL KRAKEN (69-8569) BEASTS OF NEON (831) GANGRENE (82-30731) THAT SPECIAL SMELL (5042) WAY TOO CUTE (82-32711) 12/19/04A (5398) CHINA (82-35079) MORE PLACES (5777) ASPARAGUS (82-38983) UNDERRATED 2 (6485) Congrats to the grads. -- Green Eyes