DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER
Date : 09/26/2013 Duedate: 10/23/2013
ARKERS ARENA
DM-8 TURN-366
This Weeks Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
YOSEMITE
SMITHSONIAN (245)
(8-5231) [19-0-0,114]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
YOSEMITE BLUE FLAK
SMITHSONIAN (245) STEEL PROPHETS (615)
(8-5231) [19-0-0,114] (8-5385) [4-2-0,41]
Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite
KOTTER NAHL ORVILLE ROUSE
MIDDLE WAY 11 (546) MIDDLE WAY 11 (546)
(8-5197) [11-44-0,77] (8-5322) [7-12-0,47]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
SMITHSONIAN (245)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. THE BROKEN CLAN (623) 70
2. STEEL PROPHETS (615) 25 Z GLADIATORZ (519)
3. MIDDLE WAY 11 (546) 23 Unchartered Team
4. Z GLADIATORZ (519) 19
5. SMITHSONIAN (245) 18 THE BROKEN CLAN (623)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1/ 0*THE BROKEN CLAN (623) 5 0 0 100 1- 2 WEIRD ALCHEMY (476) 8 2 0
2- 1*PEASANT REBELLION (614) 19 6 0 76.0 2/ 3 SMITHSONIAN (245) 7 5 0
3/ 2 Z GLADIATORZ (519) 240 109 7 68.8 3/ 4 THE CHOSEN (613) 7 7 0
4- 3 WEIRD ALCHEMY (476) 43 24 2 64.2 4/ 1 YOU PAY I SLAY (373) 7 8 0
5/ 4 SMITHSONIAN (245) 704 428 14 62.2 5/ 6 MIDDLE WAY 11 (546) 6 6 0
6/ 6 YOU PAY I SLAY (373) 115 94 5 55.0 6/ 0*THE BROKEN CLAN (623) 5 0 0
7/ 5*STEEL PROPHETS (615) 18 15 0 54.5 7/ 9 Z GLADIATORZ (519) 4 5 0
8- 7 THE BRETHREN (618) 79 71 2 52.7 8/ 8*STEEL PROPHETS (615) 3 7 0
9/ 8 THE CHOSEN (613) 173 176 9 49.6 9- 5 THE BRETHREN (618) 2 3 0
10/ 9 MIDDLE WAY 11 (546) 211 348 5 37.7 10- 7*PEASANT REBELLION (614) 1 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 365): XARGOTH of THE BRETHREN (?, mgr.)
DM 28 MORYA (turn 363): TRAVEL of EXPENSE ACCOUNT (Finance Manager, mgr.)
DM 31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 361): STEEL DRAGON of THE CANNUCKS (?, mgr.)
DM 39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 316): PEKING DUCK of DUCKS UNLIMITED (Crip, mgr.)
DM 45 STORMCROWE (turn 338): THE STATISTICIAN of AVID FANS (Crip, mgr.)
DM 47 NORTH FORK (turn 332): CARLA of CHEERS (Otis, mgr.)
DM 50 SNOWBOUND (turn 319): NEFARA of PUBLIC ENEMY (Pec Killer, mgr.)
DM 52 FRATSFA (turn 313): PETULANT PANSY of FLOWER GIRLS (Lady Fern, mgr.)
DM 54 TROCAR (turn 298): DESERT PEARL of TRADERS OF TROCAR (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 59 ILLIS (turn 291): NAZARETH of CHAPEL ROCK (Crip, mgr.)
DM 71 KYR'TERR (turn 267): DIRTY GIRL SCOUT of CORDIALS (Crip, mgr.)
DM 72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 267): DON CORNBEEFLEON of MEAT YOUR MAKER (Crip, mgr.)
DM 73 ERINIKA (turn 268): ENDU ENDU of DUDS (Dudley, mgr.)
DM 83 TELORINTHE (turn 83): STEEL MUSE of NONSUCH HOUSE (Nomad, mgr.)
DM 106 CRYSALIS (turn 265): HARI-KARI of WHAT A WAY TO GO! II (Crip, mgr.)
Top Teams
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DM 8 ARKERS (turn 365): YOU PAY I SLAY (Khisanth, mgr.)
DM 28 MORYA (turn 363): OTTO'S MECHANICS (Crip, mgr.)
DM 31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 361): MILITARY MAYHEM (Crip, mgr.)
DM 39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 316): DUCKS UNLIMITED (Crip, mgr.)
DM 45 STORMCROWE (turn 338): DARQUE FORCES (Master Darque, mgr.)
DM 47 NORTH FORK (turn 332): NUKE TEST (Malaquar, mgr.)
DM 50 SNOWBOUND (turn 319): OPEN SESAME (Crip, mgr.)
DM 52 FRATSFA (turn 313): DRAGONS GUARD II (Khisanth, mgr.)
DM 54 TROCAR (turn 298): SPARF! (Crip, mgr.)
DM 59 ILLIS (turn 291): CHAPEL ROCK (Crip, mgr.)
DM 71 KYR'TERR (turn 267): NEW YORK (Crip, mgr.)
DM 72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 267): NL CENTRAL (?, mgr.)
DM 73 ERINIKA (turn 267): GASHOUSE GANG (Crip, mgr.)
DM 83 TELORINTHE (turn 83): OLDIES (Coach, mgr.)
DM 106 CRYSALIS (turn 264): HANGOVERS et al (Crip, mgr.)
Recent Graduates
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DM 8 ARKERS (turn 364): URA GONER of YOU PAY I SLAY (Khisanth, mgr.)
IMA SLAYER of YOU PAY I SLAY (Khisanth, mgr.)
(turn 363): ALAMO of SMITHSONIAN (Curator, mgr.)
DM 28 MORYA (turn 362): LILY OF SARMATIA of DODGE BULLETS (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 360): MAJOR PAIN of MILITARY MAYHEM (Crip, mgr.)
SPY REPORT
Greetings, warriors of ARKERS! Once again I've been called out of retirement
for my abilities and insights into Spyreporting. Bein' on top is great while it
lasts, YOU PAY I SLAY. But how many friends do you have now? Phhbltt! Too much
drinking and too little dodging gave THE BRETHREN a 0-0-0! I got a good laugh out of
it! It seems so recently people were saying SMITHSONIAN was washed up, finished.
But 3-1-0 moved them up 1. I guess they're washed no more... Welcome to ARKERS, THE
BROKEN CLAN! We need more teams who can get a 5-0-0 their first time out! What's
with PORT-A-FORTRESS? He actually beat YOU PAY I SLAY's FIELDER, and walked away
with 21 more points from the fight. Major screwup at YOU PAY I SLAY. FIELDER lost
17 points to PORT-A-FORTRESS. Some new strategies, perhaps? Maybe FIELDER will
provide more easy wins... Har har har! Did XARGOTH wimp out, or just get lazy?
Anyway, he's not Duelmaster anymore. I'm sure ARKERS is excited about YOSEMITE, the
new Duelmaster from SMITHSONIAN. (remember?) But when you've seen as many as I
have... Wouldn't it be nice to have live subjects to practice on? I hear some team
is looking into the uses of convicted prisoners.
Speaking of cowardly avoiders and unfair challenges... How well I know the
feeling of being in the most avoided team! Don't fall out of practive, WEIRD
ALCHEMY! In my day, no team with a 43-24-2 would scare me off! What's the problem,
STEEL PROPHETS? What do people see in ORVILLE ROUSE? His 7-12-0? MIDDLE WAY 11
ain't talkin', but he's got 47 points. I hate going to the effort of writing about
the kind of fights that MAYFLOWER gets in. It fights people like ORVILLE ROUSE, 8
points below. I thought MAYFLOWER showed great skill and promise when it was beat by
ORVILLE ROUSE. All right, so I slept through it! Big deal!
A fighter's lot is filled with strife, revenge, and killing. Some fighters
don't accept this. The best do. Here's some advice: study your opponent, master
many skills, fight dirty.
Many other cities have retirement homes for aged warriors. Any plans here? All
work and no play makes Olaf a dull fighter. Work and play no fighter dull Olaf.
Olaffighterwork and no play. Time for my medication, so I'll leave now. Practice,
practice, practice!-- Olaf Modeen
DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
YOSEMITE 5231 19 0 0 114 SMITHSONIAN (245)
CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-XARGOTH 5405 18 12 0 111 THE BRETHREN (618)
-GLOBULIZER 3973 11 3 0 110 WEIRD ALCHEMY (476)
-FELSTAVA 5404 18 12 0 109 THE BRETHREN (618)
PORT-A-FORTRESS 5355 16 7 0 107 THE CHOSEN (613)
LELAND OLVEN 5262 17 15 1 97 MIDDLE WAY 11 (546)
IWO JIMA 5223 18 5 0 96 SMITHSONIAN (245)
-ELDARRAN 5402 17 12 2 91 THE BRETHREN (618)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-ZEST 5224 17 4 1 90 Z GLADIATORZ (519)
-ZEPHYR 5204 16 9 2 90 Z GLADIATORZ (519)
ZORK 5195 15 7 3 88 Z GLADIATORZ (519)
-PLYMOUTH ROCK 5218 21 1 0 86 SMITHSONIAN (245)
IMERTA LOEL 5225 13 34 0 86 MIDDLE WAY 11 (546)
FIELDER 5276 12 4 1 86 YOU PAY I SLAY (373)
-RADICULON 3977 9 5 0 84 WEIRD ALCHEMY (476)
KOTTER NAHL 5197 11 44 0 77 MIDDLE WAY 11 (546)
PENNY 5261 8 10 0 77 YOU PAY I SLAY (373)
CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-PITCHFORK KID 5377 4 1 0 64 PEASANT REBELLION (614)
-CYCLOTUBULUS 3975 8 5 0 62 WEIRD ALCHEMY (476)
-STEEL SPAR 5406 13 17 0 60 THE BRETHREN (618)
LIONIK 5352 10 13 0 60 THE CHOSEN (613)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-CLYDE D'CLUB 5376 4 1 0 55 PEASANT REBELLION (614)
-TORCHBEARER TOM 5380 4 1 0 51 PEASANT REBELLION (614)
-HYPPOMATOS 3974 8 5 1 48 WEIRD ALCHEMY (476)
ORVILLE ROUSE 5322 7 12 0 47 MIDDLE WAY 11 (546)
-PYRAT IRONFORGED 5419 3 1 0 47 THE CHOSEN (613)
MAYFLOWER 5235 12 7 0 43 SMITHSONIAN (245)
BLUE FLAK 5385 4 2 0 41 STEEL PROPHETS (615)
-MARIUS 5400 8 8 0 40 THE BRETHREN (618)
OCEAN SIZE 5346 8 5 0 40 THE CHOSEN (613)
ZOO 5236 10 4 0 38 Z GLADIATORZ (519)
-SWEET REVENGE 5378 4 1 0 34 PEASANT REBELLION (614)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
MAX MURDERER 5398 4 4 0 32 YOU PAY I SLAY (373)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
PAIN MAGNET 5382 5 1 0 29 STEEL PROPHETS (615)
DINGO MCGEE 5384 4 3 0 25 STEEL PROPHETS (615)
LUCKY STRIKES 5426 2 0 0 24 SMITHSONIAN (245)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-ENEMY MAKER 4015 5 5 1 22 WEIRD ALCHEMY (476)
-PUGACHEV 5379 3 2 0 21 PEASANT REBELLION (614)
RIA THE CARESSER 5387 3 6 0 21 THE CHOSEN (613)
DRAGO 5436 1 0 0 16 THE BROKEN CLAN (623)
ZINC 5266 3 1 0 15 Z GLADIATORZ (519)
KROELL 5433 1 0 0 15 THE BROKEN CLAN (623)
HAROLD OF DUME 5386 3 4 0 13 STEEL PROPHETS (615)
MIYOMOTO 5434 1 0 0 13 THE BROKEN CLAN (623)
SHADOW 5435 1 0 0 13 THE BROKEN CLAN (623)
NARRISA 5432 1 0 0 13 THE BROKEN CLAN (623)
NMASTER BATTERY 5439 0 1 0 1 STEEL PROPHETS (615)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
BYE 5437 0 1 0 YOU PAY I SLAY 373 WURM KIN 366 NONE
SEE YA 5438 0 1 0 YOU PAY I SLAY 373 STONE GOLEM 366 NONE
PERSONAL ADS
Congrats to Xargoth, a great Brethren Duelmaster. -- Curator
Port-A-Fortress -- Arkers has plenty of class. There are some fine managers and
warriors here. Losing and whining is, indeed, a lack of class. Perhaps one should
look within? -- Curator
P.S. Only one Smithsonian warrior has any tournament fights.
Port-A-Fortress -- Nice challenge. Thanks for the win. In a way (small way), I am
sorry it didn't work out for you. -- Yosemite
Ura Goner -- Yes, you beat me and now you're a goner. Good bye and good riddance. --
Iwo Jima
Polite Beggar -- Next time perhaps be less polite? -- Lucky Strikes
Pyrat Ironforged -- A salute to you. You rocked my boat. -- Mayflower
Health. Humility. Honor. Arkers has class. -- Curator of Smithsonian
Xargoth -- Well done. Way to go, Champ, wrestling that Duelmastership from a
sandbagger and no DM Column writer. Hip, hip. -- Mr. Zee and The Z Gladiatorz
P.S. I am sure YOU will write a DM Column.
Felstava -- Your zest clearly outdid my own. I salute my better. -- Zest
I lost to a Civilized Criminal? Perhaps I should be shut down? -- Zoo
Steel Spar -- You were difficult to figure out and communicate with, but once I did,
I sailed right through. -- Zork
Good luck to all, and to all a good fight. (Just not against the Zees.) -- The Zee
Man
Mayflower -- What happened? The Curator didn't bother to pad you up like the rest of
your team mates? Do you realize that if you were duelmaster, I would have the title
right now? Here is a prayer that Yosemite will be as easy as you are when we meet.
I doubt he goes anywhere for a while. -- Pyrat
Yosemite -- I shall not accept being called a loser after facing a lord protector. I
did it twice, no less. -- Port-A-Fortress
Zest -- No. You get nothing! -- Port-A-Fortress
Imerta Loel -- You've gotten faster, old man. -- Lionik
Max Murderer -- Should I have called 9-9-9? -- Ria the Caresser
Enemy Maker -- Despite what the battle reports said, you had me worried there a
couple of times. -- Ocean Size
Would you say that he was a pain in the butt? -- Ria the Caresser
I was told to try a "no tourney" arena. That arena only has four teams and most
important; it is a Freeblades arena. I prefer Andorian arenas. Sorry. But I found
them to be more fun. Unfortunately, they were hit the hardest when the powers that
be started closing down some of the arenas. I would be happy if people who came to
Arkers would simply stop and play. -- Longshot
The no-tourney arenas do not belong to any region, Free Blades or otherwise.
But yes, the slow no-tourney arena is currently in a sad state.
Yosemite -- I wish! I used to do that stuff, but things change. -- Imerta Loel
Ocean Size -- Surely. I don't remember quite where this conversation started, but...
why not? -- Leland Olven
Two-two again, and now the word with regard to the Hands is, "Yes, it's cooler, but
the roof's leaking!" Always something. -- Leland Olven for the Middle Way
P.S. I think it's burnout. We get that about once every year or two, and just push
past it. But it takes a while.
The Fall Mail-In Tourney is DUE on the 30th of October and will run on November
2nd. Turns received later than the 30th may not get input.
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
BYE was butchered by WURM KIN in a 1 minute bloody Dark Arena fight.
SEE YA was unbelievably slain by STONE GOLEM in a 2 minute gruesome Dark Arena battle.
PORT-A-FORTRESS demolished FIELDER in a 6 minute uneven Challenge fight.
MAYFLOWER was bested by ORVILLE ROUSE in a popular 1 minute gory Challenge contest.
IWO JIMA savagely defeated IMERTA LOEL in a 1 minute master's competition.
YOSEMITE devastated VETERAN MERCENARY in a 9 minute mismatched Title match.
PENNY was handily defeated by LELAND OLVEN in a 1 minute uneven fight.
KOTTER NAHL was vanquished by ZORK in a 1 minute uneven duel.
LIONIK was viciously subdued by M. CHARDINEE in a 2 minute gruesome fight.
ZOO was viciously subdued by BLUE FLAK in a 2 minute gory fight.
OCEAN SIZE beat DINGO MCGEE in a 2 minute melee.
RIA THE CARESSER was narrowly defeated by PAIN MAGNET in a tiresome 9 minute fight.
MAX MURDERER devastated VIRTUOUS SCRIBE in a 1 minute mismatched conflict.
HAROLD OF DUME was demolished by LUCKY STRIKES in a 1 minute mismatched match.
ZINC overpowered NMASTER BATTERY in a 1 minute mismatched conflict.
MIYOMOTO overpowered STRAY CATMAN in a 1 minute one-sided duel.
SHADOW devastated SHIFTYEYED VOLUNTEER in a 1 minute uneven duel.
DRAGO beat VIRTUOUS SCRIBE in a 1 minute amateur's brawl.
KROELL devastated POLITE BEGGAR in a 1 minute one-sided fight.
NARRISA demolished SHIFTYEYED VOLUNTEER in a 2 minute one-sided bout.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|TOTAL PARRY 6 PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 - 0 - 0 100 |
|BASHING ATTACK 6 PARRY-LUNGE 4 - 1 - 0 80 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 5 AIMED BLOW 10 - 6 - 1 63 |
|LUNGING ATTACK 4 TOTAL PARRY 32 - 20 - 0 62 |
|STRIKING ATTACK 4 SLASHING ATTACK 17 - 14 - 0 55 |
|WALL OF STEEL 3 BASHING ATTACK 28 - 27 - 0 51 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 1 PARRY-STRIKE 3 - 3 - 0 50 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 STRIKING ATTACK 16 - 16 - 0 50 |
|AIMED BLOW 0 WALL OF STEEL 11 - 13 - 0 46 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 0 LUNGING ATTACK 23 - 30 - 0 43 |
Turn 366 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 SLASHING ATTACK 2 - 3 3 TOTAL PARRY
PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 - 0 AIMED BLOW 0 - 0 3 STRIKING ATTACK
TOTAL PARRY 4 - 2 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 0 2 WALL OF STEEL
WALL OF STEEL 2 - 1 1 BASHING ATTACK
LUNGING ATTACK 2 - 2 1 LUNGING ATTACK
STRIKING ATTACK 2 - 2 1 SLASHING ATTACK
BASHING ATTACK 3 - 3
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
TOTAL PARRY YOSEMITE 5231 19 0 0 114 SMITHSONIAN (245)
WALL OF STEEL LELAND OLVEN 5262 17 15 1 97 MIDDLE WAY 11 (546)
STRIKING ATTACK IWO JIMA 5223 18 5 0 96 SMITHSONIAN (245)
SLASHING ATTACK ZORK 5195 15 7 3 88 Z GLADIATORZ (519)
LUNGING ATTACK FIELDER 5276 12 4 1 86 YOU PAY I SLAY (373)
BASHING ATTACK BLUE FLAK 5385 4 2 0 41 STEEL PROPHETS (615)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
The overall popularity leader is KOTTER NAHL 5197. The most popular warrior this
turn was SEE YA 5438. The ten other most popular fighters were ORVILLE ROUSE 5322,
IWO JIMA 5223, DINGO MCGEE 5384, FIELDER 5276, BLUE FLAK 5385, ZORK 5195, MAX
MURDERER 5398, DRAGO 5436, LELAND OLVEN 5262, and LIONIK 5352.
The least popular fighter this week was PAIN MAGNET 5382. The other ten least
popular fighters were YOSEMITE 5231, RIA THE CARESSER 5387, PORT-A-FORTRESS 5355,
NARRISA 5432, NMASTER BATTERY 5439, HAROLD OF DUME 5386, KOTTER NAHL 5197, IMERTA
LOEL 5225, BYE 5437, and KROELL 5433.
The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn:
YOSEMITE (8-5231) SMITHSONIAN (245)