DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER
Date : 10/03/2006 Duedate: 10/16/2006
ZUKAL ARENA
DM-9 TURN-552
This Weeks Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
ZULOR
BLUE MOON (381)
(9-5235) [14-13-0,91]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
ZULOR BLACK PLAGUE
BLUE MOON (381) MEN OF HONOR (488)
(9-5235) [14-13-0,91] (9-5310) [2-0-1,24]
Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite
ZULOR ULTORINO
BLUE MOON (381) BLUE MOON (381)
(9-5235) [14-13-0,91] (9-5244) [9-14-1,51]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
BLUE MOON (381)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. BLUE MOON (381) 12
2. MEN OF HONOR (488) -4 BLUE MOON (381)
Unchartered Team
MEN OF HONOR (488)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1/ 1*MEN OF HONOR (488) 11 6 2 64.7 1/ 1 BLUE MOON (381) 10 5 1
2/ 4 BLUE MOON (381) 453 579 14 43.9 2/ 2*MEN OF HONOR (488) 7 3 1
'*' Unchartered team '-' Team did not fight this turn
(###) Avoid teams by their Team Id ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank
DUELMASTER'S COLUMN
Notes from the arena champ.
A "battle" with M. Chardinee, and I take the title? Fortunately on a win! This
town's got some kind of problem, yes? Maybe gladiating isn't their game. So what
can we offer instead? Competitive finger-painting? Street Gang International,
between Rival Cults? Not chariot racing, I understand that was suggested in some
other old city starting with a Zee and had startling and unpleasant results.
Zulor
SPY REPORT
Much has changed in ZUKAL since last I was here. Never fear, Olaf Modeen adapts
to many situations, as do all successful fighters. What's with ULTORINO? He
actually beat ZUKAL's CAPTURED ORC, and walked away with 13 more points from the
fight. Major screwup at BLUE MOON. BLUE BLOTTO lost 11 points to DANGEROUS
CRIMINAL. Some new strategies, perhaps? Maybe BLUE BLOTTO will provide more easy
wins... VENOMOUS CONCUBINE was reminded on the sands why ZULOR is Duelmaster.
Advice to fighters with a 1 will--give up fighting!
Speaking of cowardly avoiders and unfair challenges...
There have been some calls to lengthen the time limit. Do you want the fighters
to walk away, or not? Is it my imagination, or are fighters getting younger every
day? To die so young, so gloriously!
Who knows what the future holds for a warrior. More fights, there's no doubt.
ZUKAL is a nice place to live, but I don't like to live in nice places. Remember--a
good fighter needs both good skills and good luck. Until next time,-- Olaf Modeen
DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
ZULOR 5235 14 13 0 91 BLUE MOON (381)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
ULTORINO 5244 9 14 1 51 BLUE MOON (381)
-QUITE FRANKLY 5290 3 1 1 45 MEN OF HONOR (488)
BLUE BLOTTO 5262 8 6 1 40 BLUE MOON (381)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-KRAKATOA 5289 3 1 0 31 MEN OF HONOR (488)
BLACK PLAGUE 5310 2 0 1 24 MEN OF HONOR (488)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
PEPIN THE SHORT 5312 2 0 0 15 MEN OF HONOR (488)
BLU JON 5308 2 2 1 9 BLUE MOON (381)
TIKO BEN 5320 0 1 0 1 BLUE MOON (381)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
CAPTURED ORC 611 0 1 0 1 ULTORINO 5244 552 NONE
BLUE SHREW 5234 12 11 0 BLUE MOON 381 MAINE COON 5202 548 REVENGED
CHARLEMAGNE 5311 1 1 0 MEN OF HONOR 488 MORDANT DESERTER 605 552 NONE
PERSONAL ADS
How sweet! Hollin, my very good friend the Veteran Mercenary, showed up to give me a
great send-off, a win and several useful skills. He has long been very special to
me, and I shall treasure those skills above all others. To the rest of you, if
you're listening, I will say a neutral farewell. I believe I will take a vacation
before getting down to whatever work awaits me on the Isle. -- True Blue
Quite Frankly...that didn't go as I'd hoped, and, let us be honest, expected. You
are a dangerous person, but then, true honesty IS dangerous. Partly because it's so
unexpected, and partly, let's face it, because it is so often RUDE. I hope some
Bathtub Monster EATS you. -- Ultorino
The Ambitious Guard? Oh, dear, I'm afraid I got him VERY drunk. He didn't wake up
for DAYS, and then he was "confused," as they say. Translate that, seriously hung
over. Well, it served him right. NO ONE can drink me into the ground. -- Blue
Blotto
Krakatoa -- Well...a fast fight, anyway. The Arenamaster said, "Start," and you
just...blew up in my face. -- Blue Jon
P.S. Ouch.
Pepin the Short -- Damned pipsqueak! You wouldn't have lasted two minutes in
Mordant, not back in MY day. -- Sallidean the Black, Mordanti Exile
Charlemagne -- What would an illiterate like you know about my sophisticated
bookkeeping system? Even skilled scribes have trouble keeping my quintuple-entry
system straight (which is the idea, of course), so I will thank you to keep your
remarks to yourself hereafter! -- Honest Patiaro
Black Plague -- So, you assassinated a wimp of a thief. Like we care? -- Taralbos,
Senior Thief
P.S. We shall, of course, waylay you in the nearest dark alley. We didn't care
about that wimp, BUT we have our reputation to think of here.
Blue Blotto -- Whuzzat? Gods, my head aches and my mouth tastes like the liner of a
birdcage. With sick birds in it. -- Guardsman Del'Borasan
Zulor -- Why should I put out my best effort against you when I knew in advance that
I would not be allowed to keep anything I won? This arena system is grossly unfair
to those of us, slightingly called "Standbys," who show up EVERY TIME, suited and
ready if called upon, even to the point of fighting more than once in a day if
required. Bah. -- M. Viransvurj Chardinee
True Blue -- It is with regret that I see you leave this town, dear one. The sun has
gone out of the sky, the flowers have lost their colors. But I cannot deny you the
advancement you have earned. -- Hollin, Veteran of many battles, but none so
dangerous as that epic encounter wherein you won my heart
4 September 2006
Civil War/The Crusades
The next edition of the Civil War series is to be held in Tobir, arena 14, beginning
November 25th with a round where all participating managers must DA all 5 of their
warriors; in addition all warriors must be prefixed with an A an F or a D in the
following manner: A-Broke Stroker or (A) Broke Stroker. Names simply beginning with
the letter of your federation will NOT count as properly prefixed! Existing teams
are welcome but no warrior who survives the DA who had prior Fight Experience (arena
or tourney) will be allowed to score or challenge into the contest teams. There will
be an equal number of teams set up for each of the three factions (Andorian, Free
Blades, and Delarquan) to create sides as equal as possible. This along with the DA
round should set up pretty equal footing for all managers. After the DA there will
be another round where you can either DA again or fight your new, or surviving,
warriors so they will be set up to challenge an opponent beginning on round 1. So as
a recap DA round, turn 0, then turn 1 it begins with the following rules:
The Civil War to be held in arena 14.
- The contest runs for 10-28 turns (barring ties).
- No tourney participation allowed. Teams with warriors participating in any
tournament are disqualified.
- An even number of teams per faction worked out by the Faction Leaders. No later
substitutions are allowed.
- If a manager brings in a second team and challenges into the contest he is DQ'd and
his side will fight one team short!
- Three factions will be participating: Andorian, Delarquan, Free Blades
- Everyone prefixes their warrior with A-, F-, or D- (No prefix = disqualification of
the warrior)
- Turn DA: (The DA Round) November 25, 2006. Every warrior must DA. (Warriors not
DA'd on Turn 0 are disqualified)
- Turn 0: December 9th, 2006. There will be no scoring this turn it is meant to
allow for challenges on turn 1.
- Turn 1+: Scoring as detailed below
- Each team gets 1 point for defeating a warrior from an opposing team.
- Fights against warriors on your team do not generate points in any situation.
- The team with the most points each turn gets a Battle Point (if there is a tie for
the most points then no Battle Points are accrued)
- The first team to 10 Battle Points wins the war
- Managers of teams on the winning side each receive a +1 bonus potion to be used on
a warrior on their contest team. This must be applied within a month of the
conclusion of the contest and the team must have been active on the last turn of
the contest.
Anyone wishing to participate, and feels they can probably stick around for the
duration (don't want to handicap a side, of course unforeseeable events cannot be
planned for), should either diplo me at THE DEATH SQUAD(63) in Tobir (arena 14) or
place a personal ad in the arena. You may also contact me via the Duel2.com boards!
Let me know which faction you would like to fight for! This contest is intended to
be open to ALL managers wishing to pit themselves against each other to try and
determine which faction has the best managers! -- Street Legal
14 September 2006
I am back in the arena and thinking back to those days in 1984 where I was a
novice and clueless manager.
Now, 22 years later it looks like I am an ancient and once again clueless
manager.
I am looking to recover some old warriors. Since none of them are Aimed Blows,
they are no threat to win anything. I just want to see how they turned out.
The Couatl 2-17
Madam Butterfly 20-701
Gypsy Moth 20-703
King Crab 21-1
Priestess Python 26-1388
Please contact me at DekeYoung@Comcast.net if you know about any of these ancient
warriors, or just want to bs about the old, old, old times.
25 September 2006
It is obvious that the Dark Knights wish to be shown the light. Allow me to step
forward and blind them with truth. YOU ARE WORTHLESS!!! The Dark Knights are so
afraid of the light that they hide behind their black armor and empty threats. It is
too bad they are unwilling to actually FIGHT us! I guess our natural light is too
bright for you all to face! Fear us, for we are here! -- Gemini Goldphoenix,
Overlord of the Avengers of Light!
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
ZULOR devastated VENOMOUS CONCUBINE in a 1 minute mismatched Title fight.
BLUE BLOTTO was vanquished by DANGEROUS CRIMINAL in a 1 minute uneven battle.
ULTORINO murdered CAPTURED ORC in a crowd pleasing 1 minute bloody uneven fight.
PEPIN THE SHORT defeated TIKO BEN in a 1 minute novice's fight.
BLU JON was devastated by BLACK PLAGUE in a 1 minute uneven brawl.
CHARLEMAGNE was assassinated by MORDANT DESERTER in a 1 minute one-sided struggle.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|WALL OF STEEL 3 LUNGING ATTACK 11 - 8 - 1 58 |
|BASHING ATTACK 3 WALL OF STEEL 15 - 11 - 1 58 |
|STRIKING ATTACK 2 AIMED BLOW 8 - 6 - 0 57 |
|AIMED BLOW 0 STRIKING ATTACK 13 - 14 - 3 48 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 0 BASHING ATTACK 12 - 13 - 2 48 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 0 SLASHING ATTACK 2 - 3 - 0 40 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 TOTAL PARRY 1 - 2 - 0 33 |
|LUNGING ATTACK 0 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 1 - 0 0 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 0 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 0 - 0 0 |
|TOTAL PARRY 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 - 0 0 |
Turn 552 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:
STRIKING ATTACK 2 - 0 AIMED BLOW 0 - 0 3 BASHING ATTACK
WALL OF STEEL 2 - 1 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 2 WALL OF STEEL
PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 0 2 STRIKING ATTACK
PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 0 2 LUNGING ATTACK
LUNGING ATTACK 0 - 0
SLASHING ATTACK 0 - 0
BASHING ATTACK 0 - 3
TOTAL PARRY 0 - 0
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
WALL OF STEEL ZULOR 5235 14 13 0 91 BLUE MOON (381)
BASHING ATTACK BLUE BLOTTO 5262 8 6 1 40 BLUE MOON (381)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
The overall popularity leader is ZULOR 5235. The most popular warrior this turn was
ULTORINO 5244. The ten other most popular fighters were ZULOR 5235, PEPIN THE SHORT
5312, BLACK PLAGUE 5310, TIKO BEN 5320, BLUE BLOTTO 5262, BLU JON 5308, CHARLEMAGNE
5311, 0, 0, and 0.
The least popular fighter this week was CHARLEMAGNE 5311. The other ten least
popular fighters were BLU JON 5308, BLUE BLOTTO 5262, TIKO BEN 5320, BLACK PLAGUE
5310, PEPIN THE SHORT 5312, ZULOR 5235, ULTORINO 5244, 0, 0, and 0.