DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER Date : 09/20/2005 Duedate: 10/03/2005 KOLACT ARENA DM-10 TURN-527 This Weeks Top Honors THE DUELMASTER IS SIR REALISTIC SIR AGLIO (296) (10-5552) [12-8-1,96] Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader SIR REALISTIC POSITION IS EMPTY SIR AGLIO (296) (10-5552) [12-8-1,96] Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite QAEDA, AL QAEDA, AL QUBIT (464) QUBIT (464) (10-5302) [20-24-1,89] (10-5302) [20-24-1,89] THE CURRENT TOP TEAM SIR AGLIO (296) TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team 1. SIR AGLIO (296) 21 2. THE MOONDOGS (97) 19 CON MANCHIES (459) 3. QUBIT (464) 15 Unchartered Team 4. FEARSOME FIVESOME (415) 2 5. THE DREAMING (518) 0 (-1) The Top Teams Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K 1/ 1 CON MANCHIES (459) 9 5 1 64.3 1/ 1 SIR AGLIO (296) 10 4 0 2- 2*THE DREAMING (518) 9 6 2 60.0 2/ 4 SPRINGBORN (358) 7 8 1 3/ 4 SIR AGLIO (296) 708 537 32 56.9 3/ 3 QUBIT (464) 6 4 0 4/ 0 FEARSOME FIVESOME (415) 18 14 1 56.3 4/ 6 THE MOONDOGS (97) 6 8 0 5- 5 THE FELLOWSHIP (523) 43 35 7 55.1 5- 5*THE DREAMING (518) 5 0 1 6/ 3 WAY OF THE SWORD C (490) 15 13 0 53.6 6- 2 THE FELLOWSHIP (523) 5 5 0 7/ 6 QUBIT (464) 471 415 16 53.2 7/ 0 FEARSOME FIVESOME (415) 1 0 0 8/ 7 SPRINGBORN (358) 400 498 25 44.5 8/ 7 CON MANCHIES (459) 1 1 0 9/ 9 THE MOONDOGS (97) 266 466 10 36.3 9/ 8 WAY OF THE SWORD C (490) 1 5 0 10-10*BLITZKRIEG (521) 0 6 0 0.0 10-10*BLITZKRIEG (521) 0 1 0 '*' 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. To the Eye, to the Eye, to the Isle of the Eye. ...and here's to the boat what brought me over and to the Saints for not letting me die of seasickness. Sir Realistic... yo spacey-one, Sir Out-There, *snap* *snap* less dreamy and bizarre, more level-headed, both-feet-on-the-ground, down-to earth type living is called for, for surrealism's sake. <grin> -- Ivan Mashminaplp, Duelmaster SPY REPORT If you were disturbed from your beauty rest only to have to watch a bunch of KOLACT brutes like you, you'd be grouchy, too. If this keeps up, THE FELLOWSHIP, you'll have to shine swords instead of use them. A drop of 4 in the rankings? Of course, we're all terribly impressed to see QUIP win a fight and gain 16 points, terribly. Tsk, tsk, KUNG-FU MASTER beat QAEDA, AL and QAEDA, AL lost 6 points. You're breakin' my heart. IVAN MASHMINAPLP Dark Arena Challenged BLACK ORC for KOLACT's Title this turn, and guess what happened? The crowds were amazed this turn, as BLACK ORC killed the Duelmaster, IVAN MASHMINAPLP, leaving SPRINGBORN in mourning. This incredible death has allowed, I might add, SIR REALISTIC from SIR AGLIO to ascend to the throne of Duelmaster, and I hear DARK ARENA is not happy. Don Corleone's, humph! I've tasted better ale at mortuaries. Where do they get this stuff? From KOLACT's trash dumps? He who fights and runs away will live to fight another day, the coward. What's the big D? SPRINGBORN was the most avoided team? Bunch of lily livered... grumble... mumble... curse... And it looks like QUBIT avoided them the most this turn. What a pack of would be losers, if you ask me. Hmph. Death and Taxes. The less death I see, the more it taxes my patience. Let's see if anyone's dead or dying. I could say I saw this coming, but so could anyone else. Anyway, this turn it came. KRANKY KARL's 4-8-1 has earned him the Dark Arena. Titanium shields and bamboo daggers, guess what brave team is developing these kinds of weapons? There's got to be a better place in KOLACT to get a drink than Don Corleone's! Any suggestions? Just wait 'till next time I show up here, I won't be so nice! So nyaaah! I see the crowds are getting restless, I must leave now-- Snide Clemens DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME SIR REALISTIC 5552 12 8 1 96 SIR AGLIO (296) CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -Z 5576 12 4 3 104 THE FELLOWSHIP (523) CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME QAEDA, AL 5302 20 24 1 89 QUBIT (464) SIR DA 5586 11 8 1 86 SIR AGLIO (296) WATSON 5091 7 1 0 68 FEARSOME FIVESOME (415) CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME SIR BROKE STROKER 5623 7 1 0 65 SIR AGLIO (296) -TREEBEARD 5631 11 3 1 62 THE FELLOWSHIP (523) SYD TUBULAR 5689 7 3 0 59 SPRINGBORN (358) ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME CHIEF GREASY HAIR 4686 8 3 1 55 CON MANCHIES (459) -TOUDSHY 5187 4 3 0 51 WAY OF THE SWORD C3 (490) -HOGAN 4191 4 0 0 43 FEARSOME FIVESOME (415) ACTAON 5648 8 8 0 42 THE MOONDOGS (97) MELODY 5674 8 5 0 40 SPRINGBORN (358) QUIP 5668 4 2 0 40 QUBIT (464) ESTRELLA 5681 5 6 0 36 THE MOONDOGS (97) ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -DEAGOL 5665 6 5 1 35 THE FELLOWSHIP (523) CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -FRODO 5686 6 3 0 30 THE FELLOWSHIP (523) MOONDAY 5687 4 7 0 29 THE MOONDOGS (97) SIR COPHAGUS 5723 2 0 0 25 SIR AGLIO (296) INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -BUTTERBUR 5680 5 5 1 23 THE FELLOWSHIP (523) SADIE 5718 4 1 1 23 SPRINGBORN (358) SIR ENDER 5721 3 1 0 23 SIR AGLIO (296) -COUPLES 4193 4 2 0 22 FEARSOME FIVESOME (415) ZOMANY 5190 4 3 0 21 WAY OF THE SWORD C3 (490) -CHI-CHI 5515 3 0 1 20 THE DREAMING (518) -MAJIN BUU 5516 2 1 0 19 THE DREAMING (518) -VEGETA 5659 1 0 1 16 THE DREAMING (518) CYNICA 5730 1 0 0 16 THE MOONDOGS (97) RODARA 5189 0 3 0 15 WAY OF THE SWORD C3 (490) -BULMA 5518 2 1 0 13 THE DREAMING (518) -KRILLIN 5620 1 1 0 13 THE DREAMING (518) -QUASIMODO 5684 1 0 0 13 QUBIT (464) -QUO VADIS 5683 1 1 0 12 QUBIT (464) -MICKELSON 5637 1 0 0 12 FEARSOME FIVESOME (415) -KITE 5682 1 3 0 9 FEARSOME FIVESOME (415) -GABRIELLE FAIRBORNE 5537 0 2 0 6 BLITZKRIEG (521) -WIPES WITH HAND 4685 1 2 0 5 CON MANCHIES (459) FALLING STAR 5722 0 3 0 3 THE MOONDOGS (97) -PIANO MAN 5535 0 1 0 1 BLITZKRIEG (521) '-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn. THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge? CYNIA 5724 0 1 0 THE MOONDOGS 97 SADIE 5718 526 IVAN MASHMINAPLP 5513 20 11 1 SPRINGBORN 358 BLACK ORC 522 527 NONE KRANKY KARL 5673 4 9 1 SPRINGBORN 358 STONE GOLEM 528 527 NONE PERSONAL ADS Ivan -- I thought you might like either a) an easy win, b) lots of skills, or c) becoming Duelmaster, so I challenged you and of course...you got all three. How does it feel to be Queen For a Day? -- Sir Plutz Still -- Just so you didn't think I was getting too soft, I had Sir Da thump on Syd Tubular while I was at it! -- Sultan Sadie -- You better try that again, just to make sure those five skills weren't a fluke! I would. -- Quip Zeus -- A diplo on the Bladezer/Quo Vadis fight follows either this turn or next. Best of luck. -- Sultan Ivan Mashminaplp -- 15(+2)-8-9-17-17-9-11, MS HI/VL. A normal damage doing basher. He had to beat 'em to beat 'em...and with 17 will, that fellow could lay track. -- Still, the Distiller Sultan -- Don't miss the "Little City" while in Amsterdam...saw it as a kid. -- Still P.S. I noticed. Cynia -- EEEeeesshhhh. I done put a chock under your bandwagon. -- Sadie Butterbur -- If you wasn't the sight for sore eyes. -- Syd Tubular Chief Greasy Hair -- I'll invite you to tea, but I have to put out the antimacassars first. -- Melody Sir Broke Stroker -- Oh, FINE, just what I NEED, to get matched against a CELEBRITY and then CHOPPED UP. Gods, I hate that! Not even any skills. -- Actaon the bitter Quip -- (modest shrug) I'm good with words. -- Estrella Rodara -- It's the full moon. I'm always hot when the moon is full. -- Moonday Zomany -- I should stop living down to my name, I think. -- Falling Star Sadie -- Well! That was a short career. And Nick is mad at ME. Go figure. -- Ghost of Cynia Sultan -- Bon voyage. -- Nick and the Moondogs Lord Protector Ivan Mashiminaplp -- Er, lands. Yes. I suppose you want some? We don't have much on hand, you know. All the previous lord protectors have just about cleaned us out. And then there was this lands agent we had for a while, Bennetto of Tricorus. Well, I suppose we asked for that one, since Tricorus is KNOWN to be a den of thieves and murderers. But the result is that we have nothing to offer you. No, I take it back, there is a complimentary ticket for the opera at Sunset a week from now. I don't know how that came to be here. Do I look like someone who would go to the opera? Of course not. Anyway, if you want it, it's yours. -- Arenamaster Filiaril Lord Protector Quadriceps -- You note the problem as described above? If Ivan doesn't want to go to the opera, you're next in line. I believe they're doing Cat on a Red Tile Roof. -- Arenamaster Filiaril 15 September 2005 HAMMER ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT Be it known from the highest mountains to the darkest alleys of Alastari that the veteran manager known far and wide as Hammer has now officially retired from sponsoring contests as of September 15, 2005. What a long time ago was a fun motivated activity to help promote our common DM/D2 gaming interest in an effort to promote the growth and competitiveness of selected arenas has become a far from fun experience. In other words Hammer has had it! The combination of real life situations interfering with the time needed to effectively sponsor a contest, plus the attitudes expressed during such sponsorship interference has led to Hammer closing his personal coin coffers and retiring from his planned sponsorship of any future contests. There are others in our close knit gaming community who are well able to step up to the plate and continue sponsoring contests that make the basic game a fun experience for all those who choose to compete and interact in such future endeavors. Hammer thanks all managers both active and inactive who helped to make the Hammer sponsored contests a historical and entertaining experience well worth the time, effort and money spent over the past several years. May the Cheers and the Jeers of future contests build upon the legacies of those who have paved the way in years gone by to help make this game what it is today. Hammer has no regrets for the part he has played in that history. 19 September 2005 I'd like to say hello to everyone I know that is still around after my being gone for five years. Hope to see you all on the sands, and may your weapons strike true and your shields protect you (except, of course, against MY warriors *grin*)!! -- Lord Xiang, D2-101 LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS IVAN MASHMINAPLP was viciously butchered by BLACK ORC in a 2 minute Dark Arena fight. KRANKY KARL was killed by STONE GOLEM in a 3 minute Dark Arena melee. QUADRICEPS demolished VENOMOUS CONCUBINE in a 1 minute uneven fight. QAEDA, AL was bested by KUNG-FU MASTER in a popular 2 minute one-sided contest. SIR DA demolished CHIEF GREASY HAIR in a 1 minute mismatched competition. SIR BROKE STROKER was viciously subdued by KUNG-FU MASTER in a 2 minute fight. SIR REALISTIC devastated VETERAN MERCENARY in a 1 minute one-sided Title competition. WATSON outwaited ACTAON in a crowd boring 14 minute gruesome duel. ESTRELLA was overpowered by SYD TUBULAR in a 1 minute uneven duel. MELODY defeated SIR ENDER in a 1 minute veteran vs. beginner fight. QUIP overpowered FRATSFA SLAVE in a 1 minute one-sided fight. MOONDAY luckily beat ZOMANY in a 2 minute bloody competition. RODARA was devastated by SIR COPHAGUS in a 1 minute one-sided battle. SADIE devastated FALLING STAR in a 1 minute mismatched bout. CYNICA overcame EMBEZZLING SCRIBE in a 2 minute beginner's fight. BATTLE REPORT MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS |FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT| |LUNGING ATTACK 7 TOTAL PARRY 22 - 12 - 0 65 | |BASHING ATTACK 4 STRIKING ATTACK 22 - 17 - 2 56 | |AIMED BLOW 3 LUNGING ATTACK 32 - 25 - 1 56 | |SLASHING ATTACK 2 AIMED BLOW 18 - 15 - 0 55 | |PARRY-RIPOSTE 2 PARRY-RIPOSTE 12 - 12 - 0 50 | |WALL OF STEEL 2 SLASHING ATTACK 15 - 15 - 2 50 | |TOTAL PARRY 1 BASHING ATTACK 24 - 25 - 2 49 | |PARRY-STRIKE 1 PARRY-LUNGE 4 - 5 - 2 44 | |PARRY-LUNGE 0 WALL OF STEEL 15 - 19 - 0 44 | |STRIKING ATTACK 0 PARRY-STRIKE 2 - 8 - 0 20 | Turn 527 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: AIMED BLOW 3 - 0 LUNGING ATTACK 2 - 5 3 LUNGING ATTACK SLASHING ATTACK 2 - 0 BASHING ATTACK 1 - 3 2 BASHING ATTACK TOTAL PARRY 1 - 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 2 STRIKING ATTACK PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 - 1 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 1 2 TOTAL PARRY WALL OF STEEL 1 - 1 STRIKING ATTACK 0 - 0 1 SLASHING ATTACK 1 AIMED BLOW TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME BASHING ATTACK SIR REALISTIC 5552 12 8 1 96 SIR AGLIO (296) SLASHING ATTACK SIR DA 5586 11 8 1 86 SIR AGLIO (296) TOTAL PARRY WATSON 5091 7 1 0 68 FEARSOME FIVESOME (415) AIMED BLOW SYD TUBULAR 5689 7 3 0 59 SPRINGBORN (358) LUNGING ATTACK CHIEF GREASY HAIR 4686 8 3 1 55 CON MANCHIES (459) PARRY-RIPOSTE MELODY 5674 8 5 0 40 SPRINGBORN (358) Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above. The overall popularity leader is QAEDA, AL 5302. The most popular warrior this turn was QAEDA, AL 5302. The ten other most popular fighters were SIR BROKE STROKER 5623, KRANKY KARL 5673, MOONDAY 5687, ZOMANY 5190, CYNICA 5730, SIR DA 5586, SIR REALISTIC 5552, SYD TUBULAR 5689, MELODY 5674, and QUIP 5668. The least popular fighter this week was WATSON 5091. The other ten least popular fighters were ACTAON 5648, FALLING STAR 5722, RODARA 5189, ESTRELLA 5681, CHIEF GREASY HAIR 4686, SIR ENDER 5721, SADIE 5718, SIR COPHAGUS 5723, QUIP 5668, and MELODY 5674. The following warriors have traveled to AD after fighting this turn: QUADRICEPS (10-5326) QUBIT (464) IVAN MASHMINAPLP (10-5513) SPRINGBORN (358)