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)