DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 11/01/2005    Duedate: 11/14/2005

KOLACT ARENA

DM-10    TURN-530

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

SIR DA
SIR AGLIO (296)
(10-5586) [14-8-2,108]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

SIR DA                         POSITION IS EMPTY
SIR AGLIO (296)                
(10-5586) [14-8-2,108]         

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

QAEDA, AL                      SIR BROKE STROKER
QUBIT (464)                    SIR AGLIO (296)
(10-5302) [21-26-1,94]         (10-5623) [8-3-0,70]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

SIR AGLIO (296)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. SIR AGLIO (296)             46
2. QUBIT (464)                 24      FEARSOME FIVESOME (415)
3. SPRINGBORN (358)            18      Unchartered Team
4. THE MOONDOGS (97)           12
5. FEARSOME FIVESOME (415)      6      WHOA! JUMP BACK! (316)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1- 1 CON MANCHIES (459)        10   5  1 66.7   1/ 1 SIR AGLIO (296)          12  3 2
 2/ 2 FEARSOME FIVESOME (415)   20  14  1 58.8   2/ 2 SPRINGBORN (358)          9  6 0
 3/ 3 SIR AGLIO (296)          720 540 34 57.1   3/ 3 QUBIT (464)               4  3 1
 4/ 0 THE FELLOWSHIP (523)      45  38  7 54.2   4/ 5 FEARSOME FIVESOME (415)   2  0 0
 5/ 5 QUBIT (464)              475 418 17 53.2   5/ 0 THE FELLOWSHIP (523)      2  3 0
 6/ 6 SPRINGBORN (358)         409 504 25 44.8   6/ 4 THE MOONDOGS (97)         2 13 0
 7/ 7 THE MOONDOGS (97)        268 479 10 35.9   7- 6 CON MANCHIES (459)        1  0 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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                         ---===DELARQUAN REGIONAL NEWS===---

                                     Duelmasters
                                     -----------
 DM   1 MORDANT (turn 530): FLAIR of WIND STORM (Lord Xiang, mgr.)
 DM   2 NIANIA (turn 415): MELLITA of THE GOLDEN FISH (Nick, mgr.)
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 538): NOTTHUR of SORCERY COVENANT (Visionist, mgr.)
 DM   4 JHELUM (turn 534): TRAUMER of DREAMERS (Sleepy, mgr.)
 DM   5 KALTOS (turn 533): HOFFA of JOHNS (Dear, mgr.)
 DM   6 TRANSEL (turn 537): COOKIE FOR THE SOUL of HOLE IN THE WALL (The Muffin Man)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 534): SWEATY of BRAIN (LHI, mgr.)
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 529): SIR REALISTIC of SIR AGLIO (Sultan, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 520): BOOKIE of ARROGANCE (A-Sop, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 519): ASHANDAR of AGE OF EMPIRE (Doc Steele, mgr.)
 DM  36 JHANS (turn 493): FRANKENSLOSH of HELTER SKELTER (Cosmo, mgr.)
 DM  38 CLIFFHOME (turn 483): GUHULONG of JINDA-BAN (Nick, mgr.)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 213): OUTLAW STAR of DARQUE ANGELS (Master Darque, mgr.)
 DM  42 RODEKI (turn 471): OSTMAN of WAY OF THE SWORD A3 (Vhagar, mgr.)
 DM  51 TRICORUS (turn 419): HARZOGH of DARK HORSEMEN (Nick, mgr.)
 DM  54 TROCAR (turn 200): VIRET of TRADERS OF TROCAR (Jinda, mgr.)
 DM  59 ILLIS (turn 188): DUFF of ISLANDERS (Nick, mgr.)
 DM  62 VALAMANTIS (turn 369): POSITION IS EMPTY
 DM  72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 165): KOOL AID of LIQUIDS (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.)
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 412): WIGGLER of THUNDR + LITENING from TALCAMA (Doc Steele)

                                      Top Teams
                                      ---------
 DM   1 MORDANT (turn 530): WIND STORM (Lord Xiang, mgr.)
 DM   2 NIANIA (turn 415): THE GOLDEN FISH (Nick, mgr.)
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 538): SORCERY COVENANT (Visionist, mgr.)
 DM   4 JHELUM (turn 534): HARMONY (?, mgr.)
 DM   5 KALTOS (turn 533): EVEREST LLP (?, mgr.)
 DM   6 TRANSEL (turn 537): THE LADY'S LIST (A-Sop, mgr.)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 534): WASTELAND II (The Muffin Man, mgr.)
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 529): SIR AGLIO (Sultan, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 520): WASTELAND (The Muffin Man, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 519): AGE OF EMPIRE (Doc Steele, mgr.)
 DM  36 JHANS (turn 493): ABSTRACT (Xerxes, mgr.)
 DM  38 CLIFFHOME (turn 483): JINDA-BAN (Nick, mgr.)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 213): CRIMINAL ELEMENT (Fizban, mgr.)
 DM  42 RODEKI (turn 471): COLOR ME SUAVE (Suave, mgr.)
 DM  51 TRICORUS (turn 419): DARK HORSEMEN (Nick, mgr.)
 DM  54 TROCAR (turn 200): CARESS OF STEEL (Maximillian, mgr.)
 DM  59 ILLIS (turn 188): CHAPEL ROCK (Crip, mgr.)
 DM  62 VALAMANTIS (turn 369): MIDDLE WAY 10 (Nick, mgr.)
 DM  72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 165): TWISTED SISTERS (Savant, mgr.)
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 412): BLACK PRIMERS, etc. (Doc Steele, mgr.)

                                   Recent Graduates
                                  -----------------
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 538): NOTTHUR of SORCERY COVENANT (Visionist, mgr.)
              (turn 537): WIRLITZ of SORCERY COVENANT (Visionist, mgr.)
 DM   4 JHELUM (turn 533): PUSSY-FOOTED of ARENA FELINES (Garfield, mgr.)
 DM   6 TRANSEL (turn 537): COOKIE FOR THE SOUL of HOLE IN THE WALL (The Muffin Man)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 533): HAILSTORM of WASTELAND II (The Muffin Man, mgr.)
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 529): SIR REALISTIC of SIR AGLIO (Sultan, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 519): ALTON of BURN N' PILLAGE (Jolly, mgr.)
                            BILLY THE SQUID of SEA DOGS (One-Armed Bandit, mgr.)
 DM  51 TRICORUS (turn 419): HARZOGH of DARK HORSEMEN (Nick, mgr.)
 DM  59 ILLIS (turn 187): EVANGELION of IMPROVED ILLUSION (Phantasm, mgr.)
 DM  62 VALAMANTIS (turn 369): DOC FELLE of MIDDLE WAY 10 (Nick, mgr.)

                                 DUELMASTER'S COLUMN
                             Notes from the arena champ.

     Syd, you really had no chance in that fight, but the GC rewarded you with three
skills so it wasn't all a loss.  For those who are interested, I'm just a clumsy,
slow basher with two experts and one ad-expert, starting (and finishing) 15-10-20-15-
13-4-7.  Pretty pathetic, all in all.  Adios, amigos!

                    Sir (un)Realistic

                                      SPY REPORT

     Thankyouthankyou.  It's great for me, The Unknown Spymaster to be back in 
KOLACT.  Hope you enjoy the show.  Oh, who am I kidding?  I already got paid!  It 
looks like the guys(?) at QUBIT had a good week as they went 3-1-1 to put them in 3rd 
place.  I guess steroids help!  Hey everybody, watch out for FUDDLE, who flew up 15 
points in the rankings after mashing PERSISTENT BEGGAR like a melon.  Keep your eye 
on this guy.  Ya know, some days it doesn't pay to walk out on the sands.  DEAGOL was 
bested by ESTRELLA and drops 10 points.  Our battling duelmaster SIR REALISTIC has 
managed to hold the title, fending off Z's none too subtle advances.  Better luck 
next time, THE FELLOWSHIP.  Can you believe they are paying me 10 gold to deliver 
this stuff?   
     Let's dig a little deeper into what's happening in the KOLACT arena.  And hey, 
kiddies, those of you who didn't avoid SPRINGBORN, please raise you hand.  Wow.  Does 
KOLACT really have that many liars?  And you guys like to boo me?  Well, unsling your 
rasberries, cause SIR AGLIO beats feet every time SPRINGBORN smiles at them.  Try 
farming, eh?  Well just about everybody wants a piece of WATSON, who was this week's 
most challenged warrior.   
     Being a spy is great--other people die and you spend the rest of the day 
drinking to their memory.  Better tanked than dead!  Ask not the elves for counsel, 
for they will say both yes and no.  Silly buggers, eh?   
     Well, that wasn't too bad; Alarond told me that the people in KOLACT have no 
sense of humor.  Or maybe that they were senseless.  C'mon, Leadfoot, let's make some 
tracks.  Its been real, and its been fun, but it hasn't been real fun...-- The 
Unknown Spymaster  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SIR DA 5586                  14   8  2   108       SIR AGLIO (296)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 QAEDA, AL 5302               21  26  1    94       QUBIT (464)
 Z 5576                       12   5  3    92       THE FELLOWSHIP (523)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 WATSON 5091                   9   1  0    83       FEARSOME FIVESOME (415)
 SYD TUBULAR 5689              8   5  0    77       SPRINGBORN (358)
 SIR BROKE STROKER 5623        8   3  0    70       SIR AGLIO (296)
 TREEBEARD 5631               12   3  1    67       THE FELLOWSHIP (523)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 MELODY 5674                  11   5  0    60       SPRINGBORN (358)
-CHIEF GREASY HAIR 4686        9   3  1    57       CON MANCHIES (459)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SADIE 5718                    7   1  1    51       SPRINGBORN (358)
 SIR ENDER 5721                6   1  1    48       SIR AGLIO (296)
 ESTRELLA 5681                 6   8  0    43       THE MOONDOGS (97)
-HOGAN 4191                    4   0  0    43       FEARSOME FIVESOME (415)
 QUIP 5668                     4   3  0    38       QUBIT (464)
 ACTAON 5648                   8  11  0    37       THE MOONDOGS (97)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SIR COPHAGUS 5723             4   1  0    33       SIR AGLIO (296)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 BUTTERBUR 5680                6   5  1    27       THE FELLOWSHIP (523)
 QUASIMODO 5684                2   0  1    27       QUBIT (464)
 DEAGOL 5665                   6   6  1    25       THE FELLOWSHIP (523)
 FRODO 5686                    6   4  0    25       THE FELLOWSHIP (523)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 MOONDAY 5687                  4  10  0    22       THE MOONDOGS (97)
-COUPLES 4193                  4   2  0    22       FEARSOME FIVESOME (415)
 QUO VADIS 5683                2   1  0    21       QUBIT (464)
 FUDDLE 5740                   1   0  0    15       SPRINGBORN (358)
-MICKELSON 5637                1   0  0    12       FEARSOME FIVESOME (415)
-KITE 5682                     1   3  0     9       FEARSOME FIVESOME (415)
-QUIESCENT 5734                1   0  0     9       QUBIT (464)
 FALLING STAR 5722             1   5  0     8       THE MOONDOGS (97)
 CYNICA 5730                   1   3  0     6       THE MOONDOGS (97)
-WIPES WITH HAND 4685          1   2  0     5       CON MANCHIES (459)

'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.

THE DEAD               W  L K TEAM NAME             SLAIN BY             TURN Revenge?
FRATSFA SLAVE 509      0  1 0   1                   SIR ENDER 5721        530 NONE    
CYNIA 5724             0  1 0 THE MOONDOGS 97       SADIE 5718            526 NOT REVE
GATORETTE 5733         1  1 0 SPRINGBORN 358        QUASIMODO 5684        530         

                                     PERSONAL ADS

Sir Realistic -- A bodacious title fight.  Lemme shoot the curl a few times solo-like
and I'll be for getting back to you. -- Syd Tubular
P.S.  Oh, I see yer bags'r packed.  Well, arena honor on the isle and don't let the
screen door hit youse on the caboose on the way out.

Actaon -- Maybe's...after the tourney <knock knock> I'll, maybe like, spend a lady-
like cycle with you. -- Melody

Moonday -- Stiff upper lip, Moon-ster.  Tis natural for some folk to act natural. --
Sadie

Cynica -- Swimming past the surf, huh?  Waterlogs the equilibrium.  By Geor-gee!
Here's to hope. -- Gatorette

Melody -- Not my kind of tune.  I like something I can dance to. -- Actaon

Sir Ender -- (indignantly)  I wasn't giving up, I was just saying your name, by way
of beginning a pithy comment. -- Estrella

Sadie -- Bah. -- Moonday, at a loss for words

Quiescent -- (gloomily)  It shows. -- Falling Star

Gatorette -- You aren't one of those Crocs I've been hearing about, are you?  Because
if you ARE, I'm going to bring a load of ice to our next match. -- Cynica

Melody -- Nobody loves me.  Everybody hates me.  What can I do? -- Moonday

     You probably don't want to hear my suggestion. -- Ed.

Estrella -- You bounded forward?!?  Surprised me, that's for sure! -- Sir Ender

Falling Star -- Quieted you, didn't I? -- Quiescent

Sadie -- I couldn't resurrect the original Sir Cophagus from the dead, so I had to
create a new one.  I, too, thought the name was too cool to let it disappear.  Nice
someone remembered. -- Sultan

Lord Protector Sir Realistic -- Let us be realistic here.  We are on a small island.
Well, relatively small, anyway.  It is not reasonable to suppose that some
substantial grant of land could be made to you, is it?  And given the fact that you
will probably be leaving, never to return, quite impractical, as well.  (shakes head
several times)  Why do I feel, when talking to you, as though I'm in a bad dream, one
involving bright colors and drastically simplified shapes?  I actually imagined I saw
a woman with a sewing machine instead of a head, and I'm sure you have a golf club
for your left arm, and a limp clock in your midsection.  This is disturbing.  I hope
you DO go to the Isle, and quickly! -- Arenamaster Filiaril

5 October 2005
To those once of Willaf -- It's time to come back to the sands.  I'm back,
exclusively at Willaf.... -- Kurd the Vivisectionist, Your Better

12 October 2005
Magic Man -- You are a fellow Canadian, are you not?  Where do you hail from?  I live
in Kelowna, B.C. -- Maximillian, 8,13, 28, 47, 54

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

SIR BROKE STROKER was unbelievably bested by WATSON in a 8 minute Challenge fight.
SIR REALISTIC handily defeated Z in a 1 minute one-sided match.
QAEDA, AL won victory over M. CHARDINEE in a popular 1 minute mismatched brawl.
SIR DA overpowered SYD TUBULAR in a 1 minute mismatched Title match.
TREEBEARD devastated QUIP in a 1 minute one-sided duel.
MELODY devastated ACTAON in a 1 minute mismatched match.
SADIE handily defeated FRODO in a action packed 1 minute uneven fight.
SIR ENDER slaughtered FRATSFA SLAVE in a 1 minute gory uneven duel.
DEAGOL was vanquished by ESTRELLA in a 1 minute gory one-sided duel.
BUTTERBUR overpowered CYNICA in a slow 4 minute one-sided melee.
QUO VADIS demolished FALLING STAR in a 1 minute mismatched match.
QUASIMODO easily killed GATORETTE in a 1 minute one-sided contest.
MOONDAY was demolished by SIR COPHAGUS in a crowd pleasing 1 minute one-sided brawl.
FUDDLE handily defeated PERSISTENT BEGGAR in a 1 minute uneven fight.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|LUNGING ATTACK                   4         TOTAL PARRY       15 -   3 -  0      83  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  4         STRIKING ATTACK   16 -   9 -  1      64  |
|AIMED BLOW                       3         LUNGING ATTACK    34 -  20 -  3      63  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    3         SLASHING ATTACK   11 -  10 -  1      52  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   3         BASHING ATTACK    20 -  19 -  1      51  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    3         PARRY-RIPOSTE     12 -  12 -  0      50  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      2         PARRY-LUNGE        4 -   4 -  2      50  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  2         AIMED BLOW        14 -  17 -  0      45  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      1         WALL OF STEEL     11 -  15 -  0      42  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     0         PARRY-STRIKE       0 -   9 -  0       0  |

Turn 530 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:

LUNGING ATTACK     4 -  0     AIMED BLOW         1 -  2         4  LUNGING ATTACK 
TOTAL PARRY        2 -  0     PARRY-RIPOSTE      1 -  2         2  STRIKING ATTACK
STRIKING ATTACK    3 -  1     BASHING ATTACK     1 -  2         1  SLASHING ATTACK
SLASHING ATTACK    1 -  1     WALL OF STEEL      1 -  2         1  TOTAL PARRY    
                              PARRY-LUNGE        0 -  1         1  AIMED BLOW     
                              PARRY-STRIKE       0 -  0         1  BASHING ATTACK 
                                                                1  PARRY-RIPOSTE  

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
SLASHING ATTACK  SIR DA 5586                14   8  2  108 SIR AGLIO (296)
STRIKING ATTACK  Z 5576                     12   5  3   92 THE FELLOWSHIP (523)
TOTAL PARRY      WATSON 5091                 9   1  0   83 FEARSOME FIVESOME (415)
AIMED BLOW       SYD TUBULAR 5689            8   5  0   77 SPRINGBORN (358)
BASHING ATTACK   SIR BROKE STROKER 5623      8   3  0   70 SIR AGLIO (296)
PARRY-RIPOSTE    MELODY 5674                11   5  0   60 SPRINGBORN (358)
LUNGING ATTACK   SADIE 5718                  7   1  1   51 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 SIR BROKE STROKER 5623.  The ten other most popular fighters were SADIE 5718, SIR 
COPHAGUS 5723, WATSON 5091, QAEDA, AL 5302, MOONDAY 5687, MELODY 5674, ESTRELLA 5681, 
QUO VADIS 5683, FUDDLE 5740, and SIR DA 5586.

The least popular fighter this week was CYNICA 5730.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were BUTTERBUR 5680, GATORETTE 5733, FALLING STAR 5722, DEAGOL 5665, FRODO 
5686, ACTAON 5648, QUIP 5668, SYD TUBULAR 5689, Z 5576, and QUASIMODO 5684.

The following warriors have traveled to AD after fighting this turn:

SIR REALISTIC (10-5552) SIR AGLIO (296)