DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 08/30/2011    Duedate: 09/12/2011

KOLACT ARENA

DM-10    TURN-672

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

SCARFACE
THE CLUB (559)
(10-5965) [8-3-2,104]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

SCARFACE                       WORTHLESS
THE CLUB (559)                 FLOYD ANONYMOUS (486)
(10-5965) [8-3-2,104]          (10-5170) [2-1-0,34]

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

FERRIN MONDOR                  CLYDE
THE MOONDOGS (97)              THE CLUB (559)
(10-5901) [25-21-1,97]         (10-5980) [4-5-0,26]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

THE CLUB (559)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. FLOYD ANONYMOUS (486)       39
2. REIGN OF PAIN (560)         35      THE CLUB (559)
3. THE CLUB (559)              32      Unchartered Team
4. EVERYDAY PEOPLE (510)       15
5. ABOMINATION (393)            9      FLOYD ANONYMOUS (486)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 1 THE CLUB (559)            31  17  2 64.6   1/ 2 THE CLUB (559)           10  5 0
 2/ 2 BACON MAKIN' (550)       126 100  5 55.8   2/ 1 THE MOONDOGS (97)         8  7 0
 3/ 3 EVERYDAY PEOPLE (510)     14  12  1 53.8   3/ 4 ABOMINATION (393)         5  4 1
 4/ 4 ABOMINATION (393)        219 208 12 51.3   4/ 6 REIGN OF PAIN (560)       5  5 0
 5/ 5 SERPENTS HOLD! (558)      13  14  0 48.1   5/ 3 BACON MAKIN' (550)        5  6 0
 6/ 6 THE MOONDOGS (97)        643 803 15 44.5   6/ 5 EVERYDAY PEOPLE (510)     4  2 1
 7/ 8*FLOYD ANONYMOUS (486)      6   8  0 42.9   7/ 8*FLOYD ANONYMOUS (486)     4  5 0
 8/ 7 REIGN OF PAIN (560)       15  24  3 38.5   8/ 7 SERPENTS HOLD! (558)      1  2 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 682): BLACK of FULL SPECTRUM (Jester, mgr.)
 DM   2 NIANIA (turn 565): I. M. WEASEL of THE FUNNY FARM (Buri, mgr.)
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 687): THE SUN of BRIGHT (Floyd, mgr.)
 DM   4 JHELUM (turn 659): RUNNING DEER of TRIBAL COUNCIL (Chief Illiniwek, mgr.)
 DM   5 KALTOS (turn 683): JUDAS PRIUS of TECHNOLOGY (Otto X, mgr.)
 DM   6 TRANSEL (turn 678): FAINTLY FRANNIE of PSYCHO SQUAD (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 287): ORSINIUS of SENTINELS (Nomad, mgr.)
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 671): CAPRICA of ABOMINATION (Chase, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 673): HARBOR MASTER of SEA DOGS (One Armed Bandit, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 672): SPEEDO SMURF of BEN'S BAZAAR (Gentleben, mgr.)
 DM  36 JHANS (turn 640): IRINIA JINZ of MIDDLE WAY 17 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  38 CLIFFHOME (turn 627): ZANDER of ZOMBIE SQUAD (Khisanth, mgr.)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 289): OUTLAW STAR of DARQUE ANGELS (Master Darque, mgr.)
 DM  42 RODEKI (turn 620): URCHIN of DUNGEON CELL (One Armed Bandit, mgr.)
 DM  51 TRICORUS (turn 571): TAC TACK of SERPENTS HOLD 2 (Khisanth, mgr.)
 DM  54 TROCAR (turn 271): ALBERT of KIWI CONNECTI0N (The Mun, mgr.)
 DM  59 ILLIS (turn 264): BURNING RUBBER of WHAT'S IN A NAME (Storm Lord, mgr.)
 DM  62 VALAMANTIS (turn 516): MOOSEHEAD of FLOYD'S BREWERY (Floyd, mgr.)
 DM  72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 240): WHOLE of MILK IS GOOD (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.)
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 564): RUGEN THE JELLY FISH of HANNAH'S PALS (The Upright Man)

                                      Top Teams
                                      ---------
 DM   1 MORDANT (turn 682): BOOZE (Papa Bear, mgr.)
 DM   2 NIANIA (turn 565): THE FUNNY FARM (Buri, mgr.)
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 687): AESIR (Buri, mgr.)
 DM   4 JHELUM (turn 659): TRIBAL COUNCIL (Chief Illiniwek, mgr.)
 DM   5 KALTOS (turn 683): THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   6 TRANSEL (turn 678): REIGN (Archaic Elf, mgr.)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 287): CHURCH LADIES (Papa Bear, mgr.)
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 671): THE MOONDOGS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 673): SEA DOGS (One Armed Bandit, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 672): NOMADIC TRIBE (Nomad, mgr.)
 DM  36 JHANS (turn 640): MIDDLE WAY 17 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  38 CLIFFHOME (turn 627): HOLMES ON THE RANGE (Sherlock, mgr.)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 289): THE MIDDLE WAY (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  42 RODEKI (turn 620): SHREDDERS (Buri, mgr.)
 DM  51 TRICORUS (turn 571): VENTUR BROS. (Buri, mgr.)
 DM  54 TROCAR (turn 271): TRADERS OF TROCAR (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  59 ILLIS (turn 264): ISLANDERS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  62 VALAMANTIS (turn 516): FLOYD'S BREWERY (Floyd, mgr.)
 DM  72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 240): MIDDLE WAY 9 (Jorja, mgr.)
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 564) STREET PIZZA et al (The Upright Man, mgr.)

                                   Recent Graduates
                                  -----------------
 DM   1 MORDANT (turn 681): LITTLE BEAR of HOMICIDAL MANIACS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 686): SQUASH of VEGGIES (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.)
 DM   4 JHELUM (turn 657): MAT'ARI of DOGS OF WAR (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   5 KALTOS (turn 683): GIDGET IMER of THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 671): CAPRICA of ABOMINATION (Chase, mgr.)
               (turn 670): TREMORS of BACON MAKIN' (Sherlock, mgr.)
 DM  38 CLIFFHOME (turn 677): MY DEER WATSON of HOLMES ON THE RANGE (Sherlock, mgr.)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 289): OUTLAW STAR of DARQUE ANGELS (Master Darque, mgr.)
                   (turn 288): TIMOR UNRED of THE MIDDLE WAY (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  59 ILLIS (turn 264): I'M A BASHER of BASHAHOLICS ANON (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.)
 DM  62 VALAMANTIS (turn 515): RED HOOK of FLOYD'S BREWERY (Floyd, mgr.)
 DM  72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 240): TORANS ULRIK of MIDDLE WAY 9 (Jorja, mgr.)

                                 DUELMASTER'S COLUMN
                             Notes from the arena champ.

     I have done it!!!
     I have reclaimed the throne just in time to graduate.
     Good luck to all of you who will battle for the prize.  I shall be heading for
the Dark Arena to test my enormous skills against one of them critters that crawl
around there.
     Good luck and good bye Kolact.
     Retirement here I come.

I shall always remain your most humble Duelmaster,
Caprica

P.S.  Have I ever mentioned that devil spawned show for which I am named?  If you've
never seen it, boy, are you lucky.  My manager swears he has actually lost I.Q.
points having watched that show.

                                      SPY REPORT

     So why do I have this bag over my head?  Because I am The Unknown Spymaster and 
I'm going to give you a spy report!.  We now have a new top team for all of you guys 
to dogpile on.  THE CLUB now holds the crown and they are betting they can keep it.  
It looks like the guys(?) at FLOYD ANONYMOUS had a good week as they went 3-1-0 to 
put them in 7th place.  I guess steroids help!  Hey everybody, watch out for ANN 
OREXIA, who flew up 21 points in the rankings after mashing KAMIKAZI KIM like a 
melon.  Keep your eye on this gal.  And falling like a basher in the top ten was 
EUTHERINE PLANEDA, who dropped 11 points after a disappointing (to say the least) 
bout with TONY SOPRANO.  Unlike most arenas, CAPRICA managed to get his challenge off 
against the 0-0-0 MOUNTAIN TROLL.  Well, everybody's pal CAPRICA moved his record to 
15-7-3 by defeating MOUNTAIN TROLL in the Duelmaster's Title Bout and gaining 2 
recognition points.  Advice to bashers--never force anything, just get a bigger 
halberd!   
     Let's dig a little deeper into what's happening in the KOLACT arena.  And hey, 
kiddies, those of you who didn't avoid BACON MAKIN', please raise you hand.  Wow.  
Does KOLACT really have that many liars?  Okay, so I may not be funny, but catch 
EVERYDAY PEOPLE's act in the arena.  Those acrobats seem to be fairly deft at running 
from BACON MAKIN'.  Well dang howdy, but if challenges were votes, KAMIKAZI KIM would 
be president.  Although it may be a contest he doesn't want to win.   
     Death is kind of like a new puppy:  he's always around wanting to play.  (Ha 
Zontani, how's that for a wise saying?).  CAPRICA defied all odds and slew MOUNTAIN 
TROLL in the Dark Arena.  The only ones displeased were the buzzards, as MOUNTAIN 
TROLL's meat is notoriously tough.  The audience likes blood and there was plenty of 
it covering KAMIKAZI KIM as he was driven to an early grave by ANN OREXIA of the 
EVERYDAY PEOPLE.  Knowing when to use the right tactics at the proper time is a very 
important step on the road to Duelmaster.   
     I think I had better cut this one short.  It's been nice chatting to those of 
you whom I have not offended yet.  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                  
 SCARFACE 5965                 8   3  2   104       THE CLUB (559)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 FERRIN MONDOR 5901           25  21  1    97       THE MOONDOGS (97)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-CENSORSHIP 5949               9   4  0    87       ABOMINATION (393)
 ANN OREXIA 5409               7   3  1    87       EVERYDAY PEOPLE (510)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 TROG 5936                    14  14  0    72       ABOMINATION (393)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 BUGSY 5961                    6   2  0    66       THE CLUB (559)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 ANIMAL HOUSE 5957            10  10  0    56       BACON MAKIN' (550)
 WILD THINGS 5942             15  10  0    55       BACON MAKIN' (550)
 IAYELLE ORBIN 5986            8   3  0    51       THE MOONDOGS (97)
 ADDAI 5951                   13  10  0    49       SERPENTS HOLD! (558)
 WORTHLESS 5170                2   1  0    34       FLOYD ANONYMOUS (486)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 TONY SOPRANO 6002             6   1  0    33       THE CLUB (559)
 MONZAR ORBISAR 6004           5   4  0    29       THE MOONDOGS (97)
 BONNIE 5979                   7   2  0    28       THE CLUB (559)
-PARTY FLOYD 5169              2   0  0    28       FLOYD ANONYMOUS (486)
 SAM FRANCISCO 5411            3   4  0    27       EVERYDAY PEOPLE (510)
 CLYDE 5980                    4   5  0    26       THE CLUB (559)
 SHEM 6000                     2   4  1    26       REIGN OF PAIN (560)
 BIG HEAD FLOYD 5168           1   2  0    26       FLOYD ANONYMOUS (486)
-ELLIS DEE 5463                2   1  0    25       EVERYDAY PEOPLE (510)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 MASTER MU 6009                2   0  0    23       REIGN OF PAIN (560)
 DEIMOON FARR 5985             5   6  0    21       THE MOONDOGS (97)
 20000 6020                    1   0  0    20       REIGN OF PAIN (560)
 FROST/NIXON 5970              4   6  0    18       BACON MAKIN' (550)
-MEL FEASENS 5469              2   3  0    15       EVERYDAY PEOPLE (510)
 EUTHERINE PLANEDA 6006        3   5  0    14       THE MOONDOGS (97)
 DORA T. EXPLORA 6007          3   4  0    13       ABOMINATION (393)
 MASKED FLOYD 6018             1   0  0    12       FLOYD ANONYMOUS (486)
 FIREFOX 5998                  3   2  0    11       REIGN OF PAIN (560)
-BATIATUS 5992                 0   4  0     4       ABOMINATION (393)

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
DA FLOYD 6017           0  1 0 FLOYD ANONYMOUS 486  BANDIT PRINCE         672  NONE
KAMIKAZI KIM 5971       6  6 1 REIGN OF PAIN 560    ANN OREXIA 5409       672   

                                     PERSONAL ADS

Scarface -- Careful with that thing.  You could poke somebody's eye out with that
thing.  It's all fun & games till someone loses an eye.  Then it's only a game "Find
the Eye". -- (Fat Girl) Thong...err Trog

Shem -- For a slasher you really aren't that good with slashing weapons. -- Dora T.
Explora

Caprica -- Well, it makes me feel useful. -- Ferrin Mondor

Dora T. Explora -- Why should I care about some boots? -- Eutherine Planeda
P.S.  And I didn't "break" it, the darned thing came apart in my hands.

Our congratulations to Caprica. -- Jorja and the Moondogs

Bonnie -- Well, heck.  I was hoping for a club sandwich.  Which I suppose I got, the
same way I might've gotten a knuckle sandwich.  Goodbye, winning record. -- Deimoon
Farr

Ah!  A standby.  Makes a pleasant change to win easily. -- Ferrin Mondor

Mel Feasens -- If you're an example of "everyday people," then I'm *glad* I won.  Not
that any other outcome was terribly likely, but still. -- Iayelle Orbin

Frost/Nixon -- I know how to thaw frozen bacon, so no problem. -- Monzar Orbisar

We can't have all these Cult Members running around.  It's bad for our image. --
Eutherine Planeda
P.S.  Besides, he was trying to steal the map fragment I *found* in the sands a while
back.  Can't have that, either!

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

CAPRICA butchered MOUNTAIN TROLL in a crowd pleasing 2 minute Dark Arena fight.
DA FLOYD was murdered by BANDIT PRINCE in a 1 minute brutal Dark Arena melee.
SCARFACE overpowered FERRIN MONDOR in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge Title duel.
ANN OREXIA butchered KAMIKAZI KIM in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge fight.
SAM FRANCISCO was demolished by ANIMAL HOUSE in a 1 minute Challenge competition.
DORA T. EXPLORA lost to MONZAR ORBISAR in a 2 minute Challenge fight.
TONY SOPRANO devastated EUTHERINE PLANEDA in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge match.
WILD THINGS was handily defeated by BUGSY in a 1 minute uneven fight.
TROG vanquished ADDAI in a 1 minute uneven duel.
BONNIE was vanquished by IAYELLE ORBIN in a action packed 1 minute uneven fight.
WORTHLESS luckily beat CLYDE in a exciting 3 minute fight.
DEIMOON FARR was viciously subdued by SHEM in a popular 2 minute brutal bout.
FROST/NIXON was demolished by BIG HEAD FLOYD in a 1 minute mismatched competition.
FIREFOX was bested by MASKED FLOYD in a crowd pleasing 1 minute novice's battle.
MASTER MU overpowered CONVICTED THIEF in a 1 minute mismatched conflict.
20000 overpowered EMBEZZLING SCRIBE in a 1 minute one-sided duel.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|SLASHING ATTACK                  6         STRIKING ATTACK   24 -  14 -  1      63  |
|AIMED BLOW                       6         LUNGING ATTACK    16 -  13 -  1      55  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  4         SLASHING ATTACK   27 -  22 -  1      55  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   4         TOTAL PARRY       16 -  16 -  1      50  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      4         BASHING ATTACK    11 -  11 -  2      50  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   3         WALL OF STEEL      5 -   6 -  0      45  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    1         AIMED BLOW        17 -  25 -  1      40  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      0         PARRY-STRIKE       0 -   1 -  0       0  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     0         PARRY-RIPOSTE      0 -   3 -  0       0  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    0         PARRY-LUNGE        0 -   4 -  0       0  |

Turn 672 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:

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

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
BASHING ATTACK   SCARFACE 5965               8   3  2  104 THE CLUB (559)
LUNGING ATTACK   ANN OREXIA 5409             7   3  1   87 EVERYDAY PEOPLE (510)
STRIKING ATTACK  BUGSY 5961                  6   2  0   66 THE CLUB (559)

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
SLASHING ATTACK  WILD THINGS 5942           15  10  0   55 BACON MAKIN' (550)
AIMED BLOW       ADDAI 5951                 13  10  0   49 SERPENTS HOLD! (558)
TOTAL PARRY      WORTHLESS 5170              2   1  0   34 FLOYD ANONYMOUS (486)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is FERRIN MONDOR 5901.  The most popular warrior this 
turn was CLYDE 5980.  The ten other most popular fighters were SHEM 6000, MONZAR 
ORBISAR 6004, ANIMAL HOUSE 5957, BUGSY 5961, IAYELLE ORBIN 5986, MASKED FLOYD 6018, 
SCARFACE 5965, ANN OREXIA 5409, TONY SOPRANO 6002, and TROG 5936.

The least popular fighter this week was FROST/NIXON 5970.  The other ten least 
popular fighters were ADDAI 5951, WILD THINGS 5942, EUTHERINE PLANEDA 6006, DORA T. 
EXPLORA 6007, SAM FRANCISCO 5411, KAMIKAZI KIM 5971, FERRIN MONDOR 5901, DA FLOYD 
6017, FIREFOX 5998, and BONNIE 5979.

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

CAPRICA (10-5955) ABOMINATION (393)