DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 04/24/2012    Duedate: 05/07/2012

KOLACT ARENA

DM-10    TURN-689

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

ULF SUNDERHELM
VIKINGS (34)
(10-5888) [13-5-2,131]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

ULF SUNDERHELM                 PARTY FLOYD
VIKINGS (34)                   FLOYD ANONYMOUS (486)
(10-5888) [13-5-2,131]         (10-5169) [3-0-0,37]

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

MONZAR ORBISAR                 CIRIC
THE MOONDOGS (97)              VIKINGS (34)
(10-6004) [10-16-0,58]         (10-970) [15-16-2,63]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

THE CLUB (559)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. THE CLUB (559)              52
2. JAY-Z (563)                 26      THE CLUB (559)
3. THE MOONDOGS (97)           20      Unchartered Team
4. FLOYD ANONYMOUS (486)       13
5. BACON MAKIN' (550)           3      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)            75  40  2 65.2   1/ 4 THE CLUB (559)            7  4 0
 2/ 3 BACON MAKIN' (550)       149 119  5 55.6   2/ 3 JAY-Z (563)               6  3 1
 3/ 2 VIKINGS (34)             230 184 15 55.6   3/ 1 VIKINGS (34)              6  9 0
 4- 4 SERPENTS HOLD! (558)      23  19  0 54.8   4/ 2 ABOMINATION (393)         5 10 0
 5/ 6 JAY-Z (563)               33  29  2 53.2   5/ 5 THE MOONDOGS (97)         4 11 0
 6/ 5 ABOMINATION (393)        257 246 14 51.1   6/ 6 BACON MAKIN' (550)        3  0 0
 7/ 8 THE MOONDOGS (97)        668 862 15 43.7   7- 7 SERPENTS HOLD! (558)      1  0 0
 8/ 0*FLOYD ANONYMOUS (486)      8  15  0 34.8   8/ 0*FLOYD ANONYMOUS (486)     1  4 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 699): RANDOM MANIAC of HOMICIDAL MANIACS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   2 NIANIA (turn 582): CHAKTIRI of HAMOI TONG (Froot E. Bowl, mgr.)
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 704): ROAD TRIPPIN of GENERATION X (The Storm Lord, mgr.)
 DM   4 JHELUM (turn 676): DARKCLAW of SAVAGE HORDE (Hawk, mgr.)
 DM   5 KALTOS (turn 700): JUST LOSIN of THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   6 TRANSEL (turn 695): SWEET FREDDY of PSYCHO SQUAD (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 704): SAW HORSE of TOOL SHED (Leprechaun, mgr.)
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 688): ULF SUNDERHELM of VIKINGS (Nomad, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 690): BARNEY of SHEPHERDS (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 689): HELRAZOR of GRIM FANDANGO (Stik, mgr.)
 DM  36 JHANS (turn 655): KHYLAR of WRATHMEN (Kharadmon, mgr.)
 DM  38 CLIFFHOME (turn 644): LION'S MANE of HOLMES ON THE RANGE (Sherlock, mgr.)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 298): FALLON GRIMM of THE MIDDLE WAY (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  42 RODEKI (turn 637): UNCLE TED of SHREDDERS (Buri, mgr.)
 DM  51 TRICORUS (turn 588): HANK of VENTURE BROS. (Buri, mgr.)
 DM  54 TROCAR (turn 279): WORZEEL of TRADERS OF TROCAR (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  59 ILLIS (turn 272): APPLESEED of IMPROVED ILLUSION (Master Darque, mgr.)
 DM  62 VALAMANTIS (turn 533): IMROM LLEWS of MIDDLE WAY 10 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 249): NAEFAN ORDH of MIDDLE WAY 9 (Jorja, mgr.)
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 581): RUGEN THE JELLYFISH of HANNAH'S PALS (The Upright Man)

                                      Top Teams
                                      ---------
 DM   1 MORDANT (turn 699): HOMICIDAL MANIACS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   2 NIANIA (turn 582): HAMOI TONG (Froot E. Bowl, mgr.)
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 704): GENERATION X (The Storm Lord, mgr.)
 DM   4 JHELUM (turn 676): DOGS OF WAR (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   5 KALTOS (turn 700): THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   6 TRANSEL (turn 695): PSYCHO SQUAD (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 704): SENTINELS (Nomad, mgr.)
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 688): VIKINGS (Nomad, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 690): SHEPHERDS (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 689): GRIM FANDANGO (Stik, mgr.)
 DM  36 JHANS (turn 655): SERPPENTS HOLD (Khisanth, mgr.)
 DM  38 CLIFFHOME (turn 644): ZOMBIE SQUAD (Khisanth, mgr.)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 298): KIWI CONNECTION (The Mun, mgr.)
 DM  42 RODEKI (turn 637): COLOR ME SUAVE (Suave, mgr.)
 DM  51 TRICORUS (turn 588): VENTURE BROS. (Buri, mgr.)
 DM  54 TROCAR (turn 279): KIWI CONNECTION II (The Mun, mgr.)
 DM  59 ILLIS (turn 272): IMPROVED ILLUSION (Master Darque, mgr.)
 DM  62 VALAMANTIS (turn 533): MIDDLE WAY 10 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 249): MIDDLE WAY 9 (Jorja, mgr.)
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 581) PUNCHLINES et al (The Upright Man, mgr.)

                                   Recent Graduates
                                  -----------------
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 704): ROAD TRIPPIN of GENERATION X (The Storm Lord, mgr.)
                          DARK SARCASM of STATE OF MIND (Marma Duke, mgr.)
              (turn 703): KVASIR of AESIR (Buri, mgr.)
 DM   4 JHELUM (turn 676): RAIGHNALL of SAVAGE HORDE (Hawk, mgr.)
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 686): ADDAI of SERPENTS HOLD! (Khisanth, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 690): BARNEY of SHEPHERDS (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.)
                            PETE of SHEPHERDS (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 689): HELRAZOR of GRIM FANDANGO (Stik, mgr.)
 DM  38 CLIFFHOME (turn 643): THE COWS AFOOT of HOLMES ON THE RANGE (Sherlock, mgr.)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 298): FALLON GRIMM of THE MIDDLE WAY (Jorja, mgr.)
                   (turn 297): RATA of KIWI CONNECTION (The Mun, mgr.)
 DM  42 RODEKI (turn 636): KWS of SHREDDERS (Buri, mgr.)
                           DEAD MAN WALKING of DUNGEON CELL (One Armed Bandit, mgr.)
 DM  51 TRICORUS (turn 588): HANK of VENTURE BROS. (Buri, mgr.)
 DM  72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 249): LOUIE MURH of MIDDLE WAY 9 (Jorja, mgr.)

                                      SPY REPORT

     Good day, in KOLACT a quiet thief gets rich, but a quiet spymaster gets poor.  
So bring me ale and harken to my tidbits of news.  It seems the training can make the 
difference, as VIKINGS is pushed out of top team by THE CLUB, who came from 4th with 
a 4-1-0 this turn.  THE CLUB stable has parlayed this turn's 4-1-0 into a 3 space 
move up the rankings.  This brings them up to 1st place.  Good work, guys!  The JAY-Z 
guild has had a 3-0-1 turn and deserves to be watched in the future.  You never know 
where this kind of thing can lead.  And let's see, CLYDE fought SKYHAWK and gained 17 
points and contributed to THE CLUB's 4-1-0.  HUMAN CENTIPEDE has lost to MONZAR 
ORBISAR, falling 11 points, while helping make ABOMINATION a 1-4-0 turn.  Defending 
his title for another turn, ULF SUNDERHELM kept THE MOONDOGS' warrior, IAYELLE ORBIN, 
from claiming the throne.  By the way, was that our Duelmaster that I saw last night, 
cramped under the table at Don Corleone's?   
     The crowd's roar, the smell of iron and leather, mixed with sweat, what more 
could a warrior ask of life?  Well, besides that.  VIKINGS has cause to stand tall, 
as they were KOLACT's most avoided team.  A smart manager knows this is a team to 
beat.  And guess who avoided VIKINGS stable the most?  Believe it or not, it was THE 
CLUB.  Anyone surprised?  The most challenged warrior this turn was THE CLUB's 
warrior BONNIE.  More fighters challenged her than challenged the Duelmaster!   
     The Dark Arena is for those who cannot win, not who cannot lose with grace.  
Dignity in life or death is the warrior's creed.  We'd like to remind certain teams 
not to rob the graves of their enemies.  You know who you are; and it's considered 
rude.   
     Thought for the day, a new sword shines bright, but the notched sword sings the 
sweetest.  It's been nice chatting with you, until we meet again, keep your swords 
sharp and your hammers heavy.  Until the sun next rises and my pen sets to paper-- 
Alarond the Scribe  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 ULF SUNDERHELM 5888          13   5  2   131       VIKINGS (34)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 CLYDE 5980                   15   9  0    85       THE CLUB (559)
 JIGGA 6014                    8   6  0    84       JAY-Z (563)
 FROST/NIXON 5970             17  10  0    80       BACON MAKIN' (550)
 IAYELLE ORBIN 5986           16  12  0    80       THE MOONDOGS (97)
 SKYHAWK 1228                 17  10  0    72       VIKINGS (34)
 BONNIE 5979                  16   8  0    70       THE CLUB (559)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 BATIATUS 5992                10   7  0    65       ABOMINATION (393)
 CIRIC 970                    15  16  2    63       VIKINGS (34)
 JAGABORG 5925                 6   1  0    62       VIKINGS (34)
 MUGSY 6029                    5   2  0    61       THE CLUB (559)
 SHAWN CARTER 6012            11   5  1    58       JAY-Z (563)
 MONZAR ORBISAR 6004          10  16  0    58       THE MOONDOGS (97)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 EL PRESIDENTE 6016            8   9  1    53       JAY-Z (563)
 DORA T. EXPLORA 6007         11  12  0    47       ABOMINATION (393)
 HUMAN CENTIPEDE 6027          9   7  1    46       ABOMINATION (393)
 DEIMOON FARR 5985             9  19  0    46       THE MOONDOGS (97)
 PARTY FLOYD 5169              3   0  0    37       FLOYD ANONYMOUS (486)
 EUTHERINE PLANEDA 6006        5  20  0    35       THE MOONDOGS (97)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-HOVA 6013                     3   2  0    33       JAY-Z (563)
 BIG HEAD FLOYD 5168           2   3  0    33       FLOYD ANONYMOUS (486)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 HOWYL MONSON 6052             4   1  0    29       THE MOONDOGS (97)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-H TO THE IZZO 6015            3   7  0    16       JAY-Z (563)
 ROCKY 6060                    1   0  0    13       THE CLUB (559)
 GARTH MAUL 5926               1   5  0     8       VIKINGS (34)

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
DA 35 6074              0  1 0 ABOMINATION 393      BLACK ORC             689  NONE
DA 36 6075              0  1 0 ABOMINATION 393      BLACK ORC             689  NONE
MASKED FLOYD 6018       1  2 0 FLOYD ANONYMOUS 486  WURM KIN              689  NONE
MYSTERY FLOYD 6026      0  2 0 FLOYD ANONYMOUS 486  DARK CHAMPION         689  NONE
WORTHLESS 5170          2  3 0 FLOYD ANONYMOUS 486  SHAWN CARTER 6012     689   
GOON 5 6067             0  1 0 THE CLUB 559         HIGH ELF              689  NONE

                                     PERSONAL ADS

Ulf Sunderhelm -- I'd've been fine without that, you know.  Although the skill may
help.  So they tell me. -- Iayelle Orbin

Jagaborg -- Damned barbarian!  Uncivilized oaf! -- Deimoon Farr

Human Centipede -- It isn't everyone who can kick a man a dozen times while he's down
and never use the same foot twice. -- Monzar Orbisar

Batiatus -- It's abominable that you should defeat me like that, sure enough. --
Eutherine Planeda

Garth Maul -- You many not realize it, but you've done me a big favor by losing to
me.  The only win on our team!  I can parlay that into a lot of little perks around
the guildhouse. -- Howyl Monson

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

MASKED FLOYD was butchered by WURM KIN in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
MYSTERY FLOYD was dealt death by DARK CHAMPION in a 2 minute Dark Arena duel.
DA 35 was murdered by BLACK ORC in a 1 minute Dark Arena melee.
GOON 5 was murdered by HIGH ELF in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
DA 36 was slaughtered by BLACK ORC in a 1 minute Dark Arena brawl.
JAGABORG was devastated by JIGGA in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge fight.
CIRIC was subdued by BONNIE in a 3 minute master's Challenge competition.
ULF SUNDERHELM overpowered IAYELLE ORBIN in a 1 minute one-sided Title struggle.
FROST/NIXON unbelievably bested M. CHARDINEE in a action packed 13 minute fight.
CLYDE won victory over SKYHAWK in a popular 1 minute expert's duel.
HUMAN CENTIPEDE lost to MONZAR ORBISAR in a 2 minute duel.
BATIATUS overpowered DEIMOON FARR in a 1 minute one-sided fight.
EL PRESIDENTE handily defeated BIG HEAD FLOYD in a 1 minute one-sided bout.
WORTHLESS was savagely slain by SHAWN CARTER in a 2 minute bloody match.
EUTHERINE PLANEDA was viciously subdued by PARTY FLOYD in a exciting 1 minute contest.
DORA T. EXPLORA was devastated by MUGSY in a 1 minute mismatched bout.
GARTH MAUL was handily defeated by HOWYL MONSON in a 2 minute gory uneven fight.
ROCKY devastated CONVICTED THIEF in a 1 minute uneven duel.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|BASHING ATTACK                   7         LUNGING ATTACK    22 -  13 -  1      63  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      4         TOTAL PARRY       20 -  13 -  0      61  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  4         AIMED BLOW         7 -   5 -  0      58  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  4         PARRY-LUNGE        9 -   8 -  0      53  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   3         BASHING ATTACK    27 -  27 -  1      50  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    2         STRIKING ATTACK   11 -  17 -  0      39  |
|AIMED BLOW                       2         SLASHING ATTACK   17 -  29 -  1      37  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      2         WALL OF STEEL      5 -  12 -  0      29  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     1         PARRY-STRIKE       1 -   5 -  0      17  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    0         PARRY-RIPOSTE      0 -   0 -  0       0  |

Turn 689 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      2 -  0     STRIKING ATTACK    1 -  3         3  BASHING ATTACK 
LUNGING ATTACK     2 -  1     PARRY-STRIKE       0 -  1         2  TOTAL PARRY    
BASHING ATTACK     4 -  3     PARRY-RIPOSTE      0 -  0         2  SLASHING ATTACK
AIMED BLOW         1 -  1     SLASHING ATTACK    0 -  4         2  PARRY-LUNGE    
PARRY-LUNGE        1 -  1                                       1  LUNGING ATTACK 
TOTAL PARRY        2 -  2                                       1  STRIKING ATTACK

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
BASHING ATTACK   ULF SUNDERHELM 5888        13   5  2  131 VIKINGS (34)
LUNGING ATTACK   CLYDE 5980                 15   9  0   85 THE CLUB (559)
TOTAL PARRY      FROST/NIXON 5970           17  10  0   80 BACON MAKIN' (550)
SLASHING ATTACK  IAYELLE ORBIN 5986         16  12  0   80 THE MOONDOGS (97)
PARRY-LUNGE      SKYHAWK 1228               17  10  0   72 VIKINGS (34)
STRIKING ATTACK  JAGABORG 5925               6   1  0   62 VIKINGS (34)
AIMED BLOW       PARTY FLOYD 5169            3   0  0   37 FLOYD ANONYMOUS (486)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is MONZAR ORBISAR 6004.  The most popular warrior this 
turn was CIRIC 970.  The ten other most popular fighters were SHAWN CARTER 6012, 
MYSTERY FLOYD 6026, BONNIE 5979, CLYDE 5980, PARTY FLOYD 5169, ULF SUNDERHELM 5888, 
HUMAN CENTIPEDE 6027, MONZAR ORBISAR 6004, HOWYL MONSON 6052, and JIGGA 6014.

The least popular fighter this week was FROST/NIXON 5970.  The other ten least 
popular fighters were GARTH MAUL 5926, DORA T. EXPLORA 6007, EUTHERINE PLANEDA 6006, 
BIG HEAD FLOYD 5168, DEIMOON FARR 5985, SKYHAWK 1228, JAGABORG 5925, GOON 5 6067, DA 
35 6074, and MASKED FLOYD 6018.

                  MAIL-IN TOURNEY LIII

FRESHMEN TOURNEY                       W  L  K         TEAM NAME            
ADDAI 5951 (23-15-0)                   2  3  0         SERPENTS HOLD!       

CHAMPIONS TOURNEY                      W  L  K         TEAM NAME            
ANN OREXIA 5409 (10-5-1)               1  3  0         EVERYDAY PEOPLE      

INITIATES TOURNEY                      W  L  K         TEAM NAME            
JAGABORG 5925 (5-0-0)                  3  3  0         VIKINGS              
MUGSY 6029 (4-2-0)                     3  3  0         THE CLUB             

ROOKIES TOURNEY                        W  L  K         TEAM NAME            
SPIDER 6035 (0-0-0)                    3  2  0  DEAD   BLADES OF ICE        
KATIE WAMPUS 6041 (0-0-0)              4  3  1         EVERYDAY PEOPLE      

CHALLENGERS FOOL TOURNEY               W  L  K         TEAM NAME            
CHIEF GREASY HAIR 4686 (11-3-1)        0  3  0         CON MANCHIES         

ROOKIES FOOLS TOURNEY                  W  L  K         TEAM NAME            
IDLE HANDS 6048 (0-0-0)                2  3  0         DEVIL'S WORKSHOP     
ROCKY 6060 (0-0-0)                     0  3  0         THE CLUB