DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER
Date : 08/14/2009 Duedate: 08/27/2009
ARUAK CITY ARENA
DM-11 TURN-626
This Weeks Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
BROWN NOSE
COLORIFIC (511)
(11-6939) [14-5-1,108]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
BROWN NOSE POSITION IS EMPTY
COLORIFIC (511)
(11-6939) [14-5-1,108]
Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite
PUP TENT AGRAEDUS
BULLDOGS (157) PHILANTHROPISTS (576)
(11-7134) [13-12-1,96] (11-6721) [4-8-0,34]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
(153)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. BULLDOGS (157) 39
2. ANIMAL FARM (510) 24 COLORIFIC (511)
3. KRILL CAVALRY (374) 15 Unchartered Team
4. COLORIFIC (511) 14
5. FURRY FURY (611) 7 NOW ON VIDEO (450)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1/ 1 COLORIFIC (511) 409 210 14 66.1 1/ 2 ANIMAL FARM (510) 11 2 1
2/ 2 ANIMAL FARM (510) %1198 653 41 64.7 2/ 3 COLORIFIC (511) 11 2 1
3/ 3 BULLDOGS (157) %1089 797 33 57.7 3/ 1 BULLDOGS (157) 11 2 0
4- 4 GIRLS, GIRLS, GIRL (435) 116 87 5 57.1 4/ 4 KRILL CAVALRY (374) 7 7 0
5/ 6 KRILL CAVALRY (374) 425 728 8 36.9 5- 5 GIRLS, GIRLS, GIRL (435) 2 6 1
6/ 0 FURRY FURY (611) 11 22 0 33.3 6/ 0 FURRY FURY (611) 1 0 0
7/ 7 PHILANTHROPISTS (576) 4 12 0 25.0 7/ 7 PHILANTHROPISTS (576) 0 3 0
'*' Unchartered team '-' Team did not fight this turn
(###) Avoid teams by their Team Id ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank
TEAM SPOTLIGHT
+ ]H[ + ---:--- + ]H[ The Andorian Succession #33 ]H[ + ---:--- + ]H[ +
West of Fratsfa:
Elosjon heaved a sigh of relief when his feet touched firm ground again, and he
didn't care if Fandil heard him or not. He had been afraid--no, he was afraid now.
In the tree, he had been terrified. Of falling. Of failing.
The old mage gripped his arm, held one hand to his mouth briefly to signal
silence, and then pulled him away from the ravine, deeper into the forest. Higher up
the mountain.
After several minutes of silent walking, or at least walking without speech,
Elosjon figured he could risk speech. "What about Redbud?" he whispered.
"We keep going," Fandil said. "She may, probably will, be fine. And she's
doing a necessary job so that we can go forward and do a different and even more
necessary job. Let us not waste her efforts."
"Right, right. The magician at Mountain Home." He hesitated. "I could be
wrong about Mountain Home. I only have the word of Herlas of Zensu and he's, well,
his reputation isn't exactly--"
"I feel sure that you ARE correct," Fandil said. "All my instincts tell me so.
We will find an answer up there on the mountain. If we get there soon enough."
Elosjon was silent for several minutes, trying to work that out. Finally he
said, "Soon enough?"
"Eh?" Fandil brought his thoughts back from a great distance. "Oh, certainly.
That magician has a plan in progress. Now, plans are like snow on a mountain: They
build up and build up, and suddenly they reach the point where they become an
avalanche. Building pressure can be dealt with, but once you have an avalanche, all
you can do is try to survive until it's over. If we can reach our opponent before
his plan becomes an avalanche, we can--probably--stop him. After... we can only hope
to pick up the pieces."
"Oh." Elosjon stared into the darkness, not total darkness because some moon-
and starlight filtered through the trees, and thought about that as he walked. This
old man, who had been a magician for longer than he, Elosjon, had been alive was
messing up all his preconceived notions of what it actually meant to be a magician.
There seemed to be a lot more luck, and a lot more responsibility, involved than he
had expected. He wasn't sure he could handle it. That thought made him pause. Was
he going to give up, then? No! He would do his best, the very best that was in him
and maybe just a little more, and either he would survive the effort or he wouldn't.
But no quitting. It was almost a relief to make up his mind like that.
The path they were following came out of the trees into an open area. A ghost
town, abandoned buildings, overgrown yards, a rutted street. Elosjon stopped. "This
used to be the village of Mountain Home," he said.
Fandil stopped beside him and looked around. "Odd," he muttered, sniffing the
air. "There's something here, or has been recently."
"What? And how can you tell?" The younger mage sniffed too. It smelled like
an animal's den, a little. Maybe fading. And something else. Sulfur? Recognition
came with a cold chill down his spine. "A demon?"
"In general terms, yes. I think so. Something from that neighborhood, anyway."
Fandil was silent for a moment, his head cocked as though to listen.
Elosjon listened, too, but the only sounds he heard were made by the wind
rustling the brush and tapping on the roofs. Unless there was something he was
missing? He listened harder, so hard that his ears rang with the silence. If there
was a real sound, he wasn't hearing it.
"Not here now," Fandil said.
"If there was something, what would we hear?"
"Depends on WHAT there was, but... scratching. Clicking. Maybe grumbles.
Which way is the castle from here? We should go on before the 'watchdog' returns."
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---===ANDORIAN REGIONAL NEWS===---
Duelmasters
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DM 8 ARKERS (turn 312): PEARL HARBOR of SMITHSONIAN (Curator, mgr.)
DM 11 ARUAK CITY (turn 625): KIANA TOM of GIRLS GIRLS GIRLS (Weasel, mgr.)
DM 14 TOBIR (turn 625): FLOORMAT of THE DOGHOUSE (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 22 SOLVEN (turn 613): HOT EIGHTEEN of KELLUMBO'S KIDS (Detective Kellumbo, mgr.)
DM 24 ZORPUNT (turn 614): PAUL WIEDORFER of MEDAL OF HONOR J4 (The Anarchist, mgr.)
DM 25 LYRATILAN (turn 610): SAML ULRON of THE MIDDLE WAY 4 (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 26 CALEAM (turn 609): KETTELMAN of GOLDEN CANYON (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 30 IAYE (turn 607): SIR CARLSON of LENPROS (Lenpro, mgr.)
DM 40 ZENSU (turn 575): CORBIE LEK of BEYOND THE PALE (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 41 KATI-TEI (turn 567): SERGEANT2 of MEDAL OF HONOR H3 (The Anarchist)
DM 46 ARDIVENT (turn 558): ANNA BEATRICE of FANDILS (Wise Old Fandil, mgr.)
DM 52 FRATSFA (turn 259): IRMINSUL of BLOOD AND GUTS! (Le Pentarque, mgr.)
DM 63 AMEN-TEI (turn 457): THOMAS WIGLE of MEDAL OF HONOR J3 (The Anarchist, mgr.)
DM 71 KYR'TERR (turn 213): MERCURY SABLE of OUT OF THIS WORLD (?, mgr.)
ADM 105 ANDORAK (turn 510): VISION of KELLUMBO'S KIDS (Detective Kellumbo, mgr.)
Top Teams
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DM 8 ARKERS (turn 312): Z GLADIATORS (Mr. Z, mgr.)
DM 11 ARUAK CITY (turn 625): BULLDOGS (Kennelworth, mgr.)
DM 14 TOBIR (turn 625): OTAGO HIGHLANDERS (The Mun, mgr.)
DM 22 SOLVEN (turn 613): KELLUMBO'S KIDS (Detective Kellumbo, mgr.)
DM 24 ZORPUNT (turn 614): MEDAL OF HONOOR J4 (The Anarchist, mgr.)
DM 25 LYRATILAN (turn 610): THE MIDDLE WAY 4 (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 26 CALEAM (turn 609): ULTRA-VIOLENT (Deep Thought, mgr.)
DM 30 IAYE (turn 607): LENPROS (Lenpro, mgr.)
DM 40 ZENSU (turn 576): MEDAL OF HONOOR G1 (The Anarchist, mgr.)
DM 41 KATI-TEI (turn 567): MEDAL OF HONOR H3 (The Anarchist, mgr.)
DM 46 ARDIVENT (turn 558): DEATHTONGUE (Technogeek, mgr.)
DM 52 FRATSFA (turn 259): FLOWER GIRLS (Lady Fern, mgr.)
DM 63 AMEN-TEI (turn 457): MEDAL OF HONOR J3 (The Anarchist, mgr.)
DM 71 KYR'TERR (turn 213): OUT OF THIS WORLD, (?, mgr.)
ADM 105 ANDORAK (turn 510): ULTRA-VIOLENT (Deep Thought, mgr.)
Recent Graduates
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DM 8 ARKERS (turn 312): PEARL HARBOR of SMITHSONIAN (Curator, mgr.)
(turn 311): ZIP of Z GLADIATORZ (Mr. Z, mgr.)
CONUNDRUM of CONSANGUINEOUS (Mannequin, mgr.)
DM 11 ARUAK CITY (turn 624): CARMEN ELECTRA of GIRLS GIRLS GIRLS (Weasel, mgr.)
PUPPY LOVE of BULLDOGS (Kennelworth, mgr.)
BUTTER BURRO of ANIMAL FARM (Mino, mgr.)
DM 14 TOBIR (turn 625): GEORGE FOREMUN of ALL THE MUN'S MEN (The Mun, mgr.)
MUN OVER BOARD of ALL THE MUN'S MEN (The Mun, mgr.)
DM 22 SOLVEN (turn 612): SEREPHIM of KELLUMBO'S KIDS (Detective Kellumbo, mgr.)
DM 26 CALEAM (turn 608): GUT BUSTER of ULTRA-VIOLENT (Deep Thought, mgr.)
DM 30 IAYE (turn 606): STONE COLD of WRESTLEMANIACS (Crip, mgr.)
DM 40 ZENSU (turn 574): GRUNT 5 of MEDAL OF HONOR G1 (The Anarchist, mgr.)
SPY REPORT
It is I, Novgorodny Vir, Spymaster of Spymasters. Look on my work, ye mighty,
and despair! KRILL CAVALRY posted a nice gain, to come in 4th. Everybody loves a
winner... Practice pays for MINUTE STEAK, who pummelled PERSISTENT BEGGAR, to pocket
15 points. Win some, lose some. Speaking of which, KHALHUMS DWARF was winsome,
after beating GRAY MATTER and seeing him lose 3 points. Can you believe it? KIANA
TOM apparently has better things to do as ARUAK CITY's Duelmaster than show up and
fight! What can be a greater victory? BROWN NOSE has taken his place as the top, as
ARUAK CITY's new Duelmaster. So who's the team that's been walking into taverns last
week and ordering milk? Sounds like a PR stunt to me.
And how sociable are ARUAK CITY's warriors? Come, let us see. Like the noble
eagle soaring amongst the mountaintops, so stand the warriors of KRILL CAVALRY, alone
and unchallenged. The warriors of KRILL CAVALRY found their efforts at combat
frustrated as COLORIFIC apparently had more important things to do than fight. If
challenges were horses, AGRAEDUS could open up a fast food joint!
Like the wind whispering among the pines, do hearest I many disquieting rumors.
Q: What's a record like 9-13-1 get you? A: A free trip to the Dark Arena! This
week's winner: MIXED BREED of BULLDOGS! Ask not a spymaster for counsel, for he
will pontificate long after you have fallen into an unconscious stupor.
All good things must come to an end. Keep those sands bloody and the buzzards
fat! Do not despair! I shall return!-- Novgorodny Vir
DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
BROWN NOSE 6939 14 5 1 108 COLORIFIC (511)
CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-KIANA TOM 4753 13 16 1 126 GIRLS, GIRLS, GIRLS (435)
-TONYA WAITS 4757 20 9 0 99 GIRLS, GIRLS, GIRLS (435)
PUP TENT 7134 13 12 1 96 BULLDOGS (157)
GREEN THUMB 6830 25 12 0 92 COLORIFIC (511)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
RAGING BULL 7205 7 7 0 85 BULLDOGS (157)
STABLEBOY 7118 16 17 0 81 KRILL CAVALRY (374)
GRAY MATTER 7152 9 6 0 80 COLORIFIC (511)
CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
SHY MEERKAT 7140 7 4 0 63 FURRY FURY (611)
YELLOW FEVER 6978 13 6 1 60 COLORIFIC (511)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
WOODROW BILLIT 7151 11 15 0 53 KRILL CAVALRY (374)
PAPRIKA PUMA 7204 6 2 0 48 ANIMAL FARM (510)
HOUND 7230 6 0 0 42 BULLDOGS (157)
IRVIN FLETE 7211 7 10 0 36 KRILL CAVALRY (374)
AGRAEDUS 6721 4 8 0 34 PHILANTHROPISTS (576)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
RED HEAD 7231 6 1 0 32 COLORIFIC (511)
-BROOK BURKE 6472 2 11 0 27 GIRLS, GIRLS, GIRLS (435)
TIRLA DANCER 7228 3 6 0 25 KRILL CAVALRY (374)
KHAKI KRAIT 7238 2 0 1 25 ANIMAL FARM (510)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
CLARET CRAWDAD 7246 2 0 0 22 ANIMAL FARM (510)
BLACK BEE 7245 4 0 0 19 ANIMAL FARM (510)
MINUTE STEAK 7252 1 0 0 15 BULLDOGS (157)
-AMANDA BYNES 7240 1 4 0 9 GIRLS, GIRLS, GIRLS (435)
PURPLE PIG 7253 1 0 0 7 ANIMAL FARM (510)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
PERSISTENT BEGGA 0 0 0 KHAKI KRAIT 7238 626 NONE
VETERAN MERCENAR 0 0 0 BROWN NOSE 6939 626 NONE
MIXED BREED 7135 9 14 1 BULLDOGS 157 DEVELLAN JARA 626 NONE
SONG OF SUMMER 7119 18 14 0 KRILL CAVALRY 374 KIANA TOM 4753 625
PERSONAL ADS
Congratulations to Woebringer of Neverwake, who TV'd Initiates at The Face. We
understand he is under new management with Doc's hiatus. -- Kennelworth
P.S. And, of course, kudos, again, to Sam for Shotgun Gandi's Challenger TV.
Perhaps I just do not have it? Could it be the mixing of breeds? Losing to Veteran
Mercenary "luckily in one minute" is quite a telling summary of the fight. Perhaps
the time has come to say "adios." -- Mixed Breed
Kiana Tom The Brutal! Poor Song Of Summer. We are sorry to see her go. May she
fight well in that great arena in the sky. -- Kennelworth
Good-bye all. -- Puppy Love
Veteran Merc -- I staked my foundation, erected a beauty, and booted you out! -- Pup
Tent
Convicted Assassin -- I was raging. You had no chance. -- Raging Bull
Oski -- That was fun. Do you have any more dog treats? -- Hound
Kiana Tom, Duelmaster, Most Popular, Chartered Recognition Leader, what a gal! A
salute to an obvious champion! Duelmasters drink free at The Bulldog Inn. --
Kennelworth, Proprietor
Health. Humility. Honor. Aruak City, The Heart And Soul Of Andoria calls. --
Kennelworth
Blimey, mates! Me critters done 5-0! Shiver me timbers! Love me critters! -- Mino
Amanda Bynes -- You were the honey, and oh was it fun collecting you! (wink) --
Black Bee
Heh, heh, heh. Beware the Colorific masters! I managed them to a mighty 5-0 this
round. I am such a great manager! This is getting boring, though. Perhaps it is
time for me to join a Rock Band? -- Purple People Eater, Proud Colorific Manager
Tirla Dancer -- Two in a row! Perhaps it was boring for you, but I had a lot of fun
making you sick. -- Yellow Fever, Proud Colorific
Stableboy -- You are no match for The Thumb. Perhaps you should just go back to
shoveling manure? -- Green Thumb, Proud Colorific
Kung-Fu Master, Veteran Mercenary, Osksi Noble, thanks for being cannon-fodder for
us. You performed your jobs inadequately well. Har, har.... -- Gray Matter, Brown
Nose, and Red Head, proud Colorifics
In an unusual move, I have agreed to give Mixed Breed his requested release. He will
fight next in The Dark Arena. He is a 15(+1)-7(+1)-17-13-9-16-5 mode basher who
worked hard to barely win on occasion, and who learned at a 1.17 skill rate. He
leaves at 9-13-1 prior to the DA. We wish him well in his future endeavors. --
Kennelworth
Agraedus -- Ah, the win was your philanthropic donation to me, was it? Well, fine!
Thanks. -- Woodrow Billit
Kiana Tom -- Somehow it doesn't seem like you should be a girl. Oh, well. -- Song of
Summer, done for the season
Green Thumb -- Yes, well, you didn't have to stick it in my eye! -- Stableboy
Yellow Fever -- Heck, and I really don't like quinine. -- Tirla Dancer
Brook Burke -- Tcha. -- Irvin Flete
We salute the tourney participants. -- Jorja and the Krill Cavalry
Carmen Electra, Puppy Love, and Butter Burro -- If you had had the courtesy to
graduate one at a time, I could and WOULD have done more. As it is, I truly don't
see how anyone can expect me to cover THREE graduations at once. I'm not triplets,
you know, or even twins! I was GOING to get Carmen, lovely woman even if she does
wear fruit on her hat and shoes, a set of personalized luggage, but... three sets?
Not enough in the graduation kitty to cover that, and obviously I can't give a gift
to one and slight the other two. So you will just have to accept my congratulations,
and the luggage can go to the next solitary graduate. -- Shinketh, Arena Agent
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
MIXED BREED was butchered by DEVELLAN JARA in a 1 minute bloody Dark Arena fight.
YELLOW FEVER lost to STABLEBOY in a exciting 3 minute expert's Challenge battle.
HOUND luckily beat AGRAEDUS in a crowd pleasing 6 minute bloody Challenge duel.
RED HEAD luckily beat TIRLA DANCER in a exciting 4 minute bloody Challenge fight.
PUP TENT devastated KUNG-FU MASTER in a 1 minute one-sided duel.
BROWN NOSE butchered VETERAN MERCENARY in a 1 minute mismatched Title match.
GRAY MATTER was overcome by KHALHUMS DWARF in a 2 minute melee.
GREEN THUMB outwaited CONVICTED ASSASSIN in a slow 16 minute uneven duel.
RAGING BULL vanquished KUNG-FU MASTER in a popular 1 minute one-sided duel.
WOODROW BILLIT overpowered DELARQUAN SPY in a 1 minute one-sided melee.
PAPRIKA PUMA was defeated by SHY MEERKAT in a exciting 1 minute match.
IRVIN FLETE devastated OSKSI NOBLE in a 1 minute mismatched conflict.
CLARET CRAWDAD demolished CONVICTED THIEF in a 1 minute mismatched match.
KHAKI KRAIT executed PERSISTENT BEGGAR in a 1 minute mismatched conflict.
BLACK BEE defeated PERSISTENT BEGGAR in a unpopular 5 minute novice's duel.
MINUTE STEAK vanquished PERSISTENT BEGGAR in a 1 minute one-sided fray.
PURPLE PIG bested CONVICTED THIEF in a tiring 6 minute amateur's brawl.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|BASHING ATTACK 7 TOTAL PARRY 45 - 7 - 1 87 |
|TOTAL PARRY 4 SLASHING ATTACK 6 - 3 - 0 67 |
|WALL OF STEEL 4 WALL OF STEEL 25 - 13 - 0 66 |
|STRIKING ATTACK 3 BASHING ATTACK 29 - 24 - 1 55 |
|AIMED BLOW 2 STRIKING ATTACK 21 - 18 - 2 54 |
|LUNGING ATTACK 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE 4 - 6 - 0 40 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 0 AIMED BLOW 12 - 18 - 0 40 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 0 LUNGING ATTACK 12 - 22 - 1 35 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 0 - 0 0 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 3 - 0 0 |
Turn 626 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 2 - 0 BASHING ATTACK 3 - 4 4 BASHING ATTACK
LUNGING ATTACK 1 - 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 2 LUNGING ATTACK
TOTAL PARRY 4 - 0 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 0 2 TOTAL PARRY
WALL OF STEEL 3 - 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 0 1 STRIKING ATTACK
STRIKING ATTACK 2 - 1 SLASHING ATTACK 0 - 0 1 WALL OF STEEL
1 AIMED BLOW
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
BASHING ATTACK BROWN NOSE 6939 14 5 1 108 COLORIFIC (511)
TOTAL PARRY GREEN THUMB 6830 25 12 0 92 COLORIFIC (511)
WALL OF STEEL SHY MEERKAT 7140 7 4 0 63 FURRY FURY (611)
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
The overall popularity leader is PUP TENT 7134. The most popular warrior this turn
was AGRAEDUS 6721. The ten other most popular fighters were YELLOW FEVER 6978, TIRLA
DANCER 7228, HOUND 7230, STABLEBOY 7118, BROWN NOSE 6939, GRAY MATTER 7152, RAGING
BULL 7205, SHY MEERKAT 7140, PUP TENT 7134, and WOODROW BILLIT 7151.
The least popular fighter this week was GREEN THUMB 6830. The other ten least
popular fighters were BLACK BEE 7245, PURPLE PIG 7253, MINUTE STEAK 7252, KHAKI KRAIT
7238, CLARET CRAWDAD 7246, RED HEAD 7231, MIXED BREED 7135, IRVIN FLETE 7211, PAPRIKA
PUMA 7204, and WOODROW BILLIT 7151.