DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 12/12/2007    Duedate: 12/25/2007

RIZTAB ARENA

DM-12    TURN-583

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

WINTER SHADOWS
SWEET MAGIC (267)
(12-6526) [20-16-0,100]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

WINTER SHADOWS                 POSITION IS EMPTY
SWEET MAGIC (267)              
(12-6526) [20-16-0,100]        

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

SWEET BETSEY                   DEMOCRITUS
SWEET MAGIC (267)              DREAMERS (142)
(12-6571) [15-12-0,66]         (12-6611) [9-4-0,69]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

DREAMERS (142)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. SWEET MAGIC (267)           29
2. RAINBOW WARRIORS (439)      18      CULTS-R-US (624)
3. DREAMERS (142)               9      Unchartered Team
4. HIGH JINKS (584)            -1
5. CULTS-R-US (624)           -27      CROSSWORD PUZZLE (442)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 1 CULTS-R-US (624)         155 111  2 58.3   1/ 2 DREAMERS (142)           10  5 0
 2/ 2 HIGH JINKS (584)         268 248 17 51.9   2/ 1 CULTS-R-US (624)          8  3 0
 3/ 4 DREAMERS (142)           %1157 %1166 89 49.8   3/ 3 HIGH JINKS (584)          5  9 1
 4/ 5 RAINBOW WARRIORS (439)    71  83  4 46.1   4/ 4 SWEET MAGIC (267)         5 10 0
 5/ 7 SWEET MAGIC (267)        487 819 15 37.3   5/ 6 RAINBOW WARRIORS (439)    4  2 1

    '*'   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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                        ---===FREE BLADES REGIONAL NEWS===---

                                     Duelmasters
                                     -----------
 DM   9 ZUKAL (turn 582): BRUJAH of DARK WARDS (Dr. Doom, mgr.)
 DM  12 RIZTAB (turn 582): KOOL-AID DRINKER of CULTS-R-US (Jondeaux, mgr.)
 DM  15 MALCORN (turn 576): STRADA of STARBASE 5 (Zeus, mgr.)
 DM  16 WILLAF (turn 578): PENNY LOPE of PUNNY ANIMALS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  17 ALJAFIR (turn 577): ATTILA THE HUN of DEATH INCARNATE (The Dark One, mgr.)
 DM  19 ZUWAYZA (turn 575): GIMME SOME SUGAR of ARMY OF DARKNESS (The Dark One, mgr.)
 DM  28 MORYA (turn 287): SHARAPOVA of THE PENTARCHY (Le Pentarque, mgr.)
 DM  29 LAPUR (turn 568): GOLDIE of STREET WALKERS (Roadkill, mgr.)
 DM  31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 285): ULTHAR UTHERYDES of THE STORMGUARDS (The Icelord)
 DM  32 ARVAT (turn 564): BELLE ZEYBUL of DEVIL ADVOCATES (The Dark One, mgr.)
 DM  33 NIATOLI ISLAND (turn 562): SHANARIAN D'ANJELICA of STORM BRINGERS (Vincent
                                   Michaels 'The Rake', mgr.)
 DM  35 MURSKA (turn 553): TOURNEY SCUM of BUSY, BUSYTOWN (Huckle Cat, mgr.)
 DM  43 VEASTIAN (turn 516): SOLDIER 2 of MEDAL OF HONOR 27 (The Anarchist, mgr.)
 DM  45 STORMCROWE (turn 263): RAGGEDY ANN of DARQUE FORCES (Master Darque, mgr.)
 DM  47 DOUBLE X (turn 257): RHIANNON of GAELIC STORM (Bobby Bigfoot, mgr.)
 DM  50 SNOWBOUND (turn 244): STREET SIGN of OPEN SESAME (Crip, mgr.)
 DM  56 ROCANIS (turn 443): THE QUAM ZONE of EASTERN HORDE (Mr. Mojo, mgr.)
 DM  60 COLLUSION COVE (turn 430): BULLY BOY of RED DOG GANG (Spot, mgr.)
 DM  61 JURINE (turn 421): CIRSIUM VULGARE of BLADE AND BLOOD (Noachian, mgr.)
 DM  65 DAL SHANG (turn 407): KILLIAN TEN VIR of SAND DANCERS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  73 ERINIKA (turn 192): BLACK EYE of BLACK & BLUE (The Mun, mgr.)
 DM  74 DAYLA KIV (turn 379): KIRSSARINA of SAND DANCERS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  75 JADE MOUNTAIN (turn 375): ZAGWE BANSHEE of HUE AND CRY (Noachian, mgr.)
 DM  78 LIN TIRIAN (turn 363): DEELAR MARION of SAND DANCERS (Jorja, mgr.)
ADM 103 FREE BLADES (turn 469): SUPERIOR FORCES of DUPLICATE REDUNDANCY (A-Sop, mgr.)
ADM 103 FREE BLADES (turn 469): SUPERIOR FORCES of DUPLICATE REDUNDANCY (A-Sop, mgr.)

                                      Top Teams
                                      ---------
 DM   9 ZUKAL (turn 582): DARK WARDS (Dr. Doom, mgr.)
 DM  12 RIZTAB (turn 582): CULTS-R-US (?, mgr.)
 DM  15 MALCORN (turn 576): TERMINUS (?, mgr.)
 DM  16 WILLAF (turn 578): PUNNY ANIMALS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  17 ALJAFIR (turn 577): DEATH INCARNATE (The Dark One, mgr.)
 DM  19 ZUWAYZA (turn 575): TEAM CHAOS (?, mgr.)
 DM  28 MORYA (turn 287): THE PENTARCHY (Le Pentarque, mgr.)
 DM  29 LAPUR (turn 568): STREET WALKERS (Roadkill, mgr.)
 DM  31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 285): SOL INVICTUS (Bobby Bigfoot, mgr.)
 DM  32 ARVAT (turn 564): DEVIL ADVOCATES (The Dark One, mgr.)
 DM  33 NIATOLI ISLAND (turn 562): KLKASINO HAMMERZ (Hammer, mgr.)
 DM  35 MURSKA (turn 553): CHILDREN OF LLYR (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  43 VEASTIAN (turn 516): MEDAL OF HONOR 27 (The Anarchist, mgr.)
 DM  45 STORMCROWE (turn 263): DARQUE FORCES (Master Darque, mgr.)
 DM  47 DOUBLE X (turn 257): THE BEAR'S PAW (Kat, mgr.)
 DM  50 SNOWBOUND (turn 244): OPEN SESAME (Crip, mgr.)
 DM  56 ROCANIS (turn 443): KNIGHTS OF ROCANIS (Jakari, mgr.)
 DM  60 COLLUSION COVE (turn 430): UNDERDOGS (Technogeek, mgr.)
 DM  61 JURINE (turn 421): BLADE AND BLOOD (Noachian, mgr.)
 DM  65 DAL SHANG (turn 407): SAND DANCERS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  73 ERINIKA (turn 192): KIWI CONNECTION (The Mun, mgr.)
 DM  74 DAYLA KIV (turn 379): SAND DANCERS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  75 JADE MOUNTAIN (turn 375): HUE AND CRY (Noachian, mgr.)
 DM  78 LIN TIRIAN (turn 363): SAND DANCERS (Jorja, mgr.)
ADM 103 FREE BLADES (turn 469): DO IT AGAIN et al (The Dark One, mgr.)

                                   Recent Graduates
                                  -----------------
 DM  15 MALCORN (turn 576): STRADA of STARBASE 5 (Zeus, mgr.)
 DM  17 ALJAFIR (turn 577): ATTILA THE HUN of DEATH INCARNATE (The Dark One, mgr.)
                            VINN WULF of MIDDLE WAY (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  29 LAPUR (turn 567): DIRTY SANCHEZ of STREET WALKERS (Roadkill, mgr.)
 DM  31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 285): ULTHAR UTHERYDES of THE STORMGUARDS (The Icelord)
                               KATANA of AVENGERS (Huckle Cat, mgr.)
 DM  32 ARVAT (turn 563): TED ICKENS of DEVIL ADVOCATES (The Dark One, mgr.)
 DM  35 MURSKA (turn 551): JUNGLE KING of FLIPPERS ARCADE (Huckle Cat, mgr.)
 DM  43 VEASTIAN (turn 515): THOMAS FOWLER of MEDAL OF HONOR 27 (The Anarchist, mgr.)
 DM  47 DOUBLE X (turn 257): SMOKESCREEN of DARQUE FORCES (Master Darque, mgr.)
 DM  50 SNOWBOUND (turn 244): STREET SIGN of OPEN SESAME (Crip, mgr.)
                  (turn 243): HARRY MONSTER of OPEN SESAME (Crip, mgr.)
 DM  56 ROCANIS (turn 443): THE QUAM ZONE of EASTERN HORDE (Mr. Mojo, mgr.)
 DM  73 ERINIKA (turn 191): WANSTEAD of KIWI CONNECTION (The Mun, mgr.)
 DM  78 LIN TIRIAN (turn 363): DEELAR MARION of SAND DANCERS (Jorja, mgr.)

                                 DUELMASTER'S COLUMN
                             Notes from the arena champ.

Hooray!  I smote that little Missy Mossy down onto the sands, and in the process
achieved glorious redemption for the Waco Wonker, slashed down far too soon in the
prime of his mediocrity.  [Waco Wonk PR 15-13-11-17-8-9-11 ad ex rip(-3) ex
parry(+4), continuing the not-so-glorious tradition of all PR's being hosed in rip.]
Waco was an odd bugger, strong in our faith but prone to reciting verse at the least
opportune times.  I can remember once in the midst of battle the Wonker threw down
his spear, raised his eyes up to the  heavens, and put all his faith in the one
above!  Needles to say, he didn't win that one.  The firmament must've been busy.
But no matter, his faith was strong, and his soul was as pure as a Dove bar.  The
other .56 percent having to do with his unfortunate residency above a brothel.  So I
dedicate this duelmastership to him, and lay this glorious victory at his feet.
Hoping the rotting stench doesn't make the glorious victory run away as quickly as a
sailor does when confronted with a positive pregnancy test.  Wake up Riztab!  The
here and now is here!!  At least until something better comes along.....

Your Duelmaster,
Kool-Aid Drinker

                                      SPY REPORT

     Much has changed in RIZTAB since last I was here.  Never fear, Olaf Modeen 
adapts to many situations, as do all successful fighters.  Woof!  CULTS-R-US were a 
bunch of dogs after DREAMERS got through with 'em!  2nd ain't so sweet as 1st!  
What's with MOLLY?  She actually beat DREAMERS' PYTHAGORAS, and walked away with 18 
more points from the fight.  Laughs were big at DREAMERS while they watched 
PARMENIDES clobber TIANNARY.  She lost 11 points and got bruised from objects thrown 
from the stands.  I'm sure RIZTAB is excited about WINTER SHADOWS, the new Duelmaster 
from SWEET MAGIC.  (remember?)  But when you've seen as many as I have...  Advice to 
fighters with a 1 will--give up fighting!   
     No matter the time or place, men will always duel.  The most avoided team was 
HIGH JINKS.  Management must be dealin', as the boys at RAINBOW WARRIORS ain't 
reelin'!  HIGH JINKS' mad!   
     Warriors of RIZTAB unite.  You have only your games to lose!  Many a warrior has 
met his fate in a hungover stupor.  You young rapscallions, take note!   
     Who knows what the future holds for a warrior.  More fights, there's no doubt.  
Are you as tired of reading this as I am of writing it?  Actually, I guess I'm 
writing it before you read it.  Oh, well.  Remember--a good fighter needs both good 
skills and good luck.  Until next time,-- Olaf Modeen  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 WINTER SHADOWS 6526          20  16  0   100       SWEET MAGIC (267)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-MISSY MOSSY 6539             21  12  2    92       HIGH JINKS (584)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-SISTER Q 6579                13   9  0    82       CULTS-R-US (624)
 KOOL-AID DRINKER 6557        17  13  0    77       CULTS-R-US (624)
-MADAM Y 6576                 15   8  0    77       CULTS-R-US (624)
-BROTHER ZEN 6602             13   4  0    69       CULTS-R-US (624)
 DEMOCRITUS 6611               9   4  0    69       DREAMERS (142)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SWEET BETSEY 6571            15  12  0    66       SWEET MAGIC (267)
 PARMENIDES 6599              10   8  0    63       DREAMERS (142)
 TARILISS 6527                 9  27  1    60       SWEET MAGIC (267)
 LEUCIPPUS 6601                6  12  0    57       DREAMERS (142)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 TIANNARY 6612                 7   9  2    42       SWEET MAGIC (267)
 HERACLITUS 6646               4   3  0    40       DREAMERS (142)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 MARLOW 6644                   5   4  0    30       HIGH JINKS (584)
 SYLVIA THE GREY 6661          2   0  1    30       RAINBOW WARRIORS (439)
 CORIANELLE 6621               5   8  0    28       SWEET MAGIC (267)
 MOLLY 6662                    2   1  0    27       HIGH JINKS (584)
 BORIS THE BLACK 6660          2   0  0    25       RAINBOW WARRIORS (439)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 PYTHAGORAS 6647               4   3  0    15       DREAMERS (142)
 TIDDLES 6664                  1   1  0     8       HIGH JINKS (584)
 REPULSIVE ROGAN 6663          1   1  0     4       HIGH JINKS (584)
-BROTHER ZOINK 6665            0   1  0     1       CULTS-R-US (624)

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
WACKY WACO WONK 6505   17 17 1 CULTS-R-US 624       MISSY MOSSY 6539      581  REVENGED
THE MEGSTR 6659         1  1 0 HIGH JINKS 584       SYLVIA THE GREY 6661  581   

                                     PERSONAL ADS

Parmenides -- I've got to hold "old Mo" longer than that if I'm going to keep on
keeping on dispatching my game. -- Marlow

Kool-Aid Drinker -- Knocked me right off my perch.  Good fight and may your reign be
brief but action packed. -- Missy Mossy

Corianelle -- Boss'sss frowning again.  Missy says that's a good sign, but I'm not so
sure she's giving me the straight skinny. -- Molly

Brother Zoink -- I think we repulsed the crowd adequately.  Leastways I was plenty
repulsive, but then I work at it. -- Repulsive Rogan

Sister Q -- Did we ask...?  Ah, I see that Sweet Betsey did last time.  So we can
wait for a possible answer on that.  No rush, just searching for some topic of
conversation other than, "Good fight" or the ruder converse, "You suck."  Well, hmm.
Not much in a one-shot fight to comment on, but I will just say that if you try
putting "all your weight behind the blow" on an icy day like this, you will get into
trouble.  I grant you that the truck with the snowblade isn't taking it slowly and
carefully, but when you consider that this guy spends ALL DAY driving back and forth
scraping ice and snow off the back streets of this little town, you can see how he'd
get bored and maybe try to push the envelope a little.  Although at that speed, the
envelope is probably trodden into the slush before he even realizes it's there.  You
think I go on too much about the weather conditions?  But it IS my season, you know.
-- Winter Shadows

Madam Y -- Somehow I just can't see you in a gym suit leading the girls' exercise
class at the Young Person's Nondemoninational Society.  Not even an hour a week
(worthless for any serious student) of ballet lessons.  Still, if that's what makes
your socks roll up and down, go for it! -- Tiannary

Brother Zen -- Sitting around drinking tea and asking each other riddles?  NOT
something my brother would do.  He's more inclined to getting together with some
friends and bashing each other's faces in.  For many of them, this can't help but
improve their faces.... -- Sweet Betsey

Heraclitus -- Oh, rats, I thought you did haircuts!  Sorry, I was all set to ask for
"just a little off the ends and then add some frosted highlights."  Darn.  I can't
find ANYBODY here who does Really Good Hair.  All these Shews, you know?  Braids and
bear grease.  Ick. -- Tariliss
P.S.  I'd worry about you being a gendered golem and thus Very Strange, but I'm one
myself (my mother refuses to explain how this happened), so I'll give you a pass on
that one.  It probably wasn't your fault.

Molly -- It was a pleasure to meet you and trade attacks and parries.  Well, trying
to trade them, it was too bad that neither of us had the ones the other was looking
for.  I hear there's a place down on the lakefront where you can trade attacks and
parries, a sort of clearinghouse or, for the non-domestically-inclined, a collectors'
shop.  You know, #3 Attack Skill: Veritable Wall of Blades, will trade for Second
Series Defense Skill #7: Curves Snakelike Out of the Way.  That kind of place.  We
cold go together, since They say that it's best to use the Buddy System down there.
-- Corianelle

The Megstr -- (overhearing)  Very profound.  Although I might point out that SOME
ghosts are in such a hurry to go that they leave dirty socks and stray bits of
ectoplasm all over the guildhouse. -- Jorja

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

KOOL-AID DRINKER was devastated by WINTER SHADOWS in a 1 minute Title fight.
DEMOCRITUS vanquished FRED THE UNREADY in a exciting 1 minute uneven battle.
LEUCIPPUS overpowered CORIANELLE in a 1 minute mismatched duel.
MARLOW was devastated by TARILISS in a 1 minute one-sided fight.
HERACLITUS was demolished by SWEET BETSEY in a 1 minute mismatched competition.
TIANNARY was overpowered by PARMENIDES in a 1 minute one-sided struggle.
PYTHAGORAS was overpowered by MOLLY in a 2 minute uneven melee.
BORIS THE BLACK vanquished REPULSIVE ROGAN in a 1 minute uneven duel.
TIDDLES was overpowered by SYLVIA THE GREY 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                   4         TOTAL PARRY       13 -   5 -  0      72  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    4         LUNGING ATTACK    17 -   9 -  2      65  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  3         SLASHING ATTACK   17 -  10 -  3      63  |
|AIMED BLOW                       2         PARRY-RIPOSTE     20 -  13 -  0      61  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   1         AIMED BLOW        11 -  10 -  0      52  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    1         WALL OF STEEL     21 -  20 -  0      51  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  1         STRIKING ATTACK   14 -  14 -  0      50  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      1         BASHING ATTACK    15 -  17 -  3      47  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      0         PARRY-LUNGE        7 -  10 -  0      41  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     0         PARRY-STRIKE       8 -  20 -  0      29  |

Turn 583 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     1 -  0     AIMED BLOW         0 -  2         3  WALL OF STEEL  
BASHING ATTACK     4 -  0     PARRY-LUNGE        0 -  0         2  BASHING ATTACK 
STRIKING ATTACK    2 -  1     PARRY-STRIKE       0 -  0         1  SLASHING ATTACK
WALL OF STEEL      2 -  2     PARRY-RIPOSTE      0 -  1         1  PARRY-LUNGE    
                              SLASHING ATTACK    0 -  1         1  PARRY-RIPOSTE  
                              TOTAL PARRY        0 -  1         1  TOTAL PARRY    
                                                                1  STRIKING ATTACK
                                                                1  LUNGING ATTACK 

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
WALL OF STEEL    WINTER SHADOWS 6526        20  16  0  100 SWEET MAGIC (267)
STRIKING ATTACK  DEMOCRITUS 6611             9   4  0   69 DREAMERS (142)
LUNGING ATTACK   PARMENIDES 6599            10   8  0   63 DREAMERS (142)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is SWEET BETSEY 6571.  The most popular warrior this 
turn was DEMOCRITUS 6611.  The ten other most popular fighters were SWEET BETSEY 
6571, PARMENIDES 6599, MOLLY 6662, TARILISS 6527, WINTER SHADOWS 6526, LEUCIPPUS 
6601, BORIS THE BLACK 6660, HERACLITUS 6646, TIANNARY 6612, and SYLVIA THE GREY 6661.

The least popular fighter this week was TIDDLES 6664.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were REPULSIVE ROGAN 6663, PYTHAGORAS 6647, MARLOW 6644, CORIANELLE 6621, 
KOOL-AID DRINKER 6557, SYLVIA THE GREY 6661, TIANNARY 6612, HERACLITUS 6646, BORIS 
THE BLACK 6660, and LEUCIPPUS 6601.