DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 01/09/2008    Duedate: 01/22/2008

RIZTAB ARENA

DM-12    TURN-585

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

WINTER SHADOWS
SWEET MAGIC (267)
(12-6526) [22-16-0,112]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

WINTER SHADOWS                 POSITION IS EMPTY
SWEET MAGIC (267)              
(12-6526) [22-16-0,112]        

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

SWEET BETSEY                   CORIANELLE
SWEET MAGIC (267)              SWEET MAGIC (267)
(12-6571) [15-14-0,66]         (12-6621) [7-8-0,48]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

SWEET MAGIC (267)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. HIGH JINKS (584)            40
2. SWEET MAGIC (267)           22      CULTS-R-US (624)
3. CULTS-R-US (624)            12      Unchartered Team
4. LUROCIANS IV (438)           8
5. DREAMERS (142)               6      WORTHLESS MANAGERS (310)

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)         160 116  2 58.0   1/ 3 SWEET MAGIC (267)         9  6 0
 2/ 2 LUROCIANS IV (438)       160 123  6 56.5   2/ 4 HIGH JINKS (584)          8  6 0
 3/ 3 HIGH JINKS (584)         275 251 17 52.3   3/ 1 DREAMERS (142)            6  5 0
 4/ 4 DREAMERS (142)           %1160 %1169 89 49.8   4/ 2 CULTS-R-US (624)          5  6 0
 5- 5 RAINBOW WARRIORS (439)    72  87  4 45.3   5- 5 RAINBOW WARRIORS (439)    3  4 0
 6/ 6 SWEET MAGIC (267)        493 823 15 37.5   6/ 6 LUROCIANS IV (438)        2  0 0

    '*'   Unchartered team                       '-'  Team did not fight this turn
   (###)  Avoid teams by their Team Id          ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank

                                 DUELMASTER'S COLUMN
                             Notes from the arena champ.

     Hmm, I would guess, Kool-Aid Drinker, that those attacks to your arm were my
attempt to prevent you from swallowing that disgusting stuff.  You're much better off
without it.

                                   Winter Shadows

P.S.  Have you always been using that weapon, and I just didn't NOTICE?  Weird.

                                      SPY REPORT

     Like the magnificent Sun, rising upon the Dawn and exiling the Night for a Day, 
I, Novgorodny Vir, return once again!  DREAMERS?  Who?  SWEET MAGIC is the top team 
these days, buddies!  Say what you will about blind luck and dirty fighting, but HIGH 
JINKS will tell you 275-251-17 is nothing to laugh at...  Practice pays for TIDDLES, 
who pummelled WILLIE THE RAT, to pocket 13 points.  A certain someone should cut down 
on the drinking and practice more, after losing 6 points to KUNG PAO.  (Discrete 
enough, HERACLITUS?) WINTER SHADOWS successfully staved off a grab for the roses by 
KOOL-AID DRINKER of CULTS-R-US.  Does RIZTAB have no one talented enough to dethrone 
her?  So who was the warrior seen charging into immovable walls and challenging dead 
trees?  Someone's got a basic problem...   
     And how sociable are RIZTAB's warriors?  Come, let us see.  To quell some nasty 
rumors, the guys in LUROCIANS IV are not carrying any incurable diseases.  No need to 
avoid 'em.  The warriors of LUROCIANS IV found their efforts at combat frustrated as 
CULTS-R-US apparently had more important things to do than fight.  Everyone is famous 
for fifteen minutes, and MISSY MOSSY is it right now.  Most challenged warrior.  
Isn't HIGH JINKS proud!   
     Ah, the duel!  The roar of the oppenent, the smell of the crowd!  Ask not a 
spymaster for counsel, for he will pontificate long after you have fallen into an 
unconscious stupor.   
     Do not think spyreporting in RIZTAB is the highlight of my life.  As the seasons 
change, and the creatures of the wild change also, so do I feel a yearning to leave 
this place.  Like a mixed metaphor, and an overtaxed simile, I now bid RIZTAB 
farewell-- Novgorodny Vir  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 WINTER SHADOWS 6526          22  16  0   112       SWEET MAGIC (267)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 DEMOCRITUS 6611              11   4  0    92       DREAMERS (142)
 SISTER Q 6579                15   9  0    91       CULTS-R-US (624)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 MADAM Y 6576                 17   8  0    87       CULTS-R-US (624)
 BROTHER ZEN 6602             13   6  0    78       CULTS-R-US (624)
 KOOL-AID DRINKER 6557        17  15  0    73       CULTS-R-US (624)
-SISONGOEN 5168                9  17  1    71       LUROCIANS IV (438)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SWEET BETSEY 6571            15  14  0    66       SWEET MAGIC (267)
 KUNG PAO 5753                 5   1  1    66       LUROCIANS IV (438)
-PARMENIDES 6599              10   8  0    63       DREAMERS (142)
 TARILISS 6527                 9  29  1    57       SWEET MAGIC (267)
-LEUCIPPUS 6601                6  12  0    57       DREAMERS (142)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 TIANNARY 6612                 9   9  2    56       SWEET MAGIC (267)
 CORIANELLE 6621               7   8  0    48       SWEET MAGIC (267)
-RIPSAW MCGRAW 5588            7   2  0    44       LUROCIANS IV (438)
 HERACLITUS 6646               5   4  0    42       DREAMERS (142)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 REPULSIVE ROGAN 6663          3   1  0    31       HIGH JINKS (584)
-SHORT TERM 2 5787             2   0  0    30       LUROCIANS IV (438)
 MARLOW 6644                   6   5  0    29       HIGH JINKS (584)
 MOLLY 6662                    3   2  0    28       HIGH JINKS (584)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-SYLVIA THE GREY 6661          2   1  1    24       RAINBOW WARRIORS (439)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 TIDDLES 6664                  2   2  0    18       HIGH JINKS (584)
 PYTHAGORAS 6647               4   5  0    17       DREAMERS (142)
-BORIS THE BLACK 6660          2   1  0    16       RAINBOW WARRIORS (439)
-LOST GERBIL 5686              2   2  0    14       LUROCIANS IV (438)
-LADY BLUESTONE 6667           1   0  0     6       RAINBOW WARRIORS (439)
 BROTHER ZOINK 6665            1   2  0     5       CULTS-R-US (624)
-QUICKSILVER 6666              0   1  0     1       RAINBOW WARRIORS (439)
-RUBY 6668                     0   1  0     1       RAINBOW WARRIORS (439)

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
THE MEGSTR 6659         1  1 0 HIGH JINKS 584       SYLVIA THE GREY 6661  581  NOT REVENGED

                                     PERSONAL ADS

Boris the Black -- My, aren't you the tall one?  And lucky, too, you're the FIRST to
get the benefit of my strategy change.  I'm not sure I was lucky to get it, given the
way my manager works; that may be "all" my strategy changes for this year.  But I
couldn't keep going with what I had. -- Corianelle

Sister Q -- You're just jealous because, being a golem, I am perfectly formed.  Don't
be.  This shape is a major burden.  I have to brush the men off with a meat cleaver.
-- Tariliss

Madam Y -- What?  When did you get into the "athletic association" business?  Do sit-
ups and push-ups for you?  No way!  It's insufferable! -- Sweet Betsey

Molly -- Whoa, girl!  Don't lead with your face. -- Tiannary

Our congratulations to Missy Mossy. -- Jorja and Sweet Magic

Lady Protector Missy Mossy -- Congratulations.  I am delighted to see such a charming
young lady advance, not that I won't miss you in the night-spots of Riztab.  But it
brings up the vexing question of "lands."  I'm sure you will recall some of the
problems we've had lately with the "lands" question.  Beginning with: we don't have
any.  At least, not to be giving away.  First Citizen Makrok has suggested that we
just take some of the adjoining forest.  Oh, right, from the Shews who consider it
THEIR forest?  I don't think so!  We do, of course, turn up the odd (very odd)
magical device from time to time, and I would be glad to offer you such a piece, if
you are interested.  I don't know what's in stock at the moment, but if you care to
come out to my place on the edge of town, we can go over the list, hmm? -- Spymaster
Torric

22 December 2007
All -- Just that tired old reminder to check your e-mail settings when you send ads
and such.  Please send stuff as plain text rather than as HTML or formatted text.
HAL, being the simple golem it is, doesn't know what to do with anything other than
plain text.  Note, this also means it doesn't know what to do with "smart" or "curly"
quotes, whether single or double, em-dashes (rendered here as two hyphens "--") or
everyone's favourite ellipsis (..., aka three dots). -- A public self-service
announcement from your Ed.

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

BROTHER ZEN was viciously subdued by MISSY MOSSY in a 4 minute Bloodfeud fight.
WINTER SHADOWS demolished KOOL-AID DRINKER in a 1 minute gory one-sided Title melee.
MADAM Y vanquished TARILISS in a 2 minute gory mismatched brawl.
SISTER Q savagely defeated SWEET BETSEY in a crowd pleasing 2 minute master's match.
DEMOCRITUS overpowered MOTTA THE PIKE in a 2 minute bloody one-sided struggle.
KUNG PAO handily defeated HERACLITUS in a 1 minute uneven fight.
CORIANELLE viciously subdued ZAGGA THE CLAW in a 3 minute expert vs. beginner duel.
TIANNARY viciously subdued BLACK BARTOK in a 1 minute gory fight.
MARLOW overpowered BROTHER ZOINK in a 1 minute one-sided melee.
PYTHAGORAS was overpowered by REPULSIVE ROGAN in a 3 minute bloody one-sided match.
MOLLY handily defeated WILLIE THE RAT in a 1 minute one-sided contest.
TIDDLES demolished WILLIE THE RAT in a 1 minute one-sided brawl.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|WALL OF STEEL                    4         LUNGING ATTACK    11 -   3 -  1      79  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  3         SLASHING ATTACK   16 -   8 -  2      67  |
|AIMED BLOW                       2         PARRY-RIPOSTE     18 -  11 -  0      62  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    2         TOTAL PARRY       11 -   7 -  0      61  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  2         STRIKING ATTACK   15 -  13 -  0      54  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   2         WALL OF STEEL     21 -  19 -  0      53  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      2         AIMED BLOW        11 -  11 -  0      50  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      1         PARRY-LUNGE        7 -   8 -  0      47  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     1         BASHING ATTACK    12 -  15 -  2      44  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   0         PARRY-STRIKE       8 -  17 -  0      32  |

Turn 585 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     PARRY-STRIKE       0 -  1         4  WALL OF STEEL  
PARRY-LUNGE        1 -  0     LUNGING ATTACK     0 -  0         2  STRIKING ATTACK
PARRY-RIPOSTE      2 -  0     TOTAL PARRY        0 -  2         1  PARRY-LUNGE    
SLASHING ATTACK    2 -  0                                       1  PARRY-RIPOSTE  
STRIKING ATTACK    2 -  1                                       1  TOTAL PARRY    
BASHING ATTACK     1 -  1                                       1  LUNGING ATTACK 
WALL OF STEEL      2 -  2                                       1  BASHING ATTACK 

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
WALL OF STEEL    WINTER SHADOWS 6526        22  16  0  112 SWEET MAGIC (267)
STRIKING ATTACK  DEMOCRITUS 6611            11   4  0   92 DREAMERS (142)
PARRY-LUNGE      SISTER Q 6579              15   9  0   91 CULTS-R-US (624)
PARRY-RIPOSTE    MADAM Y 6576               17   8  0   87 CULTS-R-US (624)
TOTAL PARRY      BROTHER ZEN 6602           13   6  0   78 CULTS-R-US (624)
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 CORIANELLE 6621.  The ten other most popular fighters were SISTER Q 6579, 
MADAM Y 6576, REPULSIVE ROGAN 6663, WINTER SHADOWS 6526, DEMOCRITUS 6611, TIANNARY 
6612, BROTHER ZEN 6602, KUNG PAO 5753, MARLOW 6644, and MOLLY 6662.

The least popular fighter this week was PYTHAGORAS 6647.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were BROTHER ZOINK 6665, HERACLITUS 6646, SWEET BETSEY 6571, KOOL-AID 
DRINKER 6557, TIDDLES 6664, TARILISS 6527, MOLLY 6662, MARLOW 6644, KUNG PAO 5753, 
and BROTHER ZEN 6602.

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

MISSY MOSSY (12-6539) HIGH JINKS (584)