DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER Date : 11/06/2013 Duedate: 11/19/2013 RIZTAB ARENA DM-12 TURN-737 This Weeks Top Honors THE DUELMASTER IS GHOST THE UNDEAD (136) (12-6606) [16-8-1,135] Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader GHOST BULLSHIDO THE UNDEAD (136) DRAKE'S GAMES (593) (12-6606) [16-8-1,135] (12-6000) [0-1-0,1] Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite VAMPYR SUGAR BABY THE UNDEAD (136) SWEET MAGIC (267) (12-6608) [13-11-1,107] (12-6983) [12-20-0,77] THE CURRENT TOP TEAM THE UNDEAD (136) TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team 1. THE UNDEAD (136) 55 2. WHO DA MAN? (623) 32 ENGLISH FOOTBALL (400) 3. ENGLISH FOOTBALL (400) 24 Unchartered Team 4. TORTURED (669) 10 5. KAOS FROGS (656) 7 DRAKE'S GAMES (593) The Top Teams Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K 1/ 2 ENGLISH FOOTBALL (400) 20 7 1 74.1 1/ 3 THE UNDEAD (136) 9 6 0 2/ 3 KAOS FROGS (656) 70 41 4 63.1 2/ 5 ENGLISH FOOTBALL (400) 6 0 0 3/ 5 DREAMERS (142) %1552 %1433 %129 52.0 3/ 4 SWEET MAGIC (267) 6 9 0 4/ 4 BLUE NOTE (474) 131 121 6 52.0 4/ 8 TORTURED (669) 4 0 0 5/ 6 THE UNDEAD (136) 76 78 3 49.4 5/ 2 BLUE NOTE (474) 4 7 0 6/ 7 SWEET MAGIC (267) 811 %1252 32 39.3 6/ 9 WHO DA MAN? (623) 4 8 0 7/ 8 WHO DA MAN? (623) 39 65 0 37.5 7/ 1 DREAMERS (142) 4 10 0 8/ 9 TORTURED (669) 15 27 0 35.7 8/ 7 KAOS FROGS (656) 2 2 0 9/ 0*DRAKE'S GAMES (593) 1 3 0 25.0 9/ 0*DRAKE'S GAMES (593) 0 1 0 '*' Unchartered team '-' Team did not fight this turn (###) Avoid teams by their Team Id ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank TEAM SPOTLIGHT * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * ---===FREE BLADES REGIONAL NEWS===--- Duelmasters ----------- DM 9 ZUKAL (turn 734): THROUGH THE WINDOW of PAPERBOYS (slugbait, mgr.) DM 12 RIZTAB (turn 736): GHOST of THE UNDEAD (Death Jester, mgr.) DM 13 DULLENS (turn 703): LITTLE GRAY BIRD of CARDOW HUNTERS (Jorja, mgr.) DM 15 MALCORN (turn 730): STOLEYOURSPOT of BASH BROS PARKING (Assurnasirbanipal) DM 16 WILLAF (turn 732): GOLDEN GIRL of GOLDEN GLADIATORS (Midas, mgr.) DM 17 ALJAFIR (turn 724): GABOGOOL of STORMY'S TROOPERS I (Storm Lord, mgr.) DM 19 ZUWAYZA (turn 725): NEWT ROCKNE of MAN OR BEAST? (The Dark One, mgr.) DM 28 MORYA (turn 364): KOROSHIYA ICHI of LORD OF DISCIPLINE (Longshot, mgr.) DM 29 LAPUR (turn 722): SPIN MCDUECAN of CLAN CROW (Owsly, mgr.) DM 31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 362): GENERAL PURPOSE of MILITARY MAYHEM (Crip, mgr.) DM 32 ARVAT (turn 718): YOUNG EMPIRES of COLLEGE RADIO (Floyd, mgr.) DM 33 NIATOLI ISLAND (turn 715): KURELLEU ZIEN of THE SEWING CIRCLE (Jorja, mgr) DM 35 MURSKA (turn 707): DEIRDRIE of CHILDREN OF LLYR (Jorja, mgr.) DM 43 VEASTIAN (turn 666): HALFTIME of EPIC RAP (Howlin' Wolf, mgr.) DM 45 STORMCROWE (turn 340): THE JANITOR of AVID FANS (Crip, mgr.) DM 47 NORTH FORK (turn 334): PAUL of CHEERS (Otis, mgr.) DM 50 SNOWBOUND (turn 321): THE BEATLES of OPEN SESAME (Crip, mgr.) DM 56 ROCANIS (turn 597): MEECHAM of MEN OF STEEL (Howlin' Wolf, mgr.) DM 60 ARADI (turn 582): SISTER MOON of DREAMTIME (Hombre, mgr.) DM 61 JURINE (turn 564): CHUCK ENDERN of MIDDLE WAY 16 (Jorja, mgr.) DM 65 DAL SHANG (turn 559): NOCALLLISTEXEMPTION of BASH BROS EVANGELISTS (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.) DM 73 ERINIKA (turn 269): EDMONDS of GASHOUSE GANG (Crip, mgr.) DM 74 DAYLA KIV (turn 520): GORAN DJIAN of SAND DANCERS (Jorja, mgr.) DM 75 JADE MOUNTAIN (turn 514): WINTER ROSE of SAND DANCERS (Jorja, mgr.) DM 78 LIN TIRIAN (turn 506): THE MONGOOSE of SAND DANCERS (Jorja, mgr.) ADM 103 FREE BLADES (turn 623): CROWN ROYAL of BLACKED OUT ON... (Otis, mgr.) Top Teams --------- DM 9 ZUKAL (turn 734): QUEEN (Howlin' Wolf, mgr.) DM 12 RIZTAB (turn 736): DREAMERS (Sleepy, mgr.) DM 13 DULLENS (turn 703): CARDOW HUNTERS (Jorja, mgr.) DM 15 MALCORN (turn 730): TERMINUS (Carick, mgr.) DM 16 WILLAF (turn 732): GOLDEN GLADIATORS (Midas, mgr.) DM 17 ALJAFIR (turn 724): A UNIT (Padre, mgr.) DM 19 ZUWAYZA (turn 725): MAN OR BEAST? (The Dark One, mgr.) DM 28 MORYA (turn 364): POSITION IS EMPTY DM 29 LAPUR (turn 722): THE GUILD (Guido, mgr.) DM 31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 362): THE CANUCKS (?, mgr.) DM 32 ARVAT (turn 718): URT'S DURT URCHINS (Tolbin, mgr.) DM 33 NIATOLI ISLAND (turn 715): OBSIDIAN HALL (Dameon Darkheart, mgr.) DM 35 MURSKA (turn 707): CHILDREN OF LLYR (Jorja, mgr.) DM 43 VEASTIAN (turn 666): TOLBIN'S X-MEN (Tolbin, mgr.) DM 45 STORMCROWE (turn 340): AVID FANS (Crip, mgr.) DM 47 NORTH FORK (turn 334): BAAL'S MINIONS (Var, mgr.) DM 50 SNOWBOUND (turn 321): LIFE IMPACTS (Smitty, mgr.) DM 56 ROCANIS (turn 597): MEDAL OF HONOR A11 (The Anarchist, mgr.) DM 60 ARADI (turn 582): DREAMTIME (Hombre, mgr.) DM 61 JURINE (turn 564): SHEWISH BUFFET (One Armed Bandit, mgr.) DM 65 DAL SHANG (turn 559): MEDAL OF HONOR C11 (The Anarchist, mgr.) DM 73 ERINIKA (turn 269): GASHOUSE GANG (Crip, mgr.) DM 74 DAYLA KIV (turn 520): TOLBINS LADIES (Tolbin, mgr.) DM 75 JADE MOUNTAIN (turn 514): FALSE OVERTURES (Guido, mgr.) DM 78 LIN TIRIAN (turn 506): SAND DANCERS (Jorja, mgr.) ADM 103 FREE BLADES (turn 623): DIRT DEVILS et al (The Dark One, mgr.) Recent Graduates ----------------- DM 15 MALCORN (turn 729): QUASIL of TERMINUS (Carick, mgr.) DM 16 WILLAF (turn 732): WELL DON of GARBAGE PAIL KIDS (Kharadmon, mgr.) DM 17 ALJAFIR (turn 724): GABOGOOL of STORMY'S TROOPERS I (Storm Lord, mgr.) DM 31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 362): GENERAL PURPOSE of MILITARY MAYHEM (Crip, mgr.) DM 33 NIATOLI ISLAND (turn 715): KURELLEU ZIEN of THE SEWING CIRCLE (Jorja, mgr) DM 45 STORMCROWE (turn 340): THE JANITOR of AVID FANS (Crip, mgr.) A TALENT SCOUT of AVID FANS (Crip, mgr.) (turn 339): AURORA MARIE of NORTHERN LIGHTS (Jorja, mgr.) DM 47 NORTH FORK (turn 334): PAUL of CHEERS (Otis, mgr.) (turn 333): CARLA of CHEERS (Otis, mgr.) DM 61 JURINE (turn 564): ZENSU LASAGNA of SHEWISH BUFFET (One Armed Bandit, mgr.) (turn 563): STORMCROWE PIE of SHEWISH BUFFET (One Armed Bandit, mgr.) DM 65 DAL SHANG (turn 558): LORAND TEN SORN of SAND DANCERS (Jorja, mgr.) DM 74 DAYLA KIV (turn 520): GORAN DJIAN of SAND DANCERS (Jorja, mgr.) SPY REPORT You elder fighters surely remember me. The younger ones may call me Olaf Modeen. I return to RIZTAB once again! Bein' on top is great while it lasts, DREAMERS. But how many friends do you have now? Hmmmph! I always thought DREAMERS was an over-rated team and they proved it with a 0-5-0! Up 'n down. Up 'n down. Rankings always change. Up 'n down. I think I'm gonna be... Well, TORTURED's 4th moved them up to 2-0-0 place. It seems so recently people were saying WHO DA MAN? was washed up, finished. But 3-1-0 moved them up 3. I guess they're washed no more... What's with VAMPYR? He actually beat BLUE NOTE's TATUM, and walked away with 19 more points from the fight. Major screwup at BLUE NOTE. TATUM lost 18 points to VAMPYR. Some new strategies, perhaps? Maybe TATUM will provide more easy wins... Try as she might, ARIGNOTE wasn't good enough at persuading GHOST to step down from the Duelmaster's throne... I suppose you want to hear some rumors and dirty gossip about your fellow fighters? Tough! Speaking of cowardly avoiders and unfair challenges... How well I know the feeling of being in the most avoided team! Don't fall out of practive, SWEET MAGIC! The bums at TORTURED couldn't face the challenges from SWEET MAGIC! No excuse for that! What do people see in SHEARER? His 8-3-0? ENGLISH FOOTBALL ain't talkin', but he's got 64 points. Maybe THE UNDEAD's SPECTER is one of those guys who likes pain, or something. That's what he'll get next week, after challenging up 26 to COLTRANE. SPECTER beat COLTRANE (SPECTER getting 21 points, too!)--Ooh baby! Now dat I likes! 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! Well, I'm pretty much through. You guys need to get back practicing. 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 GHOST 6606 16 8 1 135 THE UNDEAD (136) CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -KORYNN FROG 6954 11 1 0 125 KAOS FROGS (656) KANE TOAD 6853 14 6 0 108 KAOS FROGS (656) VAMPYR 6608 13 11 1 107 THE UNDEAD (136) SKELETON 1040 18 14 1 96 THE UNDEAD (136) HELIODORUS 6971 17 13 1 92 DREAMERS (142) GAZZA 3538 6 0 0 91 ENGLISH FOOTBALL (400) CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME NELLI POLITANA 6952 18 31 0 85 SWEET MAGIC (267) TATUM 6978 18 16 0 85 BLUE NOTE (474) ARIGNOTE 7035 9 6 0 85 DREAMERS (142) MARTYR 7003 9 1 0 84 TORTURED (669) AMMONIUS 6972 13 19 0 78 DREAMERS (142) CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME SUGAR BABY 6983 12 20 0 77 SWEET MAGIC (267) YODA MAN 6328 8 41 0 69 WHO DA MAN? (623) CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME GRUBSTAKER 7012 10 11 1 66 SWEET MAGIC (267) SHEARER 5791 8 3 0 64 ENGLISH FOOTBALL (400) CHARLENE 6992 14 14 1 57 SWEET MAGIC (267) ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -SUN RA 7053 5 4 0 56 BLUE NOTE (474) SPECTER 7071 4 3 0 50 THE UNDEAD (136) BONE YARD 6609 12 12 0 48 THE UNDEAD (136) HYPATIA 7082 4 1 2 42 DREAMERS (142) -JOY OF LOSING 6600 10 7 0 37 WHO DA MAN? (623) COLTRANE 7034 8 6 0 37 BLUE NOTE (474) INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -HANGMAN 7011 4 3 0 21 TORTURED (669) COREA 7086 3 2 0 21 BLUE NOTE (474) WATERBOARD 7020 2 0 0 20 TORTURED (669) PHILLIA FOX 7089 1 2 0 13 SWEET MAGIC (267) FILTH PIG 7091 1 0 0 10 WHO DA MAN? (623) SUCKER PUNCH 7097 1 0 0 10 WHO DA MAN? (623) -SLAP FROGGER 7009 2 2 1 9 KAOS FROGS (656) -FROG JOB 6979 0 1 0 7 KAOS FROGS (656) GOLDEN RATIO 7092 0 1 0 7 WHO DA MAN? (623) -TRAVAILLER 5980 1 1 0 4 DRAKE'S GAMES (593) SOSIPATRA 7096 0 1 0 3 DREAMERS (142) BULLSHIDO 6000 0 1 0 1 DRAKE'S GAMES (593) '-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn. THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge? ITSY BITSY 6995 1 2 0 LILLIPUTAIN 668 HYPATIA 7082 734 PERSONAL ADS Ghost -- Guys may not like to admit it, but THEY wear pantyhose under their armor, too! Otherwise it chafes too much. Of course, a lot of them don't have much to protect. Ha. -- Charlene Vampyr -- How can I deal with someone who just wants to drink BLOOD? Ick. My specialty is ice cream, and I will NOT make blood-flavored ice cream. The very concept is revolting. -- Nelli Politana Yoda Man -- You're too tall, as well as too ugly. I don't have to put up with that. -- Sugar Baby Joy of Losing -- And I live to bring you that joy, and no other. -- Grubstaker Bone Yard -- There WAS a brief run on hard candies shaped like bones, but you can't seriously expect me to carry them on the inventory ALL YEAR? They're a seasonal specialty. -- Charlene Corea -- You call that... blue? It looked distinctly greenish to me. -- Phillia Fox LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS MARTYR unbelievably bested SUGAR BABY in a crowd pleasing 4 minute Challenge fight. VAMPYR demolished TATUM in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge melee. GAZZA overpowered NELLI POLITANA in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge duel. SHEARER bested CHARLENE in a 3 minute Challenge fight. SPECTER defeated COLTRANE in a 2 minute Challenge match. GHOST devastated ARIGNOTE in a 1 minute uneven Title brawl. SKELETON defeated AMMONIUS in a crowd pleasing 5 minute veteran's struggle. HELIODORUS was overcome by KANE TOAD in a 2 minute expert's fight. YODA MAN won victory over BONE YARD in a action packed 5 minute gory expert's duel. HYPATIA was vanquished by GRUBSTAKER in a popular 1 minute one-sided duel. PHILLIA FOX was luckily beaten by COREA in a popular 3 minute novice's melee. WATERBOARD demolished GOLDEN RATIO in a 1 minute mismatched match. SOSIPATRA was handily defeated by FILTH PIG in a 1 minute one-sided contest. BULLSHIDO was demolished by SUCKER PUNCH 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| |AIMED BLOW 6 PARRY-LUNGE 11 - 4 - 0 73 | |BASHING ATTACK 5 LUNGING ATTACK 10 - 5 - 0 67 | |STRIKING ATTACK 5 STRIKING ATTACK 35 - 21 - 3 63 | |PARRY-LUNGE 3 PARRY-STRIKE 10 - 9 - 0 53 | |LUNGING ATTACK 2 TOTAL PARRY 7 - 7 - 0 50 | |TOTAL PARRY 2 AIMED BLOW 22 - 29 - 0 43 | |SLASHING ATTACK 2 BASHING ATTACK 16 - 23 - 1 41 | |PARRY-STRIKE 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE 9 - 13 - 0 41 | |PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 WALL OF STEEL 8 - 13 - 0 38 | |WALL OF STEEL 1 SLASHING ATTACK 4 - 8 - 0 33 | Turn 737 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: PARRY-STRIKE 1 - 0 STRIKING ATTACK 2 - 3 3 STRIKING ATTACK LUNGING ATTACK 2 - 0 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 1 3 AIMED BLOW PARRY-LUNGE 2 - 1 SLASHING ATTACK 0 - 2 1 SLASHING ATTACK BASHING ATTACK 3 - 2 WALL OF STEEL 0 - 1 1 LUNGING ATTACK AIMED BLOW 3 - 3 1 PARRY-STRIKE TOTAL PARRY 1 - 1 1 BASHING ATTACK 1 TOTAL PARRY TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME STRIKING ATTACK GHOST 6606 16 8 1 135 THE UNDEAD (136) AIMED BLOW KANE TOAD 6853 14 6 0 108 KAOS FROGS (656) LUNGING ATTACK VAMPYR 6608 13 11 1 107 THE UNDEAD (136) PARRY-STRIKE SKELETON 1040 18 14 1 96 THE UNDEAD (136) BASHING ATTACK HELIODORUS 6971 17 13 1 92 DREAMERS (142) TOTAL PARRY MARTYR 7003 9 1 0 84 TORTURED (669) PARRY-LUNGE SHEARER 5791 8 3 0 64 ENGLISH FOOTBALL (400) Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above. The overall popularity leader is VAMPYR 6608. The most popular warrior this turn was SUGAR BABY 6983. The ten other most popular fighters were SKELETON 1040, YODA MAN 6328, PHILLIA FOX 7089, CHARLENE 6992, KANE TOAD 6853, SHEARER 5791, SPECTER 7071, AMMONIUS 6972, HELIODORUS 6971, and GRUBSTAKER 7012. The least popular fighter this week was BULLSHIDO 6000. The other ten least popular fighters were GOLDEN RATIO 7092, BONE YARD 6609, COLTRANE 7034, NELLI POLITANA 6952, TATUM 6978, MARTYR 7003, SOSIPATRA 7096, COREA 7086, HYPATIA 7082, and ARIGNOTE 7035.