DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 09/27/2010    Duedate: 10/02/2010

DULLENS ARENA

DM-13    TURN-542

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

JOEL OLIVER
HOUSE OF CARDS (561)
(13-5244) [12-2-0,125]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

JOEL OLIVER                    POSITION IS EMPTY
HOUSE OF CARDS (561)           
(13-5244) [12-2-0,125]         

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

STORMBIRD                      SCOURGE
CARDOW HUNTERS (445)           THE CONFESSIORS (562)
(13-5313) [14-19-1,69]         (13-5277) [20-20-3,93]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

HOUSE OF CARDS (561)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. HOUSE OF CARDS (561)        29
2. CARDOW HUNTERS (445)        21      HOUSE OF CARDS (561)
3. THE CONFESSIORS (562)       12      Unchartered Team
4. HARRY POTTER AND THE (566)   7
5. IWC (567)                    1      TORMENTORS II (383)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 1 HOUSE OF CARDS (561)     129  97  3 57.1   1/ 1 HOUSE OF CARDS (561)     13  2 1
 2/ 2 CARDOW HUNTERS (445)     340 373  6 47.7   2/ 3 CARDOW HUNTERS (445)      7  8 0
 3/ 5 THE CONFESSIORS (562)     48  62  4 43.6   3/ 2 HARRY POTTER AND T (566)  5 10 1
 4/ 4 HARRY POTTER AND T (566)  79 103 13 43.4   4/ 4 THE CONFESSIORS (562)     4  2 0
 5/ 3 IWC (567)                 41  54  2 43.2   5/ 5 IWC (567)                 1  2 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[ At the Gate of Hell ]H[ + ---:--- + ]H[ +

     All five of the gladiators had managed at least some degree of light, but they
were finding it harder than they'd expected, and they hadn't expected it to be easy.
Math op Owain repeated his mantra yet again, trying to get past his embarrassment at
a lack-luster performance.  Each of the others *else* was glowing like a lantern, and
he was barely a candle, and a dim one at that.
     "Is it my imagination," Necroma asked, "or am I doing especially poorly here?
Maybe because I studied necromancy--"
     "You're doing great!" Blackwind said.  "It's me that is being a dim--"
     "Ah!"  Young Joan nodded.  "I see it now, each of us can only see outside our
own light--"
     "Like trying to see the backs of our own heads," Redfox broke in.  "We can see
the light from the others, but not our own.  Well, good, I thought I wasn't managing
to do this at all.  Thought I was going to let the rest of you down."
     Math looked toward the advancing shadows, now advancing more slowly.  But they
seemed denser, darker.  They even seemed to have a form of sorts, as though they
were... creatures composed entirely of shadow.  As though they had substance and were
obstacles that the light was flowing around as water flows around rocks.  His hand
tightened on the hilt of his sword, and he forced himself to relax and loosen the
grip; there isn't much you can do if you're gripping so hard your muscles are locked.
     A Shadow on the edge of the pack, it was hard to think of them as anything but
creatures now, rushed forward suddenly, elongating.  Its shape changed from upright
and vaguely man-like to leaping-wolf to a thick spear--aimed at Blackwind, who was on
the left end of the line the gladiators had formed.  The Malcornishman threw himself
down and to the side--to the left, leaving a gap between himself and his companions.
There'd been no other obvious way for him to go, Redfox was too close on his right,
just over arm's length away.  But two more Shadows followed the first, toward that
gap, and the one Blackwind had evaded doubled back on itself, returning to a wolf-
like shape that was mostly gaping jaws and fangs like dark daggers.

Near Vithicar:

     The spell didn't work.  Master Darque resisted the impulse to lash out at the
nearest person, his bodyguard Tyre.  To punish the non-responsible for the failure of
a spell was the mark of a minor magician; he would not stoop to that.  But it should
have worked.  It was such a *basic* scrying spell.  He had been using it for
centuries, he could cast the damned thing in his sleep.  This failure would have
driven a normal man to cursing, but he was always careful about that.  As a half-
demon, his curses had power, and a competent magician did not waste power.  Not
unless he was *really* angry.
     He knew what the problem was, of course.  That idiot down in Kurukar, messing
around with "dark powers."  As if any human could hope to control them!  Without a
heritage like his own, the powers would eat any fool who tried, and the sooner the
better.  Necromancy!  Master Darque's lip curled in a sneer.  It had its uses, he had
done a little in that line himself, but it was ultimately a minor magical art.
Inherently messy, as anything involving human nature would always be.
     He sighed, laid down the wand he had been using, and turned to look at Tyre.
The dwarf was expressionless, pointedly not paying attention to the spell-workings.
"We're going to have to do something about Kurukar," Master Darque said.
     Tyre brightened at the prospect of action.  "Good!  When?"
     "Now."

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                        ---===FREE BLADES REGIONAL NEWS===---

                                     Duelmasters
                                     -----------
 DM   9 ZUKAL (turn 653): HOMESTAR of HOMESTAR & CO (Otto X Frothingslosh, mgr.)
 DM  12 RIZTAB (turn 655): HULL SCRUBBER of SEA DOGS (One Armed Bandit, mgr.)
 DM  13 DULLENS (turn 541): JOEL OLIVER of HOUSE OF CARDS (Zalgor Prigg, mgr.)
 DM  15 MALCORN (turn 649): QUASIL of TERMINUS (Carick, mgr.)
 DM  16 WILLAF (turn 651): GOLDEN DELICIOUS of GOLDEN GLADIATORS (Midas, mgr.)
 DM  17 ALJAFIR (turn 643): POSITION IS EMPTY
 DM  19 ZUWAYZA (turn 644): ERIC CARTMAN of CUNNING RUNTS (Deep Thought, mgr.)
 DM  28 MORYA (turn 324): TEZCATLIPOCA of THE PENTARCHY (Le Pentarque, mgr.)
 DM  29 LAPUR (turn 641): GAEGLIN of MID EARTH (Visionist, mgr.)
 DM  31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 322): LODEN NORVIS of MIDDLE WAY 7 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  32 ARVAT (turn 637): LIL ETHE of DEVIL ADVOCATES (The Dark One, mgr.)
 DM  33 NIATOLI ISLAND (turn 634): SHARK BAIT of SEA DOGS (One Armed Bandit, mgr.)
 DM  35 MURSKA (turn 626): ICICLE of URBAN JUNGLE (Jugger, mgr.)
 DM  43 VEASTIAN (turn 587): VAISTINIE of THE FAMILY (Jorja, mgr)
 DM  45 STORMCROWE (turn 299): LADY WINTER of NORTHERN LIGHTS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  47 TEMPLE OF ABARSIS (turn 293): MY SHADOW of KAOS (Grimm, mgr.)
 DM  50 SNOWBOUND (turn 280): CASS DOLAN of MIDDLE WAY 6 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  56 ROCANIS (turn 516): BACK of GET (JE, mgr.)
 DM  60 ARADI (turn 502): READY EDDIE of RED DOG GANG (Spot, mgr.)
 DM  61 JURINE (turn 483): COUNTER OFFER of VIKING LINGO (The Dark One, mgr.)
 DM  65 DAL SHANG (turn 478): ABRA CADAVER of REIGNING DOOM (Zalgor Prigg, mgr.)
 DM  73 ERINIKA (turn 229): DEATH SUCKS of BLACKMAIL (The Mun, mgr.)
 DM  74 DAYLA KIV (turn 440): ONE of NUMB-ERS (Sherlock, mgr.)
 DM  75 JADE MOUNTAIN (turn 433): WATERLOO of KIWI CONNECTION (The Mun, mgr.)
 DM  78 LIN TIRIAN (turn 426): MATT of J (Sherlock, mgr.)
ADM 103 FREE BLADES (turn 542): ALE'CHAI TALLSKY of PHILANTRHOPISTS (Aragorn, mgr.)

                                      Top Teams
                                      ---------
 DM   9 ZUKAL (turn 653): BLUE MOON (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  12 RIZTAB (turn 655): SWEET MAGIC (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  13 DULLENS (turn 541): HOUSE OF CARDS (Zalgor Prigg, mgr.)
 DM  15 MALCORN (turn 649): DARK CREATION (H.P.L. West, mgr.)
 DM  16 WILLAF (turn 651): GOLDEN GLADIATORS (Midas, mgr.)
 DM  17 ALJAFIR (turn 643): MIDDLE WAY (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  19 ZUWAYZA (turn 644): MONOPOLY (Sherlock, mgr.)
 DM  28 MORYA (turn 324): FORCE OF FIVE (?, mgr.)
 DM  29 LAPUR (turn 641): MID EARTH (Visionist, mgr.)
 DM  31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 322): MIDDLE WAY 7 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  32 ARVAT (turn 637): DEVIL ADVOCATES (The Dark One, mgr.)
 DM  33 NIATOLI ISLAND (turn 634): SEA DOGS (One Armed Bandit, mgr.)
 DM  35 MURSKA (turn 626): URBAN JUNGLE (Jugger, mgr.)
 DM  43 VEASTIAN (turn 587): THE FAMILY (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  45 STORMCROWE (turn 299): STREET WALKERS (Roadkill, mgr.)
 DM  47 TEMPLE OF ABARSIS (turn 293): LAND OF OZ (Oz the ALL-Succeeding, mgr.)
 DM  50 SNOWBOUND (turn 280): LIFE IMPACTS (Smitty, mgr.)
 DM  56 ROCANIS (turn 516): MIDDLE WAY 20 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  60 ARADI (turn 502): BUGS, SLUGS & THUGS (A-Sop, mgr.)
 DM  61 JURINE (turn 483): DOCTORS (Sherlock, mgr.)
 DM  65 DAL SHANG (turn 478): SAND DANCERS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  73 ERINIKA (turn 229): SUPER STARS (?, mgr.)
 DM  74 DAYLA KIV (turn 440): NUMB-ERS (Sherlock, mgr.)
 DM  75 JADE MOUNTAIN (turn 433): KIWI CONNECTION (The Mun, mgr.)
 DM  78 LIN TIRIAN (turn 434): SAND DANCERS (Jorja, mgr.)
ADM 103 FREE BLADES (turn 542): MIDDLE ITALY et al (The Dark One, mgr.)

                                   Recent Graduates
                                  -----------------
 DM  15 MALCORN (turn 648): CYBERMANCER of DARK CREATION (H.P.L. West, mgr.)
 DM  19 ZUWAYZA (turn 644): ERIC CARTMAN of CUNNING RUNTS (Deep Thought, mgr.)
 DM  28 MORYA (turn 324): ANFERROUS of STEEL AND SILK (Michael Eldritch, mgr.)
              (turn 323): BLACK ROSE HAMMER of FLOWERED HAMMERZ (Hammer, mgr.)
 DM  29 LAPUR (turn 641): GAEGLIN of MID EARTH (Visionist, mgr.)
                          DEATHWIND FORGE of CLAN CROW (Owsly, mgr.)
              (turn 640): RINDEL of MID EARTH (Visionist, mgr.)
 DM  31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 322): LODEN NORVIS of MIDDLE WAY 7 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  33 NIATOLI ISLAND (turn 632): CRAB SMASHER of SEA DOGS (One Armed Bandit, mgr.)
 DM  35 MURSKA (turn 626 BRENDAL of CHILDREN OF LLYR (Jorja, mgr.)
               (turn 625): PELICAN EEL of SEA DOGS (One Armed Bandit, mgr.)
 DM  45 STORMCROWE (turn 299): LADY WINTER of NORTHERN LIGHTS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  47 TEMPLE OF ABARSIS (turn 292): SPAWNING OF SPEWN of MANAGERIAL MAYHEM (Fizban)
                                      TEN LORDS ALEAPING of ROYAL FLUSH (Crip, mgr.)
                                      RONDOL QUIGLO of THE MIDDLE WAY 3 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  65 DAL SHANG (turn 478): ABRA CADAVER of REIGNING DOOM (Zalgor Prigg, mgr.)
                  (turn 477): ICECLAW of CASTAWAYS (She-Puppy, mgr.)
 DM  73 ERINIKA (turn 228): SQUEEZE of BLACKMAIL (The Mun, mgr.)
 DM  74 DAYLA KIV (turn 439): SPARTAN 1 of GATES OF FIRE (Chief Illiniwek, mgr.)
 DM  78 LIN TIRIAN (turn 425): SHILLIS VAIR of SAND DANCERS (Jorja, mgr.)

                                      SPY REPORT

     If you were disturbed from your beauty rest only to have to watch a bunch of 
DULLENS brutes like you, you'd be grouchy, too.  Of course, we're all terribly 
impressed to see STONEDOG win a fight and gain 15 points, terribly.  Tsk, tsk, 
THUMBSCREWS beat ZOMBIE PARENT and ZOMBIE PARENT lost 8 points.  You're breakin' my 
heart.  And if variety is the spice of life, DULLENS may be getting bland, as JOEL 
OLIVER stays top dog in the city.  Kickbacks and bribes, kickbacks and bribes, how 
else do you think some of these guys win their fights?  Skill?  Ha!   
     He who fights and runs away will live to fight another day, the coward.   
     Ah, now we come to my favorite part, where we see all the guys who are dead and 
gone, and get to see if their team cared.  Honor is like a chainmail shirt, it only 
shines through use.  Certain nameless cowards will doubtless rebuke me on this one.   
     What does the DULLENS arena have in common with the inns?  It's just as 
comfortable to sleep in either place.  Ha ha ha ha!  Well, I've had enough of this 
drivel, and I'm sure you have too.  Off like a dirty shirt of padded leather.  Paste 
this one in your scrapbooks, you'll need the kindling come this winter-- Snide 
Clemens  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 JOEL OLIVER 5244             12   2  0   125       HOUSE OF CARDS (561)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 CASSIE ELIZABETH 5309        24   7  0    99       HOUSE OF CARDS (561)
 LITTLE FOX 5328              20   5  0    98       CARDOW HUNTERS (445)
 SCOURGE 5277                 20  20  3    93       THE CONFESSIORS (562)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 THUMBSCREWS 5276             14  26  0    86       THE CONFESSIORS (562)
 ZOMBIE PARENT 5345            9   8  4    75       HARRY POTTER AND THE (566)
 RELIGIOUS CULT 5348           8   6  0    70       HARRY POTTER AND THE (566)
 STORMBIRD 5313               14  19  1    69       CARDOW HUNTERS (445)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 STYX 5334                    12  21  0    61       IWC (567)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 ROBERT ROY 5354               6   3  0    53       HOUSE OF CARDS (561)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 GEMMA 5356                    5   2  1    30       HOUSE OF CARDS (561)
 MAGICAL SHORTCUT 5346         7   7  0    28       HARRY POTTER AND THE (566)
 POLYJUICE TWINS 5347          6   8  0    26       HARRY POTTER AND THE (566)
 STONEDOG 5363                 3   3  0    24       CARDOW HUNTERS (445)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 FATHER OF FOUR 5366           2   0  0    23       HOUSE OF CARDS (561)
 BLACKHORN 5365                2   2  0    22       CARDOW HUNTERS (445)
 BITING FLY 5357               2   5  0    15       CARDOW HUNTERS (445)
 NEW AMUSEMENT PARK 5364       2   3  0     9       HARRY POTTER AND THE (566)

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
SHEEP HERDER            0  0 0                      GEMMA 5356            542  NONE
BLACKBUCK 5232         17 20 0 CARDOW HUNTERS 445   SCOURGE 5277          538  NOT REVENGED
ROSELLE 5355            5  2 0 HOUSE OF CARDS 561   ZOMBIE PARENT 5345    540  REVENGED

                                     PERSONAL ADS

Gods, the names the standbys here have!  I'd quit. -- Little Fox

Thumbscrews -- Curses. -- Stormbird

Polyjuice Twins -- At least your mother probably didn't name either of you "Koo Koo
Kung Foo." -- Biting Fly

New Amusement Park -- NOW I'm having fun. -- Blackhorn

Father of Four -- Hmm, expensive, and I can see how it would make you tough. --
Stonedog

27 September 10
Note -- We are still looking for additional teams in Arvat, DM 32.  I still have a
number of good team rollups available FREE for whoever wants one.
     Contact the Devil Advocates ASAP to join the fun!  You can either reach me by
diplo or on the RSI site.
     Also, whoever sent me the diplo with no name on it requesting a rollup /
information on how to get into Arvat, I'm embarassed to admit that the diplo slipped
out of my folder and was lost.  Please just send me another one with your mailing
address and I'll get a rollup to you ASAP.  Sorry about that!

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

JOEL OLIVER bested LITTLE FOX in a action packed 1 minute master's Title fight.
CASSIE ELIZABETH subdued TOODLES ENSLAVED! in a 6 minute melee.
SCOURGE narrowly defeated STORMBIRD in a crowd pleasing 2 minute expert's fight.
ZOMBIE PARENT was luckily beaten by THUMBSCREWS in a 2 minute brutal fight.
RELIGIOUS CULT devastated STYX in a 2 minute uneven brawl.
ROBERT ROY savagely defeated TOODLES ENRAGED! in a exciting 1 minute bloody struggle.
POLYJUICE TWINS was viciously subdued by STONEDOG in a action packed 1 minute fight.
MAGICAL SHORTCUT unbelievably bested BITING FLY in a 2 minute gruesome duel.
GEMMA slew SHEEP HERDER in a 1 minute duel.
FATHER OF FOUR won victory over SCUMORAMA in a 2 minute novice's fight.
NEW AMUSEMENT PARK was overpowered by BLACKHORN in a 1 minute one-sided melee.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|AIMED BLOW                       4         PARRY-RIPOSTE     12 -   2 -  0      86  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      4         WALL OF STEEL     15 -   7 -  1      68  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    3         SLASHING ATTACK    7 -   5 -  2      58  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   3         TOTAL PARRY       19 -  14 -  0      58  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   2         AIMED BLOW        24 -  28 -  2      46  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    1         STRIKING ATTACK    6 -   7 -  1      46  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  1         LUNGING ATTACK    12 -  16 -  0      43  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      0         BASHING ATTACK     6 -  11 -  0      35  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     0         PARRY-STRIKE       0 -   0 -  0       0  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  0         PARRY-LUNGE        0 -   0 -  0       0  |

Turn 542 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-RIPOSTE      1 -  0     LUNGING ATTACK     1 -  2         3  TOTAL PARRY    
AIMED BLOW         3 -  1     PARRY-LUNGE        0 -  0         2  WALL OF STEEL  
TOTAL PARRY        3 -  1     PARRY-STRIKE       0 -  0         2  AIMED BLOW     
WALL OF STEEL      2 -  1     SLASHING ATTACK    0 -  0         2  LUNGING ATTACK 
BASHING ATTACK     1 -  1     STRIKING ATTACK    0 -  1         1  PARRY-RIPOSTE  
                                                                1  STRIKING ATTACK

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
PARRY-RIPOSTE    JOEL OLIVER 5244           12   2  0  125 HOUSE OF CARDS (561)
TOTAL PARRY      CASSIE ELIZABETH 5309      24   7  0   99 HOUSE OF CARDS (561)
WALL OF STEEL    LITTLE FOX 5328            20   5  0   98 CARDOW HUNTERS (445)
STRIKING ATTACK  ZOMBIE PARENT 5345          9   8  4   75 HARRY POTTER AND THE (566)
AIMED BLOW       RELIGIOUS CULT 5348         8   6  0   70 HARRY POTTER AND THE (566)
LUNGING ATTACK   ROBERT ROY 5354             6   3  0   53 HOUSE OF CARDS (561)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is STORMBIRD 5313.  The most popular warrior this turn 
was SCOURGE 5277.  The ten other most popular fighters were STONEDOG 5363, CASSIE 
ELIZABETH 5309, STORMBIRD 5313, RELIGIOUS CULT 5348, ROBERT ROY 5354, JOEL OLIVER 
5244, ZOMBIE PARENT 5345, BITING FLY 5357, THUMBSCREWS 5276, and MAGICAL SHORTCUT 
5346.

The least popular fighter this week was NEW AMUSEMENT PARK 5364.  The other ten least 
popular fighters were STYX 5334, FATHER OF FOUR 5366, POLYJUICE TWINS 5347, LITTLE 
FOX 5328, BLACKHORN 5365, GEMMA 5356, MAGICAL SHORTCUT 5346, THUMBSCREWS 5276, BITING 
FLY 5357, and ZOMBIE PARENT 5345.