DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER Date : 05/09/2011 Duedate: 05/14/2011 DULLENS ARENA DM-13 TURN-574 This Weeks Top Honors THE DUELMASTER IS BLACKHORN CARDOW HUNTERS (445) (13-5365) [22-14-0,102] Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader BLACKHORN SLASHER CARDOW HUNTERS (445) MANIACS (572) (13-5365) [22-14-0,102] (13-5392) [6-0-1,52] Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite BLACKHORN POLYJUICE TWINS CARDOW HUNTERS (445) HARRY POTTER AND THE (566) (13-5365) [22-14-0,102] (13-5347) [15-31-0,79] THE CURRENT TOP TEAM CARDOW HUNTERS (445) TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team 1. CARDOW HUNTERS (445) 25 2. MANIACS (572) 15 CARDOW HUNTERS (445) 3. HARRY POTTER AND THE (566) 8 Unchartered Team 4. DA BULLS (575) 8 5. LUROCIANS ABC (534) 0 DA BULLS (575) The Top Teams Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K 1/ 1*DA BULLS (575) 2 0 0 100 1/ 1 CARDOW HUNTERS (445) 11 4 0 2/ 2*MANIACS (572) 17 9 4 65.4 2/ 2*MANIACS (572) 7 5 1 3/ 3 CARDOW HUNTERS (445) 434 438 8 49.8 3/ 3 HARRY POTTER AND T (566) 7 8 0 4/ 4 HARRY POTTER AND T (566) 146 184 13 44.2 4/ 4*DA BULLS (575) 2 0 0 5- 5*LUROCIANS ABC (534) 4 11 1 26.7 5- 5*LUROCIANS ABC (534) 1 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 * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * ---===FREE BLADES REGIONAL NEWS===--- Duelmasters ----------- DM 9 ZUKAL (turn 669): SHORT SKIRT of HOT STUFF (Papa Bear, mgr.) DM 12 RIZTAB (turn 671): JAYLENE MOKHAR of SWEET MAGIC (Jorja, mgr.) DM 13 DULLENS (turn 573): BLACKHORN of CARDOW HUNTERS (Jorja, mgr.) DM 15 MALCORN (turn 665): POT OF GOLD of RAINBOW CONNECTION (Sherlock, mgr.) DM 16 WILLAF (turn 667): GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE of GOLDEN GLADIATORS (Midas, mgr.) DM 17 ALJAFIR (turn 659): ROBERT FROST of DEAD POETS (The Walkin' Dude, mgr.) DM 19 ZUWAYZA (turn 660): POSITION IS EMPTY DM 28 MORYA (turn 332): RENTAL CAR of EXPENSE ACCOUNT (Finance Manager, mgr.) DM 29 LAPUR (turn 657): MISS CONDUCT of STREET WALKERS (Roadkill, mgr.) DM 31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 330): OMBERT QURL of MIDDLE WAY 7 (Jorja, mgr.) DM 32 ARVAT (turn 653): LARA of LUROCIAN GUARD (The Greek Guy, mgr.) DM 33 NIATOLI ISLAND (turn 650): MOTHER TERESA of HEROES (?, mgr.) DM 35 MURSKA (turn 642): HAMMERHEAD of SEA DOGS (One Armed Bandit, mgr.) DM 43 VEASTIAN (turn 601): VILE HENCHMAN of IS THAT A CLUE? (Sherlock, mgr.) DM 45 STORMCROWE (turn 307): CALLOUS CORTNEY of STREET WALKERS (Roadkill, mgr.) DM 47 TEMPLE OF ABARSIS (turn 301): SHELDON of ALL-STAR NANA'S (The Mun, mgr.) DM 50 SNOWBOUND (turn 288): DURANGO KID of LIFE IMPACTS (Smitty, mgr.) DM 56 ROCANIS (turn 532): HAL'IGGE JOYROC of INCONSISTENT FURY (Banthius, mgr.) DM 60 ARADI (turn 517): HORNET of BUGS, SLUGS & THUGS (A-Sop, mgr.) DM 61 JURINE (turn 499): DAVID TENNANT of DOCTORS (Sherlock, mgr.) DM 65 DAL SHANG (turn 494): KOLACTAN KABOB of SHEWISH BUFFET (One Armed Bandit) DM 73 ERINIKA (turn 237): MRS POTATOE HEAD of DREW'S BOYS II (The Mun, mgr.) DM 74 DAYLA KIV (turn 455): -.... of NUMB-ERS (Sherlock, mgr.) DM 75 JADE MOUNTAIN (turn 449): LENSI TU of SAND DANCERS (Jorja, mgr.) DM 78 LIN TIRIAN (turn 442): HARNIE BLACK of SAND DANCERS (Jorja, mgr.) ADM 103 FREE BLADES (turn 558): GAZELLE of REDHORSE (She-Puppy, mgr.) Top Teams --------- DM 9 ZUKAL (turn 669): BLUE MOON (Jorja, mgr.) DM 12 RIZTAB (turn 671): SWEET MAGIC (Jorja, mgr.) DM 13 DULLENS (turn 573): CARDOW HUNTERS (Jorja, mgr.) DM 15 MALCORN (turn 665): GREENWARDENS (Jorja, mgr.) DM 16 WILLAF (turn 667): GOLDEN GLADIATORS (Midas, mgr.) DM 17 ALJAFIR (turn 659): MIDDLE WAY (Jorja, mgr.) DM 19 ZUWAYZA (turn 660): MAN OR BEAST? (The Dark One, mgr.) DM 28 MORYA (turn 332): SONS OF MARS (Mars, mgr.) DM 29 LAPUR (turn 657): CLUBS 'N CLONES (Demonspawn, mgr.) DM 31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 330): AVENGERS (Huckle Cat?, mgr.) DM 32 ARVAT (turn 653): DEVIL ADVOCATES (The Dark One, mgr.) DM 33 NIATOLI ISLAND (turn 650): RAVAGING LORDS (General Ikillu, mgr.) DM 35 MURSKA (turn 642): URBAN JUNGLE (Jugger, mgr.) DM 43 VEASTIAN (turn 601): IS THAT A CLUE? (Sherlock, mgr.) DM 45 STORMCROWE (turn 307): STREET WALKERS (Roadkil, mgr.) DM 47 TEMPLE OF ABARSIS (turn 301): SECOND BANANAS (Mannequin, mgr.) DM 50 SNOWBOUND (turn 288): LIFE IMPACTS (Smitty, mgr.) DM 56 ROCANIS (turn 532): INCONSISTENT FURY (Banthius, mgr.) DM 60 ARADI (turn 517): RED DOG GANG (Spot, mgr.) DM 61 JURINE (turn 499): DOCTORS (Sherlock, mgr>) DM 65 DAL SHANG (turn 494): SAND DANCERS (Jorja, mgr.) DM 73 ERINIKA (turn 237): H8 2 TXT (Sherlock, mgr.) DM 74 DAYLA KIV (turn 455): SAND DANCERS (Jorja, mgr.) DM 75 JADE MOUNTAIN (turn 449): ZOMBIE SQUAD (Khisanth, mgr.) DM 78 LIN TIRIAN (turn 442): SAND DANCERS (Jorja, mgr.) ADM 103 FREE BLADES (turn 558): TOURNEY TEAM (LHI, mgr.) Recent Graduates ----------------- DM 13 DULLENS (turn 572): BITING FLY of CARDOW HUNTERS (Jorja, mgr.) DM 15 MALCORN (turn 665): POT OF GOLD of RAINBOW CONNECTION (Sherlock, mgr.) DM 19 ZUWAYZA (turn 659): SHORTLINE of MONOPOLY (Sherlock, mgr.) DM 28 MORYA (turn 332): RENTAL CAR of EXPENSE ACCOUNT (Finance Manager, mgr.) VALERIAN of STEEL AND SILK (Michael Eldritch, mgr.) DM 29 LAPUR (turn 657): LHISSON of MID EARTH (Visionist, mgr.) (turn 656): QUARK of TREKKERS (Deep Thought, mgr.) DM 33 NIATOLI ISLAND (turn 650): WINDMILL WILLY of THE SEWING CIRCLE (Jorja, mgr.) DM 45 STORMCROWE (turn 307): CALLOUS CORTNEY of STREET WALKERS (Roadkill, mgr.) PAYNE of DARQUE FORCES (Master Darque, mgr.) DM 47 TEMPLE OF ABARSIS (turn 301): SHELDON of ALL-STAR NANA'S (The Mun, mgr.) RERUN of SECOND BANANAS (Mannequin, mgr.) JACK KNIFE of ROYAL FLUSH (Crip, mgr.) (turn 300): A TALE OF PAIN of ABYSMAL RITES (Reaper, mgr.) DM 56 ROCANIS (turn 531): GET of BACK (JE, mgr.) DM 61 JURINE (turn 498): DONNA of DOCTORS (Sherlock, mgr.) WALLIS YENT of MIDDLE WAY 16 (Jorja, mgr.) DM 65 DAL SHANG (turn 492): SSSKAH of CASTAWAYS (She-Puppy, mgr.) DM 74 DAYLA KIV (turn 455): -.... of NUMB-ERS (Sherlock, mgr.) DM 75 JADE MOUNTAIN (turn 448): QUEEN of KIWI CONNECTION (The Mun, mgr.) DUELMASTER'S COLUMN Notes from the arena champ. I consider Magical Shortcuts dubious AT BEST, and in the arena, they are not at their best. You will perhaps note that by their favor, the crowds could be seen to agree with me on this. Blackhorn SPY REPORT You elder fighters surely remember me. The younger ones may call me Olaf Modeen. I return to DULLENS once again! What's with KILLER? He actually beat CARDOW HUNTERS' ANVIL, and walked away with 16 more points from the fight. Major screwup at HARRY POTTER AND THE. METHODSOFRATIONALITY lost 14 points to MEGAMANAGER (NOT). Some new strategies, perhaps? Maybe METHODSOFRATIONALITY will provide more easy wins... MAGICAL SHORTCUT was reminded on the sands why BLACKHORN is Duelmaster. Wouldn't it be nice to have live subjects to practice on? I hear some team is looking into the uses of convicted prisoners. Speaking of cowardly avoiders and unfair challenges... There have been some calls to lengthen the time limit. Do you want the fighters to walk away, or not? Here's some advice: study your opponent, master many skills, fight dirty. Many other cities have retirement homes for aged warriors. Any plans here? DULLENS is a nice place to live, but I don't like to live in nice places. I don't want to overstay my welcome...-- Olaf Modeen DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME BLACKHORN 5365 22 14 0 102 CARDOW HUNTERS (445) CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME PIMPED OUT BROOM 5385 10 6 0 94 HARRY POTTER AND THE (566) CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME MAGICAL SHORTCUT 5346 16 30 0 81 HARRY POTTER AND THE (566) POLYJUICE TWINS 5347 15 31 0 79 HARRY POTTER AND THE (566) BALANCE OF EARTH 5386 10 6 0 74 HARRY POTTER AND THE (566) CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME METHODSOFRATIONALITY 5387 13 3 0 64 HARRY POTTER AND THE (566) ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME SLASHER 5392 6 0 1 52 MANIACS (572) KILLER 5390 5 1 1 49 MANIACS (572) ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME MASHER 5391 5 1 2 48 MANIACS (572) ANVIL 5373 7 21 1 43 CARDOW HUNTERS (445) CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME STARFLOWER 5400 3 0 0 24 CARDOW HUNTERS (445) INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME BOOZER 5407 2 0 0 22 DA BULLS (575) THUNDERSTONE 5411 2 0 0 22 CARDOW HUNTERS (445) LAUGHTER REDKNIFE 5412 1 0 0 13 CARDOW HUNTERS (445) -KOBE ST 4984 1 0 0 13 LUROCIANS ABC (534) HACKER 5389 1 5 0 8 MANIACS (572) '-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn. THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge? DOG EARS 5393 3 1 1 CARDOW HUNTERS 445 KILLER 5390 572 MAULER 5388 0 2 0 MANIACS 572 DOG EARS 5393 570 REVENGED PERSONAL ADS Methodsofrationality -- You see which tactic advances a gladiator, do you not? Rationality falls by the way, BITE THEM. -- Biting Fly Balance of Earth -- You're out to get me, aren't you? It's personal with you. Fine, I can deal with that. Just a hint to you, don't walk past any dark alleys. -- Anvil I'm glad I defeated Scumorama. Anything other would have been deeply humiliating, and I don't have TIME for deep humiliation. -- Starflower Good. I didn't like that Cranky Old Coot anyway. But why is everyone upset with me? The Cranky Old Coot is a Bad Man, and I smashed him like a melon and flew up fifteen points in the rankings, and I'm LEAST POPULAR? I don't understand this at all. -- Thunderstone LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS BLACKHORN bested MAGICAL SHORTCUT in a action packed 1 minute master's Title fight. PIMPED OUT BROOM viciously subdued LOST POTATO FARMER in a popular 1 minute match. POLYJUICE TWINS bested KOO KOO KUNG FOO in a 2 minute one-sided contest. METHODSOFRATIONALITY was overpowered by MEGAMANAGER (NOT) in a 1 minute match. BALANCE OF EARTH devastated MASHER in a 1 minute one-sided duel. ANVIL was devastated by KILLER in a crowd pleasing 1 minute gory mismatched match. SLASHER viciously subdued TOODLES ENRAGED! in a 2 minute gruesome melee. HACKER was vanquished by BOOZER in a 1 minute one-sided duel. THUNDERSTONE vanquished MORDANT SALESMAN in a 1 minute one-sided duel. STARFLOWER defeated MORDANT SALESMAN in a 1 minute beginner's match. LAUGHTER REDKNIFE overpowered BRUCE LEE'S BROTHER in a 1 minute one-sided fight. BATTLE REPORT MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS |FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT| |AIMED BLOW 6 WALL OF STEEL 12 - 1 - 0 92 | |STRIKING ATTACK 3 PARRY-RIPOSTE 6 - 1 - 0 86 | |BASHING ATTACK 2 LUNGING ATTACK 10 - 3 - 1 77 | |WALL OF STEEL 2 BASHING ATTACK 11 - 6 - 0 65 | |SLASHING ATTACK 2 STRIKING ATTACK 13 - 8 - 2 62 | |PARRY-LUNGE 0 SLASHING ATTACK 8 - 5 - 0 62 | |PARRY-STRIKE 0 AIMED BLOW 23 - 31 - 2 43 | |PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 TOTAL PARRY 0 - 1 - 0 0 | |LUNGING ATTACK 0 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 0 - 0 0 | |TOTAL PARRY 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 - 0 0 | Turn 574 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: BASHING ATTACK 2 - 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 5 AIMED BLOW WALL OF STEEL 2 - 0 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 0 2 WALL OF STEEL STRIKING ATTACK 2 - 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 0 2 STRIKING ATTACK AIMED BLOW 3 - 3 LUNGING ATTACK 0 - 0 1 BASHING ATTACK SLASHING ATTACK 1 - 1 TOTAL PARRY 0 - 0 1 SLASHING ATTACK TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME WALL OF STEEL BLACKHORN 5365 22 14 0 102 CARDOW HUNTERS (445) AIMED BLOW PIMPED OUT BROOM 5385 10 6 0 94 HARRY POTTER AND THE (566) BASHING ATTACK BALANCE OF EARTH 5386 10 6 0 74 HARRY POTTER AND THE (566) SLASHING ATTACK METHODSOFRATIONALITY 5387 13 3 0 64 HARRY POTTER AND THE (566) STRIKING ATTACK SLASHER 5392 6 0 1 52 MANIACS (572) Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above. The overall popularity leader is BLACKHORN 5365. The most popular warrior this turn was POLYJUICE TWINS 5347. The ten other most popular fighters were SLASHER 5392, PIMPED OUT BROOM 5385, BLACKHORN 5365, KILLER 5390, MAGICAL SHORTCUT 5346, BALANCE OF EARTH 5386, BOOZER 5407, THUNDERSTONE 5411, LAUGHTER REDKNIFE 5412, and METHODSOFRATIONALITY 5387. The least popular fighter this week was HACKER 5389. The other ten least popular fighters were STARFLOWER 5400, ANVIL 5373, MASHER 5391, METHODSOFRATIONALITY 5387, LAUGHTER REDKNIFE 5412, THUNDERSTONE 5411, BOOZER 5407, BALANCE OF EARTH 5386, MAGICAL SHORTCUT 5346, and KILLER 5390. The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn: BLACKHORN (13-5365) CARDOW HUNTERS (445)