DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 07/11/2005    Duedate: 07/23/2005

TOBIR ARENA

DM-14    TURN-519

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

THE THING
THE DEATH SQUAD (63)
(14-4185) [27-10-0,113]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

THE THING                      POSITION IS EMPTY
THE DEATH SQUAD (63)           
(14-4185) [27-10-0,113]        

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

BOWSER                         WOOFER
THE DOGHOUSE (188)             THE DOGHOUSE (188)
(14-4096) [18-39-1,94]         (14-4254) [11-5-1,52]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

THE DEATH SQUAD (63)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. THE DEATH SQUAD (63)         9
2. THE DOGHOUSE (188)           0      THE DEATH SQUAD (63)
3. I BENT MY WOOKIE (413)       0      Unchartered Team

                                       DEATH FROM BELOW (324)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1- 1 I BENT MY WOOKIE (413)    28   7  0 80.0   1/ 1 THE DEATH SQUAD (63)     10  5 1
 2/ 2 THE DEATH SQUAD (63)     423 336 27 55.7   2/ 2 THE DOGHOUSE (188)        7  6 0
 3/ 3 THE DOGHOUSE (188)       345 425  9 44.8   3- 3 I BENT MY WOOKIE (413)    1  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

         + ]H[ + ---:--- + ]H[ A Dark and Stormy Night ]H[ + ---:--- + ]H[ +
                                      continues

     Marianne, the Virginal Concubine, grimaced.  "How does one lure managers?"
she asked.  "I have no skill at that kind of thing."  She picked up another bowl of 
salt (where DID Le Plume get the stuff, Sleeth wondered) and balanced it in her hand, 
eyes on the Kali-Florets.  "I can be of no use in such matters."
     "True," muttered Sleeth.  "Yours is the art of putting off, not drawing in."  
The Cultic Grandmaster had been repulsed by her himself.  "I suppose you will just 
have to stay with the current task, that of driving away the Things."
     "I can do that," she said.  She heaved her new load of salt at the Killory, 
which twitched the frayed ends of its stalk and drew back.  "But I could use some 
HELP here, you know.  I can't do it ALL."
     "What about the other cities and arenas?" Dacio Torranz, the Ambitious Guard, 
asked.  He hacked at a Floret and jumped back as it burst into a mustard-colored gas.  
"What if this stuff isn't just here?"
     "Why should these Things be elsewhere?" Marianne asked.  She skipped back from 
the questing fibers of the Killory, treacherous as snares.
     "Why not?"
     "Torranz is right," Arenamaster Vasku said.  His flaming sword sliced through 
something that might have been a Spiny Yak, green and glossy, with ruffled leaves 
hiding its deadly spines, leaving behind the horrid smell of burned hair.  "We have 
no way of knowing whether Le Plume shared his sigils with other scribes."
     "Further," Sleeth said, "if the Accursed Tome is indeed involved, it may well 
have manifested in other towns.  And Le Plume had no monopoly on rash foolishness."
     "I will communicate with other arenamasters," Vasku said.  He sliced open a 
Thing that looked like a three-clawed Gardening Spud.  "They will spread the warning 
and report any other incursions.  But we dare not allow the arena to close because we 
are too busy fighting Things.  You must bend your efforts to thinking of ways to 
attract managers, and to keep those few we still have."

                                      SPY REPORT

     Thankyouthankyou.  It's great for me, The Unknown Spymaster to be back in TOBIR. 
Hope you enjoy the show.  Oh, who am I kidding?  I already got paid!  Hey everybody, 
watch out for HAYWOOD JAB, who flew up 8 points in the rankings after mashing BOWSER 
like a melon.  Keep your eye on this guy.  Ya know, some days it doesn't pay to walk 
out on the sands.  ANDILLIA was defeated by CIVILIZED CRIMINAL and drops 13 points.  
Our battling duelmaster THE THING has managed to hold the title, fending off KHALHUMS 
DWARF's none too subtle advances.  Better luck next time, TOBIR.  An apple a day 
keeps the doctor away, but an onion a day keeps T.P.s at bay.   
     Here is other news that is of note.  Well just about everybody wants a piece of 
BOWSER, who was this week's most challenged warrior.   
     Remember that an arena is not always a safe place to be, but it is one of the 
most interesting, though!  VISIGOTH defied all odds and slew BANDIT PRINCE in the 
Dark Arena.  The only ones displeased were the buzzards, as BANDIT PRINCE's meat is 
notoriously tough.  Here's some advice:  warriors with little wit and will may 
encounter problems on the trail to the Isle.   
     Well, there's the manager of the TOBIR giving me the 'cut' sign (or is that 
'They're going to strangle you in the alley?).  C'mon, Leadfoot, let's make some 
tracks.  Hasta la bye-bye.  (Loud choruses of 'Beat it, ya bum!')-- The Unknown 
Spymaster  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 THE THING 4185               27  10  0   113       THE DEATH SQUAD (63)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 HAYWOOD JAB 4238             13   6  1   107       THE DEATH SQUAD (63)
 BOWSER 4096                  18  39  1    94       THE DOGHOUSE (188)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 WOOFER 4254                  11   5  1    52       THE DOGHOUSE (188)
 ANDILLIA 4255                 9   7  0    43       THE DOGHOUSE (188)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 CHICHI-HOOEY 4270             4   5  0    22       THE DOGHOUSE (188)
 PORN 'STACHE 4276             1   4  0    12       THE DEATH SQUAD (63)

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

THE DEAD               W  L K TEAM NAME             SLAIN BY             TURN Revenge?
BANDIT PRINCE 516      0  1 0 DARK ARENA 0          VISIGOTH 4214         519 NONE    
ILL KID KRAP 4277      0  1 0 THE DEATH SQUAD 63    DARK CHAMPION 515     519 NONE    

                                     PERSONAL ADS

Haywood Jab -- Have you no imagination?  Can you not consider a swipe or a bash
instead of that jab-jab-jab?  I'm sick of it. -- Bowser the discontented

Corn 'Stache -- That looks silly.  Those little corn silks don't go with your hair.
-- Chichi-Hooey

That's the first time we've seen a standby fight so desperately to get away.  The 
Delarquan Sailor plainly wants OUT of here.  And who can blame him?  We had sliced 
beets at our guildhouse last night (gods know why), and damned if they didn't turn 
into Slice-and-Dice Beets before our very eyes and forks.  We'd get out, too, if we 
could. -- Woofer and Andillia

I Bent My Wookie lost one hundred five points last cycle?  Talk about a team on the 
move! -- Leeta

Our congratulations to the silent Visigoth.  Soon he will be an In-Visigoth in truth. 
-- the Doghouse crew

27 June 2005
ATTENTION ALL YOU ALLIANCE-TYPE PEOPLE:
For the purposes of tourney newsletter alliance listings (when I am able to do them),
you may only be listed in ONE alliance.  In other words, you have to choose!  If you
are a part of Englebert's Alliance and Englebert's Alliance is "part" of Ruthrauf's
Alliance, I will list you EITHER as part of Englebert's Alliance OR as part of
Ruthrauf's Alliance, NOT both.  The default would be the top-level alliance,
Ruthrauf's, in this example.  If you'd rather be listed separately, let me know and I
will do so, but that will be the only listing you get. -- The Saint, keeper of ever-
more-complicated lists

29 Jun 2005
The Company of Brothers (TCB) welcomes two new members to our alliance...Liam the
Goth and Buddy Lee.  We have no doubt that they will prove to be assets to our
alliance and the general dueling community. -- Baphomet, co-founder, T.C.B.

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

VISIGOTH viciously butchered BANDIT PRINCE in a 2 minute bloody Dark Arena fight.
ILL KID KRAP was slaughtered by DARK CHAMPION in a 1 minute Dark Arena battle.
HAYWOOD JAB demolished BOWSER in a 1 minute uneven Challenge fight.
PORN 'STACHE was bested by CHICHI-HOOEY in a 1 minute Challenge contest.
THE THING defeated KHALHUMS DWARF in a 5 minute veteran's Title fight.
WOOFER viciously subdued CHEERFUL FAN in a 3 minute bloody expert vs. novice brawl.
ANDILLIA was overpowered by CIVILIZED CRIMINAL in a 1 minute mismatched brawl.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    2         LUNGING ATTACK    23 -  10 -  1      70  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      2         PARRY-LUNGE        7 -   4 -  1      64  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      1         TOTAL PARRY        8 -   5 -  0      62  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   1         PARRY-RIPOSTE      8 -   7 -  0      53  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    1         BASHING ATTACK     4 -   4 -  0      50  |
|AIMED BLOW                       1         STRIKING ATTACK   11 -  12 -  1      48  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  1         WALL OF STEEL      4 -   5 -  0      44  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     0         SLASHING ATTACK    4 -   5 -  0      44  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  0         AIMED BLOW         5 -   7 -  0      42  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   0         PARRY-STRIKE       0 -   0 -  0       0  |

Turn 519 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-LUNGE        1 -  0     AIMED BLOW         0 -  1         2  PARRY-RIPOSTE  
LUNGING ATTACK     1 -  0     PARRY-STRIKE       0 -  0         1  TOTAL PARRY    
WALL OF STEEL      1 -  0     SLASHING ATTACK    0 -  0         1  LUNGING ATTACK 
PARRY-RIPOSTE      1 -  1     STRIKING ATTACK    0 -  1         1  STRIKING ATTACK
TOTAL PARRY        1 -  1     BASHING ATTACK     0 -  0         1  AIMED BLOW     
                                                                1  WALL OF STEEL  

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
TOTAL PARRY      THE THING 4185             27  10  0  113 THE DEATH SQUAD (63)
LUNGING ATTACK   HAYWOOD JAB 4238           13   6  1  107 THE DEATH SQUAD (63)
PARRY-RIPOSTE    WOOFER 4254                11   5  1   52 THE DOGHOUSE (188)
AIMED BLOW       ANDILLIA 4255               9   7  0   43 THE DOGHOUSE (188)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is BOWSER 4096.  The most popular warrior this turn was 
WOOFER 4254.  The ten other most popular fighters were HAYWOOD JAB 4238, CHICHI-HOOEY 
4270, ILL KID KRAP 4277, BOWSER 4096, PORN 'STACHE 4276, THE THING 4185, ANDILLIA 
4255,  0,  0, and  0.

The least popular fighter this week was ANDILLIA 4255.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were THE THING 4185, PORN 'STACHE 4276, BOWSER 4096, ILL KID KRAP 4277, 
CHICHI-HOOEY 4270, HAYWOOD JAB 4238, WOOFER 4254,  0,  0, and  0.

The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn:

THE THING (14-4185) THE DEATH SQUAD (63)

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

VISIGOTH (14-4214) THE DEATH SQUAD (63)