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)