DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER Date : 01/23/2008 Duedate: 02/05/2008 MALCORN ARENA DM-15 TURN-580 This Weeks Top Honors THE DUELMASTER IS REDBIRD GREENWARDENS (244) (15-4869) [16-12-0,109] Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader REDBIRD POSITION IS EMPTY GREENWARDENS (244) (15-4869) [16-12-0,109] Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite REDBIRD MOSSROCK GREENWARDENS (244) GREENWARDENS (244) (15-4869) [16-12-0,109] (15-4871) [16-11-2,90] THE CURRENT TOP TEAM DARK CREATION (471) TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team 1. GREENWARDENS (244) 56 2. TRIPLE CROWN (382) 6 TRIPLE CROWN (382) 3. STARBASE 5 (263) 0 Unchartered Team 4. TERMINUS (417) 0 5. KILLED BY CRITICS (492) 0 WHITE STORM (458) The Top Teams Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K 1/ 1 TRIPLE CROWN (382) 384 293 20 56.7 1/ 1 DARK CREATION (471) 8 7 0 2- 2 TERMINUS (417) 50 40 0 55.6 2/ 2 GREENWARDENS (244) 7 8 1 3/ 3 DARK CREATION (471) 203 185 9 52.3 3- 3 TERMINUS (417) 6 4 0 4- 4 STARBASE 5 (263) 207 202 9 50.6 4- 4 STARBASE 5 (263) 4 4 0 5- 5*KILLED BY CRITICS (492) 2 2 1 50.0 5/ 5 TRIPLE CROWN (382) 2 1 0 6/ 6 GREENWARDENS (244) 530 664 12 44.4 6- 6*KILLED BY CRITICS (492) 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 585): NOSFERATU of DARK WARDS (Dr. Doom, mgr.) DM 12 RIZTAB (turn 585): WINTER SHADOWS of SWEET MAGIC (Jorja, mgr.) DM 15 MALCORN (turn 579): WENDIGO of DARK CREATION (Herbert Philip Lovecraft West) DM 16 WILLAF (turn 581): AMPERE of POWER LEGION (Seraphim, mgr.) DM 17 ALJAFIR (turn 580): ARTEMIDORUS of FIELDS OF ELYSIUM (Caesar, mgr.) DM 19 ZUWAYZA (turn 578): VENENOSO of JAGUAR WARRIORS (Noachian, mgr.) DM 28 MORYA (turn 289): VAIDISAVA of THE PENTARCHY (Le Pentarque, mgr.) DM 29 LAPUR (turn 571): ELVIRA MADIGAN of TRAIL OF TEARS (?, mgr.) DM 31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 287): OBERON of AUTUMN LIGHTNING (Bobby Bigfoot, mgr.) DM 32 ARVAT (turn 567): SHEA TANN of DEVIL ADVOCATES (Dark One, mgr.) DM 33 NIATOLI ISLAND (turn 565): THE CLAW of RAVAGING LORDS (?, mgr.) DM 35 MURSKA (turn 556): JANICE JOPLIN of DEAD MUSICIANS (The Sentinel, mgr.) DM 43 VEASTIAN (turn 519): MUSHAD of EASTERN HORDE (Mr. Mojo, mgr.) DM 45 STORMCROWE (turn 264): RAGGEDY ANN of DARQUE FORCES (Master Darque, mgr.) DM 47 DOUBLE X (turn 258): SWAMP BURP HAMMER of ALL SWAMP HAMMERZ (Hammer, mgr.) DM 50 SNOWBOUND (turn 245): ADRIANN of DARQUE FORCES II (Master Darque, mgr.) DM 56 ROCANIS (turn 446): LELLADORIN of KNIGHTS OF ROCANIS (Jakari, mgr.) DM 60 COLLUSION COVE (turn 433): DUNNO of HIT ME WITH... (PTFT, mgr.) DM 61 JURINE (turn 424): CITIZEN CAPET of BLADES OF TERROR (Soultaker, mgr.) DM 65 DAL SHANG (turn 410): LORIN TEN KORO of SAND DANCERS (Jorja, mgr.) DM 73 ERINIKA (turn 194): LAELKORISSA of FAVORITE GUYS (Jorja, mgr.) DM 74 DAYLA KIV (turn 382): KIRSSARINA of SAND DANCERS (Jorja, mgr.) DM 75 JADE MOUNTAIN (turn 378): SLUGBAIT of MANAGER MUSINGS (FTF Manager, mgr.) DM 78 LIN TIRIAN (turn 365): NECROMANCER of MAGIC ARTISTS (Houdini, mgr.) ADM 103 FREE BLADES (turn 472): JAMMIES of DARKLINGS (She-Puppy, mgr.) Top Teams --------- DM 9 ZUKAL (turn 585): DARK WARDS (Dr. Doom, mgr.) DM 12 RIZTAB (turn 585): SWEET MAGIC (Jorja, mgr.) DM 15 MALCORN (turn 579): DARK CREATION (Herbert Philip Lovecraft West, mgr.) DM 16 WILLAF (turn 581): POWER LEGION (Seraphim, mgr.) DM 17 ALJAFIR (turn 580): DEATH INCARNATE (The Dark One, mgr.) DM 19 ZUWAYZA (turn 578): JAGUAR WARRIORS (Noachian, mgr.) DM 28 MORYA (turn 289): THE PENTARCHY (Le Pentarque, mgr.) DM 29 LAPUR (turn 571): MID EARTH (Dirmael, mgr.) DM 31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 287): LORDS OF VALHALLA (High Lord Bosk, mgr.) DM 32 ARVAT (turn 567): ANGELS OF PAIN (The Dark One, mgr.) DM 33 NIATOLI ISLAND (turn 565): RAVAGING LORDS (?, mgr.) DM 35 MURSKA (turn 556): DEAD MUSICIANS (The Sentinel, mgr.) DM 43 VEASTIAN (turn 519): MEDAL OF HONOR 27 (The Anarchist, mgr.) DM 45 STORMCROWE (turn 264): DARQUE FORCES (Master Darque, mgr.) DM 47 DOUBLE X (turn 258): THE BEAR'S PAW (Kat, mgr.) DM 50 SNOWBOUND (turn 245): DREAMS OF KADATH (Reaper, mgr.) DM 56 ROCANIS (turn 446): KNIGHTS OF ROCANIS (Jakari, mgr.) DM 60 COLLUSION COVE (turn 433): POSITION IS EMPTY DM 61 JURINE (turn 424): BLADES OF TERROR (Soultaker, mgr.) DM 65 DAL SHANG (turn 410): MIGHTY DUCKS (Woody, mgr.) DM 73 ERINIKA (turn 194): MIDDLE WAY 18 (Jorja, mgr.) DM 74 DAYLA KIV (turn 382): CORPS (Papa Bear, mgr.) DM 75 JADE MOUNTAIN (turn 378): HUE AND CRY (Noachian, mgr.) DM 78 LIN TIRIAN (turn 364): UNKNOWN ADM 103 FREE BLADES (turn 472): DIRT DEVILS et al (The Dark One, mgr.) Recent Graduates ----------------- DM 12 RIZTAB (turn 584): MISSY MOSSY of HIGH JINKS (Jondeaux, mgr.) DM 15 MALCORN (turn 578): SOMNAMBULANT of DARK CREATION (Herbert Philip Lovecraft West, mgr.) DM 29 LAPUR (turn 570): KYOKO of WILL DUEL 4 MEAD (Sporkis, mgr.) SPARKLE FARKLE of ESCAPADE (Scion, mgr.) DM 31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 286): GERI of LORDS OF VALHALLA (High Lord Bosk, mgr.) DM 32 ARVAT (turn 567): ROLAND of RILL'S GCSC2 (Rillion, mgr.) DM 33 NIATOLI (turn 564): SHANNON D'ANJELISA of STORM BRINGERS (The Rake, mgr.) DM 47 DOUBLE X (turn 258): SWAMP BURP HAMMER of ALL SWAMP HAMMERZ (Hammer, mgr.) (turn 257): SMOKESCREEN of DARQUE FORCES (Master Darque, mgr.) DM 50 SNOWBOUND (turn 245): ADRIANN of DARQUE FORCES II (Master Darque, mgr.) (turn 244): STREET SIGN of OPEN SESAME (Crip, mgr.) DM 65 DAL SHANG (turn 409): KILLIAN TEN VIR of SAND DANCERS (Jorja, mgr.) DM 75 JADE MOUNTAIN (turn 378): SLUGBAIT of MANAGER MUSINGS (FTF Manager, mgr.) SPY REPORT The sages err'd not in their foretelling of a god descending upon MALCORN, for I, Novgorodny Vir, have returned! GREENWARDENS had cause to celebrate, after MOSSROCK got 33 points by beating LUTHERAX. ISITWALENGCENGCE certainly had a baffled expression on its face, after losing to WIND RIDER and losing 5 points in the process! Now I can't insult REDBIRD, as she has gloriously dueled to the top. Oh great new Duelmaster!!! (Stop me if I lay it on too thick) So who's the team that's been walking into taverns last week and ordering milk? Sounds like a PR stunt to me. So much to report, so little time! Is there life after death? Pragmatics (and warriors) know there is death after life! The warriors at DARK CREATION stable were more sober than usual, after LUTHERAX's demise at the hands of MOSSROCK. MOSSROCK, don't make any long term plans! Questions are being raised about the disposing of severed body parts in the arena. A certain tavern in MALCORN would I avoid! All good things must come to an end. As the seasons change, and the creatures of the wild change also, so do I feel a yearning to leave this place. Can anything compare to the pleasure of writing Spyreports for MALCORN? On that giddy note I take my leave-- Novgorodny Vir DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME REDBIRD 4869 16 12 0 109 GREENWARDENS (244) CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -MIYAMOTO 4253 11 7 0 95 TERMINUS (417) CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME MOSSROCK 4871 16 11 2 90 GREENWARDENS (244) WENDIGO 4866 15 13 1 88 DARK CREATION (471) BET TWICE 4858 13 20 2 71 TRIPLE CROWN (382) -QUASIL 4254 12 6 0 70 TERMINUS (417) CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -AVERY 4256 11 7 0 66 TERMINUS (417) ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -BOSS 4877 6 9 1 55 STARBASE 5 (263) WIND RIDER 4876 11 12 0 49 GREENWARDENS (244) -VARPULIS RUKH 4863 8 16 1 42 STARBASE 5 (263) -PIE EYED PIPER 4878 8 7 0 39 STARBASE 5 (263) SIMULACRUM 4906 6 4 1 36 DARK CREATION (471) -VARICK 4916 5 2 0 34 TERMINUS (417) CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -OTHERWORLD 4887 2 2 1 33 KILLED BY CRITICS (492) STUMP 4882 6 12 0 30 GREENWARDENS (244) -MORGUE 4917 2 1 0 24 TERMINUS (417) INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -AVENGELINA 4888 4 7 0 23 STARBASE 5 (263) -CANNONADE 4749 1 0 0 22 TRIPLE CROWN (382) ISITWALENGCENGCE 4905 4 6 1 19 DARK CREATION (471) INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME LYLYANNA 4919 1 0 0 8 DARK CREATION (471) THISTLEDOWN 4918 1 3 0 6 GREENWARDENS (244) -NEMO 4648 1 1 0 4 DOWN WITH THE SHIP (468) '-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn. THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge? LUTHERAX 4868 18 9 2 DARK CREATION 471 MOSSROCK 4871 580 ROCK MAPLE 4897 6 5 0 GREENWARDENS 244 BET TWICE 4858 576 NOT REVENGED ALRYN 4915 2 2 0 TERMINUS 417 VARPULIS RUKH 4863 576 REVENGED PERSONAL ADS Simulacrum -- If it isn't one of you guys, it's another. But what I don't understand is why you aren't a golem. -- Stump P.S. And listen, I don't even mind (much) you messing me up so I had to get several days' bedrest. Setting aside that getting several days' bedrest is one of the things I do really well, it means I simply COULD NOT volunteer for any sort of reckless foray into Zuwayza (who would want to go there?) as supporting cast for some adventure that isn't even happening here. The nerve of some people for asking that! This is a SOUTHERN Free Blades adventure, the Charter Cities, you know? Not up here. That Kung-Fu Master is a major disappointment. I expected to learn all sorts of cool things from him, you know? Flower arranging, origami, the tea ceremony. But did he teach 'em? Nope. Not a darned thing except one measly little attack skill. Well, hey, I've already GOT attack skills. I wanted to learn something NEW. -- Redbird the annoyed Varick -- (embarrassed look) I was going to complain to you about the length of the fight, and then Jorja pointed out that *I* was the one who refused to quit. I hate it when she does that. Too bad you weren't training skills, I could've taught you a bunch of 'em, and all prime stuff. How to turn an egg without breaking the yolk, how to know when a cake is done, how to keep the pasta from boiling over. GOOD stuff, that you can USE. Oh, well, your loss. -- Mossrock Boss -- You're a pushy little-- Oh, of course. Pushy Little Son-of-a-Bazard Syndrome. I don't know why I missed that before. It makes complete sense now. You should train your SZ to get over it. -- Wind Rider Morgue -- You were too laughing. A kind of a sinister chuckle while you measured one of your slabs. Not reassuring. I kind of wanted you to reassure me, you know? This whole gladiating thing--it does NOT make me feel all warm and fuzzy and SECURE, you know? And then my opponent drives up in a hearse and starts in measuring me for a coffin or a slab and I'm supposed to step out there with a smile on my lips and a song in my heart or whatever the saying is? I don't THINK so. -- Thistledown Avery -- Why not, after all? We are the same people we were last time. -- Wind Rider Carick -- May the variable factors concatenate to your advantage. -- Jorja, Greenwardens 15 January 2008 Order of Lost Souls Where there is a beginning, there is an end. Where there is a whole, there is a part. Where there is light, there is dark. All these are found to be true and along with the most important, when something is lost it can always be found. Many a person has walked this land in one form or another. Some truly believe that here is there and there is here but who really knows? Among the peoples of this great land many have felt lost in time and in place. Some have gone as far as to be lost of soul.... Although most are thought to have been born into this world in a mortal way, no one can be sure. Life is something they have in a way but a torturous joke to them in all others. They live in a sense as they are here and now and having mind and knowledge. They are flesh and blood of one sort of another. They cast a shadow as all things living do. Blood courses through their veins. These beings have become wraiths drifting here and there, knowing that they truly belong nowhere. Searching for that one thing that they seem to be missing or the one thing in them that puts them beyond others. These people have become masters of many things as time seems to have no hold. For not even time can find those that are truly lost. Many of these beings have drifted toward the gladiatorial games. In the blood and chaos of the arenas something holds them like no other. It's the loss of something they have never had or something they had so long ago it seems to have never been. LIFE. A few of the more shall we say "human" of these beings have settled into many arenas around the land. The loss of life and the crazed emotions of the arenas giving them glimpses of things they longed for but seemed incapable of attaining. A number of these lost ones saw in each other something that might be able to help the other. They spent many a day traveling to and fro, for what is time to one who it doesn't touch. The more time they spent together the more they seemed to change. No one noticed the change in the others but each recognized it in himself. Years passed and the changes stopped. Each had been changed in different ways but all felt more whole. A discussion ensued between them. They came to a realization that in each other they had found parts of themselves that had been missing. Then came the next thought. If they could find more of like minded lost ones they might eventually find what they always wanted, their true selves. The group settled down to think things through. They finally came up with an idea they all could accept. They would form an organization that through their arenas through out the land they would seek out other lost ones. If they were of like mind they would be invited to join the group and seek that special something they all desired. This was how it began and how it still is. The Order of Lost Souls was formed and the search began. The original members numbered six. They were Baphomet, Blackstorm, Hammer, JGW, Reaper and Wretch. These members of the Order spread their gladiator stables through out the realm seeking others like them. Through blood and death they lived through others. One day hoping to live for themselves. For as they all know what is lost must eventually be found.... LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS WENDIGO was devastated by REDBIRD in a 1 minute mismatched Title fight. LUTHERAX was viciously butchered by MOSSROCK in a 4 minute brutal expert's battle. BET TWICE overpowered SIMULACRUM in a 1 minute bloody mismatched duel. WIND RIDER overpowered ISITWALENGCENGCE in a crowd pleasing 1 minute one-sided fight. STUMP was outwaited by THE USEROUS MERCHANT in a slow 8 minute duel. THISTLEDOWN was bested by LYLYANNA in a 1 minute amateur's match. BATTLE REPORT MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS |FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT| |STRIKING ATTACK 3 SLASHING ATTACK 4 - 1 - 0 80 | |AIMED BLOW 2 AIMED BLOW 14 - 11 - 1 56 | |TOTAL PARRY 2 WALL OF STEEL 19 - 15 - 1 56 | |PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 TOTAL PARRY 26 - 22 - 1 54 | |LUNGING ATTACK 1 STRIKING ATTACK 15 - 14 - 0 52 | |BASHING ATTACK 1 LUNGING ATTACK 15 - 14 - 1 52 | |WALL OF STEEL 1 PARRY-LUNGE 3 - 3 - 0 50 | |PARRY-LUNGE 0 BASHING ATTACK 11 - 11 - 1 50 | |PARRY-STRIKE 0 PARRY-RIPOSTE 4 - 7 - 1 36 | |SLASHING ATTACK 0 PARRY-STRIKE 2 - 6 - 0 25 | Turn 580 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 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 2 STRIKING ATTACK STRIKING ATTACK 2 - 1 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 0 2 TOTAL PARRY AIMED BLOW 1 - 1 LUNGING ATTACK 0 - 1 2 LUNGING ATTACK TOTAL PARRY 1 - 1 SLASHING ATTACK 0 - 0 2 WALL OF STEEL BASHING ATTACK 0 - 1 1 AIMED BLOW WALL OF STEEL 0 - 1 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 BASHING ATTACK TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME STRIKING ATTACK REDBIRD 4869 16 12 0 109 GREENWARDENS (244) TOTAL PARRY MOSSROCK 4871 16 11 2 90 GREENWARDENS (244) LUNGING ATTACK WENDIGO 4866 15 13 1 88 DARK CREATION (471) AIMED BLOW SIMULACRUM 4906 6 4 1 36 DARK CREATION (471) Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above. The overall popularity leader is REDBIRD 4869. The most popular warrior this turn was LUTHERAX 4868. The ten other most popular fighters were MOSSROCK 4871, BET TWICE 4858, WIND RIDER 4876, REDBIRD 4869, LYLYANNA 4919, ISITWALENGCENGCE 4905, THISTLEDOWN 4918, WENDIGO 4866, SIMULACRUM 4906, and STUMP 4882. The least popular fighter this week was STUMP 4882. The other ten least popular fighters were SIMULACRUM 4906, WENDIGO 4866, THISTLEDOWN 4918, ISITWALENGCENGCE 4905, LYLYANNA 4919, REDBIRD 4869, WIND RIDER 4876, BET TWICE 4858, MOSSROCK 4871, and LUTHERAX 4868. NEW GRADUATES--FROM ALL ARENAS (INCLUDING CLOSED ARENAS) For those of you who keep track of such things, 47 additional warriors graduated from regular DM arenas (including closed arenas) since the last tournament. LAND OF FLUSH (11-4373) of CONSORTIUM CRAP (408) LORD KRONOS (11-6111) of MANIACAL TUFTS (431) NATAS (11-6531) of DO IT AGAIN (565) TOTTI (17-5991) of ITALIAN FOOTBALL (407) SIXTH SICK SHIEK (18-2940) of TONGUE TWISTERS (265) SOLSBURY HILL (18-8558) of STREET PIZZA (106) CAFFREY'S (21-4748) of REAL BEER (424) LEE (30-4255) of LHI'S ANGELS (406) PRIVATE ROOM (31-3620) of MILITARY MAYHEM (89) OBERON (31-6133) of AUTUMN LIGHTNING (615) PADISHAR CREEL (36-2208) of BIG LAKE BASHERS (23) BLUE-GREY (55-3370) of ALL AMERICAN (362) RUBBER KNIFE (57-2546) of USELESS TOOLS (345) SVETLANA (57-4040) of MORDYKR KEEP (466) DEVIL'S ADVOCATE (68-4666) of BLOOD 4 THE MASSES (447) CATASTROPHE (71-6273) of THE BROTHERHOOD 98 (708) BIGFACE (82-237) of RUPTURE FARMS (43) SHORT-TEMER (82-980) of LIFESPAN (165) FOGGED IN (82-1298) of TEMPE '99 (225) SINISTER (82-3298) of EVIL (450) I-10 (82-5256) of TRIP TO TEMPE (711) CAL RIPPER JR (82-6799) of ORIOLE MADNESS (967) TINY ARCHIBALD (82-8174) of THE POINT GUARDS (1183) LARG JOHN (82-8616) of THE MUSIC MAN (1256) 0002 (82-13973) of JAN 2002 (2073) DEIRDRE (82-15176) of TOADS OF AMBER 2 (2276) OOPSIDIDITAGAIN (82-15292) of LUROCIANS XVII (2294) TV EATS MY LIFE (82-17438) of RESCUE ME (2667) FLUFFY BUNNY (82-18105) of OFFENDED SANDY (2774) COLLEEN (82-18383) of SUPERIOR FORCES 1305 (2828) ICHIRO TRICKLE (82-19442) of NASCAR NINJAS II (3009) STURM PYRE (82-19644) of DARK TOADS 03A (3046) BOTTACELLI (82-22958) of HER ALTEREGO (3659) UNHOLY GERBIL (82-24046) of CROSS BREED! (3837) HANA (82-24461) of 4-LETTER GIRLS (3901) TEEVELLA (82-24954) of KELLUMBO'S KIDS (3983) 1001 (82-25095) of DUMB PUDS (4011) OPEN UP, POLICE (82-25801) of DONT ANSWER THAT (4148) CRACKED AND LEAKING (82-28597) of STREET PIZZAD XXI (4657) VAMPIRE (82-29366) of DARK TOADS 04V (4791) WYVERN (82-29373) of DARK TOADS 04W (4792) MEGALODON (82-32285) of DEVILS OF THE DEEP (5329) CONCRETE (82-33162) of LUROCIANS III (5473) DESSERT (82-34664) of SUPERIOR FORCES 1505 (5709) TURNIP TORNEDO (82-35257) of GARDEN OF EVIL II (5807) XRIS (82-36974) of WOW (6113) FREAKSHOW (82-38749) of 072905O (6445) Congrats to the grads. -- Green Eyes