DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER
Date : 03/17/2010 Duedate: 03/30/2010
MALCORN ARENA
DM-15 TURN-636
This Weeks Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
STARIEL
DARK CREATION (471)
(15-4963) [17-14-1,108]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
STARIEL MAXIMILLIAN
DARK CREATION (471) VC RULES (501)
(15-4963) [17-14-1,108] (15-5011) [6-3-1,53]
Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite
STARIEL STARIEL
DARK CREATION (471) DARK CREATION (471)
(15-4963) [17-14-1,108] (15-4963) [17-14-1,108]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
VC RULES (501)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. VC RULES (501) 60
2. DARK CREATION (471) 36 DARK CREATION (471)
3. RAINBOW CONNECTION (503) 7 Unchartered Team
4. STARBASE 5 (263) 7
5. WRETCHED HORDE (499) 0 RAINBOW CONNECTION (503)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1- 1*WRETCHED HORDE (499) 2 0 0 100 1/ 4*VC RULES (501) 9 4 2
2/ 2*RAINBOW CONNECTION (503) 7 3 0 70.0 2/ 1 DARK CREATION (471) 8 7 0
3/ 3*VC RULES (501) 26 17 3 60.5 3/ 5*RAINBOW CONNECTION (503) 7 3 0
4/ 4 DARK CREATION (471) 358 305 18 54.0 4/ 3 STARBASE 5 (263) 7 5 0
5/ 5 STARBASE 5 (263) 327 323 13 50.3 5/ 2 GREENWARDENS (244) 7 8 0
6/ 6 GREENWARDENS (244) 682 790 14 46.3 6- 6*WRETCHED HORDE (499) 1 0 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[ Edge of Night #51 ]H[ + ---:--- + ]H[ +
The Silent Place:
The cloud thing watched them come. It still seemed wrong that a cloud should be
able to watch anything, or care about anything, but then, this cloud WAS wrong. A
creature, not a cloud. Blackwind raised his blade, caught a glint of light down it,
sunlight in this darkest place. Where did you strike a cloud, where were its vitals?
It roiled like a thunderstorm with internal winds, shifted right and left as
though trying to feint him out of position. Or distract him from some partner
cutting in from behind--
"Another one back here," Redfox muttered. "I've got it covered, but don't back
up."
Ah, okay. A good man at his back was better than armor. Time to deal with his
own problem, then. The eyes, that was probably the best target he'd have. He
watched it twitching around in front of him for another few seconds and then lunged.
No warning, no flourishes, just the lunge, gleaming steel with all his weight and
speed behind it.
The cloud recoiled and began to slide away. Not fast enough. The sword plunged
to the hilt in the roiling darkness, flaring sunbright just before it sheathed itself
in the cloudy body. There was no resistance such as a body would offer, but the
internal currents of the thing wrenched at the blade, trying to tear it from his
grip. He stumbled off-balance and went to one knee but locked his second hand over
the hilt to strengthen his hold.
The talisman, which was still dangling from his off-hand by its chain, twirled
and then strained out parallel to the blade of his sword. Fat silver-blue sparks
jumped from it to the sword, then ricocheted like lightning toward the cloud. Which
winced away. Blackwind wouldn't have thought a cloud could wince, but this one was
doing it. Sliding off his blade, too, so that it dripped... something. Milky and
glinting, falling to the ground and lying there like pearls. Hailstones? Well, why
not, if it was a cloud?
He got to his feet again and followed, trying to keep pressure on the cloud that
was now retreating, and following the talisman as well. He didn't dare look away
from the cloud to see if--
"Right behind you," Redfox said.
The Spirit Land:
Necroma, Young Joan, and Cloudrider hesitated on the edge of the cliff, studying
the possibilities.
"You're sure we can't just *believe* a way down?" Cloudrider asked again.
"No, I'm not sure," the young Necromancer said. "Nobody can be sure about
things here. You can try. But I don't expect it to work--"
"And your skepticism is part of the body of belief at work here," Young Joan
finished. She pointed off to the side, where a seam in the rocky face of the cliff
suggested a path. "Forget trying to create a way down and let's follow that ledge."
Cloudrider muttered something about mountain goats but moved in the indicated
direction. "What do we do when we get down into the valley, then?"
"The Valley of the Shadow," Necroma corrected absently. "I have no idea what
we're supposed to do." She glanced at Joan and raised an eyebrow in question.
"We'll ask Uncle Wolf," Joan said.
"But he isn't here!" 'Rider protested.
"He's down there." They had come far enough along the cliff to have a different
view down into the valley, and Joan pointed. A group of three riders were crossing
toward the flame-lit gates. One of them was clearly the shaman Wolf in full
ceremonial regalia, one was a black-maned Shew, and the third seemed ordinary.
"Three isn't enough to storm the Gate of Hell, so I guess there will be something for
us."
"And six is enough?" Cloudrider muttered. "Oh, joy."
Down in the Valley:
Math looked at the huge gates and the shadows moving just within them. Probably
demons, what else would you expect in the Gate of Hell? He had, not for the first
time, the feeling of being out of his depth. He opened his mouth to say so, then
looked at Wolf and Lord Malcorn, both focused on whatever they were planning to do,
and shut it again. On the face of it, this task was impossible for any kind of
reason you could imagine: the gate leaves were too heavy--well, he didn't know that,
but they looked heavy, and the forces or beings who had opened them were bound to
resist, and three was just too small a number to storm Hell. But his companions were
going forward as though they had a chance, so he could hardly do less. He tested his
sword to make sure it was loose in the scabbard and ready to come out, but he didn't
draw it yet. A drawn sword was a declaration of intent to fight, and if this could
be solved short of combat, that suited him.
Coming through:
The cloud dissolved as it came up against a building of some kind. Blackwind
bit down on a curse--this didn't seem like a good place to be cursing. But if that
thing was going around behind them and reforming-- He'd been following faster than
he had realized and didn't have time to stop before slamming into the wall. Barely
had time to see that it was built of weathered stone, blotched with lichens that
glowed with a faint phosphorescence, carved into the niche-shape of a false door,
such as he had seen on temples elsewhere. And then he slammed into the stones... and
fell through.
A moment later, Redfox followed, but the Rirorni had had enough warning to jump
clear of his companion, and landed rolling just beyond.
Blackwind scrambled to his feet--never good to meet a possible battle lying on
the ground--and looked around. They were in a shadow-filled valley, almost a canyon,
and a little way on it was lit with a fiery gleam where brass-bound gates opened in
one of the canyon walls. Three horsemen were approaching up the valley from the
other side of the gate. One was big and black and solid, unexpectedly reassuring:
Lord Malcorn.
"I think we're here," Blackwind said.
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---===FREE BLADES REGIONAL NEWS===---
Duelmasters
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DM 9 ZUKAL (turn 639): LIP GLOSS of HOT STUFF (Papa Bear, mgr.)
DM 12 RIZTAB (turn 641): SCURVY LADY of SEA DOGS (One Armed Bandit, mgr.)
DM 13 DULLENS (turn 513): AVENGING ANTELOPE of SATAN'S KINGDOMS (Dark One, mgr.)
DM 15 MALCORN (turn 635): AGATE of GREENWARDENS (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 16 WILLAF (turn 637): ON GOLDEN POND of GOLDEN GLADIATORS (Midas, mgr.)
DM 17 ALJAFIR (turn 629): THEODOSIUS of FIELDS OF ELYSIUM (Caesar, mgr.)
DM 19 ZUWAYZA (turn 630): FARM WEEKLY of THE MAGNIFICENT MAGS (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 28 MORYA (turn 317): CRICTOR UNGERER of THE PENTARCHY (Le Pentarque, mgr.)
DM 29 LAPUR (turn 626): JAILYN of MID EARTH (Visionist, mgr.)
DM 31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 315): KOLUM MAROD of MIDDLE WAY 7 (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 32 ARVAT (turn 623): BILL P. GORE of DEVIL ADVOCATES (The Dark One, mgr.)
DM 33 NIATOLI ISLAND (turn 620): CRAB SMASHER of SEA DOGS (One Armed Bandit, mgr.)
DM 35 MURSKA (turn 612): ORION of ON THE ROCKS (Bartender, mgr.)
DM 43 VEASTIAN (turn 575): PRINCE CONNOR of LUROCIAN ROYALTY (The Greek Guy, mgr.)
DM 45 STORMCROWE (turn 292): WALRUS of NORTHERN LIGHTS (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 47 TEMPLE OF ABARSIS (turn 286): VYNMORGATH of KAOS (Grimm, mgr.)
DM 50 SNOWBOUND (turn 273): MRS. VAUGHN of LIFE IMPACTS (Smitty, mgr.)
DM 56 ROCANIS (turn 502): FREM HARID of MIDDLE WAY 20 (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 60 COLLUSION COVE (turn 489): IMOTO-CHAN of EX OBLIVIONE (Enigma, mgr.)
DM 61 JURINE (turn 469): FALLING LEAF of AUTUMN SAGA (Jugger, mgr.)
DM 65 DAL SHANG (turn 466 BOBIKA VHETT of TIL DEATH DO US PART (Killjoy, mgr.)
DM 73 ERINIKA (turn 222): ROS QUIN of MIDDLE WAY 18 (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 74 DAYLA KIV (turn 426): HESTI TYL VAREN of SAND DANCERS (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 75 JADE MOUNTAIN (turn 419): QUINCY WATTS of GREATS OF TROY (Zalgor Prigg, mgr.)
DM 78 LIN TIRIAN (turn 412): DEVONSHIRE of KIWI CONNECTION (The Mun, mgr.)
ADM 103 FREE BLADES (turn 528): JEANNE D'ARC of GORGEOUS GOBLINS (Bartender, mgr.)
Top Teams
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DM 9 ZUKAL (turn 639): BLUE MOON (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 12 RIZTAB (turn 641): SEA DOGS (One Armed Bandit, mgr.)
DM 13 DULLENS (turn 513): HARRY POTTER AND THE (?, mgr.)
DM 15 MALCORN (turn 635): DARK CREATION (H.P.L. West, mgr.)
DM 16 WILLAF (turn 637): GOLDEN GLADIATORS (Midas, mgr.)
DM 17 ALJAFIR (turn 629): THE GENERALS (?, mgr.)
DM 19 ZUWAYZA (turn 630): THE MAGNIFICENT MAGS (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 28 MORYA (turn 317): THE PENTARCHY (Le Pentarque, mgr.)
DM 29 LAPUR (turn 627): MID EARTH (Visionist, mgr.)
DM 31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 615): THE KINDRED (Godric Magnesson DaVinci, mgr.)
DM 32 ARVAT (turn 623): ANGELS OF PAIN (The Dark One, mgr.)
DM 33 NIATOLI ISLAND (turn 620): THE SEWING CIRCLE (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 35 MURSKA (turn 612): POSITION IS EMPTY
DM 43 VEASTIAN (turn 575): LUROCIAN ROYALTY (The Greek Guy, mgr.)
DM 45 STORMCROWE (turn 292): ASAIRE (?, mgr.)
DM 47 TEMPLE OF ABARSIS (turn 286): LAND OF OZ (Oz the All-Winning, mgr.)
DM 50 SNOWBOUND (turn 273): LIFE IMPACTS (Smitty, mgr.)
DM 56 ROCANIS (turn 502): INCONSISTENT FURY (Banthius, mgr.)
DM 60 COLLUSION COVE (turn 489): THE BROTHERHOOD (?, mgr.)
DM 61 JURINE (turn 469): DOCTORS (?, mgr.)
DM 65 DAL SHANG (turn 466): SAND DANCERS (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 73 ERINIKA (turn 222): BLACKMAIL (The Mun, mgr.)
DM 74 DAYLA KIV (turn 426): NUMB-ERS (?, mgr.)
DM 75 JADE MOUNTAIN (turn 419): GREATS OF TROY (Zalgor Prigg, mgr.)
DM 78 LIN TIRIAN (turn 412): J (?, mgr.)
ADM 103 FREE BLADES (turn 528): DO IT AGAIN et al (The Dark One, mgr.)
Recent Graduates
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DM 13 DULLENS (turn 513): AVENGING ANTELOPE of SATAN'S KINGDOMS (Dark One, mgr.)
DM 28 MORYA (turn 316): OTHER of EXPENSE ACCOUNT (Finance Manager, mgr.)
DM 29 LAPUR (turn 627): JULIANUS of EQUESTORS (Spartacus, mgr.)
DM 31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 315): KOLUM MAROD of MIDDLE WAY 7 (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 35 MURSKA (turn 612): MANDOLIN WIND of URBAN JUNGLE (Jugger, mgr.)
(turn 611): EVINDAL of CHILDREN OF LLYR (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 45 STORMCROWE (turn 292): WALRUS of NORTHERN LIGHTS (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 50 SNOWBOUND (turn 273): KIRLA LORVIN of MIDDLE WAY 6 (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 56 ROCANIS (turn 501): BALZEC of INCONSISTENT FURY (Banthius, mgr.)
DM 60 COLLUSION COVE (turn 489): IMOTO-CHAN of EX OBLIVIONE (Enigma, mgr.)
DM 61 JURINE (turn 468): CHAM DUGAN of MIDDLE WAY 16 (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 65 DAL SHANG (turn 465): FLITCHAK of CASTAWAYS (She-Puppy, mgr.)
DUELMASTER'S COLUMN
Notes from the arena champ.
You hate me, don't you, Rexroth? You must, to have deliberately handed the
title to me again. What do I want with the title? It's just words. I have heard
that in the Olde Days, when the arena was bustling and profitable, the duelmaster
received a bounty, or a percent of the gate, I'm not sure what, but something along
those lines. Now... Well, with a percent of the gate and a couple of coppers, I
could buy a mug of bad ale.
Oh, well.
Agate
SPY REPORT
Greetings, Warriors of MALCORN. Allow this humble servant Novgorodny Vir to
give you a respite from the fights in the form of this Spyreport. The boys at DARK
CREATION left the arena dejected, after being kicked out of the top spot by VC RULES.
Good show! Nothing works for a team like victory (How's that for a perceptive
observation?) as VC RULES can attest... Practice pays for MAXIMILLIAN, who pummelled
DROVANITAR LIX, to pocket 24 points. A certain someone should cut down on the
drinking and practice more, after losing 13 points to QRYSYS. (Discrete enough,
STARLYN FYREFLY?) Now I can't insult STARIEL, as she has gloriously dueled to the
top. Oh great new Duelmaster!!! (Stop me if I lay it on too thick) Word has it one
team in MALCORN is taking speech lessons to try to bore their opponent to death.
I'll bet it works.
So much to report, so little time!
Is there life after death? Pragmatics (and warriors) know there is death after
life! The audience gave a nice round of rasberries to DROVANITAR LIX of STARBASE 5,
for expiring in such an ungraceful fashion. 6-10-3, indeed! Ask not a spymaster for
counsel, for he will pontificate long after you have fallen into an unconscious
stupor.
All good things must come to an end. Keep those sands bloody and the buzzards
fat! Like a mixed metaphor, and an overtaxed simile, I now bid MALCORN farewell--
Novgorodny Vir
DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
STARIEL 4963 17 14 1 108 DARK CREATION (471)
CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
ROCKWOOD 4984 17 8 0 102 GREENWARDENS (244)
REXROTH 4957 21 11 0 98 DARK CREATION (471)
AGATE 4951 18 18 0 95 GREENWARDENS (244)
APOK 4964 18 11 0 92 STARBASE 5 (263)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
QRYSYS 4958 20 12 2 87 DARK CREATION (471)
STONEBOW 4993 10 9 0 86 GREENWARDENS (244)
CYBERMANCER 4992 10 10 0 79 DARK CREATION (471)
BRISTLECONE 4952 20 16 1 77 GREENWARDENS (244)
STARLYN FYREFLY 4983 10 14 0 68 STARBASE 5 (263)
MISTRESS 4996 9 7 0 68 STARBASE 5 (263)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
MAXIMILLIAN 5011 6 3 1 53 VC RULES (501)
MASTER DARQUE 5015 5 4 0 48 VC RULES (501)
SILVERBIRD 4994 11 8 0 41 GREENWARDENS (244)
FIZBAN 5013 5 4 1 39 VC RULES (501)
STREET LEGAL 5012 6 3 0 35 VC RULES (501)
-GOLDEN DREAM 4977 2 0 0 34 WRETCHED HORDE (499)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-HAMMER 5014 4 3 1 27 VC RULES (501)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
CARTMAN 5025 2 0 0 18 RAINBOW CONNECTION (503)
JIM 5021 2 0 0 17 RAINBOW CONNECTION (503)
QREATED 4999 4 3 1 16 DARK CREATION (471)
MRS PIGGY 5024 1 1 0 13 RAINBOW CONNECTION (503)
-KHAMUL 4033 1 5 0 8 THE BLACK RIDERS (391)
-NEMO 4648 1 1 0 4 DOWN WITH THE SHIP (468)
KERMIT 5022 1 1 0 4 RAINBOW CONNECTION (503)
-AKHORAHIL 4031 0 1 0 4 THE BLACK RIDERS (391)
-ADUNAPHEL 4032 0 4 0 4 THE BLACK RIDERS (391)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
ROLF 5023 1 1 0 RAINBOW CONNECTI 503 EMBEZZLING SCRIB 636 NONE
DURIN I 5020 0 1 0 SAVE THE GOLD 502 QREATED 4999 633
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
DROVANITAR LIX 4991 6 10 3 STARBASE 5 263 MAXIMILLIAN 5011 636
PERSONAL ADS
Cybermancer -- A pleasant change. -- Rockwood
The Veteran Mercenary... or maybe it's A Veteran Mercenary, because I find it hard to
imagine the same one stepping out onto the sands cycle after cycle for more than
twenty years. -- Stonebow
Stariel -- Well, I suppose it's just as well you won. It would have been a shock to
Jorja if we won all our fights today. -- Birstlecone
Apok -- We'd've been fine with just one loss, you know. No need for two. --
Silverbird
Greetings back to you, Fizban. -- Jorja, manager Greenwardens
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
AGATE was viciously subdued by STARIEL in a 2 minute master's Title fight.
REXROTH overcame STONEBOW in a popular 1 minute match.
ROCKWOOD won victory over CYBERMANCER in a crowd pleasing 1 minute gory brawl.
APOK overpowered BRISTLECONE in a crowd pleasing 1 minute mismatched match.
STARLYN FYREFLY was vanquished by QRYSYS in a exciting 1 minute mismatched fight.
MISTRESS devastated THE USEROUS MERCHANT in a 3 minute one-sided competition.
DROVANITAR LIX was slaughtered by MAXIMILLIAN in a 1 minute uneven duel.
SILVERBIRD was overpowered by MASTER DARQUE in a 1 minute uneven duel.
STREET LEGAL overpowered CULT MEMBER in a 1 minute one-sided fight.
FIZBAN handily defeated QREATED in a 1 minute one-sided bout.
CARTMAN demolished CONVICTED THIEF in a 1 minute mismatched match.
JIM overcame PERSISTENT BEGGAR in a 3 minute novice's contest.
KERMIT was demolished by MORDANT DESERTER in a 1 minute one-sided brawl.
ROLF was easily killed by EMBEZZLING SCRIBE in a 1 minute one-sided conflict.
MRS PIGGY vanquished MORDANT DESERTER in a 1 minute mismatched bout.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|STRIKING ATTACK 7 SLASHING ATTACK 16 - 6 - 0 73 |
|AIMED BLOW 4 BASHING ATTACK 2 - 1 - 1 67 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 3 PARRY-STRIKE 3 - 2 - 0 60 |
|TOTAL PARRY 3 WALL OF STEEL 6 - 4 - 0 60 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 2 TOTAL PARRY 19 - 14 - 1 58 |
|BASHING ATTACK 1 AIMED BLOW 17 - 15 - 0 53 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 1 STRIKING ATTACK 30 - 28 - 3 52 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 - 1 - 0 50 |
|WALL OF STEEL 1 PARRY-LUNGE 4 - 6 - 0 40 |
|LUNGING ATTACK 0 LUNGING ATTACK 0 - 0 - 0 0 |
Turn 636 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:
SLASHING ATTACK 3 - 0 TOTAL PARRY 1 - 2 3 AIMED BLOW
BASHING ATTACK 1 - 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 1 3 TOTAL PARRY
AIMED BLOW 3 - 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 1 2 SLASHING ATTACK
STRIKING ATTACK 4 - 3 LUNGING ATTACK 0 - 0 2 STRIKING ATTACK
PARRY-STRIKE 1 - 1 WALL OF STEEL 0 - 1 1 PARRY-LUNGE
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
SLASHING ATTACK STARIEL 4963 17 14 1 108 DARK CREATION (471)
AIMED BLOW REXROTH 4957 21 11 0 98 DARK CREATION (471)
STRIKING ATTACK QRYSYS 4958 20 12 2 87 DARK CREATION (471)
TOTAL PARRY BRISTLECONE 4952 20 16 1 77 GREENWARDENS (244)
BASHING ATTACK MAXIMILLIAN 5011 6 3 1 53 VC RULES (501)
WALL OF STEEL SILVERBIRD 4994 11 8 0 41 GREENWARDENS (244)
PARRY-STRIKE FIZBAN 5013 5 4 1 39 VC RULES (501)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
The overall popularity leader is STARIEL 4963. The most popular warrior this turn
was STARIEL 4963. The ten other most popular fighters were MISTRESS 4996, JIM 5021,
REXROTH 4957, ROCKWOOD 4984, APOK 4964, QRYSYS 4958, AGATE 4951, MAXIMILLIAN 5011,
MASTER DARQUE 5015, and STREET LEGAL 5012.
The least popular fighter this week was ROLF 5023. The other ten least popular
fighters were KERMIT 5022, QREATED 4999, SILVERBIRD 4994, DROVANITAR LIX 4991,
BRISTLECONE 4952, STARLYN FYREFLY 4983, CYBERMANCER 4992, STONEBOW 4993, MRS PIGGY
5024, and CARTMAN 5025.