DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 04/11/2012    Duedate: 04/24/2012

MALCORN ARENA

DM-15    TURN-690

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

HONEYSUCKLE
GREENWARDENS (244)
(15-5038) [24-27-0,99]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

HONEYSUCKLE                    INKED PIG
GREENWARDENS (244)             INK & STEEL RETRO (513)
(15-5038) [24-27-0,99]         (15-5112) [5-0-0,53]

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

HONEYSUCKLE                    QUINN
GREENWARDENS (244)             SERPENTS' HOLD (510)
(15-5038) [24-27-0,99]         (15-5164) [1-0-0,7]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

SERPENTS' HOLD (510)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. GREENWARDENS (244)          29
2. SERPENTS' HOLD (510)        21      SERPENTS' HOLD (510)
3. INK & STEEL RETRO (513)      6      Unchartered Team
4. BLADES OF DOOM (507)         0
                                       INK & STEEL RETRO (513)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1- 1*BLADES OF DOOM (507)       1   0  0  100   1/ 1 SERPENTS' HOLD (510)      7  5 0
 2/ 0*INK & STEEL RETRO (513)   17   8  1 68.0   2/ 2 GREENWARDENS (244)        7  8 0
 3/ 2 SERPENTS' HOLD (510)      48  43  1 52.7   3/ 0*INK & STEEL RETRO (513)   2  0 0
 4/ 3 GREENWARDENS (244)       828 911 19 47.6   4- 3*BLADES OF DOOM (507)      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

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                        ---===FREE BLADES REGIONAL NEWS===---

                                     Duelmasters
                                     -----------
 DM   9 ZUKAL (turn 693): FREE WHEEL of THE WILLBURYS 9 (Rascally Rabbit, mgr.)
 DM  12 RIZTAB (turn 695): ANTIPHON of DREAMERS (Sleepy, mgr.)
 DM  13 DULLENS (turn 621): WOLFDOG of CARDOW HUNTERS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  15 MALCORN (turn 689): SHANK of SERPENTS' HOLD (Khisanth, mgr.)
 DM  16 WILLAF (turn 691): GOLD CHARM of GOLDEN GLADIATORS (Midas, mgr.)
 DM  17 ALJAFIR (turn 683): ZOMBIE of ZOMBIE SQUAD 2 (Khisanth, mgr.)
 DM  19 ZUWAYZA (turn 684): WATER WORKS of MONOPOLY (Sherlock, mgr.)
 DM  28 MORYA (turn 344): TAXES of EXPENSE ACCOUNT (Finance Manager, mgr.)
 DM  29 LAPUR (turn 681): CAPTAIN KIRK of TREKKERS (Deep Thought, mgr.)
 DM  31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 342): XANDAR of AVENGERS (Huckle Cat?, mgr.)
 DM  32 ARVAT (turn 677): DEE N. EMMI of DEVIL ADVOCATES (The Dark One, mgr.)
 DM  33 NIATOLI ISLAND (turn 674): HEADLESS NORSEMAN of HALLOWIENERS (The Dark One)
 DM  35 MURSKA (turn 666): MONKEY MAN of REALLY? (Dr. Grimley, mgr.)
 DM  43 VEASTIAN (turn 625): KIRVINJ of THE FAMILY (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  45 STORMCROWE (turn 319): ROSELYN of DARQUE FORCES (Master Darque, mgr.)
 DM  47 NORTH FORK (turn 313): SALAD SLAYER of VEGAN CANNIBALS (The Anarchist, mgr.)
 DM  50 SNOWBOUND (turn 300): 4-H of LIFE IMPACTS (Coach, mgr.)
 DM  56 ROCANIS (turn 556): TIKI LA'BANE of INCONSISTENT FURY (Banthius, mgr.)
 DM  60 ARADI (turn 541): ANON of UNNAMEABLES (Howlin' Wolf, mgr.)
 DM  61 JURINE (turn 523): HORSE D'OEUVRE of SHEWISH BUFFET (One Armed Bandit, mgr.)
 DM  65 DAL SHANG (turn 518): IN YOUR FACE of BASH BROS EVANGELIST
                                                        (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.)
 DM  73 ERINIKA (turn 249): PANAMA OATES of MIDDLE WAY 18 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  74 DAYLA KIV (turn 479): NEGATIVE ONE of NUMB-ERS (Sherlock, mgr.)
 DM  75 JADE MOUNTAIN (turn 473): LEAPS INTO THE AIR of CRITICALS (Howlin' Wolf, mgr)
 DM  78 LIN TIRIAN (turn 465): CALEAM CHOWDER of SHEWISH BUFFET (One Armed Bandit)
ADM 103 FREE BLADES (turn 582): NIGHTCAP of DARKLINGS (She-Puppy, mgr.)

                                      Top Teams
                                      ---------
 DM   9 ZUKAL (turn 693): BLUE MOON (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  12 RIZTAB (turn 695): BLUE NOTE (Howlin' Wolf, mgr.)
 DM  13 DULLENS (turn 621): CARDOW HUNTERS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  15 MALCORN (turn 689): SERPENT'S HOLD (Khisanth, mgr.)
 DM  16 WILLAF (turn 691): GOLDEN GLADIATORS (Midas, mgr.)
 DM  17 ALJAFIR (turn 683): MIDDLE WAY (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  19 ZUWAYZA (turn 684): MONOPOLY (Sherlock, mgr.)
 DM  28 MORYA (turn 344): PHANTACITY (Omega, mgr.)
 DM  29 LAPUR (turn 681): CARDOW HUNTERS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 342): AVENGERS (Huckle Cat?, mgr.)
 DM  32 ARVAT (turn 677): COLLEGE RADIO (Floyd, mgr.)
 DM  33 NIATOLI ISLAND (turn 674): THE SEWING CIRCLE (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  35 MURSKA (turn 666): REALLY? (Dr. Grimley, mgr.)
 DM  43 VEASTIAN (turn 625): THE FAMILY (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  45 STORMCROWE (turn 318): DARQUE FORCES (Master Darque, mgr.)
 DM  47 NORTH FORK (turn 313): VEGAN CANNIBALS (The Anarchist, mgr.)
 DM  50 SNOWBOUND (turn 300): LIFE IMPACTS (Smitty, mgr.)
 DM  56 ROCANIS (turn 556): POSITION IS EMPTY
 DM  60 ARADI (turn 541): SUPERIOR FORCES 60 (Manager, mgr.)
 DM  61 JURINE (turn 523): STAR WARS (Sir Jessie Jest, mgr.)
 DM  65 DAL SHANG (turn 518): BASH BROS EVANGELIST (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.)
 DM  73 ERINIKA (turn 249): MIDDLE WAY 18 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  74 DAYLA KIV (turn 479): SAND DANCERS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  75 JADE MOUNTAIN (turn 473): SAND DANCERS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  78 LIN TIRIAN (turn 465): SAND DANCERS (Jorja, mgr.)
ADM 103 FREE BLADES (turn 582): TOURNEY TEAM (LHI, mgr.)

                                   Recent Graduates
                                  -----------------
 DM   9 ZUKAL (turn 693): FREE WHEEL of THE WILLBURYS 9 (Rascally Rabbit, mgr.)
 DM  12 RIZTAB (turn 695): ANTIPHON of DREAMERS (Sleepy, mgr.)
 DM  13 DULLENS (turn 621): WOLFDOG of CARDOW HUNTERS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  15 MALCORN (turn 689): SHANK of SERPENTS' HOLD (Khisanth, mgr.)
 DM  17 ALJAFIR (turn 683): ZOMBIE of ZOMBIE SQUAD 2 (Khisanth, mgr.)
 DM  29 LAPUR (turn 681): CASIMIR PULASKI of BOHICA (Scruffy Puff, mgr.)
 DM  31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 340): OMBERT QURL of MIDDLE WAY 7 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  47 NORTH FORK (turn 312): PATRY TRAP of PALINDROMES (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.)
 DM  50 SNOWBOUND (turn 299): PURPLE ACE of LIFE IMPACTS (Coach, mgr.)
 DM  56 ROCANIS (turn 555): DOBIE FROME of MIDDLE WAY 20 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  61 JURINE (turn 522): ANDRES of BOMB SQUAD (Howlin' Wolf, mgr.)
 DM  65 DAL SHANG (turn 518): IN YOUR FACE of BASH BROS EVANGELIST
                                                        (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.)
                              KORDAL T'ROHN of SAND DANCERS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  73 ERINIKA (turn 249): PANAMA OATES of MIDDLE WAY 18 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  75 JADE MOUNTAIN (turn 471): GREEN ROCK of SAND DANCERS (Jorja, mgr.)

                                      SPY REPORT

     It is I, Novgorodny Vir, Spymaster of Spymasters.  Look on my work, ye mighty, 
and despair!  Practice pays for GOLDEN STAIRS, who pummelled VETERAN MERCENARY, to 
pocket 10 points.  HONEYSUCKLE found out that MALCORN isn't a democracy.  You've 
gotta be the best to be Duelmaster here!  Word has it one team in MALCORN is using 
psychics to predict wins.  They lead a charmed life!   
     And how sociable are MALCORN's warriors?  Come, let us see.   
     The moving sword slashes, and having slashed, moves on...  Ask not for whom the 
sword slashes; it slashes for thee.   
     Do not think spyreporting in MALCORN is the highlight of my life.  As the 
seasons change, and the creatures of the wild change also, so do I feel a yearning to 
leave this place.  Do not despair!  I shall return!-- Novgorodny Vir  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 HONEYSUCKLE 5038             24  27  0    99       GREENWARDENS (244)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SUNDOG 5075                  14  17  1    91       GREENWARDENS (244)
 GOLDEN STAIRS 5128           12   6  1    91       GREENWARDENS (244)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 INKED PIG 5112                5   0  0    53       INK & STEEL RETRO (513)
 PURPLE DRAGON 5116            5   0  0    46       INK & STEEL RETRO (513)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 GLICK 5153                    5   2  0    29       SERPENTS' HOLD (510)
-INKED THUG 5118               4   0  0    25       INK & STEEL RETRO (513)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-EDGE 5066                     1   0  0    17       BLADES OF DOOM (507)
 BLACKOAK 5156                 2   4  0    16       GREENWARDENS (244)
 QUINN 5164                    1   0  0     7       SERPENTS' HOLD (510)
 WREN 5167                     0   3  0     3       GREENWARDENS (244)

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
SEE YA 5169             1  1 0 SERPENTS' HOLD 510   BLACK ORC             690  NONE

                                     PERSONAL ADS

Our congratulations to Shank. -- Jorja and the Greenwardens

Shank -- Does this mean the end of dueling-in-Malcorn as we know it? -- Honeysuckle

Ah, a Veteran Mercenary.  Odd to think of him as a dwarf, what with him being nearly
six feet tall.  It must be the beard.  Of course, it's also odd to think of me being
a giant, when I'm less than six feet tall, just because my mother's mother was (still
is) a Shew.  The Commission is very strange sometimes. -- Sundog

I don't find the Venomous Concubine odd at all.  Just nasty. -- Golden Stairs

Glick -- You're a serpent?  Or someone who holds them, of course.  Somehow, I
wouldn't have guessed that. -- Wren
P.S.  How come you learned for skills from me, and despite the experience difference,
I didn't learn a THING from you?  That's not fair!

Edge -- Not a serpent guy!  Okay.  I can't take that.  In fact, I like it.  Makes a
change, you know?  Of course, WINNING would be even better. -- Blackoak

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

SEE YA was butchered by BLACK ORC in a 1 minute bloody Dark Arena fight.
SHANK vanquished HONEYSUCKLE in a 1 minute uneven Title battle.
GOLDEN STAIRS demolished VETERAN MERCENARY in a 1 minute uneven fight.
SUNDOG devastated CONVICTED ASSASSIN in a popular 1 minute brutal one-sided contest.
INKED PIG viciously subdued GLICK in a action packed 1 minute gory brawl.
PURPLE DRAGON bested CAPTURED ORC in a 1 minute master vs. amateur match.
BLACKOAK overpowered MORDANT DESERTER in a 1 minute uneven melee.
WREN lost to QUINN in a 3 minute gory beginner's duel.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|AIMED BLOW                       3         SLASHING ATTACK    8 -   2 -  0      80  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    3         PARRY-RIPOSTE      5 -   2 -  0      71  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   1         AIMED BLOW        26 -  12 -  1      68  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  1         STRIKING ATTACK    7 -   7 -  0      50  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   1         LUNGING ATTACK     7 -   8 -  1      47  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    1         WALL OF STEEL     10 -  13 -  0      43  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  1         BASHING ATTACK     2 -   7 -  0      22  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      0         TOTAL PARRY        0 -   2 -  0       0  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     0         PARRY-STRIKE       0 -   0 -  0       0  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      0         PARRY-LUNGE        0 -   0 -  0       0  |

Turn 690 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:

AIMED BLOW         3 -  0     WALL OF STEEL      1 -  2         3  WALL OF STEEL  
LUNGING ATTACK     1 -  0     PARRY-LUNGE        0 -  0         3  AIMED BLOW     
SLASHING ATTACK    1 -  0     PARRY-STRIKE       0 -  0         1  SLASHING ATTACK
BASHING ATTACK     1 -  0     PARRY-RIPOSTE      0 -  1         1  LUNGING ATTACK 
                              STRIKING ATTACK    0 -  1         1  PARRY-RIPOSTE  
                              TOTAL PARRY        0 -  0         1  STRIKING ATTACK
                                                                1  BASHING ATTACK 

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
SLASHING ATTACK  GOLDEN STAIRS 5128         12   6  1   91 GREENWARDENS (244)
LUNGING ATTACK   INKED PIG 5112              5   0  0   53 INK & STEEL RETRO (513)
AIMED BLOW       PURPLE DRAGON 5116          5   0  0   46 INK & STEEL RETRO (513)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is HONEYSUCKLE 5038.  The most popular warrior this 
turn was QUINN 5164.  The ten other most popular fighters were INKED PIG 5112, SUNDOG 
5075, GOLDEN STAIRS 5128, PURPLE DRAGON 5116, BLACKOAK 5156, WREN 5167, SEE YA 5169, 
HONEYSUCKLE 5038, GLICK 5153, and  0.

The least popular fighter this week was GLICK 5153.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were HONEYSUCKLE 5038, SEE YA 5169, WREN 5167, BLACKOAK 5156, PURPLE DRAGON 
5116, GOLDEN STAIRS 5128, SUNDOG 5075, INKED PIG 5112, QUINN 5164, and  0.

The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn:

HONEYSUCKLE (15-5038) GREENWARDENS (244)

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

SHANK (15-5109) SERPENTS' HOLD (510)