DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER
Date : 12/18/2013 Duedate: 12/31/2013
MALCORN ARENA
DM-15 TURN-734
This Weeks Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
NO RAIN
BLIND MELON (514)
(15-5124) [13-8-2,146]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
NO RAIN ST IDES
BLIND MELON (514) GHETTO GRUNTS (335)
(15-5124) [13-8-2,146] (15-3400) [1-1-0,20]
Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite
TONES OF HOME NO RAIN
BLIND MELON (514) BLIND MELON (514)
(15-5125) [14-7-0,101] (15-5124) [13-8-2,146]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
BLIND MELON (514)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. BLIND MELON (514) 50
2. THE GRAIL KNIGHTS (522) 36 THE GRAIL KNIGHTS (522)
3. TERMINUS (417) 3 Unchartered Team
4. GHETTO GRUNTS (335) 1
5. CRUCIAL TAUNT (291) 0 GHETTO GRUNTS (335)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1/ 1 THE GRAIL KNIGHTS (522) 23 10 3 69.7 1/ 1 BLIND MELON (514) 10 1 1
2/ 2 TERMINUS (417) 163 81 3 66.8 2/ 3 THE GRAIL KNIGHTS (522) 9 4 0
3/ 5 BLIND MELON (514) 59 35 3 62.8 3/ 2 TERMINUS (417) 8 7 0
4/ 4 BASH BROS PARKING (485) 14 9 0 60.9 4/ 4 GREENWARDENS (244) 4 11 0
5/ 3*GHETTO GRUNTS (335) 4 3 0 57.1 5/ 6*GHETTO GRUNTS (335) 1 1 0
6- 6 CRUCIAL TAUNT (291) 81 73 3 52.6 6/ 5 BASH BROS PARKING (485) 1 3 0
7/ 7 GREENWARDENS (244) 920 %1039 22 47.0 7- 7 CRUCIAL TAUNT (291) 0 4 0
'*' Unchartered team '-' Team did not fight this turn
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TEAM SPOTLIGHT
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Duelmasters
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DM 9 ZUKAL (turn 737): ODDLY ELEGANT of DEVIATION (Marma Duke, mgr.)
DM 12 RIZTAB (turn 739): MARTYR of TORTURED (Iron Maiden, mgr.)
DM 13 DULLENS (turn 709): FRANKIE of SERPENTS HOLD 929 (Khisanth, mgr.)
DM 15 MALCORN (turn 733): NO RAIN of BLIND MELON (Howlin' Wolf, mgr.)
DM 16 WILLAF (turn 736): EVERBRINGER of SHADOWMONGERS (Shadow, mgr.)
DM 17 ALJAFIR (turn 727): PING of G.O.L.G. (?, mgr.)
DM 19 ZUWAYZA (turn 728): RAMEX of VISIONS V2 (Tolbin, mgr.)
DM 28 MORYA (turn 366): FREDDY FENDER of OTTO'S MECHANICS (Crip, mgr.)
DM 29 LAPUR (turn 725): SERENA of SHADOWMIST (Tolbin, mgr.)
DM 31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 364): NABUCA of WHAMMO & THUDDA 4U! (La Guillotine, mgr.)
DM 32 ARVAT (turn 721): DROGON of DEATH BY DESIGN (Bubba Ganoosh, mgr.)
DM 33 NIATOLI ISLAND (turn 718): LADY KALDRA of LUROCIANS II (The Greek Guy, mgr.)
DM 35 MURSKA (turn 710): VAMPIRE SQUID of SEA DOGS (One Armed Bandit, mgr.)
DM 43 VEASTIAN (turn 669): HALFTIME of EPIC RAP (Howlin' Wolf, mgr.)
DM 45 STORMCROWE (turn 341): LAPUR BISQUE of SHEWISH BUFFET (One Armed Bandit, mgr)
DM 47 NORTH FORK (turn 335): DING DONG of LAND OF OZ (Oz, mgr.)
DM 50 SNOWBOUND (turn 322): THE BEATLES of OPEN SESAME (Crip, mgr.)
DM 56 ROCANIS (turn 600): SFC1 of MEDAL OF HONOR A11 (The Anarchist, mgr.)
DM 60 ARADI (turn 585): DAISY DAWG of RED DOG GANG (Spot, mgr.)
DM 61 JURINE (turn 567): FIFINE GILLY of MIDDLE WAY 16 (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 65 DAL SHANG (turn 562): KALDAN TEN KARAN of SAND DANCERS (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 73 ERINIKA (turn 571): EDMONDS of GASHOUSE GANG (Crip, mgr.)
DM 74 DAYLA KIV (turn 523): HOGSHEAD of COUNTRY PIE (Howlin' Wolf, mgr.)
DM 75 JADE MOUNTAIN (turn 517): DEADLY FORCE of CRITICALS (Howlin' Wolf, mgr.)
DM 78 LIN TIRIAN (turn 509): THE MONGOOSE of SAND DANCERS (Jorja, mgr.)
ADM 103 FREE BLADES (turn 626): MARTIN BLANK of BLOOD TITANS (The Greek Guy, mgr.)
Top Teams
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DM 9 ZUKAL (turn 737): QUEEN (Howlin' Wolf, mgr.)
DM 12 RIZTAB (turn 739): THE UNDEAD (Death Jester, mgr.)
DM 13 DULLENS (turn 709): CARDOW HUNTERS (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 15 MALCORN (turn 733): BLIND MELON (Howlin' Wolf, mgr.)
DM 16 WILLAF (turn 736): AIMER'S INC (Tolbin, mgr.)
DM 17 ALJAFIR (turn 727): ALL THINGS FLOYD (Floyd, mgr.)
DM 19 ZUWAYZA (turn 728): THE MOTHERSHIP CC (Floyd, mgr.)
DM 28 MORYA (turn 366): LORD OF DISCIPLINE (Longshot, mgr.)
DM 29 LAPUR (turn 725): SHADOWMIST (Tolbin, mgr.)
DM 31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 364): BASH BROS OCEAN (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.)
DM 32 ARVAT (turn 773): DEVIL ADVOCATES (The Dark One, mgr.)
DM 33 NIATOLI ISLAND (turn 718): CLASSIC CHARACTERS (The Producer, mgr.)
DM 35 MURSKA (turn 710): CHILDREN OF LLYR (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 43 VEASTIAN (turn 669): TOLBIN'S X-MEN (Tolbin, mgr.)
DM 45 STORMCROWE (turn 341): AVID FANS (Crip, mgr.)
DM 47 NORTH FORK (turn 335): BAAL'S MINIONS (Var, mgr.)
DM 50 SNOWBOUND (turn 322): LIFE IMPACTS (Smitty, mgr.)
DM 56 ROCANIS (turn 600): MEDAL OF HONOR A11 (The Anarchist, mgr.)
DM 60 ARADI (turn 585): MEDAL OF HONOR B11 (The Anarchist, mgr.)
DM 61 JURINE (turn 567): MIDDLE WAY 16 (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 65 DAL SHANG (turn 562): SAND DANCERS (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 73 ERINIKA (turn 271): GASHOUSE GANG (Crip, mgr.)
DM 74 DAYLA KIV (turn 523): TOLBINS LADIES (Tolbin, mgr.)
DM 75 JADE MOUNTAIN (turn 517): SAND DANCERS (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 78 LIN TIRIAN (turn 509): MEDAL OF HONOR Z2 (The Anarchist, mgr.)
ADM 103 FREE BLADES (turn 626): DIRT DEVILS et al (The Dark One, mgr.)
Recent Graduates
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DM 9 ZUKAL (turn 736): WATSON of SERPENTS HOLD 3 (Khisanth, mgr.)
DM 12 RIZTAB (turn 738): GHOST of THE UNDEAD (Death Jester, mgr.)
KANE TOAD of KAOS FROGS (Grimm, mgr.)
SKELETON of THE UNDEAD (Death Jester, mgr.)
GUILLOTINE of BLADES OF TERROR (The Dark One, mgr.)
DM 15 MALCORN (turn 733): STOLEYOURSPOT of BASH BROS PARKING (Assurnasirbanipal)
DM 16 WILLAF (turn 736): EVERBRINGER of SHADOWMONGERS (Shadow, mgr.)
DM 31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 363): GROM HELLSCREAM of THE STORM REAVERS (?, mgr.)
DM 32 ARVAT (turn 720): PIMP IN A BOX of DEATH BY DESIGN (Bubba Ganoosh, mgr.)
DM 43 VEASTIAN (turn 669): HALFTIME of EPIC RAP (Howlin' Wolf, mgr.)
DM 45 STORMCROWE (turn 340): THE JANITOR of AVID FANS (Crip, mgr.)
A TALENT SCOUT of AVID FANS (Crip, mgr.)
DM 47 NORTH FORK (turn 334): PAUL of CHEERS (Otis, mgr.)
DM 56 ROCANIS (turn 599): MEECHAM of MEN OF STEEL (Howlin' Wolf, mgr.)
DM 65 DAL SHANG (turn 561): NOCALLLISTEXEMPTION of BASH BROS EVANGELIST
(Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.)
DM 73 ERINIKA (turn 270): CARPENTER of GASHOUSE GANG (Crip, mgr.)
DM 75 JADE MOUNTAIN (turn 517): DEADLY FORCE of CRITICALS (Howlin' Wolf, mgr.)
SPY REPORT
You elder fighters surely remember me. The younger ones may call me Olaf
Modeen. I return to MALCORN once again! What's with MGR THE MAGICIAN? He actually
beat TERMINUS' PHOBETOR, and walked away with 20 more points from the fight. Laughs
were big at TERMINUS while they watched HAVOC clobber BADGER. He lost 14 points and
got bruised from objects thrown from the stands. Try as he might, TAEDIUM wasn't
good enough at persuading NO RAIN to step down from the Duelmaster's throne...
Wouldn't it be nice to have live subjects to practice on? I hear some team is
looking into the uses of convicted prisoners.
If at first you don't succeed, avoid. That'll get you in the Spyreports. The
most avoided team was CRUCIAL TAUNT. Management must be dealin', as the boys at
TERMINUS ain't reelin'! CRUCIAL TAUNT's mad! What do people see in SNOWFOOT? His
8-14-0? GREENWARDENS ain't talkin', but he's got 38 points. I hate going to the
effort of writing about the kind of fights that THE DARK KNIGHT gets in. He fights
people like SNOWFOOT, 8 points below. I thought THE DARK KNIGHT showed great skill
and promise when he subdued SNOWFOOT. All right, so I slept through it! Big deal!
There have been some calls to lengthen the time limit. Do you want the fighters
to walk away, or not? STOLEYOURSPOT looked pretty sick and surprised when he learned
BASH BROS PARKING is sending him to the Dark Arena! Whadd'he expect with a 14-6-0?
Some people are wondering why BASH BROS PARKING sent STOLEYOURSPOT (14-6-0) to the
Dark Arena. Just be glad you're not on their team. NO RAIN killed TAEDIUM, and
expects revenge from TERMINUS. The dead are better off dead--they have no worries.
How long have I been here? I got people to see, places to go...
Who knows what the future holds for a warrior. More fights, there's no doubt.
All work and no play makes Olaf a dull fighter. Work and play no fighter dull Olaf.
Olaffighterwork and no play. I don't want to overstay my welcome...-- Olaf Modeen
DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
NO RAIN 5124 13 8 2 146 BLIND MELON (514)
CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
SLEEPY HOUSE 5123 14 7 1 108 BLIND MELON (514)
TONES OF HOME 5125 14 7 0 101 BLIND MELON (514)
-CHANGE 5126 13 6 0 97 BLIND MELON (514)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
HAVOC 5068 13 7 0 90 TERMINUS (417)
WREN 5167 17 30 1 82 GREENWARDENS (244)
-KILLER 5243 9 4 0 79 CRUCIAL TAUNT (291)
SIR TOO DUMB 5265 4 1 1 71 THE GRAIL KNIGHTS (522)
CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
BADGER 5197 17 16 0 70 GREENWARDENS (244)
CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-ERIC 2791 15 12 0 65 CRUCIAL TAUNT (291)
RAITH 5246 8 4 1 60 TERMINUS (417)
LITTLE BITER 5206 14 16 0 58 GREENWARDENS (244)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-SIR BUBBA THE BOLD 5249 5 0 1 55 THE GRAIL KNIGHTS (522)
THE DARK KNIGHT 5250 6 1 0 53 THE GRAIL KNIGHTS (522)
SNOWFOOT 5224 8 14 0 38 GREENWARDENS (244)
GROOVY SIR GRIMM 5251 4 3 1 38 THE GRAIL KNIGHTS (522)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-CALAVERA 3402 3 2 0 33 GHETTO GRUNTS (335)
MGR THE MAGICIAN 5268 2 1 0 33 THE GRAIL KNIGHTS (522)
EREBUS 5271 3 1 0 27 TERMINUS (417)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
ST IDES 3400 1 1 0 20 GHETTO GRUNTS (335)
PHOBETOR 5264 2 2 0 16 TERMINUS (417)
WINTERGREEN 5272 2 2 0 15 GREENWARDENS (244)
-DIERKIN 5257 3 3 0 12 CRUCIAL TAUNT (291)
-ANGEL 5260 1 4 0 7 CRUCIAL TAUNT (291)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
STOLEYOURSPOT 4798 14 7 0 BASH BROS PARKIN 485 STONE GOLEM 734 NONE
TREESHADOW 5211 7 17 1 GREENWARDENS 244 RAITH 5246 730 REVENGED
TAEDIUM 5069 14 5 0 TERMINUS 417 NO RAIN 5124 734
PERSONAL ADS
Loved the spotlight, whoever printed that... Very funny take on my warrior's name.
-- Assur
I think it was hal.
No Rain -- Assur would have said very nasty things about you had you actually killed
me, but all is good. Enjoy your reign, because you got the spot that time! --
StoleYourSpot
StoleYourSpot graduates with masters in Attack and Initiative and an advanced expert
in Defense. Faves of MO/VH SS are enough to make me keep running him at least for
awhile -- Assur
P.S. I'll be leaving Malcorn, but who knows how the RUGs will treat me and even if
they do their worst, I could bring another team here some day.
Looks like hal got the due date for this newsletter wrong!
We congratulate StoleYourSpot. May you find the perfect parking place and lay
permanent claim to it. -- Jorja and the Greenwardens
For the rest, we went one-four and are not celebrating. Our punishment for doing so
badly is to shovel snow. Not that Jorja's into punishment as such, but she says the
snow needs moving, and since we "aren't good for anything else," we can do it. --
Badger, for the Greenwardens
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
STOLEYOURSPOT was viciously butchered by STONE GOLEM in a 3 minute Dark Arena fight.
HAVOC demolished BADGER in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge melee.
THE DARK KNIGHT overpowered SNOWFOOT in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge duel.
MGR THE MAGICIAN devastated PHOBETOR in a exciting 1 minute one-sided Challenge fight.
NO RAIN butchered TAEDIUM in a popular 1 minute bloody uneven Title brawl.
SLEEPY HOUSE overpowered SIR TOO DUMB in a 1 minute mismatched brawl.
TONES OF HOME overpowered WREN in a action packed 1 minute gruesome uneven melee.
LITTLE BITER won victory over EREBUS in a action packed 1 minute gory uneven fight.
RAITH overpowered KARNHORN SPY in a 1 minute uneven match.
GROOVY SIR GRIMM overpowered ST IDES in a 1 minute one-sided fight.
WINTERGREEN demolished CONVICTED THIEF in a 1 minute mismatched competition.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|AIMED BLOW 5 LUNGING ATTACK 30 - 9 - 2 77 |
|LUNGING ATTACK 4 PARRY-STRIKE 3 - 1 - 0 75 |
|STRIKING ATTACK 4 AIMED BLOW 24 - 18 - 2 57 |
|WALL OF STEEL 2 SLASHING ATTACK 8 - 8 - 0 50 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 1 STRIKING ATTACK 21 - 22 - 1 49 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 1 WALL OF STEEL 8 - 10 - 0 44 |
|BASHING ATTACK 1 TOTAL PARRY 7 - 11 - 0 39 |
|TOTAL PARRY 1 BASHING ATTACK 3 - 5 - 0 38 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 0 PARRY-RIPOSTE 2 - 9 - 0 18 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 - 0 0 |
Turn 734 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 1 - 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 4 AIMED BLOW
AIMED BLOW 4 - 1 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 1 2 STRIKING ATTACK
LUNGING ATTACK 2 - 2 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 0 2 LUNGING ATTACK
STRIKING ATTACK 2 - 2 BASHING ATTACK 0 - 1 1 WALL OF STEEL
WALL OF STEEL 1 - 1 TOTAL PARRY 0 - 1 1 BASHING ATTACK
1 TOTAL PARRY
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
AIMED BLOW NO RAIN 5124 13 8 2 146 BLIND MELON (514)
STRIKING ATTACK TONES OF HOME 5125 14 7 0 101 BLIND MELON (514)
LUNGING ATTACK HAVOC 5068 13 7 0 90 TERMINUS (417)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
The overall popularity leader is TONES OF HOME 5125. The most popular warrior this
turn was NO RAIN 5124. The ten other most popular fighters were TONES OF HOME 5125,
LITTLE BITER 5206, MGR THE MAGICIAN 5268, SLEEPY HOUSE 5123, GROOVY SIR GRIMM 5251,
HAVOC 5068, THE DARK KNIGHT 5250, PHOBETOR 5264, RAITH 5246, and WINTERGREEN 5272.
The least popular fighter this week was ST IDES 3400. The other ten least popular
fighters were EREBUS 5271, SIR TOO DUMB 5265, SNOWFOOT 5224, BADGER 5197, WREN 5167,
TAEDIUM 5069, WINTERGREEN 5272, RAITH 5246, PHOBETOR 5264, and THE DARK KNIGHT 5250.
The following warriors have traveled to AD after fighting this turn:
STOLEYOURSPOT (15-4798) BASH BROS PARKING (485)
NEW GRADUATES--FROM ALL ARENAS (INCLUDING CLOSED ARENAS)
For those of you who keep track of such things, several additional warriors
graduated from regular DM arenas (including closed arenas) since the last tournament.
CHUPACABRA (10-3827) TERRAPIN STATION (189)
DECEON RAIN (50-883) KAOS (127)
PIONEER (82-47958) TRIPPIN' OUT (8064)
GRAPE APE (82-34889) BRAIN FOOD 9 (5739)
DUELMASTERS.COM (82-16536) SUPERIOR FORCES 720 (2509)
FROZBOZ (82-14622) FIRES OF HEAVEN 4 (2181)
RAGE (82-36450) EMOTIONS (6013)
HUNGRY HIPPO (82-49609) SUPERIOR FORCES 5411 (8331)
BABEL (82-46069) SACS DE SABLE 1 (7725)
Congrats to the grads. -- Green Eyes