DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER
Date : 09/16/2006 Duedate: 09/29/2006
WILLAF ARENA
DM-16 TURN-547
This Weeks Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
KORE SURYA
SHROUD IN MYSTERY (433)
(16-4232) [19-22-3,117]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
KORE SURYA POSITION IS EMPTY
SHROUD IN MYSTERY (433)
(16-4232) [19-22-3,117]
Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite
O PUNCHA KNOWLEDGE
PUNNY AMINALS (305) POWER LEGION (579)
(16-5531) [18-23-0,86] (16-5610) [10-7-0,95]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
NOBLE ON FIRE (573)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. SHROUD IN MYSTERY (433) 33
2. POWER LEGION (579) 27 GOLDEN GLADIATORS (362)
3. THE WICKED (320) 16 Unchartered Team
4. NOBLE ON FIRE (573) 15
5. PANDORA'S CARDS (585) 5 PANDORA'S CARDS (585)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1/ 1 GOLDEN GLADIATORS (362) 397 205 7 65.9 1/ 2 NOBLE ON FIRE (573) 10 3 0
2- 3 ARENA FELINES (452) 169 108 8 61.0 2/ 1 GOLDEN GLADIATORS (362) 8 5 0
3/ 2 POWER LEGION (579) 46 31 1 59.7 3/ 4 SHROUD IN MYSTERY (433) 8 6 1
4- 5 COLOR ME (350) 119 112 3 51.5 4/ 3 PUNNY AMINALS (305) 7 5 0
5/ 6 NOBLE ON FIRE (573) 24 23 0 51.1 5/ 7 THE WICKED (320) 5 5 0
6/ 8 SHROUD IN MYSTERY (433) 95 99 10 49.0 6/ 5 POWER LEGION (579) 4 5 0
7- 7 YAMABUSHI (432) 156 164 14 48.8 7- 8 YAMABUSHI (432) 2 2 0
8/10 THE WICKED (320) 41 52 4 44.1 8- 6 COLOR ME (350) 1 4 0
9/ 9*PANDORA'S CARDS (585) 9 12 2 42.9 9/10*PANDORA'S CARDS (585) 0 6 0
10/11 PUNNY AMINALS (305) 469 686 16 40.6 10-11 ARENA FELINES (452) 0 2 0
'*' Unchartered team '-' Team did not fight this turn
(###) Avoid teams by their Team Id ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank
SPY REPORT
Hail and well met warriors of WILLAF! Know me for who I am, Zontani Sharp Eyes,
Spymaster extraordinaire of all Alastari. Former top team GOLDEN GLADIATORS was
unseated this week as NOBLE ON FIRE moved up from 2nd ranking to take the top spot
with a 2-1-0 record for the round. Did only my eyes note the 3-1-0 record which
SHROUD IN MYSTERY managed to post this round? I don't doubt that such a record will
draw challengers! KNOWLEDGE caught the eye of many in the gladiatorial commission as
she skillfully bested GOLDEN BEAR and was awarded 26 points in recognition. In one
of the week's more notable duels, KNOWLEDGE put down GOLDEN BEAR, causing him to lose
16 points of recognition in the process. This time victory fell to the grasp of the
usurper. All hail KORE SURYA, Duelmaster of WILLAF! Informants "close" to the city
champion have told me that he never fights without pantyhose on beneath his armor.
Watch out!
But come now, let us look deeper into the maze of contention and crossed blades
that is city WILLAF. WILLAF, city of gladiators! Mighty among the names of thy
guilds is GOLDEN GLADIATORS, a guild shunned and avoided by many in the weekly duels.
If you didn't look down dark alleys you'd have been hard pressed to find any of THE
WICKED last week. Busy avoiding GOLDEN GLADIATORS? Mighty fighters cannot but
expect competition from those below. PUNH JENTLY take warning! You have more than a
few enemies in WILLAF. I can not but mention with disdain the name of KINDA FINE who
this week posted a challenge to a warrior a full 12 points below in the rankings. I
thought KINDA FINE showed great skill and promise when she beat NATURE. All right,
so I slept through it! Big deal!
Is not Death a warrior's foremost adviser? Warriors, may this counselor stand
ready at your right hand forever! Dark alleys may hide both secrets and assassins.
In the arena there is only the brightness of steel. Keep vigil always!
If it were not for my skills as a spy I would have been mugged three times
already in WILLAF. Nice atmosphere you have here! Sadly warriors, now longer can I
keep thy company nor savor the ale of thy fine city. Depart I must and soon! Till
next we meet remember: a fool flies into a rage quickly and often. The wise are
angered by the same thing only once. Zontani Sharp Eyes
DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
KORE SURYA 4232 19 22 3 117 SHROUD IN MYSTERY (433)
CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
SULLY 4344 18 12 0 109 SHROUD IN MYSTERY (433)
-KUROHANA 5128 22 11 0 107 YAMABUSHI (432)
KNOWLEDGE 5610 10 7 0 95 POWER LEGION (579)
PUNH JENTLY 5485 22 28 0 94 PUNNY AMINALS (305)
-AXE EM BOUT ME! 5538 10 5 0 94 NOBLE ON FIRE (573)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-KITTEN KABOODLE 5515 12 7 0 89 ARENA FELINES (452)
KETL PHYSHE 5489 16 31 0 87 PUNNY AMINALS (305)
O PUNCHA 5531 18 23 0 86 PUNNY AMINALS (305)
-TANOSHII 5488 17 6 0 82 YAMABUSHI (432)
-PURZ! 5591 8 2 0 82 ARENA FELINES (452)
-BLUU GNITE 5201 12 6 0 71 COLOR ME (350)
CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
GOLDEN BEAR 5602 15 5 0 66 GOLDEN GLADIATORS (362)
KINDA FINE 5555 7 2 0 66 NOBLE ON FIRE (573)
BRAEL-LWE 3140 9 10 2 60 THE WICKED (320)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-CAT A. CLYSMIC 5074 8 8 0 51 ARENA FELINES (452)
CHAUNCY 5636 8 5 0 51 PUNNY AMINALS (305)
-AMPERE 5638 5 1 1 46 POWER LEGION (579)
BART 5659 4 2 0 46 THE WICKED (320)
NATURE 5607 11 6 0 43 POWER LEGION (579)
-RUDDY JOE 5236 8 2 0 40 COLOR ME (350)
-TAIKUTSU 5564 10 8 0 38 YAMABUSHI (432)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-HUSAM AL DIN 4422 7 15 1 37 SHROUD IN MYSTERY (433)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
BA'AL OF CITADEL 3139 7 12 0 33 THE WICKED (320)
-TEN OF SWORDS 5664 2 2 0 29 PANDORA'S CARDS (585)
SORDAN BLACKBLADE 3183 6 7 0 27 THE WICKED (320)
-BUDOKUMO 5635 6 2 0 27 YAMABUSHI (432)
-GOLDEN DOME 5634 5 1 0 26 GOLDEN GLADIATORS (362)
GOOD AS GOLD 5670 3 1 0 25 GOLDEN GLADIATORS (362)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
LIP SERVICE 5645 3 0 0 23 NOBLE ON FIRE (573)
SADIGH FURY 5668 3 1 0 21 SHROUD IN MYSTERY (433)
-MOLLY BOOTS 5656 2 0 0 20 NOBLE ON FIRE (573)
24 CARAT 5694 1 1 0 15 GOLDEN GLADIATORS (362)
SPAMMER 5660 2 3 0 12 THE WICKED (320)
BAD NERVES 5671 1 2 0 11 NOBLE ON FIRE (573)
-ACE OF CUPS 5663 2 2 2 10 PANDORA'S CARDS (585)
-MANIAC MALTESE 5605 1 0 0 10 ARENA FELINES (452)
SHOCK 5647 1 2 0 9 POWER LEGION (579)
-JUDGEMENT 5665 2 2 0 8 PANDORA'S CARDS (585)
VOLOSO FURY 5672 1 2 0 5 SHROUD IN MYSTERY (433)
-NISHIME 5655 0 3 0 3 YAMABUSHI (432)
-EARL GRAY 5673 0 1 0 1 COLOR ME (350)
OHM 5700 0 1 0 1 POWER LEGION (579)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
JOKER 5701 0 1 0 PANDORA'S CARDS 585 HIGH ELF 535 547 NONE
FIVE OF WANDS 5667 3 1 0 PANDORA'S CARDS 585 HUSAM AL DIN 4422 545
PERSONAL ADS
What?! Another unrecognized Duelmaster. Shrouds, in our book you deserved it again!
-- Midas and The Golden Gladiators
The Sentinel -- Thanks but it does not take a tower of iron will to put up with
idiocy. It merely takes a willingness to pat the toddler on the head and gently lead
them in the direction of maturity and responsibility. Some do take much longer than
others. -- Midas
P.S. Nice lead in TOGS, by the way.
Ketl Physhe -- Caught me one, didn't I. Good thing I am not hungry. -- Golden Bear
Nishime -- I am truly sorry I had to defeat you, but I really tried. I had my hands
tied behind my back and all. -- Good As Gold
Sordan Blackblade -- That was one for us Domers. We needed it after that Georgia
Tech start! -- Golden Dome
Molly Boots -- Too much for me! I have the carats, but apparently that is all. -- 24
Carat
Noble On Fire -- Nice 3-turn gain! Well done! -- Midas
All -- I have a worthy team in this arena now, so I should be activating it and
joining in the festivities as soon as my overviews arrive. I couldn't stay away from
an arena with a whining hypocrite and a false deity worshipping fool for any longer.
Death to Yamabushi and Servants of Kjarran!!! Muhahahaha. -- Valamond
Arena Gods -- One total learn/train from 5 fights? That just ain't right. -- Dday
All -- WOW! Look at all the dumbed-down schmucks without a clue to reality. Look at
all the morons that don't get it. Look at all you jerks begging for me to respond.
YAH! LOL! This is just like dealing with the mentally ill, for which you no doubt
are, but that's another matter. -- Manager of Yamabushi
Midas Moron, Chief among the dumbed-down idiots, continues to severely strain both
arms with patting himself on the back. His knuckles already drag on the ground, and
those self-serving comments of his are nothing more than slobber drooling from his
puckered lips. How can anyone possibly be more STUPID??
Yes, the Midas jerk is precisely the one that participates in the activity of down-
challenges on a regular basis. And he has the audacity to squeal like a stuck pig
when handed a typical down-challenge. So let's talk about who really is the primary
hypocritical skumjob. You need not look any further than the STUPID one, the Midas
freak himself.
Hey Sentinel! (Whoever you are.) Let's go ahead and talk about the subject in which
you are so intimately familiar, that of being a mental reject. Better go chat with
your fellow sick stinking brood, Midas, about the techniques of down-challenges. He
has it down to an art form. Heavens forbid, you might learn something. Wouldn't
want that to happen, would we??
Oh! And furthermore, if you really want to enhance everyone's gaming pleasure, then
destroy that pedestal your little buddy Midas is standing on.
Ghoti -- More dribbling blabber from you too?? Told you to go shut your stinking pie
hole and crawl back into the pit you came from. Wake up, bub!! You moronic fool!
It's just unbelievable that I have to deal with jerks like you. You're so stupid, I
don't know which one of you is more dumb. You or that Midas idiot. You want to get
anywhere in Willaf, then beat down the skummer at his own game, dummy. Give it back
to him with his own tactics. -- Manager of Yamabushi
Barnabas -- No telling who you are or what hole you crawled from, as though I care.
I'm beginning to get the picture here of how shallow is all of your thinking. You
guys have easily fallen into the trap of beating up on the messenger and completely
missing the message because it's so far over your head. Your little minds are so
small that you can't comprehend the gravity of how that Midas vermin is getting over
on all of you.
Midas Schmuck -- Okay. So you want to play out your little down-challenges? You want
to have a little down-challenge contest, aye? You really want to have your face
rubbed in it? Just don't forget that YOU were the one that started it all with your
sickening little down-challenge and then dug in your heels with such pathetic
arrogance in order to defend it all as a fair fight. So bring it on, sicko freak.
You are truly SKUM, pally boy. You are nothing more than an egotistic little snot-
slinging brat with no sense. A mentally ill moron, consumed with his own self-
righteous glorification. You are simply a despicable being. -- Manager of Yamabushi
Kore Surya -- Ah, it's you. -- O Puncha
P.S. But soon, with the influx of teams, it may be somebody else.
P.P.S. You remain, as always, deeply mysterious. I find this exciting. What are
you doing tonight?
Golden Bear -- Too much honey is what YOU have been indulging in. Have you
considered...sumo wrestling? -- Ketl Physhe, moderately disgruntled
P.S. Because I should have cracked you like an egg and got distracted by a fair
flower of, er, flowerhood in the stands and missed my chance. Ah, well.
Spammer -- Truly wicked, and you deserved even worse than I did to you, but the
arenamaster stepped in, or someone did. I wanted to turn you into CANNED spam. --
Chauncy
One must, or at least may, wonder how the Convicted Assassin ever managed to actually
kill someone. Or was he, perhaps, convicted on intent rather than performance? --
Punh Jently
Midas -- It happens. But think how much energy we'd be wasting if we got bent out of
shape by things like that. -- Jorja, Punny Animals
Kore Surya -- Ah, but you haven't had to watch a warrior running for the title of
Worst Record at Graduation through lacking the basic stats to use his weapon. Of
course, our PRIME example of this error (not here in Willaf, for which we Punny
Animals are thankful), was statistically lacking the ability to use ANY weapon suited
to his style. -- Punh Jently
26 August 2006
The Avengers of Light. Another VC lackey? What's the matter VC, are you scared?
Bringing in reinforcements. It matters not, bring your avengers and they shall be
crushed! I am Dark Knight Blackstorm and I represent the Desolate Empire and can
easily be found in 8, 28, 31, 47, 54, and 106. I reply with steel and your women
shall cry when they start the body count!!!!!!!!! Remember to sign your posts to
whoever from the VC wrote that earlier Ad. -- Dark Knight Blackstorm
4 September 2006
Civil War/The Crusades
The next edition of the Civil War series is to be held in Tobir, arena 14, beginning
November 25th with a round where all participating managers must DA all 5 of their
warriors; in addition all warriors must be prefixed with an A an F or a D in the
following manner: A-Broke Stroker or (A) Broke Stroker. Names simply beginning with
the letter of your federation will NOT count as properly prefixed! Existing teams
are welcome but no warrior who survives the DA who had prior Fight Experience (arena
or tourney) will be allowed to score or challenge into the contest teams. There will
be an equal number of teams set up for each of the three factions (Andorian, Free
Blades, and Delarquan) to create sides as equal as possible. This along with the DA
round should set up pretty equal footing for all managers. After the DA there will
be another round where you can either DA again or fight your new, or surviving,
warriors so they will be set up to challenge an opponent beginning on round 1. So as
a recap DA round, turn 0, then turn 1 it begins with the following rules:
The Civil War to be held in arena 14.
- The contest runs for 10-28 turns (barring ties).
- No tourney participation allowed. Teams with warriors participating in any
tournament are disqualified.
- An even number of teams per faction worked out by the Faction Leaders. No later
substitutions are allowed.
- If a manager brings in a second team and challenges into the contest he is DQ'd and
his side will fight one team short!
- Three factions will be participating: Andorian, Delarquan, Free Blades
- Everyone prefixes their warrior with A-, F-, or D- (No prefix = disqualification of
the warrior)
- Turn DA: (The DA Round) November 25, 2006. Every warrior must DA. (Warriors not
DA'd on Turn 0 are disqualified)
- Turn 0: December 9th, 2006. There will be no scoring this turn it is meant to
allow for challenges on turn 1.
- Turn 1+: Scoring as detailed below
- Each team gets 1 point for defeating a warrior from an opposing team.
- Fights against warriors on your team do not generate points in any situation.
- The team with the most points each turn gets a Battle Point (if there is a tie for
the most points then no Battle Points are accrued)
- The first team to 10 Battle Points wins the war
- Managers of teams on the winning side each receive a +1 bonus potion to be used on
a warrior on their contest team. This must be applied within a month of the
conclusion of the contest and the team must have been active on the last turn of
the contest.
Anyone wishing to participate, and feels they can probably stick around for the
duration (don't want to handicap a side, of course unforeseeable events cannot be
planned for), should either diplo me at THE DEATH SQUAD(63) in Tobir (arena 14) or
place a personal ad in the arena. You may also contact me via the Duel2.com boards!
Let me know which faction you would like to fight for! This contest is intended to
be open to ALL managers wishing to pit themselves against each other to try and
determine which faction has the best managers! -- Street Legal
14 September 2006
I am back in the arena and thinking back to those days in 1984 where I was a
novice and clueless manager.
Now, 22 years later it looks like I am an ancient and once again clueless
manager.
I am looking to recover some old warriors. Since none of them are Aimed Blows,
they are no threat to win anything. I just want to see how they turned out.
The Couatl 2-17
Madam Butterfly 20-701
Gypsy Moth 20-703
King Crab 21-1
Priestess Python 26-1388
Please contact me at DekeYoung@Comcast.net if you know about any of these ancient
warriors, or just want to bs about the old, old, old times.
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
JOKER was butchered by HIGH ELF in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
SULLY devastated PUNH JENTLY in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge duel.
KNOWLEDGE handily defeated GOLDEN BEAR in a 3 minute one-sided Challenge match.
KINDA FINE devastated NATURE in a 2 minute one-sided Challenge fight.
BA'AL OF CITADEL was demolished by CHAUNCY in a 2 minute Challenge competition.
BAD NERVES was defeated by GOOD AS GOLD in a 1 minute novice's Challenge struggle.
SADIGH FURY viciously subdued SPAMMER in a 1 minute novice's Challenge competition.
O PUNCHA was vanquished by KORE SURYA in a 1 minute uneven Title duel.
KETL PHYSHE vanquished M. CHARDINEE in a 1 minute uneven fight.
BRAEL-LWE vanquished FRATSFA SLAVE in a 1 minute one-sided fight.
BART overpowered AMBITIOUS GUARD in a 1 minute one-sided melee.
SORDAN BLACKBLADE overpowered VOLOSO FURY in a 1 minute one-sided match.
SHOCK was devastated by 24 CARAT in a 1 minute mismatched conflict.
LIP SERVICE demolished OHM in a 1 minute mismatched match.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|AIMED BLOW 7 PARRY-RIPOSTE 6 - 3 - 0 67 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 4 WALL OF STEEL 4 - 2 - 0 67 |
|LUNGING ATTACK 3 PARRY-STRIKE 9 - 6 - 0 60 |
|BASHING ATTACK 3 PARRY-LUNGE 6 - 4 - 0 60 |
|TOTAL PARRY 3 AIMED BLOW 33 - 23 - 0 59 |
|STRIKING ATTACK 2 STRIKING ATTACK 24 - 18 - 3 57 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 1 SLASHING ATTACK 13 - 13 - 0 50 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 1 TOTAL PARRY 30 - 36 - 3 45 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 LUNGING ATTACK 14 - 17 - 1 45 |
|WALL OF STEEL 0 BASHING ATTACK 6 - 20 - 0 23 |
Turn 547 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 LUNGING ATTACK 1 - 2 4 AIMED BLOW
STRIKING ATTACK 2 - 0 BASHING ATTACK 1 - 2 2 TOTAL PARRY
SLASHING ATTACK 3 - 1 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 1 1 SLASHING ATTACK
AIMED BLOW 5 - 2 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 0 1 STRIKING ATTACK
TOTAL PARRY 0 - 3 1 BASHING ATTACK
WALL OF STEEL 0 - 0 1 PARRY-STRIKE
1 LUNGING ATTACK
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
SLASHING ATTACK SULLY 4344 18 12 0 109 SHROUD IN MYSTERY (433)
AIMED BLOW KNOWLEDGE 5610 10 7 0 95 POWER LEGION (579)
TOTAL PARRY GOLDEN BEAR 5602 15 5 0 66 GOLDEN GLADIATORS (362)
PARRY-LUNGE BART 5659 4 2 0 46 THE WICKED (320)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
The overall popularity leader is O PUNCHA 5531. The most popular warrior this turn
was KNOWLEDGE 5610. The ten other most popular fighters were KINDA FINE 5555,
CHAUNCY 5636, KORE SURYA 4232, KETL PHYSHE 5489, BRAEL-LWE 3140, GOOD AS GOLD 5670,
SADIGH FURY 5668, BART 5659, SORDAN BLACKBLADE 3183, and 24 CARAT 5694.
The least popular fighter this week was OHM 5700. The other ten least popular
fighters were SHOCK 5647, VOLOSO FURY 5672, O PUNCHA 5531, SPAMMER 5660, NATURE 5607,
PUNH JENTLY 5485, JOKER 5701, BAD NERVES 5671, BA'AL OF CITADEL 3139, and GOLDEN BEAR
5602.
The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn:
SULLY (16-4344) SHROUD IN MYSTERY (433)
PUNH JENTLY (16-5485) PUNNY AMINALS (305)
FACE-TO-FACE TOURNEY XLI
FRESHMEN TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME
FIVE GOLDEN RINGS 4331 (32-4-0) 4 3 0 GOLDEN GLADIATORS
CHALLENGERS TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME
DARLING TATIANA 5052 (14-12-0) 5 3 1 ARCHERS OF LOAF
GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY 5491 (18-9-0) 3 3 0 GOLDEN GLADIATORS
ADEPTS TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME
KNOWLEDGE 5610 (7-7-0) 2 3 0 POWER LEGION
GOLDEN BEAR 5602 (11-4-0) 0 3 0 GOLDEN GLADIATORS
INITIATES TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME
KINDA FINE 5555 (4-2-0) 7 3 0 NOBLE ON FIRE
RUDDY JOE 5236 (6-1-0) 4 3 0 COLOR ME
LEVERAGE 5616 (6-4-0) 0 3 0 POWER LEGION
APPRENTICES TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME
17 INCH MOMO 5563 (1-1-0) 2 1 0 DEAD NOBLE ON FIRE
AMPERE 5638 (3-1-1) 4 3 1 POWER LEGION
GOLDEN DOME 5634 (2-0-0) 0 3 0 GOLDEN GLADIATORS
ROOKIES TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME
WHAT 5631 (0-0-0) 3 3 0 JGW F2F 2006
MISDIAGNOSIS 5644 (0-0-0) 2 3 0 BASH BROS. DOCTOR
MOLLY BOOTS 5656 (0-0-0) 1 3 0 NOBLE ON FIRE
SHOCK 5647 (0-0-0) 1 3 0 POWER LEGION
DEAN AISLE 5639 (0-0-0) 0 1 0 DEAD FUNKY FOLK