DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER
Date : 07/19/2004 Duedate: 07/31/2004
ALJAFIR ARENA
DM-17 TURN-489
This Weeks Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
SIGIL CAMISADO
BALANCE OF TERROR (472)
(17-5703) [11-17-0,106]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
SIGIL CAMISADO POSITION IS EMPTY
BALANCE OF TERROR (472)
(17-5703) [11-17-0,106]
Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite
MOUSE NOYLE DARON EL
MIDDLE WAY (484) MIDDLE WAY (484)
(17-6252) [21-28-0,94] (17-6414) [9-18-0,48]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
HEROESANDFOUNDONES (475)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. MIDDLE WAY (484) 29
2. HEROESANDFOUNDONES (475) 25 HEROESANDFOUNDONES (475)
3. LET'S DUEL! (519) 21 Unchartered Team
4. ITALIAN FOOTBALL (407) 0
5. THE HORDE (537) 0 DEVIANTZ (410)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1- 1*DANCE OF DEATH (535) 8 2 2 80.0 1/ 3 HEROESANDFOUNDONES (475) 8 7 1
2- 2 ITALIAN FOOTBALL (407) 35 15 4 70.0 2/ 4 MIDDLE WAY (484) 6 9 0
3- 3*ALL THINGS FLOYD (517) 12 8 2 60.0 3/ 6 BALANCE OF TERROR (472) 5 5 0
4- 4*CLAN BATTLEAXE 2 (480) 3 2 0 60.0 4/ 7 LET'S DUEL! (519) 4 4 1
5/ 6 HEROESANDFOUNDONES (475) 202 165 7 55.0 5- 2*THE HORDE (537) 4 6 0
6- 5*THE HORDE (537) 11 9 0 55.0 6- 5*ALL THINGS FLOYD (517) 3 0 1
7- 8 DEITIES & DEMIGODS (507) 40 38 2 51.3 7- 1*DANCE OF DEATH (535) 3 2 1
8- 9 JEKYLL'S BREW (486) 89 97 10 47.8 8- 8 ITALIAN FOOTBALL (407) 2 0 0
9/11 LET'S DUEL! (519) 22 24 1 47.8 9- 9*CLAN BATTLEAXE 2 (480) 2 1 0
10/12 BALANCE OF TERROR (472) 52 72 2 41.9 10-12 JEKYLL'S BREW (486) 1 1 0
11/13 MIDDLE WAY (484) 178 302 3 37.1 11-10 DEITIES & DEMIGODS (507) 1 4 0
'*' Unchartered team '-' Team did not fight this turn
(###) Avoid teams by their Team Id ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank
DUELMASTER'S COLUMN
Notes from the arena champ.
Whoa! How did this happen? Why am I DM? I wasn't expecting it so soon, but
I'll take it. Karo Lee didn't put up much of a fight. Very disappointing. I don't
know who I'll fight next. I guess I'll let you guys make the challenge. Hopefully,
I'll be here next turn.
Sigil Camisado
Duelmaster
Servant of Kjarran
Balance of Terror
SPY REPORT
Greetings warriors! It is I, Zontani Sharp Eyes, here to bring report of the
clash and bustle of the weekly ALJAFIR games. Former top team DANCE OF DEATH was
unseated this week as HEROESANDFOUNDONES moved up from 3rd ranking to take the top
spot with a 4-1-1 record for the round. Fortune did not smile upon DANCE OF DEATH
this time out who this turn suffered a fall into 7th position in the wake of a 0-0-0
round. Warriors--remember that glory waits always around the corner! Witness how
this week BALANCE OF TERROR went 1-4-0 to move up 3 in the rankings. TABETA UNIS
caught the eye of many in the gladiatorial commission as she skillfully bested
NAPOLEON and was awarded 17 points in recognition. In one of the week's more notable
duels, TABETA UNIS put down NAPOLEON, causing him to lose 14 points of recognition in
the process. Not for nothing has SIGIL CAMISADO in the past laid claim to the
Duelmaster's throne, and this week he's proven his combat skill yet again. Heed
this! A seer has warned that if exactly 6 die in duels this week, the whole city
shall perish! Just remember...5 or 7!
But come now, let us look deeper into the maze of contention and crossed blades
that is city ALJAFIR. ALJAFIR, city of gladiators! Mighty among the names of thy
guilds is THE HORDE, a guild shunned and avoided by many in the weekly duels.
Methinks more than a few here could name the guild it was that spent the better part
of last week avoiding THE HORDE. Indeed it was HEROESANDFOUNDONES. Loose talk at
the arena has reached my ears and it but confirms the knowledge that many fighters
are after DARK MAGICIAN. Watch your back! I can not but mention with disdain the
name of MCARTHUR who this week posted a challenge to a warrior a full 9 points below
in the rankings. I thought MCARTHUR showed great skill and promise when he defeated
VURZHAL UR. All right, so I slept through it! Big deal!
What warrior does not hone his years, impatiently waiting for the moment of his
foe's mortality? My condolences to BALANCE OF TERROR for their loss of a very
promising warrior, ARGUS AZAZEL. ARGUS AZAZEL went to doom before the arms of PURPLE
HEART, a warrior of HEROESANDFOUNDONES. Some say a warrior is judged by the way he
bears arms. One thing is sure, better a dagger in hand then a sword on the belt!
A thought before I go. Each warrior practices one style, but must not the wise
manager learn the secrets of them all? 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 - the pen is mightier than the sword, but a maul is a different
story!-- Zontani Sharp Eyes
DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
SIGIL CAMISADO 5703 11 17 0 106 BALANCE OF TERROR (472)
CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
KARO LEE 6133 18 41 0 95 MIDDLE WAY (484)
MOUSE NOYLE 6252 21 28 0 94 MIDDLE WAY (484)
-IDUN 6396 12 8 1 94 DEITIES & DEMIGODS (507)
-TOTTI 5991 12 4 2 93 ITALIAN FOOTBALL (407)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
DARK MAGICIAN 6417 9 2 0 92 LET'S DUEL! (519)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
QUIVRA NGEDO 5705 15 15 0 68 BALANCE OF TERROR (472)
CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-RED STRIPE 6066 12 15 0 60 JEKYLL'S BREW (486)
TABETA UNIS 6405 9 19 0 60 MIDDLE WAY (484)
-WICKED PETE 6151 9 8 1 57 JEKYLL'S BREW (486)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-DREAM DATE FLOYD 6383 6 0 1 51 ALL THINGS FLOYD (517)
LA JINN 6419 4 5 1 50 LET'S DUEL! (519)
DARON EL 6414 9 18 0 48 MIDDLE WAY (484)
PURPLE HEART 6590 5 5 1 43 HEROESANDFOUNDONES (475)
-RENOWN 6600 3 1 0 42 THE HORDE (537)
NAPOLEON 6578 8 4 0 36 HEROESANDFOUNDONES (475)
-VALTANA 5879 3 0 0 36 CLAN BATTLEAXE 2 (480)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
ETIEN HAXAN 5772 8 9 0 33 BALANCE OF TERROR (472)
-LONGSWORD LAMBADA 6553 2 0 0 29 DANCE OF DEATH (535)
ACHILLES 6612 3 1 0 27 HEROESANDFOUNDONES (475)
-T.G.I. FLOYD'S 6379 3 3 0 24 ALL THINGS FLOYD (517)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
MCARTHUR 6611 2 3 0 23 HEROESANDFOUNDONES (475)
-SHORTSWORD SOFTSHOE 6555 2 0 1 22 DANCE OF DEATH (535)
-STONEBLADE 6599 2 2 0 21 THE HORDE (537)
PIP THE TROLL 6597 3 4 0 18 HEROESANDFOUNDONES (475)
-DIAMONDMACE 6601 3 1 0 18 THE HORDE (537)
-WAR HAMMER WALTZ 6554 2 0 1 18 DANCE OF DEATH (535)
-FLOYD BANDYLEGS 6613 1 0 1 16 ALL THINGS FLOYD (517)
-GREY MOUSER 6290 1 4 0 16 DEITIES & DEMIGODS (507)
-GRACEFUL CHARITY 6586 2 2 0 13 LET'S DUEL! (519)
-WARLEADER 6603 2 2 0 8 THE HORDE (537)
-$6,000,000 FLOYD 6380 1 1 0 8 ALL THINGS FLOYD (517)
-OUTLANDER 6602 1 3 0 6 THE HORDE (537)
-BROADSWORD BALLET 6556 1 1 0 6 DANCE OF DEATH (535)
VURZHAL UR 6618 1 2 0 5 MIDDLE WAY (484)
FORCAS 6538 1 2 0 5 BALANCE OF TERROR (472)
-LEATHER LAPDANCE 6552 1 1 0 4 DANCE OF DEATH (535)
-FRANKENFLOYD 6382 0 2 0 2 ALL THINGS FLOYD (517)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
ARGUS AZAZEL 6314 3 2 0 BALANCE OF TERROR 472 PURPLE HEART 6590 489
COAR 5878 0 2 0 CLAN BATTLEAXE 2 480 WAR HAMMER WALTZ 6554 487
ANHUR 6544 6 8 0 DEITIES & DEMIGOD 507 LA JINN 6419 488
REMOVED 6625 0 1 0 LET'S DUEL! 519 BLACK ORC 645 489 NONE
PERSONAL ADS
Renown -- Don't you just like those random match-ups. You never know when one will
be the end of you. I came close. Almost got my first kill. Oh well, it will happen
soon enough. -- Quivra Ngedo
Stoneblade -- Two words; backup weapon. Unless you like punching my shields and
armor. -- Etien Haxan
Vurzhal Ur -- That Shewish hide saved you. Any other race would have been dead by
the second blow. But if you don't want to be a Shew, we'll see what we can do. --
Argus Azazel
Graceful Charity -- There was nothing graceful or charitable about that fight. You
are not living up to your name. -- Forcas
12 July 2004
All Readers -- Due to the pressures resulting from preparing for and dealing with the
Face to Face, no spotlights will be written until it's over. -- the Scribe
17 July 2004
I am currently trying to put together a favorites chart for AD warriors. I
desperately need help with this. What I need are style, favorite rhythm (ex.:
hi/low), favorite weapons, and tactics. What would be great is if you could send me
a copy of the invite with the warrior's name, id#, and arena blacked out. This way,
I can verify that this is an actual warrior. Minis will work, too!
For those interested, I have both a challenge style vs. style and a match-up style
vs. style chart. There's about 250 fights calculated in these charts, and I'll be
happy to send a copy to anyone who asks. You can contact me (if you're a free world
player) at: Rick Stringer, Merit/East, SCI, P.O. Box 500, Georgetown, DE 19947-0500.
If you're in prison, just send a diplo to: Baphomet, Mgr. Knights Templar (568), DM
#47--North Fork. (I also have a lot of other charts and info for anyone who wants
it.) Thanks!
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
REMOVED was butchered by BLACK ORC in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
QUIVRA NGEDO was devastated by DARK MAGICIAN in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge duel.
NAPOLEON was demolished by TABETA UNIS in a 1 minute uneven Challenge fight.
PURPLE HEART butchered ARGUS AZAZEL in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge contest.
MCARTHUR overpowered VURZHAL UR in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge match.
SIGIL CAMISADO devastated KARO LEE in a 1 minute one-sided Title duel.
MOUSE NOYLE devastated CONVICTED ASSASSIN in a 1 minute bloody mismatched match.
DARON EL savagely defeated ETIEN HAXAN in a action packed 4 minute gruesome melee.
LA JINN won victory over THE USEROUS MERCHANT in a 2 minute duel.
PIP THE TROLL overpowered NORTH FORK RABBLE in a slow 4 minute uneven duel.
FORCAS was overpowered by ACHILLES in a 1 minute gory uneven match.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|STRIKING ATTACK 4 BASHING ATTACK 5 - 2 - 1 71 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 4 PARRY-STRIKE 12 - 7 - 1 63 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 2 STRIKING ATTACK 19 - 12 - 2 61 |
|LUNGING ATTACK 2 WALL OF STEEL 13 - 10 - 0 57 |
|WALL OF STEEL 2 LUNGING ATTACK 20 - 17 - 2 54 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 2 TOTAL PARRY 12 - 14 - 0 46 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 1 SLASHING ATTACK 26 - 32 - 0 45 |
|TOTAL PARRY 1 PARRY-LUNGE 5 - 8 - 0 38 |
|AIMED BLOW 0 PARRY-RIPOSTE 6 - 10 - 0 38 |
|BASHING ATTACK 0 AIMED BLOW 2 - 7 - 0 22 |
Turn 489 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 AIMED BLOW 0 - 0 3 SLASHING ATTACK
TOTAL PARRY 1 - 0 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 2 2 PARRY-LUNGE
STRIKING ATTACK 3 - 1 BASHING ATTACK 0 - 0 2 LUNGING ATTACK
PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 - 1 1 STRIKING ATTACK
LUNGING ATTACK 1 - 1 1 WALL OF STEEL
SLASHING ATTACK 2 - 2 1 TOTAL PARRY
WALL OF STEEL 1 - 1 1 BASHING ATTACK
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
SLASHING ATTACK DARK MAGICIAN 6417 9 2 0 92 LET'S DUEL! (519)
PARRY-STRIKE NAPOLEON 6578 8 4 0 36 HEROESANDFOUNDONES (475)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
The overall popularity leader is MOUSE NOYLE 6252. The most popular warrior this
turn was DARON EL 6414. The ten other most popular fighters were LA JINN 6419, DARK
MAGICIAN 6417, MOUSE NOYLE 6252, ETIEN HAXAN 5772, ACHILLES 6612, TABETA UNIS 6405,
PURPLE HEART 6590, MCARTHUR 6611, SIGIL CAMISADO 5703, and NAPOLEON 6578.
The least popular fighter this week was PIP THE TROLL 6597. The other ten least
popular fighters were FORCAS 6538, KARO LEE 6133, VURZHAL UR 6618, ARGUS AZAZEL 6314,
QUIVRA NGEDO 5705, REMOVED 6625, NAPOLEON 6578, SIGIL CAMISADO 5703, MCARTHUR 6611,
and PURPLE HEART 6590.
The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn:
KARO LEE (17-6133) MIDDLE WAY (484)