DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER
Date : 04/21/2008 Duedate: 05/03/2008
ALJAFIR ARENA
DM-17 TURN-587
This Weeks Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
XAVIORA YOHL
MIDDLE WAY (484)
(17-6935) [16-7-0,117]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
XAVIORA YOHL POSITION IS EMPTY
MIDDLE WAY (484)
(17-6935) [16-7-0,117]
Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite
TAMARIN MELLIRN XAVIORA YOHL
MIDDLE WAY (484) MIDDLE WAY (484)
(17-6925) [11-14-0,50] (17-6935) [16-7-0,117]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
MIDDLE WAY (484)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. DEATH INCARNATE (558) 16
2. MIDDLE WAY (484) 13 DEATH INCARNATE (558)
3. FIELDS OF ELYSIUM (563) 5 Unchartered Team
4. HEROESANDFOUNDONES (475) 0
BLANK II (146)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1/ 1 DEATH INCARNATE (558) 53 26 3 67.1 1/ 1 MIDDLE WAY (484) 7 8 0
2- 2 HEROESANDFOUNDONES (475) 429 350 18 55.1 2/ 2 FIELDS OF ELYSIUM (563) 6 6 0
3/ 3 FIELDS OF ELYSIUM (563) 63 54 3 53.8 3/ 3 DEATH INCARNATE (558) 3 0 0
4/ 4 MIDDLE WAY (484) 393 576 7 40.6 4- 4 HEROESANDFOUNDONES (475) 0 1 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
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DM 9 ZUKAL (turn 591): VENTRIIE of DARK WARDS (Dr. Doom, mgr.)
DM 12 RIZTAB (turn 591): PARMEIDES of DREAMERS (Sleepy, mgr.)
DM 13 DULLENS (turn 498): WINDWALKER of CARDOW HUNTERS (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 15 MALCORN (turn 585): REDBIRD of GREENWARDENS (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 16 WILLAF (turn 587): HEART OF GOLD of GOLDEN GLADIATORS (Midas, mgr.)
DM 17 ALJAFIR (turn 586): QUINTUS of FIELDS OF ELYSIUM (Caesar, mgr.)
DM 19 ZUWAYZA (turn 584): TIMES of THE MAGNIFICENT MAGS (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 28 MORYA (turn 292): VAIDISAVA of THE PENTARCHY (Le Pentarque, mgr.)
DM 29 LAPUR (turn 577): BRICKHOUSE of STREETWALKERS (Roadkill, mgr.)
DM 31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 290): LOCUST of PESTILENCE (Lord of Pestilence, mgr.)
DM 32 ARVAT (turn 573): SERVIUS of CAESAR'S THUGS (Caesar, mgr.)
DM 33 NIATOLI ISLAND (turn 571): ACE HEARTS HAMMER of KLKASINO HAMMERZ (Hammer)
DM 35 MURSKA (turn 562): ALE'CHAI TALLSKY of PHILANTHROPISTS (Aragorn, mgr.)
DM 43 VEASTIAN (turn 525): SOLDIER 4 of MEDAL OF HONOR 27 (The Anarchist, mgr.)
DM 45 STORMCROWE (turn 267): REALITY of SRETSAMLEUD II (Phat Phat, mgr.)
DM 47 DOUBLE X (turn 261): HANTA of DOK SIK KILLERS (Doc Sik, mgr.)
DM 50 SNOWBOUND (turn 248): EXTENSION oF LIFE IMPACTS (Smitty, mgr.)
DM 56 ROCANIS (turn 452): CENTURION of KNIGHTS OF ROCANIS (Jakari, mgr.)
DM 60 COLLUSION COVE (turn 439): WRATH LIX of DEATH STUDS VII (Death Stud, mgr)
DM 61 JURINE (turn 430): LOCKENLOAD of CLAN GHOST BEARS (Bjorn, mgr.)
DM 65 DAL SHANG (turn 416): DUCK KA-BOB of MIGHTY DUCKS (Woody, mgr.)
DM 73 ERINIKA (turn 197): LAELKORISSA of FAVORITE GUYS (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 74 DAYLA KIV (turn 386): GENERAL MILLS of CORPS (Papa Bear, mgr.)
DM 75 JADE MOUNTAIN (turn 384): GARTH of MANAGER MUSINGS (FTF Manager, mgr.)
DM 78 LIN TIRIAN (turn 371): CONJUROR of MAGIC ARTISTS (Houdini, mgr.)
ADM 103 FREE BLADES (turn 478): JAMMIES of DARKLINGS (She-Puppy, mgr.)
Top Teams
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DM 9 ZUKAL (turn 591): DARK WARDS (Dr. Doom, mgr.)
DM 12 RIZTAB (turn 591): CULTS-R-US (?, mgr.)
DM 13 DULLENS (turn 498): CARDOW HUNTERS (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 15 MALCORN (turn 585): STARBASE 5 (Zeus, mgr.)
DM 16 WILLAF (turn 587): PUNNY ANIMALS (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 17 ALJAFIR (turn 586): MIDDLE WAY (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 19 ZUWAYZA (turn 584): THE MAGNIFICENT MAGS (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 28 MORYA (turn 292): THE PENTARCHY (Le Pentarque, mgr.)
DM 29 LAPUR (turn 577): ESCAPADE (Scion, mgr.)
DM 31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 290): WAR (Lord of War, mgr.)
DM 32 ARVAT (turn 573): ROMAN HEROES (Caesar, mgr.)
DM 33 NIATOLI ISLAND (turn 571): STORM BRINGERS (The Rake, mgr.)
DM 35 MURSKA (turn 562): PHILANTHROPISTS (Aragorn, mgr.)
DM 43 VEASTIAN (turn 525): THE FAMILY (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 45 STORMCROWE (turn 267): DARQUE FORCES (Master Darque, mgr.)
DM 47 DOUBLE X (turn 261): X-MEN II (Omega, mgr.)
DM 50 SNOWBOUND (turn 248): MIDDLE WAY 6 (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 56 ROCANIS (turn 452): KNIGHTS OF ROCANIS (Jakari, mgr.)
DM 60 COLLUSION COVE (turn 439): CHILDHOOD TRAUMA (Samwise the Bald, mgr.)
DM 61 JURINE (turn 430): CLAN GHOST BEARS (Bjorn, mgr.)
DM 65 DAL SHANG (turn 416): MIGHTY DUCKS (Woody, mgr.)
DM 73 ERINIKA (turn 197): MIDDLE WAY 18 (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 74 DAYLA KIV (turn 386): SAND DANCERRS (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 75 JADE MOUNTAIN (turn 384): SAND DANCERS (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 78 LIN TIRIAN (turn 371): MAGIC ARTISTS (Houdini, mgr.)
ADM 103 FREE BLADES (turn 478): DO IT AGAIN et al (The Dark One, mgr.)
Recent Graduates
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DM 12 RIZTAB (turn 590): KOOL-AID DRIKER of CULTS-R-US (?, mgr.)
DM 15 MALCORN (turn 585): REDBIRD of GREENWARDENS (Jorja, mgr.)
(turn 584): BET TWICE of TRIPLE CROWN (Sultan, mgr.)
DM 28 MORYA (turn 291): SHARAPOVA of THE PENTARCHY (Le Pentarque, mgr.)
DM 29 LAPUR (turn 577): MURRY of CROC FILES (THawk, mgr.)
DM 31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 289): ULL STORMHELM of THE STORMBRINGERS (High Lord Bosk)
DM 32 ARVAT (turn 572): SHEA TANN of DEVIL ADVOCATES (Dark One, mgr.)
DEFIANCE of ANGELS OF PAIN (The Dark One, mgr.)
DM 33 NIATOLI ISLAND (turn 570): THE CLAW of RAVAGING LORDS (General Ikillu, mgr.)
DM 45 STORMCROWE (turn 266): ANGEL HAMMER of MUTANT HAMMERZ (Hammer, mgr.)
DM 47 DOUBLE X (turn 261): ROISIN DUBH of GAELIC STORM (Bobby Bigfoot, mgr.)
SUCCULANT of WARHAMMERS (Coyote, mgr.)
DM 60 COLLUSION COVE (turn 439): ALLAN JOHNSON of TPW FOREVER (Anti, mgr.)
WHITE WITCH of CRAZY CREEPS (Crazy Creepster, mgr)
LOKI IX of DEATH STUDS VII (Death Stud, mgr.)
(turn 438): THE RIDDLER of CRAZY CREEPS (Crazy Creepster, mgr)
DM 73 ERINIKA (turn 196): BLACK EYE of BLACK & BLUE (The Mun, mgr.)
SPY REPORT
Greetings warriors! It is I, Zontani Sharp Eyes, here to bring report of the
clash and bustle of the weekly ALJAFIR games. THE RED BARON caught the eye of many
in the gladiatorial commission as he skillfully bested STELRA TIRINS and was awarded
16 points in recognition. In one of the week's more notable duels, NOVELLUS put down
TAMARIN MELLIRN, causing her to lose 2 points of recognition in the process. This
time victory fell to the grasp of the usurper. All hail XAVIORA YOHL, Duelmaster of
ALJAFIR! Informants "close" to the city champion have told me that he never fights
without pantyhose on beneath his armor. Watch out!
Many and various are the arts of battle. In ALJAFIR "art" is a word that has
long since passed from the language! I saw one fighter that warriors avoided when
this week's challenge seeking began. MIDDLE WAY is feared. This much I can say. If
you didn't look down dark alleys you'd have been hard pressed to find any of FIELDS
OF ELYSIUM last week. Busy avoiding MIDDLE WAY? Loose talk at the arena has reached
my ears and it but confirms the knowledge that many fighters are after GRISHORT HURM.
Watch your back!
Is not Death a warrior's foremost adviser? Warriors, may this counselor stand
ready at your right hand forever! Fate is a fickle mistress. She showers the
miserable with fortune but sets enemies against the victorious. Remember this!
If it were not for my skills as a spy I would have been mugged three times
already in ALJAFIR. Nice atmosphere you have here! Ahh, but I can hear the spires
of a far off city calling to me. I must away! Till we meet again, remember: a
turtle walks slow, hides head in a shell, and harms no one; a lion runs to slay its
prey.-- Zontani Sharp Eyes
DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
XAVIORA YOHL 6935 16 7 0 117 MIDDLE WAY (484)
CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-JACK THE RIPPER 6803 9 2 0 115 DEATH INCARNATE (558)
QUINTUS 6913 10 6 2 92 FIELDS OF ELYSIUM (563)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
THE RED BARON 6952 9 4 2 88 DEATH INCARNATE (558)
STELRA TIRINS 6868 21 18 0 81 MIDDLE WAY (484)
COMMODUS 6962 7 0 0 69 FIELDS OF ELYSIUM (563)
CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
NOVELLUS 6911 11 4 0 58 FIELDS OF ELYSIUM (563)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
TAMARIN MELLIRN 6925 11 14 0 50 MIDDLE WAY (484)
-VERCINGETORIX 6950 7 3 0 45 DEATH INCARNATE (558)
GRISHORT HURM 6929 6 19 0 37 MIDDLE WAY (484)
-AURELIUS 6963 4 0 0 35 FIELDS OF ELYSIUM (563)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
YAREK ZURN 6955 3 6 0 25 MIDDLE WAY (484)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-VLAD THE IMPALER 6961 2 2 0 24 DEATH INCARNATE (558)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
SACRIFICE 6978 0 1 0 FIELDS OF ELYSIU 563 DARK CHAMPION 587 NONE
PERSONAL ADS
The Red Baron -- I loathe pizza. It's got tomato sauce on it, which is a horrible
thing to do to an innocent tomato. -- Tamarin Mellirn
Commodus -- I'm not sure I believe it, but I won't argue. -- Grishort Hurn
Quintus -- Well done, all five of you. -- Stelra Tirins
Venomous concubine? Bah, she doesn't even begin to know what venom is! -- Xaviora
Yohl
We should take the North Fork Rabble and sink him/them in the bay. -- Yarek Zurn
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
SACRIFICE was butchered by DARK CHAMPION in a 1 minute bloody Dark Arena fight.
QUINTUS was vanquished by XAVIORA YOHL in a exciting 1 minute uneven Title battle.
THE RED BARON overpowered STELRA TIRINS in a 1 minute mismatched duel.
COMMODUS devastated GRISHORT HURM in a exciting 1 minute bloody one-sided fight.
TAMARIN MELLIRN was bested by NOVELLUS in a 2 minute veteran's duel.
YAREK ZURN was bested by CAPTURED ORC in a 2 minute bloody match.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|AIMED BLOW 3 PARRY-RIPOSTE 2 - 0 - 0 100 |
|BASHING ATTACK 3 STRIKING ATTACK 18 - 6 - 1 75 |
|STRIKING ATTACK 2 AIMED BLOW 17 - 9 - 1 65 |
|TOTAL PARRY 2 LUNGING ATTACK 7 - 8 - 1 47 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 0 SLASHING ATTACK 4 - 6 - 0 40 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 0 TOTAL PARRY 10 - 18 - 0 36 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 BASHING ATTACK 9 - 19 - 0 32 |
|LUNGING ATTACK 0 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 0 - 0 0 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 - 0 0 |
|WALL OF STEEL 0 WALL OF STEEL 0 - 1 - 0 0 |
Turn 587 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:
STRIKING ATTACK 2 - 0 AIMED BLOW 1 - 2 2 STRIKING ATTACK
TOTAL PARRY 1 - 1 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 2 BASHING ATTACK
PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 0 2 AIMED BLOW
PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 0 2 TOTAL PARRY
LUNGING ATTACK 0 - 0 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE
SLASHING ATTACK 0 - 0 1 SLASHING ATTACK
BASHING ATTACK 0 - 3 1 LUNGING ATTACK
WALL OF STEEL 0 - 0
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
STRIKING ATTACK XAVIORA YOHL 6935 16 7 0 117 MIDDLE WAY (484)
BASHING ATTACK QUINTUS 6913 10 6 2 92 FIELDS OF ELYSIUM (563)
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
AIMED BLOW STELRA TIRINS 6868 21 18 0 81 MIDDLE WAY (484)
TOTAL PARRY NOVELLUS 6911 11 4 0 58 FIELDS OF ELYSIUM (563)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
The overall popularity leader is TAMARIN MELLIRN 6925. The most popular warrior this
turn was XAVIORA YOHL 6935. The ten other most popular fighters were COMMODUS 6962,
TAMARIN MELLIRN 6925, THE RED BARON 6952, NOVELLUS 6911, YAREK ZURN 6955, QUINTUS
6913, SACRIFICE 6978, STELRA TIRINS 6868, GRISHORT HURM 6929, and 0.
The least popular fighter this week was GRISHORT HURM 6929. The other ten least
popular fighters were STELRA TIRINS 6868, SACRIFICE 6978, QUINTUS 6913, YAREK ZURN
6955, NOVELLUS 6911, THE RED BARON 6952, TAMARIN MELLIRN 6925, COMMODUS 6962, XAVIORA
YOHL 6935, and 0.
THE STOMPING GROUNDS
The new all-basher arena will be in Seam, DM 20. Only new teams (0FE) may
participate. The only rule is that all of your warriors must be bashers.
The first turn of the contest will be due on Monday, April 28. It will be a slow
turn-around arena. If you wish to enter a team, please submit your new team and first
turn strategies before then. Only one team per manager, please.
This arena will stay open indefinitely, providing there is interest (i.e., this is not
a contest that runs a set number of turns, although there are prizes scheduled after
the first 15 rounds). For more information, see details in the first newsletter or on
the forums.
-- RSI
Zeb Karan looked around the table at the rest of Dwes Eg's staff. Arenamasters,
standby and Dark Arena warriors, stewards and infirmarians, even the maintenance crew.
There was wine and beer on the side-table, even sandwiches, but no one was partaking.
"Stop looking like your dog died," Lew Voth said. He had once been the
arenamaster of Sentern and had taken his turns overseeing the fights in Dwes Eg. "We
all knew this day would come. When are they closing us down?"
"Immediately after the tourney, according to the information I was given."
"Short notice," Jame Rinvar, another arenamaster commented.
"No offense intended, these things just creep up on people. Tourneys make it
worse, I suppose, all the new teams being entered." Zeb grimaced. "Some of the file
cabinets have exploded from over-stuffing, you know, and it takes so long to run
through all the registered gladiators to find those who are planning to fight on any
given day that the day is OVER by the time we're ready to start."
"Which is why they closed down Sentern, Cimmeriac, and Firehold," Lew pointed
out. "This is the same thing all over again."
"Cycles," Jame said. "Things happen, and then later they happen again. We live
with it. And Dwes Eg did last for, what, eight and a half years before it reached the
explosion point. That isn't bad. That's forever, speaking practically."
"Eight or nine years is not forever--"
"The only thing that's real is today, and maybe, up to a point, tomorrow. I
don't see a problem with this. What are the new parameters, Zeb?"
"Dwes Eg remains open, existing teams can run and can recruit new members. BUT,
no new teams will be accepted. New teams will go into a new arena, DM 84, running its
first turn on the seventh of May. A regular two-week cycle."
"So Dwes Eg isn't actually being closed, just closed to new teams. Okay. This
works," Jame said again. "Number 84... does this mean it'll be out at that Blackstone
place? Rotten weather half the year, but I suppose you could say that about any site.
What about regional allegiance?"
"None specified in the data I received. Probably a personal-choice situation,"
Zeb said.
"Transfers?" Lew asked.
"I don't know about transfers IN," Zeb said, "but I'd guess yes, they would be
allowed. No transfers OUT, though. None out of DM 82, for that matter. Once you're
in 82 or 84, the only way out is death or graduation."
"That fairly describes most arenas," Jame said. "Anyone who takes up the
gladiatorial life has already accepted that."