DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER
Date : 06/29/2009 Duedate: 07/11/2009
ALJAFIR ARENA
DM-17 TURN-618
This Weeks Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
SALARA LORMIN
MIDDLE WAY (484)
(17-7037) [17-5-0,118]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
SALARA LORMIN POSITION IS EMPTY
MIDDLE WAY (484)
(17-7037) [17-5-0,118]
Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite
GERMANICUS URSILA VINE
GLADIATORS (569) MIDDLE WAY (484)
(17-6999) [17-6-0,117] (17-7006) [19-9-1,97]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
MIDDLE WAY (484)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. INHUMANS (550) 63
2. GLADIATORS (569) 13 FIELDS OF ELYSIUM (563)
3. FIELDS OF ELYSIUM (563) 13 Unchartered Team
4. MIDDLE WAY (484) -16
INHUMANS (550)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1/ 0*INHUMANS (550) 4 1 1 80.0 1/ 1 MIDDLE WAY (484) 8 7 0
2/ 1 FIELDS OF ELYSIUM (563) 107 79 5 57.5 2/ 2 GLADIATORS (569) 7 2 2
3/ 2 GLADIATORS (569) 50 63 7 44.2 3/ 0*INHUMANS (550) 4 1 1
4/ 3 MIDDLE WAY (484) 472 652 9 42.0 4/ 3 FIELDS OF ELYSIUM (563) 2 1 0
'*' Unchartered team '-' Team did not fight this turn
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Duelmasters
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DM 9 ZUKAL (turn 621): KEEL HAULER of SEA DOGS (One-Armed Bandit, mgr.)
DM 12 RIZTAB (turn 623): PROTAGORAS of DREAMERS (Sleepy, mgr.)
DM 15 MALCORN (turn 617): VARPULIS RUKH of STARBASE 5 (Zeus, mgr.)
DM 16 WILLAF (turn 619): MAREY D'NUIT of PUNNY ANIMALS (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 17 ALJAFIR (turn 617): SALARA LORMIN of MIDDLE WAY (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 19 ZUWAYZA (turn 615): ARCHIPPUS of TROUBLED WATERS (Anti, mgr.)
DM 28 MORYA (turn 308): CASH MEALS of EXPENSE ACCOUNT (Finance Manager, mgr.)
DM 29 LAPUR (turn 608): NEEDS SALT of BOHICA (?, mgr.)
DM 31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 305): ULL HARDHAMMER of THE STORMBRINGERS (High Lord Bosk)
DM 32 ARVAT (turn 605): AGONY of ANGELS OF PAIN (Dark One, mgr.)
DM 33 NIATOLI ISLAND (turn 603): TEMPEST of STORM BRINGERS (The Rake, mgr.)
DM 35 MURSKA (turn 594): MURSKAN PATRIOT of URBAN JUNGLE (Jugger, mgr.)
DM 43 VEASTIAN (turn 556): PRINCESS EMILY of LUROCIAN ROYALTY (The Greek Guy, mgr.)
DM 45 STORMCROWE (turn 283): JACOB MARLEY of PHANTOM REGIMENT (Nomad, mgr.)
DM 47 DOUBLE X (turn 277): JUSTICE FOR ALL of OF WOLF AND MAN (Tripwire, mgr.)
DM 50 SNOWBOUND (turn 264): ON MY WAY of OPEN SESAME (Crip, mgr.)
DM 56 ROCANIS (turn 484): AIRSLICER DAN of INCONSISTENT FURY (Banthius, mgr.)
DM 60 COLLUSION COVE (turn 471): SHMEGMA of HIT ME WITH... (?, mgr.)
DM 61 JURINE (turn 451): ZOE ALDIN of MIDDLE WAY 16 (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 65 DAL SHANG (turn 447): OCTAVIA of TIL DEATH DO US PART (Killjoy, mgr.)
DM 73 ERINIKA (turn 213): DEATH SUCKS of BLACKMAIL (The Mun, mgr.)
DM 74 DAYLA KIV (turn 411): GREEN DISEASE of INSIGNIFICANCE (Jekyll, mgr.)
DM 75 JADE MOUNTAIN (turn 404): CORINTHIAN of PARANOID ASSYLUM (Jekyll, mgr.)
DM 78 LIN TIRIAN (turn 393): RED COULTER of SAND DANCERS (Jorja, mgr.)
ADM 103 FREE BLADES (turn 509): DEFIANCE of ANGELS OF PAIN (The Dark One, mgr.)
Top Teams
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DM 9 ZUKAL (turn 621): HOT STUFF (Papa Bear, mgr.)
DM 12 RIZTAB (turn 623): DREAMERS (Sleepy, mgr.)
DM 15 MALCORN (turn 617): GREENWARDENS (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 16 WILLAF (turn 619): PUNNY ANIMALS (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 17 ALJAFIR (turn 617): MIDDLE WAY (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 19 ZUWAYZA (turn 615): TROUBLED WATERS (Anti, mgr.)
DM 28 MORYA (turn 308): PHANTACITY (Omega, mgr.)
DM 29 LAPUR (turn 608): STREET WALKERS (Roadkill, mgr.)
DM 31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 305): WAR (Mannequin, mgr.)
DM 32 ARVAT (turn 605): DEVIL ADVOCATES (Dark One, mgr.)
DM 33 NIATOLI ISLAND (turn 603): STORM BRINGERS (The Rake, mgr.)
DM 35 MURSKA (turn 594): URBAN JUNGLE (Jugger, mgr.)
DM 43 VEASTIAN (turn 556): LUROCIAN ROYALTY (The Greek Guy, mgr.)
DM 45 STORMCROWE (turn 283): MIKES HEROES (Mike?, mgr.)
DM 47 DOUBLE X (turn 277): LAND OF OZ (Oz the All Successful, mgr.)
DM 50 SNOWBOUND (turn 263): CRIMINAL MINDS (Black Guard, mgr.)
DM 56 ROCANIS (turn 484): MIDDLE WAY 20 (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 60 COLLUSION COVE (turn 471): EX OBLIVIONE (Enigma, mgr.)
DM 61 JURINE (turn 451): AUTUMN SAGA (?, mgr.)
DM 65 DAL SHANG (turn 447): SAND DANCERS (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 73 ERINIKA (turn 213): MIDDLE WAY 18 (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 74 DAYLA KIV (turn 411): SAND DANCERS (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 75 JADE MOUNTAIN (turn 404): GREATS OF TROY (Zalgor Prigg, mgr.)
DM 78 LIN TIRIAN (turn 393): IRON MEN (Papa Bear, mgr.)
ADM 103 FREE BLADES (turn 509): DO IT AGAIN et al (The Dark One, mgr.)
Recent Graduates
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DM 9 ZUKAL (turn 621): KEEL HAULER of SEA DOGS (One-Armed Bandit, mgr.)
DM 15 MALCORN (turn 617): VARPULIS RUKH of STARBASE 5 (Zeus, mgr.)
(turn 616): STUMP of GREENWARDENS (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 28 MORYA (turn 308): YAU (DARKFACE) of ZULU NATION (Zulu, mgr.)
DM 31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 305): CHOLERA of PESTILENCE (?, mgr.)
DM 33 NIATOLI ISLAND (turn 603): TEMPEST of STORM BRINGERS (The Rake, mgr.)
DM 35 MURSKA (turn 594): MURSKAN PATRIOT of URBAN JUNGLE (Jugger, mgr.)
DM 45 STORMCROWE (turn 283): JACOB MARLEY of PHANTOM REGIMENT (Nomad, mgr.)
(turn 282): SHADOWCAT HAMMER of MUTANT HAMMERZ (Hammer, mgr.)
DM 47 DOUBLE X (turn 277): JUSTICE FOR ALL of OF WOLF AND MAN (Tripwire, mgr.)
LAST CALL of INDIFFERENCE (Jekyll, mgr.)
SISTER MARY SUEELLEN of OLD HABITS (Soultaker, mgr.)
BOB'S COMIC COLLECTN of THINGS I DROOL IN (Nuln, mgr.)
(turn 276): NIKKO of LAND OF OZ (Oz the Successful, mgr.)
DM 50 SNOWBOUND (turn 264): ON MY WAY of OPEN SESAME (Crip, mgr.)
DOMJON of DRUID'S GROVE (Armalias Skyhawk, mgr.)
DM 61 JURINE (turn 451): ZOE ALDIN of MIDDLE WAY 16 (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 65 DAL SHANG (turn 447): OCTAVIA of TIL DEATH DO US PART (Killjoy, mgr.)
DUELMASTER'S COLUMN
Notes from the arena champ.
All the gods blast you, Tiberius, what were you THINKING to challenge me and
LOSE? I didn't have a THING ready to say. Of course, from the tactical standpoint,
the move was a smart one for you. An undefeated record going into Advanced can be a
burden, especially when you're coming from such a small arena as this. It makes you
look tasty while (usually) not giving you the depth of experience to hold off the
tasters.
Or, of course, it could've been a fluke.
Either way, I'm not laughing, I'm a lot more likely to curse you, although right
before the tourney... probably better to not, eh?
Salara Lormin
SPY REPORT
It is I, Novgorodny Vir, Spymaster of Spymasters. Look on my work, ye mighty,
and despair! The boys at INHUMANS are walking tall, as they are ranked 3rd on their
first try! Going for the Duelmaster soon? Practice pays for RANOKEN, who pummelled
PERSISTENT BEGGAR, to pocket 15 points. ZALMAN ARVO certainly had a baffled
expression on his face, after losing to VENOMOUS CONCUBINE and losing 18 points in
the process! KUNG-FU MASTER found out that ALJAFIR isn't a democracy. You've gotta
be the best to be Duelmaster here! So who was the warrior seen charging into
immovable walls and challenging dead trees? Someone's got a basic problem...
So much to report, so little time! Like the noble eagle soaring amongst the
mountaintops, so stand the warriors of MIDDLE WAY, alone and unchallenged. As a
woman of good breeding scorns the "warriors" of GLADIATORS, so did that sorry team
shy from MIDDLE WAY Take heed ALJAFIR, of the unprincipled action of GERMANICUS. By
challenging GRISHORT HURM, 39 points below him, GERMANICUS besmirches the noble art
of dueling. Warriors of ALJAFIR! Do you wish your reputations tainted by the base
challenge of GERMANICUS?
The moving sword slashes, and having slashed, moves on... Oh hard! that to
strike a flame, the match itself must needs be wasting!
Do not think spyreporting in ALJAFIR is the highlight of my life. More
important duties call me. ALJAFIR, I leave you now. The Duelmaster has agreed to
foot my bill at The Vile Vizier. 'Til next time-- Novgorodny Vir
DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
SALARA LORMIN 7037 17 5 0 118 MIDDLE WAY (484)
CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
GERMANICUS 6999 17 6 0 117 GLADIATORS (569)
-AURELIUS 6963 13 2 0 113 FIELDS OF ELYSIUM (563)
TIBERIUS 6979 17 1 0 101 FIELDS OF ELYSIUM (563)
URSILA VINE 7006 19 9 1 97 MIDDLE WAY (484)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
YAREK ZURN 6955 16 24 0 84 MIDDLE WAY (484)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
ZALMAN ARVO 7010 15 11 1 78 MIDDLE WAY (484)
GRISHORT HURM 6929 9 47 0 74 MIDDLE WAY (484)
CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-THEODOSIUS 7051 4 4 1 57 FIELDS OF ELYSIUM (563)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
GRACCHUS 7057 5 0 1 55 GLADIATORS (569)
-CONSTANTIUS 7056 4 1 1 43 GLADIATORS (569)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
BLURR 6710 1 0 0 15 INHUMANS (550)
RANOKEN 6711 1 0 0 15 INHUMANS (550)
KARNAK 6712 1 0 1 14 INHUMANS (550)
-MAXIMUS 7064 1 0 0 13 FIELDS OF ELYSIUM (563)
SHORTIE 6708 1 0 0 13 INHUMANS (550)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
CONVICTED THIEF 0 0 0 KARNAK 6712 618 NONE
BYE-BYE 6709 0 1 0 INHUMANS 550 STONE GOLEM 618 NONE
PERSONAL ADS
Germanicus -- Well, at least YOU haven't taken leave of your senses and combat
ability. That's actually a relief. Too much astonishment before dinner is bad for
the digestion. -- Ursila Vine
I am deeply wary of the various "venomous concubines" we've had to face. Some of
them--the Karragit, for instance--have been truly and authentically venomous, which
is bad. But the others, the humans... I think they're worse. I think it's a plot of
some kind, and there's a, um, a Concubines' Guild, or something, that is training
fighters and making use of the arena system to do it. And one of these days, a lot
of rich men all over Alastari are going to wake up and find themselves killed by
their concubines. Men of Alastari, unite! Throw off your concubines, cleave to one
wife, and LIVE! -- Yarek Zurn
Shagrath the Dwarvish Assassin is always a tough match, and I consider myself lucky
to have survived the encounter. Especially given that the height difference gives a
sneaky fighter like him an advantage. All those vulnerable areas right in front of
him, and I have to hunch over to protect 'em from low blows. It's hard. -- Grishort
Hurm
M. Chardinee tried his best, or I will assume so, but was no match for me. However,
I feel no need to be overly critical of or hostile to him, as my teammates have been
with THEIR standbys, so... eh. I'll buy him a drink, see if I don't! He isn't that
bad a guy. -- Zalman Arvo
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
BYE-BYE was dealt death by STONE GOLEM in a 2 minute Dark Arena fight.
GERMANICUS devastated GRISHORT HURM in a 2 minute gruesome one-sided Challenge duel.
TIBERIUS demolished YAREK ZURN in a crowd pleasing 1 minute uneven Challenge fight.
SALARA LORMIN overpowered KUNG-FU MASTER in a 1 minute one-sided Title fight.
ZALMAN ARVO was devastated by VENOMOUS CONCUBINE in a 1 minute uneven brawl.
URSILA VINE savagely defeated KHALHUMS DWARF in a 5 minute veteran's struggle.
GRACCHUS overpowered CAPTURED ORC in a 1 minute gruesome uneven melee.
KARNAK slaughtered CONVICTED THIEF in a 1 minute one-sided duel.
RANOKEN vanquished PERSISTENT BEGGAR in a 1 minute one-sided duel.
BLURR defeated EMBEZZLING SCRIBE in a 3 minute beginner's match.
SHORTIE overpowered CONVICTED THIEF in a 1 minute one-sided fight.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|TOTAL PARRY 3 WALL OF STEEL 1 - 0 - 0 100 |
|AIMED BLOW 2 AIMED BLOW 11 - 2 - 1 85 |
|LUNGING ATTACK 2 LUNGING ATTACK 13 - 5 - 1 72 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 2 BASHING ATTACK 8 - 5 - 1 62 |
|BASHING ATTACK 2 STRIKING ATTACK 9 - 6 - 1 60 |
|STRIKING ATTACK 1 TOTAL PARRY 18 - 18 - 1 50 |
|WALL OF STEEL 1 PARRY-STRIKE 5 - 6 - 0 45 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 0 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 0 - 0 0 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 - 0 0 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 0 SLASHING ATTACK 0 - 1 - 0 0 |
Turn 618 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 2 - 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 4 TOTAL PARRY
LUNGING ATTACK 2 - 0 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 0 2 LUNGING ATTACK
STRIKING ATTACK 1 - 0 SLASHING ATTACK 0 - 0 2 STRIKING ATTACK
WALL OF STEEL 1 - 0 BASHING ATTACK 0 - 2 1 AIMED BLOW
TOTAL PARRY 2 - 1 1 BASHING ATTACK
PARRY-STRIKE 1 - 1 1 PARRY-STRIKE
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
LUNGING ATTACK SALARA LORMIN 7037 17 5 0 118 MIDDLE WAY (484)
TOTAL PARRY GERMANICUS 6999 17 6 0 117 GLADIATORS (569)
AIMED BLOW TIBERIUS 6979 17 1 0 101 FIELDS OF ELYSIUM (563)
PARRY-STRIKE ZALMAN ARVO 7010 15 11 1 78 MIDDLE WAY (484)
STRIKING ATTACK GRACCHUS 7057 5 0 1 55 GLADIATORS (569)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
The overall popularity leader is GERMANICUS 6999. The most popular warrior this turn
was URSILA VINE 7006. The ten other most popular fighters were BYE-BYE 6709,
TIBERIUS 6979, GERMANICUS 6999, SALARA LORMIN 7037, GRACCHUS 7057, BLURR 6710, YAREK
ZURN 6955, KARNAK 6712, RANOKEN 6711, and SHORTIE 6708.
The least popular fighter this week was ZALMAN ARVO 7010. The other ten least
popular fighters were GRISHORT HURM 6929, SHORTIE 6708, RANOKEN 6711, KARNAK 6712,
YAREK ZURN 6955, BLURR 6710, GRACCHUS 7057, SALARA LORMIN 7037, GERMANICUS 6999, and
TIBERIUS 6979.
The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn:
GERMANICUS (17-6999) GLADIATORS (569)