DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER
Date : 04/09/2007 Duedate: 04/21/2007
TALCAMA ARENA
DM-18 TURN-559
This Weeks Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
THE BIGOT
IMPURE THOUGHTS (672)
(18-9380) [15-10-1,116]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
THE BIGOT POSITION IS EMPTY
IMPURE THOUGHTS (672)
(18-9380) [15-10-1,116]
Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite
THE BIGOT GROM THE UNMAKER
IMPURE THOUGHTS (672) WIZARDGUARD (175)
(18-9380) [15-10-1,116] (18-2734) [1-5-1,14]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
WIZARDGUARD (175)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. CAULDRON OF HATE (333) 32
2. IMPURE THOUGHTS (672) 29 OF WOLF AND MAN (620)
3. WIZARDGUARD (175) 24 Unchartered Team
4. STAR WARS: KOTOR (624) 21
5. CENTER FOR OLDS (108) 14 BEHIND WARRIOR... (296)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1/ 1 OF WOLF AND MAN (620) 13 7 0 65.0 1/ 4 WIZARDGUARD (175) 9 6 1
2/ 2 OF WOLF AND MAN II (630) 98 78 7 55.7 2/ 1 CENTER FOR OLDS (108) 8 7 0
3/ 3 HEAVYMETAL KIDS (4) 119 106 5 52.9 3/ 7 IMPURE THOUGHTS (672) 7 8 1
4- 4 THUNDR + LITENING (22) %1033 933 %125 52.5 4/ 5 STAR WARS: KOTOR (624) 6 3 1
5/ 5 WASTELAND (207) 714 656 43 52.1 5/ 3 BURN N' PILLAGE (218) 6 6 1
6- 6*DARQUE FORCES (524) 15 14 1 51.7 6/ 2 SHEPHERDS (252) 6 8 0
7/ 7 BURN N' PILLAGE (218) 734 694 35 51.4 7/ 8 BIG MEAN FISH (171) 6 9 1
8/ 8 IMPURE THOUGHTS (672) 156 150 13 51.0 8/ 0 CAULDRON OF HATE (333) 4 1 0
9/ 9 CENTER FOR OLDS (108) 989 963 63 50.7 9/10 RUN AND HYDE (537) 4 1 0
10/10 BIG MEAN FISH (171) 726 739 38 49.6 10/ 9 WASTELAND (207) 4 5 0
11/11 SHEPHERDS (252) 680 820 34 45.3 11/ 6 ARROGANCE (347) 3 9 1
12/12 RUN AND HYDE (537) 114 149 13 43.3 12/13 OF WOLF AND MAN II (630) 2 1 0
13/13 WIZARDGUARD (175) 67 94 6 41.6 13/12 HEAVYMETAL KIDS (4) 1 1 0
14/ 0 CAULDRON OF HATE (333) 100 152 5 39.7 14-14 THUNDR + LITENING (22) 1 2 0
15/15 STAR WARS: KOTOR (624) 97 169 8 36.5 15/11 OF WOLF AND MAN (620) 1 2 0
16/14 ARROGANCE (347) 444 780 28 36.3 16-16*DARQUE FORCES (524) 0 1 0
'*' Unchartered team '-' Team did not fight this turn
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
(###) Avoid teams by their Team Id ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank
TEAM SPOTLIGHT
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"It's infamous!" Ardane, spy reporter for Andorak, scowled and drew back his
arm to throw his goblet through the window at the crowd outside. Then paused to
drain the contents before resuming the about-to-throw-it position.
"Now, now, it isn't THAT bad." Desiree of Darkholm, always the voice of sweet
reason at these meetings, laid a hand on his, smiled, and guided the goblet back to
the table. "It's just a little mistake, you know."
"Ha!" Debby Tonte of Free Blades stabbed viciously into her drink with an
umbrella. "That's easy for YOU to say. The Delarquans aren't complaining."
"Of course not." Galen of Talahya looked faintly envious as she pulled a chunk
of pineapple out of her glass and began to nibble it. "That's because the Delarquans
are THE Masters of Kung-Fu."
"You think some managers are complaining," Olaf Modeen said, "you should hear
what the GLADIATORS are saying. All these rumors about the Aimed Blows having
'special enhancements'..." he shook his head. "I know it isn't true, you know it
isn't true, the top managers know it isn't true--"
"Of course it isn't true!" Ketchum, spy reporter for Crysalis, matched scowls
with Ardane and said, "If ANY one style was going to get a special enhancement, it
should be--"
"Not now, Ketch," Olaf said. "Nobody gets, nobody has gotten, nobody WILL get,
special enhancements. That's always been the rule, and we all know how the Greywand
hates changes. The real problem--"
"Try telling that to some of the managers," Debby muttered, peering into her
glass for more fruit. "They don't want to hear it. Every time I turn around, some
manager is claiming that someone got a special change and, you know, HE didn't and
it's all unfair."
"The REAL problem," Olaf said firmly, over-riding her voice, "is explaining to
all the second-rate Aimed Blows why they haven't received any of these 'special
enhancements' they keep hearing about."
"There aren't any special enhancements," Ardane growled. "None. Just managers
who noticed that the Kung-Fu Master is a lot more dangerous than anyone expected, and
have put YEARS into the study of Kung-Fu and learned how to really USE it for their
own gladiators."
"Saved a lot on weapons, too," Ketchum murmured.
"But people keep complaining," Debby Tonte said. She fished one last piece of
fruit out of her glass and stared at it dubiously.
"There WERE no special enhancements," Olaf said. "There ARE no special
enhancements. There WILL BE no special enhancements. It's all a matter of deep
study and skilled management."
"Like anyone's going to believe that!"
"They have no choice," Ketchum said. "If no 'special enhancements' were given
out, then none can be taken back. It is the way it is. What's the point in
complaining because the sun rises in the east?"
SPY REPORT
Good day, friends and fiends, welcome to your friendly neighborhood spyreport.
I doubt TALCAMA will ever be the same. It seems the training can make the
difference, as CENTER FOR OLDS is pushed out of top team by WIZARDGUARD, who came
from 4th with a 3-2-0 this turn. Now keep the taverns open late tonight, for there
are sorrows to drown for ARROGANCE, whose 1-2-0 this turn dropped them by 5 into
11th. IMPURE THOUGHTS stable has parlayed this turn's 3-2-0 into a 4 space move up
the rankings. This brings them up to 3rd place. Good work, guys! And let's see,
THE PHILANDERER fought MISSION VAO and gained 17 points and contributed to IMPURE
THOUGHTS' 3-2-0. DAN has lost to MIDNIGHT, falling 10 points, while helping make
SHEPHERDS a 1-3-0 turn. We should ask THE BIGOT about the thrill of victory, and
what being the new Duelmaster does for a warrior, he's now the one to ask. By the
way, was that our Duelmaster that I saw last night, cramped under the table at The
Original Arthur's Last Stand?
He who challenges well, fights well. He who avoids without cause, shall lose
for good reasons. My mama told me that one. I also notice that the BIG MEAN FISH
stable was the most avoided team this turn. Come on TALCAMA, what are you afraid of?
And guess who avoided BIG MEAN FISH stable the most? Believe it or not, it was
IMPURE THOUGHTS. Anyone surprised? Well, sports fans, take notice that HOFFA from
ARROGANCE was TALCAMA's most challenged warrior this turn. I don't know about you,
but JB BLAH challenging down 24 points to WIZARDGUARD's WARG HANDLER, is not really
worthy of CENTER FOR OLDS. We're not surprised to hear that JB BLAH beat WARG
HANDLER, but I bet it would be interesting to hear why CENTER FOR OLDS made such a
challenge. In a brave attempt, ADAM from SHEPHERDS challenged up 18 points to fight
HK-47 from the STAR WARS: KOTOR stable. ADAM perhaps got his just desserts, seeing
as he lost to HK-47 and ended up with 74 recognition points. SKYWALKER of
WIZARDGUARD had better have a good reason for challenging down 14 points in a
challenge which he won. I thought SKYWALKER showed great skill and promise when he
won victory over DRARR. All right, so I slept through it! Big deal!
We only live a short time in this world, so why not take a sharp blade, and
shave it close? I guess it was coming sooner or later, ARROGANCE has lost MANAGER,
and TALCAMA is bound to miss it. For a little while, at least. Banners at half
mast, warriors, BIG MEAN FISH has lost GOLDEN BARB, and you might say all of TALCAMA
has felt the loss, except maybe BURN N' PILLAGE. Seriously now, is it really
honorable for VOLITAN LIONFISH from BIG MEAN FISH to kill THE LIBERAL and give IMPURE
THOUGHTS the chance to bloodfeud? Mmmm, could be. Congratulations go out to BIG
MEAN FISH, with VOLITAN LIONFISH revenging a bloodfeud against THE LIBERAL of IMPURE
THOUGHTS. Kudos go out to HOFFA this turn, for revenging ARROGANCE's bloodfeud
against WIZARDGUARD's warrior GROM THE UNMAKER. Well done. We'd like to remind
certain teams not to rob the graves of their enemies. You know who you are; and it's
considered rude.
Thought for the day, a new sword shines bright, but the notched sword sings the
sweetest. Always good to rest in TALCAMA, but never good to wear out my welcome.
Look for me in future turns. Until the sun next rises and my pen sets to paper--
Alarond the Scribe
DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
THE BIGOT 9380 15 10 1 116 IMPURE THOUGHTS (672)
CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
CHARNEL 8575 15 7 1 112 RUN AND HYDE (537)
HK-47 8584 20 40 0 107 STAR WARS: KOTOR (624)
THE PHILANDERER 9384 18 14 1 105 IMPURE THOUGHTS (672)
-MARV JR 9288 7 1 0 104 WASTELAND (207)
HOFFA 8478 10 69 0 99 ARROGANCE (347)
VOLITAN LIONFISH 9421 7 7 2 99 BIG MEAN FISH (171)
MISSION VAO 8891 20 36 1 97 STAR WARS: KOTOR (624)
-SOUND THE VANILLA! 9209 14 3 0 97 WASTELAND (207)
THE VOYEUR 9377 12 10 0 93 IMPURE THOUGHTS (672)
-LONGSHOT 8981 13 5 1 92 THUNDR + LITENING (22)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
GAD 9239 17 13 1 87 SHEPHERDS (252)
THE CLOSER 9187 10 5 1 81 OF WOLF AND MAN II (630)
DARTH SION 9233 14 17 1 74 STAR WARS: KOTOR (624)
ADAM 9441 10 2 1 74 SHEPHERDS (252)
PROGIDY, DAMMIT! 9446 7 5 0 71 CENTER FOR OLDS (108)
-THROB 8982 11 4 1 69 THUNDR + LITENING (22)
PEZ 9471 5 4 0 68 BURN N' PILLAGE (218)
CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
XYLICARE 9317 12 7 1 66 BURN N' PILLAGE (218)
-INDENTURED OARSMAN 9167 6 3 0 65 SEA DOGS (224)
AKAI 9213 12 20 2 60 BURN N' PILLAGE (218)
CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-MERVYN 8750 11 7 1 59 RUN AND HYDE (537)
SKYWALKER 2013 12 14 0 58 WIZARDGUARD (175)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
BLUE MOON 9373 3 4 1 55 RUN AND HYDE (537)
-URANIUM 657 11 13 2 50 HEAVYMETAL KIDS (4)
-ZELANA 9240 5 3 0 46 OF WOLF AND MAN II (630)
OAKLAND FU 9424 6 7 0 44 BURN N' PILLAGE (218)
-CAIN 7083 4 3 1 44 DARQUE FORCES (524)
MIDNIGHT 2549 5 5 0 42 WIZARDGUARD (175)
DRARR 9276 5 2 0 40 OF WOLF AND MAN (620)
DWIGHT SCHRUTE 9321 10 6 0 36 WASTELAND (207)
HOFFA 9369 10 6 0 36 ARROGANCE (347)
JB BLAH 9478 5 3 1 36 CENTER FOR OLDS (108)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-PIGSTICKER 9241 4 4 0 33 THUNDR + LITENING (22)
-SHEWISH WHALER 9272 3 1 0 33 SEA DOGS (224)
-ABEL 7087 4 2 0 32 DARQUE FORCES (524)
-RAASHUB 9202 2 2 1 31 OF WOLF AND MAN II (630)
THE LIFEGUARD 9480 5 3 0 26 CENTER FOR OLDS (108)
KELP FISH 9508 4 1 0 26 BIG MEAN FISH (171)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
ZEBRA SOLE 9444 5 7 1 23 BIG MEAN FISH (171)
HATE ME? 8083 4 1 0 22 CAULDRON OF HATE (333)
THORIUM 9154 4 7 1 21 HEAVYMETAL KIDS (4)
DAN 9512 3 1 0 19 SHEPHERDS (252)
DESECRATION 8061 2 4 0 19 CAULDRON OF HATE (333)
-AMOS 7084 3 3 0 18 DARQUE FORCES (524)
GROM THE UNMAKER 2734 1 5 1 14 WIZARDGUARD (175)
CONCRETE 9527 1 0 0 12 CAULDRON OF HATE (333)
-POOK 8492 3 1 0 10 OF WOLF AND MAN (620)
-JAIR 7086 2 4 0 10 DARQUE FORCES (524)
THE GATEKEEPER 9519 2 1 0 9 WIZARDGUARD (175)
THE LUNATIC 9505 2 3 0 9 IMPURE THOUGHTS (672)
-MERCURY 9155 1 6 0 9 HEAVYMETAL KIDS (4)
-KUNG 8493 2 2 0 8 OF WOLF AND MAN (620)
SUNDAY AFTERNOON 9514 2 2 0 8 WASTELAND (207)
-SHEWISH CORSAIR 9237 0 1 0 7 SEA DOGS (224)
-STROMTIUM 90 9413 0 4 0 6 HEAVYMETAL KIDS (4)
WARG HANDLER 9520 1 2 0 5 WIZARDGUARD (175)
CONSTITUTION 9526 1 0 0 5 CAULDRON OF HATE (333)
DOOKU 8211 0 3 0 3 CAULDRON OF HATE (333)
-SCORTEST 9325 0 2 0 2 OF WOLF AND MAN II (630)
FANG BLENNY 9529 0 1 0 1 BIG MEAN FISH (171)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
MANAGER 9303 9 13 1 ARROGANCE 347 DARTH SION 9233 559
DOC STEELE 9502 2 2 0 ARROGANCE 347 GROM THE UNMAKER 2734 557 JUST REV
GOLDEN BARB 9370 11 5 0 BIG MEAN FISH 171 XYLICARE 9317 559
PEACOCK FLOUNDER 9445 5 6 0 BIG MEAN FISH 171 THE LIBERAL 9506 558 JUST REV
20 NPCS, PLEASE 9515 1 3 1 CENTER FOR OLDS 108 STONE GOLEM 430 559 NONE
MR. P 9528 0 1 0 CENTER FOR OLDS 108 STONE GOLEM 430 559 NONE
THE LIBERAL 9506 2 3 1 IMPURE THOUGHTS 672 VOLITAN LIONFISH 9421 559
NAPH TALI 9511 0 4 0 SHEPHERDS 252 SPYMISTRESS SHARD 426 559 NONE
MESHACH 9440 5 3 0 SHEPHERDS 252 ZEBRA SOLE 9444 555 JUST REV
HEX 9196 5 5 0 THUNDR + LITENING 22 MANAGER 9303 557
ELITE BEAT AGENT 9525 1 1 0 WASTELAND 207 WIRYDON THE GIANT 425 559 NONE
DREAMCHILD 2834 0 2 0 WIZARDGUARD 175 20 NPCS, PLEASE 9515 556 REVENGED
PERSONAL ADS
This is a disgrace! That Talcama should have no personal ads whatsoever! How
times have changed..... -- Ed.
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
20 NPCS, PLEASE was dealt death by STONE GOLEM in a 3 minute Dark Arena fight.
ELITE BEAT AGENT was butchered by WIRYDON THE GIANTESS in a 1 minute Dark Arena duel.
NAPH TALI was easily killed by SPYMISTRESS SHARDA in a 1 minute gory Dark Arena match.
MR. P was slaughtered by STONE GOLEM in a unpopular 3 minute gory Dark Arena brawl.
VOLITAN LIONFISH assassinated THE LIBERAL in a 1 minute mismatched Bloodfeud match.
GAD defeated ZEBRA SOLE in a 2 minute Bloodfeud struggle.
THE BIGOT savagely defeated HOFFA in a 3 minute master's Challenge Title brawl.
PROGIDY, DAMMIT! slimly lost to THE CLOSER in a action packed 3 minute Challenge duel.
ADAM was overpowered by HK-47 in a 1 minute uneven Challenge duel.
SKYWALKER defeated DRARR in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge fight.
MIDNIGHT handily defeated DAN in a exciting 1 minute one-sided Challenge bout.
JB BLAH demolished WARG HANDLER in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge competition.
THE LIFEGUARD savagely defeated SUNDAY AFTERNOON in a 6 minute Challenge match.
MISSION VAO was handily defeated by THE PHILANDERER in a 5 minute one-sided conflict.
CHARNEL devastated PEZ in a 1 minute uneven duel.
THE VOYEUR overpowered AKAI in a 1 minute mismatched brawl.
DARTH SION viciously butchered MANAGER in a 1 minute brutal veteran's fight.
OAKLAND FU was beaten by BLUE MOON in a exciting 1 minute bout.
XYLICARE assassinated GOLDEN BARB in a crowd pleasing 1 minute mismatched conflict.
HOFFA defeated GROM THE UNMAKER in a exciting 6 minute duel.
DWIGHT SCHRUTE savagely defeated THORIUM in a 1 minute gruesome fray.
DESECRATION handily defeated THE LUNATIC in a exciting 1 minute one-sided contest.
DOOKU was narrowly defeated by KELP FISH in a exciting 10 minute beginner's fight.
HATE ME? won victory over MORDANT DESERTER in a 3 minute novice's fight.
THE GATEKEEPER narrowly defeated FANG BLENNY in a 2 minute novice's melee.
CONCRETE overpowered MORDANT DESERTER in a 3 minute one-sided fray.
CONSTITUTION outwaited LBA GROUPIE in a tiring 7 minute novice's duel.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|TOTAL PARRY 11 PARRY-STRIKE 11 - 8 - 2 58 |
|STRIKING ATTACK 8 AIMED BLOW 46 - 34 - 1 58 |
|LUNGING ATTACK 7 PARRY-LUNGE 22 - 18 - 0 55 |
|AIMED BLOW 6 LUNGING ATTACK 54 - 52 - 5 51 |
|BASHING ATTACK 4 BASHING ATTACK 26 - 27 - 3 49 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 3 SLASHING ATTACK 17 - 18 - 2 49 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 3 WALL OF STEEL 7 - 8 - 0 47 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 2 STRIKING ATTACK 30 - 38 - 4 44 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 2 TOTAL PARRY 32 - 45 - 0 42 |
|WALL OF STEEL 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE 13 - 33 - 1 28 |
Turn 559 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 3 - 0 TOTAL PARRY 5 - 6 4 TOTAL PARRY
PARRY-STRIKE 2 - 0 PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 - 2 3 LUNGING ATTACK
LUNGING ATTACK 5 - 2 STRIKING ATTACK 2 - 6 1 SLASHING ATTACK
AIMED BLOW 3 - 3 BASHING ATTACK 1 - 3 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE
SLASHING ATTACK 1 - 1 WALL OF STEEL 0 - 1 1 AIMED BLOW
1 PARRY-STRIKE
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
SLASHING ATTACK THE BIGOT 9380 15 10 1 116 IMPURE THOUGHTS (672)
LUNGING ATTACK CHARNEL 8575 15 7 1 112 RUN AND HYDE (537)
PARRY-RIPOSTE THE PHILANDERER 9384 18 14 1 105 IMPURE THOUGHTS (672)
PARRY-LUNGE GAD 9239 17 13 1 87 SHEPHERDS (252)
AIMED BLOW THE CLOSER 9187 10 5 1 81 OF WOLF AND MAN II (630)
BASHING ATTACK ADAM 9441 10 2 1 74 SHEPHERDS (252)
STRIKING ATTACK DRARR 9276 5 2 0 40 OF WOLF AND MAN (620)
TOTAL PARRY HOFFA 9369 10 6 0 36 ARROGANCE (347)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
The overall popularity leader is THE BIGOT 9380. The most popular warrior this turn
was GROM THE UNMAKER 2734. The ten other most popular fighters were THE LIFEGUARD
9480, THE BIGOT 9380, KELP FISH 9508, THE PHILANDERER 9384, PROGIDY, DAMMIT! 9446,
THE GATEKEEPER 9519, FANG BLENNY 9529, 20 NPCS, PLEASE 9515, THE CLOSER 9187, and JB
BLAH 9478.
The least popular fighter this week was CONSTITUTION 9526. The other ten least
popular fighters were DOOKU 8211, MR. P 9528, CONCRETE 9527, HATE ME? 8083, MANAGER
9303, AKAI 9213, PEZ 9471, WARG HANDLER 9520, DRARR 9276, and ADAM 9441.
The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn:
THE BIGOT (18-9380) IMPURE THOUGHTS (672)
HK-47 (18-8584) STAR WARS: KOTOR (624)
NEW TEAMS IN THE TEMPORARY TOURNAMENT ARENAS (DM 81/83)
Please note that all new teams created at the Face-to-Face were temporarily placed
in a temporary Tournament Arena, DM 81 or DM 83. If you requested that your team be
placed in a specific arena, it has already transferred to that arena. Any teams not
transferred out of DM 81 and DM 83 by May 1 will be deleted. If you have questions
about any of your teams, please contact Customer Service. -- RSI