DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER Date : 07/02/2007 Duedate: 07/14/2007 TALCAMA ARENA DM-18 TURN-565 This Weeks Top Honors THE DUELMASTER IS DESECRATION CAULDRON OF HATE (333) (18-8061) [6-6-1,66] Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader HOFFA POSITION IS EMPTY ARROGANCE (347) (18-8478) [14-71-1,124] Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite FLEECE THE PESSEMIST GOLDEN LEGION (591) IMPURE THOUGHTS (672) (18-9211) [14-6-0,98] (18-9550) [3-1-0,25] THE CURRENT TOP TEAM (-1) TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team 1. BIG MEAN FISH (171) 76 2. GOLDEN LEGION (591) 43 NEXT GENERATION (547) 3. CAULDRON OF HATE (333) 25 Unchartered Team 4. CENTER FOR OLDS (108) 15 5. FUNKY FOLK (625) 14 CHAIN REACTION (245) The Top Teams Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K 1/ 0 NEXT GENERATION (547) 197 130 10 60.2 1/ 6 BIG MEAN FISH (171) 10 5 0 2/ 2 THUNDR + LITENING (22) %1037 939 %126 52.5 2/ 3 IMPURE THOUGHTS (672) 10 5 0 3/ 3 IMPURE THOUGHTS (672) 175 160 14 52.2 3/ 1 BEAST MASTERS (567) 9 5 1 4- 4 WASTELAND (207) 716 663 43 51.9 4/ 2 BURN N' PILLAGE (218) 8 7 0 5/ 6 OUT OF THE HILLS (357) 122 114 9 51.7 5/ 5 CENTER FOR OLDS (108) 7 8 0 6/ 5 BURN N' PILLAGE (218) 751 706 35 51.5 6/ 7 FUNKY FOLK (625) 6 2 0 7/ 7 CENTER FOR OLDS (108) %1000 982 63 50.5 7/12 GOLDEN LEGION (591) 5 4 0 8/ 8 BIG MEAN FISH (171) 742 753 38 49.6 8/ 8 ARROGANCE (347) 5 8 1 9/ 9 BEAST MASTERS (567) 303 332 19 47.7 9/10 CAULDRON OF HATE (333) 5 9 1 10/10 SHEPHERDS (252) 694 836 36 45.4 10/ 4 WIZARDGUARD (175) 5 10 0 11/11 GOLDEN LEGION (591) 49 63 1 43.8 11/ 9 SHEPHERDS (252) 5 10 0 12/12 WIZARDGUARD (175) 81 110 6 42.4 12/17 OUT OF THE HILLS (357) 2 3 0 13/13 CAULDRON OF HATE (333) 114 167 6 40.6 13/14 STAR WARS: KOTOR (624) 2 3 0 14/14 FUNKY FOLK (625) 53 79 7 40.2 14-13 WASTELAND (207) 2 4 0 15/15 ARROGANCE (347) 451 795 29 36.2 15/ 0 NEXT GENERATION (547) 1 0 0 16/16 STAR WARS: KOTOR (624) 100 178 8 36.0 16-15*ERRATA (675) 1 1 0 Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K 17-17*ERRATA (675) 1 3 0 25.0 17/11 THUNDR + LITENING (22) 1 2 1 '*' Unchartered team '-' Team did not fight this turn (###) Avoid teams by their Team Id ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank SPY REPORT So why do I have this bag over my head? Because I am The Unknown Spymaster and I'm going to give you a spy report!. It was a tough week for WIZARDGUARD, to drop 6 places in the rankings. Coming up with a solid 5-0-0 outing, BIG MEAN FISH has advanced 5 places in the rankings. Hey everybody, watch out for FLEECE, who flew up 25 points in the rankings after mashing XYLICARE like a melon. Keep your eye on this gal. And falling like a basher in the top ten was XYLICARE, who dropped 16 points after a disappointing (to say the least) bout with FLEECE. Unlike most arenas, THE VOYEUR managed to get his challenge off against the 5-6-1 DESECRATION. It's a proud day for the CAULDRON OF HATE stable, as their warrior, DESECRATION, ascended the Duelmaster's throne. Advice to bashers--never force anything, just get a bigger halberd! Here is other news that is of note. Here's a song for you: Who's afraid of the big, bad BEAST MASTERS? Big bad BEAST MASTERS. Big bad BEAST MASTERS. TALCAMA's afraid of the big bad BEAST MASTERS. Tra la la la la! And you guys like to boo me? Well, unsling your rasberries, cause SHEPHERDS beats feet every time BEAST MASTERS smiles at them. Try farming, eh? Well dang howdy, but if challenges were votes, HOFFA would be president. Although it may be a contest he doesn't want to win. Can any one out there say 'weasel'? Oh well, just saying EMMA MAE will do. She challenged 16 points down to trash PROGIDY, DAMMIT!. Definition of petty: EMMA MAE won victory over PROGIDY, DAMMIT!, a mismatch of 16 points. Well, it looks like PIGSTICKER wasn't happy with last turn's rank, so he went for broke by challenging up 31 points. No guts, no glory. This week PIGSTICKER 8-5-1 fought HOFFA 14-71-1 and in losing gained 1 points. I know several gladiators who could go for a few fights like that. MESHACH of SHEPHERDS had better have a good reason for challenging down 9 points in a challenge which he lost. I thought MESHACH showed great skill and promise when he was overcame by PAPA ROTZI. All right, so I slept through it! Big deal! Death is kind of like a new puppy: he's always around wanting to play. (Ha Zontani, how's that for a wise saying?). I have no doubt that ARROGANCE will be celebrating long and loud their warrior HOFFA's slaying of PIGSTICKER on the sands. Big man! HOFFA kills PIGSTICKER. Who ya gonna fight next, HOFFA--Minnie Mouse? I hope THUNDR + LITENING has a good enough fighter to beat the snot out of HOFFA. Knowing when to use the right tactics at the proper time is a very important step on the road to Duelmaster. Well, that wasn't too bad; Alarond told me that the people in TALCAMA have no sense of humor. Or maybe that they were senseless. C'mon, Leadfoot, let's make some tracks. Hasta la bye-bye. (Loud choruses of 'Beat it, ya bum!')-- The Unknown Spymaster DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME DESECRATION 8061 6 6 1 66 CAULDRON OF HATE (333) CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME HOFFA 8478 14 71 1 124 ARROGANCE (347) VOLITAN LIONFISH 9421 11 9 2 110 BIG MEAN FISH (171) DATA LOSS 8029 20 8 0 107 NEXT GENERATION (547) -MARV JR 9288 7 1 0 104 WASTELAND (207) GAD 9239 22 14 1 101 SHEPHERDS (252) PEZ 9471 8 7 0 100 BURN N' PILLAGE (218) AKAI 9213 17 21 2 99 BURN N' PILLAGE (218) FLEECE 9211 14 6 0 98 GOLDEN LEGION (591) -SOUND THE VANILLA! 9209 14 3 0 97 WASTELAND (207) ADAMANT 8075 11 9 1 97 GOLDEN LEGION (591) EMMA MAE 5228 16 5 0 95 OUT OF THE HILLS (357) CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -LONGSHOT 8981 13 5 1 92 THUNDR + LITENING (22) CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME ADAM 9441 12 6 2 85 SHEPHERDS (252) XYLICARE 9317 16 9 1 82 BURN N' PILLAGE (218) PROGIDY, DAMMIT! 9446 8 10 0 82 CENTER FOR OLDS (108) OAKLAND FU 9424 10 9 0 76 BURN N' PILLAGE (218) -THROB 8982 11 4 1 69 THUNDR + LITENING (22) DARTH SION 9233 15 22 1 68 STAR WARS: KOTOR (624) CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -INDENTURED OARSMAN 9167 6 3 0 65 SEA DOGS (224) MANTIS 8553 10 3 1 61 BEAST MASTERS (567) GOOSE 9277 8 5 0 60 GOLDEN LEGION (591) JB BLAH 9478 8 6 1 59 CENTER FOR OLDS (108) DINAH MIGHT 9229 10 6 1 58 FUNKY FOLK (625) ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME ZEBRA SOLE 9444 9 9 1 54 BIG MEAN FISH (171) GREAT WHITE 8473 11 8 0 51 BEAST MASTERS (567) KELP FISH 9508 7 4 0 48 BIG MEAN FISH (171) -BILLYJOEBOB 6066 7 5 1 47 OUT OF THE HILLS (357) HOFFA 9369 11 11 0 44 ARROGANCE (347) THE LIFEGUARD 9480 8 6 0 37 CENTER FOR OLDS (108) MIDNIGHT 2549 7 9 0 34 WIZARDGUARD (175) CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -SHEWISH WHALER 9272 3 1 0 33 SEA DOGS (224) -CRUSHING BRATZ 9153 2 0 0 33 NEXT GENERATION (547) -ROBIN BANKS 9470 3 4 0 32 FUNKY FOLK (625) YELLOW TANG 9537 3 3 0 30 BIG MEAN FISH (171) PAPA ROTZI 9551 3 0 0 30 FUNKY FOLK (625) DAN 9512 5 5 0 28 SHEPHERDS (252) -JOHN BOY 8213 5 1 0 25 OUT OF THE HILLS (357) THE PESSEMIST 9550 3 1 0 25 IMPURE THOUGHTS (672) GROM THE UNMAKER 2734 4 8 1 24 WIZARDGUARD (175) WARG HANDLER 9520 4 5 0 24 WIZARDGUARD (175) INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME THE HOMOPHOBE 9542 3 2 1 22 IMPURE THOUGHTS (672) WALRUS 9548 3 1 1 22 BEAST MASTERS (567) SOULTAKER 9558 2 2 0 22 ARROGANCE (347) -GARY 9483 1 2 0 22 ERRATA (675) FANG BLENNY 9529 2 5 0 21 BIG MEAN FISH (171) -SUNDAY AFTERNOON 9514 4 3 0 20 WASTELAND (207) MESHACH 9531 4 2 1 18 SHEPHERDS (252) THE GATEKEEPER 9519 4 5 0 17 WIZARDGUARD (175) AZWRE ACOLYTE 9554 3 1 0 16 WIZARDGUARD (175) BULLETTOOTH TONY 9563 1 2 0 13 CAULDRON OF HATE (333) BOTHACH 9539 1 4 0 12 BURN N' PILLAGE (218) HEY, STEVE! 9549 3 1 0 11 CENTER FOR OLDS (108) STORK 9546 3 1 0 10 BEAST MASTERS (567) THE DEMOCRAT 9541 2 3 0 10 IMPURE THOUGHTS (672) HUNTER LEE 9565 1 1 0 10 CAULDRON OF HATE (333) TOE PUPPET 9544 1 4 0 7 CENTER FOR OLDS (108) -BIKINI 9482 0 1 0 7 ERRATA (675) -SHEWISH CORSAIR 9237 0 1 0 7 SEA DOGS (224) BORIS THE BLADE 9561 1 2 0 5 CAULDRON OF HATE (333) THE CATHOLIC PRIEST 9566 1 0 0 5 IMPURE THOUGHTS (672) BUMBLE BEE 9564 1 1 0 4 BEAST MASTERS (567) NULN 9557 0 4 0 4 ARROGANCE (347) -GRUMPY MONDAY 9538 0 3 0 3 WASTELAND (207) BRICKTOP 9559 0 2 0 2 CAULDRON OF HATE (333) INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME ONE SHOT 9568 0 1 0 1 SHEPHERDS (252) '-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn. THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge? DOC STEELE 9556 0 2 0 ARROGANCE 347 WALRUS 9548 563 REVENGED ERA 9457 1 2 0 GOLDEN LEGION 591 BANDIT PRINCESS 429 565 NONE HUE 9522 0 1 0 GOLDEN LEGION 591 DARK CHAMPION 428 565 NONE THE LUNATIC 9505 5 5 0 IMPURE THOUGHTS 672 DESECRATION 8061 564 PIGSTICKER 9241 8 5 1 THUNDR + LITENING 22 HOFFA 8478 565 DWIGHT SCHRUTE 9321 10 9 0 WASTELAND 207 PIGSTICKER 9241 564 SKYWALKER 2013 13 15 0 WIZARDGUARD 175 ADAM 9441 561 NOT REVE PERSONAL ADS NEL-LY'S PET LAMB. This lit-tle Lamb was brought to Nell The day its old ewe mo-ther died, And, now it knows and loves her well, It will not go from Nel-ly's side. A-long the hall, and up the stair, You hear its lit-tle pat-ter-ing toes: Her Pet will fol-low every-where A-bout the house, where Nel-ly goes. from "The Infant's Delight" So write some ads if you don't want more of the same. -- Ed. LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS ERA was butchered by BANDIT PRINCESS in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight. HUE was butchered by DARK CHAMPION in a 1 minute Dark Arena duel. THE VOYEUR was demolished by DESECRATION in a 1 minute Bloodfeud Title melee. EMMA MAE defeated PROGIDY, DAMMIT! in a crowd pleasing 4 minute Challenge duel. PIGSTICKER was dealt death by HOFFA in a 6 minute Challenge fight. JB BLAH overpowered HOFFA in a 2 minute mismatched Challenge match. MESHACH was bested by PAPA ROTZI in a 1 minute Challenge duel. WARG HANDLER overpowered TOE PUPPET in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge struggle. THE GATEKEEPER was devastated by DAN in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge competition. BULLETTOOTH TONY vanquished NULN in a 1 minute uneven Challenge duel. BRICKTOP was vanquished by FANG BLENNY in a 1 minute uneven Challenge fight. AZWRE ACOLYTE defeated THE DEMOCRAT in a 5 minute novice's Challenge fight. THE PESSEMIST overpowered BUMBLE BEE in a exciting 6 minute one-sided Challenge fight. HEY, STEVE! overcame BORIS THE BLADE in a 3 minute novice's Challenge contest. GAD demolished DARTH SION in a 2 minute one-sided brawl. AKAI handily defeated CONVICTED ASSASSIN in a 2 minute gruesome one-sided conflict. XYLICARE was savagely defeated by FLEECE in a 2 minute expert's struggle. DATA LOSS bested PEZ in a popular 6 minute brutal mismatched brawl. ADAM was demolished by VOLITAN LIONFISH in a 1 minute one-sided bout. OAKLAND FU was beaten by INNOCENT BYSTANDER in a 2 minute fight. ADAMANT handily defeated MANTIS in a 2 minute gory mismatched competition. GOOSE defeated THE LIFEGUARD in a 1 minute brutal duel. DINAH MIGHT overpowered GROM THE UNMAKER in a 1 minute uneven fray. GREAT WHITE handily defeated CAPTURED ORC in a 1 minute brutal one-sided contest. MIDNIGHT was overpowered by KELP FISH in a exciting 1 minute uneven fight. ZEBRA SOLE overpowered SOULTAKER in a 1 minute one-sided duel. STORK was overpowered by YELLOW TANG in a 1 minute uneven match. THE HOMOPHOBE beat BOTHACH in a 1 minute beginner's duel. WALRUS beat HUNTER LEE in a 1 minute novice's fray. THE CATHOLIC PRIEST overcame ONE SHOT in a 1 minute novice's duel. BATTLE REPORT MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS |FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT| |LUNGING ATTACK 15 WALL OF STEEL 14 - 8 - 0 64 | |TOTAL PARRY 8 SLASHING ATTACK 13 - 9 - 2 59 | |STRIKING ATTACK 8 PARRY-STRIKE 12 - 10 - 1 55 | |BASHING ATTACK 6 TOTAL PARRY 44 - 39 - 1 53 | |PARRY-LUNGE 4 STRIKING ATTACK 40 - 37 - 4 52 | |SLASHING ATTACK 3 LUNGING ATTACK 49 - 51 - 2 49 | |WALL OF STEEL 3 PARRY-LUNGE 21 - 23 - 0 48 | |AIMED BLOW 3 AIMED BLOW 29 - 33 - 2 47 | |PARRY-RIPOSTE 3 BASHING ATTACK 22 - 28 - 1 44 | |PARRY-STRIKE 2 PARRY-RIPOSTE 8 - 28 - 1 22 | Turn 565 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: TOTAL PARRY 6 - 2 LUNGING ATTACK 6 - 9 3 TOTAL PARRY SLASHING ATTACK 2 - 1 AIMED BLOW 0 - 3 2 AIMED BLOW WALL OF STEEL 2 - 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 3 2 WALL OF STEEL STRIKING ATTACK 5 - 3 1 LUNGING ATTACK PARRY-LUNGE 2 - 2 1 PARRY-STRIKE PARRY-STRIKE 1 - 1 1 PARRY-LUNGE BASHING ATTACK 3 - 3 1 SLASHING ATTACK TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME PARRY-STRIKE VOLITAN LIONFISH 9421 11 9 2 110 BIG MEAN FISH (171) TOTAL PARRY DATA LOSS 8029 20 8 0 107 NEXT GENERATION (547) PARRY-LUNGE GAD 9239 22 14 1 101 SHEPHERDS (252) AIMED BLOW PEZ 9471 8 7 0 100 BURN N' PILLAGE (218) SLASHING ATTACK FLEECE 9211 14 6 0 98 GOLDEN LEGION (591) WALL OF STEEL ADAMANT 8075 11 9 1 97 GOLDEN LEGION (591) BASHING ATTACK ADAM 9441 12 6 2 85 SHEPHERDS (252) STRIKING ATTACK OAKLAND FU 9424 10 9 0 76 BURN N' PILLAGE (218) LUNGING ATTACK GOOSE 9277 8 5 0 60 GOLDEN LEGION (591) Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above. The overall popularity leader is FLEECE 9211. The most popular warrior this turn was THE PESSEMIST 9550. The ten other most popular fighters were PROGIDY, DAMMIT! 9446, THE DEMOCRAT 9541, FLEECE 9211, PEZ 9471, JB BLAH 9478, DARTH SION 9233, PIGSTICKER 9241, BORIS THE BLADE 9561, OAKLAND FU 9424, and ADAMANT 8075. The least popular fighter this week was ONE SHOT 9568. The other ten least popular fighters were HUNTER LEE 9565, BOTHACH 9539, STORK 9546, SOULTAKER 9558, GROM THE UNMAKER 2734, THE LIFEGUARD 9480, ADAM 9441, XYLICARE 9317, BUMBLE BEE 9564, and AZWRE ACOLYTE 9554. The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn: HOFFA (18-8478) ARROGANCE (347) The following warriors have traveled to AD after fighting this turn: THE VOYEUR (18-9377) IMPURE THOUGHTS (672)