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

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          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)