DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER Date : 07/28/2011 Duedate: 08/10/2011 ZUWAYZA ARENA DM-19 TURN-666 This Weeks Top Honors THE DUELMASTER IS BEETLE BAILEY MAN OR BEAST? (432) (19-5177) [11-1-0,95] Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader BEETLE BAILEY POSITION IS EMPTY MAN OR BEAST? (432) (19-5177) [11-1-0,95] Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite FREE PARKING FREE PARKING MONOPOLY (430) MONOPOLY (430) (19-5158) [17-21-2,88] (19-5158) [17-21-2,88] THE CURRENT TOP TEAM THE MAGNIFICENT MAGS (241) TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team 1. MAN OR BEAST? (432) 60 2. THE MAGNIFICENT MAGS (241) 16 MAN OR BEAST? (432) 3. MONOPOLY (430) -1 Unchartered Team 4. SERPENTS HOLD II (438) -1 SUPERIOR HORDE 65Q (341) The Top Teams Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K 1/ 1 MAN OR BEAST? (432) 36 15 2 70.6 1/ 1 THE MAGNIFICENT MA (241) 9 4 0 2/ 4 MONOPOLY (430) 83 89 6 48.3 2/ 3 MONOPOLY (430) 5 4 0 3/ 6 THE MAGNIFICENT MA (241) 639 754 21 45.9 3/ 2 MAN OR BEAST? (432) 5 5 0 4/ 5 SERPENTS HOLD II (438) 10 12 1 45.5 4/ 6 SERPENTS HOLD II (438) 1 2 0 '*' Unchartered team '-' Team did not fight this turn (###) Avoid teams by their Team Id ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank TEAM SPOTLIGHT * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * ---===FREE BLADES REGIONAL NEWS===--- Duelmasters ----------- DM 9 ZUKAL (turn 675): MABUSHI of SERPENTS HOLD (Khisanth, mgr.) DM 12 RIZTAB (turn 677): LORIMERA of SWEET MAGIC (Jorja, mgr.) DM 13 DULLENS (turn 584): KILLER of MANIACS (General Ikillu, mgr.) DM 15 MALCORN (turn 671): SILVER GHOST of GREENWARDENS (Jorja, mgr.) DM 16 WILLAF (turn 673): SAD SLACKS of EMOTIONAL PANTS (Sherlock, mgr.) DM 17 ALJAFIR (turn 664): ALIDA BERN of MIDDLE WAY (Jorja, mgr.) DM 19 ZUWAYZA (turn 665): THIMBLE of MONOPOLY (Sherlock, mgr.) DM 28 MORYA (turn 335): SCARLET of D'HARAN EMPIRE (Lord Rahl, mgr.) DM 29 LAPUR (turn 662): JEHLCH of MID EARTH (Visionist, mgr.) DM 31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 332): SNORTY MCSNORT of ALL NIGHT LONG (Destitute Noble?) DM 32 ARVAT (turn 659): PSIRENA of FISHERMAN'S WHARF (Jorja, mgr.) DM 33 NIATOLI ISLAND (turn 656): MANUTE BOL of HEROES (?, mgr.) DM 35 MURSKA (turn 648): DECEMBRE of URBAN JUNGLE (Jugger, mgr.) DM 43 VEASTIAN (turn 606): VILE HENCHMAN of IS THAT A CLUE? (Sherlock, mgr.) DM 45 STORMCROWE (turn 310): ELISHAR of GOD OR GODDESS (Sir Blackguard, mgr.) DM 47 TEMPLE OF ABARSIS (turn 304): ACE OF BASE of ROYAL FLUSH (Crip, mgr.) DM 50 SNOWBOUND (turn 291): NASTY NES of PUBLICH ENEMY (Pec Killer, mgr.) DM 56 ROCANIS (turn 538): ERIK of MEN OF STEEL (Howlin' Wolf, mgr.) DM 60 ARADI (turn 523): HORNET of BUGS, SLUGS & THUGS (A-Sop, mgr.) DM 61 JURINE (turn 505): VONNER WESS of MIDDLE WAY 16 (Jorja, mgr.) DM 65 DAL SHANG (turn 499): KOLACTAN KABOB of SHEWISH BUFFET (One Armed Bandit) DM 73 ERINIKA (turn 240): STINKY PETE of DREW'S BOYS II (The Mun, mgr.) DM 74 DAYLA KIV (turn 460): NIMINI TYL ZO of SAND DANCERS (Jorja, mgr.) DM 75 JADE MOUNTAIN (turn 455): NIGHTBRINGER of ZOMBIE SQUAD (Khisanth, mgr.) DM 78 LIN TIRIAN (turn 446): THE COUNT of J (Sherlock, mgr.) ADM 103 FREE BLADES (turn 563): NIGHTCAP of DARKLINGS (She-Puppy, mgr.) Top Teams --------- DM 9 ZUKAL (turn 675): BLUE MOON (Jorja, mgr.) DM 12 RIZTAB (turn 677): DREAMERS (Sleepy, mgr.) DM 13 DULLENS (turn 584): CARDOW HUNTERS (Jorja, mgr.) DM 15 MALCORN (turn 671): RAINBOW CONNECTION (Sherlock, mgr.) DM 16 WILLAF (turn 673): GOLDEN GLADIATORS (Midas, mgr>) DM 17 ALJAFIR (turn 664): WHEN EAGLES DARE (Floyd, mgr.) DM 19 ZUWAYZA (turn 665): THE MAGNIFICENT MAGS (Jorja, mgr.) DM 28 MORYA (turn 335): POSITION IS EMPTY DM 29 LAPUR (turn 662): MID EARTH (Visionist, mgr.) DM 31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 332): AVENGERS (Huckle Cat?, mgr.) DM 32 ARVAT (turn 659): DEVIL ADVOCATES (The Dark One, mgr.) DM 33 NIATOLI ISLAND (turn 656): THE SEWING CIRCLE (Jorja, mgr.) DM 35 MURSKA (turn 648): CHILDREN OF LLYR (Jorja, mgr.) DM 43 VEASTIAN (turn 606): IS THAT A CLUE? (Sherlock, mgr.) DM 45 STORMCROWE (turn 310): NORTHERN LIGHTS (Jorja, mgr.) DM 47 TEMPLE OF ABARSIS (turn 304): ROYAL FLUSH (Crip, mgr.) DM 50 SNOWBOUND (turn 291): LIFE IMPACTS (Smitty, mgr.) DM 56 ROCANIS (turn 538): MEN OF STEEL (Howlin' Wolf, mgr.) DM 60 ARADI (turn 523): RED DOG GANG (Spot, mgr.) DM 61 JURINE (turn 505): MIDDLE WAY 16 (Jorja, mgr.) DM 65 DAL SHANG (turn 499): SAND DANCERS (Jorja, mgr.) DM 73 ERINIKA (turn 240): H8 2 TXT (Sherlock, mgr.) DM 74 DAYLA KIV (turn 460): SAND DAMCERS (Jorja, mgr.) DM 75 JADE MOUNTAIN (turn 455): ZOMBIE SQUAD (Khisanth, mgr.) DM 78 LIN TIRIAN (turn 446): SAND DANCERS (Jorja, mgr.) ADM 103 FREE BLADES (turn 563): MIDDLE ITALY et al (The Dark One, mgr.) Recent Graduates ----------------- DM 9 ZUKAL (turn 675): MABUSHI of SERPENTS HOLD (Khisanth, mgr.) DM 15 MALCORN (turn 671): SILVER GHOST of GREENWARDENS (Jorja, mgr.) DM 16 WILLAF (turn 673): GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE of GOLDEN GLADIATORS (Midas, mgr.) DM 17 ALJAFIR (turn 664): ALIDA BERN of MIDDLE WAY (Jorja, mgr.) DM 19 ZUWAYZA (turn 665): THIMBLE of MONOPOLY (Sherlock, mgr.) DM 28 MORYA (turn 335): SCARLET of D'HARAN EMPIRE (Lord Rahl, mgr.) DM 29 LAPUR (turn 662): JEHLCH of MID EARTH (Visionist, mgr.) DM 32 ARVAT (turn 658): A.S. MODEUS of DEVIL ADVOCATES (The Dark One, mgr.) DM 33 NIATOLI ISLAND (turn 656): SCUTTLEBUTT of SEA DOGS (One Armed Bandit, mgr.) (turn 655): SHARK BAIT of SEA DOGS (One Armed Bandit, mgr.) CRAY DAIZY of THE SEWING CIRCLE (Jorja, mgr.) DM 43 VEASTIAN (turn 605): VAISTINIE of THE FAMILY (Jorja, mgr.) DM 47 TEMPLE OF ABARSIS (turn 303): SMOKEY BEAR of THE BEAR'S PAW (Kat, mgr.) DM 50 SNOWBOUND (turn 291): GOBERT HINNY of MIDDLE WAY 6 (Jorja, mgr.) DM 56 ROCANIS (turn 538): DOLGAN of MEN OF STEEL (Howlin' Wolf, mgr.) HAL'IGGE JOYROC of INCONSISTENT FURY (Banthius, mgr.) DM 60 ARADI (turn 523): HORNET of BUGS, SLUGS & THUGS (A-Sop, mgr.) DM 61 JURINE (turn 504): DELLEA ERAMIN of MIDDLE WAY 16 (Jorja, mgr.) DM 65 DAL SHANG (turn 499): HARITH TEN MORU of SAND DANCERS (Jorja, mgr.) DM 73 ERINIKA (turn 239): MRS. POTATOE HEAD of DREW'S BOYS II (The Mun, mgr.) DM 78 LIN TIRIAN (turn 445): BLACK TOM of SAND DANCERS (Jorja, mgr.) SPY REPORT Welcome ZUWAYZA. I, Olaf Modeen remember this place well. Many the fights have I fought here. The celebrations, the disappointments... What's with BEAR GRYLLS? He actually beat THE MAGNIFICENT MAGS' DESERT PLANTS, and walked away with 15 more points from the fight. Major screwup at THE MAGNIFICENT MAGS. DESERT PLANTS lost 6 points to BEAR GRYLLS. Some new strategies, perhaps? Maybe DESERT PLANTS will provide more easy wins... Try as it might, HEMLOCK wasn't good enough at persuading THIMBLE to step down from the Duelmaster's throne... Wouldn't it be nice to have live subjects to practice on? I hear some team is looking into the uses of convicted prisoners. No matter the time or place, men will always duel. How well I know the feeling of being in the most avoided team! Don't fall out of practive, MAN OR BEAST?! In my day, no team with a 34-12-2 would scare me off! What's the problem, MAN OR BEAST?? Maybe MAN OR BEAST?'s BEETLE BAILEY is one of those guys who likes pain, or something. That's what he'll get next week, after challenging up 26 to FREE PARKING. FREE PARKING must not been fighting well, cause he lost to BEETLE BAILEY of MAN OR BEAST?. Sometimes you just have a bad day where things get, um, mixed up. Warriors of ZUWAYZA unite. You have only your games to lose! Is it my imagination, or are fighters getting younger every day? To die so young, so gloriously! Well, I'm pretty much through. You guys need to get back practicing. All work and no play makes Olaf a dull fighter. Work and play no fighter dull Olaf. Olaffighterwork and no play. Time for my medication, so I'll leave now. Practice, practice, practice!-- Olaf Modeen DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME BEETLE BAILEY 5177 11 1 0 95 MAN OR BEAST? (432) CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME BEAR GRYLLS 5185 7 2 0 89 MAN OR BEAST? (432) FREE PARKING 5158 17 21 2 88 MONOPOLY (430) DESERT PLANTS 5150 18 22 0 76 THE MAGNIFICENT MAGS (241) HEMLOCK 5224 10 12 1 71 SERPENTS HOLD II (438) MAGIC TODAY 5201 16 14 0 67 THE MAGNIFICENT MAGS (241) MISSOURI WILDLIFE 5256 9 3 0 67 THE MAGNIFICENT MAGS (241) ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME FARMERS ALMANAC 5239 8 8 0 50 THE MAGNIFICENT MAGS (241) INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME WATER WORKS 5265 3 5 0 19 MONOPOLY (430) '-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn. THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge? DUD 5284 0 1 0 MAN OR BEAST? 432 STONE GOLEM 666 NONE FUZZY 1 5283 0 1 0 MAN OR BEAST? 432 STONE GOLEM 666 NONE SNAKE PLISSKEN 5282 1 1 0 MAN OR BEAST? 432 ARENAMASTER XHUR 666 NONE PERSONAL ADS Ill-Fortune Impends! What Disasters Might This Ill-Numbered Turn Bring? Notable Sages and Priests Interviewed, story on page 3! -- the Enquirer Our congratulations to Thimble. -- Jorja and the Magnificent Mags I caught the Venomous Concubine poisoning a waterhole. Can't have that. -- Desert Plants P.S. I'd've killed her for it, if the arenamaster hadn't stepped in. Venomous Concubines are not easy to find and hire. The Userous Merchant was trying to "corner the market" on charms. As if we'd let him get away with that! -- Magic Today Gods! It's a good thing I captured that orc, there's no TELLING what HE might have done to the ecosystem! -- Missouri Wildlife P.S. He was driving an ATV, drinking beer, and shooting the trees. Obviously, a red-necked anarchist. Water Works -- I don't believe you are managing that property in accord with the needs of the season. Therefore, I removed you from the management position. It seemed an obvious thing to do. -- Farmers Almanac 13 July 11 Announcing! The No-Tourney ADM arena will be opening for business on the first of August of this year! It will be ADM Arena #107, making use of that idle installation down at Lirin Kiv. If the managers involved in this arena wish to rename it, suggestions will be entertained through the months of August and September. LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS SNAKE PLISSKEN was butchered by ARENAMASTER XHURGJ in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight. FUZZY 1 was killed by STONE GOLEM in a 3 minute Dark Arena melee. DUD was killed by STONE GOLEM in a action packed 3 minute Dark Arena fight. BEETLE BAILEY slimly won victory over FREE PARKING in a 6 minute Challenge contest. BEAR GRYLLS devastated DESERT PLANTS in a 1 minute uneven Challenge brawl. THIMBLE overpowered HEMLOCK in a 1 minute one-sided struggle. MISSOURI WILDLIFE devastated THE USEROUS MERCHANT in a 1 minute one-sided competition. MAGIC TODAY handily defeated FRATSFA SLAVE in a 1 minute uneven melee. FARMERS ALMANAC viciously subdued THE USEROUS MERCHANT in a popular 3 minute duel. WATER WORKS won victory over OSKSI NOBLE in a popular 2 minute brutal fight. BATTLE REPORT MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS |FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT| |STRIKING ATTACK 4 TOTAL PARRY 9 - 4 - 0 69 | |BASHING ATTACK 2 PARRY-RIPOSTE 11 - 5 - 0 69 | |LUNGING ATTACK 2 PARRY-LUNGE 4 - 2 - 0 67 | |SLASHING ATTACK 2 BASHING ATTACK 15 - 8 - 0 65 | |AIMED BLOW 1 WALL OF STEEL 9 - 5 - 0 64 | |PARRY-LUNGE 1 SLASHING ATTACK 7 - 4 - 1 64 | |WALL OF STEEL 1 LUNGING ATTACK 10 - 11 - 0 48 | |PARRY-STRIKE 0 AIMED BLOW 8 - 9 - 0 47 | |PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 STRIKING ATTACK 24 - 27 - 2 47 | |TOTAL PARRY 0 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 0 - 0 0 | Turn 666 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 1 - 0 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 0 4 STRIKING ATTACK PARRY-LUNGE 1 - 0 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 0 1 WALL OF STEEL BASHING ATTACK 2 - 0 LUNGING ATTACK 0 - 2 1 PARRY-LUNGE WALL OF STEEL 1 - 0 SLASHING ATTACK 0 - 2 1 LUNGING ATTACK STRIKING ATTACK 2 - 2 TOTAL PARRY 0 - 0 1 AIMED BLOW 1 BASHING ATTACK TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME WALL OF STEEL BEETLE BAILEY 5177 11 1 0 95 MAN OR BEAST? (432) PARRY-LUNGE BEAR GRYLLS 5185 7 2 0 89 MAN OR BEAST? (432) AIMED BLOW MAGIC TODAY 5201 16 14 0 67 THE MAGNIFICENT MAGS (241) BASHING ATTACK MISSOURI WILDLIFE 5256 9 3 0 67 THE MAGNIFICENT MAGS (241) Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above. The overall popularity leader is FREE PARKING 5158. The most popular warrior this turn was FREE PARKING 5158. The ten other most popular fighters were FARMERS ALMANAC 5239, BEETLE BAILEY 5177, DUD 5284, WATER WORKS 5265, FUZZY 1 5283, BEAR GRYLLS 5185, MISSOURI WILDLIFE 5256, MAGIC TODAY 5201, SNAKE PLISSKEN 5282, and DESERT PLANTS 5150. The least popular fighter this week was HEMLOCK 5224. The other ten least popular fighters were DESERT PLANTS 5150, SNAKE PLISSKEN 5282, MAGIC TODAY 5201, MISSOURI WILDLIFE 5256, BEAR GRYLLS 5185, FUZZY 1 5283, WATER WORKS 5265, DUD 5284, BEETLE BAILEY 5177, and FARMERS ALMANAC 5239. The following warriors have traveled to AD after fighting this turn: THIMBLE (19-5157) MONOPOLY (430) FACE-TO-FACE TOURNEY XLVII ELIGIBLES TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME NOFX 3180 (77-44-2) 5 3 0 THE MOTHERSHIP II PETE MOSS 4968 (54-29-2) 0 3 0 FUNKY FOLK ADM TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME BART SIMPSON 5072 (33-29-0) 2 3 0 CUNNING RUNTS GIMME SOME SUGAR 4936 (49-38-0) 1 4 0 ARMY OF DARKNESS CHALLENGERS TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME THE GREAT GAZOO 5140 (8-1-0) 4 3 0 CUNNING RUNTS ADEPTS TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME WOLF BLITZER 5184 (8-1-0) 8 1 0 DEAD MAN OR BEAST? BEAR GRYLLS 5185 (6-2-0) 4 3 0 MAN OR BEAST? INITIATES TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME SAILINNIEL 5263 (3-2-0) 0 3 0 FROM THE SHADOW APPRENTICES TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME GRIZZLY ADAMS 5249 (2-2-1) 0 1 0 DEAD MAN OR BEAST?