DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER
Date : 08/17/2005 Duedate: 08/30/2005
SUNSET ARENA
DM-21 TURN-515
This Weeks Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
HORNS
BLACKEST PRIDE (71)
(21-5770) [14-9-0,135]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
HORNS BURM N'HAMM
BLACKEST PRIDE (71) MAGIC CITY MAFIA (526)
(21-5770) [14-9-0,135] (21-6082) [4-1-1,51]
Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite
BAUMGARTEN KHORAG
I MAGI (133) AGE OF EMPIRE (376)
(21-4670) [16-13-1,115] (21-6011) [4-4-0,41]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
BLACKEST PRIDE (71)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. AGE OF EMPIRE (376) 35
2. MAGIC CITY MAFIA (526) 32 SPORTS (497)
3. NASTY MOB (456) 24 Unchartered Team
4. SPORTS (497) 22
5. I MAGI (133) 14 BLOOD BOAR CLAN (530)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1/ 1*BLOOD BOAR CLAN (530) 4 1 2 80.0 1/ 2 BLACKEST PRIDE (71) 11 2 1
2/ 3 SPORTS (497) 18 9 0 66.7 2/ 4*MAGIC CITY MAFIA (526) 7 5 0
3- 2 REAL BEER (424) 111 58 8 65.7 3/ 5 SWORD OPERA (323) 6 9 0
4- 4 HACKERS INC. (50) 199 137 28 59.2 4/ 1 GRIM FANDANGO (454) 5 7 0
5/ 5 GRIM FANDANGO (454) 256 216 5 54.2 5/ 8*BLOOD BOAR CLAN (530) 4 1 2
6/ 6 BLACKEST PRIDE (71) 398 341 37 53.9 6/ 9*AIR ATTACK (502) 4 6 0
7/ 7 I MAGI (133) 326 282 20 53.6 7/14 AGE OF EMPIRE (376) 3 2 0
8- 8 SONS OF SATAN (20) 311 289 37 51.8 8/ 7 SPORTS (497) 3 3 0
9/ 9 NASTY MOB (456) 89 94 6 48.6 9- 6 SONS OF SATAN (20) 3 7 0
10/12 AGE OF EMPIRE (376) 47 52 5 47.5 10/10 NASTY MOB (456) 3 8 0
11/10 THE NATURALS XI (271) 135 151 22 47.2 11/ 3 THE NATURALS XI (271) 3 9 1
12/11*MAGIC CITY MAFIA (526) 8 10 1 44.4 12/13 I MAGI (133) 2 0 0
13/13*AIR ATTACK (502) 16 22 1 42.1 13-11 HACKERS INC. (50) 1 0 0
14/14 SWORD OPERA (323) 458 681 18 40.2 14-12 REAL BEER (424) 0 1 0
'*' Unchartered team '-' Team did not fight this turn
(###) Avoid teams by their Team Id ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank
DUELMASTER'S COLUMN
Notes from the arena champ.
Sunset,
Fortune smiled on me once again as I retained my throne with another victory!
Prime Slime, hold your head high, warrior! I went in expecting to have an easy
victory dismantling a total parry. But after five minutes of combat I realized you
were one tough SOB! Minutes 2,3, and 4 I couldn't even land a blow on you! And I
have nearly an advanced master in ATT! I expect to see your name high in the ranks
of an advanced tournament down the road; fare well, warrior!
This turn I am challenging Ace in hopes of another victory and an invitation to
the Isle.
Horns,
Iron Council
SPY REPORT
It's me, The Unknown Spymaster here with my bag to give you the news on last
week's fights. We now have a new top team for all of you guys to dogpile on.
BLACKEST PRIDE now holds the crown and they are betting they can keep it. A
stormcloud is brewing over the THE NATURALS XI guildhouse. Rumor says any more weeks
like this ones 0-3-0 may send the team to the Dark Arena. Coming up with a solid
3-0-0 outing, AGE OF EMPIRE has advanced 7 places in the rankings. Hey everybody,
watch out for RAJEREK, who flew up 17 points in the rankings after mashing HOLLYWOOD
like a melon. Keep your eye on this guy. And falling like a basher in the top ten
was ICON, who dropped 9 points after a disappointing (to say the least) bout with
VOLLEYBALL. Well here's a duelmaster that doesn't sit back and say 'Challenge me'!
HORNS made a challenge against ACE this week. Going for the gusto and coming up with
aught but bloody knuckles was SWORD OPERA's ACE, who was turned away from the
Duelmastership by HORNS. Can you believe they are paying me 10 gold to deliver this
stuff?
Here is other news that is of note. Here's a song for you: Who's afraid of the
big, bad SONS OF SATAN? Big bad SONS OF SATAN. Big bad SONS OF SATAN. SUNSET's
afraid of the big bad SONS OF SATAN. Tra la la la la! For those of you who like
math, try this one: SONS OF SATAN + Weapons That go Boom = MAGIC CITY MAFIA + Avoid
City. Well just about everybody wants a piece of DEUCE, who was this week's most
challenged warrior. Can any one out there say 'weasel'? Oh well, just saying ASYLUM
will do. She challenged 21 points down to trash BAUMGARTEN. Well ASYLUM, just can't
get an easy fight anymore can you? You thought challenging down 21 points to
BAUMGARTEN would be fun. Right? Wrong! OLAF SHIELDBITE of BLOOD BOAR CLAN had
better have a good reason for challenging down 12 points in a challenge which he won.
I thought OLAF SHIELDBITE showed great skill and promise when he beat KINGFISHER.
All right, so I slept through it! Big deal!
Being a spy is great--other people die and you spend the rest of the day
drinking to their memory. Better tanked than dead! 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 SUNSET have no
sense of humor. Or maybe that they were senseless. Okay, so I may not be the
world's best comedian, but then you guys aren't the world's best warriors. And
remember, you can pick your friends and you can pick your--(loud boos), oh, you've
heard that one already!-- The Unknown Spymaster
DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
HORNS 5770 14 9 0 135 BLACKEST PRIDE (71)
CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-BODDINGTON'S 5035 17 9 0 142 REAL BEER (424)
-THAT! 5272 13 5 2 120 REAL BEER (424)
-BASS 5262 9 2 2 117 REAL BEER (424)
BAUMGARTEN 4670 16 13 1 115 I MAGI (133)
CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
ASYLUM 5786 15 11 1 91 BLACKEST PRIDE (71)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
VOLLEYBALL 5691 9 3 0 90 SPORTS (497)
ASHANDAR 5694 7 2 0 86 AGE OF EMPIRE (376)
ACE 5732 15 38 0 84 SWORD OPERA (323)
-STREET LEGAL 5869 6 2 0 82 I MAGI (133)
-BIT BUCKET 698 14 16 3 80 HACKERS INC. (50)
EVOLUTION THEORY 5958 9 1 0 74 BLACKEST PRIDE (71)
ICON 5982 7 2 2 69 BLACKEST PRIDE (71)
SWIMMING 5693 8 4 0 67 SPORTS (497)
CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
DRUNK MOOSE 5451 14 15 4 64 THE NATURALS XI (271)
HOODLUM 5533 14 11 1 62 THE NATURALS XI (271)
-STELLA ARTOIS 5560 9 5 0 62 REAL BEER (424)
-LILLIAN LUST 5954 8 13 1 60 SONS OF SATAN (20)
-HOEGARDEN 5554 6 10 0 59 REAL BEER (424)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
BLUE BEARD 6006 6 3 0 54 NASTY MOB (456)
DUCKBERT 5970 13 10 3 52 SWORD OPERA (323)
BURM N'HAMM 6082 4 1 1 51 MAGIC CITY MAFIA (526)
DJININSKI 5953 11 17 0 50 SWORD OPERA (323)
-TVEDEN 4961 6 4 0 45 I MAGI (133)
KHORAG 6011 4 4 0 41 AGE OF EMPIRE (376)
-AZRAEL 6076 4 4 0 36 SONS OF SATAN (20)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-G.I.G.O. 951 9 6 0 33 HACKERS INC. (50)
DEUCE 6086 3 6 0 30 SWORD OPERA (323)
GAIUS 6122 2 0 1 30 BLOOD BOAR CLAN (530)
RAJEREK 6045 2 0 0 30 AGE OF EMPIRE (376)
-S.P.T. LAYZNER 942 6 9 2 29 HACKERS INC. (50)
CORSAIR 5773 5 3 0 29 AIR ATTACK (502)
TUSK 6095 4 3 1 26 GRIM FANDANGO (454)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
HOLLYWOOD 6060 4 4 2 22 THE NATURALS XI (271)
BONEDUST 6098 2 2 0 19 GRIM FANDANGO (454)
MOSQUITO 5843 4 1 0 17 AIR ATTACK (502)
STEELAWAY 6125 2 0 0 17 GRIM FANDANGO (454)
-GLITCH 1459 2 0 0 17 HACKERS INC. (50)
OLAF SHIELDBITE 6121 2 0 1 16 BLOOD BOAR CLAN (530)
-SUPPURATING CORPSE 6087 3 4 0 13 SONS OF SATAN (20)
MOON DANCE 6094 3 4 0 13 GRIM FANDANGO (454)
VESTAVIA HILLS 6139 1 0 0 13 MAGIC CITY MAFIA (526)
-XAPHAN 6126 1 1 0 10 SONS OF SATAN (20)
PELHAM 6106 1 2 0 9 MAGIC CITY MAFIA (526)
JASPER 6128 1 1 0 8 MAGIC CITY MAFIA (526)
MAC THE KNIFE 6124 1 1 0 7 NASTY MOB (456)
BRUTE SHOT 6129 1 0 0 7 BLACKEST PRIDE (71)
MITCHELL 6143 1 0 0 6 AIR ATTACK (502)
KINGFISHER 5915 0 3 0 3 AIR ATTACK (502)
-SHALBRIRI 6127 0 2 0 2 SONS OF SATAN (20)
BOUNTY HUNTER 6131 0 1 0 1 NASTY MOB (456)
MAGIC 96.5 6141 0 1 0 1 MAGIC CITY MAFIA (526)
-PHELAN 6120 0 1 0 1 BLOOD BOAR CLAN (530)
INSTIGATOR 6142 0 1 0 1 NASTY MOB (456)
DIVA NASHONA 6149 0 1 0 1 SWORD OPERA (323)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
LIBERATOR 5775 2 6 1 AIR ATTACK 502 STONE GOLEM 413 515 NONE
BASHEMO 6140 0 1 0 GRIM FANDANGO 454 QUICKSILVER 406 515 NONE
ILIACUS 5923 3 2 0 MUSCLE MEN 511 BURM N'HAMM 6082 511 NOT REVE
REPO MAN 6132 0 1 0 NASTY MOB 456 WURM KIN 414 515 NONE
PERSONAL ADS
Hackers Inc. -- Welcome back to Sunset! It is truly great to have you guys along
with SOS back!! Now if Scarred Visage and Anime Legends would come back.... I hope
you guys plan on staying awhile. -- Ultraist mgr. Blackest Pride (Magnificent 5 in
your day)
Bonedust -- Yet!? If you go against me again you're liable to see your own
bonedust.... -- Evolution Theory
Is it just me, or did anyone else notice Street Legal's quick exit as soon as I
showed back up? That's that VC courage for you.... -- Ultraist, Iron Council
Scribe -- Would it be possible for a managers list? Thanks. -- Ultraist
Here's what I have. These are teams listed in last turn's newsletter. If I've
gotten anyone's name wrong or if you can fill in some of the blanks, let me
know. -- The Saint, keeper of lists
AGE OF EMPIRE Doc Steele MAGIC CITY MAFIA Azraelus Prime
AIR ATTACK ? NASTY MOB Papa Bear
BLACKEST PRIDE Ultraist REAL BEER Crip
BLOOD BOAR CLAN ? SONS OF SATAN Damion
GRIM FANDANGO Stik SPORTS Assurnasirbanipal
HACKERS INC. ? SWORD OPERA Nick
I MAGI Street Legal THE NATURALS XI Lord Genesis
Azreal Prime -- Here's a long overdue welcome to Sunset, the Arena of Death! I hope
you intend to stay awhile; an arena can only benefit from your presence! -- Ultraist
Very nice, Stik. Your poor penmanship heaps a loss on the uninspiring Lillian Lust.
Here I was, ready to write a great welcome back to the legendary Al-Slap of Hacker's
Inc only to discover your subterfuge. Oh the shame--whacked by a basher with a
hatchet! Well, given my team of hopeless crap I should expect it. I must have done
something bad to deserve these replacement rollups. At least I know a little about
Bonedust now. Well, maybe, with great luck, the turn can find it's way to his
mailbox and rekindle his interest. -- Damion
Hackers Inc. -- Wow, blast from the past!! Welcome back to Sunset after many years!
I used to run The Cripplers back in the day here, now I'm running Grim Fandango.
We've still got a couple other originals hanging around, too, with Damion and
Ultraist. May your return be glorious and bloody! Drinks on us tonight down at the
Broken Bone! Can't remember your manager name and I'm too lazy to go dig that old
newsletter box out, care to refresh our memories? -- Stik
Blood Boar Clan and Air Attack -- Welcome and welcome back to the Jewel of the
Delarquan Federation, and good luck! -- Stik and G.F.
Hmm, two of my crew mysteriously got lost on the way to the arena...better luck this
cycle. -- Stik
Deuce -- I knew you were disappointed and all, but did you have to express it like
that?!?? -- Moon Dance
Hollywood -- That was a rerun, but sometimes reruns are good, too! -- Tusk
Phelan -- Lesson one: don't forget the ass armor!! -- Steelaway
Ultraist -- I'm not wishing anything away, believe me. My run of good fortune may
tail off a bit, but I'd guess it's largely due to my killer-lunger and uber-scum TP
win machines finally graduating than anything else. You missed out on some nice
losses to them while you were away! It's refreshing to win more sometimes, but I
like my slashers, pikers, wastes, and rippers more than I value having the top record
in the arena. -- Stik
P.S. Didn't mean to overlook Evolution Theory, congrats!
Volleyball -- You are KIDDING me! I just whack your ball flat, and you surrender? I
love it! -- Ace
Swimming -- (glub, glub, splash, gasp, thrash, choke) -- Djininski
Hoodlum -- The arenamaster is a spoilsport. I ALWAYS bury dwarves in the sand. --
Lugo Beloski
Liberator -- (with a lofty sneer) Mammals do not truly understand air attacks. --
Duckbert
Moon Dancer -- So, new moon or full? This could make a difference. -- Deuce
Icon -- Ah, unfortunate! They tell me that Tincture of Waterloo or Russian Winter
wine will cure it. -- Djininski
Muscles McFrenzy, a.k.a. Moon Dance -- Ah! All is now clear. (shakes head sadly)
Those managers.... -- Deuce
Grim Fandango -- Yep, no more arena combat for me. I'll go back to my first love,
singing in bars. -- Lugo Beloski
P.S. And fishing.
4 August 2005
Ladies and Gentlemen...The Announcement You Have All Been Waiting For Is Here!!!!!!!!
ZalCon3...The Rebirth!!!!!!!
The Rules Are Simple, The Prizes Are Awesome, The Competition Fierce!
Where: Dullens (DM13) When: October 8th, 2005
The Rules:
Every Manager Must DA Their Entire Team On The First Turn They Enter The Contest.
All Warriors DA'd In This Manner MUST Be At Zero FE And May Fight In The Contest If
They Live. The Style Of The Warrior Must Be Present In The Name In A Non Ambiguous
Manner, Standard Abbreviations Accepted. Scoring Starts On The 3rd Turn Of The
Contest Which Will Also Be The First Turn After The October Mail In. Dead Warriors
May Be Entered From The Contest To Dead Apprentices ONLY--And With Zero FE!!!!! All
Living Warriors May Be Entered Into Rookies or Apprentices For The October Mail In.
Scoring:
1 Point For Each Win.
1 Point For Each Kill.
-1 Point For Each Loss.
-1 Point For Each Death.
Categories:
Ultimate Style Master: Warrior Of Any Style With The Most Style Master Points.
Top Team: Team With The Most Points At The End Of The Contest.
Top Warrior: Warrior With The Most Points At The End Of The Contest.
MVP Team: Team With The Most Free Fight Awards At The End Of The Contest.
MVP Warrior: Warrior With The Most Free Fight Awards At The End Of The Contest.
Style Master: Warrior With The Most Points Vs. Style In Each Style At The End Of The
Contest.
Warrior Top 11: Next 10 Top Point Gaining Warriors At The End Of The Contest.
Iron Manager: Any Manager With 100 Fights During The Contest (20 Turns Plus 2 Pre
Turns).
***Special Category*** An Additional Top Team Award Will Be Granted For Each 5 Iron
Manager Awards Starting At 6.
Prizes:
Ultimate Style Master, Top Team, Top Warrior: +1 To Bonus, Damage Bump, Free Train
Or Learn 2 Skills, Favorites Knowledge.
MVP Team And MVP Warrior: 20 Rollups.
Style Master: +1 To Bonus.
Warrior Top 11: Free Train Or Learn 2 Skills.
Iron Manager: +1 To Bonus.
Please Contact Zalgor Prigg Via Diplo (Armor & Weapons DM102) or Email
(zalgor@hotmail.com) Should You Have Any Questions Or Wish A Free Team Rollup To Dark
Arena On Turn 1.
Disclaimer: All Prizes Are To Be Used On Contest Team Only And Are Non Transferable.
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
LIBERATOR was dealt death by STONE GOLEM in a 3 minute bloody Dark Arena fight.
REPO MAN was slaughtered by WURM KIN in a action packed 3 minute Dark Arena battle.
BASHEMO was assassinated by QUICKSILVER in a 1 minute Dark Arena duel.
HORNS devastated ACE in a popular 1 minute brutal one-sided Challenge Title contest.
ASYLUM was devastated by BAUMGARTEN in a popular 1 minute uneven Challenge brawl.
ICON was devastated by VOLLEYBALL in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge match.
SWIMMING handily defeated DJININSKI in a 1 minute uneven Challenge fight.
BURM N'HAMM won victory over DUCKBERT in a action packed 1 minute Challenge duel.
BONEDUST was defeated by GAIUS in a popular 1 minute beginner's Challenge duel.
OLAF SHIELDBITE defeated KINGFISHER in a 2 minute gory beginner's Challenge match.
JASPER was overpowered by DEUCE in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge match.
HOODLUM was devastated by ASHANDAR in a 1 minute mismatched conflict.
DRUNK MOOSE was subdued by EVOLUTION THEORY in a crowd pleasing 1 minute match.
BLUE BEARD overpowered CORSAIR in a 1 minute mismatched conflict.
KHORAG savagely defeated TUSK in a popular 2 minute bloody duel.
RAJEREK vanquished HOLLYWOOD in a 1 minute one-sided fray.
MOON DANCE was bested by CULT MEMBER in a 1 minute brawl.
MOSQUITO devastated INSTIGATOR in a 1 minute one-sided fight.
PELHAM was outlasted by MITCHELL in a tiresome 19 minute gory novice's bout.
MAC THE KNIFE viciously subdued MAGIC 96.5 in a 2 minute gory amateur's competition.
STEELAWAY overpowered DIVA NASHONA in a 1 minute one-sided duel.
BRUTE SHOT luckily beat BOUNTY HUNTER in a 2 minute gruesome beginner's fray.
VESTAVIA HILLS devastated MORDANT DESERTER in a 1 minute one-sided bout.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|LUNGING ATTACK 11 SLASHING ATTACK 25 - 18 - 1 58 |
|BASHING ATTACK 8 LUNGING ATTACK 41 - 34 - 4 55 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 6 PARRY-STRIKE 3 - 3 - 0 50 |
|TOTAL PARRY 4 PARRY-RIPOSTE 16 - 17 - 2 48 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 4 BASHING ATTACK 20 - 22 - 1 48 |
|WALL OF STEEL 4 TOTAL PARRY 25 - 28 - 0 47 |
|AIMED BLOW 2 WALL OF STEEL 15 - 18 - 2 45 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 1 AIMED BLOW 16 - 20 - 0 44 |
|STRIKING ATTACK 1 STRIKING ATTACK 12 - 15 - 3 44 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 0 PARRY-LUNGE 3 - 7 - 0 30 |
Turn 515 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:
BASHING ATTACK 7 - 1 TOTAL PARRY 1 - 3 3 LUNGING ATTACK
SLASHING ATTACK 4 - 2 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 1 3 BASHING ATTACK
LUNGING ATTACK 6 - 5 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 0 2 SLASHING ATTACK
AIMED BLOW 1 - 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 4 1 AIMED BLOW
STRIKING ATTACK 0 - 1 1 STRIKING ATTACK
WALL OF STEEL 0 - 4 1 TOTAL PARRY
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
AIMED BLOW HORNS 5770 14 9 0 135 BLACKEST PRIDE (71)
LUNGING ATTACK BAUMGARTEN 4670 16 13 1 115 I MAGI (133)
SLASHING ATTACK ASYLUM 5786 15 11 1 91 BLACKEST PRIDE (71)
BASHING ATTACK VOLLEYBALL 5691 9 3 0 90 SPORTS (497)
PARRY-RIPOSTE DUCKBERT 5970 13 10 3 52 SWORD OPERA (323)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
The overall popularity leader is BAUMGARTEN 4670. The most popular warrior this turn
was KHORAG 6011. The ten other most popular fighters were MAC THE KNIFE 6124, BOUNTY
HUNTER 6131, LIBERATOR 5775, HORNS 5770, GAIUS 6122, EVOLUTION THEORY 5958,
BAUMGARTEN 4670, SWIMMING 5693, BURM N'HAMM 6082, and KINGFISHER 5915.
The least popular fighter this week was PELHAM 6106. The other ten least popular
fighters were MITCHELL 6143, DIVA NASHONA 6149, INSTIGATOR 6142, MOON DANCE 6094,
HOLLYWOOD 6060, CORSAIR 5773, DRUNK MOOSE 5451, HOODLUM 5533, JASPER 6128, and
DJININSKI 5953.
The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn:
HORNS (21-5770) BLACKEST PRIDE (71)