DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER
Date : 08/13/2009 Duedate: 08/26/2009
ZORPUNT ARENA
DM-24 TURN-615
This Weeks Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
PAUL WIEDORFER
MEDAL OF HONOR J4 (496)
(24-4876) [16-1-1,118]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
PAUL WIEDORFER POSITION IS EMPTY
MEDAL OF HONOR J4 (496)
(24-4876) [16-1-1,118]
Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite
TCHENI LOY SERGEANT3
KRILL CAVALRY (403) MEDAL OF HONOR J4 (496)
(24-4868) [13-13-2,71] (24-4872) [12-5-0,82]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
MEDAL OF HONOR J4 (496)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. MEDAL OF HONOR J4 (496) 36
2. KRILL CAVALRY (403) 9 MEDAL OF HONOR J4 (496)
3. DISASTER (497) 8 Unchartered Team
BARHOPPERS (446)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1/ 1 MEDAL OF HONOR J4 (496) 61 18 4 77.2 1/ 1 MEDAL OF HONOR J4 (496) 10 2 1
2/ 0 DISASTER (497) 16 11 2 59.3 2/ 2 KRILL CAVALRY (403) 3 12 0
3/ 2 KRILL CAVALRY (403) 735 726 21 50.3 3/ 0 DISASTER (497) 1 2 1
'*' Unchartered team '-' Team did not fight this turn
(###) Avoid teams by their Team Id ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank
TEAM SPOTLIGHT
+ ]H[ + ---:--- + ]H[ The Andorian Succession #33 ]H[ + ---:--- + ]H[ +
West of Fratsfa:
Elosjon heaved a sigh of relief when his feet touched firm ground again, and he
didn't care if Fandil heard him or not. He had been afraid--no, he was afraid now.
In the tree, he had been terrified. Of falling. Of failing.
The old mage gripped his arm, held one hand to his mouth briefly to signal
silence, and then pulled him away from the ravine, deeper into the forest. Higher up
the mountain.
After several minutes of silent walking, or at least walking without speech,
Elosjon figured he could risk speech. "What about Redbud?" he whispered.
"We keep going," Fandil said. "She may, probably will, be fine. And she's
doing a necessary job so that we can go forward and do a different and even more
necessary job. Let us not waste her efforts."
"Right, right. The magician at Mountain Home." He hesitated. "I could be
wrong about Mountain Home. I only have the word of Herlas of Zensu and he's, well,
his reputation isn't exactly--"
"I feel sure that you ARE correct," Fandil said. "All my instincts tell me so.
We will find an answer up there on the mountain. If we get there soon enough."
Elosjon was silent for several minutes, trying to work that out. Finally he
said, "Soon enough?"
"Eh?" Fandil brought his thoughts back from a great distance. "Oh, certainly.
That magician has a plan in progress. Now, plans are like snow on a mountain: They
build up and build up, and suddenly they reach the point where they become an
avalanche. Building pressure can be dealt with, but once you have an avalanche, all
you can do is try to survive until it's over. If we can reach our opponent before
his plan becomes an avalanche, we can--probably--stop him. After... we can only hope
to pick up the pieces."
"Oh." Elosjon stared into the darkness, not total darkness because some moon-
and starlight filtered through the trees, and thought about that as he walked. This
old man, who had been a magician for longer than he, Elosjon, had been alive was
messing up all his preconceived notions of what it actually meant to be a magician.
There seemed to be a lot more luck, and a lot more responsibility, involved than he
had expected. He wasn't sure he could handle it. That thought made him pause. Was
he going to give up, then? No! He would do his best, the very best that was in him
and maybe just a little more, and either he would survive the effort or he wouldn't.
But no quitting. It was almost a relief to make up his mind like that.
The path they were following came out of the trees into an open area. A ghost
town, abandoned buildings, overgrown yards, a rutted street. Elosjon stopped. "This
used to be the village of Mountain Home," he said.
Fandil stopped beside him and looked around. "Odd," he muttered, sniffing the
air. "There's something here, or has been recently."
"What? And how can you tell?" The younger mage sniffed too. It smelled like
an animal's den, a little. Maybe fading. And something else. Sulfur? Recognition
came with a cold chill down his spine. "A demon?"
"In general terms, yes. I think so. Something from that neighborhood, anyway."
Fandil was silent for a moment, his head cocked as though to listen.
Elosjon listened, too, but the only sounds he heard were made by the wind
rustling the brush and tapping on the roofs. Unless there was something he was
missing? He listened harder, so hard that his ears rang with the silence. If there
was a real sound, he wasn't hearing it.
"Not here now," Fandil said.
"If there was something, what would we hear?"
"Depends on WHAT there was, but... scratching. Clicking. Maybe grumbles.
Which way is the castle from here? We should go on before the 'watchdog' returns."
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---===ANDORIAN REGIONAL NEWS===---
Duelmasters
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DM 8 ARKERS (turn 312): PEARL HARBOR of SMITHSONIAN (Curator, mgr.)
DM 11 ARUAK CITY (turn 625): KIANA TOM of GIRLS GIRLS GIRLS (Weasel, mgr.)
DM 14 TOBIR (turn 625): FLOORMAT of THE DOGHOUSE (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 22 SOLVEN (turn 613): HOT EIGHTEEN of KELLUMBO'S KIDS (Detective Kellumbo, mgr.)
DM 24 ZORPUNT (turn 614): PAUL WIEDORFER of MEDAL OF HONOR J4 (The Anarchist, mgr.)
DM 25 LYRATILAN (turn 610): SAML ULRON of THE MIDDLE WAY 4 (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 26 CALEAM (turn 609): KETTELMAN of GOLDEN CANYON (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 30 IAYE (turn 607): SIR CARLSON of LENPROS (Lenpro, mgr.)
DM 40 ZENSU (turn 575): CORBIE LEK of BEYOND THE PALE (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 41 KATI-TEI (turn 567): SERGEANT2 of MEDAL OF HONOR H3 (The Anarchist)
DM 46 ARDIVENT (turn 558): ANNA BEATRICE of FANDILS (Wise Old Fandil, mgr.)
DM 52 FRATSFA (turn 259): IRMINSUL of BLOOD AND GUTS! (Le Pentarque, mgr.)
DM 63 AMEN-TEI (turn 457): THOMAS WIGLE of MEDAL OF HONOR J3 (The Anarchist, mgr.)
DM 71 KYR'TERR (turn 213): MERCURY SABLE of OUT OF THIS WORLD (?, mgr.)
ADM 105 ANDORAK (turn 510): VISION of KELLUMBO'S KIDS (Detective Kellumbo, mgr.)
Top Teams
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DM 8 ARKERS (turn 312): Z GLADIATORS (Mr. Z, mgr.)
DM 11 ARUAK CITY (turn 625): BULLDOGS (Kennelworth, mgr.)
DM 14 TOBIR (turn 625): OTAGO HIGHLANDERS (The Mun, mgr.)
DM 22 SOLVEN (turn 613): KELLUMBO'S KIDS (Detective Kellumbo, mgr.)
DM 24 ZORPUNT (turn 614): MEDAL OF HONOOR J4 (The Anarchist, mgr.)
DM 25 LYRATILAN (turn 610): THE MIDDLE WAY 4 (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 26 CALEAM (turn 609): ULTRA-VIOLENT (Deep Thought, mgr.)
DM 30 IAYE (turn 607): LENPROS (Lenpro, mgr.)
DM 40 ZENSU (turn 576): MEDAL OF HONOOR G1 (The Anarchist, mgr.)
DM 41 KATI-TEI (turn 567): MEDAL OF HONOR H3 (The Anarchist, mgr.)
DM 46 ARDIVENT (turn 558): DEATHTONGUE (Technogeek, mgr.)
DM 52 FRATSFA (turn 259): FLOWER GIRLS (Lady Fern, mgr.)
DM 63 AMEN-TEI (turn 457): MEDAL OF HONOR J3 (The Anarchist, mgr.)
DM 71 KYR'TERR (turn 213): OUT OF THIS WORLD, (?, mgr.)
ADM 105 ANDORAK (turn 510): ULTRA-VIOLENT (Deep Thought, mgr.)
Recent Graduates
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DM 8 ARKERS (turn 312): PEARL HARBOR of SMITHSONIAN (Curator, mgr.)
(turn 311): ZIP of Z GLADIATORZ (Mr. Z, mgr.)
CONUNDRUM of CONSANGUINEOUS (Mannequin, mgr.)
DM 11 ARUAK CITY (turn 624): CARMEN ELECTRA of GIRLS GIRLS GIRLS (Weasel, mgr.)
PUPPY LOVE of BULLDOGS (Kennelworth, mgr.)
BUTTER BURRO of ANIMAL FARM (Mino, mgr.)
DM 14 TOBIR (turn 625): GEORGE FOREMUN of ALL THE MUN'S MEN (The Mun, mgr.)
MUN OVER BOARD of ALL THE MUN'S MEN (The Mun, mgr.)
DM 22 SOLVEN (turn 612): SEREPHIM of KELLUMBO'S KIDS (Detective Kellumbo, mgr.)
DM 26 CALEAM (turn 608): GUT BUSTER of ULTRA-VIOLENT (Deep Thought, mgr.)
DM 30 IAYE (turn 606): STONE COLD of WRESTLEMANIACS (Crip, mgr.)
DM 40 ZENSU (turn 574): GRUNT 5 of MEDAL OF HONOR G1 (The Anarchist, mgr.)
SPY REPORT
Thankyouthankyou. It's great for me, The Unknown Spymaster to be back in
ZORPUNT. Hope you enjoy the show. Oh, who am I kidding? I already got paid! Hey
everybody, watch out for SERGEANT3, who flew up 15 points in the rankings after
mashing VETERAN MERCENARY like a melon. Keep your eye on this guy. Well,
everybody's pal PAUL WIEDORFER moved his record to 16-1-1 by defeating TCHENI LOY in
the Duelmaster's Title Bout and gaining 4 recognition points. Can you believe they
are paying me 10 gold to deliver this stuff?
Let's dig a little deeper into what's happening in the ZORPUNT arena. Well dang
howdy, but if challenges were votes, LORMIN GARDE would be president. Although it
may be a contest he doesn't want to win. Was it guts or an overtaxed mental capacity
that had SERGEANT 2 challenge up 32 points in the rankings to take on LORMIN GARDE?
Some advice to SERGEANT 2. Please don't challenge up 32 points to fight a 17-16-0
fighter like, say LORMIN GARDE. (Okay, so it may be a little late).
Remember that an arena is not always a safe place to be, but it is one of the
most interesting, though! ICE STORM says to his dog--'Who should I fight this
week?'. Dog says 'SPYMASTER'. So the guy dies. Moral? Put lying dogs to sleep.
Ask not the elves for counsel, for they will say both yes and no. Silly buggers, eh?
Well, that wasn't too bad; Alarond told me that the people in ZORPUNT 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
PAUL WIEDORFER 4876 16 1 1 118 MEDAL OF HONOR J4 (496)
CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
LORMIN GARDE 4854 17 16 0 93 KRILL CAVALRY (403)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
SERGEANT3 4872 12 5 0 82 MEDAL OF HONOR J4 (496)
TCHENI LOY 4868 13 13 2 71 KRILL CAVALRY (403)
SERGEANT 1 4886 8 1 2 70 MEDAL OF HONOR J4 (496)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
BUBBA LOY 4853 11 22 0 55 KRILL CAVALRY (403)
SERGEANT 2 4887 6 3 0 55 MEDAL OF HONOR J4 (496)
TCHACK LOY 4856 10 21 0 51 KRILL CAVALRY (403)
TCHUMP LOY 4871 7 15 0 36 KRILL CAVALRY (403)
-TWISTER 4888 4 0 0 35 DISASTER (497)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-LISA ANN 4824 2 0 1 33 MINGALOIDS (486)
WILD FIRE 4880 2 0 1 33 DISASTER (497)
SERGEANT 5 4890 3 0 1 32 MEDAL OF HONOR J4 (496)
-EARTH QUAKE 4885 3 1 0 26 DISASTER (497)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
EMBEZZLING SCRIB 0 0 0 SERGEANT 5 4890 615 NONE
HURRICANE 4889 2 3 1 DISASTER 497 WURM KIN 615 NONE
ICE STORM 4882 3 2 0 DISASTER 497 SPYMASTER 615 NONE
PERSONAL ADS
Paul Wiedorfer -- You're not a good date, but that's okay, some men have other uses.
-- Tcheni Loy
Sergeant3 -- Yeah, I saw. -- Lormin Garde
Sergeant 2 -- Just filling in your time, eh? -- Tchack Loy
I don't like merchants, and I don't care what problems they have. They can be
userous or ulcerous or any damned thing at all. I still don't like 'em. -- Tchump
Loy
Sergeant 1 -- Did we miss any of you guys? -- Bubba Loy
We salute the tourney participants, with a special congratulations for John Ashcroft,
who appears to be a tourney champion. -- Jorja and the Krill Cavalry
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
ICE STORM was butchered by SPYMASTER in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
HURRICANE was butchered by WURM KIN in a 1 minute brutal Dark Arena duel.
SERGEANT 2 was handily defeated by LORMIN GARDE in a 1 minute Challenge match.
PAUL WIEDORFER vanquished TCHENI LOY in a 1 minute mismatched Title brawl.
SERGEANT3 savagely defeated VETERAN MERCENARY in a exciting 2 minute bloody fight.
SERGEANT 1 devastated BUBBA LOY in a 1 minute one-sided duel.
TCHACK LOY was bested by CAPTURED ORC in a 2 minute mismatched match.
TCHUMP LOY was viciously subdued by THE USEROUS MERCHANT in a dull 6 minute fight.
WILD FIRE slaughtered EMBEZZLING SCRIBE in a 1 minute gory uneven duel.
SERGEANT 5 slaughtered EMBEZZLING SCRIBE in a 1 minute one-sided duel.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|LUNGING ATTACK 3 BASHING ATTACK 7 - 1 - 1 88 |
|AIMED BLOW 2 AIMED BLOW 14 - 3 - 1 82 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 2 SLASHING ATTACK 4 - 1 - 1 80 |
|TOTAL PARRY 2 STRIKING ATTACK 6 - 3 - 1 67 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 1 LUNGING ATTACK 12 - 7 - 0 63 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 1 PARRY-STRIKE 6 - 4 - 0 60 |
|BASHING ATTACK 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE 5 - 15 - 1 25 |
|STRIKING ATTACK 1 TOTAL PARRY 2 - 18 - 0 10 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 - 0 0 |
|WALL OF STEEL 0 WALL OF STEEL 0 - 0 - 0 0 |
Turn 615 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 2 - 0 LUNGING ATTACK 1 - 2 2 LUNGING ATTACK
PARRY-STRIKE 1 - 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 2 PARRY-RIPOSTE
SLASHING ATTACK 1 - 0 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 2 2 TOTAL PARRY
BASHING ATTACK 1 - 0 STRIKING ATTACK 0 - 1 2 STRIKING ATTACK
TOTAL PARRY 0 - 2 1 AIMED BLOW
WALL OF STEEL 0 - 0 1 PARRY-STRIKE
1 BASHING ATTACK
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
AIMED BLOW PAUL WIEDORFER 4876 16 1 1 118 MEDAL OF HONOR J4 (496)
LUNGING ATTACK LORMIN GARDE 4854 17 16 0 93 KRILL CAVALRY (403)
PARRY-STRIKE SERGEANT3 4872 12 5 0 82 MEDAL OF HONOR J4 (496)
BASHING ATTACK SERGEANT 1 4886 8 1 2 70 MEDAL OF HONOR J4 (496)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
The overall popularity leader is TCHENI LOY 4868. The most popular warrior this turn
was SERGEANT3 4872. The ten other most popular fighters were PAUL WIEDORFER 4876,
LORMIN GARDE 4854, WILD FIRE 4880, SERGEANT 1 4886, TCHACK LOY 4856, SERGEANT 5 4890,
ICE STORM 4882, HURRICANE 4889, SERGEANT 2 4887, and TCHENI LOY 4868.
The least popular fighter this week was TCHUMP LOY 4871. The other ten least popular
fighters were BUBBA LOY 4853, TCHENI LOY 4868, SERGEANT 2 4887, HURRICANE 4889, ICE
STORM 4882, SERGEANT 5 4890, TCHACK LOY 4856, SERGEANT 1 4886, WILD FIRE 4880, and
LORMIN GARDE 4854.
NEW GRADUATES--FROM ALL ARENAS (INCLUDING CLOSED ARENAS)
For those of you who keep track of such things, 15 additional warriors graduated
from regular DM arenas (including closed arenas) since the last tournament.
WHITE THUNDER (4-6040) TRIBAL COUNCIL (120)
SISONGOEN (12-5168) LUROCIANS IV (438)
JUMPINJACK FLASH (13-5143) PERFECTION QUEST 13 (527)
HARD DAYS KNIGHT (38-2369) BUBBA LOVES CHESS (193)
POWDERED SOAP (82-2837) MY BUTT HURTS (392)
HICHAM (82-18389) SUPERIOR FORCES 1306 (2829)
DEADLA (82-20623) SUPERIOR FORCES 3201 (2263)
CLEVELAND STEAMER (82-25002) OHIO EXPRESS (3993)
YELLOW POST-IT (82-26131) WORK WITH THIS (4213)
CHARLOTTE (82-29266) SUPERIOR FORCES 3402 (4771)
YELLOW BRICK TOAD (82-32755) 12/19/04J (5407)
SOULSNARE (82-37248) OBLIVION CLEAVERS (6167)
MARV (82-41424) 4-LETTER KNOCKOFFS (6915)
KAORU MOTO (82-48418) MEDAL OF HONOR AA1 (2722)
RENTAL PERMIT (82-51256) 101607C (8628)
Congrats to the grads. -- Green Eyes