DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER
Date : 11/19/2009 Duedate: 12/02/2009
ZORPUNT ARENA
DM-24 TURN-622
This Weeks Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
WILD FIRE
DISASTER (497)
(24-4880) [9-0-2,118]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
WILD FIRE SERGEANT 4
DISASTER (497) MEDAL OF HONOR Z3 (499)
(24-4880) [9-0-2,118] (24-4901) [3-0-0,43]
Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite
LORMIN GARDE EARTH QUAKE
KRILL CAVALRY (403) DISASTER (497)
(24-4854) [17-23-0,74] (24-4885) [5-1-0,53]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
MEDAL OF HONOR Z3 (499)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. MEDAL OF HONOR Z3 (499) 62
2. DISASTER (497) 10 DISASTER (497)
3. KRILL CAVALRY (403) 2 Unchartered Team
4. PIRATE'S COVE (498) -4
MEDAL OF HONOR Z3 (499)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1/ 1*MEDAL OF HONOR Z3 (499) 12 1 2 92.3 1/ 1*MEDAL OF HONOR Z3 (499) 12 1 2
2/ 2 DISASTER (497) 31 15 3 67.4 2/ 2 DISASTER (497) 6 3 1
3/ 3 KRILL CAVALRY (403) 747 749 22 49.9 3/ 4 KRILL CAVALRY (403) 6 9 1
4/ 4*PIRATE'S COVE (498) 6 10 0 37.5 4/ 3*PIRATE'S COVE (498) 3 8 0
'*' 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 #38 ]H[ + ---:--- + ]H[ +
West of Fratsfa:
"Now what?" Elosjon asked.
"Now we make a plan," Fandil said. "I suppose you don't know anything about the
castle, or any more about the magician there except that he's probably the son of the
last lord of Mountain Home and went somewhere far away to study?"
Elosjon shook his head.
"Not a problem, we can work with what we've got already," Fandil said, patting
his shoulder. "And really, the hint of Chaos Magic is enough." The old mage's face
set grimly and suddenly looked a lot older than seemed possible. "He's been studying
Folstrom materials, even if he didn't find the Folstrom themselves to study with."
Folstrom! Elosjon shuddered. The Folstrom, who had nearly destroyed Alastari
once--with Chaos Magic--were the monsters who lurked at the back of every
Alastarian's mind, the ultimate image of evil and depravity, never to be forgiven.
How could anyone seek out their learning? He asked the question aloud.
"Some people would go into the very heart of wickedness in search of power, and
vengeance is a strong motive, too," Fandil said. He sighed and sat down on a tree
root. "He will not be easy to defeat, but we have learned a few things since the
Folstrom were driven away. Sit down, boy, so I don't have to strain my neck talking
to you. I am going to tell you spells that you will never, on pain of worse than
death, repeat, nor even use if it isn't the most desperate last chance."
"Why?" Elsojon slid down to sit beside him. "Why keep them secret, why not use
them, why tell me at all?"
"Because these spells are as dangerous in their way as Chaos Magic, because
there is a good chance that using them will destroy you, and because someone has to
know them and be ready to use them as the final reserve. This is a battle to death
and beyond, young man, and we must make what preparations we can."
The young mage took a deep breath, rubbed his suddenly-sweating hands down his
robe, and nodded. "Okay."
Fandil leaned closer to him, dropping his voice to a near whisper, and began to
describe spells.
***** *** ***** *** *****
Elosjon blinked, wondering where the day had gone. How could it be evening
already? Or maybe it was evening of the next day, or even two or three days later--
he felt stuffed with arcane knowledge, and it might have taken a long time to pour
all that into him. He was afraid to move suddenly lest all that magic slosh around
and confuse the spells. Or spill out uncontrolled. He couldn't say he'd LEARNED
them, but he was full of them as a bottle might be full of wine. He understood
Fandil's warnings now. He would rather carry live coals in his bare hands than the
spells now lodged in his mind. Still, it was his job to do. Fandil, a mage with a
towering reputation, was trusting him to do it.
He looked at Fandil, sitting beside him. "Now what?"
"Now we sleep, because darkness favors our Enemy, and we cannot give him that
advantage. And because we need sleep if we are to be at our best."
Fratsfa:
The portal was just a portal and presented no bar to their passage. Sizzling
Sunflower blinked around at the run-down section of the city to which they had
returned. It seemed unexpectedly ordinary. Orderly, despite the litter. The
buildings were all... square, or at least rectangular, all stone-colored, or brick.
The people all human. She shook her head. "I hadn't realized that things were so
conservative," she muttered.
"Predictable," Lenpro agreed. "Just as well. Humans were not meant to live in
chaos."
"There were people back there--" She turned back toward the portal, but there
was nothing to see now. Just a street, cracked pavement, grubby house-fronts,
drooping trees.
"People," the manager admitted, "but not humans. And I would guess not for
long. That pocket universe is inherently unstable. But it may not be the only one
of its kind, and I can't believe that it's good for our universe to have those
clustered on it like leeches, so we'd better find my brother and tell him about it.
Fandil will know what to do with a magical problem of that kind."
"I guess. But it was an interesting place to visit, if you don't have to live
there." She started along the street in what she figured was a westerly direction,
toward the better part of the city. After a moment, she added, "There was a mob here
when we went in. I kind of thought they'd wait."
Lenpro glanced up at the sky. "It's late morning now, and we went through the
portal in the afternoon. So it's been nearly a day, at the least. Most mobs don't
have that much patience."
"That long? It didn't seem more than an hour or two that we were in there!"
"Some day when you have a week to spare, ask Fandil to explain 'temporal
discontinuity' and 'meta-subjective time' to you. We're probably lucky--I hope we're
lucky--we didn't get back BEFORE we left."
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---===ANDORIAN REGIONAL NEWS===---
Duelmasters
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DM 8 ARKERS (turn 315): CONSTERNATION of CONSANGUINEOUS (Mannequin, mgr.)
DM 11 ARUAK CITY (turn 632): PUP TENT of BULLDOGS (Kennelworth, mgr.)
DM 14 TOBIR (turn 632): TYNE of OTAGO HIGHLANDERS (The Mun, mgr.)
DM 22 SOLVEN (turn 617): HOTL MUSCHEL of MIDDLE WAY 15 (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 24 ZORPUNT (turn 621): WILD FIRE of DISASTER (Papa Bear, mgr.)
DM 25 LYRATILAN (turn 617): BELLE ISSIMO of FUNKY FOLK (Papa Bear, mgr.)
DM 26 CALEAM (turn 616): KETTELMAN of GOLDEN CHANYON (Jorja, mgr)
DM 30 IAYE (turn 614): HIPS of HER BEST ASSETS (Papa Bear, mgr.)
DM 40 ZENSU (turn 580): TERILEE LINZ of BEYOND THE PALE (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 41 KATI-TEI (turn 574): LUCKY DAWG of DA DOG POWNDAZ (Marma Duke, mgr.)
DM 46 ARDIVENT (turn 565): TANIA PARK of BLUVALLEY WARRIORS (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 52 FRATSFA (turn 263): PHOBOPHOBIA of WATCH OUT! (Soultaker, mgr.)
DM 63 AMEN-TEI (turn 464): SERGEANT 3 of MEDAL OF HONOR J3 (The Anarchist, mgr.)
DM 71 KYR'TERR (turn 216): FAIZUN GOTE of THE ZOO (Jorja, mgr.)
ADM 105 ANDORAK (turn 517): DEATH FOG of SUPERIOR FORCES (Manager, mgr.)
Top Teams
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DM 8 ARKERS (turn 315): CONSANGUINEOUS (Mannequin, mgr.)
DM 11 ARUAK CITY (turn 632): COLORIFIC (Purple People Eater, mgr.)
DM 14 TOBIR (turn 632): ACTION HEROES (?, mgr.)
DM 22 SOLVEN (turn 617): MIDDLE WAY 15 (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 24 ZORPUNT (turn 621): MEDAL OF HONOR Z3 (The Anarchist, mgr.)
DM 25 LYRATILAN (turn 617): DARK FORCES (?, mgr.)
DM 26 CALEAM (turn 616): FIRST LADIES (?, mgr.)
DM 30 IAYE (turn 614): ALL JACKED UP (Dr. Fil, mgr.)
DM 40 ZENSU (turn 580): BEYOND THE PALE (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 41 KATI-TEI (turn 574): THE STORM FRONT (The Storm Lord, mgr.)
DM 46 ARDIVENT (turn 564): SERPENT'S HOLD (?, mgr.)
DM 52 FRATSFA (turn 263): BLOOD AND GUTS! (Le Pentarque, mgr.)
DM 63 AMEN-TEI (turn 464): MEDAL OF HONOR J3 (The Anarchist, mgr.)
DM 71 KYR'TERR (turn 216): DARK AS DAY (?, mgr.)
ADM 105 ANDORAK (turn 517): KELLUMBO'S KIDS (Detective Kellumbo, mgr.)
Recent Graduates
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DM 8 ARKERS (turn 315): CONSTERNATION of CONSANGUINEOUS (Mannequin, mgr.)
DM 11 ARUAK CITY (turn 632): PUP TENT of BULLDOGS (Kennelworth, mgr.)
SHOTGUN GHANDI of ARMED & GREGARIOUS (TMM, mgr.)
DM 22 SOLVEN (turn 616): ELLIRN KOUL of MIDDLE WAY 15 (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 25 LYRATILAN (turn 616): WORKER BEE of WEE BEE BAD (Dartor, mgr.)
SAML ULRON of THE MIDDLE WAY 4 (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 26 CALEAM (turn 616): KETTELMAN of GOLDEN CHANYON (Jorja, mgr)
DM 30 IAYE (turn 613): HELP ON THE WAY of THE WARLOCKS (Malaquar, mgr.)
DM 40 ZENSU (turn 580): TERILEE LINZ of BEYOND THE PALE (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 41 KATI-TEI (turn 573): BREAK STUFF of THE PLAGUE (Reaper, mgr.)
DM 52 FRATSFA (turn 263): BEXLY of OHIO (Berylstar, mgr.)
(turn 262): NOVERCAPHOBIA of WATCH OUT! (Soultaker, mgr.)
OUTCAST ORCHID of FLOWER GIRLS (Lady Fern, mgr.)
SPY REPORT
Well, what are you looking at, ZORPUNT? Ain't you never seen Snide Clemens
before? Ah, shaddup and listen to my news. Of course, we're all terribly impressed
to see SERGEANT 4 win a fight and gain 19 points, terribly. Tsk, tsk, KUNG-FU MASTER
beat BUBBA LOY and BUBBA LOY lost 13 points. You're breakin' my heart. And if
variety is the spice of life, ZORPUNT may be getting bland, as WILD FIRE stays top
dog in the city. I'm not in a very good mood today, but why am I telling you this?
You want to know what's new, don't you, ZORPUNT?
He who fights and runs away will live to fight another day, the coward.
ZORPUNT, I am losing what little hope I had in you. KRILL CAVALRY the most avoided
team? What insult will suffice, I cannot say. And it looks like DISASTER avoided
them the most this turn. What a pack of would be losers, if you ask me. Hmph.
TCHUMP LOY was challenged more times this turn than the Duelmaster. Now was the DM
insulted or feared? Heh, heh.
Some people like volunteer work in the hospitals. I volunteer for ZORPUNT's
morgue. More variety. Titanium shields and bamboo daggers, guess what brave team is
developing these kinds of weapons?
I was about to buy a new quill pen the other day, but some fighter took it for
an epee. Forgive me for writing with a dagger. Well, I've had enough of this
drivel, and I'm sure you have too. Off like a dirty shirt of padded leather. Glad
to see the back of this place-- Snide Clemens
DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
WILD FIRE 4880 9 0 2 118 DISASTER (497)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
TCHACK LOY 4856 14 24 1 85 KRILL CAVALRY (403)
LORMIN GARDE 4854 17 23 0 74 KRILL CAVALRY (403)
BUBBA LOY 4853 15 25 0 73 KRILL CAVALRY (403)
TWISTER 4888 7 2 0 70 DISASTER (497)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
EARTH QUAKE 4885 5 1 0 53 DISASTER (497)
TCHUMP LOY 4871 7 22 0 43 KRILL CAVALRY (403)
SERGEANT 4 4901 3 0 0 43 MEDAL OF HONOR Z3 (499)
SERGEANT 1 4902 3 0 0 41 MEDAL OF HONOR Z3 (499)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-LISA ANN 4824 2 0 1 33 MINGALOIDS (486)
SERGEANT 3 4903 3 0 1 27 MEDAL OF HONOR Z3 (499)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
GENERAL 3 4905 1 0 0 18 MEDAL OF HONOR Z3 (499)
MOHAWK JOE 4896 2 2 0 14 PIRATE'S COVE (498)
COLIN POOLE 4893 3 2 0 13 KRILL CAVALRY (403)
SERGEANT 2 4900 2 1 1 10 MEDAL OF HONOR Z3 (499)
CAPTAIN BONES 4898 2 2 0 8 PIRATE'S COVE (498)
MORTIS THE FORSAKEN 4897 1 3 0 6 PIRATE'S COVE (498)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
LOKI 4895 1 1 0 PIRATE'S COVE 498 SERGEANT 2 4900 620 REVENGED
ODIN 4894 0 2 0 PIRATE'S COVE 498 SERGEANT 3 4903 620
PERSONAL ADS
Wild Fire -- Yes, well, those grapes were sour anyway. I mean, I didn't want to be
duelmaster. Not really. -- Lormin Garde
Twister -- Mighty curly of you, but I hid in the cellar until you were tired, then
popped out and finished you off. This is the kind of thing we do who live in Tornado
Alley. -- Bubba Loy
It's always a pleasure to defeat the Kung-Fu Master. He gets so uppity, with his "I
don't need weapons" bit. Bah. -- Tchack Loy
Earth Quake -- Couldn't you syncopate that beat? Then we could get some music to go
with it, and we'd be set. -- Tchump Loy
Sergeant 1 -- Ah, we wondered if we were going to meet any of you guys. Not that I'm
thrilled it was me, but that's the breaks. -- Colin Poole
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
TWISTER was viciously subdued by TCHACK LOY in a 2 minute bloody Challenge fight.
EARTH QUAKE vanquished TCHUMP LOY in a 2 minute brutal uneven Challenge battle.
WILD FIRE overpowered LORMIN GARDE in a 1 minute mismatched Title duel.
BUBBA LOY was bested by KUNG-FU MASTER in a exciting 2 minute one-sided fight.
SERGEANT 1 devastated FRATSFA SLAVE in a 1 minute uneven brawl.
SERGEANT 4 overpowered CAPTURED ORC in a crowd pleasing 1 minute one-sided struggle.
MOHAWK JOE was overcome by SERGEANT 3 in a 1 minute fight.
COLIN POOLE overcame MORTIS THE FORSAKEN in a 2 minute beginner's melee.
CAPTAIN BONES was vanquished by GENERAL 3 in a 1 minute one-sided duel.
SERGEANT 2 won victory over MORDANT DESERTER 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 3 AIMED BLOW 16 - 2 - 2 89 |
|AIMED BLOW 2 BASHING ATTACK 11 - 5 - 1 69 |
|BASHING ATTACK 2 PARRY-STRIKE 7 - 4 - 0 64 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 2 SLASHING ATTACK 7 - 5 - 1 58 |
|STRIKING ATTACK 2 STRIKING ATTACK 6 - 6 - 0 50 |
|TOTAL PARRY 2 LUNGING ATTACK 11 - 12 - 1 48 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE 6 - 9 - 1 40 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 1 WALL OF STEEL 1 - 3 - 0 25 |
|WALL OF STEEL 1 TOTAL PARRY 5 - 17 - 0 23 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 - 0 0 |
Turn 622 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 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 3 LUNGING ATTACK
PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 - 0 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 1 2 TOTAL PARRY
BASHING ATTACK 2 - 0 TOTAL PARRY 0 - 2 2 STRIKING ATTACK
LUNGING ATTACK 2 - 1 WALL OF STEEL 0 - 1 1 AIMED BLOW
SLASHING ATTACK 1 - 1 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE
STRIKING ATTACK 1 - 1 1 SLASHING ATTACK
1 BASHING ATTACK
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
AIMED BLOW WILD FIRE 4880 9 0 2 118 DISASTER (497)
STRIKING ATTACK TWISTER 4888 7 2 0 70 DISASTER (497)
SLASHING ATTACK EARTH QUAKE 4885 5 1 0 53 DISASTER (497)
BASHING ATTACK SERGEANT 4 4901 3 0 0 43 MEDAL OF HONOR Z3 (499)
LUNGING ATTACK SERGEANT 1 4902 3 0 0 41 MEDAL OF HONOR Z3 (499)
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
The overall popularity leader is LORMIN GARDE 4854. The most popular warrior this
turn was EARTH QUAKE 4885. The ten other most popular fighters were TCHACK LOY 4856,
SERGEANT 4 4901, SERGEANT 3 4903, COLIN POOLE 4893, TWISTER 4888, WILD FIRE 4880,
GENERAL 3 4905, SERGEANT 1 4902, SERGEANT 2 4900, and TCHUMP LOY 4871.
The least popular fighter this week was CAPTAIN BONES 4898. The other ten least
popular fighters were MORTIS THE FORSAKEN 4897, MOHAWK JOE 4896, BUBBA LOY 4853,
LORMIN GARDE 4854, TCHUMP LOY 4871, SERGEANT 2 4900, SERGEANT 1 4902, GENERAL 3 4905,
WILD FIRE 4880, and TWISTER 4888.
The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn:
LORMIN GARDE (24-4854) KRILL CAVALRY (403)