DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER Date : 08/21/2014 Duedate: 09/03/2014 ZORPUNT ARENA DM-24 TURN-744 This Weeks Top Honors THE DUELMASTER IS PEARL STONE KRILL CAVALRY (403) (24-5034) [20-27-0,111] Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader PEARL STONE DESTROYER TADD KRILL CAVALRY (403) HOYT FOUNDATION (250) (24-5034) [20-27-0,111] (24-2904) [5-1-0,50] Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite PEARL STONE PEARL STONE KRILL CAVALRY (403) KRILL CAVALRY (403) (24-5034) [20-27-0,111] (24-5034) [20-27-0,111] THE CURRENT TOP TEAM KRILL CAVALRY (403) TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team 1. GENTLE THINGS (515) 43 2. HOYT FOUNDATION (250) 13 BORN LOSERS (241) 3. TRIBE (507) 10 Unchartered Team 4. BORN LOSERS (241) 3 5. SHADOW CIRCUS (522) 0 GENTLE THINGS (515) The Top Teams Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K 1/ 3*GENTLE THINGS (515) 15 9 1 62.5 1/ 2 KRILL CAVALRY (403) 7 8 0 2/ 1 BORN LOSERS (241) 134 91 14 59.6 2/ 3 BORN LOSERS (241) 6 4 1 3/ 2 TRIBE (507) 130 89 7 59.4 3/ 5*GENTLE THINGS (515) 6 4 1 4/ 4 KRILL CAVALRY (403) %1002 %1096 31 47.8 4/ 4*HOYT FOUNDATION (250) 6 4 0 5/ 5*HOYT FOUNDATION (250) 19 21 1 47.5 5/ 1 TRIBE (507) 6 5 0 6- 6*SHADOW CIRCUS (522) 1 4 0 20.0 6- 6*SHADOW CIRCUS (522) 1 4 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+-----]|%{ * ---===ANDORIAN REGIONAL NEWS===--- Duelmasters ----------- DM 8 ARKERS (turn 377): CLYDE D'CLUB of PEASANT REBELLION (Nomad, mgr.) DM 11 ARUAK CITY (turn 756): LAMB CHOP STOP of EASTER FEASTER (The Dark One, mgr.) DM 14 TOBIR (turn 756): MANSION of LIVING LARGE (Padre, mgr.) DM 22 SOLVEN (turn 741): IYAN KENNIS of MIDDLE WAY 15 (Jorja, mgr.) DM 24 ZORPUNT (turn 743): PEARL STONE of KRILL CAVALRY (Jorja, mgr.) DM 25 LYRATILAN (turn 740): GRAPE APE of PRIMATES-R-US (Crip, mgr.) DM 26 CALEAM (turn 737): ORLANDO of HERE TO PHOENIX (Crip, mgr.) DM 30 IAYE (turn 738): SGT. SPENCER of LENPROS (Lenpro, mgr.) DM 40 ZENSU (turn 701): SOLDIER 1 of MEDAL OF HONOR Z1 (The Anarchist, mgr.) DM 41 KATI-TEI (turn 698): LATE AFTERNOON of LAZY SUNDAY (Howlin' Wolf, mgr.) DM 46 ARDIVENT (turn 689): JANIS JOBLIN of THE 27 CLUB (Howlin' Wolf, mgr.) DM 52 FRATSFA (turn 325): ABU JR. of THE CHOSEN ONES (The Chosen One, mgr.) DM 63 AMEN-TEI (turn 582): BATHSHEBA of BAD GIRLS (Papa Bear, mgr.) DM 71 KYR'TERR (turn 278): JOCK-IN-THE-BOX of SCOTCH (Crip, mgr.) ADM 105 ANDORAK (turn 641): WORKS 4 EVIL EMPIRE of SUPERIOR FATHER (Manager, mgr.) Top Teams --------- DM 8 ARKERS (turn 377): WEIRD ALCHEMY (La Guillotine, mgr.) DM 11 ARUAK CITY (turn 756): BULLDOGS (Kennelworth, mgr.) DM 14 TOBIR (turn 756): MENTOR BLISS (Dr. Feelgood, mgr.) DM 22 SOLVEN (turn 741): MIDDLE WAY 15 (Jorja, mgr.) DM 24 ZORPUNT (turn 743): TRIBE (Howlin' Wolf, mgr.) DM 25 LYRATILAN (turn 740): SAY MY NAME (Howlin' Wolf, mgr.) DM 26 CALEAM (turn 737): GOLDEN CANYON (Jorja, mgr.) DM 30 IAYE (turn 738): NATURE MADE (Coach, mgr.) DM 40 ZENSU (turn 701): MEDAL OF HONOR Z1 (The Anarchist, mgr.) DM 41 KATI-TEI (turn 698): WANDERERS (Jorja, mgr.) DM 46 ARDIVENT (turn 689): FANDILS (Wise Old Fandil, mgr.) DM 52 FRATSFA (turn 325): DRAGONS GUARD II (Khisanth, mgr.) DM 63 AMEN-TEI (turn 582): SUPERIOR FORCES (Manager, mgr.) DM 71 KYR'TERR (turn 278): OUTER GODS (Var, mgr.) ADM 105 ANDORAK (turn 641): SUPERIOR FATHER (Manager, mgr.) Recent Graduates ---------------- DM 14 TOBIR (turn 755): MAN MOUNTAIN of THE DEATH SQUAD (Street Legal, mgr.) DM 22 SOLVEN (turn 740): FOXY LADY of ARE YOU ? (Howlin' Wolf, mgr.) DM 26 CALEAM (turn 736): APPELONIA of GOLDEN CANYON (Jorja, mgr.) DM 41 KATI-TEI (turn 698): DOUBLE TRUE of LAZY SUNDAY (Howlin' Wolf, mgr.) (turn 697): DUSTY MILLER of WANDERERS (Jorja, mgr.) DM 71 KYR'TERR (turn 278): TOBEORNOTTOBE of TOTAL CHAOS (Marma Duke, mgr.) SPY REPORT Oh, hi. Its just little 'ol Debby Tonte. Thought I'd check out ZORPUNT to see what's new. Too bad, TRIBE, but KRILL CAVALRY was just too good to be stopped. Uncool, TRIBE. I mean 1-2-0 is bad. Will they will be allowed to fight? I say use 'em for training practice! MVP award for HUMMING BIRD? GENTLE THINGS' proud of her after beating THE ANXIOUS MAN and getting 17 points. Talk about yer big time losers! THE ANXIOUS MAN got smashed by HUMMING BIRD, and lost 12 points! Don't you think the Duelmaster is being unfair? I think PEARL STONE should let ILL SUBLIMINAL be Duelmaster for a while, without fighting about it. I hear the top team insists all their warriors get nine hours sleep. They want photogenic fighters for PR photos. So just why would someone becomes a warrior anyway? It can't be for these really neat Spyreports can it? The warriors of BORN LOSERS must be getting lonely. They were the most avoided team. Do you guys know something that I don't? I don't know what HOYT FOUNDATION's been doing. They certainly haven't been accepting many fights from BORN LOSERS, that's fer sher. Like, is LITTLE SMIFF popular, or what? He was challenged the most in all of ZORPUNT! He's got a 7-26-1, is that good? People were asking me did KITTEN REALLY challenge PONY STONE? (all right, maybe they didn't, but it sounded good!) It wasn't a spectacular fight, or anything, but PONY STONE wants me to write about it since he was overcame by KITTEN. Satisfied? KYRON FLEMING must not be a good enough fighter to get in fair fights. He challenged THE DEALER. 10 is a big difference. (Well, that's what they tell me.) I thought KYRON FLEMING showed great skill and promise when he dispatched THE DEALER. All right, so I slept through it! Big deal! What does a fighter fight for? I mean, the crowds don't give a hoot if someone gets killed. Not after four more fights. What if they had a fight and nobody showed up? I'd be out of a job, that's what!!! I really didn't, you know, study when I was a kid. Who would've guessed I'd be a famous Spyreporter? I know how much you like reading this stuff, but I really should stop. I had a fun time, see you later-- Debby Tonte DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME PEARL STONE 5034 20 27 0 111 KRILL CAVALRY (403) CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -Q-TIP 5090 8 2 0 89 TRIBE (507) ILL SUBLIMINAL 5084 15 10 0 85 TRIBE (507) VIBRANT THING 5114 11 4 0 83 TRIBE (507) CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -EL SEGUNDO 5111 8 2 0 64 TRIBE (507) CUTTER CRITES 4739 5 2 0 61 BORN LOSERS (241) ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME CLAY POOLE 5083 14 13 0 55 KRILL CAVALRY (403) DESTROYER TADD 2904 5 1 0 50 HOYT FOUNDATION (250) LITTLE SMIFF 5060 7 26 1 48 KRILL CAVALRY (403) KITTEN 5076 5 1 0 43 GENTLE THINGS (515) INFANT 5157 2 0 1 41 GENTLE THINGS (515) PONY STONE 5113 7 10 0 34 KRILL CAVALRY (403) CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -PUNK CHILSNER 4857 2 0 1 33 BORN LOSERS (241) -DAN QUEVOS 5156 2 0 0 29 BORN LOSERS (241) THE SHRIEKER 4740 1 3 0 28 BORN LOSERS (241) INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME HUMMING BIRD 5075 2 1 0 23 GENTLE THINGS (515) -CROPSEY 5148 1 0 0 21 SHADOW CIRCUS (522) KYRON FLEMING 5155 2 0 1 19 BORN LOSERS (241) PARIS TROUT 2934 2 2 0 19 HOYT FOUNDATION (250) KIZERVEXIOUS 2905 3 3 0 18 HOYT FOUNDATION (250) -JOHNNY SMITH 5146 0 1 0 7 SHADOW CIRCUS (522) JAROBI 5158 1 2 0 5 TRIBE (507) CHUMP LOY 5154 0 5 0 5 KRILL CAVALRY (403) THE ANXIOUS MAN 5160 1 1 0 4 HOYT FOUNDATION (250) -MR. DIEMOND 5144 0 1 0 1 SHADOW CIRCUS (522) '-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn. THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge? THE DEALER 5159 0 2 0 HOYT FOUNDATION 250 KYRON FLEMING 5155 744 PERSONAL ADS Pearl Stone -- The dance continues! Perhaps my turning to skill learns will take effect sooner than later. -- Ill Subliminal Clay Poole -- Something about you standing there like a clay pool while I shine exuberantly upon all who lay eyes upon me... -- Vibrant Thing Born Losers and Hoyt Foundation -- Welcome back! -- Howlin' Wolf and Tribe Oh, for the Cat's sake! It looks like I have to do EVERYTHING this week! Surely someone else can give me a hand kissing unwashed babies and smiling till my teeth dry up? Ill, what about you? I know you got tired of it--you've done it often enough-- but I really can't do ALL the promo work. -- Pearl Stone Three-two for our team, and except for my win of Ill Subliminal, it's all the usual thing. Defeat standbys, lose to managed gladiators. Ah, well. -- Pearl Stone 20 August 14 SLAUGHTER CHALLENGE 2 Several years ago I ran a contest known as the "Slaughter Challenge" which was the idea of a member of my alliance at the time. We unfortunately lost him during a robbery attempt at the store he worked at. This November will mark the 10th anniversary of his passing so I have decided to run the Slaughter Challenge again in remembrance of him. Rich Hammes was a member of my alliance, the Vendetta Cartel, and had sponsored me into the alliance. Rich was a common poster to both the Yahoo Duelmasters group as well as the Duel2 boards and our Alliance's Yahoo group. He went by the handle GameOgre on the Duel2 boards and was known by the name Abarsis, the Slaughter Priest. He was a very kind and thoughtful man who always had time to talk with not only his alliance-mates but anyone else who wanted to discuss Duelmasters. He also had time to talk with anyone about personal life issues if he felt he could help. He was a daily, and prolific, poster to these sites and seemed to enjoy the interaction with others regarding this game that he loved so much. I would also like everyone to know that he spent several years in the US Navy serving on a Nuclear attack Submarine in protection of our nation. He was well loved, and well known, by the community in which he lived even spending time at a local Ice Cream Shop around closing time to assure that the lady who owned the store was safe as she was often alone when she closed her shop. He was a well known and much loved member of his local community. His death was grieved by his local San Diego community where they held a candle-light vigil for him and many expressed their disbelief that he was gone. These are just a scant few examples of what a kind and caring man he was and why not only our gaming community lost a great deal on that fateful day, but also shows why there was tremendous sadness among the community in which he lived. It is near to 10 years since his passing and there are many times I wonder, "What would Rich think about this...." I miss my friend dearly to this day and I hope you will come join us in this contest idea which he himself came up with. He thought we should all learn to appreciate what Jorja does to keep our smaller arenas alive and populated! The contest will be held in Morya, arena 28, beginning on the turn that is due on November 6th, 2014 (turn 378 I believe). Tourney participation is not allowed during the contest but the contest will start after the fall Mailer so you can get your warriors a few fight experience should you choose to. The timing of the contest was done to allow entry into the fall mailer. The rules are fairly simple and inspired to let us all feel what it is like to run warriors like Jorja does. Her teams across Alastari may sometimes be taken for granted so this contest will allow us to appreciate her teams a little better as they populate the arenas we fight in. The Rules-- There are no challenges, avoids, bloodfeuds, or tourneys allowed and only one single use of the Dark Arena is allowed after the contest begins. Win or lose the Dark Arena is allowed but once, so if you want your warrior dead be sure and throw the fight! The contest will last for 12 turns. May I point out that if you use your Dark Arena fight you will get either 2 points, for winning, or -2, for losing, and ALL fights count in the scoring. It matters not if you fight a non-contest warrior or a stand- in; they still count as much as fighting a contest warrior. This will be a test of basic strategy with a touch of luck added in as well. If anyone should break the no tourney rule they will lose 5 points for each warrior entered and those warriors, and any subsequent warriors who replace them in death, cannot score points! The one exception are the dead tourneys. Should you wish you may enter your warriors in dead tourneys, since they are not a member of your team, or even the living, at the time. The warrior may even return to the contest if a natural opening can be found for it, or you choose to use your Dark Arena fight to make that opening (if you still have that option left). Break the no DA, challenge, or avoid rules and you will be DQed as soon as the transgression is discovered. To keep the contest playing field as level as possible, we will have no messing with these rules. Of course you may DA the one time, just as a clarification, but the second time gets you DQed. This also counts if it is found you bring a second team in for the purpose of making challenges; you will be DQed. Scoring is as follows: 1 point for winning 1 point for killing (giving 2 in total, 1 for the win and 1 for the kill) 1 point for at least one of your warriors writing a personal (regardless of number of personals beyond one you still only get one point). Make sure it is written from one of your team's warriors and not simply the manager entity or you will not get the point. -1 point for losing -1 point for being killed (giving -2 in total, -1 for losing and -1 for being killed) -5 points and the loss of that warrior's slot for scoring the remainder of the contest for entering a warrior into a REGULAR tourney (again DEAD tourney is open) The Prizes: 1st place -- +1 bonus to one warrior on the team, 1 resurrection potion, and 1 favorite knowledge 2nd place -- +1 bonus for one warrior, 1 favorites knowledge 3rd place -- +1 bonus for one warrior Iron Manager Award -- Run 54 of the possible 60 fights and get a +1 bonus potion The bonus potions and favorites knowledge must be used on warriors with 5 FE or more and MUST be used within 2 turns of the end of the contest. The resurrection potion must be used within 6 months of the end of the contest but may be used on any warrior regardless of FE. ALL prizes must be used on the contest team, they are NOT transferable to another team! If you wish to participate please notify Street Legal via Personal Ad in arena 28, on the Duel2 forums, or in Chatzy! LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS CUTTER CRITES was devastated by VIBRANT THING in a 1 minute Challenge fight. DESTROYER TADD viciously subdued LITTLE SMIFF in a 1 minute gruesome Challenge battle. KITTEN narrowly defeated PONY STONE in a action packed 2 minute Challenge fight. KYRON FLEMING butchered THE DEALER in a 2 minute one-sided Challenge fight. THE ANXIOUS MAN was demolished by HUMMING BIRD in a 1 minute Challenge competition. PEARL STONE viciously subdued ILL SUBLIMINAL in a 3 minute master's Title fight. CLAY POOLE unbelievably bested FRATSFA SLAVE in a dull 9 minute gruesome uneven fight. INFANT vanquished THE SHRIEKER in a 1 minute one-sided duel. KIZERVEXIOUS won victory over JAROBI in a 3 minute duel. PARIS TROUT overpowered CHUMP LOY in a 1 minute one-sided fight. BATTLE REPORT MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS |FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT| |TOTAL PARRY 4 WALL OF STEEL 4 - 1 - 0 80 | |STRIKING ATTACK 4 PARRY-RIPOSTE 11 - 6 - 0 65 | |SLASHING ATTACK 3 BASHING ATTACK 7 - 4 - 1 64 | |WALL OF STEEL 2 PARRY-LUNGE 5 - 3 - 0 63 | |AIMED BLOW 2 AIMED BLOW 5 - 3 - 1 63 | |PARRY-RIPOSTE 2 TOTAL PARRY 14 - 13 - 0 52 | |BASHING ATTACK 2 STRIKING ATTACK 19 - 27 - 1 41 | |PARRY-LUNGE 0 SLASHING ATTACK 6 - 10 - 0 38 | |PARRY-STRIKE 0 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 0 - 0 0 | |LUNGING ATTACK 0 LUNGING ATTACK 0 - 1 - 0 0 | Turn 744 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: WALL OF STEEL 2 - 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 3 STRIKING ATTACK TOTAL PARRY 3 - 1 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 0 2 TOTAL PARRY AIMED BLOW 1 - 1 LUNGING ATTACK 0 - 0 2 WALL OF STEEL PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 - 1 SLASHING ATTACK 0 - 3 1 PARRY-LUNGE STRIKING ATTACK 2 - 2 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE BASHING ATTACK 1 - 1 1 SLASHING ATTACK 1 BASHING ATTACK TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME TOTAL PARRY ILL SUBLIMINAL 5084 15 10 0 85 TRIBE (507) PARRY-RIPOSTE VIBRANT THING 5114 11 4 0 83 TRIBE (507) SLASHING ATTACK CUTTER CRITES 4739 5 2 0 61 BORN LOSERS (241) WALL OF STEEL DESTROYER TADD 2904 5 1 0 50 HOYT FOUNDATION (250) BASHING ATTACK INFANT 5157 2 0 1 41 GENTLE THINGS (515) Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above. The overall popularity leader is PEARL STONE 5034. The most popular warrior this turn was PEARL STONE 5034. The ten other most popular fighters were KITTEN 5076, PONY STONE 5113, JAROBI 5158, HUMMING BIRD 5075, DESTROYER TADD 2904, KYRON FLEMING 5155, ILL SUBLIMINAL 5084, KIZERVEXIOUS 2905, PARIS TROUT 2934, and VIBRANT THING 5114. The least popular fighter this week was CLAY POOLE 5083. The other ten least popular fighters were THE SHRIEKER 4740, THE ANXIOUS MAN 5160, THE DEALER 5159, LITTLE SMIFF 5060, CUTTER CRITES 4739, CHUMP LOY 5154, INFANT 5157, VIBRANT THING 5114, PARIS TROUT 2934, and KIZERVEXIOUS 2905. The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn: PEARL STONE (24-5034) KRILL CAVALRY (403)