DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER Date : 10/03/2005 Duedate: 10/15/2005 CALEAM ARENA DM-26 TURN-512 This Weeks Top Honors THE DUELMASTER IS POPPA LODE GOLDEN CANYON (290) (26-4392) [16-30-0,91] Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader POPPA LODE DELICIOUS GOLDEN CANYON (290) INQUISITION SL4 (463) (26-4392) [16-30-0,91] (26-4582) [4-0-0,27] Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite BOUNCER BOUNCER GOLDEN CANYON (290) GOLDEN CANYON (290) (26-4445) [20-20-1,83] (26-4445) [20-20-1,83] THE CURRENT TOP TEAM GOLDEN CANYON (290) TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team 1. GOLDEN CANYON (290) 46 2. INQUISITION SL4 (463) 5 GOLDEN CANYON (290) Unchartered Team INQUISITION SL4 (463) The Top Teams Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K 1/ 1*INQUISITION SL4 (463) 4 0 0 100 1/ 1 GOLDEN CANYON (290) 7 7 0 2/ 2 GOLDEN CANYON (290) 433 636 16 40.5 2/ 2*INQUISITION SL4 (463) 3 0 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 261): NYTEMAIR of CHAMPIONS OF STEEL (Blackstorm, mgr.) DM 11 ARUAK CITY (turn 525): FRANK ZAPPA of THE HEADCUTTERS II (Street Legal, mgr.) DM 14 TOBIR (turn 524): ANDILLIA of THE DOGHOUSE (Leeta, mgr.) DM 22 SOLVEN (turn 517): CLINT EASTWOOD of THE REPUBLICANS (The Judge, mgr.) DM 24 ZORPUNT (turn 514): JAMES T. JERK of STAR DRECK (The Dark One, mgr.) DM 25 LYRATILAN (turn 513): VELOND WOK of THE MIDDLE WAY 4 (Nolan Orgel, team captain) DM 26 CALEAM (turn 511): POSITION IS EMPTY DM 30 IAYE (turn 506): DR. ROSENZWEIG of LENPROS (Lenpro, mgr.) DM 40 ZENSU (turn 476): JENIPHER of BEYOND THE PALE (Leeta, mgr.) DM 41 KATI-TEI (turn 469): FLUTTERLEE of WANDERERS (Leeta, mgr.) DM 46 ARDIVENT (turn 458): ECLIPSE of CYNICAL DELUSIONS (Eclipse, mgr.) DM 52 FRATSFA (turn 208): COLLAPSED LUNG of OTTO'S PARTS (Crip, mgr.) DM 60 ARADI (turn 373): TYPHOON XXII of DEATH STUDS VII (Death Stud, mgr.) DM 63 AMEN-TEI (turn 363): MALICHAI of WAY OF THE BLADE 2 (Vhagar, mgr.) DM 71 KYR'TERR (turn 164): I OF THE KNEE DOLL of HAZAARDS OF CLONING (Crip, mgr.) ADM 105 ANDORAK (turn 410): JOE SATRIANI of THE HEADCUTTERS II from ARUAK CITY (Street Legal, mgr.) Top Teams --------- DM 8 ARKERS (turn 261): LA PENTARCHIE (The Pentalque, mgr.) DM 11 ARUAK CITY (turn 525): TUFT TUGGERS (Tankesh Dushanbe, mgr.) DM 14 TOBIR (turn 524): THE DOGHOUSE (Leeta, mgr.) DM 22 SOLVEN (turn 517): KELLUMBO'S KIDS (Detective Kellumbo, mgr.) DM 24 ZORPUNT (turn 514): KRILL CAVALRY (Leeta, mgr.) DM 25 LYRATILAN (turn 513): MADTOWN (Namenlos, mgr.) DM 26 CALEAM (turn 511): GOLDEN CANYON (Leeta, mgr.) DM 30 IAYE (turn 506): LENPROS (Lenpro, mgr.) DM 40 ZENSU (turn 476): PHILANTHROPISTS (Aragorn, mgr.) DM 41 KATI-TEI (turn 469): WANDERERS (Leeta, mgr.) DM 46 ARDIVENT (turn 458): CYNICAL DELUSIONS (Eclipse, mgr.) DM 52 FRATSFA (turn 208): OTTO'S PARTS (Crip, mgr.) DM 60 ARADI (turn 373): none DM 63 AMEN-TEI (turn 363): none DM 71 KYR'TERR (turn 164): NIGHTHAWKS (Savant, mgr.) ADM 105 ANDORAK (turn 410): BOXES, etc. (Doc Steele, mgr.) Recent Graduates ---------------- DM 8 ARKERS (turn 260): JAGUARMAN of PHOENIX FIRE (Bobby Bigfoot, mgr.) KAMI of YAKUZA (Sensei Jan, mgr.) DM 11 ARUAK CITY (turn 524): LINI DAWNWIND of KRILL CAVALRY (Leeta, mgr.) DM 24 ZORPUNT (turn 514): JAMES T. JERK of STAR DRECK (The Dark One, mgr.) DM 30 IAYE (turn 505): JET'E of IRON THRONE (Mage?, mgr.) FREEDA of RED DOG GANG (Leeta, mgr.) DM 41 KATI-TEI (turn 468): LURLINE GRACE of WANDERERS (Leeta, mgr.) SPY REPORT Hail and well met warriors of CALEAM! Know me for who I am, Zontani Sharp Eyes, Spymaster extraordinaire of all Alastari. KORBEL caught the eye of many in the gladiatorial commission as he skillfully bested RUTHLESS JAYWALKER and was awarded 18 points in recognition. The city has turned out in honor of POPPA LODE, for with his arena victory he may now lay claim to the highest position in the city! No confirmation, but my sources claim that the top team has gained their position using magical aids. Charmed weapons perhaps? I have been in deep conclave with my spies who watched all that has recently transpired. Indeed there is much I would report. I saw one fighter that warriors avoided when this week's challenge seeking began. GOLDEN CANYON is feared. This much I can say. If you didn't look down dark alleys you'd have been hard pressed to find any of INQUISITION SL4 last week. Busy avoiding GOLDEN CANYON? Mighty fighters cannot but expect competition from those below. GOLDEN ONE take warning! You have more than a few enemies in CALEAM. DELICIOUS must really be harboring a grudge against the GOLDEN CANYON guild! Merciless, 20 challenged down GOLDEN ONE points this week to duel with she. The weight of the challenge fell hard upon GOLDEN ONE and predictably he was beat by DELICIOUS. This is how to arouse the anger of an entire guild! Vendettas. Bloodied blades and broken spears. Indeed the city has seen more than its fair share of red in recent times. Fate is a fickle mistress. She showers the miserable with fortune but sets enemies against the victorious. Remember this! The girls are as pretty in CALEAM as ever I remembered them....and the fighters as ugly! Don't let your reputation slip! Sadly warriors, now longer can I keep thy company nor savor the ale of thy fine city. Depart I must and soon! Till we meet again, remember: a turtle walks slow, hides head in a shell, and harms no one; a lion runs to slay its prey.-- Zontani Sharp Eyes DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME POPPA LODE 4392 16 30 0 91 GOLDEN CANYON (290) CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME BOUNCER 4445 20 20 1 83 GOLDEN CANYON (290) ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME KORBEL 4565 8 4 0 54 GOLDEN CANYON (290) CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME DELICIOUS 4582 4 0 0 27 INQUISITION SL4 (463) INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME UN-SEAMSTRESS 4585 1 0 0 13 GOLDEN CANYON (290) GOLDEN ONE 4584 0 3 0 3 GOLDEN CANYON (290) '-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn. THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge? PERSONAL ADS Virginal Concubine, M. Chardinee, and the Ruthless Jaywalker. How thrilling. -- Bouncer, Poppa Lode, and Korbel P.S. The worst of it is, we went oh-three against them. Delicious -- You can't expect me to beat up a little girl, right? Okay, ONCE you can't expect it. But if we meet again, SOCKO! -- Golden One 15 September 2005 HAMMER ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT Be it known from the highest mountains to the darkest alleys of Alastari that the veteran manager known far and wide as Hammer has now officially retired from sponsoring contests as of September 15, 2005. What a long time ago was a fun motivated activity to help promote our common DM/D2 gaming interest in an effort to promote the growth and competitiveness of selected arenas has become a far from fun experience. In other words Hammer has had it! The combination of real life situations interfering with the time needed to effectively sponsor a contest, plus the attitudes expressed during such sponsorship interference has led to Hammer closing his personal coin coffers and retiring from his planned sponsorship of any future contests. There are others in our close knit gaming community who are well able to step up to the plate and continue sponsoring contests that make the basic game a fun experience for all those who choose to compete and interact in such future endeavors. Hammer thanks all managers both active and inactive who helped to make the Hammer sponsored contests a historical and entertaining experience well worth the time, effort and money spent over the past several years. May the Cheers and the Jeers of future contests build upon the legacies of those who have paved the way in years gone by to help make this game what it is today. Hammer has no regrets for the part he has played in that history. 19 September 2005 I'd like to say hello to everyone I know that is still around after my being gone for five years. Hope to see you all on the sands, and may your weapons strike true and your shields protect you (except, of course, against MY warriors *grin*)!! -- Lord Xiang, D2-101 26 September 2005 Regarding the Regional News: If any of y'all glance at it and find some arenas are behind, rest assured I'll get them caught up next time around. I was trying to unsnarl the darned thing, but it was just getting worse, so I decided gradual and partial was better than not at all or ever. -- The Saint, keeper of lists LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS DELICIOUS devastated GOLDEN ONE in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge fight. BOUNCER won victory over NOBLE ASSASSIN in a 2 minute uneven battle. POPPA LODE demolished VETERAN MERCENARY in a 1 minute uneven Title fight. KORBEL devastated RUTHLESS JAYWALKER in a popular 1 minute brutal one-sided contest. UN-SEAMSTRESS devastated SHIFTYEYED VOLUNTEER in a 1 minute uneven brawl. BATTLE REPORT MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS |FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT| |WALL OF STEEL 2 PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 - 0 - 0 100 | |AIMED BLOW 1 AIMED BLOW 5 - 0 - 0 100 | |PARRY-STRIKE 1 TOTAL PARRY 7 - 3 - 0 70 | |SLASHING ATTACK 1 PARRY-STRIKE 7 - 3 - 0 70 | |BASHING ATTACK 1 WALL OF STEEL 18 - 10 - 0 64 | |PARRY-LUNGE 0 LUNGING ATTACK 5 - 3 - 0 63 | |PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 SLASHING ATTACK 3 - 4 - 0 43 | |LUNGING ATTACK 0 BASHING ATTACK 1 - 3 - 1 25 | |STRIKING ATTACK 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 - 0 0 | |TOTAL PARRY 0 STRIKING ATTACK 0 - 0 - 0 0 | Turn 512 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-LUNGE 0 - 0 2 WALL OF STEEL PARRY-STRIKE 1 - 0 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 0 1 PARRY-STRIKE SLASHING ATTACK 1 - 0 LUNGING ATTACK 0 - 0 1 AIMED BLOW WALL OF STEEL 2 - 0 STRIKING ATTACK 0 - 0 1 SLASHING ATTACK BASHING ATTACK 0 - 1 1 BASHING ATTACK TOTAL PARRY 0 - 0 TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME WALL OF STEEL KORBEL 4565 8 4 0 54 GOLDEN CANYON (290) Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above. The overall popularity leader is BOUNCER 4445. The most popular warrior this turn was BOUNCER 4445. The ten other most popular fighters were KORBEL 4565, POPPA LODE 4392, DELICIOUS 4582, UN-SEAMSTRESS 4585, GOLDEN ONE 4584, 0, 0, 0, 0, and 0. The least popular fighter this week was GOLDEN ONE 4584. The other ten least popular fighters were UN-SEAMSTRESS 4585, DELICIOUS 4582, POPPA LODE 4392, KORBEL 4565, BOUNCER 4445, 0, 0, 0, 0, and 0.