DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER
Date : 12/22/2008 Duedate: 01/03/2009
CALEAM ARENA
DM-26 TURN-595
This Weeks Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
HEART BREAKER
ULTRA-VIOLENT (479)
(26-4752) [15-6-0,125]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
HEART BREAKER POSITION IS EMPTY
ULTRA-VIOLENT (479)
(26-4752) [15-6-0,125]
Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite
KETTELMAN KETTELMAN
GOLDEN CANYON (290) GOLDEN CANYON (290)
(26-4749) [13-12-1,66] (26-4749) [13-12-1,66]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
ULTRA-VIOLENT (479)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. MENAGERIE (228) 45
2. ULTRA-VIOLENT (479) 17 MEDAL OF HONOR F7 (481)
3. GOLDEN CANYON (290) 8 Unchartered Team
4. MEDAL OF HONOR F7 (481) -5
I DREAM OF FLOYD (439)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1/ 1 MEDAL OF HONOR F7 (481) 46 23 1 66.7 1/ 1 ULTRA-VIOLENT (479) 9 6 0
2/ 2 MENAGERIE (228) 185 96 11 65.8 2/ 2 MEDAL OF HONOR F7 (481) 8 4 0
3/ 3 ULTRA-VIOLENT (479) 67 36 1 65.0 3/ 3 MENAGERIE (228) 7 3 0
4/ 4 GOLDEN CANYON (290) 652 821 23 44.3 4/ 4 GOLDEN CANYON (290) 3 12 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 #19 ]H[ + ---:--- + ]H[ +
Fratsfa:
Fandil started by simply opening his magical awareness, a sort of sixth sense,
to the city. This was not the most pleasant experience, because Fratsfa was a very
old city that had been steeping in magic of many kinds for centuries. The background
was a muck of bits and pieces of spells accumulated, pressed together by the addition
of more magic on top of it, deformed by that pressure and by age, uniting into
compound magical structures that no magician had ever visualized, almost breeding
with each other. Fratsfa had the highest incidence of spontaneous magical activity
of anyplace other than Chaos-contaminated ground such as the marshy plain near Delarq
Tor. And when it was happening without the guidance of even a deranged mind, you
didn't need the residual effect of Chaos Magic to twist the results into strange
forms. Some parts of the background magic here were alive.
Against this background, real, living, practicing magicians moved like thieves
in a crowd: sometimes you saw them, sometimes you didn't. Picking out possible
allies and enemies wasn't easy. Fandil snorted. If it was easy, they wouldn't need
him.
He began to sort and filter his impressions, and the first thing he discovered
was another magician, also scanning. Younger, though no child. Not a clear
signature, male, human, mixed motives. But strong, and even with mixed motives, he
might be willing to make himself useful--
A blast of energy like a portculis falling, like a guilotine. Like being hit in
the head with an axe, but not, Fandil decided as he picked himself up off the floor,
quite as bloody and final. What had happened was clear enough: some magician of
considerable power had broken the beginning of contact between Fandil and the young
mage before it had a chance to develop. Possibly had killed the young man, which
would be unfortunate.
The old mage extended his magical sense again, not as easily--even thinking hurt
at the moment. The magical background was seething, the Fratsfan magicians had
either gone into hiding or were doing the equivalent of standing on their doorsteps
shouting at each other. Not helpful. Well, looking back at the brief contact, it
was not Fandil's impression that the young man was HERE. Within fifty miles,
probably closer, but not right here in the city. North and west. Maybe in... Andor?
A hopeful thought, they could use a contact in the capital. He reached out--and came
up against a wall of magic. No contact with Andor was possible from here. He would
have to go closer physically if he wanted to pursue that connection. Or wait until
the arcanum cleared, this kind of barrier took amazing amounts of energy to sustain.
But he had a feeling, growing stronger by the moment, that they didn't have the
time to wait.
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---===ANDORIAN REGIONAL NEWS===---
Duelmasters
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DM 8 ARKERS (turn 303): GOLDENEYE of BONDAGE (Spawn, mgr.)
DM 11 ARUAK CITY (turn 609): THUNK of TECNHO 8 (Technogeek, mgr.)
DM 14 TOBIR (turn 608): RAIN MUN of ALL THE MUN'S MEN (The Mun, mgr.)
DM 22 SOLVEN (turn 601): HOT EIGHTEEN of KELLUMBO'S KIDS (Detective Kellumbo, mgr.)
DM 24 ZORPUNT (turn 598): TCHENI LOY of KRILL CAVALRY (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 25 LYRATILAN (turn 597): TRELLIN XISS of THE MIDDLE WAY 4 (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 26 CALEAM (turn 594): HEART BREAKER of ULTRA-VIOLENT (Deep Thought, mgr)
DM 30 IAYE (turn 590): BROTHER J.J. of LENPROS (Lenpro, mgr.)
DM 40 ZENSU (turn 560): GRUNT 3 of MEDAL OF HONOR G1 (The Anarchist, mgr.)
DM 41 KATI-TEI (turn 551): GHETTO DEFENDANT of RADIO CLASH (Rude Buddha, mgr.)
DM 46 ARDIVENT (turn 542): BLUE KNIGHT of THE TASKMASTERS (Blueface, mgr.)
DM 52 FRATSFA (turn 251): SIZZLING SUNFLOWER of FLOWER GIRLS (Lady Fern, mgr.)
DM 63 AMEN-TEI (turn 441): CRUZIA GARDETT of WAYFARERS (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 71 KYR'TERR (turn 205): TRYPTOPHAN of SUPERIOR FORCES ZC (Manager, mgr.)
ADM 105 ANDORAK (turn 464): SNAKE CHARMER of KELLUMBO'S KIDS (Detective Kellumbo)
Top Teams
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DM 8 ARKERS (turn 303): GENERALS (?, mgr.)
DM 11 ARUAK CITY (turn 609): TECHNO 8 (Technogeek, mgr.)
DM 14 TOBIR (turn 608): POSITION IS EMPTY
DM 22 SOLVEN (turn 601): KELLUMBO'S KIDS (Detective Kellumbo, mgr.)
DM 24 ZORPUNT (turn 598): KRILL CAVALRY (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 25 LYRATILAN (turn 597): THE MIDDLE WAY 4 (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 26 CALEAM (turn 594): ULTRA-VIOLENT (Deep Thought, mgr)
DM 30 IAYE (turn 590): RED DOG GANG (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 40 ZENSU (turn 560): BEYOND THE PALE (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 41 KATI-TEI (turn 551): MEDAL OF HONOR H3 (The Anarchist, mgr.)
DM 46 ARDIVENT (turn 542): FANDILS (Wise Old Fandil, mgr.)
DM 52 FRATSFA (turn 251): ZERO (Ice Man, mgr.)
DM 63 AMEN-TEI (turn 441): 1949 YANKEES (Papa Bear, mgr.)
DM 71 KYR'TERR (turn 205): THE ZOO (Jorja, mgr.)
ADM 105 ANDORAK (turn 493): KELLUMBO'S KIDS (Detective Kellumbo, mgr.)
Recent Graduates
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DM 8 ARKERS (turn 303): ROCK GLAS HUT FUN of ORCISH IDIOMS (Slugbait, mgr.)
(turn 302): IMBER LACK of MIDDLE WAY 11 (Jorja, mgr.)
CRIMSON MIST of BLOOD RITES (Wretch, mgr.)
DM 11 ARUAK CITY (turn 609): SILVER SNAIL of ANIMAL FARM (Mino, mgr.)
ERITHE ENDIREDRE of PATRONAS VERITAS (Ichabod
Frothingslosh, mgr.)
(turn 608): HORSELFY of KRILL CAVALRY (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 30 IAYE (turn 590): BROTHER J.J. of LENPROS (Lenpro, mgr.)
DM 40 ZENSU (turn 560): NORM THE GNOME of GUARDIANS II (Twig, mgr.)
DM 46 ARDIVENT (turn 541): SHELLEY of FANDILS (Wise Old Fandil, mgr.)
DM 63 AMEN-TEI (turn 441): CRUZIA GARDETT of WAYFARERS (Jorja, mgr.)
DUELMASTER'S COLUMN
Notes from the arena champ.
Oh boy, I can't believe I'm finally here. King of the Hill, head of the list, cream
of the crop...a number one. Sorry, getting a little carried away. I'm so happy to
be here, and so is Deep Thought, as this gives him the DM in two of his three arenas,
the third being the all basher in DM 20. Anyway, I hope everyone had a good
Christmas and have a Happy New Year. -- Heart Breaker
SPY REPORT
Ready for some action-packed adventure, some thrills, chills and spills? Well
fergit it, cause this is the Spyreport for CALEAM. What was the name of that team
who got 4-1-0 this turn for a total 185-96-11 you ask? (Sure) MENAGERIE's their
name, and fighting's their game! MVP award for KNEE BREAKER? ULTRA-VIOLENT's proud
of him after beating SUZETTE CREPPAY and getting 21 points. Talk about yer big time
losers! DEATH RATTLE got smashed by JEREMY, and lost 21 points! Don't you think the
Duelmaster is being unfair? I think HEART BREAKER should let HERSHEL WILLIAMS be
Duelmaster for a while, without fighting about it. Who was the wiseguy that said
CALEAM's Duelmaster was paying for drinks at The Welcome Wench? Don't look at me!
So just why would someone becomes a warrior anyway? It can't be for these
really neat Spyreports can it? ULTRA-VIOLENT was the most avoided team. Is a
67-36-1 record really that scary? Hhmph! What kind of warriors are MEDAL OF HONOR
F7? ULTRA-VIOLENT, an easy team to beat if I ever saw one, can't get them to accept
an invitation! Can GOLDEN CANYON's SUZETTE CREPPAY be more popular than me? She was
challenged the most, but is that really the same?
Man, all these warriors dying and killing each other! Don't you guys ever give
it a break? 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. Its been really albendranius! Later, guys-- Debby Tonte
DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
HEART BREAKER 4752 15 6 0 125 ULTRA-VIOLENT (479)
CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-SOLDIER 22 4768 10 0 0 100 MEDAL OF HONOR F7 (481)
SOLDIER 23 4765 13 4 0 99 MEDAL OF HONOR F7 (481)
HERSHEL WILLIAMS 4767 10 2 1 92 MEDAL OF HONOR F7 (481)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
GUT BUSTER 4750 14 7 0 81 ULTRA-VIOLENT (479)
KNEE BREAKER 4770 9 6 0 80 ULTRA-VIOLENT (479)
FLESH FLAYER 4751 14 7 1 70 ULTRA-VIOLENT (479)
SUZETTE CREPPAY 4746 18 13 1 68 GOLDEN CANYON (290)
CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
KETTELMAN 4749 13 12 1 66 GOLDEN CANYON (290)
JEREMY 4774 7 4 1 66 MENAGERIE (228)
SHORT ORDER JOE 4745 14 20 0 62 GOLDEN CANYON (290)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
COROT TORO 4743 9 28 0 55 GOLDEN CANYON (290)
AMARANTH 4784 5 1 1 54 MENAGERIE (228)
FALLEN 4781 7 1 1 52 MENAGERIE (228)
DEATH RATTLE 4773 7 7 0 43 ULTRA-VIOLENT (479)
HOMER WISE 4764 5 12 0 38 MEDAL OF HONOR F7 (481)
THE UNFORGIVEN 4786 3 0 0 34 MENAGERIE (228)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
SPITZIN 4772 7 9 0 30 GOLDEN CANYON (290)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
LITHIUM 4789 1 0 0 13 MENAGERIE (228)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
PERSONAL ADS
Knee Breaker -- You're going to have to re-think your interpersonal strategy. I
don't actually mind that you like to hit on people, sometimes I do, too, but the
bruises! The colors are very unsatisfactory. Unharmonious and rather muddy, when
you get down to it. I'm sure if you and I worked on body painting together, we could
come up with something much more exciting. -- Corot Toro
P.S. Even the "paint it blue with woad" business was better than the muddy purples
and greens of simple bruises. You must see this.
Death Rattle -- You're getting a good rhythm there, and it's true that I could get
into banging out a percussion line on the big kettles (what else IS a kettledrum but
kettle with a lid, hmm?), but...I don't know. It would take a lot of work to put
together something that wouldn't be booed off the stage-- Wait, if the audience
could be induced to throw usable vegetables, it might be worth the effort anyway. My
first love will always be soups and stews, you see. Always. Um, probably always,
unless I find a woman who is really good with dumplings. -- Kettelman
Hershel Williams -- Shellfish. No. I don't care for shellfish. I figure if it's
something that you have to be really hungry to want to eat, then it isn't my bowl of
pancake batter. -- Suzette Creppay
P.S. Yes, okay, I *have* heard of some kind of pancakes with clam sauce type of
thing, or maybe it's some other dish, clam sauce with pasta, I don't know. But you
see, that's the whole deal: I don't know and I don't want to.
Flesh Flayer -- How about "fish filleter"? I could do some good stuff with filleted
catfish in a tempura batter. Pop 'em in the deep-fat frier and serve 'em hot with
tartar sauce, coleslaw on the side. -- Short Order Joe
Homer Wise -- Ah! And does your wisdom, especially as applied to the Home Arts,
which I would guess from your name to be your field, does this wise-ness tell you
that one of the wise men *actually* had filled his casket or treasure chest with
butter cookies? I bet you didn't know that, but it's seasonal, and what else would
you take a kid but cookies? Well, there are other things I suppose, but the old
"gold, frankincense, and myrrh," for a KID? I don't think so. -- Spitzin
P.S. And if I can shift the darned cat out of the good chair, I will demonstrate the
superiority of butter cookies by eating a handful of them right there, with a glass
of milk. Ha!
Knee Breaker -- (snorting soup out his nose) Good one! -- Kettelman
Short Order Joe -- Sorry about the "brutally attempting to slay her foe," I wasn't
fighting any differently than usual. Aunt Flo must have been visiting. I'll take
some idol before our next fight. -- Flesh Flayer
Suzette -- Mmmm, pancakes make my mouth happy, but you can hold the nut sauce,
that's filthy. -- Death Rattle
Any chance of combining these tiny arenas into one? Three teams will get old
quickly. I quit running my team in DM 4 because it was just me and Jorja, and my
fighters were getting smoked. -- Deep Thought
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
FALLEN was viciously subdued by KETTELMAN in a 2 minute Challenge fight.
KNEE BREAKER demolished SUZETTE CREPPAY in a 1 minute gory one-sided Challenge melee.
AMARANTH viciously subdued COROT TORO in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge brawl.
JEREMY demolished DEATH RATTLE in a dull 6 minute mismatched Challenge competition.
HEART BREAKER devastated HERSHEL WILLIAMS in a 1 minute bloody mismatched Title match.
FLESH FLAYER was overpowered by SOLDIER 23 in a 1 minute gruesome uneven melee.
GUT BUSTER vanquished SHORT ORDER JOE in a 1 minute gruesome one-sided duel.
THE UNFORGIVEN vanquished FRATSFAN NOBLE in a 1 minute one-sided fight.
HOMER WISE beat SPITZIN in a popular 1 minute melee.
LITHIUM overpowered FRIENDLY CONSTABLE in a 1 minute one-sided match.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|LUNGING ATTACK 5 SLASHING ATTACK 3 - 0 - 0 100 |
|WALL OF STEEL 4 AIMED BLOW 8 - 4 - 0 67 |
|STRIKING ATTACK 3 STRIKING ATTACK 19 - 11 - 1 63 |
|AIMED BLOW 2 BASHING ATTACK 6 - 4 - 1 60 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 2 LUNGING ATTACK 29 - 23 - 1 56 |
|BASHING ATTACK 1 TOTAL PARRY 5 - 6 - 0 45 |
|TOTAL PARRY 1 WALL OF STEEL 16 - 21 - 1 43 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 0 PARRY-LUNGE 8 - 11 - 0 42 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 0 - 0 0 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 0 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 0 - 0 0 |
Turn 595 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:
STRIKING ATTACK 3 - 0 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 0 3 WALL OF STEEL
BASHING ATTACK 1 - 0 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 0 2 STRIKING ATTACK
LUNGING ATTACK 4 - 1 SLASHING ATTACK 0 - 0 2 LUNGING ATTACK
AIMED BLOW 1 - 1 TOTAL PARRY 0 - 1 2 AIMED BLOW
PARRY-LUNGE 1 - 1 WALL OF STEEL 0 - 4 1 PARRY-LUNGE
1 BASHING ATTACK
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
PARRY-LUNGE HEART BREAKER 4752 15 6 0 125 ULTRA-VIOLENT (479)
LUNGING ATTACK SOLDIER 23 4765 13 4 0 99 MEDAL OF HONOR F7 (481)
AIMED BLOW HERSHEL WILLIAMS 4767 10 2 1 92 MEDAL OF HONOR F7 (481)
BASHING ATTACK KNEE BREAKER 4770 9 6 0 80 ULTRA-VIOLENT (479)
WALL OF STEEL FLESH FLAYER 4751 14 7 1 70 ULTRA-VIOLENT (479)
STRIKING ATTACK KETTELMAN 4749 13 12 1 66 GOLDEN CANYON (290)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
The overall popularity leader is KETTELMAN 4749. The most popular warrior this turn
was KETTELMAN 4749. The ten other most popular fighters were AMARANTH 4784, HOMER
WISE 4764, KNEE BREAKER 4770, SOLDIER 23 4765, THE UNFORGIVEN 4786, HEART BREAKER
4752, GUT BUSTER 4750, LITHIUM 4789, FALLEN 4781, and SPITZIN 4772.
The least popular fighter this week was DEATH RATTLE 4773. The other ten least
popular fighters were SHORT ORDER JOE 4745, FLESH FLAYER 4751, HERSHEL WILLIAMS 4767,
JEREMY 4774, COROT TORO 4743, SUZETTE CREPPAY 4746, SPITZIN 4772, FALLEN 4781,
LITHIUM 4789, and GUT BUSTER 4750.