DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER Date : 08/13/2012 Duedate: 08/25/2012 CALEAM ARENA DM-26 TURN-685 This Weeks Top Honors THE DUELMASTER IS BETTEY DECKER GOLDEN CANYON (290) (26-4881) [21-14-2,117] Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader BETTEY DECKER COBRA GOLDEN CANYON (290) SERPENTS HOLD (488) (26-4881) [21-14-2,117] (26-4936) [5-0-0,61] Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite BETTY FOURS MISS CATTY GOLDEN CANYON (290) GOLDEN CANYON (290) (26-4899) [18-10-0,108] (26-4927) [12-7-0,62] THE CURRENT TOP TEAM (-1) TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team 1. SERPENTS HOLD (488) 29 2. GOLDEN CANYON (290) 18 WRATHMEN (492) 3. WRATHMEN (492) 11 Unchartered Team SERPENTS HOLD (488) The Top Teams Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K 1/ 2 WRATHMEN (492) 33 16 1 67.3 1/ 1 WRATHMEN (492) 8 7 0 2/ 3*SERPENTS HOLD (488) 13 11 0 54.2 2/ 2 GOLDEN CANYON (290) 8 7 0 3/ 4 GOLDEN CANYON (290) 915 %1000 34 47.8 3/ 3*SERPENTS HOLD (488) 5 5 0 '*' Unchartered team '-' Team did not fight this turn (###) Avoid teams by their Team Id ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank TEAM SPOTLIGHT 6 Months Ago -- The Eastern Deserts The battlefield was shrouded in darkness, save for the torches carried by a number of the soldiers and several magical orbs of light, which circled above lazily at the command of the wizards. The engagement had been a short one, as three huge, lumbering Phase Dragons burst from the nearby caverns and ran straight into the fully prepared army. The archers took a savage toll on the beasts before the elite gladiators charged in to finish the fray. As the soldiers cleared the massive bodies from the cavern mouth a small group of hooded men gathered a short distance away. "There is no question about it. These are creatures from the Kaikwok Gate." said Rillion, thoughtfully stroking his short beard. "I just don't understand how they are accessing our world again despite the gate being completely sealed." Alongside the mage, the manager known as The Greek Guy sharpened a gleaming battle axe. "The Dark One said something about a rift or tear. I'm not really up on Gate Metaphysics, Rill. All I know is they're here and they shouldn't be." "Managerr said they wouldn't be gone long." Added Rascally Rabbit, looking far more sinister than his manager name implied, "and that we needed to hold this area until they got back. So that's what we need to do." One of the scouts shouted a brief warning and the soldiers assumed battle formation once more. The three arena managers stepped back behind a shield thrown up by Rillion and prepared for a second engagement. Within a moment, a snarling wave of Jaguar warriors erupted from the cavern, pouring out toward the soldiers. The Greek Guy took the point and motioned to the troops. "Move to engage! Form up! Initiate Shield Wall! Archers, volley fire!" A cloud of enchanted arrows hissed into the night, and then descended to shower death upon the charging Jaguar warriors. Scores of the beast men went down under the fire but it was just a small fraction of their overall numbers. Within a moment the first ranks of the jaguars leapt upon the prepared troops, tearing and rending with their razor sharp talons and fangs. Despite the massive numbers, the shield wall held, and the gate beasts seemed to be taking the worst of the exchange. After a moment, however, the Jaguar Warriors found some holes in the ranks and burst through, creating havoc amongst the defenders. "Second line-- advance! First line-- fall back!" The first defensive line fell back in an organized retreat, while a second wave of defenders moved up. Within a moment, they formed up to from a second defensive line, while those formerly in the front line moved back to regroup. At the same time, another wave of arrows showered from the sky and cut down the confused Jaguar Warriors. "We learned a lot from the first Gate incursion." Rillion commented to RR. "The Jaguar Warriors can be a terror one on one, but they don't fight well in organized battles. Those enchanted arrows help a lot, too. One shot, one kill." Despite the confident words, the Jaguars were inflicting a savage toll on the soldiers. It was true, that the majority of the troops were gladiators and former gladiators who were now protected by immortality magic, but still if they were consumed by the Gate monsters, there would be no return. As the battle raged, it became clear that there were too many Jaguar warriors for the small army to defeat. Rillion flicked his staff and sent a fireball into the Jaguar's flank. It erupted into a flaming explosion of heat and pressure, sending scores of the beast men flying. As he did so, the Rabbit gathered a nearby troop and rushed to cut off a Jaguar offensive. The Greek Guy motioned for the trumpeters to sound the retreat. "Back up the hill! Form defensive units. Skirmishers forward to slow the advance." "This is not going well." Rillion commented as he blasted away a row of Jaguars with a bolt of lightning. As he prepared a second bolt, he noticed a large vortex opening nearby. A travelling Gate was being opened. Which meant either more Jaguars, or...? A second small army of heavily armored gladiator-soldiers appeared. At their head rode Managerr, on a white stallion, and the Dark One, on his black gelding. They motioned and their warriors charged into the Jaguar Warriors flank. The numbers now more even, the first army charged down the hill. Within minutes the Jaguar forces were destroyed. Only a handful survived to flee back into the cavern. "Good timing." Rascally Rabbit chuckled, his eyebrow arched, "You couldn't have arrived just a touch sooner?" "It took us a while to scout out the ruins of our old training grounds on the other side of the Kaikwok Gate." Managerr responded, "We stopped by to gather the second division, as we thought we might need the manpower. Apparently we were right. The other side of the old Gate is completely empty. They are all gone." "Gone? There were millions of beings on that world. You're telling me that they're all gone?" The Dark One waved his staff and a vision of the Kaikwok Gate world appeared. It was decimated. Forests burned and blasted, temples shattered, riverbeds and lakes dried up and shriveled. "As he said. All gone. We detected residual magic. Gate magic. I am not certain if it was left from an invader that came, exterminated that world and enslaved what was left of the population or possibly the denizens of that world developed Gate travel on its own and departed a dying world. We have no way of knowing which is the case." The Greek Guy received a message from one of the army runners, read it quickly and motioned to his fellows. "The engineers are ready." He motioned to a figure high up on the cliffside above the cave. In a moment, a thunderous explosion shook the ground. Instantly a shower of boulders, shards of stone and dirt rained down, burying the cavern opening under half the mountainside. Rillion nodded. "That will do for this Gate access, but I expect there will be more." Three Months Ago -- The Dark Citadel -- Isle of of the Eye The Brotherhood of the Blade sat around the titanic obsidian table where they often planned and plotted together. This occasion was more serious, however, than their usual debates over gladiatorial tactics and battle plans. They were instead embroiled in a lengthy discourse regarding the ongoing Gate incursions that had been detected. "Sheila and her mage council can't figure out how to stop it." Managerr noted. "Sheila?" The Greek Guy chuckled, "First name basis now, are we?" Managerr smirked at him. "They can close the Gate opening when they find it, but then another one opens somewhere else within a few days. At some point they are going to get access in a remote area and we won't find it in time. If they can move in a large force, it will be next to impossible to beat them back and close the access. It will be a mess." "And we still have no idea who is behind this and what's going on." Rillion added. "What we do know is that we don't have enough days in the week to keep running around closing gates and fighting battles. We're shorthanded. Zalgor's missing in action and Caesar is off-world fighting wars of his own. Without their forces it's even worse." Rascally Rabbit shuffled through his roster. "I've lost 15% of my personal troops and I know you all have suffered losses as well." Managerr agreed. "We're definitely short on members. Mad Max and Tig Toad are retired. With Zalgor inactive and Caesar battling Picts or whatnot, we are at five members. Just barely enough in normal times and way short in these times." "We need to recruit some new members." The Greek Guy stated. "We have a tournament coming up and can talk to some managers there. We need to find those who are like-minded and who would get along with the rest of us, which is not always easy." "Agreed." said the Dark One from beneath his cowl, "We can then announce our new members. We need more men and more troops. I think we all have some candidates in mind. First, they must have no other allegiances. Second, they must have the martial knowledge we expect from our members. And, the Greek Guy mentioned, they have to be able to deal with us." Present Day -- the Isle of the Eye One of the arena scribes rushed into the GC headquarters. "We need 100 runners to travel to every city in the land. We're being paid 1,000 gold sovereigns to get the news out!" "What news?" "The Brotherhood of the Blade is expanding!! Here is the announcement!" ***** ***** ***** Hear Ye! Hear Ye! The Brotherhood of the Blade has chosen to add the following new members to our ranks. Effective immediately, the following managers have been offered and have accepted membership to the Brotherhood: Bubbaganoosh Grimm Khisanth May their successes be great and their victories many under our banner! Officially -- Managerr -- Grand High Moose of the Brotrotherhood of the Blade * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * ---===ANDORIAN REGIONAL NEWS===--- Duelmasters ----------- DM 8 ARKERS (turn 351): IMA SLAYER of YOU PAY I SLAY (Khisanth, mgr.) DM 11 ARUAK CITY (turn 704): SLARTIBARTFAST of THE HITCHHIKERS (Deep Thought, mgr.) DM 14 TOBIR (turn 703): FAITH of ZOMBIE SQUAD (Khisanth, mgr.) DM 22 SOLVEN (turn 688): ROMO of SERPENTS HOLD (Khisanth, mgr.) DM 24 ZORPUNT (turn 691): JOBERT DONNER of KRILL CAVALRY (Jorja, mgr.) DM 25 LYRATILAN (turn 687): VOLDEMORT of SAY MY NAME (Howlin' Wolf, mgr.) DM 26 CALEAM (turn 684): BETTEY DECKER of GOLDEN CANYON (Jorja, mgr.) DM 30 IAYE (turn 685): PROFESSOR PUTT of LENPROS (Lenpro, mgr.) DM 40 ZENSU (turn 649): PRINCESS BUBBLEGUM of ADVENTURE TIME 2 (Muffin Man, mgr.) DM 41 KATI-TEI (turn 646): POSITION IS EMPTY DM 46 ARDIVENT (turn 637): THE COOK MESSED UP of BASH BROS. WAITRESS (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.) DM 52 FRATSFA (turn 299): ZOUM LA BOUSE of BLOOD AND GUTS! (Le Pentarque, mgr.) DM 63 AMEN-TEI (turn 531): KUNG PAO KOLACTAN of SHEWISH BUFFET (One Armed Bandit) DM 71 KYR'TERR (turn 252): B'ZIADUL of WRATHMEN XIV (Kharadmon, mgr.) ADM 105 ANDORAK (turn 589): GAMBIT of ZOMBIE SQUAD (Khisanth, mgr.) Top Teams --------- DM 8 ARKERS (turn 351): YOU PAY I SLAY (Khisanth, mgr.) DM 11 ARUAK CITY (turn 704): THE HITCHHIKERS (Deep Thought, mgr.) DM 14 TOBIR (turn 703): THE DOGHOUSE (Jorja, mgr.) DM 22 SOLVEN (turn 688): MIDDLE WAY 15 (Jorja, mgr.) DM 24 ZORPUNT (turn 691): TRIBE (Howlin' Wolf, mgr.) DM 25 LYRATILAN (turn 687): SAY MY NAME (Howlin' Wolf, mgr.) DM 26 CALEAM (turn 684): WRATHMEN (Kharadmon, mgr.) DM 30 IAYE (turn 685): LENPROS (Lenpro, mgr.) DM 40 ZENSU (turn 649): BEYOND THE PALE (Jorja, mgr.) DM 41 KATI-TEI (turn 646): WANDERERS (Jorja, mgr.) DM 46 ARDIVENT (turn 637): BLUVALLEY WARRIORS (Jorja, mgr.) DM 52 FRATSFA (turn 299): WAH CHING (Pec Killer, mgr.) DM 63 AMEN-TEI (turn 531): WRATHMEN (Kharadmon, mgr.) DM 71 KYR'TERR (turn 252): ARENAS III (Kharadmon?, mgr.) ADM 105 ANDORAK (turn 589): NO-HALF STEPPING (?, mgr.) Recent Graduates ---------------- DM 11 ARUAK CITY (turn 703): SEVEN WIT of WRATHMEN DM 20 (Kharadmon, mgr.) DM 14 TOBIR (turn 703): FAITH of ZOMBIE SQUAD (Khisanth, mgr.) DM 24 ZORPUNT (turn 690): WWC of WRESTLING (Sherlock, mgr.) DM 41 KATI-TEI (turn 645): CIRCE of LADY OF THE MOON (LHI, mgr.) DUELMASTER'S COLUMN Notes from the arena champ. M. Chardinee. Hmm. I never did care much for the leafy greens, though I suppose they have their place. It just is not in MY cooking. Bettey Decker SPY REPORT I was going on vacation, see? Surf, sun... But what do those bums say? "Hit the road, Debby Tonte. CALEAM needs a spyreport." Oh, well. MVP award for MEYSIN? WRATHMEN's proud of him after beating RISELLA PILAF and getting 14 points. Talk about yer major upsets! EGLANTINE NOGS' match with COBRA cost her a loss of 6 points! Don't you think the Duelmaster is being unfair? I think BETTEY DECKER should let AERYN be Duelmaster for a while, without fighting about it. Is the Duelmaster really being a real snob to his teammates? Don't ask me! So just why would someone becomes a warrior anyway? It can't be for these really neat Spyreports can it? Man, all these warriors dying and killing each other! Don't you guys ever give it a break? Fight, fight, fight. Is that all you guys can do? Remember, blood on a purple robe may stain. Soak it in cold water, and hand wash. I gotta leave. CALEAM is like such a dump, and you guys smell too much! Its been really albendranius! Later, guys-- Debby Tonte DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME BETTEY DECKER 4881 21 14 2 117 GOLDEN CANYON (290) CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME BETTY FOURS 4899 18 10 0 108 GOLDEN CANYON (290) CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME AERYN 4963 8 2 1 76 WRATHMEN (492) DENAI 4962 7 3 0 76 WRATHMEN (492) CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME MISS CATTY 4927 12 7 0 62 GOLDEN CANYON (290) COBRA 4936 5 0 0 61 SERPENTS HOLD (488) ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME SCALES 4934 4 0 0 56 SERPENTS HOLD (488) RISELLA PILAF 4909 10 15 2 47 GOLDEN CANYON (290) MEYSIN 4960 7 3 0 45 WRATHMEN (492) RECOIL 4937 4 1 0 45 SERPENTS HOLD (488) EGLANTINE NOGS 4933 7 10 0 38 GOLDEN CANYON (290) CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME JI 4959 7 3 0 26 WRATHMEN (492) KATRYNA 4961 4 5 0 24 WRATHMEN (492) '-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn. THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge? BYE 4973 0 1 0 SERPENTS HOLD 488 BANDIT PRINCE 685 NONE SEE YA 4974 0 1 0 SERPENTS HOLD 488 ARENAMASTER TOHR 685 NONE PERSONAL ADS Miss Catty -- That was surprising. -- Aeryn Khalhums Dwarf -- You seem to be a little more skilled then most of the other standbys. -- Denai I have to be. It takes great skill to be identified as a dwarf when I'm not one. -- Tompot Steelclaw, Khalhums Dwarf Eglentine Nogs -- *sigh* Looks to be a looong and winding road I'm traveling... -- Ji But the scenery is good. Scales -- Outmatched and outclassed, but thanks for the skills. -- Meysin Cobra -- What he said except for the skills part. -- Katryna Denai -- You're welcome. -- Risella Pilaf The Khalhums sorta-Dwarf was trying to get into my cookie jar without ASKING. I figure that makes him fair game. -- Betty Fours Aeryn -- You're just jealous, I can tell. Just because *my* personal female attributes are more, um, more than yours! Ha! -- Miss Catty Ji -- You probably shouldn't have taken the extra nog, though it's okay on a winter's night. Just not a good decision before entering the arena. -- Eglantine Nogs P.S. It's the nutmeg, you know. Calming. Recoil -- I don't know what you DID to that casserole, but don't do it again! -- Risella Pilaf LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS SEE YA was butchered by ARENAMASTER TOHREHN in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight. BYE was butchered by BANDIT PRINCE in a 1 minute Dark Arena duel. BETTEY DECKER demolished AERYN in a 1 minute one-sided Title melee. BETTY FOURS overpowered DENAI in a 1 minute mismatched duel. MISS CATTY bested RECOIL in a 2 minute fight. COBRA overpowered EGLANTINE NOGS in a 1 minute mismatched match. RISELLA PILAF was bested by MEYSIN in a 2 minute gory duel. SCALES devastated KATRYNA in a 1 minute mismatched match. JI overcame TRUSTWORTHY SCRIBE in a 1 minute fight. BATTLE REPORT MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS |FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT| |STRIKING ATTACK 4 AIMED BLOW 17 - 4 - 0 81 | |PARRY-RIPOSTE 4 PARRY-LUNGE 8 - 2 - 1 80 | |AIMED BLOW 2 SLASHING ATTACK 4 - 1 - 0 80 | |BASHING ATTACK 2 LUNGING ATTACK 9 - 5 - 0 64 | |LUNGING ATTACK 1 BASHING ATTACK 11 - 9 - 0 55 | |SLASHING ATTACK 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE 17 - 16 - 0 52 | |PARRY-LUNGE 1 STRIKING ATTACK 11 - 14 - 0 44 | |PARRY-STRIKE 0 TOTAL PARRY 0 - 0 - 0 0 | |TOTAL PARRY 0 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 0 - 0 0 | |WALL OF STEEL 0 WALL OF STEEL 0 - 0 - 0 0 | Turn 685 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-RIPOSTE 1 - 3 3 PARRY-RIPOSTE LUNGING ATTACK 1 - 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 1 2 STRIKING ATTACK SLASHING ATTACK 1 - 0 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 0 2 BASHING ATTACK STRIKING ATTACK 2 - 2 BASHING ATTACK 0 - 2 1 PARRY-LUNGE TOTAL PARRY 0 - 0 1 SLASHING ATTACK WALL OF STEEL 0 - 0 1 AIMED BLOW 1 LUNGING ATTACK TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME STRIKING ATTACK BETTEY DECKER 4881 21 14 2 117 GOLDEN CANYON (290) PARRY-RIPOSTE BETTY FOURS 4899 18 10 0 108 GOLDEN CANYON (290) PARRY-LUNGE AERYN 4963 8 2 1 76 WRATHMEN (492) BASHING ATTACK DENAI 4962 7 3 0 76 WRATHMEN (492) SLASHING ATTACK COBRA 4936 5 0 0 61 SERPENTS HOLD (488) AIMED BLOW SCALES 4934 4 0 0 56 SERPENTS HOLD (488) LUNGING ATTACK MEYSIN 4960 7 3 0 45 WRATHMEN (492) Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above. The overall popularity leader is BETTY FOURS 4899. The most popular warrior this turn was MISS CATTY 4927. The ten other most popular fighters were MEYSIN 4960, BETTEY DECKER 4881, BETTY FOURS 4899, SCALES 4934, JI 4959, DENAI 4962, RECOIL 4937, COBRA 4936, RISELLA PILAF 4909, and SEE YA 4974. The least popular fighter this week was KATRYNA 4961. The other ten least popular fighters were EGLANTINE NOGS 4933, AERYN 4963, BYE 4973, SEE YA 4974, RISELLA PILAF 4909, COBRA 4936, RECOIL 4937, DENAI 4962, JI 4959, and SCALES 4934.