DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 10/27/2004    Duedate: 11/09/2004

LAPUR ARENA

DM-29    TURN-487

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

MUCIANUS
EQUESTORS (158)
(29-4478) [20-11-2,117]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

MUCIANUS                       LEXINGTON
EQUESTORS (158)                DARK GLORY (395)
(29-4478) [20-11-2,117]        (29-4580) [5-1-0,63]

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

LUCIUS                         LUCIUS
EQUESTORS (158)                EQUESTORS (158)
(29-4406) [25-20-2,104]        (29-4406) [25-20-2,104]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

EQUESTORS (158)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. EQUESTORS (158)             32
2. BLACK SAMURAI (166)         19      CROC FILES (374)
3. CROC FILES (374)            12      Unchartered Team
4. DARK GLORY (395)             0
5. DEATH THREAT (376)           0      DARK GLORY (395)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 2*DARK GLORY (395)           9   2  0 81.8   1/ 1 EQUESTORS (158)          11  4 2
 2- 3 SHREW CAN IT BE NO (309)  89  72  9 55.3   2/ 2 CROC FILES (374)          9  6 0
 3- 5 DEATH THREAT (376)        99  81 14 55.0   3/ 3 CARDOW HUNTERS (359)      6  6 0
 4/ 4 CROC FILES (374)         196 161 14 54.9   4/ 4*DARK GLORY (395)          3  1 0
 5/ 6 BLACK SAMURAI (166)      259 258 20 50.1   5/ 5 BLACK SAMURAI (166)       3  1 0
 6/ 7 EQUESTORS (158)          510 550 40 48.1   6- 9 SHREW CAN IT BE NO (309)  1  3 0
 7/ 8 CARDOW HUNTERS (359)     201 274  7 42.3   7- 8 DEATH THREAT (376)        0  2 0
 8- 9 ECHL-EAST (313)           10  14  0 41.7   8- 7 ECHL-EAST (313)           0  1 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[ A Dark and Stormy Night ]H[ + ---:--- + ]H[ +

     Thunder hammered the shore, no less violent than the waves that roared in off
the Storm Sea.  Agro waded out of the surf and crossed the narrow strip of sand to
the trees, then lowered his bundle of clothes and weapons.  His teammate Bindi
followed.  They dressed quickly, although the strobing of the lightning was more
hindrance than help.
     "If there's any shore-watchers, they'll have seen us," Agro muttered, his deep
voice almost lost beneath the fury of the storm.
     "If they're paying attention," Bindi said.  "A night like this, mammals stay
indoors."  Her grin was a flash of white teeth.  "They don't like to get wet."  She
shook herself once to settle clothes and armor.  "Good thing WE don't care."
     "It's an edge," Agro agreed.  Most of his attention was on the shore and the
woods, searching for problems that would need to be dealt with.  Problems such as
watchers.  He flexed one hand.  He could deal with that kind of problems.  "You
ready?"
     "Yes."
     "Then let's go."  He moved deeper into the woods.  It wasn't a true forest, just
a belt of trees between the shore and the road that ran up the peninsula to
Monuntial.  But it was thick enough to provide cover for them.  And for anybody who
might be waiting and watching.  Any kind of assault on the occupied city would come
from the shore.  Watchers would be in the woods along the shore.  He wanted to get
away from this danger zone.  A fight here would be stupid.  It wouldn't accomplish
anything useful--
     Agro had one hand in front of him so as not to run into a tree.  The hand came
against something warm.  His fingers closed in a crushing grip on something that
struggled.  A blast of lightning more violent than any before tore the sky beyond the
trees, but under their dense cover there was only darkness, and something that
thrashed against the Croc's grip.  After a minute or two, the struggling faded, then
stopped.
     Agro dropped whatever it was, whoever it was, and went the rest of the way
through the belt of trees, sliding into the last cover at the edge of the road.
Presently he sensed someone beside him and knew it was Bindi, because there was none
of the cloud of heat that accompanied a mammal at all times.  Wasteful, that was,
heat should be conserved.  But useful now.  He'd heard that some of these elves could
"see" heat.  But they wouldn't see a Croc.
     He couldn't exchange words with her here and be sure that she'd hear...and no
one else.  But it didn't matter.  Their plan had been worked out long before they
left the ship out on the lake and swam ashore.  They weren't even both needed to
carry it out, each was backup for the other.  If either one got through to Monuntial
and completed the mission, it would be enough.  But Agro intended that they both
survive, both succeed.  People said that the cold-blooded Crocs also had cold
emotions, but that wasn't true.  Bindi was a teammate, a friend, a female of his
species who were too few in number in this world.  He wouldn't lose her.
     When he was sure the road was clear, he dashed across it, caught a glimpse of
movement out of the corner of his eye--not Bindi, something else--and dived into the
ditch on the other side.  Water and mud.  His clothes were soaked at once, and mud
oozed between his armor and his body.  A nuisance, that.  He considered discarding
clothes and armor both.  No, better not, unless they became an actual problem.
Discomfort he could live with, and the clothes would make it easier to slip into the
occupied city without arousing comment.  Even wet, muddy clothes wouldn't stir
comment on a night like this.
     He had no sense of Bindi joining him in the ditch and decided she must have
retreated into the trees.  Damn.  He couldn't go off and leave her; he'd have to wait
till she came over the road herself.  He should never have agreed to let her come on
this insane adventure.
     Agro couldn't hear anything but wind and rain and thunder, and the water running
in the ditch around him.  What had he glimpsed on the road?  Had it passed, or gone
back?  Were there other watchers?  He had to know.
     Moving slowly, to attract as little attention as possible if there was anyone to
see, he raised his head to the lip of the ditch and squinted into the rain.  Looked
straight across.  Nothing.  Turned slowly to the right to look in the direction of
Monuntial.  Something, moving away.  He couldn't judge the distance in this
unreliable light.  A hundred yards?  If so, it was big, a wagon, maybe.  No, it
didn't move like a wagon, it moved like something alive.  But it was going away, so
it wasn't the problem of the moment.  Turned slowly to the left.  Nothing.  Searched
the darkness under the trees where Bindi was.  Should be, anyway.  Must be.  Nothing.
     Something stepped out.  Not Bindi, he saw that at once.  Taller, broader, and it
moved differently.  Lightning glared off it.  Fully armored?  No, by the First Egg,
it was a golem!  His mind flipped over from rational thought to blind fury.  He hated
golems, all Crocs did.  He gathered his limbs under him to attack.
     The golem gestured, and another emerged onto the road, carrying Bindi.

      * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ *

                        ---===FREE BLADES REGIONAL NEWS===---

                                     Duelmasters
                                     -----------
 DM   9 ZUKAL (turn 502): BLUE RUIN of BLUE MOON (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  12 RIZTAB (turn 501): BLOOD BUD of BLOODSUCKERS (Way Cool, mgr.)
 DM  15 MALCORN (turn 495): WOODWALKER of GREENWARDENS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  16 WILLAF (turn 497): PEACH NUTT of PUNNY AMINALS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  17 ALJAFIR (turn 495): NAPOLEON of HEROESANDFOUNDONES (The Judge, mgr.)
 DM  19 ZUWAYZA (turn 494): CHAOS of CURTAIN CALL (?, mgr.)
 DM  28 MORYA (turn 247): RHINOVIRUS of BAD GERMS (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.)
 DM  29 LAPUR (turn 486): MUCIANUS of EQUESTORS (Spartacus, mgr.)
 DM  31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 245): NAPULAK of STORMWATCH (Raoul the Rude, mgr.)
 DM  32 ARVAT (turn 483): KILLING MACHINE of CALL THE PRIEST (Destitute Noble, mgr.)
 DM  33 NIATOLI ISLAND (turn 481): DARTMAN of COLGATE DAYS (The Dark One, mgr.)
 DM  35 MURSKA (turn 474): BARRISTER of BLITZKRIEG (Polarius, mgr.)
 DM  43 VEASTIAN (turn 437): POSITION IS EMPTY
 DM  45 STORMCROWE (turn 222): THE SMELL OF IT of EMETICS (Berylstar, mgr.)
 DM  47 NORTH FORK (turn 216): BEAR ACUDA of THE BEAR'S PAW (KAT, mgr.)
 DM  50 SNOWBOUND (turn 203): TOM SMITH DISEASE of STRANGE TUNES (Berylstar, mgr.)
 DM  56 ROCANIS (turn 362): JAVELINO of REDHORSE (Mila, mgr.)
 DM  61 JURINE (turn 342): TAIL IN THE AIR of ARENA FELINES (Garfield, mgr.)
 DM  73 ERINIKA (turn 152): POSITION IS EMPTY
ADM 103 FREE BLADES (turn 387): WOUNDWORT of DARKMOON from RIZTAB (Bobby Bigfoot)

                                      Top Teams
                                      ---------
 DM   9 ZUKAL (turn 502): BLUE MOON (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  12 RIZTAB (turn 501): THE LAWMEN (Marshal D, mgr.)
 DM  15 MALCORN (turn 495): GREENWARDENS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  16 WILLAF (turn 497): PUNNY AMINALS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  17 ALJAFIR (turn 495): HEROESANDFOUNDONES (The Judge, mgr.)
 DM  19 ZUWAYZA (turn 494): CURTAIN CALL (?, mgr.)
 DM  28 MORYA (turn 247): THE WARLORDS II (Fizban, mgr.)
 DM  29 LAPUR (turn 486): EQUESTORS (Spartacus, mgr.)
 DM  31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 245): WHAMMO & THUDDA 4 U! (Micky, mgr.)
 DM  32 ARVAT (turn 483): CALL THE PRIEST (Destitute Noble, mgr.)
 DM  33 NIATOLI ISLAND (turn 481): JOYS OF BOOZE (Berylstar, mgr.)
 DM  35 MURSKA (turn 474): BLITZKRIEG (Polarius, mgr.)
 DM  43 VEASTIAN (turn 437): THE FAMILY (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  45 STORMCROWE (turn 222): MOJO P@TROL (Master Voodoo, mgr.)
 DM  47 NORTH FORK (turn 216): ALL-STAR NANA'S (The Mun, mgr.)
 DM  50 SNOWBOUND (turn 203): DARK SIDHE (Daehir, mgr.)
 DM  56 ROCANIS (turn 362): BAD APPLES (Uncle Wolf, mgr.)
 DM  61 JURINE (turn 342): FAVORITE GUYS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  73 ERINIKA (turn 152): WORLDWIDE GORE (Crip, mgr.)
ADM 103 FREE BLADES (turn 387): WOLF PACK II, etc. (Ultraist, mgr.)

                                   Recent Graduates
                                  -----------------
 DM  12 RIZTAB (turn 501): BLOOD BUD of BLOODSUCKERS (Way Cool, mgr.)
               (turn 500): CROUCHING TIGER of ARENA FELINES (Garfield, mgr.)
 DM  15 MALCORN (turn 495): WOODWALKER of GREENWARDENS (Jorja, mgr.)
                (turn 494): LITTLE CURRENT of TRIPLE CROWN (Sultan, mgr.)
 DM  16 WILLAF (turn 496): ORAN JI of PUNNY AMINALS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  17 ALJAFIR (turn 494): MOUSE NOYLE of MIDDLE WAY (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  29 LAPUR (turn 485): TALL TREE of CARDOW HUNTERS (Uncle Wolf, mgr.)
 DM  31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 245): NAPULAK of STORMWATCH (Raoul the Rude, mgr.)
                               GENERAL PUBLIC of MILITARY MAYHEM (Crip, mgr.)
                   (turn 244): VOMITO of WHAMMO & THUDDA 4 U! (Micky, mgr.)
                               OBAN of SINGLE MALTS (Berylstar, mgr.)
                               TOBIAS HAWKWIND of THE NIGHTHAWKS (Firehawk, mgr.)
 DM  32 ARVAT (turn 482): PRIVATE PROPERTY of CALL THE PRIEST (Destitute Noble, mgr.)
 DM  33 NIATOLI ISLAND (turn 481): DARTMAN of COLGATE DAYS (The Dark One, mgr.)
 DM  35 MURSKA (turn 474): TOM THUMB of THE BEARS (Papa Bear, mgr.)
 DM  43 VEASTIAN (turn 436): TIRO COCOCO of THE FAMILY (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  45 STORMCROWE (turn 221): ZINDELLA AZRON of MOJO P@TROL (Master Voodoo, mgr.)
 DM  47 NORTH FORK (turn 216): BEAR ACUDA of THE BEAR'S PAW (KAT, mgr.)
 DM  50 SNOWBOUND (turn 203): TOM SMITH DISEASE of STRANGE TUNES (Berylstar, mgr.)
 DM  56 ROCANIS (turn 361): APPLEMINT of BAD APPLES (Uncle Wolf, mgr.)
 DM  61 JURINE (turn 342): FREDDIE of FAVORITE GUYS (Jorja, mgr.)

                                 DUELMASTER'S COLUMN
                             Notes from the arena champ.

     Say hello to my new teammate Victorinus.  He had a very auspicious start with a
win over Irritated Housewife.  Irritated Husband is making the funeral arrangements.
Say goodbye to Crispus.  He was beaten by Lucy and his 3-9 record indicates he does
not have the aptitude for the arena.  Believe me, I know, we, his teammates have
tried everything, but no good.  So we will accompany him to the Dark Arena to witness
his last fight.  I will then retire to the "Bent Gladius" and party hearty.  Let me
see, who is going to unseat me, Enoshima--nah he is Black Samurai.  They are afraid
of us, Short-Tailed and Southeastern Shrew took a vacation this turn.  Guess they
didn't want to face Tall Tree.  Least Shrew fought this turn but the recognition
difference is huge.  How about ECHL-EAST not taking revenge.  I thought the guys in
the East Coast Hockey League were tougher than that.  Oh well, someone else will
probably be doing this column next turn.

                                                  Mucianus

                                      SPY REPORT

     So why do I have this bag over my head?  Because I am The Unknown Spymaster and 
I'm going to give you a spy report!.  Coming up with a solid 0-0-0 outing, SHREW CAN 
IT BE NOW has advanced 3 places in the rankings.  Hey everybody, watch out for 
DOMITIAN, who flew up 12 points in the rankings after mashing BARNEY like a melon.  
Keep your eye on this guy.  And falling like a basher in the top ten was BARNEY, who 
dropped 9 points after a disappointing (to say the least) bout with DOMITIAN.  Going 
for the gusto and coming up with aught but bloody knuckles was CROC FILES' AMIE, who 
was turned away from the Duelmastership by MUCIANUS.  Advice to bashers--never force 
anything, just get a bigger halberd!   
     Let's dig a little deeper into what's happening in the LAPUR arena.  Here's a 
song for you:  Who's afraid of the big, bad SHREW CAN IT BE  NOW?  Big bad SHREW CAN 
IT BE NOW.  Big bad SHREW CAN IT BE NOW.  LAPUR's afraid of the big bad SHREW CAN IT 
BE NOW.  Tra la la la la!  And you guys like to boo me?  Well, unsling your 
rasberries, cause DARK GLORY beats feet every time SHREW CAN IT BE NOW smiles at 
them.  Try farming, eh?  Well just about everybody wants a piece of BLACK TIGER, who 
was this week's most challenged warrior.  In a touching display by a 'touched' 
warrior, CHARLIE went after BLACK TIGER, who was higher by 21 points.  Well, when the 
dust settled, CHARLIE lost to BLACK TIGER.   
     Death is kind of like a new puppy:  he's always around wanting to play.  (Ha 
Zontani, how's that for a wise saying?).  This week 3-10-0 CRISPUS was sent to the 
Dark Arena.  I know a lot of fighters with similar records who might take notice of 
this.  Remember:  alliances are great, but try and take your ally in the arena with 
you and see what happens.   
     Well, that wasn't too bad; Alarond told me that the people in LAPUR have no 
sense of humor.  Or maybe that they were senseless.  Okay, so I may not be the 
world's best comedian, but then you guys aren't the world's best warriors.  See ya 
next time I'm on this circuit!-- The Unknown Spymaster  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 MUCIANUS 4478                20  11  2   117       EQUESTORS (158)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 LUCIUS 4406                  25  20  2   104       EQUESTORS (158)
-SHORT-TAILED SHREW 3747      12   9  0    98       SHREW CAN IT BE NOW (309)
-ENOSHIMA 4349                28  10  0    94       BLACK SAMURAI (166)
-SOUTHEASTERN SHREW 3719       9   9  2    92       SHREW CAN IT BE NOW (309)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-LEAST SHREW 3513             14  13  1    78       SHREW CAN IT BE NOW (309)
-FURY 3872                     8   3  0    75       ECHL-EAST (313)
-MASHED SHREW 4552             5   4  1    74       SHREW CAN IT BE NOW (309)
 MACHIGAI 4506                13   3  0    70       BLACK SAMURAI (166)
 AMIE 4564                     7   5  0    69       CROC FILES (374)
 BLACK TIGER 4436             12  24  0    67       CARDOW HUNTERS (359)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 LEXINGTON 4580                5   1  0    63       DARK GLORY (395)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-TINY 4537                     9  10  0    48       SHREW CAN IT BE NOW (309)
 CHARLIE 4555                  6   9  0    44       CROC FILES (374)
 DOMITIAN 4594                 4   1  1    42       EQUESTORS (158)
-CHUBON 4381                   3   3  0    42       BLACK SAMURAI (166)
 CASSIE 4574                   6   3  0    41       CROC FILES (374)
-KOJIRO 4456                   7   5  1    34       BLACK SAMURAI (166)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 BARNEY 4582                   4   3  0    33       CROC FILES (374)
 LUCY 4588                     4   2  0    31       CROC FILES (374)
 STONETOOTH 4560               7   7  0    28       CARDOW HUNTERS (359)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-LOUISVILLE 4579               3   1  0    23       DARK GLORY (395)
-EBOLA 4581                    2   0  0    22       DEATH THREAT (376)
-QUICK DEATH 4544              3   4  0    19       DEATH THREAT (376)
 JUNIBAN 4599                  2   0  0    18       BLACK SAMURAI (166)
 VICTORINUS 4597               2   0  1    17       EQUESTORS (158)
-CYANIDE 4567                  0   2  0    14       DEATH THREAT (376)
 WALKS SOFTLY 4568             1   9  0    12       CARDOW HUNTERS (359)
-NASHVILLE 4577                1   0  0    10       DARK GLORY (395)
-PINK EYE 4575                 0   2  0     6       DEATH THREAT (376)
 QUICK STINGER 4600            0   1  0     1       CARDOW HUNTERS (359)

'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.

THE DEAD               W  L K TEAM NAME             SLAIN BY             TURN Revenge?
ARCH BISHOP 4288       1  1 0 ECHL-EAST 313         DOMITIAN 4594         485         
CRISPUS 4562           3 10 0 EQUESTORS 158         BLACK ORC 385         487 NONE    

                                     PERSONAL ADS

Enoshima -- We only went ten minutes?  Gods, we surely could have done better than
THAT.  (pause for thought)  Maybe I shouldn't have had the extra tabasco on my eggs
for breakfast, made me too twitchy.... -- Tall Tree

Charlie -- Damned stingy Croc!  Take that!  And that! -- Black Tiger
P.S.  But who said you could take all those skills?

Good losh, a Common Riverat?  That's practically demeaning.  That I should have to
soil my hands, or rather, my blade, with such a mundane and inept creature.... --
Stonetooth

I didn't realize Lapur was civilized enough to have Embezzling Scribes.  I must be
moving in the wrong company.  Guess I'd better work on that. -- Walks Softly

Macrinus -- Why?  Do you hanker to read occult horror stories?  It could probably be
arranged. -- Tall Tree
P.S.  No doubt you'll get another winning streak going.  Where as I will be headed to
a well-deserved retirement.  I think I'll find a forest and just stand around for a
while.
P.P.S.  13-15-13-9-17-8-9

Agro and Bindi -- Depending on one or two circumstances beyond my control, such as
whether the power goes off, or the dam bursts upstream of my house, etc., there might
be something this time.  If so, of course, you will have seen it by the time you get
to the personals.  If not, well, I am trying to get things moving again, despite the
universe being leagued against me. -- the Scribe

Quick Death -- Have all your fights been this quick? -- Domitian

Lucy -- You have sealed my fate.  It was bad enough to lose my ninth fight, but to
female.  See you in the next life. -- Crispus

Least Shrew -- The doctors assure me that you will be able to father children. --
Lucius

22 October 2004
                         Youngblood's Three and Out Contest

I would like to take this time to announce and invite all managers to compete in what
I think will be an awesome contest.  If you haven't ever TC'd at a tourney before,
here is your chance.  The contest will start Wednesday, December 1, 2004, but a
chance will be given November 17 to dark arena, only, any warrior that you do not see
fit to run in the contest.  So now that I have your attention, here are the rules
(like you didn't know they were coming sooner or later).

 1.  Any manager participating can enter one team, only.
 2.  No sandbagging whatsoever.  (I will keep up with it, every turn.)
 3.  No teams or warriors will be allowed to run after contest starts.
 4.  All warriors will run until they lose three times, after three losses they are
     eliminated.
 5.  If a warrior sits out a turn, they are accounted with a loss in the contest.
     This is to keep warriors with winning records from sitting out until the end of
     the contest.
 6.  If a warrior is killed during the contest, the replacement cannot enter the
     contest.
 7.  If a warrior is killed, bloodfeuding is allowed, but only by a warrior that is
     active in the contest.
 8.  If a warrior is run after being eliminated, the manager is disqualified from the
     contest, no questions asked.
 9.  Challenges are legal, up or down.
10.  Contest will keep going until 1 warrior is left without three losses, and that
     warrior, of course, is accounted the winner.
11.  All managers participating will be asked to purchase a rollup certificate, to be
     awarded to the winners of the contest.

                                    <<<PRIZES>>>

     As I have already said, and according to participation, rollups will be awarded
to the first and second place managers.  So the majority and minority of the rollups
will be determined when all are accumulated.
     Contest Champion--2 Faves prizes, and majority of rollup certificates
     Contest Runner-up--1 Faves prize, and minority of rollup certificates
     So once again I invite all managers old and new to participate in what should be
a fierce and challenging contest.  <<<REMEMBER, FIRST OFFICIAL TURN OF THE CONTEST IS
DECEMBER THE FIRST, AND AS I SAID BEFORE, THE TURN BEFORE (NOVEMBER 17TH) YOU MAY
DARK ARENA CHALLENGE ONLY!!!  ANY WARRIOR WITH ANY FE (FIGHT EXPERIENCE) WHEN THE
CONTEST STARTS WILL BE ELIMINATED FROM THE CONTEST.

                          YOUNGBLOOD of WENSINWASIN

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

CRISPUS was dealt death by BLACK ORC in a 2 minute bloody Dark Arena fight.
CHARLIE lost to BLACK TIGER in a action packed 1 minute Challenge battle.
CASSIE demolished STONETOOTH in a 1 minute uneven Challenge fight.
LUCY devastated WALKS SOFTLY in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge contest.
MUCIANUS overpowered AMIE in a 1 minute mismatched Title match.
LUCIUS viciously subdued PENNILESS LORD in a crowd pleasing 3 minute veteran's duel.
LEXINGTON was unbelievably bested by MACHIGAI in a popular 4 minute competition.
BARNEY was unbelievably bested by DOMITIAN in a action packed 1 minute gruesome duel.
JUNIBAN overpowered PERSISTENT BEGGAR in a slow 3 minute uneven duel.
VICTORINUS overpowered QUICK STINGER in a 1 minute uneven match.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|BASHING ATTACK                   4         TOTAL PARRY       17 -   6 -  0      74  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   3         BASHING ATTACK    27 -  14 -  4      66  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      2         LUNGING ATTACK    32 -  23 -  1      58  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    2         STRIKING ATTACK   12 -   9 -  0      57  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  2         PARRY-LUNGE        5 -   5 -  0      50  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     1         PARRY-STRIKE       5 -   6 -  0      45  |
|AIMED BLOW                       1         AIMED BLOW         6 -   9 -  0      40  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      1         WALL OF STEEL      5 -   9 -  0      36  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    1         SLASHING ATTACK    7 -  17 -  0      29  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  0         PARRY-RIPOSTE      1 -   9 -  0      10  |

Turn 487 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:

PARRY-STRIKE       1 -  0     AIMED BLOW         0 -  1         3  SLASHING ATTACK
TOTAL PARRY        2 -  0     PARRY-LUNGE        0 -  1         2  TOTAL PARRY    
BASHING ATTACK     3 -  1     PARRY-RIPOSTE      0 -  1         1  BASHING ATTACK 
LUNGING ATTACK     2 -  1     SLASHING ATTACK    0 -  0         1  LUNGING ATTACK 
WALL OF STEEL      1 -  1     STRIKING ATTACK    0 -  2         1  PARRY-LUNGE    
                                                                1  PARRY-STRIKE   
                                                                1  STRIKING ATTACK
                                                                1  WALL OF STEEL  

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
BASHING ATTACK   MUCIANUS 4478              20  11  2  117 EQUESTORS (158)
LUNGING ATTACK   LUCIUS 4406                25  20  2  104 EQUESTORS (158)
TOTAL PARRY      MACHIGAI 4506              13   3  0   70 BLACK SAMURAI (166)
STRIKING ATTACK  AMIE 4564                   7   5  0   69 CROC FILES (374)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is LUCIUS 4406.  The most popular warrior this turn was 
LUCIUS 4406.  The ten other most popular fighters were LEXINGTON 4580, CRISPUS 4562, 
BLACK TIGER 4436, BARNEY 4582, CHARLIE 4555, CASSIE 4574, LUCY 4588, MUCIANUS 4478, 
MACHIGAI 4506, and AMIE 4564.

The least popular fighter this week was JUNIBAN 4599.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were QUICK STINGER 4600, WALKS SOFTLY 4568, STONETOOTH 4560, VICTORINUS 
4597, DOMITIAN 4594, AMIE 4564, MACHIGAI 4506, MUCIANUS 4478, LUCY 4588, and CASSIE 
4574.