DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER Date : 10/26/2005 Duedate: 11/08/2005 LAPUR ARENA DM-29 TURN-513 This Weeks Top Honors THE DUELMASTER IS WENDY CROC FILES (374) (29-4657) [11-5-0,126] Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader WENDY POSITION IS EMPTY CROC FILES (374) (29-4657) [11-5-0,126] Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite QUICK STINGER MARIUS CARDOW HUNTERS (359) EQUESTORS (158) (29-4600) [13-14-0,53] (29-4602) [17-8-0,77] THE CURRENT TOP TEAM CROC FILES (374) TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team 1. CROC FILES (374) 55 2. CARDOW HUNTERS (359) 0 CROC FILES (374) 3. ARENA FELINES (399) 0 Unchartered Team 4. ECHL-EAST (313) 0 5. DARK GLORY (395) 0 (153) The Top Teams Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K 1- 1 DARK GLORY (395) 21 7 0 75.0 1/ 1 CROC FILES (374) 13 2 1 2- 2*ARENA FELINES (399) 3 2 0 60.0 2/ 3 CARDOW HUNTERS (359) 6 9 0 3/ 3 CROC FILES (374) 250 233 15 51.8 3/ 2 EQUESTORS (158) 5 10 1 4- 4 DEATH'S LORDS (203) 27 26 5 50.9 4- 5 ECHL-EAST (313) 1 0 0 5/ 5 EQUESTORS (158) 586 600 45 49.4 5- 6 DARK GLORY (395) 1 0 0 6- 6 ECHL-EAST (313) 13 15 0 46.4 6- 4*ARENA FELINES (399) 1 2 0 7/ 7 CARDOW HUNTERS (359) 253 347 7 42.2 7- 7 DEATH'S LORDS (203) 1 3 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 Crocodile in the Shadows #9 ]H[ + ---:--- + ]H[ + Magic flashed around the room like angry wasps. It was aimed at the cat which might be Tyrai, at least, Bindi thought it was aimed at the cat. But it kept missing and bouncing off other things. Which were starting to spark and smolder. The magic was going to set this whole building on fire. Which proved that warmbloods were just as stupid as anybody. They would all be burned up here, but at least they'd be warm..... The dark man shouted something, and more people came into the hut. Or maybe they were magic things like the impostor. Bindi couldn't tell. By now, she didn't much care. Two of them grabbed her and dragged her out into the night; she saw that two others were dragging Agro. Well, maybe they would both survive. For a while. There was an explosion of sound, heat, light, and the hut burst apart behind them. And a howl that sounded triumphant. Maybe it meant Tyrai had killed the impostor. Bindi hoped so, but she couldn't turn to see what was happening there, or move at all now. Nishtar's servants were tying her hands and feet together, and she could barely feel it. Maybe she was finally freezing to death. They slid a pole between her limbs and raised it, and she came up with it, swinging from the ropes around her wrists and ankles. Annoyance warmed her briefly. She was being treated like a game animal brought back from the hunt. She didn't have the energy to struggle or protest right now, but later on, when she got warm, she would rip these things apart, and eat Nishtar's liver. Because she was being carried feet first, and her head was dangling, Bindi could see behind but not toward the front. Well, she didn't need to see forward, she knew that she and Agro were being taken to Monuntial. The magician Nishtar probably had something nasty in mind for them. But they would foil him. He was a mere warmblood, an elf, even! By the First Egg of the Heart, he would NOT defeat them! And then the Crocs would go back to the warm and lush world she half-remembered, where life was good. She stared blankly backward into the night, simply waiting. And so was the only person in the group to see the great cat padding along behind them. It was Tyrai, she was sure. At some time, Bindi had heard that people who change shape can't change size, and this cat was the size of the arenamistress. But more dangerous to Bindi's eyes. A warmblood still, but this was a predator. Humans...Bindi didn't know what the Heart of the Swamp had made them for, but they were not natural predators. Anyone could see that. They had no claws, and their teeth were pitiful; they couldn't kill without making themselves weapons to do it with. But the cat was a predator, and she, too, hated Nishtar. So she was in some degree an ally. That was a strange concept. Bindi had the feeling that in their own place, the Crocs never had allies. Whether this was because they didn't need them, or because no one would join causes with them, she didn't know. It probably didn't matter. It seemed a long road to Monuntial. Bindi had expected it to take no more than three or four hours, but the servants carrying her went on and on. The cat Tyrai followed, on and on. The sun came up, warming her. The cat fell back a little and moved through the partial concealment of tall grasses beside the road. Tall grasses? The peninsula on which Monuntial stood was all forest and field, so far as Bindi knew. Tall grasses belonged on plains. Didn't they? Maybe these were reeds such as grew along the water's edge? After all, the peninsula had water all around it. But she couldn't smell water nearby. A little, yes, but not the vast expanse of the Storm Sea. It was a puzzle, and the Croc would have welcomed the chance to ask somebody to explain it. She twisted her head just enough to look at the servant carrying the rear end of her pole. By daylight it looked less human than it had at night, and the scent of it was strange. Its eyes were round and green with no pupil and no white showing, and its narrow face was dark gray, without expression. So it was another creation of magic, as the impostor had been. A recollection of gossip on Niatoli came to her, how the magical foundation of all Ghea was eroding and spells were difficult to cast. If this was so, why was Nishtar wasting his energies making magical servants? Did that mean that the elf was so powerful he didn't have to worry about the waning of magic, or that he was careless? Did he have magic to use freely, or would he run out if pressed? One of the servant-things carrying Bindi stumbled, stumbled again, and fell. The other one floundered under the full weight the Croc and the sudden imbalance, and then it fell, too. The cat flashed forward, swiped in passing at the ropes holding Bindi to the pole, and bounded on to leap onto the back of one of the servants carrying Agro. A few tugs broke Bindi's weakened ropes, and she lurched to her feet, looking around for an enemy. Looking for Nishtar. The elf was nowhere to be seen. Only the servants, mostly dead now, the two Crocs, and the Tyrai-cat. And a sea of grasses on all sides. * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * ---===FREE BLADES REGIONAL NEWS===--- Duelmasters ----------- DM 9 ZUKAL (turn 527): COPY CAT of ARENA FELINES (Garfield, mgr.) DM 12 RIZTAB (turn 527): GROTESQUE ZOMBIE of ALL HALLOW'S EVE (Destitute Noble) DM 15 MALCORN (turn 521): GO AND GO of TRIPLE CROWN (Sultan, mgr.) DM 16 WILLAF (turn 523): GOLD FILLING of GOLDEN GLADIATORS (Midas, mgr.) DM 17 ALJAFIR (turn 521): TABETA UNIS of MIDDLE WAY (Jorja, mgr.) DM 19 ZUWAYZA (turn 519): ELLE of THE MAGNIFICENT MAGS (Jorja, mgr.) DM 28 SLAUGHTER PRIEST MEM (turn 260): WYATT BURP of DODGE BULLETS (Uncle Wolf) DM 29 LAPUR (turn 512): WENDY of CROC FILES (THawk, mgr.) DM 31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 258): IT FELT GOOD of WHY DID I DO IT (Fizban, mgr.) DM 32 ARVAT (turn 509): BEFORE THE DAWN of CALL THE PRIEST (Destitute Noble, mgr.) DM 33 NIATOLI ISLAND (turn 507): NIMBLE NEUTER of ARENA FELINES (Garfield, mgr.) DM 35 MURSKA (turn 500): LOCO of PHILANTHROPISTS 3 (Aragorn, mgr.) DM 43 VEASTIAN (turn 462): TIRANIAN of THE FAMILY (Jorja, mgr.) DM 45 STORMCROWE (turn 235): HOT LIPS of DARQUE FORCES (Master Darque, mgr.) DM 47 SCOMSS SWAMP (turn 229): KRAMER of SECOND BANANAS (Mannequin, mgr.) DM 50 SNOWBOUND (turn 216): YAIWE of DARK SIDHE (Daehir, mgr.) DM 56 ROCANIS (turn 388): WISHLIST of YIELD (Jekyll, mgr.) DM 61 JURINE (turn 367): KIT-KAT of ARENA FELINES (Garfield, mgr.) DM 73 ERINIKA (turn 165): SAIONJI of PERFECTION QUEST II (Mannequin, mgr.) ADM 103 FREE BLADES (turn 413): CAPTAIN CAVEMAN of LAFFALYMPICS from ROCANIS (The Dark One, mgr.) Top Teams --------- DM 9 ZUKAL (turn 527): BLUE MOON (Jorja, mgr.) DM 12 RIZTAB (turn 527): ARENA FELINES (Garfield, mgr.) DM 15 MALCORN (turn 521): DARK CREATION (Herbert Philip Lovecraft West, mgr.) DM 16 WILLAF (turn 523): YAMABUSHI (Doc Miracle, mgr.) DM 17 ALJAFIR (turn 521): HEROESANDFOUNDONES (The Judge, mgr.) DM 19 ZUWAYZA (turn 519): THE MAGNIFICENT MAGS (Jorja, mgr.) DM 28 SLAUGHTER PRIEST MEM (turn 260): DODGE BULLETS (Uncle Wolf, mgr.) DM 29 LAPUR (turn 512): CROC FILES (THawk, mgr.) DM 31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 258): THE STORMGUARDS (The Icelord, mgr.) DM 32 ARVAT (turn 509): CALL THE PRIEST (Destitute Noble, mgr.) DM 33 NIATOLI ISLAND (turn 507): VEGGIES (Papa Bear, mgr.) DM 35 MURSKA (turn 500): PHILANTHROPISTS 3 (Aragorn, mgr.) DM 43 VEASTIAN (turn 462): PHILANTHROPISTS (Aragorn, mgr.) DM 45 STORMCROWE (turn 235): DARQUE FORCES (Master Darque, mgr.) DM 47 SCOMSS SWAMP (turn 229): AGE OF EMPIRES (The Historian, mgr.) DM 50 SNOWBOUND (turn 216): DARK SIDHE (Daehir, mgr.) DM 56 ROCANIS (turn 388): BAD APPLES (Uncle Wolf, mgr.) DM 61 JURINE (turn 367): FAVORITE GUYS (Jorja, mgr.) DM 73 ERINIKA (turn 165): DARK RUNES (Liam the Goth, mgr.) ADM 103 FREE BLADES (turn 413): DARKENED PRIDE, etc. (Ultraist, mgr.) Recent Graduates ----------------- DM 16 WILLAF (turn 523): GOLD FILLING of GOLDEN GLADIATORS (Midas, mgr.) CAT MAN DO of ARENA FELINES (Garfield, mgr.) DM 29 LAPUR (turn 512): TETRICUS of EQUESTORS (Spartacus, mgr.) DM 31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 258): ZARENDARGAR of OVERLORDS (The Icelord, mgr.) (turn 257): HELM HAMMERHAND of LORDS OF VALHALLA (High Lord Bosk) DM 33 NIATOLI ISLAND (turn 507): NIMBLE NEUTER of ARENA FELINES (Garfield, mgr.) DM 45 STORMCROWE (turn 234): MOTHER of DARQUE FORCES (Master Darque, mgr.) ALICE OSBORNE of MORDRED'S MADMEN (Abraxis, mgr.) DM 47 SCOMSS SWAMP (turn 228): KALYPSO of DARQUE FORCES (Master Darque, mgr.) DM 50 SNOWBOUND (turn 215): GILIA HARN of MIDDLE WAY 6 (Jorja, mgr.) (turn 214): ELLITA FESS of MIDDLE WAY 6 (Jorja, mgr.) DM 61 JURINE (turn 367): KIT-KAT of ARENA FELINES (Garfield, mgr.) DM 73 ERINIKA (turn 165): SAIONJI of PERFECTION QUEST II (Mannequin, mgr.) (turn 164): VANISH of THE INANIMATES (Mannequin, mgr.) SPY REPORT I can't believe the violence in LAPUR! I still haven't told Mom I'm writing Spyreports. She'd have a cow! Well, here we go... MVP award for ACCO? CROC FILES' proud of him after beating MAD DOG and getting 16 points. Talk about yer big time losers! QUICK STINGER got smashed by MOLLY, and lost 6 points! This Duelmaster is like something else! WENDY stopped TETRICUS dead in his tracks! Who was the wiseguy that said LAPUR's Duelmaster was paying for drinks at The Burning Tree? Don't look at me! I gotta admit I haven't been in "deep con caves" with any spies. Really, I just wing this stuff. Can CARDOW HUNTERS' STONETOOTH be more popular than me? He was challenged the most, but is that really the same? Challenges, revenges, Bloodfeuds. All LAPUR ever talks about is fighting! Me, I'm more laid back. 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'm getting tired of writing this stuff, so I'm calling it quits. Remember you guys, ease up sometimes! Chill out! Later, Debby Tonte DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME WENDY 4657 11 5 0 126 CROC FILES (374) CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -GOLIATH 1795 11 3 2 107 DEATH'S LORDS (203) CHARLIE 4555 16 25 0 92 CROC FILES (374) CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -LEXINGTON 4580 11 2 0 83 DARK GLORY (395) STONETOOTH 4560 20 20 0 81 CARDOW HUNTERS (359) MARIUS 4602 17 8 0 77 EQUESTORS (158) -FURY 3872 8 3 0 75 ECHL-EAST (313) -NASHVILLE 4577 7 3 0 69 DARK GLORY (395) CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME MURRY 4638 9 9 0 66 CROC FILES (374) MOLLY 4645 8 9 0 66 CROC FILES (374) ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME GALLIENUS 4607 13 11 1 56 EQUESTORS (158) WALKS SOFTLY 4568 9 27 0 55 CARDOW HUNTERS (359) QUICK STINGER 4600 13 14 0 53 CARDOW HUNTERS (359) AUREOLUS 4631 9 10 0 43 EQUESTORS (158) -ORATHAI 4598 3 1 0 43 ECHL-EAST (313) -EXPERIMENTOR 1794 7 3 0 38 DEATH'S LORDS (203) MAD DOG 4625 7 13 0 34 CARDOW HUNTERS (359) CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME ACCO 4691 3 0 1 33 CROC FILES (374) -LOUISVILLE 4579 3 2 0 29 DARK GLORY (395) POSTUMUS 4684 4 2 2 26 EQUESTORS (158) CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -YEAR OF THE CAT 4624 2 0 0 24 ARENA FELINES (399) INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -DR. DEATH 2262 3 2 2 20 DEATH'S LORDS (203) -MIGHTY MOUSER 4621 1 1 0 20 ARENA FELINES (399) -THE FLASH 2289 2 2 1 9 DEATH'S LORDS (203) -KID BOBCAT 4622 0 1 0 1 ARENA FELINES (399) '-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn. THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge? ALKAROM 4685 2 3 0 CARDOW HUNTERS 359 POSTUMUS 4684 513 ACCO 4680 2 5 0 CROC FILES 374 POSTUMUS 4684 509 REVENGED PERSONAL ADS Irritated Housewife -- That's what happens when you decide to swim in my pond. You get EATEN! -- Acco Stonetooth -- What? Giving up so soon? Can't believe you don't have the stamina to keep up. --Charlie Mad Dog -- Call me furry again and I'll have you eaten! -- Murry Lord Protector Tetricus -- I don't know how anybody can expect ME to give you "lands." I don't have any lands. If I did, I wouldn't be stuck in this dead-end job with the arena. And besides, it wasn't ME who promised you the "lands." Find out who said that, and get them from him/her/it. I'll watch and cheer. -- Chetam, odd- job man of Lapur arena Charlie -- Damned pesky reptile! I almost broke a tooth on your hide! -- Stonetooth Nashville -- Plenty dark enough, but where's the glory? -- Walks Softly P.S. I hate that "serious treatment" business. I'd rather have 'em telling jokes. Gallienus -- Well, seeing how your approached that fight, I'm amazed that you were just then getting that rating. Shierah! -- Mad Dog P.S. Secret admirer? What the heck? Aureolus -- Is that...no, I see it isn't. Still, I THOUGHT at first that you were a sort of earth-bound northern light. Must be your red hair. -- Quick Stinger The Flash -- You certainly came roaring out of the past. I hope your reception convinces you to go whimpering back into it. -- Alkarom The Flash -- Ignore Al. He's rude, but then, he's male. -- Quick Stinger Murry -- We expend our energies in hunting the Enemies of Light. A benighted reptile wouldn't understand that. -- Stonetooth 5 October 2005 To those once of Willaf -- It's time to come back to the sands. I'm back, exclusively at Willaf.... -- Kurd the Vivisectionist, Your Better 12 October 2005 Magic Man -- You are a fellow Canadian, are you not? Where do you hail from? I live in Kelowna, B.C. -- Maximillian, 8,13, 28, 47, 54 LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS MURRY was bested by STONETOOTH in a 2 minute Challenge fight. CHARLIE slimly won victory over MARIUS in a 4 minute veteran's Challenge duel. MOLLY demolished QUICK STINGER in a 1 minute uneven Challenge fight. ACCO devastated MAD DOG in a popular 1 minute one-sided Challenge contest. WENDY demolished TETRICUS in a 1 minute gruesome mismatched Title competition. GALLIENUS was defeated by STRIKE BREAKER in a exciting 1 minute struggle. WALKS SOFTLY slimly won victory over AUREOLUS in a 1 minute veteran's competition. POSTUMUS dispatched ALKAROM in a 3 minute gruesome duel. BATTLE REPORT MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS |FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT| |BASHING ATTACK 3 LUNGING ATTACK 8 - 5 - 0 62 | |WALL OF STEEL 3 BASHING ATTACK 18 - 13 - 0 58 | |STRIKING ATTACK 2 STRIKING ATTACK 17 - 13 - 1 57 | |PARRY-RIPOSTE 2 SLASHING ATTACK 11 - 9 - 2 55 | |SLASHING ATTACK 2 PARRY-LUNGE 7 - 6 - 0 54 | |AIMED BLOW 1 WALL OF STEEL 19 - 18 - 0 51 | |PARRY-LUNGE 1 PARRY-STRIKE 1 - 1 - 0 50 | |LUNGING ATTACK 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE 6 - 9 - 0 40 | |PARRY-STRIKE 0 AIMED BLOW 4 - 6 - 0 40 | |TOTAL PARRY 0 TOTAL PARRY 0 - 0 - 0 0 | Turn 513 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 BASHING ATTACK 1 - 2 2 STRIKING ATTACK PARRY-LUNGE 1 - 0 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 0 2 LUNGING ATTACK STRIKING ATTACK 2 - 0 LUNGING ATTACK 0 - 1 2 PARRY-LUNGE PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 - 1 TOTAL PARRY 0 - 0 2 WALL OF STEEL SLASHING ATTACK 1 - 1 WALL OF STEEL 0 - 3 1 AIMED BLOW 1 SLASHING ATTACK 1 BASHING ATTACK TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME STRIKING ATTACK WENDY 4657 11 5 0 126 CROC FILES (374) WALL OF STEEL MARIUS 4602 17 8 0 77 EQUESTORS (158) Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above. The overall popularity leader is QUICK STINGER 4600. The most popular warrior this turn was MARIUS 4602. The ten other most popular fighters were MURRY 4638, STONETOOTH 4560, CHARLIE 4555, POSTUMUS 4684, ACCO 4691, WENDY 4657, WALKS SOFTLY 4568, MOLLY 4645, AUREOLUS 4631, and ALKAROM 4685. The least popular fighter this week was GALLIENUS 4607. The other ten least popular fighters were MAD DOG 4625, QUICK STINGER 4600, ALKAROM 4685, AUREOLUS 4631, MOLLY 4645, WALKS SOFTLY 4568, WENDY 4657, ACCO 4691, POSTUMUS 4684, and CHARLIE 4555. The following warriors have traveled to AD after fighting this turn: TETRICUS (29-4601) EQUESTORS (158) NEW GRADUATES--FROM ALL ARENAS (INCLUDING CLOSED ARENAS) For those of you who keep track of such things, 12 additional warriors graduated from regular DM arenas (including closed arenas) since the last tournament. PETER (4-1642) of THE BAD BUNNIES PHILLIP THE BIRD (40-3708) of CRUEL PET NAMES MILES HITS THE ROAD (69-7270) of CRUMBLING LEAGUE ROCKWELL (7-5003) of UNDEAD ARTISTS FURRY BOX (72-4314) of BRIAN LOCK 0001 (82-12389) of OCT 2001 1 0002 (82-12390) of OCT 2001 1 SACRIFICE (82-12669) of GAMES PEOPLE PLAY HARRY SELDON (82-18333) of FOUNDATION ARMY PSYCHO BITCH (82-18670) of SANDY TOO ??RADAR?? (82-20310) of DYSLEXICS UNTIE! II LITA (82-27080) of DARK TOADS 04D Congrats to the grads. -- Green Eyes