DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER
Date : 02/05/2014 Duedate: 02/18/2014
LAPUR ARENA
DM-29 TURN-729
This Weeks Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
ZOT
THE GUILD (208)
(29-4464) [11-3-1,94]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
ZOT ALI BOOMBAH YAY
THE GUILD (208) DEVIATION (488)
(29-4464) [11-3-1,94] (29-5874) [5-0-0,46]
Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite
RAVAGE DONT CALLME CASSIUS
THE TAKEN (173) DEVIATION (488)
(29-4444) [15-15-1,86] (29-5998) [3-1-0,21]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
THE GUILD (208)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. CAVEMEN (480) 14
2. THE TAKEN (173) 13 THE TAKEN (173)
3. CLAN CROW (456) 12 Unchartered Team
4. THE GUILD (208) 11
5. DEVIATION (488) 10 DEVIATION (488)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1/ 1*DEVIATION (488) 19 10 1 65.5 1/ 1 THE GUILD (208) 10 5 0
2- 2 SHADOWMIST (491) 54 46 7 54.0 2/ 2*DEVIATION (488) 7 5 0
3/ 3 THE TAKEN (173) 652 591 33 52.5 3/ 3 CARDOW HUNTERS (359) 6 9 0
4/ 4 BLACK SAMURAI (166) 436 422 24 50.8 4/ 5 CLAN CROW (456) 5 2 0
5/ 5 CLAN CROW (456) 222 216 16 50.7 5/ 7 THE TAKEN (173) 5 9 0
6/ 7 THE GUILD (208) 549 613 22 47.2 6- 6 SHADOWMIST (491) 3 2 0
7/ 8 CARDOW HUNTERS (359) 738 913 15 44.7 7/ 0*CAVEMEN (480) 1 0 0
8/ 0*CAVEMEN (480) 2 3 0 40.0 8/ 8 BLACK SAMURAI (166) 1 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
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---===FREE BLADES REGIONAL NEWS===---
Duelmasters
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DM 9 ZUKAL (turn 741): CHANTAL of BLUE MOON (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 12 RIZTAB (turn 743): CHARLENE of SWEET MAGIC (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 13 DULLENS (turn 716): PARAGON ORCA of 7TH SANCTUM (Hombre, mgr.)
DM 15 MALCORN (turn 737): SIR TOO DUMB of THE GRAIL KNIGHTS (The Dark One, mgr.)
DM 16 WILLAF (turn 739): 56TH AND WABASHA of BLOOD ON THE TRACKS (Howlin' Wolf)
DM 17 ALJAFIR (turn 730): PING of G.O.L.F. (The Chosen One, mgr.)
DM 19 ZUWAYZA (turn 731): NEWT ROCKNE of MAN OR BEAST? (The Dark One, mgr.)
DM 28 MORYA (turn 368): MERCURY of ZODIAC (Stargazer, mgr.)
DM 29 LAPUR (turn 728): RAVAGE of THE TAKEN (Stillgard, mgr.)
DM 31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 365): NABUCA of WHAMMO & THUDDA 4U! (La Guillotine, mgr.)
DM 32 ARVAT (turn 728): DISEMBOWELED DORA of THE WALKING DEAD (Deep Thought, mgr.)
DM 33 NIATOLI ISLAND (turn 722): WHITE SQUALL of SEA DOGS (One Armed Bandit, mgr)
DM 35 MURSKA (turn 714): LORD'S PRAYER of FOOT OF PRIDE (Howlin' Wolf, mgr.)
DM 43 VEASTIAN (turn 672): BLACK ZANJO of THE FAMILY (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 45 STORMCROWE (turn 343): LAPUR BISQUE of SHEWISH BUFFET (One Armed Bandit, mgr)
DM 47 NORTH FORK (turn 337): JACK B. NIMBLE of ROYAL FLUSH (Crip, mgr.)
DM 50 SNOWBOUND (turn 324): QUALITY of LIFE IMPACTS (Smitty, mgr.)
DM 56 ROCANIS (turn 604): GASTON IPPS of MIDDLE WAY 20 (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 60 ARADI (turn 589): DAISY DAWG of RED DOG GANG (Spot, mgr.)
DM 61 JURINE (turn 571): RACK OF LAB of CANINE CUISINE (Chuck, mgr.)
DM 65 DAL SHANG (turn 565): KALDAN TEN KARAN of SAND DANCERS (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 73 ERINIKA (turn 273): ADAM of THE BEGINNING (Chuck, mgr.)
DM 74 DAYLA KIV (turn 526): HOGSHEAD of COUNTRY PIE (Howlin' Wolf, mgr.)
DM 75 JADE MOUNTAIN (turn 521): ANGEL of RUNEBLADES (Stillgard, mgr)
DM 78 LIN TIRIAN (turn 512): GENERAL 2 of MEDAL OF HONOR Z2 (The Anarchist, mgr.)
ADM 103 FREE BLADES (turn 629): SANDMAN of DARKLINGS (She-Puppy, mgr.)
Top Teams
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DM 9 ZUKAL (turn 741): BLUE MOON (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 12 RIZTAB (turn 743): SWEET MAGIC (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 13 DULLENS (turn 716): CARDOW HUNTERS (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 15 MALCORN (turn 737): THE GRAIL KNIGHTS (The Dark One, mgr.)
DM 16 WILLAF (turn 739): BLOOD ON THE TRACKS (Howlin' Wolf, mgr.)
DM 17 ALJAFIR (turn 730): BODY OF MUSIC (Howlin' Wolf, mgr.)
DM 19 ZUWAYZA (turn 731): MAN OR BEAST? (The Dark One, mgr.)
DM 28 MORYA (turn 368): ZODIAC (Stargazer, mgr.)
DM 29 LAPUR (turn 728): THE GUILD (Guido, mgr.)
DM 31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 365): WHAMMO & THUDDA 4U! (La Guillotine, mgr.)
DM 32 ARVAT (turn 725): SECRET SQUIRRELS (Gentleben, mgr.)
DM 33 NIATOLI ISLAND (turn 722): SUMMERTEETH (Howlin' Wolf, mgr.)
DM 35 MURSKA (turn 714): FOOT OF PRIDE (Floyd, mgr.)
DM 43 VEASTIAN (turn 672): THE FAMILY (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 45 STORMCROWE (turn 343): DARQUE FORCES (Master Darque, mgr.)
DM 47 NORTH FORK (turn 337): TOLBINS HIVE A (Tolbin, mgr.)
DM 50 SNOWBOUND (turn 324): MESOPOTAMIA (Var, mgr.)
DM 56 ROCANIS (turn 604): MEDAL OF HONOR A11 (The Anarchist, mgr.)
DM 60 ARADI (turn 589): RED DOG GANG (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 61 JURINE (turn 571): MIDDLE WAY 16 (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 65 DAL SHANG (turn 565): SAND DANCERS (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 73 ERINIKA (turn 273): MIDDLE WAY 18 (Jorja, mgr>)
DM 74 DAYLA KIV (turn 529): SAND DANCERS (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 75 JADE MOUNTAIN (turn 521): GRIZZLED VETERANS (Dameon Darkheart, mgr.)
DM 78 LIN TIRIAN (turn 512): MEDAL OF HONOR Z2 (The Anarchist, mgr.)
ADM 103 FREE BLADES (turn 629): DIRT DEVILS et al (The Dark One, mgr.)
Recent Graduates
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DM 12 RIZTAB (turn 742): TATUM of BLUE NOTE (Howlin' Wolf, mgr.)
DM 19 ZUWAYZA (turn 730): SAMUEL COLT of MAN OR BEAST? (The Dark One, mgr.)
DM 31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 365): VENGEANCE of THE STORM REAVERS (?, mgr.)
DM 32 ARVAT (turn 727): RUE LEROHELL of DEVIL ADVOCATES (The Dark One, mgr.)
DM 33 NIATOLI ISLAND (turn 721): PIEHOLDEN SWEET of SUMMERTEETH (Howlin' Wolf, mgr)
DM 35 MURSKA (turn 713): DEIRDRIE of CHILDREN OF LLYR (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 45 STORMCROWE (turn 342): THE STATISTITIAN of AVID FANS (Crip, mgr.)
DM 47 NORTH FORK (turn 337): JACK B. NIMBLE of ROYAL FLUSH (Crip, mgr.)
DM 50 SNOWBOUND (turn 324): QUALITY of LIFE IMPACTS (Smitty, mgr.)
DM 56 ROCANIS (turn 604): GASTON IPPS of MIDDLE WAY 20 (Jorja, mgr.)
DROXINE of TREXTRAS (Otto X, mgr.)
(turn 603): LOIS THUG of STRAIGHT UP THUGS (?, mgr.)
DM 61 JURINE (turn 671): CHUCK ENDERN of MIDDLE WAY 16 (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 75 JADE MOUNTAIN (turn 521): WRATH of MASTERS OF SIN (The Greek Guy, mgr.)
DUELMASTER'S COLUMN
Notes from the arena champ.
Salutations, Lapur!
It's a great pleasure to be the Duelmistress here in the best city in all of
Alastari! Thanks, Zargus, for a great battle. Stillgard tells me he has finally
seen the potential I have come to fruition. I aim to hold the throne for a few more
turns, so, Enigma, you will have to be patient. Bring on the challenges!
Duelmistress Ravage
SPY REPORT
Thankyouthankyou. It's great for me, The Unknown Spymaster to be back in LAPUR.
Hope you enjoy the show. Oh, who am I kidding? I already got paid! Hey everybody,
watch out for GRUMBLEBONE, who flew up 17 points in the rankings after mashing ZARGAS
like a melon. Keep your eye on this guy. And falling like a basher in the top ten
was ZARGAS, who dropped 13 points after a disappointing (to say the least) bout with
GRUMBLEBONE. It's a proud day for the THE GUILD stable, as their warrior, HOPE'S
END, ascended the Duelmaster's throne. 4 out of 5 gladiators surveyed protect the
body, so try and avoid aiming at that location.
But enough of that bunch, let's get on to the wimps who like to avoid battle!
Here's a song for you: Who's afraid of the big, bad THE GUILD? Big bad THE GUILD.
Big bad THE GUILD. LAPUR's afraid of the big bad THE GUILD. Tra la la la la! And
you guys like to boo me? Well, unsling your rasberries, cause CLAN CROW beats feet
every time THE GUILD smiles at them. Try farming, eh? And who is this VAGAN you
ask, with 89 points and a 14-9-1 record. Ooh, the tales I could tell!
Remember that an arena is not always a safe place to be, but it is one of the
most interesting, though! In the 'Oops, What Have I Done?' category, HIRONOBU was
mashed by RED MARE, who let HIRONOBU know that killing members of CARDOW HUNTERS is a
no-no. Ask not the elves for counsel, for they will say both yes and no. Silly
buggers, eh?
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. Well, there goes another Spy
Report. Good luck in next week's fights. Its been real, and its been fun, but it
hasn't been real fun...-- The Unknown Spymaster
DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
ZOT 4464 11 3 1 94 THE GUILD (208)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
VAGAN 4082 14 9 1 89 THE GUILD (208)
RAVAGE 4444 15 15 1 86 THE TAKEN (173)
GRUMBLEBONE 5952 9 4 0 82 THE TAKEN (173)
ZARGAS 4425 12 8 0 69 THE GUILD (208)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-SERENA 5923 10 9 0 67 SHADOWMIST (491)
CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-THE PAIN AINT CHEAP 5876 6 2 1 63 DEVIATION (488)
PERILOUS QUINN 5869 10 12 0 62 CLAN CROW (456)
-JAYLA 5936 10 9 5 61 SHADOWMIST (491)
ENIGMA 4466 15 13 2 60 THE TAKEN (173)
-FIASA DERIGA 5986 4 2 0 59 CLAN CROW (456)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
RED MARE 5972 10 5 0 50 CARDOW HUNTERS (359)
-DRAAF 5955 10 5 0 48 SHADOWMIST (491)
ALI BOOMBAH YAY 5874 5 0 0 46 DEVIATION (488)
-PREXUS 5950 9 8 1 42 SHADOWMIST (491)
SANDSTORM 5957 10 7 0 39 CARDOW HUNTERS (359)
HIRONOBU 5911 8 4 1 36 BLACK SAMURAI (166)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
LINNAEUS 5784 2 1 0 31 CAVEMEN (480)
WINDGLASS 5947 5 15 0 30 CARDOW HUNTERS (359)
ZORCH 4465 6 8 0 26 THE GUILD (208)
YEZURA 5953 5 8 0 25 THE TAKEN (173)
STAFFER MCEVILY 5999 2 0 0 24 CLAN CROW (456)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-SHAMROCK SHAMUS 5904 3 6 0 23 CLAN CROW (456)
DONT CALLME CASSIUS 5998 3 1 0 21 DEVIATION (488)
ABODEEN DALTRY 5997 2 1 0 19 CLAN CROW (456)
-ARLUS 6001 2 0 0 19 SHADOWMIST (491)
ROOKIE MISTAKE 5875 3 4 0 17 DEVIATION (488)
QUEEN FOR A DAY 5913 2 0 0 15 DEVIATION (488)
NEKODA 5958 1 8 0 11 BLACK SAMURAI (166)
MORNING DRUM 6000 1 4 0 7 CARDOW HUNTERS (359)
-TROGLODYTE 5788 0 1 0 7 CAVEMEN (480)
HUNTER 6008 0 3 0 3 CARDOW HUNTERS (359)
-SHINE 6009 0 1 0 1 THE TAKEN (173)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
DANCING CAT 5905 5 19 0 CARDOW HUNTERS 359 HIRONOBU 5911 726 JUST REVENGED
PERSONAL ADS
Cardow Hunters -- Thank you! Though I seem to have been booted from the throne
again, at least it was not by another stand-in. -- Zargas
Sandstorm -- In what context is Captured Orc better than us? -- Zot and Zorch
Enigma -- Interesting weapon choice. -- Hope's End
The Pain Ain't Cheap -- Great fight. I am somewhat curious how close we are in
actual experience. -- Vagan
Ravage -- Sadly, that is what I expected the last time we fought. -- Zargas
Perilous Quinn -- There I go, confusing Guido again. -- Zot
Red Mare -- Well, at least this time I got to attack, for all the good it did me. --
Zorch
All -- For those who care, Hope's End started out 8-9-6-15-21-12-13, PL. She lucked
into Normal Damage. She now has a Master in Parry, AdExes in Initiative and Attack,
and an Expert in Defense. She favors the Epee, Low/High, no tactic. She's my third
PL to graduate, and all three got the Epee. She also completes the Round Robin for
me from Lapur (only took about 23 years). -- Guido
Hope's End -- Hey! Who switched my weapon out! I call shenanigans! -- Enigma
Hironobu -- Drinks are on me at the Drowned Rat! -- Grumblebone
Cassius -- Er, wait. What am I supposed to call you? -- Yezura
Queenie -- You shouldn't hit me so hard, that hurts! -- Shine
Y'know, someone could really screw up the proofing if they named warriors after
typefaces and fonts. A personal to Lucida... I might not even spot it amongst
the formatting code.
Our congratulations to Hope's End. That was a good resolution to your hope. -- Jorja
and the Cardow Hunters
Two-three, but nobody died, so we can live with it.
Fiasa Deriga -- Is this more of that orc-elf enimity showing? -- Sandstorm
Rookie Mistake -- Please! Make lots of 'em! -- Windglass, admiring his win
Abodeen Daltry -- My mama always told me, "Don't you go trusting a Daltry!" And I
see now that she was RIGHT. Who'd've thought it? -- Hunter
Zorch -- Just scorched through that one! -- Red Mare
Staffer McEvily -- I did not need this. I could have been content without it. Let
us NOT repeat it. -- Morning Drum, planning on waking you at some unreasonable hour,
when it's still dark and SNOWING HEAVILY
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
PERILOUS QUINN was devastated by VAGAN in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge fight.
ALI BOOMBAH YAY vanquished WINDGLASS in a 1 minute uneven Challenge battle.
ROOKIE MISTAKE was savagely defeated by YEZURA in a 2 minute gruesome Challenge fight.
QUEEN FOR A DAY bested NEKODA in a 1 minute Challenge contest.
RAVAGE was overpowered by HOPE'S END in a 3 minute bloody one-sided fight.
ZARGAS was bested by GRUMBLEBONE in a 1 minute duel.
ZOT overpowered ENIGMA in a 1 minute one-sided Title struggle.
SANDSTORM bested ZORCH in a 2 minute competition.
RED MARE savagely defeated HIRONOBU in a 2 minute gruesome melee.
DONT CALLME CASSIUS slimly lost to LINNAEUS in a action packed 4 minute gory duel.
ABODEEN DALTRY vanquished HUNTER in a 1 minute one-sided duel.
STAFFER MCEVILY overpowered MORNING DRUM 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|
|WALL OF STEEL 6 LUNGING ATTACK 25 - 12 - 0 68 |
|STRIKING ATTACK 4 PARRY-STRIKE 6 - 3 - 0 67 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 3 PARRY-LUNGE 22 - 13 - 2 63 |
|BASHING ATTACK 3 WALL OF STEEL 28 - 24 - 1 54 |
|LUNGING ATTACK 2 TOTAL PARRY 6 - 6 - 0 50 |
|AIMED BLOW 2 BASHING ATTACK 13 - 13 - 1 50 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 2 SLASHING ATTACK 7 - 9 - 0 44 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 1 STRIKING ATTACK 9 - 16 - 0 36 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 AIMED BLOW 5 - 10 - 0 33 |
|TOTAL PARRY 0 PARRY-RIPOSTE 5 - 15 - 0 25 |
Turn 729 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 PARRY-LUNGE 1 - 2 3 LUNGING ATTACK
LUNGING ATTACK 2 - 0 STRIKING ATTACK 1 - 3 2 WALL OF STEEL
WALL OF STEEL 5 - 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 1 2 PARRY-LUNGE
AIMED BLOW 1 - 1 BASHING ATTACK 0 - 3 2 BASHING ATTACK
SLASHING ATTACK 1 - 1 TOTAL PARRY 0 - 0 1 PARRY-STRIKE
1 STRIKING ATTACK
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
LUNGING ATTACK ZOT 4464 11 3 1 94 THE GUILD (208)
WALL OF STEEL VAGAN 4082 14 9 1 89 THE GUILD (208)
PARRY-STRIKE GRUMBLEBONE 5952 9 4 0 82 THE TAKEN (173)
STRIKING ATTACK ZARGAS 4425 12 8 0 69 THE GUILD (208)
BASHING ATTACK ENIGMA 4466 15 13 2 60 THE TAKEN (173)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
The overall popularity leader is RAVAGE 4444. The most popular warrior this turn was
DONT CALLME CASSIUS 5998. The ten other most popular fighters were YEZURA 5953, RED
MARE 5972, ALI BOOMBAH YAY 5874, ZORCH 4465, LINNAEUS 5784, STAFFER MCEVILY 5999,
VAGAN 4082, QUEEN FOR A DAY 5913, RAVAGE 4444, and GRUMBLEBONE 5952.
The least popular fighter this week was MORNING DRUM 6000. The other ten least
popular fighters were HUNTER 6008, HIRONOBU 5911, ENIGMA 4466, NEKODA 5958, ROOKIE
MISTAKE 5875, WINDGLASS 5947, ZARGAS 4425, PERILOUS QUINN 5869, ABODEEN DALTRY 5997,
and SANDSTORM 5957.
The following warriors have traveled to AD after fighting this turn:
HOPE'S END (29-4031) THE GUILD (208)