DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 03/22/2006    Duedate: 04/04/2006

IAYE ARENA

DM-30    TURN-519

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

STEINBACH
THE A'S -- LOSERS II (431)
(30-4473) [22-21-0,132]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

STEINBACH                      POSITION IS EMPTY
THE A'S -- LOSERS II (431)     
(30-4473) [22-21-0,132]        

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

BIG MAC                        BIG MAC
THE A'S -- LOSERS II (431)     THE A'S -- LOSERS II (431)
(30-4547) [13-13-1,64]         (30-4547) [13-13-1,64]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

THE A'S -- LOSERS II (431)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. LENPROS (145)               25
2. THE WARLOCKS (430)          22      THE WARLOCKS (430)
3. WRESTLMANIACS (73)          20      Unchartered Team
4. THE A'S -- LOSERS II (431)  12
5. CRYSTAL PALACE (435)        11      BOUND4GLORY (320)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 1 THE WARLOCKS (430)       108  57  7 65.5   1/ 1 THE A'S -- LOSERS  (431)  8  7 1
 2/ 2 LENPROS (145)            868 575 25 60.2   2/ 2 CRYSTAL PALACE (435)      8  7 0
 3/ 3 THE A'S -- LOSERS  (431) 131 100  5 56.7   3/ 5 LENPROS (145)             6  5 0
 4/ 4 WRESTLMANIACS (73)        56  48  3 53.8   4/ 3 RED DOG GANG (356)        6  9 0
 5/ 5 GAMEHENDGE (299)         130 112  9 53.7   5/ 4 WRESTLMANIACS (73)        5  3 0
 6/ 6 CRYSTAL PALACE (435)      49  54  1 47.6   6/ 7 THE WARLOCKS (430)        4  5 0
 7/ 7 RED DOG GANG (356)       430 578 10 42.7   7/ 6 GAMEHENDGE (299)          3  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[ Deep Waters #14 ]H[ + ---:--- + ]H[ +

Iaye:

     The Archive was an old building, perhaps older than the destruction of Krael.
Gissanniah couldn't remember how many years ago that had been.  A little over four
hundred, she thought.  After her teammate Muttly had adventured in drowned Krael, he
had looked up the history, and he talked about it sometimes.  At tedious length,
sometimes, though now that she was probably going there herself, she wished she'd
paid more attention.
     It was almost as cold inside as outside, though neither wet nor windy.  Probably
the place wasn't heated.  It wasn't lighted well, either.  There were chandeliers and
brackets for lamps, but what light the interior received came from skylights, and on
this dark and stormy day, there wasn't much light in the sky.  Enough, though, to see
that the place was clean.  It would have been easy for the staff to leave it full of
dust and cobwebs.  How many people came here, after all?
     Gissanniah and Senator Sedalia were following one of the archivists (there were
three) along a hall on the upper floor, to the room he said contained 'records from
and about Krael'.  She leaned close to the senator and whispered, "What do we expect
to learn here?"
     Sedalia patted her hand.  "The physical layout of the old city, for a start," he
said.  "Then...I would like to see where, in a physical sense, power was
concentrated.  Where the wizards had their towers.  That may lead us to the points
that are important to Khaldren.  Destroy them, and we can perhaps hope to destroy
HIM, you see."
     She nodded, but she didn't see.  Oh, she saw a grand outline, but not how any of
it could be accomplished.  Was there going to be a map with a lot of stars on it
labeled "here there be wizards"?  Well, maybe there would be.  What did she know?
This was why the senator was in charge, and not her.
     They turned a corner, and the archivist cried out in horror.  A door farther
down was open, and the sound of tearing and smashing came from it.  With a cry of
"No, NO, the BOOKS!" the archivist rushed ahead.
     The two gladiators rushed after him.  Gissanniah drew her sword.  Senator
Sedalia picked up the bucket catching drips under one of the skylights in the hall;
it was nearly full.
     The room was long and high-ceilinged, lined with shelves and cabinets, and a
table stood in the center.  Alvin Moss, the Trustworthy Scribe from Iaye arena, was
pulling books and scrolls off one of the shelves and dumping them carelessly onto the
table.  And he had a jug of lamp oil and a fire-striking set all laid out neatly.
The Trustworthy Arsonist?
     Gissanniah lunged for him, but the man snatched up a wooden chair to use as a
shield, parrying her blow and then knocking her sprawling as he swung his furniture.
She rolled and came back to her feet, glancing around quickly to locate the other two
people in the room, and the furnishings that might trip her.  Something didn't fit
the pattern.  She knew immediately that Moss was playing some trick on them, that his
carefully arranged arson kit was just...stage setting.
     Where was the real show, then?  She looked around carefully.  The room was dim,
not much light coming from the rain-curtained windows.  No skylight, of course, it
was almost impossible to stop skylights from leaking, and you couldn't have them
leaking on books.  But at the far end, from behind one of the out-reaching sets of
shelves, there was another light, reddish and unsteady.  Fire!
     She dropped her sword and snatched the water bucket from the senator.  It was
heavy, but she scarcely noticed.  Behind her Sedalia and Moss were shouting.  She
didn't listen.  Around the corner, bucket raised to throw out the water.  The scene
that met her eyes was enough to make her pause.
     The Ruthless Jaywalker stood poised, a torch in one hand and a bloody dagger in
the other.  Sprawled in a pool of copper-colored blood on the floor was Something
that had been approximately human in shape before the Jaywalker's butchery; a cloud
of something dark was taking shape above the steaming entrails.
     Gissanniah hurled water and bucket together and reached for her sword.  Which
was not at her belt.  She remembered dropping it back near the center of the room,
but no time to go get it now.  She drew her dagger and faced the Ruthless Jaywalker.

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                          ---===ANDORIAN REGIONAL NEWS===---

                                     Duelmasters
                                     -----------
 DM   8 ARKERS (turn 267): INOCHI of YAKUZA (Sensei Jan, mgr.)
 DM  11 ARUAK CITY (turn 536): POSITION IS EMPTY
 DM  14 TOBIR (turn 536): LITTLE DEVIL of PLAYPEN (KAT, mgr.)
 DM  22 SOLVEN (turn 529): BLIZZARD of JUST CHILLIN (Mr. Freeze, mgr.)
 DM  24 ZORPUNT (turn 525): KING BROWN SNAKE of AUSSIE KILLERS (THawk, mgr.)
 DM  25 LYRATILAN (turn 525): RICK O'SHEA of FUNKY FOLK (Papa Bear, mgr.)
 DM  26 CALEAM (turn 523): WARBRIDE of VORTEX (Lord Xiang, mgr.)
 DM  30 IAYE (turn 518): STEINBACH of THE A'S -- LOSERS II (Malaquar, mgr.)
 DM  40 ZENSU (turn 487): DRIZZT of PHILANTHROPISTS (Aragorn, mgr.)
 DM  41 KATI-TEI (turn 479): 5 GOT PICKED of 072905R (The Muffin Man, mgr.)
 DM  46 ARDIVENT (turn 469): 8-BALL of INFERNAL LORDS (DeGotti, mgr.)
 DM  52 FRATSFA (turn 215): INSOLENT IRIS of FLOWER GIRLS (Lady Fern, mgr.)
 DM  60 ARADI (turn 385): FALCON XLI of DEATH STUDS VII (Death Stud, mgr.)
 DM  63 AMEN-TEI (turn 373): ROADBLOCK of WAYFARERS (Leeta, mgr.)
 DM  71 KYR'TERR (turn 169): I OF THE KNEE DOLL of HAZAARDS OF CLONING (Crip, mgr.)
ADM 105 ANDORAK (turn 421): ZEBRAWOOD of ACTION TOYS from KATI-TEI (Papaiz, mgr.)

                                      Top Teams
                                      ---------
 DM   8 ARKERS (turn 267): ORCISH IDIOMS (Slugbait, mgr.)
 DM  11 ARUAK CITY (turn 536): LETHAL HERITAGE (Lord Xiang, mgr.)
 DM  14 TOBIR (turn 536): PLAYPEN (KAT, mgr.)
 DM  22 SOLVEN (turn 529): KELLUMBO'S KIDS (Detective Kellumbo, mgr.)
 DM  24 ZORPUNT (turn 525): MONEY PIT (Papaiz, mgr.)
 DM  25 LYRATILAN (turn 525): ERRATA (JE, mgr.)
 DM  26 CALEAM (turn 523): GOLDEN CANYON (Leeta, mgr.)
 DM  30 IAYE (turn 518): THE A'S -- LOSERS II (Malaquar, mgr.)
 DM  40 ZENSU (turn 487): PHILANTHROPISTS (Aragorn, mgr.)
 DM  41 KATI-TEI (turn 479): WANDERERS (Leeta, mgr.)
 DM  46 ARDIVENT (turn 469): CYNICAL DELUSIONS (Eclipse, mgr.)
 DM  52 FRATSFA (turn 215): BLOOD AND GUTS! (The Pentalque, mgr.)
 DM  60 ARADI (turn 385): CRAZY CREEPS (Crazy Creepster, mgr.)
 DM  63 AMEN-TEI (turn 373): WAYFARERS (Leeta, mgr.)
 DM  71 KYR'TERR (turn 169): NIGHTHAWKS (Savant, mgr.)
ADM 105 ANDORAK (turn 420): THE LAST STRAW V (Doc Steele, mgr.)

                                   Recent Graduates
                                   ----------------
 DM  11 ARUAK CITY (turn 535): BIG LOU of MANIC MARVELS (Barnabas, mgr.)
 DM  22 SOLVEN (turn 528): BROOKS AND DUNN of THE REPUBLICANS (The Judge, mgr.)
 DM  24 ZORPUNT (turn 525): KING BROWN SNAKE of AUSSIE KILLERS (THawk, mgr.)
 DM  25 LYRATILAN (turn 525): RICK O'SHEA of FUNKY FOLK (Papa Bear, mgr.)
                  (turn 524): MENTAL of ERRATA (JE, mgr.)
 DM  26 CALEAM (turn 522): BOUNCER of GOLDEN CANYON (Leeta, mgr.)
 DM  46 ARDIVENT (turn 469): VECORDIUS of CYNICAL DELUSIONS (Eclipse, mgr.)
 DM  60 ARADI (turn 384): ASSHE-MASTER of 4000 BLOWS (Nuln, mgr.)
                          PRETTY BOY of RED DOG GANG (Spot, mgr.)
 DM  71 KYR'TERR (turn 168): SHAVED MONKEY of SECOND CHANCES (Papaiz, mgr.)

                                      SPY REPORT

     Hail and well met warriors of IAYE!  Know me for who I am, Zontani Sharp Eyes, 
Spymaster extraordinaire of all Alastari.  ROWDY RODDY caught the eye of many in the 
gladiatorial commission as he skillfully bested WROTE THE BOOK and was awarded 18 
points in recognition.  In one of the week's more notable duels, PASTOR PENTANE put 
down RISHTEKE, causing him to lose 14 points of recognition in the process.  Who here 
was not present for the title fight this week as STONE COLD boldly challenged 
STEINBACH in order to strive for the Duelmasters honors?  Not for nothing has 
STEINBACH in the past laid claim to the Duelmaster's throne, and this week he's 
proven his combat skill yet again.  Would you believe that over half of the old women 
in IAYE seem to feel that they could fight better than you gladiators?   
     I have been in deep conclave with my spies who watched all that has recently 
transpired.  Indeed there is much I would report.  IAYE, city of gladiators!  Mighty 
among the names of thy guilds is LENPROS, a guild shunned and avoided by many in the 
weekly duels.  If you didn't look down dark alleys you'd have been hard pressed to 
find any of WRESTLMANIACS last week.  Busy avoiding LENPROS?  Loose talk at the arena 
has reached my ears and it but confirms the knowledge that many fighters are after 
OUTBACK JACK.  Watch your back!   
     What warrior does not hone his years, impatiently waiting for the moment of his 
foe's mortality?  Dark alleys may hide both secrets and assassins.  In the arena 
there is only the brightness of steel.  Keep vigil always!   
     A thought before I go.  Each warrior practices one style, but must not the wise 
manager learn the secrets of them all?  Sadly warriors, now longer can I keep thy 
company nor savor the ale of thy fine city.  Depart I must and soon!  Till next we 
meet remember - the pen is mightier than the sword, but a maul is a different 
story!-- Zontani Sharp Eyes  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 STEINBACH 4473               22  21  0   132       THE A'S -- LOSERS II (431)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 PASTOR PENTANE 4519          12  10  1   106       LENPROS (145)
 STONE COLD 4315               8   2  0    92       WRESTLMANIACS (73)
-DR. ROSENZWEIG 4247          25  11  1    91       LENPROS (145)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 WALT WEISS 4482              22  18  1    85       THE A'S -- LOSERS II (431)
 ENCHANTED 4517               15  15  0    85       CRYSTAL PALACE (435)
 RISHTEKE 4511                18  18  1    84       RED DOG GANG (356)
 THE CLEAR 4539               16  11  0    72       THE A'S -- LOSERS II (431)
 COCO B. WARE 685             13   8  0    72       WRESTLMANIACS (73)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 UNSCATHED 4516               16  14  0    66       CRYSTAL PALACE (435)
 BIG MAC 4547                 13  13  1    64       THE A'S -- LOSERS II (431)
 ROWDY RODDY 621              11  12  0    64       WRESTLMANIACS (73)
 EARTHQUAKE EXCUSE 4584        7   4  1    61       THE A'S -- LOSERS II (431)
 TALKIN' CAMEL WALK 4586       8   3  1    60       GAMEHENDGE (299)
 CHIEF TOMTOM 4513             6   0  0    58       LENPROS (145)
 WROTE THE BOOK 4540          15  12  0    57       GAMEHENDGE (299)
 SGT. SCHMID 4569              8   5  0    57       LENPROS (145)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 OUTBACK JACK 672             11  12  2    52       WRESTLMANIACS (73)
 BIGFOOTS 4512                 8  26  0    50       RED DOG GANG (356)
 LADY HUNTSMAN 4579            8   4  0    45       LENPROS (145)
 QUEEN CHINEE 4588             7   4  0    38       THE WARLOCKS (430)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 RAINY RAIN 4595               4   2  0    29       CRYSTAL PALACE (435)
 ON THE MOON 4587              4   7  0    28       THE WARLOCKS (430)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SNOWY SNOW 4597               4   2  0    23       CRYSTAL PALACE (435)
 DR TRINAIRE 4606              2   0  0    21       RED DOG GANG (356)
 SUNLIGHT SPLATRZ 4583         4   4  1    20       THE WARLOCKS (430)
-THE HITMAN 4550               2   0  0    20       WRESTLMANIACS (73)
 HITHELLIENE 4596              2   4  0    10       RED DOG GANG (356)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 WINDY WIND 4593               1   6  0     9       CRYSTAL PALACE (435)
 FENCE POST 4604               1   3  0     6       RED DOG GANG (356)

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

THE DEAD               W  L K TEAM NAME             SLAIN BY             TURN Revenge?
PERROJO 4510          11 23 2 RED DOG GANG 356      WALT WEISS 4482       517 REVENGED

                                     PERSONAL ADS

Old Doc Circ?  Now that is a name from the past.  It will be good to hear from him
again.  We look forward to your DM column. -- Lenpro

Rishteke -- Dr Rosenzweig may never tell you this, but I thought you fought well and
deserve the title.  Salute. -- Lenpro

Pshaw!  Rishteke, lucky!  Who'd you pay? -- Dr Rosenzweig

Enchanted -- That was some enchanted evening.  Amen. -- Pastor Pentane

Bigfoots -- You surprised me, Sir.  Very well fought. -- Lady Huntsman

Lady Huntsman -- All the ladies follow me, because of the old saying about big feet
meaning big other parts.  Uh, hands?  Anyway, lots of ladies around, but I do like an
orc.  So, um, well developed.  (ogles shamelessly)  And you ARE, too. -- Bigfoots

Walt Weiss -- Ah, GOOD.  A winning record for me again, at least for the moment, and
what else IS there except this moment?  Everything else is rumors and lies. --
Rishteke

Windy Wind -- And you did the blowy blow thing very...effithiently, too.  Not that
I'm thrilled, mind you, but credit where it'th due:  you are a hard blower. --
Hithelliene

A Shifty-eyed Volunteer came and SAT on me!  Like he thought he as an OWL or
something.  Stupid bird. -- Fence Post
P.S.  He got splinters in his feet.  Ha!

This Shiftyeyed Volunteer wanted to tell me about his...ah, his gall bladder or
something.  What do I know about them?  I'm a vet.  But I finally agreed to remove
it.  With a sword. -- Dr Trinaire
P.S.  And if he didn't know his gall bladder was in his leg, well, that's why he
wanted a doctor, right?

Sgt Schmid -- You want the plates licked clean?  I can do that! -- Rishteke, feeling
the dog in him taking over

22 February 2006
The Olympics have arrived!

The Mordanti Olympics, having been gone for six years, have returned to the Mordanti
Alliance, sponsored by Amicitia Primoris.  Teams have competed against each other for
recognition and notoriety four times in the past.  It is far past time for the fifth
Mordanti Olympics to be held.  The Mordanti Olympics shall be held in the Mordant
arena (DM-1) from May 1st (T544) through Oct 30 (T557).  There will be a
'registration period' lasting until T543, where teams will be allowed to register by
activating in Mordant and declaring their participation in the personals.  Rules will
be posted in the Mordant arena (DM-1) newsletter no later than T543, but shall be
available online before then.  An announcement will be made as to where they will be
posted.  Prizes will be awarded to the winners.

Lord Xiang

Amicitia Primoris
amicitia@gwi.net
http://amicitiaprimoris.gotdns.com

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

STONE COLD was bested by STEINBACH in a 1 minute master's Challenge Title fight.
COCO B. WARE subdued BIG MAC in a popular 6 minute gruesome veteran's Challenge melee.
CHIEF TOMTOM viciously subdued BIGFOOTS in a 3 minute gory Challenge contest.
OUTBACK JACK was luckily beaten by UNSCATHED in a 2 minute master's Challenge match.
RISHTEKE was vanquished by PASTOR PENTANE in a 1 minute brutal mismatched fight.
WALT WEISS was bested by ENCHANTED in a action packed 3 minute veteran's competition.
EARTHQUAKE EXCUSE was vanquished by VIRGINAL CONCUBINE in a 1 minute uneven duel.
SGT. SCHMID was savagely defeated by THE CLEAR in a action packed 3 minute gory duel.
WROTE THE BOOK was overpowered by ROWDY RODDY in a 1 minute uneven match.
LADY HUNTSMAN beat RAINY RAIN in a 2 minute fight.
TALKIN' CAMEL WALK demolished SNOWY SNOW in a 1 minute mismatched match.
QUEEN CHINEE handily defeated HITHELLIENE in a exciting 1 minute one-sided contest.
SUNLIGHT SPLATRZ viciously subdued FENCE POST in a crowd pleasing 3 minute bout.
WINDY WIND was overpowered by ON THE MOON in a crowd pleasing 1 minute one-sided duel.
DR TRINAIRE vanquished SHIFTYEYED VOLUNTEER in a 1 minute one-sided fray.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|LUNGING ATTACK                   7         PARRY-LUNGE       18 -  11 -  2      62  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      5         PARRY-RIPOSTE     11 -   8 -  2      58  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     4         PARRY-STRIKE      19 -  14 -  1      58  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    4         SLASHING ATTACK    9 -   7 -  0      56  |
|AIMED BLOW                       2         TOTAL PARRY       24 -  20 -  0      55  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      2         WALL OF STEEL     23 -  20 -  0      53  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    1         BASHING ATTACK     6 -   6 -  0      50  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  1         AIMED BLOW        15 -  16 -  0      48  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  1         LUNGING ATTACK    28 -  38 -  2      42  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   1         STRIKING ATTACK    3 -   5 -  0      38  |

Turn 519 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     LUNGING ATTACK     2 -  5         3  TOTAL PARRY    
PARRY-STRIKE       4 -  0     WALL OF STEEL      1 -  3         3  LUNGING ATTACK 
PARRY-RIPOSTE      1 -  0     SLASHING ATTACK    0 -  1         2  AIMED BLOW     
TOTAL PARRY        3 -  2     STRIKING ATTACK    0 -  1         1  STRIKING ATTACK
PARRY-LUNGE        1 -  1     BASHING ATTACK     0 -  1         1  WALL OF STEEL  
                                                                1  PARRY-LUNGE    

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
TOTAL PARRY      STEINBACH 4473             22  21  0  132 THE A'S -- LOSERS II (431)
LUNGING ATTACK   PASTOR PENTANE 4519        12  10  1  106 LENPROS (145)
STRIKING ATTACK  STONE COLD 4315             8   2  0   92 WRESTLMANIACS (73)
PARRY-LUNGE      THE CLEAR 4539             16  11  0   72 THE A'S -- LOSERS II (431)
AIMED BLOW       UNSCATHED 4516             16  14  0   66 CRYSTAL PALACE (435)
PARRY-STRIKE     TALKIN' CAMEL WALK 4586     8   3  1   60 GAMEHENDGE (299)
WALL OF STEEL    CHIEF TOMTOM 4513           6   0  0   58 LENPROS (145)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is BIG MAC 4547.  The most popular warrior this turn 
was BIG MAC 4547.  The ten other most popular fighters were WALT WEISS 4482, THE 
CLEAR 4539, SUNLIGHT SPLATRZ 4583, OUTBACK JACK 672, CHIEF TOMTOM 4513, BIGFOOTS 
4512, RAINY RAIN 4595, QUEEN CHINEE 4588, ON THE MOON 4587, and COCO B. WARE 685.

The least popular fighter this week was FENCE POST 4604.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were SNOWY SNOW 4597, EARTHQUAKE EXCUSE 4584, RISHTEKE 4511, WINDY WIND 
4593, HITHELLIENE 4596, LADY HUNTSMAN 4579, WROTE THE BOOK 4540, SGT. SCHMID 4569, DR 
TRINAIRE 4606, and ROWDY RODDY 621.