DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER
Date : 08/09/2006 Duedate: 08/22/2006
IAYE ARENA
DM-30 TURN-529
This Weeks Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
CHIEF TOMTOM
LENPROS (145)
(30-4513) [12-0-0,137]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
CHIEF TOMTOM PRINCESS DIANA
LENPROS (145) WORLDLY DECLINE (445)
(30-4513) [12-0-0,137] (30-4614) [3-1-0,40]
Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite
WALT WEISS GARBO
THE A'S -- LOSERS II (431) CIRCUS MAXIMUS (273)
(30-4482) [26-24-1,103] (30-3158) [13-17-0,64]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
CRYSTAL PALACE (435)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. LENPROS (145) 32
2. CRYSTAL PALACE (435) 25 THE WARLOCKS (430)
3. WORLDLY DECLINE (445) 20 Unchartered Team
4. RED DOG GANG (356) 12
5. THE WARLOCKS (430) 11 WORLDLY DECLINE (445)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1/ 1 THE WARLOCKS (430) 125 70 7 64.1 1/ 1 CRYSTAL PALACE (435) 8 7 0
2- 2 LOVE LETTERS (428) 45 27 2 62.5 2/ 5 CIRCUS MAXIMUS (273) 7 8 0
3/ 3 LENPROS (145) 892 584 25 60.4 3/ 3 THE WARLOCKS (430) 6 3 0
4/ 7*WORLDLY DECLINE (445) 10 7 0 58.8 4/ 2 RED DOG GANG (356) 6 9 0
5/ 4 THE A'S -- LOSERS (431) 151 122 5 55.3 5/ 8*WORLDLY DECLINE (445) 5 2 0
6- 5 RESCUE RANGERS II (385) 11 9 1 55.0 6/ 6 LENPROS (145) 5 3 0
7/ 6 GAMEHENDGE (299) 142 120 9 54.2 7/ 4 THE A'S -- LOSERS (431) 5 7 0
8/ 8 CIRCUS MAXIMUS (273) 155 154 10 50.2 8/ 7 GAMEHENDGE (299) 3 3 0
9- 9 RANDOM (391) 21 22 0 48.8 9- 9 LOVE LETTERS (428) 2 1 0
10/10 CRYSTAL PALACE (435) 72 76 1 48.6 10-10 RANDOM (391) 1 1 0
11/11 RED DOG GANG (356) 449 609 10 42.4 11-11 RESCUE RANGERS II (385) 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[ Deep Waters #20 ]H[ + ---:--- + ]H[ +
The waterfront of the port and only city of Iaye was insalubrious. This was a
quality it shared with most waterfronts, as Old Doc Circ noted. "A breeding ground
for disease, each and every one," the old alchemist said. "I have HEARD that the
waterfronts of some of the elven cities up in Alfhame are cleaner, but I am not at
all sure I believe it. That is contrary to the natural order of things, and as a man
of science--"
Senator Sedalia snorted. "A man of science? You're getting pretentious in your
old age, you quack."
Circ glanced at him. "I will forgive that remark, Sedalia, because I know
you're worried about the young lady."
"Gissanniah is a Lady Protector," Sedalia said stiffly. "She is able to take
care of herself. The fact that she has not yet returned from...ah, from wherever she
had to go, does not mean that she's in trouble."
"Of course it doesn't," Circ said, his voice professionally soothing. "It's
just that...it might mean trouble." He frowned and looked around the immediate area.
"I distrust urgent messages that arrive by the hands of random urchins."
"And the fact that we can't see another urchin anywhere now doesn't help," the
senator agreed. "I've never had any luck getting urchins to carry messages for me,"
he added reflectively. "Not unless I autograph something for them--usually a bank
draft! Mercenary tots."
Kegrald Steelhand, the Khalhums Dwarf, emerged from a nearby chancler's shop
with a coil of rope over his shoulder and a bag of spikes in his other hand. When he
rejoined the two Lenpros, he said, "We probably won't need these, but just in case.
Even the best dwarf-made ladders could become unreliable if not properly maintained."
He looked at the two men sternly. "And humans just don't do maintenance very well."
"And they'll have been under water, too," Circ said. "The ladders will have."
"Yes. Not good for them," the dwarf agreed.
Sedalia pulled out the map and looked around. "Which building?"
"Something old," Circ said.
"Stone," Kegrald added. "No dwarf would trust a wooden building--"
"But the dwarves built these tunnels for a human king," Sedalia reminded him.
"He might have stipulated a wooden building, or brick, or...whatever suited his
ideas."
Kegrald scowled, something he did very well. All dwarves scowled well; it was
their beards and their heavy eyebrows. "I suppose," he admitted. "If it was
anything but dwarf stonework, it could be gone by now. Four hundred years? Catch
any wooden building lasting that long! But the foundation would have been dwarven
stone regardless of what the rest was," he added.
Sedalia passed him the map. "Which building?"
The dwarf studied the map and the scalloped curve of Harbor Street that spread
away in both directions. Finally he pointed to the north end. "It should be over
there...but nothing seems to be in quite the right place."
"A wooden building that's been lost, then," Sedalia said. He sighed. "So we go
around checking the foundations. I hope this doesn't require...crawling."
"Remember that at the time the tunnels were made, there was no strait, no harbor
here," Old Doc Circ said. "Krael had not sunk, and that must have changed more of
the ground than the sunken city itself."
"Very true." The dwarf nodded approval. "Many humans don't seem to realize
that, but major earth movements--unless magically contained, of course--affect larger
areas than just the target." He grimaced. "And the entrance to the tunnels that we
want might be under the strait now." He spread out the map against the wall of the
nearest building and began to indicate point after point, linking the marked spots
with what could be seen in the landscape. "This is...probably that tower on the
headland," he said, indicating one of the marked locations. "No entrance there, of
course, but it lets us orient.... Hmm."
Senator Sedalia and Old Doc Circ, looking over his shoulders (easy to do, since
he was a dwarf), both saw his point.
"That round warehouse might be what we want," Sedalia said, indicating a
building on the very edge of the land. "And the tunnel under it--if it's there--
might be full of water. Well, we have to find out." He straightened, tugged down
the points of his vest, and touched the hilt of the sword at his waist. "We have to
find out now."
SPY REPORT
Well, what are you looking at, IAYE? Ain't you never seen Snide Clemens before?
Ah, shaddup and listen to my news. CIRCUS MAXIMUS turned their 2-3-0 turn into a 2nd
place rank in the listings this turn. Any better than this, and you get put on hit
lists. Now let's all watch WORLDLY DECLINE's heads swell from their 3-1-0 this turn.
Haa ha ha ha! Big shots, big talk, big deal. Of course, we're all terribly
impressed to see ENCHANTED win a fight and gain 17 points, terribly. Tsk, tsk, WINDY
WIND beat SCARECROW and SCARECROW lost 7 points. You're breakin' my heart. Looks
like IAYE has some guts at least, BIG MAC the Duelmaster was this turn's
most-challenged warrior. CHIEF TOMTOM challenged IAYE's Duelmaster for a shot at the
throne. And it's out with the old, in with the new, as CHIEF TOMTOM takes the Title
and last week's bar tab from the old Duelmaster. Heh, heh. The Dragon's Blood Inn,
humph! I've tasted better ale at mortuaries. Where do they get this stuff? From
IAYE's trash dumps?
He who fights and runs away will live to fight another day, the coward. What's
the big D? CRYSTAL PALACE was the most avoided team? Bunch of lily livered...
grumble... mumble... curse... And it looks like LENPROS avoided them the most this
turn. What a pack of would be losers, if you ask me. Hmph.
Some people like volunteer work in the hospitals. I volunteer for IAYE's
morgue. More variety. We're all going to die in the end, so why worry if the fate
catches up with you sooner that later?
What does the IAYE arena have in common with the inns? It's just as comfortable
to sleep in either place. Ha ha ha ha! Phlllt! Just had to do that before I leave
the fine city of IAYE. I feel much better now. Paste this one in your scrapbooks,
you'll need the kindling come this winter-- Snide Clemens
DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
CHIEF TOMTOM 4513 12 0 0 137 LENPROS (145)
CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
TALKIN' CAMEL WALK 4586 16 5 1 111 GAMEHENDGE (299)
-STINGER 4098 9 11 0 104 RANDOM (391)
WALT WEISS 4482 26 24 1 103 THE A'S -- LOSERS II (431)
RISHTEKE 4511 23 23 1 99 RED DOG GANG (356)
ENCHANTED 4517 19 20 0 97 CRYSTAL PALACE (435)
GARCIA 3273 12 8 1 92 CIRCUS MAXIMUS (273)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-C-CUP 4451 12 5 2 86 LOVE LETTERS (428)
UNSCATHED 4516 18 21 0 85 CRYSTAL PALACE (435)
THE CLEAR 4539 21 16 0 84 THE A'S -- LOSERS II (431)
SNOWY SNOW 4597 11 4 0 79 CRYSTAL PALACE (435)
WROTE THE BOOK 4540 19 18 0 77 GAMEHENDGE (299)
MR SELF DESTRUCT 3254 12 10 0 72 CIRCUS MAXIMUS (273)
-XOXOXO 4488 8 9 0 71 LOVE LETTERS (428)
ON THE MOON 4587 10 11 0 70 THE WARLOCKS (430)
SGT. SCHMID 4569 14 8 0 69 LENPROS (145)
CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
GARBO 3158 13 17 0 64 CIRCUS MAXIMUS (273)
BIGFOOTS 4512 9 35 0 62 RED DOG GANG (356)
QUEEN CHINEE 4588 12 9 0 58 THE WARLOCKS (430)
LADY HUNTSMAN 4579 11 5 0 57 LENPROS (145)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
EARTHQUAKE EXCUSE 4584 11 10 1 56 THE A'S -- LOSERS II (431)
SUNLIGHT SPLATRZ 4583 10 8 1 56 THE WARLOCKS (430)
-MOPT 4103 5 4 0 56 RANDOM (391)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-DOUBLE-D 4449 5 4 0 48 LOVE LETTERS (428)
-MAPT 4100 4 2 0 47 RANDOM (391)
RAINY RAIN 4595 10 5 0 46 CRYSTAL PALACE (435)
-GADGET 4528 5 4 0 44 RESCUE RANGERS II (385)
DR TRINAIRE 4606 7 5 0 40 RED DOG GANG (356)
PRINCESS DIANA 4614 3 1 0 40 WORLDLY DECLINE (445)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
HITHELLIENE 4596 6 10 0 31 RED DOG GANG (356)
FENCE POST 4604 5 9 0 31 RED DOG GANG (356)
WINDY WIND 4593 5 11 0 30 CRYSTAL PALACE (435)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
POP IDOL 4617 3 1 0 20 WORLDLY DECLINE (445)
SCARECROW 3671 2 4 0 20 CIRCUS MAXIMUS (273)
-AT 4521 2 2 0 20 RANDOM (391)
-DALE II 4025 1 0 1 16 RESCUE RANGERS II (385)
CELL BLABBER 4616 2 1 0 13 WORLDLY DECLINE (445)
THE BOY KING 4615 2 2 0 10 WORLDLY DECLINE (445)
-ISPEP 4527 1 1 0 8 RANDOM (391)
DON FRANCIS 4619 0 1 0 7 LENPROS (145)
LORD WALTON 4612 1 2 0 5 LENPROS (145)
-FRENCH VETO 4618 0 2 0 2 WORLDLY DECLINE (445)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
LION POOL 2 4636 0 1 0 CIRCUS MAXIMUS 273 BANDIT PRINCE 384 529 NONE
PERSONAL ADS
Don't know where we were "hiding" last round. The LUGs (Lost-Up Gods) must have
grabbed us! -- Lenpro
Ringmaster -- Welcome back! You, too, will find more mature faces in Iaye. Indeed,
some of us are a little too mature! -- Lenpro
Looking forward to the continuing saga of old friends Gissanniah, Doc Circ, and
Senator Sedalia. -- Lenpro
Big Mac! Duelmaster! We salute the CHAMP! -- Lenpro
And congrats to well-deserved Lord Protectors Calyx and Big Mac. -- Lenpro
Big Mac -- Are you sure you won't get into trouble for winning? What of your team
name, after all! Still, well done. -- Rishteke
P.S. And that sinks ME into a losing record, from which I will not recover in any
kind hurry, I bet.
Earthquake Excuse -- Yeah, what's the deal, expecting me to fight during an
earthquake, anyway? I could've gotten KILLED out there! The stands might've fallen
on me, or maybe the arenamaster! It was scary. -- Bigfoots
P.S. Glad it was fast.
Queen Chinee -- I'd be afraid of the sinister, slant-eyed menace, if I weren't as
steady as a... Fence Post
Thunlight Thplaterth -- You do thith on purpothe, don't you? I hate it. I jutht
hate it. -- Hithelliene
Windy Wind -- Not today. Today, we've got rainy rain, stormy storm, thundery
thunder, all that stuff. No time for wind. -- Dr Trinaire
Ed. -- (gloomily, to the accompaniment of clouds and thunder) We're having some
"good" rain now, here. It's raining, um, water. Lots of it. Falling right out of
the sky. Disgusting. Very wasteful. -- Dr Trinaire
Then send it our way! -- Ed.
10 July 2006
The Dark Knights sat at the Dark Table with grim faces. All present knew that there
could be no quarter. The Forces of Desolation would be unleashed. There would be no
turning back, no mercy and no hesitation to do what was necessary. Teeth gritted and
knuckles whitened with fury as the IMPERIAL PROCLAMATION was signed by each Dark
Knight.
AS OF JULY 1, 2006 -- WAR IS DECLARED ON THE ALLIANCE KNOWN AS THE VENDETTA
CARTEL.
The Desolate Empire -- Dark Knights: Ancient Creep, Blackstorm, Dok Sik, Goat,
Heathen, Hatebred, Kon, Osiris, Toker, Wasby the Great
14 July 2006
In response to the Desolate Empire's declaration of war, the Vendetta Cartel offers
the following response:
The members of the Vendetta Cartel can be found in 1, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 22, 25, 28,
31, 39, 45, 47, 50, 52, 54, 59, 60, 100, and 106. Stop yapping in the all-arena ads,
pick an arena, issue a challenge, actually win something, and then maybe (and we
stress maybe) you may speak. You may come to our home arenas (8, 31, and 47) and
confront us, but we suggest you learn to win in your own "home" arena (52) first.
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
LION POOL 2 was butchered by BANDIT PRINCE in a 1 minute bloody Dark Arena fight.
CHIEF TOMTOM viciously subdued BIG MAC in a 4 minute expert's Challenge Title battle.
SGT. SCHMID unbelievably bested GARBO in a popular 4 minute master's Challenge brawl.
LADY HUNTSMAN subdued RAINY RAIN in a 2 minute Challenge competition.
LORD WALTON was bested by THE BOY KING in a 2 minute novice's Challenge duel.
WALT WEISS was unbelievably bested by ENCHANTED in a 2 minute master's match.
RISHTEKE viciously subdued UNSCATHED in a 2 minute gruesome expert's melee.
TALKIN' CAMEL WALK vanquished VETERAN MERCENARY in a 1 minute uneven fight.
THE CLEAR overpowered BIGFOOTS in a 1 minute one-sided fight.
WROTE THE BOOK was viciously subdued by GARCIA in a popular 3 minute brutal bout.
SNOWY SNOW demolished EARTHQUAKE EXCUSE in a 1 minute mismatched competition.
ON THE MOON devastated VISITING ORC in a 1 minute bloody one-sided battle.
MR SELF DESTRUCT overpowered PRINCESS DIANA in a 2 minute mismatched conflict.
QUEEN CHINEE savagely defeated FENCE POST in a popular 7 minute bloody duel.
DR TRINAIRE lost to SUNLIGHT SPLATRZ in a 1 minute fray.
SCARECROW was beaten by WINDY WIND in a 1 minute brawl.
HITHELLIENE devastated FRATSFAN NOBLE in a 1 minute one-sided brawl.
CELL BLABBER overpowered DON FRANCIS in a 1 minute one-sided match.
POP IDOL overpowered SHIFTYEYED VOLUNTEER in a 1 minute one-sided match.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|LUNGING ATTACK 7 STRIKING ATTACK 4 - 1 - 0 80 |
|AIMED BLOW 5 PARRY-STRIKE 22 - 13 - 1 63 |
|WALL OF STEEL 5 SLASHING ATTACK 12 - 8 - 0 60 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 3 WALL OF STEEL 24 - 19 - 0 56 |
|BASHING ATTACK 3 TOTAL PARRY 21 - 17 - 0 55 |
|TOTAL PARRY 3 PARRY-RIPOSTE 6 - 5 - 0 55 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 3 PARRY-LUNGE 11 - 11 - 0 50 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 2 BASHING ATTACK 9 - 9 - 0 50 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 LUNGING ATTACK 39 - 41 - 0 49 |
|STRIKING ATTACK 1 AIMED BLOW 14 - 19 - 0 42 |
Turn 529 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 3 - 0 SLASHING ATTACK 1 - 2 3 LUNGING ATTACK
PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 - 0 LUNGING ATTACK 2 - 5 3 AIMED BLOW
BASHING ATTACK 2 - 1 STRIKING ATTACK 0 - 1 2 WALL OF STEEL
TOTAL PARRY 2 - 1 1 PARRY-STRIKE
AIMED BLOW 3 - 2 1 PARRY-LUNGE
WALL OF STEEL 3 - 2 1 SLASHING ATTACK
PARRY-LUNGE 1 - 1
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
WALL OF STEEL CHIEF TOMTOM 4513 12 0 0 137 LENPROS (145)
PARRY-STRIKE TALKIN' CAMEL WALK 4586 16 5 1 111 GAMEHENDGE (299)
LUNGING ATTACK WALT WEISS 4482 26 24 1 103 THE A'S -- LOSERS II (431)
AIMED BLOW GARCIA 3273 12 8 1 92 CIRCUS MAXIMUS (273)
PARRY-LUNGE THE CLEAR 4539 21 16 0 84 THE A'S -- LOSERS II (431)
SLASHING ATTACK SNOWY SNOW 4597 11 4 0 79 CRYSTAL PALACE (435)
TOTAL PARRY SGT. SCHMID 4569 14 8 0 69 LENPROS (145)
PARRY-RIPOSTE SUNLIGHT SPLATRZ 4583 10 8 1 56 THE WARLOCKS (430)
BASHING ATTACK PRINCESS DIANA 4614 3 1 0 40 WORLDLY DECLINE (445)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
The overall popularity leader is WALT WEISS 4482. The most popular warrior this turn
was GARBO 3158. The ten other most popular fighters were GARCIA 3273, WALT WEISS
4482, QUEEN CHINEE 4588, CHIEF TOMTOM 4513, RISHTEKE 4511, PRINCESS DIANA 4614, RAINY
RAIN 4595, LORD WALTON 4612, TALKIN' CAMEL WALK 4586, and ON THE MOON 4587.
The least popular fighter this week was FENCE POST 4604. The other ten least popular
fighters were DON FRANCIS 4619, EARTHQUAKE EXCUSE 4584, BIGFOOTS 4512, CELL BLABBER
4616, SCARECROW 3671, DR TRINAIRE 4606, WROTE THE BOOK 4540, UNSCATHED 4516, THE BOY
KING 4615, and LADY HUNTSMAN 4579.
The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn:
CHIEF TOMTOM (30-4513) LENPROS (145)
WALT WEISS (30-4482) THE A'S -- LOSERS II (431)
The following warriors have traveled to AD after fighting this turn:
CALYX (30-4151) I GOTTA GO (397)
BIG MAC (30-4547) THE A'S -- LOSERS II (431)