DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER Date : 06/10/2009 Duedate: 06/23/2009 IAYE ARENA DM-30 TURN-603 This Weeks Top Honors THE DUELMASTER IS SIR CARLSON LENPROS (145) (30-4777) [25-5-0,108] Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader SIR CARLSON LIPS LENPROS (145) HER BEST ASSETS (461) (30-4777) [25-5-0,108] (30-4811) [2-0-0,23] Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite SPUD SPUD RED DOG GANG (356) RED DOG GANG (356) (30-4783) [15-12-0,98] (30-4783) [15-12-0,98] THE CURRENT TOP TEAM LENPROS (145) TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team 1. HER BEST ASSETS (461) 18 2. RED DOG GANG (356) 12 LENPROS (145) 3. THE WARLOCKS (430) 1 Unchartered Team 4. RAGGED EDGE (454) 0 5. GAMEHENDGE (299) -8 HER BEST ASSETS (461) The Top Teams Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K 1/ 1 LENPROS (145) %1086 679 32 61.5 1/ 1 LENPROS (145) 13 2 0 2/ 2 THE WARLOCKS (430) 207 144 12 59.0 2/ 2 RED DOG GANG (356) 8 7 0 3- 3*RAGGED EDGE (454) 18 16 0 52.9 3/ 4*HER BEST ASSETS (461) 3 2 0 4/ 4 GAMEHENDGE (299) 218 217 11 50.1 4- 3*RAGGED EDGE (454) 3 7 0 5/ 5 RED DOG GANG (356) 631 793 13 44.3 5/ 5 GAMEHENDGE (299) 1 2 0 6/ 6*HER BEST ASSETS (461) 6 9 1 40.0 6/ 6 THE WARLOCKS (430) 0 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[ The Andorian Succession #30 ]H[ + ---:--- + ]H[ + West of Fratsfa: Fandil didn't like the idea of leaving Ravishing Redbud alone to face the hunters coming through the woods, but he was not a fool. There was more at stake here than his pride, after all. "If we can get to ground on the other side of this ravine and move on up the mountain without being seen, we'll do so. You follow when you can. I don't like to leave you, but...." "Finding and stopping the magician is important," she finished for him, nodding. "Good plan, but don't forget that the hunters have hounds. See you later--I promise!" Fandil saluted her silently, for the stand she was about to make, and also for her youth and innocent certainty that all would work out as she expected. He hoped she was right. One more stare into the darkening woods, an assessment of the sounds of horses and hounds moving through the brush, and then he moved carefully back to the trunk of the tree and around it. There was enough light for him to see Elosjon clinging tensely to a mostly- upright branch. The young mage was white-faced but had managed a mask of calm. "What do we do next?" he asked. "We keep moving," Fandil said, keeping his voice low. "Redbud will deal with these hunters, one way or another. Our job is to get up the mountain and locate this magician." "But--" "She is a trained and capable fighter and has, ahem, other skills that will also aid her in stopping and distracting a party of men. She has her job and we have ours, Elosjon." Fandil edged past him and farther out along the limb. Transferring to the next tree was tricky, but he managed it. He had a spell on the tip of his mind ready to serve as a safety net, but he managed without that. Moved far enough along to stand firmly on a good, thick branch, turned, and looked back. Elosjon was hesitating on the other tree, on the other side of this ravine. Might as well give him a minute or two to summon up his resolve. Fandil squinted to the right and left. A good, deep, steep-sided ravine, and neither end in sight. If it was long enough, the hunters wouldn't even consider trying to go around. Good. A true barrier to pursuit. That there might be hostile forces on this side of the ravine was a problem for later. Ah, here he came now. Mincing steps. Nervous clutchings at any other branches within reach. The boy looked a bit silly, but Fandil was not moved to laugh; he was going forward in the face of obvious fear, which was the best working definition of courage. It wasn't the looks of a thing that mattered, just the substance. Horns and hounds closer now, near the other side of the ravine. An outburst of shouting. Fandil's fingers twitched, but he was nearly certain that any serious magic used here--and it would take that to deal with the hunt magically--would be detectable up the mountain at Mountain Home. If the magician up there was watching, and he'd be a fool not to. Nothing so far had indicated that their opponent was a fool. Coming so close to bringing down the Andorian League required competence and alertness as well as malice and cunning. The loud voices reached a crescendo and stopped. To Fandil, that silence seemed more... thoughtful than ominous. He motioned to Elosjon to hurry, hoping the young mage could see him. Apparently so. Elosjon made it to the farthest tip of the first branch that would support him, or that he believed would support him, and stared across at Fandil. Down at the ravine. It was dark in here under the trees, but a sort of translucent darkness-- that was his trained magical perception, of course. Or something to do with his magical training, he'd never been sure exactly what. The ravine was very deep, and there were sharp rocks in the bottom. It would be a really bad place to fall. The nearest sturdy-looking limb of the other tree was... six feet, at least. Farther away than he was tall, anyway. He would have to step on an unreliably slim branch and then... jump. The prospect was not encouraging. At all. But he couldn't stay here. The old mage was counting on him. Besides, Fandil had done this. He must be at least, well, pretty old, and HE had done it. The young man set his teeth, wiped his hands on his robe one at a time, and reached for the next handhold. The branch quivered and flexed. He tightened his grip and kept going. Moved faster, because he didn't think he could stand it to anticipate any longer. Step, step, jump. Desperate clutch. Scrabble with his feet, drag himself forward. He didn't fall. That was a surprise; he had, he admitted now, expected to fall. But the branch he was on now was as firm as a branch could reasonably be. He pried the fingers of one hand off the twigs they were gripping and dried it on his robe. Took a new, firmer grip and did the same with the other hand. Took a deep breath. His respect for magicians like Fandil, who went adventuring despite their ages, went up a lot. This adventuring stuff wasn't as easy as it looked. * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * ---===ANDORIAN REGIONAL NEWS===--- Duelmasters ----------- DM 8 ARKERS (turn 309): CONCUSSION of CONSANGUINEOUS (Mannequin, mgr.) DM 11 ARUAK CITY (turn 621): LILAC LIZARD of ANIMAL FARM (Mino, mgr.) DM 14 TOBIR (turn 620): MR FANG of THE DOGHOUSE (Jorja, mgr.) DM 22 SOLVEN (turn 608): HOT EIGHTEEN of KELLUMBO'S KIDS (Detective Kellumbo, mgr.) DM 24 ZORPUNT (turn 610): PAUL WEIDORFER of MEDAL OF HONOR J4 (The Anarchist, mgr.) DM 25 LYRATILAN (turn 607): GRIFLET IRVEL of THE MIDDLE WAY 4 (Jorja, mgr.) DM 26 CALEAM (turn 606): AMARANTH of MENAGERIE (Ichabod Frothingslosh, mgr.) DM 30 IAYE (turn 602): BAINES of GAMEHENDGE (Malaquar, mgr.) DM 40 ZENSU (turn 572): THE FOOL of AQUARIAN TAROT (?, mgr.) DM 41 KATI-TEI (turn 563): CHARLES DEGLOPPER of MEDAL OF HONOR H3 (The Anarchist) DM 46 ARDIVENT (turn 554): ANNA BEATRICE of FANDILS (Wise Old Fandil, mgr.) DM 52 FRATSFA (turn 257): BRAIN TUMOR of OTTO'S PARTS (Crip, mgr.) DM 63 AMEN-TEI (turn 453): BILLY JOHNSON of 1949 YANKEES (Papa Bear, mgr.) DM 71 KYR'TERR (turn 211): ALBUQUERQUE of WESTERN FRONTIERS (?, mgr.) ADM 105 ANDORAK (turn 506): VAJRA VALMEJAR of SCARLET KNIGHTS (Armalias, mgr.) Top Teams --------- DM 8 ARKERS (turn 309): CONSANGUINEOUS (Mannequin, mgr.) DM 11 ARUAK CITY (turn 621): ANIMAL FARM (Mino, mgr.) DM 14 TOBIR (turn 620): ALL THE MUN'S MEN (The Mun, mgr.) DM 22 SOLVEN (turn 608): KELLUMBO'S KIDS (Detective Kellumbo, mgr.) DM 24 ZORPUNT (turn 610): MEDAL OF HONOOR J4 (The Anarchist, mgr.) DM 25 LYRATILAN (turn 607): THE MIDDLE WAY 4 (Jorja, mgr.) DM 26 CALEAM (turn 606): MENAGERIE (Ichabod Frothingslosh, mgr.) DM 30 IAYE (turn 602): LENPROS (Lenpro, mgr.) DM 40 ZENSU (turn 572): BEYOND THE PALE (Jorja, mgr.) DM 41 KATI-TEI (turn 563): MEDAL OF HONOR H3 (The Anarchist, mgr.) DM 46 ARDIVENT (turn 554): DEATHTONGUE (Technogeek, mgr.) DM 52 FRATSFA (turn 257): FLOWER GIRLS (Lady Fern, mgr.) DM 63 AMEN-TEI (turn 453): WANDERERS (Jorja, mgr.) DM 71 KYR'TERR (turn 211): THE ZOO (Jorja, mgr.) ADM 105 ANDORAK (turn 506): SUPERIOR FATHER et al (Manager, mgr.) Recent Graduates ---------------- DM 8 ARKERS (turn 309): CONCUSSION of CONSANGUINEOUS (Mannequin, mgr.) DM 11 ARUAK CITY (turn 621): LILAC LIZARD of ANIMAL FARM (Mino, mgr.) MOCHA MONKEY of ANIMAL FARM (Mino, mgr.) DM 14 TOBIR (turn 620): MR FANG of THE DOGHOUSE (Jorja, mgr.) (turn 619): DALMORE of OTAGO HIGHLANDERS (The Mun, mgr.) DM 26 CALEAM (turn 606): SUZETTE CREPPAY of GOLDEN CANYON (Jorja, mgr.) (turn 605): KNEE BREAKER of ULTRA-VIOLENT (Deep Thought, mgr.) FLESH FLAYER of ULTRA-VIOLENT (Deep Thought, mgr.) DM 30 IAYE (turn 601): LITTLE ROCKY of RED DOG GANG (Jorja, mgr.) DM 40 ZENSU (turn 571): DAY TURNER of MEDAL OF HONOR G1 (The Anarchist, mgr.) DM 41 KATI-TEI (turn 563): ROBERT DUNLAP of MEDAL OF HONOR H3 (The Anarchist, mgr.) (turn 562): TERRINDAR of WANDERERS (Jorja, mgr.) DM 46 ARDIVENT (turn 553): BUM of DEATHTONGUE (Technogeek, mgr.) DM 71 KYR'TERR (turn 210): TRYPTOPHAN of SUPERIOR FORCES ZC (Manager, mgr.) SPY REPORT Greetings, warriors of IAYE! Once again I've been called out of retirement for my abilities and insights into Spyreporting. What's with SPECKLE? He actually beat IAYE's FRIENDLY CONSTABLE, and walked away with 13 more points from the fight. Laughs were big at IAYE while they watched NOBLE ASSASSIN clobber LADY LIBERTY. She lost 30 points and got bruised from objects thrown from the stands. Apparently IAYE isn't filled with as many gutless wonders as I thought. The Dreaded Duelmaster got 2 challenges this turn! LENPROS' hatred of GAMEHENDGE surfaced again as SIR CARLSON challenged IAYE's top dog. I can barely restrain my enthusiam for LENPROS' outstanding member, Duelmaster SIR CARLSON. Wouldn't it be nice to have live subjects to practice on? I hear some team is looking into the uses of convicted prisoners. Speaking of cowardly avoiders and unfair challenges... IAYE thinks THE WARLOCKS and their 207-144-12 is too much! If at first you don't succeed, give up... Management must be dealin', as the boys at LENPROS ain't reelin'! THE WARLOCKS' mad! Warriors of IAYE unite. You have only your games to lose! Is it my imagination, or are fighters getting younger every day? To die so young, so gloriously! Well, I'm pretty much through. You guys need to get back practicing. All work and no play makes Olaf a dull fighter. Work and play no fighter dull Olaf. Olaffighterwork and no play. Remember--a good fighter needs both good skills and good luck. Until next time,-- Olaf Modeen DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME SIR CARLSON 4777 25 5 0 108 LENPROS (145) CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME BAINES 4724 22 30 0 99 GAMEHENDGE (299) SPUD 4783 15 12 0 98 RED DOG GANG (356) MAYOR MCLAY 4784 15 6 2 97 LENPROS (145) CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME HELP ON THE WAY 4717 16 36 2 86 THE WARLOCKS (430) LADY LIBERTY 4792 11 4 0 75 LENPROS (145) CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME BROTHER DOBBIN 4795 9 2 0 63 LENPROS (145) ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME MAJOR MARTIN 4807 8 0 0 53 LENPROS (145) MOONDOG 4790 12 11 1 48 RED DOG GANG (356) DIGGITY DOG 4793 5 9 0 36 RED DOG GANG (356) CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -CHELYE 4699 3 2 0 31 RAGGED EDGE (454) -QORK ORKKIN 4698 3 2 0 25 RAGGED EDGE (454) INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -WARG 4701 5 3 0 23 RAGGED EDGE (454) LIPS 4811 2 0 0 23 HER BEST ASSETS (461) -SERRIS 4697 4 4 0 22 RAGGED EDGE (454) -HIPS 4800 2 0 0 22 HER BEST ASSETS (461) -MODBLYE 4700 3 5 0 14 RAGGED EDGE (454) SPECKLE 4819 1 0 0 13 RED DOG GANG (356) FIFI DELITE 4810 1 5 0 8 RED DOG GANG (356) '-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn. THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge? SMILE 4812 0 1 0 HER BEST ASSETS 461 STONE GOLEM 603 NONE PERSONAL ADS Baines -- You fought like a champ and deserved the title. Salute. -- Mayor McLay Help On The Way -- I appreciated the win, but couldn't you teach a little more than that? An old fogey like you and all? -- Lady Liberty Little Rocky -- I felt pretty good, you know? -- Sir Carlson Warg -- I kind of like that new weapon, even though I have a few kinks to work out with it. Those are the only kind of kinks I am allowed to work on? (wink) -- Brother Dobbin The Honest Merchant -- I was just wondering how honest you are? -- Major Martin Spud -- Uh, sure. Hear ye. Hear ye. I like dogs. Vote for me. -- Mayor McLay P.S. How was that? All us Lenpros salute the DM, Baines. Well done, Champ. -- Lenpro Health. Humility. Honor. Iaye Forever. -- Lenpro Sir Carlson -- I wish I could write you a personal as long as that fight, but I missed most of it. What can I say, I fell asleep. It was too long. I'm a sprinter type, really, even though Jorja didn't acknowledge that. Well, okay, maybe not a sprinter exactly, since the Commission insists that I favor very low/very low, but still. I have better things to do than stand around trading stares with you. That's the kind of thing a CAT would do. -- Little Rocky Well, you know how it is, I didn't MEAN to bite him that hard. But here was this hairy guy with a rolled up, well, it was actually an arena fight program, I guess, but it looked like a newspaper to me, and I just, well, I reacted naturally. What dog wouldn't? There wasn't anywhere to hide, though I did try to climb onto the arenamaster's shoulders, so I just had to bite him. And let me tell you, he needs to wash that beard. I mean, I'm a dog, I'm not fussy about stuff like that, particularly, but he needs to wash that beard. -- Spud Chelye -- Okay, so your edge is ragged, *I* didn't do it. It was more likely some CAT, they're always clawing things ragged. -- Moondog Dork Orkkin -- It could be that I'm less fussy than Spud, but what I think is that you keep your beard cleaner. Or something, maybe it's your beard oil that tastes better? Whatever. Good job. -- Diggity Dog Serris -- You! Don't try to deceive me, you're a cat! Only a cat would have that totally irrational desire to claw my hair. It could only have been worse if you'd been a female cat. -- Fifi Delite P.S. And I just had it trimmed, too. Sir Carlson -- Mind that bone has plenty of meat on it! -- Little Rocky Major Martin -- Well, I figure that's what the arena's for, after all. -- Moondog Sir Carlson -- I like a little kitty, too. With catsup. -- Little Rocky Arenamaster Penrue -- Of course I need lands! A dog is always territorial. It's our nature. But, hmm, taking the whole arena grounds for my territory... there's some merit in that. Lots of posts and things around the edges, which is good. Let me think about this. -- Little Rocky Don't take all day, there are other dogs looking for a place to call home. -- Penrue LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS SMILE was dealt death by STONE GOLEM in a crowd pleasing 3 minute Dark Arena fight. SIR CARLSON outwaited BAINES in a 14 minute expert's Challenge Title battle. MAJOR MARTIN defeated MOONDOG in a 3 minute Challenge duel. SPUD bested HELP ON THE WAY in a 2 minute veteran's contest. MAYOR MCLAY overpowered NOBLE ASSASSIN in a 1 minute mismatched match. LADY LIBERTY was devastated by NOBLE ASSASSIN in a 1 minute one-sided duel. DIGGITY DOG was devastated by BROTHER DOBBIN in a 1 minute mismatched match. FIFI DELITE was handily defeated by LIPS in a 1 minute gruesome uneven fight. SPECKLE vanquished FRIENDLY CONSTABLE in a 1 minute uneven duel. BATTLE REPORT MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS |FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT| |TOTAL PARRY 2 TOTAL PARRY 23 - 8 - 0 74 | |LUNGING ATTACK 2 LUNGING ATTACK 10 - 4 - 0 71 | |STRIKING ATTACK 2 BASHING ATTACK 7 - 4 - 1 64 | |AIMED BLOW 2 PARRY-LUNGE 6 - 4 - 0 60 | |WALL OF STEEL 2 STRIKING ATTACK 12 - 9 - 1 57 | |PARRY-LUNGE 1 SLASHING ATTACK 4 - 5 - 0 44 | |SLASHING ATTACK 1 WALL OF STEEL 6 - 10 - 0 38 | |BASHING ATTACK 1 AIMED BLOW 8 - 16 - 0 33 | |PARRY-STRIKE 1 PARRY-STRIKE 3 - 8 - 0 27 | |PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 PARRY-RIPOSTE 2 - 6 - 0 25 | Turn 603 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-LUNGE 1 - 0 AIMED BLOW 0 - 2 2 TOTAL PARRY SLASHING ATTACK 1 - 0 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 1 2 AIMED BLOW BASHING ATTACK 1 - 0 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 0 2 STRIKING ATTACK TOTAL PARRY 2 - 0 WALL OF STEEL 0 - 2 1 WALL OF STEEL LUNGING ATTACK 1 - 1 1 PARRY-LUNGE STRIKING ATTACK 1 - 1 1 BASHING ATTACK 1 LUNGING ATTACK 1 PARRY-STRIKE TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME TOTAL PARRY SIR CARLSON 4777 25 5 0 108 LENPROS (145) PARRY-LUNGE SPUD 4783 15 12 0 98 RED DOG GANG (356) BASHING ATTACK MAYOR MCLAY 4784 15 6 2 97 LENPROS (145) LUNGING ATTACK LADY LIBERTY 4792 11 4 0 75 LENPROS (145) STRIKING ATTACK BROTHER DOBBIN 4795 9 2 0 63 LENPROS (145) PARRY-STRIKE MOONDOG 4790 12 11 1 48 RED DOG GANG (356) Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above. The overall popularity leader is SPUD 4783. The most popular warrior this turn was SMILE 4812. The ten other most popular fighters were SPUD 4783, MAYOR MCLAY 4784, BROTHER DOBBIN 4795, LIPS 4811, MAJOR MARTIN 4807, MOONDOG 4790, SPECKLE 4819, HELP ON THE WAY 4717, LADY LIBERTY 4792, and DIGGITY DOG 4793. The least popular fighter this week was SIR CARLSON 4777. The other ten least popular fighters were BAINES 4724, FIFI DELITE 4810, DIGGITY DOG 4793, LADY LIBERTY 4792, HELP ON THE WAY 4717, SPECKLE 4819, MOONDOG 4790, MAJOR MARTIN 4807, LIPS 4811, and BROTHER DOBBIN 4795. SUMMER FACE-TO-FACE IN CLEVELAND! Our summer FTF will be an eastern one this time, located in Cleveland, Ohio on July 17-19, 2009. It will be held at the Holiday Inn in Strongsville, OH, at 15471 Royalton Rd (440-238-8800). Rooms are only $95.00 per night, 1-2 occupancy. There is a free shuttle from the airport, free parking, and free high-speed wireless internet in all guestrooms ($3/day in public space). The hotel has an indoor pool, pool table, and hockey, and a fitness center. The hotel is located 1/2 mile from the largest mall in Northeast Ohio, with indoor minigolf and pottery painting, and right next door to Iceland Arena, which offers open skate and skate rental. They also have four bikes on property available for checkout, as the Metro parks are next door as well. The rooms are blocked--ask for the "Reality Simulations" room block. There are many restaurants and nightspots nearby and at the Mall, as well as a cafe in the hotel. The tournament information sheet will be out imminently. We hope you're all looking forward to the tournament and that we will see you there!