DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER
Date : 02/17/2010 Duedate: 03/02/2010
IAYE ARENA
DM-30 TURN-621
This Weeks Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
SENATOR WILEY
LENPROS (145)
(30-4821) [11-4-0,110]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
HIPS QORK ORKKIN
HER BEST ASSETS (461) RAGGED EDGE (454)
(30-4800) [12-0-0,123] (30-4698) [4-2-0,47]
Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite
MOONDOG MOONDOG
RED DOG GANG (356) RED DOG GANG (356)
(30-4790) [14-27-1,70] (30-4790) [14-27-1,70]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
LENPROS (145)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. STEEL BLADES (159) 42
2. RAGGED EDGE (454) 40 LENPROS (145)
3. ANGRY BEES (464) 40 Unchartered Team
4. LENPROS (145) 31
5. HER BEST ASSETS (461) -3 ANGRY BEES (464)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1/ 0*ANGRY BEES (464) 4 1 0 80.0 1/ 1 LENPROS (145) 12 2 0
2/ 1 LENPROS (145) %1146 695 32 62.2 2/ 2 RED DOG GANG (356) 5 10 0
3/ 0*RAGGED EDGE (454) 21 18 0 53.8 3/ 0*ANGRY BEES (464) 4 1 0
4/ 0 STEEL BLADES (159) 321 286 19 52.9 4/ 0*RAGGED EDGE (454) 3 2 0
5/ 2 HER BEST ASSETS (461) 26 24 2 52.0 5/ 3 HER BEST ASSETS (461) 3 5 1
6/ 3 RED DOG GANG (356) 666 847 14 44.0 6/ 0 STEEL BLADES (159) 2 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 #44 ]H[ + ---:--- + ]H[ +
Fratsfa:
"So," Lenpro said, "we have two basic--linked but distinct--problems. The
chaotic magic, and the civil war. Is that correct?"
Lady Fern nodded. "Over-simplified, but correct."
"And Fandil is going to have to be the one to deal with the magic--"
"I have heard of the mage Fandil, of course," Herlas cut in, "and I would guess
he has as good a chance as any and better than most, but... will he do it? Will he
do it in TIME?"
"He's working on it now," Fern said.
The younger man blinked and looked around the room blankly. "Already? But how
did he know?"
Fern laughed. "That is a question I prefer not to ask my brother, along with
'what are you doing?'. It is sufficient to know that he is working on it." She sat
even straighter in her chair. "Your obvious intention, Lenpro, is to state that we
here in this room must begin to deal with the civil war side of the problem."
"Preferably before it becomes an outright civil war," the manager from Iaye
said. "At the moment, it's more of a palace coup. If we can stop it now--"
"Ah..." Herlas shifted a little in his chair, "that may not be possible.
Cutting it off before it becomes an outright civil war. The tensions and irritations
that Korneth has been working with are real enough, and by now they're probably--
almost certainly--inflamed enough that bringing them to a halt short of violence
is.... I don't think it can be done."
"Just what, exactly, 'tensions and irritations' are you talking about?" Lenpro
scowled. "The Andorian League is probably the best place to live in all Alastari--"
Herlas sighed, looked at Outcast Orchid almost helplessly for a moment, then
squared his shoulders. Definitely a 'you aren't going to like this' gesture.
"Korneth may have come out of nowhere I've ever heard of, but he gained local support
quickly. Very quickly--and more than you might think, especially in Convincia. The
Great Thane has been... cool, but he hasn't made any effort to stop the drift of many
of his lesser thanes into the..." a vague gesture, of one groping for words, "the
isolationist camp, I might call it. And at a lower level still, among the ordinary
people, farmers, small merchants, the foundation of Convincian strength, there's a
lot of resentment against, well, the Aruaki first. They don't like how powerful the
Aruaki are in the League. They don't like Aruaki wanting to marry their sons and
daughters and 'taint' their own family bloodlines. They just--"
"They don't like the Aruaki," Fern finished. She looked thoughtful and glanced
at Lenpro. "What has been your experience on Iaye? It is officially under the
government of the Aruaki Clanhold, is it not?"
"Officially... sort of." Lenpro got up and started walking around the room,
finding an outlet for his own irritation in the activity. With obvious reluctance,
he said, "We don't see many of the Aruaki on Iaye, and if some official were to come
and try to give orders... they probably wouldn't be well received. But that's a long
way from civil war!"
"It's the soil that a civil war can grow in," Fern said. "The werefolk are not
welcomed with open arms here in Fratsfa, either, especially since the plague. Some
of the plague-driven shape-changes and the associated personality shifts were," she
sighed, "frankly disastrous. But it isn't the fault of the Aruaki themselves!"
"It doesn't need to be," Sizzling Sunflower cut in. "It isn't the fault of the
river if someone's house gets flooded, but no intelligent person builds too close to
it even so."
"Yes, exactly so." Herlas nodded. "Even people who aren't hostile to the
Aruaki have taken to avoiding them--"
"We don't see it in the arenas," Lenpro said.
"Yes, well, they're avoiding the gladiators, too, I bet," Orchid said. "Nobody
was giving gladiators the benefit of the doubt up in Andor just recently."
"There's also hostility toward gladiators," Herlas admitted. "Many people see
them as tools of the Grey Wand, which they fear outright. And, again, they resent
the effect of the arenas on their sons and daughters. That it draws them away from
what their parents consider the proper life and duties--"
"Immortality--"
"A lot of jealousy, huh?" Orchid asked.
Herlas nodded again. "A lot of people have trouble accepting the typical elvish
lifespan, but at least elves can be killed. Add in the guarantee of resurrection...
jealousy, resentment, even religious outrage. There was a lot of dissatisfaction
that Korneth could strike a match to."
"It's all well and good to SAY these things," Orchid growled, taking her turn to
stamp up and down the room. "But what can we DO about them? The Aruaki aren't going
to go away. The arenas aren't going to go away. The elves, and the Grey Wand,
aren't going to go away. All this stuff you're SAYING isn't telling us what we can
DO."
Herlas smiled, though there was little amusement in the expression. "Korneth's
solution is to kill or 'cast out' the Aruaki--send them back to Ratan, apparently.
Get rid of the arena system, kill Lord Protectors whenever they turn up and destroy
the bodies so that they can't be resurrected, and direct the energies of the
remaining Andorians toward a war with the Karnhorn Empire."
"Scapegoats," Lady Fern said. Her expression suggested that if she wasn't a
lady, she'd spit on the floor.
"Cut off Korneth's legitimacy by providing a ruler that all can accept as--"
"But can 'all' accept Alonj?" Orchid asked.
"As an alternative to a civil war, yes, I think so. If we get the message on
that out before emotions become so inflamed that nobody wants a reasonable
alternative to civil war. But these irritations... they won't go away, because they
do have a real foundation," Lenpro nodded acknowledgement at the Zensovian mage, "but
they've become exaggerated. Inflamed," he repeated, liking the word.
"So we need anti-inflammatories." Fern nodded. "It won't be easy, but--"
"Maybe if the Aruaki and the Lord Protectors help out people, all kinds of
people--the ordinary ones you were talking about," Sunflower began.
"No." Fern and Lenpro spoke together, and immediately. Lenpro gestured for his
sister to continue. "If we add the burden of gratitude to the resentments already
festering, it will make things worse. No, better if we find some way for the
ordinary mortal human Andorians to help out the Aruaki and the Lord Protectors, that
might do better."
Sizzling Sunflower looked dubious, but she shrugged and sat back, accepting her
manager's perception as being wiser than her own. "How, then?"
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---===ANDORIAN REGIONAL NEWS===---
Duelmasters
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DM 8 ARKERS (turn 318): WAR BOND of SMITHSONIAN (Curator, mgr.)
DM 11 ARUAK CITY (turn 639): GREEN THUMB of COLORIFIC (Purple People Eater, mgr.)
DM 14 TOBIR (turn 638): FLOPEAR of THE DOGHOUSE (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 22 SOLVEN (turn 623): HATE MY LIFE of KELLUMBO'S KIDS (Detective Kellumbo, mgr.)
DM 24 ZORPUNT (turn 628): WILD FIRE of DISASTER (Papa Bear, mgr.)
DM 25 LYRATILAN (turn 623): AIKIDO of DARK FORCES (The Walkin' Dude, mgr.)
DM 26 CALEAM (turn 622): COROT TORO of GOLDEN CANYON (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 30 IAYE (turn 620): DIGGITY DOG of RED DOG GANG (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 40 ZENSU (turn 585): JOFRE MAINZ of BEYOND THE PALE (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 41 KATI-TEI (turn 581): RED DAWG of DA DOG POWNDAZ (Marma Duke, mgr.)
DM 46 ARDIVENT (turn 572): SHADOW BLADE of SERPENT'S HOLD (Khisanth, mgr.)
DM 52 FRATSFA (turn 266): NOT SO HOT of PYROMANIA (Marma Duke, mgr.)
DM 63 AMEN-TEI (turn 470): VALNAKORINE of WAYFARERS (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 71 KYR'TERR (turn 220): FOUR EYES of TOTAL CHAOS (Marma Duke, mgr.)
ADM 105 ANDORAK (turn 524): VISION of KELLUMBO'S KIDS (Detective Kellumbo, mgr.)
Top Teams
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DM 8 ARKERS (turn 318): Z GLADIATORS (Z Man, mgr.)
DM 11 ARUAK CITY (turn 639): BULLDOGS (Kennelworth, mgr.)
DM 14 TOBIR (turn 638): THE DOGHOUSE (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 22 SOLVEN (turn 623): MIDDLE WAY 15 (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 24 ZORPUNT (turn 628): MEDAL OF HONOR Z3 (The Anarchist, mgr.)
DM 25 LYRATILAN (turn 623): THE MIDDLE WAY 4 (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 26 CALEAM (turn 622): GOLDEN CANYON (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 30 IAYE (turn 620): LENPROS (Lenpro, mgr.)
DM 40 ZENSU (turn 585): BEYOND THE PALE (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 41 KATI-TEI (turn 581): WANDERERS (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 46 ARDIVENT (turn 572): FANDILS (Wise Old Fandil, mgr.)
DM 52 FRATSFA (turn 266): BLOOD AND GUTS! (Le Pentarque, mgr.)
DM 63 AMEN-TEI (turn 470): WAYFARERS (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 71 KYR'TERR (turn 220): DOGS OF WAR (?, mgr.)
ADM 105 ANDORAK (turn 523): KELLUMBO'S KIDS (Detective Kellumbo, mgr.)
Recent Graduates
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DM 11 ARUAK CITY (turn 639): GREEN THUMB of COLORIFIC (Purple People Eater, mgr.)
DM 14 TOBIR (turn 637): PITCH of THE DOGHOUSE (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 25 LYRATILAN (turn 623): AIKIDO of DARK FORCES (The Walkin' Dude, mgr.)
DM 46 ARDIVENT (turn 572): SHADOW BLADE of SERPENT'S HOLD (Khisanth, mgr.)
(turn 571): SIS of FANDILS (Wise Old Fandil, mgr.)
DM 71 KYR'TERR (turn 219): WITCH of DOGS OF WAR (Omega, mgr.)
DUELMASTER'S COLUMN
Notes from the arena champ.
Ha! Got you, Major Martin! I do like a good romp, so let's do it again.
Diggity Dog
SPY REPORT
I was going on vacation, see? Surf, sun... But what do those bums say? "Hit
the road, Debby Tonte. IAYE needs a spyreport." Oh, well. Talk about hot teams!
ANGRY BEES goes out, the very first time, and goes 4-1-0! Like, what do you guys eat
for breakfast? MVP award for QORK ORKKIN? RAGGED EDGE's proud of him after beating
STRIPE and getting 22 points. Talk about yer major upsets! STRIPE's match with QORK
ORKKIN cost him a loss of 19 points! Oh, wow, like the Duelmaster must be the most
popular guy in all IAYE. He got the most challenges. (But what about proposals?)
Like, SENATOR WILEY must be pretty gutsy! He challenged the Duelmaster from RED DOG
GANG. Does this guy have a death wish or what! Was that a tear I saw in SENATOR
WILEY's eye, as he took over Duelmastership? And wasn't DIGGITY DOG fit to be tied!
Who was the wiseguy that said IAYE's Duelmaster was paying for drinks at The Wharf
Rat? 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. HER BEST ASSETS was IAYE's most avoided team. Is there some award
for that? I don't know what LENPROS' been doing. They certainly haven't been
accepting many fights from HER BEST ASSETS, that's fer sher.
Man, all these warriors dying and killing each other! Don't you guys ever give
it a break? Fight, fight, fight. Is that all you guys can do?
Remember, blood on a purple robe may stain. Soak it in cold water, and hand
wash. 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
SENATOR WILEY 4821 11 4 0 110 LENPROS (145)
CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
HIPS 4800 12 0 0 123 HER BEST ASSETS (461)
SISTER MARY JANE 4831 10 1 0 93 LENPROS (145)
DIGGITY DOG 4793 14 18 0 92 RED DOG GANG (356)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
MAJOR MARTIN 4807 20 3 0 85 LENPROS (145)
SPUD 4783 19 26 0 83 RED DOG GANG (356)
MASEMA 3714 12 5 1 71 STEEL BLADES (159)
TYPHON 3713 11 7 1 71 STEEL BLADES (159)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
MOONDOG 4790 14 27 1 70 RED DOG GANG (356)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
QORK ORKKIN 4698 4 2 0 47 RAGGED EDGE (454)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
LITTLE ROSIE 4834 5 5 0 33 RED DOG GANG (356)
SERRIS 4697 5 4 0 33 RAGGED EDGE (454)
CHELYE 4699 3 3 0 29 RAGGED EDGE (454)
STRIPE 4835 5 3 0 26 RED DOG GANG (356)
WARG 4701 6 3 0 25 RAGGED EDGE (454)
PRIVATE BOOKS 4841 2 0 0 24 LENPROS (145)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
BEE-STUNG LIPS 4829 4 2 1 22 HER BEST ASSETS (461)
TOUCH 4837 2 1 0 22 HER BEST ASSETS (461)
HONEY 4843 1 0 0 15 ANGRY BEES (464)
DUKE OF WINDSOR 4840 2 1 0 13 LENPROS (145)
STEALTH 3762 1 0 0 11 STEEL BLADES (159)
CLEAVAGE 4838 1 2 0 8 HER BEST ASSETS (461)
CUP 4846 1 0 0 8 ANGRY BEES (464)
CARPENTER 4844 1 0 0 8 ANGRY BEES (464)
BUZZ 4842 1 0 0 8 ANGRY BEES (464)
WHITE THIGHS 4833 1 2 0 5 HER BEST ASSETS (461)
STINGER 4845 0 1 0 1 ANGRY BEES (464)
SHADE 3764 0 1 0 1 STEEL BLADES (159)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
MODBLYE 4700 3 6 0 RAGGED EDGE 454 BLACK ORC 621 NONE
SHADOW 3763 0 1 0 STEEL BLADES 159 ARENAMASTER PENR 621 NONE
PERSONAL ADS
Diggety Dog -- You nipped and nipped and nipped until I just couldn't stand it. You
deserve the win and The Title. Kudos. Can I hire you to be my watch dog? -- Major
Martin
Congratulations to the new Duelmaster, Hot Diggety Dog! -- Lenpro
Spud -- I thought it was pretty unbelievable too. See, it helps to pray. Miracles
do happen! -- Sister Mary Jane
Little Rosie -- You were way too much animal for me. -- Duke Of Windsor
Kung-Fu Master -- Perhaps you are not? -- Senator Wiley
White Thighs -- Uh, well, uh, I can't really say too much without getting in trouble.
I DID like the whole experience. -- Private Books
Health. Humility. Honor. Iaye Forever! -- Lenpro
Sister Mary Jane -- Drat. You *mashed* me. I hate it when that happens. Humans
make jokes about it. -- Spud
P.S. Humans have no respect.
P.P.S. For dogs.
Duke of Windsor -- Shouldn't you be... taller? More impressive? -- Little Rosie
The Ambitious Guard wanted me to be a Kay Nine Core dog, but I don't care for the
uniform. -- Moondog, a plain mutt when you get down to it
I don't know what the Honest Merchant puts in that stuff, but... ugh... not eating it
again. At least, not till the next time it's offered. -- Stripe
Major Martin -- Yes, you could've if you'd tried. -- Spud
9 February 10
All -- I know you all thought the old Wiz that is Fiz went off to die somewhere.
Well, I didn't. Now I'm back to befuddle and frustrate you with my senseless
ramblings. I look forward to reconnecting with all my old friends and enemies alike.
-- Fizban the Famous
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
MODBLYE was dealt death by BLACK ORC in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
SHADOW was butchered by ARENAMASTER PENRUE in a 1 minute Dark Arena duel.
SENATOR WILEY demolished DIGGITY DOG in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge Title melee.
MAJOR MARTIN defeated SPUD in a 3 minute master's Challenge duel.
TOUCH slimly lost to LITTLE ROSIE in a 2 minute Challenge fight.
HIPS overpowered TYPHON in a 1 minute mismatched match.
SISTER MARY JANE devastated KHALHUMS DWARF in a unpopular 5 minute one-sided duel.
MOONDOG was narrowly defeated by MASEMA in a popular 3 minute mismatched brawl.
STRIPE was handily defeated by QORK ORKKIN in a 1 minute uneven melee.
CHELYE was unbelievably bested by AMBITIOUS GUARD in a popular 1 minute gruesome duel.
BEE-STUNG LIPS was unbelievably bested by SERRIS in a 4 minute gory fight.
WARG luckily beat CLEAVAGE in a popular 6 minute gory melee.
PRIVATE BOOKS demolished SHADE in a 1 minute mismatched match.
WHITE THIGHS slimly lost to DUKE OF WINDSOR in a 2 minute novice's contest.
STEALTH subdued STINGER in a 2 minute novice's brawl.
BUZZ overcame SHIFTYEYED VOLUNTEER in a 2 minute novice's conflict.
HONEY vanquished POLITE BEGGAR in a 1 minute mismatched bout.
CARPENTER won victory over FRIENDLY CONSTABLE in a 1 minute novice's fray.
CUP bested FRIENDLY CONSTABLE in a 1 minute amateur's brawl.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|STRIKING ATTACK 8 PARRY-RIPOSTE 5 - 0 - 0 100 |
|LUNGING ATTACK 5 TOTAL PARRY 16 - 3 - 0 84 |
|TOTAL PARRY 3 STRIKING ATTACK 15 - 7 - 1 68 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 3 SLASHING ATTACK 6 - 4 - 0 60 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 2 WALL OF STEEL 6 - 5 - 0 55 |
|BASHING ATTACK 2 LUNGING ATTACK 12 - 12 - 2 50 |
|WALL OF STEEL 2 AIMED BLOW 10 - 12 - 0 45 |
|AIMED BLOW 2 PARRY-LUNGE 4 - 6 - 0 40 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 2 BASHING ATTACK 3 - 5 - 0 38 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 1 PARRY-STRIKE 3 - 10 - 0 23 |
Turn 621 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-RIPOSTE 2 - 0 SLASHING ATTACK 1 - 2 2 STRIKING ATTACK
BASHING ATTACK 2 - 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 1 2 TOTAL PARRY
TOTAL PARRY 3 - 0 LUNGING ATTACK 0 - 5 2 AIMED BLOW
WALL OF STEEL 2 - 0 1 SLASHING ATTACK
AIMED BLOW 1 - 1 1 PARRY-LUNGE
PARRY-STRIKE 1 - 1 1 BASHING ATTACK
STRIKING ATTACK 4 - 4 1 PARRY-STRIKE
1 WALL OF STEEL
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
STRIKING ATTACK SENATOR WILEY 4821 11 4 0 110 LENPROS (145)
SLASHING ATTACK HIPS 4800 12 0 0 123 HER BEST ASSETS (461)
TOTAL PARRY SISTER MARY JANE 4831 10 1 0 93 LENPROS (145)
BASHING ATTACK MASEMA 3714 12 5 1 71 STEEL BLADES (159)
AIMED BLOW QORK ORKKIN 4698 4 2 0 47 RAGGED EDGE (454)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
The overall popularity leader is MOONDOG 4790. The most popular warrior this turn
was MOONDOG 4790. The ten other most popular fighters were CLEAVAGE 4838, TOUCH
4837, MASEMA 3714, BEE-STUNG LIPS 4829, SPUD 4783, LITTLE ROSIE 4834, CHELYE 4699,
SENATOR WILEY 4821, MAJOR MARTIN 4807, and HIPS 4800.
The least popular fighter this week was SISTER MARY JANE 4831. The other ten least
popular fighters were WARG 4701, BUZZ 4842, STEALTH 3762, WHITE THIGHS 4833, SHADE
3764, TYPHON 3713, DIGGITY DOG 4793, SHADOW 3763, CARPENTER 4844, and HONEY 4843.