DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER
Date : 01/26/2005 Duedate: 02/08/2005
ARVAT ARENA
DM-32 TURN-490
This Weeks Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
TRADEMARK
SARATOGA GLORY (352)
(32-4114) [17-4-3,118]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
TAD DEVILLE FILACRIP
DEVIL ADVOCATES (105) CHARM CITY HUSTLERS (356)
(32-4140) [15-3-1,128] (32-4158) [5-2-0,50]
Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite
TRADEMARK BOATMAN KU
SARATOGA GLORY (352) FISHERMAN'S WHARF (288)
(32-4114) [17-4-3,118] (32-4130) [12-15-1,86]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
DEVIL ADVOCATES (105)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. DEVIL ADVOCATES (105) 44
2. CHARM CITY HUSTLERS (356) 32 SARATOGA GLORY (352)
3. THE STORMLORDS (337) 28 Unchartered Team
4. SARATOGA GLORY (352) 24
5. BUFFY'S DINER (346) 7CHARM CITY HUSTLERS (356)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1/ 1 SARATOGA GLORY (352) 85 31 9 73.3 1/ 1 DEVIL ADVOCATES (105) 9 6 1
2/ 2*CHARM CITY HUSTLER (356) 25 10 1 71.4 2/ 3 SARATOGA GLORY (352) 8 6 1
3/ 3 DEVIL ADVOCATES (105) 764 448 40 63.0 3/ 5 THE STORMLORDS (337) 7 2 2
4/ 0 BUFFY'S DINER (346) 30 21 0 58.8 4/ 2 FISHERMAN'S WHARF (288) 6 9 0
5/ 4 THE STORMLORDS (337) 94 75 10 55.6 5/ 4*CHARM CITY HUSTLER (356) 5 5 0
6/ 5 FISHERMAN'S WHARF (288) 328 467 10 41.3 6/ 0 BUFFY'S DINER (346) 1 0 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 507): CATNIP of ARENA FELINES (Garfield, mgr.)
DM 12 RIZTAB (turn 507): AGLIBOL of DARKMOON (Bobby Bigfoot, mgr.)
DM 15 MALCORN (turn 501): BATTERY of STARBASE 5 (Zeus, mgr.)
DM 16 WILLAF (turn 503): FELIX of ARENA FELINES (Garfield, mgr.)
DM 17 ALJAFIR (turn 501): MCARTHUR of HEROESANDFOUNDONES (The Judge, mgr.)
DM 19 ZUWAYZA (turn 500): WILD WEST of THE MAGNIFICENT MAGS (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 28 MORYA (turn 250): ALARIC of THE WARLORDS II (Fizban, mgr.)
DM 29 LAPUR (turn 492): LEXINGTON of DARK GLORY (Ultraist, mgr.)
DM 31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 247): CHERRY 2000 of NUMBERS GAME (Destitute Noble, mgr.)
DM 32 ARVAT (turn 489): MAY FISTAFOLES of DEVIL ADVOCATES (The Dark One, mgr.)
DM 33 NIATOLI ISLAND (turn 487): CATLOW of SACKETT'S & CO. (Barnabas, mgr.)
DM 35 MURSKA (turn 480): RAZZLE DAZZLE of BLITZKRIEG (Polarius, mgr.)
DM 43 VEASTIAN (turn 443): DISMAY of HELL'S PAWNS (Harbinger, mgr.)
DM 45 STORMCROWE (turn 225): STORM SERPENT of SUPERIOR FORCES (Manager, mgr.)
DM 47 NORTH FORK (turn 219): COURAGE of LAND OF OZ (Oz the Successful, mgr.)
DM 50 SNOWBOUND (turn 206): VANWAFEA of DARK SIDHE (Daehir, mgr.)
DM 56 ROCANIS (turn 368): WISHLIST of YIELD (Jekyll, mgr.)
DM 61 JURINE (turn 347): COOL CAT of ARENA FELINES (Garfield, mgr.)
DM 73 ERINIKA (turn 155): CHINESE SIMIAN of K.B.W.F II (Polarius, mgr.)
ADM 103 FREE BLADES (turn 393): PARANOIA of DSM4 from ZUKAL (The Sandman, mgr.)
Top Teams
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DM 9 ZUKAL (turn 507): BLUE MOON (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 12 RIZTAB (turn 507): DREAMERS (Sleepy, mgr.)
DM 15 MALCORN (turn 501): GREENWARDENS (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 16 WILLAF (turn 503): ARENA FELINES (Garfield, mgr.)
DM 17 ALJAFIR (turn 501): HEROESANDFOUNDONES (The Judge, mgr.)
DM 19 ZUWAYZA (turn 500): THE MAGNIFICENT MAGS (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 28 MORYA (turn 250): LADZ OF LUGBURZ (Bum, mgr.)
DM 29 LAPUR (turn 492): EQUESTORS (Spartacus, mgr.)
DM 31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 247): SOL INVICTUS (Bobby Bigfoot, mgr.)
DM 32 ARVAT (turn 489): DEVIL ADVOCATES (The Dark One, mgr.)
DM 33 NIATOLI ISLAND (turn 487): SACKETT'S & CO. (Barnabas, mgr.)
DM 35 MURSKA (turn 480): BLITZKRIEG (Polarius, mgr.)
DM 43 VEASTIAN (turn 443): GIRLS X3 (Non, mgr.)
DM 45 STORMCROWE (turn 225): MORDRED'S MADMEN (Abraxis, mgr.)
DM 47 NORTH FORK (turn 219): LAND OF OZ (Oz the Successful, mgr.)
DM 50 SNOWBOUND (turn 206): DRUID'S GROVE (Talon Warsmith, mgr.)
DM 56 ROCANIS (turn 368): REDHORSE (Mila, mgr.)
DM 61 JURINE (turn 347): FAVORITE GUYS (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 73 ERINIKA (turn 155): DUDS (Amy A. Airhead, mgr.)
ADM 103 FREE BLADES (turn 393): LEGION OF DUMB (Carnage, mgr.)
Recent Graduates
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DM 28 MORYA (turn 250): ALARIC of THE WARLORDS II (Fizban, mgr.)
RAY D AYTOR of OTTO'S MECHANICS (Crip, mgr.)
(turn 249): RHINOVIRUS of BAD GERMS (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.)
DM 29 LAPUR (turn 492): LUCIUS of EQUESTORS (Spartacus, mgr.)
DM 31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 247): CHERRY 2000 of NUMBERS GAME (Destitute Noble, mgr.)
DM 32 ARVAT (turn 489): MAY FISTAFOLES of DEVIL ADVOCATES (The Dark One, mgr.)
STYLISH of SARATOGA GLORY (The Trainer, mgr.)
DM 33 NIATOLI ISLAND (turn 487): CATLOW of SACKETT'S & CO. (Barnabas, mgr.)
DM 43 VEASTIAN (turn 443): STILTZ of THE FAMILY (Jorja, mgr.)
(turn 442): RIBSPLITTER of WIDOWMAKERS (Soultender, mgr.)
DM 47 NORTH FORK (turn 218): ACE BAILEY of ROYAL FLUSH (Crip, mgr.)
DM 50 SNOWBOUND (turn 206): VANWAFEA of DARK SIDHE (Daehir, mgr.)
SPY REPORT
Well, what are you looking at, ARVAT? Ain't you never seen Snide Clemens
before? Ah, shaddup and listen to my news. Of course, we're all terribly impressed
to see TAD DEVILLE win a fight and gain 48 points, terribly. Tsk, tsk, FILACRIP beat
LOGGERHEAD and LOGGERHEAD lost 16 points. You're breakin' my heart. TRADEMARK
challenged ARVAT's Duelmaster for a shot at the throne. And it's out with the old,
in with the new, as TRADEMARK takes the Title and last week's bar tab from the old
Duelmaster. Heh, heh. I'm not in a very good mood today, but why am I telling you
this? You want to know what's new, don't you, ARVAT?
Well, let's take a look at some more misdeeds of you miserable sword-boys.
What's the big D? DEVIL ADVOCATES was the most avoided team? Bunch of lily
livered... grumble... mumble... curse... And it looks like DEVIL ADVOCATES avoided
them the most this turn. What a pack of would be losers, if you ask me. Hmph.
BOATMAN KU was challenged more times this turn than the Duelmaster. Now was the DM
insulted or feared? Heh, heh.
Death and Taxes. The less death I see, the more it taxes my patience. Let's
see if anyone's dead or dying. I could say I saw this coming, but so could anyone
else. Anyway, this turn it came. STYLISH's 16-4-1 has earned him the Dark Arena.
And sending STYLISH to the Dark Arena was supposed to be one of your better ideas,
SARATOGA GLORY? Let's see, 18-7-1. Pretty good record for a living warrior. A sad
one though, for a dead one. Such is the case for PRETTY WILD of SARATOGA GLORY.
Tsk. You can run, TAD DEVILLE, but maybe you can't hide from SARATOGA GLORY.
Killing PRETTY WILD is something the rest of DEVIL ADVOCATES may not be able to help
you with. Honor is like a chainmail shirt, it only shines through use. Certain
nameless cowards will doubtless rebuke me on this one.
There's got to be a better place in ARVAT to get a drink than The Swinging
Aardvark! Any suggestions? Just wait 'till next time I show up here, I won't be so
nice! So nyaaah! Glad to see the back of this place-- Snide Clemens
DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
TRADEMARK 4114 17 4 3 118 SARATOGA GLORY (352)
CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-PICKLED PIGSKIN 4051 12 0 0 130 BUFFY'S DINER (346)
TAD DEVILLE 4140 15 3 1 128 DEVIL ADVOCATES (105)
SAVORY 4143 10 3 1 116 SARATOGA GLORY (352)
OBSIDIAN GOLEM 3975 18 15 1 93 THE STORMLORDS (337)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
LIL ETH 4093 20 8 2 90 DEVIL ADVOCATES (105)
BOATMAN KU 4130 12 15 1 86 FISHERMAN'S WHARF (288)
DIETER KWAN 4092 18 11 0 85 DEVIL ADVOCATES (105)
BASKERVOLE 4071 14 41 0 83 FISHERMAN'S WHARF (288)
SENSOO O SURU 3979 18 11 0 81 THE STORMLORDS (337)
CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
TASSALTER 4112 8 24 0 65 FISHERMAN'S WHARF (288)
LITTLE RAINBOW 4146 13 5 0 60 FISHERMAN'S WHARF (288)
MISS AMERICAN PIE 4058 5 0 0 57 BUFFY'S DINER (346)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
FILACRIP 4158 5 2 0 50 CHARM CITY HUSTLERS (356)
CASH MONEY 4160 5 2 0 45 CHARM CITY HUSTLERS (356)
OSMOSIS 4157 5 2 1 38 CHARM CITY HUSTLERS (356)
LOGGERHEAD 4149 9 6 0 35 FISHERMAN'S WHARF (288)
-EDIBLE UNDIES 4052 4 3 0 34 BUFFY'S DINER (346)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
CHARON 4103 3 0 0 31 THE STORMLORDS (337)
DEATH KNIGHT 4104 2 1 2 29 THE STORMLORDS (337)
STONE COLD HUSTLER 4161 5 2 0 28 CHARM CITY HUSTLERS (356)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
STRETCH MUNROE 4159 5 2 0 26 CHARM CITY HUSTLERS (356)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
SILVER TRAIN 4170 1 0 0 10 SARATOGA GLORY (352)
THOR 4169 0 1 0 1 THE STORMLORDS (337)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
CONVICTED THIEF 310 0 1 0 1 DEATH KNIGHT 4104 490 NONE
SPONGE DEVIL 4171 0 1 0 DEVIL ADVOCATES 105 SPYMASTER 331 490 NONE
STYLISH 4116 16 5 1 SARATOGA GLORY 352 ARENAMISTRESS SUG 332 490 NONE
PRETTY WILD 4113 18 7 1 SARATOGA GLORY 352 TAD DEVILLE 4140 490
PERSONAL ADS
Obsidian Golem -- That was a pretty good fight. I wouldn't have expected you to come
out swinging as much as you did. I expect I'll see you around. -- Pretty Wild
The Stormlords -- Welcome back to Arvat. I am the Trainer, mgr. of Saratoga Glory.
I bid you greetings. Perhaps we can pull up a chair at the Blue Boar Inn and toast a
few one day soon. We hope to see you around.
Ghost of Khalhums Dwarf -- I do not offer any apologies for your death. Your kind
has slain many a good gladiator heartlessly. Should I show your kind the mercy that
you do not show my kind? Methinks, not. If I meet up with another one of your ilk I
hope to slay it as well. -- Trademark
Kung-Fu Master -- Consider yourself lucky you did not meet the same fate that your
compadre Khalhums Dwarf met. If you stayed on your feet a little longer I would have
re-introduced you to him. -- Trademark
Baskervole -- We meet again. Thank you so very much for the duels that we engaged in
during my time in Arvat. I believe we end our competition with me up 4-1 against
you. You were a most honorable and worthy opponent. I wish you nothing but the
best. I am off to test my mettle against the greatest gladiators in all of Free
Blades. I hope to see you there soon. Good luck. -- Stylish
All -- Stylish is off to join his former guidemate, Solar Man, in the Free Blades
Regional. He receives his invite at 16-4-1 in the regular arena. Stylish went 13-9-
0 in 3 tournaments and was a 5-time Duelmaster. Unlike Solar Man who is retired,
Stylish will continue to wave the Saratoga Glory and Arvat Banner in the arena at the
Free Blades Regional. Stylish graduates with Master ratings in Initiative, Riposte,
Attack & Defense and with an Advanced Expert rating in Decisiveness. Stylish is my
most bonused warrior of all time being a minimum NATURAL +17. I think he will only
continue to improve and will one day rank as one of the greats of the game. Stylish
has fought his final arena fight in Arvat and will test his skills in the Dark Arena
this turn before travelling to ADM.
May Fistafoles -- After I drilled you in the head to start the fight and sending you
desperate immediately I thought I was going to be able to finish you off and retake
the title that I lost to inactivity. Alas, you proved to be my superior for now.
Congratulations on the win and on the Invite. I, for one, am happy you won't be
around here anymore. Good luck! -- Savory
May Fistafoles -- Congratulations on your invite. It is well earned. -- the Saratoga
Glory Stable.
Lil Eth -- They tell me I should find you irresistibly attractive. I do not. --
Boatman Ku
Stylish -- Who cuts your hair? -- Baskervole
Tad Deville -- Too bad there isn't anyone else to fight here. -- Tassalter, tired of
seeing the same old faces grinning over the same old swords
The Userous Merchant? Bah. -- Little Rainbow and Loggerhead
12 January 2005
On Jhans turn number 476 (due on Feb. 16, 2005) the Second Annual kLk St. Valentine's
Massacre Kill Contest will begin. The rules are simple; the team with the most kills
on the last turn wins. Last year's winner was Shocking Toad. Can he repeat? Could
DOOMcorps crush all challengers? Will the kLk prevail? Or will you be the
independent manager to show that alliances aren't all that? Come on to Jhans and
let's find out!
Prizes are: 1st. Renaming of a Dark Arena monster and five roll-up
certificates or $25.00 deposited in your account.
2nd. Renaming of a Stand-In monster.
Come on and celebrate the Delarquan way!
Azrael
15 January 2005
BR 4 is upon us! First turn is due on 1/29/05. Many thanks to RSI for helping
supply a great prize for the winner and those who meet the 90% endurance criteria.
Winning prize: 6 months free play, a +1 bonus potion, a limited damage potion,
a favorites knowledge potion, a minor stat-switch prize, and renaming a Dark Arena
creature.
Endurance prizes: a +1 bonus potion to all teams that fight 90% of the possible
fights during the contest.
For details, visit Talcama's newletter or http://www.geocities.com/assurnasir/br4
To join, simply bring a team to DM 18, announce your entry in the personals, and
follow the very simple rule of not avoiding!
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
STYLISH was barely slain by ARENAMISTRESS SUGAR in a 3 minute Dark Arena fight.
SPONGE DEVIL was murdered by SPYMASTER in a exciting 1 minute gory Dark Arena melee.
TRADEMARK viciously subdued MAY FISTAFOLES in a 1 minute Challenge Title brawl.
DIETER KWAN demolished BASKERVOLE in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge competition.
OBSIDIAN GOLEM won victory over BOATMAN KU in a 3 minute master's Challenge fight.
PRETTY WILD was viciously butchered by TAD DEVILLE in a 5 minute competition.
SAVORY vanquished LIL ETH in a popular 1 minute uneven duel.
SENSOO O SURU slimly won victory over LITTLE RAINBOW in a 11 minute gory duel.
TASSALTER defeated CASH MONEY in a 2 minute gory uneven match.
MISS AMERICAN PIE overpowered STRETCH MUNROE in a 1 minute one-sided match.
LOGGERHEAD was viciously subdued by FILACRIP in a crowd pleasing 2 minute conflict.
OSMOSIS demolished CULT MEMBER in a 1 minute one-sided brawl.
STONE COLD HUSTLER handily defeated CONVICTED THIEF in a 2 minute one-sided conflict.
CHARON vanquished PERSISTENT BEGGAR in a 1 minute mismatched bout.
DEATH KNIGHT slaughtered CONVICTED THIEF in a 1 minute one-sided fray.
SILVER TRAIN devastated THOR in a 1 minute mismatched brawl.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|STRIKING ATTACK 5 PARRY-LUNGE 8 - 1 - 0 89 |
|LUNGING ATTACK 5 STRIKING ATTACK 11 - 3 - 3 79 |
|WALL OF STEEL 4 SLASHING ATTACK 10 - 3 - 1 77 |
|TOTAL PARRY 3 WALL OF STEEL 21 - 8 - 1 72 |
|BASHING ATTACK 3 LUNGING ATTACK 21 - 10 - 0 68 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 2 AIMED BLOW 7 - 4 - 0 64 |
|AIMED BLOW 1 TOTAL PARRY 8 - 7 - 0 53 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE 10 - 10 - 0 50 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 1 BASHING ATTACK 7 - 10 - 0 41 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 1 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 10 - 0 0 |
Turn 490 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 1 - 0 LUNGING ATTACK 2 - 3 2 LUNGING ATTACK
SLASHING ATTACK 1 - 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 1 2 WALL OF STEEL
STRIKING ATTACK 5 - 0 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 1 2 TOTAL PARRY
TOTAL PARRY 2 - 1 BASHING ATTACK 0 - 3 1 SLASHING ATTACK
PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 - 1 1 AIMED BLOW
WALL OF STEEL 2 - 2 1 BASHING ATTACK
1 PARRY-STRIKE
1 PARRY-RIPOSTE
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
SLASHING ATTACK TRADEMARK 4114 17 4 3 118 SARATOGA GLORY (352)
WALL OF STEEL TAD DEVILLE 4140 15 3 1 128 DEVIL ADVOCATES (105)
AIMED BLOW SAVORY 4143 10 3 1 116 SARATOGA GLORY (352)
TOTAL PARRY OBSIDIAN GOLEM 3975 18 15 1 93 THE STORMLORDS (337)
LUNGING ATTACK DIETER KWAN 4092 18 11 0 85 DEVIL ADVOCATES (105)
PARRY-RIPOSTE LITTLE RAINBOW 4146 13 5 0 60 FISHERMAN'S WHARF (288)
STRIKING ATTACK MISS AMERICAN PIE 4058 5 0 0 57 BUFFY'S DINER (346)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
The overall popularity leader is TRADEMARK 4114. The most popular warrior this turn
was BOATMAN KU 4130. The ten other most popular fighters were FILACRIP 4158,
TRADEMARK 4114, PRETTY WILD 4113, TAD DEVILLE 4140, SAVORY 4143, TASSALTER 4112,
LITTLE RAINBOW 4146, CASH MONEY 4160, OSMOSIS 4157, and CHARON 4103.
The least popular fighter this week was SENSOO O SURU 3979. The other ten least
popular fighters were THOR 4169, STONE COLD HUSTLER 4161, LOGGERHEAD 4149, STRETCH
MUNROE 4159, BASKERVOLE 4071, LIL ETH 4093, DIETER KWAN 4092, SPONGE DEVIL 4171,
SILVER TRAIN 4170, and DEATH KNIGHT 4104.
The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn:
TRADEMARK (32-4114) SARATOGA GLORY (352)
The following warriors have traveled to AD after fighting this turn:
MAY FISTAFOLES (32-3852) DEVIL ADVOCATES (105)
STYLISH (32-4116) SARATOGA GLORY (352)
FACE-TO-FACE TOURNEY XXXV
PRIMUS TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME
THE HELLION 668 (126-89-2) 2 3 0 FARFIGNEWTONS
CONTENDERS TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME
HELIO 3733 (61-52-4) 1 4 0 ULTIMATE ACCELERATION
ELIGIBLES TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME
ROLEX WATCH 3732 (54-53-1) 2 3 0 LUST MUPPETS
ADM TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME
BLOODSTONE 3383 (47-41-1) 4 3 0 PRECIOUS LADIES
JOHNNY B GOODE 4034 (28-9-1) 1 3 0 CALL THE PRIEST
FRESHMEN TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME
LOCKED IN 4049 (19-10-1) 9 4 0 CALL THE PRIEST
STARBREAKER 4039 (20-5-1) 4 3 0 CALL THE PRIEST
PRIVATE PROPERTY 4029 (18-8-1) 1 3 0 CALL THE PRIEST
CHAMPIONS TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME
PICKLED PIGSKIN 4051 (12-0-0) 6 3 0 BUFFY'S DINER
STYLISH 4116 (16-4-1) 3 3 0 SARATOGA GLORY
INITIATES TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME
BEFORE THE DAWN 4148 (4-0-0) 0 3 0 CALL THE PRIEST
APPRENTICES TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME
ELECTRIC EYE 4156 (2-2-0) 3 3 0 CALL THE PRIEST
MISS AMERICAN PIE 4058 (4-0-0) 2 3 0 BUFFY'S DINER
UNITED 4162 (0-1-0) 1 3 0 CALL THE PRIEST
ROOKIES TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME
GINA 4011 (0-0-0) 4 3 0 HITLIST
SINNER 4165 (0-0-0) 3 3 0 CALL THE PRIEST