DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER Date : 06/29/2005 Duedate: 07/12/2005 ARVAT ARENA DM-32 TURN-501 This Weeks Top Honors THE DUELMASTER IS SILVER TRAIN SARATOGA GLORY (352) (32-4170) [9-2-0,119] Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader SILVER TRAIN POSITION IS EMPTY SARATOGA GLORY (352) (32-4170) [9-2-0,119] Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite TASSALTER SILVER TRAIN FISHERMAN'S WHARF (288) SARATOGA GLORY (352) (32-4112) [11-32-0,94] (32-4170) [9-2-0,119] THE CURRENT TOP TEAM SARATOGA GLORY (352) TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team 1. ANGELS OF PAIN (360) 63 2. DEVIL ADVOCATES (105) 56 SARATOGA GLORY (352) 3. FISHERMAN'S WHARF (288) 11 Unchartered Team 4. FOR THE SHIRE (359) 0 5. THE STORMLORDS (337) 0 ANGELS OF PAIN (360) The Top Teams Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K 1/ 0*ANGELS OF PAIN (360) 4 1 0 80.0 1/ 2 SARATOGA GLORY (352) 9 6 0 2- 1*FLAMING DEATH (347) 8 3 0 72.7 2/ 3 DEVIL ADVOCATES (105) 7 8 1 3- 3 FOR THE SHIRE (359) 17 8 0 68.0 3/ 4 THE STORMLORDS (337) 7 8 0 4/ 2 SARATOGA GLORY (352) 114 54 10 67.9 4/ 5 FISHERMAN'S WHARF (288) 6 6 0 5- 5 BARN OF HORRORS (358) 36 19 0 65.5 5/ 1 CALL THE PRIEST (344) 6 9 0 6/ 4 CALL THE PRIEST (344) 96 54 6 64.0 6/ 0*ANGELS OF PAIN (360) 4 1 0 7/ 6 DEVIL ADVOCATES (105) 795 472 42 62.7 7- 6*FLAMING DEATH (347) 1 2 0 8/ 7 THE STORMLORDS (337) 120 104 10 53.6 8- 8 BARN OF HORRORS (358) 0 3 0 9/ 8 FISHERMAN'S WHARF (288) 346 500 10 40.9 9- 7 FOR THE SHIRE (359) 0 3 0 '*' Unchartered team '-' Team did not fight this turn (###) Avoid teams by their Team Id ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank SPY REPORT So why do I have this bag over my head? Because I am The Unknown Spymaster and I'm going to give you a spy report!. Say good-bye to CALL THE PRIEST, as they are pushed from the coveted top team spot by the SARATOGA GLORY stable. For every winner there is a loser. Speaking of losers, lets take a look at CALL THE PRIEST, who went down to 1st from 5th. Life is tough. DEVIL ADVOCATES is no joke as it posted a 4-1-1 week advancing from 3rd place to 2nd place. Call it luck at the right time or bribes in the right hands, but the new team ANGELS OF PAIN scored a 4-1-0 record this week. Hey everybody, watch out for M. A. FISTAFOLES, who flew up 25 points in the rankings after mashing BEFORE THE DAWN like a melon. Keep your eye on this guy. And falling like a basher in the top ten was LITTLE RAINBOW, who dropped 12 points after a disappointing (to say the least) bout with ELECTRIC EYE. Well here's a duelmaster that doesn't sit back and say 'Challenge me'! SILVER TRAIN made a challenge against OBSIDIAN GOLEM this week. Going for the gusto and coming up with aught but bloody knuckles was THE STORMLORDS' OBSIDIAN GOLEM, who was turned away from the Duelmastership by SILVER TRAIN. Can you believe they are paying me 10 gold to deliver this stuff? Let's dig a little deeper into what's happening in the ARVAT arena. Here's a song for you: Who's afraid of the big, bad DEVIL ADVOCATES? Big bad DEVIL ADVOCATES. Big bad DEVIL ADVOCATES. ARVAT's afraid of the big bad DEVIL ADVOCATES. Tra la la la la! For those of you who like math, try this one: DEVIL ADVOCATES + Weapons That go Boom = DEVIL ADVOCATES + Avoid City. Well just about everybody wants a piece of CHARON, who was this week's most challenged warrior. Remember that an arena is not always a safe place to be, but it is one of the most interesting, though! The audience likes blood and there was plenty of it covering S. MOE DIUS as he was driven to an early grave by MORDANT DESERTER of the ARVAT. Remember: alliances are great, but try and take your ally in the arena with you and see what happens. Well, that wasn't too bad; Alarond told me that the people in ARVAT have no sense of humor. Or maybe that they were senseless. C'mon, Leadfoot, let's make some tracks. Its been fun, and I'm sure you enjoyed it (boos). Now that I've got you worked up for Snide Clemens, I'll be leaving-- The Unknown Spymaster DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME SILVER TRAIN 4170 9 2 0 119 SARATOGA GLORY (352) CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -HEADLESS CHICKEN 4204 13 7 0 102 BARN OF HORRORS (358) OBSIDIAN GOLEM 3975 24 20 1 98 THE STORMLORDS (337) BOATMAN KU 4130 15 23 1 98 FISHERMAN'S WHARF (288) TASSALTER 4112 11 32 0 94 FISHERMAN'S WHARF (288) CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME SENSOO O SURU 3979 23 17 0 86 THE STORMLORDS (337) ELECTRIC EYE 4156 7 2 0 84 CALL THE PRIEST (344) LITTLE RAINBOW 4146 18 11 0 69 FISHERMAN'S WHARF (288) CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME KILLING MACHINE 4139 13 6 1 66 CALL THE PRIEST (344) STRATOSTAR 4173 7 4 0 64 SARATOGA GLORY (352) LOGGERHEAD 4149 13 13 0 60 FISHERMAN'S WHARF (288) ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME M. A. FISTAFOLES 4191 4 1 0 52 DEVIL ADVOCATES (105) -IZUSU TROOPER 4062 6 1 0 47 FLAMING DEATH (347) CHARON 4103 8 6 0 44 THE STORMLORDS (337) BEFORE THE DAWN 4148 7 2 0 39 CALL THE PRIEST (344) FREKI 4179 7 2 0 35 THE STORMLORDS (337) CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME LOU CYPHER 4188 5 3 0 32 DEVIL ADVOCATES (105) SINNER 4165 2 3 0 26 CALL THE PRIEST (344) INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME UNITED 4162 1 5 1 23 CALL THE PRIEST (344) DEE SPADER 4192 3 2 2 22 DEVIL ADVOCATES (105) INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME DAMNATION 4214 1 0 0 15 ANGELS OF PAIN (360) PURGATORY 4215 1 0 0 15 ANGELS OF PAIN (360) REPRISAL 4216 1 0 0 15 ANGELS OF PAIN (360) JUSTICE 4217 1 0 0 13 ANGELS OF PAIN (360) -YUGO CV 4066 1 0 0 12 FLAMING DEATH (347) PERSONAL LEGEND 4198 3 0 0 9 SARATOGA GLORY (352) N. FERNAL 4230 1 0 0 8 DEVIL ADVOCATES (105) -VW BEETLE 4064 1 0 0 6 FLAMING DEATH (347) TOPIARY 4219 1 1 0 4 SARATOGA GLORY (352) ULTHAR ULSAY 4199 0 3 0 3 THE STORMLORDS (337) -DEMONIC EGG 4202 0 1 0 1 BARN OF HORRORS (358) '-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn. THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge? EMBEZZLING SCRIBE 314 0 1 0 1 DEE SPADER 4192 501 NONE RAGE 4213 0 1 0 ANGELS OF PAIN 360 DARK CHAMPION 333 501 NONE S. MOE DIUS 4180 2 7 0 DEVIL ADVOCATES 105 MORDANT DESERTER 311 501 NONE CAPTAIN RED 4229 0 1 0 SARATOGA GLORY 352 MOUNTAIN TROLL 327 501 NONE THOR 4169 3 6 0 THE STORMLORDS 337 UNITED 4162 498 JUST REV PERSONAL ADS Editor -- Thanks for running both team spotlights. I was unaware there was a change in policy. Was this brought on by arenas like Jhans? Would the team spotlight titled "Freki Must Die!!!" printed in Arvat on turn #439 be printed today or rejected? I'm curious because that was "primarily real-world" and is a large part of my response here. I fully support not allowing others to write your managers/gladiators into a story if it is not wanted. I am not trying to be a smart aleck, I just want to make sure I understand what you are going to delete. D. Noble wrote a personal ad on turn #499 here in Arvat and it talked about his warrior in Chimlevtal, the Chimlevtal HOF and Lord Protector Napulak of Chimlevtal. I replied on turn #500 (it was not real-world) and it was deleted. I've been on Ghea for 20 years and thought I knew what would get tossed. Thanks. -- The Icelord Yes, there has, of late, been too much "real world" animosity in the newsletters, which needs to be curbed. As for your ad about the Chimlevtal stuff, I think I forwarded it to Chimlevtal to be printed; didn't realize it was meant for here. I think the one you replied to ran when I was out of town. -- Ed. The Trainer & The Dark One -- Great team spotlights! Keep it up! -- The Icelord Killing Machine -- You talk of overtaking Savory and then you promptly lose the throne and get thrashed by Obsidian Golem. Your manager is over-confident and shows a lack of respect for the other gladiators here. -- The Stormlords Destitute N. -- I tried to reply to your personal ads that focused on warriors in Chimlevtal but for some reason they were deleted. They were not real world or over the line, so I have no idea why they were cut and the rest of my personals ran. Do you know why? -- The Icelord High Lord Bosk & RTR -- The chesire cat is not worthy of polishing your boots, mighty warriors. -- The Icelord Little Rainbow -- You're welcome. -- Sensoo O Suru Silver Train -- Congrats on the title! -- The Stormlords Destitute N. -- Go back and read the team spotlight you and Talon Coward wrote on turn #439 entitled "Freki must die!!!" I don't think that would get printed now a days. Also, remember you ran a DA warrior called "Freki's Lover" in Chimlevtal and ducked my BF here in Arvat. You're just lucky I didn't slap you with that gauntlet long ago. I was busy and distracted, but now here I am. Time to answer for your actions, "Noble" one. Don't mix apples and oranges. This is about your actions in Arvat and Chimlevtal. (I'm ready to take this off-line when you are.) -- The Icelord Destitute N. -- You said "my main goal the rest of this year is to beat The Icelord here, and seek their group out in any arena..." <lol> I'm REALLY trembling! I'm in Chimlevtal, Arvat and Primus. -- The Icelord Stratostar -- We say that turnabout is fair play. Note Electric Eye's ending of Isuzu Trooper's undefeated streak, just as you had ended my streak the previous turn. We decided we didn't want to wait for you to do it and hog all the glory. -- B4 The Dawn P.S. Massive upset you pulled? Given your style advantage I'd hardly call it that. The massive style upset happened last turn when that dirty dog Obsidian Golem overcame Killing Machine.... Dark One -- I'll guess I'll be using my avoids against you now also. Were I another manager I would've called you a coward and a backstabber who spit in my face for challenging me the turn after you said you would not. Instead, I look back on our legendary history and understand that sometimes those things happen--it makes one more appreciative of one's successes, and also a bit more wary for next time. Besides I won the challenge and beat another of your warriors in a random matchup. -- D. Noble Icelord -- After reading your spotlight, I gained a bit of insight into your group's way of thinking and why the killing of Freki was such a huge deal. Nonetheless, what's done cannot be undone, and we forge ahead with our challenge. You now lead by one, but there are many turns to go. -- D. Noble Greetings to the returning teams! Anyone know was the last that Arvat fielded eight teams? -- D. Noble Boatman Ku -- That's all you could teach me?? One lousy skill? I like Tassalter better than you. You won't be seeing me around anytime soon. -- Silver Train Loggerhead -- I was worried that the boss wanted me to give you another shot after you beat me so badly in our last fight. I see that new strategy worked wonders for me though. I feel more confidant if you ever want to have another go at it. Good luck to you. -- Stratostar Ulthar Ulsay -- Gotcha again. You actually had me sweating a little this time. I thought for sure that you were going to collapse a lot sooner as you seemed exhausted in minute 4. It shocked me that you still had 9 more minutes left in you. -- Personal Legend Embezzling Scribe -- Didn't your mother ever teach you not to steal? -- Topiary "Arvat Challenge 2005" Update: The Stormlords w- 5-4-0 Call the Priest- 4-5-1 Ed. -- I like that...the welcome wagon. Would that title come with a badge? I'd like to have a badge. -- the Trainer Sure, you can have a badge. The best I can do is a "Junior G-Man" badge though. -- Ed. the Icelord -- Definitely very interesting thus far. Let's see how long you can hold the lead. -- the Trainer the Dark One -- Great team spotlight!!!! Keep it up. -- the Trainer Destitute Noble -- So, you figured out my duel identity did you? Took you long enough. You get a cookie! -- the Trainer Destitute Noble -- It was our pleasure to end Dawn's streak. If there are any other warriors that you have that you would like for me to knock from the ranks of the unbeaten please let me know. We'll be more than happy to oblige. -- the Trainer Ed. -- See, I can be a nice guy when I want to. -- the Trainer Especially if you're giving out cookies! -- Ed. Tassalter -- Sorry about that again. It is an honor to have dueled with you. I hope that makes things a little less painful. -- Silver Train Silver Train -- (groaning) I've been hit by a train! Good work on your part, very poor on mine. -- Boatman Ku Stratostar -- Are you supposed to be flying that thing so low? -- Loggerhead Kung-Fu Master? But I didn't have my Kung-Fu shirt on! -- Little Rainbow The Convicted Assassin is a, well, something he shouldn't be. Or maybe he should, hard to say. -- Tassalter The Trainer -- After I get moved, I will hunt up the missing warrior, or ask the Commission to send me a new one. At present, it's all I can do to get the personals out. -- Jorja The Trainer -- Sorry to disappoint, but my team isn't going to be beating in anyone's brains any time soon. They are works in progress at the moment and definitely need some time on the vine to ripen. -- the Dark One D. Noble -- Slipped one challenge in there vs. Sinner. S. Moe Dius is so bad that I figured I had a 10% chance of winning, but he's trying anything to not get DAed. The one skill hurts, tho.... -- the Dark One P.S. My record for most titles held at one time was seven. I held Gateway, Primus, Free Blades, Arvat, Kurukar, Daiyla Kiv and Malcorn at the same time. They were the only arenas I was in at that point. It was also the only time to my knowledge that all top three arena titles were held by one manager. S. Moe Dius -- Your time grows near! -- the rest of the guys All -- The 500th turn went off well, though my 1-4 was most disappointing. Four spotlights and a number of personals...well done! -- the Dark One 7 June 2005 I am in the process of moving house, and spotlight writing for the next two months will be very hit-and-miss. -- the Scribe 27 June 2005 ATTENTION ALL YOU ALLIANCE-TYPE PEOPLE: For the purposes of tourney newsletter alliance listings (when I am able to do them), you may only be listed in ONE alliance. In other words, you have to choose! If you are a part of Englebert's Alliance and Englebert's Alliance is "part" of Ruthrauf's Alliance, I will list you EITHER as part of Englebert's Alliance OR as part of Ruthrauf's Alliance, NOT both. The default would be the top-level alliance, Ruthrauf's, in this example. If you'd rather be listed separately, let me know and I will do so, but that will be the only listing you get. -- The Saint, keeper of ever- more-complicated lists 29 Jun 2005 The Company of Brothers (TCB) welcomes two new members to our alliance...Liam the Goth and Buddy Lee. We have no doubt that they will prove to be assets to our alliance and the general dueling community. -- Baphomet, co-founder, T.C.B. LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS CAPTAIN RED was butchered by MOUNTAIN TROLL in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight. RAGE was butchered by DARK CHAMPION in a 2 minute Dark Arena duel. SENSOO O SURU luckily beat UNITED in a slow 12 minute one-sided Bloodfeud melee. SILVER TRAIN slimly won victory over OBSIDIAN GOLEM in a 6 minute Challenge contest. STRATOSTAR was overpowered by TASSALTER in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge match. FREKI outwaited SINNER in a 7 minute Challenge fight. ULTHAR ULSAY was outwaited by PERSONAL LEGEND in a 13 minute Challenge match. BOATMAN KU handily defeated KILLING MACHINE in a 1 minute uneven melee. LITTLE RAINBOW was viciously subdued by ELECTRIC EYE in a 2 minute gory duel. CHARON was unbelievably bested by LOGGERHEAD in a popular 2 minute duel. BEFORE THE DAWN was overpowered by M. A. FISTAFOLES in a 1 minute uneven match. S. MOE DIUS was executed by MORDANT DESERTER in a 1 minute one-sided fight. LOU CYPHER demolished CULT MEMBER in a 1 minute mismatched competition. DEE SPADER delivered the death blow upon EMBEZZLING SCRIBE in a 1 minute battle. TOPIARY was bested by DAMNATION in a 2 minute amateur's bout. JUSTICE overcame PERSISTENT BEGGAR in a crowd boring 3 minute fight. REPRISAL defeated EMBEZZLING SCRIBE in a 3 minute beginner's struggle. PURGATORY overcame EMBEZZLING SCRIBE in a 1 minute amateur's bout. N. FERNAL unbelievably bested MORDANT DESERTER in a 2 minute novice's brawl. BATTLE REPORT MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS |FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT| |TOTAL PARRY 6 LUNGING ATTACK 17 - 7 - 0 71 | |STRIKING ATTACK 6 AIMED BLOW 9 - 5 - 1 64 | |SLASHING ATTACK 5 STRIKING ATTACK 24 - 19 - 4 56 | |PARRY-RIPOSTE 4 WALL OF STEEL 12 - 12 - 1 50 | |WALL OF STEEL 4 SLASHING ATTACK 16 - 17 - 0 48 | |LUNGING ATTACK 2 TOTAL PARRY 17 - 20 - 0 46 | |BASHING ATTACK 1 PARRY-STRIKE 3 - 4 - 0 43 | |AIMED BLOW 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE 16 - 22 - 0 42 | |PARRY-LUNGE 0 PARRY-LUNGE 2 - 3 - 0 40 | |PARRY-STRIKE 0 BASHING ATTACK 7 - 13 - 0 35 | Turn 501 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: LUNGING ATTACK 2 - 0 STRIKING ATTACK 2 - 4 3 TOTAL PARRY BASHING ATTACK 1 - 0 AIMED BLOW 0 - 1 2 STRIKING ATTACK TOTAL PARRY 4 - 2 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 2 PARRY-RIPOSTE SLASHING ATTACK 3 - 2 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 0 1 PARRY-LUNGE PARRY-RIPOSTE 2 - 2 1 BASHING ATTACK WALL OF STEEL 2 - 2 1 SLASHING ATTACK 1 AIMED BLOW TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME STRIKING ATTACK SILVER TRAIN 4170 9 2 0 119 SARATOGA GLORY (352) TOTAL PARRY OBSIDIAN GOLEM 3975 24 20 1 98 THE STORMLORDS (337) SLASHING ATTACK ELECTRIC EYE 4156 7 2 0 84 CALL THE PRIEST (344) PARRY-RIPOSTE LITTLE RAINBOW 4146 18 11 0 69 FISHERMAN'S WHARF (288) AIMED BLOW KILLING MACHINE 4139 13 6 1 66 CALL THE PRIEST (344) FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above. The overall popularity leader is TASSALTER 4112. The most popular warrior this turn was SILVER TRAIN 4170. The ten other most popular fighters were CHARON 4103, ELECTRIC EYE 4156, DAMNATION 4214, OBSIDIAN GOLEM 3975, TASSALTER 4112, FREKI 4179, SINNER 4165, LOGGERHEAD 4149, LOU CYPHER 4188, and BOATMAN KU 4130. The least popular fighter this week was PERSONAL LEGEND 4198. The other ten least popular fighters were SENSOO O SURU 3979, UNITED 4162, N. FERNAL 4230, REPRISAL 4216, JUSTICE 4217, TOPIARY 4219, S. MOE DIUS 4180, BEFORE THE DAWN 4148, KILLING MACHINE 4139, and ULTHAR ULSAY 4199. MAIL-IN TOURNEY XXXIX CONTENDERS TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME HELIO 3733 (64-55-4) 0 5 0 ULTIMATE ACCELERATION ADM TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME STYLISH 4116 (19-5-1) 2 3 0 SARATOGA GLORY FRESHMEN TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME TRADEMARK 4114 (18-5-3) 4 3 0 SARATOGA GLORY STARBREAKER 4039 (23-8-1) 3 3 0 CALL THE PRIEST APPRENTICES TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME SILVER TRAIN 4170 (4-0-0) 13 3 1 SARATOGA GLORY ELIGIBLES FOOLS TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME ROLEX WATCH 3732 (58-54-1) 3 3 0 LUST MUPPETS CHALLENGERS FOOL TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME PICKLED PIGSKIN 4051 (12-0-0) 0 3 0 BUFFY'S DINER APPRENTICES FOOL TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME STRATOSTAR 4173 (2-2-0) 0 3 0 SARATOGA GLORY