DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 10/01/2009    Duedate: 10/14/2009

NIATOLI ISLAND ARENA

DM-33    TURN-610

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

KOBALT
RAVAGING LORDS (44)
(33-7648) [17-2-1,129]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

KOBALT                         JOE SIXPACK
RAVAGING LORDS (44)            MALEFACTION (631)
(33-7648) [17-2-1,129]         (33-7677) [3-0-1,20]

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

KOBALT                         KOBALT
RAVAGING LORDS (44)            RAVAGING LORDS (44)
(33-7648) [17-2-1,129]         (33-7648) [17-2-1,129]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

RAVAGING LORDS (44)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. RAVAGING LORDS (44)         40
2. THE SEWING CIRCLE (388)     19      RAVAGING LORDS (44)
3. STORM BRINGERS (423)        10      Unchartered Team
4. MALEFACTION (631)            5
5. LIVING HELL (628)            0      MALEFACTION (631)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1- 1*LIVING HELL (628)          5   0  0  100   1/ 1 RAVAGING LORDS (44)      12  3 1
 2/ 2*MALEFACTION (631)          9   5  1 64.3   2/ 2*MALEFACTION (631)         9  5 1
 3/ 3 RAVAGING LORDS (44)      292 274 25 51.6   3/ 3 THE SEWING CIRCLE (388)   6  7 1
 4/ 4 STORM BRINGERS (423)     174 180 12 49.2   4/ 4 STORM BRINGERS (423)      3 12 1
 5/ 5 THE SEWING CIRCLE (388)  186 249  6 42.8   5- 5*LIVING HELL (628)         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
                                     -----------
 DM   9 ZUKAL (turn 627): SEA LEGS of SEA DOGS (One Armed Bandit, mgr.)
 DM  12 RIZTAB (turn 629): KISSA BELLE of SWEET MAGIC (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  15 MALCORN (turn 623): REXROTH of DARK CREATION (H.P.L. West, mgr.)
 DM  16 WILLAF (turn 625): ON GOLDEN POND of GOLDEN GLADIATORS (Midas, mgr.)
 DM  17 ALJAFIR (turn 620): URSILA VINE of MIDDLE WAY (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  19 ZUWAYZA (turn 622): ERIC CARTMAN of CUNNING RUNTS (Deep Thought, mgr.)
 DM  28 MORYA (turn 311): SURGICAL of STEEL AND SILK (Michael Eldritch, mgr.)
 DM  29 LAPUR (turn 615): COLOSSUS of X-MEN (?, mgr.)
 DM  31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 309): ULTHAR STORMHELM of THE STORM GUARDS (The Icelord)
 DM  32 ARVAT (turn 611): EAST TO WEST of CHRISTIAN ROCK (Zalgor Prigg, mgr.)
 DM  33 NIATOLI ISLAND (turn 609): KOBALT of RAVAGING LORDS (General Ikillu, mgr.)
 DM  35 MURSKA (turn 600): BRENDAL of CHILDREN OF LLYR (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  43 VEASTIAN (turn 563): ELOWAN of OBSCURE LORE (Tigtoad, mgr.)
 DM  45 STORMCROWE (turn 286): YUMALESCA of DARQUE FORCES (Master Darque, mgr.)
 DM  47 SCOMBS SWAMP (turn 280): MEDEE of THE OPERA (Manager, mgr.)
 DM  50 SNOWBOUND (turn 267): MRS. VAUGHN of LIFE IMPACTS (Smitty, mgr.)
 DM  56 ROCANIS (turn 490): FONZETH HILGRA of INCONSISTENT FURY (Banthius, mgr.)
 DM  60 COLLUSION COVE (turn 477): CLOUDGAZER of EX OBLIVIONE (Enigma, mgr)
 DM  61 JURINE (turn 457): XAVAN YOLE of MIDDLE WAY 16 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  65 DAL SHANG (turn 454): CHIANA of TIL DEATH DO US PART (Killjoy, mgr.)
 DM  73 ERINIKA (turn 216): DEATH SUCKS of BLACKMAIL (The Mun, mgr.)
 DM  74 DAYLA KIV (turn 418): DIENEKES of GATES OF FIRE (?, mgr.)
 DM  75 JADE MOUNTAIN (turn 409): CORINTHIAN of PARANOID ASYLUM (Jekyll, mgr.)
 DM  78 LIN TIRIAN (turn 400): DANNI ROGERS of GIRLS X3 (Non, mgr.)
ADM 103 FREE BLADES (turn 516): MIMOSA of PHILANTHROPISTS (Aragorn, mgr.)

                                      Top Teams
                                      ---------
 DM   9 ZUKAL (turn 627): SEA DOGS (One Armed Bandit, mgr.)
 DM  12 RIZTAB (turn 629): DREAMERS (Sleepy, mgr.)
 DM  15 MALCORN (turn 623): STARBASE 5 (Zeus, mgr.)
 DM  16 WILLAF (turn 624): PUNNY ANIMALS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  17 ALJAFIR (turn 620): MIDDLE WAY (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  19 ZUWAYZA (turn 622): CUNNING RUNTS (Deep Thought, mgr.)
 DM  28 MORYA (turn 311): EXPENSE ACCOUNT (Finance Manager, mgr.)
 DM  29 LAPUR (turn 615): STREET WALKERS (Roadkill, mgr.)
 DM  31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 309): WAR (Mannequin, mgr.)
 DM  32 ARVAT (turn 611): DEVIL ADVOCATES (Dark One, mgr.)
 DM  33 NIATOLI ISLAND (turn 609): RAVAGOMG LORDS (General Ikillu, mgr.)
 DM  35 MURSKA (turn 600): SHINING PATH (?, mgr.)
 DM  43 VEASTIAN (turn 563): THE FAMILY (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  45 STORMCROWE (turn 285): MIKES HEROES (Mike?, mgr.)
 DM  47 SCOMBS SWAMP (turn 280): THE OPERA (Manager, mgr.)
 DM  50 SNOWBOUND (turn 267): LIFE IMPACTS (Smitty, mgr.)
 DM  56 ROCANIS (turn 490): INCONSISTENT FURY (Banthius, mgr.)
 DM  60 COLLUSION COVE (turn 477): HOLLEN KATZE (?, mgr.)
 DM  61 JURINE (turn 457): MIDDLE WAY 16 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  65 DAL SHANG (turn 454): TIL DEATH DO US PART (Killjoy, mgr.)
 DM  73 ERINIKA (turn 216): BLACKMAIL (The Mun, mgr.)
 DM  74 DAYLA KIV (turn 418): SAND DANCERS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  75 JADE MOUNTAIN (turn 409): GREATS OF TROY (Zalgor Prigg, mgr.)
 DM  78 LIN TIRIAN (turn 400): SAND DANCERS (Jorja, mgr.)
ADM 103 FREE BLADES (turn 516): DO IT AGAIN et al (The Dark One, mgr.)

                                   Recent Graduates
                                  -----------------
 DM   9 ZUKAL (turn 627): SEA LEGS of SEA DOGS (One Armed Bandit, mgr.)
              (turn 626): MORAVIA MAUVE of BLUE MOON (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  12 RIZTAB (turn 628): CARLOTTA of SWEET MAGIC (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  15 MALCORN (turn 621): PIE EYED PIPER of STARBASE 5 (Zeus, mgr.)
 DM  16 WILLAF (turn 624): SILVIA MINNO of PUNNY ANIMALS (Jorja, mgr.)
                           MAREY D'NUIT of PUNNY ANIMALS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  19 ZUWAYZA (turn 624): STEWIE GRIFFIN of CUNNING RUNTS (Deep Thought, mgr.)
 DM  28 MORYA (turn 310): CASH MEALS of EXPENSE ACCOUNT (Finance Manager, mgr.)
 DM  29 LAPUR (turn 615): COLOSSUS of X-MEN (?, mgr.)
              (turn 614): LIME of WILL DUEL 4 MEAD (Sporkis, mgr.)
                          GLAUCO of EQUESTORS (Spartacus, mgr.)
 DM  43 VEASTIAN (turn 563): ELOWAN of OBSCURE LORE (Tigtoad, mgr.)
 DM  47 SCOMBS SWAMP (turn 280): KODIAK of THE BEAR'S PAW (Kat, mgr.)
                     (turn 279): CHINA MILKMAID of LAND OF OZ (Oz the Successful)
                             IVAN POISY of SPOONERTICS (Spawn, mgr.)
                             MADAME BUTTERFLY of THE OPERA (Manager, mgr.)
                 (turn 278): LURKING FEAR of ABYSMAL RITES (Reaper, mgr.)
 DM  50 SNOWBOUND (turn 267): PETRA QUORD of MIDDLE WAY 6 (Jorja, mgr.)
                              EXTRUSION of LIFE IMPACTS (Smitty, mgr.)
 DM  50 SNOWBOUND (turn 265): C.H.S. of LIFE IMPACTS (Smitty, mgr.)
 DM  74 DAYLA KIV (turn 417): LIRINI TYL VARIN of SAND DANCERS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  78 LIN TIRIAN (turn 399): RED COULTER of SAND DANCERS (Jorja, mgr.)

                                 DUELMASTER'S COLUMN
                             Notes from the arena champ.

It looks like 1 of yer turds missed the march to the dark arena.  I will mush them
all. -- Ikillu

                                      SPY REPORT

     Like the magnificent Sun, rising upon the Dawn and exiling the Night for a Day, 
I, Novgorodny Vir, return once again!  Practice pays for CAGED RAT, who pummelled 
BLADE SINGER, to pocket 16 points.  Win some, lose some.  Speaking of which, CAGED 
RAT was winsome, after beating BLADE SINGER and seeing her lose 13 points.  DIRTY 
HOWEL found out that NIATOLI ISLAND isn't a democracy.  You've gotta be the best to 
be Duelmaster here!  Word has it one team in NIATOLI ISLAND is using psychics to 
predict wins.  They lead a charmed life!   
     And how sociable are NIATOLI ISLAND's warriors?  Come, let us see.  Like the 
noble eagle soaring amongst the mountaintops, so stand the warriors of MALEFACTION, 
alone and unchallenged.  Like a pup with its tail between its legs, RAVAGING LORDS 
scurried away from MALEFACTION.  Oh, the shame!   
     Is there life after death?  Pragmatics (and warriors) know there is death after 
life!  Oh hard!  that to strike a flame, the match itself must needs be wasting!   
     Leave me now, you base fools!  Keep those sands bloody and the buzzards fat!  
Can anything compare to the pleasure of writing Spyreports for NIATOLI ISLAND?  On 
that giddy note I take my leave-- Novgorodny Vir  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 KOBALT 7648                  17   2  1   129       RAVAGING LORDS (44)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 TOBY 7649                    12   7  1   100       RAVAGING LORDS (44)
 MONOLYTH 7637                17  10  0    93       RAVAGING LORDS (44)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 DIRTY HOWEL 7644              9  13  1    72       THE SEWING CIRCLE (388)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-ZOMBIFIED 7622                5   0  0    62       LIVING HELL (628)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 LONE STAR 7658                7   3  1    55       THE SEWING CIRCLE (388)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 DRUNKARD'S PATH 7656          9   4  1    41       THE SEWING CIRCLE (388)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 CAGED RAT 7668                3   1  0    25       RAVAGING LORDS (44)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 JOE SIXPACK 7677              3   0  1    20       MALEFACTION (631)
 HUNGRY CAT 7681               2   1  1    20       RAVAGING LORDS (44)
 THE DEACON 7678               2   1  0    18       MALEFACTION (631)
 STING 7689                    1   0  0    16       STORM BRINGERS (423)
 THE RED RIPPER 7675           2   1  0    13       MALEFACTION (631)
 MOLLY HATCHET 7676            1   2  0     5       MALEFACTION (631)
 BLADE SINGER 7683             1   1  0     4       STORM BRINGERS (423)
 SPINNING STAR 7686            1   1  0     4       THE SEWING CIRCLE (388)
 BOWTIE BILL 7687              0   2  0     2       THE SEWING CIRCLE (388)
 GIGANTO 7688                  0   1  0     1       STORM BRINGERS (423)

'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
THE USEROUS MERC        0  0 0                      LONE STAR 7658        610  NONE
EVAL KNEEDS 7674        1  1 0 MALEFACTION 631      HUNGRY CAT 7681       609   
GEN. IKILLU 7691        0  1 0 STORM BRINGERS 423   MOUNTAIN TROLL        610  NONE
KOBALTS BROTHER 7690    0  1 0 STORM BRINGERS 423   GERELIN LOSTFIRE      610  NONE

                                     PERSONAL ADS

Kobalt -- Huh, I know a dirty trick when I see one, and you used the dirtiest
advantage there is:  natural superiority.  I hate that. -- Dirty Howel

The Oshskshi Noble can't hold hish liquor, but we knew that. -- Drunkard's Path

The so-called "Ambitious Guard" doesn't know the meaning of it. -- Lone Star,
standing ambitiously tall (to make a better target?)

Caged Rat -- Damn!  I'm a golem?  Threw me off my stroke.  Next time, I'll... ah,
well, I'll learn a skill or something! -- Bowtie Bill

The Red Ripper -- Ah, you're a malefactor?  Then I can trounce you roundly without a
qualm.  Take that, you maleficent fiend! -- Spinning Star
P.S.  Really, I'm surprised at myself.

The Rake -- A little exercise never hurt my crew.  Keep sending them to us. --
Arenamaster Kaghal
P.S.  But don't blame me for your replacements, that's a different department.

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

GEN. IKILLU was butchered by MOUNTAIN TROLL in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
KOBALTS BROTHER was butchered by GERELIN LOSTFIRE in a 1 minute Dark Arena duel.
KOBALT handily defeated DIRTY HOWEL in a action packed 1 minute one-sided Title match.
TOBY devastated KUNG-FU MASTER in a exciting 1 minute bloody one-sided fight.
MONOLYTH devastated M. CHARDINEE in a 1 minute one-sided duel.
LONE STAR butchered THE USEROUS MERCHANT in a 1 minute mismatched match.
THE DEACON was handily defeated by DRUNKARD'S PATH in a 1 minute uneven fight.
CAGED RAT vanquished BLADE SINGER in a 1 minute uneven duel.
THE RED RIPPER overpowered BOWTIE BILL in a 1 minute uneven duel.
MOLLY HATCHET was overpowered by HUNGRY CAT in a 1 minute one-sided fight.
JOE SIXPACK overcame GIGANTO in a 1 minute novice's bout.
SPINNING STAR was demolished by STING in a 1 minute mismatched match.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|STRIKING ATTACK                 13         AIMED BLOW         5 -   1 -  1      83  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   2         LUNGING ATTACK    14 -   6 -  2      70  |
|AIMED BLOW                       1         PARRY-LUNGE        3 -   2 -  0      60  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   1         BASHING ATTACK     6 -   5 -  1      55  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  1         STRIKING ATTACK   54 -  47 -  2      53  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    1         WALL OF STEEL      4 -   5 -  1      44  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      0         SLASHING ATTACK    8 -  10 -  0      44  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     0         PARRY-RIPOSTE      1 -   4 -  0      20  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    0         TOTAL PARRY        0 -   1 -  0       0  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      0         PARRY-STRIKE       0 -   1 -  0       0  |

Turn 610 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     STRIKING ATTACK    6 -  7         7  STRIKING ATTACK
LUNGING ATTACK     1 -  0     PARRY-LUNGE        0 -  0         1  LUNGING ATTACK 
SLASHING ATTACK    1 -  0     PARRY-STRIKE       0 -  0         1  WALL OF STEEL  
WALL OF STEEL      1 -  0     PARRY-RIPOSTE      0 -  0         1  AIMED BLOW     
                              BASHING ATTACK     0 -  2         1  BASHING ATTACK 
                              TOTAL PARRY        0 -  0     

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
STRIKING ATTACK  KOBALT 7648                17   2  1  129 RAVAGING LORDS (44)
LUNGING ATTACK   TOBY 7649                  12   7  1  100 RAVAGING LORDS (44)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is KOBALT 7648.  The most popular warrior this turn was 
KOBALT 7648.  The ten other most popular fighters were TOBY 7649, MONOLYTH 7637, 
DRUNKARD'S PATH 7656, CAGED RAT 7668, LONE STAR 7658, THE RED RIPPER 7675, HUNGRY CAT 
7681, JOE SIXPACK 7677, STING 7689, and GEN. IKILLU 7691.

The least popular fighter this week was SPINNING STAR 7686.  The other ten least 
popular fighters were MOLLY HATCHET 7676, BOWTIE BILL 7687, BLADE SINGER 7683, DIRTY 
HOWEL 7644, KOBALTS BROTHER 7690, GIGANTO 7688, THE DEACON 7678, GEN. IKILLU 7691, 
STING 7689, and JOE SIXPACK 7677.