DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER
Date : 06/29/2005 Duedate: 07/12/2005
MURSKA ARENA
DM-35 TURN-492
This Weeks Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
SOYOYAY
PHILANTHROPISTS (153)
(35-3463) [20-19-0,92]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
SOYOYAY POSITION IS EMPTY
PHILANTHROPISTS (153)
(35-3463) [20-19-0,92]
Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite
SOYOYAY CADAL COONTZ
PHILANTHROPISTS (153) CHILDREN OF LLYR (141)
(35-3463) [20-19-0,92] (35-3901) [4-9-0,21]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
PHILANTHROPISTS 3 (347)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. PHILANTHROPISTS 3 (347) 50
2. FLIPPERS ARCADE (366) 37 BUSY, BUSYTOWN (360)
3. VITAL BRAWL (332) 6 Unchartered Team
4. BUSY, BUSYTOWN (360) 2
5. CHILDREN OF LLYR (141) 1 FLIPPERS ARCADE (366)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1/ 2 BUSY, BUSYTOWN (360) 38 25 5 60.3 1/ 1 PHILANTHROPISTS 3 (347) 12 2 1
2/ 3 VITAL BRAWL (332) 9 6 0 60.0 2/ 4 CHILDREN OF LLYR (141) 5 10 0
3- 4 THE BEARS (253) 360 263 26 57.8 3/ 0*FLIPPERS ARCADE (366) 4 1 1
4/ 5 PHILANTHROPISTS (153) 352 295 29 54.4 4- 2 THE BEARS (253) 4 1 1
5/ 6 PHILANTHROPISTS 3 (347) 62 54 3 53.4 5/ 5 VITAL BRAWL (332) 4 1 0
6/ 7 CHILDREN OF LLYR (141) 486 748 20 39.4 6/ 3 PHILANTHROPISTS (153) 4 2 1
7/ 0*FLIPPERS ARCADE (366) 12 20 1 37.5 7/ 7 BUSY, BUSYTOWN (360) 0 6 0
'*' Unchartered team '-' Team did not fight this turn
(###) Avoid teams by their Team Id ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank
DUELMASTER'S COLUMN
Notes from the arena champ.
Greetings, Murska!
It is I, Aragorn, of the Philanthropists. Zebzambezi couldn't write this turn;
he is preparing for his last career fight which will be in the Dark Arena, a scary
place indeed. Imagine how bad it would be if you weren't immortal! Zebzambezi, is
your 15th Philanthropist individual Duelmaster and 43rd title holder in Murska alone.
And yes, it's a small arena now, not much to brag about, but it did once have a more
glorious past. We used to have at least 20 to 30 teams years ago which wasn't huge
in those days but now days it would be decent sized. Of course, if you think about
Dwes Eg, that really screws up your perception! In fact, Murska has one of the most
detailed written histories in all of the arenas in Alastari, thanks to the Professor,
who has retired, I believe. I think that could be one of the reasons it has
withstood contraction in the past and I'm happy for it.
It sure was odd how Take Cover just missed the turn like that, lost the title
and a couple of his teammates didn't miss the turn. He must have seen me coming and
"Took Cover". It was a wise choice for you, but it could have been an interesting
fight.
Zebzambezi retires with an Advanced Master in Attack +2, Master +2 in Init,
Master in Decise, Expert +1 Rip, going for his 4th kill in the DA. Maybe his
teammate, Soyoyay will join him soon....
Aragorn, Philanthropists
SPY REPORT
If you were disturbed from your beauty rest only to have to watch a bunch of
MURSKA brutes like you, you'd be grouchy, too. Of course, we're all terribly
impressed to see PITFALL HARRY win a fight and gain 14 points, terribly. Tsk, tsk,
LOCO beat DALLOW and DALLOW lost 6 points. You're breakin' my heart. ZEBZAMBEZI
Dark Arena Challenged MISTRESS SHA'TYIR for MURSKA's Title this turn, and guess what
happened? The crowds were amazed this turn, as MISTRESS SHA'TYIR killed the
Duelmaster, ZEBZAMBEZI, leaving PHILANTHROPISTS in mourning. This incredible death
has allowed, I might add, SOYOYAY from PHILANTHROPISTS to ascend to the throne of
Duelmaster, and I hear DARK ARENA is not happy. The Fire Dragon Inn, humph! I've
tasted better ale at mortuaries. Where do they get this stuff? From MURSKA's trash
dumps?
Well, let's take a look at some more misdeeds of you miserable sword-boys.
MURSKA, I am losing what little hope I had in you. THE BEARS the most avoided team?
What insult will suffice, I cannot say. And who led the way in this mass act of
cowardice? Let's see, well, whatcha know? It was PHILANTHROPISTS 3. Ha ha ha ha!
Ooh, I'm frightfully impressed, MORPETH was this turn's most challenged warrior.
Watch that ego swell, sports fans. And we have GARTH THE SEAMITE in a challenge,
going down 11 points for the fight. Guess what? I thought GARTH THE SEAMITE showed
great skill and promise when he overcame BANANNAS GORILLA. All right, so I slept
through it! Big deal!
Death and Taxes. The less death I see, the more it taxes my patience. Let's
see if anyone's dead or dying. 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 MURSKA to get a drink than The Fire Dragon
Inn! Any suggestions? Phlllt! Just had to do that before I leave the fine city of
MURSKA. I feel much better now. Glad to see the back of this place-- Snide Clemens
DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
SOYOYAY 3463 20 19 0 92 PHILANTHROPISTS (153)
CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-HUCKLE CAT 3874 9 4 0 100 BUSY, BUSYTOWN (360)
-TAKE COVER 3870 10 2 3 96 THE BEARS (253)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-FATHER CAT 3875 7 1 1 72 BUSY, BUSYTOWN (360)
-DINGO DOG 3878 8 2 3 71 BUSY, BUSYTOWN (360)
CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
MOZART 3756 9 1 0 65 PHILANTHROPISTS 3 (347)
CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
LOCO 3677 9 7 0 59 PHILANTHROPISTS 3 (347)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
GARTH THE SEAMITE 3748 8 6 0 55 PHILANTHROPISTS 3 (347)
SAGE 3495 4 0 0 51 VITAL BRAWL (332)
MORPETH 3862 11 17 0 50 CHILDREN OF LLYR (141)
DALLOW 3872 9 12 1 49 CHILDREN OF LLYR (141)
KAI 3873 10 11 0 47 CHILDREN OF LLYR (141)
HUNTERSTOCK 3667 3 4 0 37 VITAL BRAWL (332)
BANANNAS GORILLA 3876 9 7 1 35 BUSY, BUSYTOWN (360)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
OH OHLISH OMINAH 3912 4 4 2 32 PHILANTHROPISTS 3 (347)
PADDY 3898 7 7 0 28 CHILDREN OF LLYR (141)
-RAIN CLOUD 3916 3 1 0 26 THE BEARS (253)
DIG DUG 3926 4 4 0 24 FLIPPERS ARCADE (366)
JUNGLE KING 3930 3 4 0 24 FLIPPERS ARCADE (366)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-STORM CLOUD 3923 3 1 1 23 THE BEARS (253)
-BOOMSHAKALAKA 3611 2 2 0 23 PHILANTHROPISTS (153)
CADAL COONTZ 3901 4 9 0 21 CHILDREN OF LLYR (141)
Q*BERT 3928 3 4 1 20 FLIPPERS ARCADE (366)
-DARK CLOUD 3908 1 0 0 18 THE BEARS (253)
PITFALL HARRY 3927 1 3 0 17 FLIPPERS ARCADE (366)
PARALLEL UNIVERSE 3925 3 1 0 16 PHILANTHROPISTS 3 (347)
-UGLY GENTLEMAN 3582 3 5 0 14 PHILANTHROPISTS (153)
MR. FIXIT 3905 1 7 0 10 BUSY, BUSYTOWN (360)
BUMP 'N' JUMP 3929 1 5 0 8 FLIPPERS ARCADE (366)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
OSKSI NOBLE 3 0 1 0 1 Q*BERT 3928 492 NONE
ZEBZAMBEZI 3581 14 7 3 PHILANTHROPISTS 153 MISTRESS SHA'TYIR 23 492 NONE
SHINER 3499 2 2 0 VITAL BRAWL 332 OH OHLISH OMINAH 3912 492
PERSONAL ADS
Kai -- You looked like you were conducting a symphony waving your arms around like
that! -- Mozart
Cadal Coontz -- You took a scimitar to the face, neck and head yet you survive?
Amazing.... -- Garth the Seamite
Rain Cloud -- I needed to be dropped in the rankings, thank you. -- Parallel Universe
Mozart -- Sorry, I've just got this tin ear. Well, maybe not TIN, but music is just
noise to me. -- Kai
Soyoyay -- Don't you LIKE my thighs? -- Morpeth
The Userous Merchant's interest rates are ridiculous. -- Dallow
P.S. So I refused to pay 'em.
Garth the Seamite -- Oh, it's you. You're just too seemly for me. Or something. --
Cadal Coontz
Osksi Noble? What the heck? -- Paddy
Aragorn -- Sorry to be so brief this week, but I'm trying to pack up house to move
half way across the country. By next time, I should be (fingers crossed) settled in
a new location and able to give this arena my full attention. -- Jorja
P.S. Having been a single mom in my day, I can understand your pressures.
P.P.S. Maybe we can work up to something flashy for the five hundredth turn?
LiviaATrealityDOTcom will reach me, if you've got some lightning pigeons at hand.
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
ZEBZAMBEZI was butchered by MISTRESS SHA'TYIR in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
GARTH THE SEAMITE devastated BANANNAS GORILLA in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge duel.
LOCO defeated DALLOW in a crowd pleasing 1 minute Challenge duel.
MOZART devastated MORPETH in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge fight.
PARALLEL UNIVERSE subdued MR. FIXIT in a 2 minute Challenge competition.
SOYOYAY vanquished M. CHARDINEE in a 1 minute mismatched Title fight.
SAGE overpowered PADDY in a 1 minute mismatched brawl.
KAI overpowered FRATSFA SLAVE in a 1 minute uneven melee.
HUNTERSTOCK vanquished BUMP 'N' JUMP in a popular 1 minute uneven duel.
SHINER was dispatched by OH OHLISH OMINAH in a 1 minute duel.
DIG DUG narrowly defeated CULT MEMBER in a 4 minute brutal fight.
Q*BERT put to death OSKSI NOBLE in a 2 minute bout.
CADAL COONTZ was luckily beaten by JUNGLE KING in a exciting 2 minute bloody match.
PITFALL HARRY overcame EMBEZZLING SCRIBE in a 3 minute novice's contest.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|LUNGING ATTACK 5 PARRY-STRIKE 1 - 0 - 0 100 |
|WALL OF STEEL 3 WALL OF STEEL 5 - 1 - 1 83 |
|STRIKING ATTACK 3 SLASHING ATTACK 14 - 6 - 2 70 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 3 LUNGING ATTACK 43 - 20 - 1 68 |
|AIMED BLOW 2 AIMED BLOW 8 - 6 - 0 57 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 2 STRIKING ATTACK 9 - 11 - 0 45 |
|BASHING ATTACK 2 PARRY-RIPOSTE 8 - 10 - 2 44 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 1 PARRY-LUNGE 11 - 15 - 0 42 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 1 BASHING ATTACK 8 - 11 - 1 42 |
|TOTAL PARRY 0 TOTAL PARRY 1 - 2 - 0 33 |
Turn 492 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 2 - 0 PARRY-LUNGE 1 - 2 5 LUNGING ATTACK
PARRY-STRIKE 1 - 0 SLASHING ATTACK 0 - 1 2 SLASHING ATTACK
WALL OF STEEL 3 - 0 BASHING ATTACK 0 - 2 2 PARRY-LUNGE
STRIKING ATTACK 2 - 1 TOTAL PARRY 0 - 0 2 STRIKING ATTACK
LUNGING ATTACK 3 - 2
PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 - 1
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
LUNGING ATTACK SOYOYAY 3463 20 19 0 92 PHILANTHROPISTS (153)
PARRY-LUNGE LOCO 3677 9 7 0 59 PHILANTHROPISTS 3 (347)
STRIKING ATTACK GARTH THE SEAMITE 3748 8 6 0 55 PHILANTHROPISTS 3 (347)
SLASHING ATTACK BANANNAS GORILLA 3876 9 7 1 35 BUSY, BUSYTOWN (360)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
The overall popularity leader is SOYOYAY 3463. The most popular warrior this turn
was CADAL COONTZ 3901. The ten other most popular fighters were PARALLEL UNIVERSE
3925, GARTH THE SEAMITE 3748, LOCO 3677, MOZART 3756, HUNTERSTOCK 3667, DIG DUG 3926,
JUNGLE KING 3930, DALLOW 3872, SOYOYAY 3463, and SAGE 3495.
The least popular fighter this week was Q*BERT 3928. The other ten least popular
fighters were MORPETH 3862, OH OHLISH OMINAH 3912, SHINER 3499, PADDY 3898, MR. FIXIT
3905, BANANNAS GORILLA 3876, PITFALL HARRY 3927, BUMP 'N' JUMP 3929, KAI 3873, and
SAGE 3495.
The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn:
SOYOYAY (35-3463) PHILANTHROPISTS (153)
The following warriors have traveled to AD after fighting this turn:
ZEBZAMBEZI (35-3581) PHILANTHROPISTS (153)
MAIL-IN TOURNEY XXXIX
CONTENDERS TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME
PHILANTHROPOLOGIST 2655 (60-48-1) 4 3 0 PHILANTHROPISTS
MEADOW VOLE 2944 (58-62-2) 1 4 0 WILD KINGDOM
ADM TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME
TOM THUMB 3791 (17-3-1) 13 2 0 THE BEARS
KING BEAR 3629 (33-19-2) 6 3 0 THE BEARS
FRESHMEN TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME
JELIAH BIGABO 3676 (19-4-1) 5 3 0 PHILANTHROPISTS 3
CHAMPIONS TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME
ZEBZAMBEZI 3581 (9-5-2) 2 3 0 PHILANTHROPISTS
ADEPTS TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME
DARLING NIKKI 3842 (13-3-2) 3 3 0 BLITZKRIEG
INITIATES TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME
HUCKLE CAT 3874 (7-3-0) 2 3 0 BUSY, BUSYTOWN
APPRENTICES TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME
MOZART 3756 (2-1-0) 5 3 0 PHILANTHROPISTS 3
NOREASTER 3896 (1-1-0) 3 3 0 DIRT DEVILS
ROOKIES TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME
RED CLOUD 3903 (0-0-0) 5 3 1 THE BEARS
DARK CLOUD 3908 (0-0-0) 2 3 0 THE BEARS
TEN BEARS 3902 (0-0-0) 2 3 0 THE BEARS
ADM FOOLS TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME
GOSSAMER 3656 (25-9-1) 1 3 0 PHILANTHROPISTS 2
CHAMPIONS FOOLS TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME
BARRISTER 3817 (15-3-3) 0 3 0 BLITZKRIEG
ADEPTS FOOLS TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME
MAYNARD 3236 (5-2-1) 0 3 0 NERDS
APPRENTICES FOOL TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME
RANDY RHODES 3888 (0-0-0) 4 3 0 DEAD MUSICIANS