DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER
Date : 01/11/2006 Duedate: 01/24/2006
MURSKA ARENA
DM-35 TURN-505
This Weeks Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
MORPETH
CHILDREN OF LLYR (141)
(35-3862) [16-25-0,92]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
MORPETH POSITION IS EMPTY
CHILDREN OF LLYR (141)
(35-3862) [16-25-0,92]
Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite
DALLOW MORPETH
CHILDREN OF LLYR (141) CHILDREN OF LLYR (141)
(35-3872) [14-20-1,64] (35-3862) [16-25-0,92]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
CHILDREN OF LLYR (141)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. PHILANTHROPISTS 2 (345) 23
2. PHILANTHROPISTS (153) 17 PHILANTHROPISTS 2 (345)
3. PHILANTHROPISTS 3 (347) 13 Unchartered Team
4. CHILDREN OF LLYR (141) 11
5. FLIPPERS ARCADE (366) 0 TEAM (201)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1/ 0 PHILANTHROPISTS 2 (345) 140 98 8 58.8 1- 1 FLIPPERS ARCADE (366) 7 3 2
2- 1 BUSY, BUSYTOWN (360) 52 37 5 58.4 2- 2 BUSY, BUSYTOWN (360) 6 2 0
3/ 3 PHILANTHROPISTS 3 (347) 96 70 4 57.8 3/ 3 CHILDREN OF LLYR (141) 3 11 0
4- 2 THE BEARS (253) 362 269 26 57.4 4/ 0 PHILANTHROPISTS (153) 2 0 0
5/ 0 PHILANTHROPISTS (153) 354 297 29 54.4 5/ 0 PHILANTHROPISTS 2 (345) 2 0 0
6- 4 FLIPPERS ARCADE (366) 49 43 6 53.3 6/ 4 PHILANTHROPISTS 3 (347) 2 1 0
7/ 5 CHILDREN OF LLYR (141) 511 787 20 39.4 7- 5 THE BEARS (253) 1 1 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 Mountains of Night #7 ]H[ + ---:--- + ]H[ +
Murska and vicinity:
"Lord Protector Huw, Children of Llyr," Huw snarled. He shouldn't have to be
identifying himself at Murska arena, and it was wasting time. They didn't HAVE time.
There were demons rampaging through the town!
The door opened just far enough to show one eye. Washed out blue, with sandy
lashes. Could be anybody, from what he could see. "Are they still out there?"
"Who? Other gladiators trying to get in? Yes--"
"The demons!" If the eye opened any wider, it would fall out of its socket.
Huw took hold of his patience with both hands. He didn't have TIME for this.
"Jamoak--it is you, isn't it?--there are demons out here, yes. Or one demon and
several monsters. The arena structure is readily defensible--IF there are people to
defend it. Let the gladiators IN."
"But some of them might be--"
"Demons in disguise? No. This demon isn't bothering with disguises. Let them
IN, Jamoak."
The maintenance man was still hesitating when Huw's teammate, Lady Protector Ma
Gog, came up behind. She put one hand on the door and leaned. As Shews went, she
was modestly sized, but she was solid. The door opened. A crowd of gladiators,
Harkenes and Shews in the main, poured in.
"No dwarves?" Jamoak asked.
"They're all shut into the caves," someone said.
"Fighting demons and monsters down there," someone else added.
Jamoak turned pale. Paler than he had been, anyway. "Demons in the caves?" he
squeaked.
"Why not? This is happening all over," Huw said. "Picture it as a slanted line
of demons from Kurukar down toward Riztab, maybe toward the Isle of the Eye. All
through these hills. And not just on top of 'em."
"You think we can defend the arena?"
"You've got a chance, anyway." Huw, who was standing in the doorway, looked out
over the town. Darkness and snow were coming down together, except where the fires
had bloomed. He didn't know if those were accidental, or one side or the other had
started them on purpose. He could hear occasional screams. See shapes moving
against the flame-light, some of them monstrous and menacing.
"But...aren't YOU staying?"
"No. I was with a guy when the demon attacked. He got taken away. I have to
go after him."
"If the demon took him, he's dead, or as good as," one of the other gladiators
muttered. "Why throw your own life away after his?"
"He was a FRIEND, Llew. We were as good as partners. A man doesn't abandon a
friend."
Somewhere else:
Tankesh's head ached, and his mouth tasted like the bottom of a birdcage, and he
was mad enough to bite someone. This durance was about as vile as it could get.
Cold, too. He groaned, rolled over, and sat up. Either this place was in complete
darkness, or he had gone blind. He decided it was dark. He didn't want to think
about the problems that could come with being blind.
"Huw?"
No answer except an echo. Well, maybe Huw hadn't been captured, or had been
stashed in some other dungeon. Tankesh figured he had more immediate problems than
"what happened to Huw?" Food, water, and avoiding hypothermia, for starters. Then,
escape. Finding out what was going on with these demons, and stopping them, stopping
whoever--the Black Kalive as the most likely culprit--was summoning them.
But one thing at a time. A few sweeps of his hand determined that there was
room to stand up and to move around here, wherever here was. The place smelled like
cold stone and, faintly, mud. Water. The distant rushing sound which he had at
first thought was his own blood rushing through his ears might not be. A cave with a
stream in it, that was the ticket, and this might be one. He could hope so, because
a cave might mean someplace he could get out of easily. Ah...relatively easily. At
the least, it could mean "not a dungeon."
He walked slowly, placing his feet with care, hands held out in front of him,
feeling for a wall. It took, or seemed to take, a long time to find one, but he knew
that time could be hard to judge with nothing else to measure it against. But the
wall was there. Finally. He leaned on it and told himself that he was just...glad
to have a wall to lean on. He hadn't really kissed it. It just came up faster than
he'd expected. And it had been too long since he'd had down-time, rest and
relaxation in unadventurous territory. He needed that. Everyone needed it
sometimes.
Blowing out his breath in a long sigh, the elf began to explore the wall with
his hands. Stone, cold, barely damp. Rough, but he could feel what were almost
surely tool marks. He wished briefly for his colleague, Kilim Altaraxe. The dwarf
would be right at home here. Still, a worked cavern probably did mean dwarves, and
he'd always gotten along well enough with the hairy little engineers.
So...now that he had a wall, what happened next? He wasn't going to stand here
and wait for some dwarf to come along and help him out. Tankesh flipped a coin
mentally, then turned to the right and started walking, left hand brushing the wall,
right hand on the hilt of his sword.
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---===FREE BLADES REGIONAL NEWS===---
Duelmasters
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DM 9 ZUKAL (turn 532): PUSS of ARENA FELINES (Garfield, mgr.)
DM 12 RIZTAB (turn 532): INSIGHTFULL INGIE of HIGH JINKS (Jondeaux, mgr.)
DM 15 MALCORN (turn 526): GREENGROVE of GREENWARDENS (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 16 WILLAF (turn 528): PYOA of WYLDERNESS WYLD (Barnabas, mgr.)
DM 17 ALJAFIR (turn 527): EXODUS of THE OLD TESTAMENT (Ganolus Oakleaf, mgr.)
DM 19 ZUWAYZA (turn 524): SUE SHE of FUNKY FOLK (Papa Bear, mgr.)
DM 28 SLAUGHTER PRIEST MEM (turn 262): WYATT BURP of DODGE BULLETS (Uncle Wolf)
DM 29 LAPUR (turn 517): WENDY of CROC FILES (THawk, mgr.)
DM 31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 260): BARTOFELES of THE STORMGUARDS (The Icelord, mgr.)
DM 32 ARVAT (turn 514): SINNER of CALL THE PRIEST (Destitute Noble, mgr.)
DM 33 NIATOLI ISLAND (turn 512): MALODOROUSREEK of CHAOTICDISORDER (Bobby Bigfoot)
DM 35 MURSKA (turn 504): HUCKLE CAT of BUSY, BUSYTOWN (Huckle Cat, mgr.)
DM 43 VEASTIAN (turn 466): DART of WOLF RIDERS (Dr. Guts, mgr.)
DM 45 STORMCROWE (turn 237): HOT LIPS of DARQUE FORCES (Master Darque, mgr.)
DM 47 SCOMSS SWAMP (turn 232): TOTO of LAND OF OZ (Oz the Successful, mgr.)
DM 50 SNOWBOUND (turn 219): YAIWE of DARK SIDHE (Daehir, mgr.)
DM 56 ROCANIS (turn 393): ZIPPER of RESCUE RANGERS (JE, mgr.)
DM 61 JURINE (turn 372): MUDVAYNE of FEAR FACTORY (Var, mgr.)
DM 65 DAL SHANG (turn 358): DUCKMAN of MIGHTY DUCKS (Woody, mgr.)
DM 73 ERINIKA (turn 167): ENDU ENDU of DUDS (Amy A. Airhead, mgr.)
DM 74 DAIYLA KIV (turn 329): LOQUE of FACING WORLDS (The Sentinel, mgr.)
DM 75 JADE MOUNTAIN (turn 326): ARNAL REDAXE of SAND DANCERS (Lorana, mgr.)
DM 78 LIN TIRIAN (turn 313): IRLON of SAND DANCERS (Jorja, mgr.)
ADM 103 FREE BLADES (turn 418): PARANOIA of DSM4 from ZUKAL (The Sandman, mgr.)
Top Teams
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DM 9 ZUKAL (turn 532): ARENA FELINES (Garfield, mgr.)
DM 12 RIZTAB (turn 532): CULTS-R-US (?, mgr.)
DM 15 MALCORN (turn 526): GREENWARDENS (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 16 WILLAF (turn 528): GOLDEN GLADIATORS (Midas, mgr.)
DM 17 ALJAFIR (turn 527): MIDDLE WAY (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 19 ZUWAYZA (turn 524): FUNKY FOLK (Papa Bear, mgr.)
DM 28 SLAUGHTER PRIEST MEM (turn 262): DODGE BULLETS (Uncle Wolf, mgr.)
DM 29 LAPUR (turn 517): CROC FILES (THawk, mgr.)
DM 31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 260): none
DM 32 ARVAT (turn 514): DEVIL ADVOCATES (The Dark One, mgr.)
DM 33 NIATOLI ISLAND (turn 512): THE SEWING CIRCLE (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 35 MURSKA (turn 504): FLIPPERS ARCADE (?, mgr.)
DM 43 VEASTIAN (turn 466): THE FAMILY (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 45 STORMCROWE (turn 237): A DEAL'S A DEAL (Applejack, mgr.)
DM 47 SCOMSS SWAMP (turn 232): AGE OF EMPIRES (The Historian, mgr.)
DM 50 SNOWBOUND (turn 219): DARK SIDHE (Daehir, mgr.)
DM 56 ROCANIS (turn 393): RESCUE RANGERS (JE, mgr.)
DM 61 JURINE (turn 372): FEAR FACTORY (Var, mgr.)
DM 65 DAL SHANG (turn 358): SAND DANCERS (Lani, mgr.)
DM 73 ERINIKA (turn 167): DARK RUNES (Liam the Goth, mgr.)
DM 74 DAIYLA KIV (turn 329): CORPS (Papa Bear, mgr.)
DM 75 JADE MOUNTAIN (turn 326): SAND DANCERS (Lorana, mgr.)
DM 78 LIN TIRIAN (turn 313): THE LEGENDS (Loch Ness, mgr.)
ADM 103 FREE BLADES (turn 418): EXACTLY!, etc. (The Dark One, mgr.)
Recent Graduates
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DM 16 WILLAF (turn 528): PYOA of WYLDERNESS WYLD (Barnabas, mgr.)
DM 28 SLAUGHTER PRIEST MEM (turn 262): WYATT BURP of DODGE BULLETS (Uncle Wolf)
YOUNG JOAN of DODGE BULLETS (Uncle Wolf)
DM 29 LAPUR (turn 517): WENDY of CROC FILES (THawk, mgr.)
(turn 516): CHARLIE of CROC FILES (THawk, mgr.)
DM 31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 259): RAUNI of SOL INVICTUS (Bobby Bigfoot, mgr.)
DM 45 STORMCROWE (turn 236): DEATH FOG of SUPERIOR FORCES (Manager, mgr.)
DM 47 SCOMSS SWAMP (turn 232): TOTO of LAND OF OZ (Oz the Successful, mgr.)
DM 56 ROCANIS (turn 392): SHANKS PONY of REDHORSE (Mila, mgr.)
DM 61 JURINE (turn 372): MUDVAYNE of FEAR FACTORY (Var, mgr.)
DM 65 DAL SHANG (turn 358): $1.25 Q-STAFF of MIGHTY DUCKS (Woody, mgr.)
DM 75 JADE MOUNTAIN (turn 326): ARNAL REDAXE of SAND DANCERS (Lorana, mgr.)
SPY REPORT
I can't believe the violence in MURSKA! I still haven't told Mom I'm writing
Spyreports. She'd have a cow! Well, here we go... Too bad, FLIPPERS ARCADE, but
CHILDREN OF LLYR was just too good to be stopped. MVP award for MORPETH? CHILDREN
OF LLYR's proud of her after beating KHALHUMS DWARF and getting 16 points. Talk
about yer major upsets! CADAL COONTZ's match with HYPER VIPER cost him a loss of 4
points! What a putz! HUCKLE CAT fights so hard to be Duelmaster, then quits
fighting and loses the title. No one said he was a genius... Was that a tear I saw
in MORPETH's eye, as she took over Duelmastership? And wasn't KHALHUMS DWARF fit to
be tied! Is the Duelmaster really being a real snob to his teammates? Don't ask me!
Look, you guys stick to fighting, all right?
What does a fighter fight for? I mean, the crowds don't give a hoot if someone
gets killed. Not after four more fights. Hey you guys, don't you think your
families would like to hear from you? Write! (Or have someone write for you.)
I really didn't, you know, study when I was a kid. Who would've guessed I'd be
a famous Spyreporter? I know how much you like reading this stuff, but I really
should stop. I had a fun time, see you later-- Debby Tonte
DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
MORPETH 3862 16 25 0 92 CHILDREN OF LLYR (141)
CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-HUCKLE CAT 3874 11 5 0 103 BUSY, BUSYTOWN (360)
-TAKE COVER 3870 10 2 3 96 THE BEARS (253)
-OH OHLISH OMINAH 3912 11 6 2 93 PHILANTHROPISTS 3 (347)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-BUMP 'N' JUMP 3929 10 8 1 89 FLIPPERS ARCADE (366)
-DINGO DOG 3878 10 2 3 77 BUSY, BUSYTOWN (360)
-FATHER CAT 3875 8 2 1 74 BUSY, BUSYTOWN (360)
GARTH THE SEAMITE 3748 15 10 1 69 PHILANTHROPISTS 3 (347)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-VEXED VIKING 3641 9 6 0 67 PHILANTHROPISTS 2 (345)
CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
KAI 3873 15 19 0 64 CHILDREN OF LLYR (141)
DALLOW 3872 14 20 1 64 CHILDREN OF LLYR (141)
HYPER VIPER 3646 12 12 0 63 PHILANTHROPISTS 2 (345)
-JUNGLE KING 3930 8 11 0 59 FLIPPERS ARCADE (366)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-DIG DUG 3926 12 8 1 55 FLIPPERS ARCADE (366)
-Q*BERT 3928 12 7 4 51 FLIPPERS ARCADE (366)
-PITFALL HARRY 3927 7 9 0 51 FLIPPERS ARCADE (366)
CADAL COONTZ 3901 10 16 0 46 CHILDREN OF LLYR (141)
-MR. FIXIT 3905 6 14 0 34 BUSY, BUSYTOWN (360)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
NI 3945 2 2 0 29 PHILANTHROPISTS 3 (347)
-TOURNEY SCUM 3943 4 0 0 24 BUSY, BUSYTOWN (360)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-BOOMSHAKALAKA 3611 2 2 0 23 PHILANTHROPISTS (153)
UGLY GENTLEMAN 3582 4 5 0 22 PHILANTHROPISTS (153)
-GRIZZLY 3941 2 0 0 21 THE BEARS (253)
-STORM CLOUD 3923 3 4 1 20 THE BEARS (253)
-SIR PSYCHO 3707 1 0 0 20 PHILANTHROPISTS 2 (345)
AHANTI GRAVETT 3747 1 0 0 13 PHILANTHROPISTS 2 (345)
LAELAMESTO 3745 1 0 0 9 PHILANTHROPISTS (153)
BRANNIGAN 3952 0 1 0 1 CHILDREN OF LLYR (141)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
PADDY 3898 11 14 0 CHILDREN OF LLYR 141 BUMP 'N' JUMP 3929 503
PERSONAL ADS
There are days when we wonder why we bother to write personals. -- the discouraged
Children of Llyr
It allows you to retain the moral high ground. -- Ed.
Huckle Cat -- So, what do you think of the latest fashion of putting mushrooms in
everything? I find Noodles and Mushrooms rather bland, myself. And Oatmeal and
Mushrooms...! Bleh. -- Morpeth
Dingo Dog -- Isn't it great to know that soybeans aren't really good for us? Down
with tofu! -- Kai
Pitfall Harry -- But remember, eat fish two or three times a week to keep your brain
in top shape. -- Dallow
P.S. This assumes you have a brain.
Jungle King -- They tell me that rabbit food is good. (shudder) If we're supposed
to eat rabbit food, why don't we have rabbit teeth? -- Cadal Coontz
P.S. Although once it's been brought into the house, don't you think the person who
made such a point of it should actually EAT some? How long does it keep?
30 December 2005
Just a reminder to all you online type people. It is much appreciated if you send
your personals in PLAIN TEXT, rather than HTML or formatted text. HAL, in his
infinite wisdom, doesn't DO formatting, which means having to unsnarl your personal
ads from bunches of extraneous...stuff. So, if your e-mailer has a plain text
option, let it be your friend. -- Ed.
P.S. Sometimes it's the formatted text which makes ads go astray. Not often, but
sometimes.
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
DALLOW was bested by KUNG-FU MASTER in a 2 minute mismatched fight.
MORPETH vanquished KHALHUMS DWARF in a exciting 1 minute gory uneven Title battle.
KAI lost to GARTH THE SEAMITE in a popular 1 minute master's brawl.
CADAL COONTZ was overpowered by HYPER VIPER in a 1 minute mismatched match.
UGLY GENTLEMAN devastated CONVICTED THIEF in a 1 minute one-sided duel.
NI devastated PERSISTENT BEGGAR in a 1 minute mismatched match.
LAELAMESTO overcame BRANNIGAN in a 1 minute beginner's fight.
AHANTI GRAVETT vanquished MORDANT DESERTER in a 1 minute uneven duel.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|LUNGING ATTACK 4 TOTAL PARRY 4 - 0 - 0 100 |
|STRIKING ATTACK 3 STRIKING ATTACK 9 - 4 - 0 69 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE 9 - 5 - 0 64 |
|AIMED BLOW 1 WALL OF STEEL 18 - 10 - 4 64 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 1 LUNGING ATTACK 24 - 15 - 2 62 |
|BASHING ATTACK 1 AIMED BLOW 8 - 8 - 0 50 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 0 BASHING ATTACK 5 - 5 - 0 50 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 PARRY-STRIKE 4 - 5 - 0 44 |
|TOTAL PARRY 0 SLASHING ATTACK 3 - 4 - 0 43 |
|WALL OF STEEL 0 PARRY-LUNGE 10 - 16 - 0 38 |
Turn 505 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 4 - 0 AIMED BLOW 0 - 1 4 LUNGING ATTACK
SLASHING ATTACK 1 - 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 1 2 SLASHING ATTACK
STRIKING ATTACK 2 - 1 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 0 2 STRIKING ATTACK
PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 0 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE
BASHING ATTACK 0 - 1 1 AIMED BLOW
TOTAL PARRY 0 - 0 1 PARRY-LUNGE
WALL OF STEEL 0 - 0
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
STRIKING ATTACK GARTH THE SEAMITE 3748 15 10 1 69 PHILANTHROPISTS 3 (347)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
The overall popularity leader is DALLOW 3872. The most popular warrior this turn was
MORPETH 3862. The ten other most popular fighters were DALLOW 3872, GARTH THE
SEAMITE 3748, HYPER VIPER 3646, LAELAMESTO 3745, KAI 3873, UGLY GENTLEMAN 3582, NI
3945, AHANTI GRAVETT 3747, CADAL COONTZ 3901, and BRANNIGAN 3952.
The least popular fighter this week was BRANNIGAN 3952. The other ten least popular
fighters were CADAL COONTZ 3901, AHANTI GRAVETT 3747, NI 3945, UGLY GENTLEMAN 3582,
KAI 3873, LAELAMESTO 3745, HYPER VIPER 3646, GARTH THE SEAMITE 3748, DALLOW 3872, and
MORPETH 3862.