DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER Date : 04/18/2007 Duedate: 05/01/2007 MURSKA ARENA DM-35 TURN-537 This Weeks Top Honors THE DUELMASTER IS BALIN CHILDREN OF LLYR (141) (35-3955) [21-8-0,127] Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader BALIN POSITION IS EMPTY CHILDREN OF LLYR (141) (35-3955) [21-8-0,127] Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite PITFALL HARRY BALIN FLIPPERS ARCADE (366) CHILDREN OF LLYR (141) (35-3927) [18-25-0,79] (35-3955) [21-8-0,127] THE CURRENT TOP TEAM CHILDREN OF LLYR (141) TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team 1. THE BEARS (253) 47 2. CHILDREN OF LLYR (141) 27 BUSY, BUSYTOWN (360) 3. ERRATA (371) 0 Unchartered Team 4. THE GODS ARE ANGRY (63) 0 5. FLIPPERS ARCADE (366) -2 HOLY AVENGERS (123) The Top Teams Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K 1- 1*ERRATA (371) 6 1 0 85.7 1/ 1 CHILDREN OF LLYR (141) 9 6 1 2/ 2 BUSY, BUSYTOWN (360) 94 55 7 63.1 2/ 2 FLIPPERS ARCADE (366) 3 4 0 3/ 3 THE BEARS (253) 385 304 30 55.9 3- 4*ERRATA (371) 2 0 0 4/ 4 FLIPPERS ARCADE (366) 100 94 7 51.5 4/ 6 THE BEARS (253) 2 1 0 5/ 5 CHILDREN OF LLYR (141) 599 858 21 41.1 5/ 3 BUSY, BUSYTOWN (360) 2 1 0 6- 6 THE GODS ARE ANGRY (63) 9 26 0 25.7 6- 5 THE GODS ARE ANGRY (63) 2 3 0 '*' Unchartered team '-' Team did not fight this turn (###) Avoid teams by their Team Id ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank TEAM SPOTLIGHT "It's infamous!" Ardane, spy reporter for Andorak, scowled and drew back his arm to throw his goblet through the window at the crowd outside. Then paused to drain the contents before resuming the about-to-throw-it position. "Now, now, it isn't THAT bad." Desiree of Darkholm, always the voice of sweet reason at these meetings, laid a hand on his, smiled, and guided the goblet back to the table. "It's just a little mistake, you know." "Ha!" Debby Tonte of Free Blades stabbed viciously into her drink with an umbrella. "That's easy for YOU to say. The Delarquans aren't complaining." "Of course not." Galen of Talahya looked faintly envious as she pulled a chunk of pineapple out of her glass and began to nibble it. "That's because the Delarquans are THE Masters of Kung-Fu." "You think some managers are complaining," Olaf Modeen said, "you should hear what the GLADIATORS are saying. All these rumors about the Aimed Blows having 'special enhancements'..." he shook his head. "I know it isn't true, you know it isn't true, the top managers know it isn't true--" "Of course it isn't true!" Ketchum, spy reporter for Crysalis, matched scowls with Ardane and said, "If ANY one style was going to get a special enhancement, it should be--" "Not now, Ketch," Olaf said. "Nobody gets, nobody has gotten, nobody WILL get, special enhancements. That's always been the rule, and we all know how the Greywand hates changes. The real problem--" "Try telling that to some of the managers," Debby muttered, peering into her glass for more fruit. "They don't want to hear it. Every time I turn around, some manager is claiming that someone got a special change and, you know, HE didn't and it's all unfair." "The REAL problem," Olaf said firmly, over-riding her voice, "is explaining to all the second-rate Aimed Blows why they haven't received any of these 'special enhancements' they keep hearing about." "There aren't any special enhancements," Ardane growled. "None. Just managers who noticed that the Kung-Fu Master is a lot more dangerous than anyone expected, and have put YEARS into the study of Kung-Fu and learned how to really USE it for their own gladiators." "Saved a lot on weapons, too," Ketchum murmured. "But people keep complaining," Debby Tonte said. She fished one last piece of fruit out of her glass and stared at it dubiously. "There WERE no special enhancements," Olaf said. "There ARE no special enhancements. There WILL BE no special enhancements. It's all a matter of deep study and skilled management." "Like anyone's going to believe that!" "They have no choice," Ketchum said. "If no 'special enhancements' were given out, then none can be taken back. It is the way it is. What's the point in complaining because the sun rises in the east?" DUELMASTER'S COLUMN Notes from the arena champ. How many times have we told you, Jungle King, that you can't, CAN NOT, do it with bananas? Come on, YOU can graduate. Just do it! Balin 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... MVP award for FLASH? THE BEARS' proud of it after beating BRENNA and getting 18 points. Talk about yer big time losers! TOURNEY SCUM got smashed by KUNG-FU MASTER, and lost 9 points! Don't you think the Duelmaster is being unfair? I think BALIN should let JUNGLE KING be Duelmaster for a while, without fighting about it. Is the Duelmaster really being a real snob to his teammates? Don't ask me! So just why would someone becomes a warrior anyway? It can't be for these really neat Spyreports can it? 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.) Remember, blood on a purple robe may stain. Soak it in cold water, and hand wash. 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 BALIN 3955 21 8 0 127 CHILDREN OF LLYR (141) CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME JUNGLE KING 3930 18 28 0 88 FLIPPERS ARCADE (366) PITFALL HARRY 3927 18 25 0 79 FLIPPERS ARCADE (366) TOURNEY SCUM 3943 18 2 0 68 BUSY, BUSYTOWN (360) CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -JANICE JOPLIN 3891 4 0 1 61 DEAD MUSICIANS (362) BILDIS 3978 6 11 0 58 CHILDREN OF LLYR (141) -LOONY 3990 5 0 0 58 ERRATA (371) ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME AIDAN O'KAI 3989 8 2 1 56 CHILDREN OF LLYR (141) CULANN COONTZ 3984 7 5 0 54 CHILDREN OF LLYR (141) CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -COMMODUS 4002 2 0 0 33 THE GODS ARE ANGRY (63) INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME FLASH 3996 2 1 1 23 THE BEARS (253) BRENNA 3995 6 2 0 20 CHILDREN OF LLYR (141) -MARCELLUS 4012 1 0 0 20 THE GODS ARE ANGRY (63) GRIZZLY 4009 1 1 0 16 THE BEARS (253) -CRAZY 3991 0 1 0 7 ERRATA (371) '-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn. THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge? POLAR BEAR 4011 0 1 0 THE BEARS 253 MISTRESS SHA'TYIR 23 537 NONE PERSONAL ADS Pitfall Harry -- (sigh) I always did have a tendency to trip over my own feet. I should remember to put them away when I'm not using them. -- Bildis P.S. Okay, I should TRY to remember to put them away. Loony -- If that's an error, it's strangely attractive. -- Culann Coontz Hey, it isn't my fault the Fratsfa Slave was parrying with his head! And I tried to clean up afterward, not leave it for the janitors. But the arenamaster would LET me bury him in the sand. -- Aidan O'Kai A Cult Member? If Aidan is seriously interested in what this...person was pushing, I will have to beat Aidan upside the head for a while. Disgusting. -- Brenna LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS POLAR BEAR was butchered by MISTRESS SHA'TYIR in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight. BALIN devastated JUNGLE KING in a action packed 3 minute brutal one-sided Title duel. PITFALL HARRY defeated BILDIS in a 4 minute mismatched duel. TOURNEY SCUM slimly lost to KUNG-FU MASTER in a 2 minute fight. CULANN COONTZ overpowered THE USEROUS MERCHANT in a 1 minute mismatched match. AIDAN O'KAI devastated AMBITIOUS GUARD in a 1 minute one-sided duel. BRENNA was viciously subdued by FLASH in a 2 minute bloody match. GRIZZLY handily defeated PERSISTENT BEGGAR in a 1 minute uneven fight. BATTLE REPORT MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS |FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT| |SLASHING ATTACK 4 WALL OF STEEL 14 - 9 - 0 61 | |TOTAL PARRY 3 TOTAL PARRY 20 - 13 - 0 61 | |PARRY-STRIKE 1 SLASHING ATTACK 20 - 14 - 3 59 | |LUNGING ATTACK 1 AIMED BLOW 5 - 4 - 0 56 | |PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 PARRY-STRIKE 6 - 6 - 0 50 | |WALL OF STEEL 1 STRIKING ATTACK 2 - 3 - 0 40 | |AIMED BLOW 0 PARRY-RIPOSTE 4 - 9 - 0 31 | |PARRY-LUNGE 0 LUNGING ATTACK 1 - 9 - 0 10 | |STRIKING ATTACK 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 3 - 0 0 | |BASHING ATTACK 0 BASHING ATTACK 0 - 0 - 0 0 | Turn 537 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: PARRY-STRIKE 1 - 0 TOTAL PARRY 1 - 2 3 SLASHING ATTACK LUNGING ATTACK 1 - 0 AIMED BLOW 0 - 0 2 TOTAL PARRY SLASHING ATTACK 3 - 1 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 2 WALL OF STEEL PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 1 1 PARRY-STRIKE STRIKING ATTACK 0 - 0 1 LUNGING ATTACK BASHING ATTACK 0 - 0 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE WALL OF STEEL 0 - 1 1 AIMED BLOW TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME TOTAL PARRY BALIN 3955 21 8 0 127 CHILDREN OF LLYR (141) SLASHING ATTACK AIDAN O'KAI 3989 8 2 1 56 CHILDREN OF LLYR (141) Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above. The overall popularity leader is PITFALL HARRY 3927. The most popular warrior this turn was BALIN 3955. The ten other most popular fighters were FLASH 3996, PITFALL HARRY 3927, BILDIS 3978, CULANN COONTZ 3984, AIDAN O'KAI 3989, GRIZZLY 4009, JUNGLE KING 3930, POLAR BEAR 4011, TOURNEY SCUM 3943, and BRENNA 3995. The least popular fighter this week was BRENNA 3995. The other ten least popular fighters were TOURNEY SCUM 3943, POLAR BEAR 4011, JUNGLE KING 3930, GRIZZLY 4009, AIDAN O'KAI 3989, CULANN COONTZ 3984, BILDIS 3978, PITFALL HARRY 3927, FLASH 3996, and BALIN 3955. NEW TEAMS IN THE TEMPORARY TOURNAMENT ARENAS (DM 81/83) Please note that all new teams created at the Face-to-Face were temporarily placed in a temporary Tournament Arena, DM 81 or DM 83. If you requested that your team be placed in a specific arena, it has already transferred to that arena. Any teams not transferred out of DM 81 and DM 83 by May 1 will be deleted. If you have questions about any of your teams, please contact Customer Service. -- RSI