DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER Date : 01/09/2008 Duedate: 01/22/2008 MURSKA ARENA DM-35 TURN-556 This Weeks Top Honors THE DUELMASTER IS JANICE JOPLIN DEAD MUSICIANS (362) (35-3891) [7-0-1,121] Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader TOURNEY SCUM JANICE JOPLIN BUSY, BUSYTOWN (360) DEAD MUSICIANS (362) (35-3943) [31-8-0,113] (35-3891) [7-0-1,121] Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite BILDIS JANICE JOPLIN CHILDREN OF LLYR (141) DEAD MUSICIANS (362) (35-3978) [14-22-1,75] (35-3891) [7-0-1,121] THE CURRENT TOP TEAM DEAD MUSICIANS (362) TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team 1. DEAD MUSICIANS (362) 76 2. URBAN JUNGLE (259) 21 BUSY, BUSYTOWN (360) 3. BUSY, BUSYTOWN (360) -2 Unchartered Team 4. CHILDREN OF LLYR (141) -11 DEAD MUSICIANS (362) The Top Teams Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K 1/ 1*DEAD MUSICIANS (362) 23 7 7 76.7 1/ 2*DEAD MUSICIANS (362) 13 1 4 2/ 2 BUSY, BUSYTOWN (360) 107 61 7 63.7 2/ 1 CHILDREN OF LLYR (141) 9 6 0 3/ 3 URBAN JUNGLE (259) 60 63 6 48.8 3/ 4 URBAN JUNGLE (259) 3 7 0 4/ 4 CHILDREN OF LLYR (141) 663 889 22 42.7 4/ 3 BUSY, BUSYTOWN (360) 2 1 0 '*' Unchartered team '-' Team did not fight this turn (###) Avoid teams by their Team Id ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank SPY REPORT It's me, The Unknown Spymaster here with my bag to give you the news on last week's fights. Say good-bye to CHILDREN OF LLYR, as they are pushed from the coveted top team spot by the DEAD MUSICIANS stable. Hey everybody, watch out for RANDY RHODES, who flew up 21 points in the rankings after mashing LUCY JORDAN like a melon. Keep your eye on this guy. Ya know, some days it doesn't pay to walk out on the sands. LUCY JORDAN was beat by RANDY RHODES and drops 3 points. Drawing on all of hers experience as a 6-0-1 warrior, JANICE JOPLIN went for the Duelmastership against TOURNEY SCUM this week. In front of all the crowds, JANICE JOPLIN took the Duelmaster's crown for hers own. I give the bum two weeks. An apple a day keeps the doctor away, but an onion a day keeps T.P.s at bay. Let's dig a little deeper into what's happening in the MURSKA arena. Did you hear that URBAN JUNGLE was most avoided team this week? Well, knowing the personal hygiene of URBAN JUNGLE's warriors, I'm not surprised! Okay, so I may not be funny, but catch DEAD MUSICIANS' act in the arena. Those acrobats seem to be fairly deft at running from URBAN JUNGLE. Well just about everybody wants a piece of DEIRDRE, who was this week's most challenged warrior. Challenging down 23 points was MURSKAN PATRIOT. Pretty soon he'll be using two shields and selling 'T.P.: The only way to clean up' pins. Definition of petty: MURSKAN PATRIOT bested BILDIS, a mismatch of 23 points. In a mismatch, our friend THE BIG BOPPER of DEAD MUSICIANS got heroic notions and challenged DEIRDRE. What did it get him? A 4-0-4 record, that's what. I heard THE BIG BOPPER laughed all the way to the inn as his new point total of 56 was posted in the arena. I guess beating DEIRDRE really pays! Remember that an arena is not always a safe place to be, but it is one of the most interesting, though! It's not often when you see a 8-2-0 warrior like DEIRDRE kick the bucket. I wonder if CHILDREN OF LLYR will recover from the blow. Carrion Bird Frustration: DEIRDRE in platemail. Remember: alliances are great, but try and take your ally in the arena with you and see what happens. Well, there's the manager of the MURSKA giving me the 'cut' sign (or is that 'They're going to strangle you in the alley?). Well, there goes another Spy Report. Good luck in next week's fights. Its been real, and its been fun, but it hasn't been real fun...-- The Unknown Spymaster DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME JANICE JOPLIN 3891 7 0 1 121 DEAD MUSICIANS (362) CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME TOURNEY SCUM 3943 31 8 0 113 BUSY, BUSYTOWN (360) MURSKAN PATRIOT 3412 14 6 0 104 URBAN JUNGLE (259) CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME DRENDAN O'KAI 4030 12 3 0 84 CHILDREN OF LLYR (141) BILDIS 3978 14 22 1 75 CHILDREN OF LLYR (141) BRENNA 3995 17 10 0 68 CHILDREN OF LLYR (141) CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME ANGUS ARGUS 4032 8 0 0 62 CHILDREN OF LLYR (141) ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME THE BIG BOPPER 3911 4 0 4 56 DEAD MUSICIANS (362) RANDY RHODES 3888 3 0 0 48 DEAD MUSICIANS (362) LUCY JORDAN 2669 7 18 0 43 URBAN JUNGLE (259) MANDOLIN WIND 3489 5 2 2 43 URBAN JUNGLE (259) CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -BUDDY HOLLY 3890 4 2 1 25 DEAD MUSICIANS (362) JOHN LENNON 3956 3 0 1 25 DEAD MUSICIANS (362) INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME FROSTBITE 4038 1 0 0 13 URBAN JUNGLE (259) BELOW ZERO 4039 0 1 0 2 URBAN JUNGLE (259) '-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn. THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge? DEIRDRE 4031 8 2 0 CHILDREN OF LLYR 141 THE BIG BOPPER 3911 556 PERSONAL ADS Janice Joplin -- It seems unfair that you should drink and I should be the one with the hangover, Bobby Mcgee. -- Bildis M. Chardinee -- Teach me more! One skill is not enough. -- Drendan O'Kai The Khalhums Dwarf is stingy with skills, too, AND he insists on winning the fight. -- Brenna Heck. At least the Fratsfa Slave is easy. -- Angus Argus Buddy Holly -- Hmm, it's got a good beat. I could dance to this. -- Deirdre Lucy Jordan -- If it wasn't for my particular stats, I'd be some other style and so not blocking your advancement. -- Brenna P.S. Although I might end up blocking mine. What if I had been created a parry- striker? (shudder) The mind boggles. P.P.S. As Total-Parry-heavy arenas go, this one doesn't rate. Connor the Userous Wine Merchant -- Do I care? -- Drendan O'Kai Flinn the Hammer -- As if! -- Deirdre 22 December 2007 All -- Just that tired old reminder to check your e-mail settings when you send ads and such. Please send stuff as plain text rather than as HTML or formatted text. HAL, being the simple golem it is, doesn't know what to do with anything other than plain text. Note, this also means it doesn't know what to do with "smart" or "curly" quotes, whether single or double, em-dashes (rendered here as two hyphens "--") or everyone's favourite ellipsis (..., aka three dots). -- A public self-service announcement from your Ed. LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS MURSKAN PATRIOT devastated BILDIS in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge fight. JANICE JOPLIN vanquished TOURNEY SCUM in a 1 minute uneven Challenge Title battle. THE BIG BOPPER slaughtered DEIRDRE in a 1 minute gory mismatched Challenge brawl. DRENDAN O'KAI savagely defeated VETERAN MERCENARY in a crowd pleasing 1 minute match. ANGUS ARGUS won victory over FRATSFA SLAVE in a 1 minute fight. BRENNA bested MANDOLIN WIND in a 2 minute match. LUCY JORDAN was devastated by RANDY RHODES in a 1 minute one-sided competition. JOHN LENNON viciously subdued BELOW ZERO in a 1 minute gruesome beginner's melee. FROSTBITE vanquished MORDANT DESERTER 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 AIMED BLOW 3 - 0 - 0 100 | |LUNGING ATTACK 3 SLASHING ATTACK 22 - 2 - 3 92 | |TOTAL PARRY 2 PARRY-STRIKE 4 - 1 - 0 80 | |PARRY-RIPOSTE 2 LUNGING ATTACK 6 - 2 - 1 75 | |AIMED BLOW 1 TOTAL PARRY 16 - 6 - 0 73 | |STRIKING ATTACK 1 WALL OF STEEL 4 - 2 - 0 67 | |PARRY-LUNGE 1 STRIKING ATTACK 2 - 1 - 0 67 | |BASHING ATTACK 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE 13 - 8 - 1 62 | |PARRY-STRIKE 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 2 - 0 0 | |WALL OF STEEL 0 BASHING ATTACK 0 - 1 - 0 0 | Turn 556 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 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 1 3 SLASHING ATTACK SLASHING ATTACK 4 - 0 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 0 2 LUNGING ATTACK STRIKING ATTACK 1 - 0 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 2 2 TOTAL PARRY LUNGING ATTACK 2 - 1 BASHING ATTACK 0 - 1 1 STRIKING ATTACK TOTAL PARRY 1 - 1 WALL OF STEEL 0 - 0 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 AIMED BLOW 1 PARRY-LUNGE TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME LUNGING ATTACK JANICE JOPLIN 3891 7 0 1 121 DEAD MUSICIANS (362) TOTAL PARRY TOURNEY SCUM 3943 31 8 0 113 BUSY, BUSYTOWN (360) STRIKING ATTACK MURSKAN PATRIOT 3412 14 6 0 104 URBAN JUNGLE (259) SLASHING ATTACK DRENDAN O'KAI 4030 12 3 0 84 CHILDREN OF LLYR (141) AIMED BLOW RANDY RHODES 3888 3 0 0 48 DEAD MUSICIANS (362) Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above. The overall popularity leader is BILDIS 3978. The most popular warrior this turn was JANICE JOPLIN 3891. The ten other most popular fighters were DRENDAN O'KAI 4030, ANGUS ARGUS 4032, BRENNA 3995, MANDOLIN WIND 3489, RANDY RHODES 3888, JOHN LENNON 3956, MURSKAN PATRIOT 3412, TOURNEY SCUM 3943, THE BIG BOPPER 3911, and FROSTBITE 4038. The least popular fighter this week was BELOW ZERO 4039. The other ten least popular fighters were LUCY JORDAN 2669, DEIRDRE 4031, BILDIS 3978, FROSTBITE 4038, THE BIG BOPPER 3911, TOURNEY SCUM 3943, MURSKAN PATRIOT 3412, JOHN LENNON 3956, RANDY RHODES 3888, and MANDOLIN WIND 3489.