DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 02/20/2008    Duedate: 03/04/2008

MURSKA ARENA

DM-35    TURN-559

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

TOURNEY SCUM
BUSY, BUSYTOWN (360)
(35-3943) [32-10-0,118]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

TOURNEY SCUM                   POSITION IS EMPTY
BUSY, BUSYTOWN (360)           
(35-3943) [32-10-0,118]        

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

BILDIS                         CLYDE
CHILDREN OF LLYR (141)         LOST CAUSE (268)
(35-3978) [17-22-1,93]         (35-3665) [12-11-2,106]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

PHILANTHROPISTS (153)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. PHILANTHROPISTS (153)       61
2. CHILDREN OF LLYR (141)      26      BUSY, BUSYTOWN (360)
3. LOST CAUSE (268)             9      Unchartered Team
4. BUSY, BUSYTOWN (360)         1
5. THE GODS ARE ANGRY (63)      0      SIMPLY DESSERTS (295)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 2 BUSY, BUSYTOWN (360)     108  63  7 63.2   1/ 4 PHILANTHROPISTS (153)     8  2 0
 2/ 3 PHILANTHROPISTS 3 (347)  110  77  4 58.8   2/ 1 CHILDREN OF LLYR (141)    7  8 0
 3/ 4 PHILANTHROPISTS (153)    382 303 29 55.8   3/ 3 LOST CAUSE (268)          6  4 1
 4/ 5 LOST CAUSE (268)         297 244 27 54.9   4/ 6 PHILANTHROPISTS 3 (347)   1  1 0
 5/ 7 CHILDREN OF LLYR (141)   670 897 22 42.8   5/ 7 BUSY, BUSYTOWN (360)      1  2 0
 6- 8 THE GODS ARE ANGRY (63)    9  30  0 23.1   6- 8 THE GODS ARE ANGRY (63)   0  4 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 587): BLUETTE of BLUE MOON (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  12 RIZTAB (turn 587): SISTER Q of CULTS-R-US (?, mgr.)
 DM  13 DULLENS (turn 496): DARKWIND of CARDOW HUNTERS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  15 MALCORN (turn 581): REDBIRD of GREENWARDENS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  16 WILLAF (turn 583): TANOSHII of YAMABUSHI (Doc Miracle, mgr.)
 DM  17 ALJAFIR (turn 582): ARTEMIDORUS of FIELDS OF ELYSIUM (Caesar, mgr.)
 DM  19 ZUWAYZA (turn 580): JACK HAMMA of FUNKY FOLK (Papa Bear, mgr.)
 DM  28 MORYA (turn 290): VAIDISAVA of THE PENTARCHY (Le Pentarque, mgr.)
 DM  29 LAPUR (turn 573): MURRY of CROC FILES (THawk, mgr.)
 DM  31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 288): COMMANDER SPUD of MILITARY MAYHEM (Crip, mgr.)
 DM  32 ARVAT (turn 569): SHEA TANN of DEVIL ADVOCATES (Dark One, mgr.)
 DM  33 NIATOLI ISLAND (turn 567): HOPALONG of SACKETT'S & CO. (Barnabas, mgr.)
 DM  35 MURSKA (turn 558): GARTH THE SEAMITE of PHILANTHROPISTS 3 (Aragorn, mgr.)
 DM  43 VEASTIAN (turn 521): MUSHAD of EASTERN HORDE (Mr. Mojo, mgr.)
 DM  45 STORMCROWE (turn 265): RAGGEDY ANN of DARQUE FORCES (Master Darque, mgr.)
 DM  47 DOUBLE X (turn 259): TEMPUS of WARHAMMERS (Coyote, mgr.)
 DM  50 SNOWBOUND (turn 246): TRASH CAN of OPEN SESAME (Crip, mgr.)
 DM  56 ROCANIS (turn 448): AARON of AVERAGE GUYS (?, mgr.)
 DM  60 COLLUSION COVE (turn 435): HOFFA of BUGS, SLUGS & THUGS (A-Sop, mgr.)
 DM  61 JURINE (turn 426): LOCKENLOAD of CLAN GHOST BEARS (Bjorn, mgr.)
 DM  65 DAL SHANG (turn 412): LORIN TEN KORO of SAND DANCERS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  73 ERINIKA (turn 195): BLACK EYE of BLACK & BLUE (The Mun, mgr.)
 DM  74 DAYLA KIV (turn 384): GREEN DISEASE of INSIGNIFICANCE (Jekyll, mgr.)
 DM  75 JADE MOUNTAIN (turn 380): DARQUE of MANAGER MUSINGS (FTF Manager, mgr.)
 DM  78 LIN TIRIAN (turn 367): NECROMANCER of MAGIC ARTISTS (Houdini, mgr.)
ADM 103 FREE BLADES (turn 474): NEBUCHADNEZZAR of BLADES OF WONDER (The Sandman)

                                      Top Teams
                                      ---------
 DM   9 ZUKAL (turn 587): DARK WARDS (Dr. Doom, mgr.)
 DM  12 RIZTAB (turn 587): HIGH JINX (Jondeaux, mgr.)
 DM  13 DULLENS (turn 496): THE TERMAGANTS (Noachian, mgr.)
 DM  15 MALCORN (turn 581): DARK CREATION (Herbert Philip Lovecraft West, mgr.)
 DM  16 WILLAF (turn 583): PUNNY ANIMALS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  17 ALJAFIR (turn 582): FIELDS OF ELYSIUM (CaesaR, mgr.)
 DM  19 ZUWAYZA (turn 580): TEAM CHAOS (?, mgr.)
 DM  28 MORYA (turn 290): THE PENTARCHY (Le Pentarque, mgr.)
 DM  29 LAPUR (turn 573): WILL DUEL 4 MEAD (Sporkis, mgr.)
 DM  31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 288): LORDS OF VALHALLA (High Lord Bosk, mgr.)
 DM  32 ARVAT (turn 569): ANGELS OF PAIN (The Dark One, mgr.)
 DM  33 NIATOLI ISLAND (turn 567): RAVAGING LORDS (?, mgr.)
 DM  35 MURSKA (turn 558): CHILDREN OF LLYR (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  43 VEASTIAN (turn 521): THE FAMILY (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  45 STORMCROWE (turn 265): OF WOLF & MAN (Tripwire, mgr.)
 DM  47 DOUBLE X (turn 259): THE BEAR'S PAW (Kat, mgr.)
 DM  50 SNOWBOUND (turn 246): LIFE IMPACTS (Smitty, mgr.)
 DM  56 ROCANIS (turn 448): KNIGHTS OF ROCANIS (Jakari, mgr.)
 DM  60 COLLUSION COVE (turn 435): HOUSE OF GRAIN (DK Bread, mgr.)
 DM  61 JURINE (turn 426): CLAN GHOST BEARS (Bjorn, mgr.)
 DM  65 DAL SHANG (turn 412): MIGHTY DUCKS (Woody, mgr.)
 DM  73 ERINIKA (turn 195): MIDDLE WAY 18 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  74 DAYLA KIV (turn 384): CORPS (Papa Bear, mgr.)
 DM  75 JADE MOUNTAIN (turn 380): MANAGER MUSINGS (FTF Manager, mgr.)
 DM  78 LIN TIRIAN (turn 367): MAGIC ARTISTS (Houdini, mgr.)
ADM 103 FREE BLADES (turn 474): DIRT DEVILS et al (The Dark One, mgr.)

                                   Recent Graduates
                                  -----------------
 DM   9 ZUKAL (turn 587): NOSFERATU of DARK WARDS (Dr. Doom, mgr.)
 DM  12 RIZTAB (turn 585): WINTER SHADOWS of SWEET MAGIC (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  13 DULLENS (turn 496): SILENT HAWK of CARDOW HUNTERS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  17 ALJAFIR (turn 582): ARTEMIDORUS of FIELDS OF ELYSIUM (Caesar, mgr.)
 DM  29 LAPUR (turn 572): ZERO VISIBILITY of FORCE OF NATURE (Storm Front, mgr.)
 DM  31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 288): COMMANDER SPUD of MILITARY MAYHEM (Crip, mgr.)
 DM  35 MURSKA (turn 558): GARTH THE SEAMITE of PHILANTHROPISTS 3 (Aragorn, mgr.)
 DM  45 STORMCROWE (turn 265): RAGGEDY ANN of DARQUE FORCES (Master Darque, mgr.)
                               THE BRIDE of DARQUE FORCES (Master Darque, mgr.)
 DM  47 DOUBLE X (turn 259): TEMPUS of WARHAMMERS (Coyote, mgr.)
                 (turn 258): SWAMP BURP HAMMER of ALL SWAMP HAMMERZ (Hammer, mgr.)
 DM  50 SNOWBOUND (turn 245): ADRIANN of DARQUE FORCES II (Master Darque, mgr.)
 DM  56 ROCANIS (turn 448): AARON of AVERAGE GUYS (?, mgr.)
                            MATT of AVERAGE GUYS (?, mgr.)
 DM  60 COLLUSION COVE (turn 434): THE AVENGING SCROD of 4000 BLOWS (Nuln, mgr.)
 DM  65 DAL SHANG (turn 412): LORIN TEN KORO of SAND DANCERS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  75 JADE MOUNTAIN (turn 380): DARQUE of MANAGER MUSINGS (FTF Manager, mgr.)

                                      SPY REPORT

     Welcome MURSKA.  I, Olaf Modeen remember this place well.  Many the fights have 
I fought here.  The celebrations, the disappointments...  Biff!  Pow!  MURSKA watched 
with glee as CHILDREN OF LLYR got knocked off top spot by PHILANTHROPISTS!  Ya gotta 
be quick on yer feet!  Keep your elbow off the table!  Thrust!  Block out the pain!  
PHILANTHROPISTS is now ranked 1st with a 5-0-0 turn.  What's with CLYDE?  He actually 
beat BUSY, BUSYTOWN's TOURNEY SCUM, and walked away with 34 more points from the 
fight.  Laughs were big at PHILANTHROPISTS while they watched PACIFIST clobber 
STUPID.  He lost 14 points and got bruised from objects thrown from the stands.  
MURSKA has a Duelmaster who doesn't sit back and get lazy.  He Dark Arena Challenged 
DARK ARENA's HIGH ELF (0-0-0), which should prove (ahem!) interesting.  The crowds 
were amazed this turn, as HIGH ELF killed the Duelmaster, GARTH THE SEAMITE, leaving 
PHILANTHROPISTS 3 in mourning.  So now TOURNEY SCUM gets to be MURSKA's Duelmaster.  
But what comes around goes around.  Wouldn't it be nice to have live subjects to 
practice on?  I hear some team is looking into the uses of convicted prisoners.   
     Speaking of cowardly avoiders and unfair challenges...  The most avoided team 
was LOST CAUSE.  In my day, no team with a 295-241-26 would scare me off!  What's the 
problem, PHILANTHROPISTS?  How well I know the feeling of being the most challenged 
warrior, STUPID!  Don't make idle boasts, they may come back to haunt you.   
     A fighter's lot is filled with strife, revenge, and killing.  Some fighters 
don't accept this.  The best do.  Is it my imagination, or are fighters getting 
younger every day?  To die so young, so gloriously!   
     Well, I'm pretty much through.  You guys need to get back practicing.  Are you 
as tired of reading this as I am of writing it?  Actually, I guess I'm writing it 
before you read it.  Oh, well.  I don't want to overstay my welcome...-- Olaf Modeen  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 TOURNEY SCUM 3943            32  10  0   118       BUSY, BUSYTOWN (360)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 CLYDE 3665                   12  11  2   106       LOST CAUSE (268)
 DRENDAN O'KAI 4030           14   4  0   100       CHILDREN OF LLYR (141)
 BILDIS 3978                  17  22  1    93       CHILDREN OF LLYR (141)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 ALE'CHAI TALLSKY 4026         6   0  0    79       PHILANTHROPISTS (153)
 BOOMSHAKALAKA 3611            7   4  0    69       PHILANTHROPISTS (153)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 UGLY GENTLEMAN 3582           9   7  0    65       PHILANTHROPISTS (153)
 BRENNA 3995                  17  13  0    64       CHILDREN OF LLYR (141)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 PACIFIST 3939                 7   0  0    56       PHILANTHROPISTS (153)
 LAELAMESTO 3745               6   2  0    54       PHILANTHROPISTS (153)
-NI 3945                       3   3  0    47       PHILANTHROPISTS 3 (347)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 STUPID 3840                   7   1  0    43       LOST CAUSE (268)
 PANE 3822                     6   4  0    42       LOST CAUSE (268)
 ANGUS ARGUS 4032              8   3  0    36       CHILDREN OF LLYR (141)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 EVINDAL 4040                  2   1  0    23       CHILDREN OF LLYR (141)
 KNUCKLE 3858                  2   1  1    20       LOST CAUSE (268)
-ALCARESE 3946                 1   0  0    20       PHILANTHROPISTS 3 (347)
-SHYBEL GIBBEN 3979            2   0  0    18       PHILANTHROPISTS 3 (347)
 BRUTE 3850                    2   4  0    10       LOST CAUSE (268)
-ORDENASH 3950                 1   0  0    10       PHILANTHROPISTS 3 (347)

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
PERSISTENT BEGGA        0  0 0                      KNUCKLE 3858          559  NONE
DEIRDRE 4031            8  2 0 CHILDREN OF LLYR 141 THE BIG BOPPER 3911   556   
GARTH THE SEAMIT 3748  21 12 1 PHILANTHROPISTS  347 HIGH ELF              559  NONE

                                     PERSONAL ADS

Well, six active teams, things are looking up!  For however long it lasts, great!
All you visiting managers:  Sit.  Stay. -- Jorja, Children of Llyr

Boomshakalaka -- (snapping fingers)  Yep, you've got rhythm.  And I can dance.  We're
a pair.  Go for it. -- Bildis

Clyde -- Anyone who can surrender with such grace is not a lost cause. -- Drendan
o'Kai

Ale'chai Tallsky -- I figure you must've been given that name by a short dwarf. --
Brenna

Pane -- Hmm, I think I've got a broken window you'll just fit into.  Come on around
and give it a try. -- Angus Argus

Brute -- Yes, and probably a bully, besides. -- Evindal

Our congratulations to Garth the Seamite. -- Jorja and the Children of Llyr

28 January 2008
CALLING ALL THUGS, BRUTES, OGRES, QUARTER HALF WITS, SHALLOW HALBERD ENTHUSIASTS AND
MAUL RATS:  Since the Bashing style has often been maligned in the forums, it is time
to give the style a little tough love with the following concept:  An ALL-BASHER
arena.  The rules are simple--enter the arena as a rookie basher.  That's it.  RSI
said I need to get 20 managers on board and I'm about half way there.  If you are
interested in taking part, PM me in the forums or email me:  chase at accesspr.com
and put D2 in the subject header.

Chase a.k.a. SwineTiger

2 February 2008
ATTENTION EVERYONE -- In March I am going to do manager lists for all arenas.  This
is part of my ongoing and undoubtedly largely futile attempt to get my lists
organized.  If you think I might not know who you are or if you think I might and
you'd rather I not share that information, let me know this month!  You can e-mail
me at Sue at solberg dash mathews dot com (replacing the at, dash and dot with
appropriate characters.  You can send a diplo to The Saint.  You can put an ad in
the newsletter.  Semaphore doesn't work so well, nor does telepathy. -- The Saint,
keeper of lists

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

GARTH THE SEAMITE was butchered by HIGH ELF in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
ALE'CHAI TALLSKY devastated BRENNA in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge duel.
PACIFIST outlasted STUPID in a dull 20 minute Challenge fight.
DRENDAN O'KAI bested KUNG-FU MASTER in a 2 minute contest.
TOURNEY SCUM was savagely defeated by CLYDE in a 2 minute veteran's Title fight.
BILDIS vanquished CONVICTED ASSASSIN in a 2 minute brutal mismatched fight.
BOOMSHAKALAKA devastated ANGUS ARGUS in a 1 minute one-sided competition.
UGLY GENTLEMAN handily defeated PANE in a 2 minute gruesome uneven melee.
LAELAMESTO vanquished THE USEROUS MERCHANT in a 1 minute uneven fight.
BRUTE was vanquished by EVINDAL in a 1 minute one-sided fight.
KNUCKLE executed PERSISTENT BEGGAR in a 2 minute one-sided melee.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|SLASHING ATTACK                  4         AIMED BLOW         5 -   1 -  0      83  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      4         PARRY-STRIKE       4 -   1 -  1      80  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  2         LUNGING ATTACK     8 -   2 -  1      80  |
|AIMED BLOW                       1         SLASHING ATTACK   21 -   7 -  3      75  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      1         TOTAL PARRY       16 -  10 -  0      62  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     1         WALL OF STEEL      3 -   2 -  0      60  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    1         STRIKING ATTACK    4 -   3 -  0      57  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   1         PARRY-RIPOSTE     10 -   9 -  0      53  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   1         PARRY-LUNGE        2 -   3 -  0      40  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    1         BASHING ATTACK     1 -   3 -  0      25  |

Turn 559 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     TOTAL PARRY        1 -  3         4  SLASHING ATTACK
PARRY-LUNGE        1 -  0     BASHING ATTACK     0 -  1         3  TOTAL PARRY    
PARRY-STRIKE       1 -  0     WALL OF STEEL      0 -  1         1  PARRY-RIPOSTE  
PARRY-RIPOSTE      1 -  0                                       1  AIMED BLOW     
LUNGING ATTACK     1 -  0                                       1  STRIKING ATTACK
SLASHING ATTACK    3 -  1                                       1  LUNGING ATTACK 
STRIKING ATTACK    1 -  1     

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
TOTAL PARRY      TOURNEY SCUM 3943          32  10  0  118 BUSY, BUSYTOWN (360)
SLASHING ATTACK  CLYDE 3665                 12  11  2  106 LOST CAUSE (268)
AIMED BLOW       ALE'CHAI TALLSKY 4026       6   0  0   79 PHILANTHROPISTS (153)
STRIKING ATTACK  UGLY GENTLEMAN 3582         9   7  0   65 PHILANTHROPISTS (153)
LUNGING ATTACK   LAELAMESTO 3745             6   2  0   54 PHILANTHROPISTS (153)
WALL OF STEEL    PANE 3822                   6   4  0   42 LOST CAUSE (268)
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 
CLYDE 3665.  The ten other most popular fighters were DRENDAN O'KAI 4030, ALE'CHAI 
TALLSKY 4026, UGLY GENTLEMAN 3582, BILDIS 3978, BOOMSHAKALAKA 3611, TOURNEY SCUM 
3943, LAELAMESTO 3745, EVINDAL 4040, KNUCKLE 3858, and PANE 3822.

The least popular fighter this week was PACIFIST 3939.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were STUPID 3840, BRUTE 3850, ANGUS ARGUS 4032, BRENNA 3995, PANE 3822, 
KNUCKLE 3858, EVINDAL 4040, LAELAMESTO 3745, TOURNEY SCUM 3943, and BOOMSHAKALAKA 
3611.

The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn:

BILDIS (35-3978) CHILDREN OF LLYR (141)

The following warriors have traveled to AD after fighting this turn:

GARTH THE SEAMITE (35-3748) PHILANTHROPISTS 3 (347)