DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER Date : 12/10/2008 Duedate: 12/23/2008 MURSKA ARENA DM-35 TURN-580 This Weeks Top Honors THE DUELMASTER IS KNUCKLE LOST CAUSE (268) (35-3858) [14-10-1,124] Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader KNUCKLE BILBO BAGGINNI LOST CAUSE (268) MIDDLE ITALY (375) (35-3858) [14-10-1,124] (35-4061) [2-0-0,27] Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite BRENNA KNUCKLE CHILDREN OF LLYR (141) LOST CAUSE (268) (35-3995) [24-27-0,100] (35-3858) [14-10-1,124] THE CURRENT TOP TEAM CHILDREN OF LLYR (141) TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team 1. MIDDLE ITALY (375) 44 2. LOST CAUSE (268) 7 LOST CAUSE (268) 3. CHILDREN OF LLYR (141) -2 Unchartered Team MIDDLE ITALY (375) The Top Teams Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K 1/ 1 LOST CAUSE (268) 353 292 31 54.7 1/ 1 CHILDREN OF LLYR (141) 10 5 0 2/ 2 CHILDREN OF LLYR (141) 718 954 23 42.9 2/ 2 LOST CAUSE (268) 4 11 1 3/ 3*MIDDLE ITALY (375) 2 8 0 20.0 3/ 3*MIDDLE ITALY (375) 2 8 0 '*' Unchartered team '-' Team did not fight this turn (###) Avoid teams by their Team Id ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank TEAM SPOTLIGHT * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * ---===FREE BLADES REGIONAL NEWS===--- Duelmasters ----------- DM 9 ZUKAL (turn 606): BLHU MURTHER of BLUE MOON (Jorja, mgr.) DM 12 RIZTAB (turn 608): CAELUM of FORCE OF FIVE (Doctor Doom, mgr.) DM 15 MALCORN (turn 602): LYLYANNA of DARK CREATION (H.P.L. West, mgr.) DM 16 WILLAF (turn 604): GOLD BULLION of GOLDEN GLADIATORS (Midas, mgr.) DM 17 ALJAFIR (turn 603): YAREK ZURN of MIDDLE WAY (Jorja, mgr.) DM 19 ZUWAYZA (turn 601): BART SIMPSON of CUNNING RUNTS (Deep Thought, mgr.) DM 28 MORYA (turn 300): YAU (DARKFACE) of ZULU NATION (?, mgr.) DM 29 LAPUR (turn 594): PLATINUM PEENER of METAL MINCERS (Oremaster, mgr.) DM 31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 298): BEDLAM of CHAOS (Lord of Chaos, mgr.) DM 32 ARVAT (turn 590): LUCRETIUS of ROMAN HEROES (Caesar, mgr.) DM 33 NIATOLI ISLAND (turn 588): THE MONK of RAVAGING HORDES (General Ikillu, mgr.) DM 35 MURSKA (turn 579): KNUCKLE of LOST CAUSE (Vol, mgr.) DM 43 VEASTIAN (turn 542): HAWK NELSON of POSITIVE ALTERNATIVE (Zalgor Prigg, mgr.) DM 45 STORMCROWE (turn 276): BOLI of OF WOLF & MAN (Tripwire, mgr.) DM 47 DOUBLE X (turn 270): SISTER MERCY of OLD HABITS (Soultaker, mgr.) DM 50 SNOWBOUND (turn 257): DOMJON of DRUID'S GROVE (Armalias, mgr.) DM 56 ROCANIS (turn 469): TWIG LITE ZONE of INCONSISTENT FURY (Banthius, mgr.) DM 60 COLLUSION COVE (turn 456): STITCHES of CHILDHOOD TRAUMA (Samwise the Bald) DM 61 JURINE (turn 442): XAVAN YOLE of MIDDLE WAY 16 (Jorja, mgr.) DM 65 DAL SHANG (turn 433): ROPE MAN of MIGHTY HEROES (Hombre, mgr.) DM 73 ERINIKA (turn 205): SKIN PEELER of BLACKMAIL (The Mun, mgr.) DM 74 DAYLA KIV (turn 401): GOOGLE of CORPS (Papa Bear, mgr.) DM 75 JADE MOUNTAIN (turn 397): FOOTSTEPS of PARANOID ASYLUM (Jekyll, mgr.) DM 78 LIN TIRIAN (turn 379): SHANA TWO-KNIVES of SAND DANCERS (Jorja, mgr.) ADM 103 FREE BLADES (turn 495): GOLEM of THE PHILANTROPHISTS (Aragorn, mgr.) Top Teams --------- DM 9 ZUKAL (turn 606): BLUE MOON (Jorja, mgr.) DM 12 RIZTAB (turn 608): DREAMERS (Sleepy, mgr.) DM 15 MALCORN (turn 602): GREENWARDENS (Jorja, mgr.) DM 16 WILLAF (turn 604): PUNNY ANIMALS (Jorja, mgr.) DM 17 ALJAFIR (turn 603): MIDDLE WAY (Jorja, mgr.) DM 19 ZUWAYZA (turn 601): CUNNING RUNTS (Deep Thought, mgr.) DM 28 MORYA (turn 300): THE ANIMALS (The Zoo Keeper, mgr.) DM 29 LAPUR (turn 594): MID EARTH (Visionist, mgr.) DM 31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 298): LORDS OF VALHALLA (High Lord Bosk, mgr.) DM 32 ARVAT (turn 590): DEVIL ADVOCATES (Dark One, mgr.) DM 33 NIATOLI ISLAND (turn 588): RAVAGING LORDS (General Ikillu, mgr.) DM 35 MURSKA (turn 579): CHILDREN OF LLYR (Jorja, mgr.) DM 43 VEASTIAN (turn 542): LUROICIAN ROYALTY (The Greek Guy, mgr.) DM 45 STORMCROWE (turn 276): POSITION IS EMPTY DM 47 DOUBLE X (turn 270): DARQUE FORCES (Master Darque, mgr.) DM 50 SNOWBOUND (turn 257): LIFE IMPACTS (Smitty, mgr.) DM 56 ROCANIS (turn 469): INCONSISTENT FURY (Banthius, mgr.) DM 60 COLLUSION COVE (turn 456): HIT ME WITH... (PTFT, mgr.) DM 61 JURINE (turn 442): MIDDLE WAY 16 (Jorja, mgr.) DM 65 DAL SHANG (turn 463): MIGHTY DUCKS (Woody, mgr.) DM 73 ERINIKA (turn 205): MONGOL HORDE (Crip, mgr.) DM 74 DAYLA KIV (turn 401): CORPS (Papa Bear, mgr.) DM 75 JADE MOUNTAIN (turn 397): SAND DANCERS (Jorja, mgr.) DM 78 LIN TIRIAN (turn 379): SAND DANCERS (Jorja, mgr.) ADM 103 FREE BLADES (turn 495): DO IT AGAIN et al (The Dark One, mgr.) Recent Graduates ----------------- DM 12 RIZTAB (turn 608): BIG SHRIMP of ICE AGE (Wali Kharif, mgr.) DM 16 WILLAF (turn 604): GOLD BULLION of GOLDEN GLADIATORS (Midas, mgr.) DM 29 LAPUR (turn 593): HULIK of MID EARTH (Visionist, mgr.) DM 45 STORMCROWE (turn 276): AUNTY ENTITY of DARQUE FORCES (Master Darque, mgr.) YUFFIE of DARQUE FORCES (Master Darque, mgr.) DM 47 DOUBLE X (turn 269): THE RON of WARHAMMERS (Coyote, mgr.) FOLMOR GRIGG of THE MIDDLE WAY 3 (Jorja, mgr.) DM 50 SNOWBOUND (turn 256): CANTEX of LIFE IMPACTS (Smitty, mgr.) DM 60 COLLUSION COVE (turn 456): STITCHES of CHILDHOOD TRAUMA (Samwise the Bald) FLICKED BOOGERS of HIT ME WITH... (PTFT, mgr.) DM 73 ERINIKA (turn 205): SKIN PEELER of BLACKMAIL (The Mun, mgr.) HAWTHORN of BAD APPLES (Jorja, mgr.) DM 75 JADE MOUNTAIN (turn 397): FOOTSTEPS of PARANOID ASYLUM (Jekyll, 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... MVP award for EVINDAL? CHILDREN OF LLYR's proud of him after beating DANGEROUS CRIMINAL and getting 11 points. Don't you think the Duelmaster is being unfair? I think KNUCKLE should let PATRICE be Duelmaster for a while, without fighting about it. Is the Duelmaster really being a real snob to his teammates? Don't ask me! AAARRGH!!! I HATE SPYREPORTING!!! Sorry. I just had to say it. The warriors of LOST CAUSE must be getting lonely. They were the most avoided team. Do you guys know something that I don't? Is there some deep dark secret why MIDDLE ITALY's been avoiding LOST CAUSE so much? Or is it just that they're too scared? Man, all these warriors dying and killing each other! Don't you guys ever give it a break? How cruel! LOST CAUSE heartlessly sent his to LUCKY certain fate in the Dark Arena. Is a 10-5-1 bad or something? Hey, warriors get killed by other warriors, not by their manager sending them to the Dark Arena. What's wrong with LUCKY's 10-5-1, LOST CAUSE? Fight, fight, fight. Is that all you guys can do? I really didn't, you know, study when I was a kid. Who would've guessed I'd be a famous Spyreporter? I gotta leave. MURSKA is like such a dump, and you guys smell too much! Remember you guys, ease up sometimes! Chill out! Later, Debby Tonte DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME KNUCKLE 3858 14 10 1 124 LOST CAUSE (268) CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME BRENNA 3995 24 27 0 100 CHILDREN OF LLYR (141) PATRICE 4043 15 5 0 91 CHILDREN OF LLYR (141) CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME ANGUS ARGUS 4032 15 17 1 64 CHILDREN OF LLYR (141) EVINDAL 4040 10 14 0 60 CHILDREN OF LLYR (141) CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME BILBO BAGGINNI 4061 2 0 0 27 MIDDLE ITALY (375) INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME HAREC O'KAI 4064 2 1 0 23 CHILDREN OF LLYR (141) CIVIL 4053 4 4 0 16 LOST CAUSE (268) PROMO 4057 1 2 0 5 LOST CAUSE (268) BOROMIRONI 4066 0 1 0 1 MIDDLE ITALY (375) '-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn. THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge? DEATH 4070 0 1 0 LOST CAUSE 268 BLACK ORC 580 NONE LUCKY 4049 10 6 1 LOST CAUSE 268 DARK CHAMPION 580 NONE ONE 4067 0 1 0 MIDDLE ITALY 375 MISTRESS SHA'TYI 580 NONE THREE 4069 0 1 0 MIDDLE ITALY 375 BLACK ORC 580 NONE TWO 4068 0 1 0 MIDDLE ITALY 375 SPYMASTER 580 NONE PERSONAL ADS Knuckle -- That was well done, and I gladly hand over the title to you, sir. I know you will do no dishonor to it, even if you fail to write a few words by way of a column. -- Brenna P.S. And I don't consider your lack of a column to be a serious personal fault. *I* didn't like writing one, so why should I expect you to? What is one to say, after all? Ah, the Khalhums, or in this case Murskan, Dwarf. I didn't actually bury him in the sand, you know. He's just so short that he tripped over a footprint and, well, you can imagine. I won't say more and embarrass the little fellow. He might hack off my toes! -- Patrice I have no TIME for the Convicted Assassin, wretched pipsqueak of a fellow that he is. The bread is almost ready to come out of the oven, and I MUST be there to greet it with butter. Some things are more important than the arena. -- Angus Argus Oh, great, Angus had to go and mention fresh bread, and now we're going to have the Illegally Detained Orc camping on our doorstep for the nest two weeks, hoping for a crust. Some things are better left unsaid. -- Evindal Civil -- Definitely a lost cause. Especially in the arena, which is the essence of UN-civil. -- Harec o'Kai Good gods, somebody's been overworking the Dark Arena! Does this mean that we can hope for fresh opponents? -- the Children of Llyr Our salute to all those from Murska who dared the tourney. -- Jorja and the Children of Llyr LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS LUCKY was barely slain by DARK CHAMPION in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight. THREE was viciously butchered by BLACK ORC in a exciting 1 minute Dark Arena duel. ONE was murdered by MISTRESS SHA'TYIR in a action packed 1 minute Dark Arena fight. TWO was butchered by SPYMASTER in a popular 1 minute gory Dark Arena contest. DEATH was murdered by BLACK ORC in a 1 minute Dark Arena competition. KNUCKLE devastated PATRICE in a crowd pleasing 2 minute brutal one-sided Title duel. BRENNA devastated CONVICTED ASSASSIN in a 2 minute gruesome one-sided competition. ANGUS ARGUS was unbelievably bested by KHALHUMS DWARF in a 1 minute expert's duel. EVINDAL vanquished DANGEROUS CRIMINAL in a 1 minute one-sided duel. CIVIL was overpowered by BILBO BAGGINNI in a 1 minute uneven match. HAREC O'KAI beat BOROMIRONI in a 1 minute novice's fight. PROMO was demolished by MORDANT DESERTER in a 1 minute mismatched competition. BATTLE REPORT MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS |FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT| |AIMED BLOW 4 AIMED BLOW 12 - 8 - 0 60 | |BASHING ATTACK 2 STRIKING ATTACK 12 - 10 - 2 55 | |SLASHING ATTACK 2 PARRY-RIPOSTE 4 - 4 - 0 50 | |STRIKING ATTACK 2 PARRY-LUNGE 5 - 5 - 0 50 | |PARRY-LUNGE 1 BASHING ATTACK 5 - 6 - 0 45 | |PARRY-STRIKE 1 SLASHING ATTACK 11 - 14 - 0 44 | |TOTAL PARRY 1 TOTAL PARRY 6 - 8 - 0 43 | |PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 WALL OF STEEL 2 - 3 - 0 40 | |WALL OF STEEL 1 PARRY-STRIKE 5 - 8 - 1 38 | |LUNGING ATTACK 0 LUNGING ATTACK 0 - 2 - 0 0 | Turn 580 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-LUNGE 1 - 0 AIMED BLOW 1 - 3 2 AIMED BLOW PARRY-STRIKE 1 - 0 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 1 2 BASHING ATTACK TOTAL PARRY 1 - 0 LUNGING ATTACK 0 - 0 1 PARRY-STRIKE BASHING ATTACK 1 - 1 SLASHING ATTACK 0 - 2 1 TOTAL PARRY STRIKING ATTACK 0 - 2 1 SLASHING ATTACK WALL OF STEEL 0 - 1 1 PARRY-LUNGE 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 WALL OF STEEL TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME PARRY-STRIKE KNUCKLE 3858 14 10 1 124 LOST CAUSE (268) AIMED BLOW PATRICE 4043 15 5 0 91 CHILDREN OF LLYR (141) Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above. The overall popularity leader is BRENNA 3995. The most popular warrior this turn was KNUCKLE 3858. The ten other most popular fighters were BRENNA 3995, ANGUS ARGUS 4032, THREE 4069, PATRICE 4043, EVINDAL 4040, BILBO BAGGINNI 4061, LUCKY 4049, ONE 4067, TWO 4068, and HAREC O'KAI 4064. The least popular fighter this week was PROMO 4057. The other ten least popular fighters were CIVIL 4053, DEATH 4070, BOROMIRONI 4066, HAREC O'KAI 4064, TWO 4068, ONE 4067, LUCKY 4049, BILBO BAGGINNI 4061, EVINDAL 4040, and PATRICE 4043. The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn: KNUCKLE (35-3858) LOST CAUSE (268) BRENNA (35-3995) CHILDREN OF LLYR (141) WINTER FACE-TO-FACE IN SUNNY ARIZONA! Our next Winter FTF will be held in Tempe, Arizona, January 16-18, 2009. It will be held at the Fiesta Resort in Tempe, AZ at 2100 South Priest Drive, Tempe, 85282 (480-967-1441). Rooms are only $139.00 per night, 1-2 occupancy. There is a free 24-hour shuttle from the airport, free parking, free high-speed wireless internet in all guest rooms. There is a fitness center with cardiovascular and weight-lifting equipment, a heated swimming pool and jacuzzi, with poolside beverage delivery. They have a bustling happy hour in the Kachina lounge, with complimentary hors d'oeuvres. There are tons of restaurants nearby at the Mall, a Denny's across the street, and several fast food options nearby as well, as well as a restaurant in the hotel with room service. If you arrive early or stay late, don't forget that there is excellent golfing in the Phoenix area, with several championship courses nearby. Winter is an excellent time to explore Arizona with a trip to the Grand Canyon or Sedona or any of our other scenic sites across the state. Hotel info: http://www.fiestainnresort.com The rooms are blocked--ask for the "Reality Simulations" room block. The tournament information sheet will be out imminently. We hope you're all looking forward to the tournament and that we will see you there!