DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 08/18/2010    Duedate: 08/31/2010

MURSKA ARENA

DM-35    TURN-624

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

PELICAN EEL
SEA DOGS (377)
(35-4116) [12-4-0,128]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

PELICAN EEL                    POSITION IS EMPTY
SEA DOGS (377)                 
(35-4116) [12-4-0,128]         

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

BRENDAL                        LORD SNOW
CHILDREN OF LLYR (141)         URBAN JUNGLE (259)
(35-4082) [18-25-0,79]         (35-4200) [5-3-0,40]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

ON THE ROCKS (175)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. ON THE ROCKS (175)          36
2. URBAN JUNGLE (259)          36      BAD GUYS (381)
3. CHILDREN OF LLYR (141)      31      Unchartered Team
4. SEA DOGS (377)               6
5. BAD GUYS (381)               6      HIGH TIMES (346)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 1 BAD GUYS (381)            36  18  1 66.7   1/ 1 ON THE ROCKS (175)        9  6 1
 2/ 2 ERRATA (371)              12   7  0 63.2   2/ 4 URBAN JUNGLE (259)        6  3 1
 3/ 3 SEA DOGS (377)            54  33  2 62.1   3/ 2 SEA DOGS (377)            6  7 0
 4/ 4 URBAN JUNGLE (259)       134 131  9 50.6   4/ 5 CHILDREN OF LLYR (141)    6  9 0
 5/ 5 ON THE ROCKS (175)       176 178 10 49.7   5/ 3 BAD GUYS (381)            4  3 1
 6/ 6 CHILDREN OF LLYR (141)   806 %1085 24 42.6   6/ 6 ERRATA (371)              2  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

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                        ---===FREE BLADES REGIONAL NEWS===---

                                     Duelmasters
                                     -----------
 DM   9 ZUKAL (turn 650): HOMESTAR of HOMESTAR & CO (Otto X Frothingslosh, mgr.)
 DM  12 RIZTAB (turn 652): GUILLOTINE of BLADES OF TERROR (The Dark One, mgr.)
 DM  13 DULLENS (turn 535): CASSIE ELISABETH of HOUSE OF CARDS (Zalgor Prigg, mgr.)
 DM  15 MALCORN (turn 646): BRISTLECONE of GREENWARDENS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  16 WILLAF (turn 648): FANGS ARDENTE of PUNNY AMINALS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  17 ALJAFIR (turn 640): BRADLEY of THE GENERALS (?, mgr.)
 DM  19 ZUWAYZA (turn 641): ERIC CARTMAN of CUNNING RUNTS (Deep Thought, mgr.)
 DM  28 MORYA (turn 322): BLACK ROSE HAMMER of FLOWERED HAMMERZ (Hammer, mgr.)
 DM  29 LAPUR (turn 638): IRON IMPACTER of METAL MINCERS (Oremaster, mgr.)
 DM  31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 320): LODEN NORVIS of MIDDLE WAY 17 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  32 ARVAT (turn 634): FILLIS BOUY of FISHERMAN'S WHARF (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  33 NIATOLI ISLAND (turn 631): CAGED RAT of RAVAGING LORDS (General Ikillu, mgr.)
 DM  35 MURSKA (turn 623): PELICAN EEL of SEA DOGS (One Armed Bandit, mgr.)
 DM  43 VEASTIAN (turn 584): VAISTINE of THE FAMILY (Jorja, mgr)
 DM  45 STORMCROWE (turn 298): CALLOUS COURTNEY of STREET WALKERS (Roadkill, mgr.)
 DM  47 TEMPLE OF ABARSIS (turn 292): SPAWNING OF SPEWN of MANAGERIAL MAYHEM (Fizban)
 DM  50 SNOWBOUND (turn 279): CASS DOLAN of MIDDLE WAY 6 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  56 ROCANIS (turn 513): CRASH of THEM (Papa Bear, mgr.)
 DM  60 ARADI (turn 499): BB BULLY BOY of RED DOG GANG (Spot, mgr.)
 DM  61 JURINE (turn 480): WALLIS YENT of MIDDLE WAY 16 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  65 DAL SHANG (turn 475): ICECLAW of CASTAWAYS (She-Puppy, mgr.)
 DM  73 ERINIKA (turn 227): POSITION IS EMPTY
 DM  74 DAYLA KIV (turn 436): ALEXANDROS of GATES OF FIRE (Chief Illiniwek, mgr.)
 DM  75 JADE MOUNTAIN (turn 430): KORTO LU of SAND DANCERS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  78 LIN TIRIAN (turn 423): SHILLIS VAIR of SAND DANCERS (Jorja, mgr.)
ADM 103 FREE BLADES (turn 539): DREAD of ANGELS OF PAIN (The Dark One, mgr.)

                                      Top Teams
                                      ---------
 DM   9 ZUKAL (turn 650): BREWERS (JE, mgr.)
 DM  12 RIZTAB (turn 652): DREAMERS (Sleepy, mgr.)
 DM  13 DULLENS (turn 535): HOUSE OF CARDS (Zalgor Prigg, mgr.)
 DM  15 MALCORN (turn 645): GREENWARDENS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  16 WILLAF (turn 648): PUNNY AMINALS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  17 ALJAFIR (turn 640): MINOR THREAT (Mr. Pirate, mgr.)
 DM  19 ZUWAYZA (turn 641): CUNNING RUNTS (Deep Thought, mgr.)
 DM  28 MORYA (turn 322): FORCE OF FIVE (?, mgr.)
 DM  29 LAPUR (turn 638): MID EARTH (Visionist, mgr.)
 DM  31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 320): AVENGERS (Huckle Cat?, mgr.)
 DM  32 ARVAT (turn 634): DEVIL ADVOCATES (The Dark One, mgr.)
 DM  33 NIATOLI ISLAND (turn 631): SEA DOGS (One Armed Bandit, mgr.)
 DM  35 MURSKA (turn 623): ON THE ROCKS (Bartender, mgr.)
 DM  43 VEASTIAN (turn 584): THE FAMILY (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  45 STORMCROWE (turn 298): STREET WALKERS (Roadkill, mgr.)
 DM  47 TEMPLE OF ABARSIS (turn 292): MANAGERIAL MAYHEM (Fizban, mgr.)
 DM  50 SNOWBOUND (turn 279): LIFE IMPACTS (Smitty, mgr.)
 DM  56 ROCANIS (turn 513): ON THE ROCKS (Bartender, mgr.)
 DM  60 ARADI (turn 499): RED DOG GANG (Spot, mgr.)
 DM  61 JURINE (turn 480): MIDDLE WAY 16 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  65 DAL SHANG (turn 475): SERPENTS HOLD (Khisanth, mgr.)
 DM  73 ERINIKA (turn 227): MONGOL HORDE (?, mgr.)
 DM  74 DAYLA KIV (turn 437): GATES OF FIRE (Chief Illiniwek, mgr.)
 DM  75 JADE MOUNTAIN (turn 480): GREATS OF TROY (Zalgor Prigg, mgr.)
 DM  78 LIN TIRIAN (turn 431): SAND DANCERS (Jorja, mgr.)
ADM 103 FREE BLADES (turn 539): MIDDLE ITALY et al (The Dark One, mgr.)

                                   Recent Graduates
                                  -----------------
 DM   9 ZUKAL (turn 649): EIGHTH MATE of SEA DOGS (One Armed Bandit, mgr.)
                          RAT CATCHER of SEA DOGS (One Armed Bandit, mgr.)
 DM  12 RIZTAB (turn 652): SCURVY LADY of SEA DOGS (One Armed Bandit, mgr.)
 DM  13 DULLENS (turn 534): KALLI ELISABETH of HOUSE OF CARDS (Zalgor Prigg, mgr.)
 DM  15 MALCORN (turn 646): BRISTLECONE of GREENWARDENS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  16 WILLAF (turn 647): CRIS CROFT of PUNNY AMINALS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  28 MORYA (turn 322): CRICTOR UNGERER of THE PENTARCHY (Le Pentarque, mgr.)
                          VENUS TRAP HAMMER of FLOWERED HAMMERZ (Hammer, mgr.)
 DM  29 LAPUR (turn 638): LUCKY EIREANN of CLAN CROW (Owsly, mgr.)
                          MR. SPOCK of TREKKERS (Deep Thought, mgr.)
              (turn 637): SNOWDROP of TRAIL OF TEARS (Jugger, mgr.)
                          WHIP ME HOUSTON of STREET WALKERS (Roadkill, mgr.)
 DM  31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 319): BUSTER BUNNY of LOONY TOONS (Rascally Rabbit, mgr.)
 DM  32 ARVAT (turn 633): CARNAGE of ANGELS OF PAIN (The Dark One, mgr.)
 DM  33 NIATOLI ISLAND (turn 631): CAGED RAT of RAVAGING LORDS (General Ikillu, mgr.)
 DM  35 MURSKA (turn 621): LUCY JORDAN of URBAN JUNGLE (Jugger, mgr.)
 DM  45 STORMCROWE (turn 297): DAN MACK GRU of NORTHERN LIGHTS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  47 TEMPLE OF ABARSIS (turn 292): SPAWNING OF SPEWN of MANAGERIAL MAYHEM (Fizban)
                                      TEN LORDS ALEAPING of ROYAL FLUSH (Crip, mgr.)
                                      RONDOL QUIGLO of THE MIDDLE WAY 3 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  50 SNOWBOUND (turn 277): MRS. VAUGHN of LIFE IMPACTS (Smitty, mgr.)
 DM  56 ROCANIS (turn 512): ABELINDA CHASE Of MIDDLE WAY 20 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  75 JADE MOUNTAIN (turn 430): KORTO LU of SAND DANCERS (Jorja, mgr.)

                                      SPY REPORT

     If you were disturbed from your beauty rest only to have to watch a bunch of 
MURSKA brutes like you, you'd be grouchy, too.  Of course, we're all terribly 
impressed to see BANFF win a fight and gain 23 points, terribly.  Looks like MURSKA 
has some guts at least, PELICAN EEL the Duelmaster was this turn's most-challenged 
warrior.  LOONY challenged MURSKA's Duelmaster for a shot at the throne.  And if 
variety is the spice of life, MURSKA may be getting bland, as PELICAN EEL stays top 
dog in the city.  I'm not in a very good mood today, but why am I telling you this?  
You want to know what's new, don't you, MURSKA?   
     Well, let's take a look at some more misdeeds of you miserable sword-boys.  
What's the big D?  SEA DOGS was the most avoided team?  Bunch of lily livered... 
grumble... mumble... curse...  And who led the way in this mass act of cowardice?  
Let's see, well, whatcha know?  It was ON THE ROCKS.  Ha ha ha ha!  I guess I can 
give a little credit to ICICLE of URBAN JUNGLE for challenging up by 20 to ST 
MAGDALENE.  ICICLE won to get 97 points of recognition.   
     Ah, now we come to my favorite part, where we see all the guys who are dead and 
gone, and get to see if their team cared.  Bye bye, warrior, bye bye...  HAREC O'KAI, 
a glorious 16-30-0 fighter, has passed away.  Gee, too bad CHILDREN OF LLYR.  And 
what a stunning loss we have here, boys and girls, MODRANECT of URBAN JUNGLE has 
added the final loss to his 10-11-1.  Tee hee!  Honor is like a chainmail shirt, it 
only shines through use.  Certain nameless cowards will doubtless rebuke me on this 
one.   
     I was about to buy a new quill pen the other day, but some fighter took it for 
an epee.  Forgive me for writing with a dagger.  Phlllt!  Just had to do that before 
I leave the fine city of MURSKA.  I feel much better now.  I see the crowds are 
getting restless, I must leave now-- Snide Clemens  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 PELICAN EEL 4116             12   4  0   128       SEA DOGS (377)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SAZERAC 4185                  9   7  1   111       ON THE ROCKS (175)
 MAIRE MCANGUS 4105           19  19  1   100       CHILDREN OF LLYR (141)
 ICICLE 4118                  12  11  1    97       URBAN JUNGLE (259)
 GRINCH 4184                  11   2  1    97       BAD GUYS (381)
 LOONY 3990                   11   4  0    97       ERRATA (371)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 TAMRA KAI 4109               18  15  0    88       CHILDREN OF LLYR (141)
 SCAPA 4198                    6   3  0    83       ON THE ROCKS (175)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 BRENDAL 4082                 18  25  0    79       CHILDREN OF LLYR (141)
 ST MAGDALENE 4144            12  12  0    76       ON THE ROCKS (175)
 STARGAZER 4130               10   3  0    68       SEA DOGS (377)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 HAMMERHEAD 4129              13  10  2    58       SEA DOGS (377)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 BANFF 4203                    5   1  3    56       ON THE ROCKS (175)
-VOLDEMORT 4194                5   0  0    54       BAD GUYS (381)
-SECOND WATCH 4166             7   4  0    43       SEA DOGS (377)
 LORD SNOW 4200                5   3  0    40       URBAN JUNGLE (259)
 KAILIE RHINN 4195             3   9  0    38       CHILDREN OF LLYR (141)
-TED BUNDY 4180                6   3  0    37       BAD GUYS (381)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 ABEL BROWN 4191               2   5  0    29       SEA DOGS (377)
-THE JOKER 4176                5   5  0    26       BAD GUYS (381)
 WICKED WITCH 4179             5   5  0    25       BAD GUYS (381)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 DECEMBRE 4197                 5   4  0    20       URBAN JUNGLE (259)
 EVER SEE JULY 4209            1   0  1     9       URBAN JUNGLE (259)

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
CONVICTED THIEF         0  0 0                      EVER SEE JULY 4209    624  NONE
HAREC O'KAI 4064       16 31 0 CHILDREN OF LLYR 141 GRINCH 4184           624   
GLENUGIE 4210           0  1 0 ON THE ROCKS 175     BLACK ORC             624  NONE
MODRANECT 4145         10 12 1 URBAN JUNGLE 259     BANFF 4203            624   

                                     PERSONAL ADS

Wow!  An 82 point gain for my stable last turn.  There's a Swedish proverb that goes:
"Up like a sun, down like a pancake".  I'm predicting a pancake turn for me this
turn. -- Bartender, mgr On the Rocks

Tamra Kai -- How great it feels to finally dethrone you as the parry-riposte style
master.  Don't expect to get the title back any time soon.  It's was too precious for
me. -- St Magdalene

Stargazer -- Even though it was my challenge, I never expected that I would be able
to beat you.  My manager says it's all due to knack, whatever that is. -- Sazerac

The Joker -- 'See how much easier it is for us when we know you're gonna fight.  We
let the weak ones avoid and the strong ones grab the biggest weapon they can find and
challenge. -- Banff

Hammerhead -- Now, that's what I like.  Winning against a senior citizen, learning
skills galore, earning lots of ratings.  Thanks! -- Scapa

The rollups have been terrible as of late.  I'm having to send another replacement to
the dark arena.  Sixth in a row.  I think I'm gonna run whatever comes back this
time.  But then again, that's what I've been saying the last three turns and then I
get a WT 6/WL 4 back and I just can't find a way to run it. -- Bartender

St Magdalene -- You say that like you mean it. -- Tamra Kai

Grinch -- What are you doing here?  I thought you were the duelmaster over in Kolact!
-- Harec O'Kai
P.S.  Which would mean you were an illusion, and it's well known that one cannot
fight illusions with steel.

Decembre -- Ah, well, when that comes around, I'll probably be wishing for August
again. -- Kailie Rhinn, never satisfied

Pelican Eel -- You're just so WEIRD.  From some angles, you look like a pelican, and
then you turn just a little and I see you're an eel, and I don't know WHAT to make of
you. -- Maire McAngus

There are times when I wonder about the Kung-Fu Master's possible intelligence, as
in, possibly not.  He kicked my sword and cut his foot.  Even if he didn't want to
carry a weapon, at least he could have a shield? -- Brendal

26 July 2010
     Some managers have attempted to send personals and columns to hal, and hal has
been refusing to acknowledge their content.  I don't know what hal's problem is,
specifically, but for best success, send PLAIN TEXT (dot txt) in the body of the
email.  Not attachments.  Thank you. -- the Editor

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

GLENUGIE was dealt death by BLACK ORC in a crowd pleasing 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
LOONY lost to PELICAN EEL in a exciting 1 minute expert's Challenge Title battle.
ICICLE overpowered ST MAGDALENE in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge duel.
SCAPA bested STARGAZER in a 2 minute Challenge fight.
WICKED WITCH was defeated by KAILIE RHINN in a 2 minute bloody Challenge match.
LORD SNOW viciously subdued ABEL BROWN in a popular 4 minute bloody Challenge duel.
SAZERAC overpowered BRENDAL in a 1 minute mismatched brawl.
HAREC O'KAI was assassinated by GRINCH in a 1 minute uneven melee.
TAMRA KAI vanquished VENOMOUS CONCUBINE in a popular 1 minute uneven duel.
MAIRE MCANGUS vanquished KHALHUMS DWARF in a popular 1 minute one-sided duel.
HAMMERHEAD overpowered FRATSFA SLAVE in a 1 minute one-sided melee.
MODRANECT was assassinated by BANFF in a 1 minute one-sided match.
DECEMBRE bested OSKSI NOBLE in a 2 minute conflict.
EVER SEE JULY delivered the death blow upon CONVICTED THIEF in a 1 minute battle.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|WALL OF STEEL                    4         AIMED BLOW        10 -   4 -  1      71  |
|AIMED BLOW                       3         LUNGING ATTACK    20 -   9 -  0      69  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   3         PARRY-STRIKE       7 -   4 -  0      64  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   3         PARRY-RIPOSTE     16 -  12 -  0      57  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    2         TOTAL PARRY       13 -  10 -  0      57  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  2         WALL OF STEEL     16 -  16 -  0      50  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  2         STRIKING ATTACK   10 -  10 -  1      50  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      2         BASHING ATTACK    13 -  15 -  3      46  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     1         PARRY-LUNGE        3 -   4 -  0      43  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      0         SLASHING ATTACK    8 -  11 -  1      42  |

Turn 624 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     PARRY-LUNGE        0 -  0         3  LUNGING ATTACK 
WALL OF STEEL      3 -  1     TOTAL PARRY        0 -  2         2  WALL OF STEEL  
AIMED BLOW         2 -  1                                       2  STRIKING ATTACK
LUNGING ATTACK     2 -  1                                       2  PARRY-RIPOSTE  
BASHING ATTACK     2 -  1                                       1  PARRY-STRIKE   
PARRY-RIPOSTE      1 -  1                                       1  SLASHING ATTACK
SLASHING ATTACK    1 -  1     
STRIKING ATTACK    1 -  1     

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
LUNGING ATTACK   PELICAN EEL 4116           12   4  0  128 SEA DOGS (377)
PARRY-STRIKE     SAZERAC 4185                9   7  1  111 ON THE ROCKS (175)
SLASHING ATTACK  ICICLE 4118                12  11  1   97 URBAN JUNGLE (259)
STRIKING ATTACK  GRINCH 4184                11   2  1   97 BAD GUYS (381)
WALL OF STEEL    LOONY 3990                 11   4  0   97 ERRATA (371)
PARRY-RIPOSTE    TAMRA KAI 4109             18  15  0   88 CHILDREN OF LLYR (141)
BASHING ATTACK   HAMMERHEAD 4129            13  10  2   58 SEA DOGS (377)
AIMED BLOW       LORD SNOW 4200              5   3  0   40 URBAN JUNGLE (259)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is BRENDAL 4082.  The most popular warrior this turn 
was LORD SNOW 4200.  The ten other most popular fighters were SCAPA 4198, KAILIE 
RHINN 4195, ABEL BROWN 4191, GLENUGIE 4210, PELICAN EEL 4116, TAMRA KAI 4109, MAIRE 
MCANGUS 4105, DECEMBRE 4197, LOONY 3990, and ICICLE 4118.

The least popular fighter this week was MODRANECT 4145.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were HAREC O'KAI 4064, BRENDAL 4082, WICKED WITCH 4179, ST MAGDALENE 4144, 
EVER SEE JULY 4209, BANFF 4203, HAMMERHEAD 4129, GRINCH 4184, SAZERAC 4185, and 
STARGAZER 4130.