DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER Date : 10/27/2010 Duedate: 11/09/2010 MURSKA ARENA DM-35 TURN-629 This Weeks Top Honors THE DUELMASTER IS MAIRE MCANGUS CHILDREN OF LLYR (141) (35-4105) [21-22-1,103] Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader MAIRE MCANGUS POSITION IS EMPTY CHILDREN OF LLYR (141) (35-4105) [21-22-1,103] Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite VEXED VIKING TAMRA KAI PHILANTHROPISTS 2 (345) CHILDREN OF LLYR (141) (35-3641) [17-13-0,90] (35-4109) [20-18-0,94] THE CURRENT TOP TEAM CHILDREN OF LLYR (141) TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team 1. CHILDREN OF LLYR (141) 45 2. PHILANTHROPISTS 2 (345) 13 PHILANTHROPISTS 2 (345) 3. PHILANTHROPISTS (153) 5 Unchartered Team 4. PHILANTHROPISTS 3 (347) 0 5. ON THE ROCKS (175) 0 HIGH TIMES (346) The Top Teams Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K 1- 1 SEA DOGS (377) 63 38 4 62.4 1- 1 ON THE ROCKS (175) 9 1 0 2- 2 PHILANTHROPISTS 3 (347) 111 78 4 58.7 2/ 4 CHILDREN OF LLYR (141) 8 7 1 3/ 3 PHILANTHROPISTS 2 (345) 158 115 9 57.9 3/ 3 URBAN JUNGLE (259) 4 10 1 4/ 4 PHILANTHROPISTS (153) 436 332 30 56.8 4- 2 SEA DOGS (377) 3 3 0 5- 6 ON THE ROCKS (175) 190 184 10 50.8 5/ 5 PHILANTHROPISTS (153) 3 4 0 6/ 5 URBAN JUNGLE (259) 145 143 11 50.3 6- 6 PHILANTHROPISTS 3 (347) 1 1 0 7/ 7 CHILDREN OF LLYR (141) 818 %1097 26 42.7 7/ 7 PHILANTHROPISTS 2 (345) 1 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 + ]H[ + ---:--- + ]H[ At the Gate of Hell ]H[ + ---:--- + ]H[ + "So, it's a barrier, a wall," Uncle Wolf mused, squinting at the air. He turned his head to glance at Lord Malcorn, who was now standing ten feet away from him. "Not quite an elemental, not quite a demon... how big is it? Can we separate and at least one of us get around it while it blocks the other?" Malcorn shrugged. "I don't like us dividing our forces, not even separating out the gladiators to guard our backs, much less each of us moving and acting alone. But if that's what it takes...." He moved a little farther to the side, keeping most of his attention on the invisible entity that blocked their passage toward the Gate of Hell. Wolf resisted the urge to glance over his shoulder at the gladiators. They would do the best they could, and it was even more dangerous for him to divide his attention than his forces. And right now, his attention had to be on this Thing in front of him. The rules governing air elementals in the Nether Realms were clear, and it could not move without becoming visible, and perhaps not even then--so long as he watched it closely. It was his attention that was pinning part of it to this location, just as Malcorn's attention was pinning another part of it farther along. How far could it stretch before Malcorn reached an end of it, or its patience snapped? Air and fire elementals were not noted for their patience. Nor lesser demons, come to that. From the corner of his eye, Wolf saw that Malcorn had stopped moving sideways and was angling forward, toward the Gate. He must have reached a corner. The old shaman bared his teeth in a predator's grin and gathered all his will and knowledge for whatever would happen next. Soon, now. Yes! A visible ripple in the Thing that blocked their path. He hardened his concentration on it. Words like hammer-blows. Malcorn wasn't shouting, but the words rolled out of him like an avalanche. The power behind them-- Most people saw Lord Malcorn as big and slow and friendly, ordinary, and maybe not too bright. They never guessed at this side of the man. He had been born to hold the barrier that protected the normal world from all the Realms Beyond. It was the gift and the responsibility of his lineage, and he did it very well. The Thing rippled again, the visible Gate beyond it dancing as through heat waves, and something... cracked. The demon began to condense out of it. Spidery limbs, fragile-looking iridescent wings, huge, glassy eyes. The kind of demon Wolf's own teach had called a Mirage-Flitter. A natural choice, perhaps, if one wanted to meld a demon with an air elemental, but the Flitter was weak in its own identity. A pest rather than a dire threat. It shrieked, a thin keening at the upper edge of audibility. Sharp as broken glass, but wild--whatever had been done to bind this Flitter to the elemental had driven it mad. More words from Malcorn, surrounded by the crackle and ring of shattering glass. Faintly bluish fluid trickled down the Flitter's wings as it struggled to pull free of the elemental that must have seemed like a prison to it. It shrieked again, flailing with its bleeding wings. Wolf lifted his sword, concentrated his power, and skewered the mad thing through the heart. He was already in motion when he saw the trap that lurked behind/within the Flitter, and it was much too late to stop. * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * ---===FREE BLADES REGIONAL NEWS===--- Duelmasters ----------- DM 9 ZUKAL (turn 655): STRONG BAD of HOMESTAR & CO (Otto X, mgr.) DM 12 RIZTAB (turn 657): ACE of CARDS (Papa Bear, mgr.) DM 13 DULLENS (turn 545): JOEL OLIVER of HOUSE OF CARDS (Zalgor Prigg, mgr.) DM 15 MALCORN (turn 651): QUASIL of TERMINUS (Carick, mgr.) DM 16 WILLAF (turn 652): ELEESIA of MAXIMUM RESULTS (Coyote, mgr.) DM 17 ALJAFIR (turn 645): ZEBD ARVIN of MIDDLE WAY (Jorja, mgr.) DM 19 ZUWAYZA (turn 646): MILK IS OUT of BASH BRO HOUSEMATE (Assurnasirbanipal) DM 28 MORYA (turn 325): TEZCATLIPOCA of THE PENTARCHY (Le Pentarque, mgr.) DM 29 LAPUR (turn 643): KILLIAN MCGUINES of CLAN CROW (Owsly, mgr.) DM 31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 623): CHALDEA of DARQUE FORCES (Master Darque, mgr.) DM 32 ARVAT (turn 639): LIL ETHE of DEVIL ADVOCATES (The Dark One, mgr.) DM 33 NIATOLI ISLAND (turn 636): DIRTY HOWEL of THE SEWING CIRCLE (Jorja, mgr.) DM 35 MURSKA (turn 628): STARGAZER of SEA DOGS (One Armed Bandit, mgr.) DM 43 VEASTIAN (turn 588): VAISTINIE of THE FAMILY (Jorja, mgr) DM 45 STORMCROWE (turn 300): CALLOUS COURTNEY of STREET WALKERS (Roadkill, mgr.) DM 47 TEMPLE OF ABARSIS (turn 294): MY SHADOW of KAOS (Grimm, mgr.) DM 50 SNOWBOUND (turn 281): WHISTLIN DIXIE of DARQUE FORCES II (Master Darque) DM 56 ROCANIS (turn 518): RUBY of ON THE ROCKS (Bartender, mgr.) DM 60 ARADI (turn 503): READY EDDIE of RED DOG GANG (Spot, mgr.) DM 61 JURINE (turn 485): TOM BAKER of DOCTORS (Sherlock, mgr.) DM 65 DAL SHANG (turn 480): KRAIT of SERPENTS HOLD (Khisanth, mgr.) DM 73 ERINIKA (turn 230): DEATH SUCKS of BLACKMAIL (The Mun, mgr.) DM 74 DAYLA KIV (turn 442): MARDEL TEN VAREN of SAND DANCERS (Jorja, mgr.) DM 75 JADE MOUNTAIN (turn 435): WATERLOO of KIWI CONNECTION (The Mun, mgr.) DM 78 LIN TIRIAN (turn 428): UNFORGETTABLE of THE WILLBURYS 78 (Rascally Rabbit) ADM 103 FREE BLADES (turn 544): NIGHTCAP of DARKLINGS (She-Puppy, mgr.) Top Teams --------- DM 9 ZUKAL (turn 655): BLUE MOON (Jorja, mgr.) DM 12 RIZTAB (turn 657): DREAMERS (Sleepy, mgr.) DM 13 DULLENS (turn 545): HOUSE OF CARDS (Zalgor Prigg, mgr.) DM 15 MALCORN (turn 651): TERMINUS (Carick, mgr.) DM 16 WILLAF (turn 653): PUNNY AMINALS (Jorja, mgr.) DM 17 ALJAFIR (turn 645): MIDDLE WAY (Jorja, mgr.) DM 19 ZUWAYZA (turn 646): MONOPOLY (Sherlock, mgr.) DM 28 MORYA (turn 325): FORCE OF FIVE (?, mgr.) DM 29 LAPUR (turn 643): CLAN CROW (Owsly, mgr.) DM 31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 323): DARQUE FORCES (Master Darque, mgr.) DM 32 ARVAT (turn 639): DEVIL ADVOCATES (The Dark One, mgr.) DM 33 NIATOLI ISLAND (turn 636): THE SEWING CIRCLE (Jorja, mgr.) DM 35 MURSKA (turn 628): ON THE ROCKS (Bartender, mgr.) DM 43 VEASTIAN (turn 590): WARRIORS OF STEEL (?, mgr.) DM 45 STORMCROWE (turn 300): STREET WALKERS (Roadkill, mgr.) DM 47 TEMPLE OF ABARSIS (turn 294): LAND OF OZ (Oz the ALL-Succeeding, mgr.) DM 50 SNOWBOUND (turn 281): LIFE IMPACTS (Smitty, mgr.) DM 56 ROCANIS (turn 518): MIDDLE WAY 20 (Jorja, mgr.) DM 60 ARADI (turn 503): BUGS, SLUGS & THUGS (A-Sop, mgr.) DM 61 JURINE (turn 485): DOCTORS (Sherlock, mgr.) DM 65 DAL SHANG (turn 480): SAND DANCERS (Jorja, mgr.) DM 73 ERINIKA (turn 230): SUPER STARS (?, mgr.) DM 74 DAYLA KIV (turn 442): SAND DANCERS (Jorja, mgr.) DM 75 JADE MOUNTAIN (turn 435): KIWI CONNECTION (The Mun, mgr.) DM 78 LIN TIRIAN (turn 428): SAND DANCERS (Jorja, mgr.) ADM 103 FREE BLADES (turn 544): MIDDLE ITALY et al (The Dark One, mgr.) Recent Graduates ----------------- DM 13 DULLENS (turn 544): LITTLE FOX of CARDOW HUNTERS (Jorja, mgr.) DM 16 WILLAF (turn 653): GOLDEN EAGLE of GOLDEN GLADIATORS (Midas, mgr.) FANGS ARDENTE of PUNNY AMINALS (Jorja, mgr.) DM 28 MORYA (turn 324): ANFERROUS of STEEL AND SILK (Michael Eldritch, mgr.) DM 29 LAPUR (turn 642): IRON IMPACTER of METAL MINCERS (Oremaster, mgr.) DM 31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 322): LODEN NORVIS of MIDDLE WAY 7 (Jorja, mgr.) DM 32 ARVAT (turn 639): LIL ETHE of DEVIL ADVOCATES (The Dark One, mgr.) (turn 638): FILLIS BUOY of FISHERMAN'S WHARF (Jorja, mgr.) DM 35 MURSKA (turn 626 BRENDAL of CHILDREN OF LLYR (Jorja, mgr.) DM 45 STORMCROWE (turn 299): LADY WINTER of NORTHERN LIGHTS (Jorja, mgr.) DM 47 TEMPLE OF ABARSIS (turn 294): MY SHADOW of KAOS (Grimm, mgr.) DM 50 SNOWBOUND (turn 281): CASS DOLAN of MIDDLE WAY 6 (Jorja, mgr.) DM 73 ERINIKA (turn 228): SQUEEZE of BLACKMAIL (The Mun, mgr.) SPY REPORT I was going on vacation, see? Surf, sun... But what do those bums say? "Hit the road, Debby Tonte. MURSKA needs a spyreport." Oh, well. Too bad, ON THE ROCKS, but CHILDREN OF LLYR was just too good to be stopped. MVP award for KAILIE RHINN? CHILDREN OF LLYR's proud of her after beating DECEMBRE and getting 19 points. Talk about yer major upsets! DECEMBRE's match with KAILIE RHINN cost her a loss of 13 points! What a putz! STARGAZER fights so hard to be Duelmaster, then quits fighting and loses the title. No one said he was a genius... And I was just getting used to the ex-Duelmaster's habit of...(!) Oh well, welcome MAIRE MCANGUS. Aren't CHILDREN OF LLYR proud. (Oh, my.) 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. SEA DOGS was MURSKA's most avoided team. Is there some award for that? I don't know what URBAN JUNGLE's been doing. They certainly haven't been accepting many fights from SEA DOGS, that's fer sher. Can CHILDREN OF LLYR's MAIRE MCANGUS be more popular than me? She was challenged the most, but is that really the same? What does a fighter fight for? I mean, the crowds don't give a hoot if someone gets killed. Not after four more fights. MAIRE MCANGUS bloodfeuded (is that a word?) ICICLE for revenge over some guy's bad fortune. Was it really worth it? Hey you guys, don't you think your families would like to hear from you? Write! (Or have someone write for you.) I really didn't, you know, study when I was a kid. Who would've guessed I'd be a famous Spyreporter? 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 MAIRE MCANGUS 4105 21 22 1 103 CHILDREN OF LLYR (141) CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -STARGAZER 4130 13 4 0 112 SEA DOGS (377) -SCAPA 4198 10 3 0 110 ON THE ROCKS (175) -SAZERAC 4185 12 8 1 100 ON THE ROCKS (175) TAMRA KAI 4109 20 18 0 94 CHILDREN OF LLYR (141) -ST MAGDALENE 4144 15 13 0 93 ON THE ROCKS (175) CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME VEXED VIKING 3641 17 13 0 90 PHILANTHROPISTS 2 (345) ICICLE 4118 15 13 2 88 URBAN JUNGLE (259) PACIFIST 3939 17 8 0 80 PHILANTHROPISTS (153) -HAMMERHEAD 4129 15 12 2 76 SEA DOGS (377) -WORATHALON 4046 6 6 1 70 PHILANTHROPISTS (153) CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -THEROD 4047 8 4 0 64 PHILANTHROPISTS (153) LORD SNOW 4200 8 5 0 62 URBAN JUNGLE (259) ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -NI 3945 3 3 0 47 PHILANTHROPISTS 3 (347) -BANFF 4203 6 4 3 46 ON THE ROCKS (175) KAILIE RHINN 4195 5 12 0 45 CHILDREN OF LLYR (141) -SECOND WATCH 4166 7 4 0 43 SEA DOGS (377) -ABEL BROWN 4191 4 7 0 42 SEA DOGS (377) CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME DECEMBRE 4197 9 5 1 33 URBAN JUNGLE (259) -SIR PSYCHO 3707 2 1 0 26 PHILANTHROPISTS 2 (345) -OBAN 4213 3 0 0 24 ON THE ROCKS (175) INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -AHANTI GRAVETT 3747 2 0 0 21 PHILANTHROPISTS 2 (345) -ALCARESE 3946 1 0 0 20 PHILANTHROPISTS 3 (347) -SHYBEL GIBBEN 3979 2 0 0 18 PHILANTHROPISTS 3 (347) INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -ORDENASH 3950 2 0 0 13 PHILANTHROPISTS 3 (347) KEEGAN GALL 4220 2 0 1 12 CHILDREN OF LLYR (141) TARRAN O'HAREC 4219 1 1 0 7 CHILDREN OF LLYR (141) SKADI 4216 0 3 0 3 URBAN JUNGLE (259) MIST PATH 4222 0 1 0 1 PHILANTHROPISTS 2 (345) '-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn. THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge? LYNN O'HAREC 4214 1 1 1 CHILDREN OF LLYR 141 ICICLE 4118 627 JUST REVENGED IXEY 4223 0 1 0 PHILANTHROPISTS 153 WURM KIN 629 NONE EVER SEE JULY 4209 2 1 1 URBAN JUNGLE 259 LYNN O'HAREC 4214 626 REVENGED MONGO 4221 0 1 0 URBAN JUNGLE 259 SPYMASTER 629 NONE PERSONAL ADS Lord Snow -- Take that. Sure, you're not Icicle, but you're there in front of me, and you'll do. -- Tamra Kai Decembre -- Don't push it, we've got over a month yet. -- Kailie Rhinn Pacifist -- This isn't a good place for pacifism, but we're glad to see the Philanthropists back. -- Maire McAngus Oban -- Ow! Talk about being "between a rock and another rock"! -- Tarran O'Harec The Mordant Deserter was sick when he came out into the arena. I barely tapped him! -- Keegan Gall LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS IXEY was butchered by WURM KIN in a 1 minute bloody Dark Arena fight. MONGO was slaughtered by SPYMASTER in a 1 minute gruesome Dark Arena battle. ICICLE was savagely defeated by MAIRE MCANGUS in a 2 minute Challenge Title fight. LORD SNOW was devastated by TAMRA KAI in a 3 minute one-sided Challenge fight. PACIFIST unbelievably bested CONVICTED ASSASSIN in a slow 16 minute duel. VEXED VIKING devastated VETERAN MERCENARY in a 1 minute mismatched match. DECEMBRE was defeated by KAILIE RHINN in a 3 minute gruesome melee. SKADI was unbelievably bested by KEEGAN GALL in a popular 1 minute beginner's duel. TARRAN O'HAREC won victory over MIST PATH in a popular 1 minute novice's duel. BATTLE REPORT MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS |FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT| |STRIKING ATTACK 4 LUNGING ATTACK 20 - 8 - 2 71 | |WALL OF STEEL 3 PARRY-STRIKE 7 - 3 - 0 70 | |AIMED BLOW 2 PARRY-LUNGE 2 - 1 - 0 67 | |PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 AIMED BLOW 10 - 7 - 1 59 | |TOTAL PARRY 1 WALL OF STEEL 20 - 15 - 2 57 | |PARRY-LUNGE 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE 13 - 10 - 0 57 | |LUNGING ATTACK 1 SLASHING ATTACK 6 - 7 - 1 46 | |SLASHING ATTACK 1 STRIKING ATTACK 13 - 16 - 2 45 | |PARRY-STRIKE 0 BASHING ATTACK 11 - 16 - 2 41 | |BASHING ATTACK 0 TOTAL PARRY 6 - 10 - 0 38 | Turn 629 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-RIPOSTE 1 - 0 AIMED BLOW 0 - 2 2 LUNGING ATTACK TOTAL PARRY 1 - 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 1 2 PARRY-RIPOSTE STRIKING ATTACK 3 - 1 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 0 2 STRIKING ATTACK WALL OF STEEL 2 - 1 LUNGING ATTACK 0 - 1 1 WALL OF STEEL SLASHING ATTACK 0 - 1 1 PARRY-STRIKE BASHING ATTACK 0 - 0 1 SLASHING ATTACK 1 TOTAL PARRY 1 BASHING ATTACK TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME PARRY-RIPOSTE TAMRA KAI 4109 20 18 0 94 CHILDREN OF LLYR (141) STRIKING ATTACK VEXED VIKING 3641 17 13 0 90 PHILANTHROPISTS 2 (345) SLASHING ATTACK ICICLE 4118 15 13 2 88 URBAN JUNGLE (259) TOTAL PARRY PACIFIST 3939 17 8 0 80 PHILANTHROPISTS (153) AIMED BLOW LORD SNOW 4200 8 5 0 62 URBAN JUNGLE (259) Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above. The overall popularity leader is VEXED VIKING 3641. The most popular warrior this turn was TAMRA KAI 4109. The ten other most popular fighters were KAILIE RHINN 4195, LORD SNOW 4200, TARRAN O'HAREC 4219, MAIRE MCANGUS 4105, VEXED VIKING 3641, SKADI 4216, KEEGAN GALL 4220, MIST PATH 4222, ICICLE 4118, and DECEMBRE 4197. The least popular fighter this week was PACIFIST 3939. The other ten least popular fighters were MONGO 4221, IXEY 4223, DECEMBRE 4197, ICICLE 4118, MIST PATH 4222, KEEGAN GALL 4220, SKADI 4216, VEXED VIKING 3641, MAIRE MCANGUS 4105, and TARRAN O'HAREC 4219.