DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 02/01/2012    Duedate: 02/14/2012

MURSKA ARENA

DM-35    TURN-662

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

KELLY GALL
CHILDREN OF LLYR (141)
(35-4236) [17-13-0,92]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

KELLY GALL                     POSITION IS EMPTY
CHILDREN OF LLYR (141)         
(35-4236) [17-13-0,92]         

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

KELLY GALL                     EL GUAPO
CHILDREN OF LLYR (141)         REALLY? (386)
(35-4236) [17-13-0,92]         (35-4288) [7-2-2,53]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

REALLY? (386)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. REALLY? (386)               36
2. SEA DOGS (377)              34      SEA DOGS (377)
3. CHILDREN OF LLYR (141)      28      Unchartered Team
4. HAPPY FUN TIME (361)         0
                                       REALLY? (386)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 1*REALLY? (386)             29  14  3 67.4   1/ 1*REALLY? (386)            13  2 1
 2- 2*HAPPY FUN TIME (361)      14  10  1 58.3   2/ 2 CHILDREN OF LLYR (141)    7  8 0
 3/ 0 SEA DOGS (377)            89  72  9 55.3   3- 3*HAPPY FUN TIME (361)      1  2 0
 4/ 3 CHILDREN OF LLYR (141)   898 %1178 27 43.3   4/ 0 SEA DOGS (377)            1  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 688): FREE WHEEL of THE WILLBURYS 9 (Rascally Rabbit, mgr.)
 DM  12 RIZTAB (turn 690): PRODICUS of DREAMERS (Sleepy, mgr.)
 DM  13 DULLENS (turn 611): CORKY of BLACKTHORNE (Khisanth, mgr.)
 DM  15 MALCORN (turn 684): SHANK of SERPENTS' HOLD (Khisanth, mgr.)
 DM  16 WILLAF (turn 686): LONGING LEGGINGS of EMOTIONAL PANTS (Sherlock, mgr.)
 DM  17 ALJAFIR (turn 678): MARX of ZOMBIE SQUAD 2 (Khisanth, mgr.)
 DM  19 ZUWAYZA (turn 679): MAGIC TODAY of THE MAGNIFICENT MAGS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  28 MORYA (turn 341): POSITION IS EMPTY
 DM  29 LAPUR (turn 676): ULPHOR of MID EARTH (Visionist, mgr.)
 DM  31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 339): POSITION IS EMPTY
 DM  32 ARVAT (turn 672): ABSOLUTION of ANGELS OF PAIN (The Dark One, mgr.)
 DM  33 NIATOLI ISLAND (turn 669): SALORIMA TIRANSITH of THE SEWING CIRCLE (Jorja)
 DM  35 MURSKA (turn 661): KELLY GALL of CHILDREN OF LLYR (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  43 VEASTIAN (turn 620): BAIBAR of THE FAMILY (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  45 STORMCROWE (turn 317): ROSELYN of DARQUE FORCES (Master Darque, mgr.)
 DM  47 NORTH FORK (turn 311): EUREKA PRIDE of ALASKAN PIPELINE (Storm Lord)
 DM  50 SNOWBOUND (turn 298): 4-H of LIFE IMPACTS (Coach, mgr.)
 DM  56 ROCANIS (turn 551): DOBIE FROME of MIDDLE WAY 20 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  60 ARADI (turn 636): KOTTER of RED DOG GANG (Spot, mgr.)
 DM  61 JURINE (turn 518): FORBERT GRELL of MIDDLE WAY 16 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  65 DAL SHANG (turn 513): IN YOUR FACE of BASH BROS EVANGELIST
                                                        (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.)
 DM  73 ERINIKA (turn 246): BBIAB of H8 2 TXT (Sherlock, mgr.)
 DM  74 DAYLA KIV (turn 474): GORBLE of SAND DANCERS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  75 JADE MOUNTAIN (turn 468): LEAPS INTO THE AIR of CRITICALS (Howlin' Wolf, mgr)
 DM  78 LIN TIRIAN (turn 460): MO J of J (Sherlock, mgr.)
ADM 103 FREE BLADES (turn 577): NIGHTCAP of DARKLINGS (She-Puppy, mgr.)

                                      Top Teams
                                      ---------
 DM   9 ZUKAL (turn 688): BLUE MOON (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  12 RIZTAB (turn 690): DREAMERS (Sleepy, mgr.)
 DM  13 DULLENS (turn 611): CARDOW HUNTERS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  15 MALCORN (turn 684): GREENWARDENS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  16 WILLAF (turn 686): GOLDEN GLADIATORS (Midas, mgr.)
 DM  17 ALJAFIR (turn 678): ZOMBIE SQUAD 2 (Khisanth, mgr.)
 DM  19 ZUWAYZA (turn 679): THE MAGNIFICENT MAGS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  28 MORYA (turn 341): DODGE BULLETS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  29 LAPUR (turn 676): MID EARTH (Visionist, mgr.)
 DM  31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 339): AVENGERS (Huckle Cat?, mgr.)
 DM  32 ARVAT (turn 672): SECRET SQUIRRELS (Gentleben, mgr.)
 DM  33 NIATOLI ISLAND (turn 669): THE SEWING CIRCLE (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  35 MURSKA (turn 661): REALLY? (?, mgr.)
 DM  43 VEASTIAN (turn 620): THE FAMILY (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  45 STORMCROWE (turn 317): DARQUE FORCES (Master Darque, mgr.)
 DM  47 NORTH FORK (turn 311): ROYAL FLUSH (Crip, mgr.)
 DM  50 SNOWBOUND (turn 298): THE MYRMIDONS (Sigurd Fafnisbane, mgr.)
 DM  56 ROCANIS (turn 551): INCONSISTENT FURY (Banthius, mgr.)
 DM  60 ARADI (turn 536): RED DOG GANG (Spot, mgr.)
 DM  61 JURINE (turn 518): MIDDLE WAY 16 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  65 DAL SHANG (turn 513): BASH BROS EVANGELIST (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.)
 DM  73 ERINIKA (turn 246): H8 2 TXT (Sherlock, mgr.)
 DM  74 DAYLA KIV (turn 474): SAND DANCERS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  75 JADE MOUNTAIN (turn 468): SAND DANCERS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  78 LIN TIRIAN (turn 460): SAND DANCERS (Jorja, mgr.)
ADM 103 FREE BLADES (turn 577): MIDDLE ITALY et al (The Dark ONE, mgr.)

                                   Recent Graduates
                                  -----------------
 DM   9 ZUKAL (turn 687): PREDATOR of THE WILLBURYS 9 (Rascally Rabbit, mgr.)
 DM  13 DULLENS (turn 610): ANVIL of CARDOW HUNTERS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  15 MALCORN (turn 684): BOWEN of SERPENTS' HOLD (Khisanth, mgr.)
                (turn 683): SOURWOOD of GREENWARDENS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  16 WILLAF (turn 685): GOLD LOCKET of GOLDEN GLADIATORS (Midas, mgr.)
 DM  19 ZUWAYZA (turn 679): MAGIC TODAY of THE MAGNIFICENT MAGS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  28 MORYA (turn 340): PYRITE of STEEL AND SILK (Michael Eldritch, mgr.)
 DM  32 ARVAT (turn 671): EMPTY BOTTLE of FOUND IN THE SAND (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.)
 DM  47 NORTH FORK (turn 311): EUREKA PRIDE of ALASKAN PIPELINE (Storm Lord)
                               KATIE of ALL STAR NANA'S (The Mun, mgr.)
                               AGARIC of WARHAMMERS (Coyote, mgr.)
                   (turn 310): RACECAR of PALINDROMES (Assurnasirbanipal)
                               AGOSERIS of WARHAMMERS (Coyote, mgr)
 DM  50 SNOWBOUND (turn 297): BULLDOG of LIFE IMPACTS (Coach, mgr.)
 DM  56 ROCANIS (turn 550): RATHNOK MULROOT of INCONSISTENT FURY (Banthius, mgr.)
 DM  60 ARADI (turn 536): SICK PUPPY of ARADI'S DEAD (Otto X, mgr.)
 DM  73 ERINIKA (turn 246): BBIAB of H8 2 TXT (Sherlock, mgr.)
 DM  74 DAYLA KIV (turn 474): ALEXANDROS of GATES OF FIRE (Chief Illiniwek, mgr.)
 DM  75 JADE MOUNTAIN (turn 468): KASTENMAR of SAND DANCERS (Jorja, mgr.)

                                 DUELMASTER'S COLUMN
                             Notes from the arena champ.

     That dwarf I defeated actually WAS from Khalhums.  An interloper.  I was glad to
put him down on his knees.

                                    Kelly Gall

                                      SPY REPORT

     Welcome MURSKA.  I, Olaf Modeen remember this place well.  Many the fights have 
I fought here.  The celebrations, the disappointments...  What's with PRIVATEER?  He 
actually beat CHILDREN OF LLYR's MAIRIE AP GAUR, and walked away with 21 more points 
from the fight.  Laughs were big at SEA DOGS while they watched PRIVATEER clobber 
MAIRIE AP GAUR.  She lost 6 points and got bruised from objects thrown from the 
stands.  M. CHARDINEE was reminded on the sands why KELLY GALL is Duelmaster.  I 
suppose you want to hear some rumors and dirty gossip about your fellow fighters?  
Tough!   
     No matter the time or place, men will always duel.  What do people see in MADON 
AP LLEW?  His 8-13-0?  CHILDREN OF LLYR ain't talkin', but he's got 37 points.  I 
hate going to the effort of writing about the kind of fights that ANGRY SHORTY gets 
in.  He fights people like KORMAC AP RHINN, 9 points below.  I thought ANGRY SHORTY 
showed great skill and promise when he was beat by KORMAC AP RHINN.  All right, so I 
slept through it!  Big deal!   
     There have been some calls to lengthen the time limit.  Do you want the fighters 
to walk away, or not?  Is it my imagination, or are fighters getting younger every 
day?  To die so young, so gloriously!   
     Many other cities have retirement homes for aged warriors.  Any plans here?  
MURSKA is a nice place to live, but I don't like to live in nice places.  Time for my 
medication, so I'll leave now.  Practice, practice, practice!-- Olaf Modeen  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 KELLY GALL 4236              17  13  0    92       CHILDREN OF LLYR (141)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 EL GUAPO 4288                 7   2  2    53       REALLY? (386)
 MONKEY MAN 4289               6   3  0    53       REALLY? (386)
 ODD? 4304                     5   1  1    53       REALLY? (386)
-SMILE WAFFLE 4278             4   0  0    51       HAPPY FUN TIME (361)
 DAN RATHER 4291               7   2  0    50       REALLY? (386)
-FREE CHEESE!! 4279            4   0  0    42       HAPPY FUN TIME (361)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 MADON AP LLEW 4261            8  13  0    37       CHILDREN OF LLYR (141)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 GALLOWAY 4298                 3   5  0    26       CHILDREN OF LLYR (141)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 PRIVATEER 4264                1   0  0    21       SEA DOGS (377)
-HIGHWAY 420 3885              3   3  0    19       HAPPY FUN TIME (361)
 KORMAC AP RHINN 4324          2   0  0    19       CHILDREN OF LLYR (141)
 ANGRY SHORTY 4296             4   4  0    16       REALLY? (386)
-FUN PIRATE 4318               1   1  0    11       HAPPY FUN TIME (361)
 MAIRIE AP GAUR 4307           2   3  0     9       CHILDREN OF LLYR (141)

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
THE USEROUS MERC        0  0 0                      EL GUAPO 4288         662  NONE
ABLE SEAMAN 4317        0  1 0 SEA DOGS 377         HIGH ELF              662  NONE
MAN OVERBOARD 4315      0  1 0 SEA DOGS 377         DARK CHAMPION         662  NONE
SIREN'S SONG 4316       0  1 0 SEA DOGS 377         SHEWISH GIANT         662  NONE
UNDERTOW 4273           0  2 0 SEA DOGS 377         MOUNTAIN TROLL        662  NONE

                                     PERSONAL ADS

We salute the tourney participants, especially Smile Waffle at 14-3 in the
Apprentices. -- Jorja and the Children of Llyr

Dan Rather -- Wow, a major down-challenge, and they didn't call the fight "uneven"!
I'm impressed with myself. -- Mairie ap Gaur
P.S.  But I'd rather not repeat it.

El Guapo -- Not to me, you aren't.  You're an ugly little squirt. -- Madon ap Llew

Angry Shorty -- You're well-named. -- Galloway

They tell me it won't always be this easy, but I feel it was a good beginning. --
Kormac ap Rhinn

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

UNDERTOW was butchered by MOUNTAIN TROLL in a 1 minute bloody Dark Arena fight.
SIREN'S SONG was slaughtered by SHEWISH GIANT in a 1 minute Dark Arena battle.
MAN OVERBOARD was easily killed by DARK CHAMPION in a 1 minute Dark Arena match.
ABLE SEAMAN was assassinated by HIGH ELF in a 1 minute bloody Dark Arena duel.
ODD? devastated MADON AP LLEW in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge fight.
ANGRY SHORTY was luckily beaten by KORMAC AP RHINN in a 2 minute competition.
KELLY GALL vanquished M. CHARDINEE in a 1 minute mismatched Title fight.
DAN RATHER overpowered THE USEROUS MERCHANT in a 1 minute mismatched brawl.
MONKEY MAN defeated FRATSFA SLAVE in a 1 minute melee.
EL GUAPO viciously butchered THE USEROUS MERCHANT in a action packed 4 minute duel.
GALLOWAY overpowered CULT MEMBER in a 1 minute gory uneven duel.
MAIRIE AP GAUR was overpowered by PRIVATEER in a popular 3 minute gory uneven match.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|STRIKING ATTACK                  4         PARRY-RIPOSTE     11 -   3 -  2      79  |
|AIMED BLOW                       3         WALL OF STEEL     14 -   7 -  0      67  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   3         LUNGING ATTACK    13 -   9 -  0      59  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    2         SLASHING ATTACK    5 -   4 -  0      56  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   2         AIMED BLOW         8 -   7 -  0      53  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      1         STRIKING ATTACK   20 -  18 -  3      53  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      0         PARRY-LUNGE        2 -   2 -  0      50  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     0         TOTAL PARRY        3 -   6 -  0      33  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  0         BASHING ATTACK     4 -   8 -  0      33  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    0         PARRY-STRIKE       1 -   8 -  0      11  |

Turn 662 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:

STRIKING ATTACK    3 -  1     PARRY-LUNGE        0 -  0         4  STRIKING ATTACK
AIMED BLOW         2 -  1     PARRY-STRIKE       0 -  0         2  LUNGING ATTACK 
LUNGING ATTACK     2 -  1     SLASHING ATTACK    0 -  0         2  PARRY-RIPOSTE  
PARRY-RIPOSTE      1 -  1     BASHING ATTACK     0 -  2         2  AIMED BLOW     
                              TOTAL PARRY        0 -  1         1  PARRY-LUNGE    
                              WALL OF STEEL      0 -  0     

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
LUNGING ATTACK   KELLY GALL 4236            17  13  0   92 CHILDREN OF LLYR (141)
STRIKING ATTACK  EL GUAPO 4288               7   2  2   53 REALLY? (386)
PARRY-RIPOSTE    ODD? 4304                   5   1  1   53 REALLY? (386)
AIMED BLOW       DAN RATHER 4291             7   2  0   50 REALLY? (386)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is KELLY GALL 4236.  The most popular warrior this turn 
was EL GUAPO 4288.  The ten other most popular fighters were PRIVATEER 4264, ODD? 
4304, ANGRY SHORTY 4296, KORMAC AP RHINN 4324, DAN RATHER 4291, MONKEY MAN 4289, 
GALLOWAY 4298, UNDERTOW 4273, KELLY GALL 4236, and MAIRIE AP GAUR 4307.

The least popular fighter this week was MADON AP LLEW 4261.  The other ten least 
popular fighters were ABLE SEAMAN 4317, MAN OVERBOARD 4315, SIREN'S SONG 4316, MAIRIE 
AP GAUR 4307, KELLY GALL 4236, UNDERTOW 4273, GALLOWAY 4298, MONKEY MAN 4289, DAN 
RATHER 4291, and KORMAC AP RHINN 4324.