DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER Date : 04/11/2012 Duedate: 04/24/2012 MURSKA ARENA DM-35 TURN-667 This Weeks Top Honors THE DUELMASTER IS MONKEY MAN REALLY? (386) (35-4289) [11-3-0,102] Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader MONKEY MAN FURIOUS FROGPALER REALLY? (386) BATTLE FROGS (388) (35-4289) [11-3-0,102] (35-4309) [2-0-0,33] Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite EL GUAPO MONKEY MAN REALLY? (386) REALLY? (386) (35-4288) [10-4-2,57] (35-4289) [11-3-0,102] THE CURRENT TOP TEAM REALLY? (386) TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team 1. BATTLE FROGS (388) 77 2. REALLY? (386) 21 REALLY? (386) 3. HAPPY FUN TIME (361) 0 Unchartered Team 4. CHILDREN OF LLYR (141) -14 BATTLE FROGS (388) The Top Teams Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K 1/ 1 REALLY? (386) 46 22 3 67.6 1/ 1 REALLY? (386) 11 4 0 2- 2 HAPPY FUN TIME (361) 19 14 1 57.6 2/ 2 CHILDREN OF LLYR (141) 8 7 1 3/ 5*BATTLE FROGS (388) 5 5 0 50.0 3/ 4*BATTLE FROGS (388) 4 1 0 4/ 4 CHILDREN OF LLYR (141) 909 %1192 28 43.3 4- 3 HAPPY FUN TIME (361) 0 2 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 693): FREE WHEEL of THE WILLBURYS 9 (Rascally Rabbit, mgr.) DM 12 RIZTAB (turn 695): ANTIPHON of DREAMERS (Sleepy, mgr.) DM 13 DULLENS (turn 621): WOLFDOG of CARDOW HUNTERS (Jorja, mgr.) DM 15 MALCORN (turn 689): SHANK of SERPENTS' HOLD (Khisanth, mgr.) DM 16 WILLAF (turn 691): GOLD CHARM of GOLDEN GLADIATORS (Midas, mgr.) DM 17 ALJAFIR (turn 683): ZOMBIE of ZOMBIE SQUAD 2 (Khisanth, mgr.) DM 19 ZUWAYZA (turn 684): WATER WORKS of MONOPOLY (Sherlock, mgr.) DM 28 MORYA (turn 344): TAXES of EXPENSE ACCOUNT (Finance Manager, mgr.) DM 29 LAPUR (turn 681): CAPTAIN KIRK of TREKKERS (Deep Thought, mgr.) DM 31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 342): XANDAR of AVENGERS (Huckle Cat?, mgr.) DM 32 ARVAT (turn 677): DEE N. EMMI of DEVIL ADVOCATES (The Dark One, mgr.) DM 33 NIATOLI ISLAND (turn 674): HEADLESS NORSEMAN of HALLOWIENERS (The Dark One) DM 35 MURSKA (turn 666): MONKEY MAN of REALLY? (Dr. Grimley, mgr.) DM 43 VEASTIAN (turn 625): KIRVINJ of THE FAMILY (Jorja, mgr.) DM 45 STORMCROWE (turn 319): ROSELYN of DARQUE FORCES (Master Darque, mgr.) DM 47 NORTH FORK (turn 313): SALAD SLAYER of VEGAN CANNIBALS (The Anarchist, mgr.) DM 50 SNOWBOUND (turn 300): 4-H of LIFE IMPACTS (Coach, mgr.) DM 56 ROCANIS (turn 556): TIKI LA'BANE of INCONSISTENT FURY (Banthius, mgr.) DM 60 ARADI (turn 541): ANON of UNNAMEABLES (Howlin' Wolf, mgr.) DM 61 JURINE (turn 523): HORSE D'OEUVRE of SHEWISH BUFFET (One Armed Bandit, mgr.) DM 65 DAL SHANG (turn 518): IN YOUR FACE of BASH BROS EVANGELIST (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.) DM 73 ERINIKA (turn 249): PANAMA OATES of MIDDLE WAY 18 (Jorja, mgr.) DM 74 DAYLA KIV (turn 479): NEGATIVE ONE of NUMB-ERS (Sherlock, mgr.) DM 75 JADE MOUNTAIN (turn 473): LEAPS INTO THE AIR of CRITICALS (Howlin' Wolf, mgr) DM 78 LIN TIRIAN (turn 465): CALEAM CHOWDER of SHEWISH BUFFET (One Armed Bandit) ADM 103 FREE BLADES (turn 582): NIGHTCAP of DARKLINGS (She-Puppy, mgr.) Top Teams --------- DM 9 ZUKAL (turn 693): BLUE MOON (Jorja, mgr.) DM 12 RIZTAB (turn 695): BLUE NOTE (Howlin' Wolf, mgr.) DM 13 DULLENS (turn 621): CARDOW HUNTERS (Jorja, mgr.) DM 15 MALCORN (turn 689): SERPENT'S HOLD (Khisanth, mgr.) DM 16 WILLAF (turn 691): GOLDEN GLADIATORS (Midas, mgr.) DM 17 ALJAFIR (turn 683): MIDDLE WAY (Jorja, mgr.) DM 19 ZUWAYZA (turn 684): MONOPOLY (Sherlock, mgr.) DM 28 MORYA (turn 344): PHANTACITY (Omega, mgr.) DM 29 LAPUR (turn 681): CARDOW HUNTERS (Jorja, mgr.) DM 31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 342): AVENGERS (Huckle Cat?, mgr.) DM 32 ARVAT (turn 677): COLLEGE RADIO (Floyd, mgr.) DM 33 NIATOLI ISLAND (turn 674): THE SEWING CIRCLE (Jorja, mgr.) DM 35 MURSKA (turn 666): REALLY? (Dr. Grimley, mgr.) DM 43 VEASTIAN (turn 625): THE FAMILY (Jorja, mgr.) DM 45 STORMCROWE (turn 318): DARQUE FORCES (Master Darque, mgr.) DM 47 NORTH FORK (turn 313): VEGAN CANNIBALS (The Anarchist, mgr.) DM 50 SNOWBOUND (turn 300): LIFE IMPACTS (Smitty, mgr.) DM 56 ROCANIS (turn 556): POSITION IS EMPTY DM 60 ARADI (turn 541): SUPERIOR FORCES 60 (Manager, mgr.) DM 61 JURINE (turn 523): STAR WARS (Sir Jessie Jest, mgr.) DM 65 DAL SHANG (turn 518): BASH BROS EVANGELIST (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.) DM 73 ERINIKA (turn 249): MIDDLE WAY 18 (Jorja, mgr.) DM 74 DAYLA KIV (turn 479): SAND DANCERS (Jorja, mgr.) DM 75 JADE MOUNTAIN (turn 473): SAND DANCERS (Jorja, mgr.) DM 78 LIN TIRIAN (turn 465): SAND DANCERS (Jorja, mgr.) ADM 103 FREE BLADES (turn 582): TOURNEY TEAM (LHI, mgr.) Recent Graduates ----------------- DM 9 ZUKAL (turn 693): FREE WHEEL of THE WILLBURYS 9 (Rascally Rabbit, mgr.) DM 12 RIZTAB (turn 695): ANTIPHON of DREAMERS (Sleepy, mgr.) DM 13 DULLENS (turn 621): WOLFDOG of CARDOW HUNTERS (Jorja, mgr.) DM 15 MALCORN (turn 689): SHANK of SERPENTS' HOLD (Khisanth, mgr.) DM 17 ALJAFIR (turn 683): ZOMBIE of ZOMBIE SQUAD 2 (Khisanth, mgr.) DM 29 LAPUR (turn 681): CASIMIR PULASKI of BOHICA (Scruffy Puff, mgr.) DM 31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 340): OMBERT QURL of MIDDLE WAY 7 (Jorja, mgr.) DM 47 NORTH FORK (turn 312): PATRY TRAP of PALINDROMES (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.) DM 50 SNOWBOUND (turn 299): PURPLE ACE of LIFE IMPACTS (Coach, mgr.) DM 56 ROCANIS (turn 555): DOBIE FROME of MIDDLE WAY 20 (Jorja, mgr.) DM 61 JURINE (turn 522): ANDRES of BOMB SQUAD (Howlin' Wolf, mgr.) DM 65 DAL SHANG (turn 518): IN YOUR FACE of BASH BROS EVANGELIST (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.) KORDAL T'ROHN of SAND DANCERS (Jorja, mgr.) DM 73 ERINIKA (turn 249): PANAMA OATES of MIDDLE WAY 18 (Jorja, mgr.) DM 75 JADE MOUNTAIN (turn 471): GREEN ROCK of SAND DANCERS (Jorja, mgr.) SPY REPORT Greetings, Warriors of MURSKA. Allow this humble servant Novgorodny Vir to give you a respite from the fights in the form of this Spyreport. BATTLE FROGS had cause to celebrate, after THE DARK FROG got 23 points by beating JOCK MACBEAGH. JOCK MACBEAGH certainly had a baffled expression on his face, after losing to THE DARK FROG and losing 15 points in the process! MONKEY MAN successfully staved off a grab for the roses by VETERAN MERCENARY of MURSKA. Does MURSKA have no one talented enough to dethrone him? Word has it one team in MURSKA is taking speech lessons to try to bore their opponent to death. I'll bet it works. A Zenmaster once told me, 'Does not the spinning wheel turn? And do not the little birds cry out?' Any ideas? Like the noble eagle soaring amongst the mountaintops, so stand the warriors of HAPPY FUN TIME, alone and unchallenged. As a woman of good breeding scorns the "warriors" of REALLY?, so did that sorry team shy from HAPPY FUN TIME The moving sword slashes, and having slashed, moves on... Ask not for whom the sword slashes; it slashes for thee. Do not think spyreporting in MURSKA is the highlight of my life. As the seasons change, and the creatures of the wild change also, so do I feel a yearning to leave this place. Like a mixed metaphor, and an overtaxed simile, I now bid MURSKA farewell-- Novgorodny Vir DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME MONKEY MAN 4289 11 3 0 102 REALLY? (386) CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME ODD? 4304 9 2 1 77 REALLY? (386) -SMILE WAFFLE 4278 6 0 0 71 HAPPY FUN TIME (361) CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME DAN RATHER 4291 11 3 0 63 REALLY? (386) -FREE CHEESE!! 4279 5 0 0 62 HAPPY FUN TIME (361) EL GUAPO 4288 10 4 2 57 REALLY? (386) ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME MADON AP LLEW 4261 8 18 0 42 CHILDREN OF LLYR (141) CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -HIGHWAY 420 3885 5 4 0 33 HAPPY FUN TIME (361) FURIOUS FROGPALER 4309 2 0 0 33 BATTLE FROGS (388) KORMAC AP RHINN 4324 6 1 0 29 CHILDREN OF LLYR (141) MAIRIE AP GAUR 4307 4 6 0 29 CHILDREN OF LLYR (141) INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME GALLOWAY 4298 5 8 0 23 CHILDREN OF LLYR (141) THE DARK FROG 4347 1 0 0 23 BATTLE FROGS (388) DAYDREAM FROG 4348 1 0 0 20 BATTLE FROGS (388) JOCK MACBEAGH 4344 2 1 1 8 CHILDREN OF LLYR (141) INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME MACE FACE FROG 4349 1 0 0 8 BATTLE FROGS (388) '-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn. THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge? DA FROG 4350 0 1 0 BATTLE FROGS 388 SPYMASTER 667 NONE DA1 4346 0 1 0 REALLY? 386 STONE GOLEM 667 NONE PERSONAL ADS Dan Rather -- Rather not, since you ask. -- Madon ap Llew El Guapo -- Frankly, no. I don't care for redheads. -- Mairie ap Gaur The Persistent Beggar, as usual, is pathetic. -- Galloway P.S. Not that I mind. I know the Commission just hires people to fill some of these slots without regard for, hmm, appropriateness, I guess. But some are even less appropriate than others. I just can't see the Osksi Noble as a dwarf. -- Kormac ap Rhinn Maybe SOME are hired at random, but some DESERVE their titles, and the Convicted Thief is one of 'em. And I don't LIKE thieves, okay? -- Jock MacBeagh LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS DA FROG was butchered by SPYMASTER in a 1 minute bloody Dark Arena fight. DA1 was barely slain by STONE GOLEM in a 2 minute gruesome Dark Arena battle. MONKEY MAN demolished VETERAN MERCENARY in a 1 minute uneven Title fight. ODD? was defeated by VENOMOUS CONCUBINE in a 2 minute brutal fight. DAN RATHER devastated FRATSFA SLAVE in a popular 1 minute uneven brawl. EL GUAPO devastated MADON AP LLEW in a 1 minute mismatched match. MAIRIE AP GAUR was viciously subdued by DANGEROUS CRIMINAL in a 1 minute fight. GALLOWAY was vanquished by FURIOUS FROGPALER in a 1 minute gory uneven duel. KORMAC AP RHINN won victory over CULT MEMBER in a popular 1 minute duel. JOCK MACBEAGH was overpowered by THE DARK FROG in a 1 minute uneven match. DAYDREAM FROG overpowered EMBEZZLING SCRIBE in a 2 minute one-sided fight. MACE FACE FROG subdued MORDANT DESERTER in a 2 minute amateur's competition. BATTLE REPORT MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS |FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT| |STRIKING ATTACK 7 PARRY-RIPOSTE 12 - 3 - 0 80 | |AIMED BLOW 3 WALL OF STEEL 5 - 2 - 0 71 | |TOTAL PARRY 2 LUNGING ATTACK 13 - 6 - 0 68 | |LUNGING ATTACK 1 PARRY-LUNGE 4 - 2 - 0 67 | |WALL OF STEEL 1 AIMED BLOW 13 - 7 - 0 65 | |PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 STRIKING ATTACK 23 - 28 - 2 45 | |PARRY-LUNGE 0 TOTAL PARRY 6 - 9 - 0 40 | |PARRY-STRIKE 0 BASHING ATTACK 2 - 9 - 0 18 | |SLASHING ATTACK 0 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 0 - 0 0 | |BASHING ATTACK 0 SLASHING ATTACK 0 - 4 - 0 0 | Turn 667 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 3 - 0 STRIKING ATTACK 2 - 5 4 STRIKING ATTACK LUNGING ATTACK 1 - 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 2 PARRY-RIPOSTE WALL OF STEEL 1 - 0 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 0 2 AIMED BLOW TOTAL PARRY 1 - 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 1 1 LUNGING ATTACK SLASHING ATTACK 0 - 0 1 PARRY-LUNGE BASHING ATTACK 0 - 0 1 TOTAL PARRY TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME LUNGING ATTACK MONKEY MAN 4289 11 3 0 102 REALLY? (386) PARRY-RIPOSTE ODD? 4304 9 2 1 77 REALLY? (386) AIMED BLOW DAN RATHER 4291 11 3 0 63 REALLY? (386) STRIKING ATTACK EL GUAPO 4288 10 4 2 57 REALLY? (386) Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above. The overall popularity leader is EL GUAPO 4288. The most popular warrior this turn was DA1 4346. The ten other most popular fighters were MONKEY MAN 4289, DAN RATHER 4291, ODD? 4304, FURIOUS FROGPALER 4309, KORMAC AP RHINN 4324, EL GUAPO 4288, THE DARK FROG 4347, DAYDREAM FROG 4348, DA FROG 4350, and MAIRIE AP GAUR 4307. The least popular fighter this week was JOCK MACBEAGH 4344. The other ten least popular fighters were GALLOWAY 4298, MADON AP LLEW 4261, MACE FACE FROG 4349, MAIRIE AP GAUR 4307, DA FROG 4350, DAYDREAM FROG 4348, THE DARK FROG 4347, EL GUAPO 4288, KORMAC AP RHINN 4324, and FURIOUS FROGPALER 4309.