DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 05/23/2012    Duedate: 06/05/2012

MURSKA ARENA

DM-35    TURN-670

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

GRINCH
BAD GUYS (381)
(35-4184) [12-2-1,114]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

GRINCH                         POSITION IS EMPTY
BAD GUYS (381)                 
(35-4184) [12-2-1,114]         

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

EL GUAPO                       MADON AP LLEW
REALLY? (386)                  CHILDREN OF LLYR (141)
(35-4288) [12-5-3,64]          (35-4261) [10-19-0,57]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

REALLY? (386)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. CHILDREN OF LLYR (141)      22
2. REALLY? (386)               19      REALLY? (386)
3. BAD GUYS (381)               6      Unchartered Team
4. ATLIENS (387)                0
5. BATTLE FROGS (388)           0       (-1)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1- 1*ATLIENS (387)              3   1  0 75.0   1/ 1 REALLY? (386)            11  4 2
 2/ 2 REALLY? (386)             57  26  5 68.7   2/ 3 CHILDREN OF LLYR (141)    7  8 2
 3/ 0 BAD GUYS (381)            37  24  1 60.7   3- 2*BATTLE FROGS (388)        5  3 0
 4- 3*BATTLE FROGS (388)        10   8  0 55.6   4- 4*ATLIENS (387)             3  1 0
 5/ 4 CHILDREN OF LLYR (141)   916 %1200 30 43.3   5/ 0 BAD GUYS (381)            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 696): G-STRING of HOT STUFF (Papa Bear, mgr.)
 DM  12 RIZTAB (turn 698): ITCHY FROGGY of KAOS FROTS (Grimm, mgr.)
 DM  13 DULLENS (turn 627): GRIM LAUGHTER of CARDOW HUNTERS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  15 MALCORN (turn 692): SUNDOG of GREENWARDENS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  16 WILLAF (turn 694): GOOD AS GOLD of GOLDEN GLADIATORS (Midas, mgr.)
 DM  17 ALJAFIR (turn 686): BARNUM CHELLS of MIDDLE WAY (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  19 ZUWAYZA (turn 687): BULL HALSEY of MAN OR BEAST? (The Dark One, mgr.)
 DM  28 MORYA (turn 345): COLGATE SMILE of MY GENERATION (Storm Lord, mgr.)
 DM  29 LAPUR (turn 684): PUB O'CONNOR of CLAN CROW (Owsly, mgr.)
 DM  31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 343): XANDAR of AVENGERS (Huckle Cat?, mgr.)
 DM  32 ARVAT (turn 680): DISTORTION of DEATH BY DESIGN (Bubba Ganoosh, mgr.)
 DM  33 NIATOLI ISLAND (turn 677): HEADLESS NORSEMAN of HALLOWEINERS (The Dark One)
 DM  35 MURSKA (turn 669): MONKEY MAN of REALLY? (Dr. Grimley, mgr.)
 DM  43 VEASTIAN (turn 628): CYCLONE of FAMOUS HURLERS (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.)
 DM  45 STORMCROWE (turn 321): MINI DRIVER of STREET WALKERS (Roadkill, mgr.)
 DM  47 NORTH FORK (turn 315): SPAWN of FANTASTIC FIVE (?, mgr.)
 DM  50 SNOWBOUND (turn 302): 4-H of LIFE IMPACTS (Coach, mgr.)
 DM  56 ROCANIS (turn 559): TIKI LA'BANE of INCONSISTENT FURY (Banthius, mgr.)
 DM  60 ARADI (turn 544): Q MARK of UNNAMEABLES (Howlin' Wolf, mgr.)
 DM  61 JURINE (turn 526): DEEMER EPPT of MIDDLE WAY 16 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  65 DAL SHANG (turn 521): MARAN TEN PALAN of SAND DANCERS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  73 ERINIKA (turn 250): BOOB of PALINDROMES (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.)
 DM  74 DAYLA KIV (turn 482): NEGATIVE ONE of NUMB-ERS (Sherlock, mgr.)
 DM  75 JADE MOUNTAIN (turn 476): INCREDIBLE SPEED of CRITICALS (Howlin' Wolf, mgr)
 DM  78 LIN TIRIAN (turn 468): KURTAL DUCK of SAND DANCERS (Jorja, mgr.)
ADM 103 FREE BLADES (turn 585): NIGHTCAP of DARKLINGS (She-Puppy, mgr.)

                                      Top Teams
                                      ---------
 DM   9 ZUKAL (turn 696): HOT STUFF (Papa Bear, mgr.)
 DM  12 RIZTAB (turn 698): DREAMERS (Sleepy, mgr.)
 DM  13 DULLENS (turn 627): ARCANE ROYALTY (Destitute Noble, mgr.)
 DM  15 MALCORN (turn 692): INK & STEEL RETRO (Floyd, mgr.)
 DM  16 WILLAF (turn 694): GOLDEN GLADIATORS (Midas, mgr.)
 DM  17 ALJAFIR (turn 686): 82ND ILLINOIS (Otto X, mgr.)
 DM  19 ZUWAYZA (turn 687): SEINFELD (Otto X, mgr.)
 DM  28 MORYA (turn 345): PHANTACITY (Omega, mgr.)
 DM  29 LAPUR (turn 684): STREET WALKERS (Roadkill, mgr.)
 DM  31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 343): AVENGERS (Huckle Cat?, mgr.)
 DM  32 ARVAT (turn 680): DEVIL ADVOCATES (The Dark One, mgr.)
 DM  33 NIATOLI ISLAND (turn 677): THE SEWING CIRCLE (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  35 MURSKA (turn 669): REALLY? (Dr. Grimley, mgr.)
 DM  43 VEASTIAN (turn 628): FAMOUS HURLERS (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.)
 DM  45 STORMCROWE (turn 321): DARQUE FORCES (Master Darque, mgr.)
 DM  47 NORTH FORK (turn 315): VEGAN CANNIBALS (The Anarchist, mgr.)
 DM  50 SNOWBOUND (turn 302): LIFE IMPACTS (Smitty, mgr.)
 DM  56 ROCANIS (turn 559): POSITION IS EMPTY
 DM  60 ARADI (turn 544): RED DOG GANG (Spot, mgr.)
 DM  61 JURINE (turn 526): MIDDLE WAY 16 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  65 DAL SHANG (turn 521): SAND DANCERS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  73 ERINIKA (turn 250): MIDDLE WAY 18 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  74 DAYLA KIV (turn 482): SAND DANCERS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  75 JADE MOUNTAIN (turn 476): SAND DANCERS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  78 LIN TIRIAN (turn 468): SAND DANCERS (Jorja, mgr.)
ADM 103 FREE BLADES (turn 585): TOURNEY TEAM (LHI, mgr.)

                                   Recent Graduates
                                  -----------------
 DM  12 RIZTAB (turn 697): XENOPHANES of DREAMERS (Sleepy, mgr.)
                           KUNG PO FROG of KAOS FROGS (Grimm, mgr.)
 DM  17 ALJAFIR (turn 685): BOROMIR of IN MIDDLE EARTH (?, mgr.)
 DM  19 ZUWAYZA (turn 686): WATER WORKS of MONOPOLY (Sherlock, mgr.)
 DM  32 ARVAT (turn 679): DEE N. EMMI of DEVIL ADVOCATES (The Dark One, mgr.)
                          TIA MATTE of DEVIL ADVOCATES (The Dark One, mgr.)
                          S.W.A.T. of SECRET SQUIRRELS (Gentleben, mgr.)
 DM  45 STORMCROWE (turn 321): JOSIE WALES of STREET WALKERS (Roadkill, mgr.)
 DM  50 SNOWBOUND (turn 302): RED ALERT of PUBLIC ENEMY (Pec Killer, mgr.)
 DM  65 DAL SHANG (turn 519): ON THE CORNER of BASH BROS EVANGELIST
                                                        (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.)
 DM  73 ERINIKA (turn 249): PANAMA OATES of MIDDLE WAY 18 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  74 DAYLA KIV (turn 482): NEGATIVE ONE of NUMB-ERS (Sherlock, mgr.)
 DM  78 LIN TIRIAN (turn 468): KURTAL DUCK of SAND DANCERS (Jorja, mgr.)

                                      SPY REPORT

     The sages err'd not in their foretelling of a god descending upon MURSKA, for I, 
Novgorodny Vir, have returned!  Practice pays for DAN RATHER, who pummelled M. 
CHARDINEE, to pocket 14 points.  A certain someone should cut down on the drinking 
and practice more, after losing 4 points to CAPTURED ORC.  (Discrete enough, KORMAC 
AP RHINN?) What can be a greater victory?  GRINCH has taken his place as the top, as 
MURSKA's new Duelmaster.  Word has it one team in MURSKA is using psychics to predict 
wins.  They lead a charmed life!   
     My mother wished me to avoid conflict, and seek the gentle trade of Spyreporter. 
But warriors aren't supposed to avoid fights!  Everyone is famous for fifteen 
minutes, and JOCK MACBEAGH is it right now.  Most challenged warrior.  Isn't CHILDREN 
OF LLYR proud!   
     The moving sword slashes, and having slashed, moves on...  The manager at BAD 
GUYS must have some new strategy for sending TED BUNDY, a warrior with 6-3-0, to the 
Dark Arena.  Watch this space!  Admittedly Death waits for no one, but me thinks 
VOLDEMORT of BAD GUYS (5-1-0) is being sent off a little prematurely.  Citizens of 
MURSKA, be sure to settle your debts with THE JOKER of BAD GUYS.  He's relocating to 
the Dark Arena and has other things on his mind!  You've heard about GALLOWAY of 
CHILDREN OF LLYR.  Death plays no favorites, and neither do I.  What was a 6-10-1 
doing on the fields in the first place?  Ask not a spymaster for counsel, for he will 
pontificate long after you have fallen into an unconscious stupor.   
     Leave me now, you base fools!  My fingers tire and I fear my incessant prattling 
may cause unfair judgement upon my impeccable character.  Can anything compare to the 
pleasure of writing Spyreports for MURSKA?  On that giddy note I take my leave-- 
Novgorodny Vir  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 GRINCH 4184                  12   2  1   114       BAD GUYS (381)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 ODD? 4304                    12   2  1    97       REALLY? (386)
 MONKEY MAN 4289              13   4  0    91       REALLY? (386)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 DAN RATHER 4291              14   3  1    81       REALLY? (386)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 EL GUAPO 4288                12   5  3    64       REALLY? (386)
 MADON AP LLEW 4261           10  19  0    57       CHILDREN OF LLYR (141)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-THE DARK FROG 4347            3   0  0    54       BATTLE FROGS (388)
 MAIRIE AP GAUR 4307           6   7  1    40       CHILDREN OF LLYR (141)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 KORMAC AP RHINN 4324          8   2  0    31       CHILDREN OF LLYR (141)
-FURIOUS FROGPALER 4309        2   2  0    31       BATTLE FROGS (388)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-MACE FACE FROG 4349           3   0  0    19       BATTLE FROGS (388)
-BABYLON 4302                  1   0  0    18       ATLIENS (387)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-MAINSTREAM 4301               1   0  0    16       ATLIENS (387)
-ELEVATORS 4303                1   0  0    13       ATLIENS (387)
 JOCK MACBEAGH 4344            2   4  1    11       CHILDREN OF LLYR (141)
 A TRUE STORY 4358             1   1  0    11       REALLY? (386)
-DAYDREAM FROG 4348            2   1  0     7       BATTLE FROGS (388)

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
TED BUNDY 4180          6  4 0 BAD GUYS 381         WURM KIN              670  NONE
THE JOKER 4176          5  7 0 BAD GUYS 381         BANDIT PRINCE         670  NONE
VOLDEMORT 4194          5  2 0 BAD GUYS 381         SHEWISH GIANT         670  NONE
WICKED WITCH 4179       5  6 0 BAD GUYS 381         SHEWISH GIANT         670  NONE
GALLOWAY 4298           6 10 1 CHILDREN OF LLYR 141 EL GUAPO 4288         670   

                                     PERSONAL ADS

Have you ever heard the story about the man who dropped a rose petal down into a vast
canyon and waited to hear it land?  Sometimes we feel like that here.  Still, they
tell us an effort must be made, though we aren't sure why. -- the Children of Llyr

The Dark Frog -- Scary guy!  Are you going to cause warts, or is that only toads? --
Madon ap Llew

Mainstream -- That was embarrassing.  Don't do it again. -- Jock MacBeagh

And 3-0-2 against standbys.  It was that kind of day. -- the rest of the Children of
Llyr

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

TED BUNDY was butchered by WURM KIN in a 2 minute bloody Dark Arena fight.
VOLDEMORT was slaughtered by SHEWISH GIANT in a 1 minute Dark Arena battle.
THE JOKER was easily killed by BANDIT PRINCE in a 2 minute gory Dark Arena match.
WICKED WITCH was slaughtered by SHEWISH GIANT in a 1 minute bloody Dark Arena brawl.
MONKEY MAN was overpowered by GRINCH in a 1 minute one-sided Title fight.
ODD? devastated CONVICTED ASSASSIN in a 1 minute uneven brawl.
DAN RATHER overpowered M. CHARDINEE in a 1 minute one-sided struggle.
EL GUAPO viciously butchered GALLOWAY in a 1 minute gory competition.
KORMAC AP RHINN was overcome by CAPTURED ORC in a action packed 1 minute melee.
MADON AP LLEW vanquished CAPTURED ORC in a action packed 2 minute one-sided duel.
MAIRIE AP GAUR savagely defeated AMBITIOUS GUARD in a exciting 5 minute fight.
JOCK MACBEAGH was beaten by A TRUE STORY in a 1 minute fight.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|STRIKING ATTACK                  6         PARRY-RIPOSTE     10 -   3 -  0      77  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      4         WALL OF STEEL      3 -   1 -  0      75  |
|AIMED BLOW                       2         LUNGING ATTACK    14 -   5 -  0      74  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    1         AIMED BLOW        17 -   8 -  1      68  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   1         PARRY-LUNGE        2 -   1 -  0      67  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   1         STRIKING ATTACK   26 -  31 -  4      46  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      0         TOTAL PARRY        7 -  11 -  1      39  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     0         BASHING ATTACK     2 -   7 -  0      22  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  0         PARRY-STRIKE       0 -   0 -  0       0  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    0         SLASHING ATTACK    0 -   2 -  0       0  |

Turn 670 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         2 -  0     TOTAL PARRY        1 -  3         4  STRIKING ATTACK
PARRY-RIPOSTE      1 -  0     PARRY-LUNGE        0 -  0         3  AIMED BLOW     
STRIKING ATTACK    3 -  3     PARRY-STRIKE       0 -  0         1  PARRY-RIPOSTE  
                              LUNGING ATTACK     0 -  1         1  LUNGING ATTACK 
                              SLASHING ATTACK    0 -  0         1  TOTAL PARRY    
                              BASHING ATTACK     0 -  1         1  WALL OF STEEL  
                              WALL OF STEEL      0 -  0     

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
STRIKING ATTACK  GRINCH 4184                12   2  1  114 BAD GUYS (381)
PARRY-RIPOSTE    ODD? 4304                  12   2  1   97 REALLY? (386)
LUNGING ATTACK   MONKEY MAN 4289            13   4  0   91 REALLY? (386)
AIMED BLOW       DAN RATHER 4291            14   3  1   81 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 MADON AP LLEW 4261.  The ten other most popular fighters were MAIRIE AP GAUR 
4307, ODD? 4304, EL GUAPO 4288, TED BUNDY 4180, GRINCH 4184, DAN RATHER 4291, A TRUE 
STORY 4358, WICKED WITCH 4179, KORMAC AP RHINN 4324, and VOLDEMORT 4194.

The least popular fighter this week was JOCK MACBEAGH 4344.  The other ten least 
popular fighters were GALLOWAY 4298, MONKEY MAN 4289, THE JOKER 4176, VOLDEMORT 4194, 
KORMAC AP RHINN 4324, WICKED WITCH 4179, A TRUE STORY 4358, DAN RATHER 4291, GRINCH 
4184, and TED BUNDY 4180.