DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER Date : 08/01/2012 Duedate: 08/14/2012 MURSKA ARENA DM-35 TURN-675 This Weeks Top Honors THE DUELMASTER IS SMILE WAFFLE HAPPY FUN TIME (361) (35-4278) [8-0-0,102] Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader SMILE WAFFLE TORTURE HAPPY FUN TIME (361) LEGIONS OF HELL (393) (35-4278) [8-0-0,102] (35-4368) [1-0-0,13] Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite EL GUAPO TORTURE REALLY? (386) LEGIONS OF HELL (393) (35-4288) [14-6-3,73] (35-4368) [1-0-0,13] 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. HAPPY FUN TIME (361) 36 REALLY? (386) 3. LEGIONS OF HELL (393) 13 Unchartered Team 4. REALLY? (386) -13 LEGIONS OF HELL (393) The Top Teams Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K 1/ 0*LEGIONS OF HELL (393) 1 0 0 100 1/ 1 CHILDREN OF LLYR (141) 8 7 1 2/ 1 REALLY? (386) 65 35 5 65.0 2/ 3 HAPPY FUN TIME (361) 4 3 0 3/ 2 HAPPY FUN TIME (361) 24 19 1 55.8 3/ 2 REALLY? (386) 3 6 0 4/ 3 CHILDREN OF LLYR (141) 929 %1211 31 43.4 4/ 0*LEGIONS OF HELL (393) 1 0 0 '*' Unchartered team '-' Team did not fight this turn (###) Avoid teams by their Team Id ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank TEAM SPOTLIGHT 6 Months Ago -- The Eastern Deserts The battlefield was shrouded in darkness, save for the torches carried by a number of the soldiers and several magical orbs of light, which circled above lazily at the command of the wizards. The engagement had been a short one, as three huge, lumbering Phase Dragons burst from the nearby caverns and ran straight into the fully prepared army. The archers took a savage toll on the beasts before the elite gladiators charged in to finish the fray. As the soldiers cleared the massive bodies from the cavern mouth a small group of hooded men gathered a short distance away. "There is no question about it. These are creatures from the Kaikwok Gate." said Rillion, thoughtfully stroking his short beard. "I just don't understand how they are accessing our world again despite the gate being completely sealed." Alongside the mage, the manager known as The Greek Guy sharpened a gleaming battle axe. "The Dark One said something about a rift or tear. I'm not really up on Gate Metaphysics, Rill. All I know is they're here and they shouldn't be." "Managerr said they wouldn't be gone long." Added Rascally Rabbit, looking far more sinister than his manager name implied, "and that we needed to hold this area until they got back. So that's what we need to do." One of the scouts shouted a brief warning and the soldiers assumed battle formation once more. The three arena managers stepped back behind a shield thrown up by Rillion and prepared for a second engagement. Within a moment, a snarling wave of Jaguar warriors erupted from the cavern, pouring out toward the soldiers. The Greek Guy took the point and motioned to the troops. "Move to engage! Form up! Initiate Shield Wall! Archers, volley fire!" A cloud of enchanted arrows hissed into the night, and then descended to shower death upon the charging Jaguar warriors. Scores of the beast men went down under the fire but it was just a small fraction of their overall numbers. Within a moment the first ranks of the jaguars leapt upon the prepared troops, tearing and rending with their razor sharp talons and fangs. Despite the massive numbers, the shield wall held, and the gate beasts seemed to be taking the worst of the exchange. After a moment, however, the Jaguar Warriors found some holes in the ranks and burst through, creating havoc amongst the defenders. "Second line-- advance! First line-- fall back!" The first defensive line fell back in an organized retreat, while a second wave of defenders moved up. Within a moment, they formed up to from a second defensive line, while those formerly in the front line moved back to regroup. At the same time, another wave of arrows showered from the sky and cut down the confused Jaguar Warriors. "We learned a lot from the first Gate incursion." Rillion commented to RR. "The Jaguar Warriors can be a terror one on one, but they don't fight well in organized battles. Those enchanted arrows help a lot, too. One shot, one kill." Despite the confident words, the Jaguars were inflicting a savage toll on the soldiers. It was true, that the majority of the troops were gladiators and former gladiators who were now protected by immortality magic, but still if they were consumed by the Gate monsters, there would be no return. As the battle raged, it became clear that there were too many Jaguar warriors for the small army to defeat. Rillion flicked his staff and sent a fireball into the Jaguar's flank. It erupted into a flaming explosion of heat and pressure, sending scores of the beast men flying. As he did so, the Rabbit gathered a nearby troop and rushed to cut off a Jaguar offensive. The Greek Guy motioned for the trumpeters to sound the retreat. "Back up the hill! Form defensive units. Skirmishers forward to slow the advance." "This is not going well." Rillion commented as he blasted away a row of Jaguars with a bolt of lightning. As he prepared a second bolt, he noticed a large vortex opening nearby. A travelling Gate was being opened. Which meant either more Jaguars, or...? A second small army of heavily armored gladiator-soldiers appeared. At their head rode Managerr, on a white stallion, and the Dark One, on his black gelding. They motioned and their warriors charged into the Jaguar Warriors flank. The numbers now more even, the first army charged down the hill. Within minutes the Jaguar forces were destroyed. Only a handful survived to flee back into the cavern. "Good timing." Rascally Rabbit chuckled, his eyebrow arched, "You couldn't have arrived just a touch sooner?" "It took us a while to scout out the ruins of our old training grounds on the other side of the Kaikwok Gate." Managerr responded, "We stopped by to gather the second division, as we thought we might need the manpower. Apparently we were right. The other side of the old Gate is completely empty. They are all gone." "Gone? There were millions of beings on that world. You're telling me that they're all gone?" The Dark One waved his staff and a vision of the Kaikwok Gate world appeared. It was decimated. Forests burned and blasted, temples shattered, riverbeds and lakes dried up and shriveled. "As he said. All gone. We detected residual magic. Gate magic. I am not certain if it was left from an invader that came, exterminated that world and enslaved what was left of the population or possibly the denizens of that world developed Gate travel on its own and departed a dying world. We have no way of knowing which is the case." The Greek Guy received a message from one of the army runners, read it quickly and motioned to his fellows. "The engineers are ready." He motioned to a figure high up on the cliffside above the cave. In a moment, a thunderous explosion shook the ground. Instantly a shower of boulders, shards of stone and dirt rained down, burying the cavern opening under half the mountainside. Rillion nodded. "That will do for this Gate access, but I expect there will be more." Three Months Ago -- The Dark Citadel -- Isle of of the Eye The Brotherhood of the Blade sat around the titanic obsidian table where they often planned and plotted together. This occasion was more serious, however, than their usual debates over gladiatorial tactics and battle plans. They were instead embroiled in a lengthy discourse regarding the ongoing Gate incursions that had been detected. "Sheila and her mage council can't figure out how to stop it." Managerr noted. "Sheila?" The Greek Guy chuckled, "First name basis now, are we?" Managerr smirked at him. "They can close the Gate opening when they find it, but then another one opens somewhere else within a few days. At some point they are going to get access in a remote area and we won't find it in time. If they can move in a large force, it will be next to impossible to beat them back and close the access. It will be a mess." "And we still have no idea who is behind this and what's going on." Rillion added. "What we do know is that we don't have enough days in the week to keep running around closing gates and fighting battles. We're shorthanded. Zalgor's missing in action and Caesar is off-world fighting wars of his own. Without their forces it's even worse." Rascally Rabbit shuffled through his roster. "I've lost 15% of my personal troops and I know you all have suffered losses as well." Managerr agreed. "We're definitely short on members. Mad Max and Tig Toad are retired. With Zalgor inactive and Caesar battling Picts or whatnot, we are at five members. Just barely enough in normal times and way short in these times." "We need to recruit some new members." The Greek Guy stated. "We have a tournament coming up and can talk to some managers there. We need to find those who are like-minded and who would get along with the rest of us, which is not always easy." "Agreed." said the Dark One from beneath his cowl, "We can then announce our new members. We need more men and more troops. I think we all have some candidates in mind. First, they must have no other allegiances. Second, they must have the martial knowledge we expect from our members. And, the Greek Guy mentioned, they have to be able to deal with us." Present Day -- the Isle of the Eye One of the arena scribes rushed into the GC headquarters. "We need 100 runners to travel to every city in the land. We're being paid 1,000 gold sovereigns to get the news out!" "What news?" "The Brotherhood of the Blade is expanding!! Here is the announcement!" ***** ***** ***** Hear Ye! Hear Ye! The Brotherhood of the Blade has chosen to add the following new members to our ranks. Effective immediately, the following managers have been offered and have accepted membership to the Brotherhood: Bubbaganoosh Grimm Khisanth May their successes be great and their victories many under our banner! Officially -- Managerr -- Grand High Moose of the Brotrotherhood of the Blade * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * ---===FREE BLADES REGIONAL NEWS===--- Duelmasters ----------- DM 9 ZUKAL (turn 701): VENTRIIE of DARK WARDS (Dark Warden, mgr.) DM 12 RIZTAB (turn 703): WHERE of GUESSING GAME (A-sop, mgr.) DM 13 DULLENS (turn 637): MICKEY HANDS of ARCANE ROYALTY (Destitute Noble, mgr.) DM 15 MALCORN (turn 697): INKED PIG of INK & STEEL RETRO (Floyd, mgr.) DM 16 WILLAF (turn 699): TWILO TALON of TALON'S TERRORS (Floyd, mgr.) DM 17 ALJAFIR (turn 691): SENLUM NOSH of MIDDLE WAY (Jorja, mgr.) DM 19 ZUWAYZA (turn 692): BULL HALSEY of MAN OR BEAST? (The Dark One, mgr.) DM 28 MORYA (turn 348): TAXES of EXPENSE ACCOUNT (Finance Manager, mgr.) DM 29 LAPUR (turn 689): CAPTAIN KIRK of TREKKERS (Deep Thought, mgr.) DM 31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 346): VENGEANCE of THE STORM REAVERS (?, mgr.) DM 32 ARVAT (turn 685): UNDERCOVER LILY of SECRET SQUIRRELS (Gentleben, mgr.) DM 33 NIATOLI ISLAND (turn 682): JERK O'LANTERN of HALLOWEINERS (The Dark One) DM 35 MURSKA (turn 674): MADON AP LLEW of CHILDREN OF LLYR (Jorja, mgr.) DM 43 VEASTIAN (turn 633): KIRVINJ of THE FAMILY (Jorja, mgr.) DM 45 STORMCROWE (turn 323): ANDROMEDA of DARQUE FORCES (Master Darque, mgr.) DM 47 NORTH FORK (turn 317): ULTIMA REGUM of IN QUETERNUM (Vae Victis, mgr.) DM 50 SNOWBOUND (turn 304): 4-H of LIFE IMPACTS (Coach, mgr.) DM 56 ROCANIS (turn 564): TAM TAM KA'BLAM of INCONSISTENT FURY (Banthius, mgr.) DM 60 ARADI (turn 549): DIGGITY DOG of RED DOG GANG (Spot, mgr.) DM 61 JURINE (turn 531): HORSE D'OEVRE of SHEWISH BUFFET (One Armed Bandit, mgr.) DM 65 DAL SHANG (turn 526): XYLOID of SCRABBLE (Otto X, mgr.) DM 73 ERINIKA (turn 253): BOOB of PALINDROMES (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.) DM 74 DAYLA KIV (turn 487): SPIDERPIG of HOMER'S PETS (Floyd, mgr.) DM 75 JADE MOUNTAIN (turn 481): LIGHTNING THRUST of CRITICALS (Howlin' Wolf, mgr) DM 78 LIN TIRIAN (turn 473): CALEAM CHOWDER of SHEWISH BUFFET (One Armed Bandit) ADM 103 FREE BLADES (turn 590): WILD THANG! of STREET WALKERS (Roadkill, mgr.) Top Teams --------- DM 9 ZUKAL (turn 701): DARK WARDS (Dark Warden, mgr.) DM 12 RIZTAB (turn 703): BLUE NOTE (Howlin' Wolf, mgr.) DM 13 DULLENS (turn 637): ARCANE ROYALTY (Destitute Noble, mgr.) DM 15 MALCORN (turn 697): INK & STEEL RETRO (Floyd, mgr.) DM 16 WILLAF (turn 699): REALLY? (Dr. Grimley, mgr.) DM 17 ALJAFIR (turn 691): MIDDLE WAY (Jorja, mgr.) DM 19 ZUWAYZA (turn 692): THE MAGNIFICIENT MAGS (Jorja, mgr.) DM 28 MORYA (turn 348): DODGE BULLETS (Jorja, mgr.) DM 29 LAPUR (turn 689): STREET WALKERS (Roadkill, mgr.) DM 31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 346): THE STORM REAVERS (?, mgr.) DM 32 ARVAT (turn 684): COLLEGE RADIO (Floyd, mgr.) DM 33 NIATOLI ISLAND (turn 682): HALLOWEINERS (The Dark One, mgr.) DM 35 MURSKA (turn 674): CHILDREN OF LLYR (Jorja, mgr.) DM 43 VEASTIAN (turn 633): THE FAMILY (Jorja, mgr.) DM 45 STORMCROWE (turn 323): DARQUE FORCES (Master Darque, mgr.) DM 47 NORTH FORK (turn 317): VEGAN CANNIBALS (The Anarchist, mgr.) DM 50 SNOWBOUND (turn 304): THE MYRMIDONS (Sigurd Fafnisbane, mgr.) DM 56 ROCANIS (turn 564): INCONSISTENT FURY (Banthius, mgr.) DM 60 ARADI (turn 549): RED DOG GANG (Spot, mgr.) DM 61 JURINE (turn 531): POSITION IS EMPTY DM 65 DAL SHANG (turn 526): SAND DANCERS (Jorja, mgr.) DM 73 ERINIKA (turn 252): SUPER STARS (Crip, mgr.) DM 74 DAYLA KIV (turn 487): SAND DANCERS (Jorja, mgr.) DM 75 JADE MOUNTAIN (turn 481): SAND DANCERS (Jorja, mgr.) DM 78 LIN TIRIAN (turn 473): SHEWISH BUFFET (One Armed Bandit, mgr.) ADM 103 FREE BLADES (turn 590): DIRT DEVILS et al (The Dark One, mgr.) Recent Graduates ----------------- DM 12 RIZTAB (turn 703): WHERE of GUESSING GAME (A-sop, mgr.) (turn 702): ITCHY FROGGY of KAOS FROGS (Grimm, mgr.) DM 13 DULLENS (turn 637): MICKEY HANDS of ARCANE ROYALTY (Destitute Noble, mgr.) DM 16 WILLAF (turn 698): HORUS MANN of PUNNY AMINALS (Jorja, mgr.) DM 17 ALJAFIR (turn 689): CAPT KIRCHNER of 82ND ILLINOIS (Otto X, mgr.) DM 28 MORYA (turn 348): TAXES of EXPENSE ACCOUNT (Finance Manager, mgr.) DM 29 LAPUR (turn 689): CAPTAIN KIRK of TREKKERS (Deep Thought, mgr.) CAPT. ANTSY PANTS of STREET WALKERS (Roadkill, mgr.) (turn 688): KICKER MURPHY of CLAN CROW (Owsly, mgr.) SULU of TREKKERS (Deep Thought, mgr.) DM 33 NIATOLI ISLAND (turn 681): HEADLESS NORSEMAN of HALLOWEINERS (The Dark One) DM 35 MURSKA (turn 673): MONKEY MAN of REALLY? (Dr. Grimley, mgr.) DM 43 VEASTIAN (turn 633): KIRVINJ of THE FAMILY (Jorja, mgr.) (turn 632): MELANJI of THE FAMILY (Jorja, mgr.) DM 45 STORMCROWE (turn 322): CELESTIAL ROSE of DARQUE FORCES (Master Darque, mgr.) DM 47 NORTH FORK (turn 317): ARTICHOKE ON THIS of VEGAN CANNIBALS (The Anarchist) SPAWN of FANTASTIC FIVE (?, mgr.) (turn 316): ENDEMIC of BLACK LIGHTING (Dark Angel, mgr.) DM 50 SNOWBOUND (turn 303): THRESHPACK of PUBLIC ENEMY (Pec Killer, mgr.) DM 60 ARADI (turn 549): ELIN GISSORS of MIDDLE WAY 25 (Jorja, mgr.) (turn 548): SLIPPERS of RED DOG GANG (Spot, mgr.) DM 73 ERINIKA (turn 253): BOOB of PALINDROMES (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.) DM 75 JADE MOUNTAIN (turn 481): LIGHTNING THRUST of CRITICALS (Howlin' Wolf, mgr) INCREDIBLE SPEED of CRITICALS (Howlin' Wolf, mgr.) DM 78 LIN TIRIAN (turn 473): RALTUMAN OMELETTE of SHEWISH BUFFET (One Armed Bandit) UNBELIEVABLE of THE WILLBURYS 78 (Rascally Rabbit) SPY REPORT You elder fighters surely remember me. The younger ones may call me Olaf Modeen. I return to MURSKA once again! What's with SAVAGE BEATING? It actually beat LEGIONS OF HELL's TORTURE, and walked away with 21 more points from the fight. Laughs were big at HAPPY FUN TIME while they watched FREE CHEESE!! clobber DAN RATHER. He lost 7 points and got bruised from objects thrown from the stands. I can barely restrain my enthusiam for HAPPY FUN TIME's outstanding member, Duelmaster SMILE WAFFLE. I suppose you want to hear some rumors and dirty gossip about your fellow fighters? Tough! If at first you don't succeed, avoid. That'll get you in the Spyreports. 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? The end of another Spyreport! That's cause for celebration in my book! Time for my medication, so I'll leave now. Practice, practice, practice!-- Olaf Modeen DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME SMILE WAFFLE 4278 8 0 0 102 HAPPY FUN TIME (361) CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME FREE CHEESE!! 4279 7 1 0 99 HAPPY FUN TIME (361) CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME DAN RATHER 4291 16 5 1 74 REALLY? (386) EL GUAPO 4288 14 6 3 73 REALLY? (386) CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME MAIRIE AP GAUR 4307 10 8 1 73 CHILDREN OF LLYR (141) CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME MADON AP LLEW 4261 12 22 0 66 CHILDREN OF LLYR (141) ODD? 4304 13 5 1 61 REALLY? (386) ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME HIGHWAY 420 3885 6 6 0 44 HAPPY FUN TIME (361) JOCK MACBEAGH 4344 5 6 1 41 CHILDREN OF LLYR (141) CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME KORMAC AP RHINN 4324 9 6 0 33 CHILDREN OF LLYR (141) KARMEK FOX 4374 3 1 1 32 CHILDREN OF LLYR (141) INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME SAVAGE BEATING 4339 0 1 0 21 HAPPY FUN TIME (361) TORTURE 4368 1 0 0 13 LEGIONS OF HELL (393) '-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn. THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge? A TRUE STORY 4358 2 3 0 REALLY? 386 KARMEK FOX 4374 675 PERSONAL ADS Heck, I was going to do a proper column, or at least a sort-of-proper column, and then I looked more closely and realized it was just us and the standbys. So... it's just a team personal, I guess. I "devastated" the Dangerous Criminal (Flinn the Hammer, that is), and then he turned around and took it out on a couple of my teammates. Unfair, but that's life. So we went 3-2 against the standbys, with both the losses being to Flinn. Dangerous, indeed! -- Madon ap Llew, duelmaster by default LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS MADON AP LLEW was devastated by SMILE WAFFLE in a 1 minute mismatched Title fight. DAN RATHER was vanquished by FREE CHEESE!! in a 2 minute brutal uneven battle. ODD? was defeated by MAIRIE AP GAUR in a crowd pleasing 6 minute duel. EL GUAPO devastated HIGHWAY 420 in a 1 minute one-sided fight. JOCK MACBEAGH demolished FRATSFA SLAVE in a 1 minute mismatched competition. KORMAC AP RHINN was unbelievably bested by CAPTURED ORC in a 2 minute fight. A TRUE STORY was assassinated by KARMEK FOX in a 1 minute uneven melee. TORTURE viciously subdued SAVAGE BEATING in a action packed 9 minute gory duel. BATTLE REPORT MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS |FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT| |STRIKING ATTACK 5 WALL OF STEEL 4 - 0 - 0 100 | |AIMED BLOW 3 SLASHING ATTACK 3 - 1 - 1 75 | |TOTAL PARRY 2 LUNGING ATTACK 8 - 3 - 0 73 | |PARRY-RIPOSTE 2 AIMED BLOW 14 - 9 - 1 61 | |SLASHING ATTACK 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE 7 - 5 - 0 58 | |PARRY-LUNGE 1 TOTAL PARRY 11 - 8 - 1 58 | |PARRY-STRIKE 0 STRIKING ATTACK 24 - 25 - 3 49 | |LUNGING ATTACK 0 PARRY-LUNGE 1 - 2 - 0 33 | |BASHING ATTACK 0 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 0 - 0 0 | |WALL OF STEEL 0 BASHING ATTACK 0 - 2 - 0 0 | Turn 675 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: SLASHING ATTACK 1 - 0 AIMED BLOW 0 - 3 5 STRIKING ATTACK TOTAL PARRY 2 - 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 1 2 PARRY-RIPOSTE STRIKING ATTACK 3 - 2 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 0 1 AIMED BLOW PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 - 1 LUNGING ATTACK 0 - 0 1 TOTAL PARRY BASHING ATTACK 0 - 0 1 PARRY-LUNGE WALL OF STEEL 0 - 0 1 SLASHING ATTACK TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME STRIKING ATTACK SMILE WAFFLE 4278 8 0 0 102 HAPPY FUN TIME (361) PARRY-RIPOSTE FREE CHEESE!! 4279 7 1 0 99 HAPPY FUN TIME (361) AIMED BLOW DAN RATHER 4291 16 5 1 74 REALLY? (386) TOTAL PARRY MAIRIE AP GAUR 4307 10 8 1 73 CHILDREN OF LLYR (141) 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 TORTURE 4368. The ten other most popular fighters were ODD? 4304, KORMAC AP RHINN 4324, MAIRIE AP GAUR 4307, SMILE WAFFLE 4278, FREE CHEESE!! 4279, EL GUAPO 4288, JOCK MACBEAGH 4344, SAVAGE BEATING 4339, DAN RATHER 4291, and KARMEK FOX 4374. The least popular fighter this week was A TRUE STORY 4358. The other ten least popular fighters were HIGHWAY 420 3885, MADON AP LLEW 4261, KARMEK FOX 4374, DAN RATHER 4291, SAVAGE BEATING 4339, JOCK MACBEAGH 4344, EL GUAPO 4288, FREE CHEESE!! 4279, SMILE WAFFLE 4278, and MAIRIE AP GAUR 4307.