DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER
Date : 04/12/2007 Duedate: 04/25/2007
JHANS ARENA
DM-36 TURN-532
This Weeks Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
OBSIDIAN
VOW TO DESTROY (601)
(36-7135) [13-7-2,120]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
OBSIDIAN POSITION IS EMPTY
VOW TO DESTROY (601)
(36-7135) [13-7-2,120]
Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite
OBSIDIAN OBSIDIAN
VOW TO DESTROY (601) VOW TO DESTROY (601)
(36-7135) [13-7-2,120] (36-7135) [13-7-2,120]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
ENGINES 'O' DEATH (72)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. VOW TO DESTROY (601) 20
2. ERRATA (490) 17 ENGINES 'O' DEATH (72)
3. BABES (416) 12 Unchartered Team
4. ENGINES 'O' DEATH (72) 0
ABYSMAL BEHAVIOR2 (532)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1/ 1 ENGINES 'O' DEATH (72) 32 27 2 54.2 1/ 1 ENGINES 'O' DEATH (72) 7 7 1
2/ 3 BABES (416) 277 264 12 51.2 2/ 4 VOW TO DESTROY (601) 4 7 0
3/ 4 VOW TO DESTROY (601) 38 42 7 47.5 3/ 2 ERRATA (490) 3 0 0
4/ 5 ERRATA (490) 74 86 5 46.3 4/ 3 BABES (416) 2 6 0
'*' Unchartered team '-' Team did not fight this turn
(###) Avoid teams by their Team Id ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank
TEAM SPOTLIGHT
"It's infamous!" Ardane, spy reporter for Andorak, scowled and drew back his
arm to throw his goblet through the window at the crowd outside. Then paused to
drain the contents before resuming the about-to-throw-it position.
"Now, now, it isn't THAT bad." Desiree of Darkholm, always the voice of sweet
reason at these meetings, laid a hand on his, smiled, and guided the goblet back to
the table. "It's just a little mistake, you know."
"Ha!" Debby Tonte of Free Blades stabbed viciously into her drink with an
umbrella. "That's easy for YOU to say. The Delarquans aren't complaining."
"Of course not." Galen of Talahya looked faintly envious as she pulled a chunk
of pineapple out of her glass and began to nibble it. "That's because the Delarquans
are THE Masters of Kung-Fu."
"You think some managers are complaining," Olaf Modeen said, "you should hear
what the GLADIATORS are saying. All these rumors about the Aimed Blows having
'special enhancements'..." he shook his head. "I know it isn't true, you know it
isn't true, the top managers know it isn't true--"
"Of course it isn't true!" Ketchum, spy reporter for Crysalis, matched scowls
with Ardane and said, "If ANY one style was going to get a special enhancement, it
should be--"
"Not now, Ketch," Olaf said. "Nobody gets, nobody has gotten, nobody WILL get,
special enhancements. That's always been the rule, and we all know how the Greywand
hates changes. The real problem--"
"Try telling that to some of the managers," Debby muttered, peering into her
glass for more fruit. "They don't want to hear it. Every time I turn around, some
manager is claiming that someone got a special change and, you know, HE didn't and
it's all unfair."
"The REAL problem," Olaf said firmly, over-riding her voice, "is explaining to
all the second-rate Aimed Blows why they haven't received any of these 'special
enhancements' they keep hearing about."
"There aren't any special enhancements," Ardane growled. "None. Just managers
who noticed that the Kung-Fu Master is a lot more dangerous than anyone expected, and
have put YEARS into the study of Kung-Fu and learned how to really USE it for their
own gladiators."
"Saved a lot on weapons, too," Ketchum murmured.
"But people keep complaining," Debby Tonte said. She fished one last piece of
fruit out of her glass and stared at it dubiously.
"There WERE no special enhancements," Olaf said. "There ARE no special
enhancements. There WILL BE no special enhancements. It's all a matter of deep
study and skilled management."
"Like anyone's going to believe that!"
"They have no choice," Ketchum said. "If no 'special enhancements' were given
out, then none can be taken back. It is the way it is. What's the point in
complaining because the sun rises in the east?"
SPY REPORT
It's me, The Unknown Spymaster here with my bag to give you the news on last
week's fights. Hey everybody, watch out for COME ON, who flew up 17 points in the
rankings after mashing ENEMY SABOTEUR like a melon. Keep your eye on this guy. And
falling like a basher in the top ten was THE MAD CYCLONE, who dropped 9 points after
a disappointing (to say the least) bout with SANDY. Drawing on all of hers
experience as a 12-5-1 warrior, ROSIE went for the Duelmastership against OBSIDIAN
this week. Well, everybody's pal OBSIDIAN moved his record to 13-7-2 by defeating
ROSIE in the Duelmaster's Title Bout and gaining 10 recognition points. Advice to
bashers--never force anything, just get a bigger halberd!
But enough of that bunch, let's get on to the wimps who like to avoid battle!
Did you hear that ERRATA was most avoided team this week? Well, knowing the personal
hygiene of ERRATA's warriors, I'm not surprised! For those of you who like math, try
this one: ERRATA + Weapons That go Boom = BABES + Avoid City. Well just about
everybody wants a piece of ROSIE, who was this week's most challenged warrior.
Being a spy is great--other people die and you spend the rest of the day
drinking to their memory. Better tanked than dead! Knowing when to use the right
tactics at the proper time is a very important step on the road to Duelmaster.
Well, that wasn't too bad; Alarond told me that the people in JHANS have no
sense of humor. Or maybe that they were senseless. C'mon, Leadfoot, let's make some
tracks. And remember, you can pick your friends and you can pick your--(loud boos),
oh, you've heard that one already!-- The Unknown Spymaster
DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
OBSIDIAN 7135 13 7 2 120 VOW TO DESTROY (601)
CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
ROSIE 7161 12 6 1 93 BABES (416)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
COME ON 7143 8 1 0 84 ERRATA (490)
-RAKAR 5307 11 6 1 68 IRON TIGERS (484)
CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-BLOOD THIRSTER 7199 8 1 2 64 VOW TO DESTROY (601)
-AFTER 7118 6 2 0 63 ERRATA (490)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
IRON MAN 591 9 3 0 49 ENGINES 'O' DEATH (72)
SANDY 7194 5 4 0 43 BABES (416)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-SUSIE 7193 3 1 1 30 BABES (416)
THE MAD CYCLONE 589 7 5 0 29 ENGINES 'O' DEATH (72)
-PUSS N BOOTS 7165 2 2 0 28 ERRATA (490)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
FROZEN CHARLOTTE 7247 1 0 0 5 ENGINES 'O' DEATH (72)
TRISH 7246 0 1 0 1 BABES (416)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
SOLOMON GRUNDY 7222 5 5 1 ENGINES 'O' DEATH 72 SPYMASTER 22 532 NONE
STAGGER LEE 7223 5 5 0 ENGINES 'O' DEATH 72 BLACK ORC 20 532 NONE
BASHER 7249 0 1 0 VOW TO DESTROY 601 KOBOLD ENFORCER 18 532 NONE
STRIKER 7248 0 1 0 VOW TO DESTROY 601 KOBOLD ENFORCER 18 532 NONE
PERSONAL ADS
Ah, once upon a time this space would be full of lively chatter. Now it's
gathering dust--and let me tell you, dusting personal ads is hard to do. -- Ed.
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
SOLOMON GRUNDY was butchered by SPYMASTER in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
STAGGER LEE was barely slain by BLACK ORC in a exciting 1 minute Dark Arena duel.
BASHER was put to death by KOBOLD ENFORCER in a 1 minute Dark Arena match.
STRIKER was savagely slain by KOBOLD ENFORCER in a 1 minute bloody Dark Arena duel.
ROSIE was bested by OBSIDIAN in a exciting 4 minute veteran's Challenge Title fight.
COME ON devastated ENEMY SABOTEUR in a 1 minute uneven brawl.
THE MAD CYCLONE was defeated by SANDY in a 1 minute struggle.
IRON MAN beat AMBITIOUS GUARD in a crowd pleasing 5 minute brawl.
FROZEN CHARLOTTE defeated TRISH in a 2 minute gruesome beginner's melee.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|BASHING ATTACK 3 PARRY-STRIKE 1 - 0 - 0 100 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 2 SLASHING ATTACK 14 - 3 - 0 82 |
|TOTAL PARRY 2 AIMED BLOW 8 - 5 - 0 62 |
|WALL OF STEEL 2 STRIKING ATTACK 9 - 6 - 1 60 |
|AIMED BLOW 1 WALL OF STEEL 11 - 9 - 0 55 |
|LUNGING ATTACK 1 TOTAL PARRY 19 - 16 - 1 54 |
|STRIKING ATTACK 1 LUNGING ATTACK 10 - 11 - 1 48 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 0 BASHING ATTACK 11 - 15 - 2 42 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 0 PARRY-RIPOSTE 4 - 13 - 0 24 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 - 0 0 |
Turn 532 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 1 - 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 3 TOTAL PARRY
SLASHING ATTACK 2 - 0 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 0 2 WALL OF STEEL
TOTAL PARRY 1 - 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 0 2 SLASHING ATTACK
WALL OF STEEL 1 - 1 LUNGING ATTACK 0 - 1 2 LUNGING ATTACK
STRIKING ATTACK 0 - 1 1 STRIKING ATTACK
BASHING ATTACK 0 - 3 1 AIMED BLOW
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
WALL OF STEEL OBSIDIAN 7135 13 7 2 120 VOW TO DESTROY (601)
TOTAL PARRY ROSIE 7161 12 6 1 93 BABES (416)
SLASHING ATTACK COME ON 7143 8 1 0 84 ERRATA (490)
AIMED BLOW SANDY 7194 5 4 0 43 BABES (416)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
The overall popularity leader is OBSIDIAN 7135. The most popular warrior this turn
was OBSIDIAN 7135. The ten other most popular fighters were STAGGER LEE 7223, SANDY
7194, TRISH 7246, COME ON 7143, FROZEN CHARLOTTE 7247, BASHER 7249, SOLOMON GRUNDY
7222, STRIKER 7248, ROSIE 7161, and THE MAD CYCLONE 589.
The least popular fighter this week was IRON MAN 591. The other ten least popular
fighters were THE MAD CYCLONE 589, ROSIE 7161, STRIKER 7248, SOLOMON GRUNDY 7222,
BASHER 7249, FROZEN CHARLOTTE 7247, COME ON 7143, TRISH 7246, SANDY 7194, and STAGGER
LEE 7223.
NEW TEAMS IN THE TEMPORARY TOURNAMENT ARENAS (DM 81/83)
Please note that all new teams created at the Face-to-Face were temporarily placed
in a temporary Tournament Arena, DM 81 or DM 83. If you requested that your team be
placed in a specific arena, it has already transferred to that arena. Any teams not
transferred out of DM 81 and DM 83 by May 1 will be deleted. If you have questions
about any of your teams, please contact Customer Service. -- RSI