DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 10/08/2005    Duedate: 11/04/2005

XOCHITHLAN ARENA

DM-39    TURN-213

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

OUTLAW STAR
DARQUE ANGELS (402)
(39-3550) [12-7-1,103]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

OUTLAW STAR                    POSITION IS EMPTY
DARQUE ANGELS (402)            
(39-3550) [12-7-1,103]         

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

QUIA RAYNE                     MS D. MEENER
THE MIDDLE WAY (385)           CRIMINAL ELEMENT (379)
(39-3636) [9-15-0,65]          (39-3696) [8-2-0,55]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

CRIMINAL ELEMENT (379)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. CRIMINAL ELEMENT (379)      49
2. DARQUE ANGELS (402)         22      CRIMINAL ELEMENT (379)
3. DUCKS UNLIMITED (143)       16      Unchartered Team
4. THE MIDDLE WAY (385)        12
5. OPHIDIAN ORDER (328)         6      FOURTH REICH (389)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 1 CRIMINAL ELEMENT (379)   191 121 10 61.2   1/ 2 CRIMINAL ELEMENT (379)    9  3 0
 2/ 0 DARQUE ANGELS (402)       67  48  7 58.3   2/ 4 DUCKS UNLIMITED (143)     8  2 0
 3/ 2 DUCKS UNLIMITED (143)    152 113 12 57.4   3/ 1 LITERATI (432)            6  9 0
 4/ 0 OPHIDIAN ORDER (328)     136 109  6 55.5   4/ 3 THE MIDDLE WAY (385)      4  7 0
 5/ 3 THE MIDDLE WAY (385)     174 195  9 47.2   5/ 0 DARQUE ANGELS (402)       3  2 0
 6/ 4 LITERATI (432)            23  37  6 38.3   6/ 0 OPHIDIAN ORDER (328)      1  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

            + ]H[ + ---:--- + ]H[ The Black Sword #3 ]H[ + ---:--- + ]H[ +

Rocanis:

     Uncle Wolf looked at the swirling knots of shamans, listened to the agitated and 
increasingly strident babble of argument, and shook his head.  "That's torn it," he 
repeated.
     "But they must see that what Bluesnake has proposed is the same thing he told 
them you would do--that HE be the one to hold the Sword and decide on its use," Ghost 
Dancer protested.
     "Of course they don't see it!"  The speaker was Rain Caller of the Haimgedai, 
the oldest shaman present.  "Bluesnake is appealing to their emotions, not their 
minds.  If they have any minds," he added bitterly.  "It was like this before, when 
the Great Khan said he would make all the tribes great and lead them to trample 
Alastari under their horses' hooves.  Some tribes were completely destroyed in that 
war.  Many will never be so strong as they once were.  Where are the Tilvagedai 
today, or the Skaevalgedai?"
     "We cannot go back and change the past," Wolf said.  His tone was so sharp that 
Ghost Dancer wondered if that had been suggested to him at some point.  "We can only 
learn from it."
     Rain Caller glared at him from under snow-white brows.  "Easy to say, hard to 
do.  What is your plan?"
     Wolf turned to scan the whole assembly of shamans before speaking.  Then he 
shrugged.  "If I thought we could kill Bluesnake, here and now, I would attempt it.  
At this moment, he is a greater enemy to us than Volundagh and the Sword."
     "The others wouldn't stand for--" the old man began.
     "Which is why I'm not doing it."  Wolf glanced at the group around the Saarda 
again, and his lip curled into a sneer worthy of his totem animal.  "Did you think I 
held off out of fear of Bluesnake?"
     Rain Caller snorted.  "None think that who know what happened at the Buffalo 
Gate."  Then he sighed and added, "But many of the young men do NOT know of that."
     Wolf swept that away with a gesture and turned to his younger companion.  "Go 
find Redfox, Ghost Dancer.  Bring him to me here."
     Ghost Dancer went, but reluctantly.  He had never heard of a Buffalo Gate, and 
he had hoped that one or the other would tell that story.  How could he learn if such 
information was not passed along?

             + ]H[ + ---:--- + ]H[ A Darque Tale #6 ]H[ + ---:--- + ]H[ +

Xochithlan:

     Raigavor stared up at the wall and counted from the corner, "A turret, a turret, 
a downspout, a turret, two gargoyles, and... there!"  He stepped forward and tapped 
gently on a stone at shoulder level which differed from the ones around it only in a 
faint shadow-pattern that seemed to underlie the surface.
     No, Master Darque decided it was actually a fossil of something like a snail 
with tentacles, maybe two inches across.  There was a soft musical note, enough 
delayed that it didn't seem to belong to the tapping.  Raigavor tapped again, several 
taps with irregular spacing, probably a code.  The half-demon memorized it 
automatically; you never knew when you might need somebody else's identifying code.  
The wall shimmered next to the stone and became an archway.  Raigavor stepped 
through.  Darque hesitated--no telling what was beyond, and was he supposed to follow 
blindly?--then stepped through behind him, a bolt of power gathered and ready to 
launch at need.
     A woman was standing in the space beyond the wall.  A typical Shagornan elf, 
slender, moderately tall, haughty-featured, dark of skin and hair.  She frowned at 
Raigavor.  "I was not expecting you, wizard."  Her tone made it an accusation.
     The Red Wizard shrugged.  "I know.  I like it that way.  We've come to lend you 
a hand in your intrigues."
     Master Darque frowned.  Why should he aid this woman?  And he hated palace 
intrigue, unless it would increase HIS power.
     "Nothing more can be done without a master sigil," the woman snapped.
     Raigavor smiled, an expression that would have sent a normal human into 
screaming retreat.  "I am aware of that.  This gentleman possesses a master sigil.  
So if you have the assassins at hand--"  Raigavor paused and shook his head.  "I 
think you're unwise, Illayina.  Kill your King Feyn if you wish--no loss there, but 
leave King Feyen alive here.  The trouble that will be stirred up--"
     "The king of the two cities owes me a death," the woman said.  "FEYEN owes me a 
death for killing my sister-self, Illaina.  And the politics of Xochithlan and 
Kochilfan are not your concern.  Do not meddle."
     Raigavor looked at her in silence for several minutes, his lips pressed together 
in a hard line and a frown gathering.  "By killing Feyen," he said finally, "you will 
cause one of two things to happen--or both of them.  You will increase Feyn's 
personal power, or you will precipitate a disaster in both cities.  Or both.  I do 
not see how either outcome can further your own desire to rule Kochilfan."
     Darque watched the argument develop with the academic interest of a spectator at 
a sporting event.  From his studies he knew that certain parts of Alastari were 
"twinned" in an adjacent universe; clearly the sigil that he held in his mind had 
something to do with the linking of the two worlds.  Well and good.  It was not a 
common occurrence, but it did happen sometimes.  The woman's motives he understood 
completely:  revenge and a desire for power, though her ambition seemed curiously 
limited in scope.  Only one city?  And her disregard for the consequences of 
disturbing the linkage was short-sighted.  Too obsessed with her revenge, no doubt.
     Raigavor was less obvious.  He did not seem to want to rule the city--or any 
other that had been mentioned--himself.  Thinking it over, Darque decided that 
Raigavor had spent too long as a court wizard.  His motives were contaminated by that 
battle cry of good rulers and bane of ambitious magicians everywhere, "concern for 
the common weal."  That was good to know; it was a weakness in the wizard that could 
be exploited at need.  Good.  Sooner or later, Darque knew that he would part company 
and purposes with Raigavor, and he did not like the idea of leaving an unneutralized 
enemy behind him.
     "Don't MEDDLE, wizard!" the woman said.
     Raigavor sighed and shrugged.  "Do as you wish, then, Illayina.  There's no 
separating a fool from her folly."  He held up a hand to forestall another comment 
from her.  "Let us just get on with our business."

      * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ *

                         ---===DELARQUAN REGIONAL NEWS===---

                                     Duelmasters
                                     -----------
 DM   1 MORDANT (turn 528): BRICK WALL of HOMICIDAL MANIACS (Nick, mgr.)
 DM   2 NIANIA (turn 414): MELLITA of THE GOLDEN FISH (Nick, mgr.)
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 536): BLACK WIDOW of MISTRESS 4 XMAS (Angus, mgr.)
 DM   4 JHELUM (turn 532): VANGUARD of ORCCON THUGS (DMobster, mgr.)
 DM   5 KALTOS (turn 531): BULL DURHAM of PARTY ANIMALS (Crip, mgr.)
 DM   6 TRANSEL (turn 535): COOKIE FOR THE SOUL of HOLE IN THE WALL (The Muffin Man)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 533): HAILSTORM of WASTELAND II (The Muffin Man, mgr.)
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 527): SIR REALISTIC of SIR AGLIO (Sultan, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 519): ALTON of BURN N' PILLAGE (Jolly, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 518): ASHANDAR of AGE OF EMPIRE (Doc Steele, mgr.)
 DM  36 JHANS (turn 492): NIKITA of BABES (Papa Bear, mgr.)
 DM  38 CLIFFHOME (turn 482): SIR LICKSALOT of ARENA FELINES (Garfield, mgr.)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 212): DUCK A L'ORANGE of DUCKS UNLIMITED (Crip, mgr.)
 DM  42 RODEKI (turn 469): OSTMAN of WAY OF THE SWORD A3 (Vhagar, mgr.)
 DM  51 TRICORUS (turn 418): WILLIE MCGEE of ALL-UGLY TEAM (The Sentinel, mgr.)
 DM  54 TROCAR (turn 199): POSITION IS EMPTY
 DM  59 ILLIS (turn 187): EVANGELION of IMPROVED ILLUSION (Phantasm, mgr.)
 DM  62 VALAMANTIS (turn 367): DOC FELLE of MIDDLE WAY 10 (Nick, mgr.)
 DM  72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 163): DRUWEZ of GLACIATION GUILD II (Sir Chester, mgr.)
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 411): WIGGLER of THUNDR + LITENING from TALCAMA (Doc Steele)

                                      Top Teams
                                      ---------
 DM   1 MORDANT (turn 528): HOMICIDAL MANIACS (Nick, mgr.)
 DM   2 NIANIA (turn 414): THE GOLDEN FISH (Nick, mgr.)
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 536): GAMES LIBRARY (Nick, mgr.)
 DM   4 JHELUM (turn 532): HARMONY (?, mgr.)
 DM   5 KALTOS (turn 531): THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (Nick, mgr.)
 DM   6 TRANSEL (turn 535): THE LADY'S LIST (A-Sop, mgr.)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 533): WASTELAND II (The Muffin Man, mgr.)
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 527): SIR AGLIO (Sultan, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 519): WASTELAND (The Muffin Man, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 518): AGE OF EMPIRE (Doc Steele, mgr.)
 DM  36 JHANS (turn 492): ABSTRACT (Xerxes, mgr.)
 DM  38 CLIFFHOME (turn 482): JINDA-BAN (Nick, mgr.)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 212): LITERATI (?, mgr.)
 DM  42 RODEKI (turn 469): COLOR ME SUAVE (Suave, mgr.)
 DM  51 TRICORUS (turn 418): RONIN (Rosebud, mgr.)
 DM  54 TROCAR (turn 199): SEA DOGS (One-Armed Bandit, mgr.)
 DM  59 ILLIS (turn 187): CHAPEL ROCK (Crip, mgr.)
 DM  62 VALAMANTIS (turn 367): MIDDLE WAY 10 (Nick, mgr.)
 DM  72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 163): TWISTED SISTERS (Savant, mgr.)
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 411): BLACK PRIMERS, etc. (Doc Steele, mgr.)

                                   Recent Graduates
                                  -----------------
 DM   2 NIANIA (turn 413): YOBER of OF WOLF AND MAN 6 (Tripwire, mgr.)
 DM   4 JHELUM (turn 531): CYCLONE of FURY'S EDGE (Fury, mgr.)
 DM   5 KALTOS (turn 531): BULL DURHAM of PARTY ANIMALS (Crip, mgr.)
               (turn 530): THE IMPECCABLE PIG of JUST DON'T CARE (The Muffin Man)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 533): HAILSTORM of WASTELAND II (The Muffin Man, mgr.)
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 526): QUADRICEPS of QUBIT (Sultan, mgr.)
                           IVAN MASHMINAPLP of SPRINGBORN (Still, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 519): ALTON of BURN N' PILLAGE (Jolly, mgr.)
                            BILLY THE SQUID of SEA DOGS (One-Armed Bandit, mgr.)
                (turn 518): WILL THE BIKER of NEXT GENERATION (Assurnasirbanipal)
                            PREBIRTH of BURN N' PILLAGE (Jolly, mgr.)
 DM  36 JHANS (turn 491): SASQUATCH COWBOY of LEGENDARY BASTARDS ( ! , mgr.)
 DM  54 TROCAR (turn 198): FRED WEASLEY of GRYFFINDOR HOUSE2 (Godric Gryffindor)
 DM  59 ILLIS (turn 187): EVANGELION of IMPROVED ILLUSION (Phantasm, mgr.)

                                 DUELMASTER'S COLUMN
                             Notes from the arena champ.

Only four teams left here in Xochitlan, which is a quacking shame.  The boss was not 
too pleased with the current flock of ducks we have here, and he was ready to simply 
graduate a couple of us and fold up the nest, but the last two additions are 
"interesting" to say the least, so for now, we will continue on.  If I can hold the 
throne, it will be interesting to see just how long I can stay here and continue to 
fight.

Duck A L'Orange
Ducks Unlimited

                                      SPY REPORT

     Hail and well met warriors of XOCHITHLAN!  Know me for who I am, Zontani Sharp 
Eyes, Spymaster extraordinaire of all Alastari.  Former top team LITERATI was 
unseated this week as CRIMINAL ELEMENT moved up from 2nd ranking to take the top spot 
with a 3-1-0 record for the round.  MANN SLAUGHTER caught the eye of many in the 
gladiatorial commission as he skillfully bested THE FALLEN ONE and was awarded 24 
points in recognition.  In one of the week's more notable duels, MATT RISIDE put down 
BEOWULF, causing him to lose 19 points of recognition in the process.  This time 
victory fell to the grasp of the usurper.  All hail OUTLAW STAR, Duelmaster of 
XOCHITHLAN!  No confirmation, but my sources claim that the top team has gained their 
position using magical aids.  Charmed weapons perhaps?   
     Many and various are the arts of battle.  In XOCHITHLAN "art" is a word that has 
long since passed from the language!  I saw one fighter that warriors avoided when 
this week's challenge seeking began.  LITERATI is feared.  This much I can say.  
Methinks more than a few here could name the guild it was that spent the better part 
of last week avoiding LITERATI.  Indeed it was DUCKS UNLIMITED.  Mighty fighters 
cannot but expect competition from those below.  MS D. MEENER take warning!  You have 
more than a few enemies in XOCHITHLAN.   
     Vendettas.  Bloodied blades and broken spears.  Indeed the city has seen more 
than its fair share of red in recent times.  Fate is a fickle mistress.  She showers 
the miserable with fortune but sets enemies against the victorious.  Remember this!   
     A thought before I go.  Each warrior practices one style, but must not the wise 
manager learn the secrets of them all?  More than a sharp eye must I keep, indeed a 
stout pair of legs must I keep as well!  The endless paths of Alastari await me!  
Till next we meet remember - the pen is mightier than the sword, but a maul is a 
different story!-- Zontani Sharp Eyes  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 OUTLAW STAR 3550             12   7  1   103       DARQUE ANGELS (402)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 HOT AIR DUCK 3451            16   8  0    99       DUCKS UNLIMITED (143)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 DUCK A L'ORANGE 3607          9   7  1    90       DUCKS UNLIMITED (143)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 ETRIGAN 3596                  8   3  0    66       DARQUE ANGELS (402)
 QUIA RAYNE 3636               9  15  0    65       THE MIDDLE WAY (385)
 PEKING DUCK 3632              9   1  0    65       DUCKS UNLIMITED (143)
 MANN SLAUGHTER 3688           8   3  2    60       CRIMINAL ELEMENT (379)
 MATT RISIDE 3705              8   1  0    60       CRIMINAL ELEMENT (379)
 THE FALLEN ONE 3416          12  11  2    59       DARQUE ANGELS (402)
 ANACONDA 3382                 8   3  0    59       OPHIDIAN ORDER (328)
 KAHR, JACK 3637              12  10  1    58       CRIMINAL ELEMENT (379)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 MS D. MEENER 3696             8   2  0    55       CRIMINAL ELEMENT (379)
 BLACK ADDER 3373              8   4  0    49       OPHIDIAN ORDER (328)
 SONJA 3672                    4   8  0    42       LITERATI (432)
 BEOWULF 3673                  6   6  2    40       LITERATI (432)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 DUCK WITH SWORDS 3726         2   0  0    33       DUCKS UNLIMITED (143)
 MAGUA 3674                    5   7  1    32       LITERATI (432)
 OPARA PERSI 3670              7   7  0    28       THE MIDDLE WAY (385)
 SCROOGE MCDUCK 3719           3   1  0    28       DUCKS UNLIMITED (143)
 KURTZ 3671                    4   8  3    25       LITERATI (432)
 MALICE 3704                   3   0  2    25       DARQUE ANGELS (402)
 BELLE COR 3720                4   1  1    24       THE MIDDLE WAY (385)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 BLACK GUARD 3667              3   4  0    19       DARQUE ANGELS (402)
 FEYD 3697                     4   6  0    18       LITERATI (432)
-PYTHON 3608                   2   0  0    17       OPHIDIAN ORDER (328)
 MORI NEB 3728                 1   0  0     9       THE MIDDLE WAY (385)
-SEA SNAKE 3609                1   1  0     8       OPHIDIAN ORDER (328)
 WENDAL XOKI 3727              0   1  0     1       THE MIDDLE WAY (385)

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

THE DEAD               W  L K TEAM NAME             SLAIN BY             TURN Revenge?
SLUG 3729              0  1 0 OPHIDIAN ORDER 328    SWAMP TROLL 27        213 NONE    

                                     PERSONAL ADS

Kahr, Jack -- Are you saying my methods are ... unsound? -- Kurtz

Opara Persi -- Magua said you, uhm..."breached contract" on his and your arena 
concession stand business.  Don't make Mama Sonja send Xochithlan's Criminal Element 
to break your knuckles.... -- Sonja (Sarducci)

Mann Slaughter -- My fore fathers' hall echoes with the glory of our great duel. -- 
Beowulf

     I bet that makes it hard to hear the dinner bell.

Matt Riside -- You rat!  "Decide!" -- Feyd (big Achilles fan)

Bell Corve -- Your big soft middle makes Magua's anger burn less bright.

Ahh Xochithlan, sweet home Xochithlan... returning Angels, Sonja misundertanding 
Magua, an incorrigible Criminal Element, Magua in love, all Rirormi run out of town, 
(...wait, did I say "Magua in love"?!  Then let's add "Snarky misunderstanding 
Magua") aambitious Adepts... yep yep this is my dear Xochithlan... -- Snarky on the 
hoof

Lady Minnistelle [?] -- If you agree to "collaborate" with me, then I will not cover 
up my own part. -- "King" Feyd (better than Feyen)

     Do you have the cheesy little mustache?

Matt Riside -- Awww, go pick on someone who's more like yo mamma. -- Kirtz

Peking Duck -- I swept you right off your webbed feet.  That'll teach you to quack 
off about my belly dancing. -- Sonja

Mann Slaughter -- You've got a mighty left hook, for a snake. -- Beowulf, still 
holding his side

     I'm fairly sure we don't have snakes in this arena.  Ducks, yes.  Fish and mice,
     possible.  But no snakes.

The Greeks were right:  Long-range archers are dishonorable and cowardly. -- Feyd

     But they win battles.

Who's The Cutting Edge?

     Somebody very sharp?  Actually, I have no idea.

I love the stories! -- SNARKY, mgr. Literati

     Thank you. -- the Scribe

Duck A L'Orange -- Well, I'm impressed.  I didn't know a food, even a classy entre, 
could fight that well.  Is this like food poisoning?  As a matter of fact, I think 
I'm going to....  (lengthy pause)  Euwch.  I hate it when that happens.  Let's just 
say, "good fight," and be done with it. -- Quia Rayne

Scrooge McDuck -- My, you are a BIG one, aren't you?  I bet you'll feed the whole 
family! -- Belle Cor

Kahr, Jack -- If I find out who told you where I was parked, there will be blood 
shed!  I hate it when I go out after the fights, just wanting to hop in the chariot 
and go home, and it's GONE. -- Opara Persi

15 September 2005
                             HAMMER ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT

     Be it known from the highest mountains to the darkest alleys of Alastari that
the veteran manager known far and wide as Hammer has now officially retired from
sponsoring contests as of September 15, 2005.
     What a long time ago was a fun motivated activity to help promote our common
DM/D2 gaming interest in an effort to promote the growth and competitiveness of
selected arenas has become a far from fun experience.
     In other words Hammer has had it!
     The combination of real life situations interfering with the time needed to
effectively sponsor a contest, plus the attitudes expressed during such sponsorship
interference has led to Hammer closing his personal coin coffers and retiring from
his planned sponsorship of any future contests.
     There are others in our close knit gaming community who are well able to step up
to the plate and continue sponsoring contests that make the basic game a fun
experience for all those who choose to compete and interact in such future endeavors.
     Hammer thanks all managers both active and inactive who helped to make the
Hammer sponsored contests a historical and entertaining experience well worth the
time, effort and money spent over the past several years.
     May the Cheers and the Jeers of future contests build upon the legacies of those
who have paved the way in years gone by to help make this game what it is today.
     Hammer has no regrets for the part he has played in that history.

19 September 2005
I'd like to say hello to everyone I know that is still around after my being gone for
five years.  Hope to see you all on the sands, and may your weapons strike true and
your shields protect you (except, of course, against MY warriors *grin*)!! -- Lord
Xiang, D2-101

5 October 2005
To those once of Willaf -- It's time to come back to the sands.  I'm back,
exclusively at Willaf.... -- Kurd the Vivisectionist, Your Better

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

SLUG was butchered by SWAMP TROLL in a crowd pleasing 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
PEKING DUCK subdued MS D. MEENER in a exciting 4 minute Challenge melee.
SONJA was overpowered by QUIA RAYNE in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge duel.
DUCK WITH SWORDS overpowered FEYD in a 3 minute one-sided Challenge fight.
SCROOGE MCDUCK bested KURTZ in a 2 minute beginner vs. veteran upset Challenge brawl.
DUCK A L'ORANGE was viciously subdued by OUTLAW STAR in a 1 minute Title match.
HOT AIR DUCK handily defeated RIRORNI ASSASSIN in a 1 minute uneven melee.
ANACONDA was vanquished by ETRIGAN in a 1 minute one-sided duel.
THE FALLEN ONE was viciously subdued by MANN SLAUGHTER in a popular 5 minute duel.
BEOWULF was overpowered by MATT RISIDE in a 1 minute one-sided melee.
BLACK ADDER overpowered BELLE COR in a 1 minute one-sided match.
KAHR, JACK devastated OPARA PERSI in a 1 minute mismatched conflict.
MAGUA narrowly defeated BLACK GUARD in a 4 minute match.
MALICE devastated WENDAL XOKI in a 1 minute mismatched bout.
MORI NEB overcame RIRORNI DESERTER in a 3 minute beginner's fight.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|WALL OF STEEL                    7         TOTAL PARRY        8 -   2 -  0      80  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   4         BASHING ATTACK    21 -  10 -  1      68  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   3         WALL OF STEEL     23 -  13 -  3      64  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  3         STRIKING ATTACK   13 -   9 -  4      59  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  3         PARRY-STRIKE       7 -   6 -  0      54  |
|AIMED BLOW                       2         AIMED BLOW        14 -  12 -  0      54  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      2         LUNGING ATTACK    14 -  17 -  1      45  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      1         SLASHING ATTACK   10 -  13 -  2      43  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     1         PARRY-RIPOSTE      4 -   7 -  0      36  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    1         PARRY-LUNGE        2 -   8 -  1      20  |

Turn 213 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     BASHING ATTACK     1 -  3         3  WALL OF STEEL  
LUNGING ATTACK     2 -  1     PARRY-LUNGE        0 -  1         2  BASHING ATTACK 
SLASHING ATTACK    2 -  1     PARRY-STRIKE       0 -  1         2  LUNGING ATTACK 
STRIKING ATTACK    2 -  1     PARRY-RIPOSTE      0 -  1         1  STRIKING ATTACK
WALL OF STEEL      4 -  3                                       1  SLASHING ATTACK
TOTAL PARRY        1 -  1                                       1  TOTAL PARRY    
                                                                1  AIMED BLOW     

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
STRIKING ATTACK  OUTLAW STAR 3550           12   7  1  103 DARQUE ANGELS (402)
WALL OF STEEL    HOT AIR DUCK 3451          16   8  0   99 DUCKS UNLIMITED (143)
BASHING ATTACK   DUCK A L'ORANGE 3607        9   7  1   90 DUCKS UNLIMITED (143)
SLASHING ATTACK  ETRIGAN 3596                8   3  0   66 DARQUE ANGELS (402)
TOTAL PARRY      PEKING DUCK 3632            9   1  0   65 DUCKS UNLIMITED (143)
AIMED BLOW       MATT RISIDE 3705            8   1  0   60 CRIMINAL ELEMENT (379)
LUNGING ATTACK   ANACONDA 3382               8   3  0   59 OPHIDIAN ORDER (328)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is QUIA RAYNE 3636.  The most popular warrior this turn 
was MS D. MEENER 3696.  The ten other most popular fighters were MANN SLAUGHTER 3688, 
DUCK WITH SWORDS 3726, THE FALLEN ONE 3416, QUIA RAYNE 3636, SCROOGE MCDUCK 3719, 
OUTLAW STAR 3550, ETRIGAN 3596, MAGUA 3674, MORI NEB 3728, and HOT AIR DUCK 3451.

The least popular fighter this week was WENDAL XOKI 3727.  The other ten least 
popular fighters were OPARA PERSI 3670, BEOWULF 3673, ANACONDA 3382, DUCK A L'ORANGE 
3607, FEYD 3697, BELLE COR 3720, KURTZ 3671, SONJA 3672, PEKING DUCK 3632, and SLUG 
3729.