DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER Date : 09/09/2006 Duedate: 10/06/2006 XOCHITHLAN ARENA DM-39 TURN-225 This Weeks Top Honors THE DUELMASTER IS CHUCKLE CHEAP SHOTS (426) (39-3602) [17-2-0,98] Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader CHUCKLE POSITION IS EMPTY CHEAP SHOTS (426) (39-3602) [17-2-0,98] Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite QUIA RAYNE BELLE COR THE MIDDLE WAY (385) THE MIDDLE WAY (385) (39-3636) [12-24-0,82] (39-3720) [11-6-1,83] THE CURRENT TOP TEAM CHEAP SHOTS (426) TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team 1. THE MYRMIDON (424) 34 2. CHEAP SHOTS (426) 19 CHEAP SHOTS (426) 3. THE MIDDLE WAY (385) 5 Unchartered Team 4. OPHIDIAN ORDER (328) 0 5. EVIL INC (440) 0 CHAIN REACTION (249) The Top Teams Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K 1/ 1 CHEAP SHOTS (426) 62 13 0 82.7 1/ 1 CHEAP SHOTS (426) 10 2 0 2- 3 OPHIDIAN ORDER (328) 140 110 6 56.0 2/ 2 THE MIDDLE WAY (385) 5 10 0 3/ 0 THE MYRMIDON (424) 51 41 4 55.4 3/ 0 THE MYRMIDON (424) 3 2 1 4- 4*EVIL INC (440) 4 4 1 50.0 4- 3 OPHIDIAN ORDER (328) 2 1 0 5/ 5 THE MIDDLE WAY (385) 204 225 9 47.6 5- 5*EVIL INC (440) 0 1 0 '*' Unchartered team '-' Team did not fight this turn (###) Avoid teams by their Team Id ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank DUELMASTER'S COLUMN Notes from the arena champ. Who can go 14-0 in the arena, earn the title of Lord Protector, and have a TV under his belt? Observe perfection at its very best. Here I am. Skulk SPY REPORT You elder fighters surely remember me. The younger ones may call me Olaf Modeen. I return to XOCHITHLAN once again! What's with AKRAM AL' ABBAS? He actually beat THE MIDDLE WAY's WENDAL XOKI, and walked away with 26 more points from the fight. Laughs were big at THE MIDDLE WAY while they watched OPARA PERSI clobber KARIDA NAHID. She lost 7 points and got bruised from objects thrown from the stands. Try as he might, MAELSTROM FURY wasn't good enough at persuading SKULK to step down from the Duelmaster's throne... I suppose you want to hear some rumors and dirty gossip about your fellow fighters? Tough! No matter the time or place, men will always duel. How well I know the feeling of being in the most avoided team! Don't fall out of practive, OPHIDIAN ORDER! The bums at CHEAP SHOTS couldn't face the challenges from OPHIDIAN ORDER! No excuse for that! How well I know the feeling of being the most challenged warrior, BELLE COR! Don't make idle boasts, they may come back to haunt you. A fighter's lot is filled with strife, revenge, and killing. Some fighters don't accept this. The best do. WENDAL XOKI of THE MIDDLE WAY didn't know when to quit. When you've got a 6-7-0, that's a good sign. Now he's dead. AKRAM AL' ABBAS of THE MYRMIDON has spared WENDAL XOKI from the boredom of a warrior's retirement... But I doubt THE MIDDLE WAY is grateful. How long have I been here? I got people to see, places to go... Well, I'm pretty much through. You guys need to get back practicing. XOCHITHLAN is a nice place to live, but I don't like to live in nice places. Time for my medication, so I'll leave now. Practice, practice, practice!-- Olaf Modeen DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME CHUCKLE 3602 17 2 0 98 CHEAP SHOTS (426) CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME SMIRK 3606 13 4 0 91 CHEAP SHOTS (426) CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME MAELSTROM FURY 3589 13 9 1 90 THE MYRMIDON (424) BELLE COR 3720 11 6 1 83 THE MIDDLE WAY (385) QUIA RAYNE 3636 12 24 0 82 THE MIDDLE WAY (385) ADRASAI SIREN 3585 12 5 1 78 THE MYRMIDON (424) -ANACONDA 3382 10 3 0 70 OPHIDIAN ORDER (328) CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME MORI NEB 3728 10 3 0 64 THE MIDDLE WAY (385) OPARA PERSI 3670 12 14 0 63 THE MIDDLE WAY (385) -EYE RAISE 3604 9 0 0 63 CHEAP SHOTS (426) -BLACK ADDER 3373 9 4 0 62 OPHIDIAN ORDER (328) ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME IGNORE 3605 8 7 0 45 CHEAP SHOTS (426) KARIDA NAHID 3582 7 3 0 34 THE MYRMIDON (424) CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME AKRAM AL' ABBAS 3580 1 5 1 31 THE MYRMIDON (424) IDIOT BOX 3581 3 6 1 28 THE MYRMIDON (424) INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -SEA SNAKE 3609 2 1 0 22 OPHIDIAN ORDER (328) -PYTHON 3608 2 1 0 16 OPHIDIAN ORDER (328) -MIDNIGHT NINJA 3734 1 0 0 15 EVIL INC (440) -BLOOD LOUTS 3732 1 0 0 13 EVIL INC (440) -RAPTOR 3733 1 0 0 6 EVIL INC (440) -JADE MOON 3731 1 1 1 5 EVIL INC (440) -BONE CRUSHER 3735 0 3 0 3 EVIL INC (440) '-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn. THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge? WENDAL XOKI 3727 6 7 0 THE MIDDLE WAY 385 AKRAM AL' ABBAS 3580 225 PERSONAL ADS We apologize to all Xochithlan for our inadequacies last turn. A 4-1-0 was simply insufficient. -- Cheap Shot Management I'm bad! I suck! I lost! Mori Web took it to me. I might get fired! -- Ignore (bawling) You absolutely do suck, Ignore. We cannot make rate with a dufus like you. Quit! -- Skulk, Chuckle, Smirk, Eye Raise - Winners all Perhaps Skulk is not so "perfect" as he implies. That was a TC under his belt, rather than a mere TV, although he has one of those also. -- Cheap Shot Management (the real reason for Skulk's success) Well, everybody tells me I don't have to write a personal for my fight with Ignore, BUT I won, so I get to gloat, right? Especially since gloating is really a cheap shot all by itself. -- Mori Neb P.S. Besides, we ALSO have a guild rule that reads "All warriors must write personals every time they fight, unless they have secured a special exemption." And since I didn't happen to secure a "special exemption," well.... But you note that it doesn't say I have to write a personal TO MY OPPONENT, so I think I'm covered both ways. P.P.S. Besides, as neutered orc, Ignore DESERVES to be ignored. Smirk -- Well, I expect you to write a really annoying duel2dude's column, so get to it, buster. -- Quia Rayne Chuckle -- How you can still have the BREATH to chuckle after six minutes boggles the mind, although you did pretty much just stand around. -- Belle Cor The Rirorni Horseman brought his HORSE into the arena and tried to ride me down! Like I'm going to be THAT easy? Ha! I hamstrung the horse, it was a fairly worthless-looking nag anyway, and then I GOT him. The man. Because while the horse, without the man, was still a horse (and the Infirmarian promised to fix it "good as new"), without the horse, the rider was just a man, and I know how to DEAL with men. -- Opara Persi Eye Raise -- So raise 'em, see if I care. Just call me "cold shoulder," buster. -- Wendal Xoki Huh, we see that one of the Cheap Shots is going to "Skulk" off to the Isle and Crysalis after this turn. Good riddance! -- everybody at the Middle Way 11 August 2006 All -- I support Vendetta Cartel's observation of The Dark Knights! If war is declared on V.C. by The Dark Knights, then war is also declared on The Dark Knights of the Desolate Empire by The Avengers of Light! We have been quietly awaiting such a chance to expose ourselves (all interested parties contact me c/o The Barbarians: DM 31, Attn: Timothias)! Come, Vendetta Cartel, let us show these broke-down "Knights" what true warriors are! -- Gemini Goldphoenix, Overlord of The Avengers of Light 26 August 2006 The Avengers of Light. Another VC lackey? What's the matter VC, are you scared? Bringing in reinforcements. It matters not, bring your avengers and they shall be crushed! I am Dark Knight Blackstorm and I represent the Desolate Empire and can easily be found in 8, 28, 31, 47, 54, and 106. I reply with steel and your women shall cry when they start the body count!!!!!!!!! Remember to sign your posts to whoever from the VC wrote that earlier Ad. -- Dark Knight Blackstorm 4 September 2006 Civil War/The Crusades The next edition of the Civil War series is to be held in Tobir, arena 14, beginning November 25th with a round where all participating managers must DA all 5 of their warriors; in addition all warriors must be prefixed with an A an F or a D in the following manner: A-Broke Stroker or (A) Broke Stroker. Names simply beginning with the letter of your federation will NOT count as properly prefixed! Existing teams are welcome but no warrior who survives the DA who had prior Fight Experience (arena or tourney) will be allowed to score or challenge into the contest teams. There will be an equal number of teams set up for each of the three factions (Andorian, Free Blades, and Delarquan) to create sides as equal as possible. This along with the DA round should set up pretty equal footing for all managers. After the DA there will be another round where you can either DA again or fight your new, or surviving, warriors so they will be set up to challenge an opponent beginning on round 1. So as a recap DA round, turn 0, then turn 1 it begins with the following rules: The Civil War to be held in arena 14. - The contest runs for 10-28 turns (barring ties). - No tourney participation allowed. Teams with warriors participating in any tournament are disqualified. - An even number of teams per faction worked out by the Faction Leaders. No later substitutions are allowed. - If a manager brings in a second team and challenges into the contest he is DQ'd and his side will fight one team short! - Three factions will be participating: Andorian, Delarquan, Free Blades - Everyone prefixes their warrior with A-, F-, or D- (No prefix = disqualification of the warrior) - Turn DA: (The DA Round) November 25, 2006. Every warrior must DA. (Warriors not DA'd on Turn 0 are disqualified) - Turn 0: December 9th, 2006. There will be no scoring this turn it is meant to allow for challenges on turn 1. - Turn 1+: Scoring as detailed below - Each team gets 1 point for defeating a warrior from an opposing team. - Fights against warriors on your team do not generate points in any situation. - The team with the most points each turn gets a Battle Point (if there is a tie for the most points then no Battle Points are accrued) - The first team to 10 Battle Points wins the war - Managers of teams on the winning side each receive a +1 bonus potion to be used on a warrior on their contest team. This must be applied within a month of the conclusion of the contest and the team must have been active on the last turn of the contest. Anyone wishing to participate, and feels they can probably stick around for the duration (don't want to handicap a side, of course unforeseeable events cannot be planned for), should either diplo me at THE DEATH SQUAD(63) in Tobir (arena 14) or place a personal ad in the arena. You may also contact me via the Duel2.com boards! Let me know which faction you would like to fight for! This contest is intended to be open to ALL managers wishing to pit themselves against each other to try and determine which faction has the best managers! -- Street Legal LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS SMIRK unbelievably bested BELLE COR in a crowd pleasing 4 minute Challenge fight. SKULK vanquished MAELSTROM FURY in a 1 minute uneven battle. CHUCKLE luckily beat QUIA RAYNE in a crowd pleasing 2 minute expert's Title fight. MORI NEB was bested by ADRASAI SIREN in a 1 minute fight. OPARA PERSI overpowered KARIDA NAHID in a 1 minute mismatched match. IGNORE was devastated by RIRORNI HORSEMAN in a 1 minute bloody one-sided duel. WENDAL XOKI was savagely slain by AKRAM AL' ABBAS in a 1 minute bloody brawl. IDIOT BOX overpowered LONG-RANGE ARCHERS in a 1 minute uneven melee. BATTLE REPORT MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS |FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT| |TOTAL PARRY 3 SLASHING ATTACK 5 - 1 - 0 83 | |LUNGING ATTACK 3 PARRY-LUNGE 3 - 1 - 2 75 | |WALL OF STEEL 3 BASHING ATTACK 22 - 12 - 0 65 | |BASHING ATTACK 2 AIMED BLOW 7 - 4 - 1 64 | |PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 WALL OF STEEL 21 - 17 - 0 55 | |SLASHING ATTACK 1 TOTAL PARRY 16 - 14 - 0 53 | |STRIKING ATTACK 1 STRIKING ATTACK 2 - 2 - 0 50 | |AIMED BLOW 0 PARRY-RIPOSTE 6 - 7 - 0 46 | |PARRY-LUNGE 0 LUNGING ATTACK 5 - 10 - 1 33 | |PARRY-STRIKE 0 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 0 - 0 0 | Turn 225 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: PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 - 0 LUNGING ATTACK 1 - 2 3 LUNGING ATTACK SLASHING ATTACK 1 - 0 AIMED BLOW 0 - 0 3 WALL OF STEEL STRIKING ATTACK 1 - 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 2 TOTAL PARRY TOTAL PARRY 2 - 1 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 0 1 SLASHING ATTACK BASHING ATTACK 1 - 1 WALL OF STEEL 0 - 3 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 BASHING ATTACK TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME TOTAL PARRY CHUCKLE 3602 17 2 0 98 CHEAP SHOTS (426) LUNGING ATTACK MAELSTROM FURY 3589 13 9 1 90 THE MYRMIDON (424) WALL OF STEEL BELLE COR 3720 11 6 1 83 THE MIDDLE WAY (385) SLASHING ATTACK ADRASAI SIREN 3585 12 5 1 78 THE MYRMIDON (424) 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 BELLE COR 3720. The ten other most popular fighters were QUIA RAYNE 3636, CHUCKLE 3602, ADRASAI SIREN 3585, AKRAM AL' ABBAS 3580, OPARA PERSI 3670, IDIOT BOX 3581, SMIRK 3606, MAELSTROM FURY 3589, MORI NEB 3728, and KARIDA NAHID 3582. The least popular fighter this week was WENDAL XOKI 3727. The other ten least popular fighters were IGNORE 3605, KARIDA NAHID 3582, MORI NEB 3728, MAELSTROM FURY 3589, SMIRK 3606, IDIOT BOX 3581, OPARA PERSI 3670, AKRAM AL' ABBAS 3580, ADRASAI SIREN 3585, and CHUCKLE 3602. The following warriors have traveled to AD after fighting this turn: SKULK (39-3603) CHEAP SHOTS (426)