DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER
Date : 08/31/2013 Duedate: 09/27/2013
XOCHITHLAN ARENA
DM-39 TURN-316
This Weeks Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
PEKING DUCK
DUCKS UNLIMITED (143)
(39-3632) [15-5-0,96]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
PEKING DUCK MAHOVLICH
DUCKS UNLIMITED (143) THE ROUGHRIDERS (467)
(39-3632) [15-5-0,96] (39-3930) [5-4-0,49]
Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite
SALOME TORENE BLACK GUARD
THE MIDDLE WAY (385) DARQUE ANGELS (402)
(39-3908) [11-7-0,64] (39-3667) [9-9-0,42]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
DUCKS UNLIMITED (143)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. DUCKS UNLIMITED (143) 24
2. DARQUE ANGELS (402) 24 DARQUE ANGELS (402)
3. THE MIDDLE WAY (385) 8 Unchartered Team
4. THE ROUGHRIDERS (467) 4
5. WORLD BLADES 8 (466) 0 THE ROUGHRIDERS (467)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1- 1*WORLD BLADES 8 (466) 2 1 0 66.7 1/ 1 DUCKS UNLIMITED (143) 14 1 1
2/ 0 DARQUE ANGELS (402) 103 65 8 61.3 2/ 2 THE MIDDLE WAY (385) 8 7 0
3/ 2 DUCKS UNLIMITED (143) 183 124 13 59.6 3/ 3*THE ROUGHRIDERS (467) 6 8 0
4/ 4 THE MIDDLE WAY (385) 425 447 11 48.7 4/ 0 DARQUE ANGELS (402) 3 2 0
5/ 3 STEEL WOLVES 2 (468) 29 31 1 48.3 5/ 4 STEEL WOLVES 2 (468) 2 13 0
6/ 5*THE ROUGHRIDERS (467) 16 26 0 38.1 6- 5*WORLD BLADES 8 (466) 1 1 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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---===SLOW ARENA NEWS===---
Duelmasters
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DM 8 ARKERS (turn 364): URA GONER of YOU PAY I SLAY (Khisanth, mgr.)
DM 28 MORYA (turn 362): FREDDY FENDER of OTTO'S MECHANICS (Otto X, mgr.)
DM 31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 360): MAJOR PAIN of MILITARY MAYHEM (Crip, mgr.)
DM 39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 315): PEKING DUCK of DUCKS UNLIMITED (Crip, mgr.)
DM 45 STORMCROWE (turn 337): ERMINE of NORTHERN LIGHTS (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 47 NORTH FORK (turn 331): LEGION of LUROCIAN DEVILS (The Greek Guy, mgr.)
DM 50 SNOWBOUND (turn 318): C IS FOR COOKIE of OPEN SESAME (Crip, mgr.)
DM 52 FRATSFA (turn 312): PETULANT PANSY of FLOWER GIRLS (Lady Fern, mgr.)
DM 54 TROCAR (turn 297): YAHOO WAHOO of USELESS TOOLS (Crip, mgr.)
DM 59 ILLIS (turn 290): NAZARETH of CHAPEL ROCK (Crip, mgr.)
DM 71 KYR'TERR (turn 266): DIRTY GIRL SCOUT of CORDIALS (Crip, mgr.)
DM 72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 266): RUTABAGA of VEGGIES II (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.)
DM 73 ERINIKA (turn 267): R.S.I. of ALPHABET SOUP (Crip?, mgr.)
DM 83 TELORINTHE (turn 82): STEEL MUSE of NONSUCH HOUSE (Nomad, mgr.)
DM 106 CRYSALIS (turn 264): HARI-KARI of WHAT A WAY TO GO! II (Crip, mgr.)
Top Teams
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DM 8 ARKERS (turn 364): PEASANT REBELLION (Nomad, mgr.)
DM 28 MORYA (turn 362): ZODIAC (Stargazer, mgr.)
DM 31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 360): MILITARY MAYHEM (Crip, mgr.)
DM 39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 315): DUCKS UNLIMITED (Crip, mgr.)
DM 45 STORMCROWE (turn 337): DARQUE FORCES (Master Darque, mgr.)
DM 47 NORTH FORK (turn 331): LAND OF OZ (Oz, mgr.)
DM 50 SNOWBOUND (turn 318): OPEN SESAME (Crip, mgr.)
DM 52 FRATSFA (turn 312): DRAGONS GUARD II (Khisanth, mgr.)
DM 54 TROCAR (turn 297): STEEL WOLVES 5 (Lobo, mgr.)
DM 59 ILLIS (turn 290): BEATRICE (Dante, mgr.)
DM 71 KYR'TERR (turn 266): NEW YORK (Crip, mgr.)
DM 72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 266): NL CENTRAL (?, mgr.)
DM 73 ERINIKA (turn 266): WORLD WIDE GORE (Crip, mgr.)
DM 83 TELORINTHE (turn 82): BAD SIGNS (Dark Oracle, mgr.)
DM 106 CRYSALIS (turn 264): HANGOVERS et al (Crip, mgr.)
Recent Graduates
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DM 8 ARKERS (turn 364): URA GONER of YOU PAY I SLAY (Khisanth, mgr.)
IMA SLAYER of YOU PAY I SLAY (Khisanth, mgr.)
(turn 363): ALAMO of SMITHSONIAN (Curator, mgr.)
DM 28 MORYA (turn 362): LILY OF SARMATIA of DODGE BULLETS (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 360): MAJOR PAIN of MILITARY MAYHEM (Crip, mgr.)
(turn 359): THRALL of THE STORM REAVERS (?, mgr.)
DM 45 STORMCROWE (turn 336): ROSELYN of DARQUE FORCES (Master Darque, mgr.)
DM 47 NORTH FORK (turn 330): RAVAGE of OBSIDIAN ORDER (Skaven, mgr.)
NO BATHROOM of BASH BROS PARK (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr)
DM 71 KYR'TERR (turn 265): SEAM of ARENAS III (Khradmon, mgr.)
BROWN EYED SUSAN of NEW YORK (Crip, mgr.)
DUELMASTER'S COLUMN
Notes from the arena champ.
First off, I want to congratulate this arena for having the best personal ad to
warrior ratio in Alastari. While we may not be numerous, we make up for it in
verbitude. I'm sure the Middle Way appreciate it.
While I'm sure it helps to hit hard to be able to attain this throne, my
personal experience is it helps to be able to take a hit or two or three or four or
seventeen. We all have our own methods, and none are to be frowned upon.
Peking Duck
Duelmaster of Xochitlan
Ducks Unlimited
SPY REPORT
Well, what are you looking at, XOCHITHLAN? Ain't you never seen Snide Clemens
before? Ah, shaddup and listen to my news. Of course, we're all terribly impressed
to see DUCK WITH SWORDS win a fight and gain 17 points, terribly. Tsk, tsk, DUCK
WITH SWORDS beat DESSLOCK CAIN and DESSLOCK CAIN lost 11 points. You're breakin' my
heart. And if variety is the spice of life, XOCHITHLAN may be getting bland, as
PEKING DUCK stays top dog in the city. I'm not in a very good mood today, but why am
I telling you this? You want to know what's new, don't you, XOCHITHLAN?
Well, let's take a look at some more misdeeds of you miserable sword-boys.
STEEL WOLVES 2, I suppose you'll be glad to know you were this turn's most avoided
team. Care to know who is the most afraid of you? And it looks like DUCKS UNLIMITED
avoided them the most this turn. What a pack of would be losers, if you ask me.
Hmph. MORGANA BLACK was challenged more times this turn than the Duelmaster. Now
was the DM insulted or feared? Heh, heh. I guess I can give a little credit to
GRAYDEN VALE of STEEL WOLVES 2 for challenging up by 18 to MIGHTY DUCK. GRAYDEN VALE
lost to get 3 points of recognition.
Death and Taxes. The less death I see, the more it taxes my patience. Let's
see if anyone's dead or dying. I could say I saw this coming, but so could anyone
else. Anyway, this turn it came. BASH ARTADI's 6-5-1 has earned him the Dark Arena.
Gee, STEEL WOLVES 2, ain't it past due for sending SYLAH VENTRESS Dark Arena? What
took ol' '4-7-0' so long? Hope? Ha ha aha ha! We're all going to die in the end,
so why worry if the fate catches up with you sooner that later?
There's got to be a better place in XOCHITHLAN to get a drink than The Warty
Toad! Any suggestions? Phlllt! Just had to do that before I leave the fine city of
XOCHITHLAN. I feel much better now. I see the crowds are getting restless, I must
leave now-- Snide Clemens
DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
PEKING DUCK 3632 15 5 0 96 DUCKS UNLIMITED (143)
CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
MALICE 3704 11 2 3 95 DARQUE ANGELS (402)
DUCK WITH SWORDS 3726 8 1 0 94 DUCKS UNLIMITED (143)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
ISRAFEL 3809 7 1 0 75 DARQUE ANGELS (402)
DESSLOCK CAIN 3936 9 3 0 72 STEEL WOLVES 2 (468)
BETTINA CHIM 3880 18 16 0 70 THE MIDDLE WAY (385)
CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
SALOME TORENE 3908 11 7 0 64 THE MIDDLE WAY (385)
SCROOGE MCDUCK 3719 8 3 0 60 DUCKS UNLIMITED (143)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
ULRIK VENN 3892 13 13 0 53 THE MIDDLE WAY (385)
MAHOVLICH 3930 5 4 0 49 THE ROUGHRIDERS (467)
WOVERN YANSY 3934 8 5 0 48 THE MIDDLE WAY (385)
BLACK GUARD 3667 9 9 0 42 DARQUE ANGELS (402)
HORVANTH IRNDE 3912 8 8 0 42 THE MIDDLE WAY (385)
MORGANA BLACK 3939 8 4 0 41 STEEL WOLVES 2 (468)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
SOVEREIGN 3893 5 2 0 32 DARQUE ANGELS (402)
MIGHTY DUCK 4032 2 0 0 26 DUCKS UNLIMITED (143)
-BRUNEI 3924 2 0 0 26 WORLD BLADES 8 (466)
HABBIBOULIN 3931 4 5 0 24 THE ROUGHRIDERS (467)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
KOIVU 3932 4 5 0 22 THE ROUGHRIDERS (467)
HOWARD THE DUCK 3845 3 1 0 20 DUCKS UNLIMITED (143)
SELAANE 3929 1 8 0 17 THE ROUGHRIDERS (467)
MASTEMA 3896 1 0 0 14 DARQUE ANGELS (402)
HAKKINNEN 4033 1 1 0 4 THE ROUGHRIDERS (467)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
GRAYDEN VALE 4031 0 3 0 3 STEEL WOLVES 2 (468)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
BASH ARTADI 3938 6 6 1 STEEL WOLVES 2 468 SWAMP TROLL 316 NONE
SYLAH VENTRESS 3935 4 8 0 STEEL WOLVES 2 468 WOOD GOLEM 316 NONE
PERSONAL ADS
All -- After an oh-five turn, multiple questions were raised at the Steel Wolves 2
post-fight meetings, such as:
"Why wasn't I running at my normal activity level?"
"What's with the heavier armor?"
"Didn't someone say there'd be donuts at this meeting?"
Tempers flared. Now, I am not sure exactly what flaring entails, but I've heard that
tempers do so from time to time, especially during stressful situations, so it seems
appropriate in this case. Yes, tempers flared this way and that. It was so
upsetting I had to lie down afterwards.
"Big changes have to be made," I said, once I located the room where the meeting
was held. I said this in my most intimidating Big Manager Voice, in a tone that
meant I Mean Business. It was all very impressive.
Let's see if these wolves tighten up this go-around. -- Lobo, mgr. SW2
Hakkinnen -- Help yourself to my left buttock, why don't you. -- G. Vale
Mahovlich -- C'est dommage. Je me suis easse la... pelvisse. -- M. Black
Peking Duck -- I'm looking forward to the rubber match. I've been working on my
cardio. And by this I mean I'm eating a bag of chips, but they're low-fat, so it's
basically like going to the gym. -- D. Cain
I wish!
Desslock Cain -- Not sure I can survive a close encounter of the third kind. --
Peking Duck
Bettina Chim -- You can tell Jorja's stablehand that I like my Ski Masks Black and
Blue and Red all over. -- Duck With Swords
Ulrik Venn -- Next time, I will need a little more time to count my gold coins. --
Scrooge McDuck
Sylah Ventress -- Sometimes when the bad guys come after you, you just have to stand
up and take it like a Duck. -- Howard the Duck
Lobo -- Did you say you were looking for the new Roughrider? -- Aislin
Grayden Vale -- Battle of the Neophytes! I love it. You must protect those
buttocks, my friend. -- Hakkinnen
Morgana Black -- Did you have somewhere to go? I knew you'd surrender, but not THAT
quickly! -- Mahovlich
Wovern Yansy -- Okay, so I *was* expecting to go against Ulrik Venn. I wasn't
prepared to face a slasher. Oops. -- Selaane
Horvanth Irnde -- So much for my new offensive strategy. Just one hit would've been
nice. -- Koivu
Scrooge -- I'm Saku. Mikko would never make it in this arena. -- Koivu
Brunei -- I'm glad the audience found the action thrilling. Scary, if you ask me. --
Habbiboulin
Wow, Ducks all over the front page! It may be a sign, but I don't know how to read
it. -- Jorja
P.S. Except in the obvious sense that these Ducks are potent gladiators.
Desslock Cain and Lobo -- Even more, you remember your first ever Lord Protector. I
really regretted it when she got sucked off to Primus. -- Jorja
Duck A L'Orange -- Yep, you said that, and we all marveled at your pumped up figure!
-- various members of the Middle Way
Duck With Swords -- I always wondered about that mask. I feel sure you could be a
powerful gladiator without one, and, you know, they're bound to be hot. -- Horvanth
Irnde
Selaane -- Ah... voodoo? Not me! I wouldn't do something like that. Really. --
Ulrik Venn
Duck With Swords -- If you'd had a ski mask on, I would have pulled it over your
eyes! -- Bettina Chim
Scrooge McDuck -- Next time I catch your hand in my pocket, I'll do more than
"savagely defeat" you. Be a scrooge with your own money, if you want, but keep your
cotton-pickin' fingers off MINE. -- Ulrik Venn
Bash Artadi -- What's up with that training? You don't seem to have a problem. --
Salome Torene
Selaane -- It must be limiting to be a golem. -- Wovern Yansy
Koivu -- Golems everywhere! Did your manager get a deal on 'em? -- Horvanth Irnde
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
BASH ARTADI was butchered by SWAMP TROLL in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
SYLAH VENTRESS was barely slain by WOOD GOLEM in a 3 minute brutal Dark Arena duel.
DUCK WITH SWORDS handily defeated DESSLOCK CAIN in a 1 minute Challenge match.
SCROOGE MCDUCK bested MAHOVLICH in a popular 1 minute Challenge contest.
HOWARD THE DUCK was overpowered by HORVANTH IRNDE in a 1 minute Challenge match.
SELAANE was devastated by MORGANA BLACK in a 4 minute bloody one-sided Challenge duel.
GRAYDEN VALE was overpowered by MIGHTY DUCK in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge brawl.
PEKING DUCK outwaited BETTINA CHIM in a crowd boring 16 minute expert's Title melee.
SALOME TORENE was vanquished by MALICE in a 1 minute gruesome uneven fight.
ISRAFEL overpowered WOVERN YANSY in a 1 minute gruesome one-sided fight.
BLACK GUARD was luckily beaten by ULRIK VENN in a exciting 3 minute brutal fight.
SOVEREIGN was devastated by RIRORNI HORSEMAN in a 1 minute mismatched conflict.
HABBIBOULIN demolished RIRORNI CHIEFTAIN in a 1 minute mismatched match.
KOIVU overpowered RIRORNI DESERTER in a 1 minute mismatched conflict.
HAKKINNEN was overpowered by MASTEMA in a 1 minute one-sided duel.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|SLASHING ATTACK 6 PARRY-STRIKE 1 - 0 - 0 100 |
|TOTAL PARRY 5 AIMED BLOW 5 - 2 - 0 71 |
|LUNGING ATTACK 4 BASHING ATTACK 6 - 3 - 1 67 |
|STRIKING ATTACK 3 TOTAL PARRY 24 - 17 - 0 59 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 3 STRIKING ATTACK 14 - 11 - 1 56 |
|WALL OF STEEL 2 SLASHING ATTACK 27 - 22 - 0 55 |
|AIMED BLOW 1 WALL OF STEEL 5 - 5 - 0 50 |
|BASHING ATTACK 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE 13 - 16 - 0 45 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 0 LUNGING ATTACK 12 - 20 - 1 38 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 0 PARRY-LUNGE 1 - 3 - 0 25 |
Turn 316 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-RIPOSTE 1 - 2 4 SLASHING ATTACK
STRIKING ATTACK 2 - 1 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 3 TOTAL PARRY
TOTAL PARRY 3 - 2 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 0 1 STRIKING ATTACK
LUNGING ATTACK 2 - 2 BASHING ATTACK 0 - 1 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE
SLASHING ATTACK 3 - 3 WALL OF STEEL 0 - 2 1 LUNGING ATTACK
1 WALL OF STEEL
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
TOTAL PARRY PEKING DUCK 3632 15 5 0 96 DUCKS UNLIMITED (143)
SLASHING ATTACK MALICE 3704 11 2 3 95 DARQUE ANGELS (402)
STRIKING ATTACK DUCK WITH SWORDS 3726 8 1 0 94 DUCKS UNLIMITED (143)
PARRY-RIPOSTE SALOME TORENE 3908 11 7 0 64 THE MIDDLE WAY (385)
LUNGING ATTACK SCROOGE MCDUCK 3719 8 3 0 60 DUCKS UNLIMITED (143)
WALL OF STEEL MAHOVLICH 3930 5 4 0 49 THE ROUGHRIDERS (467)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
The overall popularity leader is SALOME TORENE 3908. The most popular warrior this
turn was BLACK GUARD 3667. The ten other most popular fighters were SYLAH VENTRESS
3935, MORGANA BLACK 3939, SCROOGE MCDUCK 3719, MIGHTY DUCK 4032, DUCK WITH SWORDS
3726, MALICE 3704, ISRAFEL 3809, HABBIBOULIN 3931, KOIVU 3932, and MAHOVLICH 3930.
The least popular fighter this week was PEKING DUCK 3632. The other ten least
popular fighters were BETTINA CHIM 3880, HAKKINNEN 4033, SOVEREIGN 3893, WOVERN YANSY
3934, SALOME TORENE 3908, HOWARD THE DUCK 3845, DESSLOCK CAIN 3936, BASH ARTADI 3938,
MASTEMA 3896, and ULRIK VENN 3892.