DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER
Date : 02/18/2005 Duedate: 03/03/2005
ZENSU ARENA
DM-40 TURN-460
This Weeks Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
BORIS KARLOFF
MEN OF 1,000 FACES (420)
(40-4112) [7-1-0,96]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
ARNIE EL SHEW BORIS KARLOFF
BEYOND THE PALE (337) MEN OF 1,000 FACES (420)
(40-3930) [11-45-2,80] (40-4112) [7-1-0,96]
Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite
ARNIE EL SHEW PHANTASMAGORIA
BEYOND THE PALE (337) AS FAR AS SIAM (199)
(40-3930) [11-45-2,80] (40-1664) [16-16-0,73]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
MEN OF 1,000 FACES (420)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. BLOOD ANGELS (423) 55
2. MEN OF 1,000 FACES (420) 49 OF WOLF AND MAN 8 (347)
3. WAR-C-KERS (422) 26 Unchartered Team
4. BLITZKRIEG (421) 9
5. THE SHIRE (321) 4 BLITZKRIEG (421)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1/ 0*BLITZKRIEG (421) 1 0 0 100 1/ 1*MEN OF 1,000 FACES (420) 7 5 0
2/ 0*BLOOD ANGELS (423) 4 1 0 80.0 2/ 4*WAR-C-KERS (422) 5 1 0
3/ 3*WAR-C-KERS (422) 10 4 0 71.4 3/ 0*BLOOD ANGELS (423) 4 1 0
4/ 1 OF WOLF AND MAN 8 (347) 14 6 0 70.0 4/ 2 AS FAR AS SIAM (199) 4 6 0
5/ 2*MEN OF 1,000 FACES (420) 28 13 1 68.3 5- 5 NEUROMANCERS (404) 3 1 0
6/ 4 AS FAR AS SIAM (199) 87 73 9 54.4 6/ 0 THE SHIRE (321) 2 0 1
7/ 0 THE SHIRE (321) 20 18 3 52.6 7/ 6 OF WOLF AND MAN 8 (347) 2 0 0
8- 6 NEUROMANCERS (404) 25 29 4 46.3 8/ 3 BEYOND THE PALE (337) 2 13 0
9/ 7 BEYOND THE PALE (337) 358 541 13 39.8 9/ 0*BLITZKRIEG (421) 1 0 0
'*' Unchartered team '-' Team did not fight this turn
(###) Avoid teams by their Team Id ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank
SPY REPORT
Welcome ZENSU. I, Olaf Modeen remember this place well. Many the fights have I
fought here. The celebrations, the disappointments... Phhbltt! Too much drinking
and too little dodging gave BEYOND THE PALE a 0-5-0! I got a good laugh out of it!
Welcome to ZENSU, BLOOD ANGELS! We need more teams who can get a 4-1-0 their first
time out! What's with TOXIC? He actually beat ZENSU's EMBEZZLING SCRIBE, and walked
away with 20 more points from the fight. Laughs were big at WAR-C-KERS while they
watched STUMP JUMPER clobber SHREK. He lost 8 points and got bruised from objects
thrown from the stands. Try as he might, M. CHARDINEE wasn't good enough at
persuading PISTON HURRICANE to step down from the Duelmaster's throne... Advice to
fighters with a 1 will--give up fighting!
Speaking of cowardly avoiders and unfair challenges... The most avoided team
was AS FAR AS SIAM. In my day, no team with a 86-69-9 would scare me off! What's
the problem, WAR-C-KERS? What do people see in ARNIE EL SHEW? His 11-45-2? BEYOND
THE PALE ain't talkin', but he's got 80 points. Maybe MEN OF 1,000 FACES' BELA
LUGOSI is one of those guys who likes pain, or something. That's what he'll get next
week, after challenging up 26 to DARK LENORA. DARK LENORA must not been fighting
well, cause she lost to BELA LUGOSI of MEN OF 1,000 FACES. Sometimes you just have a
bad day where things get, um, mixed up. I hate going to the effort of writing about
the kind of fights that BORIS KARLOFF gets in. He fights people like ARNIE EL SHEW,
8 points below. I thought BORIS KARLOFF showed great skill and promise when he
subdued ARNIE EL SHEW. All right, so I slept through it! Big deal!
Warriors of ZENSU unite. You have only your games to lose! Some people in
ZENSU think MEN OF 1,000 FACES was too harsh when they sent LON CHANEY (5-2-0) to the
Dark Arena. Them's the breaks, I say. Here's some advice: study your opponent,
master many skills, fight dirty.
Who knows what the future holds for a warrior. More fights, there's no doubt.
All work and no play makes Olaf a dull fighter. Work and play no fighter dull Olaf.
Olaffighterwork and no play. Time for my medication, so I'll leave now. Practice,
practice, practice!-- Olaf Modeen
DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
BORIS KARLOFF 4112 7 1 0 96 MEN OF 1,000 FACES (420)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
BELA LUGOSI 4114 7 2 0 90 MEN OF 1,000 FACES (420)
-TRIANGLE MAN 4000 7 1 0 85 NEUROMANCERS (404)
ARNIE EL SHEW 3930 11 45 2 80 BEYOND THE PALE (337)
PHANTASMAGORIA 1664 16 16 0 73 AS FAR AS SIAM (199)
DARK LENORA 4110 12 5 0 68 BEYOND THE PALE (337)
LON CHANEY JR. 4116 7 2 1 68 MEN OF 1,000 FACES (420)
CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
BILBO BAGGINS 3031 11 13 1 57 THE SHIRE (321)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
DRAXLER 3294 10 4 0 55 OF WOLF AND MAN 8 (347)
BLONDE GRENADE 4069 12 16 2 54 BEYOND THE PALE (337)
BLADE MASTER 4123 5 2 0 52 WAR-C-KERS (422)
JENIPHER 4091 11 11 1 45 BEYOND THE PALE (337)
STUMP JUMPER 4124 5 2 0 44 WAR-C-KERS (422)
-WHITE NOISE 4030 3 1 0 39 NEUROMANCERS (404)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
O. POSTE 4107 7 11 0 33 BEYOND THE PALE (337)
FATTY ARBUCKLE 4129 4 3 0 32 AS FAR AS SIAM (199)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
BULLROARER 3131 5 3 1 23 THE SHIRE (321)
SHREK 4128 4 4 0 23 AS FAR AS SIAM (199)
-PARTICLE MAN 4100 2 0 1 23 NEUROMANCERS (404)
TOXIC 4137 1 0 0 20 BLOOD ANGELS (423)
CRIMSON FEAST 4134 1 0 0 15 BLOOD ANGELS (423)
-OTRAR 3292 4 2 0 14 OF WOLF AND MAN 8 (347)
-ABSOLUTE ZERO 4031 1 3 0 14 NEUROMANCERS (404)
VIRULENT 4136 1 0 0 13 BLOOD ANGELS (423)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
REAGAN 4121 1 0 0 9 BLITZKRIEG (421)
GORE 4133 1 0 0 6 BLOOD ANGELS (423)
GUX UNFALFADOO 4138 0 1 0 1 AS FAR AS SIAM (199)
SANGUINE 4135 0 1 0 1 BLOOD ANGELS (423)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
MORDANT DESERTER 2 0 1 0 1 BULLROARER 3131 460 NONE
LON CHANEY 4113 5 3 0 MEN OF 1,000 FACE 420 ARENAMASTER DIEGO 23 460 NONE
PERSONAL ADS
Boris Karloff -- How about if you just take any personal written to you by a member
of this team in the last few months and assume it's more of the same? -- Arnie El
Shew
Piston Hurricane -- Write us a line or two. -- Dark Lenora
Lon Chaney Jr. -- Well, you're not demanding, I'll say that for you. Wanting people
to make conversation and all. Hard work, making conversation. -- Blonde Grenade
Bella Lugosi -- Do you use your extra faces to get seconds and thirds in the chow
line? -- Jenipher
Blade Master -- You know, I don't think my sister Emily would approve of you. -- O.
Poste
31 January 2005
My fellow duelists I come before you bearing a sad and unfortunate message.
Several months ago our group, the Vendetta Cartel, had lost contact with one of our
friends. Since he was in contact or correspondence on an almost daily basis there
was concern amongst us. With some research two of our members discovered why contact
was lost with him.
On November 10, 2004, Richard Hammes was taken from us in a senseless act of
violence during a robbery attempt at a friend's store where he sometimes worked. He
was watching the store so his friend could go home to tend to his son who had taken
ill. You may have known Rich as Abarsis, The Slaughter Priest ; richh10 on the RT;
or gameogre on the Duel2 messageboard. You may not have known that he spent 13 years
serving the United States in the Navy.
Rich dearly loved this game and all it encompassed. He may not have been the
best or most experienced manager but he loved to interact with others and was quick
to offer advice whenever anyone asked for help. He was always kind and gracious and
tried to strengthen our game, often by helping new players feel welcome or give them
a chance to compete. With his prolific posting I know that I am simply speaking the
obvious about what he did for our game. Many, like me, were drawn to him, perhaps
for his kind nature or his sense of humor, and it appears he lived his life as he
played this game. Always willing to help or do right by others.
I realize that he had many friends outside the VC so I will include the link to
the news story in case any of his other friends would like to know more of what
happened. We're all dealt a hand in life but it's not the strength of the hand
you're dealt but rather how you play it that really matters. Rich played his hand to
the very best of his human ability and for this I admire him greatly. I know we all
choose to like or dislike managers but I believe deep down we are all good and
decent, in this game, and will drop party (alliance) lines and will show the proper
respect.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20041112/news_7m12clerk.html
Rich was taken from us all to soon and with so much left to offer the community
around him. He spoke of a desire to run a contest on the Duel2 site which I hope to
uphold in his name. Some of the people I have spoken with think it would be a nice
gesture to do one final good act in Rich's name, though it could never match what he
would've done within his community, for his community of San Diego. I hope that with
this contest we might raise a little money to donate to an appropriate charity within
San Diego in his name.
In conclusion I send a message to Rich:
"Rich, though I'm sure you gathered this I never really told you how much I
admired you and what a friend I considered you. I thank you for being my voice of
reason and always reminding me of why we both loved this game so much! You have
taught me one final valuable lesson in learning more of you. There are things far
more valuable in life than material possessions such as character and kindness. That
nothing going on in your life means that you cannot find a way to be kind and giving
to others. We always spoke of meeting someday and until we finally do know that you
will live on in with me and the rest of your brothers and sisters in the Cartel:
Master Darque, Kat, Bum, Sensei Jan, Maximillian, Hammer, Fizban, Firehawk, Phat
Phat. You increased all of our enjoyment of this game, you were a true ambassador of
Duelmasters, and the game will not be quite the same without you. A farewell battle
cry from the ZalCon: 'Confusion to our enemies'. May your soul rest in peace, my
friend."
Should anyone wish to correspond about Rich feel free to contact myself, or
anyone else within the Vendetta Cartel.
Street Legal
Jeff Bura
The Death Squad(63) in Tobir or triumph1971@hotmail.com
31 January 2005
Be it known throughout Alastari that Hammer is no longer a member of the
Vendetta Cartel alliance.
A difference of opinion with another highly respected member of the VC due to my
recent vocal actions in DM 47 can only be resolved by my resignation from the VC as
of January 29, 2005.
I leave of my own accord, in good standing with all members and with no hard
feelings towards anyone in the Vendetta Cartel.
There was a time when I felt that my membership in the VC made the alliance
stronger. I know that my resignation today makes the Vendetta Cartel a stronger
alliance with my absence. -- Hammer
1 February 2005
St. Valentine's Massacre update
My apologies, the Kill Contest starting on turn 476 in Jhans will run for 10 (ten)
turns ending on turn number 486.
Azrael
5 February 2005
On behalf of the ILLUMINATI Confederation of Alliances (The kLk, CHAOS, Inc. and The
Company of Brothers) I would like to express our sympathies concerning the tragic
loss of Rich Hammes to both the DM community and to the real life world. Surely our
loss has been Heaven's gain. -- Talon Darkhart, deeply sorrowful
kLk God of War, Illuminati Alliance, Puppetmaster
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
LON CHANEY was butchered by ARENAMASTER DIEGO in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
BORIS KARLOFF demolished ARNIE EL SHEW in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge Title melee.
BELA LUGOSI overpowered DARK LENORA in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge duel.
LON CHANEY JR. devastated BLONDE GRENADE in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge fight.
BLADE MASTER demolished JENIPHER in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge competition.
PISTON HURRICANE vanquished M. CHARDINEE in a 1 minute mismatched fight.
PHANTASMAGORIA was outlasted by KHALHUMS DWARF in a popular 7 minute master's brawl.
BILBO BAGGINS viciously subdued FATTY ARBUCKLE in a 2 minute gruesome duel.
DRAXLER viciously subdued O. POSTE in a 2 minute gruesome fight.
SHREK was vanquished by STUMP JUMPER in a 1 minute one-sided fight.
BULLROARER killed MORDANT DESERTER in a 1 minute melee.
REAGAN beat SANGUINE in a exciting 1 minute novice's fight.
GORE bested GUX UNFALFADOO in a exciting 1 minute amateur's conflict.
CRIMSON FEAST demolished PERSISTENT BEGGAR in a 2 minute one-sided brawl.
VIRULENT handily defeated MORDANT DESERTER in a 1 minute one-sided conflict.
TOXIC vanquished EMBEZZLING SCRIBE in a 1 minute mismatched bout.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|LUNGING ATTACK 6 PARRY-STRIKE 1 - 0 - 0 100 |
|STRIKING ATTACK 4 STRIKING ATTACK 10 - 0 - 0 100 |
|BASHING ATTACK 4 SLASHING ATTACK 14 - 5 - 1 74 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 3 AIMED BLOW 11 - 6 - 0 65 |
|WALL OF STEEL 3 PARRY-RIPOSTE 9 - 6 - 0 60 |
|AIMED BLOW 2 WALL OF STEEL 7 - 6 - 0 54 |
|TOTAL PARRY 2 LUNGING ATTACK 14 - 15 - 0 48 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 BASHING ATTACK 13 - 17 - 1 43 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 0 TOTAL PARRY 8 - 20 - 1 29 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 - 0 0 |
Turn 460 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 2 AIMED BLOW
STRIKING ATTACK 4 - 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 2 LUNGING ATTACK
SLASHING ATTACK 2 - 1 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 0 2 BASHING ATTACK
WALL OF STEEL 2 - 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 1 1 STRIKING ATTACK
LUNGING ATTACK 3 - 3 TOTAL PARRY 0 - 2 1 SLASHING ATTACK
1 TOTAL PARRY
1 PARRY-RIPOSTE
1 WALL OF STEEL
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
STRIKING ATTACK BORIS KARLOFF 4112 7 1 0 96 MEN OF 1,000 FACES (420)
AIMED BLOW BELA LUGOSI 4114 7 2 0 90 MEN OF 1,000 FACES (420)
PARRY-RIPOSTE DARK LENORA 4110 12 5 0 68 BEYOND THE PALE (337)
BASHING ATTACK LON CHANEY JR. 4116 7 2 1 68 MEN OF 1,000 FACES (420)
WALL OF STEEL DRAXLER 3294 10 4 0 55 OF WOLF AND MAN 8 (347)
LUNGING ATTACK STUMP JUMPER 4124 5 2 0 44 WAR-C-KERS (422)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
The overall popularity leader is ARNIE EL SHEW 3930. The most popular warrior this
turn was PHANTASMAGORIA 1664. The ten other most popular fighters were BILBO BAGGINS
3031, DRAXLER 3294, REAGAN 4121, BORIS KARLOFF 4112, STUMP JUMPER 4124, GORE 4133,
BELA LUGOSI 4114, LON CHANEY JR. 4116, BLADE MASTER 4123, and GUX UNFALFADOO 4138.
The least popular fighter this week was BULLROARER 3131. The other ten least popular
fighters were SHREK 4128, FATTY ARBUCKLE 4129, JENIPHER 4091, BLONDE GRENADE 4069,
DARK LENORA 4110, ARNIE EL SHEW 3930, TOXIC 4137, VIRULENT 4136, SANGUINE 4135, and
O. POSTE 4107.
The following warriors have traveled to AD after fighting this turn:
PISTON HURRICANE (40-2287) AS FAR AS SIAM (199)
Name-Change-O-Rama
The winter tourney brought a lot of people to the Isle who didn't appear there
normally. This included Commission employees. Half a dozen arenamasters regarded
each other warily in the mirror behind the bar at the Pig in a Haystack. The Pig was
obscure and mediocre, drawing few gladiators, which is what they had all been looking
for. They saw gladiators every day. Most arenamaster were convinced that this was
some kind of punishment.
You could always pick out the arenamasters in a crowd. There were superficial
differences: One of these had clearly Adantri features, one wore an eye-patch, two
were female. But there were, in significant ways, alike. The same size, the same
hair-trigger alertness, the same deadliness.
The one-eyed man broke the ice, raising his beer mug in salute. "I'm Zrof One-
Eye from Zukal. Sugar of Arvat--" One of the women bowed slightly. "I know Sugar.
The rest of you...?"
The Adantri matched his salute. "Dernal of Dayla Kiv."
"Daiyla Kiv? Ah...."
"No, without the 'I' in it. These damned bureaucrats can't spell, and they
thought adding an unnecessary vowel was exotic." Disgust dripped from his voice.
"Tell me about it!" another man growled in agreement. "Khagal of Niatoli, and
what they do to the spelling of THAT simple word--!"
"I thought Daiyla, I mean Dayla Kiv had a different name right now,"
Arenamistress Sugar said. "The arena, at least, because of a contest?"
"Chavez Ravine." Dernal's tone was the one that substituted in polite company
for spitting on the floor.
Zrof blinked, taken aback by the bitterness. He wouldn't have minded a contest
in Zukal, and damn what they called the place. "It's only temporary, though."
"Temporary, shmiperary," another man muttered. He seemed well into his drinking,
although, like all arenamasters, he carried his liquor well. "They do it all the time
in Aradi. No reshpect. Go around changing thish, changing that. I wish I could
change shome thingsh." He signalled the bartender for a refill.
The second woman put her hand over his mug. "You've had enough, Harkon. Try the
coffee, instead."
"You should be mad, too, Ripplesh," Harkon said. "They're going to do shtuff
like that in Jahnsh, aren't they?"
Ripples Dorrigan shrugged. All the men paused, some with glasses half raised, to
watch. "It's the way things are," she said. "Not much we can do about it."
"You know," Khagal of Niatoli said, "maybe we could make a few changes. Fix the
spelling of Arena 33, for one, change a few standby titles--"
"The Commission hates changes." Dernal of Dayla Kiv topped up his glass and
drained it gloomily.
"Yes, but if we disguise it," Sugar of Arvat said, excited, "make it... maybe a
general Name-Change-O-Rama! Then we could slip OUR changes through and no one would
notice or mind."
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By popular demand, we are holding a Name-Change-o-Rama during the month of March.
If you wish to change the name of your warriors or teams, please contact RSI Customer
Service. The charge for a name change is $1, unless you're in DOOMCorps, in which
case you take your chances. (Just kidding, guys! *snicker*)