DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 09/15/2006    Duedate: 09/28/2006

ZENSU ARENA

DM-40    TURN-501

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

SANGUINE
BLOOD ANGELS (423)
(40-4135) [12-4-1,137]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

SANGUINE                       POSITION IS EMPTY
BLOOD ANGELS (423)             
(40-4135) [12-4-1,137]         

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

DARRON LINZ                    NOMAD
BEYOND THE PALE (337)          DI$C0MBU1@TED (396)
(40-4159) [14-14-1,88]         (40-3881) [6-5-1,28]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

BEYOND THE PALE (337)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. BEYOND THE PALE (337)       36
2. LETHAL LEGION (429)         25      BLOOD ANGELS (423)
3. WIDE ORBS (432)             18      Unchartered Team
4. BLOOD ANGELS (423)          15
5. EXOTIC TASTES (397)          0      DIRTY DOZENS (333)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1- 1*071406Q (434)              2   0  0  100   1/ 2 BEYOND THE PALE (337)     8  4 1
 2/ 2 BLOOD ANGELS (423)        37  11  3 77.1   2/ 4 LETHAL LEGION (429)       7  6 0
 3- 3 EXOTIC TASTES (397)       43  15  1 74.1   3/ 1 DI$C0MBU1@TED (396)       6  9 2
 4- 4 OF WOLF AND MAN 8 (347)   16   7  0 69.6   4/ 5 BLOOD ANGELS (423)        3  0 0
 5/ 6 LETHAL LEGION (429)       30  18  0 62.5   5- 6 EXOTIC TASTES (397)       3  1 0
 6/ 5 DI$C0MBU1@TED (396)       34  21  4 61.8   6- 3 SUNSET ZOO (270)          3  5 0
 7- 7 SUNSET ZOO (270)          74 101  5 42.3   7- 7*071406Q (434)             2  0 0
 8/ 8 BEYOND THE PALE (337)    445 631 18 41.4   8/10*WIDE ORBS (432)           1  3 0
 9/ 9*DIRTY DOZENS (333)         4  13  0 23.5   9/ 9*DIRTY DOZENS (333)        1  4 0
10/10*WIDE ORBS (432)            1   6  0 14.3  10- 8 OF WOLF AND MAN 8 (347)   0  1 0

    '*'   Unchartered team                       '-'  Team did not fight this turn
   (###)  Avoid teams by their Team Id          ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank

                                      SPY REPORT

     It is I, Novgorodny Vir, Spymaster of Spymasters.  Look on my work, ye mighty, 
and despair!  The boys at DI$C0MBU1@TED left the arena dejected, after being kicked 
out of the top spot by BEYOND THE PALE.  Good show!  BEYOND THE PALE posted a nice 
gain, to come in 1st.  Everybody loves a winner...  Practice pays for SUFFOCATION, 
who pummelled DEVILISH ANGEL, to pocket 18 points.  Win some, lose some.  Speaking of 
which, SUFFOCATION was winsome, after beating DEVILISH ANGEL and seeing her lose 16 
points.  SLICE found out that ZENSU isn't a democracy.  You've gotta be the best to 
be Duelmaster here!  So who was the warrior seen charging into immovable walls and 
challenging dead trees?  Someone's got a basic problem...   
     And how sociable are ZENSU's warriors?  Come, let us see.  To quell some nasty 
rumors, the guys in EXOTIC TASTES are not carrying any incurable diseases.  No need 
to avoid 'em.  As a woman of good breeding scorns the "warriors" of BLOOD ANGELS, so 
did that sorry team shy from EXOTIC TASTES  
     The moving sword slashes, and having slashed, moves on...  Perhaps BEYOND THE 
PALE were the only ones left untouched by FRAIL FREDDY demise.  Can anyone ever take 
his place?  Or do I exaggerate?  Ask not a spymaster for counsel, for he will 
pontificate long after you have fallen into an unconscious stupor.   
     Do not think spyreporting in ZENSU is the highlight of my life.  More important 
duties call me.  Can anything compare to the pleasure of writing Spyreports for 
ZENSU?  On that giddy note I take my leave-- Novgorodny Vir  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SANGUINE 4135                12   4  1   137       BLOOD ANGELS (423)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-WHIPPED WEASEL 3995          10   1  0   118       EXOTIC TASTES (397)
 SLICE 4182                    8   2  0    93       LETHAL LEGION (429)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-VIRULENT 4136                11   1  1    90       BLOOD ANGELS (423)
 DARRON LINZ 4159             14  14  1    88       BEYOND THE PALE (337)
-MARINATED MUSSEL 4057         8   0  0    86       EXOTIC TASTES (397)
-GRILLED GRIZZLY 3891         12   2  0    82       EXOTIC TASTES (397)
 DELLIS LINZ 4157             11  18  0    77       BEYOND THE PALE (337)
-BRAISED BUFFALO 3999          8   3  1    71       EXOTIC TASTES (397)
-CRIMSON FEAST 4134            7   5  0    67       BLOOD ANGELS (423)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 TILARIN 4171                 12   7  3    65       BEYOND THE PALE (337)
 STUBBY 3880                   7   4  3    65       DI$C0MBU1@TED (396)
-DRAXLER 3294                 12   5  0    57       OF WOLF AND MAN 8 (347)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 ODDBALL 3882                  8   3  0    53       DI$C0MBU1@TED (396)
 SUFFOCATION 4199              2   1  0    44       LETHAL LEGION (429)
 DISEASE 4186                  5   2  0    41       LETHAL LEGION (429)
 STROKE 4185                   4   5  0    38       LETHAL LEGION (429)
-PATTERSPACE 2908              8   8  1    37       SUNSET ZOO (270)
-DOUGHBOY 3280                 3   0  0    36       SUNSET ZOO (270)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-TOXIC 4137                    3   1  1    33       BLOOD ANGELS (423)
-FRENCHIE 3155                 2   0  0    32       DIRTY DOZENS (333)
 NOMAD 3881                    6   5  1    28       DI$C0MBU1@TED (396)
-GORE 4133                     4   0  0    27       BLOOD ANGELS (423)
-MARV 'N HARV 4214             2   0  0    24       071406Q (434)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 DEVILISH ANGEL 3883           6   5  0    23       DI$C0MBU1@TED (396)
 SELVUN 4201                   3   2  0    19       BEYOND THE PALE (337)
 CARL THE TOOTH 3156           2   2  0    18       DIRTY DOZENS (333)
 BLACK EYE 4205                1   1  0    18       WIDE ORBS (432)
-HOLLETT 3212                  2   2  0    16       SUNSET ZOO (270)
-OTRAR 3292                    4   2  0    14       OF WOLF AND MAN 8 (347)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-LESTER CASE 4208              2   1  0    12       SUNSET ZOO (270)
 CALHOUN TUBBS 3278            0   2  0     6       DIRTY DOZENS (333)

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

THE DEAD               W  L K TEAM NAME             SLAIN BY             TURN Revenge?
FRAIL FREDDY 3879      7  4 0 DI$C0MBU1@TED 396     TILARIN 4171          501         
PLAGUE 4179            5  2 0 LETHAL LEGION 429     STUBBY 3880           499         
JUNKYARD DOG 4170      3  4 0 PUPPY POWER 427       TILARIN 4171          497 NOT REVE
CLEAR EYED 4223        0  1 0 WIDE ORBS 432         HIGH ELF 19           501 NONE    

                                     PERSONAL ADS

All -- I have been getting my butt handed to me all over Alastari. I thought a one
turn vacation might help me pull it together.  If you wasted a challenge on one of my
warriors I am REALLY,REALLY sorry. -- Indimar

Sanguine -- You probably did laugh, you bloody runt.  Write a column. 
-- Darron Linz

Patterspace -- I've got to admit that I was surprised to win 
that.  It was like one of those nightmares where you run and you 
can't get away?  I kept hearing the patter of heavy feet behind me, 
and it was always YOU.  Gods, that was awful. -- Dellis Linz
P.S.  Um, nothing personal.

Nomad -- This is what happens.  You don't make a challenge, or, 
possibly, you do but it doesn't go through, and you get me, and I'm 
having a bad day.  But hey, you survived, so you've got no complaint, 
right? -- Tilarin

Calhoun Tubbs -- Yep, you were dirty, all right.  Is it because of 
the formidable foes in the bathtub that you don't bathe? -- Selvun, 
clean and curious

Stubby -- If you're satisfied, then it's good. -- Tilarin
P.S.  But people do get hit in the arena, so watch out!  You can't 
count on avoiding it.

Pauly -- (blinking)  Is Indimar here?  Because if not, it doesn't 
matter whether he knows what you're saying.  I haven't a clue, but 
then, I so seldom do. -- Leeta, Beyond the Pale
P.S.  Ah, okay.  I see that farther down is a personal from him, so 
he must be here, too.  Getting crowded, isn't it?  Kinda pleasant.

Dellis Linz -- But I like your house better! -- Farnok Bogg, Volunteer Orc

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

14 September 2006
     I am back in the arena and thinking back to those days in 1984 where I was a
novice and clueless manager.
     Now, 22 years later it looks like I am an ancient and once again clueless
manager.
     I am looking to recover some old warriors.  Since none of them are Aimed Blows,
they are no threat to win anything.  I just want to see how they turned out.

The Couatl 2-17
Madam Butterfly 20-701
Gypsy Moth 20-703
King Crab 21-1
Priestess Python 26-1388

Please contact me at DekeYoung@Comcast.net if you know about any of these ancient
warriors, or just want to bs about the old, old, old times.

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

CLEAR EYED was butchered by HIGH ELF in a 1 minute bloody Dark Arena fight.
SANGUINE vanquished SLICE in a exciting 1 minute uneven Title battle.
DARRON LINZ defeated STUBBY in a 3 minute bloody duel.
ODDBALL was devastated by DELLIS LINZ in a 1 minute one-sided fight.
TILARIN killed FRAIL FREDDY in a 2 minute competition.
DEVILISH ANGEL was devastated by SUFFOCATION in a 1 minute one-sided duel.
CARL THE TOOTH was devastated by DISEASE in a 1 minute mismatched match.
STROKE luckily beat NOMAD in a action packed 3 minute gruesome melee.
CALHOUN TUBBS lost to SELVUN in a 2 minute gruesome novice's duel.
BLACK EYE won victory over EMBEZZLING SCRIBE in a exciting 1 minute novice's fight.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|LUNGING ATTACK                   4         TOTAL PARRY       17 -  10 -  0      63  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  3         SLASHING ATTACK   13 -   8 -  0      62  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  3         LUNGING ATTACK    16 -  10 -  4      62  |
|AIMED BLOW                       3         WALL OF STEEL     17 -  12 -  2      59  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    2         AIMED BLOW         9 -   7 -  0      56  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      1         STRIKING ATTACK   13 -  12 -  2      52  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   1         PARRY-LUNGE        4 -   4 -  0      50  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      1         BASHING ATTACK     6 -  10 -  0      38  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     0         PARRY-STRIKE       0 -   1 -  0       0  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    0         PARRY-RIPOSTE      0 -   1 -  0       0  |

Turn 501 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-LUNGE        1 -  0     AIMED BLOW         0 -  3         4  LUNGING ATTACK 
WALL OF STEEL      2 -  0     PARRY-STRIKE       0 -  0         3  WALL OF STEEL  
SLASHING ATTACK    2 -  1     PARRY-RIPOSTE      0 -  0         2  SLASHING ATTACK
STRIKING ATTACK    2 -  1     BASHING ATTACK     0 -  1         2  STRIKING ATTACK
LUNGING ATTACK     2 -  2     TOTAL PARRY        0 -  1     

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
LUNGING ATTACK   SANGUINE 4135              12   4  1  137 BLOOD ANGELS (423)
SLASHING ATTACK  SLICE 4182                  8   2  0   93 LETHAL LEGION (429)
WALL OF STEEL    TILARIN 4171               12   7  3   65 BEYOND THE PALE (337)
TOTAL PARRY      ODDBALL 3882                8   3  0   53 DI$C0MBU1@TED (396)
STRIKING ATTACK  SUFFOCATION 4199            2   1  0   44 LETHAL LEGION (429)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is DARRON LINZ 4159.  The most popular warrior this 
turn was NOMAD 3881.  The ten other most popular fighters were DARRON LINZ 4159, 
SANGUINE 4135, SELVUN 4201, SLICE 4182, DELLIS LINZ 4157, DISEASE 4186, STROKE 4185, 
STUBBY 3880, TILARIN 4171, and FRAIL FREDDY 3879.

The least popular fighter this week was DEVILISH ANGEL 3883.  The other ten least 
popular fighters were ODDBALL 3882, CLEAR EYED 4223, CALHOUN TUBBS 3278, CARL THE 
TOOTH 3156, BLACK EYE 4205, SUFFOCATION 4199, FRAIL FREDDY 3879, TILARIN 4171, STUBBY 
3880, and STROKE 4185.

                 FACE-TO-FACE TOURNEY XLI

PRIMUS TOURNEY                         W  L  K         TEAM NAME            
NOVA STAR 1831 (214-85-6)              4  3  0         LOST SOULS           

CONTENDERS TOURNEY                     W  L  K         TEAM NAME            
PRIMUS BOUND 2996 (95-43-0)            3  3  0         SUPERIOR FORCES      
ENOCH 2789 (31-11-1)                   1  4  0         RELIGIOUS HERALD     

ELIGIBLES TOURNEY                      W  L  K         TEAM NAME            
KING LOVE 3748 (48-38-2)               1  3  0         GARDEN OF HORRORS    

ADM TOURNEY                            W  L  K         TEAM NAME            
TRIUMPH 2160 (18-7-0)                  5  3  0         SUPERIOR FORCES      
WOOHOO-WOOHOO! 3504 (37-27-0)          3  3  0         TACO GODS            

FRESHMEN TOURNEY                       W  L  K         TEAM NAME            
GUESS MY STYLE 3407 (32-15-0)          7  3  0         SUPERIOR FORCES      
DRIZZT 4146 (16-10-0)                  2  3  0         PHILANTHROPISTS      

CHALLENGERS TOURNEY                    W  L  K         TEAM NAME            
SQUISH THE GERBIL 3778 (14-5-0)        2  3  0         CRUEL PET NAMES      

ADEPTS TOURNEY                         W  L  K         TEAM NAME            
SANGUINE 4135 (8-4-1)                  4  3  0         BLOOD ANGELS         
DRAXLER 3294 (11-4-0)                  2  3  0         OF WOLF AND MAN 8    

APPRENTICES TOURNEY                    W  L  K         TEAM NAME            
DISEASE 4186 (3-1-0)                   2  3  0         LETHAL LEGION        

ROOKIES TOURNEY                        W  L  K         TEAM NAME            
SUFFOCATION 4199 (0-0-0)               4  3  0         LETHAL LEGION        
HOLDING UP THE LINE 4194 (0-0-0)       3  3  0         BASH BROS. SHOPPER   
SOUTH KOREA 3896 (0-0-0)               2  3  0         WORLD CUP 2002       
IRELAND 3899 (0-0-0)                   0  3  0         WORLD CUP 2002       
SIMPLY UNPREDICTABLE 4034 (0-0-0)      0  2  0  DEAD   SUNNYLAND