DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER Date : 06/20/2008 Duedate: 07/03/2008 ZENSU ARENA DM-40 TURN-547 This Weeks Top Honors THE DUELMASTER IS POSITION IS EMPTY Chartered Recognition LeaderUnchartered Recognition Leader POSITION IS EMPTY GRUNT 5 MEDAL OF HONOR G1 (439) (40-4278) [3-0-1,43] Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite DACEANA LINZ GRUNT 4 BEYOND THE PALE (337) MEDAL OF HONOR G1 (439) (40-4244) [16-21-1,70] (40-4275) [2-1-0,14] THE CURRENT TOP TEAM MEDAL OF HONOR G1 (439) TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team 1. MEN OF 1,000 FACES (420) 25 2. MEDAL OF HONOR G1 (439) 17 MEN OF 1,000 FACES (420) 3. NEUROMANCERS (404) 7 Unchartered Team 4. BEYOND THE PALE (337) 6 5. GUARDIANS II (247) -16 MEDAL OF HONOR G1 (439) The Top Teams Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K 1/ 2 MEN OF 1,000 FACES (420) 54 23 6 70.1 1/ 1*MEDAL OF HONOR G1 (439) 11 4 2 2/ 1*MEDAL OF HONOR G1 (439) 11 5 2 68.8 2/ 2 MEN OF 1,000 FACES (420) 6 2 2 3/ 3 NEUROMANCERS (404) 55 45 6 55.0 3/ 3 BEYOND THE PALE (337) 6 9 0 4/ 4 BEYOND THE PALE (337) 566 735 21 43.5 4/ 4 NEUROMANCERS (404) 3 3 0 5/ 5 GUARDIANS II (247) 42 67 4 38.5 5/ 5 GUARDIANS II (247) 2 5 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 Andorian Succession #7 ]H[ + ---:--- + ]H[ + On the Isle of the Eye: "Four steps and we're lost," Senator Sedalia muttered. "This is worse than politics." "They do say that the Isle is larger than the Lake and touches other waters," Gissanniah answered. "What do we do? Just start walking until we get somewhere-- anywhere?" "It may come to that, but I'm not ready to give up yet." The senator looked around again. "Hmm. How about if I stand still, right here, and we hold hands--no, that might not give us enough distance." He undid his necktie and handed one end to his companion. "I'll stand here and hold my end, you go out to the farthest end of the tie and your arm--no fear of it breaking, silk is very strong--and walk around me in a wide circle. We haven't come so far as all that. You should be able to reach the edge of the woods at some point on that circle. Then you stand still and tug on the tie until I join you." Of course, it was possible that the edge of the woods was no longer four steps away, or that any edge they found would be the one they'd come from. You could never tell, with magic. But since neither he nor Gissanniah could do anything about those possibilities, the senator saw no point in mentioning them. Convincia: "That's a big fire," Lenpro said. Fandil squinted ahead. It was certainly a lot of smoke. "Maybe... they're burning brush in the fields before planting?" he suggested. "Late in the season to plant." "It's been a wet spring, planting has been delayed in a lot of places." "Maybe," Lenpro said, "but that smoke is rising over the city of Tarrgir. It might be buildings burning, instead of brush." "If that's so, perhaps we can help them put the fire out," Fandil said. He urged his horse to a faster pace. "If they want the fires put out," Lenpro muttered. "I have a feeling about this." Andor: Herlas backed up two steps before he even thought about it. "You can't parade that golem through the streets and claim it's the king!" Hesselbod raised his eyebrows. "Of course we can." He gestured at the golem who stood obediently, dressed in royal garments and awaiting a command. "The artist who modeled the face and figure has caught the appearance of the last king quite well, the artificer who constructed the golem was the best Lord Korneth could hire, and with your magic to cast a glamor over the whole, no one will doubt that this truly is the king." Herlas gaped in silence for a moment, stunned by the magnitude of Lord Korneth's ambition and of the royal scribe's misunderstanding. "The best illusions will not fool everyone," he said, "and without illusion, that is obviously a golem. You'll have a firestorm of outraged citizens--" "That is not your concern," Lord Korneth said coldly, entering the room. He dismissed the scribe with a flick of his eyes. Herlas turned to face him squarely. He was not afraid of Korneth of Sengir, who had come from nowehre and styled himself Chief Minister of Andoria, but he was deeply wary. There was too much unknown about this man for anyone to feel relaxed around him, starting with where Sengir might be found and what Korneth wanted with the Andorian states. Herlas had thought, originally, that Korneth was driven by a simple ambition to rule. Ambition, he could understand, and as the man was no magician, their goals should not conflict. Now, though... he wasn't sure. Ambition, yes, but not simple. "Why not produce the real king?" he asked. "Even drugged or enspelled to be your puppet, he would be more convincing than that golem." Korneth's lip curled in a sneer. "The 'real king' no longer exists, and he was pathetic to begin with." He dismissed the point with a wave of his hand. "And it is not your concern. Do not think to usurp authority to question or command. Your only business is to do as you are told. In this case, to cast the glamor." On the Isle of the Eye: Sedalia waited, holding one end of his tie and turning slowly in place. He was fairly sure he was still in the same place. And beginning to suspect that he had made more than one complete turn. Blast these trees! They all looked alike. Somewhere out of sight, Gissanniah hesitated. Not the first time. What was she seeing? The young woman was observant and intelligent, but he wanted to be seeing for himself. Still, he shifted his grip to accomodate another turn, she was the more nimble of the two of them and better suited to dodging around trees. Two definite tugs. The signal. Senator Sedalia began to follow his silk tie through the trees. Tarrgir: Half the city was in flames. The two managers sat their horses on the rise at the edge of the river valley, looking down at smoke and ruin. "At this point, there isn't a thing we could do," Fandil said. He shook his head. "Not even with magic. They seem to have it under control--not spreading further, at least--but I can't imagine how it spread so fast!" "Arson," Lenpro said. "Fires started in several places at once." He squinted down at the city. "Looks like the Military Academy was about in the center of the burned area; it's all gone now." "I don't understand how people can do that," Fandil muttered. "Arson--blind destruction--" Lenpro was silent for a long moment, then started his horse forward and down the slope. "Maybe not so blind," he said over his shoulder. "If someone wanted to destroy the Andorian League, it looks like there's been a good beginning made." Fandil urged his horse to catch up. "Just burning down the Academy won't--" "And driving a wedge between the Aruaki and the normal humans," Lenpro reminded him. "And more things, I have no doubt, that we haven't found yet." "Who would want to destroy the League, and why?" Fandil demanded. "Surely even the Delarquans or the Karnhorns wouldn't--" "Why not?" Lenpro asked. "And there are probably other enemies out there that we don't happen to know about." * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * ---===ANDORIAN REGIONAL NEWS===--- Duelmasters ----------- DM 8 ARKERS (turn 297): UNHOLY TERROR of BLOOD RITES (Wretch, mgr.) DM 11 ARUAK CITY (turn 595): CHIEF SITTING BULL of BULLDOGS (Kennelworth, mgr.) DM 14 TOBIR (turn 595): STEWART of OTAGO HIGHLANDERS (The Mun, mgr.) DM 22 SOLVEN (turn 588): DONDRIC of KELLUMBO'S KIDS (Detective Kellumbo, mgr.) DM 24 ZORPUNT (turn 584): MORLIN POOLE of KRILL CAVALRY (Jorja, mgr.) DM 25 LYRATILAN (turn 584): KEG STAND of BARHOPPERS (Apex, mgr.) DM 26 CALEAM (turn 581): IRIS of MENAGERIE (Ichabod Frothingslosh, mgr.) DM 30 IAYE (turn 577): IRISH CREAM of RED DOG GANG (Jorja, mgr.) DM 40 ZENSU (turn 546): LON CHANEY JR. of MEN OF 1,000 FACES (Mad Max, mgr.) DM 41 KATI-TEI (turn 537): RAMBLING OX of WANDERERS (Jorja, mgr.) DM 46 ARDIVENT (turn 528): BANNIR PARK of BLUVALLEY WARRIORS (Jorja, mgr.) DM 52 FRATSFA (turn 244): PAINFUL PANSY of FLOWER GIRLS (Lady Fern, mgr.) DM 63 AMEN-TEI (turn 430): DIMAGGIO oF 1949 YANKEES (Papa Bear, mgr.) DM 71 KYR'TERR (turn 198): TRYPTOPHAN of SUPERIOR FORCES (Manager, mgr.) ADM 105 ANDORAK (turn 480): AXLY HIMSELF of GERFEL'S FRIENDS (Generalissimo Puerco) Top Teams --------- DM 8 ARKERS (turn 297): CONSANGUINEOUS (Mannequin, mgr.) DM 11 ARUAK CITY (turn 595): BULLDOGS (Kennelworth, mgr.) DM 14 TOBIR (turn 585): ALL THE MUN'S MEN (The Mun, mgr.) DM 22 SOLVEN (turn 588): KELLUMBO'S KIDS (Detective Kellumbo, mgr.) DM 24 ZORPUNT (turn 584): MEDAL OF HONOR F3 (The Anarchist, mgr.) DM 25 LYRATILAN (turn 584): BARHOPPERS (Apex, mgr.) DM 26 CALEAM (turn 581): POSITION IS EMPTY DM 30 IAYE (turn 577): RED DOG GANG (Jojra, mgr.) DM 40 ZENSU (turn 546): MEDAL OF HONOR G1 (The Anarchist, mgr.) DM 41 KATI-TEI (turn 537): WANDERERS (Jorja, mgr.) DM 46 ARDIVENT (turn 528): FANDILS (Wise Old Fandil, mgr.) DM 52 FRATSFA (turn 244): FLOWER GIRLS (Lady Fern, mgr.) DM 63 AMEN-TEI (turn 430): 1949 YANKEES (Papa Bear, mgr.) DM 71 KYR'TERR (turn 198): THE ZOO (Jorja, mgr.) ADM 105 ANDORAK (turn 480): SUPERIOR FORCES (Manager, mgr.) Recent Graduates ---------------- DM 8 ARKERS (turn 296): HAMMURABI of SMITHSONIAN (Curator, mgr.) DM 11 ARUAK CITY (turn 594): WALK THE LINE of ELFQUEST (Armalias, mgr.) DM 14 TOBIR (turn 594): MOLYNEUX of OTAGO HIGHLANDERS (The Mun, mgr.) DM 22 SOLVEN (turn 587): CHUCKER ISTTA of MIDDLE WAY 15 (Jorja, mgr.) DM 24 ZORPUNT (turn 583): MIRESSEA POOLE of KRILL CAVALRY (Jorja, mgr.) DM 30 IAYE (turn 576): PRIVATE PERNA of LENPROS (Lenpro, mgr.) DM 52 FRATSFA (turn 243): IGOR MALMORT of BLOOD AND GUTS! (Le Pentarque, mgr.) DUELMASTER'S COLUMN Notes from the arena champ. Lords and Ladies of Zensu, I, Lon Chaney Jr, your Duelmaster, salute you. I have successfully defended my title again, against my style mate, Chuck Elvis. I must apologize to you all as this is my third straight turn as Duelmaster and I haven't written a column. I consider it an honor to write a Duelmaster column and not a burden. I know I have not shown that as of late but that is how I feel. I will be sitting out now until my manager deems me worthy of entering a tournament. I will receive my invite upon my next arena fight so I shall wait until the turn before the tournament is to occur then I will fight in the arena so I can be immortal for the Champions tourney. While I don't have a chance to TC or probably even TV my manager feels this strategy is for the best. Unless due to some unforeseen circumstance, I will be a rare warrior of my style to run in Advanced. I am hoping that in my absence that my guildmate and colleague Bela Lugosi can attain the throne of Duelmaster. The odds of Bela defeating either Chuck Elvis or Daceana Linz are not very good however so we all need to keep our fingers crossed for that to happen. I hope that when I next fight in Zensu that I will be able to reclaim my title. If that does not happen I want you all to know what an honor it has been to be Duelmaster in this fine city. I shall make you all proud when and if I make it to the Isle. Lords and Ladies of Zensu, I, Lon Chaney Jr, your Duelmaster, salute you!!!! Lon Chaney Jr. SPY REPORT If you were disturbed from your beauty rest only to have to watch a bunch of ZENSU brutes like you, you'd be grouchy, too. Of course, we're all terribly impressed to see CHRISTOPHER LEE win a fight and gain 21 points, terribly. Tsk, tsk, GRUNT 5 beat LADY TIFF and LADY TIFF lost 11 points. You're breakin' my heart. Due to absence, and inability to defend the throne, LON CHANEY JR. has lost the Title of Duelmaster. Start setting that alarm earlier! 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, ZENSU? My mother always told me, 'If you don't have anything nice to say, start talking.' I loved that woman. GUARDIANS II, 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 MEN OF 1,000 FACES avoided them the most this turn. What a pack of would be losers, if you ask me. Hmph. Ooh, I'm frightfully impressed, CADDIS DEANE was this turn's most challenged warrior. Watch that ego swell, sports fans. I notice BELA LUGOSI challenging down 22 points to fight PARTICLE MAN, MEN OF 1,000 FACES doubtless has some rotten excuse for such an insult to honor. Ha ha aha ha aha ha!!! BELA LUGOSI was was overcame by by NEUROMANCERS' warrior! Thank the gods for big favors! ha! And we have NORM THE GNOME in a challenge, going down 10 points for the fight. Guess what? I thought NORM THE GNOME showed great skill and promise when he was overcame by CHUCK ELVIS. All right, so I slept through it! Big deal! Ah, now we come to my favorite part, where we see all the guys who are dead and gone, and get to see if their team cared. Ya gotta go sometime, and CADDIS DEANE's time was this time. Hmmm, not a bad fighter, had he lived... (what? me pity?). Nipped in the bud, you might say, was WHITE NOISE of NEUROMANCERS this turn. Course, I wouldn't say that, so much as have a belly laugh. Heh heh. We're all going to die in the end, so why worry if the fate catches up with you sooner that later? What does the ZENSU arena have in common with the inns? It's just as comfortable to sleep in either place. Ha ha ha ha! Just wait 'till next time I show up here, I won't be so nice! So nyaaah! Glad to see the back of this place-- Snide Clemens CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -LON CHANEY JR. 4116 16 3 2 146 MEN OF 1,000 FACES (420) CHUCK ELVIS 4235 22 19 0 102 BEYOND THE PALE (337) PARTICLE MAN 4100 14 11 1 102 NEUROMANCERS (404) CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME NORM THE GNOME 2377 11 3 2 88 GUARDIANS II (247) -TINY GREENLEAF 2393 7 4 1 85 GUARDIANS II (247) BELA LUGOSI 4114 11 5 0 79 MEN OF 1,000 FACES (420) DACEANA LINZ 4244 16 21 1 70 BEYOND THE PALE (337) ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME CHRISTOPHER LEE 4139 4 2 2 51 MEN OF 1,000 FACES (420) GRUNT 5 4278 3 0 1 43 MEDAL OF HONOR G1 (439) CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME DAY TURNER 4279 2 2 0 25 MEDAL OF HONOR G1 (439) GRUNT 3 4277 3 0 1 24 MEDAL OF HONOR G1 (439) INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME TERILEE LINZ 4273 5 3 0 22 BEYOND THE PALE (337) LADY TIFF 2666 4 3 0 21 GUARDIANS II (247) PETER CUSHING 4280 2 0 0 18 MEN OF 1,000 FACES (420) CLAUDE RAINS 4283 1 0 1 16 MEN OF 1,000 FACES (420) GRUNT 4 4275 2 1 0 14 MEDAL OF HONOR G1 (439) -ABSOLUTE ZERO 4031 1 3 0 14 NEUROMANCERS (404) TAHKASIS 2665 1 6 0 9 GUARDIANS II (247) BECKER MAINZ 4284 0 2 0 2 BEYOND THE PALE (337) SLOWBURN 4282 0 1 0 2 GUARDIANS II (247) '-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn. THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge? CADDIS DEANE 4272 6 3 0 BEYOND THE PALE 337 CHRISTOPHER LEE 4139 547 DA1 4276 1 2 0 MEDAL OF HONOR G 439 CLAUDE RAINS 4283 547 WHITE NOISE 4274 4 1 0 NEUROMANCERS 404 CAPTURED ORC 547 NONE PERSONAL ADS Caddis Deane -- A lady always likes compliments, but I want another try at you first. The way it's going, if my career does not take a turn for the better, I will have plenty of free time on my hands. -- Tahkasis Dacena Linez -- Don't mind the bathtub comment.... Of course I would take you out in our fine city and treat you like the lady you are. And of course I keep my beard neatly trimmed. Besides, the finches won't be back to nest until the spring. -- Norme The Gnome Lon Chaney Jr -- You haven't left yet? I am waiting for my turn up there, but I don't want to go through you or your head shots again to get it! -- Norme the Impatient Lon Chaney Jr. -- You're nothing but a hound dog, dammit. -- Chuck Elvis P.S. At least you're not a bulldog. Those are UGLY. Convicted Assassin? What a waste of my time and effort, because it's a sure thing that someone will patch him up and send him out to assassinate more. -- Daceana Linz DA1 -- I believe you may have showed up too early for your proper fight? Unless your designation is supposed to be read as Da 1, meaning, THE one. I hope not. -- Caddis Deane Day Turner -- What do you turn days into? -- Terilee Linz Grunt 4 -- Are you saying that I should grunt more if I want to win? One grunt not enough? Huh. My momma always told me grunting was a sign of being low and animal- like, but maybe that's what gladiating takes. -- Becker Mainz 31 May 2008 Any and all who live in the 805 area, I would like for you to call me so we can get together for BBQ's, softball games, and so on. It has been a while since the last get together (several years). It was a blast and I am sure the next one will be also. We just have to do it. All alliances are welcome. Just because my warriors leave your warrior beaten and bloody in defeat does not mean we can't have a beer or five together. I'll even buy the first round. So call 805-588-3419 and ask for Dave a.k.a. Misfit, former member of the Green and Purple Polka Dot Alliance (GAPPDA). LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS NORM THE GNOME was bested by CHUCK ELVIS in a 2 minute Challenge fight. BELA LUGOSI was devastated by PARTICLE MAN in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge duel. CHRISTOPHER LEE easily killed CADDIS DEANE in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge match. PETER CUSHING vanquished BECKER MAINZ in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge brawl. DACEANA LINZ was overpowered by KUNG-FU MASTER in a 1 minute one-sided fight. WHITE NOISE was butchered by CAPTURED ORC in a 1 minute uneven brawl. LADY TIFF was overpowered by GRUNT 5 in a 1 minute one-sided struggle. TAHKASIS was devastated by DAY TURNER in a 1 minute one-sided competition. TERILEE LINZ slimly won victory over GRUNT 4 in a action packed 4 minute melee. DA1 was slaughtered by CLAUDE RAINS in a 1 minute uneven fight. GRUNT 3 viciously subdued SLOWBURN in a 2 minute brutal novice's fight. BATTLE REPORT MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS |FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT| |LUNGING ATTACK 5 PARRY-LUNGE 2 - 0 - 0 100 | |AIMED BLOW 4 SLASHING ATTACK 12 - 5 - 2 71 | |SLASHING ATTACK 3 PARRY-STRIKE 6 - 3 - 0 67 | |TOTAL PARRY 3 PARRY-RIPOSTE 2 - 1 - 0 67 | |BASHING ATTACK 2 AIMED BLOW 8 - 5 - 1 62 | |PARRY-LUNGE 1 BASHING ATTACK 9 - 8 - 0 53 | |PARRY-STRIKE 1 TOTAL PARRY 10 - 9 - 0 53 | |PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 LUNGING ATTACK 9 - 14 - 1 39 | |STRIKING ATTACK 0 WALL OF STEEL 0 - 0 - 0 0 | |WALL OF STEEL 0 STRIKING ATTACK 0 - 1 - 0 0 | Turn 547 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 LUNGING ATTACK 1 - 4 4 LUNGING ATTACK SLASHING ATTACK 2 - 1 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 1 2 BASHING ATTACK TOTAL PARRY 2 - 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 1 2 AIMED BLOW AIMED BLOW 2 - 2 STRIKING ATTACK 0 - 0 2 SLASHING ATTACK BASHING ATTACK 1 - 1 WALL OF STEEL 0 - 0 1 TOTAL PARRY TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME BASHING ATTACK CHUCK ELVIS 4235 22 19 0 102 BEYOND THE PALE (337) TOTAL PARRY PARTICLE MAN 4100 14 11 1 102 NEUROMANCERS (404) LUNGING ATTACK NORM THE GNOME 2377 11 3 2 88 GUARDIANS II (247) AIMED BLOW BELA LUGOSI 4114 11 5 0 79 MEN OF 1,000 FACES (420) SLASHING ATTACK GRUNT 5 4278 3 0 1 43 MEDAL OF HONOR G1 (439) Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above. The overall popularity leader is DACEANA LINZ 4244. The most popular warrior this turn was GRUNT 4 4275. The ten other most popular fighters were CHUCK ELVIS 4235, GRUNT 3 4277, NORM THE GNOME 2377, GRUNT 5 4278, PARTICLE MAN 4100, CHRISTOPHER LEE 4139, PETER CUSHING 4280, DAY TURNER 4279, TERILEE LINZ 4273, and CLAUDE RAINS 4283. The least popular fighter this week was SLOWBURN 4282. The other ten least popular fighters were DA1 4276, TAHKASIS 2665, LADY TIFF 2666, WHITE NOISE 4274, BECKER MAINZ 4284, CADDIS DEANE 4272, BELA LUGOSI 4114, DACEANA LINZ 4244, CLAUDE RAINS 4283, and TERILEE LINZ 4273. The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn: PARTICLE MAN (40-4100) NEUROMANCERS (404)