DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 01/30/2009    Duedate: 02/12/2009

ZENSU ARENA

DM-40    TURN-563

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

GRUNT 5
MEDAL OF HONOR G1 (439)
(40-4285) [9-6-1,72]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

GRUNT 5                        POSITION IS EMPTY
MEDAL OF HONOR G1 (439)        
(40-4285) [9-6-1,72]           

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

GRUNT 4                        GRUNT 4
MEDAL OF HONOR G1 (439)        MEDAL OF HONOR G1 (439)
(40-4275) [9-10-0,64]          (40-4275) [9-10-0,64]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

BEYOND THE PALE (337)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. MEDAL OF HONOR G1 (439)     15
2. BEYOND THE PALE (337)        8      MEDAL OF HONOR G1 (439)
                                       Unchartered Team

                                       FLOYD'S FALLACY (401)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 1 MEDAL OF HONOR G1 (439)   51  35  5 59.3   1/ 1 BEYOND THE PALE (337)    11  4 0
 2/ 3 BEYOND THE PALE (337)    611 769 23 44.3   2/ 2 MEDAL OF HONOR G1 (439)   6  6 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 #22 ]H[ + ---:--- + ]H[ +

Fratsfa:

     It was one of the worst parts of the city.  Calling it a slum would be an insult
to honest slums elsewhere.  Lenpro's first instinct was to hustle the Flower Girl out
of there.  How did she even come to know such an area?  He glanced sideways at
Sizzling Sunflower.  It might be better to ask how she could help finding it.
     Sunflower was leaning close to a man, talking earnestly.  Persuasively, because
his firm gestures of refusal were becoming uncertain.  Very persuasively, because she
finally took him by the arm and brought him over to Lenpro.  As he watched them
approach, the manager was impressed with how carefully the stranger did not attempt
to take any liberties with the Flower Girl.
     "This is Two-finger Tom," Sunflower said.  "He saw what happened, and he'll tell
you what he saw."
     "Yeah, well."  The man squinted at him, looked around carefully, leaned closer.
His breath was bad.  "I seen some of those cat men grab a couple of decent girls.
Dragged 'em off, they did.  I reckon that has something bad in mind."
     Lenpro resisted the urge to step away from this case of walking halitosis.  "We
can't go by what you 'reckon'," he said.  "What do you know for sure?"
     "That a coupla those Aruaki--" Two-finger Tom spat, narrowly missing Lenpro's
boot, "they grabbed a coupla human girls and dragged them off.  Down that way," he
added, jerking his head toward the river.  "No telling what they might do to the
girls.  Cats.  You can't trust 'em."
     "Then we'd best go look for the girls."  Lenpro glanced around at the crowd that
had gathered.  "A group of us are going to look for the girls who were taken," he
said.  "A disciplined group, not a mob."
     Someone in the back of the crowd laughed.  "Sounds to me like a mob--a LYNCH
mob--is what's needed here."
     "Yeah, we can start by killing all those beast-men!  More beast than man, THEY
are!" someone else yelled.  Also someone in the back that Lenpro couldn't see.  The
crowd stirred and muttered, some in agreement and some not, but the agreement seemed
to have the upper edge.
     "No killing out of hand!" Lenpro shouted back.  "That isn't the Andorian Way--"
     The first man took up the argument again, his voice dripping contempt.  "The
'Andorian Way' is just a pretty toy the elves and beast-lovers came up with to hobble
us honest humans!  That 'Andorian Way' isn't worth spit!"
     The crowd stirred and muttered.  A lot of the mutters seemed to be in agreement
with the hecklers.
     "Show yourself!" Lenpro demanded.  "If you have courage in your convictions,
step forward and show your face."
     The crowd stirred and a man came forward.  Was thrust forward, perhaps against
his will, by the people around and behind him.  He looked defiant, truculent.
     He looked Karnhorn.  Lenpro knew that racial stereotyping was often unfair, but
he needed to discredit this man before the crowd became a mob.  "Is this the Karnhorn
party line you've been handing out?" he asked, keeping his voice calm, idly curious.
"It sounds like it, and you look like it."
     More stirring in the crowd, mutters, a wave of suspicion.  If there was a
lynching, this man might be first, and he could see it.  "I'm no Kjarran-lover," he
growled.  "Don't go putting words in my mouth!"
     "Somebody's been putting them there," Lenpro said.  "Somebody with his
headquarters in Zuwayza, I'd guess."  He held up a hand and stopped the surge of the
crowd--for now, at least.  "You didn't want us to wait for facts before lynching
Aruaki, why should we wait for facts before lynching you?"
     "I'm not--!"
     Someone threw a stone, Lenpro couldn't see who.  It arched up over the heads of
the crowd and struck the possible Karnhorn on the side of the head so that he
staggered and fell, blood running down the side of his face.
     The crowd roared and became a mob, maddened and excited by the blood, by having
a target for hostility that had been festering.  Lenpro cursed and pushed Sunflower
back.  He wanted the heckler for questioning, but he wasn't going to get the man.
The mob would see to that--and maybe that mob had been triggered by his accomplice
who didn't want questions asked.  He wanted to go in search of the missing girls, but
he suspected that wasn't going to happen right away, either.  The witness, informant,
that Sizzling Sunflower had found was in the thick of the mob.

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                          ---===ANDORIAN REGIONAL NEWS===---

                                     Duelmasters
                                     -----------
 DM   8 ARKERS (turn 305): CONCUSSION of CONSANGUINEOUS (Mannequin, mgr.)
 DM  11 ARUAK CITY (turn 611): ONEWOLF of WOLFBROTHERS (Doc Steele, mgr.)
 DM  14 TOBIR (turn 611): WHOLE MUTT of THE DOGHOUSE (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  22 SOLVEN (turn 604): HOT EIGHTEEN of KELLUMBO'S KIDS (Detective Kellumbo, mgr.)
 DM  24 ZORPUNT (turn 600): TCHENI LOY of KRILL CAVALRY (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  25 LYRATILAN (turn 600): MISS SCARLET of GOTTA GET A CLUE (?, mgr.)
 DM  26 CALEAM (turn 597): SOLDIER 23 of MEDAL OF HONOR F7 (The Anarchist, mgr.)
 DM  30 IAYE (turn 593): LITTLE ROCKY of RED DOG GANG (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  40 ZENSU (turn 562): DACEANA LINZ of BEYOND THE PALE (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  41 KATI-TEI (turn 553): ROBERT DUNLAP of MEDAL OF HONOR H3 (The Anarchist, mgr.)
 DM  46 ARDIVENT (turn 544): BIG DOPE of DEATHTONGUE (Technogeek, mgr.)
 DM  52 FRATSFA (turn 252): BRAIN TUMOR of OTTO'S PARTS (Crip, mgr.)
 DM  63 AMEN-TEI (turn 443): M.T. LANE of WAYFARERS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  71 KYR'TERR (turn 205): TRYPTOPHAN of SUPERIOR FORCES ZC (Manager, mgr.)
ADM 105 ANDORAK (turn 466): TITANIA of SUPERIOR FORCES 3J (Manager, mgr.)

                                      Top Teams
                                      ---------
 DM   8 ARKERS (turn 305): CONSANGUINEOUS (Mannequin, mgr.)
 DM  11 ARUAK CITY (turn 611): TECHNO 8 (Technogeek, mgr.)
 DM  14 TOBIR (turn 611): OTAGO HIGHLANDERS (The Mun, mgr.)
 DM  22 SOLVEN (turn 604): KELLUMBO'S KIDS (Detective Kellumbo, mgr.)
 DM  24 ZORPUNT (turn 600): MEDAL OF HONOOR J4 (The Anarchist, mgr.)
 DM  25 LYRATILAN (turn 600): THE MIDDLE WAY 4 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  26 CALEAM (turn 596): ULTRA-VIOLENT (Deep Thought, mgr)
 DM  30 IAYE (turn 593): POSITION IS EMPTY
 DM  40 ZENSU (turn 562): BEYOND THE PALE (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  41 KATI-TEI (turn 553): MEDAL OF HONOR H3 (The Anarchist, mgr.)
 DM  46 ARDIVENT (turn 544): FANDILS (Wise Old Fandil, mgr.)
 DM  52 FRATSFA (turn 252): THE ORDER (Torak, mgr.)
 DM  63 AMEN-TEI (turn 443): MEDAL OF HONOOR J3 (The Anarchist, mgr.)
 DM  71 KYR'TERR (turn 205): THE ZOO (Jorja, mgr.)
ADM 105 ANDORAK (turn 496): KELLUMBO'S KIDS (Detective Kellumbo, mgr.)

                                   Recent Graduates
                                   ----------------
 DM   8 ARKERS (turn 304): GOLDENEYE of BONDAGE (Spawn, mgr.)
 DM  11 ARUAK CITY (turn 611): ONEWOLF of WOLFBROTHERS (Doc Steele, mgr.)
 DM  25 LYRATILAN (turn 600): TRELLIN XISS of THE MIDDLE WAY 4 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  30 IAYE (turn 592): OUT OF TIME of GAMEHENDGE (Malaquar, mgr.)
 DM  40 ZENSU (turn 562): DACEANA LINZ of BEYOND THE PALE (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  41 KATI-TEI (turn 552): GHETTO DEFENDANT of RADIO CLASH (Rude Buddha, mgr.)
 DM  52 FRATSFA (turn 552): SIZZLING SUNFLOWER of FLOWER GIRLS (Lady Fern, mgr.)

                                 DUELMASTER'S COLUMN
                             Notes from the arena champ.

     In a strange development, unprecedented in our dealings with the Commission to
date, we received: the blue sheet, my graduation notice and favorites sheet, and the
newsletter.  No fights.  Very strange.
     Grunt 5, I'm sure you made a valiante effort, but I can't remember a thing that
happened.

                                    Daceana Linz

                                      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 MADELINE MAINZ win a fight and gain 18 points, terribly.  Tsk, tsk, 
DANGEROUS CRIMINAL beat CALHOUN DEANE and CALHOUN DEANE lost 10 points.  You're 
breakin' my heart.  And if variety is the spice of life, ZENSU may be getting bland, 
as DACEANA LINZ stays top dog in the city.  Kickbacks and bribes, kickbacks and 
bribes, how else do you think some of these guys win their fights?  Skill?  Ha!   
     My mother always told me, 'If you don't have anything nice to say, start 
talking.' I loved that woman.   
     Death and Taxes.  The less death I see, the more it taxes my patience.  Let's 
see if anyone's dead or dying.  We're all going to die in the end, so why worry if 
the fate catches up with you sooner that later?   
     I was about to buy a new quill pen the other day, but some fighter took it for 
an epee.  Forgive me for writing with a dagger.  Well, I've had enough of this 
drivel, and I'm sure you have too.  Off like a dirty shirt of padded leather.  Glad 
to see the back of this place-- Snide Clemens  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 GRUNT 5 4285                  9   6  1    72       MEDAL OF HONOR G1 (439)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-DAY TURNER 4279               9   8  0    89       MEDAL OF HONOR G1 (439)
-GRUNT 3 4277                 12   4  2    87       MEDAL OF HONOR G1 (439)
-GRUNT 5 4278                 11   5  2    83       MEDAL OF HONOR G1 (439)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 GRUNT 4 4275                  9  10  0    64       MEDAL OF HONOR G1 (439)
 CORBIE LEK 4295               6   0  1    64       BEYOND THE PALE (337)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 TERILEE LINZ 4273            13  11  0    50       BEYOND THE PALE (337)
 MADELINE MAINZ 4296           5   1  1    45       BEYOND THE PALE (337)
 CALHOUN DEANE 4294           10   4  0    40       BEYOND THE PALE (337)

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?

                                     PERSONAL ADS

Grunt 4 -- They called it luck, but it was actually desperation.  We don't see five-
and-oh turns so often that I wanted to be the one to get the only loss. -- Terilee
Linz

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

DACEANA LINZ bested GRUNT 5 in a 1 minute mismatched Title fight.
TERILEE LINZ was viciously subdued by GRUNT 4 in a action packed 1 minute battle.
CORBIE LEK overpowered AMBITIOUS GUARD in a 1 minute bloody mismatched duel.
CALHOUN DEANE was overpowered by DANGEROUS CRIMINAL in a 1 minute one-sided fight.
MADELINE MAINZ devastated AMBITIOUS GUARD in a popular 1 minute bloody uneven brawl.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|LUNGING ATTACK                   3         WALL OF STEEL      5 -   1 -  1      83  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    1         LUNGING ATTACK    27 -  13 -  1      68  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  1         PARRY-RIPOSTE      3 -   2 -  0      60  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   1         STRIKING ATTACK    6 -   4 -  0      60  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      1         SLASHING ATTACK   11 -   8 -  0      58  |
|AIMED BLOW                       0         BASHING ATTACK     8 -   6 -  0      57  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      0         TOTAL PARRY        8 -   7 -  1      53  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     0         AIMED BLOW         3 -   4 -  0      43  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    0         PARRY-STRIKE       0 -   0 -  0       0  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  0         PARRY-LUNGE        0 -   0 -  0       0  |

Turn 563 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:

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

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
STRIKING ATTACK  GRUNT 5 4285                9   6  1   72 MEDAL OF HONOR G1 (439)
LUNGING ATTACK   CORBIE LEK 4295             6   0  1   64 BEYOND THE PALE (337)
TOTAL PARRY      TERILEE LINZ 4273          13  11  0   50 BEYOND THE PALE (337)
WALL OF STEEL    MADELINE MAINZ 4296         5   1  1   45 BEYOND THE PALE (337)
BASHING ATTACK   CALHOUN DEANE 4294         10   4  0   40 BEYOND THE PALE (337)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is GRUNT 4 4275.  The most popular warrior this turn 
was GRUNT 4 4275.  The ten other most popular fighters were CORBIE LEK 4295, MADELINE 
MAINZ 4296, GRUNT 5 4285, TERILEE LINZ 4273, CALHOUN DEANE 4294,  0,  0,  0,  0, and  
0.

The least popular fighter this week was CALHOUN DEANE 4294.  The other ten least 
popular fighters were TERILEE LINZ 4273, GRUNT 5 4285, MADELINE MAINZ 4296, CORBIE 
LEK 4295, GRUNT 4 4275,  0,  0,  0,  0, and  0.

The following warriors have traveled to AD after fighting this turn:

DACEANA LINZ (40-4244) BEYOND THE PALE (337)

                 FACE-TO-FACE TOURNEY XLII

CONTENDERS TOURNEY                     W  L  K         TEAM NAME            
IGNATIUS MAX 3037 (39-33-1)            5  3  0         BLOOD & IRON         
PRIMUS BOUND 2996 (96-47-0)            1  4  0         SUPERIOR FORCES      

ELIGIBLES TOURNEY                      W  L  K         TEAM NAME            
ENTER SANDMAN 3748 (75-54-2)           5  3  0         DARKLANDS            
SELEX 3039 (42-16-0)                   2  3  0         BLOOD & IRON         
SUPERIOR 8 2352 (119-66-0)             1  3  0         SUPERIOR FORCES      

ADM TOURNEY                            W  L  K         TEAM NAME            
THE MAD CARROT 3862 (20-14-0)          4  3  0         PUPPY POWER          
DRIZZT 4146 (30-33-0)                  3  3  0         PHILANTHROPISTS      
YORGO 3071 (36-10-1)                   3  3  0         BLOOD & IRON         

FRESHMEN TOURNEY                       W  L  K         TEAM NAME            
BELA LUGOSI 4114 (17-9-1)              1  3  0         MEN OF 1,000 FACES