DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER
Date : 12/01/2009 Duedate: 12/14/2009
KATI-TEI ARENA
DM-41 TURN-576
This Weeks Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
COUNTRY RHODES
WANDERERS (329)
(41-4400) [12-9-0,108]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
COUNTRY RHODES POSITION IS EMPTY
WANDERERS (329)
(41-4400) [12-9-0,108]
Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite
COUNTRY RHODES COUNTRY RHODES
WANDERERS (329) WANDERERS (329)
(41-4400) [12-9-0,108] (41-4400) [12-9-0,108]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
THE STORM FRONT (109)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. WANDERERS (329) 26
2. DA DOG POWNDAZ (111) 21 MEDAL OF HONOR H3 (397)
3. THE STORM FRONT (109) 13 Unchartered Team
4. MEDAL OF HONOR H3 (397) 9
5. THE PLAGUE (93) 0 THE HORDE (282)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1/ 1 MEDAL OF HONOR H3 (397) 112 51 3 68.7 1/ 1 THE STORM FRONT (109) 9 5 0
2/ 2 THE STORM FRONT (109) 190 175 15 52.1 2/ 2 WANDERERS (329) 8 7 0
3- 3 THE PLAGUE (93) 323 299 21 51.9 3/ 4 DA DOG POWNDAZ (111) 6 8 0
4/ 4 DA DOG POWNDAZ (111) 239 249 17 49.0 4- 3 THE PLAGUE (93) 4 6 0
5/ 5 WANDERERS (329) 648 683 15 48.7 5/ 5 MEDAL OF HONOR H3 (397) 2 3 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 #39 ]H[ + ---:--- + ]H[ +
Fratsfa:
Outcast Orchid looked down the hill at the jumble of buildings crowding along
the river and heaved a sigh of relief. "Almost home, and I am *so* glad--I really
need a bath--all this lying around in ditches to hide just isn't--"
"We cannot enter the city openly," Herlas said. He sound scandalized by the
very idea. "I doubt that I would be given free passage, and even if I were, you
should not be seen with someone having such a dark reputation--"
"Oh, pooh! *I* never heard of you, and probably most people haven't, and
besides, what makes you think I care?" She squinted at him and opened her mouth to
make another comment, then closed it with the observation unspoken. Maybe he did
secretly enjoy his reputation as being a "bad boy of magic," but there was no need to
force him to admit it. Men were silly about things like that. "I know the back-
streets really well," she said. "And we're dirty enough no one will want to get
close and find out more."
She could see him wanting to argue and was glad when he changed his mind and
just followed her. She wove through narrow streets, narrower alleys, avoiding
people--who were avoiding them, so it was easy--and picking up familiar landmarks.
Getting close to the Flower Shoppe.
Sizzling Sunflower and the manager Lenpro came into sight, almost running, heading
for the same goal.
Orchid looked at her teammate and blinked. To Herlas, she said, "Does it seem
to you that Sunflower is... glowing?"
He hesitated. "She is certainly... radiant," he answered finally. "You mean
that isn't normal for her?"
"Maybe it's just the light."
The two pairs came together at the back door to the complex of buildings that
formed the Flower Shoppe. Orchid and Sunflower hugged each other, babbling about
"amazing things to report." Lenpro looked at Herlas and raised an eyebrow, then
gestured for the younger man to precede him into the building. Going first and
having people with unknown intentions at his back didn't appeal, but Herlas reminded
himself... well, he was sure there were extenuating circumstances, but he'd think
about them later. Simply getting out of sight of the hordes of ill-wishers produced
by his imagination--they were bound to show up any minute now--was good enough for
now. He went in.
Lady Fern hustled them into her private quarters (leaving a full house of Flower
Girls crowding the nearest rooms eager for news). She pushed them into chairs, waved
at a tray with bottles and glasses and plates of snacks, and sat down herself. On
the edge of her chair. "What has been HAPPENING?" she demanded. "You've been gone
for DAYS--"
"Days? Really days?" Sunflower asked. "It didn't feel like that long--"
"A pocket universe," Lenpro said. "Not particularly dangerous to Alastari in
itself, so far as I can tell, but it might indicate problems to come. What if more
of them form? We should probably do something about it. Where's Fandil? He'll know
whether we should worry." He waved to the others for their report.
"There was a golem in Andor," Orchid said, "and it was killed by gladiators, and
then the gladiators were killed by a mob and it probably isn't safe to be a gladiator
around there right now. And a chaos monster on the road when we were getting away."
"A Lord Korneth who describes himself as being 'from Sengir', a place I have
never heard of, is in control of Andor," Herlas added. "Most of the bureaucrats
support him, though whether that is from conviction or to safeguard their jobs I
don't know. A golem was made to look like the king--I did the illusions--supposedly
to allay worry about him. No one knows exactly what happened to the king, mind you,
but the people most likely to know anything at all believe that he is gone--wherever
and however--for good. The later stuff, killing the golem and giving gladiators a
bad name, increasing the size of the standing army, vilifying elves and Aruaki," he
hesitated and shrugged. "I believe that Korneth is using all this to distract or
pacify the general population while he takes complete power."
"And the chaos monsters!" Orchid reminded him. "Somebody sent real chaos
monsters to chase us when we left Andor. We need to tell Fandil about them, he'll
know what to do."
"I'm sure he will," Fern said. She looked suddenly older. "But Fandil is not
here. He left days ago to track down a magician in the mountains, and we have heard
nothing since Ravishing Redbud, who accompanied him part of the way, returned."
In the mountains west of Fratsfa:
The young mage Elosjon wiped sweat from his face. Though the morning was cold,
they had been walking and climbing since first light, and that was hot work. For
him, anyway; his studies had not included anything more physical than carrying a book
from shelf to table or lifting a wand. Fandil seemed to be doing fine. Pride could
only do so much. Elosjon gasped, "Can we stop for a few minutes?"
Fandil glanced around and gestured toward an outcropping with two trees which
would shield them from anyone ahead. "Surely, and next time don't wait till you're
about to fall down to ask."
"I wasn't sure it was okay to talk," Elosjon muttered.
"I doubt that will make any difference," the older mage said, and smiled. "We
aren't exactly walking silently, you know." He paused and cocked his head sideways
as if listening to something he alone could hear. "I don't think anyone--the mage,
at least--is paying attention. The watchdogs, though... might be different."
Elosjon shivered, wishing that his imagination didn't paint those possible
watchdogs in such demonic colors.
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---===ANDORIAN REGIONAL NEWS===---
Duelmasters
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DM 8 ARKERS (turn 316): CONFIDENCE of CONSANGUINEOUS (Mannequin, mgr.)
DM 11 ARUAK CITY (turn 633): YELLOW FEVER of COLORIFIC (Purple People Eater, mgr.)
DM 14 TOBIR (turn 633): TYNE of OTAGO HIGHLANDERS (The Mun, mgr.)
DM 22 SOLVEN (turn 618): HATE MY LIFE of KELLUMBO'S KIDS (Detective Kellumbo, mgr.)
DM 24 ZORPUNT (turn 622): WILD FIRE of DISASTER (Papa Bear, mgr.)
DM 25 LYRATILAN (turn 618): BELLE ISSIMO of FUNKY FOLK (Papa Bear, mgr.)
DM 26 CALEAM (turn 617): SHORT ORDER JOE of GOLDEN CHANYON (Jorja, mgr)
DM 30 IAYE (turn 615): HIPS of HER BEST ASSETS (Papa Bear, mgr.)
DM 40 ZENSU (turn 580): TERILEE LINZ of BEYOND THE PALE (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 41 KATI-TEI (turn 575): THE WAIT of THE PLAGUE (Reaper, mgr.)
DM 46 ARDIVENT (turn 566): BROTHER JEROME of FANDILS (Wise Old Fandil, mgr.)
DM 52 FRATSFA (turn 263): PHOBOPHOBIA of WATCH OUT! (Soultaker, mgr.)
DM 63 AMEN-TEI (turn 465): VALNAKORINE of WAYFARERS (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 71 KYR'TERR (turn 217): WITCH of DOGS OF WAR (?, mgr.)
ADM 105 ANDORAK (turn 518): THE PING RANGER of SUPERIOR FORCES X (Manager, mgr.)
Top Teams
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DM 8 ARKERS (turn 316): Z GLADIATORS (Z Man, mgr.)
DM 11 ARUAK CITY (turn 633): ANIMAL FARM (Mino, mgr.)
DM 14 TOBIR (turn 633): ACTION HEROES (?, mgr.)
DM 22 SOLVEN (turn 618): KELLUMBO'S KIDS (Detective Kellumbo, mgr.)
DM 24 ZORPUNT (turn 622): MEDAL OF HONOR Z3 (The Anarchist, mgr.)
DM 25 LYRATILAN (turn 618): DARK FORCES (?, mgr.)
DM 26 CALEAM (turn 617): FIRST LADIES (?, mgr.)
DM 30 IAYE (turn 615): LENPROS (Lenpro, mgr.)
DM 40 ZENSU (turn 580): BEYOND THE PALE (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 41 KATI-TEI (turn 575): THE STORM FRONT (The Storm Lord, mgr.)
DM 46 ARDIVENT (turn 565): SERPENT'S HOLD (Khisanth?, mgr.)
DM 52 FRATSFA (turn 263): BLOOD AND GUTS! (Le Pentarque, mgr.)
DM 63 AMEN-TEI (turn 465): MEDAL OF HONOR J3 (The Anarchist, mgr.)
DM 71 KYR'TERR (turn 217): THE ZOO (Jorja, mgr.)
ADM 105 ANDORAK (turn 518): KELLUMBO'S KIDS (Detective Kellumbo, mgr.)
Recent Graduates
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DM 8 ARKERS (turn 315): CONSTERNATION of CONSANGUINEOUS (Mannequin, mgr.)
DM 11 ARUAK CITY (turn 632): PUP TENT of BULLDOGS (Kennelworth, mgr.)
SHOTGUN GHANDI of ARMED & GREGARIOUS (TMM, mgr.)
DM 24 ZORPUNT (turn 622): LORMIN GARDE of KRILL CAVALRY (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 26 CALEAM (turn 616): KETTELMAN of GOLDEN CHANYON (Jorja, mgr)
DM 30 IAYE (turn 613): HELP ON THE WAY of THE WARLOCKS (Malaquar, mgr.)
DM 40 ZENSU (turn 580): TERILEE LINZ of BEYOND THE PALE (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 41 KATI-TEI (turn 575): STANLOY MEDAR of WANDERERS (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 52 FRATSFA (turn 263): BEXLY of OHIO (Berylstar, mgr.)
(turn 262): NOVERCAPHOBIA of WATCH OUT! (Soultaker, mgr.)
OUTCAST ORCHID of FLOWER GIRLS (Lady Fern, mgr.)
DUELMASTER'S COLUMN
Notes from the arena champ.
Ahhhh.....
Talking trash from the throne in Kati Tei...
It has been a while since that has happened...
Time to clean out the mess and put down fresh newspaper.
I guess Lucky Dawg should have ducked me.
Can't be the best until you beat me anyway
Besides Harbinger mashed Stanley....
I have no idea who I will challenge, but I will try to keep it interesting.
Your Duelmaster
The Wait
Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn
SPY REPORT
The sages err'd not in their foretelling of a god descending upon KATI-TEI, for
I, Novgorodny Vir, have returned! Practice pays for HELL HOUND, who pummelled
VALARELLE, to pocket 17 points. ASSID RANE certainly had a baffled expression on his
face, after losing to AMBITIOUS GUARD and losing 5 points in the process! Can you
believe it? THE WAIT apparently has better things to do as KATI-TEI's Duelmaster
than show up and fight! Now I can't insult COUNTRY RHODES, as she has gloriously
dueled to the top. Oh great new Duelmaster!!! (Stop me if I lay it on too thick)
Word has it one team in KATI-TEI is using psychics to predict wins. They lead a
charmed life!
And how sociable are KATI-TEI's warriors? Come, let us see. Like the noble
eagle soaring amongst the mountaintops, so stand the warriors of WANDERERS, alone and
unchallenged. As a woman of good breeding scorns the "warriors" of DA DOG POWNDAZ,
so did that sorry team shy from WANDERERS Is it charming personality? Conversational
abilities? Good oral hygiene? Whatever it is, BALIN CHANE is the most challenged
warrior.
The moving sword slashes, and having slashed, moves on... I.C. SLEET of THE
STORM FRONT, possessing a sorry record of 7-14-1, lost his last battle to AMBITIOUS
GUARD of KATI-TEI. Young warriors, take note! Such is a failure's lot! Ask not for
whom the sword slashes; it slashes for thee.
All good things must come to an end. As the seasons change, and the creatures
of the wild change also, so do I feel a yearning to leave this place. KATI-TEI, I
leave you now. The Duelmaster has agreed to foot my bill at The Dripping Blade.
'Til next time-- Novgorodny Vir
DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
COUNTRY RHODES 4400 12 9 0 108 WANDERERS (329)
CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-CHARLES DEGLOPPER 4377 13 10 1 115 MEDAL OF HONOR H3 (397)
CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-HARBINGER OF WOE 4390 15 7 0 109 THE PLAGUE (93)
RED DAWG 2689 13 11 1 97 DA DOG POWNDAZ (111)
-THE WAIT 4382 17 9 0 93 THE PLAGUE (93)
HELL HOUND 2675 14 9 0 92 DA DOG POWNDAZ (111)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
VALARELLE 4365 19 32 0 89 WANDERERS (329)
-LUCKY DAWG 2751 12 5 0 84 DA DOG POWNDAZ (111)
FOUR PAWZ 2208 13 17 0 72 DA DOG POWNDAZ (111)
CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
TYEFOON TURMOIL 2736 7 8 1 65 THE STORM FRONT (109)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
BALIN CHANE 4391 13 17 0 56 WANDERERS (329)
LONDON FOGG 4431 6 0 0 49 THE STORM FRONT (109)
ASSID RANE 2735 7 8 1 37 THE STORM FRONT (109)
-ANGEL OF ARKHAM 4423 5 1 1 36 THE PLAGUE (93)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-EL NINO 4430 3 2 0 23 THE STORM FRONT (109)
-THE MUFFIN 4426 2 2 1 23 THUGS (400)
HOWLITZER 4428 2 4 0 23 DA DOG POWNDAZ (111)
-SERGEANT 6 4415 4 3 0 21 MEDAL OF HONOR H3 (397)
-ARMED BANDIT 4418 2 2 1 21 THUGS (400)
GRIMM LURCHER 4432 3 2 0 20 WANDERERS (329)
-SERGEANT 5 4424 2 3 0 9 MEDAL OF HONOR H3 (397)
-SERGEANT 7 4429 1 1 0 7 MEDAL OF HONOR H3 (397)
-UBBA-SATHLA 4438 0 1 0 1 THE PLAGUE (93)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
DA1 4437 1 1 0 MEDAL OF HONOR H 397 BLACK ORC 576 NONE
OF THE ORDER 4406 5 4 1 THE PLAGUE 93 THE MUFFIN 4426 572 REVENGED
I.C. SLEET 2674 7 14 1 THE STORM FRONT 109 AMBITIOUS GUARD 576 NONE
PERSONAL ADS
Stanloy -- No... don't go.... You need to feed me some more skills. -- Harbinger of
Woe
Stanloy -- Congrats on getting the call!!! I hope Jorja gives us a postmortem on
your design. -- Reaper
Tyefoon -- Damn it where are the skills!!! You owe me some skills... -- Angel of
Arkam
DA1 -- Well fought... -- Ubba-Sathla
RU Gods -- What is the deal with this place? 4WT 4DF is really not what I am looking
for. I shall sacrifice cultists until you provide the appropriate talent. -- Reaper
The Wait -- I can't believe that we even got matched up with one another... the odds
of that were ridiculously small. If I knew you were coming I surely would have
tweaked things and possibly even out waited The Wait! LOL... congrats on the win...
keep my throne warm for me. -- Lucky Dawg
Country Rhodes -- Well done... evidently a bad strategy on my part. -- Hell Hound
Valarelle -- <shakes his head in disappointment> -- Four Pawz
Grim Lurcher -- Any relation to lurch himself? Da da da da... <clap clap> --
Howlitzer
All -- No kills or bloodfueds last turn??? This arena is turning soft!!! LOL jk...
-- Da Dogs
The Wait -- I'm coming for you this turn, ya big tin can! Luckily I own me a big ol'
can opener! -- Red Dawg
Harbinger of Woe -- For a minute there, I heard your name as "Hamburger of Woe," and
I was going to say that I'd met some like that. But you're somebody else, I guess.
Although, if you're the onions on the hamburger, you might well be harbinging woe. --
Stanloy Medar
Hell Hound -- If I was a city girl, I might have trouble with you, but in the
country, we can get along with hounds. -- Country Rhodes
Four Pawz -- Is that like, "two pawz, four pawz, six pawz, a dollar"? -- Valarelle,
idly curious
London Fogg -- Aren't those Commission clerks the pits? Any hint of facial hair, and
you're a dwarf, doesn't matter how tall you are. You'd think they might get a clue
sometime that there's more to being a dwarf than having a soup-strainer under your
nose. -- Balin Chane
Howlitzer -- You're a dog kind of person? Weird, I could've sworn you were a juke
box. -- Grimm Lurcher
Huh, graduation. I didn't really expect this. Two years, you get used to a place,
and now I have to move. Damn. -- Stanloy Medar
P.S. 9-14-15-11-13-9-13 GS low/low. Who'd'a thought?
Red Dawg -- If you're fast off the mark and get to me with a challenge today, I will
do my best to teach well. -- Stanloy Medar
Four Pawz -- In a small arena, you don't always have much choice in challenges. No
offense taken. -- Country Rhodes
P.S. Although there probably are limits beyond which offense would be taken.
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
DA1 was viciously butchered by BLACK ORC in a 2 minute bloody Dark Arena fight.
HELL HOUND vanquished VALARELLE in a 1 minute uneven Challenge battle.
TYEFOON TURMOIL demolished BALIN CHANE in a 4 minute uneven Challenge fight.
COUNTRY RHODES savagely defeated RED DAWG in a 5 minute veteran's Title fight.
STANLOY MEDAR won victory over FOUR PAWZ in a 3 minute master's fight.
I.C. SLEET was savagely slain by AMBITIOUS GUARD in a crowd pleasing 3 minute brawl.
ASSID RANE was overcome by AMBITIOUS GUARD in a 3 minute gruesome melee.
LONDON FOGG unbelievably bested AMBITIOUS GUARD in a popular 5 minute duel.
HOWLITZER won victory over POLITE BEGGAR in a 1 minute duel.
GRIMM LURCHER overpowered POLITE BEGGAR in a 1 minute one-sided fight.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|PARRY-STRIKE 4 PARRY-LUNGE 7 - 2 - 0 78 |
|LUNGING ATTACK 2 TOTAL PARRY 14 - 10 - 0 58 |
|BASHING ATTACK 2 AIMED BLOW 9 - 7 - 1 56 |
|TOTAL PARRY 2 SLASHING ATTACK 16 - 15 - 2 52 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 LUNGING ATTACK 32 - 30 - 3 52 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 1 STRIKING ATTACK 6 - 6 - 0 50 |
|AIMED BLOW 1 PARRY-STRIKE 18 - 21 - 2 46 |
|WALL OF STEEL 1 WALL OF STEEL 5 - 6 - 0 45 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 0 BASHING ATTACK 4 - 6 - 0 40 |
|STRIKING ATTACK 0 PARRY-RIPOSTE 6 - 10 - 0 38 |
Turn 576 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-RIPOSTE 1 - 0 AIMED BLOW 0 - 1 2 SLASHING ATTACK
SLASHING ATTACK 1 - 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 2 TOTAL PARRY
PARRY-STRIKE 2 - 2 STRIKING ATTACK 0 - 0 2 PARRY-STRIKE
LUNGING ATTACK 1 - 1 WALL OF STEEL 0 - 1 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE
BASHING ATTACK 1 - 1 1 LUNGING ATTACK
TOTAL PARRY 1 - 1 1 WALL OF STEEL
1 AIMED BLOW
1 PARRY-LUNGE
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
PARRY-RIPOSTE COUNTRY RHODES 4400 12 9 0 108 WANDERERS (329)
WALL OF STEEL RED DAWG 2689 13 11 1 97 DA DOG POWNDAZ (111)
SLASHING ATTACK HELL HOUND 2675 14 9 0 92 DA DOG POWNDAZ (111)
TOTAL PARRY LONDON FOGG 4431 6 0 0 49 THE STORM FRONT (109)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
The overall popularity leader is COUNTRY RHODES 4400. The most popular warrior this
turn was COUNTRY RHODES 4400. The ten other most popular fighters were TYEFOON
TURMOIL 2736, RED DAWG 2689, I.C. SLEET 2674, ASSID RANE 2735, HOWLITZER 4428, DA1
4437, HELL HOUND 2675, FOUR PAWZ 2208, GRIMM LURCHER 4432, and VALARELLE 4365.
The least popular fighter this week was LONDON FOGG 4431. The other ten least
popular fighters were BALIN CHANE 4391, VALARELLE 4365, GRIMM LURCHER 4432, FOUR PAWZ
2208, HELL HOUND 2675, DA1 4437, HOWLITZER 4428, ASSID RANE 2735, I.C. SLEET 2674,
and RED DAWG 2689.
The following warriors have traveled to AD after fighting this turn:
STANLOY MEDAR (41-4369) WANDERERS (329)