DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 01/12/2010    Duedate: 01/25/2010

KATI-TEI ARENA

DM-41    TURN-579

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

HELL HOUND
DA DOG POWNDAZ (111)
(41-2675) [17-9-0,119]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

HELL HOUND                     POSITION IS EMPTY
DA DOG POWNDAZ (111)           
(41-2675) [17-9-0,119]         

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

COUNTRY RHODES                 GRIMM LURCHER
WANDERERS (329)                WANDERERS (329)
(41-4400) [14-10-0,111]        (41-4432) [5-3-0,33]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

THE PLAGUE (93)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. WANDERERS (329)             58
2. DA DOG POWNDAZ (111)        36      THE PLAGUE (93)
3. THE PLAGUE (93)              4      Unchartered Team
4. MEDAL OF HONOR H3 (397)      0
5. THE STORM FRONT (109)      -29      NOTHING HERE (67)

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  52  3 68.3   1/ 3 THE PLAGUE (93)           9  6 0
 2/ 3 THE PLAGUE (93)          332 305 21 52.1   2/ 2 WANDERERS (329)           8  6 0
 3/ 2 THE STORM FRONT (109)    195 181 15 51.9   3/ 4 DA DOG POWNDAZ (111)      5  4 0
 4/ 4 DA DOG POWNDAZ (111)     244 253 17 49.1   4/ 1 THE STORM FRONT (109)     5  6 0
 5/ 5 WANDERERS (329)          656 689 15 48.8   5- 5 MEDAL OF HONOR H3 (397)   0  1 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 #42 ]H[ + ---:--- + ]H[ +

In the mountains west of Fratsfa:

     Elosjon had almost all his attention on the spell he was using.  A little on the
bear-golem itself, too, but spells had to be watched closely or they ran away from
you and did things you didn't expect.  And he didn't have to worry about secondary
attacks, not with someone like Fandil to watch his back.  That was just amazing--
Fandil, who had a high reputation among the experienced magicians of the Andorian
League, was watching HIS back!  If he survived, he'd have something really impressive
to tell his friends.  But that was for later; for now, he had to hold his ball of
lightning steady as it flew into the arms of the bear-golem.  It was getting a little
loose, trying to unravel.  He remembered his instructor warning him about that:
warning him that lightning didn't really want to form a ball, so he was going to have
to hold it together with his own will.  He could do that... if his attention didn't
stray.  He tightened it up and resisted the temptation to push it a little faster.
"Speed is the enemy of coherence in a lightning spell," his instructor had said.
Move it too fast and it would come apart.
                         *****   ***   *****   ***   *****
     Fandil watched the youngster for a moment and then nodded.  Elosjon lacked
experience, but his instincts and training were good.  If he survived this
expedition, he would be a fine magician, someday.  One to be reckoned with.  And for
the matter in hand, he was doing very well.  The boy could be left to it while he
himself did other things.
     Such as watched for other guards.  True, he had said this bear-golem had been
made almost casually to frighten away ordinary people.  He believed that.  But he
also believed that there would be at least one genuine, dangerous watchdog.  Maybe a
real demon, maybe a more carefully-made golem--
     A sudden scent of sulfur-and-something announced the arrival of the real guard.
Fandil scanned the hillside quickly and saw it condense out of a drift of mist or
smoke.  A true demon--it had the classic markers: red skin, hooves, horns, tail,
wings, nasty disposition.  Not an impressive demon, probably one of the lowest rank.
But still, a demon, and even the least of them required careful handling.
     Try simple things first.  He had dealt with true demons before and knew the
drill.  First a spell of banishment, with a little extra magical muscle behind it.
It... twitched.  Twitched?  Fandil's mustache bristled.  The demon should have
vanished in a cloud of saffron smoke!
     He took a deep breath and coughed a little at the sulfur fumes.  Not just as
simple as it looked, then.  Well, he could STILL handle it.  Fandil narrowed his eyes
and traced out the patterns, the ripples, in the Arcanum that had resulted from the
encounter between demon and spell.  Odd.  A flat in the key of aleph, a kink in
gimel, and... a medusa-knot in the tertiary subtext?  That should not be possible.
Medusa-knots were totally incompatible with the key of aleph.  No one but a Chaos-
mage would even attempt--
     Fandil's mind stumbled.  A Chaos-mage.  He had been worried about one earlier,
but he'd let that concern lapse.  Big mistake.  Maybe very big mistake, if this semi-
demon was alert and skillful enough to grasp him through center of the medusa-knot.
No time to try to close it now, even if he could.  The important thing was to get OUT
of the key of aleph before--  No.  He brought his unruly thoughts under control.
Don't even think about what could be done against him, because a truly skilled
opponent could pluck that right out of his mind.  More than one mage had defeated
himself that way.
     Key of epsilon, that's what he wanted.  Seven right-hand sharps and a tremolo.
Twist of lemon if there's time... yes!  There came the counter through the medusa-
knot:  the three-legged asp.  It rammed into the epsilon shield, was shredded,
twisted, and sent back.  Strong, though.  Even stopping it depleted his energies.
     The demon's form shifted, flowing through a truly disgusting ape into something
unearthly but compellingly female.  Fandil took refuge in humor, which no demon
understood:  What would his sister Fern call this?  A Calamitous Calla?  The shape
wobbled and fell in on itself.

Fratsfa:

     "Okay," Lenpro said, "not better a bad ruler than none.  How do you propose to
make sure we get a good ruler, though?  Or even tell if someone will make a good
ruler or not?"
     "Emperor Alonj of Fratsfa--"
     "Will not be acceptable to most people, because they believe he's either crazy
or a half-wit."
     "He is NOT crazy or a half-wit," Fern answered.  "And he has one thing that
others don't: legitimacy.  It would be legitimate for Alonj to govern the whole
League."
     "But he doesn't want to," Sizzling Sunflower protested.  "We've all heard that."
     "And sometimes we have to do things we don't want to," her teammate Outcast
Orchid said.  "We've all heard that, too.  If Emperor Alonj can hold off whatever
this Korneth is trying to do until Andoria finds its feet, well, I figure he's got a
duty."
     Sunflower ignored that.  Pointedly.  "And if Emperor Alonj doesn't want to do
something, his wife will back him up," she went on.
     "Unless she sees it as his duty," Orchid said.  "Very strong on duty, Empress
Kitiara."

       * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ *

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

                                     Duelmasters
                                     -----------
 DM   8 ARKERS (turn 317): CONFIDENCE of CONSANGUINEOUS (Mannequin, mgr.)
 DM  11 ARUAK CITY (turn 636): GREEN THUMB of COLORIFIC (Purple People Eater, mgr.)
 DM  14 TOBIR (turn 636): HELENA of OTAGO HIGHLANDERS (The Mun, mgr.)
 DM  22 SOLVEN (turn 621): JILLIAN NORMAN of MIDDLE WAY 15 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  24 ZORPUNT (turn 625): WILD FIRE of DISASTER (Papa Bear, mgr.)
 DM  25 LYRATILAN (turn 621): AIKIDO of DARK FORCES (The Walkin' Dude, mgr.)
 DM  26 CALEAM (turn 620): DEATH RATTLE of ULTRA-VIOLENT (Deep Thought, mgr.)
 DM  30 IAYE (turn 618): SPUD of RED DOG GANG (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  40 ZENSU (turn 582): CORBIE LEK of BEYOND THE PALE (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  41 KATI-TEI (turn 578): THE WAIT of THE PLAGUE (Reaper, mgr.)
 DM  46 ARDIVENT (turn 569): SIS of FANDILS (Wise Old Fandil, mgr.)
 DM  52 FRATSFA (turn 265): NOT SO HOT of PYROMANIA (Marma Duke, mgr.)
 DM  63 AMEN-TEI (turn 468): VALNAKORINE of WAYFARERS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  71 KYR'TERR (turn 218): WITCH of DOGS OF WAR (?, mgr.)
ADM 105 ANDORAK (turn 521): SHERRI of SUPERIOR FORCES 3201 (Manager, mgr.)

                                      Top Teams
                                      ---------
 DM   8 ARKERS (turn 317): Z GLADIATORS (Z Man, mgr.)
 DM  11 ARUAK CITY (turn 636): BULLDOGS (Kennelworth, mgr.)
 DM  14 TOBIR (turn 636): OTAGO HIGHLANDERS (The Mun, mgr.)
 DM  22 SOLVEN (turn 621): SERPENTS HOLD (Khisanth, mgr.)
 DM  24 ZORPUNT (turn 625): MEDAL OF HONOR Z3 (The Anarchist, mgr.)
 DM  25 LYRATILAN (turn 621): THE MIDDLE WAY 4 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  26 CALEAM (turn 620): GOLDEN CANYON (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  30 IAYE (turn 618): RED DOG GANG (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  40 ZENSU (turn 582): BEYOND THE PALE (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  41 KATI-TEI (turn 578): THE STORM FRONT (The Storm Lord, mgr.)
 DM  46 ARDIVENT (turn 568): FANDILS (Wise Old Fandil, mgr.)
 DM  52 FRATSFA (turn 265): BLOOD AND GUTS! (Le Pentarque, mgr.)
 DM  63 AMEN-TEI (turn 468): WAYFARERS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  71 KYR'TERR (turn 218): THE ZOO (Jorja, mgr.)
ADM 105 ANDORAK (turn 521): KELLUMBO'S KIDS (Detective Kellumbo, mgr.)

                                   Recent Graduates
                                   ----------------
 DM  14 TOBIR (turn 636): HELENA of OTAGO HIGHLANDERS (The Mun, mgr.)
              (turn 635): TYNE of OTAGO HIGHLANDERS (The Mun, mgr.)
 DM  25 LYRATILAN (turn 620): RAVING LUNATIC of DARK FORCES (The Walkin' Dude, mgr.)
 DM  26 CALEAM (turn 619): SHORT ORDER JOE of GOLDEN CANYON (Jorja, mgr.)
               (turn 618): HERSHEL WILLIAMS of MEDAL OF HONOR F7 (Anarchist, mgr.)
 DM  40 ZENSU (turn 581): CALHOUN DEANE of BEYOND THE PALE (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  46 ARDIVENT (turn 568): BINKLY of DEATHTONGUE (Technogeek, mgr.)
 DM  52 FRATSFA (turn 264): NUMBSKULL of OTTO'S PARTS (Crip, mgr.)
                            BRAIN TUMOR of OTTO'S PARTS (Crip, mgr.)
                            PULLED HAMSTRING of OTTO'S PARTS (Crip, mgr.)

                                      SPY REPORT

     Greetings, Warriors of KATI-TEI.  Allow this humble servant Novgorodny Vir to 
give you a respite from the fights in the form of this Spyreport.  Nothing is certain 
in KATI-TEI, with changing loyalties, changing Duelmasters.  Write this down:  new 
top team--THE PLAGUE.  Good things come to those who fight well, as WANDERERS can 
attest, moving up by 0.  You could cut the tension with a scimitar as HELL HOUND of 
DA DOG POWNDAZ met the Duelmaster.  Now I can't insult HELL HOUND, as he has 
gloriously dueled to the top.  Oh great new Duelmaster!!!  (Stop me if I lay it on 
too thick) So who was the warrior seen charging into immovable walls and challenging 
dead trees?  Someone's got a basic problem...   
     My mother wished me to avoid conflict, and seek the gentle trade of Spyreporter. 
But warriors aren't supposed to avoid fights!  Like the noble eagle soaring amongst 
the mountaintops, so stand the warriors of THE STORM FRONT, alone and unchallenged.  
As a woman of good breeding scorns the "warriors" of THE PLAGUE, so did that sorry 
team shy from THE STORM FRONT If challenges were horses, VALARELLE could open up a 
fast food joint!  Take heed KATI-TEI, of the unprincipled action of HARBINGER OF WOE. 
By challenging COUNTRY RHODES, 29 points below him, HARBINGER OF WOE besmirches the 
noble art of dueling.  Bookies and HARBINGER OF WOE were more than a little 
surprised, as COUNTRY RHODES snatched an easy victory from HARBINGER OF WOE, gaining 
16 points.  FOUR PAWZ challenged TYEFOON TURMOIL!  Who says DA DOG POWNDAZ are just a 
bunch of wimps!  FOUR PAWZ of DA DOG POWNDAZ kept his wits as he bested TYEFOON 
TURMOIL.   
     Like the wind whispering among the pines, do hearest I many disquieting rumors.  
Oh hard!  that to strike a flame, the match itself must needs be wasting!   
     All good things must come to an end.  More important duties call me.  Do not 
despair!  I shall return!-- Novgorodny Vir  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 HELL HOUND 2675              17   9  0   119       DA DOG POWNDAZ (111)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-CHARLES DEGLOPPER 4377       13  10  1   115       MEDAL OF HONOR H3 (397)
 COUNTRY RHODES 4400          14  10  0   111       WANDERERS (329)
 HARBINGER OF WOE 4390        17   8  0    94       THE PLAGUE (93)
 VALARELLE 4365               19  35  0    92       WANDERERS (329)
 THE WAIT 4382                18  11  0    92       THE PLAGUE (93)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-RED DAWG 2689                13  12  1    90       DA DOG POWNDAZ (111)
 ANGEL OF ARKHAM 4423          8   1  1    90       THE PLAGUE (93)
 FOUR PAWZ 2208               15  18  0    89       DA DOG POWNDAZ (111)
-LUCKY DAWG 2751              12   5  0    84       DA DOG POWNDAZ (111)
 BALIN CHANE 4391             15  18  0    75       WANDERERS (329)
 TYEFOON TURMOIL 2736          9   9  1    68       THE STORM FRONT (109)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 GRIMM LURCHER 4432            5   3  0    33       WANDERERS (329)
-EL NINO 4430                  4   2  0    33       THE STORM FRONT (109)
 LONDON FOGG 4431              7   2  0    29       THE STORM FRONT (109)
 MARLIN REEVE 4443             2   0  0    29       WANDERERS (329)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-THE MUFFIN 4426               2   2  1    23       THUGS (400)
-SERGEANT 6 4415               4   3  0    21       MEDAL OF HONOR H3 (397)
-ARMED BANDIT 4418             2   2  1    21       THUGS (400)
 UBBA-SATHLA 4438              2   2  0    15       THE PLAGUE (93)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 RED TENTACLE 4442             1   1  0    15       THE PLAGUE (93)
-SKITZOID SNOOPY 2146          2   2  0    11       DA DOG POWNDAZ (111)
-SERGEANT 5 4424               2   3  0     9       MEDAL OF HONOR H3 (397)
-SERGEANT 7 4429               1   1  0     7       MEDAL OF HONOR H3 (397)
 SYKLONE SEQUEL 4440           1   1  0     4       THE STORM FRONT (109)

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

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

                                     PERSONAL ADS

Four Pawz -- Who knows!?  Maybe I just have that "knack."  Thanks for the skills,
though.  And I'll try to hold up the banner for us pikers! -- Tyefoon Turmoil

Grim Lurcher -- Good thing your "grimness" isn't contagious!  I was actually quite
happy after our fight. -- El Nino

Fratsfan Noble -- Why was I the least popular last turn?  Our bout was actually quite
amusing for me.  But then again some of my hobbies are watching grass grow and seeing
paint dry.  Oh, well. -- London Fogg

Red Tentacle -- Boy... are you going to be in trouble.  :) -- Syklone Sequel

R.I.P. Assisd Rane.  Nothing great (8-11-13-15-17-13-7), but still a vast
underachiever!

Balin Chane -- No problem.  It isn't exactly fan mail, but mail is mail, right?  I
did send something to one of your stable mates this turn though. -- Stormy

The Wait -- NINE minutes?  Not a chance.  I don't have that much patience. -- Country
Rhodes

Angel of Arkham -- Does that mean you walk around with a lamp ministering to the
wounded and suffering?  If so, I think... I'll pass on that.  You already ministered
to me, and I don't want any more. -- Balin Chane

El Nino -- I'm going to tell your sister what you've been up to, and THEN you'll be
sorry! -- Grimm Lurcher

Hell Hound -- You beast!  Get off that table!  Leave that cake alone!  AAUUGH! --
Valarelle
P.S.  For your sake, I hope that chocolate really DOES make you sick.  Bad dog!

Ubba-Sathla -- With a name like that, how can anyone take you seriously? -- Marlin
Reeve

The Wait -- "Somehow" definitely describes it.  I looked EVERYWHERE for those attack
skills.  High and low, under and behind, EVERYWHERE.  And they still weren't enough.
-- Country Rhodes

Ghost of Assid Rane -- Maybe you could burn a hole in the wall between here and the
"other side" and come visit? -- Balin Chane

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

HELL HOUND devastated THE WAIT in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge Title fight.
HARBINGER OF WOE was viciously subdued by COUNTRY RHODES in a 3 minute match.
FOUR PAWZ devastated TYEFOON TURMOIL in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge fight.
SYKLONE SEQUEL was demolished by MARLIN REEVE in a 1 minute Challenge competition.
VALARELLE was vanquished by ANGEL OF ARKHAM in a 1 minute mismatched fight.
BALIN CHANE luckily beat VIRGINAL CONCUBINE in a popular 6 minute master's brawl.
LONDON FOGG was viciously subdued by GRIMM LURCHER in a action packed 3 minute duel.
UBBA-SATHLA overpowered SHIFTYEYED VOLUNTEER in a slow 3 minute uneven duel.
RED TENTACLE overpowered POLITE BEGGAR in a tiring 4 minute uneven match.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|AIMED BLOW                       4         PARRY-LUNGE        5 -   1 -  0      83  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      4         PARRY-RIPOSTE      7 -   4 -  0      64  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     2         AIMED BLOW        13 -   9 -  1      59  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  2         TOTAL PARRY       17 -  13 -  0      57  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    1         SLASHING ATTACK   18 -  14 -  2      56  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   1         STRIKING ATTACK    3 -   3 -  0      50  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    1         BASHING ATTACK     6 -   6 -  0      50  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      0         PARRY-STRIKE      16 -  18 -  1      47  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   0         LUNGING ATTACK    19 -  28 -  1      40  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  0         WALL OF STEEL      4 -   8 -  0      33  |

Turn 579 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     PARRY-LUNGE        0 -  0         2  SLASHING ATTACK
BASHING ATTACK     1 -  0     LUNGING ATTACK     0 -  0         2  AIMED BLOW     
WALL OF STEEL      1 -  0     STRIKING ATTACK    0 -  0         2  TOTAL PARRY    
AIMED BLOW         2 -  2                                       1  LUNGING ATTACK 
PARRY-STRIKE       1 -  1                                       1  PARRY-RIPOSTE  
SLASHING ATTACK    1 -  1                                       1  WALL OF STEEL  
TOTAL PARRY        2 -  2                                       1  PARRY-STRIKE   
                                                                1  PARRY-LUNGE    

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
SLASHING ATTACK  HELL HOUND 2675            17   9  0  119 DA DOG POWNDAZ (111)
PARRY-RIPOSTE    COUNTRY RHODES 4400        14  10  0  111 WANDERERS (329)
TOTAL PARRY      THE WAIT 4382              18  11  0   92 THE PLAGUE (93)
AIMED BLOW       ANGEL OF ARKHAM 4423        8   1  1   90 THE PLAGUE (93)
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 GRIMM LURCHER 4432.  The ten other most popular fighters were COUNTRY RHODES 
4400, HELL HOUND 2675, HARBINGER OF WOE 4390, MARLIN REEVE 4443, FOUR PAWZ 2208, 
ANGEL OF ARKHAM 4423, THE WAIT 4382, TYEFOON TURMOIL 2736, BALIN CHANE 4391, and 
LONDON FOGG 4431.

The least popular fighter this week was RED TENTACLE 4442.  The other ten least 
popular fighters were UBBA-SATHLA 4438, VALARELLE 4365, SYKLONE SEQUEL 4440, LONDON 
FOGG 4431, BALIN CHANE 4391, TYEFOON TURMOIL 2736, THE WAIT 4382, ANGEL OF ARKHAM 
4423, FOUR PAWZ 2208, and MARLIN REEVE 4443.

The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn:

COUNTRY RHODES (41-4400) WANDERERS (329)