DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER Date : 08/07/2012 Duedate: 08/20/2012 KATI-TEI ARENA DM-41 TURN-646 This Weeks Top Honors THE DUELMASTER IS POSITION IS EMPTY Chartered Recognition LeaderUnchartered Recognition Leader POSITION IS EMPTY TOP ELF LIQUOR SHEWISH BUFFET (410) (41-4579) [4-1-0,39] Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite DANCING SHADOW JACK DANIELS WANDERERS (329) I C DRUNK PEOPLE (352) (41-4520) [17-17-0,68] (41-3947) [11-3-0,93] THE CURRENT TOP TEAM WANDERERS (329) TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team 1. LAZY SUNDAY (411) 49 2. I C DRUNK PEOPLE (352) 18 LADY OF THE MOON (330) 3. SHEWISH BUFFET (410) 13 Unchartered Team 4. LADY OF THE MOON (330) 11 5. DA DOG POWNDAZ (111) 0 LAZY SUNDAY (411) The Top Teams Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K 1/ 0*LAZY SUNDAY (411) 3 0 0 100 1/ 1 WANDERERS (329) 6 9 0 2/ 1 LADY OF THE MOON (330) 59 34 3 63.4 2/ 0*LAZY SUNDAY (411) 3 0 0 3- 2 DA DOG POWNDAZ (111) 409 360 28 53.2 3- 3 THE PLAGUE (93) 3 2 0 4- 3 THE PLAGUE (93) 414 370 24 52.8 4/ 2*SHEWISH BUFFET (410) 3 10 0 5/ 4 WANDERERS (329) 811 864 17 48.4 5/ 5 LADY OF THE MOON (330) 2 0 0 6/ 5 I C DRUNK PEOPLE (352) 18 22 0 45.0 6/ 4 I C DRUNK PEOPLE (352) 1 4 0 7/ 6*SHEWISH BUFFET (410) 5 17 0 22.7 7- 6 DA DOG POWNDAZ (111) 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 6 Months Ago -- The Eastern Deserts The battlefield was shrouded in darkness, save for the torches carried by a number of the soldiers and several magical orbs of light, which circled above lazily at the command of the wizards. The engagement had been a short one, as three huge, lumbering Phase Dragons burst from the nearby caverns and ran straight into the fully prepared army. The archers took a savage toll on the beasts before the elite gladiators charged in to finish the fray. As the soldiers cleared the massive bodies from the cavern mouth a small group of hooded men gathered a short distance away. "There is no question about it. These are creatures from the Kaikwok Gate." said Rillion, thoughtfully stroking his short beard. "I just don't understand how they are accessing our world again despite the gate being completely sealed." Alongside the mage, the manager known as The Greek Guy sharpened a gleaming battle axe. "The Dark One said something about a rift or tear. I'm not really up on Gate Metaphysics, Rill. All I know is they're here and they shouldn't be." "Managerr said they wouldn't be gone long." Added Rascally Rabbit, looking far more sinister than his manager name implied, "and that we needed to hold this area until they got back. So that's what we need to do." One of the scouts shouted a brief warning and the soldiers assumed battle formation once more. The three arena managers stepped back behind a shield thrown up by Rillion and prepared for a second engagement. Within a moment, a snarling wave of Jaguar warriors erupted from the cavern, pouring out toward the soldiers. The Greek Guy took the point and motioned to the troops. "Move to engage! Form up! Initiate Shield Wall! Archers, volley fire!" A cloud of enchanted arrows hissed into the night, and then descended to shower death upon the charging Jaguar warriors. Scores of the beast men went down under the fire but it was just a small fraction of their overall numbers. Within a moment the first ranks of the jaguars leapt upon the prepared troops, tearing and rending with their razor sharp talons and fangs. Despite the massive numbers, the shield wall held, and the gate beasts seemed to be taking the worst of the exchange. After a moment, however, the Jaguar Warriors found some holes in the ranks and burst through, creating havoc amongst the defenders. "Second line-- advance! First line-- fall back!" The first defensive line fell back in an organized retreat, while a second wave of defenders moved up. Within a moment, they formed up to from a second defensive line, while those formerly in the front line moved back to regroup. At the same time, another wave of arrows showered from the sky and cut down the confused Jaguar Warriors. "We learned a lot from the first Gate incursion." Rillion commented to RR. "The Jaguar Warriors can be a terror one on one, but they don't fight well in organized battles. Those enchanted arrows help a lot, too. One shot, one kill." Despite the confident words, the Jaguars were inflicting a savage toll on the soldiers. It was true, that the majority of the troops were gladiators and former gladiators who were now protected by immortality magic, but still if they were consumed by the Gate monsters, there would be no return. As the battle raged, it became clear that there were too many Jaguar warriors for the small army to defeat. Rillion flicked his staff and sent a fireball into the Jaguar's flank. It erupted into a flaming explosion of heat and pressure, sending scores of the beast men flying. As he did so, the Rabbit gathered a nearby troop and rushed to cut off a Jaguar offensive. The Greek Guy motioned for the trumpeters to sound the retreat. "Back up the hill! Form defensive units. Skirmishers forward to slow the advance." "This is not going well." Rillion commented as he blasted away a row of Jaguars with a bolt of lightning. As he prepared a second bolt, he noticed a large vortex opening nearby. A travelling Gate was being opened. Which meant either more Jaguars, or...? A second small army of heavily armored gladiator-soldiers appeared. At their head rode Managerr, on a white stallion, and the Dark One, on his black gelding. They motioned and their warriors charged into the Jaguar Warriors flank. The numbers now more even, the first army charged down the hill. Within minutes the Jaguar forces were destroyed. Only a handful survived to flee back into the cavern. "Good timing." Rascally Rabbit chuckled, his eyebrow arched, "You couldn't have arrived just a touch sooner?" "It took us a while to scout out the ruins of our old training grounds on the other side of the Kaikwok Gate." Managerr responded, "We stopped by to gather the second division, as we thought we might need the manpower. Apparently we were right. The other side of the old Gate is completely empty. They are all gone." "Gone? There were millions of beings on that world. You're telling me that they're all gone?" The Dark One waved his staff and a vision of the Kaikwok Gate world appeared. It was decimated. Forests burned and blasted, temples shattered, riverbeds and lakes dried up and shriveled. "As he said. All gone. We detected residual magic. Gate magic. I am not certain if it was left from an invader that came, exterminated that world and enslaved what was left of the population or possibly the denizens of that world developed Gate travel on its own and departed a dying world. We have no way of knowing which is the case." The Greek Guy received a message from one of the army runners, read it quickly and motioned to his fellows. "The engineers are ready." He motioned to a figure high up on the cliffside above the cave. In a moment, a thunderous explosion shook the ground. Instantly a shower of boulders, shards of stone and dirt rained down, burying the cavern opening under half the mountainside. Rillion nodded. "That will do for this Gate access, but I expect there will be more." Three Months Ago -- The Dark Citadel -- Isle of of the Eye The Brotherhood of the Blade sat around the titanic obsidian table where they often planned and plotted together. This occasion was more serious, however, than their usual debates over gladiatorial tactics and battle plans. They were instead embroiled in a lengthy discourse regarding the ongoing Gate incursions that had been detected. "Sheila and her mage council can't figure out how to stop it." Managerr noted. "Sheila?" The Greek Guy chuckled, "First name basis now, are we?" Managerr smirked at him. "They can close the Gate opening when they find it, but then another one opens somewhere else within a few days. At some point they are going to get access in a remote area and we won't find it in time. If they can move in a large force, it will be next to impossible to beat them back and close the access. It will be a mess." "And we still have no idea who is behind this and what's going on." Rillion added. "What we do know is that we don't have enough days in the week to keep running around closing gates and fighting battles. We're shorthanded. Zalgor's missing in action and Caesar is off-world fighting wars of his own. Without their forces it's even worse." Rascally Rabbit shuffled through his roster. "I've lost 15% of my personal troops and I know you all have suffered losses as well." Managerr agreed. "We're definitely short on members. Mad Max and Tig Toad are retired. With Zalgor inactive and Caesar battling Picts or whatnot, we are at five members. Just barely enough in normal times and way short in these times." "We need to recruit some new members." The Greek Guy stated. "We have a tournament coming up and can talk to some managers there. We need to find those who are like-minded and who would get along with the rest of us, which is not always easy." "Agreed." said the Dark One from beneath his cowl, "We can then announce our new members. We need more men and more troops. I think we all have some candidates in mind. First, they must have no other allegiances. Second, they must have the martial knowledge we expect from our members. And, the Greek Guy mentioned, they have to be able to deal with us." Present Day -- the Isle of the Eye One of the arena scribes rushed into the GC headquarters. "We need 100 runners to travel to every city in the land. We're being paid 1,000 gold sovereigns to get the news out!" "What news?" "The Brotherhood of the Blade is expanding!! Here is the announcement!" ***** ***** ***** Hear Ye! Hear Ye! The Brotherhood of the Blade has chosen to add the following new members to our ranks. Effective immediately, the following managers have been offered and have accepted membership to the Brotherhood: Bubbaganoosh Grimm Khisanth May their successes be great and their victories many under our banner! Officially -- Managerr -- Grand High Moose of the Brotrotherhood of the Blade * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * ---===ANDORIAN REGIONAL NEWS===--- Duelmasters ----------- DM 8 ARKERS (turn 351): IMA SLAYER of YOU PAY I SLAY (Khisanth, mgr.) DM 11 ARUAK CITY (turn 703): SEVEN WIT of WRATHMEN DM 20 (Kharadmon, mgr.) DM 14 TOBIR (turn 703): FAITH of ZOMBIE SQUAD (Khisanth, mgr.) DM 22 SOLVEN (turn 688): ROMO of SERPENTS HOLD (Khisanth, mgr.) DM 24 ZORPUNT (turn 690): WWC of WRESTLING (Sherlock, mgr.) DM 25 LYRATILAN (turn 687): VOLDEMORT of SAY MY NAME (Howlin' Wolf, mgr.) DM 26 CALEAM (turn 684): BETTEY DECKER of GOLDEN CANYON (Jorja, mgr.) DM 30 IAYE (turn 685): PROFESSOR PUTT of LENPROS (Lenpro, mgr.) DM 40 ZENSU (turn 648): PRINCESS BUBBLEGUM of ADVENTURE TIME 2 (Muffin Man, mgr.) DM 41 KATI-TEI (turn 645): STRAY CAT of WANDERERS (Jorja, mgr.) DM 46 ARDIVENT (turn 636): SHELLEY ANN of FANDILS (Wise Old Fandil, mgr.) DM 52 FRATSFA (turn 298): ANASTASIUS of DARQUE AGES (Master Darque, mgr.) DM 63 AMEN-TEI (turn 530): KUNG PAO KOLACTAN of SHEWISH BUFFET (One Armed Bandit) DM 71 KYR'TERR (turn 252): B'ZIADUL of WRATHMEN XIV (Kharadmon, mgr.) ADM 105 ANDORAK (turn 588): GAMBIT of ZOMBIE SQUAD (Khisanth, mgr.) Top Teams --------- DM 8 ARKERS (turn 351): YOU PAY I SLAY (Khisanth, mgr.) DM 11 ARUAK CITY (turn 703): THE JOKER'S WILD (Sir Jessie Jest, mgr.) DM 14 TOBIR (turn 703): THE DOGHOUSE (Jorja, mgr.) DM 22 SOLVEN (turn 688): MIDDLE WAY 15 (Jorja, mgr.) DM 24 ZORPUNT (turn 690): KRILL CAVALRY (Jorja, mgr.) DM 25 LYRATILAN (turn 687): SAY MY NAME (Howlin' Wolf, mgr.) DM 26 CALEAM (turn 684): WRATHMEN (Kharadmon, mgr.) DM 30 IAYE (turn 685): LENPROS (Lenpro, mgr.) DM 40 ZENSU (turn 648): BEYOND THE PALE (Jorja, mgr.) DM 41 KATI-TEI (turn 645): WANDERERS (Jorja, mgr.) DM 46 ARDIVENT (turn 636): BLUVALLEY WARRIORS (Jorja, mgr.) DM 52 FRATSFA (turn 298): FLOWER GIRLS (Lady Fern, mgr.) DM 63 AMEN-TEI (turn 530): WRATHMEN (Kharadmon, mgr.) DM 71 KYR'TERR (turn 252): ARENAS III (Kharadmon?, mgr.) ADM 105 ANDORAK (turn 588): SUPERIOR FORCES (Manager, mgr.) Recent Graduates ---------------- DM 11 ARUAK CITY (turn 703): SEVEN WIT of WRATHMEN DM 20 (Kharadmon, mgr.) (turn 702): BLOOD MONKEY of SNUGGLEBUNNIES (Otto X, mgr.) DM 14 TOBIR (turn 703): FAITH of ZOMBIE SQUAD (Khisanth, mgr.) DM 24 ZORPUNT (turn 690): WWC of WRESTLING (Sherlock, mgr.) DM 41 KATI-TEI (turn 645): CIRCE of LADY OF THE MOON (LHI, mgr.) DM 46 ARDIVENT (turn 635): MARCI FOOTE of BLUVALLEY WARRIORS (Jorja, mgr.) DM 52 FRATSFA (turn 297): SAVAGE SNOWBALL of FLOWER GIRLS (Lady Fern, mgr.) DM 63 AMEN-TEI (turn 529): LILLY SCOOTER of WAYFARERS (Jorja, mgr.) DUELMASTER'S COLUMN Notes from the arena champ. Jack Daniels? Not my kind of drink. I like milk. Yeah, I know, not a tough- guy drink. Sue me. I'm tough enough. Stray Cat SPY REPORT The sages err'd not in their foretelling of a god descending upon KATI-TEI, for I, Novgorodny Vir, have returned! Like a new team fighting for the first time and entering the official rankings, LAZY SUNDAY got 3-0-0 to come in 2nd. LAZY SUNDAY had cause to celebrate, after MAGNOLIA got 19 points by beating HOSTESS CUPCAKE. Win some, lose some. Speaking of which, JACK DANIELS was winsome, after beating LOOSEFOOT LARUE and seeing him lose 11 points. In KATI-TEI, nothing is permanent (except Death), and we find ourselves a new Duelmaster, CIRCE. So who was the warrior seen charging into immovable walls and challenging dead trees? Someone's got a basic problem... So much to report, so little time! Like the wind whispering among the pines, do hearest I many disquieting rumors. Ask not a spymaster for counsel, for he will pontificate long after you have fallen into an unconscious stupor. Do not think spyreporting in KATI-TEI is the highlight of my life. Keep those sands bloody and the buzzards fat! Can anything compare to the pleasure of writing Spyreports for KATI-TEI? On that giddy note I take my leave-- Novgorodny Vir CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -UBBA-SATHLA 4438 18 15 0 103 THE PLAGUE (93) STRAY CAT 4510 16 25 0 93 WANDERERS (329) -DIANA 3674 11 7 1 93 LADY OF THE MOON (330) JACK DANIELS 3947 11 3 0 93 I C DRUNK PEOPLE (352) CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -N'KAI 4477 12 9 0 82 THE PLAGUE (93) -HECATE 3741 8 6 0 74 LADY OF THE MOON (330) GAY DECEIVER 4536 16 9 0 71 WANDERERS (329) LOOSEFOOT LARUE 4534 16 9 0 69 WANDERERS (329) DANCING SHADOW 4520 17 17 0 68 WANDERERS (329) CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -TRIPLE DAWG DARE 4535 12 8 0 66 DA DOG POWNDAZ (111) ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -AKITA 4554 7 6 0 49 DA DOG POWNDAZ (111) -WAY OF THE WICKED 4495 8 8 0 48 THE PLAGUE (93) -ANNA MAHL LAY 4553 7 5 0 39 DA DOG POWNDAZ (111) TOP ELF LIQUOR 4579 4 1 0 39 SHEWISH BUFFET (410) CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME RAMBLING ROSE 4572 4 8 1 27 WANDERERS (329) -PRIME TIME POOCH 4564 4 2 0 26 DA DOG POWNDAZ (111) INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -SANTA? 4537 3 1 0 23 I C DRUNK PEOPLE (352) -VICTIM OF CHANGE 4548 4 0 0 20 THE PLAGUE (93) MAGNOLIA 4586 1 0 0 19 LAZY SUNDAY (411) GHOST LIKE SWAYZE 4584 1 0 0 15 LAZY SUNDAY (411) DOUBLE TRUE 4585 1 0 0 15 LAZY SUNDAY (411) -BEER GOGGLES 4538 3 1 0 11 I C DRUNK PEOPLE (352) -WILD TURKEY 4582 1 1 0 10 I C DRUNK PEOPLE (352) HOSTESS CUPCAKE 4600 1 1 0 8 SHEWISH BUFFET (410) -LEFT 4 DEAD 4526 0 7 0 7 THE PLAGUE (93) '-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn. THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge? BREAKFAST 4615 0 1 0 SHEWISH BUFFET 410 ARENAMASTER JAIL 646 NONE DINNER 4617 0 1 0 SHEWISH BUFFET 410 MOUNTAIN TROLL 646 NONE LUNCH 4616 0 1 0 SHEWISH BUFFET 410 BANDIT PRINCE 646 NONE PERSONAL ADS Woohoo! -- Top Elf Liquor He's probably drunk again. -- Hostess Cupcake Of course we welcome Hostess Cupcake. One of our favorites. -- Jorja and the Wanderers P.S. And the Friendly Constable seems to have liked her, too. Our congratulations to Circe. -- Jorja and the Wanderers She was a Concubine, but was she REALLY Virginal? -- Loosefoot Larue She is the Concubine we have. Fascinating, the Khalhums Dwarf tramples all over my feet in his steel-toed boots, and the fans loved it? That's almost insulting. -- Dancing Shadow The Kung-Fu Master TRICKED me! He came out empty handed, smiling, offered to shake hands with me, and then he ripped my arm off! -- Gay Deceiver Top Elf Liquor -- Ooooh! My poppa told me that if I stuck to the good stuff, I wouldn't get a hangover. Did he lie, or are you not as good as you tasted right off? -- Rambling Rose LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS BREAKFAST was butchered by ARENAMASTER JAILON in a 1 minute bloody Dark Arena fight. LUNCH was slaughtered by BANDIT PRINCE in a 1 minute gruesome Dark Arena battle. DINNER was murdered by MOUNTAIN TROLL in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight. STRAY CAT was vanquished by CIRCE in a 2 minute gory mismatched brawl. DANCING SHADOW was overpowered by KUNG-FU MASTER in a 2 minute mismatched match. JACK DANIELS devastated LOOSEFOOT LARUE in a 1 minute one-sided duel. GAY DECEIVER devastated TOP ELF LIQUOR in a 1 minute mismatched match. RAMBLING ROSE was handily defeated by RUTHLESS JAYWALKER in a 1 minute uneven fight. HOSTESS CUPCAKE was vanquished by MAGNOLIA in a 1 minute gruesome uneven duel. DOUBLE TRUE overpowered POLITE BEGGAR in a 1 minute uneven duel. GHOST LIKE SWAYZE 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| |LUNGING ATTACK 5 AIMED BLOW 15 - 7 - 0 68 | |AIMED BLOW 3 LUNGING ATTACK 18 - 13 - 0 58 | |PARRY-STRIKE 2 WALL OF STEEL 7 - 6 - 0 54 | |PARRY-RIPOSTE 2 PARRY-RIPOSTE 5 - 9 - 0 36 | |SLASHING ATTACK 1 STRIKING ATTACK 5 - 13 - 0 28 | |STRIKING ATTACK 1 SLASHING ATTACK 2 - 6 - 0 25 | |WALL OF STEEL 1 TOTAL PARRY 1 - 5 - 0 17 | |PARRY-LUNGE 0 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 3 - 0 0 | |BASHING ATTACK 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 5 - 0 0 | |TOTAL PARRY 0 BASHING ATTACK 0 - 5 - 0 0 | Turn 646 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: SLASHING ATTACK 1 - 0 AIMED BLOW 1 - 2 3 LUNGING ATTACK LUNGING ATTACK 4 - 1 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 2 WALL OF STEEL PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 2 2 STRIKING ATTACK PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 2 2 AIMED BLOW STRIKING ATTACK 0 - 1 1 PARRY-LUNGE BASHING ATTACK 0 - 0 1 SLASHING ATTACK TOTAL PARRY 0 - 0 WALL OF STEEL 0 - 1 TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME AIMED BLOW JACK DANIELS 3947 11 3 0 93 I C DRUNK PEOPLE (352) LUNGING ATTACK GAY DECEIVER 4536 16 9 0 71 WANDERERS (329) WALL OF STEEL LOOSEFOOT LARUE 4534 16 9 0 69 WANDERERS (329) Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above. The overall popularity leader is DANCING SHADOW 4520. The most popular warrior this turn was JACK DANIELS 3947. The ten other most popular fighters were GAY DECEIVER 4536, MAGNOLIA 4586, DANCING SHADOW 4520, GHOST LIKE SWAYZE 4584, STRAY CAT 4510, DOUBLE TRUE 4585, BREAKFAST 4615, LUNCH 4616, DINNER 4617, and LOOSEFOOT LARUE 4534. The least popular fighter this week was HOSTESS CUPCAKE 4600. The other ten least popular fighters were RAMBLING ROSE 4572, TOP ELF LIQUOR 4579, LOOSEFOOT LARUE 4534, DINNER 4617, LUNCH 4616, BREAKFAST 4615, DOUBLE TRUE 4585, STRAY CAT 4510, GHOST LIKE SWAYZE 4584, and DANCING SHADOW 4520. The following warriors have traveled to AD after fighting this turn: CIRCE (41-3740) LADY OF THE MOON (330)