DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 01/19/2013    Duedate: 02/01/2013

RODEKI ARENA

DM-42    TURN-657

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

ELIFAS KENT
DELVERS (154)
(42-4653) [19-11-0,140]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

ELIFAS KENT                    POSITION IS EMPTY
DELVERS (154)                  
(42-4653) [19-11-0,140]        

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

ISENGALEN                      GAVEN ADLER
DELVERS (154)                  FLAGG'S FIVE (213)
(42-4610) [15-31-0,92]         (42-4456) [12-11-0,85]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

FLAGG'S FIVE (213)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. DELVERS (154)               45
2. FLAGG'S FIVE (213)          23      COLOR ME SUAVE (322)
3. SHREDDERS (412)              6      Unchartered Team
4. COLOR ME SUAVE (322)         3
5. INTELLECTS OF HIPHOP (414)  -8      BRAINS (282)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 2 COLOR ME SUAVE (322)     944 603 39 61.0   1/ 1 FLAGG'S FIVE (213)       10  5 2
 2/ 3 SHREDDERS (412)          104  76  7 57.8   2/ 3 INTELLECTS OF HIPH (414)  8  3 0
 3/ 4 FLAGG'S FIVE (213)       282 263 18 51.7   3/ 2 SHREDDERS (412)           8  5 1
 4/ 5 INTELLECTS OF HIPH (414)  76  90  4 45.8   4/ 4 DELVERS (154)             6  9 0
 5/ 6 DELVERS (154)            824 %1058 20 43.8   5/ 5 COLOR ME SUAVE (322)      3  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

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                         ---===DELARQUAN REGIONAL NEWS===---

                                     Duelmasters
                                     -----------
 DM   1 MORDANT (turn 719): PHIL HELLMUTH of POKER GREATS (?, mgr.)
 DM   2 NIANIA (turn 601): FORBIDDEN FRUIT of MISNOMERS (Mannequin, mgr.)
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 724): FREQUENT FLAYER of GENERATION X (The Storm Lord, mgr.)
 DM   4 JHELUM (turn 696): ELDERLY WOMAN of PEARL JAM (Howlin' Wolf, mgr.)
 DM   5 KALTOS (turn 720): BUZZ KILL of HOOKED ON COFFEE (slugbait, mgr.)
 DM   6 TRANSEL (turn 715): HARD CORE of INK & STEEL FOREVER (Floyd, mgr.)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 723): MARGO of CHURCH LADIES (Papa Bear, mgr.)
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 708): CRAVER of THE MENTORS (Dr. Feelgood, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 709): KILL KITTEN of ARDUIN GRIMOIRE (Rascally Rabbit, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 708): SPOONFUL of THE BLUES (Buri, mgr.)
 DM  36 JHANS (turn 674): FANG of SERPENTS HOLD (Khisanth, mgr.)
 DM  38 CLIFFHOME (turn 663): ARGONATH of PILLAR OF KINGS (The Greek Guy, mgr.)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 307): MASSEY of KIWI CONNECTION (The Mun, mgr.)
 DM  42 RODEKI (turn 656): ELIFAS KENT of DELVERS (Harby, mgr.)
 DM  51 TRICORUS (turn 607): MOONDARK of DARK HORSEMEN (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  54 TROCAR (turn 289): DIAN WEI of ASIAN INVASION (Pec Killer, mgr.)
 DM  59 ILLIS (turn 282): JOHN WAYNE of TALL TALES (A-Sop, mgr.)
 DM  62 VALAMANTIS (turn 553): NEEVAN POVAR of MIDDLE WAY 10 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 258): LONDON BEEFEATER of MEAT YOUR MAKER (Crip, mgr.)
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 601): CRYSOPRASE of ILLFANG PACT (She-Puppy, mgr.)

                                      Top Teams
                                      ---------
 DM   1 MORDANT (turn 719): HOMICIDAL MANIACS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   2 NIANIA (turn 601): THE GOLDEN FISH (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 724): GAMES LIBRARY (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   4 JHELUM (turn 696): DOGS OF WAR (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   5 KALTOS (turn 720): HOOKED ON COFFEE (slugbait, mgr.)
 DM   6 TRANSEL (turn 715): PSYCHO SQUAD (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 723): SENTINELS (Nomad, mgr.)
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 708): POSITION IS EMPTY
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 709): CENTER FOR OLDS (Suave, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 708): TOON INN (Chuck, mgr.)
 DM  36 JHANS (turn 374): SERPENTS HOLD (Khisanth, mgr.)
 DM  38 CLIFFHOME (turn 663): JINDA-BAN (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 307): KIWI CONNECTION (The Mun, mgr.)
 DM  42 RODEKI (turn 656): FLAGG'S FIVE (Flagg, mgr.)
 DM  51 TRICORUS (turn 607): VAN DUEL (Nomad, mgr.)
 DM  54 TROCAR (turn 289): ASIAN INVASION (Pec Killer, mgr.)
 DM  59 ILLIS (turn 282): IMPROVED ILLUSION (Phantasm, mgr.)
 DM  62 VALAMANTIS (turn 553): MIDDLE WAY 10 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 258): MONGREL HORDE (Crip, mgr.)
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 601) DYSLEXICS UNTIE! II (The Upright Man, mgr.)

                                   Recent Graduates
                                  -----------------
 DM   1 MORDANT (turn 719): PHIL HELLMUTH of POKER GREATS (?, mgr.)
                            CEREAL KILLER of HOMICIDAL MANIACS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   4 JHELUM (turn 695): JAEGER of DOGS OF WAR (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   6 TRANSEL (turn 715): HARD CORE of INK & STEEL FOREVER (Floyd, mgr.)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 722): MARY ANN of CHURCH LADIES (Papa Bear, mgr.)
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 707): JIGGA of JAY-Z (Howlin' Wolf, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 708): SPOONFUL of THE BLUES (Buri, mgr.)
                           DAGAN of BLOOD AND SAND (Deep Thought, mgr.)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 306): WOXTON of KIWI CONNECTION (The Mun, mgr.)
 DM  42 RODEKI (turn 655): RIMA ADLER of FLAGG'S FIVE (Flagg, mgr.)
 DM  59 ILLIS (turn 281): KING MIDAS of TALL TALES (A-Sop, mgr.)
 DM  62 VALAMANTIS (turn 553): NEEVAN POVAR of MIDDLE WAY 10 (Jorja, mgr.)

                                 DUELMASTER'S COLUMN
                             Notes from the arena champ.

     You hope to see Rodeki on the Isle some day, Lady Rima?  That sounds...
unlikely.  Probably not possible--  Oh, you hope to see "us all"!  Quite a different
matter.  Equally unlikely, even if we all get Invited--I hear the place is so
crowded, you'd have a problem seeing any particular person at all!  But who knows,
eh?
     To Armored Echo, I will just say, "Good fight, but surprisingly short!"

                                   Elifas Kent

                                      SPY REPORT

     It is I, Novgorodny Vir, Spymaster of Spymasters.  Look on my work, ye mighty, 
and despair!  Practice pays for ISENGALEN, who pummelled TALIB KWELI, to pocket 19 
points.  Win some, lose some.  Speaking of which, ISENGALEN was winsome, after 
beating TALIB KWELI and seeing him lose 17 points.  Those who hoped for a new 
Duelmaster were disappointed by ARMORED ECHO, of COLOR ME SUAVE, who despite a 
32-18-0 couldn't overcome RODEKI's Number 1.  So who's the team that's been walking 
into taverns last week and ordering milk?  Sounds like a PR stunt to me.   
     And how sociable are RODEKI's warriors?  Come, let us see.  Everyone is famous 
for fifteen minutes, and PASDANOUS is it right now.  Most challenged warrior.  Isn't 
INTELLECTS OF HIPHOP proud!   
     The moving sword slashes, and having slashed, moves on...  Never one to advocate 
diplomacy and restraint, I was pleased to see SHREDDERS retaliate against FLAGG'S 
FIVE in bloodfeud!  Questions are being raised about the disposing of severed body 
parts in the arena.  A certain tavern in RODEKI would I avoid!   
     All good things must come to an end.  As if buffeted by forces of nature beyond 
my control, I must take my leave of this place.  Like a mixed metaphor, and an 
overtaxed simile, I now bid RODEKI farewell-- Novgorodny Vir  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 ELIFAS KENT 4653             19  11  0   140       DELVERS (154)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-COMMON SENSE 4616            12   6  2   115       INTELLECTS OF HIPHOP (414)
 ARMORED ECHO 4597            32  18  0   114       COLOR ME SUAVE (322)
-KOOL MOE DEE 4632            11   5  2   103       INTELLECTS OF HIPHOP (414)
 HIPPO HUNTRESS 4467          14   7  1   102       FLAGG'S FIVE (213)
 PASDANOUS 4613               18  24  0    96       INTELLECTS OF HIPHOP (414)
 KARLIGRENA 4655              16  14  0    93       DELVERS (154)
 TRUGOY THE DOVE 4614         19  23  0    92       INTELLECTS OF HIPHOP (414)
 ISENGALEN 4610               15  31  0    92       DELVERS (154)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 GAVEN ADLER 4456             12  11  0    85       FLAGG'S FIVE (213)
 TALIB KWELI 4631             13  23  0    82       INTELLECTS OF HIPHOP (414)
 SLASH 4692                    7   7  1    76       SHREDDERS (412)
 IGRINA SOCKINETTE 4682       13   7  0    75       DELVERS (154)
 THE EDGE 4689                 9   2  0    67       SHREDDERS (412)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 DIMEBAG 4733                  4   1  1    59       SHREDDERS (412)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 KARMIC KUDZU 4718             7   2  0    58       COLOR ME SUAVE (322)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 JURGENHALEN 4654             11  19  0    52       DELVERS (154)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 TERMINAL SAPPER 4742          2   1  0    25       FLAGG'S FIVE (213)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 DIG FOREMAN 4730              3   3  2    23       FLAGG'S FIVE (213)
 ROCK BREAKER 4744             1   0  1     9       FLAGG'S FIVE (213)

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
CONVICTED THIEF         0  0 0                      ROCK BREAKER 4744     657  NONE
MONDAY NITE FOOT 4708   5  4 0 COLOR ME SUAVE 322   DIMEBAG 4733          655   
DUSTY MINER 4729        1  2 1 FLAGG'S FIVE 213     ADELAIDE 4703         654   
GILBERT 4743            1  1 0 SHREDDERS 412        DIG FOREMAN 4730      656  JUST REVENGED
SATCH 4734              0  1 0 SHREDDERS 412        DARWIN 4702           653  REVENGED
DARWIN 4702             1  1 1 WORLD BLADES 10 422  SLASH 4692            654   

                                     PERSONAL ADS

Hippo Huntress -- But I am NOT a hippo.  Just as well, I don't like standing in
water.  It makes my feet wrinkle. -- Isengalen

Hippo Huntress -- You're practicing on me, aren't you?  I wouldn't mind except that
it implies to some stupid people in the stands that there is a hippo-ness about me,
and there is NOT. -- Karligrena

Gaven Adler -- That was not the action of a true gentleman!  Next time, do NOT stand
on tiptoe in order to look down the front of my armor.  That's so OBVIOUS. -- Igrina
Sockinette

Dimebag -- I feel badly shredded. -- Jurgenhalen

Talib Kweli -- For some reason, I feel embarrassed.  It can't have been because I
lost to you, I do stuff like that all the time.  There's a different factor at work
here, and I *will* discover it. -- Isengalen

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

THE EDGE bested DIG FOREMAN in a crowd pleasing 4 minute Bloodfeud fight.
SLASH lost to TRUGOY THE DOVE in a 3 minute gruesome Challenge battle.
GAVEN ADLER was subdued by PASDANOUS in a 5 minute expert's Challenge fight.
ELIFAS KENT viciously subdued ARMORED ECHO in a 2 minute veteran's Title fight.
TALIB KWELI was bested by ISENGALEN in a 2 minute veteran's duel.
HIPPO HUNTRESS viciously subdued IGRINA SOCKINETTE in a 2 minute bloody match.
KARLIGRENA handily defeated CONVICTED ASSASSIN in a 1 minute uneven fight.
DIMEBAG won victory over JURGENHALEN in a action packed 1 minute uneven duel.
KARMIC KUDZU defeated CAPTURED ORC in a action packed 1 minute gory duel.
TERMINAL SAPPER overpowered PERSISTENT BEGGAR in a 1 minute uneven match.
ROCK BREAKER killed CONVICTED THIEF in a 1 minute novice's fight.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|LUNGING ATTACK                   4         BASHING ATTACK    10 -   6 -  2      63  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      4         LUNGING ATTACK    28 -  17 -  4      62  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   2         AIMED BLOW        20 -  16 -  1      56  |
|AIMED BLOW                       2         SLASHING ATTACK   14 -  12 -  2      54  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  2         TOTAL PARRY       21 -  21 -  0      50  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    2         PARRY-RIPOSTE      4 -   4 -  0      50  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  1         PARRY-LUNGE        1 -   1 -  0      50  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     1         WALL OF STEEL     15 -  21 -  0      42  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      0         STRIKING ATTACK   11 -  18 -  2      38  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    0         PARRY-STRIKE       4 -   8 -  0      33  |

Turn 657 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:

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

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
SLASHING ATTACK  ELIFAS KENT 4653           19  11  0  140 DELVERS (154)
TOTAL PARRY      ARMORED ECHO 4597          32  18  0  114 COLOR ME SUAVE (322)
LUNGING ATTACK   HIPPO HUNTRESS 4467        14   7  1  102 FLAGG'S FIVE (213)
AIMED BLOW       KARLIGRENA 4655            16  14  0   93 DELVERS (154)
WALL OF STEEL    GAVEN ADLER 4456           12  11  0   85 FLAGG'S FIVE (213)
BASHING ATTACK   KARMIC KUDZU 4718           7   2  0   58 COLOR ME SUAVE (322)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is ISENGALEN 4610.  The most popular warrior this turn 
was GAVEN ADLER 4456.  The ten other most popular fighters were DIG FOREMAN 4730, 
ELIFAS KENT 4653, SLASH 4692, HIPPO HUNTRESS 4467, TALIB KWELI 4631, ISENGALEN 4610, 
DIMEBAG 4733, KARMIC KUDZU 4718, TRUGOY THE DOVE 4614, and PASDANOUS 4613.

The least popular fighter this week was JURGENHALEN 4654.  The other ten least 
popular fighters were IGRINA SOCKINETTE 4682, THE EDGE 4689, ROCK BREAKER 4744, 
TERMINAL SAPPER 4742, KARLIGRENA 4655, ARMORED ECHO 4597, PASDANOUS 4613, TRUGOY THE 
DOVE 4614, KARMIC KUDZU 4718, and DIMEBAG 4733.

The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn:

COMMON SENSE (42-4616) INTELLECTS OF HIPHOP (414)
ARMORED ECHO (42-4597) COLOR ME SUAVE (322)