DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER
Date : 01/16/2016 Duedate: 01/29/2016
RODEKI ARENA
DM-42 TURN-735
This Weeks Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
NOAH BODY
GARBAGE PAIL KIDS II (437)
(42-4890) [11-1-1,138]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
NOAH BODY JURINE CASSEROLE
GARBAGE PAIL KIDS II (437) SHEWISH BUFFET (432)
(42-4890) [11-1-1,138] (42-4844) [4-3-0,42]
Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite
NOAH BODY NOAH BODY
GARBAGE PAIL KIDS II (437) GARBAGE PAIL KIDS II (437)
(42-4890) [11-1-1,138] (42-4890) [11-1-1,138]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
GARBAGE PAIL KIDS II (437)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. GARBAGE PAIL KIDS II (437) 56
2. WEIRD STUDENTS (440) 0GARBAGE PAIL KIDS II (437)
3. SHEWISH BUFFET (432) -9 Unchartered Team
SHEWISH BUFFET (432)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1/ 2 GARBAGE PAIL KIDS (437) 32 13 1 71.1 1/ 1 GARBAGE PAIL KIDS (437) 11 4 0
2- 1*WEIRD STUDENTS (440) 22 9 1 71.0 2- 2*WEIRD STUDENTS (440) 4 3 0
3/ 3*SHEWISH BUFFET (432) 4 5 0 44.4 3/ 3*SHEWISH BUFFET (432) 2 3 0
'*' Unchartered team '-' Team did not fight this turn
(###) Avoid teams by their Team Id ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank
SPY REPORT
Greetings, Warriors of RODEKI. Allow this humble servant Novgorodny Vir to give
you a respite from the fights in the form of this Spyreport. Practice pays for GRAHM
CRACKER, who pummelled JURINE CASSEROLE, to pocket 26 points. JURINE CASSEROLE
certainly had a baffled expression on his face, after losing to GRAHM CRACKER and
losing 24 points in the process! NOAH BODY successfully staved off a grab for the
roses by KUNG-FU MASTER of RODEKI. Does RODEKI have no one talented enough to
dethrone him? 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!
Ah, the duel! The roar of the oppenent, the smell of the crowd! Ask not a
spymaster for counsel, for he will pontificate long after you have fallen into an
unconscious stupor.
Leave me now, you base fools! As the seasons change, and the creatures of the
wild change also, so do I feel a yearning to leave this place. RODEKI, I leave you
now. The Duelmaster has agreed to foot my bill at The Swinging Aardvark. 'Til next
time-- Novgorodny Vir
DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
NOAH BODY 4890 11 1 1 138 GARBAGE PAIL KIDS II (437)
CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
GRAHM CRACKER 4941 6 3 0 62 GARBAGE PAIL KIDS II (437)
-ZESTFUL ZACK 4914 5 2 0 61 WEIRD STUDENTS (440)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-DULL DORK 4913 6 1 0 52 WEIRD STUDENTS (440)
DOUBTFUL DEBBIE 4949 4 0 0 46 GARBAGE PAIL KIDS II (437)
JURINE CASSEROLE 4844 4 3 0 42 SHEWISH BUFFET (432)
PARANOID PETE 4894 7 2 0 40 GARBAGE PAIL KIDS II (437)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
JUICY JESS 4950 4 0 0 33 GARBAGE PAIL KIDS II (437)
-LOUD LARRY 4915 5 1 0 31 WEIRD STUDENTS (440)
-THRIFTY THREAD 4911 3 1 0 31 WEIRD STUDENTS (440)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-BUBBLY BRANDI 4912 3 4 1 18 WEIRD STUDENTS (440)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
BREAKFAST 4841 0 1 0 SHEWISH BUFFET 432 ARENAMASTER FARI 735 NONE
PERSONAL ADS
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
BREAKFAST was butchered by ARENAMASTER FARIN in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
NOAH BODY viciously subdued KUNG-FU MASTER in a 1 minute one-sided Title duel.
JURINE CASSEROLE was overpowered by GRAHM CRACKER in a 1 minute mismatched duel.
JUICY JESS devastated OSKSI NOBLE in a 1 minute one-sided fight.
PARANOID PETE subdued AMBITIOUS GUARD in a 5 minute competition.
DOUBTFUL DEBBIE devastated AMBITIOUS GUARD in a 1 minute one-sided duel.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|SLASHING ATTACK 2 AIMED BLOW 8 - 0 - 0 100 |
|BASHING ATTACK 2 TOTAL PARRY 10 - 4 - 0 71 |
|AIMED BLOW 1 SLASHING ATTACK 10 - 4 - 0 71 |
|TOTAL PARRY 1 BASHING ATTACK 10 - 5 - 2 67 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 1 STRIKING ATTACK 5 - 3 - 0 63 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 0 WALL OF STEEL 3 - 2 - 0 60 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 LUNGING ATTACK 9 - 6 - 0 60 |
|LUNGING ATTACK 0 PARRY-STRIKE 2 - 3 - 0 40 |
|STRIKING ATTACK 0 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 0 - 0 0 |
|WALL OF STEEL 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 - 0 0 |
Turn 735 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:
AIMED BLOW 1 - 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 2 BASHING ATTACK
SLASHING ATTACK 2 - 0 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 1 2 SLASHING ATTACK
TOTAL PARRY 1 - 0 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 0 2 STRIKING ATTACK
BASHING ATTACK 1 - 1 LUNGING ATTACK 0 - 0 2 TOTAL PARRY
STRIKING ATTACK 0 - 0 1 PARRY-STRIKE
WALL OF STEEL 0 - 0 1 AIMED BLOW
1 LUNGING ATTACK
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
BASHING ATTACK NOAH BODY 4890 11 1 1 138 GARBAGE PAIL KIDS II (437)
SLASHING ATTACK GRAHM CRACKER 4941 6 3 0 62 GARBAGE PAIL KIDS II (437)
PARRY-STRIKE JURINE CASSEROLE 4844 4 3 0 42 SHEWISH BUFFET (432)
TOTAL PARRY PARANOID PETE 4894 7 2 0 40 GARBAGE PAIL KIDS II (437)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
The overall popularity leader is NOAH BODY 4890. The most popular warrior this turn
was NOAH BODY 4890. The ten other most popular fighters were GRAHM CRACKER 4941,
DOUBTFUL DEBBIE 4949, JURINE CASSEROLE 4844, JUICY JESS 4950, BREAKFAST 4841,
PARANOID PETE 4894, 0, 0, 0, and 0.
The least popular fighter this week was PARANOID PETE 4894. The other ten least
popular fighters were BREAKFAST 4841, JUICY JESS 4950, JURINE CASSEROLE 4844,
DOUBTFUL DEBBIE 4949, GRAHM CRACKER 4941, NOAH BODY 4890, 0, 0, 0, and 0.
SUMMER FACE-TO-FACE IN NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA!
At long last, we are finally having a summer FTF in New Orleans! It will be held on
July 15-17, 2016, at the beautiful Hilton New Orleans/St. Charles Avenue in downtown
New Orleans (504-378-2800). Room rates are $145.00 per night, 1-2 occupancy, which
includes free high speed internet. There's a fitness center, jacuzzi, indoor pool,
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$40/night. The rooms are blocked--code RSI. (If you have issues making reservations,
please let us know!)
Hotel site: http://tinyurl.com/July16FTF
Look for the tournament info sheet and minioverviews some time in June. We hope
you're all looking forward to it and that we will see you there!
-- RSI
NEW NOVEL: "BLOOD GAMES"
Hail Gladiatorial Managers of Alastari,
My name is Mark G. Manley, AKA Grimwood, author of the Duel 2 novel, "Dark
Arena." The RSI staff and I are pleased to announce the next novel in the Duel 2
reality, "Blood Games." A publisher has offered a contract to publish the novel and
I'll continue to provide detailed updates as they become available. However, I wanted
to share a quick blurb about the novel.
* * *
WAR!
The land of Alastari is thrown into chaos caused by the invasion of the Rirorni
horde. Swept up in the conflict and captured is My-re, a young girl living on the
edge of the Rirorni plains. Regarded as a spoil of war and growing up in a Rirorni
family band, her troubles just begin as warlords within the Rirorni Empire fight each
other for prestige, property, and personal honor. For mutual protection, My-re is
taught the family band's Wall of Steel combat style, where if executed correctly, no
blade, no weapon, no arrow can penetrate.
In a land where life is dangerous, brutal, and short, My-re is confronted by a
prominent Rirorni warrior and kills him in self-defense. She is sold to a Rirorni
slaver after being found guilty of murder, and exiled back to her native land of
Alastari. However, there is no happy reunion, no joyful return, as she is sentenced
to fight in the Blood Games arena for her crime.
My-re's one chance of freedom resides in winning the Blood Game tournament. But
the champion is not declared by besting your opponents, but by slaughtering them.
* * *
As with novel "Dark Arena," I worked with RSI to write and publish "Blood Games"
in the Duel 2 world of Alastari. But it will always be known as Duelmasters to me.
I wanted to share a little bit of background about myself, I started my first
team back on turn 12 in Niania (Arena #2) on February 13, 1990. I managed a team
called Wolverines. The next summer at Gen Con, I started my main team, Skull Squadron
in Rocanis (Arena #56). The following summer at Gen Con, I stared Legion of Death, in
Valamantis (Arena #62). Twenty-five years later, I've graduated numerous warriors,
which would not be an easy feat to count.
Good luck on the arena sands and more to come.
-- Mark G. Manley
AKA Grimwood