DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER
Date : 06/18/2009 Duedate: 07/01/2009
VEASTIAN ARENA
DM-43 TURN-556
This Weeks Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
PRINCESS EMILY
LUROCIAN ROYALTY (462)
(43-4616) [13-8-1,103]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
PRINCESS EMILY CARVED IVORY
LUROCIAN ROYALTY (462) PUD POWER (298)
(43-4616) [13-8-1,103] (43-2934) [4-2-1,29]
Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite
PRINCESS EMILY PRINCE JACKSON
LUROCIAN ROYALTY (462) LUROCIAN ROYALTY (462)
(43-4616) [13-8-1,103] (43-4619) [8-7-0,80]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
LUROCIAN ROYALTY (462)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. THE FAMILY (116) 35
2. LUROCIAN ROYALTY (462) 28 PHILANTHROPISTS (407)
3. OBSCURE LORE (466) 19 Unchartered Team
4. PHILANTHROPISTS (407) 6
5. POSITIVE ALTERNATIVE (464) 0 PUD POWER (298)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1- 1*SUPERHEROES! (469) 4 0 0 100 1/ 1 LUROCIAN ROYALTY (462) 10 5 0
2/ 2 PHILANTHROPISTS (407) 20 9 3 69.0 2/ 7 THE FAMILY (116) 5 4 0
3- 3 POSITIVE ALTERNATI (464) 60 30 1 66.7 3/ 5 PHILANTHROPISTS (407) 3 0 1
4/ 0 MEDAL OF HONOR F1 (458) 58 36 3 61.7 4/ 6*PUD POWER (298) 3 4 0
5/ 4 LUROCIAN ROYALTY (462) 64 40 2 61.5 5- 2*SUPERHEROES! (469) 2 0 0
6/ 5*PUD POWER (298) 14 13 1 51.9 6- 3 POSITIVE ALTERNATI (464) 2 0 0
7/ 6 THE FAMILY (116) 670 730 16 47.9 7/ 4 OBSCURE LORE (466) 2 4 0
8/ 7 OBSCURE LORE (466) 25 30 2 45.5 8/ 0 MEDAL OF HONOR F1 (458) 0 1 0
'*' Unchartered team '-' Team did not fight this turn
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Duelmasters
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DM 9 ZUKAL (turn 620): KEEL HAULER of SEA DOGS (One-Armed Bandit, mgr.)
DM 12 RIZTAB (turn 622): PROTAGORAS of DREAMERS (Sleepy, mgr.)
DM 15 MALCORN (turn 616): STUMP of GREENWARDENS (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 16 WILLAF (turn 618): MAREY D'NUIT of PUNNY ANIMALS (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 17 ALJAFIR (turn 616): TIBERIUS of FIELDS OF ELYSIUM (Caesar, mgr.)
DM 19 ZUWAYZA (turn 614): ARCHIPPUS of TROUBLED WATERS (Anti, mgr.)
DM 28 MORYA (turn 307): CASH MEALS of EXPENSE ACCOUNT (Finance Manager, mgr.)
DM 29 LAPUR (turn 607): POSITION IS EMPTY
DM 31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 305): ULL HARDHAMMER of THE STORMBRINGERS (High Lord Bosk)
DM 32 ARVAT (turn 604): AGONY of ANGELS OF PAIN (Dark One, mgr.)
DM 33 NIATOLI ISLAND (turn 602): KOBALT of RAVAGING LORDS (General Ikillyu, mgr.)
DM 35 MURSKA (turn 593): SLOWGO of LOST CAUSE (Vol, mgr.)
DM 43 VEASTIAN (turn 555): POSITION IS EMPTY
DM 45 STORMCROWE (turn 282): JACOB MARLEY of PHANTOM REGIMENT (Nomad, mgr.)
DM 47 DOUBLE X (turn 277): JUSTICE FOR ALL of OF WOLF AND MAN (Tripwire, mgr.)
DM 50 SNOWBOUND (turn 263): C.H.S. of LIFE IMPACTS (Smitty, mgr.)
DM 56 ROCANIS (turn 483): SPLAT of THEM (Papa Bear, mgr.)
DM 60 COLLUSION COVE (turn 470): SHMEGMA of HIT ME WITH... (?, mgr.)
DM 61 JURINE (turn 450): ZOE ALDIN of MIDDLE WAY 16 (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 65 DAL SHANG (turn 446): OCTAVIA of TIL DEATH DO US PART (Killjoy, mgr.)
DM 73 ERINIKA (turn 212): DEATH SUCKS of BLACKMAIL (The Mun, mgr.)
DM 74 DAYLA KIV (turn 410): LIRINI TYL VARIN of SAND DANCERS (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 75 JADE MOUNTAIN (turn 403): CORINTHIAN of PARANOID ASSYLUM (Jekyll, mgr.)
DM 78 LIN TIRIAN (turn 392): GABRIELLE REESE of GIRLS X3 (NON, mgr.)
ADM 103 FREE BLADES (turn 508): AIN GOBLINBANE of ECCENTRIC DWARVES (Banthius, mgr.)
Top Teams
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DM 9 ZUKAL (turn 620): HOT STUFF (Papa Bear, mgr.)
DM 12 RIZTAB (turn 622): SWEET MAGIC (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 15 MALCORN (turn 616): GREENWARDENS (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 16 WILLAF (turn 618): PUNNY ANIMALS (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 17 ALJAFIR (turn 616): MIDDLE WAY (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 19 ZUWAYZA (turn 614): TROUBLED WATERS (Anti, mgr.)
DM 28 MORYA (turn 307): ODIN'S CHOSEN (Heathen Hatebred, mgr.)
DM 29 LAPUR (turn 607): CARDOW HUNTERS (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 305): WAR (Mannequin, mgr.)
DM 32 ARVAT (turn 604): DEVIL ADVOCATES (Dark One, mgr.)
DM 33 NIATOLI ISLAND (turn 602): THE SEWING CIRCLE (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 35 MURSKA (turn 593): LOST CAUSE (Vol, mgr.)
DM 43 VEASTIAN (turn 555): LUROCIAN ROYALTY (The Greek Guy, mgr.)
DM 45 STORMCROWE (turn 282): MIKES HEROES (Mike?, mgr.)
DM 47 DOUBLE X (turn 277): LAND OF OZ (Oz the All Successful, mgr.)
DM 50 SNOWBOUND (turn 262): CRIMINAL MINDS (?, mgr.)
DM 56 ROCANIS (turn 483): MIDDLE WAY 20 (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 60 COLLUSION COVE (turn 470): ANDORIA (?, mgr.)
DM 61 JURINE (turn 450): AUTUMN SAGA (?, mgr.)
DM 65 DAL SHANG (turn 446): SAND DANCERS (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 73 ERINIKA (turn 212): BLACKMAIL (The Mun, mgr.)
DM 74 DAYLA KIV (turn 410): SAND DANCERS (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 75 JADE MOUNTAIN (turn 403): GREATS OF TROY (Zalgor Prigg, mgr.)
DM 78 LIN TIRIAN (turn 392): SAND DANCERS (Jorja, mgr.)
ADM 103 FREE BLADES (turn 508): DO IT AGAIN et al (The Dark One, mgr.)
Recent Graduates
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DM 15 MALCORN (turn 616): STUMP of GREENWARDENS (Jorja, mgr.)
(turn 615): NECROPALYSE of DARK CREATION (H.P.L. West, mgr.)
DM 28 MORYA (turn 306): OPASAN of PHANTACITY (Omega, mgr.)
MANKILLER of DODGE BULLETS (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 29 LAPUR (turn 606): CALLISTO of VENUSIANS (Venus, mgr.)
DM 31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 305): CHOLERA of PESTILENCE (?, mgr.)
DM 33 NIATOLI ISLAND (turn 601): PITT of STORM BRINGERS (The Rake, mgr.)
DM 43 VEASTIAN (turn 554): HAWK NELSON of POSITIVE ALTERNATIVE (Zalgor Prigg)
DM 45 STORMCROWE (turn 282): SHADOWCAT HAMMER of MUTANT HAMMERZ (Hammer, mgr.)
DM 47 DOUBLE X (turn 277): JUSTICE FOR ALL of OF WOLF AND MAN (Tripwire, mgr.)
LAST CALL of INDIFFERENCE (Jekyll, mgr.)
SISTER MARY SUEELLEN of OLD HABITS (Soultaker, mgr.)
BOB'S COMIC COLLECTN of THINGS I DROOL IN (Nuln, mgr.)
(turn 276): NIKKO of LAND OF OZ (Oz the Successful, mgr.)
DM 74 DAYLA KIV (turn 409): MORO TEN ZORA of SAND DANCERS (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 75 JADE MOUNTAIN (turn 402): JAGINRU of SAND DANCERS (Jorja, mgr.)
SPY REPORT
You elder fighters surely remember me. The younger ones may call me Olaf
Modeen. I return to VEASTIAN once again! Up 'n down. Up 'n down. Rankings always
change. Up 'n down. I think I'm gonna be... Well, THE FAMILY's 2nd moved them up
to 4-1-0 place. What's with PRINCE JACKSON? He actually beat VEASTIAN's KHALHUMS
DWARF, and walked away with 21 more points from the fight. Major screwup at THE
FAMILY. BITT BETRO lost 15 points to MECHAN. Some new strategies, perhaps? Maybe
BITT BETRO will provide more easy wins... I can barely restrain my enthusiam for
LUROCIAN ROYALTY's outstanding member, Duelmaster PRINCESS EMILY. Wouldn't it be
nice to have live subjects to practice on? I hear some team is looking into the uses
of convicted prisoners.
If at first you don't succeed, avoid. That'll get you in the Spyreports. How
well I know the feeling of being in the most avoided team! Don't fall out of
practive, THE FAMILY! In my day, no team with a 666-729-16 would scare me off!
What's the problem, PUD POWER?
Warriors of VEASTIAN unite. You have only your games to lose! Is it my
imagination, or are fighters getting younger every day? To die so young, so
gloriously!
Many other cities have retirement homes for aged warriors. Any plans here? Are
you as tired of reading this as I am of writing it? Actually, I guess I'm writing it
before you read it. Oh, well. I don't want to overstay my welcome...-- Olaf Modeen
DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
PRINCESS EMILY 4616 13 8 1 103 LUROCIAN ROYALTY (462)
CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
QUEEN RANDI 4644 15 6 0 102 LUROCIAN ROYALTY (462)
PRINCE CONNOR 4618 15 6 0 98 LUROCIAN ROYALTY (462)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
ELOWAN 4653 11 10 1 85 OBSCURE LORE (466)
PRINCE JACKSON 4619 8 7 0 80 LUROCIAN ROYALTY (462)
MECHAN 4654 11 10 1 78 OBSCURE LORE (466)
KING COREY 4620 13 8 1 70 LUROCIAN ROYALTY (462)
CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
BITT BETRO 4662 10 10 0 66 THE FAMILY (116)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-SOLDIER 1 4600 11 10 2 51 MEDAL OF HONOR F1 (458)
-SOLDIER 2 4598 11 10 0 49 MEDAL OF HONOR F1 (458)
-RALPH NEPPEL 4596 13 8 1 48 MEDAL OF HONOR F1 (458)
UMBAR CONN III 4280 6 5 2 39 PHILANTHROPISTS (407)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
SENJIRO 4688 5 6 0 33 THE FAMILY (116)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-AEROPEARL 4690 2 0 0 33 SUPERHEROES! (469)
-LINNAEUS 4055 4 0 1 30 PHILANTHROPISTS (407)
-CHESTER 4119 4 0 0 30 PHILANTHROPISTS (407)
CARVED IVORY 2934 4 2 1 29 PUD POWER (298)
-UNECASARY RUFNESS 4053 3 1 0 29 PHILANTHROPISTS (407)
GAPPDA GHOULASH 2933 5 1 0 25 PUD POWER (298)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-THOUGHT FIGHTER 4693 2 0 0 21 SUPERHEROES! (469)
SOLDIER 3 4649 1 1 0 18 MEDAL OF HONOR F1 (458)
SCRAGG TAGG 2937 4 2 0 16 PUD POWER (298)
TALENJ 4703 1 0 0 13 THE FAMILY (116)
KIRJENZ 4701 1 0 0 13 THE FAMILY (116)
VAISTINIE 4702 1 0 0 9 THE FAMILY (116)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
CONSORTIUM ENIGM 2936 0 5 0 PUD POWER 298 UMBAR CONN III 4280 555
PERSONAL ADS
Prince Connor -- Heck. I was hoping for a win. The way things are looking, Jorja
might actually let this team evaporate, and both of us losing, well, why would she
keep us going, bring us new recruits to support our efforts? Retirement from the
arena is a grim business, but I foresee it. -- Bitt Betro
Carved Ivory -- Am I to mar your perfectly carven features? I think not. -- Senjiro
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
CARVED IVORY was bested by UMBAR CONN III in a 1 minute Bloodfeud fight.
PRINCESS EMILY bested ELOWAN in a 2 minute veteran's Title duel.
QUEEN RANDI viciously subdued KHALHUMS DWARF in a 3 minute gruesome veteran's match.
PRINCE CONNOR outwaited M. CHARDINEE in a popular 12 minute contest.
BITT BETRO was defeated by MECHAN in a 2 minute match.
KING COREY was unbelievably bested by KHALHUMS DWARF in a 2 minute expert's brawl.
PRINCE JACKSON narrowly defeated KHALHUMS DWARF in a 4 minute veteran's struggle.
SCRAGG TAGG was overpowered by SENJIRO in a 1 minute uneven melee.
GAPPDA GHOULASH unbelievably bested SOLDIER 3 in a action packed 4 minute gory duel.
KIRJENZ vanquished CONVICTED THIEF in a 1 minute one-sided duel.
VAISTINIE defeated CONVICTED THIEF in a popular 1 minute beginner's match.
TALENJ overpowered CONVICTED THIEF in a 1 minute one-sided match.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|STRIKING ATTACK 6 WALL OF STEEL 15 - 5 - 0 75 |
|AIMED BLOW 3 TOTAL PARRY 16 - 6 - 0 73 |
|LUNGING ATTACK 3 PARRY-RIPOSTE 20 - 9 - 0 69 |
|WALL OF STEEL 2 AIMED BLOW 14 - 13 - 1 52 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 LUNGING ATTACK 17 - 16 - 0 52 |
|BASHING ATTACK 1 BASHING ATTACK 3 - 3 - 0 50 |
|TOTAL PARRY 1 STRIKING ATTACK 16 - 21 - 1 43 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 0 PARRY-STRIKE 1 - 4 - 0 20 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 - 0 0 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 0 SLASHING ATTACK 0 - 0 - 0 0 |
Turn 556 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 1 - 2 3 AIMED BLOW
BASHING ATTACK 1 - 0 LUNGING ATTACK 1 - 2 2 WALL OF STEEL
TOTAL PARRY 1 - 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 2 TOTAL PARRY
WALL OF STEEL 2 - 0 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 0 2 LUNGING ATTACK
STRIKING ATTACK 4 - 2 SLASHING ATTACK 0 - 0 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE
1 PARRY-STRIKE
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
WALL OF STEEL PRINCESS EMILY 4616 13 8 1 103 LUROCIAN ROYALTY (462)
TOTAL PARRY PRINCE CONNOR 4618 15 6 0 98 LUROCIAN ROYALTY (462)
AIMED BLOW ELOWAN 4653 11 10 1 85 OBSCURE LORE (466)
LUNGING ATTACK PRINCE JACKSON 4619 8 7 0 80 LUROCIAN ROYALTY (462)
PARRY-RIPOSTE MECHAN 4654 11 10 1 78 OBSCURE LORE (466)
STRIKING ATTACK UMBAR CONN III 4280 6 5 2 39 PHILANTHROPISTS (407)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
The overall popularity leader is PRINCESS EMILY 4616. The most popular warrior this
turn was PRINCE JACKSON 4619. The ten other most popular fighters were SOLDIER 3
4649, QUEEN RANDI 4644, MECHAN 4654, KING COREY 4620, PRINCESS EMILY 4616, ELOWAN
4653, BITT BETRO 4662, VAISTINIE 4702, UMBAR CONN III 4280, and SENJIRO 4688.
The least popular fighter this week was PRINCE CONNOR 4618. The other ten least
popular fighters were SCRAGG TAGG 2937, CARVED IVORY 2934, KIRJENZ 4701, TALENJ 4703,
GAPPDA GHOULASH 2933, SENJIRO 4688, UMBAR CONN III 4280, VAISTINIE 4702, BITT BETRO
4662, and ELOWAN 4653.
SUMMER FACE-TO-FACE IN CLEVELAND!
Our summer FTF will be an eastern one this time, located in Cleveland, Ohio on July
17-19, 2009. It will be held at the Holiday Inn in Strongsville, OH, at 15471
Royalton Rd (440-238-8800). Rooms are only $95.00 per night, 1-2 occupancy.
There is a free shuttle from the airport, free parking, and free high-speed wireless
internet in all guestrooms ($3/day in public space). The hotel has an indoor pool,
pool table, and hockey, and a fitness center. The hotel is located 1/2 mile from the
largest mall in Northeast Ohio, with indoor minigolf and pottery painting, and right
next door to Iceland Arena, which offers open skate and skate rental. They also have
four bikes on property available for checkout, as the Metro parks are next door as
well. The rooms are blocked--ask for the "Reality Simulations" room block. There are
many restaurants and nightspots nearby and at the Mall, as well as a cafe in the
hotel.
The tournament information sheet will be out imminently. We hope you're all looking
forward to the tournament and that we will see you there!