DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER
Date : 06/11/2014 Duedate: 07/08/2014
STORMCROWE ARENA
DM-45 TURN-348
This Weeks Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
ERMINE
NORTHERN LIGHTS (393)
(45-4712) [13-11-0,113]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
ERMINE POSITION IS EMPTY
NORTHERN LIGHTS (393)
(45-4712) [13-11-0,113]
Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite
ERMINE ANGEL CAKE
NORTHERN LIGHTS (393) SHEWISH BUFFET (520)
(45-4712) [13-11-0,113] (45-4737) [4-8-0,33]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
DARQUE FORCES (428)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. DARQUE FORCES (428) 40
2. SHEWISH BUFFET (520) 19 DARQUE FORCES (428)
3. NORTHERN LIGHTS (393) 13 Unchartered Team
4. DESOLATE ONES (463) 0
BLANK II (106)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1/ 1 DARQUE FORCES (428) 489 281 31 63.5 1/ 1 DARQUE FORCES (428) 9 6 1
2- 2 DESOLATE ONES (463) 31 29 3 51.7 2/ 2 NORTHERN LIGHTS (393) 9 6 0
3/ 3 SHEWISH BUFFET (520) 50 55 4 47.6 3/ 3 SHEWISH BUFFET (520) 4 9 0
4/ 4 NORTHERN LIGHTS (393) 327 383 9 46.1 4- 4 DESOLATE ONES (463) 2 3 0
'*' Unchartered team '-' Team did not fight this turn
(###) Avoid teams by their Team Id ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank
TEAM SPOTLIGHT
Darque Forces -- A Brief History
This Darque Forces stable reached a milestone last cycle and I'd like to
commemorate it with a spotlight. Spotlight might be overselling it a bit. I'd like
to remember our graduates that contributed to the completion of our Round Robin.
This team began in DM 44 on June 11, 1997 as The Femme Fatales. Yes, I know
that Le Pentarque and La Guillotine just died a little inside at my poor grasp of
singular and plural in the French language. Chances are good though that only Jorja
and OAB are reading this spotlight and I can escape the embarrassment. I was 18 at
the time so perhaps I can be forgiven. Anyway, we opened up with a modest 2-3 with
the losses coming via the Dark Arena. On turn 152 or August 4, 1999 the team name
was officially changed to Darque Forces.
My first graduate to AD came from this team, a Striker named Gertrude. It was
probably that sentimental little tidbit that had me transfer the team to Stormcrowe
and continue running them after Krill was closed along with many other arenas.
Darque Forces joined Stormcrowe on January 7, 2003 for Turn 198. Our first turn was a
lackluster 1-4 giving me a 91-73-4 overall record. We have improved a bit since that
time. The rest is history (and probably a shorter history). This stable has been
one of my most active for the past 11 years, something I don't see changing anytime
soon.
Following are the lucky graduates from this team. I have been able to track
down the relevant information such as the turn they graduated and their record.
Warrior Name -- Style -- Turn Graduated -- Record at Graduation
***DM 44
Getrude - ST - 176 - 13-5-0
Ursula - WS - 189 - 18-10-1
***DM 45
Marilyn - PL - 220 - 22-24-2
Bombshell - PS - 231 - 18-10-3
Mother - LU - 234 - 22-16-2
Hot Lips - TP
that the Round Robin goal has been met, I have to come with a few more. 500 wins is
the next goal in sight, followed by graduating a PL with a winning record, and
possibly starting a new Round Robin. It's not necessary, but I'll probably be
exploring a way to top 3 kills on a single warrior also.
Master Darque
Manager of Darque Forces
Master Darque -- It looks like hal has dropped a few stitches here, but I can't find
the data in any of the files to fill it in. Sorry.
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---===SLOW ARENA NEWS===---
Duelmasters
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DM 8 ARKERS (turn 375): CLYDE D'CLUB of PEASANT REBELLION (Nomad, mgr.)
DM 28 MORYA (turn 372): TRAVEL of EXPENSE ACCOUNT (Finance Manager, mgr.)
DM 31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 640): PITCHFORK of USEFUL WEAPONS (Smithy, mgr.)
DM 39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 324): ISRAFELof DARQUE ANGELS (Master Darque, mgr.)
DM 45 STORMCROWE (turn 347): BENEZIA of DARQUE FORCES (Master Darque, mgr)
DM 47 NORTH FORK (turn 342): EXPOSED of HORNY GOAT X (Grimm, mgr.)
DM 50 SNOWBOUND (turn 328): NEFARA of PUBLIC ENEMY (Pec Killer, mgr.)
DM 52 FRATSFA (turn 322): FAT LIP of OTTO'S PARTS (Crip, mgr.)
DM 54 TROCAR (turn 307): QUI GONG of ASIAN INVASION (Pec Killer, mgr.)
DM 59 ILLIS (turn 300): HEATH BAR of SHEWISH MUNCHIES (One Armed Bandit, mgr.)
DM 71 KYR'TERR (turn 276): HAUGHA RYDE of THE ZOO (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 276): RUTABAGA of VEGGIES II (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.)
DM 73 ERINIKA (turn 277): URSULA ZAROFF of MIDDLE WAY 18 (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 83 TELORINTHE (turn 92): WHITEY D'EAGLE of NONSUCH HOUSE (Dimetreas, mgr.)
DM 106 CRYSALIS (turn 274): WHACKING WILLOW of FLOWER GIRLS (Lady Fern, mgr.)
Top Teams
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DM 8 ARKERS (turn 375): POSITION IS EMPTY
DM 28 MORYA (turn 372): EXPENSE ACCOUNT (Finance Manager, mgr.)
DM 31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 370): BASH BROS OCEAN (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.)
DM 39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 324): DARQUE ANGELS (Master Darque, mgr.)
DM 45 STORMCROWE (turn 347): DARQUE FORCES (Master Darque, mgr.)
DM 47 NORTH FORK (turn 342): NUKE TEST (Malaquar, mgr.)
DM 50 SNOWBOUND (turn 328): LIFE IMPACTS (Smitty, mgr.)
DM 52 FRATSFA (turn 322): IRON CATHEDRAL (Dameon Darkheart, mgr.)
DM 54 TROCAR (turn 307): MASS EFFECT (Master Darque, mgr.)
DM 59 ILLIS (turn 300): ELDER GODS (Var, mgr.)
DM 71 KYR'TERR (turn 276): OUTER GODS (Var, mgr.)
DM 72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 275): POSITION IS EMPTY
DM 73 ERINIKA (turn 276): MIDDLE WAY 18 (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 83 TELORINTHE (turn 92): BAD SIGNS (Dark Oracle, mgr.)
DM 106 CRYSALIS (turn 277): FEVER PITCH et al (Chuck, mgr.)
Recent Graduates
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DM 8 ARKERS (turn 374): IWO JIMA of SMITHSONIAN (Curator, mgr.)
DM 31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 369): MALICE of ASSASSINATION (Ghab, mgr.)
DM 39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 323): MALICE of DARQUE ANGELS (Master Darque, mgr.)
DM 45 STORMCROWE (turn 347): DARQUE FORCES (Master Darque, mgr.)
DM 47 NORTH FORK (turn 341): WITCHCRAZE of DARQUE FORCES (Master Darque, mgr.)
CHICKEN A LA KING of ROYAL FLUSH (Crip, mgr.)
DM 52 FRATSFA (turn 321): SINISTER SAINT of IRON CATHEDRAL (Dameon Darkheart, mgr.)
DM 54 TROCAR (turn 307): QUI GONG of ASIAN INVASION (Pec Killer, mgr.)
DM 59 ILLIS (turn 299): RATTLER of SERPENTS HOLD (Khisanth, mgr.)
JOHNNY APPLESEED (A-Sop, mgr.)
DM 72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 276): RUTABAGA of VEGGIES II (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.)
(turn 275): VIRUS of BASH BROS MICROSOFT (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.)
DUELMASTER'S COLUMN
Notes from the arena champ.
Greetings Warriors,
It was a long road but I finally made. I am the 18th graduate from this stable,
the first Basher (yay me!), and the 10th style. Darque is more excited about
completing the round robin than all the other achievements. I guess that is a thing
with arena managers, I don't understand it personally. Whatever.
For the interested, I started in the arena 11-4-14-15-21-6-13. My career was
streaky at best with the only real consistency coming in the last 10 fights were I
pulled a 7-3-1 record. I thought for sure that I loved the QS, but the Commission
disagrees. The Commission says that I enjoy the GA, a VH/LO rhythm, and learning INI
skills. My learning wasn't that great at 1.68 spf and I wasn't well bonused, only
showing +1 ATT.
All the numbers and stat mumbo jumbo isn't my cup of tea. The managers can
argue about their statistical data and other trivialities all they wish because I'm
immortal.
I bid you farewell. After this cycle, I will be taking up residence on the
Isle. I believe Darque has booked me a spot in his facility near Home Guard. I am
not sure if I will be active, but there is always hope.
Farewell,
Benezia
SPY REPORT
It is I, Novgorodny Vir, Spymaster of Spymasters. Look on my work, ye mighty,
and despair! DARQUE FORCES had cause to celebrate, after BELLDANDY got 27 points by
beating THE WINTER QUEEN. A certain someone should cut down on the drinking and
practice more, after losing 4 points to ERMINE. (Discrete enough, PULLED ORC?)
GLITRINA found out that STORMCROWE isn't a democracy. You've gotta be the best to be
Duelmaster here! 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 a horde of jackals fleeing from the
lion, so did the "warriors" in STORMCROWE avoid SHEWISH BUFFET. As a woman of good
breeding scorns the "warriors" of DARQUE FORCES, so did that sorry team shy from
SHEWISH BUFFET
The moving sword slashes, and having slashed, moves on... You've heard about
THE WINTER QUEEN of NORTHERN LIGHTS. Death plays no favorites, and neither do I.
What was a 17-15-1 doing on the fields in the first place? Perhaps SHEWISH BUFFET's
manager was intending to send CAER SALAD to the Dark Arena in the first place, seeing
as how bloodfeud has nearly expired. Oh hard! that to strike a flame, the match
itself must needs be wasting!
Leave me now, you base fools! As if buffeted by forces of nature beyond my
control, I must take my leave of this place. Do not despair! I shall return!--
Novgorodny Vir
DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
ERMINE 4712 13 11 0 113 NORTHERN LIGHTS (393)
CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
BELLDANDY 4714 14 7 2 111 DARQUE FORCES (428)
-LAPUR BISQUE 4676 16 3 2 106 SHEWISH BUFFET (520)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
GLITRINA 4656 20 24 1 85 NORTHERN LIGHTS (393)
-GOAT 4012 8 4 0 81 DESOLATE ONES (463)
PULLED ORC 4702 12 10 0 78 SHEWISH BUFFET (520)
SEAL DANCER 4686 15 15 1 73 NORTHERN LIGHTS (393)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
SCANDAL SAVAGE 4753 6 1 1 56 DARQUE FORCES (428)
WAR MAIDEN 4743 8 3 1 39 DARQUE FORCES (428)
-FIRE HAWK 4011 6 6 0 39 DESOLATE ONES (463)
-ABRAXIS II 4075 4 4 1 37 DESOLATE ONES (463)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
ANGEL CAKE 4737 4 8 0 33 SHEWISH BUFFET (520)
-TOKER 4130 3 0 0 28 DESOLATE ONES (463)
-C.F.H. 4009 4 8 0 27 DESOLATE ONES (463)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
THE ICEMAN 4760 3 1 0 18 NORTHERN LIGHTS (393)
MADAME HYDRA 4752 4 3 0 15 DARQUE FORCES (428)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
SNOWBIRD 4751 0 4 0 NORTHERN LIGHTS 393 SCANDAL SAVAGE 4753 344 REVENGED
THE WINTER QUEEN 4672 17 15 1 NORTHERN LIGHTS 393 BELLDANDY 4714 348
MEAL 4766 0 1 0 SHEWISH BUFFET 520 ARENAMASTER NHOR 348 NONE
SNACK 4765 0 1 0 SHEWISH BUFFET 520 BLACK ORC 348 NONE
PERSONAL ADS
Our congratulations to Benezia. -- Jorja and the Northern Lights
We salute the tourney participant. -- Jorja and company again
Three-two, again! Amazing, and gratifying, with only two of the wins being over a
standby. I could like this. -- Ermine
Benezia -- You're leaving, so I don't care. You should go. You're too swollen with
recognition to belong here. -- Glitrina the Uncharitable
I don't mind the Venomous Concubine. She's okay for a human. -- Ermine
Pulled Orc -- I think you need to be rubbed all over with bengay. -- the Winter Queen
Scandal Savage -- You needed a loss. I had a spare. -- Seal Dancer
The Convicted Thief is amazingly stupid. You'd think he would realize that stealing
ice in the summer, without proper handling and storage facilities, is pointless. --
The Iceman
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
MEAL was butchered by ARENAMASTER NHOR in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
SNACK was butchered by BLACK ORC in a 1 minute brutal Dark Arena duel.
BENEZIA handily defeated GLITRINA in a 1 minute one-sided match.
ERMINE vanquished PULLED ORC in a 1 minute mismatched Title brawl.
BELLDANDY assassinated THE WINTER QUEEN in a 1 minute one-sided fight.
SEAL DANCER devastated WAR MAIDEN in a 2 minute uneven brawl.
SCANDAL SAVAGE overpowered AMBITIOUS GUARD in a 1 minute one-sided struggle.
ANGEL CAKE overcame MADAME HYDRA in a action packed 1 minute fight.
THE ICEMAN won victory over MORDANT DESERTER in a 1 minute beginner's duel.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|BASHING ATTACK 4 PARRY-STRIKE 3 - 1 - 1 75 |
|AIMED BLOW 2 AIMED BLOW 10 - 7 - 2 59 |
|LUNGING ATTACK 2 LUNGING ATTACK 20 - 16 - 2 56 |
|WALL OF STEEL 2 WALL OF STEEL 19 - 16 - 1 54 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 BASHING ATTACK 19 - 16 - 2 54 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE 7 - 6 - 0 54 |
|STRIKING ATTACK 1 STRIKING ATTACK 8 - 9 - 0 47 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 1 SLASHING ATTACK 3 - 8 - 0 27 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 0 PARRY-LUNGE 1 - 3 - 0 25 |
|TOTAL PARRY 0 TOTAL PARRY 0 - 1 - 0 0 |
Turn 348 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 - 1 3 LUNGING ATTACK
SLASHING ATTACK 1 - 0 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 0 2 BASHING ATTACK
STRIKING ATTACK 1 - 0 LUNGING ATTACK 0 - 2 2 WALL OF STEEL
BASHING ATTACK 3 - 1 TOTAL PARRY 0 - 0 2 PARRY-RIPOSTE
AIMED BLOW 1 - 1 WALL OF STEEL 0 - 2 1 STRIKING ATTACK
1 AIMED BLOW
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
STRIKING ATTACK ERMINE 4712 13 11 0 113 NORTHERN LIGHTS (393)
BASHING ATTACK BELLDANDY 4714 14 7 2 111 DARQUE FORCES (428)
LUNGING ATTACK PULLED ORC 4702 12 10 0 78 SHEWISH BUFFET (520)
AIMED BLOW SCANDAL SAVAGE 4753 6 1 1 56 DARQUE FORCES (428)
WALL OF STEEL WAR MAIDEN 4743 8 3 1 39 DARQUE FORCES (428)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
The overall popularity leader is ERMINE 4712. The most popular warrior this turn was
ANGEL CAKE 4737. The ten other most popular fighters were ERMINE 4712, SCANDAL
SAVAGE 4753, THE ICEMAN 4760, BELLDANDY 4714, SEAL DANCER 4686, MADAME HYDRA 4752,
MEAL 4766, SNACK 4765, GLITRINA 4656, and PULLED ORC 4702.
The least popular fighter this week was WAR MAIDEN 4743. The other ten least popular
fighters were THE WINTER QUEEN 4672, PULLED ORC 4702, GLITRINA 4656, SNACK 4765, MEAL
4766, MADAME HYDRA 4752, SEAL DANCER 4686, BELLDANDY 4714, THE ICEMAN 4760, and
SCANDAL SAVAGE 4753.
The following warriors have traveled to AD after fighting this turn:
BENEZIA (45-4670) DARQUE FORCES (428)
NEW GRADUATES--FROM ALL ARENAS (INCLUDING CLOSED ARENAS)
For those of you who keep track of such things, several additional warriors
graduated from regular DM arenas (including closed arenas) since the last tournament.
STARGRITS (28-3714) UGLY URBAN ORCS (425)
CAUSEY (65-5881) THE CAUSEY WAY (659)
FLYING HELLFISH (82-7132) CARNIVAL OF CHAOS (1019)
WARRIOR 1 (82-22691) TOURNEY TEAM II (3620)
CRAZY 69 (84-11518) CRAZY 88 20 (2091)
ANGRY (84-11693) WORDS IX (2126)
SUBTERFUGE (84-38420) COLLUSION UNLIMITED (6707)
Congrats to the grads. -- Green Eyes