DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 04/06/2009    Duedate: 04/18/2009

ARDIVENT ARENA

DM-46    TURN-550

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

BUM
DEATHTONGUE (89)
(46-4094) [13-9-1,102]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

BUM                            POSITION IS EMPTY
DEATHTONGUE (89)               
(46-4094) [13-9-1,102]         

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

BUM                            BUM
DEATHTONGUE (89)               DEATHTONGUE (89)
(46-4094) [13-9-1,102]         (46-4094) [13-9-1,102]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

BLUVALLEY WARRIORS (74)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. INFERNAL LORDS (8)          42
2. DEATHTONGUE (89)             6      DEATHTONGUE (89)
3. FANDILS (75)                -4      Unchartered Team
4. BLUVALLEY WARRIORS (74)    -23
                                       ZODIAC (86)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 1 DEATHTONGUE (89)         %1179 859 58 57.9   1/ 1 BLUVALLEY WARRIORS (74)   9  6 0
 2/ 2 FANDILS (75)             965 704 34 57.8   2/ 3 INFERNAL LORDS (8)        7  4 0
 3/ 3 INFERNAL LORDS (8)       285 228 15 55.6   3/ 2 DEATHTONGUE (89)          7  8 1
 4/ 4 BLUVALLEY WARRIORS (74)  508 803 14 38.7   4/ 4 FANDILS (75)              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

        + ]H[ + ---:--- + ]H[ The Andorian Succession #26 ]H[ + ---:--- + ]H[ +

Fratsfa:

     Fandil stared out over Fratsfa from his high window, then shook his head and
turned away to finish stowing a few necessary items into a carpet bag.  And told
himself, again, that Lenpro could take care of himself and was probably following up
some hot tip.  That he was not, in fact, his brother's keeper, and Lenpro wouldn't
thank him for this dither and fuss.  And that he himself had a hot tip to
investigate.
     He pulled the carpet bag shut and buckled the strap.  All this dithering was
silly, pointless, insulting to his brother, and most of all, not like himself.  He
shook it off.  It was just a mood, and he didn't need it.  He picked up his bag and
glanced out the window one last time.  Odd how noisy a city could be--
     By all the gods, that wasn't just city noise, it was a mob!  Men with clubs were
standing in front of the Flower Shoppe, shaking their fists and shouting!  He
couldn't make out the words up here under the roof, so turned and plunged down the
stairs to find out what was going on.
     Lady Fern met him at the bottom of the stairs.  "Relax, Fandil," she said before
he could speak.  "This is just a rented mob, and I've dealt with them before.  You
have important work to do, so go and do it."
     "But--"
     "I can handle this."  She raised an eyebrow.  "Do you doubt me?"
     The young Fratsfan mage, Elosjon, came from the front room, face white and eyes
staring.  "They're calling for 'Fandil the Traitor' to be released to them!" he said.
The look he turned on the older mage was worried.
     Fandil cursed mentally but allowed no sign of his annoyance to show in face or
voice.  "That is just what people would call me who want to stop me.  It is only
words, Elosjon, not truth."
     "Did you hear any details?" Fern asked.  "Who hired the mob, for instance?"
     "Hired...?"  The young man blinked and looked over his shoulder.  "They were
hired?  But why?"
     "To make trouble, to stop me finding the magician behind the current
disruptions," Fandil said.  "It isn't an unusual move for a politician, you know."
Could this young man be so naive?  Hmm, if he'd been head down over the spell-books 
since he was old enough to understand them, yes, he probably could be.  Was.  "We'd
better get going."
     "It's Lord Orboj," Elosjon said.  "He's the richest man in Fratsfa.  Nobody
crosses him--if he names me a traitor, too, I'm through here!"
     "Well, if the city and your colleagues are so fickle and easily swayed, you
might do better elsewhere anyway," Fern said.  She snorted.  "Orboj--he doesn't come
here.  I don't cater to his tastes and never will."
     Fandil opened his eyes wide.  Fern catered to many tastes, if Orboj wanted
something different, he must be strange indeed, and notably perverse.
     There had been a lot of coming and going of the Flower Girls while they talked,
but Fandil only noticed it now because one stopped.  A redhead of statuesque
proportions and discretely indiscrete garb.  She leaned close to Elosjon, linking an
arm through his.  "You won't mind going out with ME, in fact, I know you'll like it,"
she half-whispered.  "And no one will notice if old Fandil trails along behind us."
She kissed his ear.  "I can hardly wait."
     Lady Fern laughed.  "Be good, Ravishing Redbud!  This--"
     "I am ALWAYS good," Redbud answered.
     Fern laughed again, and Elosjon had turned as red as the woman's hair and seemed
incapable of speech or even thought; he allowed her to pull him out the back door and
didn't notice Fandil following.
     "Take care," Fern said as Fandil passed her.  "And don't worry about me here, or
about Lenpro either.  Ours is a family that copes, you know that."  She pushed him
out and shut the door behind him.

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                          ---===ANDORIAN REGIONAL NEWS===---

                                     Duelmasters
                                     -----------
 DM   8 ARKERS (turn 307): CONCUSSION of CONSANGUINEOUS (Mannequin, mgr.)
 DM  11 ARUAK CITY (turn 616): LILAC LIZARD of ANIMAL FARM (Mino, mgr.)
 DM  14 TOBIR (turn 616): WHOLE MUTT of THE DOGHOUSE (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  22 SOLVEN (turn 606): ULTRA FAIT of DROP THE LEASH (Jekyll, mgr.)
 DM  24 ZORPUNT (turn 605): TCHENI LOY of KRILL CAVALRY (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  25 LYRATILAN (turn 603): GRIFLET IRVEL of THE MIDDLE WAY 4 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  26 CALEAM (turn 602): AMARANTH of MENAGERIE (Ichabod Frothingslosh, mgr.)
 DM  30 IAYE (turn 598): SIR CARLSON of LENPROS (Lenpro, mgr.)
 DM  40 ZENSU (turn 567): GRUNT 5 of MEDAL OF HONOR G1 (The Anarchist, mgr.)
 DM  41 KATI-TEI (turn 558): JANIE JONES of RADIO CLASH (Rude Buddha, mgr.)
 DM  46 ARDIVENT (turn 549): JACINTHE of BLUVALLEY WARRIORS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  52 FRATSFA (turn 255): BRAIN TUMOR of OTTO'S PARTS (Crip, mgr.)
 DM  63 AMEN-TEI (turn 448): M.T. LANE of WAYFARERS (Jorja, mgr.}
 DM  71 KYR'TERR (turn 208): DORINE EAGEL of THE ZOO (Jorja, mgr.)
ADM 105 ANDORAK (turn 501): MAXIMUS of KELLUMBO'S KIDS (Detective Kellumbo, mgr.)

                                      Top Teams
                                      ---------
 DM   8 ARKERS (turn 307): CONSANGUINEOUS (Mannequin, mgr.)
 DM  11 ARUAK CITY (turn 616): BULLDOGS (Kennelworth, mgr.)
 DM  14 TOBIR (turn 616): ALL THE MUN'S MEN (The Mun, mgr.)
 DM  22 SOLVEN (turn 606): MIDDLE WAY 15 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  24 ZORPUNT (turn 605): MEDAL OF HONOOR J4 (The Anarchist, mgr.)
 DM  25 LYRATILAN (turn 603): FUNKY FOLK (Papa Bear, mgr.)
 DM  26 CALEAM (turn 602): MENAGERIE (Ichabod Frothingslosh, mgr.)
 DM  30 IAYE (turn 598): LENPROS (Lenpro, mgr.)
 DM  40 ZENSU (turn 567): MEDAL OF HONOR G1 (The Anarchist, mgr.)
 DM  41 KATI-TEI (turn 558): MEDAL OF HONOR H3 (The Anarchist, mgr.)
 DM  46 ARDIVENT (turn 549): BLUVALLEY WARRIORS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  52 FRATSFA (turn 255): BLOOD AND GUTS! (Le Pentarque, mgr.)
 DM  63 AMEN-TEI (turn 448): MEDAL OF HONOR J3 (The Anarchist, mgr.)
 DM  71 KYR'TERR (turn 208): THE ZOO (Jorja, mgr.)
ADM 105 ANDORAK (turn 501): KELLUMBO'S KIDS (Detective Kellumbo, mgr.)

                                   Recent Graduates
                                   ----------------
 DM   8 ARKERS (turn 306): FEORDIS INK of MIDDLE WAY 11 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  11 ARUAK CITY (turn 616): FILET MIGNON of BULLDOGS (Kennelworth, mgr.)
                   (turn 615): JON FLUTE of KRILL CAVALRY (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  14 TOBIR (turn 616): WHOLE MUTT of THE DOGHOUSE (Jorja, mgr.)
                          MINUTE MUN of ALL THE MUN'S MEN (The Mun, mgr.)
 DM  46 ARDIVENT (turn 549): JACINTHE of BLUVALLEY WARRIORS (Jorja, mgr.)
                             IZZCO of INFERNAL LORDS (DeGotti, mgr.)
 DM  52 FRATSFA (turn 255): TEALIN SALI of MIDDLE WAY 8 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  71 KYR'TERR (turn 208): DORINE EAGEL of THE ZOO (Jorja, mgr.)
                 (turn 207): MESSY MONGREL of DOGS OF WAR (Omega?, mgr.)

                                 DUELMASTER'S COLUMN
                             Notes from the arena champ.

     My thanks, Izzco, that seems to have been just what I needed.  My assumption at
this point is that I'm going into retirement, but who can read the future?

                                      Jacinthe

P.S.  Oh, good heavens!  War flail, high/low, slash?  What nonsense!  If you want to
know: 13  12  6  11  15  17  10.

                                      SPY REPORT

     Like the magnificent Sun, rising upon the Dawn and exiling the Night for a Day, 
I, Novgorodny Vir, return once again!  Practice pays for ABBOL, who pummelled 
JENNIMYS COLLIN, to pocket 12 points.  Win some, lose some.  Speaking of which, ABBOL 
was winsome, after beating JENNIMYS COLLIN and seeing her lose 12 points.  The arena 
was more crowded than usual this time, as IZZCO faced ARDIVENT's Duelmaster.  Now I 
can't insult IZZCO, as it has gloriously dueled to the top.  Oh great new 
Duelmaster!!!  (Stop me if I lay it on too thick) Word has it one team in ARDIVENT is 
using psychics to predict wins.  They lead a charmed life!   
     My mother wished me to avoid conflict, and seek the gentle trade of Spyreporter. 
But warriors aren't supposed to avoid fights!  Like a horde of jackals fleeing from 
the lion, so did the "warriors" in ARDIVENT avoid DEATHTONGUE.  As a woman of good 
breeding scorns the "warriors" of INFERNAL LORDS, so did that sorry team shy from 
DEATHTONGUE  
     The moving sword slashes, and having slashed, moves on...  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.  Like a mixed 
metaphor, and an overtaxed simile, I now bid ARDIVENT farewell-- Novgorodny Vir  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 BUM 4094                     13   9  1   102       DEATHTONGUE (89)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 TEMPTATION 3314              12  10  1    78       INFERNAL LORDS (8)
-EUROQ 3901                   10  10  2    72       INFERNAL LORDS (8)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-ANNA BEATRICE 4124            5   1  0    64       FANDILS (75)
 ABBOL 4080                   12  16  0    61       INFERNAL LORDS (8)
 TANIA PARK 4117              12   7  0    58       BLUVALLEY WARRIORS (74)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 BINKLY 4115                  11   8  0    55       DEATHTONGUE (89)
 MUNGO BURKE 4097             11  12  0    54       BLUVALLEY WARRIORS (74)
-IRONWOLF 274                  5   1  0    42       BARBARIAN HORDE (47)
 JENNIMYS COLLIN 4114          9  11  0    41       BLUVALLEY WARRIORS (74)
 SNORKY 4134                   6   6  1    40       DEATHTONGUE (89)
 NOVE 4139                     7   3  0    38       INFERNAL LORDS (8)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 UNCLE BOB 4143                3   4  1    26       FANDILS (75)
 ALF MUSHPIE 4151              2   2  0    26       DEATHTONGUE (89)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-UG 271                        4   2  1    19       BARBARIAN HORDE (47)
-KROKUS 272                    4   2  0    19       BARBARIAN HORDE (47)
-TARAMON 270                   3   3  0    18       BARBARIAN HORDE (47)
 BETTY 4149                    2   3  0    18       DEATHTONGUE (89)
 BINGO LITTLE 4148             3   3  0    17       BLUVALLEY WARRIORS (74)
-WEASEL 273                    4   2  0    15       BARBARIAN HORDE (47)
 SIS 4153                      1   1  0     5       FANDILS (75)

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?

                                     PERSONAL ADS

Congratulations to newly ordained Lord Protectors Izzco and Jacinthe.  Well deserved!
You will make a great pair heading off to The Isle. -- Fandil The Wise
P.S.  Izzco, how kind of you to give her the 14th so she could graduate also.  What a
gentleman!

A salute to the mighty Duelmistress--Jacinthe! -- WOF

Ah to be young again.  We shall see what the inexperienced mage, Elosjon, can do.  To
the quest....  Health.  Humility.  Honor. -- Fandil The Wise

Mungo Burke -- You again?  I do not seem to "have it" against you.  You must be my
daddy? -- Uncle Bob

Polite Beggar -- Thank you for being so nice. -- Sis

We really enjoyed your DM Columns, Izzco.  Keep up the good work in The Big Time. --
Fandil The Wise

DeGotti -- An event to attract attention to The Red sands?  Hmmmmm.  You youngsters
just might be good for something yet.  Good idea!  Let's do it!  I would be glad to
assist. -- WOF

All -- Pardon the delay and amount of Fandil warriors on the sands.  We have two
Rookies starting in The Mailer and Anna Beatrice is entering the Inits at 10FE.  Soon
The Red Sands will be filled with Fandils.  (That read rather bloody, didn't it?) --
Fandil The Wise

You all are so rude!  I lose the throne and my team is the biggest losers! -- DeGotti

I figured I'd be doing this from a DM column, but hey crap happens: Here is the
design that is Izzco, I am only going to give his numbers and fav weapon just in case
I decide to run him some time; 15-17-9-13-7-6-17 SS.  I would really like to thank
Mannequin for his help on the design and suggestions on how to run a Ripper.  This is
style 9 out of 10 for me overall.  The last style is the damnable PS! -- DeGotti

Fandil -- Sometimes you just have to cut them loose!  Shanamanda went out as a
winner!  Which is more then Abbol is at the moment! -- DeGotti

Fandil -- You should know better!  I will always write a DM column as long as I am
able to! -- DeGotti

Temptation -- You're so sneaky!  I always surrender to temptation, because it so
often involves chocolate.  Er, do YOU have any chocolate for me? -- Jennimys Collin

Alf Mushpie -- You Rirorni sure have strange names! -- Tania Park

Uncle Bob -- You could probably killed by a moderately aggressive houseplant. --
Mungo Burke

Betty -- Listen, old bean, I didn't mean to hit you with that muffin, I was just
thinking of passing it and someone made a remark that startled me so my hand jerked
and, well, you see the result.  Not that being hit by a muffin is bad, but I'm afraid
it did have rather a lot of butter on it.  Healthy stuff, butter, good for the
complection, I hear.  Please don't cry. -- Bingo Little
P.S.  I don't want to hear about how when a rabbit sneezes a fairy is born, or any of
that stuff.  It makes me queasy.

Oh, no!  Shanamanda is leaving us?  Who will I talk to about hair styles? -- Tania
Park

Betty -- I wouldn't dream of it!  That kind of thing leads to trouble. -- Bingo
Little

DeGotti -- I agree that more managers would be good but, honestly, I don't think a
contest would do more than cause a short-term surge.  Contest managers just don't
care about the arena and they don't stay.  Not to mention that contests bring in such
a low crowd! -- Jorja
P.S.  As an example of how contests don't help in the long run, look at Aradi.
P.P.S.  Yes, I know, this doesn't help.  I do have some ideas, for what they're
worth, my own and those that other players have mentioned to me now and then, and if
you would like to contact me directly, Fandil has the address of my lightning-pigeon,
we might discuss things and put together a proposal for the Commission.

Our congratulations to Izzco. -- Jorja and the Bluvalley Warriors

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

IZZCO bested JACINTHE in a 2 minute master's Challenge fight.
NOVE vanquished BINGO LITTLE in a 1 minute uneven Challenge battle.
BUM demolished VETERAN MERCENARY in a 2 minute bloody uneven Title fight.
TEMPTATION devastated BINKLY in a 1 minute one-sided fight.
MUNGO BURKE demolished ALF MUSHPIE in a 1 minute mismatched competition.
JENNIMYS COLLIN was vanquished by ABBOL in a 1 minute mismatched fight.
TANIA PARK outlasted SNORKY in a unpopular 7 minute gory brawl.
UNCLE BOB handily defeated FRIENDLY CONSTABLE in a 1 minute uneven melee.
BETTY won victory over SIS in a action packed 1 minute novice's duel.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|STRIKING ATTACK                  3         SLASHING ATTACK   11 -   5 -  0      69  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   3         STRIKING ATTACK   27 -  17 -  1      61  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    2         LUNGING ATTACK    17 -  11 -  0      61  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  2         PARRY-RIPOSTE     12 -   8 -  0      60  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    2         AIMED BLOW         7 -   5 -  0      58  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     1         BASHING ATTACK    14 -  11 -  1      56  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   1         TOTAL PARRY        7 -   6 -  1      54  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      1         PARRY-LUNGE        2 -   3 -  0      40  |
|AIMED BLOW                       1         WALL OF STEEL      8 -  17 -  1      32  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      0         PARRY-STRIKE       3 -  16 -  0      16  |

Turn 550 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-STRIKE       1 -  0     AIMED BLOW         0 -  1         4  STRIKING ATTACK
STRIKING ATTACK    3 -  0     PARRY-LUNGE        0 -  0         2  LUNGING ATTACK 
BASHING ATTACK     1 -  0     SLASHING ATTACK    0 -  2         1  PARRY-STRIKE   
TOTAL PARRY        1 -  0     WALL OF STEEL      0 -  2         1  TOTAL PARRY    
LUNGING ATTACK     2 -  1                                       1  AIMED BLOW     
PARRY-RIPOSTE      1 -  1                                       1  PARRY-RIPOSTE  
                                                                1  WALL OF STEEL  

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
STRIKING ATTACK  BUM 4094                   13   9  1  102 DEATHTONGUE (89)
LUNGING ATTACK   TEMPTATION 3314            12  10  1   78 INFERNAL LORDS (8)
TOTAL PARRY      TANIA PARK 4117            12   7  0   58 BLUVALLEY WARRIORS (74)
AIMED BLOW       BINKLY 4115                11   8  0   55 DEATHTONGUE (89)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is BUM 4094.  The most popular warrior this turn was 
BUM 4094.  The ten other most popular fighters were BETTY 4149, NOVE 4139, TEMPTATION 
3314, MUNGO BURKE 4097, ABBOL 4080, UNCLE BOB 4143, SIS 4153, BINGO LITTLE 4148, 
BINKLY 4115, and ALF MUSHPIE 4151.

The least popular fighter this week was TANIA PARK 4117.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were SNORKY 4134, JENNIMYS COLLIN 4114, ALF MUSHPIE 4151, BINKLY 4115, BINGO 
LITTLE 4148, SIS 4153, UNCLE BOB 4143, ABBOL 4080, MUNGO BURKE 4097, and TEMPTATION 
3314.

The following warriors have traveled to AD after fighting this turn:

JACINTHE (46-3892) BLUVALLEY WARRIORS (74)
IZZCO (46-4087) INFERNAL LORDS (8)