DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 01/09/2012    Duedate: 01/21/2012

ARDIVENT ARENA

DM-46    TURN-622

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

MONSIGNOR MARK
FANDILS (75)
(46-4215) [21-9-0,116]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

MONSIGNOR MARK                 POSITION IS EMPTY
FANDILS (75)                   
(46-4215) [21-9-0,116]         

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

LILA DEANE                     LILA DEANE
BLUVALLEY WARRIORS (74)        BLUVALLEY WARRIORS (74)
(46-4201) [14-23-0,76]         (46-4201) [14-23-0,76]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

BLUVALLEY WARRIORS (74)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. BLUVALLEY WARRIORS (74)     17
2. FANDILS (75)                10      FANDILS (75)
                                       Unchartered Team

                                       DARQUE FORCES (290)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 1 FANDILS (75)             %1186 797 41 59.8   1/ 2 BLUVALLEY WARRIORS (74)   9  6 0
 2/ 2 BLUVALLEY WARRIORS (74)  647 %1016 20 38.9   2/ 1 FANDILS (75)              8  6 1

    '*'   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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                          ---===ANDORIAN REGIONAL NEWS===---

                                     Duelmasters
                                     -----------
 DM   8 ARKERS (turn 343): NORM QUESHA of MIDDLE WAY 11 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  11 ARUAK CITY (turn 688): ROSE ROOSTER of ANIMAL FARM (Mino, mgr.)
 DM  14 TOBIR (turn 688): SPIKE of ZOMBIE SQUAD (Khisanth, mgr.)
 DM  22 SOLVEN (turn 673): BLOODY KINK of THE SAVAGE KINKS (Floyd, mgr.)
 DM  24 ZORPUNT (turn 675): VINEGAR of WRESTLING (Sherlock, mgr.)
 DM  25 LYRATILAN (turn 672): SHOULDA 8 STEAK of PARKING LOT 3 (Khisanth, mgr.)
 DM  26 CALEAM (turn 669): BETTEY FOURS of GOLDEN CANYON (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  30 IAYE (turn 670): LOST IN PACE of PACE'S WILD (Pacemaker, mgr.)
 DM  40 ZENSU (turn 633): LORIS DEANE of BEYOND THE PALE (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  41 KATI-TEI (turn 630): THE HAND OF DOG of DA DOG POWNDAZ (Marma Duke, mgr.)
 DM  46 ARDIVENT (turn 621): MONSIGNOR MARK of FANIDLS (Wise Old Fandil, mgr.)
 DM  52 FRATSFA (turn 291): ZOUM LA BOUSE of BLOOD AND GUTS! (Le Pentarque, mgr.)
 DM  63 AMEN-TEI (turn 516): MISS PASSIN' of WAYFARERS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  71 KYR'TERR (turn 244): DIANGELIQUE of DARQUE FORCES V (Master Darque, mgr.)
ADM 105 ANDORAK (turn 573): DOMINION of ZOMBIE SQUAD III (Khisanth, mgr.)

                                      Top Teams
                                      ---------
 DM   8 ARKERS (turn 343): MIDDLE WAY 11 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  11 ARUAK CITY (turn 688): COLORIFIC (Purple People Eater, mgr.)
 DM  14 TOBIR (turn 688): THE DEATH SQUAD (Street Legal, mgr.)
 DM  22 SOLVEN (turn 673): SERPENTS HOLD (Khisanth, mgr.)
 DM  24 ZORPUNT (turn 675): WRESTLING (Sherlock, mgr.)
 DM  25 LYRATILAN (turn 672): SAY MY NAME (Howlin' Wolf, mgr.)
 DM  26 CALEAM (turn 669): GOLDEN CANYON (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  30 IAYE (turn 670): RED DOG GANG (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  40 ZENSU (turn 633): CAPTAIN PLANET (Sherlock, mgr.)
 DM  41 KATI-TEI (turn 630): THE STORM FRONT (Storm Lord, mgr.)
 DM  46 ARDIVENT (turn 621): FANDILS (Wise Old Fandil, mgr.)
 DM  52 FRATSFA (turn 291): PYROMANIA (Marma Duke, mgr.)
 DM  63 AMEN-TEI (turn 516): WAYFARERS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  71 KYR'TERR (turn 244): DARQUE FORCES V (Master Darque, mgr.)
ADM 105 ANDORAK (turn 573): SUPERIOR FORCES et al (Manager, mgr.)

                                   Recent Graduates
                                   ----------------
 DM  11 ARUAK CITY (turn 688): ROSE ROOSTER of ANIMAL FARM (Mino, mgr.)
                   (turn 687): BLACK EYE of COLORIFIC (Purple People Eater, mgr.)
                               CANILIV CAT of FURRY FURY (Grimm, mgr.)
 DM  22 SOLVEN (turn 673): STING of SERPENTS HOLD (Khisanth, mgr.)
 DM  24 ZORPUNT (turn 674): DARRON POOLE of KRILL CAVALRY (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  30 IAYE (turn 670): LOST IN PACE of PACE'S WILD (Pacemaker, mgr.)
 DM  52 FRATSFA (turn 291): 451 DEGREES of PYROMANIA (Marma Duke, mgr.)
                (turn 290): HOT STUFF of PYROMANIA (Marma Duke, mgr.)
 DM  63 AMEN-TEI (turn 514): SLITHER of SERPENTS HOLD 113 (Khisanth, mgr.)

                                 DUELMASTER'S COLUMN
                             Notes from the arena champ.

     I am going to keep this succinct.  I am praying hard.  One more win up here at
5pps and I am HOME.  Five pps, 5pps, 5pps....

          Monsignor Mark

                                      SPY REPORT

     Well, what are you looking at, ARDIVENT?  Ain't you never seen Snide Clemens 
before?  Ah, shaddup and listen to my news.  Later days, FANDILS, since BLUVALLEY 
WARRIORS took top team from you this turn, you guys are old news.  Of course, we're 
all terribly impressed to see SHELLEY ANN win a fight and gain 20 points, terribly.  
Tsk, tsk, SHELLEY ANN beat LILA DEANE and LILA DEANE lost 14 points.  You're breakin' 
my heart.  And if variety is the spice of life, ARDIVENT may be getting bland, as 
MONSIGNOR MARK stays top dog in the city.  I'm not in a very good mood today, but why 
am I telling you this?  You want to know what's new, don't you, ARDIVENT?   
     My mother always told me, 'If you don't have anything nice to say, start 
talking.' I loved that woman.  What's the big D?  BLUVALLEY WARRIORS was the most 
avoided team?  Bunch of lily livered... grumble... mumble... curse...  And it looks 
like FANDILS avoided them the most this turn.  What a pack of would be losers, if you 
ask me.  Hmph.   
     Ah, now we come to my favorite part, where we see all the guys who are dead and 
gone, and get to see if their team cared.  Titanium shields and bamboo daggers, guess 
what brave team is developing these kinds of weapons?   
     There's got to be a better place in ARDIVENT to get a drink than The Victory 
Tavern!  Any suggestions?  Just wait 'till next time I show up here, I won't be so 
nice!  So nyaaah!  I see the crowds are getting restless, I must leave now-- Snide 
Clemens  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 MONSIGNOR MARK 4215          21   9  0   116       FANDILS (75)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SHELLEY ANN 4234              5   6  1    86       FANDILS (75)
 LONG BIGGAR 4228             13  10  0    79       BLUVALLEY WARRIORS (74)
 MARCI FOOTE 4202             16  21  1    78       BLUVALLEY WARRIORS (74)
 LILA DEANE 4201              14  23  0    76       BLUVALLEY WARRIORS (74)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 CORBIN ROSS 4250              3   3  0    28       BLUVALLEY WARRIORS (74)
 JOUBERT KLEE 4249             5   1  0    25       BLUVALLEY WARRIORS (74)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 CLARA ROSE 4256               3   1  1    23       FANDILS (75)
 IRVIN 4257                    3   1  0    14       FANDILS (75)
 SNUFFY 4263                   0   3  0     3       FANDILS (75)

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

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

                                     PERSONAL ADS

Golly, golly, Fratsfan Noble!  I didn't want to kill you-- just beat you.  Gee!  I am
so, so sorry.  My dad will be really, really mad. -- Clara Rose

Marci Foote -- Sometimes being fast is a good thing.  (wink) -- Monsignor Mark
(praying, praying, praying...)

Lila Deane -- You sure showed me, gal.  I guess I was just too worn out from all that
holiday shopping.  Whew! -- Shelley Ann

Corbin Ross -- I am not going to say anything.  I am just going to kinda keep
smiling. -- Irvin (swirvin' with the best of 'em)

Joubert -- Y'all done be makin' this hard, ya know? -- Snuffy

Health.  Humility.  Honor.  The Red Sands await. -- Fandil The Wise

Snuffy -- I tried not to be too hard on you, what with you being such a little guy,
but dueling is a dangerous business.  No two ways about it.  I'm sure you'll get, ah,
re-oriented in good time. -- Joubert Klee

Monsignor Mark -- Really, it seems so unfair to remove yourself from the population
of "available males."  Still if you gotta, well... there it is. -- Marci Foote

Shelley Ann -- Don't go getting above yourself, girl. -- Lila Deane

Damned hairy little runt. -- Long Biggar 

Irvin -- And there you see the difference between a dog and a cat.  You feed a dog,
and he's your friend for life regardless.  Feed a cat, and if the next meal doesn't
arrive promptly, he'll turn and rip your hand open. -- Corbin Ross

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

MONSIGNOR MARK devastated LONG BIGGAR in a 1 minute gruesome mismatched Title fight.
MARCI FOOTE subdued M. CHARDINEE in a 2 minute one-sided melee.
LILA DEANE was narrowly defeated by SHELLEY ANN in a 5 minute mismatched duel.
IRVIN was narrowly defeated by CORBIN ROSS in a crowd pleasing 3 minute bloody match.
CLARA ROSE was vanquished by AMBITIOUS GUARD in a 1 minute mismatched fight.
JOUBERT KLEE overpowered SNUFFY in a 2 minute gory mismatched brawl.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|STRIKING ATTACK                  5         BASHING ATTACK     6 -   1 -  0      86  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   2         TOTAL PARRY       11 -   4 -  0      73  |
|AIMED BLOW                       1         AIMED BLOW         5 -   2 -  0      71  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      1         LUNGING ATTACK     9 -   6 -  2      60  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    1         STRIKING ATTACK   23 -  20 -  0      53  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      0         PARRY-LUNGE        1 -   2 -  0      33  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     0         WALL OF STEEL      4 -  10 -  0      29  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    0         PARRY-STRIKE       0 -   0 -  0       0  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  0         PARRY-RIPOSTE      0 -   0 -  0       0  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   0         SLASHING ATTACK    0 -   0 -  0       0  |

Turn 622 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    4 -  1     AIMED BLOW         0 -  1         5  STRIKING ATTACK
LUNGING ATTACK     1 -  1     PARRY-LUNGE        0 -  0         2  LUNGING ATTACK 
                              PARRY-STRIKE       0 -  0         1  WALL OF STEEL  
                              PARRY-RIPOSTE      0 -  0         1  AIMED BLOW     
                              SLASHING ATTACK    0 -  0         1  TOTAL PARRY    
                              BASHING ATTACK     0 -  0     
                              TOTAL PARRY        0 -  1     
                              WALL OF STEEL      0 -  1     

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
STRIKING ATTACK  MONSIGNOR MARK 4215        21   9  0  116 FANDILS (75)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is LILA DEANE 4201.  The most popular warrior this turn 
was LILA DEANE 4201.  The ten other most popular fighters were SHELLEY ANN 4234, 
CORBIN ROSS 4250, IRVIN 4257, JOUBERT KLEE 4249, MARCI FOOTE 4202, MONSIGNOR MARK 
4215, SNUFFY 4263, CLARA ROSE 4256, LONG BIGGAR 4228, and  0.

The least popular fighter this week was LONG BIGGAR 4228.  The other ten least 
popular fighters were CLARA ROSE 4256, SNUFFY 4263, MONSIGNOR MARK 4215, MARCI FOOTE 
4202, JOUBERT KLEE 4249, IRVIN 4257, CORBIN ROSS 4250, SHELLEY ANN 4234, LILA DEANE 
4201, and  0.

The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn:

MONSIGNOR MARK (46-4215) FANDILS (75)

                              "DARK ARENA" -- The Novel

    For centuries, the Shagornan Elves have been forced to live underground. 
    Human invaders, the Delarquans, burned their forests, sparking a war of elven 
    annihilation. The elders told tales that when the Delarquans marched to war 
    against the elves, the land itself bled as they passed. Since the war, the 
    elves have dwindled with every passing year, while the humans multiply like 
    rodents across the land of Alastari. 

    Now, the Delarquans have disappeared. Some say they departed, others indicate 
    it.s a ruse, but there have been whispered rumors of another greater threat 
    looming in the region. Khyron of the Shagornan Elves has been tasked to 
    determine the cause, realizing that failure is probable and at the end of the 
    road death could be the only reward. 

    Khyron has known only the safety of the caves, but now he must journey to the 
    world above...the World with No Ceiling.

Throughout the years, many fine writers have played Duelmasters/Duel II and have 
contributed greatly to the history and background of the world of Alastari.  One very 
intense period, during the early '90's, was during the Rocanis War, when authors from 
both the Delarquan and Free Blades arenas collaborated on writing the history of the 
invasion of the arena-city of Rocanis.  Mark Manley (aka Grimwood) is a long-time 
manager in Rocanis, and was one of the writers who contributed so much to this 
history.  Over the subsequent years, he has worked to bring his novelization to life 
and make the story of the War and the preceding events which led to it available to 
the greater public.  Many Rocanis legends appear in the book: Itoz Trollbane, 
Sandstorm, and others.  The novel is a treat to read--even more so if you are familiar 
with the game!

If you're interested in purchasing a copy of the book, here are links: 
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Dark-Arena-Mark-G-
Manley/dp/1936127598/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1319631863&sr=1-2
Barnes & Noble: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/dark-arena-mark-
manley/1105609584?ean=2940011494659&itm=2&usri=dark%2barena
Treble Heart Books: http://www.trebleheartbooks.com/WDManley.html 

Mark Manley is planning to attend the upcoming Winter Face-to-Face in Tempe, and has 
offered a special prize to the winner of the Rookies and Primus tournaments:  An 
autographed copy of Dark Arena, autographed by the author, the artist, and the RSI 
staff!  In addition, as a special prize, the top up-and-coming tournament manager will 
also receive an autographed copy!  Mark will have copies of Dark Arena available at 
the tournament, and as a special bonus, each copy of Dark Arena sold at the FTF will 
include one new team rollup!  We hope that many of you can venture to Tempe to 
participate in the Face-to-Face, compete in the tournament, and congratulate Mark in 
person on his achievement!