DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER
Date : 02/15/2016 Duedate: 02/27/2016
ARDIVENT ARENA
DM-46 TURN-729
This Weeks Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
WINEHOUSE
THE 27 CLUB (374)
(46-4433) [14-9-0,102]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
WINEHOUSE POSITION IS EMPTY
THE 27 CLUB (374)
(46-4433) [14-9-0,102]
Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite
RUY LOPEZ PIGPEN
WE GOT GAME (289) THE 27 CLUB (374)
(46-4461) [13-9-1,89] (46-4432) [10-11-1,48]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
THE 27 CLUB (374)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. WE GOT GAME (289) 28
2. THE 27 CLUB (374) 13 FANDILS (75)
3. WRATHMEN (387) 0 Unchartered Team
4. WEIRD STUDENTS (394) 0
5. DUNGEON CELL (388) 0 IMPS (84)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1- 1 WRATHMEN (387) 92 41 7 69.2 1/ 1 THE 27 CLUB (374) 7 2 1
2- 2*WEIRD STUDENTS (394) 20 11 1 64.5 2/ 5 WE GOT GAME (289) 4 2 1
3- 4 DUNGEON CELL (388) 50 33 2 60.2 3/ 2 FANDILS (75) 4 6 0
4/ 5 FANDILS (75) %1391 947 48 59.5 4- 4*WEIRD STUDENTS (394) 2 0 1
5/ 6 WE GOT GAME (289) 113 77 9 59.5 5- 3 DUNGEON CELL (388) 2 1 0
6/ 7 THE 27 CLUB (374) 168 135 7 55.4 6- 6 WRATHMEN (387) 0 1 0
'*' Unchartered team '-' Team did not fight this turn
(###) Avoid teams by their Team Id ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank
DUELMASTER'S COLUMN
Notes from the arena champ.
I cannot believe I made it here. Duelmaster! I am not very good; my record is
not very good; and I am just plain too old for this stuff. But I AM here on this
throne, and I intend to make the most of it.
Well, I am going to have to be manipulative. I can't fight Headsman, or Freaky
Tah, or really anybody near the top. They are all younger and better than me.
Somehow I will have to avoid and maybe I can get my teammates to challenge them to
keep them off my back. I think I can do that. And I guess I had better ask Fandil The
Wise to help me prepare a sneaky defense in case one of them does challenge. I hope
they won't, but I have to be prepared, you know?
I was thinking I was Old Mother Hubbard who was going to the cubbard only to find
it was bare. But, lo and behold, my cubbard had a DM Trophy in it. Hallelujah!!!!!
-- Grandma Clara, DMI
SPY REPORT
Like the magnificent Sun, rising upon the Dawn and exiling the Night for a Day,
I, Novgorodny Vir, return once again! Nothing works for a team like victory (How's
that for a perceptive observation?) as WE GOT GAME can attest... WE GOT GAME had
cause to celebrate, after DEEP BLUE got 24 points by beating LOUIS CHAUVIN. A
certain someone should cut down on the drinking and practice more, after losing 21
points to DEEP BLUE. (Discrete enough, LOUIS CHAUVIN?) What can be a greater
victory? WINEHOUSE has taken hers place as the top, as ARDIVENT's new Duelmaster.
So who was the warrior seen charging into immovable walls and challenging dead trees?
Someone's got a basic problem...
And how sociable are ARDIVENT's warriors? Come, let us see. Like the noble
eagle soaring amongst the mountaintops, so stand the warriors of THE 27 CLUB, alone
and unchallenged. Like a pup with its tail between its legs, WE GOT GAME scurried
away from THE 27 CLUB. Oh, the shame! If challenges were horses, EARL could open up
a fast food joint! RUY LOPEZ found himself challenged by a warrior 25 below: EARL.
EARL of FANDILS kept his wits as he was overcame by RUY LOPEZ.
Like the wind whispering among the pines, do hearest I many disquieting rumors.
Oh hard! that to strike a flame, the match itself must needs be wasting!
Do not think spyreporting in ARDIVENT is the highlight of my life. As if
buffeted by forces of nature beyond my control, I must take my leave of this place.
ARDIVENT, I leave you now. The Duelmaster has agreed to foot my bill at The Seaside
Manor. 'Til next time-- Novgorodny Vir
DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
WINEHOUSE 4433 14 9 0 102 THE 27 CLUB (374)
CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-HEADSMAN 4423 15 5 1 129 DUNGEON CELL (388)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
RUY LOPEZ 4461 13 9 1 89 WE GOT GAME (289)
GRANDMA CLARA 4504 8 7 0 80 FANDILS (75)
-FREAKY TAH 4440 9 5 2 74 THE 27 CLUB (374)
CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
EARL 4429 13 15 0 57 FANDILS (75)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
DEEP BLUE 4537 4 2 0 53 WE GOT GAME (289)
-LINCOLN HILLS 4506 11 8 1 52 FANDILS (75)
PIGPEN 4432 10 11 1 48 THE 27 CLUB (374)
-EXPERT 4539 4 1 0 41 WRATHMEN (387)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-PRETTY PRANKSTER 4508 5 3 0 32 WEIRD STUDENTS (394)
LOUIS CHAUVIN 4496 4 1 0 31 THE 27 CLUB (374)
-CHYNARAE 4528 4 1 0 30 WRATHMEN (387)
-INSANE IAN 4501 5 0 0 28 WEIRD STUDENTS (394)
CANTEX 4527 7 5 0 26 FANDILS (75)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-PETROSIAN 4520 3 2 0 24 WE GOT GAME (289)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-TOTALLY TED 4518 2 0 1 23 WEIRD STUDENTS (394)
-LUCKY LARRY 4502 3 2 0 21 WEIRD STUDENTS (394)
-MAXWELL CHARLES 4554 2 1 0 20 FANDILS (75)
NAT JAFFE 4495 3 2 1 18 THE 27 CLUB (374)
-SELFISH SELFIE 4499 3 5 0 18 WEIRD STUDENTS (394)
-CARLSEN 4523 3 2 1 13 WE GOT GAME (289)
-POKORNA 4521 2 2 0 8 WE GOT GAME (289)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
SHIFTYEYED VOLUN 0 0 0 NAT JAFFE 4495 729 NONE
INQUISITOR 4422 11 8 0 DUNGEON CELL 388 RUY LOPEZ 4461 727
PERSONAL ADS
Wow! Grandma Clara? What a surprise! What a babe! You go, Duelmistress. -- Fandil
The Wise
Trustworthy Scribe, you need to stop writing and start fighting. -- Cantex
Freaky Tah, I salute you. You are the far better warrior. -- Lincoln Hills
Ruy Lopez, I think I must have surprised us both. That felt wonderful!
And at my age, one wonders if one will ever be able to feel IT again. (wink) --
Grandma Clara
Shiftyeyed Volunteer, I made my day! -- Maxwell Charles
Winehouse, I just didn't have it. You did. -- Earl
Health. Humility. Honor. -- WOF
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
EARL was devastated by RUY LOPEZ in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge fight.
GRANDMA CLARA was vanquished by WINEHOUSE in a 1 minute uneven Title battle.
LOUIS CHAUVIN was demolished by DEEP BLUE in a 1 minute uneven fight.
PIGPEN viciously subdued CANTEX in a 2 minute gory contest.
NAT JAFFE assassinated SHIFTYEYED VOLUNTEER in a 1 minute mismatched match.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|LUNGING ATTACK 4 PARRY-LUNGE 4 - 1 - 0 80 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 2 SLASHING ATTACK 16 - 9 - 1 64 |
|AIMED BLOW 1 AIMED BLOW 9 - 6 - 0 60 |
|BASHING ATTACK 1 TOTAL PARRY 13 - 10 - 0 57 |
|TOTAL PARRY 1 LUNGING ATTACK 20 - 16 - 3 56 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 0 BASHING ATTACK 12 - 11 - 0 52 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 0 STRIKING ATTACK 4 - 4 - 1 50 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 3 - 0 0 |
|STRIKING ATTACK 0 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 3 - 0 0 |
|WALL OF STEEL 0 WALL OF STEEL 0 - 0 - 0 0 |
Turn 729 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 4 LUNGING ATTACK
SLASHING ATTACK 2 - 0 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 0 2 SLASHING ATTACK
LUNGING ATTACK 2 - 2 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 0 2 TOTAL PARRY
STRIKING ATTACK 0 - 0 1 STRIKING ATTACK
BASHING ATTACK 0 - 1 1 BASHING ATTACK
TOTAL PARRY 0 - 1 1 AIMED BLOW
WALL OF STEEL 0 - 0
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
LUNGING ATTACK WINEHOUSE 4433 14 9 0 102 THE 27 CLUB (374)
SLASHING ATTACK DEEP BLUE 4537 4 2 0 53 WE GOT GAME (289)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
The overall popularity leader is RUY LOPEZ 4461. The most popular warrior this turn
was PIGPEN 4432. The ten other most popular fighters were WINEHOUSE 4433, RUY LOPEZ
4461, DEEP BLUE 4537, NAT JAFFE 4495, CANTEX 4527, EARL 4429, GRANDMA CLARA 4504,
LOUIS CHAUVIN 4496, 0, and 0.
The least popular fighter this week was LOUIS CHAUVIN 4496. The other ten least
popular fighters were GRANDMA CLARA 4504, EARL 4429, CANTEX 4527, NAT JAFFE 4495,
DEEP BLUE 4537, RUY LOPEZ 4461, WINEHOUSE 4433, PIGPEN 4432, 0, and 0.
NAME CHANGE-O-RAMA
The crowd was surprisingly orderly, but it was still a crowd, and the Commission
clerk, Algernon, looked at it uneasily. Whenever this many people came together to
petition for something, it meant trouble. For him, anyway. Records to be altered.
Altering records was Bad. It made Extra Work.
His assistant clerk leaned close and whispered, "If it weren't for gladiators, we
wouldn't have jobs. Smile at them and ask what they want."
Algernon closed his eyes briefly. Looking at this crowd made him dizzy. They
were all wearing black and white stripes. Like a herd of zebras, except that zebras
didn't carry swords. Then he took a deep breath and managed a smile. "What... ah,
what can I do for you?"
"We want new names," the first gladiator said. There was a number on the front
of his shirt: 0381. He thumped the number with his thumb. "This here isn't a
name--"
"We want REAL names!" That voice came from farther back in the crowd.
"Yeah! We've paid our dues," another shouted, "and we've EARNED real names!"
One from the very back yelled, "I want to be called Tom."
All the others turned to look at him.
Algernon couldn't see him, but apparently those looks were accusing. Well, he
could understand that, "Tom" was such a... common name.
"My mom called me Tom," the voice in the back protested. "It's a good name."
"It isn't the name you put on the petition," 0381 said. "We talked about this.
We got our manager's agreement. You get the name on the petition."
"But--!"
Algernon didn't really want to keep staring at all these stripes while they
argued. He picked up the petition. "These names are the ones you want?"
0381 turned back. "Yes."
"It's a lot of trouble, and when other people see that YOU are getting name
changes, THEY are going to want them--" Seeing the gladiators beginning to frown...
and finger their weapons, he went on quickly, "So I figure we might as well make it a
complete deal. A Name-Change-O-Rama. Everyone who wants a name change can petition
for it. Get it all over with at once." He glanced at the petition, shuddered
slightly, and passed it to his clerk. "We'll announce it, proclaim it, even, and you
will get the names on this petition. And others will get the names THEY think they
should have had, too." He paused. "And I think I'll get a new name, I'm tired of
being an Algernon...."
* * * * *
Warrior and team name changes will be accepted during the month of March. If
you have names you want to change, please contact Customer Service. -- 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