DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER
Date : 05/14/2011 Duedate: 06/10/2011
SNOWBOUND ARENA
DM-50 TURN-289
This Weeks Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
DURANGO KID
LIFE IMPACTS (395)
(50-3673) [16-4-1,138]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
DURANGO KID SMOKEY BEAR
LIFE IMPACTS (395) DANGER DANGER (404)
(50-3673) [16-4-1,138] (50-3752) [6-1-0,41]
Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite
GOBERT HINNY RED ALERT
MIDDLE WAY 6 (368) PUBLIC ENEMY (24)
(50-3552) [13-57-2,98] (50-139) [15-10-0,60]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
LIFE IMPACTS (395)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. PUBLIC ENEMY (24) 28
2. LIFE IMPACTS (395) 18 LIFE IMPACTS (395)
3. THE GUYS (263) 13 Unchartered Team
4. MIDDLE WAY 6 (368) -2
5. DANGER DANGER (404) -12 THE GUYS (263)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1/ 0*THE GUYS (263) 2 0 0 100 1/ 1 LIFE IMPACTS (395) 13 2 0
2/ 1 LIFE IMPACTS (395) 227 82 2 73.5 2/ 2*DANGER DANGER (404) 8 7 0
3/ 2*DANGER DANGER (404) 23 12 1 65.7 3/ 3 MIDDLE WAY 6 (368) 7 8 0
4/ 3 PUBLIC ENEMY (24) 69 54 2 56.1 4/ 4 PUBLIC ENEMY (24) 5 9 0
5/ 4 MIDDLE WAY 6 (368) 238 349 7 40.5 5/ 0*THE GUYS (263) 1 0 0
'*' Unchartered team '-' Team did not fight this turn
(###) Avoid teams by their Team Id ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank
TEAM SPOTLIGHT
Who is Public Enemy? Why would a team with warrior ids in the hundreds and a
team id of 24 be doing when Snowbound nears its 300th cycle? I started this game in
1988ish and came in on turn 3. I was 16 and living on a military base in Japan. My
dad's co-worker, a 2nd lieutenant showed me Duel Masters and I was intrigued. After
reading his copy of Mike LaPlants Duelmasters Handbook I made this team, Public
Enemy. I ran that team for 21 turns before stopping. All paperwork was lost long
ago. Funny thing with life is this. You look back and remember so little of what
happened. I'm turning 40 in June and I can honestly say I don't remember 99% of what
happened over all those years. But for some strange reason I would remember things
like odd numbers are great. Or a great axe needs a min of 13 strength like the war
hammer even though the hammer weighs 2 and the axe 5. Or the order of protection and
weight the armor is. Or... I would try to figure out what my stats would be. Not
what I want it to be but what I AM with a total of 84 points to assign. 8-9-11-15-
17-13-11 PL or PR. Weird, I know. Far from ideal stats but that is my stats and
what I would be if I was a DM warrior. So for no reason at all I just type in Duel
Masters and find that RSI still charges $10.75 to run a turn. Amazing considering
gas was $.91/gallon when I was driving in 1988 and $4.39 now. So now it's 20 years
later and here I am.
My warriors are at least average. Above average in my opinion. At least for
the time period I started at. I was able to maintain a .600 in a full arena with the
smart challenges and avoids. Things are... different now. Way less teams with the
teams running very good warriors with designs superior to mine. Designs I wouldn't
have even thought of. Ran Public Enemy in their first tournament last month and my
champions got stomped by warriors with a 3-1-0 arena record. My guys are almost good
enough, but not quite. I did win my first 2 fights but it was against warriors with
a lot lower FE. Not to take anything away from those warriors, but 10+ FE
disadvantage isn't quite fair. The fights I have lost, some were close. Maybe in a
few more turns with a few more skills. Or maybe I'll still be just a step behind.
Okay, for manager name. I used Pec Killer for various games over the years so I
guess I'll go with that. It was weird seeing the spy report and having a Duel Master
and a top team from my other arenas list a "?" for the manager name. See you on the
sands.
Pec Killer -- I will enter your manager name in the lists when making up the
current regional arena newses. -- the Editior
P.S. Welcome back!
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---===SLOW ARENA NEWS===---
Duelmasters
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DM 8 ARKERS (turn 334): ZITHER of Z GLADIATORS (Z-Man, mgr.)
DM 28 MORYA (turn 332): RENTAL CAR of EXPENSE ACCOUNT (Finance Manager, mgr.)
DM 31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 330): OMBERT QURL of MIDDLE WAY 7 (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 285): TIMOR UNRED of THE MIDDLE WAY (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 45 STORMCROWE (turn 307): CALLOUS CORTNEY of STREET WALKERS (Roadkill, mgr.)
DM 47 TEMPLE OF ABARSIS (turn 301): SHELDON of ALL-STAR NANA'S (The Mun, mgr.)
DM 50 SNOWBOUND (turn 288): DURANGO KID of LIFE IMPACTS (Smitty, mgr.)
DM 52 FRATSFA (turn 282): AREOPOLITE of BLOOD AND GUTS! (Le Pentarque, mgr.)
DM 54 TROCAR (turn 267): ALBERT of KIWI CONNECTION (The Mun, mgr.)
DM 59 ILLIS (turn 260): FAIRYFIRE of IMPROVED ILLUSION (Master Darque, mgr.)
DM 71 KYR'TERR (turn 236): GEROGE IGONO of THE ZOO (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 236): TORANS ULRIK of MIDDLE WAY 9 (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 73 ERINIKA (turn 236): MRS POTATOE HEAD of DREW'S BOYS II (The Mun, mgr.)
DM 83 TELORINTHE (turn 52): ACCORDION of OLDIES (Coach, mgr.)
DM 106 CRYSALIS (turn 234): WHACKING WILLOW of FLOWER GIRLS (Lady Fern, mgr.)
Top Teams
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DM 8 ARKERS (turn 334): SMITHSONIAN (Curator, mgr.)
DM 28 MORYA (turn 332): SONS OF MARS (Mars, mgr.)
DM 31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 330): AVENGERS (Huckle Cat?, mgr.)
DM 39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 285): THE MIDDLE WAY (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 45 STORMCROWE (turn 307): STREET WALKERS (Roadkill, mgr.)
DM 47 TEMPLE OF ABARSIS (turn 301): SECOND BANANAS (Mannequin, mgr.)
DM 50 SNOWBOUND (turn 288): LIFE IMPACTS (Smitty, mgr.)
DM 52 FRATSFA (turn 282): WAH CHING (?, mgr.)
DM 54 TROCAR (turn 267): ASIAN INVASION (?, mgr.)
DM 59 ILLIS (turn 260): TALL TALES (A-Sop, mgr.)
DM 71 KYR'TERR (turn 236): THE ZOO (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 236): MIDDLE WAY 9 (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 73 ERINIKA (turn 236): MIDDLE WAY 18 (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 83 TELORINTHE (turn 52): SUDDENLY, THE VAN (She Puppy, mgr.)
DM 106 CRYSALIS (turn 234): OLDIES et al (Consortium, mgr.)
Recent Graduates
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DM 8 ARKERS (turn 333): KERBIN NOTTS of MIDDLE WAY 11 (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 28 MORYA (turn 332): RENTAL CAR of EXPENSE ACCOUNT (Finance Manager, mgr.)
VALERIAN of STEEL AND SILK (Michael Eldritch, mgr.)
DM 45 STORMCROWE (turn 307): CALLOUS CORTNEY of STREET WALKERS (Roadkill, mgr.)
PAYNE of DARQUE FORCES (Master Darque, mgr.)
DM 47 TEMPLE OF ABARSIS (turn 301): SHELDON of ALL-STAR NANA'S (The Mun, mgr.)
RERUN of SECOND BANANAS (Mannequin, mgr.)
JACK KNIFE of ROYAL FLUSH (Crip, mgr.)
(turn 300): A TALE OF PAIN of ABYSMAL RITES (Reaper, mgr.)
DM 52 FRATSFA (turn 281): DESPAIR of DRAGON GUARD II (Khisanth, mgr.)
DM 54 TROCAR (turn 257): DENG FEI of ASIAN INVASION (?, mgr.)
TIAN HU of ASIAN INVASION (?, mgr.)
DM 71 KYR'TERR (turn 235): PANAMA OATS of THE ZOO (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 83 TELORINTHE (turn 51): ORRIE POLLAS of MIDDLE WAY 21 (Jorja, mgr.)
DUELMASTER'S COLUMN
Notes from the arena champ.
I did it! Three wins and titles in a row! Only one more fight to go and I
should have my "qouta" for being ploclaimed an immortal Lord Protector. Then I
retire from the movies and lead the good, safe life!
My teammates and I had a hot round at 5-0 last turn! I am proud of us all. I
will be prouder when I am alive and gone from here. Here I come, Isle; here I come.
Next? I hope it is DMIV.
Durango Kid
SPY REPORT
The sages err'd not in their foretelling of a god descending upon SNOWBOUND, for
I, Novgorodny Vir, have returned! PUBLIC ENEMY had cause to celebrate, after NASTY
NES got 18 points by beating BULLDOG. A certain someone should cut down on the
drinking and practice more, after losing 12 points to MATH. (Discrete enough, MOLDAR
NAY?) Duelmaster DURANGO KID from LIFE IMPACTS is going for the gold, as he
challenged MIDDLE WAY 6's GOBERT HINNY. Ooh, the excitement! GOBERT HINNY found out
that SNOWBOUND isn't a democracy. You've gotta be the best to be Duelmaster here!
Word has it one team in SNOWBOUND is taking speech lessons to try to bore their
opponent to death. I'll bet it works.
And how sociable are SNOWBOUND's warriors? Come, let us see. Perhaps the
warriors of PUBLIC ENEMY should take up some hobbies, as they are the most avoided
team... As a woman of good breeding scorns the "warriors" of LIFE IMPACTS, so did
that sorry team shy from PUBLIC ENEMY Is it charming personality? Conversational
abilities? Good oral hygiene? Whatever it is, GOBERT HINNY is the most challenged
warrior.
The moving sword slashes, and having slashed, moves on... Oh hard! that to
strike a flame, the match itself must needs be wasting!
All good things must come to an end. My fingers tire and I fear my incessant
prattling may cause unfair judgement upon my impeccable character. SNOWBOUND, I
leave you now. The Duelmaster has agreed to foot my bill at The Victory Tavern.
'Til next time-- Novgorodny Vir
DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
DURANGO KID 3673 16 4 1 138 LIFE IMPACTS (395)
CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
4-H 3670 22 1 0 107 LIFE IMPACTS (395)
NASTY NES 142 15 10 1 105 PUBLIC ENEMY (24)
GOBERT HINNY 3552 13 57 2 98 MIDDLE WAY 6 (368)
PURPLE ACE 3728 11 3 0 95 LIFE IMPACTS (395)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
BULLDOG 3727 11 3 0 90 LIFE IMPACTS (395)
CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
MATH 3735 8 3 0 66 LIFE IMPACTS (395)
THRESHPACK 138 15 10 0 65 PUBLIC ENEMY (24)
RED ALERT 139 15 10 0 60 PUBLIC ENEMY (24)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
PRESENTATION 731 10 9 0 49 PUBLIC ENEMY (24)
MOLDAR NAY 3731 7 6 0 49 MIDDLE WAY 6 (368)
LADIRO MAELS 3712 5 12 0 46 MIDDLE WAY 6 (368)
SMOKEY BEAR 3752 6 1 0 41 DANGER DANGER (404)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
STUD 2197 2 0 0 27 THE GUYS (263)
UNDER THE GUN 3750 5 2 0 25 DANGER DANGER (404)
SHOBART TEEGUE 3737 4 6 0 25 MIDDLE WAY 6 (368)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
WILL ROBINSON 3749 5 2 0 18 DANGER DANGER (404)
ELENA FARESTA 3753 3 3 0 18 MIDDLE WAY 6 (368)
TACO BELL 3751 4 3 1 17 DANGER DANGER (404)
HIGH VOLTAGE 3748 3 4 0 15 DANGER DANGER (404)
SURPRISE 3757 0 2 0 6 PUBLIC ENEMY (24)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
PERSONAL ADS
Gratters ta Crescendo, Snowbound's best tourny fiter. A good'n, Darque. -- Smitty
Thankee, Lifers. Yon 5-0 were nice! -- Smitty
Better watch out, that extravagant praise may turn their heads!
High Voltage -- We were two hot topics and I was the luckier one. Yours in
exponentials, Math
Veteran Mercenary -- Thanks for standing in against us both. You were great
competition for both the one minute and the eleven minute match. Kudos. We needed
the wins. -- Purple Ace and 4-H
Gobert -- I am not complainin', ya know, but I find it hard to believe that I could
handle one of your massive experience. Twice! Lucky, I guess. ++ Bulldog
All -- Sometimes, someone writes a comment that just plain cracks Smitty up! For
example..."Bulldog -- Yes, but I wasn't done with that leg. -- Gobert Hinny, only
having one leg left to stand on" -- The Life Impacts Team Publicist
Okay, I guess we start this by saluting the tourney participants. -- Jorja and the
Middle Way
Bulldog -- You like chewing on me, don't you? I'm going to have to do something
about that. Bathe in iodine, maybe? I've heard that tastes bad. -- Gobert Hinny
P.S. And the gods know I need it!
Presentation -- What? -- Modlar Nay
P.S. Look, I'm sorry, but the personals-compositor overheated while doing personals
for Xochithlan and Rodeki. Snowbound, meaning me and my teammates, gets the dregs.
The numerical order thing.
P.P.S. Really, we should do the personals in reverse order sometimes. The first on
the list always gets the best material.
Threshpack -- You wouldn't have devastated me if I hadn't already been devastated by
the dumb things Moldar was saying. He wants good material, he should try being
interesting first. -- Ladiro Maels
Smokey Bear -- Great, just what I need, a dwarf bear biting my feet off. -- Shobart
Teegue
Surprise -- One for you. I don't like it when people loom over me. -- Elena Faresta
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
DURANGO KID devastated GOBERT HINNY in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge Title fight.
MATH vanquished MOLDAR NAY in a 1 minute uneven Challenge battle.
BULLDOG was subdued by NASTY NES in a 2 minute fight.
4-H vanquished CONVICTED ASSASSIN in a 5 minute mismatched brawl.
THRESHPACK was overpowered by PURPLE ACE in a 1 minute one-sided fight.
RED ALERT bested LADIRO MAELS in a 2 minute brawl.
PRESENTATION vanquished WILL ROBINSON in a 2 minute mismatched fight.
SMOKEY BEAR beat KARRAGIT SLAVE in a 2 minute brawl.
TACO BELL was overcome by STUD in a 2 minute fight.
UNDER THE GUN handily defeated SURPRISE in a 1 minute uneven melee.
SHOBART TEEGUE won victory over HIGH VOLTAGE in a 1 minute duel.
ELENA FARESTA defeated KARNHORN DESERTER in a 2 minute duel.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|STRIKING ATTACK 4 TOTAL PARRY 10 - 4 - 0 71 |
|BASHING ATTACK 3 BASHING ATTACK 19 - 9 - 1 68 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 3 STRIKING ATTACK 23 - 11 - 1 68 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 2 PARRY-RIPOSTE 12 - 6 - 0 67 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 2 SLASHING ATTACK 14 - 7 - 0 67 |
|WALL OF STEEL 2 WALL OF STEEL 4 - 4 - 0 50 |
|LUNGING ATTACK 2 LUNGING ATTACK 18 - 18 - 1 50 |
|AIMED BLOW 1 PARRY-STRIKE 3 - 4 - 0 43 |
|TOTAL PARRY 1 AIMED BLOW 2 - 4 - 0 33 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 1 PARRY-LUNGE 6 - 15 - 0 29 |
Turn 289 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 BASHING ATTACK 1 - 2 2 SLASHING ATTACK
PARRY-RIPOSTE 2 - 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 3 2 PARRY-LUNGE
SLASHING ATTACK 2 - 0 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 1 2 STRIKING ATTACK
TOTAL PARRY 1 - 0 2 BASHING ATTACK
WALL OF STEEL 2 - 0 1 TOTAL PARRY
LUNGING ATTACK 1 - 1 1 WALL OF STEEL
STRIKING ATTACK 2 - 2 1 AIMED BLOW
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
SLASHING ATTACK DURANGO KID 3673 16 4 1 138 LIFE IMPACTS (395)
TOTAL PARRY 4-H 3670 22 1 0 107 LIFE IMPACTS (395)
WALL OF STEEL NASTY NES 142 15 10 1 105 PUBLIC ENEMY (24)
STRIKING ATTACK PURPLE ACE 3728 11 3 0 95 LIFE IMPACTS (395)
BASHING ATTACK MATH 3735 8 3 0 66 LIFE IMPACTS (395)
PARRY-LUNGE THRESHPACK 138 15 10 0 65 PUBLIC ENEMY (24)
AIMED BLOW PRESENTATION 731 10 9 0 49 PUBLIC ENEMY (24)
PARRY-RIPOSTE SMOKEY BEAR 3752 6 1 0 41 DANGER DANGER (404)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
The overall popularity leader is GOBERT HINNY 3552. The most popular warrior this
turn was RED ALERT 139. The ten other most popular fighters were PRESENTATION 731,
DURANGO KID 3673, MATH 3735, BULLDOG 3727, NASTY NES 142, TACO BELL 3751, STUD 2197,
ELENA FARESTA 3753, PURPLE ACE 3728, and LADIRO MAELS 3712.
The least popular fighter this week was HIGH VOLTAGE 3748. The other ten least
popular fighters were SURPRISE 3757, SMOKEY BEAR 3752, THRESHPACK 138, 4-H 3670,
MOLDAR NAY 3731, GOBERT HINNY 3552, UNDER THE GUN 3750, WILL ROBINSON 3749, SHOBART
TEEGUE 3737, and LADIRO MAELS 3712.
The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn:
DURANGO KID (50-3673) LIFE IMPACTS (395)