DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER
Date : 05/07/2010 Duedate: 05/20/2010
TRICORUS ARENA
DM-51 TURN-537
This Weeks Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
CARGO
SEA DOGS (569)
(51-5335) [26-23-0,136]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
CARGO WHY
SEA DOGS (569) QUESTIONS (580)
(51-5335) [26-23-0,136] (51-5511) [5-2-0,36]
Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite
TERESAI BAROCHDAL
DARK HORSEMEN (433) DARK HORSEMEN (433)
(51-5472) [17-14-0,110] (51-5456) [16-28-1,99]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
DARK HORSEMEN (433)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. DARK HORSEMEN (433) 25
2. SEA DOGS (569) 16 FRUITS (548)
3. QUESTIONS (580) 11 Unchartered Team
4. FRUITS (548) 6
5. RAISING R'LYEH (573) 5 QUESTIONS (580)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1/ 1*QUESTIONS (580) 25 10 1 71.4 1/ 1 DARK HORSEMEN (433) 10 4 0
2/ 2 FRUITS (548) 64 36 2 64.0 2/ 2*QUESTIONS (580) 8 7 0
3/ 3 RAISING R'LYEH (573) 158 93 15 62.9 3/ 4 SEA DOGS (569) 4 3 0
4/ 5 DARK HORSEMEN (433) 769 840 24 47.8 4/ 5 FRUITS (548) 3 0 0
5/ 4 SEA DOGS (569) 101 111 6 47.6 5/ 3 RAISING R'LYEH (573) 3 1 0
'*' Unchartered team '-' Team did not fight this turn
(###) Avoid teams by their Team Id ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank
TEAM SPOTLIGHT
Blood on a Purple Robe: A Bloodgames Primer
by One Armed Bandit
Twice a year, there is a great gathering. These tiny men with their stained
clothing and great intellects do not look like your traditional gladiators, but they
will meet and compete for a chance at Duel-2 immortality. No, no, I'm not talking
about the managers at the Face-to-Face. I'm talking about the murderous dwarves of
the Bloodgames.
It's probably the worst advertised event in Duel-2 history. It happens twice a
year, in January and July, and you don't have to fly across the country to
participate. For some, the Bloodgames are just a distant memory of a t-shirt that
never arrived, newer managers may have never even heard of it. For others, though,
it is a way of life. And it can be yours, too.
The cost: $10 to roll up the team, $49 to run them. At each Face-To-Face
tourney, two Bloodgames arenas are run. One of them (called the FtF Bloodgames) gets
run round-by-round for ten rounds, and warriors are allowed to change their
strategies, avoid, and make Bloodfeud challenges. For the other arena (called the
Mail-In Bloodgames), there are no bloodfeuds or avoids and each warrior must use the
same strategy and train for all ten rounds. You can participate in both even if you
don't attend the FtF, but you'll be at a slight disadvantage in the FtF Bloodgames
(the Mail-In Bloodgames is a perfectly level playing field).
The teams: Each team consists of TEN warriors, one of EACH style. You can
design each warrior however you want, as long as the stats add up to 84 points and no
stat is lower than a 3 or higher than a 21 (referred to as DYOs or design-your-own
warriors). Simply write down the following information on a piece of paper and mail
it to RSI (or email it to csr@reality.com): your name, your account number, the words
"Mail-In Bloodgames" or "FtF Bloodgames", the team name, and all ten warriors (name,
style, gender, ST-CN-SZ-WT-WL-SP-DF). If you submit them early enough you will
probably get a chance to see the overviews before sending in strategies for each of
them (using a normal strategy sheet, remember only one strategy and one train for the
entire event). If you want to play it safe, however, you can submit strategies along
with the team information, just write "NEW" in each of the Warrior ID spots and
either "MI BG" or "FTF BG" in the Game # spot. Some managers who are especially
ambitious will roll up each team more than once, and look over the overviews to
determine which team had the best luck in the roll-up process. Just remember, it
costs $10 each time you roll them up.
The rules: So what's the catch? $59 for 10 design-your-own warriors? Not so
fast, buddy. At the end of ten rounds, the top three warriors of different styles
from each arena will be granted immortality, trained up to the minimum ADM
requirements, and will graduate to ADM. Every other warrior will be gone forever.
Executed, freed, or retired to a quiet life on the farm like your childhood dog
Buster, if that helps you sleep at night. If the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd ranked warriors
are a LU, a WS, and an AB, then those three will win the prizes. However, if the
1st, 2nd, and 3rd ranked warriors are a LU, a LU, and a WS, the 2nd place LU is out
of luck, his prize will drop down to the highest ranking member of a style that isn't
LU or WS. So what does it take to be one of the top ranked warriors? Warriors are
ranked based on number of kills, first and foremost, with their record and
recognition points being the tie breakers. Oh, did I mention that the chances of
dying are FIVE TIMES that of a normal arena?
What to expect: You will run into many opponents who are SZ 3, who have 21 WT
and 21 WL, who are using a 10 KD and aiming for the vitals, who are using unusual
weapons that Duel-2 folklore says have a greater chance of delivering that killing
blow, such as the Battle Axe. You may run into such classic archetypes as the 17-3-
3-21-21-8-11 ST or the 17-16-3-3-21-3-21 AB.
So why should you play? There are many reasons. You don't have to feel guilty
about killing your friend's warrior, for starters, because that's the whole
objective. Unique kill text make it all the sweeter, too. You won't see anyone get
"pierced completely through" or "skewered through their vital organs" anywhere else
(at least I hope not). Not only is it exciting to read, but my most rewarding
warrior came from the Bloodgames and yours could, too. Whether you are a tournament
player or an arena player, if your warrior is tough enough to survive the Bloodgames,
he's tough enough for whatever task you set him to. My first Bloodgames graduate was
a warrior named Sushi Slinger of Sea Dogs: 17-3-3-21-21-12-7 SL. He left Old
Valamantis with a 10-0-3 record and immortality. Since then, he has been a
Tournament Victor in the Freshman tourney, a Runner-Up in the ADM tourney, and a
three-time Tournament Victor in the Eligibles tourney. He is now fighting in Primus
against the best of the best and holding his own. Your Bloodgames graduate could
join him in Primus, too.
"Remember, blood on the purple robe does not change it from a purple robe.
Dare to fight bravely." - Alarond the Scribe
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---===DELARQUAN REGIONAL NEWS===---
Duelmasters
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DM 1 MORDANT (turn 648): CHINA BULL of HOMICIDAL MANIACS (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 2 NIANIA (turn 530): IGNORANT BAUD of 042709A (The Muffin Man, mgr.)
DM 3 OSKSI (turn 654): FARFALE of PASTA (Papa Bear, mgr.)
DM 4 JHELUM (turn 625): PETE MASTIFF of DOGS OF WAR (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 5 KALTOS (turn 649): MOSQUITO of BLOOD SUCKERS (The Mun, mgr.)
DM 6 TRANSEL (turn 644): EVE AND EMMA of PSYCHO SQUAD (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 7 BONSUR (turn 652): CAJETAN of SENTINELS (Nomad, mgr.)
DM 10 KOLACT (turn 637): DEMON of ABOMINATION (Chase, mgr.)
DM 18 TALCAMA (turn 638): SALLANCHE of SUPERIOR FORCES 6N (Manager, mgr.)
DM 21 SUNSET (turn 637): WALLACE of GRIM FANDANGO (Stik, mgr.)
DM 36 JHANS (turn 605): EDDIE INCHER of MIDDLE WAY 17 (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 38 CLIFFHOME (turn 598): KARTIKAYA of JINDA-BAN (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 272): MANN SLAUGHTER of CRIMINAL ELEMENT (Fizban, mgr.)
DM 42 RODEKI (turn 585): EACHAM of DELVERS (Harby, mgr.)
DM 51 TRICORUS (turn 536): CARGO of SEA DOGS (One Armed Bandit, mgr.)
DM 54 TROCAR (turn 256): SAMILDAR of TRADERS OF TROCAR (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 59 ILLIS (turn 247): I'M A BASHER of BASHAHOLICS ANON (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.)
DM 62 VALAMANTIS (turn 482): JERANS LA'ROC of MIDDLE WAY 10 (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 223): TORANS ULRIK of MIDDLE WAY 9 (Jorja, mgr.)
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 530): GATEWAY of ATTACK OF THE CLONES (The Upright Man, mgr.)
Top Teams
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DM 1 MORDANT (turn 648): HOMICIDAL MANIACS (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 2 NIANIA (turn 530): THE GOLDEN FISH (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 3 OSKSI (turn 654): STATE OF MIND (Marma Duke, mgr.)
DM 4 JHELUM (turn 625): TL;DR (?, mgr.)
DM 5 KALTOS (turn 649): BLOOD SUCKERS (The Mun, mgr.)
DM 6 TRANSEL (turn 644): PSYCHO SQUAD (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 7 BONSUR (turn 652): BEACH BABES (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 10 KOLACT (turn 637): ABOMINATION (Chase, mgr.)
DM 18 TALCAMA (turn 638): SEA DOGS (One Armed Bandit, mgr.)
DM 21 SUNSET (turn 637): GRIM FANDANGO (Stik, mgr.)
DM 36 JHANS (turn 605): BABES (Papa Bear, mgr.)
DM 38 CLIFFHOME (turn 598): JINDA-BAN (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 272): KIWI CONNECTION (The Mun, mgr.)
DM 42 RODEKI (turn 585): COLOR ME SUAVE (Suave, mgr.)
DM 51 TRICORUS (turn 536): DARK HORSEMEN (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 54 TROCAR (turn 256): TRADERS OF TROCAR (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 59 ILLIS (turn 247): WHAT'S IN A NAME (Storm Lord, mgr.)
DM 62 VALAMANTIS (turn 482): DETHKLOT (?, mgr.)
DM 72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 223): MIDDLE WAY 9 (Jorja, mgr.)
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 530) 0729205R et al (The Muffin Man, mgr.)
Recent Graduates
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DM 1 MORDANT (turn 648): DOOMTAIL of EVIL BEAVERS (The Dark One, mgr.)
DM 2 NIANIA (turn 529): GROND of THE GOLDEN FISH (Jorja, mgr.)
(turn 528): BRANDY PINKERTON of PEANUT BUTTER FUDGE (Gavin Rule, mgr.)
DM 3 OSKSI (turn 654): FARFALE of PASTA (Papa Bear, mgr.)
DM 5 KALTOS (turn 649): CREDIT CARD of BLOOD SUCKERS (The Mun, mgr.)
DM 7 BONSUR (turn 652): CANDY CANE of CHURCH LADIES (Papa Bear, mgr.)
DM 10 KOLACT (turn 637): HAGAR BLUETOOTH of VIKINGS (Nomad, mgr.)
DM 21 SUNSET (turn 635): FAMINE of DARK AT HEART (?, mgr.)
DM 39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 272): MANN SLAUGHTER of CRIMINAL ELEMENT (Fizban, mgr.)
DM 51 TRICORUS (turn 535): SHALAITHA of DARK HORSEMENT (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 59 ILLIS (turn 246): GISBORNE of KIWI CONNECTION (The Mun, mgr.)
SPY REPORT
It's me, The Unknown Spymaster here with my bag to give you the news on last
week's fights. Hey everybody, watch out for TERESAI, who flew up 11 points in the
rankings after mashing NYARLATHOTEP like a melon. Keep your eye on this gal. And
falling like a basher in the top ten was NYARLATHOTEP, who dropped 6 points after a
disappointing (to say the least) bout with TERESAI. Well, everybody's pal CARGO
moved his record to 26-23-0 by defeating BAROCHDAL in the Duelmaster's Title Bout and
gaining 6 recognition points. An apple a day keeps the doctor away, but an onion a
day keeps T.P.s at bay.
Let's dig a little deeper into what's happening in the TRICORUS arena. Did you
hear that DARK HORSEMEN was most avoided team this week? Well, knowing the personal
hygiene of DARK HORSEMEN's warriors, I'm not surprised! Okay, so I may not be funny,
but catch RAISING R'LYEH's act in the arena. Those acrobats seem to be fairly deft
at running from DARK HORSEMEN. Well just about everybody wants a piece of TERESAI,
who was this week's most challenged warrior. Can any one out there say 'weasel'? Oh
well, just saying GRAPEFRUIT will do. He challenged 19 points down to trash WHEN.
Definition of petty: GRAPEFRUIT bested WHEN, a mismatch of 19 points.
Being a spy is great--other people die and you spend the rest of the day
drinking to their memory. Better tanked than dead! Here's some advice: warriors
with little wit and will may encounter problems on the trail to the Isle.
Well, that wasn't too bad; Alarond told me that the people in TRICORUS have no
sense of humor. Or maybe that they were senseless. C'mon, Leadfoot, let's make some
tracks. See ya next time I'm on this circuit!-- The Unknown Spymaster
DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
CARGO 5335 26 23 0 136 SEA DOGS (569)
CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
TERESAI 5472 17 14 0 110 DARK HORSEMEN (433)
BAROCHDAL 5456 16 28 1 99 DARK HORSEMEN (433)
SAARVEGHAL 5496 13 4 0 96 DARK HORSEMEN (433)
-OF SEA AND WIND 5469 10 3 0 95 RAISING R'LYEH (573)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
MAHAGHAL 5475 18 10 1 87 DARK HORSEMEN (433)
DRUNKEN SAILOR 5453 19 25 1 83 SEA DOGS (569)
NYARLATHOTEP 5452 15 10 0 83 RAISING R'LYEH (573)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
MOUNTAIN OF STEEL 5518 4 0 0 56 RAISING R'LYEH (573)
-EVERYONE BURNS 5470 7 3 1 46 RAISING R'LYEH (573)
GRAPEFRUIT 5343 4 4 0 38 FRUITS (548)
WHY 5511 5 2 0 36 QUESTIONS (580)
WHAT 5509 6 1 0 34 QUESTIONS (580)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
HOW 5507 6 1 0 33 QUESTIONS (580)
WHO 5508 5 2 0 24 QUESTIONS (580)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
WHEN 5510 3 4 1 14 QUESTIONS (580)
Y'HA-NTHLEI 5522 1 0 0 8 RAISING R'LYEH (573)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
COPPERPOT 5521 0 1 0 SEA DOGS 569 PRIEST OF KARN 537 NONE
PERSONAL ADS
OAB -- Condolences on the loss of your skipper. Hope you find a new one soon! --
Assur
Questions -- It dawned on me this turn exactly why you are silent and seemingly
absent though present. You have 5 questions, which we can attempt to answer and
wonder about. However, you are missing a critical question, without which, we can't
even speculate about an answer. The question, of course, is WHERE! Without the
question, there can be no answer. And so you aren't there. -- Assur
Brilliantly reasoned!
When... you continue to teach like that, you make one want more and more and more.
The danger for me, is having the sourness squeezed right out of me. Egads, would
that make me into a GRAPE?!?! -- Grapefruit, quivering in the wind
Cargo -- I heard a rumor that you were going into debt to the Userous Merchant. Or
maybe it was that you were going into partnership with him. Scary thought, either
way. -- Teresai
Dear old Koravhind'akar of Khalhums, how kind of him to see me out with a win. --
Shalaitha
Drunken Sailor -- To be drunk during a fight... it could go either way. You won't
feel the pain when you're hit, maybe, but you could get hit oftener, yes? I think
I'll forego your approach. -- Barochdal
P.S. Besides, I don't like to be drunk, it makes me sick.
The Veteran Mercenary (that would Borego Longshanks, I believe) is only just *now*
discovering that he doesn't like hospitals? -- Mahaghal
Kung-Fu is a rotten dirty trick to play on a gladiator, and I don't feel a drop of
remorse at roundly trouncing Steelnose. -- Saarveghal
Assur -- Total, or just here from Tricorus? It looks like a couple dozen or so from
here, all ten styles. -- Jorja
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
COPPERPOT was butchered by PRIEST OF KARN in a 1 minute bloody Dark Arena fight.
NYARLATHOTEP was vanquished by TERESAI in a exciting 1 minute uneven Challenge battle.
GRAPEFRUIT overpowered WHEN in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge duel.
CARGO unbelievably bested BAROCHDAL in a exciting 3 minute veteran's Title fight.
DRUNKEN SAILOR was devastated by SAARVEGHAL in a 1 minute one-sided duel.
MAHAGHAL bested M. CHARDINEE in a crowd pleasing 2 minute match.
WHY was overcome by MOUNTAIN OF STEEL in a 1 minute fight.
WHAT overcame OSKI NOBLE in a 2 minute melee.
HOW won victory over OSKI NOBLE in a action packed 3 minute gory duel.
WHO slimly won victory over CULT MEMBER in a 7 minute duel.
Y'HA-NTHLEI defeated MORDANT DESERTER in a 1 minute novice's fight.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|BASHING ATTACK 3 STRIKING ATTACK 17 - 6 - 0 74 |
|STRIKING ATTACK 3 BASHING ATTACK 14 - 5 - 0 74 |
|TOTAL PARRY 3 TOTAL PARRY 16 - 6 - 0 73 |
|AIMED BLOW 2 AIMED BLOW 13 - 5 - 0 72 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 2 PARRY-RIPOSTE 8 - 5 - 0 62 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 2 LUNGING ATTACK 7 - 5 - 0 58 |
|LUNGING ATTACK 1 SLASHING ATTACK 10 - 19 - 1 34 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 0 WALL OF STEEL 1 - 3 - 0 25 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 0 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 3 - 0 0 |
|WALL OF STEEL 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 - 0 0 |
Turn 537 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:
LUNGING ATTACK 1 - 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 2 PARRY-RIPOSTE
BASHING ATTACK 3 - 0 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 0 2 STRIKING ATTACK
STRIKING ATTACK 2 - 1 SLASHING ATTACK 0 - 2 2 BASHING ATTACK
TOTAL PARRY 2 - 1 WALL OF STEEL 0 - 0 1 TOTAL PARRY
AIMED BLOW 1 - 1 1 AIMED BLOW
PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 - 1 1 LUNGING ATTACK
1 SLASHING ATTACK
1 WALL OF STEEL
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
TOTAL PARRY CARGO 5335 26 23 0 136 SEA DOGS (569)
PARRY-RIPOSTE TERESAI 5472 17 14 0 110 DARK HORSEMEN (433)
AIMED BLOW SAARVEGHAL 5496 13 4 0 96 DARK HORSEMEN (433)
LUNGING ATTACK MAHAGHAL 5475 18 10 1 87 DARK HORSEMEN (433)
BASHING ATTACK MOUNTAIN OF STEEL 5518 4 0 0 56 RAISING R'LYEH (573)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
The overall popularity leader is TERESAI 5472. The most popular warrior this turn
was BAROCHDAL 5456. The ten other most popular fighters were MAHAGHAL 5475, HOW
5507, TERESAI 5472, GRAPEFRUIT 5343, CARGO 5335, SAARVEGHAL 5496, MOUNTAIN OF STEEL
5518, WHAT 5509, WHY 5511, and Y'HA-NTHLEI 5522.
The least popular fighter this week was WHO 5508. The other ten least popular
fighters were DRUNKEN SAILOR 5453, WHEN 5510, NYARLATHOTEP 5452, COPPERPOT 5521,
Y'HA-NTHLEI 5522, WHY 5511, WHAT 5509, MOUNTAIN OF STEEL 5518, SAARVEGHAL 5496, and
CARGO 5335.
MAIL-IN TOURNEY XLIX
PRIMUS TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME
JACK DANIELS 3084 (108-91-3) 12 2 0 WHY I DRINK
CONTENDERS TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME
BRUNO 4332 (57-31-2) 2 3 0 BOY O'S
ADM TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME
BILGE RAT 5334 (38-21-1) 1 3 0 SEA DOGS
COLOROUTOFSPACE 5383 (25-21-5) 1 3 0 RAISING R'LYEH
FRESHMEN TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME
GOB 5436 (21-14-1) 8 3 0 SEA DOGS
VOICES IN MY HEAD 5404 (23-11-3) 5 3 0 RAISING R'LYEH
FEAR OF THE DARK 5375 (22-19-1) 1 2 0 RAISING R'LYEH
NACHTRAG 4310 (20-6-0) 1 3 0 RESURRECTION
ADEPTS TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME
WO TIGER 3083 (5-3-1) 1 3 0 OMINOUS REIGN
ROOKIES TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME
COPPERPOT 5521 (0-0-0) 7 3 0 SEA DOGS
SNOOKIE 5516 (0-0-0) 6 3 0 SERPENTS HOLD
ROWBOAT CAPTAIN 5504 (0-0-0) 4 3 1 SEA DOGS
ADM FOOLS TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME
MOLLY 2077 (57-54-1) 3 3 0 OMINOUS REIGN
TELENIA 2942 (13-7-0) 1 3 0 OMINOUS REIGN
FRESHMEN FOOLS TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME
UP FROM THE SEA 5431 (20-7-0) 0 3 0 RAISING R'LYEH
ADEPTS FOOLS TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME
STORMSURGE 4351 (6-4-0) 1 3 0 RESURRECTION
APPRENTICES FOOL TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME
SKIPPER 5502 (1-0-0) 0 3 0 DEAD SEA DOGS