DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 03/11/2011    Duedate: 03/24/2011

TRICORUS ARENA

DM-51    TURN-559

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

HABU
SERPENTS HOLD 2 (582)
(51-5529) [11-7-0,112]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

MAHAGHAL                       POSITION IS EMPTY
DARK HORSEMEN (433)            
(51-5475) [32-18-1,118]        

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

MAHAGHAL                       MARGANAD
DARK HORSEMEN (433)            DARK HORSEMEN (433)
(51-5475) [32-18-1,118]        (51-5550) [5-6-0,39]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

AMAZON ELITE (536)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. QUESTIONS (580)             55
2. SERPENTS HOLD 2 (582)       11      AMAZON ELITE (536)
3. AMAZON ELITE (536)           0      Unchartered Team
4. FRUITS (548)                 0
5. DARK HORSEMEN (433)        -13      I MAGI (126)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1- 1 FRUITS (548)              76  43  2 63.9   1/ 1 AMAZON ELITE (536)        8  4 0
 2/ 2 AMAZON ELITE (536)       215 181 14 54.3   2/ 2 DARK HORSEMEN (433)       8  7 1
 3/ 3 QUESTIONS (580)           77  67  3 53.5   3/ 3 QUESTIONS (580)           7  7 1
 4/ 4 DARK HORSEMEN (433)      835 884 26 48.6   4/ 4 SERPENTS HOLD 2 (582)     3  4 0
 5/ 5 SERPENTS HOLD 2 (582)     13  30  1 30.2   5- 5 FRUITS (548)              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

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                         ---===DELARQUAN REGIONAL NEWS===---

                                     Duelmasters
                                     -----------
 DM   1 MORDANT (turn 670): CRATER FACE of LAB EXPERIMENTS (Mannequin, mgr.)
 DM   2 NIANIA (turn 552): HEMLOCK of SERPENTS HOLD (Khisanth, mgr.)
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 675): COBBLESTONE of STL RAD (JE, mgr.)
 DM   4 JHELUM (turn 647): IRONSIDE of KIWI CONNECTION (The Mun, mgr.)
 DM   5 KALTOS (turn 671): SCOOTIE PUFF JR of 011510A (The Muffin Man, mgr.)
 DM   6 TRANSEL (turn 666): CAMDEN of BALTO (JE, mgr.)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 674): CHAINSAW CHUCK of TOOL SHED (Leprechaun, mgr.)
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 659): WIZARDS! Of ABOMINATION (Chase, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 660): FIZZ AND FURS of CENTER FOR OLDS (Suave, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 659): TOO BIG TO FAIL of DEVIATION (Marma Duke, mgr.)
 DM  36 JHANS (turn 627): RAEM of WAY OF THE SWORD C4 (Vhagar, mgr.)
 DM  38 CLIFFHOME (turn 614): LUM BUSBY of JINDA-BAN (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 283): TIMOR UNRED of THE MIDDLE WAY (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  42 RODEKI (turn 607): JELLO KNUCKLES of COLOR ME SUAVE (Suave, mgr.)
 DM  51 TRICORUS (turn 558): HABU of SERPENTS HOLD 2 (Khisanth, mgr.)
 DM  54 TROCAR (turn 265): TIAN HU of ASIAN INVASION (?, mgr.)
 DM  59 ILLIS (turn 258): I'M A BASHER of BASHAHOLICS ANON (Assurnasirbanipal)
 DM  62 VALAMANTIS (turn 504): THE PLAGUE of DISASTERS (Papa Bear, mgr.)
 DM  72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 234): TORANS ULROL of MIDDLE WAY 9 (Jorja, mgr.)
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 552): COOLER of STYROFOAM (Jolly, mgr.)

                                      Top Teams
                                      ---------
 DM   1 MORDANT (turn 670): CLUELESS (Sherlock, mgr.)
 DM   2 NIANIA (turn 552): SERPENTS HOLD (KhisantH, mgr.)
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 675): AESIR (Buri, mgr.)
 DM   4 JHELUM (turn 647): DOGS OF WAR (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   5 KALTOS (turn 671): THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   6 TRANSEL (turn 666): REIGN (Archaic Elf, mgr.)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 674): BEACH BABES (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 659): BACON MAKIN' (Sherlock, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 660): CENTER FOR OLDS (Suave, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 659): GOLGOTHA'S BLOOMS (Action, mgr.)
 DM  36 JHANS (turn 627): MIDDLE WAY 17 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  38 CLIFFHOME (turn 614): JINDA-BAN (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 283): PROPHETIC OMENS (Lord Rahl, mgr.)
 DM  42 RODEKI (turn 607): COLOR ME SUAVE (Suave, mgr.)
 DM  51 TRICORUS (turn 558): AMAZON ELITE (Doc Miracle, mgr.)
 DM  54 TROCAR (turn 265): TRADERS OF TROCAR (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  59 ILLIS (turn 258): ISLANDERS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  62 VALAMANTIS (turn 504): OUT OF CONTROL (Sherlock, mgr.)
 DM  72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 234): MIDDLE WAY 9 (Jorja, mgr.)
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 552) STREET PIZZA et al (The Upright Man, mgr.)

                                   Recent Graduates
                                  -----------------
 DM   1 MORDANT (turn 670): CHINA BULL of HOMICIDAL MANIACS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   6 TRANSEL (turn 665): NOT-A-NUT JONES of PSYCHO SQUAD (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 659): WIZARDS! Of ABOMINATION (Chase, mgr.)
               (turn 658): FLATLINERS of BACON MAKIN' (Sherlock, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 659): ERIN GO BRAGH of RYAN'S HENCHMEN (Leprechaun, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 659): ICE of OMINOUS REIGN (Archaic Elf, mgr.)
                           SASQUATCH of NOMADIC TRIBE (Nomad, mgr.)
 DM  36 JHANS (turn 626): ALLIS of ERRATA (JE, mgr.)
 DM  42 RODEKI (turn 606): DAMON SHOVELL of DELVERS (Harby, mgr.)
                           HARD KNOCKS of COLOR ME SUAVE (Suave, mgr.)
 DM  51 TRICORUS (turn 556): GRAPEFRUIT of FRUITS (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.)

                                      SPY REPORT

     Oh, hi.  Its just little 'ol Debby Tonte.  Thought I'd check out TRICORUS to see 
what's new.  What was the name of that team who got 3-1-1 this turn for a total 
77-67-3 you ask?  (Sure)  QUESTIONS' their name, and fighting's their game!  MVP 
award for WHAT?  QUESTIONS' proud of it after beating KAMILDSA and getting 26 points. 
Talk about yer major upsets!  JUBHAL's match with WHY cost him a loss of 20 points!  
Oh, wow, like the Duelmaster must be the most popular beast in all TRICORUS.  It got 
the most challenges.  (But what about proposals?) Like, PHAEDRA must be pretty gutsy! 
She challenged the Duelmaster from SERPENTS HOLD 2.  Does this gal have a death wish 
or what!  Don't you think the Duelmaster is being unfair?  I think HABU should let 
PHAEDRA be Duelmaster for a while, without fighting about it.  Who was the wiseguy 
that said TRICORUS' Duelmaster was paying for drinks at The Blue Dolphin Inn?  Don't 
look at me!   
     Look, you guys stick to fighting, all right?  DARK HORSEMEN was the most avoided 
team.  Is a 835-884-26 record really that scary?  I don't know what AMAZON ELITE's 
been doing.  They certainly haven't been accepting many fights from DARK HORSEMEN, 
that's fer sher.   
     What does a fighter fight for?  I mean, the crowds don't give a hoot if someone 
gets killed.  Not after four more fights.  I'm always kinda bummed when a decent 
warrior gets killed.  KAMILDSA, of DARK HORSEMEN had a 8-3-1 when she got bumped off 
by WHAT.  I was so shocked when WHAT killed KAMILDSA I just about swallows my gum!  
And do you think QUESTIONS really wants a Bloodfeud from DARK HORSEMEN?  WHAT really 
fought hard against KAMILDSA.  That'll teach DARK HORSEMEN not to go and kill any of 
QUESTIONS' guys again, huh!  Fight, fight, fight.  Is that all you guys can do?   
     I really didn't, you know, study when I was a kid.  Who would've guessed I'd be 
a famous Spyreporter?  I know how much you like reading this stuff, but I really 
should stop.  Its been really albendranius!  Later, guys-- Debby Tonte  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 HABU 5529                    11   7  0   112       SERPENTS HOLD 2 (582)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 MAHAGHAL 5475                32  18  1   118       DARK HORSEMEN (433)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 WHAT 5509                    14  15  1    90       QUESTIONS (580)
 PHAEDRA 5380                 20  18  1    87       AMAZON ELITE (536)
 WHY 5511                     14  15  0    86       QUESTIONS (580)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-WACHICHU 5476                11   1  0    66       AMAZON ELITE (536)
 WHO 5508                     16  13  0    61       QUESTIONS (580)
 GALDOR O'HARE 5524           10  12  1    60       DARK HORSEMEN (433)
 JUBHAL 5526                  14   6  0    59       DARK HORSEMEN (433)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 YES? 5534                    11   6  0    56       QUESTIONS (580)
 MARGANAD 5550                 5   6  0    39       DARK HORSEMEN (433)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 YOLANDA 5557                  5   2  0    28       AMAZON ELITE (536)
 ZELMA 5577                    3   0  0    25       AMAZON ELITE (536)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 XENOLEE 5556                  5   3  0    20       AMAZON ELITE (536)
-TACK TACK 5555                1   1  0    20       SERPENTS HOLD 2 (582)
-SNAPE 5570                    0   2  0     4       SERPENTS HOLD 2 (582)
-SNAKE 5578                    0   1  0     4       SERPENTS HOLD 2 (582)
-FANG 5579                     0   1  0     1       SERPENTS HOLD 2 (582)

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
KAMILDSA 5551           8  3 1 DARK HORSEMEN 433    WHAT 5509             559   
WHEN 5510              13 15 2 QUESTIONS 580        KAMILDSA 5551         558  JUST REVENGED

                                     PERSONAL ADS

I suspect that the reason Raising R'Lyeh disappeared is because when the going gets
tough a little filthy worm like him slithers away.  Spineless!  Just like that Fruits
character.  The both of them put together are not enough to make one gutless slug. --
Amazons

Questions -- Phaedra (88 points) vs. Who (59 points) was not a fair fight, but then
Why (55 points) vs. Xenolee (25 points) was not a fair fight either, so I guess there
was a balance to it.

Ah, the end of When.  So the answer of the week must be:  Not now.

Habu -- I'll agree it was a mis-match, but who was overmatched there, eh?  Good
fight. -- Mahaghal

The Venomous Concubine intimidates me. -- Jubhal

I will always Remember When. -- Kamildsa

What -- the heck was that? -- Glador O'Hare

Tack Tack -- Odd, you don't look like a snake. -- Marganad

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

PHAEDRA was devastated by HABU in a 2 minute mismatched Challenge Title fight.
MAHAGHAL demolished VETERAN MERCENARY in a 1 minute one-sided melee.
KAMILDSA was assassinated by WHAT in a 2 minute bloody mismatched duel.
JUBHAL was overpowered by WHY in a crowd pleasing 1 minute one-sided fight.
WHO was bested by GALDOR O'HARE in a 2 minute veteran's duel.
YES? bested YOLANDA in a 2 minute match.
MARGANAD viciously subdued XENOLEE in a popular 3 minute gruesome competition.
ZELMA vanquished PERSISTANT BEGGAR in a crowd boring 3 minute uneven duel.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|TOTAL PARRY                      4         WALL OF STEEL      4 -   0 -  0     100  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   3         TOTAL PARRY       21 -  14 -  0      60  |
|AIMED BLOW                       3         AIMED BLOW        19 -  16 -  1      54  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  2         BASHING ATTACK    24 -  22 -  1      52  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   2         PARRY-RIPOSTE      2 -   2 -  0      50  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      0         LUNGING ATTACK    20 -  21 -  0      49  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     0         SLASHING ATTACK   14 -  19 -  2      42  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    0         STRIKING ATTACK    8 -  14 -  0      36  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  0         PARRY-LUNGE        1 -   3 -  0      25  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    0         PARRY-STRIKE       0 -   0 -  0       0  |

Turn 559 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     3 -  0     TOTAL PARRY        1 -  3         3  LUNGING ATTACK 
AIMED BLOW         2 -  1     PARRY-LUNGE        0 -  0         2  BASHING ATTACK 
SLASHING ATTACK    1 -  1     PARRY-STRIKE       0 -  0         2  SLASHING ATTACK
BASHING ATTACK     1 -  1     PARRY-RIPOSTE      0 -  0         2  AIMED BLOW     
                              STRIKING ATTACK    0 -  0         2  TOTAL PARRY    
                              WALL OF STEEL      0 -  0     

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
LUNGING ATTACK   HABU 5529                  11   7  0  112 SERPENTS HOLD 2 (582)
SLASHING ATTACK  PHAEDRA 5380               20  18  1   87 AMAZON ELITE (536)
TOTAL PARRY      WHO 5508                   16  13  0   61 QUESTIONS (580)
BASHING ATTACK   JUBHAL 5526                14   6  0   59 DARK HORSEMEN (433)
AIMED BLOW       YES? 5534                  11   6  0   56 QUESTIONS (580)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is MAHAGHAL 5475.  The most popular warrior this turn 
was MARGANAD 5550.  The ten other most popular fighters were HABU 5529, GALDOR O'HARE 
5524, YES? 5534, MAHAGHAL 5475, WHAT 5509, WHY 5511, KAMILDSA 5551, JUBHAL 5526, WHO 
5508, and XENOLEE 5556.

The least popular fighter this week was ZELMA 5577.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were YOLANDA 5557, PHAEDRA 5380, XENOLEE 5556, WHO 5508, JUBHAL 5526, 
KAMILDSA 5551, WHY 5511, WHAT 5509, MAHAGHAL 5475, and YES? 5534.

The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn:

MAHAGHAL (51-5475) DARK HORSEMEN (433)