DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 12/24/2013    Duedate: 01/20/2014

FRATSFA ARENA

DM-52    TURN-317

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

ZOUM LA BOUSE
BLOOD AND GUTS! (365)
(52-4037) [33-16-0,137]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

ZOUM LA BOUSE                  KEEP OF SHACKLES
BLOOD AND GUTS! (365)          WHERE AM I? (438)
(52-4037) [33-16-0,137]        (52-4355) [1-0-0,16]

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

SALINA REES                    GRAFFITI
MIDDLE WAY 8 (351)             BASH BROS ROAD SIGN (433)
(52-3546) [19-38-1,96]         (52-4280) [10-5-0,61]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

FLOWER GIRLS (189)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. WHERE AM I? (438)           43
2. DRAGONS GUARD II (253)      35BASH BROS ROAD SIGN (433)
3. WAH CHING (146)             25      Unchartered Team
4. IRON CATHEDRAL (159)        18
5. OTTO'S PARTS (150)          12      WHERE AM I? (438)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 1 BASH BROS ROAD SIG (433)  28  15  0 65.1   1/ 1 FLOWER GIRLS (189)       10  4 1
 2/ 2 FLOWER GIRLS (189)       642 388 21 62.3   2/ 3 OTTO'S PARTS (150)        6  6 0
 3/ 0*WHERE AM I? (438)          3   2  0 60.0   3/ 2 DRAGONS GUARD II (253)    6  8 0
 4/ 0 BLOOD AND GUTS! (365)    206 145 13 58.7   4/ 7 WAH CHING (146)           5  4 0
 5/ 3 OTTO'S PARTS (150)       342 313 17 52.2   5/ 5 BASH BROS ROAD SIG (433)  4  2 0
 6/ 4 DRAGONS GUARD II (253)   116 109 12 51.6   6/ 0*WHERE AM I? (438)         3  2 0
 7- 5*GARBAGE PAIL KIDS (436)    5   5  0 50.0   7/ 6 MIDDLE WAY 8 (351)        3  6 0
 8- 6*WORLD BLADES 14 (434)      1   1  1 50.0   8/10 IRON CATHEDRAL (159)      2  2 0
 9/ 8 WAH CHING (146)           86  95  9 47.5   9- 4 THE CHOSEN ONES (143)     2  3 0
10/ 7 IRON CATHEDRAL (159)     103 116 15 47.0  10- 8*WORLD BLADES 14 (434)     1  1 1
11- 9 THE CHOSEN ONES (143)     58  69  4 45.7  11- 9*GARBAGE PAIL KIDS (436)   1  1 0
12/10 MIDDLE WAY 8 (351)       134 177  2 43.1  12/ 0 BLOOD AND GUTS! (365)     0  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

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                              ---===SLOW ARENA NEWS===---

                                     Duelmasters
                                     -----------
 DM   8 ARKERS (turn 369): PORT-A-FORTRESS of THE CHOSEN (Longshot, mgr.)
 DM  28 MORYA (turn 366): FREDDY FENDER of OTTO'S MECHANICS (Crip, mgr.)
 DM  31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 364): NABUCA of WHAMMO & THUDDA 4U! (La Guillotine, mgr.)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 320): MALICE of DARQUE ANGELS (Master Darque, mgr.)
 DM  45 STORMCROWE (turn 341): LAPUR BISQUE of SHEWISH BUFFET (One Armed Bandit, mgr)
 DM  47 NORTH FORK (turn 336): JACK B. NIMBLE of ROYAL FLUSH (Crip, mgr.)
 DM  50 SNOWBOUND (turn 323): QUALITY of LIFE IMPACTS (Smitty, mgr.)
 DM  52 FRATSFA (turn 316): DARGON of DRAGONS GUARD II (Khisanth, mgr.)
 DM  54 TROCAR (turn 300): YAHOO WAHOO of USELESS TOOLS (Crip, mgr.)
 DM  59 ILLIS (turn 293): NAZARETH of CHAPEL ROCK (Crip, mgr.)
 DM  71 KYR'TERR (turn 270): DIRTY GIRL SCOUT of CORDIALS (Crip, mgr.)
 DM  72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 270): POSITION IS EMPTY
 DM  73 ERINIKA (turn 271): EDMONDS of GASHOUSE GANG (Crip, mgr.)
 DM  83 TELORINTHE (turn 86): CUSTODIAN of OLDIES (Coach, mgr.)
 DM 106 CRYSALIS (turn 268): PUNGENT STENCH of FEAR FACTORY (Var, mgr.)

                                      Top Teams
                                      ---------
 DM   8 ARKERS (turn 369): THE CHOSEN (Longshot, mgr.)
 DM  28 MORYA (turn 366): LORD OF DISCIPLINE (Longshot, mgr.)
 DM  31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 364): BASH BROS OCEAN (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 320): DARQUE ANGELS (Master Darque, mgr.)
 DM  45 STORMCROWE (turn 341): AVID FANS (Crip, mgr.)
 DM  47 NORTH FORK (turn 336): DEAD GAWDS (Death Jester, mgr.)
 DM  50 SNOWBOUND (turn 323): MESOPOTAMIA (Var, mgr.)
 DM  52 FRATSFA (turn 316): FLOWER GIRLS (Lady Fern, mgr.)
 DM  54 TROCAR (turn 300): ASIAN INVASION (Pec Killer, mgr.)
 DM  59 ILLIS (turn 293): CHAPEL ROCK (Crip, mgr.)
 DM  71 KYR'TERR (turn 270): NEW YORK (Crip, mgr.)
 DM  72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 270): MEAT YOUR MAKER (Crip, mgr.)
 DM  73 ERINIKA (turn 271): GASHOUSE GANG (Crip, mgr.)
 DM  83 TELORINTHE (turn 86): CHAPEL OF THE GHOULS (Var, mgr.)
 DM 106 CRYSALIS (turn 268): HANGOVERS et al (Crip, mgr.)

                                   Recent Graduates
                                   ----------------
 DM   8 ARKERS (turn 368): GLOBULIZER of WEIRD ALCHEMY (La Guillotine, mgr.)
 DM  31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 363): GROM HELLSCREAM of THE STORM REAVERS (?, mgr.)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 319): GRAPHIC VIOLENCE of FEVER PITCH (Chuck, mgr.)
 DM  45 STORMCROWE (turn 340): THE JANITOR of AVID FANS (Crip, mgr.)
                               A TALENT SCOUT of AVID FANS (Crip, mgr.)
 DM  52 FRATSFA (turn 316): DARGON of DRAGONS GUARD II (Khisanth, mgr.)
                (turn 315): CONFLICT of DRAGONS GUARD II (Khisanth, mgr.)
 DM  72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 270): RONARDA SOLA of MIDDLE WAY 9 (Jorja, mgr.)
                   (turn 269): DON CORNBEEFLEON of MEAT YOUR MAKER (Crip, mgr.)
 DM  73 ERINIKA (turn 270): CARPENTER of GASHOUSE GANG (Crip, mgr.)

                                      SPY REPORT

     Well, what are you looking at, FRATSFA?  Ain't you never seen Snide Clemens 
before?  Ah, shaddup and listen to my news.  Now keep the taverns open late tonight, 
for there are sorrows to drown for THE CHOSEN ONES, whose 0-0-0 this turn dropped 
them by 5 into 9th.  Ha!  WAH CHING turned their 3-0-0 turn into a 4th place rank in 
the listings this turn.  Any better than this, and you get put on hit lists.  Of 
course, we're all terribly impressed to see KEEP OF SHACKLES win a fight and gain 16 
points, terribly.  Tsk, tsk, FAT LIP beat URSILA RILVAR and URSILA RILVAR lost 11 
points.  You're breakin' my heart.  And if variety is the spice of life, FRATSFA may 
be getting bland, as DARGON stays top dog in the city.  The Victory Tavern, humph!  
I've tasted better ale at mortuaries.  Where do they get this stuff?  From FRATSFA's 
trash dumps?   
     My mother always told me, 'If you don't have anything nice to say, start 
talking.' I loved that woman.  FRATSFA, I am losing what little hope I had in you.  
THE CHOSEN ONES the most avoided team?  What insult will suffice, I cannot say.  And 
who led the way in this mass act of cowardice?  Let's see, well, whatcha know?  It 
was OTTO'S PARTS.  Ha ha ha ha!  Ooh, I'm frightfully impressed, WEI YAN was this 
turn's most challenged warrior.  Watch that ego swell, sports fans.   
     Death and Taxes.  The less death I see, the more it taxes my patience.  Let's 
see if anyone's dead or dying.  We're all going to die in the end, so why worry if 
the fate catches up with you sooner that later?   
     I was about to buy a new quill pen the other day, but some fighter took it for 
an epee.  Forgive me for writing with a dagger.  Just wait 'till next time I show up 
here, I won't be so nice!  So nyaaah!  Paste this one in your scrapbooks, you'll need 
the kindling come this winter-- Snide Clemens  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 ZOUM LA BOUSE 4037           33  16  0   137       BLOOD AND GUTS! (365)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 HU YAN ZHUO 849              18  23  0   125       WAH CHING (146)
 LEIA 4330                    10   2  1   109       DRAGONS GUARD II (253)
-CHAMP CHUMP 4147             10   2  0   105       BLOOD AND GUTS! (365)
 FAT LIP 3791                 17  19  0   101       OTTO'S PARTS (150)
 SALINA REES 3546             19  38  1    96       MIDDLE WAY 8 (351)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 HIDDEN 4278                  10   6  0    90       BASH BROS ROAD SIGN (433)
-SINISTER SAINT 1690          15  12  1    87       IRON CATHEDRAL (159)
 MASSIVE MIGRAINE 4167         9   4  0    80       OTTO'S PARTS (150)
 URSILA RILVAR 4105           16  17  1    79       MIDDLE WAY 8 (351)
 WEI YAN 4257                 13  18  2    79       WAH CHING (146)
-ARION 1099                   12   9  0    76       THE CHOSEN ONES (143)
-SETI 1903                    11   7  0    72       THE CHOSEN ONES (143)
-ABU JR. 2284                  7   3  1    72       THE CHOSEN ONES (143)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-MOE SKEETO 4319               5   3  0    65       GARBAGE PAIL KIDS (436)
 SUN QIAN 4256                12  19  1    64       WAH CHING (146)
 RUNNY NOSE 3877              10  15  0    63       OTTO'S PARTS (150)
 TEMPER 3373                  11   5  0    62       IRON CATHEDRAL (159)
 GRAFFITI 4280                10   5  0    61       BASH BROS ROAD SIGN (433)
-STRAHD 2207                   9   6  1    58       THE CHOSEN ONES (143)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 CRACKED KNUCKLE 4166          8   5  0    54       OTTO'S PARTS (150)
-WORMER 4218                   7   5  1    50       BLOOD AND GUTS! (365)
 HAUGHTY HOLLY 4329            5   2  0    46       FLOWER GIRLS (189)
-STUBBED TOE 4205              2   1  1    40       OTTO'S PARTS (150)
 BOMBATTA 4286                 7   7  1    39       DRAGONS GUARD II (253)
-MANIQUE 4238                  6   5  0    36       BLOOD AND GUTS! (365)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 MALICE 3447                   5   3  0    33       IRON CATHEDRAL (159)
-SEARING SUNFLOWER 4339        4   2  0    32       FLOWER GIRLS (189)
 ELLIS TATE 4325               6  11  0    29       MIDDLE WAY 8 (351)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 HOT HONEYSUCKLE 4352          2   0  0    24       FLOWER GIRLS (189)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-WARRIOR X 1945                2   0  1    23       IRON CATHEDRAL (159)
 DEADLY DAISY 4341             4   1  0    21       FLOWER GIRLS (189)
-THE ROCK 4310                 1   0  1    19       WORLD BLADES 14 (434)
 KEEP OF SHACKLES 4355         1   0  0    16       WHERE AM I? (438)
 PANTRY OF PAIN 4353           1   0  0    13       WHERE AM I? (438)
 CRAZY COLEA 4351              2   0  0    12       FLOWER GIRLS (189)
 SPECTRAL OSSUARY 4357         1   0  0    12       WHERE AM I? (438)
 STAND IN 4342                 2   3  0    10       DRAGONS GUARD II (253)
 VICAR GENERAL 3474            2   2  0     8       IRON CATHEDRAL (159)
-XEENA 2816                    1   3  0     6       THE CHOSEN ONES (143)
 BLEEDING MINARET 4354         0   1  0     1       WHERE AM I? (438)
 BLACK REPOSITORY 4356         0   1  0     1       WHERE AM I? (438)

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
UNREADABLE 4279         8  4 0 BASH BROS ROAD S 433 WEI YAN 4257          313  REVENGED
MAD MARIGOLD 4340       1  1 0 FLOWER GIRLS 189     THE ROCK 4310         315   

                                     PERSONAL ADS

Xeena -- Where have you been all my life?  Girls just wanna have fun! -- Crazy Colea

Trustworthy Scribe -- And I am glad you are!  Why, some of the things we did need not
be documented.  Nope! -- Hot Honeysuckle (giggling)

Dargon -- Lord Protector and Duelmaster.  Salute.  We are all proud of you.  My gals
want to give you a going away present.  Can you handle it? -- Lady Fern

Arion -- You know some tricks!  Obviously you knew more than I did.  What a man!  I
want some more, Hon. -- Haughty Holly

Ellis -- I shall never get tired of you. -- Searing Sunflower

Stand In -- I liked the last two better than the first.  I guess you are getting more
experienced. (chuckle) -- Deadly Daisy

Merry Christmas to all from The Flower Girls. -- Lady Fern

Our congratulations to Dargon.  Go!  There are doubtless dragons on the Isle that
need your guarding. -- Jorja and those who walk the Middle Way

We salute the tourney participants, with a special nod to Nay Palm and Warrior X,
tourney victors. -- Jorja etc.

Excuse us?  Didn't we fight the SAME PEOPLE last month? -- the Middle Way

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

FAT LIP devastated URSILA RILVAR in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge fight.
RUNNY NOSE was demolished by WEI YAN in a 1 minute gory one-sided Challenge melee.
TEMPER unbelievably bested CRACKED KNUCKLE in a 7 minute bloody Challenge brawl.
MALICE savagely defeated ELLIS TATE in a 2 minute brutal Challenge fight.
DARGON devastated ZOUM LA BOUSE in a 2 minute uneven Title brawl.
LEIA overpowered SALINA REES in a 1 minute bloody one-sided struggle.
HIDDEN was handily defeated by HU YAN ZHUO in a 1 minute uneven fight.
MASSIVE MIGRAINE unbelievably bested VIRGINAL CONCUBINE in a 4 minute duel.
SUN QIAN defeated HAUGHTY HOLLY in a 1 minute uneven duel.
GRAFFITI savagely defeated BOMBATTA in a exciting 5 minute gruesome fight.
VICAR GENERAL was beaten by SPECTRAL OSSUARY in a exciting 5 minute novice's fight.
HOT HONEYSUCKLE viciously subdued BLACK REPOSITORY in a 3 minute novice's contest.
DEADLY DAISY luckily beat STAND IN in a popular 5 minute gruesome amateur's conflict.
CRAZY COLEA luckily beat BLEEDING MINARET in a 3 minute beginner's struggle.
PANTRY OF PAIN handily defeated FRIENDLY CONSTABLE in a 1 minute mismatched bout.
KEEP OF SHACKLES bested TRUSTWORTHY SCRIBE in a 3 minute novice's brawl.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|LUNGING ATTACK                   7         TOTAL PARRY       14 -   5 -  0      74  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      5         PARRY-RIPOSTE      2 -   1 -  0      67  |
|AIMED BLOW                       5         STRIKING ATTACK   36 -  20 -  5      64  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  3         AIMED BLOW        26 -  21 -  2      55  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    3         PARRY-LUNGE        1 -   1 -  0      50  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    2         PARRY-STRIKE       6 -   7 -  0      46  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  2         WALL OF STEEL     12 -  14 -  1      46  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   1         BASHING ATTACK     9 -  11 -  1      45  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     1         LUNGING ATTACK    18 -  26 -  0      41  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      0         SLASHING ATTACK    6 -   9 -  0      40  |

Turn 317 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:

PARRY-RIPOSTE      2 -  0     LUNGING ATTACK     3 -  4         3  STRIKING ATTACK
SLASHING ATTACK    2 -  0     STRIKING ATTACK    1 -  2         3  AIMED BLOW     
BASHING ATTACK     1 -  0     PARRY-LUNGE        0 -  0         2  TOTAL PARRY    
TOTAL PARRY        4 -  1     PARRY-STRIKE       0 -  1         2  WALL OF STEEL  
AIMED BLOW         3 -  2     WALL OF STEEL      0 -  3         1  BASHING ATTACK 

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
TOTAL PARRY      ZOUM LA BOUSE 4037         33  16  0  137 BLOOD AND GUTS! (365)
STRIKING ATTACK  LEIA 4330                  10   2  1  109 DRAGONS GUARD II (253)
AIMED BLOW       HIDDEN 4278                10   6  0   90 BASH BROS ROAD SIGN (433)
LUNGING ATTACK   GRAFFITI 4280              10   5  0   61 BASH BROS ROAD SIGN (433)
WALL OF STEEL    CRACKED KNUCKLE 4166        8   5  0   54 OTTO'S PARTS (150)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is SALINA REES 3546.  The most popular warrior this 
turn was GRAFFITI 4280.  The ten other most popular fighters were STAND IN 4342, 
VICAR GENERAL 3474, HOT HONEYSUCKLE 4352, CRACKED KNUCKLE 4166, BOMBATTA 4286, FAT 
LIP 3791, MALICE 3447, BLEEDING MINARET 4354, KEEP OF SHACKLES 4355, and WEI YAN 
4257.

The least popular fighter this week was TEMPER 3373.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were CRAZY COLEA 4351, HIDDEN 4278, SALINA REES 3546, ZOUM LA BOUSE 4037, 
RUNNY NOSE 3877, URSILA RILVAR 4105, DEADLY DAISY 4341, BLACK REPOSITORY 4356, 
SPECTRAL OSSUARY 4357, and HAUGHTY HOLLY 4329.

The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn:

ZOUM LA BOUSE (52-4037) BLOOD AND GUTS! (365)
SALINA REES (52-3546) MIDDLE WAY 8 (351)

The following warriors have traveled to AD after fighting this turn:

DARGON (52-4264) DRAGONS GUARD II (253)

               NEW GRADUATES--FROM ALL ARENAS (INCLUDING CLOSED ARENAS)

For those of you who keep track of such things, several additional warriors 
graduated from regular DM arenas (including closed arenas) since the last tournament. 

                     CHUPACABRA (10-3827) TERRAPIN STATION  (189) 
                           DECEON RAIN (50-883) KAOS  (127) 
                       PIONEER (82-47958) TRIPPIN' OUT  (8064) 
                      GRAPE APE (82-34889) BRAIN FOOD 9  (5739) 
                DUELMASTERS.COM (82-16536) SUPERIOR FORCES 720  (2509) 
                     FROZBOZ (82-14622) FIRES OF HEAVEN 4  (2181) 
                           RAGE (82-36450) EMOTIONS  (6013) 
                 HUNGRY HIPPO (82-49609) SUPERIOR FORCES 5411  (8331) 
                       BABEL (82-46069) SACS DE SABLE 1  (7725) 

Congrats to the grads. -- Green Eyes