DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER
Date : 04/14/2015 Duedate: 05/11/2015
FRATSFA ARENA
DM-52 TURN-334
This Weeks Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
ELLIS TATE
MIDDLE WAY 8 (351)
(52-4325) [14-20-0,97]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
ELLIS TATE SWAYVIL
MIDDLE WAY 8 (351) COURTS OF CHAOS (441)
(52-4325) [14-20-0,97] (52-4400) [2-0-1,22]
Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite
ELLIS TATE TONIO SALAGAZA
MIDDLE WAY 8 (351) MIDDLE WAY 8 (351)
(52-4325) [14-20-0,97] (52-4362) [6-10-0,35]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
COURTS OF CHAOS (441)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. FREEDOM FARCE (439) 21
2. MIDDLE WAY 8 (351) 17 FREEDOM FARCE (439)
3. COURTS OF CHAOS (441) 13 Unchartered Team
4. THE CHOSEN ONES (143) 0
5. WEATHER (440) 0 COURTS OF CHAOS (441)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1/ 1*COURTS OF CHAOS (441) 6 3 1 66.7 1/ 4*COURTS OF CHAOS (441) 5 2 1
2- 2*WEATHER (440) 15 8 0 65.2 2/ 3 MIDDLE WAY 8 (351) 5 4 0
3/ 3 FREEDOM FARCE (439) 20 13 1 60.6 3/ 7 FREEDOM FARCE (439) 3 0 0
4- 4 BASH BROS ROAD SIG (433) 39 37 1 51.3 4- 2 THE CHOSEN ONES (143) 3 2 0
5- 6 THE CHOSEN ONES (143) 78 79 4 49.7 5- 1*WEATHER (440) 3 2 0
6/ 7 MIDDLE WAY 8 (351) 155 207 2 42.8 6- 5 BASH BROS ROAD SIG (433) 2 2 1
'*' Unchartered team '-' Team did not fight this turn
(###) Avoid teams by their Team Id ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank
SPY REPORT
It's me, The Unknown Spymaster here with my bag to give you the news on last
week's fights. Say good-bye to WEATHER, as they are pushed from the coveted top team
spot by the COURTS OF CHAOS stable. A stormcloud is brewing over the WEATHER
guildhouse. Rumor says any more weeks like this ones 0-0-0 may send the team to the
Dark Arena. Coming up with a solid 3-0-0 outing, FREEDOM FARCE has advanced 4 places
in the rankings. Hey everybody, watch out for SWAYVIL, who flew up 11 points in the
rankings after mashing POLITE BEGGAR like a melon. Keep your eye on this guy. And
falling like a basher in the top ten was MERLIN, who dropped 4 points after a
disappointing (to say the least) bout with TONIO SALAGAZA. Well, everybody's pal
ELLIS TATE moved his record to 14-20-0 by defeating KHALHUMS DWARF 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 FRATSFA arena. And hey,
kiddies, those of you who didn't avoid THE CHOSEN ONES, please raise you hand. Wow.
Does FRATSFA really have that many liars? And you guys like to boo me? Well,
unsling your rasberries, cause FREEDOM FARCE beats feet every time THE CHOSEN ONES
smiles at them. Try farming, eh?
Being a spy is great--other people die and you spend the rest of the day
drinking to their memory. Better tanked than dead! Remember: alliances are great,
but try and take your ally in the arena with you and see what happens.
Well, that wasn't too bad; Alarond told me that the people in FRATSFA have no
sense of humor. Or maybe that they were senseless. Okay, so I may not be the
world's best comedian, but then you guys aren't the world's best warriors. Hasta la
bye-bye. (Loud choruses of 'Beat it, ya bum!')-- The Unknown Spymaster
DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
ELLIS TATE 4325 14 20 0 97 MIDDLE WAY 8 (351)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
CORPORATE MERC 4366 6 2 0 74 FREEDOM FARCE (439)
-STRAHD 2207 14 8 1 71 THE CHOSEN ONES (143)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
COSMIC FRIES 4364 7 4 0 53 FREEDOM FARCE (439)
-XEENA 2816 6 6 0 48 THE CHOSEN ONES (143)
-MIST 4389 4 0 0 45 WEATHER (440)
TONIO SALAGAZA 4362 6 10 0 35 MIDDLE WAY 8 (351)
-SNOW 4385 4 0 0 34 WEATHER (440)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
CAPTAIN AAA 4363 6 5 1 33 FREEDOM FARCE (439)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-FOG 4390 3 1 0 22 WEATHER (440)
SWAYVIL 4400 2 0 1 22 COURTS OF CHAOS (441)
MERLIN 4401 3 1 0 21 COURTS OF CHAOS (441)
-RAIN 4391 2 2 0 20 WEATHER (440)
-WRONGPLACEWRONGSIGN 4383 3 1 0 17 BASH BROS ROAD SIGN (433)
-SOUL PREDATOR 4367 1 1 0 9 FREEDOM FARCE (439)
-SLEET 4392 2 2 0 8 WEATHER (440)
BOREL 4399 1 2 0 8 COURTS OF CHAOS (441)
TENNESSE SMITH 4411 0 3 0 3 MIDDLE WAY 8 (351)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
POLITE BEGGAR 0 0 0 SWAYVIL 4400 334 NONE
PERSONAL ADS
Looks like turn 333 was at least half as bad as 666 is supposed to be. I got all the
work! I don't LIKE to work. -- Ellis Tate
One-two? Well, buckle my shoe, these new guys are useless. Uh, I guess Tonio isn't
NEW, but he's new ENOUGH. Newer than me, the loser. -- Ellis Tate
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
ELLIS TATE viciously subdued KHALHUMS DWARF in a 3 minute master's Title fight.
CORPORATE MERC viciously subdued NOBLE ASSASSIN in a 2 minute gory match.
COSMIC FRIES vanquished VISITING ORC in a 1 minute mismatched brawl.
MERLIN was savagely defeated by TONIO SALAGAZA in a 4 minute novice vs. master fight.
CAPTAIN AAA defeated CULT MEMBER in a 2 minute struggle.
BOREL savagely defeated TENNESSE SMITH in a popular 1 minute gruesome amateur's brawl.
SWAYVIL slaughtered POLITE BEGGAR in a 1 minute gruesome uneven duel.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|STRIKING ATTACK 4 PARRY-STRIKE 14 - 7 - 0 67 |
|AIMED BLOW 1 WALL OF STEEL 14 - 8 - 1 64 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE 5 - 3 - 1 63 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 PARRY-LUNGE 5 - 3 - 0 63 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 1 STRIKING ATTACK 18 - 12 - 1 60 |
|WALL OF STEEL 1 SLASHING ATTACK 8 - 7 - 0 53 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 0 TOTAL PARRY 9 - 8 - 0 53 |
|LUNGING ATTACK 0 AIMED BLOW 11 - 10 - 0 52 |
|BASHING ATTACK 0 LUNGING ATTACK 11 - 10 - 1 52 |
|TOTAL PARRY 0 BASHING ATTACK 0 - 12 - 0 0 |
Turn 334 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 3 STRIKING ATTACK
PARRY-STRIKE 1 - 0 LUNGING ATTACK 0 - 0 2 PARRY-STRIKE
PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 - 0 BASHING ATTACK 0 - 0 2 AIMED BLOW
SLASHING ATTACK 1 - 0 TOTAL PARRY 0 - 0 1 LUNGING ATTACK
STRIKING ATTACK 3 - 1 WALL OF STEEL 0 - 1 1 SLASHING ATTACK
1 PARRY-RIPOSTE
1 TOTAL PARRY
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
STRIKING ATTACK CORPORATE MERC 4366 6 2 0 74 FREEDOM FARCE (439)
AIMED BLOW COSMIC FRIES 4364 7 4 0 53 FREEDOM FARCE (439)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
The overall popularity leader is ELLIS TATE 4325. The most popular warrior this turn
was TONIO SALAGAZA 4362. The ten other most popular fighters were ELLIS TATE 4325,
CORPORATE MERC 4366, BOREL 4399, COSMIC FRIES 4364, MERLIN 4401, CAPTAIN AAA 4363,
SWAYVIL 4400, TENNESSE SMITH 4411, 0, and 0.
The least popular fighter this week was TENNESSE SMITH 4411. The other ten least
popular fighters were SWAYVIL 4400, CAPTAIN AAA 4363, MERLIN 4401, COSMIC FRIES 4364,
BOREL 4399, CORPORATE MERC 4366, ELLIS TATE 4325, TONIO SALAGAZA 4362, 0, and 0.
JASPER GULCH: DM 85
Zeb Karan around the big table. Arena staff of all ranks and titles sat and
stared at each other: arenamasters, standbys, Dark Arena warriors, stewards and
infirmarians, even the maintenance crew. This was not the first time they'd met like
this, and it probably wouldn't be the last.
"So this is it again, is it?" Lew Voth asked. "Less than seven years since they
closed Dwes Eg to new teams, and now they're closing Blackstone?"
"Only to new teams," one of the spymasters pointed out. "And it's necessary.
There are several file rooms we haven't been able to enter in months because they're
too full of team records."
"Nothing you couldn't fix with a lighted match," Jame Rinvar suggested.
Technically he should not have been there, since he'd taken over full time as the
arenamaster of Shadowspire. But no one wanted to tell him to leave.
"We may NEED those records one of these days," Chief Steward Hesselrod protested.
"We can't burn RECORDS."
"I could," Rinvar said.
"But you won't." Voth pinned him with a stare. "Don't stir up trouble for its
own sake, Jame."
Rinvar raised his hand in a gesture of surrender. "I'll be good, Lew."
"When are they shutting down Blackstone?"
"To new teams only, remember--the old ones will keep fighting if their managers
want to pay the fees. This week. Maybe next week. Hard to be sure, when you travel
from Alastari to anywhere else, there's a time distortion effect. But probably this
week. Same operating rules as Dwes Eg (82): no new teams in, but the old ones can
recruit new members. New teams will go to the new place--" Zeb Karan cast a look of
enquiry around the room.
"Jasper Gulch," a steward said.
"Right. New teams will go to Jasper Gulch. I'm not sure the day for it, probably
'opposite' Blackstone in the schedule. A regular two-week cycle. Teams can be
transfered in from regular arenas, I suppose, but not OUT."
Voth nodded. "We can work with this."
"Beats not working."
SEAM (DM 20) REOPENS AS A NEW NO-TOURNEY ARENA!
Seam (DM 20) will be re-opening soon as a no-tourney DM arena! If you enjoy arena
play without tournament interference, this arena is for you! Only rookie teams may
enter this arena, and all managers must sign the "no-tourney" pledge. Turn 0 is due
on May 4 (overviews only) and Turn 1 is due on May 18.
To avoid confusion, all old inactive teams which were in Seam have travelled to
Mazgourrah (DM 77).
Seam is the newest arena to join the no-tourney group of arenas and will process on
opposite weeks with Shadowspire (DM 81), the original no-tourney arena. Other no-
tourney arenas include Telorinthe (DM 83), a slow arena, and Storm Rock (DM 107), for
ADM warriors.
Join in the fun! Send in your new rollup along with the pledge soon so you can get in
on the ground floor of this new arena!
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NO-TOURNEY ARENA PLEDGE
* I pledge that I will not send warriors from this team to a tournament, nor
will I use a tournament prize on a warrior from this team.
* I pledge to run a full team when I run turns in this arena. If circumstances
preclude my running less than a full team, I will notify the Player Committee.
* I agree to abide by the decisions of the Player Committee.
* I understand that any warrior that participates in a tournament or receives
a tournament prize shall be sent to the Dark Arena until they are dead.
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