DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER Date : 09/22/2006 Duedate: 10/19/2006 TROCAR ARENA DM-54 TURN-212 This Weeks Top Honors THE DUELMASTER IS XYCO JANIX (298) (54-2899) [12-6-1,92] Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader XYCO BOBBY JONES JANIX (298) CAROLINA BLUE (274) (54-2899) [12-6-1,92] (54-2600) [2-1-0,17] Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite CHAOS WARRIOR BOBBY JONES EYE OF THE STORM (221) CAROLINA BLUE (274) (54-2069) [16-16-3,90] (54-2600) [2-1-0,17] THE CURRENT TOP TEAM (-1) TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team 1. THE ABYSMALS (270) 51 2. EYE OF THE STORM (221) 50 CARESS OF STEEL (301) 3. OF WOLF AND MAN (296) 0 Unchartered Team 4. BLIND FURY (312) 0 5. SPARF! (310) 0 CAROLINA BLUE (274) The Top Teams Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K 1/ 1*CAROLINA BLUE (274) 6 4 1 60.0 1/ 3 EYE OF THE STORM (221) 9 6 0 2/ 0 CARESS OF STEEL (301) 35 26 1 57.4 2/ 1 JANIX (298) 9 6 0 3/ 2 JANIX (298) 58 44 7 56.9 3/ 5 THE ABYSMALS (270) 5 4 2 4- 3 SPARF! (310) 84 68 4 55.3 4- 2 BLIND FURY (312) 4 5 1 5- 4 OF WOLF AND MAN (296) 44 42 1 51.2 5/ 4*CAROLINA BLUE (274) 3 3 1 6/ 5 EYE OF THE STORM (221) 74 75 6 49.7 6- 7 OF WOLF AND MAN (296) 1 1 0 7- 6 BLIND FURY (312) 19 23 2 45.2 7/ 0 CARESS OF STEEL (301) 1 3 0 8/ 8 THE ABYSMALS (270) 36 54 8 40.0 8- 8*WARLORDS (45) 0 1 0 9- 9*WARLORDS (45) 0 1 0 0.0 9- 9 SPARF! (310) 0 1 0 '*' Unchartered team '-' Team did not fight this turn (###) Avoid teams by their Team Id ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank SPY REPORT Good day, friends and fiends, welcome to your friendly neighborhood spyreport. I doubt TROCAR will ever be the same. The THE ABYSMALS guild has had a 3-1-1 turn and deserves to be watched in the future. You never know where this kind of thing can lead. And let's see, DEMIMONDE fought DANI and gained 25 points and contributed to THE ABYSMALS' 3-1-1. THOR RAVENBLADE has lost to CHAOS WARRIOR, falling 21 points, while helping make CARESS OF STEEL a 1-3-0 turn. The attempts to dethrone the Duelmaster have failed, and XYCO remains TROCAR's top warrior for another turn. Tell me, is nothing sacred? I have heard from unimpeachable sources that The Swinging Aardvark uses trolls in their stew. Talk about gristle! I tell you, a green quarterstaff lasts longer than a seasoned sapling. A basher friend of mine assures me this is true. I also notice that the EYE OF THE STORM stable was the most avoided team this turn. Come on TROCAR, what are you afraid of? And guess who avoided EYE OF THE STORM stable the most? Believe it or not, it was JANIX. Anyone surprised? The most challenged warrior this turn was EYE OF THE STORM's warrior WASTELANDER. More fighters challenged it than challenged the Duelmaster! A coward dies a thousand deaths, a brave man only once. Wise men know this to be true. Banners at half mast, warriors, JANIX has lost DANI, and you might say all of TROCAR has felt the loss, except maybe THE ABYSMALS. We'd like to remind certain teams not to rob the graves of their enemies. You know who you are; and it's considered rude. Thought for the day, a new sword shines bright, but the notched sword sings the sweetest. Well, I'm burning daylight here in TROCAR and I've a long road ahead of me. Happy Trails. Until the sun next rises and my pen sets to paper-- Alarond the Scribe DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME XYCO 2899 12 6 1 92 JANIX (298) CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME CHAOS WARRIOR 2069 16 16 3 90 EYE OF THE STORM (221) -MADAM VENUSIA 2887 16 10 0 90 SPARF! (310) DEMIMONDE 2561 9 8 3 90 THE ABYSMALS (270) -WRONG WAY 2754 12 7 0 81 OF WOLF AND MAN (296) NYALL BLOODGRIN 2782 10 3 0 80 CARESS OF STEEL (301) WASTELANDER 2134 15 11 1 78 EYE OF THE STORM (221) THOR RAVENBLADE 2781 7 6 1 68 CARESS OF STEEL (301) CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME ARABESQUE 2557 8 13 3 61 THE ABYSMALS (270) ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME SNIR 2784 13 7 0 56 JANIX (298) BASTINADO 2563 8 12 1 54 THE ABYSMALS (270) -ROCAEL 2938 6 5 0 43 BLIND FURY (312) -FACELESS MAN 2753 11 8 0 41 OF WOLF AND MAN (296) OLGERD VLAD 2780 10 3 0 39 CARESS OF STEEL (301) GLUM 2766 5 3 1 38 JANIX (298) RUNE KNIGHT 2915 9 4 0 35 EYE OF THE STORM (221) CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -NEVER DIE 2756 7 8 1 30 OF WOLF AND MAN (296) -HIGHER 2755 6 9 0 27 OF WOLF AND MAN (296) -MISS HAYNES 2932 5 1 1 25 BLIND FURY (312) -VICTORIAN MANDARIN 2911 5 6 0 25 SPARF! (310) VIKKI THE VAIN 2946 3 0 0 24 EYE OF THE STORM (221) INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -KESTUTIAS 2920 6 4 0 22 OF WOLF AND MAN (296) -MYOPIA 2941 2 2 1 22 BLIND FURY (312) -DETACHED RETINA 2951 1 0 0 21 BLIND FURY (312) -SLASH 2836 5 5 0 20 CARESS OF STEEL (301) BOBBY JONES 2600 2 1 0 17 CAROLINA BLUE (274) -PETE CHILCUTT 2598 2 1 0 17 CAROLINA BLUE (274) -VINCE CARTER 2599 2 0 1 16 CAROLINA BLUE (274) INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME WORQ 2956 1 0 0 15 JANIX (298) HAUBERK 2564 2 5 1 12 THE ABYSMALS (270) VAGRANT CUR 2953 1 1 0 9 EYE OF THE STORM (221) -JUICE MAN 2933 0 5 0 5 BLIND FURY (312) -ARAGORN 260 0 1 0 1 WARLORDS (45) TOOTOUGH 2942 0 1 0 1 CARESS OF STEEL (301) '-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn. THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge? DRAGONFLY 2696 0 5 0 THE ABYSMALS 270 MISS HAYNES 2932 211 CHAOS BEAST 2945 0 1 0 EYE OF THE STORM 221 VINCE CARTER 2599 210 DANI 2918 10 4 2 JANIX 298 DEMIMONDE 2561 212 TEMP 2947 3 1 0 JANIX 298 BASTINADO 2563 211 PERSONAL ADS Glum -- Now I'm feeling glum. Not only did I lose the fight, you learned all the skills. I didn't get anything out of that fight, except a sore butt. -- Arabesque Janix -- My Lord Kjarran requires the occasional sacrifice. It was my turn to make the sacrifice. -- Bastinado Snir -- I still had a few more minutes in me. -- Demimonde Vicki The Vain -- You're so vain, but I bet you've heard that before. -- Hauberk Miss Haynes -- You hurt me badly. Now I can't fly anymore. -- Dragonfly 26 August 2006 The Avengers of Light. Another VC lackey? What's the matter VC, are you scared? Bringing in reinforcements. It matters not, bring your avengers and they shall be crushed! I am Dark Knight Blackstorm and I represent the Desolate Empire and can easily be found in 8, 28, 31, 47, 54, and 106. I reply with steel and your women shall cry when they start the body count!!!!!!!!! Remember to sign your posts to whoever from the VC wrote that earlier Ad. -- Dark Knight Blackstorm 4 September 2006 Civil War/The Crusades The next edition of the Civil War series is to be held in Tobir, arena 14, beginning November 25th with a round where all participating managers must DA all 5 of their warriors; in addition all warriors must be prefixed with an A an F or a D in the following manner: A-Broke Stroker or (A) Broke Stroker. Names simply beginning with the letter of your federation will NOT count as properly prefixed! Existing teams are welcome but no warrior who survives the DA who had prior Fight Experience (arena or tourney) will be allowed to score or challenge into the contest teams. There will be an equal number of teams set up for each of the three factions (Andorian, Free Blades, and Delarquan) to create sides as equal as possible. This along with the DA round should set up pretty equal footing for all managers. After the DA there will be another round where you can either DA again or fight your new, or surviving, warriors so they will be set up to challenge an opponent beginning on round 1. So as a recap DA round, turn 0, then turn 1 it begins with the following rules: The Civil War to be held in arena 14. - The contest runs for 10-28 turns (barring ties). - No tourney participation allowed. Teams with warriors participating in any tournament are disqualified. - An even number of teams per faction worked out by the Faction Leaders. No later substitutions are allowed. - If a manager brings in a second team and challenges into the contest he is DQ'd and his side will fight one team short! - Three factions will be participating: Andorian, Delarquan, Free Blades - Everyone prefixes their warrior with A-, F-, or D- (No prefix = disqualification of the warrior) - Turn DA: (The DA Round) November 25, 2006. Every warrior must DA. (Warriors not DA'd on Turn 0 are disqualified) - Turn 0: December 9th, 2006. There will be no scoring this turn it is meant to allow for challenges on turn 1. - Turn 1+: Scoring as detailed below - Each team gets 1 point for defeating a warrior from an opposing team. - Fights against warriors on your team do not generate points in any situation. - The team with the most points each turn gets a Battle Point (if there is a tie for the most points then no Battle Points are accrued) - The first team to 10 Battle Points wins the war - Managers of teams on the winning side each receive a +1 bonus potion to be used on a warrior on their contest team. This must be applied within a month of the conclusion of the contest and the team must have been active on the last turn of the contest. Anyone wishing to participate, and feels they can probably stick around for the duration (don't want to handicap a side, of course unforeseeable events cannot be planned for), should either diplo me at THE DEATH SQUAD(63) in Tobir (arena 14) or place a personal ad in the arena. You may also contact me via the Duel2.com boards! Let me know which faction you would like to fight for! This contest is intended to be open to ALL managers wishing to pit themselves against each other to try and determine which faction has the best managers! -- Street Legal 14 September 2006 I am back in the arena and thinking back to those days in 1984 where I was a novice and clueless manager. Now, 22 years later it looks like I am an ancient and once again clueless manager. I am looking to recover some old warriors. Since none of them are Aimed Blows, they are no threat to win anything. I just want to see how they turned out. The Couatl 2-17 Madam Butterfly 20-701 Gypsy Moth 20-703 King Crab 21-1 Priestess Python 26-1388 Please contact me at DekeYoung@Comcast.net if you know about any of these ancient warriors, or just want to bs about the old, old, old times. LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS DEMIMONDE delivered the death blow upon DANI in a 1 minute Challenge fight. SNIR was devastated by WASTELANDER in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge duel. BOBBY JONES was luckily beaten by VIKKI THE VAIN in a 4 minute Challenge duel. XYCO defeated NYALL BLOODGRIN in a 1 minute Title match. THOR RAVENBLADE was devastated by CHAOS WARRIOR in a 1 minute uneven brawl. ARABESQUE overpowered GLUM in a 1 minute one-sided struggle. RUNE KNIGHT was unbelievably bested by OLGERD VLAD in a slow 15 minute competition. BASTINADO overcame RIRORNI SLAVER in a 2 minute melee. HAUBERK was vanquished by MAGE'S APPRENTICE in a 1 minute uneven duel. VAGRANT CUR savagely defeated TOOTOUGH in a popular 4 minute gory beginner's duel. WORQ overpowered PRETTY LERONA in a 3 minute one-sided melee. BATTLE REPORT MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS |FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT| |STRIKING ATTACK 5 PARRY-LUNGE 13 - 7 - 1 65 | |AIMED BLOW 4 PARRY-STRIKE 7 - 4 - 0 64 | |TOTAL PARRY 3 PARRY-RIPOSTE 7 - 4 - 1 64 | |WALL OF STEEL 2 WALL OF STEEL 29 - 22 - 0 57 | |PARRY-STRIKE 1 AIMED BLOW 18 - 15 - 2 55 | |PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 TOTAL PARRY 38 - 32 - 0 54 | |SLASHING ATTACK 1 SLASHING ATTACK 11 - 10 - 2 52 | |LUNGING ATTACK 1 STRIKING ATTACK 40 - 37 - 6 52 | |BASHING ATTACK 1 LUNGING ATTACK 17 - 21 - 2 45 | |PARRY-LUNGE 0 BASHING ATTACK 9 - 26 - 2 26 | Turn 212 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-STRIKE 1 - 0 STRIKING ATTACK 2 - 3 3 AIMED BLOW PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 - 0 TOTAL PARRY 1 - 2 2 STRIKING ATTACK SLASHING ATTACK 1 - 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 2 PARRY-LUNGE AIMED BLOW 3 - 1 LUNGING ATTACK 0 - 1 1 WALL OF STEEL WALL OF STEEL 1 - 1 BASHING ATTACK 0 - 1 1 SLASHING ATTACK 1 BASHING ATTACK 1 TOTAL PARRY TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME WALL OF STEEL XYCO 2899 12 6 1 92 JANIX (298) AIMED BLOW DEMIMONDE 2561 9 8 3 90 THE ABYSMALS (270) STRIKING ATTACK NYALL BLOODGRIN 2782 10 3 0 80 CARESS OF STEEL (301) SLASHING ATTACK WASTELANDER 2134 15 11 1 78 EYE OF THE STORM (221) BASHING ATTACK THOR RAVENBLADE 2781 7 6 1 68 CARESS OF STEEL (301) TOTAL PARRY SNIR 2784 13 7 0 56 JANIX (298) LUNGING ATTACK GLUM 2766 5 3 1 38 JANIX (298) Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above. The overall popularity leader is CHAOS WARRIOR 2069. The most popular warrior this turn was BOBBY JONES 2600. The ten other most popular fighters were VAGRANT CUR 2953, BASTINADO 2563, WASTELANDER 2134, DEMIMONDE 2561, VIKKI THE VAIN 2946, CHAOS WARRIOR 2069, ARABESQUE 2557, SNIR 2784, XYCO 2899, and NYALL BLOODGRIN 2782. The least popular fighter this week was OLGERD VLAD 2780. The other ten least popular fighters were RUNE KNIGHT 2915, WORQ 2956, TOOTOUGH 2942, HAUBERK 2564, THOR RAVENBLADE 2781, DANI 2918, GLUM 2766, NYALL BLOODGRIN 2782, XYCO 2899, and SNIR 2784. The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn: CHAOS WARRIOR (54-2069) EYE OF THE STORM (221) FACE-TO-FACE TOURNEY XLI PRIMUS TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME WOLFINMYCLOTHES 961 (222-121-9) 4 3 0 SIS BOOM BAA FRESHMEN TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME PHONELESS CORD 2018 (24-17-0) 2 3 0 USELESS TOOLS CHALLENGERS TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME OLIVER WOOD 2849 (7-6-0) 2 3 0 GRYFFINDOR HOUSE2 ADEPTS TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME WOODS 2776 (8-8-0) 2 3 0 HOLD THAT TIGER TONY THE 2778 (12-3-0) 0 3 0 HOLD THAT TIGER INITIATES TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME CLEAR AS MUD 2686 (1-1-0) 1 3 0 CLICHES VICTORIAN MANDARIN 2911 (5-5-0) 0 3 0 SPARF!