DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER Date : 06/24/2011 Duedate: 07/21/2011 TROCAR ARENA DM-54 TURN-269 This Weeks Top Honors THE DUELMASTER IS CAO ZHENG ASIAN INVASION (13) (54-85) [19-11-6,126] Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader CAO ZHENG POSITION IS EMPTY ASIAN INVASION (13) (54-85) [19-11-6,126] Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite ALLERDAE CHAN HARAZIM KOREH TRADERS OF TROCAR (252) TRADERS OF TROCAR (252) (54-3024) [19-15-1,90] (54-3098) [5-0-0,23] THE CURRENT TOP TEAM TRADERS OF TROCAR (252) TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team 1. TRADERS OF TROCAR (252) 21 2. ASIAN INVASION (13) 2 ASIAN INVASION (13) 3. KIWI CONNECTION II (318) 0 Unchartered Team DOG SOLDIERS (263) The Top Teams Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K 1/ 1 ASIAN INVASION (13) 92 56 16 62.2 1/ 2 TRADERS OF TROCAR (252) 10 5 0 2- 2 KIWI CONNECTION II (318) 23 16 2 59.0 2/ 1 ASIAN INVASION (13) 9 6 1 3/ 3 TRADERS OF TROCAR (252) 354 286 11 55.3 3- 3 KIWI CONNECTION II (318) 1 3 0 '*' Unchartered team '-' Team did not fight this turn (###) Avoid teams by their Team Id ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank TEAM SPOTLIGHT Hello, everyone. Just wanted to start off by saying sorry I haven't written anything before, DM rants, spotlights or even just personal ads. Four week timetables are weird for me. I get all excited when the turn comes in thinking I have way too much time till next turn runs. Then all of a sudden it's a rush to express mail or fax in turns without any time for the rest of the stuff. Just so you know, I am the quiet type. Not going to proclaim how great I am, real or imagined. Or be an attention whore and make it all about me. Like to observe and keep my comments to myself. Of course, that doesn't really fit well with so few teams playing. So I will try to make something written each turn. It's only fair as I can't be selfish and enjoy everyone else's raves and rants without contributing also. Albert, congrats on the DM throne even if it's a couple of turns late. Great to see you win and even better with the FE disadvantage. Tian Hu was... average in my opinion. You will see for yourself. Trout and Kiwi Connection II... sorry for your death. It wasn't a fair fight FE wise and probably not the best style match up either. I expected Cao Zheng to get another NPC. For some reason he kills fairly often but only 2 kills on NPCs. AB are hard to lose especially with some fights invested. With Deng Fei and Tian Hu graduated and hopefully Cao Zheng out soon this arena should be more "balanced." I am sorry for hogging all the top spots. Not really from skill or great fighters but from just more FE. I feel like a bully even though it isn't my intention. Now for the fun stuff. Deng Fei 19-9-4 11(10)-13(12)-9-17(16)-17-9-14(12) good endurance/good damage Master in parry and initiative Ad expert attack short sword favorite moderate/moderate parry learn lost original paperwork 20 years ago so no idea on total learns Tian Hu 18-7-2 11(10)-11-8-13-15-17-11(10) good damage Ad expert decisiveness> Expert initiative, riposte, attack great axe favorite moderate/low decisiveness learn lost paperwork on all my warriors 20 years ago I wrote an intro for myself in Snowbound arena 50 team spotlight last turn or two ago. I guess if you are really curious why this team that started from turn 1 shows up 20 years later is here you can look up that newsletter. These guys are my first Duel Master along with my first graduated AD warriors. I'll be running them in 100 where I fully expect to not win a single fight for at least 15 turns. They are average, maybe even a bit shitty. But they are my first so I will run them because... I guess because I never ran AD before. Feel free to pound them into the ground for being such bullies in this arena. Pec Killer Public Enemy 50 Wah Ching 52 Asian Invasion 54 GFE 81 * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * ---===SLOW ARENA NEWS===--- Duelmasters ----------- DM 8 ARKERS (turn 336): ZITHER of Z GLADIATORS (Z-Man, mgr.) DM 28 MORYA (turn 333): WHITE BECT of LE PENTARCHY (Le Pentarque, mgr.) DM 31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 330): OMBERT QURL of MIDDLE WAY 7 (Jorja, mgr.) DM 39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 287): TIMOR UNRED of THE MIDDLE WAY (Jorja, mgr.) DM 45 STORMCROWE (turn 309): STANDBY of ERRATA (JE, mgr.) DM 47 TEMPLE OF ABARSIS (turn 303): ACE OF BASE of ROYAL FLUSH (Crip, mgr.) DM 50 SNOWBOUND (turn 290): NASTY NES of PUBLICH ENEMY (Pec Killer, mgr.) DM 52 FRATSFA (turn 284): ZOUM LA BOUSE of BLOOD AND GUTS! (Le Pentarque, mgr.) DM 54 TROCAR (turn 268): CAO ZHEN of ASIAN INVASION (Pec Killer, mgr.) DM 59 ILLIS (turn 261): G W BUSH of TALL TALES (A-Sop, mgr.) DM 71 KYR'TERR (turn 237): GEROGE IGONO of THE ZOO (Jorja, mgr.) DM 72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 237): WHOLE of MILK IS GOOD (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.) DM 73 ERINIKA (turn 238): MRS POTATOE HEAD of DREW'S BOYS II (The Mun, mgr.) DM 83 TELORINTHE (turn 53): ACCORDION of OLDIES (Coach, mgr.) DM 106 CRYSALIS (turn 236): DUTCH TREAT of WORLDWIDE GORE (Crip, mgr.) Top Teams --------- DM 8 ARKERS (turn 336): SMITHSONIAN (Curator, mgr.) DM 28 MORYA (turn 333): THE DEATH LORDS (Widowmaker?, mgr.) DM 31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 330): AVENGERS (Huckle Cat?, mgr.) DM 39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 287): THE MIDDLE WAY (Jorja, mgr.) DM 45 STORMCROWE (turn 309): NORTHERN LIGHTS (Jorja, mgr.) DM 47 TEMPLE OF ABARSIS (turn 303): ALASKAN PIPELINE (Storm Lord, mgr.) DM 50 SNOWBOUND (turn 290): LIFE IMPACTS (Smitty, mgr.) DM 52 FRATSFA (turn 284): WAH CHING (Pec Killer, mgr.) DM 54 TROCAR (turn 268): ASIAN INVASION (Pec Killer, mgr.) DM 59 ILLIS (turn 261): TALL TALES (A-Sop, mgr.) DM 71 KYR'TERR (turn 237): THE ZOO (Jorja, mgr.) DM 72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 237): MIDDLE WAY 9 (Jorja, mgr.) DM 73 ERINIKA (turn 238): POSITION IS EMPTY DM 83 TELORINTHE (turn 53): PANTHEON (Master Darque, mgr.) DM 106 CRYSALIS (turn 236): CRYPTICS et al (Crip, mgr.) Recent Graduates ---------------- DM 8 ARKERS (turn 336): ZITHER of Z GLADIATORS (Z-Man, mgr.) DM 28 MORYA (turn 332): RENTAL CAR of EXPENSE ACCOUNT (Finance Manager, mgr.) VALERIAN of STEEL AND SILK (Michael Eldritch, mgr.) DM 47 TEMPLE OF ABARSIS (turn 303): SMOKEY BEAR of THE BEAR'S PAW (Kat, mgr.) (turn 302): PROWL of DARQUE FORCES (Master Darque, mgr.) EARVLING FLASH of FORCE OF WILL (Michael Eldritch, mgr.) DM 50 SNOWBOUND (turn 289): DURANGO KID of LIFE IMPACTS (Smitty, mgr.) DM 54 TROCAR (turn 257): DENG FEI of ASIAN INVASION (Pec Killer, mgr.) TIAN HU of ASIAN INVASION (Pec Killer, mgr.) DM 83 TELORINTHE (turn 51): ORRIE POLLAS of MIDDLE WAY 21 (Jorja, mgr.) SPY REPORT You elder fighters surely remember me. The younger ones may call me Olaf Modeen. I return to TROCAR once again! Woof! ASIAN INVASION were a bunch of dogs after TRADERS OF TROCAR got through with 'em! 2nd ain't so sweet as 1st! What's with ALLERDAE CHAN? She actually beat ASIAN INVASION's QIONG YING, and walked away with 10 more points from the fight. Major screwup at ASIAN INVASION. QIONG YING lost 6 points to ALLERDAE CHAN. Some new strategies, perhaps? Maybe QIONG YING will provide more easy wins... VENOMOUS CONCUBINE was reminded on the sands why CAO ZHENG is Duelmaster. Wouldn't it be nice to have live subjects to practice on? I hear some team is looking into the uses of convicted prisoners. No matter the time or place, men will always duel. A fighter's lot is filled with strife, revenge, and killing. Some fighters don't accept this. The best do. How long have I been here? I got people to see, places to go... Well, I'm pretty much through. You guys need to get back practicing. TROCAR is a nice place to live, but I don't like to live in nice places. I don't want to overstay my welcome...-- Olaf Modeen DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME CAO ZHENG 85 19 11 6 126 ASIAN INVASION (13) CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -ALBERT 2990 10 4 1 97 KIWI CONNECTION II (318) CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME ALLERDAE CHAN 3024 19 15 1 90 TRADERS OF TROCAR (252) CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME QIONG YING 1341 12 8 0 64 ASIAN INVASION (13) ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME WORZEEL 3083 7 4 0 49 TRADERS OF TROCAR (252) CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME TONG PAK FU 1747 2 4 0 33 ASIAN INVASION (13) INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME HARAZIM KOREH 3098 5 0 0 23 TRADERS OF TROCAR (252) LEVANDAR 3097 4 1 0 22 TRADERS OF TROCAR (252) ALINE TARAS 3094 4 4 0 19 TRADERS OF TROCAR (252) -LARCH 3091 1 3 0 6 KIWI CONNECTION II (318) ZHUGE LIANG 3100 0 1 0 1 ASIAN INVASION (13) ZUI BEI 3101 0 1 0 1 ASIAN INVASION (13) '-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn. THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge? TROUT 2991 7 6 0 KIWI CONNECTION 318 CAO ZHENG 85 267 PERSONAL ADS Deng Fei -- "Handily," it says. That's embarrassing. Maybe it's my style. -- Allerdae Chan Qiong Ying -- Nope, it was NOT Allerdae's style. It was her skills... or lack thereof. Ouch. -- Worzeel Tong Pak Fu -- You Asian guys don't give an inch, do you? Not that you should, I guess, but still. Good fight. -- Levandar P.S. They tell me I "needed" that loss, but I'm not seeing it. Lots of people graduate undefeated these days. I figure it's an effect of Small Arena Syndrome, you know? Trollbait? Who'd want to catch a troll? -- Aline Taras Larch -- Like the tree? Okay. Trees are good. -- Harazim Koreh LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS QIONG YING was devastated by ALLERDAE CHAN in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge fight. CAO ZHENG vanquished VENOMOUS CONCUBINE in a 1 minute uneven Title battle. WORZEEL subdued TONG PAK FU in a action packed 1 minute fight. ALINE TARAS bested GARNET THE WHIP in a 2 minute contest. HARAZIM KOREH defeated ZUI BEI in a 2 minute novice's fight. LEVANDAR bested ZHUGE LIANG in a 2 minute beginner's brawl. BATTLE REPORT MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS |FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT| |LUNGING ATTACK 3 PARRY-LUNGE 7 - 0 - 3 100 | |STRIKING ATTACK 3 LUNGING ATTACK 24 - 7 - 2 77 | |AIMED BLOW 3 TOTAL PARRY 10 - 3 - 0 77 | |PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 WALL OF STEEL 3 - 1 - 0 75 | |PARRY-LUNGE 0 STRIKING ATTACK 23 - 14 - 1 62 | |PARRY-STRIKE 0 SLASHING ATTACK 3 - 2 - 1 60 | |SLASHING ATTACK 0 AIMED BLOW 7 - 18 - 0 28 | |BASHING ATTACK 0 PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 - 4 - 0 20 | |TOTAL PARRY 0 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 0 - 0 0 | |WALL OF STEEL 0 BASHING ATTACK 0 - 1 - 0 0 | Turn 269 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 AIMED BLOW 1 - 2 4 LUNGING ATTACK STRIKING ATTACK 2 - 1 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 3 AIMED BLOW PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 0 3 STRIKING ATTACK PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 1 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE SLASHING ATTACK 0 - 0 BASHING ATTACK 0 - 0 TOTAL PARRY 0 - 0 WALL OF STEEL 0 - 0 TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME LUNGING ATTACK CAO ZHENG 85 19 11 6 126 ASIAN INVASION (13) AIMED BLOW ALLERDAE CHAN 3024 19 15 1 90 TRADERS OF TROCAR (252) STRIKING ATTACK WORZEEL 3083 7 4 0 49 TRADERS OF TROCAR (252) Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above. The overall popularity leader is ALLERDAE CHAN 3024. The most popular warrior this turn was HARAZIM KOREH 3098. The ten other most popular fighters were CAO ZHENG 85, WORZEEL 3083, ALINE TARAS 3094, LEVANDAR 3097, ALLERDAE CHAN 3024, TONG PAK FU 1747, ZHUGE LIANG 3100, QIONG YING 1341, ZUI BEI 3101, and 0. The least popular fighter this week was ZUI BEI 3101. The other ten least popular fighters were QIONG YING 1341, ZHUGE LIANG 3100, TONG PAK FU 1747, ALLERDAE CHAN 3024, LEVANDAR 3097, ALINE TARAS 3094, WORZEEL 3083, CAO ZHENG 85, HARAZIM KOREH 3098, and 0. The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn: CAO ZHENG (54-85) ASIAN INVASION (13) ALLERDAE CHAN (54-3024) TRADERS OF TROCAR (252)