DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER Date : 12/09/2011 Duedate: 01/05/2012 TROCAR ARENA DM-54 TURN-275 This Weeks Top Honors THE DUELMASTER IS WERE BEAR FERAL LEGION (314) (54-2967) [8-0-0,112] Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader WORZEEL WERE BEAR TRADERS OF TROCAR (252) FERAL LEGION (314) (54-3083) [12-5-1,90] (54-2967) [8-0-0,112] Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite WORZEEL WERE BEAR TRADERS OF TROCAR (252) FERAL LEGION (314) (54-3083) [12-5-1,90] (54-2967) [8-0-0,112] THE CURRENT TOP TEAM FERAL LEGION (314) TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team 1. FERAL LEGION (314) 36 2. ASIAN INVASION (13) 19 ASIAN INVASION (13) 3. KIWI CONNECTION II (318) 5 Unchartered Team 4. TRADERS OF TROCAR (252) 3 FERAL LEGION (314) The Top Teams Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K 1/ 1*FERAL LEGION (314) 27 8 3 77.1 1/ 3*FERAL LEGION (314) 8 1 0 2/ 2 ASIAN INVASION (13) 105 73 17 59.0 2/ 1 TRADERS OF TROCAR (252) 8 7 1 3/ 3 TRADERS OF TROCAR (252) 373 296 13 55.8 3/ 2 ASIAN INVASION (13) 7 8 0 4/ 4 KIWI CONNECTION II (318) 31 29 3 51.7 4/ 4 KIWI CONNECTION II (318) 4 6 0 '*' Unchartered team '-' Team did not fight this turn (###) Avoid teams by their Team Id ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank TEAM SPOTLIGHT * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * ---===SLOW ARENA NEWS===--- Duelmasters ----------- DM 8 ARKERS (turn 342): NORM QUESHA of MIDDLE WAY 11 (Jorja, mgr.) DM 28 MORYA (turn 339): TAXES of EXPENSE ACCOUNT (Finance Manager, mgr.) DM 31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 337): TERROR TWIN of ALL NIGHT LONG (?, mgr.) DM 39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 293): THE FALLEN ONE of DARQUE ANGELS (Master Darque, mgr.) DM 45 STORMCROWE (turn 315): ROSELYN of DARQUE FORCES (Master Darque, mgr.) DM 47 TEMPLE OF ABARSIS (turn 309): AGOSERIS of WARHAMMERS (Coyote, mgr) DM 50 SNOWBOUND (turn 296): RED ALERT of PUBLIC ENEMY (Pec Killer, mgr.) DM 52 FRATSFA (turn 290): ZOUM LA BOUSE of BLOOD AND GUTS! (Le Pentarque, mgr.) DM 54 TROCAR (turn 274): WERE BEAR of FERAL LEGION (Seraphim, mgr.) DM 59 ILLIS (turn 267): FAIRYFIRE of IMPROVED ILLUSION (Master Darque, mgr.) DM 71 KYR'TERR (turn 243): DIANGELIQUE of DARQUE FORCES V (Master Darque, mgr.) DM 72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 244): NAEFAN ORDH of MIDDLE WAY 9 (Jorja, mgr.) DM 73 ERINIKA (turn 244): BBIAB of H8 2 TXT (Sherlock, mgr.) DM 83 TELORINTHE (turn 59): SVEN of SUDDENLY, THE VAN (She-Puppy, mgr.) DM 106 CRYSALIS (turn 242): MOSGIEL of OTAGO HIGHLANDERS (The Mun, mgr.) Top Teams --------- DM 8 ARKERS (turn 342): MIDDLE WAY 11 (Jorja, mgr.) DM 28 MORYA (turn 339): EXPENSE ACCOUNT (Finance Manager, mgr.) DM 31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 337): NUMBERS GAME (Destitute Noble, mgr.) DM 39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 293): DARQUE ANGELS (Master Darque, mgr.) DM 45 STORMCROWE (turn 315): DARQUE FORCES (Master Darque, mgr.) DM 47 TEMPLE OF ABARSIS (turn 309): POSITION IS EMPTY DM 50 SNOWBOUND (turn 296): POSITION IS EMPTY DM 52 FRATSFA (turn 290): WAH CHING (Pec Killer, mgr.) DM 54 TROCAR (turn 274): TRADERS OF TROCAR (Jorja, mgr.) DM 59 ILLIS (turn 267): IMPROVED ILLUSION (Master Darque, mgr.) DM 71 KYR'TERR (turn 243): THE ZOO (Jorja, mgr.) DM 72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 244): BASH BROS SOCCER (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.) DM 73 ERINIKA (turn 244): H8 2 TXT (Sherlock, mgr.) DM 83 TELORINTHE (turn 59): BLACK LIGHTNING II (Dark Angel, mgr.) DM 106 CRYSALIS (turn 242): SPARF! et al (Crip, mgrs.) Recent Graduates ---------------- DM 47 TEMPLE OF ABARSIS (turn 309): TNT of PALINDROMES (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.) (turn 308): CHABAT of PAWN OF PROPHECY (Gentleben, mgr.) DM 50 SNOWBOUND (turn 294): NASTY NES of PUBLIC ENEMY (Pec Killer, mgr.) DM 52 FRATSFA (turn 290): HOT STUFF of PYROMANIA (Marma Duke, mgr.) DM 54 TROCAR (turn 273): ALBERT of KIWI CONNECTION (The Mun, mgr.) DM 59 ILLIS (turn 267): UNCLE FESTUS of TALL TALES (A-Sop, mgr.) DM 72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 243): ROMOR SAITH of MIDDLE WAY 9 (Jorja, mgr.) DM 73 ERINIKA (turn 242): STINKY PETE of DREW'S BOYS II (The Mun, mgr.) DM 83 TELORINTHE (turn 58): ACCORDION of OLDIES (Coach, mgr.) SPY REPORT It is I, Novgorodny Vir, Spymaster of Spymasters. Look on my work, ye mighty, and despair! TRADERS OF TROCAR? Who? FERAL LEGION is the top team these days, buddies! FERAL LEGION had cause to celebrate, after LYCANTHROPE got 15 points by beating ZHUGE LIANG. Win some, lose some. Speaking of which, LYCANTHROPE was winsome, after beating ZHUGE LIANG and seeing him lose 13 points. Those who hoped for a new Duelmaster were disappointed by WORZEEL, of TRADERS OF TROCAR, who despite a 12-5-1 couldn't overcome TROCAR's Number 1. Word has it one team in TROCAR is using psychics to predict wins. They lead a charmed life! A Zenmaster once told me, 'Does not the spinning wheel turn? And do not the little birds cry out?' Any ideas? Ah, the duel! The roar of the oppenent, the smell of the crowd! Oh hard! that to strike a flame, the match itself must needs be wasting! Do not think spyreporting in TROCAR is the highlight of my life. As if buffeted by forces of nature beyond my control, I must take my leave of this place. Like a mixed metaphor, and an overtaxed simile, I now bid TROCAR farewell-- Novgorodny Vir DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME WERE BEAR 2967 8 0 0 112 FERAL LEGION (314) CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME WORZEEL 3083 12 5 1 90 TRADERS OF TROCAR (252) QIONG YING 1341 13 13 0 87 ASIAN INVASION (13) TONG PAK FU 1747 6 6 1 73 ASIAN INVASION (13) CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -PRIMAL 3000 4 0 0 65 FERAL LEGION (314) LYCANTHROPE 2968 4 3 1 61 FERAL LEGION (314) ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME ZHUGE LIANG 3100 4 3 0 49 ASIAN INVASION (13) WERETIGER 2965 6 2 1 45 FERAL LEGION (314) GUAN UY 3108 3 1 0 39 ASIAN INVASION (13) HARAZIM KOREH 3098 9 2 0 36 TRADERS OF TROCAR (252) CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME LEVANDAR 3097 7 4 1 26 TRADERS OF TROCAR (252) ALINE TARAS 3094 6 8 0 26 TRADERS OF TROCAR (252) DESERT PEARL 3106 4 0 0 26 TRADERS OF TROCAR (252) TOTEMIC 3005 2 0 0 26 FERAL LEGION (314) INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME NGAWARI 3110 2 0 0 17 KIWI CONNECTION II (318) WYON 3103 0 2 0 10 KIWI CONNECTION II (318) DACRE 3104 2 3 0 9 KIWI CONNECTION II (318) DIAN WEI 3109 0 4 0 8 ASIAN INVASION (13) '-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn. THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge? ZUI BEI 3101 0 3 0 ASIAN INVASION 13 TISDALL 3099 271 REVENGED GRND 3107 0 1 0 KIWI CONNECTION 318 PRIEST OF AHRING 275 NONE TISDALL 3099 1 1 1 KIWI CONNECTION 318 TONG PAK FU 1747 272 PERSONAL ADS Qiong Ying -- Ah, little flower, allow me to take you away from all this! Or at least to feed you and ply you with wine? -- Worzeel Dian Wei -- I don't let strange men put their hands there, okay? Keep the mitts to yourself and we'll get along fine. -- Desert Pearl Primal -- It was probably some mathematical thing, right? My nine wins, your three, and you just... squared me. Ouch. I always thought of myself as the round type. -- Harazim Koreh Lycanthrope -- A werewolf! How terrifying. Ah... is it contagious? -- Aline Taras The Mage's Apprentice was wicked. Evil. I had to do it. The voices told me to. -- Levandar LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS GRND was butchered by PRIEST OF AHRINGOL in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight. WERE BEAR viciously subdued WORZEEL in a 2 minute brutal Title duel. QIONG YING handily defeated WILD-EYED FANATIC in a 2 minute one-sided match. ZHUGE LIANG lost to LYCANTHROPE in a 2 minute brawl. TONG PAK FU devastated HARAZIM KOREH in a 1 minute one-sided fight. WERETIGER subdued ALINE TARAS in a 1 minute competition. GUAN UY devastated LEVANDAR in a 1 minute one-sided duel. TOTEMIC devastated DACRE in a crowd pleasing 1 minute mismatched match. WYON was overpowered by DESERT PEARL in a 1 minute uneven melee. DIAN WEI lost to NGAWARI in a 2 minute gruesome duel. BATTLE REPORT MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS |FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT| |STRIKING ATTACK 6 PARRY-LUNGE 3 - 0 - 1 100 | |LUNGING ATTACK 5 LUNGING ATTACK 29 - 13 - 2 69 | |AIMED BLOW 3 SLASHING ATTACK 2 - 1 - 0 67 | |BASHING ATTACK 2 STRIKING ATTACK 27 - 16 - 2 63 | |SLASHING ATTACK 1 BASHING ATTACK 3 - 2 - 0 60 | |PARRY-STRIKE 1 AIMED BLOW 11 - 17 - 1 39 | |PARRY-LUNGE 0 TOTAL PARRY 0 - 0 - 0 0 | |PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 4 - 0 0 | |TOTAL PARRY 0 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 5 - 0 0 | |WALL OF STEEL 0 WALL OF STEEL 0 - 0 - 0 0 | Turn 275 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: SLASHING ATTACK 1 - 0 LUNGING ATTACK 2 - 3 4 LUNGING ATTACK STRIKING ATTACK 4 - 2 AIMED BLOW 1 - 2 3 STRIKING ATTACK BASHING ATTACK 1 - 1 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 3 AIMED BLOW PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 1 1 BASHING ATTACK PARRY-RIPOSTE 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 WERE BEAR 2967 8 0 0 112 FERAL LEGION (314) STRIKING ATTACK WORZEEL 3083 12 5 1 90 TRADERS OF TROCAR (252) AIMED BLOW ZHUGE LIANG 3100 4 3 0 49 ASIAN INVASION (13) BASHING ATTACK GUAN UY 3108 3 1 0 39 ASIAN INVASION (13) Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above. The overall popularity leader is WORZEEL 3083. The most popular warrior this turn was WERE BEAR 2967. The ten other most popular fighters were LYCANTHROPE 2968, TOTEMIC 3005, NGAWARI 3110, QIONG YING 1341, TONG PAK FU 1747, WERETIGER 2965, DESERT PEARL 3106, ALINE TARAS 3094, GUAN UY 3108, and DACRE 3104. The least popular fighter this week was DIAN WEI 3109. The other ten least popular fighters were WYON 3103, LEVANDAR 3097, HARAZIM KOREH 3098, ZHUGE LIANG 3100, WORZEEL 3083, GRND 3107, DACRE 3104, GUAN UY 3108, ALINE TARAS 3094, and DESERT PEARL 3106. 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. CIRBANE (3-3841) SORCERY COVENANT (52) MADE A COMBO (62-3896) WON AT POOL (401) TAKANOHANA (77-2569) SUMO BASHO (369) PAIN PART 1 (82-11616) LUROCIANS XIV (1687) 1101 (82-17779) MEDAL OF HONOR AA1 (2722) PUD 135 (82-22036) PUDS AGAIN 8 (3496) AMISTUM (82-26415) LBA: SPEILBURG FANS2 (4268) MORE COWBELL! (82-29315) BLAH TEAM 8 (4781) SILVER (82-30503) SUPERIOR FORCES 7402 (5001) HYPERMUX (82-32647) 121604Q (5387) BOND, JAMES BOND (82-36725) A VIEW TO A KILL (6066) R'AKA (82-37859) THE DREADLANDS (6285) PRISONER 007 (82-41051) DUNGEON CELL (6855) SPARKLY (82-41405) 012006E (6911) SEATTLE SLEW (82-41468) SUPERIOR HORSES II (6923) CATHARI (82-42267) 4604 SUPERIOR FORCES (7065) COFFEE GROUNDS (82-45801) ABSTRACTION (7691) Congrats to the grads. -- Green Eyes MAIL-IN TOURNEY LII ADM TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME RUBBER KNIFE 2038 (62-45-1) 5 3 0 USELESS TOOLS DENG FEI 84 (25-14-4) 0 2 0 ASIAN INVASION FRESHMEN TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME CAO ZHENG 85 (23-14-6) 4 3 0 ASIAN INVASION TIAN HU 417 (22-14-2) 1 3 0 ASIAN INVASION CHALLENGERS TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME QIONG YING 1341 (12-12-0) 0 2 0 ASIAN INVASION CHAMPIONS TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME ALBERT 2990 (13-5-1) 3 3 0 KIWI CONNECTION II ADEPTS TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME TONG PAK FU 1747 (4-6-1) 1 3 0 ASIAN INVASION INITIATES TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME ZHUGE LIANG 3100 (3-2-0) 2 3 0 ASIAN INVASION PRIMAL 3000 (3-0-0) 1 3 0 FERAL LEGION APPRENTICES TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME TOTEMIC 3005 (0-0-0) 2 3 0 FERAL LEGION DIAN WEI 3109 (0-2-0) 1 3 0 ASIAN INVASION GUAN UY 3108 (1-1-0) 0 2 0 ASIAN INVASION ROOKIES TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME WYON 3103 (0-0-0) 4 3 0 KIWI CONNECTION II DEAD CHALLENGERS TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME BUFFALO KNIGHT 2888 (6-5-1) 1 1 0 DEAD SPARF! INVISIBLE INK 2021 (3-4-0) 0 2 0 USELESS TOOLS DEAD ADEPTS TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME AN SHI RONG 514 (9-4-2) 2 3 0 ASIAN INVASION WANG YING 87 (6-3-0) 0 2 0 ASIAN INVASION DEAD APPRENTICES TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME ZUI BEI 3101 (0-3-0) 0 1 0 DEAD ASIAN INVASION BLOODGAMES at the WINTER FACE-TO-FACE Back by popular demand, we will be having Bloodgames at the Winter FTF! For those of you who always wanted the chance to manage the last warrior standing alive upon the arena sands, your day has come. At the end of the ten turns, even though several warriors, bruised and scarred, MAY yet live, only one will be crowned Champion of the Bloodgames. And in this game mere survival counts for little. A great general once said, "The object of battle is not to die for your cause, but to make your enemy die for his." This general would have greatly enjoyed the Duelmasters Bloodgames. There will be two different arenas: DM 96: for Face-to-Face attendees, with turn-by-turn strategies, and DM 97: for all managers, with one strategy for all ten rounds Gameplay proceeds according to standard DM rules, except for a few notable exceptions: BLOODGAMES ROLLUP -- Your Bloodgames team is ten warriors, one of each fighting style, each warrior designed from scratch! (All is 84 points, 3-21, as usual.) DEATH -- As the name implies, the Bloodgames will leave the arena sands somewhat darker before they're over. It's a dangerous sport intended only for the tough and spirited. The Arenamaster will be less likely to intercede on behalf of a dying warrior. Even at a 1 kill desire, kill attempts will occur. REPLACEMENTS AND ROLLUPS -- There will be no replacement characters. CHALLENGES AND STRATEGIES -- In DM 96, there no regular challenges, only bloodfeuds. For DM 97, warriors may not change their strategy from round to round (to make it fair for those who could not attend the F-t-F). There will be no DA challenges. TURN PROCESSING AND DUE DATES -- If you are not attending the FTF, we must have your rollups and strategies by Wednesday, January 11, else they are due by 9pm on Friday, at the hotel. The Bloodgames will process at the FTF with the regular tournament. MISSED TURNS -- All warriors fight each round. Only the dead may rest. ERRORS -- If we make an input error, that warrior will be awarded a win and kill. Errors must be reported before the next turn processes. NEWSLETTER -- Warriors are ranked according to their number of kills. Champions of Bloodgames may write a column for the newsletter at the end of the games. FEES -- A Bloodgames rollup costs a $10 set-up fee. Managers may roll up more than one team but may run only one team in each arena. The fee for all ten rounds is $49. AWARDS -- The Bloodgames last ten rounds. Only warriors who survive to the end of Turn 10 will be eligible for an award. However, a consolation award of a Bloodgames T-shirt will be awarded to the dead warrior with the most kills. The living warrior with the greatest number of kills will be the Bloodgames Champion. Bloodgames Victor titles, 2nd and 3rd place, and Bloodgames Runner-up titles, 4th through 6th place, will be awarded to those living warriors with the greatest number of kills at the end of Turn 10, with one other important consideration: Each of these six warriors must be of a different fighting style. Win/loss records and, if necessary, recognition points will only be used to determine awards if there is a tie. A Bloodgames T-shirts will be awarded to the manager of the team with the most kills. The Bloodgames Champion fights for free in Advanced Duelmasters, and all Champions and Victors earn Tournament Victor status, which allows them to challenge once per turn with increased priority. These awards last for six months. The manager of the Bloodgames Champion, Victors, and Runners-up will receive Bloodgames T-shirts. AFTERMATH -- Warriors from the Bloodgames may not transfer to any other arena. Once the games are over, the arena and teams will be disbanded. The fighters have won their freedom and will never more be seen in the gladiatorial games. A special bonus will, however, be awarded to the 1st through 3rd place warriors. Lady Sheila Greywand, of the Isle of the Eye, has consented to allow the top three surviving gladiators in each Bloodgames admission to the Advanced Duelmasters Games. Any special training required to qualify those three warriors for Advanced Duelmasters combat will be conducted before transfer into A.D. Astute managers will note that this means a slim, but possible chance that a warrior designed from scratch will survive the Bloodgames, win one of the top three places, and go on to glory in A.D. That warrior could be yours! The challenge is yours to take. The final plans are yours to make. When the dust settles, remember: To the victor goes the spoils!