DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER
Date : 01/06/2012 Duedate: 02/02/2012
TROCAR ARENA
DM-54 TURN-276
This Weeks Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
WERE BEAR
FERAL LEGION (314)
(54-2967) [9-0-0,114]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
WORZEEL WERE BEAR
TRADERS OF TROCAR (252) FERAL LEGION (314)
(54-3083) [13-5-1,94] (54-2967) [9-0-0,114]
Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite
WORZEEL DACRE
TRADERS OF TROCAR (252) KIWI CONNECTION II (318)
(54-3083) [13-5-1,94] (54-3104) [3-3-0,26]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
FERAL LEGION (314)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. KIWI CONNECTION II (318) 60
2. FERAL LEGION (314) 11 ASIAN INVASION (13)
3. TRADERS OF TROCAR (252) 8 Unchartered Team
4. ASIAN INVASION (13) -13
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) 29 8 3 78.4 1/ 1*FERAL LEGION (314) 10 1 0
2/ 2 ASIAN INVASION (13) 105 78 17 57.4 2/ 2 TRADERS OF TROCAR (252) 7 8 1
3/ 3 TRADERS OF TROCAR (252) 376 298 13 55.8 3/ 4 KIWI CONNECTION II (318) 6 6 1
4/ 4 KIWI CONNECTION II (318) 35 29 4 54.7 4/ 3 ASIAN INVASION (13) 6 9 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
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DM 8 ARKERS (turn 343): NORM QUESHA of MIDDLE WAY 11 (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 28 MORYA (turn 340): PYRITE of STEEL AND SILK (Michael Eldritch, mgr.)
DM 31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 338): PANCAKES of KAOS II (Grimm, mgr.)
DM 39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 294): THE FALLEN ONE of DARQUE ANGELS (Master Darque, mgr.)
DM 45 STORMCROWE (turn 316): ROSELYN of DARQUE FORCES (Master Darque, mgr.)
DM 47 TEMPLE OF ABARSIS (turn 310): EUREKA PRIDE of ALASKAN PIPELINE (Storm Lord)
DM 50 SNOWBOUND (turn 297): 4-H of LIFE IMPACTS (Coach, mgr.)
DM 52 FRATSFA (turn 291): ZOUM LA BOUSE of BLOOD AND GUTS! (Le Pentarque, mgr.)
DM 54 TROCAR (turn 275): WERE BEAR of FERAL LEGION (Seraphim, mgr.)
DM 59 ILLIS (turn 268): HARVEY of IMPROVED ILLUSION (Master Darque, mgr.)
DM 71 KYR'TERR (turn 244): DIANGELIQUE of DARQUE FORCES V (Master Darque, mgr.)
DM 72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 245): NAEFAN ORDH of MIDDLE WAY 9 (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 73 ERINIKA (turn 245): BBIAB of H8 2 TXT (Sherlock, mgr.)
DM 83 TELORINTHE (turn 60): VODI of OLLIS HEROES (Omega, mgr.)
DM 106 CRYSALIS (turn 243): DUTCH TREAT of WORLDWIDE GORE (Crip, mgr.)
Top Teams
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DM 8 ARKERS (turn 343): MIDDLE WAY 11 (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 28 MORYA (turn 340): DODGE BULLETS (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 338): AVENGERS (Huckle Cat?, mgr.)
DM 39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 294): DARQUE ANGELS (Master Darque, mgr.)
DM 45 STORMCROWE (turn 316): DARQUE FORCES (Master Darque, mgr.)
DM 47 TEMPLE OF ABARSIS (turn 310): PALINDROMES (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.)
DM 50 SNOWBOUND (turn 297): THE MYRMIDONS (Sigurd Fafnisbane, mgr.)
DM 52 FRATSFA (turn 291): PYROMANIA (Marma Duke, mgr.)
DM 54 TROCAR (turn 275): FERAL LEGION (Seraphim, mgr.)
DM 59 ILLIS (turn 268): IMPROVED ILLUSION (Master Darque, mgr.)
DM 71 KYR'TERR (turn 244): THE ZOO (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 245): MIDDLE WAY 9 (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 73 ERINIKA (turn 245): H8 2 TXT (Sherlock, mgr.)
DM 83 TELORINTHE (turn 60): OLDIES (Coach, mgr.)
DM 106 CRYSALIS (turn 243): SPARF! et al (Crip, mgrs.)
Recent Graduates
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DM 28 MORYA (turn 340): PYRITE of STEEL AND SILK (Michael Eldritch, mgr.)
DM 39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 294): THE FALLEN ONE of DARQUE ANGELS (Master Darque, mgr.)
DM 47 TEMPLE OF ABARSIS (turn 310): RACECAR of PALINDROMES (Assurnasirbanipal)
AGOSERIS of WARHAMMERS (Coyote, mgr)
(turn 309): TNT of PALINDROMES (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.)
DM 50 SNOWBOUND (turn 297): BULLDOG of LIFE IMPACTS (Coach, mgr.)
DM 52 FRATSFA (turn 291): 451 DEGREES of PYROMANIA (Marma Duke, mgr.)
(turn 290): HOT STUFF of PYROMANIA (Marma Duke, mgr.)
DM 59 ILLIS (turn 267): UNCLE FESTUS of TALL TALES (A-Sop, mgr.)
SPY REPORT
Thankyouthankyou. It's great for me, The Unknown Spymaster to be back in
TROCAR. Hope you enjoy the show. Oh, who am I kidding? I already got paid! Hey
everybody, watch out for WYON, who flew up 20 points in the rankings after mashing
DESERT PEARL like a melon. Keep your eye on this gal. And falling like a basher in
the top ten was DESERT PEARL, who dropped 13 points after a disappointing (to say the
least) bout with WYON. Our battling duelmaster WERE BEAR has managed to hold the
title, fending off TONG PAK FU's none too subtle advances. Better luck next time,
ASIAN INVASION. 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 TROCAR arena.
Death is kind of like a new puppy: he's always around wanting to play. (Ha
Zontani, how's that for a wise saying?). Remember: alliances are great, but try and
take your ally in the arena with you and see what happens.
Well, there's the manager of the TROCAR giving me the 'cut' sign (or is that
'They're going to strangle you in the alley?). C'mon, Leadfoot, let's make some
tracks. Its been fun, and I'm sure you enjoyed it (boos). Now that I've got you
worked up for Snide Clemens, I'll be leaving-- The Unknown Spymaster
DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
WERE BEAR 2967 9 0 0 114 FERAL LEGION (314)
CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
WORZEEL 3083 13 5 1 94 TRADERS OF TROCAR (252)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
QIONG YING 1341 13 14 0 85 ASIAN INVASION (13)
TONG PAK FU 1747 6 7 1 77 ASIAN INVASION (13)
LYCANTHROPE 2968 5 3 1 70 FERAL LEGION (314)
CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-PRIMAL 3000 4 0 0 65 FERAL LEGION (314)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
HARAZIM KOREH 3098 10 2 0 49 TRADERS OF TROCAR (252)
-WERETIGER 2965 6 2 1 45 FERAL LEGION (314)
ZHUGE LIANG 3100 4 4 0 43 ASIAN INVASION (13)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
WYON 3103 1 2 0 30 KIWI CONNECTION II (318)
LEVANDAR 3097 8 4 1 29 TRADERS OF TROCAR (252)
GUAN UY 3108 3 2 0 29 ASIAN INVASION (13)
ALINE TARAS 3094 6 9 0 27 TRADERS OF TROCAR (252)
DACRE 3104 3 3 0 26 KIWI CONNECTION II (318)
-TOTEMIC 3005 2 0 0 26 FERAL LEGION (314)
NGAWARI 3110 3 0 1 25 KIWI CONNECTION II (318)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
DENMARK 3117 1 0 0 15 KIWI CONNECTION II (318)
DESERT PEARL 3106 4 1 0 13 TRADERS OF TROCAR (252)
DIAN WEI 3109 0 5 0 9 ASIAN INVASION (13)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
TROLLBAIT 0 0 0 NGAWARI 3110 276 NONE
TISDALL 3099 1 1 1 KIWI CONNECTION 318 TONG PAK FU 1747 272 NOT REVENGED
PERSONAL ADS
We salute the tourney participants. -- Jorja and the Traders of Trocar
Were Bear -- Nobody told me I'd be fighting BEARS. How can they expect me to fight
bears? It's unreasonable. -- Worzeel
Tong Pak Fu -- This is worse than KUNG fu! Ouch ouch ouch. -- Harazim Koreh
Weretiger -- First bears, and now tigers. It's a darned ZOO in here. -- Aline Taras
Guan Uy -- Guan and devastate someone else, okay? -- Levandar
Wyon -- That's a name? I thought it was a question. One of those all-purpose ones
that covers everything, you know? -- Desert Pearl
P.S. I'm glad you aren't a question, because I don't have any answers.
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
WERE BEAR bested TONG PAK FU in a crowd pleasing 1 minute Title fight.
WORZEEL won victory over QIONG YING in a 1 minute battle.
LYCANTHROPE handily defeated ZHUGE LIANG in a 1 minute one-sided match.
GUAN UY was vanquished by HARAZIM KOREH in a 1 minute mismatched brawl.
DESERT PEARL was overpowered by WYON in a 1 minute one-sided fight.
LEVANDAR viciously subdued DIAN WEI in a 1 minute gruesome brawl.
ALINE TARAS was narrowly defeated by DACRE in a exciting 3 minute bloody struggle.
NGAWARI easily killed TROLLBAIT in a 1 minute uneven fight.
DENMARK vanquished PRETTY LERONA in a 1 minute uneven duel.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|LUNGING ATTACK 5 PARRY-LUNGE 2 - 0 - 0 100 |
|STRIKING ATTACK 4 SLASHING ATTACK 4 - 1 - 1 80 |
|AIMED BLOW 3 LUNGING ATTACK 31 - 13 - 2 70 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 2 STRIKING ATTACK 26 - 17 - 2 60 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 1 BASHING ATTACK 3 - 3 - 0 50 |
|BASHING ATTACK 1 AIMED BLOW 11 - 18 - 1 38 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 0 TOTAL PARRY 0 - 0 - 0 0 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 5 - 0 0 |
|TOTAL PARRY 0 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 5 - 0 0 |
|WALL OF STEEL 0 WALL OF STEEL 0 - 0 - 0 0 |
Turn 276 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 5 - 0 AIMED BLOW 1 - 2 4 LUNGING ATTACK
SLASHING ATTACK 2 - 0 STRIKING ATTACK 1 - 3 4 AIMED BLOW
PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 3 STRIKING ATTACK
PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 1
PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 0
BASHING ATTACK 0 - 1
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 9 0 0 114 FERAL LEGION (314)
STRIKING ATTACK WORZEEL 3083 13 5 1 94 TRADERS OF TROCAR (252)
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 DACRE 3104. The ten other most popular fighters were LYCANTHROPE 2968, LEVANDAR
3097, WERE BEAR 2967, TONG PAK FU 1747, WORZEEL 3083, HARAZIM KOREH 3098, WYON 3103,
ALINE TARAS 3094, QIONG YING 1341, and NGAWARI 3110.
The least popular fighter this week was DIAN WEI 3109. The other ten least popular
fighters were DESERT PEARL 3106, GUAN UY 3108, ZHUGE LIANG 3100, DENMARK 3117,
NGAWARI 3110, QIONG YING 1341, ALINE TARAS 3094, WYON 3103, HARAZIM KOREH 3098, and
WORZEEL 3083.
NAME CHANGE-O-RAMA
The crowd was surprisingly orderly, but it was still a crowd, and the Commission
clerk, Algernon, looked at it uneasily. Whenever this many people came together to
petition for something, it meant trouble. For him, anyway. Records to be altered.
Altering records was Bad. It made Extra Work.
His assistant clerk leaned close and whispered, "If it weren't for gladiators, we
wouldn't have jobs. Smile at them and ask what they want."
Algernon closed his eyes briefly. Looking at this crowd made him dizzy. They
were all wearing black and white stripes. Like a herd of zebras, except that zebras
didn't carry swords. Then he took a deep breath and managed a smile. "What... ah,
what can I do for you?"
"We want new names," the first gladiator said. There was a number on the front
of his shirt: 0381. He thumped the number with his thumb. "This here isn't a
name--"
"We want REAL names!" That voice came from farther back in the crowd.
"Yeah! We've paid our dues," another shouted, "and we've EARNED real names!"
One from the very back yelled, "I want to be called Tom."
All the others turned to look at him.
Algernon couldn't see him, but apparently those looks were accusing. Well, he
could understand that, "Tom" was such a... common name.
"My mom called me Tom," the voice in the back protested. "It's a good name."
"It isn't the name you put on the petition," 0381 said. "We talked about this.
We got our manager's agreement. You get the name on the petition."
"But--!"
Algernon didn't really want to keep staring at all these stripes while they
argued. He picked up the petition. "These names are the ones you want?"
0381 turned back. "Yes."
"It's a lot of trouble, and when other people see that YOU are getting name
changes, THEY are going to want them--" Seeing the gladiators beginning to frown...
and finger their weapons, he went on quickly, "So I figure we might as well make it a
complete deal. A Name-Change-O-Rama. Everyone who wants a name change can petition
for it. Get it all over with at once." He glanced at the petition, shuddered
slightly, and passed it to his clerk. "We'll announce it, proclaim it, even, and you
will get the names on this petition. And others will get the names THEY think they
should have had, too." He paused. "And I think I'll get a new name, I'm tired of
being an Algernon...."
* * * * *
Warrior and team name changes will be accepted during the month of February. If
you have names you want to change, please contact Customer Service. -- RSI
"DARK ARENA" -- The Novel
For centuries, the Shagornan Elves have been forced to live underground.
Human invaders, the Delarquans, burned their forests, sparking a war of elven
annihilation. The elders told tales that when the Delarquans marched to war
against the elves, the land itself bled as they passed. Since the war, the
elves have dwindled with every passing year, while the humans multiply like
rodents across the land of Alastari.
Now, the Delarquans have disappeared. Some say they departed, others indicate
it.s a ruse, but there have been whispered rumors of another greater threat
looming in the region. Khyron of the Shagornan Elves has been tasked to
determine the cause, realizing that failure is probable and at the end of the
road death could be the only reward.
Khyron has known only the safety of the caves, but now he must journey to the
world above...the World with No Ceiling.
Throughout the years, many fine writers have played Duelmasters/Duel II and have
contributed greatly to the history and background of the world of Alastari. One very
intense period, during the early '90's, was during the Rocanis War, when authors from
both the Delarquan and Free Blades arenas collaborated on writing the history of the
invasion of the arena-city of Rocanis. Mark Manley (aka Grimwood) is a long-time
manager in Rocanis, and was one of the writers who contributed so much to this
history. Over the subsequent years, he has worked to bring his novelization to life
and make the story of the War and the preceding events which led to it available to
the greater public. Many Rocanis legends appear in the book: Itoz Trollbane,
Sandstorm, and others. The novel is a treat to read--even more so if you are familiar
with the game!
If you're interested in purchasing a copy of the book, here are links:
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Dark-Arena-Mark-G-
Manley/dp/1936127598/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1319631863&sr=1-2
Barnes & Noble: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/dark-arena-mark-
manley/1105609584?ean=2940011494659&itm=2&usri=dark%2barena
Treble Heart Books: http://www.trebleheartbooks.com/WDManley.html
Mark Manley is planning to attend the upcoming Winter Face-to-Face in Tempe, and has
offered a special prize to the winner of the Rookies and Primus tournaments: An
autographed copy of Dark Arena, autographed by the author, the artist, and the RSI
staff! In addition, as a special prize, the top up-and-coming tournament manager will
also receive an autographed copy! Mark will have copies of Dark Arena available at
the tournament, and as a special bonus, each copy of Dark Arena sold at the FTF will
include one new team rollup! We hope that many of you can venture to Tempe to
participate in the Face-to-Face, compete in the tournament, and congratulate Mark in
person on his achievement!