DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER Date : 08/01/2013 Duedate: 08/14/2013 ROCANIS ARENA DM-56 TURN-591 This Weeks Top Honors THE DUELMASTER IS MEECHAM MEN OF STEEL (131) (56-4378) [8-4-1,86] Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader MEECHAM SERGEANT 1 MEN OF STEEL (131) MEDAL OF HONOR A11 (456) (56-4378) [8-4-1,86] (56-4404) [5-0-0,47] Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite GASTON IPPS DROXINE MIDDLE WAY 20 (435) TREXTRAS (449) (56-4306) [12-25-0,61] (56-4298) [8-8-0,72] THE CURRENT TOP TEAM MEDAL OF HONOR A11 (456) TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team 1. THEM (433) 31 2. MEN OF STEEL (131) 24 TREXTRAS (449) 3. MEDAL OF HONOR A11 (456) 11 Unchartered Team 4. TREXTRAS (449) 11 5. MIDDLE WAY 20 (435) -6 MEDAL OF HONOR A11 (456) The Top Teams Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K 1/ 1*MEDAL OF HONOR A11 (456) 16 7 1 69.6 1/ 1*MEDAL OF HONOR A11 (456) 10 3 1 2/ 2 TREXTRAS (449) 13 12 0 52.0 2/ 2 MIDDLE WAY 20 (435) 8 7 0 3/ 3 MIDDLE WAY 20 (435) 334 322 6 50.9 3/ 3 MEN OF STEEL (131) 5 5 1 4/ 4 THEM (433) 119 116 10 50.6 4/ 4 THEM (433) 4 1 0 5/ 5 MEN OF STEEL (131) 190 218 28 46.6 5/ 5 TREXTRAS (449) 2 2 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+-----]|%{ * ---===FREE BLADES REGIONAL NEWS===--- Duelmasters ----------- DM 9 ZUKAL (turn 726): SCALES of SERPENTS HOLD 3 (Khisanth, mgr.) DM 12 RIZTAB (turn 729): AESARA of DREAMERS (Sleepy, mgr.) DM 13 DULLENS (turn 689): BOUTTE of ARCANE ROYALTY (Destitute Noble, mgr.) DM 15 MALCORN (turn 723): DUSKBLOOD PUDDING of SHEWISH BUFFET (One Armed Bandit) DM 16 WILLAF (turn 726): WELL DON of GARBAGE PAIL KIDS (Kharadmon, mgr.) DM 17 ALJAFIR (turn 716): JIMI APPENDIX of BODY OF MUSIC (Howlin' Wolf, mgr.) DM 19 ZUWAYZA (turn 718): DOTTLE of VISIONS V2 (Tolbin, mgr.) DM 28 MORYA (turn 361): TALISMAN of MAGICAL MADNESS (Dameon Darkheart, mgr.) DM 29 LAPUR (turn 715): CAIRRAIG AMADAN of CLAN CROW (Owsly, mgr.) DM 31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 359): POSITION IS EMPTY DM 32 ARVAT (turn 711): OBLITERATION of ANGELS OF PAIN (The Dark One, mgr.) DM 33 NIATOLI ISLAND (turn 708): DIGITALIS of OBSIDIAN HALL (Dameon Darkheart, mgr) DM 35 MURSKA (turn 700): FURIOUS FROGPALER of BATTLE FROGS (Grimm, mgr.) DM 43 VEASTIAN (turn 659): KHARIJANH of THE FAMILY (Jorja, mgr.) DM 45 STORMCROWE (turn 336): ROSELYN of DARQUE FORCES (Master Darque, mgr.) DM 47 NORTH FORK (turn 330): LEGION of LUROCIAN DEVILS (The Greek Guy, mgr.) DM 50 SNOWBOUND (turn 317): C IS FOR COOKIE of OPEN SESAME (Crip, mgr.) DM 56 ROCANIS (turn 590): MERVIN OLDES of MIDDLE WAY WO (Jorja, mgr.) DM 60 ARADI (turn 725): DAISY DAWG of RED DOG GANG (Jorja, mgr.) DM 61 JURINE (turn 557): ZENSU LASAGNA of SHEWISH BUFFET (One Armed Bandit) DM 65 DAL SHANG (turn 552): LORAND TEN SORN of SAND DANCERS (Jorja, mgr.) DM 73 ERINIKA (turn 266): R.S.I. of ALPHABET SOUP (Crip?, mgr.) DM 74 DAYLA KIV (turn 513): GEORGE PETERSON of MEDAL OF HONOR (The Anarchist, mgr) DM 75 JADE MOUNTAIN (turn 507): ANDA of FALSE OVERTURES (Guido, mgr.) DM 78 LIN TIRIAN (turn 499): MONSTER MASH of SHEWISH BUFFET (One Armed Bandit) ADM 103 FREE BLADES (turn 616): GIMME SOME SUGAR of ARMY OF DARKNESS (The Dark One) Top Teams --------- DM 9 ZUKAL (turn 727): SERPENTS HOLD 3 (Khisanth, mgr.) DM 12 RIZTAB (turn 729): DREAMERS (Sleepy, mgr.) DM 13 DULLENS (turn 689): CARDOW HUNTERS (Jorja, mgr.) DM 15 MALCORN (turn 723): POSITION IS EMPTY DM 16 WILLAF (turn 726): GOLDEN GLADIATORS (Midas, mgr.) DM 17 ALJAFIR (turn 717): BODY OF MUSIC (Howlin' Wolf, mgr.) DM 19 ZUWAYZA (turn 718): MAN OR BEAST? (The Dark One, mgr.) DM 28 MORYA (turn 361): EXPENSE ACCOUNT (Finance Manager, mgr.) DM 29 LAPUR (turn 715): SHADOWMIST (Tolbin, mgr.) DM 31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 359): MILITARY MAYHEM (Crip, mgr.) DM 32 ARVAT (turn 711): THE WALKING DEAD (Deep Thought, mgr.) DM 33 NIATOLI ISLAND (turn 708): KNIGHTS OF LEGEND (?, mgr.) DM 35 MURSKA (turn 700): SOUND (Trim, mgr.) DM 43 VEASTIAN (turn 659): THE FAMILY (Jorja, mgr.) DM 45 STORMCROWE (turn 336): DARQUE FORCES (Master Darque, mgr.) DM 47 NORTH FORK (turn 330): ERRATA! (JE, mgr.) DM 50 SNOWBOUND (turn 317): LIFE IMAPACTS (Smitty, mgr.) DM 56 ROCANIS (turn 590): MEDAL OF HONOR Z11 (The Anarchist, mgr.) DM 60 ARADI (turn 575): RED DOG GANG (Spot, mgr.) DM 61 JURINE (turn 557): MIDDLE WAY 16 (Jorja, mgr.) DM 65 DAL SHANG (turn 552): SAND DANCERS (Jorja, mgr.) DM 73 ERINIKA (turn 266): WORLD WIDE GORE (Crip, mgr.) DM 74 DAYLA KIV (turn 513): TOLBINS LADIES (Tolbin, mgr.) DM 75 JADE MOUNTAIN (turn 507): FALSE OVERTURES (Guido, mgr.) DM 78 LIN TIRIAN (turn 499): MEDAL OF HONOR Z2 (The Anarchist, mgr.) ADM 103 FREE BLADES (turn 616): DIRT DEVILS et al (The Dark One, mgr.) Recent Graduates ----------------- DM 9 ZUKAL (turn 727): BARELY LEGAL of IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY (The Dark One, mgr.) DM 12 RIZTAB (turn 729): AESARA of DREAMERS (Sleepy, mgr.) DM 15 MALCORN (turn 723): VARICK of TERMINUS (Carick, mgr.) DM 16 WILLAF (turn 726): GOLDPLATED of GOLDEN GLADIATORS (Midas, mgr.) DM 19 ZUWAYZA (turn 718): GRAVITRON of THE MOTHERSHIP CC (Floyd, mgr.) DM 28 MORYA (turn 360): CAPEX of EXPENSE ACCOUNT (Finance Manager, mgr.) DM 29 LAPUR (turn 714): CALYPSO of BOHICA (Scruffy Puff, mgr.) DM 31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 359): THRALL of THE STORM REAVERS (?, mgr.) (turn 358): KATANA of AVENGERS (Huckle Cat, mgr.) DM 33 NIATOLI ISLAND (turn 709):FROGGY FOO-FOO of BATTLE FROGS S01 (Grimm, mgr.) KARINIRINA of THE SEWING CIRCLE (Jorja, mgr.) (turn 707): FLOUR CHILD of BAD BREAD (The Baker, mgr) PANDORA of OBSIDIAN HALL (Dameon Darkheart, mgr.) DM 35 MURSKA (turn 700): SMILE WAFFLE of HAPPY FUN TIME (Floyd, mgr.) DM 45 STORMCROWE (turn 336): ROSELYN of DARQUE FORCES (Master Darque, mgr.) DM 47 NORTH FORK (turn 329): FRASIER of CHEERS (Otis, mgr.) DM 50 SNOWBOUND (turn 316): 4-H of LIFE IMPACTS (Smitty, mgr.) DM 56 ROCANIS (turn 589): GERHART ERVIN of MIDDLE WAY WO (Jorja, mgr.) DM 60 ARADI (turn 723): CHOPPED RABBIT of UNNAMEABLES (Howlin' Wolf, mgr.) DM 73 ERINIKA (turn 265): FRISBEE of FOUND IN THE SAND (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.) DM 75 JADE MOUNTAIN (turn 507): ANDA of FALSE OVERTURES (Guido, mgr.) (turn 506): LING of FALSE OVERTURES (Guido, mgr.) DM 78 LIN TIRIAN (turn 498): STEAMED MUSCLES of SHEWISH BUFFET (One Armed Bandit) SPY REPORT The sages err'd not in their foretelling of a god descending upon ROCANIS, for I, Novgorodny Vir, have returned! Say what you will about blind luck and dirty fighting, but THEM will tell you 119-116-10 is nothing to laugh at... MEDAL OF HONOR A11 had cause to celebrate, after SERGEANT 1 got 21 points by beating NIGHT CRAWLER. Win some, lose some. Speaking of which, SERGEANT 1 was winsome, after beating NIGHT CRAWLER and seeing him lose 18 points. Now I can't insult MEECHAM, as he has gloriously dueled to the top. Oh great new Duelmaster!!! (Stop me if I lay it on too thick) Word has it one team in ROCANIS is using psychics to predict wins. They lead a charmed life! My mother wished me to avoid conflict, and seek the gentle trade of Spyreporter. But warriors aren't supposed to avoid fights! Like the wind whispering among the pines, do hearest I many disquieting rumors. Justice was served as SFC 1 fought JIMMY THE HAND in bloodfeud. Well done, MEDAL OF HONOR A11! Oh hard! that to strike a flame, the match itself must needs be wasting! Leave me now, you base fools! Keep those sands bloody and the buzzards fat! Can anything compare to the pleasure of writing Spyreports for ROCANIS? On that giddy note I take my leave-- Novgorodny Vir DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME MEECHAM 4378 8 4 1 86 MEN OF STEEL (131) CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME MERVIN OLDES 4326 17 16 1 75 MIDDLE WAY 20 (435) FERRIA HOUGH 4345 15 14 1 75 MIDDLE WAY 20 (435) DROXINE 4298 8 8 0 72 TREXTRAS (449) CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME GASTON IPPS 4306 12 25 0 61 MIDDLE WAY 20 (435) ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME DENNA FEYL 4350 14 14 0 56 MIDDLE WAY 20 (435) LANGOLIER 4356 6 2 1 55 THEM (433) JIM DASHER 4319 4 4 0 50 MEN OF STEEL (131) SERGEANT 1 4404 5 0 0 47 MEDAL OF HONOR A11 (456) -TAMOON 4360 3 1 0 42 TREXTRAS (449) SFC 1 4408 4 0 0 34 MEDAL OF HONOR A11 (456) CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME NIGHT CRAWLER 4355 3 2 0 27 THEM (433) CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -ZARABETH 4295 2 1 0 24 TREXTRAS (449) INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME PIRHANA 4398 2 2 0 22 THEM (433) BUGS 4409 1 1 0 21 THEM (433) JIMMY THE HAND 4419 1 1 1 20 MEN OF STEEL (131) SERGEANT 2 4407 3 2 0 19 MEDAL OF HONOR A11 (456) GOBLIN 4397 2 3 0 13 THEM (433) PRIVATE 4 4420 2 1 0 7 MEDAL OF HONOR A11 (456) NICHOLAS 4422 0 2 0 2 MEN OF STEEL (131) HOUSTON FARMER 4428 0 1 0 1 MIDDLE WAY 20 (435) '-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn. THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge? SERGEANT 3 4405 2 2 1 MEDAL OF HONOR A 456 JIMMY THE HAND 4419 590 JUST REVENGED TRELAINE 4296 0 1 0 TREXTRAS 449 VEL STEELWIND 591 NONE PERSONAL ADS Meecham -- Experience gives me an edge. -- Gerhart Ervin, glad to be leaving on a win And for the rest, an unimpressive two-two. What the heck was Gaston doing losing to the Kung-Fu Master? Ferria beat him, why not Gaston? -- Mervin Oldes LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS TRELAINE was butchered by VEL STEELWIND in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight. MERVIN OLDES was bested by MEECHAM in a action packed 1 minute one-sided Title duel. FERRIA HOUGH savagely defeated KUNG-FU MASTER in a crowd pleasing 3 minute duel. DROXINE savagely defeated DENNA FEYL in a crowd pleasing 4 minute veteran's fight. GASTON IPPS lost to LANGOLIER in a exciting 2 minute mismatched fight. NIGHT CRAWLER was devastated by SERGEANT 1 in a 1 minute one-sided competition. JIM DASHER handily defeated SERGEANT 2 in a 1 minute uneven melee. SFC 1 won victory over JIMMY THE HAND in a popular 3 minute duel. GOBLIN unbelievably bested NICHOLAS in a popular 3 minute gory duel. PIRHANA overpowered HOUSTON FARMER in a popular 1 minute brutal one-sided melee. BUGS demolished PRIVATE 4 in a 2 minute mismatched competition. BATTLE REPORT MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS |FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT| |LUNGING ATTACK 5 PARRY-STRIKE 5 - 2 - 0 71 | |SLASHING ATTACK 4 SLASHING ATTACK 21 - 9 - 2 70 | |TOTAL PARRY 3 LUNGING ATTACK 23 - 14 - 0 62 | |AIMED BLOW 2 WALL OF STEEL 6 - 4 - 0 60 | |STRIKING ATTACK 2 TOTAL PARRY 12 - 9 - 1 57 | |PARRY-STRIKE 1 PARRY-LUNGE 5 - 5 - 0 50 | |PARRY-LUNGE 1 STRIKING ATTACK 3 - 3 - 0 50 | |BASHING ATTACK 1 AIMED BLOW 6 - 7 - 1 46 | |WALL OF STEEL 1 BASHING ATTACK 8 - 15 - 0 35 | |PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 0 - 0 0 | Turn 591 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 LUNGING ATTACK 2 - 3 2 SLASHING ATTACK TOTAL PARRY 3 - 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 1 2 TOTAL PARRY AIMED BLOW 1 - 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 0 1 WALL OF STEEL SLASHING ATTACK 2 - 2 BASHING ATTACK 0 - 1 1 AIMED BLOW STRIKING ATTACK 1 - 1 WALL OF STEEL 0 - 1 1 BASHING ATTACK 1 PARRY-LUNGE 1 STRIKING ATTACK 1 LUNGING ATTACK 1 PARRY-STRIKE TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME SLASHING ATTACK MEECHAM 4378 8 4 1 86 MEN OF STEEL (131) WALL OF STEEL MERVIN OLDES 4326 17 16 1 75 MIDDLE WAY 20 (435) TOTAL PARRY FERRIA HOUGH 4345 15 14 1 75 MIDDLE WAY 20 (435) LUNGING ATTACK SERGEANT 1 4404 5 0 0 47 MEDAL OF HONOR A11 (456) Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above. The overall popularity leader is GASTON IPPS 4306. The most popular warrior this turn was DROXINE 4298. The ten other most popular fighters were SFC 1 4408, DENNA FEYL 4350, GASTON IPPS 4306, NICHOLAS 4422, MEECHAM 4378, JIMMY THE HAND 4419, PIRHANA 4398, JIM DASHER 4319, GOBLIN 4397, and LANGOLIER 4356. The least popular fighter this week was PRIVATE 4 4420. The other ten least popular fighters were HOUSTON FARMER 4428, SERGEANT 2 4407, NIGHT CRAWLER 4355, TRELAINE 4296, SERGEANT 1 4404, FERRIA HOUGH 4345, MERVIN OLDES 4326, BUGS 4409, LANGOLIER 4356, and GOBLIN 4397. The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn: MERVIN OLDES (56-4326) MIDDLE WAY 20 (435)