DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER Date : 08/15/2013 Duedate: 08/28/2013 ROCANIS ARENA DM-56 TURN-592 This Weeks Top Honors THE DUELMASTER IS MEECHAM MEN OF STEEL (131) (56-4378) [9-4-1,94] Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader MEECHAM POSITION IS EMPTY MEN OF STEEL (131) (56-4378) [9-4-1,94] Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite GASTON IPPS GASTON IPPS MIDDLE WAY 20 (435) MIDDLE WAY 20 (435) (56-4306) [12-26-0,62] (56-4306) [12-26-0,62] THE CURRENT TOP TEAM THEM (433) TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team 1. THEM (433) 26 2. MEN OF STEEL (131) 16 TREXTRAS (449) 3. TREXTRAS (449) 14 Unchartered Team 4. MEDAL OF HONOR A11 (456) 0 5. MIDDLE WAY 20 (435) -12 SOUTH PARK (343) 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/ 4 THEM (433) 8 2 0 2/ 2 TREXTRAS (449) 14 12 0 53.8 2/ 3 MEN OF STEEL (131) 7 6 2 3/ 4 THEM (433) 123 117 10 51.3 3- 1*MEDAL OF HONOR A11 (456) 5 3 0 4/ 3 MIDDLE WAY 20 (435) 335 326 6 50.7 4/ 2 MIDDLE WAY 20 (435) 5 10 0 5/ 5 MEN OF STEEL (131) 193 220 29 46.7 5/ 5 TREXTRAS (449) 3 1 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 728): SCALES of SERPENTS HOLD 3 (Khisanth, mgr.) DM 12 RIZTAB (turn 730): KORYNN FROG of KAOS FROGS (Grimm, mgr.) DM 13 DULLENS (turn 691): FLYING CLOUD of CARDOW HUNTERS (Jorja, mgr.) DM 15 MALCORN (turn 724): SABBATH of CRUCIAL TAUNT (Daikkan, mgr.) DM 16 WILLAF (turn 727): WELL DON of GARBAGE PAIL KIDS (Kharadmon, mgr.) DM 17 ALJAFIR (turn 718): GABOGOOL of STORMY'S TROOPERS (Storm Lord, mgr.) DM 19 ZUWAYZA (turn 719): WALTER PIDGEON of MAN OR BEAST? (The Dark One, mgr.) DM 28 MORYA (turn 361): TALISMAN of MAGICAL MADNESS (Dameon Darkheart, mgr.) DM 29 LAPUR (turn 716): CAIRRAIG AMADAN of CLAN CROW (Owsly, mgr.) DM 31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 359): POSITION IS EMPTY DM 32 ARVAT (turn 712): BRAINS MCGEE of THE WALKING DEAD (Deep Thought, mgr.) DM 33 NIATOLI ISLAND (turn 709): DIGITALIS of OBSIDIAN HALL (Dameon Darkheart, mgr) DM 35 MURSKA (turn 701): FURIOUS FROGPALER of BATTLE FROGS (Grimm, mgr.) DM 43 VEASTIAN (turn 660): HALFTIME of EPIC RAP (Howlin' Wolf, mgr.) DM 45 STORMCROWE (turn 337): ERMINE of NORTHERN LIGHTS (Jorja, mgr.) DM 47 NORTH FORK (turn 331): LEGION of LUROCIAN DEVILS (The Greek Guy, mgr.) DM 50 SNOWBOUND (turn 318): C IS FOR COOKIE of OPEN SESAME (Crip, mgr.) DM 56 ROCANIS (turn 591): MEECHAM of MEN OF STEEL (Howlin' Wolf, mgr.) DM 60 ARADI (turn 576): DAISY DAWG of RED DOG GANG (Jorja, mgr.) DM 61 JURINE (turn 558): FLAME SPIDER of FEAR FACTORY (Var, mgr.) DM 65 DAL SHANG (turn 553): 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 514): GEORGE PETERSON of MEDAL OF HONOR (The Anarchist, mgr) DM 75 JADE MOUNTAIN (turn 508): TEASER II of FALSE OVERTURES (Guido, mgr.) DM 78 LIN TIRIAN (turn 500): MONSTER MASH of SHEWISH BUFFET (One Armed Bandit) ADM 103 FREE BLADES (turn 617): GIMME SOME SUGAR of ARMY OF DARKNESS (The Dark One) Top Teams --------- DM 9 ZUKAL (turn 728): SERPENTS HOLD 3 (Khisanth, mgr.) DM 12 RIZTAB (turn 730): DREAMERS (Sleepy, mgr.) DM 13 DULLENS (turn 691): CARDOW HUNTERS (Jorja, mgr.) DM 15 MALCORN (turn 724): CRUCIAL TAUNT (Daikkan, mgr.) DM 16 WILLAF (turn 727): PUNNY AMINALS (Jorja, mgr.) DM 17 ALJAFIR (turn 718): A UNIT (Padre, mgr.) DM 19 ZUWAYZA (turn 719): MAN OR BEAST? (The Dark One, mgr.) DM 28 MORYA (turn 361): EXPENSE ACCOUNT (Finance Manager, mgr.) DM 29 LAPUR (turn 716): SHADOWMIST (Tolbin, mgr.) DM 31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 359): MILITARY MAYHEM (Crip, mgr.) DM 32 ARVAT (turn 712): SECRET SQUIRRELS (Gentleben, mgr.) DM 33 NIATOLI ISLAND (turn 709): KNIGHTS OF LEGEND (Zorsea?, mgr.) DM 35 MURSKA (turn 701): SOUND (Trim, mgr.) DM 43 VEASTIAN (turn 660): THE FAMILY (Jorja, mgr.) DM 45 STORMCROWE (turn 337): DARQUE FORCES (Master Darque, mgr.) DM 47 NORTH FORK (turn 331): LAND OF OZ (Oz, mgr.) DM 50 SNOWBOUND (turn 318): OPEN SESAME (Crip, mgr.) DM 56 ROCANIS (turn 591): MEDAL OF HONOR Z11 (The Anarchist, mgr.) DM 60 ARADI (turn 576): RED DOG GANG (Spot, mgr.) DM 61 JURINE (turn 558): SHEWISH BUFFET (One Armed Bandit, mgr.) DM 65 DAL SHANG (turn 553): SAND DANCERS (Jorja, mgr.) DM 73 ERINIKA (turn 266): WORLD WIDE GORE (Crip, mgr.) DM 74 DAYLA KIV (turn 514): TOLBINS LADIES (Tolbin, mgr.) DM 75 JADE MOUNTAIN (turn 508): FALSE OVERTURES (Guido, mgr.) DM 78 LIN TIRIAN (turn 500): MEDAL OF HONOR Z2 (The Anarchist, mgr.) ADM 103 FREE BLADES (turn 617): DIRT DEVILS et al (The Dark One, mgr.) Recent Graduates ----------------- DM 12 RIZTAB (turn 729): AESARA of DREAMERS (Sleepy, mgr.) DM 15 MALCORN (turn 723): VARICK of TERMINUS (Carick, mgr.) DM 16 WILLAF (turn 727): GOLD DUBLOON of GOLDEN GLADIATORS (Midas, mgr.) (turn 726): GOLDPLATED of GOLDEN GLADIATORS (Midas, mgr.) DM 19 ZUWAYZA (turn 719): WALTER PIDGEON of MAN OR BEAST? (The Dark One, mgr.) (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 716): CAIRRAIG AMADAN of CLAN CROW (Owsly, mgr.) DM 31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 359): THRALL of THE STORM REAVERS (?, mgr.) (turn 358): KATANA of AVENGERS (Huckle Cat, mgr.) DM 32 ARVAT (turn 712): BRAINS MCGEE of THE WALKING DEAD (Deep Thought, mgr.) SHADOWFIST of DRAGON RIDERS (Daikkan, mgr.) KAMI FLAUGE of SECRET SQUIRRELS (Gentleben, mgr.) OBLITERATION of ANGELS OF PAIN (The Dark One, mgr.) DM 33 NIATOLI ISLAND (turn 708):FROGGY FOO-FOO of BATTLE FROGS S01 (Grimm, mgr.) KARINIRINA of THE SEWING CIRCLE (Jorja, 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 330): RAVAGE of OBSIDIAN ORDER (Skaven, mgr.) NO BATHROOM of BASH BROS PARK (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr) DM 56 ROCANIS (turn 591): MERVIN OLDES 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.) SPY REPORT It is I, Novgorodny Vir, Spymaster of Spymasters. Look on my work, ye mighty, and despair! The boys at MEDAL OF HONOR A11 left the arena dejected, after being kicked out of the top spot by THEM. Good show! Nothing works for a team like victory (How's that for a perceptive observation?) as THEM can attest... Practice pays for NIGHT CRAWLER, who pummelled JIM DASHER, to pocket 22 points. JIM DASHER certainly had a baffled expression on his face, after losing to NIGHT CRAWLER and losing 17 points in the process! Those who hoped for a new Duelmaster were disappointed by MERVIN OLDES, of MIDDLE WAY 20, who despite a 17-17-1 couldn't overcome ROCANIS' Number 1. Word has it one team in ROCANIS 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? The moving sword slashes, and having slashed, moves on... Ask not for whom the sword slashes; it slashes for thee. All good things must come to an end. 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 ROCANIS farewell-- Novgorodny Vir DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME MEECHAM 4378 9 4 1 94 MEN OF STEEL (131) CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME DROXINE 4298 9 8 0 86 TREXTRAS (449) CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME FERRIA HOUGH 4345 15 15 1 63 MIDDLE WAY 20 (435) LANGOLIER 4356 7 2 1 63 THEM (433) GASTON IPPS 4306 12 26 0 62 MIDDLE WAY 20 (435) DENNA FEYL 4350 15 14 0 60 MIDDLE WAY 20 (435) ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME NIGHT CRAWLER 4355 4 2 0 49 THEM (433) -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 JIM DASHER 4319 4 5 0 33 MEN OF STEEL (131) JIMMY THE HAND 4419 2 1 2 27 MEN OF STEEL (131) CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -ZARABETH 4295 2 1 0 24 TREXTRAS (449) INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME BUGS 4409 2 1 0 23 THEM (433) GOBLIN 4397 3 3 0 20 THEM (433) -SERGEANT 2 4407 3 2 0 19 MEDAL OF HONOR A11 (456) GENIUS AWESOME 4402 1 0 0 17 MEN OF STEEL (131) PIRHANA 4398 2 3 0 9 THEM (433) -PRIVATE 4 4420 2 1 0 7 MEDAL OF HONOR A11 (456) NICHOLAS 4422 0 3 0 3 MEN OF STEEL (131) HOUSTON FARMER 4428 0 2 0 2 MIDDLE WAY 20 (435) '-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn. THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge? RIRORNI ARCHER 0 0 0 JIMMY THE HAND 4419 592 NONE SERGEANT 3 4405 2 2 1 MEDAL OF HONOR A 456 JIMMY THE HAND 4419 590 REVENGED PERSONAL ADS Meecham -- With a graduation notice in my hand, ask me if I care? -- Mervin Oldes Kung-Fu Masters, bah. -- Ferria Hough And the rest of us lost, making one-four for the turn. Properly speaking Ferria should be writing this personal, but she refused. Uppity wench. -- Gaston Ipps LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS DROXINE devastated FERRIA HOUGH in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge fight. MEECHAM vanquished MERVIN OLDES in a 1 minute uneven Title battle. GASTON IPPS was luckily beaten by LANGOLIER in a crowd pleasing 3 minute uneven fight. DENNA FEYL savagely defeated RIRORNI SOLDIERS in a 2 minute brutal fight. JIM DASHER was devastated by NIGHT CRAWLER in a 1 minute uneven brawl. GOBLIN overpowered NICHOLAS in a 2 minute one-sided struggle. JIMMY THE HAND butchered RIRORNI ARCHER in a 1 minute one-sided competition. PIRHANA was overcome by GENIUS AWESOME in a 2 minute beginner's melee. BUGS won victory over HOUSTON FARMER in a 2 minute novice's duel. BATTLE REPORT MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS |FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT| |AIMED BLOW 3 PARRY-STRIKE 6 - 2 - 0 75 | |TOTAL PARRY 3 SLASHING ATTACK 20 - 10 - 1 67 | |LUNGING ATTACK 2 LUNGING ATTACK 23 - 14 - 0 62 | |SLASHING ATTACK 2 AIMED BLOW 8 - 5 - 2 62 | |STRIKING ATTACK 2 PARRY-LUNGE 6 - 4 - 0 60 | |PARRY-LUNGE 1 WALL OF STEEL 6 - 4 - 0 60 | |PARRY-STRIKE 1 TOTAL PARRY 13 - 9 - 1 59 | |BASHING ATTACK 1 STRIKING ATTACK 3 - 5 - 0 38 | |WALL OF STEEL 1 BASHING ATTACK 7 - 15 - 0 32 | |PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 0 - 0 0 | Turn 592 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: AIMED BLOW 3 - 0 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 0 2 SLASHING ATTACK PARRY-LUNGE 1 - 0 STRIKING ATTACK 0 - 2 2 TOTAL PARRY PARRY-STRIKE 1 - 0 BASHING ATTACK 0 - 1 2 LUNGING ATTACK TOTAL PARRY 2 - 1 WALL OF STEEL 0 - 1 1 AIMED BLOW LUNGING ATTACK 1 - 1 1 BASHING ATTACK SLASHING ATTACK 1 - 1 1 PARRY-LUNGE 1 PARRY-STRIKE 1 STRIKING ATTACK TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME SLASHING ATTACK MEECHAM 4378 9 4 1 94 MEN OF STEEL (131) AIMED BLOW DROXINE 4298 9 8 0 86 TREXTRAS (449) TOTAL PARRY LANGOLIER 4356 7 2 1 63 THEM (433) PARRY-LUNGE DENNA FEYL 4350 15 14 0 60 MIDDLE WAY 20 (435) LUNGING ATTACK NIGHT CRAWLER 4355 4 2 0 49 THEM (433) 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 GASTON IPPS 4306. The ten other most popular fighters were DENNA FEYL 4350, NICHOLAS 4422, GENIUS AWESOME 4402, DROXINE 4298, LANGOLIER 4356, NIGHT CRAWLER 4355, GOBLIN 4397, PIRHANA 4398, BUGS 4409, and MEECHAM 4378. The least popular fighter this week was HOUSTON FARMER 4428. The other ten least popular fighters were JIM DASHER 4319, FERRIA HOUGH 4345, JIMMY THE HAND 4419, MEECHAM 4378, BUGS 4409, PIRHANA 4398, GOBLIN 4397, NIGHT CRAWLER 4355, LANGOLIER 4356, and DROXINE 4298. The following warriors have traveled to AD after fighting this turn: MERVIN OLDES (56-4326) MIDDLE WAY 20 (435)