DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER
Date : 11/20/2014 Duedate: 12/03/2014
ROCANIS ARENA
DM-56 TURN-625
This Weeks Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
JIMMY THE HAND
MEN OF STEEL (131)
(56-4419) [15-21-4,119]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
JIMMY THE HAND IOTA DRACONIS
MEN OF STEEL (131) DRACO (465)
(56-4419) [15-21-4,119] (56-4546) [2-1-0,21]
Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite
SERGEANT 2 SHADOWS
MEDAL OF HONOR A11 (456) THEM (433)
(56-4407) [20-15-1,85] (56-4532) [2-0-0,17]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
MEDAL OF HONOR A11 (456)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. MEN OF STEEL (131) 55
2. THEM (433) 26 SATAN'S BLADES (460)
3. MIDDLE WAY 20 (435) 19 Unchartered Team
4. DRACO (465) 12
5. MEDAL OF HONOR A11 (456) 11 DRACO (465)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1/ 2 SATAN'S BLADES (460) 10 1 0 90.9 1/ 1 MEDAL OF HONOR A11 (456) 8 4 0
2/ 1 GRIZZLED VETERANS (457) 12 3 0 80.0 2/ 3 MEN OF STEEL (131) 7 4 1
3/ 4 MEDAL OF HONOR A11 (456) 103 58 7 64.0 3/ 2 MIDDLE WAY 20 (435) 4 11 0
4/ 3 GET (419) 71 40 1 64.0 4/ 4 SKULL SQUADRON (28) 3 2 1
5/ 5 SKULL SQUADRON (28) 373 291 22 56.2 5/ 5 GET (419) 2 1 0
6/ 0 THEM (433) 143 140 11 50.5 6/ 0 THEM (433) 2 1 0
7/ 6 MIDDLE WAY 20 (435) 394 432 10 47.7 7/ 8*DRACO (465) 2 3 0
8/ 7 MEN OF STEEL (131) 247 296 33 45.5 8/ 6 SATAN'S BLADES (460) 1 0 0
9/ 8*DRACO (465) 2 3 0 40.0 9/ 7 GRIZZLED VETERANS (457) 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
Skull Squadron
Grimwood, aka Mark G. Manley
General Pol waited on Rocanis' arena sands that evening after the day's fights.
The Free Blade Merchant Guild had requested his presence. He knew they would not be
happy about being outmaneuvered by Khel Rojida and receiving an invite to the Isle of
the Eye as a Lord Protector. This time he was concerned about a dagger in the back,
so he brought his new favorite great sword as insurance. He was making plans to
leave Rocanis and rejoin his men on the Rirorni plains to ensure his holdings
remained intact. His second in command, Vrul'Kak, or roughly translated from the
Rathiri dialect, Steal Weaver, would maintain the facade as a member of the Skull
Squadron stable in the city.
From the shadows in the stands, a female voice said, "General Pol, I am indeed
disappointed. You have broken our agreement. You were to stay on the throne and
ensure the considerable gold we advanced you was earned. That massive debt remains
unpaid. In addition, Khel Rojida has effectively removed your earning capability in
the arena by giving you the invite to become a Lord Protector."
"That was beyond my control. Even the mighty Free Blade Merchant Guild couldn't
have foreseen Khel giving a warlord of the Rirorni Empire an invite to become an
Alastarian Lord Protector."
"As in the Rirorni War, it seems the Rocani have outsmarted you again," a male
voice said within the stands.
Pol grinded his teeth and replied harshly, "Even the best soldier won't win
every battle."
"That seems to be the problem, we didn't select the 'best soldier'," the male
voice said.
"On the contrary, I bested Swytai in the arena and became the Duelmaster. She's
been proven vulnerable and the wages in the games are flowing again," Pol said.
"While you did remove Swytai--"
Pol interrupted, "You're welcome."
The male voice continued, "Removing Swytai was a temporary measure, there is
nothing preventing her for going for the title again."
"I heard she wasn't even practicing this week. While the physical scar will
heal, I've done something much more substantial. I've unnerved her. The mental is
difficult to overcome," Pol said.
"Regardless, there still remains the vast unpaid debt. I see it difficult for
that obligation to be repaid once you rejoin your men out on the Rirorni Plains," the
female voice said.
"You'll get your gold."
"That, my good general, is a fact. However, I do not see that happening by you
once you are surrounded by your army," the female voice replied. "Other measures are
even now in motion to ensure your debt is settled."
"What are you implying?" Pol asked.
"You should spend gold, your body can't repay," the male voice said.
"I don't take threats lightly," Pol said reaching for the hilt of his great
sword strapped across his back.
"Come now. You aren't the only one armed with a large weapon tonight," the male
said as the Dark Arena doors marked, "Enter At Your Own Peril" threw themselves open.
Light from within cast a long shadow of a creature onto the sands. Heavy footsteps
rose against stairs creaking in protest under an immense weight.
An 8'3" gargantuan Shrewish Giant suited in thick plate armor wearing a full
helm emerged onto the sands. He bore a halbard in one hand and wielded a great axe
in his off hand.
"General Pol, you are no longer of any use to us. However, before leaving
Rocanis, you have one last fight in the arena. I know it's a little early, but your
turn sheet has been submitted to Khel Rojida. It indicated you selected to go to the
Dark Arena for your last turn in Rocanis," the female voice said.
"I didn't select to go to the Dark Arena," Pol said hesitantly pulling out his
great sword as he looked up the height of the Shewish Giant advancing towards him.
"Perhaps, but this is your notification. Your dealings with the Free Blade
Merchant Guild are at an end. All you need to do is get past our Shewish associate,
Rokori Klee, and you are free to go," the female voice said.
"Mr. Klee, kill him and make sure he travels to the Isle of the Eye in a box,"
the male voice said.
"Good luck in your Dark Arena fight and good bye, General Pol," the female voice
finished.
SPY REPORT
Much has changed in ROCANIS since last I was here. Never fear, Olaf Modeen
adapts to many situations, as do all successful fighters. What's with T BONES? He
actually beat ROCANIS' MAGE'S APPRENTICE, and walked away with 20 more points from
the fight. Laughs were big at MIDDLE WAY 20 while they watched HOUSTON FARMER
clobber PANCAKES. He lost 12 points and got bruised from objects thrown from the
stands. Apparently ROCANIS isn't filled with as many gutless wonders as I thought.
The Dreaded Duelmaster got 2 challenges this turn! Ya gotta watch yerself all the
time. Even being on top don't mean yer safe. I'd have STEEL WEAVER agree with me,
but JIMMY THE HAND killed him. Advice to fighters with a 1 will--give up fighting!
Speaking of cowardly avoiders and unfair challenges... How well I know the
feeling of being in the most avoided team! Don't fall out of practive, MEN OF STEEL!
In my day, no team with a 244-294-32 would scare me off! What's the problem, SKULL
SQUADRON?
A fighter's lot is filled with strife, revenge, and killing. Some fighters
don't accept this. The best do. Is it my imagination, or are fighters getting
younger every day? To die so young, so gloriously!
Many other cities have retirement homes for aged warriors. Any plans here? The
end of another Spyreport! That's cause for celebration in my book! Time for my
medication, so I'll leave now. Practice, practice, practice!-- Olaf Modeen
DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
JIMMY THE HAND 4419 15 21 4 119 MEN OF STEEL (131)
CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-POW! 4170 9 1 0 128 THEM (433)
THE SCYTHE 4456 10 1 0 95 SATAN'S BLADES (460)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
SERGEANT 2 4407 20 15 1 85 MEDAL OF HONOR A11 (456)
NEWTON PYNE 4431 14 19 1 75 MIDDLE WAY 20 (435)
MACROS THE BLACK 4492 7 1 1 71 MEN OF STEEL (131)
CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
SERGEANT 6 4498 6 4 0 63 MEDAL OF HONOR A11 (456)
HOUSTON FARMER 4428 7 28 1 61 MIDDLE WAY 20 (435)
-BLACK STEEL 3469 10 7 0 57 SKULL SQUADRON (28)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
SERGEANT 5 4490 6 6 1 52 MEDAL OF HONOR A11 (456)
SERGEANT 5 4497 7 3 0 45 MEDAL OF HONOR A11 (456)
GILBERT IRDAN 4541 5 2 1 42 MIDDLE WAY 20 (435)
PANCAKES 4241 3 1 0 38 GET (419)
ELIN GALLIO 4491 9 6 0 37 MIDDLE WAY 20 (435)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
IOTA DRACONIS 4546 2 1 0 21 DRACO (465)
T BONES 4551 1 0 0 20 THEM (433)
SHADOWS 4532 2 0 0 17 THEM (433)
-ONE EYE 3578 1 1 0 15 SKULL SQUADRON (28)
KASPAR 4538 3 2 0 13 MEN OF STEEL (131)
ISAM KORL 4536 1 7 1 11 MIDDLE WAY 20 (435)
JOMMY 4539 0 1 0 7 MEN OF STEEL (131)
BEASTIES 4517 1 3 0 6 THEM (433)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
B 4548 0 1 0 DRACO 465 MAINAKHA-TE MAST 625 NONE
ARDSUL 4416 0 1 0 GRIZZLED VETERAN 457 STEV STONEFIST 625 NONE
CERVERU 4417 0 1 0 GRIZZLED VETERAN 457 JO-KOBA HARRO 625 NONE
DA1 4552 0 1 0 MEN OF STEEL 131 NAIRON 625 NONE
STEEL WEAVER 3468 10 8 0 SKULL SQUADRON 28 JIMMY THE HAND 4419 625
PERSONAL ADS
This is late, for turn whatever it was right after the Mail-in, and we went one-four.
That hardly seems worth talking about. -- Newton Pyne
Rokori Klee -- Really, a halbald isn't enough, you also need a great axe in the other
hand to fight with. I'm glad I didn't give you a chance to use them. -- General Pol
of Skull Squadron, not traveling in a box to the Isle of the Eye.
Our congratulations to Swytai. -- Jorja and those who walk the Middle Way
One-four, including a loss to a standby. We think it's the weather, and we should
either move to an arena farther south or just shut down for the season, but Jorja
isn't listenting. -- Newton Pyne
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
CERVERU was unbelievably slain by JO-KOBA HARRO in a 2 minute bloody Dark Arena fight.
B was slaughtered by MAINAKHA-TE MASTER in a 1 minute gruesome Dark Arena battle.
ARDSUL was murdered by STEV STONEFIST in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
DA1 was slaughtered by NAIRON in a 1 minute Dark Arena brawl.
STEEL WEAVER was butchered by JIMMY THE HAND in a 2 minute one-sided Title fight.
SWYTAI demolished PRIEST OF MYTORI in a 1 minute mismatched competition.
SERGEANT 2 won victory over NEWTON PYNE in a 2 minute brutal master's fight.
THE SCYTHE devastated SERGEANT 6 in a 1 minute one-sided competition.
MACROS THE BLACK handily defeated SERGEANT 5 in a 1 minute uneven melee.
ELIN GALLIO lost to SERGEANT 5 in a popular 1 minute duel.
PANCAKES was vanquished by HOUSTON FARMER in a 1 minute one-sided duel.
GILBERT IRDAN savagely defeated DOOM FROM THE SOUTH in a 4 minute gruesome match.
ISAM KORL was beaten by IOTA DRACONIS in a 3 minute fight.
BEASTIES was subdued by KASPAR in a 2 minute bloody amateur's match.
SHADOWS viciously subdued JOMMY in a crowd pleasing 2 minute gory novice's battle.
T BONES handily defeated MAGE'S APPRENTICE in a 1 minute one-sided conflict.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|STRIKING ATTACK 7 WALL OF STEEL 18 - 11 - 1 62 |
|WALL OF STEEL 5 LUNGING ATTACK 21 - 14 - 3 60 |
|AIMED BLOW 3 AIMED BLOW 16 - 13 - 3 55 |
|LUNGING ATTACK 3 PARRY-STRIKE 2 - 2 - 0 50 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 3 BASHING ATTACK 2 - 2 - 0 50 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 2 SLASHING ATTACK 9 - 10 - 1 47 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 1 STRIKING ATTACK 21 - 29 - 2 42 |
|BASHING ATTACK 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE 2 - 3 - 0 40 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 0 TOTAL PARRY 2 - 6 - 0 25 |
|TOTAL PARRY 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 - 0 0 |
Turn 625 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 2 - 1 WALL OF STEEL 2 - 3 4 LUNGING ATTACK
LUNGING ATTACK 2 - 1 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 3 AIMED BLOW
SLASHING ATTACK 2 - 1 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 1 2 STRIKING ATTACK
STRIKING ATTACK 4 - 3 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 2 1 SLASHING ATTACK
BASHING ATTACK 0 - 1 1 WALL OF STEEL
TOTAL PARRY 0 - 0
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
LUNGING ATTACK THE SCYTHE 4456 10 1 0 95 SATAN'S BLADES (460)
AIMED BLOW MACROS THE BLACK 4492 7 1 1 71 MEN OF STEEL (131)
WALL OF STEEL SERGEANT 5 4497 7 3 0 45 MEDAL OF HONOR A11 (456)
STRIKING ATTACK GILBERT IRDAN 4541 5 2 1 42 MIDDLE WAY 20 (435)
PARRY-RIPOSTE PANCAKES 4241 3 1 0 38 GET (419)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
The overall popularity leader is SERGEANT 2 4407. The most popular warrior this turn
was SHADOWS 4532. The ten other most popular fighters were STEEL WEAVER 3468,
SERGEANT 5 4490, GILBERT IRDAN 4541, IOTA DRACONIS 4546, KASPAR 4538, CERVERU 4417,
SERGEANT 2 4407, ISAM KORL 4536, BEASTIES 4517, and JIMMY THE HAND 4419.
The least popular fighter this week was PANCAKES 4241. The other ten least popular
fighters were SERGEANT 5 4497, SERGEANT 6 4498, NEWTON PYNE 4431, DA1 4552, ARDSUL
4416, B 4548, JOMMY 4539, ELIN GALLIO 4491, THE SCYTHE 4456, and T BONES 4551.
The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn:
POW! (56-4170) THEM (433)
The following warriors have traveled to AD after fighting this turn:
SWYTAI (56-4414) GRIZZLED VETERANS (457)
MAIL-IN TOURNEY LVIII
CONTENDERS TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME
RYU 1402 (71-31-2) 7 3 0 SKULL SQUADRON
RENEGADE DROW 159 (87-62-4) 4 3 0 SKULL SQUADRON
ROGUE 1438 (42-30-3) 4 3 0 SKULL SQUADRON
SONIC 1695 (62-47-2) 2 3 0 THE ALLIANCE
ELIGIBLES TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME
TWILIGHT ZONE 1694 (66-53-1) 6 3 0 THE ALLIANCE
HARD CORE TROUBLE 2368 (20-20-0) 0 2 0 SKULL SQUADRON
ADM TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME
KALDOR 2134 (38-32-1) 2 3 0 THE ALLIANCE
FRESHMEN TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME
KULGAN 4268 (35-47-3) 12 3 0 MEN OF STEEL
BACK 3949 (18-16-0) 2 3 0 GET
CHALLENGERS TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME
GENERAL POL 3412 (20-15-0) 1 3 0 SKULL SQUADRON
CHAMPIONS TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME
RATTLER 4336 (10-4-0) 8 3 0 SERPENTS' HOLD
SWYTAI 4414 (11-1-0) 2 3 0 GRIZZLED VETERANS
ADEPTS TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME
THE SCYTHE 4456 (9-1-0) 1 3 0 SATAN'S BLADES
INITIATES TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME
AHSOKA TANO 4471 (2-0-1) 5 3 1 CLONE WARS
MACROS THE BLACK 4492 (6-1-1) 4 3 1 MEN OF STEEL
HONDO OHNAKA 4473 (1-0-0) 2 3 0 CLONE WARS
APPRENTICES TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME
SIDEWINDER 4513 (0-0-0) 2 3 0 SERPENTS' HOLD
ROOKIES TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME
SILMIS VEY 4514 (0-0-0) 7 3 0 CLONE WARS
BUGS 4533 (0-0-0) 3 3 0 THEM
JOMMY 4539 (0-0-0) 2 3 0 MEN OF STEEL
DEAD CHALLENGERS TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME
POW! 4170 (9-1-0) 9 3 0 THEM
IT 3900 (12-2-0) 0 1 0 DEAD GET
DEAD ADEPTS TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME
CRUSH 4270 (3-0-0) 5 3 0 THEM
GENIUS AWESOME 4402 (2-1-0) 3 3 0 MEN OF STEEL
DEAD APPRENTICES TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME
SOMETHING 4499 (0-0-0) 4 3 1 BATTLE FROGS 02-13
TURN ME ON 4436 (0-0-0) 1 3 0 FAVORITE SAYINGS
REMBRANDT 4368 (2-0-0) 0 1 0 DEAD NIGHT WATCH