DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 12/31/2004    Duedate: 01/13/2005

ARADI ARENA

DM-60    TURN-354

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

CYCLONE
NATURAL DISASTERS (159)
(60-6816) [18-14-1,127]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

CYCLONE                        OIL CHECK
NATURAL DISASTERS (159)        MY BRAIN ON CHLORINE (555)
(60-6816) [18-14-1,127]        (60-7250) [6-3-0,83]

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

DEMURRER                       THE-SHOCKER
LEGALESE (449)                 DEATH STUDS VII (301)
(60-5828) [20-26-2,89]         (60-6824) [12-11-0,99]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

MY BRAIN ON CHLORINE (555)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. MY BRAIN ON CHLORINE (555)  30
2. RED DOG GANG (476)          18      DEATH STUDS VII (301)
3. NATURAL DISASTERS (159)     10      Unchartered Team
4. DEATH STUDS VII (301)       10
5. I HATE THEM (480)            7MY BRAIN ON CHLORINE (555)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 1*MY BRAIN ON CHLORI (555)  31  13  3 70.5   1/ 1*MY BRAIN ON CHLORI (555) 11  4 0
 2/ 3*CHEER-O-KEE'S (557)       11   7  0 61.1   2/ 2*CHEER-O-KEE'S (557)       8  5 0
 3/ 4 DEATH STUDS VII (301)    358 312  9 53.4   3/ 3 NATURAL DISASTERS (159)   8  7 2
 4/ 5 NATURAL DISASTERS (159)  630 550 21 53.4   4/ 6 LEGALESE (449)            6  5 0
 5- 6 STRIKE FORCE (101)        38  36  1 51.4   5/ 4 RED DOG GANG (476)        6  9 0
 6- 7 HIT ME WITH... (503)      67  76  2 46.9   6/ 7 DEATH STUDS VII (301)     5  5 0
 7/ 8 LEGALESE (449)            96 131  3 42.3   7- 8*DARK TOGS (526)           2  0 0
 8- 9 BUMS 'R' US (465)        150 205  2 42.3   8- 5 HIT ME WITH... (503)      2  3 0
 9-10*DARK TOGS (526)            8  11  1 42.1   9/ 9 I HATE THEM (480)         1  1 0
10/11 I HATE THEM (480)         26  37  1 41.3  10-11 STRIKE FORCE (101)        1  2 0
11/12 RED DOG GANG (476)       272 426  4 39.0  11-10 BUMS 'R' US (465)         1  3 0
12-13 RESCUE RANGERS (362)       8  13  0 38.1  12-12 RESCUE RANGERS (362)      1  5 0

    '*'   Unchartered team                       '-'  Team did not fight this turn
   (###)  Avoid teams by their Team Id          ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank

                                      SPY REPORT

     If you were disturbed from your beauty rest only to have to watch a bunch of 
ARADI brutes like you, you'd be grouchy, too.  Of course, we're all terribly 
impressed to see OIL CHECK win a fight and gain 22 points, terribly.  Tsk, tsk, OIL 
CHECK beat WILDFIRE and WILDFIRE lost 16 points.  You're breakin' my heart.  And it's 
out with the old, in with the new, as CYCLONE takes the Title and last week's bar tab 
from the old Duelmaster.  Heh, heh.  I'm not in a very good mood today, but why am I 
telling you this?  You want to know what's new, don't you, ARADI?   
     He who fights and runs away will live to fight another day, the coward.  What's 
the big D?  NATURAL DISASTERS was the most avoided team?  Bunch of lily livered... 
grumble... mumble... curse...  And who led the way in this mass act of cowardice?  
Let's see, well, whatcha know?  It was I HATE THEM.  Ha ha ha ha!  LACHES was 
challenged more times this turn than the Duelmaster.  Now was the DM insulted or 
feared?  Heh, heh.  And we have THE GREEK GUY in a challenge, going down 8 points for 
the fight.  Guess what?  I thought THE GREEK GUY showed great skill and promise when 
he was defeated by TYPHOON XXII.  All right, so I slept through it!  Big deal!   
     Death and Taxes.  The less death I see, the more it taxes my patience.  Let's 
see if anyone's dead or dying.  We're all going to die in the end, so why worry if 
the fate catches up with you sooner that later?   
     There's got to be a better place in ARADI to get a drink than The Victory 
Tavern!  Any suggestions?  Just wait 'till next time I show up here, I won't be so 
nice!  So nyaaah!  Glad to see the back of this place-- Snide Clemens  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 CYCLONE 6816                 18  14  1   127       NATURAL DISASTERS (159)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 LACHES 5642                  27  22  0   124       LEGALESE (449)
-TOSSED SALAD 6987            15  12  1   113       HIT ME WITH... (503)
 TYPHOON XXII 6827            19   4  1   108       DEATH STUDS VII (301)
 NULN 7159                     9   2  1   108       I HATE THEM (480)
 THE GREEK GUY 6179           11   4  0   100       I HATE THEM (480)
 THE-SHOCKER 6824             12  11  0    99       DEATH STUDS VII (301)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 DEMURRER 5828                20  26  2    89       LEGALESE (449)
 OIL CHECK 7250                6   3  0    83       MY BRAIN ON CHLORINE (555)
 BRUSHFIRE 7168               13   5  0    81       NATURAL DISASTERS (159)
-INSISTANT BEGGAR 6630        14  19  0    79       BUMS 'R' US (465)
 WILDFIRE 6983                16  12  0    74       NATURAL DISASTERS (159)
 ANGRY SANTA 6828             13  10  0    73       DEATH STUDS VII (301)
-DUNNO 6988                   10  17  1    70       HIT ME WITH... (503)
 PRETTY BOY 7091              14  10  0    68       RED DOG GANG (476)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-CRUNCH 1382                   7   5  0    66       STRIKE FORCE (101)
-SPED 6803                    10  13  0    64       BUMS 'R' US (465)
-INDIMAR'S FAXMACHINE 7013    10  15  0    61       HIT ME WITH... (503)
-FLICKED BOOGERS 6989         14  13  0    59       HIT ME WITH... (503)
-TRUST FUND BABY 6951          7  16  2    59       BUMS 'R' US (465)
-BUSTED NUTS 7134             10  10  0    58       HIT ME WITH... (503)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 GAMEBOY 7249                  7   2  0    56       MY BRAIN ON CHLORINE (555)
-WILLOW 6659                   5   3  1    50       DARK TOGS (526)
 FLOWER 7255                   7   6  0    46       RED DOG GANG (476)
-ANGRY NAKED MAN 7238          5   5  0    46       BUMS 'R' US (465)
 FLOOD 7256                    4   7  1    42       NATURAL DISASTERS (159)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 MOUSTACHED RAT 7246           7   1  2    33       MY BRAIN ON CHLORINE (555)
-CRITTER 612                   6   8  0    31       STRIKE FORCE (101)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 KING 7267                     5   5  1    30       RED DOG GANG (476)
 THE TAIL 7253                 8   5  0    29       RED DOG GANG (476)
 ONE-TIMER 7169                5   2  0    29       DEATH STUDS VII (301)
-HOLLY SKULL 7276              2   0  0    29       CHEER-O-KEE'S (557)
 CHINESE SPARERIB 7248         5   4  0    28       MY BRAIN ON CHLORINE (555)
-DALE 4406                     2   1  0    27       RESCUE RANGERS (362)
-ANTI 7228                     3   3  0    26       I HATE THEM (480)
 CHEER FULL OWL 7274           3   1  0    25       CHEER-O-KEE'S (557)
 TRAD 7247                     6   3  1    24       MY BRAIN ON CHLORINE (555)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-PIGGY 6655                    2   3  0    22       DARK TOGS (526)
-ANIMAL 1460                   4   4  0    19       STRIKE FORCE (101)
 TURTLE WAX 7275               2   2  0    17       CHEER-O-KEE'S (557)
-ROCK 1550                     3   1  0    15       STRIKE FORCE (101)
 DANDY-LION 7278               2   2  0    15       CHEER-O-KEE'S (557)
 TSUNAMI 7273                  1   4  0    13       NATURAL DISASTERS (159)
 STEVIE 7271                   2   5  0    11       RED DOG GANG (476)
-SOULTAKER 7269                1   0  0    10       I HATE THEM (480)
 POINTY STICK 7277             2   2  0     8       CHEER-O-KEE'S (557)
 IN PARI DELICTO 7283          1   2  0     5       LEGALESE (449)
-ZIPPER 4404                   0   3  0     3       RESCUE RANGERS (362)

'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.

THE DEAD               W  L K TEAM NAME             SLAIN BY             TURN Revenge?
RANDOM STONER 7240     1  7 0 BUMS 'R' US 465       MOUSTACHED RAT 7246   350 NOT REVE
ARADI MALAISE 7292     0  1 0 DEATH STUDS VII 301   ARNIE SHEW 21         354 NONE    
EDDIE THE ECHO 3770   10  8 1 DEATH STUDS VII 301   CYCLONE 6816          353         
MONTY 4892             0  2 0 RESCUE RANGERS 362    FLOOD 7256            353         

                                     PERSONAL ADS

Ding dong dudley do righty dighty!  Natural Disasters is supercali wali doodle
besteronious?  Hooey da doo dah day! -- The Creepster

Chinese Sparerib -- That was SOOO tasty, but you know how it is with Chinese food, an
hour later, you're hungry again.  (hopeful look)  Are there any more like you around?
-- The Tail

The Shocker -- (recoiling sharply)  You didn't have to SHOUT.  I only just nibbled
that shoe.  Really, it's hardly damaged at all.  It was probably some other dog
anyway. -- Pretty Boy

Gameboy -- I thought you were going to throw a STICK for me.  Using a boomerang is
Dirty Pool.  It's Cruel and Unusual Teasing.  Don't DO that. -- King

Cheer Full Owl -- I hope you just EXPLODE from all that cheer! -- Flower the
indignant
P.S.  No, seriously, it's un-owlish.  It probably isn't good for you.  It's not...
Orthodox!

Moustached Rat -- Do the mice know?  I mean, they'd probably be upset, and if you
haven't seen an upset mouse, avoid it NOW.  Because the mice call in the rats, and
rats are MEAN. -- Stevie, a rat terrier and thus one who knows

Ed. -- Pepper, ginger, who cares?  It was too hot! -- Flower

     Ah, but they're different KINDS of hot. -- Ed., a connoisseur of such things

8 December 2004
Battle Royal 4
     The Battle Royal arena contests are one of the purest tests of manager skill
available. The rules are simple.  The scoring is simple.  The updates are live.  If
you would like to participate, simply get a team ready in Talcama in the next month
and announce in the personals that you're in.  The prize is bragging rights and
having your name along side previous winners (Doc Steele, Manray Frothingslosh, and
Manager).  It is a brutal contest, but it is a lot of fun!
     Basic rules:  No avoiding other contest teams.  Score = Wins + Kills - Losses.
Only fights against other BR teams count.  First team to 25 wins!
     BR4 begins in Talcama (DM 18) on turn 502, due on Jan 29, 2005.
     Visit http://www.geocities.com/assurnasir/br4 for more information.

8 December 2004
TURF WAR IV -- GRAND CONTEST NOTICE!
     The Turf War IV Grand Contest will commence on Turn 221 (approx. February 22,
2005).  For those who have never participated, Turf Wars are alliance-type contest
and Winner-Takes-All.  There are no 2nd place winners!
     Everyone may participate; known alliances, new alliances, or temporary alliances
created to compete in the Turf War!  However, to participate, each alliance must:
     A.  Announce the alliance name and the Captain of the alliance in the North Fork
         (DM #47) newsletter.
Captains are responsible for:
     A.  Verifying those who wish to participate under the banner of their alliance;
     B.  Distribution of prizes should their alliance win the TW4.
Managers must:
     A.  Submit one (1) RSI Roll-up Gift Certificate to participate;
     B.  Announce their intent to compete with manager name, team name and alliance
         in which they will be fighting under, in the DM #47 North Fork newsletter.
Rules:
1.  No scoring will begin until an RSI Roll-up Gift Certificate is received.  No
    exceptions will be made.
2.  Before a manager can compete, he must be acknowledged and verified by the Captain
    of the alliance he has claimed for;
    A.  The following turn, points will begin to be awarded or subtracted;
3.  Only one (1) team per manager may compete.  No multiple aliases please (we'll be
    checking this and if caught...you'll be disqualified and no refund);
4.  The contest will end on Turn 233 (12 turns!).  Winners will be announced on Turn
    234 and prizes sent to winning alliance between Turn 233 and 234.
5.  No declarations will be acknowledged after Turn 231.
6.  For the purpose of scoring, I reserve the right to make all final decisions.
Scoring:         Win    Lose     Kill     Die
Challenge         +2     -2       +5       -5
Match-up          +1     -1       +1       -5
Bloodfeud         +2     -5       +5       -10
Champion          x2     x2       x2       x2
Downchallenge     +2     -5       +2       -10
Dark Arena       +10     -5       xx       xx
Special Scoring:
     A.  Each mention in the Spy Report is worth 5 points;
     B.  Each Style Master is worth 5 points;
Champions:
     A.  Champions may be declared, but are not mandatory.  If declared, they must be
         in the Adepts or lower brackets.
Bloodfeuds:
     A.  Bloodfeuds will count for all four turns.  However, the same warrior may not
         bloodfeud all four turns.  A penalty of -10 will be given to the team who
         violates this rule.
Special Conditions:
     A.  I reserve the right for all final decisions.
     B.  If I make a mistake, I'll multiply the points by 2;
     C.  If you claim I did, and *YOU* are wrong; I'll subtract points at the rate of
         x10!
     D.  Each alliance begins with zero (0) points.
     E.  Dark Arena may be used on the first turn of every warrior with no penalty.
     F.  T.V.'s won after contest begins gain a Triple rate of scoring.
     G.  T.C.'s won after the contest begins gain a multiple of 10 scoring.
     H.  No switching alliances once verified by an alliance.
     Any questions or concerns may be addressed (if you're incarcerated) to:
Baphomet, mgr. Knights Templar (268), DM #47 -- North Fork.
     If you're in the free world:  Rick Strigner  Merit East
                                   SCI  P.O. Box 500
                                   Georgetown, DE  19947-0500
P.S.  Prizes are:
     A.  100% of the roll-up certs
     B.  Currently under negotiations with R.S.I. for other prizes
     C.  A special prize from me that I will discuss with the Captain of the winning
         alliance.

15 December 2004
The Company of Brothers Alliance would like to welcome Azereth as our newest member.
We are sure he will be an asset to both our alliance and the dueling community! --
Baphomet, Co-Founder T.C.B.

24 December 2004
Due to requests, the Turf War IV will be postponed until turn 225 (approx May/June
2005).  Sorry about the inconvenience. -- Baphomet, host of TW 4

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

ARADI MALAISE was butchered by ARNIE SHEW in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
ANGRY SANTA was devastated by CYCLONE in a 2 minute one-sided Bloodfeud Title duel.
NULN overpowered DEMURRER in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge duel.
THE GREEK GUY was unbelievably bested by TYPHOON XXII in a 4 minute Challenge fight.
LACHES unbelievably bested THE-SHOCKER in a crowd pleasing 11 minute veteran's duel.
BRUSHFIRE viciously subdued PRETTY BOY in a dull 7 minute veteran's competition.
WILDFIRE slimly lost to OIL CHECK in a popular 11 minute gruesome uneven duel.
TRAD was vanquished by FLOWER in a 2 minute one-sided fight.
GAMEBOY overpowered HAPPY PEASANT in a 1 minute one-sided melee.
THE TAIL was defeated by FLOOD in a exciting 1 minute match.
ONE-TIMER unbelievably bested TSUNAMI in a crowd pleasing 7 minute brutal conflict.
MOUSTACHED RAT demolished STEVIE in a 1 minute one-sided brawl.
CHINESE SPARERIB overcame DANDY-LION in a 1 minute conflict.
KING overpowered POINTY STICK in a 1 minute one-sided duel.
CHEER FULL OWL devastated IN PARI DELICTO in a 1 minute uneven duel.
TURTLE WAX overpowered POLITE BEGGAR in a unpopular 2 minute mismatched brawl.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|TOTAL PARRY                      8         TOTAL PARRY       44 -  25 -  0      64  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  7         SLASHING ATTACK   32 -  19 -  2      63  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   4         AIMED BLOW        14 -  13 -  2      52  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  2         LUNGING ATTACK    24 -  24 -  0      50  |
|AIMED BLOW                       2         PARRY-RIPOSTE      8 -   9 -  0      47  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    2         PARRY-LUNGE        5 -   6 -  1      45  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    2         STRIKING ATTACK   25 -  30 -  1      45  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      1         WALL OF STEEL     13 -  20 -  0      39  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   1         BASHING ATTACK    12 -  22 -  1      35  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     0         PARRY-STRIKE       0 -   0 -  0       0  |

Turn 354 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-LUNGE        1 -  0     STRIKING ATTACK    3 -  4         5  TOTAL PARRY    
SLASHING ATTACK    2 -  0     LUNGING ATTACK     1 -  3         3  STRIKING ATTACK
TOTAL PARRY        5 -  3     PARRY-STRIKE       0 -  0         1  AIMED BLOW     
AIMED BLOW         1 -  1     BASHING ATTACK     0 -  1         1  LUNGING ATTACK 
PARRY-RIPOSTE      1 -  1                                       1  BASHING ATTACK 
WALL OF STEEL      1 -  1     

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
STRIKING ATTACK  CYCLONE 6816               18  14  1  127 NATURAL DISASTERS (159)
TOTAL PARRY      LACHES 5642                27  22  0  124 LEGALESE (449)
LUNGING ATTACK   THE GREEK GUY 6179         11   4  0  100 I HATE THEM (480)
SLASHING ATTACK  GAMEBOY 7249                7   2  0   56 MY BRAIN ON CHLORINE (555)
PARRY-RIPOSTE    FLOWER 7255                 7   6  0   46 RED DOG GANG (476)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is DEMURRER 5828.  The most popular warrior this turn 
was THE-SHOCKER 6824.  The ten other most popular fighters were TSUNAMI 7273, THE 
GREEK GUY 6179, CYCLONE 6816, WILDFIRE 6983, FLOOD 7256, TYPHOON XXII 6827, 
MOUSTACHED RAT 7246, CHINESE SPARERIB 7248, CHEER FULL OWL 7274, and NULN 7159.

The least popular fighter this week was BRUSHFIRE 7168.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were OIL CHECK 7250, TURTLE WAX 7275, PRETTY BOY 7091, IN PARI DELICTO 7283, 
DANDY-LION 7278, STEVIE 7271, THE TAIL 7253, LACHES 5642, DEMURRER 5828, and ANGRY 
SANTA 6828.

               NEW GRADUATES--FROM ALL ARENAS (INCLUDING CLOSED ARENAS)

     For those of you who keep track of such things, 11 additional warriors graduated 
from regular DM arenas (including closed arenas) since the last tournament.  

                        EEK THE CAT (2-4110) of THE FUNNY FARM 
                             HADES (11-5338) of MYTHICAL 
                    DRAUGHT DODGER (12-5209) of WISH YOU WERE BEER 
                      DRACO MALFOY (18-7115) of HOUSE SLYTHERIN 
                           FREAK (18-7300) of RUN AND HYDE 
                   BETWEEN THE EYES (60-716) of METAL MILITIA II 6
                  SHOVELING SANDY (65-3584) of STORMNITE SANDBAGGER 
                         BLUE BLOOD (73-3657) of BLACK & BLUE 
                          JOCK (82-10452) of 4-LETTER ITCHES 
                       WILLIE BROWN (82-13201) of 1976 RAIDERS 
                          YUENGLING (82-16265) of LOCAL BEER 

Congrats to the grads. -- Green Eyes