DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER
Date : 01/22/2010 Duedate: 02/04/2010
JURINE ARENA
DM-61 TURN-466
This Weeks Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
CHAM DUGAN
MIDDLE WAY 16 (387)
(61-3461) [22-26-0,92]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
CHAM DUGAN COUNTER OFFER
MIDDLE WAY 16 (387) VIKING LINGO (398)
(61-3461) [22-26-0,92] (61-3535) [3-1-0,28]
Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite
DRAGON HARVEST FALLING LEAF
AUTUMN SAGA (327) AUTUMN SAGA (327)
(61-2882) [11-16-0,71] (61-2907) [13-11-1,86]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
MIDDLE WAY 16 (387)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. DOCTORS (400) 49
2. MIDDLE WAY 16 (387) 46 AUTUMN SAGA (327)
3. BLACK PEARL (330) 16 Unchartered Team
4. VIKING LINGO (398) 8
5. AUTUMN SAGA (327) -1 VIKING LINGO (398)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1/ 1*VIKING LINGO (398) 3 1 0 75.0 1/ 2 MIDDLE WAY 16 (387) 12 3 0
2/ 0*DOCTORS (400) 3 2 0 60.0 2/ 1 AUTUMN SAGA (327) 7 7 0
3/ 2 AUTUMN SAGA (327) 77 60 2 56.2 3/ 0*DOCTORS (400) 3 2 0
4/ 3 MIDDLE WAY 16 (387) 172 159 3 52.0 4/ 3*VIKING LINGO (398) 1 1 0
5/ 0 BLACK PEARL (330) 71 87 6 44.9 5/ 0 BLACK PEARL (330) 0 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
+ ]H[ + ---:--- + ]H[ Report from the Tourney #1 ]H[ + ---:--- + ]H[ +
Larkin here, with a report from the Winter Tourney. Okay, maybe this isn't
Atlantis, but it's somewhere warm, and if that isn't a beach, at least it's sand,
and, as advertised, there are drinks with umbrellas in them. And young women with a
lot of suntan showing. By the time you read this, the tourney will be over, but
while I'm writing it, the tourney is NOT over. And a lot of you guys reading this
won't have been able to go, anyway.
I'm interviewing Zalgor Prigg, one of the managers participating in the Old
Valamantis Bloodgames, and let me tell you, Old Valamantis is not a place you want to
hang around if you don't have to. It's rotten with magic, to begin with--Folstrom
magic, the blackest there is--and then it's got all this blood and violence on top of
it, and it makes for a dark and scary venue. Anything might rise out of the ruins
around the arena, summoned by the blood and the curses of the managers.
"Mr. Prigg, could you tell us why you--"
"It was the play on words," the manager said, overriding the question. "I
couldn't resist--the chance to call a Bloodgames team Phoenix, you know, the 'rising
from the ashes of death' business. Of course, then I had to change it to Phonetix,
but that's okay, keep people guessing."
"I've heard the Commission mages talking about that name, sir, and they seem
alarmed. One of them said the name was practically a spell in itself, used here."
"I heard. That's why I had to change it."
"Have you considered what might actually rise from the ashes and blood here as a
result?"
"Well, no, but that isn't my business, you know. I manage gladiators. Let the
mages worry about what pops in from some other dimension. Besides, what if nothing
happens?"
"But, sir, there have already been reports of zombie rats and tentacled monsters
lurking in the backs of the locker rooms! And someone is bound to consider that you
have a partial responsibility--"
"No," Prigg said, "I have no responsibility for that kind of thing. I'm no
magician, I haven't been reading forbidden tomes...." He paused, looking thoughtful.
"Maybe it was TigToad with his Obscure Lore...."
"I don't believe there's a team of that name in this Bloodgames--"
"No, not here. Earlier, in Veastian. He could have been, hmm, preparing for
this, opening contacts if not gates, stuff like that. Has anybody seen any Dark
Toads around?"
"Not until they've had six drinks with umbrellas in them. Tell me, sir, have
you given any thought to the moral implications of the Bloodgames?"
"What moral implications?" the manager asked. "This isn't about morals, it's
about survival. And the way to survive on the sands is to kill your opponents every
chance you get!"
"Yes, but--"
"There's a reason they don't hold these contests up in Andoria," the manager
said sternly. "Good people in their ways, the Andorians, but they just aren't cut
out for this kind of grim business." He paused to listen to the roar of the crowds
jamming the ancient arena. Checked the marquee where slaves dangled from ropes and
updated the records of participants. Nodded, grimly satisfied. "Another death.
That's good--can't have too many survivors, or it cheapens the victory at the end."
"But the death toll--"
"Bah! Don't get the idea that these gladiators are the flower of Alastarian
youth. The ones who enter the Bloodgames are the men with no hope. We offer them a
future they could never have dreamed of, but they have to work for it, sweat for it,
bleed for it, and sometimes die for it. The survivors..." he bared his teeth in a
grin that would not have looked out of place on a wolf, "they owe us EVERYTHING, and
they'll do anything to repay us."
"But--"
"And besides," Zalgor Prigg went on, "if you really want to take up the moral
question, go talk to the Grey Wand. She's the one set this up, after all."
"I don't see the point, frankly. She's got plenty of Lord Protectors, and they
have longer training, skills polished and honed to a--"
"The Bloodgames victors, they're Her enforcers," Prigg said. "No polish, sure,
but when a dirty job needs doing, one of these guys will do it, and no questions
asked."
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---===FREE BLADES REGIONAL NEWS===---
Duelmasters
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DM 9 ZUKAL (turn 635): EIGHTH MATE of SEA DOGS (One Armed Bandit, mgr.)
DM 12 RIZTAB (turn 637): ACE of CARDS (Papa Bear, mgr.)
DM 13 DULLENS (turn 505): AVENGING ANTELOPE of SATAN'S KINGDOM (Dark One, mgr.)
DM 15 MALCORN (turn 631): AGATE of GREENWARDENS (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 16 WILLAF (turn 633): GOLDBRICK of GOLDEN GLADIATORS (Midas, mgr.)
DM 17 ALJAFIR (turn 625): THEODOSIUS of FIELDS OF ELYSIUM (Caesar, mgr.)
DM 19 ZUWAYZA (turn 628): ERIC CARTMAN of CUNNING RUNTS (Deep Thought, mgr.)
DM 28 MORYA (turn 315): OTHER of EXPENSE ACCOUNT (Finance Manager, mgr.)
DM 29 LAPUR (turn 623): SALAMANDER of TRAIL OF TEARS (Jugger?, mgr.)
DM 31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 313): EXECUTIONER of RETRIBUTION (?, mgr.)
DM 32 ARVAT (turn 619): UNBREAKABLE of CHRISTIAN ROCK (Zalgor Prigg, mgr.)
DM 33 NIATOLI ISLAND (turn 617): ZOMBIEFIED of LIVING HELL (The Dark One, mgr.)
DM 35 MURSKA (turn 608): HYPER VIPER of PHILANTHROPISTS 2 (Aragorn, mgr.)
DM 43 VEASTIAN (turn 571): PRINCE JACKSON of LUROCIAN ROYALTY (The Greek Guy, mgr.)
DM 45 STORMCROWE (turn 290): PAYNE of DARQUE FORCES (Master Darque, mgr.)
DM 47 TEMPLE OF ABARSIS (turn 284): SPARROW of RAPTOR (Owlin, mgr.)
DM 50 SNOWBOUND (turn 271): MRS. VAUGHN of LIFE IMPACTS (Smitty, mgr.)
DM 56 ROCANIS (turn 498): EBRIA GANNET of MIDDLE WAY 20 (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 60 COLLUSION COVE (turn 485): PERFECT SNOTLING of SUPERIOR FORCES 1601 (Manager)
DM 61 JURINE (turn 465): HEADING SOUTH of AUTUMN SAGA (?, mgr.)
DM 65 DAL SHANG (turn 462): SORRELISHE of SAND DANCERS (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 73 ERINIKA (turn 220): ROS QUIN of MIDDLE WAY 18 (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 74 DAYLA KIV (turn 422): ALEXANDROS of GATES OF FIRE (Chief Illiniwek, mgr.)
DM 75 JADE MOUNTAIN (turn 415): JADE RING of SAND DANCERS (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 78 LIN TIRIAN (turn 408): MEDUSA of VICTORIOUS III (Zalgor Prigg, mgr.)
ADM 103 FREE BLADES (turn 524): NIGHTCAP of DARKLINGS (She-Puppy, mgr.)
Top Teams
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DM 9 ZUKAL (turn 635): SERPENTS HOLD (Khisanth?, mgr.)
DM 12 RIZTAB (turn 637): DREAMERS (Sleepy, mgr.)
DM 13 DULLENS (turn 505): DAGGERS DEEP (Kayelbe, mgr.)
DM 15 MALCORN (turn 631): GREENWARDENS (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 16 WILLAF (turn 633): GOLDEN GLADIATORS (Midas, mgr.)
DM 17 ALJAFIR (turn 625): DEAD POETS (?, mgr.)
DM 19 ZUWAYZA (turn 628): THE MAGNIFICENT MAGS (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 28 MORYA (turn 315): EXPENSE ACCOUNT (Finance Manager, mgr.)
DM 29 LAPUR (turn 623): MID EARTH (Visionist, mgr.)
DM 31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 313): THE STORMBRINGERS (High Lord Bosk, mgr.)
DM 32 ARVAT (turn 619): DEVIL ADVOCATES (The Dark One, mgr.)
DM 33 NIATOLI ISLAND (turn 616): THE SEWING CIRCLE (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 35 MURSKA (turn 608): ON THE ROCKS (Bartender, mgr.)
DM 43 VEASTIAN (turn 571): LUROCIAN ROYALTY (The Greek Guy, mgr.)
DM 45 STORMCROWE (turn 290): DARQUE FORCES (Master Darque, mgr.)
DM 47 TEMPLE OF ABARSIS (turn 284): ROYAL FLUSH (Crip, mgr.)
DM 50 SNOWBOUND (turn 271): LIFE IMPACTS (Smitty, mgr.)
DM 56 ROCANIS (turn 498): MIDDLE WAY 20 (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 60 COLLUSION COVE (turn 485): RED DOG GANG (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 61 JURINE (turn 465): AUTUMN SAGA (?, mgr.)
DM 65 DAL SHANG (turn 462): CASTAWAYS (She-Puppy, mgr.)
DM 73 ERINIKA (turn 220): BLACKMAIL (The Mun, mgr.)
DM 74 DAYLA KIV (turn 422): GATES OF FIRE (Chief Illiniwek, mgr.)
DM 75 JADE MOUNTAIN (turn 415): GREATS OF TROY (Zalgor Prigg, mgr.)
DM 78 LIN TIRIAN (turn 408): SAND DANCERS (Jorja, mgr.)
ADM 103 FREE BLADES (turn 524): DO IT AGAIN et al (The Dark One, mgr.)
Recent Graduates
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DM 16 WILLAF (turn 633): GOLDBRICK of GOLDEN GLADIATORS (Midas, mgr.)
DM 13 DULLENS (turn 505): WINDWALKER of CARDOW HUNTERS (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 17 ALJAFIR (turn 624): ZALMAN ARVO of MIDDLE WAY (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 28 MORYA (turn 314): SURGICAL of STEEL AND SILK (Michael Eldritch, mgr.)
DM 29 LAPUR (turn 623): MAKADOS of PHLANTHROPISTS (Aragorn, mgr.)
(turn 622): SMACK O'MALLEY of CLAN CROW (?, mgr.)
CLOUDSHADOW of CARDOW HUNTERS (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 32 ARVAT (turn 618): ABBIE DONN of DEVIL ADVOCATES (The Dark One, mgr.)
DM 33 NIATOLI ISLAND (turn 616): MONOLYTH of RAVAGING LORDS (General Ikillyu, mgr.)
DM 35 MURSKA (turn 608): HYPER VIPER of PHILANTHROPISTS 2 (Aragorn, mgr.)
DM 47 TEMPLE OF ABARSIS (turn 284): SPARROW of RAPTOR (Owlin, mgr.)
DM 60 COLLUSION COVE (turn 485): FLUMMAX of RED DOG GANG (Spot, mgr.)
DM 61 JURINE (turn 465): XAVAN YOLE of MIDDLE WAY 16 (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 65 DAL SHANG (turn 462): SORRELISHE of SAND DANCERS (Jorja, mgr.)
SPY REPORT
Well, what are you looking at, JURINE? Ain't you never seen Snide Clemens
before? Ah, shaddup and listen to my news. Later days, AUTUMN SAGA, since MIDDLE
WAY 16 took top team from you this turn, you guys are old news. Of course, we're all
terribly impressed to see BARLO CHELLS win a fight and gain 16 points, terribly.
Tsk, tsk, KHALHUMS DWARF beat FALLING LEAF and FALLING LEAF lost 5 points. You're
breakin' my heart. And it's out with the old, in with the new, as XAVAN YOLE 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, JURINE?
He who fights and runs away will live to fight another day, the coward. MIDDLE
WAY 16, I suppose you'll be glad to know you were this turn's most avoided team.
Care to know who is the most afraid of you? And it looks like AUTUMN SAGA avoided
them the most this turn. What a pack of would be losers, if you ask me. Hmph. Ooh,
I'm frightfully impressed, XAVAN YOLE was this turn's most challenged warrior. Watch
that ego swell, sports fans.
Some people like volunteer work in the hospitals. I volunteer for JURINE's
morgue. More variety. Honor is like a chainmail shirt, it only shines through use.
Certain nameless cowards will doubtless rebuke me on this one.
What does the JURINE arena have in common with the inns? It's just as
comfortable to sleep in either place. Ha ha ha ha! Phlllt! Just had to do that
before I leave the fine city of JURINE. I feel much better now. Glad to see the
back of this place-- Snide Clemens
DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
CHAM DUGAN 3461 22 26 0 92 MIDDLE WAY 16 (387)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
FALLING LEAF 2907 13 11 1 86 AUTUMN SAGA (327)
HEADING SOUTH 3481 15 5 0 84 AUTUMN SAGA (327)
DRAGON HARVEST 2882 11 16 0 71 AUTUMN SAGA (327)
CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-AEKIR 3246 7 4 0 66 BLACK PEARL (330)
VONNER WESS 3529 8 7 0 61 MIDDLE WAY 16 (387)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
BARLO CHELLS 3530 9 5 1 56 MIDDLE WAY 16 (387)
WALLIS YENT 3541 8 1 0 54 MIDDLE WAY 16 (387)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-BLADEDANCER 3134 5 10 1 32 BLACK PEARL (330)
COUNTER OFFER 3535 3 1 0 28 VIKING LINGO (398)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
TOM BAKER 3551 1 0 0 16 DOCTORS (400)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
COLIN BAKER 3554 1 0 0 16 DOCTORS (400)
PETER DAVISON 3552 1 0 0 15 DOCTORS (400)
CIDER HAUS 3560 1 0 0 10 AUTUMN SAGA (327)
SEPTERBRE 3559 1 0 0 6 AUTUMN SAGA (327)
DAVID TENNANT 3553 0 1 0 1 DOCTORS (400)
HUGH GRANT 3555 0 1 0 1 DOCTORS (400)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
PEARL 4 3556 0 1 0 BLACK PEARL 330 WURM KIN 466 NONE
PEARL 5 3557 0 1 0 BLACK PEARL 330 WURM KIN 466 NONE
PEARL 6 3558 0 1 0 BLACK PEARL 330 DARK CHAMPION 466 NONE
PERSONAL ADS
Heading South -- Sounds like a plan to me. I wish I was. -- Cham Dugan
Dragon Harvest -- Hmm, I should've snagged a few dragon scales while I had the
chance, shouldn't I? Ah, well. -- Xavan Yole, planning on heading south himself
And three-oh against standbys. We can handle this. -- the rest of the Middle Way
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
PEARL 4 was butchered by WURM KIN in a 1 minute bloody Dark Arena fight.
PEARL 5 was slaughtered by WURM KIN in a 1 minute Dark Arena battle.
PEARL 6 was put to death by DARK CHAMPION in a 1 minute Dark Arena match.
HEADING SOUTH was overpowered by XAVAN YOLE in a 1 minute mismatched duel.
FALLING LEAF was bested by KHALHUMS DWARF in a exciting 3 minute veteran's fight.
CHAM DUGAN unbelievably bested DRAGON HARVEST in a 2 minute expert's Title brawl.
VONNER WESS slimly lost to CONVICTED ASSASSIN in a 2 minute match.
WALLIS YENT devastated FRATSFA SLAVE in a 1 minute gruesome one-sided competition.
BARLO CHELLS vanquished DANGEROUS CRIMINAL in a 1 minute uneven duel.
COUNTER OFFER vanquished PERSISTENT BEGGAR in a 1 minute uneven fight.
COLIN BAKER won victory over EMBEZZLING SCRIBE in a 2 minute novice's fight.
HUGH GRANT was overpowered by CIDER HAUS in a 1 minute one-sided melee.
DAVID TENNANT was defeated by SEPTERBRE in a crowd pleasing 1 minute novice's match.
PETER DAVISON handily defeated PERSISTENT BEGGAR in a 2 minute one-sided contest.
TOM BAKER subdued EMBEZZLING SCRIBE in a 2 minute novice's brawl.
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 - 0 - 0 100 |
|AIMED BLOW 4 WALL OF STEEL 7 - 1 - 0 88 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 2 PARRY-RIPOSTE 3 - 1 - 0 75 |
|STRIKING ATTACK 2 AIMED BLOW 8 - 4 - 0 67 |
|BASHING ATTACK 2 STRIKING ATTACK 9 - 6 - 0 60 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 1 SLASHING ATTACK 1 - 1 - 0 50 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 BASHING ATTACK 4 - 4 - 2 50 |
|TOTAL PARRY 1 LUNGING ATTACK 25 - 26 - 0 49 |
|WALL OF STEEL 1 TOTAL PARRY 6 - 9 - 0 40 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 - 0 0 |
Turn 466 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 4 LUNGING ATTACK
PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 - 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 2 AIMED BLOW
TOTAL PARRY 1 - 0 BASHING ATTACK 0 - 2 1 TOTAL PARRY
WALL OF STEEL 1 - 0 1 PARRY-LUNGE
AIMED BLOW 2 - 2 1 STRIKING ATTACK
SLASHING ATTACK 1 - 1 1 SLASHING ATTACK
STRIKING ATTACK 1 - 1 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
LUNGING ATTACK FALLING LEAF 2907 13 11 1 86 AUTUMN SAGA (327)
AIMED BLOW HEADING SOUTH 3481 15 5 0 84 AUTUMN SAGA (327)
STRIKING ATTACK WALLIS YENT 3541 8 1 0 54 MIDDLE WAY 16 (387)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
The overall popularity leader is DRAGON HARVEST 2882. The most popular warrior this
turn was FALLING LEAF 2907. The ten other most popular fighters were DRAGON HARVEST
2882, TOM BAKER 3551, VONNER WESS 3529, WALLIS YENT 3541, BARLO CHELLS 3530, COLIN
BAKER 3554, SEPTERBRE 3559, CHAM DUGAN 3461, COUNTER OFFER 3535, and CIDER HAUS 3560.
The least popular fighter this week was HUGH GRANT 3555. The other ten least popular
fighters were HEADING SOUTH 3481, PEARL 5 3557, PEARL 4 3556, DAVID TENNANT 3553,
PEARL 6 3558, PETER DAVISON 3552, CIDER HAUS 3560, COUNTER OFFER 3535, CHAM DUGAN
3461, and SEPTERBRE 3559.
The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn:
HEADING SOUTH (61-3481) AUTUMN SAGA (327)
SNOTMAN (61-3157) I HATE THEM TOO (354)
The following warriors have traveled to AD after fighting this turn:
XAVAN YOLE (61-3476) MIDDLE WAY 16 (387)