DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 07/23/2010    Duedate: 08/05/2010

JURINE ARENA

DM-61    TURN-479

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

COUNTER OFFER
VIKING LINGO (398)
(61-3535) [9-3-0,107]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

COUNTER OFFER                  POSITION IS EMPTY
VIKING LINGO (398)             
(61-3535) [9-3-0,107]          

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

VONNER WESS                    DONNA
MIDDLE WAY 16 (387)            DOCTORS (400)
(61-3529) [13-15-0,63]         (61-3599) [2-0-0,20]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

MIDDLE WAY 16 (387)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. MIDDLE WAY 16 (387)         17
2. VIKING LINGO (398)          17      VIKING LINGO (398)
3. AUTUMN SAGA (327)            0      Unchartered Team
4. DOCTORS (400)               -4
                                       ZIMBO'S MAURADERS (98)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 0 VIKING LINGO (398)         9   3  0 75.0   1/ 1 MIDDLE WAY 16 (387)      11  4 1
 2/ 2 MIDDLE WAY 16 (387)      210 183  4 53.4   2/ 2 DOCTORS (400)             6  9 0
 3- 1 AUTUMN SAGA (327)         95  83  7 53.4   3/ 0 VIKING LINGO (398)        1  0 0
 4/ 3 DOCTORS (400)             33  37  0 47.1   4- 3 AUTUMN SAGA (327)         0  4 0

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

                                    TEAM SPOTLIGHT

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                        ---===FREE BLADES REGIONAL NEWS===---

                                     Duelmasters
                                     -----------
 DM   9 ZUKAL (turn 648): SHADY SHIPWRIGHT of SEA DOGS (One Armed Bandit, mgr.)
 DM  12 RIZTAB (turn 650): SCURVY LADY of SEA DOGS (One Armed Bandit, mgr.)
 DM  13 DULLENS (turn 531): CASSIE ELIZABETH of HOUSE OF CARDS (Zalgor Prigg, mgr.)
 DM  15 MALCORN (turn 644): MAXIMILLIAN of VC RULES (Fizban, mgr.)
 DM  16 WILLAF (turn 646): SILENCE IS GOLDEN of GOLDEN GLADIATORS (Midas, mgr.)
 DM  17 ALJAFIR (turn 638): LIMA BEAN EXPRESS of FOOD FIGHT! (The Dark One, mgr.)
 DM  19 ZUWAYZA (turn 639): ERIC CARTMAN of CUNNING RUNTS (Deep Thought, mgr.)
 DM  28 MORYA (turn 321): BLACK ROSE HAMMER of FLOWERED HAMMERZ (Hammer, mgr.)
 DM  29 LAPUR (turn 636): SNOWDROP of TRAIL OF TEARS (Jugger, mgr.)
 DM  31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 319): BUSTER BUNNY of LOONY TOONS (Rascally Rabbit, mgr.)
 DM  32 ARVAT (turn 632): POSITION IS EMPTY
 DM  33 NIATOLI ISLAND (turn 629): BITCHIN' BEAST of DIVINE HERITAGE (Bubba Ganoosh)
 DM  35 MURSKA (turn 621): LUCY JORDAN of URBAN JUNGLE (Jugger, mgr.)
 DM  43 VEASTIAN (turn 583): ELDARRAN of THE BRETHREN (Godric Magnusson DaVinci, mgr)
 DM  45 STORMCROWE (turn 297): CALLOUS COURTNEY of STREET WALKERS (Roadkill, mgr.)
 DM  47 TEMPLE OF ABARSIS (turn 291): MY SHADOW of KAOS (Grimm, mgr.)
 DM  50 SNOWBOUND (turn 278): CASS DOLLAN of MIDDLE WAY 6 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  56 ROCANIS (turn 511): ABELINDA CHASE Of MIDDLE WAY 20 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  60 ARADI (turn 498): BB BULLY BOY of RED DOG GANG (Spot, mgr.)
 DM  61 JURINE (turn 478): BARLO CHELLS of MIDDLE WAY 16 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  65 DAL SHANG (turn 473): ICECLAW of CASTAWAYS (She-Puppy, mgr.)
 DM  73 ERINIKA (turn 226): HERCULES of AIR CANADA (?, mgr.)
 DM  74 DAYLA KIV (turn 434): ALEXANDROS of GATES OF FIRE (Chief Illiniwek, mgr.)
 DM  75 JADE MOUNTAIN (turn 428): ROD DEDEAUX of GREATS OF TROY (Zalgor Prigg, mgr.)
 DM  78 LIN TIRIAN (turn 421): SHILLIS VAIR of SAND DANCERS (Jorja, mgr.)
ADM 103 FREE BLADES (turn 537): DREAD of ANGELS OF PAIN (The Dark One, mgr.)

                                      Top Teams
                                      ---------
 DM   9 ZUKAL (turn 648): BLUE MOON (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  12 RIZTAB (turn 650): DREAMERS (Sleepy, mgr.)
 DM  13 DULLENS (turn 531): CARDOW HUNTERS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  15 MALCORN (turn 644): VC RULES (Fizban, mgr.)
 DM  16 WILLAF (turn 646): NIGHTMARE WRATH (The Laughing Man, mgr.)
 DM  17 ALJAFIR (turn 638): MIDDLE WAY (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  19 ZUWAYZA (turn 639): CUNNING RUNTS (Deep Thought, mgr.)
 DM  28 MORYA (turn 321): FORCE OF FIVE (?, mgr.)
 DM  29 LAPUR (turn 636): STREET WALKERS (Roadkill, mgr.)
 DM  31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 319): AVENGERS (Huckle Cat?, mgr.)
 DM  32 ARVAT (turn 632): DEVIL ADVOCATES (The Dark One, mgr.)
 DM  33 NIATOLI ISLAND (turn 629): SEA DOGS (One Armed Bandit, mgr.)
 DM  35 MURSKA (turn 621): ON THE ROCKS (Bartender, mgr.)
 DM  43 VEASTIAN (turn 583): WARRIORS OF STEEL (?, mgr.)
 DM  45 STORMCROWE (turn 297): STREET WALKERS (Roadkill, mgr.)
 DM  47 TEMPLE OF ABARSIS (turn 291): MANAGERIAL MAYHEM (Fizban, mgr.)
 DM  50 SNOWBOUND (turn 278): LIFE IMPACTS (Smitty, mgr.)
 DM  56 ROCANIS (turn 510): INCONSISTENT FURY (Banthius, mgr.)
 DM  60 ARADI (turn 498): THE BROTHERHOOD (Godric Magnusson DaVinci, mgr.)
 DM  61 JURINE (turn 478): MIDDLE WAY 16 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  65 DAL SHANG (turn 473): SERPENTS HOLD (Khisanth, mgr.)
 DM  73 ERINIKA (turn 226): MIDDLE WAY 18 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  74 DAYLA KIV (turn 435): GATES OF FIRE (Chief Illiniwek, mgr.)
 DM  75 JADE MOUNTAIN (turn 427): KIWI CONNECTION (The Mun, mgr.)
 DM  78 LIN TIRIAN (turn 429): SAND DANCERS (Jorja, mgr.)
ADM 103 FREE BLADES (turn 537): MIDDLE ITALY et al (The Dark One, mgr.)

                                   Recent Graduates
                                  -----------------
 DM  15 MALCORN (turn 644): REXROTH of DARK CREATION (Howard Phillips Lovecraft West)
 DM  16 WILLAF (turn 646): SILENCE IS GOLDEN of GOLDEN GLADIATORS (Midas, mgr.)
 DM  31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 319): BUSTER BUNNY of LOONY TOONS (Rascally Rabbit, mgr.)
 DM  32 ARVAT (turn 632): SARLOW of FISHERMAN'S WHARF (Jorja, mgr.)
              (turn 631): E. BLISS of DEVIL ADVOCATES (The Dark One, mgr.)
 DM  33 NIATOLI ISLAND (turn 629): BITCHIN' BEAST of DIVINE HERITAGE (Bubba Ganoosh)
 DM  35 MURSKA (turn 621): LUCY JORDAN of URBAN JUNGLE (Jugger, mgr.)
 DM  45 STORMCROWE (turn 297): DAN MACK GRU of NORTHERN LIGHTS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  50 SNOWBOUND (turn 277): MRS. VAUGHN of LIFE IMPACTS (Smitty, mgr.)
 DM  73 ERINIKA (turn 225): EXTORTION of BLACKMAIL (The Mun, mgr.)
 DM  75 JADE MOUNTAIN (turn 428): ROD DEDEAUX of GREATS OF TROY (Zalgor Prigg, mgr.)
                      (turn 427): DEBBIE GREEN of GREATS OF TROY (Zalgor Prigg, mgr.)

                                 DUELMASTER'S COLUMN
                             Notes from the arena champ.

     Tell you what, Tom Baker, you're half-baked!  Is that a witty comment, or what?

                                    Barlo Chells

                                      SPY REPORT

     It is I, Novgorodny Vir, Spymaster of Spymasters.  Look on my work, ye mighty, 
and despair!  MIDDLE WAY 16 had cause to celebrate, after WALLIS YENT got 11 points 
by beating TOM BAKER.  A certain someone should cut down on the drinking and practice 
more, after losing 4 points to WALLIS YENT.  (Discrete enough, TOM BAKER?) What can 
be a greater victory?  COUNTER OFFER has taken his place as the top, as JURINE's new 
Duelmaster.  So who was the warrior seen charging into immovable walls and 
challenging dead trees?  Someone's got a basic problem...   
     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...  Oh hard!  that to 
strike a flame, the match itself must needs be wasting!   
     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 JURINE farewell-- Novgorodny Vir  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 COUNTER OFFER 3535            9   3  0   107       VIKING LINGO (398)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 BARLO CHELLS 3530            16  11  1    84       MIDDLE WAY 16 (387)
 WALLIS YENT 3541             18   4  0    82       MIDDLE WAY 16 (387)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 VONNER WESS 3529             13  15  0    63       MIDDLE WAY 16 (387)
 ZAKALUS ARDON 3566           10   3  1    63       MIDDLE WAY 16 (387)
 TOM BAKER 3551                8   6  0    61       DOCTORS (400)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 DELLEA ERAMIN 3587            6   1  0    38       MIDDLE WAY 16 (387)
 PETER DAVISON 3552            7   7  0    35       DOCTORS (400)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 HUGH GRANT 3555               6   8  0    32       DOCTORS (400)
 DAVID TENNANT 3553            6   8  0    26       DOCTORS (400)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 DONNA 3599                    2   0  0    20       DOCTORS (400)

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
COLIN BAKER 3554        4  8 0 DOCTORS 400          ZAKALUS ARDON 3566    477   

                                     PERSONAL ADS

Peter Davison -- Like I'm going to trust a doctor with a sharp knife? -- Wallis Yent

The Venomous Concubine distracted me with her fatal beauty. -- Zakalus Ardon

Hugh Grant -- Okay, the truth?  I was laughing at you. -- Vonner Wess

David Tennant -- No, I do NOT want to "play doctor" with you. -- Dellea Eramin

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

BARLO CHELLS was devastated by COUNTER OFFER in a 1 minute mismatched Title fight.
WALLIS YENT demolished TOM BAKER in a 2 minute one-sided melee.
VONNER WESS overpowered HUGH GRANT in a 1 minute mismatched duel.
ZAKALUS ARDON devastated PETER DAVISON in a 2 minute one-sided fight.
DELLEA ERAMIN subdued DAVID TENNANT in a 2 minute competition.
DONNA bested PERSISTENT BEGGAR in a crowd pleasing 3 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         WALL OF STEEL      8 -   4 -  1      67  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   2         LUNGING ATTACK    22 -  19 -  3      54  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  2         STRIKING ATTACK   10 -   9 -  1      53  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    1         PARRY-RIPOSTE      3 -   3 -  0      50  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  1         AIMED BLOW        18 -  20 -  1      47  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    1         SLASHING ATTACK    6 -   8 -  0      43  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     1         PARRY-STRIKE       4 -   6 -  0      40  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      0         BASHING ATTACK     1 -   4 -  1      20  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   0         TOTAL PARRY        0 -   0 -  0       0  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      0         PARRY-LUNGE        0 -   1 -  0       0  |

Turn 479 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-RIPOSTE      1 -  0     AIMED BLOW         1 -  2         3  AIMED BLOW     
STRIKING ATTACK    1 -  0     PARRY-LUNGE        0 -  0         2  LUNGING ATTACK 
WALL OF STEEL      1 -  0     PARRY-STRIKE       0 -  1         2  SLASHING ATTACK
LUNGING ATTACK     1 -  1     BASHING ATTACK     0 -  0         1  PARRY-RIPOSTE  
SLASHING ATTACK    1 -  1     TOTAL PARRY        0 -  0         1  STRIKING ATTACK
                                                                1  WALL OF STEEL  
                                                                1  PARRY-STRIKE   

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
PARRY-RIPOSTE    COUNTER OFFER 3535          9   3  0  107 VIKING LINGO (398)
LUNGING ATTACK   BARLO CHELLS 3530          16  11  1   84 MIDDLE WAY 16 (387)
STRIKING ATTACK  WALLIS YENT 3541           18   4  0   82 MIDDLE WAY 16 (387)
AIMED BLOW       ZAKALUS ARDON 3566         10   3  1   63 MIDDLE WAY 16 (387)
WALL OF STEEL    DELLEA ERAMIN 3587          6   1  0   38 MIDDLE WAY 16 (387)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is VONNER WESS 3529.  The most popular warrior this 
turn was DONNA 3599.  The ten other most popular fighters were WALLIS YENT 3541, 
ZAKALUS ARDON 3566, COUNTER OFFER 3535, VONNER WESS 3529, DELLEA ERAMIN 3587, BARLO 
CHELLS 3530, DAVID TENNANT 3553, TOM BAKER 3551, HUGH GRANT 3555, and PETER DAVISON 
3552.

The least popular fighter this week was PETER DAVISON 3552.  The other ten least 
popular fighters were HUGH GRANT 3555, TOM BAKER 3551, DAVID TENNANT 3553, BARLO 
CHELLS 3530, DELLEA ERAMIN 3587, VONNER WESS 3529, COUNTER OFFER 3535, ZAKALUS ARDON 
3566, WALLIS YENT 3541, and DONNA 3599.