DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 04/26/2010    Duedate: 05/08/2010

VALAMANTIS ARENA

DM-62    TURN-482

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

JERANS LA'ROC
MIDDLE WAY 10 (420)
(62-4501) [15-11-1,82]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

JERANS LA'ROC                  SQUIZGOR
MIDDLE WAY 10 (420)            DETHKLOT (450)
(62-4501) [15-11-1,82]         (62-4553) [4-1-0,42]

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

JERANS LA'ROC                  SQUIZGOR
MIDDLE WAY 10 (420)            DETHKLOT (450)
(62-4501) [15-11-1,82]         (62-4553) [4-1-0,42]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

DETHKLOT (450)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. MIDDLE WAY 10 (420)         25
2. DETHKLOT (450)              22      EOD (436)
3. EOD (436)                    7      Unchartered Team
4. DISASTERS (448)              0
                                       DETHKLOT (450)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 1*DETHKLOT (450)            19   6  6 76.0   1/ 1*DETHKLOT (450)           10  5 3
 2/ 2 EOD (436)                 28  14  1 66.7   2/ 2 MIDDLE WAY 10 (420)       7  8 0
 3- 3 DISASTERS (448)           15  16  2 48.4   3/ 3 EOD (436)                 3  0 1
 4/ 4 MIDDLE WAY 10 (420)      357 433  7 45.2   4- 4 DISASTERS (448)           1  2 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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                         ---===DELARQUAN REGIONAL NEWS===---

                                     Duelmasters
                                     -----------
 DM   1 MORDANT (turn 647): BLACK of FULL SPECTRUM (Jester, mgr.)
 DM   2 NIANIA (turn 530): IGNORANT BAUD of 042709A (The Muffin Man, mgr.)
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 653): VIRTUAL REALITY of STATE OF MIND (Marma Duke, mgr.)
 DM   4 JHELUM (turn 624): PETE MASTIFF of DOGS OF WAR (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   5 KALTOS (turn 648): MOSQUITO of BLOOD SUCKERS (The Mun, mgr.)
 DM   6 TRANSEL (turn 643): EVE AND EMMA of PSYCHO SQUAD (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 652): CAJETAN of SENTINELS (Nomad, mgr.)
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 636): HAGAR BLUETOOTH of VIKINGS (Nomad, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 638): SALLANCHE of SUPERIOR FORCES 6N (Manager, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 637): WALLACE of GRIM FANDANGO (Stik, mgr.)
 DM  36 JHANS (turn 605): EDDIE INCHER of MIDDLE WAY 17 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  38 CLIFFHOME (turn 598): KARTIKAYA of JINDA-BAN (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 272): MANN SLAUGHTER of CRIMINAL ELEMENT (Fizban, mgr.)
 DM  42 RODEKI (turn 585): EACHAM of DELVERS (Harby, mgr.)
 DM  51 TRICORUS (turn 536): CARGO of SEA DOGS (One Armed Bandit, mgr.)
 DM  54 TROCAR (turn 255): VARDIN ABEQ of TRADERS OF TROCAR (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  59 ILLIS (turn 246): GISBORNE of KIWI CONNECTION (The Mun, mgr.)
 DM  62 VALAMANTIS (turn 481): JERANS LA'ROC of MIDDLE WAY 10 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 223): TORANS ULRIK of MIDDLE WAY 9 (Jorja, mgr.)
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 529): GATEWAY of ATTACK OF THE CLONES (The Upright Man, mgr.)

                                      Top Teams
                                      ---------
 DM   1 MORDANT (turn 647): HOMICIDAL MANIACS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   2 NIANIA (turn 530): THE GOLDEN FISH (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 653): ASTRAL KIN (Arcane Kid, mgr.)
 DM   4 JHELUM (turn 624): KIWI CONNECTION (The Mun, mgr.)
 DM   5 KALTOS (turn 648): THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   6 TRANSEL (turn 643): PSYCHO SQUAD (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 652): BEACH BABES (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 636): ABOMINATION (Chase, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 638): SEA DOGS (One Armed Bandit, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 637): GRIM FANDANGO (Stik, mgr.)
 DM  36 JHANS (turn 605): BABES (Papa Bear, mgr.)
 DM  38 CLIFFHOME (turn 598): JINDA-BAN (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 272): KIWI CONNECTION (The Mun, mgr.)
 DM  42 RODEKI (turn 585): COLOR ME SUAVE (Suave, mgr.)
 DM  51 TRICORUS (turn 536): DARK HORSEMEN (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  54 TROCAR (turn 255): TRADERS OF TROCAR (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  59 ILLIS (turn 246): WHAT'S IN A NAME (Storm Lord, mgr.)
 DM  62 VALAMANTIS (turn 481): DETHKLOT (?, mgr.)
 DM  72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 223): MIDDLE WAY 9 (Jorja, mgr.)
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 529) 0729205R et al (The Muffin Man, mgr.)

                                   Recent Graduates
                                  -----------------
 DM   2 NIANIA (turn 529): GROND of THE GOLDEN FISH (Jorja, mgr.)
               (turn 528): BRANDY PINKERTON of PEANUT BUTTER FUDGE (Gavin Rule, mgr.)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 652): CANDY CANE of CHURCH LADIES (Papa Bear, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 635): FAMINE of DARK AT HEART (?, mgr.)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 272): MANN SLAUGHTER of CRIMINAL ELEMENT (Fizban, mgr.)
 DM  51 TRICORUS (turn 535): SHALAITHA of DARK HORSEMENT (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  59 ILLIS (turn 246): GISBORNE of KIWI CONNECTION (The Mun, mgr.)

                                 DUELMASTER'S COLUMN
                             Notes from the arena champ.

     Having achieved a stunning victory over M. Chardinee, I retain the title.  It's
a travesty, but in another way it *is* a thrill of sorts.  I may actually survive to
graduate!

                                   Jerans La'Roc

                                      SPY REPORT

     I was going on vacation, see?  Surf, sun...  But what do those bums say?  "Hit 
the road, Debby Tonte.  VALAMANTIS needs a spyreport."  Oh, well.  MVP award for 
SQUIZGOR?  DETHKLOT's proud of him after beating HOBBAN JEPP and getting 16 points.  
Talk about yer big time losers!  NATHAN got smashed by JIMEMMA LOCA, and lost 5 
points!  Don't you think the Duelmaster is being unfair?  I think JERANS LA'ROC 
should let M. CHARDINEE be Duelmaster for a while, without fighting about it.  I hear 
the top team insists all their warriors get nine hours sleep.  They want photogenic 
fighters for PR photos.   
     Look, you guys stick to fighting, all right?   
     Challenges, revenges, Bloodfeuds.  All VALAMANTIS ever talks about is fighting!  
Me, I'm more laid back.  What a bunch of heartless!  I couldn't believe how many 
people were snickering when DETONATOR killed FERRIS HALE.  So he had a 8-13-0, that's 
no excuse!  It was so gross when DETONATOR of EOD killed FERRIS HALE.  They should 
start making warriors use safer weapons, or more shields, or something...  Fight, 
fight, fight.  Is that all you guys can do?   
     I really didn't, you know, study when I was a kid.  Who would've guessed I'd be 
a famous Spyreporter?  I gotta leave.  VALAMANTIS is like such a dump, and you guys 
smell too much!  Its been really albendranius!  Later, guys-- Debby Tonte  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 JERANS LA'ROC 4501           15  11  1    82       MIDDLE WAY 10 (420)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 DETONATOR 4323               11   1  1    72       EOD (436)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 JIMEMMA LOCA 4523            11   8  0    65       MIDDLE WAY 10 (420)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 FARGO HAIL 4530               9   6  0    55       MIDDLE WAY 10 (420)
-C-4 4322                      5   1  0    53       EOD (436)
 HOBBAN JEPP 4503              9  16  0    43       MIDDLE WAY 10 (420)
 SQUIZGOR 4553                 4   1  0    42       DETHKLOT (450)
 NATHAN 4552                   4   1  2    37       DETHKLOT (450)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-FLEX-X 4302                   3   5  0    30       EOD (436)
-THE PLAGUE 4533               2   2  0    30       DISASTERS (448)
 MURDER FACE 4551              4   1  3    29       DETHKLOT (450)
 PICKLES 4550                  4   1  1    24       DETHKLOT (450)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 TOKI 4549                     3   2  0    18       DETHKLOT (450)
-LAND SLIDE 4554               1   0  0    13       DISASTERS (448)

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
CONVICTED THIEF         0  0 0                      MURDER FACE 4551      482  NONE
FERRIS HALE 4517        8 13 0 MIDDLE WAY 10 420    DETONATOR 4323        482   

                                     PERSONAL ADS

Detonator -- I wish you wouldn't blow up in my face like that. -- Ferris Hale

Nathan -- Never think that the "thrill" of facing a managed opponent will render me
polite!  I'm furious with you! -- Hobban Jepp

Squizgor -- That reminds me of the moderately disgusting sound one gets when stepping
on a sponge in the shower.  I dealt firmly with the sponge, too--the shreds went into
the trash (the nerve of it, startling me like that!). -- JimEmma Loca

I ripped the Userous Merchant's face off, and you know what?  It was just a mask.
But the stewards separated us before I had a chance to find out what was under the
mask. -- Fargo Hail

     You're better off not knowing.  Trust us on this.

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

JERANS LA'ROC bested M. CHARDINEE in a crowd pleasing 1 minute Title fight.
JIMEMMA LOCA vanquished NATHAN in a 1 minute uneven battle.
DETONATOR murdered FERRIS HALE in a 1 minute uneven fight.
HOBBAN JEPP was viciously subdued by SQUIZGOR in a popular 5 minute one-sided contest.
FARGO HAIL devastated PICKLES in a popular 1 minute uneven brawl.
MURDER FACE butchered CONVICTED THIEF in a 1 minute mismatched match.
TOKI handily defeated CONVICTED THIEF in a 2 minute uneven fight.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|SLASHING ATTACK                  4         PARRY-RIPOSTE      4 -   0 -  0     100  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      2         BASHING ATTACK     4 -   1 -  3      80  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  2         PARRY-LUNGE       11 -   3 -  1      79  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   1         AIMED BLOW         3 -   1 -  0      75  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   1         SLASHING ATTACK   23 -  14 -  2      62  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      1         LUNGING ATTACK    10 -   7 -  1      59  |
|AIMED BLOW                       0         STRIKING ATTACK    8 -  10 -  1      44  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     0         TOTAL PARRY        2 -   8 -  0      20  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    0         PARRY-STRIKE       0 -   0 -  0       0  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    0         WALL OF STEEL      0 -   0 -  0       0  |

Turn 482 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        2 -  0     AIMED BLOW         0 -  0         3  SLASHING ATTACK
LUNGING ATTACK     1 -  0     PARRY-STRIKE       0 -  0         3  LUNGING ATTACK 
BASHING ATTACK     1 -  0     PARRY-RIPOSTE      0 -  0         2  PARRY-LUNGE    
SLASHING ATTACK    3 -  1     STRIKING ATTACK    0 -  2         1  AIMED BLOW     
                              TOTAL PARRY        0 -  1         1  TOTAL PARRY    
                              WALL OF STEEL      0 -  0         1  BASHING ATTACK 

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
PARRY-LUNGE      JERANS LA'ROC 4501         15  11  1   82 MIDDLE WAY 10 (420)
SLASHING ATTACK  JIMEMMA LOCA 4523          11   8  0   65 MIDDLE WAY 10 (420)
LUNGING ATTACK   FARGO HAIL 4530             9   6  0   55 MIDDLE WAY 10 (420)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is JERANS LA'ROC 4501.  The most popular warrior this 
turn was SQUIZGOR 4553.  The ten other most popular fighters were FARGO HAIL 4530, 
JERANS LA'ROC 4501, TOKI 4549, DETONATOR 4323, JIMEMMA LOCA 4523, MURDER FACE 4551, 
NATHAN 4552, FERRIS HALE 4517, PICKLES 4550, and HOBBAN JEPP 4503.

The least popular fighter this week was HOBBAN JEPP 4503.  The other ten least 
popular fighters were PICKLES 4550, FERRIS HALE 4517, NATHAN 4552, MURDER FACE 4551, 
JIMEMMA LOCA 4523, DETONATOR 4323, TOKI 4549, JERANS LA'ROC 4501, FARGO HAIL 4530, 
and SQUIZGOR 4553.