DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 08/02/2010    Duedate: 08/14/2010

VALAMANTIS ARENA

DM-62    TURN-489

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

FARGO HAIL
MIDDLE WAY 10 (420)
(62-4530) [15-7-0,92]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

FARGO HAIL                     INANNA
MIDDLE WAY 10 (420)            TOKEN ENTRY (207)
(62-4530) [15-7-0,92]          (62-4558) [4-1-0,52]

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

JERANS LA'ROC                  GILFMET IVERS
MIDDLE WAY 10 (420)            MIDDLE WAY 10 (420)
(62-4501) [18-15-2,87]         (62-4568) [3-0-0,34]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

MIDDLE WAY 10 (420)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. TOKEN ENTRY (207)           47
2. MIDDLE WAY 10 (420)         17      DETHKLOT (450)
3. DISASTERS (448)              0      Unchartered Team
4. DETHKLOT (450)             -12
                                       TOKEN ENTRY (207)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 1 DETHKLOT (450)            35  23  7 60.3   1/ 1 MIDDLE WAY 10 (420)       9  4 1
 2- 2 DISASTERS (448)           20  23  3 46.5   2/ 3*TOKEN ENTRY (207)         6  3 1
 3/ 4*TOKEN ENTRY (207)         13  15  2 46.4   3/ 2 DETHKLOT (450)            5  8 1
 4/ 3 MIDDLE WAY 10 (420)      374 445  8 45.7   4- 4 DISASTERS (448)           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

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                         ---===DELARQUAN REGIONAL NEWS===---

                                     Duelmasters
                                     -----------
 DM   1 MORDANT (turn 654): JOY of MIGHTY MORALS II (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.)
 DM   2 NIANIA (turn 537): TWO-PIECE TOENAIL of 042709A (The Muffin Man, mgr.)
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 660): PERFECT DRUG of IRATE FORMATIONS (The Muffin Man, mgr.)
 DM   4 JHELUM (turn 631): RED HAMMER of DOGS OF WAR (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   5 KALTOS (turn 655): SONNY of TECHNOLOGY (Otto X Frothingslosh, mgr.)
 DM   6 TRANSEL (turn 650): NOT-A-NUT JONES of PSYCHO SQUAD (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 659): HARPOON of BUNION SQUAD (Obregon, mgr.)
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 643): THE GRINCH of ABOMINATIONS (Chase, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 645): ERIN GO BRAGH of RYAN'S HENCHMEN (Leprechaun, mgr)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 644): SIDEWINDER of SERPENTS HOLD (Khisanth, mgr.)
 DM  36 JHANS (turn 612): ELLIRIN IMBRAY of MIDDLE WAY 17 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  38 CLIFFHOME (turn 600): KARTIKAYA of JINDA-BAN (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 275): RATA of KIWI CONNECTION (The Mun, mgr.)
 DM  42 RODEKI (turn 592): STICKY FINGERS of DUNGEON CELL (One Armed Bandit, mgr.)
 DM  51 TRICORUS (turn 543): CARGO of SEA DOGS (One Armed Bandit, mgr.)
 DM  54 TROCAR (turn 259): SAMILDAR of TRADERS OF TROCAR (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  59 ILLIS (turn 250): I'M A BASHER of BASHAHOLICS ANON (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.)
 DM  62 VALAMANTIS (turn 488): POSITION IS EMPTY
 DM  72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 226): HOCKEY of GAMES CRIP PLAYS (Crip, mgr.)
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 536): COOLER of STYROFOAM (Jolly, mgr.)

                                      Top Teams
                                      ---------
 DM   1 MORDANT (turn 654): MIGHTY MORALS II (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.)
 DM   2 NIANIA (turn 537): 042709A (The Muffin Man, mgr.)
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 660): IRATE FORMATIONS (The Muffin Man, mgr.)
 DM   4 JHELUM (turn 631): KIWI CONNECTION (The Mun, mgr.)
 DM   5 KALTOS (turn 655): TECHNOLOGY (Otto X Frothingslosh, mgr.)
 DM   6 TRANSEL (turn 650): PSYCHO SQUAD (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 659): BONSUR LONG NAMES (Hammer, mgr.)
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 643): BACON MAKIN' (?, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 645): THE GRATEFUL UNDEAD (Street Legal, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 644): OMINOUS REIGN (Archaic Elf, mgr.)
 DM  36 JHANS (turn 612): MIDDLE WAY 17 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  38 CLIFFHOME (turn 600): JINDA-BAN (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 375): KIWI CONNECTION (The Mun, mgr.)
 DM  42 RODEKI (turn 592): I CAN'T BRUSH YOU (?, mgr.)
 DM  51 TRICORUS (turn 543): DARK HORSEMEN (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  54 TROCAR (turn 259): TRADERS OF TROCAR (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  59 ILLIS (turn 250): VIRUS (?, mgr.)
 DM  62 VALAMANTIS (turn 488): MIDDLE WAY 10 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 226): STATES (?, mgr.)
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 536) STREET PIZZA et al (The Upright Man, mgr.)

                                   Recent Graduates
                                  -----------------
 DM   1 MORDANT (turn 653): VAN DERMINT of BOOZE (Papa Bear, mgr.)
 DM   2 NIANIA (turn 536): IGNORANT BAUD of 042709A (The Muffin Man, mgr.)
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 660): PERFECT DRUG of IRATE FORMATIONS (The Muffin Man, mgr.)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 659): CAJETAN of SENTINELS (Nomad, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 644): BLAKSUNN of GRIM FANDANGO (Stik, mgr.)
               (turn 643): WALLACE of GRIM FANDANGO (Stik, mgr.)
 DM  36 JHANS (turn 612): ELLIRIN IMBRAY of MIDDLE WAY 17 (Jorja, mgr.)
              (turn 611): SHERRY of BABES (Papa Bear, mgr.)
 DM  38 CLIFFHOME (turn 600): KARTIKAYA of JINDA-BAN (Jorja, mgr.)
                  (turn 599): GURU GNU of HILLTOP GURUS (Nomad, mgr.)
 DM  42 RODEKI (turn 591): COLDFISHFINGER of COLOR ME SUAVE (Suave, mgr.)
 DM  51 TRICORUS (turn 543): CARGO of SEA DOGS (One Armed Bandit, mgr.)
 DM  54 TROCAR (turn 259): SAMILDAR of TRADERS OF TROCAR (Jorja, mgr.)

                                      SPY REPORT

     So why do I have this bag over my head?  Because I am The Unknown Spymaster and 
I'm going to give you a spy report!.  Hey everybody, watch out for INANNA, who flew 
up 26 points in the rankings after mashing PICKLES like a melon.  Keep your eye on 
this gal.  Ya know, some days it doesn't pay to walk out on the sands.  PICKLES was 
defeated by INANNA and drops 17 points.  In front of all the crowds, FARGO HAIL took 
the Duelmaster's crown for his own.  I give the bum two weeks.  Advice to 
bashers--never force anything, just get a bigger halberd!   
     Let's dig a little deeper into what's happening in the VALAMANTIS arena.   
     Being a spy is great--other people die and you spend the rest of the day 
drinking to their memory.  Better tanked than dead!  Knowing when to use the right 
tactics at the proper time is a very important step on the road to Duelmaster.   
     Well, that wasn't too bad; Alarond told me that the people in VALAMANTIS have no 
sense of humor.  Or maybe that they were senseless.  Well, there goes another Spy 
Report.  Good luck in next week's fights.  And remember, you can pick your friends 
and you can pick your--(loud boos), oh, you've heard that one already!-- The Unknown 
Spymaster  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 FARGO HAIL 4530              15   7  0    92       MIDDLE WAY 10 (420)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 JERANS LA'ROC 4501           18  15  2    87       MIDDLE WAY 10 (420)
 JIMEMMA LOCA 4523            15  11  0    71       MIDDLE WAY 10 (420)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 NATHAN 4552                   7   5  3    55       DETHKLOT (450)
 INANNA 4558                   4   1  0    52       TOKEN ENTRY (207)
-THE PLAGUE 4533               3   3  0    51       DISASTERS (448)
 SQUIZGOR 4553                 8   4  0    45       DETHKLOT (450)
 KARN FIREVALE 1447            4   1  1    45       TOKEN ENTRY (207)
 GILFMET IVERS 4568            3   0  0    34       MIDDLE WAY 10 (420)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 PICKLES 4550                  8   4  1    33       DETHKLOT (450)
 MURDER FACE 4551              6   6  3    31       DETHKLOT (450)
 NORMANFNBATES 4567            2   0  0    27       TOKEN ENTRY (207)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 POKEY 4566                    2   1  1    23       TOKEN ENTRY (207)
-ELEPHANT 4564                 1   1  0     5       TOKEN ENTRY (207)

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
TOKI 4549               6  4 0 DETHKLOT 450         KARN FIREVALE 1447    487   
LAND SLIDE 4554         4  2 1 DISASTERS 448        JERANS LA'ROC 4501    488   
HOBBAN JEPP 4503       10 20 0 MIDDLE WAY 10 420    NATHAN 4552           487  JUST REVENGED

                                     PERSONAL ADS

Gilvmet Ivers -- To answer your question... well, further contradicting myself, I
must admit I cannot remember. -- Elephant

Jorja -- Of course we need it.  Sorry we weren't there to help last time.-- Action
and Co.

Okay.  Now where did we put that Duelmaster...

Really, the Commission is just too hidebound!  I simply lost to the Venomous

Concubine, an aberrant moment for both of us, and because that dropped me ONE POINT
below two of my teammates (who were tied, the silly fools), I lose the title to
Position Is Empty!  This is ridiculous. -- JimEmma Loca

Nathan -- If either you or Land Slide who fought Jerans had been just a BIT more
flashy, so that one or the other of us had gotten an extra point of recognition, *I*
might be the duelmaster!  Or Jerans, of course, but he has no need of the title, he's
been there before already. -- Fargo Hail
P.S.  Still, not bad for an inexperienced pointy-eared shrimp.

Ghost of Land Slide -- I hadn't expected the retaining wall to have QUITE that
dramatic a result.  But you were way too high in the rankings, or we wouldn't have
been mis-matched in the first place, you know. -- Jerans La'Roc

Merendies Skoridos of Mordant, Conscientious Objector -- Yeah, right. -- Gilfmet
Ivers

26 July 2010
     Some managers have attempted to send personals and columns to hal, and hal has
been refusing to acknowledge their content.  I don't know what hal's problem is,
specifically, but for best success, send PLAIN TEXT (dot txt) in the body of the
email.  Not attachments.  Thank you. -- the Editor

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

FARGO HAIL devastated VENOMOUS CONCUBINE in a 1 minute mismatched Title fight.
JIMEMMA LOCA lost to KUNG-FU MASTER in a action packed 1 minute battle.
JERANS LA'ROC demolished NATHAN in a 1 minute uneven fight.
PICKLES was devastated by INANNA in a 1 minute one-sided contest.
MURDER FACE was overpowered by KARN FIREVALE in a 1 minute mismatched match.
GILFMET IVERS slimly won victory over POKEY in a 2 minute bloody novice's duel.
SQUIZGOR overpowered FRATSFA SLAVE in a 1 minute mismatched brawl.
NORMANFNBATES overpowered EMBEZZLING SCRIBE in a 1 minute uneven melee.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|SLASHING ATTACK                  4         WALL OF STEEL      4 -   1 -  0      80  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   2         LUNGING ATTACK    17 -   6 -  2      74  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   2         PARRY-LUNGE       12 -   7 -  2      63  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  2         SLASHING ATTACK   24 -  19 -  2      56  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      1         BASHING ATTACK     8 -   7 -  2      53  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    1         STRIKING ATTACK    9 -  17 -  1      35  |
|AIMED BLOW                       0         TOTAL PARRY        2 -   9 -  0      18  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     0         PARRY-STRIKE       0 -   0 -  0       0  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    0         PARRY-RIPOSTE      0 -   0 -  0       0  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      0         AIMED BLOW         0 -   0 -  0       0  |

Turn 489 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     AIMED BLOW         0 -  0         3  LUNGING ATTACK 
LUNGING ATTACK     2 -  0     PARRY-STRIKE       0 -  0         3  SLASHING ATTACK
WALL OF STEEL      1 -  0     PARRY-RIPOSTE      0 -  0         2  BASHING ATTACK 
SLASHING ATTACK    2 -  2     STRIKING ATTACK    0 -  2         1  PARRY-LUNGE    
BASHING ATTACK     1 -  1     TOTAL PARRY        0 -  0         1  WALL OF STEEL  
                                                                1  STRIKING ATTACK

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
LUNGING ATTACK   FARGO HAIL 4530            15   7  0   92 MIDDLE WAY 10 (420)
PARRY-LUNGE      JERANS LA'ROC 4501         18  15  2   87 MIDDLE WAY 10 (420)
SLASHING ATTACK  JIMEMMA LOCA 4523          15  11  0   71 MIDDLE WAY 10 (420)
WALL OF STEEL    INANNA 4558                 4   1  0   52 TOKEN ENTRY (207)
BASHING ATTACK   GILFMET IVERS 4568          3   0  0   34 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 GILFMET IVERS 4568.  The ten other most popular fighters were POKEY 4566, 
FARGO HAIL 4530, JIMEMMA LOCA 4523, INANNA 4558, KARN FIREVALE 1447, SQUIZGOR 4553, 
NORMANFNBATES 4567, JERANS LA'ROC 4501, NATHAN 4552, and PICKLES 4550.

The least popular fighter this week was MURDER FACE 4551.  The other ten least 
popular fighters were PICKLES 4550, NATHAN 4552, JERANS LA'ROC 4501, NORMANFNBATES 
4567, SQUIZGOR 4553, KARN FIREVALE 1447, INANNA 4558, JIMEMMA LOCA 4523, FARGO HAIL 
4530, and POKEY 4566.

                 NEW TEAMS IN THE TEMPORARY TOURNAMENT ARENA (DM 85)

Please note that all new teams created at the Face-to-Face were temporarily placed in 
a temporary Tournament Arena, DM 85.  If you requested that your team be placed in a 
specific arena, it has already transferred to that arena.  Any teams not transferred 
out of DM 85 by October 1 will be deleted.  If you have questions about any of your 
teams, please contact Customer Service. -- RSI 

                        WINTER FACE-TO-FACE IN SUNNY ARIZONA!

Our next winter FTF will be held in Tempe, Arizona, January 14-16, 2011.  It will be 
held at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Tempe, Arizona (480-894-7444), the same hotel as 
last year by popular request.  Room rates are $129.00 per night, 1-2 occupancy, which 
includes full cooked breakfast, complimentary manager's reception (yes, really!), free 
airport shuttle, free parking and free high speed internet.  There's a fitness center, 
jacuzzi, and pool.  The rooms are blocked--please make your reservation by December 22 
before the block is released!  (This is prime season for Phoenix, and people have been
unable to book rooms because they waited too long.)  Look for the tournament info 
sheet and minioverviews some time in December.  We hope you're all looking forward to 
it and that we will see you there!