DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 12/17/2012    Duedate: 12/29/2012

VALAMANTIS ARENA

DM-62    TURN-551

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

MOOSEHEAD
FLOYD'S BREWERY (267)
(62-2813) [18-2-2,157]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

MOOSEHEAD                      ROSWELL
FLOYD'S BREWERY (267)          COVER-UP (457)
(62-2813) [18-2-2,157]         (62-4633) [4-3-0,53]

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

KOLBERT MOON                   HARBERT KREIGH
MIDDLE WAY 10 (420)            MIDDLE WAY 10 (420)
(62-4596) [29-21-0,108]        (62-4656) [13-7-0,83]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

MIDDLE WAY 10 (420)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. FLOYD'S BREWERY (267)       44
2. ZOMBIE SQUAD (458)           7      FLOYD'S BREWERY (267)
3. COVER-UP (457)               5      Unchartered Team
4. DIAMONDS IN THE RUFF (386)   0
5. DISASTERS (448)              0      COVER-UP (457)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1- 2*DIAMONDS IN THE RU (386)   8   3  0 72.7   1/ 1 MIDDLE WAY 10 (420)       8  7 0
 2/ 0 FLOYD'S BREWERY (267)     80  35  8 69.6   2/ 0 FLOYD'S BREWERY (267)     4  0 0
 3/ 4*COVER-UP (457)             4   3  0 57.1   3- 3 DISASTERS (448)           2  0 0
 4- 3 DISASTERS (448)           80  78 10 50.6   4- 4*DIAMONDS IN THE RU (386)  2  1 0
 5/ 1*GARBAGE PAIL KIDS (463)    2   2  0 50.0   5/ 2*GARBAGE PAIL KIDS (463)   2  2 0
 6/ 5 MIDDLE WAY 10 (420)      532 587 11 47.5   6/ 6*COVER-UP (457)            1  1 0
 7/ 0 ZOMBIE SQUAD (458)        19  28  1 40.4   7/ 0 ZOMBIE SQUAD (458)        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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                         ---===DELARQUAN REGIONAL NEWS===---

                                     Duelmasters
                                     -----------
 DM   1 MORDANT (turn 716): ALLANA LORIMER of LOW ROAD 3 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   2 NIANIA (turn 599): KESTRALINE of THE GOLDEN FISH (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 721): HUNGRY HUNGRY HIPPO of GENERATION X (The Storm Lord, mgr.)
 DM   4 JHELUM (turn 693): KID KOALA of COLLEGE RADIO #4 (Floyd, mgr.)
 DM   5 KALTOS (turn 717): NEWLIN PARRIT of THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   6 TRANSEL (turn 712): JOE WILLIAMS of BLACK AND BLUES (Howlin' Wolf, mgr.)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 721): MARY ANN of CHURCH LADIES (Papa Bear, mgr.)
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 705): SHAWN CARTER of JAY-Z (Howlin' Wolf, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 707): KILL KITTEN of ARDUIN GRIMOIRE (Rascally Rabbit, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 706): SPOONFUL of THE BLUES (Buri, mgr.)
 DM  36 JHANS (turn 672): VENOM of SERPENTS HOLD (Khisanth, mgr.)
 DM  38 CLIFFHOME (turn 661): NORVANDARRO KREN of JINDA-BAN (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 306): WOXTON of KIWI CONNECTION (The Mun, mgr.)
 DM  42 RODEKI (turn 654): C-PAPPY of COLOR ME SUAVE (Suave, mgr.)
 DM  51 TRICORUS (turn 605): DR. ORPHEUS of VENTURE BROS. (Buri, mgr.)
 DM  54 TROCAR (turn 288): DIAN WEI of ASIAN INVASION (Pec Killer, mgr.)
 DM  59 ILLIS (turn 281): JOHN WAYNE of TALL TALES (A-Sop, mgr.)
 DM  62 VALAMANTIS (turn 550): KOLBERT MOON of MIDDLE WAY 10 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 257): LONDON BEEFEATER of MEAT YOUR MAKER (Crip, mgr.)
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 598): ELAYRON of BLOOD + ORANGES (Jorja, mgr.)

                                      Top Teams
                                      ---------
 DM   1 MORDANT (turn 716): LOW ROAD 3 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   2 NIANIA (turn 599): THE GOLDEN FISH (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 721): THE BLACK COMPANY (?, mgr.)
 DM   4 JHELUM (turn 693): DOGS OF WAR (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   5 KALTOS (turn 717): THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   6 TRANSEL (turn 712): PSYCHO SQUAD (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 721): SENTINELS (Nomad, mgr.)
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 715): ABOMINATION (Chase, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 707): CENTER FOR OLDS (Suave, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 706): THE BLUES (Buri, mgr.)
 DM  36 JHANS (turn 672): SERPENTS HOLD (Khisanth, mgr.)
 DM  38 CLIFFHOME (turn 661): JINDA-BAN (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 306): KIWI CONNECTION (The Mun, mgr.)
 DM  42 RODEKI (turn 654): FLAGG'S FIVE (Flagg, mgr.)
 DM  51 TRICORUS (turn 605): DARK HORSEMEN (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  54 TROCAR (turn 288): TRADERS OF TROCAR (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  59 ILLIS (turn 281): IMPROVED ILLUSION (Phantasm, mgr.)
 DM  62 VALAMANTIS (turn 550): MIDDLE WAY 10 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 257): MONGREL HORDE (Crip, mgr.)
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 598) DYSLEXICS UNTIE! II (The Upright Man, mgr.)

                                   Recent Graduates
                                  -----------------
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 721): HUNGRY HUNGRY HIPPO of GENERATION X (The Storm Lord, mgr.)
 DM   6 TRANSEL (turn 711): LIZZIE BROADAXE of PSYCHO SQUAD (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 720): ANZAHANZEK of SENTINELS (Nomad, mgr.)
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 705): DORA T. EXPLORA of ABOMINATION (Chase, mgr.)
                           MUGSY of THE CLUB (Buri, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 707): GURGLES of CENTER FOR OLDS (Suave, mgr.)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 306): WOXTON of KIWI CONNECTION (The Mun, mgr.)
 DM  42 RODEKI (turn 654): C-PAPPY of COLOR ME SUAVE (Suave, mgr.)
 DM  51 TRICORUS (turn 605): DR. ORPHEUS of VENTURE BROS. (Buri, mgr.)
 DM  59 ILLIS (turn 281): KING MIDAS of TALL TALES (A-Sop, mgr.)
              (turn 280): INUYASHA of IMPROVED ILLUSION (Phantasm, mgr.)

                                      SPY REPORT

     If you were disturbed from your beauty rest only to have to watch a bunch of 
VALAMANTIS brutes like you, you'd be grouchy, too.  Of course, we're all terribly 
impressed to see KIM NEUW win a fight and gain 13 points, terribly.  Tsk, tsk, 
KUNG-FU MASTER beat NEEVAN POVAR and NEEVAN POVAR lost 22 points.  You're breakin' my 
heart.  And it's out with the old, in with the new, as MOOSEHEAD takes the Title and 
last week's bar tab from the old Duelmaster.  Heh, heh.  The Aradi Alyia, humph!  
I've tasted better ale at mortuaries.  Where do they get this stuff?  From 
VALAMANTIS' trash dumps?   
     Well, let's take a look at some more misdeeds of you miserable sword-boys.   
     Death and Taxes.  The less death I see, the more it taxes my patience.  Let's 
see if anyone's dead or dying.  And sending RIP to the Dark Arena was supposed to be 
one of your better ideas, ZOMBIE SQUAD?  Now hey, I like to see a death as much as 
the next guy, but hey ZOMBIE SQUAD, whyja send DEE KAY to the Dark Arena, look at its 
record, huh?  Titanium shields and bamboo daggers, guess what brave team is 
developing these kinds of weapons?   
     There's got to be a better place in VALAMANTIS to get a drink than The Aradi 
Alyia!  Any suggestions?  Phlllt!  Just had to do that before I leave the fine city 
of VALAMANTIS.  I feel much better now.  I see the crowds are getting restless, I 
must leave now-- Snide Clemens  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 MOOSEHEAD 2813               18   2  2   157       FLOYD'S BREWERY (267)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 KOLBERT MOON 4596            29  21  0   108       MIDDLE WAY 10 (420)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SHLITZ 2723                  18   3  0    90       FLOYD'S BREWERY (267)
 NEEVAN POVAR 4621            24  16  0    88       MIDDLE WAY 10 (420)
 HARBERT KREIGH 4656          13   7  0    83       MIDDLE WAY 10 (420)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-GHOUL 4644                    5   0  1    62       ZOMBIE SQUAD (458)
-THE BIG 'OH' 3734             6   1  0    58       DIAMONDS IN THE RUFF (386)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 HOBGOBLIN 4620                5   0  0    56       FLOYD'S BREWERY (267)
 ROSWELL 4633                  4   3  0    53       COVER-UP (457)
 WALKER 4642                   6   5  0    37       ZOMBIE SQUAD (458)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-TSUNAMI 4701                  4   0  1    33       DISASTERS (448)
-HURRICANE 4702                3   1  0    32       DISASTERS (448)
 STELLA ARTOIS 4628            2   2  0    27       FLOYD'S BREWERY (267)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 KARRI NOLIS 4690              3   8  0    23       MIDDLE WAY 10 (420)
-THREE RIVERS 4295             2   0  0    19       DIAMONDS IN THE RUFF (386)
 KIM NEUW 4713                 1   0  0    13       MIDDLE WAY 10 (420)
 NERVOUS NELLIE 4693           1   1  0     8       GARBAGE PAIL KIDS (463)
 DANG LEN 4694                 1   1  0     6       GARBAGE PAIL KIDS (463)

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
CHARLIE SPLEEN 4673     1  1 0 ZOMBIE SQUAD 458     MOUNTAIN TROLL        551  NONE
DEE KAY 4670            4  1 0 ZOMBIE SQUAD 458     SPYMASTER             551  NONE
RIP 4679                3  2 0 ZOMBIE SQUAD 458     BLACK ORC             551  NONE

                                     PERSONAL ADS

All the sudden we have TEAMS here!  This is great. -- Kolbert Moon, duelmaster by
default

And for the rest, well, the Middle Way went 4-1-0-1 against standbys today.  This is
so exciting! -- Kolbert

ALL -- MERRY CHRISTMAS, HAPPY HOLIDAYS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL IN ALASTARI!!!
May your year end in peace and the new year hold great things for you and your
families. -- Gentleben (Sunset-21, Morya-28, Arvat-32 and Talahya-100)

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

RIP was viciously butchered by BLACK ORC in a 2 minute bloody Dark Arena fight.
DEE KAY was slaughtered by SPYMASTER in a 1 minute Dark Arena battle.
CHARLIE SPLEEN was put to death by MOUNTAIN TROLL in a 1 minute Dark Arena match.
KOLBERT MOON was overpowered by MOOSEHEAD in a 1 minute mismatched Title duel.
NEEVAN POVAR was bested by KUNG-FU MASTER in a 2 minute one-sided fight.
HARBERT KREIGH was subdued by SHLITZ in a crowd pleasing 3 minute competition.
ROSWELL vanquished KARRI NOLIS in a 1 minute mismatched fight.
WALKER was overpowered by HOBGOBLIN in a popular 1 minute mismatched brawl.
STELLA ARTOIS handily defeated DANG LEN in a action packed 1 minute uneven melee.
NERVOUS NELLIE lost to KIM NEUW in a 2 minute beginner's fight.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|LUNGING ATTACK                   3         SLASHING ATTACK   10 -   3 -  1      77  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    3         LUNGING ATTACK    17 -   9 -  0      65  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  3         BASHING ATTACK     8 -   5 -  0      62  |
|AIMED BLOW                       2         AIMED BLOW         3 -   2 -  0      60  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  2         PARRY-RIPOSTE      4 -   3 -  0      57  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      1         STRIKING ATTACK   15 -  14 -  0      52  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   1         TOTAL PARRY        1 -   1 -  0      50  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    1         WALL OF STEEL      5 -   9 -  1      36  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      0         PARRY-STRIKE       0 -   3 -  0       0  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     0         PARRY-LUNGE        0 -   0 -  0       0  |

Turn 551 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:

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

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
STRIKING ATTACK  MOOSEHEAD 2813             18   2  2  157 FLOYD'S BREWERY (267)
TOTAL PARRY      SHLITZ 2723                18   3  0   90 FLOYD'S BREWERY (267)
BASHING ATTACK   HARBERT KREIGH 4656        13   7  0   83 MIDDLE WAY 10 (420)
LUNGING ATTACK   HOBGOBLIN 4620              5   0  0   56 FLOYD'S BREWERY (267)
AIMED BLOW       ROSWELL 4633                4   3  0   53 COVER-UP (457)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is KOLBERT MOON 4596.  The most popular warrior this 
turn was HARBERT KREIGH 4656.  The ten other most popular fighters were STELLA ARTOIS 
4628, HOBGOBLIN 4620, CHARLIE SPLEEN 4673, MOOSEHEAD 2813, NEEVAN POVAR 4621, SHLITZ 
2723, ROSWELL 4633, KIM NEUW 4713, RIP 4679, and DEE KAY 4670.

The least popular fighter this week was NERVOUS NELLIE 4693.  The other ten least 
popular fighters were DANG LEN 4694, KARRI NOLIS 4690, KOLBERT MOON 4596, WALKER 
4642, DEE KAY 4670, RIP 4679, KIM NEUW 4713, ROSWELL 4633, SHLITZ 2723, and NEEVAN 
POVAR 4621.

The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn:

MOOSEHEAD (62-2813) FLOYD'S BREWERY (267)
KOLBERT MOON (62-4596) MIDDLE WAY 10 (420)