DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 02/22/2016    Duedate: 03/05/2016

VALAMANTIS ARENA

DM-62    TURN-634

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

PISCES
CM - SCORPIO (464)
(62-4848) [13-1-2,175]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

PISCES                         MOJITO
CM - SCORPIO (464)             DINO'S BAR AND GRILL (477)
(62-4848) [13-1-2,175]         (62-4865) [1-0-0,15]

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

ST. RIKER                      PISCES
STRIKER FORCE (19)             CM - SCORPIO (464)
(62-4828) [20-16-0,76]         (62-4848) [13-1-2,175]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

CM - SCORPIO (464)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. DINO'S BAR AND GRILL (477)  40
2. CM - SCORPIO (464)          19      CM - SCORPIO (464)
3. STRIKER FORCE (19)           9      Unchartered Team
4. AQUILA (470)                 0
DINO'S BAR AND GRILL (477)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 1 CM - SCORPIO (464)        71  44  2 61.7   1/ 1 CM - SCORPIO (464)       10  3 0
 2- 2 AQUILA (470)              39  29  1 57.4   2/ 3 STRIKER FORCE (19)        4  7 0
 3/ 3 STRIKER FORCE (19)       107 101  6 51.4   3- 2 AQUILA (470)              2  2 0
 4/ 0*DINO'S BAR AND GRI (477)   2   3  0 40.0   4/ 0*DINO'S BAR AND GRI (477)  2  3 0

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

                                      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 MOJITO win a fight and gain 15 points, terribly.  And if variety is 
the spice of life, VALAMANTIS may be getting bland, as PISCES stays top dog in the 
city.  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, VALAMANTIS?   
     Well, let's take a look at some more misdeeds of you miserable sword-boys.  
STRIKER FORCE, 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 CM - SCORPIO 
avoided them the most this turn.  What a pack of would be losers, if you ask me.  
Hmph.   
     Death and Taxes.  The less death I see, the more it taxes my patience.  Let's 
see if anyone's dead or dying.  Titanium shields and bamboo daggers, guess what brave 
team is developing these kinds of weapons?   
     What does the VALAMANTIS 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 VALAMANTIS.  I feel much better now.  Paste this one 
in your scrapbooks, you'll need the kindling come this winter-- Snide Clemens  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 PISCES 4848                  13   1  2   175       CM - SCORPIO (464)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-NORTH STAR 4854              11   2  0   103       CM - SCORPIO (464)
-XI AQUILAE 4794              29  14  1   102       AQUILA (470)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 ST. RIKER 4828               20  16  0    76       STRIKER FORCE (19)
 VENUS 4802                   14   4  0    72       CM - SCORPIO (464)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 BASHER FORCE 4872            12   9  3    65       STRIKER FORCE (19)
-ZETA AQUILAE 4867            10   5  0    59       AQUILA (470)
 JUPITER 4845                  7   3  0    59       CM - SCORPIO (464)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 MERCURY 4801                  4   4  0    36       CM - SCORPIO (464)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 STIR IKE 4907                 3   0  0    26       STRIKER FORCE (19)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 MOJITO 4865                   1   0  0    15       DINO'S BAR AND GRILL (477)
 MOSCOW MULE 4863              1   0  0    13       DINO'S BAR AND GRILL (477)
 SANGRIA 4862                  0   1  0     1       DINO'S BAR AND GRILL (477)

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
PUTZY 4887              0  1 0 DINO'S BAR AND G 477 STONE GOLEM           634  NONE
WATER 4866              0  1 0 DINO'S BAR AND G 477 WURM KIN              634  NONE

                                     PERSONAL ADS

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

WATER was butchered by WURM KIN in a 1 minute bloody Dark Arena fight.
PUTZY was unbelievably slain by STONE GOLEM in a 3 minute Dark Arena battle.
PISCES demolished ST. RIKER in a crowd pleasing 1 minute bloody uneven Title fight.
VENUS outlasted CONVICTED ASSASSIN in a monotonous 17 minute fight.
BASHER FORCE devastated MERCURY in a 1 minute uneven brawl.
JUPITER overpowered THE USEROUS MERCHANT in a 1 minute one-sided struggle.
STIR IKE devastated SANGRIA in a 1 minute one-sided competition.
MOJITO handily defeated PERSISTENT BEGGAR in a 1 minute uneven melee.
MOSCOW MULE vanquished MORDANT DESERTER in a 1 minute one-sided duel.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|AIMED BLOW                       4         TOTAL PARRY        4 -   0 -  0     100  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  2         SLASHING ATTACK    7 -   2 -  0      78  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  2         BASHING ATTACK     7 -   6 -  0      54  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   2         PARRY-LUNGE        1 -   1 -  0      50  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      1         STRIKING ATTACK   12 -  12 -  1      50  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     1         AIMED BLOW        20 -  24 -  0      45  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      0         LUNGING ATTACK     1 -   2 -  0      33  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    0         PARRY-STRIKE       0 -   1 -  0       0  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   0         PARRY-RIPOSTE      0 -   0 -  0       0  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    0         WALL OF STEEL      0 -   0 -  0       0  |

Turn 634 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:

STRIKING ATTACK    2 -  0     PARRY-LUNGE        0 -  0         6  AIMED BLOW     
TOTAL PARRY        1 -  0     PARRY-STRIKE       0 -  1         2  STRIKING ATTACK
AIMED BLOW         2 -  2     PARRY-RIPOSTE      0 -  0         1  SLASHING ATTACK
SLASHING ATTACK    1 -  1     LUNGING ATTACK     0 -  0         1  TOTAL PARRY    
BASHING ATTACK     1 -  1     WALL OF STEEL      0 -  0         1  BASHING ATTACK 

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
STRIKING ATTACK  PISCES 4848                13   1  2  175 CM - SCORPIO (464)
AIMED BLOW       ST. RIKER 4828             20  16  0   76 STRIKER FORCE (19)
TOTAL PARRY      VENUS 4802                 14   4  0   72 CM - SCORPIO (464)
BASHING ATTACK   BASHER FORCE 4872          12   9  3   65 STRIKER FORCE (19)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is ST. RIKER 4828.  The most popular warrior this turn 
was PUTZY 4887.  The ten other most popular fighters were PISCES 4848, BASHER FORCE 
4872, JUPITER 4845, MOJITO 4865, MOSCOW MULE 4863, WATER 4866, ST. RIKER 4828, STIR 
IKE 4907, MERCURY 4801, and SANGRIA 4862.

The least popular fighter this week was VENUS 4802.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were SANGRIA 4862, MERCURY 4801, STIR IKE 4907, ST. RIKER 4828, WATER 4866, 
MOSCOW MULE 4863, MOJITO 4865, JUPITER 4845, BASHER FORCE 4872, and PISCES 4848.

                                NAME CHANGE-O-RAMA

     The crowd was surprisingly orderly, but it was still a crowd, and the Commission 
clerk, Algernon, looked at it uneasily.  Whenever this many people came together to 
petition for something, it meant trouble.  For him, anyway.  Records to be altered.  
Altering records was Bad.  It made Extra Work.
     His assistant clerk leaned close and whispered, "If it weren't for gladiators, we 
wouldn't have jobs.  Smile at them and ask what they want."
     Algernon closed his eyes briefly.  Looking at this crowd made him dizzy.  They 
were all wearing black and white stripes.  Like a herd of zebras, except that zebras 
didn't carry swords.  Then he took a deep breath and managed a smile.  "What... ah, 
what can I do for you?"
     "We want new names," the first gladiator said.  There was a number on the front 
of his shirt:  0381.  He thumped the number with his thumb.  "This here isn't a 
name--"
     "We want REAL names!"  That voice came from farther back in the crowd.
     "Yeah!  We've paid our dues," another shouted, "and we've EARNED real names!"
     One from the very back yelled, "I want to be called Tom."
     All the others turned to look at him.
     Algernon couldn't see him, but apparently those looks were accusing.  Well, he 
could understand that, "Tom" was such a... common name.
     "My mom called me Tom," the voice in the back protested.  "It's a good name."
     "It isn't the name you put on the petition," 0381 said.  "We talked about this.  
We got our manager's agreement.  You get the name on the petition."
     "But--!"
     Algernon didn't really want to keep staring at all these stripes while they 
argued.  He picked up the petition.  "These names are the ones you want?"
     0381 turned back.  "Yes."
     "It's a lot of trouble, and when other people see that YOU are getting name 
changes, THEY are going to want them--"  Seeing the gladiators beginning to frown... 
and finger their weapons, he went on quickly, "So I figure we might as well make it a 
complete deal.  A Name-Change-O-Rama.  Everyone who wants a name change can petition 
for it.  Get it all over with at once."  He glanced at the petition, shuddered 
slightly, and passed it to his clerk.  "We'll announce it, proclaim it, even, and you 
will get the names on this petition.  And others will get the names THEY think they 
should have had, too."  He paused.  "And I think I'll get a new name, I'm tired of 
being an Algernon...."

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     Warrior and team name changes will be accepted during the month of March.  If 
you have names you want to change, please contact Customer Service. -- RSI