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...." * * * * * 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