DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER
Date : 08/03/2004 Duedate: 08/16/2004
AMEN-TEI ARENA
DM-63 TURN-333
This Weeks Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
LOCKHEART
SAFE HAVEN (270)
(63-2232) [14-5-1,100]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
LOCKHEART POSITION IS EMPTY
SAFE HAVEN (270)
(63-2232) [14-5-1,100]
Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite
DEEVINE LOCKHEART
SAFE HAVEN (270) SAFE HAVEN (270)
(63-2230) [12-6-0,89] (63-2232) [14-5-1,100]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
SAFE HAVEN (270)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. SAFE HAVEN (270) 33
2. CAR AND DRIVER (155) 9 MONSTER CHILD (292)
3. MONSTER CHILD (292) 6 Unchartered Team
4. COLOURED PEOPLE (293) 0
5. SAILS OF CHARON (290) 0 PHOSPHOLIPIDS (276)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1- 1*COLOURED PEOPLE (293) 4 1 1 80.0 1/ 2 SAFE HAVEN (270) 10 5 0
2/ 2 MONSTER CHILD (292) 16 7 0 69.6 2/ 1 WAYFARERS (248) 8 7 0
3/ 3 SAFE HAVEN (270) 62 36 3 63.3 3- 3*COLOURED PEOPLE (293) 2 1 1
4/ 0 CAR AND DRIVER (155) 456 404 25 53.0 4/ 5 MONSTER CHILD (292) 2 1 0
5/ 4 WAYFARERS (248) 386 457 9 45.8 5/ 0 CAR AND DRIVER (155) 1 0 0
6- 5 SAILS OF CHARON (290) 10 14 0 41.7 6- 4 SAILS OF CHARON (290) 1 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
+ ]H[ + ---:--- + ]H[ Out of the Past #9 ]H[ + ---:--- + ]H[ +
Andorian Edition
Aruak City:
If Segallion and Nila were under the control of the spell or spellcaster who had
seized her mirror, then they had to be stopped. Without needless injury--they had
not chosen to do Khaldren's will, after all. But her own mind, though free from
outside control, was weary and slow. She was fumbling as badly with her spells as
Segallion was with his sword. There wasn't going to be TIME for her stop him gently.
A word of Command formed on her lips.
The warrior staggered into her so that they both fell in a tangle of flailing
limbs. And his sword struck the blood-faced mirror, splitting the frame and
shattering the glass.
The glass exploded away from the mirror stand, bloody shards flying outward on a
wave of sound so shrill as to be barely audible. If Adie, Segallion, and Nila had
not all been on the floor, they might have been badly injured, even killed. Was it
chance that they were all below the deadly glass? Adie thought not. They were each
worshippers of the sun in their different ways, and she suspected the hand of the god
in their survival.
Rolling away from Segallion, Adie sat up, brushing at her hair and her robe
absently. When the mirror broke, she had felt a shadow lifting; that was the first
she had known that there was a level to the enemy spell below the obvious. She
shivered. She hadn't even suspected that deeper spell, and it could have done...
anything, it had taken her so completely by surprise. But she would not be surprised
a second time.
On the road from Ardivent:
"Health, humility, and honor will not solve all problems," Master Cho said
flatly. He had rejected the idea of hiring a horse and was making surprisingly good
time for an elderly-looking man on foot. "You know that as well as I do, Fandil!
Sometimes you need cunning, as well, and a willingness to take losses."
"I know that." Fandil the Wise sounded testy, and in truth he was very
irritated. On the most immediate level, by Cho's present attitude and by the ease
with which the Adantri kept up with Fandil's horse. "But young Adeolar is not a loss
I'm prepared to accept."
"Of course not, or why would we be rushing toward Aruak City instead of sitting
at home with beer?" Cho squinted at the forest on their right. There was a bad
feeling to it today. Most of the land that lay between the environs of Ardivent and
the beginning of the Aruaki lands was forested. Despite the hunger for agricultural
land in Andoria, no one had made an attempt to clear this forest and put the land
under the plow. Nobody offered reasons, it was just "not done." It didn't take a
master of the subtle arts to figure it out, though.
The forest was haunted.
Through a sweep of land twenty miles wide stretching from near Lyratilan to near
Mordant, the forest concealed a scattering of ruins. Not the Van ruins of northern
Andoria, or not entirely--who could know for sure at this late date? The ancient
city of Celestinvael was the best known in modern times, but there were other things
hidden by those dark and tangled trees. Maybe worse things. Things that might be
wakened by the same spell that was stirring Celestinvael.
It was not a situation to make an old man sleep soundly at night.
"I just hope we're in TIME to help Adeolar," Cho muttered.
"She's strong and skilled," Fandil protested. "Our fears may be completely
unfounded!"
"So you'll back Adeolar's young strength and skill against Khaldren's ages of
experience and cunning? I hope you're right, because at our best pace," he glanced
scornfully at Fandil's horse, "and with no problems, it'll take us two more days to
get to Aruak City."
Skaithvarn:
Shania Silverstar did her best to be patient, but it seemed to be taking Ashon
Chang so LONG to negotiate with the ship captain! She glanced around at her
companions, wondering if she could have organized her resources better for this
frantic rush back to Alastari. No, probably not.
Vurand and Jammies were keeping both eyes on Herlas; the Fratsfan mage hadn't
given them any trouble...yet, but he might. He would, when he thought he had a
chance to win. Werre was organizing their luggage and supplies (desperately slim
now) as fast as they were off-loaded from the mules. Zakar...she didn't know what
Zakar was doing, and she wasn't sure she wanted to. He was on their side, more or
less, but...today had seemed to be a "less" day. And Rughal was at her side,
supporting her as weariness ate at her bones.
Ashon Chang was gesturing them forward to the ship. Before Shania could gather
her strength to walk, Rughal lifted her and carried her down the dock. "It is
agreed," Ashon Chang said. "This man, Kaldinar, will sail us across the Trier to
Zorpunt."
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---===ANDORIAN REGIONAL NEWS===---
Duelmasters
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DM 8 ARKERS (turn 246): GOLDENEYE of BONDAGE (Spawn, mgr.)
DM 11 ARUAK CITY (turn 494): CHERRY CHEETAH of ANIMAL FARM (Mino, mgr.)
DM 14 TOBIR (turn 494): ZERO THE HERO of THE DEATH SQUAD (Street Legal, mgr.)
DM 22 SOLVEN (turn 487): ILSA SHE-WOLF of KELLUMBO'S KIDS (Detective Kellumbo)
DM 24 ZORPUNT (turn 483): WARTORTLE of WATER DECK (Destitute Noble, mgr.)
DM 25 LYRATILAN (turn 483): STAYED HOME of THIS LITTLE PRIGGY (Assurnasirbanipal)
DM 26 CALEAM (turn 484): NICKEL of ERRATUM (JE, mgr.)
DM 30 IAYE (turn 479): THE ROCK of WRESTLMANIACS (Crip, mgr.)
DM 40 ZENSU (turn 445): LEADFOOT of TACO GODS (The Oracle, mgr.)
DM 41 KATI-TEI (turn 438): MARS of WANDERERS (Leeta, mgr.)
DM 46 ARDIVENT (turn 431): SILVER FURY of CYNICAL DELUSIONS (Eclipse, mgr.)
DM 52 FRATSFA (turn 194): MUTILATE of ASSASSIN NATION (Ghab, mgr.)
DM 60 LOOPHOLES (turn 343): SANDSTORM of NATURAL DISASTERS (Soultaker, mgr.)
DM 63 AMEN-TEI (turn 332): ERICKA BEARICKA of MONSTER CHILD (Papaiz, mgr.)
DM 71 KYR'TERR (turn 148): CHEROKEE of CHIEFS' ELITE (Matrix, mgr.)
ADM 105 ANDORAK (turn 379): HELIO of ULTIMATE ACCELERATION from ARVAT (LHI, mgr.)
Top Teams
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DM 8 ARKERS (turn 246): PHOENIX FIRE (Bobby Bigfoot, mgr.)
DM 11 ARUAK CITY (turn 494): THE BLUES (Keldon Blackfang, mgr.)
DM 14 TOBIR (turn 494): THE DEATH SQUAD (Street Legal, mgr.)
DM 22 SOLVEN (turn 487): KELLUMBO'S KIDS (Detective Kellumbo, mgr.)
DM 24 ZORPUNT (turn 483): WATER DECK (Destitute Noble, mgr.)
DM 25 LYRATILAN (turn 483): PRIMATES-R-US (Crip, mgr.)
DM 26 CALEAM (turn 484): WARCKERS (Papaiz, mgr.)
DM 30 IAYE (turn 479): RED DOG GANG (Leeta, mgr.)
DM 40 ZENSU (turn 445): BEYOND THE PALE (Leeta, mgr.)
DM 41 KATI-TEI (turn 438): WANDERERS (Leeta, mgr.)
DM 46 ARDIVENT (turn 431): DEATHTONGUE (Technogeek, mgr.)
DM 52 FRATSFA (turn 194): none
DM 60 LOOPHOLES (turn 343): RED DOG GANG (Spot, mgr.)
DM 63 AMEN-TEI (turn 332): WAYFARERS (Leeta, mgr.)
DM 71 KYR'TERR (turn 148): CHIEFS' ELITE (Matrix, mgr.)
ADM 105 ANDORAK (turn 379): RISEN FROM THE DEAD, etc. (LHI, mgr.)
Recent Graduates
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DM 8 ARKERS (turn 245): MISS STEP of LADIES IN WAITING (Crip, mgr.)
GREY FOX of A.K.A. (?, mgr.)
DM 11 ARUAK CITY (turn 494): CHERRY CHEETAH of ANIMAL FARM (Mino, mgr.)
(turn 493): NIXIE SEASPRITE of SCARLET KNIGHTS (Talon Warsmith)
DM 22 SOLVEN (turn 487): ILSA SHE-WOLF of KELLUMBO'S KIDS (Detective Kellumbo)
GEORGE BUSH of CONSPIRACY INC. (Damion, mgr.)
DM 24 ZORPUNT (turn 482): CROCONAW of WATER DECK (Destitute Noble, mgr.)
DM 26 CALEAM (turn 484): NICKEL of ERRATUM (JE, mgr.)
TAOS of HERE TO PHOENIX (Crip, mgr.)
(turn 483): AMEE of HEADBANGERS (Sablon-O-Vlad, mgr.)
DM 40 ZENSU (turn 445): LEADFOOT of TACO GODS (The Oracle, mgr.)
DM 41 KATI-TEI (turn 438): MARS of WANDERERS (Leeta, mgr.)
DM 46 ARDIVENT (turn 431): BERKE of DEATHTONGUE (Technogeek, mgr.)
DM 60 LOOPHOLES (turn 343): WON TOO MANY of SAAB STORY (Rascally Rabbit, mgr.)
DM 63 AMEN-TEI (turn 332): ERICKA BEARICKA of MONSTER CHILD (Papaiz, mgr.)
SPY REPORT
Thankyouthankyou. It's great for me, The Unknown Spymaster to be back in
AMEN-TEI. Hope you enjoy the show. Oh, who am I kidding? I already got paid! Say
good-bye to WAYFARERS, as they are pushed from the coveted top team spot by the SAFE
HAVEN stable. Hey everybody, watch out for SHADY LADY, who flew up 18 points in the
rankings after mashing VISITING ORC like a melon. Keep your eye on this gal. Ya
know, some days it doesn't pay to walk out on the sands. PASSER BY lost to DEEVINE
and drops 9 points. Well here's a duelmaster that doesn't sit back and say
'Challenge me'! ERICKA BEARICKA made a challenge against JHANA this week. Our
battling duelmaster ERICKA BEARICKA has managed to hold the title, fending off
JHANA's none too subtle advances. Better luck next time, SAFE HAVEN. Advice to
bashers--never force anything, just get a bigger halberd!
Let's dig a little deeper into what's happening in the AMEN-TEI 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, there's the manager of the AMEN-TEI giving me the 'cut' sign (or is that
'They're going to strangle you in the alley?). Okay, so I may not be the world's
best comedian, but then you guys aren't the world's best warriors. Hasta la bye-bye.
(Loud choruses of 'Beat it, ya bum!')-- The Unknown Spymaster
DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
LOCKHEART 2232 14 5 1 100 SAFE HAVEN (270)
CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-FURIOUS TERROR 2248 27 16 0 114 CAR AND DRIVER (155)
-SEXTANT 2415 10 7 0 107 SAILS OF CHARON (290)
FREAN 2234 14 6 0 98 SAFE HAVEN (270)
-SPEEDWAY 2470 9 9 0 93 CAR AND DRIVER (155)
JHANA 2233 11 9 1 91 SAFE HAVEN (270)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
DEEVINE 2230 12 6 0 89 SAFE HAVEN (270)
HOBO JO 2520 16 12 0 84 WAYFARERS (248)
MARIO ANDRETTI 1809 6 2 0 76 CAR AND DRIVER (155)
TINDEL 2231 11 10 1 75 SAFE HAVEN (270)
PASSER BY 2513 13 19 0 70 WAYFARERS (248)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
JOE CHILL 2527 13 12 0 52 WAYFARERS (248)
SELAUNAH 2551 8 4 1 46 WAYFARERS (248)
SHADY LADY 2552 7 2 0 44 WAYFARERS (248)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-RED GREEN 2475 2 0 1 28 COLOURED PEOPLE (293)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-MEAN JOE GREEN 2477 2 1 0 22 COLOURED PEOPLE (293)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
PERSONAL ADS
Sorry to have written no personals last time. The occurrence of the Face to Face,
though I don't go to it, always disrupts my schedule. We'll try to make it up to
you, though. -- Leeta, Wayfarers
Deevine -- A good match, as such things go, and I was really glad it was you. I've
been wanting to ask you, where do you get your nails done? They're wonderful! I'd
like to give it a try myself. -- Hobo-Jo
P.S. Oh, wait, that was for last time, wasn't it? Well, I still want to know!
Tindel -- (admiringly) You're very tall, aren't you? (pause, frown) But I don't
understand why you didn't wake up till days later. It isn't like I hit you in the
HEAD, after all. -- Hobo-Jo
P.S. There isn't any permanent damage, I hope?
Frean -- I gotta tell you, boy, you make me cold. Odd, that. Every time I hear your
name, I get the shivers. Wonder why? -- Joe Chill
Deevine -- (leans close to inspect the manicure mentioned by Hobo-Jo) It IS quite
striking. Of course, it wouldn't be so, um, worn-looking if you hadn't tried to bury
me in the sand...hard on your nails, burying somebody in the sand. Bring a shovel
next time. -- Selaunah
P.S. So, who DOES do your nails?
Wow, I've never known a Dwarf with such a nasty temper. I don't know why he was mad
at me, I only asked how things were in Khalhums this summer, and he up and started
swinging. So what could I do but swing back? -- Passer By, absolutely an innocent
party in this
The Ambitious Guard laughed. He will regret that. I do not allow fools and
strangers to take such liberties. -- a very annoyed Shady Lady
17 July 2004
I am currently trying to put together a favorites chart for AD warriors. I
desperately need help with this. What I need are style, favorite rhythm (ex.:
hi/low), favorite weapons, and tactics. What would be great is if you could send me
a copy of the invite with the warrior's name, id#, and arena blacked out. This way,
I can verify that this is an actual warrior. Minis will work, too!
For those interested, I have both a challenge style vs. style and a match-up style
vs. style chart. There's about 250 fights calculated in these charts, and I'll be
happy to send a copy to anyone who asks. You can contact me (if you're a free world
player) at: Rick Stringer, Merit/East, SCI, P.O. Box 500, Georgetown, DE 19947-0500.
If you're in prison, just send a diplo to: Baphomet, Mgr. Knights Templar (568), DM
#47--North Fork. (I also have a lot of other charts and info for anyone who wants
it.) Thanks!
30 July 2004
The total number of fights calculated was reported as 250 fights. This is a
misprint. It should have read "over 2,500 fights." -- Baphomet
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
ERICKA BEARICKA bested JHANA in a crowd pleasing 1 minute Challenge fight.
LOCKHEART slimly won victory over KHALHUMS DWARF in a 5 minute Title battle.
FREAN defeated HOBO JO in a 1 minute duel.
PASSER BY was devastated by DEEVINE in a 1 minute one-sided contest.
MARIO ANDRETTI overpowered JOE CHILL in a 1 minute mismatched match.
TINDEL devastated SELAUNAH in a 1 minute one-sided duel.
SHADY LADY devastated VISITING ORC in a 1 minute bloody mismatched match.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|AIMED BLOW 2 WALL OF STEEL 10 - 3 - 1 77 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 2 SLASHING ATTACK 7 - 3 - 0 70 |
|LUNGING ATTACK 2 BASHING ATTACK 6 - 4 - 0 60 |
|WALL OF STEEL 2 AIMED BLOW 10 - 7 - 0 59 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 1 LUNGING ATTACK 19 - 14 - 1 58 |
|STRIKING ATTACK 1 PARRY-STRIKE 11 - 9 - 0 55 |
|BASHING ATTACK 1 STRIKING ATTACK 6 - 5 - 0 55 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE 5 - 5 - 0 50 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 0 TOTAL PARRY 0 - 2 - 0 0 |
|TOTAL PARRY 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 - 0 0 |
Turn 333 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:
SLASHING ATTACK 1 - 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 3 LUNGING ATTACK
STRIKING ATTACK 1 - 0 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 1 2 PARRY-STRIKE
BASHING ATTACK 1 - 0 TOTAL PARRY 0 - 0 2 WALL OF STEEL
AIMED BLOW 1 - 1 1 STRIKING ATTACK
PARRY-STRIKE 1 - 1 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE
LUNGING ATTACK 1 - 1 1 BASHING ATTACK
WALL OF STEEL 1 - 1 1 AIMED BLOW
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
PARRY-STRIKE LOCKHEART 2232 14 5 1 100 SAFE HAVEN (270)
LUNGING ATTACK FREAN 2234 14 6 0 98 SAFE HAVEN (270)
STRIKING ATTACK DEEVINE 2230 12 6 0 89 SAFE HAVEN (270)
PARRY-RIPOSTE HOBO JO 2520 16 12 0 84 WAYFARERS (248)
WALL OF STEEL MARIO ANDRETTI 1809 6 2 0 76 CAR AND DRIVER (155)
BASHING ATTACK TINDEL 2231 11 10 1 75 SAFE HAVEN (270)
SLASHING ATTACK SHADY LADY 2552 7 2 0 44 WAYFARERS (248)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
The overall popularity leader is DEEVINE 2230. The most popular warrior this turn
was LOCKHEART 2232. The ten other most popular fighters were DEEVINE 2230, SHADY
LADY 2552, FREAN 2234, MARIO ANDRETTI 1809, JHANA 2233, TINDEL 2231, HOBO JO 2520,
PASSER BY 2513, JOE CHILL 2527, and SELAUNAH 2551.
The least popular fighter this week was SELAUNAH 2551. The other ten least popular
fighters were JOE CHILL 2527, PASSER BY 2513, HOBO JO 2520, TINDEL 2231, JHANA 2233,
MARIO ANDRETTI 1809, FREAN 2234, SHADY LADY 2552, DEEVINE 2230, and LOCKHEART 2232.
The following warriors have traveled to AD after fighting this turn:
ERICKA BEARICKA (63-2461) MONSTER CHILD (292)
NEW TEAMS IN THE TEMPORARY TOURNAMENT ARENAS (DM 81/83)
Please note that all new teams created at the Face-to-Face were temporarily placed
in a temporary Tournament Arena, DM 81 or DM 83. 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 81 and DM 83 by October 1st will be deleted. If you have
questions about any of your teams, please contact Customer Service. -- RSI