DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER
Date : 12/30/2008 Duedate: 01/12/2009
AMEN-TEI ARENA
DM-63 TURN-442
This Weeks Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
M.T. LANE
WAYFARERS (248)
(63-2720) [19-24-0,81]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
M.T. LANE DREADNAUGHT
WAYFARERS (248) DESTROYERS (317)
(63-2720) [19-24-0,81] (63-2693) [3-1-0,62]
Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite
VALNAKORINE VALNAKORINE
WAYFARERS (248) WAYFARERS (248)
(63-2761) [7-10-0,47] (63-2761) [7-10-0,47]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
WAYFARERS (248)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. DESTROYERS (317) 11
2. WAYFARERS (248) 7 WAYFARERS (248)
3. 1949 YANKEES (316) 0 Unchartered Team
DESTROYERS (317)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1/ 1*DESTROYERS (317) 3 1 0 75.0 1- 1 1949 YANKEES (316) 4 3 0
2- 2 1949 YANKEES (316) 79 45 11 63.7 2/ 2 WAYFARERS (248) 4 11 0
3/ 3 WAYFARERS (248) 646 706 14 47.8 3/ 3*DESTROYERS (317) 3 0 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[ The Andorian Succession #20 ]H[ + ---:--- + ]H[ +
Fratsfa:
Lenpro was no magician, but he could tell that something had happened...even if
two men over in the corner hadn't been screaming and holding their heads. Something
magical, probably. He put down his beer, took the glass out of Dandy's hand--he
didn't want to know what weird concoction was in it--and stood. "We have to get back
to the Flower Shoppe," he said. "Fandil may need me."
***** *** ***** *** *****
Fandil was okay. That was a relief, but not entirely unexpected. His brother
was tough, and experienced; he would know how to defend himself. Against...whatever
that had been. He raised an eyebrow inquiringly.
"I don't know either," Fandil said. "Some kind of magical barrier, yes. But
whether it's intended to seal up the magical activity of Fratsfa, or block magical
communication with somewhere else--Andor, for instance, or what exactly was
intended...?" He shrugged. "I don't know who, I don't know why. But I think we
need to go to Andor physically and soon."
"I thought you were concerned about the safety of Emperor Alonj," Lady Fern
said.
"We are," Lenpro answered quickly. "But I would think we could leave that in
your capable hands, sister."
Fern frowned but nodded. "I'll take care of it."
Amen-Tei:
Senator Sedalia looked at his hands and sighed. The oars had rubbed them into
blisters, despite the gloves he'd worn. His back ached. And he loathed the clothing
that went with his costume. Would anyone here in Amen-Tei seriously believe that he
was an itinerant peddler? At least the gods favored him in one thing, and Senator
Dole was no longer resident in this town. He couldn't have fooled Dole for a minute;
one senator always knew another.
Sedalia had argued with the demon on the Black Ship, Tashkemk, that this
masquerade was unnecessary and would be unconvincing, but arguing with demons turned
out to be monumentally unproductive. In a human, the senator would have suspected a
simple enthusiasm for the theatrical, but did that apply to demons? But the worst
was that Tashkemk had insisted that the senator's companion, Gissanniah, remain on
the Black Ship as a hostage for his, Sedalia's, performance. Dammit, he had given
the demon his WORD. If they couldn't trust him, why employ him on this fool's
errand? And when he'd asked what guarantee HE had of the young woman's safety, the
demon had just LAUGHED.
All of which put the senator in a really bad mood, so that when a dockhand
slouched up and sneered at the wretched little boat, skiff, whatever was the proper
term, why, he let fly with some harsh language that would have blistered the hide on
a rhinoceros. Which, Sedalia pointed out in a calmer afterthought, the dockhand
rather resembled--big, ugly, stupid, with a misshapen nose, and a singularly unlovely
attitude.
It turned out that this was precisely the way one should approach sneering
dockhands, and the fellow tethered the vessel to the dock in some appropriate
manner--Sedalia didn't want to know the details--and helped unload the cargo.
The senator didn't care about most of the cargo. Yes, it was valuable, but it
was just stuff, and a man who couldn't pour out wealth to achieve a goal had no
business in politics. Still, it wouldn't do to let the dockhand think he had secret
agendas, so he asked questions about rental space and then watched closely while the
cargo was loaded on a cart, hauled to a sturdy warehouse, and stored in a sealed
room. One leather case with a shoulder strap and brass fastenings he kept with him.
Cargo dealt with, Sedalia's next goal was a dockside tavern called the Pig's
Eye. He had no great hopes of it but found the place cleaner than he'd expected,
busy but not raucous. Of course, he had no inherent objection to "raucous,"
political conventions were always like that. But which of these rather ordinary
looking people was his contact? What would a demon's contact look like, anyway? It
couldn't be another demon, surely, not here in the open.
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---===ANDORIAN REGIONAL NEWS===---
Duelmasters
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DM 8 ARKERS (turn 304): GOLDENEYE of BONDAGE (Spawn, mgr.)
DM 11 ARUAK CITY (turn 609): THUNK of TECNHO 8 (Technogeek, mgr.)
DM 14 TOBIR (turn 609): WHOLE MUTT of THE DOGHOUSE (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 22 SOLVEN (turn 602): HOT EIGHTEEN of KELLUMBO'S KIDS (Detective Kellumbo, mgr.)
DM 24 ZORPUNT (turn 598): TCHENI LOY of KRILL CAVALRY (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 25 LYRATILAN (turn 598): TRELLIN XISS of THE MIDDLE WAY 4 (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 26 CALEAM (turn 595): HEART BREAKER of ULTRA-VIOLENT (Deep Thought, mgr)
DM 30 IAYE (turn 591): PRINCE POLIOLES of LENPROS (Lenpro, mgr.)
DM 40 ZENSU (turn 560): GRUNT 3 of MEDAL OF HONOR G1 (The Anarchist, mgr.)
DM 41 KATI-TEI (turn 551): GHETTO DEFENDANT of RADIO CLASH (Rude Buddha, mgr.)
DM 46 ARDIVENT (turn 542): BLUE KNIGHT of THE TASKMASTERS (Blueface, mgr.)
DM 52 FRATSFA (turn 251): SIZZLING SUNFLOWER of FLOWER GIRLS (Lady Fern, mgr.)
DM 63 AMEN-TEI (turn 441): CRUZIA GARDETT of WAYFARERS (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 71 KYR'TERR (turn 205): TRYPTOPHAN of SUPERIOR FORCES ZC (Manager, mgr.)
ADM 105 ANDORAK (turn 464): SNAKE CHARMER of KELLUMBO'S KIDS (Detective Kellumbo)
Top Teams
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DM 8 ARKERS (turn 304): CONSANGUINEOUS (Mannequin, mgr.)
DM 11 ARUAK CITY (turn 609): TECHNO 8 (Technogeek, mgr.)
DM 14 TOBIR (turn 609): ALL THE MUN'S MEN (The Mun, mgr.)
DM 22 SOLVEN (turn 602): KELLUMBO'S KIDS (Detective Kellumbo, mgr.)
DM 24 ZORPUNT (turn 598): KRILL CAVALRY (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 25 LYRATILAN (turn 598): THE MIDDLE WAY 4 (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 26 CALEAM (turn 595): ULTRA-VIOLENT (Deep Thought, mgr)
DM 30 IAYE (turn 591): LENPROS (Lenpro, mgr.)
DM 40 ZENSU (turn 560): BEYOND THE PALE (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 41 KATI-TEI (turn 551): MEDAL OF HONOR H3 (The Anarchist, mgr.)
DM 46 ARDIVENT (turn 542): FANDILS (Wise Old Fandil, mgr.)
DM 52 FRATSFA (turn 251): ZERO (Ice Man, mgr.)
DM 63 AMEN-TEI (turn 441): 1949 YANKEES (Papa Bear, mgr.)
DM 71 KYR'TERR (turn 205): THE ZOO (Jorja, mgr.)
ADM 105 ANDORAK (turn 493): KELLUMBO'S KIDS (Detective Kellumbo, mgr.)
Recent Graduates
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DM 8 ARKERS (turn 304): GOLDENEYE of BONDAGE (Spawn, mgr.)
(turn 303): ROCK GLAS HUT FUN of ORCISH IDIOMS (Slugbait, mgr.)
DM 11 ARUAK CITY (turn 609): SILVER SNAIL of ANIMAL FARM (Mino, mgr.)
ERITHE ENDIREDRE of PATRONAS VERITAS (Ichabod
Frothingslosh, mgr.)
(turn 608): HORSELFY of KRILL CAVALRY (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 30 IAYE (turn 591): PRINCE POLIOLES of LENPROS (Lenpro, mgr.)
(turn 590): BROTHER J.J. of LENPROS (Lenpro, mgr.)
DM 40 ZENSU (turn 560): NORM THE GNOME of GUARDIANS II (Twig, mgr.)
DM 46 ARDIVENT (turn 541): SHELLEY of FANDILS (Wise Old Fandil, mgr.)
DM 63 AMEN-TEI (turn 441): CRUZIA GARDETT of WAYFARERS (Jorja, mgr.)
DUELMASTER'S COLUMN
Notes from the arena champ.
Raschi did his best, but it was not to be. Some other time he may be
duelmaster.
Cruzia Gardett
P.S. Low/very low, lunge tactic? How odd. I never did care for slow-motion fights.
SPY REPORT
Ready for some action-packed adventure, some thrills, chills and spills? Well
fergit it, cause this is the Spyreport for AMEN-TEI. Like, 1949 YANKEES had to be so
embarrassed when they got kicked off #1 spot by WAYFARERS! Way to go WAYFARERS! MVP
award for VALNAKORINE? WAYFARERS' proud of her after beating VISITING ORC and
getting 16 points. Our last turn's Duelmaster has lost, folks, lost to VIRGINAL
CONCUBINE, and CRUZIA GARDETT has made the way for a new Duelmaster! M.T. LANE of
WAYFARERS takes CRUZIA GARDETT's place. (But seriously, who could ever take the
place of CRUZIA GARDETT? Oh, all right.) Is the Duelmaster really being a real snob
to his teammates? Don't ask me!
I gotta admit I haven't been in "deep con caves" with any spies. Really, I just
wing this stuff.
Man, all these warriors dying and killing each other! Don't you guys ever give
it a break? Fight, fight, fight. Is that all you guys can do?
I really didn't, you know, study when I was a kid. Who would've guessed I'd be
a famous Spyreporter? I gotta leave. AMEN-TEI is like such a dump, and you guys
smell too much! I had a fun time, see you later-- Debby Tonte
DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
M.T. LANE 2720 19 24 0 81 WAYFARERS (248)
CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-BOBBY BROWN 2771 5 2 2 66 1949 YANKEES (316)
-RASCHI 2772 5 2 0 64 1949 YANKEES (316)
DREADNAUGHT 2693 3 1 0 62 DESTROYERS (317)
-TOMMY HENRICH 2759 8 0 1 58 1949 YANKEES (316)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-BILLY JOHNSON 2758 5 0 1 55 1949 YANKEES (316)
HYRAM CARTER 2728 11 21 0 54 WAYFARERS (248)
VALNAKORINE 2761 7 10 0 47 WAYFARERS (248)
YALO TACTSIE 2750 6 17 0 35 WAYFARERS (248)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
PERSONAL ADS
Dreadnaught -- That's probably a handicap, you know. A little healthy fear, even a
tinge of dread, is a survival aid. Keeps you on your toes and looking over your
shoulder, and sometimes you SHOULD be on your toes and looking over your shoulder,
although it's easy to fall at a time like that, so you also have to keep a level
head. -- Hyram Carter
P.S. But don't try to combine it with "shoulder to the wheel, nose to the
grindstone, and ear to the ground," as the two sets are incompatible.
Why am I plagued with the Khalhums Dwarf? I don't like dwarves. The hair on their
faces freaks me out. -- M.T. Lane
Billy Johnson -- You're supposed to tip your cabby. Skills would do. -- Yalo Tactsie
Somehow I expected the Fratsfan Noble to be taller. -- Valnakorine
Bobby Brown -- Does this mean I have not lived in vain? -- M.T. Lane
Cruzia Gardett -- And a very pleasant time was had with the dinner, the dancing, the
quiet drive along the waterfront-- Well, perhaps the last part was a bit chilly, but
we did manage to keep warm! -- M. Golodor Chardinee
Woodling -- You met your end with dignity. This is rare, and it will reflect
honorably on your teammates. -- the Dark Champion of Amen-Tei
P.S. So they tell me, at any rate.
M.T. Lane -- You're a fool, boy. -- Gorlok Bonecrusher, Khalhums Dwarf
Valnakorine -- What a violent wench you are. Not at all ladylike. -- Marenj d'Sul,
Fratsfan Noble
P.S. I find it rather exciting, actually.
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
DREADNAUGHT devastated HYRAM CARTER in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge fight.
CRUZIA GARDETT was vanquished by VIRGINAL CONCUBINE in a 1 minute uneven battle.
M.T. LANE was overpowered by KHALHUMS DWARF in a 2 minute mismatched Title duel.
YALO TACTSIE was devastated by RUTHLESS JAYWALKER in a 1 minute one-sided fight.
VALNAKORINE demolished VISITING ORC in a 1 minute gruesome mismatched competition.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|PARRY-LUNGE 2 WALL OF STEEL 9 - 2 - 0 82 |
|LUNGING ATTACK 1 STRIKING ATTACK 8 - 2 - 1 80 |
|STRIKING ATTACK 1 LUNGING ATTACK 20 - 10 - 2 67 |
|AIMED BLOW 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE 2 - 2 - 0 50 |
|TOTAL PARRY 1 SLASHING ATTACK 3 - 4 - 0 43 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 0 AIMED BLOW 5 - 8 - 0 38 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 TOTAL PARRY 5 - 9 - 0 36 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 0 PARRY-LUNGE 7 - 17 - 0 29 |
|BASHING ATTACK 0 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 1 - 0 0 |
|WALL OF STEEL 0 BASHING ATTACK 0 - 2 - 0 0 |
Turn 442 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:
LUNGING ATTACK 1 - 0 AIMED BLOW 0 - 1 3 LUNGING ATTACK
STRIKING ATTACK 1 - 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 2 2 STRIKING ATTACK
PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 0 2 PARRY-LUNGE
PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 0 1 TOTAL PARRY
SLASHING ATTACK 0 - 0 1 WALL OF STEEL
BASHING ATTACK 0 - 0
TOTAL PARRY 0 - 1
WALL OF STEEL 0 - 0
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
STRIKING ATTACK DREADNAUGHT 2693 3 1 0 62 DESTROYERS (317)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
The overall popularity leader is VALNAKORINE 2761. The most popular warrior this
turn was VALNAKORINE 2761. The ten other most popular fighters were DREADNAUGHT
2693, HYRAM CARTER 2728, YALO TACTSIE 2750, M.T. LANE 2720, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, and
0.
The least popular fighter this week was M.T. LANE 2720. The other ten least popular
fighters were YALO TACTSIE 2750, HYRAM CARTER 2728, DREADNAUGHT 2693, VALNAKORINE
2761, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, and 0.
The following warriors have traveled to AD after fighting this turn:
CRUZIA GARDETT (63-2748) WAYFARERS (248)