DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER Date : 02/13/2020 Duedate: 03/11/2020 KYR'TERR ARENA DM-71 TURN-349 This Weeks Top Honors THE DUELMASTER IS YES, I PURR E IS FOR ELEPHANT (830) (71-7972) [14-4-1,138] Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader YES, I PURR NUSAKAN E IS FOR ELEPHANT (830) CORONA BOREALIS (941) (71-7972) [14-4-1,138] (71-8347) [4-2-0,40] Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite LIGHT'S OUT DEATH RITUAL HOME LIFE (818) E IS FOR ELEPHANT (830) (71-7275) [19-10-3,84] (71-8063) [10-7-1,86] THE CURRENT TOP TEAM E IS FOR ELEPHANT (830) TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team 1. WARCKERS (811) 65 2. THE CODA (190) 49 WARCKERS (811) 3. WAR-C-KERS (812) 48 Unchartered Team 4. HOME LIFE (818) 40 5. SHERWOOD FOREST (817) 38 HERCULES (944) The Top Teams Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K 1/ 2*HERCULES (944) 5 1 1 83.3 1/ 1 E IS FOR ELEPHANT (830) 10 3 0 2/ 1*DELPHINUS (945) 5 2 0 71.4 2/ 0 WARCKERS (811) 5 0 0 3/ 3*CORONA BOREALIS (941) 4 2 0 66.7 3/ 0 THE CODA (190) 4 1 1 4/ 0 WARCKERS (811) 51 29 7 63.8 4/ 7 WAR-C-KERS (812) 4 1 1 5- 4 F IS FOR FISH (831) 10 6 1 62.5 5/ 0 100% CANADIAN (280) 3 1 0 6/ 5 E IS FOR ELEPHANT (830) 50 36 2 58.1 6/ 8 SHERWOOD FOREST (817) 3 2 1 7/ 0 SECOND CHANCES (558) 120 90 10 57.1 7/ 0 HOME LIFE (818) 3 2 0 8/ 6 SHERWOOD FOREST (817) 268 223 34 54.6 8- 3 F IS FOR FISH (831) 2 0 0 9/ 0 HOME LIFE (818) 250 210 18 54.3 9/ 6 C IS FOR CAT (828) 2 0 0 10/ 0 100% CANADIAN (280) 86 73 6 54.1 10/ 5*HERCULES (944) 2 1 0 11/ 7 WAR-C-KERS (812) 228 200 14 53.3 11/ 2*DELPHINUS (945) 2 2 0 12/ 0 THE CODA (190) 174 158 16 52.4 12/ 0 SECOND CHANCES (558) 1 1 0 13/ 8 C IS FOR CAT (828) 19 22 3 46.3 13/ 4*CORONA BOREALIS (941) 1 2 0 '*' Unchartered team '-' Team did not fight this turn (###) Avoid teams by their Team Id ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank TEAM SPOTLIGHT Dark Stoicism The giant sword cut a furrow into the dirt. The night's light reflected from a few patches on its slowly rusting blade, which rose out through an upturned mouth. The ricasso head stretched past a crossguard of outstretched hands. The stylized fighter handle stood on a pommel skull. Two beefy hands grasped the figure's body. The sword was massive, like the warrior holding it, called Stoic. The sword was sleek and battle-worn, the warrior was bloated and uncertain. Towering though he was, even under plates of armor, fat rolls peeked out. One might wonder if the cook decided to go to war while the soldiers stayed in the kitchen. Stoic looked back. His manager, memory, had been there just a moment ago, but the tree line had misted over, obscuring the entrance. He shrugged under the weight of the armor and looked through his helmet. The moonlight was bright on a clearing in the forest. All was deadly quiet, night mist roiling. His sollrets clunking through patchy grass occasionally broke the silence. It would be serene, but he could feel eyes everywhere and the promise of death. This was not a quiet forest and certainly not the boisterous and sandy arena he normally fought in. This was the Dark Arena, final resting spot of the failed gladiator. * * * "I can do better. I can! Please!" Stoic pleaded but memory was unmoved. "My decision is final. You don't have the desire to live a life of war. You have not grown into the gladiator name I gave you." Stoic was on his knees, begging, searching memory's unseeing eyes for hope. Memory's mouth tightened as he let out an almost imperceptible sigh. He pulled the hood of his tight black cloak over his head, turned, and drifted away. "Wyvern, please. Surely you can save me?" The trainer put a hand on his shoulder. With Stoic on his knees, he and the diminutive trainer were eye to eye. An immortal warrior with many years and many deaths behind her, she did not harbor his fear of the unknown. "Today's fight is over. Tomorrow we will train for the next." She locked eyes with him, passing on some of her inner resolve. "Come," she bade, as she led him from the infirmary back to their training hall. * * * A biting pain seared through an exposed flap of skin on his stomach. His mind had wandered away from the fight. His opponent, a Dark Arena champion, had entered silently. An elf stood before him, two feet shorter, but standing tall and towering above Stoic by confidence and bearing if not physical height. He might have been a glimmering angel, moonbeams dancing on exquisite silver mail. The elf brought his needle-thin sword up, hilt to face, blade skyward, in honorable warrior salute. He was sure he had won, and everyone knew it. He had time to honor the walking dead. * * * Old Wyvern snaked a short spear under his guard, stopping just short of cutting. She always used her deadly spear, even in training, such was her skill and control. He had a greatsword, blunted for training, but massive. "I can barely move it. How can I train or fight if it's too heavy?" He felt a familiar and painful whack from the blunt end of Wyvern's spear. "Don't blame the sword. Desire victory and the sword will move." She struck again and he moved to the side, not moving the sword so much as standing it in the path of the attack. The parry was unorthodox but successful. "That'll do. Now strike!" * * * Stoic tried to recall his training as the fight continued. It wasn't working. He was bleeding profusely. He fell back on his reserves of strength and willpower. Slash, cut, smash... the elf was striking every weak spot in his armor, inflicting damage at will. Circle, stab, circle, slash, circle, cut. Stoic had been on the ground twice before struggling to his feet, stumbling and throwing up defenses with little success. He felt frustrated and clumsy but kept defending. Maybe the attacks were coming more slowly... * * * The arena crowd was restless, only moderately attentive to the morning's rookie warriors. The sand worked its way between his toes. He was just a boy. His parents did not love their son so much as an arena bounty. Stoic was scared and slow and the man in front of him wished him harm. And harm he did. Stoic cowered behind his shield, without even a weapon. "It's better this way. Rely on your hands. I want to see what you can do," memory had said. Stoic was bruised and bleeding. His opponent was more tired than injured, exhausted, really. Under a slowly diminishing rain of blows, Stoic heard calls from his teammates. "Now strike!" They were yelling frantically. He peered over his shield to see his opponent, sweating, breathing heavily, grip loosening on his sword. The attacking gladiator overextended above his head, ready to deliver another hacking, unopposed blow. Stoic roared upward to his full height, at the same time sending his shield through the surprised gladiator's face. Blood spattered, he flipped once and landed face down with a thud, sword flying end over end to land ten feet away. The crowd gasped for a moment then roared. His team roared. He looked to see memory, gazing forward blindly as always, but clearly smiling at him. * * * Back in the night mist, he was tired and hurt. After a long fight, minutes under this barrage. It must happen soon. Stoic knew he would die. But he wasn't dead yet. He saw the elf circling, waiting for another attack. He saw the moonlight and the trees. He felt the watching eyes. He felt memory and old Wyvern and his team. He knew they could see. He felt his opponents and all the gladiators in him for this moment. He felt his parents, who only saw in him a mouth to feed. He saw the high elf, still glistening, now with sweat -- still looking down on Stoic -- looking down not with haughty indignation as before, but the desperation of a man trying to chop down a stone tower and just realizing his error. Stoic saw not confidence but desperation. For the first time, resignation gave way to fury. "Strike Now," he heard in his mind. The elf leapt forward, blade flashing. Stoic spun to his right, pulling the massive blade in his wake. The elf and his blade shot through the spot Stoic had been, then turned back in disbelief at the unexpected life in his easy quarry. "Strike Now," Stoic thought, as he continued his spin, continued his fury, pulling the blade full circle, letting out a roar that called all the judging eyes to witness. The blade felt warm in his hand. He struggled to catch his breath. The arc of the blade had pulled him another half circle away from his opponent. He looked back at the elf, ready for the next attack. The elf's body stood, head lying on its shoulder, neck detached entirely where the blade had hewn through. The head's eyes were still open, judging differently now, askew. Immortal these Dark Arena champions were, and immortality makes death an odd thing. Stoic fell to his knees, sobbing. The fight was over. And it might never end. -- memory SPY REPORT Much has changed in KYR'TERR since last I was here. Never fear, Olaf Modeen adapts to many situations, as do all successful fighters. Phhbltt! Too much drinking and too little dodging gave DELPHINUS a 0-2-0! I got a good laugh out of it! Up 'n down. Up 'n down. Rankings always change. Up 'n down. I think I'm gonna be... Well, WAR-C-KERS' 4th moved them up to 4-0-1 place. Some people say I ramble too much, I don't say anything relevant. I repeat myself. I ramble. Well SHERWOOD FOREST moved up 2, to 6th. What's with ELECTRIC? She actually beat E IS FOR ELEPHANT's 100 KILLED A DAY, and walked away with 26 more points from the fight. Laughs were big at WARCKERS while they watched ELECTRIC clobber 100 KILLED A DAY. He lost 23 points and got bruised from objects thrown from the stands. BAD APPLE was reminded on the sands why YES, I PURR is Duelmaster. Wouldn't it be nice to have live subjects to practice on? I hear some team is looking into the uses of convicted prisoners. No matter the time or place, men will always duel. KYR'TERR thinks SHERWOOD FOREST and their 268-223-34 is too much! If at first you don't succeed, give up... The bums at E IS FOR ELEPHANT couldn't face the challenges from SHERWOOD FOREST! No excuse for that! Warriors of KYR'TERR unite. You have only your games to lose! Here's some advice: study your opponent, master many skills, fight dirty. Many other cities have retirement homes for aged warriors. Any plans here? Are you as tired of reading this as I am of writing it? Actually, I guess I'm writing it before you read it. Oh, well. I don't want to overstay my welcome...-- Olaf Modeen DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME YES, I PURR 7972 14 4 1 138 E IS FOR ELEPHANT (830) CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -GRETEL 7424 15 5 1 133 SECOND CHANCES (558) TUSK 7408 12 7 0 110 E IS FOR ELEPHANT (830) -RISING STORM 7418 10 1 1 110 SHERWOOD FOREST (817) CATHARSIS 7628 11 5 1 109 C IS FOR CAT (828) -TITANIUM 7081 8 5 1 104 WAR-C-KERS (812) -HANSEL 7422 11 3 0 99 SECOND CHANCES (558) -ANTHONY HENDAY 7253 13 6 1 96 100% CANADIAN (280) CATALYST 7056 12 1 1 94 WARCKERS (811) BAD APPLE 7255 18 12 1 93 SECOND CHANCES (558) MOON SPELL 7128 18 11 1 92 SHERWOOD FOREST (817) -STRYKER 7423 9 4 2 91 SECOND CHANCES (558) CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME CLUTCH 7495 11 3 0 86 THE CODA (190) DEATH RITUAL 8063 10 7 1 86 E IS FOR ELEPHANT (830) LIGHT'S OUT 7275 19 10 3 84 HOME LIFE (818) ELECTRIC 7057 10 10 2 83 WARCKERS (811) THUNDER HEAD 7828 6 1 1 82 SHERWOOD FOREST (817) LADY JAYE 7331 12 8 0 80 THE CODA (190) CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME QUICK KICK 7509 10 13 1 61 THE CODA (190) 100 KILLED A DAY 8062 11 7 0 60 E IS FOR ELEPHANT (830) MIDLIFE CRISIS 7330 13 7 1 59 WAR-C-KERS (812) -FOR A COMPLIMENT 7415 9 1 0 57 F IS FOR FISH (831) ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME PUFF DRAGON 7826 3 2 1 50 WAR-C-KERS (812) GOODIE RING 7910 5 1 1 49 HOME LIFE (818) THIS GUY 7625 5 2 1 48 WAR-C-KERS (812) MAGMA LORD 8059 3 0 0 48 SECOND CHANCES (558) -CATAPULT 7630 4 4 0 44 C IS FOR CAT (828) NUSAKAN 8347 4 2 0 40 CORONA BOREALIS (941) SARIN 8363 5 1 1 39 HERCULES (944) ROTANEV 8367 5 1 0 34 DELPHINUS (945) CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -STRAY 7400 3 2 1 33 C IS FOR CAT (828) SPRING FEVER 8067 3 0 0 31 HOME LIFE (818) DEATH TOUCH 8058 3 0 1 30 WARCKERS (811) CLOUDY CLOUD 8087 3 2 1 27 SHERWOOD FOREST (817) CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME ELEPHANT WHISPERER 8208 2 3 0 27 E IS FOR ELEPHANT (830) ALEXANDER 7829 3 2 0 26 WARCKERS (811) INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME SPARKS 8225 1 0 1 21 THE CODA (190) -CALLED WANDA 7414 1 1 1 20 F IS FOR FISH (831) FROSTY FROST 8235 1 0 0 20 SHERWOOD FOREST (817) ARCADE FIRE 8085 2 0 0 18 100% CANADIAN (280) NICHOLAS 7984 1 0 0 17 WARCKERS (811) ETYMOLOGY 8219 1 0 0 16 HOME LIFE (818) WINDWALKER 8238 1 0 0 15 WAR-C-KERS (812) STOMPIN TOM 8234 1 0 0 15 100% CANADIAN (280) GREAT BIG SEA 8217 1 0 0 8 100% CANADIAN (280) -CATECHISM 8213 0 1 0 3 C IS FOR CAT (828) '-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn. THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge? DANGEROUS CRIMIN 0 0 0 PUFF DRAGON 7826 349 NONE EMBEZZLING SCRIB 0 0 0 SPARKS 8225 349 NONE PERSISTANT BEGGA 0 0 0 CLOUDY CLOUD 8087 349 NONE HEDIES 8237 0 1 0 100% CANADIAN 280 WURM KIN 349 NONE FALLING STAR 1 8369 0 1 0 DELPHINUS 945 MOUNTAIN TROLL 349 NONE HEDIES 8239 0 1 0 HOME LIFE 818 SPYMASTER 349 NONE HEDIES 8502 0 1 0 THE CODA 190 WURM KIN 349 NONE PERSONAL ADS LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS HEDIES was butchered by WURM KIN in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight. FALLING STAR 1 was butchered by MOUNTAIN TROLL in a 1 minute brutal Dark Arena duel. HEDIES was easily killed by WURM KIN in a 1 minute Dark Arena match. HEDIES was assassinated by SPYMASTER in a 1 minute Dark Arena duel. YES, I PURR devastated BAD APPLE in a 1 minute one-sided Title contest. LIGHT'S OUT was overpowered by CATHARSIS in a 1 minute mismatched match. MOON SPELL was bested by TUSK in a crowd pleasing 2 minute brutal veteran's duel. LADY JAYE bested KUNG-FU MASTER in a 1 minute one-sided competition. CATALYST overcame DEATH RITUAL in a action packed 3 minute melee. CLUTCH vanquished M. CHARDINEE in a 1 minute one-sided duel. THUNDER HEAD won victory over VETERAN MERCENARY in a popular 1 minute gory duel. 100 KILLED A DAY was overpowered by ELECTRIC in a 1 minute one-sided melee. MIDLIFE CRISIS defeated NUSAKAN in a exciting 1 minute match. QUICK KICK devastated ROTANEV in a 1 minute mismatched conflict. THIS GUY savagely defeated CAPTURED ORC in a 1 minute master vs. novice match. SARIN narrowly defeated ELEPHANT WHISPERER in a popular 3 minute bloody duel. GOODIE RING vanquished THE USEROUS MERCHANT in a 1 minute bloody one-sided fray. MAGMA LORD devastated DANGEROUS CRIMINAL in a 1 minute one-sided brawl. PUFF DRAGON executed DANGEROUS CRIMINAL in a 1 minute brutal one-sided match. ALEXANDER overpowered CONVICTED THIEF in a 1 minute mismatched fight. SPRING FEVER devastated EMBEZZLING SCRIBE in a 1 minute one-sided contest. ARCADE FIRE overpowered CONVICTED THIEF in a 1 minute one-sided duel. CLOUDY CLOUD executed PERSISTANT BEGGAR in a 1 minute uneven fray. DEATH TOUCH handily defeated OSKSI NOBLE in a 1 minute one-sided contest. WINDWALKER demolished PERSISTANT BEGGAR in a 1 minute one-sided fight. GREAT BIG SEA slimly won victory over MORDANT DESERTER in a 3 minute novice's match. NICHOLAS defeated MORDANT DESERTER in a 1 minute bout. ETYMOLOGY demolished PERSISTANT BEGGAR in a 1 minute one-sided melee. FROSTY FROST vanquished EMBEZZLING SCRIBE in a 1 minute one-sided fray. STOMPIN TOM overcame EMBEZZLING SCRIBE in a 1 minute amateur's bout. SPARKS slaughtered EMBEZZLING SCRIBE in a 1 minute one-sided bout. BATTLE REPORT MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS |FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT| |LUNGING ATTACK 11 TOTAL PARRY 19 - 4 - 1 83 | |AIMED BLOW 10 AIMED BLOW 37 - 9 - 3 80 | |STRIKING ATTACK 5 PARRY-RIPOSTE 4 - 1 - 0 80 | |SLASHING ATTACK 5 PARRY-LUNGE 4 - 1 - 0 80 | |PARRY-RIPOSTE 2 WALL OF STEEL 6 - 2 - 0 75 | |PARRY-LUNGE 2 STRIKING ATTACK 22 - 8 - 4 73 | |TOTAL PARRY 2 LUNGING ATTACK 24 - 16 - 2 60 | |BASHING ATTACK 1 SLASHING ATTACK 9 - 9 - 0 50 | |PARRY-STRIKE 1 BASHING ATTACK 2 - 2 - 0 50 | |WALL OF STEEL 0 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 1 - 0 0 | Turn 349 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: PARRY-RIPOSTE 2 - 0 SLASHING ATTACK 2 - 3 3 STRIKING ATTACK BASHING ATTACK 1 - 0 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 1 3 WALL OF STEEL LUNGING ATTACK 9 - 2 WALL OF STEEL 0 - 0 2 TOTAL PARRY STRIKING ATTACK 4 - 1 1 SLASHING ATTACK AIMED BLOW 7 - 3 1 LUNGING ATTACK PARRY-LUNGE 1 - 1 1 AIMED BLOW TOTAL PARRY 1 - 1 TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME STRIKING ATTACK YES, I PURR 7972 14 4 1 138 E IS FOR ELEPHANT (830) SLASHING ATTACK TUSK 7408 12 7 0 110 E IS FOR ELEPHANT (830) TOTAL PARRY CATALYST 7056 12 1 1 94 WARCKERS (811) AIMED BLOW BAD APPLE 7255 18 12 1 93 SECOND CHANCES (558) LUNGING ATTACK CLUTCH 7495 11 3 0 86 THE CODA (190) PARRY-STRIKE LIGHT'S OUT 7275 19 10 3 84 HOME LIFE (818) PARRY-LUNGE GOODIE RING 7910 5 1 1 49 HOME LIFE (818) BASHING ATTACK MAGMA LORD 8059 3 0 0 48 SECOND CHANCES (558) Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above. The overall popularity leader is LIGHT'S OUT 7275. The most popular warrior this turn was DEATH RITUAL 8063. The ten other most popular fighters were TUSK 7408, ELEPHANT WHISPERER 8208, THUNDER HEAD 7828, MIDLIFE CRISIS 7330, CATALYST 7056, THIS GUY 7625, CATHARSIS 7628, LADY JAYE 7331, CLUTCH 7495, and SARIN 8363. The least popular fighter this week was ROTANEV 8367. The other ten least popular fighters were 100 KILLED A DAY 8062, LIGHT'S OUT 7275, BAD APPLE 7255, HEDIES 8239, HEDIES 8502, FALLING STAR 1 8369, HEDIES 8237, SPARKS 8225, STOMPIN TOM 8234, and ALEXANDER 7829. The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn: YES, I PURR (71-7972) E IS FOR ELEPHANT (830)