DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER Date : 09/15/2005 Duedate: 10/12/2005 DRAGONHEAD ARENA DM-72 TURN-164 This Weeks Top Honors THE DUELMASTER IS KOOL AID LIQUIDS (652) (72-5909) [9-6-0,90] Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader KOOL AID DARK GRIFTER LIQUIDS (652) MAGNIFICENT BASTARDS (339) (72-5909) [9-6-0,90] (72-3021) [5-1-1,68] Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite KOOL AID ACUTATE LIQUIDS (652) AD HOMINEM (561) (72-5909) [9-6-0,90] (72-5161) [3-1-0,37] THE CURRENT TOP TEAM TWISTED SISTERS (644) TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team 1. MAGNIFICENT BASTARDS (339) 26 2. LIQUIDS (652) 23 FREDDY'S FIVE (468) 3. CEREAL (651) 21 Unchartered Team 4. DEADLY RAGE (158) 14 5. MILK IS GOOD (650) 13 CEREAL (651) The Top Teams Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K 1/ 1*CEREAL (651) 5 0 0 100 1/ 2 TWISTED SISTERS (644) 5 10 0 2/ 2*MILK IS GOOD (650) 9 2 0 81.8 2/ 3 BREAD (653) 3 0 0 3/ 0*MAGNIFICENT BASTAR (339) 23 12 4 65.7 3/ 8*MILK IS GOOD (650) 3 0 0 4/ 0 FREDDY'S FIVE (468) 94 53 5 63.9 4/ 9*CEREAL (651) 3 0 0 5- 4 ENAB SREGANAM (539) 30 19 2 61.2 5/ 0 DEADLY RAGE (158) 3 1 0 6/ 6 LIQUIDS (652) 11 7 0 61.1 6/ 0*MAGNIFICENT BASTAR (339) 3 2 2 7/ 0 DEADLY RAGE (158) 129 88 8 59.4 7/11*AD HOMINEM (561) 3 4 0 8/ 5*AD HOMINEM (561) 13 9 0 59.1 8/10 LIQUIDS (652) 2 1 0 9/10 BREAD (653) 10 9 1 52.6 9- 7*Z-DRAGON (640) 2 2 0 10/ 9 VERMIN (165) 190 191 8 49.9 10- 1 ENAB SREGANAM (539) 2 3 0 11-12 ORIGINALE BASTARDS (144) 67 70 7 48.9 11-12 BRIAN LOCK (398) 1 0 0 12-13 BRIAN LOCK (398) 10 11 0 47.6 12/13 GLACIATION GUILD I (625) 1 1 0 13/11 TWISTED SISTERS (644) 36 40 4 47.4 13/ 6 VERMIN (165) 1 4 0 14/ 0*CRYPTORBEAST VI (348) 3 4 0 42.9 14/ 0*CRYPTORBEAST VI (348) 0 2 0 15/14 GLACIATION GUILD I (625) 13 24 1 35.1 15/ 0 FREDDY'S FIVE (468) 0 1 0 16-15*Z-DRAGON (640) 4 8 1 33.3 16-16*CELTS (221) 0 1 0 Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K 17-16*CELTS (221) 3 7 1 30.0 17-15 ORIGINALE BASTARDS (144) 0 1 0 '*' Unchartered team '-' Team did not fight this turn (###) Avoid teams by their Team Id ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank DUELMASTER'S COLUMN Notes from the arena champ. Weeeeeellll!!! My first ever...sitting atop this giant golden chair! WOW!!! Does it feel wonderful...Braaahaahaahaa! Oh...let me stop joking around and get to it. Don't know how long I'll hold this great title...life is short and things can change in a second if one isn't careful? We all know it to be true. Let's see who will challenge and try to steel this great honor away from my grasp??? Just who will step up and try? C'mon fellow gladiators, don't let me down..."challenge away!" I do thank my gods for this great honor. Enough of that! DRUWEZ, THE KING OF #72! SPY REPORT Good day, in DRAGONHEAD a quiet thief gets rich, but a quiet spymaster gets poor. So bring me ale and harken to my tidbits of news. It seems the training can make the difference, as ENAB SREGANAM is pushed out of top team by TWISTED SISTERS, who came from 2nd with a 1-4-0 this turn. Now keep the taverns open late tonight, for there are sorrows to drown for ENAB SREGANAM, whose 0-0-0 this turn dropped them by 9 into 10th. MILK IS GOOD stable has parlayed this turn's 1-0-0 into a 5 space move up the rankings. This brings them up to 3rd place. Good work, guys! And let's see, SHADOW MAGE fought KID FUNKY FRIED and gained 18 points and contributed to MAGNIFICENT BASTARDS' 3-2-2. FURY ANGERBORN has lost to WHOLE, falling 6 points, while helping make MAGNIFICENT BASTARDS a 3-2-2 turn. We should ask KOOL AID about the thrill of victory, and what being the new Duelmaster does for a warrior, he's now the one to ask. By the way, was that our Duelmaster that I saw last night, cramped under the table at The Welcome Wench? I tell you, a green quarterstaff lasts longer than a seasoned sapling. A basher friend of mine assures me this is true. TWISTED SISTERS has cause to stand tall, as they were DRAGONHEAD's most avoided team. A smart manager knows this is a team to beat. And guess who avoided TWISTED SISTERS stable the most? Believe it or not, it was AD HOMINEM. Anyone surprised? Well, sports fans, take notice that IRON BITCH from TWISTED SISTERS was DRAGONHEAD's most challenged warrior this turn. Building dreams on hope, WHEATIES challenged up 30 points this turn to take on IRON BITCH from TWISTED SISTERS stable. And now nobody knows where IRON BITCH is right now, after giving WHEATIES 21 points worth of recognition. As quiet chuckles rise behind me. We only live a short time in this world, so why not take a sharp blade, and shave it close? The manager of DEADLY RAGE will not be pleased to learn that KID FUNKY FRIED, a 4-0-0 fighter, has been killed at the hands of MAGNIFICENT BASTARDS' SHADOW MAGE. FRENZY has departed DRAGONHEAD, leaving TWISTED SISTERS without their 4-5-1 warrior. Question, just what was hers team doing at the taverns last night? Now it looks like BRASIDAS is gone, and forgotten too, now that ANCIENT KNIGHTS did not revenge BREAD's SOURDOUGH for killing BRASIDAS. A brave warrior does not carry a red shield, he has nothing to cover or hide when the fight is over. Consider well. Thought for the day, a new sword shines bright, but the notched sword sings the sweetest. Well, I'm burning daylight here in DRAGONHEAD and I've a long road ahead of me. Happy Trails. Until the sun next rises and my pen sets to paper-- Alarond the Scribe DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME KOOL AID 5909 9 6 0 90 LIQUIDS (652) CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -*KIM COOKIES 1488 19 15 4 104 ORIGINALE BASTARDS (144) CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME SOURDOUGH 5913 8 8 1 87 BREAD (653) -FURRY BOX 4314 4 3 0 81 BRIAN LOCK (398) -PHELON 1492 16 23 1 74 ORIGINALE BASTARDS (144) DRUWEZ 5683 6 6 0 69 GLACIATION GUILD II (625) DARK GRIFTER 3021 5 1 1 68 MAGNIFICENT BASTARDS (339) CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME MINDQUAKE 5861 10 5 0 64 TWISTED SISTERS (644) 2 PHAT 2 5470 6 9 0 59 VERMIN (165) -MEGATRAVELLER 3548 5 0 0 59 BRIAN LOCK (398) ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -A.J. ROJ 4978 10 5 0 55 ENAB SREGANAM (539) KNIGHT PROWLER 3025 6 3 1 54 MAGNIFICENT BASTARDS (339) SHADOW MAGE 3022 5 4 1 53 MAGNIFICENT BASTARDS (339) COMFORTABLY NUMB 4098 7 1 0 48 FREDDY'S FIVE (468) WHEATIES 5900 5 0 0 46 CEREAL (651) IRON BITCH 5859 8 8 0 39 TWISTED SISTERS (644) -RABID RABBIT 2317 8 8 0 38 VERMIN (165) WHOLE 5895 5 1 0 38 MILK IS GOOD (650) ACUTATE 5161 3 1 0 37 AD HOMINEM (561) -E. KARD 4977 8 3 2 36 ENAB SREGANAM (539) SIRA BLOODSNAKE 3024 4 3 1 36 MAGNIFICENT BASTARDS (339) LEPER MESSIAH 3954 4 2 0 36 DEADLY RAGE (158) CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -ALUN 2319 1 0 1 33 CELTS (221) -ACUTE 5154 4 0 0 30 AD HOMINEM (561) FURY ANGERBORN 3023 3 1 0 29 MAGNIFICENT BASTARDS (339) -ACUMEN 5158 4 2 0 26 AD HOMINEM (561) EMERALD IRONWITCH 3138 3 2 0 24 CRYPTORBEAST VI (348) INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -TEMOH PAB 4980 6 3 0 21 ENAB SREGANAM (539) -VINNAR 5673 1 3 0 18 GLACIATION GUILD II (625) -WHITE 5818 2 1 1 17 Z-DRAGON (640) -KIM HADLEY 4090 2 1 0 17 FREDDY'S FIVE (468) GIGGLY JANE 5939 3 4 0 16 TWISTED SISTERS (644) -RETSEH CRIS 5199 2 0 0 16 ENAB SREGANAM (539) -WATER 5907 2 0 0 16 LIQUIDS (652) -RHIANNON 2320 1 3 0 14 CELTS (221) -AD HOPPITY 5155 1 0 0 14 AD HOMINEM (561) -2% 5896 2 1 0 13 MILK IS GOOD (650) -WHOLE WHEAT 5914 2 0 0 13 BREAD (653) -BLACK 5821 1 2 0 13 Z-DRAGON (640) -DURC 5671 1 2 0 12 GLACIATION GUILD II (625) DU HAST MICH 4708 1 0 0 11 DEADLY RAGE (158) -1% 5898 2 0 0 10 MILK IS GOOD (650) -TIAMAT 5946 1 0 0 10 Z-DRAGON (640) ILL NINO 4974 1 0 0 9 DEADLY RAGE (158) -DIGON 2318 1 2 0 7 CELTS (221) -MIGRAINE ANGEL 3246 0 1 0 7 CRYPTORBEAST VI (348) TOMBSTONE GOLEM 3136 0 1 0 7 CRYPTORBEAST VI (348) -THE KAFTONATOR 4088 1 2 0 5 FREDDY'S FIVE (468) IRON MAIDEN 5947 0 3 0 3 TWISTED SISTERS (644) -SMAUG 5944 0 2 0 2 Z-DRAGON (640) INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -EMIR PSULERZA 5948 0 1 0 1 ENAB SREGANAM (539) '-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn. THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge? BASHER I AM! 5954 0 1 0 AD HOMINEM 561 WURM KIN 27 164 NONE BRASIDAS 5784 3 1 0 ANCIENT KNIGHTS 507 SOURDOUGH 5913 160 NOT REVE KID FUNKY FRIED 3950 4 1 0 DEADLY RAGE 158 SHADOW MAGE 3022 164 SUIDOMSA 4976 0 6 0 ENAB SREGANAM 539 WHITE 5818 161 REVENGED FRENZY 5857 4 6 1 TWISTED SISTERS 644 SIRA BLOODSNAKE 3024 164 TWISTED JENNY 5940 2 1 0 TWISTED SISTERS 644 LORD STANLEY 5916 161 PERSONAL ADS Iron Maiden -- Sorry about the matchup...it isn't my doing. How'd you like my fighting abilities? Bet you are a bit surprised, huh? Well there's more where that came from if you dare. I'm about to make a few "FOOLISH" challenges, but my manager is going to test me and my brother out to gage our talent. Yes, we may die in the process...but my manager doesn't seem to care! -- Acute--The Brute!! Wheaties -- You stole that from me...19 minutes!!! You common !@$*#$^*%$#$!!! Maybe next time things will turn out better for me? Time will tell. -- Acumen--the duelman! Giggly Jane -- YEAH!!! YEAH!!! I'll get you in the future...you are one lucky #@&*#! Always keep a sharp eye. I'll be waiting for you! -- Ad Hoppity--the big boppity! All -- Too bad ol-Baphomet isn't here, or I'd smash him and his stables up real nice! if any of you see him, do let him know that I'm looking forward to fighting whatever he has. Smile! -- Sir Chester All -- What???? It's god awful here??? What gives???? -- Sir Chester 15 September 2005 HAMMER ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT Be it known from the highest mountains to the darkest alleys of Alastari that the veteran manager known far and wide as Hammer has now officially retired from sponsoring contests as of September 15, 2005. What a long time ago was a fun motivated activity to help promote our common DM/D2 gaming interest in an effort to promote the growth and competitiveness of selected arenas has become a far from fun experience. In other words Hammer has had it! The combination of real life situations interfering with the time needed to effectively sponsor a contest, plus the attitudes expressed during such sponsorship interference has led to Hammer closing his personal coin coffers and retiring from his planned sponsorship of any future contests. There are others in our close knit gaming community who are well able to step up to the plate and continue sponsoring contests that make the basic game a fun experience for all those who choose to compete and interact in such future endeavors. Hammer thanks all managers both active and inactive who helped to make the Hammer sponsored contests a historical and entertaining experience well worth the time, effort and money spent over the past several years. May the Cheers and the Jeers of future contests build upon the legacies of those who have paved the way in years gone by to help make this game what it is today. Hammer has no regrets for the part he has played in that history. LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS BASHER I AM! was butchered by WURM KIN in a 1 minute bloody Dark Arena fight. WHEATIES unbelievably bested IRON BITCH in a action packed 4 minute Challenge battle. DRUWEZ was overpowered by KOOL AID in a 1 minute mismatched Title duel. SOURDOUGH devastated KNIGHT PROWLER in a 1 minute one-sided fight. DARK GRIFTER savagely defeated COMFORTABLY NUMB in a 2 minute competition. 2 PHAT 2 was overpowered by MINDQUAKE in a 1 minute one-sided struggle. SHADOW MAGE delivered the death blow upon KID FUNKY FRIED in a 1 minute competition. FURY ANGERBORN was luckily beaten by WHOLE in a action packed 4 minute gruesome melee. LEPER MESSIAH viciously subdued GIGGLY JANE in a popular 3 minute gruesome duel. EMERALD IRONWITCH slimly lost to ACUTATE in a popular 7 minute brutal fight. SIRA BLOODSNAKE put to death FRENZY in a popular 1 minute bout. IRON MAIDEN was demolished by DU HAST MICH in a 1 minute mismatched match. TOMBSTONE GOLEM was overcome by ILL NINO in a 1 minute novice's contest. BATTLE REPORT MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS |FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT| |LUNGING ATTACK 6 PARRY-LUNGE 1 - 0 - 0 100 | |TOTAL PARRY 5 PARRY-STRIKE 4 - 2 - 0 67 | |BASHING ATTACK 5 TOTAL PARRY 24 - 13 - 0 65 | |WALL OF STEEL 3 BASHING ATTACK 16 - 13 - 2 55 | |STRIKING ATTACK 2 LUNGING ATTACK 30 - 25 - 5 55 | |AIMED BLOW 2 SLASHING ATTACK 8 - 7 - 1 53 | |PARRY-LUNGE 1 AIMED BLOW 11 - 10 - 2 52 | |SLASHING ATTACK 1 STRIKING ATTACK 10 - 10 - 1 50 | |PARRY-STRIKE 0 PARRY-RIPOSTE 5 - 7 - 0 42 | |PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 WALL OF STEEL 6 - 9 - 1 40 | Turn 164 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-LUNGE 1 - 0 BASHING ATTACK 2 - 3 3 LUNGING ATTACK SLASHING ATTACK 1 - 0 WALL OF STEEL 1 - 2 2 BASHING ATTACK TOTAL PARRY 3 - 2 AIMED BLOW 0 - 2 2 AIMED BLOW LUNGING ATTACK 3 - 3 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 0 2 WALL OF STEEL STRIKING ATTACK 1 - 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 0 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 STRIKING ATTACK TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME BASHING ATTACK KOOL AID 5909 9 6 0 90 LIQUIDS (652) LUNGING ATTACK DARK GRIFTER 3021 5 1 1 68 MAGNIFICENT BASTARDS (339) STRIKING ATTACK MINDQUAKE 5861 10 5 0 64 TWISTED SISTERS (644) TOTAL PARRY COMFORTABLY NUMB 4098 7 1 0 48 FREDDY'S FIVE (468) WALL OF STEEL SIRA BLOODSNAKE 3024 4 3 1 36 MAGNIFICENT BASTARDS (339) SLASHING ATTACK LEPER MESSIAH 3954 4 2 0 36 DEADLY RAGE (158) Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above. The overall popularity leader is KOOL AID 5909. The most popular warrior this turn was ACUTATE 5161. The ten other most popular fighters were FURY ANGERBORN 3023, LEPER MESSIAH 3954, IRON BITCH 5859, DARK GRIFTER 3021, EMERALD IRONWITCH 3138, SOURDOUGH 5913, SHADOW MAGE 3022, WHOLE 5895, ILL NINO 4974, and KOOL AID 5909. The least popular fighter this week was TOMBSTONE GOLEM 3136. The other ten least popular fighters were IRON MAIDEN 5947, KID FUNKY FRIED 3950, 2 PHAT 2 5470, KNIGHT PROWLER 3025, DRUWEZ 5683, BASHER I AM! 5954, GIGGLY JANE 5939, COMFORTABLY NUMB 4098, WHEATIES 5900, and DU HAST MICH 4708.