DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER
Date : 04/24/2008 Duedate: 05/21/2008
DRAGONHEAD ARENA
DM-72 TURN-197
This Weeks Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
HOCKEY
SPORTS CRIP PLAYS (590)
(72-5461) [11-1-0,101]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
HOCKEY ARAMIS RAMIREZ
SPORTS CRIP PLAYS (590) PURPLE PLATYPI (659)
(72-5461) [11-1-0,101] (72-5967) [6-0-0,62]
Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite
PORKY PIG PORKY PIG
MEAT YOUR MAKER (656) MEAT YOUR MAKER (656)
(72-5953) [12-4-1,87] (72-5953) [12-4-1,87]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
SUE'S BOYS (670)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. SUE'S BOYS (670) 18
2. TITANS III (616) 18 SPORTS CRIP PLAYS (590)
3. BARBARIAN HORDE (637) 17 Unchartered Team
4. PURPLE PLATYPI (659) 11
5. RUSSIAN BIRDS (671) 9 PURPLE PLATYPI (659)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1/ 1*PURPLE PLATYPI (659) 6 0 0 100 1/ 2*SUE'S BOYS (670) 8 4 0
2/ 3 SPORTS CRIP PLAYS (590) 41 16 2 71.9 2/ 3*TITANS III (616) 7 4 0
3- 2*QUARTERFLASH (649) 22 9 3 71.0 3/ 4 SPORTS CRIP PLAYS (590) 6 0 0
4/ 6*RUSSIAN BIRDS (671) 7 3 1 70.0 4/ 5*RUSSIAN BIRDS (671) 4 1 1
5/ 4 MEAT YOUR MAKER (656) 39 18 2 68.4 5/ 6 MEAT YOUR MAKER (656) 4 2 0
6/ 7*SUE'S BOYS (670) 18 10 1 64.3 6/ 8*PURPLE PLATYPI (659) 3 0 0
7/ 8 BARBARIAN HORDE (637) 50 32 6 61.0 7/ 7*NO OFFENCE INTENDE (657) 2 1 0
8/ 9*NO OFFENCE INTENDE (657) 8 7 1 53.3 8/10 BARBARIAN HORDE (637) 1 2 0
9/10*TITANS III (616) 9 8 0 52.9 9-11*QUARTERFLASH (649) 0 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
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---===DELARQUAN REGIONAL NEWS===---
Duelmasters
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DM 1 MORDANT (turn 595): MIASMA of SWEORDMASTERS (Mannequin, mgr.)
DM 2 NIANIA (turn 477): SCURVY LAD of SEA DOGS (One-Armed Bandit, mgr.)
DM 3 OSKSI (turn 603): SOLDIER 2 of OUR HIGHEST HONOR (The Anarchist, mgr.)
DM 4 JHELUM (turn 599): FUZZ BALL of F BALLS (Papa Bear, mgr.)
DM 5 KALTOS (turn 598): BOMBETTE of PAPER MARIO (Luigi, mgr.)
DM 6 TRANSEL (turn 602): DOMINO of HI ROLLERS (Darklock, mgr.)
DM 7 BONSUR (turn 599): N'ORLEANS NORA of BEACH BABES (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 10 KOLACT (turn 594): ICARUS of THE MOONDOG (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 18 TALCAMA (turn 585): DINAH MIGHT of FUNKY FOLK (Papa Bear, mgr.)
DM 21 SUNSET (turn 584): MAST MONKEY of SEA DOGS (One-Armed Bandit, mgr.)
DM 36 JHANS (turn 558): PATCH of SEA DOGS (One-Armed Bandit, mgr.)
DM 38 CLIFFHOME (turn 548): MATTEO of BOY O'S (Papa Bear, mgr.)
DM 39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 245): SHRUG of CHEAP SHOTS (?, mgr.)
DM 42 RODEKI (turn 535): BLAZING BLUR of FLAGG'S FIVE (Flagg, mgr.)
DM 51 TRICORUS (turn 484): BILGE RAT of SEA DOGS (One-Armed Bandit, mgr.)
DM 54 TROCAR (turn 232): DARISTAM of TRADERS OF TROCAR (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 59 ILLIS (turn 220): KONA QUAIL of ISLANDERS (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 62 VALAMANTIS (turn 433): DEATH MAGE of DEATH MOB (Jakari, mgr.)
DM 72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 196): PORKY PIG of MEAT YOUR MAKER (Crip, mgr.)
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 477): NEOSPHINCTER of WASTELAND (TMM, mgr.)
Top Teams
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DM 1 MORDANT (turn 595): SWEORDMASTERS (Mannequin, mgr.)
DM 2 NIANIA (turn 477): THE GOLDEN FISH (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 3 OSKSI (turn 603): GAMES LIBRARY (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 4 JHELUM (turn 599): REDLEGS (Deep Thought, mgr.)
DM 5 KALTOS (turn 598): THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 6 TRANSEL (turn 602): SWIM SQUAD (Abraxis, mgr.)
DM 7 BONSUR (turn 599): SENTINELS (Nomad, mgr.)
DM 10 KOLACT (turn 594): SABBATH (Abraxis, mgr.)
DM 18 TALCAMA (turn 585): SEA DOGS (One-Armed Bandit, mgr.)
DM 21 SUNSET (turn 584): GRIM FANDANGO (Stik, mgr.)
DM 36 JHANS (turn 557): MINDSOVERMATTER (?, mgr.)
DM 38 CLIFFHOME (turn 548): OLD SCHOOL (Abraxis, mgr.)
DM 39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 245): KIWI CONNECTION (The Mun, mgr.)
DM 42 RODEKI (turn 535): COLOR ME SUAVE (Suave, mgr.)
DM 51 TRICORUS (turn 484): DARK HORSEMEN (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 54 TROCAR (turn 232): TRADERS OF TROCAR (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 59 ILLIS (turn 220): ISLANDERS (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 62 VALAMANTIS (turn 433): MIDDLE WAY 10 (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 196): SUE'S BOYS (Crip, mgr.)
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 477) VILLAINS et al (Doc Steele, mgr.)
Recent Graduates
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DM 1 MORDANT (turn 595): SOUTLANCHOR of LAB EXPERIMENTS (Mannequin, mgr.)
DM 5 KALTOS (turn 598): ORVERD QUILL of THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 7 BONSUR (turn 597): OBROJOBO of SENTINELS (Nomad, mgr.)
DM 10 KOLACT (turn 584): NESTOR ORDH of THE MOONDOGS (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 18 TALCAMA (turn 585): DINAH MIGHT of FUNKY FOLK (Papa Bear, mgr.)
DM 21 SUNSET (turn 584): MAST MONKEY of SEA DOGS (One-Armed Bandit, mgr.)
DM 42 RODEKI (turn 533): HOLLYMOOP of COLOR ME SUAVE (Suave, mgr.)
SPY REPORT
If you were disturbed from your beauty rest only to have to watch a bunch of
DRAGONHEAD brutes like you, you'd be grouchy, too. Take note that SUE'S BOYS has
lost its top team spot, having missed the turn. Where are you boys? Of course,
we're all terribly impressed to see MYSTIQUE win a fight and gain 17 points,
terribly. Tsk, tsk, B. FREE beat CHRISTIAN and CHRISTIAN lost 8 points. You're
breakin' my heart. Our last turn's Duelmaster has lost, folks, lost to VETERAN
MERCENARY, and PORKY PIG has made the way for a new Duelmaster! With PORKY PIG
clearing the throne, SPORTS CRIP PLAYS of HOCKEY takes a proud seat as DRAGONHEAD's
new Duelmaster, by virtue of recognition points. 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, DRAGONHEAD?
My mother always told me, 'If you don't have anything nice to say, start
talking.' I loved that woman. DRAGONHEAD, I am losing what little hope I had in you.
ANTIQUATED LEGACY the most avoided team? What insult will suffice, I cannot say.
And who led the way in this mass act of cowardice? Let's see, well, whatcha know?
It was SUE'S BOYS. Ha ha ha ha! Ooh, I'm frightfully impressed, CHRISTIAN was this
turn's most challenged warrior. Watch that ego swell, sports fans.
Some people like volunteer work in the hospitals. I volunteer for DRAGONHEAD's
morgue. More variety. We're all going to die in the end, so why worry if the fate
catches up with you sooner that later?
I was about to buy a new quill pen the other day, but some fighter took it for
an epee. Forgive me for writing with a dagger. Phlllt! Just had to do that before
I leave the fine city of DRAGONHEAD. 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
HOCKEY 5461 11 1 0 101 SPORTS CRIP PLAYS (590)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
SLO-PITCH 5815 13 1 0 87 SPORTS CRIP PLAYS (590)
PORKY PIG 5953 12 4 1 87 MEAT YOUR MAKER (656)
HAMMY HAMSTER 5950 8 3 0 76 MEAT YOUR MAKER (656)
CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-MERLIN 5776 10 4 2 66 BARBARIAN HORDE (637)
-THE TRUNK MONKEY 5775 11 3 1 62 BARBARIAN HORDE (637)
ARAMIS RAMIREZ 5967 6 0 0 62 PURPLE PLATYPI (659)
-SUDEEN 5885 5 0 1 60 QUARTERFLASH (649)
STEVE LAKE 6117 7 1 0 59 SUE'S BOYS (670)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
FULCRUM 6122 5 1 0 56 RUSSIAN BIRDS (671)
-FAR QUAR 5886 5 0 1 52 QUARTERFLASH (649)
-ANDAR 5774 8 6 1 51 BARBARIAN HORDE (637)
LEON DURHAM 6118 6 2 0 50 SUE'S BOYS (670)
-SOCCER 5459 6 4 1 46 SPORTS CRIP PLAYS (590)
-SPIKE 5887 4 1 1 44 QUARTERFLASH (649)
MYSTIQUE 6212 7 4 0 41 BARBARIAN HORDE (637)
-SQUASH 5458 6 4 0 40 SPORTS CRIP PLAYS (590)
FREDDY GARCIA 5959 5 3 1 35 NO OFFENCE INTENDED (657)
-GENERAL RAY 6113 5 2 1 35 BARBARIAN HORDE (637)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-GRIMACE 5619 2 2 0 33 TITANS III (616)
B. FREE 6213 3 0 0 32 TITANS III (616)
-BADGER 6121 2 0 1 29 RUSSIAN BIRDS (671)
-CHICKER S#!^ 5952 5 3 0 27 MEAT YOUR MAKER (656)
-MARK REDMAN 5958 3 2 0 27 NO OFFENCE INTENDED (657)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-BASEBALL 5460 5 5 1 23 SPORTS CRIP PLAYS (590)
CHRISTIAN 6200 3 1 1 20 SUE'S BOYS (670)
-SPONGE BOB 5888 5 3 0 18 QUARTERFLASH (649)
CHUCKLES 5919 2 1 0 15 TITANS III (616)
-HAMBURGER HILL 6216 2 2 0 15 MEAT YOUR MAKER (656)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-FRANK EINSTEIN 5884 3 5 0 14 QUARTERFLASH (649)
MARK PRIOR 6114 2 1 0 14 SUE'S BOYS (670)
MYOPTIC 5918 1 2 0 7 TITANS III (616)
-JOHN PATTERSON 5957 0 2 0 2 NO OFFENCE INTENDED (657)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
SIDNEY 6277 0 1 0 SUE'S BOYS 670 HIGH ELF 197 NONE
ANDAUWA 5617 0 1 0 TITANS III 616 BADGER 6121 195
PERSONAL ADS
winsome \WIN-suhm\, adjective:
1. Cheerful; merry; gay; light-hearted.
2. Causing joy or pleasure; agreeable; pleasant.
Winsome is from Old English wynsum, from wynn, "joy" + -sum (equivalent to Modern
English -some), "characterized by."
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
SIDNEY was viciously butchered by HIGH ELF in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
B. FREE subdued CHRISTIAN in a 1 minute novice's Challenge melee.
PORKY PIG was luckily beaten by VETERAN MERCENARY in a crowd pleasing 2 minute duel.
HOCKEY overpowered M. CHARDINEE in a 1 minute one-sided Title fight.
SLO-PITCH bested KHALHUMS DWARF in a slow 5 minute expert's brawl.
HAMMY HAMSTER viciously subdued KUNG-FU MASTER in a crowd pleasing 1 minute match.
STEVE LAKE defeated AMBITIOUS GUARD in a 2 minute melee.
FREDDY GARCIA was unbelievably bested by MYSTIQUE in a action packed 1 minute duel.
FULCRUM vanquished CAPTURED ORC in a action packed 1 minute gory uneven fight.
LEON DURHAM overpowered CAPTURED ORC in a popular 1 minute uneven match.
ARAMIS RAMIREZ overpowered DANGEROUS CRIMINAL in a 1 minute one-sided match.
MARK PRIOR slimly won victory over MYOPTIC in a unpopular 15 minute novice's battle.
CHUCKLES handily defeated CONVICTED THIEF in a 1 minute one-sided conflict.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|LUNGING ATTACK 4 PARRY-RIPOSTE 15 - 0 - 0 100 |
|STRIKING ATTACK 4 TOTAL PARRY 20 - 7 - 0 74 |
|AIMED BLOW 3 STRIKING ATTACK 37 - 13 - 9 74 |
|TOTAL PARRY 2 LUNGING ATTACK 34 - 13 - 6 72 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 1 WALL OF STEEL 2 - 1 - 0 67 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 1 BASHING ATTACK 6 - 3 - 1 67 |
|BASHING ATTACK 1 AIMED BLOW 17 - 15 - 0 53 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 0 SLASHING ATTACK 6 - 8 - 1 43 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 PARRY-STRIKE 1 - 2 - 0 33 |
|WALL OF STEEL 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 - 0 0 |
Turn 197 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:
AIMED BLOW 3 - 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 3 LUNGING ATTACK
SLASHING ATTACK 1 - 0 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 1 3 STRIKING ATTACK
TOTAL PARRY 2 - 0 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 0 2 SLASHING ATTACK
LUNGING ATTACK 3 - 1 BASHING ATTACK 0 - 1 1 TOTAL PARRY
STRIKING ATTACK 2 - 2 WALL OF STEEL 0 - 0 1 BASHING ATTACK
1 AIMED BLOW
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
LUNGING ATTACK HOCKEY 5461 11 1 0 101 SPORTS CRIP PLAYS (590)
TOTAL PARRY SLO-PITCH 5815 13 1 0 87 SPORTS CRIP PLAYS (590)
BASHING ATTACK PORKY PIG 5953 12 4 1 87 MEAT YOUR MAKER (656)
STRIKING ATTACK ARAMIS RAMIREZ 5967 6 0 0 62 PURPLE PLATYPI (659)
AIMED BLOW STEVE LAKE 6117 7 1 0 59 SUE'S BOYS (670)
SLASHING ATTACK FULCRUM 6122 5 1 0 56 RUSSIAN BIRDS (671)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
The overall popularity leader is PORKY PIG 5953. The most popular warrior this turn
was PORKY PIG 5953. The ten other most popular fighters were HAMMY HAMSTER 5950,
ARAMIS RAMIREZ 5967, STEVE LAKE 6117, FREDDY GARCIA 5959, FULCRUM 6122, LEON DURHAM
6118, B. FREE 6213, HOCKEY 5461, MYSTIQUE 6212, and CHUCKLES 5919.
The least popular fighter this week was MARK PRIOR 6114. The other ten least popular
fighters were SLO-PITCH 5815, MYOPTIC 5918, SIDNEY 6277, CHRISTIAN 6200, CHUCKLES
5919, MYSTIQUE 6212, HOCKEY 5461, B. FREE 6213, LEON DURHAM 6118, and FULCRUM 6122.
THE STOMPING GROUNDS
The new all-basher arena will be in Seam, DM 20. Only new teams (0FE) may
participate. The only rule is that all of your warriors must be bashers.
The first turn of the contest will be due on Monday, April 28. It will be a slow
turn-around arena. If you wish to enter a team, please submit your new team and first
turn strategies before then. Only one team per manager, please.
This arena will stay open indefinitely, providing there is interest (i.e., this is not
a contest that runs a set number of turns, although there are prizes scheduled after
the first 15 rounds). For more information, see details in the first newsletter or on
the forums.
-- RSI
Zeb Karan looked around the table at the rest of Dwes Eg's staff. Arenamasters,
standby and Dark Arena warriors, stewards and infirmarians, even the maintenance crew.
There was wine and beer on the side-table, even sandwiches, but no one was partaking.
"Stop looking like your dog died," Lew Voth said. He had once been the
arenamaster of Sentern and had taken his turns overseeing the fights in Dwes Eg. "We
all knew this day would come. When are they closing us down?"
"Immediately after the tourney, according to the information I was given."
"Short notice," Jame Rinvar, another arenamaster commented.
"No offense intended, these things just creep up on people. Tourneys make it
worse, I suppose, all the new teams being entered." Zeb grimaced. "Some of the file
cabinets have exploded from over-stuffing, you know, and it takes so long to run
through all the registered gladiators to find those who are planning to fight on any
given day that the day is OVER by the time we're ready to start."
"Which is why they closed down Sentern, Cimmeriac, and Firehold," Lew pointed
out. "This is the same thing all over again."
"Cycles," Jame said. "Things happen, and then later they happen again. We live
with it. And Dwes Eg did last for, what, eight and a half years before it reached the
explosion point. That isn't bad. That's forever, speaking practically."
"Eight or nine years is not forever--"
"The only thing that's real is today, and maybe, up to a point, tomorrow. I
don't see a problem with this. What are the new parameters, Zeb?"
"Dwes Eg remains open, existing teams can run and can recruit new members. BUT,
no new teams will be accepted. New teams will go into a new arena, DM 84, running its
first turn on the seventh of May. A regular two-week cycle."
"So Dwes Eg isn't actually being closed, just closed to new teams. Okay. This
works," Jame said again. "Number 84... does this mean it'll be out at that Blackstone
place? Rotten weather half the year, but I suppose you could say that about any site.
What about regional allegiance?"
"None specified in the data I received. Probably a personal-choice situation,"
Zeb said.
"Transfers?" Lew asked.
"I don't know about transfers IN," Zeb said, "but I'd guess yes, they would be
allowed. No transfers OUT, though. None out of DM 82, for that matter. Once you're
in 82 or 84, the only way out is death or graduation."
"That fairly describes most arenas," Jame said. "Anyone who takes up the
gladiatorial life has already accepted that."