DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 07/15/2010    Duedate: 08/11/2010

DRAGONHEAD ARENA

DM-72    TURN-226

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

HOCKEY
SPORTS CRIP PLAYS (590)
(72-5461) [14-2-0,107]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

HOCKEY                         UTAH
SPORTS CRIP PLAYS (590)        STATES (718)
(72-5461) [14-2-0,107]         (72-6463) [4-0-0,34]

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

HOCKEY                         GONE TOTHE DOGS
SPORTS CRIP PLAYS (590)        MONGREL HORDE (680)
(72-5461) [14-2-0,107]         (72-6246) [2-1-0,17]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

STATES (718)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. MONGREL HORDE (680)         31
2. MILCHAMAH (663)             20      PURPLE PLATYPI (659)
3. PURPLE PLATYPI (659)        17      Unchartered Team
4. SUE'S BOYS (670)            16
5. RUSSIAN BIRDS (671)         14       (-1)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 0*BAD COMBOS (689)           1   0  0  100   1/ 1*STATES (718)              9  6 1
 2/ 0*DELI COUNTER (690)         1   0  0  100   2/ 2 MIDDLE WAY 9 (706)        8  7 0
 3/ 0 PURPLE PLATYPI (659)      12   3  0 80.0   3/ 0*MONGREL HORDE (680)       4  1 0
 4/ 0 RUSSIAN BIRDS (671)       15   5  1 75.0   4- 4 KIWI CONNECTION 7 (702)   4  1 0
 5- 1 MIDDLE WAY 23 (719)       40  14  1 74.1   5- 3 MIDDLE WAY 23 (719)       4  1 0
 6/ 0 SPORTS CRIP PLAYS (590)   48  17  2 73.8   6/ 0 PURPLE PLATYPI (659)      2  0 0
 7/ 0*MONGREL HORDE (680)       10   4  0 71.4   7/ 0 SUE'S BOYS (670)          2  0 0
 8/ 0 MEAT YOUR MAKER (656)     54  26  4 67.5   8- 0 BONSUR BABES ROCK (720)   2  7 0
 9/ 0 SUE'S BOYS (670)          33  16  1 67.3   9/ 0 SPORTS CRIP PLAYS (590)   1  0 0
10- 2 KIWI CONNECTION 7 (702)   17  12  3 58.6  10/ 0 RUSSIAN BIRDS (671)       1  0 0
11/ 4*STATES (718)              16  12  3 57.1  11/ 0*BAD COMBOS (689)          1  0 0
12/ 3 MIDDLE WAY 9 (706)        44  35  0 55.7  12/ 0*DELI COUNTER (690)        1  0 0
13/ 0 BONSUR BABES ROCK (720)   41  44  4 48.2  13/ 0 MEAT YOUR MAKER (656)     1  1 0
14/ 0 MILCHAMAH (663)          210 259 21 44.8  14/ 0 MILCHAMAH (663)           1  4 0
15/ 5*LHC (705)                  7  18  0 28.0  15/ 5*LHC (705)                 1 10 0

    '*'   Unchartered team                       '-'  Team did not fight this turn
   (###)  Avoid teams by their Team Id          ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank

                                    TEAM SPOTLIGHT

                                    Memory Lane
                                      by Hammer the WordSmith

     BLESSED BE the Lord my strength, which teaches my hands to war, and my fingers
to fight:
               -- Psalm 144:1

     The veteran manager Hammer shuffled and reshuffled the countless documents that
the Gladiatorial Commission had so graciously provided him: for updating previously
lost information regarding gladiators who had graduated and stables long inactive in
a multitude of arenas across Alastari.  Hammer scrutinized the listings and noticed
his first stable that had begun in Noblish Island, migrated to Niatoli Island for a
few years and then somehow ended up inactive and buried with several other all but
forgotten stables in DragonHead Arena.
     Milchamah had suffered many losses over the years, but there were numerous
glorious bright spots that had spared his historic stable from being totally swept
away into oblivion to never be seen again as had countless other Hammer stables over
the years!  Hammer pondered reactivating one of the other more interesting collection
of gladiators, but there was something about his original Milchamah stable that was
slowly but surely captivating his attention.
     Something about this stable was stirring fond memories that had helped Hammer to
make his mark upon the arena sands over the course of many years passed.  Memories
that were fanning the flames of his nearly extinguished competitive fighting spirit
that only this stable could resurrect and quite possibly even restore the fire within
the veteran manager once more!

"May Your Blades Be Sharp and Your Wits Sharper!"

Hammer
Minister of War
Crimson Crusader
DragonHead Duelist

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                         ---===DELARQUAN REGIONAL NEWS===---

                                     Duelmasters
                                     -----------
 DM   1 MORDANT (turn 653): VAN DERMINT of BOOZE (Papa Bear, mgr.)
 DM   2 NIANIA (turn 535): IGNORANT BAUD of 042709A (The Muffin Man, mgr.)
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 659): PERFECT DRUG of IRATE FORMATIONS (The Muffin Man, mgr.)
 DM   4 JHELUM (turn 630): IRONSIDE of KIWI CONNECTION (The Mun, mgr.)
 DM   5 KALTOS (turn 654): SONNY of TECHNOLOGY (Otto X Frothingslosh, mgr.)
 DM   6 TRANSEL (turn 649): NOT-A-NUT JONES of PSYCHO SQUAD (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 257): SUZIE of CHURCH LADIES (Papa Bear, mgr.)
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 642): THE GRINCH of ABOMINATIONS (Chase, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 643): STEELEY SHADOW of THE GRATEFUL UNDEAD (Street Legal, mgr)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 642): ANGEL of OMINOUS REIGN (Archaic Elf, mgr.)
 DM  36 JHANS (turn 610): ELLIRIN IMBRAY of MIDDLE WAY 17 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  38 CLIFFHOME (turn 599): KARTIKAYA of JINDA-BAN (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 274): RATA of KIWI CONNECTION (The Mun, mgr.)
 DM  42 RODEKI (turn 590): STICKY FINGERS of DUNGEON CELL (One Armed Bandit, mgr.)
 DM  51 TRICORUS (turn 541): SAARVEGHAL of DARK HORSEMEN (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  54 TROCAR (turn 258): SAMILDAR of TRADERS OF TROCAR (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  59 ILLIS (turn 249): I'M A BASHER of BASHAHOLICS ANON (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.)
 DM  62 VALAMANTIS (turn 487): JIMEMMA LOCA of MIDDLE WAY 10 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 225): TORANS ULRIK of MIDDLE WAY 9 (Jorja, mgr.)
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 535): COOLER of STYROFOAM (Jolly, mgr.)

                                      Top Teams
                                      ---------
 DM   1 MORDANT (turn 653): HOMICIDAL MANIACS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   2 NIANIA (turn 535): 042709A (The Muffin Man, mgr.)
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 659): GAMES LIBRARY (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   4 JHELUM (turn 630): DOGS OF WAR (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   5 KALTOS (turn 654): TECHNOLOGY (Otto X Frothingslosh, mgr.)
 DM   6 TRANSEL (turn 649): PSYCHO SQUAD (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 657): SENTINELS (Nomad, mgr.)
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 642): THE MOONDOGS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 643): THE GRATEFUL UNDEAD (Street Legal, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 642): OMINOUS REIGN (Archaic Elf, mgr.)
 DM  36 JHANS (turn 610): MIDDLE WAY 17 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  38 CLIFFHOME (turn 599): JINDA-BAN (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 274): KIWI CONNECTION (The Mun, mgr.)
 DM  42 RODEKI (turn 590): COLOR ME SUAVE (Suave, mgr.)
 DM  51 TRICORUS (turn 541): DARK HORSEMEN (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  54 TROCAR (turn 258): TRADERS OF TROCAR (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  59 ILLIS (turn 249): POSITION IS EMPTY
 DM  62 VALAMANTIS (turn 487): MIDDLE WAY 10 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 225): STATES (?, mgr.)
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 535) STREET PIZZA et al (The Upright Man, mgr.)

                                   Recent Graduates
                                  -----------------
 DM   1 MORDANT (turn 653): VAN DERMINT of BOOZE (Papa Bear, mgr.)
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 658): VIRTUAL REALITY of STATE OF MIND (Marma Duke, mgr.)
 DM   5 KALTOS (turn 653): MOSQUITO of BLOOD SUCKERS (The Mun, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 641): STOWAWAY of SEA DOGS (One Armed Bandit, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 641): MORBID CRUSADER of DARK AT HEART (?, mgr.)
 DM  38 CLIFFHOME (turn 599): GURU GNU of HILLTOP GURUS (Nomad, mgr.)
 DM  54 TROCAR (turn 257): VARDIN ABEQ of TRADERS OF TROCAR (Jorja, mgr.)

                                 DUELMASTER'S COLUMN
                             Notes from the arena champ.

     Khalhums Dwarf.  And he defeated me.  Ouch.  But he still didn't get the title.
Unfair, when you look at it, but that's life.  Unfair.  One just makes the best of
it.

                                    Torans Ulrik

                                      SPY REPORT

     Like the magnificent Sun, rising upon the Dawn and exiling the Night for a Day, 
I, Novgorodny Vir, return once again!  MILCHAMAH had cause to celebrate, after 
MADKAWRAW REBORN got 16 points by beating FLORIDA.  FLORIDA certainly had a baffled 
expression on his face, after losing to MADKAWRAW REBORN and losing 14 points in the 
process!  Now I can't insult HOCKEY, as it has gloriously dueled to the top.  Oh 
great new Duelmaster!!!  (Stop me if I lay it on too thick) Word has it one team in 
DRAGONHEAD is using psychics to predict wins.  They lead a charmed life!   
     And how sociable are DRAGONHEAD's warriors?  Come, let us see.   
     Like the wind whispering among the pines, do hearest I many disquieting rumors.  
Oh hard!  that to strike a flame, the match itself must needs be wasting!   
     All good things must come to an end.  As the seasons change, and the creatures 
of the wild change also, so do I feel a yearning to leave this place.  DRAGONHEAD, I 
leave you now.  The Duelmaster has agreed to foot my bill at The Swinging Aardvark.  
'Til next time-- Novgorodny Vir  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 HOCKEY 5461                  14   2  0   107       SPORTS CRIP PLAYS (590)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-SLO-PITCH 5815               17   1  0   103       SPORTS CRIP PLAYS (590)
 ARAMIS RAMIREZ 5967          10   2  0    93       PURPLE PLATYPI (659)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-ARABELLA DEEDS 6465           9   2  1    90       MIDDLE WAY 23 (719)
 STEVE LAKE 6117              11   2  0    84       SUE'S BOYS (670)
-ELSPETH HAUN 6468             8   3  0    83       MIDDLE WAY 23 (719)
 BADGER 6121                   7   1  1    82       RUSSIAN BIRDS (671)
-HAMMY HAMSTER 5950           12   4  1    79       MEAT YOUR MAKER (656)
 MEGINNAW'S RULE 6035         17  14  0    77       MILCHAMAH (663)
 TORANS ULRIK 6399             9   7  0    76       MIDDLE WAY 9 (706)
 LEON DURHAM 6118             10   3  0    73       SUE'S BOYS (670)
-ROOT 6374                     7   3  0    70       KIWI CONNECTION 7 (702)
-FULCRUM 6122                  8   2  0    67       RUSSIAN BIRDS (671)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-CUSTIS FORN 6470              8   3  0    62       MIDDLE WAY 23 (719)
-DONIA GRELL 6466              5   0  0    58       MIDDLE WAY 23 (719)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 LOUIE MURH 6395              10   6  0    51       MIDDLE WAY 9 (706)
-LONDON BEEFEATER 6238         5   0  0    49       MEAT YOUR MAKER (656)
 NAEFAN ORDH 6396             12   4  0    46       MIDDLE WAY 9 (706)
-SOCCER 5459                   6   4  1    46       SPORTS CRIP PLAYS (590)
-TUBBY BABE MARTHA 6477       10   9  1    44       BONSUR BABES ROCK (720)
 MADKAWRAW REBORN 6135         5   1  0    43       MILCHAMAH (663)
 ROMOR SAITH 6398              9   7  0    42       MIDDLE WAY 9 (706)
-BONSUR BUNNY BABE 6478       10   9  2    41       BONSUR BABES ROCK (720)
-SQUASH 5458                   6   4  0    40       SPORTS CRIP PLAYS (590)
-FOX 6370                      6   4  2    35       KIWI CONNECTION 7 (702)
 UTAH 6463                     4   0  0    34       STATES (718)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-BONSUR BABE ROCKS 6474        7  12  0    33       BONSUR BABES ROCK (720)
-DELIA GARTH 6469              7   4  0    33       MIDDLE WAY 23 (719)
 UNDERDOG 6250                 3   0  0    33       MONGREL HORDE (680)
-CHRISTIAN 6200                5   2  1    32       SUE'S BOYS (670)
 CHICKER S#!^ 5952             6   6  0    28       MEAT YOUR MAKER (656)
-BAYLY 6371                    4   5  1    28       KIWI CONNECTION 7 (702)
 ARIZONA 6462                  4   0  2    27       STATES (718)
 HAMBURGER HILL 6216           4   4  0    26       MEAT YOUR MAKER (656)
 MOOL REGENERATED 6060         5   6  3    24       MILCHAMAH (663)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-BASEBALL 5460                 5   5  1    23       SPORTS CRIP PLAYS (590)
-MARK PRIOR 6114               5   2  0    23       SUE'S BOYS (670)
 FLORIDA 6460                  3   3  1    23       STATES (718)
 TOP DOG 6249                  2   1  0    22       MONGREL HORDE (680)
 SNOOP DOGGY DOGG 6245         2   0  0    19       MONGREL HORDE (680)
 GONE TOTHE DOGS 6246          2   1  0    17       MONGREL HORDE (680)
 HOUUUUUUND DOG 6248           1   2  0    17       MONGREL HORDE (680)
 MONTANA 6464                  3   0  0    15       STATES (718)
 ANDREW JONES 5965             2   1  0    15       PURPLE PLATYPI (659)
 ALICE 6392                    2   4  0    10       LHC (705)
 CMS 6390                      2   4  0    10       LHC (705)
 ATLAS 6391                    1   5  0    10       LHC (705)
 CAPICOLLA 6310                1   0  0    10       DELI COUNTER (690)
-ANDRE DAWSON 6278             2   2  0     9       SUE'S BOYS (670)
 LAWN DART CATCHING 6308       1   0  0     9       BAD COMBOS (689)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 RONARDA SOLA 6461             2   2  0     8       MIDDLE WAY 9 (706)
 GRAYSON 6473                  0   1  0     1       LHC (705)
-ERON VAMPIRA BABE 6475        0   1  0     1       BONSUR BABES ROCK (720)
 DR MANHATTAN 6472             0   1  0     1       LHC (705)
 BLOODY MADKAWRAW 6219         0   1  0     1       MILCHAMAH (663)

'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
LHC B 6394              1  2 0 LHC 705              ARIZONA 6462          223   
TOTEM 6393              1  1 0 LHC 705              FLORIDA 6460          222  NOT REVENGED
BLOODY MAHATSAWO 6220   0  1 0 MILCHAMAH 663        ARIZONA 6462          226   
TEXAS 6456              2  4 0 STATES 718           WURM KIN              226  NONE

                                     PERSONAL ADS

DragonHead Denizens -- The time has come for Milchamah to once again dance upon the
arena sands! -- Hammer

Root -- Well, at least it wasn't a case of "root, hog, or die."  I wouldn't have
liked to die.  I've barely lived yet. -- Louie Murh
P.S.  Odd, you didn't strike *me* as a "stupid idiot."  I think the voices in the
stands must be the idiots.  If they haven't stood out there on the sands risking
their lives, what do they know about it, huh?

Florida -- You are mine! -- Naefan Ordh
P.S.  All but the alligators.  Those, you can keep.

The Fratsfa Slave isn't exciting, but a win is good. -- Romor Saith

Huh, the Fratsfa Slave is a thrill a minute compared to the Persistant Beggar. --
Ronarda Sola

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

TEXAS was butchered by WURM KIN in a crowd pleasing 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
TORANS ULRIK was vanquished by HOCKEY in a 1 minute uneven Title battle.
ARAMIS RAMIREZ demolished MEGINNAW'S RULE in a 2 minute uneven fight.
STEVE LAKE devastated KUNG-FU MASTER in a 1 minute one-sided contest.
BADGER overpowered M. CHARDINEE in a 1 minute mismatched match.
LEON DURHAM devastated ROMOR SAITH in a crowd pleasing 1 minute brutal one-sided duel.
NAEFAN ORDH slimly won victory over CHICKER S#!^ in a slow 9 minute competition.
LOUIE MURH vanquished TOP DOG in a action packed 1 minute uneven duel.
FLORIDA was overpowered by MADKAWRAW REBORN in a popular 1 minute uneven duel.
UTAH overpowered ATLAS in a 1 minute uneven match.
HAMBURGER HILL overpowered RONARDA SOLA in a 1 minute one-sided fight.
MOOL REGENERATED was demolished by UNDERDOG in a 2 minute mismatched competition.
SNOOP DOGGY DOGG bested ALICE in a 1 minute battle.
GONE TOTHE DOGS savagely defeated CMS in a popular 4 minute bloody brawl.
HOUUUUUUND DOG handily defeated CONVICTED THIEF in a 1 minute uneven fight.
MONTANA luckily beat GRAYSON in a 3 minute gruesome beginner's struggle.
ANDREW JONES savagely defeated DR MANHATTAN in a 2 minute amateur's brawl.
ARIZONA executed BLOODY MAHATSAWO in a 1 minute brutal one-sided match.
LAWN DART CATCHING beat MORDANT DESERTER in a 3 minute amateur's fight.
CAPICOLLA devastated BLOODY MADKAWRAW in a 1 minute one-sided contest.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|STRIKING ATTACK                  7         AIMED BLOW         9 -   2 -  0      82  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   6         TOTAL PARRY        9 -   4 -  0      69  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   5         WALL OF STEEL      6 -   3 -  0      67  |
|AIMED BLOW                       4         STRIKING ATTACK   18 -   9 -  1      67  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    4         LUNGING ATTACK    27 -  25 -  5      52  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      3         PARRY-RIPOSTE      5 -   7 -  0      42  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    3         BASHING ATTACK     5 -   7 -  0      42  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  2         PARRY-LUNGE        2 -   4 -  0      33  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      1         SLASHING ATTACK    3 -   7 -  0      30  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     0         PARRY-STRIKE       0 -   0 -  0       0  |

Turn 226 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 -  1     PARRY-RIPOSTE      1 -  2         3  LUNGING ATTACK 
WALL OF STEEL      3 -  1     BASHING ATTACK     1 -  4         2  TOTAL PARRY    
STRIKING ATTACK    5 -  2     PARRY-LUNGE        0 -  1         2  STRIKING ATTACK
TOTAL PARRY        2 -  1     PARRY-STRIKE       0 -  0         2  AIMED BLOW     
LUNGING ATTACK     3 -  3                                       1  SLASHING ATTACK
SLASHING ATTACK    1 -  1                                       1  BASHING ATTACK 

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
LUNGING ATTACK   HOCKEY 5461                14   2  0  107 SPORTS CRIP PLAYS (590)
STRIKING ATTACK  ARAMIS RAMIREZ 5967        10   2  0   93 PURPLE PLATYPI (659)
AIMED BLOW       STEVE LAKE 6117            11   2  0   84 SUE'S BOYS (670)
BASHING ATTACK   BADGER 6121                 7   1  1   82 RUSSIAN BIRDS (671)
TOTAL PARRY      MEGINNAW'S RULE 6035       17  14  0   77 MILCHAMAH (663)
WALL OF STEEL    LOUIE MURH 6395            10   6  0   51 MIDDLE WAY 9 (706)
PARRY-RIPOSTE    MADKAWRAW REBORN 6135       5   1  0   43 MILCHAMAH (663)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is HOCKEY 5461.  The most popular warrior this turn was 
GONE TOTHE DOGS 6246.  The ten other most popular fighters were ANDREW JONES 5965, 
ARAMIS RAMIREZ 5967, GRAYSON 6473, LEON DURHAM 6118, LOUIE MURH 6395, SNOOP DOGGY 
DOGG 6245, HOUUUUUUND DOG 6248, HOCKEY 5461, STEVE LAKE 6117, and BADGER 6121.

The least popular fighter this week was NAEFAN ORDH 6396.  The other ten least 
popular fighters were CHICKER S#!^ 5952, MOOL REGENERATED 6060, BLOODY MADKAWRAW 
6219, BLOODY MAHATSAWO 6220, MONTANA 6464, ALICE 6392, UNDERDOG 6250, RONARDA SOLA 
6461, ATLAS 6391, and MEGINNAW'S RULE 6035.