DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 08/12/2010    Duedate: 09/08/2010

DRAGONHEAD ARENA

DM-72    TURN-227

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

TORANS ULRIK
MIDDLE WAY 9 (706)
(72-6399) [10-7-0,86]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

TORANS ULRIK                   UTAH
MIDDLE WAY 9 (706)             STATES (718)
(72-6399) [10-7-0,86]          (72-6463) [4-1-0,34]

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

TORANS ULRIK                   ALICE
MIDDLE WAY 9 (706)             LHC (705)
(72-6399) [10-7-0,86]          (72-6392) [3-4-0,28]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

MIDDLE WAY 9 (706)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. MIDDLE WAY 9 (706)          37
2. LHC (705)                   20      MIDDLE WAY 9 (706)
3. MILCHAMAH (663)             16      Unchartered Team
4. STATES (718)                 7
5. MONGREL HORDE (680)          0      STATES (718)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1- 1*BAD COMBOS (689)           1   0  0  100   1/ 2 MIDDLE WAY 9 (706)       10  5 1
 2- 2*DELI COUNTER (690)         1   0  0  100   2/ 1*STATES (718)              7  7 1
 3- 3 PURPLE PLATYPI (659)      12   3  0 80.0   3- 3*MONGREL HORDE (680)       4  1 0
 4- 4 RUSSIAN BIRDS (671)       15   5  1 75.0   4/14 MILCHAMAH (663)           4  6 0
 5- 6 SPORTS CRIP PLAYS (590)   48  17  2 73.8   5- 6 PURPLE PLATYPI (659)      2  0 0
 6- 7*MONGREL HORDE (680)       10   4  0 71.4   6- 7 SUE'S BOYS (670)          2  0 0
 7- 8 MEAT YOUR MAKER (656)     54  26  4 67.5   7- 4 KIWI CONNECTION 7 (702)   2  0 0
 8- 9 SUE'S BOYS (670)          33  16  1 67.3   8- 9 SPORTS CRIP PLAYS (590)   1  0 0
 9-10 KIWI CONNECTION 7 (702)   17  12  3 58.6   9-10 RUSSIAN BIRDS (671)       1  0 0
10/12 MIDDLE WAY 9 (706)        49  35  1 58.3  10-11*BAD COMBOS (689)          1  0 0
11/11*STATES (718)              17  15  3 53.1  11-12*DELI COUNTER (690)        1  0 0
12-13 BONSUR BABES ROCK (720)   41  44  4 48.2  12-13 MEAT YOUR MAKER (656)     1  1 0
13/14 MILCHAMAH (663)          213 261 21 44.9  13- 8 BONSUR BABES ROCK (720)   1  4 0
14/15*LHC (705)                  8  22  0 26.7  14/15*LHC (705)                 1 12 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
                                     -----------
 DM   1 MORDANT (turn 655): HONOR of MIGHTY MORALS II (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.)
 DM   2 NIANIA (turn 537): TWO-PIECE TOENAIL of 042709A (The Muffin Man, mgr.)
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 661): CADILLAC DUNDEE of IRATE FORMATIONS (The Muffin Man, mgr.)
 DM   4 JHELUM (turn 632): IRONSIDE of KIWI CONNECTION (The Mun, mgr.)
 DM   5 KALTOS (turn 656): SONNY of TECHNOLOGY (Otto X Frothingslosh, mgr.)
 DM   6 TRANSEL (turn 651): NOT-A-NUT JONES of PSYCHO SQUAD (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 659): HARPOON of BUNION SQUAD (Obregon, mgr.)
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 644): THE GRINCH of ABOMINATIONS (Chase, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 645): ERIN GO BRAGH of RYAN'S HENCHMEN (Leprechaun, mgr)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 644): SIDEWINDER of SERPENTS HOLD (Khisanth, mgr.)
 DM  36 JHANS (turn 612): ELLIRIN IMBRAY of MIDDLE WAY 17 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  38 CLIFFHOME (turn 600): KARTIKAYA of JINDA-BAN (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 275): RATA of KIWI CONNECTION (The Mun, mgr.)
 DM  42 RODEKI (turn 592): STICKY FINGERS of DUNGEON CELL (One Armed Bandit, mgr.)
 DM  51 TRICORUS (turn 543): CARGO of SEA DOGS (One Armed Bandit, mgr.)
 DM  54 TROCAR (turn 259): SAMILDAR of TRADERS OF TROCAR (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  59 ILLIS (turn 250): I'M A BASHER of BASHAHOLICS ANON (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.)
 DM  62 VALAMANTIS (turn 489): FARGO HAIL of MIDDLE WAY 10 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 226): HOCKEY of GAMES CRIP PLAYS (Crip, mgr.)
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 537): RUGEN THE JELLYFISH of HANNAH'S PALS (The Upright Man)

                                      Top Teams
                                      ---------
 DM   1 MORDANT (turn 655): HOMICIDAL MANIACS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   2 NIANIA (turn 537): 042709A (The Muffin Man, mgr.)
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 661): IRATE FORMATIONS (The Muffin Man, mgr.)
 DM   4 JHELUM (turn 632): KIWI CONNECTION (The Mun, mgr.)
 DM   5 KALTOS (turn 656): TECHNOLOGY (Otto X Frothingslosh, mgr.)
 DM   6 TRANSEL (turn 651): PSYCHO SQUAD (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 659): BONSUR LONG NAMES (Hammer, mgr.)
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 644): ABOMINATION (Chase, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 645): THE GRATEFUL UNDEAD (Street Legal, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 644): OMINOUS REIGN (Archaic Elf, mgr.)
 DM  36 JHANS (turn 612): MIDDLE WAY 17 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  38 CLIFFHOME (turn 600): JINDA-BAN (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 375): KIWI CONNECTION (The Mun, mgr.)
 DM  42 RODEKI (turn 592): I CAN'T BRUSH YOU (?, mgr.)
 DM  51 TRICORUS (turn 543): DARK HORSEMEN (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  54 TROCAR (turn 259): TRADERS OF TROCAR (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  59 ILLIS (turn 250): VIRUS (?, mgr.)
 DM  62 VALAMANTIS (turn 489): MIDDLE WAY 10 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 226): STATES (?, mgr.)
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 537) STREET PIZZA et al (The Upright Man, mgr.)

                                   Recent Graduates
                                  -----------------
 DM   2 NIANIA (turn 536): IGNORANT BAUD of 042709A (The Muffin Man, mgr.)
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 660): PERFECT DRUG of IRATE FORMATIONS (The Muffin Man, mgr.)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 659): CAJETAN of SENTINELS (Nomad, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 644): BLAKSUNN of GRIM FANDANGO (Stik, mgr.)
               (turn 643): WALLACE of GRIM FANDANGO (Stik, mgr.)
 DM  36 JHANS (turn 612): ELLIRIN IMBRAY of MIDDLE WAY 17 (Jorja, mgr.)
              (turn 611): SHERRY of BABES (Papa Bear, mgr.)
 DM  38 CLIFFHOME (turn 600): KARTIKAYA of JINDA-BAN (Jorja, mgr.)
                  (turn 599): GURU GNU of HILLTOP GURUS (Nomad, mgr.)
 DM  42 RODEKI (turn 591): COLDFISHFINGER of COLOR ME SUAVE (Suave, mgr.)
 DM  51 TRICORUS (turn 543): CARGO of SEA DOGS (One Armed Bandit, mgr.)
 DM  54 TROCAR (turn 259): SAMILDAR of TRADERS OF TROCAR (Jorja, mgr.)

                                      SPY REPORT

     Ready for some action-packed adventure, some thrills, chills and spills?  Well 
fergit it, cause this is the Spyreport for DRAGONHEAD.  Like, STATES had to be so 
embarrassed when they got kicked off #1 spot by MIDDLE WAY 9!  Way to go MIDDLE WAY 
9!  I don't wanna hurt anybody's feelings or anything, but BONSUR BABES ROCK really 
goofed with their 0-0-0.  MVP award for ALICE?  LHC's proud of her after beating 
MONTANA and getting 18 points.  Talk about yer big time losers!  MONTANA got smashed 
by ALICE, and lost 5 points!  What a putz!  HOCKEY fights so hard to be Duelmaster, 
then quits fighting and loses the title.  No one said it was a genius...  And I was 
just getting used to the ex-Duelmaster's habit of...(!)  Oh well, welcome TORANS 
ULRIK.  Aren't MIDDLE WAY 9 proud.  (Oh, my.) Is the Duelmaster really being a real 
snob to his teammates?  Don't ask me!   
     So just why would someone becomes a warrior anyway?  It can't be for these 
really neat Spyreports can it?  PURPLE PLATYPI was the most avoided team.  Is a 
12-3-0 record really that scary?  I don't know what MILCHAMAH's been doing.  They 
certainly haven't been accepting many fights from PURPLE PLATYPI, that's fer sher.  
Can STATES' ARIZONA be more popular than me?  He was challenged the most, but is that 
really the same?   
     What does a fighter fight for?  I mean, the crowds don't give a hoot if someone 
gets killed.  Not after four more fights.  D'ya think ROMOR SAITH is feeling guilty 
for killing MILCHAMAH's MADKAWRAW REBORN, a mere girl?  Naah, I doubt it.  Like was 
that some Bloodfeud, or what?  (MEGINNAW'S RULE vs. ARIZONA, that is.) What if they 
had a fight and nobody showed up?  I'd be out of a job, that's what!!!   
     I really didn't, you know, study when I was a kid.  Who would've guessed I'd be 
a famous Spyreporter?  I know how much you like reading this stuff, but I really 
should stop.  I had a fun time, see you later-- Debby Tonte  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 TORANS ULRIK 6399            10   7  0    86       MIDDLE WAY 9 (706)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-HOCKEY 5461                  14   2  0   107       SPORTS CRIP PLAYS (590)
-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                  
-STEVE LAKE 6117              11   2  0    84       SUE'S BOYS (670)
-BADGER 6121                   7   1  1    82       RUSSIAN BIRDS (671)
 MEGINNAW'S RULE 6035         18  14  0    80       MILCHAMAH (663)
-HAMMY HAMSTER 5950           12   4  1    79       MEAT YOUR MAKER (656)
-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                  
 ROMOR SAITH 6398             10   7  1    58       MIDDLE WAY 9 (706)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 LOUIE MURH 6395              11   6  0    54       MIDDLE WAY 9 (706)
-LONDON BEEFEATER 6238         5   0  0    49       MEAT YOUR MAKER (656)
 NAEFAN ORDH 6396             13   4  0    48       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)
-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)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 UTAH 6463                     4   1  0    34       STATES (718)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-BONSUR BABE ROCKS 6474        7  12  0    33       BONSUR BABES ROCK (720)
-UNDERDOG 6250                 3   0  0    33       MONGREL HORDE (680)
-CHRISTIAN 6200                5   2  1    32       SUE'S BOYS (670)
 ARIZONA 6462                  4   1  2    31       STATES (718)
 FLORIDA 6460                  4   3  1    31       STATES (718)
-CHICKER S#!^ 5952             6   6  0    28       MEAT YOUR MAKER (656)
-BAYLY 6371                    4   5  1    28       KIWI CONNECTION 7 (702)
 ALICE 6392                    3   4  0    28       LHC (705)
-HAMBURGER HILL 6216           4   4  0    26       MEAT YOUR MAKER (656)
 MOOL REGENERATED 6060         5   7  3    25       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)
-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)
-ANDREW JONES 5965             2   1  0    15       PURPLE PLATYPI (659)
 RONARDA SOLA 6461             3   2  0    14       MIDDLE WAY 9 (706)
 CMS 6390                      2   5  0    11       LHC (705)
 MAPPATES RETURNS 6504         1   0  0    11       MILCHAMAH (663)
 MONTANA 6464                  3   1  0    10       STATES (718)
-CAPICOLLA 6310                1   0  0    10       DELI COUNTER (690)
-ANDRE DAWSON 6278             2   2  0     9       SUE'S BOYS (670)
 ATLAS 6391                    1   6  0     9       LHC (705)
-LAWN DART CATCHING 6308       1   0  0     9       BAD COMBOS (689)
 BLOODY MADKAWRAW 6219         1   1  0     6       MILCHAMAH (663)
 GRAYSON 6473                  0   2  0     2       LHC (705)
 DR MANHATTAN 6472             0   2  0     2       LHC (705)
-ERON VAMPIRA BABE 6475        0   1  0     1       BONSUR BABES ROCK (720)

'-' 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  NOT REVENGED
BLOODY MAHATSAWO 6220   0  1 0 MILCHAMAH 663        ARIZONA 6462          226  JUST REVENGED
MADKAWRAW REBORN 6135   5  2 0 MILCHAMAH 663        ROMOR SAITH 6398      227   

                                     PERSONAL ADS

To those we fought -- Good fight. -- We who fought you
P.S.  Hey, it's hot, it's late, we've been sick, and we don't feel chatty.  Sue us.

26 July 2010
     Some managers have attempted to send personals and columns to hal, and hal has
been refusing to acknowledge their content.  I don't know what hal's problem is,
specifically, but for best success, send PLAIN TEXT (dot txt) in the body of the
email.  Not attachments.  Thank you. -- the Editor

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

MEGINNAW'S RULE devastated ARIZONA in a 2 minute mismatched Bloodfeud fight.
TORANS ULRIK vanquished M. CHARDINEE in a 1 minute uneven Title battle.
ROMOR SAITH narrowly killed MADKAWRAW REBORN in a 3 minute gruesome fight.
LOUIE MURH bested UTAH in a 1 minute veteran vs. novice contest.
NAEFAN ORDH savagely defeated MOOL REGENERATED in a unpopular 12 minute competition.
CMS was overpowered by FLORIDA in a 2 minute one-sided struggle.
ATLAS was bested by RONARDA SOLA in a 1 minute competition.
ALICE overpowered MONTANA in a action packed 2 minute gruesome uneven melee.
BLOODY MADKAWRAW won victory over DR MANHATTAN in a 4 minute beginner's fight.
GRAYSON was vanquished by MAPPATES RETURNS in a 1 minute one-sided fight.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|STRIKING ATTACK                  4         AIMED BLOW         9 -   2 -  0      82  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      3         WALL OF STEEL      7 -   3 -  0      70  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    3         TOTAL PARRY       11 -   5 -  0      69  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   3         STRIKING ATTACK   21 -  10 -  1      68  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   3         LUNGING ATTACK    25 -  27 -  4      48  |
|AIMED BLOW                       1         BASHING ATTACK     6 -   9 -  1      40  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    1         PARRY-RIPOSTE      5 -   9 -  0      36  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  1         PARRY-LUNGE        2 -   4 -  0      33  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      0         SLASHING ATTACK    3 -   8 -  0      27  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     0         PARRY-STRIKE       0 -   0 -  0       0  |

Turn 227 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         1 -  0     PARRY-RIPOSTE      1 -  2         4  LUNGING ATTACK 
WALL OF STEEL      1 -  0     LUNGING ATTACK     1 -  2         2  TOTAL PARRY    
STRIKING ATTACK    3 -  1     BASHING ATTACK     1 -  2         2  AIMED BLOW     
TOTAL PARRY        2 -  1     PARRY-LUNGE        0 -  0         1  STRIKING ATTACK
                              PARRY-STRIKE       0 -  0         1  BASHING ATTACK 
                              SLASHING ATTACK    0 -  1         1  SLASHING ATTACK

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
LUNGING ATTACK   TORANS ULRIK 6399          10   7  0   86 MIDDLE WAY 9 (706)
TOTAL PARRY      MEGINNAW'S RULE 6035       18  14  0   80 MILCHAMAH (663)
BASHING ATTACK   ROMOR SAITH 6398           10   7  1   58 MIDDLE WAY 9 (706)
WALL OF STEEL    LOUIE MURH 6395            11   6  0   54 MIDDLE WAY 9 (706)
STRIKING ATTACK  UTAH 6463                   4   1  0   34 STATES (718)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is TORANS ULRIK 6399.  The most popular warrior this 
turn was ALICE 6392.  The ten other most popular fighters were ROMOR SAITH 6398, 
MADKAWRAW REBORN 6135, FLORIDA 6460, MEGINNAW'S RULE 6035, ARIZONA 6462, TORANS ULRIK 
6399, LOUIE MURH 6395, RONARDA SOLA 6461, BLOODY MADKAWRAW 6219, and DR MANHATTAN 
6472.

The least popular fighter this week was NAEFAN ORDH 6396.  The other ten least 
popular fighters were MOOL REGENERATED 6060, MONTANA 6464, CMS 6390, GRAYSON 6473, 
ATLAS 6391, UTAH 6463, MAPPATES RETURNS 6504, DR MANHATTAN 6472, BLOODY MADKAWRAW 
6219, and RONARDA SOLA 6461.

                 NEW TEAMS IN THE TEMPORARY TOURNAMENT ARENA (DM 85)

Please note that all new teams created at the Face-to-Face were temporarily placed in 
a temporary Tournament Arena, DM 85.  If you requested that your team be placed in a 
specific arena, it has already transferred to that arena.  Any teams not transferred 
out of DM 85 by October 1 will be deleted.  If you have questions about any of your 
teams, please contact Customer Service. -- RSI 

                        WINTER FACE-TO-FACE IN SUNNY ARIZONA!

Our next winter FTF will be held in Tempe, Arizona, January 14-16, 2011.  It will be 
held at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Tempe, Arizona (480-894-7444), the same hotel as 
last year by popular request.  Room rates are $129.00 per night, 1-2 occupancy, which 
includes full cooked breakfast, complimentary manager's reception (yes, really!), free 
airport shuttle, free parking and free high speed internet.  There's a fitness center, 
jacuzzi, and pool.  The rooms are blocked--please make your reservation by December 22 
before the block is released!  (This is prime season for Phoenix, and people have been
unable to book rooms because they waited too long.)  Look for the tournament info 
sheet and minioverviews some time in December.  We hope you're all looking forward to 
it and that we will see you there!