DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER
Date : 01/21/2016 Duedate: 02/17/2016
DRAGONHEAD ARENA
DM-72 TURN-298
This Weeks Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
TRANSFORMERS
MY CARTOONS (1128)
(72-8711) [13-6-0,135]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
TRANSFORMERS NOSY NEIGHBOR
MY CARTOONS (1128) BASH BROS CONDO (979)
(72-8711) [13-6-0,135] (72-7827) [3-0-1,30]
Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite
GENE AUTRY ROY ROGERS
COWBOY CROONERS (981) COWBOY CROONERS (981)
(72-7838) [13-24-3,85] (72-7836) [14-23-0,83]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
BASH BROS CONDO (979)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. ONE MAN BAND (684) 33
2. ON MY BOOKSHELF (1126) 28 BASH BROS TREES (871)
3. BASH BROS DMV (924) 12 Unchartered Team
4. BASH BROS CONDO (979) 11
5. BASH BROS TREES (871) 11 BASH BROS CONDO (979)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1/ 2*BASH BROS CONDO (979) 6 0 1 100 1/ 4*BASH BROS CONDO (979) 6 0 1
2- 4*ALLONEWORD (1248) 1 0 0 100 2/ 5*BASH BROS BEER (966) 5 1 0
3/ 3*BASH BROS BEER (966) 5 1 0 83.3 3- 1 NL CENTRAL (783) 5 5 0
4- 5 BASH BROS CRICKET (727) 43 14 3 75.4 4/ 8 COWBOY CROONERS (981) 4 4 0
5/ 6 BASH BROS TREES (871) 33 12 1 73.3 5- 3 MEAT YOUR MAKER (656) 4 4 0
6- 7*CUB GREATS (1121) 5 2 0 71.4 6/ 6 BASH BROS TREES (871) 3 1 1
7/10 BASH BROS LAWYER (730) 50 22 2 69.4 7/11 BASH BROS FIREPLAC (934) 3 2 0
8/ 8 BASH BROS FIREPLAC (934) 18 8 1 69.2 8/13 MY CARTOONS (1128) 3 2 0
9-11 BASH BROS COLLEGE (746) 25 12 1 67.6 9/26 ON MY BOOKSHELF (1126) 3 3 0
10-12 MEAT YOUR MAKER (656) 118 59 6 66.7 10- 2 MONGREL HORDE (680) 3 4 1
11/14 MILK IS GOOD (650) 35 19 0 64.8 11/15 VAR'S FAV BARS (1127) 3 5 0
12-13 SUE'S BOYS (670) 55 30 2 64.7 12/14*BASH BROS DMV (924) 3 6 0
13-16 MONGREL HORDE (680) 58 34 7 63.0 13/22 DEADLY RAGE (158) 2 1 0
14/15 BASH BROS TIRES (796) 44 26 2 62.9 14/23 MILK IS GOOD (650) 2 1 0
15/17 DEADLY RAGE (158) 161 124 9 56.5 15/21 BASH BROS LAWYER (730) 2 1 0
16-18 NL CENTRAL (783) 42 35 0 54.5 16/ 7 ONE MAN BAND (684) 2 4 0
17-19*BASH BROS DRESSER (945) 7 6 0 53.8 17-16*ALLONEWORD (1248) 1 0 0
18/20 ONE MAN BAND (684) 40 40 2 50.0 18-10 BASH BROS CRICKET (727) 1 0 0
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
19-21*AEDIRFELL (1243) 1 1 0 50.0 19-18*CUB GREATS (1121) 1 1 0
20/24 ON MY BOOKSHELF (1126) 36 52 1 40.9 20-20*AEDIRFELL (1243) 1 1 0
21-22 DYNASTY WARRIORS (1140) 49 73 2 40.2 21- 9 SUE'S BOYS (670) 1 1 0
22/25 VAR'S FAV BARS (1127) 22 34 1 39.3 22/19*FEAR FACTORY 16 (1153) 1 2 0
23/23 COWBOY CROONERS (981) 45 70 3 39.1 23/12 BASH BROS TIRES (796) 1 2 0
24/26*BASH BROS DMV (924) 3 6 0 33.3 24-25*BASH BROS DRESSER (945) 1 4 0
25/27 MY CARTOONS (1128) 20 47 0 29.9 25-24 BASH BROS COLLEGE (746) 0 2 0
26/28*FEAR FACTORY 16 (1153) 1 7 0 12.5 26-27 DYNASTY WARRIORS (1140) 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.
Something evil's watching over you
Comin' from the sky above
And there's nothing you can do
Prepare to strike
There'll be no place to run
When your caught within the grip
Of the evil Unicorn
Transformers
More than meets the eye
Transformers
Robots in disguise
Strong enough to break the bravest heart
So we have to pull together
We can't stay worlds apart
To stand divided we will surely fall
Until our darkest hour
When the light will save us all
Transformers
More than meets the eye
Transformers
Robots in disguise
Transformers
Autobots wage their battle
To destroy the evil forces
Of the Decepticons
It's judgement day and now we've made our stand
And now the powers of darkness
Have been driven from our land
The battle's over but the war has just begun
And this way it will remain til the day when all are one
Transformers
Transformers
Transformers
Transformers
More than meets the eye
SPY REPORT
Good day, friends and fiends, welcome to your friendly neighborhood spyreport.
I doubt DRAGONHEAD will ever be the same. It seems the training can make the
difference, as NL CENTRAL is pushed out of top team by BASH BROS CONDO, who came from
4th with a 2-0-0 this turn. I want to know who's buying the drinks for who tonight
at The Welcome Wench, seeing as ON MY BOOKSHELF's 36-52-1 has earned them 9th place
in the ranks. It doesn't rain, but it pours for BASH BROS TIRES this turn, a 0-1-0
causing a 11 flight drop in the team rankings. Hand that team a dry towel. And
let's see, XYLOPHONE fought CLEANING and gained 20 points and contributed to ONE MAN
BAND's 1-2-0. MR RIGHT HANDED has lost to DEADHOUSE GATES, falling 14 points, while
helping make BASH BROS TIRES a 0-1-0 turn. Defending his title for another turn,
TRANSFORMERS kept COWBOY CROONERS' warrior, GENE AUTRY, from claiming the throne.
Tell me, is nothing sacred? I have heard from unimpeachable sources that The Welcome
Wench uses trolls in their stew. Talk about gristle!
He who challenges well, fights well. He who avoids without cause, shall lose
for good reasons. My mama told me that one. I also notice that the SUE'S BOYS
stable was the most avoided team this turn. Come on DRAGONHEAD, what are you afraid
of? And avoiding SUE'S BOYS more than any other team we find MILK IS GOOD.
DRAGONHEAD, are we going to accept, or respect this sort of thing? The most
challenged warrior this turn was MILK IS GOOD's warrior WHOLE. More fighters
challenged him than challenged the Duelmaster!
A coward dies a thousand deaths, a brave man only once. Wise men know this to
be true. Our condolences go to BOOK LOST, posthumously, seeing as BASH BROS LIBRARY
did not revenge LEON DURHAM from SUE'S BOYS for killing BOOK LOST. Is it really true
that DRAGONHEAD has more dishwashers per capita that fighters? Just thought I'd
ask...
I like this place, DRAGONHEAD, the taverns have old wine, and young serving
girls. Who could ask for more? Always good to rest in DRAGONHEAD, but never good to
wear out my welcome. Look for me in future turns. Until you see my quill in
DRAGONHEAD again, farewell-- Alarond the Scribe
DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
TRANSFORMERS 8711 13 6 0 135 MY CARTOONS (1128)
CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-LEON DURHAM 6118 21 6 1 189 SUE'S BOYS (670)
-TIM SALMON 6290 12 4 0 120 MEAT YOUR MAKER (656)
WHOLE 5895 28 14 0 116 MILK IS GOOD (650)
-KID FUNKY FRIED 3950 9 1 0 111 DEADLY RAGE (158)
-UNDERDOG 6250 15 3 0 110 MONGREL HORDE (680)
-CLOGGED CHIMNEY 7589 8 1 0 98 BASH BROS FIREPLACE (934)
-STEVE LAKE 6117 16 3 0 96 SUE'S BOYS (670)
-CUB 6810 8 9 0 93 NL CENTRAL (783)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-SNOOP DOGGY DOGG 6245 12 7 1 90 MONGREL HORDE (680)
OVERGROWN 7263 16 8 0 89 BASH BROS TREES (871)
-ASTRO 6805 11 3 0 89 NL CENTRAL (783)
-CHICKEN S#!^ 5952 19 19 0 86 MEAT YOUR MAKER (656)
GENE AUTRY 7838 13 24 3 85 COWBOY CROONERS (981)
-CHRISTIAN 6200 10 3 1 85 SUE'S BOYS (670)
ROY ROGERS 7836 14 23 0 83 COWBOY CROONERS (981)
DEADHOUSE GATES 8677 13 14 1 81 ON MY BOOKSHELF (1126)
-TOP DOG 6249 11 8 0 77 MONGREL HORDE (680)
MR RIGHT HANDED 6876 17 18 1 70 BASH BROS TIRES (796)
CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
PAY PER SECOND 6542 16 10 0 66 BASH BROS LAWYER (730)
-PIRATE 6806 10 7 0 65 NL CENTRAL (783)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-MIKE TROUT 7884 8 3 0 57 MEAT YOUR MAKER (656)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-XIAHOU DUN 8784 6 12 0 54 DYNASTY WARRIORS (1140)
FIRE WON'T START 7590 5 4 1 49 BASH BROS FIREPLACE (934)
LITHIUM 8234 6 9 0 46 DEADLY RAGE (158)
XYLOPHONE 9365 4 0 0 45 ONE MAN BAND (684)
-KEVIN BACON 8675 3 1 0 44 MEAT YOUR MAKER (656)
-ERNIE BANKS 8648 5 2 0 39 CUB GREATS (1121)
CLEANING 7588 5 2 0 37 BASH BROS FIREPLACE (934)
-OVERFLOWING 7655 3 0 0 37 BASH BROS DRESSER (945)
OYAMI 8689 4 4 0 35 VAR'S FAV BARS (1127)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
PRINCE OF THORNS 8678 5 8 0 33 ON MY BOOKSHELF (1126)
-DOG DAYS OF SUMMER 9191 3 3 2 33 MONGREL HORDE (680)
NOSY NEIGHBOR 7827 3 0 1 30 BASH BROS CONDO (979)
-THE BLUE TOAD 8694 3 2 0 29 VAR'S FAV BARS (1127)
FORMS 7540 1 2 0 29 BASH BROS DMV (924)
NOT THE REAL THING 7762 3 0 0 28 BASH BROS BEER (966)
-LU SU 8773 2 1 0 28 DYNASTY WARRIORS (1140)
-SIX-GUN TAROT 8680 2 1 0 27 ON MY BOOKSHELF (1126)
LESS TASTE 7764 2 1 0 26 BASH BROS BEER (966)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
NOISY NEIGHBOR 7828 3 0 0 23 BASH BROS CONDO (979)
-DISPOSAL FEE 8221 2 0 0 23 BASH BROS TIRES (796)
-CARDINAL 8794 2 2 0 23 NL CENTRAL (783)
-MOTHS 7654 2 1 0 19 BASH BROS DRESSER (945)
-BUYING INNOCENCE 6543 2 2 0 18 BASH BROS LAWYER (730)
-BREWER 9367 2 2 0 16 NL CENTRAL (783)
-MIA HAMM 9358 1 3 1 15 MEAT YOUR MAKER (656)
RUDENESS 7538 1 2 0 14 BASH BROS DMV (924)
LETHAL DOSAGE 8862 1 4 0 13 FEAR FACTORY 16 (1153)
-THJORGGA 9384 1 1 0 10 AEDIRFELL (1243)
TOMMYKNOCKERS 9210 1 2 0 10 VAR'S FAV BARS (1127)
-WANG YI 8775 1 1 0 9 DYNASTY WARRIORS (1140)
-SIRSTABSALOT 9416 1 0 0 7 ALLONEWORD (1248)
LONG LINES 7537 1 2 0 5 BASH BROS DMV (924)
-RICK REUSCHEL 9434 0 1 0 1 SUE'S BOYS (670)
-ANTI-ORCHESTRA 9388 0 1 0 1 ONE MAN BAND (684)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
BOOK LOST 6666 24 6 0 BASH BROS LIBRAR 755 LEON DURHAM 6118 294 NOT REVENGED
BANJO 9373 3 2 0 ONE MAN BAND 684 DOG DAYS OF SUMM 9191 297
ONE, TWO, THREE 9477 0 1 0 ONE MAN BAND 684 DARK CHAMPION 298 NONE
SOLO TENOR 9472 0 1 0 ONE MAN BAND 684 WURM KIN 298 NONE
PERSONAL ADS
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
ONE, TWO, THREE was dealt death by DARK CHAMPION in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
SOLO TENOR was butchered by WURM KIN in a 1 minute Dark Arena duel.
TRANSFORMERS demolished GENE AUTRY in a popular 1 minute one-sided Title melee.
WHOLE unbelievably bested ROY ROGERS in a popular 4 minute brutal veteran's contest.
MR RIGHT HANDED was bested by DEADHOUSE GATES in a popular 1 minute expert's brawl.
OVERGROWN devastated VENEMOUS CONCUBINE in a 1 minute mismatched match.
PAY PER SECOND handily defeated OYAMI in a action packed 1 minute uneven fight.
LITHIUM won victory over LESS TASTE in a 1 minute expert vs. novice duel.
FIRE WON'T START won victory over DANGEROUS CRIMINAL in a 1 minute fight.
CLEANING was defeated by XYLOPHONE in a 4 minute expert vs. novice upset match.
FORMS was demolished by PRINCE OF THORNS in a 1 minute mismatched match.
NOSY NEIGHBOR bested LETHAL DOSAGE in a exciting 1 minute battle.
NOT THE REAL THING devastated MORDANT DESERTER in a 1 minute mismatched bout.
NOISY NEIGHBOR handily defeated PERSISTANT BEGGAR in a 1 minute uneven fight.
RUDENESS overpowered MORDANT DESERTER in a 1 minute uneven struggle.
LONG LINES was overcome by TOMMYKNOCKERS in a 3 minute bloody amateur's bout.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|AIMED BLOW 11 STRIKING ATTACK 42 - 19 - 1 69 |
|BASHING ATTACK 3 BASHING ATTACK 35 - 27 - 2 56 |
|TOTAL PARRY 3 PARRY-RIPOSTE 9 - 7 - 0 56 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 3 WALL OF STEEL 17 - 14 - 0 55 |
|LUNGING ATTACK 3 TOTAL PARRY 21 - 20 - 0 51 |
|WALL OF STEEL 1 PARRY-LUNGE 30 - 31 - 2 49 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 1 AIMED BLOW 43 - 55 - 3 44 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 0 LUNGING ATTACK 43 - 55 - 2 44 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 PARRY-STRIKE 6 - 9 - 2 40 |
|STRIKING ATTACK 0 SLASHING ATTACK 10 - 20 - 0 33 |
Turn 298 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:
BASHING ATTACK 3 - 0 SLASHING ATTACK 1 - 2 3 AIMED BLOW
WALL OF STEEL 1 - 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 3 LUNGING ATTACK
TOTAL PARRY 2 - 1 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 1 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE
AIMED BLOW 7 - 4 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 0 1 TOTAL PARRY
LUNGING ATTACK 0 - 3 1 WALL OF STEEL
STRIKING ATTACK 0 - 0 1 STRIKING ATTACK
1 BASHING ATTACK
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
AIMED BLOW TRANSFORMERS 8711 13 6 0 135 MY CARTOONS (1128)
TOTAL PARRY WHOLE 5895 28 14 0 116 MILK IS GOOD (650)
BASHING ATTACK OVERGROWN 7263 16 8 0 89 BASH BROS TREES (871)
LUNGING ATTACK CLEANING 7588 5 2 0 37 BASH BROS FIREPLACE (934)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
The overall popularity leader is GENE AUTRY 7838. The most popular warrior this turn
was ROY ROGERS 7836. The ten other most popular fighters were CLEANING 7588,
TRANSFORMERS 8711, TOMMYKNOCKERS 9210, LITHIUM 8234, DEADHOUSE GATES 8677, PAY PER
SECOND 6542, FIRE WON'T START 7590, PRINCE OF THORNS 8678, NOSY NEIGHBOR 7827, and
WHOLE 5895.
The least popular fighter this week was SOLO TENOR 9472. The other ten least popular
fighters were ONE, TWO, THREE 9477, NOT THE REAL THING 7762, FORMS 7540, OYAMI 8689,
MR RIGHT HANDED 6876, GENE AUTRY 7838, LONG LINES 7537, RUDENESS 7538, NOISY NEIGHBOR
7828, and LETHAL DOSAGE 8862.
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Look for the tournament info sheet and minioverviews some time in June. We hope
you're all looking forward to it and that we will see you there!
-- RSI
NEW NOVEL: "BLOOD GAMES"
Hail Gladiatorial Managers of Alastari,
My name is Mark G. Manley, AKA Grimwood, author of the Duel 2 novel, "Dark
Arena." The RSI staff and I are pleased to announce the next novel in the Duel 2
reality, "Blood Games." A publisher has offered a contract to publish the novel and
I'll continue to provide detailed updates as they become available. However, I wanted
to share a quick blurb about the novel.
* * *
WAR!
The land of Alastari is thrown into chaos caused by the invasion of the Rirorni
horde. Swept up in the conflict and captured is My-re, a young girl living on the
edge of the Rirorni plains. Regarded as a spoil of war and growing up in a Rirorni
family band, her troubles just begin as warlords within the Rirorni Empire fight each
other for prestige, property, and personal honor. For mutual protection, My-re is
taught the family band's Wall of Steel combat style, where if executed correctly, no
blade, no weapon, no arrow can penetrate.
In a land where life is dangerous, brutal, and short, My-re is confronted by a
prominent Rirorni warrior and kills him in self-defense. She is sold to a Rirorni
slaver after being found guilty of murder, and exiled back to her native land of
Alastari. However, there is no happy reunion, no joyful return, as she is sentenced
to fight in the Blood Games arena for her crime.
My-re's one chance of freedom resides in winning the Blood Game tournament. But
the champion is not declared by besting your opponents, but by slaughtering them.
* * *
As with novel "Dark Arena," I worked with RSI to write and publish "Blood Games"
in the Duel 2 world of Alastari. But it will always be known as Duelmasters to me.
I wanted to share a little bit of background about myself, I started my first
team back on turn 12 in Niania (Arena #2) on February 13, 1990. I managed a team
called Wolverines. The next summer at Gen Con, I started my main team, Skull Squadron
in Rocanis (Arena #56). The following summer at Gen Con, I stared Legion of Death, in
Valamantis (Arena #62). Twenty-five years later, I've graduated numerous warriors,
which would not be an easy feat to count.
Good luck on the arena sands and more to come.
-- Mark G. Manley
AKA Grimwood