DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER
Date : 02/23/2016 Duedate: 03/21/2016
ERINIKA ARENA
DM-73 TURN-300
This Weeks Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
MAROHM
WRATHMEN 2 (708)
(73-6323) [5-2-1,92]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
T-4 STRAIN MAROHM
WHO DA MAN? (749) WRATHMEN 2 (708)
(73-6567) [16-12-1,78] (73-6323) [5-2-1,92]
Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite
T-4 STRAIN T-4 STRAIN
WHO DA MAN? (749) WHO DA MAN? (749)
(73-6567) [16-12-1,78] (73-6567) [16-12-1,78]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
WHO DA MAN? (749)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. ALL ABOUT LINT (725) 13
2. WHO DA MAN? (749) 13 DUDS (602)
3. DUDS (602) 12 Unchartered Team
4. MISSION: EARTH! (7) 12
5. YUPPIE HORDE (754) 11 (-1)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1- 1*FEAR FACTORY 7 (737) 3 0 1 100 1- 3 CALENDAR GIRLS (453) 3 0 0
2- 5 POOR COMBINATIONS (665) 20 3 2 87.0 2- 1 GASHOUSE GANG (622) 3 2 0
3- 6 CALENDAR GIRLS (453) 49 10 0 83.1 3/ 5 WHO DA MAN? (749) 3 3 0
4- 7 GASHOUSE GANG (622) 94 23 9 80.3 4/11 DUDS (602) 3 6 0
5- 9 MONGOL HORDE (658) 77 25 3 75.5 5- 2 WORLDWIDE GORE (36) 2 0 0
6-10 SUE'S BIG BOYS (634) 33 13 1 71.7 6- 4 MONGOL HORDE (658) 2 0 0
7/ 0*MISSION: EARTH! (7) 5 2 1 71.4 7/10*WRATHMEN 2 (708) 2 1 0
8/12*WRATHMEN 2 (708) 5 2 1 71.4 8/ 7*YUPPIE HORDE (754) 2 2 1
9/15 DUDS (602) 102 72 4 58.6 9- 6 POOR COMBINATIONS (665) 1 0 1
10-16 WORLDWIDE GORE (36) 494 362 38 57.7 10/ 0*MISSION: EARTH! (7) 1 0 0
11/ 2*YUPPIE HORDE (754) 2 2 1 50.0 11- 9*FEAR FACTORY 7 (737) 1 0 0
12/ 0*ALL ABOUT LINT (725) 2 2 0 50.0 12- 8 SUE'S BIG BOYS (634) 1 0 0
13/17 WHO DA MAN? (749) 124 173 6 41.8 13/ 0*ALL ABOUT LINT (725) 1 1 0
'*' Unchartered team '-' Team did not fight this turn
(###) Avoid teams by their Team Id ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank
SPY REPORT
So why do I have this bag over my head? Because I am The Unknown Spymaster and
I'm going to give you a spy report!. We now have a new top team for all of you guys
to dogpile on. WHO DA MAN? now holds the crown and they are betting they can keep
it. A stormcloud is brewing over the SUE'S BIG BOYS guildhouse. Rumor says any more
weeks like this ones 0-0-0 may send the team to the Dark Arena. Coming up with a
solid 1-2-0 outing, DUDS has advanced 7 places in the rankings. Hey everybody, watch
out for T-4 STRAIN, who flew up 15 points in the rankings after mashing VETERAN
MERCENARY like a melon. Keep your eye on this guy. And falling like a basher in the
top ten was KLEPTO MAN, who dropped 2 points after a disappointing (to say the least)
bout with KUNG-FU MASTER. Well, everybody's pal MAROHM moved his record to 5-2-1 by
defeating CONVICTED ASSASSIN in the Duelmaster's Title Bout and gaining 7 recognition
points. Can you believe they are paying me 10 gold to deliver this stuff?
Let's dig a little deeper into what's happening in the ERINIKA arena. Did you
hear that FEAR FACTORY 7 was most avoided team this week? Well, knowing the personal
hygiene of FEAR FACTORY 7's warriors, I'm not surprised! And you guys like to boo
me? Well, unsling your rasberries, cause DUDS beats feet every time FEAR FACTORY 7
smiles at them. Try farming, eh?
Being a spy is great--other people die and you spend the rest of the day
drinking to their memory. Better tanked than dead! Ask not the elves for counsel,
for they will say both yes and no. Silly buggers, eh?
Well, there's the manager of the ERINIKA giving me the 'cut' sign (or is that
'They're going to strangle you in the alley?). Okay, so I may not be the world's
best comedian, but then you guys aren't the world's best warriors. Hasta la bye-bye.
(Loud choruses of 'Beat it, ya bum!')-- The Unknown Spymaster
DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
MAROHM 6323 5 2 1 92 WRATHMEN 2 (708)
CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-BEER KHAN 5755 20 6 1 125 MONGOL HORDE (658)
-KENNY CHESNEY 5517 15 5 0 118 SUE'S BIG BOYS (634)
-BRAD PAISLEY 5520 18 6 1 115 SUE'S BIG BOYS (634)
-CHAKA KHAN 5760 13 4 0 115 MONGOL HORDE (658)
-BELGIAN WAFFLE 6123 14 6 1 109 WORLDWIDE GORE (36)
-TUESDAY WELD 6047 14 2 0 108 CALENDAR GIRLS (453)
-WEDNESDAY ADDAMS 6043 10 1 0 107 CALENDAR GIRLS (453)
-MAE WEST 6062 13 4 0 106 CALENDAR GIRLS (453)
-TURKEY VULTURE 6098 21 5 0 100 WORLDWIDE GORE (36)
-KHAN KISSEDADOOR 5838 11 7 1 100 MONGOL HORDE (658)
-POP KHAN 5757 9 2 0 100 MONGOL HORDE (658)
-RASMUS 5940 16 2 2 97 GASHOUSE GANG (622)
-KHAN D. DATE 5756 21 6 0 95 MONGOL HORDE (658)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-PUJOLS 5424 16 6 1 87 GASHOUSE GANG (622)
T-4 STRAIN 6567 16 12 1 78 WHO DA MAN? (749)
-KNITTED AFGHAN 4123 10 11 4 77 WORLDWIDE GORE (36)
-JUNE CLEAVER 6058 6 1 0 76 CALENDAR GIRLS (453)
-MOLINA 6311 8 0 1 73 GASHOUSE GANG (622)
CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-JANUARY JONES 6056 6 2 0 62 CALENDAR GIRLS (453)
KLEPTO MAN 6569 13 18 0 58 WHO DA MAN? (749)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
BAG LADY 6587 7 3 0 32 DUDS (602)
BRAVO 70 2 0 1 28 MISSION: EARTH! (7)
-MARK PORTUGAL 348 2 3 0 28 WORLDWIDE GORE (36)
-DESOLATE WAYS 6503 3 0 1 26 FEAR FACTORY 7 (737)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-AIRPORT BOMB JOKE 5853 3 1 0 26 POOR COMBINATIONS (665)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
TOE LINT 6429 1 1 0 19 ALL ABOUT LINT (725)
-WACHA 6622 0 3 0 19 GASHOUSE GANG (622)
TYLER DURDEN 6625 1 1 0 18 YUPPIE HORDE (754)
LINT LIZARD 6431 1 1 0 18 ALL ABOUT LINT (725)
MARTHA STEWART 6627 1 1 1 16 YUPPIE HORDE (754)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
IRS BOSS 6702 0 1 0 DUDS 602 FRELEN 300 NONE
JERKBALL 6669 1 2 0 DUDS 602 RINTHALAR THE GR 300 NONE
HEYWARD 6672 1 1 1 GASHOUSE GANG 622 MARTHA STEWART 6627 298
PERSONAL ADS
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
JERKBALL was butchered by RINTHALAR THE GREY in a 1 minute bloody Dark Arena fight.
IRS BOSS was slaughtered by FRELEN in a 1 minute Dark Arena battle.
MAROHM handily defeated CONVICTED ASSASSIN in a 1 minute one-sided Title match.
KLEPTO MAN lost to KUNG-FU MASTER in a popular 1 minute mismatched brawl.
T-4 STRAIN savagely defeated VETERAN MERCENARY in a 2 minute bloody match.
BAG LADY bested MARTHA STEWART in a 5 minute duel.
BRAVO overpowered LINT LIZARD in a 1 minute one-sided struggle.
TYLER DURDEN was devastated by TOE LINT in a 1 minute one-sided competition.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|AIMED BLOW 4 PARRY-LUNGE 19 - 3 - 0 86 |
|STRIKING ATTACK 2 WALL OF STEEL 17 - 4 - 1 81 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 2 STRIKING ATTACK 23 - 7 - 4 77 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 1 LUNGING ATTACK 37 - 16 - 6 70 |
|TOTAL PARRY 1 BASHING ATTACK 6 - 3 - 1 67 |
|LUNGING ATTACK 1 AIMED BLOW 39 - 21 - 3 65 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 0 TOTAL PARRY 11 - 7 - 0 61 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 PARRY-STRIKE 4 - 3 - 0 57 |
|BASHING ATTACK 0 SLASHING ATTACK 2 - 4 - 1 33 |
|WALL OF STEEL 0 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 0 - 0 0 |
Turn 300 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-STRIKE 1 - 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 3 LUNGING ATTACK
TOTAL PARRY 1 - 0 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 0 3 AIMED BLOW
AIMED BLOW 2 - 2 LUNGING ATTACK 0 - 1 2 STRIKING ATTACK
STRIKING ATTACK 1 - 1 SLASHING ATTACK 0 - 2 2 PARRY-LUNGE
BASHING ATTACK 0 - 0 1 WALL OF STEEL
WALL OF STEEL 0 - 0
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
STRIKING ATTACK MAROHM 6323 5 2 1 92 WRATHMEN 2 (708)
AIMED BLOW T-4 STRAIN 6567 16 12 1 78 WHO DA MAN? (749)
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
The overall popularity leader is T-4 STRAIN 6567. The most popular warrior this turn
was T-4 STRAIN 6567. The ten other most popular fighters were MARTHA STEWART 6627,
MAROHM 6323, KLEPTO MAN 6569, BRAVO 70, TOE LINT 6429, JERKBALL 6669, LINT LIZARD
6431, IRS BOSS 6702, TYLER DURDEN 6625, and BAG LADY 6587.
The least popular fighter this week was BAG LADY 6587. The other ten least popular
fighters were TYLER DURDEN 6625, IRS BOSS 6702, LINT LIZARD 6431, JERKBALL 6669, TOE
LINT 6429, BRAVO 70, KLEPTO MAN 6569, MAROHM 6323, MARTHA STEWART 6627, and T-4
STRAIN 6567.
CHALLENGES AND AVOIDS
To clarify: You issue Challenges to warriors, but Avoid teams.
To Challenge, write that warrior's name and ID# in the space provided.
To Avoid, write the team's name and Team ID in that space.
Make sure you include the ID!
* * * * * MEMO * * * * *
From: The Office of Accurate Census Reporting, Gladiatorial Commission
To: All Managers
In the interest of preserving our natural resources and preventing managerial writer's
cramp, the census form has been eliminated, effective immediately. Managers may
register their warriors' races and/or favorite sayings by simply writing them on a
separate piece of paper and submitting them to the Commission. Each warrior may have
up to 15 favorite sayings. Each saying must be categorized Jeer, Gloat, Boredom, Ouch,
Victory and may be up to 70 characters long. For any questions, please contact the
Gladiatorial Commission.
FACE-TO-FACE TOURNEY LVI
ADM TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME
BULL FROG 4547 (41-26-0) 1 3 0 THE BULLS
CHALLENGERS TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME
AANAHR 6348 (1-0-0) 3 3 0 WRATHMEN 7
MARK PORTUGAL 348 (2-3-0) 3 3 0 WORLDWIDE GORE
KENNY CHESNEY 5517 (15-5-0) 2 3 0 SUE'S BIG BOYS
ADAM 4648 (8-7-0) 1 3 0 THE BEGINNING
KNITTED AFGHAN 4123 (10-11-4) 1 3 0 WORLDWIDE GORE
APPRENTICES TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME
TYLER DURDEN 6625 (1-0-0) 8 3 0 YUPPIE HORDE
TOE LINT 6429 (0-1-0) 2 3 0 ALL ABOUT LINT
MARTHA STEWART 6627 (1-0-1) 0 3 0 YUPPIE HORDE
NAME CHANGE-O-RAMA
The crowd was surprisingly orderly, but it was still a crowd, and the Commission
clerk, Algernon, looked at it uneasily. Whenever this many people came together to
petition for something, it meant trouble. For him, anyway. Records to be altered.
Altering records was Bad. It made Extra Work.
His assistant clerk leaned close and whispered, "If it weren't for gladiators, we
wouldn't have jobs. Smile at them and ask what they want."
Algernon closed his eyes briefly. Looking at this crowd made him dizzy. They
were all wearing black and white stripes. Like a herd of zebras, except that zebras
didn't carry swords. Then he took a deep breath and managed a smile. "What... ah,
what can I do for you?"
"We want new names," the first gladiator said. There was a number on the front
of his shirt: 0381. He thumped the number with his thumb. "This here isn't a
name--"
"We want REAL names!" That voice came from farther back in the crowd.
"Yeah! We've paid our dues," another shouted, "and we've EARNED real names!"
One from the very back yelled, "I want to be called Tom."
All the others turned to look at him.
Algernon couldn't see him, but apparently those looks were accusing. Well, he
could understand that, "Tom" was such a... common name.
"My mom called me Tom," the voice in the back protested. "It's a good name."
"It isn't the name you put on the petition," 0381 said. "We talked about this.
We got our manager's agreement. You get the name on the petition."
"But--!"
Algernon didn't really want to keep staring at all these stripes while they
argued. He picked up the petition. "These names are the ones you want?"
0381 turned back. "Yes."
"It's a lot of trouble, and when other people see that YOU are getting name
changes, THEY are going to want them--" Seeing the gladiators beginning to frown...
and finger their weapons, he went on quickly, "So I figure we might as well make it a
complete deal. A Name-Change-O-Rama. Everyone who wants a name change can petition
for it. Get it all over with at once." He glanced at the petition, shuddered
slightly, and passed it to his clerk. "We'll announce it, proclaim it, even, and you
will get the names on this petition. And others will get the names THEY think they
should have had, too." He paused. "And I think I'll get a new name, I'm tired of
being an Algernon...."
* * * * *
Warrior and team name changes will be accepted during the month of March. If
you have names you want to change, please contact Customer Service. -- 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