DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER Date : 12/08/2005 Duedate: 12/21/2005 DAYLA KIV ARENA DM-74 TURN-328 This Weeks Top Honors THE DUELMASTER IS LOQUE FACING WORLDS (495) (74-3953) [12-1-0,111] Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader LOQUE POSITION IS EMPTY FACING WORLDS (495) (74-3953) [12-1-0,111] Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite GLAERIKIM LOQUE GURTARG'S AXES (447) FACING WORLDS (495) (74-3515) [16-6-1,96] (74-3953) [12-1-0,111] THE CURRENT TOP TEAM SAND DANCERS (251) TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team 1. CORPS (346) 29 2. SAND DANCERS (251) 20 FACING WORLDS (495) 3. FACING WORLDS (495) 14 Unchartered Team 4. GURTARG'S AXES (447) -20 SUNRUNNERS (126) The Top Teams Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K 1/ 1 FACING WORLDS (495) 19 4 1 82.6 1/ 1 SAND DANCERS (251) 10 4 0 2/ 2 CORPS (346) 383 272 22 58.5 2/ 3 CORPS (346) 7 1 1 3/ 3 GURTARG'S AXES (447) 62 51 7 54.9 3/ 2 GURTARG'S AXES (447) 5 7 2 4/ 4 SAND DANCERS (251) 739 805 31 47.9 4/ 4 FACING WORLDS (495) 3 1 0 '*' Unchartered team '-' Team did not fight this turn (###) Avoid teams by their Team Id ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank TEAM SPOTLIGHT + ]H[ + ---:--- + ]H[ Sand Dancers ]H[ + ---:--- + ]H[ + "It's about our Lord Protector lands," Ronsevan said. "They're up north of Dal Shang, on the border up there, and, well, we don't know that country at all, but...." He shrugged and looked at Lady Protector Rebina, the first graduate from their team, hopefully. Rebina returned his look blandly. "But?" she prompted, glancing from Ronsevan to Tsirell. Tsirell looked down at his hands, then back up. "The only land that is given to Lord Protectors is land with problems. Usually fighting problems. But in the Dal Shang area, we're strangers--" "So am I." "Yeah, well, we knew that," Ronsevan began. "No, we didn't." Tsirell glared at his friend. "But it doesn't matter. You're Jade Eye," he said, indicating the pin she wore which marked her as a temple knight. "That gives you a standing anywhere. We're just a couple of guys. Nobody over that way is going to trust us, or tell us anything, or be very helpful, but we thought, well, with a Jade Eye knight along, that might make a difference." Rebina leaned back in her chair. "What kind of difference? Have you seen the land, or heard what the problem is there? Any facts at all?" "Make us more impressive," Tsirell said. "Make people take us more seriously." "Just for a while," Ronsevan said. "Till they get to know us and realize we're the good guys." Rebina was tempted to laugh but resisted. Temple knights, what the Andorians called "paladins," were supposed to be tactful when possible. But the idea of Ronsevan as a "good guy" was.... Well, okay, he wasn't, so far as she knew--and she WOULD know--a bad guy. But between his ego and his attractiveness to the opposite sex, there could be problems. Especially in a rural area that saw few strangers, which is what most "gladiator lands" were like. "We've got a map," Tsirell said. He pulled the small fold of paper out of a pocket and spread it out on the table, pushing the plates and mugs out of the way. She looked at the map and stifled a groan. The land these two were getting was marked in red, and she could see that it was right on the northern border, on the coast, and...she leaned closer and did groan out loud, near a location that she knew to be extremely dangers. It was unfortunate that map-making was so good in Lirith Kai, because she had no doubt as to the location of the land. And she could not let a couple of green knights go there on their own. If it had been just smuggling and skirmishes with the nearest elf-hold over the border, she might have done that. But this place, no. "I'll go with you," she said. DUELMASTER'S COLUMN Notes from the arena champ. Here I sit and it's because of my hard training and my will to survive. I see that Logue and I will finally get to duel, and what an excited dwarf I am about that! Let the fights begin and good luck to all! Glaerikim 3515 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!. Hey everybody, watch out for COACH, who flew up 13 points in the rankings after mashing TERRILIS like a melon. Keep your eye on this guy. LOQUE got through to the Duelmaster this turn. No doubt he was more than anxious to kick GLAERIKIM's tail out of the throne! It's a proud day for the FACING WORLDS stable, as their warrior, LOQUE, ascended the Duelmaster's throne. Advice to bashers--never force anything, just get a bigger halberd! Let's dig a little deeper into what's happening in the DAYLA KIV arena. Did you hear that GURTARG'S AXES was most avoided team this week? Well, knowing the personal hygiene of GURTARG'S AXES' warriors, I'm not surprised! Okay, so I may not be funny, but catch FACING WORLDS' act in the arena. Those acrobats seem to be fairly deft at running from GURTARG'S AXES. Well dang howdy, but if challenges were votes, TERRILIS would be president. Although it may be a contest she doesn't want to win. Death is kind of like a new puppy: he's always around wanting to play. (Ha Zontani, how's that for a wise saying?). Remember: alliances are great, but try and take your ally in the arena with you and see what happens. Well, that wasn't too bad; Alarond told me that the people in DAYLA KIV have no sense of humor. Or maybe that they were senseless. Okay, so I may not be the world's best comedian, but then you guys aren't the world's best warriors. See ya next time I'm on this circuit!-- The Unknown Spymaster DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME LOQUE 3953 12 1 0 111 FACING WORLDS (495) CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME GLAERIKIM 3515 16 6 1 96 GURTARG'S AXES (447) CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME GARMON CHANG 3979 12 10 0 80 SAND DANCERS (251) KORBA KLEE 3963 13 14 0 71 SAND DANCERS (251) CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME CHESSARA 3983 12 9 0 66 SAND DANCERS (251) ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -MALAKAI 3964 6 2 1 44 FACING WORLDS (495) CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME SPALDING 4004 3 0 1 29 CORPS (346) INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME MARY KAY 4019 2 0 0 21 CORPS (346) SAM GOODY 4009 2 0 0 16 CORPS (346) COACH 4008 1 1 0 14 CORPS (346) TERRILIS 4021 1 5 0 8 SAND DANCERS (251) -ILANA 4042 1 0 0 5 FACING WORLDS (495) BREIDIK 4043 0 1 0 1 GURTARG'S AXES (447) '-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn. THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge? RORNIS THE DARK 2 0 1 0 1 SPALDING 4004 328 NONE GLAERIK RIM 4039 0 1 0 GURTARG'S AXES 447 DARINHASS THE FIRS 27 328 NONE FUR-BREI 4040 0 1 0 GURTARG'S AXES 447 KOLAS STONEATER 18 328 NONE AULDRY 4041 0 1 0 GURTARG'S AXES 447 KOLAS STONEATER 18 328 NONE MITRILLAO 3998 8 5 2 SAND DANCERS 251 GLAERIKIM 3515 327 PERSONAL ADS Glaerikim -- Well, all *I* can say is that you're a FIEND in dwarven form, and I hope all your friends get eaten by MONSTERS on their Lord Protector Lands. -- Ghost of Mitrillao Loque -- Yes, okay, but what kind of world ARE you? This whole business of your team name is a subject for hot debate back at our place, and if I can come in with the answer, nobody will care that I lost. -- Garmon Chang Malakai -- Nah, you guys should tell ME, not Garmon. I can get you a free pass to the Tiger's Shadow for the rest of the year. -- Korba Klee Spalding -- (shaking the sand out of her hair) Where'd you come from? I don't recall that we've seen you Corps guys around in a while. Welcome back. -- Terrilis Sand Dancers -- My deepest sympathy for the death of Mitrillao. I pray to the rollup gods that you receive a very good replacement rollup. Well, I just hope that old Glaerikim can make it out of here without facing the same fate. -- Sir Chester Li Dan -- Yeah...there are many standbys in this arena, but what can one do? Just keep fighting and hope for the best. Hey! Corps and Facing Worlds just because active...now we have others to fight besides those standbys. Smile! I will also try to get at least one person here in the near future. -- Sir Chester Ghost of Mitrillao -- I would love to join you for the drinks DOWN there, but I'll take a rain check on that for right now or at least until I too meet my fate. Sorry about that, pal. And yes, we dwarfs are a little odd to some. I won't put dead flowers over you, only fresh ones. -- Glaerikim Harizon, Arena Steward -- Thank you for the offer of land and a place to call my very own. I accept. Thank you very much. -- Auldrymbrei (ADM Bound) Ed. -- How come we have not seen any results from the last mail in? Just wondering. -- Sir Chester Your guess is as good as mine. Sometimes the people in charge of that sort of thing are a little...forgetful. -- Ed. All -- Happy Holidays to each and every one of you good managers. -- Sir Chester, feeling kind of jolly (grin) Logue -- Let it be known that I am going to give you a try to see what you're made of. Nothing personal, of course. It's just time to duel. -- Glaerikim--the great hot shot! LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS GLAERIK RIM was butchered by DARINHASS THE FIRST in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight. FUR-BREI was butchered by KOLAS STONEATER in a 1 minute Dark Arena duel. AULDRY was murdered by KOLAS STONEATER in a 1 minute Dark Arena melee. LOQUE narrowly defeated GLAERIKIM in a 1 minute expert's Challenge Title fight. COACH overpowered TERRILIS in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge fight. GARMON CHANG bested CHANDAR LO in a 2 minute brawl. KORBA KLEE vanquished DARSAL THE FALSE in a 1 minute mismatched fight. CHESSARA overpowered DARSAL THE FALSE in a 1 minute mismatched brawl. SPALDING assassinated RORNIS THE DARK in a 1 minute uneven melee. SAM GOODY won victory over BREIDIK in a 1 minute beginner's duel. MARY KAY overpowered CRINGING CUTPURSE in a 1 minute uneven duel. BATTLE REPORT MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS |FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT| |LUNGING ATTACK 4 PARRY-LUNGE 15 - 4 - 1 79 | |SLASHING ATTACK 3 LUNGING ATTACK 25 - 9 - 2 74 | |PARRY-LUNGE 2 SLASHING ATTACK 27 - 11 - 3 71 | |BASHING ATTACK 2 WALL OF STEEL 3 - 3 - 0 50 | |PARRY-STRIKE 1 STRIKING ATTACK 5 - 5 - 0 50 | |PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 BASHING ATTACK 8 - 8 - 0 50 | |STRIKING ATTACK 1 TOTAL PARRY 1 - 2 - 0 33 | |AIMED BLOW 0 PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 - 6 - 0 14 | |TOTAL PARRY 0 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 3 - 0 0 | |WALL OF STEEL 0 AIMED BLOW 0 - 1 - 0 0 | Turn 328 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: SLASHING ATTACK 3 - 0 AIMED BLOW 0 - 0 4 SLASHING ATTACK LUNGING ATTACK 3 - 1 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 1 3 LUNGING ATTACK PARRY-LUNGE 1 - 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 1 2 PARRY-LUNGE BASHING ATTACK 1 - 1 STRIKING ATTACK 0 - 1 1 BASHING ATTACK TOTAL PARRY 0 - 0 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE WALL OF STEEL 0 - 0 TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME LUNGING ATTACK LOQUE 3953 12 1 0 111 FACING WORLDS (495) PARRY-LUNGE GLAERIKIM 3515 16 6 1 96 GURTARG'S AXES (447) SLASHING ATTACK CHESSARA 3983 12 9 0 66 SAND DANCERS (251) Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above. The overall popularity leader is GLAERIKIM 3515. The most popular warrior this turn was LOQUE 3953. The ten other most popular fighters were GARMON CHANG 3979, CHESSARA 3983, GLAERIKIM 3515, COACH 4008, KORBA KLEE 3963, SPALDING 4004, SAM GOODY 4009, BREIDIK 4043, MARY KAY 4019, and GLAERIK RIM 4039. The least popular fighter this week was TERRILIS 4021. The other ten least popular fighters were AULDRY 4041, FUR-BREI 4040, GLAERIK RIM 4039, MARY KAY 4019, BREIDIK 4043, SAM GOODY 4009, SPALDING 4004, KORBA KLEE 3963, COACH 4008, and GLAERIKIM 3515. MAIL-IN TOURNEY XL PRIMUS TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME SHARP 2739 (105-51-0) 10 3 0 CORPS ELIGIBLES TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME MAX FACTOR 3690 (37-9-0) 3 3 0 CORPS PATIENCE 1734 (63-44-0) 2 3 0 NO SURRENDER ADM TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME BLISS 2940 (42-30-0) 4 3 0 BLADE ZEN RETRIBUTION 2982 (25-14-1) 2 3 0 BROTHERHOOD CHALLENGERS TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME THE TICK 3788 (10-8-0) 7 3 0 FORCE OF FIVE NOVICES 3334 (8-9-1) 5 3 0 TC'S ARE US ADALIUS 3513 (14-9-1) 0 2 0 GURTARG'S AXES CHAMPIONS TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME AULDRYMBREI 3264 (15-4-0) 2 3 0 GURTARG'S AXES GLAERIKIM 3515 (14-5-0) 1 3 0 GURTARG'S AXES ADEPTS TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME LOQUE 3953 (10-1-0) 8 3 0 FACING WORLDS DEEP FLESH WOUND 3723 (4-3-0) 4 3 0 LUROCIANS XI APPRENTICES TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME SPALDING 4004 (1-0-0) 0 2 0 CORPS ROOKIES TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME CEILING 2900 (0-0-0) 2 1 0 DEAD IN MY ROOM GUCCI 4007 (0-0-0) 2 3 0 CORPS DEAD CHALLENGERS TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME LORD VOLDEMORT 3499 (15-13-1) 3 3 1 SLYTHERIN HOUSE DEAD ADEPTS TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME TALISMAN 3135 (0-1-0) 1 3 0 JOURNEYMEN DEAD INITIATES TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME BOEING 2797 (5-2-0) 0 2 0 CORPS MATCHES + GASCAN 3494 (2-2-1) 0 2 0 WATCH THIS! DEAD APPRENTICES TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME COACH 3977 (0-0-0) 1 3 0 CORPS YAHOO! 2815 (0-2-0) 0 2 0 CORPS