DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER
Date : 05/05/2005 Duedate: 05/18/2005
JADE MOUNTAIN ARENA
DM-75 TURN-309
This Weeks Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
SAMARIUM
I AM SAM (267)
(75-3071) [11-3-1,132]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
SAMARIUM SUN WEI LO
I AM SAM (267) DRAGONS KEEP (260)
(75-3071) [11-3-1,132] (75-2816) [6-2-0,60]
Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite
ARIA JOHN MICHAEL
DARK TOADS (240) DARK TOADS (240)
(75-3012) [23-22-1,98] (75-3132) [17-4-0,107]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
DARK TOADS (240)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. DARK TOADS (240) 26
2. SAND DANCERS (67) 21 I AM SAM (267)
3. I AM SAM (267) 16 Unchartered Team
4. DRAGONS KEEP (260) 12
5. HOGWARTS EXPRESS (275) -4 DRAGONS KEEP (260)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1/ 1 I AM SAM (267) 38 17 2 69.1 1/ 1 DARK TOADS (240) 14 1 0
2/ 3 DARK TOADS (240) 296 161 6 64.8 2/ 2*DRAGONS KEEP (260) 7 4 0
3/ 2*DRAGONS KEEP (260) 20 12 1 62.5 3/ 4*HOGWARTS EXPRESS (275) 5 1 0
4/ 4*HOGWARTS EXPRESS (275) 20 16 1 55.6 4/ 3 I AM SAM (267) 4 4 1
5/ 5 SAND DANCERS (67) 574 941 16 37.9 5/ 5 SAND DANCERS (67) 4 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
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*--=== LIRITH KAI REGIONAL NEWS ===--*
Duelmasters
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DM 65 DAL SHANG (turn 340): DIAMOND ICEBLADE of BLOOD WIZARDS (?, mgr.)
DM 74 CHAVEZ RAVINE (turn 312): RAGING PYROTHAG of GEMSTONE CREATIONS (Tripwire)
DM 75 JADE MOUNTAIN (turn 308): SAMARIUM of I AM SAM (The Sandman, mgr.)
DM 78 LIN TIRIAN (turn 295): TERMINOTTER III of WILD KINGDOM (The Dark One, mgr.)
ADM 107 LIRIN KIV (turn 272): KHORA THE SMALL of SAND DANCERS from LIN TIRIAN
(Rebina, mgr.)
Top Teams
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DM 65 DAL SHANG (turn 340): UNDERGROUND KINGS (Shaitan, mgr.)
DM 74 CHAVEZ RAVINE (turn 312): STONED (The Dark One, mgr.)
DM 75 JADE MOUNTAIN (turn 308): DARK TOADS (TigToad, mgr.)
DM 78 LIN TIRIAN (turn 295): HUNTERS (?, mgr.)
ADM 107 LIRIN KIV (turn 272): THAT'S US, etc. (Zalgor Prigg, mgr.)
Recent Graduates
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DM 65 DAL SHANG (turn 340): DIAMOND ICEBLADE of BLOOD WIZARDS (?, mgr.)
DUELMASTER'S COLUMN
Notes from the arena champ.
I would like to take a moment to apologize to the Sand Dancers. Please accept my
deepest apologies for the death of Woody. When we fought, I was using a KD of 5 and
was aiming for his arm. I did not intend for him to die.
My intent was to stay on the throne long enough to graduate. I am the first warrior
of my style that has ever TV'd for my manager and he actually wants me to run in
advanced.
Again, please accept my most humble apologies. It was not my intent to kill him.
Samarium
SPY REPORT
Well, what are you looking at, JADE MOUNTAIN? Ain't you never seen Snide
Clemens before? Ah, shaddup and listen to my news. Of course, we're all terribly
impressed to see ARNAL REDAXE win a fight and gain 15 points, terribly. Tsk, tsk,
ARNAL REDAXE beat WORMTAIL and WORMTAIL lost 15 points. You're breakin' my heart.
SAMARIUM TV challenged TABATAN for JADE MOUNTAIN's Title this turn, and guess what
happened? And if variety is the spice of life, JADE MOUNTAIN may be getting bland,
as SAMARIUM stays top dog in the city. I'm not in a very good mood today, but why am
I telling you this? You want to know what's new, don't you, JADE MOUNTAIN?
Well, let's take a look at some more misdeeds of you miserable sword-boys.
HOGWARTS EXPRESS, I suppose you'll be glad to know you were this turn's most avoided
team. Care to know who is the most afraid of you? And who led the way in this mass
act of cowardice? Let's see, well, whatcha know? It was DRAGONS KEEP. Ha ha ha ha!
Ooh, I'm frightfully impressed, VOLTO LEENI was this turn's most challenged warrior.
Watch that ego swell, sports fans. Now here's guts and stupidity all rolled into
one, SAMOSET challenged up 33 to take on JOHN MICHAEL of DARK TOADS. And sure,
SAMOSET lost alright, but gained 5 recognition for his pains. And pains they may
indeed be!
Death and Taxes. The less death I see, the more it taxes my patience. Let's
see if anyone's dead or dying. We're all going to die in the end, so why worry if
the fate catches up with you sooner that later?
I was about to buy a new quill pen the other day, but some fighter took it for
an epee. Forgive me for writing with a dagger. Just wait 'till next time I show up
here, I won't be so nice! So nyaaah! Paste this one in your scrapbooks, you'll need
the kindling come this winter-- Snide Clemens
DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
SAMARIUM 3071 11 3 1 132 I AM SAM (267)
CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
MOCKINGBIRD 3073 18 12 0 122 DARK TOADS (240)
ANNE 3101 16 7 0 115 DARK TOADS (240)
-SAMICH 3046 6 0 1 115 I AM SAM (267)
JOHN MICHAEL 3132 17 4 0 107 DARK TOADS (240)
ARIA 3012 23 22 1 98 DARK TOADS (240)
SPIKE 3154 12 2 0 94 DARK TOADS (240)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
TABATAN 3040 20 19 0 88 SAND DANCERS (67)
SAMOSET 3043 7 3 0 77 I AM SAM (267)
CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
VOLTO LEENI 3038 11 30 0 63 SAND DANCERS (67)
SUN WEI LO 2816 6 2 0 60 DRAGONS KEEP (260)
-XIAOLING LI 2817 6 1 0 58 DRAGONS KEEP (260)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
TREENVA TARAL 3072 5 26 0 50 SAND DANCERS (67)
PRONGS 3139 4 4 0 50 HOGWARTS EXPRESS (275)
-SIRIUS BLACK 3141 4 3 1 48 HOGWARTS EXPRESS (275)
-PADFOOT 3142 5 1 0 47 HOGWARTS EXPRESS (275)
ARNAL REDAXE 3136 4 17 0 41 SAND DANCERS (67)
-SNAPE 3138 4 3 0 36 HOGWARTS EXPRESS (275)
-PING HUI 2813 4 0 0 34 DRAGONS KEEP (260)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
MATSUMOTO 2815 4 3 1 27 DRAGONS KEEP (260)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
WORMTAIL 3140 3 5 0 20 HOGWARTS EXPRESS (275)
-SAMURAI 3119 1 0 0 13 I AM SAM (267)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
DING DONG 3177 0 1 0 DRAGONS KEEP 260 CHAO-SO TALLTREE 21 309 NONE
WOODY 2503 12 91 0 SAND DANCERS 67 SAMARIUM 3071 308
PERSONAL ADS
It is sometimes surprising to see such a veteran perish despite their experience.
May Woody continue in that arena of the sky. -- Chi'en Huan Li
Volto -- Trying to change the tune of my name? Sheesh, another smart alec. -- Sun
Wei Lo
Treenva -- Admit it, you aim for the head. The better to be tall I think. --
Matsumoto
Arnal -- I am not a cat. -- Ping Hui (Supposedly, formerly, Aya, waiting for her name
to be changed already!)
You have all had your chance to voice your opinions. With the exception of Sand
Dancers, you are all apparently pathetically inept in the skill of socialization. --
Chi'en, Mgr. Dragons Keep
Samarium -- I've been ROBBED! Everybody told me, "One hundred fights and you're
immortal, Woody," and I BELIEVED them. I hung on for the full hundred, and that
isn't EASY, you know. One hundred fights, and no Invite. One hundred and one. One
hundred and two. Still the Commission IGNORES me. One hundred and THREE fights, and
I get KILLED? I've been ROBBED! I PROTEST! I WILL NEVER REST UNTIL THE COMMISSION
APOLOGIZES MOST HUMBLY AND EATS WORMS FOR THIS GROSS OFFENSE! -- Ghost of Woody
P.S. So, everybody, don't count on that "automatic graduation," because it's a MYTH.
If you don't have fourteen wins, you will NEVER get out alive.
Samoset -- I admit, I enjoyed that fight. Sure, I would've liked to get all those
skills TOO, but the win will do. The win is FINE. I like it. I hope it happens
like that again and again. -- Tabatan
P.S. At least I have the wins to graduate, if I ever get the political points. Poor
Woody. He put such faith in the "one hundred fights" deal. Which just goes to show,
never trust the Commission, they're just another ineffable bureaucracy.
Xiaoling Li -- I hear you're leaving. Some kind of tourney or something. Good! I
hate you. -- Volto Leeni, not happy to have lost again, especially if it keeps him
from racking up fourteen wins, just in case
Sun Wei Lo -- Listen, if you didn't like the skills I was teaching you, you could
have just SAID so. There was no need to rip my face off, and every reason not to.
[Damn, there's a mouse. Hang on while I hiss at it.] Do you know how much face-glue
costs? It will take ALL my discretionary cash for the next MONTH to get that fixed.
-- Treenva Taral
Aya Kuwabara -- It says here you're a cat. So come over to our guildhouse and de-
mouse it, okay? -- Arnal Redaxe
Sun Wei Lo -- You can't have supposed that nobody would NOTICE your name. -- Treenva
20 April 2005
I have returned after a five-year absence. I expect all tithes, gifts and bequeaths
to resume as normal. -- Magic Man
4 May 2005
Several questions have been asked about Slaughter's Challenge that I'd like to
address and clarify.
1) All Prizes must be used on the contest team, this includes the resurrection.
Remember any fast arena team should be able to transfer to a slow arena
(except for arena 82, I believe).
2) Warriors will be allowed to fight and run in the dead tourney, should there
be one, and return if an opening can be made without breaking the rules
(i.e. only one DA fight allowed per team).
3) If you win your single DA match you do not get another. It's one use of the
Dark Arena win or lose so if you want him/her/it dead be sure and throw the
match!
4) The resurrection potion's longevity has been extended by the commission to 6
months but the other potions (favorites, and +1 bonus) must still be used
within 2 turns and on a 5 FE or higher warrior. The resurrection can go on
any warrior regardless of FE.
Street Legal
P.S. My thanks to those already entered (Hammer, The Consortium, Tripwire, Stik, and
Shaman) and hope many more find a reason to come to arena 54. Again, my email is
triumph1971@hotmail.com or you can diplo me in arena 14 at THE DEATH SQUAD (63) if
you need more info!
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
DING DONG was barely slain by CHAO-SO TALLTREE in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
SAMARIUM demolished TABATAN in a 1 minute gory one-sided Challenge Title melee.
SAMOSET lost to JOHN MICHAEL in a crowd pleasing 1 minute Challenge brawl.
MATSUMOTO was overpowered by TREENVA TARAL in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge fight.
SUN WEI LO won victory over VOLTO LEENI in a 1 minute Challenge fight.
MOCKINGBIRD devastated LADY SCORN in a 2 minute mismatched match.
ANNE handily defeated JADE MASTER in a 2 minute gruesome uneven fight.
SPIKE vanquished TO-FU BACKSTABBER in a popular 1 minute uneven duel.
ARIA vanquished LADY SCORN in a popular 1 minute brutal one-sided duel.
PRONGS overcame SHIZARAN BLACKHEART in a 1 minute bout.
WORMTAIL was overpowered by ARNAL REDAXE in a 1 minute one-sided match.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|LUNGING ATTACK 4 STRIKING ATTACK 21 - 2 - 0 91 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 3 TOTAL PARRY 11 - 2 - 0 85 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 2 SLASHING ATTACK 11 - 5 - 0 69 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 2 PARRY-LUNGE 12 - 7 - 1 63 |
|WALL OF STEEL 2 LUNGING ATTACK 23 - 17 - 0 58 |
|STRIKING ATTACK 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE 7 - 10 - 0 41 |
|TOTAL PARRY 1 AIMED BLOW 1 - 2 - 0 33 |
|BASHING ATTACK 1 WALL OF STEEL 6 - 17 - 0 26 |
|AIMED BLOW 0 BASHING ATTACK 3 - 9 - 0 25 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 0 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 0 - 0 0 |
Turn 309 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-LUNGE 2 - 0 SLASHING ATTACK 1 - 2 2 PARRY-LUNGE
PARRY-RIPOSTE 2 - 0 LUNGING ATTACK 1 - 3 2 STRIKING ATTACK
STRIKING ATTACK 1 - 0 AIMED BLOW 0 - 0 2 LUNGING ATTACK
TOTAL PARRY 1 - 0 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 0 1 TOTAL PARRY
WALL OF STEEL 2 - 0 BASHING ATTACK 0 - 1 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE
1 SLASHING ATTACK
1 BASHING ATTACK
1 WALL OF STEEL
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
PARRY-LUNGE SAMARIUM 3071 11 3 1 132 I AM SAM (267)
TOTAL PARRY MOCKINGBIRD 3073 18 12 0 122 DARK TOADS (240)
PARRY-RIPOSTE ANNE 3101 16 7 0 115 DARK TOADS (240)
STRIKING ATTACK JOHN MICHAEL 3132 17 4 0 107 DARK TOADS (240)
SLASHING ATTACK SPIKE 3154 12 2 0 94 DARK TOADS (240)
BASHING ATTACK TABATAN 3040 20 19 0 88 SAND DANCERS (67)
LUNGING ATTACK SAMOSET 3043 7 3 0 77 I AM SAM (267)
WALL OF STEEL SUN WEI LO 2816 6 2 0 60 DRAGONS KEEP (260)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
The overall popularity leader is ARIA 3012. The most popular warrior this turn was
JOHN MICHAEL 3132. The ten other most popular fighters were ARIA 3012, TREENVA TARAL
3072, SPIKE 3154, DING DONG 3177, SAMARIUM 3071, MOCKINGBIRD 3073, ANNE 3101, SUN WEI
LO 2816, PRONGS 3139, and ARNAL REDAXE 3136.
The least popular fighter this week was WORMTAIL 3140. The other ten least popular
fighters were TABATAN 3040, VOLTO LEENI 3038, MATSUMOTO 2815, SAMOSET 3043, ARNAL
REDAXE 3136, PRONGS 3139, SUN WEI LO 2816, ANNE 3101, MOCKINGBIRD 3073, and SAMARIUM
3071.
The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn:
ARIA (75-3012) DARK TOADS (240)