DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 05/23/2013    Duedate: 06/05/2013

JADE MOUNTAIN ARENA

DM-75    TURN-503

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

XAVIER
RUNEBLADES (194)
(75-2071) [14-5-2,138]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

XAVIER                         POSITION IS EMPTY
RUNEBLADES (194)               
(75-2071) [14-5-2,138]         

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

WINTER ROSE                    ANGEL
SAND DANCERS (67)              RUNEBLADES (194)
(75-3467) [15-17-0,62]         (75-2193) [4-12-0,33]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

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          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. RUNEBLADES (194)            40
2. CRITICALS (13)              15      DARKSTALKER2 (280)
3. SAND DANCERS (67)           15      Unchartered Team
4. DARKSTALKER2 (280)          11
5. FALSE OVERTURES (185)        8       (-1)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1- 1*THE VENETIAN V (312)       1   0  0  100   1/ 2 FALSE OVERTURES (185)    10  5 1
 2/ 2 DARKSTALKER2 (280)        10   1  0 90.9   2/ 1 RUNEBLADES (194)         10  5 1
 3- 3 EL CAMINO:DOS (307)       31  17  1 64.6   3/ 3 CRITICALS (13)            4  3 0
 4/ 4 ZOMBIE SQUAD (299)        81  47  1 63.3   4/ 5 DARKSTALKER2 (280)        3  0 0
 5/ 5 CRITICALS (13)            71  52  4 57.7   5- 6 EL CAMINO:DOS (307)       3  1 0
 6/ 6 RUNEBLADES (194)          45  49  3 47.9   6/ 4 SAND DANCERS (67)         3 12 0
 7/ 7 FALSE OVERTURES (185)    109 132  8 45.2   7/ 8 ZOMBIE SQUAD (299)        2  6 0
 8/ 8 SAND DANCERS (67)        %1000 %1413 27 41.4   8- 7*THE VENETIAN V (312)      1  0 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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                        ---===FREE BLADES REGIONAL NEWS===---

                                     Duelmasters
                                     -----------
 DM   9 ZUKAL (turn 722): ARDSHEAL of RED FURY (Stillgard, mgr.)
 DM  12 RIZTAB (turn 724): AESARA of DREAMERS (Sleepy, mgr.)
 DM  13 DULLENS (turn 679): TOXIC SLUDGE of MMM BEER! (Khisanth, mgr.)
 DM  15 MALCORN (turn 718): AXEL of CRUCIAL TAUNT (Daikkan, mgr.)
 DM  16 WILLAF (turn 720): MISDIAGNOSIS of BASH BROS. DOCTOR (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr)
 DM  17 ALJAFIR (turn 712): MORRIS ORMRAN of MIDDLE WAY (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  19 ZUWAYZA (turn 713): DOTTLE of VISIONS V2 (Tolbin, mgr.)
 DM  28 MORYA (turn 358): THE INFLUENCER of LORD OF DISCIPLINE (Longshot, mgr.)
 DM  29 LAPUR (turn 710): HOPE of THE TAKEN (Stillgard, mgr.)
 DM  31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 356): WAKIZASHI of AVENGERS (Huckle Cat?, mgr.)
 DM  32 ARVAT (turn 706): MUFFY STOFELES of DEVIL ADVOCATES (The Dark One, mgr.)
 DM  33 NIATOLI ISLAND (turn 703): FISHWIFE of SEA DOGS (One Armed Bandit, mgr.)
 DM  35 MURSKA (turn 695): SAVAGE BEATING of HAPPY FUN TIME (Floyd, mgr.)
 DM  43 VEASTIAN (turn 654): BAIN of ORDER (Otto X, mgr.)
 DM  45 STORMCROWE (turn 334): ROSELYN of DARQUE FORCES (Master Darque, mgr.)
 DM  47 NORTH FORK (turn 328): FRASIER of CHEERS (Otis, mgr.)
 DM  50 SNOWBOUND (turn 315): 4-H of LIFE IMPACTS (Smitty, mgr.)
 DM  56 ROCANIS (turn 585): KASPAR of MEN OF STEEL (Howlin' Wolf, mgr.)
 DM  60 ARADI (turn 570): CHOPPED RABBIT of UNNAMEABLES (Howlin' Wolf, mgr.)
 DM  61 JURINE (turn 552): RACK OF LAB of CANINE CUISINE (Chuck, mgr.)
 DM  65 DAL SHANG (turn 547): THE BLUE PILL of THE MOTHERSHIP CE (Floyd, mgr.)
 DM  73 ERINIKA (turn 263): FRISBEE of FOUND IN THE SAND (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.)
 DM  74 DAYLA KIV (turn 508): GEORGE PETERSON of MEDAL OF HONOR (The Anarchist, mgr.)
 DM  75 JADE MOUNTAIN (turn 502): STREGOICA of DARKSTALKER2 (Hombre, mgr.)
 DM  78 LIN TIRIAN (turn 494): URIK DARKHEART of SAND DANCERS (Jorja, mgr.)
ADM 103 FREE BLADES (turn 611): NOREASTER of DIRT DEVILS (The Dark One, mgr.)

                                      Top Teams
                                      ---------
 DM   9 ZUKAL (turn 722): RED FURY (Stillgard, mgr.)
 DM  12 RIZTAB (turn 724): DREAMERS (Sleepy, mgr.)
 DM  13 DULLENS (turn 679): ARCANE ROYALTY (Destitute Noble, mgr.)
 DM  15 MALCORN (turn 718): CRUCIAL TAUNT (Daikkan, mgr.)
 DM  16 WILLAF (turn 720): AIMER'S INC (Tolbin, mgr.)
 DM  17 ALJAFIR (turn 712): YORK'S ARCADE (Tolbin, mgr.)
 DM  19 ZUWAYZA (turn 713): VISIONIS V2 (Tolbin, mgr.)
 DM  28 MORYA (turn 358): EXPENSE ACCOUNT (Finance Manager, mgr.)
 DM  29 LAPUR (turn 710): THE TAKEN (Stillgard, mgr.)
 DM  31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 356): THE STORM REAVERS (?, mgr.)
 DM  32 ARVAT (turn 706): DEVIL ADVOCATES (The Dark One, mgr.)
 DM  33 NIATOLI ISLAND (turn 703): BIG LAKE BANDITS (Den, mgr.)
 DM  35 MURSKA (turn 695): CHILDREN OF LLYR (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  43 VEASTIAN (turn 654): TOLBIN'S X-MEN (Tolbin, mgr.)
 DM  45 STORMCROWE (turn 334): DARQUE FORCES (Master Darque, mgr.)
 DM  47 NORTH FORK (turn 328): CHEERS (Otis, mgr.)
 DM  50 SNOWBOUND (turn 315): LIFE IMAPACTS (Smitty, mgr.)
 DM  56 ROCANIS (turn 585): MEN OF STEEL (Howlin' Wolf, mgr.)
 DM  60 ARADI (turn 570): RED DOG GANG (Spot, mgr.)
 DM  61 JURINE (turn 552): MIDDLE WAY 16 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  65 DAL SHANG (turn 547): SAND DANCERS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  73 ERINIKA (turn 263): THE FLYING FISH (?, mgr.)
 DM  74 DAYLA KIV (turn 508): MEDAL OF HONOR (The Anarchist, mgr.)
 DM  75 JADE MOUNTAIN (turn 502): RUNEBLADES (Stillgard, mgr.)
 DM  78 LIN TIRIAN (turn 494): SHEWISH BUFFET (One Armed Bandit, mgr.)
ADM 103 FREE BLADES (turn 611): COFFEE WARS et al (The Dark One, mgr.)

                                   Recent Graduates
                                  -----------------
 DM   9 ZUKAL (turn 722): ARDSHEAL of RED FURY (Stillgard, mgr.)
 DM  15 MALCORN (turn 717): MORGUE of TERMINUS (Carick, mgr.)
 DM  16 WILLAF (turn 719): TWILO TALON of TALON'S TERRORS (Floyd, mgr.)
 DM  28 MORYA (turn 358): THE INFLUENCER of LORD OF DISCIPLINE (Longshot, mgr.)
 DM  29 LAPUR (turn 710): HOPE of THE TAKEN (Stillgard, mgr.)
                          BUZZARD of THE TAKEN (Stillgard, mgr.)
 DM  31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 356): WAKIZASHI of AVENGERS (Huckle Cat?, mgr.)
 DM  32 ARVAT (turn 706): SAMPSON of DEATH BY DESIGN (Bubba Ganoosh, mgr.)
              (turn 705): DEVLIN DE SEGIZE of DEVIL ADVOCATES (The Dark One, mgr.)
 DM  33 NIATOLI ISLAND (turn 703): FISHWIFE of SEA DOGS (One Armed Bandit, mgr.)
 DM  47 NORTH FORK (turn 327): BLIZZARD of FAST FOOD (Madwand, mgr.)
                               SLUGBAIT of I HATE THEM (Rillion, mgr.)
                               WRATH of OBSIDIAN ORDER (Skaven, mgr.)
 DM  56 ROCANIS (turn 585): KASPAR of MEN OF STEEL (Howlin' Wolf, mgr.)
 DM  61 JURINE (turn 551): HAN SOLO of STAR WARS (Sir Jessie Jest, mgr.)
                           GRAHAM CRACKER of SHEWISH BUFFET (One Armed Bandit, mgr.)
                           VINDA YARRO of MIDDLE WAY 16 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  65 DAL SHANG (turn 547): THE BLUE PILL of THE MOTHERSHIP CE (Floyd, mgr.)
 DM  75 JADE MOUNTAIN (turn 502): STREGOICA of DARKSTALKER2 (Hombre, mgr.)

                                      SPY REPORT

     You elder fighters surely remember me.  The younger ones may call me Olaf 
Modeen.  I return to JADE MOUNTAIN once again!  What's with KO-HAIN?  He actually 
beat ZOMBIE SQUAD's IMNOTA GOAT, and walked away with 21 more points from the fight.  
Laughs were big at SAND DANCERS while they watched KO-HAIN clobber IMNOTA GOAT.  It 
lost 15 points and got bruised from objects thrown from the stands.  ANDA was 
reminded on the sands why STREGOICA is Duelmaster.  Advice to fighters with a 1 
will--give up fighting!   
     Speaking of cowardly avoiders and unfair challenges...  How well I know the 
feeling of being the most challenged warrior, IMNOTA GOAT!  Don't make idle boasts, 
they may come back to haunt you.   
     A fighter's lot is filled with strife, revenge, and killing.  Some fighters 
don't accept this.  The best do.  Is it my imagination, or are fighters getting 
younger every day?  To die so young, so gloriously!   
     Many other cities have retirement homes for aged warriors.  Any plans here?  
JADE MOUNTAIN is a nice place to live, but I don't like to live in nice places.  I 
don't want to overstay my welcome...-- Olaf Modeen  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 XAVIER 2071                  14   5  2   138       RUNEBLADES (194)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 LING 2082                    21  10  1   120       FALSE OVERTURES (185)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 ANDA 2171                    10   7  0    89       FALSE OVERTURES (185)
 TEASER II 2201                8   5  1    88       FALSE OVERTURES (185)
 KOGAN DJIAN 3476             20  11  0    83       SAND DANCERS (67)
-BANDIDOS GUAPO 3480           9   3  0    78       EL CAMINO:DOS (307)
-SECURE DEFENS 490             3   3  0    74       CRITICALS (13)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 RAGE 2204                    10   3  0    66       RUNEBLADES (194)
 WINTER ROSE 3467             15  17  0    62       SAND DANCERS (67)
 LOCUTUS 2067                 12   7  0    60       RUNEBLADES (194)
 NAREEN 2144                  11  11  1    57       FALSE OVERTURES (185)
-ATERRADO INCREDIBLE 3483      6   4  0    57       EL CAMINO:DOS (307)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 STARR 2203                    7   5  0    56       FALSE OVERTURES (185)
 DEADLY FORCE 3513             6   2  0    52       CRITICALS (13)
 KO-HAIN 3514                  6   6  0    52       SAND DANCERS (67)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 CLAWS OF NIGHT 3496          14   9  0    51       SAND DANCERS (67)
 MAORI 3523                    4   2  0    50       RUNEBLADES (194)
 IRON HANDED 3508              6   7  1    44       CRITICALS (13)
 GARCIA 3460                   4   3  0    39       ZOMBIE SQUAD (299)
 IMNOTA GOAT 3449              5   2  0    37       ZOMBIE SQUAD (299)
-DESTRUCTIVE ENERGY 3509       3   2  0    34       CRITICALS (13)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 ANGEL 2193                    4  12  0    33       RUNEBLADES (194)
 JADE LOTUS 3511               8   7  0    31       SAND DANCERS (67)
-FEUNTE 3489                   8   2  0    30       EL CAMINO:DOS (307)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 MERL 3525                     1   1  0    16       ZOMBIE SQUAD (299)
-UNTAMED BERZERKER 3512        1   2  0    15       CRITICALS (13)
-OSSO BUCO 3524                1   0  0     9       THE VENETIAN V (312)

'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
TRES 3481               7  3 1 EL CAMINO:DOS 307    XAVIER 2071           502   
BYE 3537                0  1 0 ZOMBIE SQUAD 299     STORMFALL             503  NONE

                                     PERSONAL ADS

All -- Still waiting for my turn!  It's Wednesday so will be sending this in blind.
Grr. -- Stillgard

Our congratulations to Stregoica. -- Jorja and the Sand Dancers

Anda -- Surprise is always good.  It's like a little pepper in your beans. -- Winter
Rose

Maori -- "Moko is your identity"?  Does that mean you real name is... Moko Maori or
something? -- Ko-Hain

Well, darn.  One-four, with Ko-Hain getting the only win--over a STANDBY.  How
embarrassing. -- the rest of the Sand Dancers

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

BYE was butchered by STORMFALL in a 1 minute bloody Dark Arena fight.
STREGOICA vanquished ANDA in a 1 minute uneven battle.
XAVIER demolished KOGAN DJIAN in a 1 minute uneven Title fight.
LING bested JADE MASTER in a popular 3 minute brutal one-sided contest.
TEASER II devastated WINTER ROSE in a 1 minute uneven brawl.
LOCUTUS defeated IRON HANDED in a exciting 1 minute struggle.
NAREEN unbelievably bested ANGEL in a popular 4 minute gruesome competition.
DEADLY FORCE vanquished BAHNING THE LAWYER in a 2 minute gruesome uneven duel.
CLAWS OF NIGHT was overpowered by RAGE in a popular 1 minute gory uneven duel.
STARR overpowered JADE LOTUS in a 1 minute one-sided melee.
MAORI defeated GARCIA in a exciting 1 minute match.
IMNOTA GOAT was viciously subdued by KO-HAIN in a crowd pleasing 3 minute conflict.
MERL demolished SAI-KI THE PEGLEG in a 1 minute one-sided brawl.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|STRIKING ATTACK                  5         PARRY-LUNGE        6 -   2 -  0      75  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  4         SLASHING ATTACK   15 -   7 -  1      68  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      3         TOTAL PARRY       11 -   6 -  1      65  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   3         LUNGING ATTACK     7 -   4 -  0      64  |
|AIMED BLOW                       2         WALL OF STEEL      8 -   6 -  0      57  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   2         AIMED BLOW        17 -  13 -  1      57  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      1         STRIKING ATTACK   22 -  19 -  0      54  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    1         BASHING ATTACK    11 -  22 -  0      33  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    1         PARRY-RIPOSTE      3 -   7 -  0      30  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     0         PARRY-STRIKE       0 -   0 -  0       0  |

Turn 503 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        1 -  0     STRIKING ATTACK    2 -  3         3  TOTAL PARRY    
SLASHING ATTACK    4 -  0     BASHING ATTACK     1 -  2         3  STRIKING ATTACK
TOTAL PARRY        2 -  1     PARRY-STRIKE       0 -  0         2  SLASHING ATTACK
AIMED BLOW         1 -  1     PARRY-RIPOSTE      0 -  1         1  BASHING ATTACK 
LUNGING ATTACK     1 -  1     WALL OF STEEL      0 -  1         1  AIMED BLOW     
                                                                1  LUNGING ATTACK 

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
SLASHING ATTACK  XAVIER 2071                14   5  2  138 RUNEBLADES (194)
TOTAL PARRY      LING 2082                  21  10  1  120 FALSE OVERTURES (185)
STRIKING ATTACK  ANDA 2171                  10   7  0   89 FALSE OVERTURES (185)
BASHING ATTACK   KOGAN DJIAN 3476           20  11  0   83 SAND DANCERS (67)
LUNGING ATTACK   LOCUTUS 2067               12   7  0   60 RUNEBLADES (194)
AIMED BLOW       STARR 2203                  7   5  0   56 FALSE OVERTURES (185)
PARRY-LUNGE      DEADLY FORCE 3513           6   2  0   52 CRITICALS (13)
PARRY-RIPOSTE    CLAWS OF NIGHT 3496        14   9  0   51 SAND DANCERS (67)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is WINTER ROSE 3467.  The most popular warrior this 
turn was ANGEL 2193.  The ten other most popular fighters were KO-HAIN 3514, LING 
2082, RAGE 2204, XAVIER 2071, LOCUTUS 2067, NAREEN 2144, DEADLY FORCE 3513, STARR 
2203, TEASER II 2201, and MAORI 3523.

The least popular fighter this week was IMNOTA GOAT 3449.  The other ten least 
popular fighters were JADE LOTUS 3511, CLAWS OF NIGHT 3496, WINTER ROSE 3467, KOGAN 
DJIAN 3476, ANDA 2171, BYE 3537, IRON HANDED 3508, MERL 3525, GARCIA 3460, and MAORI 
3523.

The following warriors have traveled to AD after fighting this turn:

STREGOICA (75-3203) DARKSTALKER2 (280)