DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER
Date : 05/04/2017 Duedate: 05/17/2017
JADE MOUNTAIN ARENA
DM-75 TURN-603
This Weeks Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
BLACK ICE
SWORD FOR HIRE (124)
(75-3726) [12-7-0,102]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
BLACK ICE POSITION IS EMPTY
SWORD FOR HIRE (124)
(75-3726) [12-7-0,102]
Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite
RUMBLER COLD STEEL
SAND DANCERS (67) CRITICALS (13)
(75-3693) [15-18-0,63] (75-3762) [0-3-0,5]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
SWORD FOR HIRE (124)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. SWORD FOR HIRE (124) 50
2. CRITICALS (13) 6 CRITICALS (13)
3. U IS FOR UNGULATE (331) 0 Unchartered Team
4. SAND DANCERS (67) -11
RED AS BLOOD (91)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1/ 1 CRITICALS (13) 244 147 22 62.4 1/ 1 SWORD FOR HIRE (124) 12 3 0
2/ 2 SWORD FOR HIRE (124) 183 122 6 60.0 2/ 2 SAND DANCERS (67) 6 9 0
3- 3*U IS FOR UNGULATE (331) 12 9 1 57.1 3/ 3 CRITICALS (13) 3 5 0
4/ 4 SAND DANCERS (67) %1212 %1686 36 41.8 4- 4*U IS FOR UNGULATE (331) 0 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
Hail and well met warriors of JADE MOUNTAIN! Know me for who I am, Zontani
Sharp Eyes, Spymaster extraordinaire of all Alastari. JADE GHOST caught the eye of
many in the gladiatorial commission as he skillfully bested RUMBLER and was awarded
22 points in recognition. In one of the week's more notable duels, JADE GHOST put
down RUMBLER, causing him to lose 19 points of recognition in the process. This time
victory fell to the grasp of the usurper. All hail BLACK ICE, Duelmaster of JADE
MOUNTAIN! No confirmation, but my sources claim that the top team has gained their
position using magical aids. Charmed weapons perhaps?
I have been in deep conclave with my spies who watched all that has recently
transpired. Indeed there is much I would report. My inside sources tell me that the
team to beat in JADE MOUNTAIN these days is CRITICALS. At least, most blades in town
are looking to avoid them. Apparently the stalwarts of SWORD FOR HIRE are catching
the bulk of jests down at the challenging board for their large share of the avoids.
Is not Death a warrior's foremost adviser? Warriors, may this counselor stand
ready at your right hand forever! Dark alleys may hide both secrets and assassins.
In the arena there is only the brightness of steel. Keep vigil always!
A thought before I go. Each warrior practices one style, but must not the wise
manager learn the secrets of them all? Sadly warriors, now longer can I keep thy
company nor savor the ale of thy fine city. Depart I must and soon! Till next we
meet remember: a fool flies into a rage quickly and often. The wise are angered by
the same thing only once. Zontani Sharp Eyes
DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
BLACK ICE 3726 12 7 0 102 SWORD FOR HIRE (124)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
BARRELS 3683 24 16 1 89 CRITICALS (13)
JADE GHOST 3760 5 1 0 83 SWORD FOR HIRE (124)
-FULL FORCE 3714 6 1 0 75 CRITICALS (13)
-SECURE DEFENS 490 3 3 0 74 CRITICALS (13)
CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
RUMBLER 3693 15 18 0 63 SAND DANCERS (67)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
LADY CHAO 3736 11 9 0 49 SAND DANCERS (67)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
HAN KI 3746 7 11 1 33 SAND DANCERS (67)
HOTDOG 3755 6 6 0 26 SAND DANCERS (67)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
RENAISSANCE 3764 4 1 0 21 SWORD FOR HIRE (124)
ULTIMATUM 3768 3 0 0 19 SWORD FOR HIRE (124)
GLEAMING BLADE 3761 1 0 0 15 CRITICALS (13)
CURSED SCROLL 3765 2 2 0 13 SWORD FOR HIRE (124)
-TOM TAPIR 3730 2 2 0 12 U IS FOR UNGULATE (331)
-LEWELLYN LLAMA 3731 2 2 1 10 U IS FOR UNGULATE (331)
-OPRAH OKAPI 3728 2 1 0 7 U IS FOR UNGULATE (331)
COLD STEEL 3762 0 3 0 5 CRITICALS (13)
HAI TAI 3769 0 1 0 1 SAND DANCERS (67)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
PERSONAL ADS
Lady Chao -- Am I pretty? -- Jade Ghost
Rumbler -- You ever have one of those days where you felt like you should've stayed in
bed? Me, too. -- Black Ice
Cold Steel -- What is your Will, 75? -- Ultimatum
HotDog -- They Shoot Horses, Don't They? -- Renaissance
Lightfinger Lu -- Hopefully, the beating taught you never to steal again. -- Cursed
Scroll
Jade Ghost -- Not ghostly enough. -- Lady Chao
Barrels -- Bah. -- Chi Ho
Black Ice -- Aha! -- Rumbler
Renaissance -- That's outrageous! -- Hotdog
And a standby, with my thanks. -- Han Ki
Angus -- TOTALLY understood. -- Jorja
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
BARRELS was devastated by BLACK ICE in a 5 minute mismatched Title fight.
RUMBLER was handily defeated by JADE GHOST in a 1 minute one-sided match.
HAN KI was devastated by SHIZARAN BLACKHEART in a 1 minute one-sided contest.
LADY CHAO overpowered RENAISSANCE in a 2 minute mismatched match.
HOTDOG unbelievably bested CURSED SCROLL in a 2 minute veteran vs. amateur duel.
COLD STEEL was luckily beaten by ULTIMATUM in a popular 8 minute amateur's brawl.
GLEAMING BLADE vanquished HAI TAI in a crowd boring 4 minute uneven duel.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|TOTAL PARRY 5 TOTAL PARRY 24 - 12 - 0 67 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 2 SLASHING ATTACK 4 - 2 - 1 67 |
|BASHING ATTACK 2 AIMED BLOW 12 - 8 - 0 60 |
|LUNGING ATTACK 2 PARRY-RIPOSTE 11 - 8 - 0 58 |
|AIMED BLOW 1 STRIKING ATTACK 9 - 10 - 0 47 |
|STRIKING ATTACK 1 WALL OF STEEL 4 - 5 - 1 44 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 0 BASHING ATTACK 8 - 11 - 0 42 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 0 PARRY-LUNGE 1 - 2 - 0 33 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 0 LUNGING ATTACK 2 - 7 - 0 22 |
|WALL OF STEEL 0 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 1 - 0 0 |
Turn 603 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:
AIMED BLOW 1 - 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 6 TOTAL PARRY
TOTAL PARRY 3 - 2 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 0 2 PARRY-RIPOSTE
PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 - 1 LUNGING ATTACK 0 - 2 2 BASHING ATTACK
BASHING ATTACK 1 - 1 SLASHING ATTACK 0 - 0 1 AIMED BLOW
STRIKING ATTACK 0 - 1
WALL OF STEEL 0 - 0
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
PARRY-RIPOSTE BLACK ICE 3726 12 7 0 102 SWORD FOR HIRE (124)
TOTAL PARRY BARRELS 3683 24 16 1 89 CRITICALS (13)
BASHING ATTACK JADE GHOST 3760 5 1 0 83 SWORD FOR HIRE (124)
AIMED BLOW LADY CHAO 3736 11 9 0 49 SAND DANCERS (67)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
The overall popularity leader is RUMBLER 3693. The most popular warrior this turn
was COLD STEEL 3762. The ten other most popular fighters were BLACK ICE 3726, CURSED
SCROLL 3765, JADE GHOST 3760, LADY CHAO 3736, BARRELS 3683, RUMBLER 3693, HAN KI
3746, HOTDOG 3755, RENAISSANCE 3764, and GLEAMING BLADE 3761.
The least popular fighter this week was HAI TAI 3769. The other ten least popular
fighters were ULTIMATUM 3768, GLEAMING BLADE 3761, RENAISSANCE 3764, HOTDOG 3755, HAN
KI 3746, RUMBLER 3693, BARRELS 3683, LADY CHAO 3736, JADE GHOST 3760, and CURSED
SCROLL 3765.
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Armsilbar liked being Master of the Stronghold Academy, all except for one part.
He had to talk to Sheila Greywand at least once a week, usually oftener. She was
getting more erratic. More chaotic. That would be the effect of the Grey Wand. It
was a powerful chaotic artifact, and she kept it with her always. She had turned his
predecessor into a frog--or 164 frogs--and then summoned all the members of the
Academy to a frog-leg dinner. That had been, ah, bad. Yes, very bad.
But here he was entering her chambers. With, well, it couldn't be called GOOD
news. And the look she turned on him--she was in an orcish mood today, all scowling
black brows and bared fangs--that made him nervous. But some things had to be done.
He cleared his throat, which seemed to have a frog in it, and said, "It's about the
next tourney prize, Lady. I know it's more than two months away, but this isn't too
soon to start thinking of some new, exciting prize--"
"I have no intention of thinking about 'new, exciting prizes'," she snapped. Or
was that a snarl? "These managers are getting above themselves. They act like I
created the arena system for their amusement! There will be one standard prize for
all the tourneys. Just one."
He had a horrible vision of all the managers walking out in a mass. Perhaps it
wouldn't be that bad, but it wouldn't be good. And if he said the wrong thing, well,
the next frog-leg dinner might be him. "Er, ah, perhaps a specific prize for each
tourney--a spring prize, a summer prize, and so on? The managers expect--"
She exploded. A literal explosion, the force of the blast blew his hair off.
She said several things in an obsolete dialect of orcish. He stepped backward, then
again. The blast had blown the door open behind him. If he could make it out before
something else happened--
"Ribbit! Ribbit!"