DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 12/21/2018    Duedate: 01/03/2019

LIN TIRIAN ARENA

DM-78    TURN-637

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

WILLIAM TELL
FAMOUS ARCHERS (360)
(78-3325) [21-2-0,114]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

WILLIAM TELL                   POSITION IS EMPTY
FAMOUS ARCHERS (360)           
(78-3325) [21-2-0,114]         

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

SKIPPIT                        WRANGLE
SAND DANCERS (68)              V IS FOR VIOLINS (354)
(78-3265) [15-36-0,81]         (78-3338) [5-1-0,22]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

FAMOUS ARCHERS (360)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. L5R PHOENIX CLAN (361)      34
2. V IS FOR VIOLINS (354)      26      FAMOUS ARCHERS (360)
3. FAMOUS ARCHERS (360)        18      Unchartered Team
4. SAND DANCERS (68)            4
5. HOWLIN MARTYRS (359)         3      L5R PHOENIX CLAN (361)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1- 1*DORADO (363)               2   0  0  100   1/ 1 FAMOUS ARCHERS (360)     11  2 0
 2/ 2 FAMOUS ARCHERS (360)      65  19  2 77.4   2/ 2 V IS FOR VIOLINS (354)    9  2 0
 3/ 3 HOWLIN MARTYRS (359)      17   7  1 70.8   3/ 3 SAND DANCERS (68)         3 12 0
 4/ 4 V IS FOR VIOLINS (354)    30  16  1 65.2   4- 4*DORADO (363)              2  0 0
 5/ 0*L5R PHOENIX CLAN (361)     2   2  0 50.0   5/ 0*L5R PHOENIX CLAN (361)    2  2 0
 6/ 6 SAND DANCERS (68)        %1299 %1502 42 46.4   6/ 5*SATAN'S SALOON! (364)     1  2 0
 7/ 5*SATAN'S SALOON! (364)      1   2  0 33.3   7/ 6 HOWLIN MARTYRS (359)      0  3 0

    '*'   Unchartered team                       '-'  Team did not fight this turn
   (###)  Avoid teams by their Team Id          ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank

                                 DUELMASTER'S COLUMN
                             Notes from the arena champ.

     Famous archer I am, but there are a couple of reasons why William Tell is 
important in the life of The Consortium.

     1. One of his favorite records (LP78) as a child was The William Tell Overture 
        with actual cannons booming in appropriate places.
     2. The Consortium's wife went to Tell City High School (The Marksmen). The city 
        and school were named after William Tell. (The rivalry Cannelton Bulldogs 
        HATED The Tell City Marksmen.)
     3. The very first ring tone on The Consortium's very first cell phone was "the 
        cavalry charge" from the William Tell Overture. 

     I rest my case. No wonder I am Duelmaster.
     
                                          -- William Tell DMIII

                                      SPY REPORT

     Well, what are you looking at, LIN TIRIAN?  Ain't you never seen Snide Clemens 
before?  Ah, shaddup and listen to my news.  Now let's all watch V IS FOR VIOLINS' 
heads swell from their 4-0-0 this turn.  Haa ha ha ha!  Big shots, big talk, big 
deal.  Of course, we're all terribly impressed to see SHIBA TSUKUNE win a fight and 
gain 15 points, terribly.  Tsk, tsk, TUSSLE beat TOM COLLINS and TOM COLLINS lost 3 
points.  You're breakin' my heart.  And if variety is the spice of life, LIN TIRIAN 
may be getting bland, as WILLIAM TELL stays top dog in the city.  The Lost Hope Inn, 
humph!  I've tasted better ale at mortuaries.  Where do they get this stuff?  From 
LIN TIRIAN's trash dumps?   
     Well, let's take a look at some more misdeeds of you miserable sword-boys.  V IS 
FOR VIOLINS, 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 FAMOUS ARCHERS.  Ha ha ha ha!  
Ooh, I'm frightfully impressed, AMBUSH was this turn's most challenged warrior.  
Watch that ego swell, sports fans.   
     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?   
     There's got to be a better place in LIN TIRIAN to get a drink than The Lost Hope 
Inn!  Any suggestions?  Just wait 'till next time I show up here, I won't be so nice! 
So nyaaah!  Glad to see the back of this place-- Snide Clemens  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 WILLIAM TELL 3325            21   2  0   114       FAMOUS ARCHERS (360)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SUSAN PEVENSIE 3339          11   6  1    98       FAMOUS ARCHERS (360)
 BELIAL ERNESTO 3319          17   7  1    96       HOWLIN MARTYRS (359)
 GREEN ARROW 3327              6   1  0    93       FAMOUS ARCHERS (360)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-LARA CROFT 3328               8   0  1    82       FAMOUS ARCHERS (360)
 SKIPPIT 3265                 15  36  0    81       SAND DANCERS (68)
 EYELENE 3326                 12  11  0    68       SAND DANCERS (68)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 BILL BOARD 3315               9  14  0    65       SAND DANCERS (68)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 ARC D'WOOF 3309              14  19  1    62       SAND DANCERS (68)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 TUSSLE 3337                   4   0  0    40       V IS FOR VIOLINS (354)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-RUMPUS 3314                   2   3  0    31       V IS FOR VIOLINS (354)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 WRANGLE 3338                  5   1  0    22       V IS FOR VIOLINS (354)
 MELEE 3334                    2   1  0    22       V IS FOR VIOLINS (354)
 AMBUSH 3361                   2   0  0    21       V IS FOR VIOLINS (354)
 TOM COLLINS 3359              1   2  0    15       SATAN'S SALOON! (364)
 SHIBA TSUKUNE 3332            1   0  0    15       L5R PHOENIX CLAN (361)
-KAPPA DORADUS 3348            1   0  0    13       DORADO (363)
 FIELDER 3355                  2   4  1    11       SAND DANCERS (68)
-LAMBDA DORADUS 3350           1   0  0    11       DORADO (363)
 ISAWA TADAKA 3331             1   0  0     8       L5R PHOENIX CLAN (361)
 LEGOLAS 3362                  0   2  0     2       FAMOUS ARCHERS (360)
 ISAWA KAEDE 3329              0   1  0     1       L5R PHOENIX CLAN (361)

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
NAKA KURO 3330          0  1 0 L5R PHOENIX CLAN 361 DARK CHAMPION         637  NONE

                                     PERSONAL ADS

Congrats again! We are proud of our own William Tell -- The Duelmaster. -- Arrowhead

Belial, it is always a pleasure beating one of those Howlin Sandbaggers. Always. -- 
William Tell

Skippit, you probably shoulda. The fight, I mean. -- Green Arrow

Wrangle, no fair! You are far more experienced than I was! besides, you have more 
strings. -- Legolas

Bill Board, thanks for the advertisement. -- Susan

Arc D'Woof, who'd a thunk that?! -- Lara Croft

Health. Humility. Honor. Thwack! -- Arrowhead

Melee -- Are you anti-orc, or am I just pathetic? -- Fielder

Green Arrow -- It's probably the feather in your hat.  It makes you too dashing. -- 
Skippit
P.S.  It seems wrong that you should be a dwarf.

The Venomous Gigolo is despicable. -- Eyelene

Lara Croft -- I hope you enter a tomb with nasty creatures in it. -- Arc d'Woof
P.S.  That's who you are, isn't it?  The tomb robber?

Susan Pevensie -- Why did we even fight?  I could have predicted the result just from 
the words. -- Bill Board

Green Arrow -- Green isn't so neat when it's all mixed with splashes of blood red. -- 
Bill Board

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

NAKA KURO was dealt death by DARK CHAMPION in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
TOM COLLINS was vanquished by TUSSLE in a 1 minute uneven Challenge battle.
LEGOLAS was demolished by AMBUSH in a crowd pleasing 1 minute uneven Challenge fight.
WILLIAM TELL outwaited BELIAL ERNESTO in a 8 minute veteran's Title fight.
EYELENE was subdued by VETERAN MERCENARY in a 3 minute competition.
SUSAN PEVENSIE devastated SKIPPIT in a crowd pleasing 1 minute one-sided duel.
GREEN ARROW overpowered ARC D'WOOF in a 1 minute mismatched brawl.
BILL BOARD overpowered CAPTURED ORC in a 1 minute gruesome uneven melee.
FIELDER slimly lost to WRANGLE in a 3 minute gory duel.
MELEE vanquished ISAWA KAEDE in a 1 minute gory one-sided duel.
ISAWA TADAKA beat MORDANT DESERTER in a 2 minute novice's melee.
SHIBA TSUKUNE defeated EMBEZZLING SCRIBE in a crowd pleasing 1 minute novice's match.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|LUNGING ATTACK                   5         BASHING ATTACK     8 -   0 -  0     100  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  4         SLASHING ATTACK    7 -   1 -  0      88  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    3         TOTAL PARRY       11 -   2 -  0      85  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      2         AIMED BLOW         7 -   3 -  0      70  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      2         WALL OF STEEL      8 -   5 -  0      62  |
|AIMED BLOW                       1         STRIKING ATTACK   10 -   9 -  2      53  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   1         PARRY-RIPOSTE      7 -   7 -  0      50  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    1         LUNGING ATTACK    16 -  21 -  0      43  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     0         PARRY-STRIKE       0 -   1 -  0       0  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  0         PARRY-LUNGE        0 -   3 -  0       0  |

Turn 637 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 -  2         4  LUNGING ATTACK 
BASHING ATTACK     1 -  0     PARRY-STRIKE       0 -  0         2  BASHING ATTACK 
WALL OF STEEL      2 -  1     PARRY-RIPOSTE      0 -  1         2  PARRY-RIPOSTE  
LUNGING ATTACK     3 -  2     SLASHING ATTACK    0 -  0         1  TOTAL PARRY    
STRIKING ATTACK    2 -  2                                       1  STRIKING ATTACK
TOTAL PARRY        1 -  1                                       1  WALL OF STEEL  

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
TOTAL PARRY      WILLIAM TELL 3325          21   2  0  114 FAMOUS ARCHERS (360)
STRIKING ATTACK  SUSAN PEVENSIE 3339        11   6  1   98 FAMOUS ARCHERS (360)
WALL OF STEEL    BELIAL ERNESTO 3319        17   7  1   96 HOWLIN MARTYRS (359)
BASHING ATTACK   GREEN ARROW 3327            6   1  0   93 FAMOUS ARCHERS (360)
PARRY-RIPOSTE    EYELENE 3326               12  11  0   68 SAND DANCERS (68)
LUNGING ATTACK   TUSSLE 3337                 4   0  0   40 V IS FOR VIOLINS (354)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is SKIPPIT 3265.  The most popular warrior this turn 
was WRANGLE 3338.  The ten other most popular fighters were BELIAL ERNESTO 3319, 
TUSSLE 3337, AMBUSH 3361, SUSAN PEVENSIE 3339, BILL BOARD 3315, FIELDER 3355, MELEE 
3334, NAKA KURO 3330, GREEN ARROW 3327, and SHIBA TSUKUNE 3332.

The least popular fighter this week was WILLIAM TELL 3325.  The other ten least 
popular fighters were ISAWA KAEDE 3329, ARC D'WOOF 3309, TOM COLLINS 3359, ISAWA 
TADAKA 3331, SKIPPIT 3265, EYELENE 3326, LEGOLAS 3362, SHIBA TSUKUNE 3332, GREEN 
ARROW 3327, and NAKA KURO 3330.

                        WINTER FACE-TO-FACE IN SUNNY ARIZONA!

Our next winter FTF will be held in Tempe, Arizona, January 18-20, 2019.  It will be 
held at our usual Embassy Suites Hotel in Tempe, Arizona (480-897-7444).  Room rates 
remain $149.00 per night, 1-2 occupancy, which includes full cooked breakfast, 
complimentary manager's reception, free airport shuttle, free parking and free high 
speed internet.  There's a fitness center, jacuzzi, and pool.  The rooms are blocked--
the code is "REA."  

       The official block cutoff is December 21 so make your reservations ASAP!
             The hotel reservation site is:  http://tinyurl.com/ybszwwgz 
       This is prime season for Phoenix and the hotel tends to fill up quickly.  

Look for the tournament info sheet and minioverviews some time in December.  We hope 
you're all looking forward to it and that we will see you there!