DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER
Date : 01/25/2012 Duedate: 02/07/2012
SHADOWSPIRE ARENA
DM-81 TURN-132
This Weeks Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
SPORK
OTTO'S DINER (96)
(81-1562) [17-7-0,107]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
FIVE KRONSTEEN
LA PENTARCHIE (11) BOND-AGE (133)
(81-1572) [16-7-1,114] (81-1748) [7-2-0,77]
Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite
VICTOR CREIDDY LAD
WARMASTERS (15) SUMMERBORN (104)
(81-1369) [20-20-1,103] (81-1484) [16-14-2,92]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
DRAGONBANE GUILD (13)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. DRAGONBANE GUILD (13) 47
2. WARMASTERS (15) 45 LA PENTARCHIE (11)
3. JUNGLELAND (103) 38 Unchartered Team
4. BOND-AGE (133) 38
5. FURRY FURY (25) 32 BOND-AGE (133)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1/ 1*BOND-AGE (133) 30 15 1 66.7 1/ 5 DRAGONBANE GUILD (13) 12 3 1
2/ 2 LA PENTARCHIE (11) 381 271 14 58.4 2/ 2 LA PENTARCHIE (11) 11 3 0
3/ 4 DRAGONBANE GUILD (13) 357 299 12 54.4 3/16 WARMASTERS (15) 9 6 1
4/ 3 SUMMERBORN (104) 152 130 16 53.9 4/ 3*BOND-AGE (133) 9 6 0
5/ 0 JUNGLELAND (103) 146 126 4 53.7 5/ 1 SUMMERBORN (104) 8 6 2
6/ 5 DARQUE AGES (29) 288 255 14 53.0 6/ 8 OTTO'S DINER (96) 8 7 0
7/ 6 OTTO'S DINER (96) 181 164 5 52.5 7/ 6 FURRY FURY (25) 7 7 1
8/ 7 OF WOLF AND MAN (57) 326 305 13 51.7 8/ 4 DARQUE AGES (29) 7 7 1
9/ 8 CLAN LONGBEARD (39) 336 321 15 51.1 9/14 LITERATE LOONS (40) 7 8 0
10- 9 ALE HOUSE MERCS (5) 166 159 5 51.1 10/ 7 FOOD (130) 6 6 0
11/10 WARMASTERS (15) 330 318 25 50.9 11/ 9 CLAN LONGBEARD (39) 6 9 0
12/11 FOOD (130) 30 32 2 48.4 12/10 GFE (126) 5 10 0
13/12 LITERATE LOONS (40) 315 343 14 47.9 13/15 MONSTER MANUAL (87) 4 9 0
14/13 FURRY FURY (25) 197 225 11 46.7 14/12 OF WOLF AND MAN (57) 4 10 0
15/16 MONSTER MANUAL (87) 161 214 5 42.9 15/ 0 JUNGLELAND (103) 3 2 0
16/15 GFE (126) 37 51 3 42.0 16-13 ALE HOUSE MERCS (5) 3 7 0
17-17 RAIN DOGS (132) 21 29 0 42.0 17/11*THE WILLBURYS II (127) 3 11 0
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
18/18*THE WILLBURYS II (127) 11 23 2 32.4 18-17 RAIN DOGS (132) 2 3 0
'*' Unchartered team '-' Team did not fight this turn
(###) Avoid teams by their Team Id ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank
SPY REPORT
It is I, Novgorodny Vir, Spymaster of Spymasters. Look on my work, ye mighty,
and despair! Nothing is certain in SHADOWSPIRE, with changing loyalties, changing
Duelmasters. Write this down: new top team--DRAGONBANE GUILD. Managers were
muttering after WARMASTERS showed SHADOWSPIRE what they could do: 4-1-1 to move up
by 13. Those betting on THE WILLBURYS II lost their shirt, as THE WILLBURYS II lost
their fighting abilities: 0-4-0. Good things come to those who fight well, as
DRAGONBANE GUILD can attest, moving up by 4. A certain someone should cut down on
the drinking and practice more, after losing 18 points to ODDJOB. (Discrete enough,
BERNADETTE?) You could cut the tension with a scimitar as SPORK of OTTO'S DINER met
the Duelmaster. In SHADOWSPIRE, nothing is permanent (except Death), and we find
ourselves a new Duelmaster, SPORK. So who's the team that's been walking into
taverns last week and ordering milk? Sounds like a PR stunt to me.
And how sociable are SHADOWSPIRE's warriors? Come, let us see. Like the noble
eagle soaring amongst the mountaintops, so stand the warriors of SUMMERBORN, alone
and unchallenged. The warriors of SUMMERBORN found their efforts at combat
frustrated as OTTO'S DINER apparently had more important things to do than fight. Is
it charming personality? Conversational abilities? Good oral hygiene? Whatever it
is, TEE HEE JOHNSON is the most challenged warrior. ZWINGLI found himself challenged
by a warrior 19 below: FAILED DOG TRICK. FAILED DOG TRICK of FURRY FURY kept his
wits as he bested ZWINGLI.
The moving sword slashes, and having slashed, moves on... Q: What's a record
like 19-20-0 get you? A: A free trip to the Dark Arena! This week's winner:
DOPPLEGANGER of MONSTER MANUAL! I get a special thrill from seeing innocent girl
like HELL HOUND from MONSTER MANUAL get pointlessly killed. Good show, MAXENTIUS!
(No mercy.) Justice was served as TOM WOLFE fought JULIAN OF NORWICH in bloodfeud.
Well done, LITERATE LOONS! Questions are being raised about the disposing of severed
body parts in the arena. A certain tavern in SHADOWSPIRE would I avoid!
Leave me now, you base fools! As the seasons change, and the creatures of the
wild change also, so do I feel a yearning to leave this place. Can anything compare
to the pleasure of writing Spyreports for SHADOWSPIRE? On that giddy note I take my
leave-- Novgorodny Vir
DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
SPORK 1562 17 7 0 107 OTTO'S DINER (96)
CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
FIVE 1572 16 7 1 114 LA PENTARCHIE (11)
TOM WOLFE 1467 18 14 3 107 LITERATE LOONS (40)
VICTOR 1369 20 20 1 103 WARMASTERS (15)
WONDERFACE 1522 16 11 0 103 LA PENTARCHIE (11)
SQUASHAPILLAR 1478 15 15 1 101 FURRY FURY (25)
ANGEROO 1452 21 11 0 99 FURRY FURY (25)
MADAM MARIE 1356 25 12 0 98 JUNGLELAND (103)
ARCHON 1390 24 15 0 98 OF WOLF AND MAN (57)
JUNEBUG 1543 13 11 4 95 SUMMERBORN (104)
ZIGGY PIKE 1487 13 17 0 95 DRAGONBANE GUILD (13)
-PABST 823 17 5 0 94 ALE HOUSE MERCS (5)
CREIDDY LAD 1484 16 14 2 92 SUMMERBORN (104)
SUBPRIME RIB 1567 14 9 1 92 OTTO'S DINER (96)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
BIG BONES BILLIE 1442 15 13 1 81 JUNGLELAND (103)
-HARP 744 14 12 0 79 ALE HOUSE MERCS (5)
KNUT SUNDERHELM 1569 11 12 3 79 DRAGONBANE GUILD (13)
JULIETTE 1630 13 6 0 78 SUMMERBORN (104)
GWENNOLAY 1631 10 9 0 78 OF WOLF AND MAN (57)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
JAKLAK 1430 21 14 0 77 CLAN LONGBEARD (39)
CHARLES MARTEL 1346 17 24 2 77 DARQUE AGES (29)
KRONSTEEN 1748 7 2 0 77 BOND-AGE (133)
NIKUS 1583 12 10 1 68 OF WOLF AND MAN (57)
CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
MOLLUSQUOME 1629 13 6 1 66 LA PENTARCHIE (11)
FISH TACO 1687 8 5 1 66 FOOD (130)
BRUSSEL SPROUTS 1688 6 7 1 66 FOOD (130)
ODDJOB 1766 6 2 0 66 BOND-AGE (133)
CAZADOR 1578 11 11 0 64 DRAGONBANE GUILD (13)
BENEDICT 1470 16 15 0 63 OF WOLF AND MAN (57)
JERSEY DEVIL 1638 8 5 1 59 JUNGLELAND (103)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
TEE HEE JOHNSON 1752 6 3 0 55 BOND-AGE (133)
MAXENTIUS 1591 11 9 1 51 WARMASTERS (15)
SUSAN 1665 9 7 0 48 GFE (126)
NICK NACK 1750 5 4 1 47 BOND-AGE (133)
MEAN JOHN BROWN 1648 6 6 0 46 JUNGLELAND (103)
ROSA KLEBB 1765 6 2 0 46 BOND-AGE (133)
GREMLIN STEW 1710 11 2 0 45 OTTO'S DINER (96)
BERNADETTE 1618 9 9 1 45 GFE (126)
IRONHEAD 1722 9 3 0 43 DRAGONBANE GUILD (13)
FEOHR 1737 7 4 0 40 CLAN LONGBEARD (39)
LANEL 1619 10 8 0 38 GFE (126)
DROW 1774 5 3 0 38 MONSTER MANUAL (87)
-KIRIN ICHIBAN 1680 7 7 0 37 ALE HOUSE MERCS (5)
ONION RINGS 1684 8 5 0 35 FOOD (130)
ZADIE SMITH 1701 10 4 0 34 LITERATE LOONS (40)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
JOSEPH MITCHELL 1746 4 6 1 33 LITERATE LOONS (40)
JULIAN OF NORWICH 1783 3 3 1 33 DARQUE AGES (29)
TOSSED SALAD 1686 5 8 0 32 FOOD (130)
MARTILN 1742 6 3 0 31 CLAN LONGBEARD (39)
WYNDHAM LEWIS 1776 4 4 0 31 LITERATE LOONS (40)
HARE BINGER 1790 4 1 1 30 FURRY FURY (25)
TAMERLANE 1764 4 4 0 29 DARQUE AGES (29)
MICHELLE 1622 5 13 0 28 GFE (126)
WASHSOUGAL 1625 4 3 0 28 THE WILLBURYS II (127)
-TARA THE RED 1698 7 3 0 27 RAIN DOGS (132)
LITTLE DARLING 1700 6 8 0 26 SUMMERBORN (104)
PURPLE WORM 1775 3 5 0 25 MONSTER MANUAL (87)
LADY GODIVA 1782 5 1 0 24 DARQUE AGES (29)
FAILED DOG TRICK 1798 1 2 0 24 FURRY FURY (25)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
CLERLEON 1796 3 1 0 23 LA PENTARCHIE (11)
TUKWILLA 1627 2 5 2 23 THE WILLBURYS II (127)
-MILAREPA 1695 5 5 0 20 RAIN DOGS (132)
ZARLENE 1726 3 9 1 19 GFE (126)
EBORIUS 1799 2 1 0 19 WARMASTERS (15)
-HIGGS BOSON 1697 4 6 0 18 RAIN DOGS (132)
-HOLY MOLET 1779 2 2 0 18 RAIN DOGS (132)
TURDUCKEN 1784 1 5 0 18 OTTO'S DINER (96)
-MIDSUMMER WREATH 1793 2 1 1 16 SUMMERBORN (104)
GLABRIO 1800 2 1 0 16 WARMASTERS (15)
IRWEHN 1785 3 3 0 12 CLAN LONGBEARD (39)
RENTON 1623 2 5 0 11 THE WILLBURYS II (127)
SUMNER 1624 2 5 0 11 THE WILLBURYS II (127)
INGRAT 1805 1 1 0 7 LA PENTARCHIE (11)
ZWINGLI 1804 1 1 0 4 DARQUE AGES (29)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
SNOW SQUIRREL 1813 0 1 0 1 FURRY FURY (25)
-OLD PECULIAR 1808 0 1 0 1 ALE HOUSE MERCS (5)
URDULA LE GUIN 1811 0 1 0 1 LITERATE LOONS (40)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
BECK 743 13 12 0 ALE HOUSE MERCS 5 JUNEBUG 1543 130
RODDON 1792 2 2 0 CLAN LONGBEARD 39 HARE BINGER 1790 131
RUG 6129 1812 0 1 0 CLAN LONGBEARD 39 WURM KIN 132 NONE
RECRUDESCENCE 81 7 5 0 CLUB CUTTHROAT 12 FISH TACO 1687 129
PART MONKEY 1814 0 1 0 JUNGLELAND 103 BANDIT PRINCE 132 NONE
DAGON 1794 0 1 0 LA PENTARCHIE 11 TUKWILLA 1627 129 JUST REVENGED
PETER PAN 1759 1 3 0 LA PENTARCHIE 11 JOSEPH MITCHELL 1746 128 JUST REVENGED
KURT VONNEGUT 1802 0 2 0 LITERATE LOONS 40 JULIAN OF NORWIC 1783 131 JUST REVENGED
TRUMAN CAPOTE 1577 9 10 0 LITERATE LOONS 40 JUNEBUG 1543 129
DOPPLEGANGER 1382 19 21 0 MONSTER MANUAL 87 STONE GOLEM 132 NONE
HELL HOUND 1788 3 2 0 MONSTER MANUAL 87 MAXENTIUS 1591 132
VALAK 1650 7 9 0 OF WOLF AND MAN 57 KNUT SUNDERHELM 1569 131
BAG-O-MEAT 1762 1 7 0 OTTO'S DINER 96 ARENAMASTER 132 NONE
ORTING 1626 1 5 0 THE WILLBURYS II 127 MIDSUMMER WREATH 1793 131
HADRIAN 1739 4 3 0 WARMASTERS 15 BRUSSEL SPROUTS 1688 129 JUST REVENGED
SERIOSLY!? 1810 0 1 0 WARMASTERS 15 BANDIT PRINCE 132 NONE
PERSONAL ADS
Summerborn is trying to change our beloved arena in a slaughterhouse! Would have we
found a new villain?? Would be fun!!
Lady Godiva! Please spare little youngsters like us! -- Clergeon and Ingrat, already
humbled
Congrats Squashapillar... it's nice to have a old-styl duelmaster.
RSI -- On behalf of all of Shadowspire, I'd like to request that the Ads tab be
returned to the Duel 2 forums. Shadowspire has gone from a very active arena, to a
silent ghost town and I for one am not pleased with the change. Any chance this can
be done? Thanks. -- Vanek, Manager of Warmasters
This would be good, even if the personals come with html code in 'em.
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
DOPPLEGANGER was viciously butchered by STONE GOLEM in a 3 minute Dark Arena fight.
BAG-O-MEAT was murdered by ARENAMASTER in a 1 minute Dark Arena melee.
RUG 6129 was murdered by WURM KIN in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
SERIOSLY!? was slaughtered by BANDIT PRINCE in a 1 minute bloody Dark Arena brawl.
PART MONKEY was assassinated by BANDIT PRINCE in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
TOM WOLFE subdued JULIAN OF NORWICH in a 1 minute mismatched Bloodfeud competition.
VICTOR defeated BRUSSEL SPROUTS in a 1 minute one-sided Bloodfeud struggle.
WONDERFACE overpowered JOSEPH MITCHELL in a 1 minute uneven Bloodfeud melee.
FIVE vanquished TUKWILLA in a 1 minute uneven Bloodfeud duel.
NIKUS was defeated by KNUT SUNDERHELM in a popular 1 minute expert's Bloodfeud duel.
SPORK defeated SQUASHAPILLAR in a popular 6 minute expert's Challenge Title match.
CHARLES MARTEL was defeated by ZIGGY PIKE in a 1 minute veteran's Challenge match.
JAKLAK slimly lost to SUBPRIME RIB in a 12 minute veteran's Challenge contest.
CAZADOR luckily beat TEE HEE JOHNSON in a crowd pleasing 4 minute Challenge conflict.
MARTILN was viciously subdued by NICK NACK in a 4 minute Challenge bout.
ODDJOB handily defeated BERNADETTE in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge bout.
IRONHEAD outwaited LANEL in a tiresome 8 minute Challenge fight.
FEOHR savagely defeated ZADIE SMITH in a 2 minute brutal Challenge bout.
TURDUCKEN was beaten by TOSSED SALAD in a 1 minute Challenge fight.
PURPLE WORM overcame MICHELLE in a 1 minute Challenge competition.
GLABRIO bested SUMNER in a 2 minute Challenge bout.
FAILED DOG TRICK overpowered ZWINGLI in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge duel.
CREIDDY LAD was luckily beaten by ANGEROO in a action packed 5 minute expert's fray.
JUNEBUG was defeated by JAGER VON DRACHEN in a popular 2 minute veteran's match.
MADAM MARIE narrowly defeated GWENNOLAY in a action packed 6 minute gory fight.
JULIETTE defeated FISH TACO in a action packed 1 minute match.
KRONSTEEN was overpowered by ARCHON in a 6 minute uneven duel.
BENEDICT was overpowered by BIG BONES BILLIE in a 1 minute one-sided fray.
DROW was handily defeated by JERSEY DEVIL in a 1 minute one-sided duel.
MOLLUSQUOME overpowered MEAN JOHN BROWN in a action packed 1 minute uneven fight.
SUSAN defeated WASHSOUGAL in a 2 minute match.
ONION RINGS was subdued by ROSA KLEBB in a 3 minute fight.
MAXENTIUS assassinated HELL HOUND in a 1 minute one-sided bout.
GREMLIN STEW outlasted LADY GODIVA in a monotonous 22 minute fray.
LITTLE DARLING was devastated by WYNDHAM LEWIS in a 1 minute one-sided duel.
HARE BINGER slimly won victory over ZARLENE in a 3 minute battle.
TAMERLANE handily defeated RENTON in a 1 minute one-sided fight.
IRWEHN was demolished by EBORIUS in a 1 minute one-sided conflict.
INGRAT won victory over SNOW SQUIRREL in a action packed 1 minute novice's bout.
CLERLEON overpowered URDULA LE GUIN in a 1 minute one-sided competition.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|STRIKING ATTACK 15 TOTAL PARRY 66 - 39 - 0 63 |
|BASHING ATTACK 12 WALL OF STEEL 52 - 42 - 2 55 |
|LUNGING ATTACK 10 PARRY-STRIKE 51 - 44 - 1 54 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 10 SLASHING ATTACK 34 - 34 - 1 50 |
|TOTAL PARRY 8 LUNGING ATTACK 78 - 86 - 6 48 |
|WALL OF STEEL 8 AIMED BLOW 26 - 31 - 1 46 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 4 STRIKING ATTACK 78 - 103 - 7 43 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 4 PARRY-LUNGE 14 - 19 - 0 42 |
|AIMED BLOW 3 BASHING ATTACK 53 - 77 - 2 41 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE 6 - 17 - 1 26 |
Turn 132 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 - 1 STRIKING ATTACK 6 - 9 4 TOTAL PARRY
TOTAL PARRY 6 - 2 PARRY-LUNGE 1 - 3 3 BASHING ATTACK
WALL OF STEEL 5 - 3 BASHING ATTACK 3 - 9 2 LUNGING ATTACK
LUNGING ATTACK 6 - 4 AIMED BLOW 0 - 3 1 SLASHING ATTACK
PARRY-STRIKE 5 - 5 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 1 1 PARRY-STRIKE
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
TOTAL PARRY SPORK 1562 17 7 0 107 OTTO'S DINER (96)
BASHING ATTACK FIVE 1572 16 7 1 114 LA PENTARCHIE (11)
SLASHING ATTACK TOM WOLFE 1467 18 14 3 107 LITERATE LOONS (40)
LUNGING ATTACK WONDERFACE 1522 16 11 0 103 LA PENTARCHIE (11)
STRIKING ATTACK CREIDDY LAD 1484 16 14 2 92 SUMMERBORN (104)
PARRY-STRIKE SUBPRIME RIB 1567 14 9 1 92 OTTO'S DINER (96)
PARRY-LUNGE BENEDICT 1470 16 15 0 63 OF WOLF AND MAN (57)
WALL OF STEEL SUSAN 1665 9 7 0 48 GFE (126)
AIMED BLOW DROW 1774 5 3 0 38 MONSTER MANUAL (87)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
The overall popularity leader is VICTOR 1369. The most popular warrior this turn was
CREIDDY LAD 1484. The ten other most popular fighters were SQUASHAPILLAR 1478,
SUBPRIME RIB 1567, TEE HEE JOHNSON 1752, NICK NACK 1750, GWENNOLAY 1631, JUNEBUG
1543, ANGEROO 1452, MADAM MARIE 1356, ONION RINGS 1684, and ZARLENE 1726.
The least popular fighter this week was LADY GODIVA 1782. The other ten least
popular fighters were GREMLIN STEW 1710, IRONHEAD 1722, JAKLAK 1430, ARCHON 1390,
URDULA LE GUIN 1811, IRWEHN 1785, RENTON 1623, LITTLE DARLING 1700, HELL HOUND 1788,
and DROW 1774.
The following warriors have traveled to AD after fighting this turn:
JAGER VON DRACHEN (81-1341) DRAGONBANE GUILD (13)
DOPPLEGANGER (81-1382) MONSTER MANUAL (87)
MAIL-IN TOURNEY XLVIII
FRESHMEN TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME
MACEO 928 (25-18-1) 4 3 0 FUCHI OWNED