DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER Date : 03/21/2012 Duedate: 04/03/2012 SHADOWSPIRE ARENA DM-81 TURN-136 This Weeks Top Honors THE DUELMASTER IS JUNEBUG SUMMERBORN (104) (81-1543) [16-12-4,120] Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader SUBPRIME RIB BONESNAPPER OTTO'S DINER (96) SAVAGE HORDE (134) (81-1567) [17-10-1,123] (81-1826) [1-1-0,14] Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite TOM WOLFE ZIGGY PIKE LITERATE LOONS (40) DRAGONBANE GUILD (13) (81-1467) [20-16-3,93] (81-1487) [15-19-0,112] THE CURRENT TOP TEAM SUMMERBORN (104) TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team 1. SUMMERBORN (104) 40 2. FURRY FURY (25) 31 BOND-AGE (133) 3. CULT OF BACCHUS (4) 28 Unchartered Team 4. DRAGONBANE GUILD (13) 27 5. FOOD (130) 23 SAVAGE HORDE (134) The Top Teams Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K 1/ 1 BOND-AGE (133) 36 24 1 60.0 1/ 1 SUMMERBORN (104) 12 3 1 2/ 2 LA PENTARCHIE (11) 391 281 14 58.2 2/ 2 THE WILLBURYS II (127) 10 4 1 3/ 3 SUMMERBORN (104) 167 135 18 55.3 3/ 3 FURRY FURY (25) 9 5 1 4/ 4 CULT OF BACCHUS (4) 161 135 6 54.4 4/ 5 OTTO'S DINER (96) 9 6 0 5/ 5 DRAGONBANE GUILD (13) 366 310 12 54.1 5/12 DRAGONBANE GUILD (13) 8 7 0 6- 6 JUNGLELAND (103) 152 130 4 53.9 6/ 8 DARQUE AGES (29) 8 7 0 7/ 7 DARQUE AGES (29) 298 265 14 52.9 7/ 9 CLAN LONGBEARD (39) 8 7 0 8/ 8 OTTO'S DINER (96) 192 173 5 52.6 8/ 7 LA PENTARCHIE (11) 7 8 0 9/ 9 OF WOLF AND MAN (57) 333 315 13 51.4 9/ 4 MONSTER MANUAL (87) 7 8 0 10/10 CLAN LONGBEARD (39) 346 331 15 51.1 10/ 6 WARMASTERS (15) 6 9 0 11/11 WARMASTERS (15) 340 328 25 50.9 11/16 CULT OF BACCHUS (4) 5 5 0 12/13 FURRY FURY (25) 209 232 12 47.4 12/11 OF WOLF AND MAN (57) 5 8 0 13/12 LITERATE LOONS (40) 321 357 14 47.3 13/15*SAVAGE HORDE (134) 4 6 1 14/16 THE WILLBURYS II (127) 23 29 3 44.2 14/14 BOND-AGE (133) 4 6 0 15/15 FOOD (130) 34 44 3 43.6 15/13 LITERATE LOONS (40) 4 11 0 16/14 MONSTER MANUAL (87) 171 224 5 43.3 16-10 JUNGLELAND (103) 3 2 0 Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K 17/17*SAVAGE HORDE (134) 4 6 1 40.0 17/17 FOOD (130) 3 9 1 '*' Unchartered team '-' Team did not fight this turn (###) Avoid teams by their Team Id ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank SPY REPORT If you were disturbed from your beauty rest only to have to watch a bunch of SHADOWSPIRE brutes like you, you'd be grouchy, too. Now keep the taverns open late tonight, for there are sorrows to drown for JUNGLELAND, whose 0-0-0 this turn dropped them by 6 into 16th. Ha! DRAGONBANE GUILD turned their 4-1-0 turn into a 5th place rank in the listings this turn. Any better than this, and you get put on hit lists. Now let's all watch FURRY FURY's heads swell from their 3-1-1 this turn. Haa ha ha ha! Big shots, big talk, big deal. Of course, we're all terribly impressed to see NICK NACK win a fight and gain 23 points, terribly. Tsk, tsk, NICK NACK beat ZADIE SMITH and ZADIE SMITH lost 17 points. You're breakin' my heart. Going for broke or broken, our Duelmaster GWENNOLAY challenged this turn. And if variety is the spice of life, SHADOWSPIRE may be getting bland, as JUNEBUG stays top dog in the city. Kickbacks and bribes, kickbacks and bribes, how else do you think some of these guys win their fights? Skill? Ha! He who fights and runs away will live to fight another day, the coward. FURRY FURY, 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 WARMASTERS. Ha ha ha ha! Ooh, I'm frightfully impressed, SHAY REDMOON was this turn's most challenged warrior. Watch that ego swell, sports fans. I guess I can give a little credit to DROW of MONSTER MANUAL for challenging up by 18 to ANGEROO. DROW lost to get 62 points of recognition. Ah, now we come to my favorite part, where we see all the guys who are dead and gone, and get to see if their team cared. Bye bye, warrior, bye bye... SHAY REDMOON, a glorious 1-7-0 fighter, has passed away. Gee, too bad CULT OF BACCHUS. And what a stunning loss we have here, boys and girls, WYNDHAM LEWIS of LITERATE LOONS has added the final loss to his 5-6-0. Tee hee! We're all going to die in the end, so why worry if the fate catches up with you sooner that later? What does the SHADOWSPIRE arena have in common with the inns? It's just as comfortable to sleep in either place. Ha ha ha ha! Well, I've had enough of this drivel, and I'm sure you have too. Off like a dirty shirt of padded leather. I see the crowds are getting restless, I must leave now-- Snide Clemens DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME JUNEBUG 1543 16 12 4 120 SUMMERBORN (104) CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME SUBPRIME RIB 1567 17 10 1 123 OTTO'S DINER (96) WONDERFACE 1522 19 12 0 115 LA PENTARCHIE (11) ZIGGY PIKE 1487 15 19 0 112 DRAGONBANE GUILD (13) FIVE 1572 18 9 1 100 LA PENTARCHIE (11) GIGI DIVINE 613 22 14 0 96 CULT OF BACCHUS (4) JULIETTE 1630 15 8 0 96 SUMMERBORN (104) ARCHON 1390 26 17 0 95 OF WOLF AND MAN (57) MOLLUSQUOME 1629 17 6 1 95 LA PENTARCHIE (11) TOM WOLFE 1467 20 16 3 93 LITERATE LOONS (40) CHARLES MARTEL 1346 20 25 2 92 DARQUE AGES (29) SPORK 1562 19 9 0 92 OTTO'S DINER (96) -BIG BONES BILLIE 1442 16 14 1 91 JUNGLELAND (103) CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME ANGEROO 1452 23 13 0 90 FURRY FURY (25) -MADAM MARIE 1356 25 14 0 89 JUNGLELAND (103) BENEDICT 1470 18 17 0 89 OF WOLF AND MAN (57) -JERSEY DEVIL 1638 10 5 1 89 JUNGLELAND (103) GWENNOLAY 1631 12 11 0 85 OF WOLF AND MAN (57) JAKLAK 1430 22 17 0 83 CLAN LONGBEARD (39) CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME BALTAIRE 833 10 7 0 83 CULT OF BACCHUS (4) ROSA KLEBB 1765 8 3 0 74 BOND-AGE (133) ODDJOB 1766 7 4 0 73 BOND-AGE (133) MAXENTIUS 1591 14 10 1 70 WARMASTERS (15) KNUT SUNDERHELM 1569 11 16 3 68 DRAGONBANE GUILD (13) CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME MEDA 854 11 4 0 66 CULT OF BACCHUS (4) -MEAN JOHN BROWN 1648 8 6 0 66 JUNGLELAND (103) DROW 1774 8 4 0 62 MONSTER MANUAL (87) KRONSTEEN 1748 7 5 0 62 BOND-AGE (133) BRUSSEL SPROUTS 1688 8 9 2 57 FOOD (130) NICK NACK 1750 6 6 1 57 BOND-AGE (133) ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME CAZADOR 1578 13 13 0 56 DRAGONBANE GUILD (13) GREMLIN STEW 1710 13 4 0 55 OTTO'S DINER (96) IRONHEAD 1722 12 4 0 53 DRAGONBANE GUILD (13) LITTLE DARLING 1700 9 9 0 53 SUMMERBORN (104) TEE HEE JOHNSON 1752 8 4 0 52 BOND-AGE (133) FAILED DOG TRICK 1798 3 4 0 49 FURRY FURY (25) LADY GODIVA 1782 8 2 0 48 DARQUE AGES (29) TAMERLANE 1764 6 6 0 48 DARQUE AGES (29) PURPLE WORM 1775 6 6 0 48 MONSTER MANUAL (87) FISH TACO 1687 9 8 1 45 FOOD (130) MARTILN 1742 9 4 0 44 CLAN LONGBEARD (39) EBORIUS 1799 4 3 0 43 WARMASTERS (15) ZADIE SMITH 1701 11 7 0 41 LITERATE LOONS (40) HARE BINGER 1790 6 3 1 39 FURRY FURY (25) SUMNER 1624 5 6 0 38 THE WILLBURYS II (127) ONION RINGS 1684 9 8 0 35 FOOD (130) CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME JOSEPH MITCHELL 1746 5 9 1 33 LITERATE LOONS (40) RENTON 1623 5 6 1 33 THE WILLBURYS II (127) TUKWILLA 1627 5 6 2 32 THE WILLBURYS II (127) FEOHR 1737 8 7 0 31 CLAN LONGBEARD (39) IRWEHN 1785 6 4 0 30 CLAN LONGBEARD (39) MIDSUMMER WREATH 1793 5 2 1 30 SUMMERBORN (104) SNOW SQUIRREL 1813 4 1 1 29 FURRY FURY (25) TURDUCKEN 1784 4 6 0 28 OTTO'S DINER (96) STORM GIANT 1819 3 1 0 28 MONSTER MANUAL (87) TOSSED SALAD 1686 5 12 0 27 FOOD (130) JULIAN OF NORWICH 1783 4 6 1 27 DARQUE AGES (29) GLABRIO 1800 4 3 0 27 WARMASTERS (15) INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME WASHSOUGAL 1625 5 6 0 21 THE WILLBURYS II (127) KLAUS VON SPIRE 1833 2 1 0 19 DRAGONBANE GUILD (13) JAX LE BLUE 946 4 6 0 18 CULT OF BACCHUS (4) CLERLEON 1796 4 4 0 16 LA PENTARCHIE (11) REDDIG 1838 2 0 0 14 CLAN LONGBEARD (39) THE BLACK PRINCE 1841 1 0 0 14 DARQUE AGES (29) BONESNAPPER 1826 1 1 0 14 SAVAGE HORDE (134) WELLAWELLAWELLUH 1843 1 0 0 13 SUMMERBORN (104) AGORIX 1842 1 0 0 13 WARMASTERS (15) REDFANG 1827 1 1 0 8 SAVAGE HORDE (134) INGRAT 1805 1 5 0 8 LA PENTARCHIE (11) CHAKOR 1840 1 0 0 7 OF WOLF AND MAN (57) ORTING 1815 2 0 0 6 THE WILLBURYS II (127) PASTA ALL DENTY 1837 1 1 0 6 OTTO'S DINER (96) INTELLECT DEVOURER 1820 1 3 0 6 MONSTER MANUAL (87) EARCUTTER 1828 1 1 1 5 SAVAGE HORDE (134) INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME EDNA MILLAY 1834 1 2 0 5 LITERATE LOONS (40) -PONY BOY 1836 1 0 0 5 JUNGLELAND (103) GREAT GOBLIN 1824 1 1 0 4 SAVAGE HORDE (134) HIPPOGRIFF 1821 0 4 0 4 MONSTER MANUAL (87) PELAGIUS 1835 0 3 0 3 WARMASTERS (15) TROLL HAND 1825 0 2 0 2 SAVAGE HORDE (134) MOROS 1839 0 1 0 1 OF WOLF AND MAN (57) '-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn. THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge? SHAY REDMOON 963 1 8 0 CULT OF BACCHUS 4 SNOW SQUIRREL 1813 136 ZWINGLI 1804 1 4 0 DARQUE AGES 29 EARCUTTER 1828 135 WYNDHAM LEWIS 1776 5 7 0 LITERATE LOONS 40 BRUSSEL SPROUTS 1688 136 HELL HOUND 1788 3 2 0 MONSTER MANUAL 87 MAXENTIUS 1591 132 NOT REVENGED PERSONAL ADS All -- Just wanted to say I'm looking forward to crossing swords, spears and shields with you lot once again! -- DeGotti Any chance of someone filling me in as to who is running which teams? Thanks! -- DeGotti From last turn, in alphabetical order by team name: BOND-AGE (133) Hombre CLAN LONGBEARD (39) Visionist CULT OF BACCHUS (4) DeGotti DARQUE AGES (29) Master Darque DRAGONBANE GUILD (13) Nomad FOOD (130) Berylstar FURRY FURY (25) Grimm JUNGLELAND (103) Bartender LA PENTARCHIE (11) Le Pentarque LITERATE LOONS (40) Sherman MONSTER MANUAL (87) Deep Thought OF WOLF AND MAN (57) Tripwire OTTO'S DINER (96) Otto X SAVAGE HORDE (134) Hawk SUMMERBORN (104) Jugger THE WILLBURYS II (127) R. Rabbit WARMASTERS (15) Vanek Joseph Mitchell -- Thanks for being the ONLY opponent to teach any of my warriors more than 1 skill! That trend of 1 skill/fight better not continue! -- DeGotti Rosa Klebb -- You didn't read the script before the fight did you? After Baltaire made your QS into kindling you were supposed to give up, not pull your back up out and hit him with it! Next time read the script beforehand! -- DeGotti Well at least no least popular warriors last turn! I guess rust equals entertaining match ups? -- DeGotti 11 PSs running around nowadays? When I left there were 5! I guess round robins are on most managers to do lists! -- DeGotti Creiddy Lad -- I guess killing Arenamaster was too embarrassing for the gladiatorial commission to print in the newsletter! Congrats on the feat! -- DeGotti No comment. Actually, I don't have a clue. Master Darque -- Savage Horde mourns the loss of Zwingli. We meant to maim, not kill... -- Hawk , Mngr of the Horde Klaus -- You are too quick for a Dwarf. I suspect some sort of trickier and dem and a rematch!-- RedFang Reddig -- Nice dodge, I almost had ya! -- Bonesnapper Orting -- I thought that maul to the head would have slowed you down more. I'd like to try that again. -- Trollhand Welcome back, DeGotti, and nice spotlight! This said, I knew about french fries and french you know what, but, french... doors?? -- LP, curious Welcome, Hawk! I hope you will enjoy the place... Two-3-1 is indeed way better than 0-5. -- LP Impressive record, Junebug. -- Wonderface, worried My name is my secret weapon: you must pronounce it right to beat me. -- Mollusquome, the tricky All -- Squash was Squished by the mighty Wurm Kin, terrible. -- Grimm Ironhead -- You live up to your name. -- Hare Binger Pelagius -- Not this time little fella. Back to the drawing board for you. -- Snow Squirrel Clerleon -- I am not really as bad as my record. At least that is what I keep telling Grimm. -- Dog Trick Degotti -- Welcome back, big guy. -- Grimm Junebug -- Grats on the throne. Always great to see a Basher sitting up top. -- Grimm Grimm -- What do you mean "get into this again?" We have been "into" it with each other for many months. You and I are rivals and I will take any shot I can to beat you whenever I can. I thought we understood each other pretty well in that regard. Besides, we have to spice things up here in Shadowspire to keep the place from getting too bland, right? Consider my most recent challenges a "friendly" reminder that I haven't forgotten about you! See you on the sands. -- Vanek, Manager of Warmasters P.S. You still suck too! :) Savage Horde -- Welcome to Shadowspire! I am glad to have you onboard! -- Vanek LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS PURPLE WORM was devastated by MAXENTIUS in a 1 minute mismatched Bloodfeud fight. JUNEBUG handily defeated GWENNOLAY in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge Title match. SUBPRIME RIB vanquished ARCHON in a popular 7 minute gory mismatched Challenge brawl. ZIGGY PIKE savagely defeated SPORK in a 10 minute master's Challenge competition. GIGI DIVINE unbelievably bested BENEDICT in a 4 minute master's Challenge match. JULIETTE handily defeated ROSA KLEBB in a 1 minute uneven Challenge melee. BALTAIRE vanquished KRONSTEEN in a 1 minute uneven Challenge fight. DROW was vanquished by ANGEROO in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge fight. HARE BINGER was narrowly defeated by CAZADOR in a tiring 9 minute Challenge melee. LADY GODIVA demolished MIDSUMMER WREATH in a 5 minute mismatched Challenge match. EBORIUS was handily defeated by ODDJOB in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge contest. MEDA demolished TAMERLANE in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge brawl. FAILED DOG TRICK handily defeated TURDUCKEN in a 1 minute Challenge conflict. SHAY REDMOON was slaughtered by SNOW SQUIRREL in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge bout. STORM GIANT unbelievably bested TOSSED SALAD in a 3 minute Challenge fray. REDFANG defeated HIPPOGRIFF in a exciting 1 minute novice's Challenge bout. PASTA ALL DENTY was beaten by KLAUS VON SPIRE in a 2 minute novice's Challenge match. BONESNAPPER handily defeated INGRAT in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge competition. INTELLECT DEVOURER was savagely defeated by WASHSOUGAL in a 1 minute Challenge fight. MOLLUSQUOME viciously subdued KUNG-FU MASTER in a crowd pleasing 1 minute gory fray. FIVE demolished KNUT SUNDERHELM in a 1 minute one-sided fight. WONDERFACE vanquished CHARLES MARTEL in a 1 minute one-sided match. JAKLAK was viciously subdued by TOM WOLFE in a exciting 3 minute veteran's fight. ZADIE SMITH was savagely defeated by NICK NACK in a action packed 4 minute gory duel. ONION RINGS was handily defeated by LITTLE DARLING in a 1 minute mismatched bout. BRUSSEL SPROUTS slaughtered WYNDHAM LEWIS in a 1 minute gory one-sided bout. GREMLIN STEW unbelievably bested JOSEPH MITCHELL in a popular 7 minute brutal fray. IRONHEAD luckily beat RENTON in a popular 7 minute brutal fight. FEOHR was overpowered by FISH TACO in a 1 minute uneven bout. MARTILN savagely defeated GLABRIO in a 8 minute gruesome contest. TEE HEE JOHNSON savagely defeated TUKWILLA in a exciting 2 minute brutal struggle. SUMNER devastated JAX LE BLUE in a 1 minute uneven bout. IRWEHN overpowered OSKSI NOBLE in a 1 minute one-sided match. JULIAN OF NORWICH handily defeated CLERLEON in a 1 minute uneven match. ORTING outlasted TROLL HAND in a tiring 13 minute beginner's bout. GREAT GOBLIN slimly lost to THE BLACK PRINCE in a 4 minute amateur's match. EARCUTTER was luckily beaten by AGORIX in a 2 minute novice's fight. EDNA MILLAY was vanquished by WELLAWELLAWELLUH in a 1 minute mismatched duel. PELAGIUS was subdued by CHAKOR in a 2 minute beginner's conflict. REDDIG handily defeated MOROS in a 1 minute brutal mismatched fight. BATTLE REPORT MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS |FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT| |STRIKING ATTACK 19 TOTAL PARRY 59 - 38 - 0 61 | |PARRY-STRIKE 12 PARRY-STRIKE 57 - 45 - 2 56 | |TOTAL PARRY 10 WALL OF STEEL 40 - 36 - 1 53 | |BASHING ATTACK 8 BASHING ATTACK 54 - 52 - 2 51 | |LUNGING ATTACK 7 LUNGING ATTACK 52 - 57 - 4 48 | |SLASHING ATTACK 6 STRIKING ATTACK 81 - 89 - 10 48 | |WALL OF STEEL 6 SLASHING ATTACK 24 - 32 - 0 43 | |PARRY-LUNGE 5 AIMED BLOW 15 - 23 - 0 39 | |AIMED BLOW 4 PARRY-LUNGE 13 - 28 - 0 32 | |PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE 2 - 9 - 0 18 | Turn 136 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: TOTAL PARRY 7 - 3 LUNGING ATTACK 3 - 4 4 BASHING ATTACK SLASHING ATTACK 4 - 2 AIMED BLOW 1 - 3 2 PARRY-STRIKE STRIKING ATTACK 11 - 8 PARRY-LUNGE 1 - 4 2 LUNGING ATTACK PARRY-STRIKE 6 - 6 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 1 2 TOTAL PARRY BASHING ATTACK 4 - 4 1 SLASHING ATTACK WALL OF STEEL 3 - 3 TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME BASHING ATTACK JUNEBUG 1543 16 12 4 120 SUMMERBORN (104) PARRY-STRIKE SUBPRIME RIB 1567 17 10 1 123 OTTO'S DINER (96) LUNGING ATTACK WONDERFACE 1522 19 12 0 115 LA PENTARCHIE (11) TOTAL PARRY GIGI DIVINE 613 22 14 0 96 CULT OF BACCHUS (4) SLASHING ATTACK TOM WOLFE 1467 20 16 3 93 LITERATE LOONS (40) PARRY-LUNGE BENEDICT 1470 18 17 0 89 OF WOLF AND MAN (57) FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME STRIKING ATTACK BALTAIRE 833 10 7 0 83 CULT OF BACCHUS (4) AIMED BLOW DROW 1774 8 4 0 62 MONSTER MANUAL (87) WALL OF STEEL MARTILN 1742 9 4 0 44 CLAN LONGBEARD (39) Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above. The overall popularity leader is TOM WOLFE 1467. The most popular warrior this turn was ZIGGY PIKE 1487. The ten other most popular fighters were JOSEPH MITCHELL 1746, BENEDICT 1470, RENTON 1623, SUBPRIME RIB 1567, TOM WOLFE 1467, NICK NACK 1750, TEE HEE JOHNSON 1752, THE BLACK PRINCE 1841, TOSSED SALAD 1686, and MOLLUSQUOME 1629. The least popular fighter this week was ORTING 1815. The other ten least popular fighters were CAZADOR 1578, TROLL HAND 1825, LADY GODIVA 1782, MOROS 1839, EDNA MILLAY 1834, CLERLEON 1796, JAX LE BLUE 946, FEOHR 1737, IRONHEAD 1722, and WYNDHAM LEWIS 1776. The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn: WONDERFACE (81-1522) LA PENTARCHIE (11)