DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 01/01/2013    Duedate: 01/28/2013

TELORINTHE ARENA

DM-83    TURN-74

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

CONTRACT BRIDGE
OLDIES (5)
(83-308) [21-8-1,108]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

CONTRACT BRIDGE                POSITION IS EMPTY
OLDIES (5)                     
(83-308) [21-8-1,108]          

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

CONTRACT BRIDGE                STEEL MUSE
OLDIES (5)                     NONSUCH HOUSE (39)
(83-308) [21-8-1,108]          (83-287) [8-3-0,90]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

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          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. NONSUCH HOUSE (39)          42
2. MIDDLE WAY 21 (40)          23      OLDIES (5)
3. OLDIES (5)                   3      Unchartered Team
4. PUNY ORC PELOTON (8)         3
                                       2010 WORDINGS (45)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 1 OLDIES (5)               257 113  9 69.5   1/ 1 OLDIES (5)               10  5 0
 2/ 2 PUNY ORC PELOTON (8)      45  30  1 60.0   2/ 2 PUNY ORC PELOTON (8)     10  5 0
 3/ 0 NONSUCH HOUSE (39)        33  22  1 60.0   3/ 3 MIDDLE WAY 21 (40)        5 10 0
 4/ 3 MIDDLE WAY 21 (40)       123 142  6 46.4   4/ 0 NONSUCH HOUSE (39)        3  2 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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                              ---===SLOW ARENA NEWS===---

                                     Duelmasters
                                     -----------
 DM   8 ARKERS (turn 356): PORT-A-FORTRESS of THE CHOSEN (? , mgr.)
 DM  28 MORYA (turn 353): POP TARGET of DODGE BULLETS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 351): DRONE-ON of BAD NEWS BEES (Stinger, mgr.)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 306): MASSEY of KIWI CONNECTION (The Mun, mgr.)
 DM  45 STORMCROWE (turn 329): AURORA MARIE of NORTHERN LIGHTS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  47 NORTH FORK (turn 323): FROSTY of FAST FOOD (Madwand, mgr.)
 DM  50 SNOWBOUND (turn 310): 4-H of LIFE IMPACTS (Coach, mgr.)
 DM  52 FRATSFA (turn 304): GLOATING GARDENIA of FLOWER GIRLS (Lady Fern, mgr.)
 DM  54 TROCAR (turn 288): DIAN WEI of ASIAN INVASION (Pec Killer, mgr.)
 DM  59 ILLIS (turn 281): JOHN WAYNE of TALL TALES (A-Sop, mgr.)
 DM  71 KYR'TERR (turn 257): SINCEMILLA of WRATHMEN XIV (Kharadmon, mgr.)
 DM  72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 258): LONDON BEEFEATER of MEAT YOUR MAKER (Crip, mgr.)
 DM  73 ERINIKA (turn 257): JEROME BETTIS of SUE'S BOYS (Crip, mgr.)
 DM  83 TELORINTHE (turn 73): ROID FLOYD of PUNY ORC PELOTON (slugbait, mgr.)
 DM 106 CRYSALIS (turn 256): THE REFEREE of AVID FANS (Crip, mgr.)

                                      Top Teams
                                      ---------
 DM   8 ARKERS (turn 356): MIDDLE WAY 11 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  28 MORYA (turn 353): DODGE BULLETS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 351): POSITION IS EMPTY
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 306): KIWI CONNECTION (The Mun, mgr.)
 DM  45 STORMCROWE (turn 329): DARQUE FORCES (Master Darque, mgr.)
 DM  47 NORTH FORK (turn 323): FAST FOOD (Madwand, mgr.)
 DM  50 SNOWBOUND (turn 310): LIFE IMPACTS (Coach, mgr.)
 DM  52 FRATSFA (turn 304): BASH BROS ROAD SIGN (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.)
 DM  54 TROCAR (turn 288): TRADERS OF TROCAR (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  59 ILLIS (turn 281): IMPROVED ILLUSION (Phantasm, mgr.)
 DM  71 KYR'TERR (turn 257): PIZZA TOPPINGS (?, mgr.)
 DM  72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 258): MONGREL HORDE (Crip, mgr.)
 DM  73 ERINIKA (turn 257): SUE'S BOYS (Crip, mgr.)
 DM  83 TELORINTHE (turn 73): OLDIES (Coach, mgr.)
 DM 106 CRYSALIS (turn 256): SPARF! et al (Crip, mgr.)

                                   Recent Graduates
                                   ----------------
 DM  31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 350): BUMBLE of BAD NEWS BEES (Stinger, mgr.)
                               XANDAR of AVENGERS (Huckle Cat?, mgr.)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 305): WOXTON of KIWI CONNECTION (The Mun, mgr.)
 DM  47 NORTH FORK (turn 323): FROSTY of FAST FOOD (Madwand, mgr.)
                   (turn 322): WILHELM SCREAM of OTTODROME TW (Otto X, mgr.)
 DM  50 SNOWBOUND (turn 310): MATH of LIFE IMPACTS (Coach, mgr.)
 DM  52 FRATSFA (turn 303): JASMIN of JADE WARRIORS (Brandon Massingale, mgr.)
                            LI KUI of WAH CHING (Pec Killer, mgr.)
 DM  59 ILLIS (turn 281): KING MIDAS of TALL TALES (A-Sop, mgr.)
              (turn 280): INUYASHA of IMPROVED ILLUSION (Phantasm, mgr.)
 DM  71 KYR'TERR (turn 256): DANNY HEATLEY of OTTAWA SENATORS (Crip, mgr.)

                                 DUELMASTER'S COLUMN
                             Notes from the arena champ.

     Well who would have guess that I ended up here.  Not me.  I may be an average AB
but good old Life Scout is average scum.  The only difference is that I'm managed by
slugbait and the all mighty Coach runs Life Scout.  Which means that I stand a good
chance of dropping the rematch.  At best slubait is 8-2 vs. Coach in Telorinthe but
across all the arenas the score is even worse.  So what to do.  Avoid?  Run?  Hide?
Pray for one of Middle Way's warriors?
     I fear that even the last option will leave me on the short end of the stick.

Your Duelmaster (for a very short time),

     Roid Floyd

                                      SPY REPORT

     If you were disturbed from your beauty rest only to have to watch a bunch of 
TELORINTHE brutes like you, you'd be grouchy, too.  Of course, we're all terribly 
impressed to see STEEL MUSE win a fight and gain 25 points, terribly.  Tsk, tsk, 
STEEL MUSE beat CIRCLE K and CIRCLE K lost 17 points.  You're breakin' my heart.  And 
it's out with the old, in with the new, as CONTRACT BRIDGE takes the Title and last 
week's bar tab from the old Duelmaster.  Heh, heh.  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.  
TELORINTHE, I am losing what little hope I had in you.  PUNY ORC PELOTON the most 
avoided team?  What insult will suffice, I cannot say.  And who led the way in this 
mass act of cowardice?  Let's see, well, whatcha know?  It was OLDIES.  Ha ha ha ha!  
SAM TALL was challenged more times this turn than the Duelmaster.  Now was the DM 
insulted or feared?  Heh, heh.   
     Some people like volunteer work in the hospitals.  I volunteer for TELORINTHE's 
morgue.  More variety.  Titanium shields and bamboo daggers, guess what brave team is 
developing these kinds of weapons?   
     What does the TELORINTHE arena have in common with the inns?  It's just as 
comfortable to sleep in either place.  Ha ha ha ha!  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                  
 CONTRACT BRIDGE 308          21   8  1   108       OLDIES (5)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 ROID FLOYD 61                11   4  0    96       PUNY ORC PELOTON (8)
 LIFE SCOUT 316               21   7  0    94       OLDIES (5)
 SAM TALL 293                 20  33  0    93       MIDDLE WAY 21 (40)
 MELANIE OBERN 324            12  12  2    91       MIDDLE WAY 21 (40)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 STEEL MUSE 287                8   3  0    90       NONSUCH HOUSE (39)
 CIRCLE K 354                 11   4  0    73       OLDIES (5)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 CUSTODIAN 325                11  12  1    63       OLDIES (5)
 BAD BAD BASSO 58             11   4  0    61       PUNY ORC PELOTON (8)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 WHITEY D'EAGLE 289            7   4  0    55       NONSUCH HOUSE (39)
 SPORT 368                     5   2  0    54       OLDIES (5)
 PETRO SALM 337                9  13  0    40       MIDDLE WAY 21 (40)
 ROOK 286                      7   4  0    40       NONSUCH HOUSE (39)
 CORNELIUS 285                 6   5  0    35       NONSUCH HOUSE (39)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SPANISH BEEF 366              5   3  0    24       PUNY ORC PELOTON (8)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SILVERBACK 288                5   6  1    22       NONSUCH HOUSE (39)
 OLOVOR PARIS 371              3   1  1    22       MIDDLE WAY 21 (40)
 POSTAL TURNCOAT 369           3   3  1    21       PUNY ORC PELOTON (8)
 TAMARIND URLIK 370            1   3  0    14       MIDDLE WAY 21 (40)

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
ROSANA SABEL 326        6 13 0 MIDDLE WAY 21 40     CUSTODIAN 325          70  REVENGED
LILLIPUTAIN LEVI 62     8  4 0 PUNY ORC PELOTON 8   MELANIE OBERN 324      71  REVENGED
OMEGA OMERTA 372        1  2 0 PUNY ORC PELOTON 8   BLACK ORC              74  NONE

                                     PERSONAL ADS

Roid Floyd -- I don't like losing, but I also did not like writing a DM Column.  Have
at it, Champ. -- Life Scout

Convicted Assassin -- You seem to have lost your touch.  Not getting the cards
anymore? -- Contract Bridge

     How do you think he got convicted?

Melanie Obern -- Make that 1-6 versus you!  You wicked lady!  Why are you always
cleaning my clock?! -- Custodian

Sam Tall -- Mark one in the books for us shorter folk. -- Circle K

Mr. Slugbait -- That was a GREAT round for you at 1-1.  Perhaps you are an up-and-
comer? -- Coach

All -- May your New Year have started out with bountiful blessings. -- Coach and The
Oldies

     And continue so.

8-2 and 1-1 this turn.  Really sad when a 50% turn is considered great. -- slugbait

Life Scout -- Not sure if I want the rematch.  Skills were great but the out come was
too close. -- Roid

Petro -- Scum, scum, scum. sorry. -- Bad-Bad

Sport -- I expect I'll see you again soon so have changed my default strategy and
hope for a better outcome.  Perhaps a dagger in the back? -- Turncoat

     Sounds like a plan.

Tamarind -- The beef was bad. -- Spanish Beef

Olovor -- And I'm off to the Da.  THANK! -- Omerta

Life Scout -- If you're "closer to finishing," does that mean you're older and more
decrepit? -- Sam Tall

Circle K -- I got dizzy. -- Sam Tall, not up for a lot of circling

Custodian -- Well, I hadn't realized that I could the eyelash-flutter in the arena,
too.  And that it would be just as devastating as it is under other circumstances.
Excellent. -- Melanie Obern

Bad Bad Basso -- I didn't expect such a basso from somebody so much shorter than me.
Guess that should warn me against stereotyping! -- Petro Salm
P.S.  Jorja stereotypes all the time, she says it's faster than the hunt-and-peck
method.

Spanish Beef -- What kind of seasoning is in that? -- Tamarind Ulrik

Omega Omerta -- I was going for... something earlier.  Theta, maybe? -- Olovor Paris

ALL -- MERRY CHRISTMAS, HAPPY HOLIDAYS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL IN ALASTARI!!!
May your year end in peace and the new year hold great things for you and your
families. -- Gentleben (Sunset-21, Morya-28, Arvat-32 and Talahya-100)

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

OMEGA OMERTA was butchered by BLACK ORC in a crowd pleasing 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
ROID FLOYD was subdued by CONTRACT BRIDGE in a exciting 1 minute gory Title melee.
SAM TALL was outwaited by LIFE SCOUT in a slow 14 minute master's brawl.
CIRCLE K was defeated by STEEL MUSE in a crowd pleasing 2 minute match.
MELANIE OBERN devastated VIRGINAL GIGOLO in a 1 minute one-sided duel.
CUSTODIAN viciously subdued ROOK in a crowd pleasing 3 minute bloody match.
BAD BAD BASSO luckily beat SPORT in a action packed 4 minute melee.
PETRO SALM was vanquished by WHITEY D'EAGLE in a 1 minute uneven duel.
CORNELIUS defeated POSTAL TURNCOAT in a 3 minute duel.
SILVERBACK lost to SPANISH BEEF in a 3 minute gory fight.
TAMARIND URLIK overpowered CONVICTED THIEF in a 1 minute one-sided melee.
OLOVOR PARIS overpowered CONVICTED THIEF in a 1 minute one-sided match.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|WALL OF STEEL                    3         STRIKING ATTACK   15 -   4 -  0      79  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   3         AIMED BLOW        17 -  10 -  1      63  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      3         SLASHING ATTACK   19 -  13 -  1      59  |
|AIMED BLOW                       3         BASHING ATTACK     5 -   4 -  1      56  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  2         PARRY-STRIKE       7 -   6 -  0      54  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  2         TOTAL PARRY       22 -  19 -  0      54  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   2         WALL OF STEEL     17 -  16 -  0      52  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     2         PARRY-RIPOSTE      1 -   1 -  0      50  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      0         LUNGING ATTACK    11 -  15 -  1      42  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    0         PARRY-LUNGE        2 -   4 -  0      33  |

Turn  74 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:

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

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
STRIKING ATTACK  CONTRACT BRIDGE 308        21   8  1  108 OLDIES (5)
AIMED BLOW       ROID FLOYD 61              11   4  0   96 PUNY ORC PELOTON (8)
TOTAL PARRY      LIFE SCOUT 316             21   7  0   94 OLDIES (5)
LUNGING ATTACK   WHITEY D'EAGLE 289          7   4  0   55 NONSUCH HOUSE (39)
SLASHING ATTACK  SPORT 368                   5   2  0   54 OLDIES (5)
PARRY-STRIKE     ROOK 286                    7   4  0   40 NONSUCH HOUSE (39)
WALL OF STEEL    CORNELIUS 285               6   5  0   35 NONSUCH HOUSE (39)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is CONTRACT BRIDGE 308.  The most popular warrior this 
turn was STEEL MUSE 287.  The ten other most popular fighters were SPORT 368, 
CUSTODIAN 325, CONTRACT BRIDGE 308, MELANIE OBERN 324, POSTAL TURNCOAT 369, 
SILVERBACK 288, CIRCLE K 354, WHITEY D'EAGLE 289, CORNELIUS 285, and SPANISH BEEF 
366.

The least popular fighter this week was LIFE SCOUT 316.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were SAM TALL 293, PETRO SALM 337, ROOK 286, ROID FLOYD 61, BAD BAD BASSO 
58, OMEGA OMERTA 372, OLOVOR PARIS 371, TAMARIND URLIK 370, SPANISH BEEF 366, and 
CORNELIUS 285.

The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn:

LIFE SCOUT (83-316) OLDIES (5)