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 (-1) 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 * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * ---===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)