DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 07/14/2026    Duedate: 07/27/2026

JHELUM ARENA

DM 4    TURN 1043

This Week's Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

BREAK IT DOWN AGAIN
PALE SHELTER 57 (698)
(4-7423) [18-1-0,153]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

BREAK IT DOWN AGAIN            VAPOR TRAIL
PALE SHELTER 57 (698)          CARESS OF STEEL! (739)
(4-7423) [18-1-0,153]          (4-7975) [6-1-0,62]

Popularity Leader              This Week's Favorite

CONQUEROR                      ALDIBAH
TANKS FOR NOTHIN' (171)        DRACO (740)
(4-7907) [13-15-0,99]          (4-7981) [1-0-0,13]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

POSITION IS EMPTY

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. SONGS OF THE WOOD (725)       41 
2. THE KILLING HIVE (718)        18    PALE SHELTER 57 (698)
3. CLASSIC BLUES (549)           18    Unchartered Team
4. DRACO (740)                   13 
5. TANKS FOR NOTHIN' (171)       12    DRACO (740)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1- 1*STAGE RIGHT (733)          2   0  1 100.   1/ 4 CLASSIC BLUES (549)       8  6 0
 2/ 0*DRACO (740)                1   0  0 100.   2/ 2*CARESS OF STEEL! (739)    8  6 0
 3/ 2 PALE SHELTER 57 (698)     82  17  2 82.8   3/ 1 THE KILLING HIVE (718)    7  6 0
 4/ 4 THE KILLING HIVE (718)    70  49  1 58.8   4/ 3 TRIBAL COUNCIL (120)      6  5 0
 5/ 3*CARESS OF STEEL! (739)    20  14  0 58.8   5/ 5 TANKS FOR NOTHIN' (171)   5  6 0
 6/ 5 CLASSIC BLUES (549)      244 183 11 57.1   6/10 SONGS OF THE WOOD (725)   4  1 0
 7/ 6 TRIBAL COUNCIL (120)     611 548 25 52.7   7/ 6 PALE SHELTER 57 (698)     3  0 0
 8- 7 PHILANTHROPISTS2 (253)   336 305 25 52.4   8- 7*STAGE RIGHT (733)         2  0 1
 9/ 8 TANKS FOR NOTHIN' (171)  290 270 27 51.8   9- 8 PHILANTHROPISTS2 (253)    2  2 1
10/ 9 SONGS OF THE WOOD (725)   81  81  0 50.0  10/ 0*DRACO (740)               1  0 0
11/11 DOGS OF WAR (115)        1173 1713 42 40.6  11/11 DOGS OF WAR (115)         0  6 0
12/ 0*TYRANTS (728)              8  13  0 38.1  12-12 BLOOD AND GUTS (199)      0  1 0
13-12 BLOOD AND GUTS (199)      13  31  1 29.5  13/ 0*TYRANTS (728)             0  1 0

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

                                      SPY REPORT

Good afternoon.

     Not all of the clerks who bring me statistics have reported in yet, but I'll see 
what I can do with what I've got.  There were 16 fights in Jhelum's arena today.  6 
challenges, and Songs of the Wood avoided Classic Blues.  No one died in the arena 
today, which is always a relief.
     Songs of the Wood had a 4-1-0 turn, moving them up four places in the rankings.  
Here's their best fight today.  THE WHISTLER (4-7789) (15-16-0,94) of SONGS OF THE 
WOOD challenged POLAR BEAR (4-7820) (24-23-1,112) of TRIBAL COUNCIL.  THE WHISTLER 
devastated POLAR BEAR in a 1 minute gruesome mismatched Challenge fight and gained 15 
recognition points.
     Break It Down Again is still Jhans' Duelmaster after a rather predictable match.  
BREAK IT DOWN AGAIN (4-7423) (17-1-0,142) of PALE SHELTER 57 fought PANZER IV (4-7847) 
(18-23-2,94) of TANKS FOR NOTHIN'.  BREAK IT DOWN AGAIN handily defeated PANZER IV in 
a 5 minute uneven Title fight.
     Caress of Steel! had another chance to bloodfeud Arrows of Stage Right.  Once 
again, neither Arrows nor anyone else from the Stage Right team has shown their face.  
And so, Caress of Steel! had a 2-2-0 turn, with their two wins being against stand-
ins.  Arrows only has a 1-0-1 record, so I'm sure Caress of Steel!'s four rather 
inexperienced fighters would have a decent chance.  Had Arrows been present to meet 
the demands of honor.
     The most challenged warrior was Lead Balloon.  VELVET QUEEN (4-7797) (17-13-0,82) 
of SONGS OF THE WOOD challenged LEAD BALLOON (4-7742) (3-66-0,75) of DOGS OF WAR.  
VELVET QUEEN overpowered LEAD BALLOON in a 1 minute bloody one-sided Challenge fight.
     In the last fight of the day, Bizarre Czar discovered that you can't always judge 
a fighter by his or her record.  BIZARRE CZAR (4-7829) (2-0-0,9) of TYRANTS fought 
EVERGREEN (4-7994) (0-2-0,2) of TRIBAL COUNCIL.  BIZARRE CZAR was overpowered by 
EVERGREEN in a 3 minute bloody mismatched brawl.  Evergreen gained 16 points for this 
win.
     Well, with the limited background information I was able to glean, that's all I 
can say.  Except that some fighters, specifically Edgar and Cinderella Man, have taken 
to wearing red and white striped tights over their armor.  Did they do this on a dare?
     HUNTING GIRL (4-7846) (12-10-0,84) of SONGS OF THE WOOD challenged EDGAR (4-7838) 
(20-24-0,84) of DOGS OF WAR.  HUNTING GIRL devastated EDGAR in a 3 minute bloody one-
sided Challenge duel.  The tights were shredded.
     CINDERELLA MAN (4-7973) (3-3-0,25) of CARESS OF STEEL! fought OSKSI NOBLE (4-583) 
(0-0-0,10).  CINDERELLA MAN bested OSKSI NOBLE in a 1 minute bout.  The tights came 
out undamaged.  Is this a good thing or a bad one?
     That's it for this turn.  Have a good two weeks.  I hope it cools off a bit, 
don't you?

                                          -- Edith Tonte

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 BREAK IT DOWN AGAIN  7423 TP 18   1  0 153         PALE SHELTER 57 (698)     

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 LIL GREEN 7803            TP 20   7  1 129         CLASSIC BLUES (549)       
 SHATTERBOW 7772           LU 16   9  1 118         THE KILLING HIVE (718)    
 THE WHISTLER 7789         ST 16  16  0 109         SONGS OF THE WOOD (725)   
-SWAYTHE 5253              PL 14  10  0 106         PHILANTHROPISTS2 (253)    
 POLAR BEAR 7820           BA 24  24  1 103         TRIBAL COUNCIL (120)      
 CONQUEROR 7907            BA 13  15  0  99         TANKS FOR NOTHIN' (171)   
 JESSE FULLER 7802         ST 15  13  1  95         CLASSIC BLUES (549)       
 HUNTING GIRL 7846         AB 13  10  0  95         SONGS OF THE WOOD (725)   
 BARBAX 7891               TP 19   5  0  91         THE KILLING HIVE (718)    
 PANZER IV 7847            PR 18  24  2  91         TANKS FOR NOTHIN' (171)                  *
 ALBERT COLLINS 7917       BA 13  10  1  91         CLASSIC BLUES (549)       

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 VELVET QUEEN 7797         LU 18  13  0  90         SONGS OF THE WOOD (725)   

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 JACK FROST 7785           PR 14  19  0  86         SONGS OF THE WOOD (725)                  *
 EDGAR 7838                TP 20  25  0  85         DOGS OF WAR (115)         
 THE HOODED CROW 7786      PR 16  17  0  78         SONGS OF THE WOOD (725)   
 LEAD BALLOON 7742         BA  3  67  0  76         DOGS OF WAR (115)                        *
-OSCEOLA 7929              LU 12   5  1  67         TRIBAL COUNCIL (120)                     *

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 TALL OAK 7964             LU  9   2  0  63         TRIBAL COUNCIL (120)      
 VAPOR TRAIL 7975              6   1  0  62         CARESS OF STEEL! (739)                   [LU-TP]
 WALTER DAVIS 7922         LU 12  10  0  58         CLASSIC BLUES (549)                      *

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 ASHFLAYER 7775            LU 14  11  0  53         THE KILLING HIVE (718)                   *
 CARRO LEGGERO 7904        ST  7  24  2  49         TANKS FOR NOTHIN' (171)   
 THUGGO 7943               BA  4   6  0  41         THE KILLING HIVE (718)                   *

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 PINK ANDERSON 7942        BA  6   6  0  32         CLASSIC BLUES (549)       
 CINDERELLA MAN 7973       BA  4   3  0  27         CARESS OF STEEL! (739)                   *
-CATHY 1922                    6   5  0  25         BLOOD AND GUTS (199)                     [BA-PR-TP]
-ARROWS 7873                   1   0  1  24         STAGE RIGHT (733)                        [BA-LU-PR-ST-TP]

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-UNHAPPY SLASHER 7870      SL  1   0  0  21         STAGE RIGHT (733)         
 RICKENBACKER 7974         PR  3   4  0  19         CARESS OF STEEL! (739)    
 EVERGREEN 7994            PR  1   2  0  18         TRIBAL COUNCIL (120)                     *
 MARATHON 7972             TP  4   3  0  15         CARESS OF STEEL! (739)                   *
 ALDIBAH 7981              ST  1   0  0  13         DRACO (740)                              *
-ANTHEM 7998                   1   0  0  13         CARESS OF STEEL! (739)                   [LU-ST-TP-WS]
 CHAR B1 EURE 7947             1   1  0   8         TANKS FOR NOTHIN' (171)                  ???
 BIZARRE CZAR 7829             2   1  0   7         TYRANTS (728)                            [LU-TP]

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
NEUROTICA 7976          2  3 0 CARESS OF STEEL! 739 ARROWS 7873           1041  

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                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

THE WHISTLER devastated POLAR BEAR in a 1 minute gruesome mismatched Challenge fight.
ALBERT COLLINS was demolished by SHATTERBOW in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge melee.
JACK FROST was defeated by CONQUEROR in a 2 minute master's Challenge duel.
VELVET QUEEN overpowered LEAD BALLOON in a 1 minute bloody one-sided Challenge fight.
HUNTING GIRL devastated EDGAR in a 3 minute bloody one-sided Challenge duel.
PINK ANDERSON was beaten by CARRO LEGGERO in a 2 minute Challenge brawl.
BREAK IT DOWN AGAIN handily defeated PANZER IV in a 5 minute uneven Title fight.
BARBAX slimly lost to LIL GREEN in a crowd boring 13 minute veteran's duel.
JESSE FULLER vanquished VAPOR TRAIL in a exciting 1 minute one-sided fight.
TALL OAK was overcome by THE HOODED CROW in a 3 minute one-sided bout.
ASHFLAYER was subdued by WALTER DAVIS in a 2 minute master's match.
THUGGO handily defeated MARATHON in a 2 minute brutal one-sided contest.
CINDERELLA MAN bested OSKSI NOBLE in a 1 minute bout.
RICKENBACKER handily defeated MORDANT DESERTER in a 1 minute one-sided conflict.
CHAR B1 EURE was viciously subdued by ALDIBAH in a 4 minute amateur's bout.
BIZARRE CZAR was overpowered by EVERGREEN in a 3 minute bloody mismatched brawl.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|BASHING ATTACK                   7         PARRY-STRIKE       6 -   3 -  0      67  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      7         AIMED BLOW         6 -   3 -  0      67  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   6         TOTAL PARRY       33 -  19 -  0      63  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    5         LUNGING ATTACK    50 -  29 -  1      63  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  4         PARRY-LUNGE        5 -   3 -  0      63  |
|AIMED BLOW                       1         WALL OF STEEL      6 -   4 -  1      60  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      0         BASHING ATTACK    32 -  38 -  1      46  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     0         SLASHING ATTACK    3 -   4 -  0      43  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  0         PARRY-RIPOSTE     13 -  20 -  0      39  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    0         STRIKING ATTACK   13 -  22 -  0      37  |

Turn 1043 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     BASHING ATTACK     3 -  4         3  TOTAL PARRY    
STRIKING ATTACK    4 -  0     TOTAL PARRY        2 -  5         2  STRIKING ATTACK
PARRY-RIPOSTE      3 -  2     PARRY-LUNGE        0 -  0         2  BASHING ATTACK 
LUNGING ATTACK     3 -  3     PARRY-STRIKE       0 -  0         1  LUNGING ATTACK 
                              SLASHING ATTACK    0 -  0         1  PARRY-LUNGE    
                              WALL OF STEEL      0 -  0         1  AIMED BLOW     
                                                                1  PARRY-RIPOSTE  

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
TOTAL PARRY      BREAK IT DOWN AGAIN 7423   18   1  0  153 PALE SHELTER 57 (698)
LUNGING ATTACK   SHATTERBOW 7772            16   9  1  118 THE KILLING HIVE (718)
STRIKING ATTACK  JESSE FULLER 7802          15  13  1   95 CLASSIC BLUES (549)
AIMED BLOW       HUNTING GIRL 7846          13  10  0   95 SONGS OF THE WOOD (725)
BASHING ATTACK   ALBERT COLLINS 7917        13  10  1   91 CLASSIC BLUES (549)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is CONQUEROR 7907.  The most popular warrior this turn 
was ALDIBAH 7981.  The ten other most popular fighters were BREAK IT DOWN AGAIN 7423, 
CONQUEROR 7907, HUNTING GIRL 7846, WALTER DAVIS 7922, THUGGO 7943, EVERGREEN 7994, 
CARRO LEGGERO 7904, TALL OAK 7964, THE HOODED CROW 7786, and THE WHISTLER 7789.

The least popular fighter this week was BARBAX 7891.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were LIL GREEN 7803, BIZARRE CZAR 7829, PINK ANDERSON 7942, LEAD BALLOON 
7742, ALBERT COLLINS 7917, POLAR BEAR 7820, CHAR B1 EURE 7947, RICKENBACKER 7974, 
MARATHON 7972, and VAPOR TRAIL 7975.