DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 12/17/2024    Duedate: 12/30/2024

ZUKAL ARENA

DM 9    TURN 1022

This Week's Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

ROCKIN WORLD
QUEEN (522)
(9-6561) [19-4-0,140]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

ROCKIN WORLD                   INFERNAL RAVAGER
QUEEN (522)                    THE ABYSS (607)
(9-6561) [19-4-0,140]          (9-6611) [5-0-0,62]

Popularity Leader              This Week's Favorite

SINNAMON LUV                   PRY BAR
SINN'RS 'R US (591)            DEVIATION (523)
(9-6452) [14-8-0,107]          (9-6618) [4-5-0,47]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

DEVIATION (523)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. DEVIATION (523)               32 
2. THE ABYSS (607)               14    SINN'RS 'R US (591)
3. GO AHEAD AND LOOK (604)       14    Unchartered Team
4. SINN'RS 'R US (591)           5  
5. BLUE MOON (381)               4     THE ABYSS (607)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 1*THE ABYSS (607)            5   0  0 100.   1/ 4 DEVIATION (523)           7  6 0
 2- 2*RYE THE LIGHTNING (609)    1   0  0 100.   2/ 1 PET SHOP FLOYD (459)      6  7 0
 3/ 3 SINN'RS 'R US (591)       17  10  2 63.0   3/ 2 NEON FENCERS 2 (606)      5  9 0
 4/ 8*GO AHEAD AND LOOK (604)    3   2  1 60.0   4/ 3 QUEEN (522)               4  2 1
 5/ 4 PET SHOP FLOYD (459)     346 254 17 57.7   5/ 5*THE ABYSS (607)           3  0 0
 6/ 5 QUEEN (522)              529 401 25 56.9   6/ 6 SINN'RS 'R US (591)       2  1 0
 7/ 6 DEVIATION (523)           43  35  2 55.1   7- 7 WILD CARDS (603)          2  1 0
 8- 7 WILD CARDS (603)          18  18  2 50.0   8- 8*RYE THE LIGHTNING (609)   1  0 0
 9- 9*BIG LAKE TIMES (608)       1   1  0 50.0   9- 9*BIG LAKE TIMES (608)      1  1 0
10/10 NEON FENCERS 2 (606)      33  40  1 45.2  10/11*GO AHEAD AND LOOK (604)   1  2 0
11/11 BLUE MOON (381)          1340 1662 41 44.6  11/10 BLUE MOON (381)           1  5 0

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

                                      SPY REPORT

     Greetings, Warriors of ZUKAL.  Allow this humble servant Novgorodny Vir to give 
you a respite from the fights in the form of this Spyreport.  PET SHOP FLOYD?  Who?  
DEVIATION is the top team these days, buddies!  Nothing works for a team like victory 
(How's that for a perceptive observation?) as DEVIATION can attest...  Practice pays 
for PRY BAR, who pummelled THE ZONK, to pocket 18 points.  THE ZONK certainly had a 
baffled expression on his face, after losing to PRY BAR and losing 13 points in the 
process!  KWEE ZUN ART found out that ZUKAL isn't a democracy.  You've gotta be the 
best to be Duelmaster here!  So who was the warrior seen charging into immovable 
walls and challenging dead trees?  Someone's got a basic problem...   
     A Zenmaster once told me, 'Does not the spinning wheel turn?  And do not the 
little birds cry out?'  Any ideas?  Like a horde of jackals fleeing from the lion, so 
did the "warriors" in ZUKAL avoid DEVIATION.  The warriors of DEVIATION found their 
efforts at combat frustrated as THE ABYSS apparently had more important things to do 
than fight.  Everyone is famous for fifteen minutes, and CRAZYLEGS is it right now.  
Most challenged warrior.  Isn't NEON FENCERS 2 proud!   
     The moving sword slashes, and having slashed, moves on...  Ask not for whom the 
sword slashes; it slashes for thee.   
     All good things must come to an end.  More important duties call me.  Can 
anything compare to the pleasure of writing Spyreports for ZUKAL?  On that giddy note 
I take my leave-- Novgorodny Vir  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 ROCKIN WORLD 6561         TP 19   4  0 140         QUEEN (522)               

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SINNAMON LUV 6452         WS 14   8  0 107         SINN'RS 'R US (591)       
 KWEE ZUN ART 5621         SL 13   6  2 102         DEVIATION (523)           

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 RESTORATION 6602          LU  9   5  0  80         NEON FENCERS 2 (606)      
 IT'S A JOKE, RIGHT?  6484 TP 11  39  0  72         BLUE MOON (381)           
-HIS NIBS 6557             SL  5   5  1  70         WILD CARDS (603)                         *

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 INFERNAL RAVAGER 6611     TP  5   0  0  62         THE ABYSS (607)                          *

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-ACEY DEUCEY 6554          PL  5   2  0  53         WILD CARDS (603)          
 FLOYD TROUT 6603          SL  9   6  0  51         PET SHOP FLOYD (459)                     *
 KINGFISHER 6626           LU  5   3  0  50         DEVIATION (523)                          *
 PRY BAR 6618              SL  4   5  0  47         DEVIATION (523)                          *
 AGENT ZERO 5772           SL  5   3  0  46         DEVIATION (523)           
 BIG CAN O CRAZY 6576      AB  3   2  1  41         GO AHEAD AND LOOK (604)   
 THE DEACON 6591           AB 10   6  0  36         NEON FENCERS 2 (606)      

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 THE ZONK 6594             BA  8   8  1  33         NEON FENCERS 2 (606)      
 MOONBLAST 6600            SL  7   9  0  30         BLUE MOON (381)                          *
 CRAZYLEGS 6593                4  12  0  24         NEON FENCERS 2 (606)                     [AB-LU-SL-TP]

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 FANDANGO 6614             WS  3   7  1  23         QUEEN (522)                              *
-BOSS HOG 6635                 1   0  0  17         RYE THE LIGHTNING (609)                  [AB-BA-LU]
 TARANTULA FLOYD 6628          4   3  0  15         PET SHOP FLOYD (459)                     [LU-SL]
-TOHNI LAVAFIST 6623           1   0  0  15         BIG LAKE TIMES (608)                     [AB-BA-LU]
 BLITZBOLT 6629            ST  1   1  0  10         NEON FENCERS 2 (606)      
 CHIHUAHUA FLOYD 6630      SL  2   2  0   8         PET SHOP FLOYD (459)      

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
IM THE TRIED & T 5625   4  3 0 DEVIATION 523        THE ZONK 6594         1018 JUST REVENGED
GECKO FLOYD 6627        3  3 0 PET SHOP FLOYD 459   FANDANGO 6614         1021  

                                     PERSONAL ADS

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

RESTORATION viciously subdued IT'S A JOKE, RIGHT? in a 2 minute Challenge fight.
THE DEACON was subdued by KINGFISHER in a exciting 1 minute Challenge melee.
BIG CAN O CRAZY overpowered CRAZYLEGS in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge duel.
ROCKIN WORLD bested KWEE ZUN ART in a exciting 2 minute veteran's Title fight.
SINNAMON LUV devastated VETERAN MERCENARY in a 1 minute gory uneven brawl.
FLOYD TROUT was bested by INFERNAL RAVAGER in a 2 minute bloody match.
AGENT ZERO handily defeated FANDANGO in a 1 minute uneven fight.
THE ZONK was viciously subdued by PRY BAR in a action packed 2 minute gruesome duel.
MOONBLAST defeated TARANTULA FLOYD in a action packed 1 minute duel.
CHIHUAHUA FLOYD was defeated by BLITZBOLT in a 1 minute novice's fight.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|SLASHING ATTACK                  6         PARRY-STRIKE       5 -   0 -  0     100  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   3         PARRY-LUNGE        4 -   1 -  0      80  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      3         STRIKING ATTACK    4 -   2 -  1      67  |
|AIMED BLOW                       3         BASHING ATTACK    11 -  10 -  1      52  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    2         TOTAL PARRY       15 -  15 -  0      50  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  1         WALL OF STEEL     14 -  15 -  2      48  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   1         AIMED BLOW        12 -  13 -  0      48  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      0         LUNGING ATTACK    22 -  24 -  0      48  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     0         SLASHING ATTACK   29 -  34 -  2      46  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    0         PARRY-RIPOSTE      1 -   3 -  0      25  |

Turn 1022 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    1 -  0     AIMED BLOW         1 -  2         3  TOTAL PARRY    
LUNGING ATTACK     2 -  1     PARRY-LUNGE        0 -  0         3  SLASHING ATTACK
TOTAL PARRY        2 -  1     PARRY-STRIKE       0 -  0         2  LUNGING ATTACK 
SLASHING ATTACK    3 -  3     PARRY-RIPOSTE      0 -  0         1  WALL OF STEEL  
WALL OF STEEL      1 -  1     BASHING ATTACK     0 -  1         1  PARRY-STRIKE   
                                                                1  PARRY-LUNGE    

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
TOTAL PARRY      ROCKIN WORLD 6561          19   4  0  140 QUEEN (522)
WALL OF STEEL    SINNAMON LUV 6452          14   8  0  107 SINN'RS 'R US (591)
SLASHING ATTACK  KWEE ZUN ART 5621          13   6  2  102 DEVIATION (523)
LUNGING ATTACK   RESTORATION 6602            9   5  0   80 NEON FENCERS 2 (606)
AIMED BLOW       BIG CAN O CRAZY 6576        3   2  1   41 GO AHEAD AND LOOK (604)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is SINNAMON LUV 6452.  The most popular warrior this 
turn was PRY BAR 6618.  The ten other most popular fighters were RESTORATION 6602, 
KWEE ZUN ART 5621, KINGFISHER 6626, INFERNAL RAVAGER 6611, THE DEACON 6591, FLOYD 
TROUT 6603, BIG CAN O CRAZY 6576, ROCKIN WORLD 6561, SINNAMON LUV 6452, and AGENT 
ZERO 5772.

The least popular fighter this week was CHIHUAHUA FLOYD 6630.  The other ten least 
popular fighters were FANDANGO 6614, CRAZYLEGS 6593, THE ZONK 6594, IT'S A JOKE, 
RIGHT? 6484, BLITZBOLT 6629, TARANTULA FLOYD 6628, MOONBLAST 6600, AGENT ZERO 5772, 
SINNAMON LUV 6452, and ROCKIN WORLD 6561.

The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn:

SINNAMON LUV (9-6452) SINN'RS 'R US (591)

               NEW GRADUATES--FROM ALL ARENAS (INCLUDING CLOSED ARENAS)

For those of you who keep track of such things, a few additional warriors graduated 
from regular DM arenas (including closed arenas) since the last tournament. 

                   RIFF RAFF (82-37476) ROOKIE ARMADA 6 II  (6212) 
                  MAURICE BRITT (84-6039) MEDAL OF HONOR T10  (1140) 
                       RIMGARR (84-57625) ALGOPHOBIACS  (6250) 
                        FIVE (85-43995) FAST TRACK III  (8036) 

Congrats to the grads. -- Green Eyes