DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 03/25/2025    Duedate: 04/07/2025

KOLACT ARENA

DM 10    TURN 1023

This Week's Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

LUCINCH
WAR HAWKS (11)
(10-5380) [14-23-0,100]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

LUCINCH                        JET NEUTRALITY
WAR HAWKS (11)                 MINNY24R (665)
(10-5380) [14-23-0,100]        (10-7686) [4-1-0,31]

Popularity Leader              This Week's Favorite

LUCINCH                        SELENA
WAR HAWKS (11)                 THE MOONDOGS (97)
(10-5380) [14-23-0,100]        (10-7020) [11-24-0,57]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

WAR HAWKS (11)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. WAR HAWKS (11)                31 
2. THE RAZOR'S EDGE (246)        17    NEON DIAMONDS (661)
3. THE MOONDOGS (97)             15    Unchartered Team
4. NEON DIAMONDS (661)           12 
5. ROGUES GALLERY (226)          5     MINNY24R (665)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 1*MINNY24R (665)             6   1  0 85.7   1/ 2 WAR HAWKS (11)           11  4 1
 2/ 3 NEON DIAMONDS (661)       54  39  3 58.1   2/ 1 NEON DIAMONDS (661)       9  5 0
 3- 4 CAPRICORNUS (649)         11   8  1 57.9   3/ 3 THE RAZOR'S EDGE (246)    6  9 0
 4- 5 TERRAPIN STATION (189)   612 458 23 57.2   4/ 4 THE MOONDOGS (97)         4  7 0
 5/ 6 ROGUES GALLERY (226)     116 108 11 51.8   5- 8 CAPRICORNUS (649)         2  0 0
 6/ 7 WAR HAWKS (11)           346 377 20 47.9   6/ 5*MINNY24R (665)            2  1 0
 7/ 9 THE MOONDOGS (97)        870 1114 19 43.9   7- 9 TERRAPIN STATION (189)    1  1 0
 8/10 THE RAZOR'S EDGE (246)    70  95  5 42.4   8- 7*COVEY II (662)            1  3 0
 9-11*COVEY II (662)             8  12  0 40.0   9/ 6 ROGUES GALLERY (226)      1  4 0

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

                                      SPY REPORT

     It is I, Novgorodny Vir, Spymaster of Spymasters.  Look on my work, ye mighty, 
and despair!  The boys at NEON DIAMONDS left the arena dejected, after being kicked 
out of the top spot by WAR HAWKS.  Good show!  Nothing works for a team like victory 
(How's that for a perceptive observation?) as CAPRICORNUS can attest...  Say what you 
will about blind luck and dirty fighting, but WAR HAWKS will tell you 346-377-20 is 
nothing to laugh at...  Practice pays for DYNOMYTE, who pummelled BIG ROCK, to pocket 
15 points.  Win some, lose some.  Speaking of which, LUCINCH was winsome, after 
beating BAMBINO and seeing him lose 7 points.  A certain someone saw PRIMA GIEDI at 
Don Corleone's with the shakes, and now she fails to show up to defend hers throne.  
What a pathetic slob!  What can be a greater victory?  LUCINCH has taken his place as 
the top, as KOLACT's new Duelmaster.  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?  If challenges were horses, BIG ROCK could open up 
a fast food joint!   
     Like the wind whispering among the pines, do hearest I many disquieting rumors.  
Questions are being raised about the disposing of severed body parts in the arena.  A 
certain tavern in KOLACT would I avoid!   
     Leave me now, you base fools!  As the seasons change, and the creatures of the 
wild change also, so do I feel a yearning to leave this place.  Can anything compare 
to the pleasure of writing Spyreports for KOLACT?  On that giddy note I take my 
leave-- Novgorodny Vir  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 LUCINCH 5380              PL 14  23  0 100         WAR HAWKS (11)            

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-PRIMA GIEDI 7495          LU 10   4  1 101         CAPRICORNUS (649)         

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 TREIRUS 7466              SL 11   8  0  82         WAR HAWKS (11)            
 HARLUNE 7475              WS 11   5  1  80         WAR HAWKS (11)            
-BOX OF RAIN 6334          AB 13  27  0  78         TERRAPIN STATION (189)                   *
 BAMBINO 7633              AB 15   8  0  69         NEON DIAMONDS (661)       
 FLYING DUTCHMAN 7642      LU 13   6  1  69         NEON DIAMONDS (661)       

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-GALAXY LETTUCE 7651       ST  6   2  0  66         COVEY II (662)            
 PUDGE 7643                BA 11  10  2  58         NEON DIAMONDS (661)       
 SELENA 7020               ST 11  24  0  57         THE MOONDOGS (97)         
-SHAKEDOWN STREET 7444     ST  6   1  0  57         TERRAPIN STATION (189)    

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-BREUSE SANS PITE 7640     LU  5   2  0  55         ROGUES GALLERY (226)      
 RUBY 7659                 LU  6   3  0  45         THE RAZOR'S EDGE (246)                   *
 DYNOMYTE 7684             BA  4   0  0  43         THE RAZOR'S EDGE (246)                   *
 BIG ROCK 7076             LU  5  24  0  39         THE MOONDOGS (97)         
 COG 7575                  BA  5   2  1  38         WAR HAWKS (11)            
-CATFISH 7639              ST  4   0  0  38         NEON DIAMONDS (661)       

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 JET NEUTRALITY 7686       AB  4   1  0  31         MINNY24R (665)                           *
 ATTIS 7565                SL  4   4  1  27         WAR HAWKS (11)            

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 ARTEMIS 7657              WS  5   4  0  21         THE RAZOR'S EDGE (246)    
 MOONLIGHT 7673            LU  3   6  0  17         NEON DIAMONDS (661)       
 ECLIPSE 7695              ST  1   3  0  17         THE MOONDOGS (97)                        *
 AJAX 7660                 ST  3   6  1  16         THE RAZOR'S EDGE (246)    
 GACEY 7655                    1   2  0  15         ROGUES GALLERY (226)                     [LU-PR]
 POLYXENA 7663             LU  3   5  0  14         THE RAZOR'S EDGE (246)    

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
SILENT SONG 7677        0  2 0 COVEY II 662         COG 7575              1021  
BABYFACE 7683           1  5 0 ROGUES GALLERY 226   SPYMASTER             1023 NONE

                                     PERSONAL ADS

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

BABYFACE was butchered by SPYMASTER in a 1 minute bloody Dark Arena fight.
BAMBINO was vanquished by LUCINCH in a 1 minute uneven Title battle.
HARLUNE subdued M. CHARDINEE in a 2 minute fight.
TREIRUS won victory over CONVICTED ASSASSIN in a 2 minute brawl.
FLYING DUTCHMAN devastated RUBY in a 1 minute one-sided fight.
SELENA was subdued by PUDGE in a 2 minute gruesome master's competition.
BIG ROCK was overpowered by DYNOMYTE in a 1 minute one-sided struggle.
COG devastated POLYXENA in a 1 minute one-sided competition.
JET NEUTRALITY viciously subdued MOONLIGHT in a 3 minute gruesome melee.
ATTIS won victory over AJAX in a 2 minute duel.
GACEY was defeated by ARTEMIS in a 2 minute duel.
ECLIPSE vanquished PERSISTENT BEGGAR in a tiresome 3 minute one-sided fight.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|LUNGING ATTACK                   5         TOTAL PARRY        5 -   2 -  0      71  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   3         PARRY-LUNGE        5 -   2 -  0      71  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  3         WALL OF STEEL     10 -   5 -  0      67  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  2         AIMED BLOW        16 -   9 -  0      64  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    2         BASHING ATTACK    15 -   9 -  3      63  |
|AIMED BLOW                       2         STRIKING ATTACK   28 -  22 -  0      56  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      1         LUNGING ATTACK    27 -  32 -  0      46  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     1         SLASHING ATTACK   10 -  14 -  2      42  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    1         PARRY-RIPOSTE      4 -   7 -  0      36  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      0         PARRY-STRIKE       3 -   8 -  0      27  |

Turn 1023 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:

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

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
SLASHING ATTACK  TREIRUS 7466               11   8  0   82 WAR HAWKS (11)
WALL OF STEEL    HARLUNE 7475               11   5  1   80 WAR HAWKS (11)
AIMED BLOW       BAMBINO 7633               15   8  0   69 NEON DIAMONDS (661)
LUNGING ATTACK   FLYING DUTCHMAN 7642       13   6  1   69 NEON DIAMONDS (661)
BASHING ATTACK   PUDGE 7643                 11  10  2   58 NEON DIAMONDS (661)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is LUCINCH 5380.  The most popular warrior this turn 
was SELENA 7020.  The ten other most popular fighters were JET NEUTRALITY 7686, ATTIS 
7565, HARLUNE 7475, TREIRUS 7466, PUDGE 7643, ARTEMIS 7657, LUCINCH 5380, COG 7575, 
MOONLIGHT 7673, and AJAX 7660.

The least popular fighter this week was ECLIPSE 7695.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were GACEY 7655, POLYXENA 7663, RUBY 7659, BAMBINO 7633, BABYFACE 7683, 
DYNOMYTE 7684, BIG ROCK 7076, FLYING DUTCHMAN 7642, AJAX 7660, and MOONLIGHT 7673.

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Minioverviews and the tournament announcement will be out in December. 

We look forward to seeing you in January! -- RSI