DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 03/17/2025    Duedate: 03/29/2025

ALJAFIR ARENA

DM 17    TURN 1018

This Week's Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

THE PLATYPUS
PERRY STRIKE FORCE (688)
(17-8461) [14-8-0,100]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

I'M THE BEST                   TUMBLIN' DICE
THE SHOWOFFS (111)             244 BOURBONS ST (699)
(17-8405) [14-6-2,134]         (17-8560) [6-1-0,72]

Popularity Leader              This Week's Favorite

RACHEL TANNER                  TUMBLIN' DICE
MIDDLE WAY (484)               244 BOURBONS ST (699)
(17-8478) [18-14-0,87]         (17-8560) [6-1-0,72]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

THE SHOWOFFS (111)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. THE ARSENAL (700)             36 
2. WHEN EAGLES DARE (509)        23    THE SHOWOFFS (111)
3. NEON SCRAPPERS (694)          19    Unchartered Team
4. PERRY STRIKE FORCE (688)      18 
5. 244 BOURBONS ST (699)         16    244 BOURBONS ST (699)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1- 2*TOP FIVE BOBS (702)        4   1  0 80.0   1/ 3 THE SHOWOFFS (111)        8  4 2
 2/ 1*244 BOURBONS ST (699)      6   2  0 75.0   2/ 1 PERRY STRIKE FORCE (688)  8  7 2
 3/ 4 THE SHOWOFFS (111)       568 350 32 61.9   3/ 2 NEON SCRAPPERS (694)      7  8 0
 4- 5*THIS MODERN WORLD (701)    3   2  1 60.0   4- 4*TOP FIVE BOBS (702)       4  1 0
 5/ 6 WHEN EAGLES DARE (509)   309 218 24 58.6   5/ 7*244 BOURBONS ST (699)     3  1 0
 6/ 7 PERRY STRIKE FORCE (688)  64  50  4 56.1   6/10 WHEN EAGLES DARE (509)    3  5 0
 7/ 8 NEON SCRAPPERS (694)      47  43  1 52.2   7/13*THE ARSENAL (700)         3  7 0
 8/ 9 MIDDLE WAY (484)         1093 1433 23 43.3   8- 8*COVEY (698)               2  2 0
 9-10 TROLLS (695)              24  32  2 42.9   9- 9 TROLLS (695)              2  3 0
10-11 MOUSE HOUSE (683)         62  96  3 39.2  10/ 6 MIDDLE WAY (484)          2  4 0
11-12*COVEY (698)                4   7  0 36.4  11- 5*THIS MODERN WORLD (701)   1  0 0
12/13*THE ARSENAL (700)          5  13  1 27.8  12-12 MOUSE HOUSE (683)         1  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

     It's me, The Unknown Spymaster, back to give you this week's Spy Report.  Sit 
back in your seats and we'll have more fun than a barrel of Zontanis.  We now have a 
new top team for all of you guys to dogpile on.  THE SHOWOFFS now holds the crown and 
they are betting they can keep it.  It was a tough week for THIS MODERN WORLD, to 
drop 6 places in the rankings.  Coming up with a solid 2-3-0 outing, THE ARSENAL has 
advanced 6 places in the rankings.  Hey everybody, watch out for CASTLE KEEP, who 
flew up 17 points in the rankings after mashing YOU'RE NOT GOOD like a melon.  Keep 
your eye on this guy.  Ya know, some days it doesn't pay to walk out on the sands.  
YOU'RE NOT GOOD was subdued by CASTLE KEEP and drops 10 points.  It's a proud day for 
the PERRY STRIKE FORCE stable, as their warrior, THE PLATYPUS, ascended the 
Duelmaster's throne.  4 out of 5 gladiators surveyed protect the body, so try and 
avoid aiming at that location.   
     Here is other news that is of note.  Did you hear that PERRY STRIKE FORCE was 
most avoided team this week?  Well, knowing the personal hygiene of PERRY STRIKE 
FORCE's warriors, I'm not surprised!  Okay, so I may not be funny, but catch NEON 
SCRAPPERS' act in the arena.  Those acrobats seem to be fairly deft at running from 
PERRY STRIKE FORCE.  Can any one out there say 'weasel'?  Oh well, just saying I'M 
THE BEST will do.  He challenged 20 points down to trash SUGAR-BEE.  Definition of 
petty:  I'M THE BEST dispatched SUGAR-BEE, a mismatch of 20 points.   
     Death is kind of like a new puppy:  he's always around wanting to play.  (Ha 
Zontani, how's that for a wise saying?).  It's not often when you see a 10-5-0 
warrior like SUGAR-BEE kick the bucket.  I wonder if NEON SCRAPPERS will recover from 
the blow.  The audience likes blood and there was plenty of it covering BANANA JAWA 
as he was driven to an early grave by MATTHEW of the PERRY STRIKE FORCE.  Big man!  
MATTHEW kills BANANA JAWA.  Who ya gonna fight next, MATTHEW--Minnie Mouse?  I hope 
NEON SCRAPPERS has a good enough fighter to beat the snot out of MATTHEW.  Here's 
some advice:  warriors with little wit and will may encounter problems on the trail 
to the Isle.   
     I think I had better cut this one short.  It's been nice chatting to those of 
you whom I have not offended yet.  C'mon, Leadfoot, let's make some tracks.  Its been 
fun, and I'm sure you enjoyed it (boos).  Now that I've got you worked up for Snide 
Clemens, I'll be leaving-- The Unknown Spymaster  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 THE PLATYPUS 8461         PS 14   8  0 100         PERRY STRIKE FORCE (688)  

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 I'M THE BEST 8405         LU 14   6  2 134         THE SHOWOFFS (111)        
 MR PYTHON 8502            AB 14   8  0  97         NEON SCRAPPERS (694)      

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 RACHEL TANNER 8478        SL 18  14  0  87         MIDDLE WAY (484)          
 MATTHEW 8459                 14   9  2  74         PERRY STRIKE FORCE (688)                 [LU-PS]
 TUMBLIN' DICE 8560        ST  6   1  0  72         244 BOURBONS ST (699)     
 GRIMWAVE 8532             LU  8   6  0  67         NEON SCRAPPERS (694)      

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 PERSEUS 8491              PR 15  10  0  63         WHEN EAGLES DARE (509)    
 ALIENIST 8539             AB  8   5  0  58         NEON SCRAPPERS (694)      

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 COMO 8460                 PS 16   7  0  55         PERRY STRIKE FORCE (688)  
-BERT 8513                 LU  7   5  0  55         TROLLS (695)                             *
 MASON 8458                PS 10  13  2  48         PERRY STRIKE FORCE (688)  
 FARRELL 8457              PS 10  13  0  43         PERRY STRIKE FORCE (688)                 *

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-SNACKY DEFENDER 8543      TP  4   1  0  27         COVEY (698)               

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-AND WEAVE 8589                2   0  0  27         TOP FIVE BOBS (702)                      [AB-LU-PS]

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-BLIMEY 8514               TP  5   7  0  22         TROLLS (695)                             *
-NOGGIN 8555               AB  3   3  0  21         TROLLS (695)                             *
-TOUCH GRASS 8584              2   0  1  19         THIS MODERN WORLD (701)                  [AB-LU-PS-ST]
 CASTLE KEEP 8596          LU  1   2  0  19         WHEN EAGLES DARE (509)                   *
 BIG DUDE 8579             BA  2   2  0  15         THE SHOWOFFS (111)                       *
-OFFICE SPACE 8591             1   0  0  15         TOP FIVE BOBS (702)                      [AB-LU-PS-ST-TP-WS]
 FAIL-DEADLY 8594          PR  1   1  0  13         THE ARSENAL (700)                        *
-SCARA 8548                SL  2   5  1  12         TROLLS (695)              
 MERKOVA 8565                  2   1  0  12         THE ARSENAL (700)                        [PS-WS]
 YOU JUST LOST 8580            2   3  0   9         THE SHOWOFFS (111)                       [AB-BA]
 YOU'RE NOT GOOD 8600          2   1  0   8         THE SHOWOFFS (111)                       [AB-LU]
-YOUR UNCLE 8588               1   1  0   8         TOP FIVE BOBS (702)                      [LU-ST-TP]
 WARTHOG 8566                  1   2  0   5         THE ARSENAL (700)                        [AB-BA-LU]
 APHRACE 8595                  0   3  0   3         MIDDLE WAY (484)                         [LU-ST]

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
HOOCH 3 8557            0  1 0 244 BOURBONS ST 699  WURM KIN              1018 NONE
UNLUCKY 8574            0  3 0 MIDDLE WAY 484       TOUCH GRASS 8584      1015  
BANANA JAWA 8530        7  7 1 NEON SCRAPPERS 694   MATTHEW 8459          1018  
SUGAR-BEE 8505         10  5 0 NEON SCRAPPERS 694   I'M THE BEST 8405     1018  
SPITBALL 8604           0  1 0 THE ARSENAL 700      ARENAMASTER KARG      1018 NONE
WAR FLAIL 8605          0  1 0 THE ARSENAL 700      WURM KIN              1018 NONE
NOT THIS TIME 8488      8 10 0 THE SHOWOFFS 111     KISS FOR THE DEA 8492 1015 REVENGED
ASKELADDEN 8512         5  7 1 TROLLS 695           MASON 8458            1017  
KISS FOR THE DEA 8492   9 14 2 WHEN EAGLES DARE 509 I'M THE BEST 8405     1016  
SANCTUARY 8572          1  1 1 WHEN EAGLES DARE 509 ASKELADDEN 8512       1014 NONE

                                     PERSONAL ADS

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

HOOCH 3 was butchered by WURM KIN in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
SPITBALL was butchered by ARENAMASTER KARGHAL in a 1 minute Dark Arena duel.
WAR FLAIL was murdered by WURM KIN in a 1 minute Dark Arena melee.
I'M THE BEST murdered SUGAR-BEE in a 1 minute uneven Challenge fight.
ALIENIST bested MASON in a 1 minute Challenge contest.
RACHEL TANNER was defeated by THE PLATYPUS in a 1 minute veteran's Title fight.
MR PYTHON devastated M. CHARDINEE in a 1 minute one-sided duel.
TUMBLIN' DICE viciously subdued COMO in a crowd pleasing 3 minute bloody match.
GRIMWAVE overpowered AMBITIOUS GUARD in a 1 minute gruesome uneven melee.
PERSEUS vanquished FARRELL in a 1 minute one-sided duel.
MATTHEW dispatched BANANA JAWA in a popular 1 minute duel.
MERKOVA narrowly defeated APHRACE in a 2 minute gory beginner's match.
WARTHOG was luckily beaten by BIG DUDE in a 2 minute bloody novice's match.
YOU JUST LOST was overcome by FAIL-DEADLY in a 2 minute novice's contest.
CASTLE KEEP narrowly defeated YOU'RE NOT GOOD in a 3 minute novice's brawl.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|AIMED BLOW                       5         TOTAL PARRY       12 -   6 -  1      67  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     5         LUNGING ATTACK    43 -  28 -  4      61  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   4         WALL OF STEEL      3 -   2 -  0      60  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  3         AIMED BLOW        26 -  18 -  1      59  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   3         PARRY-RIPOSTE      9 -  10 -  1      47  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    2         PARRY-STRIKE      24 -  27 -  3      47  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  2         STRIKING ATTACK   11 -  19 -  1      37  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    1         SLASHING ATTACK   19 -  34 -  2      36  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      0         BASHING ATTACK     4 -  11 -  1      27  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      0         PARRY-LUNGE        0 -   0 -  0       0  |

Turn 1018 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-RIPOSTE      2 -  0     AIMED BLOW         2 -  3         3  PARRY-STRIKE   
WALL OF STEEL      1 -  0     PARRY-STRIKE       2 -  3         3  LUNGING ATTACK 
LUNGING ATTACK     3 -  1     STRIKING ATTACK    1 -  2         2  AIMED BLOW     
                              BASHING ATTACK     1 -  2         1  SLASHING ATTACK
                              PARRY-LUNGE        0 -  0         1  STRIKING ATTACK
                              SLASHING ATTACK    0 -  2         1  PARRY-RIPOSTE  
                              TOTAL PARRY        0 -  0     

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
PARRY-STRIKE     THE PLATYPUS 8461          14   8  0  100 PERRY STRIKE FORCE (688)
LUNGING ATTACK   I'M THE BEST 8405          14   6  2  134 THE SHOWOFFS (111)
AIMED BLOW       MR PYTHON 8502             14   8  0   97 NEON SCRAPPERS (694)
SLASHING ATTACK  RACHEL TANNER 8478         18  14  0   87 MIDDLE WAY (484)
STRIKING ATTACK  TUMBLIN' DICE 8560          6   1  0   72 244 BOURBONS ST (699)
PARRY-RIPOSTE    PERSEUS 8491               15  10  0   63 WHEN EAGLES DARE (509)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is RACHEL TANNER 8478.  The most popular warrior this 
turn was TUMBLIN' DICE 8560.  The ten other most popular fighters were CASTLE KEEP 
8596, YOU'RE NOT GOOD 8600, WARTHOG 8566, I'M THE BEST 8405, THE PLATYPUS 8461, MR 
PYTHON 8502, GRIMWAVE 8532, MATTHEW 8459, BANANA JAWA 8530, and MERKOVA 8565.

The least popular fighter this week was YOU JUST LOST 8580.  The other ten least 
popular fighters were SUGAR-BEE 8505, WAR FLAIL 8605, SPITBALL 8604, HOOCH 3 8557, 
APHRACE 8595, FARRELL 8457, COMO 8460, RACHEL TANNER 8478, MASON 8458, and 
FAIL-DEADLY 8594.

                            WINTER FACE-TO-FACE IN TEMPE!

We hope you will join us at our winter FTF in Tempe, AZ, January 16-18, 2026! It will 
be held at our usual Embassy Suites Hotel in Tempe, Arizona (480-897-7444).  Room 
rates are $214.00 per night, 1-2 occupancy, which includes full cooked breakfast, 
complimentary manager's reception, free parking and free high speed internet.  There's 
a fitness center, jacuzzi, and pool.  The rooms are blocked (the group code is coming 
soon).

      The official block cutoff is mid-December so make your reservations ASAP!
          The hotel reservation site is:  (coming soon) http://tinyurl.com/FF76inTempe 

Please note that doubles are limited.  As always, if the block is full, please make 
your reservation the best you can (book a king, and/or book at normal rates) and let 
us know and we'll work with the sales office to get them to correct your reservation. 

Minioverviews and the tournament announcement will be out in December. 

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

               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. 

                          SPUNKY (23-3638) IVO'S ARMY  (293) 
                    RUDY VOLEVOL (32-5851) DEVIL ADVOCATES  (105)
                     ROGUE ESKIMO (32-6950) FRIEND OR FOE?  (365)
                    LOUIS CYPHRE (32-7573) DEVIL ADVOCATES  (105)
                     ROAD TRIP (45-5050) THE MENTORS RIDE  (550)
                          SMUDGE (82-326) IRON CIRCLE  (61) 
                    METAL HEAD (82-4573) LEGENEDS OF TKE 2  (618) 
                     SELINA SKYRIVER (82-25332) WANDERERS  (4055) 
                      DIZZY (82-54125) CHARTMASTES 1969  (9145) 
                     CLICHY (84-35494) THIRSTY THUGS 1313  (6208) 
                       LEPROSY (84-36154) THE AFFLICTED  (6313) 
                ROBERT PAULSON 75 (84-47382) PROJECT MAYHEM 28  (8184) 
                     CYMORIL FIBER (85-2327) ETERNAL HOWLIN (430)
                   HARSH GMO (85-18688) THIRSTY THUGS 170P  (3427) 
                     KRIKIT (85-40358) UNKNOWN LEGACY 42  (7366) 
                      EXTREME TEAL (85-46601) TAMPA 19A  (8502) 
                      CLARK (85-51321) HELLO DARKNESS 16  (9356) 
                           TOXIN (85-54664) ERR 26  (2621) 
                        AVIAG (86-24310) LIZARD ARMY 3  (4457) 

Congrats to the grads. -- Green Eyes