DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 10/27/2025    Duedate: 11/08/2025

TALCAMA ARENA

DM 18    TURN 1040

This Week's Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

INVERNESS
WOMB OF HORRORS (766)
(18-11575) [26-14-0,108]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

INVERNESS                      POSITION IS EMPTY
WOMB OF HORRORS (766)          
(18-11575) [26-14-0,108]       

Popularity Leader              This Week's Favorite

PARMESEAN CHEESE               SNURKO
INANIMATE TOFU (331)           OF WOLF AND MAN 9 (549)
(18-10983) [17-13-0,86]        (18-11662) [6-6-0,46]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

INANIMATE TOFU (331)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. INANIMATE TOFU (331)          55 
2. THE EMERALD ISLES (765)       17    WOMB OF HORRORS (766)
3. OF WOLF AND MAN II (630)      6     Unchartered Team
4. OF WOLF AND MAN 9 (549)       3  
5. THUNDR + LITENING (22)        3  PATRONAS VERITAS OLD (586)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 1 WOMB OF HORRORS (766)     79  57  2 58.1   1/ 3 INANIMATE TOFU (331)      7  8 1
 2/ 2 OF WOLF AND MAN II (630) 238 177 13 57.3   2- 2 MAD SCIENTISTS (75)       6  2 0
 3/ 3 THUNDR + LITENING (22)   1160 1038 129 52.8   3- 1 COSMIC KARMA (760)        5  4 0
 4- 4 CHAMPIONS (688)           56  52  6 51.9   4/ 5 WOMB OF HORRORS (766)     5  4 0
 5- 6 MAD SCIENTISTS (75)      873 846 62 50.8   5- 4 CHAMPIONS (688)           3  0 0
 6- 7 COSMIC KARMA (760)       125 127  5 49.6   6/ 6 OF WOLF AND MAN II (630)  3  2 1
 7/ 8 INANIMATE TOFU (331)     183 207  8 46.9   7/ 0 THE EMERALD ISLES (765)   3  2 1
 8/ 0 THE EMERALD ISLES (765)   74  96  6 43.5   8/ 7 OF WOLF AND MAN 9 (549)   1  2 0
 9- 9 OF WOLF AND MAN (620)     43  57  1 43.0   9/ 9 THUNDR + LITENING (22)    0  3 0
10/10 OF WOLF AND MAN 9 (549)   56  92  3 37.8  10- 8*257 BOURBON ST (770)      0  2 0
11-11*257 BOURBON ST (770)       1   4  0 20.0  11-10 OF WOLF AND MAN (620)     0  2 0

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

                                 DUELMASTER'S COLUMN
                             Notes from the arena champ.

Hail and well met, Talcama!

The buck stops here!  I'm off to the Isle and most likely a long term in Homeguard.  
On my invite, my manager discovered I was a slasher and not a lunger as he thought.  
Maybe I would have won more fights?  

I leave AM Init, MA Dec, and AE att, Battle Axe, H/VL and decise skills. 

Good luck to all who would be DUELMASTER.

                                          -- Harry Truman

                                      SPY REPORT

     It is I, Novgorodny Vir, Spymaster of Spymasters.  Look on my work, ye mighty, 
and despair!  COSMIC KARMA?  Who?  INANIMATE TOFU is the top team these days, 
buddies!  INANIMATE TOFU had cause to celebrate, after CRISP FRIED TOFU got 17 points 
by beating FROGS FORM THE SKY.  A certain someone should cut down on the drinking and 
practice more, after losing 11 points to VENOMOUS CONCUBINE.  (Discrete enough, 
THARIZDUN?) INVERNESS found out that TALCAMA isn't a democracy.  You've gotta be the 
best to be Duelmaster here!  So who's the team that's been walking into taverns last 
week and ordering milk?  Sounds like a PR stunt to me.   
     And how sociable are TALCAMA's warriors?  Come, let us see.  Like the noble 
eagle soaring amongst the mountaintops, so stand the warriors of INANIMATE TOFU, 
alone and unchallenged.  As a woman of good breeding scorns the "warriors" of THE 
EMERALD ISLES, so did that sorry team shy from INANIMATE TOFU  
     Ah, the duel!  The roar of the oppenent, the smell of the crowd!  I get a 
special thrill from seeing innocent boy like TOFU NUGGETS from INANIMATE TOFU get 
pointlessly killed.  Good show, THE SELKIE!  (No mercy.) Oh hard!  that to strike a 
flame, the match itself must needs be wasting!   
     All good things must come to an end.  My fingers tire and I fear my incessant 
prattling may cause unfair judgement upon my impeccable character.  Do not despair!  
I shall return!-- Novgorodny Vir  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 INVERNESS 11575           TP 26  14  0 108         WOMB OF HORRORS (766)     

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 PHOUKA 11513              BA 13  14  2  98         THE EMERALD ISLES (765)   

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-NOVA HELIX 11600          LU 16  16  1  89         MAD SCIENTISTS (75)       
 PARMESEAN CHEESE 10983    LU 17  13  0  86         INANIMATE TOFU (331)      
 TAMOACHAN 11577           AB 15  16  0  83         WOMB OF HORRORS (766)     
-COSMIC HAVEN 11605        LU 17  18  1  82         COSMIC KARMA (760)        
 THARIZDUN 11636           BA 16  13  1  81         WOMB OF HORRORS (766)     
-SEE THE STARS 9900        AB 11   6  0  72         CHAMPIONS (688)           

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 HURIN 10030               WS 14   9  1  64         OF WOLF AND MAN II (630)  
 MAD MC SNUGGLES 11594     WS 14  11  0  61         THE EMERALD ISLES (765)   
-LADY LIGHTYEAR 11647      BA 12   7  0  57         MAD SCIENTISTS (75)       

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-BARON BARYON 11634        LU 13  15  1  56         MAD SCIENTISTS (75)       
-COSMIC AMBUSH 11703       SL  5   3  0  56         COSMIC KARMA (760)        
-I B BAD 9899              LU  8   9  0  55         CHAMPIONS (688)           
 SNURKO 11662              PS  6   6  0  46         OF WOLF AND MAN 9 (549)   
-COSMIC WIDOW 11648        TP  7   1  0  42         COSMIC KARMA (760)        

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-POLARIS DAWN 11702        AB  4   2  0  41         MAD SCIENTISTS (75)       

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 TOFU SCRAMBLE 11710       AB  5   4  0  32         INANIMATE TOFU (331)      
 THE SELKIE 11652          SL  4   7  1  29         THE EMERALD ISLES (765)   
 CRISP FRIED TOFU 11749    LU  3   2  1  25         INANIMATE TOFU (331)      
-MINDFRAME 11758               1   0  0  25         CHAMPIONS (688)                          [SL-ST]

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 NEPHINAE LUNA 11756           2   0  1  23         OF WOLF AND MAN II (630)                 [SL-ST]
-LUCKY THIRTEEN 11678      LU  1   3  0  20         257 BOURBON ST (770)      
 SMIDGE 11668              PL  4   5  0  17         THE EMERALD ISLES (765)   

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
FROGS FORM THE S        0  0 0                      CRISP FRIED TOF 11749 1040 NONE
TOFU NUGGETS 11748      3  2 0 INANIMATE TOFU 331   THE SELKIE 11652      1040  
BARON O'GRAYMAT 11704   2  2 0 THE EMERALD ISLE 765 NEPHINAE LUNA 11756   1040  
QC5 11763               0  1 0 THUNDR + LITENING 22 AVENGING ZILTHOR      1040 NONE

                                     PERSONAL ADS

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

QC5 was butchered by AVENGING ZILTHORN in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
HARRY TRUMAN viciously subdued INVERNESS in a 2 minute veteran's Title duel.
PHOUKA defeated TAMOACHAN in a 2 minute master's duel.
THARIZDUN was viciously subdued by VENOMOUS CONCUBINE in a 2 minute veteran's fight.
PARMESEAN CHEESE devastated HURIN in a crowd pleasing 1 minute brutal one-sided duel.
MAD MC SNUGGLES bested SNURKO in a popular 3 minute gruesome competition.
SMIDGE was vanquished by TOFU SCRAMBLE in a action packed 1 minute gory uneven duel.
THE SELKIE slaughtered TOFU NUGGETS in a 1 minute one-sided duel.
BARON O'GRAYMATER was savagely slain by NEPHINAE LUNA in a 1 minute beginner's match.
CRISP FRIED TOFU assassinated FROGS FORM THE SKY in a 1 minute bloody one-sided match.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|LUNGING ATTACK                   3         TOTAL PARRY       15 -   5 -  0      75  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  3         SLASHING ATTACK   26 -  15 -  1      63  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   3         STRIKING ATTACK   11 -   8 -  2      58  |
|AIMED BLOW                       2         AIMED BLOW        20 -  16 -  1      56  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    2         WALL OF STEEL      8 -   9 -  0      47  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  1         BASHING ATTACK    17 -  24 -  0      41  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      1         LUNGING ATTACK    31 -  44 -  4      41  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     1         PARRY-LUNGE        7 -  11 -  1      39  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      1         PARRY-STRIKE       3 -   7 -  0      30  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    0         PARRY-RIPOSTE      1 -   4 -  0      20  |

Turn 1040 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     BASHING ATTACK     1 -  2         3  LUNGING ATTACK 
LUNGING ATTACK     2 -  1     PARRY-LUNGE        0 -  1         2  STRIKING ATTACK
SLASHING ATTACK    2 -  1     PARRY-STRIKE       0 -  1         2  BASHING ATTACK 
AIMED BLOW         1 -  1     PARRY-RIPOSTE      0 -  0         1  TOTAL PARRY    
WALL OF STEEL      1 -  1     TOTAL PARRY        0 -  1         1  PARRY-LUNGE    
                                                                1  SLASHING ATTACK
                                                                1  AIMED BLOW     

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
TOTAL PARRY      INVERNESS 11575            26  14  0  108 WOMB OF HORRORS (766)
LUNGING ATTACK   PARMESEAN CHEESE 10983     17  13  0   86 INANIMATE TOFU (331)
BASHING ATTACK   THARIZDUN 11636            16  13  1   81 WOMB OF HORRORS (766)
WALL OF STEEL    HURIN 10030                14   9  1   64 OF WOLF AND MAN II (630)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is PARMESEAN CHEESE 10983.  The most popular warrior 
this turn was SNURKO 11662.  The ten other most popular fighters were PHOUKA 11513, 
PARMESEAN CHEESE 10983, MAD MC SNUGGLES 11594, TOFU SCRAMBLE 11710, NEPHINAE LUNA 
11756, THE SELKIE 11652, CRISP FRIED TOFU 11749, INVERNESS 11575, TAMOACHAN 11577, 
and THARIZDUN 11636.

The least popular fighter this week was BARON O'GRAYMATER 11704.  The other ten least 
popular fighters were TOFU NUGGETS 11748, HURIN 10030, QC5 11763, SMIDGE 11668, 
THARIZDUN 11636, TAMOACHAN 11577, INVERNESS 11575, CRISP FRIED TOFU 11749, THE SELKIE 
11652, and NEPHINAE LUNA 11756.

The following warriors have traveled to AD after fighting this turn:

HARRY TRUMAN (18-8862) INANIMATE TOFU (331)