DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 12/16/2024    Duedate: 12/28/2024

CALEAM ARENA

DM 26    TURN 1004

This Week's Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

TUM'S LOVE CHILD
BECAUSE EP (552)
(26-5639) [8-1-0,101]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

TUM'S LOVE CHILD               CASEY
BECAUSE EP (552)               THE PURGE 406 (562)
(26-5639) [8-1-0,101]          (26-5747) [2-0-0,27]

Popularity Leader              This Week's Favorite

DINGLEBERRY                    SMALLER INFINIT
GOLDEN CANYON (290)            BECAUSE EP (552)
(26-5671) [15-34-3,82]         (26-5638) [4-2-0,41]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

FAR TRAVELERS (556)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. FAR TRAVELERS (556)           15 
2. GOLDEN CANYON (290)           11    BECAUSE EP (552)
3. GENERATION X (423)            10    Unchartered Team
4. THE PURGE 406 (562)           8  
5. BECAUSE EP (552)              7     THE PURGE 406 (562)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 1 BECAUSE EP (552)          13   5  0 72.2   1/ 3 FAR TRAVELERS (556)       6  3 2
 2/ 2 FAR TRAVELERS (556)       47  32  2 59.5   2/ 1 GENERATION X (423)        5  5 1
 3/ 3 WARCKERS (362)           943 669 61 58.5   3/ 4 BECAUSE EP (552)          3  1 0
 4/ 4 GENERATION X (423)       156 113  9 58.0   4/ 7 GOLDEN CANYON (290)       2  4 0
 5- 5*TOP FIVE KEYS (563)        1   1  0 50.0   5/ 6*THE PURGE 406 (562)       2  4 0
 6/ 6 GOLDEN CANYON (290)      1290 1453 51 47.0   6/ 2 WARCKERS (362)            1  2 0
 7/ 7*THE PURGE 406 (562)        2   4  0 33.3   7- 5*TOP FIVE KEYS (563)       0  1 0
 8- 8*KHORS ASSASSINS (560)      0   1  0  0.0   8- 8*KHORS ASSASSINS (560)     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

     Welcome CALEAM.  I, Olaf Modeen remember this place well.  Many the fights have 
I fought here.  The celebrations, the disappointments...  Bein' on top is great while 
it lasts, GENERATION X.  But how many friends do you have now?  Phhbltt!  Too much 
drinking and too little dodging gave WARCKERS a 0-1-0!  I got a good laugh out of it! 
Ya gotta be quick on yer feet!  Keep your elbow off the table!  Thrust!  Block out 
the pain!  GOLDEN CANYON is now ranked 4th with a 1-1-0 turn.  What's with MANDEKALU? 
He actually beat CALEAM's TRUSTWORTHY SCRIBE, and walked away with 20 more points 
from the fight.  Major screwup at FAR TRAVELERS.  FLAVIO lost 7 points to NOT REALLY 
ALCOHOL.  Some new strategies, perhaps?  Maybe FLAVIO will provide more easy wins...  
Try as she might, DINGLEBERRY wasn't good enough at persuading TUM'S LOVE CHILD to 
step down from the Duelmaster's throne...  I suppose you want to hear some rumors and 
dirty gossip about your fellow fighters?  Tough!   
     If at first you don't succeed, avoid.  That'll get you in the Spyreports.  The 
most avoided team was GOLDEN CANYON.  In my day, no team with a 1289-1452-51 would 
scare me off!  What's the problem, BECAUSE EP?   
     There have been some calls to lengthen the time limit.  Do you want the fighters 
to walk away, or not?  Many a warrior has met his fate in a hungover stupor.  You 
young rapscallions, take note!   
     Who knows what the future holds for a warrior.  More fights, there's no doubt.  
Are you as tired of reading this as I am of writing it?  Actually, I guess I'm 
writing it before you read it.  Oh, well.  Time for my medication, so I'll leave now. 
Practice, practice, practice!-- Olaf Modeen  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 TUM'S LOVE CHILD 5639     LU  8   1  0 101         BECAUSE EP (552)          

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-SHADOW HUNTER 5703        AB 10   1  1 106         WARCKERS (362)            
 LEECH 5689                WS 16  19  0  91         GENERATION X (423)                       *

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 DINGLEBERRY 5671          WS 15  34  3  82         GOLDEN CANYON (290)                      *

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 RED KNIGHT 5705           TP  8   6  1  58         FAR TRAVELERS (556)       

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 NOT REALLY ALCOHOL 5723   ST 10   7  0  49         GOLDEN CANYON (290)       
 BANSHEE 5735              LU  8   3  0  49         GENERATION X (423)        
 SMALLER INFINIT 5638      SL  4   2  0  41         BECAUSE EP (552)          

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 ENTYVIO 5712              ST  4   6  0  33         WARCKERS (362)            
 CASEY 5747                    2   0  0  27         THE PURGE 406 (562)                      ???
 FLAVIO 5753               WS  1   1  1  26         FAR TRAVELERS (556)                      *

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 MANDEKALU 5779            LU  1   0  0  20         FAR TRAVELERS (556)                      *
 ARTIE 5761                ST  4   4  1  17         GENERATION X (423)                       *
-PRAETORIAN 5738               0   1  0   7         KHORS ASSASSINS (560)                    [AB-LU-PS-ST-WS]

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?

                                     PERSONAL ADS

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

SMALLER INFINIT slimly lost to BANSHEE in a crowd pleasing 2 minute Challenge fight.
TUM'S LOVE CHILD demolished DINGLEBERRY in a 1 minute one-sided Title melee.
LEECH defeated KHALHUMS DWARF in a crowd pleasing 1 minute master's duel.
NOT REALLY ALCOHOL overpowered FLAVIO in a crowd pleasing 1 minute one-sided fight.
RED KNIGHT won victory over ENTYVIO in a crowd pleasing 2 minute fight.
CASEY narrowly defeated ARTIE in a crowd pleasing 1 minute brawl.
MANDEKALU overpowered TRUSTWORTHY SCRIBE in a 1 minute uneven melee.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|STRIKING ATTACK                  4         AIMED BLOW        16 -   5 -  2      76  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   3         PARRY-LUNGE        9 -   4 -  0      69  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    3         LUNGING ATTACK    20 -  13 -  0      61  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      1         SLASHING ATTACK   10 -  10 -  1      50  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  1         TOTAL PARRY        5 -   6 -  1      45  |
|AIMED BLOW                       0         STRIKING ATTACK   16 -  22 -  1      42  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      0         WALL OF STEEL      6 -  17 -  1      26  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     0         PARRY-STRIKE       0 -   4 -  0       0  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    0         PARRY-RIPOSTE      0 -   1 -  0       0  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   0         BASHING ATTACK     0 -   1 -  0       0  |

Turn 1004 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:

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

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
LUNGING ATTACK   TUM'S LOVE CHILD 5639       8   1  0  101 BECAUSE EP (552)
TOTAL PARRY      RED KNIGHT 5705             8   6  1   58 FAR TRAVELERS (556)
STRIKING ATTACK  NOT REALLY ALCOHOL 5723    10   7  0   49 GOLDEN CANYON (290)
SLASHING ATTACK  SMALLER INFINIT 5638        4   2  0   41 BECAUSE EP (552)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is DINGLEBERRY 5671.  The most popular warrior this 
turn was SMALLER INFINIT 5638.  The ten other most popular fighters were ENTYVIO 
5712, LEECH 5689, CASEY 5747, NOT REALLY ALCOHOL 5723, RED KNIGHT 5705, BANSHEE 5735, 
TUM'S LOVE CHILD 5639, ARTIE 5761, FLAVIO 5753, and MANDEKALU 5779.

The least popular fighter this week was DINGLEBERRY 5671.  The other ten least 
popular fighters were MANDEKALU 5779, FLAVIO 5753, ARTIE 5761, TUM'S LOVE CHILD 5639, 
BANSHEE 5735, RED KNIGHT 5705, NOT REALLY ALCOHOL 5723, CASEY 5747, LEECH 5689, and 
ENTYVIO 5712.

               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