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DM 031 Newsletter

DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date : 12/09/2024 Duedate: 01/04/2025

CHIMLEVTAL ARENA

DM 31 TURN 506

This Week's Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

POSITION IS EMPTY

Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader

POSITION IS EMPTY POSITION IS EMPTY

Popularity Leader This Week's Favorite

HAOMARU CHARYBDIS
AVENGERS (146) THE OTHER ONES (404)
(31-7142) [14-26-1,72] (31-7119) [11-13-1,71]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

WHAMMO & THUDDA 4U! (378)

TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. MILITARY MAYHEM (89) 51
2. WHAMMO & THUDDA 4U! (378) 29 2212 BOURBON ST (680)
3. AVENGERS (146) 17 Unchartered Team
4. USEFUL WEAPONS (636) 10
5. BIRDS (647) -4 RAT PACK (325)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1/ 1 2212 BOURBON ST (680) 9 6 0 60.0 1/ 1 WHAMMO & THUDDA 4U! (378) 8 6 0
2/ 2 USEFUL WEAPONS (636) 299 204 14 59.4 2/ 2 USEFUL WEAPONS (636) 5 2 0
3/ 3 MILITARY MAYHEM (89) 453 353 30 56.2 3/ 5 ASSASSIN NATION (515) 5 4 0
4/ 4 WHAMMO & THUDDA 4U! (378)464 395 19 54.0 4/ 4 THE OTHER ONES (404) 5 6 0
5/ 5 BASH BROS OCEAN (627) 261 262 11 49.9 5/ 3 AVENGERS (146) 3 3 0
6/ 6 ASSASSIN NATION (515) 477 487 66 49.5 6/ 8 MILITARY MAYHEM (89) 3 4 0
7/ 7 AVENGERS (146) 596 661 44 47.4 7/ 9 BASH BROS OCEAN (627) 3 6 0
8/ 8 THE OTHER ONES (404) 119 145 13 45.1 8/ 7 2212 BOURBON ST (680) 2 1 0
9/ 9 BIRDS (647) 42 55 1 43.3 9- 6*JUNGLE CRUISE 2 (681) 2 3 1
10-10*JUNGLE CRUISE 2 (681) 8 13 2 38.1 10/10 BIRDS (647) 2 3 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.

It's nice to see the city from the top of the pile and to leave on that note.

Too bad I couldn't stay longer, as I was just catching my stride! For those who like
to see my design, my base stats were 12-11-7-16-3-7-14 and my stats as I leave are
pretty much what I was designed as, 13-12(1)-7-21-9-8-15.

I graduate with Master in Init, attack, and Decisivenss. Experts in Riposte and
Defense. Favorite weapon ended yu being Great Axe, which I never used as I threw a
lot of critical attacks with Broadsword. I favor Initiate routines as well as a
moderate offensive effort and high activity lebel.

I'm off to test my mettle (and possibly the aforementioned Great Axe) in the Dark
Arena on my final turn.

Salut! -- for the final time as you Duelmaster,

-- Vileness

SPY REPORT

Welcome to the holiday season. Mostly good things came to WHAMMO & THUDDA 4U! and
MILITARY MAYHEM. Those two teams won 7 fights while losing 2 this turn. They shared
the current top team and team on the move awards, clearly the best awards available
for most teams. They did it through good challenges, the two teams making 5
successful challenges. Those awards are best because the chartered career honors is
very difficult to obtain if you don't already have it. USEFUL WEAPONS has had the
lock on that award for most of my time reporting here. There have been some times
where that hasn't been true, such as right now when 2212 BOURBON ST is the current
caretaker (though their loss put them on the cusp of losing it; and we've seen that
pattern many times, too - a team that comes in and for a single generation of warriors
is fantastic, but when the replacement recruits come in...). So kudos to BOURBON ST
for currently having the award, but I fully expect time will bring that award back to
Smithy and the Consortium managed USEFUL WEAPONS (seems like Consortium managed teams
hold that award in more than a few arenas...)
On the individual side, there is no award more coveted than the Duelmaster title.
VILENESS said it so well! "It's nice to see the city from the top of the pile..." On
his way out, the Arenamaster 'honored' him in the Dark Arena. That left the throne
open. LITTER BLASTER made his bid, challenging BAKERS 7, the top contender for the
throne (and also 'protecting' one of his teammates at the same time). Normally, that
would be the end of the story and LITTER BLASTER would be (deservedly) our new
duelmaster. However, nobody was expecting the OCTOPUS to again defeat LASAGNA, let
alone see the commission award OCTOPUS with 21 recognition points. OCTOPUS clearly
also deserves the throne. That created a tie at 113, so the throne is empty this
turn! Amusingly, those two received invites to ADM, so the throne will be wide open
again next turn and the top two warriors in the arena won't be competing for it!
The last challenge of the turn was also successful! This challenge was more my
style, with TIRE IRON challenging down 11 recognition against FORTY WINKS. Smithy had
already seen FORTY WINKS in action previously, so knew exactly how to prepare the TIRE
IRON for the fight. And boom! A nice down challenge win and 4-0 start!
USEFUL WEAPONS was most avoided (the arena has caught on to Smithy's ways)! THE
OTHER ONES sent 3 of the 8 avoids. SEAGULL was reported as the most challenged
warrior.
So we close another year of fighting! Next turn will be the start of a new year
and the next tourney will be right around the corner as well!

-- Belinda, best of the best

DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
OCTOPUS 7207 LU 15 5 1 113 AVENGERS (146)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
LITTER BLASTER 6784 ST 15 7 0 113 WHAMMO & THUDDA 4U! (378)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
RESENTMENT 7038 WS 20 15 0 102 ASSASSIN NATION (515)
DA ZAGAGNA 6672 TP 22 5 0 94 WHAMMO & THUDDA 4U! (378)
POWERSLAVE 6724 WS 20 11 1 94 WHAMMO & THUDDA 4U! (378)
BAKERS 7 AB 9 4 0 92 2212 BOURBON ST (680)

CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
SEAGULL 6637 WS 17 26 1 85 BIRDS (647)
WAND 7113 AB 13 4 0 85 USEFUL WEAPONS (636)
MAJOR SNAFU 7059 TP 15 9 0 75 MILITARY MAYHEM (89)
HAOMARU 7142 ST 14 26 1 72 AVENGERS (146)
CHARYBDIS 7119 WS 11 13 1 71 THE OTHER ONES (404)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
CAPTAIN MARVEL 7173 BA 6 3 1 57 MILITARY MAYHEM (89)

ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-NILE PRINCESS 7274 ST 4 3 0 54 JUNGLE CRUISE 2 (681) *
CUTTHROAT 7204 SL 5 3 2 36 THE OTHER ONES (404)
BLOODTHIRST 7291 SL 4 2 0 36 THE OTHER ONES (404) *

CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
BROKEN GLASS 7224 AB 4 7 0 33 BASH BROS OCEAN (627)
-AMAZON BELLE 7288 AB 1 2 1 33 JUNGLE CRUISE 2 (681)
DEPRAVITY 7208 SL 4 5 1 30 THE OTHER ONES (404)
CAPTAIN HOOK 7241 PR 2 1 0 30 MILITARY MAYHEM (89)
TIRE IRON 7297 TP 4 0 0 25 USEFUL WEAPONS (636)

INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
BATROC! 7309 1 1 0 19 WHAMMO & THUDDA 4U! (378) [LU-ST]
BRAWLER 7308 PR 2 1 0 17 WHAMMO & THUDDA 4U! (378)
WRATH 7316 1 0 0 15 ASSASSIN NATION (515) [LU-ST]
FORTY WINKS 7222 TP 1 2 0 13 THE OTHER ONES (404)
-GANGES GAL 7285 SL 1 3 1 12 JUNGLE CRUISE 2 (681)
KELP 7301 1 1 0 8 BASH BROS OCEAN (627) [AB-BA-SL]
-BASEBALL BAT 7298 1 1 0 7 USEFUL WEAPONS (636) [AB-ST]
-SPARROW 7310 AB 1 1 0 6 BIRDS (647)
ERADICATE 7315 0 1 0 1 ASSASSIN NATION (515) [AB-BA-LU-SL-ST]

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

THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
SWIFT DEMISE 7290 4 2 2 ASSASSIN NATION 515 AMAZON BELLE 7288 504
VILENESS 7110 14 9 1 ASSASSIN NATION 515 ARENAMASTER LEVT 506 NONE
LOST AT SEA 7283 1 1 0 BASH BROS OCEAN 627 BLACK ORC 506 NONE
PFC 2 7318 0 1 0 MILITARY MAYHEM 89 SHEWISH GIANT 506 NONE

PERSONAL ADS

Litter Blaster -- No need to dodge me anymore. I'm off to the Isle. -- Vileness

Octopus -- I figured I was going to graduate with my next win either way, so why not
go for the title on more time. At least you got some good learns in the process. --
Vileness

Da Zagagna --Needed to adjust my strategy some with the added weight. Will try to
learn from that mistake. -- Churybdis

Broken Glass -- You're still able to suit up for the sands. Some might consider taht
a victory. -- Cutthroat

Sparrow -- A minor trim of the wings and not a clipping. I'm sure you will have my
nymver in the future if you survive. -- Depravity

Brawler -- You outlaster me??? I have to start working on my cardio! -- Forty Winks

LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

VILENESS was viciously butchered by ARENAMASTER LEVTANI in a 1 minute fight.
LOST AT SEA was murdered by BLACK ORC in a 1 minute brutal Dark Arena melee.
PFC 2 was slain by SHEWISH GIANT in a 2 minute bloody Dark Arena duel.
LITTER BLASTER devastated BAKERS 7 in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge fight.
POWERSLAVE savagely defeated SEAGULL in a 3 minute master's Challenge competition.
MAJOR SNAFU defeated CHARYBDIS in a 6 minute veteran's Challenge struggle.
CAPTAIN MARVEL handily defeated CUTTHROAT in a 1 minute uneven Challenge fight.
CAPTAIN HOOK won victory over DEPRAVITY in a 2 minute Challenge duel.
TIRE IRON outwaited FORTY WINKS in a slow 19 minute Challenge duel.
DA ZAGAGNA was viciously subdued by OCTOPUS in a popular 4 minute gory duel.
RESENTMENT overpowered HAOMARU in a 1 minute one-sided melee.
WAND defeated VETERAN MERCENARY in a 2 minute match.
BROKEN GLASS was luckily beaten by BLOODTHIRST in a 2 minute competition.
BATROC! handily defeated MORDANT DESERTER in a 1 minute one-sided contest.
KELP was subdued by WRATH in a 1 minute novice's brawl.
BRAWLER handily defeated ERADICATE in a 1 minute one-sided conflict.

BATTLE REPORT

MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|STRIKING ATTACK 4 TOTAL PARRY 18 - 14 - 1 56 |
|TOTAL PARRY 4 LUNGING ATTACK 18 - 15 - 1 55 |
|WALL OF STEEL 4 AIMED BLOW 17 - 19 - 1 47 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 4 STRIKING ATTACK 29 - 33 - 3 47 |
|LUNGING ATTACK 3 SLASHING ATTACK 14 - 16 - 3 47 |
|AIMED BLOW 3 PARRY-RIPOSTE 4 - 5 - 0 44 |
|BASHING ATTACK 3 BASHING ATTACK 8 - 10 - 2 44 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 2 WALL OF STEEL 18 - 24 - 1 43 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 0 PARRY-STRIKE 1 - 3 - 0 25 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 - 0 0 |

Turn 506 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 1 - 2 3 WALL OF STEEL
LUNGING ATTACK 2 - 1 BASHING ATTACK 1 - 2 2 STRIKING ATTACK
STRIKING ATTACK 2 - 2 SLASHING ATTACK 1 - 3 2 TOTAL PARRY
TOTAL PARRY 2 - 2 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 2 AIMED BLOW
WALL OF STEEL 2 - 2 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 0 1 LUNGING ATTACK
1 SLASHING ATTACK

TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
LUNGING ATTACK OCTOPUS 7207 15 5 1 113 AVENGERS (146)
STRIKING ATTACK LITTER BLASTER 6784 15 7 0 113 WHAMMO & THUDDA 4U! (378)
WALL OF STEEL RESENTMENT 7038 20 15 0 102 ASSASSIN NATION (515)
TOTAL PARRY DA ZAGAGNA 6672 22 5 0 94 WHAMMO & THUDDA 4U! (378)
AIMED BLOW BAKERS 7 7257 9 4 0 92 2212 BOURBON ST (680)
BASHING ATTACK CAPTAIN MARVEL 7173 6 3 1 57 MILITARY MAYHEM (89)
SLASHING ATTACK CUTTHROAT 7204 5 3 2 36 THE OTHER ONES (404)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is HAOMARU 7142. The most popular warrior this turn
was CHARYBDIS 7119. The ten other most popular fighters were OCTOPUS 7207,
POWERSLAVE 6724, WAND 7113, PFC 2 7318, DEPRAVITY 7208, RESENTMENT 7038, BROKEN GLASS
7224, BLOODTHIRST 7291, WRATH 7316, and LITTER BLASTER 6784.

The least popular fighter this week was TIRE IRON 7297. The other ten least popular
fighters were FORTY WINKS 7222, MAJOR SNAFU 7059, ERADICATE 7315, KELP 7301, HAOMARU
7142, CUTTHROAT 7204, BAKERS 7 7257, LOST AT SEA 7283, DA ZAGAGNA 6672, and CAPTAIN
MARVEL 7173.

The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn:

OCTOPUS (31-7207) AVENGERS (146)
LITTER BLASTER (31-6784) WHAMMO & THUDDA 4U! (378)

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

VILENESS (31-7110) ASSASSIN NATION (515)

CHALLENGES AND AVOIDS

To clarify: You issue Challenges to warriors, but Avoid teams.
To Challenge, write that warrior's name and ID# in the space provided.
To Avoid, write the team's name and Team ID in that space.
Make sure you include the ID!

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