DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 03/20/2025    Duedate: 04/02/2025

JHANS ARENA

DM 36    TURN 989

This Week's Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

SCHEHERAZADE
ARABIAN KNIGHTS (685)
(36-8508) [18-7-1,126]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

SCHEHERAZADE                   POSITION IS EMPTY
ARABIAN KNIGHTS (685)          
(36-8508) [18-7-1,126]         

Popularity Leader              This Week's Favorite

WILDRIDER                      IMPATIENT OF GENIUS
NEON KNIGHTS (680)             SIMPLE DISCOURSE (694)
(36-8441) [11-12-1,78]         (36-8599) [7-3-0,83]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

CLAN BATTLEAXE (347)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. CLAN BATTLEAXE (347)          23 
2. EMU'S STRAIN (702)            22    SIMPLE DISCOURSE (694)
3. CLAN BATTLEAXE II (550)       22    Unchartered Team
4. NEON KNIGHTS (680)            21 
5. ARABIAN KNIGHTS (685)         9     TANKS FOR NOTHIN' (697)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1- 2 CHARMERS (692)            44  22  1 66.7   1/ 5 CLAN BATTLEAXE (347)      9  3 0
 2/ 1 SIMPLE DISCOURSE (694)    11   6  0 64.7   2/ 2*TANKS FOR NOTHIN' (697)   9  6 0
 3/ 3 ARABIAN KNIGHTS (685)     86  55  5 61.0   3/ 1 ARABIAN KNIGHTS (685)     7  2 1
 4/ 5*TANKS FOR NOTHIN' (697)   23  22  2 51.1   4/ 7 CLAN BATTLEAXE II (550)   6  6 0
 5/ 6 CLAN BATTLEAXE II (550)  206 214  9 49.0   5/ 8 NEON KNIGHTS (680)        6  9 0
 6- 7 DARK ABUNDANCE (695)     140 150  0 48.3   6- 3 IRON DAMSELS (16)         4  4 1
 7- 8 BAD PICKLES (699)         54  59  6 47.8   7- 4 DARK ABUNDANCE (695)      4  4 0
 8- 9 IRON DAMSELS (16)        202 224 10 47.4   8/12 EMU'S STRAIN (702)        4 10 1
 9/10 NEON KNIGHTS (680)        51  59  2 46.4   9/10 SIMPLE DISCOURSE (694)    3  2 0
10/12 CLAN BATTLEAXE (347)      83 102  3 44.9  10- 6 BAD PICKLES (699)         3  7 1
11/13 FERMENTED (651)           16  20  0 44.4  11/14 FERMENTED (651)           2  2 0
12/11*WOLF AND MAN (701)        13  17  1 43.3  12/11*WOLF AND MAN (701)        2  4 1
13/14 EMU'S STRAIN (702)        27  46  2 37.0  13- 9 CHARMERS (692)            1  1 0
14/ 0 OXY MORONS II (698)       12  34  3 26.1  14/ 0 OXY MORONS II (698)       0  1 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.

Wow, how things have changed since we left the sands 35 years ago.  We were hot 20ish 
year old Gladiators still trying to rock that big hair. Now (slightly) aged, the Iron 
Damsels are back in our home arena of Jhans.  We had been told by the Grand Wizard of 
Dueling that we could retire in style and that he would invest our winnings in the 
future.  He was so convinced that Parry-Strikes were the wave of the future that he 
signed exclusive lifetime deals with Adonis and Khorga Khan for their likeness and 
exclusive training methods.  And they thought Adonis was the one that was hit in the 
head too many times :P Well, he was wrong and we are out of coin, so here we are!  
Given the choice of being a server at the Lucas Lounge and getting groped by all those 
drunken AA guys or getting back on the sands, it was an easy choice for me.

Well fought, Ilsaria.  You did Clan Battleaxe proud.  It was nice to get out there on 
the sands with another old gal.

Emu, sorry about Astrid.  That was just a bad draw for such a talented up and coming 
warrior.  A turn late, but I'll buy a round at the Lucas Lounge in her name.

So this is my first time as Duelmistress but I also got the call from Lady Greywand so 
I guess I will not have time to decorate the Papa Bear / Bookie memorial box. I also 
found out that my favorite weapon was the mystical War Flail. Somehow I think 
retirement will be calling me again!
     
Take care, all.

                                          -- Talopea Sinn

                                      SPY REPORT

     Thankyouthankyou.  It's great for me, The Unknown Spymaster to be back in JHANS. 
Hope you enjoy the show.  Oh, who am I kidding?  I already got paid!  We now have a 
new top team for all of you guys to dogpile on.  CLAN BATTLEAXE now holds the crown 
and they are betting they can keep it.  For every winner there is a loser.  Speaking 
of losers, lets take a look at BAD PICKLES, who went down to 6th from 10th.  Life is 
tough.  Coming up with a solid 3-0-0 outing, CLAN BATTLEAXE has advanced 4 places in 
the rankings.  Hey everybody, watch out for DAHLIA, who flew up 18 points in the 
rankings after mashing SAINT-CHAMOND like a melon.  Keep your eye on this gal.  And 
falling like a basher in the top ten was SAINT-CHAMOND, who dropped 15 points after a 
disappointing (to say the least) bout with DAHLIA.  Try as hard as the IRON DAMSELS 
stable might, they were unable to find their warrior (and ex-Duelmaster) TALOPEA SINN 
before this week's fights.  It's a proud day for the ARABIAN KNIGHTS stable, as their 
warrior, SCHEHERAZADE, ascended the Duelmaster's throne.  Can you believe they are 
paying me 10 gold to deliver this stuff?   
     Here is other news that is of note.  Here's a song for you:  Who's afraid of the 
big, bad NEON KNIGHTS?  Big bad NEON KNIGHTS.  Big bad NEON KNIGHTS.  JHANS' afraid 
of the big bad NEON KNIGHTS.  Tra la la la la!  For those of you who like math, try 
this one:  NEON KNIGHTS + Weapons That go Boom = CLAN BATTLEAXE + Avoid City.  Well 
dang howdy, but if challenges were votes, SONJA would be president.  Although it may 
be a contest she doesn't want to win.   
     Remember that an arena is not always a safe place to be, but it is one of the 
most interesting, though!  Knowing when to use the right tactics at the proper time 
is a very important step on the road to Duelmaster.   
     Well, there's the manager of the JHANS giving me the 'cut' sign (or is that 
'They're going to strangle you in the alley?).  Well, there goes another Spy Report.  
Good luck in next week's fights.  See ya next time I'm on this circuit!-- The Unknown 
Spymaster  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SCHEHERAZADE 8508         PS 18   7  1 126         ARABIAN KNIGHTS (685)     

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 ALI BABA 8555             LU 18  16  1 117         ARABIAN KNIGHTS (685)     
-MISS DAYTONA 3164         AB 17  31  0  99         IRON DAMSELS (16)         
-KUURUS 8684               AB 14   9  0  94         DARK ABUNDANCE (695)      
 OBSIDIA 4001              WS 17  13  1  93         CLAN BATTLEAXE (347)      

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-SKUNNER 8683              SL 15   8  0  87         DARK ABUNDANCE (695)      
-PAPA LENNY 8733           LU 14   9  0  87         BAD PICKLES (699)         
-BARKEEP BARB 8685         TP 16   7  0  86         IRON DAMSELS (16)         
 IMPATIENT OF GENIUS  8599 ST  7   3  0  83         SIMPLE DISCOURSE (694)    
 WILDRIDER 8441            LU 11  12  1  78         NEON KNIGHTS (680)        
 BOOTSTEALER 8442          SL 11   9  0  76         NEON KNIGHTS (680)        
 CLOUDSKIMMER 8438         LU 11  12  0  75         NEON KNIGHTS (680)                       *

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-JAY HIGGINS 8773          LU  8   4  2  66         BAD PICKLES (699)                        *
 SECHUL 8752               SL 11   6  0  62         CLAN BATTLEAXE II (550)   
 ANGRY ORCHARD 7868        TP  7   5  0  60         FERMENTED (651)           
 ASSAIL 8708               LU 11   8  0  58         CLAN BATTLEAXE (347)      
-NOT DEN 8570              TP 11   7  0  57         CHARMERS (692)            

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-MIKE VADNER 8738          ST  9   6  2  56         BAD PICKLES (699)         
 DREAMSINGER 8439          AB 10  10  0  54         NEON KNIGHTS (680)        
-LEMAN 8670                TP 13  12  0  51         DARK ABUNDANCE (695)      
-CHADLY CAT 8732           LU 11  11  0  50         BAD PICKLES (699)                        *
 DAHLIA 8794               LU  6   7  0  50         EMU'S STRAIN (702)        
-OLD MIL 7906              LU  6   2  0  45         FERMENTED (651)                          *
-SLETTU 8698               SL  8   7  0  41         IRON DAMSELS (16)         
 RAPINE 8812               LU  3   2  0  40         CLAN BATTLEAXE II (550)                  *
 CROGEN 8786               BA  5   3  1  38         WOLF AND MAN (701)        
 BONEGRIN 8785             ST  5   3  0  38         WOLF AND MAN (701)        
-PRINCE CHARMING 8574      ST  9   4  0  37         CHARMERS (692)            
 SUNBLOTTER 8498           LU  8  11  1  36         NEON KNIGHTS (680)                       *
 SAINT-CHAMOND 8666        SL  6   3  0  36         TANKS FOR NOTHIN' (697)   
-DINARZAD 8761             PL  3   2  0  34         ARABIAN KNIGHTS (685)     

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 WHIPPET 8668              SL  5   4  1  29         TANKS FOR NOTHIN' (697)   
 ENVY 8827                 LU  3   0  0  29         CLAN BATTLEAXE (347)                     *
-SYAN-LIN 8783             TP  3   3  0  27         DARK ABUNDANCE (695)      
 SELMA 8791                    3   5  1  26         EMU'S STRAIN (702)                       [SL-WS]

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 MARK 1 8665               BA  4   5  0  23         TANKS FOR NOTHIN' (697)   
 LITTLE WILLIE 8667        TP  5   4  0  22         TANKS FOR NOTHIN' (697)   
 ARK 8814                      3   2  0  16         CLAN BATTLEAXE II (550)                  [AB-BA]
 SIGNY 8831                    1   0  0  13         EMU'S STRAIN (702)                       [AB-BA-ST]
 SONJA 8815                    1   2  0   9         EMU'S STRAIN (702)                       [PS-WS]
-BRING SALT TO SOUP 8601       2   1  0   8         SIMPLE DISCOURSE (694)                   [AB-BA-LU-PR]
-FREDDY 8810               BA  1   3  0   6         BAD PICKLES (699)         
 BAROULBADOUR 8802             0   2  0   6         ARABIAN KNIGHTS (685)                    [PS-SL-ST-WS]
 CALISTA 8830                  0   1  0   1         EMU'S STRAIN (702)                       [BA-PL-PS-SL-ST-WS]

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
SHALKAAN 6606           5 13 0 CLAN BATTLEAXE 347   JAY HIGGINS 8773       987  
DOA 8834                0  1 0 CLAN BATTLEAXE I 550 WURM KIN               989 NONE

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
VEROCITY 6450          11 12 0 CLAN BATTLEAXE I 550 SCHEHERAZADE 8508      987  
ANNA 8800               1 12 0 EMU'S STRAIN 702     PANZERKAMPFWAGEN 8669  986 REVENGED
SWEET PAIN 8749         1  7 0 OXY MORONS II 698    SLIPPERS MCGHEE        989 NONE
BLOW-UP TANK DEC 8832   0  1 0 TANKS FOR NOTHIN 697 KOBOLD ENFORCER        989 NONE
PANZERKAMPFWAGEN 8669   3  5 1 TANKS FOR NOTHIN 697 SELMA 8791             988  

                                     PERSONAL ADS

Ark -- Two times is enough. -- Sonja

Tanks -- Apologies about Panzer, Selma was very upset about Anna. -- Emu

Iron Damsels -- You will pay for Astrid many times over -- eventually! -- Emu

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

SWEET PAIN was butchered by SLIPPERS MCGHEE in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
BLOW-UP TANK DECOY was viciously butchered by KOBOLD ENFORCER in a 2 minute duel.
DOA was easily killed by WURM KIN in a 1 minute gory Dark Arena match.
SECHUL was viciously subdued by WILDRIDER in a 1 minute Challenge brawl.
SELMA was overpowered by DREAMSINGER in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge match.
SONJA was viciously subdued by MARK 1 in a 2 minute bloody Challenge fight.
ALI BABA overpowered CLOUDSKIMMER in a 1 minute mismatched brawl.
SCHEHERAZADE defeated BOOTSTEALER in a action packed 2 minute expert's Title melee.
OBSIDIA won victory over IMPATIENT OF GENIUS in a 2 minute veteran's duel.
ANGRY ORCHARD defeated CROGEN in a 2 minute fight.
SUNBLOTTER was savagely defeated by RAPINE in a 2 minute melee.
BONEGRIN was viciously subdued by ASSAIL in a 2 minute bloody conflict.
SAINT-CHAMOND was subdued by DAHLIA in a crowd pleasing 1 minute match.
LITTLE WILLIE beat OSKSI NOBLE in a 3 minute conflict.
WHIPPET handily defeated CULT MEMBER in a 1 minute uneven fight.
ARK overpowered CALISTA in a 1 minute uneven struggle.
ENVY handily defeated BAROULBADOUR in a crowd pleasing 1 minute mismatched bout.
SIGNY devastated MORDANT DESERTER in a 1 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                   8         PARRY-STRIKE       9 -   4 -  1      69  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  6         TOTAL PARRY       25 -  20 -  0      56  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  5         BASHING ATTACK    19 -  18 -  2      51  |
|AIMED BLOW                       2         AIMED BLOW        22 -  21 -  0      51  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      2         PARRY-RIPOSTE      1 -   1 -  0      50  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     2         PARRY-LUNGE        3 -   3 -  0      50  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   2         SLASHING ATTACK   54 -  57 -  3      49  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    2         LUNGING ATTACK    57 -  62 -  3      48  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      1         WALL OF STEEL     12 -  15 -  1      44  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    0         STRIKING ATTACK   21 -  27 -  1      44  |

Turn 989 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:

AIMED BLOW         2 -  0     SLASHING ATTACK    1 -  4         4  LUNGING ATTACK 
TOTAL PARRY        2 -  0     STRIKING ATTACK    1 -  5         2  AIMED BLOW     
LUNGING ATTACK     6 -  2     PARRY-LUNGE        0 -  1         1  PARRY-STRIKE   
PARRY-STRIKE       1 -  1     PARRY-RIPOSTE      0 -  0         1  WALL OF STEEL  
BASHING ATTACK     1 -  1                                       1  SLASHING ATTACK
WALL OF STEEL      1 -  1                                       1  TOTAL PARRY    
                                                                1  STRIKING ATTACK

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
PARRY-STRIKE     SCHEHERAZADE 8508          18   7  1  126 ARABIAN KNIGHTS (685)
LUNGING ATTACK   ALI BABA 8555              18  16  1  117 ARABIAN KNIGHTS (685)
WALL OF STEEL    OBSIDIA 4001               17  13  1   93 CLAN BATTLEAXE (347)
STRIKING ATTACK  IMPATIENT OF GENIUS 8599    7   3  0   83 SIMPLE DISCOURSE (694)
SLASHING ATTACK  BOOTSTEALER 8442           11   9  0   76 NEON KNIGHTS (680)
TOTAL PARRY      ANGRY ORCHARD 7868          7   5  0   60 FERMENTED (651)
BASHING ATTACK   CROGEN 8786                 5   3  1   38 WOLF AND MAN (701)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is WILDRIDER 8441.  The most popular warrior this turn 
was IMPATIENT OF GENIUS 8599.  The ten other most popular fighters were BOOTSTEALER 
8442, RAPINE 8812, WILDRIDER 8441, MARK 1 8665, ASSAIL 8708, SCHEHERAZADE 8508, 
DAHLIA 8794, DREAMSINGER 8439, ALI BABA 8555, and OBSIDIA 4001.

The least popular fighter this week was CALISTA 8830.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were LITTLE WILLIE 8667, CLOUDSKIMMER 8438, SONJA 8815, SECHUL 8752, DOA 
8834, BLOW-UP TANK DECOY 8832, SWEET PAIN 8749, SIGNY 8831, BAROULBADOUR 8802, and 
SUNBLOTTER 8498.

The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn:

SCHEHERAZADE (36-8508) ARABIAN KNIGHTS (685)

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

TALOPEA SINN (36-3476) IRON DAMSELS (16)

                            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