DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 10/03/2025    Duedate: 10/16/2025

ZENSU ARENA

DM 40    TURN 989

This Week's Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

GLORIA
DREAMS WORK (538)
(40-5298) [15-12-2,111]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

GLORIA                         POSITION IS EMPTY
DREAMS WORK (538)              
(40-5298) [15-12-2,111]        

Popularity Leader              This Week's Favorite

DAN'S GHOST                    BLOOD BATH
BEYOND THE PALE (337)          PHILANTHROPISTS (211)
(40-5196) [20-33-1,94]         (40-1748) [14-12-0,75]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

OXY MORONS (537)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. PHILANTHROPISTS (211)         37 
2. TMM EXPERIMENTS 103 (478)     35 TMM EXPERIMENTS 103 (478)
3. OXY MORONS (537)              33    Unchartered Team
4. PANDORA'S BOX (522)           20 
5. DREAMS WORK (538)             18    MEDIEVAL CHAOS (198)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 1 TMM EXPERIMENTS 103 (478) 18   6  0 75.0   1/ 1 OXY MORONS (537)          9  5 0
 2/ 2 PANDORA'S BOX (522)      158  68  4 69.9   2/ 3 PANDORA'S BOX (522)       8  2 0
 3/ 0 PHILANTHROPISTS (211)     85  42  0 66.9   3/ 2 DREAMS WORK (538)         7  5 1
 4- 3 FLOWERS OF EVIL (514)     13   8  1 61.9   4/ 4 TMM EXPERIMENTS 103 (478) 5  1 0
 5/ 6 DREAMS WORK (538)         61  51  4 54.5   5/ 5 VABOROUGHS (240)          3  3 0
 6- 5 CRUEL PET NAMES (381)     72  61  2 54.1   6- 7 CRUEL PET NAMES (381)     2  2 0
 7/ 7 VABOROUGHS (240)          91  83  3 52.3   7/ 0 PHILANTHROPISTS (211)     2  3 0
 8/ 8 OXY MORONS (537)          92  97  2 48.7   8/ 9 BEYOND THE PALE (337)     2 10 0
 9/ 9 BEYOND THE PALE (337)    1282 1497 36 46.1   9-10 FLOWERS OF EVIL (514)     1  0 0
10/10 AQUARIAN TAROT (235)      53  64  1 45.3  10-11 THE SHIRE (321)           1  3 0
11-11 THE SHIRE (321)           82 121  4 40.4  11/ 8 AQUARIAN TAROT (235)      1  4 0

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

                                      SPY REPORT

     Thankyouthankyou.  It's great for me, The Unknown Spymaster to be back in ZENSU. 
Hope you enjoy the show.  Oh, who am I kidding?  I already got paid!  It looks like 
the guys(?) at DREAMS WORK had a good week as they went 3-1-0 to put them in 3rd 
place.  I guess steroids help!  Hey everybody, watch out for EERIE BEEF, who flew up 
22 points in the rankings after mashing KEN like a melon.  Keep your eye on this guy. 
And falling like a basher in the top ten was NEERLY STENN, who dropped 16 points 
after a disappointing (to say the least) bout with SWEET SORROW.  It's a proud day 
for the DREAMS WORK stable, as their warrior, GLORIA, ascended the Duelmaster's 
throne.  4 out of 5 gladiators surveyed protect the body, so try and avoid aiming at 
that location.   
     But enough of that bunch, let's get on to the wimps who like to avoid battle!  
Here's a song for you:  Who's afraid of the big, bad AQUARIAN  TAROT?  Big bad 
AQUARIAN TAROT.  Big bad AQUARIAN TAROT.  ZENSU's afraid of the big bad AQUARIAN 
TAROT.  Tra la la la la!  For those of you who like math, try this one:  AQUARIAN 
TAROT + Weapons That go Boom = PANDORA'S BOX + Avoid City.  Well dang howdy, but if 
challenges were votes, NEERLY STENN would be president.  Although it may be a contest 
he doesn't want to win.  Well, it looks like DELUGE wasn't happy with last turn's 
rank, so it went for broke by challenging up 31 points.  No guts, no glory.  I heard 
DELUGE laughed all the way to the inn as its new point total of 96 was posted in the 
arena.  I guess beating SLEEPY JOE really pays!  Getting lots of flowers from 
sympathetic fans was BROCCOLI BRIDE, who was successfully challenged by DARKNESS who 
had a mere 18 points more than BROCCOLI BRIDE.  Definition of petty:  DARKNESS bested 
BROCCOLI BRIDE, a mismatch of 18 points.   
     Being a spy is great--other people die and you spend the rest of the day 
drinking to their memory.  Better tanked than dead!  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 ZENSU giving me the 'cut' sign (or is that 
'They're going to strangle you in the alley?).  C'mon, Leadfoot, let's make some 
tracks.  See ya next time I'm on this circuit!-- The Unknown Spymaster  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 GLORIA 5298               BA 15  12  2 111         DREAMS WORK (538)         

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-FLOODS 5263               TP 22   6  0 112         PANDORA'S BOX (522)       
-APHELION VOID 5085        BA 10   4  1 112         FLOWERS OF EVIL (514)     
 MILITANT PACIFIST 5290    LU 19  19  0 108         OXY MORONS (537)          
 SLEEPY JOE 5294           AB 20  20  1 103         OXY MORONS (537)          
 EXPRESS MAIL 5323         SL 13   9  0 101         OXY MORONS (537)          
 BOB 5296                  TP 18   9  2  97         DREAMS WORK (538)         
 DELUGE 5332               SL  9   2  0  96         PANDORA'S BOX (522)       
 THE EMPEROR 1994          LU 12  21  0  95         AQUARIAN TAROT (235)      
 DAN'S GHOST 5196          ST 20  33  1  94         BEYOND THE PALE (337)                    *

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SWEET SORROW 5335         WS 11   6  1  86         OXY MORONS (537)          
 SLACK JAW 4147            TP 22   2  0  84         PHILANTHROPISTS (211)     
 CRAZY TRAIN 1750          LU 16  10  0  84         PHILANTHROPISTS (211)     
 PARANOID 1747             WS 18   7  0  79         PHILANTHROPISTS (211)     
 BLOOD BATH 1748           LU 14  12  0  75         PHILANTHROPISTS (211)     
-THE HEDGE 5316            LU  9   6  0  75         THE SHIRE (321)           
 DOS JONES 5272            SL 16  20  0  68         BEYOND THE PALE (337)     
 NEERLY STENN 5273         ST 15  21  1  67         BEYOND THE PALE (337)     

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-OUATE LE PHOQUE 3902      TP 11   7  0  66         CRUEL PET NAMES (381)                    *
 DARKNESS 5330             TP 12   0  0  63         PANDORA'S BOX (522)                      *
 KEN 5297                  PL 10  17  0  63         DREAMS WORK (538)         
 HUMPTY DUMPTY 5331        LU  7   7  0  59         DREAMS WORK (538)         
-HUMP THE CAMEL 3903       TP  8  11  0  58         CRUEL PET NAMES (381)     

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 EERIE BEEF 5383           WS  4   0  0  57         TMM EXPERIMENTS 103 (478)                *

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-SQUASH THE SNAKE 4002     AB  6   2  0  56         CRUEL PET NAMES (381)     
 DISEASE 5327              BA  6   5  0  47         PANDORA'S BOX (522)       
 BROCCOLI BRIDE 5380       PL  3   1  0  47         TMM EXPERIMENTS 103 (478) 
-SANCHO PROUDFOOT 5255     WS  9  10  0  46         THE SHIRE (321)           
 DULLES 4264               WS  7   6  0  39         VABOROUGHS (240)          
 TURTLE NEMESIS 5382       AB  4   0  0  38         TMM EXPERIMENTS 103 (478) 
 THE HIEROPHANT 2621       ST  7  15  1  37         AQUARIAN TAROT (235)                     *
-ROSIE COTTON 5328         LU  5   6  1  34         THE SHIRE (321)                          *

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-BELLADONNA TOOK 5313      LU  6  10  0  28         THE SHIRE (321)           

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 MOOR PALE 5373            SL  4   6  0  18         BEYOND THE PALE (337)                    *
 MARSHALL 4287             TP  3   7  0  16         VABOROUGHS (240)          
-DEADLY LOCUST 5375        ST  1   3  0  11         PANDORA'S BOX (522)                      *
-FLUSH THE GOLDFISH 4165   TP  2   2  0   9         CRUEL PET NAMES (381)                    *

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
HUDANTAS 4197           0  1 0 PHILANTHROPISTS 211  SHEWISH GIANT          989 NONE

                                     PERSONAL ADS

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

HUDANTAS was barely slain by SHEWISH GIANT in a 1 minute bloody Dark Arena fight.
MILITANT PACIFIST won victory over THE EMPEROR in a 1 minute Challenge battle.
DELUGE defeated SLEEPY JOE in a crowd pleasing 1 minute bloody Challenge duel.
EXPRESS MAIL overpowered DAN'S GHOST in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge fight.
SWEET SORROW devastated NEERLY STENN in a popular 1 minute uneven Challenge brawl.
DARKNESS bested BROCCOLI BRIDE in a 6 minute Challenge match.
DISEASE was bested by DOS JONES in a popular 1 minute Challenge competition.
MARSHALL was handily defeated by TURTLE NEMESIS in a 1 minute uneven Challenge melee.
BOB unbelievably bested BLOOD BATH in a action packed 3 minute veteran's duel.
GLORIA overpowered PARANOID in a action packed 2 minute gory one-sided Title fight.
SLACK JAW outlasted CONVICTED ASSASSIN in a tiresome 14 minute match.
CRAZY TRAIN devastated M. CHARDINEE in a 1 minute mismatched conflict.
KEN was savagely defeated by EERIE BEEF in a 4 minute gory mismatched match.
THE HIEROPHANT was handily defeated by HUMPTY DUMPTY in a 1 minute one-sided conflict.
DULLES vanquished MOOR PALE in a action packed 1 minute mismatched bout.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|LUNGING ATTACK                   5         TOTAL PARRY       39 -  14 -  1      74  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  5         AIMED BLOW        12 -   6 -  0      67  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      4         WALL OF STEEL     18 -  13 -  0      58  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    4         SLASHING ATTACK   22 -  19 -  0      54  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  3         BASHING ATTACK    12 -  11 -  0      52  |
|AIMED BLOW                       2         LUNGING ATTACK    24 -  25 -  0      49  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   2         PARRY-STRIKE       2 -   4 -  0      33  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      2         STRIKING ATTACK   12 -  26 -  0      32  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     0         PARRY-LUNGE        9 -  20 -  0      31  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    0         PARRY-RIPOSTE      0 -   0 -  0       0  |

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:

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

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
BASHING ATTACK   GLORIA 5298                15  12  2  111 DREAMS WORK (538)
SLASHING ATTACK  EXPRESS MAIL 5323          13   9  0  101 OXY MORONS (537)
TOTAL PARRY      BOB 5296                   18   9  2   97 DREAMS WORK (538)
WALL OF STEEL    SWEET SORROW 5335          11   6  1   86 OXY MORONS (537)
LUNGING ATTACK   CRAZY TRAIN 1750           16  10  0   84 PHILANTHROPISTS (211)
PARRY-LUNGE      BROCCOLI BRIDE 5380         3   1  0   47 TMM EXPERIMENTS 103 (478)
AIMED BLOW       TURTLE NEMESIS 5382         4   0  0   38 TMM EXPERIMENTS 103 (478)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is DAN'S GHOST 5196.  The most popular warrior this 
turn was BLOOD BATH 1748.  The ten other most popular fighters were GLORIA 5298, 
BROCCOLI BRIDE 5380, EERIE BEEF 5383, DELUGE 5332, SWEET SORROW 5335, MILITANT 
PACIFIST 5290, TURTLE NEMESIS 5382, BOB 5296, HUMPTY DUMPTY 5331, and DULLES 4264.

The least popular fighter this week was SLACK JAW 4147.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were DARKNESS 5330, THE HIEROPHANT 2621, KEN 5297, MARSHALL 4287, DAN'S 
GHOST 5196, MOOR PALE 5373, CRAZY TRAIN 1750, PARANOID 1747, THE EMPEROR 1994, and 
DOS JONES 5272.