DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 07/10/2026    Duedate: 07/23/2026

ZENSU ARENA

DM 40    TURN 1009

This Week's Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

DARKNESS
PANDORA'S BOX (522)
(40-5330) [23-5-0,136]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

BROCCOLI BRIDE                 POSITION IS EMPTY
TMM EXPERIMENTS 103 (478)      
(40-5380) [17-3-0,144]         

Popularity Leader              This Week's Favorite

HUMPTY DUMPTY                  BLOOD BATH
DREAMS WORK (538)              PHILANTHROPISTS (211)
(40-5331) [10-24-0,103]        (40-1748) [19-15-0,126]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

TMM EXPERIMENTS 103 (478)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. TMM EXPERIMENTS 103 (478)     33 
2. PHILANTHROPISTS (211)         26 TMM EXPERIMENTS 103 (478)
3. BEYOND THE PALE (337)         18    Unchartered Team
4. GR8 PL8TS (499)               14 
5. DREAMS WORK (538)             9      (79)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1- 1*WRATHMEN 25-69 (546)       1   0  0 100.   1/ 2 TMM EXPERIMENTS 103 (478) 9  0 0
 2/ 2 TMM EXPERIMENTS 103 (478) 56  14  0 80.0   2/ 1 OXY MORONS (537)          7  8 0
 3/ 3 PANDORA'S BOX (522)      196  89  4 68.8   3/ 3 PANDORA'S BOX (522)       5  3 0
 4/ 4 PHILANTHROPISTS (211)    102  62  0 62.2   4- 4 MOON UNIT MUTANTS (277)   5  5 0
 5/ 0 GR8 PL8TS (499)           31  25  2 55.4   5/ 6 PHILANTHROPISTS (211)     4  9 0
 6/ 5 OXY MORONS (537)         146 134  6 52.1   6- 5 THE SHIRE (321)           2  1 0
 7/ 6 DREAMS WORK (538)         85  82  4 50.9   7/ 7 BEYOND THE PALE (337)     2  4 0
 8/ 7 BEYOND THE PALE (337)    1298 1541 36 45.7   8- 8*WRATHMEN 25-69 (546)      1  0 0
 9- 8 MOON UNIT MUTANTS (277)   28  36  3 43.7   9/ 0 GR8 PL8TS (499)           1  1 0
10- 9 THE SHIRE (321)          106 145  4 42.2  10/ 9 DREAMS WORK (538)         1  5 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.

     Do I have to keep doing this column thing? I don't win to compose, you know? I 
win to show up and show off. I win to make you feel bad. I win because I am ......  

                                             -- Darkness, DMIV

                                      SPY REPORT

     Hail ZENSU!  Warriors of the arena, prepare to be praised and blamed for your 
deeds.  It seems the training can make the difference, as OXY MORONS is pushed out of 
top team by TMM EXPERIMENTS 103, who came from 2nd with a 3-0-0 this turn.  And let's 
see, ZRO KIDZ fought WINGED PIGMAN and gained 19 points and contributed to GR8 PL8TS' 
1-1-0.  EXTREME AVERAGE has lost to MOOR PALE, falling 13 points, while helping make 
OXY MORONS a 1-4-0 turn.  This turn DARKNESS challenged HUMPTY DUMPTY in what was 
ZENSU's Title bout.  The attempts to dethrone the Duelmaster have failed, and 
DARKNESS remains ZENSU's top warrior for another turn.  Tell me, is nothing sacred?  
I have heard from unimpeachable sources that The Victory Tavern uses trolls in their 
stew.  Talk about gristle!   
     Oriental wise man once say, 'Hiding behind shields prevents proper sun tanning.' 
Inscrutable, but true.  I also notice that the PHILANTHROPISTS stable was the most 
avoided team this turn.  Come on ZENSU, what are you afraid of?  And guess who 
avoided PHILANTHROPISTS stable the most?  Believe it or not, it was TMM EXPERIMENTS 
103.  Anyone surprised?  Well, sports fans, take notice that HUMPTY DUMPTY from 
DREAMS WORK was ZENSU's most challenged warrior this turn.  I don't know about you, 
but FLOODS challenging down 31 points to PHILANTHROPISTS' BLOOD BATH, is not really 
worthy of PANDORA'S BOX.  Well, will you look at this, FLOODS lost to BLOOD BATH, and 
PANDORA'S BOX will have to explain why they made such a challenge in the first place. 
     A coward dies a thousand deaths, a brave man only once.  Wise men know this to 
be true.  Is it really true that ZENSU has more dishwashers per capita that fighters? 
Just thought I'd ask...   
     Thought for the day, a new sword shines bright, but the notched sword sings the 
sweetest.  Always good to rest in ZENSU, but never good to wear out my welcome.  Look 
for me in future turns.  Until the sun next rises and my pen sets to paper-- Alarond 
the Scribe  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 DARKNESS 5330             TP 23   5  0 136         PANDORA'S BOX (522)       

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 BROCCOLI BRIDE 5380       PL 17   3  0 144         TMM EXPERIMENTS 103 (478) 
 BLOOD BATH 1748           LU 19  15  0 126         PHILANTHROPISTS (211)     
 FLOODS 5263               TP 39   8  0 125         PANDORA'S BOX (522)       
 TURTLE NEMESIS 5382       AB 14   4  0 123         TMM EXPERIMENTS 103 (478) 
 HUMPTY DUMPTY 5331        LU 10  24  0 103         DREAMS WORK (538)         
 SLACK JAW 4147            TP 27   6  0  98         PHILANTHROPISTS (211)     
 PARANOID 1747             WS 22  11  0  95         PHILANTHROPISTS (211)     
 DOS JONES 5272            SL 19  37  0  94         BEYOND THE PALE (337)     

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-THE HEDGE 5316            LU 14  12  0  89         THE SHIRE (321)           
 YU CRYN 4977              LU 15  12  2  87         GR8 PL8TS (499)           
-SANCHO PROUDFOOT 5255     WS 16  14  0  83         THE SHIRE (321)           
 LEAD BALLOON 5391         TP 13   6  0  81         OXY MORONS (537)                         *
 TERRIBLE BEAUTY 5407      SL  6   4  2  70         OXY MORONS (537)          

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-MY FIRST THREE 2478       PL  9   9  1  68         MOON UNIT MUTANTS (277)   

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 MOOR PALE 5373            SL 11  19  0  66         BEYOND THE PALE (337)                    *

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-DISEASE 5327              BA 10  12  0  54         PANDORA'S BOX (522)       
 EXTREME AVERAGE 5404      LU  7   5  0  53         OXY MORONS (537)          
 DAVE 5351                 LU  6   7  0  52         DREAMS WORK (538)                        *
-GEEK 5377                 ST  3   0  0  48         MOON UNIT MUTANTS (277)   
-BASHFOOL 2568             BA  6   5  1  46         MOON UNIT MUTANTS (277)   

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 GOING NOWHERE 5400        WS  7   9  2  32         OXY MORONS (537)                         *
-BOBO BOFFINS 5414         PR  4   2  0  28         THE SHIRE (321)                          *
-SCARY 2544                LU  2   3  0  27         MOON UNIT MUTANTS (277)   
-TOUCH SOMEONE 2546        LU  3   6  0  25         MOON UNIT MUTANTS (277)                  *

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-JIBBER JABBER 5390        AB  1   0  0  23         WRATHMEN 25-69 (546)                     *
 ZRO KIDZ 5348                 1   0  0  19         GR8 PL8TS (499)                          [LU-SL-WS]
 BITTERSWEET 5419          LU  3   1  0  16         OXY MORONS (537)                         *
 WINGED PIGMAN 5412        ST  1   4  0   7         PHILANTHROPISTS (211)                    *

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
PHILL BILL 5420         0  1 0 PHILANTHROPISTS 211  WURM KIN              1009 NONE

                                     PERSONAL ADS

Get those Experiments out of here! Graduate 'em. Kill em'. Lose 'em in Charlotte. Out, 
out, brief candle! -- Zeus (the unleasher of Pandora's Box)

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

PHILL BILL was butchered by WURM KIN in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
DARKNESS bested HUMPTY DUMPTY in a 3 minute veteran's Challenge Title duel.
FLOODS was savagely defeated by BLOOD BATH in a 4 minute expert's Challenge fight.
SLACK JAW defeated DOS JONES in a 2 minute veteran's Challenge fight.
PARANOID was devastated by EERIE BEEF in a 2 minute uneven brawl.
TURTLE NEMESIS overpowered YU CRYN in a 1 minute one-sided struggle.
BROCCOLI BRIDE viciously subdued LEAD BALLOON in a popular 4 minute competition.
TERRIBLE BEAUTY lost to M. CHARDINEE in a action packed 2 minute duel.
EXTREME AVERAGE lost to MOOR PALE in a 2 minute fight.
GOING NOWHERE was vanquished by DAVE in a 1 minute one-sided duel.
WINGED PIGMAN was overpowered by ZRO KIDZ in a 1 minute uneven match.
BITTERSWEET overpowered 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                   6         AIMED BLOW        11 -   3 -  0      79  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  4         PARRY-LUNGE       12 -   4 -  0      75  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      4         TOTAL PARRY       24 -  11 -  0      69  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    3         WALL OF STEEL     25 -  13 -  0      66  |
|AIMED BLOW                       1         PARRY-RIPOSTE      4 -   3 -  0      57  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      1         STRIKING ATTACK    8 -   9 -  0      47  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  1         SLASHING ATTACK   14 -  19 -  2      42  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   1         LUNGING ATTACK    26 -  37 -  0      41  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     0         BASHING ATTACK     1 -   6 -  0      14  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    0         PARRY-STRIKE       0 -   0 -  0       0  |

Turn 1009 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         1 -  0     WALL OF STEEL      1 -  2         3  TOTAL PARRY    
PARRY-LUNGE        1 -  0     PARRY-STRIKE       0 -  0         3  LUNGING ATTACK 
LUNGING ATTACK     3 -  3     PARRY-RIPOSTE      0 -  0         2  AIMED BLOW     
SLASHING ATTACK    2 -  2     STRIKING ATTACK    0 -  1         1  PARRY-LUNGE    
TOTAL PARRY        2 -  2     BASHING ATTACK     0 -  1         1  WALL OF STEEL  
                                                                1  SLASHING ATTACK

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
TOTAL PARRY      DARKNESS 5330              23   5  0  136 PANDORA'S BOX (522)
PARRY-LUNGE      BROCCOLI BRIDE 5380        17   3  0  144 TMM EXPERIMENTS 103 (478)
LUNGING ATTACK   BLOOD BATH 1748            19  15  0  126 PHILANTHROPISTS (211)
AIMED BLOW       TURTLE NEMESIS 5382        14   4  0  123 TMM EXPERIMENTS 103 (478)
WALL OF STEEL    PARANOID 1747              22  11  0   95 PHILANTHROPISTS (211)
SLASHING ATTACK  TERRIBLE BEAUTY 5407        6   4  2   70 OXY MORONS (537)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is HUMPTY DUMPTY 5331.  The most popular warrior this 
turn was BLOOD BATH 1748.  The ten other most popular fighters were HUMPTY DUMPTY 
5331, BROCCOLI BRIDE 5380, TERRIBLE BEAUTY 5407, EXTREME AVERAGE 5404, DARKNESS 5330, 
DOS JONES 5272, MOOR PALE 5373, SLACK JAW 4147, TURTLE NEMESIS 5382, and DAVE 5351.

The least popular fighter this week was GOING NOWHERE 5400.  The other ten least 
popular fighters were PARANOID 1747, PHILL BILL 5420, WINGED PIGMAN 5412, LEAD 
BALLOON 5391, YU CRYN 4977, FLOODS 5263, BITTERSWEET 5419, ZRO KIDZ 5348, DAVE 5351, 
and TURTLE NEMESIS 5382.

The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn:

BROCCOLI BRIDE (40-5380) TMM EXPERIMENTS 103 (478)

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

EERIE BEEF (40-5383) TMM EXPERIMENTS 103 (478)