DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 04/03/2026    Duedate: 04/16/2026

ZENSU ARENA

DM 40    TURN 1002

This Week's Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

FLOODS
PANDORA'S BOX (522)
(40-5263) [35-6-0,181]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

FLOODS                         POSITION IS EMPTY
PANDORA'S BOX (522)            
(40-5263) [35-6-0,181]         

Popularity Leader              This Week's Favorite

HUMPTY DUMPTY                  HUMPTY DUMPTY
DREAMS WORK (538)              DREAMS WORK (538)
(40-5331) [9-18-0,105]         (40-5331) [9-18-0,105]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

OXY MORONS (537)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. TMM EXPERIMENTS 103 (478)     30 
2. BEYOND THE PALE (337)         24 TMM EXPERIMENTS 103 (478)
3. OXY MORONS (537)              15    Unchartered Team
4. PANDORA'S BOX (522)           7  
5. DREAMS WORK (538)             5     123B (435)

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) 39  10  0 79.6   1/ 1 OXY MORONS (537)          9  6 1
 2/ 2 PANDORA'S BOX (522)      184  83  4 68.9   2/ 2 TMM EXPERIMENTS 103 (478) 7  2 0
 3- 5 GR8 PL8TS (499)           30  24  2 55.6   3- 3 THE SHIRE (321)           6  3 0
 4/ 6 DREAMS WORK (538)         81  71  4 53.3   4/ 4 PANDORA'S BOX (522)       5  4 0
 5/ 7 OXY MORONS (537)         126 120  5 51.2   5/ 5 DREAMS WORK (538)         4  5 0
 6/ 8 BEYOND THE PALE (337)    1292 1530 36 45.8   6/ 6 BEYOND THE PALE (337)     3  6 0
 7- 9 THE SHIRE (321)           95 134  4 41.5   7- 7 GR8 PL8TS (499)           1  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.

     "On that day all the springs of the great deep burst forth, and the 
     floodgates of the heavens were opened."

Beware, I warn you. Perhaps the disaster could be water, or fire, or nuclear, or 
simply me. Avoid!  

                                          -- Floods, multi, multi Duelmaster

                                      SPY REPORT

     Well, what are you looking at, ZENSU?  Ain't you never seen Snide Clemens 
before?  Ah, shaddup and listen to my news.  Of course, we're all terribly impressed 
to see NEERLY STENN win a fight and gain 26 points, terribly.  Tsk, tsk, NEERLY STENN 
beat DARKNESS and DARKNESS lost 16 points.  You're breakin' my heart.  Looks like 
ZENSU has some guts at least, FLOODS the Duelmaster was this turn's most-challenged 
warrior.  Going for broke or broken, our Duelmaster HUMPTY DUMPTY challenged this 
turn.  And if variety is the spice of life, ZENSU may be getting bland, as FLOODS 
stays top dog in the city.  The Victory Tavern, humph!  I've tasted better ale at 
mortuaries.  Where do they get this stuff?  From ZENSU's trash dumps?   
     He who fights and runs away will live to fight another day, the coward.  What's 
the big D?  BEYOND THE PALE was the most avoided team?  Bunch of lily livered... 
grumble... mumble... curse...  And who led the way in this mass act of cowardice?  
Let's see, well, whatcha know?  It was PANDORA'S BOX.  Ha ha ha ha!   
     Some people like volunteer work in the hospitals.  I volunteer for ZENSU's 
morgue.  More variety.  We're all going to die in the end, so why worry if the fate 
catches up with you sooner that later?   
     There's got to be a better place in ZENSU to get a drink than The Victory 
Tavern!  Any suggestions?  Phlllt!  Just had to do that before I leave the fine city 
of ZENSU.  I feel much better now.  Glad to see the back of this place-- Snide 
Clemens  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 FLOODS 5263               TP 35   6  0 181         PANDORA'S BOX (522)       

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 EERIE BEEF 5383           WS 11   1  0 133         TMM EXPERIMENTS 103 (478) 
 NEERLY STENN 5273         ST 20  29  1 114         BEYOND THE PALE (337)     
 BROCCOLI BRIDE 5380       PL 11   2  0 112         TMM EXPERIMENTS 103 (478) 
 HUMPTY DUMPTY 5331        LU  9  18  0 105         DREAMS WORK (538)         
 DELUGE 5332               SL 12   6  0 104         PANDORA'S BOX (522)       
-THE HEDGE 5316            LU 12   9  0  97         THE SHIRE (321)           
 KEN 5297                  PL 18  22  0  96         DREAMS WORK (538)         
-YU CRYN 4977              LU 15  11  2  92         GR8 PL8TS (499)           

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 DOS JONES 5272            SL 17  32  0  85         BEYOND THE PALE (337)     
 TURTLE NEMESIS 5382       AB  9   2  0  85         TMM EXPERIMENTS 103 (478) 
 DARKNESS 5330             TP 17   5  0  84         PANDORA'S BOX (522)                      *
-ROSIE COTTON 5328         LU  9   7  1  82         THE SHIRE (321)           
 SWEET SORROW 5335         WS 17  13  1  81         OXY MORONS (537)          

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-DISEASE 5327              BA 10   9  0  61         PANDORA'S BOX (522)       
-SANCHO PROUDFOOT 5255     WS 13  12  0  59         THE SHIRE (321)           

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 EXTREME AVERAGE 5404      LU  3   2  0  47         OXY MORONS (537)          
 DAVE 5351                 LU  4   2  0  43         DREAMS WORK (538)                        *
 MOOR PALE 5373            SL  8  15  0  39         BEYOND THE PALE (337)                    *

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 GOING NOWHERE 5400        WS  5   4  2  38         OXY MORONS (537)                         *

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 LEAD BALLOON 5391         TP  8   4  0  29         OXY MORONS (537)                         *

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 TERRIBLE BEAUTY 5407      SL  2   1  1  19         OXY MORONS (537)                         *
-BOBO BOFFINS 5414         PR  1   0  0  13         THE SHIRE (321)                          *
-DEADLY LOCUST 5375        ST  2   5  0  11         PANDORA'S BOX (522)                      *

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
BOBO BOFFINS 5410       0  1 0 THE SHIRE 321        TERRIBLE BEAUTY 5407  1000 REVENGED

                                     PERSONAL ADS

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

FLOODS bested HUMPTY DUMPTY in a 3 minute master's Challenge Title fight.
DELUGE demolished SWEET SORROW in a 2 minute gory one-sided Challenge melee.
DARKNESS was vanquished by NEERLY STENN in a popular 3 minute gory mismatched brawl.
EERIE BEEF subdued DOS JONES in a 2 minute master's competition.
KEN was vanquished by BROCCOLI BRIDE in a 2 minute brutal mismatched fight.
TURTLE NEMESIS devastated VETERAN MERCENARY in a 1 minute one-sided competition.
LEAD BALLOON was viciously subdued by DAVE in a 2 minute gruesome duel.
MOOR PALE was vanquished by EXTREME AVERAGE in a 1 minute uneven fight.
GOING NOWHERE won victory over FRATSFA SLAVE in a slow 5 minute fight.
TERRIBLE BEAUTY overpowered CONVICTED THIEF in a 1 minute one-sided melee.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|SLASHING ATTACK                  4         AIMED BLOW         6 -   1 -  0      86  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   3         PARRY-LUNGE       15 -   5 -  0      75  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    3         TOTAL PARRY       27 -  11 -  0      71  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      3         PARRY-STRIKE       2 -   1 -  0      67  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      2         BASHING ATTACK     4 -   3 -  0      57  |
|AIMED BLOW                       1         WALL OF STEEL     29 -  24 -  2      55  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  1         PARRY-RIPOSTE      1 -   1 -  0      50  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     0         SLASHING ATTACK   15 -  23 -  1      39  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    0         LUNGING ATTACK    21 -  35 -  0      38  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   0         STRIKING ATTACK    6 -  11 -  0      35  |

Turn 1002 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     TOTAL PARRY        1 -  2         3  LUNGING ATTACK 
STRIKING ATTACK    1 -  0     PARRY-STRIKE       0 -  0         2  PARRY-LUNGE    
LUNGING ATTACK     2 -  1     PARRY-RIPOSTE      0 -  0         2  SLASHING ATTACK
WALL OF STEEL      2 -  1     BASHING ATTACK     0 -  0         1  TOTAL PARRY    
PARRY-LUNGE        1 -  1                                       1  WALL OF STEEL  
SLASHING ATTACK    2 -  2                                       1  STRIKING ATTACK
                                                                1  AIMED BLOW     

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
TOTAL PARRY      FLOODS 5263                35   6  0  181 PANDORA'S BOX (522)

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
WALL OF STEEL    EERIE BEEF 5383            11   1  0  133 TMM EXPERIMENTS 103 (478)
PARRY-LUNGE      BROCCOLI BRIDE 5380        11   2  0  112 TMM EXPERIMENTS 103 (478)
SLASHING ATTACK  DELUGE 5332                12   6  0  104 PANDORA'S BOX (522)
AIMED BLOW       TURTLE NEMESIS 5382         9   2  0   85 TMM EXPERIMENTS 103 (478)
LUNGING ATTACK   EXTREME AVERAGE 5404        3   2  0   47 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 HUMPTY DUMPTY 5331.  The ten other most popular fighters were NEERLY STENN 
5273, DELUGE 5332, EERIE BEEF 5383, BROCCOLI BRIDE 5380, DAVE 5351, TURTLE NEMESIS 
5382, EXTREME AVERAGE 5404, FLOODS 5263, DOS JONES 5272, and TERRIBLE BEAUTY 5407.

The least popular fighter this week was GOING NOWHERE 5400.  The other ten least 
popular fighters were MOOR PALE 5373, LEAD BALLOON 5391, KEN 5297, DARKNESS 5330, 
SWEET SORROW 5335, TERRIBLE BEAUTY 5407, DOS JONES 5272, FLOODS 5263, EXTREME AVERAGE 
5404, and TURTLE NEMESIS 5382.

The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn:

KEN (40-5297) DREAMS WORK (538)

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