DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 03/24/2025    Duedate: 04/05/2025

VALAMANTIS ARENA

DM 62    TURN 868

This Week's Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

SONNY
PLAYHOUSE III (528)
(62-5329) [6-0-0,75]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

REDRAGON                       SONNY
KEYBOARDS (533)                PLAYHOUSE III (528)
(62-5358) [9-8-1,66]           (62-5329) [6-0-0,75]

Popularity Leader              This Week's Favorite

REDRAGON                       CYBORF RAIN
KEYBOARDS (533)                RANDOMNESS 3 (532)
(62-5358) [9-8-1,66]           (62-5355) [11-7-0,59]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

RANDOMNESS 3 (532)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. RANDOMNESS 3 (532)            20 
2. RIO VISTANS (348)             15    RANDOMNESS 3 (532)
3. A MIXED BAG (98)              13    Unchartered Team
4. PLAYHOUSE III (528)           12 
5. SMITTY'S B&G (531)            10    PLAYHOUSE III (528)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1- 1*CHEER CAMP (539)           1   0  0 100.   1/ 1 RANDOMNESS 3 (532)        7  1 0
 2/ 2*PLAYHOUSE III (528)        6   2  0 75.0   2/ 2 KEYBOARDS (533)           6  8 0
 3- 3*I'D BE GOOD (538)          4   2  0 66.7   3/ 4 RIO VISTANS (348)         5  3 1
 4/ 4 RANDOMNESS 3 (532)        45  29  2 60.8   4/ 7*PLAYHOUSE III (528)       3  2 0
 5/ 0 A MIXED BAG (98)          15  12  4 55.6   5/ 5 SMITTY'S B&G (531)        3  6 0
 6- 5*GAMMA WORLD (537)         10   8  1 55.6   6- 3 PRIVATE IDAHO (439)       2  3 0
 7/ 7 RIO VISTANS (348)        206 192 14 51.8   7- 6*I'D BE GOOD (538)         1  0 0
 8/ 6 SMITTY'S B&G (531)        22  21  2 51.2   8- 9*CHEER CAMP (539)          1  0 0
 9- 8 DARK AGES (256)           72  75  6 49.0   9- 8*GAMMA WORLD (537)         1  1 0
10/ 9 KEYBOARDS (533)           34  49  1 41.0  10-11 DARK AGES (256)           0  5 0
11-11 PRIVATE IDAHO (439)       24  45  2 34.8  11/ 0 A MIXED BAG (98)          0  1 0

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

                                      SPY REPORT

     If you were disturbed from your beauty rest only to have to watch a bunch of 
VALAMANTIS brutes like you, you'd be grouchy, too.  PLAYHOUSE III turned their 1-0-0 
turn into a 4th place rank in the listings this turn.  Any better than this, and you 
get put on hit lists.  Of course, we're all terribly impressed to see FIGHTBOT win a 
fight and gain 14 points, terribly.  Tsk, tsk, SONNY beat REDRAGON and REDRAGON lost 
9 points.  You're breakin' my heart.  Due to absence, and inability to defend the 
throne, EMBER LION has lost the Title of Duelmaster.  Start setting that alarm 
earlier!  And it's out with the old, in with the new, as SONNY takes the Title and 
last week's bar tab from the old Duelmaster.  Heh, heh.  I'm not in a very good mood 
today, but why am I telling you this?  You want to know what's new, don't you, 
VALAMANTIS?   
     My mother always told me, 'If you don't have anything nice to say, start 
talking.' I loved that woman.  What's the big D?  KEYBOARDS was the most avoided 
team?  Bunch of lily livered... grumble... mumble... curse...  And it looks like 
SMITTY'S B&G avoided them the most this turn.  What a pack of would be losers, if you 
ask me.  Hmph.  DRAFT was challenged more times this turn than the Duelmaster.  Now 
was the DM insulted or feared?  Heh, heh.   
     Ah, now we come to my favorite part, where we see all the guys who are dead and 
gone, and get to see if their team cared.  Titanium shields and bamboo daggers, guess 
what brave team is developing these kinds of weapons?   
     What does the VALAMANTIS arena have in common with the inns?  It's just as 
comfortable to sleep in either place.  Ha ha ha ha!  Just wait 'till next time I show 
up here, I won't be so nice!  So nyaaah!  Paste this one in your scrapbooks, you'll 
need the kindling come this winter-- Snide Clemens  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SONNY 5329                AB  6   0  0  75         PLAYHOUSE III (528)       

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-EMBER LION 5354           LU  9   2  2  91         RANDOMNESS 3 (532)        

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 REDRAGON 5358             PL  9   8  1  66         KEYBOARDS (533)           
-DUN RINGILL 5316          AB 11   5  0  64         DARK AGES (256)           
 FIGHTBOT 5370             AB 10   3  0  62         RANDOMNESS 3 (532)        
 WOBKEY 5372               SL 11   4  0  60         KEYBOARDS (533)           
 CYBORF RAIN 5355          AB 11   7  0  59         RANDOMNESS 3 (532)        

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-EARTHO 5378               ST  3   3  0  44         RIO VISTANS (348)         
 DRAFT 5351                TP  8   4  0  42         SMITTY'S B&G (531)        
 BATHUR 540                    7   7  2  42         A MIXED BAG (98)                         ???
 ALE 5408                  BA  3   1  0  42         SMITTY'S B&G (531)        
-MR MASTODON 4343          LU  4   4  0  40         PRIVATE IDAHO (439)       
-BURGER 5349               SL  4   2  1  38         SMITTY'S B&G (531)        
-THE DRUID 5346            WS  7   5  0  37         DARK AGES (256)           
-CATTY WOMPUS 4354         ST  4   4  1  37         PRIVATE IDAHO (439)                      *
-PURE STRAIN HUMAN 5394    PL  2   3  0  37         GAMMA WORLD (537)         

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-LEGIONNAIRE 5414          BA  3   0  1  31         GAMMA WORLD (537)         
-DAY DRINKING TIME 5403    AB  3   1  0  31         I'D BE GOOD (538)                        *
-QUASIMODO 5339            TP  6  10  2  30         DARK AGES (256)           
-LARGE MARGE 4326          AB  6   5  0  29         PRIVATE IDAHO (439)       
 DUCKY ONE 5360            AB  5  12  0  29         KEYBOARDS (533)           
-SPIRIT STICK 5417             1   0  0  29         CHEER CAMP (539)                         [BA-SL-ST]
-SOUR GIRL 4403            ST  2   2  0  28         PRIVATE IDAHO (439)                      *

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 LINDA VISTA 5438          SL  2   0  0  23         RIO VISTANS (348)                        *
 BEEDOO 5430                   2   1  1  10         RIO VISTANS (348)                        [LU-ST]

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-KELPIE 5383               AB  2   3  0   9         DARK AGES (256)                          *
-BASKET CASE 4405          PL  2   2  0   8         PRIVATE IDAHO (439)                      *

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
MEMBRANE 5387           4  6 0 KEYBOARDS 533        DARK CHAMPION          868 NONE
RAINIER 5386            0  3 0 RIO VISTANS 348      BROKEN PROMISE 5088    865  
GRUB 5432               0  1 0 SMITTY'S B&G 531     BEEDOO 5430            868  

                                     PERSONAL ADS

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

MEMBRANE was butchered by DARK CHAMPION in a crowd pleasing 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
REDRAGON was subdued by SONNY in a 1 minute Title melee.
DRAFT was demolished by FIGHTBOT in a 1 minute bloody uneven fight.
WOBKEY devastated BATHUR in a 1 minute one-sided fight.
CYBORF RAIN demolished DUCKY ONE in a 2 minute mismatched competition.
ALE vanquished FRATSFA SLAVE in a 1 minute mismatched fight.
BEEDOO killed GRUB in a 2 minute amateur's brawl.
LINDA VISTA overpowered PERSISTENT BEGGAR in a 1 minute uneven melee.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|AIMED BLOW                       4         SLASHING ATTACK   19 -  11 -  0      63  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  2         BASHING ATTACK     8 -   6 -  1      57  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   2         PARRY-LUNGE       11 -   9 -  0      55  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      2         PARRY-RIPOSTE      8 -   7 -  0      53  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   1         WALL OF STEEL      2 -   2 -  0      50  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      1         LUNGING ATTACK     7 -   8 -  2      47  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  1         TOTAL PARRY       11 -  13 -  0      46  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     0         AIMED BLOW        24 -  31 -  0      44  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    0         STRIKING ATTACK   15 -  20 -  1      43  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    0         PARRY-STRIKE       1 -   4 -  0      20  |

Turn 868 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:

LUNGING ATTACK     1 -  0     PARRY-LUNGE        0 -  1         4  AIMED BLOW     
SLASHING ATTACK    2 -  0     PARRY-STRIKE       0 -  0         2  SLASHING ATTACK
AIMED BLOW         3 -  1     PARRY-RIPOSTE      0 -  0         1  LUNGING ATTACK 
BASHING ATTACK     1 -  1     STRIKING ATTACK    0 -  1         1  PARRY-LUNGE    
                              TOTAL PARRY        0 -  2         1  PARRY-RIPOSTE  
                              WALL OF STEEL      0 -  0         1  STRIKING ATTACK
                                                                1  TOTAL PARRY    

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
AIMED BLOW       SONNY 5329                  6   0  0   75 PLAYHOUSE III (528)
PARRY-LUNGE      REDRAGON 5358               9   8  1   66 KEYBOARDS (533)
SLASHING ATTACK  WOBKEY 5372                11   4  0   60 KEYBOARDS (533)
TOTAL PARRY      DRAFT 5351                  8   4  0   42 SMITTY'S B&G (531)
BASHING ATTACK   ALE 5408                    3   1  0   42 SMITTY'S B&G (531)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is REDRAGON 5358.  The most popular warrior this turn 
was CYBORF RAIN 5355.  The ten other most popular fighters were FIGHTBOT 5370, WOBKEY 
5372, BEEDOO 5430, SONNY 5329, ALE 5408, GRUB 5432, LINDA VISTA 5438, MEMBRANE 5387, 
DUCKY ONE 5360, and REDRAGON 5358.

The least popular fighter this week was BATHUR 540.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were DRAFT 5351, REDRAGON 5358, DUCKY ONE 5360, MEMBRANE 5387, LINDA VISTA 
5438, GRUB 5432, ALE 5408, SONNY 5329, BEEDOO 5430, and WOBKEY 5372.

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

K2 (62-2181) DARK AGES (256)

                            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 
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      The official block cutoff is mid-December so make your reservations ASAP!
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Please note that doubles are limited.  As always, if the block is full, please make 
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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