DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 03/19/2025    Duedate: 04/01/2025

DAL SHANG ARENA

DM 65    TURN 853

This Week's Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

HARD ROCK MAILMAN
WHILST I CHATZY (809)
(65-8069) [12-6-0,116]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

HARD ROCK MAILMAN              MIDNIGHT MUFFIN
WHILST I CHATZY (809)          NIGHTSTORMERS (812)
(65-8069) [12-6-0,116]         (65-8082) [6-2-0,56]

Popularity Leader              This Week's Favorite

TAIL DRAGGER JONES             BOSS WALKING BY
TOURNAMENT BLUES 65 (804)      WHILST I CHATZY (809)
(65-8048) [12-10-1,93]         (65-8050) [13-8-1,78]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

TOURNAMENT BLUES 65 (804)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. TOURNAMENT BLUES 65 (804)     49 
2. TEMERE (816)                  35 TOURNAMENT BLUES 65 (804)
3. SAND DANCERS (233)            10    Unchartered Team
4. STORMLIGHT (813)              -4 
5. NIGHTSTORMERS (812)           -4    NIGHTSTORMERS (812)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 2*NIGHTSTORMERS (812)        6   2  0 75.0   1/ 2 TOURNAMENT BLUES 65 (804) 9  6 0
 2/ 3 TOURNAMENT BLUES 65 (804)166 103 12 61.7   2/ 1 WHILST I CHATZY (809)     8  3 1
 3/ 4 WHILST I CHATZY (809)     40  29  2 58.0   3/ 5 SAND DANCERS (233)        2  1 0
 4/ 5 SAND DANCERS (233)       1879 2070 57 47.6   4/ 3*NIGHTSTORMERS (812)       2  1 0
 5/ 6*STORMLIGHT (813)           4   8  0 33.3   5/ 6*TEMERE (816)              2  4 0
 6/ 7*TEMERE (816)               2   4  0 33.3   6/ 4*STORMLIGHT (813)          1  2 0

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

                                      SPY REPORT

     Well, what are you looking at, DAL SHANG?  Ain't you never seen Snide Clemens 
before?  Ah, shaddup and listen to my news.  Later days, WHILST I CHATZY, since 
TOURNAMENT BLUES 65 took top team from you this turn, you guys are old news.  Of 
course, we're all terribly impressed to see WINE JONES win a fight and gain 20 
points, terribly.  Tsk, tsk, WINE JONES beat LAWNMOWER MAN and LAWNMOWER MAN lost 17 
points.  You're breakin' my heart.  And if variety is the spice of life, DAL SHANG 
may be getting bland, as HARD ROCK MAILMAN stays top dog in the city.  The Blazing 
Unicorn, humph!  I've tasted better ale at mortuaries.  Where do they get this stuff? 
From DAL SHANG's trash dumps?   
     Well, let's take a look at some more misdeeds of you miserable sword-boys.  Ooh, 
I'm frightfully impressed, BARRELHOUSE CHUCK was this turn's most challenged warrior. 
Watch that ego swell, sports fans.   
     Death and Taxes.  The less death I see, the more it taxes my patience.  Let's 
see if anyone's dead or dying.  Honor is like a chainmail shirt, it only shines 
through use.  Certain nameless cowards will doubtless rebuke me on this one.   
     There's got to be a better place in DAL SHANG to get a drink than The Blazing 
Unicorn!  Any suggestions?  Phlllt!  Just had to do that before I leave the fine city 
of DAL SHANG.  I feel much better now.  I see the crowds are getting restless, I must 
leave now-- Snide Clemens  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 HARD ROCK MAILMAN 8069    WS 12   6  0 116         WHILST I CHATZY (809)     

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 MOODY JONES 8093          LU 14   3  2 101         TOURNAMENT BLUES 65 (804) 
 TAIL DRAGGER JONES 8048   LU 12  10  1  93         TOURNAMENT BLUES 65 (804) 
 WINE JONES 8064           LU 11   7  1  91         TOURNAMENT BLUES 65 (804) 

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 BARRELHOUSE CHUCK 8043    TP 21  14  0  87         TOURNAMENT BLUES 65 (804) 
 BOSS WALKING BY 8050      LU 13   8  1  78         WHILST I CHATZY (809)     
 LAWNMOWER MAN 8095        BA  9   7  0  69         WHILST I CHATZY (809)     

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 HARRUMPH 8021             BA  7  33  0  66         SAND DANCERS (233)                       *

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 MIDNIGHT MUFFIN 8082      AB  6   2  0  56         NIGHTSTORMERS (812)       
 LAZY LESTER 8094          PS  9   8  0  42         TOURNAMENT BLUES 65 (804) 
 SCRATCHING POST 8096      SL  3   1  1  35         WHILST I CHATZY (809)     

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 LOPEN 8089                ST  3   4  0  19         STORMLIGHT (813)                         *
 SEED BITE 8121                1   0  0  16         TEMERE (816)                             [PS-SL]
 ULTRANEGATOR 8123         PR  1   1  0   8         TEMERE (816)                             *

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
DA1 8122                0  1 0 TEMERE 816           SARZINA THE BRIG       853 NONE
DA2 8124                0  1 0 TEMERE 816           SMALL BELRAN           853 NONE
DA3 8125                0  1 0 TEMERE 816           SERPENT SLAYER         853 NONE

                                     PERSONAL ADS

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

DA1 was butchered by SARZINA THE BRIGHT in a 1 minute bloody Dark Arena fight.
DA2 was slaughtered by SMALL BELRAN in a 1 minute Dark Arena battle.
DA3 was easily killed by SERPENT SLAYER in a 1 minute gory Dark Arena match.
HARD ROCK MAILMAN unbelievably bested TAIL DRAGGER JONES in a 2 minute Title brawl.
MOODY JONES overpowered LENDO TEN CHARDIN in a 1 minute one-sided fight.
LAWNMOWER MAN was devastated by WINE JONES in a 1 minute gory uneven brawl.
BOSS WALKING BY was unbelievably bested by BARRELHOUSE CHUCK in a 5 minute match.
MIDNIGHT MUFFIN was overcome by HARRUMPH in a action packed 4 minute uneven melee.
SCRATCHING POST overpowered LOPEN in a popular 1 minute gory uneven duel.
LAZY LESTER savagely defeated KORKA THE HAIRY in a 4 minute veteran vs. novice melee.
ULTRANEGATOR subdued HERROL TWO-FINGER in a 2 minute amateur's competition.
SEED BITE bested OLTIMAL THE LAME in a crowd pleasing 1 minute novice's battle.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|LUNGING ATTACK                   5         AIMED BLOW         8 -   2 -  0      80  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   4         SLASHING ATTACK    3 -   1 -  1      75  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  2         STRIKING ATTACK    9 -   5 -  0      64  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     1         WALL OF STEEL      7 -   5 -  0      58  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    1         PARRY-STRIKE       5 -   4 -  0      56  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  1         LUNGING ATTACK    26 -  21 -  1      55  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      1         TOTAL PARRY        5 -   5 -  0      50  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    1         PARRY-RIPOSTE      1 -   1 -  0      50  |
|AIMED BLOW                       1         BASHING ATTACK     8 -  15 -  0      35  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      0         PARRY-LUNGE        0 -   0 -  0       0  |

Turn 853 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:

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

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
WALL OF STEEL    HARD ROCK MAILMAN 8069     12   6  0  116 WHILST I CHATZY (809)
LUNGING ATTACK   MOODY JONES 8093           14   3  2  101 TOURNAMENT BLUES 65 (804)
TOTAL PARRY      BARRELHOUSE CHUCK 8043     21  14  0   87 TOURNAMENT BLUES 65 (804)
BASHING ATTACK   LAWNMOWER MAN 8095          9   7  0   69 WHILST I CHATZY (809)
AIMED BLOW       MIDNIGHT MUFFIN 8082        6   2  0   56 NIGHTSTORMERS (812)
PARRY-STRIKE     LAZY LESTER 8094            9   8  0   42 TOURNAMENT BLUES 65 (804)
SLASHING ATTACK  SCRATCHING POST 8096        3   1  1   35 WHILST I CHATZY (809)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is TAIL DRAGGER JONES 8048.  The most popular warrior 
this turn was BOSS WALKING BY 8050.  The ten other most popular fighters were 
MIDNIGHT MUFFIN 8082, TAIL DRAGGER JONES 8048, MOODY JONES 8093, BARRELHOUSE CHUCK 
8043, HARRUMPH 8021, SCRATCHING POST 8096, LAZY LESTER 8094, SEED BITE 8121, HARD 
ROCK MAILMAN 8069, and WINE JONES 8064.

The least popular fighter this week was LAWNMOWER MAN 8095.  The other ten least 
popular fighters were DA2 8124, DA1 8122, LOPEN 8089, DA3 8125, ULTRANEGATOR 8123, 
WINE JONES 8064, HARD ROCK MAILMAN 8069, SEED BITE 8121, LAZY LESTER 8094, and 
SCRATCHING POST 8096.

                            WINTER FACE-TO-FACE IN TEMPE!

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Please note that doubles are limited.  As always, if the block is full, please make 
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Minioverviews and the tournament announcement will be out in December. 

We look forward to seeing you in January! -- RSI