DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 03/25/2025    Duedate: 04/21/2025

ERINIKA ARENA

DM 73    TURN 417

This Week's Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

SNITCH TAGGER
YUPPIE IDIOMS 225 (1365)
(73-11570) [14-0-0,147]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

SNITCH TAGGER                  WIDOW JANE
YUPPIE IDIOMS 225 (1365)       2131 BOURBON ST (1194)
(73-11570) [14-0-0,147]        (73-10113) [8-0-0,122]

Popularity Leader              This Week's Favorite

SUN SHANGXIANG                 SUN SHANGXIANG
DYNASTY WARIORS III (1166)     DYNASTY WARIORS III (1166)
(73-9894) [18-10-0,101]        (73-9894) [18-10-0,101]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

POSITION IS EMPTY

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. SWORD HEROES 7 (1186)         16 
2. 2133 BOURBON ST (1231)        14    YUPPIE IDIOMS 225 (1365)
3. YUPPIE IDIOMS 225 (1365)      13    Unchartered Team
4. MY BED BANDER (1153)          12 
5. 2131 BOURBON ST (1194)        11    2131 BOURBON ST (1194)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 1 YUPPIE IDIOMS 225 (1365)  14   0  0 100.   1/23 EASTERN HORDE 4 (1093)    3  0 0
 2- 2*JUDGEMENT 14 (1119)        9   0  0 100.   2/18 JUDGEMENT 1 (1106)        3  0 0
 3- 3*JUDGEMENT 32 (1164)        7   0  1 100.   3/ 3 2133 BOURBON ST (1231)    3  0 0
 4- 6*JUDGEMENT 35 (1324)        2   0  0 100.   4/ 5*2131 BOURBON ST (1194)    3  1 0
 5/11*2131 BOURBON ST (1194)     8   1  0 88.9   5/ 1 RYTSARI (1363)            3  4 1
 6-12*MISPACED TALENT (1314)     7   1  0 87.5   6/35 YUPPIE IDIOMS 225 (1365)  2  0 0
 7-13*JUDGEMENT 11 (1116)        6   1  2 85.7   7- 2 JUDGEMENT 7 (1112)        2  0 0
 8-14*LUDUS MAGNUS CM (921)      7   2  1 77.8   8-21 SS04 02 (1175)            2  0 0
 9-17 SS04 02 (1175)            44  15  2 74.6   9- 4*MISPACED TALENT (1314)    2  0 0
10-18 JUDGEMENT 7 (1112)        22   8  1 73.3  10-11*JUDGEMENT 35 (1324)       2  0 0
11-19 DYNASTY WARRIORS S (1167) 19   7  0 73.1  11/24 JUDGEMENT 20 (1125)       2  1 0
12-20 LUDUS MAGNUS LXX (914)     8   3  2 72.7  12/19 DYNASTY WARIORS II (1166) 2  1 0
13/22 SWORD HEROES 3 (1182)     19   9  3 67.9  13/42 THIRD HIGHWAY 3 (1079)    2  1 0
14-23 DEAD CONSERVATISM (1378)  19   9  1 67.9  14/22 SWORD HEROES 5 (1184)     2  1 0
15/24 EASTERN HORDE 4 (1093)    23  11  1 67.6  15/43 SWORD HEROES 6 (1185)     2  1 0
16-25*YUPPIE HORDE 21.11 (1364)  6   3  1 66.7  16/44 SWORD HEROES 7 (1186)     2  1 0
17-26*JUDGEMENT 4 (1109)         4   2  0 66.7  17/20 EASTERN HORDE 3 (1092)    2  1 0
18-27*243 BOURBON ST (1358)      2   1  1 66.7  18/17 JUNGLE CRUISE (1366)      2  2 0

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
19-28 BILLIONS (1173)           52  27  1 65.8  19- 6*JUDGEMENT 11 (1116)       1  0 1
20/31 DYNASTY WARIORS II (1166) 18  10  0 64.3  20- 9*JUDGEMENT 10 (1115)       1  0 0
21/30 SWORD HEROES 5 (1184)     18  10  0 64.3  21/ 0*YUPPIE PANDEMIC (1170)    1  0 0
22-29 DEFROSTED (1144)          39  22  0 63.9  22-10 BILLIONS (1173)           1  0 0
23-32 TEABAG@TEMPE23.6 (1361)   22  13  2 62.9  23- 7 DEAD CONSERVATISM (1378)  1  0 0
24-34*JUDGEMENT 10 (1115)        8   5  1 61.5  24/ 0 MY BED BANDER (1153)      1  0 0
25/38 SWORD HEROES 6 (1185)     17  11  2 60.7  25- 8*JUDGEMENT 32 (1164)       1  0 0
26/35 EASTERN HORDE 3 (1092)    33  22  3 60.0  26-13 LUDUS MAGNUS LXX (914)    1  0 0
27-36 LUDUS MAGNUS XIV (900)     9   6  0 60.0  27-12*JUDGEMENT 4 (1109)        1  0 0
28-37*LUDUS MAGNUS CCC (918)     6   4  0 60.0  28-15*LUDUS MAGNUS CM (921)     1  0 0
29-39 MYTHOS 14 (852)           44  32  3 57.9  29-36*JUDGEMENT 14 (1119)       1  0 0
30/42 JUDGEMENT 20 (1125)       22  16  0 57.9  30-14 DYNASTY WARRIORS S (1167) 1  0 0
31/ 0 MY BED BANDER (1153)      28  21  1 57.1  31-28 BOURBON & BLOOD (1368)    1  0 0
32-40*TEABAG@HAWAII (1369)       4   3  1 57.1  32-16 MYTHOS 14 (852)           1  0 0
33-41 BOURBON & BLOOD (1368)    29  22  2 56.9  33/46 LUDUS MAGNUS XVI (906)    1  2 0
34/44 SWORD HEROES 7 (1186)     25  19  0 56.8  34/47 SWORD HEROES 2 (1181)     0  3 0
35/43 JUDGEMENT 24 (1146)       17  14  1 54.8  35/41 SWORD HEROES 3 (1182)     0  3 0
36/45 SWORD HEROES 2 (1181)     15  13  0 53.6  36/40 JUDGEMENT 24 (1146)       0  3 0
37-47 GYGAXIANS (1367)          38  33  0 53.5  37-45 LOSERS (1275)             0  3 0
38/49 2133 BOURBON ST (1231)    10   9  0 52.6  38-48 DEFROSTED (1144)          0  2 0
39/48 JUDGEMENT 1 (1106)        16  15  0 51.6  39-49*GIRL TAPE MEASURE (1311)  0  2 0
40/53 LUDUS MAGNUS XVI (906)    18  18  0 50.0  40-38*LUDUS MAGNUS CCC (918)    0  1 0
41/ 0*YUPPIE PANDEMIC (1170)     7   7  0 50.0  41-37 EASTERN HORDE 2 (1091)    0  1 0
42-50*GIRL TAPE MEASURE (1311)   4   4  0 50.0  42-39 LUDUS MAGNUS XIV (900)    0  1 0
43-52 EASTERN HORDE 2 (1091)    19  20  1 48.7  43-63*YUPPIE HORDE 21.11 (1364) 0  0 0
44/57 THIRD HIGHWAY 3 (1079)    75  98  2 43.4  45-59 GYGAXIANS (1367)          0  0 0
45/56 RYTSARI (1363)            19  25  2 43.2  46-53*243 BOURBON ST (1358)     0  0 0
46/58 JUNGLE CRUISE (1366)      16  23  3 41.0  47-55*TEABAG@HAWAII (1369)      0  0 0
47-59 LOSERS (1275)             10  20  0 33.3  48-62*FOLD IN SIX (1374)        0  0 0
48-61*FOLD IN SIX (1374)         0   1  0  0.0  49-56 TEABAG@TEMPE23.6 (1361)   0  0 0

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

                                      SPY REPORT

     Hail ERINIKA!  Warriors of the arena, prepare to be praised and blamed for your 
deeds.  Now, what did these guys have for breakfast this morning?  EASTERN HORDE 4 
has turned a 1-0-0 into 1st place from 23rd.  Give me the recipe!  I want to know 
who's buying the drinks for who tonight at The Swinging Aardvark, seeing as JUDGEMENT 
1's 16-15-0 has earned them 2nd place in the ranks.  I understand that The Swinging 
Aardvark is buying the drinks for YUPPIE IDIOMS 225 tonight, to honor their rise to 
6th after this turns 1-0-0.  Hmmm.  Now, what did these guys have for breakfast this 
morning?  JUDGEMENT 20 has turned a 1-0-0 into 11th place from 24th.  Give me the 
recipe!  I want to know who's buying the drinks for who tonight at The Swinging 
Aardvark, seeing as THIRD HIGHWAY 3's 75-98-2 has earned them 13th place in the 
ranks.  I understand that The Swinging Aardvark is buying the drinks for SWORD HEROES 
6 tonight, to honor their rise to 15th after this turns 1-0-0.  Hmmm.  Now, what did 
these guys have for breakfast this morning?  SWORD HEROES 7 has turned a 1-0-0 into 
16th place from 44th.  Give me the recipe!  I want to know who's buying the drinks 
for who tonight at The Swinging Aardvark, seeing as LUDUS MAGNUS XVI's 18-18-0 has 
earned them 33rd place in the ranks.  I understand that The Swinging Aardvark is 
buying the drinks for SWORD HEROES 2 tonight, to honor their rise to 34th after this 
turns 0-1-0.  Hmmm.  And let's see, SPORK fought VENEMOUS CONCUBINE and gained 16 
points and contributed to SWORD HEROES 7's 1-0-0.  SERAPH has lost to KUNG-FU MASTER, 
falling 11 points, while helping make JUDGEMENT 24 a 0-1-0 turn.  The attempts to 
dethrone the Duelmaster have failed, and SNITCH TAGGER remains ERINIKA's top warrior 
for another turn.  Tell me, is nothing sacred?  I have heard from unimpeachable 
sources that The Swinging Aardvark uses trolls in their stew.  Talk about gristle!   
     The crowd's roar, the smell of iron and leather, mixed with sweat, what more 
could a warrior ask of life?  Well, besides that.   
     The Dark Arena is for those who cannot win, not who cannot lose with grace.  
Dignity in life or death is the warrior's creed.  Is it really true that ERINIKA 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.  Well, I'm burning daylight here in ERINIKA and I've a long road ahead of 
me.  Happy Trails.  Until you see my quill in ERINIKA again, farewell-- Alarond the 
Scribe  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SNITCH TAGGER 11570       ST 14   0  0 147         YUPPIE IDIOMS 225 (1365)  

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 BASIL HAYDEN 10527        AB 10   1  0 124         2133 BOURBON ST (1231)    
 WIDOW JANE 10113          ST  8   0  0 122         2131 BOURBON ST (1194)    
-TAGAS 9453                ST  9   0  0 115         JUDGEMENT 14 (1119)       
 LYVELLE 9266              AB 23  11  1 108         EASTERN HORDE 4 (1093)    
 SUN SHANGXIANG 9894       AB 18  10  0 101         DYNASTY WARIORS III (1166)
 ADOEL 9389                PR 16  15  0  98         JUDGEMENT 1 (1106)        
-KERUBIEL 9434             ST  8   1  1  98         JUDGEMENT 10 (1115)       
 QUIRMY 10027              PR 18  10  0  96         SWORD HEROES 5 (1184)     
 ANASTASIA 11561           LU  9   7  0  94         RYTSARI (1363)            
 DEWEY 9264                AB 20  16  2  92         EASTERN HORDE 3 (1092)                   *
 EVANGELINA 9746              17  13  0  91         JUDGEMENT 20 (1125)                      ???

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 LOOMPA 10033              PR 17  11  2  90         SWORD HEROES 6 (1185)     
 SPORK 10039               PR 16  12  0  84         SWORD HEROES 7 (1186)     
-MUMIAH 9884               LU  7   0  1  84         JUDGEMENT 32 (1164)       
-MY LAST CHANCE 9972       LU  5   1  1  82         SS04 02 (1175)            
-GANNICUS 7802             LU  8   3  2  81         LUDUS MAGNUS LXX (914)    
-SAMNITE 7733              ST  9   2  0  78         LUDUS MAGNUS XIV (900)                   *
 BRAVEY 10018              PR 19   9  3  73         SWORD HEROES 3 (1182)     
-LAST MINUTE 10886         BA  5   7  0  73         LOSERS (1275)             
 SERAPH 9765               PR 17  14  1  71         JUDGEMENT 24 (1146)                      *
-SEGOVAX 7826                  5   2  0  69         LUDUS MAGNUS CCC (918)                   [AB-ST]
-KEZEF 9436                ST  4   1  2  68         JUDGEMENT 11 (1116)                      *
 FLAMMA 7760               AB 15  16  0  67         LUDUS MAGNUS XVI (906)    

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-SELF-LOVE OF MEN 11171    AB  5   1  0  65         MISPACED TALENT (1314)    
-ACHILLEA 9656             ST  4   2  0  60         JUDGEMENT 4 (1109)        
-POLLUS 7839               ST  7   2  1  59         LUDUS MAGNUS CM (921)                    *
 SHEMP 10010               PR 15  13  0  58         SWORD HEROES 2 (1181)                    *

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-KARENINA 11558                5   1  1  55         RYTSARI (1363)                           [AB-LU-PR-ST]
 QUARANTINE 9935           TP  3   2  0  35         YUPPIE PANDEMIC (1170)    

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-IVANOVA 11552                 2   2  1  33         RYTSARI (1363)                           [AB-BA-PR-PS-SL-ST-TP]
 OUT OF MOP GAS 9814       LU  3   6  0  29         MY BED BANDER (1153)      
-SNOWY EVENING 9704        AB  3   4  0  25         DEFROSTED (1144)                         *
-MALAK 11239                   2   0  0  25         JUDGEMENT 35 (1324)                      [AB-PR-ST]

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-HEIROPHANT 11614              1   0  0  17         BOURBON & BLOOD (1368)               [AB-PR-PS-SL-ST]
-GOODALL 11582                 1   0  0  13         JUNGLE CRUISE (1366)                     [AB-PR-PS-SL-ST]
 TAPIR 11577               SL  1   1  0  11         JUNGLE CRUISE (1366)                     *
 BYPASS 11670                  1   1  0   9         THIRD HIGHWAY 3 (1079)                   [PR-ST-TP]
-GIRLISH GASP 11155            0   4  0   4         GIRL TAPE MEASURE (1311)                 [PR-SL]

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
KLUNE 11149             0  1 0 LOSERS 1275          OSCA 11256             413 NOT REVENGED
MAMBO 10045             6  2 0 SWORD HEROES 1188    PORK SCHNITZEL 7162    414  

                                     PERSONAL ADS

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

SNITCH TAGGER devastated ANASTASIA in a 1 minute mismatched Title fight.
SUN SHANGXIANG vanquished VETERAN MERCENARY in a exciting 1 minute gory uneven battle.
BASIL HAYDEN vanquished DEWEY in a 1 minute gory mismatched brawl.
WIDOW JANE overpowered BRAVEY in a 1 minute mismatched match.
ADOEL devastated CONVICTED ASSASSIN in a 1 minute one-sided duel.
LYVELLE devastated M. CHARDINEE in a 1 minute mismatched match.
SPORK handily defeated VENEMOUS CONCUBINE in a 1 minute uneven fight.
LOOMPA vanquished KUNG-FU MASTER in a 2 minute gruesome uneven duel.
QUIRMY overpowered VETERAN MERCENARY in a 6 minute gory uneven duel.
EVANGELINA overpowered KUNG-FU MASTER in a 3 minute gory uneven match.
SERAPH was defeated by KUNG-FU MASTER in a crowd pleasing 1 minute one-sided match.
SHEMP was outwaited by THE USEROUS MERCHANT in a tiresome 13 minute one-sided contest.
FLAMMA overpowered FRATSFA SLAVE in a 1 minute mismatched conflict.
QUARANTINE overpowered CULT MEMBER in a 1 minute one-sided duel.
OUT OF MOP GAS viciously subdued TAPIR in a 1 minute bloody expert vs. novice duel.
BYPASS unbelievably bested MORDANT DESERTER in a 3 minute brutal novice's brawl.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    8         PARRY-LUNGE        3 -   0 -  0     100  |
|AIMED BLOW                       5         STRIKING ATTACK   47 -  12 -  3      80  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  3         LUNGING ATTACK    31 -  12 -  1      72  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   2         PARRY-STRIKE       2 -   1 -  0      67  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      1         WALL OF STEEL      4 -   2 -  0      67  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  1         AIMED BLOW        62 -  38 -  3      62  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      0         PARRY-RIPOSTE     62 -  46 -  2      57  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     0         TOTAL PARRY        8 -   7 -  0      53  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   0         SLASHING ATTACK    7 -   7 -  2      50  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    0         BASHING ATTACK     7 -   7 -  2      50  |

Turn 417 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:

STRIKING ATTACK    3 -  0     PARRY-LUNGE        0 -  0         5  STRIKING ATTACK
TOTAL PARRY        1 -  0     PARRY-STRIKE       0 -  0         3  AIMED BLOW     
AIMED BLOW         4 -  1     SLASHING ATTACK    0 -  1         2  PARRY-RIPOSTE  
PARRY-RIPOSTE      5 -  3     BASHING ATTACK     0 -  0         1  SLASHING ATTACK
LUNGING ATTACK     1 -  1     WALL OF STEEL      0 -  0     

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
STRIKING ATTACK  SNITCH TAGGER 11570        14   0  0  147 YUPPIE IDIOMS 225 (1365)
AIMED BLOW       BASIL HAYDEN 10527         10   1  0  124 2133 BOURBON ST (1231)
PARRY-RIPOSTE    ADOEL 9389                 16  15  0   98 JUDGEMENT 1 (1106)
LUNGING ATTACK   ANASTASIA 11561             9   7  0   94 RYTSARI (1363)
TOTAL PARRY      QUARANTINE 9935             3   2  0   35 YUPPIE PANDEMIC (1170)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is SUN SHANGXIANG 9894.  The most popular warrior this 
turn was SUN SHANGXIANG 9894.  The ten other most popular fighters were LOOMPA 10033, 
EVANGELINA 9746, SNITCH TAGGER 11570, BASIL HAYDEN 10527, WIDOW JANE 10113, LYVELLE 
9266, QUIRMY 10027, OUT OF MOP GAS 9814, BYPASS 11670, and ADOEL 9389.

The least popular fighter this week was SHEMP 10010.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were TAPIR 11577, BRAVEY 10018, DEWEY 9264, ANASTASIA 11561, SERAPH 9765, 
QUARANTINE 9935, FLAMMA 7760, SPORK 10039, ADOEL 9389, and BYPASS 11670.

                            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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rates are $214.00 per night, 1-2 occupancy, which includes full cooked breakfast, 
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soon).

      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