DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 12/12/2025    Duedate: 12/25/2025

NOBLISH ISLAND ARENA

DM 93    TURN 702

This Week's Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

MOUNTAIN
SKYLINE (1962)
(93-11502) [7-2-0,68]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

POSITION IS EMPTY              MOUNTAIN
                               SKYLINE (1962)
                               (93-11502) [7-2-0,68]

Popularity Leader              This Week's Favorite

ARCH                           PRICE INCREASE
SKYLINE (1962)                 BASH BROS STAMPS (1964)
(93-11503) [6-3-0,43]          (93-11514) [4-1-0,39]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

SKYLINE (1962)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. SKYLINE (1962)                29 
2. MERCENARIES INC. (1963)       24    THE RUSH (537)
3. BASH BROS STAMPS (1964)       -21   Unchartered Team

                                       SKYLINE (1962)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 1*SKYLINE (1962)            34  11  1 75.6   1/ 1*SKYLINE (1962)           10  5 0
 2/ 2*MERCENARIES INC. (1963)   11   4  2 73.3   2/ 3*MERCENARIES INC. (1963)   8  2 2
 3/ 3*BASH BROS STAMPS (1964)   14  11  1 56.0   3/ 2*BASH BROS STAMPS (1964)   7  8 0

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

                                    TEAM SPOTLIGHT

                             RANDOM TIDBITS of KNOWLEDGE
                                For Newbies and Oldies

1. It's all about skills in the long run.

2. The best specific STATS for adding skills are:

     21 WT = 9
     21 DF = 9
     11 WT = 8
     21 WL = 7
     11 DF = 6

3. Encumbrance matters a lot. Overencumbering (e.g. too much weight in armor + helm + 
   weapons) reduces performance.

4. A fighter short on ST (for the weapon) will increase its endurance burn.

5. There is no "perfect" design for each rollup.

6. All off-hand weapons are exempt from style suitability.

7. The virtues and costs of a very high kill desire are: more offensive, more power, 
   berserker-like, more likely to kill, less precision, makes more mistakes, easier to 
   be killed, easier to be riposted (and vice versa for low KD).

8. FE? (Fight equivalent = number of arena fights + number of odd-numbered tournament 
   fights.) For example, a 4-1-1 arena warrior who went 2-3-0 in a tourney has 5 + 3 = 
   8FE. Had the warrior gone 3-3-0 in that tourney, he still has 5 + 3 = 8FE.

9. There are charts and info available showing weapon performance and suitability, 
   endurance factors, stat/skill info, weights, damage-doing , etc,

0. The advanced Duelmaster game is somewhat different than standard Duelmasters. 
   Warriors have been granted immortality. There are more similarities than 
   differences.

A. It is best to sign up for DM93 first as it is an introductory arena for new 
   managers. Experienced managers are there to provide advice and answer questions.

B. Tournaments are held 4 times per year; 2 Mail-Ins, an "Eastern" Face-To-Face, and a 
   Tempe Face-to-Face.

C. There are four key decision strategies:

     * Warrior design (from a roll up sheet) (one-time only)
     * Weapon and armor selection (can vary per each fight)
     * Fighting actions per minute (can vary for each fight)
     * Challenge and Avoid decisions (can lead to an alternate fighting strategy)

D. There are active managers:

     * from ages appx 12 through 80
     * from virtually all states in the US
     * and Canada and Europe
     * some having participated for over 40 years.

                                          -- Explorer, a Consortium Fellow

                                 DUELMASTER'S COLUMN
                             Notes from the arena champ.

     Uh, I don't want to make a molehill out of a Mountain, (Did I get that right?) 
but it is getting rather boring way up here. Come and get me!  

                                          -- Mountain, Multi-Time Duelmaster

                                      SPY REPORT

     Thankyouthankyou.  It's great for me, The Unknown Spymaster to be back in 
NOBLISH ISLAND.  Hope you enjoy the show.  Oh, who am I kidding?  I already got paid! 
Hey everybody, watch out for SKYSCRAPER, who flew up 15 points in the rankings after 
mashing AMBITIOUS GUARD like a melon.  Keep your eye on this beast.  And falling like 
a basher in the top ten was RAN OUT, who dropped 11 points after a disappointing (to 
say the least) bout with GIGI ASHBLIGHT.  Our Duelmaster has lost, folks, lost to 
KUNG-FU MASTER, BUT MOUNTAIN is still the Duelmaster because it has the most 
recognition points!  4 out of 5 gladiators surveyed protect the body, so try and 
avoid aiming at that location.   
     Here is other news that is of note.  Did you hear that BASH BROS STAMPS was most 
avoided team this week?  Well, knowing the personal hygiene of BASH BROS STAMPS' 
warriors, I'm not surprised!  For those of you who like math, try this one:  BASH 
BROS STAMPS + Weapons That go Boom = SKYLINE + Avoid City.  Well dang howdy, but if 
challenges were votes, PRICE INCREASE would be president.  Although it may be a 
contest it doesn't want to win.  Well, it looks like TREE wasn't happy with last 
turn's rank, so it went for broke by challenging up 26 points.  No guts, no glory.  I 
don't know about you, but when I saw TREE step out on the sands with PRICE INCREASE, 
I though it was over before it started.  Good upset TREE!   
     Death is kind of like a new puppy:  he's always around wanting to play.  (Ha 
Zontani, how's that for a wise saying?).  Ask not the elves for counsel, for they 
will say both yes and no.  Silly buggers, eh?   
     I think I had better cut this one short.  It's been nice chatting to those of 
you whom I have not offended yet.  Well, there goes another Spy Report.  Good luck in 
next week's fights.  Its been fun, and I'm sure you enjoyed it (boos).  Now that I've 
got you worked up for Snide Clemens, I'll be leaving-- The Unknown Spymaster  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 MOUNTAIN 11502            BA  7   2  0  68         SKYLINE (1962)            

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 CUMULO NIMBUS 11506       ST  8   1  1  54         SKYLINE (1962)            
 TREE 11504                TP  7   2  0  47         SKYLINE (1962)            
 SKYSCRAPER 11505          SL  6   3  0  45         SKYLINE (1962)            
 ARCH 11503                LU  6   3  0  43         SKYLINE (1962)            
 PRICE INCREASE 11514      ST  4   1  0  39         BASH BROS STAMPS (1964)                  *

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 DARRIAN NUV 11511             3   0  1  29         MERCENARIES INC. (1963)                  [BA-LU]

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 CHAIM ANG 11509           LU  2   1  0  23         MERCENARIES INC. (1963)                  *
 DIETHEN DUNDAB 11512          3   0  0  22         MERCENARIES INC. (1963)                  ???
 GIGI ASHBLIGHT 11513      PS  2   1  0  21         MERCENARIES INC. (1963)                  *
 MAIL ORDER CHARGE 11516   AB  2   3  0  18         BASH BROS STAMPS (1964)   
 POSTAGE DUE 11518         WS  3   2  0  17         BASH BROS STAMPS (1964)   
 RAN OUT 11515             AB  3   2  1  12         BASH BROS STAMPS (1964)   
 EXTRA CHARGES 11517       AB  2   3  0   9         BASH BROS STAMPS (1964)   
 KYLER MAR 11510           BA  1   2  1   7         MERCENARIES INC. (1963)                  *

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
MORDANT DESERTER        0  0 0                      DARRIAN NUV 11511      702 NONE

                                     PERSONAL ADS

Run, run, run, you can't catch us! For we are the gingerbread men. -- The Warriors of 
Skyline

Come on, Assur. Pen a few. -- Explorer

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

TREE unbelievably bested PRICE INCREASE in a crowd pleasing 9 minute Challenge fight.
MOUNTAIN was subdued by KUNG-FU MASTER in a 2 minute Title melee.
CUMULO NIMBUS was demolished by VENEMOUS CONCUBINE in a 1 minute uneven fight.
ARCH devastated MAIL ORDER CHARGE in a 2 minute gory one-sided contest.
SKYSCRAPER demolished AMBITIOUS GUARD in a 1 minute mismatched competition.
CHAIM ANG vanquished EXTRA CHARGES in a 1 minute mismatched fight.
KYLER MAR was savagely defeated by POSTAGE DUE in a 3 minute gory amateur's brawl.
DARRIAN NUV easily killed MORDANT DESERTER in a 1 minute uneven melee.
DIETHEN DUNDAB won victory over PERSISTANT BEGGAR in a 4 minute novice's duel.
GIGI ASHBLIGHT slimly won victory over RAN OUT in a 5 minute brutal novice's fight.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|AIMED BLOW                       3         STRIKING ATTACK   15 -   4 -  1      79  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     2         TOTAL PARRY       11 -   4 -  0      73  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   2         WALL OF STEEL     11 -   4 -  2      73  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    2         SLASHING ATTACK   11 -   4 -  1      73  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  2         PARRY-STRIKE       6 -   3 -  0      67  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   2         LUNGING ATTACK    15 -   9 -  1      63  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  1         BASHING ATTACK    11 -   9 -  1      55  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      1         PARRY-RIPOSTE      4 -   5 -  0      44  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      0         AIMED BLOW         7 -  12 -  1      37  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    0         PARRY-LUNGE        0 -   0 -  0       0  |

Turn 702 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       2 -  0     AIMED BLOW         0 -  3         3  STRIKING ATTACK
LUNGING ATTACK     2 -  0     PARRY-LUNGE        0 -  0         2  BASHING ATTACK 
SLASHING ATTACK    1 -  0     PARRY-RIPOSTE      0 -  0         2  SLASHING ATTACK
TOTAL PARRY        1 -  0     STRIKING ATTACK    0 -  2         2  LUNGING ATTACK 
WALL OF STEEL      2 -  0     BASHING ATTACK     0 -  2         1  AIMED BLOW     
                                                                1  PARRY-LUNGE    

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
BASHING ATTACK   MOUNTAIN 11502              7   2  0   68 SKYLINE (1962)
STRIKING ATTACK  CUMULO NIMBUS 11506         8   1  1   54 SKYLINE (1962)
TOTAL PARRY      TREE 11504                  7   2  0   47 SKYLINE (1962)
SLASHING ATTACK  SKYSCRAPER 11505            6   3  0   45 SKYLINE (1962)
LUNGING ATTACK   ARCH 11503                  6   3  0   43 SKYLINE (1962)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is ARCH 11503.  The most popular warrior this turn was 
PRICE INCREASE 11514.  The ten other most popular fighters were POSTAGE DUE 11518, 
ARCH 11503, KYLER MAR 11510, MOUNTAIN 11502, SKYSCRAPER 11505, CHAIM ANG 11509, 
DARRIAN NUV 11511, TREE 11504, CUMULO NIMBUS 11506, and MAIL ORDER CHARGE 11516.

The least popular fighter this week was DIETHEN DUNDAB 11512.  The other ten least 
popular fighters were RAN OUT 11515, GIGI ASHBLIGHT 11513, EXTRA CHARGES 11517, MAIL 
ORDER CHARGE 11516, CUMULO NIMBUS 11506, TREE 11504, DARRIAN NUV 11511, CHAIM ANG 
11509, SKYSCRAPER 11505, and MOUNTAIN 11502.