DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 06/09/2025    Duedate: 06/21/2025

ALJAFIR ARENA

DM 17    TURN 1024

This Week's Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

MATTHEW
PERRY STRIKE FORCE (688)
(17-8459) [18-11-2,111]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

MATTHEW                        LONDON FOG
PERRY STRIKE FORCE (688)       LIBATIONS 5 (704)
(17-8459) [18-11-2,111]        (17-8624) [3-0-0,53]

Popularity Leader              This Week's Favorite

PERSEUS                        PERSEUS
WHEN EAGLES DARE (509)         WHEN EAGLES DARE (509)
(17-8491) [20-11-0,97]         (17-8491) [20-11-0,97]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

NEON SCRAPPERS (694)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. LIBATIONS 5 (704)             49 
2. THE SHOWOFFS (111)            17    THE SHOWOFFS (111)
3. TOP FIVE BOBS (702)           13    Unchartered Team
4. PERRY STRIKE FORCE (688)      13 
5. NEON SCRAPPERS (694)          9     TOP FIVE BOBS (702)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 1*TOP FIVE BOBS (702)       11   4  0 73.3   1/ 3 NEON SCRAPPERS (694)      9  6 0
 2/ 3 THE SHOWOFFS (111)       582 359 32 61.8   2/ 1 PERRY STRIKE FORCE (688)  8  6 0
 3/ 4 WHEN EAGLES DARE (509)   319 226 24 58.5   3/ 2 THE SHOWOFFS (111)        7  5 0
 4/ 2*ASSASSINS (705)            7   5  0 58.3   4/ 6*ASSASSINS (705)           7  5 0
 5/ 5 PERRY STRIKE FORCE (688)  81  62  4 56.6   5/ 4*TOP FIVE BOBS (702)       6  1 0
 6/ 6 NEON SCRAPPERS (694)      61  57  1 51.7   6/ 7 WHEN EAGLES DARE (509)    5  6 0
 7/ 8*THIS MODERN WORLD (701)    6   7  1 46.2   7/10*LIBATIONS 5 (704)         5  8 0
 8/ 7 MIDDLE WAY (484)         1096 1440 23 43.2   8- 5 TROLLS (695)              4  6 0
 9- 9 TROLLS (695)              31  45  2 40.8   9/12 COVEY (698)               1  3 0
10/12*LIBATIONS 5 (704)          5   8  0 38.5  10/ 9*THIS MODERN WORLD (701)   1  3 0
11/11 COVEY (698)                6  13  0 31.6  11/11 MIDDLE WAY (484)          1  4 0

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

                                      SPY REPORT

     You elder fighters surely remember me.  The younger ones may call me Olaf 
Modeen.  I return to ALJAFIR once again!  Biff!  Pow!  ALJAFIR watched with glee as 
PERRY STRIKE FORCE got knocked off top spot by NEON SCRAPPERS!  Ya gotta be quick on 
yer feet!  Keep your elbow off the table!  Thrust!  Block out the pain!  LIBATIONS 5 
is now ranked 7th with a 3-0-0 turn.  Some people say I ramble too much, I don't say 
anything relevant.  I repeat myself.  I ramble.  Well NEON SCRAPPERS moved up 2, to 
1st.  Another fighter (MATTHEW 18-11-2) challenged another Duelmaster (PERSEUS 
20-11-0).  Life goes on.  I'm sure ALJAFIR is excited about MATTHEW, the new 
Duelmaster from PERRY STRIKE FORCE.  (remember?)  But when you've seen as many as I 
have...  Advice to fighters with a 1 will--give up fighting!   
     No matter the time or place, men will always duel.  The most avoided team was 
THE SHOWOFFS.  The bums at ASSASSINS couldn't face the challenges from THE SHOWOFFS!  
No excuse for that!  What do people see in ALIENIST?  His 10-9-0?  NEON SCRAPPERS 
ain't talkin', but he's got 46 points.  SNACKY DEFENDER didn't quite know what to 
make of a challenge he received from LONDON FOG of LIBATIONS 5, who is 19 points 
below him.  LONDON FOG perhaps got his just desserts, seeing as he beat SNACKY 
DEFENDER and ended up with 53 recognition points.  I hate going to the effort of 
writing about the kind of fights that DAYWALKER gets in.  He fights people like 
YOUPON, 8 points below.  I thought DAYWALKER showed great skill and promise when he 
was beat by YOUPON.  All right, so I slept through it!  Big deal!   
     There have been some calls to lengthen the time limit.  Do you want the fighters 
to walk away, or not?  Many a warrior has met his fate in a hungover stupor.  You 
young rapscallions, take note!   
     Well, I'm pretty much through.  You guys need to get back practicing.  The end 
of another Spyreport!  That's cause for celebration in my book!  Time for my 
medication, so I'll leave now.  Practice, practice, practice!-- Olaf Modeen  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 MATTHEW 8459                 18  11  2 111         PERRY STRIKE FORCE (688)  

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 MR PYTHON 8502               17  11  0 103         NEON SCRAPPERS (694)      
 PERSEUS 8491                 20  11  0  97         WHEN EAGLES DARE (509)    
 ANOTHER WINNER 8550           9   2  0  94         THE SHOWOFFS (111)        

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 MASON 8458                   14  15  2  81         PERRY STRIKE FORCE (688)  
 GRIMWAVE 8532                11   9  0  71         NEON SCRAPPERS (694)      
 FARRELL 8457                 13  16  0  69         PERRY STRIKE FORCE (688)  
 COMO 8460                    18  11  0  68         PERRY STRIKE FORCE (688)  

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 LONDON FOG 8624               3   0  0  53         LIBATIONS 5 (704)         
-AND WEAVE 8589                4   1  0  49         TOP FIVE BOBS (702)       
 ALIENIST 8539                10   9  0  46         NEON SCRAPPERS (694)      
 OFFICE SPACE 8591             4   1  0  45         TOP FIVE BOBS (702)       
-BERT 8513                     8   8  0  40         TROLLS (695)              
-NOGGIN 8555                   6   4  0  38         TROLLS (695)              
 SNACKY DEFENDER 8543          6   4  0  38         COVEY (698)               
 YOU'RE NOT GOOD 8600          6   3  0  36         THE SHOWOFFS (111)        

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 CASTLE KEEP 8596              5   4  0  33         WHEN EAGLES DARE (509)    
-YOUR UNCLE 8588               3   2  0  32         TOP FIVE BOBS (702)       
-SCARA 8619                    2   1  0  27         TROLLS (695)              

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 BLADE 8629                    3   0  0  23         ASSASSINS (705)           
 BRUZER 8630                   3   0  0  21         NEON SCRAPPERS (694)      
-TOUCH GRASS 8584              2   2  1  21         THIS MODERN WORLD (701)   
 BIG DUDE 8579                 5   5  0  20         THE SHOWOFFS (111)        

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 STRAIGHT FIRE 8585            3   1  0  20         THIS MODERN WORLD (701)   
 YOU JUST LOST 8580            4   7  0  19         THE SHOWOFFS (111)        
 CHAI 8620                     1   2  0  19         LIBATIONS 5 (704)         
 RAGE 8612                     3   2  0  17         NEON SCRAPPERS (694)      
 APHRACE 8595                  2   7  0  13         MIDDLE WAY (484)          
 YOUPON 8622                   1   2  0  11         LIBATIONS 5 (704)         
 COUNT 8628                    2   1  0   9         ASSASSINS (705)           
-POST-CONSUMERISM 8598         1   1  0   8         THIS MODERN WORLD (701)   
-ONE EYED HAG 8615             1   3  0   6         TROLLS (695)              
 DAYWALKER 8625                1   2  0   5         ASSASSINS (705)           
 VLAD 8627                     1   2  0   5         ASSASSINS (705)           
 DISINGUISHED 8618             1   1  0   4         WHEN EAGLES DARE (509)    
 POMPEII 8603                  0   2  0   2         WHEN EAGLES DARE (509)    
 RALF TANNER 8634              0   2  0   2         MIDDLE WAY (484)          
 TYLER 8638                    0   1  0   1         PERRY STRIKE FORCE (688)  

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?

                                     PERSONAL ADS

The Iron Council has re-opened its guild doors!  All prior members contact Tripwire
(DM18 or DM36) if you are interested in returning.  Also, if you have contacts for any 
of the old members, send those as well. -- Tripwire

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

MATTHEW bested PERSEUS in a action packed 5 minute master's Challenge Title fight.
MASON was handily defeated by MR PYTHON in a 2 minute one-sided Challenge match.
FARRELL vanquished ALIENIST in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge brawl.
LONDON FOG overpowered SNACKY DEFENDER in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge fight.
COUNT outwaited DISINGUISHED in a unpopular 7 minute novice's Challenge duel.
DAYWALKER was beaten by YOUPON in a 2 minute amateur's Challenge brawl.
CHAI overpowered APHRACE in a 1 minute uneven Challenge melee.
VLAD lost to BRUZER in a popular 1 minute beginner's Challenge duel.
COMO was vanquished by ANOTHER WINNER in a popular 3 minute brutal one-sided duel.
GRIMWAVE handily defeated YOU'RE NOT GOOD in a 1 minute one-sided bout.
CASTLE KEEP narrowly defeated YOU JUST LOST in a 2 minute bloody match.
OFFICE SPACE handily defeated FRATSFA SLAVE in a 1 minute one-sided contest.
STRAIGHT FIRE subdued POMPEII in a 2 minute brawl.
BIG DUDE savagely defeated RALF TANNER in a crowd pleasing 1 minute gory conflict.
RAGE won victory over TYLER in a 2 minute amateur's bout.
BLADE vanquished NORTH FORK RABBLE in a 1 minute one-sided fray.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|AIMED BLOW                       6         WALL OF STEEL      4 -   3 -  0      57  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     6         PARRY-RIPOSTE     14 -  11 -  0      56  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   5         LUNGING ATTACK    29 -  23 -  2      56  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    3         AIMED BLOW        34 -  29 -  1      54  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      2         PARRY-STRIKE      29 -  26 -  2      53  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  2         PARRY-LUNGE        4 -   4 -  0      50  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  2         TOTAL PARRY        9 -  11 -  0      45  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      2         STRIKING ATTACK   11 -  16 -  0      41  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   1         SLASHING ATTACK   11 -  18 -  1      38  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    1         BASHING ATTACK     5 -  11 -  0      31  |

Turn 1024 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-LUNGE        2 -  0     PARRY-STRIKE       2 -  4         4  PARRY-STRIKE   
BASHING ATTACK     1 -  0     PARRY-RIPOSTE      1 -  2         3  LUNGING ATTACK 
WALL OF STEEL      1 -  0                                       2  AIMED BLOW     
LUNGING ATTACK     3 -  2                                       2  PARRY-RIPOSTE  
AIMED BLOW         3 -  3     
SLASHING ATTACK    1 -  1     
STRIKING ATTACK    1 -  1     
TOTAL PARRY        1 -  1     

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
PARRY-STRIKE     MATTHEW 8459               18  11  2  111 PERRY STRIKE FORCE (688)
AIMED BLOW       MR PYTHON 8502             17  11  0  103 NEON SCRAPPERS (694)
PARRY-RIPOSTE    PERSEUS 8491               20  11  0   97 WHEN EAGLES DARE (509)
LUNGING ATTACK   GRIMWAVE 8532              11   9  0   71 NEON SCRAPPERS (694)
STRIKING ATTACK  OFFICE SPACE 8591           4   1  0   45 TOP FIVE BOBS (702)
TOTAL PARRY      SNACKY DEFENDER 8543        6   4  0   38 COVEY (698)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is PERSEUS 8491.  The most popular warrior this turn 
was PERSEUS 8491.  The ten other most popular fighters were MATTHEW 8459, ANOTHER 
WINNER 8550, STRAIGHT FIRE 8585, MR PYTHON 8502, LONDON FOG 8624, DAYWALKER 8625, 
CASTLE KEEP 8596, BIG DUDE 8579, CHAI 8620, and BRUZER 8630.

The least popular fighter this week was COUNT 8628.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were YOU'RE NOT GOOD 8600, APHRACE 8595, SNACKY DEFENDER 8543, ALIENIST 
8539, BLADE 8629, RALF TANNER 8634, POMPEII 8603, COMO 8460, DISINGUISHED 8618, and 
TYLER 8638.

               NEW GRADUATES--FROM ALL ARENAS (INCLUDING CLOSED ARENAS)

For those of you who keep track of such things, a few additional warriors graduated 
from regular DM arenas (including closed arenas) since the last tournament. 

                       THUMBSCREW (2-2622) IN COLD BLOOD  (329) 
                    CALEB DELGADO (17-8016) VOID CONJURERS  (642) 
                       JACK RABBIT (47-4814) ROYAL FLUSH  (48) 
                      POISON OAK (47-9449) BASH BROS PARK  (766) 
                       REPAIR (72-6819) BASH BROS FENCE  (784) 
              MANAGER'S WARRIOR (82-37963) SUPERIOR FORCES 5705  (6304) 
                  QUEST FOR FIRE (82-43478) ROOKIE MAIDEN 12  (7288) 
                   PROPHET'S SONG (84-3573) ROOKIE QUEEN 29  (695) 
                  DON'T TREAD (84-18515) ROOKIE METALLICA 10  (3282) 
                HERO OF THE DAY (84-18564) ROOKIE METALLICA 20  (3292) 
                           ROZCO (84-47629) ERRTWO  (8232) 
                            KNIFE (85-11459) ERR 9  (2101) 
                            VORTEX (85-35731) 7ERR  (6519) 
                   SAVANNAH BABY (85-39619) BUKKA & MCTELL  (3871) 
                        LOKKE (85-44417) RELENTLESS 11  (8101) 
                    PANDEMONIUM (85-50106) STEELE RISING 1  (9143) 
                      ANOMALY (86-24847) MUTANT ALLIANCE  (4540) 

Congrats to the grads. -- Green Eyes