DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 10/05/2026    Duedate: 10/17/2026

LYRATILAN ARENA

DM 25    TURN 1054

This Week's Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

GARTH BROOKS
GONE COUNTRY (453)
(25-6817) [14-8-2,113]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

GARTH BROOKS                   POSITION IS EMPTY
GONE COUNTRY (453)             
(25-6817) [14-8-2,113]         

Popularity Leader              This Week's Favorite

OCEAN BLUE                     JASON ALDEAN
MASTERS OF SIN (119)           GONE COUNTRY (453)
(25-3677) [21-21-0,85]         (25-6858) [1-5-0,8]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

SAXON (596)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. SAXON (596)                   34 
2. WORKING GIRLS (193)           22    LORDS OF PAIN (604)
3. REAL PEOPLE (552)             19    Unchartered Team
4. MASTERS OF SIN (119)          12 
5. NEON GRATITUDE (593)          9     WORDS I CAN'T USE (466)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 1 LORDS OF PAIN (604)        9   1  1 90.0   1/ 1 SAXON (596)              11  3 1
 2- 2 THE BLUES 25 (581)       105  79  2 57.1   2/ 2 WORKING GIRLS (193)       9  4 2
 3/ 3 SAXON (596)               38  29  1 56.7   3/ 3 GONE COUNTRY (453)        6  9 1
 4/ 4 MASTERS OF SIN (119)     438 415 34 51.3   4- 4 THE BLUES 25 (581)        5  5 0
 5/ 0 REAL PEOPLE (552)         34  34  2 50.0   5/ 6 LORDS OF PAIN (604)       3  0 1
 6/ 5 GONE COUNTRY (453)        83  84  6 49.7   6/ 5 NEON GRATITUDE (593)      3  4 0
 7/ 6 NEON GRATITUDE (593)      73  74  3 49.7   7/ 7 MASTERS OF SIN (119)      2  8 0
 8/ 7 THE MIDDLE WAY 4 (464)   978 1126 29 46.5   8/ 0 REAL PEOPLE (552)         1  2 0
 9/ 8 WORKING GIRLS (193)      249 307 21 44.8   9/ 8 THE MIDDLE WAY 4 (464)    0  3 0

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

                                 DUELMASTER'S COLUMN
                             Notes from the arena champ.

Autumn's Embrace
By Emily Hart

Leaves fall, painting the ground
In shades of BROWN that astound,
Each one a story to be found
In Autumn's embrace.

The trees, once green, now wear a crown
Of golden hues and rustic BROWN,
Whispering secrets as they sway
In Autumn's embrace.

The crisp air dances, leaves take flight,
A symphony of colors ignite,
But none so striking as the sight
Of BROWN in Autumn's embrace.

     -- read aloud by BROWN, a true Duelmaster

                                      SPY REPORT

     It's me, The Unknown Spymaster, back to give you this week's Spy Report.  Sit 
back in your seats and we'll have more fun than a barrel of Zontanis.  It looks like 
the guys(?) at WORKING GIRLS had a good week as they went 3-1-1 to put them in 2nd 
place.  I guess steroids help!  Hey everybody, watch out for SCARLET, who flew up 14 
points in the rankings after mashing TRACE ADKINS like a melon.  Keep your eye on 
this gal.  And falling like a basher in the top ten was TRACE ADKINS, who dropped 11 
points after a disappointing (to say the least) bout with SCARLET.  Try as hard as 
the THE BLUES 25 stable might, they were unable to find their warrior (and 
ex-Duelmaster) SNOOKS EAGLIN before this week's fights.  It's a proud day for the 
GONE COUNTRY stable, as their warrior, GARTH BROOKS, ascended the Duelmaster's 
throne.  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.  Here's a song for you:  Who's afraid of the 
big, bad THE BLUES 25?  Big bad THE BLUES 25.  Big bad THE BLUES 25.  LYRATILAN's 
afraid of the big bad THE BLUES 25.  Tra la la la la!  Okay, so I may not be funny, 
but catch GONE COUNTRY's act in the arena.  Those acrobats seem to be fairly deft at 
running from THE BLUES 25.  Well just about everybody wants a piece of NEMESIS, who 
was this week's most challenged warrior.   
     Remember that an arena is not always a safe place to be, but it is one of the 
most interesting, though!  Knowing when to use the right tactics at the proper time 
is a very important step on the road to Duelmaster.   
     Well, that wasn't too bad; Alarond told me that the people in LYRATILAN have no 
sense of humor.  Or maybe that they were senseless.  Well, there goes another Spy 
Report.  Good luck in next week's fights.  Its been real, and its been fun, but it 
hasn't been real fun...-- The Unknown Spymaster  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 GARTH BROOKS 6817            14   8  2 113         GONE COUNTRY (453)        

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 TINY FOX 6195                11   6  1 105         REAL PEOPLE (552)         
-SNOOKS EAGLIN 6559           24  13  0 103         THE BLUES 25 (581)        
 DEEDS OF GLORY 6717          10   4  0 100         SAXON (596)               
 NEMESIS 6835                  9   1  1  98         LORDS OF PAIN (604)       

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 PAUL STOCK 6680              14  48  0  90         THE MIDDLE WAY 4 (464)    
 PEARL 6793                   16  15  1  88         WORKING GIRLS (193)       
 OCEAN BLUE 3677              21  21  0  85         MASTERS OF SIN (119)      
 PETTY 6439                    8   4  0  82         MASTERS OF SIN (119)      
 BATTALIONS 6846               8   3  0  74         SAXON (596)               
 FUN CHEW 6194                11  13  0  73         REAL PEOPLE (552)         

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 MORGAN WALLEN 6839            6   6  1  73         GONE COUNTRY (453)        
-GUITAR JR JOHNSON 6621       17  12  0  71         THE BLUES 25 (581)        
 OBRIGADO 6809                12  10  0  69         NEON GRATITUDE (593)      

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-LONG JOHN HUNTER 6630        17  10  0  66         THE BLUES 25 (581)        

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 BLACK IS THE NIGHT 6845       8   3  1  53         SAXON (596)               
 CLINT BLACK 6818             12  10  0  46         GONE COUNTRY (453)        
 SCARLET 6831                  7   4  0  42         WORKING GIRLS (193)       

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 JOURNEY 6847                  4   1  2  27         WORKING GIRLS (193)       

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 TRACE ADKINS 6853             5   3  0  21         GONE COUNTRY (453)        
 BERTHA 6861                   3   0  0  19         WORKING GIRLS (193)       
-ROY ROGERS 6857               2   4  0  16         THE BLUES 25 (581)        
 ATLANTIS 6859                 2   4  0  12         SAXON (596)               
 JASON ALDEAN 6858             1   5  0   8         GONE COUNTRY (453)        

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
FRATSFAN NOBLE          0  0 0                      JOURNEY 6847          1054 NONE
HAPPY PEASANT           0  0 0                      BLACK IS THE NIG 6845 1054 NONE
DA101 6867              0  1 0 MASTERS OF SIN 119   ROWAN ORC             1054 NONE
DA102 6868              0  1 0 MASTERS OF SIN 119   TALMOR THE TROLL      1054 NONE
DA103 6869              0  1 0 MASTERS OF SIN 119   TOMBSTONE             1054 NONE
MAY DAY 6601            0  1 0 REAL PEOPLE 552      ARENAMASTER JYO       1054 NONE
KILLING GROUND 6720     8  5 0 SAXON 596            MORGAN WALLEN 6839    1053  
CHANELLE 6796          10 19 1 WORKING GIRLS 193    NEMESIS 6835          1052  

                                     PERSONAL ADS

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

DA103 was barely slain by TOMBSTONE in a 2 minute bloody Dark Arena fight.
DA102 was slaughtered by TALMOR THE TROLL in a 1 minute Dark Arena battle.
MAY DAY was easily killed by ARENAMASTER JYO in a 2 minute gory Dark Arena match.
DA101 was slaughtered by ROWAN ORC in a 1 minute Dark Arena brawl.
PEARL was bested by NEMESIS in a 2 minute Bloodfeud fight.
PETTY was overpowered by GARTH BROOKS in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge Title match.
TRACE ADKINS was devastated by SCARLET in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge duel.
JASON ALDEAN was unbelievably bested by ATLANTIS in a 5 minute Challenge match.
TINY FOX handily defeated MORGAN WALLEN in a 1 minute uneven fight.
FUN CHEW lost to OCEAN BLUE in a action packed 2 minute gory expert's duel.
PAUL STOCK was vanquished by DEEDS OF GLORY in a popular 1 minute one-sided duel.
OBRIGADO handily defeated CLINT BLACK in a 1 minute one-sided bout.
BATTALIONS subdued NOBLE ASSASSIN in a crowd pleasing 1 minute match.
BLACK IS THE NIGHT easily killed HAPPY PEASANT in a 1 minute brutal one-sided contest.
JOURNEY butchered FRATSFAN NOBLE in a 2 minute mismatched bout.
BERTHA overcame SHIFTYEYED VOLUNTEER in a tiring 4 minute beginner's fight.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|LUNGING ATTACK                   8         PARRY-LUNGE       13 -   5 -  2      72  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      4         WALL OF STEEL      2 -   1 -  0      67  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  4         BASHING ATTACK    10 -   6 -  0      63  |
|AIMED BLOW                       2         TOTAL PARRY       13 -   9 -  0      59  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      2         AIMED BLOW        10 -  10 -  1      50  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    1         STRIKING ATTACK    6 -   6 -  0      50  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   1         SLASHING ATTACK   24 -  25 -  0      49  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    1         LUNGING ATTACK    38 -  41 -  2      48  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  1         PARRY-RIPOSTE      4 -   8 -  0      33  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     0         PARRY-STRIKE       0 -   1 -  0       0  |

Turn 1054 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-RIPOSTE      1 -  0     LUNGING ATTACK     3 -  5         4  SLASHING ATTACK
BASHING ATTACK     1 -  0     PARRY-STRIKE       0 -  0         3  PARRY-LUNGE    
WALL OF STEEL      1 -  0     STRIKING ATTACK    0 -  1         1  TOTAL PARRY    
AIMED BLOW         1 -  1                                       1  BASHING ATTACK 
PARRY-LUNGE        2 -  2                                       1  LUNGING ATTACK 
SLASHING ATTACK    2 -  2                                       1  WALL OF STEEL  
TOTAL PARRY        1 -  1     

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
SLASHING ATTACK  GARTH BROOKS 6817          14   8  2  113 GONE COUNTRY (453)
PARRY-LUNGE      TINY FOX 6195              11   6  1  105 REAL PEOPLE (552)
BASHING ATTACK   DEEDS OF GLORY 6717        10   4  0  100 SAXON (596)
LUNGING ATTACK   NEMESIS 6835                9   1  1   98 LORDS OF PAIN (604)
AIMED BLOW       BLACK IS THE NIGHT 6845     8   3  1   53 SAXON (596)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is OCEAN BLUE 3677.  The most popular warrior this turn 
was JASON ALDEAN 6858.  The ten other most popular fighters were FUN CHEW 6194, OCEAN 
BLUE 3677, NEMESIS 6835, DEEDS OF GLORY 6717, DA103 6869, PEARL 6793, GARTH BROOKS 
6817, TINY FOX 6195, BATTALIONS 6846, and SCARLET 6831.

The least popular fighter this week was BERTHA 6861.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were CLINT BLACK 6818, PAUL STOCK 6680, MORGAN WALLEN 6839, TRACE ADKINS 
6853, PETTY 6439, DA101 6867, DA102 6868, MAY DAY 6601, JOURNEY 6847, and BLACK IS 
THE NIGHT 6845.

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

BIG MOJO ELEM (25-6563) THE BLUES 25 (581)

               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. 

               HEADBUTTS BASEBALLS (73-1807) THINGS GEORGE DOES  (183) 
                      RED BIRD (85-45165) SPREAD THE RED  (8222) 
                  WRESTED NUDIST (85-45330) W.S. ANAGRAMS 2  (8255) 
                  LADY O' THE LAKE (86-30287) THRONEHOLDERS  (5559) 

Congrats to the grads. -- Green Eyes