DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER
Date : 06/18/2025 Duedate: 07/01/2025
IAYE ARENA
DM 30 TURN 1018
This Week's Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
MIKE
THE YOUNG ONES (455)
(30-4707) [12-8-3,81]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
MIKE SELLSWORD
THE YOUNG ONES (455) HARD KNOCKS (531)
(30-4707) [12-8-3,81] (30-6076) [7-0-0,70]
Popularity Leader This Week's Favorite
MIKE SNUFFY
THE YOUNG ONES (455) LENPROS (145)
(30-4707) [12-8-3,81] (30-6091) [2-2-0,26]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
HARD KNOCKS (531)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. LENPROS (145) 25
2. HARD KNOCKS (531) 22 LENPROS (145)
3. CLOWDER W/ CLAWS (529) 5 Unchartered Team
4. SUPER COOKIE (527) 3
5. RED DOG GANG (356) -3 HARD KNOCKS (531)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1/ 2*HARD KNOCKS (531) 22 11 2 66.7 1/ 1*HARD KNOCKS (531) 8 6 1
2/ 4 LENPROS (145) 2020 1176 74 63.2 2/ 2 LENPROS (145) 7 2 0
3- 6 NEON KNIGHTS 30 (524) 61 45 4 57.5 3/ 3 THE YOUNG ONES (455) 6 3 0
4/ 3*CLOWDER W/ CLAWS (529) 17 13 1 56.7 4/ 4*CLOWDER W/ CLAWS (529) 6 9 1
5/ 7 THE YOUNG ONES (455) 61 48 4 56.0 5/ 6 SUPER COOKIE (527) 4 2 0
6/ 8 SUPER COOKIE (527) 16 13 0 55.2 6- 7 WRESTLMANIACS (73) 2 3 1
7- 9 WRESTLMANIACS (73) 119 102 8 53.8 7- 5 WRATHMEN X (475) 1 1 0
8/10 RED DOG GANG (356) 1115 1612 22 40.9 8- 8 NEON KNIGHTS 30 (524) 1 2 0
9-11 WRATHMEN X (475) 8 37 2 17.8 9/ 9 RED DOG GANG (356) 1 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.
Goodbye.
-- Elenda, Duelmistress and Lord Protector
SPY REPORT
If you were disturbed from your beauty rest only to have to watch a bunch of
IAYE brutes like you, you'd be grouchy, too. Of course, we're all terribly impressed
to see SNUFFY win a fight and gain 13 points, terribly. Tsk, tsk, KUNG-FU MASTER
beat MIKE and MIKE lost 19 points. You're breakin' my heart. Due to absence, and
inability to defend the throne, ELENDA has lost the Title of Duelmaster. Start
setting that alarm earlier! And it's out with the old, in with the new, as MIKE
takes the Title and last week's bar tab from the old Duelmaster. Heh, heh. I'm not
in a very good mood today, but why am I telling you this? You want to know what's
new, don't you, IAYE?
My mother always told me, 'If you don't have anything nice to say, start
talking.' I loved that woman. What's the big D? WRESTLMANIACS was the most avoided
team? Bunch of lily livered... grumble... mumble... curse... And who led the way in
this mass act of cowardice? Let's see, well, whatcha know? It was SUPER COOKIE. Ha
ha ha ha! Ooh, I'm frightfully impressed, DREAM was this turn's most challenged
warrior. Watch that ego swell, sports fans.
Ah, now we come to my favorite part, where we see all the guys who are dead and
gone, and get to see if their team cared. Honor is like a chainmail shirt, it only
shines through use. Certain nameless cowards will doubtless rebuke me on this one.
What does the IAYE arena have in common with the inns? It's just as comfortable
to sleep in either place. Ha ha ha ha! Well, I've had enough of this drivel, and
I'm sure you have too. Off like a dirty shirt of padded leather. Paste this one in
your scrapbooks, you'll need the kindling come this winter-- Snide Clemens
DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
MIKE 4707 12 8 3 81 THE YOUNG ONES (455)
CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-MAX 5995 17 3 0 113 LENPROS (145)
-COCO B. WARE 685 24 23 1 96 WRESTLMANIACS (73)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
SELLSWORD 6076 7 0 0 70 HARD KNOCKS (531)
CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
DREAM 6012 5 4 0 65 SUPER COOKIE (527)
NEAL 4710 10 12 0 58 THE YOUNG ONES (455)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-ULTIMATE WARRIOR 5288 4 6 1 49 WRESTLMANIACS (73)
=^.^= 6054 4 2 0 46 CLOWDER W/ CLAWS (529)
TENDER FURY 6078 5 2 0 44 HARD KNOCKS (531)
-AERYN 5967 3 0 0 44 WRATHMEN X (475)
-BAM BAM BIGELOW 5289 7 6 0 41 WRESTLMANIACS (73)
KRIEGHUND 6077 4 3 2 39 HARD KNOCKS (531)
MURDER MITTENS 6052 4 2 1 38 CLOWDER W/ CLAWS (529)
SUPER SLOTH 6032 5 3 0 36 SUPER COOKIE (527)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
TRY ME 6055 4 2 0 33 CLOWDER W/ CLAWS (529)
RULE OF THUMB 6080 6 1 0 31 HARD KNOCKS (531)
-THE BIG SHOW 5451 4 2 0 31 WRESTLMANIACS (73)
-NATURE BOY 5452 3 1 1 31 WRESTLMANIACS (73)
MARY CATHERINE 6083 4 2 0 26 LENPROS (145)
BACKSTABBATH 6053 3 3 0 26 CLOWDER W/ CLAWS (529)
SNUFFY 6091 2 2 0 26 LENPROS (145)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
HISS-SPIT-HIDE 6058 2 4 0 24 CLOWDER W/ CLAWS (529)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
AUNT SADIE 6085 2 0 0 22 LENPROS (145)
-KAELYN 5850 2 2 0 20 WRATHMEN X (475)
TRUSTY RUSTY 6033 3 9 0 18 RED DOG GANG (356)
-TET OFFENSIVE 6084 0 4 0 4 HARD KNOCKS (531)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
BILLY JOE 5953 11 12 2 LENPROS 145 MIKE 4707 1014 NOT REVENGED
RED EARS 6034 3 7 1 RED DOG GANG 356 KRIEGHUND 6077 1016
MR BALOWSKI 6029 6 6 0 THE YOUNG ONES 455 KRIEGHUND 6077 1015 REVENGED
PERSONAL ADS
Max abdicated. He insisted on seeing Carnegie Hall, the Pirates, and three-river
Stadium. Later, he says. Kids! -- Lenpro
Kaelyn, my good. -- Mary Catherine
Health. Humility. Honor. Iaye forever. -- Lenpro
Snuffy -- Not a wise challenge, but I AM a good teacher...try again? -- Try Me
Trusty Rusty -- Ouchy... I hiss at you one last time, lol. -- Hiss Spit Hide
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
KRIEGHUND was devastated by DREAM in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge fight.
SNUFFY won victory over HISS-SPIT-HIDE in a 3 minute Challenge battle.
MIKE was unbelievably bested by KUNG-FU MASTER in a 2 minute Title brawl.
SELLSWORD devastated =^.^= in a 1 minute one-sided fight.
SUPER SLOTH was subdued by TENDER FURY in a crowd pleasing 3 minute competition.
NEAL outwaited TRY ME in a unpopular 10 minute brutal fight.
BACKSTABBATH was bested by RULE OF THUMB in a 3 minute competition.
MURDER MITTENS overpowered TRUSTY RUSTY in a 1 minute uneven melee.
MARY CATHERINE won victory over TRUSTWORTHY SCRIBE in a 6 minute duel.
AUNT SADIE vanquished POLITE BEGGAR in a 1 minute uneven fight.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|TOTAL PARRY 5 WALL OF STEEL 7 - 1 - 0 88 |
|STRIKING ATTACK 4 TOTAL PARRY 28 - 16 - 0 64 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 3 PARRY-RIPOSTE 5 - 3 - 0 63 |
|AIMED BLOW 2 SLASHING ATTACK 25 - 15 - 2 63 |
|WALL OF STEEL 1 LUNGING ATTACK 15 - 11 - 1 58 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 1 PARRY-LUNGE 7 - 7 - 1 50 |
|BASHING ATTACK 1 AIMED BLOW 6 - 7 - 0 46 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 0 STRIKING ATTACK 21 - 25 - 2 46 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 BASHING ATTACK 8 - 20 - 2 29 |
|LUNGING ATTACK 0 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 2 - 0 0 |
Turn 1018 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:
SLASHING ATTACK 3 - 0 STRIKING ATTACK 1 - 3 4 TOTAL PARRY
WALL OF STEEL 1 - 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 1 4 SLASHING ATTACK
TOTAL PARRY 3 - 2 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 0 1 STRIKING ATTACK
AIMED BLOW 1 - 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 0 1 WALL OF STEEL
LUNGING ATTACK 0 - 0 1 PARRY-LUNGE
BASHING ATTACK 0 - 1
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
STRIKING ATTACK MIKE 4707 12 8 3 81 THE YOUNG ONES (455)
SLASHING ATTACK SELLSWORD 6076 7 0 0 70 HARD KNOCKS (531)
PARRY-LUNGE =^.^= 6054 4 2 0 46 CLOWDER W/ CLAWS (529)
TOTAL PARRY TENDER FURY 6078 5 2 0 44 HARD KNOCKS (531)
BASHING ATTACK KRIEGHUND 6077 4 3 2 39 HARD KNOCKS (531)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
The overall popularity leader is MIKE 4707. The most popular warrior this turn was
SNUFFY 6091. The ten other most popular fighters were SUPER SLOTH 6032, MIKE 4707,
RULE OF THUMB 6080, DREAM 6012, SELLSWORD 6076, TENDER FURY 6078, BACKSTABBATH 6053,
MURDER MITTENS 6052, AUNT SADIE 6085, and KRIEGHUND 6077.
The least popular fighter this week was NEAL 4710. The other ten least popular
fighters were MARY CATHERINE 6083, TRUSTY RUSTY 6033, TRY ME 6055, =^.^= 6054,
HISS-SPIT-HIDE 6058, KRIEGHUND 6077, AUNT SADIE 6085, MURDER MITTENS 6052,
BACKSTABBATH 6053, and TENDER FURY 6078.
The following warriors have traveled to AD after fighting this turn:
ELENDA (30-5988) NEON KNIGHTS 30 (524)
SUMMER BLOODGAMES 2025
Back by popular demand, we will be hosting a new slow Bloodgames mailed arena
beginning in August. We also plan our usual Bloodgames arenas at the summer Face-
to-Face.
For those of you who always wanted the chance to manage the last warrior standing
alive upon the arena sands, your day has come. The Bloodgames are coming!
At the end of the ten turns, even though several warriors, bruised and scarred, MAY
yet live, only one will be crowned Champion of the Bloodgames. And in this game mere
survival counts for little. A great general once said, "The object of battle is not
to die for your cause, but to make your enemy die for his." This general would have
greatly enjoyed the Duelmasters Bloodgames. Here are the particulars:
Face-to-Face style Turn 1 is due Fri July 18 at 9pm at the hotel
Bloodgames (DM 98): Turns process with the tournament
Strategy changes allowed, bloodfeud challenges only
Mail-in style Turn 1 is due Sat July 19 at 9pm at the hotel
Bloodgames (DM 99): All turns process overnight, mail-in style.
No strategy changes; all ten rounds process one
after the other and results will be out Sun morning.
Slow Bloodgames (DM 95): Turn 1 is due Weds August 13
Turns process every 28 days
Strategy changes allowed, bloodfeud challenges only
Gameplay proceeds according to standard DM rules, except for a few notable exceptions:
BLOODGAMES ROLLUP -- Your Bloodgames team is ten warriors, one of each fighting
style, each warrior designed from scratch! (All are DYOs (design your owns) with 84
points, 3-21, as usual.) To submit your rollup, just write/type them up and send them
in. We'll mail or email your overviews and you can write up your strategies. Your
warriors must be created and have strategies entered by the first due date.
DEATH -- As the name implies, the Bloodgames will leave the arena sands somewhat
darker before they're over. It's a dangerous sport intended only for the tough and
spirited. The Arenamaster will be less likely to intercede on behalf of a dying
warrior. Even at a 1 kill desire, kill attempts will occur.
REPLACEMENTS AND ROLLUPS -- There will be no replacement characters.
CHALLENGES AND STRATEGIES -- In the turn-based bloodgames, there are no regular
challenges, only bloodfeuds. There will be no DA challenges in any of the bloodgames
arenas.
TURN PROCESSING AND DUE DATES -- DM 95 is due August 1 and will process on a 28-day
schedule. The other two bloodgames arenas will be processed at the summer Face-to-
Face. (Note: there will also be bloodgames at the next winter FTF.)
MISSED TURNS -- All warriors fight each round. Only the dead may rest.
ERRORS -- If we make an input error, that warrior will be awarded a win and kill.
Errors must be reported before the next turn processes.
NEWSLETTER -- Warriors are ranked according to their number of kills. Champions of
Bloodgames may write a column for the newsletter at the end of the games.
FEES -- A Bloodgames rollup costs a $10 set-up fee. Managers may roll up more than
one team but may run only one team in each arena. The fee for all ten rounds is $49.
AWARDS -- The Bloodgames last ten rounds. Only warriors who survive to the end of
Turn 10 will be eligible for an award. However, a consolation award of a Bloodgames
T-shirt will be awarded to the dead warrior with the most kills.
The living warrior with the greatest number of kills will be the Bloodgames Champion.
Bloodgames Victor titles, 2nd and 3rd place will be awarded to those living warriors
with the greatest number of kills at the end of Turn 10, with one other important
consideration: Each of these three warriors must be of a different fighting style.
Win/loss records and, if necessary, recognition points will only be used to determine
awards if there is a tie.
The Bloodgames Champion fights for free in Advanced Duelmasters, and all Champions and
Victors earn Tournament Victor status, which allows them to challenge once per turn
with increased priority. These awards last for six months. The manager of the
Bloodgames Champion and Victors will receive Bloodgames T-shirts.
A Bloodgames T-shirt will be awarded to the manager of the team with the most kills.T-
shirts will only happen if someone gives us a nice design. One shirt per person.
AFTERMATH -- Warriors from the Bloodgames may not transfer to any other arena. Once
the games are over, the arena and teams will be disbanded. The fighters have won
their freedom and will never more be seen in the gladiatorial games. A special bonus
will, however, be awarded to the 1st through 3rd place warriors. Lady Sheila
Greywand, of the Isle of the Eye, has consented to allow the top three gladiators in
each Bloodgames admission to the Advanced Duelmasters games. Any special training
required to qualify those three warriors for Advanced Duelmasters combat will be
conducted before transfer into ADM. Astute managers will note that this means that
three warriors that are designed from scratch will survive the Bloodgames, win one of
the top three places, and go on to immortal glory! One of those warriors could be
yours!
The challenge is yours to take. The final plans are yours to make.
When the dust settles, remember: To the victor goes the spoils!
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