DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 07/11/2025    Duedate: 07/24/2025

ZENSU ARENA

DM 40    TURN 983

This Week's Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

SQUISH THE GERBIL
CRUEL PET NAMES (381)
(40-3778) [16-5-0,126]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

SQUISH THE GERBIL              MCNERDJOY
CRUEL PET NAMES (381)          THIS MODERN WORLD 27 (542)
(40-3778) [16-5-0,126]         (40-5352) [4-1-0,33]

Popularity Leader              This Week's Favorite

DAN'S GHOST                    GRANDPA JACK
BEYOND THE PALE (337)          DIRTY DOZENS (333)
(40-5196) [20-27-1,88]         (40-5311) [12-3-1,98]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

DIRTY DOZENS (333)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. CRUEL PET NAMES (381)         32 
2. DIRTY DOZENS (333)            29    PANDORA'S BOX (522)
3. DREAMS WORK (538)             16    Unchartered Team
4. TMM EXPERIMENTS 103 (478)     12 
5. OXY MORONS (537)              4  THIS MODERN WORLD 27 (542)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1- 1*CRAZED HELLIONS (543)      3   1  0 75.0   1/ 1 DIRTY DOZENS (333)       10  4 0
 2/ 2 PANDORA'S BOX (522)      145  62  4 70.0   2/ 6 CRUEL PET NAMES (381)     8  2 0
 3- 4 FLOWERS OF EVIL (514)     12   8  1 60.0   3/ 5 OXY MORONS (537)          6  9 0
 4/ 0 TMM EXPERIMENTS 103 (478)  7   5  0 58.3   4/ 2 BEYOND THE PALE (337)     5  7 0
 5/ 5 DIRTY DOZENS (333)        86  62  2 58.1   5/ 4 DREAMS WORK (538)         5  7 0
 6/ 6 DEEP SHADOW (507)        171 135  6 55.9   6/ 3 DEEP SHADOW (507)         4  2 0
 7/ 8 CRUEL PET NAMES (381)     68  57  2 54.4   7- 8 THE SHIRE (321)           2  2 0
 8/ 7 DREAMS WORK (538)         46  42  3 52.3   8/ 7 PANDORA'S BOX (522)       2  3 0
 9/ 9 BEYOND THE PALE (337)    1278 1477 36 46.4   9- 0 MOON UNIT MUTANTS (277)   2  6 0
10/10 OXY MORONS (537)          73  87  2 45.6  10- 9*CRAZED HELLIONS (543)     1  0 0
11-12 THE SHIRE (321)           78 113  4 40.8  11-12 FLOWERS OF EVIL (514)     1  0 0
12- 0 MOON UNIT MUTANTS (277)   20  30  3 40.0  12/10*THIS MODERN WORLD 2 (542) 1  1 0
13/11*THIS MODERN WORLD 2 (542)  4   6  0 40.0  13/ 0 TMM EXPERIMENTS 103 (478) 0  3 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 ZENSU once again!  Up 'n down.  Up 'n down.  Rankings always 
change.  Up 'n down.  I think I'm gonna be...  Well, CRUEL PET NAMES' 2nd moved them 
up to 4-1-0 place.  What's with GLORIA?  She actually beat BEYOND THE PALE's DAN'S 
GHOST, and walked away with 25 more points from the fight.  Major screwup at DEEP 
SHADOW.  FROST BLADE lost 13 points to SQUASH THE SNAKE.  Some new strategies, 
perhaps?  Maybe FROST BLADE will provide more easy wins...  See how the Duelmaster 
challenged DREAMS WORK's BOB?  That sort of initiative is how he got where he is now. 
BOB was reminded on the sands why FRENCHIE is Duelmaster.  Wouldn't it be nice to 
have live subjects to practice on?  I hear some team is looking into the uses of 
convicted prisoners.   
     Speaking of cowardly avoiders and unfair challenges...  The most avoided team 
was OXY MORONS.  Management must be dealin', as the boys at CRUEL PET NAMES ain't 
reelin'!  OXY MORONS' mad!  What do people see in DAN'S GHOST?  Its 20-27-1?  BEYOND 
THE PALE ain't talkin', but it's got 88 points.  HUMP THE CAMEL of CRUEL PET NAMES 
knows how to pick 'em.  He challenged GRANDPA JACK of DIRTY DOZENS who is up by 21.  
Now was this a wise move?  HUMP THE CAMEL perhaps got his just desserts, seeing as he 
was defeated by GRANDPA JACK and ended up with 76 recognition points.  I hate going 
to the effort of writing about the kind of fights that FLOODS gets in.  It fights 
people like MILITANT PACIFIST, 12 points below.  I thought FLOODS showed great skill 
and promise when it overcame MILITANT PACIFIST.  All right, so I slept through it!  
Big deal!   
     A fighter's lot is filled with strife, revenge, and killing.  Some fighters 
don't accept this.  The best do.  How long have I been here?  I got people to see, 
places to go...   
     Well, I'm pretty much through.  You guys need to get back practicing.  Are you 
as tired of reading this as I am of writing it?  Actually, I guess I'm writing it 
before you read it.  Oh, well.  Remember--a good fighter needs both good skills and 
good luck.  Until next time,-- Olaf Modeen  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SQUISH THE GERBIL 3778       16   5  0 126         CRUEL PET NAMES (381)     

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-APHELION VOID 5085            9   4  1 106         FLOWERS OF EVIL (514)     
 BOB 5296                     14   7  1  98         DREAMS WORK (538)         
 GRANDPA JACK 5311            12   3  1  98         DIRTY DOZENS (333)        
 FLOODS 5263                  18   5  0  91         PANDORA'S BOX (522)       

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 DAN'S GHOST 5196             20  27  1  88         BEYOND THE PALE (337)     
 SLEEPY JOE 5294              16  18  1  87         OXY MORONS (537)          
 GLORIA 5298                  11  10  2  85         DREAMS WORK (538)         
 NEERLY STENN 5273            14  16  1  82         BEYOND THE PALE (337)     
 MILITANT PACIFIST 5290       15  17  0  79         OXY MORONS (537)          
 HUMP THE CAMEL 3903           8   9  0  76         CRUEL PET NAMES (381)     
 DOS JONES 5272               15  15  0  73         BEYOND THE PALE (337)     

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-THE HEDGE 5316                8   4  0  60         THE SHIRE (321)           

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-BASHFOOL 2568                 5   3  1  55         MOON UNIT MUTANTS (277)   
 LAME NINJA 5254              13   6  0  50         DEEP SHADOW (507)         
-DISEASE 5327                  5   3  0  49         PANDORA'S BOX (522)       
-MY FIRST THREE 2478           7   8  1  48         MOON UNIT MUTANTS (277)   
 OUATE LE PHOQUE 3902          9   7  0  47         CRUEL PET NAMES (381)     
 EXPRESS MAIL 5323             8   8  0  47         OXY MORONS (537)          
 KEN 5297                      7  14  0  47         DREAMS WORK (538)         
 SQUASH THE SNAKE 4002         5   1  0  44         CRUEL PET NAMES (381)     
-THE SPAWN 5361                3   1  0  38         CRAZED HELLIONS (543)     
 SWEET SORROW 5335             6   5  1  36         OXY MORONS (537)          

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-ROSIE COTTON 5328             4   4  1  36         THE SHIRE (321)           

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 MCNERDJOY 5352                4   1  0  33         THIS MODERN WORLD 27 (542)
 HUMPTY DUMPTY 5331            3   5  0  25         DREAMS WORK (538)         
 FROST BLADE 5277              5   6  0  24         DEEP SHADOW (507)         

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-BELLADONNA TOOK 5313          5   8  0  23         THE SHIRE (321)           
-BOBO BOFFINS 5326             5   5  0  20         THE SHIRE (321)           
 WANDA 5376                    3   0  0  20         DIRTY DOZENS (333)        
-SCARY 2544                    1   2  0  19         MOON UNIT MUTANTS (277)   
-TOUCH SOMEONE 2546            2   4  0  16         MOON UNIT MUTANTS (277)   
 CHERUB OF JUSTICE 5349        2   4  0  16         DIRTY DOZENS (333)        
 DEADLY LOCUST 5375            1   1  0  12         PANDORA'S BOX (522)       
 MOOR PALE 5373                2   2  0   8         BEYOND THE PALE (337)     
 FLUSH THE GOLDFISH 4165       1   1  0   7         CRUEL PET NAMES (381)     
 HONEST SALESMAN 5362          1   3  0   6         OXY MORONS (537)          

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
A 4712                  0  1 0 TMM EXPERIMENTS  478 WURM KIN               983 NONE
B 4714                  0  1 0 TMM EXPERIMENTS  478 HIGH ELF               983 NONE
C 4715                  0  1 0 TMM EXPERIMENTS  478 SHEWISH GIANT          983 NONE

                                     PERSONAL ADS

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

A was butchered by WURM KIN in a 1 minute bloody Dark Arena fight.
C was slaughtered by SHEWISH GIANT in a 1 minute gruesome Dark Arena battle.
B was murdered by HIGH ELF in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
FRENCHIE viciously subdued BOB in a popular 3 minute gory master's Challenge brawl.
HUMP THE CAMEL was savagely defeated by GRANDPA JACK in a 6 minute competition.
FLOODS defeated MILITANT PACIFIST in a 2 minute veteran's Challenge struggle.
SQUASH THE SNAKE devastated FROST BLADE in a 2 minute one-sided Challenge competition.
FLUSH THE GOLDFISH unbelievably bested HONEST SALESMAN in a 5 minute Challenge melee.
SQUISH THE GERBIL vanquished NEERLY STENN in a 1 minute uneven Title fight.
DAN'S GHOST was vanquished by GLORIA in a exciting 1 minute gruesome one-sided fight.
SLEEPY JOE savagely defeated VETERAN MERCENARY in a 2 minute brutal one-sided fight.
DOS JONES devastated EXPRESS MAIL in a 1 minute mismatched conflict.
KEN was outlasted by OUATE LE PHOQUE in a tiring 17 minute master's match.
LAME NINJA slimly won victory over MCNERDJOY in a tiring 12 minute gruesome conflict.
SWEET SORROW defeated HUMPTY DUMPTY in a 2 minute struggle.
CHERUB OF JUSTICE viciously subdued MOOR PALE in a 2 minute brutal fray.
WANDA unbelievably bested DEADLY LOCUST in a popular 6 minute brutal amateur's brawl.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|TOTAL PARRY                      8         TOTAL PARRY       36 -  18 -  0      67  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  4         SLASHING ATTACK   26 -  15 -  0      63  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  4         STRIKING ATTACK   24 -  20 -  0      55  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   4         WALL OF STEEL     13 -  12 -  1      52  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    3         LUNGING ATTACK    24 -  28 -  1      46  |
|AIMED BLOW                       2         BASHING ATTACK    11 -  15 -  0      42  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      2         AIMED BLOW         5 -   8 -  0      38  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   2         PARRY-STRIKE       4 -   7 -  0      36  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     1         PARRY-LUNGE        5 -  17 -  0      23  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    0         PARRY-RIPOSTE      0 -   0 -  0       0  |

Turn 983 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:

AIMED BLOW         2 -  0     STRIKING ATTACK    1 -  3         4  TOTAL PARRY    
TOTAL PARRY        6 -  2     BASHING ATTACK     1 -  3         3  STRIKING ATTACK
WALL OF STEEL      2 -  1     PARRY-LUNGE        0 -  2         2  BASHING ATTACK 
SLASHING ATTACK    2 -  2     PARRY-STRIKE       0 -  1         1  AIMED BLOW     
                              PARRY-RIPOSTE      0 -  0         1  LUNGING ATTACK 
                              LUNGING ATTACK     0 -  2     

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
TOTAL PARRY      SQUISH THE GERBIL 3778     16   5  0  126 CRUEL PET NAMES (381)
STRIKING ATTACK  GRANDPA JACK 5311          12   3  1   98 DIRTY DOZENS (333)
BASHING ATTACK   GLORIA 5298                11  10  2   85 DREAMS WORK (538)
AIMED BLOW       SQUASH THE SNAKE 4002       5   1  0   44 CRUEL PET NAMES (381)
WALL OF STEEL    SWEET SORROW 5335           6   5  1   36 OXY MORONS (537)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is DAN'S GHOST 5196.  The most popular warrior this 
turn was GRANDPA JACK 5311.  The ten other most popular fighters were DEADLY LOCUST 
5375, MILITANT PACIFIST 5290, SLEEPY JOE 5294, SQUASH THE SNAKE 4002, HUMPTY DUMPTY 
5331, GLORIA 5298, FLOODS 5263, HONEST SALESMAN 5362, DOS JONES 5272, and SWEET 
SORROW 5335.

The least popular fighter this week was OUATE LE PHOQUE 3902.  The other ten least 
popular fighters were KEN 5297, LAME NINJA 5254, MCNERDJOY 5352, FLUSH THE GOLDFISH 
4165, WANDA 5376, MOOR PALE 5373, EXPRESS MAIL 5323, NEERLY STENN 5273, B 4714, and C 
4715.

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

FRENCHIE (40-3155) DIRTY DOZENS (333)