DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 08/29/2025    Duedate: 09/11/2025

RODEKI ARENA

DM 42    TURN 983

This Week's Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

HOMINY HOMINY
VOODOO VENDETTA! (483)
(42-5501) [12-4-1,121]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

HOMINY HOMINY                  BEYOND THE GRAVE
VOODOO VENDETTA! (483)         SAXON (492)
(42-5501) [12-4-1,121]         (42-5614) [2-0-1,28]

Popularity Leader              This Week's Favorite

HOMINY HOMINY                  EVANSVILLE
VOODOO VENDETTA! (483)         MI CASA (485)
(42-5501) [12-4-1,121]         (42-5606) [1-2-0,19]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

BETTER BLUES (365)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. SAXON (492)                   36 
2. DELVERS (154)                 11    VOODOO VENDETTA! (483)
3. GRECIAN FORMULA (486)         9     Unchartered Team
4. VOODOO VENDETTA! (483)        8  
5. BETTER BLUES (365)            1     SAXON (492)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 1 VOODOO VENDETTA! (483)    16   6  1 72.7   1/ 2 BETTER BLUES (365)        4  2 1
 2/ 2 MI CASA (485)             69  36  4 65.7   2/ 6*SAXON (492)               4  4 1
 3/ 3 BETTER BLUES (365)       137 106  8 56.4   3/ 1 MI CASA (485)             4  6 0
 4/ 6*SAXON (492)                4   4  1 50.0   4/ 3 GRECIAN FORMULA (486)     2  1 0
 5/ 4 GRECIAN FORMULA (486)     21  27  0 43.7   5/ 4 VOODOO VENDETTA! (483)    1  1 0
 6/ 5 DELVERS (154)            1216 1738 33 41.2   6/ 5 DELVERS (154)             1  2 0

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

                                      SPY REPORT

     Well, what are you looking at, RODEKI?  Ain't you never seen Snide Clemens 
before?  Ah, shaddup and listen to my news.  Later days, MI CASA, since BETTER BLUES 
took top team from you this turn, you guys are old news.  SAXON turned their 3-0-0 
turn into a 2nd place rank in the listings this turn.  Any better than this, and you 
get put on hit lists.  Of course, we're all terribly impressed to see WITCHFINDER win 
a fight and gain 12 points, terribly.  And it's out with the old, in with the new, as 
HOMINY HOMINY takes the Title and last week's bar tab from the old Duelmaster.  Heh, 
heh.  The Welcome Wench, humph!  I've tasted better ale at mortuaries.  Where do they 
get this stuff?  From RODEKI's trash dumps?   
     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?  VOODOO VENDETTA! 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 MI 
CASA.  Ha ha ha ha!  Ooh, I'm frightfully impressed, MYRMIDUS was this turn's most 
challenged warrior.  Watch that ego swell, sports fans.   
     Death and Taxes.  The less death I see, the more it taxes my patience.  Let's 
see if anyone's dead or dying.  Honor is like a chainmail shirt, it only shines 
through use.  Certain nameless cowards will doubtless rebuke me on this one.   
     There's got to be a better place in RODEKI to get a drink than The Welcome 
Wench!  Any suggestions?  Just wait 'till next time I show up here, I won't be so 
nice!  So nyaaah!  Glad to see the back of this place-- Snide Clemens  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 HOMINY HOMINY 5501           12   4  1 121         VOODOO VENDETTA! (483)    

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 CREVE COEUR 5523             10   8  2  76         MI CASA (485)             

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 MYRMIDUS 5537                11   9  0  58         GRECIAN FORMULA (486)     

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 HOPE MILLS 5520              15   7  1  53         MI CASA (485)             
-BOO BOO DAVIS 5609            3   2  0  44         BETTER BLUES (365)        
 BUCKET 5585                   6   9  0  35         DELVERS (154)             

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 BEYOND THE GRAVE 5614         2   0  1  28         SAXON (492)               

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 ZORA YOUNG 5602               5   5  0  20         BETTER BLUES (365)        
 EVANSVILLE 5606               1   2  0  19         MI CASA (485)             
 WITCHFINDER 5615              1   1  0  14         SAXON (492)               
-HAMMIE NIXON 5611             3   1  0  13         BETTER BLUES (365)        
-SHEMEKIA COPELAND 5619        1   0  1  11         BETTER BLUES (365)        
 QUEEN OF HEARTS 5621          1   0  0  11         SAXON (492)               

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
EL PASO 5612            1  1 0 MI CASA 485          BEYOND THE GRAVE 5614  982  
LIONHEART 5618          0  1 0 SAXON 492            SHEMEKIA COPELAN 5619  982  
1 5500                  1  1 0 VOODOO VENDETTA! 483 WURM KIN               983 NONE

                                     PERSONAL ADS

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

1 was butchered by WURM KIN in a crowd pleasing 1 minute gruesome Dark Arena fight.
EVANSVILLE was subdued by BEYOND THE GRAVE in a 2 minute Bloodfeud melee.
CREVE COEUR was demolished by HOMINY HOMINY in a 1 minute uneven Title fight.
HOPE MILLS was narrowly defeated by MYRMIDUS in a unpopular 22 minute veteran's fight.
BUCKET vanquished ZORA YOUNG in a 2 minute mismatched fight.
WITCHFINDER overpowered CONVICTED THIEF in a 1 minute mismatched brawl.
QUEEN OF HEARTS defeated PERSISTENT BEGGAR in a 3 minute beginner's melee.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|SLASHING ATTACK                  3         WALL OF STEEL      3 -   0 -  0     100  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  2         PARRY-RIPOSTE      4 -   2 -  1      67  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      2         LUNGING ATTACK     8 -   4 -  0      67  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     1         PARRY-STRIKE       5 -   3 -  0      63  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    1         STRIKING ATTACK   21 -  13 -  2      62  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    1         PARRY-LUNGE        3 -   2 -  0      60  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   1         TOTAL PARRY       13 -  10 -  1      57  |
|AIMED BLOW                       0         BASHING ATTACK     7 -   6 -  2      54  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      0         SLASHING ATTACK   14 -  14 -  0      50  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   0         AIMED BLOW         3 -   7 -  0      30  |

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:

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

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
WALL OF STEEL    HOMINY HOMINY 5501         12   4  1  121 VOODOO VENDETTA! (483)
SLASHING ATTACK  CREVE COEUR 5523           10   8  2   76 MI CASA (485)
PARRY-STRIKE     MYRMIDUS 5537              11   9  0   58 GRECIAN FORMULA (486)
TOTAL PARRY      HOPE MILLS 5520            15   7  1   53 MI CASA (485)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is HOMINY HOMINY 5501.  The most popular warrior this 
turn was EVANSVILLE 5606.  The ten other most popular fighters were HOMINY HOMINY 
5501, BUCKET 5585, QUEEN OF HEARTS 5621, BEYOND THE GRAVE 5614, WITCHFINDER 5615, 1 
5500, CREVE COEUR 5523, ZORA YOUNG 5602, MYRMIDUS 5537, and HOPE MILLS 5520.

The least popular fighter this week was HOPE MILLS 5520.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were MYRMIDUS 5537, ZORA YOUNG 5602, CREVE COEUR 5523, 1 5500, WITCHFINDER 
5615, BEYOND THE GRAVE 5614, QUEEN OF HEARTS 5621, BUCKET 5585, HOMINY HOMINY 5501, 
and EVANSVILLE 5606.