DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 05/08/2026    Duedate: 05/21/2026

RODEKI ARENA

DM 42    TURN 1001

This Week's Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

ZORA YOUNG
BETTER BLUES (365)
(42-5602) [17-11-0,100]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

BEYOND THE GRAVE               CUDDLECLAW
SAXON (492)                    OF WOLF & MAN (493)
(42-5614) [11-9-2,107]         (42-5631) [3-1-0,27]

Popularity Leader              This Week's Favorite

BEYOND THE GRAVE               SHEMEKIA COPELAND
SAXON (492)                    BETTER BLUES (365)
(42-5614) [11-9-2,107]         (42-5619) [6-8-2,53]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

BETTER BLUES (365)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. SAXON (492)                   64 
2. TEMERE (490)                  11    MI CASA (485)
3. BETTER BLUES (365)            -5    Unchartered Team
4. OF WOLF & MAN (493)           -6 
5. MI CASA (485)                 -10   OF WOLF & MAN (493)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 1*OF WOLF & MAN (493)        4   1  0 80.0   1/ 1 BETTER BLUES (365)       10  5 0
 2- 2 FURRY FURY (463)          31  14  4 68.9   2/ 2 SAXON (492)               8  7 1
 3/ 3 MI CASA (485)             98  58  5 62.8   3/ 4 TEMERE (490)              3  0 0
 4/ 4 BETTER BLUES (365)       175 134  9 56.6   4/ 3 MI CASA (485)             2  5 0
 5/ 5 SAXON (492)               49  48  2 50.5   5/ 6*OF WOLF & MAN (493)       1  1 0
 6/ 6 TEMERE (490)              10  10  0 50.0   6- 5 FURRY FURY (463)          1  1 0

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

                                      SPY REPORT

     Hail and well met warriors of RODEKI!  Know me for who I am, Zontani Sharp Eyes, 
Spymaster extraordinaire of all Alastari.  Did only my eyes note the 4-1-1 record 
which SAXON managed to post this round?  I don't doubt that such a record will draw 
challengers!  In one of the week's more notable duels, LIONHEART put down CLINTON, 
causing it to lose 11 points of recognition in the process.  Not for nothing has ZORA 
YOUNG in the past laid claim to the Duelmaster's throne, and this week she's proven 
hers combat skill yet again.  Informants "close" to the city champion have told me 
that he never fights without pantyhose on beneath his armor.  Watch out!   
     Many and various are the arts of battle.  In RODEKI "art" is a word that has 
long since passed from the language!  RODEKI, city of gladiators!  Mighty among the 
names of thy guilds is BETTER BLUES, a guild shunned and avoided by many in the 
weekly duels.  If you didn't look down dark alleys you'd have been hard pressed to 
find any of MI CASA last week.  Busy avoiding BETTER BLUES?  Loose talk at the arena 
has reached my ears and it but confirms the knowledge that many fighters are after 
PYROBUG.  Watch your back!  I can not but mention with disdain the name of BOO BOO 
DAVIS who this week posted a challenge to a warrior a full 11 points below in the 
rankings.  I thought BOO BOO DAVIS showed great skill and promise when he was killed 
by BEYOND THE GRAVE.  All right, so I slept through it!  Big deal!   
     Is not Death a warrior's foremost adviser?   Warriors, may this counselor stand 
ready at your right hand forever!  I must report the passing of BOO BOO DAVIS, 
veteran of many duels.  10-7-0 final record His was not illustrious--but death plays 
no favorites.  Fate is a fickle mistress.  She showers the miserable with fortune but 
sets enemies against the victorious.  Remember this!   
     If it were not for my skills as a spy I would have been mugged three times 
already in RODEKI.  Nice atmosphere you have here!  Ahh, but I can hear the spires of 
a far off city calling to me.  I must away!  Till we meet again, remember:  a turtle 
walks slow, hides head in a shell, and harms no one; a lion runs to slay its prey.-- 
Zontani Sharp Eyes  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 ZORA YOUNG 5602              17  11  0 100         BETTER BLUES (365)        

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-SNOOP DOGG 5597              11   2  3 149         FURRY FURY (463)          
 BEYOND THE GRAVE 5614        11   9  2 107         SAXON (492)               

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 HOPE MILLS 5520              22  15  1  82         MI CASA (485)             

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 PYROBUG 5577                 10   2  0  59         TEMERE (490)              

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SHEMEKIA COPELAND 5619        6   8  2  53         BETTER BLUES (365)        
 HAMMIE NIXON 5611            12   5  0  49         BETTER BLUES (365)        
-OAK PARK 5625                 7   1  0  41         MI CASA (485)             
 LADY IN GRAY 5624             7  10  0  40         SAXON (492)               
 FREDDIE KING 5636             4   5  0  36         BETTER BLUES (365)        

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 LIONHEART 5651                3   0  0  33         SAXON (492)               
 FIRE AND STEEL 5626           6   9  0  31         SAXON (492)               
 CUDDLECLAW 5631               3   1  0  27         OF WOLF & MAN (493)       
 SIXTH FORM GIRL 5647          4   1  0  26         SAXON (492)               

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 CLINTON 5637                  2   2  0  15         MI CASA (485)             
-FUZZY WUZZY 5645              0   1  0   7         FURRY FURY (463)          

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
BOO BOO DAVIS 5609     10  7 0 BETTER BLUES 365     BEYOND THE GRAVE 5614 1001  
WITCHFINDER 5615       11  6 0 SAXON 492            SNOOP DOGG 5597        998  

                                     PERSONAL ADS

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

BOO BOO DAVIS was butchered by BEYOND THE GRAVE in a 1 minute Challenge fight.
SHEMEKIA COPELAND was subdued by PYROBUG in a exciting 4 minute Challenge melee.
HAMMIE NIXON luckily beat LADY IN GRAY in a crowd pleasing 3 minute Challenge duel.
FREDDIE KING defeated CUDDLECLAW in a exciting 4 minute bloody Challenge fight.
CLINTON was devastated by LIONHEART in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge duel.
ZORA YOUNG viciously subdued HOPE MILLS in a unpopular 24 minute master's Title match.
FIRE AND STEEL handily defeated OSKSI NOBLE in a 1 minute uneven melee.
SIXTH FORM GIRL vanquished EMBEZZLING SCRIBE in a 1 minute one-sided duel.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|TOTAL PARRY                      4         SLASHING ATTACK   12 -   7 -  0      63  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  3         STRIKING ATTACK   22 -  13 -  3      63  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   2         TOTAL PARRY       25 -  16 -  0      61  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   2         BASHING ATTACK     8 -   6 -  1      57  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     1         LUNGING ATTACK     9 -  10 -  0      47  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    1         PARRY-STRIKE       5 -   6 -  0      45  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  1         WALL OF STEEL      4 -   5 -  0      44  |
|AIMED BLOW                       0         PARRY-RIPOSTE      1 -   4 -  0      20  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      0         PARRY-LUNGE        0 -   1 -  0       0  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    0         AIMED BLOW         0 -   1 -  0       0  |

Turn 1001 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         5  TOTAL PARRY    
WALL OF STEEL      1 -  0     PARRY-LUNGE        0 -  0         2  STRIKING ATTACK
TOTAL PARRY        3 -  1     PARRY-RIPOSTE      0 -  0         2  BASHING ATTACK 
STRIKING ATTACK    2 -  1     LUNGING ATTACK     0 -  2         1  LUNGING ATTACK 
BASHING ATTACK     1 -  1     SLASHING ATTACK    0 -  1         1  WALL OF STEEL  

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
TOTAL PARRY      ZORA YOUNG 5602            17  11  0  100 BETTER BLUES (365)
STRIKING ATTACK  BEYOND THE GRAVE 5614      11   9  2  107 SAXON (492)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is BEYOND THE GRAVE 5614.  The most popular warrior 
this turn was SHEMEKIA COPELAND 5619.  The ten other most popular fighters were 
CUDDLECLAW 5631, LADY IN GRAY 5624, FIRE AND STEEL 5626, BEYOND THE GRAVE 5614, 
PYROBUG 5577, HAMMIE NIXON 5611, FREDDIE KING 5636, SIXTH FORM GIRL 5647, LIONHEART 
5651, and BOO BOO DAVIS 5609.

The least popular fighter this week was HOPE MILLS 5520.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were ZORA YOUNG 5602, CLINTON 5637, BOO BOO DAVIS 5609, LIONHEART 5651, 
SIXTH FORM GIRL 5647, FREDDIE KING 5636, HAMMIE NIXON 5611, PYROBUG 5577, BEYOND THE 
GRAVE 5614, and FIRE AND STEEL 5626.