DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 06/12/2025    Duedate: 06/25/2025

VEASTIAN ARENA

DM 43    TURN 966

This Week's Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

SPINY NORMAN
FLYING CIRCUS II (347)
(43-5559) [13-7-0,141]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

SPINY NORMAN                   POSITION IS EMPTY
FLYING CIRCUS II (347)         
(43-5559) [13-7-0,141]         

Popularity Leader              This Week's Favorite

OWL                            SPINY NORMAN
NIGHT TRAIN II (107)           FLYING CIRCUS II (347)
(43-5585) [19-21-0,99]         (43-5559) [13-7-0,141]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

DUREX 100 (546)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. NIGHT TRAIN II (107)          41 
2. DUREX 100 (546)               21    FLYING CIRCUS II (347)
3. FLYING CIRCUS II (347)        14    Unchartered Team
4. COVEY IX (454)                11 
5. THE FAMILY (116)              2     COVEY IX (454)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 1*COVEY IX (454)            11   4  1 73.3   1/ 1 DUREX 100 (546)           8  6 1
 2/ 2 FLYING CIRCUS II (347)   190 122  2 60.9   2/ 2*COVEY IX (454)            6  0 0
 3- 3 SHEWISH BANQUET (481)    142  94  5 60.2   3/ 3 FLYING CIRCUS II (347)    6  4 0
 4- 4 PUD POWER (298)           35  32  1 52.2   4/ 5 NIGHT TRAIN II (107)      6  6 0
 5/ 5 NIGHT TRAIN II (107)     199 194 12 50.6   5- 4 PUD POWER (298)           4  4 0
 6/ 6 DUREX 100 (546)          109 109  5 50.0   6- 8 SHEWISH BANQUET (481)     1  0 0
 7- 7 FAR TRAVELERS (553)       22  23  3 48.9   7- 7 FAR TRAVELERS (553)       1  1 0
 8/ 8 THE FAMILY (116)         1327 1518 42 46.6   8/ 6 THE FAMILY (116)          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

     Greetings, warriors of VEASTIAN!  Once again I've been called out of retirement 
for my abilities and insights into Spyreporting.  It seems so recently people were 
saying NIGHT TRAIN II was washed up, finished.  But 3-1-0 moved them up 1.  I guess 
they're washed no more...  What's with OWL?  She actually beat FLYING CIRCUS II's MRS 
ATTILA HUN, and walked away with 20 more points from the fight.  Major screwup at 
FLYING CIRCUS II.  MRS ATTILA HUN lost 15 points to OWL.  Some new strategies, 
perhaps?  Maybe MRS ATTILA HUN will provide more easy wins...  Try as it might, 
GEIGER wasn't good enough at persuading SPINY NORMAN to step down from the 
Duelmaster's throne...  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...   
     Warriors of VEASTIAN unite.  You have only your games to lose!  How long have I 
been here?  I got people to see, places to go...   
     Who knows what the future holds for a warrior.  More fights, there's no doubt.  
All work and no play makes Olaf a dull fighter.  Work and play no fighter dull Olaf.  
Olaffighterwork and no play.  I don't want to overstay my welcome...-- Olaf Modeen  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SPINY NORMAN 5559            13   7  0 141         FLYING CIRCUS II (347)    

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 BRUCE 5393                   34  14  0 119         FLYING CIRCUS II (347)    
 GEIGER 5574                  31  13  0 106         NIGHT TRAIN II (107)      
 HIPPO SWAN 5568              16  30  0 103         THE FAMILY (116)          
 TUSK 5588                    20  19  0 101         NIGHT TRAIN II (107)      
 OWL 5585                     19  21  0  99         NIGHT TRAIN II (107)      
 LOOM 5570                    16  21  0  93         DUREX 100 (546)           

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 MRS ATTILA HUN 5626          11   4  0  73         FLYING CIRCUS II (347)    
-SCRAGG TAGG 2937             10   8  0  67         PUD POWER (298)           

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-CARVED IVORY 2934            10   5  1  64         PUD POWER (298)           
-OJ LIGHT 4699                 5   4  0  63         PUD POWER (298)           
-GAPPDA GHOULASH 2933          9   7  0  58         PUD POWER (298)           

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-CHOCK 5638                    6   0  0  56         FAR TRAVELERS (553)       
 BRUTE 5610                    9  15  1  50         NIGHT TRAIN II (107)      
 INGOT 5651                    5   2  0  49         DUREX 100 (546)           
 ROCK SHIELD 5619              9  14  0  41         DUREX 100 (546)           

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 THE NOID 4547                 3   0  1  28         COVEY IX (454)            
 MAX HEADROOM 5633             3   2  0  28         COVEY IX (454)            
-OLD DENNYS CRONES 4546        2   0  0  24         COVEY IX (454)            

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-T BIZZ 5658                   2   0  0  20         COVEY IX (454)            
 BASALT 5667                   1   0  1  14         DUREX 100 (546)           
-JALAPENO PAUPER 5622          1   0  0  10         SHEWISH BANQUET (481)     
 CASTER 5659                   1   3  0   6         DUREX 100 (546)           
-ARTHUR LEMMING BDA 5649       0   1  0   1         FLYING CIRCUS II (347)    

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
CONVICTED THIEF         0  0 0                      BASALT 5667            966 NONE

                                     PERSONAL ADS

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

SPINY NORMAN devastated GEIGER in a action packed 10 minute mismatched Title fight.
BRUCE overcame HIPPO SWAN in a action packed 4 minute veteran's match.
LOOM was outwaited by TUSK in a popular 7 minute veteran's contest.
MRS ATTILA HUN was demolished by OWL in a 1 minute mismatched competition.
INGOT defeated DANGEROUS CRIMINAL in a exciting 1 minute bloody struggle.
BRUTE handily defeated ROCK SHIELD in a 1 minute uneven fight.
MAX HEADROOM vanquished MORDANT DESERTER in a 1 minute uneven duel.
THE NOID vanquished CASTER in a 1 minute uneven fight.
BASALT slaughtered CONVICTED THIEF in a 1 minute one-sided fight.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|TOTAL PARRY                      5         AIMED BLOW         8 -   1 -  0      89  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  3         PARRY-STRIKE      18 -   9 -  1      67  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      2         SLASHING ATTACK   13 -   8 -  0      62  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     2         PARRY-LUNGE       11 -   7 -  2      61  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   1         WALL OF STEEL      4 -   3 -  0      57  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  1         LUNGING ATTACK    21 -  17 -  0      55  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    1         STRIKING ATTACK   21 -  22 -  1      49  |
|AIMED BLOW                       0         TOTAL PARRY       23 -  25 -  0      48  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   0         BASHING ATTACK     5 -  10 -  0      33  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    0         PARRY-RIPOSTE      2 -   6 -  0      25  |

Turn 966 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-LUNGE        2 -  0     AIMED BLOW         0 -  0         4  TOTAL PARRY    
LUNGING ATTACK     1 -  0     PARRY-STRIKE       0 -  2         3  PARRY-STRIKE   
SLASHING ATTACK    1 -  0     PARRY-RIPOSTE      0 -  1         2  STRIKING ATTACK
STRIKING ATTACK    2 -  1     BASHING ATTACK     0 -  0         1  LUNGING ATTACK 
TOTAL PARRY        3 -  2     WALL OF STEEL      0 -  0         1  WALL OF STEEL  

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
TOTAL PARRY      SPINY NORMAN 5559          13   7  0  141 FLYING CIRCUS II (347)
PARRY-STRIKE     MRS ATTILA HUN 5626        11   4  0   73 FLYING CIRCUS II (347)
PARRY-LUNGE      INGOT 5651                  5   2  0   49 DUREX 100 (546)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is OWL 5585.  The most popular warrior this turn was 
SPINY NORMAN 5559.  The ten other most popular fighters were HIPPO SWAN 5568, LOOM 
5570, OWL 5585, BRUCE 5393, INGOT 5651, BRUTE 5610, MAX HEADROOM 5633, THE NOID 4547, 
TUSK 5588, and MRS ATTILA HUN 5626.

The least popular fighter this week was GEIGER 5574.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were CASTER 5659, ROCK SHIELD 5619, BASALT 5667, MRS ATTILA HUN 5626, TUSK 
5588, THE NOID 4547, MAX HEADROOM 5633, BRUTE 5610, INGOT 5651, and BRUCE 5393.

               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