DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 07/10/2025    Duedate: 07/23/2025

VEASTIAN ARENA

DM 43    TURN 968

This Week's Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

BRUCE
FLYING CIRCUS II (347)
(43-5393) [36-14-0,133]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

BRUCE                          THE NOID
FLYING CIRCUS II (347)         COVEY IX (454)
(43-5393) [36-14-0,133]        (43-4547) [4-1-1,53]

Popularity Leader              This Week's Favorite

TRISTIAN CARTLE                TRISTIAN CARTLE
PRIDE OF ALASTARI (545)        PRIDE OF ALASTARI (545)
(43-5601) [15-11-0,69]         (43-5601) [15-11-0,69]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

FLYING CIRCUS II (347)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. FLYING CIRCUS II (347)        31 
2. COVEY IX (454)                24    FLYING CIRCUS II (347)
3. PRIDE OF ALASTARI (545)       17    Unchartered Team
4. DUREX 100 (546)               10 
5. THE FAMILY (116)              -12   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)            12   6  1 66.7   1/ 1 FLYING CIRCUS II (347)    8  1 0
 2/ 2 FLYING CIRCUS II (347)   196 122  2 61.6   2/ 3 NIGHT TRAIN II (107)      8  4 0
 3/ 4 PRIDE OF ALASTARI (545)  134 122  9 52.3   3/ 4 DUREX 100 (546)           7  8 1
 4/ 5 NIGHT TRAIN II (107)     204 197 12 50.9   4/ 6 PRIDE OF ALASTARI (545)   5  5 0
 5/ 6 DUREX 100 (546)          114 114  5 50.0   5/ 2*COVEY IX (454)            3  2 0
 6/ 7 THE FAMILY (116)         1327 1520 42 46.6   6/ 7 THE FAMILY (116)          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

     It's me, The Unknown Spymaster here with my bag to give you the news on last 
week's fights.  Hey everybody, watch out for THE NOID, who flew up 24 points in the 
rankings after mashing BRUTE like a melon.  Keep your eye on this guy.  And falling 
like a basher in the top ten was HIPPO SWAN, who dropped 12 points after a 
disappointing (to say the least) bout with MRS ATTILA HUN.  Going for the gusto and 
coming up with aught but bloody knuckles was NIGHT TRAIN II's TUSK, who was turned 
away from the Duelmastership by BRUCE.  Advice to bashers--never force anything, just 
get a bigger halberd!   
     But enough of that bunch, let's get on to the wimps who like to avoid battle!  
And who is this LOOM you ask, with 85 points and a 16-23-0 record.  Ooh, the tales I 
could tell!  TRISTIAN CARTLE of PRIDE OF ALASTARI had better have a good reason for 
challenging down 14 points in a challenge which she won.  I thought TRISTIAN CARTLE 
showed great skill and promise when she bested INGOT.  All right, so I slept through 
it!  Big deal!   
     Remember that an arena is not always a safe place to be, but it is one of the 
most interesting, though!  Here's some advice:  warriors with little wit and will may 
encounter problems on the trail to the Isle.   
     Well, there's the manager of the VEASTIAN giving me the 'cut' sign (or is that 
'They're going to strangle you in the alley?).  C'mon, Leadfoot, let's make some 
tracks.  Its been fun, and I'm sure you enjoyed it (boos).  Now that I've got you 
worked up for Snide Clemens, I'll be leaving-- The Unknown Spymaster  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 BRUCE 5393                   36  14  0 133         FLYING CIRCUS II (347)    

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-SPINY NORMAN 5559            13   7  0 141         FLYING CIRCUS II (347)    
 GEIGER 5574                  32  14  0 110         NIGHT TRAIN II (107)      
 OWL 5585                     21  21  0 109         NIGHT TRAIN II (107)      
 MRS ATTILA HUN 5626          13   4  0 107         FLYING CIRCUS II (347)    
 FYNA GLUHM 5511              19  33  4  99         PRIDE OF ALASTARI (545)   
 TUSK 5588                    21  20  0  98         NIGHT TRAIN II (107)      

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 HIPPO SWAN 5568              16  32  0  87         THE FAMILY (116)          
 LOOM 5570                    16  23  0  85         DUREX 100 (546)           
 TRISTIAN CARTLE 5601         15  11  0  69         PRIDE OF ALASTARI (545)   

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 ROCK SHIELD 5619             10  15  0  54         DUREX 100 (546)           
 THE NOID 4547                 4   1  1  53         COVEY IX (454)            
 INGOT 5651                    6   3  0  51         DUREX 100 (546)           
 BRUTE 5610                   10  16  1  47         NIGHT TRAIN II (107)      

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 TERNA MYTOH 5648              3   3  0  33         PRIDE OF ALASTARI (545)   
 BASALT 5667                   3   0  1  30         DUREX 100 (546)           
 ARTHUR LEMMING BDA 5649       2   1  0  27         FLYING CIRCUS II (347)    
 KETL LOCKBLOCK 5650           2   3  0  25         PRIDE OF ALASTARI (545)   
-MAX HEADROOM 5633             3   3  0  24         COVEY IX (454)            

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 CASTER 5659                   2   4  0  10         DUREX 100 (546)           
 CHIPPA KEMNAC 5647            1   5  0   8         PRIDE OF ALASTARI (545)   

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?

                                     PERSONAL ADS

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

FYNA GLUHM devastated LOOM in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge fight.
TRISTIAN CARTLE viciously subdued INGOT in a 2 minute gruesome Challenge battle.
TERNA MYTOH was demolished by ROCK SHIELD in a 2 minute uneven Challenge fight.
CHIPPA KEMNAC was devastated by BASALT in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge contest.
KETL LOCKBLOCK overpowered CASTER in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge match.
BRUCE outwaited TUSK in a unpopular 19 minute veteran's Title duel.
OWL beat VENOMOUS CONCUBINE in a popular 1 minute master's brawl.
GEIGER outwaited KHALHUMS DWARF in a crowd boring 7 minute expert's melee.
HIPPO SWAN was vanquished by MRS ATTILA HUN in a action packed 1 minute uneven fight.
BRUTE was overpowered by THE NOID in a popular 1 minute uneven match.
ARTHUR LEMMING BDA overpowered EMBEZZLING SCRIBE in a 1 minute one-sided match.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|TOTAL PARRY                      4         AIMED BLOW         7 -   1 -  0      88  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  4         PARRY-LUNGE       14 -   6 -  2      70  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   3         WALL OF STEEL      3 -   2 -  0      60  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      3         LUNGING ATTACK    19 -  14 -  0      58  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     2         PARRY-STRIKE      14 -  11 -  1      56  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    1         STRIKING ATTACK   21 -  18 -  1      54  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  1         SLASHING ATTACK    9 -   8 -  0      53  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   1         TOTAL PARRY       23 -  23 -  0      50  |
|AIMED BLOW                       0         BASHING ATTACK     6 -   6 -  0      50  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    0         PARRY-RIPOSTE      2 -   6 -  0      25  |

Turn 968 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:

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

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
TOTAL PARRY      BRUCE 5393                 36  14  0  133 FLYING CIRCUS II (347)
PARRY-STRIKE     MRS ATTILA HUN 5626        13   4  0  107 FLYING CIRCUS II (347)
PARRY-LUNGE      TRISTIAN CARTLE 5601       15  11  0   69 PRIDE OF ALASTARI (545)
STRIKING ATTACK  THE NOID 4547               4   1  1   53 COVEY IX (454)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is TRISTIAN CARTLE 5601.  The most popular warrior this 
turn was TRISTIAN CARTLE 5601.  The ten other most popular fighters were TERNA MYTOH 
5648, THE NOID 4547, BASALT 5667, OWL 5585, MRS ATTILA HUN 5626, FYNA GLUHM 5511, 
INGOT 5651, ROCK SHIELD 5619, KETL LOCKBLOCK 5650, and ARTHUR LEMMING BDA 5649.

The least popular fighter this week was BRUCE 5393.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were TUSK 5588, GEIGER 5574, BRUTE 5610, CASTER 5659, CHIPPA KEMNAC 5647, 
LOOM 5570, HIPPO SWAN 5568, ARTHUR LEMMING BDA 5649, KETL LOCKBLOCK 5650, and ROCK 
SHIELD 5619.

The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn:

BRUCE (43-5393) FLYING CIRCUS II (347)