DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 08/28/2025    Duedate: 09/10/2025

ROCANIS ARENA

DM 56    TURN 902

This Week's Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

XERO THE HERO
ALLIANCE (455)
(56-5234) [9-2-0,69]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

XERO THE HERO                  WASABI
ALLIANCE (455)                 SPICY (436)
(56-5234) [9-2-0,69]           (56-4141) [3-0-0,30]

Popularity Leader              This Week's Favorite

BEECE BUNNIE                   XERO THE HERO
INCONSISTENT FURY (20)         ALLIANCE (455)
(56-5205) [7-9-0,45]           (56-5234) [9-2-0,69]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

ALLIANCE (455)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. INCONSISTENT FURY (20)        24 
2. ALLIANCE (455)                21    INCONSISTENT FURY (20)
3. SPICY (436)                   5     Unchartered Team

                                       SPICY (436)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 1*SPICY (436)                3   0  0 100.   1/ 1 ALLIANCE (455)            9  6 1
 2/ 2 INCONSISTENT FURY (20)   690 490 58 58.5   2/ 2 INCONSISTENT FURY (20)    8  7 2
 3/ 3 ALLIANCE (455)            60  48  7 55.6   3/ 3*SPICY (436)               3  0 0
 4- 4 BARDIC FLAPPERY (510)     69  82  2 45.7   4- 4 BARDIC FLAPPERY (510)     0  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

     The sages err'd not in their foretelling of a god descending upon ROCANIS, for 
I, Novgorodny Vir, have returned!  INCONSISTENT FURY had cause to celebrate, after 
BEECE BUNNIE got 15 points by beating AMBITIOUS GUARD.  Win some, lose some.  
Speaking of which, XERO THE HERO was winsome, after beating DAX STIGLOW and seeing 
him lose 3 points.  Those who hoped for a new Duelmaster were disappointed by RIRORNI 
SABOTEUR, of ROCANIS, who despite a 0-0-0 couldn't overcome ROCANIS' Number 1.  So 
who's the team that's been walking into taverns last week and ordering milk?  Sounds 
like a PR stunt to me.   
     A Zenmaster once told me, 'Does not the spinning wheel turn?  And do not the 
little birds cry out?'  Any ideas?   
     The moving sword slashes, and having slashed, moves on...  Oh hard!  that to 
strike a flame, the match itself must needs be wasting!   
     All good things must come to an end.  As the seasons change, and the creatures 
of the wild change also, so do I feel a yearning to leave this place.  ROCANIS, I 
leave you now.  The Duelmaster has agreed to foot my bill at The Grub & Rub Bar and 
Bistro.  'Til next time-- Novgorodny Vir  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 XERO THE HERO 5234            9   2  0  69         ALLIANCE (455)            

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-FLAP-DRAGON 5104             13  29  0  71         BARDIC FLAPPERY (510)     

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 JAY T SMOOTH 5235             6   2  1  62         INCONSISTENT FURY (20)    

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 BEECE BUNNIE 5205             7   9  0  45         INCONSISTENT FURY (20)    
 HOWARD 5250                   4   2  1  45         INCONSISTENT FURY (20)    
 DAX STIGLOW 5231              5   6  2  41         INCONSISTENT FURY (20)    

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 WASABI 4141                   3   0  0  30         SPICY (436)               
 JUNIPER 5272                  2   0  1  29         ALLIANCE (455)            

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 WANDA BELLFISH 5262           2   2  1  20         INCONSISTENT FURY (20)    
 VON DARKMOOR 5263             2   2  0  17         ALLIANCE (455)            

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
MAGE'S APPRENTIC        0  0 0                      JUNIPER 5272           902 NONE
RIRORNI THUG            0  0 0                      JAY T SMOOTH 5235      902 NONE
TROCARAN DESERTE        0  0 0                      WANDA BELLFISH 5262    902 NONE
OH NO 5273              0  1 0 ALLIANCE 455         JO-KOBA HARRO          902 NONE

                                     PERSONAL ADS

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

OH NO was butchered by JO-KOBA HARRO in a unpopular 3 minute Dark Arena fight.
ZERIA savagely defeated RIRORNI SABOTEUR in a popular 1 minute veteran's melee.
XERO THE HERO devastated DAX STIGLOW in a 1 minute one-sided Title contest.
JAY T SMOOTH assassinated RIRORNI THUG in a 1 minute mismatched match.
HOWARD was viciously subdued by RIRORNI SOLDIERS in a popular 2 minute bloody duel.
WASABI beat VON DARKMOOR in a 1 minute brawl.
BEECE BUNNIE handily defeated AMBITIOUS GUARD in a 1 minute uneven fight.
WANDA BELLFISH slaughtered TROCARAN DESERTER in a 1 minute gruesome uneven duel.
JUNIPER assassinated MAGE'S APPRENTICE in a 1 minute gory uneven duel.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|AIMED BLOW                       5         BASHING ATTACK     7 -   2 -  1      78  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     2         PARRY-STRIKE      10 -   6 -  1      63  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   2         LUNGING ATTACK    18 -  11 -  1      62  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      1         WALL OF STEEL      6 -   4 -  0      60  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    1         AIMED BLOW        26 -  22 -  4      54  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      0         STRIKING ATTACK    7 -   6 -  0      54  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    0         SLASHING ATTACK    5 -   8 -  2      38  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  0         PARRY-LUNGE        1 -   2 -  0      33  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  0         PARRY-RIPOSTE      2 -   6 -  0      25  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   0         TOTAL PARRY        0 -   3 -  0       0  |

Turn 902 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       2 -  0     PARRY-LUNGE        0 -  0         7  AIMED BLOW     
LUNGING ATTACK     2 -  0     PARRY-RIPOSTE      0 -  0         3  LUNGING ATTACK 
AIMED BLOW         3 -  2     SLASHING ATTACK    0 -  0         1  PARRY-STRIKE   
                              STRIKING ATTACK    0 -  0     
                              BASHING ATTACK     0 -  0     
                              TOTAL PARRY        0 -  1     
                              WALL OF STEEL      0 -  1     

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
LUNGING ATTACK   XERO THE HERO 5234          9   2  0   69 ALLIANCE (455)
AIMED BLOW       JAY T SMOOTH 5235           6   2  1   62 INCONSISTENT FURY (20)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is BEECE BUNNIE 5205.  The most popular warrior this 
turn was XERO THE HERO 5234.  The ten other most popular fighters were HOWARD 5250, 
WASABI 4141, BEECE BUNNIE 5205, JUNIPER 5272, JAY T SMOOTH 5235, WANDA BELLFISH 5262, 
DAX STIGLOW 5231, VON DARKMOOR 5263, OH NO 5273, and  0.

The least popular fighter this week was OH NO 5273.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were VON DARKMOOR 5263, DAX STIGLOW 5231, WANDA BELLFISH 5262, JAY T SMOOTH 
5235, JUNIPER 5272, BEECE BUNNIE 5205, WASABI 4141, HOWARD 5250, XERO THE HERO 5234, 
and  0.

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

ZERIA (56-5174) ALLIANCE (455)