DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 04/01/2026    Duedate: 04/14/2026

DAL SHANG ARENA

DM 65    TURN 880

This Week's Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

HARRUMPH
SAND DANCERS (233)
(65-8021) [12-55-0,106]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

HARRUMPH                       IN-LAW
SAND DANCERS (233)             INTRUDERS (821)
(65-8021) [12-55-0,106]        (65-8177) [2-1-0,33]

Popularity Leader              This Week's Favorite

HARRUMPH                       SALESMAN
SAND DANCERS (233)             INTRUDERS (821)
(65-8021) [12-55-0,106]        (65-8178) [1-1-1,10]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

TOURNAMENT BLUES 65 (804)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. TOURNAMENT BLUES 65 (804)     27 
2. RX MEX2 '86 (820)             11 TOURNAMENT BLUES 65 (804)
3. INTRUDERS (821)               9     Unchartered Team
4. SAND DANCERS (233)            8  
5. SHADOW LIONS (274)            6     RX MEX2 '86 (820)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 1*RX MEX2 '86 (820)          3   1  0 75.0   1/ 1 TOURNAMENT BLUES 65 (804) 8  6 0
 2- 2 STORMLIGHT (813)          16  10  0 61.5   2/ 3*INTRUDERS (821)           5  3 1
 3/ 3 TOURNAMENT BLUES 65 (804)241 155 15 60.9   3- 2 KILLER TUNES (191)        3  3 0
 4- 4 WHILST I CHATZY (809)     68  48  2 58.6   4- 4 WHILST I CHATZY (809)     2  0 0
 5- 5 KILLER TUNES (191)       222 174 11 56.1   5/ 9*RX MEX2 '86 (820)         2  1 0
 6/ 6*INTRUDERS (821)            7   6  3 53.8   6/10 SAND DANCERS (233)        2  1 0
 7- 7 SANGUINE SAINTS (198)    143 132 13 52.0   7/ 7 SHADOW LIONS (274)        2  1 0
 8- 8 WEATHER (206)             68  66  1 50.7   8/ 8 TEMERE (816)              2  1 0
 9/ 9 SHADOW LIONS (274)       168 183 11 47.9   9- 5 SANGUINE SAINTS (198)     1  0 0
10/10 SAND DANCERS (233)       1884 2092 57 47.4  10- 6 STORMLIGHT (813)          1  0 0
11/11 TEMERE (816)              14  22  0 38.9  11-11 WEATHER (206)             0  4 0
12-12*LOST ODYSSEY (817)         0   1  0  0.0  12-12*LOST ODYSSEY (817)        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

     Well, what are you looking at, DAL SHANG?  Ain't you never seen Snide Clemens 
before?  Ah, shaddup and listen to my news.  If this keeps up, SANGUINE SAINTS, 
you'll have to shine swords instead of use them.  A drop of 4 in the rankings?  RX 
MEX2 '86 turned their 1-0-0 turn into a 5th 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 SON SEALS win a fight and gain 16 points, terribly.  And if variety 
is the spice of life, DAL SHANG may be getting bland, as HARRUMPH stays top dog in 
the city.  I'm not in a very good mood today, but why am I telling you this?  You 
want to know what's new, don't you, DAL SHANG?   
     He who fights and runs away will live to fight another day, the coward.  DAL 
SHANG, I am losing what little hope I had in you.  TOURNAMENT BLUES 65 the most 
avoided team?  What insult will suffice, I cannot say.  And it looks like INTRUDERS 
avoided them the most this turn.  What a pack of would be losers, if you ask me.  
Hmph.  E. HEMINGWAY was challenged more times this turn than the Duelmaster.  Now was 
the DM insulted or feared?  Heh, heh.  I notice GNIGHT WHVEN challenging down 18 
points to fight BIG WHEELER, SHADOW LIONS doubtless has some rotten excuse for such 
an insult to honor.  And golly gee, GNIGHT WHVEN bested BIG WHEELER.  Aren't we all 
surprised and impressed?  And we have ROACH in a challenge, going down 14 points for 
the fight.  Guess what?  I thought ROACH showed great skill and promise when he was 
beat by FLOYD JONES.  All right, so I slept through it!  Big deal!   
     Ah, now we come to my favorite part, where we see all the guys who are dead and 
gone, and get to see if their team cared.  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 DAL SHANG to get a drink than The Blazing 
Unicorn!  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                  
 HARRUMPH 8021                12  55  0 106         SAND DANCERS (233)        

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-SCRATCHING POST 8096          8   2  1  97         WHILST I CHATZY (809)     
 GNIGHT WHVEN 2018             9   7  0  96         SHADOW LIONS (274)        

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-PORK SODA 6870               17  20  0  84         KILLER TUNES (191)        
-GHRAAZZT 2476                 5   3  0  83         SANGUINE SAINTS (198)     
-GOD COMPLEX 8063              7   2  0  77         WHILST I CHATZY (809)     
 BIG WHEELER 8152              8   7  0  69         TOURNAMENT BLUES 65 (804) 

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-CHERRY BLOSSOM 1303          12  10  0  66         WEATHER (206)             
-FREEWHEEL BURNING 7868        7   1  2  63         KILLER TUNES (191)        
 ULTRANEGATOR 8123            13  16  0  58         TEMERE (816)              

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SON SEALS 8164                5   2  0  55         TOURNAMENT BLUES 65 (804) 
-WINTER SOLSTICE 1690         12  10  0  54         WEATHER (206)             
-STARDOG CHAMPION 7635        13   9  0  48         KILLER TUNES (191)        
-SIGZIL 8143                   4   0  0  48         STORMLIGHT (813)          
 BIG MOOSE WALKER 8151         8   7  1  43         TOURNAMENT BLUES 65 (804) 

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 IN-LAW 8177                   2   1  0  33         INTRUDERS (821)           
 E. HEMINGWAY 8173             3   1  0  28         RX MEX2 '86 (820)         

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 THIEF 8176                    2   2  0  21         INTRUDERS (821)           
-SICK OF YOU 8101              2   0  0  18         KILLER TUNES (191)        
 LITTLE SONNY JONES 8165       4   3  0  15         TOURNAMENT BLUES 65 (804) 
 FLOYD JONES 8181              1   1  0  15         TOURNAMENT BLUES 65 (804) 

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SALESMAN 8178                 1   1  1  10         INTRUDERS (821)           
 ROACH 8180                    2   1  2   9         INTRUDERS (821)           

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
HORROR OF YIG 8100      0  1 0 KILLER TUNES 191     ROACH 8180             877  
KING GOHTZA 8134        0  1 0 LOST ODYSSEY 817     ROACH 8180             879  
TUTU JONES 8174         1  1 0 TOURNAMENT BLUES 804 SALESMAN 8178          877  

                                     PERSONAL ADS

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

GNIGHT WHVEN devastated BIG WHEELER in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge fight.
ROACH was luckily beaten by FLOYD JONES in a 2 minute gory novice's Challenge melee.
IN-LAW vanquished LITTLE SONNY JONES in a 2 minute mismatched Challenge brawl.
HARRUMPH overpowered CAPTIAN LENSAR in a 2 minute one-sided Title fight.
SON SEALS vanquished ONE-EYED YOFAN in a 1 minute mismatched fight.
BIG MOOSE WALKER was beaten by ULTRANEGATOR in a 4 minute brawl.
E. HEMINGWAY handily defeated SALESMAN in a action packed 4 minute uneven fight.
THIEF vanquished BERVAN THE TINKER in a 1 minute uneven duel.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|AIMED BLOW                       2         PARRY-STRIKE       7 -   1 -  0      88  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  2         WALL OF STEEL     13 -   6 -  0      68  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   2         AIMED BLOW         6 -   4 -  0      60  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    2         LUNGING ATTACK     9 -   6 -  1      60  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  2         STRIKING ATTACK   15 -  12 -  0      56  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    1         SLASHING ATTACK    9 -   8 -  1      53  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      1         PARRY-RIPOSTE     11 -  10 -  0      52  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   1         TOTAL PARRY        6 -   7 -  0      46  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      0         BASHING ATTACK     7 -  12 -  2      37  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     0         PARRY-LUNGE        2 -   4 -  0      33  |

Turn 880 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:

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

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
WALL OF STEEL    GNIGHT WHVEN 2018           9   7  0   96 SHADOW LIONS (274)
SLASHING ATTACK  BIG WHEELER 8152            8   7  0   69 TOURNAMENT BLUES 65 (804)
STRIKING ATTACK  SON SEALS 8164              5   2  0   55 TOURNAMENT BLUES 65 (804)
LUNGING ATTACK   BIG MOOSE WALKER 8151       8   7  1   43 TOURNAMENT BLUES 65 (804)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is HARRUMPH 8021.  The most popular warrior this turn 
was SALESMAN 8178.  The ten other most popular fighters were HARRUMPH 8021, ROACH 
8180, BIG MOOSE WALKER 8151, E. HEMINGWAY 8173, BIG WHEELER 8152, FLOYD JONES 8181, 
IN-LAW 8177, SON SEALS 8164, THIEF 8176, and GNIGHT WHVEN 2018.

The least popular fighter this week was LITTLE SONNY JONES 8165.  The other ten least 
popular fighters were ULTRANEGATOR 8123, GNIGHT WHVEN 2018, THIEF 8176, SON SEALS 
8164, IN-LAW 8177, FLOYD JONES 8181, BIG WHEELER 8152, E. HEMINGWAY 8173, BIG MOOSE 
WALKER 8151, and ROACH 8180.

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