DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

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

OSKSI ARENA

DM 3    TURN 1059

This Week's Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

WICKED GREMLIN
BAD BOURBON 5 (760)
(3-8576) [11-4-0,134]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

WICKED GREMLIN                 POSITION IS EMPTY
BAD BOURBON 5 (760)            
(3-8576) [11-4-0,134]          

Popularity Leader              This Week's Favorite

GIBRALTER                      MCGINTY
BANGERS & MASH (752)           BANGERS & MASH (752)
(3-8438) [20-20-2,89]          (3-8474) [19-6-2,89]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

PET SHOP BOYS (757)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. PET SHOP BOYS (757)           53 
2. PHILANTHROPISTS! (667)        31    BAD BOURBON 5 (760)
3. BAD BOURBON 5 (760)           25    Unchartered Team
4. WE BIG WOHPUM (77)            21 
5. CATASTROPHIES (754)           13    DARK AMAZEMENT (670)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1- 1*LLOYDS (763)               3   0  0 100.   1/ 3 PET SHOP BOYS (757)       8  6 1
 2/ 2 BAD BOURBON 5 (760)       13   7  0 65.0   2/ 2 WE BIG WOHPUM (77)        7  4 0
 3- 3*M*A*S*H 4077 (615)        14  11  0 56.0   3/ 1 THE BLUES 3 (735)         7  7 0
 4/ 4 THE BLUES 3 (735)        172 139 12 55.3   4/ 4 ADVENTURE TIME (762)      6  9 0
 5/ 5 CATASTROPHIES (754)       66  60  1 52.4   5- 5*M*A*S*H 4077 (615)        5  5 0
 6/ 7 PET SHOP BOYS (757)       86  82  3 51.2   6/ 8 BANGERS & MASH (752)      4  6 0
 7/ 6 BANGERS & MASH (752)      98  95  5 50.8   7/ 7 CATASTROPHIES (754)       2  1 0
 8/ 8 WE BIG WOHPUM (77)       208 211  3 49.6   8/10 BAD BOURBON 5 (760)       2  2 0
 9/10 GAMES LIBRARY (340)      1280 1833 34 41.1   9- 6*LLOYDS (763)              1  0 0
10/ 9 PHILANTHROPISTS! (667)     8  12  1 40.0  10/ 9 PHILANTHROPISTS! (667)    1  4 0
11/11 ADVENTURE TIME (762)      29  55  4 34.5  11/11 GAMES LIBRARY (340)       0  3 0

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

                                    TEAM SPOTLIGHT

     The native girl gave Orv a surprised smile.  "You have some herb lore, do you?"
     "You could say that," the little spirit replied with an answering smile.  "I'm a 
land healer.  When we're done with the monsters, I will heal the poisoned land here 
before I go home."
     "I'll pass the word.  Maybe some farmers will come and say which fields need 
help."
     The group of adventurers moved on down the flower-lined road, toward the forest 
with the dark and foggy spot in the middle.
     Vengeance said, "This chaos gate, is it a big visible stone gate, like when we 
fought in Gateway Arena?"
     Orv shook his, or her, or its head.  "It is a wound in Ghea, which has festered 
through the volcanic flow Sheila Greywand used to try and seal it.  The world beyond 
that breach is as poisonous to our world as our world is to that world."  Shaking its 
head, it spat to the side, as though tasting something vile.  "The breach is under the 
polluted water and I don't recommend going through to the other side.  It's likely 
that the enemy will be on this side, maybe in the water as the poison comforts them.  
In case you have to enter the water, I'll make you a salve to protect your bodies and 
your equipment, but that won't last more than an hour."
     Tortured Trout frowned as he strode down the road.  "Sounds like it would be best 
to lure them out of the water.  What can we do to really piss them off?"
     Orv gasped a surprised laugh, sounding as innocent as a child -- a child with 
mischief on its mind.  "I don't know them well, but I'd guess these invaders are 
fanatics who take themselves very seriously.  If they think you are making fun of 
them..."
     Marduk nodded.  "So, we pants them."
     Teetotaler shook his head.  "Nnn... ah.  We're talking about making them come out 
of the water to fight us.  How would that work?"
     "I could make an illusion," Trout suggested, rubbing his bearded chin.
     Teddy Brewster shrugged.  "When we see them, we should simply charge!"
     "We hide in the trees," said Vengeance.  "Trout makes an illusion of a farmer 
pantsing one of the poison weasels.  They get offended and come ashore to deal with 
it.  THEN we charge.  Hmm.  There are six of us, and seven of them.  Orv, do you 
fight?"
     The little spirit shook its head, then said, "Well... it depends.  You can see 
that I'm not as big and strong as all of you."
     "But you are of Ghea," said Tortured Trout.  "Can you poison those things with a 
touch?"
     "Oh.  Yes, I suppose so.  But if I am slain, I can't heal the land."
     "We won't include you in the fighting line, then.  Or Trout, either.  You guys 
are support.  The five of us can take those evil weasels."
     They had been walking rapidly as they made their plans.  Now, they were in the 
forest, which looked sick.  It was mostly oak and maple and sycamore trees, which 
should have had green leaves on this warm island, but all the leaves were shriveled 
and black, and curled up on the ground.  The tree skeletons looked twisted, as though 
they were in pain.  The group of fighters walked up a small rise in the land, and 
looked down upon a swamp, pools of bubbling yellowish water that stank of sulfur and 
rot.
     Vengeance looked at Orv.  "Can you tell where they are?"
     The nature spirit stretched out its arm, pointing at a particularly large pool.  
"Four of them.  The other three might still be in their own world."
     Teddy Brewster shifted his feet, hefted his sword, and snorted.  "Let's just 
charge."

                                 DUELMASTER'S COLUMN
                             Notes from the arena champ.

Gotcha! DUH!

               -- Wicked Gremlin, a DM Osksi can be proud to claim

P.S. Who is this Johnny-come-lately, Hawkeye ?!?

                                      SPY REPORT

     The sages err'd not in their foretelling of a god descending upon OSKSI, for I, 
Novgorodny Vir, have returned!  THE BLUES 3?  Who?  PET SHOP BOYS is the top team 
these days, buddies!  Say what you will about blind luck and dirty fighting, but WE 
BIG WOHPUM will tell you 208-211-3 is nothing to laugh at...  Practice pays for OSCAR 
OCELOT, who pummelled MCGINTY, to pocket 22 points.  Win some, lose some.  Speaking 
of which, WALDO WOMBAT was winsome, after beating HAMBONE WILLIE and seeing him lose 
12 points.  Well, Duelmaster WICKED GREMLIN challenged WE BIG WOHPUM's WOHP DUH.  Is 
a 10-4-0 good enough?  WICKED GREMLIN successfully staved off a grab for the roses by 
WOHP DUH of WE BIG WOHPUM.  Does OSKSI have no one talented enough to dethrone him?  
So who was the warrior seen charging into immovable walls and challenging dead trees? 
Someone's got a basic problem...   
     A Zenmaster once told me, 'Does not the spinning wheel turn?  And do not the 
little birds cry out?'  Any ideas?  Perhaps the warriors of BAD BOURBON 5 should take 
up some hobbies, as they are the most avoided team...  The warriors of BAD BOURBON 5 
found their efforts at combat frustrated as BANGERS & MASH apparently had more 
important things to do than fight.  Everyone is famous for fifteen minutes, and WOHP 
DUH is it right now.  Most challenged warrior.  Isn't WE BIG WOHPUM proud!   
     Ah, the duel!  The roar of the oppenent, the smell of the crowd!  Ask not a 
spymaster for counsel, for he will pontificate long after you have fallen into an 
unconscious stupor.   
     Do not think spyreporting in OSKSI is the highlight of my life.  My fingers tire 
and I fear my incessant prattling may cause unfair judgement upon my impeccable 
character.  Like a mixed metaphor, and an overtaxed simile, I now bid OSKSI 
farewell-- Novgorodny Vir  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 WICKED GREMLIN 8576          11   4  0 134         BAD BOURBON 5 (760)       

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-HAWKEYE 6680                  3   0  0 121         M*A*S*H 4077 (615)        
 OSCAR OCELOT 8646            12   1  0 100         PET SHOP BOYS (757)       
 BUDDY MOSS 8624              14   5  1  98         THE BLUES 3 (735)         

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 WINDY WOHP 8555              16  13  0  90         WE BIG WOHPUM (77)        
 GIBRALTER 8438               20  20  2  89         BANGERS & MASH (752)      
 MCGINTY 8474                 19   6  2  89         BANGERS & MASH (752)      
 WOHP DUH 4615                22  11  0  86         WE BIG WOHPUM (77)        
 WALDO WOMBAT 8601            13  10  0  84         PET SHOP BOYS (757)       
 PORKY 8436                   20  18  0  82         BANGERS & MASH (752)      
 PHOENIX 8595                  7  14  1  75         ADVENTURE TIME (762)      
 TOASTIE 8561                  8   7  0  70         BANGERS & MASH (752)      

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 CALCULATED 8503              10  34  0  64         GAMES LIBRARY (340)       
 HAMBONE WILLIE 8663           7   4  0  63         THE BLUES 3 (735)         
 HARVEY HAMSTER 8647           8   3  0  62         PET SHOP BOYS (757)       
 BEDLAM RASCALBLOOD 7356       7   4  0  57         PHILANTHROPISTS! (667)    

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 MCOATFACE 8475               12  14  1  51         BANGERS & MASH (752)      
 SPICY KITTY 8616              9   9  0  51         CATASTROPHIES (754)       
 SOMEBURROS 8594               8  13  0  49         ADVENTURE TIME (762)      
 MALL WALKER 8651              6   1  0  44         ADVENTURE TIME (762)      
 TEMPE 8596                    4  17  2  43         ADVENTURE TIME (762)      
 WILLIE COBBS 8668             5   2  0  41         THE BLUES 3 (735)         

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-TRAPPER 6682                  4   1  0  39         M*A*S*H 4077 (615)        
 FELICIA FALCON 8642           5   6  2  35         PET SHOP BOYS (757)       

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-SGT. ZELMO ZANE 6681          4   1  0  32         M*A*S*H 4077 (615)        
 WOHP WOHP TUBETOP 8610        4   2  0  26         WE BIG WOHPUM (77)        
-HOTLIPS 6679                  3   2  0  24         M*A*S*H 4077 (615)        

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-BIG LLOYD 8633                2   0  0  22         LLOYDS (763)              
 ALDI 8628                     1   6  0  13         ADVENTURE TIME (762)      
 WIFFLE WOHP 8676              2   0  0   9         WE BIG WOHPUM (77)        
 MOOSE ALINI 8674              1   1  1   7         PET SHOP BOYS (757)       
 CAREY BELL 8675               0   3  0   3         THE BLUES 3 (735)         

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
DA2 8669                0  1 0 BAD BOURBON 5 760    DARK CHAMPION         1059 NONE
EVEN STEVEN 8670        0  1 0 PHILANTHROPISTS! 667 WURM KIN              1059 NONE
PERRY STRIKSON 8673     1  1 1 PHILANTHROPISTS! 667 SHEWISH GIANT         1059 NONE
PHIL OPIAN 8680         0  1 0 PHILANTHROPISTS! 667 BANDIT PRINCE         1059 NONE
PHIL OSIPHIZE 8679      0  1 0 PHILANTHROPISTS! 667 LORD ISKOVEN          1059 NONE
JIMMY MCCRACKLIN 8682   0  1 0 THE BLUES 3 735      MOOSE ALINI 8674      1059  

                                     PERSONAL ADS

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

PERRY STRIKSON was dealt death by SHEWISH GIANT in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
PHIL OSIPHIZE was butchered by LORD ISKOVEN in a 1 minute Dark Arena duel.
PHIL OPIAN was murdered by BANDIT PRINCE in a 1 minute Dark Arena melee.
EVEN STEVEN was murdered by WURM KIN in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
DA2 was dispatched by DARK CHAMPION in a 1 minute Dark Arena brawl.
WICKED GREMLIN devastated WOHP DUH in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge Title fight.
TOASTIE devastated CALCULATED in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge duel.
MCOATFACE was viciously subdued by BEDLAM RASCALBLOOD in a 2 minute Challenge match.
MCGINTY was unbelievably bested by OSCAR OCELOT in a action packed 6 minute fight.
GIBRALTER unbelievably bested PHOENIX in a popular 1 minute gruesome expert's duel.
PORKY was vanquished by WINDY WOHP in a 1 minute one-sided fight.
BUDDY MOSS overpowered VENOMOUS CONCUBINE in a 1 minute one-sided melee.
WALDO WOMBAT overpowered HAMBONE WILLIE in a 1 minute one-sided match.
SOMEBURROS was devastated by HARVEY HAMSTER in a 1 minute mismatched conflict.
TEMPE was demolished by SPICY KITTY in a 1 minute mismatched match.
MALL WALKER outlasted THE USEROUS MERCHANT in a unpopular 14 minute gory conflict.
FELICIA FALCON was vanquished by WILLIE COBBS in a 1 minute mismatched bout.
WOHP WOHP TUBETOP overcame ALDI in a 1 minute bout.
MOOSE ALINI delivered the death blow upon JIMMY MCCRACKLIN in a 1 minute brawl.
CAREY BELL was defeated by WIFFLE WOHP in a 2 minute novice's bout.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|LUNGING ATTACK                   9         TOTAL PARRY       34 -  11 -  0      76  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      5         PARRY-RIPOSTE     10 -   7 -  0      59  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   4         WALL OF STEEL     18 -  16 -  0      53  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    3         LUNGING ATTACK    37 -  41 -  1      47  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  3         STRIKING ATTACK   13 -  15 -  0      46  |
|AIMED BLOW                       3         SLASHING ATTACK   21 -  26 -  0      45  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  2         BASHING ATTACK    10 -  19 -  1      34  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     2         PARRY-STRIKE       1 -   2 -  1      33  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    1         PARRY-LUNGE        0 -   2 -  0       0  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      1         AIMED BLOW         0 -   6 -  0       0  |

Turn 1059 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-RIPOSTE      1 -  0     LUNGING ATTACK     4 -  5         5  LUNGING ATTACK 
BASHING ATTACK     3 -  1     SLASHING ATTACK    1 -  2         3  TOTAL PARRY    
WALL OF STEEL      2 -  1     AIMED BLOW         0 -  3         2  WALL OF STEEL  
TOTAL PARRY        3 -  2     PARRY-LUNGE        0 -  1         1  SLASHING ATTACK
STRIKING ATTACK    1 -  1     PARRY-STRIKE       0 -  2     

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
LUNGING ATTACK   WICKED GREMLIN 8576        11   4  0  134 BAD BOURBON 5 (760)
TOTAL PARRY      OSCAR OCELOT 8646          12   1  0  100 PET SHOP BOYS (757)
SLASHING ATTACK  WINDY WOHP 8555            16  13  0   90 WE BIG WOHPUM (77)
WALL OF STEEL    MCGINTY 8474               19   6  2   89 BANGERS & MASH (752)
BASHING ATTACK   TOASTIE 8561                8   7  0   70 BANGERS & MASH (752)
STRIKING ATTACK  HARVEY HAMSTER 8647         8   3  0   62 PET SHOP BOYS (757)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is GIBRALTER 8438.  The most popular warrior this turn 
was MCGINTY 8474.  The ten other most popular fighters were WICKED GREMLIN 8576, 
MCOATFACE 8475, WILLIE COBBS 8668, CAREY BELL 8675, BEDLAM RASCALBLOOD 7356, PHOENIX 
8595, WINDY WOHP 8555, BUDDY MOSS 8624, SPICY KITTY 8616, and TOASTIE 8561.

The least popular fighter this week was MALL WALKER 8651.  The other ten least 
popular fighters were ALDI 8628, TEMPE 8596, SOMEBURROS 8594, PORKY 8436, OSCAR 
OCELOT 8646, CALCULATED 8503, DA2 8669, EVEN STEVEN 8670, PHIL OPIAN 8680, and PHIL 
OSIPHIZE 8679.

The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn:

WICKED GREMLIN (3-8576) BAD BOURBON 5 (760)