DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 04/10/2026    Duedate: 04/23/2026

TRANSEL ARENA

DM 6    TURN 1057

This Week's Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

SOLARHRINGER
RUNE (359)
(6-4015) [28-10-0,121]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

SOLARHRINGER                   CRUSHED APPLE
RUNE (359)                     ANGRY EDEN (476)
(6-4015) [28-10-0,121]         (6-5510) [4-2-0,66]

Popularity Leader              This Week's Favorite

MCKINLEY                       MCKINLEY
BLACK AND BLUES (575)          BLACK AND BLUES (575)
(6-8020) [19-27-2,90]          (6-8020) [19-27-2,90]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

CHAOS KIDS (669)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. CHAOS KIDS (669)              56 
2. ANGRY EDEN (476)              17    METALLIC WOLVES (529)
3. METALLIC WOLVES (529)         10    Unchartered Team
4. BLACK AND BLUES (575)         7  
5. RUNE (359)                    7     ANGRY EDEN (476)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1- 1*ZEITGEISTS (680)           1   0  0 100.   1/ 4 CHAOS KIDS (669)          9  3 2
 2- 2*TEAN NOTTINGHAM (655)     13   3  1 81.3   2/ 1 BREWHALLA (668)           6  4 1
 3/ 4 METALLIC WOLVES (529)     12   7  0 63.2   3/ 2 RUNE (359)                6  5 0
 4/ 5 BREWHALLA (668)           82  56  4 59.4   4- 5*TEAN NOTTINGHAM (655)     4  2 0
 5- 6 STRIKE KING (548)         43  30  1 58.9   5/ 3*ANGRY EDEN (476)          4  4 1
 6/ 7 BLACK AND BLUES (575)    700 543 34 56.3   6/ 6 BLACK AND BLUES (575)     3  4 0
 7/ 8 RAT PAK (277)            135 117  5 53.6   7/ 8 METALLIC WOLVES (529)     2  1 0
 8/ 9 TOP HITS (675)            60  53  6 53.1   8/ 7 TOP HITS (675)            2  3 1
 9/10 RUNE (359)               101  93  8 52.1   9- 9 STRIKE KING (548)         2  3 0
10/11 CHAOS KIDS (669)          93  86  6 52.0  10-10*ZEITGEISTS (680)          1  0 0
11/12*ANGRY EDEN (476)           8   8  1 50.0  11/12 PSYCHO SQUAD (135)        0  3 0
12/13 PSYCHO SQUAD (135)       785 1018 23 43.5  12/13 RAT PAK (277)             0  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

     You elder fighters surely remember me.  The younger ones may call me Olaf 
Modeen.  I return to TRANSEL once again!  Biff!  Pow!  TRANSEL watched with glee as 
BREWHALLA got knocked off top spot by CHAOS KIDS!  Up 'n down.  Up 'n down.  Rankings 
always change.  Up 'n down.  I think I'm gonna be...  Well, CHAOS KIDS' 1st moved 
them up to 5-0-1 place.  What's with OLEANDER?  She actually beat BREWHALLA's THE 
DUCHESSE, and walked away with 20 more points from the fight.  Laughs were big at 
CHAOS KIDS while they watched HOMER clobber ROYAL BEE.  She lost 15 points and got 
bruised from objects thrown from the stands.  Try as he might, MCKINLEY wasn't good 
enough at persuading SOLARHRINGER to step down from the Duelmaster's throne...  I 
suppose you want to hear some rumors and dirty gossip about your fellow fighters?  
Tough!   
     No matter the time or place, men will always duel.  How well I know the feeling 
of being in the most avoided team!  Don't fall out of practive, RUNE!  The bums at 
BREWHALLA couldn't face the challenges from RUNE!  No excuse for that!  How well I 
know the feeling of being the most challenged warrior, AMBER TASMANIAN!  Don't make 
idle boasts, they may come back to haunt you.  I hate going to the effort of writing 
about the kind of fights that SLANG DU JOUR gets in.  She fights people like 
HALLUCENT, 9 points below.  I thought SLANG DU JOUR showed great skill and promise 
when she defeated HALLUCENT.  All right, so I slept through it!  Big deal!   
     Warriors of TRANSEL unite.  You have only your games to lose!  SMURF-RAT looked 
pretty sick and surprised when he learned RAT PAK is sending him to the Dark Arena!  
Whadd'he expect with a 6-7-0?  ROYAL BEE was plum wore out after HOMER pounded 'im 
silly in a Bloodfeud.  BREWHALLA'll have to get a little better before going after 
HOMER again!  PERTHRO larned his lesson (WILLOW taught it well), and we right likely 
won't be seein' 'im fight any CHAOS KIDS members with the same gusto.  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.  
Are you as tired of reading this as I am of writing it?  Actually, I guess I'm 
writing it before you read it.  Oh, well.  I don't want to overstay my welcome...-- 
Olaf Modeen  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SOLARHRINGER 4015            28  10  0 121         RUNE (359)                

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 AMBER TASMANIAN 6176         12   5  0 112         METALLIC WOLVES (529)     
 RALGIZ 4300                  13   9  0 104         RUNE (359)                
 WAIMEA BLAZE 8025            14  11  1  98         BREWHALLA (668)           

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 MCKINLEY 8020                19  27  2  90         BLACK AND BLUES (575)     
 SLANG DU JOUR 8009           18  11  1  86         BREWHALLA (668)           
 CO-PILOT THOR 8008           17  12  1  83         BREWHALLA (668)           
-JAKE 7221                     8   7  0  75         STRIKE KING (548)         
 HALLUCENT 8001               11  41  0  74         PSYCHO SQUAD (135)        

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 CRUSHED APPLE 5510            4   2  0  66         ANGRY EDEN (476)          
 PSYCHO KILLER 8083           10  18  1  61         TOP HITS (675)            
 KOKO TAYLOR 8108             14  14  1  58         BLACK AND BLUES (575)     

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-SLEEPY JOHN ESTES 8139        4   0  0  51         BLACK AND BLUES (575)     
 WILLOW 8131                   8   4  1  45         CHAOS KIDS (669)          
 OLEANDER 8175                 4   0  1  45         CHAOS KIDS (669)          
 THE DUCHESSE 8011            10  13  0  43         BREWHALLA (668)           

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 CLAY MASON 8157               3   3  0  32         ANGRY EDEN (476)          

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-MERRY MAN 7773                3   1  0  27         TEAN NOTTINGHAM (655)     

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-SHERWOOD 7771                 4   1  0  23         TEAN NOTTINGHAM (655)     
 HOMER 8186                    1   0  0  19         CHAOS KIDS (669)          
-TROLL BOOTH 7774              1   0  0  19         TEAN NOTTINGHAM (655)     
 ARCONITUM 8169                2   3  1  17         CHAOS KIDS (669)          
-ALDOR 8160                    1   0  0  14         ZEITGEISTS (680)          
 PERTHRO 8173                  2   4  1  11         RUNE (359)                
 ROYAL BEE 8177                2   1  1   8         BREWHALLA (668)           
-NIGEL 8120                    1   0  0   7         STRIKE KING (548)         
-FRIAR TUCK 8170               1   0  0   7         TEAN NOTTINGHAM (655)     
-KEN 8073                      0   1  0   7         STRIKE KING (548)         
-TIM 8121                      0   1  0   5         STRIKE KING (548)         
-DA? 8113                      0   1  0   5         STRIKE KING (548)         
 THOMAS 8180                   1   0  0   3         CHAOS KIDS (669)          
 BERKANO 8179                  0   2  0   2         RUNE (359)                

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
BUMBLE-FINGERS          0  0 0                      ARCONITUM 8169        1057 NONE
THORN GOSPEL 8158       1  1 1 ANGRY EDEN 476       WILLOW 8131           1056  
FLEAS ON MY DOG 8151    0  2 0 CHAOS KIDS 669       PERTHRO 8173          1054 JUST REVENGED
LUCREZIA 8150           1  2 0 CHAOS KIDS 669       ROYAL BEE 8177        1055 JUST REVENGED
SMURF-RAT 7712          6  8 0 RAT PAK 277          KALTOS PRIVATEER      1057 NONE

                                     PERSONAL ADS

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

SMURF-RAT was butchered by KALTOS PRIVATEER in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
WILLOW devastated PERTHRO in a action packed 1 minute one-sided Bloodfeud duel.
WAIMEA BLAZE was savagely defeated by AMBER TASMANIAN in a 4 minute Challenge fight.
SLANG DU JOUR savagely defeated HALLUCENT in a 3 minute veteran's Challenge fight.
CRUSHED APPLE devastated PSYCHO KILLER in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge duel.
SOLARHRINGER outwaited MCKINLEY in a 7 minute veteran's Title competition.
RALGIZ won victory over CO-PILOT THOR in a 2 minute gory expert's duel.
THE DUCHESSE was unbelievably bested by OLEANDER in a 4 minute gory duel.
KOKO TAYLOR defeated CLAY MASON in a action packed 1 minute match.
ARCONITUM executed BUMBLE-FINGERS in a 1 minute one-sided fight.
BERKANO was outlasted by THOMAS in a 10 minute amateur's competition.
ROYAL BEE was bested by HOMER in a 1 minute novice's battle.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|WALL OF STEEL                    6         TOTAL PARRY       23 -   7 -  1      77  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   6         PARRY-STRIKE       7 -   4 -  2      64  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      2         PARRY-RIPOSTE      7 -   4 -  0      64  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    2         LUNGING ATTACK    34 -  31 -  1      52  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   2         WALL OF STEEL     22 -  22 -  4      50  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     1         STRIKING ATTACK   14 -  15 -  1      48  |
|AIMED BLOW                       1         AIMED BLOW         7 -   9 -  1      44  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      1         SLASHING ATTACK    8 -  13 -  1      38  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  1         BASHING ATTACK     7 -  14 -  1      33  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  0         PARRY-LUNGE        3 -   9 -  0      25  |

Turn 1057 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       1 -  0     AIMED BLOW         0 -  1         2  WALL OF STEEL  
TOTAL PARRY        2 -  0     PARRY-LUNGE        0 -  1         2  LUNGING ATTACK 
WALL OF STEEL      4 -  2     SLASHING ATTACK    0 -  1         1  TOTAL PARRY    
PARRY-RIPOSTE      1 -  1     STRIKING ATTACK    0 -  0         1  AIMED BLOW     
LUNGING ATTACK     3 -  3     BASHING ATTACK     0 -  2         1  PARRY-RIPOSTE  
                                                                1  PARRY-LUNGE    
                                                                1  BASHING ATTACK 
                                                                1  SLASHING ATTACK
                                                                1  STRIKING ATTACK

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
TOTAL PARRY      SOLARHRINGER 4015          28  10  0  121 RUNE (359)
PARRY-RIPOSTE    AMBER TASMANIAN 6176       12   5  0  112 METALLIC WOLVES (529)
WALL OF STEEL    RALGIZ 4300                13   9  0  104 RUNE (359)
LUNGING ATTACK   WAIMEA BLAZE 8025          14  11  1   98 BREWHALLA (668)
PARRY-STRIKE     OLEANDER 8175               4   0  1   45 CHAOS KIDS (669)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is MCKINLEY 8020.  The most popular warrior this turn 
was MCKINLEY 8020.  The ten other most popular fighters were AMBER TASMANIAN 6176, 
WAIMEA BLAZE 8025, THE DUCHESSE 8011, WILLOW 8131, SLANG DU JOUR 8009, CRUSHED APPLE 
5510, BERKANO 8179, RALGIZ 4300, CO-PILOT THOR 8008, and KOKO TAYLOR 8108.

The least popular fighter this week was THOMAS 8180.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were ROYAL BEE 8177, OLEANDER 8175, SOLARHRINGER 4015, PERTHRO 8173, 
SMURF-RAT 7712, ARCONITUM 8169, PSYCHO KILLER 8083, HALLUCENT 8001, CLAY MASON 8157, 
and HOMER 8186.

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