DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 04/22/2025    Duedate: 05/05/2025

ZUKAL ARENA

DM 9    TURN 1031

This Week's Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

SHADOW DANCER
ORDER OF FOG (594)
(9-6470) [9-2-0,114]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

SHADOW DANCER                  POSITION IS EMPTY
ORDER OF FOG (594)             
(9-6470) [9-2-0,114]           

Popularity Leader              This Week's Favorite

THE ZONK                       SHADOW DANCER
NEON FENCERS 2 (606)           ORDER OF FOG (594)
(9-6594) [14-11-1,66]          (9-6470) [9-2-0,114]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

NEON FENCERS 2 (606)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. NEON FENCERS 2 (606)          45 
2. DEVIATION (523)               44    PET SHOP FLOYD (459)
3. WILD CARDS (603)              41    Unchartered Team
4. ORDER OF FOG (594)            2  
5. BLUE MOON (381)               2     WOLVES' DEN (400)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1- 1*RYE THE LIGHTNING (609)    8   0  1 100.   1/ 1 NEON FENCERS 2 (606)      8  4 0
 2/ 3 PET SHOP FLOYD (459)     372 268 20 58.1   2/ 2 PET SHOP FLOYD (459)      6  6 1
 3/ 4 QUEEN (522)              541 414 26 56.6   3/ 4 DEVIATION (523)           6  6 1
 4/ 7 ORDER OF FOG (594)         9   8  0 52.9   4/ 3 WILD CARDS (603)          5  4 0
 5/ 6 WILD CARDS (603)          27  25  3 51.9   5/ 5 ORDER OF FOG (594)        3  0 0
 6/ 5 DEVIATION (523)           57  53  3 51.8   6- 7*RYE THE LIGHTNING (609)   1  0 0
 7/ 8 NEON FENCERS 2 (606)      53  62  1 46.1   7/ 6 QUEEN (522)               1  4 0
 8/ 9 BLUE MOON (381)          1340 1676 41 44.4   8/ 8 BLUE MOON (381)           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

     The sages err'd not in their foretelling of a god descending upon ZUKAL, for I, 
Novgorodny Vir, have returned!  NEON FENCERS 2 had cause to celebrate, after THE 
DEACON got 20 points by beating FLOYD TROUT.  FLOYD TROUT certainly had a baffled 
expression on his face, after losing to THE DEACON and losing 16 points in the 
process!  IT'S A JOKE, RIGHT? found out that ZUKAL isn't a democracy.  You've gotta 
be the best to be Duelmaster here!  So who was the warrior seen charging into 
immovable walls and challenging dead trees?  Someone's got a basic problem...   
     And how sociable are ZUKAL's warriors?  Come, let us see.  Perhaps the warriors 
of PET SHOP FLOYD should take up some hobbies, as they are the most avoided team...  
As a woman of good breeding scorns the "warriors" of WILD CARDS, so did that sorry 
team shy from PET SHOP FLOYD Everyone is famous for fifteen minutes, and FLOYD TROUT 
is it right now.  Most challenged warrior.  Isn't PET SHOP FLOYD proud!   
     Is there life after death?  Pragmatics (and warriors) know there is death after 
life!  WURM KIN in the Dark Arena wasn't enough for BYE of DEVIATION.  Maybe that 
certain serving girl(?) at The Blue Boar Inn will be!  Does PET SHOP FLOYD care so 
little for their fallen comrade, TARANTULA FLOYD?  BEST FRIEND was heard at The Blue 
Boar Inn sneering...  Oh hard!  that to strike a flame, the match itself must needs 
be wasting!   
     All good things must come to an end.  My fingers tire and I fear my incessant 
prattling may cause unfair judgement upon my impeccable character.  Can anything 
compare to the pleasure of writing Spyreports for ZUKAL?  On that giddy note I take 
my leave-- Novgorodny Vir  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SHADOW DANCER 6470            9   2  0 114         ORDER OF FOG (594)        

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 HIS NIBS 6557                 6   7  1 100         WILD CARDS (603)          
 RESTORATION 6602             14   9  0  96         NEON FENCERS 2 (606)      
 THE DEACON 6591              14  11  0  94         NEON FENCERS 2 (606)      
-BOSS HOG 6635                 8   0  1  91         RYE THE LIGHTNING (609)   

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 IT'S A JOKE, RIGHT? 6484     11  48  0  82         BLUE MOON (381)           
 BEST FRIEND 6571              9   4  1  76         QUEEN (522)               
 QUEEN OF CLUBS 6580           7   3  0  74         WILD CARDS (603)          
 FLOYD TROUT 6603             14  10  0  72         PET SHOP FLOYD (459)      

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 THE ZONK 6594                14  11  1  66         NEON FENCERS 2 (606)      
 BLITZBOLT 6629                6   3  0  58         NEON FENCERS 2 (606)      

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SMALL BLIND 6619              4   1  1  51         WILD CARDS (603)          
 AGENT ZERO 5772               9   6  0  49         DEVIATION (523)           
 SHIH TZU FLOYD 6674           3   0  1  45         PET SHOP FLOYD (459)      
 PRY BAR 6618                  7   9  0  41         DEVIATION (523)           
 BULLMASTIFF FLOYD 6650        6   3  0  36         PET SHOP FLOYD (459)      

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 BYE 6678                      1   0  1  33         DEVIATION (523)           
 CHIHUAHUA FLOYD 6630          7   6  2  30         PET SHOP FLOYD (459)      
 HAKTUA 6653                   3   2  0  28         DEVIATION (523)           
 KJACK 6676                    2   0  0  25         DEVIATION (523)           

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 DEMON PRISM 6671              0   2  0   2         NEON FENCERS 2 (606)      

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
MOONBLAST 6600          7 14 0 BLUE MOON 381        BOSS HOG 6635         1027 NOT REVENGED
WURM KIN                0  0 0 DARK ARENA           BYE 6678              1031 NONE
CRAZYLEGS 6593          4 17 0 NEON FENCERS 2 606   CHIHUAHUA FLOYD 6630  1027 JUST REVENGED
TARANTULA FLOYD 6628    9  4 0 PET SHOP FLOYD 459   BEST FRIEND 6571      1028  
TWO OF SWORDS 6677      0  1 0 WILD CARDS 603       SPYMASTER             1031 NONE

                                     PERSONAL ADS

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

BYE butchered WURM KIN in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
TWO OF SWORDS was butchered by SPYMASTER in a 1 minute brutal Dark Arena duel.
SHADOW DANCER viciously subdued IT'S A JOKE, RIGHT? in a 1 minute Title match.
RESTORATION devastated VENOMOUS CONCUBINE in a 1 minute brutal one-sided fight.
THE DEACON devastated FLOYD TROUT in a 1 minute uneven brawl.
BEST FRIEND was overpowered by HIS NIBS in a 1 minute one-sided struggle.
QUEEN OF CLUBS handily defeated AGENT ZERO in a 1 minute uneven fight.
THE ZONK vanquished BULLMASTIFF FLOYD in a 1 minute uneven duel.
SMALL BLIND won victory over PRY BAR in a 2 minute gruesome fight.
CHIHUAHUA FLOYD was vanquished by BLITZBOLT in a 1 minute one-sided fight.
SHIH TZU FLOYD overpowered AMBITIOUS GUARD in a 1 minute one-sided melee.
HAKTUA overpowered DEMON PRISM in a 1 minute one-sided match.
KJACK devastated EMBEZZLING SCRIBE in a 1 minute mismatched conflict.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|SLASHING ATTACK                  7         LUNGING ATTACK    23 -  10 -  1      70  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   4         BASHING ATTACK    16 -   9 -  0      64  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  3         WALL OF STEEL      8 -   6 -  1      57  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   3         PARRY-RIPOSTE      2 -   2 -  0      50  |
|AIMED BLOW                       1         STRIKING ATTACK    9 -   9 -  0      50  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    1         PARRY-STRIKE       5 -   6 -  1      45  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     1         SLASHING ATTACK   23 -  30 -  3      43  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      1         AIMED BLOW        13 -  20 -  1      39  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      0         TOTAL PARRY       11 -  17 -  0      39  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    0         PARRY-LUNGE        0 -   0 -  0       0  |

Turn 1031 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         1 -  0     SLASHING ATTACK    2 -  5         2  LUNGING ATTACK 
LUNGING ATTACK     4 -  0     PARRY-LUNGE        0 -  0         2  SLASHING ATTACK
WALL OF STEEL      1 -  0     PARRY-STRIKE       0 -  1         2  AIMED BLOW     
STRIKING ATTACK    2 -  1     PARRY-RIPOSTE      0 -  0         2  BASHING ATTACK 
BASHING ATTACK     2 -  1     TOTAL PARRY        0 -  1         1  TOTAL PARRY    
                                                                1  PARRY-STRIKE   
                                                                1  STRIKING ATTACK

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
LUNGING ATTACK   SHADOW DANCER 6470          9   2  0  114 ORDER OF FOG (594)
AIMED BLOW       THE DEACON 6591            14  11  0   94 NEON FENCERS 2 (606)
PARRY-STRIKE     BEST FRIEND 6571            9   4  1   76 QUEEN (522)
BASHING ATTACK   QUEEN OF CLUBS 6580         7   3  0   74 WILD CARDS (603)
SLASHING ATTACK  FLOYD TROUT 6603           14  10  0   72 PET SHOP FLOYD (459)
STRIKING ATTACK  BLITZBOLT 6629              6   3  0   58 NEON FENCERS 2 (606)
WALL OF STEEL    SMALL BLIND 6619            4   1  1   51 WILD CARDS (603)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is THE ZONK 6594.  The most popular warrior this turn 
was SHADOW DANCER 6470.  The ten other most popular fighters were PRY BAR 6618, 
RESTORATION 6602, HIS NIBS 6557, QUEEN OF CLUBS 6580, SMALL BLIND 6619, HAKTUA 6653, 
THE DEACON 6591, BEST FRIEND 6571, BLITZBOLT 6629, and SHIH TZU FLOYD 6674.

The least popular fighter this week was DEMON PRISM 6671.  The other ten least 
popular fighters were CHIHUAHUA FLOYD 6630, BULLMASTIFF FLOYD 6650, AGENT ZERO 5772, 
FLOYD TROUT 6603, IT'S A JOKE, RIGHT? 6484, TWO OF SWORDS 6677, THE ZONK 6594, BYE 
6678, KJACK 6676, and SHIH TZU FLOYD 6674.