DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 04/07/2026    Duedate: 04/20/2026

ZUKAL ARENA

DM 9    TURN 1056

This Week's Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

RAT RACE
PHILANTHROPISTS II (446)
(9-5164) [10-3-0,125]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

RAT RACE                       TOHNI LAVAFIST
PHILANTHROPISTS II (446)       BIG LAKE TIMES (608)
(9-5164) [10-3-0,125]          (9-6623) [2-0-0,31]

Popularity Leader              This Week's Favorite

TRITAN                         CAGED FLOYD
POWERS OF PAIN (203)           PET SHOP FLOYD (459)
(9-2309) [16-23-5,90]          (9-6730) [8-5-0,60]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

PET SHOP FLOYD (459)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. BIG LAKE TIMES (608)          26 
2. PHILANTHROPISTS II (446)      25    PET SHOP FLOYD (459)
3. BLUE MOON (381)               25    Unchartered Team
4. POWERS OF PAIN (203)          19 
5. PET SHOP FLOYD (459)          15    BIG LAKE TIMES (608)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1- 1*ELIJAH CRAIG '25 (615)     1   0  0 100.   1/ 1 PET SHOP FLOYD (459)      9  5 1
 2/ 2 PET SHOP FLOYD (459)     443 318 24 58.2   2/ 2 PHILANTHROPISTS II (446)  6  3 0
 3/ 3 PHILANTHROPISTS II (446) 118 126  5 48.4   3/ 4 BLUE MOON (381)           3  0 0
 4/ 4 BLUE MOON (381)          1352 1701 41 44.3   4/ 3 POWERS OF PAIN (203)      2 12 0
 5- 5 PHILANTHROPISTS (418)     27  36  5 42.9   5- 5*ELIJAH CRAIG '25 (615)    1  0 0
 6/ 0*BIG LAKE TIMES (608)       2   3  0 40.0   6- 6 PHILANTHROPISTS (418)     1  2 1
 7/ 6 POWERS OF PAIN (203)     110 170 24 39.3   7/ 0*BIG LAKE TIMES (608)      1  2 0
 8- 7 SPIRIT TOTEMS (431)        8  15  1 34.8   8- 7 SPIRIT TOTEMS (431)       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

     Well, what are you looking at, ZUKAL?  Ain't you never seen Snide Clemens 
before?  Ah, shaddup and listen to my news.  Of course, we're all terribly impressed 
to see AZCERE win a fight and gain 25 points, terribly.  Tsk, tsk, CAGED FLOYD beat 
HACKSAW and HACKSAW lost 3 points.  You're breakin' my heart.  And if variety is the 
spice of life, ZUKAL may be getting bland, as RAT RACE stays top dog in the city.  
The Blue Boar Inn, humph!  I've tasted better ale at mortuaries.  Where do they get 
this stuff?  From ZUKAL's trash dumps?   
     My mother always told me, 'If you don't have anything nice to say, start 
talking.' I loved that woman.  BOMBAY FLOYD was challenged more times this turn than 
the Duelmaster.  Now was the DM insulted or feared?  Heh, heh.   
     Some people like volunteer work in the hospitals.  I volunteer for ZUKAL's 
morgue.  More variety.  We're all going to die in the end, so why worry if the fate 
catches up with you sooner that later?   
     There's got to be a better place in ZUKAL to get a drink than The Blue Boar Inn! 
Any suggestions?  Just wait 'till next time I show up here, I won't be so nice!  So 
nyaaah!  Paste this one in your scrapbooks, you'll need the kindling come this 
winter-- Snide Clemens  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 RAT RACE 5164                10   3  0 125         PHILANTHROPISTS II (446)  

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 TRITAN 2309                  16  23  5  90         POWERS OF PAIN (203)      
 BOMBAY FLOYD 6683            15   9  2  90         PET SHOP FLOYD (459)      
 AZCERE 6680                  11  13  0  83         BLUE MOON (381)           
 BOTSONO 5238                  6   0  0  78         PHILANTHROPISTS II (446)  

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 CAGED FLOYD 6730              8   5  0  60         PET SHOP FLOYD (459)      

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-BEETHOVEN 4555                5   5  2  48         PHILANTHROPISTS (418)     
 TOBY TERRIER 6700            11  10  0  46         PET SHOP FLOYD (459)      
 DIAMOND 6360                  7   9  0  34         POWERS OF PAIN (203)      

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 TRINITY 6361                  6   8  2  32         POWERS OF PAIN (203)      
 TOHNI LAVAFIST 6623           2   0  0  31         BIG LAKE TIMES (608)      
 HACKSAW 6446                  4   6  1  28         POWERS OF PAIN (203)      

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-BARREL PROOF 6755             1   0  0  21         ELIJAH CRAIG '25 (615)    
 JYD JR 6750                   2   1  0  11         POWERS OF PAIN (203)      
 BIG BERTHA 6757               1   1  0   4         PET SHOP FLOYD (459)      

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
DOA02 6622              0  1 0 BIG LAKE TIMES 608   HIGH ELF              1056 NONE
DOA03 6624              0  1 0 BIG LAKE TIMES 608   BLACK ORC             1056 NONE
BETTER OFF DEB 6689    15  4 0 PET SHOP FLOYD 459   TRITAN 2309           1053 REVENGED
TURD ALERT 6767         0  1 0 PET SHOP FLOYD 459   MASTER ZROF ONE-      1056 NONE
FEBLES 4821            11  8 0 PHILANTHROPISTS  446 BOMBAY FLOYD 6683     1054 JUST REVENGED

                                     PERSONAL ADS

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

TURD ALERT was butchered by MASTER ZROF ONE-EYE in a 1 minute bloody Dark Arena fight.
DOA03 was slaughtered by BLACK ORC in a 1 minute gruesome Dark Arena battle.
DOA02 was murdered by HIGH ELF in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
RAT RACE vanquished BOMBAY FLOYD in a 1 minute mismatched Title brawl.
TRITAN was overpowered by AZCERE in a 1 minute one-sided fight.
BOTSONO bested VENOMOUS CONCUBINE in a 2 minute gruesome brawl.
CAGED FLOYD overpowered HACKSAW in a crowd pleasing 1 minute one-sided struggle.
TOBY TERRIER defeated DIAMOND in a 2 minute melee.
TRINITY was vanquished by TOHNI LAVAFIST in a 1 minute uneven duel.
JYD JR outwaited BIG BERTHA in a dull 14 minute beginner's fight.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|SLASHING ATTACK                  4         SLASHING ATTACK   24 -  11 -  1      69  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  4         AIMED BLOW         6 -   3 -  1      67  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   2         LUNGING ATTACK    13 -   7 -  0      65  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      2         TOTAL PARRY       11 -   6 -  1      65  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    1         WALL OF STEEL      8 -   8 -  0      50  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      1         STRIKING ATTACK   16 -  21 -  3      43  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     1         PARRY-LUNGE        3 -   6 -  1      33  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   1         PARRY-STRIKE       1 -   3 -  0      25  |
|AIMED BLOW                       0         PARRY-RIPOSTE      0 -   1 -  0       0  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    0         BASHING ATTACK     0 -   4 -  0       0  |

Turn 1056 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:

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

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
SLASHING ATTACK  RAT RACE 5164              10   3  0  125 PHILANTHROPISTS II (446)
LUNGING ATTACK   CAGED FLOYD 6730            8   5  0   60 PET SHOP FLOYD (459)
WALL OF STEEL    TOBY TERRIER 6700          11  10  0   46 PET SHOP FLOYD (459)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is TRITAN 2309.  The most popular warrior this turn was 
CAGED FLOYD 6730.  The ten other most popular fighters were TOBY TERRIER 6700, AZCERE 
6680, RAT RACE 5164, BOTSONO 5238, TOHNI LAVAFIST 6623, TURD ALERT 6767, HACKSAW 
6446, DOA03 6624, DOA02 6622, and BOMBAY FLOYD 6683.

The least popular fighter this week was JYD JR 6750.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were BIG BERTHA 6757, TRINITY 6361, DIAMOND 6360, TRITAN 2309, BOMBAY FLOYD 
6683, DOA02 6622, DOA03 6624, HACKSAW 6446, TURD ALERT 6767, and TOHNI LAVAFIST 6623.

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