DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 07/28/2025    Duedate: 08/09/2025

TOBIR ARENA

DM 14    TURN 1039

This Week's Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

POODLE JUMPER
REAL PETS 2 (525)
(14-5328) [13-6-1,157]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

POODLE JUMPER                  POSITION IS EMPTY
REAL PETS 2 (525)              
(14-5328) [13-6-1,157]         

Popularity Leader              This Week's Favorite

LT KERRI STRUG                 CRPL MAX KLINGER
SAGE SOLDIERS (350)            SAGE SOLDIERS (350)
(14-3185) [10-17-1,70]         (14-3183) [13-8-0,76]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

ANYTHING GOES (571)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. REAL PETS 2 (525)             72 
2. SAXON (578)                   25    ANYTHING GOES (571)
3. THIS MODERN WORLD (576)       22    Unchartered Team
4. THE DOGHOUSE (188)            12 
5. ANYTHING GOES (571)           -6    POSITION IS EMPTY

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 1 ANYTHING GOES (571)       82  28  0 74.5   1/ 2 ANYTHING GOES (571)       7  3 0
 2/ 2 THIS MODERN WORLD (576)   30  23  2 56.6   2/ 1 SAXON (578)               7  8 1
 3/ 3 SAXON (578)               33  33  3 50.0   3/ 3 THIS MODERN WORLD (576)   6  0 0
 4- 5 NEON DRUIDS (572)         43  52  3 45.3   4/ 0 REAL PETS 2 (525)         2  1 0
 5/ 4 SAGE SOLDIERS (350)       45  55  3 45.0   5/ 6 THE DOGHOUSE (188)        2  4 0
 6/ 0 REAL PETS 2 (525)         17  21  1 44.7   6/ 4 SAGE SOLDIERS (350)       2  6 0
 7/ 6 THE DOGHOUSE (188)       1231 1546 26 44.3   7- 5 NEON DRUIDS (572)         1  0 0

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

                                 DUELMASTER'S COLUMN
                             Notes from the arena champ.

I was an ecdysiast, grandma said with delight
Her grandson could not fathom this, try as he might
His ninety-seven-year-old grandma on a stripper pole?
That was before they had them, she said to young Cole.
He could not picture her as a nude-like teasing dancer.
My striptease name was young Bambi Bubble Prancer.
It took a long time to get this out of his sixteen-year-old head.
Last thought he had for months every time he went to bed.    

                                          -- Strip Tease, DMV

                                      SPY REPORT

     If you were disturbed from your beauty rest only to have to watch a bunch of 
TOBIR brutes like you, you'd be grouchy, too.  Later days, SAXON, since ANYTHING GOES 
took top team from you this turn, you guys are old news.  Of course, we're all 
terribly impressed to see DEPUTY DAWG win a fight and gain 57 points, terribly.  Tsk, 
tsk, SILENT MAJORITY beat LT KERRI STRUG and LT KERRI STRUG lost 15 points.  You're 
breakin' my heart.  And it's out with the old, in with the new, as POODLE JUMPER 
takes the Title and last week's bar tab from the old Duelmaster.  Heh, heh.  
Kickbacks and bribes, kickbacks and bribes, how else do you think some of these guys 
win their fights?  Skill?  Ha!   
     Well, let's take a look at some more misdeeds of you miserable sword-boys.  
What's the big D?  THIS MODERN WORLD was the most avoided team?  Bunch of lily 
livered... grumble... mumble... curse...  And it looks like ANYTHING GOES avoided 
them the most this turn.  What a pack of would be losers, if you ask me.  Hmph.  MJR 
FRANK BURNS was challenged more times this turn than the Duelmaster.  Now was the DM 
insulted or feared?  Heh, heh.  I notice RACER challenging down 25 points to fight 
CRPL MAX KLINGER, ANYTHING GOES doubtless has some rotten excuse for such an insult 
to honor.  Question now is, will TOBIR accept this sort of tacky behavior?  RACER 
beating CRPL MAX KLINGER.  The insult, the....yech!   
     Death and Taxes.  The less death I see, the more it taxes my patience.  Let's 
see if anyone's dead or dying.  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 TOBIR to get a drink than The Victory 
Tavern!  Any suggestions?  Just wait 'till next time I show up here, I won't be so 
nice!  So nyaaah!  I see the crowds are getting restless, I must leave now-- Snide 
Clemens  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 POODLE JUMPER 5328           13   6  1 157         REAL PETS 2 (525)         

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 RACER 5754                   23   6  0  97         ANYTHING GOES (571)       
 STRIP TEASE 5808             12   4  0  92         ANYTHING GOES (571)       

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SILENT MAJORITY 5821         11   5  0  89         THIS MODERN WORLD (576)   
 SNEELY 5748                  16  20  0  83         THE DOGHOUSE (188)        
 CRPL MAX KLINGER 3183        13   8  0  76         SAGE SOLDIERS (350)       
 COMMANDER POWLE 4593          8   6  0  71         SAGE SOLDIERS (350)       
 LT KERRI STRUG 3185          10  17  1  70         SAGE SOLDIERS (350)       

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-CALIX 5766                   11   7  0  64         NEON DRUIDS (572)         
 SONG OF EVIL 5825             8   6  1  59         SAXON (578)               
 ANXIOUS 5751                  9   4  0  58         ANYTHING GOES (571)       
 DEPUTY DAWG 5329              1   0  0  57         REAL PETS 2 (525)         

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SNORRY 5757                  11  23  0  56         THE DOGHOUSE (188)        
 MUMBLE RAP 5809              10   8  2  56         THIS MODERN WORLD (576)   
 CONQUISTADOR 5828             4  10  1  47         SAXON (578)               
 SLOW LANE BLUES 5835          6   6  1  40         SAXON (578)               
 MJR FRANK BURNS 3184          7  11  0  38         SAGE SOLDIERS (350)       

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 ALL GUNS BLAZING 5826         8   6  0  37         SAXON (578)               

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 TATOR TOT 5563                2   4  0  32         REAL PETS 2 (525)         

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 ROCK OF AGES 5860             3   1  0  10         SAXON (578)               
-SLEEZY 5850                   0   1  0   1         ANYTHING GOES (571)       

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
THE HONEST MERCH        0  0 0                      CONQUISTADOR 5828     1039 NONE

                                     PERSONAL ADS

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

RACER bested CRPL MAX KLINGER in a 2 minute master's Challenge fight.
ANXIOUS vanquished MJR FRANK BURNS in a 1 minute uneven Challenge battle.
STRIP TEASE was demolished by POODLE JUMPER in a 1 minute uneven Title fight.
SILENT MAJORITY devastated LT KERRI STRUG in a 1 minute one-sided contest.
COMMANDER POWLE was defeated by SNEELY in a crowd pleasing 1 minute master's match.
SONG OF EVIL vanquished THE HONEST MERCHANT in a 1 minute mismatched fight.
ALL GUNS BLAZING was beaten by MUMBLE RAP in a crowd pleasing 1 minute brawl.
SNORRY defeated TATOR TOT in a 1 minute uneven melee.
SLOW LANE BLUES vanquished CULT MEMBER in a 1 minute gory uneven duel.
CONQUISTADOR slaughtered THE HONEST MERCHANT in a 1 minute one-sided duel.
ROCK OF AGES was overpowered by DEPUTY DAWG in a 1 minute uneven match.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|LUNGING ATTACK                   7         STRIKING ATTACK   18 -   4 -  0      82  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  4         WALL OF STEEL      3 -   1 -  0      75  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  3         SLASHING ATTACK   25 -  18 -  2      58  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   2         TOTAL PARRY       10 -   9 -  0      53  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      2         AIMED BLOW         9 -   9 -  0      50  |
|AIMED BLOW                       1         LUNGING ATTACK    42 -  42 -  2      50  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      0         BASHING ATTACK     3 -  12 -  1      20  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     0         PARRY-STRIKE       0 -   0 -  0       0  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    0         PARRY-RIPOSTE      0 -   3 -  0       0  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    0         PARRY-LUNGE        0 -   0 -  0       0  |

Turn 1039 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     PARRY-LUNGE        0 -  0         5  LUNGING ATTACK 
SLASHING ATTACK    2 -  1     PARRY-STRIKE       0 -  0         2  STRIKING ATTACK
LUNGING ATTACK     4 -  3     PARRY-RIPOSTE      0 -  0         2  SLASHING ATTACK
STRIKING ATTACK    2 -  2     WALL OF STEEL      0 -  0         1  TOTAL PARRY    
BASHING ATTACK     1 -  1                                       1  AIMED BLOW     
TOTAL PARRY        1 -  1     

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
STRIKING ATTACK  POODLE JUMPER 5328         13   6  1  157 REAL PETS 2 (525)
TOTAL PARRY      RACER 5754                 23   6  0   97 ANYTHING GOES (571)

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
SLASHING ATTACK  SILENT MAJORITY 5821       11   5  0   89 THIS MODERN WORLD (576)
LUNGING ATTACK   CRPL MAX KLINGER 3183      13   8  0   76 SAGE SOLDIERS (350)
AIMED BLOW       ANXIOUS 5751                9   4  0   58 ANYTHING GOES (571)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is LT KERRI STRUG 3185.  The most popular warrior this 
turn was CRPL MAX KLINGER 3183.  The ten other most popular fighters were MUMBLE RAP 
5809, ANXIOUS 5751, SLOW LANE BLUES 5835, DEPUTY DAWG 5329, RACER 5754, POODLE JUMPER 
5328, SILENT MAJORITY 5821, COMMANDER POWLE 4593, SNEELY 5748, and SONG OF EVIL 5825.

The least popular fighter this week was ROCK OF AGES 5860.  The other ten least 
popular fighters were LT KERRI STRUG 3185, STRIP TEASE 5808, MJR FRANK BURNS 3184, 
CONQUISTADOR 5828, TATOR TOT 5563, SNORRY 5757, ALL GUNS BLAZING 5826, SONG OF EVIL 
5825, SNEELY 5748, and COMMANDER POWLE 4593.

The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn:

POODLE JUMPER (14-5328) REAL PETS 2 (525)