DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 01/23/2026    Duedate: 02/05/2026

WILLAF ARENA

DM 16    TURN 1049

This Week's Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

BROKEN HEROES
SAXON (712)
(16-7232) [15-9-2,107]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

BROKEN HEROES                  LEBANON CYPRUS
SAXON (712)                    EXTINCTION (488)
(16-7232) [15-9-2,107]         (16-4699) [4-0-0,54]

Popularity Leader              This Week's Favorite

BUCCA-BOO                      PSY PHI
TRICKSTERS (704)               PHILANTROGENTS (719)
(16-7127) [19-10-0,102]        (16-7320) [2-2-0,18]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

PHILANTROGENTS (719)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. EXTINCTION (488)              59 
2. OFF LAND WOMEN (720)          32    WRATHMEN 25-22 (714)
3. TROUBLEMAKERS (717)           14    Unchartered Team
4. SAXON (712)                   4  
5. TRICKSTERS (704)              3     OFF LAND WOMEN (720)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 0 WRATHMEN 25-22 (714)      10   1  0 90.9   1/ 1*PHILANTROGENTS (719)     11  4 1
 2/ 1 BUBBA'S BARBARIANS (673)  15   2  1 88.2   2/ 3 SAXON (712)               8  6 0
 3/ 0*OFF LAND WOMEN (720)       2   1  0 66.7   3/ 2 TROUBLEMAKERS (717)       7  8 1
 4- 2 CADDYSHACK (596)          46  25  2 64.8   4/ 5*EXTINCTION (488)          6  2 0
 5- 3 SKULL AND BONES (716)     32  18  0 64.0   5/ 7 TRICKSTERS (704)          3  3 0
 6/ 5 TRICKSTERS (704)          81  69  1 54.0   6/ 0*OFF LAND WOMEN (720)      2  1 0
 7/ 9*EXTINCTION (488)           8   7  0 53.3   7/ 6 BUBBA'S BARBARIANS (673)  2  1 0
 8/ 6 SAXON (712)               59  57  6 50.9   8- 4 CADDYSHACK (596)          2  2 0
 9/ 7*PHILANTROGENTS (719)      12  14  1 46.2   9- 8 SKULL AND BONES (716)     0  5 0
10/ 8 PUNNY AMINALS (305)      1136 1594 38 41.6  10/ 9 PUNNY AMINALS (305)       0  3 0
11/10 TROUBLEMAKERS (717)       34  56  3 37.8  11/ 0 WRATHMEN 25-22 (714)      0  1 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 WILLAF, for I, 
Novgorodny Vir, have returned!  CADDYSHACK after a sorry 0-0-0 might want to consider 
abandoning the sands and taking up singing the 'Can't fight no more' blues!  
EXTINCTION posted a nice gain, to come in 4th.  Everybody loves a winner...  I doubt 
many are quaking in their boots, but OFF LAND WOMEN comes out of nowhere to get 
2-1-0.  What does the future hold?  Watch this space...  Those who hoped for a new 
Duelmaster were disappointed by HOWIE HOWITZER, of WRATHMEN 25-22, who despite a 
10-1-0 couldn't overcome WILLAF's Number 1.  Word has it one team in WILLAF is taking 
speech lessons to try to bore their opponent to death.  I'll bet it works.   
     My mother wished me to avoid conflict, and seek the gentle trade of Spyreporter. 
But warriors aren't supposed to avoid fights!  Perhaps the warriors of CADDYSHACK 
should take up some hobbies, as they are the most avoided team...  As a woman of good 
breeding scorns the "warriors" of TROUBLEMAKERS, so did that sorry team shy from 
CADDYSHACK Is it charming personality?  Conversational abilities?  Good oral hygiene? 
Whatever it is, THE HUMUNGUS is the most challenged warrior.  Place your bets!  WISE 
OLD HERMIT is the long shot of the week:  they challenged THE HUMUNGUS, up by 28.  
It's not whether you win or lose, but how many points you get (3).  Right, WISE OLD 
HERMIT?  DISTOPIAN FANTASY found herself challenged by a warrior 21 below:  LEBANON 
CYPRUS.  LEBANON CYPRUS of EXTINCTION kept his wits as he bested DISTOPIAN FANTASY.   
     The moving sword slashes, and having slashed, moves on...  The audience gave a 
nice round of rasberries to CALL TO ARMS of SAXON, for expiring in such an ungraceful 
fashion.  5-16-1, indeed!  Death in the arena!  In a cheap quest for a cheap victory, 
IRON MCGINTY faced CALL TO ARMS in an uneven fight.  SAXON, we expect bloody revenge! 
Ask not a spymaster for counsel, for he will pontificate long after you have fallen 
into an unconscious stupor.   
     Do not think spyreporting in WILLAF is the highlight of my life.  More important 
duties call me.  Like a mixed metaphor, and an overtaxed simile, I now bid WILLAF 
farewell-- Novgorodny Vir  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 BROKEN HEROES 7232           15   9  2 107         SAXON (712)               

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-DR BEEPER 5762               11   6  1 113         CADDYSHACK (596)          
 BUCCA-BOO 7127               19  10  0 102         TRICKSTERS (704)          
-LOU LOOMIS 5760              12   4  0 100         CADDYSHACK (596)          
 HOWIE HOWITZER 7258          10   1  0  93         WRATHMEN 25-22 (714)      
 MIDAS TOUCH 7236             15   9  1  91         SAXON (712)               

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-JUDGE SMAILS 5761            16   8  0  82         CADDYSHACK (596)          
 ATAVISTA 7299                10   8  0  78         TROUBLEMAKERS (717)       
 MIO MI 7149                   8  50  0  74         PUNNY AMINALS (305)       

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 IRON MCGINTY 7295             7   8  2  62         TROUBLEMAKERS (717)       
 BAPTISM OF FIRE 7235         12  12  1  57         SAXON (712)               
 GRIPHOOK 7246                 6   3  0  57         TRICKSTERS (704)          
 THE HUMUNGUS 7018             4   1  0  57         BUBBA'S BARBARIANS (673)  

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-COME UP BLUE 7284             8   2  0  56         SKULL AND BONES (716)     
 LEBANON CYPRUS 4699           4   0  0  54         EXTINCTION (488)          
 TITANTHONERE 4702             2   1  0  42         EXTINCTION (488)          
-KNOT AT THE END 7288          6   4  0  38         SKULL AND BONES (716)     
 BARBELA BLOODSTONE 7297       7  11  1  35         TROUBLEMAKERS (717)       
 TASMANIAN WOLF 4705           1   2  0  35         EXTINCTION (488)          

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 DISTOPIAN FANTASY 7311        3   3  0  33         PHILANTROGENTS (719)      
 BATTLESHIP KATE 7294          5  10  0  30         TROUBLEMAKERS (717)       

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 WISE OLD HERMIT 7322          2   2  0  30         PHILANTROGENTS (719)      
-MAKE A PRO BLUSH 7287         6   4  0  26         SKULL AND BONES (716)     
 TOTALLY PERRI 7333            3   0  0  25         PHILANTROGENTS (719)      
 HIGH FANTASY 7319             2   2  1  24         PHILANTROGENTS (719)      

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-SHE'LL UNEASE YOU 7285        6   4  0  22         SKULL AND BONES (716)     
-PLUNDER AND SCORE 7286        6   4  0  22         SKULL AND BONES (716)     
 AFNORD FORGETHIM 7293         4   8  0  20         TROUBLEMAKERS (717)       
 PSY PHI 7320                  2   2  0  18         PHILANTROGENTS (719)      
 LILI 7327                     1   0  0  15         OFF LAND WOMEN (720)      
 QUAGGA 7324                   1   0  0  10         EXTINCTION (488)          
 FLON 7325                     1   0  0  10         OFF LAND WOMEN (720)      
 EARHART 7328                  0   1  0   7         OFF LAND WOMEN (720)      
 MOA 7334                      0   1  0   7         EXTINCTION (488)          
-D'ANNUNZIO 7211               1   3  0   6         CADDYSHACK (596)          
 WISP 7300                     1   3  0   6         TRICKSTERS (704)          

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
BATTLE CRY 7313         2  2 0 SAXON 712            HIGH FANTASY 7319     1048  
CALL TO ARMS 7255       5 16 1 SAXON 712            IRON MCGINTY 7295     1049  

                                     PERSONAL ADS

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

LEBANON CYPRUS devastated DISTOPIAN FANTASY in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge fight.
WISE OLD HERMIT lost to THE HUMUNGUS in a 1 minute uneven Challenge battle.
TITANTHONERE subdued BATTLESHIP KATE in a 2 minute Challenge fight.
WISP lost to PSY PHI in a 3 minute amateur's Challenge brawl.
TOTALLY PERRI outlasted AFNORD FORGETHIM in a 12 minute Challenge fight.
BROKEN HEROES defeated HOWIE HOWITZER in a 1 minute veteran's Title struggle.
BUCCA-BOO overpowered MIO MI in a 1 minute uneven melee.
BAPTISM OF FIRE was vanquished by ATAVISTA in a 1 minute uneven duel.
MIDAS TOUCH overpowered GRIPHOOK in a 1 minute uneven duel.
BARBELA BLOODSTONE was savagely defeated by TASMANIAN WOLF in a 1 minute fight.
IRON MCGINTY executed CALL TO ARMS in a 1 minute one-sided fight.
HIGH FANTASY was demolished by DANGEROUS CRIMINAL in a 1 minute competition.
FLON demolished MOA in a 1 minute one-sided brawl.
LILI handily defeated PERSISTENT BEGGAR in a 1 minute one-sided conflict.
EARHART was vanquished by QUAGGA in a 1 minute mismatched bout.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|LUNGING ATTACK                   5         LUNGING ATTACK    32 -  17 -  0      65  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  5         SLASHING ATTACK   10 -   6 -  1      63  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   5         BASHING ATTACK    16 -  12 -  1      57  |
|AIMED BLOW                       3         PARRY-STRIKE      10 -   8 -  1      56  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    3         STRIKING ATTACK   22 -  20 -  1      52  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     2         WALL OF STEEL      7 -   7 -  0      50  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  2         AIMED BLOW        10 -  11 -  0      48  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      2         TOTAL PARRY       14 -  16 -  0      47  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      1         PARRY-LUNGE        3 -   5 -  1      38  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    0         PARRY-RIPOSTE      5 -  18 -  0      22  |

Turn 1049 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     4 -  1     AIMED BLOW         1 -  2         3  STRIKING ATTACK
STRIKING ATTACK    3 -  2     PARRY-LUNGE        0 -  1         2  SLASHING ATTACK
BASHING ATTACK     3 -  2     PARRY-RIPOSTE      0 -  3         1  AIMED BLOW     
PARRY-STRIKE       1 -  1     WALL OF STEEL      0 -  0         1  PARRY-STRIKE   
SLASHING ATTACK    1 -  1                                       1  BASHING ATTACK 
TOTAL PARRY        1 -  1                                       1  TOTAL PARRY    
                                                                1  LUNGING ATTACK 
                                                                1  WALL OF STEEL  

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
STRIKING ATTACK  BROKEN HEROES 7232         15   9  2  107 SAXON (712)
AIMED BLOW       BUCCA-BOO 7127             19  10  0  102 TRICKSTERS (704)
SLASHING ATTACK  HOWIE HOWITZER 7258        10   1  0   93 WRATHMEN 25-22 (714)
BASHING ATTACK   MIDAS TOUCH 7236           15   9  1   91 SAXON (712)
LUNGING ATTACK   ATAVISTA 7299              10   8  0   78 TROUBLEMAKERS (717)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is BUCCA-BOO 7127.  The most popular warrior this turn 
was PSY PHI 7320.  The ten other most popular fighters were TASMANIAN WOLF 4705, 
BROKEN HEROES 7232, TITANTHONERE 4702, MIDAS TOUCH 7236, IRON MCGINTY 7295, LEBANON 
CYPRUS 4699, AFNORD FORGETHIM 7293, BUCCA-BOO 7127, FLON 7325, and QUAGGA 7324.

The least popular fighter this week was TOTALLY PERRI 7333.  The other ten least 
popular fighters were EARHART 7328, MOA 7334, CALL TO ARMS 7255, GRIPHOOK 7246, 
BAPTISM OF FIRE 7235, MIO MI 7149, HOWIE HOWITZER 7258, WISP 7300, LILI 7327, and 
HIGH FANTASY 7319.