DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 05/12/2025    Duedate: 05/24/2025

ALJAFIR ARENA

DM 17    TURN 1022

This Week's Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

PERSEUS
WHEN EAGLES DARE (509)
(17-8491) [19-10-0,100]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

PERSEUS                        POSITION IS EMPTY
WHEN EAGLES DARE (509)         
(17-8491) [19-10-0,100]        

Popularity Leader              This Week's Favorite

PERSEUS                        PERSEUS
WHEN EAGLES DARE (509)         WHEN EAGLES DARE (509)
(17-8491) [19-10-0,100]        (17-8491) [19-10-0,100]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

PERRY STRIKE FORCE (688)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. TROLLS (695)                  40 
2. ASSASSINS (705)               33    THE SHOWOFFS (111)
3. LIBATIONS 5 (704)             33    Unchartered Team
4. PERRY STRIKE FORCE (688)      29 
5. TOP FIVE BOBS (702)           27    ASSASSINS (705)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 0*ASSASSINS (705)            3   1  0 75.0   1/ 1 PERRY STRIKE FORCE (688)  8  7 0
 2/ 1*TOP FIVE BOBS (702)        8   3  0 72.7   2/ 2 THE SHOWOFFS (111)        7  5 0
 3/ 2 THE SHOWOFFS (111)       577 356 32 61.8   3/ 5 NEON SCRAPPERS (694)      7  8 0
 4/ 4 WHEN EAGLES DARE (509)   315 221 24 58.8   4/ 6 TROLLS (695)              5  5 0
 5/ 5 PERRY STRIKE FORCE (688)  76  58  4 56.7   5- 4*THE ARSENAL (700)         5  5 0
 6- 6*THIS MODERN WORLD (701)    5   4  1 55.6   6/ 3 WHEN EAGLES DARE (509)    4  2 0
 7/ 7 NEON SCRAPPERS (694)      54  54  1 50.0   7/ 9*TOP FIVE BOBS (702)       4  2 0
 8/ 8 MIDDLE WAY (484)         1095 1437 23 43.2   8/ 0*ASSASSINS (705)           3  1 0
 9/ 9 TROLLS (695)              30  41  2 42.3   9- 7*THIS MODERN WORLD (701)   2  2 0
10-10*THE ARSENAL (700)         10  18  1 35.7  10/ 8 MIDDLE WAY (484)          1  3 0
11/11*COVEY (698)                5  12  0 29.4  11/ 0*LIBATIONS 5 (704)         1  4 0
12/ 0*LIBATIONS 5 (704)          1   4  0 20.0  12/10*COVEY (698)               0  5 0

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

                                      SPY REPORT

     It is I, Novgorodny Vir, Spymaster of Spymasters.  Look on my work, ye mighty, 
and despair!  Say what you will about blind luck and dirty fighting, but TOP FIVE 
BOBS will tell you 8-3-0 is nothing to laugh at...  I doubt many are quaking in their 
boots, but ASSASSINS comes out of nowhere to get 3-1-0.  What does the future hold?  
Watch this space...  TROLLS had cause to celebrate, after SCARA got 17 points by 
beating YOU JUST LOST.  ALIENIST certainly had a baffled expression on his face, 
after losing to MASON and losing 12 points in the process!  THE PLATYPUS successfully 
staved off a grab for the roses by CONVICTED ASSASSIN of ALJAFIR.  Does ALJAFIR have 
no one talented enough to dethrone him?  So who was the warrior seen charging into 
immovable walls and challenging dead trees?  Someone's got a basic problem...   
     A Zenmaster once told me, 'Does not the spinning wheel turn?  And do not the 
little birds cry out?'  Any ideas?  Like the noble eagle soaring amongst the 
mountaintops, so stand the warriors of THE SHOWOFFS, alone and unchallenged.  As a 
woman of good breeding scorns the "warriors" of COVEY, so did that sorry team shy 
from THE SHOWOFFS If challenges were horses, SNACKY DEFENDER could open up a fast 
food joint!  FARRELL challenged MR PYTHON!  Who says PERRY STRIKE FORCE are just a 
bunch of wimps!  FARRELL of PERRY STRIKE FORCE kept his wits as he was defeated by MR 
PYTHON.   
     Is there life after death?  Pragmatics (and warriors) know there is death after 
life!  Ask not a spymaster for counsel, for he will pontificate long after you have 
fallen into an unconscious stupor.   
     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.  Like a mixed 
metaphor, and an overtaxed simile, I now bid ALJAFIR farewell-- Novgorodny Vir  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 PERSEUS 8491                 19  10  0 100         WHEN EAGLES DARE (509)    

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 MR PYTHON 8502               16  10  0  93         NEON SCRAPPERS (694)      

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 MATTHEW 8459                 16  11  2  88         PERRY STRIKE FORCE (688)  
 MASON 8458                   13  14  2  81         PERRY STRIKE FORCE (688)  
 FARRELL 8457                 12  15  0  74         PERRY STRIKE FORCE (688)  
 COMO 8460                    17  10  0  67         PERRY STRIKE FORCE (688)  

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 GRIMWAVE 8532                 9   9  0  60         NEON SCRAPPERS (694)      
 ANOTHER WINNER 8550           7   2  0  60         THE SHOWOFFS (111)        
 ALIENIST 8539                10   7  0  59         NEON SCRAPPERS (694)      

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 NOGGIN 8555                   6   3  0  47         TROLLS (695)              
 BERT 8513                     8   7  0  46         TROLLS (695)              
 SNACKY DEFENDER 8543          5   3  0  37         COVEY (698)               
 AND WEAVE 8589                3   1  0  37         TOP FIVE BOBS (702)       
 OFFICE SPACE 8591             3   0  0  36         TOP FIVE BOBS (702)       

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 BIG DUDE 8579                 4   4  0  28         THE SHOWOFFS (111)        
 BLIMEY 8514                   5  10  0  25         TROLLS (695)              
 YOU'RE NOT GOOD 8600          5   2  0  24         THE SHOWOFFS (111)        

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-DRAGON LADY 8617              2   0  0  22         THE ARSENAL (700)         
 YOUR UNCLE 8588               2   2  0  22         TOP FIVE BOBS (702)       
-MERKOVA 8565                  3   2  0  20         THE ARSENAL (700)         
-TOUCH GRASS 8584              2   1  1  20         THIS MODERN WORLD (701)   
-STRAIGHT FIRE 8585            2   0  0  20         THIS MODERN WORLD (701)   
 SCARA 8619                    1   1  0  18         TROLLS (695)              

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 YOU JUST LOST 8580            3   6  0  15         THE SHOWOFFS (111)        
-WARTHOG 8566                  2   3  0  15         THE ARSENAL (700)         
 LONDON FOG 8624               1   0  0  15         LIBATIONS 5 (704)         
 CASTLE KEEP 8596              3   4  0  14         WHEN EAGLES DARE (509)    
-FAIL-DEADLY 8594              2   2  0  13         THE ARSENAL (700)         
 BLADE 8629                    1   0  0  13         ASSASSINS (705)           
 DAYWALKER 8625                1   0  0  13         ASSASSINS (705)           
 BRUZER 8630                   1   0  0  10         NEON SCRAPPERS (694)      
 ONE EYED HAG 8615             1   2  0   9         TROLLS (695)              
 APHRACE 8595                  1   6  0   9         MIDDLE WAY (484)          
-POST-CONSUMERISM 8598         1   0  0   7         THIS MODERN WORLD (701)   
 VLAD 8627                     1   0  0   6         ASSASSINS (705)           
 RAGE 8612                     1   2  0   5         NEON SCRAPPERS (694)      
-SEAWOLF 8616                  0   2  0   2         THE ARSENAL (700)         
 CHAI 8620                     0   1  0   1         LIBATIONS 5 (704)         
 COUNT 8628                    0   1  0   1         ASSASSINS (705)           
 YOUPON 8622                   0   1  0   1         LIBATIONS 5 (704)         

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
DA1 8631                0  1 0 COVEY 698            ARENAMASTER KARG      1022 NONE
GOSE 8623               0  1 0 LIBATIONS 5 704      STONE GOLEM           1022 NONE
WATER 8621              0  1 0 LIBATIONS 5 704      SHEWISH GIANT         1022 NONE
BANANA JAWA 8530        7  7 1 NEON SCRAPPERS 694   MATTHEW 8459          1018 REVENGED
SUGAR-BEE 8505         10  5 0 NEON SCRAPPERS 694   I'M THE BEST 8405     1018 NONE

                                     PERSONAL ADS

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

DA1 was butchered by ARENAMASTER KARGHAL in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
GOSE was dealt death by STONE GOLEM in a 2 minute Dark Arena duel.
WATER was killed by SHEWISH GIANT in a exciting 1 minute Dark Arena melee.
FARRELL was defeated by MR PYTHON in a 2 minute master's Challenge duel.
MASON devastated ALIENIST in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge fight.
MATTHEW was savagely defeated by PERSEUS in a 8 minute Challenge Title competition.
COMO unbelievably bested GRIMWAVE in a crowd pleasing 2 minute bloody Challenge match.
BERT was narrowly defeated by ANOTHER WINNER in a 4 minute Challenge melee.
NOGGIN outwaited SNACKY DEFENDER in a 7 minute gruesome Challenge duel.
AND WEAVE defeated YOU'RE NOT GOOD in a action packed 1 minute Challenge duel.
BLIMEY was overpowered by OFFICE SPACE in a 2 minute one-sided Challenge fight.
YOUR UNCLE beat CASTLE KEEP in a exciting 6 minute Challenge fight.
ONE EYED HAG subdued RAGE in a 3 minute bloody amateur's Challenge competition.
SCARA demolished YOU JUST LOST in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge match.
THE PLATYPUS overpowered CONVICTED ASSASSIN in a 2 minute mismatched conflict.
BIG DUDE overpowered APHRACE in a 1 minute one-sided duel.
LONDON FOG devastated COUNT in a 1 minute brutal uneven duel.
YOUPON was devastated by BRUZER in a 1 minute mismatched brawl.
DAYWALKER overpowered NORTH FORK RABBLE in a 1 minute one-sided bout.
VLAD beat CHAI in a popular 1 minute novice's bout.
BLADE handily defeated NORTH FORK RABBLE in a 1 minute mismatched competition.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|AIMED BLOW                       8         PARRY-RIPOSTE     14 -   9 -  1      61  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   7         AIMED BLOW        33 -  25 -  1      57  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     6         LUNGING ATTACK    32 -  25 -  3      56  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      4         PARRY-STRIKE      27 -  26 -  3      51  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  3         WALL OF STEEL      3 -   3 -  0      50  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    2         TOTAL PARRY        9 -  10 -  0      47  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   2         STRIKING ATTACK   10 -  15 -  1      40  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      2         SLASHING ATTACK   13 -  22 -  2      37  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  1         BASHING ATTACK     5 -  13 -  1      28  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    1         PARRY-LUNGE        1 -   3 -  0      25  |

Turn 1022 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-RIPOSTE      2 -  0     TOTAL PARRY        1 -  3         4  PARRY-STRIKE   
SLASHING ATTACK    1 -  0     PARRY-LUNGE        0 -  2         3  AIMED BLOW     
STRIKING ATTACK    2 -  1     WALL OF STEEL      0 -  1         2  PARRY-RIPOSTE  
LUNGING ATTACK     4 -  3                                       2  LUNGING ATTACK 
AIMED BLOW         4 -  4     
PARRY-STRIKE       3 -  3     
BASHING ATTACK     1 -  1     

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
PARRY-RIPOSTE    PERSEUS 8491               19  10  0  100 WHEN EAGLES DARE (509)
AIMED BLOW       MR PYTHON 8502             16  10  0   93 NEON SCRAPPERS (694)
PARRY-STRIKE     MATTHEW 8459               16  11  2   88 PERRY STRIKE FORCE (688)
LUNGING ATTACK   BERT 8513                   8   7  0   46 TROLLS (695)
TOTAL PARRY      SNACKY DEFENDER 8543        5   3  0   37 COVEY (698)
STRIKING ATTACK  OFFICE SPACE 8591           3   0  0   36 TOP FIVE BOBS (702)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is PERSEUS 8491.  The most popular warrior this turn 
was PERSEUS 8491.  The ten other most popular fighters were MATTHEW 8459, ANOTHER 
WINNER 8550, BERT 8513, GRIMWAVE 8532, CASTLE KEEP 8596, MR PYTHON 8502, ONE EYED HAG 
8615, GOSE 8623, OFFICE SPACE 8591, and WATER 8621.

The least popular fighter this week was NOGGIN 8555.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were YOUPON 8622, COUNT 8628, YOU JUST LOST 8580, YOUR UNCLE 8588, BLIMEY 
8514, SNACKY DEFENDER 8543, ALIENIST 8539, DA1 8631, CHAI 8620, and DAYWALKER 8625.

The following warriors have traveled to AD after fighting this turn:

THE PLATYPUS (17-8461) PERRY STRIKE FORCE (688)