DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 03/25/2026    Duedate: 04/07/2026

SOLVEN ARENA

DM 22    TURN 1041

This Week's Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

GIULIANI
THE REPUBLICANS (103)
(22-6633) [19-11-2,111]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

BOLD BLIGHT                    SUBLIMINAL
WRATHMEN 24-10 (855)           GRAD STUDENTS (681)
(22-7957) [12-3-0,116]         (22-5997) [0-1-0,7]

Popularity Leader              This Week's Favorite

DUNCAN HUNTER                  GIULIANI
THE REPUBLICANS (103)          THE REPUBLICANS (103)
(22-6634) [16-14-2,79]         (22-6633) [19-11-2,111]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

THE REPUBLICANS (103)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. THE REPUBLICANS (103)         23 
2. PROTECTORS (695)              16    WRATHMEN 24-10 (855)
3. MIDDLE WAY 15 (747)           10    Unchartered Team
4. UNICORN SQUAD (852)           9  
5. GRAD STUDENTS (681)           7     GRAD STUDENTS (681)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1- 3 BASH BROS FICTION (802)   55  19  2 74.3   1/ 2 THE REPUBLICANS (103)    12  3 1
 2/ 2 WRATHMEN 24-10 (855)      25   9  0 73.5   2/ 1 PROTECTORS (695)          9  6 0
 3/ 4 UNICORN SQUAD (852)       16  10  0 61.5   3- 3 RED SECTOR A (840)        4  6 1
 4/ 5 PROTECTORS (695)         202 151 12 57.2   4/ 4 WRATHMEN 24-10 (855)      3  1 0
 5- 6 RED SECTOR A (840)        93  74  4 55.7   5- 5 BASH BROS FICTION (802)   2  0 0
 6/ 7 THE REPUBLICANS (103)    577 556 33 50.9   6/ 9 UNICORN SQUAD (852)       2  0 0
 7- 8 NEON TREES (849)          90  87  6 50.8   7/ 6 MIDDLE WAY 15 (747)       1  4 0
 8/ 9 SNOT QUITE RIGHT (93)    220 244 10 47.4   8/ 7 SNOT QUITE RIGHT (93)     1  6 0
 9/10 MIDDLE WAY 15 (747)      882 1049 19 45.7   9-10 NEON TREES (849)          0  2 0
10/ 0*GRAD STUDENTS (681)        0   1  0  0.0  10/ 0*GRAD STUDENTS (681)       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

     Like the magnificent Sun, rising upon the Dawn and exiling the Night for a Day, 
I, Novgorodny Vir, return once again!  The boys at PROTECTORS left the arena 
dejected, after being kicked out of the top spot by THE REPUBLICANS.  Good show!  
What's a move up by 3 you ask?  (alright, maybe you didn't ask)  Cause for 
celebration, according to UNICORN SQUAD.  Practice pays for BLACKBURN, who pummelled 
NOBLE ASSASSIN, to pocket 12 points.  Win some, lose some.  Speaking of which, MEBIAN 
was winsome, after beating 790 and seeing it lose 9 points.  Now I can't insult 
GIULIANI, as he has gloriously dueled to the top.  Oh great new Duelmaster!!!  (Stop 
me if I lay it on too thick) So who's the team that's been walking into taverns last 
week and ordering milk?  Sounds like a PR stunt to me.   
     And how sociable are SOLVEN's warriors?  Come, let us see.  Like the noble eagle 
soaring amongst the mountaintops, so stand the warriors of RED SECTOR A, alone and 
unchallenged.  The warriors of RED SECTOR A found their efforts at combat frustrated 
as THE REPUBLICANS apparently had more important things to do than fight.  Is it 
charming personality?  Conversational abilities?  Good oral hygiene?  Whatever it is, 
MEBIAN is the most challenged warrior.  VLAD challenged SLOW DRIP!  Who says 
PROTECTORS are just a bunch of wimps!  VLAD of PROTECTORS kept hers wits as she was 
defeated by SLOW DRIP.   
     Is there life after death?  Pragmatics (and warriors) know there is death after 
life!  Questions are being raised about the disposing of severed body parts in the 
arena.  A certain tavern in SOLVEN would I avoid!   
     Do not think spyreporting in SOLVEN is the highlight of my life.  As if buffeted 
by forces of nature beyond my control, I must take my leave of this place.  Like a 
mixed metaphor, and an overtaxed simile, I now bid SOLVEN farewell-- Novgorodny Vir  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 GIULIANI 6633                19  11  2 111         THE REPUBLICANS (103)     

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 BOLD BLIGHT 7957             12   3  0 116         WRATHMEN 24-10 (855)      
 SPARKLE PANTS 7921           10   3  0 111         UNICORN SQUAD (852)       
-MU QI 7823                   16  10  0 102         RED SECTOR A (840)        
-THE ENEMY WITHIN 7796        18  17  2  94         RED SECTOR A (840)        
 ZEEK 7956                    12   4  0  94         WRATHMEN 24-10 (855)      

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-KID GLOVES 7793              18  16  0  87         RED SECTOR A (840)        
 DUNCAN HUNTER 6634           16  14  2  79         THE REPUBLICANS (103)     
 BLACKBURN 8006               11   6  1  75         THE REPUBLICANS (103)     
-WILLOW REAVER 7938           18  13  1  74         NEON TREES (849)          

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-1001001 7878                 10  12  0  66         RED SECTOR A (840)        
-COPYCAT 7520                  9   6  0  63         BASH BROS FICTION (802)   
 J.D. VANCE 8005              10   7  0  61         THE REPUBLICANS (103)     
 MEBIAN 7971                  11  19  0  59         MIDDLE WAY 15 (747)       
-TANGLEWEAVE 7996             11   5  1  58         NEON TREES (849)          

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SLOW DRIP 7982               13  10  0  49         SNOT QUITE RIGHT (93)     
 790 8019                      5   4  0  36         PROTECTORS (695)          

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 TED CRUZ 8029                 3   0  0  27         THE REPUBLICANS (103)     
 VLAD 8016                     7   4  1  26         PROTECTORS (695)          

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 REGINALD J. PRIEST 8027       3   1  0  23         PROTECTORS (695)          
 PRINCE 8023                   4   1  0  22         PROTECTORS (695)          
 COMBOT 8034                   1   0  0  10         PROTECTORS (695)          
-S.O.S. 8026                   2   2  0   8         RED SECTOR A (840)        
 SUBLIMINAL 5997               0   1  0   7         GRAD STUDENTS (681)       

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 WHEEZY 8025                   1   3  0   6         SNOT QUITE RIGHT (93)     

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
MEDAN 7964             11 20 0 MIDDLE WAY 15 747    THE ENEMY WITHIN 7796 1040  
FIFI 8013               4  7 1 PROTECTORS 695       GIULIANI 6633         1040  
SGT STERNUTATION 8012   6  4 0 SNOT QUITE RIGHT 93  BLACKBURN 8006        1037 REVENGED
KRISTI NOEM 8003        8  7 0 THE REPUBLICANS 103  FIFI 8013             1038 REVENGED

                                     PERSONAL ADS

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

790 was devastated by MEBIAN in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge fight.
VLAD was viciously subdued by SLOW DRIP in a dull 18 minute brutal Challenge battle.
ZEEK was savagely defeated by GIULIANI in a 8 minute master's Title duel.
SPARKLE PANTS overpowered KHALHUMS DWARF in a 2 minute mismatched match.
BOLD BLIGHT overpowered DUNCAN HUNTER in a 1 minute one-sided struggle.
BLACKBURN viciously subdued NOBLE ASSASSIN in a popular 3 minute gruesome competition.
J.D. VANCE lost to KUNG-FU MASTER in a 1 minute duel.
TED CRUZ won victory over FRATSFAN NOBLE in a slow 6 minute duel.
PRINCE vanquished WHEEZY in a 1 minute one-sided duel.
REGINALD J. PRIEST overpowered FRIENDLY CONSTABLE in a 1 minute uneven match.
SUBLIMINAL was overpowered by COMBOT in a 1 minute one-sided fight.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|STRIKING ATTACK                  4         SLASHING ATTACK   20 -   7 -  1      74  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      4         WALL OF STEEL     12 -   6 -  0      67  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    3         STRIKING ATTACK   26 -  17 -  1      60  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   3         PARRY-RIPOSTE     13 -   9 -  1      59  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  2         TOTAL PARRY       16 -  14 -  1      53  |
|AIMED BLOW                       1         BASHING ATTACK     2 -   2 -  1      50  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      0         AIMED BLOW        15 -  20 -  0      43  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     0         LUNGING ATTACK    18 -  32 -  3      36  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   0         PARRY-STRIKE       0 -   0 -  0       0  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    0         PARRY-LUNGE        0 -   0 -  0       0  |

Turn 1041 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-RIPOSTE      1 -  2         3  LUNGING ATTACK 
SLASHING ATTACK    2 -  0     PARRY-LUNGE        0 -  0         2  PARRY-RIPOSTE  
STRIKING ATTACK    3 -  1     PARRY-STRIKE       0 -  0         2  STRIKING ATTACK
TOTAL PARRY        3 -  1     LUNGING ATTACK     0 -  3         2  SLASHING ATTACK
                              BASHING ATTACK     0 -  0         1  TOTAL PARRY    
                              WALL OF STEEL      0 -  0         1  PARRY-STRIKE   

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
PARRY-RIPOSTE    GIULIANI 6633              19  11  2  111 THE REPUBLICANS (103)
STRIKING ATTACK  BOLD BLIGHT 7957           12   3  0  116 WRATHMEN 24-10 (855)
TOTAL PARRY      SPARKLE PANTS 7921         10   3  0  111 UNICORN SQUAD (852)
LUNGING ATTACK   DUNCAN HUNTER 6634         16  14  2   79 THE REPUBLICANS (103)
SLASHING ATTACK  BLACKBURN 8006             11   6  1   75 THE REPUBLICANS (103)

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is DUNCAN HUNTER 6634.  The most popular warrior this 
turn was GIULIANI 6633.  The ten other most popular fighters were BLACKBURN 8006, 
SPARKLE PANTS 7921, MEBIAN 7971, ZEEK 7956, BOLD BLIGHT 7957, PRINCE 8023, COMBOT 
8034, REGINALD J. PRIEST 8027, 790 8019, and DUNCAN HUNTER 6634.

The least popular fighter this week was VLAD 8016.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were SLOW DRIP 7982, TED CRUZ 8029, SUBLIMINAL 5997, WHEEZY 8025, J.D. VANCE 
8005, DUNCAN HUNTER 6634, 790 8019, REGINALD J. PRIEST 8027, COMBOT 8034, and PRINCE 
8023.