DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 12/17/2025    Duedate: 12/30/2025

SOLVEN ARENA

DM 22    TURN 1034

This Week's Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

HEART OF THE WOOD
NEON TREES (849)
(22-7883) [24-18-0,110]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

HEART OF THE WOOD              BOOM NACA
NEON TREES (849)               DOIN THEIR THING (857)
(22-7883) [24-18-0,110]        (22-7967) [4-1-0,52]

Popularity Leader              This Week's Favorite

HEART OF THE WOOD              BLACKBURN
NEON TREES (849)               THE REPUBLICANS (103)
(22-7883) [24-18-0,110]        (22-8006) [8-3-0,62]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

THE REPUBLICANS (103)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. SNOT QUITE RIGHT (93)         25 
2. MIDDLE WAY 15 (747)           15    BASH BROS FICTION (802)
3. THE REPUBLICANS (103)         15    Unchartered Team
4. DOIN THEIR THING (857)        14 
5. INSECTS (757)                 8     INSECTS (757)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 1 BASH BROS FICTION (802)   48  18  2 72.7   1/ 1 THE REPUBLICANS (103)     8  7 0
 2/ 2*INSECTS (757)              8   3  0 72.7   2/ 2 NEON TREES (849)          7  7 0
 3/ 0*DOIN THEIR THING (857)     6   3  0 66.7   3/ 5 RED SECTOR A (840)        5  4 1
 4- 3 UNICORN SQUAD (852)       14   9  0 60.9   4/ 3 SNOT QUITE RIGHT (93)     5  5 0
 5/ 4 PROTECTORS (695)         185 138 10 57.3   5/ 8 MIDDLE WAY 15 (747)       4  2 0
 6/ 5 RED SECTOR A (840)        82  65  3 55.8   6/ 7 BASH BROS FICTION (802)   3  2 0
 7/ 7 THE REPUBLICANS (103)    560 543 31 50.8   7/ 4 PROTECTORS (695)          3  7 0
 8/ 6 NEON TREES (849)          85  83  4 50.6   8/ 9*INSECTS (757)             2  0 0
 9/ 8 SNOT QUITE RIGHT (93)    214 225 10 48.7   9- 6 UNICORN SQUAD (852)       2  0 0
10/ 9 MIDDLE WAY 15 (747)      877 1041 19 45.7  10/ 0*DOIN THEIR THING (857)    1  0 0

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

                                      SPY REPORT

     Oh, hi.  Its just little 'ol Debby Tonte.  Thought I'd check out SOLVEN to see 
what's new.  The guys at MIDDLE WAY 15 like really pulled together to get a 2-0-0 
this turn, moving up by 3.  MVP award for COMING ACHOO?  SNOT QUITE RIGHT's proud of 
her after beating WILLOW REAVER and getting 17 points.  Talk about yer big time 
losers!  1001001 got smashed by BOOM NACA, and lost 12 points!  What a putz!  
GIGGEROTA fights so hard to be Duelmaster, then quits fighting and loses the title.  
No one said she was a genius...  Was that a tear I saw in HEART OF THE WOOD's eye, as 
he took over Duelmastership?  And wasn't UNFINISHED fit to be tied!  I hear the top 
team insists all their warriors get nine hours sleep.  They want photogenic fighters 
for PR photos.   
     AAARRGH!!!  I HATE SPYREPORTING!!!  Sorry.  I just had to say it.  The warriors 
of NEON TREES must be getting lonely.  They were the most avoided team.  Do you guys 
know something that I don't?  I don't know what RED SECTOR A's been doing.  They 
certainly haven't been accepting many fights from NEON TREES, that's fer sher.  Like, 
is GIULIANI popular, or what?  He was challenged the most in all of SOLVEN!  He's got 
a 15-9-1, is that good?  People were asking me did SLOW DRIP REALLY challenge 
BLACKBURN?  (all right, maybe they didn't, but it sounded good!) It wasn't a 
spectacular fight, or anything, but BLACKBURN wants me to write about it since she 
subdued SLOW DRIP.  Satisfied?   
     Challenges, revenges, Bloodfeuds.  All SOLVEN ever talks about is fighting!  Me, 
I'm more laid back.  Like, who is this beast???  7 OF 9 gets sent to the Dark Arena, 
battles DARK CHAMPION, and returns to tell of it!!!  I bet RED SECTOR A manager is 
surprised!  What if they had a fight and nobody showed up?  I'd be out of a job, 
that's what!!!   
     Remember, blood on a purple robe may stain.  Soak it in cold water, and hand 
wash.  I know how much you like reading this stuff, but I really should stop.  I had 
a fun time, see you later-- Debby Tonte  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 HEART OF THE WOOD 7883       24  18  0 110         NEON TREES (849)          

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 COMING ACHOO 7942            16  10  0 103         SNOT QUITE RIGHT (93)     
 MU QI 7823                   14   8  0  98         RED SECTOR A (840)        
-SPARKLE PANTS 7921            8   2  0  98         UNICORN SQUAD (852)       
 KID GLOVES 7793              16  14  0  91         RED SECTOR A (840)        

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 UNFINISHED 7423              11   3  0  86         BASH BROS FICTION (802)   
 WILLOW REAVER 7938           17  11  0  81         NEON TREES (849)          
 GIULIANI 6633                15   9  1  79         THE REPUBLICANS (103)     
 CEDARBURN 7882               17  20  1  74         NEON TREES (849)          
 MEBIAN 7971                   9  14  0  67         MIDDLE WAY 15 (747)       

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 THE ENEMY WITHIN 7796        15  16  1  64         RED SECTOR A (840)        
 BLACKBURN 8006                8   3  0  62         THE REPUBLICANS (103)     
 DUNCAN HUNTER 6634           13  11  2  61         THE REPUBLICANS (103)     
 COPYCAT 7520                  7   5  0  59         BASH BROS FICTION (802)   

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 BOOM NACA 7967                4   1  0  52         DOIN THEIR THING (857)    
 J.D. VANCE 8005               7   4  0  49         THE REPUBLICANS (103)     
 MEDAN 7964                    8  17  0  47         MIDDLE WAY 15 (747)       
 TANGLEWEAVE 7996              9   4  1  45         NEON TREES (849)          
 1001001 7878                  8  10  0  41         RED SECTOR A (840)        
 SLOW DRIP 7982               10   7  0  37         SNOT QUITE RIGHT (93)     

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 KRISTI NOEM 8003              7   5  0  33         THE REPUBLICANS (103)     
 WIST 7989                     6  12  0  30         PROTECTORS (695)          
 SGT STERNUTATION 8012         5   2  0  28         SNOT QUITE RIGHT (93)     

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 DRAGONFLY 6769                2   0  0  24         INSECTS (757)             

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-FIFI 8013                     2   4  0  22         PROTECTORS (695)          
-790 8019                      2   1  0  17         PROTECTORS (695)          
-VLAD 8016                     3   2  0  11         PROTECTORS (695)          
 BAM-BOO 8021                  1   0  0  10         NEON TREES (849)          
 FARMER BLOW 8018              1   3  0   6         SNOT QUITE RIGHT (93)     
 WHO NOSE 8022                 0   1  0   1         SNOT QUITE RIGHT (93)     

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?

                                     PERSONAL ADS

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

7 OF 9 butchered DARK CHAMPION in a crowd pleasing 1 minute gruesome Dark Arena fight.
UNFINISHED was demolished by HEART OF THE WOOD in a 1 minute Challenge Title melee.
THE ENEMY WITHIN was overpowered by GIULIANI in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge duel.
SLOW DRIP was bested by BLACKBURN in a popular 2 minute Challenge fight.
FARMER BLOW was demolished by DRAGONFLY in a 1 minute Challenge competition.
WILLOW REAVER was vanquished by COMING ACHOO in a 1 minute mismatched fight.
MU QI savagely defeated CEDARBURN in a popular 1 minute gruesome master's brawl.
KID GLOVES vanquished DUNCAN HUNTER in a 1 minute uneven duel.
MEBIAN vanquished KRISTI NOEM in a 1 minute uneven fight.
COPYCAT won victory over TANGLEWEAVE in a 2 minute fight.
1001001 was defeated by BOOM NACA in a action packed 1 minute match.
J.D. VANCE overpowered HAPPY PEASANT in a 1 minute one-sided fight.
MEDAN demolished WIST in a 2 minute bloody mismatched competition.
SGT STERNUTATION demolished SHIFTYEYED VOLUNTEER in a 1 minute mismatched match.
BAM-BOO overpowered WHO NOSE in a 1 minute mismatched conflict.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|AIMED BLOW                       6         SLASHING ATTACK   13 -   5 -  1      72  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   6         PARRY-LUNGE        9 -   4 -  0      69  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  5         PARRY-RIPOSTE     12 -   6 -  0      67  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  4         BASHING ATTACK     4 -   2 -  1      67  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    2         STRIKING ATTACK   30 -  27 -  1      53  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      2         LUNGING ATTACK    31 -  30 -  1      51  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    1         AIMED BLOW        19 -  22 -  0      46  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   1         TOTAL PARRY       13 -  16 -  0      45  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      0         WALL OF STEEL      3 -   5 -  0      38  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     0         PARRY-STRIKE       0 -   0 -  0       0  |

Turn 1034 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      1 -  0     AIMED BLOW         2 -  4         3  LUNGING ATTACK 
SLASHING ATTACK    4 -  0     LUNGING ATTACK     1 -  5         2  STRIKING ATTACK
STRIKING ATTACK    5 -  0     PARRY-LUNGE        0 -  0         1  AIMED BLOW     
BASHING ATTACK     1 -  0     PARRY-STRIKE       0 -  0         1  SLASHING ATTACK
WALL OF STEEL      1 -  1     TOTAL PARRY        0 -  2         1  PARRY-STRIKE   
                                                                1  TOTAL PARRY    
                                                                1  WALL OF STEEL  
                                                                1  PARRY-RIPOSTE  

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
AIMED BLOW       HEART OF THE WOOD 7883     24  18  0  110 NEON TREES (849)
LUNGING ATTACK   COMING ACHOO 7942          16  10  0  103 SNOT QUITE RIGHT (93)
SLASHING ATTACK  MU QI 7823                 14   8  0   98 RED SECTOR A (840)
STRIKING ATTACK  KID GLOVES 7793            16  14  0   91 RED SECTOR A (840)
WALL OF STEEL    UNFINISHED 7423            11   3  0   86 BASH BROS FICTION (802)
PARRY-RIPOSTE    GIULIANI 6633              15   9  1   79 THE REPUBLICANS (103)
TOTAL PARRY      SLOW DRIP 7982             10   7  0   37 SNOT QUITE RIGHT (93)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is HEART OF THE WOOD 7883.  The most popular warrior 
this turn was BLACKBURN 8006.  The ten other most popular fighters were MU QI 7823, 
COPYCAT 7520, MEDAN 7964, DRAGONFLY 6769, KID GLOVES 7793, BOOM NACA 7967, HEART OF 
THE WOOD 7883, GIULIANI 6633, COMING ACHOO 7942, and MEBIAN 7971.

The least popular fighter this week was WHO NOSE 8022.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were KRISTI NOEM 8003, DUNCAN HUNTER 6634, CEDARBURN 7882, WILLOW REAVER 
7938, FARMER BLOW 8018, THE ENEMY WITHIN 7796, UNFINISHED 7423, BAM-BOO 8021, WIST 
7989, and 1001001 7878.

The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn:

HEART OF THE WOOD (22-7883) NEON TREES (849)

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

GIGGEROTA (22-7754) PROTECTORS (695)
7 OF 9 (22-7839) RED SECTOR A (840)