DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 02/11/2026    Duedate: 02/24/2026

SOLVEN ARENA

DM 22    TURN 1038

This Week's Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

UNFINISHED
BASH BROS FICTION (802)
(22-7423) [15-3-0,127]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

UNFINISHED                     ALLIGATOR CHAR
BASH BROS FICTION (802)        249 BOURBON ST (854)
(22-7423) [15-3-0,127]         (22-7947) [7-1-1,101]

Popularity Leader              This Week's Favorite

WILLOW REAVER                  BLACKBURN
NEON TREES (849)               THE REPUBLICANS (103)
(22-7938) [18-12-1,79]         (22-8006) [9-5-1,58]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

PROTECTORS (695)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. PROTECTORS (695)              52 
2. 249 BOURBON ST (854)          27    BASH BROS FICTION (802)
3. MIDDLE WAY 15 (747)           21    Unchartered Team
4. SNOT QUITE RIGHT (93)         12 
5. WRATHMEN 24-10 (855)          8     249 BOURBON ST (854)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 1*249 BOURBON ST (854)       7   2  1 77.8   1- 1 RED SECTOR A (840)        7  3 0
 2/ 2 BASH BROS FICTION (802)   53  19  2 73.6   2/ 6 PROTECTORS (695)          6  5 2
 3/ 4 WRATHMEN 24-10 (855)      22   8  0 73.3   3/ 7 SNOT QUITE RIGHT (93)     5  8 0
 4- 3*DOIN THEIR THING (857)     8   3  0 72.7   4/ 2 THE REPUBLICANS (103)     5 10 1
 5- 5*INSECTS (757)             10   4  0 71.4   5/ 4 BASH BROS FICTION (802)   4  0 0
 6/ 0 UNICORN SQUAD (852)       14  10  0 58.3   6/ 5*249 BOURBON ST (854)      3  1 0
 7/ 7 PROTECTORS (695)         193 145 12 57.1   7/10 MIDDLE WAY 15 (747)       3  3 0
 8- 6 RED SECTOR A (840)        89  68  3 56.7   8- 8*DOIN THEIR THING (857)    1  0 0
 9/ 8 NEON TREES (849)          90  85  6 51.4   9- 9*INSECTS (757)             1  1 0
10/ 9 THE REPUBLICANS (103)    565 553 32 50.5  10/ 3 NEON TREES (849)          1  1 0
11/10 SNOT QUITE RIGHT (93)    219 238 10 47.9  11/11 WRATHMEN 24-10 (855)      1  1 0
12/11 MIDDLE WAY 15 (747)      881 1045 19 45.7  12/ 0 UNICORN SQUAD (852)       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

     Welcome SOLVEN.  I, Olaf Modeen remember this place well.  Many the fights have 
I fought here.  The celebrations, the disappointments...  Biff!  Pow!  SOLVEN watched 
with glee as RED SECTOR A got knocked off top spot by PROTECTORS!  Phhbltt!  Too much 
drinking and too little dodging gave NEON TREES a 1-1-0!  I got a good laugh out of 
it!  Up 'n down.  Up 'n down.  Rankings always change.  Up 'n down.  I think I'm 
gonna be...  Well, PROTECTORS' 2nd moved them up to 5-0-2 place.  What's with 
ALLIGATOR CHAR?  It actually beat NEON TREES' WILLOW REAVER, and walked away with 27 
more points from the fight.  Major screwup at NEON TREES.  WILLOW REAVER lost 40 
points to ALLIGATOR CHAR.  Some new strategies, perhaps?  Maybe WILLOW REAVER will 
provide more easy wins...  SPARKLE PANTS was reminded on the sands why UNFINISHED is 
Duelmaster.  Advice to fighters with a 1 will--give up fighting!   
     If at first you don't succeed, avoid.  That'll get you in the Spyreports.  The 
most avoided team was RED SECTOR A.  In my day, no team with a 89-68-3 would scare me 
off!  What's the problem, THE REPUBLICANS?  What do people see in KRISTI NOEM?  Hers 
8-7-0?  THE REPUBLICANS ain't talkin', but she's got 31 points.  I hate going to the 
effort of writing about the kind of fights that WHEEZY gets in.  He fights people 
like PRINCE, 13 points below.  I thought WHEEZY showed great skill and promise when 
he was beat by PRINCE.  All right, so I slept through it!  Big deal!   
     Warriors of SOLVEN unite.  You have only your games to lose!  KRISTI NOEM, with 
hers forgettable 8-7-0,  was killed by FIFI in a forgettable match.  THE REPUBLICANS 
didn't seem to mind very much.  Someone told BLACKBURN that SNOT QUITE RIGHT never 
Bloodfeuded, that she'd have an easy kill.  Well, I'm sure whoever misled you is 
right sorry.  Here's some advice:  study your opponent, master many skills, fight 
dirty.   
     Who knows what the future holds for a warrior.  More fights, there's no doubt.  
The end of another Spyreport!  That's cause for celebration in my book!  Remember--a 
good fighter needs both good skills and good luck.  Until next time,-- Olaf Modeen  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 UNFINISHED 7423              15   3  0 127         BASH BROS FICTION (802)   

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-MU QI 7823                   15   9  0 103         RED SECTOR A (840)        
 ALLIGATOR CHAR 7947           7   1  1 101         249 BOURBON ST (854)      
 ZEEK 7956                    10   3  0  98         WRATHMEN 24-10 (855)      
 SPARKLE PANTS 7921            8   3  0  97         UNICORN SQUAD (852)       

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-KID GLOVES 7793              17  15  0  89         RED SECTOR A (840)        
-THE ENEMY WITHIN 7796        17  16  1  86         RED SECTOR A (840)        
 GIULIANI 6633                16  11  1  86         THE REPUBLICANS (103)     
-BOOM NACA 7967                6   1  0  80         DOIN THEIR THING (857)    
 WILLOW REAVER 7938           18  12  1  79         NEON TREES (849)          
 MEDAN 7964                   11  18  0  70         MIDDLE WAY 15 (747)       

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SLOW DRIP 7982               12   9  0  66         SNOT QUITE RIGHT (93)     
 TANGLEWEAVE 7996             11   4  1  66         NEON TREES (849)          
 DUNCAN HUNTER 6634           14  13  2  59         THE REPUBLICANS (103)     
 BLACKBURN 8006                9   5  1  58         THE REPUBLICANS (103)     
 MEBIAN 7971                  10  17  0  57         MIDDLE WAY 15 (747)       

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-COPYCAT 7520                  8   6  0  56         BASH BROS FICTION (802)   
-1001001 7878                  9  11  0  50         RED SECTOR A (840)        
 FIFI 8013                     4   5  1  50         PROTECTORS (695)          

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 J.D. VANCE 8005               8   6  0  43         THE REPUBLICANS (103)     

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-DRAGONFLY 6769                4   1  0  31         INSECTS (757)             

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 VLAD 8016                     5   3  1  19         PROTECTORS (695)          
 PRINCE 8023                   2   0  0  18         PROTECTORS (695)          
 WHO NOSE 8022                 1   4  0  15         SNOT QUITE RIGHT (93)     
 790 8019                      3   3  0  12         PROTECTORS (695)          
-S.O.S. 8026                   2   0  0  10         RED SECTOR A (840)        
 REGINALD J. PRIEST 8027       1   0  0  10         PROTECTORS (695)          
 WHEEZY 8025                   1   1  0   7         SNOT QUITE RIGHT (93)     
 SNEEZY 8024                   0   2  0   2         SNOT QUITE RIGHT (93)     
 GRUESOME FLU 8028             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?
FRATSFAN NOBLE          0  0 0                      VLAD 8016             1038 NONE
COMING ACHOO 7942      16 11 0 SNOT QUITE RIGHT 93  WILLOW REAVER 7938    1035  
FARMER BLOW 8018        1  4 0 SNOT QUITE RIGHT 93  BAM-BOO 8021          1035  
SGT STERNUTATION 8012   6  4 0 SNOT QUITE RIGHT 93  BLACKBURN 8006        1037 JUST REVENGED
KRISTI NOEM 8003        8  7 0 THE REPUBLICANS 103  FIFI 8013             1038  

                                     PERSONAL ADS

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

SLOW DRIP unbelievably bested BLACKBURN in a 3 minute bloody Bloodfeud fight.
DUNCAN HUNTER was vanquished by MEDAN in a 1 minute uneven Challenge battle.
FIFI murdered KRISTI NOEM in a 1 minute bloody uneven Challenge fight.
SNEEZY was bested by 790 in a 2 minute Challenge fight.
WHEEZY was defeated by PRINCE in a 1 minute amateur's Challenge match.
UNFINISHED bested SPARKLE PANTS in a 2 minute veteran's Title duel.
WILLOW REAVER was devastated by ALLIGATOR CHAR in a 1 minute mismatched match.
ZEEK overcame GIULIANI in a 2 minute expert's fight.
TANGLEWEAVE vanquished J.D. VANCE in a action packed 1 minute gory uneven duel.
MEBIAN vanquished THE HONEST MERCHANT in a 1 minute one-sided duel.
VLAD slew FRATSFAN NOBLE in a dull 9 minute match.
WHO NOSE overpowered SHIFTYEYED VOLUNTEER in a 1 minute one-sided fight.
REGINALD J. PRIEST demolished GRUESOME FLU 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|
|LUNGING ATTACK                   6         PARRY-LUNGE        3 -   0 -  0     100  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  4         SLASHING ATTACK   19 -   6 -  1      76  |
|AIMED BLOW                       3         WALL OF STEEL     10 -   4 -  0      71  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    3         BASHING ATTACK     2 -   1 -  1      67  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      3         PARRY-RIPOSTE     11 -   8 -  0      58  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  2         STRIKING ATTACK   24 -  21 -  1      53  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    1         AIMED BLOW        21 -  21 -  0      50  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   1         LUNGING ATTACK    24 -  31 -  3      44  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      0         TOTAL PARRY       12 -  17 -  1      41  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     0         PARRY-STRIKE       0 -   0 -  0       0  |

Turn 1038 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:

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

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
WALL OF STEEL    UNFINISHED 7423            15   3  0  127 BASH BROS FICTION (802)
SLASHING ATTACK  ALLIGATOR CHAR 7947         7   1  1  101 249 BOURBON ST (854)
PARRY-RIPOSTE    ZEEK 7956                  10   3  0   98 WRATHMEN 24-10 (855)
TOTAL PARRY      SPARKLE PANTS 7921          8   3  0   97 UNICORN SQUAD (852)
LUNGING ATTACK   WILLOW REAVER 7938         18  12  1   79 NEON TREES (849)
STRIKING ATTACK  J.D. VANCE 8005             8   6  0   43 THE REPUBLICANS (103)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is WILLOW REAVER 7938.  The most popular warrior this 
turn was BLACKBURN 8006.  The ten other most popular fighters were UNFINISHED 7423, 
ZEEK 7956, TANGLEWEAVE 7996, MEDAN 7964, FIFI 8013, 790 8019, PRINCE 8023, ALLIGATOR 
CHAR 7947, GIULIANI 6633, and MEBIAN 7971.

The least popular fighter this week was VLAD 8016.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were GRUESOME FLU 8028, WILLOW REAVER 7938, KRISTI NOEM 8003, J.D. VANCE 
8005, SPARKLE PANTS 7921, WHEEZY 8025, SNEEZY 8024, DUNCAN HUNTER 6634, SLOW DRIP 
7982, and REGINALD J. PRIEST 8027.

The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn:

UNFINISHED (22-7423) BASH BROS FICTION (802)