DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 09/09/2026    Duedate: 09/22/2026

SOLVEN ARENA

DM 22    TURN 1053

This Week's Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

MEBIAN
MIDDLE WAY 15 (747)
(22-7971) [15-27-0,91]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

MEBIAN                         POSITION IS EMPTY
MIDDLE WAY 15 (747)            
(22-7971) [15-27-0,91]         

Popularity Leader              This Week's Favorite

MEBIAN                         GOLDEN ROSE
MIDDLE WAY 15 (747)            ARE YOU ? (768)
(22-7971) [15-27-0,91]         (22-8067) [1-0-0,21]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

PROTECTORS (695)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. ARE YOU ? (768)               26 
2. MIDDLE WAY 15 (747)           22    PROTECTORS (695)
3. THE REPUBLICANS (103)         18    Unchartered Team
4. PROTECTORS (695)              5  
5. SNOT QUITE RIGHT (93)         -28   BOINAY BOINERS (356)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 1 PROTECTORS (695)         237 171 14 58.1   1/ 1 PROTECTORS (695)         10  5 0
 2- 2 RED SECTOR A (840)       107  88  5 54.9   2/ 3 THE REPUBLICANS (103)     6  9 0
 3/ 3 THE REPUBLICANS (103)    599 594 33 50.2   3- 4 RED SECTOR A (840)        3  2 0
 4- 4*DIRGES IN THE DARK (865)   1   1  0 50.0   4/ 6 ARE YOU ? (768)           3  3 0
 5/ 5 ARE YOU ? (768)          329 351 26 48.4   5/ 2 SNOT QUITE RIGHT (93)     3  7 0
 6/ 6 SNOT QUITE RIGHT (93)    237 262 11 47.5   6- 5*DIRGES IN THE DARK (865)  1  1 0
 7/ 7 MIDDLE WAY 15 (747)      886 1057 19 45.6   7/ 7 MIDDLE WAY 15 (747)       1  2 0

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

                                      SPY REPORT

     Much has changed in SOLVEN since last I was here.  Never fear, Olaf Modeen 
adapts to many situations, as do all successful fighters.  What's with PATRIOT ACT?  
He actually beat SNOT QUITE RIGHT's NANO INFLUENCER, and walked away with 22 more 
points from the fight.  Major screwup at PROTECTORS.  DUKE lost 16 points to GOLDEN 
ROSE.  Some new strategies, perhaps?  Maybe DUKE will provide more easy wins...  What 
a role model for SOLVEN's young 'uns!  THE ENEMY WITHIN becomes Duelmaster, but don't 
bother to fight no more!  I can barely restrain my enthusiam for MIDDLE WAY 15's 
outstanding member, Duelmaster MEBIAN.  Advice to fighters with a 1 will--give up 
fighting!   
     Speaking of cowardly avoiders and unfair challenges...  SOLVEN thinks THE 
REPUBLICANS and their 599-594-33 is too much!  If at first you don't succeed, give 
up...  The bums at PROTECTORS couldn't face the challenges from THE REPUBLICANS!  No 
excuse for that!  How well I know the feeling of being the most challenged warrior, 
MEBIAN!  Don't make idle boasts, they may come back to haunt you.  BLACKBURN expects 
the easy win by going 20 points down.  MEBIAN will find this a hard lesson!  
BLACKBURN's gonna be practicin' hard this week, after MEBIAN, lower ranked by far, 
mashed her!   
     Warriors of SOLVEN unite.  You have only your games to lose!  Is it my 
imagination, or are fighters getting younger every day?  To die so young, so 
gloriously!   
     Well, I'm pretty much through.  You guys need to get back practicing.  Are you 
as tired of reading this as I am of writing it?  Actually, I guess I'm writing it 
before you read it.  Oh, well.  Remember--a good fighter needs both good skills and 
good luck.  Until next time,-- Olaf Modeen  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 MEBIAN 7971                  15  27  0  91         MIDDLE WAY 15 (747)       

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-THE ENEMY WITHIN 7796        22  19  2 118         RED SECTOR A (840)        
-1001001 7878                 13  14  0  94         RED SECTOR A (840)        

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 790 8019                     13   7  0  81         PROTECTORS (695)          
 VLAD 8016                    16   6  1  70         PROTECTORS (695)          
 BLACKBURN 8006               16  13  1  69         THE REPUBLICANS (103)     

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SLOW DRIP 7982               17  13  0  64         SNOT QUITE RIGHT (93)     
 REGINALD J. PRIEST 8027       9   6  1  60         PROTECTORS (695)          
 TED CRUZ 8029                 9   6  0  59         THE REPUBLICANS (103)     

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 COMBOT 8034                   8   4  1  46         PROTECTORS (695)          
 SECRET 7911                   7  11  1  40         ARE YOU ? (768)           
 ANGER 7933                    3   0  0  36         ARE YOU ? (768)           
-S.O.S. 8026                   6   4  1  35         RED SECTOR A (840)        

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-BIG BOPPER 8075               1   1  0  26         DIRGES IN THE DARK (865)  
 EZ PICKENS 8032               4   3  0  25         SNOT QUITE RIGHT (93)     
 SLIM PICKENS 8033             3   4  0  25         SNOT QUITE RIGHT (93)     

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 PATRIOT ACT 8081              1   0  0  22         THE REPUBLICANS (103)     
 GOLDEN ROSE 8067              1   0  0  21         ARE YOU ? (768)           
-R2D3 8069                     1   1  0  16         RED SECTOR A (840)        
 MR. 5 8031                    3   4  0  15         SNOT QUITE RIGHT (93)     
 LITTLE WORLD 8066             3   2  0  13         ARE YOU ? (768)           
 NANO INFLUENCER 8060          2   2  1   9         SNOT QUITE RIGHT (93)     
 TRICKLE DOWN 8059             1   6  0   9         THE REPUBLICANS (103)     
 DUKE 8077                     2   1  0   7         PROTECTORS (695)          

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
DARK ARENA BAIT 8080    0  1 0 THE REPUBLICANS 103  KORGE, SHEWISH G      1053 NONE

                                     PERSONAL ADS

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

DARK ARENA BAIT was butchered by KORGE, SHEWISH GIANT in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
BLACKBURN was vanquished by MEBIAN in a 1 minute uneven Challenge Title battle.
COMBOT was subdued by TED CRUZ in a 3 minute Challenge fight.
TRICKLE DOWN was viciously subdued by LITTLE WORLD in a 4 minute Challenge brawl.
790 savagely defeated NOBLE ASSASSIN in a 2 minute brutal fight.
SLOW DRIP was outwaited by VLAD in a slow 15 minute expert's brawl.
REGINALD J. PRIEST devastated SECRET in a crowd pleasing 1 minute mismatched match.
ANGER handily defeated MR. 5 in a 1 minute uneven melee.
SLIM PICKENS was vanquished by AMBITIOUS GUARD in a 1 minute one-sided duel.
EZ PICKENS vanquished FRIENDLY CONSTABLE in a 1 minute one-sided duel.
NANO INFLUENCER was overpowered by PATRIOT ACT in a 1 minute uneven match.
DUKE was savagely defeated by GOLDEN ROSE in a exciting 5 minute novice's fight.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|STRIKING ATTACK                  5         PARRY-RIPOSTE     14 -   5 -  1      74  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      3         SLASHING ATTACK   18 -  10 -  1      64  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   3         BASHING ATTACK    16 -  10 -  1      62  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    2         TOTAL PARRY       17 -  11 -  0      61  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  2         LUNGING ATTACK    21 -  15 -  0      58  |
|AIMED BLOW                       1         PARRY-LUNGE        1 -   1 -  0      50  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      1         STRIKING ATTACK   14 -  15 -  1      48  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     1         AIMED BLOW         6 -   8 -  0      43  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   1         WALL OF STEEL      4 -  10 -  1      29  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    1         PARRY-STRIKE       0 -  14 -  0       0  |

Turn 1053 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     BASHING ATTACK     1 -  2         3  SLASHING ATTACK
STRIKING ATTACK    5 -  0     AIMED BLOW         0 -  1         3  TOTAL PARRY    
TOTAL PARRY        2 -  1     PARRY-LUNGE        0 -  1         2  STRIKING ATTACK
                              PARRY-STRIKE       0 -  1         1  LUNGING ATTACK 
                              LUNGING ATTACK     0 -  1         1  AIMED BLOW     
                              SLASHING ATTACK    0 -  2         1  PARRY-RIPOSTE  
                              WALL OF STEEL      0 -  1     

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
PARRY-RIPOSTE    790 8019                   13   7  0   81 PROTECTORS (695)
TOTAL PARRY      VLAD 8016                  16   6  1   70 PROTECTORS (695)
SLASHING ATTACK  BLACKBURN 8006             16  13  1   69 THE REPUBLICANS (103)
STRIKING ATTACK  REGINALD J. PRIEST 8027     9   6  1   60 PROTECTORS (695)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is MEBIAN 7971.  The most popular warrior this turn was 
GOLDEN ROSE 8067.  The ten other most popular fighters were COMBOT 8034, 790 8019, 
TED CRUZ 8029, TRICKLE DOWN 8059, REGINALD J. PRIEST 8027, MEBIAN 7971, ANGER 7933, 
PATRIOT ACT 8081, DARK ARENA BAIT 8080, and BLACKBURN 8006.

The least popular fighter this week was SLOW DRIP 7982.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were VLAD 8016, DUKE 8077, NANO INFLUENCER 8060, SLIM PICKENS 8033, MR. 5 
8031, EZ PICKENS 8032, SECRET 7911, LITTLE WORLD 8066, BLACKBURN 8006, and DARK ARENA 
BAIT 8080.