DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 05/14/2026    Duedate: 05/27/2026

ZORPUNT ARENA

DM 24    TURN 1047

This Week's Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

ADONIS ANG
FAR TRAVELERS (598)
(24-5823) [9-1-1,121]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

ADONIS ANG                     PURPLE
FAR TRAVELERS (598)            CRAYOLAS (608)
(24-5823) [9-1-1,121]          (24-5957) [6-0-1,79]

Popularity Leader              This Week's Favorite

IRONBOUGH                      GAYNOR
TREEBEARD'S ARMY (600)         FAR TRAVELERS (598)
(24-5941) [7-5-0,37]           (24-5945) [1-1-0,30]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

CRAYOLAS (608)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. FAR TRAVELERS (598)           23 
2. CRAYOLAS (608)                22    WRATHMEN 21-85 (586)
3. WRATHMEN 21-85 (586)          14    Unchartered Team
4. BOURBON HUNTERS (609)         4  
5. TREEBEARD'S ARMY (600)        3     BOURBON HUNTERS (609)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 1*BOURBON HUNTERS (609)      3   0  1 100.   1/ 1*CRAYOLAS (608)           13  2 0
 2/ 2*CRAYOLAS (608)            25   5  1 83.3   2/ 3 FAR TRAVELERS (598)       4  4 1
 3/ 4 WRATHMEN 21-85 (586)      15   7  0 68.2   3/ 2 TREEBEARD'S ARMY (600)    4  6 0
 4/ 3 TREEBEARD'S ARMY (600)   101  52  3 66.0   4- 5*MIRKWOOD (592)            3  7 0
 5/ 5 FAR TRAVELERS (598)       79  43  4 64.8   5/ 7*BOURBON HUNTERS (609)     2  0 1
 6- 7*MIRKWOOD (592)            20  17  1 54.1   6/ 6 WRATHMEN 21-85 (586)      2  1 0
 7- 8 RAT PAK (569)             52  49  2 51.5   7/ 8 JUST SOME NAMES 2 (556)   1  1 0
 8/ 9 KRILL CAVALRY (403)      1371 1586 45 46.4   8- 4 RAT PAK (569)             0  4 0
 9/10 JUST SOME NAMES 2 (556)    8  12  0 40.0   9/ 9 KRILL CAVALRY (403)       0  3 0

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

                                      SPY REPORT

     You elder fighters surely remember me.  The younger ones may call me Olaf 
Modeen.  I return to ZORPUNT once again!  Hmmmph!  I always thought RAT PAK was an 
over-rated team and they proved it with a 0-0-0!  What's with GAYNOR?  She actually 
beat CRAYOLAS' ORANGE, and walked away with 17 more points from the fight.  Laughs 
were big at FAR TRAVELERS while they watched GAYNOR clobber ORANGE.  It lost 4 points 
and got bruised from objects thrown from the stands.  SPLINTERMAW was reminded on the 
sands why ZACHARY is Duelmaster.  Wouldn't it be nice to have live subjects to 
practice on?  I hear some team is looking into the uses of convicted prisoners.   
     Speaking of cowardly avoiders and unfair challenges...  The most avoided team 
was MIRKWOOD.  The bums at CRAYOLAS couldn't face the challenges from MIRKWOOD!  No 
excuse for that!  How well I know the feeling of being the most challenged warrior, 
DIMWIT OVERHILL!  Don't make idle boasts, they may come back to haunt you.  
THORNSINGER expects the easy win by going 19 points down.  GREEN will find this a 
hard lesson!  THORNSINGER overcame GREEN.  I bet THORNSINGER could beat 
two-year-olds, too.  Well, CRAYOLAS knows who to set their sights on.  I hate going 
to the effort of writing about the kind of fights that BROWN gets in.  It fights 
people like IRONBOUGH, 8 points below.  I thought BROWN showed great skill and 
promise when it defeated IRONBOUGH.  All right, so I slept through it!  Big deal!   
     Warriors of ZORPUNT unite.  You have only your games to lose!  Many a warrior 
has met his fate in a hungover stupor.  You young rapscallions, take note!   
     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.  I don't want to overstay my welcome...-- Olaf Modeen  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 ADONIS ANG 5823               9   1  1 121         FAR TRAVELERS (598)       

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SPLINTERMAW 5891             10   4  0  92         TREEBEARD'S ARMY (600)    
-FLEXOR-RAT 5737              13  13  0  91         RAT PAK (569)             
-SAPPHIRE-RAT 5867            11  10  1  91         RAT PAK (569)             

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 PURPLE 5957                   6   0  1  79         CRAYOLAS (608)            
 THORNSINGER 5873              5   1  0  75         TREEBEARD'S ARMY (600)    
 DELIVERANCE 5937              5   1  0  72         JUST SOME NAMES 2 (556)   
 DIMWIT OVERHILL 5822          7  47  0  68         KRILL CAVALRY (403)       

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 BROWN 5955                    6   0  0  50         CRAYOLAS (608)            
-NIGHTWING 5767                5   3  0  50         MIRKWOOD (592)            
 GREEN 5958                    5   1  0  43         CRAYOLAS (608)            
 GOLD 5954                     3   3  0  42         CRAYOLAS (608)            
 JIMMY RUSSELL 5962            3   0  1  41         BOURBON HUNTERS (609)     
 IRONBOUGH 5941                7   5  0  37         TREEBEARD'S ARMY (600)    

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-TAURIEL 5771                  4   2  0  33         MIRKWOOD (592)            
 GAYNOR 5945                   1   1  0  30         FAR TRAVELERS (598)       

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-MORGANITE-RAT 5944            6   3  0  21         RAT PAK (569)             
 ORANGE 5956                   5   1  0  20         CRAYOLAS (608)            
-EATLING 5765                  3   4  0  13         MIRKWOOD (592)            
-SKYFALL 5972                  1   0  0   5         MIRKWOOD (592)            
 OLD KNOTSCOUR 5953            1   1  0   4         TREEBEARD'S ARMY (600)    
-WHISPER 5971                  0   1  0   1         MIRKWOOD (592)            

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
RUBY-RAT 5754          12  9 1 RAT PAK 569          ADONIS ANG 5823       1046  
DARK ENT 1 5973         0  1 0 TREEBEARD'S ARMY 600 BANDIT PRINCE         1047 NONE
FIR FIGHTER 5950        2  2 0 TREEBEARD'S ARMY 600 JIMMY RUSSELL 5962    1046  

                                     PERSONAL ADS

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

DARK ENT 1 was butchered by BANDIT PRINCE in a 1 minute bloody Dark Arena fight.
OLD KNOTSCOUR was vanquished by JIMMY RUSSELL in a 1 minute uneven Bloodfeud battle.
THORNSINGER overpowered GREEN in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge duel.
PURPLE devastated DIMWIT OVERHILL in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge fight.
BROWN subdued IRONBOUGH in a 2 minute Challenge competition.
ZACHARY devastated SPLINTERMAW in a 1 minute one-sided duel.
ADONIS ANG devastated DELIVERANCE in a 1 minute mismatched Title match.
ORANGE was viciously subdued by GAYNOR in a action packed 3 minute gruesome fight.
GOLD vanquished FRATSFA SLAVE in a 1 minute uneven duel.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|STRIKING ATTACK                  4         PARRY-STRIKE       7 -   1 -  0      88  |
|AIMED BLOW                       3         PARRY-LUNGE        6 -   1 -  1      86  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   2         WALL OF STEEL     10 -   3 -  1      77  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  2         TOTAL PARRY       15 -   5 -  0      75  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      1         STRIKING ATTACK   17 -  12 -  2      59  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      1         SLASHING ATTACK    7 -   7 -  0      50  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     1         AIMED BLOW         6 -   7 -  0      46  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    1         LUNGING ATTACK    12 -  18 -  0      40  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    1         PARRY-RIPOSTE      1 -   2 -  0      33  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   0         BASHING ATTACK     2 -   6 -  0      25  |

Turn 1047 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-LUNGE        1 -  0     PARRY-STRIKE       0 -  1         3  STRIKING ATTACK
TOTAL PARRY        1 -  0     PARRY-RIPOSTE      0 -  1         2  AIMED BLOW     
STRIKING ATTACK    3 -  1     SLASHING ATTACK    0 -  2         1  PARRY-LUNGE    
AIMED BLOW         2 -  1     BASHING ATTACK     0 -  0         1  BASHING ATTACK 
LUNGING ATTACK     1 -  1     WALL OF STEEL      0 -  1         1  LUNGING ATTACK 
                                                                1  WALL OF STEEL  
                                                                1  TOTAL PARRY    
                                                                1  SLASHING ATTACK

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
PARRY-LUNGE      ADONIS ANG 5823             9   1  1  121 FAR TRAVELERS (598)
AIMED BLOW       SPLINTERMAW 5891           10   4  0   92 TREEBEARD'S ARMY (600)
STRIKING ATTACK  PURPLE 5957                 6   0  1   79 CRAYOLAS (608)
WALL OF STEEL    DELIVERANCE 5937            5   1  0   72 JUST SOME NAMES 2 (556)
TOTAL PARRY      BROWN 5955                  6   0  0   50 CRAYOLAS (608)
SLASHING ATTACK  GREEN 5958                  5   1  0   43 CRAYOLAS (608)
LUNGING ATTACK   IRONBOUGH 5941              7   5  0   37 TREEBEARD'S ARMY (600)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is IRONBOUGH 5941.  The most popular warrior this turn 
was GAYNOR 5945.  The ten other most popular fighters were IRONBOUGH 5941, JIMMY 
RUSSELL 5962, THORNSINGER 5873, GOLD 5954, PURPLE 5957, BROWN 5955, ADONIS ANG 5823, 
DARK ENT 1 5973, OLD KNOTSCOUR 5953, and GREEN 5958.

The least popular fighter this week was ORANGE 5956.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were DELIVERANCE 5937, SPLINTERMAW 5891, DIMWIT OVERHILL 5822, GREEN 5958, 
OLD KNOTSCOUR 5953, DARK ENT 1 5973, ADONIS ANG 5823, BROWN 5955, PURPLE 5957, and 
GOLD 5954.

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

ZACHARY (24-5683) WRATHMEN 21-85 (586)