DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER Date : 07/10/2025 Duedate: 07/23/2025 ZORPUNT ARENA DM 24 TURN 1025 This Week's Top Honors THE DUELMASTER IS SKYLA NULL FAR TRAVELERS (598) (24-5840) [15-6-1,113] Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader POSITION IS EMPTY CRAZY HORSE EQUINE ROCKS (559) (24-5432) [2-1-1,25] Popularity Leader This Week's Favorite HUMPTY JOE KALAZANA KRILL CAVALRY (403) FAR TRAVELERS (598) (24-5780) [21-30-0,97] (24-5824) [18-11-1,113] THE CURRENT TOP TEAM FAR TRAVELERS (598) TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team 1. FAR TRAVELERS (598) 36 2. JUST SOME NAMES 2 (556) 21 TREEBEARD'S ARMY (600) 3. KRILL CAVALRY (403) 9 Unchartered Team 4. EQUINE ROCKS (559) 6 5. RAT PAK (569) 5 EQUINE ROCKS (559) The Top Teams Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K 1- 1 JOYLESS DAYS (599) 13 3 0 81.3 1/ 2 FAR TRAVELERS (598) 7 2 0 2/ 3*EQUINE ROCKS (559) 3 1 1 75.0 2/ 1 TREEBEARD'S ARMY (600) 7 4 0 3/ 2 TREEBEARD'S ARMY (600) 68 33 3 67.3 3/ 3 RAT PAK (569) 5 3 0 4/ 4 FAR TRAVELERS (598) 60 32 3 65.2 4/ 7*EQUINE ROCKS (559) 1 0 0 5/ 5 RAT PAK (569) 27 22 2 55.1 5- 5 COVEY VII (487) 1 1 0 6/ 6 KRILL CAVALRY (403) 1367 1547 45 46.9 6/ 6 KRILL CAVALRY (403) 1 8 0 7- 7 COVEY VII (487) 9 14 0 39.1 7/ 0 JUST SOME NAMES 2 (556) 0 3 0 8/ 0 JUST SOME NAMES 2 (556) 3 10 0 23.1 8- 4 JOYLESS DAYS (599) 0 1 0 '*' Unchartered team '-' Team did not fight this turn (###) Avoid teams by their Team Id ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank DUELMASTER'S COLUMN Notes from the arena champ. Harumph! Birchbite here. When Treebeard called his army to action, a lot of big Ents answered the call, but none bigger than me! Foom! The Commission tells me that I am as big as they allow in the arenas. It certainly helps me to hit hard. Whomp! The issue, sometimes, is hitting at all, since it took 21 fights to achieve Expert in Attack. But, nowhere to go but up from there, right? Time will tell how long I remain atop the rankings. I am sure some of you are itching to chop me down. Let's go! Until next turn, may the gods guide your blows straight and true! -- Birchbite, your Duelmaster, and Tallest Tree in our Gladiatorial Forest SPY REPORT Busy, busy, busy, lots of things happening in ZORPUNT this turn, and let's start with a look at some of the teams. It seems the training can make the difference, as TREEBEARD'S ARMY is pushed out of top team by FAR TRAVELERS, who came from 2nd with a 3-0-0 this turn. Now keep the taverns open late tonight, for there are sorrows to drown for JOYLESS DAYS, whose 0-0-0 this turn dropped them by 4 into 8th. EQUINE ROCKS stable has parlayed this turn's 1-0-0 into a 3 space move up the rankings. This brings them up to 4th place. Good work, guys! The FAR TRAVELERS guild has had a 3-0-0 turn and deserves to be watched in the future. You never know where this kind of thing can lead. And let's see, BASHBRO-RAT fought THE USEROUS MERCHANT and gained 10 points and contributed to RAT PAK's 2-2-0. SAPPHIRE-RAT has lost to DANGEROUS CRIMINAL, falling 9 points, while helping make RAT PAK a 2-2-0 turn. We should ask SKYLA NULL about the thrill of victory, and what being the new Duelmaster does for a warrior, she's now the one to ask. Tell me, is nothing sacred? I have heard from unimpeachable sources that The Dripping Blade uses trolls in their stew. Talk about gristle! The crowd's roar, the smell of iron and leather, mixed with sweat, what more could a warrior ask of life? Well, besides that. The Dark Arena is for those who cannot win, not who cannot lose with grace. Dignity in life or death is the warrior's creed. A brave warrior does not carry a red shield, he has nothing to cover or hide when the fight is over. Consider well. I like this place, ZORPUNT, the taverns have old wine, and young serving girls. Who could ask for more? Always good to rest in ZORPUNT, but never good to wear out my welcome. Look for me in future turns. Until the sun next rises and my pen sets to paper-- Alarond the Scribe DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME SKYLA NULL 5840 15 6 1 113 FAR TRAVELERS (598) CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME KALAZANA 5824 18 11 1 113 FAR TRAVELERS (598) HUMPTY JOE 5780 21 30 0 97 KRILL CAVALRY (403) -TRAGIC DRAMATIST 5816 9 2 0 95 JOYLESS DAYS (599) -MANBEARPIG 4753 9 4 0 95 COVEY VII (487) CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME BIRCHBITE 5828 16 6 0 88 TREEBEARD'S ARMY (600) ULLNAX 5833 12 7 1 84 FAR TRAVELERS (598) AMY LEWIS 5768 12 43 0 79 KRILL CAVALRY (403) CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME WINTERYEW 5826 13 9 0 60 TREEBEARD'S ARMY (600) ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME RUBY-RAT 5754 5 2 1 55 RAT PAK (569) BASHBRO-RAT 5845 4 3 0 47 RAT PAK (569) FLEXOR-RAT 5737 7 5 0 44 RAT PAK (569) DIMWIT OVERHILL 5822 5 27 0 42 KRILL CAVALRY (403) ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME SAPPHIRE-RAT 5867 5 2 1 38 RAT PAK (569) CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME CRAZY HORSE 5432 2 1 1 25 EQUINE ROCKS (559) INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME SPLINTERMAW 5891 1 1 0 11 TREEBEARD'S ARMY (600) '-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn. THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge? A 5413 0 1 0 JUST SOME NAMES 556 SPYMASTER 1025 NONE B 5417 0 1 0 JUST SOME NAMES 556 BANDIT PRINCE 1025 NONE RABIDE RABBIT RA 5416 0 1 0 JUST SOME NAMES 556 SPYMASTER 1025 NONE DARK TREE 5893 0 1 0 TREEBEARD'S ARMY 600 SPYMASTER 1025 NONE PERSONAL ADS LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS RABIDE RABBIT RABBI was butchered by SPYMASTER in a 1 minute bloody Dark Arena fight. DARK TREE was slaughtered by SPYMASTER in a 1 minute gruesome Dark Arena battle. A was murdered by SPYMASTER in a 1 minute gruesome Dark Arena fight. B was butchered by BANDIT PRINCE in a 2 minute gory Dark Arena contest. BIRCHBITE was overpowered by SKYLA NULL in a 1 minute mismatched Title match. KALAZANA devastated AMY LEWIS in a crowd pleasing 4 minute brutal one-sided duel. ULLNAX devastated RUBY-RAT in a 1 minute one-sided competition. HUMPTY JOE handily defeated WINTERYEW in a 2 minute uneven melee. BASHBRO-RAT won victory over THE USEROUS MERCHANT in a 2 minute gory duel. SAPPHIRE-RAT was vanquished by DANGEROUS CRIMINAL in a 1 minute one-sided duel. FLEXOR-RAT savagely defeated DIMWIT OVERHILL in a 2 minute gruesome match. CRAZY HORSE beat SPLINTERMAW in a 2 minute fight. BATTLE REPORT MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS |FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT| |LUNGING ATTACK 7 WALL OF STEEL 5 - 1 - 0 83 | |BASHING ATTACK 4 PARRY-RIPOSTE 8 - 2 - 1 80 | |AIMED BLOW 2 PARRY-STRIKE 3 - 1 - 0 75 | |SLASHING ATTACK 2 PARRY-LUNGE 3 - 1 - 0 75 | |PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 TOTAL PARRY 2 - 1 - 0 67 | |PARRY-STRIKE 1 SLASHING ATTACK 16 - 10 - 0 62 | |STRIKING ATTACK 1 AIMED BLOW 7 - 6 - 1 54 | |PARRY-LUNGE 0 LUNGING ATTACK 27 - 28 - 2 49 | |TOTAL PARRY 0 BASHING ATTACK 9 - 12 - 0 43 | |WALL OF STEEL 0 STRIKING ATTACK 2 - 12 - 0 14 | Turn 1025 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 LUNGING ATTACK 3 - 4 4 LUNGING ATTACK AIMED BLOW 1 - 1 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 2 SLASHING ATTACK BASHING ATTACK 2 - 2 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 1 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE SLASHING ATTACK 0 - 2 1 PARRY-STRIKE STRIKING ATTACK 0 - 1 1 PARRY-LUNGE TOTAL PARRY 0 - 0 1 WALL OF STEEL WALL OF STEEL 0 - 0 1 BASHING ATTACK TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME LUNGING ATTACK SKYLA NULL 5840 15 6 1 113 FAR TRAVELERS (598) PARRY-RIPOSTE KALAZANA 5824 18 11 1 113 FAR TRAVELERS (598) SLASHING ATTACK BIRCHBITE 5828 16 6 0 88 TREEBEARD'S ARMY (600) BASHING ATTACK ULLNAX 5833 12 7 1 84 FAR TRAVELERS (598) Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above. The overall popularity leader is HUMPTY JOE 5780. The most popular warrior this turn was KALAZANA 5824. The ten other most popular fighters were FLEXOR-RAT 5737, AMY LEWIS 5768, BASHBRO-RAT 5845, CRAZY HORSE 5432, SKYLA NULL 5840, HUMPTY JOE 5780, ULLNAX 5833, SPLINTERMAW 5891, A 5413, and WINTERYEW 5826. The least popular fighter this week was SAPPHIRE-RAT 5867. The other ten least popular fighters were RUBY-RAT 5754, BIRCHBITE 5828, B 5417, DARK TREE 5893, RABIDE RABBIT RABBI 5416, DIMWIT OVERHILL 5822, WINTERYEW 5826, A 5413, SPLINTERMAW 5891, and ULLNAX 5833. The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn: SKYLA NULL (24-5840) FAR TRAVELERS (598)