DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 07/23/2026    Duedate: 08/05/2026

ZORPUNT ARENA

DM 24    TURN 1052

This Week's Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

SPLINTERMAW
TREEBEARD'S ARMY (600)
(24-5891) [13-6-0,93]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

SPLINTERMAW                    POSITION IS EMPTY
TREEBEARD'S ARMY (600)         
(24-5891) [13-6-0,93]          

Popularity Leader              This Week's Favorite

IRONBOUGH                      THORNSINGER
TREEBEARD'S ARMY (600)         TREEBEARD'S ARMY (600)
(24-5941) [10-7-0,66]          (24-5873) [8-3-0,81]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

TREEBEARD'S ARMY (600)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. TREEBEARD'S ARMY (600)        28 
2. CRAYOLAS (608)                23    CRAYOLAS (608)
3. KRILL CAVALRY (403)           1     Unchartered Team
4. MIRKWOOD (592)                -1 
                                       GUILD OF HEROES (196)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 4 CRAYOLAS (608)            34   9  1 79.1   1/ 1 TREEBEARD'S ARMY (600)   10  2 0
 2- 3*LUDUS MAGNUS (593)         7   2  0 77.8   2/ 3 CRAYOLAS (608)            5  3 0
 3/ 5 TREEBEARD'S ARMY (600)   113  60  3 65.3   3- 2 RAT PAK (569)             4  2 0
 4- 7 RAT PAK (569)             61  53  2 53.5   4- 4*LUDUS MAGNUS (593)        2  0 0
 5- 9 SILVER BLADES (160)      250 260 19 49.0   5- 7 SILVER BLADES (160)       1  1 0
 6/ 8 MIRKWOOD (592)            25  27  1 48.1   6/ 8 MIRKWOOD (592)            1  4 0
 7/ 0 KRILL CAVALRY (403)      1371 1591 45 46.3   7/ 0 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

     It's me, The Unknown Spymaster, back to give you this week's Spy Report.  Sit 
back in your seats and we'll have more fun than a barrel of Zontanis.  Hey everybody, 
watch out for THORNSINGER, who flew up 14 points in the rankings after mashing DIMWIT 
OVERHILL like a melon.  Keep your eye on this gal.  Well, if ya don't shows up at the 
laundromat, ya can'ts wash yer clothes.  SAPPHIRE-RAT did not fight this week so his 
title was forfeit.  In front of all the crowds, SPLINTERMAW took the Duelmaster's 
crown for his own.  I give the bum two weeks.  Advice to bashers--never force 
anything, just get a bigger halberd!   
     Let's dig a little deeper into what's happening in the ZORPUNT arena.  And hey, 
kiddies, those of you who didn't avoid TREEBEARD'S ARMY, please raise you hand.  Wow. 
Does ZORPUNT really have that many liars?  And you guys like to boo me?  Well, 
unsling your rasberries, cause MIRKWOOD beats feet every time TREEBEARD'S ARMY smiles 
at them.  Try farming, eh?  Well just about everybody wants a piece of IRONBOUGH, who 
was this week's most challenged warrior.  In a touching display by a 'touched' 
warrior, NIGHTWING went after IRONBOUGH, who was higher by 19 points.  Well, when the 
dust settled, NIGHTWING was beat by IRONBOUGH.   
     Remember that an arena is not always a safe place to be, but it is one of the 
most interesting, though!  Here's some advice:  warriors with little wit and will may 
encounter problems on the trail to the Isle.   
     Well, that wasn't too bad; Alarond told me that the people in ZORPUNT have no 
sense of humor.  Or maybe that they were senseless.  C'mon, Leadfoot, let's make some 
tracks.  See ya next time I'm on this circuit!-- The Unknown Spymaster  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SPLINTERMAW 5891             13   6  0  93         TREEBEARD'S ARMY (600)    

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-FLEXOR-RAT 5737              16  14  0  98         RAT PAK (569)             

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 THORNSINGER 5873              8   3  0  81         TREEBEARD'S ARMY (600)    
-GREEN 5958                    7   1  0  75         CRAYOLAS (608)            
 DIMWIT OVERHILL 5822          7  52  0  73         KRILL CAVALRY (403)       

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 IRONBOUGH 5941               10   7  0  66         TREEBEARD'S ARMY (600)    
 BROWN 5955                    8   0  0  59         CRAYOLAS (608)            

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-SATISFACTION 5735             7   7  0  55         SILVER BLADES (160)       
-MORGANITE-RAT 5944            8   5  0  45         RAT PAK (569)             
 ORANGE 5956                   8   2  0  43         CRAYOLAS (608)            
 NIGHTWING 5767                6   5  0  37         MIRKWOOD (592)            
 TAURIEL 5771                  5   4  0  34         MIRKWOOD (592)            

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 GOLD 5954                     5   5  0  32         CRAYOLAS (608)            
 OLD KNOTSCOUR 5953            4   3  0  27         TREEBEARD'S ARMY (600)    

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-ATROX 5773                    2   0  0  22         LUDUS MAGNUS (593)        
 EATLING 5765                  3   7  0  16         MIRKWOOD (592)            
-STERLING 5842                 0   2  0  16         SILVER BLADES (160)       
 SKYFALL 5972                  3   1  0  11         MIRKWOOD (592)            
 WHISPER 5971                  1   3  0   6         MIRKWOOD (592)            

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

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

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                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

THORNSINGER devastated DIMWIT OVERHILL in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge fight.
NIGHTWING was demolished by IRONBOUGH in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge melee.
SPLINTERMAW defeated M. CHARDINEE in a 2 minute Title duel.
TAURIEL was bested by ORANGE in a 2 minute contest.
BROWN overpowered AMBITIOUS GUARD in a 3 minute one-sided fight.
GOLD devastated EATLING in a 1 minute uneven brawl.
OLD KNOTSCOUR overpowered WHISPER in a 5 minute one-sided struggle.
SKYFALL bested MORDANT DESERTER in a 1 minute novice's competition.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|AIMED BLOW                       4         PARRY-LUNGE        5 -   1 -  1      83  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  3         WALL OF STEEL      4 -   2 -  0      67  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      2         PARRY-STRIKE       7 -   4 -  0      64  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     1         LUNGING ATTACK    14 -   9 -  0      61  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    1         TOTAL PARRY        9 -   7 -  0      56  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   1         AIMED BLOW        15 -  13 -  0      54  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   1         STRIKING ATTACK   21 -  20 -  1      51  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      0         PARRY-RIPOSTE      4 -   4 -  0      50  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  0         SLASHING ATTACK    6 -   7 -  0      46  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    0         BASHING ATTACK     4 -   7 -  0      36  |

Turn 1052 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-STRIKE       1 -  0     STRIKING ATTACK    1 -  2         3  STRIKING ATTACK
PARRY-RIPOSTE      1 -  0     PARRY-LUNGE        0 -  0         3  LUNGING ATTACK 
LUNGING ATTACK     1 -  0     SLASHING ATTACK    0 -  0         2  SLASHING ATTACK
AIMED BLOW         3 -  1     BASHING ATTACK     0 -  1         1  AIMED BLOW     
TOTAL PARRY        1 -  1     WALL OF STEEL      0 -  0         1  BASHING ATTACK 
                                                                1  TOTAL PARRY    

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
AIMED BLOW       SPLINTERMAW 5891           13   6  0   93 TREEBEARD'S ARMY (600)
STRIKING ATTACK  THORNSINGER 5873            8   3  0   81 TREEBEARD'S ARMY (600)
LUNGING ATTACK   IRONBOUGH 5941             10   7  0   66 TREEBEARD'S ARMY (600)
TOTAL PARRY      BROWN 5955                  8   0  0   59 CRAYOLAS (608)
PARRY-STRIKE     ORANGE 5956                 8   2  0   43 CRAYOLAS (608)
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 THORNSINGER 5873.  The ten other most popular fighters were SPLINTERMAW 5891, 
TAURIEL 5771, ORANGE 5956, IRONBOUGH 5941, GOLD 5954, OLD KNOTSCOUR 5953, SKYFALL 
5972, DIMWIT OVERHILL 5822, NIGHTWING 5767, and BROWN 5955.

The least popular fighter this week was WHISPER 5971.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were EATLING 5765, BROWN 5955, NIGHTWING 5767, DIMWIT OVERHILL 5822, SKYFALL 
5972, OLD KNOTSCOUR 5953, GOLD 5954, IRONBOUGH 5941, ORANGE 5956, and TAURIEL 5771.

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

SAPPHIRE-RAT (24-5867) RAT PAK (569)