DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 03/05/2026    Duedate: 03/18/2026

ZORPUNT ARENA

DM 24    TURN 1042

This Week's Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

SLIVIN
MAGIC REALM (285)
(24-3260) [28-22-0,122]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

SLIVIN                         PURPLE
MAGIC REALM (285)              CRAYOLAS (608)
(24-3260) [28-22-0,122]        (24-5957) [1-0-1,14]

Popularity Leader              This Week's Favorite

AMY LEWIS                      SAPPHIRE-RAT
KRILL CAVALRY (403)            RAT PAK (569)
(24-5768) [13-59-0,98]         (24-5867) [11-8-1,100]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

MAGIC REALM (285)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. CRAYOLAS (608)                41 
2. JUST SOME NAMES 2 (556)       20    FAR TRAVELERS (598)
3. MAGIC REALM (285)             16    Unchartered Team
4. RAT PAK (569)                 10 
5. SILVER BLADES (160)           10    CRAYOLAS (608)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 0*CRAYOLAS (608)             4   1  1 80.0   1/ 1 MAGIC REALM (285)         5  1 0
 2/ 2 FAR TRAVELERS (598)       73  37  3 66.4   2/ 2 RAT PAK (569)             5  3 0
 3/ 1 WRATHMEN 21-85 (586)      11   6  0 64.7   3/ 0*CRAYOLAS (608)            4  1 1
 4/ 3 MAGIC REALM (285)         98  68  1 59.0   4/ 4 JUST SOME NAMES 2 (556)   3  0 0
 5/ 4 RAT PAK (569)             49  44  2 52.7   5/ 3 FAR TRAVELERS (598)       3  1 0
 6- 5 COVEY VII (487)           16  15  0 51.6   6- 5 COVEY VII (487)           2  0 0
 7/ 6 SILVER BLADES (160)      249 259 19 49.0   7/ 8 SILVER BLADES (160)       1  1 0
 8/ 7 KRILL CAVALRY (403)      1370 1580 45 46.4   8/ 6 WRATHMEN 21-85 (586)      1  1 0
 9/ 8 JUST SOME NAMES 2 (556)    6  11  0 35.3   9/ 7 KRILL CAVALRY (403)       0  6 0

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

                                      SPY REPORT

     Good day, friends and fiends, welcome to your friendly neighborhood spyreport.  
I doubt ZORPUNT will ever be the same.  On their very first turn, CRAYOLAS had a 
4-1-1, and with this kind of luck or skill, should do well.  Welcome to ZORPUNT.  And 
let's see, DELIVERANCE fought ADONIS ANG and gained 20 points and contributed to JUST 
SOME NAMES 2's 1-0-0.  ADONIS ANG has lost to DELIVERANCE, falling 9 points, while 
helping make FAR TRAVELERS a 1-1-0 turn.  Defending his title for another turn, 
SLIVIN kept RAT PAK's warrior, SAPPHIRE-RAT, from claiming the throne.  By the way, 
was that our Duelmaster that I saw last night, cramped under the table at The 
Swinging Aardvark?   
     Oriental wise man once say, 'Hiding behind shields prevents proper sun tanning.' 
Inscrutable, but true.  FLEXOR-RAT of RAT PAK had better have a good reason for 
challenging down 13 points in a challenge which he won.  I thought FLEXOR-RAT showed 
great skill and promise when he won victory over DIMWIT OVERHILL.  All right, so I 
slept through it!  Big deal!   
     A coward dies a thousand deaths, a brave man only once.  Wise men know this to 
be true.  Is it really true that ZORPUNT has more dishwashers per capita that 
fighters?  Just thought I'd ask...   
     Thought for the day, a new sword shines bright, but the notched sword sings the 
sweetest.  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                  
 SLIVIN 3260                  28  22  0 122         MAGIC REALM (285)         

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SCUM #2 3010                 31  18  0 117         MAGIC REALM (285)         
 RUBY-RAT 5754                11   8  1 102         RAT PAK (569)             
 ZACHARY 5683                 11   6  0 101         WRATHMEN 21-85 (586)      
 SAPPHIRE-RAT 5867            11   8  1 100         RAT PAK (569)             
 AMY LEWIS 5768               13  59  0  98         KRILL CAVALRY (403)       

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 FLEXOR-RAT 5737              12  12  0  90         RAT PAK (569)             

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 DIMWIT OVERHILL 5822          7  42  0  63         KRILL CAVALRY (403)       

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SATISFACTION 5735             6   7  0  46         SILVER BLADES (160)       
 DELIVERANCE 5937              3   0  0  44         JUST SOME NAMES 2 (556)   
 ADONIS ANG 5823               4   1  0  39         FAR TRAVELERS (598)       

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 MORGANITE-RAT 5944            5   2  0  20         RAT PAK (569)             
 BLADESHIFT 5949               2   0  0  17         FAR TRAVELERS (598)       
 PURPLE 5957                   1   0  1  14         CRAYOLAS (608)            
 GREEN 5958                    1   0  0  11         CRAYOLAS (608)            
 ORANGE 5956                   1   0  0   8         CRAYOLAS (608)            
 BROWN 5955                    1   0  0   7         CRAYOLAS (608)            
 GOLD 5954                     0   1  0   1         CRAYOLAS (608)            

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
MORDANT DESERTER        0  0 0                      PURPLE 5957           1042 NONE

                                     PERSONAL ADS

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

RUBY-RAT devastated AMY LEWIS in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge fight.
FLEXOR-RAT vanquished DIMWIT OVERHILL in a exciting 2 minute uneven Challenge battle.
SLIVIN unbelievably bested SAPPHIRE-RAT in a popular 5 minute mismatched Title brawl.
ZACHARY was luckily beaten by SCUM #2 in a crowd pleasing 4 minute master's match.
ADONIS ANG was luckily beaten by DELIVERANCE in a 3 minute struggle.
SATISFACTION overpowered MORGANITE-RAT in a 1 minute mismatched brawl.
BLADESHIFT defeated GOLD in a 1 minute beginner's melee.
BROWN won victory over PERSISTENT BEGGAR in a slow 6 minute beginner's duel.
ORANGE won victory over CONVICTED THIEF in a 2 minute novice's duel.
PURPLE assassinated MORDANT DESERTER in a 1 minute uneven match.
GREEN beat PERSISTENT BEGGAR in a 1 minute novice's fight.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|LUNGING ATTACK                   5         PARRY-STRIKE       3 -   0 -  0     100  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      3         PARRY-RIPOSTE      2 -   0 -  0     100  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  3         WALL OF STEEL     15 -   2 -  1      88  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  2         TOTAL PARRY       15 -   3 -  0      83  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     1         SLASHING ATTACK    5 -   4 -  0      56  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   1         PARRY-LUNGE        1 -   1 -  0      50  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    1         AIMED BLOW         2 -   2 -  0      50  |
|AIMED BLOW                       1         STRIKING ATTACK    8 -  10 -  1      44  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      1         LUNGING ATTACK    14 -  22 -  0      39  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    0         BASHING ATTACK     3 -   7 -  0      30  |

Turn 1042 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     LUNGING ATTACK     2 -  3         5  LUNGING ATTACK 
SLASHING ATTACK    2 -  0     STRIKING ATTACK    1 -  2         2  TOTAL PARRY    
BASHING ATTACK     1 -  0     AIMED BLOW         0 -  1         1  BASHING ATTACK 
TOTAL PARRY        3 -  0     PARRY-LUNGE        0 -  1         1  STRIKING ATTACK
WALL OF STEEL      1 -  0     PARRY-RIPOSTE      0 -  0         1  SLASHING ATTACK
                                                                1  WALL OF STEEL  

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
TOTAL PARRY      SLIVIN 3260                28  22  0  122 MAGIC REALM (285)
LUNGING ATTACK   RUBY-RAT 5754              11   8  1  102 RAT PAK (569)
WALL OF STEEL    DELIVERANCE 5937            3   0  0   44 JUST SOME NAMES 2 (556)
PARRY-LUNGE      ADONIS ANG 5823             4   1  0   39 FAR TRAVELERS (598)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is AMY LEWIS 5768.  The most popular warrior this turn 
was SAPPHIRE-RAT 5867.  The ten other most popular fighters were ZACHARY 5683, 
FLEXOR-RAT 5737, ADONIS ANG 5823, RUBY-RAT 5754, SCUM #2 3010, DELIVERANCE 5937, 
GREEN 5958, SLIVIN 3260, BLADESHIFT 5949, and DIMWIT OVERHILL 5822.

The least popular fighter this week was BROWN 5955.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were MORGANITE-RAT 5944, AMY LEWIS 5768, PURPLE 5957, ORANGE 5956, GOLD 
5954, SATISFACTION 5735, DIMWIT OVERHILL 5822, BLADESHIFT 5949, SLIVIN 3260, and 
GREEN 5958.

The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn:

SLIVIN (24-3260) MAGIC REALM (285)

               NEW GRADUATES--FROM ALL ARENAS (INCLUDING CLOSED ARENAS)

For those of you who keep track of such things, a few additional warriors graduated 
from regular DM arenas (including closed arenas) since the last tournament. 

                         HAWKEYE (3-6680) M*A*S*H 4077  (615) 
                   GIRLFRIED GIRLFRIEND (84-25543) 102811E  (4536) 
                  RAYMOND ZUSSMAN (84-3696) MEDAL OF HONOR J5  (719) 
                     SFC12 (84-23960) MEDAL OF HONOR 113  (4249) 
                  DIRE LAPDOG (85-16884) THIRSTY THUGS 1656  (3094) 
                        IVY MANIAC (85-20516) SBLI 32  (3757) 
                        TEDDY (86-28500) RANDOMNESS 41  (5234) 

Congrats to the grads. -- Green Eyes