DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER
Date : 06/10/2026 Duedate: 06/23/2026
LAPUR ARENA
DM 29 TURN 1048
This Week's Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
ERRATIC EDUCATOR
ARMY OF DARKNESS (283)
(29-6826) [18-19-1,116]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
ERRATIC EDUCATOR LECHBUG
ARMY OF DARKNESS (283) WOODVALE FALLS (570)
(29-6826) [18-19-1,116] (29-6993) [3-1-0,43]
Popularity Leader This Week's Favorite
HOUN DOG GRAKUS
CARDOW HUNTERS (359) MID EARTH (223)
(29-6872) [15-13-1,91] (29-6920) [13-9-0,80]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
POKE' MON (568)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. POKE' MON (568) 39
2. LIBATIONS 6 (573) 38 AVOID ME! (535)
3. AVOID ME! (535) 27 Unchartered Team
4. WOODVALE FALLS (570) 23
5. NEON VELVET (557) 23 LIBATIONS 6 (573)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1/ 1*LIBATIONS 6 (573) 7 2 0 77.8 1/ 1 POKE' MON (568) 12 3 0
2/ 2 AVOID ME! (535) 229 136 7 62.7 2/ 3 NEON VELVET (557) 9 1 0
3/ 0 WRATHMEN 20-12 (532) 15 9 0 62.5 3/ 6*LIBATIONS 6 (573) 7 2 0
4/ 3 BUFFALO TRACE '25 (567) 18 13 1 58.1 4/ 2 MID EARTH (223) 7 8 1
5/ 5 POKE' MON (568) 38 30 0 55.9 5/ 4 ARMY OF DARKNESS (283) 5 5 0
6/ 4 ALMOST EXACTLY (20) 870 690 50 55.8 6/ 9 AVOID ME! (535) 4 3 0
7/ 6 MID EARTH (223) 1099 902 52 54.9 7/10*OF WOLF & MAN (569) 3 2 0
8/ 7 NEON VELVET (557) 81 67 4 54.7 8/ 5 ALMOST EXACTLY (20) 3 4 0
9- 8 WAR PARTY (474) 133 120 8 52.6 9/13 CARDOW HUNTERS (359) 2 1 0
10/ 9 BLACK KELTS (233) 331 332 12 49.9 10- 7 BLUE HERRINGS (566) 2 1 0
11/10 ARMY OF DARKNESS (283) 211 232 6 47.6 11/ 8 BUFFALO TRACE '25 (567) 2 2 0
12/13*OF WOLF & MAN (569) 4 5 0 44.4 12/11*WOODVALE FALLS (570) 2 13 0
13/11 CARDOW HUNTERS (359) 1142 1470 26 43.7 13/ 0 WRATHMEN 20-12 (532) 1 0 0
14-12 BLUE HERRINGS (566) 52 79 3 39.7 14/14 BLACK KELTS (233) 1 8 0
15/15*WOODVALE FALLS (570) 3 17 0 15.0 15-12 WAR PARTY (474) 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.
Walking back to the locker rooms, EE set his weapon on the rack and ran a hand through
his already receding hair. Stone Hinge. That made them 1 and 1. A nice balancing act.
His mind wandered as he removed his battle gear and cleaned it off.
A throat cleared behind him. Turning around, he grinned.
"I thought they got all the riff-raff out of here," he asked as he grabbed a towel to
wrap around his waist.
"And I thought I told you there wasn't anything... significant enough... to cover up,"
she said with a mischievous tone.
He lunged forward with his arms out to give a hug and she darted back.
"Don't you dare! You need a bath before you get to hug me," her hands took up a
defensive posture and her feet were set in a solid position for his typical
approaches.
He laughed, "I guess I'm defeated before I even begin."
Turning back to his locker, he asked, "I thought you'd already be at the Isle."
"Soon. Boss is still evaluating things. Figured I'd deliver the big news..."
Working on the costume and focused on unwrapping a tangle, EE barely acknowledged the
comment with a response, "Really?"
He felt a slap on the back of his head. Reflexively he attempted to grab the offending
hand, but missed (like usual, if he was being honest).
"Damn-it! I know you feel entitled to smack me around now that you're a Lord
Protector, but... What?"
Her grin had a look of... what? Pride?
"Well, it isn't often I get to smack around a Duelmaster."
"Huh," he brilliantly riposted.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah. And you wonder why I never attended your classes. Absolutely
brilliant, as usual. You're the Duelmaster. You and Stone Hinge were the highest
ranked warriors fighting today."
EE stood there dumbfounded. And then his towel dropped.
* * * * * * * *
A few hours later, in significantly more clothing, EE stood in the Duelmasters Throne
Room and shook his head. How in the world, did this happen? Did this actually mean
there was a chance he might one day stand on the Isle of the Eye? Could the long shot
pay off?
-- The First day of Duelmaster Erratic Educator's reign in Lapur
SPY REPORT
Greetings fight fans! No invitee to honor this week and no obvious idea for an
opening, so here is another edition of This Day in Lapurian Arena History. Thirty four
years ago, yes 1992 or turn 163, there were 32 teams in the ranks and 59 matches. The
newsletter is from the heyday and is 20+ pages, with multiple spotlights and even a
spotlight Duelmaster column and multiple pages of personal ads. The Current Top Team
was PUT UP YOUR DUKES. RUSTY of PUT UP YOUR DUKES held the title. The Most Popular
warrior was PANTHERCLAW of ALLEY CATS and MINGLEWOOD was the Team on the Move after
gaining 55 points. All in all, it's a fun nostalgic read and can be found at the
Lapurian Arena Archives. Okay enough of the old and onto the new arena news.
The Wrathmen 20-12 reappeared out of the post tourney fog, welcome back and that gives
us 15 teams in the ranks. The Top Team this week is once again Poke' and his MONsters,
who managed a 3-2-0. Moving up from 3rd to 2nd is Neon and his Velvet warriors, who
finally got a loss, but still managed a 2-1-0. Rounding out the top 3 is newcomer
LIBATION 6, who had a 3-1-0 result. The Most Avoided is of course the Bloke and his
AVOID ME! crew, who were avoided 7 times. A handful of other teams got 3 avoids for
2nd best. The Team on the Move is POKE' MON, who gained 39 points, one more point than
the thirsty newcomers.
From those teams we have 21 fights this week and that means two fights at night, six
challenges and the remaining 13 are randoms. Let's get down to it. The fight for the
throne was between reigning champ ERRATIC EDUCATOR of ARMY OF DARKNESS fighting
underachiever STONE HINGE of BLACK KELTS. Well is wasn't much of a fight with Master
Beru's bizarre warrior overpowering Purple Sage's ancient warrior in a 1 minute match.
All Hail the 2-time Duelmaster.
Only 2 deaths this week, both warriors being recycled for hopeful better replacements
I am sure. We salute your sacrifice.
Challenge fights...
JAGERBOMB of LIBATIONS 6 TV challenged POPPY POPPINS of BLACK KELTS, with the
Barkeep's energetic warrior slimly claiming victory over Purple Sage's nanny warrior
in a popular 3 minute match.
UPCHUCK of AVOID ME! challenged GRAKUS of MID EARTH, with the Bloke's retching warrior
unbelievably besting Visionist's mysterious warrior in a popular 3 minute master's
brawl.
FROSLASS of POKE' MON challenged SUE CHEF of ARMY OF DARKNESS, with Poke's fairy
warrior narrowly defeating Master Beru's gourmet warrior in a 3 minute bloody
competition.
LECHBUG of WOODVALE FALLS challenged MAEVE MANIAC of BLACK KELTS, with G's parasitic
warrior claiming victory over Purple Sage's Irish warrior in a 3 minute fight.
PROUDBERRY of WOODVALE FALLS challenged 1.75L of BUFFALO TRACE '25, with G's unruly
warrior being viciously subdued by Bison's factional warrior in a 1 minute
competition.
PILSNER of LIBATIONS 6 challenged LOPUNNY of POKE' MON, with the Barkeep's Bohemian
warrior viciously subduing coney warrior in a 3 minute duel.
My Fight of the Week goes to APOSTATE POSTMAN of ARMY OF DARKNESS, who fought HOUN DOG
of CARDOW HUNTERS, with Master Beru's traitorous warrior being viciously subdued by
Jorja's canine warrior in a 3 minute master's conflict. Well fought to you both!
Other arena notes...
This week's favorite is GRAKUS, who was made famous by UPCHUCK.
The most popular style was Bashing once more, the most successful was Parry Riposte,
and the least successful was Parry Lunge.
We have another invitee. Congrats to Purple Sage's extreme veteran STONE HINGE. We
honor him/her/it next time. That brings my report on another week of bouts on the sand
to a close. 'Til next time.
-- Eoghan McGrimm
DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
ERRATIC EDUCATOR 6826 18 19 1 116 ARMY OF DARKNESS (283)
CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-BRINE SUSPECT 6903 17 14 1 128 BLUE HERRINGS (566)
-PRETTY ALRIGHT 6905 14 17 1 117 BLUE HERRINGS (566)
SKUNK 6675 27 21 1 109 AVOID ME! (535)
STONE HINGE 3455 18 43 1 98 BLACK KELTS (233)
BATTERSCOTCH 6851 14 6 0 93 NEON VELVET (557)
SNORLAX 6941 11 3 0 92 POKE' MON (568)
HOUN DOG 6872 15 13 1 91 CARDOW HUNTERS (359)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
UPCHUCK 6721 22 15 0 89 AVOID ME! (535)
GRAKUS 6920 13 9 0 80 MID EARTH (223)
APOSTATE POSTMAN 6847 15 18 0 72 ARMY OF DARKNESS (283)
WINDLESS WHISPER 6956 7 4 0 71 ALMOST EXACTLY (20)
END OF BIDET 6849 11 5 1 70 ALMOST EXACTLY (20)
FROSLASS 6963 10 1 0 68 POKE' MON (568)
CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
SUE CHEF 6848 14 19 0 61 ARMY OF DARKNESS (283)
POX 6950 8 4 0 60 AVOID ME! (535)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-LITTLE FISHY 6902 3 28 0 55 BLUE HERRINGS (566)
PYRRAVYN 6432 6 5 0 53 WRATHMEN 20-12 (532)
ELHAD 6965 7 7 1 51 MID EARTH (223)
DAVIEL 6982 7 2 1 49 MID EARTH (223)
-WINDINHISHAIR 6860 4 4 0 49 WAR PARTY (474)
BRIAR 6940 7 7 0 45 POKE' MON (568)
LECHBUG 6993 3 1 0 43 WOODVALE FALLS (570)
MAEVE MANIAC 6916 10 11 0 41 BLACK KELTS (233)
-50ML 6913 4 2 0 41 BUFFALO TRACE '25 (567)
JAGERBOMB 7009 2 0 0 37 LIBATIONS 6 (573)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
POPPY POPPINS 6933 7 11 1 33 BLACK KELTS (233)
IMGUR 6986 5 2 1 32 MID EARTH (223)
PILSNER 7010 2 0 0 30 LIBATIONS 6 (573)
SALAZZLE 6974 4 5 0 29 POKE' MON (568)
MARIUS SOL 6970 3 2 0 29 OF WOLF & MAN (569)
STOMPER ROOM 6954 5 6 0 28 ALMOST EXACTLY (20)
1.75L 6914 7 5 0 26 BUFFALO TRACE '25 (567)
RED VELVET 6927 3 0 0 26 NEON VELVET (557)
LOPUNNY 6976 5 3 0 24 POKE' MON (568)
CHRONOMANCER 6932 2 1 0 24 NEON VELVET (557)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
MATCHA 7007 2 0 0 20 LIBATIONS 6 (573)
-BRUTUS FALX 6968 1 3 0 18 OF WOLF & MAN (569)
-NECROPANTHER 6962 1 0 0 12 NEON VELVET (557)
KIDNAP 6984 1 0 0 7 AVOID ME! (535)
-CLOT 7004 1 1 0 4 AVOID ME! (535)
PROUDBERRY 6990 0 4 0 4 WOODVALE FALLS (570)
LEAFBINGER 6989 0 4 0 4 WOODVALE FALLS (570)
STALKER GREMLIN 6991 0 4 0 4 WOODVALE FALLS (570)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
CAVE OGRE RAGER 6992 0 4 0 4 WOODVALE FALLS (570)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
SLIME 4 7008 1 1 0 LIBATIONS 6 573 WYVERN 1048 NONE
XUGXUG 7011 0 2 0 MID EARTH 223 RIVER MONSTER 1048 NONE
PERSONAL ADS
Baseless, blockhead, bottom-fed, broken bloopers, AVOID Me! Safety should be your
motto. -- the Bloke
Marius Sol -- Whew you had me worried I was going to blow it. -- Daviel
Matche -- Me tarred. -- Xugxug
Low-punny, indeed. -- Proudberry, "Fighter of the Wee" of Woodvale Falls
Red Velvet -- Heh. I watched as you beat up your own self. Heh. -- Stalker Gremlin, of
Woodvale Falls
Brutus Falx -- You too?! -- Cave Ogre Rager, of Woodvale Falls
Salazzle -- I've wrestled whole banquet trees easier than you! -- Leafbringer
Poppy Poppins -- I could lie down in your...uh...field forever! -- Lechbug, of
Woodvale Falls
Libations 6 -- A toast! To your auspicious start! Welcome to rollup! Haha -- G and
Woodvale Falls
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
XUGXUG was butchered by RIVER MONSTER in a 2 minute bloody Dark Arena fight.
SLIME 4 was slaughtered by WYVERN in a 1 minute Dark Arena battle.
JAGERBOMB slimly won victory over POPPY POPPINS in a popular 3 minute Challenge match.
UPCHUCK unbelievably bested GRAKUS in a popular 3 minute master's Challenge brawl.
FROSLASS narrowly defeated SUE CHEF in a 3 minute bloody Challenge competition.
LECHBUG won victory over MAEVE MANIAC in a 3 minute Challenge fight.
PROUDBERRY was viciously subdued by 1.75L in a 1 minute Challenge competition.
PILSNER viciously subdued LOPUNNY in a 3 minute Challenge duel.
ERRATIC EDUCATOR overpowered STONE HINGE in a 1 minute uneven Title match.
SKUNK was outlasted by SNORLAX in a tiresome 17 minute one-sided fight.
APOSTATE POSTMAN was viciously subdued by HOUN DOG in a 3 minute master's conflict.
END OF BIDET was devastated by BATTERSCOTCH in a 1 minute mismatched bout.
WINDLESS WHISPER overpowered ELHAD in a 1 minute one-sided duel.
PYRRAVYN bested SALAZZLE in a 2 minute duel.
IMGUR was handily defeated by POX in a 1 minute mismatched bout.
DAVIEL devastated STOMPER ROOM in a exciting 1 minute one-sided brawl.
BRIAR demolished CHRONOMANCER in a 1 minute one-sided bout.
MARIUS SOL overpowered LEAFBINGER in a 1 minute mismatched fight.
RED VELVET devastated CAVE OGRE RAGER in a 1 minute one-sided contest.
STALKER GREMLIN was defeated by KIDNAP in a 1 minute novice's duel.
MATCHA beat EMBEZZLING SCRIBE in a 2 minute beginner's fray.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|BASHING ATTACK 6 WALL OF STEEL 10 - 4 - 0 71 |
|AIMED BLOW 5 LUNGING ATTACK 19 - 11 - 1 63 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 4 TOTAL PARRY 23 - 15 - 0 61 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 4 PARRY-RIPOSTE 6 - 4 - 0 60 |
|LUNGING ATTACK 4 STRIKING ATTACK 19 - 14 - 1 58 |
|TOTAL PARRY 4 SLASHING ATTACK 21 - 19 - 1 53 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 4 AIMED BLOW 20 - 20 - 0 50 |
|STRIKING ATTACK 3 PARRY-LUNGE 15 - 20 - 0 43 |
|WALL OF STEEL 3 PARRY-STRIKE 13 - 18 - 0 42 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 2 BASHING ATTACK 25 - 35 - 0 42 |
Turn 1048 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 AIMED BLOW 2 - 3 3 TOTAL PARRY
SLASHING ATTACK 3 - 1 BASHING ATTACK 2 - 4 2 BASHING ATTACK
STRIKING ATTACK 2 - 1 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 4 1 SLASHING ATTACK
WALL OF STEEL 2 - 1 1 PARRY-STRIKE
PARRY-STRIKE 2 - 2 1 PARRY-LUNGE
LUNGING ATTACK 2 - 2 1 AIMED BLOW
TOTAL PARRY 2 - 2 1 STRIKING ATTACK
1 WALL OF STEEL
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
TOTAL PARRY SKUNK 6675 27 21 1 109 AVOID ME! (535)
BASHING ATTACK BATTERSCOTCH 6851 14 6 0 93 NEON VELVET (557)
STRIKING ATTACK HOUN DOG 6872 15 13 1 91 CARDOW HUNTERS (359)
AIMED BLOW END OF BIDET 6849 11 5 1 70 ALMOST EXACTLY (20)
WALL OF STEEL FROSLASS 6963 10 1 0 68 POKE' MON (568)
PARRY-STRIKE PYRRAVYN 6432 6 5 0 53 WRATHMEN 20-12 (532)
SLASHING ATTACK DAVIEL 6982 7 2 1 49 MID EARTH (223)
LUNGING ATTACK JAGERBOMB 7009 2 0 0 37 LIBATIONS 6 (573)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
The overall popularity leader is HOUN DOG 6872. The most popular warrior this turn
was GRAKUS 6920. The ten other most popular fighters were HOUN DOG 6872, JAGERBOMB
7009, PILSNER 7010, POPPY POPPINS 6933, SUE CHEF 6848, PYRRAVYN 6432, UPCHUCK 6721,
1.75L 6914, APOSTATE POSTMAN 6847, and FROSLASS 6963.
The least popular fighter this week was SNORLAX 6941. The other ten least popular
fighters were SKUNK 6675, CAVE OGRE RAGER 6992, LEAFBINGER 6989, CHRONOMANCER 6932,
ELHAD 6965, STONE HINGE 3455, LOPUNNY 6976, SLIME 4 7008, XUGXUG 7011, and KIDNAP
6984.
The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn:
STONE HINGE (29-3455) BLACK KELTS (233)