DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER
Date : 04/28/2025 Duedate: 05/24/2025
CHIMLEVTAL ARENA
DM 31 TURN 511
This Week's Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
DA ZAGAGNA
WHAMMO & THUDDA 4U! (378)
(31-6672) [24-7-0,101]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
DA ZAGAGNA POSITION IS EMPTY
WHAMMO & THUDDA 4U! (378)
(31-6672) [24-7-0,101]
Popularity Leader This Week's Favorite
HAOMARU ABBA-ZABA
AVENGERS (146) JUST DESSERTS (569)
(31-7142) [15-30-1,77] (31-7215) [7-4-0,41]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
THE OTHER ONES (404)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. ASSASSIN NATION (515) 54
2. WHAMMO & THUDDA 4U! (378) 31 2212 BOURBON ST (680)
3. USEFUL WEAPONS (636) 27 Unchartered Team
4. 2212 BOURBON ST (680) 18
5. BASH BROS OCEAN (627) 15 EIGHTEEN DELTA (522)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1/ 1 2212 BOURBON ST (680) 13 7 0 65.0 1/ 1 THE OTHER ONES (404) 7 4 0
2/ 2 USEFUL WEAPONS (636) 307 210 14 59.4 2/ 7 WHAMMO & THUDDA 4U! (378) 6 2 0
3- 3 MILITARY MAYHEM (89) 457 355 30 56.3 3/ 2 BIRDS (647) 6 9 1
4/ 4 WHAMMO & THUDDA 4U! (378)475 401 19 54.2 4/ 5 BASH BROS OCEAN (627) 5 2 0
5/ 0 SOLIS MILITES (511) 68 59 3 53.5 5/ 9 ASSASSIN NATION (515) 5 7 0
6/ 5 BUSHMASTERS (164) 199 183 14 52.1 6- 3 BOOK OF THOMAS (652) 3 5 0
7/ 0 JUST DESSERTS (569) 199 183 9 52.1 7/ 8 USEFUL WEAPONS (636) 3 6 0
8/ 6 BASH BROS OCEAN (627) 267 268 11 49.9 8- 6 JUNGLE CRUISE 2 (681) 2 0 0
9/ 7 ASSASSIN NATION (515) 486 498 66 49.4 9- 4 MILITARY MAYHEM (89) 2 1 0
10/ 8 AVENGERS (146) 597 666 44 47.3 10/10 2212 BOURBON ST (680) 2 1 0
11/ 9 THE OTHER ONES (404) 132 153 13 46.3 11/ 0 JUST DESSERTS (569) 2 3 1
12-10 BOOK OF THOMAS (652) 62 75 6 45.3 12/11 BUSHMASTERS (164) 1 11 1
13-11 JUNGLE CRUISE 2 (681) 13 16 2 44.8 13/12 AVENGERS (146) 0 3 0
14/12 BIRDS (647) 48 70 2 40.7 14-13*SLICK TRICKSTER (113) 0 1 0
15-13*SLICK TRICKSTER (113) 0 1 0 0.0 15/ 0 SOLIS MILITES (511) 0 1 0
'*' Unchartered team '-' Team did not fight this turn
(###) Avoid teams by their Team Id ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank
SPY REPORT
LASAGNA saw a prime opening on the throne and challenged the suspecting SEAGULL.
SEAGULL tried valiantly to beat LASAGNA at its own game, but thate is just not a good
idea when you are a Wall of Steel. I will say I am impressed... 19 minutes is a
valiant effort! Not enough, but valiant! Hail to LASAGNA, the warrior whose name I
hate the most here! Can't spell it... Can't pronounce it... So I give him a silly
nickname! Meanwhile, ASSASSIN NATION was busy winning every way it could! Granted
two of those wins were against stand ins, but those wins count every bit as much as
other wins!
So congrats to the new duelmaster, LASAGNA. And congrats to ASSASSIN NATION for
winning 4 of 5 and taking the team on the move award. THE OTHER ONES managed to hold
on to the coveted Current Top Team award. 2212 BOURBON ST extended their borrowed
Career Top Team award. HAOMARU kept the popularity award (that is a hard one to steal
or borrow). ABBA-ZABA provided an award (this week's favorite) for the returning JUST
DESSERTS. And, of course, LASAGNA won the top two individual awards.
My favorite news, however, was the return of SOLIS MILITES! Returning with one
warrior, SOL INVICTUS, their return was completely spoiled. BUFF CREAM PUFF (How do
you take a warrior with that name seriously, anyways?) slew SOL and is perfect through
2. That doesn't beat CRUTCH, though, who is perfect through 3 fights (what a glorious
down challenge!!!). Probably a boon for SOL INVICTUS, though, since it saves a turn
of DAing a winless warrior!
BUSHMASTERS decided on a complete reset, sending their entire team to the Dark
Arena. I can only wish on them the good recruits... I'm guessing they will NOT be
the most avoided team next turn! This turn they shared the most avoided team with
2212 BOURBON ST and USEFUL WEAPONS (4 avoids for all of these teams). SEAGULL was
challenged the most.
-- Belinda, reporting on the road (literally on the road)
DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
DA ZAGAGNA 6672 24 7 0 101 WHAMMO & THUDDA 4U! (378)
CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
BAKERS 7 7257 13 5 0 99 2212 BOURBON ST (680)
-MAJOR SNAFU 7059 17 9 0 97 MILITARY MAYHEM (89)
SEAGULL 6637 18 30 1 95 BIRDS (647)
POWERSLAVE 6724 23 12 1 92 WHAMMO & THUDDA 4U! (378)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
WAND 7113 16 6 0 90 USEFUL WEAPONS (636)
CHARYBDIS 7119 14 15 1 82 THE OTHER ONES (404)
HAOMARU 7142 15 30 1 77 AVENGERS (146)
DEPRAVITY 7208 8 6 1 70 THE OTHER ONES (404)
CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-FAIRY TAIL 7018 13 7 0 66 BOOK OF THOMAS (652)
CUTTHROAT 7204 9 4 2 66 THE OTHER ONES (404)
-NILE PRINCESS 7274 6 4 0 59 JUNGLE CRUISE 2 (681)
-AMAZON BELLE 7288 3 2 1 58 JUNGLE CRUISE 2 (681)
BROKEN GLASS 7224 7 9 0 57 BASH BROS OCEAN (627)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
LEMON BARRIO 7184 8 6 0 52 JUST DESSERTS (569)
-CAPTAIN MARVEL 7173 7 4 1 51 MILITARY MAYHEM (89)
-AZUMA 7229 3 2 1 47 BOOK OF THOMAS (652)
ABBA-ZABA 7215 7 4 0 41 JUST DESSERTS (569)
BATROC! 7309 4 2 0 41 WHAMMO & THUDDA 4U! (378)
COMPOTA 7254 3 3 1 39 WHAMMO & THUDDA 4U! (378)
-CAPTAIN HOOK 7241 3 2 0 39 MILITARY MAYHEM (89)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
WRATH 7316 4 1 0 33 ASSASSIN NATION (515)
BLOODTHIRST 7291 5 4 0 31 THE OTHER ONES (404)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
KELP 7301 4 3 0 29 BASH BROS OCEAN (627)
TIRE IRON 7297 5 3 0 28 USEFUL WEAPONS (636)
CRUTCH 7317 3 0 0 28 USEFUL WEAPONS (636)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
BUFF CREAM PUFF 7272 2 0 1 21 JUST DESSERTS (569)
-FORTY WINKS 7222 2 4 0 18 THE OTHER ONES (404)
SPARROW 7310 3 3 0 17 BIRDS (647)
VENGEANCE 7304 1 0 0 17 ASSASSIN NATION (515)
WACKY WAFER 7261 2 3 1 16 JUST DESSERTS (569)
THE WALL 7352 1 0 0 14 ASSASSIN NATION (515)
ARMAGEDDON 7348 1 1 0 13 ASSASSIN NATION (515)
KEA 7342 2 1 1 9 BIRDS (647)
TAKE UP ARMS 7323 2 2 0 8 ASSASSIN NATION (515)
AUK 7347 1 1 0 4 BIRDS (647)
TUI 7341 0 3 0 4 BIRDS (647)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
YOMAZU 7228 2 2 0 BOOK OF THOMAS 652 ULEK 5471 509 REVENGED
BERAGO 5702 7 5 0 BUSHMASTERS 164 LIGHTBRINGER 511 NONE
COPPERHEAD 5846 3 5 0 BUSHMASTERS 164 THE RAGE MAN 511 NONE
REVANARD 7334 0 1 0 BUSHMASTERS 164 SHEWISH GIANT 511 NONE
ULEK 5471 6 8 1 BUSHMASTERS 164 WURM KIN 511 NONE
WARDO BARD 5276 10 8 1 BUSHMASTERS 164 LIGHTBRINGER 511 NONE
GROUND N POUND C 7273 1 1 0 JUST DESSERTS 569 BANDIT PRINCE 511 NONE
SOL INVICTUS 7230 0 2 0 SOLIS MILITES 511 BUFF CREAM PUFF 7272 511
BASEBALL BAT 7298 2 2 0 USEFUL WEAPONS 636 THE RAGE MAN 511 NONE
PERSONAL ADS
Seagull, Seagull, Seagull, dumping large droppings in the BB Ocean! -- Smithy
(noticing these things)
Belinda, the spandex gal! -- Smithy
Notice: he ain't sayin' nuthin' about our 0-2! -- The Useless Weapons (feeling quite
useless)
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
WARDO BARD was butchered by LIGHTBRINGER in a 1 minute bloody Dark Arena fight.
ULEK was slaughtered by WURM KIN in a 2 minute gruesome Dark Arena battle.
BERAGO was murdered by LIGHTBRINGER in a action packed 2 minute Dark Arena fight.
COPPERHEAD was butchered by THE RAGE MAN in a 1 minute gory Dark Arena fight.
BASEBALL BAT was murdered by THE RAGE MAN in a 1 minute Dark Arena competition.
GROUND N POUND CAKE was butchered by BANDIT PRINCE in a 1 minute gory Dark Arena duel.
REVANARD was butchered by SHEWISH GIANT in a 1 minute bloody Dark Arena match.
DA ZAGAGNA viciously subdued SEAGULL in a 19 minute expert's Challenge Title fight.
BATROC! lost to BROKEN GLASS in a popular 1 minute Challenge duel.
CRUTCH won victory over TUI in a 2 minute novice's Challenge duel.
CHARYBDIS was overpowered by BAKERS 7 in a 2 minute uneven match.
DEPRAVITY was overpowered by WAND in a 1 minute one-sided fight.
POWERSLAVE subdued HAOMARU in a 2 minute master's competition.
LEMON BARRIO was devastated by CUTTHROAT in a 1 minute one-sided battle.
SPARROW was devastated by WRATH in a 1 minute mismatched bout.
ABBA-ZABA viciously subdued TIRE IRON in a action packed 6 minute gory fight.
WACKY WAFER was devastated by COMPOTA in a 1 minute brutal uneven duel.
BUFF CREAM PUFF barely slew SOL INVICTUS in a crowd pleasing 3 minute gory brawl.
BLOODTHIRST overpowered KEA in a 1 minute one-sided match.
KELP overpowered TAKE UP ARMS in a crowd pleasing 1 minute one-sided match.
ARMAGEDDON devastated CONVICTED THIEF in a 1 minute one-sided contest.
AUK was overpowered by THE WALL in a 1 minute one-sided duel.
VENGEANCE overpowered PERSISTENT BEGGAR in a 1 minute uneven fray.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|AIMED BLOW 7 PARRY-RIPOSTE 10 - 4 - 0 71 |
|WALL OF STEEL 7 AIMED BLOW 26 - 25 - 2 51 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 5 SLASHING ATTACK 20 - 20 - 1 50 |
|LUNGING ATTACK 4 LUNGING ATTACK 11 - 11 - 1 50 |
|STRIKING ATTACK 4 TOTAL PARRY 17 - 18 - 1 49 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 3 STRIKING ATTACK 27 - 32 - 0 46 |
|TOTAL PARRY 3 WALL OF STEEL 20 - 26 - 1 43 |
|BASHING ATTACK 2 BASHING ATTACK 11 - 17 - 0 39 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 PARRY-LUNGE 1 - 3 - 0 25 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 1 PARRY-STRIKE 1 - 4 - 0 20 |
Turn 511 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 AIMED BLOW 3 - 4 4 WALL OF STEEL
BASHING ATTACK 2 - 0 PARRY-STRIKE 1 - 2 2 TOTAL PARRY
SLASHING ATTACK 3 - 2 TOTAL PARRY 1 - 2 2 AIMED BLOW
LUNGING ATTACK 2 - 2 WALL OF STEEL 2 - 5 2 SLASHING ATTACK
STRIKING ATTACK 1 - 3 1 STRIKING ATTACK
PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 1
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
TOTAL PARRY DA ZAGAGNA 6672 24 7 0 101 WHAMMO & THUDDA 4U! (378)
AIMED BLOW BAKERS 7 7257 13 5 0 99 2212 BOURBON ST (680)
WALL OF STEEL POWERSLAVE 6724 23 12 1 92 WHAMMO & THUDDA 4U! (378)
SLASHING ATTACK DEPRAVITY 7208 8 6 1 70 THE OTHER ONES (404)
LUNGING ATTACK LEMON BARRIO 7184 8 6 0 52 JUST DESSERTS (569)
PARRY-RIPOSTE ABBA-ZABA 7215 7 4 0 41 JUST DESSERTS (569)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
The overall popularity leader is HAOMARU 7142. The most popular warrior this turn
was ABBA-ZABA 7215. The ten other most popular fighters were BUFF CREAM PUFF 7272,
BAKERS 7 7257, BROKEN GLASS 7224, CRUTCH 7317, SOL INVICTUS 7230, POWERSLAVE 6724,
CUTTHROAT 7204, COMPOTA 7254, KELP 7301, and VENGEANCE 7304.
The least popular fighter this week was DA ZAGAGNA 6672. The other ten least popular
fighters were SEAGULL 6637, AUK 7347, KEA 7342, WACKY WAFER 7261, TIRE IRON 7297,
SPARROW 7310, LEMON BARRIO 7184, DEPRAVITY 7208, CHARYBDIS 7119, and GROUND N POUND
CAKE 7273.
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