DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 04/02/2026    Duedate: 04/15/2026

CLIFFHOME ARENA

DM 38    TURN 1005

This Week's Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

FRANCOLO SUR
FAR TRAVELERS (510)
(38-5869) [12-2-2,119]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

FRANCOLO SUR                   GHAZGHKULL
FAR TRAVELERS (510)            WAAAGH! (488)
(38-5869) [12-2-2,119]         (38-5598) [4-2-1,48]

Popularity Leader              This Week's Favorite

EAGLES SB CHAMPS               WEIRD AL
EAGLES CLAW (47)               U.A.K. (92)
(38-5914) [15-12-0,82]         (38-5756) [6-1-1,72]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

U.A.K. (92)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. EAGLES CLAW (47)              22 
2. FAR TRAVELERS (510)           19    WRATHMEN 25-84 (517)
3. WAAAGH! (488)                 17    Unchartered Team
4. ASSASSINS (505)               16 
5. WRATHMEN 25-84 (517)          3     WAAAGH! (488)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 2 WRATHMEN 25-84 (517)       7   4  0 63.6   1/ 1 U.A.K. (92)               8  6 0
 2/ 4 FAR TRAVELERS (510)       50  33  4 60.2   2/ 5 ASSASSINS (505)           6  1 0
 3/ 5 THE WATCHMEN (363)       239 172 11 58.2   3/ 3 EAGLES CLAW (47)          6  5 0
 4/ 3*WAAAGH! (488)              4   3  1 57.1   4/ 2 FAR TRAVELERS (510)       5  1 0
 5/ 8 ASSASSINS (505)           57  43  2 57.0   5/ 4 THE WATCHMEN (363)        4  9 0
 6/ 7 U.A.K. (92)              616 490 35 55.7   6/ 7*WAAAGH! (488)             2  1 1
 7/ 9 EAGLES CLAW (47)         1258 1008 87 55.5   7/ 6 WRATHMEN 25-84 (517)      1  2 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 is I, Novgorodny Vir, Spymaster of Spymasters.  Look on my work, ye mighty, 
and despair!  What's a move up by 3 you ask?  (alright, maybe you didn't ask)  Cause 
for celebration, according to ASSASSINS.  EAGLES CLAW had cause to celebrate, after 
EAGLES SB CHAMPS got 18 points by beating VETERAN MERCENARY.  A certain someone 
should cut down on the drinking and practice more, after losing 7 points to 
GHAZGHKULL.  (Discrete enough, CAPTAIN METROPOLIS?) Those who hoped for a new 
Duelmaster were disappointed by HAYS, of U.A.K., who despite a 19-16-2 couldn't 
overcome CLIFFHOME's Number 1.  So who's the team that's been walking into taverns 
last week and ordering milk?  Sounds like a PR stunt to me.   
     And how sociable are CLIFFHOME's warriors?  Come, let us see.  Like the noble 
eagle soaring amongst the mountaintops, so stand the warriors of U.A.K., alone and 
unchallenged.  As a woman of good breeding scorns the "warriors" of ASSASSINS, so did 
that sorry team shy from U.A.K.  Everyone is famous for fifteen minutes, and 
GHAZGHKULL is it right now.  Most challenged warrior.  Isn't WAAAGH! proud!  Them's 
the breaks, SASHA.  Expecting fair challenges from ASSASSINS is evidently too much to 
ask.  MUSASHI beat SASHA with a point difference of 19.  So this is what CLIFFHOME 
calls a duel.  This will make an interesting tale.  SILHOUETTE challenged WEIRD AL!  
Who says THE WATCHMEN are just a bunch of wimps!  SILHOUETTE of THE WATCHMEN kept 
hers wits as she was bested by WEIRD AL.   
     The moving sword slashes, and having slashed, moves on...  Does THE WATCHMEN 
care so little for their fallen comrade, HOODED JUSTICE?  HAYS was heard at The 
Choking Ogre sneering...  Questions are being raised about the disposing of severed 
body parts in the arena.  A certain tavern in CLIFFHOME would I avoid!   
     All good things must come to an end.  As the seasons change, and the creatures 
of the wild change also, so do I feel a yearning to leave this place.  Like a mixed 
metaphor, and an overtaxed simile, I now bid CLIFFHOME farewell-- Novgorodny Vir  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 FRANCOLO SUR 5869            12   2  2 119         FAR TRAVELERS (510)       

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 PHAEDREN 5883                12   3  0 108         FAR TRAVELERS (510)       

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 MUSASHI 5826                 14   5  1  90         ASSASSINS (505)           
 HAYS 5725                    19  16  2  89         U.A.K. (92)               
 DESTINY 5893                 18  26  0  83         EAGLES CLAW (47)          
 EAGLES SB CHAMPS 5914        15  12  0  82         EAGLES CLAW (47)          
 WEIRD AL 5756                 6   1  1  72         U.A.K. (92)               
 SASHA 5963                    7   4  0  71         WRATHMEN 25-84 (517)      
 HULK HOGAN 5758              13  10  0  68         U.A.K. (92)               

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-SHOGUN 5818                  12   6  0  65         ASSASSINS (505)           
 AKIMOTO 5828                 13   7  0  57         ASSASSINS (505)           

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 GHAZGHKULL 5598               4   2  1  48         WAAAGH! (488)             
-ANDORRAN 5905                 4   2  1  47         FAR TRAVELERS (510)       
 SILHOUETTE 5969               9   5  0  46         THE WATCHMEN (363)        
 TWILIGHT LADY 5984            4   3  0  41         THE WATCHMEN (363)        
 DEATH BECOMES HER 5977        6   2  0  39         EAGLES CLAW (47)          
 CAPTAIN METROPOLIS 5941       7  15  0  36         THE WATCHMEN (363)        

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 LINK BROWN 5985               3   2  0  28         U.A.K. (92)               
 HANZO 5939                    5   5  0  25         ASSASSINS (505)           

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 DOLLAR BILL 5968              4  10  1  23         THE WATCHMEN (363)        
 THE COMEDIAN 5987             1   0  0   8         THE WATCHMEN (363)        

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
HOODED JUSTICE 5940    12  7 0 THE WATCHMEN 363     HAYS 5725             1002  
CANCER 5970             2  3 0 U.A.K. 92            GHAZGHKULL 5598       1004  

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
GIT 5600                0  1 0 WAAAGH! 488          BLACK ORC             1005 NONE

                                     PERSONAL ADS

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

GIT was butchered by BLACK ORC in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
MUSASHI bested SASHA in a 2 minute Challenge duel.
SILHOUETTE was savagely defeated by WEIRD AL in a exciting 5 minute Challenge melee.
CAPTAIN METROPOLIS was viciously subdued by GHAZGHKULL in a 4 minute Challenge brawl.
DOLLAR BILL was overpowered by DEATH BECOMES HER in a 1 minute Challenge match.
FRANCOLO SUR devastated HAYS in a crowd pleasing 1 minute brutal one-sided Title duel.
PHAEDREN devastated DESTINY in a 1 minute one-sided competition.
HULK HOGAN overcame TWILIGHT LADY in a action packed 2 minute melee.
EAGLES SB CHAMPS vanquished VETERAN MERCENARY in a 1 minute one-sided duel.
AKIMOTO vanquished LINK BROWN in a 1 minute one-sided duel.
HANZO savagely defeated CULT MEMBER in a 1 minute gruesome match.
THE COMEDIAN beat MORDANT DESERTER in a 3 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                   4         STRIKING ATTACK   13 -   3 -  0      81  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      4         AIMED BLOW        17 -   4 -  0      81  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   3         SLASHING ATTACK    9 -   4 -  0      69  |
|AIMED BLOW                       2         PARRY-STRIKE       2 -   1 -  1      67  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  2         WALL OF STEEL     10 -   6 -  1      63  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      2         TOTAL PARRY       19 -  13 -  0      59  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     1         LUNGING ATTACK    21 -  24 -  1      47  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  1         PARRY-RIPOSTE      2 -   3 -  0      40  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    1         BASHING ATTACK     9 -  19 -  2      32  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    0         PARRY-LUNGE        4 -  16 -  0      20  |

Turn 1005 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:

AIMED BLOW         2 -  0     TOTAL PARRY        1 -  3         2  BASHING ATTACK 
PARRY-STRIKE       1 -  0     PARRY-LUNGE        0 -  2         2  LUNGING ATTACK 
LUNGING ATTACK     4 -  0     PARRY-RIPOSTE      0 -  0         2  TOTAL PARRY    
STRIKING ATTACK    1 -  0     BASHING ATTACK     0 -  3         1  STRIKING ATTACK
WALL OF STEEL      1 -  0                                       1  SLASHING ATTACK
SLASHING ATTACK    1 -  1                                       1  AIMED BLOW     
                                                                1  PARRY-LUNGE    
                                                                1  WALL OF STEEL  

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
STRIKING ATTACK  FRANCOLO SUR 5869          12   2  2  119 FAR TRAVELERS (510)
SLASHING ATTACK  PHAEDREN 5883              12   3  0  108 FAR TRAVELERS (510)
AIMED BLOW       MUSASHI 5826               14   5  1   90 ASSASSINS (505)
BASHING ATTACK   HAYS 5725                  19  16  2   89 U.A.K. (92)
LUNGING ATTACK   EAGLES SB CHAMPS 5914      15  12  0   82 EAGLES CLAW (47)
WALL OF STEEL    WEIRD AL 5756               6   1  1   72 U.A.K. (92)
TOTAL PARRY      SASHA 5963                  7   4  0   71 WRATHMEN 25-84 (517)
PARRY-STRIKE     GHAZGHKULL 5598             4   2  1   48 WAAAGH! (488)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is EAGLES SB CHAMPS 5914.  The most popular warrior 
this turn was WEIRD AL 5756.  The ten other most popular fighters were GHAZGHKULL 
5598, HULK HOGAN 5758, FRANCOLO SUR 5869, MUSASHI 5826, SASHA 5963, CAPTAIN 
METROPOLIS 5941, HANZO 5939, DEATH BECOMES HER 5977, PHAEDREN 5883, and EAGLES SB 
CHAMPS 5914.

The least popular fighter this week was THE COMEDIAN 5987.  The other ten least 
popular fighters were LINK BROWN 5985, TWILIGHT LADY 5984, DESTINY 5893, HAYS 5725, 
DOLLAR BILL 5968, SILHOUETTE 5969, GIT 5600, AKIMOTO 5828, EAGLES SB CHAMPS 5914, and 
PHAEDREN 5883.

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