DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER Date : 05/15/2025 Duedate: 05/28/2025 CLIFFHOME ARENA DM 38 TURN 982 This Week's Top Honors THE DUELMASTER IS NITE OWL THE WATCHMEN (363) (38-5885) [14-8-0,111] Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader NITE OWL TACTICAL STRIKE THE WATCHMEN (363) BLADES OF NEON (511) (38-5885) [14-8-0,111] (38-5875) [6-0-0,73] Popularity Leader This Week's Favorite SISTER NIGHT DR. MANHATTAN THE WATCHMEN (363) THE WATCHMEN (363) (38-5854) [9-14-1,55] (38-5900) [11-7-0,66] THE CURRENT TOP TEAM THE WATCHMEN (363) TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team 1. THE WATCHMEN (363) 28 2. BLADES OF NEON (511) 19 THE WATCHMEN (363) 3. EAGLES CLAW (47) 18 Unchartered Team 4. ASSASSINS (505) -17 BLADES OF NEON (511) The Top Teams Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K 1- 1 221 BOURBON ST (501) 12 3 1 80.0 1/ 4 THE WATCHMEN (363) 7 7 0 2/ 2 THE WATCHMEN (363) 185 113 9 62.1 2/ 3 ASSASSINS (505) 7 8 1 3/ 3 EAGLES CLAW (47) 1215 945 87 56.2 3/ 1*BLADES OF NEON (511) 6 7 0 4/ 5 ASSASSINS (505) 27 25 1 51.9 4/ 2 EAGLES CLAW (47) 4 10 1 5- 6 BOOK OF THOMAS (479) 113 112 3 50.2 5- 5 BOOK OF THOMAS (479) 3 0 0 6/ 7*BLADES OF NEON (511) 13 14 0 48.1 6- 6 221 BOURBON ST (501) 1 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 Good day, in CLIFFHOME a quiet thief gets rich, but a quiet spymaster gets poor. So bring me ale and harken to my tidbits of news. It seems the training can make the difference, as BLADES OF NEON is pushed out of top team by THE WATCHMEN, who came from 4th with a 3-2-0 this turn. THE WATCHMEN stable has parlayed this turn's 3-2-0 into a 3 space move up the rankings. This brings them up to 1st place. Good work, guys! And let's see, DR. MANHATTAN fought SHOGUN and gained 19 points and contributed to THE WATCHMEN's 3-2-0. SHOGUN has lost to DR. MANHATTAN, falling 14 points, while helping make ASSASSINS a 2-3-0 turn. Defending his title for another turn, NITE OWL kept EAGLES CLAW's warrior, EAGLE VISION, from claiming the throne. Can someone confirm a rumor for me? I hear the top team makes their losing fighters do dishes at The Choking Ogre until they win. Maybe? The crowd's roar, the smell of iron and leather, mixed with sweat, what more could a warrior ask of life? Well, besides that. BLADES OF NEON has cause to stand tall, as they were CLIFFHOME's most avoided team. A smart manager knows this is a team to beat. And guess who avoided BLADES OF NEON stable the most? Believe it or not, it was ASSASSINS. Anyone surprised? Well, sports fans, take notice that DESTINY from EAGLES CLAW was CLIFFHOME's most challenged warrior this turn. Well now, what do you expect when someone like AKIMOTO from ASSASSINS challenges down 28 points to fight EAGLES SB CHAMPS of EAGLES CLAW? Well, it only serves justice to see that AKIMOTO was beat by EAGLES SB CHAMPS. Heh, heh. MUSASHI of ASSASSINS had better have a good reason for challenging down 13 points in a challenge which he won. I thought MUSASHI showed great skill and promise when he won victory over DESTINY. 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. A brave warrior does not carry a red shield, he has nothing to cover or hide when the fight is over. Consider well. Remember, blood on the purple robe does not change it from a purple robe. Dare to fight bravely. Always good to rest in CLIFFHOME, 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 NITE OWL 5885 14 8 0 111 THE WATCHMEN (363) CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -DIAMOND BLADE 5657 21 20 0 91 BOOK OF THOMAS (479) CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME EAGLE VISION 5904 10 4 1 82 EAGLES CLAW (47) THE SEEKER 5855 18 12 0 74 EAGLES CLAW (47) TACTICAL STRIKE 5875 6 0 0 73 BLADES OF NEON (511) CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME DR. MANHATTAN 5900 11 7 0 66 THE WATCHMEN (363) MUSASHI 5826 7 1 0 58 ASSASSINS (505) ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME SISTER NIGHT 5854 9 14 1 55 THE WATCHMEN (363) RORSCHACH 5852 9 15 0 46 THE WATCHMEN (363) DESTINY 5893 10 11 0 43 EAGLES CLAW (47) -PRIMAL FEAR 5798 5 3 0 41 BOOK OF THOMAS (479) SHOGUN 5818 7 3 0 40 ASSASSINS (505) CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME SUNSTEALER 5872 4 2 0 29 BLADES OF NEON (511) EAGLES SB CHAMPS 5914 1 3 0 28 EAGLES CLAW (47) INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME AKIMOTO 5828 5 4 0 23 ASSASSINS (505) SLEEPBRINGER 5917 3 1 0 22 BLADES OF NEON (511) NINJA 5838 4 2 0 18 ASSASSINS (505) LADY STARLIGHT 5927 1 1 0 8 EAGLES CLAW (47) -WOUNDLICKER 5924 0 1 0 1 BLADES OF NEON (511) THE COMEDIAN 5928 0 1 0 1 THE WATCHMEN (363) '-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn. THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge? DARK 5926 1 1 1 ASSASSINS 505 BLACK ORC 982 NONE DARK BLADE 7 5929 0 1 0 BLADES OF NEON 511 HIGH ELF 982 NONE PERSONAL ADS The Iron Council has re-opened its guild doors! All prior members contact Tripwire (DM18 or DM36) if you are interested in returning. Also, if you have contacts for any of the old members, send those as well. -- Tripwire LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS DARK was butchered by BLACK ORC in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight. DARK BLADE 7 was butchered by HIGH ELF in a 1 minute Dark Arena duel. MUSASHI subdued DESTINY in a 3 minute brutal Challenge melee. AKIMOTO was overpowered by EAGLES SB CHAMPS in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge duel. NINJA bested LADY STARLIGHT in a 2 minute Challenge fight. NITE OWL overpowered EAGLE VISION in a 1 minute bloody mismatched Title match. THE SEEKER slimly lost to KHALHUMS DWARF in a exciting 1 minute bloody master's fight. TACTICAL STRIKE handily defeated RORSCHACH in a 1 minute uneven fight. DR. MANHATTAN vanquished SHOGUN in a action packed 8 minute gory uneven duel. SISTER NIGHT won victory over SUNSTEALER in a popular 1 minute gory duel. SLEEPBRINGER overpowered THE COMEDIAN in a 1 minute one-sided melee. BATTLE REPORT MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS |FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT| |AIMED BLOW 6 STRIKING ATTACK 4 - 1 - 0 80 | |LUNGING ATTACK 4 WALL OF STEEL 3 - 1 - 1 75 | |SLASHING ATTACK 4 SLASHING ATTACK 21 - 17 - 1 55 | |TOTAL PARRY 2 LUNGING ATTACK 14 - 13 - 2 52 | |PARRY-LUNGE 1 AIMED BLOW 27 - 26 - 0 51 | |PARRY-STRIKE 1 BASHING ATTACK 6 - 7 - 0 46 | |BASHING ATTACK 1 PARRY-LUNGE 4 - 10 - 0 29 | |PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 TOTAL PARRY 3 - 8 - 0 27 | |STRIKING ATTACK 0 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 8 - 0 0 | |WALL OF STEEL 0 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 2 - 0 0 | Turn 982 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 3 - 3 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 1 5 AIMED BLOW LUNGING ATTACK 2 - 2 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 1 3 SLASHING ATTACK SLASHING ATTACK 2 - 2 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 0 1 LUNGING ATTACK TOTAL PARRY 1 - 1 STRIKING ATTACK 0 - 0 1 PARRY-LUNGE BASHING ATTACK 0 - 1 1 BASHING ATTACK WALL OF STEEL 0 - 0 TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME SLASHING ATTACK NITE OWL 5885 14 8 0 111 THE WATCHMEN (363) AIMED BLOW TACTICAL STRIKE 5875 6 0 0 73 BLADES OF NEON (511) TOTAL PARRY SHOGUN 5818 7 3 0 40 ASSASSINS (505) Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above. The overall popularity leader is SISTER NIGHT 5854. The most popular warrior this turn was DR. MANHATTAN 5900. The ten other most popular fighters were MUSASHI 5826, DESTINY 5893, LADY STARLIGHT 5927, THE SEEKER 5855, TACTICAL STRIKE 5875, SISTER NIGHT 5854, EAGLES SB CHAMPS 5914, NITE OWL 5885, NINJA 5838, and EAGLE VISION 5904. The least popular fighter this week was SHOGUN 5818. The other ten least popular fighters were THE COMEDIAN 5928, RORSCHACH 5852, AKIMOTO 5828, DARK BLADE 7 5929, DARK 5926, SLEEPBRINGER 5917, SUNSTEALER 5872, EAGLE VISION 5904, NINJA 5838, and NITE OWL 5885. The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn: NITE OWL (38-5885) THE WATCHMEN (363)