DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 02/20/2026    Duedate: 03/05/2026

ZENSU ARENA

DM 40    TURN 999

This Week's Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

FLOODS
PANDORA'S BOX (522)
(40-5263) [32-6-0,166]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

FLOODS                         POSITION IS EMPTY
PANDORA'S BOX (522)            
(40-5263) [32-6-0,166]         

Popularity Leader              This Week's Favorite

HUMPTY DUMPTY                  DAVE
DREAMS WORK (538)              DREAMS WORK (538)
(40-5331) [9-15-0,105]         (40-5351) [2-1-0,23]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

TMM EXPERIMENTS 103 (478)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. GR8 PL8TS (499)               25 
2. BEYOND THE PALE (337)         23 TMM EXPERIMENTS 103 (478)
3. TMM EXPERIMENTS 103 (478)     21    Unchartered Team
4. OXY MORONS (537)              20 
5. PANDORA'S BOX (522)           7     BLUES, THUGS, ETC (291)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 1 TMM EXPERIMENTS 103 (478) 32   8  0 80.0   1/ 1 TMM EXPERIMENTS 103 (478) 9  0 0
 2/ 2 PANDORA'S BOX (522)      179  79  4 69.4   2/ 4 PANDORA'S BOX (522)       7  3 0
 3/ 3 PHILANTHROPISTS (211)     89  47  0 65.4   3/ 2 OXY MORONS (537)          6  6 2
 4/ 4 DIRTY DOZENS (333)       109  80  2 57.7   4/ 3 DIRTY DOZENS (333)        6  6 0
 5/ 5 GR8 PL8TS (499)           29  23  2 55.8   5/ 6 PHILANTHROPISTS (211)     4  5 0
 6/ 6 DREAMS WORK (538)         77  66  4 53.8   6/ 5 DREAMS WORK (538)         4  5 0
 7/ 7 OXY MORONS (537)         117 114  4 50.6   7/ 8 BEYOND THE PALE (337)     2  7 0
 8-10 THIS MODERN WORLD 2 (542) 11  13  0 45.8   8-10 THIS MODERN WORLD 2 (542) 1  1 0
 9/ 9 BEYOND THE PALE (337)    1289 1524 36 45.8   9/11 GR8 PL8TS (499)           1  5 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.

     Nine Duelmaster Titles is a lot! It takes a lot of energy to fight that much that 
long. and I'm getting a little old, you know? Besides, I think I might know too much. 
Perhaps it is time to retire and start relaxing and spending my vast winnings? Or 
maybe I should ease off and give someone else a chance? Nah.      

                                          -- Floods, DMIX

                                      SPY REPORT

     The sages err'd not in their foretelling of a god descending upon ZENSU, for I, 
Novgorodny Vir, have returned!  BEYOND THE PALE had cause to celebrate, after NEERLY 
STENN got 21 points by beating KEN.  KEN certainly had a baffled expression on his 
face, after losing to NEERLY STENN and losing 25 points in the process!  Like a 
flirtacious debutante, ZENSU's Duelmaster FLOODS found itself the creature of the 
hour, being "invited to dance" 3 times!  Well, Duelmaster FLOODS challenged DREAMS 
WORK's HUMPTY DUMPTY.  Is a 31-6-0 good enough?  FLOODS successfully staved off a 
grab for the roses by HUMPTY DUMPTY of DREAMS WORK.  Does ZENSU have no one talented 
enough to dethrone it?  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 ZENSU's warriors?  Come, let us see.  Like a horde of 
jackals fleeing from the lion, so did the "warriors" in ZENSU avoid TMM EXPERIMENTS 
103.  The warriors of TMM EXPERIMENTS 103 found their efforts at combat frustrated as 
PANDORA'S BOX apparently had more important things to do than fight.  Do my ears 
deceive me?  PARANOID (outclassed by 31 points) challenged EERIE BEEF, in what 
promises to be a fight.(!) It's not whether you win or lose, but how many points you 
get (2).  Right, PARANOID?  Willing to win at any cost is DISEASE, who challenged 
CEPHUS, 10 points junior.  Our sympathies, CEPHUS!  I thought DISEASE showed great 
skill and promise when she won victory over CEPHUS.  All right, so I slept through 
it!  Big deal!   
     The moving sword slashes, and having slashed, moves on...  Ask not for whom the 
sword slashes; it slashes for thee.   
     Do not think spyreporting in ZENSU is the highlight of my life.  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 ZENSU 
farewell-- Novgorodny Vir  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 FLOODS 5263                  32   6  0 166         PANDORA'S BOX (522)       

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 EERIE BEEF 5383               8   1  0 117         TMM EXPERIMENTS 103 (478) 
 YU CRYN 4977                 14  10  2 109         GR8 PL8TS (499)           
 HUMPTY DUMPTY 5331            9  15  0 105         DREAMS WORK (538)         
 BROCCOLI BRIDE 5380           9   1  0 103         TMM EXPERIMENTS 103 (478) 
 NEERLY STENN 5273            18  28  1 101         BEYOND THE PALE (337)     
 SLACK JAW 4147               24   2  0  95         PHILANTHROPISTS (211)     
 DARKNESS 5330                16   3  0  92         PANDORA'S BOX (522)       
 SWEET SORROW 5335            16  11  1  91         OXY MORONS (537)          

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 CRAZY TRAIN 1750             17  11  0  90         PHILANTHROPISTS (211)     
 KEN 5297                     16  21  0  89         DREAMS WORK (538)         
 BLOOD BATH 1748              15  13  0  86         PHILANTHROPISTS (211)     
 DELUGE 5332                  11   6  0  86         PANDORA'S BOX (522)       
 DOS JONES 5272               17  29  0  85         BEYOND THE PALE (337)     

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 PARANOID 1747                18   9  0  82         PHILANTHROPISTS (211)     

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 TURTLE NEMESIS 5382           7   1  0  58         TMM EXPERIMENTS 103 (478) 
 DISEASE 5327                 10   8  0  57         PANDORA'S BOX (522)       

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 CHERUB OF JUSTICE 5349        8   8  0  56         DIRTY DOZENS (333)        
-MCNERDJOY 5352                6   5  0  54         THIS MODERN WORLD 27 (542)
 CEPHUS 5379                   3   4  0  41         DIRTY DOZENS (333)        
 WANDA 5376                    8   3  0  36         DIRTY DOZENS (333)        
 MOOR PALE 5373                7  13  0  34         BEYOND THE PALE (337)     

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 LEAD BALLOON 5391             6   3  0  29         OXY MORONS (537)          
 GOING NOWHERE 5400            3   3  2  26         OXY MORONS (537)          

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 DAVE 5351                     2   1  0  23         DREAMS WORK (538)         
 ICEMAN 5385                   5   4  0  22         DIRTY DOZENS (333)        
 EXTREME AVERAGE 5404          1   1  0  10         OXY MORONS (537)          

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
PERSISTENT BEGGA        0  0 0                      GOING NOWHERE 5400     999 NONE
DA1 5408                0  1 0 GR8 PL8TS 499        DARK CHAMPION          999 NONE
DA2 5409                0  1 0 GR8 PL8TS 499        MOUNTAIN TROLL         999 NONE

                                     PERSONAL ADS

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

DA2 was viciously butchered by MOUNTAIN TROLL in a 2 minute bloody Dark Arena fight.
DA1 was slaughtered by DARK CHAMPION in a 2 minute gruesome Dark Arena battle.
FLOODS luckily beat HUMPTY DUMPTY in a 4 minute expert's Challenge Title fight.
DELUGE was overpowered by YU CRYN in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge fight.
PARANOID was viciously subdued by EERIE BEEF in a 2 minute expert's Challenge brawl.
DARKNESS unbelievably bested BLOOD BATH in a 4 minute master's Challenge match.
DISEASE viciously subdued CEPHUS in a action packed 3 minute gruesome Challenge melee.
SLACK JAW won victory over DOS JONES in a 3 minute expert's fight.
BROCCOLI BRIDE won victory over CRAZY TRAIN in a popular 1 minute fight.
KEN was overpowered by NEERLY STENN in a 2 minute one-sided melee.
SWEET SORROW overpowered CHERUB OF JUSTICE in a 2 minute bloody one-sided match.
WANDA was overcome by TURTLE NEMESIS in a 2 minute contest.
MOOR PALE was demolished by DANGEROUS CRIMINAL in a 1 minute mismatched match.
DAVE was luckily beaten by LEAD BALLOON in a crowd pleasing 6 minute gory conflict.
GOING NOWHERE slaughtered PERSISTENT BEGGAR in a 2 minute mismatched bout.
ICEMAN won victory over EXTREME AVERAGE in a 2 minute brutal fray.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|LUNGING ATTACK                   8         TOTAL PARRY       30 -   9 -  0      77  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      6         PARRY-STRIKE       3 -   1 -  0      75  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    6         PARRY-LUNGE       14 -   5 -  0      74  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  3         AIMED BLOW         5 -   2 -  0      71  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      2         BASHING ATTACK     7 -   6 -  0      54  |
|AIMED BLOW                       1         WALL OF STEEL     25 -  26 -  2      49  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  1         SLASHING ATTACK   16 -  23 -  0      41  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   1         LUNGING ATTACK    22 -  33 -  0      40  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     0         STRIKING ATTACK    7 -  15 -  0      32  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    0         PARRY-RIPOSTE      0 -   0 -  0       0  |

Turn 999 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         1 -  0     LUNGING ATTACK     2 -  6         3  TOTAL PARRY    
STRIKING ATTACK    1 -  0     PARRY-STRIKE       0 -  0         3  LUNGING ATTACK 
BASHING ATTACK     1 -  0     PARRY-RIPOSTE      0 -  0         2  WALL OF STEEL  
TOTAL PARRY        4 -  2     SLASHING ATTACK    0 -  3         1  PARRY-LUNGE    
PARRY-LUNGE        1 -  1                                       1  STRIKING ATTACK
WALL OF STEEL      3 -  3                                       1  AIMED BLOW     

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
TOTAL PARRY      FLOODS 5263                32   6  0  166 PANDORA'S BOX (522)
WALL OF STEEL    EERIE BEEF 5383             8   1  0  117 TMM EXPERIMENTS 103 (478)
LUNGING ATTACK   YU CRYN 4977               14  10  2  109 GR8 PL8TS (499)
PARRY-LUNGE      BROCCOLI BRIDE 5380         9   1  0  103 TMM EXPERIMENTS 103 (478)
SLASHING ATTACK  DELUGE 5332                11   6  0   86 PANDORA'S BOX (522)
AIMED BLOW       TURTLE NEMESIS 5382         7   1  0   58 TMM EXPERIMENTS 103 (478)
BASHING ATTACK   DISEASE 5327               10   8  0   57 PANDORA'S BOX (522)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is HUMPTY DUMPTY 5331.  The most popular warrior this 
turn was DAVE 5351.  The ten other most popular fighters were HUMPTY DUMPTY 5331, 
BLOOD BATH 1748, DISEASE 5327, EERIE BEEF 5383, ICEMAN 5385, NEERLY STENN 5273, SWEET 
SORROW 5335, TURTLE NEMESIS 5382, YU CRYN 4977, and DOS JONES 5272.

The least popular fighter this week was WANDA 5376.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were DELUGE 5332, GOING NOWHERE 5400, LEAD BALLOON 5391, MOOR PALE 5373, 
CHERUB OF JUSTICE 5349, KEN 5297, CRAZY TRAIN 1750, SLACK JAW 4147, DA1 5408, and 
CEPHUS 5379.