DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER
Date : 01/02/2026 Duedate: 01/15/2026
RODEKI ARENA
DM 42 TURN 992
This Week's Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
CREVE COEUR
MI CASA (485)
(42-5523) [13-12-2,94]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
CREVE COEUR POSITION IS EMPTY
MI CASA (485)
(42-5523) [13-12-2,94]
Popularity Leader This Week's Favorite
BEYOND THE GRAVE SNOOP DOGG
SAXON (492) FURRY FURY (463)
(42-5614) [5-6-1,47] (42-5597) [5-1-1,84]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
SAXON (492)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. SAXON (492) 36
2. FURRY FURY (463) 18 FURRY FURY (463)
3. DELVERS (154) 18 Unchartered Team
4. BETTER BLUES (365) 15
5. MI CASA (485) 7 TIME WARPED (306)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1/ 1 FURRY FURY (463) 25 8 2 75.8 1/ 2 SAXON (492) 8 7 0
2/ 2 MI CASA (485) 87 48 5 64.4 2/ 1 MI CASA (485) 6 3 0
3/ 3 BETTER BLUES (365) 154 114 8 57.5 3/ 3 GRECIAN FORMULA (486) 4 5 0
4/ 5 SAXON (492) 25 27 1 48.1 4/ 4 FURRY FURY (463) 3 0 1
5/ 4 GRECIAN FORMULA (486) 30 37 1 44.8 5/ 6 DELVERS (154) 2 1 0
6/ 6 DELVERS (154) 1219 1744 33 41.1 6/ 5 BETTER BLUES (365) 2 2 0
'*' Unchartered team '-' Team did not fight this turn
(###) Avoid teams by their Team Id ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank
TEAM SPOTLIGHT
The native girl gave Orv a surprised smile. "You have some herb lore, do you?"
"You could say that," the little spirit replied with an answering smile. "I'm a
land healer. When we're done with the monsters, I will heal the poisoned land here
before I go home."
"I'll pass the word. Maybe some farmers will come and say which fields need
help."
The group of adventurers moved on down the flower-lined road, toward the forest
with the dark and foggy spot in the middle.
Vengeance said, "This chaos gate, is it a big visible stone gate, like when we
fought in Gateway Arena?"
Orv shook his, or her, or its head. "It is a wound in Ghea, which has festered
through the volcanic flow Sheila Greywand used to try and seal it. The world beyond
that breach is as poisonous to our world as our world is to that world." Shaking its
head, it spat to the side, as though tasting something vile. "The breach is under the
polluted water and I don't recommend going through to the other side. It's likely
that the enemy will be on this side, maybe in the water as the poison comforts them.
In case you have to enter the water, I'll make you a salve to protect your bodies and
your equipment, but that won't last more than an hour."
Tortured Trout frowned as he strode down the road. "Sounds like it would be best
to lure them out of the water. What can we do to really piss them off?"
Orv gasped a surprised laugh, sounding as innocent as a child -- a child with
mischief on its mind. "I don't know them well, but I'd guess these invaders are
fanatics who take themselves very seriously. If they think you are making fun of
them..."
Marduk nodded. "So, we pants them."
Teetotaler shook his head. "Nnn... ah. We're talking about making them come out
of the water to fight us. How would that work?"
"I could make an illusion," Trout suggested, rubbing his bearded chin.
Teddy Brewster shrugged. "When we see them, we should simply charge!"
"We hide in the trees," said Vengeance. "Trout makes an illusion of a farmer
pantsing one of the poison weasels. They get offended and come ashore to deal with
it. THEN we charge. Hmm. There are six of us, and seven of them. Orv, do you
fight?"
The little spirit shook its head, then said, "Well... it depends. You can see
that I'm not as big and strong as all of you."
"But you are of Ghea," said Tortured Trout. "Can you poison those things with a
touch?"
"Oh. Yes, I suppose so. But if I am slain, I can't heal the land."
"We won't include you in the fighting line, then. Or Trout, either. You guys
are support. The five of us can take those evil weasels."
They had been walking rapidly as they made their plans. Now, they were in the
forest, which looked sick. It was mostly oak and maple and sycamore trees, which
should have had green leaves on this warm island, but all the leaves were shriveled
and black, and curled up on the ground. The tree skeletons looked twisted, as though
they were in pain. The group of fighters walked up a small rise in the land, and
looked down upon a swamp, pools of bubbling yellowish water that stank of sulfur and
rot.
Vengeance looked at Orv. "Can you tell where they are?"
The nature spirit stretched out its arm, pointing at a particularly large pool.
"Four of them. The other three might still be in their own world."
Teddy Brewster shifted his feet, hefted his sword, and snorted. "Let's just
charge."
DUELMASTER'S COLUMN
Notes from the arena champ.
Hmmm. That makes me 3-5 in these Duelmaster bouts and 17 political points. And with 12
wins, all I have to do is to stay alive through 2 more wins to get my ticket to The
Isle. Might be difficult; I could go the way of my buddy Evansville, who was readying
for the FTF when Snoop Dog sang him to death. (More about that in a moment.) Anyway, I
don't admit to being the greatest, but I do have some skill and I can dunk. I want out
of here alive.
Evansville was a really fine buddy. At 13-5(+1)-13-21-9-17-7, he was an unusual
basher. Having gone 4-3 in two previous tournaments, he was ready to bash his way to
an Adepts T.C., before the Snoop fellow slipped in a dastardly assassination. I never
did like the guy much, until I saw him on The Voice. Smart S.O.B. Has a presence. But
he is a KILLER!
What will I do about it?
-- Creve Coeur, DMIII
SPY REPORT
You elder fighters surely remember me. The younger ones may call me Olaf
Modeen. I return to RODEKI once again! Biff! Pow! RODEKI watched with glee as MI
CASA got knocked off top spot by SAXON! What's with SNOOP DOGG? He actually beat MI
CASA's HOPE MILLS, and walked away with 18 more points from the fight. Major screwup
at SAXON. WITCHFINDER lost 2 points to KUNG-FU MASTER. Some new strategies,
perhaps? Maybe WITCHFINDER will provide more easy wins... ZORA YOUNG was reminded
on the sands why CREVE COEUR is Duelmaster. Wouldn't it be nice to have live
subjects to practice on? I hear some team is looking into the uses of convicted
prisoners.
If at first you don't succeed, avoid. That'll get you in the Spyreports. The
most avoided team was GRECIAN FORMULA. In my day, no team with a 30-36-1 would scare
me off! What's the problem, MI CASA? What do people see in ZORA YOUNG? Hers
11-8-0? BETTER BLUES ain't talkin', but she's got 71 points.
Warriors of RODEKI unite. You have only your games to lose! Many a warrior has
met his fate in a hungover stupor. You young rapscallions, take note!
Who knows what the future holds for a warrior. More fights, there's no doubt.
The end of another Spyreport! That's cause for celebration in my book! I don't want
to overstay my welcome...-- Olaf Modeen
DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
CREVE COEUR 5523 13 12 2 94 MI CASA (485)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
SNOOP DOGG 5597 5 1 1 84 FURRY FURY (463)
HOPE MILLS 5520 21 9 1 73 MI CASA (485)
ZORA YOUNG 5602 11 8 0 71 BETTER BLUES (365)
MYRMIDUS 5537 14 15 0 67 GRECIAN FORMULA (486)
CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
BUCKET 5585 9 15 0 60 DELVERS (154)
WITCHFINDER 5615 7 4 0 59 SAXON (492)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
BEYOND THE GRAVE 5614 5 6 1 47 SAXON (492)
-VESTALLA 5600 4 0 1 41 GRECIAN FORMULA (486)
QUEEN OF HEARTS 5621 6 4 0 36 SAXON (492)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
LADY IN GRAY 5624 4 4 0 26 SAXON (492)
-OAK PARK 5625 4 0 0 24 MI CASA (485)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
FIRE AND STEEL 5626 2 4 0 19 SAXON (492)
-GORGONNE 5594 4 0 0 18 GRECIAN FORMULA (486)
FREDDIE KING 5636 1 0 0 15 BETTER BLUES (365)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
EVANSVILLE 5606 5 5 1 MI CASA 485 SNOOP DOGG 5597 991
PERSONAL ADS
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
CREVE COEUR viciously subdued ZORA YOUNG in a crowd pleasing 3 minute Title fight.
HOPE MILLS was savagely defeated by SNOOP DOGG in a exciting 3 minute gory melee.
WITCHFINDER was viciously subdued by KUNG-FU MASTER in a 2 minute brawl.
MYRMIDUS was defeated by BUCKET in a 2 minute bloody master's match.
QUEEN OF HEARTS vanquished CULT MEMBER in a 2 minute brutal mismatched fight.
BEYOND THE GRAVE devastated AMBITIOUS GUARD in a 1 minute one-sided competition.
LADY IN GRAY overcame EMBEZZLING SCRIBE in a action packed 1 minute melee.
FIRE AND STEEL vanquished CONVICTED THIEF in a 1 minute one-sided duel.
FREDDIE KING vanquished PERSISTENT BEGGAR in a 2 minute one-sided duel.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|STRIKING ATTACK 3 WALL OF STEEL 7 - 0 - 0 100 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 3 TOTAL PARRY 23 - 9 - 0 72 |
|TOTAL PARRY 2 PARRY-RIPOSTE 6 - 4 - 0 60 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 LUNGING ATTACK 8 - 7 - 0 53 |
|LUNGING ATTACK 1 PARRY-LUNGE 1 - 1 - 0 50 |
|WALL OF STEEL 1 AIMED BLOW 1 - 1 - 0 50 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 1 BASHING ATTACK 9 - 9 - 2 50 |
|AIMED BLOW 0 STRIKING ATTACK 12 - 13 - 1 48 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 0 SLASHING ATTACK 14 - 16 - 0 47 |
|BASHING ATTACK 0 PARRY-STRIKE 4 - 7 - 0 36 |
Turn 992 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 0 - 0 3 SLASHING ATTACK
LUNGING ATTACK 1 - 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 2 STRIKING ATTACK
STRIKING ATTACK 3 - 0 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 1 2 TOTAL PARRY
WALL OF STEEL 1 - 0 BASHING ATTACK 0 - 0 1 LUNGING ATTACK
SLASHING ATTACK 2 - 1 TOTAL PARRY 0 - 2 1 PARRY-STRIKE
1 BASHING ATTACK
1 PARRY-RIPOSTE
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
SLASHING ATTACK CREVE COEUR 5523 13 12 2 94 MI CASA (485)
STRIKING ATTACK SNOOP DOGG 5597 5 1 1 84 FURRY FURY (463)
TOTAL PARRY HOPE MILLS 5520 21 9 1 73 MI CASA (485)
PARRY-RIPOSTE QUEEN OF HEARTS 5621 6 4 0 36 SAXON (492)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
The overall popularity leader is BEYOND THE GRAVE 5614. The most popular warrior
this turn was SNOOP DOGG 5597. The ten other most popular fighters were CREVE COEUR
5523, BUCKET 5585, QUEEN OF HEARTS 5621, ZORA YOUNG 5602, WITCHFINDER 5615, LADY IN
GRAY 5624, BEYOND THE GRAVE 5614, FIRE AND STEEL 5626, HOPE MILLS 5520, and MYRMIDUS
5537.
The least popular fighter this week was FREDDIE KING 5636. The other ten least
popular fighters were MYRMIDUS 5537, HOPE MILLS 5520, FIRE AND STEEL 5626, BEYOND THE
GRAVE 5614, LADY IN GRAY 5624, WITCHFINDER 5615, ZORA YOUNG 5602, QUEEN OF HEARTS
5621, BUCKET 5585, and CREVE COEUR 5523.