DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER
Date : 01/06/2026 Duedate: 02/02/2026
ILLIS ARENA
DM 59 TURN 450
This Week's Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
MOSCOW MULE
HANGOVERS (265)
(59-3263) [11-7-0,110]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
MOSCOW MULE POSITION IS EMPTY
HANGOVERS (265)
(59-3263) [11-7-0,110]
Popularity Leader This Week's Favorite
JUBEI NYROND
IMPROVED ILLUSION (261) FAR TRAVELERS (337)
(59-3197) [13-13-1,72] (59-3348) [1-1-0,20]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
ISLE OF SKYE (58)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. IMPROVED ILLUSION (261) 38
2. CHAPEL ROCK (287) 33 IMPROVED ILLUSION (261)
3. TEABAG@CINCY 21.1 (332) 17 Unchartered Team
4. ISLANDERS (247) 14
5. FAR TRAVELERS (337) 9 CHAOS REALM (226)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1/ 2 IMPROVED ILLUSION (261) 313 182 17 63.2 1/ 2 ISLE OF SKYE (58) 7 5 0
2/ 1 TEABAG@CINCY 21.1 (332) 24 14 1 63.2 2/ 1 BASHAHOLICS ANON (297) 7 6 0
3/ 3 HANGOVERS (265) 339 217 24 61.0 3/ 3 HANGOVERS (265) 6 4 0
4/ 4 CHAPEL ROCK (287) 443 328 18 57.5 4/ 5 IMPROVED ILLUSION (261) 6 8 2
5- 5 OF WOLF & PIXIE (338) 16 14 0 53.3 5/ 6 FAR TRAVELERS (337) 3 1 0
6/ 6 ISLE OF SKYE (58) 310 277 18 52.8 6/ 7 ISLANDERS (247) 2 1 0
7/ 7 BASHAHOLICS ANON (297) 352 338 13 51.0 7- 4 OF WOLF & PIXIE (338) 2 2 0
8/ 8 FAR TRAVELERS (337) 17 21 0 44.7 8/ 9 CHAPEL ROCK (287) 2 5 0
9/ 9 ISLANDERS (247) 623 792 20 44.0 9/ 8 TEABAG@CINCY 21.1 (332) 1 3 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."
SPY REPORT
Greetings, warriors of ILLIS! Once again I've been called out of retirement for
my abilities and insights into Spyreporting. Biff! Pow! ILLIS watched with glee as
BASHAHOLICS ANON got knocked off top spot by ISLE OF SKYE! What's with FALSE IDOL?
It actually beat ISLE OF SKYE's MURTAGH, and walked away with 21 more points from the
fight. Laughs were big at CHAPEL ROCK while they watched FALSE IDOL clobber MURTAGH.
He lost 20 points and got bruised from objects thrown from the stands. I can barely
restrain my enthusiam for HANGOVERS' outstanding member, Duelmaster MOSCOW MULE.
Wouldn't it be nice to have live subjects to practice on? I hear some team is
looking into the uses of convicted prisoners.
No matter the time or place, men will always duel. How well I know the feeling
of being in the most avoided team! Don't fall out of practive, ISLE OF SKYE! In my
day, no team with a 309-274-18 would scare me off! What's the problem, IMPROVED
ILLUSION? What do people see in YAMIKUBO? His 4-0-1? IMPROVED ILLUSION ain't
talkin', but he's got 43 points. MY FAIR LADY of HANGOVERS knows how to pick 'em.
She challenged SUPPORT GROUP of BASHAHOLICS ANON who is up by 20. Now was this a
wise move? MY FAIR LADY perhaps got hers just desserts, seeing as she was overcame
by SUPPORT GROUP and ended up with 72 recognition points.
Warriors of ILLIS unite. You have only your games to lose! How long have I
been here? I got people to see, places to go...
Well, I'm pretty much through. You guys need to get back practicing. 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
MOSCOW MULE 3263 11 7 0 110 HANGOVERS (265)
CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-DJANGO 3335 9 3 0 106 FAR TRAVELERS (337)
IT'S NOT A PROBLEM 3322 14 8 0 97 BASHAHOLICS ANON (297)
AGAIN AND AGAIN 3312 18 10 0 95 BASHAHOLICS ANON (297)
SUPPORT GROUP 3255 21 24 0 93 BASHAHOLICS ANON (297)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
PURPLE HAZE 3165 17 11 0 83 HANGOVERS (265)
SNARKNADO 3343 8 3 0 82 TEABAG@CINCY 21.1 (332)
BEACHCOMBER 3296 15 20 0 80 ISLANDERS (247)
JUBEI 3197 13 13 1 72 IMPROVED ILLUSION (261)
MY FAIR LADY 3309 5 9 0 72 HANGOVERS (265)
THORUNDR 2654 18 16 1 71 ISLE OF SKYE (58)
CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
CHESSMASTER HEX 3276 8 3 0 61 IMPROVED ILLUSION (261)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
FALSE IDOL 3311 5 4 0 53 CHAPEL ROCK (287)
IN SECRET 3324 14 6 0 52 BASHAHOLICS ANON (297)
YAMIKUBO 3302 4 0 1 43 IMPROVED ILLUSION (261)
EXODUS 3297 7 19 0 40 CHAPEL ROCK (287)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-TANGY 3355 5 3 0 33 OF WOLF & PIXIE (338)
TOBIUS 3342 5 4 0 32 FAR TRAVELERS (337)
HERMIT 3344 8 6 1 31 ISLE OF SKYE (58)
MURTAGH 3332 7 10 0 31 ISLE OF SKYE (58)
-AURIT 3370 2 0 0 30 OF WOLF & PIXIE (338)
-BRIGHTLACE 3354 2 2 0 26 OF WOLF & PIXIE (338)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
MERCY ME 3382 3 1 0 23 CHAPEL ROCK (287)
NUKA 3397 1 0 1 21 IMPROVED ILLUSION (261)
NYROND 3348 1 1 0 20 FAR TRAVELERS (337)
OLD FASHIONED 3383 3 1 0 10 HANGOVERS (265)
CAVE TROLL 3398 1 0 0 6 ISLE OF SKYE (58)
HOT TODDY 3389 1 1 0 6 HANGOVERS (265)
-HOLY COW 3390 0 1 0 1 CHAPEL ROCK (287)
24 HOUR CHIP 3395 0 1 0 1 BASHAHOLICS ANON (297)
YEAGER 3396 0 1 0 1 IMPROVED ILLUSION (261)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
VENAL CLERK 0 0 0 NUKA 3397 450 NONE
CAVE TROLL 3377 2 4 0 ISLE OF SKYE 58 YAMIKUBO 3302 449
RSI PENCIL 2 3259 0 1 0 TEABAG@CINCY 21. 332 STONE GOLEM 450 NONE
PERSONAL ADS
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
RSI PENCIL 2 was butchered by STONE GOLEM in a 2 minute bloody Dark Arena fight.
HERMIT was viciously subdued by YAMIKUBO in a 1 minute gruesome Bloodfeud battle.
MY FAIR LADY was subdued by SUPPORT GROUP in a 2 minute Challenge fight.
SNARKNADO won victory over THORUNDR in a 2 minute Challenge brawl.
FALSE IDOL devastated MURTAGH in a 2 minute one-sided Challenge fight.
IT'S NOT A PROBLEM was subdued by MOSCOW MULE in a 2 minute Title competition.
PURPLE HAZE lost to DOOMIE JUGGERNAUT in a exciting 1 minute master's fight.
JUBEI was devastated by AGAIN AND AGAIN in a 1 minute one-sided competition.
IN SECRET was handily defeated by BEACHCOMBER in a 2 minute uneven melee.
CHESSMASTER HEX vanquished EXODUS in a 2 minute gruesome one-sided duel.
TOBIUS vanquished HOT TODDY in a 2 minute brutal one-sided fight.
NYROND was viciously subdued by MERCY ME in a popular 4 minute brutal bout.
OLD FASHIONED outlasted YEAGER in a unpopular 9 minute amateur's competition.
24 HOUR CHIP was subdued by CAVE TROLL in a popular 1 minute amateur's match.
NUKA easily killed VENAL CLERK in a 1 minute one-sided conflict.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|LUNGING ATTACK 6 PARRY-STRIKE 7 - 4 - 0 64 |
|AIMED BLOW 5 TOTAL PARRY 9 - 7 - 0 56 |
|BASHING ATTACK 4 BASHING ATTACK 16 - 13 - 1 55 |
|WALL OF STEEL 4 LUNGING ATTACK 25 - 22 - 2 53 |
|STRIKING ATTACK 2 AIMED BLOW 21 - 20 - 0 51 |
|TOTAL PARRY 2 PARRY-LUNGE 1 - 1 - 0 50 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 1 WALL OF STEEL 18 - 21 - 0 46 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 1 STRIKING ATTACK 11 - 13 - 0 46 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 SLASHING ATTACK 4 - 8 - 0 33 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 3 - 0 0 |
Turn 450 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-STRIKE 1 - 0 WALL OF STEEL 1 - 3 3 LUNGING ATTACK
STRIKING ATTACK 2 - 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 1 3 WALL OF STEEL
AIMED BLOW 3 - 2 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 1 2 AIMED BLOW
LUNGING ATTACK 3 - 3 SLASHING ATTACK 0 - 1 1 BASHING ATTACK
BASHING ATTACK 2 - 2 1 STRIKING ATTACK
TOTAL PARRY 1 - 1 1 SLASHING ATTACK
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
LUNGING ATTACK MOSCOW MULE 3263 11 7 0 110 HANGOVERS (265)
BASHING ATTACK IT'S NOT A PROBLEM 3322 14 8 0 97 BASHAHOLICS ANON (297)
AIMED BLOW PURPLE HAZE 3165 17 11 0 83 HANGOVERS (265)
WALL OF STEEL THORUNDR 2654 18 16 1 71 ISLE OF SKYE (58)
PARRY-STRIKE CHESSMASTER HEX 3276 8 3 0 61 IMPROVED ILLUSION (261)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
The overall popularity leader is JUBEI 3197. The most popular warrior this turn was
NYROND 3348. The ten other most popular fighters were MY FAIR LADY 3309, IT'S NOT A
PROBLEM 3322, FALSE IDOL 3311, MOSCOW MULE 3263, CHESSMASTER HEX 3276, TOBIUS 3342,
MERCY ME 3382, CAVE TROLL 3398, YAMIKUBO 3302, and SUPPORT GROUP 3255.
The least popular fighter this week was OLD FASHIONED 3383. The other ten least
popular fighters were YEAGER 3396, IN SECRET 3324, JUBEI 3197, HERMIT 3344, RSI
PENCIL 2 3259, NUKA 3397, HOT TODDY 3389, EXODUS 3297, MURTAGH 3332, and 24 HOUR CHIP
3395.