DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER
Date : 01/02/2026 Duedate: 01/15/2026
ARADI ARENA
DM 60 TURN 897
This Week's Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
SOLOMOON
THIRSTY THUGS (600)
(60-9611) [8-1-0,109]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
SOLOMOON GREW SOME YUPPIE
THIRSTY THUGS (600) PAPER TIGERS 25.4 (740)
(60-9611) [8-1-0,109] (60-9880) [3-0-0,30]
Popularity Leader This Week's Favorite
SECRET RETRIBUTION RAIN MISTRESS
WRATHMEN 23-40 (728) TEMERE NOMEN (734)
(60-9668) [13-8-0,78] (60-9789) [8-3-0,52]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
THIRSTY THUGS (600)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. THIRSTY THUGS (600) 34
2. TEMERE NOMEN (734) 21 THIRSTY THUGS (600)
3. UNNAMEABLES (91) 20 Unchartered Team
4. WRATHMEN 23-40 (728) 10
5. PAPER TIGERS 25.4 (740) 5 PAPER TIGERS 25.4 (740)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1/ 1*PAPER TIGERS 25.4 (740) 3 0 0 100. 1/ 7 THIRSTY THUGS (600) 4 0 0
2/ 2 THIRSTY THUGS (600) 28 9 0 75.7 2/ 4*PAPER TIGERS 25.4 (740) 3 0 0
3/ 5 WRATHMEN 23-40 (728) 13 8 0 61.9 3/ 5 UNNAMEABLES (91) 3 2 0
4- 3 PHILANTHROPISTS (594) 34 22 0 60.7 4/10 TEMERE NOMEN (734) 3 3 0
5- 6*FAR TRAVELERS (736) 10 8 1 55.6 5- 2*FAR TRAVELERS (736) 3 3 0
6/ 4 TINFOIL MAFIA (738) 30 25 1 54.5 6/ 1 TINFOIL MAFIA (738) 3 12 1
7/ 8 TEMERE NOMEN (734) 49 41 0 54.4 7- 3 THE BUNKHOUSE (595) 2 3 0
8/ 7 UNNAMEABLES (91) 531 458 31 53.7 8- 6 PHILANTHROPISTS (594) 1 0 0
9- 9 THE BUNKHOUSE (595) 178 180 4 49.7 9- 8 OK, WE'RE HERE (287) 1 1 0
10-10 TALLOWIHC (285) 32 33 0 49.2 10/12 WRATHMEN 23-40 (728) 1 2 0
11-11 OK, WE'RE HERE (287) 10 13 0 43.5 11-11 TALLOWIHC (285) 0 3 0
12/12 RED DOG GANG (476) 1036 1505 28 40.8 12/ 9 RED DOG GANG (476) 0 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 ARADI! Once again I've been called out of retirement for
my abilities and insights into Spyreporting. Bein' on top is great while it lasts,
TINFOIL MAFIA. But how many friends do you have now? Hmmmph! I always thought
TINFOIL MAFIA was an over-rated team and they proved it with a 0-5-0! Up 'n down.
Up 'n down. Rankings always change. Up 'n down. I think I'm gonna be... Well,
THIRSTY THUGS' 1st moved them up to 2-0-0 place. What's with WARFOUR? He actually
beat TEMERE NOMEN's RAIN MISTRESS, and walked away with 21 more points from the
fight. Major screwup at TINFOIL MAFIA. AGENT STATIC lost 11 points to LUPOSABRE.
Some new strategies, perhaps? Maybe AGENT STATIC will provide more easy wins...
CALM ANEMONE was reminded on the sands why SOLOMOON 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.
Speaking of cowardly avoiders and unfair challenges...
Warriors of ARADI unite. You have only your games to lose! How long have I
been here? I got people to see, places to go...
Who knows what the future holds for a warrior. More fights, there's no doubt.
ARADI is a nice place to live, but I don't like to live in nice places. I don't want
to overstay my welcome...-- Olaf Modeen
DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
SOLOMOON 9611 8 1 0 109 THIRSTY THUGS (600)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-COLDY 9758 13 16 1 90 THE BUNKHOUSE (595)
CALM ANEMONE 9706 10 5 2 87 UNNAMEABLES (91)
SECRET RETRIBUTION 9668 13 8 0 78 WRATHMEN 23-40 (728)
BADGER 9661 9 49 0 76 RED DOG GANG (476)
CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-PADASHA 9821 5 0 0 66 FAR TRAVELERS (736)
LUPOSABRE 9790 9 12 0 64 TEMERE NOMEN (734)
-RUSTY 9848 8 2 1 64 THE BUNKHOUSE (595)
-ANJA 9805 4 0 0 61 FAR TRAVELERS (736)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
RAIN MISTRESS 9789 8 3 0 52 TEMERE NOMEN (734)
WARFOUR 9103 7 5 0 52 UNNAMEABLES (91)
PASSION AGGRESSION 9720 4 2 0 42 UNNAMEABLES (91)
AGENT STATIC 9857 8 3 1 39 TINFOIL MAFIA (738)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
WREKN 9767 2 0 0 33 THIRSTY THUGS (600)
GREW SOME YUPPIE 9880 3 0 0 30 PAPER TIGERS 25.4 (740)
MRS. REDACTED 9859 6 5 0 26 TINFOIL MAFIA (738)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
WETWORK ZERO 9858 6 5 0 23 TINFOIL MAFIA (738)
SLEEPER CELL 9856 5 6 0 23 TINFOIL MAFIA (738)
SHADOWLOOP 9860 5 6 0 23 TINFOIL MAFIA (738)
-AGGIE 9861 4 4 0 22 THE BUNKHOUSE (595)
-JUST A CH 3363 1 4 0 21 OK, WE'RE HERE (287)
-DERS 9855 5 4 0 19 THE BUNKHOUSE (595)
-TANGWEN 3497 1 4 0 17 TALLOWIHC (285)
-SUDSY 9836 2 4 0 16 THE BUNKHOUSE (595)
-NAVIGATOR 9815 0 1 0 7 FAR TRAVELERS (736)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
PERSONAL ADS
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
SOLOMOON devastated CALM ANEMONE in a 1 minute mismatched Title fight.
SECRET RETRIBUTION won victory over BADGER in a exciting 1 minute expert's battle.
AGENT STATIC was overpowered by LUPOSABRE in a 2 minute bloody mismatched duel.
RAIN MISTRESS defeated WARFOUR in a exciting 3 minute fight.
SLEEPER CELL was bested by GREW SOME YUPPIE in a action packed 2 minute brawl.
WETWORK ZERO was overpowered by WREKN in a 1 minute one-sided struggle.
MRS. REDACTED was devastated by RUTHLESS JAYWALKER in a 1 minute competition.
PASSION AGGRESSION handily defeated SHADOWLOOP in a 1 minute uneven melee.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|AIMED BLOW 5 LUNGING ATTACK 28 - 14 - 2 67 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 2 TOTAL PARRY 10 - 6 - 0 63 |
|TOTAL PARRY 2 STRIKING ATTACK 17 - 13 - 1 57 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 SLASHING ATTACK 10 - 9 - 0 53 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 1 PARRY-STRIKE 5 - 5 - 0 50 |
|LUNGING ATTACK 1 PARRY-LUNGE 5 - 6 - 0 45 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 1 BASHING ATTACK 9 - 11 - 0 45 |
|STRIKING ATTACK 1 AIMED BLOW 15 - 20 - 0 43 |
|BASHING ATTACK 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE 3 - 6 - 0 33 |
|WALL OF STEEL 0 WALL OF STEEL 1 - 3 - 0 25 |
Turn 897 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 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 1 4 AIMED BLOW
AIMED BLOW 4 - 1 LUNGING ATTACK 0 - 1 2 LUNGING ATTACK
PARRY-STRIKE 1 - 1 SLASHING ATTACK 0 - 1 2 PARRY-STRIKE
TOTAL PARRY 1 - 1 STRIKING ATTACK 0 - 1 1 SLASHING ATTACK
BASHING ATTACK 0 - 1 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE
WALL OF STEEL 0 - 0 1 STRIKING ATTACK
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
AIMED BLOW SOLOMOON 9611 8 1 0 109 THIRSTY THUGS (600)
PARRY-STRIKE CALM ANEMONE 9706 10 5 2 87 UNNAMEABLES (91)
PARRY-LUNGE WARFOUR 9103 7 5 0 52 UNNAMEABLES (91)
LUNGING ATTACK AGENT STATIC 9857 8 3 1 39 TINFOIL MAFIA (738)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
The overall popularity leader is SECRET RETRIBUTION 9668. The most popular warrior
this turn was RAIN MISTRESS 9789. The ten other most popular fighters were SLEEPER
CELL 9856, SECRET RETRIBUTION 9668, SOLOMOON 9611, LUPOSABRE 9790, WARFOUR 9103, GREW
SOME YUPPIE 9880, WREKN 9767, PASSION AGGRESSION 9720, BADGER 9661, and CALM ANEMONE
9706.
The least popular fighter this week was SHADOWLOOP 9860. The other ten least popular
fighters were MRS. REDACTED 9859, WETWORK ZERO 9858, AGENT STATIC 9857, CALM ANEMONE
9706, BADGER 9661, PASSION AGGRESSION 9720, WREKN 9767, GREW SOME YUPPIE 9880,
WARFOUR 9103, and LUPOSABRE 9790.