DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 11/12/2025    Duedate: 11/25/2025

SHADOWSPIRE ARENA

DM 81    TURN 489

This Week's Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

FLAVIUS MANICUS
ROMAN REPUBLIC (204)
(81-3976) [20-22-0,104]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

FLAVIUS MANICUS                POSITION IS EMPTY
ROMAN REPUBLIC (204)           
(81-3976) [20-22-0,104]        

Popularity Leader              This Week's Favorite

DAKATA                         MOLSON
CULT OF BACCHUS (4)            ALE HOUSE MERCS (5)
(81-3994) [18-19-0,94]         (81-4084) [12-12-1,78]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

NBA LEGENDS (156)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. ALE HOUSE MERCS (5)           50 
2. NBA LEGENDS (156)             47    LA PENTARCHIE (11)
3. CHILDHOOD HEROES (8)          42    Unchartered Team
4. DRAGONBANE GUILD (13)         36 
5. ARDUIN (200)                  21 SUPERIOR FORCES A204 (70)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 0 LA PENTARCHIE (11)       641 499 22 56.2   1/ 1 NBA LEGENDS (156)        11  4 0
 2/ 1 NBA LEGENDS (156)        351 287 18 55.0   2/ 4 ROMAN REPUBLIC (204)      9  4 0
 3/ 2 CULT OF BACCHUS (4)      1074 899 39 54.4   3/ 3 CULT OF BACCHUS (4)       9  6 1
 4/ 3 CLAN LONGBEARD (39)      1025 890 36 53.5   4/ 9 DRAGONBANE GUILD (13)     8  6 0
 5/ 4 DRAGONBANE GUILD (13)    823 715 22 53.5   5/ 6 CLAN LONGBEARD (39)       8  7 0
 6/ 5 ALE HOUSE MERCS (5)      266 239 10 52.7   6/ 8 ARDUIN (200)              8  7 0
 7/ 6 DARQUE AGES (29)         1122 1040 46 51.9   7/11 CHILDHOOD HEROES (8)      7  7 0
 8/ 7 WICKED MARTYRS (148)     695 697 32 49.9   8/ 7 ALE HOUSE MERCS (5)       7  8 1
 9/10 BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)  510 557 37 47.8   9/ 5 DARQUE AGES (29)          7  8 0
10/ 8 TOILET PAPER (202)        40  44  2 47.6  10/ 2 BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)   7  8 0
11/ 9 PRIMAL INSTINCT (167)     71  79  6 47.3  11/12 TOILET PAPER (202)        6  9 1
12/11 LITERATE LOONS (40)      843 954 36 46.9  12/10 LITERATE LOONS (40)       6  9 0
13/12 CHILDHOOD HEROES (8)     168 196 10 46.2  13/14 HIGH ORDER (123)          5 10 1
14/13 ARDUIN (200)             109 131  4 45.4  14/13 PRIMAL INSTINCT (167)     4  6 0
15/14 ROMAN REPUBLIC (204)     113 137  3 45.2  15/15 WICKED MARTYRS (148)      1  2 0
16-15 INEBRIATION (27)         436 596 28 42.2  16/ 0 LA PENTARCHIE (11)        0  1 0
17-17 DEMONIC CHILI'S (201)     36  68  1 34.6  17-17 INEBRIATION (27)          0  1 0

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
18/16 HIGH ORDER (123)          29  55  4 34.5  18-16 DEMONIC CHILI'S (201)     0  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

     I can't believe the violence in SHADOWSPIRE!  I still haven't told Mom I'm 
writing Spyreports.  She'd have a cow!  Well, here we go...  Uncool, BIG LAKE 
SOLUTION.  I mean 1-4-0 is bad.  Will they will be allowed to fight?  I say use 'em 
for training practice!  The guys at DRAGONBANE GUILD like really pulled together to 
get a 3-1-0 this turn, moving up by 5.  Cut this out and put it in your scrapbooks, 
ALE HOUSE MERCS!  'Cause they got 4-1-0 and moved up to 8th!  MVP award for HOARD?  
DRAGONBANE GUILD's proud of him after beating BOSCOE and getting 23 points.  Talk 
about yer major upsets!  BOSCOE's match with HOARD cost him a loss of 19 points!  
This Duelmaster is like something else!  CARMINA BURANA stopped GROOG dead in his 
tracks!  Who was the wiseguy that said SHADOWSPIRE's Duelmaster was paying for drinks 
at Otto's Diner?  Don't look at me!   
     AAARRGH!!!  I HATE SPYREPORTING!!!  Sorry.  I just had to say it.  BIG LAKE 
SOLUTION was SHADOWSPIRE's most avoided team.  Is there some award for that?  I don't 
know what PRIMAL INSTINCT's been doing.  They certainly haven't been accepting many 
fights from BIG LAKE SOLUTION, that's fer sher.  Can ALE HOUSE MERCS' MOLSON be more 
popular than me?  She was challenged the most, but is that really the same?  Speaking 
of challenging 32 points above did you hear about FLAVIUS MANICUS of ROMAN REPUBLIC 
vs. BIG LAKE SOLUTION's MICKEY SPLITZ?  (And how was that intro!) Like, was that some 
fighting on FLAVIUS MANICUS' part, or what?  And he got 11 points out of it!  
(besides getting in my report)  Poor MICKEY SPLITZ.  Ooh!  Did BEAST WITHIN really 
know what she was doing when she challenged TENG SWARM?  A 10-9-0 speaks volumes.  
(Zontoni said that.  I don't know what it means.) What did BEAST WITHIN expect, 
anyway!  Of course TENG SWARM won.  Next time stick to people you have a chance 
against, dummy!   
     What does a fighter fight for?  I mean, the crowds don't give a hoot if someone 
gets killed.  Not after four more fights.  How cruel!  CHILDHOOD HEROES heartlessly 
sent his to JESSE MACH certain fate in the Dark Arena.  Is a 3-8-1 bad or something?  
Hey you guys, don't you think your families would like to hear from you?  Write!  (Or 
have someone write for you.)  
     Remember, blood on a purple robe may stain.  Soak it in cold water, and hand 
wash.  I know how much you like reading this stuff, but I really should stop.  Its 
been really albendranius!  Later, guys-- Debby Tonte  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 FLAVIUS MANICUS 3976         20  22  0 104         ROMAN REPUBLIC (204)      

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 JOHN STOCKTON 4089           13   8  0 103         NBA LEGENDS (156)         
 DAKATA 3994                  18  19  0  94         CULT OF BACCHUS (4)       
 GROOG 3960                   22  20  0  93         CULT OF BACCHUS (4)       
 RASAE 4032                   16  19  0  92         CLAN LONGBEARD (39)       
 MICKEY SPLITZ 3973           21  21  0  91         BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)   
 ARCTIC WOOKEY 4035           18  15  0  91         ALE HOUSE MERCS (5)       

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 KAPOW 4085                   16   8  2  90         ALE HOUSE MERCS (5)       
 HOARD 3974                   17  15  1  87         DRAGONBANE GUILD (13)     
 MOLSON 4084                  12  12  1  78         ALE HOUSE MERCS (5)       
 HUNTER 4112                   9   3  0  78         PRIMAL INSTINCT (167)     
 THE LEPER KING 3995          19  20  0  77         DARQUE AGES (29)          
 RAGE 3370                    10   6  0  76         PRIMAL INSTINCT (167)     
 SARCASM 4051                 14  18  2  75         WICKED MARTYRS (148)      
 THOMAS MANN 4076             13  15  0  72         LITERATE LOONS (40)       
 BEAST WITHIN 3346            10   9  0  72         PRIMAL INSTINCT (167)     
 FRANK O'CONNOR 4075          15  13  0  70         LITERATE LOONS (40)       
 GEORGE ELIOT 3978            13  29  2  70         LITERATE LOONS (40)       

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 MOLDYLOX 4080                12  13  0  67         CULT OF BACCHUS (4)       

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 BOSCOE 4074                  15  13  0  64         CLAN LONGBEARD (39)       
 ZI SHADOWSPLICE 4102          9   2  0  61         DRAGONBANE GUILD (13)     
 BRUTE SQUAD 1 4142            4   3  0  60         CHILDHOOD HEROES (8)      
 VELMA DINKLEY 4077            9  18  0  59         CHILDHOOD HEROES (8)      
 PHAROX TAHT 4097             10   9  1  57         BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)   
 RUNNYMEADE 4130               9   2  0  57         DARQUE AGES (29)          

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 PTYALISM 3916                11   6  0  51         TOILET PAPER (202)        
 SHELENA 1601                 12   5  0  49         HIGH ORDER (123)          
 CHARMIN 3943                  9   5  0  49         TOILET PAPER (202)        
 ROBERT PARISH 4095            8  10  0  48         NBA LEGENDS (156)         
 TAIZU 4131                    8   3  0  46         DARQUE AGES (29)          
 MISTI SKYE 4117               8   4  0  45         BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)   
 GIOTTO 4093                  12   8  0  44         DARQUE AGES (29)          
 SKY BISON 4109                8   7  0  44         ALE HOUSE MERCS (5)       
 GWORM 4071                   11  10  0  43         ARDUIN (200)              
 PTEROSAUR 3912                7   9  1  42         TOILET PAPER (202)        
 LEONARDO 4136                 5   3  0  39         CHILDHOOD HEROES (8)      
 JOHAN 4110                    8   6  1  35         CLAN LONGBEARD (39)       
-SAUCY SHERIFF 3904            6   5  0  35         DEMONIC CHILI'S (201)     
 JASON KIDD 4143               5   1  0  35         NBA LEGENDS (156)         

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 DILLY DILLY 4111              7   7  0  33         BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)   
 PTERODACTYL 3913              7  10  1  32         TOILET PAPER (202)        
 GILMUR 4139                   5   2  0  30         CLAN LONGBEARD (39)       
 JIMMY CRACKCORN 4099          6  11  0  29         BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)   
 PTOMAINE 3914                 6  11  0  29         TOILET PAPER (202)        
 THUNDERFIST 4132              5   3  1  27         CULT OF BACCHUS (4)       
 ALLEN IVERSON 4125            4   6  0  27         NBA LEGENDS (156)         
 QUINTUS LAENAS 4152           3   1  0  27         ROMAN REPUBLIC (204)      
 SHADOWFIST 4140               1   5  0  27         CULT OF BACCHUS (4)       
 PREDATOR 4101                 5   9  1  25         PRIMAL INSTINCT (167)     

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SWEEDE 4129                   6   5  0  23         CLAN LONGBEARD (39)       
 CAIUS FLACUS 4134             6   2  0  23         ROMAN REPUBLIC (204)      
 JANE AUSTEN 4133              3   6  0  22         LITERATE LOONS (40)       
 KOBE 4138                     3   4  0  22         NBA LEGENDS (156)         
 AII LORAII 4153               2   1  0  20         ARDUIN (200)              
-BEEFEATER 3993                3   7  0  16         INEBRIATION (27)          
 SOULQUAKE 4145                2   3  0  16         DRAGONBANE GUILD (13)     
 KALEESI 3758                  3   4  0  13         HIGH ORDER (123)          
 MARCUS CICERO 4156            1   1  0  13         ROMAN REPUBLIC (204)      
 SCREAMING ITCHY 4147          3   3  0  12         ARDUIN (200)              
 DONATELLO 4159                1   0  0  12         CHILDHOOD HEROES (8)      
 BELLA 4148                    2   2  1   9         HIGH ORDER (123)          
 BATTERSKULL 4144              2   3  0   9         DRAGONBANE GUILD (13)     
 WALT WHITMAN 4151             1   4  0   7         LITERATE LOONS (40)       
 DECIUS BELLUM 4155            1   1  0   6         ROMAN REPUBLIC (204)      
 THE MUSKETEER 4149            1   3  0   6         HIGH ORDER (123)          
 SARAH J 4158                  0   2  0   3         HIGH ORDER (123)          
 WHIPSICLE 4160                0   1  0   1         LA PENTARCHIE (11)        

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
DA1 4161                0  1 0 ALE HOUSE MERCS 5    STONE GOLEM            489 NONE
SMITHWICK 4118          6  4 0 ALE HOUSE MERCS 5    PTERODACTYL 3913       487 REVENGED

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
SLUGGOTH 4150           0  5 0 ARDUIN 200           WURM KIN               489 NONE
EGWENE 4010            10 23 0 CHILDHOOD HEROES 8   KAPOW 4085             487  
JESSE MACH 4124         3  9 1 CHILDHOOD HEROES 8   MOUNTAIN TROLL         489 NONE
SARAH JANE 3717         3  7 0 HIGH ORDER 123       THUNDERFIST 4132       487  
FEROCITY 4154           1  1 0 PRIMAL INSTINCT 167  HIGH ELF               489 NONE

                                     PERSONAL ADS

Beast Within -- A brave challenge if not a good one.  Maybe the commission knew 
something when they said I like hitting things with my fists. -- Lord Protector 
Wyrmshadow

Sky Bison -- This one went to me.  Besides, bison aren't supposed to fly, despite 
those weird ads for an ale house. -- Zi 

Groog -- Get thee back to the ale house! -- Hoard

Decius Bellum -- Your squad has given us some trouble recently.  That one was much 
better. -- Soulquake 

Who is Huard DePriest and what made him get up off of the sticky floor??  Whatever it 
was (somebody waved a bottle?) he produced a very interesting spy report!

Congrats to Carmina and Teng, the most recent graduates from Shadowspire!

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

JESSE MACH was barely slain by MOUNTAIN TROLL in a 3 minute Dark Arena fight.
FEROCITY was murdered by HIGH ELF in a 1 minute Dark Arena melee.
SLUGGOTH was murdered by WURM KIN in a 1 minute gruesome Dark Arena fight.
DA1 was butchered by STONE GOLEM in a slow 1 minute Dark Arena contest.
SARAH J was defeated by THUNDERFIST in a 3 minute Bloodfeud match.
FLAVIUS MANICUS bested MICKEY SPLITZ in a 2 minute expert's Challenge Title brawl.
BEAST WITHIN was overpowered by TENG SWARM in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge struggle.
HUNTER was bested by JOHN STOCKTON in a popular 2 minute Challenge competition.
KAPOW handily defeated FRANK O'CONNOR in a 1 minute uneven Challenge melee.
PTYALISM was vanquished by SARCASM in a 2 minute one-sided Challenge duel.
CHARMIN was vanquished by MOLSON in a popular 5 minute one-sided Challenge duel.
BRUTE SQUAD 1 overcame TAIZU in a popular 1 minute Challenge bout.
LEONARDO was luckily beaten by RUNNYMEADE in a 3 minute bloody Challenge match.
VELMA DINKLEY overcame MISTI SKYE in a 2 minute Challenge contest.
ROBERT PARISH demolished PTERODACTYL in a 2 minute gory mismatched Challenge match.
PTEROSAUR handily defeated SWEEDE in a 2 minute one-sided Challenge conflict.
PREDATOR lost to GWORM in a 2 minute Challenge bout.
ALLEN IVERSON bested PTOMAINE in a 1 minute Challenge duel.
CARMINA BURANA overcame GROOG in a crowd pleasing 1 minute master's bout.
DAKATA bested THOMAS MANN in a 1 minute veteran's fight.
BOSCOE was demolished by HOARD in a 1 minute one-sided bout.
ARCTIC WOOKEY overpowered THE LEPER KING in a 1 minute mismatched fight.
RASAE devastated MOLDYLOX in a 3 minute gruesome one-sided bout.
GEORGE ELIOT was demolished by RAGE in a action packed 1 minute uneven bout.
GIOTTO was unbelievably bested by SHELENA in a tiring 17 minute brutal contest.
PHAROX TAHT overpowered QUINTUS LAENAS in a 1 minute uneven fight.
ZI SHADOWSPLICE overpowered JOHAN in a popular 1 minute uneven fight.
DILLY DILLY was defeated by SKY BISON in a 2 minute match.
JASON KIDD vanquished KALEESI in a 1 minute uneven bout.
JIMMY CRACKCORN was handily defeated by SHADOWFIST in a 2 minute uneven bout.
JANE AUSTEN was luckily beaten by GILMUR in a action packed 5 minute competition.
CAIUS FLACUS was savagely defeated by THE USEROUS MERCHANT in a 8 minute fight.
KOBE defeated SCREAMING ITCHY in a 2 minute match.
BELLA was savagely defeated by SOULQUAKE in a 4 minute brutal novice's fight.
THE MUSKETEER was overpowered by MARCUS CICERO in a 1 minute brutal uneven bout.
BATTERSKULL was viciously subdued by AII LORAII in a 3 minute novice's duel.
WALT WHITMAN was subdued by DONATELLO in a 3 minute novice's struggle.
DECIUS BELLUM slimly won victory over WHIPSICLE in a 4 minute novice's fight.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|BASHING ATTACK                  11         WALL OF STEEL     26 -  13 -  0      67  |
|TOTAL PARRY                     11         LUNGING ATTACK    39 -  31 -  2      56  |
|AIMED BLOW                      10         TOTAL PARRY       68 -  64 -  1      52  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  8         PARRY-STRIKE      24 -  24 -  1      50  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    7         PARRY-LUNGE       14 -  14 -  0      50  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   7         STRIKING ATTACK   39 -  41 -  2      49  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  7         SLASHING ATTACK   37 -  39 -  1      49  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    5         BASHING ATTACK    48 -  53 -  2      48  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     4         PARRY-RIPOSTE     25 -  29 -  1      46  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      1         AIMED BLOW        41 -  54 -  2      43  |

Turn 489 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:

WALL OF STEEL      6 -  1     BASHING ATTACK     5 -  6         3  PARRY-RIPOSTE  
PARRY-STRIKE       3 -  1     LUNGING ATTACK     3 -  4         2  BASHING ATTACK 
AIMED BLOW         5 -  5     SLASHING ATTACK    3 -  4         2  SLASHING ATTACK
                              STRIKING ATTACK    3 -  5         1  WALL OF STEEL  
                              TOTAL PARRY        4 -  7         1  AIMED BLOW     
                              PARRY-RIPOSTE      1 -  4         1  LUNGING ATTACK 
                              PARRY-LUNGE        0 -  1         1  PARRY-STRIKE   

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
AIMED BLOW       JOHN STOCKTON 4089         13   8  0  103 NBA LEGENDS (156)
BASHING ATTACK   GROOG 3960                 22  20  0   93 CULT OF BACCHUS (4)
SLASHING ATTACK  ARCTIC WOOKEY 4035         18  15  0   91 ALE HOUSE MERCS (5)
PARRY-STRIKE     FRANK O'CONNOR 4075        15  13  0   70 LITERATE LOONS (40)
STRIKING ATTACK  ZI SHADOWSPLICE 4102        9   2  0   61 DRAGONBANE GUILD (13)
TOTAL PARRY      RUNNYMEADE 4130             9   2  0   57 DARQUE AGES (29)
PARRY-RIPOSTE    TAIZU 4131                  8   3  0   46 DARQUE AGES (29)
LUNGING ATTACK   SKY BISON 4109              8   7  0   44 ALE HOUSE MERCS (5)
WALL OF STEEL    JASON KIDD 4143             5   1  0   35 NBA LEGENDS (156)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is DAKATA 3994.  The most popular warrior this turn was 
MOLSON 4084.  The ten other most popular fighters were JANE AUSTEN 4133, JOHN 
STOCKTON 4089, JESSE MACH 4124, AII LORAII 4153, HUNTER 4112, LEONARDO 4136, 
SOULQUAKE 4145, FLAVIUS MANICUS 3976, BRUTE SQUAD 1 4142, and RASAE 4032.

The least popular fighter this week was GIOTTO 4093.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were SHELENA 1601, CAIUS FLACUS 4134, DA1 4161, WALT WHITMAN 4151, THE 
MUSKETEER 4149, JIMMY CRACKCORN 4099, QUINTUS LAENAS 4152, GEORGE ELIOT 3978, BOSCOE 
4074, and PTOMAINE 3914.

The following warriors have traveled to AD after fighting this turn:

TENG SWARM (81-4005) ARDUIN (200)
CARMINA BURANA (81-4087) DARQUE AGES (29)