DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 05/15/2025    Duedate: 05/28/2025

BLACKSTONE ARENA

DM 84    TURN 441

This Week's Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

ZIEC
OF WOLF & MAN 24 (592)
(84-2995) [15-17-1,105]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

ZIEC                           CRAZY 20
OF WOLF & MAN 24 (592)         CRAZY 88 7 (2078)
(84-2995) [15-17-1,105]        (84-11451) [5-1-0,85]

Popularity Leader              This Week's Favorite

ZIEC                           STATIONARY GIANT
OF WOLF & MAN 24 (592)         INVERSION THERAPY (4734)
(84-2995) [15-17-1,105]        (84-26663) [5-3-1,64]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

POSITION IS EMPTY

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. BUBBA'S BELIEVER (4622)       19 
2. BUBBA'S GROUPIES (6770)       15    PROJECT MAYHEM 15 (8175)
3. ROOKIE HALEN 18 (4791)        14    Unchartered Team
4. CRAZY 88 7 (2078)             11 
5. OF WOLF & MAN 24 (592)        11    ROOKIE CRUE 11 (4200)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 1*ROOKIE CRUE 11 (4200)      2   0  0 100.   1/ 2 ANIME LEGENDS 3 (6352)    3  0 0
 2- 3*CRAZY 88 21 (2092)         1   0  0 100.   2/ 3 ROOKIE STYX 2 (1201)      3  0 0
 3/ 5*CRAZY 88 7 (2078)          5   1  0 83.3   3/12 SUPERIOR FORCES DA (8673) 2  0 0
 4- 4 WOLF AND MAN 3 (2653)      8   2  1 80.0   4- 1 MEDAL OF HONOR IS (6483)  2  0 0
 5/ 0*BUBBA'S BELIEVER (4622)    3   1  1 75.0   5/13*ROOKIE CRUE 11 (4200)     2  0 0
 6- 7 MEDAL OF HONOR T10 (1140)  8   3  0 72.7   6/18*CRAZY 88 7 (2078)         2  0 0
 7- 8 OF WOLF AND MAN 3 (834)    7   3  1 70.0   7/ 6 PROJECT MAYHEM 15 (8175)  2  1 0
 8/ 6 PROJECT MAYHEM 15 (8175)  11   5  0 68.8   8/22 ROOKIE HALEN 18 (4791)    2  1 0
 9-10*MEDAL OF HONOR IG (6471)   6   3  0 66.7   9/24*ROOKIE QUEEN 9 (675)      2  1 0
10/ 9 THREAD (3391)             21  11  0 65.6  10/ 0*BUBBA'S GROUPIES (6770)   1  0 0
11/14 SUPERIOR FORCES DA (8673)  9   5  0 64.3  11- 4*MEDAL OF HONOR IG (6471)  1  0 0
12-13 MEDAL OF HONOR O3 (767)   24  15  1 61.5  12- 5 BUBBA'S FILTH (5843)      1  0 0
13/ 0 INVERSION THERAPY (4734)   8   5  1 61.5  13/ 0*BUBBA'S BELIEVER (4622)   1  0 0
14-15 MEDAL OF HONOR IS (6483)   8   5  0 61.5  14/ 0 INVERSION THERAPY (4734)  1  0 0
15/ 0*BUBBA'S LEGION (9234)      3   2  0 60.0  15-15 WOLF AND MAN 3 (2653)     1  0 0
16-16*MEDAL OF HONR Q11 (3346)   3   2  0 60.0  16-16*CRAZY 88 21 (2092)        1  0 0
17/17 ROOKIE STYX 2 (1201)      44  30  2 59.5  17-19 OF WOLF AND MAN 3 (834)   1  0 0
18-18 MEDAL OF HONOR 14C (8085) 24  17  0 58.5  18-23 MEDAL OF HONOR 109 (4245) 1  1 0

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
19-19 BUBBA'S FILTH (5843)      15  11  0 57.7  19/14 THREAD (3391)             1  1 0
20-20 MEDAL OF HONOR Q9 (793)   16  14  1 53.3  20- 7*MEDAL OF HONR Q11 (3346)  1  1 0
21-21 OF WOLF & MAN 27 (609)    11  10  0 52.4  21/17*CRAZY 88 2 (2073)         1  1 0
22/22 ANIME LEGENDS 3 (6352)     8   8  0 50.0  22- 8 MEDAL OF HONOR T10 (1140) 1  1 0
23/25*ROOKIE QUEEN 9 (675)       4   4  0 50.0  23- 9 MEDAL OF HONOR O3 (767)   1  1 0
24/ 0*BUBBA'S GROUPIES (6770)    1   1  0 50.0  24-10 MEDAL OF HONOR Q9 (793)   1  1 0
25/ 2*CRAZY 88 2 (2073)          1   1  0 50.0  25/20 PROJECT MAYHEM 34 (8972)  1  2 0
26/23 OF WOLF & MAN 24 (592)    15  17  1 46.9  26/25 OF WOLF & MAN 24 (592)    1  2 0
27/26 ROOKIE HALEN 18 (4791)    14  19  0 42.4  27-21 MEDAL OF HONOR 14C (8085) 0  2 0
28/27 PROJECT MAYHEM 34 (8972)  13  20  0 39.4  28/ 0*BUBBA'S LEGION (9234)     0  1 0
29-28 MEDAL OF HONOR 109 (4245)  7  14  0 33.3  29/ 0*BUBBA'S PLAYGROUND (4435) 0  1 0
30/ 0*BUBBA'S PLAYGROUND (4435)  0   2  0  0.0  30-28 OF WOLF & MAN 27 (609)    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

     Good day, friends and fiends, welcome to your friendly neighborhood spyreport.  
I doubt BLACKSTONE will ever be the same.  I understand that The Swinging Aardvark is 
buying the drinks for CRAZY 88 7 tonight, to honor their rise to 6th after this turns 
1-0-0.  Hmmm.  I want to know who's buying the drinks for who tonight at The Swinging 
Aardvark, seeing as ROOKIE HALEN 18's 14-19-0 has earned them 8th place in the ranks. 
Now, what did these guys have for breakfast this morning?  ROOKIE QUEEN 9 has turned 
a 1-0-0 into 9th place from 24th.  Give me the recipe!  And let's see, 003 fought 
MORDANT DESERTER and gained 19 points and contributed to BUBBA'S BELIEVER's 1-0-0.  
ROBERT PAULSON 47 has lost to ZIEC, falling 3 points, while helping make PROJECT 
MAYHEM 15 a 0-1-0 turn.  Due to his absence and inability to defend the throne, CPT 1 
has lost the title of Duelmaster.  We should ask ZIEC about the thrill of victory, 
and what being the new Duelmaster does for a warrior, he's now the one to ask.  By 
the way, was that our Duelmaster that I saw last night, cramped under the table at 
The Swinging Aardvark?   
     The crowd's roar, the smell of iron and leather, mixed with sweat, what more 
could a warrior ask of life?  Well, besides that.   
     A coward dies a thousand deaths, a brave man only once.  Wise men know this to 
be true.  A brave warrior does not carry a red shield, he has nothing to cover or 
hide when the fight is over.  Consider well.   
     I like this place, BLACKSTONE, the taverns have old wine, and young serving 
girls.  Who could ask for more?  Always good to rest in BLACKSTONE, but never good to 
wear out my welcome.  Look for me in future turns.  Until the sun next rises and my 
pen sets to paper-- Alarond the Scribe  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 ZIEC 2995                    15  17  1 105         OF WOLF & MAN 24 (592)    

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-CPT 1 46770                  23  17  0 110         MEDAL OF HONOR 14C (8085) 
-TY'BOR 4276                   7   3  1  97         OF WOLF AND MAN 3 (834)   

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 ROBERT PAULSON 47 47335      11   5  0  88         PROJECT MAYHEM 15 (8175)  
-NOODLE 15057                  8   2  1  87         WOLF AND MAN 3 (2653)     
 CRAZY 20 11451                5   1  0  85         CRAZY 88 7 (2078)         
 GET UP 27025                 14  18  0  82         ROOKIE HALEN 18 (4791)    
-SERGEANT 1 45146             15  11  0  75         MEDAL OF HONOR O3 (767)   
-PFC 26 37055                  8   5  0  74         MEDAL OF HONOR IS (6483)  
 ROBERT PAULSON 107 52197     12  20  0  68         PROJECT MAYHEM 34 (8972)  

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-CERTA 3080                    9   9  0  66         OF WOLF & MAN 27 (609)    
 STATIONARY GIANT 26663        5   3  1  64         INVERSION THERAPY (4734)  
-SERGEANT 6 36992              6   3  0  63         MEDAL OF HONOR IG (6471)  
 SEBASTIAN MICHAELIS 36376     8   8  0  61         ANIME LEGENDS 3 (6352)    

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-SERGEANT 1 42911              5   5  0  61         MEDAL OF HONOR Q9 (793)   
-CRAZY 73 11524                1   0  0  61         CRAZY 88 21 (2092)        
-SSG17 23942                   7  14  0  60         MEDAL OF HONOR 109 (4245) 

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 CRAZY 4 11430                 1   1  0  56         CRAZY 88 2 (2073)         
 SAVE ME 3475                  4   4  0  44         ROOKIE QUEEN 9 (675)      
 ENERGY 57849                  2   1  0  41         THREAD (3391)             

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 KITE RYDER 53641              2   2  0  32         BUBBA'S LEGION (9234)     
-MAURICE BRITT 34529           3   2  0  28         MEDAL OF HONOR T10 (1140) 
-SSG 15 18837                  3   2  0  27         MEDAL OF HONR Q11 (3346)  
 GLUMM 57899                   2   0  0  27         SUPERIOR FORCES DA0 (8673)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 GIRLS GIRLS GIRLS 23711       2   0  0  23         ROOKIE CRUE 11 (4200)     
 003 25979                     1   0  0  19         BUBBA'S BELIEVER (4622)   
 SKANK 53280                   1   0  0  15         BUBBA'S GROUPIES (6770)   
 BLOSSOM 24968                 0   2  0  12         BUBBA'S PLAYGROUND (4435) 

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
DAME 3251               0  0 0 LAME MOVIES 636      CHAOTIC EVIL 39018     349  
SSG 3 34304             2  1 0 MEDAL OF HONOR  6014 MICK 57916             438  
POINT OF ENTRY 12639    1  1 0 THE WAIT... 2215     MICK 57916             437 NOT REVENGED

                                     PERSONAL ADS

The Iron Council has re-opened its guild doors!  All prior members contact Tripwire 
(DM18 or DM36) if you are interested in returning.  Also, if you have contacts for any 
of the old members, send those as well. -- Tripwire

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

ROBERT PAULSON 47 was viciously subdued by ZIEC in a 3 minute master's Title fight.
LIGHT UP outwaited M. CHARDINEE in a 11 minute one-sided match.
GET UP vanquished M. CHARDINEE in a 1 minute mismatched brawl.
CRAZY 20 overpowered M. CHARDINEE in a 1 minute one-sided fight.
ROBERT PAULSON 107 devastated ENERGY in a 1 minute uneven brawl.
SEBASTIAN MICHAELIS overpowered AMBITIOUS GUARD in a 1 minute one-sided struggle.
STATIONARY GIANT viciously subdued CRAZY 4 in a popular 7 minute gruesome competition.
SAVE ME won victory over KITE RYDER in a action packed 3 minute duel.
BLOSSOM lost to GIRLS GIRLS GIRLS in a 2 minute gruesome fight.
GLUMM vanquished OSKSI NOBLE in a 1 minute one-sided fight.
SKANK overpowered MORDANT DESERTER in a 1 minute one-sided melee.
003 defeated MORDANT DESERTER in a 3 minute match.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|TOTAL PARRY                      6         WALL OF STEEL      3 -   0 -  0     100  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   4         PARRY-STRIKE       4 -   1 -  0      80  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  4         STRIKING ATTACK   24 -  11 -  0      69  |
|AIMED BLOW                       1         SLASHING ATTACK   12 -   6 -  0      67  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     1         TOTAL PARRY       39 -  23 -  2      63  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   1         PARRY-RIPOSTE      9 -   6 -  0      60  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      0         BASHING ATTACK     6 -   4 -  0      60  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    0         AIMED BLOW        50 -  45 - 10      53  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  0         PARRY-LUNGE       14 -  13 -  1      52  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    0         LUNGING ATTACK    35 -  34 -  2      51  |

Turn 441 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     PARRY-LUNGE        0 -  0         3  LUNGING ATTACK 
PARRY-STRIKE       1 -  0     PARRY-RIPOSTE      0 -  0         2  TOTAL PARRY    
BASHING ATTACK     1 -  0     SLASHING ATTACK    0 -  0         2  STRIKING ATTACK
LUNGING ATTACK     3 -  1     WALL OF STEEL      0 -  0         2  AIMED BLOW     
STRIKING ATTACK    3 -  1                                       1  SLASHING ATTACK
TOTAL PARRY        3 -  3                                       1  BASHING ATTACK 

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
TOTAL PARRY      ROBERT PAULSON 47 -18201   11   5  0   88 PROJECT MAYHEM 15 (8175)
STRIKING ATTACK  CRAZY 20 11451              5   1  0   85 CRAZY 88 7 (2078)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is ZIEC 2995.  The most popular warrior this turn was 
STATIONARY GIANT 26663.  The ten other most popular fighters were ZIEC 2995, KITE 
RYDER -11895, ROBERT PAULSON 47 -18201, SEBASTIAN MICHAELIS -29160, CRAZY 4 11430, 
GIRLS GIRLS GIRLS 23711, CRAZY 20 11451, ROBERT PAULSON 107 -13339, GLUMM -7637, and 
SKANK -12256.

The least popular fighter this week was 003 25979.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were BLOSSOM 24968, SAVE ME 3475, ENERGY -7687, GET UP 27025, LIGHT UP 6365, 
SKANK -12256, GLUMM -7637, ROBERT PAULSON 107 -13339, CRAZY 20 11451, and GIRLS GIRLS 
GIRLS 23711.