DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 10/03/2025    Duedate: 10/16/2025

NOBLISH ISLAND ARENA

DM 93    TURN 697

This Week's Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

OVERDO
BASH BROS PROJECT (1960)
(93-11483) [6-4-0,60]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

OVERDO                         MOUNTAIN
BASH BROS PROJECT (1960)       SKYLINE (1962)
(93-11483) [6-4-0,60]          (93-11502) [4-0-0,47]

Popularity Leader              This Week's Favorite

OVERDO                         HARD WORK
BASH BROS PROJECT (1960)       BASH BROS PROJECT (1960)
(93-11483) [6-4-0,60]          (93-11484) [7-3-0,38]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

SKYLINE (1962)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. COMEDY KNIGHT (1943)          46 
2. SKYLINE (1962)                15    BASH BROS PROJECT (1960)
3. BASH BROS PROJECT (1960)      4     Unchartered Team

                                       COMEDY KNIGHT (1943)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 0*COMEDY KNIGHT (1943)       9   1  2 90.0   1/ 1*SKYLINE (1962)           11  4 1
 2/ 1*SKYLINE (1962)            16   4  1 80.0   2/ 3 BASH BROS PROJECT (1960)  7  7 0
 3/ 2 BASH BROS PROJECT (1960)  28  18  0 60.9   3/ 0*COMEDY KNIGHT (1943)      4  1 1
 4- 3*JJKIER (1935)              8  16  0 33.3   4- 4*JJKIER (1935)             2  1 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 FINE ARTS OF WINNING (or WIN OPTIMIZATION)

Your warriors are seemingly solid and are putting up a good fight, but just can't seem 
to win? Perhaps you should consider this list of recommended Consortium actions?

* Always challenge and avoid. Use the challenge and if-challenged strategies on your 
  strategy sheet to manipulate fight opponents in your favor.

* Challenge warriors you have beaten before and styles your warrior has the advantage 
  with (e.g. AB challenge TP, TP challenge LU, ST challenge SL, SL challenge LU, 
  etc.). This is something of a rock/paper/scissors game.

* Take advantage of blood feuds to enhance challenges. Be brutal! BF all four times if 
  to your advantage, The cretin killed your teammate after all. (Note: Consortium 
  teams on Noblish Isle do not blood feud.)

* Avoid teams who seem to regularly beat you and teams with nearby warriors with 
  styles which have an advantage over your warrior. Avoid the team that just beat you 
  last fight.

* Make your warrior do what his style does best (e.g. STs get the jump, LUs dodge, TPs parry and scum, SLs attack, etc.)

* Use high CN to your advantage by soaking hits and then later hitting and finishing a 
  worn down opponent.

* Pay attention to where an opponent is aiming his attacks and protect that location 
  on subsequent fights.

* Be bad! "Pick on" warriors with less skill, less experience, or lots of losses.

* Pay attention to fight history in your arena. Know which are tournament warriors, 
  sandbaggers, etc. with hidden FE. (Fight experience.) These tournament warriors are 
  likely highly experienced and highly skilled compared to your normal arena warrior. 
  Stay clear of them. (Not at all common in DM93, but more common in all other arenas 
  except no-tournament arenas..)

* Use tactics appropriately -- Decise to help you get the jump, Dodge to help you 
  avoid being hit, Slash or Bash to hit harder, Parry to focus on parry, Response to 
  counter known decise users.

* Dress to fit your strategy -- naked is faster/quicker, plated is most protected and 
  sponges best, but slower. Do not overdress and excessively encumber your warrior. It 
  greatly hampers ability to carry and endure and even to fight properly

* Watch fights carefully to find a favored weapon -- one which you crit often with or 
  which you get lots of extra value hits. Use that weapon and maybe those similar to 
  it.

* Know your opposing manager's styles and methods. Try to fight weaker managers and 
  avoid those who just seem to win lots.

* If your warrior is in a difficult spot in the rankings/arena listing, sit him out. 
  Don't fight if you do not have a good chance to win (e.g., your 5 FE warrior has 
  jumped way up in the rankings and is surrounded by much more experienced warriors, 
  or your scum TP is surrounded by aimed-blows, etc.)

* Phone a friend. Write with questions. Ask for help or advice. The right, helpful 
  person is likely to want to help you succeed. Use the personal ads or Chatzy or the 
  RSI site to discuss thoughts, ideas, or strategies.

* Try to manipulate your fight so you match with an NPC. (Non-playing-character; RSI 
  Stand-In.)

* Send your warrior to tournaments. It gets hidden FE on his record and ups his 
  skill/stat level unbeknownst to those paying little attention.

* Pay attention to fighting in your arena. Know whom is using strategies set on 
  maintenance and take advantage of it by challenging and adjusting your strategies to 
  beat them.

* Design warriors to win rather than to look godling-like. Sure, skills are important, 
  but maybe not as important as physicals -- especially early on.

* Take advantage of arena DM93. Read the spotlights. Know your C.I.C. package info or 
  get info from the Terrablood and Assur sites. 

Cheer on your warriors. Stay excited! Yeah!

                           Explorer,
                           a Consortium paid and affiliated member  (version 9-21-25)

                                      SPY REPORT

     If you were disturbed from your beauty rest only to have to watch a bunch of 
NOBLISH ISLAND brutes like you, you'd be grouchy, too.  Of course, we're all terribly 
impressed to see DAME MAIM win a fight and gain 15 points, terribly.  Tsk, tsk, SIR 
RENITEE beat ARCH and ARCH lost 8 points.  You're breakin' my heart.  Our Duelmaster 
has lost, folks, lost to VETERAN MERCENARY, BUT OVERDO is still the Duelmaster 
because he has the most recognition points!  I'm not in a very good mood today, but 
why am I telling you this?  You want to know what's new, don't you, NOBLISH ISLAND?   
     He who fights and runs away will live to fight another day, the coward.  JJKIER, 
I suppose you'll be glad to know you were this turn's most avoided team.  Care to 
know who is the most afraid of you?  And who led the way in this mass act of 
cowardice?  Let's see, well, whatcha know?  It was SKYLINE.  Ha ha ha ha!  Ooh, I'm 
frightfully impressed, HARD WORK was this turn's most challenged warrior.  Watch that 
ego swell, sports fans.  And we have TREE in a challenge, going down 13 points for 
the fight.  Guess what?  I thought TREE showed great skill and promise when it 
overcame UNFINISHED.  All right, so I slept through it!  Big deal!   
     Ah, now we come to my favorite part, where we see all the guys who are dead and 
gone, and get to see if their team cared.  Honor is like a chainmail shirt, it only 
shines through use.  Certain nameless cowards will doubtless rebuke me on this one.   
     There's got to be a better place in NOBLISH ISLAND to get a drink than The 
Welcome Wench!  Any suggestions?  Phlllt!  Just had to do that before I leave the 
fine city of NOBLISH ISLAND.  I feel much better now.  I see the crowds are getting 
restless, I must leave now-- Snide Clemens  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 OVERDO 11483                  6   4  0  60         BASH BROS PROJECT (1960)  

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 MOUNTAIN 11502                4   0  0  47         SKYLINE (1962)            
 CUMULO NIMBUS 11506           4   0  1  43         SKYLINE (1962)            
 HARD WORK 11484               7   3  0  38         BASH BROS PROJECT (1960)  

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-SHIELDER 11336                4   3  0  32         JJKIER (1935)             
 SCOPE CREEP 11487             8   2  0  29         BASH BROS PROJECT (1960)  
 DAME MAIM 11381               2   0  1  28         COMEDY KNIGHT (1943)      
 SIR RENITEE 11378             2   0  1  25         COMEDY KNIGHT (1943)      
 SKYSCRAPER 11505              2   2  0  24         SKYLINE (1962)            

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SIR JERRY 11379               2   0  0  22         COMEDY KNIGHT (1943)      
 SIR CULL 11380                2   0  0  20         COMEDY KNIGHT (1943)      
 TREE 11504                    4   0  0  17         SKYLINE (1962)            
 SIR PRYSIN 11382              1   1  0  15         COMEDY KNIGHT (1943)      
-BLOWER 11334                  2   5  0  11         JJKIER (1935)             
-RIPOSTER 11335                1   1  0   9         JJKIER (1935)             
 ARCH 11503                    2   2  0   8         SKYLINE (1962)            

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 UNFINISHED 11508              0   3  0   3         BASH BROS PROJECT (1960)  

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
EMBEZZLING SCRIB        0  0 0                      DAME MAIM 11381        697 NONE

                                     PERSONAL ADS

Good luck, Troublemakers, wherever you go. -- Explorer

I was wrong! I predicted a 2-3-0 for Skyline this round and they showed me up at 4-1-
1! -- Explorer

Atavista, you were the only Skyline loss, and I salute you. -- Explorer

Unfinished, are you guys all that easy? -- Tree

Where, oh where, has the competition gone? I blame Assur. -- Explorer (The Consortium 
made me say that!)

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

SKYSCRAPER was bested by HARD WORK in a 3 minute Challenge fight.
TREE bested UNFINISHED in a 2 minute novice's Challenge duel.
OVERDO was handily defeated by VETERAN MERCENARY in a 1 minute one-sided Title match.
MOUNTAIN vanquished FRATSFA SLAVE in a 1 minute mismatched brawl.
SCOPE CREEP defeated SIR PRYSIN in a 2 minute fight.
CUMULO NIMBUS demolished FRATSFA SLAVE in a 1 minute mismatched competition.
DAME MAIM slaughtered EMBEZZLING SCRIBE in a 1 minute mismatched fight.
SIR CULL overpowered MORDANT DESERTER in a popular 1 minute mismatched brawl.
SIR JERRY handily defeated CONVICTED THIEF in a 1 minute uneven melee.
SIR RENITEE vanquished ARCH in a 1 minute gruesome one-sided duel.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|LUNGING ATTACK                   4         TOTAL PARRY       17 -   4 -  0      81  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  2         WALL OF STEEL      9 -   3 -  1      75  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    2         STRIKING ATTACK   19 -  10 -  2      66  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  2         SLASHING ATTACK   11 -   7 -  1      61  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   2         LUNGING ATTACK    15 -  12 -  1      56  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    1         PARRY-RIPOSTE      7 -   7 -  0      50  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      1         BASHING ATTACK    13 -  15 -  0      46  |
|AIMED BLOW                       0         PARRY-LUNGE        3 -   5 -  0      38  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      0         PARRY-STRIKE       4 -   7 -  0      36  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     0         AIMED BLOW         2 -   7 -  0      22  |

Turn 697 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     LUNGING ATTACK     1 -  3         3  LUNGING ATTACK 
STRIKING ATTACK    2 -  0     AIMED BLOW         0 -  0         2  SLASHING ATTACK
TOTAL PARRY        1 -  0     PARRY-LUNGE        0 -  0         2  STRIKING ATTACK
WALL OF STEEL      2 -  0     PARRY-STRIKE       0 -  0         1  AIMED BLOW     
SLASHING ATTACK    1 -  1                                       1  BASHING ATTACK 
BASHING ATTACK     1 -  1                                       1  PARRY-LUNGE    
                                                                1  TOTAL PARRY    

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
LUNGING ATTACK   OVERDO 11483                6   4  0   60 BASH BROS PROJECT (1960)
BASHING ATTACK   MOUNTAIN 11502              4   0  0   47 SKYLINE (1962)
STRIKING ATTACK  CUMULO NIMBUS 11506         4   0  1   43 SKYLINE (1962)
PARRY-RIPOSTE    HARD WORK 11484             7   3  0   38 BASH BROS PROJECT (1960)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is OVERDO 11483.  The most popular warrior this turn 
was HARD WORK 11484.  The ten other most popular fighters were UNFINISHED 11508, 
MOUNTAIN 11502, SIR PRYSIN 11382, SIR CULL 11380, SKYSCRAPER 11505, CUMULO NIMBUS 
11506, SIR RENITEE 11378, TREE 11504, SCOPE CREEP 11487, and DAME MAIM 11381.

The least popular fighter this week was ARCH 11503.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were OVERDO 11483, SIR JERRY 11379, DAME MAIM 11381, SCOPE CREEP 11487, TREE 
11504, SIR RENITEE 11378, CUMULO NIMBUS 11506, SKYSCRAPER 11505, SIR CULL 11380, and 
SIR PRYSIN 11382.