DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER Date : 06/15/2017 Duedate: 07/12/2017 ARKERS ARENA DM-8 TURN-413 This Weeks Top Honors THE DUELMASTER IS PLYMOUTH ROCK SMITHSONIAN (245) (8-5218) [37-12-0,123] Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader PLYMOUTH ROCK MUFFIN SMITHSONIAN (245) BAKED GOODNESS (654) (8-5218) [37-12-0,123] (8-5830) [2-0-0,10] Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite THE GYPSY JHERI BLOOMERS HOYT FOUNDATION (636) HOYT FOUNDATION (636) (8-5587) [15-15-3,103] (8-5643) [11-15-2,50] THE CURRENT TOP TEAM (195) TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team 1. SMITHSONIAN (245) 39 2. HOYT FOUNDATION (636) 31 Z GLADIATORZ (519) 3. BLOODY HAND CLAN (626) 28 Unchartered Team 4. THE CHOSEN (613) 11 5. Z GLADIATORZ (519) 8 BAKED GOODNESS (654) The Top Teams Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K 1- 1*BIG BLEED (605) 2 0 0 100 1/ 4 THE CHOSEN (613) 8 6 0 2/ 2 Z GLADIATORZ (519) 332 172 8 65.9 2/ 1 BLOODY HAND CLAN (626) 8 6 0 3/ 3 SMITHSONIAN (245) 804 488 17 62.2 3- 3 THE OUTLAWS 2 (631) 7 3 2 4/ 5 BLOODY HAND CLAN (626) 106 87 6 54.9 4- 2 BROKEN SPIRITS (632) 7 3 0 5- 6 THE OUTLAWS 2 (631) 44 41 6 51.8 5/ 6 SMITHSONIAN (245) 6 4 0 6- 7 BB PUBLIC TRANSIT (604) 55 53 2 50.9 6/ 7 SERIOUS LEE (486) 6 7 0 7/ 8 THE CHOSEN (613) 284 280 20 50.4 7/ 8 HOYT FOUNDATION (636) 5 10 0 8/ 9 SERIOUS LEE (486) 67 69 2 49.3 8/ 9*BAKED GOODNESS (654) 4 5 0 9/10 HOYT FOUNDATION (636) 97 101 10 49.0 9/ 5 Z GLADIATORZ (519) 4 7 0 10/ 4*BAKED GOODNESS (654) 4 5 0 44.4 10-10 BB PUBLIC TRANSIT (604) 3 2 0 11-11 BOOK OF THOMAS (411) 104 138 7 43.0 11-11*SINISTER SYNDICATE (655) 2 3 0 12-12 BROKEN SPIRITS (632) 76 109 4 41.1 12-12 BOOK OF THOMAS (411) 2 3 0 13-13*SINISTER SYNDICATE (655) 2 3 0 40.0 13-13*BIG BLEED (605) 1 0 0 '*' Unchartered team '-' Team did not fight this turn (###) Avoid teams by their Team Id ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank DUELMASTER'S COLUMN Notes from the arena champ. Plymouth Rock here again for my 2nd Title. I deserve it. I am a rock Not much roll, but a whole lot of rock. What's the matter, Defensive Lee? I know, I know. You cannot read nor write, so you didn't want to be embarrassed writing a DM Column? I guess the offensive total parry gets the throne? Har. Har. What's new in the Smithsonian stable? Well, welcome my newest teammate, Pilgrim, who is primed and ready to make his way to the top. Say 'hi" to him. The throne is up for grabs, for who really wants to write these silly DM Columns? -- Plymouth Rock DMII SPY REPORT It is I, Novgorodny Vir, Spymaster of Spymasters. Look on my work, ye mighty, and despair! Those betting on Z GLADIATORZ lost their shirt, as Z GLADIATORZ lost their fighting abilities: 1-3-0. Nothing works for a team like victory (How's that for a perceptive observation?) as THE CHOSEN can attest... SMITHSONIAN posted a nice gain, to come in 5th. Everybody loves a winner... Practice pays for WILY GIT, who pummelled POLITE BEGGAR, to pocket 16 points. A certain someone should cut down on the drinking and practice more, after losing 6 points to MYSTERIOUS LEE. (Discrete enough, CUPCAKE?) GUTSAG BAKWORT found out that ARKERS isn't a democracy. You've gotta be the best to be Duelmaster here! Word has it one team in ARKERS is taking speech lessons to try to bore their opponent to death. I'll bet it works. A Zenmaster once told me, 'Does not the spinning wheel turn? And do not the little birds cry out?' Any ideas? Perhaps the warriors of BROKEN SPIRITS should take up some hobbies, as they are the most avoided team... As a woman of good breeding scorns the "warriors" of THE CHOSEN, so did that sorry team shy from BROKEN SPIRITS Is it charming personality? Conversational abilities? Good oral hygiene? Whatever it is, HUMBLE LEE is the most challenged warrior. Place your bets! BOSTON TEA PARTY is the long shot of the week: they challenged DEFENSIVE LEE, up by 32. The gods smiled upon BOSTON TEA PARTY, in its upset fight against DEFENSIVE LEE. BOSTON TEA PARTY gets a win, 25 points, and a free drink on me. (Next week, OK?) Like the wind whispering among the pines, do hearest I many disquieting rumors. Ask not for whom the sword slashes; it slashes for thee. Do not think spyreporting in ARKERS is the highlight of my life. Keep those sands bloody and the buzzards fat! Like a mixed metaphor, and an overtaxed simile, I now bid ARKERS farewell-- Novgorodny Vir DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME PLYMOUTH ROCK 5218 37 12 0 123 SMITHSONIAN (245) CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -SITTING BULL 5638 17 6 0 114 SMITHSONIAN (245) -TEXAS RED 5504 11 6 2 111 THE OUTLAWS 2 (631) BOSTON TEA PARTY 5706 14 5 1 108 SMITHSONIAN (245) -MALLAFAX 5508 9 14 0 105 BROKEN SPIRITS (632) THE GYPSY 5587 15 15 3 103 HOYT FOUNDATION (636) -GROUND SHEET 3725 15 11 2 103 BOOK OF THOMAS (411) -MAYFLOWER 5235 27 16 0 97 SMITHSONIAN (245) -STANDING ROOM ONLY 5282 13 9 0 96 BB PUBLIC TRANSIT (604) ETON THE STALWART 5496 24 14 0 93 THE CHOSEN (613) CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -CURLY BILL 5501 9 8 1 90 THE OUTLAWS 2 (631) DEFENSIVE LEE 4062 24 9 0 88 SERIOUS LEE (486) HUMBLE LEE 4061 14 17 0 88 SERIOUS LEE (486) GUTSAG BAKWORT 5500 21 16 0 87 BLOODY HAND CLAN (626) CRUEL LEE 5676 10 7 2 86 SERIOUS LEE (486) ZIRCONIUM 5493 20 7 0 81 Z GLADIATORZ (519) -DELAYED 5640 11 7 1 74 BB PUBLIC TRANSIT (604) CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME HALIN STORMBREAKER 5498 12 20 1 73 THE CHOSEN (613) CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME MAUD STONEGUT 5721 10 7 2 65 BLOODY HAND CLAN (626) -BREAK DOWN 5618 10 7 0 65 BB PUBLIC TRANSIT (604) -CORRECT CHANGE 5720 7 4 0 59 BB PUBLIC TRANSIT (604) -EGRIM 5510 10 16 1 58 BROKEN SPIRITS (632) ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME UGARG SNOTSNIK 5815 8 0 0 55 BLOODY HAND CLAN (626) -HELGA LOARWEN 5632 13 11 1 54 THE CHOSEN (613) THE DEALER 5685 10 9 1 52 HOYT FOUNDATION (636) JHERI BLOOMERS 5643 11 15 2 50 HOYT FOUNDATION (636) EIGER THE HARDY 5811 8 1 0 50 THE CHOSEN (613) -WORKER STRIKE 5751 4 0 0 46 BB PUBLIC TRANSIT (604) -'ACKY GIT 5814 5 2 1 35 BLOODY HAND CLAN (626) CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -DOC SCURLOK 5816 2 3 1 33 THE OUTLAWS 2 (631) MYSTERIOUS LEE 5729 5 1 0 32 SERIOUS LEE (486) -NIOBE 5818 2 3 0 30 BROKEN SPIRITS (632) RAL STORMBREAKER 5786 5 7 0 27 THE CHOSEN (613) -ARKANSAS DAVE 5832 2 0 0 27 THE OUTLAWS 2 (631) ZULU 5817 2 3 0 26 Z GLADIATORZ (519) INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -SCRAP METAL 5758 2 1 0 23 BOOK OF THOMAS (411) ZEPHYR 5824 3 1 0 22 Z GLADIATORZ (519) -BEEF COOK 5287 1 0 0 21 BIG BLEED (605) WILY GIT 5844 1 0 0 16 BLOODY HAND CLAN (626) -PIP SQUEAK 5789 1 0 0 15 BOOK OF THOMAS (411) PILGRIM 5842 1 0 0 11 SMITHSONIAN (245) MUFFIN 5830 2 0 0 10 BAKED GOODNESS (654) -SCORPION 5834 1 0 0 10 SINISTER SYNDICATE (655) GENERAL LEE 5796 0 2 0 10 SERIOUS LEE (486) -BEETLE 5835 1 0 0 9 SINISTER SYNDICATE (655) -ARIZONA RON 5290 1 0 0 8 BIG BLEED (605) -DA AGAIN 5839 1 0 0 6 THE OUTLAWS 2 (631) -ZOMBIE 5823 1 1 0 4 Z GLADIATORZ (519) CUPCAKE 5829 1 1 0 4 BAKED GOODNESS (654) CANOLI 5827 1 1 0 4 BAKED GOODNESS (654) ECLAIR 5831 0 2 0 2 BAKED GOODNESS (654) -LIZARD 5836 0 1 0 1 SINISTER SYNDICATE (655) -SANDMAN 5838 0 1 0 1 SINISTER SYNDICATE (655) ZAXBY 5843 0 1 0 1 Z GLADIATORZ (519) -HODGE PODGE 5790 0 1 0 1 BOOK OF THOMAS (411) -MYSTERIO 5837 0 1 0 1 SINISTER SYNDICATE (655) '-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn. THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge? ARIXIA 5512 12 12 0 BROKEN SPIRITS 632 THE GYPSY 5587 409 REVENGED BLACK WIDOW 5841 0 2 0 HOYT FOUNDATION 636 SHEWISH GIANT 413 NONE COME ON 5845 0 1 0 HOYT FOUNDATION 636 SHEWISH GIANT 413 NONE PARIS TROUT 5591 17 17 0 HOYT FOUNDATION 636 CURLY BILL 5501 412 ZANY 5653 8 7 0 Z GLADIATORZ 519 JHERI BLOOMERS 5643 409 NOT REVENGED PERSONAL ADS Well, well, congrats to our own Plymouth Rock, Duelmaster, who somehow outpointed Defensive Lee for the title. Kudos. -- Curator, Smithsonians Defensive Lee, take THAT! -- Plymouth Rock Texas Red, how did you do that? You must be a coffee drinker, you rascal. -- Boston Tea Party Delayed, me thinkum that be fun. How. We smokun pipe now? -- Sitting Bull Hi, all. I am Pilgrim well, really a pilgrim, but what the heck. -- Pilgrim Health. Humility. Honor. -- Curator Z's, you stink! Get with it or Z = DA! Capiche? -- Mr. Zee What Mr. Zee. I ate my e'clair. I am a WINNER! (Maybe our only winner, but a winner, nevertheless.) -- Zephyr I was cheated. Cheated, I say. By the cheating Commission! How could little ole me at 2-1-0, 29, get matched to a 12-11-1, 48 same style without some type of cheating going on! You're not going to take that win, are you, Helga? -- Zulu, naked and crying Hi, my name is Zaxby and I will be fighting for the Z Gladiatorz, and no, I am not a chicken. -- Zaxby Remember, get better or else Z = DA! -- The Zee Man Break Down- Heh... Yoos ain't so tough. Heh... Imma kill ya in five turns... Heh... and then yoos manager can run away... Heh... Blue Wack-a-doooo! Heh... Yella bellies. -- Acky Git The Dealer -- It seems da deal is dat yoos suck... hur hur hur... Wait... What? Oooooh... Dems those sensitive guys. We shouldn't say anytin ta dem. They cry easy. -- Maud Khalhums Dwarf -- Awwww... Look at da lil' dwarf. Yoos all on da sand rollin' around and gaspin' fer air. I broke dem ribs pretty good, huh? Please come back dis turn so I can do it again. Hur hur hur. And give sum of dem skills up ya stingy bastard! -- Gutsag Defensive Lee -- Yoos is so boring. Yoos made me fall asleep durin' da match. Next time I am drinkin' sum coffee. Dat'll keep me awake. Hur hur hur -- Gutsag Bakwort Fratsfa Mercenary -- Yoos ain't no Civilized Criminal. But I loved smackin' ya just da same. -- Ugarg Snotsnik Dear Commishun -- I wanna fight Fratsfa Mercenary again so I can make'em pay. Plus he is a loud mouth. He needs smackin' badly... Hur hur hur... -- Ugarg Snotsnik Standing Room Only -- The loss was bad enough. But to lose to one of you cowardly lot made it worse. Take your win and be gone. -- Eton Zulu -- I will not gloat about that win. You are too young to dance with an old snow leopardess like me. Salute. -- Helga Cruel Lee -- Well, I asked for something other than a total parry. Now if only I could get a win. -- Halin Stormbreaker Worker Strike- I feel the same as brother Eton. It's not that we deserve better opponents. We deserve more honourable ones. -- Ral Stormbreaker LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS BLACK WIDOW was barely slain by SHEWISH GIANT in a 2 minute bloody Dark Arena fight. COME ON was slaughtered by SHEWISH GIANT in a 1 minute gruesome Dark Arena battle. ZIRCONIUM was savagely defeated by THE GYPSY in a 3 minute expert's Challenge fight. BOSTON TEA PARTY savagely defeated DEFENSIVE LEE in a 2 minute Challenge fight. HALIN STORMBREAKER was viciously subdued by HUMBLE LEE in a 3 minute Challenge duel. ETON THE STALWART outwaited CRUEL LEE in a 12 minute one-sided Challenge competition. PLYMOUTH ROCK outwaited GUTSAG BAKWORT in a slow 21 minute expert's Title duel. MAUD STONEGUT slimly lost to KHALHUMS DWARF in a popular 3 minute fight. EIGER THE HARDY outlasted HONEST MERCHANT in a tiring 17 minute melee. JHERI BLOOMERS was luckily beaten by UGARG SNOTSNIK in a exciting 9 minute match. THE DEALER overcame ZULU in a exciting 1 minute one-sided contest. RAL STORMBREAKER bested GENERAL LEE in a 2 minute bout. MYSTERIOUS LEE handily defeated CUPCAKE in a 2 minute one-sided conflict. ZEPHYR vanquished CANOLI in a 1 minute mismatched bout. MUFFIN viciously subdued ZAXBY in a 2 minute bloody novice's fray. ECLAIR was devastated by PILGRIM in a 1 minute one-sided brawl. WILY GIT overpowered POLITE BEGGAR in a 1 minute one-sided match. BATTLE REPORT MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS |FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT| |TOTAL PARRY 8 SLASHING ATTACK 33 - 22 - 1 60 | |STRIKING ATTACK 7 TOTAL PARRY 55 - 43 - 0 56 | |BASHING ATTACK 4 LUNGING ATTACK 34 - 30 - 3 53 | |LUNGING ATTACK 3 BASHING ATTACK 24 - 23 - 2 51 | |AIMED BLOW 3 PARRY-STRIKE 4 - 4 - 0 50 | |SLASHING ATTACK 2 STRIKING ATTACK 22 - 24 - 3 48 | |PARRY-LUNGE 1 AIMED BLOW 20 - 22 - 1 48 | |WALL OF STEEL 1 PARRY-LUNGE 6 - 8 - 1 43 | |PARRY-STRIKE 0 PARRY-RIPOSTE 5 - 9 - 1 36 | |PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 WALL OF STEEL 5 - 15 - 1 25 | Turn 413 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-LUNGE 1 - 0 STRIKING ATTACK 2 - 5 4 TOTAL PARRY LUNGING ATTACK 3 - 0 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 0 2 LUNGING ATTACK SLASHING ATTACK 2 - 0 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 0 2 AIMED BLOW AIMED BLOW 2 - 1 BASHING ATTACK 0 - 4 2 WALL OF STEEL TOTAL PARRY 4 - 4 WALL OF STEEL 0 - 1 1 SLASHING ATTACK TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME TOTAL PARRY PLYMOUTH ROCK 5218 37 12 0 123 SMITHSONIAN (245) SLASHING ATTACK BOSTON TEA PARTY 5706 14 5 1 108 SMITHSONIAN (245) STRIKING ATTACK CRUEL LEE 5676 10 7 2 86 SERIOUS LEE (486) BASHING ATTACK MAUD STONEGUT 5721 10 7 2 65 BLOODY HAND CLAN (626) LUNGING ATTACK THE DEALER 5685 10 9 1 52 HOYT FOUNDATION (636) Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above. The overall popularity leader is THE GYPSY 5587. The most popular warrior this turn was JHERI BLOOMERS 5643. The ten other most popular fighters were CRUEL LEE 5676, THE GYPSY 5587, HUMBLE LEE 4061, BOSTON TEA PARTY 5706, MAUD STONEGUT 5721, RAL STORMBREAKER 5786, MUFFIN 5830, MYSTERIOUS LEE 5729, BLACK WIDOW 5841, and UGARG SNOTSNIK 5815. The least popular fighter this week was GUTSAG BAKWORT 5500. The other ten least popular fighters were PLYMOUTH ROCK 5218, EIGER THE HARDY 5811, ECLAIR 5831, CANOLI 5827, ETON THE STALWART 5496, COME ON 5845, ZAXBY 5843, CUPCAKE 5829, GENERAL LEE 5796, and HALIN STORMBREAKER 5498. The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn: THE GYPSY (8-5587) HOYT FOUNDATION (636) NEW GRADUATES--FROM ALL ARENAS (INCLUDING CLOSED ARENAS) For those of you who keep track of such things, several additional warriors graduated from regular DM arenas (including closed arenas) since the last tournament. RUFF RUFF (47-8860) SPROUT OF MY MIND (816) SECURE DEFENS (75-490) CRITICALS (13) DARKBLADE (60-8827) SUPERIOR FORCES 60 (654) PEARL (82-44728) SUPE FORCES 7609 (7525) WAKE FOREST (82-54796) SUPERIOR FORCES 1802 (9245) CHERUB ROCK (84-29155) SIAMESE DREAM (5164) HOMECOMING QUEEN (84-34481) DM:EPISODE 2 (6034) EXPENSIVE KIND (85-696) PILL-BOX HAT (136) Congrats to the grads. -- Green Eyes