DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 11/01/2018    Duedate: 11/28/2018

ARKERS ARENA

DM-8    TURN-431

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

GUTSAG BAKWORT
BLOODY HAND CLAN (626)
(8-5500) [30-20-0,113]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

GOLD RUSH                      COMYN-KOLD
SMITHSONIAN (245)              GIT'EM SICK (657)
(8-5851) [11-3-1,126]          (8-5894) [3-1-0,16]

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

JHERI BLOOMERS                 JHERI BLOOMERS
HOYT FOUNDATION (636)          HOYT FOUNDATION (636)
(8-5643) [20-22-3,110]         (8-5643) [20-22-3,110]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

SMITHSONIAN (245)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. BLOODY HAND CLAN (626)      46
2. SMITHSONIAN (245)           42      Z GLADIATORZ (519)
3. THE CHOSEN (613)            17      Unchartered Team
4. BOOK OF THOMAS (411)        16
5. Z GLADIATORZ (519)          12      GIT'EM SICK (657)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 2 Z GLADIATORZ (519)       370 195 10 65.5   1/ 2 SMITHSONIAN (245)         9  4 0
 2/ 3 SMITHSONIAN (245)        850 510 19 62.5   2/ 4 THE TRAVELERS (639)       8  6 0
 3- 4 BORN LOSERS (634)        176 116 19 60.3   3/ 9 BLOODY HAND CLAN (626)    8  7 1
 4/ 5 BLOODY HAND CLAN (626)   147 111  7 57.0   4/ 8 THE CHOSEN (613)          7  8 0
 5/ 8 THE CHOSEN (613)         323 307 22 51.3   5/ 5 Z GLADIATORZ (519)        5  3 0
 6/ 7 HOYT FOUNDATION (636)    142 135 13 51.3   6- 6 BORN LOSERS (634)         4  1 2
 7/ 1*GIT'EM SICK (657)          9   9  0 50.0   7/ 7 BOOK OF THOMAS (411)      4  5 0
 8/10 BOOK OF THOMAS (411)     120 158  9 43.2   8- 3 TAC (105)                 4  6 0
 9-12 TAC (105)                 24  35  1 40.7   9/ 1*GIT'EM SICK (657)         4  9 0
10/13 THE TRAVELERS (639)       32  82  0 28.1  10/10 HOYT FOUNDATION (636)     3  6 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.

Ohhhhh. Dat was a bad duelin' masta kolumn last turn. I fink I had too much brandy. 
Plus, wun uv da goblins brought me some green leafy tobacco dey bought from a trad'n 
town. At furst, I felt nice an' mellow. An' den I blacked out. When I kame ta, I was 
lay'n face down on ma desk an' I was incredibly hungry. I hope dis works betta.

Well, Maud iz gone. She seemed at peace wit' 'da decision ta send 'er ta 'da dark 
arena. But she was livid when she saw 'er opponent was an elf. Killed by an elf. Hur 
hur hur.

I guess certain ol warriors have ta actually learn how ta fight instead uv challeng'n 
'da same warrior ova an' ova ta build political points. Yer younga warriors should 
bash his brains 'n. It will be easia for yer since yer kan actually fight. Go on now. 
Git ta it!

'Da last turn I used an ol strategy. 'Dat iz why I made a challenge. I was surprised 
'dat I had a challenge konsider'n how many times I tried an noth'n happened. Dis turn 
I am us'n a new strategy an' challeng'n Ground sheet an' Punk Chilsna. Let'z see wot 
dey kan do. 

                                          -- Gutsag Bakwort

                                      SPY REPORT

     Much has changed in ARKERS since last I was here.  Never fear, Olaf Modeen 
adapts to many situations, as do all successful fighters.  Biff!  Pow!  ARKERS 
watched with glee as GIT'EM SICK got knocked off top spot by SMITHSONIAN!  Hmmmph!  I 
always thought GIT'EM SICK 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, BLOODY HAND CLAN's 3rd moved them up to 4-1-1 place.  Some people say I 
ramble too much, I don't say anything relevant.  I repeat myself.  I ramble.  Well 
SMITHSONIAN moved up 1, to 1st.  What's with JHERI BLOOMERS?  It actually beat THE 
CHOSEN's EIGER THE HARDY, and walked away with 20 more points from the fight.  Laughs 
were big at SMITHSONIAN while they watched BUNKER HILL clobber PYNK-EYE.  She lost 11 
points and got bruised from objects thrown from the stands.  Try as he might, PILGRIM 
wasn't good enough at persuading GUTSAG BAKWORT to step down from the Duelmaster's 
throne...  Wouldn't it be nice to have live subjects to practice on?  I hear some 
team is looking into the uses of convicted prisoners.   
     If at first you don't succeed, avoid.  That'll get you in the Spyreports.  The 
most avoided team was HOYT FOUNDATION.  The bums at Z GLADIATORZ couldn't face the 
challenges from HOYT FOUNDATION!  No excuse for that!  How well I know the feeling of 
being the most challenged warrior, 'ACKY GIT!  Don't make idle boasts, they may come 
back to haunt you.  Keep challenging up 37 points, UGARG SNOTSNIK, and I won't have 
to write about you much longer.  GROUND SHEET always accepts those kind of 
challenges...  UGARG SNOTSNIK did pretty good last week in beating GROUND SHEET to 
get 22 points.  Why did GROUND SHEET lose, you ask?  Simple:  she wasn't good enough. 
THE BEGGAR of HOYT FOUNDATION knows how to pick 'em.  He challenged GOLD RUSH of 
SMITHSONIAN who is up by 18.  Now was this a wise move?  THE BEGGAR perhaps got his 
just desserts, seeing as he was beat by GOLD RUSH and ended up with 90 recognition 
points.  I hate going to the effort of writing about the kind of fights that WILY GIT 
gets in.  He fights people like SHAWNDO, 12 points below.  I thought WILY GIT showed 
great skill and promise when he bested SHAWNDO.  All right, so I slept through it!  
Big deal!   
     There have been some calls to lengthen the time limit.  Do you want the fighters 
to walk away, or not?  We all knew it had to happen sooner or later.  A warrior can't 
stick around with a 5-8-0, and 'ACKY GIT easily took care of ZULU.  Many a warrior 
has met his fate in a hungover stupor.  You young rapscallions, take note!   
     Who knows what the future holds for a warrior.  More fights, there's no doubt.  
All work and no play makes Olaf a dull fighter.  Work and play no fighter dull Olaf.  
Olaffighterwork and no play.  Remember--a good fighter needs both good skills and 
good luck.  Until next time,-- Olaf Modeen  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 GUTSAG BAKWORT 5500          30  20  0   113       BLOODY HAND CLAN (626)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 GOLD RUSH 5851               11   3  1   126       SMITHSONIAN (245)
 JHERI BLOOMERS 5643          20  22  3   110       HOYT FOUNDATION (636)
-PUNK CHILSNER 5549           11   2  2   106       BORN LOSERS (634)
 GROUND SHEET 3725            17  12  2   105       BOOK OF THOMAS (411)
-THE SHRIEKER 5554            10   8  1   101       BORN LOSERS (634)
 'ACKY GIT 5814               12   5  2    96       BLOODY HAND CLAN (626)
 UGARG SNOTSNIK 5815          18   4  0    93       BLOODY HAND CLAN (626)
 EIGER THE HARDY 5811         18   5  0    91       THE CHOSEN (613)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-ZEPHYR 5824                  13   7  0    90       Z GLADIATORZ (519)
 THE BEGGAR 5848               9   7  0    90       HOYT FOUNDATION (636)
 PILGRIM 5842                 11   8  0    88       SMITHSONIAN (245)
-ZOMBIE 5823                   8   5  1    78       Z GLADIATORZ (519)
 RAL STORMBREAKER 5786        15  11  0    71       THE CHOSEN (613)
-KYRON FLEMING 5545           11   5  2    69       BORN LOSERS (634)
 WILY GIT 5844                12   3  0    67       BLOODY HAND CLAN (626)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 ZUCCHINI 5859                 7   0  1    60       Z GLADIATORZ (519)
-GETTYSBURG 5854               8   2  0    57       SMITHSONIAN (245)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 TOOTHLESS LOVE 5847           7   9  0    48       HOYT FOUNDATION (636)
 BUFFALO ROAMS 5855            4   3  0    43       SMITHSONIAN (245)
 SHAWNDO 5853                  8   5  0    40       HOYT FOUNDATION (636)
-DEATH LEASER 5881             4   0  2    40       HOYT FOUNDATION (636)
-PAT BUR 754                   7   5  0    39       TAC (105)
 ALBUS BONERATTLER 5874        4   3  1    39       THE CHOSEN (613)
 SCRAP METAL 5758              7   7  1    38       BOOK OF THOMAS (411)
-CHUSMI 756                    6   5  0    34       TAC (105)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 HODGE PODGE 5790              6   6  0    28       BOOK OF THOMAS (411)
-PIP SQUEAK 5789               3   0  1    27       BOOK OF THOMAS (411)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 VAMPYRILLA 5865               3   5  0    22       THE TRAVELERS (639)
-HAWK 753                      2  10  0    18       TAC (105)
 SNAKE EYES 5888               4   1  0    17       THE TRAVELERS (639)
 SHE-HULK 5889                 3   2  0    16       THE TRAVELERS (639)
 COMYN-KOLD 5894               3   1  0    16       GIT'EM SICK (657)
 KANGRI THE STRONG 5877        2   3  0    16       THE CHOSEN (613)
 BUNKER HILL 5907              1   1  0    16       SMITHSONIAN (245)
 ZILCH 5905                    2   0  0    14       Z GLADIATORZ (519)
 HAL THE CRAZED 5858           2   4  1    11       THE CHOSEN (613)
-SOULMAN DAN 5857              1   0  1    11       BORN LOSERS (634)
 13 1/2 5887                   2   3  0     9       THE TRAVELERS (639)
 PYNK-EYE 5893                 2   2  0     8       GIT'EM SICK (657)
 CHES-PAYNE 5892               2   2  0     8       GIT'EM SICK (657)
-Q2 5896                       2   2  0     8       TAC (105)
 RUNI-NOZE 5895                1   2  0     5       GIT'EM SICK (657)
 DA'-FLUE 5891                 1   2  0     5       GIT'EM SICK (657)
 GORGRUB WAALUG 5915           0   1  0     1       BLOODY HAND CLAN (626)

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
SMI CHU 755             5  6 1 TAC 105              KYRON FLEMING 5545    430   
M.A.S.K. 5898           1  2 0 THE TRAVELERS 639    SOULMAN DAN 5857      430   
ZULU 5817               5  8 0 Z GLADIATORZ 519     'ACKY GIT 5814        431   

                                     PERSONAL ADS

Congrats to Gutsag Bakwort, Great Bloody Hand Clan warrior, for winning the Duelmaster 
throne. -- Curator, Smithsonian

I guess you were just too much for me, Ground Sheet. I was expecting turkey and 
dressing. -- Pilgrim

Wow, 'Acky Git! Two swings, two hits, two crits. I must have hit gold! -- Gold Rush

Honest Merchant, man, you made that hard on me, didn't you? -- Gettysburg

Q2, if you had been British, I would have won. -- Bunker hill

Ches-Payne, well, if you would have hit with that big thing, I might no longer have 
been roaming and you could have had buffalo meat for dinner. Instead ........ I had a 
nicely suited weapon and went 1/1/1. (1 hit, 1 swing, 1 crit.) -- Buffalo Roams
P.S. I presume you and your manager are familiar with the weapon charts and made that 
unusual decision for a purpose. If not, we can help.

Health. Humility. Honor. -- Curator of Smithsonian (Consortium affiliated.)

Z's vite big; yah. -- The Zee Man

Ugarg Snotsnik, you were easy. My blade looked cool with all that blood flowing on it. 
Nice! -- Zephyr

Punk Chilsner, do all Born Losers cheat like that? -- Zombie

Ze Z's vill kill nextz. Yah. -- Mr. z

That felt good. Mighty good! -- Eiger the Hardy

Snake Eyes -- I guess you and Zilch are trying to run me out of the arena, huh? -- 
Kangri the Strong

That was nice. And I did it without beating up on the same warrior for four straight 
turns. -- Ral Stormbreaker

Scrap Metal -- See? I told you it was a mistake the first time. Plus, I beat you 
without down challenging by 32 points. --  Albus Bonerattler

Vampyrilla -- Good fight. I think I will try one more turn before I go. -- Hal the 
Crazed

Gold Rush -- I alwayz wondered 'oo was 'da fastest... Heh...  But speed wazn't wot wuz 
needed... Heh.... Wot are ya? Some kind uv rag doll or sumtin'? Blue Whack-a-Do! -- 
'Acky Git

Zephyr -- Well now. Yoos are a strong ...un, ain't ya? An' ya're furry too! -- Ugarg 
Snotsnik

Pat Bur -- Heh... Wot iz wit' ya guys?... Hehehehehehehe... Ya keep show'n up an' 
runn'n into ma sword... Hehehehehehe... Ya should find a new job... Heh... I hear dey 
need a new bar wench at da Pranc'n Pony ...hehehehe... Don't br'n me any uv dat wuzzy 
sour madori! Get ma ale wench!... Hehehehe... Zim zim zala bim! -- Wily Git

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

EIGER THE HARDY was viciously subdued by JHERI BLOOMERS in a 5 minute Challenge fight.
THE BEGGAR was handily defeated by GOLD RUSH in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge match.
UGARG SNOTSNIK won victory over GROUND SHEET in a 5 minute master's Challenge brawl.
WILY GIT overpowered SHAWNDO in a crowd pleasing 1 minute mismatched Challenge match.
TOOTHLESS LOVE was vanquished by RAL STORMBREAKER in a 1 minute Challenge fight.
RUNI-NOZE was luckily beaten by SNAKE EYES in a 4 minute amateur's Challenge brawl.
KANGRI THE STRONG defeated CHES-PAYNE in a 2 minute beginner's Challenge melee.
GUTSAG BAKWORT won victory over PILGRIM in a 3 minute one-sided Title duel.
'ACKY GIT slaughtered ZULU in a exciting 1 minute one-sided fight.
ZUCCHINI handily defeated CIVILIZED CRIMINAL in a 1 minute brutal one-sided bout.
ALBUS BONERATTLER demolished SHE-HULK in a 1 minute bloody mismatched competition.
SCRAP METAL demolished COMYN-KOLD in a 1 minute mismatched match.
VAMPYRILLA was overpowered by BUFFALO ROAMS in a 1 minute mismatched conflict.
HAL THE CRAZED was overpowered by HODGE PODGE in a 1 minute one-sided duel.
13 1/2 bested GORGRUB WAALUG in a 2 minute beginner's duel.
DA'-FLUE was savagely defeated by ZILCH in a 2 minute bloody amateur's brawl.
PYNK-EYE was defeated by BUNKER HILL in a 4 minute novice's bout.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|STRIKING ATTACK                  6         AIMED BLOW        32 -  21 -  2      60  |
|AIMED BLOW                       5         STRIKING ATTACK   38 -  26 -  4      59  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      5         SLASHING ATTACK   21 -  17 -  1      55  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   5         WALL OF STEEL     11 -   9 -  0      55  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  4         TOTAL PARRY       23 -  20 -  0      53  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    4         LUNGING ATTACK    19 -  19 -  4      50  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      2         PARRY-LUNGE       11 -  13 -  0      46  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   2         BASHING ATTACK    21 -  28 -  2      43  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     0         PARRY-STRIKE      13 -  21 -  0      38  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    0         PARRY-RIPOSTE      2 -   4 -  0      33  |

Turn 431 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         4 -  1     BASHING ATTACK     2 -  3         4  STRIKING ATTACK
SLASHING ATTACK    3 -  1     WALL OF STEEL      1 -  3         3  TOTAL PARRY    
STRIKING ATTACK    4 -  2     PARRY-LUNGE        0 -  2         2  SLASHING ATTACK
TOTAL PARRY        3 -  2     PARRY-STRIKE       0 -  0         1  WALL OF STEEL  
                              PARRY-RIPOSTE      0 -  0         1  AIMED BLOW     
                              LUNGING ATTACK     0 -  2     

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
TOTAL PARRY      GUTSAG BAKWORT 5500        30  20  0  113 BLOODY HAND CLAN (626)
SLASHING ATTACK  GOLD RUSH 5851             11   3  1  126 SMITHSONIAN (245)
WALL OF STEEL    GROUND SHEET 3725          17  12  2  105 BOOK OF THOMAS (411)
STRIKING ATTACK  THE BEGGAR 5848             9   7  0   90 HOYT FOUNDATION (636)
AIMED BLOW       WILY GIT 5844              12   3  0   67 BLOODY HAND CLAN (626)
BASHING ATTACK   ALBUS BONERATTLER 5874      4   3  1   39 THE CHOSEN (613)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is JHERI BLOOMERS 5643.  The most popular warrior this 
turn was JHERI BLOOMERS 5643.  The ten other most popular fighters were PILGRIM 5842, 
GROUND SHEET 3725, ZILCH 5905, EIGER THE HARDY 5811, RUNI-NOZE 5895, WILY GIT 5844, 
SNAKE EYES 5888, 'ACKY GIT 5814, ZUCCHINI 5859, and PYNK-EYE 5893.

The least popular fighter this week was UGARG SNOTSNIK 5815.  The other ten least 
popular fighters were BUNKER HILL 5907, DA'-FLUE 5891, VAMPYRILLA 5865, COMYN-KOLD 
5894, SHE-HULK 5889, KANGRI THE STRONG 5877, TOOTHLESS LOVE 5847, THE BEGGAR 5848, 
GORGRUB WAALUG 5915, and HAL THE CRAZED 5858.

The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn:

GUTSAG BAKWORT (8-5500) BLOODY HAND CLAN (626)