DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 12/27/2018    Duedate: 01/23/2019

ARKERS ARENA

DM-8    TURN-433

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

JHERI BLOOMERS
HOYT FOUNDATION (636)
(8-5643) [22-22-3,138]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

JHERI BLOOMERS                 PYNK-EYE
HOYT FOUNDATION (636)          GIT'EM SICK (657)
(8-5643) [22-22-3,138]         (8-5893) [4-2-0,31]

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

JHERI BLOOMERS                 ZEPHYR
HOYT FOUNDATION (636)          Z GLADIATORZ (519)
(8-5643) [22-22-3,138]         (8-5824) [14-8-0,101]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

THE CHOSEN (613)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. HOYT FOUNDATION (636)       45
2. Z GLADIATORZ (519)          28      Z GLADIATORZ (519)
3. SMITHSONIAN (245)           23      Unchartered Team
4. THE TRAVELERS (639)         20
5. THE CHOSEN (613)            10      GIT'EM SICK (657)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 1 Z GLADIATORZ (519)       375 197 10 65.6   1/ 1 THE CHOSEN (613)         10  5 0
 2/ 2 SMITHSONIAN (245)        854 512 19 62.5   2/ 3 SMITHSONIAN (245)         7  3 0
 3/ 4 BLOODY HAND CLAN (626)   150 118  9 56.0   3/ 4 Z GLADIATORZ (519)        7  3 0
 4/ 7 HOYT FOUNDATION (636)    148 138 14 51.7   4/ 5 HOYT FOUNDATION (636)     7  6 1
 5/ 6 THE CHOSEN (613)         330 310 22 51.6   5/ 2 BLOODY HAND CLAN (626)    7  8 3
 6/ 5*GIT'EM SICK (657)         14  14  0 50.0   6/ 8*GIT'EM SICK (657)         5 10 0
 7- 8 BOOK OF THOMAS (411)     122 159  9 43.4   7- 6 BOOK OF THOMAS (411)      4  2 0
 8/10 THE TRAVELERS (639)       34  88  0 27.9   8/ 7 THE TRAVELERS (639)       4  8 0

    '*'   Unchartered team                       '-'  Team did not fight this turn
   (###)  Avoid teams by their Team Id          ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank

                                    TEAM SPOTLIGHT

                                 DUELMASTER'S COLUMN
                             Notes from the arena champ.

                                      SPY REPORT

     I was going on vacation, see?  Surf, sun...  But what do those bums say?  "Hit 
the road, Debby Tonte.  ARKERS needs a spyreport."  Oh, well.  Cut this out and put 
it in your scrapbooks, SMITHSONIAN!  'Cause they got 3-0-0 and moved up to 2nd!  MVP 
award for ZUCCHINI?  Z GLADIATORZ's proud of it after beating VIRGINAL CONCUBINE and 
getting 21 points.  Talk about yer big time losers!  WILY GIT got smashed by SHAWNDO, 
and lost 10 points!  What a putz!  GROUND SHEET fights so hard to be Duelmaster, then 
quits fighting and loses the title.  No one said she was a genius...  And I was just 
getting used to the ex-Duelmaster's habit of...(!)  Oh well, welcome JHERI BLOOMERS.  
Aren't HOYT FOUNDATION proud.  (Oh, my.) Is the Duelmaster really being a real snob 
to his teammates?  Don't ask me!   
     AAARRGH!!!  I HATE SPYREPORTING!!!  Sorry.  I just had to say it.  BOOK OF 
THOMAS was the most avoided team.  Is a 122-159-9 record really that scary?  I don't 
know what HOYT FOUNDATION's been doing.  They certainly haven't been accepting many 
fights from BOOK OF THOMAS, that's fer sher.  Can THE CHOSEN's RAL STORMBREAKER be 
more popular than me?  He was challenged the most, but is that really the same?  
PYNK-EYE must not be a good enough fighter to get in fair fights.  She challenged 
GORGRUB WAALUG.  15 is a big difference.  (Well, that's what they tell me.) I thought 
PYNK-EYE showed great skill and promise when she bested GORGRUB WAALUG.  All right, 
so I slept through it!  Big deal!   
     Man, all these warriors dying and killing each other!  Don't you guys ever give 
it a break?  PYNK-EYE really fought hard against GORGRUB WAALUG.  That'll teach 
BLOODY HAND CLAN not to go and kill any of GIT'EM SICK's guys again, huh!  What if 
they had a fight and nobody showed up?  I'd be out of a job, that's what!!!   
     I really didn't, you know, study when I was a kid.  Who would've guessed I'd be 
a famous Spyreporter?  I gotta leave.  ARKERS is like such a dump, and you guys smell 
too much!  Its been really albendranius!  Later, guys-- Debby Tonte  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 JHERI BLOOMERS 5643          22  22  3   138       HOYT FOUNDATION (636)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-GOLD RUSH 5851               11   3  1   126       SMITHSONIAN (245)
 EIGER THE HARDY 5811         20   5  0   111       THE CHOSEN (613)
 THE BEGGAR 5848              10   8  0   103       HOYT FOUNDATION (636)
 PILGRIM 5842                 13   8  0   102       SMITHSONIAN (245)
 ZEPHYR 5824                  14   8  0   101       Z GLADIATORZ (519)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 'ACKY GIT 5814               13   6  2    90       BLOODY HAND CLAN (626)
 RAL STORMBREAKER 5786        17  11  0    86       THE CHOSEN (613)
 UGARG SNOTSNIK 5815          18   6  0    83       BLOODY HAND CLAN (626)
 ZUCCHINI 5859                 8   0  1    81       Z GLADIATORZ (519)
-ZOMBIE 5823                   8   6  1    75       Z GLADIATORZ (519)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SHAWNDO 5853                 10   5  0    66       HOYT FOUNDATION (636)
 TOOTHLESS LOVE 5847           8  10  1    60       HOYT FOUNDATION (636)
 GETTYSBURG 5854               9   3  0    57       SMITHSONIAN (245)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 WILY GIT 5844                12   5  0    55       BLOODY HAND CLAN (626)
-BUFFALO ROAMS 5855            4   3  0    43       SMITHSONIAN (245)
-DEATH LEASER 5881             4   1  2    37       HOYT FOUNDATION (636)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-HODGE PODGE 5790              7   6  0    32       BOOK OF THOMAS (411)
 PYNK-EYE 5893                 4   2  0    31       GIT'EM SICK (657)
 ALBUS BONERATTLER 5874        4   5  1    28       THE CHOSEN (613)
-ZILCH 5905                    3   0  0    28       Z GLADIATORZ (519)
-PIP SQUEAK 5789               3   0  1    27       BOOK OF THOMAS (411)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 COMYN-KOLD 5894               5   1  0    25       GIT'EM SICK (657)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 KANGRI THE STRONG 5877        4   3  0    23       THE CHOSEN (613)
 SHE-HULK 5889                 4   3  0    22       THE TRAVELERS (639)
 BUNKER HILL 5907              2   2  0    22       SMITHSONIAN (245)
 13 1/2 5887                   3   4  0    20       THE TRAVELERS (639)
 VAMPYRILLA 5865               3   7  0    16       THE TRAVELERS (639)
 SNAKE EYES 5888               4   3  0    15       THE TRAVELERS (639)
 HAL THE CRAZED 5858           3   5  1    15       THE CHOSEN (613)
 ZEBRA 5917                    2   0  0    13       Z GLADIATORZ (519)
 RADTEEF WAZGRIM 5919          1   0  1    11       BLOODY HAND CLAN (626)
 CHES-PAYNE 5892               2   4  0    10       GIT'EM SICK (657)
 DA'-FLUE 5891                 2   3  0     9       GIT'EM SICK (657)
 GORGRUB WAALUG 5915           1   2  1     6       BLOODY HAND CLAN (626)

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
SCRAP METAL 5758        7  8 1 BOOK OF THOMAS 411   TOOTHLESS LOVE 5847   432   
EAR-AYKE 5918           0  1 0 GIT'EM SICK 657      RADTEEF WAZGRIM 5919  433   
RUNI-NOZE 5895          1  3 0 GIT'EM SICK 657      GORGRUB WAALUG 5915   432  JUST REVENGED
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

Ze Z's ve back! 3-1 ve goez.  Ve killz next! Yah! -- Mr. Z

Ches-Payne, you let a mere rookie stripe you like that? Tsk. Tsk. Better check your 
heart rate, Bud. -- Zebra

Wily Git, who's wily now? -- Zephyr

Vampyrilla, I like playing with vampires and giving them zilch. Ha ha ha. -- Zilch

Zombie sorry him loose to 'Acky Git. Him no like Git garlic mouth. -- Zombie

A salute to Ground Sheet, Duelmaster of Arkers. -- Curator

M. Chardinee, that was a nice Thanksgiving dinner we had, eh? -- Pilgrim

Comyn-Kold, well done, you Bum. I am still sneezing! -- Bunker Hill

Ral Stormbreaker, what? You think that mere skirmish will take victory from defeat?! 
You should surrender now. -- Gettysburg

Surely did enjoy the spotlight and DM column last round. Surely did! -- Curator

Health. Humility. Honor. -- Curator

13 1/2 -- Slimly won victory? Against you? HA! -- Kangri the Strong

Gettysburgh -- Perhaps your manager can address your fighting skills. I don't 
understand this. But Longshot thought it was hilarious. -- Ral Stormbreaker

Snake Eyes -- That looks like what you got for fighting me. -- Hal the Crazed

Zombie -- Wow! I smashed annuver uv Z gladiatorz?...Heh... Yoos guys ..'ave lost yer 
moooooojo... Heh...... Blue Whack-a-Do! -- 'Acky Git

Zephyr -- Heh... Yoos shouldn't hit me so hard... Hehehehehehehe... Dat ain't 
right...Hehehehehehe... Next time yoos put yer arms down at yer side an let me hit 
first... Hehehehe... Zim zim zala bim! -- Wily Git

Ground Sheets -- Do yer see? A damned dinna plate iz noth'n. Kongrats. -- Gutsag 
Bakwort

Runi-Noze -- Ya are not hard. Not only was yer nose runny. But so was yer blood. -- 
Gorgrub Waalug

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

ZEPHYR was unbelievably bested by EIGER THE HARDY in a 7 minute Challenge fight.
WILY GIT was overcome by SHAWNDO in a 2 minute gory Challenge match.
PYNK-EYE vanquished GORGRUB WAALUG in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge brawl.
CHES-PAYNE was luckily beaten by ZEBRA in a 6 minute brutal Challenge fight.
PILGRIM devastated VETERAN MERCENARY in a 1 minute uneven brawl.
JHERI BLOOMERS overpowered 'ACKY GIT in a 1 minute one-sided Title struggle.
UGARG SNOTSNIK was viciously subdued by THE BEGGAR in a popular 5 minute competition.
RAL STORMBREAKER vanquished TOOTHLESS LOVE in a 1 minute uneven duel.
ZUCCHINI vanquished VIRGINAL CONCUBINE in a 1 minute uneven fight.
GETTYSBURG vanquished ALBUS BONERATTLER in a 1 minute one-sided fight.
SHE-HULK overpowered SHIFTYEYED VOLUNTEER in a 1 minute one-sided melee.
HAL THE CRAZED was luckily beaten by BUNKER HILL in a exciting 3 minute bloody match.
VAMPYRILLA was unbelievably bested by KANGRI THE STRONG in a 6 minute contest.
SNAKE EYES was bested by COMYN-KOLD in a 2 minute bout.
13 1/2 viciously subdued DA'-FLUE in a 6 minute gory conflict.
EAR-AYKE was slaughtered by RADTEEF WAZGRIM in a 1 minute mismatched bout.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|STRIKING ATTACK                  6         WALL OF STEEL     14 -   7 -  0      67  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   5         STRIKING ATTACK   38 -  26 -  3      59  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      5         SLASHING ATTACK   22 -  16 -  1      58  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    3         TOTAL PARRY       26 -  19 -  0      58  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  3         AIMED BLOW        26 -  26 -  2      50  |
|AIMED BLOW                       3         BASHING ATTACK    24 -  25 -  4      49  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   2         LUNGING ATTACK    15 -  20 -  2      43  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      1         PARRY-LUNGE       10 -  14 -  0      42  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    1         PARRY-STRIKE      13 -  19 -  0      41  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     0         PARRY-RIPOSTE      1 -   5 -  0      17  |

Turn 433 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      3 -  0     AIMED BLOW         0 -  3         6  STRIKING ATTACK
STRIKING ATTACK    5 -  1     PARRY-LUNGE        0 -  1         3  SLASHING ATTACK
SLASHING ATTACK    2 -  1     PARRY-STRIKE       0 -  0         2  TOTAL PARRY    
BASHING ATTACK     3 -  2     PARRY-RIPOSTE      0 -  1     
TOTAL PARRY        3 -  2     LUNGING ATTACK     0 -  2     

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
TOTAL PARRY      EIGER THE HARDY 5811       20   5  0  111 THE CHOSEN (613)
STRIKING ATTACK  THE BEGGAR 5848            10   8  0  103 HOYT FOUNDATION (636)
SLASHING ATTACK  'ACKY GIT 5814             13   6  2   90 BLOODY HAND CLAN (626)
WALL OF STEEL    SHAWNDO 5853               10   5  0   66 HOYT FOUNDATION (636)
BASHING ATTACK   GETTYSBURG 5854             9   3  0   57 SMITHSONIAN (245)

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
AIMED BLOW       WILY GIT 5844              12   5  0   55 BLOODY HAND CLAN (626)
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 ZEPHYR 5824.  The ten other most popular fighters were THE BEGGAR 5848, HAL 
THE CRAZED 5858, VAMPYRILLA 5865, WILY GIT 5844, 13 1/2 5887, PYNK-EYE 5893, PILGRIM 
5842, JHERI BLOOMERS 5643, ZUCCHINI 5859, and GETTYSBURG 5854.

The least popular fighter this week was DA'-FLUE 5891.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were ZEBRA 5917, EAR-AYKE 5918, KANGRI THE STRONG 5877, ALBUS BONERATTLER 
5874, TOOTHLESS LOVE 5847, 'ACKY GIT 5814, GORGRUB WAALUG 5915, RADTEEF WAZGRIM 5919, 
COMYN-KOLD 5894, and SNAKE EYES 5888.

The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn:

JHERI BLOOMERS (8-5643) HOYT FOUNDATION (636)

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

GROUND SHEET (8-3725) BOOK OF THOMAS (411)

                        WINTER FACE-TO-FACE IN SUNNY ARIZONA!

Our next winter FTF will be held in Tempe, Arizona, January 18-20, 2019.  It will be 
held at our usual Embassy Suites Hotel in Tempe, Arizona (480-897-7444).  Room rates 
remain $149.00 per night, 1-2 occupancy, which includes full cooked breakfast, 
complimentary manager's reception, free airport shuttle, free parking and free high 
speed internet.  There's a fitness center, jacuzzi, and pool.  The rooms are blocked--
the code is "REA."  

       The official block cutoff is December 21 so make your reservations ASAP!
             The hotel reservation site is:  http://tinyurl.com/ybszwwgz 
       This is prime season for Phoenix and the hotel tends to fill up quickly.  

Look for the tournament info sheet and minioverviews some time in December.  We hope 
you're all looking forward to it and that we will see you there!