DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 02/18/2021    Duedate: 03/17/2021

ARKERS ARENA

DM-8    TURN-461

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

APPALACIA
SMITHSONIAN (245)
(8-5959) [14-2-0,116]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

APPALACIA                      DIOCLETIAN
SMITHSONIAN (245)              WARRIOR POETS (578)
(8-5959) [14-2-0,116]          (8-4990) [3-2-0,42]

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

MISS CONSTRUED                 TEXAS RED
LADIES IN WAITING (115)        THE OUTLAWS 2 (631)
(8-4419) [13-24-0,94]          (8-5504) [11-7-2,101]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

SMITHSONIAN (245)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. BROKEN SPIRITS (632)        45
2. SMITHSONIAN (245)           17      UNLIKELY HEROES (635)
3. LADIES IN WAITING (115)      7      Unchartered Team
4. UNLIKELY HEROES (635)        6
5. BLOODY HAND CLAN (626)       0      WARRIOR POETS (578)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 1 UNLIKELY HEROES (635)     14   5  2 73.7   1/ 1 SMITHSONIAN (245)         8  2 1
 2/ 0*WARRIOR POETS (578)       17   7  3 70.8   2- 2 BLOODY HAND CLAN (626)    7  2 0
 3/ 3 SMITHSONIAN (245)        922 543 22 62.9   3/ 7 BROKEN SPIRITS (632)      5  1 1
 4- 4 BLOODY HAND CLAN (626)   214 172 14 55.4   4- 3 THE CHOSEN (613)          5  5 1
 5/ 5 LADIES IN WAITING (115)  348 303 15 53.5   5/ 4 LADIES IN WAITING (115)   5  6 0
 6- 6 THE CHOSEN (613)         372 354 27 51.2   6- 5 TRIAL BY COMBAT (512)     3  2 0
 7/ 0 THE OUTLAWS 2 (631)       45  45  6 50.0   7/ 0*WARRIOR POETS (578)       2  2 0
 8- 7 TRIAL BY COMBAT (512)     41  43  6 48.8   8/ 8 UNLIKELY HEROES (635)     1  2 0
 9/ 9 BROKEN SPIRITS (632)      81 110  5 42.4   9/ 0 THE OUTLAWS 2 (631)       1  4 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.

Well, it took my first and final Duelmaster title to get me a graduation notice. Will 
I miss you all? Probably not. I am all fought out and ready to swim and golf the rest 
of my "immortal" life away. 

Before I go, let me give you history in a brief fashion:

     9-10(+1)-10-17-21-10-9 Lunger
     norm endu and great (bonus) damage
     +4 parry, +1 attack
     masters -- decise and Initiate, adexes -- attach and defense
     12-5-0 arena, 1 DM; 26-15-0 tournaments, 1 TV
     best weapon seems to be the LO, of which I am short ST and DF

I will leave the Crown to whomever as I take a final shot at the DA. Good luck to all 
of you.

                                          -- Pearl Harbor, DM

                                      SPY REPORT

     It's me, The Unknown Spymaster here with my bag to give you the news on last 
week's fights.  Coming up with a solid 4-1-1 outing, BROKEN SPIRITS has advanced 4 
places in the rankings.  Hey everybody, watch out for TAZRAK, who flew up 16 points 
in the rankings after mashing POLITE BEGGAR like a melon.  Keep your eye on this guy. 
And falling like a basher in the top ten was MARTIN LUTHER, who dropped 11 points 
after a disappointing (to say the least) bout with MODEL T.  Unlike most arenas, 
PEARL HARBOR managed to get hers challenge off against the 0-0-0 SHEWISH GIANT.  
Well, everybody's pal PEARL HARBOR moved hers record to 13-5-1 by defeating SHEWISH 
GIANT in the Duelmaster's Title Bout and gaining 2 recognition points.  4 out of 5 
gladiators surveyed protect the body, so try and avoid aiming at that location.   
     Here is other news that is of note.  And hey, kiddies, those of you who didn't 
avoid BLOODY HAND CLAN, please raise you hand.  Wow.  Does ARKERS really have that 
many liars?  For those of you who like math, try this one:  BLOODY HAND CLAN + 
Weapons That go Boom = LADIES IN WAITING + Avoid City.  And who is this MALLAFAX you 
ask, with 107 points and a 10-14-0 record.  Ooh, the tales I could tell!  Well, it 
looks like MISS MATCHED wasn't happy with last turn's rank, so she went for broke by 
challenging up 37 points.  No guts, no glory.  Trading many whacks on the head and a 
loss for 3 recognition points, MISS MATCHED shows that a gal doesn't have to be good 
to get places.   
     Being a spy is great--other people die and you spend the rest of the day 
drinking to their memory.  Better tanked than dead!  PEARL HARBOR defied all odds and 
slew SHEWISH GIANT in the Dark Arena.  The only ones displeased were the buzzards, as 
SHEWISH GIANT's meat is notoriously tough.  Ask not the elves for counsel, for they 
will say both yes and no.  Silly buggers, eh?   
     Well, that wasn't too bad; Alarond told me that the people in ARKERS have no 
sense of humor.  Or maybe that they were senseless.  Okay, so I may not be the 
world's best comedian, but then you guys aren't the world's best warriors.  Hasta la 
bye-bye.  (Loud choruses of 'Beat it, ya bum!')-- The Unknown Spymaster  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 APPALACIA 5959               14   2  0   116       SMITHSONIAN (245)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-UGARG SNOTSNIK 5815          35  12  0   128       BLOODY HAND CLAN (626)
 MALLAFAX 5508                10  14  0   107       BROKEN SPIRITS (632)
 MAGNETIC WOMBAT 5584         14   5  2   102       UNLIKELY HEROES (635)
 TEXAS RED 5504               11   7  2   101       THE OUTLAWS 2 (631)
-BEA ZERK 5267                 9   2  0   100       TRIAL BY COMBAT (512)
 CURLY BILL 5501              10   8  1    96       THE OUTLAWS 2 (631)
 MISS CONSTRUED 4419          13  24  0    94       LADIES IN WAITING (115)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-MOMMA CASKET 4311             7   7  2    84       TRIAL BY COMBAT (512)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 MISS MATCHED 4709            12  12  0    71       LADIES IN WAITING (115)
 EGRIM 5510                   11  16  1    67       BROKEN SPIRITS (632)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-ALBUS BONERATTLER 5874       13  12  3    65       THE CHOSEN (613)
-ANGELA DEATH 4310             6   8  2    64       TRIAL BY COMBAT (512)
-RADTEEF WAZGRIM 5919         13   9  3    58       BLOODY HAND CLAN (626)
 NIOBE 5818                    4   3  0    58       BROKEN SPIRITS (632)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-GUIGRIM MORRUNT 6002          5   4  0    50       BLOODY HAND CLAN (626)
-BUNKER HILL 5907              7   6  1    48       SMITHSONIAN (245)
 DIOCLETIAN 4990               3   2  0    42       WARRIOR POETS (578)
 MODEL T 6024                  3   0  0    40       SMITHSONIAN (245)
-PAX THE YUGE 6008             4   4  0    36       THE CHOSEN (613)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 MISS APPROPRIATE 6012         3   3  0    33       LADIES IN WAITING (115)
 MENCIUS 4986                  4   1  0    32       WARRIOR POETS (578)
 SIMON BOLIVAR 4989            4   1  0    32       WARRIOR POETS (578)
-SACRILICIOUS 6011             4   1  0    30       TRIAL BY COMBAT (512)
 CAMPTOWN RACES 5999           9   2  0    29       SMITHSONIAN (245)
-MAHTHA RIBKRAKA 6023          3   1  0    25       BLOODY HAND CLAN (626)
-MISS BEA HAVED 5897           3   3  0    24       LADIES IN WAITING (115)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 DOC SCURLOK 5816              2   4  1    23       THE OUTLAWS 2 (631)
 ARKANSAS DAVE 5832            2   1  0    22       THE OUTLAWS 2 (631)
 MARTIN LUTHER 4987            4   1  2    19       WARRIOR POETS (578)
-MISS DIRECTION 6019           1   3  0    17       LADIES IN WAITING (115)
 TAZRAK 6035                   1   0  1    16       BROKEN SPIRITS (632)
-WANDAH SNOKRAG 6013           3   3  1    13       BLOODY HAND CLAN (626)
-LISA YAKVIGOR 6010            3   4  0    13       THE CHOSEN (613)
-HECASCA THE PURE 6022         2   2  1     9       THE CHOSEN (613)
-SLASHA FIERCE 6034            0   1  0     1       TRIAL BY COMBAT (512)

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
POLITE BEGGAR           0  0 0                      TAZRAK 6035           461  NONE
BURPS FIRE HAMME 4741  12 10 1 ACID FIRE HAMMER 545 MOMMA CASKET 4311     457  NOT REVENGED
DA 5001 6036            0  1 0 BROKEN SPIRITS 632   BLACK ORC             461  NONE
DA AGAIN 5839           1  1 0 THE OUTLAWS 2 631    STONE GOLEM           461  NONE

                                     PERSONAL ADS

All right! Our own Pearl Harbor takes the Title and gets pronounced Lord Protector. We 
are proud. -- Curator, Smithsonian

Miss Constuued, I am sure your day will come. -- Pearl Harbor

Hecasca The Pure, I was sorry to get blood all over your pureness. Get well. -- 
Model T

Magnetic Wombat, I enjoyed fighting you even though I was quite tired after fighting 
nine fights in the Mailer. I hope I didn't destroy too much of your magnetic 
personality. -- Appalacia 

Health. Humility. Honor. -- Curator

Pearl Harbour -- Congrats on the invite to ADM, where you presumably face retirement.  
Meanwhile, we promise to stop referring to you as Minnie Pearl Harbor -- Miss 
Construed

All -- Stopping by after many years. Decided to take this stable off the stasis they 
have been in for a decade. See you on the sands. -- Toker, mgr. Warrior Poets  

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

PEARL HARBOR viciously butchered SHEWISH GIANT in a 2 minute Dark Arena fight.
DA AGAIN was luckily killed by  STONE GOLEM in a 2 minute brutal Dark Arena melee.
DA 5001 was assassinated by BLACK ORC in a 1 minute Dark Arena duel.
MISS CONSTRUED was viciously subdued by MAGNETIC WOMBAT in a 3 minute contest.
MISS MATCHED was subdued by MALLAFAX in a 2 minute master's Challenge competition.
TEXAS RED lost to APPALACIA in a crowd pleasing 2 minute Title fight.
CURLY BILL overpowered M. CHARDINEE in a 1 minute mismatched brawl.
EGRIM overpowered DIOCLETIAN in a 1 minute uneven melee.
CAMPTOWN RACES was vanquished by NIOBE in a 2 minute gory uneven duel.
MODEL T vanquished MARTIN LUTHER in a 1 minute one-sided duel.
MENCIUS narrowly defeated ARKANSAS DAVE in a 2 minute expert vs. novice match.
DOC SCURLOK was luckily beaten by SIMON BOLIVAR in a 2 minute brutal match.
MISS APPROPRIATE devastated ARDIVENTI NOBLE in a 1 minute mismatched conflict.
TAZRAK murdered POLITE BEGGAR in a 1 minute mismatched match.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|LUNGING ATTACK                  10         PARRY-LUNGE        2 -   0 -  0     100  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    4         WALL OF STEEL     28 -  12 -  1      70  |
|AIMED BLOW                       3         TOTAL PARRY       29 -  14 -  0      67  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  2         PARRY-RIPOSTE      2 -   1 -  0      67  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      2         STRIKING ATTACK   22 -  19 -  1      54  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     1         LUNGING ATTACK    28 -  31 -  6      47  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      0         BASHING ATTACK    24 -  29 -  2      45  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    0         SLASHING ATTACK   14 -  20 -  0      41  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  0         AIMED BLOW         4 -   8 -  0      33  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   0         PARRY-STRIKE       2 -   9 -  0      18  |

Turn 461 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:

STRIKING ATTACK    2 -  0     LUNGING ATTACK     3 -  7         4  LUNGING ATTACK 
WALL OF STEEL      4 -  0     PARRY-LUNGE        0 -  0         3  WALL OF STEEL  
AIMED BLOW         2 -  1     PARRY-STRIKE       0 -  1         1  TOTAL PARRY    
TOTAL PARRY        1 -  1     PARRY-RIPOSTE      0 -  0         1  AIMED BLOW     
                              SLASHING ATTACK    0 -  0         1  STRIKING ATTACK
                              BASHING ATTACK     0 -  0         1  PARRY-STRIKE   

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
WALL OF STEEL    APPALACIA 5959             14   2  0  116 SMITHSONIAN (245)
LUNGING ATTACK   TEXAS RED 5504             11   7  2  101 THE OUTLAWS 2 (631)
AIMED BLOW       NIOBE 5818                  4   3  0   58 BROKEN SPIRITS (632)
STRIKING ATTACK  MODEL T 6024                3   0  0   40 SMITHSONIAN (245)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is MISS CONSTRUED 4419.  The most popular warrior this 
turn was TEXAS RED 5504.  The ten other most popular fighters were DA AGAIN 5839, 
MAGNETIC WOMBAT 5584, NIOBE 5818, MISS CONSTRUED 4419, MALLAFAX 5508, ARKANSAS DAVE 
5832, MISS MATCHED 4709, APPALACIA 5959, CURLY BILL 5501, and EGRIM 5510.

The least popular fighter this week was MARTIN LUTHER 4987.  The other ten least 
popular fighters were CAMPTOWN RACES 5999, DIOCLETIAN 4990, DA 5001 6036, TAZRAK 
6035, MISS APPROPRIATE 6012, SIMON BOLIVAR 4989, DOC SCURLOK 5816, MENCIUS 4986, 
MODEL T 6024, and EGRIM 5510.

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

PEARL HARBOR (8-5950) SMITHSONIAN (245)