DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 07/06/2023    Duedate: 08/02/2023

ARKERS ARENA

DM-8    TURN-492

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

BROONY BIG GUT
BLOODY HAND CLAN (626)
(8-6054) [19-4-0,90]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

BROONY BIG GUT                 PHOTO BOMB
BLOODY HAND CLAN (626)         15 MINUTES OF FAME (672)
(8-6054) [19-4-0,90]           (8-6124) [1-3-0,16]

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

LUXOR                          LUXOR
TEN TON TOGAS (536)            TEN TON TOGAS (536)
(8-4619) [10-12-0,87]          (8-4619) [10-12-0,87]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

FIGHTING IRISH (648)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. FIGHTING IRISH (648)        46
2. ASSASSIN NATION (377)       15      BLOODY HAND CLAN (626)
3. LADIES IN WAITING (115)      8      Unchartered Team
4. BOOK OF THOMAS (411)         2
5. 15 MINUTES OF FAME (672)     1      15 MINUTES OF FAME (672)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1- 2 TRIAL BY COMBAT (512)     96  78 11 55.2   1/ 2 FIGHTING IRISH (648)     10  4 0
 2/ 1 BLOODY HAND CLAN (626)   284 232 22 55.0   2/ 3 LADIES IN WAITING (115)   7  3 1
 3/ 3 TEN TON TOGAS (536)      125 107 10 53.9   3- 1 TRIAL BY COMBAT (512)     6  3 0
 4/ 4 LADIES IN WAITING (115)  377 328 19 53.5   4/ 4 TEN TON TOGAS (536)       4  9 0
 5/ 6 FIGHTING IRISH (648)      54  51  1 51.4   5/ 9 ASSASSIN NATION (377)     3  2 0
 6/ 7 BOOK OF THOMAS (411)     153 194 10 44.1   6/ 7 BLOODY HAND CLAN (626)    3  4 0
 7/ 8 ASSASSIN NATION (377)     40  62  5 39.2   7/ 5 BOOK OF THOMAS (411)      3  5 1
 8- 9*ARCANE VOLBEAT (664)       7  12  0 36.8   8- 6*ARCANE VOLBEAT (664)      2  2 0
 9/10*15 MINUTES OF FAME (672)   1   3  0 25.0   9/10*15 MINUTES OF FAME (672)  0  3 0

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

                                      SPY REPORT

     If you were disturbed from your beauty rest only to have to watch a bunch of 
ARKERS brutes like you, you'd be grouchy, too.  Later days, TRIAL BY COMBAT, since 
FIGHTING IRISH took top team from you this turn, you guys are old news.  ASSASSIN 
NATION turned their 2-0-0 turn into a 5th place rank in the listings this turn.  Any 
better than this, and you get put on hit lists.  Gee, I'm impressed, a 5-0-0 is nice, 
but don't get cocky, FIGHTING IRISH, the Fates teach humility, and the Fates are 
proud.  Of course, we're all terribly impressed to see ALEMBIC win a fight and gain 
19 points, terribly.  Tsk, tsk, ALEMBIC beat MAHTHA RIBKRAKA and MAHTHA RIBKRAKA lost 
14 points.  You're breakin' my heart.  Due to absence, and inability to defend the 
throne, DEE NILE has lost the Title of Duelmaster.  Start setting that alarm earlier! 
And it's out with the old, in with the new, as BROONY BIG GUT takes the Title and 
last week's bar tab from the old Duelmaster.  Heh, heh.  The Warty Toad, humph!  I've 
tasted better ale at mortuaries.  Where do they get this stuff?  From ARKERS' trash 
dumps?   
     Well, let's take a look at some more misdeeds of you miserable sword-boys.  
What's the big D?  FIGHTING IRISH was the most avoided team?  Bunch of lily 
livered... grumble... mumble... curse...  And who led the way in this mass act of 
cowardice?  Let's see, well, whatcha know?  It was BLOODY HAND CLAN.  Ha ha ha ha!  
Ooh, I'm frightfully impressed, ROMULUS was this turn's most challenged warrior.  
Watch that ego swell, sports fans.   
     Some people like volunteer work in the hospitals.  I volunteer for ARKERS' 
morgue.  More variety.  Honor is like a chainmail shirt, it only shines through use.  
Certain nameless cowards will doubtless rebuke me on this one.   
     What does the ARKERS arena have in common with the inns?  It's just as 
comfortable to sleep in either place.  Ha ha ha ha!  Phlllt!  Just had to do that 
before I leave the fine city of ARKERS.  I feel much better now.  Paste this one in 
your scrapbooks, you'll need the kindling come this winter-- Snide Clemens  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 BROONY BIG GUT 6054          19   4  0    90       BLOODY HAND CLAN (626)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-DEE NILE 6102                10   5  2   119       TRIAL BY COMBAT (512)
-LICKETY-SPLIT 5909           11   2  0   108       BOOK OF THOMAS (411)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 LUXOR 4619                   10  12  0    87       TEN TON TOGAS (536)
 ALEMBIC 5766                 10  12  0    82       FIGHTING IRISH (648)
 MISS APPROPRIATE 6012         9  10  1    70       LADIES IN WAITING (115)
 ALPHA 5936                    6   6  1    70       BOOK OF THOMAS (411)
-MISS BEA HAVED 5897           7   5  0    69       LADIES IN WAITING (115)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 MAHTHA RIBKRAKA 6023         15  12  3    66       BLOODY HAND CLAN (626)
-RUSH 5996                     5   1  0    59       BOOK OF THOMAS (411)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 FELDSPAR 5760                12  10  0    56       FIGHTING IRISH (648)
-MISS OURIE 6049               3   3  0    52       LADIES IN WAITING (115)
 DEIDRE 5762                  10   7  0    50       FIGHTING IRISH (648)
-LOLA MONTEZ 6018              4   1  0    48       ARCANE VOLBEAT (664)
 MISS DIRECTION 6019           7   9  0    47       LADIES IN WAITING (115)
 ASPHYXIATE 4995               4   3  0    46       ASSASSIN NATION (377)
 ROMULUS 4616                  9   6  1    42       TEN TON TOGAS (536)
-OVERANXIUS 6133               3   2  2    38       TEN TON TOGAS (536)
 OTHELLO 6000                  7   5  0    36       BOOK OF THOMAS (411)
 HOSTILITY 4908                6   3  0    35       ASSASSIN NATION (377)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-THE BARONESS 6142             4   2  0    32       TRIAL BY COMBAT (512)
-GORE-TICIA 6131               6   3  0    31       TRIAL BY COMBAT (512)
 DONN 5761                     6   7  1    29       FIGHTING IRISH (648)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SKAB GUTHACKA 6122            5   3  0    28       BLOODY HAND CLAN (626)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 POSH GIT 6119                 3   6  0    22       BLOODY HAND CLAN (626)
 COURTINGDISASTUS 6132         5   5  0    20       TEN TON TOGAS (536)
 POOKA 6155                    4   1  0    16       FIGHTING IRISH (648)
 PHOTO BOMB 6124               1   3  0    16       15 MINUTES OF FAME (672)
 JUDIF NOSEBLITZA 6149         2   1  0    15       BLOODY HAND CLAN (626)
 MISS STIFF EYE 6159           2   2  1    14       LADIES IN WAITING (115)
-MARIE LAVEAU 6156             1   0  0    13       ARCANE VOLBEAT (664)
-BLACK BART 6157               1   1  0     8       ARCANE VOLBEAT (664)
-DOC HOLLIDAY 6017             1   3  0     6       ARCANE VOLBEAT (664)
-FAIRY PAINFUL 6153            1   3  0     6       TRIAL BY COMBAT (512)
 NEFARIUS PURPUS 6151          1   2  0     5       TEN TON TOGAS (536)
-CLOUD 9 6148                  0   1  0     1       ARCANE VOLBEAT (664)

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
CHINO 6144              0  1 0 BOOK OF THOMAS 411   MISS STIFF EYE 6159   490   
HARLOT O'SCARA 6130     3  3 0 TRIAL BY COMBAT 512  ALPHA 5936            490   

                                     PERSONAL ADS

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

BROONY BIG GUT bested LUXOR in a 6 minute master's Challenge Title fight.
MISS DIRECTION was demolished by ALPHA in a 2 minute gory one-sided Challenge melee.
ROMULUS was vanquished by MISS APPROPRIATE in a 2 minute mismatched Challenge brawl.
COURTINGDISASTUS was defeated by DONN in a 2 minute Challenge match.
MISS STIFF EYE bested NEFARIUS PURPUS in a 3 minute gory beginner's Challenge brawl.
MAHTHA RIBKRAKA was viciously subdued by ALEMBIC in a 5 minute master's match.
OTHELLO was unbelievably bested by ASPHYXIATE in a action packed 4 minute melee.
FELDSPAR vanquished SKAB GUTHACKA in a 1 minute one-sided duel.
DEIDRE won victory over HONEST MERCHANT in a 2 minute duel.
HOSTILITY outlasted POSH GIT in a tiresome 14 minute gruesome fight.
PHOTO BOMB was luckily beaten by POOKA in a tiresome 13 minute fight.
JUDIF NOSEBLITZA demolished SHIFTYEYED VOLUNTEER in a 1 minute mismatched competition.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|TOTAL PARRY                      4         TOTAL PARRY       22 -   9 -  0      71  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    4         STRIKING ATTACK   33 -  18 -  3      65  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     4         PARRY-LUNGE        2 -   2 -  0      50  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   3         AIMED BLOW        10 -  10 -  0      50  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   3         SLASHING ATTACK    9 -   9 -  0      50  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    2         WALL OF STEEL     13 -  14 -  1      48  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      1         BASHING ATTACK    29 -  34 -  4      46  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  1         LUNGING ATTACK    18 -  22 -  1      45  |
|AIMED BLOW                       0         PARRY-STRIKE      16 -  21 -  0      43  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  0         PARRY-RIPOSTE      8 -  11 -  0      42  |

Turn 492 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     BASHING ATTACK     1 -  2         4  STRIKING ATTACK
STRIKING ATTACK    1 -  0     PARRY-STRIKE       1 -  3         3  LUNGING ATTACK 
TOTAL PARRY        4 -  0     AIMED BLOW         0 -  0         1  TOTAL PARRY    
LUNGING ATTACK     2 -  1     PARRY-RIPOSTE      0 -  2         1  PARRY-STRIKE   
WALL OF STEEL      2 -  2     SLASHING ATTACK    0 -  0         1  SLASHING ATTACK
                                                                1  WALL OF STEEL  

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
TOTAL PARRY      BROONY BIG GUT 6054        19   4  0   90 BLOODY HAND CLAN (626)
WALL OF STEEL    MAHTHA RIBKRAKA 6023       15  12  3   66 BLOODY HAND CLAN (626)
LUNGING ATTACK   FELDSPAR 5760              12  10  0   56 FIGHTING IRISH (648)
BASHING ATTACK   DEIDRE 5762                10   7  0   50 FIGHTING IRISH (648)
PARRY-STRIKE     ROMULUS 4616                9   6  1   42 TEN TON TOGAS (536)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is LUXOR 4619.  The most popular warrior this turn was 
LUXOR 4619.  The ten other most popular fighters were OTHELLO 6000, ALEMBIC 5766, 
DEIDRE 5762, ALPHA 5936, DONN 5761, FELDSPAR 5760, POSH GIT 6119, BROONY BIG GUT 
6054, MISS APPROPRIATE 6012, and ASPHYXIATE 4995.

The least popular fighter this week was POOKA 6155.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were HOSTILITY 4908, NEFARIUS PURPUS 6151, PHOTO BOMB 6124, SKAB GUTHACKA 
6122, MISS STIFF EYE 6159, COURTINGDISASTUS 6132, ROMULUS 4616, MISS DIRECTION 6019, 
MAHTHA RIBKRAKA 6023, and JUDIF NOSEBLITZA 6149.

               NEW GRADUATES--FROM ALL ARENAS (INCLUDING CLOSED ARENAS)

For those of you who keep track of such things, a few additional warriors graduated 
from regular DM arenas (including closed arenas) since the last tournament. 

                         HOEGARDEN (21-5554) REAL BEER  (424) 
                         GRID SQUARE (24-5531) F.N.G.  (568) 
                      ROLA NYAH (30-4638) TEMPLAR ROGUES  (449) 
                   CAPTAIN KANGAROO (31-3947) MILITARY MAYHEM  (89) 
                         BERLIN (63-2923) WORLD BLADES  (331) 
                         LADY JAYE (71-7331) THE CODA  (190) 
                        CURIOUS GEORGE (73-645) CRYPTICS  (35) 
                         GRIFFON (73-5523) AIR CANADA  (635) 
                    JOE BOB (82-41731) THIRSTY THUGS 0503  (6967) 
                    EVIL DEMON (84-25442) SUPE FORCES 0B08  (4516) 
                      PRIMARY (84-27109) ROOKIE HALEN 35  (4808) 
                         SUCCUBUS (84-42009) REALLY?  (7298) 
                     JELLYFISH HUSSY (84-49856) FELLAS 26  (8559) 
                      WEBBED ROWS (84-54716) SPIDER CREW  (9446) 
                ROBERT PALSON 286 (85-7763) PROJECT MAYHEM 109  (1405) 
                      TATARUSANU (85-12319) E16 ROMANIA  (2249) 
                     WHISPY LIB (85-17248) NIGHTMARES XV  (3160) 
                   NEEDY MOOSE (85-27944) HALLOWEEN TIME 66  (5134) 
                          DEVELOP (85-38007) 6ERR12  (6923) 
                    IF I BLUFF (85-44018) WE'RE A TEAM VI  (8041) 
                            SKULL (85-49348) 33ERR  (8994) 
                   EVIL TRIBBLE (85-52462) PHASERS ON STUN!  (9366) 
                     ZEKKEN (85-52909) THIRSTY THUGS 2002  (9659) 

Congrats to the grads. -- Green Eyes