DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 03/20/2018    Duedate: 04/02/2018

SEAM ARENA

DM-20    TURN-72

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

BARNABUS CROW
I'M NOT EGGBERT (9)
(20-501) [17-10-1,109]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

SNOZZLE                        JOHNNY RUMBLE
HUCKLE'S CATS (23)             PAIN TRAIN (55)
(20-460) [22-20-0,111]         (20-652) [1-1-0,15]

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

EQUALIZER                      RA-RA RAINWAR
PIXELBENDERS (36)              DARQUE KNIGHTS (22)
(20-487) [15-17-0,87]          (20-490) [22-16-1,103]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

DARQUE KNIGHTS (22)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. PIXELBENDERS (36)           50
2. PHANTOM REGIMENT (25)       42      I'M NOT EGGBERT (9)
3. DIETIES AND DEMIGODS (37)   41      Unchartered Team
4. DARQUE KNIGHTS (22)         39
5. HUCKLE'S CATS (23)          26      PAIN TRAIN (55)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 2 I'M NOT EGGBERT (9)      163 123 14 57.0   1/ 1 DARQUE KNIGHTS (22)      10  5 1
 2/ 3 PHANTOM REGIMENT (25)     93  71  3 56.7   2/ 2 DIETIES AND DEMIGOD (37)  9  3 0
 3/ 4 WEIRDING WAYS (53)        59  51  7 53.6   3/ 3 MARVEL (54)               8  7 0
 4/ 5 THIRSTY THUGS (31)       189 164  6 53.5   4/ 6 PIXELBENDERS (36)         7  3 1
 5/ 7 DARQUE KNIGHTS (22)      187 164 17 53.3   5/12 PHANTOM REGIMENT (25)     7  3 0
 6/ 9 PIXELBENDERS (36)        158 146  9 52.0   6/ 8 DEADLINE (32)             6  6 1
 7/ 8 DIETIES AND DEMIGOD (37) 163 151 10 51.9   7/ 7 HUCKLE'S CATS (23)        6  7 0
 8/ 6 MARVEL (54)               44  41  2 51.8   8/ 9 WEIRDING WAYS (53)        6  9 0
 9/ 1*PAIN TRAIN (55)            5   5  0 50.0   9/11*PAIN TRAIN (55)           5  5 0
10/10 HUCKLE'S CATS (23)       136 142  2 48.9  10/10 LOSERS (20)               5 10 2
11/11 LOST SENTINELS (19)      151 197 12 43.4  11/ 4 LOST SENTINELS (19)       5 10 0
12/12 DEADLINE (32)             69 106  7 39.4  12/ 5 THIRSTY THUGS (31)        5 10 0
13/13 LOSERS (20)              129 220 23 37.0  13/13 I'M NOT EGGBERT (9)       4  6 0

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

                                      SPY REPORT

     Hello, my sweets!  Welcome back to the greatest city in these Andorian lands.  
From time to time, other people make the same claim about their city, but they can be 
wrong if they wish to be!  It was an exciting turn, and I cannot wait to tell you all 
about it.  So grab a tankard and pull up a chair as we dive into Seam's 72nd turn.  
Let's take a look! 
     The throne of Seam has been steady for the last few cycles. Going all the way 
back to 60 when Opacity: 100% held it for a number of turns, there has been very 
little turnover with our champions unless they graduated.  Aery Shine took the throne 
last turn, and this was her first opportunity to defend it.  She was challenged by 
Barnabus Crow of the I'm Not Eggbert guild.  Aery was unable to hold on and we have a 
new Duelmaster!  Congrats to Barnabus Crow, who is managed by Eggbert . . . or is he? 
     The most avoided team for turn 72 is I'm Not Eggbert.  They were avoided the most 
by Weirding Ways.  The most challenged warrior for the turn is Black Knight.  He got a 
surprise challenge from Frigg, who was below him by 22 points.  It was both a bold and 
wise challenge by Frigg, who won in 3 minutes.  It was a great turn for participation. 
We had 13 active teams and 19 challenges!  It was a good turn overall, but we can 
always use more discussion in the personal ads.  
     Boo!  We did have a few deaths this turn in the regular arena. I've grown 
accustomed to the reality that Dark Arena fights are going to happen.  I don't like 
it, but there is nothing I can do to change it.  However, I'm still heart-broken when 
our glorious warriors of Seam are carried out to never be seen again.  I know there 
are dead tourneys, but our arena's charter does not allow for us to participate in 
them.  Dead means dead!  Fred of Huckle's Cats died in his very first fight--so young 
and so frail!  A little farther up the charts, we saw Rage of Losers fight his last at 
well against Deval of Thirsty Thugs.  Even farther up the rankings and even more 
tragic is the passing of Paranoid Android at the hands of Piwi Steelmoon.  These two 
guilds have been jawing at one another here in Seam and in our sister arena, 
Shadowspire.  A death such as this does not bode well if we are looking to calm the 
chaos! 
     Darque Knights remains the top team.  In fact, the top 3 remains unchanged from 
last turn as Deities and Demigods remained in 2nd, followed by Marvel.  Pixelbenders 
jumped up a few spots to take over 4th.  Phantom Regiment had the biggest gain of the 
turn by moving 7 places from 12th to 5th.  The biggest loss of the turn, or shall I 
say losses, belongs to Lost Sentinels and Thirsty Thugs.  They both fell by 7 points 
and into 11th and 12th respectively. 
     As promised, it was an exciting turn, my darlings!  I hope to see each of you 
back next turn.  It would be nice to see some new teams as well, so be sure to invite 
your friends, your enemies, your frenemies!  The more the merrier in our happy slice 
of heaven!  I'll see you next turn!

                                          -- Sidara Brightbell

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 BARNABUS CROW 501            17  10  1   109       I'M NOT EGGBERT (9)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SNOZZLE 460                  22  20  0   111       HUCKLE'S CATS (23)
 RA-RA RAINWAR 490            22  16  1   103       DARQUE KNIGHTS (22)
 AERY SHINE 559               17   8  1    93       DARQUE KNIGHTS (22)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 GAMBIT 593                   12   5  0    88       MARVEL (54)
 EQUALIZER 487                15  17  0    87       PIXELBENDERS (36)
 BAHAMUT 585                  11   5  0    84       DIETIES AND DEMIGODS (37)
 HASTUR 481                   19  18  0    82       DIETIES AND DEMIGODS (37)
 DWIMORBERG 576               12   7  0    81       PHANTOM REGIMENT (25)
 FRIGG 529                    17  11  0    76       DIETIES AND DEMIGODS (37)
 PIWI STEELMOON 619            8   3  1    76       DARQUE KNIGHTS (22)
 MONA LISA 515                20  13  0    73       LOST SENTINELS (19)
 HAIG 488                     16  23  0    71       THIRSTY THUGS (31)
 RASTERIZE 565                13   6  0    70       PIXELBENDERS (36)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 BLACK KNIGHT 603              7   9  0    68       MARVEL (54)
 ZUSHI 514                    15  18  1    67       LOST SENTINELS (19)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 THOR 620                      7   3  0    65       MARVEL (54)
 GRAVEBORN PALADIN 604         9   3  1    62       PHANTOM REGIMENT (25)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 KOOKSY INURMOUT 560          17   5  0    56       WEIRDING WAYS (53)
 RAINERIO 598                  7  10  1    55       DEADLINE (32)
 MDJAI 596                     7  10  1    55       DEADLINE (32)
 BAD PENNY 575                10  12  1    53       LOST SENTINELS (19)
 GYAVIIRA 602                  8   8  0    53       THIRSTY THUGS (31)
 BRASS HAMMER 562             11  11  1    45       WEIRDING WAYS (53)
 VAULT 638                     5   1  0    45       THIRSTY THUGS (31)
 PARENTAL DECEIT 583           9   9  2    43       WEIRDING WAYS (53)
 JASON THE MASON 512           7   4  0    43       HUCKLE'S CATS (23)
 VOID 640                      2   3  0    42       LOST SENTINELS (19)
 DEVAL 599                     8   9  1    38       DEADLINE (32)
 CPT. CLEAN 594                6   4  0    35       I'M NOT EGGBERT (9)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 CAPT. AMERICA 589             8   9  0    33       MARVEL (54)
 INVERT 642                    3   1  1    33       PIXELBENDERS (36)
 KAGEWA 601                    7   9  0    30       THIRSTY THUGS (31)
 WOLFGANG WOLF 621             5   4  0    30       HUCKLE'S CATS (23)
 THUNDER CLAP 605              5   3  1    29       I'M NOT EGGBERT (9)
 VALERIA 613                   5   9  0    29       THIRSTY THUGS (31)
 CARRION CALL 628              4   2  0    29       PHANTOM REGIMENT (25)
 IRON PARIAH 630               4   3  0    27       LOSERS (20)
 ASDIEL WYRMEYE 633            3   4  1    27       DARQUE KNIGHTS (22)
 YAOTL 597                     4  13  0    25       DEADLINE (32)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 BURIAL RITES 643              2   1  0    23       PHANTOM REGIMENT (25)
 VICAR IN A TUTU 641           2   2  0    18       WEIRDING WAYS (53)
 CHANNEL MIXER 646             2   1  0    17       PIXELBENDERS (36)
 NUTBOLT LARRY 612             3   4  0    16       I'M NOT EGGBERT (9)
 FARMER ALFALFA 541            3   7  0    16       HUCKLE'S CATS (23)
 JOHNNY RUMBLE 652             1   1  0    15       PAIN TRAIN (55)
 DIRK HOOLIGAN 653             2   0  0    14       PAIN TRAIN (55)
 DEARLY DEPARTED 659           1   0  0    13       PHANTOM REGIMENT (25)
 GLUTTONY 650                  1   1  1    12       LOSERS (20)
 TASKMASTER 644                3   1  1    11       MARVEL (54)
 CASTOR LYNXEAR 658            1   0  0     8       DARQUE KNIGHTS (22)
 CYANIDE 647                   2   1  0     7       LOSERS (20)
 BAGHERRA 639                  1   4  0     7       LOST SENTINELS (19)
 BUSTER LIPPS 651              1   1  0     7       PAIN TRAIN (55)
 PESTILENCE 648                1   2  1     6       LOSERS (20)
 MAX HAVOK 654                 1   1  0     4       PAIN TRAIN (55)
 SLIM SHIVER 655               0   2  0     2       PAIN TRAIN (55)

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
TIAMAT 584              8 11 0 DIETIES AND DEMIG 37 THE WRECK KING         72  NONE
FRED 657                0  1 0 HUCKLE'S CATS 23     GLUTTONY 650           72   
CAPT. GUPPY 631         2  1 0 I'M NOT EGGBERT 9    INVERT 642             72   
CUTLASS 645             0  1 0 LOSERS 20            TASKMASTER 644         69   
IRIS 513               16 12 3 LOSERS 20            RA-RA RAINWAR 490      68  NOT REVENGED
RAGE 635                2  4 1 LOSERS 20            DEVAL 599              72   
PIXELBENT 11 660        0  1 0 PIXELBENDERS 36      HIGH ELF               72  NONE
PARANOID ANDROID 573   10 10 0 WEIRDING WAYS 53     PIWI STEELMOON 619     72   

                                     PERSONAL ADS

Pain Train -- Welcome to Seam!  Where the Delarquan spirit thrives. -- Weirdo, mgr 
Weirding Ways

Graveborn Paladin -- What a great matchup...  For you! -- Brass Hammer

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

TIAMAT was dealt death by THE WRECK KING in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
PIXELBENT 11 was butchered by HIGH ELF in a 1 minute Dark Arena duel.
BARNABUS CROW savagely defeated AERY SHINE in a 2 minute Challenge Title melee.
DWIMORBERG was devastated by SNOZZLE in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge contest.
RA-RA RAINWAR defeated GAMBIT in a crowd pleasing 5 minute mismatched Challenge match.
EQUALIZER vanquished ZUSHI in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge fight.
FRIGG narrowly defeated BLACK KNIGHT in a 3 minute Challenge brawl.
KOOKSY INURMOUT overcame VOID in a 5 minute expert vs. beginner Challenge fight.
GRAVEBORN PALADIN won victory over RAINERIO in a popular 3 minute Challenge duel.
PARENTAL DECEIT lost to MDJAI in a 2 minute Challenge duel.
THOR defeated GYAVIIRA in a exciting 1 minute Challenge fight.
CARRION CALL overcame YAOTL in a 1 minute Challenge bout.
ASDIEL WYRMEYE defeated NUTBOLT LARRY in a 2 minute Challenge match.
DIRK HOOLIGAN luckily beat PESTILENCE in a 12 minute amateur's Challenge competition.
SLIM SHIVER was demolished by CHANNEL MIXER in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge brawl.
JOHNNY RUMBLE overcame CYANIDE in a 6 minute novice's Challenge conflict.
BUSTER LIPPS was vanquished by WOLFGANG WOLF in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge bout.
TASKMASTER was viciously subdued by VICAR IN A TUTU in a 4 minute Challenge bout.
INVERT butchered CAPT. GUPPY in a exciting 1 minute one-sided Challenge fight.
HASTUR savagely defeated HAIG in a 3 minute gory veteran's bout.
MONA LISA was handily defeated by BAHAMUT in a 1 minute mismatched competition.
PIWI STEELMOON slew PARANOID ANDROID in a exciting 1 minute duel.
RASTERIZE overpowered CPT. CLEAN in a 1 minute uneven fray.
BAD PENNY overcame VALERIA in a 2 minute contest.
CAPT. AMERICA was defeated by JASON THE MASON in a 2 minute match.
BRASS HAMMER was overpowered by VAULT in a 1 minute uneven fight.
KAGEWA was luckily beaten by IRON PARIAH in a action packed 9 minute gory fight.
DEVAL assassinated RAGE in a 1 minute uneven match.
THUNDER CLAP overpowered BAGHERRA in a 1 minute uneven duel.
FARMER ALFALFA was overpowered by BURIAL RITES in a 1 minute one-sided fray.
GLUTTONY easily killed FRED in a 1 minute one-sided duel.
MAX HAVOK was luckily beaten by CASTOR LYNXEAR in a 11 minute beginner's fight.
DEARLY DEPARTED overpowered SHIFTYEYED VOLUNTEER 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|
|STRIKING ATTACK                 12         TOTAL PARRY       37 -  25 -  1      60  |
|BASHING ATTACK                  11         PARRY-STRIKE      24 -  23 -  2      51  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   9         WALL OF STEEL     31 -  30 -  2      51  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      7         LUNGING ATTACK    36 -  35 -  0      51  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  6         PARRY-RIPOSTE      6 -   6 -  2      50  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     5         BASHING ATTACK    38 -  38 -  2      50  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    5         STRIKING ATTACK   42 -  44 -  5      49  |
|AIMED BLOW                       4         SLASHING ATTACK   25 -  28 -  0      47  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      2         PARRY-LUNGE        7 -   8 -  1      47  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    2         AIMED BLOW        17 -  25 -  0      40  |

Turn  72 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:

TOTAL PARRY        5 -  2     WALL OF STEEL      2 -  3         3  LUNGING ATTACK 
LUNGING ATTACK     6 -  3     SLASHING ATTACK    2 -  4         3  WALL OF STEEL  
BASHING ATTACK     7 -  4     AIMED BLOW         1 -  3         3  STRIKING ATTACK
PARRY-STRIKE       3 -  2     STRIKING ATTACK    3 -  9         1  PARRY-LUNGE    
PARRY-LUNGE        1 -  1                                       1  AIMED BLOW     
PARRY-RIPOSTE      1 -  1     

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
LUNGING ATTACK   BARNABUS CROW 501          17  10  1  109 I'M NOT EGGBERT (9)
PARRY-LUNGE      RA-RA RAINWAR 490          22  16  1  103 DARQUE KNIGHTS (22)
WALL OF STEEL    AERY SHINE 559             17   8  1   93 DARQUE KNIGHTS (22)
STRIKING ATTACK  BAHAMUT 585                11   5  0   84 DIETIES AND DEMIGODS (37)
AIMED BLOW       HASTUR 481                 19  18  0   82 DIETIES AND DEMIGODS (37)
BASHING ATTACK   RASTERIZE 565              13   6  0   70 PIXELBENDERS (36)
TOTAL PARRY      GRAVEBORN PALADIN 604       9   3  1   62 PHANTOM REGIMENT (25)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is EQUALIZER 487.  The most popular warrior this turn 
was RA-RA RAINWAR 490.  The ten other most popular fighters were KAGEWA 601, BARNABUS 
CROW 501, RAINERIO 598, BLACK KNIGHT 603, HASTUR 481, JASON THE MASON 512, MAX HAVOK 
654, JOHNNY RUMBLE 652, BAHAMUT 585, and GAMBIT 593.

The least popular fighter this week was DIRK HOOLIGAN 653.  The other ten least 
popular fighters were CASTOR LYNXEAR 658, KOOKSY INURMOUT 560, IRON PARIAH 630, 
TASKMASTER 644, FRED 657, FARMER ALFALFA 541, BAGHERRA 639, RAGE 635, BRASS HAMMER 
562, and CAPT. AMERICA 589.

The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn:

SNOZZLE (20-460) HUCKLE'S CATS (23)