DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER
Date : 05/29/2018 Duedate: 06/11/2018
SEAM ARENA
DM-20 TURN-77
This Weeks Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
GAMBIT
MARVEL (54)
(20-593) [16-6-0,120]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
GAMBIT POSITION IS EMPTY
MARVEL (54)
(20-593) [16-6-0,120]
Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite
BARNABUS CROW BAD PENNY
I'M NOT EGGBERT (9) LOST SENTINELS (19)
(20-501) [20-12-2,105] (20-575) [14-13-1,85]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
DARQUE KNIGHTS (22)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. I'M NOT EGGBERT (9) 41
2. DARQUE KNIGHTS (22) 34 I'M NOT EGGBERT (9)
3. DIETIES AND DEMIGODS (37) 34 Unchartered Team
4. MARVEL (54) 18
5. DEADLINE (32) 14 NIGHT CRUE (46)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1/ 1 I'M NOT EGGBERT (9) 176 134 16 56.8 1/ 2 DARQUE KNIGHTS (22) 12 3 1
2/ 3 WEIRDING WAYS (53) 72 58 7 55.4 2/ 1 MARVEL (54) 10 5 0
3/ 2 MARVEL (54) 60 50 2 54.5 3/ 3 LOSERS (20) 9 6 2
4/ 5 DARQUE KNIGHTS (22) 205 171 18 54.5 4/ 6 THIRSTY THUGS (31) 8 7 1
5- 6 PHANTOM REGIMENT (25) 96 84 3 53.3 5/ 4 I'M NOT EGGBERT (9) 7 8 1
6/ 7 THIRSTY THUGS (31) 201 177 7 53.2 6/ 7 WEIRDING WAYS (53) 6 4 0
7/ 8 DIETIES AND DEMIGOD (37) 171 162 10 51.4 7/ 5 LOST SENTINELS (19) 6 9 0
8- 9 PIXELBENDERS (36) 165 158 9 51.1 8/10 HUCKLE'S CATS (23) 6 9 0
9/10 HUCKLE'S CATS (23) 146 156 2 48.3 9/ 9 DIETIES AND DEMIGOD (37) 5 6 0
10/11 LOST SENTINELS (19) 163 210 12 43.7 10/ 8 DEADLINE (32) 5 7 1
11/12 DEADLINE (32) 77 118 8 39.5 11-11 PIXELBENDERS (36) 2 7 0
12/13 LOSERS (20) 142 232 25 38.0 12-13 PHANTOM REGIMENT (25) 1 5 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.
Greetings all,
Time for me to move on from Seam. It has been a joyful and eventful career here. I
have exceeded Master Darque's expectations, which is a good thing since those who fail
to meet expectations meet a different type of "darque."
For the interested, I started my career 10-12-14-15-17-4-11 WS. I did train STR my
last fight, which was an odd move on Darque's part. Anyway, the Commission says that
I like VH/VL rhythm, the BS, and enjoy learning DEC skills. I am +3 in PAR, but have
no ATT bonus (for those that don't know, my style can only be bonused in those 2
areas).
I am off to 107 for retirement unless Darque decided I have some other use on the
Isle. Doubtful, but no one ever knows what the future holds. My challenges go out to
Gambit and Equalizer. We will see if these boys can show a girl a good time before
she heads off to the Isle, or if they will fall flat on the sands! Sorry, Mona, I
will be avoiding you because that style match up would end poorly for me.
Lord Protector and Duelmaster,
Aery Shine
SPY REPORT
Blasted rain! I believe some wizard has been playing with the powers of Nature!
We have had rain in Seam for a fortnight and it is not showing any signs of letting
up. If I find out one of my fellow magic-users had something to do with this
nonsense, I am not going to be able to control my response! The golems are a bit
squeky and sluggish due to all of the moisture, but we will make it through this
report or I'll turn the lot of them into a rusty scrap pile! You hear that, boys!
Aery Shine was going to love us and leave us as Duelmaster. With an invite to
the Isle, she couldn't stick around. Even though a newly minted Lord Protector is
immortal, it is still nice to leave your home arena on a high note with a win. Aery
posted challenges to Gambit and Equalizer, but only Gambit showed up to fight. It
took Gambit 3 minutes, but he takes the throne of New Seam in battle. Aery still gets
a new title and land, but I'm sure the loss was not how she wanted to leave the arena.
Oh well, congrats to our new Duelmaster, Gambit of Marvel. Gambit and his crew are
managed by Hombre. There is a nice contingent of warriors sitting below our
Duelmaster, so next turn should be exciting as they battle for the throne.
The most avoided team for turn 77 is Darque Knights. They were most avoided by
I'm Not Eggbert. There isn't much to report in this area. It is nice to see that the
most avoided team was actually active this turn, which has been a problem the last few
turns. The most challenged warrior for the turn is Bad Penny of Lost Sentinels.
Hastur, a warrior from the Deities and Demigods stable, posted a down challenge to Bad
Penny. It did not turn out how he expected! Bad Penny was very good in this fight
and subdued Hastur in a 2 minute bout. There were down challenges all over the arena
apart from the previous match. I'll deal with one in particular under our section on
death (ominous foreshadowing . . .). Another down challenge of note was Kooksy
Inurmouf's challenge against Yaotl, 24 points below him. Kooksy won, but it took him 5
minutes to finish off the more lowly ranked Yaotl.
Darque Knights takes back the top team spot from Marvel. Marvel did take over
the throne from Darque Knights, so perhaps they view that as a fair trade. Darque
Knights had a nice 4-1-1 turn with the only loss being Aery's in the title match.
Marvel slips but is sitting comfortably in 2nd place. Losers remain at 3rd, while
Thirsty Thugs jump up a few spots to 4th. I'm Not Eggbert dropped 1 place and round
out the top 5 teams. There were not any major movements in the rankings, only small
jumps and drops. If Losers can come away with a solid turn, their 2 kills will have
them sitting pretty on top of the arena.
Ah, the death section . . . my least favorite part to write. There were a few
notables deaths this turn. First, Black Knight was challenged by Haig of Thirsty
Thugs. It did not end well for BK. It was a longer fight, taking 4 minutes, but in
the end Haig was just too much for our valiant knight. Condolences to Hombre! I'm
curious if our Duelmaster will have his hand in the revenge? The other death, the one
I foreshadowed above, occurred when Barnabus Crow posted a down challenge to Brass
Hammer. I keep hoping that Weirding Ways will learn that one who lives by the down
challenge will most likely die by the down challenge. The lesson hasn't set in yet .
. . Barnabus Crow killed Brass Hammer. If that wasn't insult enough, BC got his
invite to the Isle, so Weirding Ways' chance to feud is confined to a single turn.
This assumes Barnabus is active or doesn't take his final turn in the arena to
challenge the Dark Arena. I hate the death, but I love the intrigue!
Time for me to go, my darlings! As always, it has been a pleasure to share this
report with you. The rain can only dampen my spirit for so long. Once I come to the
arena, it seems all the dreariness just goes away! There is certainly something
therapeutic about this place. I hope to see each of you next turn!
-- Sidara Brightbell
Graduation Watch
Last turn's format seemed to work well, so we will stick with it for now. Black
Knight fell off of the list by dying, which is a bit more "permanent" in a no tourney
arena than in others places in Alastari. Haig is the new entrant on the list, and
Equalizer is off because he was inactive this turn. Gambit needs the throne over the
next two turns, or a single throne with another ranking in the Challenger Champions to
get the needed political points. Zushi is the only warrior with political points that
is not currently in the Challenger Champions.
1. Barnabus Crow -- 17
2. Gambit -- 11
3. Zushi -- 11
4. Bahamut -- 8
5. Mona Lisa -- 6
6. Haig -- 2
Best of luck to all the warriors getting close to graduation. -- SB
DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
GAMBIT 593 16 6 0 120 MARVEL (54)
CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
MONA LISA 515 25 13 0 114 LOST SENTINELS (19)
BAHAMUT 585 14 7 0 106 DIETIES AND DEMIGODS (37)
BARNABUS CROW 501 20 12 2 105 I'M NOT EGGBERT (9)
HAIG 488 19 25 1 104 THIRSTY THUGS (31)
-EQUALIZER 487 17 19 0 100 PIXELBENDERS (36)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
FRIGG 529 20 13 0 89 DIETIES AND DEMIGODS (37)
BAD PENNY 575 14 13 1 85 LOST SENTINELS (19)
CAPT. AMERICA 589 12 10 0 85 MARVEL (54)
PIWI STEELMOON 619 11 5 1 85 DARQUE KNIGHTS (22)
HASTUR 481 21 21 0 84 DIETIES AND DEMIGODS (37)
ZUSHI 514 17 21 1 80 LOST SENTINELS (19)
THOR 620 9 6 0 74 MARVEL (54)
DEVAL 599 12 10 2 73 DEADLINE (32)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-RASTERIZE 565 14 9 0 69 PIXELBENDERS (36)
CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
KOOKSY INURMOUF 560 20 6 0 66 WEIRDING WAYS (53)
-DWIMORBERG 576 12 10 0 66 PHANTOM REGIMENT (25)
-GRAVEBORN PALADIN 604 9 6 1 62 PHANTOM REGIMENT (25)
PARENTAL DECEIT 583 12 10 2 60 WEIRDING WAYS (53)
NUTBOLT LARRY 612 7 5 1 60 I'M NOT EGGBERT (9)
KAGEWA 601 10 11 0 58 THIRSTY THUGS (31)
VAULT 638 7 4 0 57 THIRSTY THUGS (31)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
VALERIA 613 8 11 0 53 THIRSTY THUGS (31)
TASKMASTER 644 7 2 1 50 MARVEL (54)
THUNDER CLAP 605 8 5 1 45 I'M NOT EGGBERT (9)
YAOTL 597 6 16 0 45 DEADLINE (32)
ASDIEL WYRMEYE 633 7 5 1 43 DARQUE KNIGHTS (22)
JASON THE MASON 512 9 7 0 42 HUCKLE'S CATS (23)
GYAVIIRA 602 9 12 0 41 THIRSTY THUGS (31)
RAINERIO 598 8 14 1 39 DEADLINE (32)
MDJAI 596 8 14 1 39 DEADLINE (32)
-CARRION CALL 628 5 4 0 35 PHANTOM REGIMENT (25)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
PESTILENCE 648 4 4 1 31 LOSERS (20)
CPT. CLEAN 594 7 8 0 29 I'M NOT EGGBERT (9)
-CHANNEL MIXER 646 3 4 0 28 PIXELBENDERS (36)
CASTOR LYNXEAR 658 4 2 0 26 DARQUE KNIGHTS (22)
CYANIDE 647 6 2 1 25 LOSERS (20)
POLLUX LYNXEAR 672 2 0 1 25 DARQUE KNIGHTS (22)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
WONKO THE SANE 663 4 0 0 22 WEIRDING WAYS (53)
-BURIAL RITES 643 3 3 0 19 PHANTOM REGIMENT (25)
-TEXTURIZER 665 3 0 0 18 PIXELBENDERS (36)
-INVERT 642 3 5 1 16 PIXELBENDERS (36)
FARMER ALFALFA 671 1 2 0 15 HUCKLE'S CATS (23)
BAGHERRA 639 2 8 0 14 LOST SENTINELS (19)
VOID 640 2 8 0 14 LOST SENTINELS (19)
-DEARLY DEPARTED 659 2 3 0 14 PHANTOM REGIMENT (25)
MR. RACOON 670 2 1 0 13 HUCKLE'S CATS (23)
VICAR IN A TUTU 641 2 6 0 12 WEIRDING WAYS (53)
SCYTHE 664 2 3 1 11 LOSERS (20)
THE GREAT TRICKTINI 661 2 2 0 8 I'M NOT EGGBERT (9)
ASHER 669 1 2 0 5 LOSERS (20)
FRED 673 0 2 0 2 HUCKLE'S CATS (23)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
DEAD GOD 674 0 1 0 DIETIES AND DEMIG 37 BANDIT PRINCE 77 NONE
MORTAL 675 0 1 0 DIETIES AND DEMIG 37 WURM KIN 77 NONE
FARMER ALFALFA 541 4 8 0 HUCKLE'S CATS 23 NUTBOLT LARRY 612 74
FRED 662 0 3 0 HUCKLE'S CATS 23 SCYTHE 664 75 REVENGED
WOLFGANG WOLF 621 8 6 0 HUCKLE'S CATS 23 DEVAL 599 77
ROOK 668 2 1 0 LOSERS 20 POLLUX LYNXEAR 672 77
BLACK KNIGHT 603 9 12 0 MARVEL 54 HAIG 488 77
BRASS HAMMER 562 14 12 1 WEIRDING WAYS 53 BARNABUS CROW 501 77
PERSONAL ADS
Zushi -- No matter how skilled, I cannot overcome experience. Congrats on the throne.
-- Piwi Steelmoon
Rasterize -- It is best if you take your attempts at pixelating me elsewhere! -- Aery
Shine
Channel Mixer -- Completely, 100%, totally, fully, and voluntarily a challenge based
upon style. I have no idea what any of those words me, but Darque told me to say
them. -- Castor Lynxear
Void -- The wins are few, but the learns appear to be fewer. -- Asdiel Wyrmeye
Equalizer -- Thanks for sending me off to the Isle with another win. I cannot think of
a better way to start my retirement. -- Ra-Ra Rainwar
Zushi -- Sorry, that seemed like the most appropriate challenge for me to make so I
could graduate. Best of luck as you near graduation. -- Aery Shine
P.S. Yes, I still feel really guilty about that massive DC I sent your way a few
turns back.
Haig -- ARGH! I feel like that one would have gone differently if I had a back up
weapon. Lesson learned! -- Piwi Steelmoon
Invert -- A blind challenge that worked out in my favor for once! -- Asdiel Wyrmeye
Bagherra -- I was hoping with your experience that I would learn more. -- Castor
Lynxear
Losers -- Do you have a weapons chart that tells you the stats needed for each weapon?
-- Master Darque
P.S. Same question to everyone else, actually.
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
MORTAL was butchered by WURM KIN in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
DEAD GOD was butchered by BANDIT PRINCE in a exciting 1 minute Dark Arena duel.
AERY SHINE was savagely defeated by GAMBIT in a 3 minute Challenge Title fight.
HAIG slew BLACK KNIGHT in a crowd pleasing 4 minute bloody veteran's Challenge fight.
HASTUR was viciously subdued by BAD PENNY in a 2 minute master's Challenge fight.
BARNABUS CROW easily killed BRASS HAMMER in a 1 minute uneven Challenge fight.
VAULT was vanquished by PIWI STEELMOON in a 1 minute gory uneven Challenge duel.
KOOKSY INURMOUF slimly won victory over YAOTL in a 5 minute veteran's Challenge duel.
THUNDER CLAP was savagely defeated by KAGEWA in a 2 minute gruesome Challenge match.
PARENTAL DECEIT overpowered RAINERIO in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge fight.
ASDIEL WYRMEYE subdued MDJAI in a 2 minute Challenge competition.
VICAR IN A TUTU was viciously subdued by FARMER ALFALFA in a 2 minute contest.
POLLUX LYNXEAR delivered the death blow upon ROOK in a 2 minute Challenge bout.
WONKO THE SANE savagely defeated THE GREAT TRICKTINI in a 3 minute Challenge duel.
MONA LISA vanquished CAPT. AMERICA in a 1 minute one-sided fray.
ZUSHI was bested by FRIGG in a 2 minute gory master's brawl.
BAHAMUT overpowered THOR in a 1 minute one-sided match.
GYAVIIRA was overpowered by NUTBOLT LARRY in a 1 minute one-sided match.
DEVAL easily killed WOLFGANG WOLF in a 1 minute mismatched competition.
JASON THE MASON was luckily beaten by TASKMASTER in a action packed 2 minute fight.
VALERIA savagely defeated MORDANT GOON in a action packed 2 minute gruesome bout.
CPT. CLEAN was outwaited by CASTOR LYNXEAR in a tiring 12 minute contest.
BAGHERRA was demolished by PESTILENCE in a 1 minute one-sided fight.
VOID lost to CYANIDE in a 2 minute match.
SCYTHE defeated FRED in a popular 1 minute novice's duel.
ASHER was luckily beaten by MR. RACOON in a 5 minute gruesome novice's melee.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|STRIKING ATTACK 11 PARRY-RIPOSTE 13 - 6 - 1 68 |
|BASHING ATTACK 7 WALL OF STEEL 36 - 18 - 1 67 |
|WALL OF STEEL 6 TOTAL PARRY 28 - 24 - 0 54 |
|LUNGING ATTACK 6 AIMED BLOW 18 - 16 - 0 53 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 5 STRIKING ATTACK 46 - 47 - 4 49 |
|TOTAL PARRY 4 PARRY-STRIKE 28 - 29 - 3 49 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 4 LUNGING ATTACK 36 - 41 - 1 47 |
|AIMED BLOW 3 PARRY-LUNGE 8 - 10 - 1 44 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 2 SLASHING ATTACK 21 - 28 - 0 43 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 1 BASHING ATTACK 36 - 49 - 3 42 |
Turn 77 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-RIPOSTE 2 - 0 STRIKING ATTACK 5 - 6 3 WALL OF STEEL
WALL OF STEEL 5 - 1 BASHING ATTACK 2 - 5 2 AIMED BLOW
PARRY-STRIKE 4 - 1 SLASHING ATTACK 1 - 3 2 STRIKING ATTACK
AIMED BLOW 2 - 1 LUNGING ATTACK 1 - 5 2 LUNGING ATTACK
TOTAL PARRY 2 - 2 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 1 1 PARRY-STRIKE
1 TOTAL PARRY
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
WALL OF STEEL GAMBIT 593 16 6 0 120 MARVEL (54)
AIMED BLOW MONA LISA 515 25 13 0 114 LOST SENTINELS (19)
STRIKING ATTACK BAHAMUT 585 14 7 0 106 DIETIES AND DEMIGODS (37)
LUNGING ATTACK BARNABUS CROW 501 20 12 2 105 I'M NOT EGGBERT (9)
TOTAL PARRY CAPT. AMERICA 589 12 10 0 85 MARVEL (54)
BASHING ATTACK THOR 620 9 6 0 74 MARVEL (54)
SLASHING ATTACK PARENTAL DECEIT 583 12 10 2 60 WEIRDING WAYS (53)
PARRY-RIPOSTE TASKMASTER 644 7 2 1 50 MARVEL (54)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
The overall popularity leader is BARNABUS CROW 501. The most popular warrior this
turn was BLACK KNIGHT 603. The ten other most popular fighters were BAD PENNY 575,
JASON THE MASON 512, FARMER ALFALFA 671, VALERIA 613, GAMBIT 593, HASTUR 481, YAOTL
597, KAGEWA 601, ASDIEL WYRMEYE 633, and ROOK 668.
The least popular fighter this week was CASTOR LYNXEAR 658. The other ten least
popular fighters were MR. RACOON 670, FRED 673, BAGHERRA 639, WOLFGANG WOLF 621,
GYAVIIRA 602, THOR 620, CAPT. AMERICA 589, VICAR IN A TUTU 641, RAINERIO 598, and
KOOKSY INURMOUF 560.
The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn:
BARNABUS CROW (20-501) I'M NOT EGGBERT (9)
The following warriors have traveled to AD after fighting this turn:
AERY SHINE (20-559) DARQUE KNIGHTS (22)