DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 08/06/2019    Duedate: 08/19/2019

SEAM ARENA

DM-20    TURN-108

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

TEXTURIZER
PIXELBENDERS (36)
(20-665) [17-7-0,150]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

TEXTURIZER                     POSITION IS EMPTY
PIXELBENDERS (36)              
(20-665) [17-7-0,150]          

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

DEAD GIRL                      YOG-SOTHOTH
LOSERS (20)                    DIETIES AND DEMIGODS (37)
(20-690) [13-15-3,72]          (20-681) [11-20-0,86]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

PIXELBENDERS (36)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. DARQUE KNIGHTS (22)         30
2. DIETIES AND DEMIGODS (37)   26      PHANTOM REGIMENT (25)
3. OAKLEAF (59)                20      Unchartered Team
4. LOSERS (20)                 20
5. WAY OF ALL FLESH (17)       14      BASH BROS MANAGERS8 (57)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 1 PHANTOM REGIMENT (25)    183 136  8 57.4   1/ 1 PIXELBENDERS (36)        10  5 0
 2/ 2 I'M NOT EGGBERT (9)      239 187 19 56.1   2/ 3 80S FANTASY (60)          9  6 1
 3/ 4 DARQUE KNIGHTS (22)      287 242 22 54.3   3/ 8 DARQUE KNIGHTS (22)       9  6 0
 4/ 5 THIRSTY THUGS (31)       281 244  7 53.5   4/ 2 PHANTOM REGIMENT (25)     9  6 0
 5/ 3 80S FANTASY (60)          42  37  6 53.2   5/ 4 I'M NOT EGGBERT (9)       7  3 0
 6/ 6 PIXELBENDERS (36)        225 203 10 52.6   6/ 7 LOST SENTINELS (19)       7  8 0
 7/ 7 WAY OF ALL FLESH (17)     56  53  2 51.4   7/ 9 OAKLEAF (59)              6  8 0
 8/ 8 DIETIES AND DEMIGOD (37) 228 223 12 50.6   8/10 DIETIES AND DEMIGOD (37)  5  4 0
 9/ 9 OAKLEAF (59)              51  52  0 49.5   9/11 WAY OF ALL FLESH (17)     5  5 0
10/10 HUCKLE'S CATS (23)       213 243  5 46.7  10/ 6 THIRSTY THUGS (31)        5 10 0
11/11 LOST SENTINELS (19)      218 310 24 41.3  11/ 5 HUCKLE'S CATS (23)        4 11 0
12/12 LOSERS (20)              203 304 35 40.0  12/12 LOSERS (20)               3  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

Hello, my darlings!  It is great to be back in Seam and it is even better to have the 
gladiatorial games in full-swing!  I hope this beautiful summer day finds you well!  I 
have been out of sorts since the last grand tournament.  There is always so much 
paperwork to sift through.  Whew!  And don't even get me started on how many golems 
malfunction when you run them long hours!  Anyway, we are back to normal now . . . I 
think, so let's take a look at our fights for turn 108!

Invert left us for the Isle.  This was a nice couple of turns for Pixelbenders as 
their warrior sat upon the throne and was then invited to the Isle of the Eye.  Well, 
we come to turn 108 and what do we see?  We see Pixelbenders with a Parry-Strike on 
the throne of Seam and another invite to the Isle of the Eye!  Texturizer takes the 
throne and a new title as Lord Protector.  Congratulations to Mixelplick and his crew.  
Texturizer is the 5th graduate from the Pixelbenders crew and the 2nd Parry-Strike.  
An interesting tidbit:  Pikers are tied with Bashers as the 4th most graduated style 
in Seam!  Yeah, I'm shocked too!

The most avoided team is Darque Knights, yet again.  I had to look back and see if my 
mind was playing tricks on me or if Darque's squad was actually being avoided 
frequently.  You know how the mind likes to create patterns that are not there 
sometimes.  Good news!  I'm not crazy.  Darque Knights have been the most avoided for 
the past 8 turns.  Over those 8 turns, I'm Not Eggbert has avoided them the most, 
including this turn.  The most challenged warrior, which thankfully changes each turn, 
is our newest Duelmaster Texturizer!  He fought Bigfoot in the Title match, and you do 
not have to wonder how that turned out!

There were 5 deaths this turn, and all of them took place in the Dark Arena.  Oakleaf 
sent Bertha and her 7-8-0 record to a night fight. Thirsty Thugs and Way of All Flesh 
both sent 2 warriors as well to the torch-lit sands.  I'll take this time to say 
welcome back to Manray and his Way of All Flesh guild.  They were here for the opening 
of Seam as a no tourney arena, but have been on a long hiatus.  We hope you stay 
active with us for many turns to come! 

Pixelbenders stay atop the 3-turn rankings.  10-5 appears to be the sweet spot for top 
team.  Over the last 10 turns, 10-5 has been the best record for 6 of those turns.  
There were two turns where 11-4 was tops, and only one turn when 9-6 was good enough 
to win the award. Over those 10 turns, 5 different teams have held the top spot.  The 
top 5 this turn is relatively unchanged from turn 107.  Huckle's Cats have fallen out 
and have been replaced by Darque Knights who flew up 5 spots to 3rd.  80s Fantasy 
moves up 1 spot to 2nd, and Phantom Regiment slides 2 into 4th.  I'm Not Eggbert 
closes out the top 5. The turn's largest gain belongs to Darque Knights and the 
biggest slip goes to Huckle's Cats.

Time for me to go, my sweets!  We will have a new Duelmaster next turn with Texturizer 
leaving us.  So, who will it be?  Can anyone in the Challenger Champions dethrone 
Texturizer on his final turn?  Will someone take over the throne on recognition 
points?  Will we have a tie and an empty throne?  Aargh!  The suspense is too much!  
Come back next turn to find out all the juicy details!

                                          -- Sidara Brightbell

P.S. -- TEXTURIZER!!!  HEY!  YES, YOU!  HOW ABOUT A DM COLUMN NEXT TURN?

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 TEXTURIZER 665               17   7  0   150       PIXELBENDERS (36)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 BLOODBLIND 105               16   6  0   107       WAY OF ALL FLESH (17)
 WELVET 721                   12   9  0    94       OAKLEAF (59)
 BIGFOOT 740                  10   7  0    93       OAKLEAF (59)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 ZULA 750                     12   4  1    92       80S FANTASY (60)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 LC 707                       15  10  0    90       THIRSTY THUGS (31)
 POLLUX LYNXEAR 672           18  15  2    86       DARQUE KNIGHTS (22)
 YOG-SOTHOTH 681              11  20  0    86       DIETIES AND DEMIGODS (37)
 ULVSBLAKK 107                13   9  0    82       WAY OF ALL FLESH (17)
 MIGHT WIND MAKER 756          8   4  0    80       I'M NOT EGGBERT (9)
 RAMIREZ 748                   9   7  2    77       80S FANTASY (60)
 MR. RACOON 670               19  15  1    76       HUCKLE'S CATS (23)
 MR. GRUNKLE 677              13  18  1    76       HUCKLE'S CATS (23)
 DEAD GIRL 690                13  15  3    72       LOSERS (20)
 MAUSOLEUM 710                14  10  1    71       PHANTOM REGIMENT (25)
 MUCK 736                      8  10  3    69       LOST SENTINELS (19)
 ALITA BLOODLEAF 714          13  10  0    67       DARQUE KNIGHTS (22)
 BAGHERRA 639                 12  29  2    67       LOST SENTINELS (19)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 HEIMDALL 719                 16   6  0    66       DIETIES AND DEMIGODS (37)
 CHANNEL MIXER 646            14  14  0    60       PIXELBENDERS (36)
 SAWDUST 717                   9  13  0    60       HUCKLE'S CATS (23)
 CRAGGY MATTERHORN 767         6   5  1    59       I'M NOT EGGBERT (9)
 KURGAN 751                    8   8  1    58       80S FANTASY (60)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 VOX SUNFIRE 773               7   3  0    54       DARQUE KNIGHTS (22)
 SCARRED 725                  10  11  0    52       OAKLEAF (59)
 CLOUDZILLA 763                6   6  0    52       I'M NOT EGGBERT (9)
 HARUSHU 753                  10   5  0    51       THIRSTY THUGS (31)
 ZEPHYR 713                    9  14  1    50       LOSERS (20)
 XAPHA IRONJAW 760             8   6  2    46       DARQUE KNIGHTS (22)
 GREY MOUSER 729               7  12  2    45       DIETIES AND DEMIGODS (37)
 BLIND ETERNITIES 779          6   1  0    45       PHANTOM REGIMENT (25)
 FREDDIE FOX 768               6   6  0    43       HUCKLE'S CATS (23)
 KING KONG KHAN 269           10   7  0    37       WAY OF ALL FLESH (17)
 SLEEPLESS 752                 8   7  1    35       PHANTOM REGIMENT (25)
 PATHAREA 765                  7   5  0    35       PIXELBENDERS (36)
 MEG MUCKLEBONES 747           6  10  1    35       80S FANTASY (60)
 PIXELBENT XXL 776             5   4  1    35       PIXELBENDERS (36)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 REQUIEM 780                   5   2  0    32       PHANTOM REGIMENT (25)
 SUSIE SWOOF 784               3   0  0    30       DARQUE KNIGHTS (22)
 TWOFEET D'GRAVE 757           7   7  1    29       PHANTOM REGIMENT (25)
 GNAT 786                      3   0  0    26       LOST SENTINELS (19)
 MIXL 777                      4   4  0    25       THIRSTY THUGS (31)
 ROCKBITER 778                 4   4  0    25       80S FANTASY (60)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 DUMBO 787                     2   0  0    19       OAKLEAF (59)
 MR READ-A-LOT 774             1   9  0    12       HUCKLE'S CATS (23)
 PURGE 785                     1   2  0    12       LOST SENTINELS (19)
 CPT. OCTOPUS 783              1   1  0     5       I'M NOT EGGBERT (9)
 ALLMIGHT 782                  0   4  0     4       LOST SENTINELS (19)

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
SAZA DOOMBLADE 764      3  6 0 DARQUE KNIGHTS 22    MUCK 736              105  JUST REVENGED
YINGLING DISCO 711     10  7 0 I'M NOT EGGBERT 9    RAMIREZ 748           105  REVENGED
ZOLTOID 766             3  4 0 I'M NOT EGGBERT 9    MUCK 736              104  NOT REVENGED
JUNO 688                9 16 3 LOST SENTINELS 19    MEG MUCKLEBONES 747   104  NOT REVENGED
TARL 761                2  8 0 LOST SENTINELS 19    TWOFEET D'GRAVE 757   105   

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
BERTHA 744              7  9 0 OAKLEAF 59           HIGH ELF              108  NONE
DRUMBO 723              7 10 0 OAKLEAF 59           GREY MOUSER 729       104  JUST REVENGED
AADA 781                2  3 0 THIRSTY THUGS 31     SPYMASTER             108  NONE
BASANT 769              3  9 0 THIRSTY THUGS 31     HIGH ELF              108  NONE
DEVOURED 304            7  8 1 WAY OF ALL FLESH 17  WURM KIN              108  NONE
FUNEBRE 106            10 11 1 WAY OF ALL FLESH 17  ARENAMASTER VYAN      108  NONE

                                     PERSONAL ADS

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

FUNEBRE was butchered by ARENAMASTER VYANDYL in a 1 minute bloody Dark Arena fight.
BERTHA was viciously butchered by HIGH ELF in a 4 minute Dark Arena battle.
DEVOURED was assassinated by WURM KIN in a 1 minute Dark Arena duel.
BASANT was butchered by HIGH ELF in a 1 minute gory Dark Arena contest.
AADA was assassinated by SPYMASTER in a 1 minute Dark Arena match.
POLLUX LYNXEAR viciously subdued MUCK in a 2 minute gruesome Bloodfeud brawl.
SCARRED defeated GREY MOUSER in a exciting 4 minute Bloodfeud struggle.
BIGFOOT was devastated by TEXTURIZER in a 1 minute Challenge Title competition.
WELVET vanquished ALITA BLOODLEAF in a action packed 1 minute uneven Challenge duel.
CRAGGY MATTERHORN was savagely defeated by DEAD GIRL in a 3 minute Challenge duel.
HARUSHU was overpowered by RAMIREZ in a 1 minute uneven Challenge match.
CLOUDZILLA beat PIXELBENT XXL in a 2 minute Challenge fight.
MEG MUCKLEBONES was subdued by BLIND ETERNITIES in a 1 minute Challenge match.
VOX SUNFIRE bested FREDDIE FOX in a 2 minute Challenge conflict.
XAPHA IRONJAW devastated MIXL in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge battle.
ROCKBITER unbelievably bested TWOFEET D'GRAVE in a unpopular 8 minute Challenge bout.
INVERT savagely defeated ZULA in a popular 2 minute bloody duel.
BLOODBLIND vanquished MR. RACOON in a 1 minute bloody one-sided fray.
LC bested MR. GRUNKLE in a exciting 1 minute veteran's brawl.
MIGHT WIND MAKER demolished BAGHERRA in a 1 minute one-sided bout.
MAUSOLEUM was beaten by YOG-SOTHOTH in a crowd pleasing 2 minute master's fight.
CHANNEL MIXER was overpowered by ULVSBLAKK in a 1 minute uneven fight.
KURGAN was subdued by HEIMDALL in a 2 minute bout.
SAWDUST handily defeated KING KONG KHAN in a crowd pleasing 1 minute gory uneven duel.
ZEPHYR savagely defeated PATHAREA in a popular 3 minute gruesome fight.
SLEEPLESS was overpowered by MORDANT GOON in a 1 minute uneven fight.
REQUIEM overpowered MR READ-A-LOT in a 1 minute gruesome one-sided bout.
ALLMIGHT was overpowered by DUMBO in a 1 minute uneven duel.
CPT. OCTOPUS was overpowered by SUSIE SWOOF in a 1 minute one-sided fray.
PURGE overcame POLITE BEGGAR in a 2 minute novice's duel.
GNAT overpowered SHIFTYEYED VOLUNTEER in a 1 minute uneven fight.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|LUNGING ATTACK                  12         PARRY-STRIKE      29 -  16 -  0      64  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   8         WALL OF STEEL     22 -  15 -  2      59  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  7         AIMED BLOW        30 -  27 -  0      53  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  6         STRIKING ATTACK   32 -  29 -  2      52  |
|AIMED BLOW                       6         LUNGING ATTACK    60 -  55 -  1      52  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      5         BASHING ATTACK    38 -  35 -  5      52  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     4         PARRY-RIPOSTE      9 -  11 -  0      45  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    3         SLASHING ATTACK   22 -  28 -  1      44  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    2         TOTAL PARRY       19 -  28 -  0      40  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      1         PARRY-LUNGE        2 -   8 -  0      20  |

Turn 108 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:

LUNGING ATTACK     8 -  4     TOTAL PARRY        2 -  3         3  STRIKING ATTACK
BASHING ATTACK     5 -  3     AIMED BLOW         2 -  4         2  SLASHING ATTACK
PARRY-STRIKE       2 -  2     STRIKING ATTACK    2 -  5         2  LUNGING ATTACK 
PARRY-RIPOSTE      1 -  1     PARRY-LUNGE        0 -  1         2  BASHING ATTACK 
SLASHING ATTACK    3 -  3     WALL OF STEEL      0 -  3         1  PARRY-STRIKE   
                                                                1  WALL OF STEEL  

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
PARRY-STRIKE     TEXTURIZER 665             17   7  0  150 PIXELBENDERS (36)
STRIKING ATTACK  BLOODBLIND 105             16   6  0  107 WAY OF ALL FLESH (17)
SLASHING ATTACK  WELVET 721                 12   9  0   94 OAKLEAF (59)
WALL OF STEEL    ZULA 750                   12   4  1   92 80S FANTASY (60)
LUNGING ATTACK   LC 707                     15  10  0   90 THIRSTY THUGS (31)
BASHING ATTACK   POLLUX LYNXEAR 672         18  15  2   86 DARQUE KNIGHTS (22)
AIMED BLOW       ALITA BLOODLEAF 714        13  10  0   67 DARQUE KNIGHTS (22)
PARRY-RIPOSTE    HEIMDALL 719               16   6  0   66 DIETIES AND DEMIGODS (37)
TOTAL PARRY      HARUSHU 753                10   5  0   51 THIRSTY THUGS (31)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is DEAD GIRL 690.  The most popular warrior this turn 
was YOG-SOTHOTH 681.  The ten other most popular fighters were GREY MOUSER 729, DEAD 
GIRL 690, ZEPHYR 713, TEXTURIZER 665, MAUSOLEUM 710, POLLUX LYNXEAR 672, CRAGGY 
MATTERHORN 767, VOX SUNFIRE 773, SAWDUST 717, and WELVET 721.

The least popular fighter this week was ROCKBITER 778.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were TWOFEET D'GRAVE 757, CPT. OCTOPUS 783, ALLMIGHT 782, MR READ-A-LOT 774, 
SLEEPLESS 752, PATHAREA 765, CHANNEL MIXER 646, BAGHERRA 639, MR. RACOON 670, and 
MIXL 777.

The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn:

TEXTURIZER (20-665) PIXELBENDERS (36)

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

INVERT (20-642) PIXELBENDERS (36)