DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 01/07/2020    Duedate: 01/20/2020

SEAM ARENA

DM-20    TURN-119

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

MR. GRUNKLE
HUCKLE'S CATS (23)
(20-677) [18-24-1,108]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

MR. GRUNKLE                    POSITION IS EMPTY
HUCKLE'S CATS (23)             
(20-677) [18-24-1,108]         

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

CHANNEL MIXER                  SMUDGE STICK
PIXELBENDERS (36)              PIXELBENDERS (36)
(20-646) [21-18-0,90]          (20-799) [4-5-0,29]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

PHANTOM REGIMENT (25)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. PHANTOM REGIMENT (25)       55
2. BIG LAKE NAMES (61)         28      PHANTOM REGIMENT (25)
3. THIRSTY THUGS (31)          28      Unchartered Team
4. OAKLEAF (59)                24
5. DARQUE KNIGHTS (22)         20      BIG LAKE NAMES (61)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 1*BIG LAKE NAMES (61)        8   2  3 80.0   1/ 1 PHANTOM REGIMENT (25)    10  4 1
 2/ 2*BOX IN THE ATTIC (58)     24  16  2 60.0   2/ 2 OAKLEAF (59)             10  5 1
 3/ 3 PHANTOM REGIMENT (25)    220 153 10 59.0   3/ 8*BIG LAKE NAMES (61)       8  2 3
 4/ 4 I'M NOT EGGBERT (9)      257 205 19 55.6   4/ 5 80S FANTASY (60)          8  5 1
 5/ 5 DARQUE KNIGHTS (22)      311 272 22 53.3   5/ 6 HUCKLE'S CATS (23)        8  7 1
 6/ 6 PIXELBENDERS (36)        255 228 10 52.8   6/ 3 PIXELBENDERS (36)         7  8 0
 7/ 7 80S FANTASY (60)          69  63  8 52.3   7/ 4*BOX IN THE ATTIC (58)     7  8 0
 8/ 8 OAKLEAF (59)              82  76  1 51.9   8/ 7 I'M NOT EGGBERT (9)       6  7 0
 9/ 9 THIRSTY THUGS (31)       297 277  8 51.7   9/ 9 DARQUE KNIGHTS (22)       6  8 0
10/10 HUCKLE'S CATS (23)       239 272  8 46.8  10/11 THIRSTY THUGS (31)        4  8 0
11/11 LOST SENTINELS (19)      235 346 26 40.4  11/10 LOST SENTINELS (19)       4 10 0
12-12 LOSERS (20)              210 314 35 40.1  12-12 LOSERS (20)               1  1 0

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

                                      SPY REPORT

Welcome back, my darlings, to Seam!  Here we have the most beautiful city in the clan 
holds!  If you doubt me, come take the tour with me. I'll get you into one of the posh 
bathhouses and we can sip mineral waters while we get pampered and enjoy the view.  If 
you aren't into such things, I guess I can also take you to the arena!  We had the 
games today, and they were glorious!  Sit back and let me tell you all about them!

Ramirez entered the games as our Duelmaster.  He is the champion and the gladiator 
everyone was eyeing coming into today's competition. There were a few Challenger 
Champions that could have made a claim for the throne, but none of that seemed to work 
out.  Our title match became a random match up between Ramirez and Mr. Grunkle.  From 
the arena guides, it looked to be a near-even match up with a slight advantage to 
Ramirez based upon performance the last few turns.  Well, folks, this is why we have 
the game because arena guides aren't really that useful!  Mr. Grunkle is our new 
Duelmaster after a quick, one-sided fight!  Congrats to Mr. Grunkle, who is managed by 
Huckle Cat.

It was not a particularly deadly turn, but there were a few deaths on the sands and of 
course in the Dark Arena.  Zula decided to take his last fight in Seam to the night 
hours and challenged the Dark Arena. He showed his skill in slaughtering Swine Golem.  
Does this mean there will be bacon later?  What is the best cut of a Swine Golem?  
Also this turn, I'm Not Eggbert bids farewell to Might Wind Maker.  He was cut down 
after receiving a challenge from Twofeet D'grave.  This makes 2 deaths in 2 turns for 
the I'm Not Eggbert guild.  They just avenged Cpt. Seacrud's death, so we expect we 
will see them try to feud on MWM behalf!

The most avoided team for the turn is Darque Knights.  They were mostly avoided by I'm 
Not Eggbert.  Mr Read-a-Lot continues to be the most challenged warrior, a distinction 
he has held more than once.  I am going to go out on a limb and assume he is popular 
because of his 3-17-0 win-loss record.  Easy marks for you boys and girls?  How 
fitting!  Mr. Read-a-Lot was challenged and beaten by Mack Markson of Big Lake Names.  
A gutsy challenge, but a welcome result for Mack Markson.

Phantom Regiment is still the top team with a 10-4-1 record.  Oakleaf also remains in 
the same position from the last run at number 2.  Big Lake Names make a big jump from 
8th place to take over 3rd.  At 8-2-3, they are in position to win top team next turn!  
80s Fantasy and Huckle's Cat move up one place each to finish off the top 5.  The 
largest drop for the turn belongs to Box in the Attic who went from 4th to 7th.  It 
isn't a huge shift, but in a smaller arena like Seam, every spot counts!

Time for me to go, my sweets!  Come back next turn and see if Mr. Grunkle can hold 
onto the throne and possibly even received an invite tot he Isle of the Eye.  The 
Challenger Champion selections are limited this time, but Meg and Cloudzilla can take 
a shot at the throne next turn!  How exciting!  Alright, I invite all of you managers 
to join me in the press box for cheese and wine.  I'll provide both, so you can leave 
your whine at the door!  See you next turn!

                                          -- Sidara Brightbell

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 MR. GRUNKLE 677              18  24  1   108       HUCKLE'S CATS (23)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 CLOUDZILLA 763               12   8  0   105       I'M NOT EGGBERT (9)
 MEG MUCKLEBONES 747          13  14  1    97       80S FANTASY (60)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 CHANNEL MIXER 646            21  18  0    90       PIXELBENDERS (36)
 DUMBO 787                    10   3  0    90       OAKLEAF (59)
 FREDDIE FOX 768              14   9  0    89       HUCKLE'S CATS (23)
 TWOFEET D'GRAVE 757          15  10  2    88       PHANTOM REGIMENT (25)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 RAMIREZ 748                  14  13  2    86       80S FANTASY (60)
 REQUIEM 780                  12   6  0    86       PHANTOM REGIMENT (25)
 SAWDUST 717                  14  19  2    77       HUCKLE'S CATS (23)
 SCARRED 725                  16  16  0    76       OAKLEAF (59)
 CRAGGY MATTERHORN 767        11   9  1    69       I'M NOT EGGBERT (9)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SLEEPLESS 752                15  11  1    64       PHANTOM REGIMENT (25)
-ZEPHYR 713                   13  20  1    63       LOSERS (20)
 XAPHA IRONJAW 760            12  13  2    61       DARQUE KNIGHTS (22)
 MIXL 777                      9  10  0    61       THIRSTY THUGS (31)
 CPT. OCTOPUS 783              6   5  0    57       I'M NOT EGGBERT (9)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 BLOODMOON 798                 7   3  1    55       PHANTOM REGIMENT (25)
 SUSIE SWOOF 784               8   6  0    54       DARQUE KNIGHTS (22)
 HARUSHU 753                  13  13  0    52       THIRSTY THUGS (31)
 MUCK 736                     10  19  3    52       LOST SENTINELS (19)
 PATHAREA 765                 14   9  0    51       PIXELBENDERS (36)
 VOX SUNFIRE 773              12   9  0    50       DARQUE KNIGHTS (22)
 ALLMIGHT 782                  7   8  0    42       LOST SENTINELS (19)
 DITHER 792                    8   3  0    40       PIXELBENDERS (36)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 PURGE 785                     5   9  1    32       LOST SENTINELS (19)
 JAYCE 813                     2   2  1    32       OAKLEAF (59)
 VIKTORIA 809                  2   4  0    30       OAKLEAF (59)
 SMUDGE STICK 799              4   5  0    29       PIXELBENDERS (36)
 YOUNG PICTURES 705            5   3  1    27       BOX IN THE ATTIC (58)
 BUTTERFLY COLLECTN 701        4   4  0    27       BOX IN THE ATTIC (58)
 MR READ-A-LOT 774             3  18  0    27       HUCKLE'S CATS (23)
 MACK MARKSON 818              2   0  0    26       BIG LAKE NAMES (61)
 RUDOLF VON FLUGEL 811         3   2  1    25       HUCKLE'S CATS (23)
 JOHN JOHNSON 819              2   0  1    25       BIG LAKE NAMES (61)
 GRAVEL 821                    2   1  0    25       OAKLEAF (59)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 ANDY ANDERSON 816             1   1  1    23       BIG LAKE NAMES (61)
 MOTHBALL 704                  6   2  0    21       BOX IN THE ATTIC (58)
 DEAD ROACH 703                5   3  1    19       BOX IN THE ATTIC (58)
 TOM THOMSON 817               2   0  0    17       BIG LAKE NAMES (61)
 SURGICAL GLOVES 702           4   4  0    16       BOX IN THE ATTIC (58)
 CROP 823                      1   2  0    16       PIXELBENDERS (36)
 FAL ICETOOTH 810              4   2  0    14       DARQUE KNIGHTS (22)
 RATTLECHAINS 826              1   0  0    13       PHANTOM REGIMENT (25)
 VALERIA 807                   1   6  0     9       80S FANTASY (60)
 BRAD BRADWELL 820             1   1  1     5       BIG LAKE NAMES (61)
 TARL 822                      1   2  0     5       LOST SENTINELS (19)

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
??? 825                 0  1 0 80S FANTASY 60       THE WRECK KING        119  NONE
POLLUX LYNXEAR 672     21 22 2 DARQUE KNIGHTS 22    SAWDUST 717           118   
CPT. SEACRUD 788        0  1 0 I'M NOT EGGBERT 9    ANDY ANDERSON 816     118  JUST REVENGED
MIGHT WIND MAKER 756   10 11 0 I'M NOT EGGBERT 9    TWOFEET D'GRAVE 757   119   
DEAD GIRL 690          16 19 3 LOSERS 20            SAWDUST 717           115  NOT REVENGED
GNAT 786                5  8 1 LOST SENTINELS 19    JAYCE 813             118   
RADIUS 796              3  3 0 PIXELBENDERS 36      PURGE 785             115  JUST REVENGED
JOBE 808                0  3 0 THIRSTY THUGS 31     RUDOLF VON FLUGEL 811 116   

                                     PERSONAL ADS

Darque Knights -- Apologies on Pollux. Always sad to lose a veteran warrior. I was 
aiming arms, but with low DF, the shots get sprayed around. -- Sawdust

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

ZULA viciously butchered SWINE GOLEM in a crowd pleasing 3 minute Dark Arena fight.
??? was killed by THE WRECK KING in a exciting 2 minute gory Dark Arena melee.
CLOUDZILLA vanquished ANDY ANDERSON in a popular 1 minute mismatched Bloodfeud brawl.
MEG MUCKLEBONES overpowered SAWDUST in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge match.
SCARRED slimly lost to FREDDIE FOX in a 4 minute veteran's Challenge duel.
TWOFEET D'GRAVE executed MIGHT WIND MAKER in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge brawl.
DUMBO overpowered CRAGGY MATTERHORN in a 1 minute uneven Challenge melee.
JAYCE lost to VOX SUNFIRE in a 1 minute beginner vs. veteran Challenge duel.
MACK MARKSON viciously subdued MR READ-A-LOT in a 1 minute Challenge duel.
BRAD BRADWELL was overpowered by BUTTERFLY COLLECTN in a 1 minute Challenge fight.
TOM THOMSON slimly won victory over FAL ICETOOTH in a 23 minute Challenge conflict.
RAMIREZ was demolished by MR. GRUNKLE in a 1 minute mismatched Title match.
REQUIEM overpowered FEISTY RUFFIAN in a 1 minute gory mismatched conflict.
CHANNEL MIXER viciously subdued SLEEPLESS in a 2 minute gruesome master's bout.
PATHAREA was handily defeated by MIXL in a 1 minute mismatched bout.
YOUNG PICTURES was devastated by CPT. OCTOPUS in a exciting 4 minute one-sided brawl.
SUSIE SWOOF demolished RUDOLF VON FLUGEL in a exciting 1 minute gory one-sided bout.
MUCK was handily defeated by XAPHA IRONJAW in a 1 minute mismatched competition.
HARUSHU beat SMUDGE STICK in a action packed 2 minute fight.
BLOODMOON demolished GRAVEL in a 1 minute uneven bout.
DITHER unbelievably bested PURGE in a crowd pleasing 4 minute gory fray.
ALLMIGHT demolished DEAD ROACH in a action packed 3 minute brutal one-sided fight.
VALERIA was defeated by MOTHBALL in a popular 1 minute duel.
VIKTORIA overpowered SURGICAL GLOVES in a 1 minute uneven match.
JOHN JOHNSON beat CROP in a 2 minute beginner's duel.
TARL was overpowered by RATTLECHAINS in a 1 minute one-sided fray.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|AIMED BLOW                       9         STRIKING ATTACK   44 -  25 -  2      64  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   9         WALL OF STEEL     26 -  18 -  2      59  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  7         AIMED BLOW        37 -  31 -  1      54  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      7         PARRY-STRIKE       9 -   8 -  0      53  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   6         LUNGING ATTACK    45 -  40 -  3      53  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    5         TOTAL PARRY       31 -  30 -  2      51  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  4         SLASHING ATTACK   18 -  23 -  3      44  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    2         BASHING ATTACK    34 -  55 -  1      38  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      0         PARRY-RIPOSTE      3 -   5 -  1      38  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     0         PARRY-LUNGE        4 -  10 -  0      29  |

Turn 119 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    7 -  0     BASHING ATTACK     4 -  5         3  LUNGING ATTACK 
LUNGING ATTACK     4 -  2     TOTAL PARRY        3 -  4         2  STRIKING ATTACK
AIMED BLOW         5 -  4     WALL OF STEEL      2 -  3         2  BASHING ATTACK 
                              PARRY-LUNGE        0 -  0         2  SLASHING ATTACK
                              PARRY-STRIKE       0 -  0         1  WALL OF STEEL  
                              PARRY-RIPOSTE      0 -  2         1  TOTAL PARRY    
                              SLASHING ATTACK    0 -  4     

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
LUNGING ATTACK   CLOUDZILLA 763             12   8  0  105 I'M NOT EGGBERT (9)
BASHING ATTACK   DUMBO 787                  10   3  0   90 OAKLEAF (59)
STRIKING ATTACK  FREDDIE FOX 768            14   9  0   89 HUCKLE'S CATS (23)
WALL OF STEEL    TWOFEET D'GRAVE 757        15  10  2   88 PHANTOM REGIMENT (25)
SLASHING ATTACK  RAMIREZ 748                14  13  2   86 80S FANTASY (60)
AIMED BLOW       CRAGGY MATTERHORN 767      11   9  1   69 I'M NOT EGGBERT (9)
TOTAL PARRY      DITHER 792                  8   3  0   40 PIXELBENDERS (36)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is CHANNEL MIXER 646.  The most popular warrior this 
turn was SMUDGE STICK 799.  The ten other most popular fighters were PURGE 785, 
ALLMIGHT 782, ??? 825, FREDDIE FOX 768, CPT. OCTOPUS 783, CHANNEL MIXER 646, SCARRED 
725, MACK MARKSON 818, SUSIE SWOOF 784, and HARUSHU 753.

The least popular fighter this week was TOM THOMSON 817.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were FAL ICETOOTH 810, TARL 822, SURGICAL GLOVES 702, MUCK 736, RUDOLF VON 
FLUGEL 811, YOUNG PICTURES 705, PATHAREA 765, RAMIREZ 748, BRAD BRADWELL 820, and 
JAYCE 813.

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

ZULA (20-750) 80S FANTASY (60)