DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 02/18/2020    Duedate: 03/02/2020

SEAM ARENA

DM-20    TURN-122

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

SCARRED
OAKLEAF (59)
(20-725) [19-16-0,110]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

SCARRED                        MARK MARKSON
OAKLEAF (59)                   BIG LAKE NAMES (61)
(20-725) [19-16-0,110]         (20-818) [4-1-0,46]

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

CHANNEL MIXER                  RUDOLF VON FLUGEL
PIXELBENDERS (36)              HUCKLE'S CATS (23)
(20-646) [23-19-0,92]          (20-811) [5-3-1,47]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

80S FANTASY (60)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. HUCKLE'S CATS (23)          44
2. DARQUE KNIGHTS (22)         23      PHANTOM REGIMENT (25)
3. BIG LAKE NAMES (61)         18      Unchartered Team
4. LOST SENTINELS (19)         17
5. OAKLEAF (59)                16      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)       16   9  4 64.0   1/ 1 80S FANTASY (60)         10  5 0
 2/ 2 PHANTOM REGIMENT (25)    226 162 11 58.2   2/ 2 LOST SENTINELS (19)       9  6 0
 3/ 3 BOX IN THE ATTIC (58)     31  24  2 56.4   3/ 5 OAKLEAF (59)              9  6 0
 4/ 5 80S FANTASY (60)          79  68  8 53.7   4/ 6*BIG LAKE NAMES (61)       8  7 1
 5/ 6 DARQUE KNIGHTS (22)      319 279 22 53.3   5/ 3 DARQUE KNIGHTS (22)       8  7 0
 6/ 7 PIXELBENDERS (36)        262 236 10 52.6   6/ 9 HUCKLE'S CATS (23)        8  7 0
 7/ 8 OAKLEAF (59)              91  82  1 52.6   7/ 7 PIXELBENDERS (36)         7  8 0
 8/ 9 THIRSTY THUGS (31)       300 288  8 51.0   8/ 8 BOX IN THE ATTIC (58)     7  8 0
 9/10 HUCKLE'S CATS (23)       247 279  8 47.0   9/ 4 PHANTOM REGIMENT (25)     6  9 1
10/11 LOST SENTINELS (19)      244 352 26 40.9  10/10 THIRSTY THUGS (31)        3 11 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 
SEAM brutes like you, you'd be grouchy, too.  If this keeps up, PHANTOM REGIMENT, 
you'll have to shine swords instead of use them.  A drop of 5 in the rankings?  
HUCKLE'S CATS turned their 4-1-0 turn into a 6th place rank in the listings this 
turn.  Any better than this, and you get put on hit lists.  Gee, I'm impressed, a 
4-1-0 is nice, but don't get cocky, BIG LAKE NAMES, the Fates teach humility, and the 
Fates are proud.  Of course, we're all terribly impressed to see JAYCE win a fight 
and gain 13 points, terribly.  Tsk, tsk, MUCK beat REQUIEM and REQUIEM lost 10 
points.  You're breakin' my heart.  Going for broke or broken, our Duelmaster SCARRED 
challenged this turn.  And it's out with the old, in with the new, as SCARRED takes 
the Title and last week's bar tab from the old Duelmaster.  Heh, heh.  Kickbacks and 
bribes, kickbacks and bribes, how else do you think some of these guys win their 
fights?  Skill?  Ha!   
     Well, let's take a look at some more misdeeds of you miserable sword-boys.  
PIXELBENDERS, I suppose you'll be glad to know you were this turn's most avoided 
team.  Care to know who is the most afraid of you?  And it looks like PHANTOM 
REGIMENT avoided them the most this turn.  What a pack of would be losers, if you ask 
me.  Hmph.  Ooh, I'm frightfully impressed, DUMBO was this turn's most challenged 
warrior.  Watch that ego swell, sports fans.  Now here's guts and stupidity all 
rolled into one, GRAVEL challenged up 26 to take on BLOODMOON of PHANTOM REGIMENT.  
Not that I'm surprised or anything, but GRAVEL was killed by BLOODMOON, leaving the 
latter lower for recognition points.  MOJO was challenged by one of BIG LAKE NAMES' 
warriors this turn, with TOM THOMSON having a lead of 19 points going into the fight. 
Question now is, will SEAM accept this sort of tacky behavior?  TOM THOMSON beating 
MOJO.  The insult, the....yech!   
     Ah, now we come to my favorite part, where we see all the guys who are dead and 
gone, and get to see if their team cared.  I could say I saw this coming, but so 
could anyone else.  Anyway, this turn it came.  MEG MUCKLEBONES' 14-15-1 has earned 
her the Dark Arena.  I can't say as I'm proud to find out that PHANTOM REGIMENT's 
BLOODMOON has killed GRAVEL from OAKLEAF.  I can say I wish OAKLEAF good luck in 
their bloodfeud.  We're all going to die in the end, so why worry if the fate catches 
up with you sooner that later?   
     There's got to be a better place in SEAM to get a drink than The Frozen Arms 
Inn!  Any suggestions?  Just wait 'till next time I show up here, I won't be so nice! 
So nyaaah!  Paste this one in your scrapbooks, you'll need the kindling come this 
winter-- Snide Clemens  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SCARRED 725                  19  16  0   110       OAKLEAF (59)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 MR. GRUNKLE 677              20  25  1   101       HUCKLE'S CATS (23)
 XAPHA IRONJAW 760            15  13  2    95       DARQUE KNIGHTS (22)
 CHANNEL MIXER 646            23  19  0    92       PIXELBENDERS (36)
 FREDDIE FOX 768              16  10  0    92       HUCKLE'S CATS (23)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SAWDUST 717                  16  20  2    87       HUCKLE'S CATS (23)
 DUMBO 787                    11   5  0    85       OAKLEAF (59)
 MUCK 736                     12  20  3    79       LOST SENTINELS (19)
 TWOFEET D'GRAVE 757          16  12  2    77       PHANTOM REGIMENT (25)
 PATHAREA 765                 16  10  0    72       PIXELBENDERS (36)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 HARUSHU 753                  15  14  0    66       THIRSTY THUGS (31)
 MIXL 777                     10  12  0    65       THIRSTY THUGS (31)
 SLEEPLESS 752                16  13  1    62       PHANTOM REGIMENT (25)
 BLOODMOON 798                 9   4  2    62       PHANTOM REGIMENT (25)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 REQUIEM 780                  12   9  0    56       PHANTOM REGIMENT (25)
 SUSIE SWOOF 784              10   7  0    56       DARQUE KNIGHTS (22)
 PURGE 785                     8   9  1    54       LOST SENTINELS (19)
 VIKTORIA 809                  5   4  0    53       OAKLEAF (59)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 VOX SUNFIRE 773              13  11  0    50       DARQUE KNIGHTS (22)
 RUDOLF VON FLUGEL 811         5   3  1    47       HUCKLE'S CATS (23)
 MARK MARKSON 818              4   1  0    46       BIG LAKE NAMES (61)
 YOUNG PICTURES 705            6   5  1    39       BOX IN THE ATTIC (58)
 MOTHBALL 704                  9   2  0    36       BOX IN THE ATTIC (58)
 VALERIA 807                   4   6  0    35       80S FANTASY (60)
 ALLMIGHT 782                  8  10  0    34       LOST SENTINELS (19)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 JAYCE 813                     3   4  1    33       OAKLEAF (59)
 DITHER 792                    9   5  0    32       PIXELBENDERS (36)
 MR READ-A-LOT 774             3  21  0    30       HUCKLE'S CATS (23)
 DEAD ROACH 703                7   4  1    29       BOX IN THE ATTIC (58)
 TORQUIL 832                   2   1  0    28       80S FANTASY (60)
 ANDY ANDERSON 816             3   2  2    27       BIG LAKE NAMES (61)
 RATTLECHAINS 826              3   1  0    26       PHANTOM REGIMENT (25)
 TOM THOMSON 817               4   1  0    25       BIG LAKE NAMES (61)
 JOHN JOHNSON 819              3   2  1    25       BIG LAKE NAMES (61)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 FAL ICETOOTH 810              5   4  0    23       DARQUE KNIGHTS (22)
 TARL 822                      3   3  0    23       LOST SENTINELS (19)
 SMUDGE STICK 799              5   7  0    22       PIXELBENDERS (36)
 PRINCE TARN 833               2   1  0    22       80S FANTASY (60)
 SURGICAL GLOVES 702           5   6  0    21       BOX IN THE ATTIC (58)
 BUTTERFLY COLLECTN 701        4   7  0    19       BOX IN THE ATTIC (58)
 CHIP KIDD 838                 1   0  0    12       PIXELBENDERS (36)
 BRAD BRADWELL 820             2   3  1    11       BIG LAKE NAMES (61)
 KALISTA LYNXEAR 828           1   2  0     5       DARQUE KNIGHTS (22)
 MOJO 834                      1   2  0     5       LOST SENTINELS (19)
 FLAZOR 831                    0   3  0     3       THIRSTY THUGS (31)
 CHIP 837                      0   2  0     2       THIRSTY THUGS (31)

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
MEG MUCKLEBONES 747    14 16 1 80S FANTASY 60       ARENAMASTER VYAN      122  NONE
POLLUX LYNXEAR 672     21 22 2 DARQUE KNIGHTS 22    SAWDUST 717           118  REVENGED
CPT. SEACRUD 788        0  1 0 I'M NOT EGGBERT 9    ANDY ANDERSON 816     118  REVENGED
MIGHT WIND MAKER 756   10 11 0 I'M NOT EGGBERT 9    TWOFEET D'GRAVE 757   119   
GNAT 786                5  8 1 LOST SENTINELS 19    JAYCE 813             118  NOT REVENGED
GRAVEL 821              3  3 0 OAKLEAF 59           BLOODMOON 798         122   
CROP 823                1  4 0 PIXELBENDERS 36      ANDY ANDERSON 816     121   

                                     PERSONAL ADS

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

MEG MUCKLEBONES was butchered by ARENAMASTER VYANDYL in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
SMUDGE STICK was bested by ANDY ANDERSON in a 2 minute Bloodfeud duel.
RAMIREZ was narrowly defeated by SCARRED in a 5 minute expert's Challenge Title fight.
SAWDUST bested PATHAREA in a 2 minute veteran's Challenge fight.
MARK MARKSON demolished ALLMIGHT in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge competition.
VOX SUNFIRE was vanquished by HARUSHU in a 1 minute brutal mismatched Challenge fight.
GRAVEL was butchered by BLOODMOON in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge competition.
VALERIA overcame JOHN JOHNSON in a 2 minute Challenge melee.
JAYCE vanquished MR READ-A-LOT in a 1 minute gory uneven Challenge duel.
TOM THOMSON outwaited MOJO in a slow 19 minute novice's Challenge duel.
BRAD BRADWELL narrowly defeated FLAZOR in a 3 minute novice's Challenge melee.
MR. GRUNKLE defeated DUMBO in a crowd pleasing 1 minute one-sided match.
TWOFEET D'GRAVE was viciously subdued by FREDDIE FOX in a 4 minute veteran's contest.
XAPHA IRONJAW overpowered VETERAN MERCENARY in a popular 1 minute mismatched conflict.
MIXL was vanquished by CHANNEL MIXER in a action packed 1 minute mismatched bout.
REQUIEM was overpowered by MUCK in a crowd pleasing 1 minute mismatched brawl.
SLEEPLESS defeated YOUNG PICTURES in a exciting 3 minute brutal bout.
DITHER was savagely defeated by RUDOLF VON FLUGEL in a popular 5 minute bloody match.
VIKTORIA viciously subdued RATTLECHAINS in a popular 1 minute gory contest.
SUSIE SWOOF vanquished TORQUIL in a 1 minute one-sided match.
PURGE handily defeated SURGICAL GLOVES in a 1 minute bloody uneven duel.
MOTHBALL luckily beat TARL in a 4 minute match.
FAL ICETOOTH defeated BUTTERFLY COLLECTN in a action packed 4 minute brutal fight.
DEAD ROACH overpowered POLITE BEGGAR in a tiring 4 minute one-sided duel.
KALISTA LYNXEAR was demolished by PRINCE TARN in a 2 minute gruesome one-sided melee.
CHIP was handily defeated by CHIP KIDD in a 1 minute uneven bout.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|TOTAL PARRY                      9         STRIKING ATTACK   44 -  29 -  3      60  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  8         TOTAL PARRY       40 -  30 -  1      57  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   7         AIMED BLOW        40 -  31 -  1      56  |
|AIMED BLOW                       7         WALL OF STEEL     25 -  22 -  2      53  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   7         LUNGING ATTACK    35 -  37 -  3      49  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    5         PARRY-RIPOSTE      5 -   6 -  1      45  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  4         SLASHING ATTACK   18 -  22 -  3      45  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    2         BASHING ATTACK    34 -  49 -  1      41  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      0         PARRY-STRIKE       4 -   6 -  0      40  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     0         PARRY-LUNGE        3 -   7 -  0      30  |

Turn 122 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     5 -  2     AIMED BLOW         3 -  4         3  BASHING ATTACK 
STRIKING ATTACK    5 -  3     BASHING ATTACK     3 -  4         2  TOTAL PARRY    
TOTAL PARRY        5 -  4     WALL OF STEEL      1 -  4         2  STRIKING ATTACK
PARRY-RIPOSTE      1 -  1     PARRY-LUNGE        0 -  0         2  WALL OF STEEL  
SLASHING ATTACK    2 -  2     PARRY-STRIKE       0 -  0         1  LUNGING ATTACK 
                                                                1  SLASHING ATTACK

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
TOTAL PARRY      SCARRED 725                19  16  0  110 OAKLEAF (59)
BASHING ATTACK   XAPHA IRONJAW 760          15  13  2   95 DARQUE KNIGHTS (22)
LUNGING ATTACK   CHANNEL MIXER 646          23  19  0   92 PIXELBENDERS (36)
STRIKING ATTACK  FREDDIE FOX 768            16  10  0   92 HUCKLE'S CATS (23)
WALL OF STEEL    TWOFEET D'GRAVE 757        16  12  2   77 PHANTOM REGIMENT (25)
AIMED BLOW       VOX SUNFIRE 773            13  11  0   50 DARQUE KNIGHTS (22)
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 RUDOLF VON FLUGEL 811.  The ten other most popular fighters were FREDDIE FOX 
768, SLEEPLESS 752, BUTTERFLY COLLECTN 701, SAWDUST 717, ANDY ANDERSON 816, SCARRED 
725, FLAZOR 831, XAPHA IRONJAW 760, CHANNEL MIXER 646, and VIKTORIA 809.

The least popular fighter this week was MOJO 834.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were TOM THOMSON 817, DEAD ROACH 703, DITHER 792, CHIP 837, SURGICAL GLOVES 
702, TORQUIL 832, MR READ-A-LOT 774, GRAVEL 821, VOX SUNFIRE 773, and ALLMIGHT 782.

The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn:

MR. GRUNKLE (20-677) HUCKLE'S CATS (23)

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

RAMIREZ (20-748) 80S FANTASY (60)

                                NAME CHANGE-O-RAMA

     Algernon, who had NOT gotten the name change he'd asked for, looked at the latest 
petitioner.  This was a typical gladiator, big, muscular, and scarred, with a frown.  
"Ah, what can I do for you?"
     "Name change.  I heard we can do that.  I'm tired of being Jane Doe."
     "I'd think you would be," Algernon said faintly.  "The Commission has actually 
been thinking about this.  It isn't FREE, mind you!  It takes money to run our office, 
you know, and we want to buy some goats--"
     "I don't care about goats!"  He made a crude suggestion about goats.
     "Gladiators, teams, it will cost you two dollars to make a change--"
     "I had a talk with my manager.  He'll find the money.  I want to change my name 
to Jane Ralph.  I'm no doe!"  He thumped a fist on the counter.
     "Er, yes.  Jane Ralph.  Fill out this form, please."  He pushed the paper across 
the counter.  "The changes start on the 15th of April--that's the Ides, you know, and 
can be submitted through the end of May.  With the payment.  No change without the 
goat, ah, the gold."

                                  *   *   *   *   *  

     Warrior and team name changes will be accepted beginning April 15 and continuing 
throughout the month of May.  The cost will be $2 per name change.  All proceeds will 
be used to buy goats via Heifer International and will be matched up to $500.  
If you have names you want to change, please contact Customer Service. -- RSI