DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 10/27/2020    Duedate: 11/09/2020

SEAM ARENA

DM-20    TURN-140

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

JAYCE
OAKLEAF (59)
(20-813) [14-10-1,132]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

JAYCE                          HATEFUL RHETORIC
OAKLEAF (59)                   FROM THE LEFT (65)
(20-813) [14-10-1,132]         (20-895) [3-1-0,27]

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

REQUIEM                        SUNDER
PHANTOM REGIMENT (25)          VENDETTA (62)
(20-780) [24-15-0,122]         (20-842) [9-7-1,62]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

PHANTOM REGIMENT (25)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. THIRSTY THUGS (31)          42
2. PHANTOM REGIMENT (25)       33      PHANTOM REGIMENT (25)
3. WAY OF ALL FLESH (17)       30      Unchartered Team
4. PIXELBENDERS (36)           29
5. FROM THE LEFT (65)          23      FROM THE LEFT (65)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 1*FROM THE LEFT (65)        14   6  0 70.0   1/ 1 PHANTOM REGIMENT (25)    13  2 0
 2/ 2 PHANTOM REGIMENT (25)    281 197 12 58.8   2/ 7 THIRSTY THUGS (31)        9  6 0
 3/ 3 80S FANTASY (60)         134 102 10 56.8   3/ 9*FROM THE LEFT (65)        8  2 0
 4- 4 WEIRDING WAYS (53)       136 114 10 54.4   4/ 8 PIXELBENDERS (36)         8  7 0
 5/ 8*FIREHAND ORCS (63)        14  12  0 53.8   5/ 4 VENDETTA (62)             8  7 0
 6/ 9 OAKLEAF (59)             133 122  3 52.2   6/ 2 LOST SENTINELS (19)       7  8 1
 7/ 6 PIXELBENDERS (36)        306 281 10 52.1   7/ 6 HUCKLE'S CATS (23)        7  8 0
 8/ 5 DARQUE KNIGHTS (22)      358 329 25 52.1   8/ 5 DARQUE KNIGHTS (22)       6  8 0
 9/ 7 VENDETTA (62)             41  39  3 51.3   9/ 3 80S FANTASY (60)          6  9 0
10/10 THIRSTY THUGS (31)       345 331  8 51.0  10/10 OAKLEAF (59)              4  3 1
11/11 WAY OF ALL FLESH (17)     62  70  2 47.0  11/13 WAY OF ALL FLESH (17)     2  8 0
12/12 HUCKLE'S CATS (23)       286 330 11 46.4  12/12*LOUD NOISES (66)          2  8 0
13/13 LOST SENTINELS (19)      278 402 29 40.9  13/14*FIREHAND ORCS (63)        1  0 0
14/14*LOUD NOISES (66)           2   8  0 20.0  14-11 WEIRDING WAYS (53)        1  9 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!  I have spent my day shopping in the town center for spell 
components.  I always find the best deals from the locals in Seam!  I know we are 
considered by most to be only a tourist town with our natural hot springs and allure 
of the massive faultline outside of town, yet to so many of us Seam is just home.  I 
have spent most of my life here, and chances are I will spend the rest of it here!  I 
know many of your managers are always on the move from one arena to the next, but I 
encourage you to slow down a bit and enjoy our little slice of the paradises here.  
Okay, you came here to hear about today's fights, so let's take a look at them!

Farewell to Torquil!  He has been a stalwart Duelmaster for many turns, and he is 
finally on his way to the Isle of the Eye.  He is now the solitary holder of the most 
consecutive turns as Duelmaster record.  We wish him well in his future endeavors.  He 
fought one final turn against Jayce, and was overcome (or did he concede?). Jayce is 
our newest Duelmaster, but it will not be for long.  Jayce has received an invitation 
to the Isle.  After so long with the same Duelmaster, it looks like that position will 
be a bit more fluid in the turns to come.  Jayce is managed by Ganolus.

The most avoided team for the turn is Pixelbenders.  They were mostly avoided by Loud 
Noises.  It seems every member of Loud Noises decided to throw an avoid to 
Pixelbenders, accounting for over half of the avoids.  The most challenged warrior is 
Tarl of Lost Sentinels.  I'm sure Tarl was a bit surprised when he got a challenge 
from Apocalypse, who was 31 points below him.  Nothing ventured and nothing gained is 
what they say, but it did not pay off for Apocalypse as Tarl overcame her in 1-minute 
fight.

We have a number of warriors heading to the Isle.  These past few turns have seen 5 
graduation notices.  Torquil and Harushu fought their last bouts in Seam this turn, 
and next we will bid farewell to Jayce (our Duelmaster and top Slasher); Twofeet 
D'Grave (our top Wall of Steel); and Muck (our most experienced and deadly fighter 
with 50 arena fights and 4 kills).  Congrats to each of you!  May you find good 
fortune and victory at the Isle and in defense of Alastari!

Time for me to go, my sweets!  I am sure delivery of all my purchases will be waiting 
for me at my estate.  Spell components are so delicate that I cannot trust anyone else 
to handle them.  By the next cycle, there will have been a tournament!  I know we do 
not busy ourselves with such a trifle in Seam, but I also know many managers here have 
other stables.  So I wish you good luck!  Be wary as the dead rise for their yearly 
bouts!  Strong magics will be at work and there are always unforeseen consequences!  
Until next time, my darlings.

                                             -- Sidara Brightbell

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 JAYCE 813                    14  10  1   132       OAKLEAF (59)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SLEEPLESS 752                26  21  1   127       PHANTOM REGIMENT (25)
 REQUIEM 780                  24  15  0   122       PHANTOM REGIMENT (25)
 TWOFEET D'GRAVE 757          26  20  3   110       PHANTOM REGIMENT (25)
 MUCK 736                     20  30  4    97       LOST SENTINELS (19)
 MR READ-A-LOT 774            10  32  0    97       HUCKLE'S CATS (23)
-PARENTAL DECEIT 583          23  23  2    94       WEIRDING WAYS (53)
 ALLMIGHT 782                 16  20  1    93       LOST SENTINELS (19)
 FLAZOR 831                   12   9  0    91       THIRSTY THUGS (31)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 GEHENA 839                    9   7  0    89       VENDETTA (62)
 ASCENTION 840                10   6  1    85       VENDETTA (62)
 VOX SUNFIRE 773              20  22  2    84       DARQUE KNIGHTS (22)
 TEEGRA 845                   11   7  0    77       80S FANTASY (60)
 MIXL 777                     16  24  0    75       THIRSTY THUGS (31)
 HALFTONE 848                 10   7  0    75       PIXELBENDERS (36)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 PURGE 785                    15  20  2    71       LOST SENTINELS (19)
 TARL 822                     13  11  0    68       LOST SENTINELS (19)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 RICH BLACK 881                6   2  0    66       PIXELBENDERS (36)
 FAL ICETOOTH 810             13  14  1    65       DARQUE KNIGHTS (22)
 SUNDER 842                    9   7  1    62       VENDETTA (62)
 RATTLECHAINS 826             13   9  0    61       PHANTOM REGIMENT (25)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-CAPTAIN OBVIOUS 679          16   8  0    56       WEIRDING WAYS (53)
 SAMWISE GAMGEE 854            9   4  0    52       80S FANTASY (60)
 CHIP 837                      9  11  0    50       THIRSTY THUGS (31)
 RUFOLF VON FLUGEL 858         4   8  1    49       HUCKLE'S CATS (23)
 OBLIVION 843                  6  10  1    47       VENDETTA (62)
-YELLOW SNOWMAN 687           11  11  2    46       WEIRDING WAYS (53)
-COYOTE 846                    8   8  0    44       OAKLEAF (59)
 DAVINA 849                    7   9  0    41       THIRSTY THUGS (31)
 WOLFGANG WOLF 853             5   9  0    38       HUCKLE'S CATS (23)
 APOCOLYPSE 841                7   9  0    34       VENDETTA (62)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 INIRA FALCOM 878              5   4  0    31       DARQUE KNIGHTS (22)
 HATEFUL RHETORIC 895          3   1  0    27       FROM THE LEFT (65)
-SHANK 890                     4   1  1    26       OAKLEAF (59)
 RUDOLF VON FLUGEL 865         2   9  0    26       HUCKLE'S CATS (23)
-COALGROG 860                  2   2  0    24       FIREHAND ORCS (63)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 ANTIFA 896                    3   1  0    22       FROM THE LEFT (65)
 JANITOR JOE 868               5   5  1    21       HUCKLE'S CATS (23)
 FAKE DOSSIER 894              3   1  0    20       FROM THE LEFT (65)
-HEADHUNTER 863                3   1  0    19       FIREHAND ORCS (63)
 BONEHAND 879                  2   1  0    19       FIREHAND ORCS (63)
 CEEDRA MAW 905                2   2  0    18       DARQUE KNIGHTS (22)
-THE BEAST 862                 4   3  0    17       FIREHAND ORCS (63)
 BOKEH 916                     2   1  0    16       PIXELBENDERS (36)
-EARTHQUAKE SEASON 887         3   2  0    11       WEIRDING WAYS (53)
 SYSTEMIC RACIST 918           2   0  0    11       FROM THE LEFT (65)
 BOMBAATA 914                  1   2  0    10       80S FANTASY (60)
 YA'LL QAEDA 928               1   0  0    10       WAY OF ALL FLESH (17)
 CIRCULAR LOGIC 925            1   0  0    10       FROM THE LEFT (65)
 CODEX 882                     1   7  0    10       LOST SENTINELS (19)
-LUIGI 888                     2   2  0     8       OAKLEAF (59)
-MARIO 889                     1   3  1     7       OAKLEAF (59)
 BEVEL 898                     1   4  0     7       PIXELBENDERS (36)
 LITTLE BLUE BIRD 922          1   1  0     7       WAY OF ALL FLESH (17)
 ARGUL STONEHEAD 924           1   0  0     7       DARQUE KNIGHTS (22)
 ALPHA LOCK 917                1   2  0     5       PIXELBENDERS (36)
 BROOKE 910                    1   1  0     4       LOUD NOISES (66)
 SAM 908                       1   1  0     4       LOUD NOISES (66)
 VICKY 911                     0   2  0     2       LOUD NOISES (66)
 JIMMY 909                     0   2  0     2       LOUD NOISES (66)
-STEELCRUSHER 870              0   1  0     2       FIREHAND ORCS (63)
 JEFF 931                      0   1  0     1       LOUD NOISES (66)
 MIGHTFALL 937                 0   1  0     1       PHANTOM REGIMENT (25)

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
LILY 923                0  2 0 80S FANTASY 60       BLACK ORC             140  NONE
BLACK ORCS MATTER 897   1  1 0 FROM THE LEFT 65     JANITOR JOE 868       137  REVENGED
ORANGEMAN BAD 907       1  1 0 FROM THE LEFT 65     SHANK 890             138   

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
DITHER 792             19  9 0 PIXELBENDERS 36      VOX SUNFIRE 773       136  REVENGED
ASHES 008 926           0  1 0 WAY OF ALL FLESH 17  BANDIT PRINCE         140  NONE
ASHES 009 927           0  1 0 WAY OF ALL FLESH 17  DARK CHAMPION         140  NONE
ASHES 010 929           0  1 0 WAY OF ALL FLESH 17  SHEWISH BOUNCER       140  NONE
WONKO THE SANE 663     19  9 0 WEIRDING WAYS 53     ALLMIGHT 782          139   

                                     PERSONAL ADS

All -- Wonko the Sane WS 11(1)-14(2)-14-15-17-5-11 Normal Endurance, Great Damage, Can 
take a lot of damage, Master Attack (31), Expert Parry (19), Expert Initiative (19).  
He was +4 ATT.  I ran him 6-4-8 Parry in Minute One. -- Weirdo

Halftone -- I would say Vox is a paper tiger, but even the thinnest of sheets would 
not crumble so fast. -- Master Darque

Harushu -- Good riddance! -- Fal Icetooth

Davina -- I was hoping for you to teach me a different skill.  I feel that one is a 
bit useless and redundant for me to be useful. -- Inira Falcon

Bevel -- Little has changed since the last meeting.  New strat? -- Ceedra Maw

All -- My mail continues to be a pain and my stuff isn't making it on time.  I know I 
am not the only one experiencing this, but wanted to complain anyway. -- Master Darque

Weirdo -- Thanks, much appreciated.  Yeah, luckily Torquil got most of his "safer" 
challenges, and he wanted no part of Wonko or Twofeet, and Bloodmoon would have likely 
been a coin-flip.  Sorry about Wonko. -- HombreAll -- Torquil is 15-6-8-21-17-6-11 
with AdEx's in Init, Rip, Att, and a master in Dec.  He got low-low, WH and bash.  His 
gross amount of learned Rip will likely keep him from being viable in Freshman, but 
time will tell. -- Hombre

Vox Sunfire -- Yeah man, it's all good. Part of the game. Took me about 4 turns to 
shake it off, losing 2 of my favorite warriors to the same dude stung a little. Since 
their ashes are officially cold and Halftone got lucky in his bloodfued, I'll post 
final numbers in their honor:

     Dither (TP) 19-9-0 -- 17-21-10-5-21-4-11 -- If one were to cast someone to play 
     this Buick character, it'd have to be a cross between Chunk from The Goonies, and 
     The Blaster from Beyond Thunderdome. I typically don't get overly attached to 
     TP's but this guy...* sigh *

     Vector (SL) -- 17-5-4-21-13-13-11 -- She was a gamble, but a fun one. Got a 
     little too brave with her.  

Thanks for the lessons -- Mixelplick

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

LILY was barely slain by BLACK ORC in a 2 minute bloody Dark Arena fight.
ASHES 009 was slaughtered by DARK CHAMPION in a 1 minute gruesome Dark Arena battle.
ASHES 010 was murdered by SHEWISH BOUNCER in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
ASHES 008 was slaughtered by BANDIT PRINCE in a 1 minute bloody Dark Arena brawl.
TORQUIL was overpowered by JAYCE in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge Title fight.
TWOFEET D'GRAVE devastated ALLMIGHT in a 2 minute uneven Challenge brawl.
MR READ-A-LOT overpowered PURGE in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge struggle.
HALFTONE overcame FAL ICETOOTH in a 2 minute gruesome Challenge fight.
SUNDER slimly lost to MIXL in a action packed 2 minute Challenge duel.
APOCOLYPSE was vanquished by TARL in a 1 minute uneven Challenge fight.
RUFOLF VON FLUGEL lost to RATTLECHAINS in a 1 minute Challenge fight.
WOLFGANG WOLF was defeated by SAMWISE GAMGEE in a 3 minute Challenge match.
RICH BLACK overpowered OBLIVION in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge match.
HATEFUL RHETORIC bested BOMBAATA in a 2 minute amateur's Challenge conflict.
RUDOLF VON FLUGEL demolished CODEX in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge match.
ALPHA LOCK was overpowered by BONEHAND in a 2 minute mismatched Challenge conflict.
SLEEPLESS overpowered HARUSHU in a crowd pleasing 1 minute gruesome one-sided duel.
MUCK was overcome by REQUIEM in a crowd pleasing 1 minute master's bout.
GEHENA devastated VETERAN MERCENARY in a exciting 1 minute brutal one-sided fight.
FLAZOR beat TEEGRA in a popular 1 minute match.
VOX SUNFIRE was handily defeated by ASCENTION in a 1 minute mismatched competition.
CHIP overpowered ANTIFA in a 1 minute uneven fight.
JANITOR JOE was subdued by INIRA FALCOM in a 1 minute bout.
CEEDRA MAW was handily defeated by DAVINA in a 1 minute uneven duel.
BEVEL was bested by SYSTEMIC RACIST in a popular 3 minute novice's bout.
SAM was defeated by YA'LL QAEDA in a 3 minute novice's duel.
JIMMY was defeated by ARGUL STONEHEAD in a 2 minute novice's duel.
BROOKE was overpowered by FAKE DOSSIER in a 2 minute uneven match.
VICKY was savagely defeated by BOKEH in a 5 minute gory beginner's duel.
LITTLE BLUE BIRD overcame JEFF in a 2 minute gruesome amateur's bout.
CIRCULAR LOGIC overpowered MIGHTFALL in a 1 minute gruesome one-sided fight.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|LUNGING ATTACK                  11         TOTAL PARRY       33 -  25 -  0      57  |
|AIMED BLOW                      10         PARRY-LUNGE        6 -   5 -  0      55  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                 10         WALL OF STEEL     21 -  18 -  0      54  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    6         PARRY-STRIKE      10 -   9 -  0      53  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   6         STRIKING ATTACK   36 -  33 -  5      52  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  6         PARRY-RIPOSTE     14 -  13 -  0      52  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      4         LUNGING ATTACK    50 -  56 -  2      47  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    3         SLASHING ATTACK   44 -  51 -  1      46  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      1         BASHING ATTACK    21 -  27 -  1      44  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     0         AIMED BLOW        36 -  51 -  2      41  |

Turn 140 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-LUNGE        1 -  0     LUNGING ATTACK     5 -  6         5  SLASHING ATTACK
WALL OF STEEL      5 -  1     BASHING ATTACK     1 -  5         3  LUNGING ATTACK 
PARRY-RIPOSTE      2 -  1     PARRY-STRIKE       0 -  0         1  WALL OF STEEL  
AIMED BLOW         6 -  4     STRIKING ATTACK    0 -  6         1  BASHING ATTACK 
SLASHING ATTACK    5 -  5                                       1  STRIKING ATTACK
TOTAL PARRY        2 -  2     

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
SLASHING ATTACK  JAYCE 813                  14  10  1  132 OAKLEAF (59)
LUNGING ATTACK   SLEEPLESS 752              26  21  1  127 PHANTOM REGIMENT (25)
WALL OF STEEL    TWOFEET D'GRAVE 757        26  20  3  110 PHANTOM REGIMENT (25)
AIMED BLOW       TEEGRA 845                 11   7  0   77 80S FANTASY (60)
PARRY-RIPOSTE    TARL 822                   13  11  0   68 LOST SENTINELS (19)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is REQUIEM 780.  The most popular warrior this turn was 
SUNDER 842.  The ten other most popular fighters were SAMWISE GAMGEE 854, BEVEL 898, 
HALFTONE 848, MIXL 777, BONEHAND 879, SAM 908, VICKY 911, LILY 923, MR READ-A-LOT 
774, and WOLFGANG WOLF 853.

The least popular fighter this week was MIGHTFALL 937.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were CEEDRA MAW 905, JANITOR JOE 868, ANTIFA 896, VOX SUNFIRE 773, CODEX 
882, OBLIVION 843, APOCOLYPSE 841, ASHES 008 926, ASHES 010 929, and ASHES 009 927.

The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn:

JAYCE (20-813) OAKLEAF (59)
TWOFEET D'GRAVE (20-757) PHANTOM REGIMENT (25)
MUCK (20-736) LOST SENTINELS (19)

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

HARUSHU (20-753) THIRSTY THUGS (31)
TORQUIL (20-832) 80S FANTASY (60)