DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER
Date : 12/22/2020 Duedate: 01/04/2021
SEAM ARENA
DM-20 TURN-144
This Weeks Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
ALLMIGHT
LOST SENTINELS (19)
(20-782) [19-21-1,116]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
ALLMIGHT POSITION IS EMPTY
LOST SENTINELS (19)
(20-782) [19-21-1,116]
Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite
MR READ-A-LOT SUNDER
HUCKLE'S CATS (23) VENDETTA (62)
(20-774) [12-34-0,79] (20-842) [11-9-1,77]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
ROBO VILLAGE (68)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. PIXELBENDERS (36) 74
2. LOST SENTINELS (19) 52 PHANTOM REGIMENT (25)
3. HUCKLE'S CATS (23) 20 Unchartered Team
4. DARQUE KNIGHTS (22) 19
5. PHANTOM REGIMENT (25) 15 ROBO VILLAGE (68)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1/ 1*ROBO VILLAGE (68) 11 4 1 73.3 1/ 1*ROBO VILLAGE (68) 11 4 1
2/ 2 PHANTOM REGIMENT (25) 290 208 12 58.2 2/ 7 PIXELBENDERS (36) 9 6 0
3/ 3 WEIRDING WAYS (53) 147 122 10 54.6 3/ 8*HERO'S INC (67) 9 6 0
4/ 5 PIXELBENDERS (36) 317 290 10 52.2 4/ 2 THIRSTY THUGS (31) 7 6 1
5- 4 OAKLEAF (59) 136 125 3 52.1 5/ 3 WEIRDING WAYS (53) 7 7 0
6/ 7 DARQUE KNIGHTS (22) 364 343 26 51.5 6/ 6 HUCKLE'S CATS (23) 7 8 0
7/ 8 THIRSTY THUGS (31) 355 338 9 51.2 7/ 9 LOST SENTINELS (19) 6 6 0
8/ 6 VENDETTA (62) 50 50 3 50.0 8/11 DARQUE KNIGHTS (22) 6 9 1
9/ 9 HUCKLE'S CATS (23) 296 340 11 46.5 9/10 WAY OF ALL FLESH (17) 6 9 0
10-11*BLOOD BORNE (12) 5 6 1 45.5 10/ 4 PHANTOM REGIMENT (25) 6 9 0
11/10 WAY OF ALL FLESH (17) 69 83 2 45.4 11/ 5 VENDETTA (62) 5 10 0
12/13*HERO'S INC (67) 9 11 0 45.0 12-13 OAKLEAF (59) 3 2 0
13/12 LOST SENTINELS (19) 287 410 29 41.2 13-12*LOUD NOISES (66) 2 8 0
14-14*LOUD NOISES (66) 6 19 0 24.0 14-14*BLOOD BORNE (12) 0 1 0
'*' Unchartered team '-' Team did not fight this turn
(###) Avoid teams by their Team Id ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank
TEAM SPOTLIGHT
KALTOS KAOS INVITATION ALERT
Who: Any and all veteran or newbie Duel2 managers
What: Kaltos Kaos contest [25 rounds]
When: Begins February 1, 2021 [Turn 926] thru January 3, 2022 [Turn 950]
Where: DM 5 in Kaltos Arena
Why: You know why! Hammer is hosting the Kaltos Kaos like he hosted the Morya
Madness over 17 years ago! Only Better!
How: Declare your manager name and team name in the DM 5 Personal Ads; plus send
two (2) Gift Certs to Hammer to complete your registration!
Hammer can be contacted by personal message in the Chatzy Duel2 chat, by old school
Diplo Note or by Email to kaltoskaos@aol.com
SPY REPORT
Welcome back, my darlings, to the pre-holiday festivities. I am not exactly sure what
holiday you observe, perhaps none, but I know that many celebrate a great number of
events and memorials around this time of year. For instance, yesterday was quite an
adventure for me with it being the winter solstice. It may not mean much to many
except a REALLY short day, but it is certainly important to witches, such as myself.
Magics were strong in the land! Okay, time to look at the fights and see how it all
played out today on the sands!
Allmight was the man at the top of the arena when we closed it all down the last turn.
He had a crop of 4 Challenger Champions below him, and I am happy to report that one
of them was successful in getting a challenge through to our Duelmaster. Ascension
took his shot . . . no, no - we can't use projectiles in the arena. Ascension took
his STAB at glory in a fight with Allmight. Allmight showed us once again that an
arena record can be deceiving and he is not a pushover! Allmight wins and keep the
throne for another turn. There was no graduation notice, so he will get another
opportunity to defend his title. The number of Challenger Champions was cut in half
though, so there are only two opponents that can challenge. Will the arena veteran,
Mixl, take a chance at glory, or will it be the relatively young Rich Black? Or, will
Allmight choose his own destiny and make a challenge?
The most challenged warrior for the turn was Rich Black. That is not really a
surprise. When a warrior climbs to the top of the rankings so quickly, I think it
irks the veteran managers that have been plodding along. It ignites a much-needed
fire in their seats when they realize some young whippersnapper is making them look
average, or worse yet, complacent. Despite all the attention, Rich randomly matched
up with Davina and won easily. The most avoided team this turn is Weirding Ways.
They were most avoided by Vendetta. Once again, no surprise. When you down challenge
often, people recognize you for the gladiatorial pariah that you truly are and seek to
avoid you.
Not a lot of deaths to report this turn, which is fine with me. Ceedra Maw was sent to
the Dark Arena for the second time. The Fates did not favor her again, and Shewish
Bouncer was able to kill her where The Wreck King failed the last turn. Succor of
Thirsty Thugs fought twice this turn - his first and last time. Poor Succor was
killed by The Handyman. I am not exactly sure what he is "handy" with, but I am going
to guess that it has a very sharp edge! There were no bloodfeuds this turn and we had
a total of 28 fights with Veteran Mercenary being the only stand by to make an
appearance.
Time for me to go, my sweets. Happy Holidays for whatever your special day is,
whenever you choose to celebrate it, and wherever you find yourself in the midst of
food and family! Come back and join us next turn for a new year and a new batch of
fights in the arena! Allmight gets another chance to improve his record and to sit
once again upon the mighty throne of Seam. Until next time!
-- Sidara Brightbell
P.S. Ugh, my sincerest apologies to Lord Protector Sleepless. In my defense, my sleep
cycle is a bit off in keeping up with those names . . . Sleepless (I'm awake!),
Requiem (dirges make me dose), and then here comes Rattlechains (who can sleep with
all this noise?) to rouse me back awake!
DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
ALLMIGHT 782 19 21 1 116 LOST SENTINELS (19)
CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
MIXL 777 19 25 0 112 THIRSTY THUGS (31)
RICH BLACK 881 9 3 0 98 PIXELBENDERS (36)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
VOX SUNFIRE 773 21 25 2 90 DARQUE KNIGHTS (22)
TARL 822 15 13 0 90 LOST SENTINELS (19)
ASCENTION 840 12 8 1 89 VENDETTA (62)
FAL ICETOOTH 810 15 16 1 88 DARQUE KNIGHTS (22)
GEHENA 839 11 9 0 87 VENDETTA (62)
HALFTONE 848 11 10 0 85 PIXELBENDERS (36)
PURGE 785 17 22 2 82 LOST SENTINELS (19)
FLAZOR 831 14 11 0 79 THIRSTY THUGS (31)
MR READ-A-LOT 774 12 34 0 79 HUCKLE'S CATS (23)
SUNDER 842 11 9 1 77 VENDETTA (62)
DAVINA 849 10 10 0 70 THIRSTY THUGS (31)
RUFOLF VON FLUGEL 858 6 10 1 70 HUCKLE'S CATS (23)
CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
CAPTAIN OBVIOUS 679 17 10 0 61 WEIRDING WAYS (53)
APOCOLYPSE 841 9 11 0 60 VENDETTA (62)
YELLOW SNOWMAN 687 14 12 2 58 WEIRDING WAYS (53)
RATTLECHAINS 826 15 11 0 57 PHANTOM REGIMENT (25)
-COYOTE 846 9 8 0 57 OAKLEAF (59)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
CHIP 837 11 13 1 55 THIRSTY THUGS (31)
BOKEH 916 5 2 0 39 PIXELBENDERS (36)
JANITOR JOE 868 7 7 1 37 HUCKLE'S CATS (23)
OBLIVION 843 7 13 1 35 VENDETTA (62)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
RUDOLF VON FLUGEL 865 5 10 0 32 HUCKLE'S CATS (23)
WOLFGANG WOLF 853 6 12 0 31 HUCKLE'S CATS (23)
VANILLA ISIS 948 3 0 0 31 WAY OF ALL FLESH (17)
ALPHA LOCK 917 4 3 0 29 PIXELBENDERS (36)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
EARTHQUAKE SEASON 887 6 3 0 23 WEIRDING WAYS (53)
-SHANK 890 4 2 1 23 OAKLEAF (59)
CODEX 882 2 10 0 23 LOST SENTINELS (19)
-MARIO 889 2 3 1 21 OAKLEAF (59)
MAJULA FIRE 955 2 0 0 21 DARQUE KNIGHTS (22)
-SAM 908 3 2 0 20 LOUD NOISES (66)
BEOWULF 932 2 2 0 20 HERO'S INC (67)
WOLVERINE 946 2 1 0 20 HERO'S INC (67)
YA'LL QAEDA 928 3 2 0 16 WAY OF ALL FLESH (17)
SIF 935 2 2 0 16 HERO'S INC (67)
HYDRA 934 2 2 0 15 HERO'S INC (67)
-YHARNAM 80 2 0 0 14 BLOOD BORNE (12)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
UNINVITED GEIST 956 1 1 0 14 PHANTOM REGIMENT (25)
THE HANDYMAN 942 3 0 1 13 ROBO VILLAGE (68)
-LUIGI 888 3 2 0 13 OAKLEAF (59)
THE PARK TRAMP 940 2 1 0 11 ROBO VILLAGE (68)
COOL GRAY 962 1 0 0 11 PIXELBENDERS (36)
OKSTUPID 950 1 2 0 10 WAY OF ALL FLESH (17)
-BROOKE 910 2 3 0 9 LOUD NOISES (66)
TRAILER TRASH TOM 938 2 1 0 9 ROBO VILLAGE (68)
URBAN SOMBRERO 930 2 2 0 8 WEIRDING WAYS (53)
THE CAN COLLECTOR 939 2 1 0 7 ROBO VILLAGE (68)
I DON'T MOW 941 2 1 0 7 ROBO VILLAGE (68)
MIGHTFALL 937 1 4 0 7 PHANTOM REGIMENT (25)
AJAX 933 1 3 0 7 HERO'S INC (67)
-GEOFF 953 1 1 0 7 LOUD NOISES (66)
-THE ONE REBORN 79 1 2 1 6 BLOOD BORNE (12)
-WITCH OF HEMWICK 81 1 1 0 4 BLOOD BORNE (12)
PROUD BUOY 949 0 3 0 4 WAY OF ALL FLESH (17)
-TRIPLE DOG DARE 947 0 1 0 1 OAKLEAF (59)
HOWDY ARABIA 963 0 1 0 1 WAY OF ALL FLESH (17)
KING HAMLET 959 0 1 0 1 PHANTOM REGIMENT (25)
NAJKA THE BLIGHT 961 0 1 0 1 DARQUE KNIGHTS (22)
MALINGERING SOUL 960 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?
CEEDRA MAW 905 3 5 1 DARQUE KNIGHTS 22 SHEWISH BOUNCER 144 NONE
SUCCOR 958 0 1 0 THIRSTY THUGS 31 THE HANDYMAN 942 144
LITTLE BLUE BIRD 922 2 3 0 WAY OF ALL FLESH 17 CHIP 837 143
PERSONAL ADS
Weirdo -- Yes I do plan on sticking around. -- Eli
2-3 turn this time. Wolverine won in spite of me giving him the wrong weapon to fight
with, Beowulf got a few skills this turn thanks to beating Codex. Hydra is OK, got
beaten by a scummy Earthquake Season, but he called it so no issues there. Sif lost
but continues to get great stats. I like her chances, Ajax still looking for his first
win..meh. I like this team so no changes yet. -- ELI
Thanks for the welcome Darque. Hopefully I'll get on a win streak here pretty soon. --
Eli
All -- Parental Deceit SL 9(1)-11(2)-13-15-18(1)-9-13 Normal Endurance, Great Damage,
Master Initiative, Ad Ex Riposte, Ad Ex Attack, Expert Decise. Favs: High/Low,
Shortsword, Learns Riposte. Don't know if I ever gave him a Shortsword, if I did I
probably wasn't that impressed with it. Parental Deceit was born with Great Damage!
Naturally, I was excited about this guy, I mean, all I had to do was raise his
Strength once and give him a Scimitar, right? Oh, if only it were that easy. He
failed to raise his Strength three times. So his first four turns were spent trying
to raise his Strength. And after that, well, I sort of...just...kept...going. =)
Luckily, the rest of the stat raises came on their first attempts. Boom, boom, boom.
So, he spent a grand total of seven turns raising stats early on which put him way
behind his peers in the skills race. Why did I do that? I have no idea, haha. *smh*
I was chasing an Endurance rating which never came. Don't chase those ratings, kids.
As you can see, PD was really doomed from the start with bad luck and bad management.
Anyway, I hope you've enjoyed this behind the scenes look at the Weirding Ways Circus
& Freakshow. -- Weirdo
Hydra -- You got greedy and that extra armor was too much for you to handle. --
Earthquake Season
Wolverine -- Nice toothpick. -- Urban Sombrero
Now that's harsh. You are a Lord Protector and Duelmaster of the arena and the spy
can't even get your name right! Requiem graduated the previous turn. This was I,
Sleepless! Come on Sidara Brightbell! A little respect! -- Sleepless
To those interested in the disgruntled Lord Protector, Sleepless heads off into
retirement looking like: 15(+1)-10(+1)-16-15-15-4-11. He had a bunch of ratings and
some decent bonuses. 28-22 was a decent record. Shortsword? Not sure it was ever
tried.
Rudolf -- A good name for the season, but not necessarily for the arena. I won't
argue with the matchup. -- Rattlechains
12 lungers? You see that a lot. But 11 slashers? a bit odd. Zero pikers? Now that
is just sad. Have some creativity Seam!
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
CEEDRA MAW was butchered by SHEWISH BOUNCER in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
ASCENTION was devastated by ALLMIGHT in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge Title duel.
GEHENA was handily defeated by MIXL in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge match.
PARENTAL DECEIT won victory over RUFOLF VON FLUGEL in a 1 minute Challenge brawl.
APOCOLYPSE savagely defeated CAPTAIN OBVIOUS in a 6 minute bloody Challenge match.
YELLOW SNOWMAN devastated WOLFGANG WOLF in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge duel.
YA'LL QAEDA was devastated by JANITOR JOE in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge match.
EARTHQUAKE SEASON unbelievably bested PROUD BUOY in a 2 minute Challenge fight.
BEOWULF was unbelievably bested by RUDOLF VON FLUGEL in a 2 minute Challenge duel.
SIF vanquished MIGHTFALL in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge duel.
OKSTUPID outlasted I DON'T MOW in a tiring 17 minute beginner's Challenge match.
VANILLA ISIS overpowered TRAILER TRASH TOM in a 2 minute one-sided Challenge match.
URBAN SOMBRERO was bested by UNINVITED GEIST in a 1 minute Challenge conflict.
RICH BLACK demolished DAVINA in a popular 1 minute mismatched match.
SUNDER was unbelievably bested by FAL ICETOOTH in a popular 4 minute conflict.
FLAZOR was narrowly defeated by TARL in a action packed 5 minute expert's struggle.
PURGE beat VETERAN MERCENARY in a crowd pleasing 1 minute mismatched brawl.
VOX SUNFIRE was overpowered by HALFTONE in a exciting 1 minute brutal one-sided bout.
MR READ-A-LOT beat RATTLECHAINS in a 2 minute master's fight.
OBLIVION was unbelievably bested by BOKEH in a 3 minute contest.
CHIP overpowered WOLVERINE in a 1 minute uneven fight.
ALPHA LOCK demolished THE CAN COLLECTOR in a 1 minute uneven bout.
CODEX won victory over THE PARK TRAMP in a 1 minute master vs. novice fray.
AJAX subdued NAJKA THE BLIGHT in a 1 minute novice's fight.
HYDRA slimly won victory over HOWDY ARABIA in a 2 minute novice's match.
THE HANDYMAN dispatched SUCCOR in a 1 minute novice's fight.
MAJULA FIRE demolished MALINGERING SOUL in a 1 minute one-sided melee.
KING HAMLET was vanquished by COOL GRAY in a action packed 1 minute one-sided fray.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|SLASHING ATTACK 12 PARRY-LUNGE 6 - 3 - 0 67 |
|LUNGING ATTACK 8 WALL OF STEEL 29 - 20 - 2 59 |
|STRIKING ATTACK 7 TOTAL PARRY 23 - 21 - 0 52 |
|AIMED BLOW 6 PARRY-STRIKE 5 - 5 - 0 50 |
|WALL OF STEEL 5 STRIKING ATTACK 33 - 33 - 2 50 |
|BASHING ATTACK 5 LUNGING ATTACK 52 - 56 - 1 48 |
|TOTAL PARRY 4 SLASHING ATTACK 48 - 55 - 1 47 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 3 BASHING ATTACK 29 - 35 - 1 45 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 2 AIMED BLOW 34 - 47 - 1 42 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 2 PARRY-RIPOSTE 13 - 18 - 0 42 |
Turn 144 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 2 - 0 SLASHING ATTACK 5 - 7 3 AIMED BLOW
PARRY-RIPOSTE 3 - 0 BASHING ATTACK 2 - 3 2 LUNGING ATTACK
WALL OF STEEL 3 - 2 STRIKING ATTACK 2 - 5 2 SLASHING ATTACK
AIMED BLOW 3 - 3 1 STRIKING ATTACK
PARRY-STRIKE 1 - 1 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE
LUNGING ATTACK 4 - 4 1 TOTAL PARRY
TOTAL PARRY 2 - 2 1 BASHING ATTACK
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
LUNGING ATTACK RICH BLACK 881 9 3 0 98 PIXELBENDERS (36)
PARRY-RIPOSTE TARL 822 15 13 0 90 LOST SENTINELS (19)
SLASHING ATTACK ASCENTION 840 12 8 1 89 VENDETTA (62)
AIMED BLOW HALFTONE 848 11 10 0 85 PIXELBENDERS (36)
TOTAL PARRY CAPTAIN OBVIOUS 679 17 10 0 61 WEIRDING WAYS (53)
PARRY-LUNGE BOKEH 916 5 2 0 39 PIXELBENDERS (36)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
The overall popularity leader is MR READ-A-LOT 774. The most popular warrior this
turn was SUNDER 842. The ten other most popular fighters were FLAZOR 831, TARL 822,
FAL ICETOOTH 810, MR READ-A-LOT 774, APOCOLYPSE 841, PROUD BUOY 949, BEOWULF 932,
RICH BLACK 881, PURGE 785, and HALFTONE 848.
The least popular fighter this week was I DON'T MOW 941. The other ten least popular
fighters were OKSTUPID 950, CAPTAIN OBVIOUS 679, MALINGERING SOUL 960, NAJKA THE
BLIGHT 961, THE CAN COLLECTOR 939, WOLVERINE 946, VOX SUNFIRE 773, URBAN SOMBRERO
930, TRAILER TRASH TOM 938, and YA'LL QAEDA 928.
The following warriors have traveled to AD after fighting this turn:
PARENTAL DECEIT (20-583) WEIRDING WAYS (53)