DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 07/06/2021    Duedate: 07/19/2021

SEAM ARENA

DM-20    TURN-158

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

OBLIVION
VENDETTA (62)
(20-843) [19-15-1,143]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

OBLIVION                       I SAID STOP
VENDETTA (62)                  WHAT I SAID (71)
(20-843) [19-15-1,143]         (20-1038) [2-0-1,18]

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

FLAZOR                         AJAX
THIRSTY THUGS (31)             HERO'S INC (67)
(20-831) [18-21-0,75]          (20-933) [9-9-0,37]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

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          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. PIXELBENDERS (36)           50
2. WAY OF ALL FLESH (17)       49      ROBO VILLAGE (68)
3. ROBO VILLAGE (68)           35      Unchartered Team
4. DARQUE KNIGHTS (22)         20
5. LOUD NOISES (66)            17      WHAT I SAID (71)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 2 ROBO VILLAGE (68)         45  25  2 64.3   1/ 2 PIXELBENDERS (36)        10  5 0
 2/ 4 VENDETTA (62)             89  69  3 56.3   2/ 3 ROBO VILLAGE (68)        10  5 0
 3/ 6 PIXELBENDERS (36)        356 321 10 52.6   3/ 1 DARQUE KNIGHTS (22)       9  6 0
 4/ 7 DARQUE KNIGHTS (22)      402 375 27 51.7   4/ 6 LOUD NOISES (66)          8  7 0
 5/ 9 HERO'S INC (67)           45  45  1 50.0   5/ 9 METAL BLADE (69)          7  8 0
 6/ 1*WHAT I SAID (71)           5   5  2 50.0   6/ 4 HERO'S INC (67)           7  8 0
 7/ 8 THIRSTY THUGS (31)       379 382 11 49.8   7/ 0 WAY OF ALL FLESH (17)     5  0 0
 8/11 HUCKLE'S CATS (23)       334 371 15 47.4   8/ 5 VENDETTA (62)             5  2 0
 9/10 METAL BLADE (69)          23  26  1 46.9   9/11*WHAT I SAID (71)          5  5 2
10/ 0 WAY OF ALL FLESH (17)     80  92  3 46.5  10/ 8 THIRSTY THUGS (31)        5 10 0
11/12 LOUD NOISES (66)          39  45  2 46.4  11/12 LOST SENTINELS (19)       4 10 1
12-13 COMMERCIALIST (48)        34  41  4 45.3  12/ 7 HUCKLE'S CATS (23)        4 11 1
13/14 LOST SENTINELS (19)      303 460 34 39.7  13-10 COMMERCIALIST (48)        3  2 0

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

                                      SPY REPORT

     What a beautiful day to be in the Seam arena!  Welcome back to the fun, my 
darlings!  As always, it is great to see those of you that made it out to watch the 
boys and girls fight it out on the sands. Also, a thank you to the arena worker who 
put the fresh cut flowers in the spy reporter's box.  The fragrance almost blocks odor 
coming up from the gladiator pens.  Almost.  Let's not waste any time and take a look 
at what has happened in our dear arena today!

     Congrats to our Duelmaster Oblivion!  Mixl had his walking papers for the Isle of 
the Eye, but Oblivion wanted to make sure it was a memorable send-off by kicking a 
little sand on him.  Oblivion takes the throne the old-fashioned way by beating our 
departing champ. Speech! Speech! Speech!  I've tried to subtly suggest a DM Column.  I 
have now moved to clear, explicit calls for a column.  I am not sure what the next 
step will be, but it may include newts, toenails, and a large cauldron.  I am a witch, 
of course, I have all those things on hand!

     If my golems are correct, and they usually are, Robo Village is the most avoided 
team on the sands for this cycle.  They were mostly avoided by Metal Blade.  Is there 
a history here or just planning? With all the talk about down challenges, it is not 
very hard to figure out why certain teams are avoided more regularly than others.  
Every one of you should feel free to air any dirty laundry out in the personal ads.  
Inquiring minds want to snoop and then gossip endlessly!  Our most challenged warrior 
today helps Robo Village make the spy report again.  Today's lucky (unlucky) gladiator 
is I Don't Mow.  I don't either, so we have that in common!  Jimbo challenged up a few 
points to battle I Don't Mow.  Jimbo won in a quick 1-minute match.

     There is only one death to report this turn.  You can call it an out with the old 
and in with the new.  Or, perhaps when one door closes another one opens, except in 
this case it isn't a door, but it is a blood feud.  Vendetta's feud expired this turn 
against Yuto, but Yuto decided he likes being in the crosshairs of another team and 
killed Whatever of What I Said.  So, the cycle begins anew!  Can Yuto survive another 
4 turns of feuds?  Will What I Said even bother to avenge their warrior?

     The flowers' sweet aroma has been overtaken by the mingled smells of blood, 
sweat, and tears.  I hope you have had an enjoyable arena day!  Come back and join us 
in two weeks to see who lives, who dies, and who possibly becomes our next immortal 
Lord Protector.  It will be an exciting time for all.  Well, probably not as exciting 
for those that die, but it will be a positive experience for most!  See you then!

                                          -- Sidara Brightbell

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 OBLIVION 843                 19  15  1   143       VENDETTA (62)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 WOLFGANG WOLF 853            14  18  0    99       HUCKLE'S CATS (23)
 MR READ-A-LOT 774            16  44  1    98       HUCKLE'S CATS (23)
 PURGE 785                    21  32  2    97       LOST SENTINELS (19)
 CMYK 972                      8   5  0    96       PIXELBENDERS (36)
 THE PARK TRAMP 940           10   4  0    94       ROBO VILLAGE (68)
 BOKEH 916                    16   5  0    92       PIXELBENDERS (36)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 CHIP 837                     18  20  1    84       THIRSTY THUGS (31)
 TRAILER TRASH TOM 938        10   4  1    84       ROBO VILLAGE (68)
 THE CAN COLLECTOR 939        10   4  0    84       ROBO VILLAGE (68)
 FLAZOR 831                   18  21  0    75       THIRSTY THUGS (31)
 DAVINA 849                   18  16  1    71       THIRSTY THUGS (31)
 JANITOR JOE 868              18  10  3    70       HUCKLE'S CATS (23)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 VICKIE 964                    8   4  1    66       LOUD NOISES (66)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 BITTER END 978                7   3  0    65       METAL BLADE (69)
 BROOKE 910                    9   8  0    64       LOUD NOISES (66)
 SAM 908                      10   7  1    63       LOUD NOISES (66)
 RUDOLF VON FLUGEL 865        14  15  0    57       HUCKLE'S CATS (23)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 JIMBO 965                     7   5  0    56       LOUD NOISES (66)
 HYDRA 934                    10   8  0    51       HERO'S INC (67)
 VALYN WINDEYE 1009            6   2  0    45       DARQUE KNIGHTS (22)
 TITAN 996                     4   5  0    44       HERO'S INC (67)
 BEOWULF 932                  11   7  1    42       HERO'S INC (67)
 WOLVERINE 946                 7  10  0    42       HERO'S INC (67)
 I DON'T MOW 941               9   5  0    41       ROBO VILLAGE (68)
-MRS. BUTTERWORTH 1015         4   1  1    40       COMMERCIALIST (48)
 STEIG ROCKTOE 993             5   5  0    39       DARQUE KNIGHTS (22)
 AJAX 933                      9   9  0    37       HERO'S INC (67)
 YUTO 1016                     3   4  2    35       LOST SENTINELS (19)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 OKSTUPID 950                  4   3  0    32       WAY OF ALL FLESH (17)
 VANILLA ISIS 948              5   2  1    30       WAY OF ALL FLESH (17)
-FRITO BANDITO 499             6   5  1    27       COMMERCIALIST (48)
 THE HANDYMAN 942              6   8  1    27       ROBO VILLAGE (68)
 VERTEX 1025                   3   2  0    27       PIXELBENDERS (36)
-ALFRED E. NEUMAN 1014         2   3  0    25       COMMERCIALIST (48)
 URSA STEELMAN 986             6   5  0    24       DARQUE KNIGHTS (22)
 IMPIOUS 977                   5   5  1    24       METAL BLADE (69)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 PASCAL LYNXEAR 1019           7   0  0    22       DARQUE KNIGHTS (22)
 TRAPS 983                     4   7  1    22       THIRSTY THUGS (31)
 YA'LL QAEDA 928               5   4  0    20       WAY OF ALL FLESH (17)
 ANGEL WITCH 980               4   6  0    20       METAL BLADE (69)
 HIRAX 979                     4   5  0    20       METAL BLADE (69)
 MR. ROOT 994                  4   5  1    18       HUCKLE'S CATS (23)
 I SAID STOP 1038              2   0  1    18       WHAT I SAID (71)
 PROUD BUOY 949                2   5  0    18       WAY OF ALL FLESH (17)
 HELSTAR 976                   3   7  0    16       METAL BLADE (69)
 HOWDY ARABIA 963              2   3  0    16       WAY OF ALL FLESH (17)
-JUDGMENT 990                  4   3  0    15       VENDETTA (62)
 HOLLOW 995                    2   7  1    14       LOST SENTINELS (19)
 DON'T DO IT 1042              1   1  1    13       WHAT I SAID (71)
-TOUCAN SAM 1030               1   1  0    12       COMMERCIALIST (48)
 GEOFRI 1034                   2   1  0    11       LOUD NOISES (66)
 I SAID GO 1040                1   1  0    11       WHAT I SAID (71)
 BISECT 1046                   1   0  0    10       PIXELBENDERS (36)
-UNCLE BEN 1031                1   1  0     6       COMMERCIALIST (48)
 COR SEVENBLADES 1032          1   2  0     5       DARQUE KNIGHTS (22)
 CUT & PASTE 1036              1   2  0     5       PIXELBENDERS (36)
 I SAID BOOM 1039              0   2  0     4       WHAT I SAID (71)
-ENVY 1029                     0   1  0     3       VENDETTA (62)
 LORELEI 1044                  0   1  0     1       LOST SENTINELS (19)
 BAGERA 1045                   0   1  0     1       LOST SENTINELS (19)

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
MORRIS 472              6  7 1 COMMERCIALIST 48     IMPIOUS 977           154  REVENGED
PADAMA 1020             1  3 1 LOST SENTINELS 19    MR. ROOT 994          156   
TRANCE 1024             1  3 0 LOST SENTINELS 19    I SAID STOP 1038      157   
JEFFERY 1012            2  2 0 LOUD NOISES 66       TRAPS 983             155  REVENGED
UNINVITED GEIST 956     6  7 1 PHANTOM REGIMENT 25  URBAN SOMBRERO 930    155   
BRIMSTONE 1022          0  1 0 VENDETTA 62          YUTO 1016             154  REVENGED

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
WHATEVER 1041           1  1 0 WHAT I SAID 71       YUTO 1016             158   

                                     PERSONAL ADS

Ok I'm confused. Is it The Handyman or the Landlord? Anyway, nice turn for you. As we 
went 1-2 vs your squad this turn. The Can Collector out jumped a longer, and based 
upon the skill rati gs you got perhaps I know why. And of course you scum TP 
challenging my longer was also well played.  I'll take a moral Victory though because 
I'm up in the series and my best guy vs your best guy you lose..but hey. It's all 
good. Glad to have the competition.  Wish you would find someone else to play with 
since you know there are so many other teams in Seam. I will be avoiding with Ajax 
since your TP is next to him, however I am challenging just about all your guys next 
turn. Just because I know you will be gunning for me as well. -- Eli

Robo Village -- Everyone around here does not down challenge.  A few do.  I don't.  
And I tend to call out such challenges when they happen to me so people know who the 
down challengers are.  I would happily agree to never down challenge your warrriors.  
However, the deal won't mean much for a little while as the Regiment is going to be 
taking a break from Seam for a bit.  Hopefully it will be a short break, but time will 
tell. -- Nomad and the Phantom Regiment

Eli -- Not sure what you are talking about, I am a simple handyman, I help people fix 
their trailers so they can enjoy a few minutes of comfort in beautiful Robo Village 
Trailer Park.  I think you meant to address The Landlord, he is the manager of our 
team and places the challenges and tells us how to fight. -- Handyman

Eli -- Please don't address my warriors, I think for them. -- The Landlord, Robo 
Village

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

OBLIVION devastated MIXL in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge Title fight.
WOLFGANG WOLF vanquished PURGE in a 1 minute uneven Challenge battle.
THE PARK TRAMP demolished DAVINA in a crowd pleasing 1 minute uneven Challenge fight.
MR READ-A-LOT devastated FLAZOR in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge fight.
SAM was demolished by THE CAN COLLECTOR in a 1 minute Challenge competition.
JIMBO viciously subdued I DON'T MOW in a crowd pleasing 1 minute Challenge fight.
BITTER END devastated RUDOLF VON FLUGEL in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge competition.
THE HANDYMAN was handily defeated by TITAN in a 1 minute uneven Challenge melee.
ANGEL WITCH was vanquished by WOLVERINE in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge duel.
DON'T DO IT lost to VERTEX in a popular 1 minute novice's Challenge duel.
WHATEVER was executed by YUTO in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge melee.
I SAID GO was luckily beaten by TRAPS in a 2 minute novice vs. master Challenge match.
I SAID STOP viciously subdued HELSTAR in a exciting 1 minute bloody Challenge battle.
BOKEH beat CHIP in a 2 minute master's conflict.
BROOKE was overpowered by TRAILER TRASH TOM in a 1 minute one-sided duel.
JANITOR JOE was devastated by CMYK in a exciting 1 minute uneven duel.
BEOWULF was devastated by VICKIE in a popular 1 minute mismatched brawl.
AJAX was beaten by VALYN WINDEYE in a exciting 2 minute brutal match.
HYDRA overpowered ARADI THUG in a 1 minute bloody mismatched fight.
URSA STEELMAN was unbelievably bested by OKSTUPID in a popular 3 minute bout.
HIRAX was viciously subdued by VANILLA ISIS in a 5 minute gory match.
STEIG ROCKTOE handily defeated MR. ROOT in a 1 minute uneven duel.
IMPIOUS bested HOLLOW in a 1 minute bout.
PROUD BUOY demolished SHIFTYEYED VOLUNTEER in a 1 minute one-sided fight.
PASCAL LYNXEAR won victory over I SAID BOOM in a 2 minute match.
YA'LL QAEDA defeated COR SEVENBLADES in a 2 minute duel.
GEOFRI defeated LORELEI in a 2 minute novice's bout.
CUT & PASTE was vanquished by HOWDY ARABIA in a action packed 1 minute uneven bout.
BAGERA was overpowered by BISECT 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|
|STRIKING ATTACK                 10         PARRY-LUNGE       20 -  11 -  0      65  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   7         STRIKING ATTACK   55 -  42 -  4      57  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    7         WALL OF STEEL     37 -  31 -  2      54  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   7         AIMED BLOW        31 -  29 -  2      52  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      6         PARRY-STRIKE      19 -  20 -  0      49  |
|AIMED BLOW                       5         BASHING ATTACK    35 -  39 -  3      47  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     5         TOTAL PARRY       23 -  26 -  0      47  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  5         SLASHING ATTACK   34 -  39 -  4      47  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      2         LUNGING ATTACK    46 -  60 -  1      43  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    2         PARRY-RIPOSTE      7 -  15 -  1      32  |

Turn 158 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:

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

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
STRIKING ATTACK  OBLIVION 843               19  15  1  143 VENDETTA (62)
PARRY-STRIKE     CMYK 972                    8   5  0   96 PIXELBENDERS (36)
PARRY-LUNGE      BOKEH 916                  16   5  0   92 PIXELBENDERS (36)
BASHING ATTACK   TRAILER TRASH TOM 938      10   4  1   84 ROBO VILLAGE (68)
SLASHING ATTACK  DAVINA 849                 18  16  1   71 THIRSTY THUGS (31)
LUNGING ATTACK   BROOKE 910                  9   8  0   64 LOUD NOISES (66)
WALL OF STEEL    HYDRA 934                  10   8  0   51 HERO'S INC (67)
TOTAL PARRY      I DON'T MOW 941             9   5  0   41 ROBO VILLAGE (68)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is FLAZOR 831.  The most popular warrior this turn was 
AJAX 933.  The ten other most popular fighters were JIMBO 965, URSA STEELMAN 986, 
VANILLA ISIS 948, I SAID BOOM 1039, COR SEVENBLADES 1032, I SAID GO 1040, I SAID STOP 
1038, GEOFRI 1034, HOWDY ARABIA 963, and THE PARK TRAMP 940.

The least popular fighter this week was BAGERA 1045.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were CUT & PASTE 1036, LORELEI 1044, PASCAL LYNXEAR 1019, HOLLOW 995, MR. 
ROOT 994, BROOKE 910, HELSTAR 976, WHATEVER 1041, ANGEL WITCH 980, and THE HANDYMAN 
942.

The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn:

OBLIVION (20-843) VENDETTA (62)

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

MIXL (20-777) THIRSTY THUGS (31)