DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 09/28/2021    Duedate: 10/11/2021

SEAM ARENA

DM-20    TURN-164

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

THE PARK TRAMP
ROBO VILLAGE (68)
(20-940) [14-6-0,119]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

THE PARK TRAMP                 KATEY SAGAL
ROBO VILLAGE (68)              ALFREDO'S LADIES (73)
(20-940) [14-6-0,119]          (20-1061) [1-1-0,23]

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

FLAZOR                         VERTEX
THIRSTY THUGS (31)             PIXELBENDERS (36)
(20-831) [21-24-0,92]          (20-1025) [8-3-0,52]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

PIXELBENDERS (36)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. ALFREDO'S LADIES (73)       39
2. DARQUE KNIGHTS (22)         31      ROBO VILLAGE (68)
3. ROBO VILLAGE (68)           27      Unchartered Team
4. WAY OF ALL FLESH (17)       23
5. HERO'S INC (67)             21      WHAT I SAID (71)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1- 1*PETE-N-PETE (72)           3   2  0 60.0   1/ 1 PIXELBENDERS (36)        11  4 0
 2/ 2 ROBO VILLAGE (68)         58  42  2 58.0   2/ 2 HERO'S INC (67)          10  5 0
 3- 3 WEIRDING WAYS (53)       166 143 13 53.7   3/ 3 WAY OF ALL FLESH (17)     9  6 1
 4/ 4 PIXELBENDERS (36)        376 331 10 53.2   4/10 DARQUE KNIGHTS (22)       8  7 0
 5/ 6 HERO'S INC (67)           63  57  1 52.5   5/ 4 THIRSTY THUGS (31)        6  6 0
 6/ 5 DARQUE KNIGHTS (22)      415 392 28 51.4   6/ 8 HUCKLE'S CATS (23)        6  9 1
 7/ 8 THIRSTY THUGS (31)       392 396 11 49.7   7/ 9 ROBO VILLAGE (68)         6  9 0
 8/ 9 WAY OF ALL FLESH (17)     99 103  4 49.0   8/ 5 METAL BLADE (69)          6  9 0
 9/ 7 METAL BLADE (69)          38  41  1 48.1   9/12 LOST SENTINELS (19)       5 10 0
10/10 HUCKLE'S CATS (23)       349 386 16 47.5  10- 6 WEIRDING WAYS (53)        3  2 1
11/11*WHAT I SAID (71)          14  21  3 40.0  11-11*PETE-N-PETE (72)          3  2 0
12/12 LOST SENTINELS (19)      312 481 35 39.3  12/ 7*WHAT I SAID (71)          3  7 0
13/13*ALFREDO'S LADIES (73)      3   7  0 30.0  13/13*ALFREDO'S LADIES (73)     3  7 0

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

                                 DUELMASTER'S COLUMN
                             Notes from the arena champ.

Wow, I would like to say that I slept my way to the top, but I actually had to beat 
the crap out of Davina to get here, it was quite the cat-fight and the cat calls from 
the audience was appreciated.  You know, an old mattress-back like me really enjoys 
that attention.  Hopefully I get jumped by my opponent this week, oops, I mean I get 
the jump.  Oh goodness, I can be so dirty sometimes.

Anyway, swing by the Robe Village trailer court sometime if you want a good time, wink 
wink.

                                          -- Your Duelmistress,
                                             Park Tramp

                                      SPY REPORT

Welcome back, my loves!  It is good to see you on this sunny afternoon in Seam.  I do 
love days such as this when the weather is mostly agreeable with a bit too much heat 
for my tastes.  Yet, the view is gorgeous from the press box and the crowds came out 
in droves to watch the fighters!  Okay, you are probably wondering what happened on 
the sands, so let me get into the news before I waste too much time talking about the 
weather!

The Park Tramp was our Duelmaster coming into today's turn.  Her steady climb through 
the ranks was rewarded the last turn with the title.  Today was her first opportunity 
to defend her status as the top warrior, and she entered the sands facing off against 
Flazor.  The Thirsty Thugs warrior certainly had the fight advantage going into the 
match with over 40 fights in Seam.  This did not deter TPT, who according to her DM 
column may have other skills to help her career advancement.  The Park Tramp is one 
again our Duelmaster . . . looks like she prefers Duelmistress.  Congrats to her and 
Robo Village for a successful defense of the title.  TPT is managed by The Landlord.

Robo Village seems to be on a lot of my lists today.  They were the most avoided team.  
They were mostly avoided by Metal Blade.  We had a number of missing teams today.  
Pete-N-Pete started off with a respectable effort the last turn, but are no-shows 
today.  Weirding Ways is missing once again.  Pixelbenders continues to dominate with 
his horde of . . . well, if you know, you know.  I won't spoil anyone's fun or styles 
in the spy report.  Alfredo's Ladies were active and still looking for wins, but they 
were able to take Top Team on the Move with a number of bold challenges high into the 
rankings.

Helstar of Metal Blade gets the distinction of "Most Challenged" for turn 164.  There 
were many gladiators hoping to face Helstar on the sands.  Oddly, none of those 
challenges went through because Helstar posted a challenge of his own to OKStupid.  
Wow, it was a long one too at 14 minutes.  In the end, Helstar just could not overcome 
OKStupid. Maybe Helstar should have taken one of those many challenges? Decisions are 
so easy after the fact, are they not?  Oh well, better luck next turn!

There isn't much death to report.  I know this news makes me happy, but I have 
discovered most of you are ambivalent about it.  The new Mr. Read-a-Lot killed Burnout 
from the Lost Sentinels guild.  Even though there are a few blood feuds lingering in 
the report, no one attempted vengeance this turn.  Maybe you gents have mellowed out a 
bit.  I suspect it is more a case of being more distracted than less bloodthirsty.  
I'm sure you will be back to your normal selves in no time.

Time for me to go, my sweets.  It was a beautiful day, but really low-key in the 
arena.  Few deaths, few changes in the overall standings among the teams and the 
warriors.  Come back next time and see if The Park Tramp can make it a three-peat on 
the throne.  It is a rare feat, but once again, she sounds experienced! I appreciate 
her confidence and her candidness!  Will the missing managers show back up?  Should we 
bother looking?  We will try to answer those questions and more next turn!  See you 
then!

                                          -- Sidara Brightbell

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 THE PARK TRAMP 940           14   6  0   119       ROBO VILLAGE (68)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 CHIP 837                     22  22  1   117       THIRSTY THUGS (31)
-YELLOW SNOWMAN 687           18  16  3   114       WEIRDING WAYS (53)
 WOLFGANG WOLF 853            17  21  0    98       HUCKLE'S CATS (23)
 JANITOR JOE 868              21  13  3    94       HUCKLE'S CATS (23)
 FLAZOR 831                   21  24  0    92       THIRSTY THUGS (31)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 TRAILER TRASH TOM 938        13   7  1    88       ROBO VILLAGE (68)
 BITTER END 978               10   6  0    85       METAL BLADE (69)
 THE CAN COLLECTOR 939        12   8  0    83       ROBO VILLAGE (68)
-CAPTAIN OBVIOUS 679          22  13  0    79       WEIRDING WAYS (53)
 HYDRA 934                    14  10  0    78       HERO'S INC (67)
 BEOWULF 932                  16   8  1    76       HERO'S INC (67)
 RUDOLF VON FLUGEL 865        17  18  0    69       HUCKLE'S CATS (23)
 CMYK 972                     10   9  0    67       PIXELBENDERS (36)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 IMPIOUS 977                   9   7  1    65       METAL BLADE (69)
 STEIG ROCKTOE 993             8   8  0    63       DARQUE KNIGHTS (22)
 HOWDY ARABIA 963              6   5  0    62       WAY OF ALL FLESH (17)
 AJAX 933                     12  12  0    57       HERO'S INC (67)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 VERTEX 1025                   8   3  0    52       PIXELBENDERS (36)
 WOLVERINE 946                10  13  0    51       HERO'S INC (67)
 PASCAL LYNXEAR 1019          10   3  0    51       DARQUE KNIGHTS (22)
 VANILLA ISIS 948             10   3  1    49       WAY OF ALL FLESH (17)
 THE HANDYMAN 942              9  11  1    46       ROBO VILLAGE (68)
 URSA STEELMAN 986             8   9  0    46       DARQUE KNIGHTS (22)
 TITAN 996                     7   8  0    43       HERO'S INC (67)
 MR. ROOT 994                  7   8  1    42       HUCKLE'S CATS (23)
 I DON'T MOW 941              10  10  0    40       ROBO VILLAGE (68)
 HIRAX 979                     7   8  0    36       METAL BLADE (69)
-EARTHQUAKE SEASON 887         9   8  0    35       WEIRDING WAYS (53)
 ANGEL WITCH 980               7   9  0    35       METAL BLADE (69)
 CUT & PASTE 1036              5   4  0    35       PIXELBENDERS (36)
 OKSTUPID 950                  8   5  0    34       WAY OF ALL FLESH (17)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 PROUD BUOY 949                5   8  1    33       WAY OF ALL FLESH (17)
 YA'LL QAEDA 928               8   7  0    31       WAY OF ALL FLESH (17)
 COR SEVENBLADES 1032          4   5  1    31       DARQUE KNIGHTS (22)
 VALYN WINDEYE 1009            8   6  0    30       DARQUE KNIGHTS (22)
 TRAPS 983                     6  11  1    30       THIRSTY THUGS (31)
 HOLLOW 995                    4  11  2    30       LOST SENTINELS (19)
 YUTO 1016                     5   8  2    27       LOST SENTINELS (19)
 HELSTAR 976                   5  11  0    26       METAL BLADE (69)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 KATEY SAGAL 1061              1   1  0    23       ALFREDO'S LADIES (73)
 I SAID STOP 1038              4   3  1    22       WHAT I SAID (71)
 I SAID GO 1040                3   4  1    21       WHAT I SAID (71)
 COMMAND X 1060                3   1  0    19       PIXELBENDERS (36)
 LORELEI 1044                  3   4  0    13       LOST SENTINELS (19)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 MR. READ-A-LOT 1067           1   1  1    12       HUCKLE'S CATS (23)
-SUICIDE MISSION 1051          1   2  0    12       WEIRDING WAYS (53)
 LAURA DERN 1068               1   0  0    12       ALFREDO'S LADIES (73)
 UNDO 1066                     2   0  0    11       PIXELBENDERS (36)
-MR MOSS 1056                  1   0  0     9       PETE-N-PETE (72)
 COME GET IT 1058              2   1  0     8       WHAT I SAID (71)
-PEET 1053                     1   0  0     6       PETE-N-PETE (72)
-DR PETE M.D. 1057             1   0  0     5       PETE-N-PETE (72)
-SHAKIN' FOR BACON 1050        1   2  0     5       WEIRDING WAYS (53)
 MILA KUNIS 1064               1   1  0     4       ALFREDO'S LADIES (73)
 MUNCHIE 1059                  0   4  0     4       LOST SENTINELS (19)
 OLGA KORBUT 1062              0   2  0     2       ALFREDO'S LADIES (73)
-LIL PETE 1054                 0   1  0     1       PETE-N-PETE (72)
-BIG PETE 1055                 0   1  0     1       PETE-N-PETE (72)

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
GEENA DAVIS 1063        0  2 0 ALFREDO'S LADIES 73  DARK CHAMPION         164  NONE
MR READ-A-LOT 774      18 46 1 HUCKLE'S CATS 23     YELLOW SNOWMAN 687    162   
BAGERA 1045             1  2 0 LOST SENTINELS 19    COR SEVENBLADES 1032  160  REVENGED
BURNOUT 1069            0  1 0 LOST SENTINELS 19    MR. READ-A-LOT 1067   164   
RIVA 1048               2  2 0 THIRSTY THUGS 31     PROUD BUOY 949        162   
DON'T DO IT 1042        3  4 1 WHAT I SAID 71       DARK CHAMPION         164  NONE
I DONT CARE 1049        1  4 0 WHAT I SAID 71       BANDIT PRINCE         164  NONE

                                     PERSONAL ADS

3-2 turn. Starting to develop a pattern here. One challenge towards Hydra he won. Ajax 
got beat in a random match Beowulf remains my best all around warrior but he has taken 
second fiddle to Hydra for highest ranked WOS in the arena for the past 2 turns. I 
plan on up challenging the Park Tramp this turn, I doubt he will slip in since he is 
just Champions level. Titan made .500 and got another rating so that's nice. Wolverine 
started out nice then Angel Witch made him miss then made him pay for not wearing any 
armor.Landlord, you call it whining, I call it reporting the facts. You have since day 
one challenged me almost every turn. It isn't whining pointing that out. Oh, and yeah 
I did get some wins over you last time. I doubt that it won't happen again unless you 
spend the rest of the time avoiding me. In fact Im pretty sure that I'm actually up on 
you in the win column now. Congrats on getting Park Tramp to the Duelmaster seat. Your 
top three warriors all have a good chance of sitting there. Beowulf will try to take 
it from you. Or at least Im challenging you with him. I doubt I'll get the shot, but 
know that Im gunning for you now. -- Eli 

All -- I sent in my strats, but they never got there.  Always a kick in the pants. -- 
Weirdo

Pete -- I rather enjoyed the top spot, hope you give it back to me. -- The Landlord

Congrats to The Park Tramp, our very first Duelmaster from Robo Village. Although she 
has a rough upbringing, it is great to see her on top, pun intended. -- The Landlord

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

DON'T DO IT was viciously butchered by DARK CHAMPION in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
I DONT CARE was slaughtered by BANDIT PRINCE in a 1 minute Dark Arena battle.
GEENA DAVIS was easily killed by DARK CHAMPION in a 1 minute gory Dark Arena match.
JANITOR JOE lost to CHIP in a 1 minute master's Challenge brawl.
RUDOLF VON FLUGEL was defeated by HYDRA in a 1 minute veteran's Challenge fight.
STEIG ROCKTOE was devastated by TRAILER TRASH TOM in a 1 minute Challenge duel.
IMPIOUS was beaten by BEOWULF in a crowd pleasing 2 minute gory Challenge brawl.
PASCAL LYNXEAR overcame TITAN in a 2 minute Challenge melee.
URSA STEELMAN won victory over ANGEL WITCH in a 2 minute gruesome Challenge duel.
VERTEX overpowered I DON'T MOW in a popular 8 minute gory uneven Challenge duel.
MR. ROOT was overpowered by HOWDY ARABIA in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge melee.
HELSTAR was savagely defeated by OKSTUPID in a tiresome 14 minute Challenge match.
COR SEVENBLADES handily defeated COME GET IT in a 1 minute Challenge contest.
MILA KUNIS was demolished by HIRAX in a 3 minute bloody one-sided Challenge brawl.
OLGA KORBUT was handily defeated by YUTO in a 1 minute uneven Challenge fight.
UNDO outlasted LORELEI in a crowd boring 13 minute Challenge struggle.
KATEY SAGAL viciously subdued TRAPS in a 4 minute Challenge bout.
THE PARK TRAMP overpowered FLAZOR in a 1 minute one-sided Title match.
BITTER END was beaten by VETERAN MERCENARY in a popular 1 minute match.
WOLFGANG WOLF slimly won victory over THE CAN COLLECTOR in a 1 minute competition.
CMYK overpowered YA'LL QAEDA in a 1 minute uneven fight.
THE HANDYMAN demolished COMMAND X in a action packed 1 minute uneven bout.
WOLVERINE handily defeated VALYN WINDEYE in a 2 minute brutal one-sided contest.
VANILLA ISIS overpowered I SAID STOP in a 2 minute uneven fight.
AJAX overpowered CUT & PASTE in a 1 minute uneven fight.
PROUD BUOY luckily beat I SAID GO in a exciting 1 minute gruesome bout.
HOLLOW overpowered POLITE BEGGAR in a 2 minute uneven duel.
MUNCHIE was overpowered by LAURA DERN in a 1 minute one-sided fray.
MR. READ-A-LOT easily killed BURNOUT in a 1 minute one-sided duel.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|STRIKING ATTACK                 10         PARRY-LUNGE       12 -   7 -  0      63  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   8         PARRY-RIPOSTE     13 -  10 -  0      57  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    8         PARRY-STRIKE      29 -  23 -  0      56  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     7         WALL OF STEEL     39 -  36 -  1      52  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      5         AIMED BLOW        21 -  20 -  1      51  |
|AIMED BLOW                       4         STRIKING ATTACK   49 -  49 -  7      50  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   4         LUNGING ATTACK    38 -  39 -  3      49  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    3         TOTAL PARRY       28 -  29 -  0      49  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  3         SLASHING ATTACK   22 -  27 -  2      45  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      1         BASHING ATTACK    26 -  41 -  0      39  |

Turn 164 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     PARRY-STRIKE       3 -  4         3  STRIKING ATTACK
LUNGING ATTACK     6 -  2     TOTAL PARRY        2 -  3         3  LUNGING ATTACK 
PARRY-RIPOSTE      2 -  1     STRIKING ATTACK    3 -  7         2  WALL OF STEEL  
SLASHING ATTACK    2 -  1     AIMED BLOW         1 -  3         2  BASHING ATTACK 
WALL OF STEEL      4 -  4     BASHING ATTACK     1 -  3         1  TOTAL PARRY    

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
STRIKING ATTACK  THE PARK TRAMP 940         14   6  0  119 ROBO VILLAGE (68)
BASHING ATTACK   TRAILER TRASH TOM 938      13   7  1   88 ROBO VILLAGE (68)
WALL OF STEEL    HYDRA 934                  14  10  0   78 HERO'S INC (67)
PARRY-STRIKE     CMYK 972                   10   9  0   67 PIXELBENDERS (36)
AIMED BLOW       HOWDY ARABIA 963            6   5  0   62 WAY OF ALL FLESH (17)
TOTAL PARRY      PASCAL LYNXEAR 1019        10   3  0   51 DARQUE KNIGHTS (22)
PARRY-RIPOSTE    VANILLA ISIS 948           10   3  1   49 WAY OF ALL FLESH (17)
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 
VERTEX 1025.  The ten other most popular fighters were KATEY SAGAL 1061, IMPIOUS 977, 
TITAN 996, HIRAX 979, WOLVERINE 946, BEOWULF 932, URSA STEELMAN 986, WOLFGANG WOLF 
853, HYDRA 934, and TRAILER TRASH TOM 938.

The least popular fighter this week was HELSTAR 976.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were LORELEI 1044, OKSTUPID 950, UNDO 1066, MILA KUNIS 1064, BURNOUT 1069, 
MUNCHIE 1059, CUT & PASTE 1036, FLAZOR 831, COME GET IT 1058, and MR. ROOT 994.

The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn:

JANITOR JOE (20-868) HUCKLE'S CATS (23)