DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 03/29/2022    Duedate: 04/11/2022

SEAM ARENA

DM-20    TURN-177

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

YA'LL QAEDA
WAY OF ALL FLESH (17)
(20-928) [18-10-0,115]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

VANILLA ISIS                   POCKET MOUSE
WAY OF ALL FLESH (17)          ALFREDOVISION(TM) (77)
(20-948) [19-7-2,151]          (20-1115) [3-2-0,28]

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

COR SEVENBLADES                CUT & PASTE
DARQUE KNIGHTS (22)            PIXELBENDERS (36)
(20-1032) [11-11-1,100]        (20-1036) [9-13-0,56]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

WAY OF ALL FLESH (17)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. WAY OF ALL FLESH (17)       74
2. ALFREDOVISION(TM) (77)      46      PHARMANOMICON (76)
3. PIXELBENDERS (36)           29      Unchartered Team
4. LOST SENTINELS (19)         15
5. THIRSTY THUGS (31)          14      ALFREDOVISION(TM) (77)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 1 PHARMANOMICON (76)        41  26  4 61.2   1/ 1 WAY OF ALL FLESH (17)    11  4 1
 2- 2 BEER BELLIES (74)         47  37  3 56.0   2/ 2 DARQUE KNIGHTS (22)       9  5 0
 3- 3 ROBO VILLAGE (68)         89  71  2 55.6   3/ 3 HERO'S INC (67)           9  6 0
 4/ 4 HERO'S INC (67)          100  85  2 54.1   4- 4 BEER BELLIES (74)         7  3 0
 5/ 6 WAY OF ALL FLESH (17)    143 124  6 53.6   5/ 5 PIXELBENDERS (36)         7  8 1
 6/ 5 PIXELBENDERS (36)        407 364 12 52.8   6/10*ALFREDOVISION(TM) (77)    7  8 0
 7- 7 WEIRDING WAYS (53)       184 169 15 52.1   7/ 7 THIRSTY THUGS (31)        6  3 1
 8/ 8 DARQUE KNIGHTS (22)      453 417 29 52.1   8/ 9 LOST SENTINELS (19)       6  9 0
 9/ 9 THIRSTY THUGS (31)       417 423 12 49.6   9/11 HUCKLE'S CATS (23)        5 10 0
10/12*ALFREDOVISION(TM) (77)    12  13  1 48.0  10- 6 ROBO VILLAGE (68)         4  6 0
11/10 METAL BLADE (69)          66  77  2 46.2  11/ 8 METAL BLADE (69)          3 11 0
12/11 HUCKLE'S CATS (23)       368 432 17 46.0  12-12 WEIRDING WAYS (53)        2  2 0
13/13 LOST SENTINELS (19)      339 519 38 39.5  13/13 PHARMANOMICON (76)        2  3 0

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

                                      SPY REPORT

     Hail SEAM!  Warriors of the arena, prepare to be praised and blamed for your 
deeds.  Now keep the taverns open late tonight, for there are sorrows to drown for 
ROBO VILLAGE, whose 0-0-0 this turn dropped them by 4 into 10th.  ALFREDOVISION(TM) 
stable has parlayed this turn's 4-1-0 into a 4 space move up the rankings.  This 
brings them up to 6th place.  Good work, guys!  The DARQUE KNIGHTS guild has had a 
3-1-0 turn and deserves to be watched in the future.  You never know where this kind 
of thing can lead.  YA'LL QAEDA challenged for the Duelmastership this turn, 
attempting to dethrone HERO'S INC's warrior.  We should ask YA'LL QAEDA about the 
thrill of victory, and what being the new Duelmaster does for a warrior, it's now the 
one to ask.  Tell me, is nothing sacred?  I have heard from unimpeachable sources 
that The Victory Tavern uses trolls in their stew.  Talk about gristle!   
     I tell you, a green quarterstaff lasts longer than a seasoned sapling.  A basher 
friend of mine assures me this is true.  I also notice that the ROBO VILLAGE stable 
was the most avoided team this turn.  Come on SEAM, what are you afraid of?  And 
guess who avoided ROBO VILLAGE stable the most?  Believe it or not, it was WAY OF ALL 
FLESH.  Anyone surprised?  The most challenged warrior this turn was LOST SENTINELS' 
warrior GUMBO.  More fighters challenged her than challenged the Duelmaster!  
Building dreams on hope, MECHADEPLORABLE challenged up 29 points this turn to take on 
HELSTAR from METAL BLADE stable.  And now nobody knows where HELSTAR is right now, 
after giving MECHADEPLORABLE 17 points worth of recognition.  As quiet chuckles rise 
behind me.  In a brave attempt, MR. READ-A-LOT from HUCKLE'S CATS challenged up 18 
points to fight HOLLOW from the LOST SENTINELS stable.  MR. READ-A-LOT perhaps got 
his just desserts, seeing as he was beat by HOLLOW and ended up with 22 recognition 
points.  VANILLA ISIS of WAY OF ALL FLESH had better have a good reason for 
challenging down 9 points in a challenge which it killed.  I thought VANILLA ISIS 
showed great skill and promise when it dispatched BEOWULF.  All right, so I slept 
through it!  Big deal!   
     A coward dies a thousand deaths, a brave man only once.  Wise men know this to 
be true.  BEOWULF has departed SEAM, leaving HERO'S INC without their 22-14-1 
warrior.  Question, just what was his team doing at the taverns last night?  I guess 
it was coming sooner or later, METAL BLADE has lost IMPIOUS, and SEAM is bound to 
miss him.  For a little while, at least.  A brave warrior does not carry a red 
shield, he has nothing to cover or hide when the fight is over.  Consider well.   
     Remember, blood on the purple robe does not change it from a purple robe.  Dare 
to fight bravely.  It's been nice chatting with you, until we meet again, keep your 
swords sharp and your hammers heavy.  Until the sun next rises and my pen sets to 
paper-- Alarond the Scribe  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 YA'LL QAEDA 928              18  10  0   115       WAY OF ALL FLESH (17)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 VANILLA ISIS 948             19   7  2   151       WAY OF ALL FLESH (17)
-PAPPY BLUE RIBS 1091         10   7  2   107       BEER BELLIES (74)
 VERTEX 1025                  15   9  1   105       PIXELBENDERS (36)
 HYDRA 934                    21  16  0   104       HERO'S INC (67)
 COR SEVENBLADES 1032         11  11  1   100       DARQUE KNIGHTS (22)
 RUDOLF VON FLUGEL 865        22  26  1    93       HUCKLE'S CATS (23)
 WOLVERINE 946                19  17  0    93       HERO'S INC (67)
-CAPTAIN OBVIOUS 679          23  21  1    91       WEIRDING WAYS (53)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 TALA ONE-HAND 1097            8   1  0    73       DARQUE KNIGHTS (22)
-THE HANDYMAN 942             14  18  1    72       ROBO VILLAGE (68)
-DRINK EM UP 1093             11   5  0    71       BEER BELLIES (74)
 OKSTUPID 950                 18   8  0    68       WAY OF ALL FLESH (17)
 PASCAL LYNXEAR 1019          19   7  0    67       DARQUE KNIGHTS (22)
 COMMAND X 1060               11   6  0    67       PIXELBENDERS (36)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 LORELEI 1044                 14   6  0    64       LOST SENTINELS (19)
 BENNAKYL 1109                 9   5  1    62       PHARMANOMICON (76)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-I DON'T MOW 941              13  19  0    58       ROBO VILLAGE (68)
 TRAPS 983                    13  17  1    57       THIRSTY THUGS (31)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 FURIOUS INHALER 1108         10   4  1    56       PHARMANOMICON (76)
 CUT & PASTE 1036              9  13  0    56       PIXELBENDERS (36)
 CROAKER 1086                  5   5  0    56       THIRSTY THUGS (31)
-BUD THE WISER 1090            7   9  0    54       BEER BELLIES (74)
 MR. ROOT 994                 12  16  1    53       HUCKLE'S CATS (23)
-EARTHQUAKE SEASON 887        13  12  0    52       WEIRDING WAYS (53)
 DY-QUIL 1107                  9   5  1    52       PHARMANOMICON (76)
-XXX 1087                      9   8  0    52       BEER BELLIES (74)
 HELSTAR 976                  11  18  0    51       METAL BLADE (69)
 HOLLOW 995                    9  19  2    51       LOST SENTINELS (19)
 YUTO 1016                     9  17  4    48       LOST SENTINELS (19)
 MECHADEPLORABLE 1080          8   4  0    42       WAY OF ALL FLESH (17)
 UNDO 1066                     8   7  0    41       PIXELBENDERS (36)
-BOOZY SOOZY 1088              7   5  0    36       BEER BELLIES (74)
 CHATROOM RAMBO 1083           6   4  1    36       WAY OF ALL FLESH (17)
-SUICIDE MISSION 1051          7   5  0    34       WEIRDING WAYS (53)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-METH DEALER 1085              6   3  0    33       ROBO VILLAGE (68)
 FREXX 1122                    3   2  1    30       THIRSTY THUGS (31)
 VEXXED 1076                   4   8  1    28       LOST SENTINELS (19)
 POCKET MOUSE 1115             3   2  0    28       ALFREDOVISION(TM) (77)
 LECTER 1116                   3   2  0    25       ALFREDOVISION(TM) (77)
-THE REDNECK 1129              2   0  0    24       ROBO VILLAGE (68)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 AMOXIKILLIN 1105              5   2  0    23       PHARMANOMICON (76)
 ERASE 1114                    2   4  0    23       PIXELBENDERS (36)
-SHAKIN' FOR BACON 1050        5   7  0    22       WEIRDING WAYS (53)
 MR. READ-A-LOT 1077           3   9  0    22       HUCKLE'S CATS (23)
 DOCTOR LION 1127              1   3  0    22       HUCKLE'S CATS (23)
 GUMBO 1075                    3  10  0    19       LOST SENTINELS (19)
 BULLY BOBCAT 1078             3   9  0    18       HUCKLE'S CATS (23)
 OMEN 1102                     4   4  0    16       METAL BLADE (69)
 BOZO THE CLOWN 1131           3   0  0    16       ALFREDOVISION(TM) (77)
 ANVIL 1113                    2   4  0    16       METAL BLADE (69)
 PANDA 1132                    1   2  0     6       HERO'S INC (67)
 GOAT WITH NO NAME 1148        1   0  0     6       ALFREDOVISION(TM) (77)
 HARMACIST 1126                0   1  0     1       PHARMANOMICON (76)

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
SUMPIN' STOOPID 1147    0  1 0 ALFREDOVISION(TM) 77 WURM KIN              177  NONE
IVARRA FROSTEYE 1140    1  1 0 DARQUE KNIGHTS 22    FREXX 1122            177   
BEOWULF 932            22 15 1 HERO'S INC 67        VANILLA ISIS 948      177   
DARKNESS 1138           0  1 0 METAL BLADE 69       BANDIT PRINCE         177  NONE
IMPIOUS 977            13 16 1 METAL BLADE 69       VERTEX 1025           177   
DIEBUPROFEN 1106        7  4 0 PHARMANOMICON 76     YUTO 1016             173  REVENGED
FINOIL 1121             1  1 0 THIRSTY THUGS 31     CHATROOM RAMBO 1083   174   

                                     PERSONAL ADS

[from last turn]
4-1 with Ajax the Duelmaster. Beowulf challenged the Duelmaster and lost. I think I 
should have run him more aggressive against the striker but instead I tried to finesse 
him and paid the price. Beowulf did get his 3rd masters rating and if he had won 
perhaps even gotten his ticket to the big show. Oh well. Ajax got his challenge in 
against Vanilla Isis and won his match and claimed the throne on points. He won't 
avoid anyone and I didn't feel like filling out all of the turn sheets so no 
challenges this time around.  Hydra won against Yellow Snowman. Nothing really to say 
other than good job and congrats to Weirding Ways for getting their guy to adm. 
Wolverine won against Cor Sevenblades each fighter managed to get an expert out of the 
thing and Wolverine is once again .500 fighter. Panda got her first win in as many 
fights against Krusty the Clown in a random match. All told a very satisfying turn. 
Congrats to the Landlord for getting another one to ADM. Someday I'll get some of my 
guys into the Home Guard from here.. -- Eli  

Sidara Brightbell -- I will go ahead and say that my favorite warrior of all time is 
my first Primus warrior, Sex Kitten. She was born decades ago at the KC face to Face 
and I remember asking Doc Steele what he thought about her. His exact words where 
"good luck keeping her out of Primus." She is a slasher and while her style isn't as 
accomplished as the Aimed Blow and Lunging styles, she has managed to keep a winning 
record and is by far my best over all fighter. Her stats are currently 18-9-7-25-25-7-
25 with Archmaster in Attack and Initiative, Grandmasters in Defense and Riposte, and 
advanced masters in decisiveness and parry. Will I ever get her maxed out and retired? 
I doubt it. My favorite non ADM warrior right now is my Wall of Steel Bender in dm 81. 
He got lucky on his stats and started out 13-0-1 before losing his next 2. I am hoping 
to get him into ADM soon. I got my first ever size 3 warrior in this last face and 
they went 6-3 with me having to leave early on the last day because of work. I think I 
will run them as a tourney fighter for a bit to see if I can ever get my first TV 
since that KC face 30 odd years ago. There are lots of potential favorites that I have 
that are up and coming. Rose in ADM is my best lunger, Ivan and Satin Sheets are my 
two ADM Aimed Blows that I hope to make Contenders sooner or later. Favorite styles 
that I have not had success with are Bashers and Parry Lungers. I had a Parry Lunger 
that was on the cusp of graduating and got himself murdered while Duelmaster by a 
warrior he had beaten the previous 2 or 3 fights they had had before.  I have two 
Bashers in ADM and they both stink. Not sure how Assur made them into favorites let 
alone winners. -- Eli 

3-2 turn with Ajax staying top dog and getting invited to the Isle. Figures. He will 
be going to Home Guard with the rest of my new grads. Not bad numbers: 9-9-11-17-17-9-
12 Ambidextrous Fav Short Spear High-High Rip tactic and favorite learn defense. Will 
get to fight in the mail in as a Challenger so I'll send him for the LOLs. Not sure 
how many I'll be sending total, but I do know I have zero rookies and a ton of 
initiates from last face. Beowulf won but still hasn't gotten an invite. With Ajax 
leaving he is in good position to get the title if he wins and Ajax doesn't lose.  
Ajax will be challenging the top two and Beowulf will be challenging the two above him 
with overlapping challenges going to Ya'll Qaeda which would be fitting since he has 
stolen top Wall of Steel honors with Hydra losing to Pappy Blue Ribs. Wolverine won to 
get above .500 and got his 4th rating. Not terrible considering he has about a 1 skill 
per fight average. Panda got challenged by a Clown and lost. Not worried about her 
record just yet, but she is similar to Ajax so perhaps she will come around. Have a 
good one folks. -- Eli 

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

SUMPIN' STOOPID was butchered by WURM KIN in a 1 minute bloody Dark Arena fight.
DARKNESS was slaughtered by BANDIT PRINCE in a 1 minute Dark Arena battle.
VANILLA ISIS easily killed BEOWULF in a 2 minute gruesome one-sided Challenge match.
YA'LL QAEDA bested AJAX in a popular 2 minute veteran's Challenge Title contest.
HYDRA devastated RUDOLF VON FLUGEL in a 1 minute gory uneven Challenge brawl.
IMPIOUS was butchered by VERTEX in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge match.
MR. ROOT was handily defeated by TALA ONE-HAND in a 1 minute uneven Challenge fight.
MECHADEPLORABLE outwaited HELSTAR in a crowd boring 10 minute Challenge duel.
MR. READ-A-LOT was vanquished by HOLLOW in a 2 minute gruesome uneven Challenge fight.
LECTER overpowered BULLY BOBCAT in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge fight.
DOCTOR LION handily defeated GUMBO in a exciting 1 minute one-sided Challenge bout.
BOZO THE CLOWN bested PANDA in a exciting 3 minute amateur's Challenge conflict.
COR SEVENBLADES savagely defeated VETERAN MERCENARY in a popular 2 minute brawl.
WOLVERINE handily defeated BENNAKYL in a 1 minute uneven fight.
COMMAND X overpowered YUTO in a 1 minute uneven struggle.
LORELEI overcame DY-QUIL in a crowd pleasing 5 minute bout.
PASCAL LYNXEAR unbelievably bested CROAKER in a popular 4 minute brutal brawl.
OKSTUPID narrowly defeated CUT & PASTE in a exciting 10 minute gory veteran's bout.
TRAPS viciously subdued VEXXED in a 3 minute bloody competition.
UNDO was beaten by FURIOUS INHALER in a 2 minute fight.
CHATROOM RAMBO unbelievably bested ERASE in a 2 minute gory match.
OMEN was handily defeated by POCKET MOUSE in a crowd pleasing 1 minute uneven duel.
AMOXIKILLIN luckily beat ANVIL in a popular 3 minute gory match.
FREXX slaughtered IVARRA FROSTEYE in a 1 minute one-sided match.
HARMACIST lost to GOAT WITH NO NAME in a exciting 1 minute novice's fight.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|SLASHING ATTACK                 10         TOTAL PARRY       50 -  38 -  1      57  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   8         BASHING ATTACK    24 -  21 -  0      53  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    7         LUNGING ATTACK    51 -  46 -  5      53  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      6         STRIKING ATTACK   22 -  20 -  1      52  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     5         WALL OF STEEL     43 -  47 -  1      48  |
|AIMED BLOW                       4         PARRY-RIPOSTE     18 -  20 -  1      47  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  3         PARRY-STRIKE      24 -  27 -  1      47  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    2         SLASHING ATTACK   37 -  47 -  3      44  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   2         AIMED BLOW        10 -  18 -  1      36  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      0         PARRY-LUNGE        0 -   0 -  0       0  |

Turn 177 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:

TOTAL PARRY        5 -  1     STRIKING ATTACK    1 -  2         3  WALL OF STEEL  
LUNGING ATTACK     6 -  2     SLASHING ATTACK    3 -  7         2  SLASHING ATTACK
PARRY-STRIKE       3 -  2     AIMED BLOW         0 -  4         1  PARRY-RIPOSTE  
WALL OF STEEL      4 -  3     PARRY-LUNGE        0 -  0         1  PARRY-STRIKE   
PARRY-RIPOSTE      1 -  1     BASHING ATTACK     0 -  2         1  STRIKING ATTACK
                                                                1  AIMED BLOW     
                                                                1  TOTAL PARRY    
                                                                1  LUNGING ATTACK 

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
WALL OF STEEL    YA'LL QAEDA 928            18  10  0  115 WAY OF ALL FLESH (17)
PARRY-RIPOSTE    VANILLA ISIS 948           19   7  2  151 WAY OF ALL FLESH (17)
PARRY-STRIKE     VERTEX 1025                15   9  1  105 PIXELBENDERS (36)
SLASHING ATTACK  WOLVERINE 946              19  17  0   93 HERO'S INC (67)
LUNGING ATTACK   TALA ONE-HAND 1097          8   1  0   73 DARQUE KNIGHTS (22)
TOTAL PARRY      OKSTUPID 950               18   8  0   68 WAY OF ALL FLESH (17)
BASHING ATTACK   DY-QUIL 1107                9   5  1   52 PHARMANOMICON (76)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is COR SEVENBLADES 1032.  The most popular warrior this 
turn was CUT & PASTE 1036.  The ten other most popular fighters were PANDA 1132, 
CROAKER 1086, COR SEVENBLADES 1032, ANVIL 1113, DY-QUIL 1107, HOLLOW 995, ERASE 1114, 
DOCTOR LION 1127, VEXXED 1076, and FURIOUS INHALER 1108.

The least popular fighter this week was MECHADEPLORABLE 1080.  The other ten least 
popular fighters were HELSTAR 976, IVARRA FROSTEYE 1140, UNDO 1066, BENNAKYL 1109, 
BOZO THE CLOWN 1131, GUMBO 1075, BULLY BOBCAT 1078, MR. READ-A-LOT 1077, MR. ROOT 
994, and IMPIOUS 977.

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

AJAX (20-933) HERO'S INC (67)