DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 04/12/2022    Duedate: 04/25/2022

SEAM ARENA

DM-20    TURN-178

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

YA'LL QAEDA
WAY OF ALL FLESH (17)
(20-928) [19-10-0,121]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

YA'LL QAEDA                    POCKET MOUSE
WAY OF ALL FLESH (17)          ALFREDOVISION(TM) (77)
(20-928) [19-10-0,121]         (20-1115) [4-2-0,48]

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

COR SEVENBLADES                CUT & PASTE
DARQUE KNIGHTS (22)            PIXELBENDERS (36)
(20-1032) [11-12-1,93]         (20-1036) [9-14-0,51]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

WAY OF ALL FLESH (17)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. METAL BLADE (69)            30
2. ALFREDOVISION(TM) (77)      28      HERO'S INC (67)
3. HERO'S INC (67)             23      Unchartered Team
4. DARQUE KNIGHTS (22)         18
5. HUCKLE'S CATS (23)          15      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/ 6*ALFREDOVISION(TM) (77)    8  7 0
 4/ 4 HERO'S INC (67)          102  88  2 53.7   4/ 8 LOST SENTINELS (19)       7  8 0
 5/ 5 WAY OF ALL FLESH (17)    145 127  6 53.3   5/ 3 HERO'S INC (67)           7  8 0
 6/ 6 PIXELBENDERS (36)        409 367 12 52.7   6/ 7 THIRSTY THUGS (31)        6  3 1
 7/ 8 DARQUE KNIGHTS (22)      455 420 29 52.0   7/11 METAL BLADE (69)          5  9 0
 8/10*ALFREDOVISION(TM) (77)    15  15  1 50.0   8/ 5 PIXELBENDERS (36)         5 10 1
 9/ 9 THIRSTY THUGS (31)       418 425 12 49.6   9/ 9 HUCKLE'S CATS (23)        5 10 0
10/11 METAL BLADE (69)          69  79  2 46.6  10-10 ROBO VILLAGE (68)         2  3 0
11/12 HUCKLE'S CATS (23)       371 434 17 46.1  11- 4 BEER BELLIES (74)         2  3 0
12/13 LOST SENTINELS (19)      341 522 38 39.5  12-13 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

                                 DUELMASTER'S COLUMN
                             Notes from the arena champ.

     Knocking...
     "Enter."
     "Hey Boss."
     Manray regarded the diminutive figure gracing his doorway. "Hello, to what may I 
attribute this unexpected visit?"
     Tipping her head back she drained the remnants of an oversized can, swabbing away 
a glistening malt liquor mustache with her forearm. She paused, holding up one finger, 
then belched impressively.
     "Mr. Frothingslosh...  do you think you could call me Opal?"
     "Well, when you came to work for me you began a new life, and that starts with a 
new name."
     "Yeah but I don't look like Isis at all, my hair is blond and I hate dresses. My 
momma said she could hardly keep me in... um, between my cousins chasing me around and 
the neighbors stealing... um offa the clothesline."
     "Yes...  I think I remember that being mentioned in your file. Well, try to be 
patient. I'll tell you what. If you make it to graduation, we'll talk about what to 
call you. How does that sound?"
     Her face brightened and she flashed a lovely grin spotlighting a single missing 
tooth. "Awesome!"
     "Yes! Fantastic," he concurred.
     She remained grinning, the pause growing slightly uncomfortable.
     "So...  anything else?"
     "Well," she slowly approached his desk, "I wanted to ask about my bonus for this 
last fight."
     "Yes, that was quite an exciting contest! You executed the training to 
perfection. Your kill bonus will be added to your normal paycheck, as usual."
     "But that's tomorrow!"
     "Well, yes, that's pretty soon right?"
     "But there's a party tonight in celebration of my kill!"
     "There's a party for you? How fabulous."
     "Well, it's a wake for Beowulf, but that's like a party"
     "I'm confused how that matters?"
     "I want to get my armor powder dipped with a rainbow color-shift...  and I'm a 
little short of muns."
     "Ah. Well, can't you borrow money from one of the others?"
     "They all said no."
     "Then go talk to Dale, they shouldn't have a problem making a house loan."
     "Yay!"
     Manray watched as she skipped into the distance, questioning the wisdom of his 
involvement in politics.
     

                                      SPY REPORT

Welcome back to the arena, my sweets!  Good to see each of you on this beautiful day.  
I do love how Arenamaster has allowed a bit more "brightness" on the arena grounds.  I 
had pleaded for years for there to be a few flowers planted here and there.  I do not 
know what prompted the change, but I like it.  I mean, if someone just so happened to 
cast a few spells to put some gorgeous and resilient flowers around this place, I 
commend them!  Okay, let's look at what happened in our dear arena today.

It was a title defense kind of day in Seam.  Ya'll Qaeda sat proudly on the throne 
through today's fights before he was called to the sands.  No challenges appear to 
have reached our Duelmaster and it does not look as if he issued any either.  Command 
X was selected to face the champion.  It only took 2 minutes for Ya'll Qaeda to show 
the arena why he sits upon the throne of Seam.  Our dear Duelmaster received a double 
honor on this day!  He has retained the throne and is now invited to the Isle.  
Congratulations to Lord Protector Ya'll Qaeda, who is managed by Manray.

The most avoided team today is Huckle's Cats.  They were mostly avoided by Way of All 
Flesh.  Hydra was our most challenged warrior. I have more to say about that fight 
later, so read ahead if you want the spoiler.  There were no deaths this turn outside 
of the Dark Arena, but it looks like a few teams are clearing their rosters for new 
talent.  Darque Knights and Lost Sentinels both sent two warriors to the fight by 
torchlight.  Darque's crew were arena rookies, while Lost Sentinels sent a 28 fight 
warrior with 2 kills and a 12 fight warrior with 1 kill.  I can imagine the Lost 
Sentinels' guild house will be on edge this evening!

In what had to be one of the more embarrassing fights of the turn, Vanilla Isis 
challenged down 47 points to face Hydra.  I know that I usually rake you guys over the 
coals when you down challenge, but 47 points?  I will acknowledge that Vanilla was 
atop the recognition chain at 151 points, but come on!  Well, I did say it was a bit 
embarrassing, so you have probably already guessed that Hydra won the fight and shot 
up 16 points in the rankings to rest just under the Duelmaster.  There were a number 
of teams missing this turn too. Where did everyone go?  It was a mass exodus of the 
top career teams as 1 thru 3 decided they had something more important to do than 
fight in New Seam.  Come back!  Please?

Way of All Flesh continues to lead the arena over the last 3 turns. In fact, the top 2 
spots are unchanged as Darque Knights stay put as well.  The shake-ups start in the 
3rd position where Alfredovision (TM) moves into the top 5.  Lost Sentinels also 
jumped into the top teams, moving up 4 spots.  Hero's Inc was our only top team that 
fell in today's rankings.  They slipped from 3rd into 5th.  Beer Bellies' inactivity 
caused them to slip the farthest this week, going from 4th to 11th.  Lost Sentinels 
and Metal Blade tied for largest gains as each climbed 4.

Time for me to go, my darlings.  It was a joy as always to see each of you again.  I 
do hope you will come and join me again in 14 days.  I pray the missing managers to 
make their way back to us too.  It is always a more enjoyable arena day when everyone 
is here with us.  We will have a new Duelmaster next turn since Ya'll Qaeda is leaving 
us, but you will have to come to see WHO it is!  See you next time!

                                          -- Sidara Brightbell

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 YA'LL QAEDA 928              19  10  0   121       WAY OF ALL FLESH (17)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 HYDRA 934                    22  16  0   120       HERO'S INC (67)
 VERTEX 1025                  16   9  1   116       PIXELBENDERS (36)
-PAPPY BLUE RIBS 1091         10   7  2   107       BEER BELLIES (74)
 RUDOLF VON FLUGEL 865        23  26  1    99       HUCKLE'S CATS (23)
 COR SEVENBLADES 1032         11  12  1    93       DARQUE KNIGHTS (22)
 VANILLA ISIS 948             19   8  2    92       WAY OF ALL FLESH (17)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 WOLVERINE 946                19  18  0    88       HERO'S INC (67)
 PASCAL LYNXEAR 1019          20   7  0    75       DARQUE KNIGHTS (22)
 TALA ONE-HAND 1097            9   1  0    75       DARQUE KNIGHTS (22)
-THE HANDYMAN 942             14  18  1    72       ROBO VILLAGE (68)
-DRINK EM UP 1093             11   5  0    71       BEER BELLIES (74)
 LORELEI 1044                 15   6  0    69       LOST SENTINELS (19)
 COMMAND X 1060               11   7  0    68       PIXELBENDERS (36)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 OKSTUPID 950                 18   9  0    63       WAY OF ALL FLESH (17)
-BENNAKYL 1109                 9   5  1    62       PHARMANOMICON (76)
 TRAPS 983                    14  17  1    61       THIRSTY THUGS (31)
-I DON'T MOW 941              13  19  0    58       ROBO VILLAGE (68)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 HELSTAR 976                  12  18  0    58       METAL BLADE (69)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-FURIOUS INHALER 1108         10   4  1    56       PHARMANOMICON (76)
 CHATROOM RAMBO 1083           7   4  1    56       WAY OF ALL FLESH (17)
 MR. ROOT 994                 12  17  1    54       HUCKLE'S CATS (23)
-BUD THE WISER 1090            7   9  0    54       BEER BELLIES (74)
 UNDO 1066                     9   7  0    53       PIXELBENDERS (36)
-DY-QUIL 1107                  9   5  1    52       PHARMANOMICON (76)
-XXX 1087                      9   8  0    52       BEER BELLIES (74)
 CUT & PASTE 1036              9  14  0    51       PIXELBENDERS (36)
 YUTO 1016                     9  18  4    49       LOST SENTINELS (19)
 POCKET MOUSE 1115             4   2  0    48       ALFREDOVISION(TM) (77)
 MECHADEPLORABLE 1080          8   5  0    37       WAY OF ALL FLESH (17)
 CROAKER 1086                  5   6  0    37       THIRSTY THUGS (31)
-BOOZY SOOZY 1088              7   5  0    36       BEER BELLIES (74)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-METH DEALER 1085              6   3  0    33       ROBO VILLAGE (68)
 BULLY BOBCAT 1078             4   9  0    33       HUCKLE'S CATS (23)
 FREXX 1122                    3   3  1    33       THIRSTY THUGS (31)
 OMEN 1102                     5   4  0    30       METAL BLADE (69)
 GUMBO 1075                    4  10  0    28       LOST SENTINELS (19)
 BOZO THE CLOWN 1131           4   0  0    28       ALFREDOVISION(TM) (77)
 MR. READ-A-LOT 1077           4   9  0    24       HUCKLE'S CATS (23)
-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)
 ANVIL 1113                    3   4  0    23       METAL BLADE (69)
 DOCTOR LION 1127              1   4  0    13       HUCKLE'S CATS (23)
 LECTER 1116                   3   3  0    12       ALFREDOVISION(TM) (77)
 ERASE 1114                    2   5  0    11       PIXELBENDERS (36)
 HOP ONTHEBUS GUS 1154         1   0  0    11       ALFREDOVISION(TM) (77)
 DEORN 1152                    1   0  0    11       HERO'S INC (67)
 PANDA 1132                    1   3  0     6       HERO'S INC (67)
 GOAT WITH NO NAME 1148        1   1  0     4       ALFREDOVISION(TM) (77)
-HARMACIST 1126                0   1  0     1       PHARMANOMICON (76)
 DARK FUNERAL 1150             0   1  0     1       METAL BLADE (69)
 MOUNTAIN 1153                 0   1  0     1       HERO'S INC (67)
 DYNAMITE 1151                 0   1  0     1       METAL BLADE (69)

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
IVARRA FROSTEYE 1140    1  1 0 DARQUE KNIGHTS 22    FREXX 1122            177  JUST REVENGED
SQUIRE KIP 1149         0  1 0 DARQUE KNIGHTS 22    DARK CHAMPION         178  NONE
SQUIRE UMP 1155         0  1 0 DARQUE KNIGHTS 22    HIGH ELF              178  NONE
BEOWULF 932            22 15 1 HERO'S INC 67        VANILLA ISIS 948      177  JUST REVENGED
HOLLOW 995              9 20 2 LOST SENTINELS 19    DARK CHAMPION         178  NONE
VEXXED 1076             4  9 1 LOST SENTINELS 19    BANDIT PRINCE         178  NONE
IMPIOUS 977            13 16 1 METAL BLADE 69       VERTEX 1025           177   
FINOIL 1121             1  1 0 THIRSTY THUGS 31     CHATROOM RAMBO 1083   174  NOT REVENGED

                                     PERSONAL ADS

Very harsh turn. Beowulf got himself killed in a challenge. Remarkable how 3 masters 
didn't do him any good. Remarkable that my best warrior gets killed the same turn that 
my first warrior gets sent to ADM. Now I am left with two sub par champions and a 
newbie to bloodfeud with. The replacements are a joke but I'm not going to dark arena 
them right away. Congrats to Way of all flesh for not only the kill but defeating Ajax 
to take the title. I'll be sending my leftovers against you to at least say I am 

attempting revenge.  Remarkably, Im not even upset at the loss. I had that funny 
feeling for a while now esp since he didn't get his invite when he should have. Oh 
well. Add him to the ever growing pile of dead. -- Eli 

Frexx -- That one hurt a little bit.  Ivarra Frosteye (AB) 13-6-7-21-17-3-17.  Poor 
random match-up, but I'll have to avenge it just because the replacement sucked. -- 
Master Darque

Hey it was a slosher clean-sweep; we won ALL the arena awards!! Well...all except for 
the so-called "popularity" leader. I don't think you should get an award for that; 
around here I would rather see them give out an award to whomever bathes the most! As 
a matter of fact; I really think it would make more sense if Cor would just apologize 
to the arena for his grand-standing and overly ostentatious behavior. -- alfredo

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

HOLLOW was viciously butchered by DARK CHAMPION in a 4 minute Dark Arena fight.
VEXXED was murdered by BANDIT PRINCE in a 1 minute Dark Arena melee.
SQUIRE KIP was killed by DARK CHAMPION in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
SQUIRE UMP was slaughtered by HIGH ELF in a 1 minute bloody Dark Arena brawl.
TALA ONE-HAND overpowered FREXX in a 1 minute one-sided Bloodfeud fight.
COR SEVENBLADES was devastated by VERTEX in a 3 minute gory uneven Challenge brawl.
WOLVERINE was bested by RUDOLF VON FLUGEL in a 1 minute master's Challenge match.
VANILLA ISIS was handily defeated by HYDRA in a 1 minute uneven Challenge fight.
HELSTAR unbelievably bested CUT & PASTE in a 12 minute expert's Challenge duel.
MECHADEPLORABLE was vanquished by LORELEI in a slow 6 minute one-sided Challenge duel.
CHATROOM RAMBO overpowered CROAKER in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge melee.
LECTER was overpowered by BULLY BOBCAT in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge match.
OMEN devastated ERASE in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge conflict.
BOZO THE CLOWN demolished DOCTOR LION in a 6 minute mismatched Challenge match.
YA'LL QAEDA handily defeated COMMAND X in a 2 minute one-sided Title conflict.
PASCAL LYNXEAR outwaited OKSTUPID in a crowd boring 34 minute master's bout.
TRAPS overcame MORDANT GOON in a crowd pleasing 3 minute bloody mismatched bout.
YUTO was overpowered by POCKET MOUSE in a 1 minute one-sided bout.
UNDO narrowly defeated MR. ROOT in a 2 minute bout.
MR. READ-A-LOT beat PANDA in a 5 minute master vs. amateur fight.
ANVIL devastated SHIFTYEYED VOLUNTEER in a 1 minute one-sided bout.
GUMBO vanquished GOAT WITH NO NAME in a 2 minute one-sided match.
DYNAMITE was handily defeated by HOP ONTHEBUS GUS in a 1 minute uneven duel.
DEORN devastated DARK FUNERAL in a popular 1 minute one-sided bout.
MOUNTAIN was defeated by POLITE BEGGAR in a 4 minute novice's duel.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|SLASHING ATTACK                  9         TOTAL PARRY       49 -  36 -  1      58  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   8         BASHING ATTACK    22 -  20 -  0      52  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      6         LUNGING ATTACK    49 -  46 -  5      52  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    5         WALL OF STEEL     43 -  42 -  1      51  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     5         PARRY-RIPOSTE     17 -  18 -  1      49  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  4         STRIKING ATTACK   20 -  22 -  1      48  |
|AIMED BLOW                       3         PARRY-STRIKE      23 -  26 -  1      47  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    2         SLASHING ATTACK   38 -  51 -  3      43  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   1         AIMED BLOW        10 -  19 -  1      34  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      0         PARRY-LUNGE        0 -   0 -  0       0  |

Turn 178 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:

WALL OF STEEL      4 -  1     PARRY-STRIKE       2 -  3         3  WALL OF STEEL  
AIMED BLOW         2 -  1     SLASHING ATTACK    3 -  6         2  SLASHING ATTACK
TOTAL PARRY        4 -  2     PARRY-LUNGE        0 -  0         1  PARRY-STRIKE   
PARRY-RIPOSTE      1 -  1     STRIKING ATTACK    0 -  4         1  AIMED BLOW     
LUNGING ATTACK     4 -  4     BASHING ATTACK     0 -  1         1  STRIKING ATTACK
                                                                1  PARRY-RIPOSTE  
                                                                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            19  10  0  121 WAY OF ALL FLESH (17)
PARRY-STRIKE     VERTEX 1025                16   9  1  116 PIXELBENDERS (36)
PARRY-RIPOSTE    VANILLA ISIS 948           19   8  2   92 WAY OF ALL FLESH (17)
SLASHING ATTACK  WOLVERINE 946              19  18  0   88 HERO'S INC (67)
TOTAL PARRY      PASCAL LYNXEAR 1019        20   7  0   75 DARQUE KNIGHTS (22)
LUNGING ATTACK   TALA ONE-HAND 1097          9   1  0   75 DARQUE KNIGHTS (22)
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 HOLLOW 995, 
DOCTOR LION 1127, PANDA 1132, COR SEVENBLADES 1032, VERTEX 1025, TRAPS 983, UNDO 
1066, MR. ROOT 994, YA'LL QAEDA 928, and COMMAND X 1060.

The least popular fighter this week was PASCAL LYNXEAR 1019.  The other ten least 
popular fighters were OKSTUPID 950, MECHADEPLORABLE 1080, LORELEI 1044, BOZO THE 
CLOWN 1131, HELSTAR 976, DYNAMITE 1151, GOAT WITH NO NAME 1148, YUTO 1016, LECTER 
1116, and CROAKER 1086.

The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn:

YA'LL QAEDA (20-928) WAY OF ALL FLESH (17)