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DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date : 07/18/2015 Duedate: 08/14/2015

CHIMLEVTAL ARENA

DM-31 TURN-385

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

ARSON
THE CANUCKS (58)
(31-6439) [17-14-0,99]

Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader

ARSON POSITION IS EMPTY
THE CANUCKS (58)
(31-6439) [17-14-0,99]

Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite

ARSON ODACHI
THE CANUCKS (58) AVENGERS (146)
(31-6439) [17-14-0,99] (31-6569) [7-11-1,39]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

JUST DESSERTS (569)

TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. THE CANUCKS (58) 56
2. WHAMMO & THUDDA 4U! (378) 40 USEFUL WEAPONS (636)
3. THE STORM REAVERS (408) 32 Unchartered Team
4. BASH BROS OCEAN (627) 24
5. MILITARY MAYHEM (89) 19 ROGUES (157)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1/ 1 USEFUL WEAPONS (636) 95 46 3 67.4 1/ 1 JUST DESSERTS (569) 8 6 2
2/ 2 BASH BROS OCEAN (627) 70 50 5 58.3 2/ 6 THE CANUCKS (58) 6 3 0
3/ 8 LANGUAGE BARRIER (646) 38 31 2 55.1 3/ 4 MILITARY MAYHEM (89) 6 7 1
4/ 4 NUMBERS GAME (403) 356 295 25 54.7 4/ 2 AVENGERS (146) 6 7 1
5/ 6 WHAMMO & THUDDA 4U (378) 377 326 15 53.6 5/10 LANGUAGE BARRIER (646) 5 2 0
6/ 7 MILITARY MAYHEM (89) 303 267 20 53.2 6/ 7 WHAMMO & THUDDA 4U (378) 4 5 0
7/ 9 AVENGERS (146) 350 358 28 49.4 7/ 3 BASH BROS OCEAN (627) 4 11 0
8/10 JUST DESSERTS (569) 83 88 5 48.5 8/ 5 USEFUL WEAPONS (636) 3 3 0
9/11 THE STORM REAVERS (408) 203 233 20 46.6 9/ 9 THE STORM REAVERS (408) 2 3 0
10/12 THE CANUCKS (58) 337 401 28 45.7 10/ 8 NUMBERS GAME (403) 2 5 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.

Hail and well met, Chimlevtal!
First off, condolences to Cobol and Language Barrier. It's not easy to lose a
veteran fighter. We should know, we lost 24-fight veteran Sojutsu a couple of turns
ago.
Despite the spy's request last turn, I've decided not to issue any challenges of
my own, but I did issue 2 avoids to the warriors that can challenge me. I'm going to
see what I can do via random matchup. My manager's memory is going bad in his old
age, but he's pretty sure that I'm one of the worst, if not the worst Avengers fighter
to ever hold the title. That being said, it will be interesting to see if I can
continue to hold the crown.
Not too much to tell this turn. Best of luck to everyone.

-- Ishibo

SPY REPORT

First things first, since such events are widely considered the premier test of
skill and more importantly, caused our own games to be delayed several days. I hear
that transportation issues added to the delay. Nevertheless, our games have occured
and all is back in order. Only 5 warriors participated in the tourney (1 more in an
advanced class, but such things are not of interest to me, since those warriors will
never again participate on the sands here in Chimlevtal (except perhaps as coaches and
such). And I am proud to say that while we didn't have the numbers, we did our city
proud, going 17-15-1. No awards (though Candlestick and Captain Jack came close).
And whoever said you can't succeed by simply throwing everything and The Kitchen Sink
into a tourney and expect any kind of success has never tried sending The Kitchen
Sink. Good job, ending hopefully a very good warrior's career short.
For the throne, the unlikely Ishibo was matched against Arson. Sadly (at least
sadly for the Avengers and all who love the underdog), Ishibo went back to his losing
ways and Arson proudly holds the throne now. Thanks for the column, Ishibo! While I
am not an underdog lover, I love the way you took the throne!!!
Arson, in addition to holding the throne, also holds the recognition leader and
career popularity awards. Add to that a 4-1 turn and the team on the move award and
you suddenly have a turn to be proud of!
Brutalix rests his pride on his undefeated streak. 6-0 Baby! This turn he
knocked off the mighty Fratsfa Slave. It makes one wonder, given his recent
inactivity if something else wasn't going on behind the scenes to make this fight
happen.
Odachi was the most popular warrior of the turn, losing a tough one in 4 minutes
to the young Bombardier Jet. I'm sure we all can read between the lines and know what
happened in this fight, even if we didn't see or hear about it.
Speaking of such things, we had a Scum vs. Scum fight. Mother Lode and Queen of
the North went at it (or whatever you call such things) for 18 minutes. I hear there
were still fans in the stands, too, though apparently there was a great show being
made by an infant.
The most challenged warrior was Shark. He lost to Fhtagn. 17 warriors made 30
avoids. Avengers, Storm Reavers, Just Desserts, and Ottobahn received 4 each. No
kills (sadness). 7 DA's, 1 Bloodfeud (successful), 4 Challenges, and 14 other fights.
Finally (and perhaps my favorite fight of the cycle). Dr. Sox challenged Pumpkin
Roll. Dr. Sox handily defeated Pumpkin Roll in a 1 minute uneven Challenge melee.
Short and sweet, but given their records and respective carers (Pumpkin Roll has been
stellar and had started another 3 win streak going into the fight), and the result, it
was for me, the most compelling fight of the turn. Until next time!!!

-- Belinda

DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
ARSON 6439 17 14 0 99 THE CANUCKS (58)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
RYO 6470 14 14 1 98 AVENGERS (146)
-NINE-TAILED FOX 6359 12 7 0 94 NUMBERS GAME (403)

CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
DR. SOX 6488 12 13 0 86 WHAMMO & THUDDA 4U! (378)
-CANDLESTICK 6623 6 1 0 84 USEFUL WEAPONS (636)
ISHIBO 6441 12 22 2 79 AVENGERS (146)
BRUTALIX 6646 6 0 0 69 WHAMMO & THUDDA 4U! (378)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
WAVES TOO BIG 6659 6 1 0 66 BASH BROS OCEAN (627)
MOTHER LODE 6454 10 2 0 62 JUST DESSERTS (569)
PUMPKIN ROLL 6431 9 3 1 61 JUST DESSERTS (569)
PRAIRIE FIRE 6527 12 9 1 57 THE CANUCKS (58)

ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
QUEEN OF THE NORTH 6466 14 10 0 54 THE CANUCKS (58)
FHTAGN 6516 8 16 0 54 WHAMMO & THUDDA 4U! (378)
SHARK 6525 11 13 0 46 BASH BROS OCEAN (627)
ELUSIVE 12TH 6432 6 3 0 45 NUMBERS GAME (403)
C++ 6619 9 7 0 44 LANGUAGE BARRIER (646)
DENTARG 6621 6 3 0 43 THE STORM REAVERS (408)
BOMBARDIER JET 6528 3 0 0 41 MILITARY MAYHEM (89)
ODACHI 6569 7 11 1 39 AVENGERS (146)
WET NOODLE 6556 6 4 0 35 USEFUL WEAPONS (636)
BASIC 6627 6 2 0 35 LANGUAGE BARRIER (646)

CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-ADIOS AMIGO 6634 4 5 3 33 AVENGERS (146)
DRANOSH 6631 3 3 1 25 THE STORM REAVERS (408)
-HAT PIN 6666 2 1 1 25 USEFUL WEAPONS (636)
SPECTRUM 6681 2 0 0 25 AVENGERS (146)
SEAGULL 6649 3 5 2 24 BASH BROS OCEAN (627)
KLONDIKE 6632 3 5 0 24 THE CANUCKS (58)

INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
FORTRAN 6656 4 0 0 20 LANGUAGE BARRIER (646)
FJOLNIR 6660 2 1 1 17 LANGUAGE BARRIER (646)
PRIVATE PLACE 6522 2 3 0 17 MILITARY MAYHEM (89)
WHIP 6629 3 4 0 13 USEFUL WEAPONS (636)
PYTHON 6683 1 0 0 10 LANGUAGE BARRIER (646)
GUL'DAN 6671 1 0 0 10 THE STORM REAVERS (408)
EVE OF DESTRUCTION 6685 1 0 0 10 THE CANUCKS (58)
311 6576 2 3 0 9 NUMBERS GAME (403)
FROG-EYE SALAD 6680 0 1 0 7 JUST DESSERTS (569)
BROKEN GLASS 6687 0 1 0 2 BASH BROS OCEAN (627)
3005 6682 0 1 0 1 NUMBERS GAME (403)
VOL'JIN 6684 0 1 0 1 THE STORM REAVERS (408)

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

THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
SOJUTSU 6482 12 12 1 AVENGERS 146 PUMPKIN ROLL 6431 383
BOTTOM OF THE SE 6686 0 1 0 BASH BROS OCEAN 627 THE RAGE MAN 385 NONE
CHOCO TACO 6390 4 4 1 JUST DESSERTS 569 PREACHER 385 NONE
THE KITCHEN SINK 6388 5 4 0 JUST DESSERTS 569 BANDIT PRINCE 385 NONE
COBOL 6617 11 4 1 LANGUAGE BARRIER 646 ISHIBO 6441 384
CAPTAIN MORGAN 6283 4 2 0 MILITARY MAYHEM 89 CHOCO TACO 6390 383 REVENGED
RAW RECRUIT 6 6688 0 1 0 MILITARY MAYHEM 89 SHEWISH GIANT 385 NONE

THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
RAW RECRUIT 7 6689 0 1 0 MILITARY MAYHEM 89 STONE GOLEM 385 NONE
LONGEST TWO MINU 6669 0 1 0 NUMBERS GAME 403 WURM KIN 385 NONE
MAPLE LEIF 6662 1 2 0 THE CANUCKS 58 ADIOS AMIGO 6634 381 REVENGED
AZOG THE DEFILER 6664 0 1 0 THE STORM REAVER 408 HIGH ELF 385 NONE
WALKING CANE 6645 1 4 0 USEFUL WEAPONS 636 SEAGULL 6649 382 JUST REVENGED

PERSONAL ADS

Cain't winnum, gotta jinum! -- Smithy

Uh, loosely translated, I think that means that Smithy feels if everyone else is going
to be quiet (shhhhhhh) in personal ads, he will have to join them and do the same. --
Lady Smith

Sad, sad, sad. -- Lady Smith

Odashi -- Next time I will try to parry. This fight was all strike. -- C++

Ishibo -- I tip my hat to the DM who took down an overachiever. COBOL was an 11-3-18-
17-12(+1)-17-7 SL. Very Little Endurance, Tremendous Damage. AdEx Init, Exp Att,
Decis. COBOL was +3 Attack, +3 Decis. He will be missed. -- Cunning Linguist, Mgr
Language Barrier

Ishibo -- I get first crack at you. -- BASIC

Lady Smith -- I guess I should clarify that a bit. I try to leave no evidence that
isn't natural. Also, I think most of these weapons are meant for humans, not birds.
-- Seagull

Mother Lode -- Good fight -- Shark

Pumpkin Roll -- And the streak is over. Though Assur tells me it shouldn't have
gotten that far. I say: when you see the wave, ride it! -- Waves Too Big

LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

THE KITCHEN SINK was dealt death by BANDIT PRINCE in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
CHOCO TACO was viciously butchered by PREACHER in a 4 minute Dark Arena battle.
AZOG THE DEFILER was assassinated by HIGH ELF in a 1 minute bloody Dark Arena duel.
BOTTOM OF THE SEA was viciously butchered by THE RAGE MAN in a 3 minute fight.
LONGEST TWO MINUTES was butchered by WURM KIN in a 1 minute Dark Arena brawl.
RAW RECRUIT 6 was slaughtered by SHEWISH GIANT in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
RAW RECRUIT 7 was dealt death by STONE GOLEM in a 2 minute bloody Dark Arena match.
WET NOODLE overcame SEAGULL in a 1 minute Bloodfeud fight.
DR. SOX handily defeated PUMPKIN ROLL in a 1 minute uneven Challenge melee.
FHTAGN overpowered SHARK in a popular 1 minute uneven Challenge duel.
C++ was overpowered by WAVES TOO BIG in a 1 minute uneven Challenge match.
WHIP was beaten by SPECTRUM in a 2 minute Challenge fight.
ISHIBO was demolished by ARSON in a crowd pleasing 1 minute mismatched Title match.
RYO savagely defeated KHALHUMS DWARF in a popular 3 minute bloody master's match.
MOTHER LODE outwaited QUEEN OF THE NORTH in a crowd boring 18 minute fight.
BRUTALIX overpowered FRATSFA SLAVE in a 1 minute uneven struggle.
ELUSIVE 12TH was overcome by PRAIRIE FIRE in a 1 minute bout.
ODACHI was unbelievably bested by BOMBARDIER JET in a crowd pleasing 4 minute brawl.
DENTARG beat THE USEROUS MERCHANT in a 2 minute brutal match.
BASIC beat DRANOSH in a popular 2 minute match.
KLONDIKE handily defeated 311 in a 1 minute mismatched competition.
PRIVATE PLACE was beaten by FJOLNIR in a 2 minute gruesome fight.
FORTRAN subdued BROKEN GLASS in a 3 minute beginner's bout.
FROG-EYE SALAD was vanquished by GUL'DAN in a 1 minute mismatched fray.
EVE OF DESTRUCTION overpowered 3005 in a 1 minute one-sided match.
VOL'JIN was overpowered by PYTHON 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 7 TOTAL PARRY 35 - 14 - 0 71 |
|LUNGING ATTACK 7 WALL OF STEEL 12 - 10 - 1 55 |
|BASHING ATTACK 7 STRIKING ATTACK 22 - 20 - 1 52 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 6 PARRY-LUNGE 11 - 11 - 2 50 |
|TOTAL PARRY 5 SLASHING ATTACK 25 - 25 - 1 50 |
|AIMED BLOW 3 LUNGING ATTACK 35 - 41 - 5 46 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 2 PARRY-RIPOSTE 5 - 6 - 0 45 |
|WALL OF STEEL 2 AIMED BLOW 17 - 24 - 2 41 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 2 PARRY-STRIKE 7 - 11 - 0 39 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 1 BASHING ATTACK 19 - 32 - 4 37 |

Turn 385 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 2 - 1 LUNGING ATTACK 3 - 4 3 LUNGING ATTACK
TOTAL PARRY 3 - 2 BASHING ATTACK 2 - 5 2 STRIKING ATTACK
STRIKING ATTACK 4 - 3 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 1 2 SLASHING ATTACK
PARRY-LUNGE 1 - 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 2 1 PARRY-LUNGE
SLASHING ATTACK 3 - 3 1 BASHING ATTACK
WALL OF STEEL 1 - 1 1 AIMED BLOW
1 TOTAL PARRY

TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
STRIKING ATTACK ARSON 6439 17 14 0 99 THE CANUCKS (58)
AIMED BLOW BRUTALIX 6646 6 0 0 69 WHAMMO & THUDDA 4U! (378)
SLASHING ATTACK WAVES TOO BIG 6659 6 1 0 66 BASH BROS OCEAN (627)
TOTAL PARRY MOTHER LODE 6454 10 2 0 62 JUST DESSERTS (569)
LUNGING ATTACK PUMPKIN ROLL 6431 9 3 1 61 JUST DESSERTS (569)
PARRY-RIPOSTE ELUSIVE 12TH 6432 6 3 0 45 NUMBERS GAME (403)
PARRY-STRIKE C++ 6619 9 7 0 44 LANGUAGE BARRIER (646)
BASHING ATTACK WET NOODLE 6556 6 4 0 35 USEFUL WEAPONS (636)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is ARSON 6439. The most popular warrior this turn was
ODACHI 6569. The ten other most popular fighters were CHOCO TACO 6390, DRANOSH 6631,
RYO 6470, RAW RECRUIT 7 6689, DENTARG 6621, BROKEN GLASS 6687, THE KITCHEN SINK 6388,
DR. SOX 6488, FHTAGN 6516, and SPECTRUM 6681.

The least popular fighter this week was MOTHER LODE 6454. The other ten least
popular fighters were QUEEN OF THE NORTH 6466, VOL'JIN 6684, 3005 6682, FROG-EYE
SALAD 6680, 311 6576, ELUSIVE 12TH 6432, ISHIBO 6441, C++ 6619, PUMPKIN ROLL 6431,
and RAW RECRUIT 6 6688.

ATTENTION: ALL MANAGERS WHO ARE ATTENDING THE FACE-TO-FACE

If you plan to attend the Winter Face-to-Face in Phoenix, please let Customer Service
know. We will hold your turns for the few days preceding the tourney, starting with
anything that would mail out on the previous Saturday. (This means that games due on
Thursday the 9th (which would mail on Friday) would probably mail to you, but games
due on the 10th and thereafter will be held and delivered to you at the tournament.
This way, you won't have to worry about not receiving a critical turn before you
depart for Newark, and you also don't have to worry about whether you can get a
reprint before the first turn of the tournament is due.

See you there!

RSI