DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 07/04/2016    Duedate: 07/30/2016

CHIMLEVTAL ARENA

DM-31    TURN-396

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

CANDLESTICK
USEFUL WEAPONS (636)
(31-6623) [13-3-0,131]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

STRATOS                        SILVER GLASS
OTTOBAHN (639)                 BOOK OF THOMAS (652)
(31-6499) [12-4-0,136]         (31-6748) [5-0-0,37]

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

FHTAGN                         FHTAGN
WHAMMO & THUDDA 4U! (378)      WHAMMO & THUDDA 4U! (378)
(31-6516) [14-21-1,102]        (31-6516) [14-21-1,102]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

SHADOWHOLD (640)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. OTTOBAHN (639)              62
2. BOOK OF THOMAS (652)        48      USEFUL WEAPONS (636)
3. NUMBERS GAME (403)          31      Unchartered Team
4. WHAMMO & THUDDA 4U! (378)   21
5. SHADOWHOLD (640)            19      BOOK OF THOMAS (652)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 1 USEFUL WEAPONS (636)     112  62  3 64.4   1/ 2 SHADOWHOLD (640)          8  6 0
 2/ 5 OTTOBAHN (639)            54  42  4 56.3   2/ 1*BIRDS (647)               8  7 0
 3/10*BOOK OF THOMAS (652)      14  11  0 56.0   3/ 4*BOOK OF THOMAS (652)      7  1 0
 4/ 4 NUMBERS GAME (403)       374 314 27 54.4   4/ 7 WHAMMO & THUDDA 4U (378)  6  3 2
 5/ 6 WHAMMO & THUDDA 4U (378) 398 341 17 53.9   5/11 OTTOBAHN (639)            6  3 1
 6/ 3 BASH BROS OCEAN (627)     89  77  5 53.6   6/ 3 NUMBERS GAME (403)        5  8 0
 7/ 7 MILITARY MAYHEM (89)     315 277 21 53.2   7/10 MILITARY MAYHEM (89)      4  4 0
 8/ 2*BIRDS (647)               10  10  0 50.0   8/ 6 BASH BROS OCEAN (627)     4  6 0
 9/ 8 AVENGERS (146)           371 384 28 49.1   9- 5 WHAT GAUL! (586)          3  1 0
10/ 9 SHADOWHOLD (640)          40  43  4 48.2  10/ 8 USEFUL WEAPONS (636)      3  3 0
11-11 WHAT GAUL! (586)          25  41  3 37.9  11/ 9 AVENGERS (146)            1  8 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.

     Time for a Useful Weapon to take over.  So, here I am.  Candlestick, your 
Duelmaster. 
     So let's get down to brass tacks.  (Har, har, get it?  Brass.)  I am designed to 
hold fire, leave indentations in heads, and to look real pretty -- especially if you 
like polished brass.  I do all three well.  Just ask Ishibo!
     I expect one more fight here, then on to New Orleans as a Champion, hopefully 
immortal champion. Will the goddesses of RSI comply?  Only if lightning strikes, I 
guess. (wink)
     So here I am. Come and get me. Bash Bros excluded.

                                          Candlestick, Duelmaster

                                      SPY REPORT

     What's up, Chimlevtal?!?  That break in fighting did me in.  I wasn't ready for 
another round of turns so close to the prior turn!  That's right!!! Always blame 
everything on the Commission!!!  It was their fault I didn't get a spy report done 
last turn!  And that wasn't me stumbling drunk between fights, either!  It was my 
sister.  We look alike! 
     I've heard of writing in the light of a candlestick, but this is honestly the 
first time I've heard of the CANDLESTICK writing.  A beautiful column and an even more 
beautiful challenge by our Duelmaster.  It wasn't a 100 point bloodfeud, but it was a 
challenge to the worst warrior in the Challenger Champs and the only such warrior with 
a losing record.  Nobody will be surprised to hear that we still have the flaming 
beacon lighting the throne.  Though he has been the most challenged before, ISHIBO did 
not hold that honor this time.
     The most challenged warrior was BLUEBIRD.  Now that is a puzzle to me. Why would 
everyone want a piece of a blue bird?  I'm guessing the answer is apathy and my 
scribes don't realize that reporting the most challenged warrior on 1-2 challenges 
isn't very interesting.  It does suggest that apathy is high. Or that this place has 
grown even more Andorian-like than it was when I came here.  Why do you all play so 
nice?!?  You know I'll raise your evil deeds high (well, if they work.  If they don't, 
I'll ridicule you all day long).
     Speaking of such ridicule.  POOL CUE did make a down challenge this turn! And to 
an 0-4 warrior, no less!  What a thing of beauty!  Except...  The POOL CUE was a tool 
all right.  It was broken like a twig and used for at least 3 different things in the 
GREAT ESCAPE.  Congratulations to BOOK OF THOMAS for leaving the ranks of futility 
behind.
     There were 2 kills this turn.  The first was MERAK coming back after killing a 
not-so-High Elf.  Congrats to him.  I heard the latest odds were 3 to 2 that he would 
be sent back for a second round this turn.  The second was our popularity leader, 
FHTAGN.  As you know I love those undefeated and futility streaks.  And BOMBARDIER JET 
had a perfect 6-0 going into the turn.  If he had survived, he would have learned that 
a bit of humility (as well as being careful about jumping up the ranks too quickly) is 
healthy.  Instead, his manager will have to be satisfied with one of those beautiful 
recruits the Commission calls replacement warriors!  Some of them can identify the 
pointy end without any training!!!
     Ten Teams fought.  I suppose one of them might have been better than all the 
rest, but I'm feeling ornery, under-appreciated, and definitely under-paid, so 
figuring that out is just not happening.  Lungers were perfect on the day. WHAMMO & 
THUDDA 4U avoided USEFUL WEAPONS.  There were 40 warriors fighting in 22 fights (3 
DA's, 1 successful BF, 8 challenges).
     And that is what I call a spy report for the 396th turn of this arena, which 
comes out to about 30 and a half years of fighting. 

                                          -- Belinda 

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 CANDLESTICK 6623             13   3  0   131       USEFUL WEAPONS (636)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 STRATOS 6499                 12   4  0   136       OTTOBAHN (639)
-TAR 6553                      7   1  0   126       BASH BROS OCEAN (627)
 NINE-TAILED FOX 6359         18  10  0   102       NUMBERS GAME (403)
 FHTAGN 6516                  14  21  1   102       WHAMMO & THUDDA 4U! (378)
 WAVES TOO BIG 6659           12   6  0    92       BASH BROS OCEAN (627)
 BRUTALIX 6646                10   5  1    91       WHAMMO & THUDDA 4U! (378)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 ISHIBO 6441                  18  27  2    87       AVENGERS (146)
 HUAYRA 6501                  11   9  1    86       OTTOBAHN (639)
 UVEAX SKULLMAKER 6602         7   2  1    70       SHADOWHOLD (640)
 YETI 6497                    13   9  1    68       OTTOBAHN (639)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SHARK 6525                   14  20  0    62       BASH BROS OCEAN (627)
 KANEN VILESTAR 6601           5   2  0    62       SHADOWHOLD (640)
 ODACHI 6569                  11  18  1    60       AVENGERS (146)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 ARNAGE 6563                   9   7  0    53       OTTOBAHN (639)
-GETAFIX 5708                  6   8  1    51       WHAT GAUL! (586)
 MERAK 6600                    4   6  1    49       OTTOBAHN (639)
-OBELIX 5705                   6   8  1    47       WHAT GAUL! (586)
-FORINPOLITIX 5808             6   5  1    40       WHAT GAUL! (586)
 URAKO WITSTEALER 6505         8  10  1    39       SHADOWHOLD (640)
 1-800-VICTORY 6727            4   0  0    39       NUMBERS GAME (403)
-CAPTAIN JACK 6677             4   1  0    39       MILITARY MAYHEM (89)
 SILVER GLASS 6748             5   0  0    37       BOOK OF THOMAS (652)
-ADIOS AMIGO 6634              8   9  3    36       AVENGERS (146)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 OROKE STONEMAGUS 6603         4   6  2    30       SHADOWHOLD (640)
-BROKEN GLASS 6753             3   2  0    30       BASH BROS OCEAN (627)
 DA ZAGAGNA 6672               3   0  0    30       WHAMMO & THUDDA 4U! (378)
 POWERSLAVE 6724               4   2  0    27       WHAMMO & THUDDA 4U! (378)
 BLUEBIRD 6635                 3   1  0    26       BIRDS (647)
-UMBRELLA 6765                 4   1  0    24       USEFUL WEAPONS (636)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 AKETI WARSINGER 6777          2   0  0    23       SHADOWHOLD (640)
 BRUTE FORCE 6772              3   0  0    22       BOOK OF THOMAS (652)
 TOUCAN 6638                   3   1  0    21       BIRDS (647)
 ARCTIC NIGHT 6773             2   0  0    19       BOOK OF THOMAS (652)
-WHIP 6629                     4   5  0    17       USEFUL WEAPONS (636)
 SERGEANT SCHULTZ 6736         2   4  1    17       MILITARY MAYHEM (89)
 GREAT ESCAPE 6771             1   4  0    17       BOOK OF THOMAS (652)
-WINEANDSPIRIX 5896            3   4  0    14       WHAT GAUL! (586)
 SGT. ROCK 6775                1   0  0    14       MILITARY MAYHEM (89)
 SLING SHOT 6729               3   4  0    13       USEFUL WEAPONS (636)
 STOLEN DANCE 6786             1   0  0    13       BOOK OF THOMAS (652)
 POOL CUE 6755                 2   4  0    10       USEFUL WEAPONS (636)
 COLONEL KLINK 6735            2   3  0     9       MILITARY MAYHEM (89)
 SEAGULL 6637                  2   2  0     8       BIRDS (647)
 GOLDFINCH 6636                1   3  0     6       BIRDS (647)
 WREN 6639                     1   3  0     6       BIRDS (647)
-SPECTRUM 6776                 1   3  0     6       AVENGERS (146)
 3 NIGHTS IN VEGAS 6774        0   5  0     5       NUMBERS GAME (403)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-RED PEPPER 6788               0   1  0     1       AVENGERS (146)

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
COLD WATER 6789         1  1 0 BASH BROS OCEAN 627  ARENAMASTER LEVT      396  NONE
HIGH ELF                0  0 0 DARK ARENA           MERAK 6600            396  NONE
BOMBARDIER JET 6528     6  1 0 MILITARY MAYHEM 89   FHTAGN 6516           396   
ELUSIVE 12TH 6432      11  6 1 NUMBERS GAME 403     BRUTALIX 6646         395  JUST REVENGED
LXXXIV 6782             1  3 0 NUMBERS GAME 403     LIGHTBRINGER          396  NONE

                                     PERSONAL ADS

Chimlevtal!  What is going on in Chimlevtal?!  No personals?  We lost our good spy 
reporter?  (Probably went on to some start-up company.)  No DM Column?  Bash Brothers 
get top team-on-the-move?  The sky is falling!  The sky is falling! -- Lady Smith

Yowser!  Me candlestick done git top spot.  Muh kina guy! -- Smithy

Broken Glass, no fair!  You cut my string!  You cretin! -- Slingshot

Wren, I covered you like an umb, er, a, blanket. -- Umbrella

Ishigo, you were just in the wrong place (Dining Room) talking to Mr. Green at the 
wrong time.  Maybe next game? -- Candlestick

Brutalix -- Not cool.  We at least attempt to avenge our dead around here. -- Numbers 
Game

RIP Elusive 12th!  He had a better record than his stats should've allowed but had no 
career beyond Chimlevtal.

Due to the irresponsible slaying of our warrior we have a new recruit to introduce.  
He's not much in the height department, but he makes up for it in character!  He is 
Brexit 2016!! -- Nine Tailed Fox

LG -- I feel as though I still owe you a few challenges. -- Assur

Da Zagagna -- You sure zagagna'd me. -- Seagull

Nine-Tailed Fox -- Next time we fight in the water and see what happens. -- Shark

Sling Shot -- You are useless against me.  Nothing you can do can hurt me any more. -- 
Broken Glass

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

MERAK delivered the death blow upon HIGH ELF in a 2 minute Dark Arena fight.
LXXXIV was dealt death by LIGHTBRINGER in a exciting 1 minute Dark Arena duel.
COLD WATER was murdered by ARENAMASTER LEVTANI in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
NINE-TAILED FOX bested BRUTALIX in a 1 minute one-sided Bloodfeud contest.
CANDLESTICK overpowered ISHIBO in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge Title match.
UVEAX SKULLMAKER devastated SHARK in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge duel.
KANEN VILESTAR was viciously subdued by HUAYRA in a 2 minute Challenge match.
OROKE STONEMAGUS was defeated by 1-800-VICTORY in a 2 minute Challenge melee.
POOL CUE lost to GREAT ESCAPE in a action packed 3 minute Challenge duel.
SLING SHOT was vanquished by BLUEBIRD in a 1 minute uneven Challenge fight.
DA ZAGAGNA won victory over TOUCAN in a popular 5 minute Challenge fight.
COLONEL KLINK was overpowered by ARCTIC NIGHT in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge melee.
WAVES TOO BIG was overpowered by STRATOS in a 1 minute one-sided match.
FHTAGN viciously butchered BOMBARDIER JET in a exciting 3 minute mismatched conflict.
ODACHI slimly lost to YETI in a crowd pleasing 4 minute gory master's bout.
ARNAGE vanquished URAKO WITSTEALER in a action packed 2 minute mismatched bout.
SILVER GLASS handily defeated SERGEANT SCHULTZ in a 1 minute mismatched bout.
AKETI WARSINGER devastated 3 NIGHTS IN VEGAS in a 1 minute one-sided brawl.
POWERSLAVE beat SEAGULL in a exciting 4 minute brutal match.
BRUTE FORCE narrowly defeated WREN in a crowd pleasing 3 minute bloody fight.
GOLDFINCH was bested by STOLEN DANCE in a popular 1 minute bout.
SGT. ROCK outwaited EMBEZZLING SCRIBE in a action packed 7 minute novice's match.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|STRIKING ATTACK                  7         TOTAL PARRY       11 -   4 -  0      73  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   6         LUNGING ATTACK    32 -  19 -  2      63  |
|AIMED BLOW                       6         WALL OF STEEL     19 -  14 -  0      58  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    5         BASHING ATTACK    23 -  19 -  1      55  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  5         PARRY-RIPOSTE      8 -   7 -  0      53  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   4         STRIKING ATTACK   24 -  32 -  0      43  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      4         AIMED BLOW        23 -  33 -  2      41  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      2         SLASHING ATTACK   22 -  32 -  1      41  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     1         PARRY-STRIKE       3 -   5 -  0      38  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    0         PARRY-LUNGE        6 -  14 -  0      30  |

Turn 396 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:

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

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
STRIKING ATTACK  CANDLESTICK 6623           13   3  0  131 USEFUL WEAPONS (636)
LUNGING ATTACK   NINE-TAILED FOX 6359       18  10  0  102 NUMBERS GAME (403)
SLASHING ATTACK  WAVES TOO BIG 6659         12   6  0   92 BASH BROS OCEAN (627)
AIMED BLOW       BRUTALIX 6646              10   5  1   91 WHAMMO & THUDDA 4U! (378)
BASHING ATTACK   UVEAX SKULLMAKER 6602       7   2  1   70 SHADOWHOLD (640)
WALL OF STEEL    YETI 6497                  13   9  1   68 OTTOBAHN (639)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is FHTAGN 6516.  The most popular warrior this turn was 
FHTAGN 6516.  The ten other most popular fighters were ODACHI 6569, GREAT ESCAPE 
6771, BRUTE FORCE 6772, HUAYRA 6501, TOUCAN 6638, ARNAGE 6563, POWERSLAVE 6724, 
SEAGULL 6637, 1-800-VICTORY 6727, and YETI 6497.

The least popular fighter this week was SGT. ROCK 6775.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were 3 NIGHTS IN VEGAS 6774, SERGEANT SCHULTZ 6736, WAVES TOO BIG 6659, DA 
ZAGAGNA 6672, SLING SHOT 6729, SHARK 6525, ISHIBO 6441, COLD WATER 6789, BOMBARDIER 
JET 6528, and COLONEL KLINK 6735.