DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 08/28/2017    Duedate: 09/23/2017

CHIMLEVTAL ARENA

DM-31    TURN-411

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

ODACHI
AVENGERS (146)
(31-6569) [19-25-1,111]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

ODACHI                         SECOND BASE
AVENGERS (146)                 AFTER MIDNIGHT (662)
(31-6569) [19-25-1,111]        (31-6873) [5-1-1,51]

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

ODACHI                         NECKTIE
AVENGERS (146)                 USEFUL WEAPONS (636)
(31-6569) [19-25-1,111]        (31-6827) [4-4-0,16]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

AFTER MIDNIGHT (662)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. AVENGERS (146)              28
2. SHADOWHOLD (640)            25      USEFUL WEAPONS (636)
3. BOOK OF THOMAS (652)        17      Unchartered Team
4. YUPPIE HORDE II (661)       14
5. AFTER MIDNIGHT (662)         5      AFTER MIDNIGHT (662)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1- 1*CRIMSON SPRAY (663)        4   1  1 80.0   1/ 2*AFTER MIDNIGHT (662)      8  7 0
 2/ 2 USEFUL WEAPONS (636)     145  85  6 63.0   2/ 4 AVENGERS (146)            7  7 0
 3/ 3*AFTER MIDNIGHT (662)      16  14  2 53.3   3/ 5 SHADOWHOLD (640)          5  2 1
 4- 4 MILITARY MAYHEM (89)     329 291 24 53.1   4/ 3 USEFUL WEAPONS (636)      5  5 0
 5/ 5 SHADOWHOLD (640)          73  68  8 51.8   5/ 1 BASH BROS OCEAN (627)     5  6 0
 6/ 7 BASH BROS OCEAN (627)    109 105  5 50.9   6- 7*CRIMSON SPRAY (663)       4  1 1
 7/ 6 BOOK OF THOMAS (652)      21  21  2 50.0   7/ 8 YUPPIE HORDE II (661)     4  1 0
 8/ 8 AVENGERS (146)           401 424 29 48.6   8/ 9 BOOK OF THOMAS (652)      4  8 0
 9/10 YUPPIE HORDE II (661)     29  33  1 46.8   9- 6 MILITARY MAYHEM (89)      3  6 2
10/ 0 ALL NIGHT LONG (570)      71  87  6 44.9  10/ 0 ALL NIGHT LONG (570)      1  4 0
11/ 0*MYSTERIES (434)            0   1  0  0.0  11/ 0*MYSTERIES (434)           0  1 0

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

                                      SPY REPORT

     This week, I will start with the team news (even though it is probably not the 
best news of the turn.  I give my 'best' of the turn to the AVENGERS.  Most 
importantly, they claimed 4 awards and even though 3 were won by the same warrior, it 
is still a lot of awards.  If I was sympathetic, I'd have empathy that they missed out 
on winning 5.  But since I'm not so nice, I laugh!  4 awards and they only get credit 
for 2!!!  The did have a nice 3-1 record, too; more wins than everyone except 
SHADOWHOLD.  SHADOWHOLD also won 3, but had 2 losses.  To their credit, they added a 
kill as well.  But their medicore turn only gets them a 4th place finish for the "best 
team this turn."  AFTER MIDNIGHT and USEFUL WEAPONS claimed the rest of the awards for 
the turn and get my #2 and #3 spots.  It seems rare that so few teams gather all the 
awards here, which is why I gave the nod to those teams.
     There were only two challenges this turn, both by USEFUL WEAPONS.  And as is so 
often the case, the down challenger won while the up challenger lost. When will you 
people understand that while the rankings aren't perfect, they do mean something.  
More of the warriors below your own warrior are worse than the warriors above your 
warrior.  Even better, the down challenge was a scum fight!!!  DC and scum your 
opponent!  Classic!
     There were 12 other fights and 28 total warriors represented 9 teams (though one 
warrior/team was likely not suppposed to be here).  Those totals do not include the 4 
Dark Arena fights (the only surprise there was TERROR TWIN, a 13-16-1 warrior, getting 
the honor to fight at night).
     There was one casualty outside the Dark Arena.  And serves BASH BROS OCEAN right.  
CLOSED BEACH?!?  That just isn't acceptable!  Two other warriors also deserve mention.  
SKIN A. MAX has reached 3-0.  A nice start, but we all know how difficult it is to 
maintain starts like that!  NECKTIE gets a different type of mention.  He was the most 
challenged warrior, and yet he was matched up with a warrior. (probably this means 
there weren't many total challenges and the one or two challenges made against NECKTIE 
weren't recognized).
     USEFUL WEAPONS seems to be getting a lot of mentions and they also get mentioned 
in the avoids situation for the turn.  USEFUL WEAPONS and AFTER MIDNIGHT collectively 
sent 6 avoids (3 each) to MILITARY MAYHEM, the most avoided team.  Pretty funny since 
MILITARY MAYHEM didn't fight.  So the other 15 avoids were much more useful than those 
6.
     URAKO WITSTEALER returned to action this turn and found himself matched against 
the duelmaster, ODACHI.  Aimed Blow versus Slasher.  The odds were heavily favoring 
the slasher (of course, that is to make sure there were bets for URAKO, so the house 
get their cut and make money).  ODACHI won and showed why at this level, slashers beat 
aimed blows.  It wasn't a very good fight and the only reason I mention it is because 
it IS the title fight.  Maybe OROKE will come back next turn and we'll have a Slasher 
versus Slasher fight. ODACHI will fight for the throne yet again (which surprises me - 
After two turns as duelmaster, I would have guessed the 50 fight warrior would get his 
invite, but not yet...)
     That all I have to report this time!  It was a nice day, being able to belittle 
LADY SMITH's stable and managing ability several times!  Though as much fun as it is 
to make fun of her, I am quick to admit that she does more than just about everyone 
here, writing ads almost every turn!  Thanks, LADY SMITH!  I appreciate you (for your 
activity and for being able to use you as my favorite punching bag - Sadly the ads 
were a bit garbled so I'll have to wait until later to read them once the computer 
system un-garbles them)

                                          -- Belinda

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 ODACHI 6569                  19  25  1   111       AVENGERS (146)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-TAR 6553                      7   1  0   126       BASH BROS OCEAN (627)
 OROKE STONEMAGUS 6603        14   8  3   105       SHADOWHOLD (640)
 PATRICK BATEMAN 6839         14  10  1    92       YUPPIE HORDE II (661)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SHARK 6525                   21  28  0    91       BASH BROS OCEAN (627)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 URAKO WITSTEALER 6505        15  15  3    88       SHADOWHOLD (640)
 VIP SECTION 5531             16  17  2    81       ALL NIGHT LONG (570)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SILVER GLASS 6748             8   1  0    66       BOOK OF THOMAS (652)
-CAPTAIN JACK 6677             7   4  0    64       MILITARY MAYHEM (89)
 ADIOS AMIGO 6634             12  19  3    60       AVENGERS (146)
 POOL CUE 6755                10   7  2    58       USEFUL WEAPONS (636)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-UMBRELLA 6765                 9   7  1    54       USEFUL WEAPONS (636)
 RED PEPPER 6788               8   7  0    52       AVENGERS (146)
 SECOND BASE 6873              5   1  1    51       AFTER MIDNIGHT (662)
 SPECTRUM 6776                 8  10  1    50       AVENGERS (146)
-SERGEANT SCHULTZ 6736         4   8  2    43       MILITARY MAYHEM (89)
-MAJOR DISASTER 6791           4   2  1    36       MILITARY MAYHEM (89)
-BUD FOX 6843                  7   6  0    35       YUPPIE HORDE II (661)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-ARCTIC NIGHT 6773             4   0  1    33       BOOK OF THOMAS (652)
 ACID 6852                     4   3  0    33       USEFUL WEAPONS (636)
-COLONEL KLINK 6735            5   6  1    32       MILITARY MAYHEM (89)
 SERENITY NOW! 6840            6   3  0    30       YUPPIE HORDE II (661)
 SKIN A. MAX 6373              3   0  0    30       ALL NIGHT LONG (570)
-SGT. ROCK 6775                3   2  0    29       MILITARY MAYHEM (89)
 WHITE LINE FEVER 6002         4   3  0    28       ALL NIGHT LONG (570)
 FIRST DATE 6872               4   2  1    24       AFTER MIDNIGHT (662)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 FOURTH SHOT 6876              3   3  0    23       AFTER MIDNIGHT (662)
 RICIVERA BATTLEBAT 6878       1   0  1    22       SHADOWHOLD (640)
-SLUGGERS WIFE 6884            1   0  0    21       CRIMSON SPRAY (663)
 LASSO 6865                    5   1  0    16       USEFUL WEAPONS (636)
 NECKTIE 6827                  4   4  0    16       USEFUL WEAPONS (636)
-RUFUS FLAME 6887              1   0  1    16       CRIMSON SPRAY (663)
 LITTER 6869                   3   2  0    13       BASH BROS OCEAN (627)
-GRETA GRIMSTARE 6886          1   0  0    13       CRIMSON SPRAY (663)
-THE BLUR 6885                 1   0  0    13       CRIMSON SPRAY (663)
 COPS! 6875                    3   3  0    12       AFTER MIDNIGHT (662)
 HAXE DOOMCARVER 6882          1   0  0    11       SHADOWHOLD (640)
-HOT SAND 6870                 2   2  0     8       BASH BROS OCEAN (627)
 THIRD BEER 6874               1   5  0     8       AFTER MIDNIGHT (662)
 BEHATTI 6434                  0   1  0     7       ALL NIGHT LONG (570)
-ALCOHOLIC UNCLE 6888          0   1  0     1       CRIMSON SPRAY (663)
 NEMRUT DAGI 3870              0   1  0     1       MYSTERIES (434)

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
TERROR TWIN 5620       13 16 1 ALL NIGHT LONG 570   LIGHTBRINGER          411  NONE
TAIHO KOKI 6831         2  9 0 AVENGERS 146         COLONEL KLINK 6735    410   
CLOSED BEACH 6895       1  1 0 BASH BROS OCEAN 627  RICIVERA BATTLEB 6878 411   
HE DIES 6901            0  1 0 BOOK OF THOMAS 652   LIGHTBRINGER          411  NONE
SHEDIES 6902            0  1 0 BOOK OF THOMAS 652   BLACK ORC             411  NONE
STOLEN DANCE 6786       3  1 1 BOOK OF THOMAS 652   SERGEANT SCHULTZ 6736 410   
UMBER ELLA 6899         0  1 0 SHADOWHOLD 640       WURM KIN              411  NONE
GROM HELLSCREAM 6861    1  2 0 THE STORM REAVER 408 STOLEN DANCE 6786     407  NONE
GUL'DAN 6671            6  1 0 THE STORM REAVER 408 OROKE STONEMAGUS 6603 408   

                                     PERSONAL ADS

Belinda, Belinda.  Why would you want to do that?  Calling First Date "unworthy" and 
implying worse stuff, just because she wrote a personal ad?  How mean and silly of you 
to pick on her like that.  I think I am going to tell your Great Great Uncle Mikey 
about this. -- Lady Smith

Kanen Vilestar, thank you for the opportunity to compete with a Lord Protector.  
Apparently I was neither skilled enough, nor good enough to compete, though.  But I 
suspect you and your manager are quite embarrassed not to have killed me.  Kinda pansy 
weak, don't you think?  I mean all your obvious massive experience and significant 
expertise, and all you can do is barely eke me out?  Tsk. Tsk. -- Umbrella, Useful 
Weapon

Shark?  I lost to you?  Oh, what the heck, a salute to you and your manager.  You both 
need someone to say something positive about both of you.  Have a nice day. -- Pool 
Cue, Useful Weapons

Third Beer, that is really your fourth and I am hoping you will have five. -- Lasso, 
Useful Weapon

Belinda!  Well done!  You finally wrote a decent spymaster column.  (Except for trying 
to belittle an ad writer.)  Who did you plagiarize? -- Lady Smith

Muh wepuns got sum gud stuf. yeah! -- Smithy

Uh, Crip; I knew that tabling with Mannequin was going to rub off on you.  A TC!  Two 
kills here!  Soon the world will be proclaiming Killer One and Killer Two. -- Lady 
Smith

Lasso -- Beauty is in the eye of the beer-holder. -- Third Beer

Litter -- Sorry about trashing you like that. -- First Date

Major Disaster -- I think you just had a meltdown. -- Second Base

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

TERROR TWIN was butchered by LIGHTBRINGER in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
HE DIES was murdered by LIGHTBRINGER in a 1 minute Dark Arena melee.
UMBER ELLA was murdered by WURM KIN in a 1 minute gruesome Dark Arena fight.
SHEDIES was butchered by BLACK ORC in a 1 minute Dark Arena contest.
ACID was luckily beaten by SECOND BASE in a 1 minute Challenge fight.
LASSO outlasted THIRD BEER in a unpopular 20 minute Challenge competition.
ODACHI vanquished URAKO WITSTEALER in a 1 minute mismatched Title fight.
SHARK was overpowered by OROKE STONEMAGUS in a 1 minute mismatched brawl.
PATRICK BATEMAN overpowered VIP SECTION in a 2 minute gruesome uneven melee.
SILVER GLASS won victory over RED PEPPER in a popular 1 minute duel.
SPECTRUM vanquished FIRST DATE in a 1 minute one-sided duel.
POOL CUE defeated SERENITY NOW! in a 2 minute match.
ADIOS AMIGO handily defeated WHITE LINE FEVER in a 1 minute one-sided bout.
NECKTIE was subdued by FOURTH SHOT in a 2 minute match.
COPS! was devastated by SKIN A. MAX in a exciting 1 minute mismatched conflict.
LITTER subdued BEHATTI in a 1 minute novice's brawl.
CLOSED BEACH was easily killed by RICIVERA BATTLEBAT in a 2 minute one-sided conflict.
HAXE DOOMCARVER vanquished NEMRUT DAGI in a 1 minute mismatched bout.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|BASHING ATTACK                   7         TOTAL PARRY       21 -  10 -  0      68  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  6         WALL OF STEEL     31 -  21 -  0      60  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    5         STRIKING ATTACK   29 -  25 -  3      54  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   4         SLASHING ATTACK   39 -  35 -  5      53  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  4         PARRY-STRIKE       1 -   1 -  0      50  |
|AIMED BLOW                       3         LUNGING ATTACK    26 -  26 -  6      50  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      1         PARRY-LUNGE        5 -   7 -  0      42  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      1         AIMED BLOW        14 -  22 -  2      39  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    1         BASHING ATTACK    29 -  51 -  3      36  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     0         PARRY-RIPOSTE      0 -   3 -  0       0  |

Turn 411 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     BASHING ATTACK     2 -  5         3  LUNGING ATTACK 
TOTAL PARRY        1 -  0     WALL OF STEEL      1 -  4         2  SLASHING ATTACK
AIMED BLOW         2 -  1     PARRY-STRIKE       0 -  0         2  STRIKING ATTACK
LUNGING ATTACK     2 -  2     PARRY-RIPOSTE      0 -  1         2  AIMED BLOW     
SLASHING ATTACK    3 -  3                                       1  PARRY-LUNGE    
STRIKING ATTACK    2 -  2                                       1  WALL OF STEEL  

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
SLASHING ATTACK  OROKE STONEMAGUS 6603      14   8  3  105 SHADOWHOLD (640)
PARRY-LUNGE      PATRICK BATEMAN 6839       14  10  1   92 YUPPIE HORDE II (661)
LUNGING ATTACK   SILVER GLASS 6748           8   1  0   66 BOOK OF THOMAS (652)
STRIKING ATTACK  POOL CUE 6755              10   7  2   58 USEFUL WEAPONS (636)
BASHING ATTACK   SECOND BASE 6873            5   1  1   51 AFTER MIDNIGHT (662)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is ODACHI 6569.  The most popular warrior this turn was 
NECKTIE 6827.  The ten other most popular fighters were PATRICK BATEMAN 6839, POOL 
CUE 6755, RICIVERA BATTLEBAT 6878, ODACHI 6569, OROKE STONEMAGUS 6603, SKIN A. MAX 
6373, HAXE DOOMCARVER 6882, SECOND BASE 6873, SILVER GLASS 6748, and RED PEPPER 6788.

The least popular fighter this week was LASSO 6865.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were THIRD BEER 6874, NEMRUT DAGI 3870, WHITE LINE FEVER 6002, SERENITY NOW! 
6840, FIRST DATE 6872, SHARK 6525, URAKO WITSTEALER 6505, SHEDIES 6902, HE DIES 6901, 
and BEHATTI 6434.