DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 10/23/2017    Duedate: 11/18/2017

CHIMLEVTAL ARENA

DM-31    TURN-413

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

PATRICK BATEMAN
YUPPIE HORDE II (661)
(31-6839) [16-10-1,109]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

PATRICK BATEMAN                COPS!
YUPPIE HORDE II (661)          AFTER MIDNIGHT (662)
(31-6839) [16-10-1,109]        (31-6875) [5-3-0,28]

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

PATRICK BATEMAN                RED PEPPER
YUPPIE HORDE II (661)          AVENGERS (146)
(31-6839) [16-10-1,109]        (31-6788) [8-9-0,33]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

AFTER MIDNIGHT (662)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. MILITARY MAYHEM (89)        32
2. AFTER MIDNIGHT (662)        19      USEFUL WEAPONS (636)
3. BOOK OF THOMAS (652)        19      Unchartered Team
4. YUPPIE HORDE II (661)        6
5. NUMBERS GAME (403)           1      AFTER MIDNIGHT (662)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 1 USEFUL WEAPONS (636)     149  88  6 62.9   1/ 2*AFTER MIDNIGHT (662)      9  6 0
 2/ 2*AFTER MIDNIGHT (662)      23  17  2 57.5   2/ 3 MILITARY MAYHEM (89)      7  2 0
 3/ 0 NUMBERS GAME (403)       380 327 27 53.7   3/ 1 AVENGERS (146)            7  5 1
 4/ 3 MILITARY MAYHEM (89)     336 293 24 53.4   4/ 5 USEFUL WEAPONS (636)      6  5 0
 5- 4 SHADOWHOLD (640)          74  70  9 51.4   5- 4 SHADOWHOLD (640)          4  4 2
 6- 5 BASH BROS OCEAN (627)    110 107  5 50.7   6/ 8 YUPPIE HORDE II (661)     3  3 0
 7/ 6 BOOK OF THOMAS (652)      22  23  2 48.9   7- 7 ALL NIGHT LONG (570)      3  5 2
 8/ 7 AVENGERS (146)           405 428 30 48.6   8- 6 BASH BROS OCEAN (627)     2  4 0
 9/ 8 YUPPIE HORDE II (661)     31  35  1 47.0   9/ 9 BOOK OF THOMAS (652)      2  4 0
10- 9 ALL NIGHT LONG (570)      73  88  8 45.3  10/ 0 NUMBERS GAME (403)        1  3 0
11-10*MYSTERIES (434)            0   1  0  0.0  11-10*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

     Yes, beauty is in the eye of the beholder!  And this turn, the personals brought 
such beauty as I cannot remember previously.  It is too bad that more managers don't 
participate in the personals, columns, and spotlights, but I understand that after 
many years of managing, putting in a little extra work to write something original 
might not be a high priority!  No matter, I'll take what I can get from you all and 
give you the best I'm able!
     What happened you ask?  I recommend you read for yourself, but the bottom line is 
that after the working class made a statement last turn and cut that corporate necktie 
in two, the Smithy couple (personally I think it was Lady Smith and that she is 
pulling all the strings of Smithy; he has made it clear with every word, few that they 
are, that he doesn't have the intelligence for it to be the other way around) took 
offense.  Anyways, they want revenge!  And what does DESTITUTE NOBLE do?!?  He 
deactivates the team.  Classic!  I greatly look forward to their future exchanges, 
because DESTITUTE NOBLE did activate NUMBERS GAME back up!  And the fight of the turn 
was without a doubt

1-800-VICTORY (31-6727) (5-0-0,57) of NUMBERS GAME fought UMBRELLA (31-6765) 
  (9-7-1,54) of USEFUL WEAPONS.
1-800-VICTORY was devastated by UMBRELLA in a 1 minute mismatched match. 

Yes, the USEFUL WEAPONS did get some measure of revenge, breaking up that beautiful 
5-0 start.
     AFTER MIDNIGHT and MILITARY MAYHEM hogged up 7 of the 14 wins available this turn 
(there were 3 Dark Arena fights that I don't count as an available win).  That was 
also good enough to earn them 4 of the awards for the turn. Meanwhile, PATRICK BATEMAN 
took over the old man awards (though he himself is really not that old, but more than 
once those three awards HAVE been taken by an old time warrior).  He deserves the 
credit, though, because he did beat ODACHI, the outgoing Lord Protector and former 
Duelmaster.
     The only kill of the turn was against AFTER MIDNIGHT.  The dangers of rising 'too 
fast' is that you can have your 6-1 warrior face some loser 12-20 killer dinosaur.  I 
understand the theory of wanting to beat these dinosaurs.  I've heard the learning is 
fantastic.  But challenging a killer with almost 5 times your experience and 3 kills 
IS a recipe for this kind of outcome:

SECOND BASE was dealt death by ADIOS AMIGO in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge fight.

     I almost dread next turn.  I can hope, but I must set my expectation low.  To 
expect entertainment such as this turn brought is a recipe for disappointment.  
Perhaps it will come, perhaps not.  But I will not set myself up to expect 
interactions like this every turn!!!

                                     -- Belinda, the happiest spy mistress in Alastari

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 PATRICK BATEMAN 6839         16  10  1   109       YUPPIE HORDE II (661)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-TAR 6553                      7   1  0   126       BASH BROS OCEAN (627)
-OROKE STONEMAGUS 6603        15   8  4   108       SHADOWHOLD (640)
-SHARK 6525                   21  29  0    92       BASH BROS OCEAN (627)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-VIP SECTION 5531             17  17  3    85       ALL NIGHT LONG (570)
-URAKO WITSTEALER 6505        15  16  3    80       SHADOWHOLD (640)
 ADIOS AMIGO 6634             13  20  4    78       AVENGERS (146)
-CAPTAIN JACK 6677             8   4  0    78       MILITARY MAYHEM (89)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SILVER GLASS 6748             9   1  0    76       BOOK OF THOMAS (652)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 UMBRELLA 6765                10   7  1    66       USEFUL WEAPONS (636)
 SPECTRUM 6776                10  10  1    62       AVENGERS (146)
 COLONEL KLINK 6735            7   6  1    58       MILITARY MAYHEM (89)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-ACID 6852                     5   3  0    54       USEFUL WEAPONS (636)
 MAJOR DISASTER 6791           5   3  1    53       MILITARY MAYHEM (89)
 1-800-VICTORY 6727            5   1  0    46       NUMBERS GAME (403)
 SERGEANT SCHULTZ 6736         5   9  2    44       MILITARY MAYHEM (89)
 POOL CUE 6755                10   8  2    40       USEFUL WEAPONS (636)
-WHITE LINE FEVER 6002         5   3  1    39       ALL NIGHT LONG (570)
 SGT. ROCK 6775                5   2  0    39       MILITARY MAYHEM (89)
-BUD FOX 6843                  7   6  0    35       YUPPIE HORDE II (661)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 RED PEPPER 6788               8   9  0    33       AVENGERS (146)
-ARCTIC NIGHT 6773             4   0  1    33       BOOK OF THOMAS (652)
 BREXIT 2016 6790              3   2  0    29       NUMBERS GAME (403)
 COPS! 6875                    5   3  0    28       AFTER MIDNIGHT (662)
-SKIN A. MAX 6373              3   1  0    26       ALL NIGHT LONG (570)
 THIRD BEER 6874               3   5  0    24       AFTER MIDNIGHT (662)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SERENITY NOW! 6840            6   5  0    23       YUPPIE HORDE II (661)
 LASSO 6865                    6   2  0    23       USEFUL WEAPONS (636)
 FIRST DATE 6872               5   3  1    22       AFTER MIDNIGHT (662)
 FOURTH SHOT 6876              4   4  0    22       AFTER MIDNIGHT (662)
-HOT SAND 6870                 3   2  0    22       BASH BROS OCEAN (627)
-RICIVERA BATTLEBAT 6878       1   0  1    22       SHADOWHOLD (640)
-LITTER 6869                   3   3  0    12       BASH BROS OCEAN (627)
 3 NIGHTS IN VEGAS 6774        0   9  0     9       NUMBERS GAME (403)
-HAXE DOOMCARVER 6882          1   1  0     8       SHADOWHOLD (640)
 BOLO 6908                     1   0  0     8       USEFUL WEAPONS (636)
-BEHATTI 6434                  0   1  0     7       ALL NIGHT LONG (570)
-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?
SECOND BASE 6873        6  2 1 AFTER MIDNIGHT 662   ADIOS AMIGO 6634      413   
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   
HEDIES 6906             0  1 0 BOOK OF THOMAS 652   LIGHTBRINGER          413  NONE
SHEDIES 6907            0  1 0 BOOK OF THOMAS 652   STONE GOLEM           413  NONE
STOLEN DANCE 6786       3  1 1 BOOK OF THOMAS 652   SERGEANT SCHULTZ 6736 410   
A NUMBER ONE 6792       1  3 0 NUMBERS GAME 403     PREACHER              413  NONE
NECKTIE 6827            4  5 0 USEFUL WEAPONS 636   WHITE LINE FEVER 6002 412   

                                     PERSONAL ADS

Why do we have to have a chintzy Duelmaster like Odachi?  A Loser?  Can't even write a 
DM Column? What a dingbat arena we live in! -- Lady Smith

And,  All Night Longers, why did you let your White Line Fever pimpledink rip our 
Nectie?  Ruined him!  Killed him!  A semi-beautiful 12(+1)-10-11-17-9-15-11 non-silk 
striker!  Really?  I think you should have to pay! -- Lady Smith

Dang rite!  I be mad.  Yup. -- Smithy

I wanna KILL White Line!  Let me! -- Pool Cue, Useful Weapons

Yeah!  I be wif yuh, Cue. -- Smithy

First Date, actually, that was our second, and I got the same results as the first!  
You know, they're aren't any bases left!  Bwahahahaha. -- Lasso, Useful Weapons

Red Pepper, you don't take well to acid, do you? -- Acid, Useful Weapons

All Night Long -- Welcome back! -- After Midnight

Chimlevtal -- Dark Arena kill it is! That's twice now... -- VIP Section

Fourth Shot -- Regarding Necktie...simple tool is right.  Turns out he was a clip-on!!  
Who knew? -- White Line Fever

Chimlevtal -- All Night Long will be stepping aside, and Numbers Game will be taking 
over for awhile.

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

A NUMBER ONE was barely slain by PREACHER in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
SHEDIES was butchered by STONE GOLEM in a 1 minute Dark Arena duel.
HEDIES was murdered by LIGHTBRINGER in a 1 minute Dark Arena melee.
PATRICK BATEMAN subdued ODACHI in a 1 minute expert's Challenge Title fight.
SECOND BASE was dealt death by ADIOS AMIGO in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge fight.
MAJOR DISASTER was devastated by SILVER GLASS in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge duel.
1-800-VICTORY was devastated by UMBRELLA in a 1 minute mismatched match.
POOL CUE was handily defeated by COLONEL KLINK in a 1 minute uneven fight.
SPECTRUM vanquished FRATSFA SLAVE in a 1 minute uneven duel.
SERGEANT SCHULTZ viciously subdued LASSO in a action packed 2 minute gruesome fight.
SGT. ROCK luckily beat RED PEPPER in a exciting 4 minute fight.
BREXIT 2016 viciously subdued SERENITY NOW! in a 2 minute gory bout.
3 NIGHTS IN VEGAS was subdued by FIRST DATE in a crowd pleasing 1 minute match.
COPS! handily defeated MORDANT DESERTER in a 1 minute one-sided contest.
FOURTH SHOT demolished OSKSI NOBLE in a 2 minute one-sided brawl.
THIRD BEER handily defeated CONVICTED THIEF in a 1 minute one-sided conflict.
BOLO won victory over MORDANT DESERTER in a 3 minute amateur's bout.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|SLASHING ATTACK                  7         TOTAL PARRY       21 -   8 -  0      72  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   4         LUNGING ATTACK    32 -  25 -  8      56  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   3         WALL OF STEEL     28 -  23 -  0      55  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      3         SLASHING ATTACK   40 -  35 -  6      53  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    3         STRIKING ATTACK   24 -  26 -  3      48  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  3         PARRY-LUNGE        5 -   7 -  0      42  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      2         BASHING ATTACK    30 -  45 -  1      40  |
|AIMED BLOW                       1         AIMED BLOW         9 -  20 -  2      31  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     0         PARRY-STRIKE       0 -   1 -  0       0  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    0         PARRY-RIPOSTE      0 -   1 -  0       0  |

Turn 413 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         1 -  0     SLASHING ATTACK    3 -  4         3  LUNGING ATTACK 
LUNGING ATTACK     2 -  1     STRIKING ATTACK    1 -  2         2  SLASHING ATTACK
TOTAL PARRY        2 -  1     PARRY-STRIKE       0 -  0         2  AIMED BLOW     
WALL OF STEEL      2 -  1     PARRY-RIPOSTE      0 -  0         1  PARRY-LUNGE    
PARRY-LUNGE        1 -  1                                       1  STRIKING ATTACK
BASHING ATTACK     2 -  2                                       1  WALL OF STEEL  
                                                                1  BASHING ATTACK 

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
PARRY-LUNGE      PATRICK BATEMAN 6839       16  10  1  109 YUPPIE HORDE II (661)
LUNGING ATTACK   SILVER GLASS 6748           9   1  0   76 BOOK OF THOMAS (652)
SLASHING ATTACK  UMBRELLA 6765              10   7  1   66 USEFUL WEAPONS (636)
STRIKING ATTACK  COLONEL KLINK 6735          7   6  1   58 MILITARY MAYHEM (89)
TOTAL PARRY      SGT. ROCK 6775              5   2  0   39 MILITARY MAYHEM (89)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is PATRICK BATEMAN 6839.  The most popular warrior this 
turn was RED PEPPER 6788.  The ten other most popular fighters were SERGEANT SCHULTZ 
6736, BREXIT 2016 6790, ADIOS AMIGO 6634, UMBRELLA 6765, FIRST DATE 6872, PATRICK 
BATEMAN 6839, SECOND BASE 6873, COLONEL KLINK 6735, SPECTRUM 6776, and SGT. ROCK 
6775.

The least popular fighter this week was BOLO 6908.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were SERENITY NOW! 6840, POOL CUE 6755, 1-800-VICTORY 6727, MAJOR DISASTER 
6791, HEDIES 6906, SHEDIES 6907, COPS! 6875, 3 NIGHTS IN VEGAS 6774, LASSO 6865, and 
SILVER GLASS 6748.

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

ODACHI (31-6569) AVENGERS (146)

                        WINTER FACE-TO-FACE IN SUNNY ARIZONA!

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last year by popular request.  Room rates are $149.00 per night, 1-2 occupancy, which 
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Please make your reservations now if you plan to go.  
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This is prime season for Phoenix and the hotel tends to fill up quickly.  

Look for the tournament info sheet and minioverviews some time in December.  We hope 
you're all looking forward to it and that we will see you there!