DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER
Date : 05/07/2018 Duedate: 06/02/2018
CHIMLEVTAL ARENA
DM-31 TURN-420
This Weeks Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
UMBRELLA
USEFUL WEAPONS (636)
(31-6765) [14-7-1,104]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
UMBRELLA HARSK
USEFUL WEAPONS (636) LEGIONS OF FATE (665)
(31-6765) [14-7-1,104] (31-6931) [1-0-1,16]
Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite
LUMUS NELP SPECTRUM
MIDDLE WAY 7 (536) AVENGERS (146)
(31-6328) [12-43-1,80] (31-6776) [11-16-1,50]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
USEFUL WEAPONS (636)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. LEGIONS OF FATE (665) 44
2. BASH BROS OCEAN (627) 43 USEFUL WEAPONS (636)
3. USEFUL WEAPONS (636) 38 Unchartered Team
4. OTTOBAHN (639) 27
5. AFTER MIDNIGHT (662) 25 LEGIONS OF FATE (665)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1/ 0*LEGIONS OF FATE (665) 4 1 2 80.0 1/ 1 USEFUL WEAPONS (636) 10 2 1
2/ 1 USEFUL WEAPONS (636) 168 98 7 63.2 2/ 2 AFTER MIDNIGHT (662) 7 8 1
3/ 2 DARKNESS FALLS (500) 19 15 2 55.9 3/ 5 YUPPIE HORDE (661) 5 1 0
4/ 3 AFTER MIDNIGHT (662) 41 33 3 55.4 4/ 4 AVENGERS (146) 5 10 0
5/ 0 OTTOBAHN (639) 63 52 4 54.8 5/ 0*LEGIONS OF FATE (665) 4 1 2
6/ 0 MILITARY MAYHEM (89) 340 298 24 53.3 6- 6 SHADOWHOLD (640) 4 2 1
7- 4 SHADOWHOLD (640) 78 72 10 52.0 7- 3 BOOK OF THOMAS (652) 4 2 0
8/ 5 YUPPIE HORDE (661) 41 38 1 51.9 8/ 0 OTTOBAHN (639) 3 2 0
9- 7 BOOK OF THOMAS (652) 28 28 3 50.0 9/ 7 MIDDLE WAY 7 (536) 3 12 0
10/ 6 BASH BROS OCEAN (627) 122 123 6 49.8 10/ 0 MILITARY MAYHEM (89) 2 3 0
11/ 8 AVENGERS (146) 417 450 31 48.1 11/ 8 BASH BROS OCEAN (627) 2 8 1
12/ 9 MIDDLE WAY 7 (536) 233 413 9 36.1 12/ 9 DARKNESS FALLS (500) 1 1 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.
Cognitive dissonance, the mental discomfort caused by holding two contradictory
beliefs at the same time, is caused by warriors like Patrick Bateman.
I believe that I am good manager at this game (not great, but good) and yet...
Patrick Bateman.
PB was born 10-12-5-17-21-8-11 PL. His one flaw, Little Damage, he trained away
at ST 11 and he's been training skills ever since. I see warriors like this ALL THE
TIME on Chatzy and while they may not be perennial runner-ups, they TV. But not PB.
No, his best tourney was 4-3.
Generally, my PL's are pretty lucky, especially in Attack. Not PB. He's mode
except for Parry, where he's hosed. Go figure.
I like PL's who run like Lungers (HI/HI) or Rippers (LO/VH). Those guys win.
Not PB, he thinks he's a WoS: MOD/LO. Favorite learn? Decis. You win, Universe.
Favorite weapon? SO MANY! for Plungers to choose from that I actually stopped
making Lungers for a short period and experiment solely with Plungers. Longsword,
Short Spear, Scimitar, even the Long Spear. Only the Shortsword (not worthless) and
Epee (death for low damage guys) were to be feared. PB loves the Epee. At least,
that's the rumor. He's never used it.
Born under a bad sign. I've been down since I began to crawl. If it wasn't for
bad luck, I wouldn't have no luck at all.
To our illustrious Spy Reporter -- long shall he write! -- fare thee well. You have
mocked me for the last time. To everyone else, toodles! See you in Home Guard.
-- Patrick Bateman, Plunger,
Yuppie, American Psycho
SPY REPORT
Same old story for the ads. Thanks for those who write. However, PATRICK
BATEMAN and manager wrote a good DM column. I so want to say something snide about
his manager's no confidence vote, but apparently I've hurt his tender feelings. If he
went back and actually read my reports, he'd have noted that I was not mocking him,
but reporting on the fact that he had trouble retaking the throne. Not surprising
given the monster of a striker that was hogging it up (and not writing columns btw).
I also hope for nothing but a hugely successful career for PB's future. After all,
anyone who represents our city is one I'll root for. And some of those warriors may
one day bring glory back to our town. That is something to cheer for!
AFTER MIDNIGHT doesn't have to downchallenge when bad challenger adepts throw
their lives to AM's champions. That is exactly what RED PEPPER of the AVENGERS did to
FIRST DATE. I guess there won't be a second date! And then BRAEDELON also helped
AFTER MIDNIGHT by saving them a fight in the Dark Arena, killing off the inept rookie
HOTBOXING. HARSK killed another Embezzling Scribe. I think this one was the source
of some bad info to me a few months back, so good riddance. Nice death turn!
Definitely above average.
AFTER MIDNIGHT was most avoided again. PANDA ROSS was the most challenged
warrior. LEGIONS OF FATE joined our city with a nice 4-1-2 debut. I'd love to see
that continue! No chance of that happening, but imagine the respect and fear that a
40-10-20 team would command! Welcome to our fine city, LEGIONS!
Bashers, Slashers, and Wall of Steels are the most popular styles!?! What is
going on there? You all do know what styles dominate the game, right?!? We have
figured out which styles don't! Pikers, Plungers, and Rippers haven't been well
represented in forever (well, at least 10 turns). Kudos to PATRICK BATEMAN for
keeping Plungers from the very bottom.
Finally, the new Duelmaster is UMBRELLA. All it took was a pretty 11 point
downchallenge to MANDIN ORWELL to edge out FIRST DATE for the top spot. Well done,
UMBRELLA, but as a useful weapon? My experience is that they are barely useful in
rain and even the least amount of wind not only limits that usefulness, but tends to
destroy the weapon as well. I suppose Mary Poppins and the Looney Tunes have also
found good uses for umbrella to help decrease the speed of flying (or to break during
the process).
Welcome back OTTOBAHN and MILITARY MAYHEM. Things are looking up.
-- Belinda
DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
UMBRELLA 6765 14 7 1 104 USEFUL WEAPONS (636)
CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
FIRST DATE 6872 11 4 2 100 AFTER MIDNIGHT (662)
-SILVER GLASS 6748 11 2 0 100 BOOK OF THOMAS (652)
PANTOMIME 4527 11 5 2 98 DARKNESS FALLS (500)
ADIOS AMIGO 6634 18 22 4 97 AVENGERS (146)
HUAYRA 6501 14 10 1 96 OTTOBAHN (639)
-OROKE STONEMAGUS 6603 15 9 4 92 SHADOWHOLD (640)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
MANDIN ORWELL 6336 19 30 0 87 MIDDLE WAY 7 (536)
-URAKO WITSTEALER 6505 16 16 3 83 SHADOWHOLD (640)
LUMUS NELP 6328 12 43 1 80 MIDDLE WAY 7 (536)
CAPTAIN JACK 6677 9 4 0 80 MILITARY MAYHEM (89)
POOL CUE 6755 14 9 2 76 USEFUL WEAPONS (636)
SERENITY NOW! 6840 12 6 0 73 YUPPIE HORDE (661)
COLONEL KLINK 6735 8 7 1 72 MILITARY MAYHEM (89)
RONDOR SENDAL 6343 13 28 1 68 MIDDLE WAY 7 (536)
CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
MAJOR DISASTER 6791 6 4 1 63 MILITARY MAYHEM (89)
YETI 6497 13 13 1 61 OTTOBAHN (639)
ARNAGE 6563 11 9 0 61 OTTOBAHN (639)
PANDA ROSS 6383 12 20 2 60 MIDDLE WAY 7 (536)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
SERGEANT SCHULTZ 6736 6 10 2 54 MILITARY MAYHEM (89)
SPECTRUM 6776 11 16 1 50 AVENGERS (146)
THIRD BEER 6874 6 8 0 49 AFTER MIDNIGHT (662)
-ARCTIC NIGHT 6773 6 1 1 44 BOOK OF THOMAS (652)
SGT. ROCK 6775 5 4 0 42 MILITARY MAYHEM (89)
COPS! 6875 8 7 0 41 AFTER MIDNIGHT (662)
LASSO 6865 10 5 0 40 USEFUL WEAPONS (636)
FOURTH SHOT 6876 8 7 0 37 AFTER MIDNIGHT (662)
-BUD FOX 6843 7 6 0 35 YUPPIE HORDE (661)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
NORISON ROSE 6453 5 13 0 30 MIDDLE WAY 7 (536)
-BOLO 6908 6 1 1 27 USEFUL WEAPONS (636)
-HAXE DOOMCARVER 6882 2 1 1 26 SHADOWHOLD (640)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-TABOR SKULLSHOT 6903 2 0 0 21 SHADOWHOLD (640)
-BLOOD METAL 6912 1 0 1 21 BOOK OF THOMAS (652)
HARSK 6931 1 0 1 16 LEGIONS OF FATE (665)
R.R. SPIKE 6923 2 0 0 15 USEFUL WEAPONS (636)
RED 6929 1 0 0 13 LEGIONS OF FATE (665)
-NASTOLGIA 6922 1 1 0 12 BOOK OF THOMAS (652)
NOBUNAGA 6915 2 5 0 11 AVENGERS (146)
MINOR 6837 1 0 0 10 OTTOBAHN (639)
ZEMOG 6928 1 0 0 8 LEGIONS OF FATE (665)
BROKEN GLASS 6920 1 0 0 7 BASH BROS OCEAN (627)
PLUS EIGHT 6838 0 1 0 7 OTTOBAHN (639)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-HEAT WAVE 6900 0 1 0 7 BOOK OF THOMAS (652)
BRAEDELON 6927 1 0 1 6 LEGIONS OF FATE (665)
HANZO 6918 0 4 0 4 AVENGERS (146)
-BALKO STONEFALCON 6910 0 1 0 1 SHADOWHOLD (640)
MORG 6930 0 1 0 1 LEGIONS OF FATE (665)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
EMBEZZLING SCRIB 0 0 0 HARSK 6931 420 NONE
HOTBOXING 6932 0 1 0 AFTER MIDNIGHT 662 BRAEDELON 6927 420
SKINNY DIPPING 6911 2 4 0 AFTER MIDNIGHT 662 HAXE DOOMCARVER 6882 419
RED PEPPER 6788 11 13 1 AVENGERS 146 FIRST DATE 6872 420
HOT SAND 6926 0 1 0 BASH BROS OCEAN 627 ARENAMASTER LEVT 420 NONE
LITTER 6925 0 1 0 BASH BROS OCEAN 627 BLACK ORC 420 NONE
PARKING TICKET 6924 0 1 0 BASH BROS OCEAN 627 BLACK ORC 420 NONE
SHARK 6525 24 33 0 BASH BROS OCEAN 627 BLACK ORC 420 NONE
ACID 6852 5 6 0 USEFUL WEAPONS 636 RED PEPPER 6788 416 NOT REVENGED
PERSONAL ADS
Wow! Spy Mistress Belinda got a pleasantly wordy last round! What gives? Maybe Assur,
her assistant quit, and someone good took over? -- Lady Smith
My, my; both Patrick Bateman and Shark are now deemed Lord Protectors and graduating?
A salute to them both. -- Lady Smith, Smithy, and The Useful Weapons
A Destitute Noble/Smithy feud? I doubt it. I'm sure Smithy sorta likes the guy. Old
guys all need help at some time or another. -- Lady Smith
Jorga. Jorga? What gives, Lassie. You have to get with it to run with this crowd.
Let's go out to breakfast next week and have spiked coffee. -- Lady Smith
Yo! Lookee here! Me Wepuns done be onna roll! 9-3-1! Yep! Gotta like me wepuns! --
Smithy
Smithy, you are so right, Hon. Goooooo Useful Weapons! -- Lady Smith
All y'all. Sorry I didn't fight last round. I was out under cover. -- Umbrella, Useful
Weapons
Balco, you look like a train ran you over! Bwahahahaha. -- R. R. Spike, Useful Weapons
Red Pepper, you were just plain too hot for me. -- Lasso, Useful Weapons (but feeling
sort of useless)
Arctic Night, well, well, well. Not so perfect, now, are you? Tsk. Tsk. -- Pool Cue,
Useful Weapons
Nobunaga, whatta throw I made, eh? -- Bolo, Useful Weapons
Health. Humility. Honor. But realize we are not Andorian. -- Smithy and Lady Smith
All -- I survived the tourney only to get killed in my home arena? Thanks for nothing
Chimmy! -- Ghost of Skinny Dipping
All -- Skinny Dipping ST 11(1)-6-12-17-15-13-11 ambi, very frail, good damage. --
After Midnight
Tabor Skullshot -- How very crummy of you. And when I say "crummy" I really mean
"scummy". -- Third Beer
Panda Ross -- No sad pandas, okay? -- Cops!
Mandin Orwell -- You're real swell, but I have other pressing matters to attend to
now. -- First Date
First Date -- Oh, NO! I can't do THAT on a first date! -- Mandin Orwell, blushing and
drawing back
Fourth Shot -- Four shots of rum? No wonder you lost. -- Norison Rose
Cops! -- Don't we get any SECOND dates? -- Panda Ross, who really wasn't driving that
fast
Adios Amigo -- And that defeat makes you my friend? I don't think so! --
Lumus Nelp
Urako Witstealer -- I hate it when that happens. -- Rondor Sendal
Belinda -- Sure, if we have five fighting in a couple of turns, we'll have a party!
Orange juice, scrambled eggs, english muffins, the works. -- Jorja
Lady Smith -- Road bandits. They're hijacking words for some nefarious purpose.
Probably political. -- Jorja
Our congratulations to graduates Patrick Bateman and Shark. -- Jorja and the Middle
Way
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
SHARK was viciously butchered by BLACK ORC in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
LITTER was savagely slain by BLACK ORC in a exciting 1 minute gory Dark Arena melee.
PARKING TICKET was barely slain by BLACK ORC in a 1 minute Dark Arena brawl.
HOT SAND was assassinated by ARENAMASTER LEVTANI in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
UMBRELLA devastated MANDIN ORWELL in a 1 minute uneven Challenge Title brawl.
RED PEPPER was assassinated by FIRST DATE in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge struggle.
POOL CUE viciously subdued LUMUS NELP in a 1 minute expert's Challenge fight.
SPECTRUM lost to PANDA ROSS in a action packed 3 minute veteran's Challenge duel.
R.R. SPIKE overpowered HANZO in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge fight.
PATRICK BATEMAN overcame PANTOMIME in a exciting 1 minute veteran's bout.
ADIOS AMIGO subdued COLONEL KLINK in a crowd pleasing 1 minute mismatched competition.
HUAYRA demolished RONDOR SENDAL in a 1 minute mismatched match.
CAPTAIN JACK savagely defeated YETI in a popular 1 minute gruesome master's conflict.
MAJOR DISASTER was narrowly defeated by SERENITY NOW! in a 2 minute struggle.
COPS! lost to SERGEANT SCHULTZ in a 1 minute brutal fray.
ARNAGE viciously subdued SGT. ROCK in a crowd pleasing 2 minute gory brawl.
FOURTH SHOT was outlasted by LASSO in a tiresome 14 minute match.
NORISON ROSE was overpowered by THIRD BEER in a 5 minute bloody one-sided match.
NOBUNAGA was devastated by EMBEZZLING SCRIBE in a popular 1 minute one-sided contest.
BROKEN GLASS won victory over PLUS EIGHT in a 2 minute novice's match.
MINOR handily defeated MORG in a 1 minute uneven duel.
BRAEDELON delivered the death blow upon HOTBOXING in a 1 minute novice's bout.
ZEMOG defeated MORDANT DESERTER in a 1 minute beginner's fight.
RED overpowered CONVICTED THIEF in a 1 minute uneven fight.
HARSK slew EMBEZZLING SCRIBE in a 1 minute novice's bout.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|BASHING ATTACK 8 TOTAL PARRY 18 - 12 - 2 60 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 7 LUNGING ATTACK 26 - 19 - 3 58 |
|WALL OF STEEL 7 STRIKING ATTACK 24 - 19 - 4 56 |
|STRIKING ATTACK 6 SLASHING ATTACK 25 - 24 - 3 51 |
|LUNGING ATTACK 5 PARRY-LUNGE 7 - 7 - 0 50 |
|TOTAL PARRY 4 WALL OF STEEL 24 - 24 - 0 50 |
|AIMED BLOW 2 AIMED BLOW 12 - 13 - 2 48 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 2 BASHING ATTACK 15 - 28 - 0 35 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 PARRY-STRIKE 1 - 4 - 0 20 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 0 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 2 - 0 0 |
Turn 420 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:
TOTAL PARRY 3 - 1 WALL OF STEEL 3 - 4 4 SLASHING ATTACK
LUNGING ATTACK 3 - 2 BASHING ATTACK 2 - 6 3 AIMED BLOW
SLASHING ATTACK 4 - 3 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 0 2 LUNGING ATTACK
AIMED BLOW 1 - 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 1 1 STRIKING ATTACK
PARRY-LUNGE 1 - 1 1 BASHING ATTACK
STRIKING ATTACK 3 - 3
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
SLASHING ATTACK UMBRELLA 6765 14 7 1 104 USEFUL WEAPONS (636)
STRIKING ATTACK PANTOMIME 4527 11 5 2 98 DARKNESS FALLS (500)
LUNGING ATTACK CAPTAIN JACK 6677 9 4 0 80 MILITARY MAYHEM (89)
WALL OF STEEL SERENITY NOW! 6840 12 6 0 73 YUPPIE HORDE (661)
BASHING ATTACK ARNAGE 6563 11 9 0 61 OTTOBAHN (639)
TOTAL PARRY SGT. ROCK 6775 5 4 0 42 MILITARY MAYHEM (89)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
The overall popularity leader is LUMUS NELP 6328. The most popular warrior this turn
was SPECTRUM 6776. The ten other most popular fighters were ARNAGE 6563, POOL CUE
6755, PANDA ROSS 6383, ADIOS AMIGO 6634, COLONEL KLINK 6735, CAPTAIN JACK 6677, FIRST
DATE 6872, PANTOMIME 4527, MAJOR DISASTER 6791, and SERGEANT SCHULTZ 6736.
The least popular fighter this week was LASSO 6865. The other ten least popular
fighters were FOURTH SHOT 6876, THIRD BEER 6874, HOTBOXING 6932, MORG 6930, COPS!
6875, RONDOR SENDAL 6343, HANZO 6918, MANDIN ORWELL 6336, HOT SAND 6926, and HARSK
6931.
The following warriors have traveled to AD after fighting this turn:
SHARK (31-6525) BASH BROS OCEAN (627)
PATRICK BATEMAN (31-6839) YUPPIE HORDE (661)
CHALLENGES AND AVOIDS
To clarify: You issue Challenges to warriors, but Avoid teams.
To Challenge, write that warrior's name and ID# in the space provided.
To Avoid, write the team's name and Team ID in that space.
Make sure you include the ID!
* * * * * MEMO * * * * *
From: The Office of Accurate Census Reporting, Gladiatorial Commission
To: All Managers
In the interest of preserving our natural resources and preventing managerial writer's
cramp, the census form has been eliminated, effective immediately. Managers may
register their warriors' races and/or favorite sayings by simply writing them on a
separate piece of paper and submitting them to the Commission. Each warrior may have
up to 15 favorite sayings. Each saying must be categorized Jeer, Gloat, Boredom, Ouch,
Victory and may be up to 70 characters long. For any questions, please contact the
Gladiatorial Commission.
TOURNAMENT PRIZE CLARIFICATION: SPRING 2018 MAIL-IN
The prize for this most recent tournament was a Clone / Twin prize:
One potion, which when applied on any Natural Warrior, dead or alive, which will
either make a Clone or Twin of that warrior at birth. A clone is one exact copy of
the warrior; a Twin may be a different style and will be rolled ten times and the best
shall be chosen. The new warrior may be added to any team. A Natural Warrior is
defined as a warrior that was not created with the use or a prize, nor has ever had a
prize used on it at any time in the past. Warriors may be cloned only once by their
own manager, and once by another. The owner of the warrior that is cloned or twinned
must give permission. Please remember, you must use all prizes within six months of
the tourney when they were won.
TEAM AND CHARACTER MAINTENANCE SERVICE
As a service to all managers, we offer team and character maintenance. This
option allows you to make sure your team or selected warriors will never miss a turn!
Team Maintenance: This will cause all warriors on that team to fight every
turn; if it's an AD arena, any new warriors who arrive on that team will
fight the turn they arrive. In A.D. or in transfer arenas where you have
multiple teams, each team will need to separately be on Team Maintenance.
(The only exception is new warriors; they will not fight until they have had
their initial strategy input.)
Character Maintenance: This will cause only that warrior to fight every
turn. If the character graduates or changes arenas, he/she/it will stay on
Character Maintenance.
In either case, you may submit strategy sheets for your warriors each turn, if
you wish. The Team/Character Maintenance will make sure your warriors fight each
turn, and they will always use their most recently entered strategy.
Remember that challenges, avoids, and challenge/if challenged strategies will not
carry through from turn to turn. These sections are only used on the turn they are
entered. In order to continually challenge or avoid you will need to submit a
strategy sheet each time.
One other thing to remember about maintenance: Maintenance is not something
that you write on your turnsheet (like in demo tourneys). In order to add or remove
maintenance for a team or warrior, you must send a note to Customer Service. If you
just write things like this on your strategy sheet, they may or may not get done.
Likewise, don't write it on your personal ads. Please, please, please put it on a
separate piece of paper with "Customer Service" written on the top. If you don't,
well, you can imagine.
Thanks for your time. Good luck in Duelmasters! -- Green Eyes