DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 02/11/2019    Duedate: 03/09/2019

CHIMLEVTAL ARENA

DM-31    TURN-430

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

POOL CUE
USEFUL WEAPONS (636)
(31-6755) [20-11-2,117]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

POOL CUE                       POSITION IS EMPTY
USEFUL WEAPONS (636)           
(31-6755) [20-11-2,117]        

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

LUMUS NELP                     SPECTRUM
MIDDLE WAY 7 (536)             AVENGERS (146)
(31-6328) [14-51-1,94]         (31-6776) [15-22-2,76]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

AFTER MIDNIGHT (662)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. LEGIONS OF FATE (665)       56
2. BASH BROS OCEAN (627)       47      USEFUL WEAPONS (636)
3. BOOK OF THOMAS (652)        25      Unchartered Team
4. JUST DESSERTS (569)         22
5. USEFUL WEAPONS (636)        10      WALT'S KIDS (53)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 1 USEFUL WEAPONS (636)     188 109  7 63.3   1/ 1 AFTER MIDNIGHT (662)     10  5 0
 2/ 2 AFTER MIDNIGHT (662)      74  50  3 59.7   2/ 4 LEGIONS OF FATE (665)     9  6 0
 3- 4 NUMBERS GAME (403)       394 335 28 54.0   3/ 6 JUST DESSERTS (569)       6  4 0
 4- 5 SHADOWHOLD (640)          95  86 12 52.5   4/ 5 MIDDLE WAY 7 (536)        6  9 0
 5/ 0 BOOK OF THOMAS (652)      30  29  4 50.8   5/ 3 AVENGERS (146)            5  9 1
 6/ 0 BASH BROS OCEAN (627)    125 130  6 49.0   6- 2 SHADOWHOLD (640)          4  1 0
 7/ 6 AVENGERS (146)           439 477 33 47.9   7/ 8 USEFUL WEAPONS (636)      4  5 0
 8/ 7 JUST DESSERTS (569)       91 102  5 47.2   8/ 0 BOOK OF THOMAS (652)      2  1 1
 9/ 8 LEGIONS OF FATE (665)     22  33  3 40.0   9/ 0 BASH BROS OCEAN (627)     2  3 0
10/ 9 MIDDLE WAY 7 (536)       249 447  9 35.8  10- 7 NUMBERS GAME (403)        1  2 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.

     What fun! I got to smack on a Cop. Easy Peasey. Whack. Whack.
After all, it was only an After Midnight Cop. Sorta bottom end, ya
know? All of 'em. Bottom feeders. But it was fun all the way. Yeah!
     Shoulda worn Kevlar, Copper! Har har. Dumb cop. (Prolly gets it
from his manager. Ya think?) Really wasn't fair me fightin' a
twinkledink, but I had fun whackin' Did I say that before?
     Movin' on, ya be careful challenging. I like ta hurtcha; get it?
Despite what that there bimbo Belinda says, pool cues HURT! I'm
warnin'. Just sayin.
               Pool Cue, Useful Weapons
               Duelmaster

                                      SPY REPORT

    Now THAT is a good pattern.  We went from 7 active teams and 17 fights to 9 active 
teams and 20 fights.  If you can maintain any type of growth over time, you get big 
quickly (btw, that works for all you middle-aged (or old) managers, too).  BOOK OF 
THOMAS and BASH BROS OCEAN returned to action at 2-1-1 and 2-3-0-2, respectively.  
Welcome back. (It's about time). That one kill was the only one of the turn and it was 
a beauty!  BLOOD METAL murdered R.R. SPIKE in a one minute bloody one-sided brawl.  I 
love death, but this might have been too much for me.  Usually railroad spikes have 
the blood of their victims on them, not the other way around. That can't have been 
pretty.  (And no apologies for ignoring the killing of another fratsfa slave.  They 
deserve death.  I've actually lobbied for slaves from other places.  Can't we kill 
some of them, too?  I put Sunset on the top of my list).  Oh, and BLOOD METAL has 2 
kills in as many fights.
    Only 6 challenges this turn, but half of them looked somewhat abusive. POOL CUE, 
THIRD BEER, and COPS! all went after MIDDLE WAY dinosaurs.  Only POOL CUE and THIRD 
BEER won (the DC's), but I'd bet all three got decent or better learns!!!  And what 
happens to dinosaurs after enough time?  They go extinct, right?  Nope, they graduate 
and become Lord Protectors.  After even more time, they can attain other goals, but 
that is off on the Isle of the Eye.  MANDIN ORWELL will join POOL CUE next turn in 
leaving for the Isle!  Good luck to both of you.  MANDIN will be missed by everyone.  
And POOL CUE's bad columns will only be missed by me.
    Total Parries gave up the top spot over the last ten turns by going 1-4.  The 
surprising part of that is that they gave it up to slashers. Really?!?  Slashers are 
the top style over the last ten?!?  Shocking to me! USEFUL WEAPONS was the most 
avoided team with 9 avoids from 6 warriors, edging out SHADOWHOLD (seven avoids from 6 
warriors).  LEGIONS OF FATE avoided the WEAPONS the most (3 warriors, 6 avoids).  Can 
you all imagine someone not liking the Smithy's so much as to send them 6 avoids?  I 
can!  LEGIONS won't complain when their team goes 4-1, though!  Those lousy commission 
scribes failed to even bring me the most challenged warrior.  Maybe I should lighten 
up on that computerized spy reporter.  He has the scribes working for him so he is 
already at a disadvantage.  Or maybe NOT!
    Their one loss, though!  That may be the biggest news of the turn. WITCHING HOUR 
outwaited DAMIEN in a exciting 11 minute contest.  That means the WITCHING HOUR has 
achieved the big 10-0 milestone!  A very nice match up if I may say so.  (One that can 
be repeated next turn, too, since WITCHING HOUR is still an adept).  

That's it this time!  Catch you all in a month. 

                                          -- Belinda

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 POOL CUE 6755                20  11  2   117       USEFUL WEAPONS (636)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 MANDIN ORWELL 6336           23  36  0   105       MIDDLE WAY 7 (536)
-SILVER GLASS 6748            11   2  0   100       BOOK OF THOMAS (652)
-OROKE STONEMAGUS 6603        17  14  4    96       SHADOWHOLD (640)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-URAKO WITSTEALER 6505        20  19  4    95       SHADOWHOLD (640)
 THIRD BEER 6874              12  12  0    95       AFTER MIDNIGHT (662)
 RONDOR SENDAL 6343           15  36  1    94       MIDDLE WAY 7 (536)
 LUMUS NELP 6328              14  51  1    94       MIDDLE WAY 7 (536)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SPECTRUM 6776                15  22  2    76       AVENGERS (146)
-1-800-VICTORY 6727            9   2  0    76       NUMBERS GAME (403)
 PANDA ROSS 6383              15  27  2    74       MIDDLE WAY 7 (536)
 FOURTH SHOT 6876             13  12  0    73       AFTER MIDNIGHT (662)
-BREXIT 2016 6790              8   3  0    72       NUMBERS GAME (403)
 COPS! 6875                   13  12  0    71       AFTER MIDNIGHT (662)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 MOTHER LODE 6454             11   6  0    59       JUST DESSERTS (569)
 FROG-EYE SALAD 6680           4   1  0    58       JUST DESSERTS (569)
-LASSO 6865                   14   6  0    57       USEFUL WEAPONS (636)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 WITCHING HOUR 6933           10   0  0    52       AFTER MIDNIGHT (662)
-TABOR SKULLSHOT 6903          5   1  0    52       SHADOWHOLD (640)
 NOBUNAGA 6915                 7  10  1    49       AVENGERS (146)
 NORISON ROSE 6453            10  18  0    48       MIDDLE WAY 7 (536)
-ARCTIC NIGHT 6773             6   1  1    44       BOOK OF THOMAS (652)
 RED 6929                      6   5  0    39       LEGIONS OF FATE (665)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 BLOOD METAL 6912              2   0  2    33       BOOK OF THOMAS (652)
-HAXE DOOMCARVER 6882          5   4  1    32       SHADOWHOLD (640)
 DAMIEN 6964                   2   1  0    32       LEGIONS OF FATE (665)
 BRAEDELON 6927                4   7  1    30       LEGIONS OF FATE (665)
 HANZO 6918                    5   9  0    28       AVENGERS (146)
-BALKO STONEFALCON 6910        5   3  1    27       SHADOWHOLD (640)
-3 NIGHTS IN VEGAS 6774        2  11  0    26       NUMBERS GAME (403)
-BOLO 6908                     7   2  1    24       USEFUL WEAPONS (636)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SPLAT 6960                    3   3  1    20       LEGIONS OF FATE (665)
 THUD 6959                     3   3  0    20       LEGIONS OF FATE (665)
 BALONEY SPUMONI 6746          2   2  0    20       JUST DESSERTS (569)
 NASTOLGIA 6922                2   1  0    20       BOOK OF THOMAS (652)
 SNARKEY LIME PIE 6726         1   3  0    15       JUST DESSERTS (569)
 STORM SEASON 6956             1   0  0    13       BASH BROS OCEAN (627)
-ROCK 6962                     2   2  0    12       USEFUL WEAPONS (636)
 HEAT WAVE 6900                0   2  0    12       BOOK OF THOMAS (652)
 RED PEPPER 6958               2   5  0    11       AVENGERS (146)
 HURRICANE 6957                1   0  0    11       BASH BROS OCEAN (627)
-SEVEN DEADLY 6909             2   2  1    10       NUMBERS GAME (403)
 BASORN KUBIKIRI 6965          1   1  0     5       AVENGERS (146)
 WINTER 6953                   0   1  0     5       BASH BROS OCEAN (627)
 COCKFIGHT 6967                0   1  0     1       AFTER MIDNIGHT (662)
 PISSED PIZOOKIE 6966          0   1  0     1       JUST DESSERTS (569)

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
FRATSFA SLAVE           0  0 0                      NOBUNAGA 6915         430  NONE
EATEN ALIVE 6955        0  1 0 BASH BROS OCEAN 627  ARENAMASTER LEVT      430  NONE
FREEZING WATERS 6954    0  1 0 BASH BROS OCEAN 627  WURM KIN              430  NONE
R.R. SPIKE 6923         5  4 0 USEFUL WEAPONS 636   BLOOD METAL 6912      430   

                                     PERSONAL ADS

First Date -- I still won't date you, shorty, but I'll go WITH you on a double date.  
As a new Lord Protector, you're buying, right? -- Lumus Nelp

Oroke Stonemagus -- That was embarrassing. -- Mandin Orwell

Third Beer -- I should know better than to have a third one, but I just don't seem to 
learn.  Damn. -- Panda Ross

Urako Witstealer -- You'd have a hard time of it.  Wits are not my strong suit. -- 
Rondor Sendal

Nobunga -- I never deal with bunga, so you've got nothing to come after me for.  But 
I'll be glad to buy you a beer for giving me the only win on the team today. -- 
Norison Rose

Bliew -- As plus one skill.  You could also read that as "he learned a riposte 
technique, resulting in a expert rating."  The mention of a rating achieved never 
itself counts as a skill added.  It's just a counting aid. -- Jorja

Pool Cue -- You want a date?  People in hell want ice water. -- First Date (retired)

Pool Cue -- I'm placing you under arrest. -- Cops!

Mandin Orwell -- I seriously doubt you want to talk about getting stuffed with me. -- 
First Date (retired)

Pandaroos -- Why did you even get out of bed this morning? -- Third Beer
P.S.  Nice onesie.

Spectrum -- Ooh!  Colors. -- Fourth Shot

Hanzo -- 3 minutes...  3 minutes?!?  That's all you got? -- Witching Hour
P.S.  Slow your roll, bro.

Bliew -- You learned one riposte skill.  The Expert rating is just letting you know 
that your warrior has reached 16 skills in Riposte. Feel free to ask more questions in 
the personal ads or contact me via diplomatic note.  If you like, I can reveal secrets 
of the arena only spoken of in hushed tones and dark corners of Alastari. You will 
learn how to be a major thorn in Lady Smith's side.  And if that low dog Assur ever 
returns to Chimlevtal, I will show you how to shave his butt and make him walk 
backwards. -- Weirdo, mgr After Midnight

Rock -- Without the two FATEfull shots to the face, I think the outcome would have 
been much different. -- Damien, LoF

Bason Kubikiri -- Thud also sound I make falling on my face. -- Thud, LoF

Baloney Spumoni -- Me not hungry for dessert anymore. -- Splat, LoF

Bolo -- That was for your boy Lasso opening his mouth and talking about my homey 1-
800-VICTORY.  Tell him to mind his biz... -- Frog Eye Salad

Chimlevtal -- Short term goal -- get to .500 -- Just Desserts

Tabor -- You are pretty good with that scimitar! -- Mother Lode

I'm back!  Wish my return included exciting warriors, but exciting enough to be 
fighting here again! -- Assur

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

EATEN ALIVE was butchered by ARENAMASTER LEVTANI in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
FREEZING WATERS was butchered by WURM KIN in a 1 minute Dark Arena duel.
POOL CUE demolished LUMUS NELP in a popular 1 minute one-sided Challenge Title melee.
THIRD BEER viciously subdued PANDA ROSS in a 5 minute gory master's Challenge brawl.
COPS! was overpowered by RONDOR SENDAL in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge match.
RED slimly won victory over HANZO in a 3 minute gory Challenge duel.
THUD devastated RED PEPPER in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge match.
SPLAT viciously subdued BASORN KUBIKIRI in a action packed 5 minute Challenge fight.
MANDIN ORWELL slimly won victory over FOURTH SHOT in a 1 minute expert's duel.
MOTHER LODE was savagely defeated by SPECTRUM in a popular 3 minute expert's duel.
NORISON ROSE was beaten by FROG-EYE SALAD in a popular 1 minute melee.
NOBUNAGA assassinated FRATSFA SLAVE in a 1 minute bloody one-sided match.
WITCHING HOUR outwaited DAMIEN in a exciting 11 minute contest.
BLOOD METAL murdered R.R. SPIKE in a 1 minute bloody one-sided brawl.
SNARKEY LIME PIE unbelievably bested HEAT WAVE in a 2 minute fight.
BRAEDELON vanquished CULT MEMBER in a 1 minute mismatched bout.
NASTOLGIA vanquished WINTER in a crowd pleasing 1 minute one-sided fray.
BALONEY SPUMONI bested COCKFIGHT in a exciting 1 minute novice's brawl.
HURRICANE demolished PISSED PIZOOKIE in a exciting 1 minute gory one-sided bout.
STORM SEASON handily defeated CONVICTED THIEF in a 1 minute mismatched competition.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|BASHING ATTACK                   7         SLASHING ATTACK   38 -  21 -  1      64  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  6         TOTAL PARRY       28 -  19 -  0      60  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      5         STRIKING ATTACK   20 -  16 -  0      56  |
|AIMED BLOW                       4         WALL OF STEEL     27 -  24 -  1      53  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    4         AIMED BLOW        15 -  15 -  2      50  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  3         PARRY-LUNGE        4 -   5 -  0      44  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     2         LUNGING ATTACK    12 -  19 -  0      39  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   2         BASHING ATTACK    22 -  37 -  2      37  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    1         PARRY-STRIKE       1 -   2 -  0      33  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      1         PARRY-RIPOSTE      1 -   4 -  0      20  |

Turn 430 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-RIPOSTE      1 -  0     TOTAL PARRY        1 -  4         3  LUNGING ATTACK 
AIMED BLOW         3 -  1     PARRY-LUNGE        0 -  1         2  AIMED BLOW     
SLASHING ATTACK    2 -  1                                       2  BASHING ATTACK 
BASHING ATTACK     4 -  3                                       1  STRIKING ATTACK
PARRY-STRIKE       1 -  1                                       1  SLASHING ATTACK
LUNGING ATTACK     1 -  1                                       1  WALL OF STEEL  
STRIKING ATTACK    3 -  3                                       1  TOTAL PARRY    
WALL OF STEEL      2 -  2     

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
STRIKING ATTACK  POOL CUE 6755              20  11  2  117 USEFUL WEAPONS (636)
WALL OF STEEL    FOURTH SHOT 6876           13  12  0   73 AFTER MIDNIGHT (662)
BASHING ATTACK   COPS! 6875                 13  12  0   71 AFTER MIDNIGHT (662)
TOTAL PARRY      MOTHER LODE 6454           11   6  0   59 JUST DESSERTS (569)
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 SPLAT 6960, DAMIEN 6964, 
HANZO 6918, THIRD BEER 6874, RED 6929, FROG-EYE SALAD 6680, BALONEY SPUMONI 6746, 
POOL CUE 6755, NOBUNAGA 6915, and BRAEDELON 6927.

The least popular fighter this week was WITCHING HOUR 6933.  The other ten least 
popular fighters were BASORN KUBIKIRI 6965, R.R. SPIKE 6923, RED PEPPER 6958, COPS! 
6875, FREEZING WATERS 6954, EATEN ALIVE 6955, PISSED PIZOOKIE 6966, COCKFIGHT 6967, 
WINTER 6953, and NORISON ROSE 6453.

The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn:

POOL CUE (31-6755) USEFUL WEAPONS (636)
MANDIN ORWELL (31-6336) MIDDLE WAY 7 (536)

               NEW GRADUATES--FROM ALL ARENAS (INCLUDING CLOSED ARENAS)

For those of you who keep track of such things, one additional warrior graduated from 
regular DM arenas (including closed arenas) since the last tournament. 

                           ODOBAN (47-7715) ERRATA!  (760) 
                         WREN (82-18987) TWISTED OAK  (2929) 
                       *RJ (82-41763) THIRSTY THUGS 603  (6973) 
                  DREW BURY MORE (82-55150) STREET WALKERS 8  (9312) 
                   KISS MY... (84-26804) BLOOD SUGAR MAGIK  (4752) 
                      BIG IN JAPAN (84-29457) KAOS 11-21  (4614) 
                       HARV (84-29648) TUM'S ALL STARS  (5238) 
                    MARSHALL (84-35564) THIRSTY THUGS 1327  (6222) 
                   JIMMY JON (84-35711) THIRSTY THUGS 0512  (6251) 
                   BINGO BASHER (84-36834) NAMED BY MARK V  (6439) 
                   NAKED RAYGUN (84-54748) CHICAGO BOUND 16  (9453) 

Congrats to the grads. -- Green Eyes

                        BLOODGAMES at the WINTER FACE-TO-FACE

Congratulations to the winners of the Winter 2019 Bloodgames!

We held two Bloodgames arenas at the Winter Face to Face:  

  FTF-Style (DM 96):      for Face-to-Face attendees, with turn-by-turn strategies
  Mail-in-Style (DM 97):  for all managers, with one strategy for all ten rounds

Each manager's Bloodgames team had ten warriors, one of each style, all attributes 
according to the manager's desire (84 points total).  After ten rounds of brutal 
battles, the Bloodgames Champions are the living warriors with the greatest number 
of kills (only one of each style in each arena).  These champions have been granted 
immortality and advanced to ADM!  The winners were:

          DM 96
          Slasher:        GEORGE WAHLEN of MEDAL OF HONOR 29 96-6436, 8-2-5 
          Parry-Lunge:    IMA PLUNGER of WIRA TEAM 96-6399, 8-2-5
          Striker:        HOMINY of CORN DOGS 96-6775, 8-2-4

          DM 97
          Wall-of-Steel:  GET MARRIED of GAMBLING 2 97-7204, 8-2-5
          Striker:    	   HIAWATHA of KHOR'S INDIGENOUS 97-7160 10-0-4
          Aimed Blow:     TRIUMPH of CANADIAN CLASSICS 97-7395  6-4-4

Congratulations to the winners! -- RSI