DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER Date : 04/08/2019 Duedate: 05/04/2019 CHIMLEVTAL ARENA DM-31 TURN-432 This Weeks Top Honors THE DUELMASTER IS THIRD BEER AFTER MIDNIGHT (662) (31-6874) [14-12-0,105] Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader THIRD BEER POSITION IS EMPTY AFTER MIDNIGHT (662) (31-6874) [14-12-0,105] Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite LUMUS NELP SNARKEY LIME PIE MIDDLE WAY 7 (536) JUST DESSERTS (569) (31-6328) [14-53-1,96] (31-6726) [3-3-0,33] THE CURRENT TOP TEAM JUST DESSERTS (569) TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team 1. JUST DESSERTS (569) 37 2. BASH BROS OCEAN (627) 31 USEFUL WEAPONS (636) 3. BOOK OF THOMAS (652) 19 Unchartered Team 4. AFTER MIDNIGHT (662) 15 5. MIDDLE WAY 7 (536) 13 AVTIPUS (254) The Top Teams Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K 1/ 1 USEFUL WEAPONS (636) 192 112 7 63.2 1/ 1 JUST DESSERTS (569) 10 5 0 2/ 2 AFTER MIDNIGHT (662) 80 54 4 59.7 2/ 2 AFTER MIDNIGHT (662) 8 7 1 3/ 4 BOOK OF THOMAS (652) 34 31 4 52.3 3/ 8 BASH BROS OCEAN (627) 7 7 0 4/ 3 SHADOWHOLD (640) 97 89 12 52.2 4/ 7 BOOK OF THOMAS (652) 6 3 1 5/ 5 BASH BROS OCEAN (627) 130 134 6 49.2 5/ 3 AVENGERS (146) 6 9 2 6/ 7 JUST DESSERTS (569) 98 105 5 48.3 6/ 9 MIDDLE WAY 7 (536) 6 9 0 7/ 6 AVENGERS (146) 443 483 34 47.8 7/ 5 USEFUL WEAPONS (636) 5 4 0 8- 8 LEGIONS OF FATE (665) 22 38 3 36.7 8- 4 LEGIONS OF FATE (665) 4 6 0 9/ 9 MIDDLE WAY 7 (536) 253 453 9 35.8 9/ 6 SHADOWHOLD (640) 2 3 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. Four beers and seven years ago... No, that's not right. *hic* What are you looking at? Haven't you ever seen a Duelmaster on the floor? No, I'm not drunk! This does wonders for my back. Really. *hic* So why am I called THIRD BEER? Prolly 'cause I fight better once I've had a few. Just ask LASSO, who's manager is apparently spending too much time barefoot in the kitchen these days to manage a full team. *hic* Last turn, I challenged POOL CUE who must've had better things to do than to get a beat down from me on his immortal turn. What are you afraid of, POOL CUE? "You cannot die, MaCleod." You are literally carved out of wood. Blockhead. Alright folks. *rattles some paper* It's time for the obituaries, and even though THAT in itself was plural, we are (and by "we" I mean "me") just going to talk about the only one that matters: COPS! 8(1)-15-19-17-9-6-11 BA, Poor Endurance, Great Damage, Can sustain a Tremendous amount, Master Attack, Ad Ex Init, Expert Decise. Wow, what was my manager thinking?? Oh, alright, COPS! may have been brutally executed at the hands of SPECTRUM, but in order to quell the public outcry amid these lamented calls for justice, I, THIRD BEER, will personally be Bloodfeuding SPECTRUM. If I win, I will do it again and again. And again and again. If I lose, well, I guess LASSO will just have to remain inactive for many more turns seeking the warmth and security of his manager's bosom. -- Third Beer Duelmaster SPY REPORT It's going to be a short one this week. Someone booked me for some conference or pleasure cruise. Not sure which, the details are a bit hazy. I sure hope it is the latter. First is a surprise. BOOK OF THOMAS was the most avoided team, according to the bad commission scribes, avoided by AFTER MIDNIGHT. SPECTRUM was the most challenged warrior and took a bloodfeud from our duelmaster. My second surprise of the turn is that THIRD BEER is not going to ADM yet. I don't recall having a long running duelmaster for a while. And as far as reigns go, WITCHING HOUR continues his undefeated streak. Finally someone tried to do something about that streak! TABOR SKULLSHOT TV challenged WITCHING HOUR, but it doesn't matter what you do in tourneys. WITCHING HOUR still won today! Quick facts for the turn: BOLO successfully DC'd HANZO. Aimed Blows were perfect in 3 fights. Lungers were winless in 3 fights. All ten styles were represented. 35 warriors fought from 8 teams. 20 fights (2 DA's, 1 BF, 1 TV, 5 other challenges) Nothing really to notice in the team performances. So with that, I'm off to my conference. I'm sure it will be riveting and interesting. Though I suppose getting paid to sit and sleep isn't a bad thing! Thanks for the ads and the DM column as always. I may be the only person to read them, but I do read them! -- Belinda DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME THIRD BEER 6874 14 12 0 105 AFTER MIDNIGHT (662) CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME URAKO WITSTEALER 6505 21 19 4 100 SHADOWHOLD (640) -SILVER GLASS 6748 11 2 0 100 BOOK OF THOMAS (652) CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME OROKE STONEMAGUS 6603 18 14 4 98 SHADOWHOLD (640) SPECTRUM 6776 16 23 3 96 AVENGERS (146) LUMUS NELP 6328 14 53 1 96 MIDDLE WAY 7 (536) FOURTH SHOT 6876 15 12 1 95 AFTER MIDNIGHT (662) FROG-EYE SALAD 6680 6 1 0 91 JUST DESSERTS (569) CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME RONDOR SENDAL 6343 15 38 1 87 MIDDLE WAY 7 (536) PANDA ROSS 6383 16 28 2 78 MIDDLE WAY 7 (536) CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME WITCHING HOUR 6933 12 0 0 57 AFTER MIDNIGHT (662) ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME LASSO 6865 14 7 0 54 USEFUL WEAPONS (636) NORISON ROSE 6453 12 18 0 54 MIDDLE WAY 7 (536) TABOR SKULLSHOT 6903 5 2 0 48 SHADOWHOLD (640) -ARCTIC NIGHT 6773 6 1 1 44 BOOK OF THOMAS (652) BLOOD METAL 6912 4 0 2 44 BOOK OF THOMAS (652) BOLO 6908 9 2 1 34 USEFUL WEAPONS (636) CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME SNARKEY LIME PIE 6726 3 3 0 33 JUST DESSERTS (569) -RED 6929 6 6 0 32 LEGIONS OF FATE (665) NASTOLGIA 6922 3 2 0 31 BOOK OF THOMAS (652) STORM SEASON 6956 3 0 0 31 BASH BROS OCEAN (627) HAXE DOOMCARVER 6882 5 5 1 30 SHADOWHOLD (640) -BRAEDELON 6927 4 8 1 30 LEGIONS OF FATE (665) -DAMIEN 6964 2 2 0 28 LEGIONS OF FATE (665) HURRICANE 6957 2 1 0 27 BASH BROS OCEAN (627) HEAT WAVE 6900 1 3 0 27 BOOK OF THOMAS (652) HANZO 6918 5 11 0 26 AVENGERS (146) PISSED PIZOOKIE 6966 2 1 0 25 JUST DESSERTS (569) INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME BALKO STONEFALCON 6910 5 4 1 20 SHADOWHOLD (640) BALONEY SPUMONI 6746 3 3 0 20 JUST DESSERTS (569) WINTER 6953 2 1 0 17 BASH BROS OCEAN (627) -THUD 6959 3 4 0 15 LEGIONS OF FATE (665) RED PEPPER 6958 3 6 0 15 AVENGERS (146) -SPLAT 6960 3 4 1 14 LEGIONS OF FATE (665) POKER 6970 1 1 0 14 USEFUL WEAPONS (636) BASORN KUBIKIRI 6965 2 2 0 9 AVENGERS (146) NEARLY PARKER 6973 1 0 0 9 MIDDLE WAY 7 (536) COCKFIGHT 6967 0 3 0 3 AFTER MIDNIGHT (662) EMERGENCY ROOM 6976 0 1 0 1 AFTER MIDNIGHT (662) '-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn. THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge? COPS! 6875 13 13 0 AFTER MIDNIGHT 662 SPECTRUM 6776 431 JUST REVENGED NOBUNAGA 6915 8 11 1 AVENGERS 146 FOURTH SHOT 6876 432 SEA BOTTOM 6977 0 1 0 BASH BROS OCEAN 627 HIGH ELF 432 NONE POLENTA 6979 0 1 0 JUST DESSERTS 569 HIGH ELF 432 NONE R.R. SPIKE 6923 5 4 0 USEFUL WEAPONS 636 BLOOD METAL 6912 430 PERSONAL ADS Pool Cue -- I've never played pool, so I had NO IDEA what to do with you. -- Mandin Orwell Fourth Shot -- That's asking for trouble. Or does being a half elf give you a harder head? Inquiring minds wonder idly. -- Lumus Nelp Braedelon -- Thanks. I had the horrid feeling we were looking at an oh-fer turn, but you saved us. -- Norison Rose Third Beer -- That might have been my mistake. Or even the second one might have been. -- Rondor Sendal Frog-eye Salad -- Seems like I still haven't got the right dressing. Mustard and honey didn't do it. Maybe I'll try... hmm, something in the pesto line? -- Panda Ross Lady Smith -- There've been a lot of pitiful replacements around lately. We've had some real skunks around Alastari. -- Jorja After Midnight stumbles into the DM spot? How could that have happened? Oh, well; the DM Column might prove amusing. -- Lady Smith, Useful Weapons Hanzo, what would I do without you? -- Bolo, Useful Weapons (Feeling quite useful, indeed.) Manden Orwell, so, we go out together. I thought challenging and fighting you, since we were both leaving, was a good way to leave the arena to the best upcoming warrior. It seemed nice, you know? But look what we got as a DM? Sad. -- Lord Protector Pool Cue, useful QWeapons Y'all wepuns. I be proud o ye. Yup. Dad gum 3-0. Yup -- Smithy Embezzling Scribe, great! I wanted you. Now, where's the money? -- Poker Belinda is such a bimbo. I wonder if she is shacking up with Assur? -- Lady Smith (In a rather snarky moment.) Bliew, uh, are you calling Jorja a weirdo? That's not nice. Otherwise, then, who is Weirdo? So, it is good that you have the CIC and are devouring the DM93 NLs. And we see that you are starting here with the easiest to learn designs. And we noticed that you seemed to know what you are doing in the past Thud/Rock fight. So, responding to "help me" is rather difficult. E.g. help you what? Ask some specific questions and provide some specific info, and you will get some good responses. (Especially if they are directed to the mentors -- Assur or The Consortium Rep- in DM93. (You can send persads there, you know?) Or ask them here in DM31; you are likely to get some good answers. The Consortium Folk Belinda -- Didn't you know? Week 11 was my bye week. -- Witching Hour Motherlode and D. Noble -- That's debatable, but will your dinner salad be ready when the hour is at hand? -- W. H. Rondor Sendal -- You went down before I could even shift into third beer. -- Third Beer Winter -- You can dance around all you want, but can you take a hit? -- Cockfight Lumus Nelp -- Am I lucky? Or are you just unlucky? -- Fourth Shot Spectrum -- Cop killers aren't treated very well where you're going. -- Ghost of Cops! Bliew -- We are all stuck in that "mediocre results" phase. Some of us just look better doing it. Duelmasters is a lot like poker. You take the hand you are dealt and try to convince everyone else that it is a lot better than it really is (though occasionally you get a good hand). Lady Smith is very very good at doing this. While Assur just seems to be his own worst enemy. ;) However, both of these managers are far more knowledgeable than I, and if they were to impart some words of wisdom, you would be wise to listen. -- Weirdo P.S. Ask specific questions and you may get specific answers. RUG -- What gives? Apparently, you don't. -- Weirdo Norison -- Don't knock it 'til you try it. -- Frog Eye Salad P.S. What, you have something against whip cream and fruit?? Lady Smith -- I actually prefer to think of all your warriors as the 21-17-x-17 type, then I don't feel so bad losing to them all the time. -- D. Noble LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS POLENTA was butchered by HIGH ELF in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight. SEA BOTTOM was butchered by HIGH ELF in a 1 minute Dark Arena duel. THIRD BEER subdued SPECTRUM in a 2 minute veteran's Bloodfeud Title melee. TABOR SKULLSHOT was outlasted by WITCHING HOUR in a 17 minute Challenge duel. LASSO was savagely defeated by PANDA ROSS in a 14 minute veteran's Challenge fight. BOLO won victory over HANZO in a crowd pleasing 1 minute Challenge fight. HAXE DOOMCARVER was beaten by BLOOD METAL in a 1 minute Challenge brawl. COCKFIGHT was overcome by BASORN KUBIKIRI in a 3 minute beginner's Challenge fight. PISSED PIZOOKIE won victory over POKER in a 1 minute beginner's Challenge duel. URAKO WITSTEALER won victory over RONDOR SENDAL in a 1 minute expert's fight. LUMUS NELP was defeated by FROG-EYE SALAD in a action packed 1 minute one-sided fight. OROKE STONEMAGUS beat KUNG-FU MASTER in a exciting 2 minute bloody one-sided fight. FOURTH SHOT put to death NOBUNAGA in a 1 minute contest. NORISON ROSE subdued NASTOLGIA in a 3 minute mismatched match. BALONEY SPUMONI was beaten by STORM SEASON in a crowd pleasing 1 minute conflict. BALKO STONEFALCON was savagely defeated by SNARKEY LIME PIE in a 5 minute duel. HEAT WAVE vanquished EMBEZZLING SCRIBE in a 1 minute one-sided fray. RED PEPPER was devastated by HURRICANE in a 1 minute mismatched brawl. WINTER defeated EMERGENCY ROOM in a 3 minute novice's bout. NEARLY PARKER beat CONVICTED THIEF in a 2 minute novice's bout. BATTLE REPORT MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS |FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT| |TOTAL PARRY 7 PARRY-RIPOSTE 3 - 2 - 0 60 | |SLASHING ATTACK 6 WALL OF STEEL 28 - 19 - 2 60 | |STRIKING ATTACK 4 TOTAL PARRY 28 - 20 - 0 58 | |WALL OF STEEL 4 SLASHING ATTACK 30 - 22 - 1 58 | |BASHING ATTACK 4 PARRY-STRIKE 4 - 3 - 0 57 | |AIMED BLOW 3 AIMED BLOW 16 - 12 - 1 57 | |LUNGING ATTACK 3 STRIKING ATTACK 21 - 16 - 0 57 | |PARRY-STRIKE 2 PARRY-LUNGE 5 - 6 - 0 45 | |PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 LUNGING ATTACK 11 - 16 - 0 41 | |PARRY-LUNGE 1 BASHING ATTACK 18 - 41 - 2 31 | Turn 432 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 3 - 0 BASHING ATTACK 1 - 3 2 WALL OF STEEL PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 - 0 SLASHING ATTACK 1 - 5 2 LUNGING ATTACK STRIKING ATTACK 3 - 1 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 1 2 BASHING ATTACK WALL OF STEEL 3 - 1 LUNGING ATTACK 0 - 3 2 TOTAL PARRY TOTAL PARRY 5 - 2 1 AIMED BLOW PARRY-STRIKE 1 - 1 1 SLASHING ATTACK 1 STRIKING ATTACK TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME WALL OF STEEL THIRD BEER 6874 14 12 0 105 AFTER MIDNIGHT (662) AIMED BLOW URAKO WITSTEALER 6505 21 19 4 100 SHADOWHOLD (640) SLASHING ATTACK OROKE STONEMAGUS 6603 18 14 4 98 SHADOWHOLD (640) STRIKING ATTACK FROG-EYE SALAD 6680 6 1 0 91 JUST DESSERTS (569) TOTAL PARRY WITCHING HOUR 6933 12 0 0 57 AFTER MIDNIGHT (662) 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 SNARKEY LIME PIE 6726. The ten other most popular fighters were OROKE STONEMAGUS 6603, EMERGENCY ROOM 6976, SPECTRUM 6776, FROG-EYE SALAD 6680, NORISON ROSE 6453, NASTOLGIA 6922, NEARLY PARKER 6973, HANZO 6918, URAKO WITSTEALER 6505, and STORM SEASON 6956. The least popular fighter this week was WITCHING HOUR 6933. The other ten least popular fighters were LASSO 6865, TABOR SKULLSHOT 6903, PANDA ROSS 6383, RED PEPPER 6958, LUMUS NELP 6328, BASORN KUBIKIRI 6965, HAXE DOOMCARVER 6882, SEA BOTTOM 6977, POLENTA 6979, and BALKO STONEFALCON 6910.