DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 06/01/2020    Duedate: 06/27/2020

CHIMLEVTAL ARENA

DM-31    TURN-447

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

ROGUE
THE OTHER ONES (404)
(31-3593) [14-12-0,115]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

ROGUE                          PI CHAMAELEONTIS
THE OTHER ONES (404)           CHAMAELEON (669)
(31-3593) [14-12-0,115]        (31-6994) [7-1-0,68]

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

HANZO                          SALT WATER
AVENGERS (146)                 BASH BROS OCEAN (627)
(31-6918) [13-18-1,71]         (31-7012) [4-0-0,53]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

THE OTHER ONES (404)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. THE OTHER ONES (404)        47
2. BASH BROS OCEAN (627)       36      USEFUL WEAPONS (636)
3. CHAMAELEON (669)            22      Unchartered Team
4. MIDDLE WAY 7 (536)          21
5. USEFUL WEAPONS (636)        16      SOLIS MILITES (511)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 0*SOLIS MILITES (511)       26  13  2 66.7   1/ 5 THE OTHER ONES (404)      8  2 0
 2/ 1 USEFUL WEAPONS (636)     222 130  8 63.1   2/ 3 BASH BROS OCEAN (627)     7  5 1
 3/ 3*CHAMAELEON (669)           9   6  0 60.0   3/ 1 USEFUL WEAPONS (636)      6  5 0
 4/ 0 AFTER MIDNIGHT (662)      82  55  4 59.9   4/ 6*CHAMAELEON (669)          5  1 0
 5- 5 BOOK OF THOMAS (652)      40  36  4 52.6   5/10 JUST DESSERTS (569)       5  4 1
 6/ 6 BASH BROS OCEAN (627)    161 163  7 49.7   6/ 2 AVENGERS (146)            5  9 0
 7/ 7 ASSASSIN NATION (515)    387 413 58 48.4   7/ 9 ASSASSIN NATION (515)     4  5 0
 8/ 8 AVENGERS (146)           479 519 37 48.0   8/11 MIDDLE WAY 7 (536)        3 12 0
 9/ 9 JUST DESSERTS (569)      104 113  6 47.9   9- 7 BOOK OF THOMAS (652)      2  1 0
10/10 THE OTHER ONES (404)      63  75  3 45.7  10/ 0*SOLIS MILITES (511)       2  3 0
11/11 MIDDLE WAY 7 (536)       270 510 11 34.6  11/ 0 AFTER MIDNIGHT (662)      1  0 0
12-12*CARTOON NETWORK (667)      1   4  0 20.0  12-12*CARTOON NETWORK (667)     1  4 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.

The last turn I fought in was almost six years ago and, thanks to the magic bestowed 
upon this realm, I haven't aged a bit!

I didn't expect to match up aginst the Duelmaster, but I'm glad I was able to answer 
the challenge to take the throne.  What a fun fight!  Hanzo had me dancing until I was 
able to find an opening.

My challenges this turn are both to Frog-Eye Salad as the top contender, althought I 
look forward to fighting Hanzo again.

See you out on the sands!

                                          -- Rogue
                                             The Other Ones

                                      SPY REPORT

    Look at all the pretty undefeated streaks going!  At the very head of the list is 
WITCHING HOUR, coming back from inactivity well rested.  Even going against the 
elements themselves, WITCHING HOUR was more than able to endure 18 full minutes 
against WINTER and come out on top with an 13-0 record.  TANTRUM and SALT WATER 
recorded their 5th and 4th against TANKEN and BOLO, respectively.
    All total there were 2 Dark Arenas, 9 challenges, and 10 matchups (2 with stand 
ins) for 38 warriors from 10 teams.  BASORN KUBIKIRI was reported as the most 
challenged warrior, with LASSO getting a minor 5 point down challenge win out of the 
deal.  AVENGERS was the most avoided team, getting a whopping 7 avoids (That is 7 out 
of the 12 warriors who issued avoids - three from THE OTHER ONES and two each from 
BASH BROS OCEAN and USEFUL WEAPONS).  SOLIS MILITES also rejoined the fighting this 
turn.
    I can easily say THE OTHER ONES had the best team performance, going 4-1, 
retaining the throne (with a chance at a three turn reign next turn), and capturing 4 
awards.  AVENGERS was on the other side of the team performance, taking two minor DC's 
and losing twice in matchups to THE OTHER ONES.  Seems like AVENGERS needs to do the 
most avoiding next turn!  They did get an award as a small consolation.
    If I was a betting woman, I'd bet on CONTEMPT for the next ten turns.  With four 
TP's in the top ten, aimed blows near the top of the arena have to be happy campers.  
That also suggests that BLOOD METAL could continue its undefeated streak should it 
return.
    Be careful when you name your warriors.  While you may think you're clever, the 
arena master, warriors, managers, and others may take things the wrong way. 
EXTERMINATE of ASSASSIN NATION challenged BALONEY SPUMONI of JUST DESSERTS. There was 
an extermination, all right, but not the one that was intended with the challenge.  
Well done, BALONEY SPUMONI.  It will be fun to watch how Ghab deals with the 
bloodfeud.  Three bottom dwellers and CONTEMPT, who may have better targets.
    Thanks for all the ads and a DM column!  I must say I haven't been this joyous 
about the state of the arena in a long time.  It truly makes for a better atmosphere 
when managers and warriors participate in the forums available (not to mention teams 
rejoining the fray)
    So because of that I will leave my insults and belittlings until next time.

                        -- Belinda, the one turn benevolent spy mistress of Chimlevtal

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 ROGUE 3593                   14  12  0   115       THE OTHER ONES (404)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-SILVER GLASS 6748            11   2  0   100       BOOK OF THOMAS (652)
-FOURTH SHOT 6876             15  12  1    95       AFTER MIDNIGHT (662)
 DEFIANCE 4262                11   8  2    91       THE OTHER ONES (404)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 FROG-EYE SALAD 6680           8   3  0    91       JUST DESSERTS (569)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-BLOOD METAL 6912              7   0  2    87       BOOK OF THOMAS (652)
 RAVAGED 3592                 17   8  0    84       THE OTHER ONES (404)
 LASSO 6865                   22  11  0    83       USEFUL WEAPONS (636)
 HURRICANE 6957               12   6  1    83       BASH BROS OCEAN (627)
 NORISON ROSE 6453            15  30  0    75       MIDDLE WAY 7 (536)
 BASORN KUBIKIRI 6965         10   9  0    72       AVENGERS (146)
 HANZO 6918                   13  18  1    71       AVENGERS (146)
 PI CHAMAELEONTIS 6994         7   1  0    68       CHAMAELEON (669)
 CONTEMPT 6541                 8   6  1    67       ASSASSIN NATION (515)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 WITCHING HOUR 6933           13   0  0    59       AFTER MIDNIGHT (662)
 RED PEPPER 6958               9  15  0    58       AVENGERS (146)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-POKER 6970                    5   2  0    56       USEFUL WEAPONS (636)
 TANTRUM 5083                  5   0  1    55       THE OTHER ONES (404)
 SALT WATER 7012               4   0  0    53       BASH BROS OCEAN (627)
 BOLO 6908                    12   7  1    44       USEFUL WEAPONS (636)
-ARCTIC NIGHT 6773             6   1  1    44       BOOK OF THOMAS (652)
 SUNSPOT 4832                  4   1  0    44       SOLIS MILITES (511)
 BALONEY SPUMONI 6746          5   4  1    43       JUST DESSERTS (569)
 WINTER 6953                  10   7  0    42       BASH BROS OCEAN (627)
 SOL DAEMON 4706               6   2  1    35       SOLIS MILITES (511)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 ETA CHAMAELEONTIS 7015        2   0  0    29       CHAMAELEON (669)
 TANKEN 6987                   6   9  1    28       AVENGERS (146)
 SNARKEY LIME PIE 6726         4   4  0    28       JUST DESSERTS (569)
-NASTOLGIA 6922                4   5  0    24       BOOK OF THOMAS (652)
 HARPOON 7014                  4   1  0    24       USEFUL WEAPONS (636)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SOLAMANCER 4709               5   3  1    23       SOLIS MILITES (511)
-FAIRY TAIL 7018               2   0  0    22       BOOK OF THOMAS (652)
 SOL SCORCH 4710               6   2  0    20       SOLIS MILITES (511)
 NEARLY PARKER 6973            2  14  0    20       MIDDLE WAY 7 (536)
-DODGE'EM DUDE 7019            3   0  0    19       AVENGERS (146)
 NELLIE PURR 7001              3   8  0    17       MIDDLE WAY 7 (536)
 PERISH 6550                   1   2  0    17       THE OTHER ONES (404)
 URSULA VINE 7030              1   0  0    15       MIDDLE WAY 7 (536)
 HOCKEY STICK 7029             1   0  0    11       USEFUL WEAPONS (636)
-GUMBALL 6952                  1   0  0    11       CARTOON NETWORK (667)
-DEVIOUS 6628                  1   3  0     8       ASSASSIN NATION (515)
-ANAIS 6948                    0   1  0     7       CARTOON NETWORK (667)
-RICHARD 6950                  0   1  0     5       CARTOON NETWORK (667)
 CHERRY PIE 7017               0   4  0     4       MIDDLE WAY 7 (536)
-COCKFIGHT 6967                0   3  0     3       AFTER MIDNIGHT (662)
 OBLITERATION 6657             0   3  0     3       ASSASSIN NATION (515)
 DESOLATION 6658               0   3  0     3       ASSASSIN NATION (515)
-EMERGENCY ROOM 6976           0   1  0     1       AFTER MIDNIGHT (662)
 QUARANTINE 7026               0   1  0     1       BASH BROS OCEAN (627)

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
EXTERMINATE 6599        3  5 1 ASSASSIN NATION 515  BALONEY SPUMONI 6746  447   
STORM SEASON 6956      11  3 0 BASH BROS OCEAN 627  HANZO 6918            443  NOT REVENGED
PISSED PIZOOKIE 6966    3  3 0 JUST DESSERTS 569    HIGH ELF              447  NONE
TOBY ULRIK 7010         4  3 1 MIDDLE WAY 7 536     HURRICANE 6957        446   

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
C 4711                  5  3 0 SOLIS MILITES 511    THE RAGE MAN          447  NONE

                                     PERSONAL ADS

Rogue sneaks in to take the DM Title!? My kind of guy! Kudos. -- Lady Smith

What!!?? 2X4 lost to the DA? I cannot believe it, as he was such an alleged godling. 
He must have caught covid before the fight. I wonder if he was slumming around with 
that Bimbo Belinda? -- Lady Smith

For those whom have sent letters, e mails, post cards, and twitters, we are offering 
the following info about the deceased 2x4:
     born 13-9-9-15-15-10-13 BA
     norm damage,-1 to 3 attack
     studied to 15(+2)-9-9-15-15-10-13
     still norm damage
     1 crit in 48 swings of the QS and GA
     Not all believe he will be missed.
               -- The Useful Weapons Enquirer

Tantrum, let me just say "up your nose with a rubber hose"! No, make that a copper 
pipe! -- Bolo, Useful Weapon

Luv muh wepuns. Shore do. -- Smithy

We salute the tourney participants. -- the Middle Way

Basorn Kubikiri -- At least I got a skill out of that.  Thanks. -- Norison Rose

Harpoon -- Not useful for eating... Cherry Pie.  Not that I want to be eaten by a 
golem.

Hurricane -- You blew me down and DROWNED me.  Ack. -- Toby Ulrik

Perish -- Go for it.  Any time. -- Nearly Parker

Baloney Spumoni -- An interesting flavor.  Rolling the spumoni in the baloney was 
clever. -- Nellie Purr

Welcome back, Just Desserts. -- the Middle Way

Belinda and others -- Contact me directly at travler AT zianet DOT com to discuss non-
arena activity in Chimlevtal. -- Jorja

Well, it's good to be back!  If anything positive was to come out of being stuck in 
"social distancing purgatory" it was cleaning out boxes that have been stored for 
years.  This led me to finding my old D2 binders and feeling a little mostalgic.  Not 
too bad.  A combined 7-3-0 between my two teams (although the 0 doesn't fit my style 
too well). -- Ghab, mgr Assassin Nation & the Other Ones

Winter -- Bad style matchup for you.  Look on the bright side; you're still breating 
and we both got good skill learns! -- Contempt

Tanken -- I hope I didn't affect you tennis game going forward.  Probably not, as it 
was to your non-dominant hand. -- Exterminate

Richard -- Don't take it too hard.  I'm better than my record would indicate. I'll be 
sitting out for a while, as I am ideally set up for a tournament now at 4fe. -- 
Devious

Gumball -- Ouch! -- Obliteration

Dodge'em Dude -- I thought I had you and then you went and put on your tap shoes.  
Looking forward to meeting again. -- Desolation

Red Pepper -- That was a fun match!  Let's do that again some time. -- Ravaged

Hanzo -- Well fought!  Next time we meet we can see what happens when you don't drop 
your weapon. -- rogue

Frog-Eye Salad -- Your fast!  That was a lousy match-up for me. -- Defiance

Bolo -- I'm lucky my weapon also acted as a can opener.  I'm still catching my breath 
after that one! -- Tantrum

Nearly Parker -- Wow!  Thanks for the mega learns!  Ghab can't remember the last time 
he has seen six learns in one fight (even with the almost six-year break)! -- Perish

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

C was butchered by THE RAGE MAN in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
PISSED PIZOOKIE was butchered by HIGH ELF in a 1 minute brutal Dark Arena duel.
SALT WATER viciously subdued BOLO in a popular 3 minute gruesome Challenge match.
ROGUE devastated FROG-EYE SALAD in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge Title contest.
RAVAGED demolished NORISON ROSE in a 4 minute mismatched Challenge competition.
LASSO outlasted BASORN KUBIKIRI in a tiresome 20 minute Challenge struggle.
CONTEMPT bested RED PEPPER in a 2 minute Challenge competition.
EXTERMINATE was assassinated by BALONEY SPUMONI in a 1 minute uneven Challenge melee.
PERISH was viciously subdued by SNARKEY LIME PIE in a 3 minute Challenge duel.
HARPOON won victory over DESOLATION in a 2 minute novice's Challenge fight.
OBLITERATION was beaten by NELLIE PURR in a 2 minute Challenge melee.
HANZO was demolished by DEFIANCE in a 1 minute mismatched competition.
WITCHING HOUR outwaited WINTER in a tiresome 18 minute bloody battle.
PI CHAMAELEONTIS overpowered SUNSPOT in a popular 1 minute mismatched conflict.
HURRICANE vanquished VENOMOUS CONCUBINE in a 1 minute mismatched bout.
TANTRUM vanquished TANKEN in a crowd pleasing 1 minute bloody one-sided fray.
SOL SCORCH was viciously subdued by ETA CHAMAELEONTIS in a tiresome 18 minute fight.
SOL DAEMON beat NEARLY PARKER in a exciting 3 minute bout.
SOLAMANCER overpowered CHERRY PIE in a 1 minute mismatched conflict.
QUARANTINE was devastated by HOCKEY STICK in a 1 minute one-sided bout.
URSULA VINE vanquished PERSISTENT BEGGAR in a 2 minute one-sided match.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|TOTAL PARRY                      8         SLASHING ATTACK   14 -   9 -  2      61  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    7         PARRY-RIPOSTE      3 -   2 -  0      60  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  5         LUNGING ATTACK    17 -  12 -  0      59  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   5         TOTAL PARRY       24 -  19 -  0      56  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  4         BASHING ATTACK    17 -  18 -  1      49  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   3         WALL OF STEEL     16 -  18 -  0      47  |
|AIMED BLOW                       2         AIMED BLOW        15 -  19 -  1      44  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      2         STRIKING ATTACK   17 -  23 -  1      43  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    1         PARRY-STRIKE       2 -   3 -  0      40  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     1         PARRY-LUNGE        8 -  12 -  0      40  |

Turn 447 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     SLASHING ATTACK    2 -  3         4  TOTAL PARRY    
LUNGING ATTACK     2 -  1     BASHING ATTACK     2 -  3         2  LUNGING ATTACK 
WALL OF STEEL      4 -  3     PARRY-STRIKE       0 -  1         2  WALL OF STEEL  
AIMED BLOW         1 -  1                                       1  STRIKING ATTACK
PARRY-LUNGE        1 -  1                                       1  AIMED BLOW     
STRIKING ATTACK    2 -  2                                       1  BASHING ATTACK 
TOTAL PARRY        4 -  4     

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
TOTAL PARRY      ROGUE 3593                 14  12  0  115 THE OTHER ONES (404)
LUNGING ATTACK   DEFIANCE 4262              11   8  2   91 THE OTHER ONES (404)
STRIKING ATTACK  FROG-EYE SALAD 6680         8   3  0   91 JUST DESSERTS (569)
BASHING ATTACK   HURRICANE 6957             12   6  1   83 BASH BROS OCEAN (627)
WALL OF STEEL    PI CHAMAELEONTIS 6994       7   1  0   68 CHAMAELEON (669)
AIMED BLOW       CONTEMPT 6541               8   6  1   67 ASSASSIN NATION (515)
SLASHING ATTACK  BALONEY SPUMONI 6746        5   4  1   43 JUST DESSERTS (569)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is HANZO 6918.  The most popular warrior this turn was 
SALT WATER 7012.  The ten other most popular fighters were SOL DAEMON 4706, NEARLY 
PARKER 6973, PERISH 6550, SNARKEY LIME PIE 6726, TANTRUM 5083, NELLIE PURR 7001, 
DEFIANCE 4262, HURRICANE 6957, HOCKEY STICK 7029, and ROGUE 3593.

The least popular fighter this week was LASSO 6865.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were BASORN KUBIKIRI 6965, SOL SCORCH 4710, ETA CHAMAELEONTIS 7015, WITCHING 
HOUR 6933, QUARANTINE 7026, CHERRY PIE 7017, TANKEN 6987, WINTER 6953, HANZO 6918, 
and EXTERMINATE 6599.

                                     STORM POINT

Storm Point, DM 86, is now open!  This arena will process on a two-week cycle.  Orders 
for inaugural battles are due on May 11, 2020.

Jasper Gulch, DM 85, is now closed to new teams, effective immediately.  Any new teams 
that arrive are being rerouted to Storm Point.  DM 85 will continue to process on its 
normal cycle and teams may continue to add new replacement warriors as necessary.

                                          -- RSI